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Hi all, This seems to be the biggest problem I face in FM20 whenever I play. Absolutely great starts to the season. Then Come December/January ... absolute collapse ! I then proceed to deleting the tactic and creating a new one only to fail over and over and over .... delete save .... that's how it works. NOW I am trying to go from the lower leagues as a manager to manage in the Prem or else where. However, back to my issue. How do I adjust / adapt / change my formation that works (we don' score enough) to match what I will face in the league. Which inevitably will probably be more compact teams (I guess ?) Any words of advice will be so so helpful.

I've been playing the game since 2017 but have never gone into depth analyzing my squad. I always find myself using plug and play tactics instead of using the strengths of my side. I want a save where I actually go into that depth. How do you guys go about analyzing the squad you have and seeing what formation, style of play, and roles to assign to my players?

I found the last analysis project I did taught me a lot about the game. Player traits are something that I'm unclear on, so I thought I'd turn my attentions there this season. I’ve read this Player Trait Guide to start with: Traits don’t increase ability, they increase frequency of an action. Traits can work well in combination (e.g. shoot with power & shoot from distance) Traits that go against PIs and TIs will be used less often (I have my doubts) Traits that are encouraged by PIs and TIs will be used more often. Secondly, before analysing it, my impression is that the rate of PPM use is extremely high. There’s a video on the frequency of ‘shoots from distance’ here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have two players for each position, who play the same role. I'm going to try to observe what affect different Player Traits have on style and outcomes. It is not a scientific test (that would involve duplicating players and playing the same match 20 times), my 1st and 2nd team have different skill levels, attributes and make-ups. The purpose is not to say at the end “X trait is better than Y”, but rather to analyse how they work. I'm continuing on with the same tactic: First 11: Second 11: Complete Forwards (Silva as more of a f9, Zambujo more to get in behind): Silva Comes deep to get ball Arrives late in opposition area Runs with ball through centre Plays 1-2s Zambujo Beats offside Trap Cuts inside from both wings Places shots Inside Forward, Left (Chiesa more of a threat inside the area, Marin more of a threat cutting in): Marin Runs with ball often Places shots Cuts inside Tries tricks Chiesa Beats offside trap Plays 1-2s Gets into opposition area Gets forward whenever possible Cuts inside Inside Forward, Right (Tete more inside the area, Kangin just outside): Kangin Tries killer balls Runs w/ ball through centre Cuts inside from right Tries tricks Plays 1-2s Tete Moves ball to left before dribbling Cuts inside from right wing Plays 1-2s Gets into opposition area Gets forward whenever possible Beats offside trap Mezzala, RCM (Gravenberch more of an Iniesta, Bekir more of a Kaka): Gravenberch Looks for pass instead of scoring Plays 1-2s Refrains from long shots Plays way out of trouble Bekir Dictates Tempo?! Tries killer balls often Tries to play out of trouble Arrives late in opposition area Runs with ball through centre CM, MCL (Tonali more of a Verratti, Julio Cesar more of a... Lampard?): Julio Cesar Plays short simple passes Plays 1-2s Plays way out of trouble Arrives late in area Tonali Comes deep to get ball Doesn’t dive in to tackles Looks for pass rather than score Half Backs (Sabbe more of a Xabi Alonso, D'amico more of a Busquets): Sabbe Dictates Tempo Does not dive in to tackles Refrains from long shots D’amico Comes deep to get ball Dictates Tempo Plays way out of trouble Stays back at all times CWBs, Left: Pellegrini Runs with ball down left Gets forward whenever possible Marks tightly Plays 1-2s Hugs line Verbeek None CWBs, Right: Martin Gets forward whenever possible Hugs Line Plays 1-2s Knocks ball past opponent Refrains from long shots Kristensen Short simple passes Gets forward whenever possible Runs with ball down right Long flat throw Hugs line Dives into tackles Refrains from long shots Central Defenders, Defend (will be interesting to see the affect of 'marks tightly' here, they have similar attributes): De Ligt None Edilson Marks Tightly Plays short simple passes Central Defenders, Cover: Gonclaves Refrains from long shots Breton Plays short simple passes Sweeper Keepers: Lafont Avoids using weaker foot Uses long throw to start counter Ixtaurraga None

I propose to analyse every goal conceded over the course of a season in order to master the defensive arts! I'll look at conceded goals focusing on: - Player quality (e.g. defender is out-jumped or out-paced) - Tactics - Set pieces I'm Ajax, playing a 4-3-3,and have a very good squad! Won a quadruple including the CL in 2020, last year I lost to Mourinho in the final Tactics: I leave OIs to my assistant. Goal 1: Home to Vitesse Part 1: (player quality) Zorro wins aerial battle, but heads straight to opposing midfielder. He had 8 for heading at the time. Obvious mismatch for the 18 year old Zorro! Welcome to your new training program:

Hey, I don't know if this a a bug or just a setting I've accidently changed in the game, but I've stopped receiving post-match analysis emails from my Data Analysts (example attached). I've checked staff responsibilities but there's no option that seems relevant, I even put more budget into my data analyst facilities. Does anyone know how I can get these emails back? Cheers

Note sure what section to post this in, apologies if this is wrong. I have previously posted a few tactics on this forum creating FM18 and analysing the tactics of other managers and have decided to create an analysis video on YouTube. I was hoping anyone on this forum who is interested would take a look to help promote the video. Here is the link -

On the stats screen under match analysis, it would be great for there to be way to watch highlights strung together by certain incidents. In the image above I've all Key Passes from my players, instead of clicking on each one I would love to be able to start a mini highlights package where each incident plays consecutively.

Just needing a bit of help regarding analysis of your team. On my team report analysis section it currently says that "10 of 33 goals against have come from the right side of the pitch" as a weakness. Does this mean that the goals are coming down the attacking team right side i.e. my left back, or they are coming from my right side of the pitch i.e. my RB? I want to make a tweak to amend it but not sure which side to change! Thanks in advance!

FM18 crashed when I tried to open highlight from the previuos match in the analysis tab. crash dump is attached FM 2018 v18.0.3.1036176 (2017.11.07 21.44.46).dmp

During (or at the end of each half) clicking analysis shows many information. But the SHOTS tab shows absolutely nothing (even if there were shots which are shown on other tabs)

As part of the tools for analysing matches, I'd like to see a feature where FM gives us a static view of how the play and ball movement developed to end in a goal. Dailymail provides these kinds of goal overviews but it is also prevalent in game analysis sites and football coaching books. Examples: Sometimes I'd prefer it if I could quickly look at a diagram outlining a goal then seeing the actual replay, and the inclusion of the above would be a great addition to the game.

I would like to suggest a new statistic that shows goals scored against my team by opposition players by their position. For example, STCL - 10 goals STCR - 20 goals AMR - 30 goals AML - 5 goals AMC - 10 goals MCL - 5 goals This will be useful to identify and improve weakness against particular player position.

Does anyone know if there is a way of viewing how many goals the team has scored while a specific player is on the pitch? Can't see any. It would be good if there was. This is a one that gets used a lot.