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of course 👍

And again. Done with it

CONSTANT

Have made tweaks and nothing seems to help. I’m still winning games and doing well but opposition stupidly clinical, nearly every shot on target is a goal since the latest update. Latest game here as an example:

Prime example, complete control first half, 2-0 up away VS United. 2nd half complete collapse, all defenders constantly giving the ball away, and shocking GK and Defender ratings.

Use a mixture of Beowulf 4-2-4dm and 4-2-3-1dm, Warrior 4-2-4, and WOF 4-1-2-3. I don’t feel it’s a tactic issue, more of a match engine issue and wondered if anyone else has the same problems I’m having with poor GK and defender ratings. Reminds me of FM20, dominating matches using an elite team but opposition so clinical and snatching draws or even wins. Away game’s definitely harder to win I’ve noticed as well.

No disrespect but huge difference between PSG in Ligue 1 and any team top in the premier league and the rest of the league. finding it tougher than ever this year. european competition is alot easier, can beat any average european team, Napoli, Villareal, etc quite easily, but seem to constantly lose away to teams like Aston Villa etc in the league

whatever the latest version is. I did a 7 season save with Newcastle before my latest one with Newcastle and built an elite team that won everything, but still had poor goalkeeper and defender average ratings over the course of the season, and conceded more than i think i should have.

I’m struggling so so badly this year with goalkeepers and defence in general. I play touch mode on IOS not sure if that makes any difference but cannot keep any clean sheets to save my life and tried at least 10 different Knap tactics. Goalkeepers never seem to save anything and constantly get poor ratings (6.1/6.2 etc) along with the defenders. I’ve tried many different keepers, Maignan, Livakovic, Pope, Trubin, Jorgensen etc. at this point I’m just assuming it’s a match engine issue?

I understand that I use an attacking tactic and formation, just find the issue is I don’t give away a lot of chances to the opposition but when I do they are overly clinical. Definitely seems to be worse to me since the latest update. I’m going to try changing the CM on the right to Anchor or Ball Winning a midfielder to see if that helps any

Being honest I’m just posting this out of frustration so apologies for the rant. I’m not quite sure exactly changed since the winter update but I’m close to quitting. I cant enjoy the game any more because of constant games like this one for example: Opposition: 4 shots against on target. 0 clear cut chances. 4 goals. Me: 12 shots on target. 3 clear cut chances. 1 late goal. Now I understand games like this happen in football every now and again, but on this years game it is constant. I’ve hijacked the thread over on FMMVIBE about this constantly so am now posting here. Its also definitely not just me and there are plenty of examples of this issue on that thread. I’m sorry but I just see this as a lazy way of creating difficulty, instead of actually improving aspects such as AI squad building etc to create difficulty. Instead of being an actual challenge the game is just overly frustrating. I would blame my tactics but my attacking 4-4-2 got me from the national league south to the premier league in 5 straight consecutive seasons, winning all leagues on the way. I now have 16 trophies in 11 seasons but still can’t help but complain 😂 Seems to me the more I improve my squad, especially defence and goalkeeper, the more clinical the opposition get. I did blame my goalkeeper (3star rated Cragg) but have now signed one of the best Goalkeepers in the world (5 star Mamardashvili) and he still can’t save any shots on target. Here are more examples: CONSTANT. Really hope difficulty can be increased in better ways next year instead of this. Again, not challenging, just FRUSTRATING

What on earth is going on with transfers? was going to create a separate post for this but because I play on Touch mode I assumed it would be moved into the touch forum which is pretty much a ghost town. posting this out of frustration but it’s just a poorly designed aspect of FM and has been for years. I’m currently managing Watford, just about to start my 6th season after just winning the treble of Champions League, Premier League and League Cup. Lunin (GK) is transfer listed at Man Utd, me and West Ham (who finished 12th last season) put in matching bids of approx 20m both of which are accepted. I offer a contract which I think is fair, starting Goalkeeper offered etc. then I see he signs for West Ham instead of me as he believes the squad is much better than mine, which really isn’t true seeing as we won the treble, have players valued far higher, Champions League football next season etc etc. He also signed on a wage almost half of what I offered. I did a save and reload, just to test out what it would take to sign him. Only way I could do it was to triple what West Ham offered as well as stupidly high over the top clauses and bonuses. So stupid. Really hope the whole system is improved for next year but I know it won’t be 😂 I miss simpler and older FM’s that just worked so much better. Rant over.

im pretty sure if there is a tie with same amount of goals scored it goes to players who played fewer minutes?

First game of a new save using Beowulf 4-2-4. No signings

Warrior 4-2-4 finally did it for me, so happy with this one. 6th season and won the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Community Shield. Last game of the season VS Man City in the Champions League. 2-0 down after half an hour. The rest is history. Joelinton with the winning penalty 🖤 still have Botman, Longstaff, Bruno, St Maximin, Anderson and Isak as well. gonna give it one more season and try to win the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

Very well. I’ve got Kounde, Gabriel, Sutalo, Lacroix and Botman.

Had something that’s never happened to me on FM before, the update actually improved results 😂 Only issue I have now, just started my 6th season with Newcastle, have won 3 Premier Leagues and 8 trophies total, but cannot for the life of me win the Champions League. Lost twice in the semi final on penalties. Team is good enough as well I think. In a majority of games my defence is just shocking and Maignan let’s in so many goals

I’m having a really strange 4th season with my Newcastle team. In my first 3 seasons I won 2 Premier League and 2 League Cups, all was looking really good but 4th season I’m drawing almost every game no matter what tactic I’m using. Spent too much money on Maignan in goal, and he concedes 2-3 goals every game with an average rating of 6.3. Don’t know what to do at this rate I’m gonna be sacked for not making top 4. Strange game this year

seems to be fixed in the latest update

Definitely a match engine issue but does everyone else hit the woodwork multiple times every game?

Thanks 👍 crazy to see how many more goals are conceded with just a DM moved up to CM

Could I request a version of Beowulf 4-4-2dm All Cups with one of the defensive midfielders pushed up into the CM position? Does something similar exist? Or is this something I could do myself without it effecting the tactic too much? Just started using this tactic against bigger teams (Chelsea, Man City etc) after losing 3 cup finals in a row with Newcastle (2 against Chelsea, Havertz is so overpowered, and 1 against Man United). Only one of my 5 midfielders is suited to DM (Bruno G). And he always needs to come off after an hour because he’s run out of steam. No dramas if not, the tactics surprised me with how good it is anyway to be honest. These are my last 2 games:

Take that as an no then, cheers guys here’s hoping FMM24 is less buggy

HGF 4-5-1

I’m managing Newcastle on Touch mode at the moment. In 2nd season, 15 points clear at the top in February and beat Man City in the league cup final. Using a mixture of Warrior 4-2-4 and HGF 4-1-2-3/4-5-1. Whatever you do sign Gabriel Barbosa. Scored 34 in 32 first season.