Fear Of The Fox

Newcastle have some quality to avoid relegation battle but after 11 fixtures being just 2 points above 18th it does look bad for Howe.

As this is my first test save I've closed the summer transfer window in the settings and kept all our players. 4-2-2-2 direct counter attacking. Played the 1st league fixture on comprehensive and full match vs Sheff Wed as I wanted to see if tactics and instructions are working properly. Won 4-2 and at least it seemed that giving away possession was reflected on the pitch and the players were hitting on the counter which is a positive for the ME. I'll continue playing all games in full match/comprehensive highlights. It takes a lot of time ofc but on extended it looks like you don't have any control tactically. Oh and UI is just atrocious, it's so bad beyond words. It doesn't matter if you get used to it eventually, it's an abomination.

7 Leeds players in the box and not a single one of them covering the middle of it. This is basic defending and it seems the majority of modern footballers don't have the brains to process simple tasks.

I think it's quite simple? If as an employee you commute from far away and you're performing it's absolutely fine. If you're underperforming the long distance commuting comes into the equation. Might not be the reason for poor performances but questions are raised no matter what.

Are you 100% sure Marti picks the team?

If a player is travelling from Hampshire it's another joke. Every single player should be Leicester based. If we can't even force this just relocate the team. We'll at least get rid of the clappers this way.

Fact is our owner doesn't have the deep knowledge of football coaching and managing. He relies on people like Rudkin and his mistake is he's not getting rid of all the Rudkins for some bizarre reason we don't know about. There are at least 3-4 crucial staff members that shouldn't be near the club. There's obvious incompetence, there's misconduct regarding finances and contracts, I don't understand why and how a private company keeps these employees in after such huge failures.

When they sack him down the line they'll appoint another fraudster from the UEFA machine of elitists who are injected into big leagues by corrupted agents and work alongside corrupted club board members. The team is held ransom by agents and corrupted staff members in crucial positions for years now.

Fired it up again on PC last night and the UI was definitely faster with the new patch. Still have to click on more tiles to achieve what was done with one click in previous iterations but this isn't my main issue. My issue is the crucial match day features that were removed and that most of my instructions are still not mirrored correctly on the ME. I've played 2 friendlies away (Leicester) and we were in both 4-0 up by HT in extended highlights with Daka and Carranza toying the opposition defense and Monga being prime Thierry Henry in the wing. 2nd halves were both dull and none of my instructions were actually followed by the players. This is why I'm saying it feels on rails. I'll do some full matches tonight hopefully and have a better picture if the tactics are actively applied. I have a bad feeling they removed heat maps so us veterans of the game can't check in detail if the ME works properly with our tactics and instructions.

Had to find a ridiculous way to emphasise my point. 😀

The lad just lives in his own world. In a couple of years he'll be in Saudi Arabia and he'll just disappear.

Brugge robbed big time. Marseille the same as it seems UEFA have lost the plot regarding the handball rule. The sport is destroyed week in week out by FIFA/UEFA and the rest corrupted associations.

Juric is getting sacked after the final whistle. Idk why Atalanta appointed that guy.

The lack of vision and small club mentality within the board and staff members have destroyed our team.

You've probably haven't played it. The issue isn't only the UI. The biggest problem is the ME and crucial match day features removed from the release. The ME works on rails, whatever you do tactically has little impact on what you see on the pitch. It's a mobile game for a certain demographic who daydream that their tactical input mirrors the action in the pitch.

Yeah sure, after buying the game for 32 years in a row we suddenly started review bombing it for no reason. You can't be serious.

All of us PC users who play the game since the 90s warned them when they announced the transition to the Unity Engine. They didn't listen. Miles wanted to attract the Fortnite community or whatever. Fact is us old gamers don't care about a fancy 3D engine. Now they've ruined everything and the franchise will need a miracle to recover from this disaster. Stubborn Miles and Co had all the funds so many years to develop and improve a house engine but they were just milking the consumers year after year with pointless features. The game doesn't even work properly on consoles. They developed this abomination for consoles and the performance there is hilarious. Idk if I should laugh or cry with this disaster as this game was part of my life since the 90s.

Sad day today, I still can't understand why SI and Miles decided to kill the franchise like this. Game is getting absolutely review bombed everywhere. Miles and Co need to understand that you can't experiment and mess with a game franchise like this. The problem now is that this UI which is the middle finger for everyone on PC who supported the franchise for 28+ years can't be fixed this year.

Kane should be forced to watch the replay and shut his mouth because this is embarrassing for him.

Oops wrong thread. And I'm not even playing Football Manager.

Kane should be forced to watch the replay and shut his mouth because this is embarrassing for him.

Broken leg there. Straight red.

The sheep in the Liverpool stands were expecting a penalty, cheering for the further destruction of the sport. The sheep are now booing, they're sad the sport is not ruined even more by awarding a penalty for their team.

Alcaraz missed the match point. They'll sign Sinner in January.

They should change the rule and incidents like this must be a straight red card. After 2 weeks and a few reds these primadonnas will stop faking sniper shots.