My rules for a more interesting Manager Mode. Meant to add longevity to the game. It's not for everyone so don't trip over your boots about it.
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Transfers- Buy any player from your league and under
- (All 2nd divisions being equal.)
- (English League 1&2 compares to all second divisions except the Championship-EPL’s 2nd division. The Championship is comparable to all 2nd divisions.)
- (Players from top divisions other than the EPL, La Liga, Orange 1{France}, Bundesliga & Serie A may be bought)
- May buy from any Non-European League including all teams in “Rest of World for Fifa 08”
- May not buy unlisted players from 5 star teams until you are Manager rating 8, in the top division for at least 2 full years & be a 4 ½ star team.
- England: Championship teams may buy listed players worth 1 million and lower, that are reserves on any EPL team. League 1&2 may buy the same from Championship teams (not EPL).
- 1-7/10 Manager rating: 3 transfers MAX in 1 window
- 5 total per year (not including Loans)
- Only 1 player from 1 Unique position allowed per transfer window
*Example:
General=Midfielder
Unique=CDM, LM, CAM
- 8-10/10 Manager Rating: 4 transfers MAX in 1 window
- 7 total per year (not including Loans)
- Season 1: Buy any 30+ year old under £150k/$300k/ €200
- S:2: under £250k/$500k/ €340
- S:3-5: under £350k/$700k/ €475
- (These are player’s valued at, not total price paid for)
May Loan in the Maximum amount allowed (2)
o Loan in any 1 player 10 points above your best player
o Loan in any player with-in 5 points of your best player
- S:1-2: Sign any Free Agent up to 5 points above your best player
- S:3: up to 8
- S:4: up to 10
- S:5+: any
- S:1-4: If you choose to sell a player acquired in the Free Agency, 100% of the sale must go upgrades
Upgrades
- Unrestricted upgrades for:
- Strikers/Midfielders/Defenders/Goalkeepers
- Max upgrade to season 6 for:
- Fitness:7 Stadium:6 Negotiator:6
- Scout upgrade: Starting with original Team Rating (continue with rating at the beginning of each season before any transfers)
- Half a star(team rating)=1 upgrade
- Upgrade to 9 only after a 10/10 manager rating is reached but not until the 5th season.
- 10 after the 6th season
- Scout only once a season beginning Oct 1st
- No scouting during a Transfer window
- Sign only 3 players max
- Must keep 1
- Must keep 1 that is from the country of your team if signed
- Sales of scouted players are unrestricted
· May not have more than 4 of 1 unique position (not including CB’s, loan outs/ins or scouted players) *see Example above
- S:1-4: Must keep 10 original roster players on squad
-retired
+scouted (counts towards original)
- S:6-10: 5 original players
Set a player salary cap:
[I like 25K.] Use your own judgment of who should get how much. ie: if your players ratings range from 50-65 and you sign a 70, he should get paid significantly more than the highest paid player.
You are Encouraged but not Required to:
· Play as European/UK Teams (ECC/EAC Qualifiers)
· Play as Second division team (or lower)
· Play as a team rated lower than 3 stars
· Sim Games vs. last 3 place teams after March 1st if you are in 1st place with a 10+ point lead
· Sim the first leg of the ECC/EAC knock-out stage
· Play the 5/6 rule. Must have 5 players from the teams country on the starting 11, 6 from anywhere.
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This is just a guide I came up with to make the game more interesting. Fifa's Manager Mode has very little restrictions so playing it year after year for a long period of time gets stale.
The hardest part i find playing these rules is the 5/6 rule.
This guide works well when using a Created Player in MM to help restrict you from making drastic changes but lets you have more control than in Be a Pro. Further, i never include my created player in any of these rules. He is the exception to all.
Any additions are welcome. Hope you like!