I almost walked away from Football Manager 27 after the opening hour. The menus feel endless and every little setting demands another click. Then the first friendly rolled around and I spent ten minutes picking the exact shape for a 4-2-3-1, only to watch the left wing keep drifting inside while the right stayed glued to the touchline.
The next twenty minutes were nothing but quick glances at the touchline to nudge one fullback forward and then back again, then swapping the holding mid for someone who could actually carry the ball out. It worked, but only because I kept baby-sitting every phase instead of trusting the tactics.
Still, it’s annoying how little the game tells you when a tweak actually matters. I spent the rest of the session re-watching the same two-minute clip of build-up play, convinced one extra instruction would fix it, and I’m not sure it ever did.
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