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>Essential downloads:
sortitoutsi.net
>Guide to Football Manager
guidetofootballmanager.com
>Pairs and Combinations:
passion4fm.com
>Team Shape and Mentality:
community.sigames.com
>Team Talks:
strikerless.com
>Training and mentoring in FM19
community.sigames.com
>Macca's database:
pastebin.com
pastebin.com
Other urls found in this thread:
twitter.com
twitter.com
1st for regens
If I have dribble less as a team instruction but dribble more as an individual instruction, will the individual instruction take priority?
haven't you got a job to be at?
>Qualfying Round
>Don't bother playing Abdo
>My best MC gets lightly injured
>put Abdo in
>He does this
Well it was a meme team I was playing but it'll make him look better stat wise.
Okay, for some reason my image didn't attach.
>i praise Clayton for scoring another hattrick
>'I'm Not Prepared To Go Over The Subject Again'
Fuck off. Reloading, not having some cunt react badly because of this.
>name is so long that his shirt has to be XXXL and he trips over the dangling sleeves
How do I get back into FM?
What striker role should I use in a 4231 with an attacking mid on support? Poacher or adv forward? Or change it to dlf(s) and an attacking mid on (a)? I feel like this would leave me light in the midul
CF
I play in lower leagues, complete forwards are R A R E
I'd use either an AF or a DLF(A) depending on the attributes of your striker. If he's pacy and can chase balls over the top and into channels, go AF. If you find midfielders are scoring most of your goals and want the striker to contribute to those a bit more, use DLF(A). That will keep him involved with the passing without removing too much of his own goal scoring potential.
Doesn't matter as long as their stats for CF are fine
don't underestimate PF(a) if it's a lone striker in a low-tier team
I like W(a)s in 19 so I'd probably put the amc on support, but I guess it depends what those players are good at
>the best player in your youth intake has a potential of 2.5 stars
>2.5 stars
That'd be nice
it's gonna be a tight finish
>preston
excuse me?
they moved into 9th after this screenshot was taken
>play 4-3-3 because best MC is banned
>once again Abdo doesn't actually do anything
He can't seem to score against teams in same division, only lower.
Okay lads, I need some help. I just got fucking this. No idea why it won't save.
try Save As with a different file name?
Tried it. Didn't work. It was working last night, but I updated my Drivers because shit was crashing. So wondering if that is that. Tried everything SI has said will fix it. But it won't. Sigh. Will try validating files, taking the failed save.
Okay, I validated and I could save when I re-entered. But I shall have to do this game and then do it again.
>gif
>mouse in frame
>>gif
>not being from the days of webms not being allowed on Yea Forums
i am
get with the times grandpa
webms allow higher resolution with lower filesize at the same time
I mean these gifs predate webms being allowed and nobody has the match or original video capture saved to reporoduce the webm so all that could be done would be reencoding the gif to a webm which, outside of saving a small handful of megabytes, will serve no purpose
so dont post them
>stop having fun
No
how is posting the same webm from 8 years ago that youve posted a thousand times fun
I can guarantee you I've posted those gifs less than half a dozen times.
Sometimes its just fun to have a look at some older stuff and repost it to have a laugh at how the match engine has always been bad.
Just watch it and enjoy or don't watch it, don't take internet so seriously man.
i dont think shitposting about you being old as fuck for still using gifs is taking it very seriously
>not being old as fuck
Gonna post about this on my geocities page
damn thats some nice grass...why doesnt my game look like that?
How do you lads set up your midfield in a 442?
How do I into 4-2-3-1. I have WB's on support, two CD on defend, a BWM (support) and a DLP (support). In attacking midfield I have a left wing AP (attack) and ring wing IF (support). Up front I have an AF. Worst performing players are the BWM and DLP. I'm trying to play a possession based tactic. All players are suited to their roles
Ask if you need to know any more
damn this guy just fucked up my defender
I've been seeing more of this shit recently. Especially in low tier.
the spin move? me too, but this was prem league
Here is my possession based 4-2-3-1
I sometimes use asymmetrical AMs with one inside forward and two AMCs
also you can use a DLP(d) with a BBM or BWM as CMs instead if you prefer
Wonderful stuff
No its not
lol all this keeper had to do was charge forward and my dumbass striker would have missed
aren't you supposed to have two holding CM's in le double pivot formation?
supposedly but that formation works for me
I won the league and got to the final of the champions league with it
>wnt
>Unh
>Home bias is a mem-
Imagine wanting to get rid of away goals counting double. I think they should improve away goals to counting 3 to 5 times as much as home goals instead
I still kinda wish they get rid of it in extra time though 2bf.
I'm okay with scrapping away goal advantage in extra time, but for compensation away penalties should count double
This whole game would be moot if Ousmane Dembele had buried that chance to make it 4-0
His whole CA was sunk into his two-footedness. What did you expect?
CM 01/02 will never be bettered
fucking match engine bullshit
That goes against fair play and they should let Barcelona score one unchallenged desu
>hurrrr da FM match engine overrates home bias
Nice to see the FM engine mirroring real life >home advantage
in the CL
Seems even broken clocks are right twice a day my dear Jacobson.
Wonderful stuff.
>Important Matches is a thing
don't die lads
Must keep alive.
Reminder Yea Forums shitposting over the next couple of hours will be massive, please do your part to keep us alive.
>one of Ajax, Spurs, or Liverpool will win the CL
lads
>Spuds
I will not acknowledge that.
Big, BIG fan of /trb/
it's gunna be Ajax
I'm fearing it
Ajax
Fuck's sake Johan, now's not the time. They actually play the beautiful game.
