Re: Football Manager (2016) V16 2 0
Telly Rugs
FM16 features similar gameplay to that of the Football Manager series. Gameplay consists of taking charge of a professional[a] association football team, as the team manager. Players can sign football players to contracts, manage finances for the club, and give team talks to players. FM16 is a simulation of real world management, with the player being judged on various factors by the club's AI owners and board.[1]
In FM16, players can now customise the appearances of their manager on the pitch.[2] Two new modes are introduced in FM2016, including the Fantasy Draft mode, in which multiple players can play together, and draft players with a fixed budget.[3] The second mode is called Create-A-Club, originated from the Editor version of the game but was now included in the final game. Players can create their own club with kits, logos, stadiums and transfer budget. All of them can be customised by players.[4]
Football Manager 2016 also features ProZone Match Analysis, which can provide analysis to matches. The feature was developed by Sports Interactive in conjunction with ProZone, a real-life analysis company.[3] Improvements were introduced to the game's artificial intelligence, animation,[5] movements of the game's characters, board requests, competition rules, and financial module. The game's Match Tactics and Set Piece Creator was overhauled. There would also be new social media features.
The game was developed by Sports Interactive and was announced on 7 September 2015.[6] It was released on 13 November 2015 for Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux.[7] There are also two other Football Manager games set to be released within 2015. Football Manager Touch, which features content from FM 2015's Classic mode, will be released for both PC and high-end tablets, and was said to offer a more streamlined experience.[8] The second game is called Football Manager Mobile, which will be released for iOS and Android.[9] A demo for the game was released on 15 November 2015. Players' career progress will be carried to the full version if they decide to purchase the game.[10]
I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say you took over UTD with a low rep? of course you'll get sacked if you don't deliver... it's utd, it should be one of the hardest saves around in theory, so much expectation, with no squad to live up to it.
I know how you feel and it is frustrating. Im no Arrigo Sachi (more Barry Fry) but Im a decent tactician (I think). Skipped FM2015 so its been a bit of a 'settling in' period with this version. A few years ago I had a cracking save going, managing Red Star in Serbia. Thought I would give them a try this time round. Started off well, picked my basic formation and tactics and watched the first three games on extended highlights. Started changing things slightly and it all falls apart. Players not happy, board demanding I improve morale, fans not happy. Suddenly Im on the verge of getting sacked 11 games into the season, sitting in 7th place.
Luckily my next and possibly last match was in the cup to a semi pro side and won 3-0. Players morale is now 'okay'. Next match is against a mid table side in the league, won 5-0. Morale is now 'good'. Board now happy that I kept my promise and improved player happiness.
This Utd squad you inherit really isn't that good. Defenders are not top level, with future exception of Luke Shaw. Lack of pace and strength in CM (Fellaini excepted re. strength though I sold him to raise funds). A lack of pace / power combo up front makes the side easy to defend against.
EDIT 2: I may get found out this season. Due to my poor ECL performance, slipped to 3rd seeds. My group contains Bayern, FCP (beaten finalists in previous season) and AS Monaco who helped dump me out last season. Group of death!
I've taken the little heard of Loughgall FC from expected relegation in the second tier of Northern Ireland to the verge of qualifying for a continental spot in less than two years. I've played players in positions and tactics that reflect their minimal strengths. Or, to put it in layman's terms, I've adapted the formation and tactics to the players I have.
Don't just play the formation you think will win, or what you think deserves to win. Adapt your appraoch to reflect the players you have. I suspect many think they can just jump in to a Manchester United team, play whatever the hell they like and gain instant success. That might stand a chance of working with FC United, but not their big neighbours.
I think the balance is just right, there are hundreds of managers irl who have never won anything and move from job to job but they don't have a forum they can seek advice on, the game rewards you when you play patiently and work hard at developing tactics and building a team. I always start in the lower leagues and build my reputation, if at some point I get offered a big move then that's my reward.
