stevio11 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Birmingham are IRL another team that cannot expand due to the houses behind having a protection order on them. The only way to expand is either turn the pitch sideways and lose a big car-park to build bigger stands or re-locate but the council are not that accomodating at the moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo1985 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 The perfect example of this is Chelsea. They have a smallish stadium by modern prem standards and would surely fill a much bigger stadium, Have been successful and have all the money they would need to improve/move but they are not allowed due to the surrounding area and don't want to move away from there home. So not all clubs are willing not just up route and move for financial reasons. You have to be a little more patient and wait for things to happen. Whats the problem if you have the money to be successful and stay at the top of the game?? If you look at the clubs that have moved such as Arsenal, Man City, Millwall, Southampton. They have done so due to the stadiums being relative dinosaurs and needing updating. Who is to say that the club don't have state of the art facilities to play in and don't see the benefits of moving just to expand! There may have been many improvements to the stadium over the years but just ones that FM don't tell you about. I as a manager would take trophies over a new stadium any day!!!! that is why the ultimatum button remains un-pressed. Unless it was getting to a point where i was being held back by the lack of development i would never think of leaving. And as you said that you were winning trophies i would not see that as a problem!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anamericanego Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 The perfect example of this is Chelsea. They have a smallish stadium by modern prem standards and would surely fill a much bigger stadium, Have been successful and have all the money they would need to improve/move but they are not allowed due to the surrounding area and don't want to move away from there home. So not all clubs are willing not just up route and move for financial reasons. You have to be a little more patient and wait for things to happen. Whats the problem if you have the money to be successful and stay at the top of the game?? If you look at the clubs that have moved such as Arsenal, Man City, Millwall, Southampton. They have done so due to the stadiums being relative dinosaurs and needing updating. Who is to say that the club don't have state of the art facilities to play in and don't see the benefits of moving just to expand! There may have been many improvements to the stadium over the years but just ones that FM don't tell you about. I as a manager would take trophies over a new stadium any day!!!! that is why the ultimatum button remains un-pressed. Unless it was getting to a point where i was being held back by the lack of development i would never think of leaving. And as you said that you were winning trophies i would not see that as a problem!! Chelsea has a 40k stadium... Thats what this guy wants! I don't like the example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philly_flyer10 Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Who is to say that the club don't have state of the art facilities to play in and don't see the benefits of moving just to expand! There may have been many improvements to the stadium over the years but just ones that FM don't tell you about. Have you ever been to Loftus Road? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 You dug your own grave there Karl. The ultimatum button does work though in rare situations, which is how it should be. It worked for me once at Billericay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonForever Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Chelsea has a 40k stadium... Thats what this guy wants! I don't like the example. Right - using Chelsea as an example is just daft. BIG difference between a 15k seater and a 43k seater. Frankly, I find it ridiculous that a board that has gained 60 million quid, reaching and WINNING the prem wouldn't have been nearly forced to build a larger stadium, at least 30k+... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo1985 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Right - using Chelsea as an example is just daft. BIG difference between a K seater and a K seater. Frankly, I find it ridiculous that a board that has gained 60 million quid, reaching and WINNING the prem wouldn't have been nearly forced to build a larger stadium, at least 30k+... You get the point. Are you telling me that a team of Chelsea's size could not fill a stadium almost twice that size? Compared to Old trafford and the emirates it is still a small stadium. And it is well known that Roman wanted to expand but was told that there was no room, He refused to move the team from Stamford bridge despite the benefits of the extra money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviera Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 always save your game before pressing the ultimatum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slawbawn Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 This feature of "not enough space" is in a way quite realistic. Theres a fair few where councils have refused to give permission in reality (Everton springs to mind). This can be down to a number of circumstances such as lack of space, a bad relationship between the club owners and the council and so forth. The old Swindon board and the council didn't get on in the slightest, I remember at one point the council we're requesting that Swindon be wound up by HMRC over unpaid taxes to the council. They also refused to allow the old board to go through with any stadium redevelopment or a new stadium (not that we could actually afford it..) The new board however, have a brilliant relationship with the council and we're allowed to redevelop the current stadium, which is being done in the next few seasons; all stands minus the Don rogers will be knocked down and rebuilt one by one, and I believe we're buying the cricket field and expanding the club into that area, with a leisure center and so forth to provide the club with its own main stream revenue rather than having to rely on chairman capital or investments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darry Casey Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 who cares, just go to another big clubs since u have a pretty good managing records, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philly_flyer10 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 This