barron

I like the idea of the interim manager, but it seems completely broken. Two cases in point; Having taken Woking from the Conference to the Premier League & Champions League titles within ten years, I fancied a change of scenery and to take on a new challenge. At the end of the season, I applied for the Deportivo La Coruna job, in Segunda (which was free). Upon being offered it, I was told it was an interim position?! Firstly, what club appoints an interim at the end of a season? Also, i'm (in game) basically the best manager around (also Brazil manager at the time) - in what world would they not bite my hand off? Instead, I applied to Zaragoza (also Segunda) and got that full time. Now, having taken them to the Primera at the first time of asking, i've also won the Copa America with Brazil. I was told by a news item, i'd have 'the pick of any international job'. Now applying to my home country of England (also free), i've been told this will also be an interim position! It's utterly ludicrous. What nation would not take a manager with that kind of record full time?! It's a nice feature/idea, but it's hard to argue with it being spectacularly badly implemented given the examples above.

It’s not a new issue, as there are reports and complaints of this going back to FMM 21, but who knows? Maybe one day it’ll actually be fixed. When taking an attacking corner, the opposition break and the players staying back fly forward - often into space nowhere near the ball - leaving the opposition attacker free to run clean through from his own half and score. This is despite having FOUR players (both wingers and both fullbacks) set on ‘stay back’ (not ‘stay back if needed’). I have zero faith this’ll be fixed as it’s been at least three years, but it should at least be noted.

As a National League side, I was able to hire a chief scout from the beginning. As I progressed, I could add another. At some point during the League Two season, the board decided to disallow my chief scout, so I have 1/0. I cannot hire another one, but the one I have remains. I thought this might be a lower league issue but i'm up to the championship now, and still nothing. I also cannot even discuss adding new scouts with the board, but I can with all other staff positions.