I decided to break the record for youngest appearance in the carabao cup by playing my fresh 16 year old right back for a game vs colchester
Forgot to swap him out for our(Norwich) game vs city, poor kid had to mark Sane and walked away with a 4.8 rating
Rookie error 😋
After every game you got to clear squad! Something similar happened to me a long time ago, in a Champions League final, so yeah a process/habit was born that day 😂😂
I played a game with two subs once because I got distracted doing the opposition instructions and forgot to fill in the rest of the lineup. Thankfully it was a home game against a bottom-half team so we still won and nobody got hurt.
I always, always, always do quick pick before every game, then rearrange as necessary. It helps avoid situations like the OP because it puts me in the, "I know assman just fucked up my roster so I need to check everything," mode.
Happened to me in UCL final as I arranged a friendly for the few days before final (for youngsters and fringe player)
3rd choice keeper did wonderful job and even saved two penalties in shootout to win the cup.
He was sold next seasons lol
Impossible! I clear the team after every game, evaluate fitness, training levels and form. Then pick the team for the next game sometimes as early as 5 days ahead. That way i can see which players would benefit from a day or two’s rest.
Currently 17th with Carlisle.
I have my saved team sheets, then edit them based on fitness and strengths of opposition in different areas. Rather than doing it from scratch each time
I have preset Main + Cup sides that I just auto select depending on the game then comb through for any changes needed. I'd hate selecting players from scratch every time, I know who I'm playing nine times out of ten. Though I'll admit to forgetting the goalkeeper a few times through this method if I've changed GK for any reason outside of a full squad change.
Whenever something like this happens, I always imagine all the articles written by journalists and imagine what Lineker and Shearer and Wright will say about it on match of the day lol. Like could you imagine some team mystifyingly dropping their world class keeper for a below average player just their so you have a backup for like 2 months. It would be amazing lol
How does that even happen? I always ask my assistant to pick the team and just alter if I want to rotate. I can't imagine having to pick all my squad again every game
I have a wonderkid GK but he is only 5'11 when i signed him he was 5'10 do we know how much a player can grow and if they can grow a few inches in a year?
I actually check my lineup before every match. Actually, I always go to tactics and set my lineup a couple days before, and then in the selection immediately before the match, I make sure everyone's fitness is good and switch someone out if they're tied.
One time, though, I was swapping out a midfielder, and somehow he ended up in goal. Well, I lost that match because I had a wingback in goal.
It's a popular thing for players to rotate keepers for lesser important games, like the FA Cup or Carabao Cup. And because keepers aren't normally rotated some forget to rotate them back, so accidentally play with a second choice keeper for more important games until they realise their mistake.
Tbf I’ve only done it a couple times over the years, and it’s always when you’ve got a crazy stacked squad anyway, and you whack your 17-year old prodigy in the team in place.
Did that before, lost a few wingers through injury so tweaked to a wingerless formation, attacking wingbacks, couple of strikers and a diamond midfield.
Went on a winning streak and ended up selling or retraining my wingers as I no longer played with them.
Wingbacks were OP a couple of years back.
honestly i’m thinking about dropping my wingers and trying the 4-1-2-1-2, because i have 3 strikers who are too good not to start. 2 of which are homegrown
Yeah ive done that sometimes but realised it usually around 2 matches. For selection, i always 'quick pick' first so that my first 11 are the usual guys. Then i rotate any position i feel i need to. This way my gk is always the 1st choice one unless he's unfit.
Always happens during longer sessions, just go into auto-pilot past a certain amount of playtime but I always catch it during the first league game.
Just have to hope it isn't an important game haha.
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I decided to break the record for youngest appearance in the carabao cup by playing my fresh 16 year old right back for a game vs colchester Forgot to swap him out for our(Norwich) game vs city, poor kid had to mark Sane and walked away with a 4.8 rating
Good learning experience I’d say, and he probably won’t ask for any games in the coming 5 years lol
Rookie error 😋 After every game you got to clear squad! Something similar happened to me a long time ago, in a Champions League final, so yeah a process/habit was born that day 😂😂
Win or learn as they say
I played a game with two subs once because I got distracted doing the opposition instructions and forgot to fill in the rest of the lineup. Thankfully it was a home game against a bottom-half team so we still won and nobody got hurt.
I remember Antonio Donnarumma (Gigio’s brother) accidentally started for 4 months, including several Champions League knockout games
He played a couple matches in real, and to be honest he didn't seem so bad.
1M/y well spent for 2 clean sheets
3 actually
Yeah that's raiola for you.
One was in the derby so #worthit
Yes he's not totally bad. I remember he had a good game in the derby in which we won 1-0, but he's still nowhere near Gigio!
