thebreadlady

whatever the logic is, its dumb, its not realistic at all.

worst offender is my +40G, +7.5 avg rating La Liga Striker receiving 0 interest, let alone offers when i transfer list him for a grand total of ZERO. (1.5M/year 3 years left). IN WHAT WORLD IS LA LIGA'S TOP GOAL SCORER NOT WORTH A PENNY?!

added every european league + chinese league + brazil argentina league, made a save point after the season ended, and tried selling players during the summer on multiple reloads with no luck. even tried forcing as many of my players unhappy as i can. so yea gonna take a loooooooong break from this game because there is no point when you cant make profits off players. theres just no logic behind it the transfer system.

but +50M is his current valuation after multiple seasons with the most clean sheets in the league. he started off around 15M, where were the interest in the previous season? what about the outfield players since its harder to move GKs anyways? take my DM for example, there are very few quality deep lying playmaker who can also defend in my save, he drops +7.0 avg rating every season yet no ones interested. as a test just now in july, i offer him at his value yet no team is interested. i transfer list offer him at his value still no interest. i transfer list offer him at half his value and i only get 1 non negotiable bid from an AUSTRIAN club at even less than half his value, even if i accept this bid theres no way he accepts the move. offer him out without specifying how much i want, i get offers from 3 midtables sides at a whopping 11M! im just stuck between a rock and a hard place after a few season at every club i go to, cant sell players organically. anyways its back to the point of realism, if my players arent "good enough" for the valuation according to the AI then maybe i shouldnt have been "allowed" to overperform by this big of a margin. artem dovbyk - had 1 good season in one of the big leagues at girona, scoring 24 in 39 games, and interest in him shoots up. gets sold for 38M meanwhile i dont have a single club interested in my striker who has scored 43 in 55 first season, 43 in 50 second season. my guy's value hasnt even shot up yet, its still just 30M. how should it be set up? ive had saves with 20 leagues loaded and saves with just 8 leagues loaded, doesnt make a difference. i already mentioned above i dont pay my players nearly enough. you try running a save where your objective is to be a self sustainable club and make a profit every year regardless of prize money and transfer profits. what i do at every club is minus your season expenditure (excluding wages and transfers) from your total season income(excluding transfers and here you can have a little wiggle room of including prize money if you were to finish realistically), the amount youre left with is what you can use for your yearly wages. tell me if you can overpay your players playing the game this way. again, i already mentioned im only spending 80M a year on wages. Real Madrid spend 223M on wages real sociedad 180m barca 131m atleti 70m sevilla 70m my LW is the lowest paid player amongst players with similar attributes - you add a few other attributes to the search and list gets even shorter - same with my other star players

you can see my results. as i said before i dont see blatant recurring tactical issues except silly mistakes. just like the gerrard slip example, if the ME is using that to show me that theres a tactical issue then its the game's fault. heres something else that just happened: once again, we were dominating, the opposition had no shots and on one of their many clearances both my RCB and RB go for the loose ball. RB gets to the ball first but since they were standing so close together they tangle up for like a solid 5 seconds. the opposition striker wasnt even close, he wasnt even trying to chase down the loose ball, but because of this circus debacle he pounced and ran past them for an easy 1v1 goal while they were still "hugging it out". a proper clown show lol so i refuse to admit its a tactical error if the ME is misrepresenting tactical error by showing my isolated stupid individual errors instead.

how do you keep misreading my posts? lol in the first post is where i posted MY players and as you can see they dont have too many PPMs. the striker only has a knocks ball past and runs down right PPM cause i guess he started out as a RW and/or the AI is dumb to train those PPMs cause he already had those PPMs when i joined the club. the players youre referring to having too many PPMs are the top STs willing to join after i filtered out the attributes @Johnny Ace mentioned, i only posted them to ask which one i should go after. all top strikers with the required attributes - high finishing, balance, composure, decision - are loaded with PPMs by the AI. this goes back to the point of how am i to fix something if its not showing me whats right and whats wrong accurately. you can have plenty of PPMs on a player as long as they mesh well together. my most lethal and favourite winger in the history of my FM saves had a ton of PPMs - hugs line, run down the right flank, cut inside, beats opponent repeatedly, tries tricks, comes deep for ball, curls ball, outside of boot, killer balls, refrain from long shots, playing in as a WM/a on the right hand side and the guy wasnt even an elite winger - sadly this was on FMT, its a lot harder to train PPMs on full fat FM.

