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General Advice (for Football Manager Mobile 2023 + 2024) Problem Many new FMM players have questions about how to improve their tactics + results in-game. Includes So this thread intends to be a casual series of TACTICAL advice - on making tactics, tweaking tactics, team instructions, players roles - to help FMM players improve their in-game tactics. Excludes I will generally NOT offer feedback / suggestions on specific tactics which people post. Community There are multiple other FMM tactical experts here, who I also warmly welcome to share their thoughts + experiences here 🙂 Some insights have been generated from others in the community (I’ll try to credit them) + some of these posts will be copied from my past Discord posts helping players there. Current Posts / Topics ✅ Recommended Tactics ✅ Scoring Goals - to Cross or Not to Cross ✅ Your Enemy - Know The Opposition’s Tactic ✅ Your Enemy - Adapting to The Opposition’s Tactic ✅ How AI Managers Select Players * ✅ Player Roles - What Attributes Needed for Each Striker Role? <on page 2> <> * this post could also be called ‘Why the AI doesn’t develop wonderkids’ … or ‘Why you shouldn’t holiday through the matches’ Future / Intended Posts Please feel free to add your questions, answers + experiences! 🙂

Player Roles Guidance for Intermediate Players (Non-Beginners) For Football Manager Mobile 2023 (FMM23) Intro A short series about some player roles - briefly showing ‘how they work’ in the FMM match engine. This is also a conversation - so please feel free to share YOUR thoughts, experiences + screenshots 👍 Contents These are the roles I know an interesting ‘insight’ about: ✅ Wingers (on ‘narrow’ width!) ✅ RPs vs B2Bs (in the MC positions) ✅ APs + DLPs (in the MC positions) ✅ IWBs (both in the D + DM positions) BWM (as an MC in a 4231) Also, ideally I’d like to test how a Sweeper + Libero work in the match engine, but may not have time. Why? When helping others on Vibe + Discord, I feel that I’m repeating the same points. So this aims to have one place to consolidate + explain these player role ‘insights’. Hope this helps you with your tactics - let’s discuss! Next Wingers!

In this thread I want to ask something different. I want to make a player MVP of my team. Like messi was for Barcelona. Messi used to be top scorer of Barcelona aswell as top assister. So I want to make a single top scorer of my club as well as assist leader. So @DanEnglish and other tacticyne can someone help me with the tactics and role for my main man?

Just a bit of info about youth scouts. I generally thought that they aid the quality of youth intakes😂, but that's not how it works. Youth scouts are more like 'talent poachers' they visit other youth academics in different clubs and present outstanding youth talents there to you. So you can choose to compensate the parent club for taking care of the youth(Tribunal) and you get that particular player. But, here's how it works, it's good if you have youth scouts for countries loaded in that save. For instance, I loaded four countries: Spain, France, England and Germany. One of my youth scouts, a Spanish one(forgotten his name) found a promising youth player with 4.5 star potential in another obscure Spanish club(lower lower leagues). So he recommended the youth to me, and I paid for him. Right now, he's on loan to one of my affiliate English clubs. But, the downside is that everything's a gamble, you won't be able to see the youth's attribute or personality. It will be presented just the way you view your own youth intakes. When you get the player, he joins your club and not your academy, so he'd be presented like how you view other players. The youth scouts thing doesn't happen often, maybe once a season is so. 👍🏽 I'll drop the photos later

What This Guide Will Teach You Ever wanted an excuse to get rid of all your players to make room for South American wonderkids find your dynamics in your team report, and it is all D or F? This guide will solve just that! Or at least make it less bad as you attempt to solve it long term. Results You Can Expect: Short Term and Long Term Short term means without a transfer window, or if a squad is so poor that risking the dynamics for good players is worth it Credits to @somewhat anonymous#8042 for the Monmouth photos and the inspiration to make this guide Longer term with a few seasons to move on disruptive players, your results can look like this How Squad Influence Is Determined Before we get to the 4 steps, it is very important to understand how the squad influence in the relationship tab works. A player's influence on squad professionalism and work rate is not merely just his own hidden attributes Squad influence is a combination of hidden attributes and the hierarchy status of the player. So Pertica while professional, is not influential enough to change any dynamic. Players with extreme hidden attributes (e.g. very professional or very unprofessional) can still influence squads with "Other" hierarchy. And you should take particular note these players. You also now know why seemingly neutral players suddenly turn into huge negative squad influences. Ways To Improve Squad Dynamics Now we get to the 4 steps 1. Appoint the right captain and vice captain Never appoint a player with low professionalism or work rate as captain or vice captain. No matter how high the leadership, raising a player like that to influential or team leader will destroy the squad dynamic. The above Monmouth example was due to a poor captain appointment. The right appointment for captain can be more of an art (since players can disapprove for many reasons), but vice captain is a free power-up slot. Hurst has been my vice captain since 17-18 years old. The clue was that he always had a small positive influence with Other hierarchy, so I elevated him to vice captain kicking his influence into overdrive. 2. Reduce the squad status of disruptive players It might seem odd to offer players new contacts for being unprofessional or not hard working, but if they are marked as first team or GOD FORBID key player you will need to. Players with a low squad status are easier to manage Schieskow isn't naturally unprofessional. But when wanting a new challenge, as a team leader he pulled professionalism, morale and loyalty to F. I banished him to the reserves for 2 games, and his hierarchy fell to Other and stayed that way for 6 months because his squad status is only Rotation. 3. Criticise player for poor training or poor match performances Not much to expand on here. You can criticise or fine players for match ratings of 5 or below. I check training once in a while for a criticise too. Just make sure not to criticise in quick succession, because players will feel like you are picking on them. This can sometimes raise Professionalism, Work Rate, Determination or Pressure Handling. Some player are almost always receptive, some are never. 4. Move disruptive players on from the club That's right, this is a football club not a childcare. I do eventually move on even the talented players. Of course there are always exceptions. Once your club has built up a core of players with good personalities, you can start to hold crazy good players with not so perfect hidden attributes You will also have more capacity to bring in younger players who are more of a project. Who knows? They might even stop being unprofessional and low work rate, through mentoring or passively.

