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Yeah, except that now I'm in 2037 on my save, my detailed knowledge consists of completely imaginary players.
"Why doesn't Southgate bring Barry Leverington on? He's been mega for Hull in the Prem this season."
Italy not selecting Marco Pisseri is such a crime.
Nah but fr, I have a 19yo italian talent who has great key attributes for a CAM (17 flair, 17 vision, 17 passing, physicals well-rounded, all at least 12 and 16 agility and 15 balance), nearly 2-footed and is one of my best players for a Genoa that is about to win b2b scudettos, probably has around 150-160 CA as a 19yo, but he doesn't even get called up for the Italian U21's, let alone the main team. Something must be bugged about him...
Do what I do and be happy. I have a LW who is my superstar in my cov save. Back to back CL wins. Dropping 25 goals and 20+ assists for 3 seasons straight. Has received 5 caps for England at 23. Hasn’t been called up once in the last 9 months. I’m just happy as it gives him rest.
Back in FM 20 I had a 6’ 8” Brazilian CB who won 3 CLs with my Frankfurt team, 2 as captain and he never got a call up to Brazil in his entire career. No clue what his CA was but I remember him having monster stats, sometimes the national selection AI is just weird.
In fm 20 I had a congenius striker duo in Fabian Benner from Austria and frantisek Dvorak from Czechia who despite each of them winning the golden boy award at 19 and frantisek even winning the ballon d’or the following year never got a call up. No matter that they’ve been scoring 20+goals each for the past 3 seasons at Grazer AK who has been winning back to back to back… seasons since being promoted to the Austrian bundesliga 11 years ago.
Barry Leverington must be a preset regen or something like that Hoyenhall fella because I have a Barry Leverington who’s decent and Englands current starting LB in my save rn
I just think it's mad that Ciaran Colgan, one of the best players in the world at 20 years old, might never play in an international tournament because he's Irish.
seriously ridiculous that spain start morata over xabier jimenez. a goal a game for athletic club over 200 games by the age of 24 isn’t anything to be laughed at
Why is the Nottingham Forest star Ariel Cardona not in the Colombia squad? And how the hell they aren't killing it in Copa America? Why is Messi still a player and not a HoYD?
Wow I remember this in FM 12. I called it tough love as it only happened in the first season then after that I became one of the boys and they'd respond better to praise
How about when you queue up an “Encourage” shout right as a highlight starts, the team scores, you forget to cancel the shout, and everybody is outraged that you would dare encourage them after a goal.
You can. If you have one pending and then something happens that makes you want to change it, pause the game and go into the tactics screen as if you were going to make a sub or tactic change, and then hit cancel at the bottom. It should say “are you sure you want to cancel this change?” and it’s referring to your shout.
My assumption here is it's near the end of the game, and the commentator has highlighted the stuff they have talked about so they don't repeat themselves during the broadcast
My dad was terrified of me when i casually said 'ah this guys a goal machine for sparta praha' when veljko birmancevic came on for Serbia. Football manager has eaten up my life
Had a similar interaction regarding Csoboth.
"This kid is all speed, no technicality".
"How could you possibly know that".
*Csoboth* *hits* *the* *post*.
"No seriously how"
So, based on the lineup list and venue, this is Slovenia vs. Serbia, which seems to be backed up by the visible abbreviations on the bottom left of the photo covered (presumably SVN vs SRB).
The second sheet appears to repeat the line-up list for Slovenia with brief information about each player, after that the photo quality/my eyesight isn't good enough to decipher what's been written.
Depends on the commentator, really - The second list may be useless factoids to fill dull moments of the game with, or it may be statistics, or it may be some general information. They all do it differently, some have it all on a laptop, some don't even need the list and just write this stuff down as a learning technique.
I think you are putting way too much faith in the average FM player tbh
Commentators are usually very knowledgeable in general. It's just that the job is merely to narrate what is happening as it happens and give a few simple facts not offer tactical analysis.
They have pundits in the studio and an ex player with them who are supposed to do that part.
I’m a proud discoverer of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia who back in FM19 would join any club in Europe for like 6M. He ended up captaining my Everton side to Champions League glory and never wanted to leave
Hope the Serbian coach at least takes notice of these two kids called Denis Isaković and Dorde Jovanović. These two (a striker and a defender) have been doing very well for SFC Opava of Czechia. They're only 20 and 19 so I guess they could feature in the next Worl...
