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So as I stated, you are doing something right then to have Gateshead in the Premier League! Nicely done, Manchester United though are still expected to beat times like yourself, mid-table PL sides. Sure, not 7-0 but it can happen.
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Tbf, if that is you're worst result of all time, you're obviously doing something right. Gateshead taking a hammering away at Old Trafford is nothing to be too ashamed off. I don't examples to hand but I've had some absolute shockers and had some hidings from lower league opposition over the years of this game. The one which really used to infuriate me was losing to the reserves however gladly that hasn't happened for a long long time.
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4 hours ago, KUBI said:
It's not my game and no, I don't think that FM18 was the better game. There are issues with the ME, but for all the other parts I think FM 20 is the best version so far.
I wouldn't say FM 18 was the better game, as I do enjoy the new additions to FM 20, such as club vision and various others however the ME in FM18 is far superior than FM20.
Everyone has their own opinion of course but if you look at the complaints of this years edition, the majority of it, if not all of it is the ME. Get the ME fixed (easier said than done) and this is the best FM yet but unfortunately it's not.
As I said in a previous post, FM 20 is a better overall game however FM18 (and FM19 to an extent) have a superior ME and unfortunately for SI that's one if not the biggest aspect of the game hence the amount of negative feedback/reviews on this years addition.
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It does sound harsh on the basis of it however, how important to them was signing German players? For example, was it preferred or was it required? If it was required then as harsh as it may seem, you can see why the board are pissed if you have not bothered to do it after agreeing to these terms. Add this with anything else that you may be failing/underachieving at (e.g your early cup exit to a lower league side) then it starts to add up in the boards eyes.
Sure you're currently top but that could change and you're not fulfilling long term objections. As I say, it is still a rather harsh sacking and certainly frustrating from your point of view but at the same time you can see why it's happened. (Regardless how harsh it may be.)
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As someone who plays Celtic every year, I get what you mean. I've had countless double figure wins against sides in the qualifiers. Even in my current save I beat Sheriff 10-0 at home. One thing I do think needs looked at though is the boards expectations for Europe results for Scottish sides, Celtic especially. Being a season ticket holder, I can tell you if we were to draw 0-0 with Bayern Munich at home I would be chuffed. If we were to have a very competitive match against A. Madrid and just marginally lose 1-0, I again be proud of the performance.
However, the board in the VERY FIRST SEASON with the current squad are concerned about these results which is absolutely mental. Bearing in mind that we've not even been in the Champions League for the last 2 seasons and when we were under Brendan Rodgers we had countless humiliations (E.G PSG etc). For the board to be concerned about a close 1-0 defeat to A.Madrid and a 0-0 draw with Bayern is nuts and definitely not anywhere near our realistic expectations in real life. I would like to see this looked at at one stage. even if it is for FM 21.
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11 hours ago, TheVerySpecialOne said:
I haven't really experienced the same. Playing with Hannover and it's been great, in fact, I haven't conceded a goal in competitive matches. Here are the stats, I rarely score from corners or free kicks. Enjoying the game at the moment, probably more because I am winning :D.
Would you mind showing goal types? I would be curious to see the amount of goals from headers you've had considering the amount of goals which have led from crosses.
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https://gyazo.com/ab6b876f0cde629475c63afcb5f2930a
The above sums FM20's match engine up this year in a nutshell. That game finished 2-1 in my favor, both my goals coming from set plays, despite missing three 1v1s (all CCC) and dominating the game possession wise and in terms of chances. The AI on the other hand are presented with one highlight. one clear cut chance and one goal. I'm not complaining, I'm used to it at this point but when I have my side playing hungry possession football and the short passing game, it's quite annoying that the majority of my goals come from set pieces and headers. This is across multiple saves, different formation and style set ups. In one game, I played a side over two legs and had 52 shots, 30 on target across both of them, scored 2 goals and both were headers. At the end of the day, I'm still winning games and having successful saves so it doesn't stop me having success but it does take away some enjoyment from the game itself, especially watching the matches.
