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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:
imgur.com
footballmanager.com
eu.usatoday.com
sortitoutsi.net
mlssoccer.com
community.sigames.com
store.steampowered.com
steamcommunity.com
behindthename.com
twitter.com
How is international management in FM19? Is it worth playing on it's own or too boring without club?
It's boring on its own because all you is managing the matches. Form or lack of playtime doesn't seem to be important for players to still be able to perform well and there are no team dynamics, player conversations or anything so you don't have to micromanage morale. Which is not a bad thing knowing FM's eccentric nature with that, but it doesn't make for a very interesting experience.
I prefer to combine it with a club. Got offered the Switzerland job one year before the WC, few friendlies and Nations League games to play before the World Cup starts. Hasn't really improved from previous versions though.
do i really need to be 34 to regen a son?
It's random my dude.
so age doesnt matter? can i savescum my way for a son as a 23 yr old?
If you want to waste your time, sure.
No, you can't. You need to be 34 years or older.
Didn't you also have to be at the club for 10 years or is that not true?
I don't think it is. Couldn't find any confirmation on this and if this picture is real, you don't have to be 10 years at the same club: imgur.com
Barcelona let him walk for free
should probably give him a 1 year deal at least tbqh
>190 caps
That must be a record
Sanchez & Erick Torres both have 198 but he's close
interdasting
Looking at my staff, my Bermudan former GK has 211 purely because he played basically every international game for them since he was genned, Egyptian CB/Midfielder has 207 from playing since 2022 (he genned in 2021) til 2040 or so
FACT:
If a player has less than 17 dribbling, he will lose the ball every time he attempts to dribble past someone.
wtf is This TRUE??
I play fm 2008 only. Am I retarded?
no that's patrician
Why the fuck is it that when I see teams linked with another team's player, the fee mooted is like 150m, but when it's my player it's nothing like that. And then they'll low ball me to shit and unsettle the player
it's important to remember at all times that FM is fucking gay
Give me good, right and proper flat 5-4-1 tic tocs lads.
I can never get it to work
Seriously, what the fuck is this shit? He'd probably cost like 120 million based on his stats if I were to try and buy him.
>cross more often
>sit back deep
>get stuck in
what's the "new" training like in FM19? good or nah?
New training?
>losing as Buyern
>tfw best player won't sign a new contract
>going to have to sell him next month else lose him >for free later in May
guys I'm sad
Where is the Willem II user? I'm having great succes in my 1st season, about to play the cup final against Utrecht.
/Qt/s edition
>6 goals and 4 assists in the last 3 league matches
>7 goals and 6 assists in the last 5
I love this boi
hmm alright then, good job anyway Max
For me, it's Captain "Captain Morgan" Morgan
>7 composure
>18 aggresion
Very likely to stab you during training
>managing Salford City
>win Checkatrade Trophy in League Two
>next season in League One, reach Checkatrade Trophy final
>against withering Cambridge Utd, bottom of League Two
>players play like shit, they don't give a rat's arse about it
>goes to penalties
>Cambridge beat us on penalties
Never a shittier feeling than not having two successive Checkatrade Trophy wins as Salford fuckin' City. Their badge is a fucking lion, lions are the kings of nature
Maybe he will be like Anouar Kali and break someones nose during training
Lions are weaksauce
...and then play the next match
I tell you what though, irl, when Salford are pumped up into the Premier League and they go against Wolves, shit will go down man. Lion vs. wolf, it'll be fucking mayhem
I just get my assistant to do it. Same for tactical briefings if they even have any impact at all
How do you handle training and giving new contract to reserve shitter?
I like to think I handle those parts of the game quite well. Thanks for asking.
I do the bare minimum and then move them on
hory shet
HORY HSET
>This is the coastal town that they forgot to close down
In 3rd position, first playoff spot was us vs. MK Dons. 3-0 to them at half time, we managed to claw it back to 3-3 at full time.
Beat them with one goal in Extra Time, went on to Coventry. Lost to Coventry from a penalty after a player was sent off for a bad tackle.
I'VE BEEN RESETING MY YOUTH INTAKE ALMOST CONSTANTLY WITH PEE AND FOOD BREAKS SINCE THIS POST. IT MUST BE RIGGED AGAINST ME. FUCK THIS GAME! JUST GIVE ME MY YOUNG GLOERSEN ALREADY
SO MANY WONDERKIDS I FLUSHED DOWN ALREADY. HAD ONE INTAKE WITH A POTENIAL GOLDEN GENEREATION. WHY DIDNT I SAVE THAT ONE FOR BACKUP. ALL THESE HOURS FOR NOTHING! NOTHING!!!
It's only wasted time if you stop now, friend.
01:38 AM now will go on for a few hours until the amphetamine buzz kills of. Wish me luck friend
You don't need luck. FM is a fair game.
Jeez man it's just a game nothing in FM matters in the end
You have a 1-in-10,000s chance. What's the fucking point.
autism is the name of the game son
im shaking boys. i was content with finishing 2nd and getting the cl spot but fenerbahçe and besiktas choked hard in the last game.
casual filth
RETIREMENT LEAGUE IS BACK
fucking cunts won't give up
There we go
>bribing the ref to beat Juventus
Something seems off about this situation
>13 shots on target versus 2
>blame the ref
It takes a special mind to see this and think the referee was calling things down the middle. You don't think that Juve would have been more effective if they hadn't been eating all those Yellow Cards?
Maybe they should have stopped putting in shitty tackles then
>started a 17 save with Tiverton in the 8th tier
yum
I enjoy FM Touch more.
It's autism?