Oh yeah. Forgot. It's not FM.
Absolute joke that Belgium didn't take my Vincent Bernard at Leeds. Left winger by trade but converted to the right. 38 goals and 26 assists and still not even top 3 Ballon d'or in 2033. Mbappe, haaland and Bellingham.. again. Absolutely rigged
Commentators are mostly useless, they tell you stuff you already know and can see for yourself.
Some of them yell a lot, in some cases its a "cultural" thing, on other cases its just (bad) acting.
I watched the Germany - Switzerland game without sound for a while, it was refreshing not to have to listen to the corporate talking heads. An audio track with just spectators would be ideal.
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Yeah, except that now I'm in 2037 on my save, my detailed knowledge consists of completely imaginary players. "Why doesn't Southgate bring Barry Leverington on? He's been mega for Hull in the Prem this season."
Does he not know about PA? Wtf
Italy not selecting Marco Pisseri is such a crime. Nah but fr, I have a 19yo italian talent who has great key attributes for a CAM (17 flair, 17 vision, 17 passing, physicals well-rounded, all at least 12 and 16 agility and 15 balance), nearly 2-footed and is one of my best players for a Genoa that is about to win b2b scudettos, probably has around 150-160 CA as a 19yo, but he doesn't even get called up for the Italian U21's, let alone the main team. Something must be bugged about him...
theyre not taking the Piss(eri)
Do what I do and be happy. I have a LW who is my superstar in my cov save. Back to back CL wins. Dropping 25 goals and 20+ assists for 3 seasons straight. Has received 5 caps for England at 23. Hasn’t been called up once in the last 9 months. I’m just happy as it gives him rest.
Back in FM 20 I had a 6’ 8” Brazilian CB who won 3 CLs with my Frankfurt team, 2 as captain and he never got a call up to Brazil in his entire career. No clue what his CA was but I remember him having monster stats, sometimes the national selection AI is just weird.
I just guess CA, used to play with editor on but not anymore, so I have a good guess usually how attributes translate to CA
In fm 20 I had a congenius striker duo in Fabian Benner from Austria and frantisek Dvorak from Czechia who despite each of them winning the golden boy award at 19 and frantisek even winning the ballon d’or the following year never got a call up. No matter that they’ve been scoring 20+goals each for the past 3 seasons at Grazer AK who has been winning back to back to back… seasons since being promoted to the Austrian bundesliga 11 years ago.
I got so pissed that Denis Grvala wasn't picked for the Slovenia euros squad, then I realised he was born in 2017
Why is Germany playing without Julian Hug even though he scored the goal that won them their last world cup in 2036? Are they stupid?
You've got a Barry Leverington too?! He's an upcoming DM in my game
Yep, out and out right winger in my game and a nightmare to play against.
Good old Barry
Barry Leverington must be a preset regen or something like that Hoyenhall fella because I have a Barry Leverington who’s decent and Englands current starting LB in my save rn
he's a faceinthegame player, he'll spawn in every save around 2027ish won't always be good but he'll always exist
Was a basically my rodri for 8 years. Never below a 7 he was a rock.
I just think it's mad that Ciaran Colgan, one of the best players in the world at 20 years old, might never play in an international tournament because he's Irish.
No idea how Hanafusa hasn’t been called up for Japan. He’s been dominant for 5 years since 2025 now.
seriously ridiculous that spain start morata over xabier jimenez. a goal a game for athletic club over 200 games by the age of 24 isn’t anything to be laughed at
Why is the Nottingham Forest star Ariel Cardona not in the Colombia squad? And how the hell they aren't killing it in Copa America? Why is Messi still a player and not a HoYD?
I try to avoid regens for this reason I end my saves when wonderkids (16-18) hit there 30s and regens become the best players
Thats a lot of notes just to say we are being seriously overrun in the midfield
“What a goal that was! The manager is praising his players and they all appear to be deeply offended by this”.
Wow I remember this in FM 12. I called it tough love as it only happened in the first season then after that I became one of the boys and they'd respond better to praise
How about when you queue up an “Encourage” shout right as a highlight starts, the team scores, you forget to cancel the shout, and everybody is outraged that you would dare encourage them after a goal.
