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

[-Shakes-]

Deadline day mayhem please

So many transfers go to the wire as clubs play games with one another. Try to squeeze the best deal, while there will only ever be one winner. I would like an extended day for the transfer deadline. To play it out as IRL.

Also AI transfers should be plentiful on the last day; you could have cut price bargain deals and panic buys, it'd be a great feature

[ledi]

I have something similar, if not exactly the same - Varying attributes. You cannot just scout a player twice and expect the scout to 'know' all the players attributes. I mean how can someone judge if a players Acc = 17 and Pace = 16 as opposed to 18/17 or 15/16 or some other number?

I believe all that is in a scouting report is -

Recommendation - *****
Strengths & Weaknesses - Good crosser (OR) Good dribbler with pace, but inconsistent and has poor decisions (OR) excellent vision, passing and technique, but physically poor.

This is something I've wanted the game to have for a long time now. Actually I posted about this a few days ago on this thread. (http://community.sigames.com/showpos...postcount=4572 if someone's interested)

Right now scouting is only really used to get accurate stats of the players, and no matter how good or bad the scout is he always gets the players attributes exactly right. It's ridiculous. The guy doesn't even have to watch the player any more than a day or two, just ask for a report twice and you're done. Of course he might get the player's potential wrong or get wrong info about the hidden characteristics of the player, but it's still way too accurate for a report made in a single day.

As a fan of the simulation side of the game I'd really like to see something to be done with scouting to make it more realistic and tougher to find the hidden gems.

[kevgaleuk]

I have no idea whether these suggestions have already been mentioned, but here goes anyway:

1) Clubs should be able to arrange friendlies with countries. Man U just played Malaysia, and Liverpool is going to play Thailand and Singapore. For lesser developed countries, the national team holds more importance than the club teams, and to see the national team take on the world's biggest clubs would be a major attraction (and hence money spinner).

2) While it is possible for clubs to arrange friendly cup tournaments in the game, what about cups organised by leagues or some other party. Example would be the Barclays Asia Cup, organised by the Premier League. Maybe towards the end of the season, clubs would be asked if they would like to take part, with a sum of money for winning. (I believe Portsmouth got 1 million pounds for winning the 2007 cup in Hong Kong)

I agree with both of these but on a lesser level can something be done about the organisation of friendlies full stop. I often resort to letting my Assistant arrange them but then I end up playing a load of old crap and if you try and organise games yourself (especially as a lower league club and more annoyingly if the club is still considered quite a big club i.e Leeds) you just get rejection after rejections.

How about either:

> A simple filter (like transfers) where only the teams who'll realistically play you will appear

> A bit more info from the club - why have they rejected is it just that they have a game the next day or do they just not consider you worthy of turning up

My main preference would be to be able to set your assistant a brief. I.e

"I want to play a total of 6-8 games between x date and y date with a minimum of x days between each game. I want the standard of the oposition to improve as pre-season does, including a 3 game tour and ending in a couple of money-spinning home ties."

The assistant should then return options to you (possibly using the calendar) teams that have already been sounded out for you to make the call. Naturally your chairman might have some say i.e. you might want a quiet training camp yet he wants you to go to Asia for 1 game.

[DMaster2]

I'd like to see the option to loan back a player you buy.
That would be great especially for young player.

[Sobriquet.]

Probably has been mentioned, but one thing I forgot to add to my list was sort of like Team Interaction. Much like Player Interaction, I think you should be able to release a statement saying you think you're team aren't pulling their weight or something.

[the_gers_fan]

I would like to see a whole revamp of applying and hiring of jobs. If you apply for a job you should be put through an interview process where you get asked questions from the clubs chairman on what your ideas and aims are for the club etc and they would base their decision on whos best for the job.

Also clubs AI clubs offer you jobs quite easily, they should have talks with your current club about a compensation package and whether or not your current employers would be willing to let you talk to the interested parties.

[el sid]

All pictures of Miles Jacobson and Sonic the Hedgehog removed.

[santa19]

1) better use of assistant manager, e.g. reports to you every week saying how training is going, general morale of the team, tactical suggestions etc basically to have a better relationship with your assistant like in real life.
2) to make the board more intelligent e.g. when you ask to expand the stadium and they expand it by 45 seats, bit of a joke really and also when they say the council wont allow planning permission then they take out a loan and build a new one etc
3) for the board to be more involved with transfers e.g. you have to communicate with the CEO to go and negoiate a transfer with a players agent and you send him a wishlist. this is exactly what happens in real life. Plus for the chairman to buy players without your permission every now and then like Abramovich did with Shevchenko, SI did do this is Champ Man but have taken the feature away but i would like it to come back!
4) to have a 3d stadium option for expanding the stadium so you can see what it looks like and maybe have the option to choose what stands to put it, this could be a brilliant new feature that is a lot of fun!
5) the board are aloud to take out a loan for a new player to make sure you get him and not another club
6) being able to talk to a player you hope to sign to tell him what your plans are for the club and where he fits in with those plans
7) an overhaul of press conferences as they are completely useless and very annoying and also repetitive
8) being able to communicate with players better and more options to do so not just 5 options to tell them they are playing bad or good
9) the whole business aspect of the game sucks, football is not just about football anymore, its a business and needs to be ran properly therefore a revamp on the business/finances section needs to be done
10) the ability to design new kits or have a say in a new kit design

[boomheadshot45]

I would love if the transfers weren't so ridiculous. Juve wants $80-100mil for Chiellini second season, Man U wants $210mil for Cristiano, etc.

[-TonyVain-]

I think real life managers have a lot more interaction with the Board and this should be reflected in FM10.

At the start of the new season there is a small interaction where you have to select your aim for the season and receive the appriopriate wage/transfer budget. I think this could be expanded, maybe in the style of the current press conferences but labelled as a ‘Pre-season Board Meeting’ or something. There could also be a mid-season interaction with the board and/or assistant manager, as the January transfer window approaches, where they could indicate whether you will be getting extra funds for the transfer window, how they think the season is going so far and if they think you are on target for your start of season objectives, whether they expect you to buy to strengthen a certain area, or whether they would like you to try to keep hold of a certain player who may be attracting transfer interest from other clubs? There is definitely room for improvement here.

Testimonials would be welcome, since you can retire club shirt numbers.

Renaming stands after players?? The fans would love this.

As mentioned before, I'd like to see the option to loan back a player you buy. As Man Utd recently did with Ljalic and Mame Biram Diouf.

[kieron_23]

Mananger Personality Option.

This could affect the way you give Team Talks and Press Conferences & Player Interaction:
i.e. Arrogant, this would make your press conferences amusing, making you a target for the media. But, like Mourinho could benifit the team.
Professional, this would mean team talks and press conferences are always calm and thoughout.
Bad Tempered, doesn't mind telling the players and press what he thinks about them.

along those lines anyway!

Also, Player Recommendations:

for example:- I'm porto manager have Hulk up front scoring goals for fun, he's not in the Brazil Squad so, i would like to recommend him to the manager.
Also, he has now got a portuguese nationality so, i'd like to recommend him there too.

