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On 04/09/2021 at 10:59, YAMS said:
Ideally need to see your tactic but some things you could try rather than overly time wasting/conceding territory early on are as follows...
In Possession -
Play More Disciplined - This Team Instruction will modify your Creative Freedom for your whole team. This will help you retain possession. Positions will be held more in the final third & leave you less suspect able to counter attacks. Your whole team will play calmer than your default mentality & you will take less risks. This is a good way to tone down players decisions with the ball without changing the entire mentality.
Tempo - Obvious one this, slightly lower your tempo on the ball. This will slow down your play when you have the ball, give your players more of a breather.
Play for Set Pieces - A classic time wasting choice that isn't actually time wasting, if you get me. Look for set pieces to break up play & take the rhythm from the opposition.
You could play narrower & shorten your passing as well, this would help with ball retention.
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Hold Shape - If you want to continue to press high & not concede ground then Hold Shape when you gain the ball will stop you countering more. This should give you more possession.
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If you are happy with your press as you have indicated & that press is winning you the ball then I would leave this alone. You could try pressing slightly less but I'd need to see your Out of Possession set up to know more here really.
Just to add, all the about is about you keeping the ball more when you gain in. As a general rule if the opposition don't have the ball then they can't score. In the situations you describe you need to look at how you keep the ball to negate the opposition. I agree that if you concede ground or overly drop your press it is too early a surrender.
Thanks for the advice this will help alot 👍🏻! I will post the tactic when I get the game fired up again struggling for any time atm! Appreciate your detailed reply, many thanks
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On 04/09/2021 at 15:44, Cleon said:
You need to learn the context of the match and what is actually happening. You could be 2-0 up but not playing that great. Highlights will be all skewed for just the best bits and the stats don't tell you the story of how the match is going. Equally you could be 2-0 down and playing brilliant. So ideally you need to learn how to use everything available to read how the game is actually going. This is important because imo there are mainly two types of managers.
1 - The one who panics and changes things as soon as they go a goal behind. This is knee jerk.
2 - The one that leaves it too late to impact things and change the result/game around back into your favour.
You should be somewhere between the middle of those, if not then its tricky. I wrote about this in a bit more detail but the images don't work in the thread which I posted on here. But I still have the piece on my drive, which I can link. It gives you an insight into how I think about the game and try and understand the context. Ignore the result but rather focus on the 'Do I panic or do I wait' message.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fvtb_IBsrfoiaO3Z44DueRIIaHCnXnHv-IfVspbtDSs/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks for the reply. I will give this a read when I find a little time, struggling for any atm lol! I hear what you are saying problem is it happened so quick I had no idea who was playing well haha but yeah I do watch on comprehensive highlights and try read a game! Not that great at reading the game on 2d mode but I do try! Hopefully your article will help with that, thanks again
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1 hour ago, Novem9 said:
looks like you just gave more freedom for opponent team and they used this + after 0-2 Inter started to play more aggressive.
Personally for me two ways - 1) don't touch thing which works, just use waste of time in last minutes. 2) if opponent team really push me, change things just in context. For example if I have 'counter' just disable this. My team still use attacks, but not so massive as when counter is active and my positions are more solidI hear what your saying! I was thinking it was just a bedding in period of the game for inter and knew they would get in to a rhythm at some point so I kinda tried to make my team a little more solid. I use a standard defensive line and higher LOE, standard pressing with forward players asked to press harder and balanced mentality all I done was change balanced to cautious and put be more disciplined then got absolutely whollopped. But yeah looking at it probably should have stuck with what was working for the time being. Good to know for games against opposition as good as inter incase this freak early 2 goal lead happens again lol!!
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Hi just looking for a bit of advice. I have just started a new save with Southampton and 1st pre season friendly is against inter Milan, I race into a 2-0 lead in the 1st 20 mins and feel it is way to early to shut up shop but my team is set to play a high press which will mean fatigue kicks in quicker so I leave it as is for the time being at least until half time. Half time rolls around and I am 3-2 down!! Does anyone know or have any idea what to do in situations like this? I would of course drop mentality against similar or weaker opposition and also maybe drop lines try and keep the ball but I didn't see that working against stronger opposition and just inviting pressure! Any advice is welcome. And the game finished 7-2!! Urghhh
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43 minutes ago, Novem9 said:
I think so.