Like we saying in the heaven its not afgelopen till it is afgelopen.
state of these fucking pannennkoeken munchers
Reminds me...
>No Dutch LLM db to ride on the hypetrain
FM is fucking dead. Claassen killed those dbs.
Nah. Liverpool are gonna win. They might even do the double. There is no reason for them to lose now.
lemme push this thread with a practical joke
>There is no reason for them to lose now.
Ajax
>Imp Matches 18
>Important Matches 18
They just twatted Barcelona, who were rested, 4-0. Ajax are fucking nothing. They need to get past Spuds first. Either Liverpool or Spurs winning would be unbearable. But Ajax would be amazing. As usual, Barcelona fuck it up.
>Ajax are fucking nothing
Oh nice, Yea Forums is still doing the things where it swaps images when posts are made at the same time. Neat.
They drew to fucking Spuds. I don't see them getting past Spurs. I want Ajax to win purely for those boomer feels but they won't.
doubt.jpg
I haven't seen that bug in like 4 years
But I don't have that image saved.
Wow
Shocking
Can confirm, it was happening yesterday as well.
I knew it.
Rate this lad. Look how well he's doing. Fucking insane.
Amazin'
faceinthegame/10
And this is his partner.
Ajax is /trb/'s team.
>mfw an english team wins the CL every year in every save
>yfw both the CL and EL finals end up all-English
Right now it looks like this:
EL Semis: Nottm Forest (me)/Chelsea and Bayern/Man City
CL Semis: Liverpool/ManU and Arsenal/Real Madrid
Abdo saved me.
>match congestion kicking our ass
>my CB drops below 50%
>replace him with my 2nd choice keeper with 10 minutes left and a 2 goal lead
wish me luck lads
irl mate
>this fucking fixture list
Qatar 2022 was a mistake.
433 was right again. Get fucked Butters.
>getting four days rest only twice well into the new year
big yikes
For me? It is één-vier-drie-drie.
>top 5 premier league team
>pre-match press conference for the game against the Doncaster Over 80s Wheelchair XI
>give the 'golden oldies' shit talk
>they suddenly turn into 1970 Brazil and win 3-0
Press conferences are shit and need to be removed.
My philosophy makes me one of the best!
>right off kick-off
>ball over the top
seething
>defensor sporting (uy) asks $25M for his 18yo st with no games on first squad yet
nice game
>page 8
came in midway through the season, team had 0 wins. board expectation was finish last. I delivered big time.
At least there's nowhere to go but up.
home bias
vs.
"second leg against bigger team who underestimated you in the first" bias
place your bets
we were complete shit so the result is inconclusive
Is that Steaua?
the artist formerly known as, yes. there was some sort of conflict with the romanian army or something and they had to change their name, I'm not pretending to understand
Weird.
just realized, isnt ajax basically cheating?
1-4-3-3 vs 4-2-3-1, ajax plays with one more player than tottenham, no? how is this aloud?
shit, you're right. just notified uefa
The goalkeeper is implied, it's 4-3-3 not 1-4-3-3
My philosophy is shit that doesn't work but looks sexy... on paper.
It's 1-4-3-3.
False 1s are definitively the big brain move.
If you ehh, play the 1-4-2-3-1.. You have no natural triagles in front of de defence he? So you can put one of the 2's one linie omhoog then you have de natural triangles and then you have 1-4-3-3.
Yeah, but two banks of four when defending with the two strikers pressing the opposition's CB really reduces space. That's easier to defend 2bh.
Yes but thats why in de build up phase we drop in de 6 he? So we have de man more situation and then we can build up easier!
He's right you know
But then you also need to drop the 10, otherwise your lone 8 losing the ball can have rather catastrophic results with your 6 dicking around out of position. That, or just play a big man up front who can hold the ball. Seems hoofball is a bigger brain move than anticipated.
Yes but that is already implied in the 3 in the 1-4-3-3 he? Because we always playing in relation to each other he in positioning.
But it's no longer two banks of four.
yes but de ingezakte 6 always goes back into de midfield position he when he is past de 1st phase of build up he? So den you have the 4 at the back again.
The transitions are more dangerous since there's always one player alone when you're supposed to have two banks of four.
One possible solution both midfielders move back and create a box with their CBs. the FBs move up, and the wingers move in. Although I'll admit boxes are a bit less sexy than triangles and diamonds...
>LEEDS
based. fuck leeds
I'm at the stage of FM where I have an annual subscription to the league title but I get exposed in the CL when it counts (lost the final against PSG 2 years ago, dad dicked by Real in the semi last year) so I'm in the phase where I'm just waiting for my wonderkids to develop into world beaters and fuck around for 2 years.
Name a fun meme formation thar I'll try to make work next year. Caveats: has to be fun/interesting, and something that makes me think "this might actually work"
I have ample striker talent, AMC talent and winter talent. Maybe something like a 343 with wingmids and amr/aml?
Where did it all go so wrong after 2041/42?
1-4-3-3
I should add that i dont have talented fullbacks, the ones i have are all great athletes who don't know how to play football. Good LB regens dont exist in the database. Which sucks cause I've always preferred formations with wingbacks
I'm also still playing fm18
>the ones i have are all great athletes who don't know how to play football
Retrain a DM, CM or >wenger.
>Where did it all go so wrong after 2041/42?
I was never good enough to be a champion or consistent because we played like 2013/14 Liverpool and we scored a lot but also conceded shitloads. My tactics are erratic shit, I just got lucky that year because everyone else was so shit, I won with only 80 points lmao. And even in the following two seasons I lost out only by 1 and 3 points. Previous season I tried playing more conservative and we won the CL and this year we have a chance of a semi (along with FA cup final). Also my transfers are shit, I keep overhauling the squad but now I try to be more conservative and develop young players.
