Will Sigames ever bring controversy into the FM series?

I remember years ago as a youngen playing a football managing game but i cannot remember which one im pretty sure it was a EA game, and now and again it would come up saying so n so(my only memory is Dean Windass for some reason) has had trouble at home or moving house or something along those lines... but i dont really mean that i just mean will things be brought into the game.. Like off field events, in real life we have such things going on like Rio Ferdinand not being in the Euro's, Terry involved in a racist abuse case same with Suarez who got an 8 match ban, and Russian fans involved in fightin stewards etc which will most likely bring to the Russian FA a fine...

Could we see players suspended during the season for an off field event?

Our own club being fined for failing to control our own crowds or players in an on field bust up? (more chance of this happening in places like Poland, Ukraine etc due to gangs..

im not saying anything like ''Star striker Julian Montgomery(random made up name) caught his wife cheating with the kit man, his stats seemed to have dropped due to ongoing depression problems and alcohol abuse, the board advise you to send him to a rehabiliation clinic at the cost of £1,000 a week''

Or is there things like this already in the game which i havent even seen?

It already happens, but only with newgens.

I had no idea. think the furthest ive been was on fm 11 to 2019. i get bored pretty easily or get put on stupid shifts at work

It already happens, but only with newgens.

Got any Examples....

Got any Examples....

I don't, but controversial things definitely happen only with newgens in FM 12.2.2. I actually saw some examples being posted on this forum.

I don't, but controversial things definitely happen only with newgens in FM 12.2.2. I actually saw some examples being posted on this forum.

Links or it didn't happen.

IIRC, there was a thread for last years game and someone explained about legal reasons. I am not 100% sure but hopefully a mod or someone from SI will shed some light on this.

You will not see racism turn up, ever.

You will see newgens going to nightclubs, being involved in punchups etc.

Links or it didn't happen.

IIRC, there was a thread for last years game and someone explained about legal reasons. I am not 100% sure but hopefully a mod or someone from SI will shed some light on this.

Of course it happens even without me providing links. Ackter also confirmed it, so it definitely happens.

You will see newgens going to nightclubs, being involved in punchups etc.

I really haven't seen this but I certainly looking forward to it now lol!

I really haven't seen this but I certainly looking forward to it now lol!

I rarely see it because I go to pains to sign the right kinds of players, but occasionally an absolute idiot slips through the net.

You can make it more likely to happen by signing a Diouf-style mentalist and making him as unhappy as possible at the club.

I still wish they would bring back the "arse" command

As Fabio and Ackter says, it definately can happen in the game to newgens. I've had players not turn up for training, turn up late for training, getting caught by the paparazzi coming out of a nightclub. On an older version I even had one occasion where a newgen failed to turn up for a match.

Just today (on FM11) had a youngster miss a youth team match after being spotted out drinking the night before (for the second time). He wasn't anything special so I sacked him on the spot.

I try to have a team of 22 Javier Zanetti's. Call it boring, but they come to work EVERY DAY.

i never meant bring racism cases into the game to see players banned for that reason i was just giving an example of a player being banned for an off field issue.

I just know in real life theres more a manager has to deal with in his line of work than just signing players, training and tactics etc..

I try to have a team of 22 Javier Zanetti's. Call it boring, but they come to work EVERY DAY.

I'd recommend you give them a day off

I was wondering if SI could have a disclaimer at the start of the game saying something like, although the players in the game are actual players their actions, lifes are done by in game actions or something like that.

Never, ever, seen anything remotely cotroversial in any of my long career saves in this game. Been playing (extremely) regular since 2007.

Would welcome it though.

For legal reasons we can't have these kinds of things in the game for 'real' players. I once had Victor Renner headbutt a referee and get banned for 8 months, but that was years and years ago

Haha ace. the reasons are justifyed about that though

How does Ballotelli behave in FM12? I always go man utd so never want to manage him.

How does Ballotelli behave in FM12? I always go man utd so never want to manage him.

He's hard to please and easily deteriorates if you don't handle him well.

Long gone are the days when I had to fine Robinho for being caught outside a nightclub at 3am.

Never, ever, seen anything remotely cotroversial in any of my long career saves in this game. Been playing (extremely) regular since 2007.

Would welcome it though.

I remember seeing a few examples of players doing a Zidane on FM 2007.

I bought a player a few ingame seasons ago and then found after i had bought him that he was banned for 9 months .

It taught me to look more closely at everything when buying players

Just today (on FM11) had a youngster miss a youth team match after being spotted out drinking the night before (for the second time). He wasn't anything special so I sacked him on the spot.

A youth team player out on the razz.

Had a couple of players not turn up for training in the past. Also, in FM 09 I think it was, had a player punch another player in a Brazilian League match, I'd say that was fairly contoversial, although not in the same context as your saying...

I think missing training actually doesn't qualify in this list. Players tend to miss training in case they have a bone to pick with manager, they are not motivated, unhappy because lack of first team football etc. In short words - reasons come down to manager's decision.

More interesting, unpredictable and controversial would be off-field events, including DUI, arrests, drugs, nightclubs etc. But as said - if I were a professional footballer, I wouldn't be happy to see my alter ego in the game doing drugs or something, so obviously it's not going to happen.

Secondly, such events make game more random and potentially upset a player. What can you do when you're biggest talent suddenly gets suspended for a year because he has to make jail time for assault? Event itself comes completely out of the blue and it diminishes all your previous work, squad building and ruins your season. That's not quite the purpose of the game, is it?

I think that you can have a player "turn up late for training looking bleary eyed" or something like that. I have also seen the nightclub message.

Not fining players for these incidents leads to players being unhappy because of lack of discipline.

A few years ago I had a player get a lengthy ban after punching a ref. I don't remember if it was a regen or not, and I don't know if this can still happen. I hope so though!

I think we could see a bit more of off-field issues without the game being "watered down", or whatever the fear is. For example a regen failing a drug test could be a very rare but serious event. Also, I feel that managing a high-reputation club, and managing high-rep players, should feel like a bit more of a "media circus". For example not playing a high profile player would cause a lot of scrutiny.

A few years ago I had a player get a lengthy ban after punching a ref. I don't remember if it was a regen or not, and I don't know if this can still happen. I hope so though!

Happened to me recently in FMH 2012. Bowyer punched the ref when playing against Leeds, after a Becchio dive!

Given what SI said in post 17, I am finding this hard to understand:confused:

As Fabio and Ackter says, it definately can happen in the game to newgens. I've had players not turn up for training, turn up late for training, getting caught by the paparazzi coming out of a nightclub. On an older version I even had one occasion where a newgen failed to turn up for a match.

This used to happen to me a lot. I never signed him but wasn't djalminha a nightmare in previous versions.

Given what SI said in post 17, I am finding this hard to understand:confused:

Either a) FM2012PSP has different licensing or b) Marc V's being naughty and has let a bug get through

I think random acts of violence maybe should be less liekly, but if a player has a serious dislike of an opponent, there could be a few scuffles in a match or somehting like that. IM thinking in the case of rivalries, such as Keane vs Vieira.

Also, I think there should be a place for small incedents to be exegerrated a bit, such as all the media furore surrounding anything Mario ballotelli does. Im thinking excessive press focus on an individual could lead to them blowing their top in one game, but the manager would have potential to stop this from happening before hand via press conferences or replying to a news artcle, just like Mourinho used to do before he left chelski.

I remember my brother had Igor Akinfeev sent off and received an additional 11 match ban for pushing over the referee on FMH05 (or was it 06?). To make matters worse, it was in the Champion's League match which meant he missed a whole season of European Football.

Pahaha, that's class.