Anyways, this is the last time I'll post feed back on this years edition as I feel like I'm repeating myself at this point and I would be incredibly surprised if there was any other patches (not like that guarantees anything anyway). It's a good game but in my opinion the worst ME for years, FM 18 & FM 19 are poorer games but have a better ME in my opinion.
This is an opinion based on months of game play since the game has came out and with multiple saves so I've gave the game enough time to change my mind. Due to this, I will certainly be holding off on the pre-ordering FM21 until we know the state of the ME.
(Again this is just my opinion based on my experience of the game since release)
P.S Thought I would provide another example - https://gyazo.com/f95cc0096b343dcd5424154614adc3f9
In the link above, this game finished 1-0 and the goal? You guessed it. Header from a corner.
Last example, I promise but this one was too good not to share.
https://gyazo.com/43dba2ec7aade8934e92ca1b5b3ef830
https://gyazo.com/38cd6b0295e7cf9b2d9f85c6e9faaf14
Backs up my points perfectly.
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FINAL DAY OF THE SEASON
FINAL DAY FIXTURES
As you can see, promotion may be wrapped up but the league title is still all to play for. We're away to MK Dons who are 15th while Blackpool are at home to Tranmere Rovers who are 10th. It's simple, Blackpool win, they are champions HOWEVER, if they do not win then all we need to do is BETTER their result and we can snatch the league title on the last day of the season.
CHAMPIONS!!!
Absolute scenes! Blackpool bottle it on the final day of the season and concede right at the end to allow us to nip in and steal the title. Buzzing and completely over the moon as this was not expected at all considering how the season started. Generally would have been happy getting playoffs so to end up going up as champions really is something. We did our part by beating MK Dons 2-0 but it wasn't until the final minutes were the title swayed over to Coventry! Touaizi getting the second to confirm our victory and as you will see in the next update where I show you his form, he become absolutely unplayable in the latter stages of the season and was banging them in for fun. One of only 2 signings we were able to bring in due to our Manchester City link.
....and of course this means we actually did the double!
Which is quite incredible really! Next season is going to be a huge challenge, the squad has not been improved outside of only those 2 loans from Manchester City. Our finances are horrendous and we have no money to improve the squad HOWEVER the board are actively trying to sell the club and with the promotion to the Championship, I'm hoping we can see some money pumped in to the club in time to give me a fighting chance of staying in the Championship next season!
(Next update will show full league positions, team of year, awards, stats etc etc)
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Now on to the league campaign. The results are below, starting with October to January then February to April.
OCT - JAN
FEB - APR
Which means,,,
Overall I'm absolutely delighted with the how the season has went. We got off to a rocky start but as you can see from January we really hit on and went on an insane run of form. I personally found the small changes I made to the formation made a huge difference, for example I usually always play positive however switching it to balance seemed to have a much better effect for the majority of the games. Also playing the 4-1-4-1 DM wide away from home while the 4-2-3-1 wide at home seemed to be a nice balance. However...the the season is not done there, there is ONE league game left and you may have guessed, it's quite an important one.
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So, when I started this threat I was already quite far ahead in the first season and the plan was to catch up before carrying on but that was ambitious. Anyone who has the FM bug knows it's easy to get carried away and hard to stop so I have decided to get us all up to date, I'm going to be reviewing the season with this update. To make it easier to understand, I'll categorize each competition below. Starting with the domestic cup competitions in this update.
EFL CUP - 2nd Round (Board Expectation 2nd round)
FA CUP - 3rd Round (Board Expectation 3rd round)
EFL Leasing.Com Trophy - Winners (Board Expectation Not Important)
Final
Excellent season in terms of domestic cup competitions as we achieved all targets set bv the board in the EFL & FA Cup. Well beaten by Fulham in the EFL Cup which is no real surprise and disappointingly put out by Fleetwood at home in the FA Cup which was certainly a winnable tie to have potentially got a cup run going but overall, we achieved the minimum targets set by the board to keep them happy. The highlight of course being the fact we won the EFL Leasing.Com Trophy, which the board were not bothered about at the beginning of the season but it's always nice to get a trip to Wembley and even better to pick up silverware! Was a comfortable final against Doncaster, an early penalty set us in our way before Poveda put is in the driving seat at half time. We aw the game out comfortably in the second half with good game management and gave the city of Coventry something to cheer once again.
