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>FM18 info:
http://www.fmscout.com/a-what-we-know-about-football-manager-2018.html
>Facepack (scroll down for torrent):
https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/1/cut-out-player-faces
>Real names and German/Japanese NT fix
https://sortitoutsi.net/downloads/view/29149/fm2017-real-names-and-german-national-team-fix-file-beta-v11-for-fm17-beta-20102016
>Logos
http://www.fmscout.com/c-fm17-logos.html
>Hairpack
http://www.fmscout.com/a-debski-newgen-hairstyles-fm17.html
>Pastebin: FAQ, guides and extras
https://pastebin.com/qwvspy9X
>Macca's official /trb/ database 2015
http://pastebin.com/uj27eQhe
>2016
http://pastebin.com/7e3Vv0ap
first for dartford
>Second best team in the country suffers for 90 minutes
Reminding me why I don't play this save anymore.
>>78171073
I seem to get a lot of strikers in my intake and a ridiculous amount of goalkeepers. In 18 seasons i've yet to see a CB with more than half a star potential, i've resorted to retraining DMs
Whole Lotta Rosie has a pretty hard solo
>>78171341
>that pace
>that accelleration
>that dribbling
>that workrate
>in England
Put him in the first team.
Do you think any failed Premier League prospects could find a home in Stockport?
I'll gladly take on some of the kids who have been shackled by the dirty talent hoarders for far too long.
>It's another key players return from international duty with 89% condition episode
Will England ever hire a capable manager and not some useless cunt whose greatest achievement was finishing 5th in the SPL with Falkirk?
>Clear Cut Chances: 3
>Woodwork: 4, including 1 from a penalty
>One of their goals being an own goal
Is this /game/ made to fucking infuriate me?
>it's a "defense doesn't really feel like playing" episode
Mladost or Buducnost?
>>78171892
Wew la
>>78171383
>Maribor
Pretty sure they're getting relegated this season, they're fucking atrocious.
>>78171713
You're the polar opposite of me then. I've had 5 intakes and in 3 of them the best player was a CB, I also rarely get more than 1 goalkeeper which is a good thing as they're usually awful.
>>78171727
Yes I'll be giving him a start in the next match
>Manager looking to humiliate Anon
>I beat him 4-1
>mfw
>>78172120
>tfw he comes up with an excuse that you beat him in a mind game the next day
https://discord.gg/GvvW7J2
Reminder to join the discord channel for offtopic discussion. We're watching football and discussing shooting at hurricanes in order to stop them
wtf my team of worldbeaters are now incapable of getting a fucking shot on target
Does having a scout scout a nation and a competition have any effect on the reports? I usually just go by regions only.
>>78172120
Well,my first season in this safe went pretty well.
I'm not going to renew my contract though.
>>78172752
How can you do this?
It takes me at least 3 seasons just to get a team how i like it
>>78172752
Holy shit that's a competitive season, I thought the points tallies looked unusual so I checked the most recent finished Championship season on my current save and only three teams got above 80 points, only one of them failed to get promoted (lost in playoffs.) SEVEN teams in your season got above 80 points, christ alive.
>>78172796
So what, it takes you 3 years to finish comfortably midtable?
>>78172796
I didn't really like the league. It felt like way too many games,so i'd like to be in a league with less teams for a while.
During the season i was invited to job interviews in Gladbach and St.Etienne so i'd like to try going to a club like that.
>>78172874
Seriously yes, it takes me that long to balance the budgets enough to start bringing in capable players
LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO LUIS ALBERTO
Resign or apply for jobs in other countries before leaving my club?
>>78172883
Well,i got my wish.
>>78173677
Belgian league is super comfy
>>78172883
50+ games a season, 6-7 a week, including cups/play offs means that injuries are a guarantee and your key players will always be jaded for weeks at a time, even while giving them rest periods. I have no idea how, even with a league winning squad, you're supposed to have a consistently good year. This is what I get for spending years as a spoilt prem baby.
>>78174021
>a week
a month. kek.
>>78174021
>tfw 8 games a week
This is one sick joke. Lost my only remaining good striker a few days before our first ever trip to Wembley for the JPT final.
Auto-promotion is unlikely as well given that we have no one that can fucking score.
>>78174411
Put Andrew up front
>>78174411
you only have nine players as well
>>78174432
I think I will. I mainly play him as a winger now but I used him as a striker last season in the Conference and he did well.
>>78174411
>Adam Nkusu
>13 goals
>>78174572
>16 acceleration
>17 pace
Why isn't he your first choice striker?
This game needs maps ffs
>knowing which teams are k*rds
>knowing how far away the "local rivals" are
>seeing if all my youth players were born in glorious manisa or if i had to get some from ist*nbul
FM should be able to generate this kind of stuff no problem with longitude and latitude in the database
>scheduling
>>78174797
what did they mean by this
are you involved in a bunch of extra cups or something?
>>78174720
>Place of Birth
>Google maps
There is no reason to add maps aside from placating your autism
>>78174838
I got to the cup final and made libertadores semis. The game is compensating for this by having me play 9 matches in december.
>tfw you remember sliders
I still haven't started a save
>>78175046
Real interesting post, champ!
really threw me off for a sec there
>>78174903
Have fun wallowing in ignorance and not knowing who the capital city/suburban clubs are in your league, not even knowing which english clubs are north/south unless you're already familiar with the geography, while the rest of us cool guys enjoy the groundbreaking new map feature
>>78175124
>you now remember black regens with different faces
>>78175018
>Not playing FM13 for eternity
>>78175018
fuck sliders. the new tactics creator lets you lose games using terms you understand now
>Simone Inzaghi
>A complete joke for a decade
>Instantly one of the best managers in Serie A after a single season
>Fiorentina
>Replace entire squad with literally whos
>Play like shit
>Suddenly win 5 - 0 because Pioliball
Is this FM?
all these errors
WE ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD.
Didn't think we'd to it tbqh
>>78177631
yer boy did it. was he playing as a striker the whole time, or did you just switch him there in ET?
What's the best way to make a winger act like an AMC?
Answers such as 'retrain to AMC' or '>wingers' can be left at the door. My best players are my LW and RW and I'm trying to fit them in to my narrow 4-3-2-1.
>>78178204
Inside forward or Advanced playmaker with Sit narrower instruction, maybe.
>>78177696
He played the whole game as a striker. Now it's up to him to lead our push for auto-promotion. I believe again
>>78178420
I'd been using an IF(a) with sit narrower to try and emulate an SS but he still crosses more than he plays through passes which is the big problem I'm having trying to get my wingers to play in a narrow system.
>>78178844
Do you have him playing on his weak footed side?
>>78178844
>>78178204
>wingers are a headache and don't do want you want
really made me think
>>78178876
I've got left footer in the right and vice versa
>>78178844
Try shorter passing and fewer risky passes player instructions.
>>78179009
I'll give this a go next game and see results. I'm away to Feyenoord in the EL which is as good a test as any.
Oh boy.
Well,it's almost time for the first league match.
Still waiting on some players to come in,but i think it's looking pretty good so far.
