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

[ZXTT]

The biggest feature for me would be to continue playing a saved game from the previous release. Ever since short people calling me "Dad" started appearing in my house, I just haven't been able to get through the game much before the next year's shiny model appears.

I realize that the new version may store stats or come with new categories of data that the old version won't have, and things might need to be fudged when converting the save game, but that's better than never getting anywhere in the darn game.

While we're at it, in general, features that help one to play through the game faster would be useful.

Thanks, and especially thanks for making the game available through Steam.

[Cooperman45]

I think you should implement something which allows you to try and persuade players to come to your club
i.e
persuade a player to have 1 more year at your club before retirement
or
persuading a higher reputation player to come to your team as your on the basis you will get promoted or your buuilding a news stadium etc

[ralph1903]

Please make transfering players as it was in 2009, some players are wanted 5 times more transfer fee as they value. For example, for 2 million dollar camacho, Atletico Madrid asked 10.75 million dollar cash + 30 % next transfer percentage + Joaquin valued at 7.5 million dollars. How can that happen

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[Ridcully]

With Goal replays I would like the ability to choose to see the replay from several different angles like when watching the game on Sky. eg- It would be nice if we could choose in the match settings to view replays from Touchline, Main stand & Vertical scrolling and then get to see it from each angle in turn regardless of which angle we are watching the match from.

[KUBTON]

I am excited for the 30th but it would be nice if:

At the start of the game I wish all real life transfer were scheduled for their actual dates. The actual agreement for the transfer (if before the window) not happening until it actual date in real life.

Having all the new players in all ready on the their new clubs is no fun. My clubs usually make bad signings and part of the fun of playing FM is not making those same mistakes or having the chance to sign someone who thought our club should have went after. But the money is all ready spent and the mistakes already made when you start a new game. Often you either have to wait until the second year or fix it in the editor which is a pain.

Secondly I wish you could customize your profile more. Pick languages spoken and what countries you have knowledge of, create a previous management history so if you want to play a big club you aren't a unknown etc.

[thegame24]

There shouldnt be turkish cypriot, SI please do not put in the game as it is not a recognised state

[Norville Rodgers]

[QUOTE=KUBTON;4031271]I am excited for the 30th but it would be nice if:

At the start of the game I wish all real life transfer were scheduled for their actual dates. The actual agreement for the transfer (if before the window) not happening until it actual date in real life. QUOTE]

Only problem with this is the way it will affect you and the club you are managing. Suppose, irl, your youth team striker is scheduled to leave come July and join so-and-so, but you feel that he could be Englands next #9, and you're powerless to keep hold of him. Would soon generate complaints on here if that was the case.

[KUBTON]

If only the offers were scheduled you could accept them or reject them. Or you could better offers for other players.

[sheriffpatgarrett]

How about being able to set the priority of scout reports. Say I am scouting 30 players with the same scout but need a few of them quickly. Right click player ->scout report ->priority ->low/medium(none)/high

[Your_Nightmare]

1) Able to build school/training camps across all continents/regions

2) Manager Interaction at the National Team level (just like there is interaction with opponent manager at the club level)

3) Voice Narration in 3D game mode

4) Mp3 built-in, especially to pick songs for goal celebrations, match opening themes.

5) Backroom staff should also have accomplishments/awards in their profile if they were part of the club with lifted a cup, just like
players and managers. Perhaps, the more achievements they have under their built, would allow them to develop more wonder kids

6) More critique from the media about the performance of National Team managers, and also at high profile clubs (e.g. Real Madrid). Currently, I personally don't see the media pressuring managers in the game for poor performances. It seems that only the players to have poor performance in the game get pressure from the media, but Managers should also receive the heat from the media.

7) The media should also question managers when they call or leave out a player from the national team. And if the manager doesn't obtain the results after calling certain players and leaving others behind, the media should come even with more pressure towards that manager for making the decisions he made.

8) I would like to see a difference in playing tempo between teams just like IRL. In the current FM series, when I increase the pace tempo for my team the other team seems to play at the same pace, so there is no obvious difference of increasing the pace tempo. For instance, in England most clubs play at a very high pace tempo. Others like in Italy, Mexico and South America play at a more moderate pace. Also, if a club seems themselves inferior in the pitch IRL, they play a slower pace, but I don't see this to be the case in FM.

9) Also, it seems that all players in FM run at the same speed. IRL there are players that are very quick that when they sprint, they leave their defenders behind, but in FM a central defender can have a speed rating of 6 with rating of 6 in pace vs. a striker with a speed rating of 18 and pace at 18 and on the pitch during the game they seem to run side by side, this is not real.

10) Also, players with high dribbling skills should be able to leave their opponents behind, especially when the defender slides and missing his tackles, otherwise, what's the purpose of dribbling if there is no advantage to it?

[reddevilsrule]

What i would like to see improved would be the transfer negotiations between you and your own players and you and players from other clubs. As they always want a big signing on fee and clauses such as 1st team appearances etc ad when you negotiate with them like offer them less singing on fee and less money for 1st team appearance they always turn you down and want what they want and you just cant negotiate you have to offer what they want. i no football players are greedy but there has to be some reasonable negotiations. Please look into this SI

[sheriffpatgarrett]

I know that people are asking for a serious change of the training schedules and that there might be changes (someone wrote that) for FM11. I think it would benefit the player, I mean you and me, if we could get constant feedback on how the players are progressing. Very rarely does the assistant manager come to me and say that a player has shown improvement because of first-team football, or is ready for more first-team action and when I check the reports no one never has anything useful to say.

It has probably been suggested before but it would be nice to hear more often how players are doing. Eg. I want to know when I train an 18-year-old too hard because I hand him too many games and he´s getting tired. I want to know BEFORE his attributes begin to fall. Especially if my coaches are world class. That´s just an example..



Also, to add to the interaction between media, players and managers, it would be nice to be able to praise a player for different things. Not only when playing well or "below-par", but perhaps when signing a new contract, when rejecting a club because of his loyalty, etc, etc.

[Recury]

I want countries to become better and worse over time. Like how Hungary was really good a million years ago but aren't great now. Maybe Mauritius or Thailand become better for whatever reason and start generating better players and get stronger clubs. Or maybe Spain or Brazil become second-tier. This would add a lot of interesting variety to the long-term games.

