Football Manager 2021

[Pogue Mahone 310]

12 hours ago, MadJack said:

I liked that post but I am currently top of the Bundesliga after 7 with Schalke, having beaten both Bayern and Leipzig, so maybe it's a bit too easy currently.

You’ve still got the inevitable 20 game winless streak October/November to come 

[Liam 6,236]

First game of the season as Fulham and I defeated Liverpool 2-0.

Game is broken.

[Bobfoc 6,143]

Quite so. You should have won 7-2.

[DFF 1,375]

On 14/11/2020 at 09:50, Jasonmufc said:

So 4231 is as disgustingly strong as it has ever been. My mate's made a 4231 Vertical Tiki-Taka and he's been destroying the premier league.

I've no idea about 21 but I tried this on 20 and promptly won my Europa League match with Sheff U against Maritimo 9-0. 

[DFF 1,375]

Time to edit Wrexham's funds? 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/16/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-takeover-wrexham-approved-fans?fbclid=IwAR2lCt9MqqwlPuFWiX0YJzpuot8Gg2ZvnklVK2q3HWjhcARlL1Um6AYth9o

[MadJack 5,565]

More Alphonso Davies comparisons:

Spoiler

He's apparently being fixed for full release, but I prefer this version, just because he's worse than some players who haven't even played 20 professional games in their career.

[stokeriño 13,027]

This is the kind of shit I do on a beta save to amuse myself.

100% worth it.

[Lineker 42,102]

 

[Liam Mk2 6,582]

Amazing to me that match graphics are rated at only three stars on an Xbox One and can only load five nations.

[RazorsEdge 341]

Weirdly just had the team confront me about standing in the way of Phil Jones' dream move except that I'm not. He's been transfer listed all season and played 1 game, I want him gone more than anyone.

Also now that I've gotten to the knockout stage of the Champions League I've noticed that the match UI no longer displays the aggregate scoreline, just the score for the current leg.

[stokeriño 13,027]

Where's the "slap this idiot round the face" option?

[Lineker 42,102]

Price of this goes up later tonight ahead of the end of the beta phase and the full release of the game.

[OctoberRaven 7,143]

2020 question here, but it seems like none of the logo packs I've come across has MUFC for legal reasons. I'm pretty much screwed on that front then?

[Lineker 42,102]

Just grab it from a past year's pack. Not like the badge has changed; you'll just need to make sure that the config.xml files line up correctly.

[Lineker 42,102]

For anyone still umm-ing and ahh-ing about whether to invest in this year's version.

[OctoberRaven 7,143]

FM2020 keeps crashing constantly and I can't even set up tactics. Fucking hell.

[RazorsEdge 341]

1 hour ago, OctoberRaven said:

FM2020 keeps crashing constantly and I can't even set up tactics. Fucking hell.

I had that happen ages ago. Had to uninstall and reinstall for it to work again.

[OctoberRaven 7,143]

Yep, that did it.

[Tigerstyle 732]

I spent all evening adding in all the necessary packs and changes (not easy on a Mac and not knowing what you’re doing)

Setup a master game to use, a Liverpool game and have now created a team in Vanarama South based on my draft team with some self imposed rules of only allowed players on free transfer or under 21, i ramped up the rep and shit to try and entice some of the decent wonderkids.

Lets see how it works out.

[RazorsEdge 341]

I think the difficulty has definitely gone up with the full release. I restarted with United again and I'm not cruising like I was before.

[Jasonmufc 6,101]

I don't know how this works in terms of the board rules. So if I'm off base I'll delete this post.

But I still have the sortitoutsi premium and if anyone wants single links (as opposed to the free 500 links alternative) to the megapacks for faces and logos, I'm offering to anyone who wants them.

 

Edited November 25, 2020 by Jasonmufc

[Lineker 42,102]

This is an absolute game changer. Do find 20 minutes to watch it and then go install it!!

[RazorsEdge 341]

Might have found a bug... A lowly 'keeper from Atletico who is on 7K per week wants 140K per week to be an emergency backup .

[metalman 17,884]

7k a week at Atletico sounds like a decent deal. He probably has a good life. Why shouldn’t he try to wring a few quid out of you if you are trying to take him away from a lovely city for only the merest sniff at first-team football? 😕

[Jasonmufc 6,101]

So i've been doing something inherently foolish in trying to push away from the 'meta' of Vertical Tiki-Taka being just being the best ever tactic that just works however you want, by trying to create my own tactical vision.

It's not been working at all and i've been struggling to beat mid-table sides, let alone look comfortable.

I've been trying to build a fluid direct system on a 433 DM Wide, Feijenoord (the team I decided to manage post-release) have a bunch of super capable pacy inside wingers, and I want them to be the main threats.

Rather that my striker is another goalscoring (or pressing) threat, I want him to be a strong lad that flicks the ball onto cutting wingers for shots... Except I'm just banging my head against the wall.

That's the general shape, but no combination of instructions have been really giving me the results I want. It seems like the striker barely does the 'hossy target man' thing, and most passes still end up getting yeeted out wide first and letting the opposition stack the box before we can get the fun times going.

Anyone else got experience in FM21 trying to build something on this idea (speedy wingers + marauding midfielder playing off a hoss up front)?

I really don't want to just resign myself to play Vertical Tiki-Taka this year in the knowledge that it will just work without much effort or tactical genius on my end.