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a) no, defenders do seem to struggle with balls over the top, but it's not game breaking. This ME is much better than early fm22 versions. b) no

I start at the beginning of the season and holiday for a few months, in November I got a job in Serie C. If you want to go to south america you can do that in summer as their season starts earlier. If you like more rp or realism follow some of the rules lollujo uses for his save (link to his rules). Also I don't renew contracts until I find a club where I want to start a long term project, because I prefer having short term goals and want to move around as much as possible.

https://www.guidetofm.com/tactics/central-midfield-roles/ A BBM should have more vertical movement. Even the same role can change a lot with patches or game versions.

Done, stars bug fm23 beta.fm

I really like IF and IW on attack in this match engine and they should be fine with shoot less often. One last tweak I would try is a cm(a) instead of the mez(a) to position them closer to the AF. What PI do you use for the AF? In FM22 dribble more and take more risks worked very well, might be worth a try. I suggested the F9, because it got more pass combinations than the AF in my (limited) tests, but keep the AF it's better it you want to score goals. Good luck

The 9 tends to get the ball less in this match engine, but an AF should still score a lot. Try giving the cms and wingers shoot less often and take more risks instructions, this worked very well in fm22. If you want more link up play use a false 9. To generally improve this tactic and create more chances, use more attacking fullbacks, I'd start with wb(s) or maybe iwb(s) depending on the shape you want in possession.

What did you change?

That would be amazing, but it's probably a lot of work and there are so many things in the game that just don't work or don't do anything, I'm not too confident.

Annual United is OP thread, but fr 25% got an invicible season in fm22, I wish there were difficulty settings in FM making the game much harder. It would be trivial to let the AI use more optimized tactics.

Highly recommend this start to a save, start in lower leagues and don't renew your contract or resign after a season to move around until you find a team. Started in France 3rd tier at Orleans, won the league, resigned got the job at an almost relegated Metz in Ligue 1, 5th qualified for EL, resigned got the at Venezia who failed promotion to Serie A, won Serie B, got an offer from Fiorentina in december had to start a rebuild and got attached to these players stayed there until 2037, build the best team in the world, won everything, became a club legend resigned and went on holiday with yearly autosaves, Klopp replaced me won another CL and keep dominating domestically, great end to this save

In the FM23 feature video a situation was shown were two players had the instruction move_to_block_passing_lane (video with timestamp https://youtu.be/l6UWRRCEW38?t=1435) Both players move behind their opponents. Now look at a real world example: https://looptube.io/?videoId=pDRvI9-iYgk&start=100.1415929203539&end=111.02654867256626&rate=1 The ball goes back to the GK, Haaland then closes him down from the left, blocking the pass to the right fullback, he's pressing and blocking the passing option. Bernado's movement is what I'd expect from a player who wants to block passing lanes. He's significantly in front of his opponents, actually blocking passing options. At 1:44 you can see the player behind him raising his hand, wanting the ball and because the GK can't play though Bernado he tries to play over him. This pass is harder, and not as precise, Bernado wins the ball and city score a goal. Or look at this short clip of Italy's movement in a compact 532 block. They either mark a player or block passing lanes, while one player presses. In general you block a pass to a player by standing between the ball and your opponent, using your cover shadow to block the area behind you. This is the type of positioning I'd expect from players trying to block passing lanes. The players in the FM23 video are clearly marking, which is fine, but they aren't blocking passing lanes. And mid and low blocks would be much stronger if the match engine could utilize this movement properly.