Better Player Interaction when National Team Manager:

Like Capello telling Beckham he needs to be playing his football in Europe.
And, players coming to you to asking if there chances of Internaional Call-ups are going to be damaged by not playing or moving clubs. I'm sure this must happen IRL.

[SCIAG]

As mentioned before, I'd like to see the option to loan back a player you buy. As Man Utd recently did with Ljalic and Mame Biram Diouf.

I think Adam L. wasn't loaned back, but they delayed the transfer until he was old enough to legally move

[Infonote]

I have just started playing a game with Malta as national team manager.
I would like the ability to interact with players that are currently in national team and in the national team roster.

E.g. I suggest a certain player to try and go for trials with foreign clubs.

Another example is players who have to choose between 2 nationalities like Amauri. As a national team manager you can convince Amauri to play or discourage him from playing for Italy.

[andre_costa]

Pretty sure someone must have said it already but :

-Take crossing out of Set Pieces and link it to Ball Control or even Attacking.
- I'd also link Flair to Attacking and not Ball Control.

[Frederico EJ]

Ability to take a squad away to a pre season tour, not just have all your players available, something like real life.
Could cause speculation as to whether a player is staying at the club or not, stepping up, etc.

[toemouse]

Like many people have probably said, an option to loan back a player and also the inclusion of an option to loan a player out as part of a transfer deal, like Man Utd did with Fraizer Campbell in the Berbatov deal.

I'd also like to see the possibility of talking to players over the summer about what you expect of them for the season ahead, for example if you've had to lose your star striker due to financial restrictions and can't afford to buy or can't find a replacement who fits the bill but have a decent back up stiker you could tell him you expect him to step it up. Or if your young winger had a poor season the previous season you could tell him that you expect a lot more from him. Or if one of your youngsters surprised you the season before you could tell him to carry on as he is.

I think the suggestion of more interaction with your assistant is a very good idea too.

Also, i'd like to see us, as managers, to be able to out line our plans for the season in a more detailed manner, for example, you could tell your board that you will use the League Cup to blood youngsters and give squad players games or if you're a mid table Premiership team you could tell them that going on a cup run is the main aim for the season. The reason for this is when I'm playing as a big club, I use the domestic cup(s) as an excuse to play youngsters and sometimes it backfires and we get knocked out. What annoys me is the fans get on your back about it instead of being a little sympathetic towards the youngsters and my reasons for playing said youngsters.

Just a few thoughts..

[StealthShot]

These probs been said before but thought i would just say.
Maybe when accepting a loan offer for one of your own players maybe you can talk to them to tell them why you want them to go on loan (eg. To get first team football)
Also maybe in pre season alot more tours to go on and pre season cups eg. audi cup.
Just a thought.

[Sudos]

This may have been mentioned before but I would like to see friendly's played at a neutral venue, Not much but I think It'll be a nice touch.

[Blanchflower1]

I would like to see more playable leagues, if possible ALL the leagues of the world. That would really be realistic and the game then would be complete!!!

[dibbers]

if you could be hired as an assistant manager and then manage the u-18 or reserve squad and build your way up to manager of a team.
so you could manage the u-21 team of a country or a reserve teamin the league and only use the players the manager ha chosen to be in the reserves/u-18's?

[Polar Bear]

Right now scouting is only really used to get accurate stats of the players, and no matter how good or bad the scout is he always gets the players attributes exactly right. It's ridiculous. The guy doesn't even have to watch the player any more than a day or two, just ask for a report twice and you're done. Of course he might get the player's potential wrong or get wrong info about the hidden characteristics of the player, but it's still way too accurate for a report made in a single day.

As a fan of the simulation side of the game I'd really like to see something to be done with scouting to make it more realistic and tougher to find the hidden gems.

Yes, this. Like in the Out Of The Park baseball game.

[Jorgen]

I am still playing FM07 and haven't been at the forums in the last months, so some things might be mentioned before, or are allready in the game.


* Having more options with satellite teams: like being able to discuss with the board what kind of teams you would consider, discuss with the new satellite team what kind of loan / buy / friendly options you would like to have and being able to make other deals like only working together with the new team, like Ajax and Barcelona. (They work together, but Ajax is absolutely no satellite team of Barcelona)

* Implement womens football in the game. Even Michel Platini visits the under 19 European Championship final between England and Sweden. Womens football is allready big business in some countries and will become big in other countries. Plus it will be really fun to play with real leagues, real clubs and real players, that are fresh and new to every manager in this game. Plus some womens players are far better then some mens players, and those are in the game too.

* Add the new UEFA Europe League with it's rules and structure.

* Being able to ask players to move with you, if you go to another club.

* Add leagues from Bosnia, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Japan, New Zealand, Canada, and Egypt to the game.

* Find out what the new league structure in the Netherlands will be and add it to the game, or make sure it is possible to add it with a patch.

* Add more small leagues in England

* Add more leagues from USA and Australia

* Find a way to deal realisticly with MSI, Abramovic, Al-Fahim and other people and companies. Many Brazilian players are owned by a company or a person, not by a club anymore. Many British teams are being taken over by companies and people. FM should never become a "cartoon" or a "joke" where thousands of players and teams are owned by rich individuals, oilsheikhs, strange managers or big firms. It should however be like the real world of football, where these things happen on occassion.

* Make player relations reflect the real world. If 2 brothers or friends play together they will play better. If one of them is angry, so will be the other one. If one feels he's being treated bad by a team or manager, his brother / son / father / friend is likely to feel angry towards that manager / team too. This happenes in real life too.

* Have influence on new stadium names.

* Talk with players about favourite position and squad number.

* Give hints to or interact with the national team manager to discuss new players for the national teams and players allready there.

* Have open training days for the youth in the clubs environment to find new stars.

* Being able to loan out / loan back players that just have been bought, to their original team for 1 or more years. This can be an option in the transferdeal.


Having said this all, I would like to comment that FM is my favourite game, for years now. Keep up the good work.

[Nick A]

Probably been suggested before. I hate the lack of interaction with feeder clubs.

IRL, what happens is that there would be dialogue between the clubs. Look at LFC. Every year, they take players on trial from Hungary. 4 this season. This means they must get scout reports on all of the academy players.

In FM, you get a yearly payment and the option to match bids on players. That is it. Surely a scout report annually would be much more realistic?

[Nick A]

Another one. Appeals etc.

Why not have a report from a video analyst on red cards? Unless my AM gives a solid recommendation (which is rare), I have no idea whether or not to appeal.

Oh, and why should I upset players if I fine them for a red that was brought about by 2 yellows? It is linked in with the report that I should have. If it says one/both of yellows was harsh then fine. But if iy says justified, then surely a one week fine shouldn't upset the player.

[footie manager lover]

Football Manager 2010 Ideas

Here are some of my ideas i want to see incorporated into the fm series
as this is easily my fave game.Btw these will not be in order.


