We’ve got a problem. And I’ve kind of telegraphed it in the title. It’s like a whodunnit where they reveal it at the start and then work backwards. Except instead of a butler who has committed a crime we have a situation where decent football has died at the hands of my terrible right back. First signs of a problem […]
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When it comes to tactics I don’t want to rehash too much of my earlier violence and pragmatism post from FM20. But to be honest, a lot of it still applies. What is maybe a little different for Football Manager 2021 is the way I’ll be assessing it. The stats in the game are a little (a lot) bugged but […]
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Dafuge and Data, that’s the plan. You might have seen me mention it on twitter or when I was kindly allowed onto GrassNGear with my doppelganger. I’ll be taking over a team as per the rules of the famous Dafuge’s challenge in FM21 and attempting to lead them to glory. But I’ll be using the power of data and statistics […]
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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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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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