>this lad scored 2 freekicks in the last match
>>78179698
the DLP seems a lil superfluous to me with the AP in the middle. do you have someone who can B2B? otherwise this is a solid looking diamond
>>78179009
Honestly finnbro I don't think I can fault your ideas but man is my defence letting me down today
>>78180438
This isn't one for the goalkeepers. Only shot on target scored off a setpiece. But on the bright side, the inside forward earned it so I guess it's a positive. Hopefully it works at home to Legia next.
The backgrounds keep disappearing form my tactics screen. This is driving me mad.Used to only do it on Dark, now does it even on default.
reeee
>>78180524
>DFB
does that actually work? never tried it
>>78180522
I like to think having this beast on the bench instead of starting in that shitshow has contributed to him getting his first Malta call up.
>>78180553
Doubt it, I'm just playing around with things at the moment. This isn't an example of a classic, world winning tactic.
>>78180553
Personally I find an IWB(s) set to closing down: much more and a deeper defensive line accomplishes the same thing but with more of a counterattacking threat. That's my usual approach in Europe anyway. 4-2-3-1 with IF(s) and two defensive MC's supported by IWB's. Grinds out a lot of 1-0's.
Never gets old
Don't know what to do. My scout says I could get him for £60-120k and on reasonable wages, but I like my starting goalie and wasn't planning on upgrading him. Is Pickford that much better though? The money could be better spent on upgrading other areas of the team.
i got this guy for peanuts and a meh wage from friggin Milan AC, he's now my best D(C).
wew lads
Anyone know how useful the 'cover' duty is for CBs?
>>78182744
It's shit. Always fails at the offside trap and sets strikers through.
>>78183354
aight. I've only ever used defend or stopper so was wondering.
it seems like there is an infinite amount of good young AMC's available for 5-7m a piece from south america
>>78184340
So just like real life?
WHY?
I hate this.
>>78185779
that's your managing director, I assume?
is your club broke or something?
>>78185899
Not really. There is a Gift Loan over 15 Million that we are supposed to pay for the next 17 years,but i doubt that would be relevant for this transfer.
They didn't cancel any of the other deals,and i have signed quite a few players already.
>>78186051
Wrong screenshot,actually.
>>78171990
>A timeline where Maribor dies
Did they just got all their mercenaries poached away or something?
>>78186099
And here the transfers.
Why would they only cancel a 250k deal and allow the rest?
>>78182744
>>78183354
>>78183568
Worse than a S(D) most of the time. They try to intercept everything.
>>78186158
And this is the player.
>>78185779
It was cancelled cause he's injured for 3 weeks.
No other reason.
>>78185608
I just love it. I sold guy on the right for 60m to Buyern and bought guy on the left for 11m
who you guys got for this year?
>>78186447
quite a few big clubs fallen to the Europa League this yea- wait a minute...
>>78186447
Creteil Lusitanos
>>78186447
QPR
>>78186527
i am REALLY salty
>>78186447
West Ham
>>78186550
QPR are sitting in 13th only because this guy got brogen, rest of the team is shit
>>78186530
based
>>78186835
>Knocks ball past opponent with Stays Back At All Times
>Knocks ball past opponent on a FUCKING DM
>Avoids Using weaker foot while not being one footed
The AI really asks you to slap "Knocks Balls" as long as your player is somewhat fast, it's uncanny. They really have no fucking clue about youth development. He was most likely generated with the two goods PPMs he has, it's uncanny.
I'm buying a manlet CD, how fucked am i?
>>78187847
You can get away with it if you play 3 at the back.
>>78187847
beyond repair
>>78187847
Does he have good tekkers (passing, technique, etc.) and mentals (vision, anticipation, aggression, bravery)? Is he at least quick? If not, well fuck you: he's just a worse defender than the average.
>>78186932
son... wtf
>This Premier League quality footballer is playing in League 2
It's a shame I can't afford him
>>78188021
the real madmen tbH
>>78186447
>that London (city attraction) bias
Are Charlton, Millwall and Leyton Orient also in the Premier League now?
>>78187894
>>78187901
>>78187927
He is going to be 3 or 4 option as DC for me
>>78188040
>This
>Premier League quality
The most ridiculous and unrealistic transfer EVER, why Milan would loan a promising striker to an iranian team?
>>78187901
>>78187927
>>78187894
>>78187894
forgot pic
>>78188080
3rd or 4th option has to be a promising youngster for me. I never buy an old fart for depth, or anyone over 24 years old: they're done progressing in FM's world.
>>78188119
cooperation club?
>>78171320
>Tried to manage local MLS club (NYCFC)
>Autistic rules make it boring
I hate MLS
>>78188129
>jumping reach 5
hummmmmmmmmmmmmm
>>78188143
Yeah, that's whats going through my mind. The only cheap european alternative was Goldnaniga, who is 31 years old now.
Ancient greeks had some impressive technology tBh, nice crane.
>>78188129
>Heading: 18
They must've put him on top of a large box in order to practice his heading to such a refined degree.
>>78188129
Is he a manlet though? His height isn't shown.
>>78188170
Yep but don't make sense anyway
>>78188270
>167 cm
>74 kg
I would say manlet
>>78188129
also
>unambitious
man kill it with fire
>>78188129
He'd be good if he was taller. But a manlet that can't play the ball to mitigate his awful height, is 24 and won't progress anymore with on the top of that a garbage personality that can't be tutored away? No thanks.
>>78188555
Yeah i see that, but his asking price is like 5 mio euro
>>78188270
Under his physicals gramps.
>>78188588
His asking price is low because he's garbage, not because he's some kind of hidden gem FM has graciously cast upon you.
>>78188592
Please don't judge me. Thats a stupid place to put it anyway.
>>78188723
Height and weight aren't physical information?
>>78188642
yeah, i'll see if i can some alternative for a fair amount of money
>>78188820
find some *
>>78188806
By that logic, his face is also physical information and should be placed there also.
>>78188642
>>78188421
I'm trying to buy this guy and the manlet is the backup option
who /ba/ here
>>78189137
Way better. Put him on some BPD training to see if he can improve his other tekkers, but don't swear on it: what you see is what you get in his case, more likely than not.
>>78188974
His face has nothing to do with his ability as a footballer, sorry to tell you this Becks.
Can we do it lads? Im a bit worried 2bh
>>78189413
He should go manage in Fiji
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_F.C.
>>78189486
i got him! finally
>>78188040
>11 pace
>premier League quality
Pick one
Have you ever taken a high potential youngster on loan from a top division club and then have him mentored by someone with a really low determination just to sabotage him? Or is that not even possible?
>>78190134
I don't think you can tutor loanees, no
at least not in the current version
>>78189137
he's actually really good
that unambitious manlet never should have been even your 10th option though, you're better off using some lousy kid from the reserves
>>78189495
Thats just what ugly players tell themselves, as they get ignored by big clubs over and over again. World class when good looking is equal to fairly good when ugly.
>made my first European knockout
yay
>>78190562
still using wingers?
>>78190619
4-2-2-2 wide in home games, 4-1-2-2-1 narrow in away games.
>>78190619
What you got against wingers?
To pacebabby for you?
