Shifty*i Messes Around at FM

[ShiftyPowers]

The kid's a phenom. "Future Gazza", but hopefully not off the field.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I really don't know if I can continue with this match engine. The set pieces are a fucking joke. Last year there were 196 goals conceded from corners in the Premiership, 55% more than real life in 12/13. This year through match day 24, I'm just about even with the entire real life 12/13. Hull have conceded 24 set piece goals in 24 games.

Last year the worst team in the league (QPR) conceded 10 goals from corners all year. In my game, 3 teams (Including me) have already conceded that many. Oh, did I mention that for EVERY GAME I match train on defensive set pieces and apparently it makes no differece... or worse, it actually makes a difference.

 

[CarlosDanger]

Is there no way to adjust AI for that shit?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

A mere 180 corner goals this season, so it was a down year for goal scoring (still WAY above realistic). Luckily, my conceded goals on corners didn't go down as I led the league with 15. 18.4% of the goals came from corners in the league this year, another 6.3% from indirect free kicks, another 2.6% from direct free kicks, and 6.4% from penalties. In total, MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE GOALS were scored from set pieces in the league this year.

 

[Bobby]

I've noticed a lot more goals from set pieces too. It seems like every time a corner or wide freekick is whipped toward a keeper the keeper shits all over himself.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I find that the ball bounces in the box without being cleared constantly. If that happened once or twice a season, and the rest of the corner goals were headers directly into the net I wouldn't have such a problem.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Stuck with this Southampton game.

Year 2 I finished 15th and the Board told me that 10 points from my first 5 games in Year 3, or else I'd get the sack. Well, I got the 10 points and then finished the year at 4th and won the FA Cup! It was a pretty incredible run, most notably because I didn't really have a striker, although youngster Neal Maupay scored some huge goals.

Season 4, I've overhauled the team in my image; two box-to-box types flanking Ward-Prowse as the DLP in the middle of the pitch. Those B2Bs are Garmash and Sissoko, who are both pretty much ideal for the role. On the left I signed Andre Ayew from Chelsea when he was transfer listed for 9.5m, so that was a huge coup.

Alex likes Aussies right? This guy is breaking into my first team this year

 

[yoyo913]

So you are playing a DLP in DM and two CM's that are box-to-box? Or is there a difference in their roles?

That's interesting. What is the rest of your formation like?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

It's just a 4-3-3, but no, my midfield is flat with all three players as MCs.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

Wage before and after tax. That's cool. I think the first FM14 team I manage will be Galatasary.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I imagine it really helps out if you're Monaco, but I've yet to really try.

 

[Mus]

And it probably sucks if you're a ligue 1 team too

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

I imagine it really helps out if you're Monaco, but I've yet to really try.

To my knowledge, soccer players in Turkey pay zero tax

 

[Mus]

10% which is still significantly lower than the other top leagues

 

[AARONxKIM]

Ah the good old FM days hahah

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Finished my 4th season disappointingly in 8th or 9th place in the table; got eliminated on away goals in the CL Quarter Finals by Barcelona, 3-2 at St. Mary's, 1-0 at the Camp Nou. That was also shaping up to be an incredible run, but stupid Messi willed them to 2 goals in my stadium. I actually topped my group which consisted of Juventus, Bayern, and Celtic.

The only major signing I made for this next season is Lucas Ocampos, right winger from Barca, who actually got the goal that dumped me out of the Champions League. I'm promoting a lot of youth; that Aussie, a 17 year old English striker, and now a 19 year old English CM. Not to mention that my fullbacks and DLP are both homegrown as well. I feel like I've achieved something by bringing through so many players and obviously it helps being Southampton.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Through the first 20 games of a Premier League season, I have hit the woodwork 17 times. My opponents have hit the woodwork 3 times. Cool, SI.

 

[Filipower]

Yes, balls hitting the posts are almost comically frequent. I have at least two shots hitting the woodwork per game.

 

[Bobby]

Do you get it a lot from corners? Nearly every time my CB gets his head on the ball it crashes off the woodwork.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

No not especially, just in the course of the game. Up to 26-6 now through 26 games. I've also found it impossible to score goals in my most recent season for some reason; through 26 games I have scored 22 and conceded 18. Very very frustrating.