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-A more active transfer market
-Longer than just 5 years
-Stadium/Centres Building
-Youth team

Madden Style Franchise mode, where u can also decide the Teams ticket prices, food prices ect ect ect.

the use of Real Money for transfers, non of this Points Crap :P
In other Words, make it more like Madden's Owner mode! :D

Ability to create a team, and start off in the lowest Division possible from any league, with Either Created Players or Randomized General players.

In the career mode , I only want the things that a manager has to do in the real life...

and to have money , not credits :p

A much deeper Career mode a real Champions League Arsenal's new stadium. The ability to set my prices on tickets, food, and advertisments. Just look at Madden's career mode and copy it please.

I want the ability to manage my National team(US mens) in career mode to be able to go threw the World Cup qualifying, and into the Worldcup so that I can bulid them into a world power.

I want a trophy room like in NBA Live 2004.

I like the idea of different sponsors offering money to your club.

I want a youth team so that I can train a young player and bring him to the senior team.

I like the idea of playing championship games at neutral sites.

Make the leagues more realistic I play with Arsenal in my career and the teams at the top are Arsenal, Wolves, and Man City. There is something really wrong with this.

All the CORRECT STADUIMS

Please let there be ROSTER updates online

to make cinematics for example when you buy a new player, also to earn money from tickets, and to improve the transfer market (e.g. CPU can also buy players)

it should be youth divisions.
edit your stadium, e.g. the adboards, etc
A tv channel offers you money by each win match.

-to be able to change our team's kit after each season (offers from sponsor, new design, etc.)

- better cinematics when you win a championship

- substitution cinematics

- creation center, youth team and more active transfer market (when another team buys your player, he should play, not be a reserve)

- to have the practice mode INSIDE the career.

- better practice mode (more options, like penalties)

Fist one is allow us to put in a real manager name. At start u would get offerings from little clubs from all over the world (contracts and stuff) and then when does well get more job offerings and doin bad would get u fired (it could be called manager mode which u could turn off if wanted to play with 1 team)

Extend it to 10 years and instead of dealing with retirement, just put in the older you r the more fatigue u get and your rating will go down

Each player should a potential bar so if it is high, that means if you train him he will be a great player. Also a happiness bar so if it is low it will be easier to transfer

Champions league and Uefa cup first year and improve them (randmize groups and better UEFA Cup format)

Fan turnout system improved (each team should have its own setting for fan support) ie in FA cup, If Middlesborough plays third division at Riverside, not a lot of people should be their

Even though only a few teams have their real stadiums, teams that don't should still have tickets with the name of it on

Finals at neutral stadium (fans should be 50/50 and it would be played at a custom ground ie FA cup played at either the 5 english stadiums and champions league or uefa cup flayed at custom ground in europe

More tactics and captain select

Have contracts and such and allow computer transfers (don't overdeal and the players equired will not just be reserves)

Money loss and gain through promotion and such (qualifyin for competitions) aka Team's total money should include players already have

More knoks and injuries. Player should have injury bar so if low they will often get injured in training and games

Allow to train(actual) in career mode

At end should be able to see big cup winners and stuff

-Add more leagues from eastern Europe.
-Allow the career mode to last for as long as you wish.
-Get some type of "special section" of career mode where you can go see the trophies you have won, the teams you have beat, history of team etc...
-We should be able to save goals.
-More stadiums.
-Have real money and not credits or points or whatever.
-Have a section similar to NBA Live where you go see the player's stats but not only from your team but all of them put together from all the teams in the leaugue that you're in ex: goals scored, saves made etc...

1.improve the gameplay
2.improve the menu
3.improve the career mode

I think we all agree that FIFA needs and in-depth career mode, combined with the amazing graphics and licenses, and the good gameplay, FIFA will jump over any other games.




- Age and retire should be added
Career mode is great, but it would be even better if you had to worry about replacing Figo and Zidane after a couple of season managing Real Madrid. Of course managers should have the options to try and make them stay longer, just like a transfer.

-Wages
We should be able to control the wages, or atleast control them sometimes, like when you want and old player to stay longer. There would be pros and cons, pro= you have figo or zidane longer. Cons= they are now being paid more, which some players may not like.

