How to pick your squad in Football Manager Mobile

[Dan Sheppard]

How to pick your squad in Football Manager Mobile

With Football Manager Mobile being our most-played-ever Mobile iteration, we are putting together some bitesize content pieces for those new to the game. We are starting by looking at squad selection and will explore other areas off the back of the final data update.

Squad Selection

Selection is key and picking the correct squad of players playing to their strengths will be key to leading your team to success in Football Manager Mobile. Assess your opposition in the Pre-Match Hub and understand where their strengths and weaknesses are to dominate them on the pitch.

New Player Selection Flow

The new player selection flow has been created to make it easy to manage your squad from one screen. From the Squad Selection page, press one of the positions at the top of the screen that you want to fill - this will then take you to the pitch view and highlight the selected position. On the right side you will see all the players suited to that position on the pitch, pressing in the squad column next to their name will assign that player the position you have highlighted.

You may also wish to compare a player using the new player selection flow. To initiate this flow, long press on the players' position as seen in the video and then select another member of the squad from the substitutes bench.

 

Club Squad - Selection

There are several other ways in which you can select your squad, starting with a simple selection based on the players preferred position and whether this fits within your current formation. To switch a players position with someone on the subs bench or vice versa, hold the position you want them to be in and then drag it to their name. Alternatively, you can use the press the position tile next to the players name which will provide you a pitch layout (seen below) enabling you to switch in one of your substitutes.

If you are struggling to find suitable players for certain positions, you may need to adjust your formation or you may even wish to retrain your players' position to adapt to your favoured position. As seen in the video below, if you choose a position unsuited to the player you will receive coaches' advice, suitability and current ability for the new position selected.

Detailed View

You can switch your view to a more detailed view by pressing ‘Actions’ and selecting ‘Detailed’ under the view options. This will open additional stats, Average Match Rating and Match Impact (MI). Match Impact will also be displayed using an arrow system, Red being low impact and Green being high impact.

Tactics

Swiping left on your screen when on the squad selection screen will bring you to the ‘Formation’ panel and you can also manage your squad directly from here. You can switch out players by pressing on the position they are playing in and then selecting the box to the left of the player on the right column. If the icon of the player (Darker Green) changes colour, as shown in the image below with Buonanotte, this means they are less familiar with this position.

If you are still unsure who to pick for certain positions, you can consult the Team report (button at the bottom of the squad selection page) which will provide you with a Suggested XI. This will be determined based on performance across the season and familiarity with the current setup.

We hope these tips may help with understanding some of the basic team-building functions in Football Manager Mobile, especially for those new to the game. Additionally, we’ve also recently released an article that contains information on the range of Manager Titles available in Football Manager Mobile, you can find out more here.