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1 hour ago, _Ben_ said:
I think that the retraining option is really important and one that I’ve probably overlooked, so far, as the ‘come in, restyle the club’ approach does demand quick fixes, as it were. I will definitely be looking at retraining players to provide me with future options at full back and, possibly even for my Libero!
I love retraining,
DMs to Fullbacks
Playmakers to CB especially Liberos
Strikers to wingersAre my favourite ones normally.
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10 minutes ago, _Ben_ said:
actually, it's just easier to reply to you with them!
3-2: IFB-BPD-IFB with L-DM ahead
3-2: IFB-HB-BPD with L-DM ahead
3-2: BPD-HB-BPD with IWB-IWB ahead
3-2: BPD-BPD-IFB with IWB-DM ahead
2-3: BPD-BPD with IWB-DM-IWB ahead
2-3: IFB-BPD with L-DM-IWB ahead
I’m getting some nice movement from my 4-2DMs set up into a 3-2 (343 box) like this
RB- IWBs (Left footed DM naturally reasonable Right foot)
RCB - CDd (Right footed)
LCB - CDd (dual footed)
LB - IFBd (Left footed DM)
RDM - SVOLs (Physical AM)
LDM - DMd (Dual footed playmaker)the RB is making some great moves inside and switching play to LW when he’s open.
I’ve found using natural DMs rather than WBs helps with their positional control as natural WBs still tended to bomb on at times. Traits played a part.
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1 hour ago, _Ben_ said:
but I know that FM calculates possession in a different way, or, at least, it did
They do calculate some data different, like xG.
Possession is split of number of passes, ball share is like a chess clock for who has the ball. Pitch tilt is % of passes complete in the opposition final third.
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6 minutes ago, _Ben_ said:
like him giving the lad below a base wage of €14k p/w and a rise to €41k after 25 games. He's fifteen!
I suppose in the DOF head, if he’s 15 he’s not going to get 25 games for a long time so 14k gets him to sign the deal now.
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12 minutes ago, Shrewnaldo said:
OK, that's handy. But nothing on promises?
Don't know why I'm asking. I'm way too much of a control freak to let my DOF do this
No, which can be an issue they promise some unrealistic stuff.
I think the contracts have got better as long as you put a limit on them via the Transfer target page.
Hard to control a wage structure because whilst you might limit to 50k a week the DOF loves a 30% pay rise after just 20 games played.
I would love (and have requested to the team) more personality between DOFs so you’d have ones who are stricter with finances and more shrewd negotiators and then ones who are happy to throw money around. When running tests I’ve not seen massive differences between the negotiation attributes. There are some but long term I’d like it to evolve more.
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19 hours ago, _Ben_ said:
he's been brought into under the promise of being a star player and, whilst his wage demands are low, the minutes required to keep him happy will be a concern once he sees that I'm not able to, nor want to, make this a reality.
34 minutes ago, Shrewnaldo said:I've never let my DOF negotiate contracts etc, can you not set some limits or parameters to it? Seems a bit rubbish that he has free rein to set something like playing time. If not, will you just stick with that approach or try something else?
I think you can choose to negotiate the contract yourself, set the playing time and promises and then handover to the DOF?
On the transfer targets page you can set limitations.
Can also set up who you want to control, so DOF agrees fee, you do contract. I think Bens been doing this but has given full contract to DOF here.0 -
On 15/03/2024 at 06:54, _Ben_ said:
taking the total Maik Schulz's in my game to over six hundred. I do not know if this is a bug or something that everyone is experiencing but it's getting rather strange now!
I only have one
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5 hours ago, Shrewnaldo said:
Oooohh... In terms of realism, that's very hard to turn down.
It's also a good time to leave because it doesn't feel, from the outside, like you've had enough time to build anything that you'd be sorry to leave at Bochum?
Taking Raya with you then?
Agree with Shrew
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3 minutes ago, mr_palo said:
Hi, is the version without attributes still available?
https://www.viewfromthetouchline.com/2024/01/03/fm24-skin-statman24-v1-4-out-now/
should work
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Given that Ajax have a clear playing philosophy the in-game team instructions will be exactly the same across the three different systems. This will ensure that regardless of system the underlying principles of the Ajax way game model will stay consistent.
