Trial and Error: Guide to Trials in Football Manager
Lower leagues saves can be great fun, but it’s hard to find the right signings. Learn how to with this Guide on Trials on Football Manager.
Staff Roles in FM 2021: What Do They Do?
It’s your first day. You arrive at the club. You meet the Head of Youth Development. The Chief Scout. The Head Performance Analyst. Technical Director. Loan Manager. Head of Sports Science. Head Physio. Your head spinning, you try to make sense of the crashing wave of information pouring over you, and take the first incipient steps toward a drink problem at your lunch break. Well, worry no more, and drink a little less. We’re going to look at Staff Roles in…
From Kingston to Kirkcudbright | PART TWO | You Call That A Summer?
Last month I was delighted to debut my article series with “Dictate the Game”. A reminder to everyone that my FM21 experiment is set up to answer one question once and for all. That question is “are football players from the UK overhyped?”. Here we go again with “From Kingston to Kirkcudbright”. Recap There are many ways that we could delve into this question, but for those who read part one you’ll know all about my method. Yes, using FM’s…
Moneyball | FM21 | Introduction
After looking for something to pull me back into the world of Football Manager recently, having once again failed to find myself invested in any of my saves this year, I found myself reading my old articles. Something I’ve attempted several times in the past is Moneyball. In 2019, tedious games led to a slow process. In 2020 the wrong club choice led to a low interest in the save. This year, I think I’ve found a balance. Now I…
8 more Teams to try on the Winter Update
No messing around today. Who even reads introductions? You’re all here to skip through this part and read the headings, see one that catches your interest and then load up FM. Right? Did I get away with not writing an intro? Anyways the Winter Update gave us some small changes, and we’ve looked through the patch notes (which can be found here: https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/548954-football-manager-213-main-winter-update-out-now/) to find some fun saves for you to try! Chelsea – A familiar name in an unfamiliar…
How to Get Your Strikers Scoring in FM21
Knowing how to get your strikers scoring goals in FM21 is a skill worth learning. Picture the scenario: your strikers have scored a vast number of goals throughout the season, looking very threatening going forward. At some point, your striker(s) stop scoring and start missing what were previously easy chances.
Aston Villa FC Club Guide
Jack Grealish is the best player in Birmingham, no doubt about that. At the moment Aston Villa is the best club in Birmingham. How do you take the next step? How do you go from relegation battles via mid-table mediocrity to break the top 6? To help you achieve that, here’s the Aston Villa FC club guide for FM21!
How to Recreate Tactics on Football Manager
It’s not a stretch to say that every FM player is, to some degree, a football fan. But even as we all share the love of the beautiful game, everyone has their favourite style. Be it a possession heavy style or a deadly countering team, we all want our side playing a certain way. When the time comes to take inspiration from our favourite real-life managers, however, the job can get tricky. Fear not, for help is on the way,…
FM21 | Guide to Moving Clubs
There comes a time in every football manager’s career where the grass looks greener. It might be that you feel you’ve taken your current clubs as far as they can go, or you’ve received an offer you simply cannot refuse. Either way, this article should help you make the transition as smooth as possible. This is my guide to moving clubs in FM21.