[How much does player experience-age matter?]

Just as the title ask how much does experience-age matter when it comes to how well a player performs?

Two players. Player A and Player B.

Both play the same position, both play the same role, in the same tactic, with the same teammates. Both have the exact same attributes/traits.

Player A is 18 and inexperienced.

Player B is 30 and experienced.

 

Will Player B perform better or will it be the same?

 

[How to export Player Traits and Coach Report]

3 hours ago, Andros said:

i don't have the game in front of me, but i think if you set up the team page to have all the attributes in the order you want, then go to preferences, print screen then choose html, you can export it and then open it with a web browser.  Finally, copy and paste all from the browser into excel and print.  Sorry, if i got details wrong but maybe someone else can fix any mistakes.

That gives attributes, and I do that often. Even have my own DNA spreadsheet set up.

However, as far as I can tell it does not do Player Traits or the Coach's Report.

[How to export Player Traits and Coach Report]

3 hours ago, Speedyol said:

The only thing I can think of is by using screen shots. But If you have 2 monitors its pretty fast to look at the game and write the data directly without moving your eyes back and fourth.

Yeah, that is what i have been doing, just hoping there might be  a better way out there.

[How to export Player Traits and Coach Report]

I try to keep track of the Player Traits for each of my players and their Coach's Report which can give some great information.

Is there a way to export this information?

Currently I am just looking at the player and writing it down. Surely there is a way to export this info.

[Why do we have ‘defend’, ‘support’ and ‘attack’ for positions?]

The best way I have found to think about it is to forget Roles and Duties and think about instructions.

In the Tactic Creator you are giving instructions to your players. Instead of having to tick a bunch of boxes the nice people at SI have given us preset list of instructions.

 

The one issue I have is that there are hard coded instructions in roles that are not listed. An example is the Playmaker roles. As I understand it hard coded into those roles is the idea that the other players on the team will look to pass to them more often.

[Central Midfield & Wing Role Pairings]

Excuse my ignorance, but why would you give an IW the PI of stay wide?

If you want them to stay wide, make them a winger and just have them cross less.

[European Super League.]

5 hours ago, Sharkn20 said:

Because you are American you probably don't watch the local leagues in Europe, where always 3 different teams rotate the tittles and accumulate the Champions League money, while the others are just meh.

The only decent league is the Premier, which don't belong to Europe anymore, where you have 6 competitive teams.

The rest of the leagues 90% of the games are meh.

I cannot disagree with you. However, I have followed my local college American football team. Tier 3 and the lower part of Tier 3. So I understand the love a person has for the local club that will never go anywhere. They will NEVER EVER play in the NFL. It is impossible. You are right that it is improbable that teams can go up the chain like we do in FM, but improbable is very different than impossible. I mean look at West Ham this season. Everton will not make it, but are still within range. Up until 2008 Manchester City would not have been in any conversation.

If the league went forward as they had described it all that goes away. Yes, right now the haves are really far ahead, but there is the possibility for some clubs to break through. That would go away.

[European Super League.]

Whether there is an ESL or not I am buying FM22, FM23, FM24...etc.

I love SI. Think FM is the best sports game ever.

I can always mod, and I do journeyman saves more than anything else so this changes nothing for me except IRL football will die a little.

[European Super League.]

9 hours ago, Sharkn20 said:

I love it, the local leagues are beyond boring, an NFL // NBA // NHL // MLB system makes a lot more sense.

The rest of the teams can continue as they are like feeder leagues and live with it.

I am an American, so let me explain to anyone who thinks this Super League is a good idea what is going to happen.

Imagine it. The Tottenham Hot Spurs against AC Milan. Sounds great doesn't it.

Until you realize that Tottenham hasn't won anything or even gotten into the playoffs the last 5 years. The current season sees them with 1 win, 5 draws, 14 losses. AC Milan isn't any better. Sure a couple of years ago they got into the playoffs, but now they have 2 wins, 4 draws, and 12 losses.

Neither team has anything to play for. A meaningless game with nothing on the line.

Then there is the rumors that Tottenham aren't happy with their local deal and are looking to make a move to Berlin like Inter Milan did to Paris and Atletico did to Moscow.

What is worse though is the fact that neither AC Milan or Tottenham have any desire to spend more money to improve and get better. Why should they? They are making a profit. There is no risk they are going to be relegated and sure they could spend more and maybe make the playoffs, why do that? Any money gotten from getting to the playoffs and championship aren't going to replace the money that is needed to bring in the players to reach that level. Do you really think someone greedy enough to pull what they are doing now is going to loose money just to hold a trophy?

 

["We don't want possession, we want the space." (Tactic Help)]

I want to thank everyone that replied.

I think I would boil it down to this:

 

Either you defend by having the ball and when your opponent has the occasional possessionl you try and defend that attack.

or

You defend by allowing the opponent possession and having your defenders defend (hoping they do not make a mistake) and then attacking on the occasion you have the ball.

["We don't want possession, we want the space." (Tactic Help)]

I love possession style tactics and it is usually what I go with. For me, if I don't have > 55% possession my tactic isn't working. It is what I know and what I am comfortable with.

Something I heard sparked interest in me. I heard that José Mourinho stated, "We don't want possession, we want the space."

