[Funny Screenshots Thread]

Haven't seen this celebration before. So for context, Anthony Stokes scores a screamer from outside the box and celebrates, next thing the opposing player goes up to him to do the same, not sure if it was a bug or if he was mocking him but I found it really interesting 

[Emulating real life tactics]

1 hour ago, gonefading said:

Hello, mjk46!

What helped me achieving something like this is WhoScored's database.

WhoScored's data representation includes comprehensive historic data about club performances. But it's important to know how to interpret this data. Last summer I did something similar (I compared and standardised data of more than 130 seasons of well-known managers to get an idea of their playing styles) and came to the conclusion that Blanc's PSG 15/16 had following characteristics:

• much less urgent pressure
• attacking width very narrow
• default defensive line
• a strong probability for a very low line of engagement (because the system wasn't pressure-oriented; instead Blanc relied on vertical compactness)
• Work ball into the box, because only 30 % of all shots were executed from outside the box
• focus play through the middle, because they had an amount of 32 % possession in the middle of the pitch rather which is pretty high; the average was about 26 % that season
• these data suggest that Blanc's system also had a strong emphasis on short passing since the horizontal and vertical distances between the players were pretty short; therefore I'd use very much shorter passing; they also had more than 63 % possession on average which is huge
• the extremely high amount of times their opponent's got trapped offside suggests there were playing with an offside trap (more than twice the average size), but be careful: football has changed much within the last six years and offsides are much rarer than before
• default defensive width
• the amount of fouls, if not in possession, suggests they Blanc's PSG rather used get stuck in
• the overall playing style indicates that, when Blanc's PSG won possession, they were looking to hold shape, and rather regrouped when they lost the ball

That's basically everything I get out of the data (based on the averages of every Ligue 1 club of the 15/16 season). But don't forget that these stats vary from opponent to opponent, and it's also important to consider that teams often play a different, very often a more cautious, brand of football when they play away from home.

However, it's not completely possible to transfer real life statistics into a video game because even the best programmers fail to replicate real life, because they have their own ideas about it. You might come close with this kind of data though.

As long as I can get close to that feeling, I will be happy even if not I will just enjoy learning the tactics system better. 

[Emulating real life tactics]

You guys are so awesome with the advise, thanks for the tips so far

[Emulating real life tactics]

For several years of FM I usually plug-n-play and then tweak to my liking but for the first time I want to start making my own tactics. The thing is I want to emulate as much as I can to real life managers of what they use. So here is my question.. What would be the best resources to use to help me create these tactics emulating the real thing?? For example if I wanted to copy Blanc's tactics at PSG from a few years back, what would  resources would I need to properly build it?

[How many Leagues are you running and what's your database]

I currently have around 115k players with around 50 leagues. I have the top 10 European leagues plus their lower divisions, then a few random nations for regens and localization, also USA, Mexico and Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, finally Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR Congo and Ghana.  

[FM17 Greenland League and National Team]

Looks like a fun database!!! I think I will give G 44 a shot! Are there any rules for any of the leagues?

[Leagues World Pack: South America, Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, Oceania]

Claassen where do you find the information on the league rules and what not for a lot of the smaller and less known countries? 

[Leagues World Pack: South America, Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, Oceania]

Sounds good man!! You work is always quality and I can't wait. One question. Do yuo just update the versions from the previous year or do you start from nothing? 

[Leagues World Pack: South America, Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, Oceania]

Claassen I am very excited for this. Would you be willing to do a small nation like Taiwan someday?  

[Funny Screenshots Thread]

Looks like my director called out Rangers here

 

[[FM2015][WIP] - Channel Islands Database Including Kit and Logo Packs.]

Yep, placed Kazahkstan and Azerbaijan into Asia so the Channel Island's clubs replace them in Europe. However I can't remember if that starts in the second season rather than the first.

Here's the file if anyone is interested - https://www.sendspace.com/file/eliex7 It's far from complete now but hopefully I will have the time and energy to finish at a later date, the main base of everything is still included. Just a few things to iron out and more data to add. Maybe I'll get it done for the next FM haha.

Hell Yeah man thanks!! Ill give it a go and let you know how things turn out!!

Found this. Is it an issue??

http://i.gyazo.com/42ae0f31a110c6a94e2ea1a7a30e4536.png

[[FM2015][WIP] - Channel Islands Database Including Kit and Logo Packs.]

This might be a dumb question but can the clubs participate in Champions League and Europa League??