Would take a million years to get proficiency up from 1 to 18 in that position
Yes but we accepting the transition weakness he. It is een attacking philisophy so the attack always has de priority over de defensive transition he?
1-4-3-3.
3-3-3-1
>WE
LOST TO FUCKING
>GUINGAMP
Tripfags need not apply
...
...
looking in your eyes
i never realised
just how happy you make me
oh tielemans
you came and you gave without taking
but i sent you away
oh tielemans
you scored for me and stopped me from losing
and i need you today
oh tielemans
...
>Tielememe
>In the year of our lord Football Manager 2019
Just get Rakeem Harper instead.
Monday tuesday Habib Beye
How haven't you won the league in 4 years?
wheres your favorite place to pluck wonderkids from?
denmark, I think
>The biggest disappointment is the team's poor performance in the Premier League
huezil for me
my two best players have both suffered a broken leg, within two days of each other
fuck this extremely gay earth
Eastern Yurope
see
ty Slovensko. I posted before continued scrolling.
>"Tireless" Midfielder
>has to be subbed off at 60' because he's tired
#blessed 3 workrate winger that finishes match with better condition than he started it with.
>encourage team
>whole team becomes "Frustrated by the feedback"
Is there anything more useless than a center back with bad consistency? This guy is the best in the world stats wise but it's a toss up if he will get rating of
>it's another "head every single ball to the opposition" episode
A striker with poor positioning.
Any iteration of Junior Hoilett, god he makes me sick
FA Cup win in England only gets you a Europa league spot?? I thought it was Champions League
It only has a bit of influence on Decisions. He just needs the right attributes to perform.
>This flag
There's no bloody cup aside from the Europa League that nets you a CL spot.
thanks pierre
>Campobasso draws against Aurora Capriatese
>2 points behind us
>Even if we were to draw we'd still win the title
>We're up against dead-last Aurora Ururi, meaning even that isn't an option
If we lose and slip, the same thing will happen with City and Brighton, screencap this.
positioning doesnt fucking matter on a striker, its off the ball u imbecile
my sides @ this post
>Campobasso draws again
>This happens
K E K
Now play-offs time.
Well, here goes nothing
AW FUCK
Now I remember why I hate playing in Northern Ireland
lol he tricked u
whats the best way to structure mentoring groups?
Do H&W Welders have a youth system yet?
Yes, and their u20's team is fairly good as well. They almost won the Youth League in my first season.
>"Easy win"
>Think it's the AI being retarded again
>Check CA and PA of Cervia
>Literally Serie D levels
Ave Maria, piena di grazia, il Signore è con te, benedetto è il frutto del tuo seno Gesù...
Glad to see they've improved from 14.
>Two goals ruled off-side
>Down to ten men over retarded red from the ref
>Still win
LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO
>mfw people tell me that "Ajax are nothing"
Thanks a lot for this tactic, user. It literally saved my save
>LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO LUONGO
*LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
I was saying Fuck Marchand.
>
Did Miles hack into the champions league?
>Posting mid-match
Someone got complacent
Wtf. This week has been legitimately inconceivable
Reminder shitposting is gonna be massive again so please keep /trb/ alive
brb canpl lads
These semis in the real world feel like the scripted ridiculous-comeback-in-the-2nd-leg games in fm that you can’t do anything against. when the simulation decides you’re fucked now and you know damn well
Never say that the game engine is rigged and not realistic again
Reminder YD movie nights used to be a thing
fuck off miles
dont you go dying on me
Remember to:
Respect the style of play.
live live
>got name fix for ECL and UCL
>Have to make an entire new game to put it in
Is there no way to add shit to an existing game or am I fucked
Ok guys, I want to start a save where I work from the lower leagues in Ireland to winning the CL. I'm using Claasen's Ireland league system, I think it goes down into the lower leagues for each county. Any ideas who I should play as? Any Irish poster's local team? Or just a city I should try to play in?
Who here /making a profit/?
Based UCL money is everything in this >game, lads.
to the top
Shamrock Rovers
Cabinteely.
>the Isle of Van
Is there a stat which tracks how many times you hit the woodwork? Seems to happen at least 3 times per match.
Yes
hit 'customise' and then 'woodwork'
WELSH
M
A
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Getting bored with my save, what's a meme team I could play that can get in the UCL, but would be hard to do? I have all of Europe available with dbs
SexyPoxyt or FC Santa Claus
FC Elva
Tenerife, of course.
Or just pick a semi-pro lower league team in one of the big leagues and take them to glory
As memetic as these are SC Bastia seems like fun
They are the memeiest of the Canarian clubs.
>They are the memeiest of the Canarian clubs.
We beat the memeiest of the Canarian clubs last Saturday
>needing refball to beat Las Palmas
we are BIG TIME now
>"""issey"""
Getting stuck in?
I have to assume it's possible to play some other way, but I'm not sure why you'd want to
APOLOGISE
Sorry m8
True. I don't mean to tempt you into a more European style. Keep going.
RIP Pacific
oh god. this is rape
>they say it's gonna be easy
>mfw
Gottem.
At least you guys still have the Whitecaps.
Kind of.
BC sports in CRISIS
you know it's bad when local news sources are giving in-depth coverage of the local WHL and lacrosse teams
I couldn't believe my eyes last night when I checked the WHL score and saw Prince Albert up 7-0 on Vancouver after the first. That's fucked up.
