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Football Manager 2009

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* OS: Windows XP or Vista
* Processor: XP: 1.4GHz or Faster / Vista: 2.0GHz or Faster
* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core, AMD Athlon
* Memory: XP: 512MB RAM / Vista: 1.0GB RAM
* Hard Drive Space: 2GB
* DVD-Drive: 4x Speed
* Video Card: 128MB *Supported Chipsets (see below)
* Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
* Directx: Version 9.0c (included)
* LAN: TCP/IP compliant
* Input: Keyboard, Mouse

*Supported Chipsets – Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or
greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater.
Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported.
Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.

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Football manager 2008 facepack guide

2008-03-28T14:47:00.000-07:00

How to make a facepack to Fm!!!

The best Defender on Football Manager 2008

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Arturo Vidal.one of the best defenders on football manager. He is cheap (5-7 million euro) and you can get him from Leverkusen.

Football Manager In-Game Tactics

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The Winning Tactic

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Jack Edwards, the creator of “The Winning” tactic has come up with different versions from 1.00 to 3.00 being the latest. I must admit that it has worked out tremendously and I am sure fans who have tested it agrees as well. It is not 100% sure win tactic but, it has proven to be very successful which makes it realistic. Do try out the tactic and post your results in the forums!

Ok, the winning is a pure attacking formation, set about on the new patch, i hope you enjoy winning lots of your games!

DR/DL - Very Attackingly Minded, but encouraged to make decisive tackles when they on the break A solid defensive player is a must here, A pacey DL Or DR Would do the buisness.

DC’S: Very solid, Very defensive, I avoided spreading them out as this would create a loophole, i wouldnt suggest tweaking

DMC: I Made a diamond here, it encourages controlling the center, and forces them to play down the centre, the DMC’S Should look out onto the wings and wont run themselves very much, I suggest someone like Hargreaves or somone with alot of experience.

LM/RM: Both very attacking in there own respective positions, Should be quite young and pacey, Ronaldo was Really class when i tested in Manchester, Giggs was Ok, but not the best..

AM: Will score a few goals from tim to time, Maybe a few screamers, they get the ball to the front men and provide plenty of assists.

FC: The typical target man should slot in here perfectly, Be prepared to change a few things, If something is not going well up here, change the delivery. Miroslav Klose and Carlos Tevez both did well here!

Tips:

Dont be afraid to change lazy players in a match, you need hard workers if you are going to succeed with my tactic. Especially pacey players, You will succeed if you have a squad under 28 Years old

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Adding Your Picture to FM 2008

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Here’s a simple tutorial in adding your own manager picture into FM 2008.

Ok lets start.

1. Get your picture ready
It must be in .PNG format with size of 180 x 180 pixels. Preferably made using any good graphics software such as Adobe Photoshop, save it as PNG-24.

2. Locating the correct folder
I know alot of questions asked about putting facepacks in and needing to create them ourselves, but its quite easy actually.

Once you installed FM 2008, there will be a folder already been created in your My Documents. Open that folder and go into :
“Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2008 > graphics > players”

What you should have is “Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2008″
What you need to create is “graphics > players”

Once you are in “players”, if you already installed previous facepacks you should have your managed club in “players” folder. If you don’t have them yet, go to our Downloads Centre to download them.

For example:

“graphics > players > England > Premier League > Tottenham”

3. Edit the config.xml

Find “config.xml” and Edit it using Wordpad or any document editing program. Once in it, find a line that looks like this:

The numbers are actually called Player ID. This ID will identify the picture in the folder to display on the correct player. So to find that unique ID for yourself, load your game,

go to “Preferences > Display & Sound > Tick Show Unique ID“

So once you have that ID, go back to config.xml and replace the numbers with the ID you just had.

4. Rename your picture.png

Remember step 1? Creating your own picture and placing it under “graphics > players” ? Make sure you rename it to the ID number you had earlier.

Well thats it! Load your FM game and check it out!

Installing Graphics in FM 2008

2008-03-14T06:03:00.003-07:00

FM 2008 isn’t so easy when it comes to installing your downloaded graphics.

Once you have downloaded the files. You need WinRar (download here) to extract the file. It will produce folders within the files. Extract it to your Desktop first. Once you follow the steps below, creating folders, cut and paste them where appropriate.

Firstly we need to create some folders. First folder is “graphics”. Go to My Documents, you will see Sports Interactive folder followed by Football Manager 2008 which were pre-created when you install the game.

C:\…\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\graphics\

Installing Club/Country Kits

And now, if you wish to install Club/Country Kits, create 2 folders, “pictures” and “kits” folder in graphics folder like below:

C:\…\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\graphics\pictures\kits\

Go into “kits” folder. Extract all kits files you downloaded in there. Look at the screen shot of how you can organize it.

Installing Player Pictures

As for Player Pictures, you need to create “players” folder under graphics.

C:\…\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\graphics\players\

Go into “players” folder. Extract all player files you downloaded in there. Look at the screen shot of how you can organize it.

Installing Club/Competition Logos

If you wish to install small, huge logos of clubs and competitions, you may do so by creating “logos” under graphics.

C:\…\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\graphics\logos\

And in “logos” folder, take a look at the screen shot how you can organize it.

Game Settings for graphics to appear

Load your game in FM 2008, go to Preferences > Display & Sound > Untick Skin Cache

Installing Tactics

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Installing Tactics

When installing a tactic make sure you add it to
C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2007\tactics

and not

C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2007\data\tactics

Installing Training

Training goes in the C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2007\training

and not

C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2007\data\training

Training Guide

2008-03-14T06:02:00.003-07:00

How To Retrain Players
Go to the training screen, then in the bottom section where the drop down menu ‘view’ is, change that to position training and then you will see it, where you can set a new position.

My players don’t seem to be doing well in training
Morale affects how well a player takes to training as well. Ensure that he keeps his morale up, using him as a sub or sending him out on loan can help. Ensure too that your training schedule is not too heavy during the winter in areas of physical training

What’s a good way to develop your youth

Its all fine and dandy if you have the right coaches, but getting the best out of players involves a lot more.

*Good facilities
*Good Tutoring
*And timing their development

At age 17 - Move him to Reserves or send him on loan where he can gain valuable match experience, the side should also have good facilities and the quality should match the player in question
At age 18 - Give him the odd run in First team matches and minor cups..always match their level to the opposition; be aware of burn-outs, these can happen if you continously play him against teams that are far above his level
At age 20 - Loan out to Championship. When he returns put him on rotation and see if he can fight his way through.

Its good to get a youth coach as well, ideally he should have high attributes for working with youngsters

Coach requirements for 7 stars- Updated for FM2008
The attribute nos need to be verified as these are off the manual and I do not have it in hand

Strength  :    Fitness >     = 18
Aerobic   :    Fitness >     = 18
Goalkeeping  :  Coaching Gks >= 18

Tactics  :  Tactical >= 18

Defending  :  Defending = 18 & Tactical>= 18 or
   Defending = 19 & Tactical>= 14 or
   Defending = 20 & Tactical>= 10

Ball Control :  Technique = 18 & Mental>= 18 or
   Technique = 19 & Mental>= 14 or
   Technique = 20 & Mental>= 10

Attacking  :  Attacking = 18 & Tactical >= 18 or
   Attacking = 19 & Tactical >= 14 or
   Attacking = 20 & Tactical >= 10 or

Shooting :   Attacking = 18 & Technical>= 18 or(May be Wrong)Could be Attacking = 18 & Technique>= 18
   Attacking = 19 & Technical>= 14 or
   Attacking = 20 & Technical>= 10

Set Pieces :   Technique = 17 & Mental + Attacking >= 39 or
   Technique = 18 & Mental + Attacking >= 36 or
   Technique = 19 & Mental + Attacking >= 33 or
   Technique = 20 & Mental + Attacking >= 30

What are the important attributes for each position

Goalkeepers - Vital Skills

Positioning, handling, command of area, agility, stamina, jumping, reflex, strength, decisions and aerial ability

Other

Throwing, pace, concentration, composure, bravery and anticipation

Centre backs - Vital Skills

Positioning, jumping, tackling, marking, aggression, strength, bravery and heading

Other Skills

Stamina, anticipation, determination, pace and acceleration

Fullbacks

Choose well, easily the best position to exploit in the game. If you can have the best of both worlds then they could be the diff between winning and losing. They can be both defensively good and offensively awesome. Pace isn’t a crucial factor, but if you want them to be good defenders, then positioning and anticipation may have to be introduced as well.

Vital

Work rate, stamina, teamwork, decisions, positioning and acceleration

Other Skills

Determination, strength, crossing and dribbling

Defensive Midfielder

Holding players who can help draw out the opposition, they can also play deadly killer balls and work very well with AMC based formations.

Vital Stats

Tackling, strength, aggression, marking, stamina, work rate, teamwork and decisions

Others

Pace, passing, acceleration, determination, concentration, creativity

Attacking Mids

Link players with DMs or with regular MCs. If you place FWR often on them they could drift out of position so never do that. Use their strengths. This can be an interesting area, what’s listed are bare essentials,but if they have good dribbling skills they can be very deadly too.So adjust their instructions based on what they have..you can use dribbling for long shots as a trade off.

Vital Stats

Decisions, Creativity, passing, off ball, technique, finishing, work rate

Others

Stamina, teamwork, flair, long shots, pace, acceleration

Wingers - Vital Skills

Crossing, creativity, dribbling, pace, acceleration, tackling, balance, technique, passing

Others

Finishing, long shots, teamwork, work rate, off ball

Forwards - Vital Stats

Creativity, flair, finishing, off ball, dribbling, passing, technique, pace, acceleration

Others

Teamwork, flair, balance, long shots, anticipation, crossing

Strikers - Vital Skill

finishing, off ball, jumping, heading, anticipation, technique

Other

Pace aggression, acceleration, strength, long shots

Explain work permits and how to get them

Work Permits are one annoying thing to get around. They are needed in the UK
and Ireland. So how do you get your player a work permit? What does he need to
get one?

