Your medical team, particularly Sports Scientists, will advise you on which players suffer from recurring injuries, notify you of players that are a potential injury risk and give you information on how you can avoid injuries occurring during training. SPORTS SCIENCE The new Medical Centre gives you a more complete overview of your club’s injury situation than was previously available. The new pre-match briefing allows you to be better prepared for your upcoming fixture, while several new player roles make their debut in Football Manager 2018, giving you more ways to utilise your squad’s talents. You can also see which players are developing strong partnerships and a summary of the trends from the analysis of your recent matches. There’s an analysis overlay on the tactics display, which highlights the areas of the pitch where you’re currently and where you’re most exposed.
TACTICS The redesigned tactics screen places analysis at its heart to give you a clear view as to whether your tactic is working. You’ll also get a more complete insight into a potential signing as your Data Analysts now produce their own reports on players these include key statistics from their recent performances, allowing you to judge whether the player in question would be a good fit for your current tactic. For the first time, you can also adjust your scouting budget. The new Scouting Centre is where you’ll receive player recommendations and can set what type of player you want to scout, using the new Scouting Focus options. SCOUTING FM 2018 features a remodelled scouting system that’s based on how contemporary clubs recruit players. Your midfielders, for example, might benefit from an improvement in their Vision attribute, allowing them to pick out more defence-splitting passes.
As a result, keeping the most influential players happy can reduce the number of unhappy players coming to your door.Ī positive atmosphere in the dressing room with players working well together as a unit will lead to the players’ collective mental attributes receiving a boost. DYNAMICS A brand new module in Football Manager that connects your management of the dressing room with the team’s performances on the pitch more closely than ever before. Each player has a varying level of influence on the rest of the team and social groups now form within the squad.