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Ok guess I need to watch that, thanks.
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Yeah it's just strange that he appears to be healthy. He's not even higher than normal injury risk according to the medical center.
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His medical looks like he doesn't have an injury but he is recently back from a major knee ligament, but everything looks normal except for the red arrows on his attributes.
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So I thought I had seen everything in the game but apparently not. I got this training report from Dembele and it is saying he has totally collapsed as a footballer over the last three months. Does anyone know if this is a result of his recent injury? Did I perhaps rush him back too fast or does it have to do with him training poorly. The report recommends to stop his training and switch him to "general rehab" so it sounds like a relapse in injury but he doesn't appear to be injured. Thanks everyone
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First game after the update and I had:
Goal from a corner
VAR review foul on the edge of the box that came to nothing
VAR Penalty inside the box
No goals or chances from open play at all. No central play.
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19 minutes ago, johnhughthom said:
These players aren't playing for a rookie coach in real life, they are playing for Jose Mourinho.
He's won the PL three times.
So he likes to keep reminding everyone about. A lot of coaches start their careers at senior level clubs and they don't have to sell a quarter of their squad because the players feel they can demand whatever they want.
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16 minutes ago, Snorks said:
OK, calm down.
You haven't mentioned their squad status in all in your post.
Fred is a Rotation option - IRL he is not expecting to start that many games with Pogba and Matic in the middle.
Phil Jones may have been talked to at the start of the season and told not to expect too many games. (In FM terms, his squad status changed)
Romero, IRL, appears to be quite happy in his role as backup keeper, and with DDG in front of him it's only natural he gets so few games. He understands he is there to cover for injuries/suspensions to DDG.
League games and cup games are the ones that matter, competitive matches. These are weighted by competition as well, so semi-finals and cup finals carry more weight as 'important matches'. Friendlies count for nothing in playing time.
It is nigh on impossible to compare IRL with FM in this instance, as IRL are real human beings whereas FM is computer algorithms
Balance the squad statuses and you shouldn't have a problem.
You can alter these before the season kicks off, July I find, without there being any blowback from players other than some new contract requests.
Why are you telling me to calm down? Was I yelling? All I'm saying is that squad status doesn't matter, especially when you factor in champions league games into the equation. Rotation players expect to start far more than they do at big clubs. And you can't go to players at the start of the season and tell them they won't start many games. You can't go below rotation in squad status with a senior player, which is what Jones status is I think. And if Romero is so happy to start so few games why did he come demanding to be sold because he isn't starting?
And you are off about cup games. Your squad treats the champions league like it's the carabou cup. They don't factor in the start percentages, only league games count for that. I know because I have rotated squads for league matches to rest them for champions league games midweek and they will come to you saying they aren't starting enough games even though they have started every champions league match. Even the press conferences seem to indicate champions league matches aren't important. Every time I get asked are you planning to rotate because you have a game on the weekend. Like I'm going to rest my top players against Juventus to save them for Cardiff on the weekend.
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1 hour ago, Snorks said:
You can balance playing time against contract status with any number of fixtures as long as there are more than about ten.
Your Key Players should start in 60% fixtures
First teamers in 50%
Rotation/Backup in 40%
So, if you balance your contracts properly against the squad positions it becomes quite easy.
If you have a Key Player contract in position A, then his replacement should not be on anything higher than a Rotation/Backup contract status. Check starts every ten fixtures or so and rotate accordingly.
First Teamers can share positions, but as long as they both get 50/50 they will be satisfied with playing time.
Generally speaking, no more than four maximum Key Player contracts in the club, personally, i prefer only two or three, with the rest of the first choice 11 made up of First Teamers. I generally rotate based on contract rather than performance, as this has an inherent 'rest' for the players, I rarely get complaints or jaded players.
I don't know how you have your statuses set up, but for most complaints about playing time, it's usually an unbalanced spread of contract status and appearances.
While these figures may be true at some clubs, it is not at the bigger clubs. You can look at any big club and see tons of exemptions to this rule. Let's just pick Man United. If this season was an FM save, Phil Jones would b transfer listed by now because he would have gone to Mourinho and demanded to start more league games or to let him move on. The same can be said of Fred. He would have done the same. Romero I don't think has started one game this season. He would again demand to be transfer listed. I know because I have done a Man United save, and while I have played Fred more than he has so far this season, the other two did just what I said. You can go through the roster of any big club and these figures don't hold up. So maybe at an average club you could make a case, at the bigger clubs players sit on the bench and don't threaten to overthrow the locker room. Let's not even bring up the issue of players not caring about playing in the champions league. Apparently it's also only league starts they care about.
