Sports Interactive have just announced the release date for FM24 which will be November 6, 2023. We can only assume the beta period will begin two weeks prior on October 23. Fingers crossed! Let’s have a look at what’s been announced and the features roadmap found on the Football Manager Twitter. Follow Dictate the Game on Twitter for the latest updates! The trailer doesn’t reveal a lot but we know that the graphic engine rebuild is still another year away….
In our FM journeys there comes a time when we look for a little inspiration and to try something new that we haven’t done before. We’ve had other articles on obscure challenges, but looking back at the history of European Football, we can find clubs that were once dominant forces in the game. We dub them the Fallen Giants. You could apply this to any continent but today I will focus on Europe.
Are you new to the game? Is it a bit overwhelming or intimidating to get started or pick the game up? Well you’ve come the right place! I’m going to go through the Football Manager basics so you can get into the flow of the game as quickly and easily as possible. So let’s hit continue (or maybe not) and get started! Loading the game When you first start up Football Manager you will be asked to select your database…
Recruitment has been revamped in this new version of Football Manager, and I am obviously intrigued. Gone are the days of disorganized scouting assignments and keeping track of your plans in separate documents, or are they? I will explore the new areas of the game and see what benefits we can find in FM23! Recruitment focuses are the revamped version of Scouting assignments. Gone are the percentage bars of scouting knowledge, and presented to you are more descriptive titles. I…
Sports Interactive have revealed their headline features now for Football Manager 2023. Revealing there are 5 big additions to the next installment of the game. In this article we will focus on the Squad Planner and try to break down what we know so far. Squad Planner This is a whole new section and UI to manage your current playing squad. Future prospects and potential transfer coming into your team over the next 3 seasons will also show on screen….
Once you get immersed into playing Football Manager, the mind starts to wander, or wonder perhaps. Creative people have come up with many creative ideas playing the game and shared them with the wider community via the forums and social media. I thought I should try to bring to light the many challenge ideas that players have come up with over the years and feature them in a series of articles here at Dictate the Game. What better way to…
An interesting subject in Football Manager, that can really negatively and positively affect performances is motivation and people management. You have to be able to read the personalities in your squad and figure out ways to get the best performances out of your players, beyond tactical familiarity and training methods. The ways you talk to your players are vitally important. Assessing the personalities in your squad Right off the bat, every team will be a different soup of personalities and…
A lot of teams go through dry spells during a season, some teams never get scoring at all to start a campaign. I’ve found a few ways to help this situation during my current journeyman save in Singapore. (Follow me on Twitter for updates 😉 These are scoring tips for struggling teams in Football Manager. Tactics Starting off we’re going to take a look at your tactics. Many managers play in many different ways, and there is always a way…
These might be the toughest teams to manage in the fully licensed leagues in Football Manager 22. If you want a real challenge, I think taking on one of these clubs could be a great challenge for any self-proclaimed FM expert! Derby County – England You are in for quite the task to turn Derby County into a force again in the EFL. The club is in administration, and they are under a transfer embargo. They have been docked 21…
You’re down 1-0 at half-time, the team is not performing well at all. In the past we had to rely on the eyeball test. Who looks like their struggling out there? Who’s getting beaten to the punch? Where were the gaps? Let’s look at the Data Analysis.