dannyrefc

Hello , im looking for advice on how best to implement these ideas , as im generally new to the editor never mind the advanced rules. so i want to make the MLS a little more stronger. im a big fan of US sports (NFL) and quite enjoy the rules & salary cap aspect of the MLS so i dont want to change any of that. i would like to.. 1. try to improve the youth strength if possible, can only think of increasing game importance to Very Important. dont want to artificially inflate facilities etc though hopefully just naturally allow better youth to come through. 2. Economic boost, this is kind of a fantasy idea but i see it more as just pre empting the inevitable, i want to realistically boost the economy of the MLS. im thinking give each team a realistic increase of TV money to act as a revenue bump to all teams as sponsorships are generally low and not much to make money in north america / continent. adding to that is there a way for me to increase the prize money for MLS & NACL, couldnt find anything while browsing the advanced rules to edit comp prize money. lastly can i increase the salary cap at a higher rate than it does already ? i know its set now to real life but i think im game after about 5 years it gets up to around $7mil in the editor , but i can see real life being further than that closer to $10. there is already talk of a big increase in salary cap to closer to 7 for 24/25 after messi effect. 3. DP slots , this is the the one i doubt is do able , dont think i even want to as the ai cant handle it as it is haha. is it possible to increase DP slots from 3 to 4? im looking to give the MLS a realistic but impactful boost to allow it to grow a little easier in game. not looking to change anything too unrealistic just general financial boosts / youth boost as incan see the MLS developing more into its youth in the next few years , the tv deal with the likes of apple / general revenue of the mls teams is bound to increase too and the general level of the talent / league is increasing quicker than whats possible in the game, any advice or pointers is very appreciated

as for the national team part. that is by design , germany has had greyed out players for years , same as japan. that is a licensing thing

i mean goalkeepers have been known to be out with broken hands

put it under review? has this still not been fixed in the latest update? if not thats shocking as i remember being involved in a detailed thread about this , on fm20😂 wow

anyone able to confirm if MLS teams still release there best players because they cant figure out the rules or been worked on ?

i get that, its been this way for so long i just think there musnt be a fix. one that dosent cause too much bother than its worth with knock on effects i presume. im just dissapointed its another year of it with all the talk of how AI is the best its ever been and what not. i mean as i mentioned in my other post if its affecting spains salary cap and other nations that use similair things i guess its a widespread AI issue in the code rather than league specific. appears than any league with any form of a complicated registration / league rule such as sal cap then the AI currently isnt capable of working in those parameters. but im just guessing , this is why would be nice to have some information shared with us either way. its like we wont be able to handle the truth lol 😂🤷

@Tom Pennington currently viewing major update 23.2 out now post from last year 👀🤔 you comparing this years text body to last bud, post itttt 😂

Not an ounce of communication since release from @Jimmy Wong regarding the first patch or upcoming update information to be seen on the forum 🤬. just kidding... really though, where the patch post and december post gone👀🤞

yep like i said i only have experience from a MLS perspective never managed in spain, thats unsurprising. jesus imagine if the saudi league was playable that would break the game with the 8foreign player limit. infact ive read about people who make the saudi DB not sure if its cos its custom db but seems like they cant handle that rule either and your big four PIF teams all end up relegated because they sell all their homegrown players. this is dissapointing and presumably a big issue behind the scenes with the code or something. does anybody know / read about what is causing it that i may have missed? id of thought it would work similair to how they follow the homegrown rules in england / continental competition? unless they mess that up too and i have not noticed that. i guess that they (powers that be) are looking into this in a general aspect if even spain isnt following league rules well (AI) but again , not holding my breath regarding the MLS

exactly! its not like we are asking for much. just the neccesary thing for enjoyment of save to be working. why can we not just get an answer either way as to whats holding the MLS back for so long. i just cant see it happening and thats very dissapointing. looks like international slots dont even work full stop currently never mind the AI using them properly. like i said the most frustrating part for me is we dont get any correspondence at all , its been this way since MLS even became part of FM. id rather be told yes we just simply cant figure it out without it causing too much of a problem elsewhere in the code or we dont value it as a priority issue, or we will try and fix it, theres been nothing i have noticed personally🤷. im trying to not bash too hard , because i do really enjoy the game when its in working order and have tons of respect for what the devs work on each year/provide. i have though been purchasing it year in year out hoping this may be the year i can play in a league i really enjoy (MLS), especially after all the "AI improvements" talked about pre release. im at a point where i dont see why they even include the MLS as a playable league any more because it must be an absaloute headache.

