[Football Manager 2019 Official Feedback Thread]

43 minutes ago, fidelitywars said:

Personally, i'm finding the game intensely boring - whether this is owing to my tactics or issues with the current ME, i'm unsure. Think that with issues of this ilk, the answer is usually somewhere in the middle.

Problems i'm experiencing are broadly as below:

• Creative roles (advanced playmaker/roaming playmaker) have an infuriating fondness for long range shots and have almost no interest in attempting to play penetrative passes when in advanced midfield positions, which in turn results in strikers being redundant/receiving no service
• Conversely, creative players are far too keen to play ambitious passes when in deeper positions; there's a real lack of composure and players with the 'tries killer balls often' PPM are effectively useless owing to their pathological insistence in whacking artless long passes forward; there's little patient, little craft and little intelligence.
• Perhaps linked to this, central defenders are also far too keen to go direct, despite playing in set-ups that do no encourage this. This issue and the one above combine to ensure that passing stats are very low across the board (seemingly at around 5-10% lower than in FM18). Unsure if this is a consequence of players lacking composure when pressed or just a general, counter-instructive preference for direct football.
• There seems to be very little subtlety; my players (fullbacks excepted, as ever in FM, they perform consistently well) rarely attempt to dribble in the final 3rd, attempt very few key passes, create very few chances and generally, play brainlessly and without quality.
• All of the above ensures that goals are very, very heavily weighted to set-pieces, crosses and wild penalty box pinball; if it wasn't for rebounds from corners or the very generous number of penalties I'm awarded, I don't think i'd ever score. This makes the game awfully repetitive and for me, impossible to enjoy. On the very rare occasions open play chances are actually created, I find that the conversion rate is pretty poor (though the rebounds do go in more frequently but this just serves to annoy me more as it nullifies the assist).

Doubtless they'll be plenty, i'd wager either the more pragmatic amongst us and the self-styled tactical experts, who will refute much of the above but seriously, i've tried several set-ups and this consistently sums up the result. I accept that i'm a more quixotic FMer and I do have a very specific, very set way that I want to play but i'm far from a beginner in FM terms yet am really struggling to find any enjoyment whatsoever from this iteration.

For the record, I'm actually unbeaten heading into the winter break but have no interest in grinding out tedious wins every week without showing any adventure, quality or joy. It just feels so prosaic, so frustrating and ultimately, so boring.

could not have put it better myself

[Football Manager 2019 Pre Release Beta *Official* Feedback Thread]

Going to try and get a refund on mine and re buy if the crosses / difficulty situation improves I think. Good luck all

[Football Manager 2019 Pre Release Beta *Official* Feedback Thread]

In a 90 minute match , the ball is only in play between 53-58 mins for the average premier league team. So 73 crosses is actually worse than it looks. lol

[Football Manager 2019 Pre Release Beta *Official* Feedback Thread]

I'm 33 and have been playing FM/CM since I was about 8 (so pretty much its entire lifetime).

Just some quick thoughts..

Booted up the beta and first impressions very good, love the new tactics , much easier and simpler to tune and understand. The interface is smooth and looks good.

The only 2 real issues I have (and i'm afraid if they remain are deal breakers for me) and will stop me playing are:

1) 90% of my goals come from crosses or a scramble in the box after a cross

2) Its too easy, i've let in 2 goals all season with Arsenal come late December and haven't lost a game (including City and Liverpool away)

Just my 2 cents. Cheers