Well, if the player you are looking at has one of these nations as either his
main nationality or second nationality (basically the EU + some other nations),
you’re fine:

Austria                          Germany         Norway
Belgium                          Greece          Portugal
Cyprus                           Holland         Slovakia
Czech Republic                   Hungary         Slovenia
Denmark                          Iceland         Spain
Estonia                          Ireland         Sweden
Finland                          Italy           Switzerland
France,incld French Guyana       Latvia          United Kingdom
      Guadeloupe                Lithuania
      Martinique                Luxembourg
      Reunion                   Malta

If it isn’t, you’ll need a permit.

First of all, the player’s calibre is taken into account. If he’s a very good
player, has many international appearance’s etc then he’ll most likely get the
permit first time round. If not you can always appeal the decision, and usually
get the decision in your favour.

If your player was rejected a permit, why did this happen? Well, people are
given Work Permits if they are skilled workers. If your target is not much
better than British players, there is no reason, in the governments eyes, to go
for the foreigner and ignore the English players. Its purpose is to protect the
Economy from being saturated with foreigners, and help give the British people
jobs, no matter what the industry. I used the UK as the example, but the same
would apply to other countries needing a work permit.

There are ways to get around this though. First of all, you can get a European
feeder club. This means that even without a permit, you can still buy the
player. By sending him to the European feeder club for a couple of years, he’ll
eventually gain EU Citizenship = instant permit. It’s a lengthy process, and
I’d only recommend it for players who are 21 or under. Each country takes a
different amount of time for foreigners to gain EU Citizenship there, so here’s
the list:

3 years       4 years         7 years         10 years
-------       ---------       --------        -------

Belgium       Spain           Denmark         Greece
Poland                        Holland         Slovenia

                    5 years
-----------------------------------------------------------

Austria            French Guyana      Italy          Renuion
Cyprus             Germany            Latvia         Slovakia
Czech Republic     Guadeloupe         Lithuania      Sweden
Estonia            Holland            Luxembourg     Switzerland
Finland            Hungary            Malta
France             Iceland            Martinique
                  Ireland            Portugal

As well as loaning out, every so often you can try offering your player a new
contract. He will be reapplied for a permit, and if you’re lucky, he may be
granted one.

When searching for a new player too in South American countries, keep an eye
out for his other nationalities. Many Brazilians have Portuguese/Spanish, and
some Argentineans have Italian as a second nationality. If you find players
like this then it means they will get an instant permit.

In certain south american countries if your first language is spanish, you wait only 2 years to gain citzenship

Tactical Sliders

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What is mentality?
It influences how a player performs on the pitch, if he is attacking he will look to take part in more actions that help the ball move forward and to look for goal scoring chances. If he is defensive, he will take less risks, his actions will be guided by him trying to keep possession and to look for less risky passes.

Mentality also affects positions of players. The only players there is no positional effect on are the DCs.

What is closing down?
The higher the closing down, the closer to the opposing goal your player does the job of reducing space on the AI.

What is tempo
The higher your tempo the quicker they will move the ball around

Do I have to use slow tempo for a short passing game
Tempo just sets the tone of how you want to play you can play a short passing game on low or high tempo

What does creative freedom do and how do I use it?
Creative freedom gives license to a player to do his own thing. Players will ignore some of the individual instructions you give them and do what they feel is right. Its good to have this instruction for AMCs and any attacking player who needs to find space. Comes in handy on congested pitches.

What is the defensive line and how do I use it
A defensive line is a defined line that players are given to designate how deep they will defend. Each player has his own defensive line, one for DCs, one for DMCs, one for Fullbacks. A defensive line is not a straight line through the centre of a pitch for all.

If you want to play defensive football, you would set a deep defensive line,which implies that your players are sitting deeper to defend. You can match that with defensive mentality. An attacking formation typically does play with a normal to attacking defensive line, showing that the players will defend much higher up the pitch.

Player Instructions

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Hold up ball
This is a good instruction to have to allow players to get into advanced attacking positions. Any player on the pitch can use this instruction and this allows others to join in. One midfielder can hold up the ball and then redistribute it as a player, or a forward can use his strength to keep the ball at his feet to allow deep running midfielders or other players to support him. Its an instruction that requires strength,if you want him to be a playmaker then he needs passing and decisions too.

Determination and bravery are other important attributes.

Swapping positions
When you swap positions, you are telling two players to switch and take on the others role, a striker could swap with an AMC for example, or two strikers could swap sides with each other. In order for this to wokr well you need them to be able to play in both positions, if you want a striker to swap with a midfielder make sure he’s brave enough to throw in a challenge.

Offside trap Offside is an on-field act when the opposing team plays a forward pass to an attacker behind the last defender of a team. The offside trap is an attempt by the defending team to push up their line of defense to catch attackers caught on forward passes played too early. Its a good tactic to have for an attacking team, but it requires good teamwork and a strong leader in the backline.

Cross ball and through ball, who uses it and how

These instructions can be given to anyone, but to be effective they should be assigned to players such as your wingers and fullbacks. If you give it to your central midfield players they will come out of natural positions to cross which isn’t always a good thing.

Through ball option needs to take the type of game you are playing into account. If you are playing a defensive possession game and are not going forward a lot then often through balls will just give possession away and invite trouble.

If you are attacking and trying to get forward all the time then through balls are a good idea.

Note the passing attribute for when assigning through balls too.

Bear in mind the kind of football you want your winger to play too, you can have a dribbler or you can have someone do slick one-twos and go cross, you usually will find it hard to do both as the attributes required are high.

Through balls can be a good instruction for wingers who are slow but possess a good cross, or if your strikers are very pacey.

Avoiding conflicting instructions

Conflicting instructions can confuse your players and unbalance your formation.

Counterattacking - and short passing without TTBs. You are not using the options correctly Its counterproductive

Giving your players a high mentality and then dropping your dline, this is dangerous, its not entirely conflicting but it does make your playing area bigger and make your player conditions drop.

Playing direct passing on slow tempo. Tempo affects how fast or slow a play builds up. Direct passing is naturally fast, so slowing it down is not advisable

Giving a player RWB often and TTB often is a conflict. One is ideal for a hold up man the other for a dribbler. Asking a player to dribble often and then to slow down to make a through ball can sometimes lead to loss of possession. There are few players who can do this effectively.

A conflicting instruction is any instruction that creates oppositon between an attacking action and a defensive action. Give defensive actions to defensive players and offensive instructions to offensive players. If you want to play defensive, then choose options that help you either control the game or play a quick counterattacking game.

Creative players needs to be given room to be effective they shouldn’thave intensive closing down

Be careful when instructing players to do “forward runs” often as this can drag the player out of a vital position defensively or offensively. An especially important fact for link players like DMCs and AMCs

Keep the tactic balanced in that even if all the players can run with the ball that doesn’t mean that they should. They can be intercepted while in possession leading to goal scoring opportunities for the opposition .

Opposition Instructions by Mr Personality

Usually after I give the pre-game teamtalk, I would check on the opposition instruction screen to see if I position my central defenders correctly. If my opponent is using the big-small combination, I shall adjust which of my two DCs to be on which side.

In my situation, both my DCs (I’m using a four man defence) are not the fastest players on the pitch (pace: 9 and 11) but they have decent (ie. is or more than 14) marking & tackling stats. Here is a few scenarios that I have run into in my games:

• DC marking a big targetman in a 2 man attack: always close down in hope that he would win most of the battles and contain the targetman from attacking my goal. If his preferred foot is right or left ONLY, then I’d show him onto the left or right respectively. Else, I will just leave it to my defenders on how to mark him.

• DC marking a pacey forward in a 2 man attack: never close down and always tight marking. This is what I’m not quite sure of. I’m afraid if I try to close down on him all the time, any mistackle would mean that my DC is going to be left behind by the sheer pace of the FC. With tight marking, I want the DC to nullify the effect of that fast forward without commiting himself too much. The higher the pace of the FC, the lower my closing down on my DC’s individual setting is. Any other suggestions?

• DC marking a big targetman in a 1 striker formation: One DC (with the lower pace) will be set to always close down, the other has no specific instructions to pick up what’s left.

• DC marking a pacey forward in a 1 striker formation: same as above as I have the numerical advantage and the extra man to cover should the closing down DC fail to clear or contain the man

• On AMC: Always close him down to prevent him from linking to his strikers.

• Opposition ML/R and AM L/R: Since I want to deprive opposition team of the supply from the wings, these players are given the instruction to always be closed down and shown onto the weaker foot (plus hard tackling depending on the match-up against my players). If the wingers are exceptional, I would tick tight marking on my DL’s and/or DR’s individual settings.

• Any injured field players and players below 85% (excluding strikers): Have always put the hard tackling on these players to either make their condition worse or take them to the hospital early

BTW I seldom use both tight marking & closing down on always unless my DCs have way better stats than the opposing strikers.

In the closing stages of any game which the opponents have gone 4-2-4 on me, I usually set ‘always close down’ on all 4 forwards. This is done only after I put 2 DMs in front of my 4-man defence. So far the result has been alright as I have not conceded an 89 or 90th min goal since one game in the beginning of the season. Have not tried anything on the opponent defence or goalies either, thus not sure how anything works on that side of the field.

Pitch sizes

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Pitch sizes

There are now 4 standard dimensions in pitch sizes, and they all influence how you should play.

Standard - Is pretty much what it means. Long and reasonably wide. Not a very common pitch in england, based on what I’ve played. Scout reports ahead of matches are important to reveal more information. So use a scout with good tactical knowledge.

In general most pitches come back as congested and you’ll be hard put to find space.

In this kind of situtation you will need players to make loads of forward runs, getting behind parts of the congested midfield. And you will also need good players to hold up the ball while others create space. A good tactic as usual is always to have good crossers of the ball. If you have to attack good defenders, then pace is important, off the ball attributes are also vital for strikers who want to find space.

Good movement, short passing at high tempo ie. playing like arsenal can help too. Wingers will struggle to find space as they are closed down fast so having them on mixed RWB is usually a good instruction as it allows give and go with the overlapping fullbacks.