What kind of formation, team instructions, and roles would you use for a style that said, "We don't want possession, we want the space."

[Injuries]

I thought it might be, but i know I should not be getting asked if I want to sub off opponents players because they have an orange injury

[Injuries]

In my Advice "tab?" I am getting questions for the other team's injuries.

Also, maybe I am just having bad luck, but suddenly my teams injuries is very high

[Does this game scare anyone else or do I just have a problem?]

I just spent 4 hours working on some excel spread sheets....for a video game.

I spent  7 hours doing nothing but meeting my new team, setting schedules, hiring managers, and scouting players. I advanced one week in game time.

I have spent 7 hours doing nothing but advancing through preseason.

 

Sometimes this game scares me.

 

 

[When I take over a team why does the players scouted go to zero?]

So we all know that when you take over a team you never have any players scouted.

I can understand why you might not be able, as a manager, to take the player information you have scouted from one team to the next. But why doesn't your new team have a list of players they have scouted?

Example:

      Going into my 6th season I have taken over a tier 2 team. Their scouting center has like 3 players scouted. For 5 seasons they should have been scouting. Why can't they already have a database of players scouted?

[Training schedules and Match Days]

I am by now means an expert and like you I have watched a lot of videos and read a lot articles. Here are some tips of what I do (PS I play a lot at lower league levels).

1- At the first of each month I set my training schedule for that month.

2- Whenever I get a news item in my inbox about a change in my fixtures I change the training from the news article.

3- What I do for training depends upon:

• How my team is playing.
• My team's Tactic Familiarity.
• How good the next opposition is.

4- After every match I have a Recovery, Match Review, and Team Bonding (Increases Team Cohesion and Happiness).

5- Before every match I have a Match Preview and either Match Tactics or Teamwork (I do a lot of Possession/Pressing).

6- Before each match I try to do Match Preparation Attacking Movement and Defensive Shape.

 

So, in weeks where I have one Match I am able to get in get in some sessions other than Match Preparation.

In weeks where I have more than one match I usually do not get much of any other training done. It might look something like this:

Teamwork	Rest	Recovery	Attacking Movement	Teamwork	Rest	Recovery
Rest	Match	Match Review	Defensive Shape	Match Tactics	Match	Match Review
Match Preview	Rest	Rest	Rest	Match Preview	Rest	Team Bonding

 

• If there is travel I lose something.
• I do not do a lot of "General" training. I am sure I lose something because of that, but I figure my job is to win games and Match Preparation helps that. Plus Match Preparation does train the areas the player is using.
• If there are 3 matches in a week I get no training done at all.
• In weeks where I have only one Match and I get to do something other than Match Prep I train in areas I feel my team is playing bad in.

[Match Sharpness Icon and Fatigue]

10 hours ago, rosek said:

Hello.

It's a problem with your skin.

You have to see with the autor if he can resolve the problem.

Cordially.

 

Thank you. Yeah, I think I figured that out about 20 minutes after I posted.

 

[Match Sharpness Icon and Fatigue]

I know some of this has been said, but...

I have a pre-Winter update save. If I close FM21 down using anything other than the default skin when I reload there will be no Match Sharpness Icons in any Squad or Tactics view. The Fatigue column will also be blank.

I looked this up and went into AppData/Local and removed my Cache folder and my preferences folder. Restarted the game Icons were there, but when I closed down FM21, with anything other than the default skin, they disappear. 

I have two computers and this happens on both computers.

Currently what I have to do is before I exit switch to the default skin then close down the program. When I restart then load in any skin I want to use.

[What to do about "Struggling for possession in the opponents half."]

"Struggling for possession in the opponents half" for me seems to be the "being overrun in the midfield."

What are some tips to stop the struggling?

[Shout out to FM Stinger on YouTube.]

Hope this does not break the rules but I had to share this for others.

I have no contact or relation to FM Stinger on YouTube, but his positional and tactic videos have done a lot to help me understand different roles and what they do on the pitch. He makes it simple and uses in game footage to show exactly what is going on. Lots of great help.

[Team Analyst Report - Team Instruction setting]

I am not the greatest at tactics, but when I use the analyst reports for clues. For instance, if it says that the other team is scoring a lot from crosses I know to put my defensive width wider to make sure to press their FB's and Wingers. Stuff like that.

[How to set Under 18's lineup?]

I was hoping there was a better way.

[Player Position Familiarity]

Thanks for the information

[Player Position Familiarity]

We all know that FM21 got rid of role familiarity. It did not get rid of Position familiarity.
Currently Position familiarity ranges from Natural to Accomplished to Competent all the way down to Poor. Obviously you want to play a player in his Natural position if you can.

It is my understanding that you can never train a player so that their Position familiarity is Natural. The highest it can get is Accomplished.

• So what is the difference between playing a player in his Natural position versus playing him in a position he is only Accomplished in?
• How big of a difference does it make?

[How to set Under 18's lineup?]

Hello.

I have a young STC that will be great one day. I want him starting on my Under 18's. Currently anytime a Under 18's match comes and I am asked about first time players I make sure he is set to start.

I do not want to take control of my Under 18s's, but I want him starting. Is there anyway to set his playing time so my Under 18's Manager starts him automatically?