[Knap - FM24 and FM23 FM22_FM 21 - FM 20 -FM 19 Tactic List]

Hi Knap, what is your process for testing tactics?

Do you simply set the tactic up, then go on holiday for a season and tick 'use match tactics'?

Does the AI not make alterations to player roles/instructions etc. mid-match?

Keep up the good work!

[Players immediately playing through serious injuries (broken legs)]

In order to test a tactic I have started a new save and went on holiday with "use match tactics" and "use current team selection where possible".

I'm now in March 2021 and 3 of my starting 11 players received serious injuries in December 2020, January 2021 and February 2021- two broken legs and 1 hip injury.

For some reason every one of these players (Traore, Jimenez, Ait-Nouri) have still been playing every single match.

Adama Traore broke his leg on 5th December and even scored a goal on 5th January, only 1 month later. After a further look into it he was playing through both a broken leg and shin splints:

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Let me know if a save game is required.

[[England] (Official) League Specific Issues]

Hi, my player Youcef Atal was sent off for 2 yellow cards in the game against Fulham on 28th August and I definitely received a message stating he will then be banned for the next match (although this message appears to have expired, so I don't have it). However, for some reason his suspension seems to have disappeared and he was available for selection in the following game against Liverpool on 11th September. There was an international break between these two fixtures so I wonder if this has anything to do with it? I have saves just before and after the Liverpool game, if required?

[[England Premier Division] Data Issues]

2 hours ago, Jops14 said:

Also a newcastle fan, but to be honest I can't really disagree with any of it. Our team is a very good championship team, but really we were lucky last year, ranked last in almost all attacking metrics, theres not really a player whos attributes i'd take issue with. Saint-Maximin will be a top end premiership player, the longstaffs are championship all over.

 

Lets face it, outside of Maxi, Almiron, Wilson and Fraser, I dont think any of our players would get a look in elsehwere - probably backed up by the fact we have 28 people for our squad because we can't shift Saivet.

Yeah I get what you mean - we do play the most defensive football in the league and get outplayed by nearly every team, however I think this is more to do with Bruce and the way we are set up.

I honestly think our squad on paper is better than the likes of West Brom, Fulham, Burnley, Sheffield, and maybe even Southampton. If we had a manager like Hasenhuttl for example, I really think we'd be aiming for a mid table spot, not against relegation. Don't forget players such as Dubravka, Shelvey and arguably 1 or 2 others either. In my opinion it's really not the #18 squad on paper, it's probably around #15 as I mentioned.

Nevertheless, researchers have explained to me that the media prediction is not solely based on squad CA, so my point of buffing the squad in general doesn't really stand. On a previous post I made I said the only obvious buff to a player I can see is Joelinton, as he's been killed since last year and doesn't have the stats to even make the bench anymore.

[[England Premier Division] Data Issues]

@santy001 Okay, thanks for your response. That does offer some explanation on why the predictions seem so inaccurate. Hopefully the average CA values aren't reflective of the predictions I can see. I obviously don't understand the full process of what you guys go through, but the reason for my reply was to perhaps give some room for average CA increases/decreases within some teams in the league, but I guess that's not how it works.

On a side note - keep up the great work guys. It's obviously a very difficult job and some of the abuse you's are getting is absolutely ridiculous.

[[England Premier Division] Data Issues]

I'm not sure how helpful or relevant this post is, but I'm just slightly concerned about the strength of some squads within the league in general. The 'Predicted Finish' in the game setup has some worrying rankings in my opinion. I assume these are sorted by CA of the top 16 players, or something along those lines. Does it take into account the managers ability?

I understand these will likely have changed since the beta was released, however I think there are large imbalances with the teams below...

Obvious underrated teams that should be buffed:

• Crystal Palace - 19th. They finished 14th and 12th in the previous 2 seasons and are currently sitting 8th this season. I think they have a lower mid-table squad, which is easily better than the likes of Fulham (19th), Burnley (13th) and Sheff Utd (15th). Why is their squad  rated so low?
• Newcastle - 18th. I'm a Newcastle fan so I'm going to try and not be biased. Newcastle finished 13th in both of the previous 2 seasons and are also 13th now. We improved the squad considerably in the transfer window, bringing in a few good players into the starting XI and not selling anyone of note. Similar to Palace above - should Newcastle not have a squad with a CA of around 15th?

