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Month: April 2019

Saving English Football FM19! – Part 2

Saving English Football FM19! – Part 2

In Part 2 of my series on recovering after destroying English Football last year. We’re retrying and actually Saving English Football FM19 this time. We look at the Autumn internationals as well as a fairly productive start to my first season at the Unicorn. For anyone who missed the previous part: These were my key points for the save: Climb the Leagues with the Unicorn, relying on young English talent either from my academy or an extensive scouting network provided…

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3-5-2 in FM19: Dynamo Project Tactic Creation Part 3 – Offensive Trio

3-5-2 in FM19: Dynamo Project Tactic Creation Part 3 – Offensive Trio

I planned this as a three part series. I intend to go step-by-step through the process of creating a 3-5-2 tactic, from examining the formation’s strengths in the context of its three units: defensive, transition and offensive to showing you what kind of players you need. The first part dealt with the 3 Men Defence Unit. The 2nd focused on the Transition Unit of midfielders and wingbacks. This third and final part will examine the Offensive Trio and how their…

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Does Finishing in FM19 Make a Difference in a Striker? | Football Manager Experiment

Does Finishing in FM19 Make a Difference in a Striker? | Football Manager Experiment

As a manager, I always look for strikers with the highest finishing attribute and then assess their other attributes. However, I wonder what would happen if I created two identical players and only adjust their finishing in FM19 attributes and see what the result is like. In my last article where I looked at age, which can be read here – Does Age Make a Difference in a Striker? | Football Manager Experiment. It was slightly difficult to create a conclusion on…

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Inverted Wing-Backs in FM19: How to Utilise Your Silent Assassins.

Inverted Wing-Backs in FM19: How to Utilise Your Silent Assassins.

Inverted wing-backs in FM19: what’s the point? Inverted wing-backs are often just seen as full-backs standing in central midfield. An excuse to pass sideways. An excuse to bring natural full-backs out of position. An excuse to play 20,000 bleeding passes for the sake of it! However, believe it or not, using inverted wing-backs correctly can give your side an unrivalled attacking threat. If you’re still with me, I’ll try to explain how!