Football Manager Early Access Beta *Official* Feedback Thread - 18.0.3

[Swindon69]

Can you no longer skip the pre kick off scene?

[Eaglelee79]

Apologies if this has been asked already but how can you turn off the filter in the transfer market list for players and free agents like previous fms? Im only seeing the players i could afford and will join me etc and not EVERYONE who is listed. Thanks. Lee

[Viking]

Are 3D kits turned off for the beta?

[russell9]

Bad UI design. Lots of unnecessary clicks and messy presentations.
Player passing decision needs to be improve. Seen quite a number of clear cut through ball or cross passing options being ignored, the player just dribble into wide area or dribble into a defender for no reason. Other than that I am happy with everything else.

[Stevenleharve]

Really don't like having to pick my team before loading up the database etc. Like loading the database and saving the game pre-team selection. It's much easier. Seems like a weird thing to change. 

[17Gonzo]

Is it possible to scroll through all of the received scout reports on the scouting home page?

I really like the large report cards on the main scouting page, but would like to be able flick through them and see what my scouts are saying about more of the players that they have been looking at, rather than just the one that is chosen when you click on to that screen.

[Spurs08]

On 27/10/2017 at 00:59, Neil Brock said:

 

Please take the time to raise them on our crashes forum so we can investigate - https://community.sigames.com/forum/564-crashes-and-technical-issues-pc/

Thanks. 

Thankfully after rebooting it turns out the crash was actually in completing an autosave just before the match, which did still work regardless. I've posted now

[Per Annum]

9 minutes ago, Stevenleharve said:

Really don't like having to pick my team before loading up the database etc. Like loading the database and saving the game pre-team selection. It's much easier. Seems like a weird thing to change. 

You don't have to, it's just a bit hard to spot. 

[FallenAng3l]

dont like FM18 , 4 new features ????? could be done half way during fm 17 , SI seems to be like Apple in america slowly releasing features year by year ...BORING 

[gillsminnow]

Great camera for the free kick...

https://i.gyazo.com/888b6540846f72dfcd32abe2b0642ae4.mp4

Edited October 28, 2017 by gillsminnow

[Swindon69]

Just played a match in twilight the ball was almost totally invisible.

[Neil Brock]

2 minutes ago, Swindon69 said:

Just played a match in twilight the ball was almost totally invisible.

Can you please raise this on the match engine forums, ideally with a pkm example? - https://community.sigames.com/forum/566-match-engine/

Thanks. 

[jam jameson]

3 hours ago, Neil Brock said:

Okay but please bear in mind we're working through the posts and everything else, not to mention it's outside of normal working hours. We appreciate people taking the time to post and we will try and respond as soon as we can where appropriate. Thanks. 

Neil, your efforts are really appreciated, but to be fair, how on Earth is it possible to release such an unfinished product??? I'm scrolling through the Forum and I keep bumping into an endless series of errors, bugs, flaws...I'm ready to understand that it's a Beta, but it seems more an excuse that a feasible explanation...two weeks from the official release and it clearlyneeds still a lot of work to do just to make it playable, let alone enyojable...quite disappointed to be fair...

[Swindon69]

12 minutes ago, Neil Brock said:

Can you please raise this on the match engine forums, ideally with a pkm example? - https://community.sigames.com/forum/566-match-engine/

Thanks. 

will do

 

Done

Edited October 28, 2017 by Swindon69

[Ultimoroger]

Question about scouting:

I tend to play with lower league clubs. When I assign my scouts, I ask them to look for players at the end of their contract, and my scouts return players who are currently unattached. In FM18, when sending scouts on assignment, the game tells me that my assigned scouts are watching matches. They don't seem to return any unattached players.

Does anyone know a good scouting strategy to find players who are unattached in FM18? I'd prefer not search for them in the player search screen, I'd rather have my scouts discover them.

[Stevenleharve]

45 minutes ago, Per Annum said:

You don't have to, it's just a bit hard to spot. 

Really? Where is that option? Thanks.

[martplfc1]

Is it possible to upload videos?

