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After setting the tactics for our team in the previous post, we’ll look how they are going to play out in a game situation. Our first friendly will give us a chance to see how our players will handle the tactics. The First Friendly Firstly, In this video we can see our main attacking weakness, at least in terms of […]

Alot of what Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10 has concentrated on has been about your own squad management, getting your own players fired up and interacting with your own players to get the best result. But Football Manager 2010 gives you the ability with the in-game TV widgets to not only see your own sides motivation, but that of the […]

The concepts here are taken from Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10. Morale in Football Manager has a serious effect on the way your team sets out to play. Confident happy players will be more lethal in front of goal and less prone to make silly mistakes. At the start of the game or even at half time team talks can […]

Football Manager gamers are some of the best to ask about conspiracy theories, many will swear to you that the Football Manager match engine and AI are out to get them and that it is their simply to stop and frustrate. The major complaints that I have found this year is that the game scores too many last minute goals. […]

This article shows you just how to use the analysis screen to help hone your tactics. The information here is taken from Tactical Theorems ’10, available now for free at FM-Britain.co.uk. New to Football Manager 2010 is the analysis page, found in the stats tab of the classic match view. It is a brilliant tool for dissecting your side’s performances […]

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 […]

Opposition Instructions Theories A thoughtful use of Opposition Instructions can turn a good tactic into a great one by targeting opponent strengths and weaknesses prior to every match. They can also be used to counter potential formation weaknesses in your own tactic. Relation to Width/Pitch Size As discussed earlier, a narrow width setting is the most suitable option for a […]