Ron Wandle Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I always call myself Ron, as a nod to the old-school 1980s era, when all managers had this name. I think I've been doing this since before The Fast Show's Ron Manager character. When managing Wimbledon, I'm Ron Wandle, Wandle being the name of a river that runs through the Wimbledon area, and it also sounds a bit like "[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wombles]Womble[/url]". When managing Brighton, I'm Ron Haddock, since Brighton's by the sea, and also after Tintin's Captain Haddock character (no relation to Brighton). What's your manager name? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Odd... I call myself by my real name... as I like to play as me... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Wandle Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, Welshace said: I call myself by my real name... as I like to play as me... I use my own date of birth, height and so on. I used to add ten years to my age, to make it feel more realistic, but I don't need to do that any more. I even used the upload your own photo feature this year. Essentially "Ron Wandle" is me, or my footballing alter-ego. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, Ron Wandle said: I use my own date of birth, height and so on. I used to add ten years to my age, to make it feel more realistic, but I don't need to do that any more. I even used the upload your own photo feature this year. Essentially "Ron Wandle" is me, or my footballing alter-ego. Why not call yourself by your actual name? genuinely interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Wandle Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 7 minutes ago, Welshace said: Why not call yourself by your actual name? genuinely interested. I guess because it's a game and I'm not a real football manager in life. I'm playing a fictional character who is a real football manager. It's escapism - I don't see any reason to see my own name in the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, Ron Wandle said: I guess because it's a game and I'm not a real football manager in life. I'm playing a fictional character who is a real football manager. It's escapism - I don't see any reason to see my own name in the game. Fair enough, never really considered calling the manager anything but my own name.. the escapism for me is in me myself becoming the manager of a professional football team... nice to get a different perspective though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivetti Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I never call the manager my own name... I play in various countries and for role-play, it'd be weird that they'd hire a random inexperienced foreigner. And I quite enjoy creating the 'characters'. Uxue Etxegarai is Basque, Olivier Befve is French, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotropolis Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I'm usually myself. Though, that being said, if I want to be a different Nationality then I often invent a name akin to the nationality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
podunkboy Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Unless I'm managing as "me", in my hometown (which only has a NPSL-minor-league level team), I create a manager persona for the country or area I'm going to be managing in. My main save (started in Switzerland, moved to Germany) is a German manager named after my grandpa, just because I get a kick of seeing "Duke Seeger" winning the league or blowing up in the locker room. I've even uploaded Jimmy Buffett's face to use for a Caribbean-based save. (I really need to get out more...) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Wandle Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 40 minutes ago, olivetti said: And I quite enjoy creating the 'characters'. Uxue Etxegarai is Basque, Olivier Befve is French, etc. Great names! I've had a look at some old saves to see what I've called myself in previous incarnations. When I used the Create-a-Club mode to create the new Rio de Janeiro club Copacabana, I see I called myself João Veloso, a combination of a couple of Brazilian musicians. Looking back, it would have been better to have followed my Ron formula and called myself Ronaldo or a variation of. Using the name of a local landmark as the surname, I would now, if ever to play as a Brazilian manager again, call myself Reinaldo Açúcar, which translates as Ron Sugar (Pão de Açúcar, or Sugarloaf Mountain, is the famous mountain in Rio). I also managed in Indonesia with the name Rahmat Manajer. Rahmat was, I think, the closest real Indonesian name I could think of to Ron, and Manajer was just a play on the word "manager". 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorcesterLegend Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 well, i always start my main save of the 2 year i have played as a latin/british since my name fit that very well, but if im managing in say spain i will give the manager a spanish name like "Alejandro Gutierrez" or "Jose Maria Ordaz" for weird spelling nation i normally google common names for that nation, thats how the estonian Razvan Tamm was born Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Wandle Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 44 minutes ago, WorcesterLegend said: ... thats how the estonian Razvan Tamm was born That's an awesome name! I bet he had a great backstory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smaldini Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I play as myself, the only difference is I change my birth year (1991) because I like to be older than most of my squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I am always Jaz Richards. My alter Ego for any game where I have to add my name. Started because I usually like to put myself in as a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I always use my real name but have to adjust my D o B down to a more realistic level! