sn0112 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hi all, I'm finding that whenever I bid for a player my assistant manager infroms me that news of the bid has been leaked (and he doesnt know the source...). I remember in a previous version of fm you could check a box that said 'make bid public'...i can't see anything similar this tiem round. Is there something I'm missing or something in the settings that would keep my bids private? Appreciate your help. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 As far as I know this is something fairly random and you can't stop it. Player agents muttering behind the scenes to other interested parties even when they aren't technically supposed to etc, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1ck Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Yeah I remember in previous games (I think) you could choose the option, whilst bidding, to make it public or private. Dont know what happened to this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthanM Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Yeah I remember in previous games (I think) you could choose the option, whilst bidding, to make it public or private. Dont know what happened to this? You still can. It's "private" by default, and it doesn't really matter. It gets leaked out anyway. The next thing you know, clubs are making bids for the player as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 You can't leak a public bid! They are private bids that are leaked of course. The only way to stop it is find the culprit and sell him!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfpunk Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 It is unfortunately one of those things in football nowadays. Agents just love to see if they can get a better price for their player so they get a bigger slice of the pie. So whenever we show interest in a player, other clubs around the same rep get informed by the god damn agent.....or it's a mole inside your club. Where's Jack Bauer when we need him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I think it would be a good idea for the future if you could have some sort of internal investigation into who is doing all this leaking and take approporiate disaplinary measures against him (or her!). I know it would probably only be a cosmetic feature initally but I think it would be a good addition because I am sure that if this happened at a real life club then the person leaking this news would be disaplined and if it happens irl then it should also be in FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceEgypt Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 You can't leak a public bid! They are private bids that are leaked of course. The only way to stop it is find the culprit and sell him!! How do you find the culprit? lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezz Boms Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 just sack staff who you think it is then if it stops you have sorted out the culprit or if it continues you have lost your backroom staff, risky but effective if u guess right. by the way it is more often the same nationality coach / scout that leaks when you place a bid for a player but not always. I get leaks whenever i bid for an italien player i have 2 really good italien coaches and dont want to sack them so i just carry on and allow the bids to become public knowledge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw640 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Is this even true?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
estebancarracas Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 What if its your Assman who is leaking it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjerome Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 kick him in the teeth! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piethief100 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Anybody else noticed that if you spend time looking at a player's stats there can sometimes be a story about you being interested in him? Liverpool went into admin on mine so I was looking at a few players without scouting or adding to shortlist and next thing I knew Mascherano and Torres were being linked with me by the media. Wasn't that realistic though - the rumours turned out to be true and I signed em a few days later. That never happens in real life . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
postal postie Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi all,I'm finding that whenever I bid for a player my assistant manager infroms me that news of the bid has been leaked (and he doesnt know the source...). I remember in a previous version of fm you could check a box that said 'make bid public'...i can't see anything similar this tiem round. Is there something I'm missing or something in the settings that would keep my bids private? Appreciate your help. Thanks dont think it makes any differnce anyway. i bougth two 15 year old german midfielders who are extremeley highly rated. both of them my ass man tells me the bids been leaked but no one else bid for them. it took me a couple of months to negotiate a good deal and i would expect another top team to go for them considering how good they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Themistofelis Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 IRL there are clubs that cancel all leaked transfer bids ( to name one PAOK Salonica) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonc11 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 yeah i agree with postal postie, i think it's just an aesthetic feature because i've had it quite alot and its never made any teams, yet alone lots of teams, make a bid for the player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I don't really care if the bid was 'leaked' TBH. Wouldn't stop me from getting the player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMADDICT69 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 i find this feature useless, i've had a few leaks for some very good players and some average players aswell, but never caused any other teams to even be interested let alone bid for them!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn0112 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 i find this feature useless, i've had a few leaks for some very good players and some average players aswell, but never caused any other teams to even be interested let alone bid for them!!! In a few cases there have been rival bids but i think other clubs were interested in these players before teh "leak". I agree with other posters that its probably just a cosmetic feature but I made started this thread cos it's really annoying that every time you make a bid you get this message. Wanted a way to turn it off (telling my a.m to shut up would be nice). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 i found its particular players that it keeps being released on, i assume their "agents" do the leaking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 What if its your Assman who is leaking it? You say to him, "Your leaking ass, man - better see a doctor". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgwombles Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 i disagree that this thing doesn't matter or is useless. i'm at man city and i made a bit for Joao Moutinho. My Assman tells me that the bid was leaked and Inter Milan popped out of nowhere to make a similar bid. Unsurprisingly, Moutinho opted for Inter, leaving me to find another central midfielder! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 i disagree that this thing doesn't matter or is useless.i'm at man city and i made a bit for Joao Moutinho. My Assman tells me that the bid was leaked and Inter Milan popped out of nowhere to make a similar bid. Unsurprisingly, Moutinho opted for Inter, leaving me to find another central midfielder! I'm going to hazard a guess that Inter will bid anyway whether it was 'leaked' or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STANNY08 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I'm going to hazard a guess that Inter will bid anyway whether it was 'leaked' or not. Im quite sure that if they were considering placing a bid your bid would trigger the inter bid whether leaked or not! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
highbury1913 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 im playing with a blue square noth side and whenever i try to sign someone, the transfer gets leaked and out of nowhere teams from league 1 and league 2 start bidding. i can never make a coup like this. the difference between my game n u guys is that mine its the coach who tells me the transfer was leaked so im guessing the assman did it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Pacalypse Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I've read somewhere from a SI member (can't remember who, sorry) that you could make a bid, then after that remove that player from your shortlist, then when asked, offer him the contract and again remove him from the shortlist. I dont know if that works, or if it works every single time, but it certainly can't hurt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottenhamfmo7 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Does this affect the game though in anyway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowser_FMF Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Well, if you want LESS teams to know about it, remove them from shortlist after bidding BEFORE hitting continue. But you will need to check the player constantly in case anyone bids for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico10 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Hi guys, here's the guide to make bids undetected by other clubs. 1-Create a new shortlist and save it. 2- Go to view shortlist, set active shortlist, and UN-tick your saved shortlist from active, leaving only the default one. 3-From now on, all your players your make a bid for, go into your shortlist not active, therefore undetected by other clubs. Take care Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Guy! Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Sack every member of your backroom staff! That'll show 'em! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just-Wool Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 The member of staff you can find easily, just look for the picture of the member of staff who has shifty eyes, or a ninja mask. That's yer fella. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Guy! Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Marshall, how could you?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just-Wool Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Indeed, worraleakingtart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hi guys, here's the guide to make bids undetected by other clubs.1-Create a new shortlist and save it. 2- Go to view shortlist, set active shortlist, and UN-tick your saved shortlist from active, leaving only the default one. 3-From now on, all your players your make a bid for, go into your shortlist not active, therefore undetected by other clubs. Take care Thanks mate. Have been searching for hours for this information. I'm playing online and I don't want my partners to see the players who are in my shortlist. With that option I can now have my players in the shortlist and still subscribe them, not having to go one by one and hiding my interest in them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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