Wishlist: What you would like to see in future versions of the game. All 'list' ideas in here.

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Originally Posted by Nonlondoner

My Wish List.

*Assistant Manager alerts during the game. When your no.2 spots something important like an injury or a player losing discipline a little red speech bubble could appear in a bottom corner (though it should be a feature you could switch off as some wou;dn't want constant advice).

*More realistic transfers in with the physio doing a fitness report before you click on the 'Agree' [to sign] button.

*The occasional scrap on the pitch. I'm not condoning fighting or violence, but once in a while a decision is disputed in the match engine but players are all walking away from the referee. It won't glorify such events, if anything it'll show how inconvenient it can be to a manager when you face a load of fines and bans.

*An old complaint for me but most managers have a say in what colours their team will be playing in. The ability to redesign you kit is FMRTE is brilliant, but if included in the game could be a good way of generating funds at the start of each season.

*Probably difficult to muck around with the fixtures programme on FM2012 but the occassional postponement/abandonment due to snow/fog/floodlight failure would add realism.

*More fluid positions in formations.

*A full database of individual grounds would probably take the game away from those with mid-range PCs but little tweaks could enhance the 3D experience. Balls rebounding through the net for example. A tunnel. A line of yellow vested security between supporters when it's a match against rivals. Pitchside photographers at the big games. Actually seeing the end of every match. Trophy presentations (though nothing too tacky please).

*Testimonials and the option to bring in an old boys team as mentioned above.

*A transfer rumours section that's more in tune with modern media such as twitter.

*Occasional non-footballing crises like players going absent due to personal reasons, tax investigations (if you're managing Spurs) and supporter action when they are disgruntled.

*Shareholder and fan meetings once a year. Giving the manager a chance to answer a few sticky questions to try to impress the board and keep the supporters association happy.

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Great ideas!!! +1

A few of my own:
- Right now it's a bit too easy to win the ball via slide tackle from behind. In real life it is almost never attempted as it is quite difficult to win the ball cleanly when you have to somehow reach the ball between the opponents legs.

-In the same way we can have private chats with our players, we should be able to private chat with the AssMan, as well as even coaches. You could ask the AssMan stuff like "Do you think we are currently using the right formation?", "What Instructions should I give Rooney to maximize his abilities?", and "Do you think Barton deserves a fine for his behavior of late?" The helpfulness of his answers would obviously have to depend on his attributes. This could be a way for new players to get some in-game tips, and something more experienced players could ignore if it wasn't helpful.

- You should be able to instruct multiple players to "come short" when setting up corner instructions. Often a single player has limited options and cycles through the same three or four moves every time, often getting slide tacked by a defender resulting in another corner. If you could assign more players to help him out it might be a bit more realistic.

- Players are too eager to attempt to win a corner off a defender's legs. Many times the chance they currently have is much better than a corner would be, such as having dribbled the ball well inside the penalty area. I think a player should be more eager to attempt a sort of cut-back, low cross, or even a backheel rather than hoping for a corner and killing the chance.

- Minor issue: Stepovers look cool, but players other than ones with 19 or 20 flair should use them. Many players use them at least occasionally, and it doesn't make sense that the bar should be set so high in order to use them. Also, a player should not run the length of the pitch doing them (as they do the odd time in FM), but should use them when taking a player on 1v1.

- Crosses hit the first man a bit too often. This does happen frequently in real life, but in actual football players have moves to counter this and get the cross past the first man. FM players do not seem to have the ability to do this, and more often than seem completely ignorant of the nearby defender. Players should be able to fake the cross (sending a poor/overcommitted defender flying) before delivering the real one, attempt a high, lofted cross to get it over the defender in question, and skilled players should even be able to try crossing the ball through the defender's legs. I'm not saying that a defender should be powerless to block a cross, just that in my opinion the better attackers should have more moves to counter this.

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My Wish List.

*Assistant Manager alerts during the game. When your no.2 spots something important like an injury or a player losing discipline a little red speech bubble could appear in a bottom corner (though it should be a feature you could switch off as some wou;dn't want constant advice).

*More realistic transfers in with the physio doing a fitness report before you click on the 'Agree' [to sign] button.

*The occasional scrap on the pitch. I'm not condoning fighting or violence, but once in a while a decision is disputed in the match engine but players are all walking away from the referee. It won't glorify such events, if anything it'll show how inconvenient it can be to a manager when you face a load of fines and bans.

*An old complaint for me but most managers have a say in what colours their team will be playing in. The ability to redesign you kit is FMRTE is brilliant, but if included in the game could be a good way of generating funds at the start of each season.

*Probably difficult to muck around with the fixtures programme on FM2012 but the occassional postponement/abandonment due to snow/fog/floodlight failure would add realism.

*More fluid positions in formations.

*A full database of individual grounds would probably take the game away from those with mid-range PCs but little tweaks could enhance the 3D experience. Balls rebounding through the net for example. A tunnel. A line of yellow vested security between supporters when it's a match against rivals. Pitchside photographers at the big games. Actually seeing the end of every match. Trophy presentations (though nothing too tacky please).

*Testimonials and the option to bring in an old boys team as mentioned above.

*A transfer rumours section that's more in tune with modern media such as twitter.

*Occasional non-footballing crises like players going absent due to personal reasons, tax investigations (if you're managing Spurs) and supporter action when they are disgruntled.

*Shareholder and fan meetings once a year. Giving the manager a chance to answer a few sticky questions to try to impress the board and keep the supporters association happy.

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I agree on general. The bolded ones especially would add to the actual gameplay. The assistant manager taking active role in particular. It's good that the assistant gives his opinions, but I rarely find myself reading them during the match, so it would be good if he told you these things without you "asking" for it first. It would make sense to have a switch to disable/enable this in the team settings.

The physios could do more and it would be a great thing. As far as I know, a good physio makes more accurate guesses about the recovery time from an injury than a bad physio. I'm not aware of what else they do although they must do something. What they should do is keep players healthier and make recovery faster. The effects of physios should be more transparent! I'd guess that similar to having training stars and workload for the coaches you could use a same kind of visualization for the physios.
Also, related to this is something I said a few pages back about physios. In addition to this, I'd like if a physio would give their opinion about the player that has taken a knock in a match. Like a physio bubble (similar to the assistant bubble) telling you that the physio thinks that the knock wasn't anything serious and there's nothing to worry about or that there's a high chance that it will get worse if you don't sub the player soon.

The rest of the suggestions mostly make the game prettier and lively rather than better. Although that's a nice thing to have it's not first priority for me. Still there's space for them. :) And they don't even have the potential to break the gameplay. ;)

When you sign a new player, your Assistant seems to know how well he fits to your system. In a match the assistant tells you that a player isn't blending well or that he isn't looking like he's used to playing in such a slow tempo or whatever. Now with the match preparation in place we know beforehand how far the player is from the type of football that our team is drilled to play.

It would be great to have the Assistant voice these concerns in the team report, or backroom advice meeting or both.

Also the Assistant might say before match that such and such player is looking complacent or nervous or some such. I rarely check what the assistant has to say at that point, so I think that there could be a separate stop at the assistant advice screen before the kick-off or/and the complacency/nervousness could be showed in the team talk before the kick-off.

Loan option for players to exchange should be added.

Can anyone tell me what's the point of watching the match in the Classic Match View instead of TV View, if you can't use the remaining wasted space on the screen to place the TV-view widgets? :confused: Seriously, the only reason I'd want to watch in the match view would be for the widgets to not overlay the pitch (try watching the game in a lower screen resolution, on 2D Classic graphics, and you'll see what I mean - any widgets overlay a far too big space on the screen and you can't see the goals). It'd be such an obvious improvement to the interface.