Wide pitches, though rare are common in Europe, these kind of pitches allow more running play and a chance to exploit the flanks which congested pitches can’t provide. On these kind of pitches the danger will come from players with pace and good hold up men playing centrally. Manmarking strikers on pitches like this is also dangerous against good sides. A good option is to close down heavily on wingers and prevent them from putting in dangerous crossers.

Run of poor form

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There’s a number of factors at play in a late-season run of poor form.

One, Morale has an impact on how team talks (HT and FT) are taken. So, if thought you had ’solved’ team talks, and you had a great solution for a team on high morale, you may need to sort them out again for a team on low morale. (Just remember to go back to your old formula when Morale recovers!)

Two, Determination, professionalism, and experience has an impact on how well a player plays through a run of poor form, and how well a player plays when trailing. So, if you went out and got eleven great young players, well maybe they don’t know how to fight through a losing streak. You might find some older, more seasoned players with worse apparent numbers play better during the poor spell.

Three, sitting players out after a poor showing seems to have a strong motivating effect on them: basically, they take it as ‘I’m in danger of losing my first-team place’, so that can help. (Especially if you have a veteran back-up, you can address points two and three simultaneously.)

Four, your captain has a huge effect. Before reading on forum, I selected captain by Influence. However, “Influence” should be read as ‘potential influence’, or ‘the influence he will have when he’s 36 and has been at your team for ten seasons.’ An 18-year-old with 20 Influence who just joined the club may have some respect among the youth players, but does not have the respect of the veterans. The next point to consider is what Mental aspects he has: a high-Iinfluence player can do harm rather than good if he is weak in other Mental attributes. I’ve found a lot more success picking my captain by Determination, Work Rate, and Composure, seeking a captain with a professional attitude, a veteran whose been with the team a long time. By that point, at League One he may only have 10 or 12 Influence, but that’s okay: he’s a force beneficial to the team.

Five, look to your tactics. I find I shade my tactics more defensive when I hit a losing streak: my theory is that if I grind out a few 0-0 results and 0-1 defeats, eventually I’ll get lucky and grind out a 1-0 victory, and that can help turn around the Morale issue. In particular, I’ll look to keep it 0-0 for seventy minutes, then bring on some fresh attacking players in the hopes that they can outrun and outwork the opposition defense to get the decisive breakthrough.

Finally, think about Condition and training. There’s a number of different things that can ‘go wrong’ in this area - I’ll run over a few common mistakes.
- over-emphasizing one or two areas for a single position. Most players on the pitch do need to contribute both offensively and defensively. You may want tailored training by position, but don’t overdo it: you still want your forwards to be able to make a tackle, and your defenders to be able to pass, for example.

- over- or under- training. If your players always have 100% condition by Tuesday after a Saturday match, you’re probably under-training them, and could increase the Intensity of their training significantly. If your players haven’t recovered to at least 95% condition by the Saturday after a Saturday match, you’re definitely over-training them, and need to decrease the Intensity. Where you want it between those extremes is up to you, and depends on how much squad rotation you want to do.

- If Condition is dropping excessively in the individual matches, you might need more Aerobic training to counteract that effect. (Its especially useful to go an a serious Aerobic binge during pre-season, dropping off the deeper you get into the year.)

Understanding Corners

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What’s a good corner strategy
Try to have three big targets in the box, one on Near Post Flick-On, the strongest on Challenge GK, and a third on Forward. Add to that a real shooter on “Attack Near Post”, and somebody with Headers and Finishing at “Stand on Far Post”, and you have four goalscoring threats plus a good garbage collector.

Likewise, your throw-in instructions can make a huge difference; get somebody with 18+ Long Throws as your throw-in taker, put a big defender on Near Post, two Long Shot specialists on Lurk Outside Box, a striker on Default, and a fullback on Go Forward. Works a treat; all five are threats to score.

As for Long Shots, you need space to pull it off - so if you have tight-marking and high closing down all over the pitch, neither your players nor the opposition have enough space to really make it work. If you dropped that to loose marking, low closing down, I bet you’d see a lot more - both for and against.

What kind of a player makes a good freekick taker

The first conclusion I came to was that although composure IS important, it is nowhere near as important as it is when taking penalty kicks. In my view, the composure attribute is, (believe this or not), more important than the penalty attribute when deciding the result of a spot kick.

With free-kicks, there are other options to consider and all of these affect the outcome.

Should the player shoot, tee up another player for a shot, cross, play wide left/right, or our old favourite, pass back to the GK from just outside the opposition area. Affecting this decision would be decisions, creativity, flair, and possibly anticipation.

If he shoots, which part of the goal does he aim for. I would say that decisions and free-kicks affect this.

If he decides he is going to shoot, and he knows where he wants to put it, does he blast it or try a delicate placed shot. I suppose what affects this is decisions, free-kicks, technique and maybe any PPM’s that are applicable.

Once he has decided that he will shoot, what part of the goal he will aim at and whether he will blast it or place it, we have the following attributes to consider that will effect the outcome. Finishing, free-kicks, long-shots, technique and composure.

My GK isn’t a very good example of an excelent free-kick taker, I just used his stats as an example to counter the comment from adonis who suggested that attacking players are better at free-kicks.

Understanding football formations

2008-03-14T05:59:00.000-07:00

As managers are unable to get on the field themselves, the formation is a vital way for them to enforce their vision on the players. The type of formation selected by the manager reflects the sort of football you can
expect them to play, so understanding what the most commonly used formations signify is key to understanding football.

4-4-2 Formation

The most common and adaptable formation in modern football, the weakness of 4-4-2 is the gaps between the central defenders,midfielders and the strikers. As such, a huge burden is placed on the central midfield to augment defense and attack.

Precisely because of this all-round contribution, the wings play a vitalrole in spurring on attacks and supporting the strikers. This was evident in the approach of Manchester United and Arsenal during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The former utilised David Beckham and Gary Neville’s ability to deliver crosses from deep positions (as well as Beckham’s abilities from set-pieces), while the latter relied heavily on the goalscoring contributions both of right-winger Freddie Ljungberg and left-winger Robert Pires.

However, the two sides’ contrasting attitudes in central midfield reflects the subtle variations in the 4-4-2. Whereas Manchester United’s first-choice midfield of Paul Scholes and Roy Keane married a powerful but diminutive mixture of a goal-scoring attacking midfielder and a box-to-box tough-tackler, Arsenal emphasised a tall, powerful combination with their own tough-tackling box-to-box midfielder, Patrick Vieira, and a strict holding midfielder in Gilberto Silva.

4-5-1 Formation

A formation which has grown in popularity in recent times, the 4-5-1 is fundamentally defensive, but can be tweaked to provide more of an offensive threat. The essential qualities of the 4-5-1 are a three-man central midfield and a lone striker, typically a target man. By packing the midfield, a technically strong passing side will come unstuck and provide opportunities for counter-attacking football. When on the attack, the 4-5-1 is heavily dependent on the wingers supporting the lone striker.

Perhaps the best illustration of 4-5-1 in full flow is Jose Mourinho’s system. Both as manager of FC Porto and Chelsea, Mourinho founded his sides on strong defensive line-ups and an excellent holding midfielder, while the attack relied on a hard-working front man and a goal-scorer in midfield. At Chelsea, his defensive stalwarts were the captain and central defender John Terry and the holding midfielder Claude Makélélé. Alongside the Frenchman, Frank Lampard provided the bulk of goals from central midfield, ably supported by Joe Cole and Arjen Robben on the wings and Didier Drogba’s efforts up front. The side was extremely successful, picking up back-to-back Premiership titles in 2005 and 2006,building on Mourinho’s previous achievement at Porto in winning the 2004 Champions League trophy.

4-3-3

In some ways, the 4-3-3 is covered in the description of the 4-5-1.However, whereas the 4-5-1 starts with the wingers supporting the central midfielders, the 4-3-3 encourages the wingers to act as true forwards and the formation generally emphasises attack more than defense.

This theory was put into action by Frank Rijkaard as manager of Barcelona. Faced with the problem of how to accommodate Ronaldinho,Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi, as well as a host of central midfielders,Rijkaard adopted a 4-3-3. The triangle up front of the aforementioned players was supported by a creative and defensive midfield backbone of the playmaker Xavi, the holding midfielder Edmilson and either Andrés Iniesta or Thiago Motta as an all-rounder. The side was hugely successful, picking up back-to-back La Liga titles in 2005 and 2006 and the Champions League trophy in 2006.

The ‘Diamond Formation’ (4-3-1-2)

The diamond in the formation refers to the midfield, with an attacking midfielder and a holding midfielder employed and flanked by two wingers, who move in-field slightly to shore up the gaps in the centre. To cover
for the lack of width in the side, the full-backs become wingbacks and start slightly higher up the pitch.

The diamond formation is typically associated with the World Cup-winning English national team in 1966, christened the ‘wingless wonders’. In recent times though, the employment of the diamond usually revolves around a single player. The Argentinian national side in the 2006 World Cup held an extremely fluid diamond formation which gave Juan Roman Riquelme space to instigate attacks, while AC Milan under Carlo Ancelotti in 2004 used the diamond to assist the Brazilian playmaker Kaká.

5-3-2 Formation

In theory, the 5-3-2 is a purely defensive-minded line-up. The three central defenders provide extra resoluteness, while the three in midfield are all located around the centre circle. There is also a notable gap between midfield and attack, and the wing-play is the sole responsibility of the fullbacks.

However, the most famous modern practitioners of this system, the 1990s West German national side, were no slouches in front of goal. On their way to the World Cup in 1990, they scored an exceptional 15 goals, with
the midfielder Lothar Matthäus notching 4 on his own. As a result, the 5-3-2 is something of a tactical enigma, though rarely seen today.

4-4-1-1 Formation

It is a simple variation of 4-4-2 formation in which the second attacker plays just behind the main striker but ahead of the midfield.If a player plays ahead of the midfield but behind the striker, it causes problems for the opposition because they find it hard to mark them.

The midfield already has four midfielders to mark and if a opposing defender takes up the job, he will get pulled out of defence.This formation allows a creative player a bit more freedom to operate. He has more options, to pass short or long, dribble, cut wide or bear down on goal.If he fails to create an opening for himself, more often than not he will create goal scoring chances for others.And the added advantage is that, if he creates something further forward, he can arrive late in the box to join the attack.

