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FM23: What Makes a Good Technical Director?

FM23: What Makes a Good Technical Director?

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A new role was introduced on Football Manager 2020, the Technical Director. My simple advice regarding the role of a Technical Director is if you want to run a fully functioning club where advice is given by staff you can trust, you’ll need to recruit a good and reliable Technical Director. What does a Technical Director do? The Technical Director will be the person (should you give them the responsibilities) that will be in charge of the various departments (coaching,…

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FM23: What Makes a Good Director of Football?

FM23: What Makes a Good Director of Football?

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The Director of Football has been part of Football Manager for a few versions now. The role has been fleshed out to incorporate their responsibilities throughout the game. The Director of Football forms part of your Recruitment Team on Football Manager which consists of the staff member responsible for player scouting and contracts. Do you want to find another type of backroom staff member? Check out the others below! Although there is not an academic definition of a Director of…

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5-3-2: The ultimate underdog formation?

5-3-2: The ultimate underdog formation?

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I became intrigued with the 5-3-2 after watching the Prime documentary, Six Dreams, which led me to research more about the then-Girona Manager, Pablo Machin. He guided Girona to La Liga and narrowly missed out on the European places, using a 5-3-2 and 5-2-3. He then moved onto Sevilla and implemented a 5-3-2 which beat Real Madrid 3-0. Upon expanding my research I looked at Inzaghi’s 5-3-2 at Lazio, when he took to Inter. After reading numerous articles about both…

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Football Manager: Teams to Manage in Africa

Football Manager: Teams to Manage in Africa

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 In this article, we look at teams that you could manage in Africa The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the biggest of the six continental confederations of FIFA. The clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title of the country’s club champions, and also for places in next season’s CAF Africa club competitions, i.e., the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.

FM Tactical Styles – Wing Play

FM Tactical Styles – Wing Play

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Possibly the most famous manager to use this style and dominate is the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson with his use of 4-4-2. Is now the time to mention Mike Bassett? No, let’s move on then. 4-4-2 is the traditional tactic of the English game, epitomised by Sir Alex Ferguson’s treble-winning side. Consisting of the likes of David Beckham and Ryan Giggs controlling the wings at the forefront of this article. The 4-4-2 used by Ferguson was used by himself for…

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FM22 – Tactical Styles: Vertical Tiki Taka

FM22 – Tactical Styles: Vertical Tiki Taka

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In this article, I discuss another tactical style available on Football Manager, Vertical Tika Taka, a style possibly best known as a tactical hallmark of everyone’s favourite chain-smoking Italian, Maurizio Sarri and his ‘Sarri-ball.’ How does Football Manager define Verticle Tiki Taka? “A quick passing style of possession and movement, with a narrower, more direct approach than the standard Tiki Taka.” Vertical tiki taka is a high pressing, possession-based style of play. The aim is to create vertical incisive passes, rather…

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Five Tips for International Management in FM22

Five Tips for International Management in FM22

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Normally at this stage of the summer, we are knee deep in an International tournament and fantasy booking who will win the whole thing. Sadly, the 2022 World Cup has been switched to the winter due to the intense summer heat in Qatar, which means a lack of summer football (for a month or so). But what if you created your own international fun in Football Manager 2022, by taking on a nation to either win trophies or even just…

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#WeAreHSV – Hamburger SV in Football Manager (pt 5)

#WeAreHSV – Hamburger SV in Football Manager (pt 5)

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Settling back in to Bundesliga life I entered pre-season still in two, or even three minds about which formation to start with. Should I stick with the 5-2-1-2 which served us well last season and won us promotion? Should I stick with my head and adopt a 5-3-2 with an anchor in the DM slot to give us extra protection? Or should I go for it with a 4-2-3-1. I decided to give them all a chance in friendlies but…

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Football Manager: Teams to Manage in North America

Football Manager: Teams to Manage in North America

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North America is a continent that I think is undervalued on Football Manager in terms of management. It is a continent that can produce some of football’s top talents with countries like America, Mexico, and Canada amongst others that have seen players like Landon Donovan, Hirving Lozano, Clint Dempsey, Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David and many others. Granted, in some nations the registration rules are complicated but that makes for a worthy challenge on Football Manager. Below we’ll provide a list…

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Football Manager Challenges – The Journeyman

Football Manager Challenges – The Journeyman

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Once you get immersed into playing Football Manager, the mind starts to wander, or wonder perhaps. Creative people have come up with many creative ideas playing the game and shared them with the wider community via the forums and social media. I thought I should try to bring to light the many challenge ideas that players have come up with over the years and feature them in a series of articles here at Dictate the Game. What better way to…

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