From the opening Bastards post I mentioned that we had taken over La Serena in Chile. Close to the bottom of the table and on a pretty bad run of form. Clearly what they needed was an injection of grit. To get in touch with their inner bastards and dig deep. I’m going to write you a prescription for two […]
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Not all people are the same, nor are all bastards. Variety is very much the spice of life, and I want to make sure I season my team with a healthy amount of bastardry of different types. I’d actually really like to shape the players I have within Football Manager to encourage the kind of foul and hard-nosed football I […]
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During FM23, I leant heavily on the wisdom of Nicolai Machiavelli. Prior to that, I’ve used stats and number crunching to shape the way I approach Football Manager. But for FM24 I think I’m going to pivot to the musings of modern day poet and hero, Dr Perry Cox to guide my FM24 hand. So that’s how I’m going to […]
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The Reducer. Letting them know you are there. Putting your mark on the game and the other player’s shins. We’re not strangers to that here at FMTahiti. But it’s something we’re going to revisit and check out with a few stats. That’s right, violence and numbers. What a combination. It does get stats heavy towards the end but there’s also […]
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I am a big fan of set pieces in Football Manager, but have often looked at the attacking opportunities rather than spending much time on the defensive options. There’s a lot of exceptional guidance on how to get the most out of your attacking set pieces. Whether they are corners, free kicks or the impressively powerful throw in. Like a […]
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Shithousing isn’t a new phenomenon. In Football or in Football Manager. Guido Merry for example has a great guide of shithousing in FM, and in FM23 appears to be having great success with it. If you take a look at some of my past series with the likes of Scarborough and Belfast you’ll see I’m no stranger to it either. […]
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