You have just finished a game. Maybe you have made a huge unexpected victory, maybe it has been a terrible disappointment. In both case you have to go on, with your eyes focused on the next game.

First of all you should make a quick evaluation of your team's performance. I would like to say that you should check all stats thoroughly, but this is something you will probably do only the first times, since it is too much time consuming. As your experience grows, you will learn to just take a glimpse of the most important facts. I always look at the assists (especially for my AMC), goals and tackling (especially for DMC). I also see who was the man of the match. In case i am using a youngster for the first time, or a player that had been out of the squad for sometime, i take a closer look at his performance. This in general will not take more than 5-10 seconds.

In CM4 there is a new option: the ability to praise a player. You can issue a media story giving your player the thumbs up. Be careful however. You will not be given this option always, but only after the player has played 6 official matches in a row.

Then, there is the issue of fines and complaints. You might need to complain about a referee or about a red card (more here). Then you might want to implement a fine to a player of yours. The types of fines are as follows

• official warning
• 1 week fine
• 2 week fine

You can fine a player for his poor performance, for a red card, unprofessional behaviour, or for no reason at all. Do not use poor performance as a reason unless the player got a 5 or lower in the previous match. i generally use with significant results, mostly in cases of players who are new to the team or come from a long period of bad form. I issue an official warning rather than a fine and the player's performance will most likely improve in the next match.

If the player got a red card, i fine him with the maximum allowed penalty (2 weeks). However do not do this if the player is too aggressive, or if he has a very low morale, or if he has been sent off with 2 yellow cards instead of a red for misbehaviour: He might get far too upset and unhappy with his manager.

Use unprofessional behaviour if a player has been late for training or in such cases of lack of discipline. Try not to be too harsh, and don't apply it to top or old players, because they will often not accept it and they might request to be transfer listed

Never use the no reason explnation, except if you really don't care about the player. I only use it if i want to sell a player and he refuses to move on. Keep in mind that it is likely that the rest of the squad might react and become unhappy "because their teammate has been treated unfairly".