The following are Hints and Tips which are solely applicable to FMC and not the full FM PC game mode.

Credits: Miles Jacobson, Neil Dejyothin, Svein E Kvernoey, Kevin Turner, Nick Habershon, David Milmine, Thomas Roddison, Andy Jones, Lee Smith-Bryan and Glenn Wakeford.

SCOUTING HINTS & TIPS
  1. Chief Scouts with a higher star rating will increase the size of your scouting team.
  2. Increasing your club reputation over time can help to improve your scouting restrictions.
  3. Increasing your club reputation over time can help to improve your scouting restrictions.
  4. Scouting regions will increase your chances of finding more players outside of active competitions in your save game.


GENERAL HINTS AND TIPS

  1. When creating a new Touch Mode save, you can use advanced options to add more nations and increase database size.
  2. You can use the Football Manager Pre-Game Editor to create your own Challenges and share them in Steam Workshop.
  3. The 'Skip Pre-Season' option in Advanced Setup when creating a new save game will allow you to begin your game right before your first competitive game of the season.
  4. Unticking Remove nation and league restrictions when creating a Touch Mode Save Game allows you to Add/Remove Leagues later on into your game.
  5. The star ratings for staff give you an indication of how good they are worldwide for that job role.
  6. Use a Director of Football with good judging ability and potential to help you find Transfer Targets in your Transfer Centre.
  7. You can change player squad numbers at any time by going to the 'Numbers' section on the Squad screen.
  8. When creating a new FMT game, be aware going over the recommended limit will significantly slow down your save game.
  9. Financial Fair Play is not active in FMT, so you don't need to worry about financial fair play restrictions on transfer spend and wages.


ASSISTANT MANAGER HINTS & TIPS

  1. A good Assistant Manager will help man-manage the morale of your players. When on a bad or good run of results your Assistant will ask you to hold a Team Meeting.
  2. When your assistant is in charge of a player's individual training, they may set Player Preferred Move Training at the start of a season.
  3. When the assistant sets Player Preferred Move training, the move trained will be relative to the position and roles they are playing in.


TRAINING HINTS & TIPS

  1. Coaching in training is done 'behind' the scenes. Increase your club reputation and training facilities the better the quality of coaching.
  2. You can use the team training screen to take control of team training yourself or leave it to your Assistant.
  3. You can use the tick boxes next to a player's name on the players training screen to take control of player training yourself.
  4. Tutoring of players will occur more organically. Good senior role models will help your youth players develop.
  5. Clubs with a good Youth Level rating will bring through better youth prospects.
  6. You can use the Boardroom screen to make a board request to improve your Youth Level.
  7. When not directly controlling a player's individual training, your coaching team will assign them the appropriate training relative to the position they are playing in.
  8. A good Head of Youth Development will aid youth player development.
  9. When your assistant is in control of player training you can influence their new position training by playing them in a new position.


MATCH HINTS & TIPS

  1. You can save Match Plans to share with your friends on Steam Workshop.
  2. When 'Allow substitutions' is ticked in a match plan, the assistant will make substitutions for tactical or rest reasons at their discretion.
  3. When editing a match plan scenario, you can tell your backroom staff using the Substitutions menu whether to substitute tired players or any player.
  4. You can target opposition players by using your own player instructions during a match and setting man marking.
  5. You can change tactics at will without needing to worry about your team's tactical familiarity.


UNLOCKABLE HINTS AND TIPS

  • Unlockables you have applied can be turned off in your save game. Just go to the Store and select 'Remove from Game'.
  • When using the Son Generated unlockable you can name your son, or leave it random.
  • To unlock Son Generated, the player must start the 10 years of service during your reign as manager, and retire any time after 10 years.
  • Using the No Loan Restrictions unlockable can be a good way to bolster your squad without the need for transfer fees to paying extra wages.
  • Use Son Generated and Board Override unlockable items wisely. You can only use them once per save game.
  • Max out your Domestic Player Bias using homegrown players to obtain the No Work Permit unlockable.
  • You can use the Dodgy Lasagne unlockable on any team you want. This could be particularly useful if you are counting on other matches going in your favour.
  • Magic Sponge unlockables can be used on any player by using the 'Apply Magic Sponge' option on the player injury news item.
  • Lifetime contract unlockable ensures that the player's contract will always be rolling. This is useful to use on a player you don't want to lose on a free transfer.
  • The New Stadium unlockable is a great way to boost your attendances and stadium capacity without having to pay out of your existing club bank balance for the stadium.
  • When buying a player and selling them on for a large profit, you will unlock No Transfer Windows.
  • Winning Manager of the Year will unlock the ability to manage International Teams.
  • You can purchase unlockables for use at any time by going to FM > Downloads.
  • When using the 'No Sacking' unlockable, no matter what the current board and fan confidence or media reports, the Chairman will ensure that you keep your job.
  • Any Boost Bank Balance funds used will still be deducted from your finances, so use these carefully.
  • In competitions where there are limits on foreign or Non-EU players in the match day squad, you can use the Foreign Influx unlockable to remove these restrictions.
  • If you want to sign a player who needs a work permit, use the No Work Permit unlockable rather than loaning them out to a Work Permit feeder club.
  • Using Morale Boost will set your players' morale to superb and help them to play with more confidence.
  • For a more realistic experience, the Attribute Masking will hide any unknown player's attributes until they are scouted.
  • Unlimited Scouting will reduce the time taken to fully scout a player and allow you to do up to 100 player reports a day and increase club scouting to Worldwide.