Recent content by Synchronym

If your players are not motivated by your Captain, his Influence is too low. In which case there is only one solution: change captain. Vidic has an Influence of 12 or 13 at the start of the game, so is never going to be a great captain. When I took over United I made Ferdinand the captain...

If you are playing with a team or which many are internationals, against the likes of Man City, I would infer that you are a Premier Division team. In this case there is only one thing to do: get a bigger squad. Older, declining players who are in the twilight of their career are often very...

Just to clear up some confusion over geographical and political definitions. Manchester is a city so there are no towns inside it per se. The places listed by Blakefish80 are suburbs of that city - ie within the politcal borough. Many others listed tend to be considered to be in Manchester due...

Get them to then do some tutoring of younger players. Then, once they have gained some experience, and are past their best as players (as both are already at the start of the game), offer a contract as a player\coach-- which, as a side benefit, will reduce your wage bill for the cronies. Play...

I play as a very "hands on" manager and control both my Reserves and Youth teams and have found it very beneficial to do so. I have had a good number of successes where youth players appears to be underated by my assistants and would never have been given a contract had I not intervened. By...

Does anyone have any tips on how to increase the likelihood of players acquiescing to request to unlearn moves? Players almost always reply "I don't think it's going to benefit my game!". This often despite having me as favoured personnel and a Player Interaction status of "Feels he has a...

I understand now, thanks for the replies. I can't begrudge him a hat trick. by that stage he'd already won the game for us single-handed after all.

I too live in Manchester The notion that most of the football fans there support Manchester City is absurd. Man City fans do often claim and feel they are somehow more "genuine" fans for supporting a team that haven't enjoyed as much glory as have United. It's true United have fans all over...

Apologies if this has already been raised, as I surely cannot be the first to spot this... Specifying penalty takers seems to have no effect whatsoever. It appears that whoever has the highest current game rating steps up instead, regardless of their suitability or penalty taking stat...