A quick info on a corner tactic that could work most of the time. The requirements being: a striker or player probably in there midfield, or even defence with good aerial presence(you'll see this in their scout report or even in their attributes). In the corner instructions, instruct that player to attack near post. That way they're closer the the flight of the ball( don't know how to put this😂) and instruct the taker to aim at the near post. It works most ofg the time. As the corner taker plays the ball, the player( attacking the near post) swoops in and the balls in the net. You could get another player to mark the keeper, this player should prolly have good aerial's too. That way there are two points for your corner kick. If you play the ball one of them gets to put it in the net. I first discovered the 'mark keeper's and it helped me score a lot of goals with corners, before the 'attacks near post'. The only downside is that if the player's marker by a player with good aerial's too, they could just keep hitting the ball out. Or if you're out of luck, your player hits it wide. There's an element of luck when taking corners, just check the instructions, and find ways to maximize the opportunity of the player attacking the incoming ball. The 'curls ball' trait helps a bit in this aspect too. And I figured roles like 'poacher' 'complete forward' and 'target forward' get the most out of this tactic or corners in general. The poacher always looks to swoop in when attacking far corners. The complete forward is a bit like the poacher. But, in some cases he could ferry the ball to another player to score it. The target forward(need I say much😂) more physicality. I'd suggest buying Nelson Weiper from Mainz, a German club. He's 19 y/o at the start of the game. The kid has solid metals, a demanding personality: consistent, ambitious, determined, professional. Most of every good hidden attribute, just name it. Not advisable If you own a small team, as he may want to move on to big clubs And Vicente Pizarro, he's a DMC. He's good the personality: adaptable, team player, determined, capable under pressure'. If you're using a middle team and want a solid first team player, he could be key. He has solid aerials too. Olivier Giroud too, thought he's old, likely to retire in two or three seasons. Harry Kane too, he's a complete forward🤷🏽‍♂️. You can ask yours👍🏽...?

Hello Vibers! It is I, the loud-mouthed, grumpy "Hexer" who had made the old "Hexer's Workshop: It's all about Hex" back in the day. And today, I'll recreate the article to help Vibers explore the wonders that hex editing could bring to your FMM experience - and trust me, it's not going to be easy, but the what you'll get in the end would totally worth your time! Now before I started, I'd have something to say first to all of you. The last article, which I made back in 2018 (my very first article here actually) was deleted by my own request, despite me being very fond of it. That was, arguably, not my best decision, but I have my own reasons: It was outdated, and there were some people who were unaware of that, leading to many disastrous events that I didn't want to happen. I will try my best not to let this happen again, and luckily, I probably wouldn't be the only one running the workshop: there are quite a few Vibers who know how to do so, like @Scratch or @broodje kip, and they are willing to share they knowledge as well. This also won't be the same as the last article in terms of formatting, as it will be made specifically as a place for people to gather and share their findings, not just a string of tutorial posts - I'll try my best to do so! Also, considering what happened last time, I'd like to set some rules in the workshop, so that people won't turn it to a burning mess like last time. Please read it carefully before entering the workshop! - Search the thread before asking questions. The answers might have already been given there, and you won't have to wast your time asking it again. Also, read everything and don't skip, or you may miss something vital. - Don't send me direct messages, ask questions directly from this thread. I don't really have as much time as I had few years ago, so I might not respond. Asking here is better since there are others who would help. - No piracy talks. Don't ask me how to make players' names real, or request for a specific savefile. You'll get an instant report. - Use multiple screenshots in one post, don't make multiple post with only one screenshot. - Ask only questions related to savefile editing, both hex editing and changes.txt are acceptable. - Be civil to each other. My temper wasn't that good since the last "incidents", but I'll try my best to answer your questions in kind. These are all the rules needed to keep the thread truly alive, unlike the last one. Now, without further ado, let's begin!