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So August wasn't a great start to the season, with 3 defeats in a row in the league, the first two being at home. Very hard done by though, we were very much in the games against Sunderland and Oxford United however they were more clinical than us. We did pick up an expected win the cup against lower league opposition to stop the morale from taking a hammering however it then took a hammering with an embarrassing defeat away to Rochdale. The result doesn't show the entire picture, we were far by the better team, had twice the amount of shots and 4 clear cut chances in comparison to there 0, yet again we wasted ours and they were clinical. The story of our season until that point. However we ended the month strongly as we finally found where the net was and turned our domination in games in to results, starting with a 5-2 hammering of Bolton and then a comfortable 3-1 away win at Southend to shoot us up the table. We won't mention the Fulham result, it speaks for itself really.
We continued our league from from the end of August in to the start of September with a tight victory at home over Gilllingham. We had more chances to have made the scoreline more comfortable however 3 points is 3 points and our first clean sheet of the season too! We dispatched Bournemouths Under 23's before repeating the Gillingham scoreline again, this time against Blackpool to put us on a 4 game winning streak in the league. This came to an end away at Portsmouth however where it was again a close game however they took there chances and we didn't. So far this season, outside of the Fulham game we hadn't really played poorly, we had always matched our opposition. We backed this up with a 3-1 win at home against Tranmere but then just as I mentioned about us not playing poor we had two absolute stinkers against Accrington and Burton. 4-1 and 3-1 back to back to end the month on a whimper and leave us in the bottom half of the table.
League Position - 14th
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2 hours ago, xray1324 said:
If you can, you should try to sign Adam Idah at some point, brilliant young striker from Norwich, getting a brace or hat-trick every other game
Good shout, I did try and bring him in but couldn't afford the wage demands this season. If it wasn't for the link we had with City, I would have likely brought nobody in.
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Preseason, an opportunity to find out whether or not the boards expectations were realistic or well, not. Started off with a comfortable 3-1 win over the under 23's however I do always hate conceding against them, leaves a sour taste in my mouth but it's just fitness at that point. We then had back to back 1-0 wins, first over Scottish Premiership side Livingston and then League 2 side Swindon Town. Both games we were the better side, created more chances and dominated the possession. Keeping a clean sheet was also pleasing at this stage. We then drew 0-0 with League 2 Colchester in which was the first game were I started to worry, we wasn't great by any means and if that's the level of performance we're putting in against the side in the league below, then I certainly had some work to do. Playing Nuneaton was the perfect game next, was always going to be easy or so I thought, it finished 3-1 but the statistics were far from flattering and we really should have been dominating a non-league side. Reality showed when we played Barnsley, sure there Championship but there not exactly brilliant, we were comfortably beaten and at this point, it was time to change the style.
Throughout the preseason we were playing rather direct, which despite only the one defeat against a higher league opposition, the performances were far from great. I have now decided to change this and go for a more slick approach with shorter passing and ball retention.
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If you had a keen eye you would have saw the two unfamiliar names in the squad, Ian Carlo Poveda and Nabil Touaizi. Luckily the board agreed that a parent club would be in our favor and offered me the choices of West Ham, Manchester City and Tottenham. As you can see I went with Manchester City, they offered the most money (which at this point is very important) and also have a huge range of talent, it was a no brainer really. Poveda adds much needed depth to the wings and Touaizi does the same up front.
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The two formations I have decided to go with this season are the 4-2-3-1 wide and 4-1-4-1 wide, swapping between them depending on the strength of the opponent. Below is the squad depth and shows you which we will be working with this season. You may notice a few new names in there, which I will touch upon shortly.
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The boards expectations were a little ambitious if I may say so myself however below are what is expected of me this season.
EFL League One - Playoffs (Required)
FA Cup - Reach Third Round (Required)
EFL Cup - Reach Second Round (Desired)
EFL Trophy - Reach Second Round (Favoured)
The cup competitions I don't disagree with however the medias prediction for me this season is 10th. Despite this the board are wanting playoffs, which would be OK if we had money to strengthen the squad to go up, but we don't. The best I can do is bring in loans but even that is a struggle due to the wage demands, so I can only hope the board will get me a parent club in the hope to get loans without the wages.