δεν είναι παικταράς

2008-02-25T07:24:00.000-08:00

Περιμένω γνώμες για αυτό το φαινόμενο !!! Και αν πιστεύετε ότι μπορεί να γίνει καλύτερος

Αυτή είναι η ομαδάρα μου : Δείτε , συμβουλευτείτε για παίκτες και πείτε μου πως να την κάνω καλύτερη

2008-02-25T07:21:00.001-08:00

λοιπόν 8α περιμένω να ακούσω αλλά πιστεύω πως είμαι πλήρης !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ααα δοκιμαστε τον wijnaldum KAI TON marin αξίζουν!!!!!!!!!!!

gia na to kanete afto 8elei poly ma poly talento san to diko m !!!

2008-02-25T07:15:00.000-08:00

λοιπόν αυτό έγινε σε ημιτελικό Λιγκ Καπ Γερμανίας εγώ με την Γκλάντμπαχ που την ανέβασα δεύτερη κατηγορία και έχοντας πάρει το κύπελλο έπαιξα Ουέφα το πήρα μαζί με Πρωτάθλημα , Κύπελλο διέλυσα την Μπάγερν ! Για να γίνει αυτό θέλει ταλέντο τύχη και Aaritalo :)

Palloseura, Aaritalo... Ποιοι ειναι τελικα;

2008-02-20T10:41:00.000-08:00

Πολύς λόγος έχει γίνει για κάποιες «παραφουσκωμένες» ομάδες και παίχτες στις διάφορες εκδόσεις των Football Manager. Ποιός μπορεί να ξεχάσει τους θρυλικούς Τo Madeira, Sherman Cardenas κτλ... Φέτος λοιπόν η ομάδα με τους «παικταράδες» είναι η Turun Palloseura με τους Mika Aaritalo, Patrik Lomski και Kasper Hamalainen. Ποιά είναι όμως στην πραγματικότητα η Turun Palloseura;

Η Turun Palloseura είναι μια Φινλανδική ομάδα, ευρύτερα γνωστή ως FC TPS Turku ή πιο απλα TPS. Αγωνίζεται στην πρώτη εθνική της χώρας της, με αρκετές επιτυχίες τα παλιότερα χρόνια. Χαρακτηριστικά μπορούν να αναφερθούν τα 8 πρωταθλήματα που έχει κατακτήσει τις χρονιές 1928,1939,1941,1949,1968,1971,1972 και 1975, καθώς και τα δύο κύπελλα το 1991 και 1994. Δυσκολίες όμως την έφεραν στη δυσάρεστη θέση να κάνει «τουρνέ στην επαρχία», όπως συνηθίζεται να λέμε στην Ελλάδα, αγωνιζόμενη στη Β εθνική του εθνικού τους πρωταθληματος για τις χρονιές 2000-2003. Παρόλα αυτά η Turun Palloseura ξεπέρασε τα προβλήματα που την ταλαιπωρούσαν και επανήλθε στα «μεγάλα σαλόνια».

Παραδόξως ομως, η Turun Palloseura δεν είναι τόσο γνωστή για τη «μεγάλη» της ομάδα, οσο για τα ταλέντα που βγαζουν οι ακαδημίες της. Χαρακτηριστικό παράδειγματα ειναι ο Peter Enckelman, τερματοφύλακας που αγωνίζεται στην Blackburn Rovers FC. Αυτη της η φήμη φαίνεται πως οδήγησε τους υπευθύνους για τη συγκεκριμένη ομάδα, να χαρίσουν απλόχερα μεγάλα ΡΑ στους «μικρούς» της συγκεκριμενης ομαδας...

Πάμε λιγο πιο συγκεκριμένα τώρα:

Mika Aaritalo

Απο τις πρώτες μέρες που βγήκε το FM 2008, ήδη αρχισε να συζητάται το όνομά του. Ποιος είναι ομως πραγματικά ο κύριος Aaritalo;

Ο Mika Aaritalo οπως είναι το πλήρες του όνομα, γενημένος στις 25 Ιουλίου του 1985 στο Τούρκου της Φινλανδίας, κατάφερε να κάνει όλη τη χώρα του να μιλά για αυτόν σε πολύ μικρη ηλικία ξεχωρίζωντας αμέσως απο τους υπολοίπους της ηλικίας του και παίρνοντας συμμετοχες στις εθνικές νέων της πατρίδας του. Τον Ιούλιο του 2003 η Aston Villa έσπευσε να τον αποκτήσει. Παρα τις παραγωγικότατες σαιζόν του στις ρεζέρβες της ομάδος, η διοίκηση και το τεχνικό επιτελείο έκριναν σκόπιμο να αποδεσμεύσουν τον παίκτη, θεωρώντας οτι δεν είχε να προσφέρει κατι παραπάνω στην ομάδα. Ετσι, ο Mika Aaritalo, επέστρεψε στην ομάδα που τον ανέδειξε, το 2005. Το 2006 ψηφίστηκε ως ο καλύτερος rookie της χρονιάς στη χώρα του, ενω το 2007 επιλέχθηκε ως ο καλύτερος παίκτης της ομάδας του, έχοντας σκοράρει 8 γκολ και δίνοντας 6 ασσιστ, σε 26 εμφανίσεις. Απο τον Αύγουστο του 2007 ο Aaritalo είναι μέλος της εθνικής ομάδας ανδρών της Φινλανδιας.

Patrik Lomski

Εδώ τα πράγματα είναι κάπως πιο θολά. Το νεαρό της ηλικίας του παίκτη δεν έχει επιτρέψει στον τύπο να ασχοληθεί εκτενώς με τα ταλέντα του νεαρού, ώστε να τα πληροφορηθούμε κι εμείς, αλλα παρόλα αυτα, μετα απο μια μικρή έρευνα, μπορούμε να πούμε οτι ο νεαρός έχει μέλλον μπροστά του, συμφωνα με τον τεχνικό της εθνικής ομάδας νέων της χώρας του, ο οποιος τον καλέι συνεχώς στο αντιπροσωπευτικό συγκρότημα της Φινλανδιας...

Kasper Hamalainen

Ο «άτυχος» της παρέας... Ο Kasper Hamalainen παρα το ενθουσιώδες ξεκίνημα της καριέρας του στην Turun Palloseura και τις προβλέψεις των δημοσιογράφων για ενα μεγάλο παίχτη, δεν κατάφερε να κάνει ακόμη το κάτι παραπάνω. Η αιτία; O άσχημος τραυματισμός του το Μαιο του 2004, όταν σε μια προσπάθεια του έσπασε το ποδι του. Καποιο μικροτραυματισμοί του ακόμα, τον κράτησαν μακριά απο τα γήπεδα για ενα μεγάλο χρονικό διάστημα. Τωρα ειναι πίσω και είναι έτοιμος να κάνει ενα νέο ξεκίνημα στην καριέρα του, δικαιώνοντας οσους προέβλεπαν οτι θα ηγηθεί της προσπάθειας του Φινλανδικου ποδοσφαίρου να ανέβει ψηλότερα. Οπως χαρακτηριστικά δηλώνει στην ιστοσελίδα της UEFA: «Οι τελευταίες σαιζόν ήταν δύσκολες. Την τελευταία χρονιά είχα αρκετές συμμετοχές, αλλα ακόμη κι έτσι υπήρξαν δυσκολίες. Αυτή είναι η πρώτη χρονιά που είμαι τελείως καλά». O 22χρονος Φινλανδός είναι ξανα πίσω, έτοιμος να κάνει το μεγάλο βήμα...

Υπερεκτιμημένοι παίχτες ή μεγαλα ταλέντα; Ο χρόνος θα το δείξει...

8.0.1 Patch

2008-02-09T04:02:00.001-08:00

Βγήκε το πρώτο επίσημο patch για το FM 2008.

Hi All,

We are delighted to announce the immediate availability of the final 8.0.1 patch for PC and Mac platforms.

If you are using a boxed version, the following patches are available:

Football Manager 2008 – Boxed Retail

PC

Mirror 1

Mirror 2

Mirror 3

Mirror 4

Mirror 5

Mac (Boxed Retail)

PC Torrent (Boxed Retail)

Mac Torrent (Boxed Retail)

PATCH FIX LIST
Football Manager 2008 v8.0.1
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General
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- Supporter spokesperson's nationalities match up to their city of birth.
- Team-mates will no longer dislike each other for seemingly no reason.
- Reduced incidents of players having "Worried by lack of discipline" unhappiness.
- Players more likely to be unhappy at being harshly fined.
- News is now sent to the human if a reserve team friendly he has arranged is rejected.
- Supporter Spokespersons don't respond to job adverts anymore.
- 'Reject all offers' holiday instruction now works for draft pick transfer offers.
- Players do not gain a year of nation eligibility if they are returned from loan early.
- Players do not gain extra days of nation eligibility to their main team’s nation when returning from loan.
- Slight limits on morale of players who haven’t been at clubs very long.
- Non-EU Under 18 players can now move within EU countries if they are already in a EU country.
- Improved the code which chooses ethnicity of players with dual nationalities.
- Lowered abilities of virtual players in reserve teams.
- Stopped exploit which allowed multiple feeder clubs to be gained at once.
- Fixed "Ends with" Favourites filter on player staff search returning erroneous results.
- Stop recently retired players becoming part of consortiums in club takeovers at too young an age.
- Can now fine players for unprofessional behaviour / sending off again within the period of their last fine.
- Stopped cheat that allowed multiple feeder clubs to be gained at one time.
- For fixtures at neutral venues, sometimes the match odds would be swapped between the 2 teams.
- Made morale slightly lower for attacking players who are on a goal drought.
- Fixed the issue of too many players with just first name as common name (for example Portugal).
- Adjusted the non-playing attribute distribution for newgen non-players.
- Adjusted the starting ability and development of non-playing staff.
- Stopped players from occasionally disliking themselves.
- Tweaked Feeder Clubs selection (including reducing Irish feeders for British teams).
- Fixed expansions to stadium capacity being reverted when loading a saved game.
- Fixed seating expansions for non-professinal clubs when requested by the league.
- Stopped player status getting set to backup from not needed in Spain and other leagues with B teams.
- Stopped human being able to set the captain and vice-captain to be the same person when replacing an old vice-captain.
- Fixed bug where captain set via news item would not be used in tactics and therefore in the match, caused by going to the tactics screen before confirming the news selection.
- Fixed bug where B teams in active leagues were sometimes not giving squad numbers out to enough players.
- Fixed problem with show recent attribute changes setting not being restored properly when moving between player screens
- Adjusted the physical attributes decline for older players to start earlier

Board Confidence
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- Got long-term expectations to update quicker once a team has effectively finished thier season (e.g team wins league with 10 games to go).
- Fixed long-term expectations confidence level getting set to zero if team gets to a higher division than it's long-term expectations and stays in that same division the following season.
- Got the board to offer new contracts to managers around 2 months before the end of thier deals instead of the existing one month, if deals get to that stage.

