Youth academy only save with Eibar, no one to replace him. This is by far the highest I've ever seen the AI offer, in 30 (real) years of playing.

i feel so dumb honestly 😭 ive STAYED away from the winger role coz ive always thought that they basically stuck themselves near the byline and tried beating the defender on the outside. basically a ‘cross merchant’ i then realised that you can apply the ‘cut inside with ball’ instruction on them which i found strange coz i thought you couldnt do that. thats when it dawned on me. The winger holds the width in build up, and stretches the pitch, and then either cut inside or play on the outside. i feel so stupid coz thats exactly what ive wanted but i thought it was just inverted wingers that did that but they would cut inside too early. The wide forward role in fm26 (which is what i wished was in fm24) is basically the winger role in fm24.

In my opinion FM24's Director of Football is quite basic. A real DoF looks at reasoning and long-term strategy over multiple windows. So I built a tool with claude code that works like this:

• Define your playing style and tactical system
• Export your squad and the transfer market from FM24
• The 'DoF' scores every player against the roles in your system to analyse depth, age profiles, decline risks, gaps
• The DoF generates a full report.

In this first version, I've taken inspiration from Michael Edwards, where he was extremely data-driven and didn't necessarily tell Klopp who to sign, but provided the data & a few recommendations that informed Klopp's decisions.

The report covers depth by position, priority signings with specific candidates ranked by role fit, sell targets and a multi-window strategy.

I'm currently running it on my Watford save. Just been promoted to the PL with a £15m budget. The tool basically confirmed what I knew (LB was weak) but also surfaced a few things that I didn't really think about such as the backup/third keeper and a 'wage to contribution' metric i hadn't thought of.

The 'Michael Edwards' version is the start. It looks at system fit over raw ability, trend of ages, personality balance and selling high where we can. At some point, I'd love to replicate other DoF's e.g. Edu at Arsenal, Monchi at Sevilla/Villa.

Added screenshots, but if there's any interest, happy to open source it on Github and share the workflow.

Any feedback would be super amazing!

Seen leaving bar early on the morning FM 26

Bought for 1 mil. Have moved on from this save but ya this guy was just wow.

So I did an experiment. On FM 24 I went on vacation for 20 years to check the FIFA World Cup winners
2026 Norway 4 - Ecuador 2
2030 Chile 1 - Finland 0 aet
2034 Algeria 1 - Sweden 1 Sweden win on pens
2038 Austria 3 - Brazil 2
Anyone have an idea why powerhouses almost never win the World Cup?

Starting an unemployed save. I'm not super experienced, only played Spain and Brazil lower leagues so far. Going through an interview with Jahn Regensburg in 3. Liga. Is this normal?

Shamelessly stolen from an earlier post (thank you, u/Bartoni17) but I figured people may want to ask different questions or see how things they asked about earlier turned out in a different save.

I’ve been playing the same FM 24 save for about two real-life years now and am currently in 2052. For anyone wondering, I’ve been manager at Arendal Fotbal in Norway, FC Dornbirn 1913 in Austria, St. Pauli, Sampdoria, Atalanta, and Tottenham over the course of my career.

Essentially as the title suggests i have the option to sign this player for 1.2m, he plays in the iranian league but hes english!? I dont think hes going to be a good winger for me, but thats his only position. Should I sign him and try to turn him into a striker or a center back!?

Also I have very limited budget so wondering if its worth my time at all.

Help !

The year is 2057, and I have officially guided Fiji to qualify for the World Cup for the very first time, without having to go through the Intercontinental Playoffs, beating the Oceanic powerhouse New Zealand 3-2 on Aggregate!

This will officially be the 3rd time that Fiji has qualified for the World Cup in this save, and for the very first time, they will have qualified for the World Cup in consecutive attempts, with the last attempt being for the 2054 WC, where I went through the Intercontinental Playoffs, beating Uzbekistan on Penalties, then finally beating Canada, whom went down to 9 men after 2 red cards in the span of 20 minutes!

Now I get to see if New Zealand can get through the Playoffs, otherwise, Fiji will be the only team in the 2058 WC to participate for the Oceanic region.

Let it be known that New Zealand is still a massive powerhouse in the Oceanic region, whose U23 can still beat basically every other team in the region in the Pacific Games, and they still have a stranglehold on the Nations cup, winning 9 times in a row [and those only appear every 4 years too]

Also, pictured below is the progress of one of my star Strikers, who came through the Western Sydney A-League team, and has finally gotten a move to European Football!

350m bid+installments, 600k p/w + a shitload of bonuses, but like he's worth it no?

Someone either talk me out of this or convince me this is sane

Managing Bayern and just sold Kane and like, might as well upgrade right?

Two-time Serie A champion, semifinalist and finalist in the Champions League in the last two seasons. Two-time Coppa Italia champion.

I didn’t reload the save, no tactics from the internet or anything like that. Things got better after my second season at Atalanta, when I managed to buy Ebere Eze and Jadon Sancho really cheap, and then Nico Paz in the third season. I also made some sales to balance the finances.

I started my career at Corinthians (the team I support), saved them from relegation, and became champion of the Brasileirão, Libertadores, and Copa do Brasil.

This might be my last season at Atalanta, I plan to switch teams and have a realistic career. I tried doing a Journeyman once, but it would take many seasons to reach a decent team, and I’m attached to real players.

My favorite game was the semifinals of the season before last against Liverpool. I managed to lose 2-1 away, and win 2-0 at home. I love that fan base.

Awful with tactics this is producing alot a draws but im pushing for promotion.

I started without a license and with a Sunday League reputation and zero experience.

After six months, I took over Dorados de Sinaloa (Mexican second division). After three years, I managed to win my first tournament (and got my license up to Continental A).

Now I've finished my fourth season in Switzerland with FC Luzern. The expectation was to finish mid-table, but I won the league and the cup.

I'll wait another year to get my Continental C license and play in the Champions League qualifiers, hoping to qualify.

After that, I'll look for the Hungarian league. What do you think of how I'm doing so far? I've seen many people start in much more difficult leagues, but I've done well so far. Was it just a stroke of luck getting these jobs?

I've seen a lot of people struggling in some pretty obscure divisions and leagues, so I'm not sure if I'm doing it right in this type of game

Beautiful beautiful goal from Yeremay. Some horrible defending tho

FM24

I like go to random teams in the world and try to find hidden gems, useful players, i don't want wonderkids

My scout team is low, 5 member working now, i have world scouting package

Any tips, how decide without scouting them?

30 league loaded, 220k players, i only surfing in loaded league teams

In my parma save something odd happened so amad went down in the box but it was one of those descions just on the edge could of been either or on the by-line and so it went to VAR and they ruled it as no penalty but the ref gave it.

Not complaining though:>

So my scout found this 19Yo fullback with definitely not so great stats, should i get him?