Find the priority.
Start with captured tactical facts. With Pro, explore the main diagnosis, why it matters, and the first action to consider.
Explore tacticsIndependent Football Manager companion
Read the evidence. Know what to change first.
Understand what may be going wrong in your tactic. GafferMind Pro prioritizes the main issue and gives you one first action to consider, with the rationale, supporting evidence, confidence, and trade-off where supported.
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LIVE DEMO BOARD4-3-3
DEMO INSIGHTLEFT HALF-SPACE EXPOSED
TRANSITION RISKTHE QUESTIONS THAT MATTER
What is happening?OBSERVE
Why is it happening?DIAGNOSE
What should change?ACT
Three decision pillars
Understand the problem. Make the next call.
Understand your squad.
See your squad overview. Pro adds player context and bounded Tactical Need guidance using current captured roles and assignments where supported.
Explore squadLearn from your matches.
Use Pro to review eligible match history, factual post-match debriefs, and recurring tactical signals.
Explore Career HistoryMatchday context and Pro coaching
Read the match while it is happening.
Free shows basic captured Matchday context. Pro adds opponent preparation and live coaching based on the supported context available.
Review the evidence behind a suggested adjustment. You decide what to change in Football Manager.
- LIVE CONTEXTStructure and shape
- OPPONENT VIEWThreats and key context
- YOUR DECISIONAdvisory recommendations
From evidence to decision
See the connection, not just the symptom.
Opponent repeatedly threatens the left channel.
Aggressive full-back positioning with a high defensive line.
Recovery profile behind the attack is limited.
The left defensive channel is being exposed.
Reduce the full-back's aggression or use a faster recovery profile.
Illustrative demonstration only. The advice shown is an example of the evidence-to-diagnosis-to-action approach.
Available in Pro / Tactic Evolution
Follow the signals across matches.
Tactic Evolution tracks tactic history, revisions, and recurring signals across eligible matches. Career History and factual post-match debriefs help you review the evidence. Watch next highlights what to monitor in your current tactic context; it does not predict results or prove that a change caused an outcome.
How it works
Open. Sync. Diagnose. Act.
- 01
Open GafferMind
Start with the Windows companion app.
- 02
Sync current data
Bring in the save or match context you want to understand. Open the relevant Tactics context in Football Manager when it is needed for Sync.
- 03
Read the evidence
Free shows captured facts and findings. Pro adds prioritized diagnosis and recommendations.
- 04
Choose your next action
Review the rationale, confidence, and supported trade-off. Accept the first action you want to take; changes remain your decision.
One installer. Two ways to start.
Start with GafferMind Free. Upgrade when you want Premium access.
See what GafferMind sees.
Set up, sync, and inspect your captured tactic, findings, squad overview, and basic Matchday context. No account, login, or activation is required.
Understand what to change, why, and learn from your career.
Get diagnosis, recommendations, player and opponent intelligence, live coaching, Tactic Evolution, Career History, post-match debrief, and Watch next. Premium ownership is linked to your account and can be activated across up to three active devices.
See Founder accessBuilt for a game that keeps changing
Designed for in-app updates and version-aware compatibility.
Football Manager gets patches. GafferMind is designed to receive compatible updates while respecting the Football Manager version you are using, rather than blindly forcing every user onto the newest build.
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