

There is an option when the Reserve team selection comes up on who to put in the reserves that says "Make players available that require match fitness" which is a handy little addition. You can tell your reserves (and indeed under 18s) to use the same tactics as the first team squad, you don't have to go with your assistant's preferred formation.

Yes it would increase the amount of matches that the game has to simulate, but it could probably be made as an option, like the attribute masking, tick a box to include the youth sides if you want.Īnybody agree with me on either of these aspects?Īlso, please don't lynch me, its just my opinion. I just feel that given the amount of players that clubs take on below their Under 18s, it should be in the game in some way. I love the fact that you have proper control over your teams youth development and can track a player from a very young age, nurture them at your club and eventually get them playing first team football if they develop well.
#Fifa manager 11 team control free
Obviously you are free to offer them contracts if they show talent, but the vast majority will be released. In FIFA your club has all of those age groups, each filled with players who are not on any contracts, but are just youth players training with your club.
#Fifa manager 11 team control professional
That is fine but completely ignoring the fact that all professional football teams have younger teams, so under 16s, under 14s, under 12s. In FM you have your Under 18s, comprised of players aged 16 to 18 and each year you get a new influx of players. The second aspect that FIFA Manager does better is the youth side of things. It would stop this happening as if you have a player who you want to be playing reserve games you can tell your assistant to pick them if they are fit. reserve games, however they never get on the pitch because they don't fit into your assistant's prefered formation. The reason I believe this is much needed in FM is because I'm sure I'm not alone in having had players who are too old for the youth team, not good enough for the first team, but who you want to be playing regular football, i.e. In FIFA Manager you are obviously able to choose which players to place in the reserves, but you are also able to tell your assistant to pick certain players if they are fit, and he will adjust the formation to fit them in. In FM unless you choose to manage the reserves yourself you have no control over them at all, except choosing who is in the reserves. The first aspect is the amount of control you have over your reserve side.

I recently downloaded FIFA Manager 11 to see what it was like and I'll be honest, I hated it, the game is just awful BUT there is one aspect of it that I believe is far better than on FM and that I would like to see implemented in FM. Please don't get angry at me for this! I have seen threads before where people have dared to suggest that FIFA Manager is better than FM and they have been lynched.