Hi everyone,

For me i would like to see real life replicated more in the game for example, Mancini probably has never been given a transfer budget,just an blank cheque book or the board have just asked him for a list of targets and they make the bids,contract offers etc etc. I know it would be ridiculously easy for someone who took over at Man City but this is the situation in real life,and SI want to make this game as realistic as possible.
Just an idea i thought would improve the realism in the game because there are more and more clubs being taken over by similar owners to City, PSG and Malaga for example,so come SI implement something in fm12 that reflects real life billionaire takeovers!!!

The game as it is right now, is pretty good, but I still miss a few things. I haven't read through all of the 73 pages, so maybe some of my suggestions were posted before, which only shows how good the idea is then :P.

* Add the Dutch Topklasse to the game, with the promotion/relegation to the first division.

* Postpone matches due to weather or pitch conditions.

* When you sell a young player to a bigger club, you should be able to negotiate the option to loan him back for the next season, of, if you're the bigger club, be able to offer you buy the player, but loan him out to his current club for the forthcoming season.

* When offering a contract to a player, add the ability for using a one-sided renewal clause. This clause would allow the club to renew the contract once for x years without having to negotiate with the player again. This kind of clauses are used IRL and it would add some more depth to the game.

* IMO it would be a good option if during a match, you can send players from the dug-out to warm up. This might give players on the field an extra boost to perform, as they might think they're going to be substituted.

* In the Netherlands, some teams have a joined second team or youth academy. It would be nice if this option was also added to the game.

Odd Transfer Requests/Speculation
I was managing a regional club in the Championship and qualified for the playoffs. Before the semi-final, transfer speculation emerged that one of my players would be tempted by a transfer offer from Brighton, who were bottom of the league and had just been relegated. Transfer requests should be based upon league position and future prospects as well as current reputation - i.e. my club could have been promoted to the Premier League whilst Brighton were definitely playing in League 1 the following season.

Some new suggestions:

Youth Academy Focus
It would be nice if you could instruct the youth academy to develop players with a specific kind of style - e.g. pass and move, tiki-taka, etc. At the moment, youth academies are only differentiated by the calibre of player, not the style of player.

Event-specific graphics
Currently, winning the league only produces a couple of text news items. Why not make the game generate a picture of your players lifting a trophy? The same logic applies for new stadia or award ceremonies. It's superficial, but it would be nice...

Improve the pre-match preview
Instead of a couple of text tables, why not have a graphical presentation of formations, last matches, key players, etc with a moving camera-shot of the stadium in the background? Likewise - some music would be nice for some pre-match atmosphere!

Dunno if these have been mentioned before but i'll post anyway......

The option to build a car-park and shops outside your ground
Being able to bribe the refs etc
.......lol i'm only joking


Seriously though:

- The option to assemble a back-room "team" from the start, so when you start a new game you have the option to start with your right hand man, 1st team and fitness coach etc.....then if/when you sign for another team one of the options is to take that "team" with you into the new job. Rather than starting a new job, getting rid of the current staff and then trying to employ replacements.

- Medicals.......getting a run down on a players fitness/likeliness to get injured/Underlying injuries etc before clicking "confirm" when signing someone.

- Individual player shouts.....if your full back is being exposed far too much, having the option to target a shout at him to sit deeper/push up higher/play narrower etc.

- Little things like a pitch invasion if you avoid relegation/get promoted etc + the players celebrating a cup win and seeing your players collect the trophy

- Declare interest in a jobs without upsetting the fans/players/board.......have your "agent" put the word about that you're looking etc

- (this one may be in already) The option to pay, say, £5m upfront for a player and then another £2m if you get promoted etc.

- Pre-season tours that select the opposition for you.....which also improves your "knowledge" within that country

Just a small idea - how about adding Muslim players fasting for Ramadan? This came to my attention recently as Southend United centre-back Bilel Mohsni is currently taking part in it and as a result the Southend manager Paul Sturrock is considering resting him due to his low energy levels

Non-Contract terms:

In the lower leagues this is often used for players, and some players start the game on these, but you cannot offer such contracts to new players. If the N/C contract type exists in the game, then why not let the manager utilize it if he so wishes.

A couple of transfer must-haves since they reflect reality:

- if a bosman transfer is agreed with a player within a transfer window (e.g. during the january transfer window but where contract runs out in summer transfer window) it should be possible to negotiate a subsequent immidiate transfer for a nominal/acceptable fee. This happens frequently e.g. i the Danish league. The argument is that since the contract is already signed and the owning club know that they loose the player end-of-season they are more likely to let the player go immidiately since he's lost anyway. This is of cause subject to factors such as squad status (key player), current team performance (team facing relegation) etc.

- possiblity to add a loan deal to a transfer deal. Both as agreement to loan back the player to the selling club for 1-2 years, or, as seen frequently in Italy, the case where a 2nd player loan is offered as an additional makeweight in a transfer (club buys player A but loans out player B for 1 year).

I don't know if they keep this out for some reason...but adding the U-17 WC would be neat

Not sure if its been brought up before and can't be bothered searching 72pages but how about a financial forcast like FMlive had ? So we will be able to see roughly what our finances will look like in 3/6/12 months ?

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Originally Posted by pigfacemonkeyman

So, shorter than reading everything on this site then:D

Once again: "I would like to see a Manual that contains ALL necessary, basic and essential, rules and information covering EVERY aspect of the game".

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I'm agree with you. It's neccesary more information, specially in tactical rules.

I have just been sitting here watching the start of yet another save go through its normal first transfer window process where I see players going to the same clubs that they do on other saves. And an idea came to me.
If we go to other managers profile screen we can see their tactical preferences, coaching style etc. These are implemented into the game as you would expect, yet the transfer system seems to be based purely on reputation more than anything else. So if we can have variety in the tactical department, surely we can have some variety towards the transfer market.

I'm probably not explaining this too well but an obvious example is Arsene Wegner prioritising youth players. Ian Holloway has been one to try and utilise loans and free signings where possible. So is it a potential idea to give managers a preference towards different styles of transfer market use. I think it would make the transfer system a little more interesting. Not sure if this has been mentioned before or if my point is clear enough but I hope you can see where I am coming from

Just a thought

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Originally Posted by albacete66

I'm agree with you. It's neccesary more information, specially in tactical rules.

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Yes, the documentation for this game really sucks. I hate having constantly search through these forums for things the manual and the game never explains. A game this complex would need a manual at least 100 pages long. Also, the game needs a lot more in-game info. For example, I think every attribute should have an explaining tooltip associated with it.

Compatibility tool (or another way) to allow a save game from FM20XX to be played in FM20XX+1.

I would love to see this possible. It would give a new meaning to the term "long jorney".

Imagine getting a save started in FM 2011 and continue to play it on FM2012, FM2013, etc. etc.

I realise that this could be very dificult to implement, so i believe that would take a couple more years, but please SI dont let this ideia drop!

Young American Players should not be "draft protected". as it stands i cant pick up the odd american youngster who will be very good before he wastes 3 years at a club with no training facilities. IRL now americans with talent are being identified and plucked up without going to the mls.

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Originally Posted by Keyzer Soze

Compatibility tool (or another way) to allow a save game from FM20XX to be played in FM20XX+1.

I would love to see this possible. It would give a new meaning to the term "long jorney".

Imagine getting a save started in FM 2011 and continue to play it on FM2012, FM2013, etc. etc.

I realise that this could be very difficult to implement, so i believe that would take a couple more years, but please SI dont let this ideia drop!