>start with gegenpress 4-3-3 narrow
>add extremely direct passing, cross early
you cant lose with this formation, it breaks fm19
>Juventus beat us 2-1 to cut the lead down to GD
>Then they lose 5-0
lmao
all part of your master plan, I assume?
I can't recall seeing a better American regen, though I gave him chances early simply because he was born in Newcastle.
he's a big prospect
the absolute state of Bashiru reloading 600 times
He's no Phillip Foose
He could just buy a son. SI sells that as a DLC.
only in casual mode, right?
>2 (TWO) (DUE) (DEUX) (DOS) (NI) FUCKING SHOTS
>TO 22 (TWENTY-TWO) (VENTIDUE) (VENT-DEUX) (NIJUUNI)
I blame that absolute fucking brainlet of Pellicanò shooting wide and over the bar all the fucking time when he could've passed behind him, to the sides, or literally to any of his teammates for easy goals. Should've been 3-1 against brainlet beach fascios
Forgot pic
Is it possible to come out as gay and then marry one of your own players?
No and Miles needs to check his privilege.
>Lose in the 92nd minute last week
>Lose in the 92nd minute this week
I hate this game so fucking much
>Day 2
>Still no Son
lads its fm14 time, playing in the slovenian second league
where do i get some cheeky league dominating signings from? (45k budget, 3k wages)
>manage national team
>suddenly tons of flack from media about not calling up some gk
>he's completely unscouted so i had no idea he existed
Why is national team managing so shit bros?
Was Réunion still viable in 14? Would they even be good enough?
>31 loans end
Good news! We only blew it in the 80th minute this time
shut the fuck up you fucking entitled fucking piece of horseshit motherfucker
At least you are not a Go Ahead Eagles supporter you absolute fucking
Fucking end me already fucking kill playoffs so at least I don't have to watch fucking travesty's like this every fucking time
every fucking season it's dumb shit like this in fucking real life just fucking fuck me in the ass with a jackhammer
How would you know of the existence of this club?
I'm dutch you mong
not yet
I'm trying to make the inverted wingback meme work for my 4-4-2 system with Fulham. Which traits are suitable for IWBs? Im currently playing a natural playmaking DM as my left IWB, thinking of doing the same with my right back?
I figured for IWBs they should be outside-footed (right footed if playing as left IWB and vice versa) so im looking to utilize a left footed DM as my right IWB.
What kind of attributes do you faggots look for when trying to pull off the IWB meme?
>I figured for IWBs they should be outside-footed
because they cut inside to central positions in the DM and CM areas
Love this guy.
Really unfortunate. Only better hit than Spierlings' equalizer was Langedijk's "winner".
>not knowing about Go Ahead
I bet Universal Muffler Samba is just gibberish to you.
V A L U E
A
L
U
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F O R
O
R
M O N E Y
O
N
E
Y
He isn't wrong 2bf
You know what's worse? /we/ ended up in a 3v1 in the 93rd minute when the score was in our favor. And we didn't finish it.
I'm 85% sure that Scott posted here at one point.
Definitely not ideal.
Is there a reason every loan offer I get is only for a month?
I just got a month-long offer in the middle of the offseason.
Friendlies won't even have started by the time it's up.
What's with that?
>Hey, look at me, I'm a tripfag
>You should know all about me
I just saw a random name and an American flag, 'you mong'
It's okay my man, I've been here for years.
Stop being so new, lad.
I finally got my 4123 going and it's looking likely I'm staying up despite being favourite for relegation
nice one :)
When is crossings and training being reset if you play your player in a different position going to get fixed?
fuck Miles
It's over. I uninstalled
what happened Greenvile?
So what do we think lads?
for me, it's M'Gladbach
>yellow in 90'+1
>red in 90'+4
And probably the biggest game of the season is coming up next.
>You now remember Mexican deadly duo Erick Torres and Carlos Fierro
We put Arsenal's run to shame, what's the nickname?
>tfw never used Carlos "the Cheese" Fierro
feel like I've missed a big chunk of FM folklore
If I had to guess (and you haven't given much information) I would assume that league restrictions on the number of long-term loans are the reason for this behaviour. Not sure about the off-season loan but it sounds like an international loan to a team starting their season at a different time.
I'm playing in a custom league in a custom database, so there wasn't a lot of info to give
But no, there's no restriction on number or length of loans
Said one month off-season loan was to a team in my own league
>I'm playing in a custom league in a custom database
There's your problem.
Fuck off America needs pro/rel
You can tell me to fuck off all you like, but the reason your game is behaving strangely is because you're using a badly-made custom db. What America needs is neither here nor there.
should I buy the latest version? Or play FM17?
no
any phone players?
no what
I wish I could do better, but there are zero fucking resources for how the fuck to actually use the editor
I still can't get the MLS to fucking show the playoff winner as champion instead of the regular season winner
This donkey loves the club, isn't injury prone, loves big matches and is already consistent. He'll probably be one of those players who does really well for his club but never gets called up for England. (Curiously, he was born in Scotland but isn't eligible for them.)
No to your questions.
I get the impression that the FM team would like the editor to be more useful but SI has no interest in killing their "new >game every year" model.
thats not helpful at all
>8
Reminder
We're fucking doing it lads
based
Why should I use IWB + W versus WB + IF?
HELP LADS WHO SHOULD SPURS GET?
FILL ME IN :
CF:
AM:
CM:
ERIKSEN:
TRIPPIER:
ALDERWEIRELD:
AND THE SPURS COME MARCHIN IN!
HELP US OUT LADS!!
get Football Manager 2019, available on all good digital retailers :)
Messi, De Bruyne, De Ligt
i play on phone and have my own regen lad called adolfsson after her... you know who.
