[Promise to strengthen area of team- question]

Two of the worst winers were defenders, so I signed three FA defenders for the next season. On June 24, I got a transfer offer for one of the defenders, so I accepted. Instantly the clubhouse leader demanded I strengthen the defense because the 'best' one had been sold. Now the three new defenders were due to show up one week later on July 1, but now one noticed this--despite the Social Feed articles (which raises the issue of what is the point of the Social Feeds if they have no useful impact on players?). 

Lots of players are now marked with 'concerned' tags despite the fact the six of the starting 11 are new, and after three games no goals have been scored against us.

[Promise to strengthen area of team- question]

So i am playing as a Vanarama South team. After clinching the championship with some 5 or 6 games to go, I got a message that some April transfer period was sending and I had made promises to improve the team to several players. Now, we had won the league, were going to the FA trophy final, led the league ins scoring and fewest goals allowed. So how much better could I have improved the team? So I did nothing, since I'll be basically cleaning house in June. The transfer deadline passed, and my failure to add players caused four players to get irate and call me a liar for breaking my promise.

Things like this are why I don't play much FM and why I quickly lose interest when I do.

 

[FM20.3 - 442 Lower League Special. Stockport 98 points. 108 goals]

22 hours ago, steve.battisti said:

Thanks for your suggestion! I have an affiliation with Lincoln, who is sky bet one, but every time I try to look at one of their players, even to bring in on trial, the player refuses. 

Is there some specific sequence of menu actions / steps you are using to ask the club for a player? I feel like it might just be user error but I can’t figure it out?

No, doing what you are doing is what worked. I think the difference is the lack of 'difference' between league one and league two. Arsenal players who are 18 years old need to play and they won't at Arsenal will agree to come to League Two. Lincoln players who need to play likely see themselves as League One worthy.

[FM20.3 - 442 Lower League Special. Stockport 98 points. 108 goals]

16 hours ago, steve.battisti said:

Well, this tactic is working swimmingly right now! After coming out of the gates with a whimper, we have 4 wins and a draw in our next five!

Not at all happy with the construction of my roster right now. Can’t find a left winger to save my life, so playing a guy out of position and he’s very whiny about it. Have one crabby, declining veteran at fullback that it may just be time to ship out. And I’ll need to find a replacement for one of my CMs.

I’m scouting and offering trials like crazy, but all of the free transfers are terrible or not the right fit, and all of the loan candidates the team wants stupid money for, and my transfer budget is a measley 15k. 

Any FM veterans care to offer advice to a rookie FM player?

 

 

I'm hardly a veteran FMer, however I've played several versions over the past ten years or more. What is working for me in a Colchester game is requesting my board give me a working agreement with a big club. I chose Arsenal from their list, got 125,000 payment and an agreement for 'free' players--that is, no fee attached. So I asked for Balogun to fill my Striker issue (only two and the players were complaining). Got him on loan for free. Problem solved. So get a big club sponsorship, and ask for decent players. You'll get them.