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I know it's mentioned in the patch notes of sorts but dont forget this is a "DATA" update plus can be different with different saves. I asked a friend today after the update and it seems he's getting a reasonable amount but still a little less than the start of the game's cycle engine thing or whatever you call it.

He's perfect as a libero but cause its such a niche role, you need other players to cover positions. I usually use it in big games to spring a tactical surprise and hasn't let me down yet. Onana never got a buff after his inter season which is crazy but kinda correct cause he's not doing great irl now, always replaceable- im getting diogo costa in my 2nd season. Fitzgerald has dynamic potential so its different every save, his potential for me is decent prem player. Best you get is a very good prem player so always worth keeping around and getting the best out of him. Gore is the same but his overall attributes are very solid for an 18 year old so he'd be a great rotation/backup once he's developed abit with game time.

Libero, DM but I do primarily use BPD but like yourself his ratings do often swing one way or the other.

Appreciate the update Zach! Quick question, surely the ‘include results found in other recruitment focuses' inflates what another scout has done? for example, if im scouting spain with 1 scout and the other is on laliga, one scout out of them 2 would be giving the report but having the same report in the other just adds more players they didnt scout.

When you scout a region or country or whatever place, you barely get recommendations (can be different for everyone, some people will, some people won't) and that's even with lowering the PA/CA stars when you're setting your scouting up. Usually we'd expect some results depending on the assignment but very rarely does it pick up players you know should be picked up. For example, ive got 3 scouts scouting the prem for 2* for each CA/PA and I've had 2 come in as recommendations and 28 in progress when infact I should get pretty much everyone with a few exceptions or at least a basic report of most. This is within 3 months and so i've had to scout everyone manually which was done within 2-3 weeks in game. So if you're wonderkid hunting, the chances are you wont find everyone you'd usually find and you could miss some real talents out there, but you'll still find a few like I have.

Tammy Abraham? interesting, perfect all around player to have as a rotation if hes that cheap.

Sent you a DM

Do a test game, this won't happen to everyone otherwise most people would be posting in here or similar threads. Well thats if you haven't already that is.

It is you're right, but this isn't the place to be putting that there and doesn't help others coming into the thread posting similar experiences. It is "game breaking" and ive said its almost unplayable myself. Personally I carried on and double saved so if I wanted to go back I can but thats not viable for everyone, even workarounds are still less than desirable. I've done the same in the past and it honestly doesn't help anyone, more often than not it's just taking it out on the SI staff who may or maynot be relaying the message. There's also a massive feedback thread where constructive criticism is welcomed amongst other positive/negative feedback.

coding for FM isn't easy, yeah its a bug or so we think (there's not a lot out there suggesting it is apart from 2 or 3 threads), they need to look at all other factors leading it to wrong results and that means getting as much info and saves as possible. This isn't the place to criticise them, this is clearly a bug section meant for that alone. That's all I'll say on that note.

A big struggle to find, looked high and low, would be miles better if I had reports to look at Im also struggling to get an Inside forward to score from the left side, regardless if I go short- direct or slow to high tempo, garnacho is completely inefective down the left, once I stick him on the right as a winger or upfront, he's a new player all together, it's so weird. Might have to see how rashford does up front.

They wanted 45m, want someone less than 30, preferably lower than 20. Had a brazillian on transfer list but the guy wanted 200k and starting, from saudi so that was a no go. Also want someone whos all around, can dribble, can pass and has some sort of heading bility. Also getting a youngster in means he wont develop as well cause he wont get a lot of game time, want an experienced head.

Anyone got any good recommendations for a backup striker or rotation one? Someone who will actually be rotation too, can be someone young but Hojlund will be my main striker going forward. Martial doesn't cut it at all

I watched a few YT vids and found one quite useful. So for wonderkids or youth, do each age group instead of doing 15-18 or 15-21, so do 15-15, 16-16 etc. till 18. Then every 2 weeks or month, redo and set it again. Look in the progress tab instead of the near matches or recommendation and pick which ones seem "viable". But for general scouting for teams I may try that, also managed to scout every prem, champ, laliga, ligue 1 french and seria A, nearly took a month in game for every report

Not the same issue so it might be wise making a seperate post (if you haven't done already), it'll also most likely be looked at and be told from an SI staff member they've seen it, if you did a seperate post, given our current issue from the thread is under review.