Below is a compiled list of the best Set Piece Takers in FM24! JWP is not #1 and you have probably never heard about a lot of these players before. Name Age Club Set Pieces Freekicks Corners Long Throw Penalties Joe Jacobson 36 Wycombe 90 84 99 60 96 Vincenzo Grifo 30 SC Freiburg 89 93 94 57 88 James Ward-Prowse 28 West Ham 88 100 100 44 75 Hakan Çalhanoğlu 29 Inter 88 85 99 31 95 Morten Gamst Pedersen 41 Free Agent 86 86 95 74 80 Neymar 31 Al-Hilal (KSA) 86 88 86 31 99 Hernán Novick 34 Free Agent 85 84 88 86 83 Bruno Fernandes 28 Man Utd 85 86 84 35 98 Scott Tiffoney 24 Dundee 85 84 83 68 91 Johannes Geis 29 Nürnberg 85 87 86 74 85 Jersson Vásquez 37 Free Agent 85 84 84 83 86 Hulk 36 Atlético Mineiro 84 84 86 70 84 Nicolas Viola 33 Cagliari 84 84 83 39 97 Mikel Oyarzábal 26 Real Sociedad 84 79 79 73 96 Leonardo Fernández 24 Peñarol 84 91 82 83 78 Eran Levi 37 S.A. Ashdod 84 88 82 67 86 Reinaldo 33 Grêmio 84 75 79 87 97 Dimitri Payet 36 Vasco da Gama 84 89 82 43 90 Alex Telles 30 Al-Nassr (KSA) 84 82 88 75 84 Ryad Boudebouz 33 Ohod 84 84 89 42 91 You find the full list with 120 players and the ability to filter it as you wish, as well as other similar lists, here: https://efem.club/shortlists/1698-best-set-pieces-players-fm24

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What This Guide Is About This guide is about what you can do to give your team the edge in set-pieces, which includes assessing the squad, having certain types of players in certain positions and the conclusion to a little experiment I have been running in my FMM save. I should mention that this will not cover exploitative set-piece routines specific to a game engine of any version or edition of FMM, there is no guarantee that those methods will last and I am seeking to write something that can be somewhat ageless. Set Piece Taker The set piece taker is incredibly important, probably as important as all 10 other players on the field. If there is any position to strengthen first, it is this one. Set Piece taking is fairly easy to assess, you can see your best set-piece takers in the Tactics screen. In general, you will be hoping to amass maybe 2-3 players who are at least 4-5 stars in set pieces. Corners Now for the exciting part, and I believe corners are one of those parts of the game that people get really excited about (even in real life) despite the relatively low conversion rate. Hopefully after reading this though, this will change completely for your FMM team. Attacking Corners I will cover in particular what I believe to be the absolute essentials of successfully attacking a corner. Distribution These are the areas where you can distribute towards My experience is that as long as you have a good set-piece taker and at least 2 potential scorers, a neutral distribution tends to be what gets the most goals for the entire team. Perhaps in a goal challenge save, distributing to the designated goal scorer might make sense, but spreading the ball leads to the best result. Instructions These are the instructions that can be set for player The instructions I will highlight in particular are Attack Far/Near Post, Mark Keeper, Attack Ball from Edge of Area and Lurk Outside Area Attack Far/Near Post I think this area in particular is a good location to attack, often the ones covering here will be fullbacks and you can often get very good matchups in aerial and strength against them. If you do run out of aerial players, you can opt for a good finisher without the aerial at the far post. Mark Keeper If the posts are being occupied, this area here can often turn into a very serious threat. Essentially the corner exploit, except the other players are actually distracted from legitimate tactics and not some magic. I do like to put my strongest finisher here, often it will be the striker. Attack Ball From Edge of Area A very good avenue of attack as well, with a good amount of space to work with. Often the type of player that goes here will be a box-to-box midfielder or an offensive midfielder of any sort. Lurk Outside Area Ah... Lurk Outside Area, a position where legends are born. It is too bad that Long Shot is an attribute that you can't see directly in FMM. You can however get a hint from the player traits screen "Shoots From Distance", which means 15 or above long shots. Obviously you'd want someone with 20 long shots, but there will be no indicators. I guarantee you though, if you find someone with 20 long shots, you'll know it by gut feel. Defending Corners Oooh defending corners. Much easier in my opinion I'll talk about Defend Left/Right Post, Close Down and Stay Forward. Defend Left/Right Post I generally recommend not keeping 2 men at each post, just one fullback at the near post. Close Down Optional to have, but when I do have it I tend to put a short winger there. Stay Forward I usually keep the player on the same wing as the corner and the most attacking midfielder forward, so if we get a 2nd ball it's an avenue for counter. You can consider the striker if your striker is more of the speedy and not-so-aerial type. Free Kicks Another great source of goals, and arguably simpler than corners. I think most else has been covered within corners itself, so I'll cover the stuff that is different. Attacking Freekicks Distribution These are the areas where you can distribute towards As with corners, as long as you have a good set-piece taker and at least 2 potential scorers, once again a neutral distribution tends to be what gets the most goals for the entire team. Instructions Stand With Taker is interesting, I don't use it personally but if you have multiple free-kick takers it could net you a little more from the unpredictability. Disrupting Wall can at times net you the advantage if you prefer the freekick taker to shoot. Often you can put players here who don't contribute much else in terms of aerial prowess or penetration here, but in the ideal world the only such players I have will be the ones with good freekick taking. Defending Freekicks As for forming the wall, I tend to put those with above-average aerials and defending ability here. I do keep reserve a few of the best defenders to be on man-marking. Rebuilding a Squad Around Set-Pieces/Aerial Now it's not really me if I don't talk about squad management and taking any idea to absurdity with regens to experiment with some theory. So let's ask you this, what attributes would you associate with set-pieces? Strength and aerial. Now what position would you associate such attributes? GK, CB, some CM positions and ST presumably, with players in those positions usually having more aerial and strength. Introducing Off-Attribute Meta! The idea where the best area to gain a competitive advantage in any attribute is to have them in areas where you don't usually expect. Aerial Inside Forward The way to play a Wide Target Forward in FMM Nothing could be scarier, until you realise he is often merely making the decoy run for the 50-60 goals a season ST with 18-19 aerial Aerial no. 10 Three's a crowd. There's nothing really shadow about him as Shadow Striker and nothing unusual to see him fire with his great long shots even as an Advanced Playmaker. He was deadly upfront, but a lot of that sting remains even as he was pulled into AMC. Aerial Fullback Not the first one in this save popping up where I went "This guy looks more like a CB". Well at the very least 13 aerial is high for a fullback who is often up against wingers. It's harder to quantify in 1 screenshot the advantage of an extremely high aerial high strength backline because the fullbacks are also aerial monsters. What is also hard to quantify is just how dominant in set pieces this absurdity of a squad ended up being. The move from FMM22 to FMM23 really hit this point hard, usually there is a drop-off from your long-term team to a fresh real-life squad again. The evaporation of that overwhelming set piece confidence from this squad was on another level. Applying This Theory More Generally My guess is this can probably apply to other attributes other than aerial and strength. Dribbling, Technique, Creativity, Movement, Teamwork, and Pace comes to mind as somewhat universal attributes that some positions might lack. Of course even then, something plausible in theory could just not work in the match engine. I would love to test all of this someday, but I am more of the sort of FMM player that looks for naturally generated players. Experiments like this are often something I stumble into by accident, though I do know some people who do theoretical testing using editing so I leave this theory to you. What is confirmed here is that cramming a disproportionate amount of aerial players does work. I do wish I could get such players again for FMM23, but I am running a new little experiment there now which is stumbled into by accident again hehe

