Football Manager 26 has had a devastating launch, and we are all aware of it. Despite the weekly updates, the core features of the game still aren’t fixed. The game has made progress. The performance is significantly better, and some of the bugs have been fixed. But the main problems that the community wants to be fixed aren’t.
From the buggy and inconsistent UI to basic features like remapping the “favorites” keybind are still not fixed. That’s just some of the things that are still buggy as hell in FM26.
This sentiment is shared by pretty much all of the FM26 community. Countless Reddit threads are complaining about various issues within the game. The problem isn’t that FM26 isn’t making progress; it is, but the core features should be prioritized.
One of these threads blew up on r/footballmanagergames, and it more or less explains the current state of FM26.
FM26 Fans Are Angry
The OP of the post went into great detail, talking about some of the basic features that are still not fixed despite it being a month since release. They talked about issues with the UI, the replay system, UI buttons being inconsistent, and other things.
Fans quickly shared the sentiment and vented out their frustrations with the game. Talking about the various issues that they are facing in the game. For instance, one member stated:
The worst thing for me at the minute is the training schedule issue. Like, who tf thinks that’s working well? Making training schedules easily is a big part of the FM experience in my opinion, and it’s just being relentlessly overlooked. Happy to be told it’s just me that cares, but I swear it actually isn’t. I genuinely ignore it at the minute, but I used to tinker all the time with training.
The comment section is filled with comments like these. Fans are openly talking about how worrying the current state of FM is and how it’s becoming harder to stick with the game. The general sentiment across the thread is disappointment and frustration. A member put it nicely.
I have never been more excited for a football manager in my 15 years playing. I have also never been let down by any game franchise the way I have for FM 26.
I’m still holding onto some hope, but the hope is fading with each passing week.
In short, FM26 is improving, but not at the rate it needs to. The game is still miserable to play, and the buggy core features don’t make it any better.