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I've always managed as myself and sadly these days my age means I am of a realistic age as a Manager. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I couldn't play as 'me' - it wouldn't be realistic. Usually, I'm Wily Coyote, half-Mexican former international. In the lower English leagues, I'm usually Nobby Charlton - born on the day Manchester United won the World Cup (with a little help from West Ham!) Perhaps my favourite was inspired by a one-off save when i discovered there's a team in the lower Italian leagues called Matelica. So I created a Swiss-Italian manager called Rolf Sandman - just so I could call the save 'Matelica: Enter Sandman'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 When I manage in Scotland I add "Mc" to my surname. A also add my wife as chairman since she controls the purse-strings in real life! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorks Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, phnompenhandy said: When I manage in Scotland I add "Mc" to my surname. So: Phnompen McHandy? :-) 1 hour ago, phnompenhandy said: also add my wife as chairman since she controls the purse-strings in real life! too true - gives me an idea! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporadicsmiles Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 It depends! I rarely use my actual name, since I like to add a little more fantasy to the game! My current manager is called Stel Petrovskyi, who I have set as Croatian and imagine as a player who played in the WC '98 era. Nothing beats a bit of roleplay to add to the makeup of a game! The favourite name I used was when I was doing a save in Scandinavia; Flóki Vilgerðarson. Inspired by the Vikings character based on the first person to sail to Iceland. The main problem being constantly forgetting how to pronounce the thing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Loser Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I also like to use fictional names, often with some kind of twist; Jose Loser in Spain, last save was Jean-Franck Dissasteur in France and just started a new save as Enrico Horribile in Italy. South Korean manager He-No Win is also coming at some point, as well as English mastermind Kevin Cunning-Bloke :) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I often use my real name, though I tend to alternate between Christopher and Chris as my first name. In recent times, those names have alternated with each full version of the game (e.g. I was Chris in FM17, so I'll probably revert to Christopher for FM19). Also, I think FM15 was the first version of the game where I could use my actual year of birth (1990) from the start instead of having to add on years. However, I have used alter-egos in my FM17 England save and my FM18 demo save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted June 12, 2018 Administrators Share Posted June 12, 2018 When I'm playing my 'home' save I'm normally the highly original Neil Brock. When I'm testing the game I'm the even more original Test Man. Creativity 20. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNT3R Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Neil Brock said: Vision 20. ---- I always use my own name. I don't think I've ever used another name for my manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
herne79 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 10 hours ago, warlock said: born on the day Manchester United won the World Cup (with a little help from West Ham!) It was clearly West Ham who won the '66 WC. Any other suggestion comes with a ban . (No prizes for guessing who I support). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I've done a range of things over time. Most commonly as myself, but I've also been ex-players, particularly legends/icons of the club I'm managing. I'm currently Ludo Giuly managing Bastia, as well as his fictitious son Parchisi Giuly managing AS Furiani. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Always as myself, even down to place of birth and favourite team (have a guess....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 3 hours ago, herne79 said: It was clearly West Ham who won the '66 WC. Any other suggestion comes with a ban . Wondered whether I'd get a bite; should have known you'd be the one . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carninho Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Can be my real name or: Paolo Di Carnio in Italy Roma Simpson at Roma Chris Bob-Williams at an English team (I got the nick name years ago at a Saturday job in Dixons) Jimmy McJock, or Jock Strap in Scotland Ron Manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niksa83 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Dildo Baggins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didaro Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 On 11/06/2018 at 12:38, Ron Wandle said: What's your manager name? I usually use my own name but sometimes I use Buck Naked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigBoss Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 As some have said I use my real name, height etc only thing I do is add a few years to my age for realism, don't see many 26 year old managers about Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicHat Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Either my own name or a foreign equivalent... so if i fancied being french i'd call my self etienne... spanish... i'd call myself esteban Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicHat Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Etienne à Pierre... