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Glad I looked before starting a new thread. Same for me.

It seems to happen at random times. When I exit the game and reload it works fine.

If you want a left footer taking it from the left side make sure you got it set as outswinging. If it’s set as inswinging it will automatically pick from your right footer list. also check you haven’t ticked the box to have a certain player as your default taker as he will take it from both sides.

There's no players selected in the first screenshot that's why there's no familiarity. Also with the overall team instructions there's only small changes between my main controlled instructions and the SUS 1/2 instructions so doesn't take long to gain familiarity. I have a side save with Everton where most of their original squad the best duty suggested was defend and even the most attacking players were only suggested as support (maybe to do with reputation and expectation in the league) and their squad was quite unbalanced so it took a few windows to get something working making it a bit more challenging. My idea came from looking at real life where players don't really switch between roles, every player has a football identity of how they play. In FM I always tended to play with Ball playing CB , always played a mezzala and I just got bored, I like the part of identifying roles and players that don't work together. McTominay and Fred for example in real life don't work as a partnership but in FM you would just put them both as Mezzala and win the league, now I have to persevere and look to address the issue in the transfer window.

I'm playing as a normal game, I control transfers etc. But in terms of the tactics, formation and roles, I only play my players in the position my ass man says is their best, the role they play is what my ass man says is their best and their duty is what the ass man says is best. I set the team instructions according to how I want the team to play overall but the shape and roles they play are determined by my assistant recommendation. I add PI's to each player dependent on the stats. For eg Gvardiol has good dribbling so I add Dribble more for him to bring the ball out of defence. Jude Bellingham has good dribbling and crossing so I add Run wide with ball, dribble more and cross more. Osimhen has brilliant off the ball so I've added Roam from position. Where its changed for me in terms of scouting and transfers is identifying better what I need. For example if I needed to sign a more attacking role for my full back I wouldn't sign one who my scouts say is best as a No nonsense Full Back Defend or Wing Back Defend even if they look better, I'd be looking at the ones my scouts say their best duty is Attack.

You could add training rating to a custom screen so when your picking your matchday team you can sort by training rating. That way you got it visible as your picking your team

Played the game since back to the Championship Manager days and for the first time this edition I started getting a little bored. I've always found a formation with roles and stuck rigidly to the same throughout. I found myself looking for ways to change the way I played. So I randomly decided to scrap my tactics and only play players in the position, role and duty that my assistant manager says was their best. It's completely changed the way I play the game, changed the way I see players, tactics, scouting, transfers and squad building. My shape changes almost every game but my overall team instructions remain the same. The view above gives me an overview of my Assistant Managers recommendation for the best pos/role/duty for each player. You'll notice Bruno Fernandes doesn't play the recommended role but's that's to keep a promise in his contract. At the start of each season I set all players up with personalised instructions (CM players will have the same personalised instructions for MCR, MC, MCL for eg). When my best 11 play together my shape and roles are below. When changes are made either during games with substitutions or in games where I've rotated my shape changes depending on personnel, some examples below. I have 4 different tactical instructions set up to alter through each game aswell. I start each game with the team instructions in the above screenshots. If I'm not dominating possession I switch to the attacking tactical style in the below screenshots which aims at getting forward quicker than my standard. Then I have a SUS step 1 style which I use around 75 mins to start seeing out games I'm winning, then I switch to SUS Step 2 around 85 mins to time waste and see out the game. After all the years of playing the games this one change has really increased my enjoyment of the game and tied loads of the features together. Anyone looking for a change to the way they play the game or just a starting point at a new club, give this a go.

You can do this in the main tactic screen or in the player tab at the top of the tactic screen. You can set up personalised instructions for each player so whenever they are on the pitch they will play with their own instructions.