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Hi there, cheers for the feedback. Quite a few of the ones you have mentioned are actually with their clubs in the game. Unfortunately due to the deadline for data closing on 14/02/2024, some did not make the cut, unfortunately it's the same for transfers, i.e Zak Johnson at Dundalk / Brian McManus going from Shels to Bohemians - these happened after the deadline and there is nothing I can do about that. They will all be added. Also just my own preference, but there are no such roles in FM for "student physios" or "assistant physios" etc. In reality LOI clubs operate with only one named Physio, but I will look at adding these staff members in. There is no role in FM for "athletic therapist", so you can't really add those staff. If you see any other stuff, please do mention it. Many thanks.

It is a hard balancing act to get finances for LOI clubs spot on and it goes deeper than just club balances / transfer budgets. Shamrock Rovers have a transfer budget of 100k in the game. I think that's pretty realistic. They're half owned by Supporters/Dermot Desmond and have serious backing behind them. The problem you get is say a club does well in Europe or season passes and their budget changes, then further finances can become available etc. I got promoted with Galway United in my game and my budget got increased substantially and I was able to balance my budget to give me bigger wriggle room in the transfer market. This isn't going to be easily resolved through small little tweaks in budgets. No being smart, but there is no point comparing Honohan's fee to Hakkinen. That's a compensation fee. If Honohan was under contract, Cork City would've commanded a much higher fee than that.

Mason has been added to the game, but I'm afraid he won't be included in this edition as unfortunately age restrictions across the game prohibit his inclusion. Disappointing, but nothing I can do about it.

Strange. Both of these are present in our editor. The Rebel Army as the club's first nickname The Leesiders as second As is CCFC84 as the club hashtag.

Hi there, Yes, any changes that have been flagged here are past the deadline for the beta/game launch. These will follow in future updates. I'm not giving you a short answer, I'm giving you a genuine and honest answer, I'm not sure when that date will be.

Hi Brian. Noted. 100% agree with you. At the same time, I wouldn't pay too much attention to the social media team of the year - not taking anything away from Molloy or any player on it, but it's a bit of a nonsense. For example Rob Slevin was not on the First Division team of the year and he was a shoe-in. A player from Wexford was on it. I'd place a lot more weight in the PFAI Team of the Year / POTY etc.

No, you haven't missed anything at all. Any changes that are requested in this forum have come after the deadline for the beta/game launch. These changes will follow in future updates.

Hi there. Thanks for the feedback. The issue with Axworthy has been amended. The full game has just been released and he's correctly set as a GK now. Thanks for the correction on Sam, I will make sure that's fixed now.

Thanks for the feedback. Lots of good stuff. 1. This was already raised by another person on here. It has been amended. 2. This was also raised by the same person, I will do an update amending all academy stadiums ASAP. 3. There were issues with the current Dalymount Park in the game, where it was being shown as a 10,000 seater stadium etc, these have been amended, but the future stadium was not yet added as the delivery of the new stadium was not 100% confirmed (date wise). I'll take a look at these and ensure it's included. 4. Club links, bar the usual higher profile ones you'd expect like Shels-Hull etc is not something I have looked at in great detail and you're right this is obviously outdated. I'll update that ASAP. 5. I approached the Brighton Researcher about the sell-on for Ferguson and he was looking for more concrete information that there was a sell-on (which is fair enough). Not being smart, I'd also be looking for something a bit more solid than balls.ie... I have replied to him just now including the interview you posted with Pat Fenlon, hopefully that will ensure it's included, as it removes any doubt, but this is out of my hands, as he's in the UK database. 6. I don't really agree with you to be honest. For example, I just loaded a game. Bohemians, who have an average attendance of 4,400 on that sheet, had attendances of 4,348 and 4,400 for two random games I selected. I've gone through all LOI clubs and updated their average attendances to be in line with the league this year. If I'm being totally honest, it seems I was a bit too generous with one or two clubs (like Sligo), but that's probably also linked to their very poor end of season form and having nothing to play for. 7. I will take a look at Connolly but I believe I bumped his stats a bit (definitely agility). One thing you have to take into consideration is these attributes are working off a world level, 17 acceleration is elite level. This also causes a huge jump in the players CA / PA (current ability / potential ability), because speed / acceleration is one of the most impactful attributes in the game.