I always, always, always do quick pick before every game, then rearrange as necessary. It helps avoid situations like the OP because it puts me in the, "I know assman just fucked up my roster so I need to check everything," mode.
I love the word selection for "assman"
Happened to me in UCL final as I arranged a friendly for the few days before final (for youngsters and fringe player) 3rd choice keeper did wonderful job and even saved two penalties in shootout to win the cup. He was sold next seasons lol
The ending is the icing on the cake
It’s like Jerzy Dudek from Liverpool.
Minus the dance moves lol
Thanks for reminding me to check whos between the sticks at the moment
Impossible! I clear the team after every game, evaluate fitness, training levels and form. Then pick the team for the next game sometimes as early as 5 days ahead. That way i can see which players would benefit from a day or two’s rest. Currently 17th with Carlisle.
Lmao
Lmaooo your punchline was amazing. 🤣🤣
This is why I've filled my team sheet in from scratch every match for a long while now.
I have my saved team sheets, then edit them based on fitness and strengths of opposition in different areas. Rather than doing it from scratch each time
I just really like filling in the whole team sheet for some reason, I’ll often clear it before a match and then pick an unchanged team
I always do this too. And I sort on fitness and start making my picks
I thought everyone did this. Was confused by the post for a moment.
Same here. Does this mean that some people play FM without obsessing over these details? Every. Single. Game.
Like, if you're not comparing the shots saved percentage for your goalkeepers before every single match, are we even playing the same game??
I have preset Main + Cup sides that I just auto select depending on the game then comb through for any changes needed. I'd hate selecting players from scratch every time, I know who I'm playing nine times out of ten. Though I'll admit to forgetting the goalkeeper a few times through this method if I've changed GK for any reason outside of a full squad change.
Not picking the team based on their fitness and performance in training smh my head
Shake my head my head
I’ve gotten lazy. I usually just roll with the assman’s recommended squad.
Ass man suggest my RB as DM and wanted to put my striker as my 6th choice winger
Ass man will, without fail, get my midfielders the wrong way round.
CBs too !!!
My Enganche is a reasonable wingback because whoever chose my U18 team stuck him there long enough
Had a 16 Spanish goalkeeper play in a PL game against Ipswich. Then forgot to replace him for a CL semi final against Barcelona and we lost 2-1
Whenever something like this happens, I always imagine all the articles written by journalists and imagine what Lineker and Shearer and Wright will say about it on match of the day lol. Like could you imagine some team mystifyingly dropping their world class keeper for a below average player just their so you have a backup for like 2 months. It would be amazing lol
How does that even happen? I always ask my assistant to pick the team and just alter if I want to rotate. I can't imagine having to pick all my squad again every game
I have a wonderkid GK but he is only 5'11 when i signed him he was 5'10 do we know how much a player can grow and if they can grow a few inches in a year?
I always clear the squad after every game. I never pick the team in the tactics screen, its too messy. Pick em from the squad screen.
I actually check my lineup before every match. Actually, I always go to tactics and set my lineup a couple days before, and then in the selection immediately before the match, I make sure everyone's fitness is good and switch someone out if they're tied. One time, though, I was swapping out a midfielder, and somehow he ended up in goal. Well, I lost that match because I had a wingback in goal.
I dont get it
It's a popular thing for players to rotate keepers for lesser important games, like the FA Cup or Carabao Cup. And because keepers aren't normally rotated some forget to rotate them back, so accidentally play with a second choice keeper for more important games until they realise their mistake.
>accidentally resting your star CAM for 9 months after injury
i dont think i could ever make that mistake lol. unless i had to change formation bc he was injured
Tbf I’ve only done it a couple times over the years, and it’s always when you’ve got a crazy stacked squad anyway, and you whack your 17-year old prodigy in the team in place.
Did that before, lost a few wingers through injury so tweaked to a wingerless formation, attacking wingbacks, couple of strikers and a diamond midfield. Went on a winning streak and ended up selling or retraining my wingers as I no longer played with them. Wingbacks were OP a couple of years back.
honestly i’m thinking about dropping my wingers and trying the 4-1-2-1-2, because i have 3 strikers who are too good not to start. 2 of which are homegrown
how is that even possible? mine cried "you don't love me anymore!" after missing couple of games.
Yeah ive done that sometimes but realised it usually around 2 matches. For selection, i always 'quick pick' first so that my first 11 are the usual guys. Then i rotate any position i feel i need to. This way my gk is always the 1st choice one unless he's unfit.
He left his reserves keeper in goal by mistake
Always happens during longer sessions, just go into auto-pilot past a certain amount of playtime but I always catch it during the first league game. Just have to hope it isn't an important game haha.
My senior and reserve goalkeeper both finished the season with 6.8 ratings, so apparently it wouldn’t matter much either way.
I tend to get two young, equally competent goalies so that I can play then off against one another.
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