Anyway, mentality defines behavior. I suppose you can change things in TI , but mentality limits options. It's like you choose MEZ, PI and duty, but MEZ has behavior to play in unique style (moving in halfwing, etc.). As I can see the same limits in context of mentality. You can play with cautious mentality in possession and in counter without ball too. And this actually why I don't like mentality in FM
I would prefer clear single meaning, no dual
So I think maybe stick with a balanced mentality and do your own work from there sounds about the best option in my opinion! Basically a clean slate on balanced I suppose
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34 minutes ago, Novem9 said:
Not sure about very defensive, but in cautious some things increase forsure
Yeah but with they team instructions not then nullify the defensive/cautious mentality? As nothing about they instructions are cautious or defensive! Do you get what I'm saying?
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9 hours ago, Novem9 said:
Try to search your style. For example my favourite is cautious mentality and lower LOE. So I play counter, but when I tried to duplicate attacking / ggpressing tactics from other, I didn't like them and nothing worked.
FM Touch is good practice and it's keeping your time. In fact it needs to call FM Training
You can play many games for shorter time to analyze your tactics. In fact I still play in FMT21 and stopped to play FM21. + sometimes you need to ignore theory and watch full games to clearly to see what exactly you need to change. Real example - I played 442 and scared to use active deep pressure. When I watched few friendly games on full (actually I watched just few periods on full) , I noticed what I need. It's more simpler to collibrate tactic on full and after good collibration you don't need to watch next games on full because you know how it works and why.
Shortly, forget all you know/read, start again and use all knowledge open-minded. And yes, sometimes it's luck, a moment, etc. Like AV 7-2 Liverpool and other things which happened IRL too
I get what you mean mate! I also play touch I enjoy it more as I have a 1yo daughter who can't sleep without me being beside her so it's alot easier to use my tablet than the computer 😂. I have thought about going with a more defensive mentality but set out with more attacking team instructions. But I also often wonder does the team instructions make the mentality useless? Like if I set my mentality to very defensive and set my Ti's to high defensive line high tempo slightly direct urgent pressing will that not then make the mentality attacking as intensity increases? I don't know man I got alot on my mind with this years fm!
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On 16/08/2021 at 17:03, Tsuru said:
I will give you an advice on a kind of different way...
Have you ever thought about the kind of FM manager you are? Do you like micromanaging and adjusting every tactical detail, creating very specific and detailed tactical playing styles, or are you more "plug and play", basic, simple and direct and you just want to win? Do you like long, complex saves with very small teams that last for many years, or you like to play more saves on a shorter period of time? And if you like the complex saves, do you have enough time and patience for them?
Why I am asking you these questions? Because during a long time I simply wanted to win matches but insisted on a specific playstyle without the proper players, trying to play long and complex saves without having time for it. This was a total recipe for disaster until I figured it out.
I think as managers we need to decide - if we want to play a very specific playstyle, we need to have the right players for it, or it will simply not work. If we just want to win everything and we are not thinking on a specific game strategy, a simple balanced tactic with no TIs or almost no one can work very well. But post your tactic so people here can give you some nice advice about it.
To be honest I would say I am somewhere in the middle of all this! I always want to start a very long save and really work at it but like I was saying it doesn't matter what I do I can't seem to get anything working. I am willing to try anything to be fair. I have played FM since 2006 and never had this trouble 😂. In terms of forgetting everything that's hard to do after learning for 15 years now! Although I will say at 32 years old I don't have much room in this brain of mine for new lessons 😂 just at a loss the now got frustrated took it out on the keyboard 😂
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16 minutes ago, FrazT said:
I suspect that you already know the answer to your statement but I will repeat it;
No, the game is not plain pot luck. Everything you do as a manager impacts on the results.
If your thread is just a general rant against the fact that you cant get the results that you feel you deserve, then that is fine and it can be closed
If, however, you want some help in getting these results, then please open another thread with as much detail as you an give about your team, formation, roles, player and team instructions etc and the guys in here can offer some assistance.
Yeah mate just a rant but I am open to assistance give me some time will open a new thread with details.
Still not convinced it's not pure luck though 😉😉
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Hi people, first time posting, long time reader!
I would like to start by saying Football Manager completely takes over my life. Not playing the game but trying to get a tactic to work. So far on Fm21 absolutely nothing I do works and I cannot for the life of me see where I am going wrong. Fm20 was almost similar except for one save with rangers which I won 8 titles in a row and made 2 CL semi finals before geting bored and one with West ham where I won PL in 1st season and fell to **** in the second! It does not matter what I try in 21 nothing works I have spent hours and hours days and days building tactics and even just downloaded tactics! Ones like guardiolas City and klopps Liverpool geggenpress for City and Liverpool respectively but again couldn't buy a goal or a win for live nor money. I do have about 900 attempts on goal every game but seem to lose 1-0 each time. Occasional 3-0 loss to Palace also.