FMM Guide: Evolving Your Tactic Score More Goals! After helping 3x FMM players with the same situation, I thought it’s better to write up this advice into a guide … Intro After a successful 1st season - some FMM players find they are performing worse + scoring less the next season! 🔻 With the same tactic, mostly the same players - they don’t understand why. … so how can YOU solve this? Solutions To score more goals, you could get: better players higher mentality (e.g. from ‘normal’ to ‘attacking’) different roles (e.g. from CMs to APs/RPs) different instructions (e.g. from ‘mixed’ to ‘short’ passing) … or a different FORMATIONS (e.g. 451 vs 4231) This guide focuses on different FORMATIONS - to evolve your tactic, to score more goals. Example Base Formation You see a lot of players use a 41221 like this: It’s solid, balanced, good. You may win a title with it 🏆 BUT as your team’s form / reputations improves, opposition AI managers will use more defensive mentalities - meaning it becomes harder for you to score 🔻 In that 41221 - you have only 5 players attacking, mostly from deeper positions, while the opposition usually have 6-7 players defending (e.g. in a 41221, 4231 DM, 343 DM formations), so you rarely outnumber them when attacking. So what are your options?! Option A - Advanced IFs Many FMM players use Inside Forwards - however the consensus is that IFs perform better in more advanced positions in this years FMM 🔥 I.e. in the FR/L positions, in line with the central ST. Option B - Midfield Three Instead of having a 41221, you can easily push your central midfield into more advanced positions (like a 4231) - with an AMC + 2 MCs 🔥 . Option C - Midfield Three Thanks @Reshetnikov who suggested adding this 👍 Instead of moving your midfield three forward, you could just give all of them different roles which encourage forward runs. The RP (DMC) and two B2Bs (MCs) combination is probably the best example of this and is one of the ‘secrets’ behind the Black Hawk tactic’s success. Option D - Wing Backs Is your ST is aerially dominant in your league (e.g. 17+ aerial / strength in the English Premier League) … ? If yes, then having WBs will encourage more crosses to him 🔥 (don’t do this if your ST has low aerial). You could even move your WBs to a more advanced position (DM R/L)?! Combinations of Options Alternatively you can use any combination of these options for your formation: Assuming you’re one of the league’s better teams - here are four formation options to help you evolve your tactic - to score more goals 🔥 You don’t have to do all three of these tweaks - pick the most suitable for you 👍 Thoughts? 🙂

Not sure how useful this will be to most, as it probably doesn't apply in many other leagues - but it's very useful in China. In China, all affiliates seem to come from the division below you. There are none overseas, there are none from some really low division. Now each season, there is a chance that some of your affiliates will get promoted and be facing you in the Chinese Super League. When they do, they will cancel the affiliation because they are too big now. But they don't do it immediately, they wait until several weeks into the new season. That's your chance to send all your promising youngsters on loan to that club. There is no 4 player limit like in some leagues, so you can loan out 15 players to the promoted club if you like. And they will accept the players because they are still an affiliate. The end result is that your youngsters get experience at the highest level in the country. Maybe a loan to a club in the top division of a European league would be preferable, but I've found that youngsters level up nicely from a season in the Chinese Super League and come back to you ready to go. It's certainly far far better than sending them to one of your other affiliates or leaving them in the Reserves.