WOW. don't follow the league at all, heard they'd lost, had no idea it was that bad
ok, do we have any volleyball teams? bowling? we must be good at something
youre good at losing land because someone shot a pig
oh no, not the irrelevant islands in georgia strait! now we're down to just 4 million of them
I got the easiest world cup qualifying group ever and somehow I'm choking. I lost against Ukraine 2-1, conceding 2 after 85 minutes, then somehow drew 2-2 against Latvia. My strikers are horribly out of form, my favourite player retired, and all my full backs keep breaking their legs. Fortunately Armenia were here to cheer me up. If I lose against Ukraine, I will kill myself.
The Cascadia "national" team hasn't lost a game in almost a calendar year, does that count?
Very cool
i understand that theyre actually completely irrelevant but that one was one of the larger ones and at the time they wanted to farm on it to support the 'city'
Alright that works.
How are the vistas?
Great because I'm only signing Frenchies because I have no money
>Rape
Try liking the clown show that is the Revolution. 4-0 to fucking Shitcago, why can't they be like other Boston area teams and be fucking good
Not going to lie, fuck Boston.
Also,
>Celtics
>good
That's fair, Everyone outside of New England fucking hates us but at least we didn't win an owl and burn the fucking city down
I don't follow apehoop, I follow relevant sports like Football, baseball, Hockey and "American" football. Being from the north I of course like the Yankees
>I of course like the Yankees
Jesus Christ.
>I don't follow apehoop
>I follow relevant sports like American football
no, youre not from the north
go back to alabama
I realize my taste is shit, at least I don't follow some meme ass team like Arsenal or Liverpool
I am, I just never really liked basketball all that much, Hockey and Footy are the sports I'm into the most
I'm going to take that as a compliment towards Arsenal.
>Can't get into the CL
They are shit desu, the team I like isn't even in the PL anymore sadly
Sounds like they might just be shit.
>0-0 with 15 minutes to play
What is this prairie trash
Thank you Escalante.
>contracts expiring
>players wanting double their current wages
oh fug
>GK saves 3 of the 4 pens he faces, all great stops to win us the cup QF
>congratulate him on PK performance
>AKSHUALLY I wasn't that good
>morale drops 3 tiers
Fuck off Miles what the hecking heck
This but in MLS with a salary cap.
How the fuck did I manage this
everyone but psg are shit?
is this a db where they don't have mario "penalty expert" balotelli?
I memed it hard, and the DB just adds the French leach to D5
Marseille doesn't know how to spell reliability anyway.
they're hilarious to watch. I don't follow them closely at all, but every time I do watch a game they're either in desperate crisis or steamrolling their opponents
Is Russel Clayton getting any interest from bigger clubs?
>0 shots
>1 on target
I skipped out on FM19, do you guys think 20 will have any good additions or should I play just play 18?
If 20 isn't any good, just get 19. If you have the money I would honestly encourage you to get it now. Just stop playing 18, you'll love yourself more
>go undefeated for first 15 games of the season
>go winless for the next 8, even losing 2-0 to bottom of the table
I don't get it, does the game intentionally fuck you over or does the opposition figure out your tactics
Figures you out. If you play a counter-attacking style, the AI will begin to sit deeper, if you play possession, the AI will begin to press you harder. Maximize your options; have all 3 tictac slots fully prepared. Have one with 3CBs if you usually play 2, have one possession based with more (s) players, have one counter-attacking for away games, have players that can fill multiple roles on the pitch (i.e. having that one CM that can also play CB) to prevent having to commit to one strategy per match, and finally, stop using wingers.
cheers, will vary tactics a bit
>winning by 3 goals at 90 mins
>they score at 90+2
>again at 90+4
>game ends at 90+8
Fergie time was literally one giant fucking highlight and I'm fucking livid that they were even able to score 2 goals. Especially when I parked the bus after the first goal yet still had every fucker up for a corner.
Park the bus is as much of a trap as overload in my experience. When I need to defend a lead I just drop the back line deeper and tty to protect my full backs.
>losing by a goal
>some players look disinterested
>show some passion
>looked furious
Do u guys remember me boasting about how I have a subscription to the league title?
I choked it so bad this year that Bayern clinched the title with 5 days to go. Kill me.
At least I'm in the CL final against Atletico, easy win imo
I have to air my grievances though. FM is such a garbage, trash tier game. Tactics and especially player ability don't fucking matter compared to morale. If your morale is very good or better, your players will do exceptionally well, make shots into tight windows, get lucky on both ends of the pitch, etc. But if you lose two games because of bad luck and morale plummets to average, you are fucked. You'll get 34 shots, 25 on target, 10 CCCs at home and still lose 0-2 against a trash Freiburg side who score from two long range shots. All my players just skied every shot or hit 'em straight at the GK, regardless of how good they are. Meanwhile, happy players can score reliably and consistently with 10 finishing and 12 composure. Fucking stupid game
My slip in the table started when I got annihilated by Leipzig, 0-3 at home, after my GK got injured in minute 3 or so. Like any self respecting tribbler, I didnt have a GK ondabench. That fucking shit lost me the whole season, that shit killed morale badly. L
>entire defense fuck up
>tell everyone to concentrate
>defense are furious, everyone else doesn't give a fuck
are you playing as ajax?
Delete this post, too soon
...
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
as it stands, my own regen scored the CL winner. He's so fucking good I LOVE THIS KID
I actually won it all and completed the mickey mouse treble with the DFB-Pokal and our equivalent of the community shield.
