[Responding to players and journalists]

ABSOLUTELY this.

For the last few versions of FM i've just taken to speed-clicking through all press conferences with the 2nd most positive option as the questions are so repetitive season after season. Generally does fine without any major repercussions, even in FM21.

However, FM21 really falls down on the player interactions. There's clearly an increase in the amount of interaction this year, that's fine, great even. But they HAVE to do something about the options or means of talking to them.

For example - and far moreso than on previous games - a player will come to you looking for a new contract, especially after a promotion and you want to downplay/reject but also explain why! e.g. you think they aren't good enough for the new league, or the budget isn't ready, or the funds aren't really there or need to be spent elsewhere...y'know...all REAL responses, but all you can say is whatever the templates are which are totally inadequate. Another example, at a rich club say, regarding contracts and not being able to really assert that "you have plenty of time left on your deal" and they throw a complete strop needs to be fixed. Or have other clubs make more of their interest in an uphappy player so that you can actually sell them. Of course there are different circumstances, but the auto-respond nature of the player to completely melt-down for months is really boring. 

Ditto the repeated team meetings with team leaders about "xxx thinks you should give them a new contract" or "xxx thinks you should give them more playing time" and all you can say is 'no'. isn't really good enough as it seems to have such a detritmental effect, it even lead to me being accused of breaking promises when i got a new job...and i only made a promise because it was the only option left...

[Column Sizing]

Hi,

Not sure if it's a bug or a foible or a glitch...but there appears to be a link between column sizing on full squad view (F3) and when looking at tactics (CTRL+T). 

I've made and saved a personalised squad view with some extra columns on F3. I also like the expanded visual tactical representation view on C+T with the pitch and players on the tactics screen. Admittedly there is reduced screen space on this, but when 'auto-resizing' the columns on this tactical view, it then resizes columns on the F3 view. After a few continues I then get into a frustrating circle of continually resizing the columns on both screens...

Is it possible to 'lock' columns/view/spacing on a particular screen, so it isn't dependant/affected by the changes on another quite separate screen?

[Press Conference - 14 day gap]

This question has been in the game for at least the last 3 versions...

"How have your preparations been affected by a fourteen-day gap between fixtures"

Usual answer is "we've been glad of the rest", but it's an international break...so there's been no rest...?! 

 

[Semi-Official FMM Wish List]

Can we please for the love of god have an option to tell our Director of Football that i don't want to sign X player...so please, stop making offers for them. 

Also, that whole mechanic needs a review, my DoF (despite already having a billion MC, DMC already) keeps making offers for more or them. Or at least have some kind of discussion set up for us to identify the position/targets he should be making off-script offers for.