Hi,

Does anyone think there are different morale calculations for cup games
because they're 'one-offs'?

I'm Portsmouth, hovering around 4th 5th in the league all season.
But when it comes to cup games I seem to struggle - have played Wigan and Derby,
and both teams have morale of some good but mostly poor/very poor. My morale is mostly good and upwards. Both opposition had a run in the last 5 games of 1 win, 2 draws 2 losses and were 15th or lower in the prem. One was at home one away.

Experimented with replaying the games to see what would happen - tried all team talks, different team selections, passing styles etc. I simply could not score, was out tackled/headed, form players could not get shots on target etc, even lost a 2 goal lead in the last 5 minutes once after finally scoring. The performances just do not seem to reflect a)the teams positions or b) their morale and form.

Overall took me 7 attempts to beat Wigan at home, am on my 6th attempt against Derby and clueless as to how to beat them.

I can take losing a game occasionally to a worse team - it happens. These are experiments trying to fathom what happens with team talks etc and this repeated experience seems to suggest morale is handled differently in the cups.

Cheers

Try changing the whole tactics that will do well against the opposition on a whole. If they play fast football, you play slow, if they play narrow, you play wide, if they go defensive you attack etc.