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I had higher expectations than most and even this is shocking!

He was quite a hire!

Yeah I agree there’s not much Poch or anybody else can do to dramatically change the player pool. The only part I’ll disagree with is the 6 years - I don’t think he’ll be our coach for anywhere near that long. I would predict he leaves after the ‘26 WC and goes back to a top tier club job, particularly if the US has any success. Only way he stays is if the US flops and the offers don’t come in.

Mauricio Pochettino's reputation is that he grinds everything out of a player. They have to have the spirit to basically endure hell on earth training and the rewards usually come with them being very wealthy - just from the specialized training he gives centerbacks and midfielders. It's psychologically brutal. I know Pochettino is saying "they really have to want to play for the US" , but I'm pretty sure the underlying part of all of that is "does a young player want to play for the US with Mauricio Pochettino's heavy training." Look at the Spurs in 2017. Kane(23), Dele (21), Son (24), Eriksen (24). Like he gained the reputation of maximizing academy pipeline players at a young age. Now mix it with Wanyama who Pochettino , the key centerpiece to his tactical magic, who he found before leaving Southhamptom before bringing him to Spurs. He was ....drumroll.... 22 years old. The idea that Pooch is here to simply maximize lower grade US players for a flash in the pan is obviously not why the USMNT signed him. Outside of maybe Pulisic, it's hard to even say that any player on the current USMNT will be all but guaranteed a spot for 2030. Anrie Chase and his agent or whatever agent is trying to steal him from Japan know that MP's development of him as a CB is the difference in hundreds of millions of dollars. And on the flip side, even if Pooch has an exit strategy , Arnie Chase unlocking himself into being a World Cup superstar CB in 26 and def by 2030 would probably get another high level team to pay him $$$$ to develop youth talent into superstars again. I don't think he'll get the opportunity to do much if the US doesn't really do much in the WC on its own home turf. I also don't know if he has aspirations to deal with the short windows and rotating sporting directors that european soccer put him through.

Screening how? There’s already a shortage of capable officials. I’d pair this with a dramatic increase in officials training and incentives to get into officiating to increase the pool of candidates. Then perhaps you could screen more strictly, but for now they can’t afford to limit the amount of officials they have. I’d rather just let them support the clubs they support and make them go officiate Bundesliga and La Liga games instead.

@@pitchsidepub Brit-exit part of the problem i reckon.

I would certainly think so!

Something tells me the Russians wouldn’t be welcome but yes you could add Turkey into the mix.

No that’s totally fair. The culture and tradition is what’s going to keep this from ever happening and I understand that, it’s just a shame to a certain extent. I’m not sure UEFA distributing money fixes the problem. So much of the team revenue comes from television contracts. The Premier League has the biggest, so they have the most money. France has a poor one and it’s causing them to fall behind. That would be the beauty of combining the countries - I think you could really sell it. But I do think people would struggle not having their teams in their top domestic league.

@@pitchsidepub yh i fully agree. but its also worth pointing out that in recent years Porto and Sporting have changed owners and they seem to be building solid projects and eventually both clubs should become competitive in Europe again, and if these teams can begin making runs to the quarters and semifinals of the UCL (one day) then hopefully players will want to stay rather than go to midtable premier league clubs like is the case right now of coruse we are never going to have the pull power of Real madrid or Liverpool but maybe we can get on level with the top italian clubs one day if things go well. Benfica might be changing owners too which would be beneficial for them aswell.

About as likely as him going to Barcelona. At least the Yankees have money.

You and thousands of others. Welcome!

Looks that way!