Hi there everyone, this is my first topic. With the help of sortitoutsi I 've created a list of Poland based best young players. I know that not many people are choosing to manage clubs from Poland but maybe someone will find this helpful. The list contains best under21 players from PKO Ekstraklasa, Fortuna 1 Liga, Second Division and Third Division Enjoy, and sorry for my english poland based u21.pdf

Hi FMM friends, I don't know if anyone talked/posted about this - I don't think its a bug - but I'm here to show you something that I discovered in both FMM19 & FMM20 and that I had the intention to post it here so you guys could enjoy while playing FMM. It will be a lot of pics because I will try to explain it step by step. I will show you how to buy a player for the lowest price when there is also another club interested in the player. Other clubs that are interested in a player that you would like to sign to your club can/will raise the price but with this trick you will be able to overcome that problem. It's good espically if you are enjoying a low league career. Let's find a player of our choice first. Thomas Partey is our choice. Lets make offer for Partey. What we do is change the offer type to Enquiry so that we can get a clue about the price the club is asking for the player. They are asking 11.5M for the player. Now that is a good price and the lowest price. We suggest terms and try to remove the sell on percentage. Oh no, Borussia Dortmund made a bid for 12.25M and that is a bigger offer than ours! What do you think we should do next? Of course we raise the price and give a bigger offer than Dortmund. 13.25M is our offer Mr. Simeone. OMG! Lucien Favre, what is wrong with you? 24M? That is twice as much as your first bid. We offered 30M this time and Atleti accepted our offer. Finalise the deal. All good here. Offer contract and here is where we do the trick. We exit talks here and pretend like nothing happened Once here we will go for a new bid. Bid here in this message. We will see that our last offer stands here but the trick is that we change offer type to Enquiry again. They will ask for 11.5M and %10 sale on percentage again. Remove the sale on percentage and suggest terms. Hell yeah! They accepted the offer of 11.5M without the sale on percentage. Finalise the deal. Offer contract. Finally Partey have too accepted our contract offer. Finalise the deal for the last time. Congrats! We just signed Thomas Partey for the lowest price that Atleti asked at the first place but other interested clubs forced us to raise the price. Enjoy your FMM days my friends.

