Brodie21

Best thing I found is to pick the team myself but let him manage the games

Maybe get your scout to look up a few players & only sign the ones that fit your project

Hmmm....i'm guessing you can't promote greyed out players from your under 18's / 21's to your 1st team either? I'll keep pondering. Good luck with your challenge

This should be your first and last post. You should be banned! Just kidding, welcome to the forum. Sounds like a great challenge you've given yourself. The only things I can think of are checking your reserves, under 21's, under 18's teams (if you have them.) If there are no greyed out players there, maybe sign greyed out players from other teams in your league? All the best with your challenge!

I once noticed Man Utd had won two games in a row....totally unrealistic

And a very annoying floor in the game

Understand what you're saying but honestly, this has happened multiple times at a club with the same / worse reputation than mine. (I play LLM). Trust me, this is a real floor

I'd love to understand the difference between the 3 options - Real World, Original & can't remember what the 3rd one was. I've read them a few times but simply don't understand them or their differences

A little off topic but sort of linked, it really annoys me when I offer a player X amount of wages, yet he wants more & a star player role. I cancel the deal, someone else comes in - no better than my club, & gets him for far less of a wage & a squad player role. That has happened to be too many times to mention.

Yeah, I always try that. Curbs his God-complex a little

Hmmm often but not always. I find some of them a nuisance when you're trying to give other players the odd game & they throw their toys out of the pram. Agree it's nice to have one or two but with the way fixtures pile up, rotation is necessary

Hi. Go into Staff - Responsibilities - Transfers & Contracts and ensure that you have not delegated anything in both sections (Transfers AND Contracts). Let me know if any issues

Does anyone else try to avoid signing a player who as good as demands to play every game?

I'm closing this post as user has found the answer. (Always wanted to be a mod)

Hmmm i'll take a look but i'm dubious that would work - especially with the numerous people that experience this issue, including @tezcatlipoca665 comment directly above

Don't leave us all hanging. How do you set up?

It's not for everyone but I always start unemployed & wait for a team in the lowest league to sack a manager. I find that challenging. Lower League Management also offers a variety of rules you can introduce to your game e.g. attribute masking, only allowed to sign recommended players from scouts, playing a certain amount of youth players in your team etc. It's worth looking into if you want a challenge & it's something of interest to you. There are always ways to make the level of the game suitable for yourself

Do you use Gegenpress?

It was most definitely not aimed at you. Please accept my apologies for you feeling that. Yours was a comical post that I found amusing.

@NineCloudNine has pretty much said it all. Also, he's not saying you can't have a view, he's simply explaining his. Of course you can have an opinion - we all can. Regards your first question, the mates I have who play / played it simply didn't have the time to play 1-2 games a day, with work & family commitments etc. They managed a few hours in an evening once every two or three weeks if they were lucky. Your second question pretty much ties in with my first answer. Because they were only able to play it occasionally, I think they wanted more of a quicker target e.g. winning a cup, qualifying for Europe etc, than slowly plodding away to build a team that's financially sound, with a squad that's building slowly, the youngsters coming through, improving the facilities, my chipping away at the coaching badges etc. I do this is lower league, where I have always played. That is success to me. To a lot of people, they would find this boring & want the success of trophies. A couple of my mates said if they had all the time in the world to play, they would never play the game as I do. No right or wrong, just comes down to how every individual enjoys the game. That's why after reading @NineCloudNine post, I took a different viewpoint. Rather than how i've thought for around the last three versions of FM, that Gegenpress was a nuisance, that it made the game much easier - in my opinion that is, I could then understand the use of it for players with little time and / or wanted quicker glory. Hope you're enjoying the game

@Bannside of Killowen You're obviously keen like many of us. What a far more pleasant & helpful reply from @MichaelNevo rather than one you received from a regular passive aggressive poster

I am one that totally disagreed with Gegenpress until @NineCloudNine shared his thoughts. In short, if you only have limited time to enjoy the game & build a successful team, this is the tactic for you; if you are fortunate to have more time to afford this great game & to build slowly, avoid it. I have no idea of the figures but all my friends have / had only limited time....i'm just fortunate that I was able to retire early (Ahem) ;-)

I'm playing FM26. Then again, I am a time-traveller

@Mitja @jmlima I've always played the game for slow & steady progression of the team and it's finances. But the few lads I know who play / played the game wanted instant success & would have no interest in the way I play it. I think that's why the Gegenpress feature offers the best of both worlds. Use it for quicker success; avoid it for more reality.