dgibson9999 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Once in a hotseat game back when you could only either play the English or Scottish leagues. Both of us are Rangers supporters and tossed a coin to see how would get to be them, needless to say I lost and went Celtic. Ended up dominating and had mixed emotions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXistenZ Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I they paid me enough, i'd consider it. why? you cant do a thing with the money you earn I guess a reason could be that your favourite club sacked you, so you take your revenge by making their rivals big. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayahr Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I would do that any time. My choice of club is solely influenced by what I as a manager would deem a good career move, so I look at the potential, the expectations and the current team of a club when making a decision. This way I have for instance often managed WBA, Wolves and Villa which irl would probably a really strange mix of clubs... That being said, I actually kind of stay away from the clubs I support irl to some extent. Knowing a team that well makes the fm experience feel unrealistic, as does selling your rl favourite players because they are not performing good enough in the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I just sold Tiote, Ba and Cabaye, which feels really weird. But I also got a combined £35m for them, so I just couldn't turn it down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWR15 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I couldn't manage Charlton, not in a million years. The thought of even celebrating a goal/win/promotion, even in a fictitious version of them is horrible. Up The Gills! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankybhoy Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I've never managed or wanted to Manage Rangers, I don't even hire staff that have previously been at Rangers, would never buy any player who has ever played for Rangers! I wouldn't sell a player who played for a team I choose to manage just for that reason though. I've had Gatusso, Michael Ball and a few others in teams I've chosen to manage or teams I've taken over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Billy-Jay Jones Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Our rivals are Sunderland, and that's just such a boring proposition.Surely the only people who manage teams like Sunderland are their own fans? In fairness, i'm a Sunderland supporter and up until my current save I couldn't manage them. I guess because when you manage the team you support, the will to win becomes amplified, and you take the defeats far more personally? At least for me it does anyway. But to answer the original point; no. I wouldn't manage Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Our rivals are Sunderland, and that's just such a boring proposition.Surely the only people who manage teams like Sunderland are their own fans? No. I like a challenge sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loony BoB Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 As a United fan, I wouldn't manage any other PL team, nor Leeds. I have managed F.C. United of Manchester (am using them at the moment, actually), though. But that's stretching the word 'rivals' a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarian Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 No. On a normal savegame there are hundreds of clubs I could manage, there is no need for me to choose to manage Ipswich. Why would I? Even if I there isn't an available job in England I can always find one abroad and have some fun (or curse) with the bizarre (or plain idiotic) rules in a different league system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turneep Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 United fan here. Never choose to manage United at the start, always try float around Europe and hope they offer me a job or my application is successful. Never is, eventually I get fed up and manage anytime in England. I have manager liverpool and chelsea with no issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nie jem frytek Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I wouldn't start in the club I dislike, but if an offer comes through later I'd definitely take a job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBroadband Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Short answer - NO WAY! Chelsea or Sp*rs. Got nothing against their players (except Terry, Cole & Adebayor) but just can't do it. Tried with Spurs before but didn't care enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles-the-victorious Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I started a journeyman save with the intent of getting the Inter job. I wanted to feel like I had earned it, and didn't want to manage the squad that Inter starts with (too familiar with them, plus many changes required). Managed Verona, Bologna, Cagliari, Ghana, and Serbia, and was offered... The Juventus job! It was just such a jump up in prestige and transfer budget and squad quality that I had to consider it. Ultimately the idea of a 30m transfer kitty when I had to make due with less than 3m up until then was too much to say no to. Still in charge some 20+ years later, and it is funny when I am happy that we have beat Inter, but hey, it was Inter's loss, Juve offered me the job at a time when Inter were successful, but since, Juve have become the top club in Europe, winning the last 5 Champions Leagues (no reloads either)! I knew it was either or. I would never be able to go FROM Inter to Juve, or vice versa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicha_14 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Not a chance in hell I would manage City or Liverpool. When I do a save I need to get a buzz out of the team I'm managing, it just wouldn't happen managing these two. Plus I don't like them very much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Never. I've not even managed any other Scottish team before either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambodinho Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I'm a Bristol City fan and I have never managed the blue few. Never will. Sometimes get tempted to give Cardiff a go but always think better of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falahk Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I would never do a save with Lazio, and I would probably find it difficult to play any Italian club other then the one I support, on the other hand I could see myself playing Real Sociedad at some point, but its not the same kind of rivalry and hatred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_numbers Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Not a chance. The Newcastle job has come up a couple of times, and looked tempting, but I just couldn't imagine myself having the same will of wanting to do well. I've never even considered Sunderland, but that would almost certainly be a no too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 No - being a Gunner - no Spurs, Chelsea, West Ham, Liverpool, Man Utd, Man City, Stoke (or most English teams for that matter) and none of the teams that are rivals to my old local side Stevenage - so no Luton, Cambridge, Woking, Barnet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArranoBeltza Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I mainly support Athletic Club, Houston Dynamo, and Tottenham. Wouldn't manage FC Dallas. Wouldn't manage Real Madrid, but wouldn't have an issue managing any other Basque team (Athletic is friendly with most lower Basque teams and the Real Sociedad rivalry doesn't really involve a lot of anger or hatred). I would have no big issues managing Arsenal- yeah, I'm a Spurs supporter but I do admire Arsene Wenger. Maybe it helps that I'm not English. I hate Chelsea and the Manchester clubs, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jops14 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 No i would never manage sunderland, im always happy to see them crash and burn (but i do like having them in the prem for a guarenteed 6 points a season). I might manage middlesboro as to be honest ive always seen them as really weak rivals. But i couldnt bear too manage sunderland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwolves Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Already managed Man Shi*ty It's just