[perpatov]

It would be really useful to be able to sort players by their reputation when you get to the latter stages of a career and there are lots of regens. It's fairly easy to keep an eye on the squads at top teams and know who their stars are, but in Italy and Spain the teams populating positions 3-8 usually have a world class player each in there somewhere. It's no good sorting player search by value because the values are A) inflated by any recent transfer activity and B) apparently not linked to status.

When I've transformed Inverness Caledonian Thistle into an empire with a value of £1.04bn I'd like to be able to just sort through the players in the world to see all the world class ones.

[rudboy]

MY wish list.

1 When the club is successful and have a lot of money their should be an option for building a new stadium.
example with arsenal you can't improve the stadium even after 15 years the say the local council don't wwant to. so let go and build another stadium.

2 the option to start a football team from scratch or as a manager all that money you got from your salary (if you are in a top team you get get a 20 million after 10 years) you can buy a team in bleu square division

3 have the option to choose a sponsore deal instead to have one decided for you.

4 to have a choice to chose a feeder club that you chose your self where ever you want.

5 They should be a femal football league too [my girlfriend ask me to put this]

6 able to interact with a national team manager and tell him off for not pick ing up your player lol!

7
to be able to build youth Academy in any contry of our choice in stade of buying them from other cub all the time

[rudboy]

Also

making sure that the Editor tool works it did for 09.


and once we done with the editor tool to be able to play a contry league of our choice which wasn't on the game at first.

for example the only playable league in Africa is in south Africa what about the other one???

[John Smith]

Allow to search / filter by player role e.g. Attacking Midfielder Attack, Ball Winning Midfielder

[mightymind]

I would like priority in :

- training refund with complete report like the match ( complete different philosophy reaching to "do as you want" like in real with unlimit possibilities to train, including prématch training, youth training, attribute training, collective trainings, long terms training etc... )
- scouting ( real worl scouting, with summary video of the player performance )
- more talks with players outside the pitch ( no media necessary to speak ! )
- "fan blogs" ( many usufull or useless news and talks with polls, etc... )
- improve the press conference ( again and again )
- improve the animations a lot please ( in order to apreciate directly in the match the attribute of a player with closer view even )
- increase the numbers of possibility in the medias ( increase the database of possibilities )
- improve the match analysis ( good start ! )

[azzy_red_devil]

Scouts Knowledge.. .. Scouts should have previous knowledge when you sign them. i.e something of a coup if you can sign a man utd scout at your lesser club what with there insisde knowledge

should be possible now that scouts 'roam' on their own accord....

[mccready]

Apologies if these have been brought up before (and completely dismissed) but I would like to see these two 'features' in a future game:

1. Real time score updates. Something like a scrolling bar, maybe at the bottom of the game, with real time scores from actual matches. I think it would be a brilliant feature. Could possibly make it like the new news subscriptions, you can subscribe to certain teams, leagues etc...

2. A purely cosmetic feature, I would like the ability to see my Managerial Attributes (Coaching and Mental) that you see with the other managers in the game, Narrow the Personal Details section, drop the current 'Mental Attributes' to the blank space below 'Staff Roles' and 'Knowledge' probably need to change the name of the current 'Mental Attributes' though incase people get confused

Cheers

[Crab Lungs]

Hi all

Couldn't find any where else suitable to post this and didn't think it warranted a new thread however I just wanted to gauge your opinion (fellow FM players) on something I knocked up on Photoshop earlier today.





I was just kinda bored and asked myself the question 'if I wanted to play a footy management sim, what would i want it to look like?'

So after some consideration (but no planning!) I just went with the flow and came up with this yes, a few of the stats are wrong and i didn't quite complete the tactics board pitch on the right hand side but you get the idea... hopefully! ....

Anyway, I may make a more 'advanced' version at a later date but first of all i just wanted to hear peoples opinions, good or bad..

Thanks

Ben

[The Gaffovski]

Player Preferred Moves Instructions


I think it would be good to have a section with a tick-box beside a player's PPM's, fitted into the match screen section, perhaps beside/under Opposition Instructions, to tell your players which of their PPM's you want them to not use in the next match.

The default for this PPM screen during the match could be that all the players' PPM's are ticked, so those who don't want to mess with this and don't think it's an issue, could just play normally by leaving it alone.

That's the idea. But why? -

If a player has just 1 PPM you don't want him using, it's fine because you could lower his creative freedom and that's it.

But there are many players who have more than 1 PPM. Say tries killer balls and places shots. One day you need him to play as a SC not as an AM, so as his manager you should be able to tell him, right son, today I need you to not look for killer balls, but you can still place your shots if you like, so I'm still giving you creative freedom for that PPM, not for the other one.

There is no ideal workaround for this otherwise at the moment, especially if you take into account that many FM'ers like some of their players to swap positions (2 SC's, 2 Wingers, etc). Meaning that lowering creative freedom for one player would affect the other swapped player too. So the ability to tell specific players (not their positions in your tactics) what you want, before the match, and at half-time, would avoid problems.

The way things are currently, it is not ideal for many situations, such as having a versatile player in your squad which you like to play in different positions throughout the season. What PPM's do you ask him to learn, when most (not all) PPM's are sort of specific to certain positions, know what I mean?

But with this method, we could tick or untick PPM's for each match at our pleasure, depending on what we required.

Making a player unlearn his PPM's is not the solution either, as they might be good ones for other situations/matches.

What you shouldn't be able to do for example, is to tick PPM's for the player that he hasn't actually learnt as that would be unrealistic. However, asking him to refrain from using some for a specific match would not be unheard of for a manager to ask a player. And I for one would find it useful.

Maybe the screen for this could be a list of all the names of the players in your match squad, with a dropdown button beside each name called something like "Instruct player on his PPM's".

When you click it you would see a list of his PPM's with tick-boxes on the side of each, and you would see that they were all ticked because that would be the default. Then you untick those you want. if you don't want, you don't mess with it at all, and just hit play.

Like this, you could ask a AMR/SC to learn good PPM's for both roles, but ask him to employ only the ones which benefit the position he is picked in, for each match. There are many other benefits which I'm sure others can think of.

