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>your club<, team policy>U18(or reserves)>tick use current first team tactics short answer yes *sigh* two digit typing means too slow....

Depends on how much time I have to play. It can be anywhere from 7-10 matches in a session or as little as three. Then it also depends which part of the season you are at. A transfer window can take me up to 10 plus hours to go through depending upon what is happening. Then there is processing from I think what is about 70 leagues running. Also in the last two season I began attending all my reserve and U18 matches where I could, those however, I switch to key highlights only. So all in all it is a slow running game so to speak. Not everyones cup of tea, but I like it. But as I haven't really answered your question, with work, life etc about two to three human weeks thereabouts. My first save on FM 12 was about three weeks after release and I am about halfway through 2015, and last played that save about three weeks ago. It is probably dead in the water as I have the add/remove leagues issue which kind of bogged everything up pretty bad. I may try and persevere, as, it was just getting interesting with new gens, players developing and the like.

Full, every match

You could possibly work it the other way around. I have steam in offline mode all the time. The only time I changed it is when there was a patch. I also turn off the internet on my system as I run in full screen mode, as such avoiding the chance of a system update whilst playing. To date, touch wood, I am yet to have any issues of playing

If it is that bothersome than by all means edit

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Not to doubt your word, but if the media is reporting that x club has agreed personal terms with x player, but are yet to come to an arrangement on the transfer fee, then I don't think that constitutes tapping up. To drag up an old one , from my understanding Teves had agreed personal with a couple of potential clubs, the problem was always the fee Man City were wanting .

But, are you going to buy him? ....

On Player interactions, half time, full time, private chats etc. One thing that bothers me is not being able to tell my defence that their passing is carp. The options available only allow to you criticise defending, yet when the pass completion rates are low I want to tell them to up their passing game. Similarly with inside forwards and attacking midfielders, the option to comment on their striking is not available. They could be controlling the midfield well, yet shots at goal are carp, so again would like to be able to address this with players.

Regarding transfers I wouldn't mind seeing the ability to agree to terms with a player prior to the bid being excepted. It is something that for all intensive purposes appears to happen quite regularly.

I agree, coming back into pre season you would expect players to be rusty not starting all over again as is most often the case. As with the influence,(as you have mentioned) not sure, but it does get annoying with the back room and or players harping on about not enough, or, should be doing more on match prep. Especially players as I would assume that would have greater implications on match performance.

Purely cosmetic, though I figure if it were in the game people would use it. When setting up a game there is the option to add a Manager Picture, most don't seem to, others go from the amusing to the risque. An alternative would be that you select from a range of regen faces that change(age) over time as player regens/newgens do Set pieces and player settings. Pretty sure it has been mentioned , but I would like to select my set pieces based on the player as opposed to position, my DM for example is better on the far post than staying back if needed. Then my other Dm is better going forward than being on the far post. So being able to select via the player as opposed to position would be better. Similar situation with player instructions, it would be preferable to set these (and set pieces) in the player profile screen rather then re-jigging when substituting. It could be done by adding a tactics tab to the player profile screen. It could look something like this

Reputation was auto. Have placed some ads, but then there is the ol' can't advertise for a new Assistant manager as you have an assistant manager.. Thanks though gents

For a bit of something to do I decided to start a new save, and put myself in as the Australia manager. I am trying to amp up the backroom staff a little and this is the problem, every single job offer is being declined. Employed or not doesn't seem to matter, and as such am feeling somewhat confused. A simple example, offered a coaching role to an unemployed but very good youth coach, declined. I figure I must be missing something regarding the role, can anyone shed any light ?

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