FAQ
Clear product answers, including what is available today and what is still in development.
GafferMind is an independent Football Manager decision-intelligence companion. It turns available tactical, squad, opponent, and match evidence into prioritized diagnosis and an action to consider, with rationale, confidence, and trade-off where supported.
No. GafferMind is not an editor or cheat tool. It provides advisory decision intelligence; it does not automatically apply changes to your Football Manager tactic.
No. GafferMind is built around football-specific evidence, diagnosis, and action. Player intelligence uses available squad context, bounded Tactical Need, and current captured roles and assignments.
Recruitment is Coming soon, in development for post-launch. It is not part of current V1 or Pro functionality.
GafferMind provides advisory recommendations. It does not automatically change your tactic or save. Available context depends on the supported game state and feature being used.
Yes. Free lets you see what GafferMind sees: setup, sync, captured tactic, findings, squad overview, and basic Matchday context. No account is required.
Pro adds prioritized diagnosis, recommendations, player and opponent intelligence, live coaching, Tactic Evolution, Career History, factual post-match debrief, and Watch next. Understand what to change, why, and learn from your career.
No. Free mode does not require an account, login, or activation to open and use it.
Buy Founder access for GafferMind 26 Pro, then activate a device through a browser confirmation. Your account handles authentication, so you do not enter a password inside the Desktop application.
No. Your GafferMind access is linked to your account. There is no license key to copy and paste.
Founder access supports up to three active devices per license. Account and device-management details will be presented as that customer experience is finalized.
Yes. GafferMind Founder includes GafferMind 27 compatibility when it becomes available.
We are not promising Day One compatibility. FM27 support will be released once compatibility has been validated.
No. Founder access is a one-time purchase.
Founder pricing rewards early users joining GafferMind during the transition from FM26 to FM27.
Football Manager patches can change the environment GafferMind works with. GafferMind is designed for version-aware compatibility, so compatible updates can respect the Football Manager version you are using rather than assume every player should move to the newest build.
No. Recommendations are advisory. You decide whether and how to make changes in Football Manager.
Matchday Live brings together current match context when supported, including structures and shapes, tactical context, and relevant score, clock, or period information. Its observations remain advisory.
Available in Pro, Tactic Evolution follows tactic history and recurring signals across eligible matches, with revision and run context. It does not establish that a tactical change caused a result.
Available in Pro, Career History shows eligible match records. Post-match debrief reviews factual, evidence-bounded observations. It does not reconstruct historical pre-match expectations or claim that you followed advice or that a recommendation succeeded.
Watch next is available in Pro as current scoped Tactic Evolution intelligence: signals to monitor in your current context, not predictions of future results.
For tactic analysis, open the relevant Tactics context in Football Manager before Sync when that context is required. GafferMind does not claim magical headless detection of every tactic state.
GafferMind is a Windows companion app. Public installer availability and final system requirements are communicated on the Download page.
No. GafferMind is an independent, unofficial companion product. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Sports Interactive or SEGA.
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