What's that? A new Wishlist Thread? What you would like to see in future FM versions.

**PineappleBlender** · 19-05-2012 00:45

I'd also like to see the game once again credit me with achievements instead of the assistant manager when going on holiday. If the assistant manager I hired, using tactics I developed, and the squad I created gets results, then I want the credit I've earned.

**CaptainPlanet** · 19-05-2012 00:49

Bring back wibble wobble and proper freds.

And add a manager dot.

**Jay96** · 19-05-2012 00:56

I'd like someone to sign my players?!?!

**Jay96** · 19-05-2012 00:57

Originally Posted by toon army 06

I'd like to see a sound track in the game like fifa, where you can play music when not in a match.

Anyone else?

Definately not. That would be a Grade A reality sucker.

**toon army 06** · 19-05-2012 01:22

Originally Posted by Carmi88

I usually play music whilst playing the game via Itunes or youtube so not for me

Yea me to but i feel doing that may slow the game down, so havinhg it in the game would sort that out.

**toon army 06** · 19-05-2012 01:22

Originally Posted by Jay96

Definately not. That would be a Grade A reality sucker.

why? don't you like it in fifa if you play it?

**Jay96** · 19-05-2012 01:32

Originally Posted by toon army 06

why? don't you like it in fifa if you play it?

Funnily enough, i like it that much i've put my own Playlist on FIFA - so i don't know why I'm moaning.

Would just seem unusual on FM.

**toon army 06** · 19-05-2012 01:34

Originally Posted by Jay96

Funnily enough, i like it that much i've put my own Playlist on FIFA - so i don't know why I'm moaning.

Would just seem unusual on FM.

Yea only because its never had it, i'm sure you'd have thought that before fifa got it or has that always had it haha i can't remember.

**Jay96** · 19-05-2012 01:51

Originally Posted by toon army 06

Yea only because its never had it, i'm sure you'd have thought that before fifa got it or has that always had it haha i can't remember.

Ever since i've played it certainly has.

**Jops14** · 19-05-2012 02:55

- Extra positions in the tactics screen. Chiefly id like to see a second striker to sit between an AMC and a SC
- The addition of records for a clubs total appearence and goal record (as well as the league records, as at many top clubs this can be different)
- The addition of a chief scout, automatically goes and scouts other scouts top reccomendations, generally just the most talented scout.
- A few more varied regen templates, as currently i feel after about 20 years you end up with many very similiar regens and there isnt as much variation as there is at the start.

EDIT:

- Also id like to see sliders removed from training and replaced with the names of the various workouts so you can come up with schedules and it shows the impact on overall training levels (i believe this was in around cm03/04)?

**Andrew Paeth** · 19-05-2012 03:09

As a bottom dwelling LLM one thing I'd like to see is a better/smoother transition from semi-pro to professional status. Right now you ask the board to go pro and they'll sometimes agree to the request and say they'll make the move at the start of the next season. More often than not they fail to follow through until you get to league 2 and you are left in complete limbo in regards to why. This drastically impedes your ability to manage the budget and contracts as there is only a five day window between the season update and June 30th.

If there are conditions that need to be met the board should outline them or just flat out refuse so you know where you stand. Also, this is something that shouldn't be held off to the start of the preseason and should occur right after the season ends or in the weeks following the request.

**arsenalthebest** · 19-05-2012 06:07

Originally Posted by nickdc

Then don't use the option then! Its there if you want it. The 'just one more game, just one more game' addictiveness is too much for me. If you can turn it off at will, good for you. But this is the game that's been cited in divorce proceedings and splits up many relationships. I can understand why.

Saying time management is up to me is the same as telling an alcoholic that his alcohol limit is up to him!

i'm pretty certain you can install this on a computer without have to have si install it in game you can set up the computer to log/turn off after a certain amount of time-say 3 hours, the tec for this in place parents can already block certain websites to help protect thier children, schools do it with there computers to make sure students don't use it for gaming i'd rather they concentrate on improvinmng game issues rather then having put something into the the game that is toally unnessary as other softwere/programmes already do this

**arsenalthebest** · 19-05-2012 06:09

Originally Posted by Jops14

- Extra positions in the tactics screen. Chiefly id like to see a second striker to sit between an AMC and a SC
- The addition of records for a clubs total appearence and goal record (as well as the league records, as at many top clubs this can be different)
- The addition of a chief scout, automatically goes and scouts other scouts top reccomendations, generally just the most talented scout.
- A few more varied regen templates, as currently i feel after about 20 years you end up with many very similiar regens and there isnt as much variation as there is at the start.

EDIT:

- Also id like to see sliders removed from training and replaced with the names of the various workouts so you can come up with schedules and it shows the impact on overall training levels (i believe this was in around cm03/04)?

yeah i rember when you could send players on cross country runs everyday, if a player annoyed me thats one way i'd punish him

**White Flag** · 19-05-2012 07:25

Two things.

1. Now that SI have quite rightly taken action to stop FMRTE from fully working, how about an official in-game editor ? The source code was written by a chap who now works for SI if I recall correctly, so this shouldn't be too difficult to action.

2. The option to turn off human manager sackings, or at least the option to turn of sackings following board takeovers.

**nickdc** · 19-05-2012 08:19

If you have the tactics set up so that two players swap position, their role is determined by position and not by the man. For example, I play with two AMCs, one on trequartista the other attacking mid. Swap their positions and and they swap their roles which they're not good at.

**Shevchenko** · 19-05-2012 09:35

Better transfer realism - not only post-USSR top clubs don't buy good players but I read that Real Madrid had 300 million transfer budget after 7-8 years.

You should try adding more reputation for Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, CSKA Moscow, Zenith St.Petersburg, Spartak Moscow... AI buys (if ever buys!) players that are not even good enough for the first team and club ambitions!

**celtavigo** · 19-05-2012 09:44

The number one priority for next year's game has to be transfer realism. I feel this is the one area where the game is lacking.

1: Players and staff joining old managers. If a manager has been giving them lots of playing time or the player performed well under that manager, the player is more than happy to link up with that manager. As a human manager, I've experienced this several times, picking up players who performed well for me before, even though they were on the bench of another team. I would like to see that from AI teams too

2: Players joining hometown clubs or clubs close to home: Very common occurence, player should also get homesick if they play in another part of their country.

3: Players join local clubs more often. E.G., how often do you see a Conference player or even lower moving left, right and centre across the UK?

4: Recommending players and manager friendships: If you manage a PL/FLC team, a manager from the FL1/2 you have a good relationship with might approach you and say he needs e.g. a midfielder, and if you have player you would like to loan out or give away. If you manage a lower league club you can ask yourself. Also, you can recommend a player without the other manager asking, like if you have a player who has been a total flop or a triallist who doesn't cut it, you can send him a message saying that we're not interested in these players, but maybe you would like them? And sometimes, the other manager might do a favour back, like lower transfer fees if you buy one of his players.

5: Players going down to get playing time: We often see players struggling for playing time who are so desperate that they drop a level, even two, on loan or free transfer, to get a club or get playing time, eventhough they are way too good for the level.

What do you think about these suggestions?

**Govnar1** · 19-05-2012 09:55

Option to leave player acquisition (and sales) duties to director of football.

**lemeures** · 19-05-2012 09:56

1. Coaching courses. How should it work: I have a coach with Attacking ability 12. Once a year there is a course somewhere in the world. I send him and pay 500k pounds for this. He returnes after a week and his Attacking ability is 13 or remains 12 (depends on his professionalism and character). If the startinf ability is less than 12 - the price should be smaller (400k for example). I think you understand the idea.

This would be a great addition to the game. Maybe vary the results rather than just attacking increasing or not, say maybe a group of similar attributes such as attacking and ball control so you couldnt train him perfectly?

**Shevchenko** · 19-05-2012 10:09

1. New questions for press-conferences.
2. The idea of coaching trainings in this topic sound like a fantastic idea.
3. Maybe join together the "arrows + roles" in the tactics menu? Smth like the one now (AMC - Inside forward - attack) and the arrows that were in older FM series
4. Better 3D Engine - new moves, new celebrations, virtual trophy presentation, better looking fans on the stadium, injured players should leave the pitch the shortest way possible, sent off players should leave the pitch (and not sit with the subs on the bench). Maybe manager movement? When I want to make a new shout - my "virtual manager" goes to his technical zone and gesticulates ti the players.
5. "Pay as you Play" contracts for players like Hargreaves sound like a good idea
6. Interaction with coaches just like with players - I want to know their opinion on different player progression, who they would like to see in the team, what problems do we have (low concentration, poor defending positioning) and suggestions how to solve this.
7. Better interaction with the board - I have a brilliant idea (

) - I am unemployed and the board of a club approach me - there should be a "Meeting with the board" BEFORE they appoint me as manager - questons about my ideas of how to manage the team and stuff like that (I want to play counterattacking football, our team will try to win promotion after 2 seasons, I want to pay more attention to the youth system). IF (!) the board are delighted with my plans and ambitions - they appoint me as manager
8. Better contract negotiation. The problem of players wanting a monster salary when trying to renew contract gets me angry. Even if a player is 33+years - sometimes he wants even more money... I need him but I don't want to pay so much... If there is one player - that is not a problem (I can sign a new player). But what about this situation - a team gets promotion from tier 7 to tier 6 in England. I take control of this team. Players are mostly with contracts until end of next season. I want to resign at least 80% of the team for longer contracts and the wages grow up 50-250% for each player! This is ridiculous... Just now this happened - I took control of Chester (promoted in 2012 to BSN) - no contract longer than 2013 - most players with wages around 140euro/week want 350-400... my wage budget will be destroyed...