Finances
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- Adjusted transfer income percentages for financially troubled clubs.
- Adjusted building costs of new stadiums and added possible grants for smaller clubs.
- Enhanced the chances of a takeover when club is bankrupt for a long period.
- Fixed amateur team not to pay wages to managers.
- Fixed new sponsorship news item in some cases showing £0 instead of the real value.
- Fixed support for "remaining wage budget" imported from the database at the start.
- Fixed support for custom stadium rental fees set in the database at the start.
- Fixed sponsorships that had no value set in database (fixes saved games at the first monthly financial update).
- Fixed start and end dates for starting loans read from the database.
- Fixed club transfer and wage budget given to a new hired manager to match the ones in the news.
- Fixed transfer budget update with season expectation news when no multiple expectations to choose.
- Prevented human users from exploiting the budget adjustments and season expectations to boost budgets excessively.
- Tuned Argentinean ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Australian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Brazilian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Colombian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Danish general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned French general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned German general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Italian general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Mexican ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Norwegian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Peruvian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Russian ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tuned Uruguayan ticket prices and general finances for a better balance.
- Tweaked feeder club payments for smaller clubs and poorer nations.

Team Selection
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- Fixed issue regarding Gk's being picked outfield.
- Given staff members greater flexibility when rating players for squad selections / teams.

Crashes
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- Fixed crash if user retires whilst on the Jobs screen.
- Fixed possible crash when user accepted job offers from other teams.

Database
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- Fixed a problem with Finnish weather, it doesn't always rain now.

User Interface
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- Fixed an issue with skins in the user data folder picking up the wrong skin settings in some cases.
- Make available for reserves menu item was out of line with other options.
- The "Change User" menu would disappear in hot seat mode until the game was continued.
- Fixed bug where match split view panels would sometimes both default to Pitch view.
- Fixed some continue button text issues when a human picks 2 teams for matches at the same time.
- If a team scores more than 9 goals in a match, the match overview section no longer shows ".." for the goals.
- You can now view the knowledge sub-section of the scouting panel for teams without scouts
- Fixed bug where the match screen split view could show 2 pitch panels at the same time.
- Future squad selection rules which will apply to a team are now shown (greyed) on the team screen.
- Stopped situation where monthly calendar news would appear even if there were no important dates to be shown.
- Message saying a player or players couldn't be selected due to travelling to be with 'their squads' now references international squads.
- Draft allocations panel has now been moved of the Transfers panel on the team screen.
- Best Eleven screen remembers view when leaving the screen and returning.
- Fixed a bug in the squad selection rules error message. The list of invalid players was not getting displayed in full.
- Added status icon "PR" (Player Reaction) for player reacting to collective bonus decisions.
- Longest time at club record for a manager now shows correctly if the manager has been without a club for a longer time.
- Assistant manager team talk button is now hidden if a team does not have an assistant manager.
- Rows no longer disappear from the Award winners screen when players retire.
- Fixed bug where post match details would not appear properly sometimes when navigating away from the screen and returning.
- Portuguese players now get shown as being eligible to gain Brazilian nationality.
- Days to qualify for nationality do not increase for a country the player is not currently in.
- Fixed a bug where sometimes a cup draw would take place before the user had a chance to draw it themselves.
- Coach report screen remembers which coach you were using to get reports when moving between players.
- Fixed bug where user could make a sub during a penalty shootout.
- Fixed a problem where the user could attempt to create a new folder with illegal filename characters.
- When user changes the "Show Highlights In" setting in a match when a pitch is already showing, the new pitch panel will now appear properly.
- Fixed problem with continue game timeouts kicking in before the full time team talk has been given.
- Fixed problem that could cause new skins to not show up on the preferences screen.
- Fixed a problem with the injury duration description on the player profile screen for certain pre-game injuries.
- Players who gave gained a second nationality but remain in that nation no longer have an entry staying on their Days to Gain nationality panel.
- Added Tight Marking to view menu in the in-match tactics.
- Can no longer reject transfers that meet minimum fee release clauses via the transfer centre.
- Fixed a few club kit colours.
- Fixed a bug where the gk player instructions were getting replaced by an outfield players if a certain series of steps was carried out on the tactics screen.
- If no highlight is playing, the pitch section on the match screen is disabled.
- Next match button on match screen when viewing highlights now works correctly each time.
- Highlighted profile on team and player competition stats overview screen now uses stats for that competition not overall stats.
- When viewing highlights of a past match, the pitch action is now smoother.
- Changing "Closing Down" descriptions on player and team instruction panels.
- Updated horizontal scrollbars visible on Competition Tree view.
- Man of the Match and Injuries are now highlighted better on Match Overview and Match Stats sections.
- Fixed a rare problem where match screen would sometimes not allow users to go back into tactics after making a change.
- Fixed bug where coming out of tactics sometimes wasn't returning the user back to full match highlight mode properly.
- Improved star graphics to make it easier to tell the difference between each level.
- When viewing scout reports for specific assignments it now remembers the assignment when returning back from looking at a player profile.

Media
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- Golden Boot news is now sent directly to the human if one of his players is in the top three.
- Monthly player award news uses the correct stadium name if the player moved clubs at the end of the month.
- Award voting reminder news now states the correct voting deadline for Final Reminders.
- Total transfer spending record news does not repeat when monthly installment payments are made.
- Ensured correct stadium is used when news item mentions next fixture in managerial landmark news e.g 1000th game in charge.
- Can no longer appeal ban for two yellow card sendings off.
- Lowered threshold for judging cup shocks.
- Fixed scout next opposition "Comment on Dangerman" button taking you to the interaction screen with no dangerman comments just before the match.

Coach Reports
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- Fixed issue where you would receive a news item stating that a player had progressed well and then the coaches wouldn't comment on his progression in the coach report.
- Fixed issue when assistant highly rates virtually the entire team.

Contracts
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- Boosted the squad status expectations and wage requests of players involved in big money transfers.
- Put in code to help dissuade staff members from moving clubs shortly after signing a new contract.
- Players signed through a waiver draft do not sometimes reject contracts now.

International Management
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- Fixed news item saying player was left out of international fold when he is was injured and unable to be called up anyway.
- Fixed line saying players coaxed out of retirement were left out of previous squad.
- Fixed international manager attending the wrong game when a club had another match before the game that he elected to go and watch.
- Main, U21, U19 text on national pool now hyperlinks to the respective squads.
- National supporter spokespersons now have cities of birth.
- Ensure that, in the run-up to an international match, players for clubs who have fixtures re-arranged for the mid-week don't travel until after that match.
- Stop human international teams organising friendlies against teams who don't currently have a team enabled in the same age group. e.g. Bermuda U20s vs England U20s at game start date.
- Fixed message relating to player's other nationality when user asks dual nationality player to play more first team football to gain place.
- Stopped pre-signed players (who are too young to play for a club side e.g. Alexander Pato) being prevented from playing for an international team.

Scouting
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- Ensure that the min asking price is going to round greater than 0 before commenting on the likely asking price.
- Ensured scout's with high judging potential aren't as accurate when rating players for potential.
- Fixed issue when changing a coach's role to scout and he couldn't perform assignments.

Transfers
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- Stopped AI teams attempting to re-new loans when the player is unable to go on-loan to them because of the teams division loan rules.
- Players who have incorrect club join dates set in the database are now allowed to go on loan from Premier League teams.
- Ensured players without work permits will join work permit feeder clubs.
- Increased the threshold before chairman will accept bids over the head of the manager in charge.

Awards
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- Greek Club of the Year award is now given.
- Cypriots are no longer considered Foreign in Greek awards.
- Stripped out starting Award History's in games started without real players.
- Fixed problem where if all your own players dominate an award shortlist you would get stuck on the voting screen.

Competitions
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- Stopped games been incorrectly called off due to international call-ups.
- Fixed clash between Champions League and South American World Cup qualifiers in 2009.
- Adjusted attendances for small clubs playing in cup competitions.
- Adjusted long term effects of fan days.
- Adjusted the attendances in intra-squad friendlies down severely.

International
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- Austria and Switzerland now play their group matches in their own country for Euro 2008.
- Denmark now play their home matches at NRGi Park until the 14th Oct 2007.

Argentina
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- Argentine Second Division History now recorded.

Australia
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- Improved teams Australian teams play in friendlies.
- Fixed conflicting squad restriction in 2014 and beyond.

Belgium
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- Stopped duplicate transfer round-up news item appearing for Belgian clubs.
- Belgian Cup Final is played at the Stade Roi Baudouin.
- Correct Second Division Playoff schedule is now used (all teams play each other home and away).
- 2nd to 5th position are used instead of the Period winners in the Second Division Playoff stage.

Brazil
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- Brazilian National Third Division history is now updated correctly.
- Added the Brazilian National First Division prize money.

Chile
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- Added correct transfer windows.

Czech Rep
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- Fixed promoted and relegated teams not matching up between the First and Second Division when a relegation position play-off is needed.

Denmark
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- Added 6 points deduction for Boldklubben Frem 1886.
- Saturday Premier Division game is now shown on TV.