[Cougar2010]

5 minutes ago, Ultimoroger said:

Question about scouting:

I tend to play with lower league clubs. When I assign my scouts, I ask them to look for players at the end of their contract, and my scouts return players who are currently unattached. In FM18, when sending scouts on assignment, the game tells me that my assigned scouts are watching matches. They don't seem to return any unattached players.

Does anyone know a good scouting strategy to find players who are unattached in FM18? I'd prefer not search for them in the player search screen, I'd rather have my scouts discover them.

Thats kinda the same thing now.

What you see in the player search is players your scouts are aware of based on the scouting package you select.

 

[Longhorn]

There are many things I like about FM2018 but I suspect that at least the beta has some performance issues.  I decided to try the beta by playing FC Copenhagen.  When the game goes from one day to the next it often simply stops, sometimes for minutes at a time, before advancing to the next day.  I noticed that in particular September 14th and 15th caused the game to stop for several minutes.  I play with several leagues enabled and a large database, but even so the game tells me my performance should be "two gold stars".   To compare I decided to try FC Copenhagen on FM2017, also with performance at "two gold stars", and I do not see any noticeable performance lags.  Sometimes I play FM2017 with one and a half "gold stars" of performance and never see performance issues, although on January 1st the change of dates does take a bit of time.  I can forgive the game for perhaps being a bit hung over on that date, but with FM 2018 the frequent performance lags may prove to make the game unplayable for some people.  My computer is fairly new (intel core i7-4790 CPU at 3.60 Mhz, 8 logical processors, 64 bit Windows 10, 24 GB RAM, terabytes of free disk space, OS running on  SSD, AMD Radeon R9 200 video card with 2GB memory), and again, FM 2017 runs MUCH better than FM 2018 using identical game setup.

[martplfc1]

Can somebody have a quick look at this please:

Sorry for the phone footage but don't think I can upload in Beta.

Anyway, my concerns are as follows:

1. At around 10 seconds, I'm happy with the defensive set up.

2. After that, it's shambolic.

3. At 11/12 secs my left centre midfielder (as you look at the screen) completely abandons his position (MC support).

4. Seemingly to compensate for this, at 14/15 secs my right centre back also completely abandons his position and breaks about 15 yards from the defensive line to cover the movement of the midfielder, leaving a huge hole between my left centre back and right back.  Both my centre back have the "hold position" instruction.

5.  Their midfielder plays the ball to the free man, who holds it up for their right forward's oncoming run.

6. My left back's decision making in respect of their right forward is unbelievable (I know it's Moreno, but his stats are pretty decent!).

All in all, a pretty shambolic sequence, which I don't know if it's a bug or tactics.  If the latter, if that's how the match engine works then I'm going to get pretty mad at the game this year

PKM attached.  The sequence starts around 13:30.

 

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Liverpool v Club Brugge.pkm

[bigmattb28]

The beta is acting proper weird for me. The best way to describe it would be it's being very 'juttery' from the start screen my manager moves around like he's clicking in and out of place, the menus from 1 screen to another take ages, it's not my laptop as this is a gaming laptop bought less than 3 weeks ago and 17 performs flawlessly on it.

 

and another point where is the software rendering option? Think it was called that in 17.

[thiagoanjo]

15 minutes ago, Longhorn said:

There are many things I like about FM2018 but I suspect that at least the beta has some performance issues.  I decided to try the beta by playing FC Copenhagen.  When the game goes from one day to the next it often simply stops, sometimes for minutes at a time, before advancing to the next day.  I noticed that in particular September 14th and 15th caused the game to stop for several minutes.  I play with several leagues enabled and a large database, but even so the game tells me my performance should be "two gold stars".   To compare I decided to try FC Copenhagen on FM2017, also with performance at "two gold stars", and I do not see any noticeable performance lags.  Sometimes I play FM2017 with one and a half "gold stars" of performance and never see performance issues, although on January 1st the change of dates does take a bit of time.  I can forgive the game for perhaps being a bit hung over on that date, but with FM 2018 the frequent performance lags may prove to make the game unplayable for some people.  My computer is fairly new (intel core i7-4790 CPU at 3.60 Mhz, 8 logical processors, 64 bit Windows 10, 24 GB RAM, terabytes of free disk space, OS running on  SSD, AMD Radeon R9 200 video card with 2GB memory), and again, FM 2017 runs MUCH better than FM 2018 using identical game setup.

