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Near end of Dec and TAA has successfully unlearned Try killer through balls after my coaches recommended it. I did notice he rarely crossed the ball compared to my left backs. We will see how it goes!

Started my save, won community shield 3-1 and first game of season 3-1 also. Sorted out my training and got a lot of new staff. Offered out Keita on first day of save and Man City bought him for £40m. Happy with that. Phillips went on loan to Rangers with a £10m mandatory fee, and paying 100% wages for the loan period. Happy with that too. Carvalho went on loan for gametime to boost his value. Not going to use him so hoping to sell in a season or 2. Bunch of other youth went on loan too. Brought in Archie Gray for £1.2m, good prospect and also Bellingham for £100m (25m upfront, 75 over 3 years). Bajcetic promoted to senior team and will get gametime as backup until hes ready. Also promoted to get mentored, both Hendo and Milner are model citizens, one of the best personalities in the game, so make use of mentoring with them. Firmino got a new 3 year contract (less wages too), didnt want to lose him for nothing but plan to sell in a season. Will do the same with Ox too. Changed a few players playing time expectations too, just had to talk to them and they were happy to. Got Milner down to impact sub, lowered a few from regular to squad player, and star players to regular/important. Will help when resting them so they dont become unhappy. Using a 433DM, tho i keep changing my 2 CM roles, never sure what to stick with.Currently BBM and CMs. Edit: A week or so before transfer deadline and Thiago comes to me wanting a new contract. Luckily my DoF sorts it out nicely, an extra year + optional extension, keeps the same wages and only slightly higher in his bonuses.

I got a couple of weeks done, after spending a few hours sorting out staff..... then remebered about the real name fix i forgot to install so am starting again Checked the pre game editor for the PA of some players, not posting numbers but Bajcetic and Doak have a high chance of being world class. Bradley, Ramsey, Morton, Van den Berg, Gordon and a few others have a fairly good chance to roll well too. If they dont develop, will sell for a lot.

Gonna start a new save this afternoon. I have noticed we only have £5m budget in first window. Bajcetic looks potentially world class now. Also Doak, Ramsey, Bradley, van den berg and Gordon, can be good. Honestly with the youngsters theres not a lot of players needed until you want to replace the older guys in a season or 2. Of course i am still going to try and get Bellingham asap. Also i really like Macallister from brighton who i got in my first save. Great versatile player, good squad player.

Finally had chance to continue my save. Currently top in season 2, jan transfer window. Got Endrick for £20m joining at end of season. How is TAA doing for everyone? I really want more out of him but unsure how to get it. Also how is Elliot? He has developed nicely for me but i just havent decided on his main position.

World class replacement for Fabinho/Hendo and future captain. Bought him first season. Squad player for now. Gets plenty of games and a backup CD in emergencies.

How do you folks set up training the day after a match? I have always just had a recovery session, rest (or travel) session, and rest or match review (first few weeks of season). In my rest settings, low red is no pitch or gym work. orange at half intensity (no gym work during period with lots of games), yellow at half intensity, green at normal intensity and max at double. I have recently been thinking that as the players who played the match will be resting anyway to to the rest section, that i could actually add a proper training session the day after the match for the other squad players. Does anyone do this? Is it work doing? I manage in the Prem league and with cup games and Europe i play 2 games a week for a lot of the season.

Finally finished my first season. Won everything. The first window transfers really helped me. Champ league final i was 2-0 up early on. Then Real scored 2 and took me to extra time where VVD scored a late late corner. Selling Keita for £40m helped me improve the midfield for years to come. Bellingham was awesome. Schjelderup was a good backup, now training as a right winger to be more versatile. Rice is my future captain, and has been a great squad player atm. In Jan i sold Firmino for £52m and replaced him with Joao Pedro who did well as backup to all front positions. Allowing me to rest players more often. Brought in Antonio Silva. Future CD starter, and Rafael Luis, future DM. Milner was let go. High wages and now have better cover. Guys a legend tho. Thiago was fantastic, only had a coupel of niggling injuries, 8 goals and 15 assists. But sold him at end of season for £42m. Getting rid of the old. Matip was also sold for £34m. Getting older, last year of contract, Konate getting a new contract and wanting to be regular starter, and SIlva needed more gametime, was a good time to sell Matip. Trying to sell Ox, who also did well, but no bidders yet. Will be backup till i can sell. Bradley back from loan is now my backup to TAA. Sorting out a loan for Ramsey in England so he gets trained in nation. Got 2 great young backups that need gametime, so loaning one. Elliot was also brilliant in first season. 9 goals 11 assists in a mix of AMR and CM. Still unsure of his main position tho. I may go 4231 and use him as AMC. Sorting out loans for a bunch of U21 players. Get them game time, if they make it great, if not their price will go up for sales. Carvalho going on loan again. Dont see him as first team worthy. Infact its only Ramsey and Bradley from the U21 who will make it onto my squad. A bunch of others could be good low to mid prem league players at best. A lot of the foreign youth like Pitaluga wont get work permits for new contracts, so selling them with % profit clauses. Nunez was brilliant, 40 goals 5 assists. While his first touch isnt great, his physicals and mentals make up for it i think. Salah had 41 goals and 21 assists! TAA with 3 goals and 17 assists. Wish i could see how many were from corner. Really want more from open play, oh well. Got DoF to give him a new contract, gets rid of his 20% increase a year and keeps him happy. 230k a week till 2028 with optional extension. Wish i took some screenshots at end of season, but already continued and saved. Got a great youth intake. got a potential 5 star GK,CD and Striker. Along with 5 other potential 4 star players. Kepping an eye on them along with Doak. Oh and Everton were Relegated! Currently at start if July, and i dont think im going to buy anyone this season. Did good work with transfers in first season and squad is looking strong and young. Just deciding if i want to use 4231 more often now, especially if i want Elliot as AMC. But i just love 433. Edit: My coaches are always recommending for TAA to unlearn try killer balls more often. Anyone done this? With his crossing of 18 Im kinda temtped to do it.