[StandardFan]

Match plans pls. One of the biggest misses in this version of FM.
If you introduce sideline instructions you should have made it possible to arrange them before the match and save them, so you only have to click 1 button to activate them, like in FML.

[Kifty]

Car park in the 3d match background

[hasdgfas]

I would love to be able to search for someone who has a certain PPM, such as the new "Has long flat throw"

[HectorSpector]

Pretty simple this, but pass attempts/completed as a percentage on the stats shown during a match. It would be nice to a see, at a glance, if changing instructions was having a positive or negative impact without having to do the arithmetic.

This goes for other stats on the match stats screen too. How about adding the same functionality from the team page where you could select what you want show, if there's too much for one screen.

[theres only one ALI DIA!]

Rogue beach balls interfering with play......

[starburst91]

So i've just downloaded the demo, my team is grimsby town and I'd like to make a suggestion. Theres a couple of youth players this season, bradley wood and josh fuller, who have broke into the first team and are looking good. Infact bradley wood looks like a fully established league 2 rightback and won man of the match on his debut. Both of these players have just potential future 2 star ratings in a bottom league 2 team that has low expectations of players anyway, but bradley wood hasnt made a single mistake yet and I think he should already be good enough for the first team at the start, maybe a decent rating. Just thought i'd say it because its annoying when a young player has gotten really good in real life but they are crap in the game.

[hasdgfas]

ooh, here's another idea I recently thought of.

Can we have an option to "hide" transfer listed players when we're looking at our squad screen? I want to know who I'm planning to have come back when I'm looking for people to sign.

[The Gaffovski]

Two things -



Training Information Suggestion.


Okay, the suggestion/idea is for the Assistant Manager to provide you with a little more information about a player in a player's training - overview screen (Coach Report section).

Specifically, for him to tell you which areas he thinks the player cannot develop anymore.

For example -

"Pat Rice thinks that Cesc Fabregas will not be able to improve the strength and aerobic side of his game much more, so it might be a good idea to concentrate on other areas of his training."

As far as I understand, there is a 'ceiling' when it comes to certain attributes like pace, that players hit and cannot improve upon. The problem is that we, the managers, have no way of knowing whether they have hit it or not. So we are probably never getting the best out of our players with our training schedules.

This would go a long way in helping address that.



Goalkeeper Training Issue

It is my wish that the following be sorted out please - the issue is that Goalies are not supposed to train in either Defending or Shooting. I make this claim because the Goalkeeper default training schedule uses neither of them, and also because I have looked in players' Training - Attributes - Training Category, and the categories displayed for goalkeepers do not include Defending and Shooting.

So what's the problem you may ask? The problem is that a goalkeeper's Concentration (covered in the Defending training category) and Composure (covered in the Shooting training category), always go down if you do not train them a little in Defending and Shooting as well.

I believe this is wrong, that those attributes should not be covered in those sections when it comes to Goalkeepers. So ideally, they would be moved elsewhere, perhaps by giving them a slightly different name* so that it is possible to move them to another training category, if the FM program wouldn't allow it?

e.g. Concentration = Gk Concentration, Composure = Gk Composure.

If this can't be done, I suggest SI gives more managers a clue about this by upping the Defending and Shooting training categories in the Goalkeeper default schedule.

They both seem like important attributes for a goalkeeper to have.

[mightymind]

I want animations improvement ( could SI add 1000 animations per player instead of 100 ? ) and closer view to player ( really important to see the action ).

Thanks.

[Bradmonk]

Streakers!!! :d

[mightymind]

I've noticed that most of the people are not using a 90min full match, so why not to create like CM did a customized key moments in order to be able to select the actions you want ( tackle, key passes, etc... ) to see, and avoid some other ( throwin, kick-off etc.. ) . So the match will take 30-40 min with a better immersion in management.
I feel 90 min too long and the key moments too fast.

Thanks.

[Blanchflower1]

I'd like to see players commenting to the media much more, revealing what they think of you, comparing you to previous manager, or if you were the previous manager, comparing the current regime to yours. Also it would be good if players issued more come and get me pleas etc

I'd also like to be able to ban players from training if they criticised me in public, and let them rot

That is a really good idea. I also would like to fine players for no reason because if I want to sell the player, and if he does not move, I can fine him!

[Blanchflower1]

1) Able to build school/training camps across all continents/regions

2) Manager Interaction at the National Team level (just like there is interaction with opponent manager at the club level)

3) Voice Narration in 3D game mode

4) Mp3 built-in, especially to pick songs for goal celebrations, match opening themes.

5) Backroom staff should also have accomplishments/awards in their profile if they were part of the club with lifted a cup, just like
players and managers. Perhaps, the more achievements they have under their built, would allow them to develop more wonder kids

6) More critique from the media about the performance of National Team managers, and also at high profile clubs (e.g. Real Madrid). Currently, I personally don't see the media pressuring managers in the game for poor performances. It seems that only the players to have poor performance in the game get pressure from the media, but Managers should also receive the heat from the media.

7) The media should also question managers when they call or leave out a player from the national team. And if the manager doesn't obtain the results after calling certain players and leaving others behind, the media should come even with more pressure towards that manager for making the decisions he made.

8) I would like to see a difference in playing tempo between teams just like IRL. In the current FM series, when I increase the pace tempo for my team the other team seems to play at the same pace, so there is no obvious difference of increasing the pace tempo. For instance, in England most clubs play at a very high pace tempo. Others like in Italy, Mexico and South America play at a more moderate pace. Also, if a club seems themselves inferior in the pitch IRL, they play a slower pace, but I don't see this to be the case in FM.

9) Also, it seems that all players in FM run at the same speed. IRL there are players that are very quick that when they sprint, they leave their defenders behind, but in FM a central defender can have a speed rating of 6 with rating of 6 in pace vs. a striker with a speed rating of 18 and pace at 18 and on the pitch during the game they seem to run side by side, this is not real.

10) Also, players with high dribbling skills should be able to leave their opponents behind, especially when the defender slides and missing his tackles, otherwise, what's the purpose of dribbling if there is no advantage to it?

Voice narration in 3D game mode sounds like a great idea. I believe SI had implemented this in one of the earlier championship manager series but the criticisms at that time was that the voice narration was not diverse enough. But I think that with todays technology, this implementation will work brilliantly!

[crouchaldinho]

No, I really don't want voice narration.