Ben Yedder
Lo Celso
Cuisance
How do I create a good counter attacking system? I want to win games with 30% possession
Remember that FM possession isn't how Opta count it.
4123always work well.
top lad
>when there's only one good RWB in the entire save and he's stuck at chelshit making 300k/w
the only solution is to take the chelsea job
Marcos Alonso? the MURDERER. How the fuck could you support someonr who murdered someone. He fucking killed someone. Cunt.
I had something similar.
The only world class DM - defensive minded CM who isn't a meme regista with 5 agression and 6 bravery is playing for Monaco, who asks 180m for him.
>Get that response
>Hot prospect keeps his word and performs great in training
>Coincides with first choice player for his position being on a hot streak also and important matches on the fixture list
>Hot prospect gets mad because he trained well and still didn't get picked
Every time.
They rejected a 250m offer which is actually reasonable. I don't have the cash anyway but it's even sadder since they activated the 100m release clause on my star player which I completely forgot he had and they still haven't qualified for the CL in 4 seasons. Such a waste
for width but also a sensible spread of players
PSG snatched this guy from me, from Guinea no less, the only player worth something of his country
>Edinburgh City
>not the superior Spartans
nice one though, how long did it take you to reach the Scottish Prem?
5 years, spent 3 in the lowest tier and then cut through league 1 and championship like butter. I'm using someone else's tactic though, so maybe it's an exploit. It's the Lower League 4-3-3 Wide tactic from Steam workshop
>downloaded tactic
I play FM as a convoluted cookie clicker don't @ me potato fren
First this...
And then today the manager leaves for the fucking rival...
You would think that after yesterday it couldn't be any worse. But guess what.. For a Go Ahead Eagles supporter it always can be worse..
CF: Pablo Counago
AM: Michael Walter
CM: Jean Stephane Yao Yao
Sounds like you guys are starting to Fall Behind.
Go Ahead? more like Go Liquidate haha
>not using the corner exploit
>not using the throw in exploit
>doesn't download tactics
>doesn't get promoted 4 times in a row, while still using conference players in the prem
>say you chose Go Ahead instead of staying in the Eredivisie because you're a fan of the club
>move not just only a year later, but also literally one day after missing out on promotion in the most terrible way you can imagine, to the archrival
>he would've moved to PEC anyway even if he had won promotion yesterday
That explains why he was smiling in the post-match interview yesterday.
So fucking annoying because you can't get a manager with his style of football in that league. It'll probably be mid table again next season.
>the city of bohemians
Losing to 4-1 to UCD to keep the posibility of them being in the relegation play-off zone instead of me. KEK
I also play bohemians last game of the season
for me, it's 4-3-1-2(Narrow)
the MLS patch is coming soon
>Dundalk 1 loss and +51 goal difference
ah yes, SI scouting
it's wank. All my scouts keep recommending me first division players when I'm in the prem ;_;
Not a fan of managing in Ireland's league desu
To be fair they're recommending you first division players because Drogheda is fucking terrible and relying on great management.
It isn't what has happened. It is what hasn't
Also, the scouts are probably shit.
Excuse me what the fuck
I posted and suddenly I don't feel bad at all
Why the fuck does SI hate you specifically?
You're mistaken, I'm Everton here. I was getting ready to destroy my team in the post match until that.
How the fuck did you pull that off?
Glad to hear. How the fuck did you go down 3-0 to Huddersfield though?
>61 league games
>recent
This is an important question, we must not fall for the media way of looking at it like "an incredible comeback" but need to look at it as "you fucked up in the first place"
The answer is pure luck. I didn't change any tactics and I guess the Huddersfield players just collapsed at the end.
For some reason Huddersfield are the Wolves of this first season and are playing amazing, and I'm not good at coping against better/in form teams, especially away.
Huddersfield confirmed for managed by me
>For some reason Huddersfield are the Wolves of this first season
Filled with Portuguese and incapable of beating anyone outside the top 6?
Basically. In my last save they were 3rd at Christmas in the second season.
Just started as an unemployed Sunday League footballer, going on holiday until november 2012( FM13)
Any tips for lower league management?
It's my first time trying something like this and I want to work my way up
First loss in 11 months and of course it's to PENaldo.
Pottery
Henlo tribblers
the country's rekordmeister wants him for 3.5k
do i take it?
You can draw up tactics on his forehead
how do I get staff for bayern II
I dont want to manage this garbage wtf
>Losing 4-1 to a team of students who were definitely hungover
Why the fuck is this a penalty if the ball went in the net? It was some weird penalty own goal scenario and it should definitely count.
Bohemians the third most successful club in Ireland are in the relegation play-offs after I scored the pen. OH NO OH NO
I also play Bohemians next in the last game of the season. Will be a big one
>0-0 h/t
>9 goals in the 2nd half
My 22 year old star player just scored a blooter to ensure I finish 8th and survived despite being favourite for finishing 10th. >Bohemians must now play a play-off game to survive.
Anyone know a good webm program? The online converter ruins the quality
>Luis Enrique is a club legend
Hm?
>Watford is gonna win the league
Hmmm?
Probably because he won them their second treble.
>Messi not a legend
bit harsh desu
What skin ?
I'm here to ask bout the editor since posts on forums and videos are shit.
My question is how the fuck do I find the section to edit the team count for the MLS? There is no videos on it increasing team count, closest I found was TV money I think, and the forums say "Yeah, it's a bitch just download someone's database". I just want a 32 team MLS
I seem to recall some of MLS's features are hard-coded so you can't edit the league very easily.