Chairman/Backroom Staff
There should be alot more interaction with staff just like real managers would have.
for example targets could be set at the beggining of the season. for example if u had a
glory hunter type chairman he would want you to bring in players such as Kaka and Ronaldo
*cough* perez *cough* however if u didnt fulfil this want then him or the DOF could
go behind your back and sign them. in another world say if you were west ham and the
chairman set his targets they would be more like gain a suitable premier league position
or develop a decent youth team. This could be shown to you in a press conference sort
of way. for example they could say to you we want you to achieve a top half finish what
would be neccessary for you to be able to do this? then they could name the players they
want and depending on the type of chairman if you dont get them something will happen.
Almost like the fifa targets accept they are more realistic as they are like get a certain
amount of clean sheets and stuff.
Then each week or month you will have a board meeting where again it will be press
conference like. Therefore the board can tell us where we are going wrong and we can
justify ourselves, which could be a attribute we develop over time. This in my opinion
make it more realistic.

Skin
This is my biggest wish. Scrap the skin. They could make it like we were inside a
stadium. For example each screen is like a point and click game. for example u have a first
person view of your desk and you click on different things. there may be a copy of a league
table on the wall click on and up pops the league table. Or a calender on the edge of your
desk where you see upcomeing fixtures... or a porno... you get the picture . the way you
move about the stadium could be you go upto the office door and a list of offices to go to
pops up and u could go to the board room to speak to the chairman or the scouting office to
set them new assignments.Or go to reciption to chat up the hot secratary . I personally
dont think there needs to be good graphics it cud be cartoony just make sure that you can
tell what each thing is!!. This would be awesome and i would feel like mourinho.

Personal Life/Spending Earnings
Some of you may be cringing and shouting to fifa managerish. but whats the point in having
earnings if there is no use for them. for example every one starts off with a basic flat
and get the bus to the training ground. then when u buy better accomodation u get more
respect from say the chairman. then if you were to buy a new car you would earn more
respect from the money hunting players. but if u got a lambo that wud gain resepct with
some but if u had it brightpink lose the respect of others.with your money u cud also
buy small items like a new golf set (see oppunites next paragraph) or a tennis racket.
This would just make it so life like.

Opportunities
Ive seen this is many games and i think it could work in football manager. The games
i have seen it in is Sims 2 and the last two fifas. for example in sims 2 the when your
person was at his job occasionally a question would pop up. like "jimbobs boss has asked
jimbob to accompany him to a wedding as his plus one as his wife is being stubborn". then
your answers were like "accompany to wedding it could be fun" or tell him to take his wife"
then which ever answer u pick it has a consequence. for example if u sed take his wife
then he might say thanks we had a great time and wild steamy sex u deserve a raise or he
could go and get your rival take him/her and give them the raise. however if u picked go u
go to the wedding but embarass him therefore u have gone down in his books or you could
go have a wonderful time and get a raise. i now bet your asking how the hell can this be
used in fm. well simple if they use my new skin then u cud go to your computer in your
office and u got a email from the chairman.would u like to go on the boards golfing trip.
then depending on ur golfing skills and clubs if u choose to go u cud get a reward. for
example if u go but decide to mention the transfer budget to them u could get a extra boost
in that department or consequently lose relationship with them. also the team captain may
email u inviting u on a boozer with the lads therefore boosting team morale but if the
papers get hold of your drunken antics then the board relationship goes down.I think this
would be very cool and make it feel very realistic.

Interviews/Team Talks
If we stick with my new "skin" idea the press conference could get really fun. the first
person view again and you see heads (the number depends on how many are attending) then
you click on the head which then tells you his question (in text form) u then pick a
certain amount and up and leave. we do need alot more questions as they get very repetetive
which leads onto team talks.Team talks could do with situation options. or more of them.
thats all im asking for. more of them. i know we are not going to be able to type
something in and it will recognise it so just more options please and on the interviews.
Lastly when a player comes on off the bench there needs to be a set of talks to give him.

Manager types
One can be auto picked at the start and then by playing the game your way you play. for
example arsene wengers type would be buying youths and benitez a rotater. so this would
decrease and increase your chance of getting certain jobs. i.e wigan wouldnt want a big
spender however they would want bargain finder for example. this would be a nice touch
in my opinion.

Released players
Small feature about the players that are out of contract. Basically at the start of the
transfer window the pfa messages all the lower league clubs some of the new players. Cool
touch i would think.

Coaching Badges
Almost like on gran turismo where you had to get certain licenses to do certain races. This
could be incorporated by a coaching test at different times which could give you a better
chance of getting a job or get you a bigger salary.

Rumours
If we stick with my skin idea we could have a sky sports news type show. you click the tv
and then watch it pretty much but scroll through the rumours with your mouse.

Regens
It has been noticed that not all regens height and weight changes and i think from 16 to 21
people will have grown in size and weight wont they?

Transfers
The transfers are great but they could be made so much more realistic. Maybe we could ask
the board for money for a certain player and then if you get the approval the bid is put in
by either you or the DOF. Also more clauses to be put in these transfers such as loaning
them back to the club for a year which will be realistic.

One on Ones
There are so many in each match it is unbelivable never mind the amount that are missed.
Reduce these oppurtunities.

Back Room Staff
If a manager has been sacked or resigns he should take backroom staff with him. So if you
make a freind you can take him with you .

More big signings
I rarely see big signings on the game by big teams. United for example never buy a
superstar lw which they need they always buy back up. kaka and ronaldo have been bought
by madrdid this summer and i know this would never happen in the game.

Non-Clubs
Dont really know what this is called but club-agencies. Basically what tevez was belonged
to. So we can buy off these.

Agents
Be able to talk to players agents. So contacting the players agent to see how interested he
would be in joining my club. Also if a player who was at my club was a bit of deadwood you
can tell the agent to find him a new team so then we know who to offer him too.

Contracts
A cool idea would be if we stuck with my idea of the skin. Then have contracts looking like
a real contract. It would look quite cool scrolling through the pages signing your piece
writing his wage would be fun. PLus pay as you play contracts.

Job Interviews
When applying for a job you get interviewed by the board. They could be a multiple choice
questions pretty much the same as the press conferences but who you are and your type of
management comes into play.

New PLayer Unveiled
A short interview where your new player is revealed and he and you answer a set of
questions.

Just think these ideas would make it more true to life. And please all you personal life haters dont hate on my ideas i just think they would make the game abit more true to life and have small aspects on how management is.
thanks for reading
adam

[erik86]

some valid points... still dont buy the whole personal money thing... it sort of takes away the FOOTBALL in FOOTBALL Manager and becomes more like a SIMS game....

[footie manager lover]

yh but it doesnt because by doing the personal life if you call it that it is helping the football aspect. like buying a better car gets better respect from the players therefore they will listen to you more i may be wrong but thats just my opinion. XD

[Ter]

The personal life (buying cars, going on nights out, getting married etc) is not something we plan on adding to Football Manager. We prefer to concentrate on the football side of things.

[DanGLiverpool]

I feel we need to be able to issue negative comments to players that aren't at our club (or at least regens)

Stuff like Player X is not very professional to negotiate with, or Player Y has a negative attitude. An example would be a regen I tried to sign. He told me what he wanted, I offered it to him, and he rejected it. So I offered higher, and he still rejected it. Then he asked for less, and then rejected the money I offered him.

There I would have used the first example as a negative comment.

