u-18 manager would be great and more pref moves like in old FM i miss plays with back to goal and like to swtich ball to other flank
definately!! where have all the preferred moves gone?
i have thought for a long time that it would be cool to be just a reserves manager, or just an u18s manager, or even an international u21 or u19 manager. this would be easier to implement in say spain where the first team and 'b' teams are technically seperate clubs although there is a certain amount of player movement. in england the first team manager just moves players in and out of the 3 sqauds (first team, reserves and u18s) as he sees fit. but i guess that would be what you would have to deal with as a reserve manager.
it would be very rewarding for me to nurture a youngster at reserve level and if offered the first team job bring him up with me. eg guardiola and busquets at barca in real life.
the reserves is a place where managers can showcase their skills. i know these guys werent necesarily in full control of their reserves as some were assistants, but quireoz, sbragia, sammy lee, tony adams (lololol) pep guardiola and many more have moved from a lesser management position into full management of a first team.
i know you can tick the box to control the reserves and u18s but u still then have to worry about the 1st team too. a reserve league would be a great place to try new tactics/formations/set plays etc as there is less (if any) scrutiny from the board over results.
also people have been mentioning who asked for female manager?? i know of 2 girls who play FM regularly and are very happy with this feature. also that BSN/S team recently had a female manager for a game and are considering keeping her!!
i also agree with the press conferences. i want better mind games (would love to crush rafa the gaffer in a battle played out via the press and then destroy the scouse on the pitch) the press conferences at the moment are quite boring and i leave them to my assistant providing hes half decent.
also what about better mind games directed at opposition players? for example say im united and ive got a game against arsenal at the weekend, all their recognised left backs are injured so they call up a young kid from the u18s. in the press i could say something like: 'i intend to target *players name* and put him under lots of pressure from the kick off.' or something similar. hopefully then he wont be up for it (or will be depending on payer mentality) and ronaldo and nani can have a field day.
the glaringly obvious one is, sort the ******* game out before releasing it!!! whats the point of all the beta testing if you release patch after patch to counter countless **** ups??!?!?! i know its not much effort to install a patch and i appreciate the large amount of data and frameworks that are buzzing away in the background as i mull over whether to fine billy sharp for poor performance or not....
BUT, surely FM2010 wont change that much (aside from transfer updates) i mean we've got the 3d engine now, so over the next few months make that perfect, then play around with press conferences and player interaction to make them less boring and repetitive and id say that you are done, pretty easy year for SI IMO.
ive just realised how much ive typed, sorry about that, had a little rant!!!
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o yeah heres another. the tevez 'is it a loan or is it a transfer?' affair.
when will FM recognise this? Man Utd have been quite clear in saying he isnt a permenant signing yet so why is does FM persisit in insisting that he transferred to Man Utd on undisclosed terms in 07/08????
also the increasing influence of agents and sports agencies like MSI needs recognition. agents run the game and pull all the transfer and contract strings behind the scenes. as i said before, SI have a pretty easy year in developing FM2010 IMO, so why not have a go at reflecting the role of agents on FM?
the sports agency issue that has clouded tevez's future is maybe harder to implement but even just some recognition would be good.
i have another case that according to FM never happened.
henrique of barcelona played for cortiba and then moved to palmeiras for 1 season before being snapped up by barca and loaned out to leverkusen.
however offficial FIFA records only show an 'undisclosed' transfer to barca from Desportivo Brasil (who by the way are a real team and play in real matches, but only at U15, U17 and U19 levels, meaning henrique couldnt have been playing for them at the time because hes 22) Desportivo Brasil is owned by a sports agency similar to MSI who 'buy the rights' to a player and then sell him onto a big club in the hope of profiting from him. they pay very little money to the clubs who have nurtured the player and make huge sums by selling to europe. often these agencies buy up entire squads from small south american team in the hope that maybe one or two will make it to europe, often discarding the rest like rubbish when they dont make it. this means there are potentially a lot of young players who never make it thanks to the agent (im a bit off topic now but im very angry about greedy agents lol)
i know it would be hard to represent in FM but even correct recognition would do as i hate looking at tevez's and henriques histories knowing they arent accurate.
