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I also think that Maeda could be doing with a slight boost of some attributes, He is one of the first names on the teamsheet each week, yes he can be hot and cold, but his first touch and tech, vision, crossing are better then show, he is a top player in Scotland and also an International for Japan. Slight increase in these areas would be good.

Here is the formation. with Palma being a natural at AMC, keepts hatate or o'rielly out the team there. Kuhn being a natural at Left wing, He plays on the right and cuts inside on his left foot for Celtic, all these wee things add up to make it the way it is.

Noticed a few wee things regarding Celtic, firstly the formation they play is causing issues, its 4231 - Celtic dont play with 2 def mids, cal mac should be the def mid and Hatate and O'reilly ahead of him. in game this has resulted in O'Rielly and Hatate [both mainstays irl] hardly featuring, and even worse, Lagerbielke is playing at Def Mid and is listed now as an important player. Over 2 seasons O'reilly started 11 games for Celtic He should be the star of Scottish football in these updates, linked with £30m moves to Italy and Spain, yet we will never have had the pleasure of managing him at his best in the game now, i cant understand how any of these issues were not spotted in any testing despite being raised before. They way i look at updating, the first update when the game comes out is a free hit, nobody can know how a seaosn will pan out, Hoever in April of whenever an update is release you will have a very good idea of what players are playing well, what teams are performing well etc, that update should be the easy one. I can't understand why all these things have been missed? I have offered to help with testing before, i can pick up on all the small niggly things, like correct formations - which as you see can have a big affect on players getting a game etc Hatate missed out as well [no injuries caused this either as i always check that before posting] There has been lots of conjecture about the Celtic squad on here this season and it seems to have been largely dismissed. Also over the 2 seasons, Conor Goldson had the highest acg rating in the lge both seasons??? He has been finished for over a year imo, slow, lethargic and error prone and as we speka is being linked with a move to the miughty Cypriot league. None of this is personal criticism, just disappointed. As you may know i have been updating CM01/02 for 20 years and we release updates, i know how hard we work ect and i know its not easy, The thing i love about updating is getting players performing how they are irl and also getting the formations [altho we are limited by the age of our game and coding correct and the line ups correct] Im happy to help out with Scotland as well. Thanks

Do you think there will ever be a way of adding more than one stadium pic per club? I edit CM01/02 and in there pics config you can have as many pics as you want for a stadium background of any club.

Hi Guys. See if you ever wanted to add your own background, what would be the best size image? A much larger image than you need? then shrink it down? an image over 4MP? Thanks

Downloaded Notepad++ but still cant find what im looking for, ive copied "transparency" into the search function on it but still cant see lines like the ones highlighted? Just want the grey out the screen so i can see the stadiums more clearly, Cheers

That is fantastic, thank you so much.

Hi Folks, when i open the Client object browser with notepad, it's not really laid out in neat lines so its kinda hard to determine which ones to change, Could any kind soul post a copy of the exact 2 lines i need to change, Thank you

No, What i and many others want is the league table to resemble what it looks like irl when the update is released. Of course you cant see into the future, nobody is asking you to, just realistic at moment of release would please a lot of people, with the right players performing and basic starting line ups correct most of the time. Take Matt O'Reilly as just one example, in the tests i did he started less games than the other midfielders in most of them, the boy cleaned the decks at the Celtic end of season awards - collecting Player, Young Player and Players Player of the year, the only player to have done so at Celtic [although i stand to be corrected on that] It was glaringly obvious in Feb and before that he was the best player in Scotland [I know Shankland won the player of the year, ill come onto him as well] So what isn't fair is a player like O'Reilly in Scotland playing the way he has done, if he leaves in the summer to Athl Madrid as reported then i gaurantee you a bump for him, so as pointed out by others we wil have missed out on managing him playing the way he should, that's not fair. The very first thig i do is check for injuries my friend when a player has missed more games that a regular starter should, The manager was the same in the case of O'Rielly as well. I have the saves, i can send you them if you would like? You are right, it is a joy playing it, but not when players are in top form, which can be put into a Feb update to give people a few months of enjoying them before the inevitable bit move and likley increase for the player, that isn't fair or right i don't think. I and others aren't talking about some unknown youngster breaking through, we are talking about good, establoished first team players, i don't see the validity of using him in this discussion as an example? You don't need hindsight, you have 7 months of a season as a reference, foresight if you will. Thats a new one, thanks for tellign me. Some very strange choices and glaring emissions, who at the clubs choose these? One wee last thing, Is there any reason why players in title winning sides in Scotland struggle to avg over 7 for a season? In one test i think there were only 7 players over 7 avg in top league in Scotland, that seems very low? Every team has it's consistent players surely? Please dont take any of this as criticism as thats not my intention at all, Thanks

Thanks mate, can i PM you later? thank you

Sorry. the client object browser has rhe microsoft edge symbol at the left of it, when i click the file i cant seem to edit it? Do i need to open it with another programme? forgive my stupidity with laptops. thanks again.

