Compared to previous installments in the Football Manager Series, Football Manager 2018 includes a brand new range of ways to further motivate your Players on game day. Firstly, managers can now have a Pre-Match Tactical Briefing with their players, allowing you to further drill the tactical approach you would like your players to orchestrate on the field. On top of this, managers will continue to be able to have Pre-Match Talk with their teams right before their next match is to take place.
If you're really looking to motivate the Players on your ball club on game day, you will definitely want to have a Pre-Match Briefing and Pre-Match Talk with your players. With the briefing, provide your players with as much information about your Tactic as possible just ahead of the game. From their, use your Pre-Match Talk to fired up your guys and get them ready to go!