[Not scoring enough of my chances...]

13 minutes ago, LCFCEaves31 said:

3rd game, and back the usual... hit the woodwork only twice this time...  Didn't feel as though we had many 'clear cut' chances though, which is a concern...

Posted analysis for shots again

Your tactic now seems more balanced, so I suggest from now on to make small changes to roles or instructions and see how it goes. One tactic that im using right now is quite similar with a few differences and works pretty well so far.

[[FM20] Teams To Manage]

2 hours ago, Moelyn5 said:

Not sure who to go for on FM20. Been managing in Serie A the last two years with AC Milan on FM18 and Fiorentina on FM19.

Ive sorted myself a shortlist and need advise in choosing who to manage. Clubs are:-

Hamburg

Nottm Forest

Ipswich

Benfica

Velez Sarsfield

Steua Bucharest

Deportivo la Coruna 

Austria Vienna

Any advise will be much appreciated.

 

Hamburg : great choice if you got bored by the registration rules in Italy because you can sign as many foreign players you like.

Nottm Forest and Ipswich : English lower divisions are my favourite, so many historic teams and with 46 games it can be very fun and interesting run.

Benfica : I would choose them only if i would do a youth or homegrown challenge because otherwise i think it will be very boring. 

Velez : I haven't played in Argentina in a long time but it was a very fun save.  Definitely something different from European saves.

Steaua : Haven't played in Romania but i think with Steaua that your challenge will be to make them competitive in Europe. You also have some incredible players to start with (Coman, Nedeclu, Man and im pretty sure i forget another one)

Deportivo : Great team, Spanish league is not very interesting imo in fm, as far as registration i think you can have 3 foreign players but it's easy for South American players to get the Spanish nationality (2 years?)

Austria : Kind of the same with Steaua but i think that Austrian League will be more difficult at first.

[Solutions to horrifically boring football?]

I'm not perfect with tactics either so don't take anything I say for granted but you say you change your attacking TI's, perhaps you should find some standard TI's and then adjust accordingly because i think that using different attacking TI's every game from the scratch is too much and it might be difficult for your players to reach high familiarity. For your defensive TI's if they park the bus your very high line and the level of your players makes it easy for you to keep them at their own half, but it's easier for them to defend too, because there is not much space to cover. So I think that your matches are boring because you have your opposition in their half but you don't know how to break them down. That's why you get a lot of set pieces and mainly score from them.  As for your roles when i try to break down park the bus I rely a lot on my full backs and i don't think you get a lot of help from them offensively since one is defending and the other is in support, and I would change the poacher too because I don't think that role is good for a high press tactic since he doesn't have space behind the CB's to run.

[What is in your opinion the best league (and club) to play and win with developing and selling youngsters but not be dominant in the first season like I would be with for example Ajax?]

Perhaps Monaco they have a lot of great players from 16 to 23 to start with and great youth facilities to develop more. From England I feel Southampton is a great choice, they have some decent young players already and good facilities if I remember correctly. Another choice could be Bilbao, they produce incredible regens in every save but it's definitely a more difficult option.

[Solutions to horrifically boring football?]

On 17/09/2019 at 09:12, teej9 said:

I have hit a rut in my long term save where every single game is a boring one or two highlight (on extended) match that ends 1-0. I typically play a custom gegen press 433 with IFs, but lately have tried every type of attacking formation you can imagine. I am pretty much fine with the results, but dear god has it gotten boring. No players play well for either team, ever. No good looking goals, just a set piece or random error for the ultra spicy 1-0. 

I try to keep attacking TIs to a minimum to let the team play how they want, apparently they want to play like Gary Megsons Bolton. 

I have gone to a possession style tactic, tried a Simeone esc 442, played a diamond, and just cannot get out of this boring nature of the matches. 

What are some of your go to tips for playing some fun to watch football? 

You need to give more info about your tactics and your team because there are a lot of reasons that this might be happening.

[Early faves to manage FM20?]

4 hours ago, ckh77 said:

Sounds good. Championship is a fun league in FM and IRL. Managed Dynamo Dresden in FM17 which is an interesting challenge. Have a 32,000 seater stadium and good infrastructure in Bundesliga 2. Always think St.Pauli looks an interesting club too. Going for Bolton in EFL 1 myself, starting on -12 points. 

Bolton is going to be a great challenge this year. Championship and the lower english divisions in general are my favourite definitely, so many great and historical teams there. Bundesliga 2 this year has Hamburg, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Hannover and i think it would be fun. Dresden and St Pauli are actually pretty high in my list but im waiting for fm2020 to decide.

[Early faves to manage FM20?]

Im thinking Blackburn or Brentford from the Championship or a team from Bundesliga 2 because there are some great teams there right now.