football_master_94 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Right, so Nigeria win the World Cup which tbf was very unusual. So you would assume that the manager would be the most popular man in the country and should be knighted etc. Overlooking the fact that i got sacked after reaching the QF with Italy, for some very bizarre reason the Nigeria manager got the sack - who should be a national hero :confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArsenalFan7 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Stupid Game how unrealistic could it get. Or did he resign? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Maybe he resigned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantero Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Maybe he just resigned a la Lippi or Jacquet ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jld123 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Sacked or resigned? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Maybe he just resigned a la Lippi or Jacquet ? Looking over his profile, it looks likely that he probably did resign - but then the question is what was he thinking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Looking over his profile, it looks likely that he probably did resign - but then the question is what was he thinking Resign on a high as a national hero, nothing wrong with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 He could have been sacked if the Nigerian FA are as trigger happy in the game as in real life. He has now been sacked twice in real life for the ignomy of winning the bronze medal in the Cup of Nations, back in 2002 and last month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 He could have been sacked if the Nigerian FA are as trigger happy in the game as in real life. He has now been sacked twice in real life for the ignomy of winning the bronze medal in the Cup of Nations, back in 2002 and last month. I like this theory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathxxx Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Ivory Coast have just won the World Cup on my current save. I was quite surprised by that alone, even though they've got a fairly good squad if truth be told. As for the op and follow ups, it sounds more like the guy resigned. To be fair, I would likely do the same thing with an international job. You can't get much higher than winning the World Cup after all. With international management, I would probably be a bit like Hiddink. The challenge being to take control of nations that aren't favourites particularly, then see how far you can take them. To take an unfancied nation to a major tournament and win... now that's an achievement! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I like this theory It gets better he was brought in both times to get Nigeria to the World Cup after a previous manager messed up, a feat he achieved twice. There is actually an article in this months World Soccer about if if your interested. Lagerback essentially now has a month to get his squad picked and ready for the World Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Play Up Pompey! Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Maybe his contract expired? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 It gets better he was brought in both times to get Nigeria to the World Cup after a previous manager messed up, a feat he achieved twice. There is actually an article in this months World Soccer about if if your interested. Lagerback essentially now has a month to get his squad picked and ready for the World Cup. The FA's in the African Nations are pretty appalling tbh, i mean the Ivery Coast manager got the sack a couple of weeks back, which all just seems ludicrous. Imo they should wait after the WC to see what they should do with managers. The Benin FA were the worst as the basically cleared all the playing and coaching staff after the African Cup of Nations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Maybe his contract expired? If that were the case, surely the FA would want to keep a hold of him if he had just won the WC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lang Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 back in ye olde days of fm 09...the FA ruined my game...granted it happened when i was in the championship and the incident was in the PL...all bottom 5 clubs were on 19 points with 6 games remaining...then 2 teams got relegated....leaving Derby in the 18th place spot with 1 game left, against the team above them.who they were level on points with..then the FA ruined the magic of the PL....they docked Derby 10 points for going into Admin and making the last game irrelavent...i was really excited about it and was regulaly checking on the prgress and was going to watch that match....but then the news came through that it didnt matter and they had been docked 10 points the day before the game!!! i was like " WTF...NOOOO...DOCK THEM THE POINTS NEXT SEASON..." i never managed in england again on that save. " in my mind i was protesting to the english FA for it" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine_iron Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 On mine capello won the euros with england and choose to "resign on a high note" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 On mine capello won the euros with england and choose to "resign on a high note" Mmm, that seems unusual. In addition, I also think that the FA of many top country's tend to be too high. Irl Domenech hasn't got the sack yet after years of incompetence and after a poor showing with a big team at a big stage can lead to the sack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Maybe he resigned to manage a nation that could pay him more? I can't see the Nigerian FA being the wealthiest in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballinisahabit Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Im noticing alot of managers ''leaving on a high'' including Capello. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Im noticing alot of managers ''leaving on a high'' including Capello. I would like it if there was a clear indication though, instead of speculation whether it was a resignation or a sacking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fart Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 On mine capello won the euros with england and choose to "resign on a high note" Yeah I see managers "leaving on a high" all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jld123 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I would like it if there was a clear indication though, instead of speculation whether it was a resignation or a sacking You can see on the nation's 'Landmarks' page or on the manager's page whether it was a resignation or sacking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 You can see on the nation's 'Landmarks' page or on the manager's page whether it was a resignation or sacking. I know, its just that i'm incredibly lazy and would prefer it to be said in my inbox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Mattio Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's called Mourning, its the final stage of group development, as soon as a group achieves its goal he/they decide to leave and move on, (A Level P.E.) who would have thought that football manager helps with PE revision Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Managers leaving on a high is fairly common on the international scene in FM, though Lippi is the only real life example I can think of. Makes sense when you think about it. Aside from the 'leave on a high' thing, an international manager can't do much about the quality of his players like he can at a club, and if you overachieve at international level then it will only last for so long, whereas at a club you can take advantage of a rep/budget increase to help sustain it. Though as a teambuilder-style manager maybe thats just me where that's a concern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's called Mourning, its the final stage of group development, as soon as a group achieves its goal he/they decide to leave and move on, (A Level P.E.) who would have thought that football manager helps with PE revision See, FM helps with school Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfgrigg Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Managers leaving on a high is fairly common on the international scene in FM, though Lippi is the only real life example I can think of. Yes, it's reasonably common in real life. Most World Cup winning managers leave their posts just after the tournament. The last five have, and I'm sure there are more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackemforever Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 The weirdest thing about that screenshot is not that he resigned, its that Lee Cattermole was playing for England. I mean, he's a decent midfielder, thats about it. I dread to think what sort of injury crisis there must have been for him to get into the England team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlo116 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Funny this should be mentioned now as i have just been offered the brazillian job twice in three months. After i rejected it the first time the new manager played three friendlies two of which he won and the third he lost. After that he was sacked and i was offered the job again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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