In the basic editor for nations or something, i found the amount of teams (22 which is accurate) and then LAFC being forced in in 2018. The number of teams can't be edited and I haven't tried putting the other clubs with LAFC in that section yet. And of course the main issue when I would try to load USA is "The MLS has 22 slots, counted 32 teams"
I don't know if it's specifically because of this or something else, but when I did my American db, I had to create an entirely new league to replace the MLS.
The MLS has so many weird rules that are beyond the scope of what the editor can do that I don't think you can mess with it very much.
How do I go route one?
Happy ascension day everyone!
Is there a better feeling than going through the whole season without conceding any goals from set pieces?
Deniers btfo
I wouldn't know
fm18 default dark
>doing all the tedious pre-season stuff
>have game set to autosave every two weeks
>computer bluescreens 1 day before autosave
MIIIIIIKE
How do I succeed in the lowest possible league level?
pacey wengers
>not manually saving after every substantial bit of pre-season work
About to manage my first ever world cup
How do I prepare bros?
Dress the part. Do you think you're going to win wearing jeans and a t-shirt? Of course not. A tracksuit? No, don't even joke about that. Wear a fucking business suit because you mean business.
I know it's a friendly and they're tired but I would have won if not for a free kick and I'm in the B4 division
Next time, don't let them get so many shots on target.
Probably won the CL 10 times in a row and have players with 180CA, cunt
Probably not. It's a pre-season friendly in FM15 and you can find the CA of those players here:
Well that was unusual
I've tried making a new MLS with 32 teams, no clue on how to remove the old MLS from the nation rules. Even making it extinct does nothing
post your tictac so I can understand how you conceded 5 to >norn iron and let a shitter score a hattrick
*teleports behind your defense*
heh... nothing personell kid
Bohemians need to overturn a 2 defecit in the second leg or they are relegated HAAHAHAH
>the state of bohemians
Time to raid their squad
>shelbourne gets promoted
based
SI hilariously underrates Bohs. It's silly.
Sure they're top of the league now irl
It's pretty close from my club tactic in which I don't mind conceding goals as I usually use the clean sheet bonus to lower the base salary of my defenders
Well, I managed to get the 32 team MLS done n shit is editing in conferences possible or is it just a no go for the editor?
Wew lad... where to start?
>Wingers with wing-backs on automatic
>Two DLP's
>Two Ball playing centre-backs behind two deep playmakers
How does this tactic even play? Mega hoof ball?
>When we win posession in our half
Play short passes until one of my xx playmaker sees Mbappé making a run and hoof it
>When we have posession near their box
Play short passes with 8 players in front of their box until one makes a shot
Can't say it has been working too bad.
The wingers and wing back usually find themselves close to each other but I don't really think that's a problem as you double the possibilities for unopposed crosses
never forget
i hate this team now
The big problem with editing MLS is that it's impossible to replicate the relationship between clubs + MLS academies, so your extra clubs basically don't get regens. Unless you found a workaround, or SI fixed it for 19.3. I think other things like the salary cap and the draft are basically impossible to change too.
editing conferences and fixture plans is possible in the advanced rules but iirc it's really difficult. You can peek inside the advanced rules with rules --> add nation rules --> USA --> add lower divisions --> rules --> convert to advanced
Are you more of a fan of Stewie the Starfish?
Ok, I'll try that in the future
Please stop, Stewie is a rejected kids show character
If I remember correctly, you must make it extinct, remove all teams from it, and remove it from the pyramid. There may or may not be more to it, it's been forever since I've looked at it.
A 32-team MLS sounds miserable though since I never figured out how to implement MLS-style conferences. Unless you just plan on having them play a single round robin.
looking at it in game, a 32 team league, it's a terrible idea so I've kind of gone against it and decided to poach teams from other leagues in America and do my own pyramid system. Got 54 teams but might poach a few more if I find where to look
Sorry.
...
Digging through the NPSL. I have found some good names. Proud to announce I'm now a Tyler FC fan for life
>tfw when Mike almost certainly won't put CPL in FM20
>mfw
I will buy FM20 if the CPL is included.
didn't someone make a CPL league for FM19?
Aye. Canadian Megapatch.
>*scores 9 in your path*
Good. Fuck Honduras.
>tfw literally no good players that I can sign
Scottish football is utter desolation
What an ugly regen..... wait a second
Just got that fella who used to be in the English Protection Association in my youth intake
You lads reckon a CM(A) would be better than AP(A)?
As you have two IF's, I'd say AP(a) is a good choice
I'm manager of both Stoke and England, and I've got a Champions League final against Man City coming up. For some reason they've arranged an international Euro qualifier for the day before the final, so I'm going to play all of my City players for 90 minutes (particularly that talented little bastard Foden) and none of my Stoke players. I'm so DEVILISH desu
100% nawty
UEFA would like to know your location
play them all out of position so you lose and lower their morale too
I'm against Andorra, I think it's pretty much impossible to lose unfortunately
Uh oh, we may have a problem lads. First UEFA arrange a Europa League final in Baku of all places, and just a few years later they arrange a Champions League final where the vast majority of players are unable to play. Can't imagine the fans being happy with me playing a bunch of 16 year olds in the most important game in Stoke's history desu.
>3 Norwich products in your first 11
based
beautiful brexit football that
League 1 GK in the England squad??wat??
Well lads, I am officially trying my hand at real coaching. Starting with U7s. Wish me luck.
Good luck pal
Don't nonce any of them.
English keeping is awful.