Do you have lag in 3d matches ?

[71834]

Anyone here with experience in skinning? If so, do you think you'll be able to get rid of the flashing ads in 2d? It's ruined the game for me, I've never had to deal with ads and especially such intrusive ones in any other game

[Longhorn]

2 minutes ago, thiagoanjo said:

Do you have lag in 3d matches ?

The game seems to run at an acceptable level in 3d matches for me.  I'm not sure how to compare it to game performance in FM 2017 but so far I have no issues with the 3d matches in FM 2018 as far as performance goes.

[michaeltmurrayuk]

5 hours ago, kandersson said:

@michaeltmurrayuk any chance the split view on tactics screen will also be available for lower display resolution on release day? I also have an issue with screenshots taken from my game as they all look like the picture below (never had this issue with past FM editions), does it have to do with resolution as well? Is there a way to solve this?

 

And btw is there a way to disable scouting meetings as I seem to have one every day?

For the tactics screen no idea it's best raising the issue in the bugs forum so SI can see if they can tweak the room needed for the tactics pitch (though I expect it could be tweaked in a skin after release).

For the screenshot problem that looks like a bug and is worth raising in the Technical Issues Bugs Forum, in the meantime you can use Steams Screenshot feature (F12 by default) or a thirdparty program to take screenshots.

[vasilli07]

7 minutes ago, bigmattb28 said:

and another point where is the software rendering option? Think it was called that in 17.

It has been removed.

[Seb Wassell]

1 hour ago, Stevenleharve said:

Really don't like having to pick my team before loading up the database etc. Like loading the database and saving the game pre-team selection. It's much easier. Seems like a weird thing to change. 

There is an option to "Pick Team Later" in that initial team selection pop-up.

[MBarbaric]

18 minutes ago, martplfc1 said:

Can somebody have a quick look at this please:

Sorry for the phone footage but don't think I can upload in Beta.

Anyway, my concerns are as follows:

1. At around 10 seconds, I'm happy with the defensive set up.

2. After that, it's shambolic.

3. At 11/12 secs my left centre midfielder (as you look at the screen) completely abandons his position (MC support).

4. Seemingly to compensate for this, at 14/15 secs my right centre back also completely abandons his position and breaks about 15 yards from the defensive line to cover the movement of the midfielder, leaving a huge hole between my left centre back and right back.  Both my centre back have the "hold position" instruction.

5.  Their midfielder plays the ball to the free man, who holds it up for their right forward's oncoming run.

6. My left back's decision making in respect of their right forward is unbelievable (I know it's Moreno, but his stats are pretty decent!).

All in all, a pretty shambolic sequence, which I don't know if it's a bug or tactics.  If the latter, if that's how the match engine works then I'm going to get pretty mad at the game this year

PKM attached.  The sequence starts around 13:30.

 

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Liverpool v Club Brugge.pkm

it is the old wide players not defending (which puts pressure on the back line that make Moreno look like a moron ) bug. too bad you didn't make a wider shot so you'd film your right winger as well. Anyway, if you look carefully, all the problem you have comes from your two wide players staying too wide from central players. This allows the opposition to pass around in the central zone. as the opposition gets closer to the box, this triggers the defender to move up and close down the gap offering the opposition an easy through ball behind the d-line. also, it doesn't help if your CM's have high closing down.

Edited October 28, 2017 by MBarbaric

[michaeltmurrayuk]

1 hour ago, 17Gonzo said:

Is it possible to scroll through all of the received scout reports on the scouting home page?

I really like the large report cards on the main scouting page, but would like to be able flick through them and see what my scouts are saying about more of the players that they have been looking at, rather than just the one that is chosen when you click on to that screen.

If you goto the Scouting -> Players -> Scouted page you can get a list of all of the players you have scouted (there is also a recent and discarded list aswell).

