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    Ryan Bertrand

    in Transfers, Contracts, Scouting, Recruitment Meetings and Staff Responsibilities

    Posted

    Game date 15 Aug 2020. Ryan Bertrand contract status "Absolutely no interest in signing a new contract" - expires June 2021.

    Liverpool bid which I negotiate up to £11.5m, I then go and talk to the player and am told he definitely wants to move because Liverpool will pay him more and at this stage of his career that means more to him than the club he has been at for 7 years. So I accepted the offer - its good money for a 31 year old in the last year of his contract. I then get the attached message into my inbox.

    He has signed  a 2 year contract on 12k a week LESS than what he earns at Southampton..... And I can't even offer a an increased salary because he won't talk to me......

    I don't think is an accurate reflection of how this player would behave.......

     

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    [England Premier Division] Data Issues

    in Database and Research (Early Access Beta)

    Posted

    21 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

    Ward-Prowse free kicks

    Only Bale, De Bruyne and Maddison have higher than 16 in the Premier League in FM21. 16 is not a low rating. 

    Ings vs Vardy

    Vardy has been a top Premier League striker for the last 5 years. We have a large amount of evidence for him, Ings has had an amazing 12-18 months not 5 years. I gave Ings a big increase for FM21, if he has another season like last season I'll be able to justify him being even closer to Vardy.

    15 is still a high rating for finishing. It is the same as...

    - Sterling

    - Bruno Fernandes

    - Rashford

    No worries - thanks for the response on the ratings. 

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    [England Premier Division] Data Issues

    in Database and Research (Early Access Beta)

    Posted · Edited by WhiteRose74
    Update

    Southampton.

    Carl Martin is B Team (U23 in the game) coach not U18 Assistant Manager. Louis Carey listed on the clubs website as U18 Coach - not in game.

    James Ward-Prowse - Free Kick Taking, 16 seems criminally low... Strength 10 also seems low based on what I have seen of him so far in the PL. 

    Danny Ings - Finishing 15, not based on last seasons stats and his start this season. Vardy is 18 for comparison in the game.

    Club Culture - Possession Based football is desired. Based on how Hasenhuttl has the side playing IRL which isn't founded on possession based football I would consider this not to be the case.

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    Young Devils - Home of Bielsa, Total Football and Brazilian Magic Box (Man Utd FM20 Experiment)

    in Tactics, Training & Strategies Discussion

    Posted · Edited by WhiteRose74

    4 hours ago, mdougal said:

    Hi

    No I’ve just got to the January window so managed to buy Almada for 4.8 mil and Onguene for 22mil plus a few bonuses. I have sold vestergaard for 17mil to Wolves and Shane Long for 2mil which has covered the cost in the main because I had only bought Dani Olmo and Bellingham in the summer and had sold a few so I’ve basically broke even. So the position and results so far have been without Almada and Onguene as they have only played one game which incidentally I’ve just lost to Wolves at home to drop down to 4th

    As for Danny Ings ye I’m sort of in the same boat he is hit and miss he actually has 13 goals for me but tends to score in bursts then goes missing for few games after. Tbh I’m actually hoping that he hits a few patches of form before the end of the season and I would possibly look to cash in if I could get a good bid. The dream would be to replace with Haaland as I’m trying to replicate Bielsa Athletic Bilbao team and think Haaland has a lot of the attributes a prime Fernando Llorente had back then.

    Tactically still seems to be working and must admit every time I’ve had a slight go at changing the wide men’s roles I lose a lot from the tactic and I honestly couldn’t say enough for me at least that to keep the wide men in the midfield strata rather than move them up one but give them individualised instructions to make them play like attackers

    How are you finding the current squad eg. Hojberg, Ward-prowse, Redmond etc I’m torn with the idea of sticking with them and trying through my training programmes to improve (they all have good attributes) and then the idea of encouraging offers and changing the squad in the summer (even though they are doing well I think I could improve)

    I only managed to loan Vestergaard - 17m is great business! Have kept Long (I like his workmate when defending a lead). I have both Almada and Onguene extensively scouted but am determined to stay in the black financially, if I can get Almada for that price then all well and good but Onguene will have to wait until the summer. Danso has been excellent and I will almost certainly trigger the option in the loan contract. 

    I also have Haaland on my radar but not on any shortlist.... 

    I play my wingers in the midfield strata - it seems to work ok but none of Redmond, Boufal or Djenepo are great defensively.... its a work in progress! 

    As regards the rest of the squad, JW-P has been excellent (7.61 av rating - 6 goals, 10 assists playing as the Mezzala) and is the subject of interest from Spurs. Its end Jan 2020 in my save. Hojberg and Redmond have also played consistently well and since I recalled him from loan - so had Stuart Armstrong. I don't think the squad needs major surgery - the board vision makes life a little more challenging but I quite like that (and tbh have played Fm that way for a while now as regards signing younger players) - priorities in the summer are on the flanks and adding some pace to the back line - those balls over the top are a killer!!

    I will tray and post a longer update with screenshots (when I can figure out/remember how to do that) over the next day or so. I keep thinking about starting a Saints thread....

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    Young Devils - Home of Bielsa, Total Football and Brazilian Magic Box (Man Utd FM20 Experiment)

    in Tactics, Training & Strategies Discussion

    Posted

    On 19/01/2020 at 12:18, mdougal said:

    I dont want to take over the great thread from @crusadertsar but i thought id at least share the couple of tweaks ive gone for that seemed to have worked for me.

    As you can see the initial tactic with just the 1in possession instruction of be more expressive ive also added pass into space, low crosses, run at defence and work ball into box.  Then the in transition phase ive added counter and distribute to centre backs to the instruction of counter press.  Then lastly in the out of possession phase ive added get stuck in and prevent short gk distribution to what was already set and removed play offside trap (which i combat the through balls with tight marking and hard tackling and show onto weaker foot of any striker i come up against)

    As you can see in the screenshots im scoring quite freely and not conceding too much (ish). My average possession isnt the best but tbh the changes ive made are more to do with trying to recreate the all action style that Bielsa's Athletic team had and watching the games id say im definitely seeing a sort of organised chaos of players moving all over the place esp the IW on attack with the PI added roam from position and stay wider.

    Anyway back to the excellent work that @crusadertsar has dne with this tactic and im really looking forward to see how he improves it as he goes on

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    I will try and post a longer update this week but just wanted to ask a couple of questions as I am also managing the Saints (my hometown club - only side I play with on FM 😁)

    1. Did you sign Almada and Onguene in the 1st window? How much did you pay?

    2. Danny Ings - does he blow hot and cold for you. I signed Davie Selkie in the 1st window as I had an idea to play a 442 with a TM. He has 16 goals in 21 appearances. Ings has 5 in 15 by comparison.

    I am currently experimenting with Wingers in this tactic. 9 goals scored in the last 3 games... 4-4 draw with Spurs suggests I might have some more work to defensively, I have a WB (Att) at LFB and I he keeps getting caught out positionally with diagonal balls from their left wing or midfield.

     

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    Quickfire Questions and Answers Thread (Tactic and Training Questions Only)

    in Tactics, Training & Strategies Discussion

    Posted

    Two quick (and most probably stupid) questions.

    1. On the Individual tab in Training how do I change the (currently) default Training Report feedback on a selected player (on the right of the screen) from one of my goalkeeping coaches - it doesnt make sense for this to be case for my outfield players. In a lot of cases it says "hasn't seen enough of the player....etc etc which i would expect to be correct!

    2. How do I make the choice over a tutor instead of one of the suggestions made at the foot of the Players Training screen on the Development drop down menu?

    Thanks!

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