[ACMilanBRA]

well last night i had an idea, i dont know if it has been posted here or not, im in 2036 and by that year, i think there would be probably some advancements in medicine that would make the injuries heal faster, not just for a club but for everyone i guess, what do you guys think

[footie manager lover]

i can live without personal life but what about something to spend your cash on? that should defo be included. and what do u think about my skin idea. i think that would be awesome and make me feel just like fergie and others XD

[dankrzyz]

The personal life (buying cars, going on nights out, getting married etc) is not something we plan on adding to Football Manager. We prefer to concentrate on the football side of things.

A full and firm answer to all of these ideas. And I'm so relieved to hear this position. Good plan, SI. Don't budge.

[DanGLiverpool]

i can live without personal life but what about something to spend your cash on? that should defo be included. and what do u think about my skin idea. i think that would be awesome and make me feel just like fergie and others XD

It is too gimmicky. SI have noted too many times before that they are not going to make a gimmicky game, leave that for EA to do with their football management game. FM has become famous for what it currently is, no need to add layers of gimmicks on there.

Concentrate on fthe actual football management part of the game, not the personal lives. Hence why we play FM, not Football Manager's Personal Life.

[dankrzyz]

An improvement I would like to see is with more database options for new games. Currently there are only three available sizes which are not too different than each other. The unlockable fourth database size ("huge") is significantly larger, but is said to have problems over a long-term game.

I think a slider that allows you to select the number of players/staff would be a good addition to the game. Taking this idea a bit farther, perhaps that slider could be customizable for each continent. For example, perhaps I want a European-heavy database I could add more depth in Europeans, without growing the number of South Americans & other nationals. For the international gamer, there could be defined levels to make sure national teams will have enough players to play, without having to "load all players" ("load all crappy players") from that nation. With this as well, perhaps a continental option to "make all Asian national teams playable" or the like.

[Swindon69]

I'd like the ability to advertise for specific coaches i.e. a Striking coach.

[HarryMills]

I hate how if you win the world cup even with a relatively unfancied side like sweden, as soon as next season starts the FA are only satisfied with your performance, even if its only two weeks after the world cup final.

IRL if you won the world cup with almost any team other than Brazil you would surely be a national hero, feted for life etc (if it was england). I really hate the ''satisfied'' comment, or the ''still sure they made the right choice in appointing you'' comment (you think!). Would really like to see this changed
in fm10

[sportingmadrid]

I would like 2 see that after a few updates, my players don't keep getting injured match after match.Basically, I would like the Mac version to be potable.

[straccy vendoli]

i would like to have the opportunity,as i often play in italian leagues,to build "legacies" with other teams for extracomunitarian players.by now you have the chance to sign 2 of them for season..but there is the case that some teams buy only one or none of them..so if i buy 3 of them i'd like to have the opportunity to "send on loan" one of them to another team..as internazionale did years ago with julio cesar for example..and also,if i buy under18 players that cannot be played until they're 18,i would like to have them training with me anyway (as for pato in ac milan)

[straccy vendoli]

reading raware thread about competition,i came up with an idea..
yeah,competition is a problem,expecially when a player feels the pressure of it from a new guy just bought who DOESN'T play in his role.or,at least,in my mind he doesn't play there.
for example..i've got gregory tafforeau playing as DS..then i buy mahmadou sakho who is DSC..and tafforeau starts complaining for competition..but in my mind sakho will NEVER play the DS spot..
so i thought..why not erase the pre-fixed roles in FM10?or just let them be a hidden stat?
in this way when i'm going to buy sakho i could explain to my team that i buy him for the role of DC..in a few words,something like when you set the shirt number and maybe the schedule training..setting him for the main role you want to employ him..

[Twellman24]

Please please please, for the thousands of lower league players out there; whenever we avoid relegation with a team that is fighting against relegation, club and fan should be as excited as if we had won something! Right now...not even a sad news on the local paper.

[Thierry Henrhys]

I'd like to see players go through a medical before they signed for you.

This 'medical' would then be available to view on by clicking on a medical report button which would appear on the same part of the screen that you go to to accept any deal meaning that before you finalise anything you have a look at the medical.

It would be presented, if you can imagine this, as the outline of a human body.

If the player had an injury to a certain part, say the knee, a little line would be coming out from the knee part of the body saying the type of injury, duration of injury and the chances of it recurring (physio attributes could come into play here e.g. better physio gives you a more accurate chance of it happening again.)

Or it could be presented like a scout report but instead of strengths,weaknesses etc. It would have the different parts of the body listed and injuries to them.

[ScottP7]

The changes I'd like to see are:

<b>Away Kit Colour Changes Available Every 2 Seasons</b>
This could be an easy and realistic feature to add. E.G. Primary & Secondary Colours; Or Shirt Colour, Shorts Colour, Socks Colour.

<b>More detailed sponsorship features</b>
I think it would be good if there was a list of real kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors that you can select for your team's shirt.

<b>Kit Templates</b>
Be able to change kit templates every 2 seasons. For example:
http://www.soccer.com/Images/Catalog...119920.DGW.JPG
http://www.pafc.co.uk/javaImages/96/...5834902,00.jpg
http://xs226.xs.to/xs226/08144/home647.jpg

This incorporated with the sponsors idea would be a great addition whilst it would add to the lifespan of a game (if it wasn't addictive enough :-) ).

<b>Stadium</b>
I think this area of the game could be more detailed with maybe being able to view the stadium (I know this would take a lot of time). Perhaps being able to view the capacity of each stand and increasing it instead of just increasing the stadium.

<b>Chairmen</b>
More interaction with the chairmen.

<b>Job Interviews</b>
Answer a series of questions when applying for a job.

[Macca2oo7]

I'd like to see more depth being added to training, such as being able to set a specific training schedule, i.e. different drills or practice games etc., and the option to get players to do double sessions, if they're slacking off.
Also things like players attending press conferences, pre-game + post-game.

[Thistles * player]

It would be nice to have more playable leagues, imagine taking an andorran club team to the top!

[kevgaleuk]

An improvement I would like to see is with more database options for new games. Currently there are only three available sizes which are not too different than each other. The unlockable fourth database size ("huge") is significantly larger, but is said to have problems over a long-term game.

I think a slider that allows you to select the number of players/staff would be a good addition to the game. Taking this idea a bit farther, perhaps that slider could be customizable for each continent. For example, perhaps I want a European-heavy database I could add more depth in Europeans, without growing the number of South Americans & other nationals. For the international gamer, there could be defined levels to make sure national teams will have enough players to play, without having to "load all players" ("load all crappy players") from that nation. With this as well, perhaps a continental option to "make all Asian national teams playable" or the like.

I like this idea - but one stage further (and I appreciate this may be WAAAAAAAAY beyond the art of the possible) what about the ability to load more as the game continues? I remember the old CM 93 etc on the Amiga and the update that takes about 5 seconds now (between seasons) used to take well hours and several disk changes. How about adding the ability to reselect the countries, players etc mid-game - I am sure peeps wouldn't mind a delay while the game did this

Also (I think I mentioned this in an earlier set of posts but just in case) can SI have a setting that puts all league names into the game irrespective of whether you have the leagues loaded? I have loads of preferences about the way player histories look but if they stay the same its quite annoying to sign someone from Holland (if you dont have the league live) and have them with loads of blank league history

[kevgaleuk]

I hate how if you win the world cup even with a relatively unfancied side like sweden, as soon as next season starts the FA are only satisfied with your performance, even if its only two weeks after the world cup final.

