zindrinho

Try attacking more and to have a plan on how you are going to score your goals. And who is going to score. If you have a single deep lying forward (DLF, PF), you need your AM or Wingers to be on attack. If you have a single striker on attacking forward duty (AF, P, TF) you want somebody to help him around the penalty box. If your wingers are too slow they will never score against better opposition, so you might wanna change up who is gonna score your goals from game to game. The highlights are very good at showing why your tactics doesnt work and which players are being man marked out of the game.

I think it has a lot to do with who their manager is. The AI managers doesnt know FM like we do, they just set up their team and often have no way of scoring goals or defending properly, just trying to translate what the real life manager is doing into most suitable roles and TIs in FM. Manager changes have always had huge outcomes in FM, struggling sides becomes unbeatable when a more suited AI manager is employed. Could it be that the lower leagues are too easy no matter which team you play as or tactics you use simply because lower league AI managers are just too bad at FM? Could explain why my U19 sides and 2nd teams always win their divisions instead of relegation as well, because I force them to use my tactics. In theory the 2nd and U19 teams should be doing worse, since they are locked to using my tactic and very rarely adapts to the game they're playing like I do with the tactics.

@Johnny Ace @danielgear As the previous thread was locked, I would love to hear more about how badges and past experience affects matches and results if you have the time/effort to do so? Is it all about morale and keeping the squad happy or do my managers attributes directly affect how well your team plays?

Yeah I saw this years and that's where some good members asked about badges and prev exp, at least I thought that was the thread, cant find the posts now and was too slow to reply while the thread was still open. I just started a youth only challenge in norwegian 3rd tier with the team expected to end dead last. 3 games before season ends I ran all over the league leaders but only managed a draw, securing me 2nd spot and a playoff for promotion rather than the expected impossible fight against relegation. If the challenge could be more realistic if I didn't give myself any badges I might start over. I have a terrible rep compared to the players still, 10 or 15% on my manager profile but gave myself the highest badge possible so I could be an effective coach under "training -> coaches" tab.

I am asking more directly if my badges or prev experience have any impact on match results, since I've seen several members here mentioned it whenever a "FM23 is too easy" thread has been opened this yr. Didn't see any of that in the FM22 is too easy threads.

morale, yes. but match results? As in I am winning way too many games way too easy because I have a higher set of badges or previous experience on my manager avatar?

I've seen several members here mention badges in reference to this yrs FM, how does badges and prev experience play into match day outcome? Do your players work harder if your avatar has 20 motivation rather than 1? If so, has it always been this way or is it a new feat for FM23?