See: Green, Robert.
the man is a Champion of Europe
Getting kind of bored of my European llm journeyman save. Might take a break and manage a middle tier club with a nice squad already, decent budget to test out some tactics and see if I can overachieve in an easy save. Any recommendations?
Good luck. Remember FOUR FOUR FUCKING TWO adapted to u7 numbers
any nations you'd prefer?
Thinking England, Spain or Italy but I don't mind really
Anyone know how hard it is to get your club to turn professional? Because other clubs who finished higher than us are semi-pro like us, my chairman wont do it the bald prick
walk out on the bald cunt and promote with a semi pro team
For England I think of Middlesbrough or Sheffield Wednesday
Spain I got no one
Italy I think of Parma, Sasuolo or Udinese
I think it's 4 and a keeper. Wtf would that be? TWO ONE FUCKING ONE and welly it up to the tallest kid?
so it's 5 a side for a U7 team?
2-1-1 i would say is the best but make sure you got a speedy defender and midfield engine.
make sure the speedy defender could fit well in as a second midfielder to run a pseudo 1-2-1
Pescara
Take Nantes and win the league with Sala
too soon man
Le fim s'appelle "Trois hommes et un couffin", not "10 men and a coffin".
alright lads, Mike here, what do you tossers want in FM20 then? anything that will actually take effort to implement will be ignored, thx
>looking at FM20 suggestions
>see this abomination
Don't know what's more stupid, that it lasted that long or that it was 9th place >Spurs that ended it
playing a 4-2-3-1 in Slovenia, currently 4th 3 points behind 1st
good squad for the league desu but im not scoring despite getting 20 shots a game, 7 on target on average
Means nothing without posting your tictacs. General advice? Find a way to stretch the opposition. That said, in such leagues the managers are particularly weak and unless they're Maribor, cannot compensate with higher player quality. Any sound tactic will get you through rather easily.
His big-picture point that player interaction is both fake-seeming and not dramatic enough is true though. I think most users would be willing to put up with realistic and boring, or fake and dramatic. As it is now it's another loose end system to basically ignore
But they blame the lack of drama on licensing. Did they get rid of off the ball violent conduct red cards too? Feel like I haven't had one in forever
You need a certain amount in the bank to take the step up. Keep going deep in Europe. You'll get there eventually.
>Did they get rid of off the ball violent conduct red cards too?
Yeah they have.
Another reason to stick playing 14.
Actually, I don't think I've ever seen an off-the-ball red card, even as far back as 12 and 13. Red cards seem to always been divided into professional fouls, second yellows, and THAT TACKLE being performed at the halfway line. I can't even recall if I've ever seen a Suarez vs Ghana scenario either.
There's the occasional talking back to the ref as well.
Of course. I feel as if they've really toned that down even from 14 on.
mlssoccer.com
For me, it's pusi kurac picka materina
I've decided to add a split to my USA save fuckery and I'm just asking here if splits work after the season is done or do it after the 46 games in the league are done
DOOP
O
O
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>mfw the Italian FA are actually pushing for a longer ban for the 14 year old who pulled his shorts down in front of a referee last weekend
Completely surprised,
Make it the apertura and clausura uneven as well.
just signed Rio Ferdinand as head coach of my u23s lads
wut?
I'm already confused at half the shit I'm doing and looking at the wiki page describing this I'm getting more fucking lost
I either dropped a "so" or added an "it". My bad.
Make both halves of the season uneven like the CanPL (10/18 spring and fall seasons) for ultimate realism.
so a summer break then in the middle? if so then i would change it from 6 to maybe the top 10 and have the other 14 in a rel playoff type deal
Summer break is up to you. A real league would have 4 off days before the Clausura starts though.
i think it's easier to sum up what i'm trying.
you know how some countries finish a season and then they split in half? like in Scotland or Belgium (i think) where the top half competes for the title and the bottom half fights for survival. I'm trying to do that but with 24 teams in America
~75% of loaned out lads averaging above 6.85. A couple well into the 7.2 range.
Imma make so much bank off these niggas
There's a split league setting that's piss easy to use in Basic mode. There's also that Canadian db for FM19; dunno how it works, didn't explore its guts.
>community.sigames.com
Oh yeah. After three years in Austria having to play Rapid and Sturm Graz another four fucking times I hate that fucking league format.
I've already selected a split league. I don't know the date part about it since I want it to be after all 46 games have been played between the 24 teams up there have have the best 6 play each other 10 more times to determine the true champ in case the top spot is a fluke
I want that retarded league format but with 6 guys
>in case the top spot is a fluke
I'm not entirely sure that's possible after 46 games.
Switch to Advanced mode once you're done with basic mode and you'll have more options. And more issues.
So?
if you're already in advanced you can straight copy SPL from advanced (see ) and paste it in like this, then fuck around with everything
What do you think?
While getting to the point as fast as possible? You're 1st in the league in January (just before the Holy Mid-Season Slump), so while there's a number of things I would certainly not do to the point I'd just clear every instruction, it seems to be working for you. So change nothing.
I can't find serviceable fullbacks for decent money for my first season in the prem on a team who's predicted to finish last AHHHHHHHHHH
Retrain extra players to IWBs (no need for Crossing), or retrain >wengers to WB and play 3 at the back.
Never do 3 BPD.
They will hoof it
>they will hoof it
I'm playing route one; that's sort of the point
Been a Raptors fan since 95 btw
I'm all about those b-ballin' dinosaurs.
