Manager Mode Questions and Answers

[WallerWalla]

what i would like to see in mm scouting is that instead of one player the scout shows you 5 players and you can choose 2 to really have a look at and the scout comes back with more information on the pair and you decide which one, or just turn em all down

[halolma]

this sounds brilliant!! I love playing MM and no matter what team you pick or what level you play at, eventually you make enough money to pick any players in the game

but this sounds brilliant!! and finally some weather in the game, hopefully night games too (cup matches)

[cooler08]

Originally Posted by smeltzerinho

heyyyyy, when you start a new manager mode, i'd like it to reflect real life fixtures, i.e. Sunderland v Bolton first game of the season, then Chelsea (AT NIGHT, albeit summer night ) on the Tuesday etc. etc.

Obviously in the 2nd season and afterwards they will be random again.

Hey, you (EA) said you were going to be more authentic in MM, THIS IS AUTHENTICITY

I agree, real world fixtures would be good. I want to be playing against Sheffield United first game of the season as Middlesbrough

[The-murphy-chap1]

i hope in MM you could get job offers like at the end of the season getting offers from different clubs and when your get fired i hope you dont have to start all over again cause in 09 i was wondering what would happen if ya got fired ha and it was disapointing..so i hope they change this..

[LookItsBigDave]

Originally Posted by cooler08

I agree, real world fixtures would be good. I want to be playing against Sheffield United first game of the season as Middlesbrough

they had real world fixtures in fifa 2003

[smeltzerinho]

Originally Posted by The-murphy-chap1

i hope in MM you could get job offers like at the end of the season getting offers from different clubs and when your get fired i hope you dont have to start all over again cause in 09 i was wondering what would happen if ya got fired ha and it was disapointing..so i hope they change this..

You obviously havent been reading fifa soccer blog

If you get fired, can you look for another job instead of seeing a “game over” screen and having to start a new game from scratch?

[MK] Once fired new clubs are going to try and hire you based on “Manager Reputation”. The higher your reputation is, the more likely it will be that better rated clubs are going to bid for your services. This will not only happen when you get fired, being successful will mean that you will be tempted with offers from other clubs at the end of the season as well. Manager Reputation will be used to judge your long term performance over multiple years, only the best managers will be able to clinch the level of reputation needed to coach top clubs such as Manchester United, Barcelona or Bayern Munich.

[Nulzuris]

Thnaks for the updates, I love hearing the new features particularly to Manager Mode as this is the highlight of the game for me. So glad they brought EDIT KIT NUMBERS back, its something I really missed and the trasnfer system sounds amazing, good work FIFA TEAM!

[The-murphy-chap1]

ohh nice ha sorry .. didn't see it i clicked straight into this ... thats abit better:P

[Nulzuris]

I created this thread because i think its an ideal opportunity for people to give ideas for just small added extras that would develop manager modes realism. Below are a few things i'd love to see and would appreicate any come back...

1) managers, staff, subs - just to see them on the side would be interesting.
2) perhaps toilet rolls or flares occaisonally on the pitch for big matches
3) alternating commentary - meaning that for a start I would like to se emore than just one set of commentators but also for it to rotate so that you don't always hear the same voices (this would be a great feature).
4) For the commentators not to comment EVERY single time that a back pass is made! The commenetators always comment on this...
5) a variety of football boots colours is always a welcome feature
6) Russian Premier League (a number of decent teams in there)
7) RAIN!!! Matches on FIFA 09 that have rain do create splashes when players run, but to actually see the rain falling would be good.
To have the option of playing real length matches (90 mins). It used to be available so why take it out?
9) As everyone says, celebrations at the end of the season, not just a short huddle.
10) Commentators to chat about individual players more often.
11) More International teams...where is Ivory Coast! (sorry this isnt for MM but wanted to add this anyway)
12) If you cannot get licences for the Russian league or any other top league, then can we at least have some of the better players available in the FREE AGENTS section in the transfer window? ... don't like having to take Vagner Love out from the Brazil national squad and then set him has a free agent.
13) Weather variation and night matches would be fantastic!
14) I'm not sure if its possible but have a quick key sort of thing where you can make subs without having to press start - by this i mean being able to do quick subsitutions without breaking up play.
15) More faces of players rather than so many fake faces. its not this that matters so much but more the fact that some players dont even have the correct skin colour. Michel Bastos for example is shown with tanned skin whereas he's black.
16) And last but not least Much more atmosphere! FIFA EURO had the atmosphere with loud drums and confetti, well the big matches (derby's, cup finals, opening season games) need atmosphere and LOUD DRUMMING

thanks

[cooler08]

It says the Board difficulty will effect your starting club but Marcel said on FSB-

[CD] Will your choice of jobs be restricted to your prestige (instead of being able to pick a job at any club you like)?
[MK] At the beginning you will be free to start with any club you wish, as we didn’t want to prevent users from living out their dreams of becoming the Manager of Manchester United or Chelsea. Managing these high-profile clubs will come with a trade-off though, the board will watch you very closely and have very high expectations. Any signs of you not being able to bring home silver-ware at the end of the season will result into drastic reductions of the “Board Confidence”, which means there’s a good possibility of getting yourself fired really fast

So will you be restricted on which clubs you can manage when you select a high Board difficulty or not?