Each formation is a compromise of strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, I will be looking to react to opponents in-game, changing systems, and drawing upon every fibre of my tactical awareness with the view to making those all important marginal gains
This by @MattyLewis11 might help it’s part of his Ajax way series
https://www.viewfromthetouchline.com/2023/11/03/fm24-the-ajax-way-introduction/
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1 hour ago, sammad50 said:
Ben, great work with the skin. Been waiting for attrubutes to be added to persuade me to change as don't think I'd like to give them up entirely. Downloaded this today and having some issues, probably resolution or something. Screenshot below, in the preferences I'm on standard size, 1920 x 1080 and am playing on my laptop. I have also had a simliar issue with Rensie's skin, but I just forgot it about and went back to standard.
Any ideas? Cheers!
Change the sidebar to small icons in the ingame preferences and zoom to 85%
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22 minutes ago, SixPointer said:
Where can I find the update for the skin Ben. Now it has attributes and I’ve changed clubs it maybe time to give it a go!
https://www.mediafire.com/file/18t2zkf2llgpumu/Statman24+v1.5.rar/file
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Great move Ben, nice step in career. And great introduction as always to the club
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I had a great time at Bochum on FM23, a great stepping stone club for you before a top club.
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14 hours ago, JWN17 said:
Dropping in here to ask someone to please ping me if this gets updated for FM24. Been searching far and wide for a skin with features such as these. Thank you
12 hours ago, FERIA said:the best realistic skin
please update for FM24
This is a great alternative
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2 hours ago, _Ben_ said:
Probably, yes. I'm doing my research into the 2.Liga sides, looking to find myself either a rebuild job or a nice stepping stone.
Do you think Germany is where you’re heading in your head or is there anywhere else you have in mind?
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1 minute ago, Shrewnaldo said:
Maybe more akin to Leeds when they were in League One and Gordon Strachan going there rather than 'Boro? Something which isn't beyond the realms.
Thats probably a fairer example. And even then Leeds were still a big draw.
2 minutes ago, Shrewnaldo said:I agree with the second part, mind. It does feel like an opportunity to build a legacy and a proper fallen giant
This is what would sway me the most, It would also be interesting to see their finances because aren’t they in serious debt at game start? Has that got worst?0 -
3 minutes ago, Shrewnaldo said:
Intuitively it feels like it'd be an odd move to me. If I were to equate Allsvenskan with the Scottish Premier League, you saw Postecoglu move to Spurs. If he'd gone to Sunderland or Southampton when they were both down there, I think that would have been a very odd move. But does it make sense in terms of your game? Maybe
I agree but I’d say Schalke would be more like moving to Spurs in the championship if they’d been relegated.
Which such a move would make sense.
For me I’d move as it’s also a club you can build more of a philosophy on and off the pitch as a manager. Ahead of any future move
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Just caught up Shrew, Loving the start to this career and the job change made sense. Great first season in charge
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1 hour ago, _Ben_ said:
this:
The end goal would be to, somehow, show an average for each area, represented like this - but that is some way off!
I think the dots are better personally. I’d not change it.
22 minutes ago, milenec11 said:the issue is a have stats but not pizza chart as photo below shows at image 1
It takes a moment to load. Be patient
15 minutes ago, _Ben_ said:There will be no ‘5’ to show a rating if 19 or 20 as I may as well just use 19 or 20. Also, letters are too subjective and I’ve binned that idea
Phew, good idea. Like I said above I’d not move away from the dots it works perfectly and general feedback is people enjoy them
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3 minutes ago, milenec11 said:
I click it and does it change anything
VIDEO SHOWING YOU HOW
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18 minutes ago, milenec11 said:
on some cases does not give anything...........
Click the AM button above where you have circled
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8 hours ago, SPE3D said:
Also when looking at staff rolls eg physio, coach etc there are various yellow dots in various sizes. Do the dots for staff vary in size and colour and if so can someone explain what the different sizes and colours mean
Colours are on a scale from:
Worse to best transparent, grey, light blue, dark blue, gold
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6 minutes ago, Kapizak1 PL said:
the position familiarity dot on multiple panels is black (I actually had the same issue with your skin in FM 23, not sure if there's a fix since I only previewed it):
You can fix this yourself under skin colours
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[FM24] The Norsemen
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I’ve actually found this better on FM24, previous editions they would turn into Usain Bolt and sprint back to their natural position.
On FM24 I’ve found it to be much better regarding situation in play, do they have a man next to them and ball on opposite flank? Then they tend to hold a bit more.
Is there a winger free and open? Then they tend to drop in with a bit more intent but not hyper speed.
The changes to double pivots and Positional play have helped this too. Thats why I like to play a SVol/RPM as they will get forward but in defensive transition they will get back as well.
I’ve found the Back 4 with 2 DMs creates a natural low block defensively, At the moment I’m using two wingers who hold the width for us and space to exploit in behind should we get a turnover.