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

[William.Hua]

Just emotion, like some threads talked.

[Blanchflower1]

I want the option of being able to fine players for no reason at all! This would be a great feature. I remember that this was implemented in the old CM days.

[yugo23]

I guess it would be possible to highlight CL and EL spots on league tables in some color. In lower leagues automatic promotion and playoff spots are highlighted, but for some reason top leagues don't have this.

[MIR17]

It'd be nice to make it a lot easier for players & managers to work their way up the Icons and Legends list easier, I can't seem to get past Favoured Personnel even if my player has broken the club's all-time scoring record, won the Premier League golden boot and finished 3rd in world player of the year.

Also, just a small thing but it'd be nice to have named Derby matches in news items, so when Arsenal and Spurs play each other the news item says "Fans optimistic ahead of North London Derby" "Fans ecstatic with North London Derby win" etc.

When a player requests a transfer or gets annoyed with transfer speculation, I think you should be able to tell him that this club is on the verge of something special and we will be winning things in a couple of years.

[MIR17]

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

The Premier League also counts the old first division in FM, in which case the Premier League's all-time top goalscorer is Jimmy Greaves.

But yes, I would like to see all-time stats lists. For clubs & nations you could have the all-time top 25 appearances/goalscorers. So you could break into these tables

For leagues you could probably extend it to more. And you could do the top socrers in each countries domestic leagues, as a lot of players score in several tiers as they move clubs and get promotion etc.

You could also do World Records, like the Hall of Fame for all-time top goalscorers and all-time top appearance makers in the history of the game.

Also, I would like a history page of all the clubs previous managers, and their Win/Draw/Loss and win % ratios, then it can be added to as the game goes on.

[huntelaar19]

I'm really liking mightymind's idea that we should be able to pick what moments are considered key.

[MIR17]

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.

I like the idea of job interviews for managerial jobs. They were on a past version of FM iirc.

[Eborg]

Backwards compatible savegames so you can continue your old savegame on the new FM!

Here's the thread discussing that:

http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=168155

[Lordarod]

useful advisor that only points out the new features. Many people don't know team-talking subs

[KingLara]

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.

Yeah great idea. I've mentioned this before.

I would take it one step further and employ it for ALL games! home , away, league cup and continetial. Should be an 18-20 man squad the day before a game for away games and maybe more players for home games

[Lordarod]

Keep Robert Enke in the game as a coach have his description say "With his daughter".

[Lordarod]

Additional club rankings based on current form like this
And an all-time club world ranking like this

[duck my sick]

Keep Robert Enke in the game as a coach have his description say "With his daughter".

He's not a coach though, is he? Lots of footballers have died whilst still playing for club. You can't keep them all in the game.

[Lordarod]

He's not a coach though, is he? Lots of footballers have died whilst still playing for club. You can't keep them all in the game.

well he took up coaching in my game I don't think they will keep him in the game for the reason you stated but that is my wish and this is the wishlist.

[rougess]

I would like the ability to set the target man supply options to "not X".

For instance, Rooney has Heading = 10, so I don't want the players to play it to his head as the chances are he'll lose out to a centre back. But I want his supply to vary so "Mixed" is the only option. I would like to have a "Mixed but not to head" option.

[tottenhamfmo7]

I guess it would be possible to highlight CL and EL spots on league tables in some color. In lower leagues automatic promotion and playoff spots are highlighted, but for some reason top leagues don't have this.

The EL spots aren't for definite until the Fa Cup final and the Leage Cup final has been played.

If either the winner of the runner up to the FA cup isn't top 4 in the league they qualify for EL. If the winner of the League Cup isn't in the top four they qualify for EL.

1st-4th definitely get CL, 5-6 definitely get EL, but 7-8th only get EL depending on the domestic cups.

[Stormfury]

I would like to see the ability to take the millions, I've earned from coaching and purchase a team. I'd see becoming an owner/coach which would remove having to beg the board to do things like upgrade the stadium, pitch, and training facilities. In this mode, you could still coach and do the things you normally do but without fear of firing or restrictions (besides $). Perhaps if you wanted, you could even hire a head coach and only be an Owner.

[Raptor]

And an all-time club world ranking like this

Yeah, that would be cool

[Barnzy]

I would like half time entertainment, for example music playing while fiddle with tactics. If I am Man City Oasis, if Bristol City the Wurzels

[stuartM]

training revamp, instead of stupid sliders!!! also youth academies would be a nice addition.

[GMO]

A downloadable manual.

[glosrob]

The FA and gameworld to be 'dynamic'.

Perhaps one season the TV money for your league might drop or raise unexpectedly. Perhaps the FA react to a poor world cup showing by increasing the number of English players required in your team/squad or perhaps they decide to set a wage cap.

Basically they exist and react to your game, making decisions and changing things. The football world is never static and I doubt that in 10 years time Sky will still be paying £x for TV rights.

I'd also like the ability to grab stats from the game and export them as XML - this would allow those so inclined to display them elsewhere if they wanted or just keep them outside of the game for their own use. Like lunchtime at work for example, when trying to workout who to play in which formation or position.

[aditya]

the player attributes to be accurate like real life. and man city to stop dominating when in real life theyr crap

[LarssonBhoy]

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.

I like the sound of that. It'd be like mind games.

Also, LOL at the little spat on the first page.

[Lordarod]

'Ask assistant' button for player roles.