>mfw we could have had the Toronto Saurus Rex but settled for the Toronto Raptors instead
as user said getting in far in europe will get you money. Doing a pats save got into the europa group stages and got 2 mill. From there its 500k for a win and 100k for a draw. CL is 13m but havent got there just yet lad
Time for 3-3-1-3
>schedule one final friendly against the shittiest team i can find to build confidence
>this happens
Fuck this team
At this point I'm looking forward to getting fired
>It's a "Defender plays awful backpass that ends up in the back of the net to lose the derby" Episode
I'm committing sudoku
Just in case you thought this was an isolated incident
sacked my goalkeeper halfway through the season for the fact he cant catch a ball
wtf am i doing wrong why do my players just decide to not give a fuck with 8 games left
>why do my players just decide to not give a fuck with 8 games left
this is absolute standard FM (especially if your team is close to achieving something - promotion, title, avoiding relegation, etc.) and not an indication you're doing anything wrong. not sure if that's good or bad news
Posted the wrong picture
I was 1st, winning by 5 points and they just throw it away; every game i lost (except the 7-0 and 4-0 games), i dominated with 2x as many shots on target and over 55% possession
How are municipality-owned teams handled in FM? I want to see the mayor of Gaziantep take money away from police and teachers and add it to my transfer budget.
>WNT
>as user said
Pirated version won't work. Any tips?
no es facil
Have any of you actually had any success developing a goalkeeper from your youth academy? I have no idea how long they actually take to develop.
Not developing for the 1st team, bit if you have a solid backup, there is nothing more rewarding than having him step in for cup games as captain with insane mentals but average attributes who hangs on every word you say and you can imagine doing a half time team talk on his own
the general answer is 'without special consideration' from what ive seen since theres no specific option for that, though i think municipal teams in some countries start coded with an underwriter sugar daddy. speaking of which:
>new save, fm19, start unemployed, loaded: top leagues to 2nd, england/scotland to 5th/2nd, greece/turkey/russia/ukraine to 2nd, japan/south korea/china/australia to 2nd. mostly looking to the eastern european leagues since i've only ever managed in greece of those before but east asia mite b cool for a little bit
>holiday to jan 1st 2020, only jobs open that make sense at that moment are chinese first division. interview for a couple, get the job at Huofenghuang
>club has a couple hundred thousand in the bank but clearly no money relative to most of the league, lowest wage bill, only foreigners i can get are like sri lankans and such, ok, don't mind that, wanted that sort of rebuild
>do not realise that china has a stupid fucking rule where you can only sign 8 non-foreign players aged 17 and up but we cobble something together
>finish 12th in first season but briefly challenged for the top, would have been higher if not for giving up after safety secured
>second season is much better, there's one team we can't touch but we're in the conversation for 2nd the entire time, relying on some upcoming retirees but we've got a few nice young talents
>getting interviews at other clubs and i'm noticing they're almost all secure financial status, even the shittiest ones, meanwhile we had about £600k income all last year and had to pay out about £700k just for the medium squad bonus
>wtf, decide to check database
>turns out that the way the researchers decided to deal with everyone having weird china money was, rather than doing something sensible like throwing in a bunch of prize money or rights money or something for the leagues, was instead to give FIFTY-TWO clubs in china sugar daddy status
>which would probably be fine except the few clubs in the top 2 and mostly the top 3 tiers that don't get it were the ones that experienced ownership changes or name changes IRL in the last 6 months because apparently they fucked up the 19.3 update and nobody noticed
>Huofenghuang are one of those clubs
fucking SI, taken me right out of it honestly
I've developed 16 year old keepers I took from another club but not an academy graduate.
which?
right, or better still find one that can actually pass well
hard Brexit came into effect, and the better passers either can't get work permits or demand huge wages
then play good honest 4-4-2 like god intended
but I'm doing that with all my other saves, t-t-this save I'm doing total football 4-3-3
Which would you keep?
the eccentric one
Left I think. Right has better stats but left already has more clean sheets at 15 games than the other dude at 29. 12 games less and as many as 25 goals less too. He is also taller
What are his cons I'm curious?
>his formation starts with a 4
>save game could not be loaded
the Yea Forumsartans dream is dead
what next for me, lads?
Unemployed sunday league footballer journeyman. Work your way up to a champions league side
Favourites for relegation again. Got the 'Overachiever!' achievment for last season. (Predicted 10th, finished 8th) However I finally have got a formation and tactic I like and I've raided the relegated bohemians and u.c.d for 2 new star players
>tfw having the most exceptional game of my life SO FAR
>2019
>Not using 3 file rolling autosave
I had 3 file rolling autosaves on a fortnightly basis but for some reason my 'best' backup autosave is like 3 months (in-game) behind where I actually was
My favorite season in Ireland was with Galway and they were predicted to finish near-bottom. Took over and saw they had a 6'8" 18 year old in a reserve squad. Threw him in a 4-4-2 as a target man and won the league with almost no new incoming players.
>6'8" 18 year old in a reserve squad. Threw him in a 4-4-2 as a target man and won the league
Absolutely based. Brings tears to my eyes.
>various directors in various clubs in my 3,5 years of managing successfully negotiated 1 (one) contract
Are they retarded in FM18 or am I just this unlucky? I really don't want to micromanage their contracts, especially since I'm already shit at budgeting
>start new save with Cockfosters in the county leagues
>41 year old Lee Hendrie is arguably my best player
I didn't mean to start a meme save, but how was I supposed to turn away from this badge?
Ole's at the wheel I guess. I love that Patrick Vieira is seen as the most likely to take over. What a timeline.
so be it
the first club to give me a chance was Stal Mielec in Poland
8 matches left, should be easy enough to dodge relegation
kek nice. I started at IFK Uddevalla in Sweden's fourth tier.
any general tips for this kind of management?
