[Two assistant managers at the same time]

UPDATE: The weird thing about this is ever since I sacked the second assistant manager the team started to perform worse. I am curious whether it is possible that having this gave me an unfair advantage over the last couple of seasons. If so I am now regretting my decision...

[Two assistant managers at the same time]

Not sure if this is a bug but based on the previous releases and game UI it seems like it.

I just come to realise that I have two assistant managers employed at the same time:

[Fine not applied]

I'm in the middle of a season now and I haven't been playing for a while but will make sure to do it once I reach the end. Thanks.

[Fine not applied]

Hey Harrison, thanks for the reply. I've only been asked to set a code of conduct in the first season and not in the subsequent 4 seasons. Hope this gets fixed soon. 

[Fine not applied]

Just to make sure I'm not going insane here's another one:

Before

 

After

[Fine not applied]

This is really pissing me off because the player got a red card on min 12 causing us to lose the Super Cup. I selected "Fine 2 Weeks Wages" then pressed confirm then I see this:

 

[Transfer offers don't match...]

Created this thread as well 

It is basically the same issue. Just yesterday I thought I bought a wonderkind for 25mil only to find out I have to pay 1.2mil for 10 games as well. Sneaky AI... 

[Missing clause]

As seen in the screenshot, the "X amount per game for Y games" is missing from the dropdowns and from the UI yet the AI still uses it.

[Code of conduct not applied]

Hey Harrison,

I just checked and it says "No code of conduct has been agreed yet" although I clearly remember setting one each season.

[Opposition striker makes a counter attacking 75 meeters run while my 3 defenders watch him do his thing]

Min 80:40. Buitnik starts a 75m counter attacking run while I still have 3 players at the middle of the pitch. My players just watch him run without any attempts to press him. (PKM attached)

Vitesse v Ajax.pkm

[Code of conduct not applied]

The Code of Conduct preset punishments do not get applied when a player commits a missconduct. Instead the punishment always says "None" so I basically have to remember what I have chosen or apply subjective punishments. There's no point in having a Code of Conduct if this doesn't work.

[Impossible to access tactics screen before extra time]

The picture speaks for itself. The bottom bar completely dissapeared and I cannot access tactics or make subs unless I press "Start extra time".

[Clear cut chances]

I can confirm CCCs are always 0 to both sides. I'm in FMT

[Can't make tactical changes in match]

Hey Dan,

The only thing I did before the bug started to happen was to shout to the team and to specific players. Then on I was still able to issue tactical changes and subs but they never got applied. The subs were actually reflected in the bottom bar but not on the pitch (for ex. I subbed Saka in for Pepe which was injured - you can see he appears to be on however on the pitch Pepe played the whole game). I also tried cancelling the changes but that didn't work either.

[Can't make tactical changes in match]

I've got two injured players yet I can't sub them nor can I make tactical changes. The panel on the bottom left just stays like that and tactical changes never get applied. Please sort this out asap because I'm pretty sure it happens quite often (happened on my first official match of the season and today is the first time I'm playing FMT21).

[Help me adjust my tactics vs tough oposition]

Hello. I am currently finishing my 4th season in FM Touch with a team from an eastern european league. I am by far the best in the league and qualify for champions league group stages every year. I have set up a nice team filling the squad with players I think fit my style of play and the team's DNA. While I have close to no problems winning the title and cup every year (almost getting boring) I have huge issues playing against elite teams and since I've always been seeded 4th in CL group stage I usually end up playing against 3 other top class teams.

Here are the tactics I use domestically:

My squd consists of the following types of players:

- A decent sweeper keeper (13+ passing, kicking, throwing)

- Decent all round wing backs (good physicall, good mentals and decent technique)

- Strong, intelligent ball playing defenders (decent technique, good mentals, good physicals)

- Hard working central midfielders - all with high work rate, teamwork, stamina (14+) and good passing and vision (14 on averrage)

- Fairly fast, highly technical inside forwards with decent physicals, good passing, vision and flair

- All round striker with good technical, mentals and physicals (good but does not excel in any)

 

Anyways, this tactic ilustrates a gegenpressing style and at least for the league I am in it's proving to be excellent. There are three scenarios I struggle in particular and I need some advice on how I should setup the formation, TIs and player roles so that I still keep roughly the same style of play but in a more conservative, counter-attacking strategy:

- Playing vs elite teams at home

- Playing vs elite teams away

- Adjusting tactics when you go behind after starting with a more defensive strategy vs elite teams

 

I have to mention that I tried several defensive tactics but none of them proved to help me achieve what I wanted. I usually go for a cautious, counter-attacking tactic when playing vs good opposition and I try to park the bus vs elite opposition. Almost all the time I am scored in the first 10 minutes and it feels like I'm paralyzed.