IRL if you won the world cup with almost any team other than Brazil you would surely be a national hero, feted for life etc (if it was england). I really hate the ''satisfied'' comment, or the ''still sure they made the right choice in appointing you'' comment (you think!). Would really like to see this changed
in fm10

This seems to be an issue across the game. I won the league with Norwich and the next season I'd gone from very happy and had a job for life status to satisfied. This element is clearly linked to "the current year" objectives so hopefully its not a big tweak to get it right? Maybe behind the scenes there needs to be a history table - a bit like the euro coefficient thing that ranks the clubs in europe setting manager (and teams) performance over time i.e. a small team winning big is a big big achievement whereas man utd winning the league again is probably less significant (although still important)

[Highor]

An Auto-Update for patches when you startup Football Manager.

[stingy]

What I think would be great is on the match screen a widget which allows you to see exactly where each shot has beaten taken, colour coded with if its on/off target or blocked (similar to how you get it on tv.)

Shouldn't be too hard to implement

[Jorgen]

I would like to see a role in the game for Blatter and Platini. They are 2 of the most important people in football outside the pitch. Maybe they can give the medals and the cups after international and continental tournaments. Or have an opinion about big transfers, etc.

I like the slider idea that is mentioned above.
I also like the "change things that are loaded into the game" idea that is mentioned above.

[chrispopeyelake]

1.scouts can go and scout all your shortlist(Dont know if you can do this already or not)
2.I'm using Bohemians and have 8 of my starting 11 in the irish squad, would like if my league matches were postponed due to international commitments.(Match are not postponed in the Irish league)
3.scouts sending videos of there players, think it was in an old version.
4.Training Camps, you could decide if the camps were to be based on tactics, fitness and so on.
5.Show when other managers contracts expire so you can filter to see whos are expiring soon(it help whn your deciding to sign a new contract)
6.Long players back for season after buying.
7. Chairman puts pressure on you to sign big players(Like Man City rice owner wants big names at his club)
8. Interaction with chairman ever 2-3months.(discussions on transfers,weather club is going forward..........)

[chrispopeyelake]

The personal life (buying cars, going on nights out, getting married etc) is not something we plan on adding to Football Manager. We prefer to concentrate on the football side of things.

please do NOT make it like Fifa Manager

[stuartM]

much more in depth training, such as drills and shooting or passing practice etc...
also phases in tactics

[Cylinqwo]

Injuries toned down to v.02 standard please

[yugo23]

When replying to offers, I'd like to see option Accept all offers from other countries (leagues).

[bardock]

I'd like there to be a way to see budget projections for the year.

Basically a page where all projected income (gate receipts, match-day revenue, merchandise, fees that still need to be paid for players, etc..) and projected expenditure (wages, fees that still need to be paid for players, match-day expenditure, maintenance, etc..) are calculated to give you the projected end of the year balance.

In theory it should be very easy to create. It'll just be an extra page in the finance section. It'll be very helpful for those of us who like to manage teams in the lower leagues.

[erik86]

Good idea Bardock!

[erik86]

When replying to offers, I'd like to see option Accept all offers from other countries (leagues).

very good idea! So that you can sell to other leagues and reject offers from yours! I could use this feature a lot!

[RoryS08]

The Main thing I would like to see in future versions is the ability to buy a player from a club and have the option in the transfer to loan the player straight back to the selling club. For Example Tottenham bought Kyle Walker for £3m from Sheffield United and then loaned him staright back to Sheffield United.

[erik86]

Not as bothered about new features as much as they need to address existing ones and improve them... I.E team talks, press conferences etc..

[Infonote]

I would like future versions to have the option of creating your own team in the lowest division of the the league you choose to participate.

[Serdar]

first of all I finally had time to play FM2009 for real in July despite buying it on February. Half of my summer holidays are wasted in front of PC but it was mostly quality time. My overall feeling for version 930 is very good. If I was to rate it I would give 92 out of 100. Despite being best on its own catagory I'm sure SI is non-stop working on it. Here are some new features and improvements I would like to see in FM10.

-> In real life when a manager leaves a club or signs for new club usually they go with their own stuff. Meaning that most coaches bring their own Ass Managers and fitness coaches with them (if not more) to whereever they go and when they resign/sacked, same people usually follows them. It would be nice to see similar personal attachments at least for top class coaches in FM.


-> Now we have favoruite clubs for players which affects their view on moving clubs, also their ambition to play in bigger nations and bigger leageus have affect. Also some players have a favorurite nation for whatever reason. For example some players may exclusively want to play in Spain.


-> sometimes I have players which I want to get rid of and there are teams interested then I do most obvious and put them transfer listed and offer to clubs with half price or less. I keep doing it until someone bothers to make an offer and usually it works fine, depending on the player I sell them around %20 to %50 of the real value. but sometimes I cant sell some players even if I set asking price to 0, teams are interested but they still say asking price is too high (do they expect me to pay to them for buying my player)

-> %90 of the time I watch the games in Extended highlights mode. Every now and then it shows so much of out of play instants such as goal kicks throw ins, refree interactions, injuries and such... I think these should not be shown in extended mode or should be shown much faster. I understand and like the fact the they are in the game and some of them are nicely related to time wasting concept but we just dont need to wait and see them unless it is full match mode.

->I believe it is mentioned here before a lot but the possibility to score from corners are not seem to fair and real. I tried many variations and it seems challenging Goalkeeper produces much more than any other option. I dont mind scoring goals from GK challange but after finding this combination, I hit at least every third corner and score in evey tenth (about) which almost means a corner goal in every second or third game. with any other attempt I could only score 2 or 3 in entire season. It would be nice if this is balanded and there should not be any exploit tactic or totally useless tactic.

-> In match engine, which is getting better and better in my opinion eash year despite all the complains. I have one small but very visible and disturbing issue. Every now and then 3 or 4 times a season I score or concede a goal where the ball just bounces and end up just in front of goal line static. Then none of the defenders or GK do anything for at least couple of seconds and a forward comes from way behind and tips it in. I guess this is a small bug in ME, I cant imagine GK or defenders watching ball 1 meter in front of their goal line.


-> I asked this for FM 08 and I will ask it again; I would like to have an option to save my players even after they retire and does not want to stay in game. So I could come and look their history when ever I want. Their player and staff profiles can be removed but personal and history would stay. so when a player announces his retirement there could be option in misc menu saying save this player permanently so in case he does not become coach he just remains in game as a retired player. in fm07 I had a striker whom I bought when he was 22 and he retired when he was 34, he was loyal, solid performer and a fan favourite then suddenly he stoped playing and said he wont stay in game. I would love to see him remain in game as a non-player so I could go back and look his great stats when I miss the old days

-> Tooltop help for attributes. The explanations we have on manual should be accessible in game. I still confuse some of the attributes and somehow fell lazy to open manual and read them (despite my manual is 50 cm away from my PC).


