nemesis464 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 After a long hiatus, I've finally started playing FM again. I started a new career with Bristol Rovers in league 2 (this is an older game so they haven't been promoted yet), and it was going really well. Just before the Christmas period, I was battling with a few other teams for the top 3 places, the morale was high, I was dominating almost every game (2/3 goal difference, 55+ possession), and the youth was developing nicely. However, after Christmas, I've lost almost every game. I can understand losing to the bigger teams, but even the teams in the relegation zone are smashing me. I'm still getting a lot of possession, but the defence is just leaking goal after goal. It feel like a completely different save. I've tried swtiching formations, playing more defensive tactics instead of the control style I was on, and rotating the team, but nothing is working. ---------- Does anybody have any ideas? I was always predicted to be in a relegation battle, so I didn't expect to win the league, but to drop from 2nd at Christmas to 15th by April is driving me mad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
borivoje213 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Yes, go easy on yourself. It's classic overachievement, feel good that you've not only finish higher than expected but also forced stronger teams to adapt to you. Edit: The only practical advice I can think of is that if you did start to open up and play more expansive as a result of your success, stop as soon as you notice the results start to turn against you and start playing to your team stature rather than your performance. Your low prediction was due to the game perceiving you have a weak squad. But as you starting performing better and then kept performing better, the opposition managers (around the christmas mark it seems in your case) decided it wasn't just a flash in the pan and started being more cautious. And either something about the way you play or more likely the quality you have in your squad isn't cut out to break down stronger teams that are less likely to take risks. Put it this way, at the beginning of the season you were expecting a relegation battle, if someone offered you those points to finish 15th at the start of the season you'd have relaxed and taken them. You just happen to have accrued the points you needed to survive very very quickly, it's a good thing. It's frustrating I know. But rather than take it as a loss, try to think of it as a win above your original expectations then it's really not so bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis464 Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 9 hours ago, borivoje213 said: Yes, go easy on yourself. It's classic overachievement, feel good that you've not only finish higher than expected but also forced stronger teams to adapt to you. Thanks for your advice. I hadn't even slightly thought about opposition managers changing their style against me to reflect my team's success. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
borivoje213 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Just now, nemesis464 said: I hadn't even slightly thought about opposition managers changing their style against me to reflect my team's success. Sarcasm? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis464 Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Just now, borivoje213 said: Sarcasm? Honestly, no. I'm pretty inexperienced to FM in general and that legitimately never crossed my mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armistice Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Urmmm where's the tactic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigd84 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Nemesis, post up your tactic and version of fm sounds like fm15? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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