As you can probably see from my number of posts: I'm new to FM and bought FM24. Watched a lot of videos and starting to get the hang of most things in the game - but here's one thing that I am really struggling with:
I'm trying to bend my head around how to praise my players, because somehow I don't seem to have the needed insight/information about the player and just say the wrong things. Here's a player I'm now looking at; Roy:
1. I check his morale: Happiness: His morale is at 'Fair'. He just got injured, so I think I may want to talk with him.
2. I open his character page and go to 'Discuss'. My Assistant Manager says: "I recommend talking to Roy to praise his performance in the last match."
3. Okay... how do I see how he played in his last match? I see his ability score is on the rise... His form was 7.1 in the former last match, but only 6.0 in the last match, so that doesn't really give me the idea he played well? From the 'Squad' view, I can see he made an assist and a goal, but I don't know in which game. His AV RAT is at 7.27, but 'last 5 games' is at 7.00... I'm not sure what that all tells me... he's not doing as well as earlier? Why am I praising him for the last match? -- carrying on...
4. Discuss -> Praise Last Game... Now I get 4 options to choose from:
"You were superb with the number and quality of chances created in the last match, keep it up"
"I thought your quality and choice of pass last time out was sensational; keep up the good work!"
"Your tackling was spot on in the last match, keep it up!"
"I really enjoyed your more direct approach in our last match, that's what we're looking for"
err... saywhatnow? I don't know if his PASSING was good, or if he did any TACKLING -- where do you see this kind of information? I wasn't expecting to have to know this level of depth of how well my player possibly played... not to mention, I don't know where to see stats like that...
5. I decide to go for option 1; "You were superb with the number and quality of chances..."
6. The player's mood goes DOWN and changes to "Defensive" stance: "I have to admit that I'm a little surprised by your praise as I think I've played better than that."
7. Now I can 'Back down', 'convince' or 'suggest'. Backing down tells something about "I'll have to think twice before offering you praise in the future", which doesn't strike me as a good thing to say... so I go for 'Convince': "The last performande did impress me, but if you think you can do even better, then I can't wait to see it."
8. He's not happy about the answer and his stance goes to 'Negative', morale drops. It went from "Fair" to "Slightly Poor"
What am I doing wrong? Was my initial feeling (in point 3) right, that he wasn't actually doing well in the last match and my assistant manager's suggestion was just wrong? Or should I have had (from somewhere) detailed information on how well his passing, tackling, etc. went in the previous game?