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Don't you get hit by the wages they are expecting?

I've seen it happen with Everton in this FM17 save - highly rated players signed for big wages eg Schmeichel, Fofana, De Ligt, Vardy, Tadic... but they couldn't qualify for European competition and the next season were battling relegation before a deduction sent them down the trap door. Although I'm already managing Stockport, I think I will create a new manager profile to try and sort the Everton mess out by clearing the flops off the wage bill if I can and building around younger players... they need to get up first time or the EFL Fair Play rules will batter them.

Really good answer that explains a lot, thanks.

Fab post! Perhaps I should just embrace the strangeness of this World Cup. Interesting that your World Cup 22 was moved to Morocco, not Canada... but either way, someone decided that a winter World Cup in Qatar was just too disruptive or annoying and binned it off pretty quicky - if only someone in FIFA had thought like that! I may post some details of my 2022 World Cup in one of the other forums (which is the best for this? I don't visit here too often). England play the first match tomorrow (I watch matches in full match format and am trying to stick to the actual calendar as much as possible), the game is against Jamaica and Jack Grealish will be starting! (But only because Dele Alli isn't 100% fit and will be needed v Argentina). Doran and Berahino will be the front pairing (Kane is also... guess what... injured).

Ha ha, that's kind of not unrealistic though. In my save there is a regen called Tom Doran who is fantastic at Leicester and made it into the England World Cup squad. It's entirely feasible that such a person could have existed and gone from being unknown in August 2016 to a star in June 2022, as Haaland and Saka have done. I guess it's the 'Dele Alli is still one of the country's best players in 2022' sort of thing that is jarring... it doesn't normally affect my save for Stockport County, but this World Cup just looks weird. I haven't even seen Brazil and Argentina yet. (Obvs Germany is nonsense as ever).

Obviously with my username, the majority of my posts are about FM2017. (I also play FM2019 but with one of the Mad Scientist's vintage databases). I am currently playing the 2022 World Cup, which is being played in Canada in June, after it was suddenly moved from Qatar at some point in 2019... I wondered how many people had played the game so many seasons as to reach this point in the alternate football universe. The most bizarre thing is that the international squads taking part in this are generally nothing like the ones you'd expect to be in Qatar this winter. For England, both Delle Alli and Saido Berahino are key players, Joe Hart is still the strongest goalkeeper and Jonjo Shelvey is still a strong squad member. Meanwhile, Kalvin Phillips is worth 300K for Crawley and Declan Rice has just been relegated to the National League with Eastleigh! I have more chance of signing him for my Stockport County side also in the NL than I would League One Paddy Madden! Phil Foden, meanwhile, is in the Championship with Everton (who went down with a 10-point administration deduction after filling their squad with ineffective flops all on 100K a week... so some things are almost true to life). Trent A-A is in League One with Ipswich. Buyako Saka doesn't even exist, neither does Haaland. Arsenal are PL champions with Oxlade-Chamberlain a key player - the only reason he isn't in the World Cup squad is that he is injured. MCFC have some really weird players, KDB being the only recognizable force in their side. They finished 4th. Would such developments spoil your enjoyment of the game, and if you've been playing for five seasons or more, which bizarre developments have you noticed?

Playing FM17 and am currently doing the 2022 World Cup Finals (which have been moved to June. In Canada!), and have a question for anyone who has managed in a World Cup tournament. Holland are in a group of death with Italy and Uruguay, Australia being the weakest team. In the first round of matches, Holland have drawn with Australia (Kevin Strootman - this is FM17 remember - was sent off after 10 minutes, so it wasn't as bad a result as it seemed), Uruguay have beaten Italy. Next round is Uruguay v Australia and Holland v Italy. You would expect Uruguay to beat the Aussies and qualify after 2 matches, so my question is, what should Holland look for in the second game? (I'm thinking of creating a manger profile, Leo Beencounter or something, and taking over mid-tournament, which would be a very Dutch thing to happen). Beat Italy and obviously Holland qualify with 4 points, whatever Italy do against the Aussies... but if Holland get a point, a win against Uruguay would do. Would the AI play a weakened team for a country that had already qualified in the final group game, as might happen in real life? I wouldn't fancy Holland's chances against the first choice Uruguay, having watched them beat the Italians, but against squad players, I would back the Dutch first choice side. So I might be tempted not to go too attacking against Italy, rather than go for the win there. Has anyone played such a tournament and knows how the computer controlled teams manage their final group games if they've qualified?

Hi, As my username states, I'm still playing FM2017 (Saido Berahino is in the England World Cup 2022 squad for a tournament to be played in Canada in June!) but can I get the In-Game Editor anywhere other than Downloads on the main screen. I have enough money in my wallet but when I try to purchase I get this message-