Author: Espen Høgli

Football Manager Staff Role Head of Youth Development The staff role Head of youth Development is one of my favorite backroom staff members in Football Manager. It was introduced with the release of Football Manager 2013 but have been improved further for FM14. Sports Interactive is now reaching out a hand to those of us who like youth development and nurture their own wonderkids and promising talents. The Football Manager backroom staff role Head of Youth Development will help you with that. There are a lot of different things he can be assigned to and be responsible for. How you…

How to Find Good Sporting Directors and His Staff Attributes Requirements in Football Manager Have you ever wondered how you can utilize the Football Manager staff role Director of Football in order to get the most out of him or are uncertain about what the benefits of assigning an expensive Director of Football? Now we reach out to everyone who wants to improve their backroom staff team by looking closer to the Football Manager staff role Director of Football and his responsibilities. Here we will show you which staff attributes that are required according to the available staff responsibilities. This…

An Excellent Introductory Guide Outlining The Core Principles of Tactical Design in Football Manager 2014 As a Sports Interactive approved fansite Passion for Football Manager has been able to get permission to publish some great tactical tips and articles which will increase your knowledge on everything from player roles to mentality settings in Football Manager. Over the next 10 or so days we will share some great Football Manager tactics guides. First out is wwfan’s essential tips to improve your Football Manager tactic. Here you will be handed 11 core principles of tactical design in Football Manager 2014 and how…

Creating a Successful Football Manager Tactic Welcome to this fundamental Football Manager guide which is focused on how to create a tactic in Football Manager. I presume many of you have already downloaded one or more of our Football Manager 2014 Tactics and perhaps tried our best Football Manager 2014 Attacking tactic Cobra 3-6-1. On the other hand, perhaps you’re like us, who want to create a successful tactic based on your own ideas and football philosophies. This guide will help you to be better in finding your own dream tactical system, and let you understand how to create the…

Master Tactical Tips; Part of Football Manager Tactics Analysis With the success of FC Barcelonas Tiki-Taka’s playing style, there have become a huge interest in the recent years in Football Manager to try to re-create this attacking possession football philosophy. The Tiki-Taka could be described as both an attacking and defensive structure, a working unit. To quote Johan Cruijff on the benefits of possession tactic; “As long as we got the ball, they can’t score”. Johan Cruijff can be described as one of the key men in the development of the Total Football, the playing style Tiki-Taka emerged from. If…

The Birth and Growth: From Amateurs to the Modern Day AFC Ajax Ajax Amsterdam is one of the big three Clubs in Holland – most famous for their successful youth development program and the Dutch Totaal Voetbal from the 70’s. The club nicknamed de Godenzonen has touched our heart with their beautiful fluid attacking football, producing and nurturing players like Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Dennis Bergkamp, Ronald Koeman, Patrick Kluivert, Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Ruud Krol and the de Boer brothers, to name some few.