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The new tactical interface, the tactics creator and the in-game shouts have converted tactics design from a secret science into something almost as simple as watching a football game. Unless you don’t know that the vast majority of football tactics use four defenders and have at least one holding player in midfield, there will not be too many obstacles in […]

One of the most interesting and powerful new features of the new tactical interface is the ability to make changes on the fly using the touchline instructions or “shouts”. But what exactly do they do? Here is a summary of each of the instructions and the basic changes they make to your team’s instructions. The information here is taken from […]

Targetmen Introduction When you think of the archetypal target man, players like James Beattie, Duncan Ferguson, or for those of us with longer memories, Paul Mariner, spring to mind. Tall and strong with a good touch for a big man (Mariner possibly excepted) whose job it is to win flick-ons, hold up the ball and generally bring others in to […]

Squad Management IV: Team Talks and Individual Talks A short reference guide Revision one - February 2008 Team talks are a key to influence your team’s performance and to give you a good start into the game. The half-time team talks have even more impact on the final score and often decide whether you are giving away a comfortable lead […]

Tactical Bible: Squad Management III Staff, Media and Player Interaction Revision one - February 2008 Staff Using and ‘abusing’ staff Whoever you hire as staff at your club, most likely their wages are peanuts compared to the money you spend on player wages and on the transfer market. Spending millions for promising players while having lousy staff and awful facilities […]

Opposition Instructions Opposition instructions are one of the new features introduced for FM 07 and the subject of many questions. They can be a very powerful instrument of supporting your defensive success, and can be the key to winning many games, especially tight games and games with odds against you. If you watch a game in extended highlight mode, or […]

Constant moaning has always been. The last weeks since the release of FM 2008 have changed my views of the FM community strongly. Though I have been playing this game since 99/00, I never became active in the ‘scene’ for many years. Maybe this is why I did not take full notice of a phenomenon that is quite as singular […]