7 Football Manager Tips You Wish You Knew Sooner

What tactic do u use mainly pal

I started just playing this on Xbox as it was free on game pass. Seems so much easier to navigate with a mouse. Does anyone know if I can plug a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse into the Xbox and it work? I have a Mac that I was trying to see if I could use Xbox game pass to get it for free on there but I think you might need PC game pass for that to work? Any help appreciated

I used to download tactics left and right untill I found something that worked. This year I did what you said, tweaked the defaults to suit my team. PL and CL trophies in the second year.
Only difference, I use all 3 recommended tactics.
Gegenpress to counter tikitaka and control possession.
Fluid counter-attack to counter gegenpress.
Control possession against everything else.

Undefeated in the third season.

Unless I have missed something, the bit about speaking to the agent before the player is an option I have never seen on the console version.

guys, like the video

The national flags have disappeared on my save. Any idea?

To do the training schedule, just pick the staff element with the highest discipline and determination, and you will have green ratings all over the place 👍🏻

Great video 🙌🙌

Some things I do that Kev didn't mention. I don't lose very often either.

1.I use Opposition Instructions always. I want the other team playing under pressure and on their weaker foot as that makes them worse players.

2. When your injured player gets to yellow injury status, put them on Injury Rehab, by choosing Training--Additional Focus--General Rehab. This seems to help with keeping your team healthy

3. I rarely have the mid-season slump, possibly because I slightly change the formation/roles during the pregame, which may make it harder for the match engine to crack your tactic.

All of these tips work, but the only problem I have is that the wages players ask are so outrageous I still go under. I start my games in the Dutch Eredivisie. Any tips for that?

This is possibly the best guide on FM I've ever seen. Very well done, keeping things simple.
Too many times I see people worry about improving the last few percent while ignoring the fundamentals.

When it comes to player interactions I've usually found the best approach is just to tell them the truth. If someone comes in and wants a better contract and you are already at close to your wage budget, tell them "the club can't afford it" and they'll probably agree. If they complain about playing time, ask them to lower their squad status,; if they are actually worse than whoever's playing over them, they'll probably agree. This is also influenced by your reputation and leadership support; if you have a higher reputation than your players they'll be intimidated by you and you can often push them around to see things your way.

In pretty much all cases you'll always have a chance to spin them a story and see if they buy it before you back down.

Is match review in training new for fm24? Never seen it until this video and ive been doing my own training for over 2000 hrs of game time 🙈

I think tips for players on consoles, cos alot of these tips don't really work for consoleblike resting players I don't wanna hit players singularly to send them on a rest.😅

This video is better than a cup of coffee. It wakes up my soul

Use transfer deadline day to get bargains. Loan listed and transfer listed players will be loads cheaper.

I always set up training schedules for Saturday and Wednesday-Saturday match weeks, so I can just select the schedule that works for the matches I have. Quicker than adding in the match reviews and team bonding manually.

All well n good when ur on PC lol im on console lol

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you can stack installments aswell so you can go upto 6years with the installments

Another thing about the agent negotiation. Once you get him to agree to a lower wage, you can make the contract start date at the end of the season so you still pay him the lower wage for the rest of the year and only later the higher fee. If you do this without the negotiation, he'll ask for a much larger wage than if you don't.

On console, does it matter who your captain is or if you have lots of team leaders, what is the benefit of a good captain and good team leaders?

In lower divisions, look for loans on transfer deadline day. Teams will get desperate to offload players then and you're likely to be able to better players or players with paying less of their wages. I got a good Serie A CB on loan in League 1 because the team wanted to offload him.

Do a video on match analysis. For example you 1 nil down at half time and you are grateful for that because you are being battered. Don't know apart from passing what to looking for to change a game when you are being wrecked

Keep an eye on match momentum during matches. If you're not creating anything, fiddle with width instruction (narrow to wide etc) and keep an eye on whether it improves. If opposition having a lot of good chances, drop your line or push it up. They're the changes I make during matches.

Number 1 tip, follow lollujo

400 hours?! With my measly 320 hours

Thanks for the tips

only 400 hours i been playing fm24 nearly 600 hours

Only encourage in-game if losing or drawing.
Only praise in-game if you have 5 players at 7.0 or higher.
Praise training avg only if it is 7.9 or higher.
Never praising form is safest. Maybe if they were 8.0 over 5 recent games.

I use saving team selections to make rotation really straight forward

In regards to contracts, after asking the agent I always leave it a day or two before starting the renewal. Could just be a bug but I find that if the agent agrees to a lower wage, when you start talks with the player he still wants the original wage demands, however leaving it a day or two he then will accept the negotiated demands.

Tactics. Keep it simple. So very true. Even as the old Wellington boot wearer Drillo in Wimbledon. "Get the ball into the opponents penalty area ASAP and score". It worked for some time I recall, but bloody boring watching.

Do you need to get coaches who play the same formation you use or doesn’t it matter?

using a liverpool legend quote while managing everton. oh god kev

Besides these nice tips on playing, what is your judgement on the game so far mate. How much better than earlier versions ? Or where have they still got things wrong. Appreciate any kind of fair judgement after all your +400 hours on it.
Of course as always we all wait for the big updates in January, but up to that time the hickups usely show up for gamers with your vast time in the game.
(Haven't yet decided if this is a year to skip, so happy for some hints on the development. Watched your initial reactions when the game was released but those were not tested in-game as it should have been now)
Thanks for just super great stuff you put up on YT.

When signing coaches should I be signing ones that match my tatic am using ie 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 etc????

the success rate of the agent reducing demands relies heavily on how interested the player is in the transfer which you can see before you ask for a wage reduction, you can see with Balogun he was only slightly interested in a transfer which is why he wants a higher wage range

Can you do a console version, because many things are different like you cant speak to agents or have meetings with the board

you can also stack installments, they last over more years but you could pay even less upfront.

Idk if this still works since i have not played fm24 yet. However when you start a new save and you see a player or some players who you feel are higher wages than you can really afford.

If they just joined the club and it says they just signed a contract you can still get rid of them instantly, just go to the contract dropdown and click mutal termantion and offer it to them, they should get unhappy and want to speak with you decline or try get them even more angry, then you can transferlist and offer out to clubs.

This can be used to flip players from contract release day as well.

Just the tip?

does anyone know how i managed to get 11th with the worst team in the league and a striker with 11 finishing worth 5 mil

Could you become my IT teacher ?

How do I keep my team up in the championship when I shouldn’t have gone up in the first place ?