Ohmyhovel Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I took up the job as cardiff manager half way through the season, previously they had the aim of uefa cup qualification however this was clearly unrealistic and as I took up the role half way through the season when they were bottom they couldn't possibly expect me to finish 6th could they ? Well indeed they did, I managed to finish 16th and was promptly dismissed for a poor league showing! Any reason why I should be expected to get them from 20th to 6th in 19 games? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmufcwafc Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 That seems fairly unrealistic - might be your best bet to post a thread over in the bugs forum as well, and someone from SI will probably have a look at it for you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmyhovel Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Maybe I should add this is in a network game and the previous manager was a human player if that affects anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kreman Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 That is definitely a kick in the nuts and a pretty unrealistic one. As you have suggested, maybe the game cannot distinguish you from any other human player - dumbass game! Although, I took over from a mate on a network game (just to wind him up a bit) and the club did amend their expectations. I was duly relegated, but they were only asking for survival rather than midtable (as they said to my mate) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fm_macuser Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I had a similar thing happen to me... I like to load the British and Irish leagues and start my game in Janurary and take over a team struggling in the Prem... I took over West Ham, who had 12 points. Went unbeaten at home for the rest of the season, only lost 3 away... stayed up comfortably climbing 8 positions in doing so... Yet the board are still unhappy with the league position. I think the fault lies with them keeping their start of season expectations, even after a change of manager... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Dean Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Same thing happened to me, took over Newcastle United IRL with 8 games to go and they expected to survive relegation haha! Half of the last 8 games were against the top 5 sides so i didn't manage to save them and ended up being sacked! =\ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likesiamesefish Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 whenever i've taken over it's said on the confidence screen that this year's league performance is not something i will be judged against but perhaps that's just that i've been taking over at clubs with lower expectations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quetaz Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Chill mate, I guess the only consolation I can give is to get a better job. Look at Avram Grant! Hope you do well at your next managerial post! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Very interesting point there actually. Maybe boards should revise their expectations, say, halfway into the season, depending on performances. Like maybe Hull, tipped for relegation, but due to good form the board may say, aim for Europe. Or the other way around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearesporting Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 It's hit and miss really. I took over as Stirling Albion boss half way through a season. Expectation was promotion and media prediction was 1st but they were 7th. We ended up 8th and i had a worse record than the previous manager but they kept me for the following year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Griffin87 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 This has happened to me before a couple of times before once in FM2008 and FM2009 so I have just not bothered applying for jobs for teams who are at the bottom but are expected to be near the top. Have also seen AI managers sacked after half a year even though they have transformed teams at the bottom to mid-table safety. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david22 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I have this same problem right now, Spurs were in relegation zone, i've got them up to 10th and theyre very dissapointed because im not challenging for a uefa cup spot.. stupid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmyhovel Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Bit lame tbf, because I did really well with them in the cups Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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