It's a management game. You shouldn't feel like you're watching the match on television!

Not to mention the fact that it would get very annoying and repetitive.

C.

[zebanumut]

More favorite teams to select,because i have more than 1 fav team irl simply
and also i would love to select a few favorite personnels/players
Training must be have to be should be improved.

[h@@kon]

Maps! :-)

[BONDY!]

I wouldn't mind seeing more work done in the Job Application and player signing area:

- When you apply for a managerial position at a club, the club should interview asking you about what you can bring to this club and your ambitions (basically to help you give a better chance of obtaining the job!)

- When you are signing a player, just like what I said above, you should be able to talk to him about the clubs ambitions and where he will fit into the team. I think signing a player on the current FM is too basic and should go into much more detail.

[Alle88]

Some league creation/editing wishes/suggestions

- The possibility to create international club leagues and cups. And for these be able to:

- Set the minimum number of domestic and home grown players respecitvely, applying for the clubs based on what nation they are based in/from.
- Set maximum number of non-domestic players and everything else you can do for national leagues, which is to apply here for the clubs based on what nation they are from.

[TheInvisibleMan]

The ability to search for players that are unhappy at their clubs or have slight concerns.

Or you could get little messages from agents or from your assistant telling you that a certain player is unhappy and may consider moving.

[Lazylen]

Having specific instructions being bound to a player and not to the position.

That means that every player has his own specific instructions. For example Crouch will always be a target man and Keano will always be a creative forward. No matter if they start in the line up or come on as a sub.

Nowadays when you insert Keano for Crouch he automaticly takes over the instructions you made for Keano, so Crouch will become a Fast Striker automaticly. The only way to change it is by changing it manually at that time. It would not only be easier to give all the players in your squad there own instructions. It will also make the game run faster and smoother.

[Marcelo]

In most clubs in Brazil, and certainly in other countries too, it's the board (director of football?) that takes care of the transfers, with the head coaches just recommending the players they want. So my sugestion is:

In the game, it could work like this: let's say you want a central defender, so you make a list of five names in order of preference (within certain parameters, like value, realistic targets, etc) and then the director would negotiate with those players, trying to bring in at least one of them. If the director can't sign any of them he should ask for more recommendations or perhaps suggest some names himself. And the chairman/director, every once in a while, should also sign some players they want/like, regardless of your opinion. At least that is how it works in Brazil, and this should add a nice touch of realism to the game.

Of course this should be optional, for those that want to play the game with more realism, and just in the leagues/clubs that have "head coaches" and not proper "Managers". You should still have the option to play as a manager with any club, with total control over transfers, if you want to.

With this option, everybody should be happy and play the game the way they want, and the director of football would finally have a role to play in the game, rather than being decorative.

Thoughts?

[alexpaulj]

apologies if this has been mentioned before, but after searching this thread on keyword 'staff', it comes up with nearly 300 posts.

i would like - when you view the screen listing all your staff (coaches, physios etc) i would like this screen to show number of staff allowed in that particular area, eg, number of coaches at club = 6, number of coaches allowed = 8.

the only time you get to know how many coaches etc, you are allowed is after you have placed a job advert and then offer someone a contract. its annoying to read that you have already got the allowed number of staff members in that area (or even more in some cases). why let me place a job advert, if i can't employ them?

this refers to fm09 by the way, hopefully fm10 will have this feature now or maybe in a future patch.

[thatdude]

Other managers to die.

Yes I am horrible!!

[azzy_red_devil]

scouts having previous knowledge..

[animal]

If it already hasnt been mentiond

then id love if FM added a single player option in the network mode..

for example search for a game and play a 1v1 match with them.. with the team you have built useing the actual season..

also add a leaderboard like if you win a game or lose a game..

please give me feedback on this

[FMLegend1983]

Hi guys love this game been buying the champ turned fm franchise since the beginning i have a few points to make


Press Conferences
i hate the press conferences there so repetative / there all the same.

they lack so much imagination and need far more responses

cant you make it so that the press conferances are for only games of signifigant importance

could you not programe the game so that as you go on the game will unlock new media and comments that you have never seen.?
for example you win prem 1 year ,5 years later completly different responses and messages when you win it this time. By leavin an element of suprise and by mixing it up .changing it as the game winds on you could make it much more appealing ...

Suprises

how about 15 years into the game other sudden supriseseg a player dies or bung scandal with one of the clubs ,20 years on in the game and a stand is named after your legendary player eg striker who got 200goals in his 6-7yrs or centre back who was fan fave who got so many awards, or 25 years into the game have a new stadium named after you ..30 years on a knighthood.


youth

mix the youth systems up every few years a suprise like...2 brothers coming through the youth ranks.....or you get invited to a jouniour football tournament....some brand new lads from your feeder club in brazil have been sent to train with you during pre season to look at. (ive always been the fond of the idea of just randomly lets say your team finds a 16 yr old lad from trinidad ...and with the right training you unearth the next dwight yorke!)

all these things will work perfectly... if they are not repetitive and continuous...like i say something different every few years that you dont even know is coming would be excellent for the game.

in game emotion/how to treat legends

i would also like to see more emotion placed on selling your legendary players or if they retire....look along the lines of testimonials and eg henrick larsson supporters clubs saying their bit ect..

and there should be a great fuss if you as a legendary manager steps down ,,,,you should be flooded by the media, players ,ex legend fans ,ect ..it would be great.

animations

also a smill animation under the same vain as the match engine would be nice if you win something...even if it only lasted 60secs you could have 100 of these different celebratory animations just waiting to appear at randomn parts of the game

just going back to the dwight yorke thing...i would like to see every 5 years maybe just the odd outstanding regen from a bermuda or a canada ect ...because i understand these are footballing minnows but it can happen and it would put a much higher value on the scouting system. i mean god knows how much time i have wasted sending scouts to the carribean to never find a single reasonable player in 1o seasons?

this would vastly improve the game..please consider these ideas

[Zorlan]

Did a search in the forum expecting to find a "wish list" section but there isn't one. Might be an idea to add one. Well, since I have a wish or 2 here they are....

