Our Stadium Is Too Small

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As you can see in the video above, we were successful once again, getting Hallam promoted for the 4th season in a row.

And our stadium is still incredibly small.

We started this season with the promise of an expanded stadium before us.

The problem, of course, is that 2,000 seats is nowhere near enough for the kind of fanbase we have.

We spent this season at a 6,000 seat stadium in Manchester - and we came close to selling out every match.

When our stadium expansion was finally complete, the result was still too small for us.

I asked the board to expand the stadium again — and my wish was granted right away.

Then, at the end of the season, the board decided to go through yet another expansion process:

Even still, I doubt the 5,000 seats or so we’ll have will be anywhere close to enough.

This creates a difficult Football Manager problem, by the way. It’s obvious that we’re going to need a new stadium. However, if we build one too quickly the new stadium will be too small by the time we move in — and we’ll be stuck with it.

Sometimes you don’t want to be promoted too quickly, I suppose.

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The Kashiwa Mutiny

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I’ll be blunt. Stuff like this makes me want to stop playing Football Manager.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this club. I’ve spent a lot of time and effort trying to make a tactic that makes sense. I’ve put a lot of research into this, and I don’t think I’ve done an awful job.

However, 10 players on the club forced me into a meeting to tell me that they want me gone.

Now, we didn’t crumble against Muangthong United, like we could have. We came out with a respectable 1-1 draw, actually. And we dominated the stats once again.

That doesn’t bother me that much. Heck, having players upset with me doesn’t bother me that much.

But having players trying to force me out of the team for no reason really bothers me.

There’s no way that you can resolve the attempted mutiny. The game gives you no choice. All you can do is watch what you say, try to take the pressure off your players, and hope that they start playing better.

I’m sticking with this save for the time being, though I know that there’s always a chance that my players will desert me. And, honestly, that threat really takes the fun out of projects like this one.

Sports Interactive needs to do a better job with the morale system. It’s been broken for years — and it feels particularly harsh in Football Manager 2024. You shouldn’t punish your customers for not playing the game perfectly.

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Here are the top 10 goals in my save:

What do you think?

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They go by unusual names:

• Juan Cardona

• Fouzi Skhiri

• Sphamandla Chiloane

• Itthiphol Ruennin

But they’re ripping apart the under 19 league.

Meet the four newgen horsemen of Augsburg!

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I decided to start a 16 year old in goal today.

Heaven help us.

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I’m not sure why, but our team seems to be jinxed. We just can’t win in European competition.

That ends now.

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It’s time for us to get revenge on the Super League Cup. We lost out in our first round last time. Let’s make it different this time around!

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Are we going to have another successful game?

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Brighton embarrassed us at the end of last season. It’s time for our revenge!

Will We Ever Win On The Road?

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It feels like we’re never going to win on the road.

Our last road win came at the end of last season against Lens. It wasn’t easy, either:

Since then, we experienced tragedy at Freiburg:

And we followed that up with this frustrating match at Benfica:

So can we do it today?

Let’s find out.

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You’d think a team with so many superstars would dominate. What’s going on?

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I think we’ve got a group of death…

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I don’t want to talk about it.

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We should be able to hammer these guys, right?

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Our lineup is solid.

Here we go again!

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It’s been a wild season. Let’s go beat Lens.

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We’ve got another speedy team for this match.

Are Tactics Overrated?

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The Football Manager community puts a huge emphasis on tactics.

Seriously — you can see it everywhere. Tactical discussion dominates forums. YouTube videos on tactics perform better than videos on any other subject. The most commonly shared Football Manager files are all user created tactics.

But are they overrated? Is their impact overstated by the average player?

A few things to consider:

Most tactics that enjoy long term success are similar, featuring either overlapping or underlapping wingers, gegenpressing, and an attacking mindset.

Many of the tactical buttons don’t actually have any measurable impact on gameplay, especially when looked at over the long run.

The difference between the top performing tactics in the long run, holding everything else constant, is usually less than a point per season.

It’s been shown time and time again that player attributes are far more important than any tactical setup.

The player morale system clearly has an oversized impact on player performance.

If that’s the case, why do we care so much about tactics? Is it possible that our discussions are just a waste of time?

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We know Lev Yashin is the best in the world… right?

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We’re down, but we’re not quite out yet. I mean, we’re still mathematically in the hunt, right?

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