[michaeltmurrayuk]

44 minutes ago, Stevenleharve said:

Really? Where is that option? Thanks.

On the team select page the left most option should say 'Pick Team Later' clicking that will allow you to setup your game first before picking your team.

[Rashidi]

14 minutes ago, MBarbaric said:

Anyway, if you look carefully, all the problem you have comes from your two wide players staying too wide from central players.

All his wide players are on attacking duty, WBs are on attack and all his AMs are on attack duty as well. So I am not surprised we saw a defender stepping out to cover for Nainggolan who showed poor positioning and an overeagerness to close down so there could be some intentional closing down settings as well, as you see Can and Nainggolan frequently two manning everyone a . Basically when holding Can's hand in a limited love making exercise he goes missing from the area he was responsible for, its not surprising that Matip stepped up.

I would be worried if i set up with the same roles and duties. With so many players being told to take risks in your backline and with a dodgy midfield pairing, you might see things like that. Haven't seen your detailed instructions  but if you think its a bug then raise it in the bugs forum. Was he too aggressive, too enthusiastic, I am not sure without knowing all his attributes.

[SmurfDude]

The ME makes no sense to me. One week I can outplay Real Madrid then the next week not register a shot on target at home to Newcastle. Everything feels slow and clunky. Have requested a refund unfortunately. I think FM17 is more enjoyable. 

[thiagoanjo]

6 minutes ago, SmurfDude said:

The ME makes no sense to me. One week I can outplay Real Madrid then the next week not register a shot on target at home to Newcastle. Everything feels slow and clunky. Have requested a refund unfortunately. I think FM17 is more enjoyable. 

Did you see the complete match or only key moments ?

[MBarbaric]

20 minutes ago, Rashidi said:

All his wide players are on attacking duty, WBs are on attack and all his AMs are on attack duty as well. So I am not surprised we saw a defender stepping out to cover for Nainggolan who showed poor positioning and an overeagerness to close down so there could be some intentional closing down settings as well, as you see Can and Nainggolan frequently two manning everyone a . Basically when holding Can's hand in a limited love making exercise he goes missing from the area he was responsible for, its not surprising that Matip stepped up.

I would be worried if i set up with the same roles and duties. With so many players being told to take risks in your backline and with a dodgy midfield pairing, you might see things like that. Haven't seen your detailed instructions  but if you think its a bug then raise it in the bugs forum. Was he too aggressive, too enthusiastic, I am not sure without knowing all his attributes.

agree on most parts. said myself there might be too much closing down involved in the CM zone. However, that only aggravates the problem but isn't the source of it. two wide players staying too wide are the problem. This might indeed be due to attacking roles they have, but SI said last year there was a problem with defending the central area and it was too much to deal with for FM17 patches. remains to see how it works in FM18. From what I've seen till now it doesn't look particularly promising and i'd guess narrow formations will rule again.

Edited October 28, 2017 by MBarbaric

[Svenc]

28 minutes ago, Rashidi said:

All his wide players are on attacking duty, WBs are on attack and all his AMs are on attack duty as well.

 Just curious, yow can you tell this given that the sequence starts with the defending side already pinned back in their half and the players already taken their defensive position again? When this starts the wbs are already in the backline. From prior releases, to me they could be on a defend duty, and never ventured forward before the vid started and the ball was eventually turned over to the opposition. The vid as such displays one of the core problems if central spaces, virtually simulated or otherwise, are (too) easily overloaded -- for whichever reasons. Central is the shortest distance to goal, and naturally, a severe and easy man advantage in such areas also makes it very easy to control a pitch. AFAIR FM 2009ish or thereabouts had an issue with the deepest midfielder rarely ever picked up / pushed properly, which is slightly related to the issue in at least prior editions in my opinion. As I have no experience as of yet with FM 18, that's all though.

