m.braathen

Getting old now... Third tier is dominated by reserve teams. Like in most leagues in FM for *many* years, the teams hoard players and send them to their reserve teams. Simulate far enough and some reserve teams will be involved in relegation battles as well as promotion battles in the same year. Why is this?? Game breaking for many leagues with reserve teams in the league system. I think only Spain has a decent balance.

Same issue as the past several years... Every team in the top division makes millions in profit by default. There's no challenge to keep any team financially viable cause all of them are more profitable than any English club. It's the opposite in the expansion league where all teams lose more than their total wage bill by default. Don't tell me to upload files, I can't believe you don't test this, and want an explanation why. Chile especially has the same issue, as well as many other countries, for many many years.

This has been an issue as long as I can remember in any country that's not England so I don't expect it to be fixed... The finances of other leagues make zero sense. In some countries like for example Mexico and Chile, the teams will make tens of millions in profit every year without even trying, and others like for example Argentina and Ireland you'll lose hundreds of thousands if not millions every year even if you have 0 on your wage bill, and the owners have to bail you out every year. It's been like this for as long as I can remember so I assume either SI are trying to fix it or just don't care.

Every time I sim 5-10 years, most of the top teams end up signing only foreign players. Some of the top teams really field 11 foreign players, especially in the top 5 leagues. Even in Portugal in my latest test, Benfica only had ONE Portuguese player registered. That seems very off. The teams in FM23 seem to show no regard for local talent, or developing their own players.

Hi! I've simmed to year 2032 and one thing I notice is that teams have well over 30 players, even if they can only register 25 in most leagues. Obviously some players are exempt from registration, but it's still not realistic. Every team in PL has 5-7 players that didn't spend a single minute in the first team or even development teams, and not even loaned out. I checked a lot of the players and many of them played regularly in smaller leagues. One player for example played regularly in Denmark, 25+ starts for many years, then Arsenal spent millions to buy him, but still he didn't get a single minute for three years. It also messes a bit with recruitment for smaller clubs, as there are no stats available for players who are way too good to not be playing. It also feels unrealistic as I don't think any real life club would just gamble on a player who didn't see the pitch for three years. Will this ever be fixed?