Player Development Adjustments - Former Career Overhaul Mod

Player Development Re-Adjustments

Unfortunately I had to reduce the scope of my mods to just player development adjustments, due to real life. Hopefully still useful to people. I've added in short all other adjustments. Doesn't mean I'll quit modding for good. Just taking a step back for more important stuff.

All of the mods are separate, but also have an all in one of all my mods. All packed nicely in one zip for ease of download.

FM-Inspired Dev Plans Reasoning:

I loved all the career mods that I played so far, but they were always short on some features, so I put my big boy pants on and started doing it myself, starting with this.

I think the development plans of EAFC are quite decent, but I felt they fell a bit short in attributes that would've been logical to work at as well. Then I thought that Football Manager has almost all names of positions and similar stats on what said positions need, and thought of moving that over to EAFC.

So here we are. These are the following plans for each position and thought behind them

GK

- Goal Keeper - Stuck to the goal protector

- Sweeper Keeper - Rushes forward and clears the ball or catches it

- Positional Keeper - The 1 on 1 specialist, quick on his feet to close the spaces against attackers

- Playmaking Keeper - Can catch the ball, but will look to distribute as good as possible, not wasting any ball

L/R Backs

- No-Nonsense - Your centre backs, if they liked the flanks; stays back and clears his areas

- Full-Back - Same as above, but can go forward and hit some decent crosses; bit slow to start, but good sprinters

- Inverted - They prefer to press inwards, and initiate attacks across them, instead of front

- Playmaker - Will look to cross, pass and dribble to put players in good positions, but will always look to defend first

- Advanced - While he will defend, the focus is to dash forward from defence, surprise with a pass or with a goal

L/R Wing-Back

- Protective - While he will advance to support the attack, he will focus mainly on defence

- Wing-Back - More agile than above, he will make incursion on free space in the wings, but can also come back to recover

- Inverted - They prefer to support and defend towards the centre

- Playmaker - Chances, and more chances from way in the back, if they see a forward space, that's where the ball goes

- Complete - Better balanced to support the wing both on defence and attack; box to box winger

Centre-Back

- No-Nonsense - The ball does not belong in your half, and they're there to make sure of it

- Stopper - No crossing them, get the ball and pass it over to a better one

- Wide - You like your 3 at the back, so you'll like this for the long crosses from one flank to another, while still covering properly

- Ball-Playing - He likes to put the ball forward, but to a teammate, not opposition

- Libero - This is what happens when you put your wing-back in the centre

L/R Midfielder

- Winger - He knows the flank, and the spaces, so he goes through there; doesn't like to look behind

- Inverted - He hates the flank, and goes in the centre, quite gracefully

- Wide Playmaker - He'll do whatever he can to put the ball at the back of the goal, although he likes his crosses

- Wide - Kind off good at everything, from lethal crosses to forwards dribbles, to defending

- Defending - Will go for the occasional cross, but will look to mostly defend

Defensive Midfielder

- Ball-Winning - Or holder, will look to get the ball in midfield, hold it and pass it over in space or to someone else

- Defensive - A pure defender, playing higher up, but will still lock for the occasionally deadly pass

- Half-Back - Will go further back, protect against the counter, and pass the ball over to someone more technical

- Anchor - Will look to sit exactly between the defence and midfield, grab the ball and pass it over; sits a bit higher than the above

- Segundo Volante - Will look to sit back, like an anchor, but will go forward with the late run, to surprise the opposition

- Deep-Lying Playmaker - Sits between defence and midfield, and will launch a good counter pass; will also aim to intercept or get the ball when possible

- Roaming Playmaker - Will look to affect both areas of the field, where he is needed, he will be there, pass, long shots, runs

- Regista - A more aggressive deep-lying playmaker, will also look to carry the ball forward, attract the opposition and hit that killer pass or shoot