How old until you retire?

as in the manager what year does it actually end? 70 , 80 years old?

You turn 100 and then you stop aging, at no point does the game automatically make you retired.

thats not very realistic

Not many people live over 100...

Not many people become football managers....

Ah, touche

hahaha its stupid . every game should be unique they shoud just choose when you die its over like one time might be 76 another 81 etc etc be more realistic

How would you feel, if you just "died" - mid way through a season, because the game decided? I think it's very rare people get the managers to that age, anyway, so there really isn't an issue. The age cap is not 100 either. It's round abouts there, but I'm almost certain it's not 100

i would peer that at least its realistic. they shouldnt allow you to manager past say 75. thats still 50 years to do what you need to do..

If you don't want to manage past 75, then retire at 75.

Its a game not real life.

I would laugh if I just suddenly died in the middle of a season

Id really love to hit 100:D

But in terms of realism - how many managers start at 25?

i would peer that at least its realistic. they shouldnt allow you to manager past say 75. thats still 50 years to do what you need to do..

I suggest if you expect total realism, that you simply don't play the game. Because lets face it, how realistic is it that you would be a manager in the first place?

I would laugh if I just suddenly died in the middle of a season

How would you laugh, you'd be dead

well its possible youd just have to satat off when you were 10 haha

Id really love to hit 100:D

set your age to 99 and play a year

or go one better and make it 100

hahahahha god that is so random i love it

i would peer that at least its realistic. they shouldnt allow you to manager past say 75. thats still 50 years to do what you need to do..

Speak for yourself. It's a bit unfair on players like me who are in their 80s.

not many people live over 100...

not many people become football managers....

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Speak for yourself. It's a bit unfair on players like me who are in their 80s.

Are you sure that you are in your 80s right now or are you just kidding?

I think once we hit 75ish, we should get a 'in-game' bus pass, which means the club no longer has to pay for the coach to games. (Which free's up some money a week).

Please, don't take this seriously!

I think it would be cool if you started at say 30 years old then when you get to 50, they ask you if you want to be a chairman cos you have so much money, and you can say, yh or no. Would be well cool.

Yeah and in game status it should say 'think its time to change your incontinence pants'

Are you sure that you are in your 80s right now or are you just kidding?

Well I was responding to a certain poster who makes up his age as he goes along.

I would laugh if I just suddenly died in the middle of a season

I can see the headlines now:

"Legendary Betis and former Turkey manager Brian Shanahan died on his way to hospital last night. He was found by Demetrious Scandalura in bed with his wife the 20 year old super-model Nastashia Farangennia. Mr. Scandalura proceeded to shoot Mr. Shanahan in a fit of jealous rage which lead to Mr. Shanahan dieing of blood loss in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Mr. Shanahan was 82."

And the funeral:

"30,000 people turned up in Limerick today to witness the spreading of the ashes of Brian Shanahan on the River Shannon. The legendary manager who won 26 league titles, and 7 European cups with his club Real Betis, and 4 World Cups and 6 European Chamionships died last Friday in an altercation with a cuckolded husband.

Further memeorial services were held at the Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium in Betis and at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. In honour of his achievements for the club Betis have decided to rename their stadium Estadio del monumento de Brian Shanahan"

I would love to see it (p.s. all the titles are as yet fictional).

I can see the headlines now:

"Legendary Betis and former Turkey manager Brian Shanahan died on his way to hospital last night. He was found by Demetrious Scandalura in bed with his wife the 20 year old super-model Nastashia Farangennia. Mr. Scandalura proceeded to shoot Mr. Shanahan in a fit of jealous rage which lead to Mr. Shanahan dieing of blood loss in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Mr. Shanahan was 82."

And the funeral:

"30,000 people turned up in Limerick today to witness the spreading of the ashes of Brian Shanahan on the River Shannon. The legendary manager who won 26 league titles, and 7 European cups with his club Real Betis, and 4 World Cups and 6 European Chamionships died last Friday in an altercation with a cuckolded husband.

Further memeorial services were held at the Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium in Betis and at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. In honour of his achievements for the club Betis have decided to rename their stadium Estadio del monumento de Brian Shanahan"

I would love to see it (p.s. all the titles are as yet fictional).