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The way to implement this might be pretty straightforward actually.
What is needed is:
1. Pull the database from the save.
2. Take the database of the new version.
3. Overwrite 2. with 1., whilst removing all the data from 2. that doesn't exist in 1. (Adding the data from 1. that's not in 2. obviously.)
(That should be most of the work needed.)
4. Have an option of starting the game as an existing manager. (So that you can continue as yourself.)
5. Have the game start from year x.

I think the computer-generated faces should be used even for real players (when no photo exists). Make them as close in appearance to the actual person as possible. It is much more fun to have a face on your players.

My other suggestion might already be implemented since I haven´t played the newest versions, but use the 3D-match engine to generate the appearance of the players in question. With right hair and skin color, hair style and the right weight, shape and length, it would make the game more personal and you will connect more with your squad if you can instantly recognize them on the pitch.

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I think the computer-generated faces should be used even for real players (when no photo exists). Make them as close in appearance to the actual person as possible. It is much more fun to have a face on your players.

My other suggestion might already be implemented since I haven´t played the newest versions, but use the 3D-match engine to generate the appearance of the players in question. With right hair and skin color, hair style and the right weight, shape and length, it would make the game more personal and you will connect more with your squad if you can instantly recognize them on the pitch.

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respect your idea, but i still prefer the current system with the real pictures. I now that the game dont come with many, but we can download from community.

During the game on the time tab there should also be a different colour ball for a missed penalty :)

Better news sources e.g brian swanson of skysports (but obviously have to use a made up name!)

The lpayers should be allowed to have their own press conferences to talk about the season ahead, signings etc...

More news and fireworks about new signings its a bit dull after a while their should be more razz-ma-tazz around new players.

Players willing to paly some transfer fee or negate their wages to join a team they really want to or just get away from their nightmare!

Assistant manager during games should give you more detailed feedback and strategy to players, and they should also talk about their mentality 'this player wants to leave and is disrupting the group' 'this player wants to be captain next season' maybe a few little things like that.

What I'd like to see is a sort of dynamic league structure, which would make regional leagues more realistic.

We have the option to choose the minimal/maximal number of teams, but it does not function at all. I wish this would be implemented, I suppose it's not that hard.

And i want ( :P) that news about offer for our player which is accepted by boss to be important. With that i/we won't miss info about transfer and won't be furious about what happened :)

Maybe this has been changed now (I play FM08) but:

The teamtalk is a major micromanagent time-sink. To do it properly you have to create note on effects for each match until you get a clue on how each player react. How about to make life a little easier, the game automatically created these notes for feedback on teamtalk for each player. Then we would be able to sort it through without having to do the incredibly tedious work ourselves!

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Originally Posted by Danielos

Maybe this has been changed now (I play FM08) but:

The teamtalk is a major micromanagent time-sink. To do it properly you have to create note on effects for each match until you get a clue on how each player react. How about to make life a little easier, the game automatically created these notes for feedback on teamtalk for each player. Then we would be able to sort it through without having to do the incredibly tedious work ourselves!

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You can do this already, by asking you assist manager to do the team talk for you. :)

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Originally Posted by Keyzer Soze

You can do this already, by asking you assist manager to do the team talk for you. :)

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What´s the point in having the computer play the game for me? I want to make all the decisions; I just don´t want to do all boring "paperwork"... ;)

I've thought of a couple of aspects I'd like to see updated for the next installment - just small changes so that the player is slightly more in touch with things.

For example, we've got a dynamic league reputation now which is a fantastic addition. If I'm not mistaken, we've also got dynamic television revenue and prize money (if not, we definitely should!). Having not played a small league to bring its reputation up sufficiently for this to change, I'm not positive on whether this happens but I'm almost sure it doesn't: but I'd like a News Item highlighting TV deals just like sponsorship deal updates - for example "SPL television deal will net clubs £1.2m/year for the next 2 years. This has increased from £1.05m/year due to the increased reputation of the competition."

One of my favourite aspects of Football Manager is running my team like a business and making the most of the money the club is capable of generating. Something I've suggested before, but would like to redraft, is the idea that we could build the "commercial presence" or "reputation" of your club per area - much like the Scouting Knowledge interface already in place. You could increase your presence by friendly tours (which are currently pretty useless when you've got the option of high-revenue home friendlies), signing high reputation players or club affiliations. This might increase the revenue from people watching your matches overseas? At the moment, I think this is far too anecdotal and vague, which takes me to my next thing:

I'd love to be able to Isolate Specific Areas in Finance - For example, I'd like to have the option to view Europa League Revenue (which would be the sum total of matchday income, gate receipts and tv revenue), League Cup Revenue, Revenue from Feeder Team Affiliation, Estimated Revenue from the shirt sales attributed to the signing of High Reputation Player X etc. I'd isolate costs too like Scout X's expenses for his scouting trip to Russia or Agents fees.

Also, I'd like to have a bit of leeway with the board when I ask for investment: they say we can't afford a stadium upgrade or an expansion to the training facilities, but I have a huge squad full of assets. Why not the following option: "We'll upgrade the stadium if you raise £XX,000,000 from player sales within XX days/weeks." or maybe "we could sanction this if you can cut £XX,000 off the wage bill"

Finally, I've noticed that IRL Rangers have got Bedoya on a pre-contract agreement which will go through in January. But they're still negotiating to bring the transfer forward for a fee - what're the chances of implementing this?

Otherwise, from flicking through I've seen a lot of great suggestions on how transfers should be changed and I'm just gonna chuck my vote out there that it should be a little bit more fluid - I'm not sure how you would code extortion, clout and general economic theory into the game, but it might be an aspect that could be deepened so that we feel like we're having more intelligent interactions. I'm sure anyone would agree that the agent system becomes more predictable as you grow used to the game (though I don't deny it has been a very positive addition to FM2011). My hope is that as each feature evolves, the game becomes less and less easy to predict, but I'm moving away from the point.

Reading this page, I rate highly the ideas of Medicals and Youth Academy Focus. To take the idea further, how about building a Youth academy abroad? As Rangers (edited into the Premiership) my Scottish regens rarely cut it... but if I had a youth academy in Spain, say, I might get a bigger range of players in. That might be covered by "extensive youth recruitment" I suppose. (Do affiliated clubs affect regen nationality?)

I would love for the youth area of the game to be expanded, its really lacking in depth as it is. Medicals sound interesting too.

Can we make the Press Conference's better.

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Originally Posted by MAINBOY

Can we make the Press Conference's better.

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Ok, but how?

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Originally Posted by Vector

Ok, but how?

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I'd make the Press conferences more varied in importance and their nature.
- Perhaps have the pre-match conferences be shorter and concentrating on only one subject, most of the time something that can be picked out as a pressing issue, such as your strikers not scoring like they should and the journalists grilling you about it.
- Have press conferences before bigger matches marked as important and differentiate them from the regular ones by having more in-depth questioning and having it affect your players more.
- Have press conferences before a season asking you what you expect in terms of success and style of play and whether you're happy with your signings and such. This could come back to haunt you in the press later in the season.

I'd also appreciate it if the journalists came knocking on your door once in a while. They could ask for an interview on a subject and you could refuse or accept. For example there might be something you'd rather not talk about in public, but the press might still publish something about it and your squad might react to it. (Or fans or board.) Then again you might make even bigger a mess if you talked in public, or you might actually instill confidence in your team given the right circumstances.

Many of these subjects could be recycled from the existing press conference code.