[FMAnderson]

I would like new additions such as Managers being able to do what fergie did like pick up the player from the airport or u know pay for his flights and do the ronaldo presentation in the stadium for big players lol might sound crazy but this kind thing should make the player come to you just adds fun to the game .
I would also like the feature of inviting transfer targets to your matches + take them around the stadium or meet players before signing them - of course you should ask permission from the players clubs

[FMAnderson]

For Players - Should go nightclub parties, Casino , u know bring a modern days life of a football to the game . papparazi should capture pictures of players in town during transfers like buying houses or learning the language to fuel romours . or even landing at the airport and also when alex caught the bus to go stamford bridge :P

[Lordarod]

I want to be able to add manager picture back again if it gets lost!

[Marinho]

1) Career stat leaders for clubs and leagues. Not just THE Leader but a Top10 or Top 50.

2) motivational shouts during a game. Kind of like pre, mid and postgame comments just shouted in game. tactical shouts are nice (though a tad bit unrealistic really, influence you have should be more limited) but how about giving your favourite lazy bum an earfull or tell a young kid to just settle down.

[Ah Fat]

Now rolling save is only available on automatic save. I would like to see it being available on manual save also.

[Marshdweller]

Players to develop preferred squad numbers (i.e. Player X has worn no. 15 for the last 9 years at Club A, so when Club B signs him he wants to wear no. 15 again). Also, maybe regens having a (sensible) preferred number.

I'd like to be able to ask the board to allow me a larger backroom staff.

I agree with the post above about Target Man Supply. At times you want the ball played to feet or for the striker to run onto (if he's small but pacy), or to the head or feet if the striker has no pace, so it would be nice to be able to specify 2 out of 3, or not a particular type etc.

[Nevermore FC]

I pay a lot of attention to U20s World Cup and similar tournaments and it's pretty disappointing when most of the teams are full of gray players. That makes easy for the nations that you're playing to dominate those tournaments.

Sometimes, you have really bad newgens from a nation full of gray players and they're called. Then you see awful players in teams like Italy.

My suggestion: generate players for the teams participating in this kind of competitions. This improves diversity, giving an international scene less the-countries-that-you-have-activated centric.

[batata169]

Wingers actually being able to cut in, not like on fm10 where you set-up an inside forward yet he doesn't cut inside always passes the ball back.

Could someone tell me if it will be fixed in the next patch?

[rougess]

Under Manager Statistics, it would be nice to have an "Average Player Spend" stat. That is all

[jd28]

Coaching badges is a good idea-you should have option when starting a new game when editing manager profile of what badges you have at the start of a new game. so people who want to play as the 'big' clubs have the option to start will all the Uefa badges necessary to manage in the top divisions and european competitions. You can start with no badges if you want to progress through lower leagues.Older players could earn first badges in their final years as players(such as carragher)- it would certainly add to the realism.

[Svenc]

I'd like to suggest a quick start or scenario editor. In the manual it always says how SI'd provide quick starts occasionally, but that has never happened as long as I've been around. With something like this in place, players could edit their own scenario saves, and finally get to participate in a World Cup tournament with the exact team and player roster as it's happening in the real world. And the number of challenges would be more hands-on for the player to create, from saves mimicing real-life football scenarios as well as fictional ones. An entire community could develop from this, keeping Football Manager more up to date than ever before. This time of the year again and it's Chelski and United battling it out for the league title? Why not sign up and participate with all real-world data put into place?

Also, a sim mode - so that you could load a quick save / scanario without actually entering as a player, and just watch the action unfold. Same for a competition that is put into the game - without actually having to start a game and an entire database. Ever wanted to know how this year's World Cup might pan out in Sports Interactive Wonderland? A La Liga season? Why, load up Football Manager, select the competition or scenario and enjoy the fireworks. As a secondary effect, you're likely to have a good means of promotion for the game's database here.

The latter idea came about when I was reading a 2006ish article about how the outcome of the FIFA WC 2006 was predicted using both FIFA 06 and Football Manager 06. Since the officials were involved in this, I was wondering how Miles and the lads are able to set this all up. More power to the people, I say.

[Lazylen]

Having played some games now with FM10 i have to say the Transfersystem is still a bit off. Normally i turn off transferbudgets during the first window so in the summer only some loans and free transfers are made.

But then when the calender hits january you see ridiculous amounts being spent by the top clubs in Europe. Ok, that can happen.

However, there are too many good players being transfered during the winter and comparing that to real life, that never happens. In what world would Arsenal sell Cesc in the middle of the season for 50 million euros? Or Bayern that sells Ribery for 40 - 50 million. If im correct there has never been a january transfer that has ben over 20 million euros. So why do clubs like Real and Man City spend over 200 million in the winter?

My idea around this is simple. Let clubs be more macho so they just refuse bids on their top players, saying come back in the summer to the big teams. In my opinion clubs are too friendly to one another in the winter. They should be harder to negotiate with during the winter trying to keep their squads together. Now managers dont seem to care what happens to their players and sell em despite having a good season with their star players.

Another thing. After the 6 or was it 5 years of FM? non playing players still get transfered for ridiculous amounts. Giovanni Dos Santos always gets sold voor over 40 million euros, despite having played a handfull of matches for Tottenham. It seems to me the AI reads the PA and CA of a player, but dont look at reputation.

If a player doesnt play that often his reputation and therefore his market value should drop significantly instead of growing. Ive seen transfers of 50 million and more with players who didnt play more then 10 matches for a squad over 2 whole seasons. But the player had a PA of 190, so according to the editor its a world class player to be.

Maybe SI should rewrite the transfer system again, making Reputation the biggest factor instead of the CA and PA. A 19 year old Serbian player with a PA of 180+ who hasnt played one single senior or youth international match has no reputation what so ever and could never be sold for 20 million or more, thats just plain bs.

Therefore the PA should be left out of consideration with transfers.

