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Not a very constructive piece of writing this. It's more in frustration overt the ridiculous amount of goals the ai scores on the first chance in the game. It happens way to often.
Of course it is not like that for the team I'm in charge of.
Why is it so? Watch all games in premier league or whatever league over a period of time. How often does Portsmouths (just to name a team) opponents score on their first opportunity of the game?
The fanboys continue to claim "It's not the game, it's your tactic" which we all, including SI, know is rubbish.
It is a shame because this game at it's height was a great enjoyment - not bettered by any other game - but it is falling from grace.
It is sad to watch it die.
It's not down to the tactic at all. A goal on the first shot of the game happens sometimes for every team, but not game after game. And it only happens against the team the user manages. In ai vs ai games this does not happen on a regular basis.
It looks like the ai is able to punish you severely even though the team you play is way under your teams standards.
I've put more playing ours into this game (FM08) this year more than any other, yet I'm still apparently *****. Never mind being a tactical genius, you need to be a magician to win games. Granted I'm MK Dons and it is going to be hard but it's a game and I'd rather it was a touch easier so I can enjoy it rather than go to work everyday sparking at everyone because at home my keeper can't save his own mother.
There is a difference between moaning and peoples opinions. SI need to listen to people opinions and NOT think they are just moaning because they are taking this game beyond some of their own customers.
Another example. You play a team that normaly play a direct or long passing game. You lower the dl so you do not get caught by long balls over the defence. This works for a few minutes, but suddenly the magician of a opponent manager has adjusted the style of play to a shortpassing game that find needleholes in your defence to play throughballs to strikers constantly moving.
This does not happen in real life, or real football. Take Bolton, that mostly play a direct game. They never stop that because the team on the other half play deep. There are no teams in football that changes style so drasticaly that the ai does. Most teams prefer to play a style they rely on and do not completly change style through a match.
There must be place for different opinions in here. I just try to explain things I see and find strange in the game.
I think the overrall problem is the fact the AI seem to be able to score more freely, my team may take 15+ chances to score 1 goal , the AI will score about 3 or 4 in 15 at least.
This is down to ridiculous finishing , strikers constantly missing one on ones, but roles reversed the AI scores them.
And super keepers , although ratings have been toned down they still exist because they seem to save everything , along with strikers who cant finish anything means its very frustrating.
I have been player lower league football recently but can honestly say out of two and a half years i have only once won a game i didnt deserve too. Games i deserve to win sometimes win, often draw , and often lose, despite having more possession, more shots, more of every other factor.. All because for some unknown factor my strikers cant finish their chances but the AI ones can? Yes this happens in real life but happens all the time on FM
I say SI should stop using their time to make stupid looking faces for regens that adds absoulutely nothing to the game. And concentrate on getting the fundamentals right.
For example the game is released we have lots of new pretty faces that age apparently, but we also have a massive closing down bug, players taking kick off with one person, spanish registrations messing up costing people to have no team.And probably many other issues.
1 shot, one goal, 2 shots, two goals 
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