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The game should become more intelligent to understand when you are rotating your players.

This can be done by seeing you are leaving out your better players who are fit and happy.

If you go on a bad run, then the squad rotation policy can be brought into question.

Some players may be more accepting of rotation policy than others.

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Apologies if this idea is similar to anyone else's, but I've had an idea on how the Academy structure could be better implemented with the way that the game works now and Freds are generated.

I posted it in another thread a couple of days ago.

We've all seen the grey players in the U18 squad. How about instead of generating them at ages 16-18 generate them at ages 13-15.

Currently the game handles the grey players differently and seems to "remember" them in subsequent seasons.

These 13-15 year old grey players are treated by the game in exactly the same way as they are currently, except when they are old enough to join the academy and U18 team.

Then when the game decides on how many Freds the team will get then the foreign ones get generated as normal (AIUI they rarely enter the clubs academy scheme before 16 years old)

The other Freds don't get generated as normal. The game scans through the 16 year old grey players and selects the ones that match the right position and then use that grey player as a template to create a proper Fred.

That will entail attribute changes, but the name and DOB will stay the same. It's just the new/amended attributes, PPMs and a facegen picture are generated for him.

There are a few additional things that can be added like:

1. Give the player the option of what players to keep in the academy. This might not be realistic as I doubt many managers have a say in the academy intake. Then the Freds that the player rejects can then be placed in other teams U18 squad or become free agents.

2. Very rarely the game could generate a Fred at a younger age then 16. This could simulate when a very young player makes a big impression before entering the academy structure properly. This player should rarely have a big PA and in fact aside from his age he should be generated in exactly the same way as a normal Fred.

There's been quite a few instances where a very young player under the age of 15 was touted as a potentially world class player but turned out to be barely better then average, i.e. Sonny Pike.

Rarely should the player turn out to be good enough to play in the Premier League like Jermaine Pennant.

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After eighteen seasons in my latest game of Football Manager 2007, one issue has cropped up time-and-time again which I would love to see become a feature of future FM games - that of the involved chairman and manager/chairman interaction.

I spent eleven years at Sheffield Wednesday and enjoyed major success with them under Dave Allen and, latterly, a made-up chairman who came in during the 2008 season. Neither of these chairman gave me any issues with regards to transfers and both were fair with setting the budgets. Then came an 81-day stint at Portsmouth when I attempted to swerve relegation before resigning and then the beginning of a successful era at Carlisle. It was at my most recent club that this issue arose...

Norman Steel was the chairman and, being a League One side, Carlisle's finances were precariously low - with about £500,000 banked - which is perfectly suited to my style of 'buy 'em young n' cheap' management. However, many of the youngsters I'd brought in during our Championship season developed really quickly under my brilliant coaching staff and so one - Martin Aslan - hit home 22 goals in my Championship season to get me to the Playoff Final (which I lost). A week later, Aslan (who was valued at £1.8m and only 18) was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for £1.2m because Norman Steel felt the offer was "too good to turn down". Alas, I didn't agree with him undervaluing an 18-year old who had almost brought us to the Premiership. The following week, he intervened again so I lose my star wingers (Ales Cvijanovic goes for £2.2m below his asking price and Kim Frimann for £300,000 below his) with no recourse. So he's made about £5 million from selling Carlisle's future stars. And it continued apace with me being forced to lose several more star men and then having to completely refresh my squad in order not to flounder in my second Championship season.

Of course chairman are, first and foremost, businessmen and so look to a football club as such but none is so ignorant so as to throw away youth talent like that - they'll appreciate the investment potential and keep players on for longer in order for them to develop unless the club's finances are in a dire state. Even when I was £10 million to the good, Steel kept on intervening and selling off my players. In light of increased chairman interaction with playing matters (see Abramovich), I think it is important that a framework for interaction between managers and chairmen is thought up so, using the above scenario, I could either deliver a personal message or a media statement about Steel's actions (the latter likely to get me sacked in most cases) and Steel either appreciates my concerns and stops selling players or tells me to mind my own business. It would be an interesting avenue, having to juggle chairmen in the media as well.

All in all, I became incredibly frustrated with not being able to say to Norman Steel, "Look, these players are going to get us into the Premiership and then you'll be making £5 million OFF them, not FROM them." The lack of such an option really, really irritated me after a while and I was close to putting an end to my FM 2007 career because Steel wouldn't stop selling off players no matter how rich the club got.

I know it's part-rant, part-suggestion but it's something I'd find a fantastic addition to the game.

