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Football Manager: Youth Development Saves

Football Manager: Youth Development Saves

Football Manager allows players to live out their own fantasy of being the manager of any football team. If, like me, you like not only developing players, but developing players through the club’s academy then below are a few teams where you can prioritise youth development.

Youth Development – The Plan, The Procedure, The Delivery

Youth Development – The Plan, The Procedure, The Delivery

Bringing through the next generation of world-class stars is one of Football Manager’s most appealing features – youth development is a journey that takes time to get right. Each year, the FM community spends countless hours improving every part of their youth setup to get the best youth intakes, but it can still be a tricky thing to master. Youth development is a key part of the game for many players. However, because Football Manager is a game in which…

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Recreating Diego Armando Maradona in FM21

Recreating Diego Armando Maradona in FM21

I love youth development and I have a weakness for a good story. What happens when I combine the two? Well, in FM20 ”Santástico” happened. It was a blog/Twitch series managing Santos FC in Brazil, with the aim to create the next Pélé. I absolutely loved the series and I’ve been longing to do something similar in FM21. I’m so excited to announce that the time for this is now. It’s time to see if I can recreate the career…

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FM20 new features: how the game is an improvement over FM19

FM20 new features: how the game is an improvement over FM19

This year, I think I felt even more underwhelmed than usual. Being able to delegate the role of shouting from the touchline was one of the heights of the FM20 new features announced. Almost everyone I spoke to felt the same way. There wasn’t much to be excited about before the FM20 beta came out, but it was still a chance to start afresh with updated squads. Yet the game feels more professional and realistic. Let me explain!

Finding young players in FM19: Lucky Leipzig’s Golden Generation

Finding young players in FM19: Lucky Leipzig’s Golden Generation

To add a bit of context to this piece, I’m currently managing RB Leipzig and I’m in my second season. After finishing a respectable 4th place in the league and reaching the Europa league final (but losing to PSG) I made some good additions to the squad including a transfer listed Reuben Loftus-Cheek, Benjamin Henrichs from Monaco and Donny Van de Beek from Ajax. Finding young players in FM19. After the summer we set out on another season in the…

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Saving English Football! – Part 1

Saving English Football! – Part 1

So last year I created a series in which I tried to Ruin English Football, but this time I’m saving English football. I basically created an alternate world in which top teams lost their ability to sign players meaning they relied heavily on their youth in turn creating a quality generation of English talent. However what ended up happening was League One and Two teams became huge and took over and Wigan and Blackburn won everything. If you want to…

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FM18 Regen Guide: Countries and Clubs

FM18 Regen Guide: Countries and Clubs

Firstly his regen guide has been updated for Football Manager 2019 and you can find it here: http://dictatethegame.com/2018/11/07/football-manager-2019-guides-youth-development/ Enjoy! Many football manager players will spend countless hours searching the obscure leagues for the perfect regens and young players. As part of this guide I will be showing you how to speed up that process, find better players and look in some surprising places. For those unaware, in football manager players will naturally retire due to old age in game. To…

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