Free Online Football Manager Game

Substitutions and more

Planned substitutions
As of today you will have the option to decide substitutions for the matches. You will find a new tab on the tactics page called ”Substitutions”. If you click on that tab you see a page on which you can add substitution orders. You can choose which player to replace and which player to replace him with after which minute and under which conditions/standings.

Player out:
The player that should be replaced. This drop-down list is filled with all outfield players that are currently chosen for the starting eleven. You will also find the options ”Worst performing defender”, ”Worst performing midfielder” and ”Worst performing forward”. Choosing that option will replace the worst performing player in that specific team part.

Player in:
The player that should replace the player out. This drop-down list will contain all outfield players that are currently chosen to be on the bench. No goalies are included in either ”Players in” or ”Players out” as that would possibly be an option that would be misused.

After minute:
In this drop-down list you can choose after which minute this particular substitutions should happen.

Condition:
The drop-down list will contain different conditions that must be met for the substitution to be done. Conditions will be checked for each minute after the time chosen in the "After minute" dropdown.

You can add as many substitution orders as you want. You can change the order of the list by drag and drop the entries in the list. The orders will be considered in the order they are in the list. So if there is a contradicting order lower in the list then that order will be ignored. A team can never do more than 3 substitutions during a match no matter how many orders the manager has entered. All added substitution orders will be listed on the "currently saved" page.

The substitution orders are match specific so you will have to set new orders for each match. Players substituted due to injury will override your manually set substitutions.

You cannot plan substitution of your goalkeeper in competitive matches. But this will be an option in friendlies.

A substitution will only replace a player on his position. The formation used will not change.

Automatic substitutions
For those managers who don't have the time or energy to plan substitutions but still would like to do some substitutions in the match to give the players on the bench some playing time, there will be an option to let the assistant coach decide the substitutions. This option will be found on the tactics page as a simple checkbox. If you choose automatic subs then the tab ”Substitutions” will disappear and all substitution instructions added manually will be disabled for the match. It is either automatic substitutions or manual substitutions. You can't have both.

The assistant coach will decide substitutions more or less always choosing to replace the worst performing players with the best choices available on the bench who prefer the position that the worst performing player plays in. He can also sometimes choose the best player on the bench and then choose to replace the worst performing player in that position that the best player on the bench prefers. He will somewhat consider the standings and not spend all substitutions too early in the game. He will only make substitutions in the second half.

Youth Academy
In your team menu you will find a new page called ”Youth Academy”. This page will contain a list of your talents that still exist in the game with information about what skill they had when they came and what skill they have today. You will also find the setting for which type of player you want as your next talent and the information about when you received a talent offer last time.

VIP-members will find this page on other managers' teams as well as their own. But on other teams they will of course only see the list of talents.

Smaller changes and adjustments

Show form reduction when over-trained
On the training reports and the player's page you will now find that you can see how many form bars the player's form was reduced with when the player was over-trained. Previously it just said ”Over-trained”.

Increased the frequency of recommend players
Currently the teams have received mails about recommended players about once every two weeks. Now they will come at least twice as often.

Added a session holder where you write press releases
A common problem for those who write long press releases has been that they tend to be logged out from the site while writing the press release. We have therefore added a session holder that should prevent the user from being logged out while writing a press release.

Newly created teams in private leagues more in level with the existing teams
When a team is created in a private league the team's players will be more aligned to the average skill of the players in the league's lowest division.

The custom shirt search has been made easier to find shirt in correct colour
When VIP members search for a custom-designed shirt it has previously searched the both the primary colour and secondary colour. Now it will only search for primary if that is wanted and secondary if that is wanted.

The youth coach can no longer be wrong about a talent's skill
Previously, the youth coach has pccasionally been wrong about the player's skill. This will no longer happen.

Warnings if you forget to save changed tactics or lineup
If you have changed anything on the tactics page or lineup selection then you will be warned if you are trying to leave the page without saving.

2011-07-05 09:26	18524 Views		wayne

Xpert Champions League LXXIII

The 73rd season of Xpert Champions League has been drawn.

Xpert Champions League LXXII

The 72nd season of Xpert Champions League has been drawn.

