Do you allow transfer budgets in first window?

Simple question fellas, do you allow transfer budgets in the first window?

Usually no.

yes, always

Yes, everytime.

Yes, every time.

This might be a silly question, but what reasons would you have for not allowing transfers?:confused:

This might be a silly question, but what reasons would you have for not allowing transfers?:confused:

Because it allows your game to mirror real life.

Yes, i've never disabled them

Because it allows your game to mirror real life.

It mirrors real life because there aren't any transfers? :confused:

It doesn't actually stop free transfers or loans iirc anyway.

Sorry I'm confused.

So you mean that when the game starts the transfer window is closed in real life?

He obviously means so the squads stay the same for the first few months as irl. I however also allow transfers

It mirrors real life because there aren't any transfers? :confused:

Well, yes. All the transfers that happened in that window irl are in the game already done.

Not that I disable them btw.

Yes I always allow them, as I like to get stuck in to the transfer market straight away.

I get the realism argument - perhaps it would be better to have the game DB reflect the teams squads as they stand in early July rather than after the transfer window is finished? Although I can see that being a little complex with the various different start dates for different leagues.

Always allowed transfer budgets in the first window.

Yes. I don't really care though because I normally manage in lower leagues so most of my signings are freebies.

yes i always do

i always have but it does seem to make sense not to and i may consider disabling them for my first game on fm10 (Y)

Yes I do. Makes sense to be able to bring in your 'own players' right from the off.

I will be doing it for realism, but I will be a bit annoyed if clubs bring in players on loan or on free transfers, if its after 1st sept then fine because that could have happened IRL. But oh well, I will see what happens.

Yes. I do.

No I don't. I like the clubs to have the same squad they would be starting their real life season with.

how about an option to enable transfer budgets, but have the squads as they were at the end of the (last) season?

imo it seems silly to have transfers. just look at a club like portsmouth,who have undergone such a massive change in personnel this season - imagine having to do that yourself. it would be hugely challenging, but also very rewarding if you got it right

I've never turned the option off but I might do that for FM10.

Can you still get Free Transfers with this option off?

I believe you can get still free transfers.

I Personally don't disable the budgets it as I prefer to try and build my squad from the get go, and especially in FM10 when there's so many good players available at the start of the game

Yes, always.

I tried it in FM09 with Hamburg. And pre-season is so hard to get through without doing transfers. Setup training and play friendlies is all you can do.

Yes everytime, wouldn't be anywhere near as fun without it.

it doesn't disable transfers - it just takes account of the fact that your predecessor will have spent the summer spending the club's money so that when you arrive 2009's budget is spoken for. If you allow the box to be ticked, you're essentially giving your club money it doesn't have.

You can still make any transfers you like, but only with whatever money the club might realistically have left after a summer spent making transfers, so a league 2 club won't have much, Man United will still have some. You can sell, loan, make free transfers, everything as normal. It's simply a realism setting.

Yes I do, and I dont think its not 'realistic' either.

Imagine if arsenal had sacked arsene wenger (ok, he would have to have died - but if he wasnt manager) Arsenal would have bought other players in the transfer window, the only reason why they didnt is that it would go against his transfer policy (sticking with youth)

So for me, I dont have any issues with it, realism or otherwise.

I always allow them, that way when I start with a team I don't know I can implement a few changes, and even when I'm managing Arsenal, there's 1 or 2 changes I want to make straight away.

No I don't. I like the clubs to have the same squad they would be starting their real life season with.

this............

Yes, always!

I don't allow them, and I was glad when this feature was introduced (FM 08?).

Yeah, I totally allow the tranfers.

No - never do.

so, when do u get ur transfer budget in early january?

No. Prefer the challenge of realism in first season, but depends on game at hand, safe to say my huge career game had budgets for Liverpool largely 'cos it made no difference with a £2m kitty.