[Lordarod]

I have a player recently recovered from injury. His condition is 87%. As suggested in in-game tips I want to bring him on as a substitute to rebuild fitness. In selection detals game says the players is 'Tired'. But that and 87% condition are not very descriptive. I'd rather have it say 'Fit for 10 mins', 'Fit for 30 mins' etc. in selection details instead of or near 'Tired'.

[JazzX]

I would like to see streakers introduced to the game.

Commentary (in typical, not quite explained, FM fashion):

"Paul Walker places the ball"

"Paul Walker confidently begins his run up"

"She enters the field of play"

"She's not wearing any clothes!"

"It looks like the ball isn't the only thing bouncing today!!"

"He reaches into his pocket"

"And shows Paul Walker the yellow card"

[Ernesto]

I wish a feature where I can edit the game file, incluiding clubs, leagues, cups, league systems, etc.

[Lordarod]

I read about about someone who won 12 straight wins with team a who were predicted to be 9th. Is it because of the manager's reputation? If so I suggest another variable called short-term reputation (invisible or not) which won't affect world reputation but will allow you to win MOTM prize on occasions like that.

[SteveDM]

51 pages means this might have been suggested before so apologies if it has but two things, both to do with training.

First, I'd like an option to ask my assman how training went. ATM you can only get reports of who trained well and badly once a month. I'd like to be able to ask him for that day and get good feedback "A Player stayed late to practise his free kicks", "B Player has really improved at corner taking" etc. This also has the added benefit of your assman adding you to his favoured personnel because you're asking his opinion. While I'm on the subject, there could be other reports (that you have to ask for, not that just appear) from the assman who could keep you up to date on players "Young Player is really developing well. I'd suggest some substitute appearances to see what he can really do" etc.

Secondly, I'd like to be able to nominate myself to take part in training, be more "hands on" with the players and "see" for myself (with a long report for each player training maybe) which players are doing what I ask.

[Piadinaro]

Abitlity to create with the editor international tournaments, but could be do also by new patch I hope!

[Jibby123]

The Premier League also counts the old first division in FM, in which case the Premier League's all-time top goalscorer is Jimmy Greaves.

But yes, I would like to see all-time stats lists. For clubs & nations you could have the all-time top 25 appearances/goalscorers. So you could break into these tables

For leagues you could probably extend it to more. And you could do the top socrers in each countries domestic leagues, as a lot of players score in several tiers as they move clubs and get promotion etc.

You could also do World Records, like the Hall of Fame for all-time top goalscorers and all-time top appearance makers in the history of the game.

Also, I would like a history page of all the clubs previous managers, and their Win/Draw/Loss and win % ratios, then it can be added to as the game goes on.

Yeah, I'd agree with that.

Rehash your manager achievements and history as well. It has improved over time, but for one (and it's a small gripe) I don't want to see in my competition history...."won in xxxxx Cup 1st Round...won in xxxxx Cup 2nd Round"...and so on for each year. Just how far I got in each competition or final league position for each season would be great because after a few seasons on a career game the feature becomes clogged with irrelevant fluff to the point of becoming pointless trying to track your history.

I'd like to see the press conferences developed as well as they do get tedious after a while (same old questions/same old responses) or have a media-handling attribute for your Assistant Manager because in the past my Assistants have (like my current one! ) dropped me in it, so 'send assistant' isn't really an option for me and I don't want to sack my Assistant just because he's a numpty in front of the press, but nor do I want to do the same old 30-40 press conferences every season.

...but then again there's probably a few managers irl who get bored of the same old questions from the press pack.

[Jibby123]

A downloadable manual.

Yeah agreed, for such an in-depth game the manual booklet that comes with the game is crap and always has been. I'd hate to try and pick up the game for the first time and have to rely on that flimsy pamphlet.

A quick guide to each league and competition around the world would be nice. EU-players, home grown rules, dates, promotion and relegation playoffs etc etc.

I dabbled at the MLS, not knowing much about football in the US and just sat there looking at all the...uh...idiosyncrasies in rules of that league and was completely stumped.

I don't want to watch a video on You Tube on how to use the Editor for example because it's totally impractical to watch and fiddle with the editor at the same time?? Or rely on people online to make their own FAQ's and instructions.

[Ezequiel_Lavezzi]

Id like the ability to invite retired players and former legends to friendly matches to boost morale, see off a player who is retiring etc.

I would also like to see player presentations visually, even on the field. (On rare occasions for world class players)

Fans surrounding the pitch, and also running on when you win a league title.

I would also like to see cup/trophy presentations after you win a league/cup.

Surely it can't be that hard to see your players line up for a photo after a cup win, see some confetti, and see them do a lap of honor. Come on, make the game fun!

I really hate seeing my players just walk off after winning a title, makes you feel as though it wasn't that fun to play it or win it.

[tottivillarossi]

I'd like to see more in depth Manager Reputations. If, after 10 seasons of playing, I had developed many young starts into world-class talent, I'd like acknowledgement. Maybe a new rating introduced to the list of "Tactical consistency, financial handling... Youth development". That way, if a number of Europe's top teams are bidding for a young star, he'd look at my awesome Youth Development stat, and that would help sway him towards my team.


I'd also like to be able to set my players targets. I.E. Ashley Young will get a 20% contract increase if he finishes the season with 15 assists.

[Kifty]

Like suggested team talk how about suggested subs

[Erik7]

This is impossible for me to read so I'll put some I'd like, sorry if their mentioned a lot.

Liked to have more places in tactics for players on the pitch, not just vertical which I know can be done with mentality but horizontal
too. I hate the fact that u cant have for instance 2 mcs and spread them horizontaly as far as you wish without tweaking the width for the whole team.

Like to have separate tactical placements for with and without the ball, for instance to be able to make defense with 3 amcs and offense with 1 am, aml and amr.