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1 minute ago, macca72 said:
Interesting point about the different groups - why is that? What so fundamentally changed?
The frustration comes because every year you expect things to change, but they don't really. Little things change, but teh core of the game stays the same. Every save I did last year Guardiola was fired befor Christmas. So I think, ok this might be the year things are different. Especially with the new tactical overhaul, maybe this is the year the big clubs start playing like big clubs. But what happens my first save this year? Guardiola fired midway through. Once again, possession based formations struggle, especially with the ai. And once again, everyone jumps on it's your tactics fault. Well not really, because if that were true, Guardiola would get his tactics right. So would Barcelona, so would psg, so would bayern. There's a fundamental fault with possession based play and teams that remains year after year. That's why there is frustration.
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18 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:
No, the reason why I posted corner stats only is the other two are not easily viewable on the stats page for all teams, therefore I concentrated on corners alone.
But hey, I'm not too fussed regardless, I'm having a great time with the game, so who's the real winner?
Why did you leave the last part of my quote out? Where is your possession tactic that can produce ccc's since obviously there is nothing wrong with the ME and it's our fault with bad tactics as quoted by you. Surely someone with your tactical guru can come up with something? Or can you only criticize everyone else for bad tactics and and hide behind your computer while not supplying any of us plebs with your tactical genius? Right winner?
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20 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:
If there are 'too many' goals from corners, why aren't more people posting screenshots of this? The number of goals from corners in a league is easily viewable. There's plenty people posting useless static shots of the match engine, yet you rarely see any screenshots of league or player stats.
22 game season in Iceland, this is the stats from the league I'm in, as an example. Doesn't seem to extreme to me.
So you took issue from everyone saying there are too many goals from corners, set pieces, and crosses and took out two of them and only show us corners to try to get your point across?
Im still waiting for you to show a tactic based on possession that can create ccc's since apparently it's everyone's fault with their own tactics.
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7 minutes ago, Etebaer said:
Nah, the Early Access Beta ME was less good than the current one.
Yeah, many Goals come from Crosses and Counters and Free Kicks but that is how Goals are scored - i see nothing wrong with it.
Teams today are fully capable of blocking the middle and then there is only the go around left...only Counterattacks should have a great chance to score by a Ball through the middle bcs the defense is not organized at that Moment and may have a Gap open...
Free Kicks and Corners ARE a big thing bcs they are openers in close games.
I probably will upset quite some people but Football Tactic works along the Tic Tac Toe principle - you do it Right when you not lose it - if you win it this only happens bcs your oponent Manager/Trainer/Coach did something wrong OR in case of Soccer the Opponent Players were not good enough to execute it right - Thats how games are decided!
That Players not follow instructions is common in Football bcs they are under pressure be it mathc pressure, public pressure, time pressue, pressure from an oponent Player, whatever - while they may try their best but fail to achieve.
Bayern Munich is btw as bad as some of the above Posters stated - they have aged badly, they have lost Key Players over the fast few Years they never replaced, they have a Young Coach who is seen by the Bayern Munich Players as haveing them robbed of the Cup (he won the Cup with Eintracht Frankfurt against Bayern Munich) there are many reasons why Bayern Munich sucks bad this Season - this is totally realistic!!!
That City may play bad may or may not have not to do wth the ME - Maybe the AI did wrong Tansfers and they have injured Key Players - FM is a WHAT IF Simulation and WHAT IF Man City did something wrong or had bad luck in your savegame???
My 2 Cents so far…
I couldn't disagree with a post any more strongly so I'll just leave it at that.
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24 minutes ago, balldoktor81 said:
do not agree one bit!!! Worse than 2014/15/16/17/18...ROFL! Most people I know, love this year's iteration!
Maybe you should build your own version by starting from scratch...
It's probably pretty good if you like to gegenpress or play counter attacking football. The problem is not everyone likes those styles. It's not so great if you want to play possession football and care what your players are doing.
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Here's some statistics from my first season:
Man City -4th with 73 points. Guardiola fired. 66 team goals scored.
Bayern - 4th with 58 points. Kovac fired. 46 team goals scored.
Leipzig won the Bundesliga
Barcelona - 3rd with 85 points. Valverde fired. Lowest league finish in 10 years. Messi finished with 21 goals. His lowest tally since he was 20. Griezeman, Moreno, Iglesias and Rodrigo all scored more. 72 team goals scored.
Psg- coasted to leage1 title but knocked out by Inter in first knockout round of the CL who went on to win the competition.
All top leagues were in full detail.
releasing the game like this is honestly a disservice to the community.
