Italian football in FM19: Fantasista Quest

Italian football in FM19: Fantasista Quest

I would like to invite you all on a world-spanning, time-bending journey. It is a side project of mine, ran parallel to my main Dynamo Kyiv save. Also, as it is likely to be the last save I start on FM 2019, it must be one of epic proportions and ambition. Being a huge fan of Italian calcio, I find much of my tactical inspiration in Italy while I enjoy watching English football. England is where the beautiful game began…

Read More Read More

Saving English Football FM19! – Part 2

Saving English Football FM19! – Part 2

In Part 2 of my series on recovering after destroying English Football last year. We’re retrying and actually Saving English Football FM19 this time. We look at the Autumn internationals as well as a fairly productive start to my first season at the Unicorn. For anyone who missed the previous part: These were my key points for the save: Climb the Leagues with the Unicorn, relying on young English talent either from my academy or an extensive scouting network provided…

Read More Read More

3-5-2 in FM19: Dynamo Project Tactic Creation Part 3 – Offensive Trio

3-5-2 in FM19: Dynamo Project Tactic Creation Part 3 – Offensive Trio

I planned this as a three part series. I intend to go step-by-step through the process of creating a 3-5-2 tactic, from examining the formation’s strengths in the context of its three units: defensive, transition and offensive to showing you what kind of players you need. The first part dealt with the 3 Men Defence Unit. The 2nd focused on the Transition Unit of midfielders and wingbacks. This third and final part will examine the Offensive Trio and how their…

Read More Read More

Does Finishing in FM19 Make a Difference in a Striker? | Football Manager Experiment

Does Finishing in FM19 Make a Difference in a Striker? | Football Manager Experiment

As a manager, I always look for strikers with the highest finishing attribute and then assess their other attributes. However, I wonder what would happen if I created two identical players and only adjust their finishing in FM19 attributes and see what the result is like. In my last article where I looked at age, which can be read here – Does Age Make a Difference in a Striker? | Football Manager Experiment. It was slightly difficult to create a conclusion on…

Read More Read More

Inverted Wing-Backs in FM19: How to Utilise Your Silent Assassins.

Inverted Wing-Backs in FM19: How to Utilise Your Silent Assassins.

Inverted wing-backs in FM19: what’s the point? Inverted wing-backs are often just seen as full-backs standing in central midfield. An excuse to pass sideways. An excuse to bring natural full-backs out of position. An excuse to play 20,000 bleeding passes for the sake of it! However, believe it or not, using inverted wing-backs correctly can give your side an unrivalled attacking threat. If you’re still with me, I’ll try to explain how!

How to transition effectively in FM19: Dynamo Project Tactic Creation Step 2

How to transition effectively in FM19: Dynamo Project Tactic Creation Step 2

I planned this article as a three part series. In this extensive guide I intend to go step-by-step through the process of creating my 3-5-2 tactic, from examining the formations strengths in the context of the primary three units: defensive, transition and offensive to showing you what kind of players you would need for this tactic. The first part dealt with the 3 Men Defensive Unit. This following one will be looking at the Transition Unit of the two midfielders…

Read More Read More

Keeping an interest in your FM19 Save

Keeping an interest in your FM19 Save

It’s that time of year where people are looking forward to the release of the latest edition of Football Manager and slowly losing interest in their current saves. People are playing less and less. I have a few ideas and tips which could help you find that spark to your save again. Keeping an interest in your FM19 save. In this article I break down five different categories in which I find to be the biggest influences in terms of…

Read More Read More

Setting up your defence in FM19: Dynamo Project Tactic Creation Step 1

Setting up your defence in FM19: Dynamo Project Tactic Creation Step 1

I love summer break. But I’m not nostalgic for those days when we had a break from school and all worries. No, unfortunately as much as I would love to, this is not about that. Rather, I love the summer preseason break in Football Manager. It is a great time to take stock of what worked/not worked in the previous season. And start planning for the challenges of the next. For me all tactic building happens in preseason. Ideally only…

Read More Read More