**coopie54** · 19-05-2012 10:40

Originally Posted by lemeures

1. Coaching courses. How should it work: I have a coach with Attacking ability 12. Once a year there is a course somewhere in the world. I send him and pay 500k pounds for this. He returnes after a week and his Attacking ability is 13 or remains 12 (depends on his professionalism and character). If the startinf ability is less than 12 - the price should be smaller (400k for example). I think you understand the idea.

This would be a great addition to the game. Maybe vary the results rather than just attacking increasing or not, say maybe a group of similar attributes such as attacking and ball control so you couldnt train him perfectly?

LOVE this idea. completely agree with it 100% players can improve their stats, so why not coaches!

**coopie54** · 19-05-2012 10:43

Originally Posted by Shevchenko

5. "Pay as you Play" contracts for players like Hargreaves sound like a good idea
6. Interaction with coaches just like with players - I want to know their opinion on different player progression, who they would like to see in the team, what problems do we have (low concentration, poor defending positioning) and suggestions how to solve this.

agree with these

**o JaY** · 19-05-2012 15:44

I like the 'job interview' idea - don't think it would be as repetitive as press conferences unless you apply for every job going! Would be good to see what is expected of you or telling the board what you think you can achieve before they actually appoint you.

**Arnoldzhu** · 19-05-2012 16:43

Above all, a much much better and more realistic, more sophisticated match engine that simulates all players status and actions from body inertia, fatigue, touching ball with different parts of body, much better defensive positioning, much better dribbling and ball control, more skills and tricks, to better and more shooting, passing, crossing options and decisions with more various speeds and heights.

**sfg** · 19-05-2012 18:16

I'd like to see a noticeable difference between what clubs offer you when they approach you to sign, and I don't mean in wages. Like for example, perhaps one chairmen will offer you full control of the playing side, full control over signings, youth development, coaching appointments, whereas another may say that you have very little say in transfer dealings, just manage what we give you etc. This would seem to me to be pretty realistic, Sir Alex Ferguson was supposed to have advised young managers' to ''pick your chairmen'', this seems to me to be pretty much obsolete at the moment beyond guessing how patient he might be. Of course, people want to be in control over transfers, but you'd probably have to earn that right at a big club and negotiate for it on signing and let's face it, if the deathly dull press conferences are in the game cos it's realistic (not sure about that in it's current state...) then this should be imo.

Presidential elections with different candidates promising, and delivering on appointment, different big money signings, leading to ongoing transfer sagas and media speculation.

Would it be possible to start having clubs be different from one another in regards to say expected playing style, formation, transfer strategy, youth development reputation etc, if you've got a track record of fast tracking youngster into the first team, shouldn't more youth players be interested in signing? Likewise if you're known to be a long ball manager, maybe skill players would be wary of signing for you and Barcelona might not be interested in appointing you manager. Maybe if you conduct yourself poorly in press conferences some clubs might not want you, if you have a reputation for losing big games/winning them etc. Your actions in the game should have real consequences.

One small thing, please could you erase the need to click to leave the room after a press conference- why would you need it, what are you going to do, just sit there? And if it's still in remove the need to confirm every time you want to remove someone from an International squad.

Oh, and a nice vague one to finish. Please, make International management better, more prestigious, more renowned, debated, something, anything.

thanks

**toon army 06** · 19-05-2012 18:24

Woild anyone like music in fm13 like fifa, you could always select to have the sound track off if you never liked it.

in this ultimate soccer manager 98 one of the best things was the sound track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbMmVHoU9k

**kizaru** · 19-05-2012 18:25

Originally Posted by lemeures

1. Coaching courses. How should it work: I have a coach with Attacking ability 12. Once a year there is a course somewhere in the world. I send him and pay 500k pounds for this. He returnes after a week and his Attacking ability is 13 or remains 12 (depends on his professionalism and character). If the startinf ability is less than 12 - the price should be smaller (400k for example). I think you understand the idea.

This would be a great addition to the game. Maybe vary the results rather than just attacking increasing or not, say maybe a group of similar attributes such as attacking and ball control so you couldnt train him perfectly?

i made a flowchart for this:

1. get yourself a young promising coach.
2. keep investing time and money into your coach.
3. his stats keep improving significantly.
4. and finally, after years of investments. a 5-star coach!
5. man city spots a 5-star coach.
6. man city offer 5-star coach a nice wage.
7. time to say "bye bye" to 5-star coach.
8. go to step 1.

**Jay96** · 19-05-2012 18:25

Originally Posted by Shevchenko

1. New questions for press-conferences.
2. The idea of coaching trainings in this topic sound like a fantastic idea.
3. Maybe join together the "arrows + roles" in the tactics menu? Smth like the one now (AMC - Inside forward - attack) and the arrows that were in older FM series
4. Better 3D Engine - new moves, new celebrations, virtual trophy presentation, better looking fans on the stadium, injured players should leave the pitch the shortest way possible, sent off players should leave the pitch (and not sit with the subs on the bench). Maybe manager movement? When I want to make a new shout - my "virtual manager" goes to his technical zone and gesticulates ti the players.
5. "Pay as you Play" contracts for players like Hargreaves sound like a good idea6. Interaction with coaches just like with players - I want to know their opinion on different player progression, who they would like to see in the team, what problems do we have (low concentration, poor defending positioning) and suggestions how to solve this.
7. Better interaction with the board - I have a brilliant idea (

) - I am unemployed and the board of a club approach me - there should be a "Meeting with the board" BEFORE they appoint me as manager - questons about my ideas of how to manage the team and stuff like that (I want to play counterattacking football, our team will try to win promotion after 2 seasons, I want to pay more attention to the youth system). IF (!) the board are delighted with my plans and ambitions - they appoint me as manager
8. Better contract negotiation. The problem of players wanting a monster salary when trying to renew contract gets me angry. Even if a player is 33+years - sometimes he wants even more money... I need him but I don't want to pay so much... If there is one player - that is not a problem (I can sign a new player). But what about this situation - a team gets promotion from tier 7 to tier 6 in England. I take control of this team. Players are mostly with contracts until end of next season. I want to resign at least 80% of the team for longer contracts and the wages grow up 50-250% for each player! This is ridiculous... Just now this happened - I took control of Chester (promoted in 2012 to BSN) - no contract longer than 2013 - most players with wages around 140euro/week want 350-400... my wage budget will be destroyed...

Pay as you play is already in the game. I always thought it is when you have a player on non-contract terms, and pay him a handsome appearance fee. The appeareance fee being the pay as you play bit...

**coopie54** · 19-05-2012 18:57

Originally Posted by Jay96

Pay as you play is already in the game. I always thought it is when you have a player on non-contract terms, and pay him a handsome appearance fee. The appeareance fee being the pay as you play bit...

so if you sign someone like michael owen in the next game, assuming he isnt snapped up by the time FM13 is released, do you honestly think he would accept a contract whereby he has no weekly wages, and only appearance fees?? it may be there in the game, but it would not work as it is now

**Kain** · 19-05-2012 18:58

I'd like to be able to set corner instructions based on which side the corner is being taken from, not just the corner taker. Similarly, I'd like to be able to set up instructions for free kicks based on whether it'll be a direct shot at goal or indirect. No idea why this still isn't an option after so many years.

**sfg** · 19-05-2012 20:06

Please could coaches not leave so often, it seems to me like you have to offer your coaches new contracts almost every season to be sure they won't leave, which is really really tedious imo. Surely the turnover in real life couldn't be anywhere near as high?

**White Flag** · 19-05-2012 21:02

Originally Posted by toon army 06

Woild anyone like music in fm13 like fifa, you could always select to have the sound track off if you never liked it.

in this ultimate soccer manager 98 one of the best things was the sound track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbMmVHoU9k

Pointless. If you want music then just have iTunes in the background.