If only I had not choked the title by getting overconfident and cocky. This was a treble year, FUCK
DLP (s) - CM (s)
Playing very fluid though
>Sign Senegalese mid-fielder for Eccellenza run
>Good but not great, could develop a bit more and stay in shape in case I need to switch someone up
>Move him to Under 20s as we don't have a Reserve team
>CHIMP OUT
>Forces me to put him back on the main team
>Release him on a free because LOL Amateur Contracts
Fucking mercenaries I swear, this never happens with players with Italian double nationality.
for me, its a DLP(s) and a BBM(s) or a CM(s).
APa on the wings is a bit garbage (at least until FM18, don't own FM19), because APa are hesitant to enter the box and finish because their settings make them prioritize dropping a bit deeper so that teammates can always find them for the past. They're looking to make assists. But in most formations, you want your wingers to be one of your 3 main attackers. Hence, use wingers, raumdeuters or IF.
AFa
IFa - AMs - IFa
DLPd - CMs
WBs - CD - CD - WBs
you can also use WBa, but I'm not a huge fan of that in formations that dont have DMs.
Protip: The entire attacking midfield line is fucking garbage in FM, dont fucking use that shit. Wingers are better as ML/MR, attacking midfielders are better as central midfielders, etc.
Yeah, the opposition essentially starts treating you more cautiously and paying more attention to you, focusing more on specific tactics vs your team, which is frustratingly difficult to respond to, at least for me
AML/R are amazing in 19. inverted-foot W(a)s will:
>run down the line and cross
>cut inside and finish, both with the ball and to get on the end of a cross
>pass (mostly) intelligently
>do defensive work
>do defensive work
so Tungsten really wasn't lying to me, huh? Up until FM18, AML/AMR really are normal wingers who think theyre strikers, they get marked out of the game all the time and don't defend. So frustrating
yeah, I know what you mean. I used to dismiss the position immediately. now I can't live without it.
my current setup has a holdup-merchant at centre forward (usually PF) and two wingers doing all of the attacking, but they still do a reasonable job of covering their fullback.
this guy's attributes would have made me terminate his contract on sight in old versions, but here he's one of my most effective players
Most successful tactic I've used this year was a 4-2-3-1 using a PF(s) and AMR/AML on attack. Scored so much through the wing play, but had good threats from my AMC and forward as well. Pretty good shit. Just got a bit boring for me to play 4-2-3-1 lads. It's all so tiresome.
the fuck is a PF?
fucking oldfag that doesnt even know what roles are anymore because hes stuck in his fm12 fantasy
SAD
Every FM since 15 has been a disappointment, why would I buy FM19 when every game is a rehash of the older ones? I wasnt aware that they actually improved the ME this time
Decent draw for our first CL campaign. Barca will be tough but the rest should be straightforward
I am willing to pay 200m for one fucking world class left back or a talent who might become world class in the future but they don't fucking exist or are 30+. Literally not a single good LB in the entire database. what the fuck
I'm literally checking every 15 year old youth player at the most obscure clubs for an LB, they dont exist. how long does it take to retrain a winger from 0 ability at WB to at least 15 or so? assuming they are versatile?
>Get promoted out of Nat3
>Immediately gain pro status
Is this the power of the French?
Bastia was still pro until August 17 but I don't know if the game takes it into account
>start my backup GK against shitty opposition
>they record 0 shots on goal
>he gets named in Team of the Week
lol wut
Well there was basically zero money because they were relegated due to financial reasons but idk if the game does take it into account, I didn't even push for pro status the owner just told me we were pro again
>ronaldo is 37
>still scores against me in every match
fuck off and retire already you cunt
"decent", doesn't get much easier than that.
>notice player looks anxious
>calm down
>now he's furious
If my morale drops because of that I always start praising conduct and asking for signing recommendations because it seems to always make the players happier when I need them to stop moping
story of my life with suarez, he finally retired this year thank heavens
calm down is for players who got carded. anxious players you'd want to praise to give them a confidence boost
I love how proud I get with my teams. It's a wonderful game sometimes
Oh right cheers my man
Yeah, especially for those couple of regens that you got from your own youth intake. I have suuuch a hard time moving on from outclassed academy players and I'll try to keep them on as the 25th man in my squad for as long as I can
>that filename
I just play left wingers at left back and make them love me
I'd do that if there was a single left-footed winger talent out there that has at least SOME knowledge of playing the wingback position. they dont. im not gonna try and retrain a youth player for 5 years just to get them to competent at WL
formerly known as defensive forward
"actually improved" would be overstating it. like most versions it's different but only fractionally better than its predecessor
Like if you had them in the lower leagues and don't have the heart to get rid of them.
Is it possible to dominate with actual fast paced football in FM? Every time I try to play high rythm quite direct football while being a big team, it fails miserably and I get countered hard.
I gave this guy lots of starts in the fucking CL because he was with me in the 3rd division.
Beyer at Koblenz was a love story in 7 acts
If he played okay then no harm done. Guess he deserves it if he was helping you get to where you are
Yeah, I kept him on as my 5th CB forever until I had to make space for a regen that was too old to play in my U19s and looked promising. Felt so bad though, he was always good for me, never made mistakes, always performed decently etc.
The CBs that I have right now are young and talented and have much better attributes but man do they suck.
I kept playing this guy in the CL for essentially the same reason. he did OK
He honestly doesn't even look that bad. My """""world class""""" fullbacks are about that good technically and mentally, they just have 18 in most physical attributes.
Actually from looking at him I maybe would have kept him around and used him as mentor in training possibly?
