silentwars

A good sound pack would be a welcome addition. If you could have unique fan chants for certain clubs, maybe fans chanting you out if you're not doing well. Would help with game immersion and wouldn't be that difficult to have. Not expecting it though.

Also Rotherham - probably the most challenging team to manage in the Championship. Getting them to the Prem and keeping them there is a good challenge.

Fiorentina - got the potential to be a top club, decent facilities/stadium and plenty of good players to start with and haven't won a trophy since 2001. Got plenty of competition in Serie A so should make for a fun save.

I'm pretty sure they're going to end up in the local leagues on my save

I actually usually leave it to standard if I have a good target forward and the keeper has decent kicking. But then I generally prefer playing high tempo, attacking as opposed to trying to control the game through lots of possession. Off tactics topic, Birmingham in my current save have plummeted to the National League and have no money - not sure if this is a regular thing in this year's FM. They've got around 10k a week to spend on wages

IRL they do though At least when I watched them last season.

Doesn't the play out of defence and direct passing contradict each other?

I would add work ball into the box - as you're currently allowing your players the freedom to choose between long shots, crossing or patiently building it into the area. I believe Akman isn't the best in the air and you have technically gifted players so I'd initially look to present clear opportunities and maybe remove the option in the 2nd half if you haven't scored. Because you're managing a top team in the league I'd expect many clubs will end up defending deep and limiting the space so you might want to add run at defence so your players are more prone to beating opposition players and opening space up in the final third. I'd also consider switching the mezella to the left side of the pitch as you currently have two players on attack mentality on the right side of the pitch but none on the left.

The Harry Redknapp approach

What season are you in? What positions do you need strengthening the most?

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And it's not just PV - just using them as an example

By the way the 2nd image is from a different save after I removed all editor files and logo packs. As you can see the issue still remained. But it's why there's some other players retained. Also they're not signing any loan players ...

This is my first save on FM23, I'm currently in the lower leagues, I've noticed the other teams at my level seem to be releasing a lot of regular players. See the attached screenshot of Port Vale, who have pretty much let their entire squad go rather than giving them new deals. Is it a bug? or is this common in this years game?

He's not suited to been a complete forward IMO - he's technically not that great and he's a poor decision maker. Personally, I'd play him as a pressing forward on support and allow the two wide players to make runs ahead of him. Also train his ball control as his first touch isn't good enough for a club like Liverpool.

Always extended bar pre season

I've had some success playing with direct tactics/wing play but they involved pressing & attacking mentality. Do you really want to watch catenaccio though? It won't be the best watch

I agree I usually just place an ad using the job centre and then choice the best candidate from the applicants. You only have a short pool to work from but it's better than leaving it to the AI to decide. But it really depends on what you want - if you want to play realistic you have to impose restrictions on yourself as the game won't do it for you.

I know, I just like to do that to make it a little harder however I've found even with average coaches you can still get a good degree of development from younger players. Another thing I like to do is only appoint staff who speak the language of the country I'm working in and look for ex players of the club. It's really upto you how difficult you make it.

Your tactic is very patient - meaning your players are looking for the perfect opportunities. Unless they are far superior than your opposition chances are likely to be limited. If it was me I'd try removing 'work ball into box' and pushing the passing range upto standard. If your forwards have good speed & movement maybe even try pass into space. I'd also play on a more positive mentality. Also I'm not sure about regroup when you're using a high press. What's your thinking with that TI?

My take: You also have a very patient build up play which means the opposition will more often than not be back in position and restricting the space by the time the ball is in the final third. I would of thought with your current tactic that an advanced playmaker may be a better choice to play balls into your forward, mezella and wingbacks. If you want to utilise the treq I'd consider removing play of defence TI to encourage the ball to go forward quicker, then there will be more chance for him to exploit the space, especially if he has good speed, dribbling and flair. Your forward is on a support duty meaning he will drop deep - this is probably making it easier for the opposition defenders to mark your Treq as there's no one making runs beyond him and pushing the defenders back - which in turn would create more space for him to operate in. It's also worth taking a look at his movement attributes (off the ball - anticipation - decisions) if these are poor then opposition defenders might find it easy to mark him out the game.

Add PI to press more and use OI's as well. You could even ask them to tight mark opposition fullbacks/wing backs to encourage them to track back when they make forward runs. However it's worth noting Correa has fairly poor work rate so you may want to head into the transfer market if he's still not helping out defensively.

You have the option to make it harder by either allowing your director to recruit new staff or (if you still want to do it yourself), using the job centre and only hiring somebody who applies (which is what I do) which leaves you with fewer options. I also only let staff go once there contracts expire, unless it's an assistant as I feel it would be unrealistic to go into a club and just sack all the staff if you were a first time coach.

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