>that name
>>78191128
pretty much everything 2bh. shitty players with shitty attitudes who float around on the sidelines with their fingers up their backsides waiting for passes. always overrated, always overpaid, and yet your assman and DoF won't shut up about bringing more of them in.
>>78191270
>Not gk
>>78191270
>physicals and nothing else
I bet he can score 20 a season.
So, I know this question probably has gotten tedious already, but do we know anything feature wise for FM 18?
The fmscout link had little information, so I apologize, if that's the latest there is to know, but maybe there is some (unconfirmed) information out there, of which I haven't heard of so far.
>>78191270
>first thing I thought it said was Onii-chan
>>78191544
I don't think there is any information other than "please give money"
but I could be wrong, I don't really follow the new releases closely, it's always so full of hot air
I joined a club in Peru fairly late in the season, 8 games left in clausura. This guy scored a hattrick in my first league game in charge, he's only 19. It was nice knowing him.
>>78191544
It's actually about cricket this year.
>>78191544
You can use VR goggles to pretend to looking at the game from the viewpoint of the actual manager on the sidelines.
>>78191544
There is some FM event planned soon where they have lined up screens showing how the graphics have evolved including a blacked out screen for FM 18, so I guess we can expect some footage of the match engine next weekend or so.
>>78190356
>not being so disgustingly ugly that it distracts the opposition
>>78192210
-------Kuyt--Gabbiadini
-Ribery-------------------Shaqiri
-----------?--------?
-?--------?----Gabriel------?
----------------?
>>78192210
So we got auto-promotion, but I think my defence may need some improving for next season..
>>78192431
One of these is not like the others
>>78188040
Looks like I spoke too soon. There goes most of my wage budget though, but definitely worth it. Welcome based saviour of our defence.
>>78193078
worth it for sure. he might need someone with more speed next to him, but he looks good for that level and for the championship too
>>78191128
I don't like wingers either desu. IMO: take out the two wingers, turn the FBs into attacking wingbacks, put an extra CB in and a supporting DM. I've had average players regularly put out 7.00+ performances in attacking WB roles.
>>78193282
MiniFridge would be proud.
>>78193282
But all attacking WBs do is cross, cross and more crosses. Which works like a fucking charm, but it's boring as shit watching your RB get 20+ assists a season doing exactly the same thing over and over.
>>78193421
"I'm bored of winning, I'm going to try wingers instead"
- /trb/ 2017
wingers are shit though
>>78193321
kek
>>78193499
just use Raumdeuters
>>78193521
>not using wide target men
>>78193499
bad post
>>78193536
>using 3 Treqs and 2 WTM
you're a man of memes my man
>>78193421
what exactly do wingbacks do irl if not cross cross and cross more
>not retraining him as a striker
Roda pls
>>78194039
kill women in drunk driving incidents
>>78193421
Not in my experience, in fact in a game I just had now an average WB scored from his flank in the box. They do a lot more than just cross.
>>78194143
Lmao
>Burns feels playing continental football at a high level is important
>gets knocked out every year in the first qualifying round with TNS
>>78191544
Yes there will be over 1000 additions to the game this year and over 700 improvements to the matches engine including all new pre match tunnel animations!!!!!
>>78193499
The meta is all about IWBs anyway.
>>78192054
Don't give them ideas.
>>78194930
>set garbage-tier pacebabby with horrible mentals and technicals as IWB
>he does really well and we dominate possession
Do I accept the result lads? I've reloaded this game like 6 times now, and I just can't beat the fuckers. I'm a massive underdog and it's a marvel I've gotten this far already.
>>78195476
>>78196651
duno what ur on about kem lad
>>78195476
plebeian post
download a tactic and then reload idiot, save time this game and in the future
why does crystal palace always use this shit formation its so shit fuck off its a friendly u cunts
>>78197503
fuck im retarded
>>78197503
>>78197523
I fucking hate Crystal Palace for this exact reason. It's so fucking negative.
THAT
SHIT
ISNT
FOOTBALL
>>78197523
>5-4-1
>fullbacks with defensive mentalities
and you can guarantee those MCs are going to score 30 yarders
>guy with light head injury scores from a header
it was worth it
15 yellow cards
lul
>>78197576
It's FM. Positive football is the easy way to win while negative football is the hard and honorable way to do it.
>>78197083
If you post here about reloading again, I'll murder you.
>>78199406
Jesus reloaded how do you feel about him?
>>78199710
compensating for lousy tactics and scouting
>>78199406
Didn't know it was shunned, sorry Kemo lad.
Looks like I'll get promoted to EFL 1. How should I approach my transfer window? Should I clear out as many EFL 2 players as possible and have a smaller squad?
Pretty good.
>>78199919
Cut out players that aren't good enough for League 1. You don't really want a small squad since you'll be playing ton of games and probably don't have that good of facilities.
>>78199919
If they are League 2 quality according to the coach reports, I would probably extend the contracts of some essential positions, at least. You can even get by with a few Vanarama quality players here and there. But I would probably have started scouting in January and made a shortlist of League 1 players on expiring contracts already.
>>78186137
I don't even know what happened to them, to be honest with you. I didn't take any of their players until this year, but they've been shit for a while now.
>>78201571
When it comes to transfers, they're making profit almost every year, so I guess they never sign appropriate replacements. They did generate this sexy motherfucker though, that is currently the best Slovenian striker. They sold him to Liverpool for €1.4M.
a 'competitive' league fixture
>he doesn't sign up his retired players as scouts and send them on an ongoing assignment in the Caribbean as a permanent paid holiday
don't you love your regens?
Rate him lads, i have groomed him since i came to Lazio
>>78201797
>can't pass
3/10
>>78201793
>Letting your regens get hurricaned
Do YOU love your regens?
>>78201793
>retired player excited to still be involved in football
>200PA as a staff member
>you leave him to rot on perma-holiday in a shitty footballing nation
>he's constantly praying you'll send him to la liga so he can actually scout regens of decent potential
>that day never comes
>>78201793
I can't allow too many non model-pro staff as I'm afraid it will influence my players and newgens.
read something about jpp and personality on ALL youth coaches influencing your intakes
does personality on scouts have any influence more than on their individual performance? of course most of my retirees have nice personality
I wish "German" regens with rare(ish) flag second nationalities would declare for their motherland rather than The Fatherland more often. I could have a Croat, a Senagalese and a Austrian, instead it's just sodding Germans.
weird, one of my strikers just scored to make it 2-0 (league fixture) and the assister and other teammates ran towards the opposition goalkeeper to celebrate instead, leaving the striker on his own.
>>78202587
It means no one likes him.
>>78202594
you might be right, he just very selflessly created an open goal for someone else and the goalscorer celebrated with the other teammates.
>>78202381
Why?
I am more annoyed when the opposite happens tbqh
anyone have any experience on playing fm on linux? how does it run and is it buggy?
Nothing like losing your best striker mid-season, due to a greedy ass board. He's getting a decent chunk of it as well, because I wasn't planning on selling him anytime soon.
>>78202801
I must of been lucky in my previous saves, but I've never had a chairman selling five first team players in one season. I'm expected to win the league, yet everything of worth is being sold immediately. We're financially fine as well, it's not like we're in red numbers and need money.