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Welcome to my thread about my new FM 20 save with Coventry City. A team which I'm sure most know have went through some financial turmoil over the last decade and even to this day, still have issues on the financial front. They currently don't have a permanent home and are playing there home games out of Birmingham at the St Andrews Trillion Trophy Stadium (more commonly referred to as St Andrews).
My aim within this save is still hopefully bring stability back to the club and progress back up to the promise land of the Premier League where Coventry City have not been the since 2000/2001 season. I want to give the club a permanent home in Coventry and then fill the cabinet with as much silverware as possible. This is a long term save with only one ambition and that's to take Coventry City to the very top.
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I've also find that going with the attacking mentality will almost always lead to you conceding, regardless. I have it much more effective over the majority of my saves to play on balanced and if it's a game you expect to win, then play positive. Attacking seems to leave you way to open and always seem to concede far more opportunities, regardless in the difference of quality between you and the opposition.
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Another issue I'm finding with this years edition is the lack of highlights perhaps on key highlights? I'm regularly finding on almost any save I have (successful or not) that I can have multiple games with 20 shots+ with lets say 10 on target and rarely do I get more than one or two highlights.
Immediately I checked the stats to see if they were long shots, no, generally speaking they're not. Then I went in to further detail to find exactly where they were in the box and for these not be showing as key chances when almost every free kick, corner or long range shot is, is mind boggling.
I really hope there is another patch for this ME with the Feb update as this is beyond stale to watch. So repetitive, one on ones rarely scored (mostly missed), most set pieces are goals and don't forget your long range wonder strike! ....and no it's not the "formation" because I'm talking about it going for me and against me. It's not a single complaint because I'm not doing well, it's in general. My goals, AI goals, the ME is seriously poor to watch this year.
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Hi mate,
There isn't really any rules to a journeyman save unless your attempting a "challenge" of some sort, just cater it around your own preferences. Load up the leagues you would like to manage in at one point or another, keep an eye on your computer performance (the stars are a good indicator) and go from there.
Now it also depends whether or not you want to throw in the unemployment aspect of it too where you begin the save by searching for your first job, a warning to this approach though as depending on the leagues you load and the experience/reputation you begin with it can take a while to find a job.
But essentially just set it up how you would like to play the game. One rule I like to do when doing a journeyman is that I can NEVER apply for another job unless I'm out of work due to being sacked, this way it adds a lot more realism to the save and you truly never know where you're going to end up next as it's down to the AI to approach you rather than you applying for any job that takes your fancy.
Each to their own though.
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1 hour ago, The Basque said:
I am happy with the last update indeed.
FM20 was much too easy since the last update. On the one side, it was very easy to by successfull and on the other side it was the whorst ME (Longballs4life) since i play the game. And it means since FM2009
Important to know, i'm not playing with big clubs. More the category of Panaitolakis, Bochum, Hajduk Split, Slavia Sofia, Nordsjaelland, Santiago Wanderers and all those stuff.
But now it looks more like a challenge to win games an it looks much more like real football.
I trust in SI.
The most important part of the game is, in my opinion, not to make it too easy. On the first look you might think, its better for newcomers, if its not to difficult, but thinking about years of development, its more important to keep the real tactic managers, who are going into the depth of the game. It needs a mixture.
It is only a real FM, if you need to make notes and use tactical analysis and think about wich line-up you will send on the pitch. It has to matter wich guy plays on wich position................
Sometimes i see pictures on facebook, wich show guys having excel papers, a lot of notes or blackboards or whatever. In these moments i think: 'omg, this in not needed since FM17.
But the last impressions could be the right tendency.
I reiterate: I trust in SI.
Look at the Database. It's the best Database we've ever had and it get's better year by year. I remember Databases with tooooo much -9 or -8 PA's and a lot of Elite Players in the starting Database.
What we have now, it's much more realistic and the research gets also better every year. Despite Turkish Talents. I don't know where they get their knowledge from, but its worse.