For 3 years now, I've become frustrated at having to manually allocate scouting tasks to my scouts/trainers for the several thousand players that are interested in joining the club every year. These same players become interested year after year as I notice them cycle round from being scouted then the scout reports drop off and I end up scouting the same player again the following year. Often these are players with no hope of improving, meaning my scout/trainers are wasting their time.

Please add a feature that allows me to set scouts and/or trainers to auto scout interested players.

As a second wish, it would be very useful to set a minimum recommendation level worth reporting. For example, if the scout/trainer considers a player to be "quality" or better prospect then filter out and don't report any player to my mail that has a lower prospect level. This would save me trawling through dozens of "not worthwhile" or "last resort" reports.

[FMLegend1983]

can you also make it possible to see my goalkeepers stats if he scores?

i know its a rarity but look at chilavert / p robinson , schmeichel ..all goalkeepers who have scored goals

my gk has scored a freekick before and it wont show on his stats or history and i would like to see it because i think its cool

[bboy123]

actual commentary in 3d mode if possible

[Mick999]

The problem, as I see it, with this idea is how far do you take it? Let's say you scout a player for a month and you are given dynamic stats for him, when you sign him do you then see his real stats? That wouldn't make sense because on his first day he hasn't even trained with you, so how can all of a sudden you know his real stats?

Let's say that upon signing him you don't see his real stats but still see the dynamic ones, that again presents a couple of problems.....1) if his dynamic stats are based upon the ability of the scouts then different scouts will give different dynamic stats, so when you sign him which stats do you see on the player profile? 2) Once at the club then surely the dynamic stats you see will need to be determined by the coach's ability, so you're left with a situation where you never know his real stats.

Personally, I don't like the idea (sorry), and hope this is never introduced. I think SI have the right balance with the fog of war for those who want scouting to be harder.

Ok, how about the manager scouts the player? After a 'Full scout review of 3 matches, manager has option to view the player in a match and given options which friendly/match option to watch! This would then enable completely accurate stats. Alex Ferguson has said many times that he has watched players personally before buying them! This could then also tie into the media; If a manager watches too many players and the suspected targets all play in the same position it would force player to demand explanation or player wanted to leave etc.

Liked the 'player tactics' idea earlier where you can assign specific tactical instruction for each players so you don't have to constantly adjust positional tactics every time you substitute. Been wanting this for years!lol

This would also allow a player who switches position to keep the same tactics if that is preferable without changing everything ie long shots, creative freedom etc.

More squad opinions of a manager would be cool. Likes teams style of play! Maybe my tactics in recent years have been rubbish but I haven't seen this one in the game for a while (cant remember which FM). I always play attractive, attacking football too and win loads of competitions, champs league etc.

Or Player thinks manager makes poor signings ie a player with scout, manager, coach potential? These older player would have some wisdom by that stage in the game anyway. Gerrard hated Houlliers signings from the day of their first training session! Gerrard said it about Biscan!

Thinks manager is a tactical genius, gets best out of team (motivation), plays too defensive, too attacking, etc, etc.

I think more media about players and staff hidden ratings would be cool! Ie Keegan looks like cracking under the pressure of the title etc. Or controversial/unprofessional players being ****ed off when taken off early, crash their cars, speak out in media about another player etc. Maybe I'm a great man-manager but I haven't come across it!;-)

Training

Players never tell you when they are unhappy about the training or think they are being worked too hard. At least I've never been told. Player should request meeting with manager to discuss problem which brings me to another point. Managers ultimately help players and especially younger players with personal problems. If a player has one the manager should have the option to speak to the player to discuss the wife cheating!;-)

Lastly as mentioned before wages are of no value to a manager unless he can do something with it. How about a reward system but not like some games ie buy a mansion, car, parrot etc. How about something that has some value like, £10,000 for a course to learn a new language which aid communication with player and the course could last a year before the manager has the skill? I've plenty more ideas on this one!

Why does FM2010 not have an expansion pack? Every game now has one and if there was only that allowed you to be chairman it would solve the whole, football manager/ club manager debate i.e. I want to chose my own sponsors, choose size of expansion etc etc. Would definitely buy it!

Would also give more control to other areas of the game ie youth camps etc.

Transfer policy could be set for new managers ie no big transfer fees for players over 26 etc

[SiNZ]

The ability to cancel pending substitutions, assuming I'm not just being thick with not finding it in the FM10 demo.

We effectively had the ability to do this prior to FM08 when the game paused for subs (does anyone not pause the game to issue sub instructions anyway?). Real life managers can do it. We can now cancel pending touchline instructions, why can't we cancel impending subs in FM?

[gianno]

1. Sounds in FM are not on the same level as the other aspects of the game. One idea would be to listen referee whistles more loudly. Clapping more clear. In general, sounds to be more clear than now where it sounds like noise.

2. Also, for Champions League and National games I would love to have the option to listen the anthems and see badges around the stadium.

3. SI please improve stadiums and crowds. It has been a nice addition, but I think is not difficult to put in the database if a stadium is an olympic one, or if it has one level, two or three levels of stands.

4. Make referee decisions more random, in particular offsides and even fouls, yellow cards etc. I want refeeres to make bad decisions in order for me to watch and watch over the replays to make my own decision.

[rmfarey]

A stat for each league showing who is the all time leading scorer in that division.

for example: Premier League all time leading goalscorer: Alan Shearer ??? goals

[blz80]

Top 10 players all time

Most League games for club/most league goalscorer for the club etc etc.

[Scabulosa26]

Whilst waiting for the release of FM10, I played FIFA manager2010..... Although general gameplay was not as good as FM, there was a few aspects that if incorperated into FM would make it even better.

> Being able to control what is being built for your club e.g. Stands, Training facilities.
> Being able to build centres of excellence in foreign and home countries, to better scout Youth and develop players.
> Organising training camps in different countries and have aims for that camp e.g. team work, fitness etc.
> More control over sponsors and merchandising.

Although I do understand that FM is FM and not FIFA manager these are just a few suggestions to give the consumer a better managerial experience. Some may not agree with me but this is only an opinion!

Mike.

[MarkyMark]

On indirect free kicks, I'd like a new animation to see the referee's arm raised until it has been touched by another play or goes out after the kick has been taken. I was a little surprised to see this not already in the game.

THE INDIRECT FREE KICK

Signal
The referee indicates an indirect free kick by raising his arm above his head. He maintains his arm in that position until the kick has been taken and the ball has touched another player or goes out of play.