I wanna try it out, but I have no clue if my tactics translate well to those lower leagues
>I have no clue if my tactics translate well to those lower leagues
Best way to find out is to just do it.
for lower league footy I generally prioritise physical players and just rely on pacey wengers and the fastest strikers available to climb the ladder
also, the lower down you are the more you should exploit loans, free signings and trials
scouting doesn't matter at all, don't even bother beyond having the scouts on the payroll, i wouldn't even send them out desu (on 18/19 at least). bring everyone in on 2-week trials since that will basically be guaranteed to give you 100% knowledge of them once the trial's up, which lets you see consistency etc.
star ratings mean precisely jack shit in terms of how a player will do. there are no well-rounded players. you kinda have to get a feel for what attributes to care about and what ones not to, but the biggest traps not to fall into: a) don't get guys with shit determination (and you will find a lot of them), b) some low attributes are fine but don't get suckered on e.g. thinking a guy can play central midfield and glossing over him having 2 tackling, c) don't get too hung up on guys being inconsistent or w/e, there are still limits but it's really easy to hold yourself up to too high of a standard for the hidden mentals i've found
don't overcomplicate your tactics, i.e. don't use anything more fancy than, like, a WB or an AP or something. it seems like you can be a bit more creative/use more instructions on 19 than in previous editions though. there's usually some way to insanely cheese the tactical engine at low levels, it varies from edition to edition, idk what it is in 19. but it's usually pacebabbies in some form
4 4 fucking 2. Big black target man, small pacy poacher. Get a senior affiliate so you get some extra money and free laons.
What I've found is keep it simple. Minimal instructions besides shorter passing or more direct. Adjust defensive line if your players aren't mongs. If I'm dominating possession I add work into box
Depends what version like said but in 19 I play 4-1-2-3 with inside forwards, wing-backs and an advanced playmaker, all 'specialist' roles and typically in previous games you'd want stuff like centre midfielder, winger, full-back.
This has served me well with players worth £100-2k to 10k-100k in this game.
>win the league god knows how many times in 10 years
>on road to win another CL
>board decide to cut my wage budget by 1M per week for next season
Oh FUCK OFF
Holy shit fellow Chad. I just started a new save this year. I'm in 2014 close enough to where all the stars are about to retire
What type of forward should I use for a Guardiola possession like system? Right now I'm using a DLF on attack
That's ridiculous. But I remember puttering around in the china advanced rules and not finding enough prize money, just figured it was hidden away somewhere
So I'm still working on my no CB formation. Last two games were 6-3 win and 5-3 win
Conceded 14 goals in the last 5 games but won all of them. Maybe it works
kek
Or maybe you're just Inter playing trash teams, friend
No one probably knows the answer to this because it's an editor question, but if I make a championship playoff as a separate cup tournament with higher rep you qualify for through the league instead of a playoff, will AI teams stop giving a shit about the league? Or are they smart enough to understand qualification is important?
this. Try it with Empoli or Pescara
post funny regen names
he's not got a funny name but I spotted this 15yr old kid who is 5'2 and 120kg
absolute unit
can one of you boys playing vintage FMs post prime Jose Antonio Reyes pls
he dummy thicc
Based and Zaha pilled
Holy shit what are those physicals
>strength 1
>acceleration 14
>balance 4
I mean how the fuck do you even unbalance this chubby motherfucker? Running into him would be equivalent with running into a brick wall
>Aggression 15, Acceleration 14, Agility 13, Pace 12
>Strength 1, Balance 4
what the fuck kind of build is that
also congrats on being hired by an ultimate gen x team, Stal was pretty sick in the '70s with some of our golden generation playing there, and they just missed promotion this year by placing 3rd
unironically I think you'd need to go back to CM03/04, or to the very first FM 2005
his stats in the former were
>José Antonio Reyes|19|Spain|Sevilla|170cm|$M11|Left20|Winger1|FreeRole1|Consistency16|ImportantMatches15|midfield:13|attackingmid/AttackingForward:20
I believe the boy is comprised mostly of some kind of flubber
In the past year, when ahead by 1 or tied at the 80th minute, my team has won just 4 of 14 matches.
I know no one cares, but FUCK ME WHY CAN'T THIS TEAM HOLD A LEAD
the cm03-04 mod on steam workshop is good. Think he just copies the data manually from the old DB. Someone deep down in the comments added more leagues and player pictures too
>Adrian Appalachian
>the city of england
tiocfaidh ar la
You've comprised a team full of literal bottlers.
Get rid of them.
5 star youth recruit
Solid 5.
Pity about the manletism but a very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Only at dusk.
And I guess dawn.
or in front of a lamp
Cause he's short, nice.
tiny man, huge cock, huge shadow
>7
we're not going to survive the CL final
Nay.
>Not making /trb/ survive the CL final shitposting by doing CL final shitposting inside /trb/
>Jurgen Plop
>Mauricio Poopchetino
LELVERPOOP
>spuds
lmao
>spuds
>[player] has been injured whilst on international duty
>This is the 17th time [player] has been injured on international duty.
Grenville wants to know your location.
>Not withdrawing
Nah that champions league game is complete garbage I'm going back to my save.
nice blogpost lad
Its definitely not a classic but I feel like I've seen much more boring finals
>5
I cant play FM19 anymore because the champions of this season are out of date. This is autism, right?
These teams play a different sport. I've not seen one inspirational clever play. I might actually turn off a CL final.
Its beginner level autism at best.
A true autist would update the db himself.
A middle level autist knows the teams/players are irrelevant and the game doesn't even truly begin until you are at least 15 seasons in and all the players are regens and the real life players are staff/retired/ancient cunts you can sign for nothing to shit teams for tutoring.
