Matthew Le God

If you want to go down that road, Southampton Football Club Men's 1st team were not playing a game at the time of his post!

The FM26 Southampton thread remained on the main forum. It is about managing Southampton in the game, so it is more on topic than some threads here that aren't about Saints!

We are the 3rd top scorers in the league

Pretty much everything can be delegated to another member of your staff if you don't want to do certain things in the game. You can make the experience very streamlined if you don't like the complexity. For many people the complexity is what makes it 'fun' for them.

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It was 4231 in possession, 442 out of possession... as normal

The formation was the same 4231 as normal. There was more rotation than normal throughout the game of who was where in the 3 roles behind Larin.

The formation yesterday was the normal 4231 that we've done very well with under Eckert. The difference was there was a lot more rotation of the 3 behind the striker than normal. Azaz was wide right for a lot of the first half, when he is far more effective in the 10 role.

You don't get this from only playing in patches... 4th most points earned (only 2 points fewer than 1st) 2nd best goal difference 3rd most goals 2nd best defensive record 1st for time spent in the lead of games