Back to Football Managers Basics - 03 - PreSeason

Pre-Season Aspects

Pre-Season is purely about the following:

• Team Cohesion
  
• Match Fitness
  
• Player Morale
  
• Tactical Familiarity
  

The first of those is sorted by a specific General Training setting. The next 2 are done through (usually) playing Friendly matches (West Ham in season one are slightly different due to early Europa League qualifying rounds). Tactical Familiarity also requires a specific General Training setting as well as playing matches.

Arranging Friendly Matches

Ideally you will arrange a Home friendly match every 3 or 4 days, against very low quality opposition. If managing a small...