**Gyoza Gombastique** · 19-05-2012 21:20

When I watch a game in full or extended highlights, often there are long stretches when a player who has picked up a knock lies down, the physio strolls onto the pitch, and they both walk off with all the pace of someone with a testicular injury - am hoping for an option to skip these long sequences.

**pigfacemonkeyman** · 20-05-2012 02:14

Have the managers of your Youth and Reserve teams follow your instructions as to who plays, their position and how long. (half/full match.)

**thomit** · 20-05-2012 11:58

No.1 on the wishlist: Make FM 13 64 bit, and give it proper support for multi-core processors.

**telV7** · 20-05-2012 12:08

Purely cosmetic, though I figure if it were in the game people would use it.

When setting up a game there is the option to add a Manager Picture, most don't seem to, others go from the amusing to the risque.
An alternative would be that you select from a range of regen faces that change(age) over time as player regens/newgens do

Set pieces and player settings. Pretty sure it has been mentioned , but I would like to select my set pieces based on the player as opposed to position, my DM for example is better on the far post than staying back if needed. Then my other Dm is better going forward than being on the far post. So being able to select via the player as opposed to position would be better.

Similar situation with player instructions, it would be preferable to set these (and set pieces) in the player profile screen rather then re-jigging when substituting. It could be done by adding a tactics tab to the player profile screen. It could look something like this

**nickdc** · 20-05-2012 12:26

Players are 'traveling' when on international duty, but as a Torquay manager we're never 'traveling' when playing e.g. Carlisle away. You can do a full days training on a Friday and have them back in on a Sunday if you wish... I don't think they're taking the plane! Ooooh, which could be an added request to the chairman. Do Chelsea take the train to Newcastle? Nah...

Also, I don't play reserve or U18 leagues because there is no option to play the home games away from my ground. Sometimes they are played at a Torquay Sportsfield or some such, but generally at Plainmore. This degrades the pitch quality so I end up organising my own away fixtures which is time consuming.

**jj1974** · 20-05-2012 17:32

No big deal but when creating a manager I chose my nationality (Italian) and then, managing in the UK, I am told by journalists that my job will be difficult because I don't speak english language (and I have to reply No problem, football is a universal language or something like that

). what about adding a Spoken Language(s) area for the manager?

**aj2kuk** · 20-05-2012 18:09

I'd like to see the incorporation of 'youth team manager' and 'reserve team manager' positions in the game. Starting the game on 'local' reputation, I'd rather the chance of getting the job as a Premier League team's youth team manager than manager of a Conference North club. This could also lead to career progression in a new way, i.e being made caretaker manager if the first team manager is sacked, such as Kevin MacDonald at Villa 2 seasons ago. If you prove yourself during the caretaker period, maybe you'll be offered the job full-time or until the end of the season? Or vice-versa - I could start as a Conference North manager and apply for the role as Chelsea youth team coach.

In the 'Youth Team Manager' role, I'd have final say on who to keep from the youth recruitment, receive reports on young players spotted local or within our allowed searching range, be able to attend trial days or equivalent overseas - maybe even see the introduction of schools football tournaments, and be able to offer promising under 16s a youth contract. I could be offered promising overseas players by agents. I could recommend good youth team players to the first team manager, for inclusion in the first team squad: how good my recommendations here are could play a part in my blossoming (or degrading) reputation as a manager, and build/destroy my reputation with the manager. I just feel this is an avenue of the game that has never been explored enough.

I'd also like to see the chances of offering unemployed managers backroom roles increased - how often do managers get sacked and turn up as assistant to a higher division club? Think Roberto Di Matteo, Chris Hutchings, Steve Cotterill in 2002-2004. Likewise, would like to see more backroom staff offered managerial roles. 'Managers' seems to be a formulaic nowadays in Football Manager - no sooner is a manager sacked than they re-emerge in a same division or lower division role.

**coopie54** · 20-05-2012 18:56

Originally Posted by aj2kuk

I'd like to see the incorporation of 'youth team manager' and 'reserve team manager' positions in the game. Starting the game on 'local' reputation, I'd rather the chance of getting the job as a Premier League team's youth team manager than manager of a Conference North club. This could also lead to career progression in a new way, i.e being made caretaker manager if the first team manager is sacked, such as Kevin MacDonald at Villa 2 seasons ago. If you prove yourself during the caretaker period, maybe you'll be offered the job full-time or until the end of the season? Or vice-versa - I could start as a Conference North manager and apply for the role as Chelsea youth team coach.

In the 'Youth Team Manager' role, I'd have final say on who to keep from the youth recruitment, receive reports on young players spotted local or within our allowed searching range, be able to attend trial days or equivalent overseas - maybe even see the introduction of schools football tournaments, and be able to offer promising under 16s a youth contract. I could be offered promising overseas players by agents. I could recommend good youth team players to the first team manager, for inclusion in the first team squad: how good my recommendations here are could play a part in my blossoming (or degrading) reputation as a manager, and build/destroy my reputation with the manager. I just feel this is an avenue of the game that has never been explored enough.

I'd also like to see the chances of offering unemployed managers backroom roles increased - how often do managers get sacked and turn up as assistant to a higher division club? Think Roberto Di Matteo, Chris Hutchings, Steve Cotterill in 2002-2004. Likewise, would like to see more backroom staff offered managerial roles. 'Managers' seems to be a formulaic nowadays in Football Manager - no sooner is a manager sacked than they re-emerge in a same division or lower division role.

I like this idea. I would prefer to start with a youth team of say a championship team than be manager of a blue square first team

**Godlike12** · 21-05-2012 00:44

1.Organizing training camps.
2.Possibility of building football academies.

**as260191** · 21-05-2012 02:28

The ability to give your manager a face using the regen tools, would mean that any future sons you have would have someone to look similar to, plus it also looks better than just a blank face.

**toon army 06** · 21-05-2012 06:10

Originally Posted by kizaru

i made a flowchart for this:

1. get yourself a young promising coach.
2. keep investing time and money into your coach.
3. his stats keep improving significantly.
4. and finally, after years of investments. a 5-star coach!
5. man city spots a 5-star coach.
6. man city offer 5-star coach a nice wage.
7. time to say "bye bye" to 5-star coach.
8. go to step 1.

i can't see this idea ever being in, coaches improve in the game anyway. No teams pays money in real life to get there coaches coached.

**gmcker** · 21-05-2012 06:22

International Management:

1. Able to ask a player to change national allegiance at those times when they prefer to wait for another country. As a manager you could offer being picked for a major tounament squad if qualified, a definite starting position, or a future starting position to replace a retiring star. A player may then accept or reject for the time being. (Obviously real players set in the db as declared won't change and should definitely say they have no intention of changing)

2. Able to have a player ask you if a club they wish to join or a division they wish to play in would hurt/enhance their national chances. Obviouly not all players would ask (ie $$$ more important than national team).

3. If there is transfer speculation on a player, the int manager could comment in media. So if, for example, an offer from Championship comes in for a Prem player, the int manager gets option of saying the move to lower level for first team football more importanrt than Prem bench, or that the drop down a level/lower rep league/lower rep team would harm their national team chances.

4. Personal talk or media comment saying a player should move overseas, higher or lower league team or division. So Jamaican manager could ask Harbour View player to move to Europe, or alternately stay in Jamaica. As with others, the player can ignore or agree with you, and club manager could agree or be angry with you.

**css_matt** · 21-05-2012 10:46

Improve Scouting and Youth Development. Would like to get more involved with development of players through more academy options and progress tracking.
Underwhelming AI transfers/squad maintenance is a issue as well

More player/manager interaction, more depth and precision to conversations

**coopie54** · 21-05-2012 10:55

Players should respect their team roles! so if i tell a player he is a backup, I do no expect him complaining about not getting first team football as he reckons he is good enough! If they are a youngster, perhaps they could ask to be given their chance to prove their worth, but if they are getting past their prime, they shouldnt be asking for first team football all the time, especially when they are past their peak!

and I think league positioning should have an affect on signing players, such as if you get a champions league place, that makes a difference in the players that you can sign compared to someone who qualified for europa league. and if you only stay away from relegation by 1 point, perhaps you struggle to sign the players you think you could get, until perhaps the mid-season transfer window when perhaps your team is holding a place a bit further up the table!

**Eugene Tyson** · 21-05-2012 11:15

As soon as someone moans about not getting first team football I let them go. They are obviously surplus to requirements. So I'll happily transfer them and take the cash.

Basically it just goes "I'm worried about lack of first team football".

"Okay I'll let you go the next transfer window"

"Thanks boss".

**Eugene Tyson** · 21-05-2012 11:20

Originally Posted by coopie54

I like this idea. I would prefer to start with a youth team of say a championship team than be manager of a blue square first team

What makes you think that clubs do not send their coaches on coaching courses?