Just another case of SI not explaining things properly imo.

1 league game and 2 cup finals to go, he has 3 goals and 15 assists as a wingback support. About 50% of games i have used overlap instruction too. Most assists were from corners from what i remember. Really wish there was a breakdown of where the assists came from. Has 4.69 keys pass per 90 mins, 9.79 progressive passes per 90 mins so creatively hes doing great. But i still look to get mroe from him. Last league game and Everton are in 18th. Against West ham and they need a win and hope Brighton lose to stay up!

Yeah, i had him in FM22, but didnt play long enough to use him really. Hopefully i will play FM23 longer as i do like the match engine much better than FM22.

Netherlands beat England 1-0 in World cup final. Gave all my world cup players 1-2 weeks holiday. Promoted Ramsey to senior squad for more game time. January transfer window: Carvalhao joins Stuttgart on loan. need more game time, not as good enough as my other backups. Sold Firmno to Real madrid for £52m. Bought his young replacement Joao Pedro for £38m (18m upfont, 20m over 3 years). 1 goals and 1 assist on debut vs Man City. Also bought Antonio Silva for £39m (19m upfront, 20m over 3 years). Youngster Rafael Luis signs for £2m and joins in 2nd season. Very happy so far. Ruthless sale of the old, and bought in ther new early. Silva can become homegrown which is nice. And Pedro is already English homegrown. Thiago is playing really well, 4 goals 11 assists. Salah won FIFA mens best player and has 18 goals, 14 assists. Nunez has 23 goals. Elliot has done really well too, 5 goals , 4 assists. Might be Thiago replacement. Still want to get more assists from TAA though. Only 5 so far. Coaches keep saying to unlearn tries killer balls often. Definately looking to sell Ox and Matip in 2nd season. Probably Thiago too, though he has played really well....... I expect my season 2 transfers to be mainly sales unless i can get someone like Camavinga for cheap. I like the look of my squad atm.

Joao Pedro has 5 star potential in my game. He is my target replacement for Firmino in 2nd season.

Could have got £45m, but gave him new contract at £125k a week. I have needed him as backup first season. I do plan on selling 2nd season though. Hoping for at least £45m.

Yeah thats the problem i had in beta. So i decided im FM23 to do my own training and learn more to combat fatigue. I really want to play VVD, Salah, Trent in 99% of games like real ife, but its not possible in FM.

Got to start of the world cup. Currently top of league, drew against Man utd and Arsenal. Won every other match. Bad news for TAA, he wasnt picked for England squad.....but good news for me, gets a nice rest. Edit: never mind, he got called up to replace Dier. Thiago wanted a new contract very early into the season, couldnt be talked out of it so is now getting an extra 25k a week. Hendo also asked, but was happy to wait. This year im using the rest section in training more. After each match ive been checking what the Physio recommends and noticed a trend, especially with most weeks being 2 games a week. So i have now set the first 2 intensity setting (red and orange heart) to no pitch and gym work (apparently the players will still come in for recovery and match reviews with this setting). The next 2 (Yellow, and light green) to half intensity and full green to Normal intensity. I also took control of training and used my own schedules, so no heavy sesssion before and after matches silly assistant!. Im trying out dribble less instruction too, as apparently this helps lower tiredness in a match. Make the ball work more than the player. Compared to beta i noticed i got less fatigued players, but i also did rotate more often due to making sure i lowered some players agreed playing time. Everyone is now back from injury, infact Jota already has 9 goals in 15 apps. Hoping to up Ox price to sell 2nd season.