You may not like to hear it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
>"damnd more" after conceding equalizer
>concede again before shout goes through
>the game doesn't even truly begin until you are at least 15 seasons in and all the players are regens
I've never gotten this far. Always lost interest after about 6 seasons and dominating all leagues.
>I've never gotten this far
Literally
>England
>wc semi
>Dutchland
>...
HOLY FUCKING SHIT PLAY A FUCKING PASS OVER 10 METERS STOP FUCKING PLAYING THESE SHIT FUCKING LONG BALLS THAT DONT WORK
But he's Belgian,
Well lads I have 700 hundred hours in FM17 and jumped to 19 a few months ago.
Decided to go back to FM12 for a quick look and fuck me, it's still lightyears ahead of the newer versions in so many ways. Match engine is so much better
>implying ball over the top is not generally an effective counter to gaygenpress
I mean sure it hasn't worked too well tonight and if it were me I'd have gone to plan B and maybe C by now but I can understand setting up this way.
Instead of paying attention to the final I added the SPL split to my MLS >user db, wasn't too hard
There's no gegenpressing going on though. Liverpool has literally sat in a 451.
>Match engine is so much better
Easier to exploit, maybe.
1-4-5-1*
what was so good about 17 that kept you playing?
What else was better in fm12?
DIVOCK
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>6 seasons
>dominating all leagues.
Y-yep, I s-sure know that feel, g-guys...
oy vey
Where the fuck is Chillwave when you need him.
>20 team league
>SPL split
Why? Do you want the season to go on forever?
Not a big Origi fan but gotta say that was a well placed finish
Ah I can now turn off this atrocity
Just got really involved in my save, didn't want to give it up. Literally all my time in the game was invested into one save.
2012 just had a simpler interface, training system in 19 is a waste of teak for me as it was when it was originally in the game. Matches also look far better, I hate in 19 how every game devolves into blocked shots and shots hitting the post
just wanted to make sure i could do it in the editor tbf. First half = 20 teams play each other once; second half = 10 teams play each other twice is a normal length schedule
PEPIJN LIJNDERS
All do your part now, keep in mind a new thread will have to be made in about an hour.
Wish NEC had given him more time
I mean they already dead-sentenced themselves when they sacked their manager when they were 1st.
>6
Hold fast
>5
dont die
>2
in order to spark activity - dubs decide team
Go Ahead Eagles
Finally
Dulwich Hamlet
Classic /trb/, actually needs spamming for once and dubs are immediately achieved instead.
original or updated db?
Original
Nice.
Wait, Morz, you're playing an edition other than 12?
>6
Post your favorite Go Ahead Eagles player. Make sure to sign Kenny Teijsse
>4
>5
why the fuck is the only loanee a DR that's worse than the one that's already at the club?
>SI
>quality
There are a lot of questions you can ask yourself when looking at Go Ahead Eagles' squad. It's better to roll with it and to not ask any questions.
Yes and I have the same. But at least it isn't as bad as it used to be.
My record is ten seasons in or so with FM13. I always get bored because my pc is that shit it can't run many leagues and I've never been interested in being an one-club man.
>5
for me, it's
>amateur
sounds cheesy
Should I reinstall 15 or 16? I'm feeling nostalgic. P.S. I dont own older fms
>16
I had dengue 3 times, one was hemorrhagic, shit sucked lmao. But that's what you get for living in the country.
this is going about as well as expected
Sorry to hear.
16 is awful though. Nothing but a crossing simulator.
Creative formation
Also
>Groenbast
Eww...
fm15 is 3 up front
fm16 is crossing
how do i rape FM14
Yeah, 15 was the same shit iirc. Anyway, I think I might go back to Eastside then to pass some time and see if I can win anything with the jets.
>the jets.
brasil por favor
I lived in winnepeg for some time, I had to root for someone [spoiler]but I was out of luck because the year I left canada the jets came back to nhl, so I had to endure years of the moose playing,that sucked lol[/spoiler]
grats Marq
That's a good enough reason. Have no fear.
Eastside is a bit of a wacky simulator though. I won the cup with the >shorks in my first season without any major trades.
kinda feel bad for spurs, lads. That pen really shouldn't have happened and basically made it so that one team had to chase the game for 88min while the other team literally didn't have to play at all until they made some desperate subs and they could put the game away.
To be fair, the Sharks have been on the cusp of a Cup for the better part of the last 15 years and hockey is basically a coin flip on ice. They're unlucky not to have won one since Thornton joined.
They've also been in a division with the Canucks,Coyotes and the Oilers which have probably been some of the worst teams hands down for a long time. So getting a playoff spot only requires you do be able to tie your skatelaces and you're set.
That too!
15 was nowhere near as bad iirc, definitely the patrician choice if you're gonna play a current era but not current year fm game
15 > 17 >>> 16 >>>>> 18
If FM20's ME favors gegenpressing as much as FM19 does, Liverpool is going to win literally everything in season 1.
is gegenpressing actually a setting/tactic option?
I think it always was, but FM19 outright gives you have the option to choose a pre-selected tactic like Tiki-Taka, Catenaccio or Gegenpress.
no they're not because the ManU scouts still think it's 1999
>tfw only get the even-number editions
>they're always the ones with the especially shit match engines
Is there a better hockey manager than eastside though?
>implying 14 isn't great
how do you make the mentoring groups?
jk figured it out
Quick, /trb/, give me a good name to use as a German manager
Hans Moleman
>fellow phonechad
Boris Dittrich.
Jurgen Flopp
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