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[JHedges2]

Quote: Originally Posted by FM_Prospect

anyone know how to get a tacticss mod like this? http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/footb...-mod-help.html

I use the CFM Skin.

[jesmith29]

When accepting a new job, what do some of you do with the current coaching staff?

Keep, fire and hire, a bit of both?

[Zac]

I tend to keep everyone on and replace them as their contracts come up with better people. I only remove someone right away if their attributes for the staff role are really bad.

[Suntan Superman]

Depending on when I take over a club, I'm very meticulous with my staff. When I join mid-season, I'll normally keep most people on-board, and add a few new faces to the mix if I have the opportunity to fill out staff. Then during the first off-season I'm with a club(or in some countries winter break), I enter all of the current staff into my database for coaching/scouting/medical, and undergo a fairly thorough evaluation, I then decide the people I'd like to get rid of(normally the majority of them, it's not like I'm taking over good clubs), and attempt to find replacements, as soon as a moderately viable replacement is found I'll offer mutual termination and approach the new staff member. I normally either have them equal my contract, or sign them for 3 years, whichever is greater, then every third year, I re-evaluate my entire staff and compare it with what's available on the market. Basically during the first off-season, and every third or so off-season I spend approximately 2-3 hours and 10-14 in-game days putting together my staff.

[Clemsonpanther]

I have never played fm, only a bit of fifa. I want to play fm bc i love in depth realism and i have no stick skills. - should i get 17 or 18 and why? The steam reviews and some ppl say that 18 isnt as good, but others say 18 is the best

[gopher_guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Clemsonpanther

I have never played fm, only a bit of fifa. I want to play fm bc i love in depth realism and i have no stick skills. - should i get 17 or 18 and why? The steam reviews and some ppl say that 18 isnt as good, but others say 18 is the best

I'd recommend 18 because there are some really cool additions that I think add a good deal to the game. I really like the Dynamics system they added, so far. And I'm starting to really like the scouting. I think the introduction of the scouting "packages" is a cool idea.

[NoDakHusker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Clemsonpanther

I have never played fm, only a bit of fifa. I want to play fm bc i love in depth realism and i have no stick skills. - should i get 17 or 18 and why? The steam reviews and some ppl say that 18 isnt as good, but others say 18 is the best

Get 18, it's great. They've continued to refine the match engine and overall realism, dynamics adds a new layer to management, it all just feels right. Be ready for a rather steep learning curve, though. It'll take a while to get a good feel for the game.

[gopher_guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoDakHusker

Get 18, it's great. They've continued to refine the match engine and overall realism, dynamics adds a new layer to management, it all just feels right. Be ready for a rather steep learning curve, though. It'll take a while to get a good feel for the game.

That's definitely something that needs to be stressed. It took me a couple legit saves before I felt like I really "got" it.

You will most likely have some frustrating things that you have to learn the hard way. For me, in one of my first saves, I lost a legit world class prospect because I didn't realize that other teams could negotiate contracts with him when he had 6 months or less left on his contract. The 50k in compensation I got for him was such a slap in the face.