>>78202801
>That smug face
They were right to sell
>>78202801
look at that fucking smug face, you just know he's going to stab you in the back
>>78202801
What's his new salary? He probably got more from that lump sum than he'll get at his time there.
>>78202837
He did, indeed. He signed a two-year contract for €2K p/w.
I wish I could urge the fans to start protesting and force the cunt to sell the club.
>Slow start to the season
>Comment to the press after the FCUOM game that it hopes it kick starts our season
>Suddenly my attack becomes capable of playing football again
Well shit
I might even resign, this season feels flat after consecutive CL wins
>>78202801
If you really want to prevent the chairman from selling and don't mind abusing SI's quality programming set the asking price of your player's really low.
>tfw you let your assman play cup games cause you've resigned yourself to lose
>tfw your assman is a better manager than you
I split the save just in case i regret it.
i think I'll holiday til may then see what's available
>>78203116
Any thoughts on what nation you might go to?
>>78203116
I wish it were possible to say "I intend to resign at the end of this season" or something, then you could get some Pep-tier attention from other clubs seeking to be ready to offer you a job after you resign.
>>78203127
Probably Scotland, hopefully Raith Rovers if they get relegated to league 2 or maybe a non league team that gets promoted
this lad should be shit at Bundesliga level but is GOATing it up
>>78203329
>Fairly Professional
Doubt
>spend two windows trying to sign a future GOAT CB from Leverkusen for up to SIXTY million English pounds
>keep getting told to fuck myself
>he goes to Man City for twenty-nine million 18 months later
I can only assume he signed a release clause, otherwise I'll be too full of REE's to live.
>>78203401
what's your club's reputation? is it somewhat newly a big club? man city probably undermined the player's trust with leverkusen.
>>78203429
Going back and forth between Barca for the #1 spot.
I thought it was ridiculous when I saw the past winners in the overview page, and so I checked who the runners up were and its even worse.
has yearly wage increase been removed? I cant find it in my clauses any more
Ying and Yang
>>78203607
elite post
nice
>>78203607
Sign them both for the GOAT defensive partnership
>£15.25m
and he didn't even sign a replacement, i'm a bit mad
>>78203624
>>78203643
i've definitely seen worse
The most underwhelming career of all time. He's still the most expensive transfer in my game.
>>78203943
>wingers
>accidently left the second string teenage keeper in the side whom I signed only two weeks before
Luckily he did well and the 1-0 defeat was not his fault.
>42 hours since starting on Friday night
rate my NEET level
Why is FM13 so hard compared to other versions?
>>78204209
impressive
https://twitter.com/Veikkausliiga/status/907286130428702724
Blooter in Veikkausliiga
Turns out buying the stadium you rent costs quite a lot. And now my semi-pro shitter club will be paying of a bank loan for about ten years into the forseeable future. But atleast I made Stockport a fringe playoff contender.
>>78204429
>new stadium for stockport
don't they already have a pretty good stadium?
>>78204424
That's not a blooter but a wonder goal nonetheless.
>>78204554
Oh the stadium is great. But Stockport is renting it when the game starts. Now we have full ownership. That costed a lot more than I expected though. Too bad it's not hockey so I don't have the benefit of doing some low cost tank years.
>Everyone is refusing to join my club because the standard of living isn't up to scratch in Malta
I would have thought it was a nice place to make a living.
Is it possible to get sacked in FM after 4 games in your first spell in charge?
>>78204622
I've been meaning to start a game with the proviso of trying to get sacked ASAP but I haven't gotten around to it.
>>78204622
You probably have to get raped every game and have each game be a match you would be expected to win.
Please win
>>78204609
oh my bad, I need to go to bed soon.
>>78204653
Maybe if you're Real Madrid or something, but can't imagine getting sacked from Crystal Palace even if you get hammered 5-0 the first 4 games.
I must try this
why are koreans dominating fm twitch
the Tercera division activated database for Spain fucked up my save..
>>78204743
>user database
you asked for it
>>78204743
>user DB
if you don't make it yourself, it's going to be fucked somewhere.
Love Gilli
A typical performance really
WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS MY ASSMAN SO MUCH BETTER AT MANAGING THAN ME
>>78205855
Post assistant's tactics.
>>78205890
hes told to play my tactics
only 14 bravery!
>>78201578
>>78201571
>I guess they never sign appropriate replacements
That's something I struggle with. Club reputation is a huge issue when it comes to that. I've had Olimpija and Maribor stack over 70+M€ through regular CL appearances but never, EVER using the cash. Literally never. Not even to buy shit, over paid mercenaries. Even though the league is 6th or 7th in the world.
>>78202810
It's time to use underhanded tricks to keep your players or resign.
>>78205855
Because he actually adapts mid-match. AI tier of adapting, but still better than nothing.
>>78206065
hes beaten 3 serie A teams, two top european level clubs with a newly promoted serie b side
i should just play as a sporting director and let him do the actual managing
>>78204743
For me, it's C. Atco Espeleno B.
>Open Empty Database editor file
>PC suddenly runs as if it was Windows Millennium Edition
It just froze, and I'm just waiting for the BSoD.
>>78206177
>Over 8GB of RAM
That was a mistake.
>£37.99
What did they mean by this?
My players are upset with the attention to their fitness training or some shit, does that mean I just need to hire a better fitness coach?
>>78207034
i think you probably have a too heavy training load on your coach(es).
assign more coaches to the fitness training category
>Having 16 year old key players
This is the sort of thing i missed managing an elite club
>loan in CWB with 7 finishing as backup
>plays up front for reserves
lol ok
>>78207446
>bald at 16
poor iceland
>12 point lead at the top of the Championship
>Choke it down to 3 points
>Work it back up to 7 points grinding 1-0s
>Choke it back to 2 points
>12 games remaining
We're fucked.
>>78207771
>https://strikerless.com/2016/02/19/the-hartman-doctrine-why-the-hairdryer-treatment-works-surprisingly-well/
>>78207847
>greentexting links
>>78207847
if theres not a article about you locking in the dressing room and yelling at them you're doing it wrong
when you ask a scout to do an assignment "until finished", when do they stop?
my guy clearly isn't gonna find anyone, he's been looking for two months with no success. should i just cancel it and get him to do something else?
>>78208040
Yes. "Until finished" probably varies then, I just set someone to do that instead of "ongoing" by mistake and he stopped after just two months, with a lot of scouted players, so its probably a set amount of players. If your scout isn't finding anyone its probably not going to finish anytime soon for him either.
Who /tiki-taka/ here?
>>78208040
i had a guy scout africa for 30 years and never find anyone worth reporting
Jason Shackell definitely isn't the smartest manager of all time
>>78208159
>>78208159
He probably never visited Africa once and was just collecting his paycheck from you the whole time
>>78208183
reckon sands will be first to get cut
>>78206193
>32bit firefox
why
>>78208040
Sometimes it's useful to have full knowledge of a country for the player search if it's something that can produce a player + probably can't be covered by your weird united nations backroom staff. But of course it wears off
I'm thinking like smaller eastern euro countries, scandinavia, maybe israel/japan/usa/australia
then search for youth with realistic players unticked, maybe la galaxy or midgetland produced a superstar who won't sign for you now, but might in like a year
managing in germany, why cant i set my youth players to reject all offers?
im literally getting 6+ offers everyday, its doing my head in
>>78208585
Because they aren't on pro contracts yet.
