[Football Manager 2019 Pre Release Beta *Official* Feedback Thread]

I'm still not sure how to feel about the changes to individual training for FM19. Some of the changes are useful, but now being unable to train heading, crossing, dribbling, tackling, can't train any individual GK attributes, or finishing/first touch/etc by themselves is a bit frustrating tbh

[Football Manager 2019 Feature Blogs: Revamped Tactics Module]

49 minutes ago, Cam8 said:

 

Libero might only be for the defender in the middle of a back three, perhaps?

[Football Manager 2019 Feature Blogs: VAR and Match Improvements]

1 hour ago, 2feet said:

You have to be careful because that referees long walk over to the touch line to watch the video will quickly become frustrating. You may want to cut out (edit out) some of the waiting because it distracts from the enjoyment of the game maybe?

Its a bit like injuries. It takes a long time for staff to run onto the pitch to help the injured player (why dont they sprint very quickly??) Then they take a long time tending to the player. Then they take ages walking off the pitch. They should walk off the pitch at the nearest sideline rather than slowwalk all the way back to the substitutes bench.

I think youve got to cut down on these frustrating elements, exact realism is not always best policy in my opinion.

Or how it takes 5 minutes for the ref to walk over to show a player a card...

[Football Manager 2019 Feature Blogs: Revamped Tactics Module]

41 minutes ago, westy8chimp said:

Also the career stats box bottom right seems new and looks nice. I hope both that and the history tab show total games tho, not just league apps. 

Not new at all

[Football Manager 2019 Feature Blogs: Revamped Tactics Module]

19 hours ago, Steve Atherton said:

All looks good, but I did ask the following question for FM18 - and didn't receive a reply.

"When defending a wide free kick (And to some degree corners) I do not have an option to place a man outside the area. The only options seem to be "join the wall", "mark players in the area" or "stay forward". This inevitably leads to the opposition playing the free kick to one of their players just outside the area - with none of my players being able to close him down. I have to say that my team also take advantage of this when having attacking wide free kicks. Why cannot we place players anywhere on the pitch for set pieces?"

Does anyone know whether we will be free to position our players where we want for set pieces?

I agree, set piece attacking and defending was still incredibly simplistic and uncustomisable in FM18. I really hope it's improved for this iteration as set pieces are probably my least favourite part of the game so far.

 

Having players mark the posts is completely useless too...

[Football Manager 2019 Feature Blogs: Official Bundesliga Licence]

7 minutes ago, 17Gonzo said:

Does this include the German national team?