I'd actually much prefer to see that they have their coaching badges.

http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footba...n/mission.html

It's actually something that is not in the game, and it really should be.

A coach could come to you and say "I've got my B Pro License from UEFA, I'd like to negotiate a new contract".

Or something similar.

Currently the only way to increase your training "stars" is to sign better coaches. But why not have a system where you can send your coaches and physios on courses?

It happens in real life.

**x42bn6** · 21-05-2012 11:21

Originally Posted by toon army 06

i can't see this idea ever being in, coaches improve in the game anyway. No teams pays money in real life to get there coaches coached.

I'm sure plenty do, because it's in the team's interest that their coaches are good. Plus paying for/subsidising coaching may help staff stay loyal.

**Eugene Tyson** · 21-05-2012 11:23

Originally Posted by x42bn6

I'm sure plenty do, because it's in the team's interest that their coaches are good. Plus paying for/subsidising coaching may help staff stay loyal.

Conversely though, they might want to coach at a higher level. Or demand new contracts.

But it has weight as a potential addition to FM13. I'd love to see it in the game.

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http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affe...logue_2010.pdf

**CityAndColour** · 21-05-2012 12:19

Defending long throws added to the set piece creator.

**CesUtd** · 21-05-2012 12:32

Originally Posted by toon army 06

I'd like to see a sound track in the game like fifa, where you can play music when not in a match.

Anyone else?

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I agree with this. I enjoy the game but I can't have a radio in my room the way my computers is set up so an in game mp3 player would be nice.

**stretts** · 21-05-2012 13:09

Id love to see Maps implemented into FM.

In the buildup screen before the match it would be really cool to see the location of the two teams, especially in Europe. It gives you the distance when playing in Europe but would love there to be a map with each team 'Pinned' where they are in the world. I like to know where I'm playing and when managing abroad I haven't really got a clue when playing obscure teams in Eastern Europe.

They can then use the same maps for scouting to show where your scouts are, and have colour coded countries on the map in how much knowledge you have on that country. Would be 100x better then the current knowledge page where its just adjustable bars.

**Godlike12** · 21-05-2012 15:25

1.Player Statistic window
Left foot Golas/Shot attempts
Right foot Golas/Shot attempts
Head shot's Goals/Shot attempts
Free Kick's Goals/Shot attempts
Corner's Crosses succeeded Attempted
2. Club Information Window
Dynamic fierce rivals and other rivals.
For Example Real Madrid often paly in Champions league with Olimpique Lyon in Group or first konockout round and his fixtures is loses or draw or winns 1:0/2:1 so when this two teams often meet together then Real Madrid have new Rival.

**Eugene Tyson** · 21-05-2012 15:57

Originally Posted by CesUtd

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I agree with this. I enjoy the game but I can't have a radio in my room the way my computers is set up so an in game mp3 player would be nice.

Why can't you just play music through your computers?

I actually play the music through my phone streaming from the computer. Or you can get the radio on the internet.

Originally Posted by stretts

Id love to see Maps implemented into FM.

In the buildup screen before the match it would be really cool to see the location of the two teams, especially in Europe. It gives you the distance when playing in Europe but would love there to be a map with each team 'Pinned' where they are in the world. I like to know where I'm playing and when managing abroad I haven't really got a clue when playing obscure teams in Eastern Europe.

They can then use the same maps for scouting to show where your scouts are, and have colour coded countries on the map in how much knowledge you have on that country. Would be 100x better then the current knowledge page where its just adjustable bars.

The map thing has come up before. I think it should be definitely in the game.

Also gives people a better understanding of World Geography. Be nice to have a little bit about the country.

There was another guy on here before saying he looks up the exotic countries where he manages and immerses himself further into the game by cooking cuisine from that region, a famous dish, or perhaps buying their local beer, etc.

I also like the idea showing on the map where in the world and how far the team is traveling. It would be interesting.

And totally agree about the "Knowledge Bars" it's so boring.

**arminio** · 21-05-2012 16:39

First of all you focus on match engine. All and all it's the most important thing in game. I realize that FM match engine is far from FIFAs graphics, but what I mean is to improve players physics so we could watch spectacular dribbles, actions, that the players moves would look more naturally.

I'd like to see manager-player interactions improved. So that it would be more human also naturall.

Club financies. We should get more freedom to decide about club money. Especially negotiating sponsorship. If I lead my club to succes I should have the opportunity to sign new sponsors.

(sorry for my english, hope you understand me)

**Shevchenko** · 21-05-2012 17:07

There are also situations wnen Managers from Eastern Europe Clubs (ex-USSR, ex-Yugoslavia) visit the training grounds of major clubs (for example, Manager of Dynamo Kyiv visits FC Barcelona for 2-3 days where he looks at the club structure, training etc. Why not put it in the game?

**Dr. Hook** · 21-05-2012 19:16

Originally Posted by Eugene Tyson

Conversely though, they might want to coach at a higher level. Or demand new contracts.

But it has weight as a potential addition to FM13. I'd love to see it in the game.

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http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affe...logue_2010.pdf

I like the idea of expanding the coaching as suggested, but the deal with backroom staff loyalty needs to be addressed first.

**aderow** · 21-05-2012 19:37

I'd like for the AI to be more proactive in searching out and signing talent.

I'd like for form and performance to have an impact on how the AI evaluates players.

**kevgaleuk** · 21-05-2012 19:42

Player Interaction around contracts - for me there are two situations I have experienced that grate:

> Post "agent demanded contract talks" in the inevitable "concerned" talk there needs to be an option to say the following (and combinations of the following) I have talked to your agent but we are too far away at the moment; the club has a budget we have to keep to; I would be more than happy to resume talks - the ball is in yours and your agent's court; your agent is asking for too much of a fee i.e. twice your loyalty bonus

On this topic by the way there are often rounds of contract talks (look at Pogba and Welbeck at united for example.) I know the "rounds" are kind of done within the negotiation but perhaps there should be additional rounds if no resolution can be found

> When a player is unhappy i.e. post criticism/team talks etc - there needs to be the option to ask them whether they can really believe their performance (or that of the team) was good enough. for example I had a game where we narrowly beat bradford in a carling cup game and I said it was a let off. Ferdinand and Fletcher were both unhappy. My only option was to say I'd work on it rather than saying guys the performance wasn't good enough - I am pretty sure professional players would have accepted that!

Combine news items - I get sick and tired of having 30 messages about who might win player of the year - why not simply have 1 message on the topic saying x, manager said this and 12 other managers have agreed. However other managers have backed y, z and a player..." In addition the ones where the player "is looking for a way out." comes up far toom much for my liking

Build on the summary page - I hate the player history pages as their become a mess however I love the summary page for players and the "seasonal stats". Can you please add to this:

> Include assists in the games/goals columns (and clean sheets for GK's)
> Create a "club stats" version to cover their time at the club they are at
> Create a "Career Stats" version to cover their career

This way I can never have to look at the player history page which (lets face it) is unlikely to get cleaned up any time soon (though a way to improve this is further down.)

Add agent speculation for managers - In my game managers declare interest which in RL I see agents do but not very often the manager. At worst they don't deny the speculation which feels more realistic

Integrate the "respond to comments" into the press conferences (especilly if you don't respond to them.) Its important to have the questions on occasion outside of press conferences but not the second before you go into one.

Look into manager's comments on likely outcomes for a teams season. I had the situation where I had played 3 games compared to the top teams' 6 and therefore was in about 6th. Bearing in mind I had won the league the last two seasons it felt really strange to have mid-league team state that they are going to show my team how far from a title challenger we are...? And if a club is languishing shouldn't the comments be about surprise at the position, certainty that they will turn the corner (think when Liverpool were bottom of the league for a while a couple of seasons back and every report stated that they couldn't possibly continue to stay that low in the table!)

Offer coaching roles to legends when they announce retirement (and make them more likely to join the staff) - I had Ryan Giggs announce his retirement at the end of the season and while he then got his coaching profile his agent wouldn't discuss a new contract (I wanted at least player coach and then coach,) I had filled my quota (had to release a coach to get him in) and then he rejected the contract offer. IRL Man Utd just added Scholes to the youth coaching set up - I cannot see the board having rejected that!

Manager Points. I still can't for the life of me understand why not every competition gets added to the points tally. In England only the FA Cup, and league count, the two euro competitions count but the super cup, world club championship etc don't. Even if they only carry small points they should be included as should lower league achievements. I know they are included in the histories but I think they should be in Hall of Fame too - even if they are consigned to "Minor Cups and Minor Leagues etc."

Clean up the player histories pages. Despite the new "summaries" I have suggested adding to this is my idea about changing the GUI on the player history / achievements screens and below are my suggestions for change:

1) For a start can histories be career histories - defaulted to all comps (international, continental and domestic) as opposed to simply domestic league. I understand from the forums that its league because of backdating the history but I am sure most wouldn't care if its slightly out???

