Your New Save: Day One on Football Manager 2022

Your New Save: Day One on Football Manager 2022

Another cycle has come and gone, but the release of Football Manager 2022 has unleashed many a fans excitement for the new game release. If you’re a newbie to the Football Manager scene, first things first: Welcome! Dive in and start your new save for your managerial career… but you might not know what to do next! Let’s take things easy and start with the basics. This article will guide you through Day One in your new save on Football Manager…

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Canadian Premier League in Football Manager

Canadian Premier League in Football Manager

I’ve seen a few people wax lyrical about having great saves in the Canadian Premier League in FM21 (or CanPL as it’s known to the locals). Have you taken FC Edmonton to the promise land and won the League title? How did the Island Games go? Have you conquered the mighty MLS teams in the Canadian Championship yet? All this awaits you in the fledgling competition fully licensed since Football Manager 2021. Past Struggles, Roots of Canadian Soccer Canadian soccer…

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Football Manager Primer: Playing on The Edge with Wide Centreback

Football Manager Primer: Playing on The Edge with Wide Centreback

Part 2. Using Cruyff’s 3-4-3 Diamond to Highlight New Wide-CB Role Now that we established that Football Manager is a simple game, let me show you an example of how simple it is to recreate a seemingly complicated historic tactic. We will do it step by step. So it might take a few articles to lay out the tactic completely. In this first step we’ll only take a general look at the newest FM role that inspired my FM22. Specifically…

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How to Manage in MLS | FM22 Guide

How to Manage in MLS | FM22 Guide

FM22 Early Access is out. It’s time for your first FM22 save. Do you fancy a Football Manager 2022 journey to America? Don’t know how to manage in the MLS? Don’t worry, this FM22 Guide will show you how to manage in the MLS to make your Football Manager 2022 save perfect! Let’s get the wagons rolling! What drafts do the MLS have? The MLS have followed other American sports in acquiring players – this starts with the drafts. There…

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Leave The Memories Alone – Football Manager 2021

Leave The Memories Alone – Football Manager 2021

With the impending arrival of Football Manager 2022 and the will-it-won’t-it nature of the beta release occupying most of our minds, it’s a good time to ask some of our favourite writers here at Dictate The Game about their experiences on FM21. JohnnyGamesFM Number of hours: 1103Favourite Save: FC StockholmFavourite Signing: Vilmer Persson AhstedtMost Used Tactic: 4-3-3 DM WideBiggest Success: Promotion in our first season at Stockholm, defying all expectationsFM22 Beta Plans: Probably AtalantaOverall FM21 Thoughts: this was the best…

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Everything We Know About the new Data Hub in FM22

Everything We Know About the new Data Hub in FM22

The new FM22 sneak peek revealed a new tab for the upcoming Football Manager, the Data Hub. In this article, we’ll let you know everything we know so far about this new and most interesting feature. The Data Hub will play a huge part in making FM22 even better. xG was introduced on FM21 which added more depth to data on the game. Statistics in sports form a massive part of analysis within Football Manager. Data Analysts where added to…

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Football Manager Primer – Part 1, Simple Football

Football Manager Primer – Part 1, Simple Football

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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