Hello Vibe and welcome to a Guide which hopefully many of you will find useful. Over the past couple of years of creating tactics for myself, I always find myself revisiting certain key elements, 9 in fact, when making any sort of system. That system can range from a simple 442 focused on wingplay, a 4231 formation focused on patiently waiting for an opening by retaining possession, or a full on attacking 433 focused on relentlessly camping in the opposition area to carve out scoring opportunities and any other system in between. So I thought I’d let the Vibe community fester in my mind for a little while by sharing these 9 steps. I understand that the new game is right around the corner but these points should still apply to it, or any other FMM game of the past. Step One: Envision a style of play and understand what mentality and roles will do. Mentality affects how a team plays, do you trust them to go risky, do you want them to be more aggressive going up or do you want them to be cautious in possession? Mentality affects your team’s width, risk of passing, tempo and defensive lines. For example: A defensive mentality set with a narrow width is much more narrower than an attacking mentality set with a narrow width. A counter mentality set to fast tempo is slower than a control mentality set to fast tempo, despite what you may think. Player roles serve to create individual distinctions within that mentality, and we’ll get into them at a later stage. Step Two: Create a Balanced Tactic A tactic doesn’t need to have 10 players with gung-ho roles to score a goal, a tactic with an abundance of supporting roles can do just as well provided you have considered what your players are capable of. Always think about how you are first and foremost going to defend space vacated by an attacking player. Using a wingback? Then you need to understand that he will aggressively push forward. So how do you defend that space in his absence? Don’t be too one dimensional, mix it up a bit. Using a winger on one flank to whip in crosses whilst having an AP on the other flank with short passes to drag defenders about will give you more chances than having two wingers doing exactly the same thing. Keep the opposition guessing! A balanced tactic is all about defending, controlling and attacking space. Worry about keeping a clean sheet before setting up your attacking shape. When creating a tactic, consider how you place roles first. When you select an attacking role in any position then you need to ensure you have enough supporting roles to play off them and more importantly, cover them. Step Three: Adapt the Roles to Suit the Player Some roles in the game may not suit your players strengths and weaknesses. If a player can’t dribble then choose a role which doesn’t require him to do so as much - CM over BBM, FB over WB, Poacher over AF etc. If he has poor passing, decisions and creativity then don’t give him a role where he will be required to create chances or take risky passes. Step Four: Analyse How Roles Work Together In Your Tactic Roles should be able to work together to create effective passing triangles across the pitch. If you want a tactic that attacks space on the flanks then you want to have an attacking role in that area with adequate support to do so. Roles can be combined together to make it so you have as many different players split across different stratas of the pitch. For example - you could have a Central Defender in defence coupled with a fullback. Together these two roles are slightly offset to provide support for each other. The same can be said in a two man strike partnership. One striker can work off the other, think of a Target Man holding up the ball for a Advanced Forward to make runs into the channels. When you think of roles you need to think about combinations that work the ball seamlessly through each transition. Step Five: Use Team Instructions Wisely Team instructions allow you to create styles of play, but not understanding what they do can be catastrophic. When in doubt, don’t use any instructions, if you’re unsure as to what they do then choose one at a time and analyse the effects. Despite what people may think, there are no rules on which team instructions to use within the game, as long as you think in a logical way and keep it simple you should be fine. Step Six: Analyse Your Squad Study your squad to identify strengths and weaknesses - Use team report screen to gain a simple indication of how your team stacks up against the rest of the league. Squad depth will show you how many players you have capable of playing a certain position, and also ranks them by current ability. Once you have identified your team, draw up a list of positions and rate each one with the players you have. The game is all about defending space, controlling space and attacking space. To do that we need to know how the players can perform defensive and offensive tasks across the pitch. You can rate them by how well they can perform these tasks - Defensive Tasks: - How good your defenders are at dealing with crosses - Aerial, Positioning, Strength - How good your players are at getting back to help out the defence - Pace, Stamina, Teamwork (Work Rate is a hidden stat within this particular attribute) - How good your players are at marking their opponents - Decisions, Tackling, Positioning, Strength - Who can spot danger before it happens - Decisions, Positioning - Who can put in a tackle if needed - Aggression, Tackling, Strength If your central defenders are strong in the air and also have good positional strength then theoretically you could play on a number of different mentalities. Your side could, if you like adopt a defensive stance and allow the opposition to cross the ball. If however they’re average at best then you’ll need to decide on a per game basis wether it’s too risky to sit back and allow the opposition the time and space to cross the ball. If you’re team is average at best, then I highly recommend playing with a defensive midfielder so that the back line gets more support. Offensive Tasks: Creating goalscoring chances is all about controlling space and using space. You need to know what kind of players you have at your disposal, and what they are capable of. - Players who are expected to attack space (for example, those who play on the flanks or those who are expected to move in to the vertical channels) - Pace, Movement - Players who are expected to control and work space (supporting roles, those who drop deep etc) - Strength, Decisions, Movement, Teamwork. - Those who can find players in space (Playmaker type roles - AP, DLP, BPD etc) - Passing, Creativity, Decisions Understanding what your players are capable of will influence your decision on what kind of formation you can use. For example: I want to play an Inside Forward and I want him to attack the space out wide, then I will need him to have: - Go in and attack the space - Pace, Movement - Dribble down the flank or cut inside centrally - Dribbling - Cross, Pass or shoot the ball - Crossing, Passing, Shooting If you have a systematic way of deciding wether a player can perform a certain role it becomes a lot easier. Step Seven: Analyse the Opposition Before each match you should have a quick look at who your opponents key players are. Shutting them down at the source could be the difference between victory and defeat! For example: If your opponent have their best player as the number 10 and you want to try and nullify the threat he poses, then you should always consider playing with a Defensive Midfielder. Step Eight: Don’t be Rigid, Adapt! You should at all times have a plan B if things aren’t going your way. If you find that the opposition is having way too much space on the flanks then you need to counteract that whilst you can. Or you may find that the opposition are camping in their own box and this may require you to push up more, go wide or even get more players in advanced positions. When the AI scores a goal it immediately changes mentality, and even roles to protect the lead. The AI plays dynamically to get a result, and you should do the same wether it’s a small role change or a significant change like changing your style of play altogether. Step Nine: Have a Bench Strategy Your bench players can present an effective strategy change for you. If you find that you need a strong player upfront to hold the ball up for example. Or a rapid winger who can punish tired legs in the latter stages of a match. Don’t be afraid of thinking of different players who can perform different roles to create a different style of play. Consider as well that you might just possibly want to bring someone on to waste precious minutes to hold on to a lead. These are the 9 nine steps I follow in creating a tactic, I hope some of you have found this article helpful and I look forward to hearing of your steps in creating a tactic. Thanks for reading

I've had the issue myself as a user of the P20 lite, and I've seen a few comments here and in the reviews on the play store about how the game is almost unplayable on the P20 lite. You cant click anything, nothing works, it's unplayable. Until the developers look into a real fix this should help your game become playable. As owners of the P20 lite know, they've joined in on the notch on the screen hype. To play the game properly without any issues, make sure when you hold the phone horizontally, the notch is on the right and the Huawei is on the left, when it's this way you can play the game normally, when the notch is on the left the game won't play. I know this sounds daft, but try it, the game should be fine as long as you hold it that way!