Genius

It would be just terrible to log on and find out that you had just died.

"What? WHAT THE ****?! I'M DEAD? I SPENT 20 SEASONS ON THAT SAVE!"

It would be just terrible to log on and find out that you had just died.

"What? WHAT THE ****?! I'M DEAD? I SPENT 20 SEASONS ON THAT SAVE!"

And then the uproar on GD after it happends

And then the uproar on GD after it happends

I can see it now. Worst bug ever, most unrealistic game ever! I had just played my 120th season and I died!! Damn SI, you should burn, you are not fit to lick eidos boots.

Is that how it would go Ty?

You could just quit and reload. That's what I do whenever I die.

I think it would be cool if you started at say 30 years old then when you get to 50, they ask you if you want to be a chairman cos you have so much money, and you can say, yh or no. Would be well cool.

It's called football manager, not club manager.

I can see it now. Worst bug ever, most unrealistic game ever! I had just played my 120th season and I died!! Damn SI, you should burn, you are not fit to lick eidos boots.

Is that how it would go Ty?

It would go nothing like that ..

... because the spelling and grammar in that sentence was too good !

I think it would be cool if you started at say 30 years old then when you get to 50, they ask you if you want to be a chairman cos you have so much money, and you can say, yh or no. Would be well cool.

oh god not this again

You could just quit and reload. That's what I do whenever I die.

Last week my son's dog, Bugle, got hit by a truck and he says "Mummy, mummy, where's the reset button?". Kids these days, they think life is a game. Well, it's not a game. It's very, very serious... Life does not have a reset button.

How would you feel, if you just "died" - mid way through a season, because the game decided? I think it's very rare people get the managers to that age, anyway, so there really isn't an issue. The age cap is not 100 either. It's round abouts there, but I'm almost certain it's not 100

i wouldnt matter if you died can just make another person

i wouldnt matter if you died can just make another person

You cannot, the screen just goes all black and the game isn't playable anymore.

I see it now.

Afterworld Football Manager 2010

Manager you favourite footballers long gone

just imagine your in the middle of a season then the message pops up

{manager name} has died at the age of 100

Surely it's linked to the situation meaning that player deaths aren't included. I think that what the OP means (in a better sense) is that the game age shouldn't stop at 100. Mind you, you would get fairly ridiculous manager ages if that were the case, though surely any manager over 70 is a bit unrealistic these days. Even Alex Ferguson isn't going to struggle to get there.

maybe even include some multiple endings depending on how much the media love you.

if they hate you then theres barely any coverage of your memorial service and funeral but if they loved you theres farewell messages sent in from individual reporters and tv images of your best moments then you end up on This is Your Life and theres a book released the Life and Times of "insert managers name here" and even a movie made about your greatest achievements starring a 50+ year old megan fox as your wife/girlfriend and michael cera as "insert managers name here".

A man can dream

Megan Fox as wife/girlfriend? Wonder how long people would have to spend considering other choice for the role!

Megan Fox as wife/girlfriend? Wonder how long people would have to spend considering other choice for the role!

By the time I plan on retiring it'd have to be her granddaughter.

You could always make a new manager if you are 80+ years, and let the old one retire, continueing the save with the new manager.

Anyway, as you age, the club you are hired in should be able to fire you on "Thinking your old age and health is effecting your judgement and they believe it is best to have you go".

You could just quit and reload. That's what I do whenever I die.

Hehe.. I LOL at this.

Bugger, i'm 41 in my game, only 59 years to go till im 100, i can feel life slipping away already....

I've been wondering what happens as you get older, in 2038 and started when I was 30 so 63 next birthday, got a few years left in me yet then!

You could always make a new manager if you are 80+ years, and let the old one retire, continueing the save with the new manager.

Anyway, as you age, the club you are hired in should be able to fire you on "Thinking your old age and health is effecting your judgement and they believe it is best to have you go".

Then you can sue them for age discrimination

i wouldnt matter if you died can just make another person

If you died, in the same manner as if you retire, and create someone new, all your stats are gone. (Manager stats, that is). I'm very big on keeping the stats.... so it would pee me off no end.