Obvious overrated teams that should be nerfed:

• Leeds - 10th. Bielsa is clearly a brilliant manager but honestly is their squad THAT good? Admittedly I haven't watched a whole lot of Leeds, but a large number of their players look OP in game. Is their squad really better than the likes of West Ham (11th) and Aston Villa (14th)? They are 15th now and have looked quite poor the last few games. As a team that has only just been promoted after years in the Championship I don't feel like they have a top 10 squad.
• Fulham - 17th. I think they should be COMFORTABLY 19th/20th, with a squad on par with West Brom. They finished 4th in the Championship last season and just don't have a great squad. They should 100% be lower than Palace and Newcastle.

Teams such as Brighton (12th - overrated), Burnley (13th - overrated) and Southampton (16th - underrated) also seem quite questionable in my opinion, but they seem slightly more understandable than above.

Also what I've seen from this thread is that around 90% of changes requested appear to be buffs to certain players (no surprise there). What's concerning is that this seems to carry across into changes made, and therefore teams with a heavy fan presence in this thread will likely have an advantage over teams without a big fan presence. Have there been any Palace fans out there to question their player ratings?

Am I looking at this wrong, would someone be able to shed some light on the Predicted Finish rankings please?

[Game crashes when in player's transfer status screen + making him available for reserves]

Are you on Mac? Me and another user have had a similar issue with the transfer page.

By the looks of things the issue seems to be caused by changing the players transfer/loan status, and also doing another action. In our case - changing the asking price, in your case changing the availability for the 2nd team.

[Crash when setting player for loan]

Hi,

In my save with Notts Forest I set Michael Dawson's asking price to £0, I hit confirm. I then set him to be 'available for loan' and hit confirm again. The game then crashes immediately. I've tried it twice and followed the Crash Dump guide in the pinned thread. 

The date is Sept 7th 2020, but this happened later in the month the first time it happened. I haven't used any editors.

Game save has been uploaded as 'Forest_loan_crash.fm'

Thanks.

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[[England Premier Division] Data Issues]

Newcastle fan here, very accurate for the most part. A few small changes I would make (mainly positioning):

• Jacob Murphy has been starting right wing-back for us this season, as well as regularly for Sheffield Wednesday last season. I think he should be 'accomplished' in this position.
• Joelinton, although very underwhelming last season, has been shafted a bit. He's came off the bench a few times on the right-wing so I think he should be 'competent' there. I agree his Finishing/Composure/Off the ball are atrocious, but I think he does have other decent attributes, which is why he gets game time. I think he's works hard, is very physical and can fashion a few chances. I'd increase a few of his stats to make him lower Premier league level, namely Dribbling (11), Work Rate (14), Jumping Reach (14) and Strength (15), possibly a few others.
• Fabian Schar has played a few games in Defensive Midfield, but he's 'unconvincing' there. I'd suggest upping this to at least 'accomplished', he's quite a versatile player in my opinion.

[FM19 Tactics by TFF]

On 09/03/2019 at 13:35, Totalfootballfan said:

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Guys, in the light of the latest update I've decided to remove "AVENGER" tactic from the OP because the tactic started to lag significantly behind of the other tactics.

In cases when you want to play more defensive I suggest using "SHILED WALL" and "REAVER" tactics




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Ugh that's disappointing, a good defensive 5-4-1 was the formation I'm looking to use this year  I understand why you've removed it though.

Out of curiosity - I'm still using the winger (a) + DLF combo, did you achieve better results swapping to either winger (s) + Adv Fwd, or using Inverted winger + CWB? I'm looking for the optimum set-up in this formation.

[FM19 Tactics by TFF]

Out of curiosity - what is the reason the RB is on attacking duty, whereas the LB is on support? Is this to balance the midfield?