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That's what I thought - cheers both

Can you make a cm(a) act like a mezzalla with player instructions (minus playing wider) or are the ‘under the hood’ instructions mean this is not possible?

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If it a stock dump, why would it be a negative? Also if it’s not what is advertised as it is through Amazon, I could return easily? honestly not having a go and appreciate your views but just trying to understand what you mean!

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Just my thoughts.... I think the most disappointing thing through the last 2 days is the silence from SI. Previous posts have suggested more transparency but to have a patch called 'data update' and no match engine changes without any reasoning why just makes me think 'they don't care'. I'm not necessarily SI don't care but that is the perception the past 48 hours has given. All it has caused is frustration and anger. I would have had more respect if SI had come out to either say 'we are happy with the current match engine and wont be making any changes' - at least that gives clarity as to how they think about THIER game and we can make a choice of continuing to play or leave it. Or, that we have now focused all our attention onto FM25 with getting that right and therefore the final match engine changes for FM24 was the December update. Whether people would have been happy about either of those statements is unknown but at least they would have said something......

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Because the game hasnt been released yet - 4pm UK time and the editor will be at the same time or shortly afterwards

@crusadertsar Also noticed different to your past tactics is your not using shorter passing? Is that to get possession to be more penetrative?

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Not overall but were they in attack roles or support roles?

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That is exactly it - very passive, very vanilla

yeah i get the poor form but this was for the first internationals - he had for the first 2 games not played too bad.

Thanks for the suggestions - I have considered giving him an attack role but at the same time, feel that would unbalance the other roles I have. I may play around with some of his PIs - such as risky passes to see if that brings a change. It's strange also that he hasnt been picked for England considering his standing in the game and current/potential ability.........

Hi all I have been using the tactic posted below - I have been generally happy with some of the football it has produced - possession type football but with an end product. Goals are coming from the IW(a), DLF and CM (a). The B2B will also chip in with goals. The issue I have is getting Saka or the IW(s) role working. I have found him to get match ratings of 6.5-6.6 and doesn't impact on the match. Saka will often be fairly passive in his passing or directness in running at defenders. He will get the ball in the half spaces but then stop to lay of a pass to a team mate. I cant believe that the support duty along with his own characteristics would make him do this? I have the role as support to give balance to the CM(a) role and the team as a whole. Also, the Odegaard role I have at times changed to Mezzala (a) and still the same output from Saka. I was also conscious that by playing a Mez role next to him, could impact his space so have opted for the CM(a) with roam and channels PI. The team instructions are fairly bland - again, trying to keep it simple. I will react sometimes to what I am seeing on screen such as pushing defensive/LOE up with increased pressing. However, this is what I usually start with. Is there anything glaringly obvious that I am missing with Saka and his role within the team (or the roles around him)? Is this just a case of him being out of form/sorts? Any help will be really appreciated in helping me understand where or why im going wrong!

As the tactics screen shows how the team sets up defensively, should I set up a 4-3-3 on the tactics screen to look more like a 4-4-1-1? Ie two IWs in the winger? So in theory it looks like a 4-3-3 in attack?