Football Manager 2010 Patch 10.2.0 Released!

So soon after the release of patch 10.1.1 for Football Manager 2010, Sports Interactive have released a major new patch for the game: patch 10.2.0. It's worth noting that those who are playing the Steam version of the game will get auto-patched as soon as the game starts, but if you wish you can download the patch (especially for boxed copies) following the links I have provided below.

As I was saying, Football Manager 2010 patch 10.2.0 is a major patch, and you can read all the details about it here. Or you can check out the most important changes (in my opinion) brought to FM 2010 after this patch:

General changes and fixes:
- Adjusted the chances of better newgens being created at smaller clubs in big footballing nations.
- Added Composure and Concentration to be included in Goalkeeper training.
- Players now get a reputation boost when they win their first cap.
- Stopped the user been able to make lots of money as a small team by arranging lots of friendlies against high reputation opposition.
- Reduced game memory usage.
- Made it more difficult for managers to get onto the legend list.

Transfers:
- Adjusted code to allow more clubs to make offers for offered out players.
- Fixed an issue whereby coach/scout would state player would be interested in loan move, but in fact he wasn't.
- Made it more likely for a staff member to accept a contract offer from his current club over a deal offered by a different club.

Match Experience:
- Added "Runs Past Opponent" to the match graphical analysis tool.
- Fixed some various small issues with tracking of certain type of passes and crosses.
- Added team talk option to the quick sub dialog.

Match engine:
- Couple of fixes to make player reactions to certain deflections more realistic
- Further fix to prevent rash decisions to leave ball to keeper
- Small fix to make extra sure players look to intercept balls coming towards them
- Tweak to make sure defending team players continue to mark ball player until it is clearly pointless
- Introduced concept of players chasing own header as a means to get ball under control
- Tried to make players quicker to close down pass receiver
- Further tweak to positioning of player marking opponent with ball, including accounting for opponent's pace advantage if applicable
- Slight increase on keepers effectiveness against power shots

And these are just the highlights of the Football Manager patch! You can download the FM2010 patch from WorthDownloading.