silentwars

I'm in the next transfer window and West Ham have now taken him off the transfer list. Value at 56-69 million. Can only guess they desperately wanted the money to bring another player in on deadline day.

There's nothing to suggest he's unhappy at the club

Paqueta placed on the transfer list on deadline day for £29m - as the club no longer require his services, despite him starting 22 of their 24 matches and having another 3 years on his contract. Any thoughts?

I'd keep him in the game because it's more realistic - doesn't mean you have to sign him or play him.

Hamburg - second biggest city in Germany, 57,000 stadium currently in the 2nd tier Everton big city and a new 50,000 stadium on the way, been struggling at the wrong end for a few years

FC Basel in Switzerland - big team for that league. In the bottom three IRL so could be a challenge and a good rebuild project.

Might up be worth waiting for the winter patch to be released - likely a few of their squad will get increases to their attributes.

What clubs are you applying for? if it's L1 jobs I'd be surprised if you're not getting interviews. Does you have any coaching badges in the game yet?

It's like with direct football - it's very hard to make it work successfully on modern FM - certainly without a high press it's suicidal. How many times IRL do you see a club in relegation trouble hire a defensive direct manager and them have results. Yet try that on FM and you're asking for trouble. It would be nice if the tactical system was more balanced and not favoured towards high pressing & possession based football.

If you have someone tall, aggressive, brave with good strength and heading then tell your team to hit early crosses. If he's playing centrally then tell the wide players to cross centrally or cross to target forward through PI's. You can tell your goalkeeper to distribute to him as well.

Have you tried the default wing play tactic? I'd probably adapt it a little to the players you have but it would seem like a logical place to start in the lower leagues if you're struggling.

First and foremost they have to fit your tactic - unless they're that good that you're prepared to adapt to get them in. If you're not going to be there long term then you might as well just focus on current ability. Of course you could always look to develop one or two and try to bring them with you when you move on.

Camello lacks aerial ability so I'd set it to low crosses. I'd also consider work ball into box because he's not going to get on the end of many crosses - so you want to discourage your players doing so. Of course if you're struggling to get a goal late on in a match you can turn this off in order to increase urgency. Maybe change the AMC role to a playmaker (if you have a decent one) so there's someone threading balls through to him. With your current tactic all the players in the final third are looking to get further forward so it would be beneficial to have one staying in the hole looking to create chances.

I've tried leaving DoF to transfers for my youth sides a few times and I can't think of one time when they've tried to sign anyone with any real potential. At this stage it's better just asking for recommendations and looking at your scout reports and then doing the transfers yourself. I'm hoping SI improve this element of the game in years to come because it would help add to the realism of the game if you're managing a club where the dof is responsible for transfers irl.

Based on Dusseldorf - only watched 1 match but this is basically my interpretation on how they played: DM and BWM seem to swap - so one sits and one supports AMR on the right sits inside when they have the ball and moves to the right when he picks up possession. Left him as a winger as when they don't have the ball he positions himself on the right wing.

You want to play direct but you're currently playing with slightly shorter passing, play out of defence and short goalkeeper distribution. All of those instructions are based around possession based football. Which team is it you're managing?

As a CD (with take fewer risks) he should just pass the ball to the closest player to him - doesn't need to be great with the ball to do that. If you do notice him giving the ball away a lot in dangerous areas then consider changing it back. As a NCB he'll just turn possession back over to the opponent and your team will end up being under a lot of unnecessary pressure. - Warrington looks very good creativity and has good flair. You should look to have him supporting attacks so you have a central player who can unlock the opposition defence. I actually think he could play as a regista with Reitz going on a defend duty - this should help cover Tymon's runs as well with Ritz being on the left side of midfield. - If he cuts inside what do you expect him to do? his passing and vision are fairly low and his long shots are poor. If he's whipping crosses in then they don't need to be great to cause havock to the opposition - whereas cutting inside and finding the perfect pass is a harder skill to pull off. - This is a good point. Just keep an eye on Zuriko's output - if it doesn't improve then look to get Tymon into the game more by using the overlap.

If a coach is signed but doesn't speak the native language then he still has the same level of training (via the stars). If a coach was brought in but couldn't communicate without an interrupter you'd expect his coaching wouldn't be so effective - I wondered if this could be reflected in the game with their training star rating being lower until they learn the language.

A deep lying forward - they'll hold the ball up and play risky passes through to your inside forwards making runs forward. Of course they need to be creative and have some strength in order to be successful in the role.

@Cassius Both of your wide players in the attacking third are discouraged from crossing and you don't have any real creativity in the midfield - this is going to lead to a lack of chances been created. If it was my save I'd switch Bell to the right side as a winger on attack and then move Zuriko over to the left and have Conway on an attack duty. Conway's pretty good in the air but not that tall so maybe add whipped crosses. Tymon is a good crosser so add overlap left so the players are looking for him and he can deliver high quality crosses for your forwards. I'd also look for an advanced playmaker in the transfer window, as you lack creativity in the final third. Dunne as a NCB would concern me as well as he's just going to aimlessly lump the ball forward, I'd be tempted to have him as a CB and use PI's to take fewer risks. Make sure you have all players training their roles as well so the familiarity is increased. - This is how I'd do it if it was my save:

Girona or Wolfsburg could make for fun saves if you're still looking.

Have you thought about requesting a bigger stadium now you're in the PL?

I know you've got a club now but Barnet would of been a good choice. Produced a number of good players who are playing in the league, such as: Ronnie Edwards & Ephron Mason Clark (both now at Peterborough), Afolayan (now at St Pauli), Jamal Lowe (Swansea), Albert Adomah (QPR) probably some others too. They also have great training facilities on this years FM.

The player will simply pump the ball forward more often than not. If your forward is small like Owen then playing direct would be nonsensical as he won't win the ball more often than not in the air. If you have players with good passing and read the game well - then tell them to 'take more risks' they will then play the ball through if the chance is there, even if your teams passing is set to shorter.

It's quite common for teams poor technically to go much more direct as it's low risk as the ball will be in the opposing half. If you have players with elite passing teams generally play shorter and work there way up field - I would say in this case pass into space would be a better option than asking them to go direct as they're unlikely to give the ball away and should have the ability to create chances in the final third. If you have players who are poor at passing and you ask them to go short, then you will end up giving the ball away in dangerous areas of the pitch.