feature of "not enough space" is in a way quite realistic. Theres a fair few where councils have refused to give permission in reality (Everton springs to mind). No one is disputing that, were disputing the fact that teams in desperate need of a new stadium dont get them when in reality half the prem have had a new stadium in the last 10 years. Getting promoted and keeping your team in top half with a 15k stadium would certainly lead to another one at least double that size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lang Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 best team in england?, you hadn't even won the league. sorry, but yeah, that annoyed me seeing that in your post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 best team in england?, you hadn't even won the league. sorry, but yeah, that annoyed me seeing that in your post i'm sure i've posted the final league table in which i was top, i left the club played 7 won 7 conceded 2....when i took over liverpool the league looked like this.... http://s806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/?action=view¤t=EnglishPremierDivision-6.png it now looks like this http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/EnglishPremierDivision-7.png my ultimate goal is to finish in top 4, but just to be above Peterborough would be great, ALL I WANTED WAS FOR THE BOARD TO AGREE WE NEEDED A BIGGER STADIUM, now they will slowly slip back to the championship....serves them right for removing me as a legend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 So what happened between 2009 and 2019? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 This is what I don't get on FM.Almost rarely clubs construct a new stadium, unless the case of World Cup or European Cup, where the countries do build new stadiums. Aside of that, clubs improve (or expand) the stadium. Why clubs don't just improve the current stadiums? Why does it have always to build anew stadium? Because the game has made a stab at implementing planning regulations in the game, with the maximum capacity limit for each stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkD Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 You get the point. Are you telling me that a team of Chelsea's size could not fill a stadium almost twice that size? Compared to Old trafford and the emirates it is still a small stadium. And it is well known that Roman wanted to expand but was told that there was no room, He refused to move the team from Stamford bridge despite the benefits of the extra money. Its a good example, due to the high expense that came with wanting success in the short term and sorting out the finances in the long term means that now Chelsea need a bigger stadium. But one of the reasons the club are waiting until they've explored every possible avenue of expanding stamford bridge is because the club has been there since 1905. Its been home for 105 years and just up rooting and moving to another part of london should rightly be considered the final option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 So what happened between 2009 and 2019? to who? me or Peterborough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 to who? me or Peterborough? Peterborough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 Peterborough. http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/lifewithbonas.png red line is once i took over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dking Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Harsh to be sacked in my opinion but ultimatums seem to get you sacked no matter what you have done with a club. I think I once gave my board an ultimatum and I didn't get sacked but I had won everything there is to win for about 10 years. It wasn't on FM10 and I don't remember which version it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DivineOne Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Harsh to be sacked Not really. That's an ultimatum: you either get what you want or you leave. It wouldn't be an ultimatum if you could stay even after not getting what you want. That would be a bluff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 well the season is almost over, i will post final league table and some other screen shots and prove that they made the worst mistake ever..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddietheorc Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I feel for you, some boards are just annoying and shortsighted, like in real life E.G Brain Clough at Derby. As for the game, maybe it time to make stadiums and training facilities expansion more in depth and bit closer to real life. this is the poshes ground in real life: http://www.theposh.com/page/Directions/0,,10427,00.html As you can see, there plenty of room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 I feel for you, some boards are just annoying and shortsighted, like in real life E.G Brain Clough at Derby. As for the game, maybe it time to make stadiums and training facilities expansion more in depth and bit closer to real life. this is the poshes ground in real life: http://www.theposh.com/page/Directions/0,,10427,00.html As you can see, there plenty of room. there's clearly more than enough room, definately think 3D stadiums and more in-depth facilities options would be great! it needs up-dating now let alone if they ever managed to do what i did Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 I think they'll be regretting there decision now i left them here http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/EnglishPremierDivision-6.png final table... http://s806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/?action=view¤t=EnglishPremierDivision-2022.png i am now liverpools saviour http://s806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/?action=view¤t=Liverpoolnothingfor8years.png http://s806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/?action=view¤t=EnglishPremierDivision-8.png LEGEND? and the end of season fixtures where a little close together http://s806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/?action=view¤t=ridfixs.png love it http://s806.photobucket.com/albums/yy342/billybonas/?action=view¤t=treblenews.