After a narrow win, I celebrate the positive dressing room reaction to my warm-down words almost as heartily as the goal that secured it. Seeing your lads equalise from a whipped cross minutes after you specifically demand that type of delivery is fists-to-the-skies joyous. That might sound like a negative to anyone whoвЂ™s skipped a few editions, but itвЂ™s not once comfortably embedded. ThereвЂ™s no breezing through weeks of the season in an evening anymore. Matchdays, too, are wonderfully elaborate, with press conferences, team talks and intricate tactical options creating the sense that each is a unique occasion. Do you start a star player returning from injury, despite your physio warning heвЂ™ll only last 30 minutes? Do you bollock an underperforming full-back at half-time, or calmly reassure him he can turn it round? At a press conference, do you fancy QPR or Cardiff to win at the weekend-and if you choose one, will the other use that as dressing room bulletin-board material next time you meet? Back then, transfers and matches were the big time sink now itвЂ™s the tiny decisions made every few seconds which tax the grey matter and cause whole weekends to disappear. They perform these roles satisfactorily, but itвЂ™s not ideal.ДЄfter mastering the menus-this year it took me two hours, novices are looking at 4-5-you see why ardent fans back вЂtheirвЂ™ game so lustily, and praise the deeper features that werenвЂ™t there in the supposed golden years. The only way for novices to bed in is by initially palming key tasks, such as training and scouting, off to AI-controlled staff members. Where once player searches, team selection and vital stats were a cursor-click away, now every screen is a spaghetti junction of words and digits and pie charts, constructed upon a foundation of assumed knowledge, from which all roads seem to reach dead ends. The main interface is certainly overwhelming for new or lapsed players. LetвЂ™s kick off with those repeated criticisms-or are they compliments?-then.

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