dazlyndzmatt@hotmail.com Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 morning guys, sorry if this has been asked. If i put Sven Goran Ericsson into database as dof at notts county, are they likely to sign higher profile players. Do director of footballs make a difference in the game kind regards darren f Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardock Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Don't think they do. I think it's mainly club stature that determines whether a player would be willing to join your club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Nah, they wouldn't. But their reputation has been lifted by this, so you could increase their reputation a bit? Still wouldn't make a lot of difference, but more than just moving SGE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I think DoF, directors and any 'suits' other than chairman are purely cosmetic in FM. I don't know how much money the Arabs sunk into County but I used FMRTE to give them a cash/transfer budget/wage budget injection. Upping the rep a bit would be a possible ploy too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardock Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 You don't need to edit their reputation you can get a host of players on free that'll clinch the title with a 20 point difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I don't think it makes any difference. For a laugh once I put Arsene Wenger as DOF at Man U with Fergie as manager and Jose Mourinho as his assistant and it didn't really make a difference to how United performed. Although Mourinho's feedback as assistant was very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Directors of Football (and all other directors) have no effect on FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backpackant Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 It probably shouldn't either. Having a high-profile DOF won't attract players, but it MAY mean more interference from the bosses - IRL and the game. But Notts County, I imagine, have the potential to be the Man City of L2 - a £5million budget wouldn't be unreasonable, but attracting the very best players will be difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMagpies Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 huzzah the pies As sven doesn't have much knowledge of low-level football, either the players or tactical considerations im not sure how much benefit he will provide just yet .. as sciag said, it seems SI havent really done very much development on this area Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rougess Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I have been wondering how they'll put Sven's job into the game next year, it sounds very much like a European style set-up, which never works in England Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 You don't need to edit their reputation you can get a host of players on free that'll clinch the title with a 20 point difference. I don't think he was implying he's managing County. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_fenton Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 "Having a high-profile DOF won't attract players" - You mean League 2 players won't be attracted to work under Sven? :s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_2111 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 "Having a high-profile DOF won't attract players" - You mean League 2 players won't be attracted to work under Sven? :s We're talking about FM here, not real life. In FM, Directors of Football are not recognised by anyone in the game, meaning having Sven as DoF in FM won't make any difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazlyndzmatt@hotmail.com Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 cheers guys for the replies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_fenton Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The post said "IRL and the game.", I don't disagree with it not affecting FM, but in real life of course it will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The Director of Football role definitely needs to be address somewhere along the line in FM because it represents the difference in structure to most other countries outside of the UK where the manager is purely the coach who selects the team and tactics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik86 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I have been wondering how they'll put Sven's job into the game next year, it sounds very much like a European style set-up, which never works in England Reading have a director of football. Worked really well for the last few years. Frank Arnesen did ok at Spurs as DoF too. It can work, its more down to who the DoF is and who the Manager is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
godz5 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 i have created a new database with notts county and there new chairman, players and sven-goran eriksson should be fun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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