Both actually. Amorim applies hybrid methodology and more importantly has shown the willingness and ability to adjust his tactics in-game. He presses very aggressively when out of possession which is why the weakness in his style can be getting caught having too high of a back line. But when that press is broken, and then recovered (and that's the key point that I may have been missing in the video), the defensive shape often settles into a low block, with the wide players dropping back to join the three center backs, creating a five man back line, and the two holding midfielders sliding back creating at least 7 in the box. Then sometimes the CDM's slide out wide and one of the attacking midfielders in the front three dops back to the middle for support, giving them 8 in the box in some OOP opportunities. He was a disciple of Mourinho so he has that low block mentality in his coaching DNA, but he isn't afraid to press with a higher line early in the opponent's possession the way Mourinho often resisted doing (particularly with Spurs). So yes, low block and high line are opposites, but they can be employed by the same team at different times depending on where on the pitch their opponent has the ball. Not every coach would be willing to do both, and the main drawback is it's a physically taxing system for the wide players (wing backs or wide midfielders) and central midfielders. It's also worth noting that he doesn't always attempt to do both at the same time, which I suppose is another clarification I should have included in my explanation. He can, and has, at times employed two tactics that are very different. There are opponents against whom he presses much more aggressively with a higher line. There are others against whom he sits deeper. It's his ability to adjust from opponent to opponent and even mid-game that will serve him well. It's worked for him in Portugal and it will be interesting to see if it works against more talented attacking teams (though he'll be executing it will more talented defenders). Perhaps I should have gone into more detail on the nuance of when and how he executes this but I was attempting to create a more surface-level bio video for those who don't know Amorim at all.

@@pitchsidepub Thanks for your response. As you said, most managers favour one or the other, so without the added explanation the description seemed like a contradiction. Interesting that he opts for that much tactical flexibility. Pep's influence has made having a clear style of play seem almost a pre requisite for a "top" coach. United have really struggled to establish a recognisable style in recent years. If he signs, I hope it works, but having seen those players calamitously try to employ one pressing style, the thought of them trying to switch seamlessly between two opposite styles raises my blood pressure. The first thing you said about pressing high, then switching if the press is beaten sounds near impossible to me. Since you should press as a team so as not to leave big gaps, I would think once it's beaten it's too late to revert to a low block because you've committed numbers high. Maybe I'm picturing it too instantaneously and you more mean if the opponents fail to build an attack having beaten the press, but establish possession in the middle third? I'll watch some more of Sporting to get a better grasp of it.

@@Sam-bd7gp I will say that constantly playing against inferior competition in Portugal makes it much more plausible. It may be much tougher to do against Premier League competition and he may have to lean towards one or the other. Remains to be seen.

I always feel comfortable when a young player goes to Dortmund, despite what’s happened to Gio Reyna!

Me too!

Thanks!

Thank you. I don’t think I’m being terribly extreme here but I know how people get when you say this man’s name, especially as a non-United supporter.

That’s a fair assessment

Completely agree. The longer they keep him the more the price goes up. Could be club-changing revenue but still a shame he’ll eventually leave, particularly if Sunderland get promoted and could offer him PL experience next season.

9-6 is wild, they’re not working properly if that’s the case.

@@pitchsidepub i won 11-0 with real madrid against mallorca with your sliders, but other games were much more tight

@@pitchsidepub i recorded match with your sliders and on ultimate difficulty, i won 9-1 against Valladolid with Real Madrid

I'm a Milan fan, so I have to deduce that these slides are wrong... I'm joking, I've been using these sliders since last year and I'm very happy with them. 👍

Enjoy!!

@@pitchsidepub thanks, ultimate diff. enjoyable again!! :)

Excellent! Glad to hear it!

Give it a shot. I tested them on PS5 but they may work just fine.

Thank you for adding this!

I kept the rest of the non-slider settings as default. The sliders will work on any half length but since I lowered the overall scoring environment you may see it be too low scoring on shorter half lengths (it’s designed for the default ten). If that’s the case, lower the shot error a little, or lower the gk ability slightly. That will allow a few more goals in. But don’t move them too far. A few points adjusted on those sliders make a huge difference.

So I don’t actually use tactical view but someone else in the comments said they used these in tactical view and they still worked.

ill try it ty❤❤​@@pitchsidepub

Oh yeah, there are no sliders to make man city beatable, though frankly that too is realistic.

