Reputation madness

I took over a BQP side. We didnt spend a penny and got promoted to L2.

Next season, didnt spend a penny, just loans and freebies. Got promoted to L1

In L1, no money spent again, am 8th half way through the season.

1 - why am I still "regional". I have worked wonders

2 - why do CCC sides dismiss my interest in their jobs? Shouldnt I be EXACTLY the sort of manager they should be looking at?

I don't want to stay at this club forever.

Reputation takes a long time to build up in FM. Put simply you have no history as a footballer or manager and started of with the reutation of a sunday league manager. You've got promoted twice, but you could just be a flash in the pan and a more sustained run of success is needed. I know it's frustrating, but even IRL I don't think that the CCC would touch a manager who has had two good seasons but other than that is a compelte unknown.

Originally posted by FM Addick:

I took over a BQP side. We didnt spend a penny and got promoted to L2.

Next season, didnt spend a penny, just loans and freebies. Got promoted to L1

In L1, no money spent again, am 8th half way through the season.

1 - why am I still "regional". I have worked wonders

2 - why do CCC sides dismiss my interest in their jobs? Shouldnt I be EXACTLY the sort of manager they should be looking at?

I don't want to stay at this club forever.

You seem to be putting a lot on emphasis on "not spending a penny", but I doubt potential employers would take this into account.

Being promoted as Champions would certainly help - as this goes down as a league title.

I finished champions with Workington, and promoted with Lewes through play-offs (both from Blue Sq N/S) and was offered the Bari job when I went on holiday (applying for all jobs in my absence). This is having started at Automatic.

It does take time to build a reputation.

But after one good job, your reputation will be built for the rest of the game.

Originally posted by GazTheDoood:

It does take time to build a reputation.

But after one good job, your reputation will be built for the rest of the game.

Couldn't be more true - I won a Spanish First Division title with Seville (which surprised even myself). Now I'm sorted for my career. Get offered all the top jobs, yet I'm still in mid-table Coca-Cola Championship.

I'm afraid my career is 'too' sorted...After winning so many trophies at Barca, no other clubs would consider me for their new manager as I am too good...

But the only jobs i would seriously consider are the Man Utd job, Spain, Inter Milan and Tottenham.

Hi

I have been at Newcastle for neraly 10 years

Just Look at this

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh9/matthewgoodfield/Picture1.png

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh9/matthewgoodfield/Picture2.png

And I am condintental ????

Similar to Mattg787, my history reads 8 titles and 11 cups, including 2 CL's, but i'm still continental rep as well.

I think they toned it down a lot for 8.0.2, as on a previous save (8.0.1) I won the CL in my second season and immediately obtained a World Class rep.

I'm not sure they have toned it down. On 8.0.2. i was PSV in Holland:

First Season - Got the job halfway through the season when they were 5th. Won the league, quarter's of Champions League (CL) and early cup exit.

Second Season - 2nd in league, early cup exit, won super cup and got to first knockout of CL.

Third Season - 6th in league (I know it was bad), early cup exit, first knockout of CL.

Fourth Season - Am currently top by 10pts with 11 games left, out of cup and went out in group stages of UEFA Cup.

Now to me this isn't a good record as I have struggled with the best team in the country, yet my reputation is World Class and I am being made favourite for all the top jobs (although no actual offers). Seems like I got the World Class rep too easily.

Forgot to add that this was with a starting rep of automatic. I got the job by choosing it but loaded a new game after the Jan window shuts using Norwegian dates hence the Feb start.

1 - why am I still "regional". I have worked wonders

Because you are only in League one?

by any chance did you gain promotion via the playoffs? in one game i took a side from serie c2 to serie b with two playoff victories, yet at the end of it had a worse reputation than most serie c2 managers, and was losing out when applying for jobs to managers who'd done nothing but get serie c teams relegated

i concluded that the game doesn't properly register playoff wins, and thus in the game's eyes i hadn't actually achieved anything

It's not just CCC clubs though. Leeds and Cardiff are in the same league as me, both are close to sacking their managers, yet I am not even being mentioned

I should at least be in the running. I hope this aspect of the game is more realistic in FM09. Am happy with most aspects of the game, other than this and regens.

Thought you needed some international management to get the world class reputation, though I am probably wrong.

I couldn't agree more.

Does anyone else feel that clubs are unwilling to pay compensation? I can't seem to get a job unless i leave my job. It's crazy!

Originally posted by mattg787:

Hi

I have been at Newcastle for neraly 10 years

Just Look at this

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh9/matthewgoodfield/Picture1.png

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh9/matthewgoodfield/Picture2.png

And I am condintental ????

You've only won the champions League once. Probably need a couple more for your reputation to increase.

This is getting silly now. I am performing so far above expectations, in the play-off places. Applied for the job at the club at the bottom of the league. Did I get it? Did I ********.