The 3.9.68 patch was the final official update released by Sports Interactive. It is widely considered the "Data Update" patch, as it corrected numerous bugs and updated the player database to reflect the end of the 2001/2002 season. Without this patch, you are playing a version of the game riddled with Greek league bugs and potential crashes.
: It fixes the famous "West Ham duplicate strikers" bug and corrects Australian NSL foreign player limits. Regional Fixes cm 01 02 patch 3.9.68
If you read old CM forums from 2002, the dominant tactic was . That was a product of the unpatched engine. After 3.9.68, the meta shifted dramatically. the meta shifted dramatically.