I usually don't need tutors because I only ever buy top notch regens that have good personality and det, so often times tutoring my players does more harm then good. I only need a handful of good mentors for my own youth intake regens, and I usually have enough in my squad already
Fair enough, I'm doing semi pro stuff right now so trials and looking trough the bins for youngsters is my situation
I'm also cheating because I edited the database to put my club in the 3rd division (they'd otherwise be 5th div and unplayable in FM unless they miraculously promote twice) and gave them an unreasonable level of youth recruitment because I play FM only to have regens that I can emotionally bond with, so I have the privilege of getting a decent amount of good youngsters with good personalities so I dont need to worry about mentoring
Who the fuck does this faggot agent think he/his player is? Just some speculative transfer because my scout thinks he'll develop nicely, even though he's quite underdeveloped for his age, and he thinks he has leverage in this negotiation?
Should I drop his ass like a hot potato? Or do you think that a teenager shouldnt be held accountable for his agent's actions
yeah, crossing in particular is something so rare to find in regen fullbacks. I don't get it, a 2 second look at real football should tell SI that fullbacks aren't just short CBs anymore
ALL fullback regens, without exception, are athletes. They're worse at football than my lazy ass with a bum knee. I challenge anyone to show me a "complete" fullback regen with any sort of technical ability (crossing, passing, technique, first touch)
It's the best way to play fm when you build something like that. What's really fun about taking over a massive team who already expect the dominate.
I'm Hemel Hempstead and they're my nearest team in this game and we can get Watford academy players released every summer so that's nice
What's the point of a CMs?
It doesn't defend, doesn't attack, isn't creative.
It's just there.
to control the space init
are you serious? CMs is one of the best roles out there.
PS: Whether a player is creative or not isnt dependent on his role, it depends purely on his actual ability.
CMs doesnt limit the player in stupid ways like most roles do. Its often a better idea to let the player choose what the best action is for a given situation than have him be constrained by his role.
Always a defensive liability for me, and they never add more than CMd offensively for some reason.
That depends largely on the formation you use them in and the mentality that they end up having (depends on your overall approach to the game, like whether youre on counter or control etc). CMs is a solid as fuck role.
What do you think of 3-1-4-2?
Fucking hate your midfield roles. Your central midfielders have enough men behind them to be more attacking, and your formation begs for more support in attack. Use two mezzalas on attack duty. I'd set my wingers to defensive winger on support duty, by the way. set the midfielder to DLPd at least, for the love of god.
how does having a stopper with a DM in front of him work out? never tried it
What's wrong with BBM+RM? It's my most used combo
Pretty good. We had the best defense in the league by a mile, even with selling half my defenders in the window and users youngsters instead.
What is the best formation for Djibouti shitters? All of the players are absolute shit, probably similar to 9th tier England
at that level I don't think it makes sense to implement some kind of philosophy top-down, you need to figure out what your best players are good at and where your weaknesses are, then work backwards
This is just my opinion by the way, based on my few years of experience.
BBM: Will enter the enemy third, but only very late and after the ball already made it there. It's basically the player role version of the "enters the opposition late". So he will *support* your attack, but he won't position himself as a passing option to facilitate/initiate attack. He'll generally try not to be ahead of the ball. The problem is that your formation only has two strikers (who will be pretty isolated on their own) and nobody to support them. You need a couple more adventurous midfielders that are willing to attack open spaces and offer passing lanes for your midfield so thta you can actually bing the ball forward when youre not counter attacking.
BBM is generally used when the area behind your midfield is weak and you want a player to drop deep in defense to add numbers to your defensive mid area while still contributing numbers to your attack, unlike the defensive duties you'd need to use for other roles to get the same defensive support out of your player. you dont need that kind of defence because you ahve three CBs and a defensive midfielder. It'd be better for your defensive spacing to have him not drop back so much.
RPM: Actually pretty similar in their offensive support to the BBM in that they don't want to be ahead of the ball, so they cause the same problem in your formation. Furthermore, what the RPM does is move a lot laterally, providing support on the flanks. The problem is that you have wingers in his line (ML and MR), so that aspect of his game will actually make your players bunch up on the wings and leave the midfield wide open, weakening your offensive structure.
I will continue this in a second post
lastly, playmaker roles greatly alter the players' decision making process. a playmaker prioritizes being open for an easy pass over anything else, the playmaker wants to receive the ball (and, by positioning himself in a way that other players can always pass to him, he'll receive a lot of passes) to then create something. what this also means it that he'll be even more discouraged to actually take an aggressive position to help your team carry the ball forward, because he wants the pass to him to be easy, and will therefore stay behind enemy lines. he's probably the worst possible role you can use in the MC position for your formation.
What you need is at least two midfielders who will push forward so that the players behind them can pass to them in an attempt to attack the opponent's third of the pitch. you therefore want an attacking role that is willing to be ahead of the ball and that isnt a playmaker role (again, those prioritize being open and therefore wont stick close to the defenders).
CMa is a fantastic role that works in almost any formation, its really good. MEZa is also great, its a bit more attacking and the players positions themselves a bit wider (attacking the half spaces), which fits your formation well - you have wingers that attack the flanks and two strikers that attack the center, so having two CMa that attack the area behind the strikers might be a bit redundant and having them stray a bit wider might compliment your formation well. Though I'd say try out both roles and see whether you prefer CMa CMa, MEZa MEZa or a combination.
Oh by the way, if you feel like having two attacking roles in midfield fucks up your spacing/spreads out your midfield too much, you can put one of the two in a support role instead. if you use a CM and a MEZ, put the CM in support role rather than the MEZ.
