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How many player instructions to set in FM19?

How many player instructions to set in FM19?

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The tactical depth in FM19 is simply phenomenal. You can get so immersed in the new roles and sorting out your defensive width, while forgetting about all the other parts of your tactic. Don’t forget player instructions in FM19! When it doesn’t work, some people will go straight to Miles Jacobson to lament how the new features don’t work.However, we’re not like that. These issues test all of our patience, though; no one’s more than mine. You want to know…

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Nine football league teams to manage in FM20

Nine football league teams to manage in FM20

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If you’re feeling anything like me, after racking up over 600 hours on this iteration of FM, you’re starting to get what me and my friends call “FM Fatigue”. With the new Football League season beginning last weekend, it’s easy to look ahead to the next iteration of Football Manager. Here are my top picks for football league teams to manage in FM20.

Mason Bradshaw | Mega Project | #8

Mason Bradshaw | Mega Project | #8

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Mason Bradshaw has never played football professionally, and at just the tender age of 24, he’s shocked the world by announcing he is to become a football manager. Follow his journey in ‘Mega Project’

The Experiment League: FM Statistics Lab
Professionalism in FM19: Welcome to the FM Stats Lab!

Professionalism in FM19: Welcome to the FM Stats Lab!

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Statistics and myth-busting are the aim of the game in our FM Lab. We have set up a database and league to let us test what impact changing certain variables have on the actual game, to gather lots of data, and then test it statistically at the end. Specifically Professionalism in this first post. If like me you like seeing simulations and experiments, but also like me you want more hard figures then this is the experiment series for you….

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Moneyball in FM19: Part 2

Moneyball in FM19: Part 2

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First I want to start out by saying thank you to everyone who read Moneyball Part 1. The response was really overwhelming and while I tried to respond to most comments, there are undoubtedly a few I missed. As promised, in this post we will be looking at my January Transfer Window activity, the stats for the players I signed, and a closer look at my KPIs and statistical setup. Moneyball in FM19.

Moneyball in FM19: Part 1

Moneyball in FM19: Part 1

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I start a Masters Degree in Data Analytics this September, and recently I’ve been looking at how I can use Analytics to impact my favourite game, Football Manager. Cleon recently tweeted about Moneyball, and how no one has replicated it correctly when it comes to FM. Moneyball in FM19. Now, I had heard of Moneyball, and knew it involved using Analytics to scout players, but I didn’t know the true extent of Moneyball, or where the definition came from. So,…

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