Holland
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- Fixed some news item problems to do with the Dutch Premier Division playoffs.
- Fixed fixtures clashing with European fixtures.

England
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- Better TV game selection for FA Cup games.
- Mid-week games now kick-off at 1945.
- Updated the Setanta Shield prize money.
- FA Trophy Final is now televised.
- Johnstone Paint Trophy games now have games shown on TV.

Europe
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- Royal League has now been cancelled.
- The two legs of the later cup rounds do not both get played on the same day of the week.
- Champions Cup group stage draw can now be viewed.
- Changed date of Euro Cup group stage draw.
- Fixed Champions League group stage win/draw prize money.

Greece
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- Fixed back to back squad registration windows around the 17th August.

Hong Kong
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- Fixed user being able to sign more than 12 foreigners in Hong Kong First Division.
- Hong Kong First Division Reserve matches played in neutral stadiums of 4,000 or less.

Hungary
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- Fixed Hungarian League Cup winners not appearing in competition history.

Indonesia
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- Contract end dates are now set as 31st October.

Israel
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- Squad numbers now used in all competitions.
- 5 foreign players can now start in a Israeli Cup match.

Italy
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- Added this years Italian Serie C Cup teams.
- Applied -1 points deduction to 3 Serie C2 teams.
- Serie A teams that have their match postponed to Sunday should be playing at 3pm not 4pm.

Malaysia
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- Fixed foreign player rules for some competitions.

Mexico
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- Fixed bug where teams would sometimes get a Mexican First Division title added to their achievements for winning the playoff stage.

Norway
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- Added correct squad selection rules for the Norwegian Premier and First Division.
- All clubs in Premier and First division get under-soil heating.

Peru
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- Two teams are now relegated from the Peruvian First Division.

Poland
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- Cancelled the 10 points deduction applied to Polish Second Division side Odra Opole.

Portugal
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- First three rounds of the League Cup now use the correct seedings.
- Updated TV dates and times for the Portuguese top two divisions.

Scotland
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- Trialists can no longer play in cup games.
- Football League match day squads can only contain 2 trialists.
- Fixtures are now generated for the second season in all Scottish leagues.
- Fixed a bug where the league was sometimes not sorted before the split was introduced.

Singapore
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- Fixed Singaporean League Cup record not being written in competition history.
- Add Random draws for Singapore Cup and Singaporean League Cup.
- Change of transfer windows for Singaporean League.
- U18 league matches now played at neutral stadiums with 1500 or less capacity.
- Singapore U18 & U17 team cannot sign foreign players.

South America
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- Teams from the same nation play against each other in the Copa Sudamericana Semi Final stage.
- Uruguayan teams now seeded correctly in the Copa Libertadores.
- South American Continental Cups now get correct referees for matches.

Spain
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- Implemented Cotonou Agreement for Spanish league - players from 79 ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific states) countries no longer considered non-EU.
- Fixed bug where some players were not getting minimum fee release clauses.

Sweden
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- Pre-season no long starts on 24th December for teams involved in the Royal League.
- Changed the teams which move divisions When game is started in 2008.

United States
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- Foreign developmental players do not count towards the wage cap.
- Fixed bug where squad selection rules for certain MLS teams were not showing the correct maximum values at all times.
- Correct 2007 fixtures added.
- Allowed squad numbers up to 99.
- MLS teams can no longer sign foreign players from the PDL before they reach 22 or enter a draft.
- Fixed a problem with the American player rule for Toronto. Some players were being wrongly classified as Americans.
- MLS Rising Stars team is now filled with American players only.
- Players on free transfer with MLS rights have to be traded instead of being approached directly.
- Changed stage names of MLS conference playoffs.
- Virtual players now ask for developmental contracts by default.
- Improved selection of players from a draft. Teams make fewer passes.
- Updated maximum allowed wage $325,000 p/a outside of Designated Players.
- Fixed wrong teams in CONCACAF Champions Cup.
- Toronto foreigners now gain Canadian nationality not American if they stay for enough years.
- Fixed bug which was converting future draft allocations offered in transfers to 6th pick draft allocations.
- Toronto now get Canadian nationality youth players instead of American.

Assets
======

England
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- Fixed Marvin Elliot / Marvin Williams picture mix up.
- Added Bath City badge
- Added Solihull Moors badge

Spain
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- Added Athletic Bilbao player pictures
- Added Atletico Madrid player pictures
- Added Deportivo player pictures
- Added Espanyol player pictures
- Added Levante player pictures
- Added Osasuna player pictures
- Added Racing Santander player pictures
- Added Real Betis player pictures
- Added Real Mallorca player pictures
- Added Real Murcia player pictures
- Added Real Valladolid player pictures
- Added Recreativo player pictures

Match Engine Version History
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- Fixed bug where the match was treating the JTP North/South finals as the main final itself.
- When an injured player is also sent off, the game won't force the human manager to replace him.

Match v639
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- Re-worked marking and closing down to address conflict between the two - defenders should now close down better when appropriate.
- Further improved team reactions to cleared set pieces.
- Reduced delay between foul and whistle.
- But...allowed more advantages when prudent.
- Improved set piece positioning for free kicks and some throws.
- Fixed keeper occasionally kicking off new match period.
- Fixed another example of player kicking off to no-one.
- AI teams now add "back arrow" to def mid position for one MC if needed.
- AI teams a little more reactive to opposition pace when setting D-line.
- Small tweak to ease overcautious AI use of mentality slider occasionally.
- Made players take longer to accelerate all the way to full speed.
- Made blatant offside’s get called a little quicker.
- Enhanced effect on flair of "creative freedom" slider slightly.
- Fixed bug that would stop full back overlapping run prematurely.
- Improved smoothness of dribbling slightly.
- Players now look to run into space with ball better.
- Stopped a few unrealistic examples of poor first touch.
- Allowed players to take more first time shots when appropriate eg rebounds.
- Improved attacking positioning for certain formations that use "side arrows" on attacking midfielders.
- Improved attacking position of central "in hole" player.
- Stopped certain illogical forward runs being made from deep.
- Defenders put tackles/clearances in more appropriately.
- Biased aerial challenges slightly more towards those with higher jumping.
- Slightly less fouls when jumping for the ball.
- Reduced keeper effectiveness on close in shots slightly.
- Low team blend now has more effect on mental attributes.
- Allow more quick free kicks to be taken.
- Improved ball receiver AI slightly.
- Defenders caught wrong side of ball try to get back faster.
- Fixed defenders pushing up to edge of area when should be dealing with ball player.
- Improved player ability to deflect shots/crosses.
- Fixed defenders coming across and heading ball that team mate had covered.
- Tweaked decision making for ball player.
- Improved finishing for "bread and butter" chances.
- Improved accuracy of "bread and butter" passes.
- Further tweak to keeper kicking distance.
- Headers from descending balls now more likely to be looping in nature.
- Improved kicked clearance direction from defenders.
- Improved "subdued" goal celebration where scorer used to move a bit then stop still.
- Ball shadow slightly less pronounced in FM.

Match v640
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- Improved referee ability to try to "play the advantage".
- Fixed anomaly causing further problems with kick offs.
- Fixed AI subs when keeper sent off that could cause 2 goalies to be present.
- Another tweak to AI mentality setting.
- Made AI teams try to exploit 3 at the back without wingbacks by getting ball wide more.
- Improved positions at goal kicks.
- Improved corners sent to player lurking outside area.
- Improved use of channels to pass into and move into.
- Made first touch a little more realistic.
- Made players even more willing to run with ball into space when possible.
- And more likely to shoot in good positions.
- And more likely to cross in good positions.
- And more likely to turn before hoofing ball clear when necessary.
- Power shots more likely to go too high.
- Improved player perception of potential interceptions on pass.
- Improved direction of "flick on" headers.
- Improved code that decides whether player should pass ball around and keep possession based on directness, time wasting etc.
- Made "tackle clearances" more realistic in terms of distance and direction.
- Fixed anomaly that allowed potential clearance towards own goal when very close to it.
- Reduced instances of players dribbling ball out of play.
- Keepers more likely to follow distribution instructions.
- Keepers more effective on long shots.
- Fixed rare occurrence of keeper not taking up position for penalty kick.
- Improve defender marking on ball player running at pace with ball.
- Made players less likely to leave tactical shape to mark opponents when ball and player not in danger area.

Match v641
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- Fixed crash that occurs after player about to kick off gets a red card.

Match v642
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- Made sure free kick isn’t called back after advantage has been played for a sensible amount of time.
- Fix to stop players continuing to swap when option removed in tactical change during match.
- Fixed bug where slight injury isn’t reported when watching match in "commentary only" ( FM only ).
- Improved variety of assistant manager team talk suggestions.
- Made sure offside always called when player shoots for goal and has team mate standing well offside in ball path.
- Slight tweak to player match ratings to give them more range.
- Improved player run with ball AI.
- Improved full backs overlapping, and made their teammates more likely to try to pass to them.
- Further change to closing down code, as initial fix wasn’t quite coded correctly.
- Made players clear ball quicker under real pressure.
- Fixed bug where defenders might pass up obvious interception opportunities.
- Stopped players moving back into onside positions at unrealistically fast speed.
- Reduced pointless off ball runs that just made it harder for team mates.
- Fixed anomaly from pass vs interceptions decision making in 640.

Match v643
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- Fixed central defenders sometimes using closing down rather than marking against pace.
- Stopped AI managers playing too negatively when losing due to their sitting back attribute.
- Fixed interceptions not being recorded properly in match stats.
- Made defenders clear ball when under pressure in own area and ball bouncing at awkward height.
- Improved player decisions on when to tackle when up against player running with ball.
- Improved short throw ins slightly in terms of direction and speed.
- Made players a little more willing to shoot first time.

Match v644
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- Fixed match score divergence.