*New update 2024 - AI and more*

The game has seen updates in a number of areas, that were all implemented on the 1st of April

Xpert Champions League LXXI

The 71st season of Xpert Champions League has been drawn.

Xpert Champions League LXX

The 70th season of Xpert Champions League has been drawn.

2023-08-02 10:08	Xpert Champions League LXIX
2023-04-19 10:18	Xpert Champions League LXVIII
2023-01-04 15:20	Xpert Champions League LXVII
2022-09-20 17:10	Xpert Champions League LXVI
2022-06-08 09:50	Xpert Champions League LXV
2022-04-02 00:39	Resource page for smartphone
2022-03-11 14:18	Community manager report - February
2022-02-22 14:58	Xpert Champions League LXIV
2022-02-04 15:51	New "Community manager" for the site
2021-11-09 15:20	Xpert Champions League LXIII
2021-07-28 10:21	Xpert Champions League LXII
2021-04-14 14:45	Xpert Champions League LXI
2020-12-29 10:48	Xpert Champions League LX
2020-09-15 17:10	Xpert Champions League LIX
2020-06-02 16:40	Xpert Champions League LVIII
2020-02-18 17:25	Xpert Champions League LVII
2019-11-05 17:39	Xpert Champions League LVI
2019-07-23 17:10	Xpert Champions League LV
2019-04-09 17:46	Xpert Champions League LIV
2018-12-25 10:40	Xpert Champions League LIII
2018-09-11 15:31	Xpert Champions League LII
2018-05-29 21:15	Xpert Champions League LI
2018-02-13 19:10	Xpert Champions League L
2017-12-04 22:35	Answers to questions from QA
2017-11-30 22:06	Watch the live stream in replay
2017-11-30 17:27	Live stream - link here!
2017-11-28 22:17	More info about Live stream & questions
2017-11-20 20:27	Invitation to Q&A livestream Nov 30
2017-10-31 19:00	Xpert Champions League XLIX
2017-07-18 10:00	Xpert Champions League XLVIII
2017-04-04 20:30	Xpert Champions League XLVII
2016-12-20 17:01	Xpert Champions League XLVI
2016-12-02 15:00	Ads
2016-09-06 15:00	Xpert Champions League XLV
2016-05-24 19:31	Xpert Champions League XLIV
2016-02-10 08:40	Xpert Champions League XLIII
2015-10-28 09:30	Xpert Champions League XLII
2015-07-14 21:00	Xpert Champions League XLI
2015-06-17 11:20	New SQ and game engine improvement
2015-03-31 11:27	Android app is here!
2015-03-31 10:00	Xpert Champions League XL
2015-01-22 10:56	A new year with X11
2014-12-17 11:00	Xpert Champions League XXXIX
2014-12-04 14:27	The iPhone app is live
2014-11-26 12:11	iPhone app info
2014-11-14 13:02	iPhone app 1st version
2014-09-03 09:45	Xpert Champions League XXXVIII
2014-05-21 10:40	Xpert Champions League XXXVII
2014-02-05 10:00	Xpert Champions League XXXVI
2014-01-30 15:22	Database merging complete
2014-01-21 13:16	Planned downtime
2014-01-15 11:31	Update: no more banner ads for VIP
2013-12-23 10:43	Merry christmas and a happy new year!
2013-10-30 13:51	Time zones
2013-10-23 09:35	Xpert Champions League XXXV
2013-10-02 14:09	New tactics page
2013-08-14 14:32	Autumn at last
2013-07-10 13:45	Xpert Champions League XXXIV
2013-07-09 10:23	Summer updates
2013-06-13 11:21	New release – here’s what’s new!
2013-05-29 13:09	New update and a new blog
2013-04-10 11:43	Some updates
2013-03-27 10:45	Xpert Champions League XXXIII
2013-03-22 10:33	One week later - what happened?
2013-03-21 13:27	Let´s go
2013-03-14 16:39	Still problems with the servers
2013-03-14 02:59	Xpert Eleven up and running again
2013-03-12 14:17	Big system update tomorrow
2013-02-21 16:25	Big survey response
2013-02-13 07:59	Big survey 2013
2012-12-20 09:21	Merry christmas and a happy new year!