[Super-manc]

In the transfer window, will you get more time to bid for players? Because in 09, you only got a few chances to bid for players, and you can only bid once per week.

[UK Jack Bauer]

Originally Posted by Super-manc

In the transfer window, will you get more time to bid for players? Because in 09, you only got a few chances to bid for players, and you can only bid once per week.

This was posted a while back by Placebo of FIFAInformer, kind of answers your question...

Has it been changed so you no longer can only bid like 4 times in January and 4 times in August with a limit to "negotiations"? For example being able to make bids every day or such?

EA: Yep that’s all much better now, you also start the season earlier so have more time to sign before season starts.

[hAbIbIbEbI]

I LOVE THIS GAME NOW

It´s hard to play FIFA09 now when you hear the new Features...wish i didn´t read them

[Matieo10]

I just hope it is more efficient than the last game.

EG. Helder Barbosa not being able to be signed by Porto, because a glitch was in the game that saw Trofense players (among players at other clubs aswell) couldn't be signed because they were only allowed to be offered €900 a week wages and €2000 transfer fees it really ticked me off that I couldn't sign players...that essentially were owned by my club in real life.



Also would be nice to see more realistic weather and time of day during matches. Not every Portuguese league match is played in the day

I think a neat thing in Fifa 08 was the player perimeters where you could easily see another players Attack, Defence, Skill, etc. ratings with-in a circle. In Fifa 09 you had to spend time looking at all the attributes from top to bottom and that bored the lalalala out of me




Also change the damn lettering. Don't you fools know white lettering on black backgrounds are likely to damage your eyes rather than vice-versa you're ruining my vision, along with many other poor Fifa players.

[smeltzerinho]

Originally Posted by Matieo10

In Fifa 09 you had to spend time looking at all the attributes from top to bottom and that bored the lalalala out of me


Also change the damn lettering. Don't you fools know white lettering on black backgrounds are likely to damage your eyes rather than vice-versa you're ruining my vision, along with many other poor Fifa players.

:wub:

[Fifa06RBK]

Sounds awesome!

[Walkers24]

Very impressed, cheers Wepeeler!

[xuanvu]

How about better AI lineup decisions? In '09 I don't really care if I sold C. Ronaldo to some other team in the same league because he will not be used anyway (except for the last couple mins. when their team is loosing). It seems that the AI always used their default squad, even if there are better players available.

[Wepeeler]

I'll get another load of questions off to Marcel and get them answered as soon as I can. Just a bit busy with life. Hopefully by Friday

[smeltzerinho]

Originally Posted by xuanvu

How about better AI lineup decisions? In '09 I don't really care if I sold C. Ronaldo to some other team in the same league because he will not be used anyway (except for the last couple mins. when their team is loosing). It seems that the AI always used their default squad, even if there are better players available.

Another one not reading the FSB....

[MK] The CPU did not rotate it’s squad based on fatigue last year, it based its decisions simply on overall. Therefore the top players got tired really fast and another, not less annoying, side-effect was that even when new players were purchased by the CPU, they were never introduced into the line-up. This year the CPU will rotate it’s squad based on overall, fatigue, injuries, suspensions and so on. One really cool thing is, that when the CPU is playing a game it thinks of as lower importance, i.e. Manchester United playing a 1st round cup game, it will rest it’s better players so they’re fit for the more important matches. You will see different CPU line-ups and better rested CPU players as a result.

[ManUman1690]

Great job, really pleased after reading that, Manager mode is heading in the right direction.

[Dan1247]

thanks for the update wepeeler, it sounds like there have been a ton of improvements so far, with hopefully more coming. my major question is when you update your stadium manager, does the stadium change unlike in 09? i remember this happening in 08 for ps2 where when you upgraded your stadium manager you actually saw the change in the stadium size. i've upgraded wycombe's stadium manager to a 7, but i'm still playing in the same tiny stadium with houses on one end. kind of frustrating since it used to change

[ManUman1690]

How many Pre-season friendlys will there be? in FIFA08 for the PS2 you could arrange 4 friendlys, i was playing as Stromsgodset at the time and tried to arrange a game with Man United but they refused, but i could not arrange to play another club, and only got to play 3 friendlys instead, i would like to see the possibilty of upto 10 games before the season kicks off.

[spot242]

I am very curious, if they bring this nice improvements (AI) also to the custom tournaments. For example, will the CPU notice - when a game is more importent etc.

Will they bring benchwarmers in the last tournament game when they allready reach the next round etc.

I guess, when they once change the cpu - this would also fit the custom tournaments, which we play often with friends very good.

What do you think?

[Madness11]

You've got me all excited