Match v645
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- Fixed advantage not being always played when fouled player gets clear of his assailant.
- Further tweak to closing down logic, to make it slightly more accurate vs slider descriptions.
- Made players work harder to get back to opponents who have gone beyond them.
- Fixed extremes of players not reacting for ages to ongoing play.
- Tweaked player choice of opponent to mark to include tactical position more.
- Improved direction of facing for defenders marking attackers in open play.
- Fixed bug in defensive line pushing to edge of area for team defending left end of pitch.
- Improved direction of defender who is chasing down attacker who is running with ball and has got ahead of him.
- Slight improvements to players decisions on whether to clear ball under pressure.
- Tweaked up pass accuracy a bit, especially when under no pressure.
- Made lesser players limit pace on pass to increase accuracy ( subject to decisions test ).
- Changed pass risk assessment to reflect mentality setting and flair a little more.
- Less hoofs up field to no-one when under no pressure, unless time wasting.
- Made players cross more willingly and also earlier when possible depending on instructions.
- More shots when in obvious good positions.
- Players with decent decision making less likely to dribble into trouble.
- Players more likely to get ball onto best foot.
- Improved first touch a little.
- Fixed bug where player sometimes moves really slowly with ball for ages.
- Made it harder to cut back ball dramatically when running down wing at pace.
- Improved logic of bias towards pass focus instruction when assessing passes.
- Improved off ball movement slightly.
- Stopped target men moving into channel so often when getting long balls to head.
- Players come to loose balls more aggressively, and try to intercept earlier in own danger zone.
- Attacking players also more likely to follow up on shots.
- Made keepers less likely to let ball go narrowly wide of post, unless extreme time wasting.
- Improved direction of keeper kicking.
- Less fouls when going for headers.
- Further tweak to make more early shots when under pressure or in good position.
- Made some headers on goal slightly less powerful.
- Stopped first time shots coming in from ridiculous positions.
- Made players come shorter at throws when thrower struggling for options.
- When player is selected to come to collect from keeper he comes deeper.
- Stopped one man walls on free kicks taken by keeper in deep position.
- Fixed possibility of play getting stuck when player with ball goes down injured.
- Tweaked player ratings back halfway towards pre v642 levels.

Match v646
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- Reduced shot accuracy slightly.
- Stopped players dropping deep to mark opponents instead of holding defensive line for an easy offside.
- Fixed bug where player may not react to short pass from keeper.
- Reduced players dallying on ball when being closed down.
- Made keepers more likely to clear lines from back passes.
- Players get back to kick off position quicker after celebrating goal.

Match v647
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- Assistant managers now always give a team talk recommendation when asked.
- AI now take comebacks from 2 or 3 down into account when deciding team talks.
- Players also take comebacks into account when reacting to team talks.
- Stopped centre halves getting dragged out of position too easily when NOT first man behind ball.
- Slight reduction on lengths of goal kicks.
- Keepers now more willing to come to collect such long balls into their own area.
- Further improved defender direction facing when marking non ball player.
- Fixed issue with defenders dithering over whether to continue marking player with ball.
- Further fix re confusion between closing down ball player and marking him from a strategic position.
- Fixed further instance of players taking ridiculous first time shots.
- Fixed rare occurrence of players controlling ball and moving a few yards with it stuck to their foot.
- Fixed bug where player who wins aerial challenge always recovers quicker than the player who lost out.
- Fixed bug where defenders would occasionally get skinned by opponent due to problem in code rather than lack of ability.
- Fixed bug where keepers occasionally miss saves for no reason.
- Tweaked number of shots going over bar.

Match v648
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- Fixed bug where assistant team talk suggestions may be illogical after a win

Match v649
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- Fixed rare bug where keeper may needlessly miss opportunity to save shot
- Improved decision between pass and run depending on player instruction, player tendency and situation
- Made wide players get into the box quicker when ball on opposite side
- Tweaked average ratings for attacking wide men
- Stopped distribution defender coming way too deep to pick up ball at goal kicks
- Put a harsher workrate test on tracking back to challenge player already under pressure
- Fixed bug where defenders take up identical positions when "doubling up" on attacker
- Off ball runs from behind ball now done at higher speed
- Fixed unrealistically slow kicked clearances
- Fixed advantage being played then play called back a few seconds later
- Fixed bug where one player kicks off with no team mate next to him
- Slightly toned down effect on ball physics of muddy/wet pitches
- Stopped ball that lands on top of net dropping to zero height and making it look like it should be a goal
- Stopped AI managers in FML changing mentality during match
- And reduced substitutions by AI managers in FML
- Fixed players at low levels of football occasionally playing to a stupidly poor standard
- Toned down defenders occasionally being drawn too far out from defensive line to close down players
- Stopped strikers trying unrealistic first time shots when very wide or through on goal
- Slight improvement on first touch and time taken to react after receiving ball
- Improved likelyhood of attackers "lunging" in to ball running across face of goal
- Improved positioning of players coming to offer options to throw in taker
- Tweaked marking positioning and facing direction slightly further
- Improved shooting accuracy for easier chances
- Slight reduction in number of "power shots"
- Improved near post flick ons at corners

Match v650
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- Stopped kick off being taken before all players close to their starting positions
- Fixed bug from v640 that stopped keeper retrieving ball from own net after goal
- Fixed possibility of negative teamtalk reaction from player when team praised after positive result
- Reduced strikers taking up wide position and inhibiting the wide midfielder's movement
- Stopped players taking heavy morale hit after defeat that breaks excellent result sequence
- Made composed defenders turn on ball before clearing if possible
- Pushed central midfielders slightly forward when ball wide
- Fixed "attack near/far post" at corners
- Fixed poor marking at free kicks close to corner
- Stopped receiver taking control of ball needlessly early
- And fixed new bug where receiver dallies on taking control of ball
- Made keeper offer back pass option more willingly
- More tweaks to improve goalie positioning and reactions
- Fixed bug that allows centre halves to go for same ball without failing decision test
- Made players with tackle easy set stand off more rather than make tackle
- Players more willing to make themselves available for simple pass
- Improved marking facing further
- Stopped player dallying when passed ball from kick off
- Improved keeper response to distribution instructions further
- Fixed potential for defenders to score own goal when picking up loose ball on own goal line but facing own goal
- Fixed referee penalising player for foul when not close enough to opponent who takes a dive
- Fixed very low condition players not being subbed with knock ons that can mean sent off keeper not replaced
- Upped midfielder match ratings a tad

Match v651
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- Improved rating of goals for awards/FML
- Fixed half time keeper sub coming on at wrong end
- Fixed wing back being reported as playing at full back after match
- Tweaked number of fouls up as it has been dropping
- Reduced effectiveness of headers slightly
- Reduced pass completion slightly
- Fixed corner delivery instructions being ignored
- Improved penalty scoring rate
- Reduced use of tall target man for less direct style managers

Match v652
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- Fixed rare crash when player heads ball at goal
- Stopped AI managers giving out run with ball instruction to unsuitable players
- Improved attacking positioning and delivery at free kicks near opp goal
- First set of optimisations to reduce recent slowdown

Match v653
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- Optimised match engine code to improve speed by around 20%
- Fixed bug where strikers can play too close together in unusual formations
- Fixed some run of the mill goals being given very high award ratings
- Raised number of fouls to more in line with real world data
- Raised number of penalties and their conversion rate in line with real world data
- Fixed ball stopping unrealistically quickly on some low passes/shots
- Improved player judgement of interception possibilities
- Improved closing down AI yet again, now more aggressive but less unneccesary "doubling up"
- Made player recovery time after going to ground more realistic
- Players now clear instead of tackle if it is feasible
- Fixed some unrealistic instances of poor first touch
- Players lunge in for loose balls near opposition goal more realistically
- Defenders now more effective against attackers running at them
- Defenders now slightly more aware of their dangerman's position when "marking space"
- Fixed some strange positioning at free kicks inside defending penalty area
- Players with long shots set to often, or with long shots PPM, now more willing to do so in good positions subject to morale

Match v654
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- Fixed players ignoring passes due to bug in optimisation
- Fixed players sometimes clearing ball instead of converting simple chance
- Pushed D-line up a tiny bit to reduce defensive teams ability to pass ball around and dominate possession

Match v655
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- Reduced no of dangerous challenges
- Reduced no of professional fouls
- Fixed player teleporting bug ( from v653 )
- Fixed bug where defenders stand off and allow players to run through defensive line too easily
- Improved player finishing when clean through
- Fixed play being called back after advantage played and shot taken
- Fixed obscure crash

Data Editor
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- Updated award editing to support new award fields.
- Fixed problem with cursor in number fields on Mac.
- Fixed some club records not getting saved properly.

Το patch είναι συμβατό με το υπάρχων save σας αλλά είναι προτιμότερο να κάνετε new game.

Fm 2008 Features

2008-02-09T04:01:00.000-08:00

H Sega Europe ανακοίνωσε εχτές (27/07/2007) ότι το Football Manager 2008 θα βρίσκεται στα ράφια των καταστημάτων πριν τα Χριστούγεννα. Βέβαια, μην απογοητεύεστε καθότι υπάρχει περίπτωση να βγει και νωρίτερα καθώς συνηθίζεται αυτή η πρακτική από την SI παλιότερα και από την SEGA εσχάτως για να δημιουργήσει ενθουσιασμό στους απανταχού fans του Football Manager. Τα νέα χαρακτηριστικά που ανακοίνωσε η SI είναι τα ακόλουθα:

- Ροή του ματς

Σύμφωνα με την SI εδώ υπάρχει η σημαντικότερη αλλαγή στο FM μετά από την εισαγωγή του 2D engine! Το παιχνίδι γίνεται ακόμα πιο ατμοσφαιρικό με ανανεωμένα match previews (flow5) , team talks (flow12) κ.α. Η ουσιαστικότερη πάντως αλλαγή είναι ότι αν θες να αλλάξεις κάποιον παίκτη, το παιχνίδι συνεχίζεται κανονικά (εμφανίζεται ένα μικρό γηπεδάκι όταν μπαίνεις στην οθόνη των τακτικών για να βλέπεις τι γίνεται ωστόσο).

