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Is there a way to ensure that your fullbacks keep their width when defending crosses? I keep conceding from crosses to the back post due to fullbacks tucking in instead of just staying with their man. The only plus point is that AI teams seem to have the same problem

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Has anybody else noticed players needing several touches to bring simples balls under control? A lot of the time, players on both sides play as though they've just woke up from a coma.

Having just moved from 17 to 18, the difference is like night and day. Play into space in 18 seems to be double speak for lump it in a random direction, regardless of whether there's anybody there or not.

It is also annoying how my centre halves keep chasing people into the corners, leaving the keeper and his fellow centre half under real pressure. Is this why a lot of the formations I see on tactics forums feature 3 centre backs?

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4 minutes ago, XaW said:

In my last one I had 3 and my opponent had 1. In the game before I had 1 and the opponent had 2. Are you sure this isn't due to your tactics?

No, because most of them weren't close to being offside. In a lot of cases, free kicks are being given despite there being several defenders behind the ball and ahead of the player being called offside

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Is there a reason why there are approximately 3 million offsides per match?

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7 hours ago, kingjericho said:

If you mean those baloons with the Ass Man feedback, you can disable them by clicking in the arrow next to the pop-up and disable the notifications.

It's the thing covers the screen with information about player condition and match stats( shots, possession etc). When it comes up you also get a small graphic showing where key events have occurred. It seems to come on in between highlights but the way it covers the screen is annoying because you're not sure if you are missing anything.

It reminds me of playing Premier Manager on the PS1 when you couldn't watch the match and you would sit there watching all the stat figures increase. 

The limited bits of matches that I've seen actually look quite good, which makes the stats screen even more infuriating

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On 3/15/2018 at 17:13, The Wet Jigsaw! said:

I've only just purchased the game, but the bug where you can't mark the man on the edge of the box for opposition free kicks gets real old, real quick.

I agree, it's like watching something from the 1960s

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Is there any way to stop that stats screen from popping up every few seconds and blocking the screen? It's so infuriating as I want to watch the game, not read about it 

The interface is so clunky it reminds me of playing management games on the PlayStation. Why have you made it so difficult to do even the most basic of things?

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I notice that a lot of people seem to use wingbacks but I have always preferred complete wingbacks(a). Is there any real difference between between the two?

I have also finally got round to buying FM18 and I was wondering if anybody could tell me whether most of the tactics from FM17 still work on FM18? I haven't played any matches yet so I don't know if there's any significant changes to the ME.

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2 hours ago, herne79 said:

Welcome to the forum .

An F9 or DLF (or any role for that matter) will play how his role defines his behaviour.  That behaviour is largely defined by his player instructions, so if you want to know if an F9 will play like a DLF that'll be the best place to start.

Your other tactical instructions and the player's own attributes may modify that behaviour, but the role defines that behaviour in the first place.

Okay, thanks. I wasn't sure as I've only ever used a target man on the rare occasion I have played with 2 forwards.

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Hello, does anybody know if a F9 plays like a deep lying  forward if you use him in a 2 upfront? I want to try something different