Hi, Thanks for the feedback. Shels new chairman was added a few weeks ago and Doyle has been removed, unfortunately this was not reflected in the Beta because it took an older version of the LOI data. Rest assured, this will be resolved in coming updates.

@Zachary Whyte Investigated this and the reason for this issue is "3 Letter Name" was blank and "Alt 3 Letter Name" was filled in instead. I have amended this now with a new submission. Thanks for flagging this.

So you got a little short-changed then? Only messing. You're dead right. Mark Connolly, the player to the right of the GK is 6'1, so McJannett is 6.0. I have updated it. Cheers.

Thanks for the feedback. In terms of reporting things, I'm not sure using the "Your World" game mode represents the best way to view the data in the game, as obviously not all transfers etc are accounted for. It seems regardless of it not including player transfers, manager/staff movement goes through regardless - hence why we have Richie Holland at Cork City as manager and not assistant and Dave Rogers gone from Finn Harps as well. This is not something I can change. I have changed Declan Coleman's role from Assistant Manager to First Team Coach. As the the link with Preston is reversed and has been made by an English researcher, I cannot alter it. I have asked one of the English members of staff to remove this link. I'm not sure why that tendency came up for Dermot Usher as he currently has no fixed tendencies set, but I have added sign domestic based players and given him a rating of 7/20 for it. I've amended Turners Cross capacity so that it's showing as 7,365 now.

Added those kits in. Changed the setting now that if Derry City reach the group stages, their games should take place at Tallaght Stadium. You cannot edit this round by round, i.e how they played the 2nd round in the Brandywell and the third round in Tallaght this year. You can only do prelim (i.e qualifying rounds), main (group stages) and later (past group stage). I have changed "main" for Derry City to Tallaght Stadium. Along with St. Pats, Dundalk, they've all played European games at Tallaght. Changed Bohs to the Aviva.

Thanks for the feedback. 1. Amended. Gave him a low-ish LB rating and an accomplished LWB rating. 2. Name amended. 3. You can add stadium expansions in the game. I have added this. One question, is there any indication what the new SEATED capacity will be in the Brandywell after this? I know the overall capacity is now 6,242, but the game also requires an updated seated capacity. The new stand seems to be accommodating terracing. 4. I have referred this to SI. 5. Both Porter and McCallion are with Harps in the game? I'm not sure why they're not showing up for you. I have updated Daithí's name to include the fada. 6. Can't update that now as he's not in the DB, not going to lose too much sleep over something that trivial if I'm being honest. 7. Updated both histories. 8/9. Added the blue kit back in, it was in the game last year but it was removed due to the yellow kit coming in. I didn't know that Derry City were going to use it again this season.

Thank you mate. Noted re Hakiki, will make an amendment to this. 1. That's poor from me, it's not like that's a secret, I should have that updated. I'll make sure to update that now so it's reflected in the next data patch that's released. 2. Yeah, Dalymount has a 10k capacity, that is limited to 4.4k, I will reduce the capacity to 4.4 and reduce the expansion capacity in its current guise. 3. Varian was with Cork City but I cancelled the loan after speaking to the Cork City AR, he tore his ACL, so presumably his loan was ended and he returned to his parent club, pretty normal practice if a player suffers a season ending injury. 4. You're not going to be happy about this but full disclosure, I actually touched down James McManus' stats a tad. I simmed a season and he went on loan to Bray Wanderers, and the growth in his attributes was insane. Far too high. Any stat that was 11, had moved to 13 by the end of the season, so he was basically more or less already good enough to start at a very high level in England. Of course I accept he's very well thought of, and a big big prospect, but to give perspective, I believe the only player with a higher PA than him in the LOI is Sam Curtis. I wouldn't place too much faith into what your coaches say, I would say sim a full season), in my game he went to Bray Wanderers on loan and he played almost every game, and now he's 18 and almost all of his stats are 12/13. We have to strike a balance. 5. I have done a decent bit of work on Clarke to reflect his growth over the last few seasons with Bohs, I'm relatively happy with his attributes as they are to be honest, maybe a touch more for dribbling because in fairness he's very good at jinking in and out of tight spaces. I'll change his preferred move from "runs with ball often" to with runs with ball through centre. 6. Afolabi is another player that has almost had a re-work to be honest. The Scottish researchers absolutely pasted his stats, more or less just because he didn't light up the world playing on loan when he was with Celtic. It seems going to Celtic is a poor career choice for young Irish players over the last few years. Similar to Clarke, I'm relatively happy with Afolabi's attributes, but I will maybe look at adding a touch to his strength. 7. I'm afraid this is out of my hands now that Ferguson is playing in England. I have sent an e-mail to the Brighton researcher about this clause. It's at his discretion though. Thanks for the feedback lads.