And if people do mind.....Perhaps with a filter like on the team sheet allowing users to configure the view they want? When any media talks about appearances over a career they talk about all comps i.e. Gerrard playing over 50 games for club and country in one season; clearly non competitive matches don't count and media messages can be taken from any of the stats, league, international, continental or total depending on their nature.

2) Could you implement a tiered approach to the visual. I.e. Tier 1 is just the season, Tier 2 is the parent club (clubs if transferred), Tier 3 is the time spent either on loan or in B-Teams etc. Within this include a filter for the user to define the default view and buttons (like the cross hatches on excel grouping) to open/close the layers. Example: ( - represents a new column)

Level 1 = 2009-2010 - x - x - x - x etc In this view you can just see the season

Level 2 = 2009-2010 - West Ham - Championship - x - x - x - x etc
2009-2010 - Arsenal - Premiership- x - x - x - x etc In this view you can see the season and the clubs who have owned him (parent clubs)

Level 3 = 2009-2010 - West Ham - Championship - x - x - x - x etc
2009-2010 - Arsenal - Premiership - x - x - x - x etc
2009-2010 - Sheffield Wednesday - League 1 - x - x - x - x etc Finally in this view loans and b-team/reserve clubs are shown (however many there are)

For me this would clean the pages up immeasurably; it would stop career games being near un-readable because of multiple loans and it would stop that irritating 0 line when teams put a player into the B-team just before they sell him.

3) Achievements - For managers can this be limited to competitions won or career bests - i.e a manager taking their club further than they ever had (personally or team history) or "for the 10th season running" etc would be noteworthy in that screen (maybe added at the end of the competition run rather than after each round) as opposed to recording that Sir Alex guided his team through to the 4th round of the Carling Cup each season.

4) Transfers - can there be a separate tab for these rather than having them on the career screen? Perhaps similar to manager histories of club from, to, time spent and then fee?

Example:

Date - From - To - Fee (£) - Playing Records

01.07.2010 - West Brom - Liverpool - £12,000,000 - X - X - X - X
31.01.2009 - Arsenal - West Brom - £8,500,000 - X - X - X - X
01.08.2007 - Crystal Palace - Arsenal - £5,000,000 - X - X - X - X
01.07.2005 - Portsmouth - Crystal Palace - £600,000 - X - X - X - X
31.08.2004 - Cork City - Portsmouth - £25,000 - X - X - X - X

TOTAL 26,125,000 - X - X - X - X

5) Can money in the game be be currency, right justified and formatted £12,000,000 etc to allow for the spurious 640,000 and 325,000 etc - this might allow for the transfer systems to have a broader allowance of figures rather than jumping to 250k increments after 5m? Again if there is a mixed view can SI include currency, decimal points, and format into the preferences list?

Getting rid of U18s & Reserve successes from the Club Competition History Page. This also goes for old competitions that no longer really matter (i.e. division south from the 70's) I am sure some people like these on there so perhaps a dynamic pick list (like the filter on the team sheet (First XI, Reserves etc) allowing the user to untick those they don't wish to see?

Change this Conference Question... " You've had a bit of a break..." er no; its been internationals and 95% of my squad has been away so hardly a rest for them!

The fans moaning about the sale of a crap youth player for most of a season. He was poor and wouldn't have made cup appearances so get over it.

The media not learning as the game goes on. Known for attacking play at your previous team you take control of another only to be asked what type of football, what type of manager, transfer targets etc. At least evolve and ask if the circumstances of the new club will dictate a change in your personal style i.e. for the remainder of the season we just have to win no matter what but in the longer term... or the club needs experience but I'll be looking to youth once the ship has been steadied

NEWGEN and transferring Player Histories Please please please can you amend the code behind newgens so that if they don't play in the small amount of time between their generation and the end of that season (i.e. march to may in England) that the season doesn't count. The game is getting cluttered up with a season of 0's looking out of kilter. Fair enough if they play but I understood it to be the inception for the following season? Perhaps accept them at the point and they join at the start of next season?

Also when a player moves at the end of the season (prior to the new season starting - in England players move on or around 9th June and the next season is something like the 23rd) the code is slightly wrong. I bought a youngster who hadn't played a game of any sort during the season and his "season" line was transferred to me which is incorrect

Dynamic Club History On the club history one is it possible to a) make the bottom left trophy (next to the league history graph) dynamic - i.e. click on the trophies above and show the detail? and b) make the trophies themselves either Gold, Silver, Bronze, A.N.Other colour to represent if you are the most, second most, third most succesful team in that particular competition?

Is it possible to include the same cup page for managers?

Opinion on another manager add something about - I don't really know him. When you are a new manager or playing a lower league team for the first time there is only ever a couple options - he's really nice or we don't get on. The truth is we have never interacted before but he seems to have done a good/bad job, has been unlucky with injuries - anything really that doesn't suggest every manager goes out together and therefore knows each other intimately! Also learning here with the media as for a while those interactions will be limited.

**Robot (SMFC)** · 21-05-2012 21:01

Transfers and contracts at lower levels need rethinking. No semi-pro club would offer a contract to a player for more than a year unless they were really, really good. It makes no financial or sporting sense. Also, modelling part time contracts along the same lines as professional contracts is totally wrong. They don't have any of the crazy clauses that seem to be demanded as standard.

Likewise too few players from non-league are scouted by bigger clubs even if they play well and have decent stats. This doesn't seem to make much sense either. There are loads of suggestions I could make about non-league, but these are my biggest gripes.

**daylight** · 21-05-2012 21:59

The transfer system needs to be sorted,I should be able to sell good players from time to time and not having them all rot in the reserves.

They are working on a new match engine(not sure it will be in time for FM13)but this has to be drastically improved,I know there will be the odd game were I will have some 20 odd shots at goal and the other team have only 3 or 4 and they will still win 1-0 but it happens way to often in this game,I can only bang my head on the table so many times!
I also love when it does happen in real life the boards light up with that example..it just brings it home just how uncommon it is.

If that means the new engine gives less shots at goal then so be it,much better than watching your team control so many games but keep getting that unlucky defeat.

**XJ6** · 21-05-2012 23:13

Can we have the live negotiations for transfers like we do for contracts? would just speed the whole process up which would be nice.

Also can we have an easier to use Editor so we can edit/create competitions without the editor going "huh?" and refusing to let the game work properly?

Better and more sensibly statted regens, clear advice on which of your academy players should go out on loan and where, and stop making teams charge £70/£140m for players, guys like Neymar, Sneijder, Robben, even Ozil would not go for more than £30-40m in real life, it's ridiculous.

Don't see the point of scouts if the database doesn't have enough regens/youngsters to be found of a suitable quality in far flung places that aren't in my game.

**Viking** · 22-05-2012 05:09

I want to add more info about myself as a manager. I want to be able to pick what languages I speak, now it is kinda silly when I can't speak german in the game when I do in real life. I want to be able to pick hair colour, skin tone, height and weight, so I can appear in the game just like the players. I want to pick my manager background (beer league manager? Youth leauge manager? National team assistant manager? Or just academic?).

**powelly-lad02** · 22-05-2012 06:43

Managing a youth/reserve side before taking on a major role would be a great idea. I know its been said here before but it really needs to be looked into. Prime example being John Aloisi, retired, became Melbourne Hearts Youth team coach, now their Manager.
Would be great to see it

**Eugene Tyson** · 22-05-2012 09:51

Originally Posted by Viking

I want to add more info about myself as a manager. I want to be able to pick what languages I speak, now it is kinda silly when I can't speak german in the game when I do in real life. I want to be able to pick hair colour, skin tone, height and weight, so I can appear in the game just like the players. I want to pick my manager background (beer league manager? Youth leauge manager? National team assistant manager? Or just academic?).

You could put your 2nd nationality as German?

You can use an actual photo of yourself.

You can - from Sunday league Manager to Ex-Professional Football Manager.

**Govnar1** · 22-05-2012 11:35

Repost/compilation of my wishes for FM13:

1. Separate defensive and attacking formations (+ ideally implement fully dynamic formations)

2. Split offensive/defensive mentality. Mentality directly and indirectly influences player position and off the ball movement along with players defensive and offensive reasoning. This creates all sorts off issues in current ME and huge amount of space between the lines is one of them. For instance some tactics need players to take risk defensively to regain possession as soon as possible and then play cautions in offense to retain it as long as possible or the other way around (where it is needed that players defend cautiously but take adventurous and risky approach in attack).

3. Better positioning of DL/C/R prior to goal kick (DCs are positioned to close and are often more advanced than FBs! This is probably the worst possible spacing.)