2012-12-05 10:13	Xpert Champions League XXXII
2012-11-14 09:25	A new lobby is launched
2012-10-24 13:44	New header in place
2012-09-14 10:17	New menu launched
2012-09-06 10:46	Trophy room and more
2012-08-22 10:38	Xpert Champions League XXXI
2012-08-05 16:03	Xpert Eleven outage (5th of August)
2012-06-18 12:06	Some changes
2012-05-10 13:25	Xpert Champions League XXX
2012-04-24 11:58	Compatibility changes
2012-04-02 11:59	Extended team quota
2012-02-29 13:49	Game improvements
2012-02-21 10:52	VIP subscription for all
2012-02-20 11:58	The tour
2012-02-09 13:47	Problems in UK
2012-02-07 09:13	VIP subscription
2012-01-25 12:10	Xpert Champions League XXIX
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2011-11-22 08:08	New owners statement
2011-11-18 15:11	Time to pass the ball
2011-11-04 10:19	Team of the month
2011-10-27 16:03	Why always me? (Inactivated?)
2011-10-21 15:04	Reduced costs for evaluations
2011-10-17 09:52	Midnight break
2011-10-13 12:05	Best ever manager stats
2011-10-12 12:54	Xpert Champions League XXVIII
2011-09-16 13:51	Behind the scenes
2011-08-03 12:47	The winners are decided
2011-07-20 12:42	Youth investments
2011-07-15 16:26	Majority want a change
2011-07-12 13:50	Ways to win VIP status
2011-07-05 09:26	Substitutions and more
2011-06-29 10:27	Xpert Champions League XXVII
2011-06-10 13:42	Clarification of teamwork update
2011-06-10 03:05	More importance for teamwork
2011-05-20 15:07	Introduction of a new SQ!
2011-04-21 09:34	Additions to match reports
2011-04-13 11:27	Recruiting contest winners
2011-03-25 11:38	Xpert Eleven as a Facebook app
2011-03-22 10:51	Reminders with fast lane
2011-03-17 14:50	Xpert Champions League XXVI
2011-03-03 15:16	Recruiting contest
2011-03-03 13:47	Assistance
2011-02-22 14:48	Lobby update
2011-01-19 11:41	Improved match simulator
2010-12-31 13:10	Another year is coming
2010-12-10 13:42	One more job centre update
2010-12-01 12:22	Xpert Champions League XXV
2010-11-26 14:15	Friday updates
2010-11-18 18:02	Oldies no goodies
2010-11-12 13:22	Job centre
2010-10-29 15:40	Transfer bug
2010-10-28 15:17	Finally second kits
2010-10-21 17:06	Changelog down below
2010-10-12 12:20	Gerrard FC is no more
2010-10-01 07:33	Club groups and player squad value
2010-09-24 10:14	An update to simplify
2010-09-09 17:37	A promising kick off
2010-08-19 12:00	Xpert Champions League XXIV
2010-07-15 14:53	Mobile X11 and new shirts
2010-06-15 12:56	Assistance with DV & ME
2010-05-25 16:17	Faces and friendlies etc
2010-05-05 13:44	Xpert Champions League XXIII
2010-05-04 09:34	Opponent overview and more
2010-04-15 13:02	The goalie stats are back
2010-04-07 14:56	Revised player page etc
2010-03-11 08:31	Whole lotta new things
2010-03-09 17:16	More importance for match experience
2010-02-25 10:35	A month later
2010-01-28 14:02	A New Xpert Eleven
2010-01-20 12:02	Xpert Champions League XXII
2009-12-23 15:22	A New Xpert Eleven
2009-10-28 12:43	The Advisory Board
2009-10-19 17:15	Monitoring of the transfer market
2009-10-07 12:21	Xpert Champions League XXI
2009-10-06 15:46	League rating revised
2009-09-01 16:26	Small changes to the last update
2009-08-27 09:59	Finally an update
2009-06-24 11:07	Xpert Champions League XX
2009-06-01 15:39	Clarification of match experience
2009-05-12 13:00	New rules for the job centre
2009-05-04 15:25	Site conversion
2009-03-13 11:27	VIP via SMS in the UK
2009-03-11 12:40	Xpert Champions League XIX
2009-03-09 08:11	System updated