Pre-season is done, won community shield on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Sold Keita to Man city for £40m upfront and £5m after 10 goals. Nat Phillips went on loan to Cardiff with £4.2m mandatory fee. Bought Bellingham for £25m upfront, £15m after 50 games, £75m over 3 years and 25% profit from next sale. His price went up from beta. Contract of 91k a week, regular starter. DoF sorted it better than i could. Got Schelderup for £7.5m. Bargain for great young player. And Rice for £33m upfront, 10% profit and £50m over 3 years. 23yr old, English, future captain, Hendo replacement. Bargain imo. DoF sorted contract at 135k a week, important player, but i lowered his playing time to squad player after he signed and he was ok with it. Went through squad making sure playing time makes sense for the players. Will help with resting them. Milner changed to fringe. VVD and Salah changed to important. Hendo and Ox to squad. Gave Firmino and Ox new contracts. Will sell 2nd season hopefully for good price. Terminated Arthur loan as soon as i could. Im hoping i have enough back for the right back slot with Milner, Gomez and Ramsey. Bradley is looking good for 2nd season.

I locked in coach and offered 19.5k wages to get him. Expensive but i like him. Also needed an empty coach slot. I noticed some staff only join if you have an empty space.

I always spend hours at the start sorting out my staff. With coaches i dont think it matters what there preffered style etc is unless they are assistant manager, HOYD etc. But i always get them to learn english. Mutually terminated some coaches and analysts, then asked for more coaches and scouts (after terminating some scouts too). New coaches:. Neil Critchley, Bergkamp, Paul Robinson Fitness: Antonio Gomez Physio: Juanjo Brau Head of Performance Analyst: Balsom Performance analyast: Ross Johnston, Harrison Kingston Recruitment analyst: Callum Smithson Sports Science: Darragh Connolly, Silvia Ortega Scouts: several with good attributes. U21 Assistant: Toni Ruiz U21 Coach: Hyppia U21 Fitnesss: Matt Allen U18 Manager: Jenkins (formerly assistant) U18 assistant: Tralhao U18 GK: Tenius U18 Fitness: Darlan Schneider U18 Coach: Lantz u18 Physio: Mel Stweart

Seriously thinking of letting Firmino go for £45m in first window. Gotta be rutheless. Last year of contract, 11 finishing. Maybe get Barbosa as replacement .

Damnit, Peter Krawietz trainign stats are wasted. Has a secondary job as performance analyst which lowers his training rating to 3 stars. Trying to offer new contract but wants over 60k a week and we can only offer 44k a most

Not really. I just use my squad view and tactic view. Maybe in the future i might.

Im hoping Elliot has an increase in his natural fitness, which currently is 9 i think. Seems rather low.

I got to the start of the world cup, and thats as far as im going in the beta. Did learn a few things tho. Virgil, Fabino and Trent all needed a rest due to fatigue a few games before the break. Really need to rotate more, unfortunately its not like real life where Virgil can play every game. I also just had assistant doing training, so that wasnt optimised. I play 433 gegen lite (DM+2CM). Slightly less tempo and closing down than default. GK's are fine. Adrian is fine as 3rd choice until 2nd season. Going to have to rotate the CD more often. Which isnt helped by Matip and Gomex being injury prone. But should do ok until 2nd season. I dont like using Milner (slow), Gomez (bad crossing, better as CB) as backup right backs, and Ramsey just isnt ready (poor defensive attributes). But i think i can make do until 2nd season to get another rightback in. Prolly go get Neco Williams back as a backup. Homegrown etc. Or Livramento. Or stick with Ramsey and Bradley (back from loan), both need plenty of defensive training though. Left backs are solid. No need to change here. Maybe in 2nd season look for youngsters. Definately need a CM who isnt injury prone. Fabinho needs to be rotated more, probably with Hendo. Which means the 2 CM spots need filling more often. Thiago for a season before i sell him. Injury prone, high high wages, 2 years on contract. Keita is a deffo sell for me first window. High wages, injury prone, 1 year on contract, wants more wages than i want to give to renew. if his contract wasnt up, i'd keep him. Ox i am giving a contract to as i dont want to lose for nothing. Decent backup CM for first season. Jones and Elliot are ok, still developing, but not starting CM in my eyes Hendo will bounce between DM and CM. Milner backup everywhere. Will definately get Bellingham, and maybe another. Either splash on Rice, or another cheaper CM like Khep Thuram or Musah, maybe even wait till Jan for 2nd CM. Carvalho, as he is atm, isnt good enough. 3 star potential, backup at best. Hoping for release day data boost. Left wing is fine with Diaz and Jota. Nunez can also retrain there and Jones as further backup. But will get Schjelderup as backup also as Jota will be playing a lot of games for me in all forward positions. Salah has Jota as backup as well as Elliot. Though i am looking at Asprilla as possible early signing too. Nunez, Jota and Firmino are fine as my strikers for a few seasons, then plan on getting Endrick. Note that i love Jota. Is great in every front position and never lets me down. Youth wise, there really only Doak that i rate to be potential first team starter. Ramsey, Bradley, Gordon, Koumetio, Morton are potential backups. The other 3 star potential players i dont really rate, and are there to make money after loaning out and selling. Now im just waiting for the release day data update and see if anyone has changed before i start my real save game.

Im pretty sure theres usually a data update on release day, so i wait to start my main save untill then. Then the other main data update is around Feb, after the winter transfer, generally when most feel the game is fully released