4. Classic men and zonal marking (along with current men/zonal hybrids)

5. Make changes in pressing dynamics and implement various types of pressing (see explanation below - post #200). Improve/introduce dynamic repositioning of players according to ball position. This is necessary to enhance effectiveness of pressing. Pressing in it's ultimate (and possibly unachievable) form should transcend static formation as a concept; players should position them selves according to position of ball, opposition, teammates and unmarked space.

6. Reduce current tendency of player in possession to freeze/spin/pass back in proximity of opposition along with general preference of sideways and backward-diagonal passing.

7. Reduce excessive precision of long passes and unrealistic ball trajectory in combination with defenders that seem completely unaware of incoming long ball that produce some realty strange situations (such as static wingers receiving long ball that just flew over the equally static fullback absolutely uncontested).

7. Improve AML/C/R and SC defensive habits.

8. Fix goalkeepers tendency to kick the ball towards small forward when big/strong forward is next to him.

9. Fix goalkeepers tendency to kick the ball towards small forward when counter attack is ticked even though they are set to defender collect.

10. Fix powerful forwards inability too hold on to ball when under pressure.

10. Fix players tendency too often shoot/cross/pass with weaker foot even they are not two footed.

11. Fix long kick trajectory.

12. Only the best passers (Scholes, Carrick, Xavi, Beckham etc) should find targets consistently over 25+ yards. (Originally Posted by CityAndColour)

13. Fix players tendency to blast long shots too often / long shots too often result in corner.

14. Reduce players tendency to delay cross when free and especially when box is full of attacking players. And reduce players tendency to attempt to get a corner/throw off opposition player.

15. Reduce players tendency to delay cross/pass when on counter attack until it's too late or they have reached near post.

16. Improve marking during corners/throw ins/indirect free kicks. + Far post goals from indirect free kicks happen far too often. + It's very annoying to see a defender not pressuring sole attacker standing around center after corner/free kick although there is sufficient cover (multiple fast defenders next to him and no opposition players).

17. Reduce players tendency to acting like mindless chickens: colliding with teammates, interrupting teammates run, being en mass unaware where is the ball and being en mass unaware of incoming ball (especially noticeable on corners)...

18. Amend current lack of quick (tactical) fouls in opposition half to prevent a counter.

19. Implement teams loosing shape (formation disintegration) toward half time and/or full time as a result of exhaustion or lack of discipline

20. Give us back ability to instruct players to get behind ball when defending.

20. Implement option to instruct players to retreat to own half when defending (negates opposition midfield space and time on ball, helps fast forwards on counter).

21. Implement option to set different widths for defense/midfield/attack.

22. Change lower/lesser leagues ME dynamics. There should be more struggle for ball, more wayward passing, poor spacing, lack of positional and tactical discipline (especially for semiprofessional teams)... + There is distinctive lack of long balls missed by both defenders and attackers (leading to heavy struggle for ball) in lower leagues.

23. Fix inability of ME to simulate leagues where teams prefer choppy game-play with lot of small fouls disrupting game flow.

24. Fix inability of ME to differentiate and appropriately use particular and very different qualities of tall players that can't jump high and small player that can jump high when calculating who will win the ball.

25. Fix goalkeepers not sweeping when situation obliviously demands it.

26. Fix lack of goals from certain types of direct free kicks

27. Fix players tendency to automatically head towards their default position after free kick/corner even though their current position is clearly superior.

28. Give us ability to instruct FBs/MCs/WMs/Ws to run forward (attack) one at the time. This would greatly improve defensive performance. We can currently only instruct one particular player (for example FBL) to stay back at all times and other particular player (FBR) to always make a forward run.

29. Thoroughly rework scouting module. Scouting is definitely overpowered at the moment in my opinion. First issue is inadequate fog of war. We get to see player attributes way too fast and they are always 100% accurate regardless of scout used. Not even the best scouts should be able to give such an accurate picture of players ability and certainly not on such a short notice. Than there's a problem of judging ability of players that play in lower/lesser leagues against poor opposition. Finally judging potential ability is far too accurate. This should be much more hit and miss, even for best scouts out there. + Please implement option to completely hide players attributes.

30. Fix tutoring. I hate when young players can't be tutored by legends as Rivaldo (because his reputation is not high enough), or when 18 years old Brazilian forward declines tutoring by such player as he "sees no benefit in it". It drives me nuts. I would probably attempt to swim all the way to Brazil if that would guarantee me the chance to meet him let alone learn from him! That said tutoring is absolutely overpowered and supertutors are able to turn Trigger into Enrico Fermi and Boycie into Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, not to mention big boost that players current ability gains during tutoring period.

31. Fix issue with (too low) asking price of players in inactive leagues.

32. Improve AI managers tactical acumen. Dramatically increase chance of reactive managers to vary their approach from game to game depending on opposition. Dramatically increase difference in ability between best and worst AI managers. Make AI managers in game tactical reactions less predictable. Make AI managers feel more human and individual (more likely to make tactical mistakes, more likely to crumble under pressure, more likely to overreact to sudden changes or too slow to react... all depending on their ability and personality of course)

33. Implement some sort of opposition's tactical tendencies analysis module (this would hopefully help AI managers for example to eventually recognize that human manager is winning by overloading the left side of their defense for five strait years)

34. Implement slight shifts in tactical trends caused by certain particularly successful teams.

34. Make AI managers/directors of football able to spot great performing player with low CA and/or PA. Make AI managers/DOFs able to recognize players that will complement their preferred formation/style and particular skills/skill sets of players already available on their squad.

35. Remove players/agents ability to see your wage budget and demand wages and fees relative to it.

36. Dramatically increase variation between AI bids for players. Player is worth different amount of money to different teams in relation to their specific needs, ambitions, available resources, intelligence, willingness to risk, marketing opportunities... Further AI doesn't seem calculate the expanse of the whole transfer (transfer fee + player wages & bonuses + agent fees) when deciding whether to bid for certain transfer target or not. AI analyses first two elements (transfer fee + player wages & bonuses) separately and ignores agent fee altogether at this stage. This leads to absurd situation where AI will chose player that costs 10M in transfer fee + 3M in wages (over 3 years of contract) over a player that costs 1M in transfer fee + 6M in wages (over 3 years of contract). The fact that agent fee is directly related to transfer fee (and agent attributes which AI ignores as well) makes it even worse.

37. Financial modelling in game needs drastic improvement (more variance, more accurate modeling of lower leagues, better modelling of eastern and particularly southeastern leagues...)

38. Implement different footballing/business cultures (for example different role that director of football and manager have in Serie A and Premiership)

39. Make player progression much less predictable. + There should be more talented players coming through club academies and less of them should reach their potential. + Personal reasons unconnected to players character and playing opportunities should influence development. + Experience gained during loan spells should help development (especially mental) much more then it does currently. + Include U16 and U14 selections filled with created players.

40. Reduce players tendency to attempt sliding tackles. + Greatly reduce effectiveness of sliding tackles from behind, especially in the penalty box (this should be hardest defensive action by far)!

41. Remove play where free kick taker passes the ball to DC that stands next to him (which will immediately start to spin and then loose the ball). Why is DC standing there in the first place?

42. Players in non active leagues don't play any cup games currently. Please fix it.

**Eugene Tyson** · 22-05-2012 11:41

This is what I'd like to see - a faster more efficient way of offering contracts

**Calvincito** · 22-05-2012 12:31

Ok, so I've posted this before but never got any feedback on it.

I'm a stats guy, like many others, and there are lots of stats to be seen in the world of football.
I would like some sort of stat centre for clubs and competitions.

For example, I might want to know who the top 10 scorers are in the Champions League, accumulated.
In real life, I go to Wikipedia, or some other source, and can see that Raul Blanco is in top. If I'd be a Chelsea-fan I can find out that Drogba now has entered the top 10-list with his 39th goal.

Or if I want to see the accumulated list of all the appearences for a club, I could see that Paolo Maldini has 647 league appearences for AC Milan, but I could also find my regen Trevor Jibbs on place 114 with 210 appearences.
Just to make up an example.

And I'm talking all sorts of stats; goals, appearences, assists, yellow cards, you name it. The more, the better!

Maybe there could be a "Statistics corner" or something where one could enter to look for stats?
Something like MLS has got on their official website.

The point is that I have always been missing the opportunity to see these "total stats" for my club or competition, and have had to satisfy with the records. (But who is chasing the record holders?!)
I imagine it not to be too hard to integrate this statistics-thing into the game, since the game already does a lot of the job by keeping track of stats.
What I do know for sure is that it is something I would enjoy, and I hope more so with me.

