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Realistically I never once looked at a player's weight so who cares. It's definitely concerning just how much has been cut from the game, basically every type of play other than the bog standard managing a club is gone. no create a team, no international management, no draft. combined with the delayed release, the team is clearly scrambling to finish this game. the concern for me is how many bugs there will be on release. i feel my concern is justified since fm24 was a new low in that regard. I really hope fm25 is not even worse.

The draws actually are random but they are decided well in advance of the draw date and can be seen on the tree view, as you have noticed. So basically the 'draw' is a complete sham, it is already pre-determined. (i.e. if you reloaded before the draw, it would be the same draw every time you retried it). They really need to fix this in FM25

Man people really have such a confirmation bias problem when it comes to the match engine. People play literally a couple of games after an update, and think they've completely figured it out - and of course the conclusion is that everything is broken. People are really playing attacking, high risk tactics and then are surprised when they have high scoring games sometimes. The 2.84 goals per game is perfectly reasonable

Honestly SI should just remove entirely the 'squad depth' complaints. They can't get it to work well. Most importantly, if they keep it, they really need to add an option to tell the players that the club is not in a financial position to improve the squad depth. If you can have that option for a player requesting a new contract it makes no sense to not have it here. Fact is, 99% of the time players making demands like this is outrageously unprofessional, like we're a non-league side do you think we have tons of cash to spare? Maybe if you all take a paycut I can bring in another player.

1. The teams playing in the Libertadores etc. are correct 2. The issue does NOT resolve itself ever 3. It DOES affect board/supporter happiness 4. There are no hard coded changes

@Kyle Brown When is this gamebreaking mistake getting fixed? No mention of it from update posts. This is totally unacceptable

Please refer to my previous answer of this question. I absolutely would recommend not starting a Velez save unfortunately. The worst part is that SI don't even seem to realise just how much this ruins the experience.

I hope so mate. However, I have absolutely no faith in this being the case for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I've always understood 'data updates' to mean things like updating players, kits etc. Competitions are a separate thing. Besides, it is not a database problem, but the actual functioning of the competition. Also, it is a big enough problem to warrant its own mention - but the fact it didn't means they clearly aren't looking to solve it. Also, contrary to what you said, I'm not under the impression that the next update is coming out this week. At least that's not how I read the post. Which means it will be even longer.

Apparently Korean U21 competition is a bigger priority than Argentina top division. Come on now

Still no fix for the Argentinian league. Nor even a mention of it being fixed in the future. What the hell? Why? This should be top priority. Where is someone at SI to acknowledge this and, more importantly, confirm it will be part of the next update?

Well, no everything is not working, because as I described, it is quite possible to win the league, and not only do you not get credited with doing so, but a different team will be credited with doing so. This has massive knock-on effects. Winning the league gives a reputation bonus, which affects who might want to sign for you. It also affects whether you will participate in the Supercup. It also affects your board confidence. Imagine if you are managing a top team with high expectations, and you win the league, but get sacked because the game thinks a different team did. And also, I absolutely do want to see my team lift a trophy and see the 'increased number on the screen'. Those are the moments where you feel the culmination of all your efforts to build a winning team. And as to your last point, that is exactly my complaint. Just because a league isn't the most popular, doesn't mean it deserves to be treated with such disdain by the developers.

Oh believe me I've logged it. I logged it during 'early access' and when I discovered to my shock that it wasn't fixed for the 'full release' I made sure to log it again, with a somewhat more critical tone. Yes I've had a response, but a very generic, "we'll fix it in the future". The reason this doesn't satisfy me is because this isn't some ordinary bug, it's completely game-breaking if you play in Argentina. It's game-breaking to a level that not even any of the other significant issues that are being discussed on here are. No response I've had from SI have given me the impression that they truly understood just how bad this issue is. This is not an ordinary mistake - this is something that should be making them panic that they've got wrong. Frankly, they should be releasing a formal apology for it, it's that bad. If this issue existed in a popular league like the Premier League, I have no doubt they would be doing just that. But they won't, because it's Argentina, and no-one actually wants to play in that league, right? And the fact it hasn't been explicitly mentioned by Miles is adding to my displeasure.

Seriously, that statement from Miles made no mention of fixing the Argentinian league, it has made me very worried. Do SI not realise how urgent a fix for this is? The league is unplayable. Can someone at SI please confirm that this is being addressed urgently?

It is actually outrageous how broken the Argentinian league is. And in Miles' statement there is still no clear indication of when this will be fixed. Basically, in Argentina, there are actually two main competitions. First, there is the league, which is 28 teams playing each other once (27 games). The team that ends top of the table wins the League. Then, there is the League Cup (which is much more significant than the league cup in other countries). In the League Cup, teams play 14 games in a group stage (2 groups), and then the the top 4 from each group play in a knockout competition, where the team that wins the final wins the League Cup. Importantly, the places for continental competition in Argentina are actually decided by an aggregate table, which combines the results of the regular League, and the group stage of the League Cup. Currently, this is actually working fine. However, the problem is with how the game is awarding the titles for the competitions. Basically, at the moment, instead of correctly awarding the titles for the 2 competitions (League and League Cup), the game is just taking the team that ends top of the aggregate table and awards the league title to that team, which is completely incorrect. And as for the League Cup, the title just straight up doesn't get awarded to anybody. Basically, even though you will play all of the matches of the League Cup, if you win the final you don't actually win any trophy! It is so unbelievable how broken this is. The entire purpose of this game is to try and win trophies, and yet the trophies are not being awarded correctly. Imagine if this was a more popular league, like the Premier League. Imagine if there was a bug that at the end of each season, the team that finished 2nd were awarded the title. That is the level of broken we are talking. Do you think we would be waiting weeks for a fix if that bug existed? It is once again, in my opinion, an example of the ridiculous UK and European bias that SI has. They have no respect for anyone who might dare to want to play in a league slightly off the beaten path. Not everyone wants to play in England you know.