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not something that will really affect the game simulation - more of a graphical thing but would it not be possible to alias certain match ball skins to different competitions so that you can have the Champions League ball for the CL, Premier League ball for the premiership etc. I know SI don't have the licenses but could they not make it possible so that 3rd party people could make skins for the balls?

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I know this may come across as long and being nit-picking but I really it's the subtle things that can help FM be an even better game than it is;

1.Like someone has already said I would love, both on the eve of a game and after it, to have comprehensive press conferences and post-match interviews whether it's from skysports or even the clubs fanzine website. Give me more answer/options in which to address a question from the press, which would be dependent on the oposition, their manager or how the match went. Maybe have one of the options go along the lines of 'refuse to speak to press'. This option could be used in the case of a bad result or if the media have criticised you or your choice of tactics in a match. The likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Sam Allardyce and Harry Redknapp have become notorious for their refusal to speak to certain sections of the press. In addition you could even have a further option which could say 'ask assistant to speak on your behalf to the press'. Think Carlos Queiroz talking to the BBC instead of Ferguson. And when I choose an option, from a question asked of me, it would be nice if the resposne actually displayed the option I've chosen. Don't give a generic summary of what I've said. There's a reason why I chose that option, so it should be fully displayed.

2. It's not just managers and players who criticise each other but the press play or role to. Alluding from point no.1, allow the press to have some choice words or criticisms towards managers and players. Have these media tactics further enforced when taking over an international team. Just take a took at England. The press are readily voicing their views on the credibility/ability, or lack of it, in regards to certain players and managers. Give

3. Have more manager/fan interactions. Most clubs have AGM's and fan meetings. This whereby fans get to personally ask you, the manager, questions or voice their opinions or concerns. These viewpoints could range from praising you on your perfermances or maybe asking why you sold player x or why player y hasn't been playing more games.

4. There should be more insight into the attributes of the coaches. It should specifically say what type of coaching they are best specialised in? Whether it's defending, shooting, tactics etc..or combination of the three.

5, More manager/player interaction. If I've dropped a player or refuse to play him, allow me to try and justify the reasons behing it to the player. i.e. he may be carrying a knock, isn't entirely fit or a player playing in the same position is playing well and it would be unfair to drop him. Likewise if a player is going through a dip in form, allowing me the chance to talk to the player and give him words of encouragement.

The 'search' option should be more accessible as it's a nightmare to navagate around the the FM skin to find it.

There's more but that's the crux of it.

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4. There should be more insight into the attributes of the coaches. It should specifically say what type of coaching they are best specialised in? Whether it's defending, shooting, tactics etc..or combination of the three.

Can't you tell that already by the stars? You just look for the highest possible combination using all your coaches.

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Looking at player stats (goals / attempetc etc. page) for my U18 squad. The u18 squad never play in any competitve matches so all their stats are only on the "non competive page".

I would like FM to default to this page if the "overall" page is empty. Now I have to select this page from the dropdown all the times.

I want to use the stats page to follow progress of some of my hot prospects.

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Originally posted by DavsClaus:

Looking at player stats (goals / attempetc etc. page) for my U18 squad. The u18 squad never play in any competitve matches so all their stats are only on the "non competive page".

I would like FM to default to this page if the "overall" page is empty. Now I have to select this page from the dropdown all the times.

I want to use the stats page to follow progress of some of my hot prospects.

Oh and the stats bar should include the percentage, or at lest it should be in the "mouse over" text.

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Much more interaction options;

At media conferences

Half time - end game discussion

Manager vs. Player out of match comments

Manager vs. Manager mindgames and promises such as Ferguson saying to Wenger "I'll give you Fletcher for Fabregas" icon14.gif; obviously this would never happen...

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Sorry if these have already been suggested, but I haven't thoroughly read all 29 pages!

1. The ability to approach particular sides as feeder/parent teams. (Being a Forest fan, I have a soft spot for Nigel Clough, and so would love to have Burton Albion as a feeder club).

2. The "option to extend contract" clause that seems to exist in real life. So you can give a player who's injury-prone/old/young a one-year deal, and if he's good enough, extend it by X more years (as agreed when the contract was originally offered) without having to renegotiate with him.

3. The ability to export/import training schedules between save games.

4. More detailed pre-match team-talks. Stuff like "Don't give them time on the ball and you'll win this one!"

5. The ability to nominate "danger men" to your team in the tactics/opposition instructions screen. I know you get asked about danger men in FM2007, and more so in FM2008, but I'd like to be able to make the team fully aware of it, rather than relying on them hearing about my interview.