**hasse77** · 22-05-2012 13:13

This is a mock-up of how I would like the search functions layout to be, it would really make it easier to get a better overview of the results from the search. Specially if you do get a lot of results with the same name or if you are unsure, I think it would give the search function a better flow than with the current one where you have to click on the name the view the profile...

Well now that I'm already posting in this thread, I might post some of the suggestion posted by members of FMSweden.se on our own forum.

* Develop the negotiation as a manager with clubs (Thanks to Ogge for the suggestion). Actually having a meeting with the clubs board where you get to listen to them informing you about their visions for the team, how they would like to build the squad and what the previous manager in charge did wrong. And so on...
Then you would get to tell them how you would like to build the squad, what kind of football you would like to play and what goals you have for the club in the long run and not only for the upcoming season.

* More details in the economy, for expenses and income (Thanks to believ_er for the suggestion). Perhaps implement goalbudget for a whole year (season) or perhaps a period of years (3, 5 or 10).

* More than one Set Pieces instruction, (Thanks to bushkalle for that suggestion). Simply so that you can have more variants of corner, free kick and throw in setups. The player who takes the free kick, corner or throw in, would due to his value for anticipation, decision and creativity decide what variant of the setups to take for the best results.

* Player featuring in interviews for newspaper and media in general where he talks about his feeling, those in players profile page in the tab for "Information" under "Happiness (Thanks to Martak for that suggestion). In the game today we get to know about players happiness from our staff, finding a balance between these two would be great.

**2Pacalypse** · 22-05-2012 14:02

Honestly, it's hard to believe they are taking this long to, at least, add a few extra messages at the end of each season if we win a competition. We've been reading the same monotonous stuff for years now. It can't be that difficult to mix it up a little bit..

**Eugene Tyson** · 22-05-2012 14:04

Originally Posted by 2Pacalypse

Honestly, it's hard to believe they are taking this long to, at least, add a few extra messages at the end of each season if we win a competition. We've been reading the same monotonous stuff for years now. It can't be that difficult to mix it up a little bit..

I've been saying this for a while.

I think if they made those messages editable - then people could relase their own "Press Conference packs" with added messages.

Or you could just add your own if you like.

I remember editing the "Commentary" in one of the CM series to read different things - not sure which version.

**tankybhoy** · 22-05-2012 14:36

Fans and board take into consideration staus of the competition before telling you they are not happy with the performance. Too many times the board or the fans are not happy I loose to a weaker team in Europe even if I have already qualified for the last 16, I always play weakened teams if I am through to the next stage of the competition or have won the competition. Win the league with 3 games to go I will give the 2nd team some games and get slated for getting beat 1-0 even though I have my reserves out.

Scouting needs an overhaul, if I have asked a scout to scout a region or country am not interested in players they know cannot improve the squad. Coaches take into consideration the number of back room staff you are allowed before making suggestion of adding further back room staff.

The option of using transfer funds to sign coaches and scouts or to make upgrades to stadium or training facilities before taking out a loan.

Auto reports from coaches in charge of under 19's and reserves from players constantly performing well.

Not interested in player is unhappy about training, they can hand in a transfer request. If a player has back-up, don't complain about lack of first team action.

Realistic transfer bids, got the likes of man city offering me £2.4 million for a young player I bought for £3m and they want £17m for one of theirs. Fabregas went to Barca for £35m and in FM they want £150m.

As soon as you or a team get relegated or promoted your rep changes so you can instantly take advantage when putting offers for players in, too many players reject to talk to me even if I have just been promoted, need to wait for the leagues to change before you can talk to me becuase my team is still in npl1 or championsip even if I have won promotion.

**kizaru** · 22-05-2012 14:41

something that always annoyed me in fm. one example:

i buy a very promising young player for 8M. then next season (sometimes even after just 6 months), a bigger club offer me 7M for that player. of course i reject, i wouldn't sell him at a loss after just one season. especially not when he's in my future plans and i rate him at least double that offer. but as result my player get upset for not letting him talk to that bigger club and eventually he may even request to be placed on the transfer list.

this is very unrealistic. that player should understand i can't be forced to sell him at a loss. also the bigger clubs should know they have to offer more then i payed for him just a year ago.

**tankybhoy** · 22-05-2012 14:48

This is good, I would love this as well, especially when you take over a new club and fire the old coaches and take on an entire new back room staff, have to go into each coach and offer them a new contract one by one.

**Eugene Tyson** · 22-05-2012 15:31

Originally Posted by kizaru

something that always annoyed me in fm. one example:

i buy a very promising young player for 8M. then next season (sometimes even after just 6 months), a bigger club offer me 7M for that player. of course i reject, i wouldn't sell him at a loss after just one season. especially not when he's in my future plans and i rate him at least double that offer. but as result my player get upset for not letting him talk to that bigger club and eventually he may even request to be placed on the transfer list.

this is very unrealistic. that player should understand i can't be forced to sell him at a loss. also the bigger clubs should know they have to offer more then i payed for him just a year ago.

When you buy them, go to their transfer status and increase the asking price to something ridiculous.

Teams won't put an offer in then.

**Barside** · 22-05-2012 15:36

That doesn't really address the underlying issue though, the AI does not do this so it is too easy to unsettle players & in the case of user controlled clubs it's too easy to fend of interest in you players by setting £60m+ asking prices.

**Weezer** · 22-05-2012 15:45

Haven't read to see if this has already been mentioned but....
In-Game Shouts
I'd like the opportunity to communicate with players or team during a match, much like the pre match/half time team talk. Just as you can give a player encouragement at half time why shouldn't I be able to shout "Well done, keep going son", or "Pick your head up lads, we can still get something out of this", or even give them a good rollicking if they've conceded an early goal whilst the game is still in progess?. It could effect their morale and performance just as the regular team talks too, but maybe to a slightly lesser degree. Could lead to players either gritting their teeth and upping their game or becoming complacent or nervous depending on your interactions and their personalities.

**Thomasmc135** · 22-05-2012 16:02

I would like two things:

1) Contracts that reflect your worth

Whilst the wage you're paid is a cosmetic feature for the most part, I would still like to see a fair reflection - especially if you have overseen a huge period of growth. Currently, if you begin at a lesser club, you will continually be offered a pittance (£3,000 p/w) and will rarely see a wage rise with extensions. All of this is despite huge financial and reputation growth for the club. As a result, I would like to see better contracts offered to the manager (maybe, £30,000 p/w).

2) Job security that doesn't "reset"

I go through the process of reaching 'untouchable', each season, only to have it regress to 'secure/very secure' at the season reset date. In the past, I made a thread about this 'issue' and received a plethora of reasons for this. However, I view it as unrealistic and a way to make it easier to sack you. If this was to vary depending on the club you were with, I could understand. The game should, I feel, base this on the patience of the fans and the chairman, combined with either your successes or your reputation.

**Eugene Tyson** · 22-05-2012 16:02

It's ridiculous if it says "Mistake led to goal", 9/10 that player will be rated at below 6 for the entire game.

Similarly, if your defender scores, he'll be rated 7.5 for the entire game.

The game doesn't reflect their overall performance. I'd much rather see a defenders rating rated, rather than a rating based on the goal he scored.

**Viking** · 22-05-2012 16:17

Originally Posted by Eugene Tyson

You could put your 2nd nationality as German?

You can use an actual photo of yourself.

You can - from Sunday league Manager to Ex-Professional Football Manager.

I don't want to add a german 2nd nationality as I do not have one in real life, and I ment I want to be on the pitch.

**rancer890** · 22-05-2012 16:21

Originally Posted by Eugene Tyson

You could put your 2nd nationality as German?

You can use an actual photo of yourself.

You can - from Sunday league Manager to Ex-Professional Football Manager.

What if he already chosen 2 nationalities and both of them don't set his manager to know German in-game?

Originally Posted by Thomasmc135

2) Job security that doesn't "reset"

I go through the process of reaching 'untouchable', each season, only to have it regress to 'secure/very secure' at the season reset date. In the past, I made a thread about this 'issue' and received a plethora of reasons for this. However, I view it as unrealistic and a way to make it easier to sack you. If this was to vary depending on the club you were with, I could understand. The game should, I feel, base this on the patience of the fans and the chairman, combined with either your successes or your reputation.

Good idea there. I think FM has the right idea that the game should reset job security to a degree, since managing a football team is a 'what have you done for me lately business', but I agree it could be improved. I wouldn't want FM to go to the other extreme and have a manager permanently 'untouchable' too quickly, but owners should put the previous success into account. It could reset to secure if you've only been at the club for a one or two, but as you continue to get good results, the board should trust you more and your job security shouldn't reset to the previous level. Like your first season your security resets to Secure, and after a second successful season, it resets to Very Secure, and etc.

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Can we also please have players stop moaning about lack of first team football? Especially if you're an MLS rookie? Pretty please? And especially a backup 'keeper in any league. Stop moaning. You signed the bloody contract to be a backup.