noticed that when couldnt see the early december post from @Jimmy Wong👀

if one was to just remove the 8 foreign player limit from the saudi league (if possible) would the AI behave then? just to be able to play the league for a couple years you think that is do able

its very dissapointing that after so many years we still cant do a long term save in the MLS due to the AI being unable to handle the squad registration. what is the issue?. i know there is alot of complicated rules but how can they stick to the registration rules for leagues in europe (england,italy,spain until this year etc) yet in the mls and probably other nations i dont play in personally, 2/3 years in and AI teams cant manage the squad registration and constantly sign&release their better players. is it just not a priority league? is it too much hassle that would cause knock on effects in other parts of the game world? i have never seen any communication on it either way. at least having an understanding of why it has remained this way for so long would be better than nothing at all. #JusticefortheMLS.✊

i have noticed that , may try another role but i like the way the enganche tends to sit and let everything happen round him. could try and get it from a different formation

hello , anyone able to shed any light on what data / competition updates are coming. i understand these usually require a new save. unsure wether worth continuing my save in england or wait for the data updates depending what they entail?

Hello , hope everyone is well!. So an accumulation of reading an article about Girona, having fun with the new match engine features & waiting for the known issues to be ironed out i am experimenting with the positional play aspect of the ME i would love to go into further detail on my own experiments but i am currently on my phone so cant lay things out as id like to , so this is mostly looking for discussion. id like to firstly start by reitterating this is purely experimental and not a tactical experiment i think id use in a serious european game for example, nor am i any form of a tactical wiz on FM, i wish. leave that to the tried and tested persona's who hang around here😂. so i have been thinking alot about ways to form different shapes in the new match engine purely from an offensive point of view, thinking of ideas myself from my limited knowledge of FMs roles / tendencies & inspirations from real life trends. like i mentioned theres also a few issues known that im waiting to be fixed such as most my games being 5-10 goal thrillers so why not create something attacking anyway thus here we are. i was reading about girona amongst other managers and teams who have taken the 2-3-5 & 3-2-5 variants of build up shapes and sacrificed a man in the build up for a 6th man in the attacking phase. So i played one of my games and tried something new , to see what i can do within FMs new positional play. This is just my ideas , im not trying to build up like girona position for position or anybody else. As this is just a fun experiment im also breaking the rules on what a "logical" setup would look like as you will see. Im also trying to squeeze as many of my favourite roles into it too😎. the formation i have chosen to use is the 4-2-3-1 DM. im looking to build up as mentioned in the 3-1-6 shape , so for that i shall use a back four of two Inverted full backs , and a central defender on Cover. the first fun role i love which will partner the CB is a Libero. this will be my 1. on a support duty he will push up into the DM and be my playmaker, this will allow the CB to go central and the two IFB to narrow up and create a back 3. i put the defender on a cover duty just for extra fun to mop up anything over the top & to create a diamond of sorts is what i was trying haha. There is now tons of ways to create this 3-1 i could of used a DM or an IWB, i wanted to try something different and get a libero involved. now it gets crazier. DM two volantes 🤷, like i said im breaking the rules and experimenting lol. these guys will push up into the half spaces , and do a lot of running in the channels , they will never make sense in a fm logic context , well mabe not until now being able to have players behind fill in for them in DM but my idea with them will make more sense a little hopefully in a second lol. accross the AM and winger roles i have two standard wingers on support holding the width , i see them as wide pivots creating triangles receiving the ball out wide and playing through balls into the channels/cross to the onrushing volante / poacher. in AM i have one of my favourite roles that ive been looking forward to use in the new ME, that is an Enganche. the idea for him is to do what enganches do and sit in the middle , drop off a little if he wants get the ball into feet and control the play. the double volante idea is to allow him to be fairly stationary with all the running happening around him / ahead of him. Positioning / partnerships are alot more intelligent this year and now they will make logical spacial movements most the time and not just pile up on top of one another. they will flank either side of him doing all the mobile running, creating the 3 number 10's i noticed in the girona analysis. also making underlapping runs into the channels for the winger to thread balls through too. upfront my final favourite role is the Poacher. the striker im looking to stretch the defence back vertically as much as possible allowing space in the AM strata to open up , with the wingers staying out wide to stretch the pitch horizontally as much as possible to open up space and gaps for runners in the channels and between the opposition defence. this is a big part of the tactic and positional play in