So.. My theory is. This game is plain pot luck! Something is deciding if this save I am starting is going to be good or just plain ****! Everything works perfectly or nothing works at all. And this year unfortunately I have a 100% fail rate. I mean how I lost 3-0 to Palace with 29 attempts 14 on target 82% possession 89% pass completion is beyond me especially with a team like Chelsea.
Doesn't matter what mentality, what variaty of roles and duties I have in the tactic, what formation I have (usually 4231 or 433), and what team instructions I use I never seem to get anything going and I don't know why this year! Every single year I have always figured out something but not this year!
I hope SI can tell me otherwise but until I am convinced I am wrong I will choose to believe there is a system or something that is deciding the fate of a save no matter what tactics you use.
Sorry for this rant I am extremely fed up with fm21 and will now patiently wait for fm22. Cheers guys
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I thought the opposite, that it was even harder after 3 or 4 league games and being knocked out of the europa league qualifying, but after a few tinkers with the tactics it now does seem very easy went unbeaten since the 2nd game of season only 3 games left. Tbh I really do thi k this game is your Donald duck tactics don't mean much really
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Can anyone tell me what the blue and green highlited attributes in players profiles mean? I know they are the desired attributes for the role he plays but what's the blue and green for?
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1 hour ago, Gerara said:
Thank you. In order to make the unzip do we download an app to our android device or we use our pc and connect it with it?
Download rar or winzip or zarchiver to your android device from play store
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On 02/12/2020 at 18:15, Gerara said:
Hi all. Any idea how can I import tactics in my FMT21 android tablet version? I have read that there is a folder named tactics in documents , but how I can have access to it while on my android tablet? Do I have to connect pc and the device with the usb cable? I am not an experienced android user as you can understand. Could someone send me the steps in order to do it? Is it the same with real competition names and fixes such as Zebre etc.? Please help me
First you will need to download the tactic and then install an app like rar or winzip to extract the tactic and place extracted files in Documents> sports interactive> football manager touch 2021> tactics. For real names visit https://sortitoutsi.net/content/56768/fm2021-licensing-and-real-name-fix-file-v01-beta-for-fm21-beta-not-released-yet all instructions are in here for installation
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No info is given on post match analysis. I have uploaded pictures of the last game played (although it has been every game so far) which I won 5-0. Post match anysis has no info on shot map, pass combinations, xG match story or average positions. Only gives info on best performer
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Better add Virgin Media Tellt Tab 2 to that list 👍
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I have now noticed that also after a bid is accepted (made the bid personally) and ask DoF to deal with contract negotiations, if the negotiations fail (in this case the player in question joined another club) the same no info player is in the message from DoF. Also same Dinamo Zagreb logo
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I had this issue too but noticed it on the last game of the season where I needed celtic to lose and I needed a win and it said 0-0 I was gutted but when it came out if match engine they had lost 3-2 😂 made my day
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All you have to do is tap and hold over the players name and the menu comes up. Can easily access his profile from there 👍
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Like this....
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No probs thank you. Will this update be able to use with current saves or will I need to start a new save for it to take effect?
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Whenever I add a player as a transfer target for the DoF to deal with the transfer it always comes back saying transfer target failure, reason being we are signing someone who is as good in the same position in the near future. I go to transfers and there are no planned incoming transfers. Also in the same news feed message from the DoF it has a players profile no name position attributes or player info and a Dinamo Zagreb badge! I am managing Rangers.
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I would prefer clear single meaning, no dual 
You can play many games for shorter time to analyze your tactics. In fact I still play in FMT21 and stopped to play FM21. + sometimes you need to ignore theory and watch full games to clearly to see what exactly you need to change. Real example - I played 442 and scared to use active deep pressure. When I watched few friendly games on full (actually I watched just few periods on full) , I noticed what I need. It's more simpler to collibrate tactic on full and after good collibration you don't need to watch next games on full because you know how it works and why.
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Hi just looking for some help with fm touch. I purchesed at game at roughly time of release from play store and have had no problems what so ever, until now I am constantly getting an error telling me my version of the game has been obtained from an unknown source and if this is an error to contact Sega. It has popped up before but always disappeared after a second or 2 but now its a permanent fixture on start up screen and doesn't let me play at all. Any help here would be great thanks!!