Being New to the game, can someone tell me how to avoid giving 50m Penalties away, never come across it b4, and whats the best settings for player switching? im on Semi assisted, any help is apprieciated thanks Guys
@RossSymons @JNT_BA when will injuries be added to gameplay?⌠also is it just me but it seems like the computer always has open players every where that spread for kicking options but my team doesnât why is that? love the new patch thank you. Would also love to see way more cut scenes after the whistle blows
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Hey big ant and ross if andrew mcqualter gets the head coach job at Richmond can you please add in his face scan and also add a face scan for the next coach of the gold coast suns too (we all know itll most likely be damien hardwick) thanks much appreciated
This is turning from a sports game into a snuff movie very very quicklyâŚ
Do you want to see twisted bodies or concussion or bones sticking out or combinations of all three. Do you want to see motionless players laid out as play continues?
Do we need cutscenes of someone getting checked out by a doctor in the rooms? Do we need to see the medicart with a player on it?
Oh the possibilitiesâŚ
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Iâm sure itâll all be updated in a DLC type thing at some point next year. We canât expect them to do these things one at a time as it happens.
Once draftees and what not are done itâll probably all come at once next year
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Some Garry Lyon stretcher vision would suffice 
Do we think thereâll be a training system for players underperforming in the management mode or are they left with their low ratings the whole time
Some (any) information on whatâs still to come re management mode would be wonderful, especially if consumers are expected to wait several weeks between patches again.
I, like many others, are only really interested in playing a management mode career - the game is still incomplete (and therefore not worth investing time into) until this mode is further developed IMO. The ability to train players, manage staff or have any sort of media presence (as per Cricket 22 and AO Tennis 2) is still missing, and player statistics are also still broken.
I assume that additional features, fixed statistics, better UI, etc is all still to come, but itâs merely an assumption at this point - we still havenât been given any specific info, let alone an ETA.
@RossSymons @JNT_BA what more can you tell us about management mode? Cheers.
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Simulated statistics could do some tweaking. Players getting 80 disposals and teams getting over 200 points every week doesnât match reality
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For the broken player statistics, are you referring to the Match Summary page that shows âMajor Ball Winnersâ and how it shows the top Contested Possession getters, not the top disposal getters?
Or are there other places the statistics are wrong?
That as well I suppose. I was referring to how player stats from an individual games donât align with their total season stats.
eg a player from a simulated game will have 9 disposals in round one, which shows up as say 40 disposals when you look at their total stats for the year.
What quarter lengths are set for your games?
Ah ok⌠I havenât noticed that (but Iâve only briefly played Management Mode). Is it only for simulated games, or the same for played matches too?
Honestly, Iâm having a lot of fun with this game. Iâm playing on the hardest difficultly and winning by 40-50 every time, so spending a bit of time now testing the game to see my creative limitations.
Even once Pro Team (eventually) comes out, Iâll still play quite a lot of Management Mode.
My greatest AFL game experience was AFL 2007, which I found was ahead of its time for a manager style sports game, so Iâve based a lot of my preferences on that.
A couple of tune ups Iâve found would be great:
- Player customisation within the management mode file (adjust sleeve length, number, hairstyle etc)
- Free Agency still isnât consistent, it mentions someone is an UFA, but then when I offer them a contract I have to trade for them?
- Ruck hit outs, I canât seem to win a contest in the centre bounce no matter the timing of my Right stick (I win every boundary one though??)
- Potentially an estimated regression system? Players like Liberatore, Touk Miller and Hopper just randomly go down to 50-60 rating after 2 seasons?
- Fixing the ages, if I draft someone, theyâre still 17 after 3 years!
- Injuries: I donât seem to get them when I play a game but 1-2 when I simulate, I like the challenge of using squad depth so maybe that could be tuned?
EDIT: Forgot to mention, career stats need fixing, maybe a career stats page to show career games played and goals scored?
EDIT: Also secondary positions may be a great addition? I saw someone question why their midfielder was in the forward/defence, donât get me wrong I get the idea of rotations out of the middle, thereâs some midfielders who shouldnât be near the defence.
With the AI disposing after kicks which Iâve seen mentioned a lot, not overly upset with that, the AI have always been able to do inhuman things in sports games (hence being called AI)
Thatâs all I can think of for now, but as mentioned, Iâm having such a great time with this gameâŚjust hoping we can keep getting improvements and fan advice is taken into account.
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Poor St Kilda - they traded their 2025 first round pick to me at the end of 2024 for Fergus Greene and Pick 36. They just got the spoon so I get Pick 1 in this upcoming draft 
Have noticed though that some of the state league/old delisted players arenât options in the draft still. Have logged a support ticket for it with some screenshots too!
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Anyone had any luck with free agents since the update? I just tried to sign one and still get this. Would I need to make a new save for it to be picked up?
I recently purchased this game on steam and Iâm trying to play it on a gigabyte A5 K1 gaming laptop. the game is running terribly with 99% GPU usage and low 40 FPS no matter which graphics settings or resolution I use. The laptop has a RTX 3060 and Ryzen 5 5600h with 16gb of ram. I believe this should be able to run this game no problems at all. Is this a known issue? I have checked the steam forums and there are other people experiencing the same issue as I am. I have submitted a ticket so hopefully next update will fix whatâs happening.
From memory when trade period opens youâre able to make an offer to the team youâre wanting to get the player from. For example I was playing as Brisbane, I had pre trade period made a contract agreement with daicos, when trade period opened I was able to make a deal with Collingwood straight away swapping picks, players etc etc.
If I wanted a player I hadnât earlier made that deal with a box pops up saying you havenât made a deal with so and so would you like to. Then youâll have to make a contract agreement with the player then with the team if that makes sense
Ahh ok. Maybe itâs because I didnât offer anything prior to the free agency period? Im not really sure. Mason Cox doesnât appear on their trade list because he showed as retired, so it could be that blocking it - but it shouldnât let me offer a contract in that case. I didnât test on anyone else - just wanted Mason for his cool glasses.
Did you have any issues with trading/drafting after the recent update? I made a stack of trades for picks, was supposed to go into the draft with Picks 1,3,40,83. Loaded the draft and Pick 1 is the only one I have free, despite having a squad of 37 players. Checked all my trades and every trade has corrupted and all the picks changed to pick 65536. Might be time for me to can this save and start fresh
Hmm Iâm not too sure then, all my trades I made pre this update. I tend to delete and restart management careers each update just incase there is any weird stuff that goes on from a previous save. Itâs definitely the pop up that came up pre update though then I was able to make a deal with Collingwood to pick up daicos for a few players and picks.
Since your pics have gone spaz on you I can only assume that something has not crossed over properly after the patch.
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