Its gonna be another long season
actually that looks like quite the short season with me, seeing hwo you'll only have 6 european games
pls don't die :(
Why defensive wingers?
real nice start to the season
cant wait for it to all come crashing down after the 2022 world cup
>defender complaining that he wants to be at a club that can win the league
my mans finna look at the league table sometime
You have only 1 player per wing capable of covering the flanks, so you want a player that can offer wing play both offensively and defensively, and the DW does that quite well imo
But do you really need more than a WMF? I've found that they're able to sufficiently carry the defensive load. Maybe it's because my midfield is heavily support and not attack but I've found I need them going forward
>2022 world cup
Enjoy having a game every 3-4 days.
To be honest, no idea about that. You might be right.
lets play a game:
guess the score
1-1
>All English finals in both CL and EL
Rest of Europe confirmed shit
>brits literally buying european throphies with 90% foreign squads.
2-1
0-0
found my all time favorite FM player with decent coaching stats for my youth side
well...decent mental stats at least
Hello lads who will win the CL and EL.
Good man, Srna was a top bargain buy on saves for fucking years
Liverpool and Arsenal
liverpoo and arsenal. both will be tense but forgettable games
the bogdanoffs
I won 0-4, I never lose u idiots
>Roman Grub
your team is so good that you have a pile of spaghetti up front and still win
I don't get it, maybe because I'm German and can only read his name the German way
>my team has amazing early season form
oh god I know where this leads, my league starts taking me/my tactics seriously and shit starts falling apart come january
Youre lucky, half my team just asked for new contracts even though im 100k above my wage budget already. Morale is rapidly dropping
I just tell them that they have multiple years left on their contract so I wont extend for now. They say OK boss every time.
Only works like 20% of the time,
well I'm very renowned at this point and my players would suck my dick if I told them to, so yeah.
Marq!
>page 7
About retraining wingers: don't bother
Just play them as wing backs anyway. Them having the right stats for it is much more important than their position familiarity
>it's another all-English FA Cup final
I saw you in /got/
>2-0 up and cruising at half time in league cup
>bring off striker to give him a rest
>dm comes on to shore things up
>3-2 down within 10 minutes of restart
This game is fucking shite.
lmao
Manchester in shambles
grub is slang for food. although 2bh I have no idea how widespread that is
We say it here. That's what's most important.
>reserve teams in the lower leagues
I really hate this shit
>Greg McKegg with a goal in the Eastern Final
I've always rated him.
what the fucking hell is this scheduling
Fuck Boston.
>French Nat has a max of 99 players registered
Is this the db I have being retarded or is this real
>FA Trophy Qualifying Round 3
>5-1 up at half time
>Concede twice in second half, don't even have a highlight where I attack
>Tell my players it was a Jekyll and Hyde performance
>CONFUSED AND DEMOTIVATED
How is that difficult? You didn't even get a shot on target and conceded two goals when you were beating them 5-1. Quick sum up:
Clayton
Apps: 23(1)
Goals: 30
Assists: 13
Tshimanga
Apps: 23(1)
Goals: 20
Assists: 14
Also I got the Brexit term where it's really confusing based on cost and apps and stuff. This is why I hate playing in the UK now. You get dealt shit hands.
IIRC it's something they fixed in the editor a couple years ago where if you didn't set a player cap, it would default it to like 10 or 20 or something stupid instead of unlimited. So people would just set it to 99, and they still do
Ohh that makes a lot more sense, either way it's good because now I don't have to choose some players over others and I have full access to all of my squad
>Clayton is banging them in
>Is 16
>Training says 'Needs Bigger Challenge'
Does that mean he's not gonna improve until he plays higher division/skill players, or does it mean he won't (unless he moves)? I doubt I could get £100k for him but it'd be great if I could.
I think it's mostly about playing in a higher standard competition, whichever team that's for. but I also doubt he won't develop at ALL in his current situation, he just won't develop as fast as he could
200k
straight into the starting lineup
Cheers.
>buy st for 45M
>shitter scores only 2 goals in 7 games
>fine him
>"MUH I'VE PLAYED MUCH BETTER THAN YOU THINK"
Back to back play-off promotions
dare i say, rigged?
I'm raping it up and I am now bored. Scout program time to find memey regens outside of UK and my known areas.
>all that CA wasted on those other positions
IT HURTS. Also, dude has poor natural fitness. He's never gonna use that speed to fullest advantage. Poor dribbling but with Killer Balls Often he should be OK.
do you like my team?
Step it up.
there are about 4 teams in the sky league anyway
okay, this is the first regen i signed using a scout program. i didn't check before i bought, i just searched for regen and signed whomever would sign. not too bad.
I know kek. It nearly always happen if you utterly twat your opponent. But 11 is difficult.
It happens several times per game for me, 99% sure it's just another >3d engine meme innaccuracy and not intentional
Yeah I've seen loads of new shit in the match engine. I've seen several 'missed header' animations too, plus dribbling and tricks and shit.
Anybody ever play with 4-2-3-1 with the 2 being 2 ball winning midfielders in the middle?
I like to fall asleep while answering an imaginary interview in my head about the last game I played
only place where journalists ask relevant questions
is this /trb/ or real life managing
Of course this can't be real life
FM makes me feel loved sometimes
Of all the teams I faced so far this season, my first loss happens against fucking Besiktas? And its a comprehensive blowout? The fuck are you fucking doing you complacent pieces of shit, literally every player below 6.4 will get a 2 week fine for this game
How much CA does it take to be two footed ?
Should I bother training the right foot of a left only player ?
a fuckton. two-footedness and speed generally have the highest CA cost of all for most positions. in my opinion its not worth it to be honest
what an absolute clusterfuck, 3 straight months of playing 2 times a week
what was the worst scheduling you had?