Edited October 28, 2017 by Svenc

[Rashidi]

13 minutes ago, Svenc said:

 Just curious, yow can you tell this given that the sequence starts with the defending side already pinned back in their half and the players already taken their defensive position again? When this starts the wbs are already in the backline. From prior releases, to me they could be on a defend duty, and never ventured forward before the vid started and the ball was eventually turned over to the opposition. Anyway, the vid displays one of the core problems if central spaces, virtually simulated or otherwise, are (too) easily overloaded -- for whichever reasons. Central is the shortest distance to goal, and naturally, a severe and easy man advantage in such areas also makes it very easy to control a pitch. AFAIR FM 2009ish or thereabouts had an issue with the deepest midfielder rarely ever picked up / pushed properly, which is slightly related to the issue in prior editions in my opinion. As I have no experience as of yet with FM 18, that's all though.

..I saw the whole pkm, it has the roles and duties on it. Plus I dont want to go off topic. To me he's made the wrong decision in duty allocation, which explains a lot to me, and I think we should stay on topic. If there are issues people have and they think these are bugs, they should raise it on the bugs forum, or start a thread in tactics and training forum.

[Svenc]

1 minute ago, Rashidi said:

Have you seen the pkm?

D'oh, missed that there was something attached. Was curious and slightly worried after having seen the sequence and your analysis, as I thought there may have been a fresh "under the hood" overhaul as to dutys that I may have been missing all along!

[Swindon69]

Just realised at the end of the match I've not seen a referee rating or review.

If I click on the ref I can see his rating but we used to get a report too - this particular ref got a 5.2 rating and the feedback used to give an indication why.

Edited October 28, 2017 by Swindon69

[martplfc1]

40 minutes ago, Rashidi said:

All his wide players are on attacking duty, WBs are on attack and all his AMs are on attack duty as well. So I am not surprised we saw a defender stepping out to cover for Nainggolan who showed poor positioning and an overeagerness to close down so there could be some intentional closing down settings as well, as you see Can and Nainggolan frequently two manning everyone a . Basically when holding Can's hand in a limited love making exercise he goes missing from the area he was responsible for, its not surprising that Matip stepped up.

I would be worried if i set up with the same roles and duties. With so many players being told to take risks in your backline and with a dodgy midfield pairing, you might see things like that. Haven't seen your detailed instructions  but if you think its a bug then raise it in the bugs forum. Was he too aggressive, too enthusiastic, I am not sure without knowing all his attributes.

How is it a "dodgy" midfield pairing? One DLP defend, one MC support, both players are pretty good midfielders.  Whilst I accept my TIs include "close down more", when I had Nainggolan as a BWM he was very static.  He also has a "marks opponents tightly" skill, which again goes against why he just runs over to Can's man.

You're not surprised Matip stepped up, really? He has a "hold position" instruction and he's completely abandoning his position - suicidal defending.  I'd be interested to see examples of that irl.

The wingbacks are in position too, so I've no idea what you're on about in that instance saying "so many players being told to take risks", the wingbacks are fine until Moreno switches off/tries to play offside.

I don't know if it's a bug, pretty sure this is though:

Both CBs running to the halfway line

 

Edited October 28, 2017 by martplfc1

[martplfc1]

10 minutes ago, Rashidi said:

..I saw the whole pkm, it has the roles and duties on it. Plus I dont want to go off topic. To me he's made the wrong decision in duty allocation, which explains a lot to me, and I think we should stay on topic. If there are issues people have and they think these are bugs, they should raise it on the bugs forum, or start a thread in tactics and training forum.

What roles would you play in a midfield pairing and why?

FWIW I've won 3 of 3 so far.

[Jean0987654321]

I trying to build a narrow compact 442 and it looks like I'm having the same problems as the last game. Wingers too wide in defense causing my center mids and center defenders to do more work down the middle. Let me see if I can compile some evidence to the bugs forum...

[Svenc]

3 minutes ago, martplfc1 said:

You're not surprised Matip stepped up, really? He has a "hold position" instruction and he's completely abandoning his position - suicidal defending.  I'd be interested to see examples of that irl.

 

"Hold position" is an instruction that has always applied when your team attacks / is in possession. It relates to forward movement/runs. What Matip does is closing down which comes about as he's eventually forced to as nobody covers the guys in front of his anymore -- for whichever reasons.

