drewtheman08
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Computer scores when they need to
Just had a game playing as Birmingham in my 2nd season - 2-0 up and thrashing Aston Vila (match stats at 10 mins were something like 7 shots on target to 0, 2 clear cut chances to 0). 10 minutes later it's 2-2, Charlie Austin banging in Villa's first 2 shots on target. I went on to lose the game 4-3, despite having 25 shots on goal to their 10 and about 60-odd % possession. I know it sounds like whinging, and I know the responses are likely to consist of "it's your tactics", but it's really, really, really frustrating. The computer seems to be able to score at exactly the right time, if/when they are required to do so. I never get battered in games, yet I seem to go on long win-less runs, all draws in games I should've won, or losses in tight matches. It sounds conspiratorial, but something happened during this save that made me wonder whether there isn't at least an element of the pre-conceived about some results. A save file got corrupted, which meant I had to replay a game against Blackburn at home which I had previously lost 2-0 (having dominated both shots and clear cut chances). Thinking I might be able to fortuitously cheat the system, I tweaked my tactical setup and... lost 2-0, having dominated in all aspects of the game, with both goals being conceded from hilarious mistakes from my usually reliable centre half.
Dominating matches and losing has been a common trend in the last few FMs and it really does infuriate me. The thing is, I don't mind getting battered, because then at least I know I need to change something, but when you regularly outplay opponents and still lose it's difficult to know where to turn. I mean, it would really **** me off if I made changes and as a result lost the attacking style that enables the team to dominate games, but then if you're only winning 2 in 11 then you're obviously required to change something. While I do accept there are probably things someone could do, when it's not immediately obvious it can make the game seem almost exclusive. Also, when defeats seem to be at the mercy of a defender's mind-boggling inability to clear, or Charlie Austin's ability to fire one in from 25 yards with his 9 long shot rating, it rather seems like results are beyond your control!
Other quibbles - absolutely ridiculous amount of shots (and goals) from direct free-kicks - a match in the aforementioned Birmingham save had 3 goals all from direct free kicks - two from the same player. It's gets extremely tedious watching shot after shot after shot from free kicks, and there doesn't seem to be anything you can do to stop it. Other standard stuff - the ridiculous amount of 'mistakes' defenders with good defending and mental stats make (David Edgar has made 127 in 30 matches - that's more than 4 a game!) and the way you can tell when you're going to concede because your players either slow down and wait to have the ball taken off them, or slow down and refuse to control the ball when it is near them.
Just had a game playing as Birmingham in my 2nd season - 2-0 up and thrashing Aston Vila (match stats at 10 mins were something like 7 shots on target to 0, 2 clear cut chances to 0). 10 minutes later it's 2-2, Charlie Austin banging in Villa's first 2 shots on target. I went on to lose the game 4-3, despite having 25 shots on goal to their 10 and about 60-odd % possession. I know it sounds like whinging, and I know the responses are likely to consist of "it's your tactics", but it's really, really, really frustrating. The computer seems to be able to score at exactly the right time, if/when they are required to do so. I never get battered in games, yet I seem to go on long win-less runs, all draws in games I should've won, or losses in tight matches. It sounds conspiratorial, but something happened during this save that made me wonder whether there isn't at least an element of the pre-conceived about some results. A save file got corrupted, which meant I had to replay a game against Blackburn at home which I had previously lost 2-0 (having dominated both shots and clear cut chances). Thinking I might be able to fortuitously cheat the system, I tweaked my tactical setup and... lost 2-0, having dominated in all aspects of the game, with both goals being conceded from hilarious mistakes from my usually reliable centre half.
Dominating matches and losing has been a common trend in the last few FMs and it really does infuriate me. The thing is, I don't mind getting battered, because then at least I know I need to change something, but when you regularly outplay opponents and still lose it's difficult to know where to turn. I mean, it would really **** me off if I made changes and as a result lost the attacking style that enables the team to dominate games, but then if you're only winning 2 in 11 then you're obviously required to change something. While I do accept there are probably things someone could do, when it's not immediately obvious it can make the game seem almost exclusive. Also, when defeats seem to be at the mercy of a defender's mind-boggling inability to clear, or Charlie Austin's ability to fire one in from 25 yards with his 9 long shot rating, it rather seems like results are beyond your control!
Other quibbles - absolutely ridiculous amount of shots (and goals) from direct free-kicks - a match in the aforementioned Birmingham save had 3 goals all from direct free kicks - two from the same player. It's gets extremely tedious watching shot after shot after shot from free kicks, and there doesn't seem to be anything you can do to stop it. Other standard stuff - the ridiculous amount of 'mistakes' defenders with good defending and mental stats make (David Edgar has made 127 in 30 matches - that's more than 4 a game!) and the way you can tell when you're going to concede because your players either slow down and wait to have the ball taken off them, or slow down and refuse to control the ball when it is near them.