- Προπονητική στις εθνικές ομάδες

Εδώ υπάρχει μεγάλη βελτίωση καθώς προστέθηκε η δυνατότητα να μιλάς στους παίκτες σου (intl1) όπως έκανες όταν ήσουν προπονητής σε κανονική ομάδα, υπάρχει ακόμα βελτίωση στα νέα σχετικά με τι εθνικές (intl23), επιλογή να διαλέξεις τον αρχηγό, οι παίκτες πλέον στο προφίλ τους φαίνεται ότι είναι χαρούμενοι που καλούνται από τους ομοσπονδιακούς προπονητές (intl13), προστέθηκε σύστημα scouting για να εντοπίζεις τους υποψήφιους διεθνείς.

- Ευχρηστία

Νέο καθαρότερο skin, νέο σύστημα σημειώσεων , ανανεωμένα tutorial και manual, νέο ημερολογιακό σύστημα για να βλέπεις το αγωνιστικό πρόγραμμα της ομάδας σου, καλύτερη τοποθέτηση των κουμπιών στο skin.

- Confidence

Νέος τομέας confidence με αρκετές κατηγορίες (competitions, matches, players, summary). Χαρακτηριστικό είναι ότι πλέον η διοίκηση θέτει ξεχωριστά τους στόχους για κάθε διοργάνωση. Επίσης, σου δίνεται η δυνατότητα να ρυθμίσεις κατάλληλα το wage budget σε σχέση με το transfer budget αλλά αυτό θα το δούμε και παρακάτω.

- Μεταγραφικός τομέας

Νέος τρόπος διαχείρησης όλων των μεταγραφών, των δανεισμών κάνοντας έτσι ευκολότερη τη σύγκριση μεταξύ τους και εν συνεχεία την απόρριψη ή αποδοχή τους.

- Βελτιώσεις στην Match Engine

Βελτιωμένη Match Engine μας υπόσχεται η SI, η οποία για ακόμα μία χρονιά συνεργάστηκε με τον παλαίμαχο διεθνή Ιρλανδό ποδοσφαριστή Ray Houghton στο συγκεκριμένο τομέα. Αξιοπρόσεκτο είναι το γεγονός της δυνατότητας που σου δίνεται να αλλάζεις στην αρχή της σεζόν τις διαστάσεις του γηπέδου σου για να ταιριάζουν με το στυλ των παικτών σου. Δλδ αν έχεις ομάδα τύπου Προοδευτικής Σούλη Παπαδόπουλου θα κάνεις το γήπεδο όσο μικρότερη γίνεται και άντε να βγει μετά κανείς από το ‘’κλουβί’’ σου :P

- Ανανεωμένα βραβεία

Τα βραβεία δημιουργήθηκαν από την αρχή για να είναι απόλυτα ακριβή καθώς επίσης και νέα όπως το ΄΄χρυσό παπούτσι΄΄, οι ΄΄καλύτεροι 11΄΄ όλων των εποχών (ingame) για όλες τις ομάδες και έθνη!

- Βελτίωση των οικονομικών

Ο τομέας των οικονομικών βελτιώθηκε έτσι ώστε να αντανακλά τις συνεχείς αλλαγές στο σύγχρονο ποδόσφαιρο. Παρέχονται περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τα οικονομικά στους προπονητές (σε εμάς δλδ) όπως έσοδα από ένα ματς, νέα σχετικά με τα εισητήρια διαρκείας, έσοδα από επενδύσεις, χορηγίες. Αρκετά ενδιαφέρουσα είναι η προσθήκη των bonus για τους παίκτες για την κατάκτηση κάποιου τροπαίου ή θέσης. Επίσης, όπως προαναφέραμε η δύνατότητα να ρυθμίζουμε το wage budget σε σχέση με το transfer budget και το αντίστροφο είναι πολύ χρήσιμη για όλους μας.

- Fan days

Η διοίκηση ορίζει ως ΄΄fan days΄΄ συγκεκριμένα παιχνίδια χαμηλού ενδιαφέροντος για να προσελκύσει κόσμο και να τον κερδίσει. Αυτό μπορεί να συμβεί με την αγορά εισητηρίων από έναν χορηγό και το μοίρασμα τους στους οπαδούς τζάμπα.

- Επέκταση των media

Ακόμα περισσότερα σχόλια από τον τύπο καθώς και λεπτομέρειες. Επίσης, νέος τομέας νέων των διοργανώσεων για να βρίσκει κανείς εύκολα τις κυριότερες εξελίξεις σε αυτά.

- Φώτο των regens

Όλοι οι νέοι παίκτες που εμφανίζονται στο παιχνίδι θα έχουν μία 3d photo στο profile τους (τη μάπα τους δλδ :P). Χρήσιμη προσθήκη για τους ΄΄τρελούς΄΄ που δεν θέλουν να βλέπουν σκιές στο προφίλ και κατεβάζουν 100άδες face packs κάθε χρόνο.

- Ταχύτητα

Βελτιωμένη ταχύτητα στο saving/loading, network gaming καθώς και στις αλλαγές στις τακτικές και στα match reports.

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Την επίσημη ανακοίνωση

FM 2008 Preview

2008-02-09T04:00:00.000-08:00

Εντυπώσεις για τα νέα στοιχεία του νέου Football Manager μέσα από τη Preview έκδοση του παιχνιδιού.

Περιβάλλον

Πρώτα απ’ όλα, όπως σε κάθε έκδοση, το κύριο skin έχει αλλάξει. Αυτή τη φορά όμως είναι ποιο ανοιχτόχρωμο (όπως του Football Manager Live), και με νέα στοιχεία που θα βοηθήσουν αρχάριους και έμπειρους, όπως ο Advisor που βοηθάει τους αρχάριους σε κάθε οθόνη με popup μηνύματα, και το Ημερολόγιο όπου συνοψίζονται τα σημαντικότερα γεγονότα του κάθε μήνα. Ακόμα, θα υπάρχουν νέο στυλ Φανέλων, Λογοτύπων για τις ομάδες που έχουν αποκτηθεί δικαιώματα, όπως και εικόνες των παικτών θα έχουν μεγαλύτερες διαστάσεις, ενώ για πρώτη φορά στο Football Manager κάνει την εμφάνιση του το σύστημα FaceGen που απεικονίζει με φωτογραφίες τους παίκτες που έχουν δημιουργηθεί από το παιχνίδι, οι οποίες αλλάζουν και όταν μεγαλώνουν σε ηλικία!

Τέλος εκτός από τα νέα που έρχονται με τη μορφή μηνυμάτων, υπάρχουν και ξεχωριστά νέα σε κάθε πρωτάθλημα, ενώ καθένα από αυτά μπορεί να αποθηκευτεί στις σημειώσεις.

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Παίκτες

Όσον αφορά τους παίκτες, έχουν προστεθεί στην οθόνη του κάθε παίκτη Coach Reports (Αναφορές) όπως θα έκανε κάποιος Scouter για έναν παίκτη άλλης ομάδας σε παλιότερες εκδόσεις.

Οι παίκτες πλέον ανταποκρίνονται αναλόγως όταν ορίζονται οι αρχηγοί, έχουν εμφανή το πόσο χρόνο χρειάζονται για να αποκτήσουν δεύτερη εθνικότητα. Ακόμα, η επιλογή τιμωρίας για Πειθαρχικά Παραπτώματα ενεργοποιείται μόνο όταν υπάρχει πράγματι λόγος, υπάρχει δυνατότητα σύγκρισης δύο παικτών μέσω του πολυγώνου και άλλα.

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Ομάδα

Στα της ομάδας τώρα, υπάρχει εκτεταμένη Confidence Screen (οθόνη εμπιστοσύνης στον προπονητή), όπου υπάρχει η γνώμη της διοίκησης για τα οικονομικά, για την απόδοση στις διοργανώσεις, αλλά και η γνώμη του εκπρόσωπου των φιλάθλων για τις μεταγραφές, την απόδοση στους αγώνες κ.α.!

Ακόμα υπάρχει η δυνατότητα πριν ξεκινήσεις το παιχνίδι να ορίσεις αν θα έχει κάθε ομάδα budget μεταγραφών η όχι, ενώ αργότερα μπορείς σε συνεννόηση με τον υπεύθυνο του γηπέδου να ορίσεις τις διαστάσεις του, έτσι ώστε να ταιριάζει στο στυλ της ομάδας.

Η Transfer Screen (Οθόνη Μεταγραφών) επίσης έχει αλλάξει, δίνοντας αρχικά ένα ιστορικό με τη πορεία πιθανών μεταγραφών, όπως αρνήσεις πώλησης, πορεία διαπραγμάτευσης κτλ, ενώ και η οθόνη των ολοκληρωμένων μεταγραφών έχει αλλάξει, δείχνοντας συγχρόνως ποιοι έχουν μεταγραφεί μέσα και έξω από την ομάδα.

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Αγώνες

Ένα από τα κυριότερα νέα στοιχεία του Fm 2008, είναι το Match Flow.

Το Match Flow αποτελείται από οθόνες πριν, κατά τη διάρκεια και με το τέλος του αγώνα, οι οποίες σε φέρνουν πιο κοντά στην ατμόσφαιρα των αγώνων.

Αυτές περιλαμβάνουν τις οθόνες Summary, Pre-Match Tactics, Match Analysis, Team Talk και Opposition Instructions πριν ξεκινήσει ο αγώνας, την οθόνη αλλαγής τακτικών (διάταξη, εντολές, αλλαγές παικτών) κατά τη διάρκεια του αγώνα, ενώ ο αγώνας συνεχίζεται, χωρίς να χρειάζεται να διακοπεί ο αγώνας όπως στις προηγούμενες εκδόσεις, και τέλος με το τέλος του αγώνα, με το Team Talk και το Post Match.

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Εθνικές ομάδες

Ένα από τα χαρακτηριστικά που χρειαζόταν βελτίωση ήταν το Μανατζάρισμα Εθνικών ομάδων, το οποίο έχει βελτιωθεί σε αυτή την έκδοση, με τις προσθήκες ορισμού αρχηγών, Scouting για παίκτες της Εθνικής, καλύτερη διαχείριση του National Pool (παίκτες για την Εθνική) κ.α.http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3630/ntscoutrk0.th.jpg

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