-> My last wish is a bit extreme but I would love it and I'm sure many will eventually use it. It would be nice to have an option in game when you create new manager and if it is selected whatever happens you will never be fired and always get at least 1 year renewal for the contract. Board satisfaction may be very low, fans may be restless, team can be low on morele and press can throw all sorts of crap on us but still we will keep the job. I dont want this to try how low I can get Real Madrid or something like that; but I want to to some some extreme methods for building squad such as relying heavily on home grown youth players which means I can not achieve expectations for the first 3 4 years but eventually I may have a very young and solid team. I'm sure different people may use this option for different experiments. Now we can do it by creating a new manager each time after we are fired but it would be better to do it with the same guy.

[rash]

How about player testimonials??

[molsen]

I have two ideas i have been thinking about for FM10:

1. Very often i the Danish league it happens that a club agrees the bosman transfer of a certain player. After the player agress to the contract (and the transfer is settled) the two clubs agree a nominal fee for the immidiate transfer of the player. He then changes clubs immidiately instead of waiting for the bosman transfer. This scenario should be possible in FM as well.

2. Autoupdate of the database. Assuming that SI continuously updates the database with recent transfers anyway (for the next version of FM) it would be a great service offer if you could allow users to download the latest version, thereby eliminating the hazzle users have with manually maintaining the database themselves with recent transfers. In my view it would be an amazing and really valuable service.

[neutral]

1) More African & Asian leagues - sad that we have no Middle East league yet...

2) Faster 3D match loading - kinda slow for my liking...

3) Faster loading time - too slow, I have to wait for a few minutes for the game to continue...

4) Buy a few exclusive license- **** Konami, doesnt add J-League on PES series although they got J-League rights (maybe they put it for Japanese version only)!

5) Make 2 modes - normal and easy... Easy mode = you will always win when even using a keeper as a striker & a striker as a keeper...

6) Dont add any new features for FM10 & FM11 - please improve the current features first...

[weeeman27bob]

1) More African & Asian leagues - sad that we have no Middle East league yet...

2) Faster 3D match loading - kinda slow for my liking...

3) Faster loading time - too slow, I have to wait for a few minutes for the game to continue...

4) Buy a few exclusive license- **** Konami, doesnt add J-League on PES series although they got J-League rights (maybe they put it for Japanese version only)!

5) Make 2 modes - normal and easy... Easy mode = you will always win when even using a keeper as a striker & a striker as a keeper...

6) Dont add any new features for FM10 & FM11 - please improve the current features first...

Why ?

[LARulz]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but I was thinking if you are managing a club and get offered a job at another club, I'd like to be able to add clauses, such as bring my assistant/coaches to the club as well or increase the budget to ensure you can sign certain players.

Is that possible?

[Davidmarrio]

Be able to play online games with friends without having to download a bunch of stuff to actually be able to play with my mates

[peter199]

Add a feature in the 3d game that let's you know when a player is touched (like an asterisk before their name or something) like there is in the 2d match view.

[Karimawa]

Just small ideas to be considered in FM2010

National Teams-Friendlies
If you are managing Brazil, Argentina or an African teams ; you shall be allowed to play friendlies in England, France or Spain, and not only choose between Home and Away.

Tactics-Players Movement
Players shall be allowend to move into directions without the ball, like in FM 08 or FM 07 ; as for a defensive midfielder to cover behind an attacking full back for example.

Tactics-Free Kicks
As a manager I shall have more options in free kicks situation, like dividing the pitch into squares and you choose 1 or 2 options for each freekick in each square.

GamePlay-Yellow Cards for wasting time
A desperately needed addition, a goalkeeper can stand for 1 min to play a goal kick without being booked.

[Buckley0002]

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

All of this goes right here mate otherwise there would be a million of these topics

[GillsMan]

I've merged the topics.

[geordie_allan]

i`d like to have more freedom with the arrows on tactics page,enable to go from left to right and diagonal...abit like in earlier editions of fm

[Cougar2010]

i`d like to have more freedom with the arrows on tactics page,enable to go from left to right and diagonal...abit like in earlier editions of fm

The arrows don't represent movement anymore.

They represent frequency of forward runs.

[geordie_allan]

The arrows don't represent movement anymore.

They represent frequency of forward runs.

thats a pity,i preferred it like that

[kevgaleuk]

1.scouts can go and scout all your shortlist(Dont know if you can do this already or not)
2.I'm using Bohemians and have 8 of my starting 11 in the irish squad, would like if my league matches were postponed due to international commitments.(Match are not postponed in the Irish league)
3.scouts sending videos of there players, think it was in an old version.
4.Training Camps, you could decide if the camps were to be based on tactics, fitness and so on.
5.Show when other managers contracts expire so you can filter to see whos are expiring soon(it help whn your deciding to sign a new contract)
6.Long players back for season after buying.
7. Chairman puts pressure on you to sign big players(Like Man City rice owner wants big names at his club)
8. Interaction with chairman ever 2-3months.(discussions on transfers,weather club is going forward..........)

RE Point 2 - Would be good if as any club you could approach the FA and or the opposition about postponements due to internationals, or even big cup games. Happens IRL - some times its feasible other times its not. Also can U19's be classified as internationals please; in Leagues 1 & 2 games seem to get postponed when you have X number of full or U21's however not for U19

[kevgaleuk]

-> sometimes I have players which I want to get rid of and there are teams interested then I do most obvious and put them transfer listed and offer to clubs with half price or less. I keep doing it until someone bothers to make an offer and usually it works fine, depending on the player I sell them around %20 to %50 of the real value. but sometimes I cant sell some players even if I set asking price to 0, teams are interested but they still say asking price is too high (do they expect me to pay to them for buying my player)

On a slightly different note can Transfers be tweaked slightly so that clubs want players who are close to their PA - the amount of times I have managed teams up through the leagues and needed to sell championship quality players (because they can't quite cut it in the Prem) but no/few teams want them. IRL even if the player is as good as he is going to get there would be loads of clubs in the champ, league 1 and so on prepared to take him because he is better than what they have.

[kevgaleuk]

I have two ideas i have been thinking about for FM10:

2. Autoupdate of the database. Assuming that SI continuously updates the database with recent transfers anyway (for the next version of FM) it would be a great service offer if you could allow users to download the latest version, thereby eliminating the hazzle users have with manually maintaining the database themselves with recent transfers. In my view it would be an amazing and really valuable service.

RE this point does anyone know how difficult it is/would be to have the patches add the ability to start at that point of the season? I.e. there is usually a patch/update post X-mas with the transfers and so on; normally this just ends up with player histories being cocked up with multiple teams in that season.

What I am asking is instead of the updated game starting in July could the patch give the ability to start in Jan with the transfer changes implemented as future transfers? I know the game can mock play the season as I often start as an English Club in Feb 09 (sweden league start) and the season has been dummy ran so I guess the question is how difficult is it to add different start points to the game?