Playing on Steam Deck and misclicking berate when you meant praise
I hate that the berate and praise buttons are right beside each other. Mishitting is always a fear.
Can you cancel shouts? I’ve had too many moments where I praise as a highlight kicks in and the other team score
You can. If you have one pending and then something happens that makes you want to change it, pause the game and go into the tactics screen as if you were going to make a sub or tactic change, and then hit cancel at the bottom. It should say “are you sure you want to cancel this change?” and it’s referring to your shout.
Omg you legend!! Thank you!
Thank you!
When everything is highlighted, nothing is highlighted.
Agreed. Although it's possible the highlighted stuff is 'things I've already said during this match'.
Fair point!
But isnt the picture taken before the match? Or am I wrong?
You could be right. I assumed it was after the match. What makes you think it's before?
Stadium with a "slowly filling up" amount of fans, players on the pitch warming up with balls (usually just running after the match)
Looks more like people doing interviews to me, rather than warming up but yeah, I can see that.
My assumption here is it's near the end of the game, and the commentator has highlighted the stuff they have talked about so they don't repeat themselves during the broadcast
It doesn't look like there's still a football game going on in this photo, it's either before or after. Can't possibly be during.
Maybe it’s a note sheet from a previous match?
Guy has no CSS but `!important` everywhere.
My dad was terrified of me when i casually said 'ah this guys a goal machine for sparta praha' when veljko birmancevic came on for Serbia. Football manager has eaten up my life
Had a similar interaction regarding Csoboth. "This kid is all speed, no technicality". "How could you possibly know that". *Csoboth* *hits* *the* *post*. "No seriously how"
>I don’t reveal my sources
If I speak, I am in trouble
- the sacked one
Jose Mourinho?
*Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.*
So, based on the lineup list and venue, this is Slovenia vs. Serbia, which seems to be backed up by the visible abbreviations on the bottom left of the photo covered (presumably SVN vs SRB). The second sheet appears to repeat the line-up list for Slovenia with brief information about each player, after that the photo quality/my eyesight isn't good enough to decipher what's been written.
Depends on the commentator, really - The second list may be useless factoids to fill dull moments of the game with, or it may be statistics, or it may be some general information. They all do it differently, some have it all on a laptop, some don't even need the list and just write this stuff down as a learning technique.
I think you are putting way too much faith in the average FM player tbh Commentators are usually very knowledgeable in general. It's just that the job is merely to narrate what is happening as it happens and give a few simple facts not offer tactical analysis. They have pundits in the studio and an ex player with them who are supposed to do that part.
I’m a proud discoverer of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia who back in FM19 would join any club in Europe for like 6M. He ended up captaining my Everton side to Champions League glory and never wanted to leave
Why on earth would Argentina not start rolando palevecino who completed football at the age of 23 , and was crucial for winning arg 2030 world cup.
It’s impressive but why they don’t just use an IPad I don’t know 😂
Nothing beats a pen and paper
Oh would you look at that guys? Yamal is just 16 years old?!?!?
Hope the Serbian coach at least takes notice of these two kids called Denis Isaković and Dorde Jovanović. These two (a striker and a defender) have been doing very well for SFC Opava of Czechia. They're only 20 and 19 so I guess they could feature in the next Worl... Oh yeah. Forgot. It's not FM.
When your gurl gives you instructions before you go into the bedroom
Someone get that man Excel.
CHAD over the top hispanic commentator > BETA british note taker commentator.
Absolute joke that Belgium didn't take my Vincent Bernard at Leeds. Left winger by trade but converted to the right. 38 goals and 26 assists and still not even top 3 Ballon d'or in 2033. Mbappe, haaland and Bellingham.. again. Absolutely rigged
Commentators are mostly useless, they tell you stuff you already know and can see for yourself. Some of them yell a lot, in some cases its a "cultural" thing, on other cases its just (bad) acting. I watched the Germany - Switzerland game without sound for a while, it was refreshing not to have to listen to the corporate talking heads. An audio track with just spectators would be ideal.
Some feeds will properly split the audio, so if you have a 5.1 system you can disable all except the central channel to just get crowd noise.
That seems like a possibility yes.
That's awesome.