![]() Combined with the improved AI and match engine which looks and feels more like a translation of your tactics and real football than before, plus the comprehensive tactics screen which gives more control than we’ve had since we could draw our own arrows on the board, it’s no surprise that this is the best Football Manager for a number of years. Not only do they work well, they induce joy and wonder once again. That’s a non-issue this year as the most important changes are front and centre put in plain sight where you cannot miss them. Last year I criticised Football Manager for having a myriad of wonderful features which are impenetrable at best, and joyless at worst - even if they were objectively brilliant. With club vision combined with player promises the whole game is changed and feels both fun and taxing whilst resonating with the realities of today’s footballing world. If then my first eleven side with him, I’m on a hiding to nothing. If I tell my wonderkid signing he’ll be top dog in three years’ time, and then when we get there I choose not to make it so, he’ll be annoyed. For a while now the feelings of one individual, or actions of the manager, can impact on others in the squad. It’s not as simple as agreeing to everything and then if they get annoyed when you renege on your commitments, getting rid. Yes I'm going to Gegenpress my way to victory. So what? Do you still sign them if you only wanted them as back-up? Do you take it as a positive and if they’re young, and good, it gives you an immediate chance to develop youngsters? There is so much to think about dependent on how you choose to manage, who you choose to manage and who you want to buy - or sell. I had to make promises to give him certain gametime, or make him central to everything we do if I wanted to sign him. Alongside salary growth there was a need to progress in value to the squad, first team and club overall. I wanted to sign Jadon Sancho and once Borussia Dortmund had given me permission to talk with him, his agent came with demands over the next three years were he to sign for Liverpool. When this is allied with the player promises mechanic employed at the point of signing, or contract negotiations, the feel to the game becomes totally new - important for something which has been around in various guises for over twenty-five years. It’s transformative in that you can now get rewarded for playing the way you want you also have to consider when choosing your next club more than just whether they have a decent transfer budget and current squad. It also means freak results have less bearing on what happens next, as you can demonstrate so many other areas where you’re doing well. If you choose the right club then, for the way you like to play the game, you’re onto a winning start from day one. Even if I won everything, I would be gone. I wasn’t going to be able to go and sign thirty-year old superstars, or park the bus. What this means in practice is that from the get go you are wedded to a way of playing. The theme and UX has been tweaked and grown on me this past year I was able to discuss these with them and make some suggestions or request changes, some of which were denied and others agreed upon. There was more, some relating to commercial aspects and of course the performance related parts of the job. The board’s vision for the club was that I play attacking football, develop youngsters, sign youngsters and entertain the people. My first save was as manager of Liverpool. Not only do they detail what they expect at season’s end, but they also look to what they want the year after and how they want you to manage the club. ![]() From the moment you join a club, the board will talk with you about what they want to see from you and the club over the course of a few years. Simply put, club vision is integral to the game now. Alongside player promises, it’s transformed the game into something fresh, relevant and better than ever. As this is the real footballing world we live in, it’s great news that Sports Interactive has introduced the club vision feature into the latest Football Manager. Liverpool, under Klopp, are all about the desire for long-term, sustained success. Chelsea typically want short-term success, Paris Saint-Germain demand the league at minimum and crave European success. Alongside this which typically comes from the manager, we know how certain clubs behave and what their strategy is. Sometimes you can see it working - like Pep Guardiola at Manchester City - and other times it is quite obviously failing - like with Unai Emery at Arsenal, for instance. Over the past few years in the world of football - I’m not sure exactly when it started - we have often heard of a manager’s philosophy, a club’s vision or the project that a new manager and their club are embarking on.
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