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Is that your regular formation?! How attacking...
Very attacking Gully, and yes I do play this most weeks, went out to Man City in the quarter finals, kind of my Boggie team atm
Inverted wingbacks play more central then it looks here and give Arthur more support at CM.
Got my First Premier League Win tied up after 37 games
Note the Goals scored
Wow that's outrageous! Looks suicidal but fair play - even Berahino can't not score with that kind of talent around him.
I'm amazed you persisted with him for so long to be honest - I'd have got rid of him!Lol your not wrong
(his previous 2 seasons look bad, but he was like Andre Silva in real life, only scores in europe, this screen only shows league)
Won player of the season and top goal scorer.
Also if you dislike Berahino, you'll hate this,
What annoys me most, is I the manager who's won the Prem and the Europa, is still only an Icon.
Mainly due to Home Grown rules, Brexit on my save is 17 player foreign limit, so need 8 home grown players or under register, (i.e can have 6 but only a 23 man squad)I'm amazed you persisted with him for so long to be honest - I'd have got rid of him!
Mainly due to Home Grown rules, Brexit on my save is 17 player foreign limit, so need 8 home grown players or under register, (i.e can have 6 but only a 23 man squad)
I got the same Brexit!
Bit of advice please. Just bought Max Romero, so need a work permit. So is it better to farm him out on loan for 2 seasons in Spain/Portugal, or put him in the Seniors and make him available for the U23's. Training facilities and coaches better at Mol, so assume he would progress better staying? Or is he good enough anyway that 2 seasons in Europe would be a safer option? Cheers.
Aren't those the PL rules anyway? From memory it's 25 man squad with 8 HG players and 4 from your own academy or something like that?
But there’s a 17 foreign player limit. Whether they’re U21 or not.
Sign him anyway, wait until he will accept a new contract - he'll get a work permit with the new contract.. might be a glitch but its been working for me
Finally promoted as Champions and immediately signed Boly, Vinagre, Jota and N'DIaye, all for cheaper than their buyout clauses except for Vinagre. Strangely feel as if the squad is good enough to cope with staying up without too much strengthening.
I have Moussa Marega and looking to integrate Niall Ennis into the squad, with Florinel Coman on his way too, but could do with a top class centre-back or central midfielder on loan from somewhere to complete the side - any ideas?
@justanotherwolf Grugic is partnering Neves in my save. He’s great as he has a good passing range, and scores some great long shots sometimes.
Try, if possible, to get Rob Holding instead of Phil Jones. If not, sticking with Coady might be a good option. I’ve just sold him after winning the Premier League, for £10M, and up to his last couple of games, he almost always performed well. Just in the end he gave away some stupid penalties and his CA changed to a “leading Championship player” so that was my cue to sell him.
No probs. I'm not sure on the homegrown thing, I've signed 2 players that I really wanted this way, but the homegrown due date isn't showing, despite both being under 18 when they signed and when they signed new contract, probably another glitch. Is it showing for you?Spot on mate, it worked, bizarre but successful, cheers! Another glitch, a bit like the lack of set piece goals I guess. So theoretically, could you purchase a heap of 16 year old wonderkids from South America, and they eventually count as "homegrown?"
No probs. I'm not sure on the homegrown thing, I've signed 2 players that I really wanted this way, but the homegrown due date isn't showing, despite both being under 18 when they signed and when they signed new contract, probably another glitch. Is it showing for you?
Does anyone know if this is a common occurrence, and if so, is there a patch/remedy?
I've gone down the Grujic route on loan and hopefully will get Patrick Cutrone in. Think people overlook the fact we have Ruben Neves, Diogo Jota and Helder Costa. All ready made PL players on the game so placing faith in them and working to get Ronan MGW and Bright firing on PL cylinders.
Yeah, all three of those come into the PL playing well in the right system. I just sold Helder Costa to Everton for £35M, after 3 seasons in the Premier League. He was very often injured unfortunately, and after winning the Champions League, his value skyrocketed so I cashed in.
Pretty happy dressing room, Winners are Grinners! Where do you play Sessegnon? He's playing AML for me, but if he doesn't play every game, he becomes Zsa Zsa Gabor getting a parking ticket. Like to get rid, but huge potential and home grown.
Had another offer of 48m turned down for Pulisic, so I think I'll have to stick with Cryin' Ryan! Dembele went to Arsenal for 58m, but has not started in 10 League games, so might make a cheeky bid in Jan 2020. I think my game is confusing GBP with the old Italian Lira...He plays AML for me as well, but he’s behind Pulisic in the pecking order and he knows it. He just became homegrown at the club though, so I’m going to stick around with him.
Stupid question time. Last time I played FM was the 2009 version and there was a search window on the top right with a magnifying glass and you could basically enter either a player's name or club or part thereof, click on the mg and it would list all the applicable players or clubs relating to that name. Does FM 2018 have a similar tool, and if so, where is it? Cheers.
Any tactical recommendations for newly promoted team in the PL? Finding myself losing by the odd goal very often. Playing a 4-3-3 with a DM and wide forwards, which is great on the counter and got a few good results, but just need to turn a few defeats into draws. Patrick Cutrone is excellent but misses too many chances and Grujic isn't having the desired impact either, Signed Ruben Dias on loan though who is excellent.
Here you go, mate. This is the tactic that got me winning and set me on my way to the Premier League title the second season:
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It's very high intensity and you'll have lots of players booked. Whenever that happens, tell them to ease off tackles and try to replace them at halftime, or right away if needed. Opposition player instructions are to always close down, always mark tightly, and show onto weaker foot.
Against teams who were around my level, I would play control, or standard, and if I scored a goal, I would set it to counter. Sometimes the wingbacks might not work, so it's okay to pull them back to fullbacks on automatic if that works better for you.
Against the big teams, I used to go defensive, and waste time, with a more direct approach.
Hope this helps Best of luck!
It looks outrageously adventurous, especially considering all 3 of your midfielders are playmakers. I guess the high press allows you to swarm over teams but you can't have a weak link in the chain there at all! I don't think I've got the quality of players necessary for that to work in my mind. Mostly still the Championship squad but I'll get it set up as a back up tactic and try it in a cup competition to see how we do. Props to you if it goes well!
@gullykular this is the system I use now, mate.
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If the pass into space and run at defense instructions aren't working, I take them off and go control sometimes. However, this tactic won me the quadruple (Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup, Champions League) with an attacking mindset, so it all depends on your players. I've used this in a counter mentality sometimes, and it works well too because of the pass into space instruction that gets those quick passes forward.
You see I see that and I wonder how it would work setting your team to narrow but playing with wingers and exploiting the flanks? Seems like a slight contradiction to me. Although the results clearly suggest otherwise!
The narrowness is more for the defense, and as a whole when we don’t have the ball. As soon as we get the ball back, it’s out to the wings and they exploit that space as much as possible!
@gullykular this is the system I use now, mate.
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If the pass into space and run at defense instructions aren't working, I take them off and go control sometimes. However, this tactic won me the quadruple (Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup, Champions League) with an attacking mindset, so it all depends on your players. I've used this in a counter mentality sometimes, and it works well too because of the pass into space instruction that gets those quick passes forward.
Not sure if that is possible or if anyone has tried and had any success with it.