Edited October 28, 2017 by Svenc

[martplfc1]

Just now, Svenc said:

"Hold position" is an instruction that has always applied when your team attacks / is in possession. It relates to forward movement/runs. What Matip does is closing down which comes about as he's eventually forced to -- for whichever reasons.

Surely it'd be more natural to invite the player to carry the ball forward, rather than leave a gaping hole in the defence?

[liamstack151]

No news is good news....and to post here means gripes rather than majority of YAYs!!! Way it always is.

So my feedback:

Match Engine

So far so good for me, haven't seen anything strange and loving the immersion, wish there could be more tbh!! But its a start. And anything I may have seen "wrong" will be because "its my tactics!" rather than anything game breaking. Its a BETA, so I am reserving judgement for implementation of tactics as ones that work will soon be redundant after the countless posts here are reacted to and the engine is adjusted accordingly. Found it harder with lower league teams at the mo than top flight, but most likely as I always have the top flight mindset ingrained after succeeding in previous versions. Animations are still a little wooden, but after sinking into FIFA and PES for the past month again my brain has probably become conditioned to them there! lol! But its certainly the best beta release I can remember!!

2d lovers and those unable to run it leaving on mass? Probably...but maybe not eventually, many a steak and kidney pie is being spat out at the mo!!! I can sympathise with this view to a certain extent and yes there is going to be many players that will be phased out this year and going forward as it becomes more tech heavy. But there are also some of the "hardcore" fans that also love the new graphics engine and the immersion that comes with it, myself fully included. Been playing and been hooked since the first Champ Man and the game is slowly becoming what my 14 year old self back in 1993 could have only dreamed of!! I remember the same outcry as CM4 was released and I had to upgrade my PC for that version (and I did!!). Its a tough choice and road to take, BUT there is a 2D version, much like the text stayed in CM4...that was too a watered down version of the previous in CM01/02. Again just progress and this 2D Classic is hardly a killer and I can see from the outcry on the forums here that it will take a while for change and progress to be accepted. Normal to be honest.

UI

Interesting one. I neither love it or hate it. I don't like how I cannot see the height and weight of a player on their profile. But skins will be my friend soon. Capitals? Its a non issue, but a choice of taste. Also there are not enough options to fill the boxes with different info on the player screen, hopefully to be resolved as having the same info there twice is odd. Overall though its familiar and consistent and still the most intuitive UI for a sports management game out there...full stop. I agree with the posts about scouting needing to be in the inbox, yes I get that I can set weekly reminders, but it would be easier to get emailed a scouting update when completed. Oh and pleeeease can the tactics UI on the match day be changed? Its a killer that the same screen from the tactics menu cannot be entered, its on its side with no analysis and just not user friendly, have to say its the one thing that has had me close to the word "hate" so far!!!

Scouting

Love it! Best ever in my opinion. I will openly say that I have resorted to Genie Scout in previous versions in the end, but this year its already different, it feels extensive and accurate according to the stats of your scouts, I actually love finding players now in the game again. I like how in my shortlist I can view their scouted ratings, like the data analysts, its now close to being the real thing! Yes!

Transfers

I haven't again seen anything out of the ordinary here. AI appears to behave normally and also give me two fingers as do players if my offers are low etc. Top tier teams seem a little more conservative in their purchases, but also to fill the gaps they need. I purchased a DM from Lazio and almost immediately I could see them desperately trying to plug the gap with a new player. Feels like FM17 and just with better options, so a non issue for me to be honest. And its feedback that its GOOD, positive feedback.

Tactics

Its FM17 with additions, simple. But one addition is amazing, analysis. Love it! And the feedback given is far more extensive, bordering on sometimes way too much information everywhere, but this is a simulation right? So its loved and wanted! Just cannot get Blackburn to play football in my lower league game, but maybe its true to life right now!!!! Arsenal I was a wrecking machine and Wengers rightful replacement!! Worried to experiement as I said earlier as no doubt everything will be changed...which is annoying as tactics should be ala football and not changed to counter people complaining which then turns it into tactics to beat the AI only and not football, so please babysteps in this area, no knee jerking, remember those who complain will always have the loudest voices.