I have made all those amendments. The budget/financing of LOI clubs is one of the key areas I looked at most over the FM "off season" if you want to call it that. LOI clubs run into huge financial difficulties and are hamstrung by poor finances far too quickly in the game, I have done a revamp of finances, and in particular income/sponsorships for LOI clubs, so that hopefully it will make the game feel a little bit more realistic and not as much of an uphill battle when it comes to surviving financially. As regards Shelbourne's finances, they start the game with a €1m+ balance, transfer budget (LOI relative of course). We will have to see how serious the ownership are in the New Year. You don't want to speculate too much and make it unrealistic either I suppose. Have to find a balance. The sphere of academy link-ups is something I have to be honest, I have not looked into in great detail. Of course the link between Shels-Hull City is included in the game, but I haven't looked at club links in that level of granularity. That's something to add to the to-do list. Of course I welcome all feedback, I try to do a lot of work on player attributes over each season. For example at Shels, I have done quite a large revamp on Mark Coyle. As a player, he was sort of overlooked really at Harps and seen as a bit of a hatchet man, a steady Eddie, keeps it simple type. He's turned into a key player under Duff and the increase in his attributes reflects that now. He's one of the most solid and dependable DM's in the LOI right now.

Hi Brian, Great to get your feedback. Thanks. 1. That's the "Your World" feature. He's with St. Patrick's Athletic in the game, although his Shels loan is not listed under his history, I'll add that in. 2. Gav Molloy must've played every position bar in goals I will raise his CB rating. 3. Usually I don't modify loanees from England too much. English researchers can be very precious about changing their attributes / positions "off the back of a few months" but I did see that him and Jarvis were playing further up the field and should've changed that. Will amend this and make him a more advanced midfielder. 4. Interesting re- Farrell. I suppose it shouldn't be too much of a surprise as he has a good engine and he is industrious enough. I assume he was playing more as a RWB than a LWB? 5. You're dead right about Byrne. I thought his injury proneness rating was far higher. I saw the stuff about him having chronic knee issues. Sad to read. Currently he's got a rating of 9, I will raise this to 15/16. That should be suitable enough. As for McManus, I didn't really consider him. It was a horror challenge from John Martin and I think you have to be careful about over-egging a players injury proneness, sometimes they can just get unlucky with poor challenges, etc. Thanks again for your feedback, it's valuable, and please continue to flag things that you think are off.

Thanks for that. Updated.

Hi, Cheers for the feedback. The latest patch does not include all the latest LOI changes just yet, these will only be present when the next data patch goes live. The last changes were submitted on Wednesday afternoon, so hopefully it will be released in the next week to ten days or something along that lines. Milambo and Jonkermann were included because they were both present in the Finn Harps official squad photos with Sportfile, when it became clear that they actually were not signing for Harps, both players were released. All of the U19 players you have listed have been released. Noe Baba has been added to the Harps squad. The only thing that you have listed that hasn't been actioned is Aaron McLaughlin being added. He has not even been on the bench for Harps so far this season and no announcement was made on him signing for Harps first team.

Hi there. Drogheda's stadium name has been updated to Weavers Park. This change will only go live when the latest data update drops, which is likely to be in the coming week or two I would imagine, but it has been changed.

All amended. Thank you.

To be honest, I'm happy enough with the decision to retire Wes Hoolahan. He's 40 now and no club in either the UK or Ireland has moved for him since he left Cambridge in May. I can't see a player that's 40 just sitting out a season and then returning as a 41 year old next season (in League of Ireland terms). It doesn't seem logical or realistic, and that's what I work off in general. Like Hoolahan, Daryl Murphy was also retired. No official announcement was ever made that he has retired, but he hasn't been playing LOI football and seems to be gravitating towards coaching now.

Hi, Good find, cheers. I have updated this now. Won't be fixed for release but should be addressed for the patch.

Cheers for the feedback. Kavanagh has been amended. Shane Nolan was fixed before the deadline, he'll show as a performance analyst for Waterford for the release. Daryl Murphy has been retired as a player. Pilley is down as Waterford FC chairman in game.