[Vane]

Have been thinking about how to deal with news better. May be add a few more key headlines from the news section to the inbox. So if you manage an English Championship side, you get the national team news, a couple or so weekly headlines from the other divisions in your national league. And then may be a couple of headlines from other national leagues and International competitions. It's just to give you a flavour of the whole game without having to search around for news.

There also needs to be a news icon which has direct links to every playable division news section in the game.

I'd also like a one click button option which you set up before the game starts and can change during it, where you can set the game so that physio requests, press conferences, team talks, pitch size requests and even team picking can be dealt with automatically. So you customise the game to how you want it. The game is too fiddly at the moment.

[molsen]

Idea for the tactical aspect of the game: For long i have been missing a feature in the game to make more explicit tactical improvements between games. Right now the only option for improving performances from game to game is be simple "good-bad" teamtalks, thereby only improving the morale aspects of players performance.

I would like a feature to adress specific problems like you see in real life, e.g. give after match instructions like "you need to work harder for each other", "we need to be more focused in defence", "we need to move the ball more wide", "do not get downhearted when you are one-down" etc.

You very often hear a loosing manager talk about these things relating to team-effort, and then the team will go back to the training court and try to work on some of the more team-oriented problems for the next match. You will then (maybe) see the effects in the next game, where players e.g. work harder for each other.

[gazwefc]

I would simply like the abilty to answer the media question "......... has been performing very well recently, do you feel you will be able to keep hold of him much longer"

Id like to be able to say "I dont rate the player as highly as you, he can leave when we recieve an accpetable offer"

rather than, yes, maybe, or no

[MattJasina]

Here are some ideas:
1)Create training camps abroad. This would be both club and country. Being able to have a selection of clubs/national teams that can be played during that camp. Not just playing countries, but also clubs. If playing in South Africa, you should be able to choose a club team to play against, but also a national team, if in FIFA match calender.
2) A better training system. Creating a timetable for each week of training sessions. Show what individual thing will be worked on. Each individual activity should be stated. For example, bleep test and then corners. Also creating individual plays for corners and active play. Give each individual coach a group of players and a activity to coach.
3)Make the transfer system more advanced. Trying to recreate the Kaka/Man City, more speculation. make the transfer fees more reasonalble to the players. A player in real live who is worth £1 million, should go for that amount, or maybe the club can bargin and get him for less.
4)Some players will reject going to a certain league, such as turkish players to russia, or spanish players to turkey. This should be fixed as in real live it happens. The cheaper brazilians should be able to transfer to Latvia, as if they play well they could be transfered to a better league.
5)Let the manager express his plans for the season or for the time of his contract. Such as if a manger has 3 year contract, he should be allowed to say that he will be in the top ten in first season, next season, europe, then last season championship. If he is playing in europe, the manger should be expected to say what are his expectations are.
6)All the clubs who have no players, such as if you get a feeder club or are playing in europe and look at an african club, should have regens instead of no players. Or atleast a couple of original players and then regens.

what do you think?

[kevkenno]

not sure if this has been mentioned before but
i personally would like to see more player interaction

i got a message the other day from my left wiger who has been at my club for 10 years now and is close to retirement i think....

his message was ...

Your coaching staff have indicated that your ageing Peruvian midfield playmaker Diego Bustamante's best days are now behind him and he is now struggling to perform adequately at the club's level. In the report however it is indicated that they feel that Bustamante is a good influence on younger players and should be allowed to see out his contract for this reason.

(maybe a coaching thing where you can ask experienced players to give tips to the youngsters in your squad to improve their game???)

Bustamante has himself indicated that he is under no illusions and knows his best days are behind him, however he also expressed his desire to thank manager Kev Kennedy whose inspirational coaching sessions have helped to minimise his decline.

this put a smile on my face because he's one of the players you never want to let go
it would also improve the game if this happened more often because i would think that the players have a mind of their own

another thing is when players have been at your club for many years and they want a new challenge but when u get the message that they want a new challenge it says... The 24-year-old asserted that only a new challenge at a bigger club will enable him to stay on top of his game.

im sure i am in the bigger clubs of my gameworld varying from the top 10 to 30 and so dont understand why would he want to move to a bigger club

[rougess]

I'd like to see talk of compensation when manager's are linked with other posts, and whether or not they'd take some backroom staff with them, etc.

Basically add a bit more to the "manager transfer" section...

[grade]

I have quick proposition to be part of FM10.

To make several cups in pre-season time, like Peace Cup, Audi Cup, Guadiana Tournament, Emirates Cup and so on.

It would make pre-season a lot more interesting.

[killiekev1869]

this thread is a monster to search through, so forgive me if this has been suggested in the past...

i was struck by the thought as i started a new game and set my experience level that it would fun/interesting to select what clubs i played for. so i can set myself as a "one club man" (which could feed into news stories as i get a job away from that club for the first time, or even play against the club, or am the "prodigal son" returning to manage the club i played at) or perhaps choose up to three or fours clubs you played with during your "career".

obviously if you set your level to Sunday League footballer, you won't be able to have a career that includes Man Utd, Barcelona and AC Milan. these clubs would be off limits. but if you were an International Footballer then you could. it could also mean that you could start the game with a couple of languages etc.

it's a game changing idea or revolutionary, but it could add an extra layer of realism and interaction during the game and through up the occaisional interesting news story...

Rangers Legend Joe Bloggs brings his Hearts side to Parkhead to face Celtic. The new manager is sure to receive a hostile reception from the home fans, who remember all too well the years Bloggs spent playing for their great rivals. <-- that sort of thing.

[LiamMFC]

I feel agents could really spice up the tranfer aspect of FM if added correctly.

Agent approaches trying to sell players appears to be very big at all levels of real life management, Harry Redknapp has commented on the past about how he is flooded with agents trying to gain their players moves during the transfer window all the time and if included would definitely add to the realism of the game.

Managers often talk of their good "contacts" and i feel this could also be a small feature which could enable you to unearth hidden gems and handy loan deals. Could also make the manager interaction feature of the game have more of an affect.

[messi]

I would love if the transfers weren't so ridiculous. Juve wants $80-100mil for Chiellini second season, Man U wants $210mil for Cristiano, etc.

Hear hear

[IzzetLeicester]

Potential ability needs to go soon I think. Let players personality, age, form, injuries and competition level alter the way they can progress. The sky should be the limit for any player.

I made a squad of 22 players, all aged 18, for a BSS team. Each of the players had 200 potential ability and CA varying between 70 and 90. I then holidayed. 7 years later, only 1 guy has became an international (198 CA). This is because he is very professional (19). The second highest player is 158 CA playing for mid table prem side. The lowest player is 92 CA rotting away in some lower leagues reserve team.

Ditch the artificial cap, make players attitudes and all the other factors the reasoning for players developing.

However, in order for this to happen, players personalities will have to change more frequently, making you as a manager make sure your young players keep there head screwed on in order for them to improve.

Maybe adding a hidden desire attribute could be cool. Young youth player, burning desire = 20. 5 years later, still not getting 1st team action, desire falls to 10. Gets a decent move and plays 1st team action, desire goes back up to 15. Ambitious player hits 30 and big team decides not to renew his contract and he can only sign for a lower league club, desire falls, he loses interest because not playing at high level anymore and decides to retire early. (Just realised the happiness rating could/does do this)

Sorry for going off on one. I just think this area of the game can be expanded so much more as, in real life, there's factors into why some players develop and others fizzle away.

