***The Official Football Manager Thread***

[Anners]

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My Man City/Papua New Guinea game is already dead. I can't get past a date in November at all. FM hates me.

I'm going to take this time to go back to an old classic: CM 01/02. I was 9 when that came out, makes me feel old.

[ronaldo9]

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Took charge of the USMNT and played my first qualifier - and managed a 1-1 draw away to Costa Rica. I'm thinking, "great, nice result!" because in real life not getting beaten down there is cause to celebrate. Then I see the fans are very disappointed with the result and my team is questioning my ability to manage the team! Yikes...managing the USA will be even harder than I thought.

[Suntan Superman]

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Took charge of the USMNT and played my first qualifier - and managed a 1-1 draw away to Costa Rica. I'm thinking, "great, nice result!" because in real life not getting beaten down there is cause to celebrate. Then I see the fans are very disappointed with the result and my team is questioning my ability to manage the team! Yikes...managing the USA will be even harder than I thought.

In my two years at the helm of the USMNT we never lost a game to another CONCACAF nation, and took 3rd in the World Cup. I thought the American FA would be thrilled, but they were just "pleased" americans have unrealistic expectations

[rsnomar05]

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I finished my first season at Arsenal in 3rd place, 9 points behind league winners Man Utd. Considering I was struggling mightily early on due to an insane amount of month-plus injuries, and considering I had to talk the board out of firing me on two separate occasions, I consider this to be one of my most successful FM seasons ever. I don't think it's in the same league as the time in FM 10 I won back to back league/CL/Pokal titles without losing a match with Bayern Munich, but incredibly successful nonetheless.

I've been given a $113 mil USD transfer budget and 169 mil wage budget, so I've got some cash to work with. My goal is to improve at left back (Monreal is good but not great, and Gibbs is underrated in FM) and at AML. Cazorla is my current AML, and he's terrible in FM 14. Why? Because despite his fantastic ratings he has the "shoots from distance" preferred player move. This means that any time he nears the box he decides to let loose a wild, inaccurate shot that has no chance of doing anything but injure someone in the stands. To anyone else managing Arsenal, or to anyone who has managed Arsenal in the past, what did you do to get the best out of Cazorla? I'm currently training him to shoot less often from distance, but my coach thinks the training will fail.

[jmaj315]

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In my two years at the helm of the USMNT we never lost a game to another CONCACAF nation, and took 3rd in the World Cup. I thought the American FA would be thrilled, but they were just "pleased" americans have unrealistic expectations

lol thats funny. if we were to finish 3rd irl we'd be GEEKED!!!
well at least that helps me figure out what national team i should stay away from

[ImTellinTim]

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Finished a season on a Liverpool save I started. Finished 4th thanks to a win on the last day coupled with a draw by Arsenal, who I was tied on points with, but way behind in GD.

Anyone else a bit underwhelmed with this year's match engine?

[Bezzey]

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Finally getting a good jump into FM14 and I decided to start with the only able to pick teams without a coach option. Decided as I was looking at the available teams that I was going to try to build up Ireland as a national powerhouse. I'm starting out as the national team coach and will be looking to get hired at one of the club teams when those positions become available. Hopefully I will be able to have enough success with the NT to keep my job while I hope to keep enough quality regens in the country to help the Irish league grow a bit. I started Jan 2013 so I'd still have enough WC Qualifiers left to try to get up the table and qualify. Only played Germany so far and was lucky to beat them 2-1 playing very defensive and countering, so I am setting 3rd in the group, 3 points behind 2nd place Sweden with 4 or 5 games left against Sweden and countries below me in the table.

[jvalverde88]

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I...Hate...Co-Ownership offers.

[rsnomar05]

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Finished a season on a Liverpool save I started. Finished 4th thanks to a win on the last day coupled with a draw by Arsenal, who I was tied on points with, but way behind in GD.

Anyone else a bit underwhelmed with this year's match engine?

Outside of some minor issues (like players sometimes trying to play the ball off a defender for a corner, only there is no defender in sight so they kick the ball straight out for a goal kick) I am loving the match engine. I had major problems with players taking way too many horrible outside shots but that got fixed in their most recent update.

[rsnomar05]

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How would you grade my year 2 incoming transfers? As I'm only allowed to upload 5 files, my final two transfers will be in the next post.

Thiago is going on loan back to Bayern for a season. I had to include that to seal the deal, but it actually makes sense for me as Arteta is 32 and still quality, but will likely start to decline this year due to his age. So Thiago comes in next season to replace him.

[rsnomar05]

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Continued from previous post:

[rsnomar05]

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I'll be looking to manage an international team after the WC, but I have my doubts that the USA job will become open soon:

[rsnomar05]

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I do not believe what I am seeing. Klinsmann FTW.

[rsnomar05]

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And the dream ends for the USMNT.

[Anners]

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Another new patch is out, change log here (14.2.0).

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FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014 – UPDATE 14.2.0 CHANGE LIST
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Including, but not limited to:


STABILITY

- Fixed rare crash when continuing game
- Fixed another rare crash when continuing edited save game
- Fixed crash testing rules in Advanced Editor
- Fixed crash when searching invalid latitude value in Editor


