Football Manager 2019 Feature Blogs: New Manager Induction

[Neil Brock]

Football Manager 2019 introduces in-depth inductions on key aspects of the manager’s experience. Inductions, which are essentially in-game, on screen tutorials, allow for new and less experienced players to get to grips with different responsibilities while providing new information that even the seasoned gaffers will find value in.  With a revamp in the training and tactic departments the inductions are there for you to maximise your potential as a manager.

When starting a new game in Football Manager 2019 you have the option to state your experience with the FM series, this determines whether you receive inductions at the start of your tenure. We’ve picked out some highlights from the new inductions here, but we’ll leave you to discover the rest. There is certainly value in the inductions no matter the experience of the manager – even people in the studio working on the game have been using them to learn about areas that they don’t work on directly that have helped them become better managers.

Tactics

With a new look to tactics in 2019, the induction focuses on giving a blueprint to players to mould their system from day one. The base tactic can be selected from a list of examples common in modern football culture, focusing on tactics in possession, in transition and out of possession. The tactics induction goes through the whole flow of the tactics screens, one by one, to give you a deep look at what is possible with the system.

Despite the wide range of responsibilities and features available for a manager in Football Manager 2019, grasping tactics and creating your own style of play are pivotal to success. You need to possess the ability to not only create a winning style, but to be able to spot errors and correct them mid-game.

Training

The training induction takes you through the new, deeper training feature that gives far more responsibility to the manager. Results are made on the training ground in modern football with so much emphasis being put on intricate systems, both with and without the ball. The modern manager must control the training ground, tweaking his sessions as he sees fit. The training induction in FM19 allows you to do just that.

The induction explains the purpose of training, through the overview, to define your tactical identity by determining the type of training to implement. This clearly displays the link between training and tactics, for all managers, which is illustrated through your team’s tactical familiarity.

Scouting

The scouting induction goes through the scouting centre, the player database and scout assignments to show you how to get the most out of the system. Only with an efficient scouting system, can you unearth the next wonderkid before your rival does. Sustained success in the market requires consistent scouting around the world to continue improving your squad year upon year.

With such depth in the scouting centre, the induction is of value to both new players and veterans – especially those who want to customise the system to ensure that they are only seeing what they want to see in the scouting center or their inbox.

Medical Centre

A manager’s medical staff are crucial to sustaining player conditioning, which allows you to take advantage of squad depth. The induction takes you through the centre’s overview which delivers key information surrounding injury and injury risk. Risk assessments are carried out on a case-by-case basis based on an individual’s workload, so keep an eye on player fitness and injury likeliness to avoid those crucial setbacks. Getting familiar with your club’s medical centre allows a manager to get the very best out of the squad and the induction is the perfect way to learn how to do so.

Squad Dynamics

Keeping track of off-pitch factors is crucial to success once your team crosses the touchline. Dynamics allows a manager to visualise the squad’s morale through analysing the dressing room atmosphere and match cohesion. The induction takes you through the importance of these factors with advice on how to keep your players motivated.

In FM19, like in the real football world, there is a direct correlation between player morale and performance. Squad Dynamics allows you to manage both the player and the person.

Dynamics are driven by team leaders within the dressing room, this is displayed in the hierarchy that lists players by their influence and leadership. Getting onside with influential players is a great way of ensuring for high morale and clear communication, the induction is therefore key no matter the experience of the manager.

We feel that the developed tutorials, or inductions, have gone a long way toward assisting all types of manager. The inductions reduce the learning curve for new managers while widening the knowledge of the seasoned professionals.

[XaW]

I think I'll give this a go, just to see if there's anything I really should know, but didn't...

[MrPompey]

or more likely things you knew but you have since forgotten

 

[XaW]

1 minute ago, MrPompey said:

or more likely things you knew but you have since forgotten

Quite likely 

[TheGrahamF]

2 hours ago, Neil Brock said:

in the scouting center or their inbox.

Does this mean we can get requested scouting reports straight to the inbox again?

[westy8chimp]

6 hours ago, Neil Brock said:

even people in the studio working on the game have been using them to learn about areas that they don’t work on directly that have helped them become better managers

A tick box on their PDR objectives this year i hope! Like e-learning... 

Is all the advice written by the same guru, or dev/sme of each module? 

 

[grade]

Tutorials are always welcome specially for a game like FM.

[kpsia518]

13 minutes ago, grade said:

Tutorials are always welcome specially for a game like FM.

but the problem is "how deep" is the tutorials.

or just some basic ?

[grade]

16 minutes ago, kpsia518 said:

but the problem is "how deep" is the tutorials.

or just some basic ?

Good question.

[chocolatecoatedballs]

Sorely needed for new players, just saw a message on steam about how hard the learning curve is.

I'll give it a go as well, check it out and see whats new.

[blazertaz13]

I know that I have owned prior versions of the game and I have not gotten as far into them as I have wanted.  I am hoping that these tutorials will help me finally put my football knowledge into enjoying the game.  I have struggled with certain aspects (training, tactics and scouting) that have limited my game playing.  Unfortunately, this is on me, but with the additional help maybe I can become one of those who finally getting into long term saves.

Very happy to see this additional assistance.

[Neil Brock]

On 27/09/2018 at 19:29, westy8chimp said:

A tick box on their PDR objectives this year i hope! Like e-learning... 

Is all the advice written by the same guru, or dev/sme of each module? 

 

Generally the information was provided by the team working on that specific module of the game. That would generally involve the coder and QA who will have contributed to the design of the feature. Experts across the board!  

[tyro]

Unless you are on your 3rd save already or really like to learn things yourself or think you know it all, I think this is a good addition. Good to go through it the first time, at least, and see what you might have missed.

[kpsia518]

look like the Manager Induction not that "deep" as we expected.

the Manager Induction only explain some basic,i expect more than that.

i expect a deep tactical knowledge course.

 

[grade]

I will probably gonna use thin on the beta, at least sort of introduction to the changes in Tactics and Training.

[rain94]

The training induction was very underwhelming as shown by Lollujo in his Training Induction video. I was expecting a lot more. 

 

[trekman]

On 27/09/2018 at 13:16, XaW said:

I think I'll give this a go, just to see if there's anything I really should know, but didn't...

I'm planning to do the same and I've been playing the game for 20 odd years

[SteveUK]

Is it possible to view the inductions again later in the game? (if so how?) the email with them in has been deleted out of my in-game inbox.