DarJ

I'm excited for FM24 I can't wait to the period where I'll be refreshing this page every hour or so until the beta gets out.

I don’t want to be the negative one but isn’t this just exactly the same as last year covered with new UI and little tweaks that make it a bit better. You still have someone attacking the near and far post (2 this year instead of 1), you have your usual lurk outside the box, stay back and stay back if needed. The improvement here is that they are no longer tied to the position. Throwing is better though now that it’s decided into defensive third, middle third and attacking third. Another improvement is the fact that if you don’t want to set it up yourself your staff will take care of it

I don’t really care that much about this side of the game but I’m curious to see what people’s expectations were and if this satisfies that.

One could make the argument that you already have that because of the movement you get from the roles but the problem like someone has already mentioned is that SI have to predict what monstrosity is users will create and have to make that make sense somehow. I’m really curious to see the revamped set pieces today because we’re not going to get the “do whatever you want” like some people are expecting. It still has to be somehow rigid so people don’t exploit it.

I think this is a very narrow way of viewing it. People have been asking for a while for a role where your FB becomes a 3rd CB when in possession and also the defensive midfielder dropping at the right or left side of the defence during the first build up phase. Teams have been doing this for a while now so it’s not something new or exclusive to Manchester City

I’m on board with something like this.

I don't think it's as easy as that. How many times have people come on here to complain that their team's numbers are very low for tackles and interceptions and they are worried about it but when you dig deeper you find out that they have more possession than any team so of course their defensive numbers will be lower. The point of bringing up this example is to show that sometimes the players themselves don't even understand what they are trying to do so how is the AI supposed to understand and guide you. The game already tries to do that to an extent but because the AI is terrible at understanding what you are asking your team so you end up with stupid messages like "you're a man down so switch mentality from positive to defensive". Better tutorial might be the answer but I also don't want them to go in and explain every single thing in the game because if they did that then I don't see the point of playing

Theoretically yes because the TV deals are now fix for a certain period of time (in the screen shot they included I think it was 3 years) so when it expires the offer you get can go up or down.

I think possession will be the meta for this year just from the clips. There was not a single long ball from back to front like you had in FM23 for no reason. The teams seemed to hold on to the ball longer when no one is pressuring them. I’m curious to see how this will translate to the lower divisions

It was there for me when I first read it and I went back now to check and it’s not there anymore. If you’re on twitter click on the video with the link of the blog it should open the blog post and then you will be able to see it. I’m on an iPhone so I have no idea if that’s relevant or not

A lot of people want that but my argument against it is that training in FM is very different form IRL because it’s a game. IRL you can use training to enhance your play style but in FM it’s there just to improve attributes. Let’s say they add a way for us to actually watch training and see what the players are doing. How will you then force these players to do exactly what you want them to do if they keep getting it wrong? If someone has a convincing answer to that question then I’ll be fully on board with that change.

Nope I’m guessing that would begin next week after all the features have been revealed

From the clips it looks like inside forwards actually run with the ball inside now. I didn’t see much of them running wide then turning back and passing the ball inside or running wide then crossing

I’m officially excited for FM 24. I’ve only read the first few lines of the new blog and since tactics and match is the part I enjoy most, the fact that players can recognise other players run and then create space for them is very interesting

I wonder how the realism database would work in FM24 because of the changes in finances and player development in 24

I don’t use those screens anymore so I don’t notice the issue however, the last time I used the “find similar player” it didn’t save the filter automatically so I don’t know why it would do that

Go to manage filters and delete them

In every job where you have to make a product there are deadlines for certain things. The deadline for the features for FM24 might have been way before the Saudi shenanigans and non of us know what it takes to add a new league like putting together researchers, licences etc. They are not going disrupt everything they’ve already prepared for just to add that. There could also be the fact that they realised they still have time to reflect it somehow in the game and we won’t know until we play it

Why would they do that? The versions we get for beta is very close to the release version and if I’m not mistaken last year it was the same as the release version

It’s not time for the speculations yet 🙄

You should be able to

What I'm saying is that it is a game after all so it's never going to be 1 to 1 with reality plus you have to consider the fun element. Being stuck in one league forever because of reality is not fun but the idea of taking a tier 10 team to the Premier League and winning the champion's league is fun. No one will buy the game if it was 100% realistic we would be better of getting a coaching licence and managing IRL.

I hope they change that for FM24

You always have to go and toggle it yourself before ever match assuming you’ve already set it up

Out of curiosity what is so special about the league that makes a lot of people so excited about it?