Hi.My english isnt well enough but i must say some expectations of fm 2012 to official site.Firstly I want to see Turkish language in Fm 2012.Our country play this game as non-original.But If Turkish language will be in it,me and lots of Turks will buy Fm 2012 as original.You can see it in Turkish forums.Moreover,my second expectation is When we take a team,have coachs in there before.We must sign up our new coachs.That is enough.Thanks

Enhancing The Media

Media needs to have its own entire tab. Transfer rumours, conferences and the bit talk before games isnt enough, or it gets repetitive. (Like henry telling me who is going to be the threat every single game)

In the Media tab, there should be a sub-tab called Newspapers or Public News (something along those lines)
In here there should be a selection of 5 different newspapers (real or not, doesnt matter as long as SI can give them there own personality)

You can click on these papers and view there back pages. You will find similar stories in them all. Some will provide better info than others, some will provide statistics better, some will even be biased. They might provide transfer news, match reports and also interviewee's such as Thierry explaining who i need to watch out for in my next game.

Im getting at something, just havnt thought it through yet.

I just wish the editor data was transferrable. Nothing is worse than having to recreate an ENTIRE league universe from scratch. I realize this affects a few people relatively speaking, but it almost kills the desire to upgrade when I invest hours upon hours making fun dbs -- that usually don't relate to the real world -- only to have to recreate them from scratch in a new version because NONE of the editor data is transferrable to the new data editor. Either make the data editor process in-game or give us transferable data.

when you got a parent club, you should be able to talk to their manager and state what young player would get lots of playtime for you. so they would maybe send a midfielder when you need one. Now if you make a loan offer to a player they didnt send themself to you, you have to pay the same fee as an other team that is not affiliated with them.

Definitely the "ARSE" command. If nothing else in this thread :p (I can't get it to work in my version of FM11, so I'm assuming that you can't get it to work at all)

Player's form

I think one oh the main problems of FM is choosing starting line-up. IRL managers choose their squad considering players' training form. But in FM we can't see exactly players' training progress: players' attributes, players' training results and players' recent form often contradict each other, so it's too complicated. What I suggest is easier and more difficult the same time. I suggest to hide all players' attributes, but show their estimated attributes values based on players' training progress. For example, a player has Balance 15 and Speed 15. He trains well in speed but bad in balance, so we'll see in his profile: Balance 14, Speed 16. If the player trains well, we shall see: Balance 16, Speed 16. If he is injured, or trains bad, this values will decrease dramatically. After three months we can choose an option to see his average form during previous month or three months. After six months - average form during six months. Theoretically average form over complete season will be almost exactly his real attributes values.

It can significantly ease choosing your squad. You should only watch you players' profiles and their estimated attributes. Thus you can see what your players' real form is up to date.

been said before , but i would like to see better transfer activity, i find it way to quite in the transfer windows.

And also not enough foreign clubs bid in the premier league , for example i play as Arsenal and its very rare that i will get bids from clubs abroad , and even interest for that matter?

Maybe this has been fixed (I play FM08), but it ****es me off to see the absolutely horrid match analysis. The odds are ridiculous (I´m top in my league and it still says I "face the impossible" in every match). And the analysis of the match and the players is so shallow, repetitive and off the mark that it has no value whatsoever.

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Honestly I don't think that what you suggest is needed. I for one don't want to have to stare at the attributes any more than I already do.

The shown attributes are the theoretical maximum (I'm not sure it's technically that, but I tend to think it's somewhat like that.) of a player's abilities. I don't want them to be exact at a given time. The team selection is supposed to be one of your main problems! :)

Judging a players form is quite possible already. There's last 5 matches average rating, morale, match fitness and condition that tell you how well the player is likely to utilize his attributes to the maximum. Furthermore there obviously is the hidden attributes, but that's a different beast altogether.
You just have to get to know your players and choosing the starting line-up by form will then be less of a problem.

On another note, I'm all for more dramatic changes in attributes during a long injury. 6 months without training could mean a significant drop in stamina and other physical attributes. (And maybe others.)

Regaining full fitness after an injury
Maybe a better way to handle this would be to have a new field in match fitness saying 'regaining fitness after an injury' (a couple of these in varied severity), which wouldn't affect the attributes in itself, but it would lower the physical attributes, cap the condition to something like 90% first and then raising the cap a little by little back to the 100%, having the inconsistency and injury proneness boosted.
This stage could take something like 20% of the injury time, so for a 5 month injury it would take a month to gain full fitness again. For 5 weeks it would take one week. For 10 days it would take 2 days. (So it would only change how the longer injuries are recovered from.)
The quality of physios should make this stage longer or shorter. :)


Oh, we could even have this happen to players sometimes instead of a short-term injury.

How about an option to offer a "Pay per play" contract much like Woodgate at Stoke. For injury prone players.

More realistic transfer policy.
I am really annoyed by all the other teams in de dutch eredivisie and 2nd devision, contracting all this lame ass brazilian vetarens or half talents. While most teams there are renowed on the fact that they choose there own youth above others. Not in the last place because of the fact that non eu players have a minimum salary quota (not implemented in fm).

Also an easy way to make databases for the 6+5 rule would be welcome!

This idea of a world map would go down a treat if implemented properly. Maybe quite time consuming to create but well worth it with the right tools!

The ability to send scouts to watch other nations Trailist matches if you have a big enough Scouting network.
Eg if your managing in the UK you can scout the other nations Trailist games or view them yourselves plus send scouts to other nations across the world.

Graphical stats on how your ingame decisions affected the game. Like, if I told my team to run with ball often, it would be nice to see a before and after instruction. I also kinda want that since I felt that my ingame decisions doesn't really affect the outcome much, so I kinda want some evidence that it actually does ;)

Thanks alot, FM12 looks really sweat :)

OK, so here's smth from me.

1. Week-to-week info on the training of my players (not monthly). More info on how they train - good/bad/awful and why - because not enough professional, getting old for this etc.
2. More realism in transfers. If a player is worth 30 million and the team doesn't wish to sell him - then even a bid of 100 million should be blocked. I remember how Redknapp didn't want to sell Gareth Bale bla-bla until a bid of 50 million was accepted. Not-for-sale players and other stars, which managers don't want to sell, should not be sold at any price, even a billion ))
3. How about the 3D game engine? There are some minor bugs i guess... When a player gets a red card - he sits at the team bench - this is not correct, he should be leaving into the dressing-room. How about the idea of drawing the fourth referee, who will show the numbers during substitution and extra time? There is also a minor problem when the goalie catches the ball when the ball crosses the line (see picture). There should also be more goalie fouls and red cards for them.
4. Scandals? Players drunk after the match in the pub which resolves in bad behaviour and trainings. Doping-scandals are also an interesting moment in football. Maybe there should also be a way of controlling our medical crew so that doping won't be accidently used by players when they are treated from pneumonia etc.
5. Youtube uploads. There should be more than 11 seconds in the goal video, it's not enough to see some cool combinations or passes that helped create a goal. It would be even better if we could choose which time period should be uploaded (example: 51:02-51:27).

http://i25.fastpic.ru/big/2011/0805/...5db05de708.jpg

I would love to continue playing my saved game in the new game

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Dunno if these have been mentioned before but i'll post anyway......

The option to build a car-park and shops outside your ground
Being able to bribe the refs etc
.......lol i'm only joking


Seriously though:

- The option to assemble a back-room "team" from the start, so when you start a new game you have the option to start with your right hand man, 1st team and fitness coach etc.....then if/when you sign for another team one of the options is to take that "team" with you into the new job. Rather than starting a new job, getting rid of the current staff and then trying to employ replacements.

- Medicals.......getting a run down on a players fitness/likeliness to get injured/Underlying injuries etc before clicking "confirm" when signing someone.

- Individual player shouts.....if your full back is being exposed far too much, having the option to target a shout at him to sit deeper/push up higher/play narrower etc.

