[How do you close out games?]

I've had this happen in 4 out of 5 games (lower league) - seeing the opposition in the Northern Ireland second tier suddenly transform into peak Barcelona in the last 10 minutes. Haven't found a solution so far, and like OP it is spoiling the enjoyment.

[Scouting Assignments issues... ''We are consulting our own staff for initial recommendations'']

On 02/05/2023 at 08:09, dthocs said:

Hi don't know if this is an in-game issue or just down to my game set up etc
 

I've scouts able to find and promote players from most countries I send them too. But I have sent scouts with high adaptability stat to the likes of Ghana, South Africa and China plus a few other African countries and for almost a full season it just says ''We are consulting our own staff for initial recommendations'' and hasn't changed since with zero recommendations.

The scouts I sent have a mixture of coverage ratings from very good to extensive for most of these countries but still the scout assignment status doesn't change. Only one of them have their knowledge at nominal so I understand that they will take their time to build up knowledge before being able to make any scout recommendations.

Lastly, when I sent scouts out I usually search for any position, min current ability 2 stars and min potential ability 4 stars and ages between 15 - 19. However, due to these scout assignments so far not bring anyone forward I've changed these basic settings to min current ability 1 stars and min potential ability 3 stars and ages between 15 - 24 but still to no avail.

This is where I feel I might be stupid but I do have the South Africa & Chinese leagues loaded to view only whilst non of the others are loaded as playable or view only... Would this be one of the reasons for the poor scouting in these countries or could it be a bug?

My scouting staff stats for adapability, potential and current abilities are all pretty much 17 and above.

If anyone has any advice / suggestions it would be greatly appreciated

 

 

 

 

I had this come up in my Banbridge (NI semi pro) save. I finally realised that I had run out of scouting budget. No funds, no scouting A top up fixed it for me.

[Scouting AI Tactics On An Unbeaten Run]

I haven't but I will now this is genius!

[Does a free kick (direct shot only) involve a long shot?]

28 minutes ago, HUNT3R said:

It does not. I have given you which attributes are used in a previous thread.

Long shots is is used in open play. For a direct free kick it's Free Kick Taking, Technique and Strength.

In theory, perhaps. It is definitely broken - doing a lower league save in NI, with largely non-contract players, and every team scores 35 yard screamers bending around the wall that Beckham could only dream of. My CM with Free Kicking Taking of 1, single figure of strength and technique can do it.

[Scout Attributes in LLM. Why hire any if they are so bad?]

Typically in my lower league saves, I can't find or attract scouts with attributes for judging player ability or potential over 6 (6 being a luxury). What would be the use of hiring any scouts with these 'qualities', unless there is some nuance to the attributes that I'm missing? I can understand having low ability in judging potential, but how can anyone that has functioning eyes be incapable of noticing that a player is quick, can control a ball quite well,  pass OK, etc etc to achieve a 4 or 5 out of 20?

I could probably pose the same question about physios - someone with a 3 or 4 would be more likely to kill the patient than fix them I suspect

[How do I rollback the update?]

L1 in Scotland. There is no U18's league, but when the time comes for a youth intake there is a friendly generated with my "U18's". 1) I can't delegate the match responsibility to my Head of Youth Dev, 2) I can't cancel the friendly, and 3) after having played the friendly and scrolled past the post-match team talks (which I can delegate) and pressing Continue, FM freezes (the spinning wheel of death) with no way of moving on or going back. Tried everything.

[How do I rollback the update?]

The game is currently unplayable, and I would like to revert to the previous version to see if this is a prior bug.

[Genius tactical advice - play my U21 keeper as a first team CWB. For no discernible reason.]

Oh, and the player suggested for CD? My reserve keeper.

[Genius tactical advice - play my U21 keeper as a first team CWB. For no discernible reason.]

Even for League 2 in Scotland, this is rubbish

 

[[Other] (Official) League Specific Issues]

G'day,

In Scotland L2, after Brexit I have to suddenly register some players. I have a young squad, 100% locally born and bred so it should be straight forward? But the registration screen is telling me that I don't have the minimum required squad size. Do I now have to buy additional over 21 players just so I can register half my first team squad?