I think it's supposed to be hard. It's why the real football managers get paid lots of money to do their jobs (mostly). If you want an easier experience there are plenty of ways to make things easier for yourself:
You're not quite correct with the new seeding system. Pot One is now the winners of the top 7 ranked leagues plus the holders, or the winners of the top 8 ranked leagues if the holders also won a top-7 league. The other three however are still based on the UEFA coefficient, so United could be anywhere from second to fourth having come third.
I am also having lots and lots of goalkeeping mistakes. I am MK Dons in the Championship and was doing great until my starting GK went down year 1 with a long term injury. After that, my goalkeepers have seemed to have some kind of hex. I sold him in the offseason and signed two different goalkeepers who have spent their whole careers in the top flights. They come to my team and make blunder after blunder. I wish I had the patience and know-how to put together a highlight reel. I am not being dramatic at all when I say I've probably had 30 goalkeeping errors in the last season and a half with four different goalies (switching when one keeps making errors trying to find a solution). Also, one thing I'm having an issue with is any cross met inside their 6 yard box by my strikers seems to go over the bar 90% of the time. Again, I know people get pissed and are dramatic but I'm pretty cool headed and being realistic with my estimations. I have about two open headers a game from inside the six and both are headed over usually. My striker has 15 heading, 14 finishing, 14 composure so I don't understand how he would be missing open headers from inside the 6 (and central) but it happens A LOT. However, the teams I play are usually pretty clinical whether that be from inside the 6 or from the byline. A lot of that is the goalkeeping errors but sometimes its just unbelievable finishing. I'm also having issues with players not following tactics. If I tell my GK to pass to the fullbacks, regardless of how risky or safe or short or long i instruct him to pass and the whole back line wide open, he always boots it up field and concedes possession over and over. I tell my players to play short passes and some games they are just booting it while wide open, no pressure. Games where their goalie is passing short and they are possessing it, i tell them to stop the short goalkeeper distribution and their whole back line is still left alone for him to pass to and possess more. Its very frustrating because its one thing to lose because you don't have the players or your tactics are off. It's another to lose because your team is ignoring tactics, making child-like blunders, and missing gimmes that even Emile Heskey would put away, dominating games only to have your keeper lazily bat in a cross or slow roller, or worse, let a slow back pass go past him in the last 10 seconds of the match for an OG. Or him back up into the back of the goal on a 35 yard free kick and punch the ball into the underside of the net because its already crossed the line when it reaches him (since he's in the back of the net).....Its just some absurd things. I am at the end of season 2 and I have tried so many things and have yet to find a way to rectify. Signing my 6th and 7th new keeper in 2 years this summer and praying for some stability.
could be those GK are on a decline. when you say they've spent their whole careers in the top flights it sounds like they've already had a long career. perhaps this is your issue? Perhaps try signing a younger keeper who is just coming into their prime?
Two of the three I have now are ageing and declining, but they're also still better than most the goalkeepers I face and yet I might see a keeper blunder for the opposition once every 20-25 games whereas for me, its at least once every two games. I have Huerelho Gomes, Rob Elliot, and Jak Alnwick right now. The keeper I had that started all this when my original starter got hurt was Cody Cropper. His ratings aren't great but he played like a Sunday league keeper who was being paid to throw games. Shots at him he'd bat in or let go between his legs. Shots going wide of goal, he'd superman to the ball and bat it back into the middle of the 6 for their striker to tap in. He did that 4 times in 3 months. All three I have now make very amateur mistakes for being professional keepers. I mean I just finished my second season. So Gomes and Rob Elliot are only a year older than they are now in real life. Gomes is doing fine other than one he let slip between his legs for Watford and Elliot pretty much single handedly saved points for Newcastle vs Bournemouth a few weeks ago. It's like they've aged to 50 years old in one season or something.
For example in the winter the weather is colder and there's more chance for rain and high wind, so the pitches will change. If you play football on the gound like short passing then a waterlogged pitch will cause you problems, if you play a more direct game then the high wind may cause you problem if you're kicking into it.
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