6. Allowing the manager to arrange fan days

7. Allowing the manager to communicate with the fans. Maybe a chance to make a statement to them when appointed ("please be patient, my predecessor was crap, and it's going to talk a while to undo the damage he's done")

8. A 'manager earnings' counter. Maybe, if you earned enough, you could take over at a small club (as chairman), and become a Barry Fry-style Chairman/Manager hybrid.

9. More options for player interaction. Perhaps telling youngsters to pull their fingers out (and maybe variable potential), so that your motivational skills aren't restricted to match situations. Possibly a "I need more end product and less pointless tricks from you, Joe Cole" option. Maybe even the ability to "tap-up" players, and the risk of the resulting penalties if caught...

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What I would really like to see is an option to set a time when the match pauses automatically to allow for tactical changes.

For example, most managers like to make subs between the 60/70 min mark, and an option to stop the game at a certain time in the match would be very useful!

This is because there is nothing more annoying then being 2-0 up after half time, decide to quickly go get a drink, and when you come back, it's 2-2 and theres 4 minutes to go!! No chance of making any decent tactical changes!

I know its too late to be included in FM 08, but perhaps 2009??

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Originally posted by Jarvo86:

What I would really like to see is an option to set a time when the match pauses automatically to allow for tactical changes.

For example, most managers like to make subs between the 60/70 min mark, and an option to stop the game at a certain time in the match would be very useful!

This is because there is nothing more annoying then being 2-0 up after half time, decide to quickly go get a drink, and when you come back, it's 2-2 and theres 4 minutes to go!! No chance of making any decent tactical changes!

I know its too late to be included in FM 08, but perhaps 2009??

Press spacebar or hit the continue button to pause.

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Originally posted by Ranjith:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jarvo86:

What I would really like to see is an option to set a time when the match pauses automatically to allow for tactical changes.

For example, most managers like to make subs between the 60/70 min mark, and an option to stop the game at a certain time in the match would be very useful!

This is because there is nothing more annoying then being 2-0 up after half time, decide to quickly go get a drink, and when you come back, it's 2-2 and theres 4 minutes to go!! No chance of making any decent tactical changes!

I know its too late to be included in FM 08, but perhaps 2009??

Press spacebar or hit the continue button to pause. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

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Originally posted by Jarvo86:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ranjith:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jarvo86:

What I would really like to see is an option to set a time when the match pauses automatically to allow for tactical changes.

For example, most managers like to make subs between the 60/70 min mark, and an option to stop the game at a certain time in the match would be very useful!

This is because there is nothing more annoying then being 2-0 up after half time, decide to quickly go get a drink, and when you come back, it's 2-2 and theres 4 minutes to go!! No chance of making any decent tactical changes!

I know its too late to be included in FM 08, but perhaps 2009??

Press spacebar or hit the continue button to pause. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

icon_rolleyes.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I really ought to stop skim reading posts! icon_smile.gif

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I can't understand why, as a manager, although you can praise/criticise individuals you cannot say "The boys really grafted today and showed lots of character" or "The team just didn't get going and we need to work on that", i.e. collective praise/criticism of the team. You don't often hear managers singling out individuals, but it's all us FM folk get!

Give it a thought please SI.

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1) The ability to turn off sackings. Less realsitic but more fun if you want the game to give you time to turn around a struggling club.

2) The ability to have your defence playing more narrowly than your wingers.

3) If using a target man, the ability to instruct his strike partner to look for flick ons.

4) More control over set pieces, especially the ability to create a repetoire of free kick routines.

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Posted this in another thread but it might be better here as a suggestion to help those struggling with understanding tactics:

What about the *option* to view the other teams tactics – it might give an idea of effective slider positions for example?

Obviously in real life you wouldn’t be able to do this – which is why I stressed it should be an option, turned on or off at the start of the game, same as fog of war etc. That way it wouldn’t hurt or even remotely effect those tactical whizzes who don’t need any help, but might prove invaluable for those who have enjoyed the CM/FM series up until the last couple of editions.

You could have it as a learning tool so wouldn’t even need to have it set during your own match if that might be deemed giving you an unfair advantage –instead it might be a nice addition to the options when viewing other teams matches (ie during pre-match previews)?

As the game shows no distinction between human and ai users then all this info is in the game already and could only help not hinder people by being viewable?