To a certain extent you can help fix it but probably not all the way. If the AI is too stretched, raise the CPU line height. The higher the line height, the closer the back line plays to the midfield. The problem is the midfield doesn’t track back properly and that can’t be fixed. If the defense isn’t marking your attackers I’d increase the CPU marking before I’d adjust the AI tackle frequency. It’ll make a bigger difference. And if they’re intercepting passes too much while not marking, lower the user pass error and raise the user pass speed so your passes will be crisper and more accurate. Hope this helps!

I have marking to 75 for CPU....do i Need to increase the marking even more?

@pitchsidepub

@@eugeniozingaropoli9687 no that definitely should be plenty. It’s so bizarre, if I did that I’d be getting mugged every time I got the ball. I have to lower it to even get the ball across midfield. It’s wild how different the game is from person to person.

​@@pitchsidepub but the game Is the same, this Is strange....i don't know how to do

Like using CUTZY’s sliders. I lost 0-3 to PSV as a FC Barcelona. Out of frustration went down to World Class and won 5-0 vs Atletico Madrid. Just can’t find the right sliders to make the game enjoyable and realistic.

Try it on these on Ultimate and 10 min halves just to start since that’s how they were designed to work. Then tinker from there if you’re still not scoring. But you should be able to get done good shots off with these. Good luck!

@@pitchsidepub trying it right now as we speak! Thank you!

@@pitchsidepubperfect sliders thank you! Any chance you have any harder sliders? Like I’m destroying teams I’m suppose to destroy but I don’t need to be beating athletics Madrid 3-0 sometimes. Or even have them at least get up to 5 shots on target

@@SpiderMan-qs2td I would increase the AI aggression slider. That’s the easiest way to dictate the intensity with which the opponent attacks you

Yeah I’ve been getting similar feedback which is interesting. When I play I get absolutely mugged by defenders the second I come into possession. I’m going to continue playing and tinkering and will publish updates if necessary. As for AI buildup, this is more of a preference. I personally find that realistic since many teams play possession based football, but if you want to play a more upbeat pace by all means raise that slider. My only recommendation is to do it gradually because it will be noticeably responsive. Enjoy!

Thank you! I haven’t changed any of the default settings outside of the sliders so it’s whatever it comes as out of the box. I believe that’s assisted…

I’m sure you can but I don’t believe it will have any affect. Sliders only control manual gameplay. I don’t believe they have any affect on simulations.

@@pitchsidepub thank you they do a CPU Vs CPU on tactical view I will give it a try

Interesting. No idea how that will work but I’m interested to find out. Let me know!

@@pitchsidepub yes of course I will let you know

Hi it worked fantastic I played6 mins Half's on tactical view which is CPU Vs CPU I play this because I'm not very good at playing so I watch it like football manager

Easy isn’t a problem I have. I get smoked on Ultimate. Can’t stop the cpu when they have the ball. But games are like 8-5. Not fun at all. This will definitely slow things down.

Great! I hope these help! I’m sure they’ll be a step in the right direction but yes please let me know what adjustments you think they need, if any. I’ll continue to tinker as I begin my career and will do updated versions of these based on my experience and feedback here in the comments if it feels necessary.

They’re built for the default half length at 10 minutes. If you choose to play shorter, you may need to lower the shot error and/or gk ability slightly if you don’t find yourself scoring enough goals.

I think that cat’s out of the bag now!

You’re probably right. Lot of teams won’t. Some would love it. I’m looking for a solution that’s fair to everyone.

Why would he join you lot,, and play in the reserves or loaned out ? Man utd are passed their best and He can electrify the Premiership with Sunderland AFC H`way the lads

Working on them as we speak! Hope to have them out by the end of the week!

Thank you! Always nice to find a fellow American fan.

I agree Dortmund would be a great landing spot if he leaves next year. Strong track record of developing talent.