Recent content by eencae

Summer 2019 - Transfers Signing players is much harder than I thought it would be. Most of the players on my shortlist with expiring contracts re-signed with their current clubs. Never mind I thought, there are loads of free transfers about. This is true, but any half decent player is simply...

Summer 2019 - Squad overhaul I look at the top scorers and assisters from the Vanarama North and South. A few of them are out of contact at the end of June so I add them to my shortlist. Hopefully they won't sign new deals and I can pick them up for free on 1st July. My keeper Allison, signs a...

Summer 2019 - Backroom Changes First off I need to improve my staff. I decide I don't need a DoF at this lower league level, so fire the existing one to save on wages. However, Chris Turner (ex-Sheff Wednesday boss) is appointed by the board. Can't find any options in FM Touch as to why this...

Introduction I usually play FM as a top or mid-table team in one of the big leagues. After playing a few different careers on FM19 which all pretty much ended up with domination after a few seasons, I thought it was time to try something new before I got bored. I decided to start in the lowest...

Hard to say. I’d guess 1.1 if AMRL are stronger than Mezzala’s, v2 if you want to exploit strong Mezzala’s. Henrik MKH may do well in v1.1 and I’d suggest playing Patrick Aybamayang out wide with Lacazette up front. Too good to keep one on the bench. Ozil at Mezzala. I don’t pay too much...

Good effort, did better than me! I did a quick season with Lyon and finished 2nd. Only bought Sissoko from Spurs who was good at Mezzala. De Ligt is excellent on FM19. Was the best defender on my game after a few seasons.

Transfer AI is terrible. Has been for years. Must be very hard to do under the hood as it’s not got better. Trouble is I always fall for it and buy someone I don’t need because it is too good a deal to ignore! If you sell someone, it is almost inevitable they will be transfer listed by their...

You don't know if it's going to work yet! Lol.

I'm not sure it would work well with Southampton to be honest! I don't think you have very good wide players!? I can imagine Gabbiadini may do well playing AMR as Inside Forward. I guess Redmond at AML may also be OK. The trouble is the lack of Mezzala's - Ward-Prowse and Lemina? v1.1 was...

Team: See pictures above and add these instructions: Attacking width - wide Tempo - standard Can try 'Get stuck in' but remove if lots of yellows and reds. Players: WB's - Cross from byline, Cross aim far post, shoot less often. Keep an eye on cross completion. If it is low, then remove...

Solid defence:

Version 1:

I'd go back to v1 to be honest. I've abandoned v2 and gone back to v1. Results have been very good. See table below. P17,W15,D2,L0,F60,A3,GD57,P47. This is v1 but with a few changes to set-pieces to suit players I've got. Coincidentally, Guebbels is doing great at AF, I'd try and sign him back...

How is that working out? In my third season, I've still had success (Prem, FA Cup, League Cup, lost in Champions League final), but was constantly tweaking settings so have lost track of what was actually working. Think I need to abandon looking for v3 and start afresh from v2. A lot of it has...

Attack most of the time! Definitely at home! If I'm away and looking shaky, I'll drop the defensive line, less pressing, stay on feet, shorter passing. But I've also had some good results by just keeping attacking. If the opposition are attacking more (like they usually do at home), this tactic...