Dictate The Game

There are two things in Football Manager that can pose a challenge to even the most seasoned FM players. They are 1) setting up a low block tactic that’s actually successful, and 2) breaking an opponent’s low block, aka “parked bus”. Realistically, these two tactical concepts are also not easy to execute in real life. Very few teams can actually pull off a good parked bus against superior opposition. Facing a parked bus is similarly dreaded by real-life managers. Experience…

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Guide to FM22 “Hard Mode” My advice to any new Football Manager player, don’t be afraid of change. If your tactical approach isn’t working, don’t keep doing the same thing hoping for different results. That’s madness. Sometimes even the most logical tactics don’t work. You might feel compelled to stick with the tactic to the bitter end. After-all, you’ve invested valuable time coming up with the formation and recruiting suitable players. And most of the time it’s not your fault….

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When I first decided to create a Total Football tactic for FM22, I did not have 3-4-3 Diamond in mind. That came later. I only settled on Cruyff’s historic “Dream Team” formation after realizing that it possessed all the elements needed to achieve the objectives that I set out for myself at the start of this project. The goal was to recreate Total Football within FM22 as accurately as possible. In order to achieve this, the following will be my…

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Guide to Playing Football Manager the Simple Way, from FM2014 to FM20?? There exist many different ways to play the beautiful game of football. As many as clubs and managers, past and present, that ever existed. And throughout the sport’s long history, there were thousands of amateur and professional managers. Each with their own unique vision of organizing players on the pitch. But there are some things that don’t change. This brings me to the reason for this guide. It’s…

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