Second season syndrome with Sampdoria. I finished 4th and won the Italian Cup in my first season, and now after a pre-season of adding more depth and quality I seem to be playing a lot worse. Most of the spine is still there, my GK, CBs, LB and D/CMs and CAM haven't changed since my 1st season - so I don't see how it's a 'communication' thing. Its making me want to pack it in cause we're playing awful every game and I can't seem to gauge why. Its a simple formation/tactic and I've got players in their preferred role. I was rolling over teams using this formula last season, and now I'm scrapping 2-2 draws against a newly promoted Cesena with, in my opinion, a better team than last season. Ugh.
It's not the first time I've gone into the second season and played horribly despite a successful first season, either. Has anybody else had similar problems? If so, did you overcome them?
Players that when presented with an absolute golden clear cut shooting chance turn their backs to goal and pass back to midfield.
I mean come on FFS! how many players who can clearly see the fkin net with no player to beat passes back to fkin midfield??
This is a bug. On the bright side, I'm fairly sure its been noted for FM14
Of the horrible things I've seen in this version I haven't seen that all too often and when I did I thought it was my tactic, striker mentality/creative freedom set incorrectly coupled with the hold up ball option ticked.
The one I see ALL THE TIME for and against is when the GK makes a save or defender Makes a tackle the ball goes of the pitch all the way to the advertising boards...GK simply runs off the pitch and picks it up and throws/kicks it back up the field...commentary says the "GK name" picks up the loose ball??
Erm corner?
A slight slight annoyance - the lack of bankrupt teams. Or maybe to put it in a better, more detailed way, its the fact that teams get relegated to the championship and still hang onto England internationals! They wont sell them for less than £20m and even though they are paying out £60/70k a wk their financial statuses are secure... what? Any team in history that has gone down with players earning over £30k a week has been forced to sell and a player has not left the championship for anything over £9m.
Yea happened to me twice now and we missed both times.Goalkeepers!!!!!!! How many times have I seen my goalkeeper (and the opposition's) rush out of his area in a wide position, control the ball and then clear it back in-field to an opposition player who volleys it first time into an open goal from 45 yards!!!!
When a defender runs with the opposition 30/40 yards and lets them pop off a shot without any attempt at a tackle, oh and the other players stand around and point and laugh...
Edit - telling your players not to get complacent when leading 3-0 away from home in a champions league game and they get confused. Eh? Seriously what bit don't you understand???
Dead right! I don't even know what that team talk is there for! I mean, when did anyone ever get anything like a positive reaction from it? The instruction may as well be GET AS COMPLACENT AS YOU LIKE, coz that's what generaly happens when you tell them not to!
Of the horrible things I've seen in this version I haven't seen that all too often and when I did I thought it was my tactic, striker mentality/creative freedom set incorrectly coupled with the hold up ball option ticked.
The one I see ALL THE TIME for and against is when the GK makes a save or defender Makes a tackle the ball goes of the pitch all the way to the advertising boards...GK simply runs off the pitch and picks it up and throws/kicks it back up the field...commentary says the "GK name" picks up the loose ball??
Erm corner?