He should barely concede a goal in this league
>>78208420
Changes nuthin' for me. I don't have billions of tabs on, so I never felt the need to switch.
>>78208634
>OTB: 2
He won't very good at getting the ball off.
>>78208634
is he igbo or hausa
Lead down to 2 points, 6 games remaining. I'm changing the captain and vice captain, switching to all out attack and going down in a blaze of glory. The Gods will decide our fate.
>qualifying for the Champions League on negative goal difference
Hello? Yes, this the Choke Master.
>>78209637
Everybody do the Wigan wiggle
Das it mane.
>>78209991
>winger
>worst of the bunch
>S P U D S
>>78210036
ffs
even by FM-arsenal's insane standards, that's an otherworldly thrashing
>>78210036
>only 14 fouls
Would have played murderball all second half
I'm playing FM 12 and I've never player the versions after that.
Is the training system too complicated? I'm lazy and it was so easy to just download .tsh files made by other people.
>Domestic Bias 1
Based high prospect CB injuring the useless wingers in the youth team.
Who here /2D/?
>>78212878
Anyone with self respect
>>78212878
Back when I didn't have a decent enough PC for FM, this was all I could run. The players didn't have little feet back then though.
I'm guessing club rep is more important in players wanting to move than league rep?
I thought I would finally be able to sign good players after reaching the Prem. I thought wrong. Can't even get United reserves on loan. The two youth lads I wanted to sign got relegated to the Championship and even they won't join me. Might have to sign Bolasie and Miles Addison.
How do I fix this?
Ask someone who just lost to Millwall as Manchester United in the year of 2019 anything.
>>78212952
>>78212878
Don't most people use 2D? I only use the actual game footage for highlights.
Holy shit them physicals, do i even need to scout him?
>>78214403
Look up "coach attributes fm17" on google. There'll be several sites that'll tell you what to search for when hiring new staff. For example: attacking, technical, discipline, determination, motivation are all good for a shooting coach. You could search for 14 in shooting and technical and 9 in discipline, determination, and motivation.
Before long you might have the best coaching set up in the league. I've found that usually any club in a league can get #1 in all areas compared to other clubs. Maybe the ai is just dumb.
OFFICIAL /trb/ DISCORD CHANNEL
ITS A FUCKING RIOT
https://discord.gg/wX8VGD
>>78214968
not real trb discord desu
I'm getting promoted to EFL 1. I need to find some fuckers that can keep me up. What should I be looking for? I already have a quality striker in Fewster, who is rated for the championship apparently.
My other striker and best CM are loanees so they're bouncing.
My budget is 550k. How fucked am I?
>>78216853
Wrong pic, sorry lads.
youth intakes in shitty leagues are a delight
>have a winning tactic in the lower leagues
>no players suitable to the roles
>no depth at all (one left and one right fullback, only one either side semi-suitable for playing IF)
What am I supposed to do with this shit?
My scouts are too crap to even filter through all the free agents.
>>78204622
>>78204640
>>78204653
Surely if you just transfer list everyone and play something in the region of a 0-3-7 then you'll be gone in 2.
>>78217194
then all the high potential players are winger with 14 pace and 2 determination that will never be useful
>>78217437
yeah, some of them
none of them are really good, but even so they're nearly as good as some of my starters
>get eight points in the next five games or your contract will be terminated
>>78217194
>15 years old
>Media-frendly
so its instagram right?
We bossed a team 2 leagues above, i feel good about this season
>Junior Ramos
>3 long shot goals, 1 assist
I love B2B midfielders.
>>78217801
Just resign so you can find a job easier next time.
>>78214968
i admit it i was tricked
This isn't necessarily bad because the prick is so inconsistent but why did they have to wait until a WEEK before the new season starts?
how do you create a new set-piece routine? theres no obvious button or option in the set-pieces tab?
>>78219620
Set pieces > free kicks > drag the circles where you want them
>>78219630
oops yeah i was being a retard
>when the team isn't unsettled about 11 new signings anymore and starts to perform even better than expected
Good feeling
>>78219693
That resolution.
I could probably do something similar but 3840x1080.
Holy shit, I manage Yeovil Town and got promoted from L1 to Championship in first season, barely managed not to get relegated in the next one and now I've been offered to manage USA's national team for like ten times more money than I get at Yeovil
It's gonna be a ride, my first task is not to choke against Barbados, wish me luck lads
One of the sweetest wins in this save
>>78219708
I bought a 4k monitor for my new PC, pretty sweet I have to admit
>>78219763
Good luck la
Are B2B midfielders better then regular CMs?
I've a player who can do either, I'm guessing it just becomes a stamina issue for him.
>>78219812
Depends on what you want them to do.
>>78219812
Depends whether you would like him to roam his way into the box or just stay back and recycle the ball
>>78219381
I have to agree.
>>78219830
Both.
Guess I'll have him B2B on home games or against weaker teams and regular cm against the rest.
Just wondered if the stamina hit was worth it.
>>78217378
I think the point is not to deliberately get fired but to be trying to do well but do so badly that you get fired
>>78217378
>>78219925
There must be a sacking event that goes like "The board has taken what they see as a preventative but drastic measure of removing you from the post of manager from the club in light of your bizarre actions as coach of the team." Putting Marcelo in goal, signing shitters with 1 in every attribute, offering Ronaldo for £0 and 100% wage contribution, etc.
Which HOYD would you rather sign?
I know some of you might think it obvious to pick the guy on the left, but is JPP really that important? The guy on the right has a far better personality, and what I like about him is he's brought through some incredible players over the years through the MK Dons academy, although they admittedly have quite good facilities. The other guy hasn't but Morecambe have terrible facilities.
>>78219993
Do you have a preferred formation?
I'd probably go for the guy on the left regardless of his preferred formation however.
>>78219993
Left is better. Better personality doesn't make up for such a huge gap in JPA and JPP.
>tfw the FM18 teaser is in Nottingham but I am currently rotting in Sidcup for another week
:(
>get a new, better assman from Chile
>he advises complete murderball as opposition instructions in his first game
Peruvian league is exciting so far, there's a lot more money than in Uruguay and I feel like the players are better too (just far less standout goats who move to Europe in their teens). The fixture list is absolutely crammed, usually two matches a week and those are just league matches.
Does anyone know why full backs never get more than 3 stars? Even when I buy world class fullback,his grade is always 3 stars,maybe 3 and a half.
>>78220226
because fullback is the most average position on the pitch
all u gotta do is cross and run
Alright,finally got him. He cost me 250k,rate him.
>>78220341
Nice, but I hope his concentration is at the top end of the estimate, if its 9 at least then it could move up to 11.
>>78220341
>Reputation: Continental
weird. what has he done, other than have (presumably) decent potential?
>>78220378
I don't know why,but now it shows the exact stats.
Only a few in-game hours have passed.
>>78220414
Not bad, a good tutor or two will do wonders for him.