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Doubtless been suggested countless time already but a few things that annoy me:

The ability to say why you are resigning, which can affect how the fans view you when you leave a club.

Being able to criticise the board, threaten to resign when they do things like sell payers.

Mass praising, criticising of your team.

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Originally posted by supa_smiffy:

I'd like Sigames to ban all ****wits who fail to search before creating threads.

http://community.sigames.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/521102691/m/3672033571

I'd prefer it if they banned people who contribute unnecessary rubbish like that.

Anyway. I'd like to see improved media and team talks, and a lot more ways to interact with my players. I think this is the area which could really take the game to the next level.

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Two main things for me.

1. Set Piece Designer

Would work much like the old wibble/wobble, and would allow you to invent and practise set piece routines. Would become a "team preferred move" and would take some time for them to learn and implement in the exact way you want it to.

I can't tell you how tedious it gets seeing the same three free kick routines in FM07.

2. Remove all those sodding sliders in the tactics screen

They are too confusing and in some cases counter intuitive. The boys in the OTF FM thread (and that is worth a look even if the rest of OTF isn't to your taste) came up with something like this idea:

We have PPMs in the game now. A huge list of things a player likes to do, in plain English, that makes sense. Why can we not simply tell a player what role we would like him to have?

I want to tell Aaron Lennon to "Hug the touchline" "Run at the defender" "Cross from the byline". I want Michael Dawson to "Get the crowd going", "Tightly mark his man" and "Attempt Long Passes often".

They'll obviously still have their preferred moves, which will in part dictate how successful they are at following my instructions - along with their stats - but this plain English (or whatever language icon_wink.gif ) approach would make so much more sense than "Lennon, I want you to run with the ball often, be two thirds of the way along a slider attacking, etc"

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Originally posted by JBS:

Doubtless been suggested countless time already but a few things that annoy me:

The ability to say why you are resigning, which can affect how the fans view you when you leave a club.

icon14.gifYes please!

Being able to criticise the board, threaten to resign when they do things like sell payers.

icon14.gifYes please! Better than the ultimatum!

Mass praising, criticising of your team.

icon14.gifSee above!

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Originally posted by jim65:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JBS:

Doubtless been suggested countless time already but a few things that annoy me:

The ability to say why you are resigning, which can affect how the fans view you when you leave a club.

icon14.gifYes please!

Being able to criticise the board, threaten to resign when they do things like sell payers.

icon14.gifYes please! Better than the ultimatum!

Mass praising, criticising of your team.

icon14.gifSee above!

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Seconded. Or thirded...

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I would like to be able to automatically set fines and discipline. For example, when a player misses training i usually issue a 1 week fine. I would like the option of setting this as the default action for any future player who decides to be a hard lad and miss training. Default action could be set for other things like straight red cards etc. What you think??

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Originally posted by spotg:

Set Piece Designer

Would work much like the old wibble/wobble, and would allow you to invent and practise set piece routines. Would become a "team preferred move" and would take some time for them to learn and implement in the exact way you want it to.

I can't tell you how tedious it gets seeing the same three free kick routines in FM07.

I've been asking for this for ages now, would be one of the best new features since the 2D match engine! icon_biggrin.gif please SI icon14.gif

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Here's a list of things I'd love to be in FM09:

1. Set Piece Designer - Be able to create different free-kick/corner tactics (as mentioned by spotg

2. Be able to Save player instructions (same as being able to save team instructions now)

3. The ability to say why you are resigning, which can affect how the fans view you when you leave a club. (mentioned by JBS)

4. Being able to criticise the board, threaten to resign when they do things like sell payers. (mentioned by JBS)

5. Mass praising, criticising of your team. (mentioned by JBS)

6. The inclusion of a Head Scout.

7. Different team comments in Team-Talks and to individual players.

8. The ability to recommend any club as a parent/feeder clubs (of course the board could still turn this down).

there are a few more but I can't think atm so I'll let you know if i remember. icon_smile.gif

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Nothing major, but i'd like to have an option where you can recommend one of your players to their national manager, or at least talk to the press about it, saying they should be called up, this has happed so much recently with benitez talking about pennany and how he deserves to be in the squad, so why not try it in the game? In FM07 i found it really frustrating playing as real betis, as i was doing well in the league each year and Billy Sharp was scoring pretty much every week, finishing with like 30 goals each season, yet he never got a look in on the international scene, he'd appeared in a champions league final, uefa cup final, second in the league and spanish cup winner, yet not even a friendly appearence for england. Surely in real life he'd have been at least considered?

