Recent content by BearMtn61

So obviously different situations call for different back 4 positions and roles, but how do you play your back 4 in standard, even odds matches? 2 CDs and 2 FB/WBs? 3 CDs and a SW? 3 CDs and a DM (or two?) How about roles? Do you play stopper-cover, or two central defenders? Do you play a...

Is there a cost to scouting (either nations or specific players) other than the scout's wage? If you manage a team in, say England, is there a higher cost to scout a far away country such as Brazil vs a closer one such as Ireland?

I'm an American manager managing League 1 side Mansfield, my world is England, Ireland, Scotland, N. Ireland, Wales, and USA. I get e-mails constantly that such-and-such club in the MLS doesn't want to offer their current manager a new deal, and that I'm the favored candidate. I've never...

Does anyone have any tips on improving relationships with other managers? Specifically, I'm trying to "become friends" with a premier league manager so that my team (Lewes, now promoted to League 2) can get friendlies or loans from those clubs.