The Canadian Premier League is a new challenge. I’ll be taking charge of Pacific for the 2020 season is by no means an easy task. It’s one that presents several obstacles such as working under a tight financial restraint. Did you know that the overall squad wage must not exceed £11,250 P/W? That’s for a full squad of 23 players which just seems bizarre to me. But that’s something I’m gonna have to work through whilst building a squad that…
Targetman. Sounds like a low-budget Marvel character but in reality they are the no-nonsense hero your FM20 team might need. Playing a Targetman up front as one of your striker roles might not be popular amoungst fashionable teams. You might not see the likes Manchester City, Barcelona and Liverpool doing it. Or even generally across top divisions like La Liga and the EPL. The striker role of Targetman might have negative links with brutal and direct teams but that is…
Finding Wonderkids on Football Manager is always one of the most satisfying aspects of the game. Building a team of young prospects and watching them turn in to some of the best players in the world is so satisying. Finding Wonderkids in FM20 is no different, there are even more ways to find that next key player to take you to the next level.
Welcome back to Moneyball. It’s been a while. After starting my Data Analysis Masters this September, I haven’t had as much time as I would have liked to sink my teeth into FM20 and get started with my Moneyball series. With a gap in the calendar, and a free January, I’ve decided now is a good time to get writing.
This article continues the Red Star Alliance experiment, an affiliation of community-owned clubs featuring Red Star Wrexham.
After just a season and half, Manuel Pellergini was fired as the West Ham United manager in December 2019, due to poor form and The Hammers slipping down the league table. On the 29th December 2019, the manager that Pellergini succeeded then replaced him as David Moyes returned to Stratford on an 18 month contract. Moyes is best known for his spell at Everton where he spent thirteen seasons and led them to European football. He was unable to win…
COUNTER-ATTACKING CORPORATE FOOTBALLFootball is no stranger to commercialism but corporate interests have slowly taken over the game, and in some cases, taken over our clubs. We now find ourselves in an era of ridiculous transfer fees, wage bills, and other escalating costs that are ultimately passed onto the fans. In some cases, the fans have taken it upon themselves and established community-owned clubs run by supporters trusts as an alternative to the City Groups, PSG, Man United, and Red Bulls of…
And How to Use the Best PPM in FM20 The summer 2020 has been one of many changes at Old Trafford, both in the locker-room and tactical drawing board. As a result of endless tactical tweaking, I think I arrived at a tactic that I am finally happy with. It is a good old 4-1-4-1! This article will show you I think it is the best formation in FM20, and how one particular Player Trait can make it even better….
Welcome to Three in One Tactical Planning, part of the Colours of the Flag series which will be running on Dictate the Game, in this post we will be looking at how in Football Manager 2020 you can create three tactics, all to aid and work together to get you the points needed in this virtual world of FM20. Don’t forget to head over to other posts on the website after you have enjoyed this Three in One Tactical Planning…
Or how to use Club DNA to keep your FM20 save interesting The influence of Total Football has been far-reaching in both time and place. Since its dramatic entry into the world in 1974 it changed the face of the sport as we know it. Marcelo Bielsa, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola were all influenced by Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels in 1970s Netherlands. If not for them, Spanish Tiki-Taka would not have existed. In this followup to my last…