- Little things like a pitch invasion if you avoid relegation/get promoted etc + the players celebrating a cup win and seeing your players collect the trophy

- Declare interest in a jobs without upsetting the fans/players/board.......have your "agent" put the word about that you're looking etc

- (this one may be in already) The option to pay, say, £5m upfront for a player and then another £2m if you get promoted etc.

- Pre-season tours that select the opposition for you.....which also improves your "knowledge" within that country

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I totally agree with some of these, the medicals is the main one for me. This should of been added years ago ! The backroom staff is another one, majority of managers have a near enough the same backroom team where ever they go. And why not add like favourite people to our personal info, instead of "best opinion and worst" Good ideas though !

Something that I've never understood about FM, manages abroad are always replaced quickre than they are in England. I was even talking to miles about it on twitter, in Italy for example managers are replaced and even re-hired all the time. Last season (2010/11) in Serie A between September 2010 and April 2011, 14 managers were sacked in Serie A. Rafa was sacked after like 16 league games or something, I dont see this on FM or its rare. I wish the chairmen were also matched to real life, Abromvich is ruthless.

Like I said in two threads I started:

- Goalkick set-pieces

- Sliders for Width Movement

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OK, so here's smth from me.

1. Week-to-week info on the training of my players (not monthly). More info on how they train - good/bad/awful and why - because not enough professional, getting old for this etc.
2. More realism in transfers. If a player is worth 30 million and the team doesn't wish to sell him - then even a bid of 100 million should be blocked. I remember how Redknapp didn't want to sell Gareth Bale bla-bla until a bid of 50 million was accepted. Not-for-sale players and other stars, which managers don't want to sell, should not be sold at any price, even a billion ))
3. How about the 3D game engine? There are some minor bugs i guess... When a player gets a red card - he sits at the team bench - this is not correct, he should be leaving into the dressing-room. How about the idea of drawing the fourth referee, who will show the numbers during substitution and extra time? There is also a minor problem when the goalie catches the ball when the ball crosses the line (see picture). There should also be more goalie fouls and red cards for them.
4. Scandals? Players drunk after the match in the pub which resolves in bad behaviour and trainings. Doping-scandals are also an interesting moment in football. Maybe there should also be a way of controlling our medical crew so that doping won't be accidently used by players when they are treated from pneumonia etc.
5. Youtube uploads. There should be more than 11 seconds in the goal video, it's not enough to see some cool combinations or passes that helped create a goal. It would be even better if we could choose which time period should be uploaded (example: 51:02-51:27).

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Money can definitely a be a key factor, even if a team doesn't want to sell the player. There's almost always an offer you cant refuse, especially for smaller clubs. Sure it could be more refined but making a strict line that they're not going to sell a player is not realistic.

Scandals might be realistic ( though tragic) but would surely create huge problems with licensing. And how that selection work? It's not gonna happen, and rightly so.

Don't know if this has already been said but I wish for the NextGen competition to be added.

I play FM08 so this might have been improved long ago now, but it ****es me off how finances is handled, especially in the lower leagues. The board gives me a wage budget, and I keep my wages well within limit, but still the club is bleeding dry. And I, the manager, gets the blame for it!!

Why are boards giving me wage budgets that the club cant afford? Why are I to blame for the bad economy if I stay within that budget? And how on earth is a lower league club surviving in real life if this game is supposed to be realistic? The way my finances are, I would have to sell all my players and replace them with youth and grey players to even break even. That is absurd! My lower leagues club is able to keep a semi-professional squads in real life, so there must be some incorrect estimations of income and expenses here.

Just one little thing but it's been bugging me for several years now: I watch the matches in split screen view and I really get annoyed that I have to reselect the table-tab, every time I had a cup match..

Not getting the same messages season after season, after winning a trophy would certainly help long term saves.

Since there's 73 pages already this may have been suggested but:

Being able to interact with your chairman directly, as well as the board, especially then they want to sell your best players over your head. Grr.

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OK, so here's smth from me.

1. Week-to-week info on the training of my players (not monthly). More info on how they train - good/bad/awful and why - because not enough professional, getting old for this etc.
2. More realism in transfers. If a player is worth 30 million and the team doesn't wish to sell him - then even a bid of 100 million should be blocked. I remember how Redknapp didn't want to sell Gareth Bale bla-bla until a bid of 50 million was accepted. Not-for-sale players and other stars, which managers don't want to sell, should not be sold at any price, even a billion ))
4. Scandals? Players drunk after the match in the pub which resolves in bad behaviour and trainings. Doping-scandals are also an interesting moment in football. Maybe there should also be a way of controlling our medical crew so that doping won't be accidently used by players when they are treated from pneumonia etc.

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Sorry, but you can bet yer bottom dollar that Spurs would sell Bale for £50m. Not sure I see your point.

Scandals will not be implemented due to the threat of being sued by the real life person.

I'd love to see:

1. Complaining about referee (like in CM 01/02)
2. Request match postponment (like in CM 01/02)
3. Talk to player to make him represent 2nd nationality
4. Talk with chariman before accepting offer (by boss himself) which for us is not good or we don't wont to sell player

Forgot one more moment. The "Past Meetings" info.

Now it looks like this:

http://i26.fastpic.ru/big/2011/0822/...a06a8e6d08.png

I would like to see more info - smth like clickable dates when these games were played and some other stuff (goalscorers, tactics etc. - you name it). This would really help. Just think when a team plays 8-10 games against another team during 2-3 seasons... It's not enough to see that my team is better in the points area. I'd like to see more data on these games in the Pre-Match screen rather than finding manually the game info on these earlier played games in the Fixtures screen.

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How about newgens?

Since there are 73 pages and don't want to read them all and sorry if this has been mentioned but better AI team building. It is awful and that is no way a criticism to the rest of the game because it is ace, but the longevity of the game is poor because of this problem. I'm avocating this in many threads because i would like a member from SI to notice and respond to this.

This is probably the thread for you then Kyle http://community.sigames.com/showthr...rst-few-season

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but draws could be revamped for the Champions League for example, like mentioning interesting ties that could be drawn up with past meetings or rifts between managers, or ex-players returning for the first time. It would be much more realistic and more exciting then the current system

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Odd Transfer Requests/Speculation
I was managing a regional club in the Championship and qualified for the playoffs. Before the semi-final, transfer speculation emerged that one of my players would be tempted by a transfer offer from Brighton, who were bottom of the league and had just been relegated. Transfer requests should be based upon league position and future prospects as well as current reputation - i.e. my club could have been promoted to the Premier League whilst Brighton were definitely playing in League 1 the following season.

Some new suggestions:

Youth Academy Focus
It would be nice if you could instruct the youth academy to develop players with a specific kind of style - e.g. pass and move, tiki-taka, etc. At the moment, youth academies are only differentiated by the calibre of player, not the style of player.

Event-specific graphics
Currently, winning the league only produces a couple of text news items. Why not make the game generate a picture of your players lifting a trophy? The same logic applies for new stadia or award ceremonies. It's superficial, but it would be nice...

Improve the pre-match preview
Instead of a couple of text tables, why not have a graphical presentation of formations, last matches, key players, etc with a moving camera-shot of the stadium in the background? Likewise - some music would be nice for some pre-match atmosphere!

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I totally agree with everything you have just said m8, i especially like the event specific graphics which would be a great touch to the game. Just seeing your team win the playoff final at Wembley going to lift up the trophy :-) or the champions league final with all the fireworks and stuff going off lol

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Compatibility tool (or another way) to allow a save game from FM20XX to be played in FM20XX+1.

I would love to see this possible. It would give a new meaning to the term "long jorney".

Imagine getting a save started in FM 2011 and continue to play it on FM2012, FM2013, etc. etc.

