John Dolan

I am back with another tactic testing article or in this case a rare ‘tactic we love article’. Usually, I aim to give a bit of variety to the formations tested, trying to avoid doing the same formation on too many occasions, i.e., not...

In recent years the most popular FM formation has been the 4-2-3-1, which many have used to great effect to dominate the game. We have previously looked at the 4-2-3-1 formation and why it is so popular. However, there is another formation that has proven...

Our journey through FM23 tactics continues today as we review the Joseph 3-5-2 by JosephVy. I have to say, before I stumbled across this tactic on sortitoutsi.net, I had never used a tactic by JosephVy, but after the results, I got from this tactic,...

It is nice to have a decent transfer budget in FM, but sometimes as a boss, you enter a club with a very small budget where you need to bring in players that can improve your team cheaply. That is where an excellent free...

We all love Football Manager, and one of the game's best aspects is picking up that gem of a young player and developing him into a true world superstar. These players can sometimes come straight into your team and make an impact, depending on...