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What major issues do you see with the roles and duties? 
 

In terms of role suitability, I am talking about the green circle. 
 

A BWM in a defensive role must work better than a BBM for this? 

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Thanks for all the feedback. I definitely need to look at tweaking my TIs. I have been so convinced morale and motivational aspects cause my blips in form that I haven’t looked at my roles and instructions in enough depth. 
 

I think you all agree my tactics are responsible and my ups and downs and can be related to player form on the day. So when my players don’t play great, the weaknesses in the tactic are really exposed. 
 

One of my friends mentioned I’m not playing any players in their most suitable role and this is something else I need to look into. 
 

In the past I’ve always played with a BWM in MCL and been a bit more stable. I just don’t have a suitable player for that role right now.

This is a formation where my AMC struggles to play and I was never sure why. I guess all his space is being taken by the BBMs. 
 

I’ve got enough points here to take a step back and rebuild my tactic. 

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Hi Folks,

I’m currently playing a game of FM19 with Rangers. I’m in my 4th season and I’ve finished 2nd in the league in the previous 3 seasons. I tend to fall 20-30 points behind Celtic each season.
 

So I tend to find I go on a good run at the start of the season , morale gets as high as it can and my players are looking motivated. 

This season I lost my form after a game to Hibs. I beat them 5-1 in the cup semi final (with complete domination) and then directly after I played them in the league at home and lost 1-0 in a pretty even game.  My form is now in a LWLWLW fashion. A couple of games later I played Motherwell who were 11th in the league and lost 1-0 in a pretty even game( morale then crashed down to Okay). 

My players always respond well to team talks and direct player interaction (praise or criticism) and I’m not seeing any signs of complacency.

Does this issue seem to be related to a tactical flaw or the mental state (morale and confidence) of my team?  I’m confused how the performance of my whole team can just drop so suddenly then I struggle to get past in games which I would have eased through. 

Any feedback would be great. 

[Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)]

Help!

Playing as Ipswich I get off to a great start and after nine or ten games I am usualy well within the playoffs.

Every single time I get to about game ten and it all goes wrong. I cannot win a game from then on in and usually get sacked another ten to fifteen games later.

I appreciate that it's difficult to say what it might be without you know tactics etc. But given it happens every season is there something im not doing?

Have the opposing teams figured out how to deal with my tactics? Should I shake it up every so often? Change the target man?

Thanks for ANY suggestions

T

I used to go through a similar thing. In my opinion its the team talks and press conferences that sort the problem. Your team might not be well disciplined and you may become complacent against smaller teams after a while. Be harsh to your players with your team talks.Theres some good threads in here somewhere that explain team talks well.

Always keep an eye on the match odds so you know what strategy to go out with as well. These are the key points that helped me. Hope it works for you.

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Ive just found out how to stop becoming complacent against smaller teams. Now im having a problem with being "overawed" by teams with a higher reputation than my own. Does anyone have any idea how to sort this? Any help at all is welcomed.

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The reason is that the AI changes their approach. When you start, the club has a hidden Reputation attribute that fluctuates depending on your level of success. So, for example, let's say you take over Hull. I don't know their starting reputation, but lets say it's 5000. The game recalculates club reputations after a certain amount of time. It used to be once in the middle of the season and again at the start of the next season, but that may have changed. At any rate, let's say you've navigated Hull to 6th place. Because you're success level is well above your reputation, the computer raises your reputation to say 7000 (it won't be that dramatic). Before the re-ranking, a team with a reputation of 5500 may play a Standard or even Attacking strategy against you because they feel they are at least at your level. But now, that same team will likely take a defensive posture against you.

Did that make any sense?

Yea, it kind of makes sense. I ll give it a try and let you know what happens. I mean this has been happening to me throughout all the football managers. Thats about the best explanation ive heard so far. I usually take control of higher reputation teams as it. Thats my only concern with your explanation. If you or anyone else has anything to add it would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Steve

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Hi. I have a problem that when I start a new game I go on a good run of results. Then all of a sudden i just start losing even though i play with the same approach. Can someone tell me why this happens and possibly help me? That would be great.

Cheers

Steve