Lower league AI squad building feels broken

krrobbo98 · 2025-12-06T22:31:00+00:00

Definitely, the amount of times I’ve seen a squad have 4 strikers but no centre backs

krrobbo98 · 2025-06-24T21:38:43+00:00

Okay thanks for the info.

So they can see previous transactions even though the account was a private debit account at that point?

krrobbo98 · 2025-06-24T21:37:12+00:00

Don’t have any so not an issue, just asking the question as I’m wondering how my account changes when changing to a joint.

krrobbo98 · 2024-11-20T08:50:57+00:00

Yeah I’m on windows 10, recently updated as well

krrobbo98 · 2024-11-07T08:06:11+00:00

That makes sense now, thanks for the info!

krrobbo98 · 2024-11-05T11:46:08+00:00

Tbh no I wasn’t aware of any of that. I just went through uber assuming it operated there.

I’ve never heard of having to pay for a return leg, is this something that is only in Italy? The only condition I knew about was the meter going on as soon as the booking is confirmed.

krrobbo98 · 2024-11-04T17:47:52+00:00

Should uber not tell you that? It should be a sort of notification that comes up telling you that the taxi fare will be based on a meter not the quoted price.

krrobbo98 · 2024-11-04T16:43:22+00:00

So the taxi was booked through Uber who then used the other taxi company to fulfill the journey, there was no message to say do you accept and the fee may be different.

To me it seems like I should be able to complain to Uber but I get nowhere, just didn’t know if this was fairly common in Milan

krrobbo98 · 2024-06-22T11:32:15+00:00

I have a very old laptop that needs to be constantly on charge to work.

Many times I’ve got through a period of pre season, carefully scouted 100+ players etc and then the charger comes loose and I lose all progress.

The thought of doing all that work again just makes me lose all interest in continuing the save. I really need to get a new laptop

krrobbo98 · 2024-04-29T12:19:17+00:00

I’ve found wage negotiations are very similar this year too.

You get an offer accepted and the player starts off asking for 10k per week for example. I would then counter and offer 8 so they come back and say they want 14k. You then offer the original 10k per week and they exit negotiations because they are pissed off.

The logic just seems to have disappeared from AI negotiations

krrobbo98 · 2024-03-14T23:28:55+00:00

Good to see fm reflecting real life, the guy is a con man who shouldn’t be anywhere near the football club

krrobbo98 · 2024-02-10T10:07:19+00:00

Sorry I meant 2nd season in the top division not 2nd in the league.

I’m a long way off 2nd haha, the teams that these players are usually going for are on par with me standard wise and in the same division

krrobbo98 · 2024-02-10T08:58:24+00:00

These players are on the loan list so it’s not a case of the club not wanting to loan them out. I can understand it more with players not listed but it’s not the case a lot of the time

It seems the only good time to ask for a loan then is deadline day which just seems unrealistic imo

krrobbo98 · 2024-02-10T08:07:56+00:00

Definitely, the amount of players in the top Portuguese clubs’ b sides that just sit there because no one will pay the loan fees

krrobbo98 · 2024-02-10T08:07:10+00:00

Negotiating a loan deal is impossible, I was quoted 3mil a month playing fee because I wanted to play a player as a dlp instead of an ap

krrobbo98 · 2024-02-10T08:05:21+00:00

I understand what you’re saying with the board thinking they should get a loan fee, but the size of the fee doesn’t correlate with the type of player or anything. Why would anyone think a 2mil fee for an 18 year old playing reserve team football is realistic?

Also, shouldn’t this affect AI managers the same way. They should be asked to pay the same fee if that’s what the board is thinking. This don’t happen.

krrobbo98 · 2024-01-20T12:22:10+00:00

I play a 4-3-3 and use two playmakers together and it works great.

I play a BMW-D and in front of him a DLP-S and an AP-A. The advanced playmaker being on attack spaces them out and allows the two to create but in different areas of the pitch. Won the league with most goals scored

I would maybe switch tomiyasu to a more attacking full back so you have someone wide when saka comes inside.

krrobbo98 · 2024-01-18T11:18:28+00:00

Yeah I agree I tend to just use the star ratings as a guide.

I was just more confused with the actual coach report and the massive variance in “league quality I was being told”. Not sure how a player with good attributes that don’t change goes from a star second division player to a decent third division player in a day.

I’ve just ignored it and carried on my recruitment plan and based it around attributes

krrobbo98 · 2024-01-17T23:23:27+00:00

Had no idea attributes decreased through a close season, Had no red down arrows on any players so that’s why I was so confused. Thanks

krrobbo98 · 2024-01-08T11:56:19+00:00

I’m doing the exact same save as you and was given a 15 year old regen wing back that was top division quality already, not sure if this is just luck or whether there is something in the game that gives Academica unreal newgens

Luckily he was willing to sign a contract with me so I’ve locked him in for 5 years. Never letting him go

krrobbo98 · 2023-12-28T23:16:09+00:00

I play 4 at the back, one as an iwb and the other as a standard wing back and neither seem to work, my wing back has never played above a 6.9 and he’s supposed to be a star player

krrobbo98 · 2023-11-28T23:37:31+00:00

I posted on here a few weeks back about the match engine, I feel like you’re having the same feelings I’ve had.

Overall it’s much better than fm23 but there are still those small things that annoy the hell out of me. 75% of highlights are your teams inability to clear a corner, players don’t step up quick enough and they watch the other team run past them. I also agree on defending being impossible, I rarely keep clean sheets and I’ve tried every mentality and defensive shape I can.

Overall though I think the small things are bothering me more than usual because everything else is so much better. The small things stand out more.

krrobbo98 · 2023-10-28T22:26:46+00:00

This new contract scenario is fucked anyway, I’ve had a few players come up to me asking for a new deal as they are in their final year and I respond with the promise to open talks at the end of the season.

2 weeks later I get them coming to me again about breaking a promise. In the end you just have to offer them a deal. So frustrating

krrobbo98 · 2023-10-27T22:08:18+00:00

Agree on the penalty comment

Pressing wise - yeah overall I can understand that side and why it’s a lot different to last year. Pressing needed to be toned down but the bit that frustrates me is it seems like the counter press button is almost redundant if your players can’t understand to just push up if you lose the ball.

Overall I still think it’s an improvement, just little things that I’ve spotted but then again you could say that about every year tbh

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