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I would imagine that's what you've generated since the start of the save and the board have simply not lowered or raised this amount yet. Like jonpt says, you'll probably get an email once you get closer to January giving you a budget for that transfer window.
That won't be your budget for the whole season, it's probably just money that's come in from clauses.
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Just now, Tiger666 said:
Yeah this is awful SI. Balanced mentality, much lower defensive line. It's against Brighton, do I really have to go defensive mentality against teams like Brighton just to prevent long balls over my defence?
These are world class defenders that just don't seem to react.
At least they finished the 1v1s!
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56 minutes ago, Pedroig said:
@TheInvisibleMan I've been PC since I got off C64... So don't know about Numbers. As a random guess I'd bet it has something to so with the formulas looking at different sheets in the workbook. I'll see about putting it all on a single sheet and/or saving in Numbers format and throwing it up as an alternative, IF you promise to test it to see if it works..
Sounds like a deal!
Don't worry if it's too difficult. I had a play about with it on Numbers but it was a bit beyond me as how to fix it and make it work.
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11 minutes ago, bleventozturk said:
Another good example. 23 should be close to attacking 30, and defending 5 should be where 23 is.
The problem is, that this is not just one off bad positioning moment. It happens in every attack.
Not sure it's as clear cut as that.
Some managers want their defenders to stay central, some are happier for them to step out and deal with things in wide areas.
It's not as simple as certain players should be closer to others.
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This is really impressive. The tactical periodisation stuff is exactly how some coaches plan their training in real life and I've never seen anyone bring it to FM before.
Going to give it a try, have a play about and see how I get on.
Don't suppose there is a Mac version (numbers)? @Pedroig @FMathlete
Tried opening it in Numbers but the formulas don't carry across.
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Just now, Champfan10 said:
Yeah the wide players are the main support, they get a lot of goals from the overlapping wing backs picking them out from crosses or general interplay between them.
If its a slow building attack we can get 6 or 7 player in and around the 18 yard box, but we regroup defensively so have plenty of players behind the ball if countered.
My without the ball looks as it does above but with the ball it looks like the following:-
I like it mate, thanks for sharing that
Such a flexible shape. A lot of people think of 5 at the back as really defensive but it can be just as offensive as a four if you use the right roles and instructions.
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20 minutes ago, Champfan10 said:
@MattStatto this is the shape I've got working at the minute, been using it as a base for 2 and a half seasons now with the odd tweak. The keeper gets a lot of clean sheets as well, not as efficient as creating chances as yours though.
Intrigued by this as I'm also a fan of a 3-4-3. Do you find that your wide players get up to support the striker with the wing backs overlapping?
A 3-4-3 can be really hard to play against if the front 3 is narrow and up with the striker in attack and then wider and alongside the centre-mids in defence.
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I try to play a team bonding session into every week or two of my training schedules to help this.
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I might be wrong but I believe they removed compatibility with Linux for FM20. Someone from SI may be able to confirm but I seem to remember Miles saying on Twitter that it would no longer be supported.
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14 minutes ago, Jack Joyce said:
We did make some changes to the way teams set up against larger sides yes. Too often they were going 'very defensive' mentality for 70-80 mins of the game which was a bit too extreme and led to a lot of 30-40 shot games for the bigger side. You should find that smaller teams will play a bit more realistically now with a plan to catch you on the counter. This will largely in part be driven by the AI manager's attacking attribute, but e.g. i've seen a match here where Bournemouth play on 'Balanced' at home to Arsenal which is something that wouldn't have happened before.
This sounds great
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4 minutes ago, andu1 said:
I hope this doesn't inflate the scorelines too much
No pleasing some people! 😂😉
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11 minutes ago, Rwilliams90 said:
Tried knap's 'Sympathy for the Devil' tactic and played a few games with it.
It seems to have solved the issue of blasting the ball into the side netting and players are now cutting the ball back from the byline. My strikers are now scoring goals whereas before they weren't even involved in the game.
It encourages a style of football that I really don't want to play and I'd rather tinker with my own tactics, but it's making the ME experience bearable.
I do still think it's a bug with certain formations though.
Can you post a screenshot of the instructions?
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Anyone managed to get their strikers scoring?
That's the main thing that's bugging me, so much so that I've been back on FM19 instead at times.
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It's been 5 games in the Premier League for the last few seasons now.
In 2017/18, Phil Foden became the youngest ever player to win the Premier League with 5 appearances.
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7 hours ago, Ailleurs said:
You should try to set "shoot Less Often" to all your players except your striker, you will see a lot of improvement in your tactics...
But this is the problem. Whether this solves the issue or not, I don't want to have to tell all my players except the striker to 'shoot less often'. That's not what I want my players to do. I want my wingers cutting in and shooting, and my central midfielders shooting from the edge of the box.
We shouldn't have to compromise on instructions and use specific instructions like this simply to solve match engine issues.
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4 minutes ago, isignedupfornorealreason said:
Looking at the bug forums and some of the threads are a bit bullheaded about this... But, one user suggests that he gets better use of a lone striker if you offset them to the FCL/FCR positions rather than the FC position. You could try that and see if improves things?
That's interesting, will give that a go. Thank you for that.
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Just to add to the discussion on the half-back role. The only time I tend to use it is if I'm playing against a team with two upfront and I want to build from the back. The half-back then drops in between your centre-backs which allows you to outnumber the opposition when playing out from the goalkeeper or defenders. I've found this works quite well as it makes it really hard for the opposition's strikers to press you. You end up playing 4 vs 2, if you include your goalkeeper, which often gives you a way out to progress up the pitch.
When a team plays one striker against me, I agree with @herne79 - he's too deep, not really involved and you end up needing him as an extra man higher up the pitch.
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The lack of involvement and lack of goals for strikers is my biggest gripe with this match engine. While the lack of central play (probably linked!) and shots from crazy wide angles are frustrating, I'd probably be more willing to deal with it if my strikers were doing more in games and getting more goals.
Maybe tactics play a part but I've tried so many combinations of roles, instructions and formations to try and get them scoring.
This to me is the biggest problem.
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A few years back (Maybe FM12?) I managed to get Daniel Sturridge to move from Chelsea to Coventry City on a free transfer, back when Coventry were in the Championship.
I think the fact they were one of his favoured clubs helped me get him, but he was way too good for the Championship and played a big part in getting us promoted.
I couldn't believe the lack of interest in him when leaving at the end of his contract.
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2 hours ago, extremeskins04 said:
He's in my game. I have him hired in fact.
Never seen a general manager before. Was this role already in place before you took over?
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Jordi Hiwula just had a shot from here in one of my games 😐
This can't be right, players never shoot from these positions.
It went massively wide of the near post too by the way, it wasn't one that flashed across goal.
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17 minutes ago, Linus_Shepard said:
15 of February. Thats how long he lasted, witch btw is a new record for any of my FM games and saves. How come this issue cant be fixed? Year after year, the best manager in the world\game with the best squad in the league is the first to get the boot. Why havent SI fixed this? or is it really just me who have this issue?
Definitely not just you, seems to happen on a lot of my saves too.
I don't know if his tendencies and attributes just don't work in the match engine? His teams aren't as dominant on FM when you play against them.
It's something that definitely should have been looked at by now, as I've had countless saves like yours where he's not even lasted one season.
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It's a nice touch that disallowed offside goal replays are now shown in the 'data analyst' camera angle. Realistic as to what angle a manager would see a disallowed decision from during a game 👍🏻
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Just now, ceefax the cat said:
Are you on drugs, that's Jamie Vardy through 1 on 1
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FM20 Training Planner Spreadsheet
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Interesting! Will look into that, cheers.