retired_aannaking

Has anyone ever noticed that when you get advice from your assistant on team talk feedback, that sometimes your players arent listening to you? Usually happens when you say you are pleased or encourage them, when it is appropriate. does this have a negative effect on the team and can you stop this???

retired_wolfe511

i think teal talk had a great impact

retired_kellyk

Yeah I just ignore everything, tell the assman to do the teamtalks, I just worry about getting the right result. I may try teamtalks later, but the lack of any meaningful response from teamtalks makes it a really boring exercise. Its highly repetitive and gets very mundane. I've had the assman doing it and my lowly league 1 side is still unbeaten in 16 games and has the best defensive record in england

retired_monica90

I tried it with the assman (oo-er) last night and noticed that his team talks were equally as ineffective generally.

retired_medusa13680

I like the way you can turn them off. It's like SI are admitting the feature is pointless.

Saga

I believe Team Talk effectiveness is linked to how seriouly the player takes you.

Here's what happened to me in one of my trial games. When I first started out, I decided to try Team Talks, and I noticed that most of my team was responding well to "You can win tonight!" and "Don't let your performance drop!" finished by "Well done". Later, I had a series of 8 games without winning and only one or two of my players responded to Team Talk. By the end of the season, when I was (surprisingly) offered a new 3-year deal to stay with the team, I refused. Instantly I got a message saying that one of my players was sad to see me leave and when I looked at his profile, it was the exact same player that always responded to my Team Talks!

I also tried the assman with that team, believing his 15 in Motivating would do what I couldn't, but he was more of a loser than I was since literally no one would be affected by his Team Talk. Perhaps if I had given the assman a few more months, the might start to appreciate him, but I'm just guessing here.

retired_monica90

Hmm. I sometimes wonder whether team-talks should simply be seen as your take on the game. If you respond to the half-time commentary "x are completely in control and the game seems as good as over" with "pleased" then players will respond. If your rendition of the game so far is accurate in the eyes of the game engine, then the appropriate response will get a reaction. Tha's the way it seems to me sometimes.