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#454963 Player is being transfer listed and I don’t understand why.
Matt Mindham
#454046 Think I'm Finally Beaten with this game
Matt Mindham
I know where you are coming from. You can, if you wish, go back the 'old way' of building a tactic. There is an option to start from scratch.
The presets are simply 'rough guide' with suggested roles and duties, TIs etc.You can tweak and adjust as much as you like - just as you always did. The suggestions are for those who like to play a certain way, it sounds like you are like me and prefer to build something with the players at your disposal.
I have had some success on the Demo with the presets, but changed Anchor Man to BWM, PF to AF up front. It's square pegs and round holes - if the preset doesn't fit your players then it needs changing.
I struggled with similar when the green Familiarity discs came in, took me nearly a whole year of trying to make sure the discs were all green for everyone before realizing it didn't really matter. The players play according to their attributes/mentality/morale/Traits along with your TIs and PIs.
#454006 Is It Cheating? - Journeyman Query
Matt Mindham
FM is essentially a single-player game, so yeah - play it the way you enjoy it.
I always start at a random cub 'Pick a Team For Me', set my quals as suitable for that club, and go from there - I want the best career I can achieve.
Sometimes I'll choose a nation, or region, but otherwise it's random. I will stand or fall on my ability to make a group of players perform.
#454004 Role Project
Matt Mindham
I open the link and can;t edit it.
I download it as an Excel and formulas are removed.
Would be very interested in running with it for a while, as it looks like something I did for a while, but much better!
Do you find it disagrees with the assistant/game indicators (Green Discs)?
#452058 Is It Cheating? - Journeyman Query
Matt Mindham
I know a lot are start unemployed, no experience etc. But hey - you got the quals.
#442366 Isn't there a Football Manager for Dummies?
Matt Mindham
It can seem a huge task when you first start playing it, especially if you play like me - total immersion.
There are things you can do to make life easier for yourself< as has been said, taking over a big, rich club makes the financial side easier - you can leave it up to others.
Scouting can be left to the Chief Scout
Transfers can be left to the DoF
Youth teams left to the respective managers
Training and press conferences left to your AssMan
Unfortunately, to keep the simulation realistic, there can't be an 'easy' mode like an arcade game, as it would require a massive change in the way the AI and Match Engine works.
To this end, SI do allow you to delegate most of the mundane tasks to your staff, so have a look around the 'Staff Responsibilities' screen and see what you can delegate. As a new player, focus on one or two aspects of the game and let the staff take care of the rest.
With a big club, with a lot of money, you will have good players and a healthy bank account - your players should be good enough to 'hide' tactical errors, while the finances pretty much look after themselves. You can focus on tactics and transfers to start with.
Remember the YouTubers (well, most of them) have been playing the game for years, know the ins and outs intimately and make it look so easy. The rags-to-riches is a great scenario to play, but you do need to do the groundwork first and learn the game to be able to pull that kind of thing off.
To get to the top of the game with Peterhead will need someone who can get the best out of a limited squad, with little to no budget, few skilled staff and nowt in the bank. Benjy might manage it, I have playing for 10 years and I wouldn't back myself to pull it off.
For easier guides and help, use the forums and dig up some blogs - YouTube is often where the really successful ones show off, although there are some good 'beginner guides' to be found.
#439154 fm 2018: No league fixtures until 1/1/2018
Matt Mindham
Also, are you using any add-on database/skin etc?
#439153 Training issues
Matt Mindham
The 'safe' option is always 'Balanced' team training - however, if you use the squad comparison screen you can work out any general training that needs improving. Remember that training, even general team training, is just a way to increase attribute values, so your players will work on attributes.
MATCH PREP: I always prefer one day before the match on match prep - pre-season and first few weeks of season usually keep it on Tactics, from then on it depends on my opposition, but this is used ONLY to prepare for one game with no real long-term benefits.
INDIVIDUAL: use this to train attributes. Position training is just a group of attributes that are trained together.
So, assuming everything is set to average, look at individual players and workloads - a player has to go through team training, as well as follow his individual traning SO anyhitng you add from here will increase his workload - focused training on specific attributes and PPM training will work him harder. You need to be aware of what all your players are doing individually to understand how general training affects them.
SO, my preferred method is - get them match fit pre-season. This can only be done through playing friendlies so my pre-season is a friendly every three days or so, squad rotation and tactical familiarity.
General Training is set as 'average' as my default. If I have two games in the next seven days I drop it to Low, no games for a week I increase it to High. BUT you have to be mindful of players individual workloads.
REst day after the game is standard for me, and occasionally give players an extra day manually if they are high injury risk.
Across the whole club, my u18s are training heavily, training is better for them than matches.
Reserves / u23s are training and/or being loaned out - match time is more beneficial once they are over 18
Hope that helps
#438537 Automatic Opposition Report
Matt Mindham
#430976 Change Number of Subs allowed in Italian Serie A
Matt Mindham
Am sure and editor-savvy expert will come in soon.
#430975 FM 18 Other League Stats
Matt Mindham
#429851 Game star speed
Matt Mindham
#429774 hello everyone, help me please
Matt Mindham
Remember you can tweak the transfer/wage budget if you have any left in the wages - keeping under budget means your nboard will be happier with you and are more likely to agree to spending on facilities when u request it.
#429060 cheap dissertation methodology proofreading site for school
Matt Mindham
Now, can you please explain a Segunde Volante and demonstrate why I should use one instead of Enganche?
#429035 Alex's Codebreaking 4-2-3-1 (Possession)
Matt Mindham
Roles/Duties/TIs etc?
#428693 Player Conversation
Matt Mindham
#427333 I need some advice!!!
Matt Mindham
As Susie says, the full game has been available since November, and I haven't seen anywhere advertising pre-order for FM19 yet but even so, that Beta won;t be available until around October I think.
Where did you order the game from?
#427332 Part Time Contract Question
Matt Mindham
Running the level 10 database at the moment, and lower than Vanarama I could only ever get a one full season contract, ie: signing mid-season to the end of the following season maximum in Isthmian League.
Part-timers are odd creatures though, forever moaning about too much training when, in fact, due to fixture congestion, you haven't trained for a month!
#426151 New To FM Series...Question about Mods
Matt Mindham
as mons said - I also view the real names fix as an essential. Competitions and teams with their proper names, and not the fictional names forced by licensing issues
I also use a kitpack, and a logo pack so the teams now all look like the real thing (also a 3d match engine kit as well if its available!)
DF11 Facepacks are another essential for me, the players look like who they are. I have also found a 'newgen' facepack, with random real faces for the newgen players.
If you play Italian leagues, there shouldn't be a problem finding packs for those teams, plus the major European leagues when playing in European comps,
Now, I am always given the latest release by my daughter, every year for my birthday, and I usually have all these files pre-downloded, extracted and ready to go by then!
I am currently looking for a stadium design mod option, as FM18's lower league grounds all look the same, and all too big for the club - any suggestions?
#423567 FM18 Swap position player instruction - where is it?
Matt Mindham
Not at the game so not specific walk through sorry:
It doesn't appear to be available with the Personalised Instructions in the PI window, but it is, I think, available for the positional instructions. So you can have positions swapping during the game, but not specific players.