Starting 11

[Bensufc]

I’ve started a new career with Scunthorpe in FMM 23 and something I have noticed, on a match day when teams have been decided I find a couple of things:-

 

most teams seem to have a player in who has only played a couple of times that season. Usually a star player is dropped from the team, and this is consistent match week to match week. Not because they are injured or out of form (as far as I can tell)

The team I’m playing normally has a player who scores their first goal of the season against me, generally someone who there does not appear to be a good reason for them being added to the starting 11. East to pass off as a coincidence but it happens regularly across the season.

 

I have noticed this in previous  versions of the game as well. Not sure if it’s a bug or if intentional but it doesn’t seem logical for 80% of managers to leave a star player out on a regular basis etc

[Gravely Horde]

I don't know about omission of key players by the opposition managers but players scoring their first goal of the season against my team is something I experience every edition. If Joël Matip scores his first goal of the season against my team, I won't pay attention to that, but it's always the Nathaniel Phillips, Rhys Williams that don't get to play up to 3games a season. I know my clean sheet is in danger when opposition managers sub on this type of players. 

 

But it's worth saying its not a Football manager thing, I used to experience the same in PES and  EA's FIFA manager mode. Stopped playing both games so don't know if it still occurs in them.

Edited February 11, 2023 by Gravely Horde
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