general. we need to stress the back line by stretching it vertically and horizontally otherwise the AM area will be too crowded and there will be no space to play through the channels or no gaps created in the defence. this is what positional play is, im trying to position my players in areas where i can move the ball which will stretch and pull apart the opponents defensive organisation and free up a spare man/runner to then take advantage of the gap thats been left behind In my opinion of course. there is enough going on from defence to attacking mid that i feel he has no need to bother getting involved in the build up. i want him occupying and pushing back the centre backs always in the 6 yard box for those low crosses in from the wingers & volantes so i feel poacher suits what im looking for , where as an advanced forward i find will get involved more than i want. defensively well im not concerned about that , just getting the 3-6-1 build up shape. as we can see two volantes in mid , this is very vulnerable to counters / anything behind our front third lol, therefore my one and only defensive thought is win it back as high & soon as possible😂 If i am really struggling with the lack of midfield support i will change one volante to a Defensive Midfielder, allowimg the other volante to push up. the new positional play will allow him to create a partnership with the enganche who will then shift to the left / right to allow the Volante to enter the AM, this then creates the 3-2-5 build up shape. i will change the Wingers to Inside Forwards & give them the stay wider PI , with the inside forwards , poacher and volante all boming on you have lots of runners for the enganche to play through balls to. this is just wonderful stuff to me having the flexibility to morph into these different shapes all from 4231,433,442 and so on. so that is it really , if you read through my jumbled thoughts and ideas on tactics then i appreciate it. i shall show you how it looks below. in the first image you see how the 4-2-3-1 morphs into a 3-1-6 in the build up phase. in the second is one of my ideas on how it works , the full backs narrow up to a back 3 as play progresses , the ball has just came straight from the gk to the libero so the screenshot is captured right when moving from early phase to midfield phase. Libero has threaded a ball straight in to the enganche already .which i notice we seem to be able to progress the ball into AM fairly easily. he has time and turns and plays it out to the right winger. he hold it for a second and plays it through to the channel to the onrushing volante who takes advantage of the gap created between CB and LB by having the winger stay as far wide as possible , he runs with it to the right of the area and plays a low ball across to the poacher. resulted in a goal. we get overloads on both sides of the pitch and most the goals we score i imagine will come from goals similair to this. sometimes the 3-1 can become a little isolated from the 6 but i havnt changed anything cos also most the time the enganche / volantes will come towards the ball to help progress it or one of the IFB will step out and give an option to recycle it out to the wing and back inside so not noticed it being a big issue yet. we won this game 6-2 not surprising currently lol. Im not looking for any advice, this was just a fun experiment breaking the rules and having a blast with the new positional play features and seeing what crazy shapes and partnerships can be created. im hoping more for this to be a discussion, id like to hear what roles / partnerships you are using / enjoying. i think my next one will be trying narrow formations such as 4312 with an enganche and 3 Dms (two SV) iwb 😂excited to use roles such as the Enganche this year and see what this ME can allow it to flourish into now with partnerships.and also see what i can do with the half back in 2 DM formations. besides the issues that will hopefully be ironed out soon , im having a ton of fun with this aspect of the game, very grateful for the hard work to get this into the game, i understand they got what they could get in this game with the positional partnerships and such, great effort. look forward to future evolutions, for example a partnership i was thinking of was having a 442 , one striker drops into the AM in say a dlf or f9 , a CM/DM pushes up into AM and creates a partnership with the striker , allowing the 5 to form again 😂 an iwb and IFB at the back and a DM / CM who sits and you get your 3-2-5 from a 442 that way with a ST/CMorDM partnership in AM. so many ideas look forward to hearing everyone elses, this got alot more detailed than i thought it would on a mobile. I highly recommend just having a go and trying new/strange things , break the rules and have fun, cheers.

thats one of FMs biggest misconceptions. your playing him at one of your coaches opinions of what would be his best role. his best role is whatever you think his build / attributes suit best.

scratch that, i advanced a day and a german fella called klaus hoffman popped up as chairman , now able to make requests. will just hire the rest of my staff

i have no issues starting over and hiring all. but of course i cant hire a director/owner and have none at all not even a newgen? im unable to make any board requests it is greyed out, i was wandering what happens here? are we unable to make board requests full stop without a fix ?

can anyone clarify for me if they end up getting a newgen director at some point? i understand the licensing issue but they have 0 board also and cant make any board requests starting out, cheers

i have started a save , they have no board and cant make board requests. can anyone clarify what happens going forward?