>Have young attacking mid
>sub him on for some game time
>stats aren't that good
>12 games 7 goals 4 assists
fuck sake la
>AVB losing a 4 goal lead in two leg quarter finals
EXPOSED
help
>>78220922
You best take the DM out of the side too or his performances will increase the likelyhood of a bid from a big club.
>>78220922
WHERE ARE MY STRIKERS
THEY EVEN TOOK U19 ONES WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING A CUP FIXTURE DURING INTERNATIONAL BREAK
????????
I wonder how badly I'll get screwed up
>>78220939
forgot pic
>>78220949
why do you push your wingbacks up
do you enjoy having no flank control whatsoever
>>78220958
I don't see a difference between fullback+winger vs CWB on the flank whatsoever in this engine so I'm not wasting players on wings and put them into the centre instead
shame this lad is injury prone
he could have gone on to be the GOAT. youth intake lad too. SAD!
>>78220968
no i'm asking why your wingbacks aren't in the CD strata instead of the DM strata
you're defensively weaker with them pushed up there since you end up with a back 2 in defence instead of a solid back 4
>>78221001
I have no idea but it works
>>78221021
Looks like it works when you're already the biggest club in the top flight of a country with a lower reputation.
>>78221101
hmm
>>78221108
One result doesn't prove anything, if you can only dominate a league by using already established club then no wonder it can be done with only two CBs holding the back line.
>>78221220
Legia is no Celtic desu
I have nothing to show to you then I guess, I don't have a squad which is CL-ready because I hate to unrealistically hold onto players, I sell most my stars (which are only mediocre CL-tier lads) for decent offers like Legia irl would do and buy young underpriced talents from Balkans
this tactic is doing a good job for me, that's all I can say
>Season tickets sold: 10077
>Stadium capacity: 15500
>last game of the season
>5 teams separated by a point going for 2 CL places and 2 EL places
>Leipzig with the chance to shit the bed after being 1st since gameweek 8
predictions?
>>78221513
Freiburg sacrifices itself and goes down while beating RB so the true football can win
>>78221513
Neverkusen to give Mönchengladbach the win for HSV to lose against Augsburg and falling to the playoffs
>tfw cant create decent chances on FM13 with fucking P$G
Fuck sliders, fuck woodwork, fuck long shots, fuck this game
>>78221645
>fuck sliders
HEY HEY HEY WHAT ANON YOU CAN'T SAY JUST THAT
>>78221550
>>78221592
Leipzig have shat the bed
>>78221713
Nice attendance.
>>78221667
>did you enjoy your tictacs today ?
>no?
>then enjoy having to fine tune your team for 10h between each game to find that one random slider being one notch too far on the left/right to make your team play the way you want
I think Im pretty much autistic enough to fit here but this is too much
>the absolute poverty ridden hovel of Leipzig
biggest choke i've ever seen. they were like 12 points clear at one point
>>78221787
>bayern ____ lol
>>78221742
normies like you ruined tictacs
B A S E D
>>78222306
>they said they'll cancel the transfer
>it already went through before I could even click to protest the transfer
>seems like the guy is staying in porto after all
>there was nothing I could do to prevent it
reload y/n
>>78171320
When is an offer too good to turn down?
he had 12 goals in 17 games coming into this, but right now I want to kill him
>>78222401
You best put a % of future profit clause on that because it looks like you'll not get much from this transfer no matter how high it is.
>turn on FM for the first time in some time
>realize my senior squad and u21 are bloated like fuck and I need to work hard during the transfer window to not get fucked over
>while the values of my players are still pretty low so I'm not getting as much as I would want to when selling
>>78222359
wait
WAIT
WAAAAAAIT
PORTO YOU FUCKING CUNTS
YOU STOLE MY BEST MIDFIELDER JUST SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE HIM AGAINST YOU
Porto bitchslapped me hard, they've now became my biggest arch-enemy
goal of this save is now to destroy Porto by becoming their manager and running them into the ground as fast as possible
god fuck this game
lads, what should I buy: fm 13 or 14
both around 5 euros
suppose I should go for 14 or is there something special about 13?
>>78223013
>he doesn't only buy prime numbered games
>>78223013
fm13 still had half of the sliders iirc, can't remember if they got rid of tactical or training ones first
>the city of Rotherham
>>78223013
FM13 if you hate winning away games but love sliders
>>78223092
>>78223013
Training sliders are gone in 13. Tactics are still in.
LETS GO BOYS
what are the chances this game doesn't end 3-3?
>>78222401
Well generally even if you have a potential world-beater you won't get good offers, so put a strict 50% of resale even if it means accepting a lower offer. Perhaps a buy-back price if you feel cheeky and they're not using it since the AI tend to release youngsters on free.
>https://strikerless.com/2017/08/12/the-cuckoo-transfer-market-strategy-let-others-develop-the-talents-for-you/
whats even left to do at this point
>>78224352
get to 100
>>78224352
get a version of that message where the size of the unbeaten streak = the year?
So you can have fm 16 crosses irl then?
>>78224352
>whats even left to do at this point
turn off fmrte
>leltic
>>78224352
What is your secret? Is this just after years of building and buying every superstar?
>>78224890
does brenny still insist his team was "outstanding" every time they get ravaged?
>>78224869
dont use it im just cheesing the match engine on accident
>>78225038
a combination of match engine cheese, strikerless memes, very specific training schedules, and an entire two days I spent in a test save tweaking PIs/tactics until I got something near perfect.
I also got really lucky w/ some of my regen signings and have 4 wonderkids i poached
How long would it take to turn a shitty European league into a powerhouse? Can it even be done? And would the quality of regens eventually improve as more money is earned by the teams?
>>78226330
The AI teams improve very slowly so it can't really be done unless you want to play for 100 seasons. You can take a shitty league club and make it the best in the world much quicker, but the rest of the league wouldn't keep up.
>>78226330
It can be done, never done it myself so I can't say for the timeline, but as teams improve their youth setup stuff regens will get better, but each country has an overall youth rating so regens from, say, Germany will always be better than regens from Belarus
>>78226330
There was that one guy trying to do it with Ireland. Where are you, Drogheda guy?
>>78226467
The last time he was posting Bohemians were catching up with him and making it to CL finals and shit
>>78226453
has anyone tried bouncing around a few teams in a league?
>>78226467
>Drogheda guy
Please show Macca some respect
>>78226760
You could probably do it like that, but it would be very tedious.
>>78226923
>the slayer of sligo rovers
>the flattener of finn harps
>the nemesis of naxxar lions
Should I keep letting my assman do the cup to the end? It seems he's a fucking genius, but i dont want to lose out on the final.
rip career
>>78227118
>>78226923
Fine, Drogheda Man. Or Droghedaman.
Who's a good team (not the best though) to play if I want to have 5 players in defense?
>>78228027
lazio
>>78228027
crystal palace
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEload?
ayy
>>78228078
Oi, don't let kemo see you say that lad. He'll bang you out mate.