-more trouble
tired players, red card, and inuries were nice, but we need MORE. How about sick players? The players could go from bad(getting very tired in the game, to really sick(being out for a game or two). It sounds like an injury, but sickness would come like...well, sickness, unexpected. Also how about NT duties. Letting the player go means more practice and better morale, but you no longer have him(maybe even for a month if its a big tournament, the player would be tired, but he would be a lot better). If you don't let him go, you gave him , but you may face fines or the player getting mad at you. It wont be a problem with the youth and reserve players, but once the big guys want to go to the NT...thats when the fun starts

-Players should have minds of their own
It would be great if you could get into fights with players. Players would want to leave. or tell you that he is not happy at the club or something like that. We should be able to deal with their egos, a player with a big ego will not want to be left out of the starting line-up for one match.

-media
lets us talk to the media, and more ways to earn money, the weekly prestige was kind of lame, we need more ways to gain and lose money.


-INMODE practice
We should be able to have a practice mode inside the career mode. Time and time again i want to practice a new formation or practice putting a new player in a certain position, but i am stuck having to practice during a a game.


-Time should not stand still
I want to see changes in the weather, in what the players wear, in how fresh everyone is, and even if they get sick or not.

-International Career Mode (Career Mode with International team where you have to get higher rank and stuff)

I think everyone already covered everything :)

I have a good Idea have a thread Called

EA have Create-a-player for the console version

....and make it sticky until fifa 2005. :f***:



I mean for pete's sake this is nothing out of this world. Every sports game has it. We need to toughen up with EA because they take us for granted. Last years they pull our leg until the final month when they came out with the news about create-a-player being cancel.

Deeper Career mode
Longer
other teams buy players
Cup cinematics
Youth teams
Realistic player values
accurate players stats
In mode practice
Build stadiums , change ticket price , sponsor ,etc

I've got only one wish :

_ No more career mode ( there are other games for that and one from EA )
It will save memory on the cd's otherwise we will have one generic face in a few years

Ok, here I go:

-VERY long career mode, something like 30-50 years, and make it possible so that if someone wants they have to start off with a crap/created team and make their way to the top division in their country, and you can get offers from various clubs as you go along, etc etc.
-Having cinematics for hwen you buy a player, showing them at the media conference, shakeing hands with the manager, etc etc.
-Have players getting unhappy if they don't play so they then wanna get transfered, and have international cups, and the ability to manage a NT and take them through the various international cups
-Have REAL money, no points system, that's just crap.
And for now, that's all, tho i may add later.

if you as a manager are doing well, u should be offered the job as world cup coach, for your country, which you would chose at the start of career mode with ur name

Some idea for Career Mode

Wages: Players should be paid in a wages and we should be able to control how much they make.

Longer Career Mode: 5 Years just doesn't cut it, we need longer time to really shape and form the team that we are controlling

More Stadiums, More Leagues, More teams from Countries that don't have representative leagues in the game (rest of world)

Put practice mode INTO career mode (this was the thing that got me the most excited about the new career mode b4 I bought FIFA 2004 and have my heart broken by it not being in there)

Have other teams offering the coach contracts to be in charge of their team

Have a National team Career mode which would especially go well if a person could be the coach of a Club team and a National team, now that would be awesome!!

Have more injuries happen, not 1nce every 20 games but one usually every game. In real football some teams have up to 9 players injured at once. That would be a pain but a very fun change to the career mode since it would force coaches to change whose playing and who isn't

Make players also get sick to put more problems on selection (We want more problems in picking who we want to start!! Thats the funnest part!)

Have International callups so that some star players must go play with their NT instead of staying with the club. Also make it possible for them to be injured with their National Team

Make personal problems also come up to make things harder for the coach.

Include a youth team, or atleast make the roster sizes 40 players again and make it possible to create Youth Teamers at the beginning of the Career Mode so that instead of EA making up fake players we could use real player names and create similar real youth teamers to be on the team.

Make it possible to buy and switch players in transfer market, also make it possible for multiple player and cash deals :rockman:

Also introduce ways to get more cash such as winning a cup or getting into the Champions League or UEFA Cups.

Make a section in the Career mode menus where you can look specifically at a players fatigue level, moral level, and also make it a place where you can see their type of injury and how long they will be out. (Because its a waste of time to have to go alllll the way back across all the players attributes just so that you can see the most important thing, their fatigue, condition, and moral levels)

Also make it possible for other teams to buy, and trade players

Also randomize the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, also introduce smaller cups such as the Intertoto

Make it possible to select who you want to be captain

Give us a section to see the cups that we win

Also make the leagues more competitive and thus fun....

Make it multiplayer, so you can play as more than one team.

