Dr. Cheesesteak Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Title says it, any one any particular coaches accurately reflecting their real-life counterparts when it comes to the transfer market? Granted, I can't think of many major coaches transfer habits (i.e. how much they spend, what kind of players they prefer to buy, countries they prefer to poach from, etc), but I know one of which that really stands out... I'm on my 2nd file (1st file was in Serie A, and there were no major coaches changes I noticed inside my own league - although I make a small effort to keep track of other major coaching changes around the continent. And as stated above, I'm not even sure of most Serie A coach's transfer habits) and I'm playing in La Liga. After 1 year, Pep leaves Barca to coach Spain (as it seems to be his destiny...) and Arsene Wenger takes over Barca. What has Barca done in Wenger's first year? Only bought 3 players, 2 of which are Frenchmen under 20 y/o and under $5m (but both high PA...even got Yaya Sanogo for free! 3rd player was a backup Spanish GK). If this is the case that Wegner's AI binds him to buy cheap Frenchmen, then it looks like Barca won't be a threat in a half decade or so...(unless he gets fired before then of course). Granted, I know it's only his first year, but I still kind of got a little chuckle out of it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 by the ammount of 30 somethings fergie buys.. i would say no want crazy. fergie has bought a 33 year old goalkeeper manchini bought rob green (?) usualy the managers do go for sanogo anyway, he has turned up at a few clubs early on in my saves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svenc Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Seeing Wenger targeting young players for the first team from all over the place is not a coincidence, it is just like the character traits that'd influence how AI managers handle pressure, man management, their tactical approach etc. a preference that is edited into the game. Some of this is subtle - you'll likely only ever see the many errors the AI makes based on the traits by taking a closer look, such as a manager storming out of a pk via heading straight to his conversation history screen or a manager upsetting his players by taking a closer look at his full squad status - whilst some of it ain't. Fergie always going straight into mind-game mode whenever you play him, f'r instance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy101 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I wouldn't say it's not accurate it just doesn't seem to show as much as it could. I think there is definately room for it to be improved though. For me I would like it to be noted more in the media, such as: "X manager is known to prefer buying for the future." or "X has always looked to sign technically gifted players." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSH Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 To the OP: there is no such thing. Managers just make some decisions based on some traits (this is based on the results I'm seeing in my game). 8/10 times they are totally illogical (hence the atrocious transfer mentality and world class players warming benches) and 2/10 they are spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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