I don't see anything wrong with that, my schedule always looks like this except for international breaks which fuck my players up WAY worse than my regular schedule as I rotate frequently
When you reach the point where you are the best team in the world, you never have less than 2 games a week
Took over the team with 15 games to play. Rate my comeback /trb/
>me in charge of posting the picture
fixture list too
>0-3 win over Liverpool away
nice...they're so OP in every save i have, feel like no matter how good my team is I can't win at anfield
Found this young lad in my youth team. Is this illegal?
>it's another "their keeper suddenly turns into a god when he's playing against our team" episode
He's not very good man, don't know what to tell you. He won't develop well enough for Ligue 1 at least.
he's not even 15 yet, the fuck are you on about
backup DM material for sure. good personality, decent mentals for his age. kind of a limited player but will probably be good enough for occasional ligue 1 appearances someday
I'm going to lose to OM next round arn't I
>turkish goalkeeping
nvm hes belgian
you poor soul. who tricked you into managing bastia?
I asked the thread and this was the club that popped up that wasn't FC santa clause who I alreeady did a save with. It's gone well , in the National right now with a new Sugar Daddy owner because the old owner sold the team due to financial issues so it actually hasn't been all that bad
>Sugar Daddy
I see. still, nice work with beating PSG
i wish this game would cool it with the own goals
I didn't know how I managed it, I knew I had to either keep the early lead or win in pens, I gotta face Strasbourg next,, I'm slightly confident that I can win this cup considering the toughest opponent is gone.
>it's another "key player injured 30 seconds into the game" episode
fuck right off
I've been so close in every CL game and I keep getting dicked on in the last few minutes
the old 'huge comeback and then get btfo in the last second' meme. I'm never surprised if I lose after coming back from 3+ goals down.
Okay, signed 5 or so regens. Some look great. Gonna leave them in the youth team for a season or two.
UCL is so close lads
>When you let your Ass Man manage so many games instead of you that he wins the manager of the year award and not you
:(
man Spurs are really unwilling to move this guy
GET FUCKED RENTBOYS AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>go on vacation for 20 days before 2022 WC starts because there are no games for two months
>come back and start reading mail
>player is getting upset
>player wants to disucss personal matters with you
>squad unhappy with treatment of player
>"Player facing uncertain future after fallout"
>"Pressure building as player looks to force move"
ffs didnt know all hell was gonna break loose from going on vacation for 3 weeks
It's always like that
>become a medium sized recently promoted PL club fighting against relegation since two season
>City has a 21 years old former very hot prospect who NEVER played yet
>2 m value
>make enquiry
>they ask 120 millions
Seriously fuck this.
Should've arranged some friendlies to keep the lads fresh and occupied.
Natural fitness doesn't affect pace, I'm pretty sure.
As a player gets tired he slows down and can't abuse his pace any more. Therefore natural fitness means he can last longer at 'full speed'.
This is why I never bother going on vacation. It just fucks everything up.
>watching some NT manager run my star player ragged during the winter world cup
Which team should I play?
My assman is the oppossite, I don't think there was a time where he didn't fuck everything up and lowered the players' morale
>get promoted with Bradford PA
>new season
>have only scored 21 goals in ~36 games and conceded 16
SCORE SOME FAKIN GOALS
>muh goal difference
52 goals in one season with Belotti. I played him as a twin striker paired with Immobile.
I am in my third season now after winning the CL last year 3-2 against Liverpool, with the winning goal scored by Milinkovic-Savic in 90+1'. Also won Serie A by 4 points with Napoli second, the TIM cup against Inter, the Supercoppa against Inter, and the UEFA Super Cup against Barcelona 3-0 (Immobile hattrick). Sold Luis Alberto to Man City for 75 million Euros and bought in Eder Militao and Oliver from Porto for 100 million in total. The tactic I use is an extremely high intensity press and counter attack tactic. Since I don't use wingers my wingbacks tend to score 10+ goals each season, and in my first season Marusic (RWB) scored 20 goals and was Serie A player of the year. Lazio is such a good team on this game.
how is luquacku, matt? would be funny to see the day he becomes a more relevant player than his brother
has anyone gotten a 4-4-fackin-2 to work in 19? It was great for me in lower leagues last year but so far its just been shit for me.
Lukaku is a great wing back but not one of the best in the game. He scores 10 goals for me each season without wingers, but also makes many assists. He is available relatively cheaply at the start. I don't think he is anywhere near as good as this in real life
Running one with Milan right now, but it's cause Paqueta got injured, surprisingly good so far
>3d camera
fucking disgusting
2020, MC vs MU Champions League final, City gong for the Quadruple
oh with Ancelotti I should mention
Predictions for tonight's Caps/Timbers?
>PSG make bid for star player
>he wants to join them to win the CL
o i am laffin
what do your tictacs look like?
Just had a player complete 196 passes in a game. What's the most you've seen?
As soon as I get home i'll post it, to be honest I have no clue about the midfield roles but it works somehow
Ancelotti went to ManU in my save and bought Icardi and Dybala the season after failing to qualify for the Champions League, it was insanity and I had to face them in the Champions League semis
strakosha is an absolute beast in fm19
he's saved me so many times
>Treq
Brilliant.
i feel like it's retarded but it's working so im not messing with that shit
>calabria
albania eternally BTFO
Nah. Trequartistas have been underutilized since 2013. Be the change you want to see in the world.
conti in game is trash and gets injured every three matches
Bit stuck on what to do with this lad with regards to training/position. His height really lets him down...
>cant jump as cb
>shit off the ball and dribbling, would make a shitty fb
>shit passing and aggression, useless in midfield
pay someone to take him off your wage bill
>go on vacation
stopped reading right there
Isn't that stamina ?
Loan him out and sell him, his attribute distribution is horrendous.
>vision 2
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