u/lixmdvs88

.. the amount of times I’ve seen people ask the same stuff over and over and over again is beyond.

Is 26 good yet?

Is 26 worth buying yet?

Is it worth playing?

What state is 26 in now?

Have people not thought to just go on Twitch and boot up a live stream and judge for themselves or go on YouTube and watch a video?

Or maybe they don’t know Reddit has a search bar?

Isn’t there a 26 demo out there somewhere to play for free?

I’m an active 26 hater BUT I swear people post those questions just to knock the game because they already know the majority of answers are going to be negative.

Hey all,

Started my first ever play through last night, only 3 hours in. My post about it last night seemed to of got a lot of attention and I’m so glad people on this Reddit are helpful/kind and genuinely excited for new players to experience this game for the first time.

I’ve been in work all day thinking about what adventures I’m going on tonight and what’s going to happen with this little worm in my head, I’m currently on the path to find a healer..

I might even book next week off work to have proper old school 10 hour a day sessions on it. Thoughts?

EDIT: IVE BOOKED OFF NEXT WEEEK.

Goals:

- Max reputation naturally through coaching badges and experience. 📈

- Manage and win the top league in, England, Italy, France, Spain and Germany. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪

(Not using Man City, Inter, PSG, Madrid or Bayern)

- Win the UEFA Champions League. 🇪🇺🏆

- Manage in South America and win the CONMEBOL Libertadores. 🇧🇷🇦🇷🏆

- Manage internationally and win the World Cup. 🏆

- Have a stadium named after me. 🏟️

Posting this so I can look back on how long each goal takes me from when I post this.

I’m currently in my 8th season, no goals ticked off and not in a top 5 league yet.

What’s the longest save game you’ve ever done and what were the goals?

Just finished my 7th season, going into my 8th..

1st season - Colwyn Bay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2nd, 3rd & 4th season - Barry Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
5th, 6th & 7th season - Union Saint-Gilloise 🇧🇪

I’ve won league titles and domestic trophies at both Barry and USG.

My reputation is now 3.5 stars from starting at half a star.

I want to move on but I don’t want to resign and wait for a job to become available, I want to apply for a club now during the start of summer so I can have a proper pre-season with my new club.

The club that has caught my eye is Real Oviedo 🇪🇸

They’ve just been relegated after finishing bottom of LaLiga and have now sacked their manager.

I’ve just had a took at their squad and they have 7 players that are 16 years old and worth £15m+ already, the highest value being £71m.

I’m thinking of a promotion challenge back to LaLiga with a team full of home-grown youth.

Real Oviedo class of 30’ sounds so good.

Hi all,

For those interested in life after Mounjaro, please have a read.

Maintenance is absolutely possible.

Whilst being on MJ here is what I learnt..

- Whilst you’re on it, use that time wisely to learn about food, your body, dieting and habits.
- Think of MJ as a ‘tool’ and not a ‘solution’ (understand this may be different for people with underlying health issues/conditions)
- Let NSVs be your motivation.
- Don’t listen to people chatting nonsense saying ‘oh you should stop now’ ‘you’ve lost too much now’
- Don’t ever feel embarrassed about being on MJ
- Go out more and be active where you can, go to more social events, go out for a walk, walk places rather than using the car or public transport, this will build up better habits and all add up.
- Never go without, if you want a takeaway - have one but rather than a large, have a medium or small.
- You can have anything just as long as it’s in moderation.
- Give yourself a buffer, with your weight goal try and loose maybe half a stone more so when you do come off you’ve got the buffer there.
- Water is your best friend, if you’re feeling peckish or hungry have some water.
- Intermittent fasting is amazing. Never eat before 12pm and never eat after 7pm.

I’ve continued with everything I’ve learnt whilst being on MJ and since my last jab on the 1st November 2025 I’ve put on half a stone. Half a stone in 7 months, that’s 1lb a month on average. I could not be happier because with the buffer I gave myself and that little bit extra I lost before coming off MJ I am actually at my weight goal now, 7 months after coming off.

I have my pig out days, takeaways, weekends on the booze but I just know then for the next week I’ll go back to my balanced, healthy diet and it balances itself out.

Of course the ‘food noise’ is back and have been for months but I’ve just learnt to say no.

I still drink a hell of a lot of water and I also still do my intermittent fasting which I think I will do now forever.

I’m still not nearly as active as I want to be because I’m just lazy and have no motivation to get up and go for a run but hopefully in the summer that will change.

So just a positive post that life after MJ is possible and maintaining is absolutely possible.

Happy to answer any questions!!

Derby games?

Certain cup competitions?

Finals?

Last minute winners?

Scrappy 1-0?

A 5-0 battering?

For me, I absolutely love nothing more than winning away in Europe in the UCL, UEL or UECL. I get fully immersed and think of the traveling fans and their journey. Nothing better than repaying them with a win away from home.

I genuinely thought I had it installed but I just checked my ‘simatch.fmf’ file and it’s the original FM24 file.

I think I used the Chinese/Korean ME mod when they came out way back when but obviously went back to the original ME and some point.

For those who use or have used the FM Tweak ME just a couple of questions..

Is it better?

What are the differences?

Are the differences noticeable?

Can you tell the difference between them both?

Is it worth using?

I’ll admit it, I buy players based on scout reports/attributes/star rating. (Which I’m assuming is what the majority of FM players do??)

A+ scout report??? He must be amazing.
5* potential rating?? He’s going to be the next Messi.

I’m sure this works at times as it has for me but I’m getting bored of just the same type of method to buy players every transfer window.

Has anyone else ever signed an A+ player from a scout report and they ended up being SHIT but you sign a bang average player and they perform better because I know I have.

I never check stats, I never check the players personality and I usually ignore cons such as injury prone or won’t settle into my club etc.

I’ve recently started my first ever Journeyman save and also switched up my skin and I’ve gone for an attribute-less skin (Musterman Iconic) and it’s heavily stat driven which I’m really enjoying at the moment.

So I’m going to try and use the ‘Moneyball’ method in my next transfer window and try and sign players based on stats, stats and more stats.

I want to sign the top performers and players that are playing well, potentially out performing their own CA compared to other players rather than players that just look good on paper because my scouts said so.

It’ll make my Journeyman so much more immersive I think.

Does anyone else buy players based on stats and have used the ‘Moneyball’ method before and have had success? I can imagine the feeling of buying a cheap ‘nobody’ and them performing for you being a great feeling.

Do you have any ‘must haves’ for any signed player or and deal breaks to not sign a player?

Very interested to hear how people approach scouting and signings because I need some inspiration.