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51 minutes ago, Double Indemnity said:
Because anyone who is good at tactics knows that tactics are highly contextual and will never fully work in a "plug and play" fashion unless they rely on exploits and/or having a fantastic squad.
What might be a "good tactic" for me depends on the players I have available, the opposition I'm facing, the league I'm in, the weather, opposition instructions, player instructions, PPMs, team talks, and on and on — and so it may not be a "good tactic" for you.
Yes, there are certain kinds of "meta" tactics that are stronger than others on balance each year (e.g. three up front), but if you approach the game as a thoughtful football manager rather than someone fumbling for the template that will win every game, you will find more success.
Who said I am looking for a tactic that will win every game? All I asked for was for the user above me to show a tactic based on possession play that can routinely provide ccc's and hc's, that doesn't involve more direct passing or set pieces, since he said if you are having problems with that it is not a bad ME, but your problem with tactics. So far Ive seen no one able to show a tactic that can do that. And looking at the tactics sharing forum, no one has done that. There may be certain kinds of meta, but in the history of FM there has been one playing style consistently very powerful (more direct passing), and one style consistently underperforming (short passing). I don't think its out of the question for those who love to jump at blaming it on your tactics to then provide a tactic that counters that point. If you disagree, then by all means prove me wrong.
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1 hour ago, Dagenham_Dave said:
The reality here is that you're just looking for things that aren't there, then kicking up a fuss about it, rather than any actual desire to utilise this combination of roles and positions.
For example, why would you want a defensive winger in the AML/AMR slot? It's an wide, attacking position, it makes absolutely no sense to have that as a thing. I'd bet my last pound if such a thing actually existed, you'd never use it. And wanting a BWM role for an attacking midfielder is utterly bonkers.
If you can't properly make a possession based 4-2-3-1 tactic using the tools you have, then you're simply doing it wrong.
No offence.
If that's true than I would love to see you make a possession based tactic with a low tempo that plays through the middle using a 4-3-3 formation. I would love to see how you can not make your front 3 completely static in the box and create ccc's and hc's without using more direct passing. If you think it's so easy why not show us one, because until you do I'm going to say it's not possible in the current match engine. Everyone who likes to blame everything on other people's tactics convieniently never provide a tactic themselves. So if there aren't glaring issues with the ME then go ahead and show us one?
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1 hour ago, Optimistic Dave said:
Feel like the ME forces me to play wide and go for crosses because of the utter pointlessness of having shots in and around the penalty area because between the width of the goal every shot seems to be blocked.
The ME forces you out wide because players are completely static in the box when the ball is central. Watch your striker and wide men when you have the ball in central areas. They don't make runs until the ball goes out wide.
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39 minutes ago, westy8chimp said:
Im not playing direct with juve, i have high line high press... 31 goals from crosses... But thats because of how fm states a cross... Its mostly what id consider cutbacks. Too many goals from corners is a seperate observation.
Likewise you cant say 'strikers dont score' they do... So what team are you, what tactic, what players?
The issue wasn't strikers don't score, the issue was strikers and other forward players like IF are too static in the box which hinders possession based tactics that play through the middle, especially playing with short passsing.
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1 hour ago, westy8chimp said:
I dont want to go all Dave here... There seems to be a lot of feedback about strikers and instructions.
All i can say is my strikers are banging them in and my teams are playing the style im aiming for. So you guys need to put more meat on the bone to isolate a particular instruction, style or league etc that isnt working.
1st phase beta i did 6 months with city and 6 months with chelsea... Playing tweaked vertical tiki taka 4231 and aguero and morata were each scoring at a goal a game. I did a season with Utd custom 442...martial,rashford,lukaku all goal per game ratio and even mctominay as backup target man score 15 goals
1st patch that affected ME (a few days before the main release) i did a season with Bournemouth playing deep line, direct passing, attacking mentality custom 442. Wilson scored over 20 in EPL as AF. I had a mix of other strikers (due to injury bug) playing as pressing forward scoring at 0.5 goals a game (king, defoe, mousset)
Currently playing as juve 5212 custom mixed style... Ronaldo AF has 20 in 18, mandzukic as PF has 10 in 20, dybala AP has 6 goals 11 assists in 20 matches. Now Juve imo are the best starting squad available (or one of the top 5 for sure) but ive also loaned alessandro rossi who you could probably attract to any top division sode in europe... He has 8 in 9 as PF, Origi also on loan has 3 in 2.
