Hi All, as someone who mainly plays international football games in FM i think its in great need of a revamp. Whilst i understand that it will never be a priority, i have come up with a number of what i believe are relatively small changes to make that would have a great impact. The higher ones are harder to implement but the lower ones should be easy and would arguably have a greater impact.
Selection of training centres for major tournaments
Training at Tournament
Selection of training priorities at a tournament, e.g. focus on set pieces, penalties, team building etc which could have different affects in game e.g increased team cohesion, increased tiredness etc.
Post Tournament Summary (and conversations?)
A summary of who played what in the tournament sent to you after the end, so player x 5 starts 2 subs appearences av rating 7.22 etc. This could also lead to conversations with players e.g. a striker who had been to two tournaments without playing a minute may lead to an increased chance he is retiring from international duty, so you have a conversation to say he will be first choice in the next campaign as you are phasing player X out.
Get The Rules Right
I've raised a few of these in the bugs forum, but there is too many for me to do them all, so please review all tournaments. Examples include the super cup between European and SA champions only having a bench of 5 subs, All OCN World cup qualifiers being player at a single neutral stadium instead of home and away, SAFF championship taking place at home away and neutral stadiums despite it all being held in one host country etc. Again i've reported some in the bugs forum but there is too many for me, so please recheck all work
Focus on the Smaller Tournaments
there are a number of these in existence and many reflected in the game, but quite often in game they are out of date, for example the SAFF championship has Afghanistan competing despite them having left that confederation in 2015 and now competing in a different championship. Additionally many of these tournaments such as SAFF (India), or OCN (New Zealand) have one dominant team, that no one expects to beat. The game needs to take this into account with ecpectations, for example as Sri Lanka manager you will always get sacked if you don't make the SAFF final, when in reality if you are the second best team you will go out in the semi if you face india there instead of the final, i know when i will get sacked as soon as the groups are drawn as in game the semi's are between first and second in the same group, so you may as well resign if you get india in your group.
Advance to next Competition Draw
Same as we have an ioption to advance to next squad selection, have one to advance to next comp draw
Interrupt holiday for captains decisions and other related decisions
Ability to tell game to interupt holiday when a big decision needs to be made like choosing captain
Ability to say you are not picked cause i have 5 great players in your position
Many small teams get overstacked in one position which is realistic, however i want to tell a player that whilst he may be the 5th best player in my country he is also the 5th best GK, so he isnt getting picked, as opposed to saying he isn't good enough
Display National team stats not domestic
During the tournaments the in game av rating and apps refer to their domestic cups, it should reflect the national team stats for that tournament
Please add your other ideas below