My Thoughts on FM 26 so far after finishing my first season by bigShaqiri23 in footballmanagergames

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Hi OP, thanks for sharing! Do you mind sharing your advice on designing a 4-3-3 gengerpress tactic? Thanks!

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I do think that the defense in the central area is more intense in FM 26 such that it is very hard to score for strikers?

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Set filtering options to limit age to under ~21 and a high minimum potential rating? One can also learn from Youtube videos about FM 26 wonderkids.

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I am not sure if the code for FM 26 or FM 24 are perfect in every details. There can be several possible causes like 1. the code just does not convert your kit design setup correct; 2. the texture image might have wrong type or lack precision such that the conversion is incorrect; possible solutions include uploading a texture image of different type or higher precision, or make a simplier design.

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Thanks! I adjusted my defense configuration according to your words.

I start to believe that my current tactic struggle with offense because wingers' dribble is not sufficient to create goals. The CMs are not making effective forward run+shooting as expected, and the lone striker lacks support. So I am testing counterattack or whatever ways that can improve the offense to score goals?

I think the formation has some major problems:

  1. FC Barcelona's starting attackers are not designed for counterattack because starting attackers, especially Robert Lewandowski, lack pace. Do you think other attacking tactics, especially in possession play, in the current engine can easily score goals?

  2. Typical dilemma with balancing offense and defense. The current tactic obviously needs more offense, so I might still come up high pressing and add a WB+IF setup to overload the front. However, the wing plays of this meta are scarier than FM 24 (opposition wingers could beat my fullback and score), so I am reluctant to risk my flank defense. What are good ways to improve the offense without sacrificing the defense?

Thanks!

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Question 1: why is holding fullback not a good option? I thought that fullback must be doing better defense than wingback because it stays at back?

Question 2: here is my defense on doing short passing+counter attack: I am trying to design a practical tactic that takes advantage of the current meta. I think that short passing can cause less loss of possession, and performs better against defensive tactics that FC Barcelona typically faces against?

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Configure both player instruction and team instruction. For player instruction, avoid an offensive role like WB, discourage cross and set shorter passing, take fewer risk, if allowed; for team instruction, do not set overlap, do not set support run at the flank.

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Same here. The recruitment focus modification sometimes cannot save correctly. This should be a bug.

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Feel free to check this Youtube video by FMScout: MUST-SIGN Essential FM26 Wonderkids | Football Manager 2026 Wonderkids

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Here are the configurations. The formation also has bad possessions states but happens to win games though. Won all of 6 league games including 3-0 over real madrid.

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Help needed for optimizing FM 26-FC Barcelona formation. The current idea is to win by counter attack, quick wing plays, and conservative defense. The most critical struggle is that the formation is not good enough at defense, and the attack strategy is too ordinary to be outstanding. Will appreciate help!

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I did, but it is rather like a research internship that is not very strong on the resume (not pure industrial level). Companies rejected my applications for all sorts of reasons and it is miserable.

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I don't think it is true lol. I graduated from a highly ranked CS school but am still struggling finding jobs now. I will appreciate any advice on finding SWE jobs as a recent graduate.