Hello Vibe and welcome to a little training guide I’ve put together for you. The training regime that I’m about to show you is one I’ve been using in my careers for the past three-four months or so. I’ve only used it during my spell as manager of the top teams of the game and those who only have the best training facilities available, so do not expect this to work for poor teams or those who have poor facilities, but by all means feel free to test that theory. I’ve had players progress really well by using my method and it’s one I’d finally like to share with you. To start off, I only ever use three separate training regimes, and they are.. Goalkeeping:- For your goalkeepers, obviously. Defensive:- I use this for all Central Defenders, Full-Backs and all defensive minded midfielders i.e Ball winning midfielders, Deep-lying playmakers and Anchormen. Attacking:- This is the regime I use for everyone else, ranging from Wingbacks, Inverted Wingbacks, Central Midfielders, Advanced Playmakers, Wingers, Inside Forwards and all the Forward roles. Before we dive into the regimes, I’ll show you some results I’ve had just now by holidaying a full season at Manchester United. Staff:- My staff setup is always more or less the same all the time. It consists of 1x Attacking Coach, 1x Defensive Coach, 1x Motivational Coach and 1x Fitness Coach. As my own personal speciality I usually go for what’s needed in the challenge I’m undertaking, so if I’m doing a goal scoring challenge I’d set myself as an attacking coach so the club technically have 2x Attacking Coaches. For Physiotherapists I always go with 2x Prevention and 1x Rehabilitation, it’s always better to prevent injuries rather than treat them is the idea behind that choice. Goalkeepers So these are the two goalkeepers I focused on, one is your undoubted number one and the other is a youth prospect with half decent potential. Fast forward a full league campaign later and these are the results Massive improvement everywhere from both players with physical attributes being the standout progress. I can not stress how important physical stats are in this years game, it seems that the EME is very pace driven so I always like my players, goalkeepers included to have a high rating in these areas. Defenders Apart from Bailly you’d class these as average players at best. Blind won’t do you any favours on this engine with his measly 9 pace and Marcos Rojo ain’t pulling up any trees. Fast forward one season later Again, massive improvement in all stats, and once again physicals are standing out with Bailly jumping to a huge 18 Pace, 19 Stamina and 19 Strength. Blind also jumps up to 11 Pace, 19 Stamina and 14 Strength. Whilst Rojo pumps all his physical up into green numbers. Attackers A good mix of players, you’ve got wingbacks in Shaw and Darmian, hot prospects Rashford and Martial, young CM Scott Mctominay and then you’ve got your likes of Pogba, Sanchez and Fellaini. A fair mix of players, all on the same attacking regime. Fast forward one season later Massive improvement once again in all attributes, and once again the physical attributes are the ones that stand out again. Apart from Fellaini, all of these players ended up with a Pace attribute of 15+, Fellaini just fell short at 14. Mctominay has developed into an all round machine that could run any midfield in the world, and Pogba has no less than five attributes at the maximum 20. So Vibe, I’d finally like to share what you all came here to see, my training regimes for FMM. Goalkeeping:- Goalkeepers - Sweeper Keepers Three bars on intensive is daunting, but trust me and give it a go. Even if you holiday the full season yourself it will guarantee results. Defensive:- CB - BPD - LD - BWM - DLP - DM etc. Once again, three bars on intensive. Fitness being on intensive is crucial in my opinion as it gives players that extra bit of stamina that theoretically should see them being able to play more and spend less time on the injury table. Attacking:- WB - IWB - CM - AP - BBM - W - IF - SS - Trequartista and ALL Forward roles And that’s it guys, my guide to a super intensive training regime that has proven time and time again on a personal level to deliver great results. If in doubt then please set it up as you normally would and holiday a season to see for yourself. On a side note, I’d highly recommend you hire two prevention physios and one rehabilitation physios, that’s the ideal setup in my opinion. As always, comments are hugely appreciated and I’d love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks for reading

If you’re looking for a challenge on FMM 18 then ‘I Biancocelesti’ or ‘Lazio’ to you and me could be the club of choice for you. Juventus have been dominant in Serie A since 2012 and the other Italian clubs haven’t had a good look in on any silverware since that time. Lazio however, did manage a Coppa Italia in 2013 and that was only their eighth major domestic trophy in their history. One of the main challenges in a Lazio save is keeping hold of certain key players and keeping the sharks at bay whilst also trying to end the run of dominance that Juventus holds over the league. Key Players Without a shadow of a doubt your best player in this squad is Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and he develops into one of the games leading midfielders in a few short years. So keeping him is of utmost importance In defence, your key player is centre back Stefan De Vrij. With the Dutchman’s contract expiring at the end of the season, can you ensure he stays for the foreseeable future? Last but not least, your Italian striker Ciro Immobile has the experience to lead the line for the best part of five years so long as you can keep him fit Board Expectations The main objective is to qualify for the Europa League, but if you feel confident I’d be inclined to go with Champions League qualification. This will ensure a little bit more money for your transfer kitty. Which at a solid £34million is enough to make a coupe of shrewd signings whilst hopefully keeping your current squad intact. Recommended Transfers For outgoing transfers i would personally ship striker ‘Filip Djordjevic’ he earns £38k per week and this is money that would be better spent elsewhere. Ivan Vargic earns £15.75k and shouldn’t be in contention for a starting spot. I would also loan out Luiz Felipe for game time. As for incoming transfers, the squad is really low on options on the wings with Felipe Anderson and Nani being the only real options. So a winger/inside forward is a must buy this season and I’ve highlighted Ajax wonderkid Justin Kliuvert as a priority target. He can be purchased for around £25million, and will be a welcome addition to any squad. An alternative could well be Cristian Pavón of Boca Juniors who can be purchased for the right side of £5million and develops into an elite player. Tactic A 433 or a 4231 would be the most ideal formation for the club. These formations would ensure you get the best out of your key players. Here’s an option: An attacking 433 with the WB’s pushed higher up the pitch, which can be afforded with the addition of the Anchor man in the side. Starting XI A solid first XI, and with some time could develop into a leading force in European football. Thanks for reading, and once again I hope you’ve found this guide slightly helpful and I would be intrigued to see a Lazio career on Vibe in the near future! Have you managed Lazio in the past? What did/would you do differently?