1. my GK is nowhere near one of the best in the world. you can even see by his attributes. i never really care about my GKs as long as they have 14 handling, one on ones, positioning and not too bad reflexes, agility, aerial reach, anticipation. bought him for 11M the actual best GKs are worth more than triple in my save such as - 2. you misread i think, what clubs have i identified? NO ONE ever is interested in my GKs in any of my FM saves last 4-5 iterations. i cant even get clubs to be interested in my 1G/game strikers 3. sure there are probably even better options out there for cheaper now since his value keeps increasing, thats the case with most players in the world because thats how i get my players, but thats besides the point. its about performance, performance doesnt correlate with interest in this game. i dont think it even has anything to do with interest judging by my saves. ive sold 20 year old wonderkids that go on to become top 10 for mega money even though theyve played like trash all season. 4. i dont know how much they go for. my GK's value has only been progressing last few seasons cause we're winning. (rhetorical question) why are the clubs not valuing him the high? 46 clean sheets out of 62 games this season and no one is interested in any of my defenders and gk. yes im over performing with the players i have so im getting punished because the AI's valuation doesnt match their actual performance but matches their CA/PA thus i dont get any bids or interests. 5. i give my players way less compared to similar level clubs. i like to play with a spend what you make rule, every season has to turn a profit regardless of competition prize money. my RB is asking for 15M/year now, a 10M jump, while the highest paid player earns 7 and im just waiting for a bid let alone a good bid to come (which will never come by the looks of it) to sell him since i want to keep my salary cap at 5M/year. Real Madrid spend 223M on wages real sociedad 180m barca 131m atleti 70m sevilla 70m we spend 80m only players im willing to pay over the wage cap by a couple million are ones im looking to turn a quick profit on but sadly NO ONE BIDS!!!!!! this is my 7M/year mez scoring +15 a season in the league, +20 overall and no one wants him its now getting to the point where all my players want +5M/year salary whereas ideally i wouldve liked to move 2-3 high performing key players every summer to give myself an opportunity to change things up tactically to keep things fresh and keep salaries low but im stuck with the same players so now its time to say goodbye to valencia and start anew. ran through the summer window quickly just to see bids. rejected everyone who asked for a new contract, half my squad is unhappy. here are the only bids - mid table tottenham with a NON NEGOTIABLE 33M bid for my vice-DM whos valued at 30-33M. rejected the bid and they havent been back. porto with a 72M bid for my 100M valued midfielder, i ask for 100 and they ran away, completely dropped interest. at some point performance has to override this. you can always make the argument that theres an equal player that can be had for cheaper but thats not how things work IRL. IRL cheaper striker X scores 10 goals with avg rating 6.5 while striker Y, equally as good IF you can see their attributes, scores 25 goals with 7.8 rating in the same league. which guy do you think is more sought after? even with good scouts, top teams wont risk it on the cheaper striker X cause he dropped a 6.5 avg rating season. top teams will go for the "proven" 25 goals 7.8 rating guy.

only thing lacking is balance. 13 balance and the guy misses these sorts of chances. he'd have prime messi cr7 numbers if he even scored half of his 1v1s. which one of these guys look the best cause im gonna bankrupt my club to see if my ST will convert more? budget option -

i just straight up NEVER get good bids, i dont know what to say. everytime i want a different type of striker i have to FORCE my current striker out for peanuts even though hes scoring 1 goal per game. season just ended and my current striker has no interests in him, let me know what i should do now. heres another example, my gk- not even a single interested club over the past 4 seasons. look at my transfer out. i dont get any bids and only sell 1 or 2 players by listing them - then look at the value of my first team

because as i mentioned in the original post, the biggest problem is my striker who misses MULTIPLE 1v1 every game, my LW and Mez also miss 1v1s themselves with my Mez being the 2nd biggest culprit. its always when theyre in behind the defenders. this game was what "broke the camel's back", my guy missed 6 opportunities like this this game - my LW was tearing them, feeding my ST through balls these are typically the kind of chances we get. to me its unacceptable for him to miss 3 or 4 these every game, add in my LW and Mez missing the same kind of chances and its >4 chances. what attributes is needed for these kinda chances?

what other attributes? on the surface level hes doing fine but how would you feel if your striker misses MULTIPLE 1v1s every game. theyre good xG chances and most are on his stronger foot

we are creating SOOOO many chances buts its ridiculous how many chances we're missing. my 3 main goal scorers - LW and RCM routinely miss at least 1 1v1 each per game, ST misses at least 2 per game. my ST just had a game where he missed FIVE! 1v1s where there wasnt even a CB close to him and a few other half chances. we're doing extremely well but things couldve even better (like unrealistically better lol) 44 games played so far this season i know its already very impressive but you should see the goals that the guy misses. like whats the IRL 1v1 conversion rate for a striker who youd say has similar attributes as my ST? theres no way theyre converting 1 in 6 1v1s. my Mez/a my LW