Just saying your striker has scored goals is really a cop out for the issues we are talking about. Maybe you could go and break them down and compare how many are coming from penalties, set pieces, and corners vs how many are coming from open play. And in open play, how many came from side to side passing while pulling the opposition out of position follows by a nice pass through the middle? Most of your examples are from more direct passing also, which is not the issue. More direct passing has always been op in terms of the match engine. If you want to try to discredit everyone and say it's their tactics that are the problem then show a tactic that is based on short patient passing with a low tempo that focuses play through the middle and show how many goals are coming from open play that aren't crosses.
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55 minutes ago, Mensell76 said:
Could you do me a favour. Set your team mentality to Balanced. I am playing on balanced since a few matches and I am seeing the most beautiful football I have seen from this ME thus far. It is a combination of tiki taka, direct play and solid defending so far. Extremely enjoyable. And yes, lovely goals by my IF's.
Below is a screenshot of my tactic.
I'll give your tactic a go also, but I gotta say it goes against every instruction I would think to include in a possession based tactic. I'm not sure if that is what you were going for when you created it but no play out of defense, no work ball into box, no playmaker at all, be more disciplined. The only thing that would seem more counterintuitive to me would be if you ticked play for set pieces lol.
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1 hour ago, iAlwaysWin said:
i fully respect your opinion but am afraid its your tactics, am not even joking, if your playing boring football and your players arent doing what youve instructed, the fault lies at the managers feet.
The "it's your tactics" guy. Knew it wouldn't be long before you arrived.
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20 minutes ago, Mensell76 said:
Okay and what kind of mentality or passing directness? And I can totally relate to most observations you made but it seems to happen only with a certain combination of settings I suspect.
I have easily been able to create a 4-3-3 (ifl, dlf/s, ifr) short passing tactic with 65% posession and around 250 passes divided between my 3 mc's, very much controlling the game. But I was only able to realise that by switching off "counter" and choose "hold shape". Result: No long hoofs and a reasonable variety in goals (A lack of centerplay is my main point of attention in this ME).
Counter attack, direct passing, pass into space and higher tempo's perhaps combined with players with pm "tries killer balls often" together result in an overleg direct brand of football in this ME, with too many simple mistakes or unlogical decisions.
I don't select any of those options and I can't solve the long ball direct play. I don't have counter, be more expressive, play with shorter passing and a low tempo and I still can't achieve what I want. I can control the match, and even dominate with many shots on goal, but I can't create any ccc or hc. I also can't get success playing through the middle. The dominance of my goals comes from crosses, set pices, and corners.
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4 hours ago, rdbayly said:
Played about a dozen matches since the full release, and the problems with penetrative central play are hugely evident. The below screenshot is highly representative of attacking build up for both the AI and my team:
I win the ball and my wide midfielder passes it infield to my AP (Payne). Now the first issue has already occurred, which is when we won the ball, both strikers immediately pushed right up onto the opposition CBs. From this point on both strikers remain completely static and are effectively marked out of the game. This behaviour is completely contrary to both their role instructions and core attributes.
The striker roles are STCL TM(s) / STCR AF(a). Both are well suited to their roles and have decent off the ball. It's hard to tell here who is on support and who is on attack duty. The TM should be dropping into the clear pocket of space in front of the defence to offer a passing option. In doing so, he opens up either option a) playing in his strike partner, or option b) playing a one-two with Payne (who could continue his run). If the AF was following his hard coded instructions, he should also be pulling away laterally into the space between the DCL and FBL. None of this happens, ever.
As a result, what happened in this move is Payne's only option was to play it to the MCR, who played it to the MR. When this came to nothing, the play simply continued going side to side. Aside from set pieces or long balls over the top when the AI is frantically chasing the game, all of my goals originate from crosses following a flank overload. Ironically, when said wide overload is achieved, my strikers burst into life, making aggressive runs across defenders or drop off to find pockets of space.
Striker movement when play is central (and resultant forward passes) needs to be a key development focus of the current ME.
This has been an issue for several years now. Players not just strikers remain so static inside the box when play is central. My IF's act similar when I am central near the box.
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8 minutes ago, 2feet said:
Even Barcelona will play long direct passes when they are in transition. If they recover the ball, they're not going to reject an opportunity to play a long ball up to Suarez or Dembele if the pass makes sense.
Some of the goals they scored against Real recently were like that (I don't know if they changed their tactics for this game?)
Anything that happens in FM you can point to a real life occurrence of it. Sure Barcelona will play the occasional direct over the top ball. The unrealistic part is the frequency of which it happens. The ME right now is way too direct than a team that sets up to play a short possession game.
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Yeah I have been criticizing him along with Umtiti. They both are averaging about a 5.8 in training. I guess the bright side is he is leaving in 4 months then he’s someone else’s problem.