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Breaking Tradition: Attributes v Statistics

Breaking Tradition: Attributes v Statistics

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It’s tough to break with tradition. To start something over in a different way to the way it’s always been done. Since the first versions of Championship Manager began to appear, the players in game have been graded in a Top Trumps kind of way; graded on the attributes that make a footballer. Not that long ago, these attributes moved from an Alphabetical Listing to a Categorised Listing. Attributes were noted as Technical, Mental or Physical Qualities. Managers would then…

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Yellow Gold – Moneyball in FM23 | Prologue

Yellow Gold – Moneyball in FM23 | Prologue

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I’ve had numerous attempts at recreating the fabled Moneyball, and never really got anywhere with it. Different things got in the way but the main issue was it takes a while to see the results, and I usually got bored or sacked before those results came to fruition. This year I’ve spent much more time planning my choice of club, and feel that I can really make a go of it. Plus, the recent addition and changes to the Data…

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The Five Channels: Attacking movement on Football Manager

The Five Channels: Attacking movement on Football Manager

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As much as anyone loves the majestic performances of Maldini, Baresi and Bonucci, there’s nothing quite like a well-scored goal. Much like everything else in football, though, attacking and scoring are about movement as well as skill. What players do with the ball at their feet you can’t control, but you can control where they do it. Create overwhelming attacking movement on Football Manager with what I call the Five Channels..

Using the Similar Player Filter: Buying Like for Like in FM21

Using the Similar Player Filter: Buying Like for Like in FM21

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Player transfers play a huge part in most FM21 saves. That’s part of the draw of Football Manager. Whether you are in the Premiership making big money deals or down in the lower leagues fighting for scraps and free transfers. Almost all of us (I’m ignoring you hardcore youth academy challengers) have dabbled in the transfer market to improve our teams. But what if we don’t want to, or can’t afford to, upgrade our teams? What if we have a…

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Alternative Signings: Positional Switches on FM

Alternative Signings: Positional Switches on FM

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Navigating the turbulent waters of the transfer market is one of the great pleasures of playing Football Manager; finding that future world-beater, snatching that top-class player on a free from a rival, or simply closing a long wanted signing. But sometimes, be it through budget limitations or time constraints, it’s hard to find the players you need. When necessity becomes urgent, it’s time for some improvisation. Here are five positional switches you can try and pull off with alternative signings…

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Winning titles with ‘unbeatable’ tactics, and how to get the most out of your FM21 saves.

Winning titles with ‘unbeatable’ tactics, and how to get the most out of your FM21 saves.

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Firstly, Happy New Year you Tactical Masterminds! I was really struggling for ideas; Christmas has been and gone, Coronavirus is apparently still and thing and is worse than ever in the UK, and New Years at Home seemed like hell on earth. I thought about making some stupid tactic using 6 midfielders or 2 defenders, “that’ll make for a funny article, that might even help some people”, I thought. But alas my horrific attempt of a “around the midfielder tactic”…

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Personalities to Look For: 5 of the Best

Personalities to Look For: 5 of the Best

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One of the most important qualities a player can have in Football Manager 2021 is his personality. This label is the product of examining the seven hidden attributes that make up Personality (Loyalty, Professionalism, Ambition, Controversy, Sportsmanship, Temperament, and Pressure), plus Determination and Leadership. In this piece I’ll be looking at the top five Personalities to look for in a player.

Mirror the Magic – 2 – Ronald Koeman

Mirror the Magic – 2 – Ronald Koeman

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In this series, I highlight a much-loved and talented footballer from the past. I’ll tell you a little bit about what I think their key qualities were that made them so special. We’ll go on to look at how best to re-live that legend in Football Manager, by naming a few current players who may be able to ‘mirror the magic’ of the superstar and potentially become your new FM20 hero. Episode one focused on Juan Román Riquelme, and is…

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Mirror the Magic – 1 – Juan Román Riquelme

Mirror the Magic – 1 – Juan Román Riquelme

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In this new series, I am going to highlight a much-loved and talented footballer from the past. I’ll tell you a little bit about what I think their key qualities were that made them so special. We’ll go on to look at how best to re-live that legend in Football Manager, by naming a few current players who may be able to ‘mirror the magic’ of the superstar and potentially become your new FM20 hero.

Getting the Best out of your Striker Player Traits

Getting the Best out of your Striker Player Traits

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FM20 has a huge range of player traits to change, improve or occasionally disrupt your players behaviour on the pitch. In our last article we ran an experiment to see what impact ability had on certain striker traits like lobbing or rounding the keeper, and placing or powering in shots. It was a bit of a bust as we found that ability alone didn’t seem to have an effect. It was useful for partly busting myths about certain player traits…

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