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The biggest issue in my opinion though is lots of people are judging the ME based on whether there saves are successful, which I totally understand. If your save is going well, you're obviously going to enjoy the game more and likely defend it. If the save is not going well, it's natural for a lot of people to immediately look for faults with the game.
HOWEVER, the ME is in a poor state this year, the fact it's needed a beta patch then a full patch update before the Feb update shows that. Also speaking from my own experience in which I've had plenty of successful saves with this years edition, I'm still seeing many things wrong with the ME. Sometimes it goes for me and others against me, but the issue is as clear to see. The amount of totally unrealistic goals I have witnessed for me and against me is shockingly bad and beyond laughable at this stage. Without repeating myself too much from my previous posts, the CCC don't seem to have been fixed, instead just changed what counts as a CCC to reduce the number of them however the amount of sitters missed is woeful in comparison to the amount of super strikes from 30 yards and set piece goals.
In comparison to the last few years, I can't see how anyone can argue that this isn't one of the worse ME in years. Forget how your save is going, whether you're being successful or not and base the ME on what you see and I'm confident like most other people here, you will see that the ME is not up to par, considering we're in 2020.
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The problem is, loads of people who have had/are having success with FM20 are quick to jump to the defence of the game, especially the ME as in their mind they see no issues due to having a successful save. I also understand people not having success will also do the opposite but the truth is, this ME is poor hence the Beta patch, then full patch which have been released before the Feb update. Take it from me, I've won multiple leagues. domestic cups, promotions and I still see an issue with the ME despite having what are seen as "successful saves". It's not that the game is out to get us, it's not, because the horrendous mistakes works both ways, I have seen it go in my favor as well as against. That's the issue, the ME for me despite my success is very hard to watch at times to the point as I mentioned in a previous post, I feel like turning on commentary only. Simply put, there are things I have witnessed in the ME (for/against) which simply shouldn't be happening in 2020 especially after full release and multiple patches/updates.
This is why, I will be personally holding off on next years version until I find out the state of the ME.
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Personally I find this years match engine the most infuriating yet. Don't get me wrong, I've had many successful saves on this years edition so far, whether it be promotions, league titles or domestic cups. However watching the match engine this year has been so painful that have found myself almost wanting to go to commentary only like the good old days.
The amount of shockingly poor goals I have seen go against me and go for me is laughable. We're not talking individual errors, we're talking shockingly unrealistic moments (again for and against) which make it very hard to watch. On top of this, I have found that the majority of the goals since the patch (for and against) seem to come from set pieces and long shots despite numerous attempts to change the formation or style.
It also seems that they have not really fixed the one on one issue, still missing way more than personally I think any striker should but I have noticed the CCC are down, it seems that they just reduced what counts as a CCC rather than fixing the conversation rate. Plus my wingers are still running down and taking shots from angles with a 0% scoring chance rather than making the clear and simple open pass for a tap in, so that doesn't really seem to be fixed either.
I'm not hating on the game or saying it's too difficult because as I say, these have went for me as well as against me and I've still managed to have success but to watch, this ME makes it incredibly difficult not to turn it off after 5 or 6 games and come back another night.
Like others have stated, I will for the first time in many of years, not pre-order the game and see the state of the ME before diving in and spending any money.
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I hope this is the right place for this. I'm certain this has to be a bug.
I (Falkirk) have a corner in a friendly and the ball ends up in the net as an OG by Dabo (Coventry player) to put me 2-1 up, however the goal is ruled offside due to Dabo (Coventry player) being offside?
Unless I'm missing something obvious or being stupid, surely this should never have been ruled offside?
https://gyazo.com/6d85f8d31ae4788c91b767145bb8786d
https://gyazo.com/d905870da84555333e527a0d7c01398c
https://gyazo.com/a507f39f417ce3b213176de3c6bf2f94
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Football Manager 2020 January & February Transfer Updates Feedback Thread
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Posted · Edited by Quadrophenia88
I'm not being funny but why are you getting at someone for starting a save when they chose to? This is a feedback thread and he is providing relative feedback. The fact we're in March now and this games still riddled with bugs falls on SI and not when someone decides to start their save.
Again, it's March, not November, December or January. I think it's safe to say, he's been patient.