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkD Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 How'd you get on against Peterborough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 the only game we didnt win wre draws with Arsenal and Chelsea, after what they saw me do with Liverpool they should contact me begging to go back and have what ever stadium i want :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmark Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 If Liverpool are still at Anfield, whatever you do, don't issue an ultimatum on expanding the stadium. It really is surrounded by housing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 If Liverpool are still at Anfield, whatever you do, don't issue an ultimatum on expanding the stadium. It really is surrounded by housing. once i'm making lots of money i expect them to build me a new one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky1989 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 once i'm making lots of money i expect them to build me a new one Don't count on it. I've got 400 mill, am winning everything, with no debt, but they're still refusing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 well strangely enough, Peterborough move into a new stadium next summer they decided to build a new one once i left...charming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthgatesRedWhiteArmy Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 On an old FM game i managed to get it to work, i asked for more money to build my squad with, and was generously given 20m to spend. But thats the only time ive had it work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I feel the pain. I've taken Braintree from the BSS to the Champions League and still only have a 4000 seater stadium and no expansion or new one on the horizon. At least each home game is a guaranteed sell out!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noob21 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Feel your pain man, I tried the same thing with Hoffenheim on FM09 (and I won the Champions league back to back) but they refused so I chose the ultimatum to go out in style When I managed Chelsea in FM07 the stadium size used to increase every season, it was still the Bridge but not a lot on FM is realistic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayahr Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 ALL I WANTED WAS FOR THE BOARD TO AGREE WE NEEDED A BIGGER STADIUM You are expecting too much from a video game. It cannot recreate any kind of meaningsful conversation you may wish to have with the board. The Peterborough ground has no expansion capacity in the database, so it just cannot be expanded. A new ground costs a fortune and will take years to build. Of course it may be nice if the board would give a longer answer stating if they don't feel it's necessary yet or if they too would like to have a new ground but don't believe to be in a sufficient economic situation yet. That would give you a bit more explanation, but wouldn't actually do anything. Still, I agree, it would be a nice cosmetic touch. But as we know we are lacking that for now, it's just foolish to issue an ultimatum when you know the ground just cannot be expanded. If you do that, you have to know it's as good as pressing the resign button. It makes a fool of you, not of the board. The haven't chosen to sack you, but you left them no choice. Just don't issue an ultimatum unless you are really prepared and want to leave if the board doesn't comply. And don't issue one if the board has no chance to comply either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philly_flyer10 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Youve completely ignored the fact that they still refused a new stadium with loads of money in the bank. It needs to be fixed. It ruins the long term game when loads of stadiums are built IRL yet Ive never had one built in FM. Expansion isnt the problem, new stadiums (or lack of them) are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suge Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I feel the pain. I've taken Braintree from the BSS to the Champions League and still only have a 4000 seater stadium and no expansion or new one on the horizon. At least each home game is a guaranteed sell out!! Bit unrealistic considering gate receipts are a major part of income in every league. No idea how you could get a club promoted on 4000 a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggal Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Are there new house rules against calling people a cheat? Things have changed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 You are expecting too much from a video game. It cannot recreate any kind of meaningsful conversation you may wish to have with the board.The Peterborough ground has no expansion capacity in the database, so it just cannot be expanded. A new ground costs a fortune and will take years to build. Of course it may be nice if the board would give a longer answer stating if they don't feel it's necessary yet or if they too would like to have a new ground but don't believe to be in a sufficient economic situation yet. That would give you a bit more explanation, but wouldn't actually do anything. Still, I agree, it would be a nice cosmetic touch. But as we know we are lacking that for now, it's just foolish to issue an ultimatum when you know the ground just cannot be expanded. If you do that, you have to know it's as good as pressing the resign button. It makes a fool of you, not of the board. The haven't chosen to sack you, but you left them no choice. Just don't issue an ultimatum unless you are really prepared and want to leave if the board doesn't comply. And don't issue one if the board has no chance to comply either. it clearly could be as they have a new ground under construction within a year of me leaving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 Are there new house rules against calling people a cheat?Things have changed cheat? who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcox7 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 The ultimatum button should pop up with a "You should save your game before issuing an ultimatum as you will get sacked 99% of the time", when pressed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl b Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 The ultimatum button should pop up with a "You should save your game before issuing an ultimatum as you will get sacked 99% of the time", when pressed then that would be cheating would it now...surely we all take everything on the chin when it happens no matter how bad and mad it makes us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Youve completely ignored the fact that they still refused a new stadium with loads of money in the bank.It needs to be fixed. It ruins the long term game when loads of stadiums are built IRL yet Ive never had one built in FM. Expansion isnt the problem, new stadiums (or lack of them) are. I've seen plenty of teams get new stadia. I myself had a new one built in FM09 when I got Billericay Town promoted to the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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