nothing about the transfer mechanics in this game makes sense. its THE dumbest part of FM. we've won La Liga 5 seasons in a row with the top scorer by a large margin, assist provider by a large margin, most clean sheets, and yet i cant get ANY top teams interested in my players without transfer listing because of some dumb player rep mechanic and/or they dont have the PA of a wonderkid. only teams interested are mid table clubs and its pointless for them to bid because A) they low ball, B) even if they low ball and i accept the offer my player wont downgrade to a mid table club. this is just nonsense unless youve found the perfect balance somehow because no matter how many leagues i load in my save, it changes nothing. through so so many saves with different amount of leagues loaded in the past 5-6 iterations of FM, i have yet to receive big bids on HIGH performing NON WONDERKID LEVEL PA players. only times i get big bids are on elite PA level wonderkids.

thats such a dumb way to program transfers, it even 'blocks' players to be called up to the national and play instead of worse players. how do i even increase a player's rep? 4 back to back league wins (top 4 leagues in EU) with my striker as the top scorer and his rep isnt high enough to entice big transfers? what a broken system.

my history of strikers - hidden game, elite striker (even according to media description), signed from lower division brazil for 60k who i thought i would sell for MEGA money in a couple seasons - before you say anything about it being in the polish league, we were making deep UCL runs every season. another elite striker. ended up forcing him out for peanuts cause i wanted a different type of striker to spice up my save - used this striker for 2 seasons before i left the club - go even further back in my save with my 2x UCL winning striker current striker - + many more retired strikers with 1 goal a game every season in my +50 years save. not once have i sold one of these strikers for mega money cause no team EVER bids(unless i transfer list in which case i get lowballed). what gives? every time i wanna try something new i have to force my striker out for peanuts. only times ive received offers is if i have a wonderkid striker, regardless if hes even a starter. same goes for other positions. theres a strong correlation of the AI hunting for wonderkids and ignoring HIGH avg rating HIGH performing players. high performing players, regardless of their attributes, should be highly sought after just like in IRL.

i backed up the save right here just in case cause i had a weird feeling initial offer from the AI - i didnt want any additional fees so i suggested these terms - REJECTED reload and suggested this - REJECTED reload and suggested this - REJECTED

yes its the rafa benitez speaking to the press from the hereafter lol

these square pitches are so dumb, makes my brain hurt. im about to quit my la liga job, its the only league i have trouble in cause of these damn pitches. this is my base tactic that has gotten me cruising through rest of the top 4 leagues.

maybe we're expected different movements from our RMD but hes acting like a winger for me even with AP as you suggested, tried bwm, dlp, carrilero too i do play BPD when i have one but maybe my expectations for passing related attributes for a CB is too high lol DM position i just prefer an anchor with lower press PI too, i just dont want him going out of position pressing laterally at all defending, just deal with the area infront of the CBs

yea i tried all sorts of roles behind my RMD but nothing worked you didnt answer my question about CBs btw

i tried AP but it was the same, RMD basically plays like a winger IRL. im guessing because theres plenty of space out wide to investigate so thats the easiest route for him to "investigate space". my BBM rarely occupies the space between the fb and cb so i see no reason why it shouldnt work with RMD especially when IF has no problem moving in to channel while also playing BBM on the same side. anyways im back to using an IF to great success instead since RMD doesnt function as one expects it - "wide poacher" what if my CBs arent good enough to be BPD and my Anchor man is just a CB retrained and my GK has poor distribution?

would an overlap TI make an IWB stay a tad wider?

edit: took of counter, counter press, standard width - yea i think IF is the role i want even though RMD sounds like the role i want, the guy would rather investigate space on the outside of the fullback instead of moving into channel whereas an IF actually moves into channel despite not having the moves into channel PI like RMD and frequently gets into scoring opportunities. i expect him to be between the RCB and RB cause of his move into channel PI and PPM and for the F9 to turn his man and play the assist to him here (PS people complaining about how wingers in FM dont stay wide like IRL should just train hugs touchline, run down the wing PPM on their wingers and play them as RMD, my RMD is legit playing more of a winger than my WINGER on the other side lol)

but the RMD has the sit narrower and move into channel PIs by default. what LCM role should i go with? 6 goals in 6 IF games cause he gets into goal scoring positions whereas 0 goals in 6 RMD games cause hes busy role playing as a winger lol

im cruising if i play him as IF/a. as IF/a hes always in the channel between the RB and RCB acting like a "wide poacher" scoring a lot whereas as RMD he just hangs around out wide "investigating" the useless space. he has really high off the ball too. whats the actual point of RMD if hes "investigating" the incorrect space in this game? like of course theres gonna be SPACE near the touchline. do i just have to suck it up and play IF?