Any help is appreciated 

Cheers,

Robert

PS: When playing counter-attacking, my bet for the attacking threat would be on the inside forwards since they are the ones who can do magic out of poor situations. 

[game is too easy]

22 minutes ago, Svenc said:

I think the game were actually better off if in the future if this was massively streamlined.

I am actually playing FM Touch just for that reason alone.

24 minutes ago, Svenc said:

The PPMs (Player prefered moves) each Player has doesn't make it any easier.

Funny thing is that I just noticed I can't even see PPM's in the interface  Must be some bug or something.

[game is too easy]

3 hours ago, Svenc said:

Because even when going behind, you Keep playing a cautious game of Football, including keeping the pitch compact and small

I played on balanced mentality after I went behind because that was actually my normal "attacking" strategy. I actualy won both the cup and the league with it and it turned out to be quite potent in attack. The reason I play balanced is because I compensate to that with the heavily attack based formation, roles and TIs. Nonetheless, in reality, getting 50% possesion with a heavily underdog team against Pep is something that would never happen.

[Match Sounds]

Can confirm it happens to me too.

[game is too easy]

CFR Cluj - Man City 2-3 (50:50 possesion) - I was CFR Cluj

You keep saying that the game is realistic and doesn't have game breaking bugs but in all honesty the ME AI is a catastrophe at this point.

This game for example - I expected to be completely dominated and put my hopes in counter attacks. I started with my base 4-2-4 formation on a cautious mentality expecting that with some luck I would get my strikers into space and maybe get a goal so I can hold onto a draw or something. They scored in min 4 - I immediately switched to my normal 4-2-4 balanced tactic and the game started to be more or less even.

Now please explain this:
- How on earth can I manage 50% possesion vs Guardiola's Man City all that while playing a 4-2-4 formation? 

- How did I manage to get so much out of the game while they got so little? (I mean 4 shots on target on both teams is ridicoulus)

- Why is it easier to play a more attacking tactic vs big teams than a more defensive/counter-attacking one? (I noticed this over several games and will provide PKMs)

CFR Cluj v Manchester City.pkm

[Match engine changelogs]

6 minutes ago, HUNT3R said:

Changes are listed in the updates after release that SI do.

Does that mean that you do ME tweaks only on majors? Because the changelogs only come with those. (and with hotfixes) - as far as I noticed.

[Match engine changelogs]

Hello SI.

This is a bit of an off topic but I think it would be very nice of you to keep the community up to date with tweaks and fixes you do to the ME AI. There are two major reasons I can think of why this would benefit FM:

First of all, the community here consists mostly of avid FM players and people who care about the game enough to gather information about bugs and inconsistencies, describe them and be willing to discuss them. Providing a changelog, especially for the ME, would tighten the relationship between the community and the devs and it would show that you act upon and care about our complaints and suggestions.

Secondly, this would be very useful for us by providing the necessary information on how to adjust our tactical setup to get the best out of the game. Although a simulation where people are supposed to follow the rules of the RL game, bugs and inconsistencies will always generate their own meta which people tend to exploit in order to win. Help us understand the meta faster and give us more info about what happens behind the scenes! Our collabolaration can only lead to a better version of the game.

Cheers,

Robert

[Wide players always shoot when in the penalty area]

15 minutes ago, CJ Ramson said:

We will never be able to play through as many unique scenarios as people playing the game. Literally thousands of people playing using different tactics create new scenarios even if the outcome is the same, the more PKM's we can provide for the Devs to view that more likely we will be able to get a fix.

You could prolong the beta to 4 weeks or more and automatically gather and upload logs and stats from everybody playing it. Not everyone is willing to participate to the debugging process by gathering PKMs and writing descriptions and most people just refuse to play the game.

This has been an ongoing problem with FM - the ME is poor and full of bugs until the post winter patch. After that patch you rarely release any new tweaks and when people complain you always point out to tactics.

It is sad that there is no real competitor on the market for FM as that would push SI to put more effort into such things.

2 hours ago, emil_sbn said:

Do you need more pkms devs or are have you found the source to this issue? 

I don't intend to direct any blame towards developers as I understand how this environment works but SI management should definetly read these forums from time to time and boost up their efforts which year in year out tend to dissapoint.

[Players taking shots into side netting]

I think this is related to this thread. Same here.

 

[Do you feel like this ME is a simulation ?]

Maybe it is just me and I need to start a new save but compared to the beta, ME seems kinda stale and boring atm. Every game seems to be the same, same routes, same types of goals. I am now winning 90% of my games into the second season (only having trouble in CL) and I am literally doing the same thing over and over - pretty sure I could script my actions and the results would be the same.