Hi Steve, i seen this - If you wish to adjust the transparency to suit your own tastes, the open up this file: Football Manager 2024/skins/FM24 Base Skin (Transparent) SM/panels/client object browser.xml And adjust the number on the code transparency="0.8" on line 30 and transparency="0.6" on line 42 (between 0.0 and 0.9) what way do you adjust to make the screen more transparent? thank you

Paul McStay should be on the Celtic Legend/Icon list. I dont think he is ony any of them or fav staff? Kyogo needs "cuts inside from left wing" removed. He doesnt play on the left wing so he cant cut in from it.

Paul McStay should be on the Celtic Legend/Icon list. I dont think he is ony any of them or fav staff?

I think that all of the Lisbon Lions should be down as Celtic ledgends, Lets be honest, they are. and not just for Celtic, they are legends of Brittish football. Bobby Lennox is the second all time top scorer and Lisbon Lion and he is listed in the same bracket as the bold Giakoumakis. Id remove Giakoumakis as favoured personel as well, he was mainly a substitute, decent player yes, but mainly a sub. Hearts, I think Henry Smith should feature somehwere on the icons list at least? 476 appearcences and is third on the all time list for that. John Cumming should be a club legend. He won every major homour with Hearts and also its his "Blood doesn't show on a maroon jersey" quote that hangs above the tunnel in Tynecastle. Walter Kidd, Craig Levein, John Colqhuoun are all over the 300 mark as well, and played in good Hearts teams and are very highly regarded by fans. Ex chairman Wallace Mercer once famously said he was going to buy Hibs as well, i think he should be on a list, Icon maybe?

Bosun Lawal is listed as 5ft 11, He is actually 6ft 2. A very imposing figure who had a fantastic loan spell last season at fleetwood Town. Recently called up to the Ireland main squad as well. The boy has a big future. Id make him as comfortable as a Def mid as Def Cen. here are some of his highlights from his loan spell, A big, strong beast of a boy at 20 years old, i fully expect him to be in and around the fringes of the Celtic first team this season, or perhaps another loan to a Championship club this time?

Is this even the right section to provide the feedback regarding trying to get more accurate starting line ups? My plan was to post a screen of the FM team squad based on appearances and then post the real life appearances and we can try sort out the errors that appear? I think most people would like accurate starting line ups? One thing i have noticed is there aint much feeback around here from updaters?? Everybody working together prviding valid info can only make the updates better. right?

Been busy with work the last few days, will get back on this shortly.

Also looking at the line ups, a lot of them have players who should be regular starters that dont get a game. I know all of this and the above post are obviously difficult to do at the start of a season as the league has to develop, but the winter update should be your best update of the season, you will then have a good idea of the team line ups and also the teams league positions, there is no excuse really for these being wrong. Im not having a pop as i know from experince how hard updating and researching and testing can be, but it you want a particular league looking spot on then thats what needs done. Im more than happy to help in any way to try and make it better for everybody. Cheers

The league positions of clubs, compared to real life are all over the place. I have ran 5, 1 season tests and will post the tables from them and also a what their 5 season average position is in the next few days. I dont know how much testing/attention is paid to it through the course of a season but as people have mentioned about not being able to enjoy players at a club due to them not getting updated in time, i think we would also like clubs to perform in the league kinda like they do irl. testing, testing, testing is how this will be achieved. Im happy to run season tests and post them up as well as a 5 season avg if the updaters dont have time for doing this. Cheers

Bologna seem underrated. Never finish in the CL spots in any tests.

Hi Steve, great work again mate, Quick question - I had these backgrounds etc for FM23, im about to load up FM24, Do i need to download them all again or is there any way to get them working on 24 without doing all that? thanks again.

a couple of Players who are performing well at at the moment and might want to reflect this in any update include, David Watson at Killie, a young player with a huge future. Dan Armstrong at Killie, has been playing consistently well for easily 2 years now, very fast and direct.

WHat do you guys think about the St Johsntone keper - Mitov? Imo he is the second best keeper in the league this season behind Butland, He has been a brilliant find for them, only 26 i think as well so plenty time to get a big move and improve even more. Just shows you the players are out there.

Looks like peope will need to, a shame tho as you want to manage teams and players s they are performing just now. If for example O'Reilly gets sold in jan then nobody who plays as Celtuc will have a chance to have had managed him playing the way he should be.