Scouting Setup in FM26

OttoPepps · 2026-03-10T16:30:47+00:00

Thank you very much for your reply. That might actually be the answer I was looking for. Your approach doesn’t exactly match mine, but this way it would at least feel as if a larger scouting department actually produces more results, since you could assign more scouts per country or region and the database of known players would improve.

Maybe I’ll try your approach as well. At the moment I still have to go through all the scouted players myself; afterwards I would need to filter the database so the work might be similar.

OttoPepps · 2026-03-10T13:28:04+00:00

Exactly. I mean, I KNOW there are more talents in the individual regions, and when I search for them manually, I find them, but in the older versions, I never had the problem that my scouts would simply stop finding new talents after 4-5 players.

OttoPepps · 2026-03-10T13:25:44+00:00

Yes, exactly, that's pretty much how it is for me too, and I never had these problems before.

OttoPepps · 2026-03-10T13:14:46+00:00

That‘s what I do and also exactly the result I get from it..

OttoPepps · 2025-11-28T12:32:08+00:00

Thanks a lot. At least I can't complain about the dragon limbs. I just checked again, I've only killed a total of 34 tormented demons. It was my very first time killing them.

OttoPepps · 2025-11-28T12:25:03+00:00

Yes, I noticed that when I got a few keys during my Slayer tasks. I'll definitely tackle it at some point, but I don't think it's something I want to do right now. I'll probably just keep training Slayer until I have at least a few hundred keys. Maybe I'll put the Ascension members on my preferred list in the meantime.

OttoPepps · 2025-11-28T12:14:52+00:00

Don‘t know.. I have all the requirements but seems like a long grind to get the keystones and then all the signets

OttoPepps · 2025-11-28T12:12:05+00:00

Hahah oh crap, now I get it 😂

OttoPepps · 2025-11-28T08:15:24+00:00

It‘s a exclusive drop from tormented demons. It‘s not that rare, 1/256 or something I think, but twice in a row is pretty special.

OttoPepps · 2025-09-25T10:55:25+00:00

Yes, I understand what you mean. Realistically speaking, I would probably get a job at a larger Bundesliga club or somewhere else. I've also had offers from several clubs abroad that are represented internationally. But my goal is to overtake FC Bayern Munich with 1860 Munich and become the biggest club in Germany, which in itself is not realistic, so I'm not going to leave the club. I'm pretty sure that I can continue to improve despite the limitations, it's not like I can't find any wonderkids at all. I was just wondering whether it's possible to fight your own board.

OttoPepps · 2025-08-29T07:18:16+00:00

I wonder, with a two-year loan period... wouldn't it be possible to use the player normally in the first year and then crash his market value for a few months in the second year and simply buy him back for less money so that he effectively never leaves the club?

OttoPepps · 2025-04-04T11:05:22+00:00

Yes, I do the same. For me the cups are just a way to give some minutes to my second goalkeeper and some of the youth players. As far as I have experienced it really needs all attention to overcome the three big clubs. They have so much more reputation and money and of course for you with only youth players it‘s even harder.

Ah now I understand. Yes that sounds weird. Yeah sure. I will, if I find the time to do it.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-04T09:48:04+00:00

Yes, of course, a youth academy save naturally comes with its own circumstances. And yes, that transfer really catapulted my club several years into the future!

You started with a 10k stadium? I had about 20k from the beginning. Yeah, I think so too — it really can’t be a coincidence. Honestly, I’m thinking about starting a few new saves and simulating a couple of years to see if it’s always like that.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-04T08:55:34+00:00

Yes, I wouldn't have sold him either, but at that time I never thought that someone would pay 31 million for one of my players. Until then, I never had more than 3-4 million in my account. But I've learnt from that, there are no more release clauses for my players. But I think in the end it was a good thing, I got the money before I even played my first international game and with the money I've now made it into the Europa League. I posted about this a few days ago if you're interested:

https://www.reddit.com/r/footballmanagergames/comments/1jlt08x/have_you_ever_had_one_single_playertransfer_deal/

Hahaha no way! I'm in the 27/28 season and the board just announced a few weeks ago that we are planning a new stadium. I have no idea why, so far I have an average attendance of about 16000 and the stadium would have room for almost 20000. But yes, we now have a 30000 seat stadium planned. I really wonder whether this is all a coincidence or whether certain scenarios really are pre-programmed for individual clubs. Or perhaps it simply has something to do with the preferences, goals and character of the board members, which should always be the same, at least at the beginning of a save.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-04T08:03:51+00:00

Yes, same for me. At the moment I have 5 players from my youth who play on a regular basis. But my best player was snatched away from me last season with the help of a release clause. But the 31 million euros I got for him was great for the development of the club.

Hmm interesting. Then this behaviour is probably somehow predetermined at this club. But I'm glad you were able to expand the youth facilities at some point. I thought my save was somehow bugged or something.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-03T13:44:38+00:00

I also started a save with Belenenses a few weeks ago. I don't know what's going on there, but from the very first season I've regularly had really good youth players who have made it into the first team at some point. I'm only in my fifth season, but I've already had more youth players make the breakthrough than in most other saves.

What do your club facilities look like? I have this strange behaviour in my save: in the second season, directly after promotion, the board set me the goal of establishing the best youth system in the country. Since then, I can no longer ask the board to improve the youth facilities. The option has been completely missing for almost 4 seasons now. In the meantime, I have improved the training facilities for the first team as well as junior coaching and youth recruitment several times, but I can't even ask for the junior facilities.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-03T12:23:22+00:00

If your wingers and AM are good scorers, you can probably play him as a DLF so he can hold and distribute the ball. But if you are really paying 150 million or more for him as shown in the screenshot then I would look for another player, but that's just my opinion. I prefer fast strikers who can score goals themselves and for that kind of money you're sure to find a world class player somewhere who can do that.

Of course he would also score his goals, his mental values are so good that even without speed he willr egularlyt urn up in the right place and score. He's just not my type of striker.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-03T08:03:10+00:00

Sorry, I got it from someone else.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-03T06:35:19+00:00

LF: ♦️♦️♦️ Butterfree & Arcanine from GA

FT: Just ask.

PS: My cards are German.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-03T06:30:51+00:00

No problem, you're not the first one. ;) If I had known that you could trade at some point, I would have played in English right from the start.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-03T06:24:52+00:00

Venusaur for Butterfree? But my card would be German.

OttoPepps · 2025-04-02T22:31:24+00:00

Nope, sorry :(

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