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hovis Dexter Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I used to play Freelancer. I also have to adjust my age for a bit of realism😰 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal585 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 If I'm managing in an English speaking country I will use either my real name or middle name + maternal name or some combination thereof, with Australian nationality. If I'm managing in a foreign country then I will usually just go on a random name generator until I come across a combination that I like. Only other alternative is when I'm trying to roleplay a bit more like my Savoy game where I named myself after one of the historical dukes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smkx_Muldoon Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 A friend of mine always goes for "Manny Gerr" or something along those lines. I like seeing my own name in the HoF etc, so always go for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I always pick a first name of the nationality of the country I’m managing in and have a last name of ‘Manager-‘ plus an ending for the country I’m managing in. Currently, I’m managing in France and my name is Jacques Manageré Last years was an Israeli Manager by the name of Abraham Managervich If I’m in Italy, it’s Andrea Managerino 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savo7en Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I've recently been playing as a newgen player from my save on the previous edition of fm. In my fm18 save I play as Elvis Gjonaj, a Kosovo born England International who came through in a youth intake when I was managing West Ham in Fm17. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caketiger Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I use Michael Winthorpe. My brother uses Arthur Kilburn - he sounds like an old-school manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy8chimp Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I always made an effort to regionalise my name... Westini, westinho, westler, le westy, mcwest, westo Until they made setting up a manager profile such a ball ache! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I use my birth name kingjericho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smkx_Muldoon Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 13 hours ago, Savo7en said: I've recently been playing as a newgen player from my save on the previous edition of fm. In my fm18 save I play as Elvis Gjonaj, a Kosovo born England International who came through in a youth intake when I was managing West Ham in Fm17. I might give this a go, not sure why it's never crossed my mind before. I often use regen players and squad numbers as passwords. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I play with my own name as manager. But I put a youth player in with a ridiculously high potential (and I think i set him to a random position) his name is Hank Scorpio (from that episode of the simpsons). So in short, random nationality, random position etc. Just a high PA. Then each save, i like to follow him around, what nationality he started at, what age he came into game (14/15/16 etc.) And if he ever makes it to the top. I have one rule, never buy him. He's had interesting careers, and not so interesting. Once he was in it as a Goalkeeper, which was surprising and fun. And another he was Balon D'Or winner many times. He's had some adventures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harper Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) On 11/06/2018 at 12:49, Ron Wandle said: I use my own date of birth, height and so on. I used to add ten years to my age, to make it feel more realistic, but I don't need to do that any more. I even used the upload your own photo feature this year. Essentially "Ron Wandle" is me, or my footballing alter-ego. I use my real info as well. That first time when I could use my real age was distinctly a weird moment. I did use "Sven Ahlmann" as a Swedish alter ego back when I managed Sweden to a World Cup victory in 2006. I still use that if I start a save and go on vacation through the end of the first season. Edited July 9, 2018 by Harper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I use my real info. When I created a manager to ruin a certain team from a town full of roundabouts, I used the moniker 'Francis Chekiller' though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotropolis Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 16 minutes ago, Lenzar said: I use my real info. When I created a manager to ruin a certain team from a town full of roundabouts, I used the moniker 'Francis Chekiller' though. Would that be Swindon and it's Magic Roundabout by any chance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Getafe Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I go with my real name and a real profile too - feels like a bit more of a bona fida achievement when you see your own name on news article after winning the league on the last day or winning the cup in the 90th minute or on the club/history rankings. "Random Randomson has done the double!" doesn't have the connection to an 'achievement' for my liking. That said, if I get FM19 I'd have to create a new profile named Arsene Wenger and take over AFC just to see if the fans would go into meltdown, as if the last few months of jubilant liberation was all just a cruel Kronke joke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Have had a few made up people and then use my forum nickname too in various guises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathReborn Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Either my real name or Raphael Santos, journeyman Brazilian manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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