Getting sacked?!

Hand on heart - i have never been sacked in Football Manager so have no idea what signs to look out for...

Anyway, i was told at the beginning of the season that they want me to win the league - we are currently in November and i am sitting in 8th, i don't think they are happy.

Thing is, i am trying to build a squad for the future so giving alot of youngsters a chance but i am worried that if i don't win the league i will be sacked....what warning signs should i look out for, and are you almost always sacked if you don't meet the chairman's expectations?

Have a look at your confidence page and see what your overall percentage is, if lower than 50% you should be careful, but you don't always get a warning.

I've been sacked on old versions, but always unfairly of course . This one time (at band camp) I was managing Tranmere Rovers and with a little hard work I got them from League 1 up to the Premier League in 6 seasons on a shoestring budget. First year in the top flight was always going to be tough and by Christmas I was in the relegation zone, so they sacked me. A little harsh, considering my achievements with the club.

Last year in a hotseat game with 2 friends I was managing Liverpool, they had the 2 Manchesters. First season I finished 4th, not too bad. About 8 games into the second season and I am sat in 5th after a difficult early fixture list but winning all my Champs League games, going into a big game against my friend's Man Utd. My board confidence had just shown up at the start of the month and they were satisfied at this point. I was losing 2-1 to United with about 20 minutes left so I tried to go attacking and salvage something, but I ended up getting hammered 6-1 and I got sacked immediately. Now I appreciate it's not good to get beaten heavily by my rivals, but my league season was going ok and there was no prior warning and I'd been doing a good job considering the financial constraints at the time.

I was fuming, but got myself a job at Leicester, struggling in the Championship, got them into the PL 18 months later and my first PL match was away to Liverpool, I beat them 2-0. Very smug after that, nothing more satisfying than getting your own back.

Depends who you're managing. If it's Liverpool... you're doomed

very impatient board in fm12

This one time (at band camp).

I like you.

A very impatient board can be a doom for you, especially if you think you're doing okay. Was managing Kaiserslautern and was sitting second in the 2. Bundesliga, poised for automatic promotion. But was fired because I wasn't sitting first. I didn't get any warnings over that either, and last time I checked the board was satisfied. It was the first time in FM that I'd ever been sacked.

Needless to say I was offered the post at 1860 Munich who were doing poorly; I managed to do enough to steal away Kaiserslautern's promotion hopes by taking second for myself. Revenge is sweet.

I've only ever been sacked once. You might get a few messages in your inbox saying that a bad result in your next game could make it your last game.

Only time I've ever been sacked was when i got Leigh RMI relegated from the conference in an old CM game - because you couldn't manage anyone at a lower level - not that that was the only reason of course, getting relegated probably didn't help my cause either

I was sacked

Starting a new save, as Crewe now

I've been sacked twice in 10 versions of FM/CM

Once on FM11 for losing the first 4 matches of my second season at Man City.

Once for getting Bolton relegated. :o

Never... I don't think I've come close either. I usually stick with teams with relegation expectations though so I can usually over perform. Never had trouble on the finance side of things but that may change.