To have tactical instructions in the player profile, position screen in profile would be good for this. You wouldn't have to tweak your tactics every time u change players or make a sub in the match.

To have control on how each player receives the ball being targetman or not.

To have my assistant arranging friendlies for the reserves and youth.

To have stats drop or raise more dramatically sometimes. Like 30 ability for a wunderkind in just a month on rear occasions. I think this happens IRL.

There is more surely. I mentioned them on the forum but nobody seems to like or care or whatever. Im sure that others thought of these. In fact I had these ideas for long time and mentioned them 5 or more years ago. I've lost my login, before you ask.

[Dr.Football1]

Like to have separate tactical placements for with and without the ball, for instance to be able to make defense with 3 ams and offense with 1 am, aml and amr.

Agreed

[dunner]

Just a few random ideas ive thought of. Most have probably been said before:

-----> I'd like for the press conferences to respond more to what is going on in your game. Some examples from my game are:

I'm moving to a new stadium at the start of the next season. When it came to my last home game of the season there was no mention of this in either the pre/post match conferences. That last game of the season also ended up being the league decider also, winner takes all, but again there was mention of this in the conferences.

At the start of the new season both the pre/post match conferences didnt mention it was my first game in a new stadium.

These are all things that would get huge coverage if they happen IRL.

-----> Also it might be a nice touch if in cup finals, the spectators were spread equally - ie: my fans get half the stadium, the other team get the other half. At the moment if you are the "away" team in a final, you get the least amount of supports in the stadium.

-----> Perhaps also when you are playing a Fierce rival there is a few rows of seats empty between your fans the opposition for security reasons etc. Maybe police/stewards could be visible in the stadium.

-----> Mexican waves might be a cool touch to see flying around the stadium in certain circumstances.

-----> Streakers would be a funny addition

Alot of these are visual/cosmetic but in a game that already has so many of "the little things" that make it stand apart from the rest i dont think thats a bad thing.

[Erik7]

Would be great to have 3 mode sliders. The 2 we have and the third one that you can manualy change and still be prone to shouts.

[nedlug81]

With the new possibility of bringing low-level English competitions to FM, I'd love to see some improvements around low-level competition based on playing Super Bladesman's great file (mainly dealing with finances):
- Have a lower ticket price floor than $14.80
- Allow a club, once relegated, to 'go amateur' from semi-pro (haven't seen this yet)
- Allow payers to 'pay to play' in the lower levels (this is rampant in the US lower levels, not sure as much so across the pond)
- Give lower level clubs a rich owner that pumps a few thousand dollars in every year since he sees the club as a worthwhile hobby. (Instead of requiring leagues & cups to need $$ prizes so all the clubs stay solvent)
- Ability for random players to move into the city/ask to play or the ability to hold tryouts (maybe the reaction to the tryouts are based on your reputation or the money you choose to spend to advertise it?)
- More lower-level trial days
- No press conferences for very low-level leagues - except for big events
- Better description of player's future quality (seems to just stop at level 10 and never says 'would be good regional first div striker', for example)

I'm sure I'll have more than this - this is just my first impression.

Also, a general thought that always annoys me about soccer games... why can we not change substitutions once they are decided upon? Frequently, I make a sub choice but someone gets injured or takes a small knock, and I'd like to change the sub. There has to be a better way to make subs.

[whilewolf2]

I just want a good newgen system that doesn't cripple the long term game by giving players absurdly low values in attributes often ones vital to their position.
I’m sick of guiding teams up the leagues only to have to abandon the game because after nine seasons all the young talent has ridicules deficiencies that would IRL see them playing in the blue square south.

[BAD-RELIGION]

I think FM don't need much more, for me it would only need to have some "fixed" issues so it could got more real, i would say some of them:

1. The way B teams are managed by non-human managers - Is strange to see like 50 players in Barcelona A team, when only 25 can be registered, the other 25 never play for the team and are not included in B team so they can play. B and C teams work like reserve teams in the game, and the is not what happens IRL

2. To many offers for young avarage players - Is strange to have Man Utd, Chelsea, Barcelona and many other big clubs interested in too much young mediocre players when this teams i typed sell all their possible star players to other clubs. Seems like the other team players are always better then ours... and also a bit unreal to have bits for player that never played, never proved they are good, players that have 16 and 17 years old. I'm not saying it don't happen, but in FM is a bit too much...

Taking Barcelona again has example, all their potential youth stars are sold in the first season, Assulin, Thiago, Jonathan, etc etc

2. Youth system - There is no big options in here, we can't control it...

[Piadinaro]

In Italy we do not have reserve team, so it would be better to have Primavera and Berretti (i.e. UNDER 20) instead of reserve team and UNDER 18 or UNDER 16 instead of youth team. In my opinion it would be cool if regens would start from 12yo, this could be easy if every team has an additional under 14 team.

[Erik7]

In Italy we do not have reserve team, so it would be better to have Primavera and Berretti (i.e. UNDER 20) instead of reserve team and UNDER 18 or UNDER 16 instead of youth team. In my opinion it would be cool if regens would start from 12yo, this could be easy if every team has an additional under 14 team.

Yeah, I like this. For some strange reason never thought about it. It would take a larger scouting system but imagine SI how kids that play the game would react to see themselves in it Think that this would be a commercial bullseye.

[nedlug81]

I would like to see the ability to take the millions, I've earned from coaching and purchase a team. I'd see becoming an owner/coach which would remove having to beg the board to do things like upgrade the stadium, pitch, and training facilities. In this mode, you could still coach and do the things you normally do but without fear of firing or restrictions (besides $). Perhaps if you wanted, you could even hire a head coach and only be an Owner.

Love it - would bring a whole new dimension to the gameplay.

