[Squad Staleness, and other empire enders]

One common game-killing aspect for me is that, once you have won the league a few times, have your tactic, squad and a youth team of future stars, your inevitable success from that point on makes things too dull to continue . As well as being dull it just isn't realistic, as all good things come to an end.  It should be almost inevitable that your empire will fall

One good feature might be to introduce a squad staleness rating.  Was the avoidance of it not the main reason Sir Alex was such a genius?  Was the way Daniel Levy doubled-down on it not the reason why the Pochettino era fell so flat?  A new signing, especially if he had the right character,  would increase squad freshness.  As might the unexpected sale of a stalwart.  Some players may be disappointed he was sold, but suddenly . . .there's an exciting air-of-the-unknown around the place, and the more ambitious and professional of your wonderkids may react positively to filling the huge void

Speaking of professionalism, how about recreating the way that high-quality-low-professionalism (Paul Pogba) players will be attracted to high wage clubs, and then, having guaranteed earnings of 100 million over the next 5 years, suddenly the genuine ambition they once had evaporates, and so they whinge and scratch their bums and generally promote an attitude which could quickly spread throughout the squad and be adopted by any number of once exciting younger players who spend their formative years surrounded by a coven of prima donnas as the new squad staleness rating flies through the roof - hypothetically speaking

And I'm sure there are many other ways to help facilitate the fall of the empire. I think it would improve the challenge of the long-term playthroughs (especially with a Daniel Levy-esq chairman) it would be more realistic and increase the RPG elements of the game

[Knap - FM24 and FM23 FM22_FM 21 - FM 20 -FM 19 Tactic List]

blimey that was quick! cheers Knap! i managed to get 110 goals out of it, 19 conceded and the same points.  I wonder if a couple more tweaks could really get it flying.  respect, god.fmf.ather!

[Knap - FM24 and FM23 FM22_FM 21 - FM 20 -FM 19 Tactic List]

Hi Knap.  Firstly, let me pay my respects to the god.fmf.ather - thanks for the tactics pal, i've been silently appreciating them for years

Just thought I'd pipe up to say I've been having a lot of success with a tweak to your HOLY GHOST FIRE 4330 DW P107 EC FA tactic - dropping the DPL to HB and switching the IWBs to attacking CWBs 

I don't think it's more successful than the original, but i've won all cups with a very tight defence, and allows me to have my beloved CWBs

Far be it from me to impose on the god.fmf.ather, but thought maybe you'd like to give it a whirl

Thanks again, Don Knap

EDIT: forgot to add - I make both my BPDs sit wider

[[FM19] Return of the legends by David]

the accuracy of the majority of the database is astounding for one guy to have achieved. thanks again

[[FM19] Return of the legends by David]

thanks again for this, the best database by far. I hope you continue this for decades and i'm playing it in an old folks home

one issue spotted:  English players don't speak English, instead they speak Spanish. I'm currently teaching Glenn Hoddle how to speak English

one question: why do you give so many strikers 20 for aggression?  Gary Lineker for example has 20 for aggression yet he was never booked in his career and barely even put in a tackle.  This doesn't seem to add up, even if he has 1 for dirtiness,  Surely 20 for aggression translates as 'makes many tackles'?

it's only a minor issue, like I say - best database ever