plebbo_dom Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Has anyone being granted what they demanded for after issuing an ultimatum WITHOUT getting the sack because I reckon no matter how successful you are as a manager, if you issue an ultimatum you're getting going to get the sack the very next day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMWheelerDealer Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 never worked for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beware Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Not worked for me either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawsie Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 yeah but not in this version. I have tried it once in 09 and got sacked, i tried it a few times in 07 where it worked and i dont think it worked in 08 either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juve_curr Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 never worked for me in any FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cityull Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 never for me either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
echosofberlin Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Never ... how many times has it happened in real life? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty James Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 never worked for me, either, even after taking a blue square team to the prem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cityull Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 never worked for me, either, even after taking a blue square team to the prem well done with that, just out of interest how long did that take? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamweesel Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Has worked for me on FM07 and FM08 After 15 years of success at West Ham,I told them I wanted a larger stadium,they refused,I gave an ultimatum,after which they made a new stadium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plebbo_dom Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 I'm in 2012/2013 and my Wimbledon team are in the Championships, just off the record Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sir Alex_ Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 only did it once in 08 but didnt work for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baker.simon Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 A couple of times in 08 it worked. Tried to use it twice so far and got sacked both times, even though i have guided Wolves to the top of the premiership. I just exited and started from an earlier save! I took it as a final warning and wont do it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzydeepy Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Worked for me in FM 07 when managing Liverpool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Worked for me in FM 07 when managing Liverpool I was about to post that I had read about it working for someone on 07, it was probably you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damienroden Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Never worked, but when I do get sacked, the fans always back me up, so FY board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
estoo Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Never worked for me either but when I got sacked after demanding a bigger stadium (14000 and I'm challenging for the premiership FFS), 4 of my backroom staff walked out in protest! Nice touch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzydeepy Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Haha Nomis - it probably was me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Never worked for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rougess Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 i've done it loads of times, and it worked once in 07. even then they said they wouldn't stand for it again, or something similar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 never worked in the recent versions. I do recall it working a couple years back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 In 07 or 08 it worked once but on plenty of occasions they said that they could not give me what I wanted but they would like me to reconsider resigning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGLiverpool Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 My friend had been at Manchester United for 22 years, issued an ulitimatum, and got sacked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mufc-paton Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 once, in around 2002/2003 version lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDEHLSON Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Worked for me in FM05. Was my first season ahead of Kidderminster, but I had World Class rep after managing Chelsea. I wanted a bigger transfer budget. The board refused, I issued an ultimatum and voila! Improved transfer budget (not that it matters that much in a BSP side ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancepower Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Its work for me in FM07 and FM08 but i was at the club for about 12-13 seasons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHAVFC Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Some people had success with it in 08. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celts1888 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 No I have tried it numerous times at different clubs and to no avail, the only thing it guarantees is a visit to the dole office. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARulz Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Wasn't successful but didn't get sacked, but after doing it 3 times I did Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum1337 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I tried it once. I didn't get what I wanted, but I wasn't sacked either. They said that due to my success at the club they'd forget what I did, or something along those lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMysterio Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I did it in FM08 in regards to a stadium expansion for Leeds United after about 4 seasons of success... I was turned down and sent an Ultimatum and they said... YES! I continued as Leeds manager for another 12 days before scurrying off to Barcelona!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 yes it worked but only after successive promotions with leeds utd where the fans loved me but it was only to increase my wage budget by another 35k per week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
