Signing up of the team | Match preparations Football Manager 2016 Guide

While selecting your squad, you can easily learn about what assistants think of individual players and their usefulness.

The last element that you need to ensure, before you proceed to the match window, is signing up. You can implement final alterations in focus, tactic, you can pick the final squad and substitutes. Pay attention to the level of the players' fitness and their teamwork, as well as to their usefulness on a given position. You can modify your tactic quickly, select a different formation and issue instructions to individual players on specific positions. If you are not sure what squad match with a given formation, use Quick Selection option - your assistant will select the most optimal squad from the list of available players. Signing up equals proceeding to the match screen.

Note: Sometimes, a player may seem unauthorized to play, whereas he can actually play in the forthcoming match. Such players are ignored by the assistant, in the process of selecting the squad. If you want such a player to play in the match, you first need, e.g. sign him up beforehand, or assign him with his player number.