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Missed FM20 altogether(couldn't put 18 down)but 21 has completely sucked me in.
First season down and overall a very successful one.
It took a while to finally settle with this tactic and its roles and duties,quite frustrating at times but now the football is really good.
Somehow we found a way yo fumble our way to the Champions League final where we(somehow)came up against Benfica
4 defeats
including a 1-5 thrashing at Porto after going a goal up.Had to be complacency because we were in cruise control.
Transfer wise we did a fair bit of business
These were the ones that I made, Kessie was a great buy, he shored up the left side of midfield, covering for Telles/Shaw who both bomb foward.
I'm just approaching season 2 pre-season.Made a few transfers and sold one or two so i'll post an update once the season is about to kick off.
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@Ö-zil to the Arsenal!how do you approach the end of the 1st season with everyone coming back from loan?I find it a right mare trying to offload all those players. How long does it take you to whittle down all three squads to the numbers you refer to at the beginning of this epic story?Do you release plenty of players or try and get a transfer fee for everyone?
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21 hours ago, skyline72 said:
This is the 2nd season. After 3 transfer windows....
I am struggling to break down teams who sit deep though. Long shots after long shots.
It helps if you train all forward,attacking midfielders to "refrain from taking long shots" and "look for pass rather shoot" also, although O-Zil has gone back to very fluid, I find playing structured keeps my team playing to the system which helps to minimise the long shots.
Playing like this..
Helped us to do this..
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8 hours ago, Garrlor said:
As you are using a MAC I can suggest Fire and a hammer. Then buy a laptop like a sane person ;).
Wow, very helpful.
Hope you get it sorted O-zil.I'm still going strong with my Benfica save.
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1 hour ago, wkdsoul said:
Cheers for that but I get some weird Error message 1002
DNS points to local or disallowed IP
gutted.
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Is there a template download available?I've searched for one but can't seem to find one.
Is it not available anymore for personal use?
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1 hour ago, CityAndColour said:
Such a sadly regular occurrence. Completely dominate game, go 1-0 up, squander a bunch of good chances to get a second, AI then scores from a set piece, rest of the game is more chances being squandered.
The closer the shot, the less power the shooter has.
Willand are my local team😂.Brilliant!!
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9 hours ago, tkwongerball said:
@Ö-zil to the Arsenal! curious if you would be using shorter passing or much shorter passing for your benfica team if you were in fm 20?
I think if you were trying some form of possession based system then shorter passing(maybe much shorter),play out of defence and work ball in to box would be high on your list of TI's.
I have pass into space added to that as I do want a bit of attacking intent or at least train a couple of your better players with the PI of tries killer balls often.
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36 minutes ago, Zeonflux said:
Well I’m not sure if I’ll be keeping Chambers long term as he’s currently 6th choice and none of my other CBS are even in their 30s yet so chances are I’ll find a better regen before he makes the grade
Hubbard is already on quickness training and is being restrained at CB so his game time will come over both positions.
Also I’m almost at the wall in terms of frustration with the game itself at the moment, I think I’ve just hit the part of the season when your team goes through a bit of a lull and don’t play well but the last 4-5 matches I’ve played I’ve lost 3 of them drawn 1 and won the other but in all 3 games I’ve lost I’ve had more than 70% of my shots in the game on target and my players just don’t finish and it’s getting frustrating to constantly see your striker smash it straight at the keeper every time.
i didn’t rage quit the game I finished the match save and then turned off but played Chelsea last night and had 15 shots with 11 on target. Chelsea has 6 shots and 2 on target and they won 2-1, that got my annoyed but chelsea are still a good team in my save at the moment so I carried on but after that I played Bournemouth 25 shots, 17 on target and nothing Bournemouth has 9 shots and 3 on target and won 2-0 and I save turned off and I dunno it’s just getting a bit of a pain in the ass now
Well I just went to Anfield and out played them and lost 0-4 with a Maguire mistake,Dias gifting a penalty, a Salah deflected free kick and a Wiljnaldum 35 yard screamer, while I cut through them half a dozen times and missed everyone.
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1 hour ago, Powello said:
I'm playing them both, but I have to lol. On my normal save I played them for till january then loaned them out I htink, Ching is still there after 6 seaosns, Gomes was sold
Update:- I am getting disappointed with Gomes, he's not really performing how I want, in the summer I am either going to sell him or loan him out, hes had a lot of chances and now Mejbri has overtaken him in the starting 11. Same with Chong, he's starting to fall behind James and Sotona and he doesn't fit my right sided role so don't know what to do with him, could retrain him for the AM spot but Mejbri is owning that
Have you tried him on the left as Inside forward(A)?His long range shooting should see a few belters going in the back of the net.
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1 hour ago, retrodude09 said:
I was just curious about PIs although I don't actually use any other than 'close down more' on my front three. I hope nobody out there is telling Xhaka to tackle harder!
