Recent content by JohnCowell

Will I be able to open FM2011 game saves in the FM2012 demo or even the FM2012 full game?

Greetings, Has anyone actually got the History Points to work in FM Genie Scout 11? No matter what I do, the graph never draws any lines. I must be doing something wrong. How does it work? Can someone give a step by step guide? John

Greetings, If I managed Everton and I bought Andy Carroll from Newcastle for £30M and then applied the 11.3 patch, would the patch move my star player from Everton to Liverpool leaving me with a loss of £30m budget and my start player? John

Greetings In Backroom Advice before a match I sometimes get advice that the opposition struggle against teams with a reputation similar to my team. The tactics button is offered but what exactly is the game expecting me to do tactically when I get this advice? John

Greetings, Is it possible in FM11 (11.3.0) to check if an application for a Work Permit will succeed for a player before entering into contract negotiations with player? Can I submit a work permit application for a player without having a contract agreed with said player? Any ideas? John

Greetings, I have a defender "Dika Dka" who was a sub for my last match but now that match is over I see that he "Cannot be registered for next match". Why is that? Can I not play him? How can I sort it out? John

Greetings, I sometimes get feedback from my AM during matches saying "there is too much space between my strikers and midfielders". I play a 4-3-3 formation which suits my team and is the only formation my squad is familiar with. I never know what to do when I hear this feedback. He is...

Greetings, I hear of people upto season 2020 but I wonder if the game loses it's appeal at that stage. All the players we know would have retired and the starting lineup of the Premier League teams would mainly be names we're not familiar. I'm still in 2010-11 season so I'm guessing players...

Greetings, Half Time Team talks can turn games round but has anyone been able to find out the most effective talk? I'm thinking a sentence has a different effect on each person in team which would make a group "team" talk inefficient. Am I right or is FM2011 not that complex? John

Greetings, I was searching more deeply through the menu options under the tactic menu in the tactics screen and saw the "Auto Assign Duties". I clicked it and now it's greyed out. How do I switch it off again? What does it actually do? Does the game engine decide the duty of my players? I...

Greetings, I occassionally hear it mentioned that I should use more than one formation during a season or else the FM2011 AI engine will get used to it. I don't undertstand why as I am playing different teams every game. Each new team I play will be exposed to my formation for the first time...

Greetings. I used FMRTE to decide my best formation and starting lineup for one season. Unfortunately, my team (Tranmere) ended up 23rd of 24 teams and therefore relegated from npower league one. For the last few games I started doing back to back tests between FMRTE and Genie Scout for...

Greetings, Lost my (4 games) unbeaten run last night when my defender limped off with all subs used. Their winning goal came from the corner that immediately followed. I see the set piece instructions setup doesn't change when you make a sub. If you set Player A to stand at the near post for...

Greetings, I have situations whereby the formation which are best for my team (fluid) are different to formations that can include my best players. Which would be the more damaging tactic, a non-fluid formation with my best players or a fluid formation with a couple of my best players out...

Greetings, I seem to get regular backroom advice stating that my team struggles against teams with 4-5-1 formation. I was playing a 3-4-1-2 and then a 3-5-2 formation but I still get this advice. Any ideas what tactic I should apply to deal with 4-5-1 opponents? John