LAW 13 - FREE KICKS

[Jonny99]

Tried out the demo of championship manager, whilst it didnt really compare. The one feature i liked was the freekick customizer. Where it would give you examples on a training pitch of how different kinds of freekicks would work. Give you the chance to customize them a bit. So set up different ways of laying off a freekick to smash it, or direct different players to run to different areas in the box & then loft it over to whoever you choose. I imagine that would be very satisfying when it comes off.

[Lazylen]

A special screen for the results after you place an advert. Sometimes you get 10 or more applicants after you place an advert. With the current lay-out you need to click them all seperatly to check the stats. A screen in which you can select certain attributes to filter them would be a lot more usefull.

[Wakers]

Couple of things.

1) Please make the attributes list in the player search filters the same order as they are on the player profile screens.

2) Tackling should be customisable in the following way;

Defensive third: hard/normal/easy
Midfield Third: hard/normal/easy
Attacking third: hard/normal/easy

3) You should be able to target certain players for the offside trap, i.e. you would want to play the offside trap against Defoe but not Crouch.

[TruckerPaul]

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i have played these games since the outset and i feel something is lost ? and with this new version its just the same ? i have noticed some points i was wondering if someone could add these as i cant see a point of putting them in the game if you cant do anything about it,

1. Ticket prices ? whats the point if i cant change it ?
2. Season Ticket price ? same as above ?
3 i once played a game were you could add terraces and seating was good i thought, so if i wanted to play a low club i would like to ask the board for money to build and have an input into new stand types ?
4 why cant we have a list of sponsers to choose from ?

5 i just think i need more to do than just pick the side etc, afterall you get the sack for going into debt so why not have a little more control ove it ?

would like to know if anyone else has any views on this ?

[MANIBOP]

I would like to see the best added leagues in editors added to FM11.
Seperate options for set piece takers, eg different corner taker if a near post or far post corner.
Add ons to transfers such as houses, cars etc
Manager being able to visit different clubs for coaching tips. Eg Manager of Bury gets advice from Man Utd boss.

[sheriffpatgarrett]

I think there could be an option under Player Search to exclude your old club´s scouting reports. Say I´m Southport and take charge at Dortmund. I go to Player Search and sort by my scouts "star ratings". I get a lot of 4-5-6-7 stars but those are compared to my old Southport team and not my new Borussia Dortmund.

So, maybe there should be a way either to filter them or to delete them all together with a simple click of a button.

[dinostar77]

We are all aware that IRL, the training ground is probably one of the key aspects of the potential successes/failures of a football team of the course of a season.

Teams who have any sort of ambition for success, spend millions on creating state of the art facilities. FM does recognise this, but it doesn’t in reality give us the access to the training ground as we should really have.

How often have we heard on MOTD or a quote in paper where the manager says “We’ll put that right in training on Monday” or “We’ll work on set pieces in training”. Currently, we just set a few slider bars and to be honest not much more is required to be successful.

However what if for example, we were to take over say Bolton for example, but wanted them to play like Arsenal? Obviously this would take a lot of time, getting in the right personal and basically a lot of work in the training ground.

In the current FM setup we’d change a few slide settings but how about if we had the training setup of CM (03/04)?

Going off tangent for a moment, back in CM 03/04 (before the split), we had probably the most interesting training setup for any Cm/FM game. One that could turn into a time sink in itself, basically the weekly tab training.

For those who haven’t played that version or don’t recall, you had a number of modules that could be dragged and dropped into a 7 day schedule.

Example:

5-a-side (Large Pitch)
5-a-side (Small Pitch)
Cross Country
Crosses
Overloading (Attacking)
Overloading (Defensive)
Penalties
Pig In The Middle
Set Pieces (Attacking)
Set Pieces (Defensive)
Sprints
Tactical Training
Technique
Training Match
Weight Training
Agility (GK)
Distribution
Handling
Agility
Closing-Down Session
Heading
Shadow Play
Shooting

Therefore if we wanted to make Bolton play like Arsenal, we could use the drop and drag tabs and structure the training as we saw fit. Maybe more work on technique, 5-a-side, one touch games, 2 v 2 etc (Obviously, SI if they revisited this could add in a load more modules).

Personally, I find this sort of training setup a lot more involving and interesting. I know everyone will not agree. The thing that I found interesting about this was how often I would check my up coming fixtures and modify training as per the opposition I was facing. Example, if I was going to play a match where chances would be few and far between, I’d get my attacking players to do a bit more shooting practise or if I was going to play in Europe on a Wednesday id do a bit more possession training but then leave the training schedule light for Thursday/Friday before my Saturday game.

I hope people understand what I am getting at here. I miss this level of involvement on the Training schedule.

I do hope SI have plans afoot to look at the training setup in FM as it currently is and make it a lot more of an involving and interesting component.

Well that’s my two cents worth.

[vevmedia]

A Linux version. Please! Stop ignoring us. I bought the 2009 version on steam running wine. Is there any plan for a Linux release from you guys. EVER? Have been playing since 93/94 and will forever-more...

[The Vet]

I really think they should for the next version replace footballplayers with fantasy sword-wielding combatants with the ability to win awards like sword of sharpness, elven chain mails, potions of levitate etc. A match to the final man standing or at least till the opposition yields.

This football thing has been said and done for nearly 20 years, and its time to manage something unworldly.

[mightymind]

I would love to see few players ( ex : captain ) speaking about a match and give their opinion ( ex : we were too weak in defense, we have to be more collective for the next match etc... ), as fans are speaking about each match. It will give more interactivity and feelings with the players.
I would like to have, when you manage a professionnal club, a view to the club web site ( specific to the club ), where many opinions, polls, statistiques ( ex : fans giving each month a poll opinion of the manager, to increase the pressure, or to have polls of fans opinion about few players ).
In summary more and more infos ( to increase the fun and realism better to have statistques and polls opinions, with some colours polls ).

Thanks.

[kyoung1982]

There should be a option to criticize refree's if they performed badly

[mightymind]

1 -The goal given from the board in the beginning of season should add a real long term plan, not only the current season goal.
2 - in the media too many talks are there, somtimes, I would like to see graphics ( polls, stats, etc.. like you see in real media )

[FMLegend1983]

I really think they should for the next version replace footballplayers with fantasy sword-wielding combatants with the ability to win awards like sword of sharpness, elven chain mails, potions of levitate etc. A match to the final man standing or at least till the opposition yields.