>>78228058
>yfw sacked after 4 games
>>78228094
>8% possession
Please explain
Guess which cup game I managed and which my assman managed
>>78228178
Look at the first picture, it was the bug where the ball ends up near the keeper, but noone goes for it. Went on for like 30 minutes
>>78225285
show tactics
>>78228078
maybe close down
>29 of 33 league games played
>drop from 2nd to 6th in 4 days without playing a game
j u s t
>>78228371
its your tictacs
>>78228426
it probably is. that and having to use 2 determination can't defend man at leftback
>picking up a 3 month injury on the day your contract expires
fucking kek. unlucky lad
Fisrt time playing lads. What shit tier club to start with
>>78228926
bastia
>>78228926
definitely bastia
>>78229023
>>78229043
then bastia it will be
am I fucked
>>78228926
start at a big club my man, can't really make mistakes when you're using god tier players and you can learn the mechanics nicely
>>78229023
>>78229043
ignore these guys you will have no fun whatsoever
capcha related it's what these guys want
>>78229122
you could be more fucked
http://www.strawpoll.me/13918538
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>>78229419
>Select your three favorite
>Only single option allowed
>No basedball
>>78229419
>no curling
>>78229419
>No sepak takraw
does scouting by country, region, or competition make a difference?
Bought this fella. He's a target man but I really hate that position in my system, I'd rather play with a DLF or another AF to link up with my other ST (AF).
Will this lad be ok as a DLF? I'm a bit worried about his vision and passing.
>>78229665
I would prefer better mentals for a DLF
>>78227954
never forget
>>78229892
why's it that hockey players can break ankles/legs/tear ACLs and be back out on the ice just the same as they were but for footballers its a death sentence?
>>78230074
Because they're skating.
>>78230074
there could be many reasons for that, i think, hard to say
but also >>78230091
>>78230074
hockey players are more doped up than cyclists
>>78230074
Distance run is a major factor.
Forget exactly where I read it but because footballers cover so much distance on a very regular basis many muscles and ligaments fail to fully heal or can weaken again once they resume playing regularly and are then left weakened which can mean loss of performance and almost certainly means increased susceptibility to further injuries.
>>78230144
that makes a lot of sense, thanks
>>78230091
also yeah duh im stupid
>still in play
>>78224352
You keep pushing.
>Sequences
Note: I gave away two draws to >Gelsenkirchen in order to push Manure out of the CL. Manure was the lone club I legitimately wasn't comfortable playing against.
>>78226453
>>78226330
Unless the other clubs in the country start buying players left and right, it will hardly happen. The best I did without bouncing from club to club was to reach the 6th position and had three potential CL spots, after which I quickly dropped to 7th and lost a CL spot. The teams were consistently qualifying for CL and EL, but since they did fuck all with their money and results, their rep didn't improve and they just keep stacking cash, never doing anything with it.
Perhaps I'll roll an Empty db save.
>>78230286
Well, technically I only gave away the second draw. The first one was indeed an accident and I went apeshit at the result.
>>78230286
>>78230349
ive got them in the Semis
Why is /trb/ so slow these last few days? Some of these saves legit look interesting but nobody is posting anything.
>>78229748
How can I best use him? Target Man just makes it seem like my team avoids all tactics and just plays it to him as soon as he's remotely available.
>>78230545
I'm afraid that if I post more than once every few hours even if the post is entirely FM related I'll have some pissed off kiwi cunt shoving himself up my ass for being "off topic"
>>78230545
every game is a semi-pro shitfest with no discernible narrative
>>78230599
"good post"
>>78230619
Is that Everton Legend George Green?
>>78230599
>I'm afraid
This is a skill women have I wish I had: being an expert at pretending to give a shit.
>>78230635
there are probably at least 5 people named George Green who've had more of an impact on everton than him
but yeah, he's basically a god at this level
>>78230655
This was so masterfully put. A good post indeed
>>78230599
>>78230655
>>78230694
Why would you care about the guy who only posts off topic shit himself saying you post off topic shit?
Like mitch complaining about thread quality
>>78230701
bad post
I'm taking a look at the empty db again: the best Slovenian player plays in China. And he's, yet again, a defender with no technical skills but excellent physicals: precisely a Full Back who can't Dribble, Cross, Move off The Ball and had no Flair; all that with barely enough passing to get himself out of trouble. Another Bacary Sagna.
>>78230701
But you said Mitch was "right".
>>78230713
Yeah, but he's a hypocritical pos, too.
>>78230701
i have stopped complaining and now i only post on topic without my trip
it was fun destroying the thread the other day but i've lost interest in fm and /trb/ for now
>>78230713
this desu
>>78230598
Well TM is kinda a specialist role, why did you sign him if you didn't want a TM?
>>78230701
Because I took your criticism to heart after reading through my older posts (especially a year ago) and despite my attempts to actually contribute the thread, no matter how I may personally feel about it, I am lumped in with the German guy who posted pasta over and over. This is all the more I'll be saying on the matter
>>78230788
It's almost as if if you act like a twat with a trip, people will associate that trip with being a twat
>>78230788
>the German guy who posted pasta over and over
was it mango? if you're being lumped in with mango you're doing well 2bh
>>78230788
look man honestly recently you've done pretty well imo
but to imply you are anywhere near as great as the german pasta guy is simply delusional
he is one of the best posters /trb/ has seen for the past year and a half and i will not have you tell such blatant untruths in this thread
>>78230713
Let's use Scout Editor to see where he's at. He most likely has declined, but tekkers and mentals don't decline that much. So he just fucking sucks. The only good news is that SI devs are aware CBs newgens are incredibly awful technically.
To be perfectly honest, my most technically able CB in my previous save was generated as an AM(R) or something but couldn't cross. My two DMs would be better CBs than my best CB. Well, almost, they don't have as good core CBs attributes, but at least they can thread a fucking pass. Pity when a CM/DM would be a better CB than an actual CB.
>>78230797
this is exactly why i anonpost
just stop being stubborn and go anon and you will miraculously notice people responding to your posts in a much more positive manner
>>78230765
Got promoted and fucking panic signed just about everyone who was remotely affordable and rated well for EFL 1. (I'm new)
>>78230788
The only one who is as bad as mango is lynk.
>>78230822
They'll all know its me though because I'm the only one with the PFC save, but I appreciate the feedback
>>78230812
And unsurprisingly, the best player in the world is a combination of a Striker and Winger.
>>78230822
Too bad people still notice who you are even as an "Anon".
>>78230841
what about the posts where you aren't talking about your own save? still need the attention generated by the trip? will people not know you're pretending to be a girl when you're anon?
>>78230812
tbf on SI i doubt they planned for people to use blank databases
>>78230841
>The only one
Gee, who would have thought that a tripfag is so self absorbed that they don't noticed the world around them.
>>78230849
>winger
>unsurprisingly good
>>78230849
depends desu
i get away with a fair amount by just using proper grammar and sentence structure when anonposting
altho i seem to remember you have an addon that gives everyone an ID anyway so i guess you'll know it's me
>>78230869
The other PFC save is a french flag
>>78230867
If I wanted attention I'd catfish some old guy with money 2bh
>>78230888
trips confirm anonposting better
start a new save anyway man you're 900 games unbeaten right
>>78230867
>tbf on SI i doubt they planned for people to use blank databases
Well it's pretty much always the case when you play for long enough and real players/staff are just phased out. My only exception was my save where I forcefully developed a AMC/AMR into a MC (pic related). CBs just generally suck technically, I keep spreading loads of money on every FB that has good tekkers more so than any other position. >Wengers also are more expensive, which is obviously unironically realistic.
