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In Football Manager 11, the Accelleration attribute represents how quickly a player can go from standing still to running at full speed. A player with higher Accelleration will be able to accellerate to full pace in less time than a player with lower Accelleration, giving him a vital edge when chasing passes, loose balls, attempting interceptions or closing down the opposition. In FM11, this attribute can be increased in training in two ways: - As a part of a Training Schedule, using the Aerobic Training slider (Agility, Balance, Jumping and Pace are also trained) - On the player profile Training tab, by setting the Individual Training Focus… Read More

Anticipation is a player's ability to read the game. A player with a high Anticipation attribute will react faster than a player with a low Anticipation attribute to all situations that arise during a match. He will know instinctively when and where his opponents plan to pass the ball, making him more successful at interceptions.  He will be able to anticipate the movement of the opposing players, making him more successful at off-the-ball runs. In a defender, a high Anticipation attribute will make the player more capable of catching strikers with the offside trap. In a striker, a high Anticipation attribute will make the player more capable… Read More

Every season, a Football Manager needs to have 2 types of success in mind when it comes to transfers and contracts.  Firstly, short-term success - success in the current/coming season.  Secondly, he/she needs to keep in mind the long-term development of the club as a whole. If the club needs new training/youth facilities or a stadium expansion in order to move to the next level but the bank account won't allow it, then it goes without saying that it can be worth setting yourself a lower season target in order to allow yourself to spend less on wages for a year to boost those coffers. Another solution is to avoid buying players in their peak… Read More

After a bright start, injuries to key players piled up and my emergency loan signings took longer than I'd hoped to bed in, but managed to pull it back towards the end of the season and finished in a respectable position, a mere few points short of the playoffs. A wage budget of £10k per week has been given to me to start my next season's Title Challenge campaign, an increase of £2k per week! To begin, I let quite a few players go on a free, managed to actually sell a few players (a new experience in this particular career game), and brought in the best players I could find that wanted to come, by filtering my searches as described in the Football… Read More

Q:  (FM10) After having a brilliant 7 or 8 games early season, the goals dried up for no reason at all.  After 15 matches there are 3 points between 3rd and 7th.  Now I can't find a win at all!  What's gone wrong? - Paul, via email - A:  Without more information or watching you play it's kindof difficult to know "where you're going wrong" when the "goals dry up for no reason", because there's so many things that can cause it to happen, so I'll use this as an opportunity to discuss some of the most often skimped and overlooked game concepts: morale, jadedness/complacency, and how to avoid them with better man management, teamtalks and media… Read More

The story so far.... I started a new game of Football Manager 2010 with the English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portugese leagues active, chose "Sunday League Footballer" as my personal playing experience setting, and chose to take over Stafford Rangers, languishing in the English Blue Square North division. With no transfer budget and very limited wages, I had a lot of work to do, and I started by letting go most of the players and all of the staff, and set about replacing them with free players, loan signings, and free undiscovered coaching and scouting "talent". Getting promoted from the Blue Square North was a breeze, but the Blue… Read More

Readers' Question:  Freebies

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I notice some people on Football Manager forums saying that at the end of a season after being promoted, they release tons of players and bring loads of unnatached players in who are bargains and great players for the next league they'll be playing in. So, do you use the  "unnattached" filter or any other filters in your Player Search for these players?  Or do you just scan through for ages looking for that 'gem' or a really good player? Thanks, Ant via email

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