Also, decimal ratings neeeeeed to go. Can't stand them.

[rougess]

Also, decimal ratings neeeeeed to go. Can't stand them.

Option for rounded or decimal ratings in Preferences would be best to be honest. That way everyone's happy

[Daniel Mabbott]

Maybe in this next FM, we could maybe have Man Utd actually playing as a team, instead of Giggs or Ronaldo (well he's gone now) passing it to Rooney, who takes on 3 awesome centerbacks and finishes past your experienced keeper.

And the attributes need vast improvement.

[Chasjs]

What about in TV mode an option to make the tabs disappear when a highlight starts, so they don't get in the way and you can see more of the game.

[kevgaleuk]

Potential ability needs to go soon I think. Let players personality, age, form, injuries and competition level alter the way they can progress. The sky should be the limit for any player.

I made a squad of 22 players, all aged 18, for a BSS team. Each of the players had 200 potential ability and CA varying between 70 and 90. I then holidayed. 7 years later, only 1 guy has became an international (198 CA). This is because he is very professional (19). The second highest player is 158 CA playing for mid table prem side. The lowest player is 92 CA rotting away in some lower leagues reserve team.

Ditch the artificial cap, make players attitudes and all the other factors the reasoning for players developing.

However, in order for this to happen, players personalities will have to change more frequently, making you as a manager make sure your young players keep there head screwed on in order for them to improve.

Maybe adding a hidden desire attribute could be cool. Young youth player, burning desire = 20. 5 years later, still not getting 1st team action, desire falls to 10. Gets a decent move and plays 1st team action, desire goes back up to 15. Ambitious player hits 30 and big team decides not to renew his contract and he can only sign for a lower league club, desire falls, he loses interest because not playing at high level anymore and decides to retire early. (Just realised the happiness rating could/does do this)

Sorry for going off on one. I just think this area of the game can be expanded so much more as, in real life, there's factors into why some players develop and others fizzle away.

Also, decimal ratings neeeeeed to go. Can't stand them.

I agree and disagree with the CA/PA argument. I think its important to understand that FM is a database game; in order to have players develop they need a start and potential end point; 200 is essentially the sky. I read a few years back that most of the things mentioned above do contribute to the player's likelihood to succeed but also elements linked to the clubs, managers and experience. I.e. if a young player plays 5-6 years in the lower leagues he will never become 200 because the standard of opposition doesn't stretch him while in the reverse if he goes and sits in some prem team's reserves he will unlikely become a superstar quickly because he isn't playing regularly.

If you look at a lot of the young stars that come from say Man Utd eagles, shawcross, martin etc they probably would have had a high PA score initially but sitting in the reserves playing wrexham reserves etc isn't stretching them therefore after x years their CA wouldn't have reached its potential; they go off to lower league clubs, play regularly and become the big fish in a small pond and suddenly their CA is likely to be closer to their initial PA

I would also argue that caps are quite important because players do have limits a 26 year old blue square premier league player is unlikely to be able to become an international superstar even under Fergie or Wenger (I know there will be exceptions but probably not to those extremes.) On that basis I can understand the CA/PA approach and I definitely understand the -1 to -10 random generator element.

That said I do think the point about other factors such as drive (although isn't this determination?) should be made more important and that the clubs and managers they play for will likely impact on these variable which would impact on the CA/PA i.e. if a player plays under an oppressive manager who he dislikes then he might lose the drive to improve whereas a talented people manager might invigorate a player to improve above his perceived level.

So perhaps in tune with your idea the external factors should have a weighting assigned to them so that some impact on CA & PA more than others while the caps should probably be more flexible in youth and solidify more as the player gets older (which sort of happens now around age 21 but could be better)

[L.McDaDe]

Able to filter goals to games, testemonials as said, and the whole PA think i think there should ALWAYS be a room for improvement, say for instance a player had 128 CA and 128 PA, thus meaning he WONT inmprove, if you had to give him a training schedule with intense attacking but keep the other training categorys at a level were they wont drop, his attacking attributes should then increase ?

[ism-scfc]

PA is only an issue if you look at it

It is not supposed to be seen, so essentially a player can always strive to be better as you do not know what his PA is

[keremkrk]

Sorry, forgot there was a seperate topic for this for a moment:
An Idea on Press Conferences for FM 2010

[Bendy Herman]

I'd like to see the expansion of the international side of the game.

For example, there's normally a few friendlies played in the build up to the world cup before the trimming of the preliminary squad. I'd like to see this put into the game. Also, things like the world cup are huge events globally. How about a little in game, wiki-style feature that tells you stuff about the stadium and the country, etc?

[jcafcwbb]

I would to see a better interaction between players and ourselves. We have that in a way in the half-time/post-match team talk but how about instead of the sliders an individual set of options which is in context to the situation.

For example for a wide midfielder on a 4-4-2 - a drop down/tick box menu with the options to ask him to push up, back up your full back, go wider, go narrower, take on the full back. etc. How well the player does that depends on his stats. I know some people would say that's what the sliders are for but where is the option for the left winger to double up on the opponents right winger and then still be effective in attack - what would be the correct settings on the sliders. Make it more user friendly and make you feel you are actually barking out orders than adjusting toolbars.

Also have results determined by overall team ability rather than if you have sucessfully countered your opponents tactics. As Fulham for example I can beat Man Utd, Chelsea at home by getting the tactics right but lose to a non-league side with my first choice XI if I don't have the sliders in the wrong position? In today's football quality signings should be important.

[Lii]

Few coaches work in the national team and club at the same time in the real world. But in the game, almost every coach in the national teams has a contract to a club.

I also would like to be able to offer a coach in the national team a contract with an option like "resign current job".

[gibbooftheforest]

I was thinking earlier about the whole PA attribute, didn't realise there was so much talk of it on here recently.

I was just thinking that maybe the number should be able to change, i don't know, but for instance a random League Two striker. Lets say in the game he has a PA of 100. He has a cracking season, scoring 25 goals, attracting interest from higher clubs. If he signed with a Championship side, theres more possibility that he will fail because he will reach 100 and well, that's it for him.

What i'm trying to say is that wouldn't it be better that if they play better, theres more possiblity of his PA going up accordingly. I'm almost certain that Simon Cox the season before last wasn't being touted as a special striker (which some Sky Sports journalists are describing him as), but one cracking season and a move to West Brom and now he's got people describing him as these things.

Not very well worded but i'm tired

[crouchaldinho]

The ability to change a penalty taker at the last minute.

I'm 3-0 up and my striker is on a brace. I've just won a penalty. Unfortunately, my fullback is set to take it as the best penalty taker on the team. I say unfortunately, because I really want my striker to take it and get his hat-trick. But there is nothing I can do because the highlight is already up and any change I make won't work.

In other words, in situations like this, I'd like the ability to change my decision on my penalty taker at the last minute or even for my striker to ask me if he can take it to get his hat-trick!

Regards,
C.