I realise that this could be very dificult to implement, so i believe that would take a couple more years, but please SI dont let this ideia drop!

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Agreed m8, i just hate having to start all over again. You build up a fantastic squad as well as your own managerial abilities only to have to start all over again once a new version of the game comes out!!!!! please SI can you sort this out?

Hi all,

Hopefully I have got the right thread and this is somewhere SI monitors for good suggestions. I know the new edition is out in a couple of months so its not going to make FM12 but maybe the year after... I've had a few ideas over the last few months and initially I thought of sending them to Miles on twitter, hoping that he would see my underlying genius (and love for FM) and offer me a job - it was wishful thinking! :) but i heard the forum is a for suggestions so here i am!

anyway...few things I think could really improve the game (sorry if these have been mentioned previously - no harm intended)

1. ability to export your game from one game to the next
eg. take saved game from FM11 to FM12 - I see this was mentioned a couple of posts ago. it would be nice but think its unrealistic as it's probably impossible - new DB etc. but some kind of way to use the new game's interface with a saved game would be good, especially now that they are bringing in the new feature to customise the interface much more.

2. an exportable manager profile
i think this might be more achievable. maybe even if you couldnt export the entire game, at least make it possible to bring a manager profile across from a previous game. that profile would include your reputation, trophies won, things like that. i know the dates might get a bit messed up if you were too accurate with it (it would be like something out of back to the future!! "won FA cup in 2020" but the game year is only 2014). but if you even were able to export it with info like, reputation, which trophies were won and number of times. something like that would be nice. it would be nice to have some kind of continuity from one game to the next.

3. increased social interaction
this idea is hatched from the FM Live idea (i played for a while a few years back but i was useless!). it would be a cool feature if you could somehow play a match across the net with a friend using your two squads. you know, like at any time, you and your friend were both playing FM and both online, you could challenge each other to a friendly.

4. following on from the previous suggestion...
the ability to send friends player suggestions or shortlists from within the game would be nice. and maybe to be able to view their game. all this would require some kind of sync with a central SI server i would say but i think it would be cool. this idea is based on spotify's model. i like how you are able to send songs to a friend and view their profile and public playlists. i think something similar would be nice with FM: view current stats (league position etc) on your friends.

5. i do think increasing social interaction on FM is a good way to go.
i liked the ability to post highlights to twitter and facebook in the last version but i didnt use it too much if im honest. if it were possible to send tweets directly from the game it would be more useful (i dont THINK this is possible now is it?) - you know, something like "my liverpool team just beat man utd 4-0 #ynwa #fm12" ;)

alright, thats all i've got so far. Miles, if you are reading...i'd love to come and work for you guys :p

I would love to see the AI managers improved so long term games don't become ridiculously easy due to poor AI squad management and youth development.

The guy in this thread describes perfectly what needs to be improved: http://community.sigames.com/showthr...rst-few-season

not to be a party pooper to the thousands of people who have put their ideas forward on this thread, but do SI actually a) read and b) give a **** whats being said here?

I'd like the ability to discipline my players for needless yellow cards, it could be linked to a player's "dirtiness" attribute, if they accept the punishment it reduces by 1 (or something?)

Also the ability to discipline players who reach the various yellow card limits and thus have to serve bans.

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not to be a party pooper to the thousands of people who have put their ideas forward on this thread, but do SI actually a) read and b) give a **** whats being said here?

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yes, i do believe they read it. @milessi has mentioned on podcasts and twitter that they have a guy who keeps track of feature suggestions. we live in hope!

Warm ups for subs would be a great feature to introduce for Fm12. It would have to be a quick and easy button (like the touchline instructions) to work otherwise no-one would bother. It needs to be sensible as well though as in a player who hasn't warmed up should still actually be able to kick the ball but would take 5 mins game time to get to the sharpness of a player who has warmed up.

Also job interviews is a 'must'. It would be really interesting to challenge the chairmen on where you and he expects the team to finish in the season ahead and talk about the clubs finances/pending transfers and long term plans.

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Hopefully I have got the right thread and this is somewhere SI monitors for good suggestions.

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This is indeed a thread that SI monitors. Most recent evidence from page 70.

I think a really good feature would be a pay as you play contract type, with the like of owen hargreaves , ledley king etc surely this would be a good idea ??

Anybody agree ??

also i think rather than a team like wigan having a league winners bonus or cup winners bonus , why not give them a survival bonus for staying in the premier league

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I think a really good feature would be a pay as you play contract type, with the like of owen hargreaves , ledley king etc surely this would be a good idea ??

Anybody agree ??

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I wonder if this is already possible, in theory you could offer a player 0 salary and have just an appearance fee in his contract. Has anybody tried this?

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I wonder if this is already possible, in theory you could offer a player 0 salary and have just an appearance fee in his contract. Has anybody tried this?

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Yes. Obviously, the biggest name players will reject it. IIRC, Hargreaves has already turned down pay as you play offers.

An Assistant Manager suggestion, could the other staff give a view (maybe a less focussed view}if no Ass Man is employed. I rely very heavily on ass man advice all the time but if you are between ass men at any time a lot of the features / advice that he adds are missing. As the best replacement ass men will not join unless the ass man role is free (ie no ass man alredy employed) so during this period there is an advice black hole, often at a crucial part of the build up to a new season. I feel in real life the other staff would all be able to contribute this information (squad analysis etc) though it would be maybe less focussed, more straw poll of opinion. Atpresent I am discouraged from making the Ass Man change no matter how weak I feel he is. For me this would fix a big issue that bugs me a lot.

I play FM08 so my suggestion might be dated, but in the home/away stats section in the match-engine, I rarely take the time to look at all those stats since it is so time-consuming and tedious. How about if the game color-coded some very good/bad statistics for the squad?

For example, if one player has very low passing accuracy in a game, he will get a red marking on that stat. If another player has made several key passes, this will indicated by a green marking for that stat. This will make it much easier to detect good/bad performances and to adjust your tactics accordingly.

So I've got a few views, don't see them being implemented now into FM12 but as I know SI staff see this, want to make my points heard.

First a common disclaimer now, I haven't trawled through the first 70+ pages, so some of these ideas may be repeats.


1. Manager Interaction.
- This is not really a huge deal but for me, this is extremely dull and doesn't play a part in the game. Every week it seems a manager has something to say about me, my style of play or that my team (Man Utd) isn't going to win the league. This is ok at first because you think, well alright this manager is playing mind-games but every week is tedious.
- I also found that after about two seasons of winning the league, every manager who I have never spoke to, dislikes me, now I understand the teams competing with me not liking me, but Blackburn, Wolves? I would say that they should get on my good side because I would happily loan them players or sell, but once I see that, my stubbornness kicks in.

2. Backroom Staff Meetings
- They happen every two weeks and so rarely offer any helpful insight. You see things like:
: We concede most of our goals between the 45th and 60th minutes.
: We rarely lose our concentration against lower reputation sides.
That could be helpful advice if it were to be followed by some follow up information, maybe they say; tell Player X to be on his guard more during the periods we concede more, or change team instructions to Slider Y to make sure that our concentration levels remain high.

3. Board Disappointed with back-up players being released/sold.
- Another small one, my board keep telling me they are disappointed with the loss of players that are reserves or fringe players that aren't good enough for my side. Such players as Ryan Tunnicliffe, Andreas King and Ritchie De Laet, this makes no sense. None had played a first team game or even been near the bench and yet I released them or sold them and for 3 months after for each, my board summary was telling me of their disappointment. You can't honestly tell me that the United board were disappointed this summer IRL when Ritchie De Laet was sold, this is a simple solution really.