**Eugene Tyson** · 22-05-2012 17:21

Originally Posted by Viking

I don't want to add a german 2nd nationality as I do not have one in real life, and I ment I want to be on the pitch.

Well I agree with you, I was just offering alternatives.

I managed a team in Brazil for 10 years before moving to the EPL. I signed a portugese guy and the media were asking would there be a language barrier?

Found that strange, considering listed under my languages was indeed Portugese.

**Thomasmc135** · 22-05-2012 17:47

Oh, how could I forget?

I haven't done enough. Right.

**pnefc22** · 22-05-2012 18:25

I would like to see a return of the History page to what it was previously on the likes of CM01/02. This means that it would count all appearances and goals in a season including cup, continental (only excluding friendlies) instead of the current situation where it only shows league appearances and goals. The current system is just not a fair representation of a player's season or career.

Also, can we please have an option to just entirely switch off press conferences. A lot of us don't answer many of them and set the assistant to attend but it is an annoyance to have your assistant constantly messing with your players when you don't even want the feature at all.

**Liverpoolfanet** · 22-05-2012 20:37

I and many others at the forum FMSweden, would like to see a clause when you buy a futuretalent from a team and use this clause to send the player on loan to the selling club. I know that many teams irl using this clause and it would be very nice to have it in game too!
//Liverpoolfanet

**coopie54** · 22-05-2012 20:58

Originally Posted by Eugene Tyson

This is what I'd like to see - a faster more efficient way of offering contracts

I LOVE this idea and I agree with it, as it is so fristrating and time wasting to remember how far down the list you are. Itd be great to have this where you make the initial offer to those you want to, then click "done" or something like that, then if necessary, you go to the negotiations page to iron out the creases!

**jnrsnes** · 22-05-2012 22:59

I agree with the posts about manager history.

I would like to see an option to put in a player history, such as teams played for, goals/caps etc. This could increase the chance of getting a job at a club you "used to play for".

**Andrew Paeth** · 22-05-2012 23:22

Originally Posted by coopie54

I LOVE this idea and I agree with it, as it is so fristrating and time wasting to remember how far down the list you are. Itd be great to have this where you make the initial offer to those you want to, then click "done" or something like that, then if necessary, you go to the negotiations page to iron out the creases!

This type of streamlining would vastly improve the game in all areas. Pregame shouts/tactics, squad training options, scouting reports in the inbox (you have to check reports one by one). Why isn't the scouting data listed in a popup window like for player attributes and the "I" button? Way too much click, read, back out and do it all over again every time you want to complete a task.

**toon army 06** · 22-05-2012 23:34

Originally Posted by x42bn6

I'm sure plenty do, because it's in the team's interest that their coaches are good. Plus paying for/subsidising coaching may help staff stay loyal.

Well would'nt they hire trained good coaches rather than send ones for training?

**toon army 06** · 22-05-2012 23:36

I'd like to see a 3d version of the manager on the touchline, maybe show him more. Also be able to will your team on from the touchline.

**Barside** · 22-05-2012 23:39

Managers & coaches alike all attend seminars, workshops &/or training courses throughout their careers, some obviously more than others.

It's not something I would want to be actively involved but I see no reason for coaches not to head off to these events in the off-season at the clubs expense should they choose to do so.

I'm also sure that coaches do improve their attributes over time but I might be wrong.

**arsenalthebest** · 23-05-2012 03:11

in teamtalks i'd like to have the option to be able to talk to each player seperatly

**Shevchenko** · 23-05-2012 05:33

I have a suggestion/question about club Finances. What the hell is Other and Non-Football costs in the Expenditure? These numbers are making my brain go bananas! Can there be a more financial control in FM13? I am playing Chester in 2012 (Youth Career, no transfers) and these Other/Non-Football costs make the Balance go in red in no time! And don't tell me that I have to make friendlies in pre-season against top teams so the Balance won't go into red at the end of the season - this is ridiculous, no BSN/BSP team has 5-6 games in pre-season against Blackpools and Huddersfields.

Manchester United, October 2012 - Non-Football costs: 3,5 million pounds! Other Expenditure: 1.3 million pounds! What the hell are those? How am I supposed to earn money with clubs as Chester? You see, if it was real life then all this going into red would mean administration, no money to pay player wages, transfer embargo and even point deduction. But in FM the only answer to this is a "simple" Board takeover...

Please look onto this, clubs surely don't lose THAT much money. And there should be a way of handling such problems by the Board - they would tell me that I have to sell someone to have more money for example.

Sort the Finances out guys.

**wwfan** · 23-05-2012 06:24

Originally Posted by Govnar1

5. Make changes in pressing dynamics and implement various types of pressing (such as classic hunting pack, one on one pressing (or mirror formation), space flooding, single pivot pressing, brick/variable pivot hybrids...).

Some references for exactly what these are would be useful. I can't find anything written about any of them.

**Eugene Tyson** · 23-05-2012 09:23

Originally Posted by toon army 06

Well would'nt they hire trained good coaches rather than send ones for training?

Why would you go through the expense of hiring a really good coach for €250,000 when you can send a coach on a coaching course for €25k, for example?

**duccio** · 23-05-2012 11:51

If you have FaceGen faces and and pictures of kits, then why not combine them? Players move clubs and would always appear in their current club's jersey. For entertainment, why not throw in some suits and more casual clothing aswell.

**coopie54** · 23-05-2012 15:30

Originally Posted by arsenalthebest

in teamtalks i'd like to have the option to be able to talk to each player seperatly

you do - there are individual player talk actions next to their names, pre-match, half time and at full time!

BUT, I do think that rather than changing the slider bars for an individual player, it'd be much more realistic if you could give tactical talks to individual players, such as "pass the ball to XYZ when they are in space" or "whenever you get the ball, i want you to take a shot" or "dictate the pace of the game"

I do suspect this may cause some trouble with the player roles, however my understanding of the player roles is limited, and I dont always get the correct balance, so I tend not to fiddle with them much, but I know what I want each individual to do to play a good team game....

**coopie54** · 23-05-2012 16:21

I have also been having a problem whereby I offer a player out on transfer for £0, yet I still get a message saying "teams X Y and Z feel they cannot afford the transfer fee as it is too high"
rather ridiculous result which needs to be sorted!

**Govnar1** · 23-05-2012 17:01

Originally Posted by wwfan

Some references for exactly what these are would be useful. I can't find anything written about any of them.

Sorry, most are direct translations from Croatian. I don't know correct English terminology so I will try to explain in descriptive manner. Main difference is designated target (ball, player or space) and designated point of ball retrieval (from player or in between two players).

1. Hunting pack - basic pressing procedure where multiple players try to corner player in possession (ball handler) and rest of the team concentrates around them leaving opposition players positioned in peripheral zones (peripheral to both ball handler and primary danger zones) unmarked. It is always used in combination with zonal marking and normal (or even light) tackling.

2. One on one pressing (or mirror formation) - this should be self explanatory, it's rarely seen thees days (usually by teams that are goal down in final minutes of the match). It always used in combination with man marking and hard tackling. Athletic Club used similar system in several Europa league matches this season with one major modification. F. Llorente would loosely mark both DCs this allowed Athletic to have spare man at the back.

3. Space flooding / space congestion - Only one (nearest) player presses the ball handler in attempt to force rushed/bad pass and rest of the team floods surrounding space in an attempt to cut the passing lanes. It always used in combination with zonal marking and light tackling. This method was developed during the 70s by T. Ivic in accordance with his belief that raising technical ability of the players dramatically reduced chances of retrieving the ball from ball handler (especially at the top levels of football) so he devised it in an attempt to retrieve the ball after it is passed, in space between opposition players. It is very demanding (almost fully dynamic formation, complex weighting of various field zones, difficult transitions into offense) but once properly implemented it is incredibly effective.

4. Single pivot pressing - similar to false pressing. Two flat banks of players stand of (one defends critical space in front of the goal other congests space in front of them) and single player up front presses ball handler.

5. Various brick/variable pivot hybrids - very similar to above (4). One player from the front bank, nearest to the ball handler, steps forward to challenge him. After the ball is passed he returns back in to the line and other player that is now nearest to the ball handler steps forward... There are numerous variations depending on team shape, type of forward used...

On top of these there is big difference between pressing in opposition half and pressing in own half (Croatian terms plitki or visoki presing and duboki presing). T. Ivic considered pressing in opposition half as better option as it's less demanding (condition wise), reduces time for opposition to transform, reduces number (and length) of passes necessary to create goal attempt... Chelsea from 2004 to 2007 is best example of team pressing in own half.

Hope this helps.

ps So do you agree that current implementation of pressing needs a thorough rework?

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