[Carrotdude]

I've been thinking that it would be nice to have a visual representation of where your players are set up to be for corners, as opposed to just having it in writing. Should be fairly easy to put in and would make life slightly easier when setting up set pieces. Also, on the same subject, I would love to be able to set corners up to either one of two or three options. At the moment you have to say, for example, left corners near post, right corners far post or just mixed. Why can't I say either near or far post but none of the other options?

[JoeLatics]

I would like to see the ability to take the millions, I've earned from coaching and purchase a team. I'd see becoming an owner/coach which would remove having to beg the board to do things like upgrade the stadium, pitch, and training facilities. In this mode, you could still coach and do the things you normally do but without fear of firing or restrictions (besides $). Perhaps if you wanted, you could even hire a head coach and only be an Owner.

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[jcafcwbb]

1) The opponent instructions changed to individual players - for example asking a CF to close down and harry the opponents CBs rather than ask him to close down all over the pitch. So you with have the player having their roles, duties and oppo instructions individually chosen.

2) The advanced menu for players taken away - we have too much control over them. If a player is wasting possession due to long shots even with a poor stat this must be addressed during training via the interaction menu and the development of their game.

3) Preparation just as important as tactics on the day - for example if you normally play 4-4-2 but chose to play 5-4-1 for an away game @ Chelsea this should be walked through in training.

[taylorsmen]

Well in my wishlist i'd like to see the stadiums have tunnels how do the players leave the pitch,climb over the roof

[Bryna robson]

Criticizing/influencing referee decisions before, during and after matches.

Much more depth in making comments regarding rival managers and rival players.

A trophy, medals, plaques...gallery graphics display page of your achievements with a club.

Temporarily flashing colours in the background every time you win a cup or title (just like every time there is a goal scored in the commentary text bar).

Human players manager staff profile stats in depth and displayed just like the AI managers have.

[Ranbir]

I want the wideplay option in classic tactics.

I want global team mentality, passing and creative freedom in the new tactics.

[DjDevil]

hello!
i'm sorry if i sound a bit n00b here, but it's my first post, so go easy on me x3 i'm also sorry if this is in the wrong section (although, after an extensive search, i cant seem to find an appropriate place for it), but...
i'd like to have the option to mass-sign players on trial. i often manage lower league teams, with no hope of scouting anyone (the expenses are too much. yes, really!), so i have to bring them to the club on a week's trial, inspect their stats, and then sign 'em or kick 'em out. the new version helps a little with this (with the 'do not show this message again?' tick box), but it should be easy to implement a 'highlight 20 players > right click > offer trial to selected players > 1 week' feature, rather like adding/removing players from the shortlist and scouting players en-masse is now.
(i'm not sure if there's a download on the forums somewhere for a tool like that already, but i've not seen it - link me!)
also, you could do something like the 'england trials day' message that pops up, but for your club. i.e. you could "put an advert in the national paper" or something, and then players would show up to the club on a specific day set by you, and show their skills in the hope of winning a contract. some players might enjoy the day and the look of your club/training facilities, some might not, which would increase/decrease the likelihood they sign with you


i also really liked the sound of this guy's idea:

I wouldn't mind seeing more work done in the ... player signing area:
....
- 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.

but you could extend that out even further to interactions with the club managers. ideally, you could be able to do things like...:
sign players from a club, with an agreement to loan them back to the same club for a couple of years / 6 months / until they find a replacement (like manchester united did with adem ljajic(?) and his transfer from partizan)
agree to buy the player out of next year's transfer budget when signing them on loan. (and if this isnt carried out, relations with the player, his club and his manager would decrease, etc (kinda like a 'future fee', but because you've spent all your money for the season, it's out of next year's budget))
ask how likely it is for you to be able to sign a player to the manager
ask if he'll cut you a deal on a player who's in the reserves doing nothing
ask if you could get someone for free with a 50% sell-on clause
ask if he has anyone he'd be willing to let you have for free to 'reduce the wage costs of his club' / 'help you out at the problem (left back) position' / 'just for lols'.
if he can recommend someone from his squad that might be interested in joining your club (transfer/freebie/loan)
players, once signed, coming to you and requesting to be loaned out to gain some first team experience (like all good young players would if they were going to be / are dwelling in your reserves ('fabian delph' comes to mind from last year's version - how many people signed him, then threw him into the reserves for a few years, and he didnt reach his potential because of it..? he'd have atleast asked to be loaned out IRL)).
also, a bit more consistency in asking managers how much they want for a player. quite often they'll ask for 500k, for example, then you ask to pay as 250k upfront and 250k over 12 months, to which they reply '500k and 250k over 12 months'..... you then propose the original price to them (500k upfront), and they reject it, or ask for more money, etc. if you offended them, or make media comments about the player, then i could understand the increase in price / decrease in willingness to negotiate (like moyes with lescott's transfer to city), but at the moment, it varies considerably for no conceivable reason. added to this, one of the managers could say "i've noticed a huge improvement in his training recently / he played incredible last game / we're struggling for options in his position due to the recent injury to (player name). as a result, i do not wish to sell him now" (but please, dont make it like this for every single player when i'm trying to sign them... lol)