4. The Five star rating system
- Ok, so after all those smaller ideas, here's the big one. Currently when you start the game Lionel Messi is a four and a half star quality player according to FM, his CA and PA are approximately 194 and 196 respectively (FM Genie Scout provided) There isn't a better player in the world right now than Messi and with those stats there is unlikely to be too many regens better, so why isn't he a five star player? Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney and you can make a case for anybody over 185 CA or so should be the elite players with the highest star rating.
- Currently I try to only buy players who are three and a half stars and above in either CA or PA depending on age of course. But really I should be looking at four stars and above to best improve my Man Utd team. There is little point having that fifth star if it is impossible to achieve.
- There is also a case that five stars isn't enough. I just got in a new bunch of regens and viewing there PA in game, most were half to one and a half stars. The players at one and a half stars are regarded as "decent prospects" But I just can't agree with that, unless more depth is put into these reports saying decent prospect for League One or something of that ilk for all players not just some.
- I mentioned above I had half star players, some weren't very detailed scout reports but two did catch my eye, one player had half a star and said he could be a Blue Square Premier player, seemed logical to me, then the other one was rated the same but said he could be a League One player, I feel this is poor and so potentially a deeper use of the silver rating system that you occasionally see in youth players seems to be the easiest way to implement a feature already in the game.

Hello...

What i would like to see:
-A 3D view from the bench

What i wouldn't like to see:
-Fifa manager options

I'm actually playing with a notepad beside me recently to jot down any ideas that crop up. I've already got pages full that I will post later, but I would like to put in my biggest wish I have so far. Which I think would be the coolest addition ever. :)

Have databases for old seasons standard in FM. Where you can choose to start in an old season with the then current database of clubs, players, leagues, etc. And in those databases have 'future' players already integrated to appear next to regens. (As well as other 'future' changes as new stadiums that will be built, etc).

So you could f.i. start out in 1998/1999 with the then current players with their realistic ca/pa's. And have players like Messi and C Ronaldo come along as 'regens' when they are old enough.

Etc.

It would be like playing an older version of FM, but with the new ME and design, and with players that are as good as they are or as good as they will be IRL.

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4. The Five star rating system
- Ok, so after all those smaller ideas, here's the big one. Currently when you start the game Lionel Messi is a four and a half star quality player according to FM, his CA and PA are approximately 194 and 196 respectively (FM Genie Scout provided) There isn't a better player in the world right now than Messi and with those stats there is unlikely to be too many regens better, so why isn't he a five star player? Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney and you can make a case for anybody over 185 CA or so should be the elite players with the highest star rating.

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This is not an issue. The star ratings are relative to the other players in your team.
Messi will certainly be a five star player for a lower league club. For Barcelona he's only four and a half compared to Iniesta, Xavi, Villa, Puyol, etc. He's even better than they are but not that much.
It's relative.

Having recently started playing FM11 again, I have been looking for things I'd like to see changed.
Apart from the obvious ones such as press conferences / team talks, I whole heartedly support the need to overhaul the youth development.

One of my recent games is a holiday game. Occasionally, should Wednesday make it into a big game (obviously only happens in an early round of a cup) I like to attend; same goes for England matches too. After the game there is often a comment along the lines of Manager X spotted at the ground...big fan of Team Y...

As I am a fan in principle of the press conferences (just not how they are implemented) it would be nice to be asked my opinion on the game I have just watched. By commenting on the game, I can let certain players know that I admire their skill etc 'Player X was magnificent tonight. It could also be used to complement or add pressure to managers.
As it stands now, if I want to try and get a player on my side (whom might never get to play against one of my teams) I have to release a completely random comment about him. It would also be a good way to let a team know that you would be interested in them, should the job become available, by being able to says things such as 'Team X were wonderful..I'd love to manage at a team like that one day..'

I think that being able to make comments on games you have watched, would enable you to bulid a more complete character in the game. I want the likes of Man U to know that there is no way in the world would I ever manage them in the same way as I want Wednesday to know that it would be my hearts desire to manage them (I always start in the Blue Sqaure North).

As an extension to this, it would also give the press conference extra validity as they could ask me what players I was watching in the game. For example 'You have been rumoured to be interested in player X, after watching him in his last game, are you looking to add him to your team?' It would also be good to be able to respond 'No, but I thought player Y had a superb game' - can't be seen to be tapping up now ;)

I would like instructions for defending throw ins because if your playing 3 centre backs they dont mark the wingers and neither do wingers so the opposing wingers are free to just run and cross the ball which annoys me so much

An option to instruct my players to not kick the ball out of play for an 'injured' player on the other team, if the ref feels that the player needs immediate treatment then they should let him stop play.

I would like an option when you sign a player and another player gets angry that there's too much competition for his position that you can say "I bought him for a different position".
For instance, Aaron Ramsey got angry that there's too much competition for his position after I bought Antonio Cassano. I couldn't say "you're my first choice" because he's not. Cesc is. But he's not going to be fighting Cassano for striker. I wish I could just say "don't worry, I didn't buy him to compete with you. I bought him for a different position".

Features I would like to see:

1. I see that an announced feature for FM2012 is an expanded report on your club including, if I recall correctly, a depth chart. I would like to be able to see a depth chart from the coaching staff, based on current formation--and be able to disagree with them and have my own depth chart. I would also like to be able to set the number of players I would like for each position in the squad and staff will suggest players within those boundaries. I would also like to reply to their suggested players: "Player X isn't good enough" "Player Y refuses to come here" etc. The staff would then drop that suggestion and come back with another. I tend to usually stick to one or two formations, and often the AssMan will suggest someone in a position that would require me to tear apart my entire system.

2. It would be nice to facility requirements for each league in the game. I enjoy playing in the lower leagues, but as I get promoted, I am stuck in my poor quality stadium, hampered by no money. Often, it is a stadium that would never be allowed for use in say League 1/2 in England. I would like to work with the board to sort out a ground-share with another club.

3. UK specific: I'd like to be able to make a case in a work permit appeal. In my current game, there was a striker available on a free who had a work permit declined on appeal. I understand why the appeal failed, but I'd like to make the case that "player A, despite his age, will be a first team player" and so on.

4. After securing promotion, I'd like certain benefits to kick in right away, instead of waiting until late June for the approach of pre-season. I'd like potential signings (staff or player) to recognise that I will be playing at a higher level next season. I'd like to be able negotiate budgets with the board sooner, rather than seeing the budget change two weeks into the transfer window.

5. I'd like to see more detailed stats. If you change formation mid-game, what was the affect on possession etc.? When looking at a player who can slot in at multiple areas, it would be nice to see a stats break-up for each position. The same for each role. Not every striker will be an effective poacher, advanced forward etc. At the very least, have something in AssMan feedback "Player looked lost out there as a Poacher, he is better suited to a different role."

6. If I am aiming at promotion in the current season, I would like to able to send my scouts out looking for players at that level--not the current division. In a similar vein, I'd like to be able to compare my starting 11 up against a hypothetical starting 11 of another team, in my division or another.

7. For staff advertisements, be able to remove staff from the list if you are continuing the ad.

being able to contact agents to discuss their client prior to contacting clubs:thup:(basically a bit of tapping up:D not that this ever goes on)

you could thrash out a contract before hand.........I wonder how chelsea got all the meireles deal done when he requested a transfer with 30 mins to go:lol:

Probably been mentioned before, but better interactions with back room staff.

What got me thinking of this was when the Ass Man didn't want to enter into a new contract. The frustrating thing is there is no indication as to why. It would be good to say something along the lines that you feel they are an important part of the club and would like them to reconsider. Or alternatively ask if there is a particular reason as to why they they don't wish to stay.