So i just think it'd be nice to have an advanced player/media option whereby you can talk about an individuals international chances.

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While I think there's a lot to suggest being added I think a small mini 3D engine for "view incident" so we can properly guage if a foul/offside was committed. As it is it's just too 50/50 & almost entirely guess work.

It could also be used as a test for a future full match implementation.

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sorry SCIAG but your idea bout being an assman is never going to happen. It's Football Manager Not Football Assistant manager. And the wholes team info lines would make the whole transfer market stupid. All you would have to do to get good players is just go and search for a team that had 'Raises world class youngsters' if you wanted good talent as opposed to actually hunting about for talent. Also, sometimes these club traits come about not due to club policy but due to manager e.g. Arsene Wenger at Arsenal and Alex Ferguson at Man U. These would maybe work better then as individual manager traits in their profiles i.e. [enter manager name here] likes to [enter description] e.g. utilise clubs youth system or prefers to sign proven talent.

You could even have a manager reputation e.g. for a manager who likes to spend alot - Chequebook Manager on his profile screen

Or manager that like to sign and raise youth - Talent expert etc.

What you think SCIAG? icon14.gificon13.gif

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I'm not sure whether this has been mentioned or is embedded in the game but:

A Simple Retro Version.

An option which allows you to play the game like Championship Manager 2 or 97/98.

I liked it when you could fly through a season in two days or so. There's to much going on in the new one and it's just not as vindictive as it used to be (imo).

It takes far too long to play one match then another, too much time between matches. I mean surely you could release the game as it is and have the option to play a no-frills variant.

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I think youth camps would be a nice feature to add, as they are becoming more frequent in the world of football.

You could have that way a potential star for free and without needing to scout him..the board proposes you a list of countries and you have to select which one.

Another thing I would like to get improved are sponsorships.

Now you can only have the sponsor that the board offers you; I would like the possibility to choose from a range of 3-4 brands that offer you different amount of money and different period of contract.

There could be also contract options like "if you win the league we'll pay to you 15% more" or "if you are relegated our agreement is over".

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My crusade for a great touch of realism will not end just because my main requesting platform is dead(EHM)... so here's my only wish for a future FM:

An option to hide attributes! (like in the freeware EHM as well as OOTP's great version of this concept)

...No numbers telling us what a player can do on the pitch, and/or in his future; No coloured arrows to hide the numbers whilst still giving us what real managers don't have. ...Just scouting reports, stats, history, and our own judgement is all we have to determine a player's skill when using this option. Having used this in the original EHM, I know it's a boat-load of fun to play with... and it can actually make the game slightly easier sometimes, since there's no attributes to throw-off your judgement of those 'bad attributes, good performances' type of players.

Please, I'm begging for this one! icon_frown.gif

P.S. I know there will be a bunch of people against this idea(there was with EHM at least), and that's why I'm proposing it in the form of an option, like the "display graphical attributes" option. If you can't play without attributes, then don't take the time to turn on this 'hide attributes' option.

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I´d like to see the Club you´re managing offer you a long-term contract earlier, not just only 3 months before the current one expires, but if they´re very happy with you, they could decide to renew it one or even two years before it expires.

Also related, if you´re on holiday and during the time you are, they offer you a new contract, you should return from holiday to be able to negotiate the terms, and not just accept it as it stands now.

Ok!

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I'd like to see a graph showing the history of a player's valuation. It'd be interesting to see how a player's market price has fluctuated in the the past, to help see if you're paying above or below what he's been worth in the past.

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RE: Media interaction.

I should think there should be something more than just one news blurb if say you hit 500 games with one club. Somthing like the media asking you how youve done it, can you see yourself there for another 500 matches, some type of awknowledgement from the board.I think that when you hit 500 matches you should get more then just one news blurb.

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Sorry if i'm repeating.

There is only 1 thing that i would love to see implemented at the moment.

Having just played the FIFA manager 08 demo, i realised how good FM really is. However, there was 1 part of the game i thought was excellent.

That was the worldwide youth camps you can set up. They would obviously take long to build and cost a lot to set up and run but in a few years time you could have quality youngsters coming through from that country.

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i (as everybody) buy fm every year and i ll continue to do this.But i suggest for the next year the fm 08 saved games to be used in 09,because when you play 3 or 4 seasons,then its hard to begin again the new season.Not everyone have the time to play 2-3 hours a day to play 20 seasons.

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