I've been analysing results based on AI managers in test leagues and to be honest I've really struggled to try and make a perfect manager tactically, their visible attributes don't seem to have a large effect on performance, the hidden tactical attributes seem to be the biggest factor. Using FMarena I'd tried to convert some of the top tactics towards the hidden attributes, but nothing seems to ever click that largely. What suggestions would anyone have towards making the greatest ai manager ever changing attributes.

8 hours ago, preccy said:

I've been analysing results based on AI managers in test leagues and to be honest I've really struggled to try and make a perfect manager tactically, their visible attributes don't seem to have a large effect on performance, the hidden tactical attributes seem to be the biggest factor. Using FMarena I'd tried to convert some of the top tactics towards the hidden attributes, but nothing seems to ever click that largely. What suggestions would anyone have towards making the greatest ai manager ever changing attributes.

Hi, welcome to the forum!

The best way is to use hidden attributes. If a player is professional, he becomes a consistent and better player; the same should happen with managers. Whether this has any effect on team performance remains to be seen. Test it.

On 9/28/2025 at 7:54 AM, preccy said:

I've been analysing results based on AI managers in test leagues and to be honest I've really struggled to try and make a perfect manager tactically, their visible attributes don't seem to have a large effect on performance, the hidden tactical attributes seem to be the biggest factor. Using FMarena I'd tried to convert some of the top tactics towards the hidden attributes, but nothing seems to ever click that largely. What suggestions would anyone have towards making the greatest ai manager ever changing attributes.

I've tried, for several times, to create the perfect manager in FM24, and my most recent attempt has worked quite well, but the problem is that the AI manager is constantly wanted by clubs throughout the season, as his reputation increases, and so the manager never stays in the same club for a year, often moving to clubs in the lower leagues despite his reputation for some reason. Changing loyalty to 99 doesn't fix the issue at all.

I might have to try only changing hidden attributes and see if the situation improves.

You might want to tick the "is retiring after spell at current club" option. In my experience, a player with this option selected will stay at his club. I guess it should work the same with managers.

7 hours ago, Dernekba said:

You might want to tick the "is retiring after spell at current club" option. In my experience, a player with this option selected will stay at his club. I guess it should work the same with managers.

yes do this and set his contract to end years ahead this way he will stay at the club

On 3/4/2026 at 3:57 AM, Dernekba said:

You might want to tick the "is retiring after spell at current club" option. In my experience, a player with this option selected will stay at his club. I guess it should work the same with managers.

Thanks for the suggestion, I've ticked it and it seems to work, but it doesn't seem to work if the AI manager is being offered a national team job.

About changing hidden attributes, it doesn't change the performance of the AI manager. In fact, only changing the ability value (CA and PA to 500, which is the max that it can do, and reputation of course) actually affects the performance of the AI manager.

But I'm not really sure, it's not like I'm doing any extensive scientific tests, but the results throughout multiple simulations is pretty consistent to me, not sure about other people's experiences, though.