MATCH v1439

- Fixed rare occurrence of stats incorrectly showing 255
- Reduced instances of direct free kicks aimed too close to crossbar inflating woodwork stats
- Fixed instances of throw ins taken just on pitch
- Tweaked urgency of engagement of ball player in own half depending on defensive player's tactical settings
- Improved general logic of when to attempt a tackle
- Tweaked aim direction of sliding tackles
- Reduced wild challenges slightly
- Fixed keeper accelerating out of area after fielding ball
- Fixed player ratings not updated quickly enough in some circumstances
- Some tweaks to player ratings including weighting on headers, interceptions and tackles
- Fixed poor detection of save quality
- Reduced first time keeper clearances under little pressure when he has short distribution PI
- Fixed strange ball movement after some instances of players pushing opponents while going to ariel ball
- Fixed non marking of short corner option player
- Reduced poor attempts to win corner off opponent
- Reduced poor cross attempts that had little chance of completion
- Reduced pointless shot attempts slightly
- Fixed quick free kick direction facing
- Fixed blocked crosses being set as completed crosses in stats
- Fixed short corners being set as crosses in stats
- Fixed players going through bench
- Fixed subs running on pitch after friendly win
- Improved keeper kick out from hands contact point
- Fixed issues with depth and width values after human tactical changes
- Fixed player standing at wrong end of pitch when following "stand in front of keeper at free kick" instruction
- Fixed bad goal kicks when the keeper kicks the ball out for an injury
- Refined counter attack trigger point depending on team mentality setting
- Improved player decision making during counter attack phase of play
- Some general tweaks to on ball decision AI
- Increased chance of player misjudging ball path slightly
- Made it harder for player to kill pace on fast moving ball especially at speed
- Improved ball velocity on some crosses
- Fixed ball contact point issue when putting ball out of play for an injury
- Added cross less often PI
- Fixed some issues with kick off AI
- Fixed some issues defending corners
- Fixed some keeper positioning and facing issues, including coming out inviting easy lobs
- Some tweaks to pass AI
- Tweaked d-line position slightly
- Fixed some further engagement of ball player issues
- Tweaked default cross aim slightly
- Reduced further attempts to buy corner off opponent
- Increased long shots slightly
- Fixed keeper misjudging occasional headed back pass
- Reduced penalty scored % slightly
- Fine-tuned CCC detection very slightly
- Reduced overhit mid-range passes caused by physics interface flaw not player error
- Tweaked player movement at dead balls slightly
- Reduced defensive headers that are aimed too close to own goal
- Small tweaks to shot and pass accuracy


FMC

- Improved Match Plan substitution logic
- Increased individual player training to prevent players becoming unhappy with workload
- Fixed mid-season Budget news item sometimes not appearing
- Fixed user not being able to declare interest in jobs when AI Managers are 'insecure'


STEAM WORKSHOP & ACHIEVEMENTS

- User can now 'scan for graphics' to manually index Workshop graphics
- User can start challenges from Workshop
- Game will now index files without a config
- Kits can now be uploaded to Workshop
- Manually deleted files will no longer produce error for users
- Italian Hero Achievement fixed


UNLOCKABLES

- Fixed rare instance where No Sacking would not unlock
- User can add second nationalities
- Can now move players between AI clubs
- Can now transfer free agents using 'move to other clubs' option
- Future transfers cleared when free agents are moved

EDITOR


- Managers can now be set correctly at B/II Teams.
- Improved team selection in custom Nation Rules.
- Advanced competition foreign player rules should now extract into the game correctly.
- Major fixture dates now visible on the Break Periods panel.
- Fixed the 3+GK from 7 substitutes rule.
- Improved loading times when multi-editing certain fields.
- Improved the re-assignment of Fitness Coaches' attributes when extracted into the game.
- Spanish Third Division may now be added to custom nation rules.
- 'Directions' may now be set on the Wage Contributions screen

IN-GAME EDITOR

- Added preference to hide the IGE icon from being displayed in the toolbar
- Added option when starting a new game to stop the IGE ever being usable on that save
- Added a filter on the join network panel to search for games without IGE
- Added Heal All Players in Squad
- Aded Unban All Players in Squad
- Added Change Morale of all Players in Squad
- Added Make Human Unsackable
- Added Terminate contract
- 'Rushing Out' attribute can now be successfully edited


COMPETITIONS & RULES

- Fixed rare example of clubs incorrectly failing FFP
- AI will now always register players when user is on holiday
- Stopped Swedish Second Divisions changing number of teams
- Spanish "B" Team Squad Numbers now remembered between matches
- Stopped players returning from their end of season break too early
- Stopped Scottish Premiership Playoff matches being scheduled for consecutive days
- Fixed rare example of Belgian season not being scheduled
- Fixed scheduling of Copa Libertadores & Sudamericana when removing South American leagues
- Fixed Italian transfer window dates
- Fixed overage rules in Russian U21 league
- Fixed Scottish Premiership Relegation Playoff scheduling
- Stopped assistant manager arranging reserve friendlies when already in a reserve league
- Fixed North American Gold Cup attendances
- Fixed Belgian Pro League European Playoff Final scheduling when cup winners qualify
- Set 2015 Asian Cup Qualifying groups as per real life
- Fixed English League Cup / EURO Cup fixture clashes
- Fixed English FA Cup replays being scheduled during international breaks
- Fixed 2015 U20 World Cup scheduling


TRANSFERS & CONTRACTS

- Reduced player bonus demands in contract negotiations
- Stopped former staff generating scout reports
- Stopped AI clubs bidding on players they cannot afford
- Improved AI shortlisting for Spanish B teams
- Stopped out of contract players from being agent owned
- Fixed expiry date being set in the past for transfer targets
- Improved logic of AI co-ownership offers
- Fixed user being unable to Approach To Sign player after deal falls though
- Fixed semi-pro sides being unable to offer non-contracts


USER INTERFACE

- Fixed Continue button disappearing before penalty shootouts
- Fixed text overrun on GK attribute octagons
- Fixed code displayed in board meeting
- Fixed match focus not state saving


TRAINING

- Fixed tactical familiarity not adjusting when some strategies changed
- Fixed formation familiarity being lost in certain circumstances


NETWORK

- Fixed Offer to Clubs screen changing when other users navigate
- Fixed warning message when clients attempt to join network game