FMM18: All Playable National Teams The nations that are available to you during a save depend on the leagues you have loaded, as you require at least 50 players from that nation to be able to manage their national team. I have loaded up the database in various combinations to try and ensure that this is complete a list as possible. You will need to load the correct leagues to get some of these teams E.G. Load the MLS to manage Canada, Jamaica or Bermuda. The more players you load the more nations you will have available. If I have missed anyone please let me know the combination of leagues you loaded and I can add them to the list. Europe South America Africa Asia North America Oceania Thank you for reading Thank you to @CIRRUSmd

Welcome to a guide to one of my favourite teams in football. Athletic Club Bilbao or Athletic Bilbao as they are better known. They can be one of the toughest but more interesting sides to manage in FMM17 because simply due to their recruitment policy. The club is known for its policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks, as well as recruiting top Basque players from other clubs like club alumni like Joseba Etxeberria and Javi Martínez. Athletic's official policy is the signing of professional players native to or trained in football in the greater Basque Country, Which includes Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Álava and Navarre (in Spain); and Labourd, Soule and Lower Navarre (in France). Since its foundation, Athletic has played exclusively with players meeting the criteria to be deemed as Basque players, and has been one of the most successful teams of La Liga with 8 league titles. Honours La Liga (8) Spanish Cup (23) Spanish Super Cup (2) Club info Club Finance The Challenge The board expect champions league qualification this season, This will be no easy feat however, as Bilbao have only reached the group stages in the current format of the Champions league just once in 2014 and on that occasion the failed to progress past the group. It will be your job to change that, the other challenge would be to bring Los Leones their first league title since 1984 and end a 33 year wait for the 9th title. You start the 16/17 season with approximately £36 million in a transfer budget,£38m if you are bold enough to go for the league title in your first season. You also have a wage budget of £836k again you can raise it to £886k if you set your ambitions higher. Squad You have a big squad to use, which is to be expected with the importance placed on youth production. The likes of Kepa, Muninan, Villalibre should be the base for the squad along with the following. Key Players Aymeric Laporte A favourite of FMM players for the last few seasons. Laporte will be the centre piece of your defence. Possessing vital green ratings in the likes of Aerial, tackling and strength. He has all the abilities to lead the defence for years to come. Did I mention he is only 22 so will no doubt improve in the future. Inaki Williams Another young gem to base your team around. The lightning fast winger continues to improve every season. Already rating highly in Dribbling and Shooting and an ability to play in a number of attacking positions. There is a reason why in most saves he is quickly snapped up by the likes Barcelona, Man city this kid will be a beast. Artiz Aduriz The elder statesmen of the team. Despite his age he is more than capable to lead the line. With superior Aerial and movement will make him a target man for the likes of Willams and Munian. You may only have him for one or two seasons by then Asier Villalibre should be ready to take the mantle. Transfer Strategy Your transfer strategy will be the most intriguing part of the save. Remember you can only sign Basque players. Depending how you attempt the save if you use a sugar daddy style strategy you could sign the likes of Ander Herrea, Antoine Griezman, Gonzalo Higuain could be an option. There is also plenty of players at Real Sociedad as they also adopt the basque transfer strategy, although they do allow the signing of foreign players. The likes of Inigio Martinez, Asier Illarrmendi would be eligible but Bilbao and Sociedad are bitter rivals so expect to pay big prices. My personal strategy is to rely on youth intake and regens to supply your team as this is more realistic in terms of Bilbao's policy. Thanks for reading and best of luck with the Rojiblancos save.

I posted about this a couple of years back and today's announcement has got me doing this again. Basically, if you answer surveys that are sent to you then Google will credit your Google Play account with money. You can use this credit towards FMM18 (or something else if you are that way inclined). See the old thread for details. This is for Android users only (sorry iOS users). Link to app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.paidtasks SI get paid and we get a discounted or free game. Win-win! I hope this helps some of you.

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FMM19: Every Playable Nation The nations that are available to you during a save depend on the leagues you have loaded, as you require at least 50 players from that nation to be able to manage as their national team. I have loaded up the database in various combinations to try and ensure that this is as complete a list as possible. You will need to load the correct leagues to get some of these teams E.G. Load the MLS to manage Canada, Jamaica or Bermuda. The more players you load the more nations you will have available. A good rules of thumb is that if you want to manage an Asian nation on the list then load as many Asian leagues as you can. If I have missed anyone please let me know the combination of leagues you loaded and I can add them to the list. Asia Australia Bahrain China Iran Iraq North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea Uzbekistan Africa Algeria Cameroon Cape Verde DR Congo Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Mali Morocco Nigeria Senegal Europe Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Croatia Denmark England France Greece Holland Italy Kosovo N. Ireland Poland Portugal Rep. Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales North America Bermuda Canada Jamaica Mexico U.S.A South America Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Uruguay Venezuela Oceania New Zealand

Deciding what team you take reins of is always a difficult decision, with various types of challenges to choose from. Some players like to take on a club with a massive budget and make a number superstar signings. While that is certainly entertaining for a while, there is nothing quite like taking on the challenge of moulding a smaller club in your image and bringing them to the top. What do you think?