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It's same type of approach as previous years although they continuously state that this is the beginning of new era where they are changing the game drastically. If fulfilling a promise is just giving a release date then I agree with you. But they didn't even show a glimpse of gameplay with announcement teaser which is the very core of this years product. I don't agree with "we also have 5 screenshots" because we already had a more detailed blog about UI and this doesn't actually show anything major on how things are looking with Unity Engine. I know it's two very different companies and genres but just look how a studio like Larian approach to their product, how they share their progress, how they share their passion with playerbase. If I had a chance to play only one game for rest of my life it would be FM that's why some criticizing would be better than accepting everything without questioning. I don't think that how they approach to this reveal is the correct way of marketing, even they fulfilled their promise it shouldn't be just a release date and "TBA" roadmap.

Very underwhelming. And the sad part is that I'm not even surprised anymore. This was exactly what I was expecting from Sigames. It's debatable but I accept if we get this type of announcement for FM 20 - 21 - 22- 23 - 24. But if we are getting a "first step into new era" then Sigames should have moved out of boundaries, be more passionate about promoting years work, deliver the excitement of new features, new engine to loyal players. Now I only see a soulless annoucement which is obvious that they only made because they promised to do it at the end of September.

I'll be more than happy to be wrong but previous years taught me to lower my expectations. So what I expect from Sigames: STEP 1: 30 seconds teaser where we just get the motto of this year but no gameplay footage (f.e. "Make Dreams Come True" - "Lead to Glory" etc) Pre-orders are open with 30 seconds teaser. People will complain about how we don't still see any gameplay but SI expects us to preorder as loyal players. STEP 2: Bunch of blogs showing us new features. We still see a very minor gameplay. %80 of these new features don't excite players but we get a "this is just a first step to new era, upcoming years will be better" type of explanation. STEP 3: Finally we have a gameplay stream or stuff like that where game looks kind of nice but doesn't make the huge brain explosion type of feeling. STEP 4: We love the game and we buy it anyway. I just want to be wrong. I just want to be surprised and shocked by Sigames which they fail to deliver on last years. I'm sitting infront of my PC like "The Special One" with an arrogant smile on my face where nothing can surprise me or catch me offguard by my opponent. But I want to feel the shock and joy like seeing Louis Van Gaal substituting Cillesen with Tim Krul before penalty shoot-out. I hope Sigames can deliver this time.

I know this is a known issue but: If I'm playing an away Champions League game in Old Trafford, one of the journalists shouldn't ask me about a struggling colleague from my local league. It doesn't make any sense. I didn't have any problems with injuries on previous games but it seems a little bit more than usual. Maybe it's about the intensity of my tactic, or my training I don't have much data to compare. However, I had plenty of GK injuries, injuries occuring without physical contact which seems a little bit odd.

Perfect time to return from vacation

There are too many shots to woodwork. There is at least 1 in most of my games.

As far as I know, transfer window for Turkish teams closed yesterday midnight. Probably he will be removed after a second data update.

I have started my 4th season with Deportivo. Regarding ME: I agree that defenders are making lots of unnatural mistakes like just holding the line and pretend that they do not have a clue of upcoming longball until opposition forwards get it. It seems like their defensive structure is far more important than the current moment and what's going on around them. Transfers: I have a striker with average stats but became the leading goalscorer in Spanish Second Division (25 goals in 38 matches). Yet I didn't receive any transfer offers and enquiries etc. It's not realistic imo.

someone adviced me yesterday in this topic to: edit appearance --> randomise accessories --> do it until earrings are gone

I try to but it's hard to unsee it. Anyways, this year I go "siuuuuuu" after my team scores

Thanks. I'll check it out when I'm back at home.

Still can't remove my earring So do I hope for a fix in next major patch? or do I miss something?

...and I'm gone despite having one of the best seasons. I hope the fix will be save compatible. I'm holding my back up save until release.

I'm having a quite good time with my Deportivo La Coruna save although there are two bugs which may create a great disappointment in future. We are sitting at the top by 14 points after 28 games. (23 w - 3 d - 2 l) Our next home game is against Real Madrid B who are behind us at second spot. So basically if we win, it's 17 points with 9 games remaining. We have lost an away game (1-0) after a 14 games unbeaten run. I got a message to my inbox from board as they were calling me to a meeting and discuss my future. They nearly sacked me but I asked them to give me one more month and everything will be good. And all this time I had a grade B and my job was secure. I know this is a reported issue in Bug Tracker and I hope they fix it soon. I don't want to get sacked after having one of the greatest seasons in our division. Also fans are constantly furious with me (Grade F) without a proper reason. I also know this is a reported issue in Bug Tracker. Apart from these two bugs my thoughts on FM23; - I really liked the chaos, interceptions, deflections and ball physics in new match engine. - There are too many and too accurate long balls, usually leading attacking players to get into one on one situations. - I didn't use Squad Planner much. I don't know if it's necessary for my playstyle. Although I'll deeply look into it after my first seasons where I didn't have much chance to change my squad. - Recruitment Revamp is a successful change. It's much easier and goal-oriented right now. There are some minor QoL bugs though like when you backspace you start to see recommended players from the beginning tab. -Uefa Licences looks great. I still need couple more seasons to experience it in my save but as far as I've seen from streamers, youtubers this addition creates a perfect atmosphere. - I don't like when someone says "this year game is easy" or "it's harder than fm22" but I feel like AI opponents are not playing as they should be against my team. They usually try to sit at back and do not try to exploit my weaknesses. This also happened in fm 21 (or fm20 maybe) where SI fixed it in full release.

No SI Staff activity in this thread. I guess they're having the final meeting before BETA right now.

Somebody press that red button please

Come on, you can do it!

Good morning. What a BEAuTiful day!

Come on guys, push the red button! My Deportivo save awaits...

Fixed it for you.