and whilst i'm here.... (last point, dont worry.. lol) it'd be perfect to be able to link to players, clubs, staff, etc in the interviews. the interview is a fantastic feature, but seriously lacks depth. it should be extended out to have a huge array of options to select from, all affecting how you (the manager) is seen in the gameworld, by your club, it's fans, your players, the board, other managers, etc..
for example; the media sometimes ask what the recent good run of results is down to. you could highlight one of your staff to a question like this (i.e. "the head coach has been working harder than anyone on the training pitch lately" / "the set piece coach has exceptional skill in training freekick takers" / "the board gave me plenty of money which allowed me to build a quality squad" / "the scouting team found me some amazing free players" / etc), or if you're in the 'mourinho'-mould, link to yourself and your fantastic skill in blending a squad together, and your tactical supremacy.. xD
another example - you're often asked about signing a player on loan permanently after a good performance. you could be able to say "i'll have a word with their manager, *alex ferguson*, and see what i can do" (cue phonecall from sir alex, if he cares.. lol (or perhaps he could be asked in his next interview ahead of the big game with chelsea, and be furious the focus wasnt on his team, etc)), another answer - "*the board* wont give me enough to sign him" - (cue board's reaction to offending them in an interview / acceptance he's a fantastic player and needs to be bought immediately / whatever). obviously, it'd be incredibly difficult to implement these via the 'additional text' feature, but it could be done if the interviewer confirmed what you were trying to say. example:
interviewer: "Loanee James Chester played well in the Conference North game versus Stalybridge. Will you be looking to sign him on a permanent basis now?
"Yes, i'd love to! *additional text* - but (link to player) *James Chester* is requesting too much money, unfortunately"
interviewer: "you mean: 'his wages exceed my budget' / 'he is not worth the wages' / 'he is not willing to lower his wage demands to join the club' / 'his club are asking for too much of a transfer fee' / 'we can neither afford his wages or his transfer budget' / 'manchester united are unlikely to want to part with a player of such calibre' / 'the player will want to play at a higher standard of football' / etc. the options are truly endless, and could all be triggered from the 'but..' in the additional text, in this case.
alternatively, you could scrap the additional text feature, and add in a 'additional key word'. e.g. same question (interviewer: "Loanee James Chester played well in the Conference North game versus Stalybridge. Will you be looking to sign him on a permanent basis now?), and you could click 'YES', and 'confirm' it, or click 'YES', then a drop-down menu with 'WAGES' on it, giving you a bunch of links with answers regarding wages (like stated above), or one with 'FEE', and a dropdown of answers containing 'transfer fee / signing on fee / 'if he was available without a fee' / etc' options.



i hope some of those potential improvement on the game's current features are atleast heard by the game's hierarchy, as i'm sure most players of it would agree that the detail level of those specific areas could be vastly increased. saying that, i would like to point out that these are just minor 'faults' with the game. overall, it's comfortably the best football management game on any platform, and offers serious competition to the likes of 'fifa', 'pro evo', etc on consoles for the title of 'ultimate football game' - quite an achievement in itself! and AFAIK, football manager is vastly improving every single year, so please, keep up the good work!

thanking you in advanced,
DJ

[taylorsmen]

Just an idea regarding touchline shouts,maybe add a "Confirm shouts" button.

[neojy]

Yeah, I like this. For some strange reason never thought about it. It would take a larger scouting system but imagine SI how kids that play the game would react to see themselves in it Think that this would be a commercial bullseye.

Me too, definietely a great addition to have an Under-16 team.

-->Another thing is to have the chance to start your career as Youth or Reserve team coach and slowly work up the ranks.

-->Also, i realized that for one of the major awards, is it the FIFA Player of the year Award??,,is decided by the number of votes from managers but when we play we do not have the option to vote for the player.

-->Also, can retired players not disappear completely from the game if they do not choose to have remain as staff??instead leave them as "passive" player in the game where he could choose to become a staff later on and you could try to influence him to become a staff

-->And have the option to learn a new language yourself or send ur staff/players to a language course which may not be restricted to just the country's main language(eg. a staff/player in england sent for a italian language class)

-->Hold events which foster friendships among players and staff and the option to treat the club staff and players to a meal or an outing.

-->And one last thing, to have more stats like each clubs All-time top Goalscorers and Appearances, each League Top 20 etc and the player history to have appearances and goals in all competitions and just the league(i know its been said before, just trying to add weight to this idea )

not sure if all of this have been posted, just my 2 pence worth

EDIT:just wondering..would SI actually look thru these and implement it in the game??

[Lii]

I think the previous 2 editions of data editor is much more clearer than 2010's one. It's a drawback since SI give up the DirectX full screen mode in 2008.

I'd like to be able to edit club's friendlies. Just like what we can do with national teams.

[Lordarod]

How about asking people for face pictures and using them contributed ones with regens. Facegen technology is VERY ugly.

[Lordarod]

An 'apologize to the player' interaction son you can reset his likes/dislikes for you. Or tell me exactly why he likes/dislikes me. Or reduce the affect of likes/dislikes, team-talks, press confs. A player with 195 ca never gets above 7 rating because he hates me and there is officially nothing I can do about it.

[Telac]

I would just like a game that works.

You know, from release instead of having to wait for patchs to fix the game so we are able to play it..... dont think thats too much to ask for do you?

A ME that works, so players follow your instructions, dont make stupid decisions game after game and generally just play football like in real life. I get bored of seeing my defenders waiting for a ball to reach them while an attacker is closing them down from 40 yards for the attacker to claim the ball.

So to sum up, a working game would be nice.

[Erik7]

Attribute correlation!!!!
First off all I think that there are 5 or 6 attributes that we don't need, for instance composure is quite the same thing as concentration.
The other thing is just that some attribute cant defer from another like corner/crossing, free kick/long shots, dribbling/technique...
I also think that it would be cool if a manager could determin how good a player is, again for instance, at taking penalties knowing he's finishing and composure (concentration) and some more. I have a bag more of these. If this sound remotely interesting to anyone from SI could you say something so I know that I am not just talking to myself.

[Lordarod]

I want more attributes like Heading -passing, Heading -shooting, We have different attributes for passing, finishing, crossing; why not this?
Also, Free kick taking -crossing and Free kick taking -shooting.
To Erik7; those attributes you talk about are different and required but this is not really the right place to discuss.