I think you should just join the darkside & begin playing FM20
(although I'm sure somewhere there is an updated database for 18). I'm actually in December 2022 so my team is a little different although the majority of the current team still start. Major signings have been Lautaro Martinez to replace Firmino & Kai Havertz who plays as one of my midfield three.
I'm currently playing on 'attacking' but because of how many support roles I've assigned my 'team fluidity' is "very fluid". I think you mentioned it a few posts back but I think some of the top managers in the world today would actually fall under "very structured" (Guardiola; Klopp; Poch & probably even Bielsa) as everything they do is so automated. As you know in FM20 we don't have control over the 'team shape' & I'm not sure I've even seen highly structured come up when I've created a tactic. One possible way to move towards a more structured approach would possibly be to use "more disciplined" as a TI but I'm not sure what effect this has on individual players creative freedom.
I never got around to watching the Tifo video that you posted recently nor have I ever thought about the effect that having a playmaker would have on your team in transition.
If anyone knows where to find one,please point me in the right direction.
I'm still playing 18.
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On his youtube channel.
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Been a long while since I posted anything, having an absolute blast playing this years version.
First team squad
First team tactics
Shamelessly taken from Rashidi, minus a fair few instructions.I prefer letting ppm's influence what happens during a game.
We don't score bucket loads but we don't concede either in fact just 4
in 23 league games.
Although this game came out of nowhere.
The Carabao Cup was won with an easy 3-0 win over Leicester, we've got Spurs next in the FA Cup 6th round and Juve at home in the 2nd leg of the Champions League 1st knockout round.
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What's going on here then?
Start of second season, 8 games in and we're sitting second in the league having already played away at Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal
Only to find this in the Club Vision
Disappointed that we're not challenging for the premier league!!Bit unfair isn't it?
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4 minutes ago, robinthebest said:
the point is, he says he is loving the ME, yet he shows all the highlights are goals from crossing.
At least shows some variety eh?
It's there if you play it the right way, I've seen balls over the top, through balls from AM to PF, cutbacks, crosses.
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Is there a reason why my youth players from my first youth intake(under contract until 2022) are getting contract offers from other clubs.I have set myself the responsibility of sorting out all tansfers in the club so I know no other staff members are doing anything.
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First season finished and it was a close run thing between us and Arsenal
First season transfers in
Chiesa was a solid buy with 20 assists even with the (bug) of getting to the byline and shooting from crazy angles.
Ruben Dias in from Benfica was a no brainer as he is a beast as was Florentino Luis also from Benfica, a fantastic DM.
Haaland at £17.5m was a steal even though he hasn't set the world on fire with his goals return and Rolando Mandragora was a solid CM who came in from Udinese for a relatively low fee to bump up the numbers in midfield.
Second season transfers in
I am trying to go domestic with transfers so in comes Chilwell,Abraham,Godfrey and Rice all for silly money(instalments),Bruno Fernandes had to come in from Sporting because I wanted a hard working goal threat in the AMC position.
Tactic
It took almost all season to tinker around with the formation/roles and duties but I feel like I have something solid to go into season 2 with.
On the trophy front, along with the Premier League we also beat Ajax 3-1 in the Europa League final.
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1 hour ago, HUNT3R said:
That really is for the tactics forum. Without any information, it isn't possible to comment.
You're in politics right?
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4 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:
My forward has 27 goals in 40 games in the season I'm in. Many of which have came via through balls. I play with two wingers (who I sometimes change to IWs or IFs depending on the opposition), so the majority of assists being from crosses is something I would expect.
You have wingers that cross
impressive, so in your save they don't run to the byline and then stop dead and invariably either cut the ball back or(if they don't get robbed of the ball while standing still)play a square ball into the box.Let's have a few examples of your winger crossing the ball into the box.
Like I've said earlier absolutely immersed in this years game but work is most definitely needed on wing play.
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17 minutes ago, bigmattb28 said:
Why would you play 2 right wingers....
Seriously
,it's called rotation.
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16 minutes ago, rain94 said:
Clear dive...
Should have been at the pool, perfect dive.
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Loving the game but still not happy with wingers running to the byline and not crossing!!!In fact wingers not even acting like wingers, half the time my 2 right wingers are in field when they collect the ball.Hopefully this is tweaked for the full release.
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On 08/06/2019 at 10:07, Ö-zil to the Arsenal! said:
6 for Bravery isn't looking so bad now, eh?My thoughts exactly
but what do we know0
including a 1-5 thrashing at Porto after going a goal up.Had to be complacency because we were in cruise control.
gutted.
(although I'm sure somewhere there is an updated database for 18). I'm actually in December 2022 so my team is a little different although the majority of the current team still start. Major signings have been Lautaro Martinez to replace Firmino & Kai Havertz who plays as one of my midfield three.
in 23 league games.
impressive, so in your save they don't run to the byline and then stop dead and invariably either cut the ball back or(if they don't get robbed of the ball while standing still)play a square ball into the box.Let's have a few examples of your winger crossing the ball into the box.
but what do we know
[FM21] Manchester United: A club stuck in transition
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