berwick-the-unbeatable Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Nope. I had it work once on FM07. I rejected a move at a club, and the board said that they would forget about what just happened. Lol. In my opinion, this feature is almost as pointless as FM08's complaining about the ref and linesmen. If you are right, you get **** all out of it, if you're wrong, you get a nice ban. In this, it's simply ultimate and be sacked. Simple as. Hopefully SI will increase the rate of success in ultimatiums in FM10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wehave Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 it will only work sometimes after years of succes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mag man Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 It worked once for me in a previous version and I remember the fans were backing me with my ultimatum or something like that. Otherwise always sacked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcef Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 won the champions leauge 3 out of 4 and still got sacked when issued an ultimatum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Wright\'s Champion Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 it would be good if "fan pressure" could force the board to reverse their decision to sack you and bring you back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Girondins Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Just another 'feature' in FM that doesn't work or has never been fixed sadly. I haven't had any joy with it since 07 .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 It worked for me... back on 01/02. I had taken Billericay up from the Conference to the Premier League, and was filling in the expanded to 15,000 New Lodge every week. I issued an ultimatum for an increase. The board responsed that because of everything I had done for the club they were prepared to overlook my outburst this once. Two weeks later I got another message saying that supporter power had led them to increase the stadium to 18,500. By the time my save had died, it had increased further to 23,500. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maidel Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 it would be good if "fan pressure" could force the board to reverse their decision to sack you and bring you back yea - because that always works in real life too... just ask kevin keegan. ive never managed to get what i wanted, but ive only been asked to resign, never been sacked outright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilUK Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Has worked for me in the past but lets face it, how many managers in the real game could survive giving the board an ultimatum? I can only think of two, Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. Can't think anyone else would get away with it, as much as Rafa is loved by the Liverpool fans not sure he would survive an ultimatum. So I think its fairly accurate in the game to be honest. I have used it in the past when I didn't want my loyalty to drop by moving jobs. If a better job is out there , give your board an ultimatum, get sacked and take the better job ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Im a Liverpool fan and it would depend on what Rafa was asking for tbh. Its unfortunatley not the right time to be asking for a new stadium but I think if he said to the board I think we can win the prem but I need 20 million for x y and z players, we would back him 100%. We only neeed to loose 1 or 2 Key players to long injury/other unforseen problems and we are going to start to struggle in the league. But yeah most managers would get the boot IRL for standing up against the board IMO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I hate it when you issue one, you're sacked, but the fans say they agree with you. WTF?! The bord would listen to the fans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maidel Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I hate it when you issue one, you're sacked, but the fans say they agree with you. WTF?! The bord would listen to the fans Like I said to the guy who said they should bring him back - ask kevin keegan about that. I cant think of a single time the board actually listened to the fans. FM is totally realistic in this effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredric Drum Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Useless feature. You can never really issue the ultimatum without saving first so you can reload, or you're almost guaranteed to get sacked and lose all your hard work. Pointless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Perfect Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Its success depends on various factors, most being your reputation and the club's ability to actually do what you ask (I'd imagine), regardless of their reluctance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
berwick-the-unbeatable Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Has worked for me in the past but lets face it, how many managers in the real game could survive giving the board an ultimatum? I can only think of two, Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. Can't think anyone else would get away with it, as much as Rafa is loved by the Liverpool fans not sure he would survive an ultimatum. So I think its fairly accurate in the game to be honest. I have used it in the past when I didn't want my loyalty to drop by moving jobs. If a better job is out there , give your board an ultimatum, get sacked and take the better job ;-) Well, how would you know? I'm sure there has been quite a few ultimatums over the past year in the managing industry. We're not going to know wether it was a reason the manager was sacked, or the reason why say, the stadium was expanded, because a club is never going to come out with a statement sayings something like 'Ince asked, then told us to give us more money so we could be more successful in the transfer market, however, we disagreed and now he's not our manager' or 'We are proud to announce that Chelsea's new stadium, Stanleyford Bridge, was made because our manager demanded it' because it isn't setting a good example for their club in the future. The first example would lead to managers staying away from the job because of the board being too tight on making decisions, while the second would lead to that manager or a new one thinking he could easily take advantage of the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZBruntsfield Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I issued an ultimatum to the club I had managed for 25 years. They didn't grant it, but they didn't sack me. So not all bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHAVFC Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I've tried it once and got sacked. Never dared touch it again even if I had been there for 40 seasons and won the league in everyone of them seasons I still wouldn't issue one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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