[Erik7]

I want more attributes like Heading -passing, Heading -shooting, We have different attributes for passing, finishing, crossing; why not this?
Also, Free kick taking -crossing and Free kick taking -shooting.
To Erik7; those attributes you talk about are different and required but this is not really the right place to discuss.

I agree with you and would like to add the most important for me long passing, short passing as 2 attributes.
I think you kind-a misunderstood my post. I am certainly not saying that free kick is the same thing is long shots. Just saying that player cant have free kick 15 if long shots 5. I think I'll start a topic about this.

[Viking]

Could you please, please, pretty please stop 14-15 years old new/regens from turning up in the national U21-teams? Stop it, or prove to me it happens in real life. Almost all U21 national team in my current game have two or more 14-15 year old players. Insane!

[whilewolf2]

Attribute correlation!!!!
First off all I think that there are 5 or 6 attributes that we don't need, for instance composure is quite the same thing as concentration.
The other thing is just that some attribute cant defer from another like corner/crossing, free kick/long shots, dribbling/technique...
I also think that it would be cool if a manager could determin how good a player is, again for instance, at taking penalties knowing he's finishing and composure (concentration) and some more. I have a bag more of these. If this sound remotely interesting to anyone from SI could you say something so I know that I am not just talking to myself.

No they're not they do totally different things in the match engine. Composure affects how well players finish when they are one on one with the GK. Concentration affects defensive players marking or positioning when their team has the ball up the other end of the field.

[Erik7]

No they're not they do totally different things in the match engine. Composure affects how well players finish when they are one on one with the GK. Concentration affects defensive players marking or positioning when their team has the ball up the other end of the field.

I know what they are, I'm saying what they by mine opinion should they be.

[whilewolf2]

I know what they are, I'm saying what they by mine opinion should they be.

You're trying to say something but you’re not succeeding.

[Erik7]

You're trying to say something but you’re not succeeding.

Sorry:
I know what they are in the game, I'm saying what they, by mine opinion should be. Meaning in real life I think concentration and composure are about the same.

[whilewolf2]

Well I can't agree with you on that.

[Tomer]

A small litle something: I'd like to be able to see the current league position of my opponents in my fixture list. Just in brackets after the team name.

[Marshdweller]

If I have my assistant manager controlling my reserves, I would like him to arrange friendlies for them too. I frequently load the French leagues, and they have massive squads at their clubs, but no reserve league. I have no desire to spend ages setting up 40 reserve friendlies, so I would like to be able to set my assistant manager to do this.

[Tomer]

- The option to let my assistant do all the Opponent Instructions, which includes giving them when the opponent makes a substitution.
- The option to have a difference between direct free kick takers and indirect free kick takers.

[Rich2086]

Sorry:
I know what they are in the game, I'm saying what they, by mine opinion should be. Meaning in real life I think concentration and composure are about the same.

dont agree with this you can be composed without concentrating in my opinion

[PAdlard]

An idea I had for the editor - may have been said already.

The ability to import from and export to Excel would be handy. I'm yet to play a game of FM10 as I'm still editing.....
(I'm creating a ridiculously huge Australian league system - 14 divisions)

Would've loved to be able to populate the editor via the spreadsheet I created.

[Blanchflower1]

I would most definitely like to see the 2 billion pound limit on the clubs' value to be increased further, to lets say 1 trillion pounds. In this way, the board would not invest excessive money into the reserve fund. I would also like to see Football Manager 2011 becoming a 64-bit programme.

[kevgaleuk]

Given all the issues with 2010 I am waiting for the next patch (and possibly the 3rd) before starting anything new as its far too frustrating at the mo. Dont get me wrong 2010 is a superb game but for me aspects like losing player histories is too annoying.

As a result I have been re-visiting 2009 and thinking about improvements for 2011 (but will refrain from the obvious like making 2011 a 64 bit programme to allow it to make better use of memory, or fixing the other broken bits - i assume they are a given!)

my main bugbear with the game is still histories - mainly player but also club and manager and my suggestions (some repeated) are as follows:

1 - PLEASE add a filter to histories to allow the users to configue what appears. For player histories this is to determine what competitions appear in career history (my opinion is that Europe and International appearences count not just league others may disagree so this would please everyone) while for clubs this would allow you to remove U18 and Reserve success from it if you wanted.

Just a note on filters - can these have memory added to them. I always remove "Cancelled" transfers from the transfer centre but its never remembered between one session and the next. SI has made great leaps with the addition of the customising screens (bugs apart) so can this be addeded?

2 - Multiple tabs for info on player histories. The easiest solution is probably extending the screen customisation to this screen but I would like to see things like transfer amounts and competition names removed from the screen and a separate "Transfer History" screen (akin to the Bio and achievements pages) added. Something simple like a table i.e. Date, From, To, Amount (using the proper formatting for money) with totals at the bottom (which would feed into the bio page.) It would also be good to see another tab which summarised history so date from - to, Apps, Goals, Assists etc (again with the filter to include whatever comps the user wants not just league)

3 - ALL history elements to look (code) at the edit file rather than the master file. Currently some do and some dont. I.e. I have edited games where the actual history screen and the bio clearly look at the file I created however the Achievements screen still looks at the main files which makes for contradictory reading. Other elements in particular media elements also dont seem to read the edit file which again makes for contradictions.

4 - GROUPING Histories. I have asked for this for 4 versions because player histories, in a longer game, look terrible especially when young players go on multiple loans during their learning seasons. All I would like to see is grouping a'la Excel where only parent club stats are shown per season unless the user clicks on the cross for the year which extends all the lines hidden underneath.

