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Next up is Adelaide United. From this we see that their AML (Ryan Kitto and Nestroy Irankunda both play there) is a weak point. I've switched my RB to be more attack than my LB rather than vice versa. I might focus on the right flank or underlap from the right in the match if it isn't going our way.

I switched to tackle harder and a balanced mentality.

It seems City went for a pressing/counter attacking tactic due to our tactics. Our next opponents in the A League, Central Coast Mariners play a park the bus style of the football with elements of counterattack. It was recommended in the Data Hub we got for a low block so I'll try that.

No pressure then...

The Data Hub is open for business! The hub information more or less tells what we already know (slow but clinical up front, bad in the air all round, very good at passing) In 2021 I started uploading highlight videos to one of my youtube accounts. Somehow I ended up with 24 subscribers. I know you guys don't tend to be interested in video footage, but since it's there for the odd match, I thought I'd share it anyway. I might upload full matches for games where trophies are on the line so those who would like to see what the playing style looks like can, though again, I think that will be more for the 24 subscribers than for you guys, but you are welcome to watch anyways.

Some facts about the A-League The top 6 teams go into a play off at the end of the regular season Unbeknownst to me, Western United FC won the playoff in 2022 after finishing 3rd in the league. I perhaps would have chosen another team if I had known, but what's done is done. There is also the Australia Cup Talking of which we are in the semi-finals of that competition for our next match Our best midfielder Doumbia is suspended, but after drawing 2-2 away with 10 men to City a few matches ago, I'm quietly confident we might get a result.

We comfortably controlled most of the match but struggled to find the target until Arzani's equalizer in the 81st minute. Not wanting three draws in a row, I then took a chance and changed our mentality to very attacking. After Prijovic's 2nd goal, I switched it to very defensive at which point Diamanti got a third.

The training is more enjoyable than I imagined so I imagine I'll be doing it from now on going forward. 2 draws where we were the better side. I'll take that at this stage.

As one of the other Melbourne teams is playing at home at the stadium we all share, we are playing in Tasmania. Does this happen in real life?

Before the match, our captain Diamanti explained to the squad what the punishments would be for a sending off. Just as well as he got him sent off two minutes in for a two-footed tackle from behind in an unthreatening area. I immediately changed our formation and switched to a cautious mentality. My tactic of conserving energy paid off as in the 2nd half we outplayed them despite only being ten men.

Here's my more defensive formation.

OK, this is my first attempt at a positive tactic after reading up on things. Hopefully, It's not too awful. I used the Tiki-Taka base tactic out of two other suggested tactics (Vertical Tiki-Taka and Wing play were the other suggested tactics). Changes I made I changed from high press to mid-block (I don't believe my defence are good enough for a high press) Switched to Stay on feet (to avoid cards and avoid fatigue) Play for set pieces to play to their strengths Told wingers/full backs to aim for the centre where the striker is and told the striker to shoot more often I also set up the training program. It's less scary than first thought.

Star/Important players One of our two designated players. Extremely slow but good stats elsewhere Our best player. at on 1.9k a week which is far too low for a player of his standard. at 39 he's old and has no physical presence but his Technical and Mental skills are high.

OK first things first board/fan expectations top half finish be competitive against the other two Melbourne sides Unfortunately for whatever reason, on FM23, the A-League doesn't give you league odds so it's difficult to know how good you are compared to other A-League sides. I think mid-table and the weaker of the 3 Melbourne sides is a fair assessment. Working out the squad's general strengths and weaknesses Overall Squad Advantages: Anticipation Decisions Flair Leadership Off The Ball Long Shots Overall Squad Disadvantages: Acceleration Agility Determination Jumping Reach Teamwork Work Rate Vision Dribbling Passing Technique So far this rules more out (headed goals, Gegenpress, Tiki-Taka) than in Defenders stats Advantages: Pace Decisions free kick taking Agility Aggression Anticipation Bravery Concentration Disadvantages: Determination Leadership Strength Jumping Reach Acceleration High Bravery and low Strength is an interesting combination Midfielders stats: Advantages: Natural Fitness Bravery Concentration Decisions Free Kicks Long Shots Corners Crossing First Touch Disadvantages: Tackling Agility Pace Strength Leadership Work Rate I'm starting to get more of an idea of what could work. Play for set pieces and shoot on sight Strikers stats: Advantages: Natural Fitness Strength Bravery Concentration Decisions Finishing (2nd in the league) First Touch (1st in the league) Heading (2nd in the league) Passing Technique Disadvantages: Acceleration Agility Pace Stamina Determination Leadership Vision Work Rate It seems our strikers are much better in the air attacking than our defenders defending so corners and free-kick set pieces are the way to go as well as headed goals being back in.

I've played the FM series since FM06. I've always been more of a plug-and-play/delegating manager for various reasons: 1. Convenience if I'm honest. Instant success (especially with the season Leicester had this year) is a big attraction but eventually, it gets stale. I like to play Football Manager as a release from having medium levels of disabilities and mental health issues and winning game after game provides somewhat of a mental boost. It might just be my perception though, but plug N' Play has less long-term success in FM23 than in previous games. 2. Some of the features frankly bewilder me. I've never understood the training side of the game, and I've never delved into scouting in recent games, preferring to delegate as much power to my scouts as possible. I love the detail, but only up to a point as it does feel daunting. I've decided to thus try: 1. Become adept at creating my own tactics on FM23. I've tried before, but have failed, but this time I've bought an eBook called 'the art of football management' which I found very interesting and I intend to make use of the tactics section of this forum and other online sources which I've found daunting in the past (I don't understand a lot and fear to ask questions in case I'm revealed as a tactical dunce). 2. Dealing with training, scouting, and player development myself. Again by making use of those online sources. I chose Australia as I know nothing about the players there which may turn out to be a bad choice as the only thing I do know is that it has transfer rules to a similar level of complexity as America or China. I chose Western United as they finished midtable in real life and don't have much of an existing club culture meaning that It's more of a blank slate. I have 37 nations (focused on Asia at the moment but I could swap them out for more European nations depending on how the save game develops later on if I get that far) loaded at 162k players and I intend to start playing in 1-2 hours (got something to do first) but what advice would you give to someone throwing themselves in at the deep end of FM23 who has previously been scared to do so?

Most of the raps from ChatGPT (even and especially the rap battles) seem to take their influence from Will Smith as well as other early 1990s pop-rap luminaries like Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, Kriss-Kross, etc. though somehow less cool than any of those. If it improves at the speed of Midjourney then by this time next year it'll be in Aesop Rock/Cannibal Ox levels of rhyme quality and complexity.

I honestly think there is no current possible use for ChatGPT in the FM series. Most of the points I would make on it have been made by Enigmatic beforehand in a more concise way. You can suggest whatever possible use you'd like, but it still comes down to the output having no relation to the core game. It's fun for things like this though. Leicester wore claret not white so skynet gets it wrong again.

I don't think after trying it myself, it can be even used for that. I wrote: It responded with That is basically just regurgitating what I wrote originally so I said to it: You'll notice both times it ran out of the text limit to actually respond. I don't think there is any application for Chat GPT directly or indirectly for FM currently.

ChatGPT is an interesting tool but the only application I can see for FM indirectly is for adding flavour and character in the career updates forum rather than anything that could be incorporated into the actual game for users.