2009-03-07 00:44	Sunday night update
2009-03-01 11:26	Network failure
2009-01-30 14:25	Status report
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2008-11-26 12:20	Xpert Champions League XVIII
2008-11-12 14:49	Design competition
2008-11-04 14:15	VIP-prize packages
2008-10-28 10:18	Updates
2008-09-25 11:40	New additions
2008-09-12 09:24	Portuguese Xpert Daily and some updates.
2008-09-01 19:42	New update
2008-08-27 19:37	Team quota inspections
2008-08-14 13:16	Xpert Champions League XVII
2008-08-06 16:09	Offline due to network failure
2008-07-09 15:18	General info
2008-06-26 08:16	New updates
2008-06-12 08:47	5 years of Xpert Eleven
2008-05-27 16:35	New updates
2008-05-25 11:29	Don't miss the poker championship!
2008-05-16 13:39	Xpert Eleven's Poker Championship!
2008-05-07 10:35	Bug fix and adjustment of friendies
2008-05-07 09:53	Xpertsvenskan is now Xpert International
2008-04-30 15:49	Xpert Champions League XVI
2008-04-29 15:28	Euro League and some small additions
2008-04-21 11:56	Credit card problems solved
2008-04-20 11:58	Problems with credit card payments
2008-04-16 17:22	New league admin features
2008-04-01 12:20	Hattrickligan becomes Hattrick League
2008-04-01 10:53	Problems with credit card payments
2008-03-25 09:56	Final League goes international
2008-03-20 18:33	Another failure...
2008-03-17 19:06	Database crash
2008-03-17 16:20	Important Notice!
2008-03-13 12:02	Xtreme League goes international
2008-03-11 10:09	Portuguese and some new additions.
2008-02-27 12:48	League criterias and league admin forum
2008-02-21 15:43	Polish and new criterias
2008-02-19 13:37	Resources and aggression
2008-02-14 16:51	Portuguese forums
2008-02-13 13:24	New colours
2008-02-11 15:32	Network issues over
2008-02-11 10:01	Network issues...
2008-02-01 14:18	Changes February 1st
2008-01-17 14:36	Xpert Champions League XV
2008-01-11 16:02	Happy new year!
2008-01-11 12:54	Server issue
2007-12-17 17:13	X-mas VIP
2007-12-04 13:07	Power failure
2007-11-30 15:42	Don't miss the poker championship!
2007-11-23 00:03	Spanish is released
2007-11-19 13:36	Xpert Eleven's Poker Championship!
2007-11-15 11:07	Xpert Eleven in Norwegian
2007-10-31 09:57	Personalizing players
2007-10-20 19:46	Understanding the tactics
2007-10-17 10:15	Dutch language live!
2007-10-17 10:09	New VIP-feature
2007-10-07 17:03	Finally back on track
2007-10-07 15:51	Status at 15.50
2007-10-06 14:17	Xpert Eleven hijacked
2007-10-03 13:22	Xpert Champions League XIV
2007-09-27 11:15	Congratulations Hellmoppers FC!
2007-09-14 17:04	Small changes here and there
2007-09-05 13:51	Xpert Eleven in Malay
2007-08-22 17:31	Visual presentation of match experience
2007-08-10 10:56	Welcome Germans!
2007-07-21 23:41	Preparation and experience
2007-07-06 17:30	System adjustments
2007-06-19 13:44	Xpert Champions League XIII
2007-06-18 19:08	Server down again
2007-06-17 13:35	Confusing values
2007-06-14 16:02	The new transfer system
2007-06-11 19:27	Server went down
2007-06-07 13:34	Xpert Eleven's Poker Championship
2007-05-31 12:35	Congratulations Skultorp United!
2007-05-29 15:04	Creative event writers selected
2007-05-23 16:06	Riders on the storm
2007-05-23 14:51	With a little help from our friends
2007-05-11 16:50	Wind of change at Xpert Eleven
2007-03-29 23:06	Wayne - New employee at X11
2007-03-07 17:37	Xpert Champions League XII
2006-12-28 12:38	Xpert Daily
2006-12-11 17:35	Xpert Champions League XI