Temporary work around would be to look at "in progress" tab and manually scout them, effort I know but it seems to do more good than the current one. Scouting is defintely not working as intended, In the demo, I had several players in the broader and specific criterias and now im barely getting 1 or 2, pretty much unplayable for a top end team until this is fixed.

I think there are issues with scouting, im in a Manchester United save and tried to do 2* ability and 2*potential per big nation and main leagues. That in itself should bring in players from the prem and other areas but rarely got one in either pile of recommend, near matches or in progress. Having to tiptoe around it shouldn't be a thing. Also most of them aren't even going out to scout either and they haven't even got other jobs to do, very strange this year compared to last and the years before them.

Its game breaking and its making me not want to play it. Past FM's within first few weeks, most of the prem players have reports, this one, barely 1 or 2 per team, might have to manually scout teams to see if players are good. Sympathies with anyone using attribute masking and having to put more effort in. He's a good player, can't wait to see how he turns out in the latter years, if they fix scouting that is...

Started a save couple weeks back, pre season looked a mess, we were strong going forward but my god our defense was shocking. Few wins, couple draws, 1 or 2 losses against bigger teams which wasnt filling me with confidence. Decided a 433 would be much more useful as I could never get them working in previous versions and with the game engine improvements, thought why not give it a shot. Outs: Antony £130m *some saudi or qatari team*, Malacia on loan, AWB £40m to spurs, bunch of u21's loaned. Ins: Andre £25m, Aaron hickney £50m, Valentin barco £8m, Free backup striker (forgot his name but old and a target man), Brahim Diaz on loan from madrid (Couldn't get inaki, bid 45m, got rejected, signed a new deal after and was never told till I checked his contract and his release clause was now 85m RIP) I think scouting is bugged, only getting 1 or 2 players with 2* ability and potential as the criteria, usually they rack up players fairly quick with low criterias but this time getting 1 or 2 in like a month is broken. 2 or 3 scouts sent per big nation, even did top priority for certain positions and best I got for 3 positions was 3 players which seems very wrong. So had to go by my own scouting knowledge, getting Andre was worth it for the long run, hackney training to be right back and taking up that spot aswell as having home grown status is clutch. Same with Barco at the opposite end, but I feel like he should be playing LW instead of LB, gonna need to tweak tactics- Played really well at LW in pre season during the time first team players were on holiday. Anyone else noticed scouting is pretty wack atm? Seen a few posts in bug section but nothing has been mentioned in terms of fixing it.

Late updaate: My issue was resolved with the epic update and works as normal now. Not updating steam or epic may prevent the editor working if it was a similar issue to mine.

This still an issue for you lot? bought the game for xmas and noticed it after my second time jumping onto the game. Very strange so i'll bump this up @Zachary Whyte thought i'd tag you just incase this hasn't been seen.

I always set up individual training at the very start of the game, leave it for a month and check the progress, unless they come to me and say individual training isnt working, I leave it until its good enough. 8/10 it works but just manually change it to ass man or whoever when you cba with it. On the squad screen, highlight the squad or the players you want (usually has a tick to the left side and highlights the player), right click and pick rest, it usually says how many players in brackets.

IMO you have shaw and rashford going completely ham down that left side leaving you so open. With martinez not playing a covering role I assume your left side is being overan. Put shaw as a WB support or FB support. IWB is pushing into midfield so maybe on transition your wide play is far too exposed, maybe either try putting dalot on Inverted fullback and leave shaw to bomb it down with a support role not attack or play him as a normal IWB but pull shaw back with FB. Shaw or Rashy need to be a supporting role otherwise they're just so far gone forward it's leaving for a huge counter. Also i'd say some teams you're gifting them too much time in their defensive third so they get a hold of games, try pushing the LOE a bit higher against lower teams, not neccessarily big teams if you're countering,

Wonder if it works if you offer them out to those clubs constantly and they pay over the odds for all the deadwood

Yeah just an extra 40m negotiation point... wish all clubs did that