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Thank you Knap. Getting even better results than with the 16.2 version. Could you explain the changes you made and what the main differences are between the current ME and the previous one?

I'm not certain about this but I think team reputation is dynamic, meaning it's constantly adjusting according to your team's accomplishments, league position, and player quality. It's easier to tell when the best time to sell individual players is since you can just go by their value. It's...

Hi Knap, do you ever start with or switch to defensive when away with 4-5-1 woking vs. tough opponents? And do you ever switch to attack or control at home from counter with any of the 4-2-4 formations? Thanks.

Would you still switch to a control tactic when playing away? I'm usually never the underdog, at best even vs. top sides. Your tactic had worked wonderfully for two seasons. But lately I think the AI is adapting. My players are fine, morale is good, pep talk the same, etc. Something else I've...

Hey knap, i've been using the 424 beowulf counter with man utd, I won the title two years in a row but lately have been getting bad results away. What would you recommend I switch to? I have the players for a 424 only, not 442. I have the best squad in the league and possibly the world.

do you think retain possession conflicts with a high tempo?

what's the benefit of playing with defensive line pushed much higher up compared to just higher up if you have the defenders for it?

What about offside traps? I have a bunch of average to slow defenders but with good mental stats. I dropped the defensive line one notch but I'm thinking of using the offside trap on top of that. I'm afraid if I actually tell them to drop deeper it will affect the shape of the formation.

set the AMC as the shadow striker right? Not the wingers

Do you have any advice for vs. teams playing 4-5-1? I find that if I use the attack version, my defensive line gets exposed too often, so I've been trying control instead. It seems you really need good defenders for this tactic or else you're really vulnerable to counterattacks.

I added the instructions pass into space and drill crosses and it seems to work better for me, this is with newest patch.

I've also found that tutors can only tutor once per season, I think last year players could tutor again after a few weeks of when the first tutoring session ends. Tutees can get tutored more than once per season however.

Ah you're right. I messed around with the squad statuses and it seems that has not changed either. The tutor has to have a higher squad status than the tutee. Also this might just be luck but no one has rejected their tutor yet. There's also two ways to tutor players, through private chat and...

When playing as Man Utd I was surprised to discover that Jonny Evans at 25 years old can still be tutored by Vidic, which makes me wonder what other changes FM 14 has made to tutoring. This allows more freedom when buying players as older players can still receive drastic upgrades to their...

Can you guys elaborate on how you got Bender, Veratti and Shaqiri for so cheap? The least I could spend for Bender was around 18m pounds, Veratti around 16m and Shaqiri around 18m too.