Let's see which qualities should your physios and sports scientists poses to reduce the number of injuries that occur in FM18.
Having the best medical team in Football Manager 2018 which includes physios and sports scientist, can have a positive effect on the number of times your players get injured in FM18.
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It is your medical team who will help you in keeping your players healthy and injury free, be it by reducing the number of times injuries occur or by reducing the time injured players rehabilitation time in Football Manager 2018.
Physios are the ones that tell your how much time will it pass till your injured player gets back on his feet again, and will provide you with monthly injury reports.
Your medical team, physios and sports scientists, work with your senior team, as well as your reserves and youth team. But you can always employ reserve squad physios and sports scientist, as well as the youth squad ones on FM 2018.
If by chance you have a head physio, you will see him take responsibilities same as the normal physio and alongside that, he will provide you with injury reports and fitness info on each player's training report.
There is debate as to whether physios help to reduce the likelihood of injuries and reduce recovery times or whether they only report on injuries. However, the official manual suggests that physios do work on both preventing and rehabilitating injuries.
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Sports Scientists made their debut in Football Manager last season and they return this year with a more visible presence as they report directly to you with regards to the physical condition of your squad, freeing up your physios to focus on treating injured players.
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You can view the feedback from your Sports Scientists on the new ‘Medical Centre’ section which is your one-stop shop for everything related to the fitness of your squad.
And now let us see who are the best physios and sports scientists in the game.
Best Physios in FM18
| R | Name | Age | Club | Nat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | David Fevre | 56 | - |  |
| 5 | Lieven Maesschalck | 47 | - |  |
| 5 | Ricardo Sasaki | 51 | SPO |  |
| 5 | Andrew Nealon | 42 | - |  |
| 4.5 | Gianluca Scolaro | 40 | Juventus |  |
| 4.5 | Dave Galley | 55 | Al-Ain | |
| 4.5 | Emanuele Randelli | 41 | Juventus | |
| 4.5 | Darcy Norman | 45 | Roma |  |
| 4.5 | Helmut Erhard | 45 | Bayern |  |
| 4.5 | Daniel Cansino | 43 | - |  |
| 4.5 | Luiz Rosan | 61 | SAN | |
| 4.5 | Beto | 50 | - | |
| 4.5 | Gianni Bianchi | 52 | Bayern | |
| 4.5 | Marco Dellacasa | 41 | Inter | |
| 4.5 | Stephan Weickert | 45 | Bayern | |
| 4.5 | Bruno Mazziotti | 39 | Shandong | |
| 4.5 | Derek Wright | 62 | Newcastle | |
| 4.5 | Grant Downie | 49 | Man City | |
| 4.5 | Pepe Amaya | 35 | Sevilla | |
| 4.5 | Peter Kuhnt | 55 | Dortmund | |
| 4.5 | Rosan | 56 | - | |
| 4.5 | Colin Lewin | 43 | Arsenal | |
| 4.5 | Dario Garbiero | 52 | Juventus | |
| 4.5 | Jean-Georges Cellier | 59 | Marseille |  |
| 4.5 | Massimo Dellacasa | 57 | Inter | |
| 4.5 | Giannicola Bisciotti | 57 | Inter | |
| 4.5 | Christian Huhn | 41 | Bayern | |
| 4.5 | Klaus Eder | 63 | - | |
| 4.5 | Filé | 55 | FLU | |
| 4.5 | Marco Romano | 32 | Napoli | |
| 4.5 | Fernando Lacomba | 39 | Málaga | |
| 4.5 | Geoff Scott | 53 | Tottenham | |
| 4.5 | Kiki Carvajal | 49 | Sevilla | |
| 4.5 | Wolfgang Bunz | 60 | - | |
| 4.5 | Gerry Hoffmann | 56 | Bayern | |
| 4 | Damiano Stefanini | 37 | Roma | |
| 4 | Gabriele Massucci | 33 | Milan | |
| 4 | Valerio Caroli | 42 | Lazio | |
| 4 | Maurizio Delfini | 36 | Juventus | |
| 4 | Fabio Marcato | 40 | Milan | |
| 4 | Jason Palmer | 51 | Chelsea | |
| 4 | Jon Fearn | 41 | Chelsea | |
| 4 | Rob Price | 44 | Hull | |
| 4 | Christophe Geoffroy | 54 | - | |
| 4 | Gary Lewin | 53 | West Ham | |
| 4 | Fabio Sannino | 47 | Napoli | |
| 4 | José Mário | 65 | FC Porto |  |
| 4 | Juan José García Cota | 51 | Celta de Vigo | |
| 4 | Jochen De Coene | 43 | Anderlecht | |
| 4 | Flávio Meirelles | 41 | BOT | |
| 4 | Rostyslav Pastushenko | 55 | Karpaty |  |
| 4 | David Binningsley | 41 | Sunderland | |
| 4 | Volodymyr Malyuta | 75 | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| 4 | Alex Nieper | 57 | Chelsea | |
| 4 | Thierry Laurent | 52 | Chelsea | |
| 4 | Peter Friar | 43 | Ferencvárosi | |
| 4 | Telmo Firmino | 40 | SL Benfica | |
| 4 | Charles de Oliveira Costa | 44 | CEC | |
| 4 | Sven Elsinger | 49 | Leverkusen | |
Working with Youngsters is also useful when looking for under 18s physios.
Best Sports Scientists in FM18
| R | Name | Age | Club | Nat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Stefano Grani | 50 | Juventus | |
| 5 | Tim Harkness | 43 | Chelsea |  |
| 5 | Marco Luison | 47 | Juventus | |
| 4.5 | Darragh Connolly | 41 | Juventus |  |
| 4.5 | Marco Fumagalli | 37 | - | |
| 4.5 | Adriano Bianchini | 54 | Lazio | |
| 4 | Luc van Agt | 61 | PSV Eindhoven |  |
| 4 | Shad Forsythe | 44 | Arsenal |  |
| 4 | Richard Hawkins | 44 | Man Utd | |
| 4 | José Ossemani | 56 | Boca Juniors |  |
| 4 | Andrea Belli | 37 | Internazionale | |
| 4 | Valerio Flammini | 42 | Roma | |
| 4 | Werner Leuthard | 55 | FC Basel | |
| 4 | José Leandro | 35 | GRE | |
| 4 | Antonio Gómez | 40 | FC Barcelona | |
| 4 | Jack Nayler | 31 | Celtic | |
| 4 | Sam Erith | 39 | Man City | |
| 4 | Ermanno Rampinini | 46 | Sassuolo | |
| 4 | Martin Buchheit | 39 | PSG | |
| 4 | Hugo Camarero | 38 | Málaga | |
| 4 | Rodolfo Tavana | 65 | Torino | |
| 4 | David Pereira | 34 | SL Benfica | |
| 4 | Luiz Fernando | 38 | SAN | |
| 4 | Chris Neville | 47 | Swindon Town | |
| 4 | Fran Molano | 36 | Deportivo | |
| 4 | Nicolas Mayer | 35 | PSG | |
| 3.5 | David Kelly | 45 | Man Utd | |
| 3.5 | Barry Hamilton | 26 | Man City | |
| 3.5 | Jamie Harley | 34 | Newcastle | |
| 3.5 | Enrique Portaz | 36 | Almería | |
| 3.5 | Javier Ríos | 45 | Lanús | |
| 3.5 | Adam Burton | 25 | Leicester | |
| 3.5 | Grete Homstøl | 43 | - |  |
| 3.5 | David Alvarez | 41 | Birmingham | |
| 3.5 | Ken Way | 34 | Leicester | |