Performance

No issues. At all. Occasional lag on screens, but nothing where I need to run out of the house screaming in the street. Sure there is more optimization coming, but like "its your tactics," "its your pc."

 

Overall enjoying it so far and can actually see myself getting back into this years more. Last version I sunk over 1000 hours into was FM15, (FM16 and FM17 just over 500 each). So hoping for some solid gaming and some immersive, simulated management football this year and next!! Is it worth full price? Probably not as its a face lift with more options (albeit a probable new engine), but nothing new (Madden, FIFA, PES, NHL and any other sports game on the planet.....I swallow them and will this as Im sure the development team hasn't just been sitting around for a year chilling!!) Its a beta as well, so will await the updates and full release. But well done!

 

[MBarbaric]

8 minutes ago, martplfc1 said:

Surely it'd be more natural to invite the player to carry the ball forward, rather than leave a gaping hole in the defence?

depends on situation- however, once the opposition is near the box he should be immediately closed down (which your defender did). that is only a consequence while the problem is higher up the pitch.

[Jean0987654321]

Dude, pick one

Edited October 28, 2017 by Jean0987654321

[pats]

I've seen support duty wide players remain compact and attack duty wide players stay wide like last year. Is this intentional behavior this year? 

[martplfc1]

10 minutes ago, MBarbaric said:

depends on situation- however, once the opposition is near the box he should be immediately closed down (which your defender did). that is only a consequence while the problem is higher up the pitch.

Yeah, within realistic shooting range, so 25/30 yards at the most. In that vid Matip closes him down about 40/45 yards from goal. 

[SFCMike]

I really like the game so far, but there are a few gripes.

 

Firstly the pre-match meeting - I don't really understand what the benefit of it is, for instance if i decided to change my formation to the one i discuss with the players what effect can this have. Also most of the time players have no reaction to anything I say or do in this meeting, I'd love to just understand what this feature adds, or is it just another element to click through that makes no difference in the game.

Secondly I love dynamics, BUT i had this issue managing Southampton where Bertrand was injured for 3 weeks, so Sam McQueen was my left back, as soon as Bertrand was fit again he was back in the team - but had started complaining about lack of first team football!, I wish I knew how to create a PKM or whatever.

Also, what's this whole "the atmosphere turns sour when you walk into the room" nonsense, i've just joined the club! surely that shouldn't be the case.

Disappointed with the lack of improvement in the media, there needs to be far more questions - the ability to put on press conferences (i.e new signing) - different types of answer, more options, with more contextual answers and feedback from players.

I feel a bit sad at the same old team talks which i think need more options, i.e  and i wish there was more explanation about what tone does to answers in team talks and to the press.Also more camera angles in match engine and another 2d view would be great.

But apart from this, really liking it.

Edited October 28, 2017 by SFCMike

[RobertPage]

Played a few games and here's some problems i have with the M.E. at the moment:-

Most crosses are going to the near post and most of these again end up being fumbled by the keepers out for a corner. New animations make this look even worse than previous years (this as been a re-occurring problem for a few fm's now)

corners are not being attacked very well. Usually i just leave attacking corners set to default but i found i had 3 players constantly standing on the penalty spot and often going backwards away from the ball. It has that same feeling as previous years from crosses where a player is locked on to win the ball and everyone one else is rendered useless

Counter attacks from opposition set pieces. I get a few of these due to having my two fastest players in positions to pounce. The movement is appalling. Too many times the player on the ball ends up trying to cross from the corner flag and the other player is at the back post.

Passing football is really ugly at the moment. there's no fluidity in the passing or movement. Players often pass and receive the ball standing still and cm's are often way too deep when opposition teams sit back. The movement is practically non existent. Often players standing waiting for the ball. the main exclusion here would be attacking full backs getting forward

Currently tactics look more like a puzzle to get the right result rather than really showing different styles. Obviously they do make a difference visualy when being played, but it's really frustrating to watch at this moment