>>78230870
They're always that good.
>>78230918
104 but im too attached to my regens at this point to start a new save, besides I want to do a septuple
>>78230938
i must admit i have had problems finding centre backs that can pass unless they're like >185 PA
frustrating, same thing with never finding sweeper keepers desu
are there any other kind of players that dont crop up at all?
Who should be the DM and who should be the CM between these two?
Think I might go DLP / DLP desu. Not sure. I just got promoted so 1 DM 2 CMs might be a bit too open.
>>78230948
>septuple
>tfw no league cup
It gets boring real fast.
>>78231003
Sorry!
>>78231003
In general, you only need one playmaker.
>>78231018
left CM imo
better det, decisions, composure, OTB, and work rate
but there's really not much in it
>>78231000
My best "pure" CB is 178CA like that and it was painfully difficult to get him to improve on that. Much like FBs can't see why Off The Ball is useful, they can't see why passing is useful.
>>78231014
honestly I think I'll keep playing until the number 1 HoF spot. also, youre pretty good.
>>78231000
>>78231048
>sweeper keepers
I think I had two or three SKs overall: two in FM15 and one there. He's a good lad, but he concedes stupid goals when he rushes out on corners and misses the ball. He's not Neuer tall after all; far from it. But the bug from FM16 where Vision keeps dropping is still present in FM17, so fuck it.
>>78231048
>also, youre pretty autistic
Fixed.
>>78231083
>>also, youre pretty autistic
>Fixed.
>can't even respond to the correct post
>>78231096
>Double arrow green text
Welcome to the club Kem.
>>78231083
yeah what the fuck is the vision meme
does it happen to real GKs too?
>>78231096
i think responding directly to a post might be difficult for him, it's the internet equivalent of looking someone in the eye
>>78231107
It's just a nested quote.
>>78231113
Is that a haha france so effeminate/weak joke or something more reasonable that I'm just not seeing?
>>78231123
no it's to do with autism and being bad in social situations
come on kem i worry about you sometimes
>>78231138
Do you worry about me in social situations?
Is this a social situation?
>>78231113
>does it happen to real GKs too?
It's two different saves, but in my Thai save in 2017 De Gay has 6 Vision and only has 2 Vision in 2025 in my 864483849398th Slovenian save.
>>78231000
Lads like this are pretty rare
>>78231148
yes
>>78231153
tbf by 34 cataracts may have set in due to the blinding manchester sun
>>78231158
that is a fucking beautiful positions map i don't think i have ever seen something so symmetrical and yet nonsensical
>>78231158
I seen a couple of GK/ST regens in FM11, haven't seen any since though
>>78231138
>mitch worrying about Kem in social situations
Well aint that the pot calling the kettle black. Kem you should be worried.
>>78231211
Unconvincing at striker i should add
>>78231217
haha funny story about that saying
>>78231000
>i must admit i have had problems finding centre backs that can pass unless they're like >185 PA
I mean, either of these two would be better CBs than Wehrmacht tank >>78231048. They also have marginally better CA/PA, but it's not incredible either: 179/180 on the right, 186/186 on the left.
>>78231047
Left is my best CB, best DM, and 3rd best midfielder according to coach reports, where should I be playing him?
He seems to have poor positioning, marking, and tackling for a cb but decent jumping reach.
I think he's more of a midfielder personally.
>>78231298
If you don't have better CBs, I'd play him there or as CM.
Thanks, Mike.
Rare as fuck
Would this tactic work? Out of town so I can't play but I was thinking and I may try it
Gk
Libero (Su)
Inverted WB-BPD-DCB-Inverted WB
Anchor man
Advanced playmaker (su)
Winger (at) - false nine - winger (at)
Meme or viable?
>>78231749
Someone tell me I'm making something of nothing.
>>78231897
What is the issue? Because he is offside? That happens in FM, same as irl, linos don't get it right all the time.
Surprised you haven't seen it before desu.
>>78231928
An offside goal to tie the game in the 89th minute.
I'm just frustrated.
I absolutely understand that it happens, I'm just annoyed that it has happened in this position.
>>78231889
Btw I may change libero to (at) and wingers' roles to (su), we'll see how it goes.
>>78231897
he's not offsides, but that's still a tough one
>Peruvian top divison, league schedule is so hectic there's no separate cup tournament, two games a week most of the time
>so I build a squad just like I would for a CL challenging squad in Europe, with at least 20 first team players for outfield positions
>board decides to sell one of my LWBs without letting me reject it, the sale went through instantly so even though I successfully protested it it was pointless
>have to play some youth LWB, a 17yo called Fernando Schmidt, who can't do anything at all but for some reason is a natural fit for the attacking RWB role
>first choice LWB hobbles off in next game after 20 mins, have to put on Schmidt despite him only having 80% condition (the sale happened just after he played in a youth game)
>greatly reduce the role he'll have in the game, set him to focus on defending and recycling possession to the centre
>10 mins later we go 1-0 down anyway because his awful positioning let a right winger go by unmarked in acres of space in the box
>get an equaliser
>time wearing down, 85th min, still 1-1, so mad at the board for selling a vital LWB, going to kiss title hopes goodbye
>this happens
well ok cool
>>78232012
Really making me think.
>>78231889
Meme tactics are always viable. You'd probably lose possession constantly between the Anchor and playmaker, though.
>>78232095
He's onside, the line hitting 9 is when he would be offside.
>>78231889
>>78231967
Hello Mr. Bielsa wannabe.
Lib(A) and DMs worked very poorly. Well, Libs work poorly even when they do what they're supposed to anyway. Defensive CBs and FBs have no place in football. F9 with no other goalscorer is shoddy at best, so obviously Very Fluid or/and some other sort of at least potential goal scorer.
>>78232225
I'm pretty sure it's not how it works in real-life.
>>78232258
I mean, yeah. But since when was FM realistic?
Really, really wondering what the fuck a general manager, chief data anal, data anal do.
Also, how do I get a DOF? I really can't be fucking bothered handling the u18 and u23 contracts unless they're prodigies.
What are you doing Baker?
We are suppose to bow out of this shitty cup with a respectable defeat
>>78232280
>General Manager
Nothing
>Data Analysts
You see those fancy pre-game and post-game match reports? Yeah, they do that.
Also, you should really handle those contracts, if your DoF does it for you, your wage bill will get fucked up.
It was long overdue.
New:
>>78232295
>>78232295
>>78232295
>>78232280
>how do I get a DOF?
I'm pretty sure ripping your dick off, inflating it and fucking yourself in the ass would be less painful for you.
>>78232034
I fucking loved managing in peru. I think huancayo was the team I managed actually, to little success. schedule is absolute chaos like you say, but it never seems like a grind for some reason
it's just too bad that the league title is irrelevant and even if you're good enough to win it you're going to get pumped in the libertadores