a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolanthustrel Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Can can't ever see myself managing Mexico City Victory, Mexico City Heart, or the Brisvegas Roar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiMB0M Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I'd only manage Inter if I want to take them to Serie B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo_rune Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Liverpool fan here, and no way I would manage Manchester United. Everton? Maybe. I'm not from Merseyside (or England ) so the local rivalry doesn't mean so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo_rune Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I did manage Liverpool once in FM11, just so i could sell all their best stars and buy a heap of crap players on big salaries for 5 years.....then resigned Did you watch how they went in the league following that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 In an older version before the board had as much influence as they do over transfers, I started out as manager of my own team, Sunderland but left after about ten seasons to take on a new challenge with Hartlepool. Got them to the brink of the Premier League when the Newcastle job came up. Took the job and ran the club into the ground, quite literally. Sold all their better players for as little as I could and replaced them with nobodies for mega transfer fees, long contracts and enormous salaries. Needless to say I got sacked after my second relegation in successive seasons. Played another Newcastle game in 2010, but that was mainly to test out some tactics and training regimes as much as anything else. Would I do it again ... well as someone said above, only supporters of Sunderland would play their own club, well; to throw a question back to Newcastle fans what challenge is there in playing Newcastle in reality, probably about the same as playing Sunderland. There was another comment about managing Sunderland being boring, well if you have a strong dislike for a club, you are not going to give it 100% - but then again it is only a game and not reality. Much prefer Lower League stuff anyway. Norm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reedy_1988 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I have (Sheffield Wednesday) and failed.. wasn't sure if i was happy with my record or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBrown Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Barnsley at a push, never Leeds or Bradford though. I love it when Huddersfield fans class us as a ''rival'' :L Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougyMarshall Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I would sooner burn my computer in a wheely bin than manage Celtic in Football Manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderkid36 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I'm a Chelsea fan but I've managed Tottenham,Arsenal,Manchester United and West Ham.Although I managed all of those clubs on fm11 in a save in which I had managed 26 clubs... by 2016. I won everything with England though,so i kept getting jobs.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSpurs94 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I could deal with managing Arsenal. Of course, I would fine players who score against Spurs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinGregory84 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I have managed Huddersfield (They are nothing to us) Would never manage......... Beeston (L**Ds United) or Burnley (The Dingles) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grecian_03 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 No absolutely not. Would rather manage an obsure African team. Then again, I might be tempted to destroy Plymouth... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinaCape Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 On a journeyman save I managed Leeds because in real life if I was offered the job I'd take it if the Hull job wasn't available. Other than that, hell no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar2010 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I can't believe how much hatred there is in this thread Just like real life, its only a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirazS Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Yes, on FM09 I managed Liverpool for 5 seasons. Was very enjoyable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ism-scfc Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Could possibly stretch to Man U or Sjoke, but absolutely not under any circumstances Man City or Burnley. As for the rest - Oldham, Bury, Macclesfield, Rochdale etc, they aren't really our rivals, so yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Osmann Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 As a Man United fan, I feel weird managing any other English club. I will only manage United or any team from any other country except England. HAHA good one I would never manage Man Utd or Everton. Same goes with Chelsea. Simply can't stand any of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmithRFC Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I would sooner burn my computer in a wheely bin than manage Celtic in Football Manager. Couldn't agree more mate. Even when I'm managing in a different country it makes me cringe seeing them win games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarian Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I can't believe how much hatred there is in this thread Just like real life, its only a game. Some of it might be hatred, but given the fact that in most circumstances in FM it only takes a maximum of 30 minutes to get offered another job there is rarely a need to take a job at a club you don't want to manage. Taking a job to activately destroy a club is a little dark, I wouldn't do it as I can be bothered to waste my time doing something so pointless (and given the way that non full detail leagues simulate results limits the damage a player can inflicit in a short time). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vurogj Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I did idly speculate about what sort of challenge managing Luton would be given their recent woes, but I couldn't bring myself to actually do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon army 06 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 My true club is Rangers, I've never managed Celtic since I first started playing back in the mid 90's (only other Scottish team I've ever managed is Queen of the South). However, I've hat a soft spot for Spurs for 15 years or so and am currently managing Arsenal. I support rangers to i ciould never manage celtic i felt i let myself down in the game, when i joined rangers i won the league there first in 5 years then celtic obe the next. it left a sour taste even though its a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryknow Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Never. I reckon if I did I wouldn't be able to sleep and would need to constantly take showers to rid the disease. I remember some charity thing ages ago, where you wear your rival teams top to raise funds for charity. Not a chance. Other clubs I like and support then no worries but not my true club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argie86x Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Only thing I'll never do: Play with River Plate or buying players who play or played for them. They just can burn in hell or in second division :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 It's a game, I have no qualms about managing the my clubs rivals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 I am a Manchester United fan, could see myself managing Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool but not Manchester City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyboyeden Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 As a Spurs fan, i would never in a million years mangage Arsenal, Chelsea or West Ham. I could not bring myself to try to do well with them, it would be the least enjoyable thing I could do on it and a complete waste of time ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Time Legend Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Could never manage Hearts, hate them so much couldnt do it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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