This football thing has been said and done for nearly 20 years, and its time to manage something unworldly.

dude i take it you play moonstone? its classic

[nmwaldron]

It would be nice to see a media option to wish a player well after you have to sell him or the oposite, slag him off for leaving lol...especially if it was your chairman forcing the transfer (sods)

[GREYFOX]

FM 2010 or 2011 Editor Suggestions

- remove the slight pause after editing a value
- decrease the time taken to load your own custom .xml file
- there is too much free space and some tabs can be merged with others to take up some of that free space
- all of the editable fields can be placed into one page to save space and time
- a grid to show which box we are ticking and what text box we are typing into
- similar to the column of the editor in FM 09, a column for your current edits instead of the recent database records drop-down menu
- mass add to column instead of individually
- a tooltip showing basic info when hovered over a player, staff, stadium, city, etc...
- a dark skin for the editor like in the game as it is easier for the eyes

will post some more if i can think of any.

[martin81]

a decent argentinian database
toulon u-23 cup
u-17 qualifiers and world cup

[Romario999]

http://gamesareevil.com/2009/11/football-manager-2010/

Brilliant review of the game, literally echo everything the guy has said, well done SI. Nonetheless, his criticisms are also spot and and I would like to add that teamtalks, press conferences and training need a complete overhaul along with scouting. in addition, to quite a few problems mentioned in the article regarding the 3d match engine.

[SimonTailor]

I would love to be able to open pages in tabs within the game interface. For example, right click on a player's name and open his stats page in a new tab so I wouldn't have to go back and forth from say, my shortlist or his team page.

Also,there is an option, when you bid for player or withdraw a bid and the confirmation window pops up, to never show it again. But when you remove a player from your shortlist and the game asks you to confirm, there is no such option. I don't understand why they wouldn't have it, but I would like to see it happen!

I agree with a couple of things mentioned above, about choosing your own feeder clubs and creating youth academies abroad.

Oh, and I would like the ability to search for staff based on their int'l caps and/or playing careers. Love to hire former players as coaches and scouts.

[WelshWizard2010]

Would like to see Unibond Premier, Zamaretto Premier League and Ryman Premier teams included.

What about the option to play legendary teams - say the England Team of 1966, Liverpool 1980s, German Team of 1990, Manchester United 1990s, Arsenal 2003-4.

Also, NO bugs/crash dumps etc. if the game takes longer to develop, in order for it to be 100%, then delay release until it is 100% (as Mr. Clough would have said).

[jnr_ironside]

I'd like more control over corners and free quicks to set up detailed routines ie. pass there then pass there, then shoot. They are too general.

I'd like more loyalty from assistants particularly if you signed them yourself.

I'd like to bring in staff from my previous club, when I sign my contract with my new club. As in real life.

I find the fact that substitutes shake hands when you've made changes in the dressing room at half time and no one will see, silly. Please re write the commentary around this.

If as suggested in the bugs forum the assistant talking about scheduling advice meetings and not being able to do so is not a bug, I would like to actually schedule these meetings in my calendar.

[Irah2001]

I've been buying FM for about 4 years now, never posted because I've been fairly happy with each game overall despite the usual little gripes, but since FM09 been completely obsessed and therefore thinking about things perhaps a little too deeply.

The transfer system on the whole is great, its throws up oddities and weird things, but then again real life does the same except it becomes obvious after the fact and seemingly natural. But a few things I would love to see if anyone from S.I. is reading and it makes some kind of sense.

- The option to state what role you want to take a player on loan for, i.e. for back-up or a 'valuable first-team' role, akin to the loan offers you receive for your players. Not a huge thing but a nice touch and could play an interesting part in making your loan attempts successful.

- Maybe an option to turn off automatic short-listing of players you scout. I know its useful if you don't obsessively scout players but one of the pleasures in FM is looking for useful bargains and carefully hunting for the right player, automatic short-listing can making things tiresome unless you keep switching back and forth from shortlists. (yup, this isn't really transfer system related, oh well)

- Increased ability to entice a top player. I know that the role needs to be specified anyway, 'key', 'first-team' etc, but maybe somehow adding an extension to the 'manager promises' already in use. I'm thinking along the lines of Shankly famously convincing prospective signees about Liverpool's credentials well before they were realised, with real consequences in happiness and performances if the club fails to fulfil them. It could add great depth to the already fantastic immersion when your striving to pull up a middling club.

- The various payment structures playing a real role. Managing a big club with a momentarily shrunken budget (happens to most unless you're MU or City), it feels like the payment structures are just cosmetic, you need the whole sum in your transfer budget when you bid even if the payments are spread over two years. I know it'll cause problems with the financial modelling but maybe a solution to make the various structures a bit more useful? For example, if I buy a player with a clause triggering after 10 league games then the board preventing me from playing him after the 9th unless the club can pay the amount due, or in payments stretching over 24 months, half the sum is deducted from each years budget.

I realise that implemented wrongly it could throw the whole point of a 'transfer budget' off and used to cheat mercilessly, but the underlying point, that payment structures exists to make it easier to buy players with restricted financial resources, makes it feel odd that they don't play any real purpose in FM except when selling a player. Maybe some suggestions as to workable solutions if people feel its could improve the transfer system?

[Pidge]

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I personally would love to see a lot more done from a youth aspect. FML currently is going through some developments that may well see youth academies added. I personally would love to see the age range from 10 - 15 to be added (As regens) into the game and be able to train them up / be an academy manager.

This, also Head Scout and YTS Manager staff positions to be added, would be a nice natural development of the backroom advice aspect to have more specialist input.

Possibly even a reserve team manager who has less first team responsibility, maybe you can ask him to give opportunities to certain players or put max 45 minutes orders on recovering injuries.

The ability to link scouts to a feeder club, so if you have two or three players at one club then the scout will always give you match reports.

Player interaction, the specific ability to tell a player to work on its physical attributes, or even a few more general suggestions (work on defending/interplay/technical ability). I know you can do this by designing a specific training schedule for them but my midfield training is already quite physically inclined and yet young Mr Spearing is making little progress, which is a shame as he just needs a little bit more to start pushing the first team.

