Covers my By the Numbers Series and any Nerdy dabblings in statistics and FM.
When people talk about great teams or memorable teams they are often referring to teams with a very clear identity, a DNA that runs through them. It’s such an important part of club and team identity that this idea of a club vision or ethos has made its way into FM20. Certain teams are now categorised by their desire to […]
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I’ve written at length about expected goals (xG), expected assists, xG against and even received pass impact for Dictate the Game. I’ve also covered it here and on YouTube. xG and other metrics aren’t in the base game but can be really useful when trying to assess tactics or players. They can be pretty painful to work out though.
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I’ve already covered with the By the Numbers post and series that I’m a bit of a nerd. I love statistics and use them in my real job fairly frequently. I’ve generally extended that to Football Manager as well. It’s not simply because I love a good spreadsheet though. Whether we realise it or not our lives are pretty much […]
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La Orana! (Hello in Tahitian for those in the know). I’ve got some squad views. They might be helpful. They might not be. But they are what I’m using currently. I made mine for FM19 but they should still work for FM20 I’ve also made a special squad view for my By the Numbers series. A lot of the inspiration […]
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I was looking for something different to do with my FM20 beta save whilst I waited for my Tahiti database. I needed some time to prepare Tahiti but I wanted to to be playing and recording in the meantime. So I went back to my statistics routes. I had put together a mini-series on using stats in FM19, and thought […]
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I don’t know if this is going to sound odd or not, but I don’t use my real name for my manager’s name in Football Manager. Or at least I haven’t since FM05. Every version since I have either used one particular manager name and profile, or a manager profile inspired by something FM related. At least usually. Manager 1: […]
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