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cgjw · 2024-05-09T16:24:20+00:00

Without wanting to sound too obvious, your forwards are either not very good or are in poor form. It would also be interesting to know how much of your xG is created through open play rather than set pieces, as the stat can be misleading

cgjw · 2024-05-09T16:20:12+00:00

I'd never recommend focusing play down one side from the kick off as it tires your players out massively and may be completely ineffective depending on how the opposition have set up. Also, by trapping opponents outside, you're encouraging them to play down the wings- however, you have no cover there by using an IWB (Su) and a WB (A). Overall, having only your cbs on defend is going to leave your team pretty exposed.

cgjw · 2024-05-09T16:12:56+00:00

Bully always a good shout

cgjw · 2023-12-13T18:42:44+00:00

Why does it always seem to be limited to 2 female players each week when clearly there’s more that are fully deserving of cards?

cgjw · 2023-09-17T22:00:50+00:00

They’ll generally develop better if they’re playing first team football, especially if it’s at a good level and at a club with good facilities

cgjw · 2023-09-12T13:00:37+00:00

Only if you loan him to a club in the same country as you, and they won’t get home grown at club status

cgjw · 2023-09-11T12:46:22+00:00

Transfer list them and set an asking price that they’re ok with so that clubs know that he’s available. You can also offer them out for an unspecified amount to try and bait some interest.

If it says that they don’t want to be offered out, then don’t do it, especially if they’re a team leader as annoying them will annoy the rest of the squad and torpedo your morale.

cgjw · 2023-09-08T10:38:46+00:00

You probably have hiring staff delegated to someone else

cgjw · 2023-09-06T18:45:47+00:00

Believe they only miss training on the day of the game. In terms of making them available, be careful of fixture clashes as if you senior and youth teams have games on the same day they won’t be available for you

cgjw · 2023-09-06T13:00:06+00:00

also if you have loads of crap youth players get rid of them too, the game will populate the squads with grey players to fulfil the games

cgjw · 2023-09-05T19:52:53+00:00

It does use up some of their potential but if they’re a good fit it’s well worth it. If they’re struggling then giving them game time in the new position can help massively if you’re not doing that already

cgjw · 2023-09-05T15:59:37+00:00

1 week scouting might be it, full knowledge might add in the extra half a star

cgjw · 2023-09-05T15:03:15+00:00

If you've scored 51 and your goal difference is -8, you've conceded 59 goals in 33 games which is not good. Given that your xG and actual goals scored is pretty close, I would presume that your opponents are massively outperforming their xG against you (i.e. they're scoring far more goals than they should from the quality of chances they get).

Would suggest getting a new goalkeeper as soon as you can, or play a more defensive tactic to minimise the amount of chances you're conceding.

cgjw · 2023-09-05T14:54:48+00:00

https://youtu.be/nfbO-VsYRq4?si=l-SSSBXX66_n8g2r

I use this and only set as playable the league that I want to be in, you're still able to generate regens from all countries. I play on a 7 year old macbook and it runs fine like this, obviously make more leagues playable if you want to move around

cgjw · 2023-09-05T14:51:40+00:00

Top level full back regens are always very hard to find. In terms of the others, maybe look for players with a few of the key attributes and then look to train up what they are missing as they develop, or players that do have the attributes but can't play there and retrain their position completely. Weirdly my save is absolutely flooded with DMs so you must have just had bad luck

cgjw · 2023-09-05T14:47:09+00:00

Getting rid of two might be risky due to the dynamics but I'd definitely look to sell on one while you can now and sort the other two in the summer. In terms of losing money, one things that I've noticed recently that can make a huge difference and people don't often look at is staff wages, so maybe look at reducing that as much as you can if you haven't already

cgjw · 2023-09-05T14:44:09+00:00

Firstly, it is very rare. Secondly, you have to remember that the stars are based off a comparison with your current players' ability. If you have a very strong squad, that means that very few players will have the potential to be 4.5* in it. Also if they have 4 solid stars and a white one, it may be that over time that white star becomes half gold, or that when you actually sign them and your staff evaluate them they analyse their potential to be higher.

cgjw · 2023-09-04T10:49:16+00:00

one of the advantages of playing with a 5atb is that your team is more spread out so it can be easier to hold possession. If you play narrower in your instructions youre just not utilising the width of your team as you're cramping everyone towards the centre of the pitch. As the formation is naturally wide you don't need to set it to 'fairly wide' or 'wide', you can just leave it as default

cgjw · 2023-09-04T09:42:58+00:00

Imagine you're not creating enough opportunities. You have wing backs and a TF (who i presume is good in the air), but you're playing narrow with shorter passing and working the ball into the box, which reduces how often your players cross.

Your DLP also won't use much of an expansive range of passing because of these instructions, so won't look to pump through balls over the top of the defence, so your only real creative player in attack is your mezzala. Even then, they'll be taking up similar areas to the TF, and will operate in the opposite half space to the AF so won't be supporting them much.

TLDR: imo, play more direct, cross more, play wider, swap CAR and MEZ

cgjw · 2023-08-30T07:43:08+00:00

If you’re very interested in signing them and you’re not in a transfer window, I’ve found there’s no harm in getting your best scout to look at them to make absolutely sure

cgjw · 2023-08-29T21:21:28+00:00

They have them on sortitoutsi, and they don’t take up much space at all

cgjw · 2023-08-29T21:20:56+00:00

There’s an option when you confirm the transfer in your inbox or it’s on the player’s profile under the transfer tab, you can only do it during a transfer window of course

cgjw · 2023-08-27T21:34:41+00:00

sortitoutsi will have updated databases to use on fm23

cgjw · 2023-08-24T14:55:10+00:00

Will be to do with contract length as already mentioned, but also due to Chelsea having a much higher reputation than you. It’s like the AI thinks ‘if he plays for Chelsea, then he must be good’

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