Press conferences - more than one answer making a difference, its annoying that I go through four or five questions and then the 50% of the time that anything makes any difference only one question counts! Especially annoying with manager interaction (when I say beating a manager doesn't give me specific pleasure, it should improve the relationship) and when praising players (fantastic goal never ever gets picked up in the PR). I can deal with the formulaic aspects of press conferences but please make it actually count! Maybe the assistant can give a whole report on how answers went down.

And the ability to send players to press conferences, or have it automatic (you choose the players but he goes on occasion as a matter of course) or generally have players appear in the media (the media relationship bit on the profile is a bit irrelevant at the moment).

[Lordarod]

-Interactive league table: clicking number of games lost lists that games etc.

-Lose the 200 PA limit; don't have any regens that have more than 200 PA before 2050

[Da_Funk]

- When a player goes temporary out of the pitch for medications (ex. defender) the team should fill the hole automatically.
- Youth Clubs International Competition: using U19 clubs team for international tournament like Viareggio, Gradisca

[FC Tobbi]

I would be nice to be able to use older saved games, that is to use old database from for example FM2007 - FM2010.
It should be possible to choose new game or old game.

I hate to always have to start from the being when buying a new game.

[The Amazing Dale Watkins]

Please give us a graphical indication in the league table about which teams are the newly promoted teams and which have been relegated from above. It's too hard to find out this information currently.

[magicmastermind124]

Having used Steam the past couple of years SI need to bring out a better multiplayer environment and the ability to host a dedicated server for online games.

[HakanMild]

Please add the option to save player roles, I have to change the tactic option for every player I insert into the line-up, it would save me ALOT of time to be able to save these settings.

[Lordarod]

I want to be able to hold custom press conferences and say whatever I want! I want to be able to thank boro for defeating my closest rival arsenal 4-1 and have it over the papers. I want to be able to propose through FM press release. Come oooooonn!!!!

[Lordarod]

Make Chumbawamba - Tubthumping the official FM song. erm... please

[KingLara]

A couple while playing i thought of;

When you first begin as manager you should be able to interract with any player and tell them what you expect from them for the long and short term future.

A "name your price" option to transfers when trying to buy or sell a player. ( i'm trying to buy joe cole and it is incredibly pointless to be adding a million each bid to see if they accept i'm up to 21m. I make enquirys but they are rejecyed and they never reveal the price they want they just reject.

[asdpoo]

I want the option to return from holiday on transfer activity - my bid being negotiated/rejected/accepted or receiving a bid for some of my players.

Imagine I instructed my assman to give me a call when something like that happens.

[Lordarod]

If you have to have degrading training facilities then introduce advancing technology meaning a state-of-the-art training facility in 2050 trains better than a state-of-the-art training facility in 2010 so that degrading makes sense. Also thanks for adding 'argues with officials' ppm. I remember suggesting it a few years ago. I edited my wish #4997 if you missed it

[Lordarod]

I'm Man city, and Wayne Rooney in Man Utd. is playing like legend, broke several records and not scoring under 35 in a season. In player interaction I can declare interest or admire. But I want to criticise or despise the player. I want to effect his confident saying 'He can't keep it up' 'He would be a reserve player in my squad'(Happened IRL), 'I'm not his biggest fan' etc.

[Lordarod]

I want to be told who exactly is distrupting squad harmony. There is no way to tell ATM except when you sell a player you can get a message saying he was distrupting squad harmony. But we should be able to know beforehand.

[deniro80]

would love to see:

- A message to your inbox when a shortlisted player gets transfer listed or free transfered ( clubs don't always offer you players )
- A shortlist for potential staff
- Better databasing of lower league / non league clubs and players
- New commentary lines, seems i've read the same commentary lines for the last 10 years ! (if there is a download with new lines please let me know ! )

[deniro80]

oh and for players who don't have a attribute rating in the database (i.e for marking, passing ect essential duties ) not to get a 1 in the game ! That should be impossible for any footballer in the database !

[Schotsmannetje]

I've noticed that most of the people are not using a 90min full match, so why not to create like CM did a customized key moments in order to be able to select the actions you want ( tackle, key passes, etc... ) to see, and avoid some other ( throwin, kick-off etc.. ) . So the match will take 30-40 min with a better immersion in management.
I feel 90 min too long and the key moments too fast.

Thanks.

I'm with you 100%. We should be able to choose ourselves what we consider to be key moments.

[KingLara]

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- A shortlist for potential staff

Good Idea. I would love that.

Before i do anything else when i start a new game i sort out my staff and this would be a great option

[bamsola]

My request is simple, not sure if mentioned before in this thread but i'd like the option back to fine players for unprofessional behaviour for speaking to the press out of term(it was in 09 before the updates) I'd also like to fine a player for no reason at all. I need these options.

[FabioB]

Having used Steam the past couple of years SI need to bring out a better multiplayer environment and the ability to host a dedicated server for online games.

I agree, better Steam integration would be nice. The ability to join a friend's game through Steam rather than having to mess around with router settings or use hamachi would be excellent. FM doesn't really seem to be making much use of Steam at the moment other than the achievements. Online play through Steam is an obvious candidate, in fact I'm surprised it's not already in FM yet.

Also, press conferences tend to get repetitive really fast... Better, more varied questions and much better answers please. Incidentally, while were on the topic, why is there no news items on whats said in press conferences? When playing a network game, it'd be nice to see what your rivals/friends say in their press conferences. Otherwise it's pretty pointless.

Last one, please increase the team talk options.... I hate "For the Fans!"... it's ridiculous... and there's no way anyone in real life would say that for the majority of matches (as recommended by assistants...) The other options are exactly that great either... a wider range of feelings and comments would be nice.

[tottenhamfmo7]

I think it would be good if the European away games were made a little bit more realistic.

Currently, its as though you fly out your whole squad to foreign countries (your 1st team, reserves and U18 squads!), so just the before the match you can choose from any players you like. It should be made more realistic so you have to chose your squad for the away European match approx 3 days before the match (depends on how far away the opposition are), so you have to choose your squad 3 days before the match, then just before the match you select the actual team. the Squad size you can take out would be set at a limit of say 20 players.