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Olivier Giroud, 37 years old on £74,000 p/w, is suddenly demanding a new contract worth £130,000, which is almost double his current salary and would make him by far the 2nd highest paid player at the club. Half of my club is unhappy because I am yet to offer him a new contract, but how is this demand reasonable?

During the second leg of my Europa League RO16 tie with Villarreal, with the scores locked at 0-0 (with us winning 2-0 on aggregate), I hit 'encourage' and a few players were frustrated by it. That usually gives a positive reaction if drawing, especially in a tough away game. I tried instead to praise at 1-1 (3-1 aggregate), and immediately they were all very happy. Then, when I demanded more at 2-1 down (3-2 aggregate), they were all mad at me again. Therefore, I think reactions to shouts seem to be based on the overall aggregate scoreline and not the specific match in question? I believe this also applies to half-time and full-time team talks but I haven't tested that. Also, on an entirely unrelated note but just while I'm here, I'm fed up of the mistakes my goalkeeper makes while trying to claim crosses in particular while the AI goalkeeper never makes such mistakes, but that's a whole other issue.

Following the conclusion of my World Cup 2026 qualifying campaign with Singapore, I definitely achieved the Singapore FA's goal, which was to "Be competitive" - I missed out on a spot in the next round on goal difference, and against two superior opponents in Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. However, I then got an email from the Singapore FA telling me that while they were pleased we were competitive, they warned me that they'll be searching for my replacement if performances don't improve? We drew with both Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan and narrowly missed out. Furthermore, even though they are apparently "pleased", how come their happiness with my performance in the qualifiers is only 45%? I don't understand what more they could've expected of me, especially when I certainly met their targets. I've attached images of the table, confidence, and email assessing my performance. The save file has been uploaded under the name 'singapore rtg.fm'. Thanks in advance for your help.

Why do my players suddenly demand ridiculously high wage increases when I want to sign them onto new deals? Just for example, Nils Petersen is on £9,000 per week, but when I went to enter negotiations with him, he wanted £40k and wouldn't negotiate even down to £33k, which is the maximum that I could offer him. As a result, he will leave on a free transfer instead. How is it realistic for a 34 year old player to demand a wage hike of almost 350%? I've had this problem with other players too - as another example, Roland Sallai demanded a wage of £28,000 per week, whereas I believe beforehand, he was on about £12,000 per week. These massive demands aren't just irritating, but damaging for player morale when I'm unable to meet contract demands, and for the club when pre-contracts are offered to all the players I'm simply unable to afford to keep. I've uploaded my save file under the name 'freiburg beta contract demands'. Thanks in advance.

I got asked in a press conference about Koln's manager suggesting we'll be relegated this season. At the winter break, we're 2nd in the league so how does that make any sense?

Both the National League North and National League South 2022-23 playoff finals were held at 15:00 on Saturday 13th May 2023 at Wembley. This is incorrect on two accounts as playoff finals at this level are held at the ground of the highest-placed team, and two games shouldn't be taking place at the same stadium simultaneously.

I've noticed that whenever a penalty is given and VAR is used to confirm it, I've never once seen it used to overturn a decision - is this a bug, or am I just getting unlucky to have never seen it happen? I've never seen it in previous FMs either, as far as I'm aware.

How come when I go to create a new tactic, these are the only formations initially available to me as a template?

I've noticed when particularly playing weaker teams, the AI finds it far too easy to play through balls - particularly on the ground - behind my CBs for an easy 1v1 scenario. Because these players are weaker, they often fortunately miss, but it still means that teams are creating a huge amount of chances against me when realistically this just wouldn't happen. This doesn't seem to change even if I tell my CBs to specifically mark the opposition striker, or if I tell my defensive line to either drop back or drop off more. I'm not sure if this is an issue with my team's CBs being useless, as I have seen reported by other people, or if it's an offensive AI tactic that needs nerfing, but either way it leads to games that appear through the stats to be extremely even, but the results are often highly one-sided due to the difference in quality of finishing between the two sides. Not every game should be a walkover when playing weaker opposition, but I don't believe it should be happening so frequently, and I especially believe that ground through balls through the centre of the park are a huge contributor to this.

I reloaded the skin in the middle of a Europa League match in the preferences menu. When I went back into the game, it had been replaced by the usual, non-licensed scoreboard. P.S. While the licensed scoreboard was showing, it didn't display the short 3 letter club names as I feel like it should've done; instead, it showed 'MAN UT' and 'QARA...' - is this also a bug that needs fixing? Thanks in advance.