Harry Maguire having shooters never fails to amaze me. I really do not understand stan culture cos what even is there about him to like? He’s literally the face of United’s banter era.
FM27. One question:
What did we actually learn from FM26?
FM26 had a terrible UI.
But tactically? It gave us something valuable: variety.
META tactics worked.
Control Possession worked.
Recreations worked.
We even managed to build an Allegri-style system and remain competitive.
Different ideas could survive inside the same engine.
Now the first FM27 data is making me ask questions.
If pressing effectiveness has changed so heavily, why?
Are we nerfing Gegenpressing specifically, or pressing itself?
Because those are NOT the same thing.
You can play Control Possession and still need to win the ball back.
You can defend deeper and still press specific moments.
Real football is not “press” versus “don’t press”.
So what is the objective?
More realism?
Fine.
But then another question:
What do Football Manager players actually want?
Some want realism.
Some want to build a story.
Some want their striker scoring 60 goals.
Some want balanced scoring.
Some want tactical recreations.
Some just want to play 100 hours and have fun.
FM26, despite all its problems, allowed many of those players to coexist.
My concern from the early FM27 data is simple:
have we gained realism by losing tactical variety?
I haven't played a single minute yet.
Right now I'm only testing the environment and calibrating the new testing system.
These are still limited vacation runs.
The serious work starts when FM27 is officially released.
Then we go much deeper.
Home vs Away.
Large samples.
Preset testing.
Proper controlled data.
Not vacation crap.
No verdict yet.
Just questions.
Because before hunting the FM27 META, I want to understand what kind of engine we're actually playing.
We test, we don't guess.
#FM27 #FootballManager
@JP37ecfc AS Roma - lovely squad, Serie A is also very competitive. Win their first Scudetto since 2000/2001
RC Lens - impeccable youth, try end PSG’s French dominance
FC Schalke 04 - Take over their biggest rivals Dortmund, win Bundesliga in 5 seasons and knock Bayern off their perch
@JP37ecfc Off the top of my head I’ve got two spanish sleeping giants in
Deportivo La Coruna - (current have players like Gimenez/Aubameyang/Adama Traore).
Malaga - haven’t won a game irl La Liga so far
Fulham - have an amazing set up and story to build upon
Declan Rice is unbelievable. The intensity he can consistently play at is out of this world and I don’t mean just physically intense but his decision making, constant presence, constantly leading, is always able to know what the game needs in sync with what Arteta wants. Unreal