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Making a profit in FM19: the importance of friendlies

Making a profit in FM19: the importance of friendlies

I was actually amazed at how much money you can make from friendlies. This particular method is perfect for lower league clubs who would usually struggle with finances over the course of the season. In turn you will be making a profit in FM19. In this guide I will take a scenario where no friendlies are played after the season has started, and a club that play regular friendlies and look at the positives and negatives for both. I will…

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Managing semi-pro clubs in FM19 – Changing Professional Status

Managing semi-pro clubs in FM19 – Changing Professional Status

Everyone always has the idea of having their dream football manager save with a team that are down at the bottom of the footballing ladder, this guide will (hopefully) help you convert your team into a force to be reckoned with. As well as changing their professional status. Managing semi-pro clubs in FM19? Read on! This changing your professional status guide will focus on these three components: Money Players Progression & Commitment

Finding the right tactic in FM19

Finding the right tactic in FM19

In Football Manager 2019, I’ve predominantly focused on creating guides, instead of a story or tactical recreations. However, this article will be a combination of guides and tactics; a guide on tactics. Finding the right tactic in FM19. Now in my previous article on training (that can be found here:) FOOTBALL MANAGER 2019 GUIDES | TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION In Step 1, I talk about building your tactic first, and then your training. I decided to link a few articles from…

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Tiki-Taka and One-Twos in FM19- Running with the Wolves

Tiki-Taka and One-Twos in FM19- Running with the Wolves

I have been playing Football Manager since 2013. Year after year I see the same questions pop up regarding Player Preferred Moves (PPMs or Player Traits). Why do they not work how they should? My player has “Plays with back to the goal” trait but I never see him holding up the ball? How come my centreback with “Brings Ball out of Defence” does not dribble more? The game engine must be broken right? Wrong, in case like this there…

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Scoring from corners without needing tall players in FM19

Scoring from corners without needing tall players in FM19

Scoring from corners and set pieces has always been one of my club’s philosophies in FM19. Why not tick that box? It can give you extra credit and doesn’t come in the place of another philosophy. Surely, banging in loads of set pieces is doable if you spend a bit of time on your tactic? It can be hard in some circumstances. You might like to buy younger players. You might prefer more technical or creative players than meatheads who…

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Training Guide FM19: the next Generation

Training Guide FM19: the next Generation

In my recent post about my Golden Generation at Red Bull Leipzig, I’m still churning through seasons at the club. I’m trying to make some progress but as a result of my endeavors, I’ve started to get to grips with the new training system implemented in this year’s Football Manager. Training guide FM19. After winning the league in my second season, we’re looking confident to challenge for the title again. After losing Marcel Sabitzer and Péter Gulácsi we signed Jadon…

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Shadow Striker FM19 Guide: Striking from the Shadows

Shadow Striker FM19 Guide: Striking from the Shadows

Last year I started to cover the more exotic player roles of Football Manager. Some of the roles I highlighted, like Raumdeuter, Regista and Trequartista, have been the staples of the game for years. While Pressing Forward and Wide Targetman have only been added in the recent entries. In that respect the Shadow Striker role is not new. It was one of the original roles from 2013. Then FM did its biggest tactical revamp by dropping the old sliders and…

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Creating Overloads in FM19: A Guardiola Masterclass

Creating Overloads in FM19: A Guardiola Masterclass

There seem to exist many misconceptions out there about what exactly it means to overload in football and how to create overloads within football manager tactical engine. This article will present a step-by-step guide on on successfully creating overloads in FM19 with any team and at any level. It does not present an exploit win-all plug-in tactic. But it should hopefully make scoring goals, and winning, more consistent for your club.

How to make your team a goal-scoring machine around a false nine in FM19

How to make your team a goal-scoring machine around a false nine in FM19

You want to know how to score goals with a false nine in FM19? Most people would show you their 4-3-3, spearheaded by an advanced forward or poacher. Those guys don’t get in my team. I don’t know about you, but if I try using a tactic that I would never set up manually, it never works. It might work for a few games, but then problems arise. I don’t know how to fix them.

Wide players in FM19: How to harness them in your ball-hogging side

Wide players in FM19: How to harness them in your ball-hogging side

Like watching your wingers and wide players bomb up and down the touchline, getting crosses in? Or your full-back beguiling the entire opposition, manoeuvring his way into the box unmarked? Well stop reading right here. Wide players in FM19. We’re looking for passing and moving, people. No player can move without passing first. That’s how I developed this spectacular tactical system My tactic with wide players Did you think any of that was true? It couldn’t have been further. If…

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