Again SI have already moved towards making this possible with the "Order" column in the editor. Add in "Level" with 1 being the parent club and 2 being "Loan or B Team / Youth Team (for some nations i.e. spain)" and the grouping is possible.

Obviously the totals at the bottom would take into consideration everything but looking at it it would be so much clearer and user friendly and I would be more inclined to sending youngsters out on up to 3 months loans rather than only allowing season long loans.

[Deisler26]

The main thing is I want to not be hated when I leave a club

With Jena, I won two promotions, replete with titles and took them higher than ever, yet I'm hated for resigning!!!

[Tomer]

More clarity in press conferences. I signed 8 players, and I got a asked if I would make any changes in my formation. I intend to keep the same basic formation, so I responded with 'no'. Now one of the new signings is unhappy with my comment - I now guess that the question was really about whether or not that specific player was going to feature in my plans (yes). There was no indication that this was about a player at all, the player profile was not displayed - just my own profile and the club logo.

[Tomer]

I'd like to be able to ask the board to be able to employ more coaches/scouts/physios

[kieronbrown73]

My ideas -

1. Ability to set up a diciplinary model at the start of each season (thus avoiding "feel unfairly treated")
2. Breach of contract clause i.e miss training once = warning, miss a second time = 2 week fine, miss a third time = instant dismisal (or at least the option of)
3. One to one sessions with player after red cards in order to try and temper aggresion or arrange better training to avoid the same mistakes.
4. Ability for player/s to address you with concerns about management style. positive or negative.

[Telac]

The Premier League also counts the old first division in FM, in which case the Premier League's all-time top goalscorer is Jimmy Greaves.

But yes, I would like to see all-time stats lists. For clubs & nations you could have the all-time top 25 appearances/goalscorers. So you could break into these tables

For leagues you could probably extend it to more. And you could do the top socrers in each countries domestic leagues, as a lot of players score in several tiers as they move clubs and get promotion etc.

You could also do World Records, like the Hall of Fame for all-time top goalscorers and all-time top appearance makers in the history of the game.

Also, I would like a history page of all the clubs previous managers, and their Win/Draw/Loss and win % ratios, then it can be added to as the game goes on.

As you felt the need for a correction i feel i have to correct you, IF the first division was included that indeed Jimmy Greaves would be known as the first divisions top scorer, the Premier Leagues top scorer is in fact Alan Shearer with 260 goals in the Premier League, i wasnt aware (from your statement) that Jimmy had actually played in the Premier League?

Isnt it fun pointing out mistakes.

[jordypark]

Something that has annoyed me the game is that when taking over at another club during the season, the board don't adjust what they wish to achieve from the season. For example, I've recently taken the Derby job and was 22nd in the Championship in early December. It is now mid-Feb and I am 15th which leaves me looking fairly safe and as such I am proud of my work. However the board and fans are disappointed as we are not a top half team like expected by them before I took the job, which I find unfair and unrealistic.

What I am suggesting is that it be implemented into the game that the board would adjust their expectations in such situations to something like expecting you to easily avoid relegation and finish mid-table or similar.

[Tie Fighter]

Would like to see SI's main focus on improving the match engine.

I'd also suggest that "night time" or "floodlight" effects be introduced where appropriate as this would, in my view, dramatically impove the aesthetic value of those fixtures. It does seem a bit odd to be playing in daylight in a midweek fixture in November!

[2Pacalypse]

My ideas -

1. Ability to set up a diciplinary model at the start of each season (thus avoiding "feel unfairly treated")
2. Breach of contract clause i.e miss training once = warning, miss a second time = 2 week fine, miss a third time = instant dismisal (or at least the option of)
3. One to one sessions with player after red cards in order to try and temper aggresion or arrange better training to avoid the same mistakes.
4. Ability for player/s to address you with concerns about management style. positive or negative.

Completely agree with 1. and 2.

[Lordarod]

players getting out the way of passes not intended for them

[Tomer]

My scout thinks the player I scouted would eb the third best left winger in my squad. What I'd really like is to know who the first two are.

[Bielsista]

The one thing I mentioned here sometime ago, about Influence attribute. It should change according not just only to players personality, but to years in the same team, or going to another team, example:

* I have a good prospect, and he has an strong personality, but because he is young he CANT has 18 influence, he should start with 10 maybe. But then, after he wins a place in the first team and play more and more seasons he could reach 20 influence. Watch out, im not saying ALL young players could do this, just the ones with the indicated personality/attribute. If you have a young boy with 2 as influence I think that no matter what he cant achieve 15+ influence.

* Then, after he reaches 18 influence he is sold from, lets say Burnley to Liverpool, then he CANT have the same influence, the attribute should drop to 12-13, and then again, if he plays and gets involved with the team he could reach again the 18 rating.

* And the opposite for other players, maybe a guy who doesnt have too much influence in an strong PL team, then is transferred to a team in Scotland, so, after a few games he should have almost the highest influence. Again, not ALL the players but the ones who have strong personalities.

So, influence should change according more to time in a team, level of that team, and experience than a kind of "training" of that attribute, etc.

[nadirhotel]

I'd like the ability to set the corner taking role to a specific position rather than specific players. For example if my assigned corner taker has to be subbed, I sometimes have to tweak my whole corner strategy to make sure the person I'd set to "challenge keeper" isn't taking the kicks now. What I'd like instead are options like AML always takes corners, DMC always attacks ball from deep, etc.

[El_Ricardo]

I edit a lot - and I really would LOVE if the editor was tweaked so as to allow us editing moles able to get some sleep at night by allowing us to edit multiple people/clubs etc. in one go. Instead of having to change a nationality or other attribute manually each time, I'd like to be able to group my selections together and do it in a few clicks, rather than hundreds.