At the moment it is very cut and dry, simply does not want to discuss. This gets exacerbated further, as you can't prepare for their departure by placing a job listing in order to screen potential applicants because you have an Ass Man under contract, so it is greyed out in the Jobs section.
So what could be a smooth transition becomes an epic process of waiting for your job responses to hit "excellent" to then select the best applicant.

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being able to contact agents to discuss their client prior to contacting clubs:thup:(basically a bit of tapping up:D not that this ever goes on)

you could thrash out a contract before hand.........I wonder how chelsea got all the meireles deal done when he requested a transfer with 30 mins to go:lol:

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I wondered the opposite about Jerome's move to Stoke, he supposedly told my brother 3 weeks ago it was looking like Stoke... only a single sub appearance in the Championship for Brum too, dunno if he's been injured or not but AFAIK he hasn't which would suggest that Houghton already knew he was off, yes?

Options to comment on major referee decisions post match (For AI and user managers).
Influencing/pressurizing refs or facing FA Sanctions/bans/warnings/fines etc...

More realistic pre-match and post-match manager comments, that not only can affect a players PR but managers decisions too.

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being able to contact agents to discuss their client prior to contacting clubs:thup:(basically a bit of tapping up:D not that this ever goes on)

you could thrash out a contract before hand.........I wonder how chelsea got all the meireles deal done when he requested a transfer with 30 mins to go:lol:

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He didn't request a transfer with 30 mins left. That was just when Liverpool decided to release the info to the world. He was probably already looking at Chelsea well before the information went public.

I really hope that this year the Data Editor will be given a big dose of TLC.

I love using the editor (especially as it now saves the changes as a separate much smaller file), not just for updating players and teams to be accurate, but so I can do whatever I like to any club (mainly for a laugh). It makes for many an entertaining holiday save.

Unfortunately as the editor currently is, there isn't enough that you can do with it. There are several other things that I would love to see adding:

1) More options specific to players feelings - ie so you could have Tevez wanting to leave the club. Bendtner/Balotelli hating pretty much anything and anyone (these things happen once the game is in progress, so it would be nice to be able to set it prior to starting the game).

2) Ability to set the player status in the club. Eg if Joey Barton was still at Newcastle, he could be set to be on the transfer list, and not needed.
In lower league clubs, too often do young 'stars' get sold cheaply because the game sees them as 'Hot Prospects' instead of 'Indispensible'. If you could set this, then maybe a lower league club would hold out for more than £100,000 for a Lionel Messi type of player.
Ideally the game needs a re-write on this: If for example, a 'Messi' type player is at Sheffield FC, it doesn't mean they wouldn't know what they have and hold out for millions. I'm not saying that they wouldn't sell him, of course they would, but £100,000 for a player of Messi's ability is rediculous. This one referrs more to my holiday games, but the point is, the game doesn't cope with it happening. The value of a player is far too heavily linked to the club reputation rather than the ability / future ability and status of the player in the club.

3) Far more options regarding contracts for players moving teams. I can set up future transfers, but I can't add options in the transfer page for sell on clauses etc
Also, you can't make it so that a player can be future transferred on a free (if you can do this, I'm happy to be corrected)

4) Ability to add extra information about the club. At the moment all you can adjust is the condition/size of the stadium. I would like to be able to amend the details on the marketing suites etc. They are in the game, but there is nothing you can do about them (I don't know of they affect anything, but it would be nice to be able to change them). It would also be good to add updates being made to the club, such as training facilites being updated.

5) Being able to have a 'wishlist' for clubs. We all know Chelsea want Moderic, so it would be nice to be able to set this. Adding the player as a 100% favourite to the manager and/or club seems to make very little difference to bids being made or on the player moving or wanting to move there; apart from at contract stage. This also isn't the right way to try and influence a future move, as who knows if the club/manager will like Moderic, should they get him.

6) The option to have players and staff like/dislike a nation, so they more likely to look for a team there.

7) Favourite staff - Most managers like to take their own staff with them and some players have a manager that they like to work with. It would be good to be able to make a list of these so that when a manager moves he will try to sign these staff. Having the staff as a personal favourite makes no difference to the manager trying to sign or retain these people

I realise that some of these need more work than just an overhaul of the editor, but it would be nice to see them included. There are others, but I forget now.

I want favorite numbers for regens (little nice touch) and ability to enter values in contract negotiations manually, 10000$ jumps **** me off.

I don't know if its been mentioned but it probably has been mentioned or most likely not but what do I know I haven't read all 73 pages . But I'd like management to be like in real life ( Note Well that it doesn't happen all the time but sometimes it does ) . You know how Newcastle's manager prior to Alan Pardew's hiring ( I think his name was Chris Hughton ) was a caretaker manager and also Steve Kean was a caretaker at first and also Kenny Dalglish at first for Liverpool ? Well I'd like if a team could apppoint you as caretaker manager for the remaining of the season and after or until you prove your management abilities then the club offers you a full time contract . Now I'll just go to another point because I don't mean if you've started just the game as a manager . It should be optional.

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This is something I'd also like as well if you could start the game how you want , whether as a youth coach,reserve team coach and/or U-18 coach or some other youth management .Just something like a managerial role , not neccesarily as a head coach After all Dalglish's Liverpool return all started with a proposal from Rafa Benitez to be appointed in a role with the club's youth academy . I think if you impress in those lower stages of management for some sort of time , clubs should want to approach you for a head coach role after a while . I know some or probably the majority would probably not like to see this but I think it'd be a good experience for me at least if I could start from bottom to top lol . I also think being a youth coach would make you more aware of the prospects you do have at the club and the upcoming talent but this is just all my opinion . Now I was also saying that the Caretaker manager role could all work from this or evolve , being a youth coach with no experience , maybe the club don't trust you enough to give you a long term contract so they give you a contract until the end of the season and if you unimpress you get the boot .

Another note that is slightly relevant to this topic :
Note that I am cognizant of the fact that you can manage the youth teams and the reserves or should I say control? But anyhow its not really as fulfilling as it can be in my opinion and its slightly vague, I'm not saying make it unrealistic and make you able to purchase players or anything but it can be better. There isn't even a scout report even if you control the youth team on your upcoming opponent and there isn't match prep. either .

This is my opinion and I really expect it to be questioned, criticized and really anything else lol .

I hope there are people out there who want to see the same thing in regards to Scout Reports, when scouting a multi positional player, the scout report comes back and stats if he is better or not than your player in his natural position but I would like know if he is better than my players in the other positions he plays;

For Example, the ample AMRLC players out there his natural position maybe an AML so my scout will currently only tell me he is better/worse than my AML but what if I want him has my AMR or my AMC I don't know if he will be better than my players untill I buy him and view his position reports from my Assistant and Coaches.

So there should be an option when you click to scout the player to pick the position you want him for.

I would like to see a player jump from being an average player in to a star over night, for example at the world cup a player has a great tornament and his CA ability can make a large jump or even the PA make a big jump if possible. That way scouting and watching major tournaments would be much more interesting! Or even a young up and coming player not showing much potencial having a unexpected jump in CA and PA.

Id like it if the game recognised particular stands

For example; I received a stadium capacity increase of c4500 seats. I'm managing Hull City. The news story stated that the extra seats would be on the West Stand. However, at the KC Stadium the West Stand is already two tiers. All the other stands are one tier. There is no person alive (ex Chelsea board members excepted) who would commit to a third tier  above a second tier for any other stand.

Small detail - but relevant

On a related note (and purely superficial), it would be quite nice if the stands were named after legends in some cases. I'd rather the game gave me the 'Chelsea Stadium', made of the 'Zola Stand', etc. than 'Zola Park'.