Second Season Syndrome - aston villa

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Hi guys,

im a frequent forumer on here...

Im a villa fan for my sins!! ha!

I keep having second season syndrome. Where as I have a good first season, and then second season I struggle, even though I improve the squad alot!, lets be honest the villa squad is not that good. I end up gettting annoyed and starting again with a new tactic

Latest save as an example.

I played The Magic Box - TheDudeTweak tactic and I also played the Tottenham Supreme Tactic.
(they both worked great for me in the first season - Finished 4th) Got Meier onloan for AMC, retrained Delph etc

So I get champs league football, sell Benteke for 50 million

buy Mitrovic, Angel Correa, Balanta, Nyom, Zouma on loan, Suso On Loan (he was a beast on my old liverpool save). Also Batshayuai from standard.

aswell as having Grealish back from loan - Will turn into a classy player

This season now I cant buy a win. Team seems to be getting owned in most games, although I create chances, my team is nothin like last year.


FRUSTRATING!
 
Which tactic worked better for you first season? the dudes tweak or the supreme spurs?
 
Maybe you're adding too many players. Not many of them players speak English either. Once your tactics are 100% fluid, get the match prep on teamwork and have the general training on squad cohesion for a couple of months.
 
From my above thread:

Chances are that in the second season your reputation will have risen, so now your team is muchmore of a threat in the eyes of your opponents.

This may have the following results:

o Teams will often be happier to take a draw against you.
o Deeper defensive lines; that space behind the lines that you were exploiting will get smaller and smaller.
o Man-marking of your star players will be much more common .

One cannot be too specific about any recommended tactical changes because you must consider what will work best for the players at your disposal, but I would advise doing the following:

1. Only recruit players you are sure you need.

2. Look for players with Creativity, Determination, Off The Ball and Anticipation,as these are the types of player who will help you to stay in games, break down narrow defences and retain possession.

3. Look for pace as well - even where you wouldnt think that its that important(eg starting xi/back up cbs with less than 11/12 pace should be avoided).

4. If you got promoted in the previous season, you have turned from one of the top teams in the previous division to one of the lesser ones in the division you now find yourself in so your tactics should be tweaked to reflect this.

5. Understand your reputation has changed and play according to it.

6.It is reasonable to want to build on your squad after the first season in a better divison (or after a season of success) but being too busy in the transfer market will damage your team more than improve it. Do NOT go on spending sprees. Rather decide what you need and buy the best players you can for it. Not more than 3/4players per summer (up to two in January). Even if you do buy with restraint you still have to introduce your new players gradually (one per starting lineup for a couple of months plus one more as a sub).

7. Coversely dont offload too many players at once. Remember TEAM COHESION is very important. Aim for a gradual shift towards a more balanced team. A team which stays together for long will play better than a team which keeps changing even by the introduction of better players.

8. Look at the candidates you want to buy and esp their character. Dont bring in disruptive players.

9. Are players who previously played tremendously now look lazy or demotivated (watch the games closely ? who is misplacing passes they shouldnt, who isgetting caught on the ball, who is skying shots from 6 yards?). Remember thatmotivation issues emanate from the way you approach press conferences, team talks, private chats and media comments as well. Give them a kick up the *** with one of the said tools you have at your disposal.

10. Match train (and general train) to combat specific issues.

11. Start season earlier and have more friendlies. Train general team cohesion and match tactics and then intensively for a couple of weeks ball control. If you still see symptoms of the syndrome after all the above train general attacking on average and match also attacking till you start seeing results.

12. Pray
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I'm wondering whether the players you bought were mostly quite young, with very high scouted potential but comparatively low current ability? Perhaps they will take a season or two to mature into the great players they are destined to be?
 
rocheyb said:
I'm wondering whether the players you bought were mostly quite young, with very high scouted potential but comparatively low current ability? Perhaps they will take a season or two to mature into the great players they are destined to be?
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that does make sense. ive been buying alot of young players.
 
Team cohesion training will help with amount of players you've brought into your team.
 
You have put together almost an entirely new squad. I'm guessing at least 6 or 7 of your starters are new?

FM is a realistic simulation, and just like irl when a team is changed that much they need to learn to play together. It is true that your reputation might have risen but mostly your problems are due to the amount of changes in your squad. To avoid this in the future you should introduce new players into your team slowly if possible and of course use "team cohesion" training in pre-season. In term of introducing them slowly I would primarily use my starters from the first season for the first month or two and use the new players as substitutes. When players have been at your club for 3-4 months and played in 5-10 games they should be able to perform decently for you. But if you just throw all of them out there you will have very mixed results the first half of the season.
 
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