Raymond85

It bites you in the back when you fail FFP a couple of years down the line

Anyone in Italy really. Serie Ateams that are famous for a back 3 are Inter, Atalanta, Udinese and Torino, but about anyone can play like that in Italy

The fact that 1 in 10, or even more do sign for you. As soon as i got my reputation going, i have been signing under 18 foreigners for Udinese in Italy on a regular basis. I'd say about 3 out of 10 now are willing to consider the move since i moved to 4 star reputation (now 4 and 1/2)

Reason n.1 to start an Udinese save: Reason n.2 to start an Udinese save: Keep them both as long as you can and in 2027 this might happen: Who needs Haaland to have fun?

Update in 2027: managed to get the release clause off with a new (costly) contract, and he just keeps getting better

Corner exploit has been toned down, you only get one man away when you place 2 lurking out of the box, so that's (sadly) an improvement. Also, biggest positive is that on M1 mac now the match engine is finally silky smooth, and not 10 choppy as if on a 10 year old toaster.

Just played my first match with the new ME, it feels really polished and natural for now. If it keeps up, congrats to @Nic Madden and the rest of the ME team for nailing it

I’d like to entertain the idea of getting rid of the newgen staff members that appear out of nowhere, and often have superstar attributes. It is immersion breaking, finding people that are Guardiola or Ancelotti level, never heard of before, and no previous experience in football. Would existing staff, and retiring players not be enough to populate the world with staff?

"fifths" (quinti) is an italian trend that i hate to define wingbacks in a 3 atb system.

New rules from this season: they brought back the playoff for title and relegation decider that was in place until the 90s But you are right, there is a bug in the rules page, i can't find the playoff. It must only appear when you end level. They should update the page

December 2025, i have been using him as first chioice advanced playmaker since day 1. Still strong and going, but i think i'm about to lose him to a 70mln release clause. If i do, i have a monster version of Pafundi in the making, ready to take his place (been his backup since the start)

Well, premier league has bucketloads more money than any other league, so....

Yes, well.... he was my inspiration too. I transitioned towards his system from my own 3-5-2 wb, as i felt the team was much better suited to something like that, and i have been doing transfers with this in mind. I haven't changed much of his tactic, just some PI tweaks and adjustments in match, but it's safe to say we play the same way. Very happy too, not only with results, but with the style on a whole. I hope he gets into a more in depth write up about it

How is your 4-3-1-2 looking? Seems fate i posted just after you with the same formation. I'm curious how you set it up tactically, knowing atalanta squad it should not be very different from mine

I was wanting to update on my Udinese save, but i am so into it i have been just going and going and going. Season 1: Transfers I always play with first transfer window deactivated. Not much money to work with, but we plugged some holes in January. Esposito, Ceballos and Arias getting lots of game time, Almasi and Beljo are great cover for Beto and Deulofeu We managed a great first season, with club record points and a 7th place that meant European football in the Conference league thanks to the mess that came out of Inter winning Champions League, Roma winning Europa League and Fiorentina winning Conference League Season 2: First overhaul in summer, with a new board and some transfer money to do well in Europe. The summer started with a 41 year old Ibrahimovic providing cover and much needed international experience. It went on with Scuffet and Torregrossa as club grown players for deep cover and registration, and Buongiorno, Aina, Doig as new important first team upgrades. We also bought Lucca and left him on loan one season, and got extra cover with Pirola, Terzic and Faticanti all on loan with option to buy, as we had some free slots on deadline day. Also, by some miracle we offered European football to a certain Cristiano, you might know him. He agreed to a 1.2 mln yearly wage with 30 minutes to go, so Beljo went in Serie B on loan for some playing time. This is how we have settled on, after flirting with a 3-5-2 wingback and a 4-4-2 diamond counter tactic. We needed some more modern possession tactic that would make Beto, Deulofeu, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic shine, supported by Samardzic or this homegrown amazing wonderkid (who i have been playing since the start) November 2023 looks really good, i don't want to make much transfer activity, if not replacing some of our stars who will have much interest in the coming market (i almost lost Beto to Leicester on last transfer deadline, and now all the big guns are sniffing around him) PS sorry for the screens in italian, i just noticed i forgot to set the game in english

Scouting is just plain broken and a complete mess. It was fine and working before, and this supposed “headline feature” being so broken is what is putting me off my long term save, i haven’t started yet. better off scouting manually youth national teams when callups are made, and just using player search. So sad that the best match engine is put into a game that broke the most fun thing that there was

None. i plan my squad in the squad view, selecting my ideal first eleven and substitutes, and change match by match with the “next match only” feature. Also do the same for youth squads as i micromanage them them except actual matches, so i will never find a use for the planner of the two things don’t become integrated (and still, i prefer my whole squad lined up instead of divided by position)

There are some good options in Serie C too, many teams with history. I will do a Rimini save later on in the year (my hometown) for sure

I can help here: there is an interview where he says he still is undecided and wants to concentrate on his germany under 21 career for now: the last paragraph of this https://amp.gianlucadimarzio.com/it/samardzic-udinese-intervista-22-settembre-2022 he also stated the same thing on an instagram story after Serbia national team coach told the press he was going to play for Serbia: from gazzetta dello sport article https://www.udineseblog.it/amp/articolo/rassegna-stampa/gazzetta-dello-sport-in-vetrina-con-ludinese,-samardzic-e-conteso-tra-germania-e-serbia/9/252601

This is the first year of Pafundi in the game (the younger brother) and he looks already a great rotation for Deulofeu at 16. Pure talent, and just got called up to italian national team yesterday. Totally unexpected, but he was crushing it in under 17 last month

I’m going for my annual udinese save in a couple of days. So much talent this year…

Haven’t managed to try the game yet. Has anyone on high end mac that suffered from match engine stuttering for too much gpu usage noted if it is sorted? if not, i might be waiting fot it to be patched, as it is so annoying it is unplayable on my mac

Serie A says hello. Italian clubs have been doing it for years IRL, helping the league’s decline

Is he not on loan at Verona?

I have the same constantly on mac m1