EXTEND THE CAREER MODE LIKE ON CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER TO BE WITHOUT END;) OR AT LEAST TO BE PLAYED FOR 40-60 YEARS!
THIS IS THE THING THAT MAKES THE GAME REALLY STUPID AND WHEN U PLAY IT THERE'S NO FUN BECAUSE U KNOW THAT SOON IT WILL END:( SO PLEASE FIX THIS FIRST!
THAT'S WHAT MAKES ALL THE FIFA FANS REALLY BORED OF THAT GAME!

I think that what everyone wants is a game that combines TCM and FIFA (not football fussion), instead, the whole package in one single game.

I would like that, since most features are covered (computer transfers, trophy room, etc, etc.) and also you can start your career in a small club, etc... etc... etc...

The only thing i don't like in TCM is that the career mode is way to deep, and sometimes is boring. The way to go is simplify TCM (not quitting features! just simplifying them), and that should be the career mode. With that management, complemented by a good gameplay, we will have a kicker game!

I would like to see a multiplayer option in career mode, so that other players can select thier teams as well.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LICENSE FOR THE BALL AND THE STADIUM ( ADBOARDS AND JERSEY PATCHES) AND DEFINATELY THAT FRANCHISE MODE LIKE MADDEN 2004. thanks ea if u fulfill this

Physical Improves:
Hair more realistic, in F04 Ronaldinho looks like Chief of School Cafeteria.
At least 2 teams of every country of America and Mexican League
A CREATION CENTER!!!!!!!!! like PES so u can make ur own crest and kits.
Make availaible to buy all leagues players (including Brazilian).
More stadiums, Cinemas of the crowd making rows to enter to the stadiums. It will be fun if people shout the F word or say bad things to referee. more realistic kits,make possible that other players pull players by the uniform. and also make possible that the keeper get yellow o red cards. Make cinemas more realistic the celebration of cup winners with all the players jumpin with the cup with fireworks all the stadium without lights. and newspaper how do u say ? oh u understand
SFMBE!!!!!!!!

:rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

International management
pick:
1. the team
2. friendlies
play in qualifiers
apply to play in diferent tournaments

general managment:
allow for different jobs
DEFINATLY MAKE IT TWO PLAYERS AT LEAST!
Mini manage in cups like just the CL and stuff...

1)CREATE A PLAYER!
2)longer, ATLEAST 10 years. NHL had 20 last year, the new MVP baseball will have over 100!
3)create a team would be nice, not as important as create a player but it would still be cool.
4)actual training would be awesome, like in Madden, I love the way that it is actually performance based.
5)The simultations have to be better, the good teams should be at the top of the table, and when you simulate games your teams skill should actually determine their results its pitiful as it is right now.

Originally posted by Jomi
It will save memory on the cd's otherwise we will have one generic face in a few years Yes we can all use that extra space given to us by EA to.....do nothing :rolleyes:

Did you read the rules Kulixs?

neway To be able to improve players stats in practice mode.

i dont like career mode

update patches for david beckham's ever changing hair!

:kader:

inter ultra, way to go man! that was the best speech ever!
i especially like the injuries and personal problems part

Do something with CL groups:f***:

Bayern, Borussia and Stuttgart in one group:f***: :kader:

fuse TCM and FIFA into 1 thing.
Also bring back ingame creation centre in the consoles.
and fix the ECC groups. i mean Real Madrid, Barca and Deportivo La Coruna in the same group?:kader:

to be able to approach players and sign them when the transfer market is not open but recieve them when it is

I have a few here, but I will post more obvious ones later

1. to be able to approach a player even if he isnt listed, but its harder to get the club to accept.

2. To be able to save a few squads and quickload either. e.g, when Im playimg a weak team in the league cup, and have an important game coming up, I need to change all my team manually to get the reserves and rest my best players. sounds a bit weird, but it would be cool.

3. Fix the menus!!! I dunno if it is for all of you, or only for 3rd division sides, but in the fixtures menu, it still says 3rd division for me and Im now in the premiership. IT also says that for all the matches, even FA and League cup ones. It also says it on ALL the matches, when I start them and says Northampton Vs XYZ.

4. Fix the CL and EFA cup things, make us play better/qorse teams.
A problem there is, if youre not in the CL, ALL the good teams are in the EFA cup, incl Real madrid, milan, etc. And evrytime a weird team such as austria memphis or god knows what gets to the final.

5. When you get promoted, lets say from 3rd to 2nd div, the teams from 1st dont get relegated from 1st to 2nd, nor do the ones in the EPL to 1st. and 1st to EPL and so on. There should be a way to check ALL the other leagues, not only divisions, but La Liga, Serie A, etc.

and all of this is good:

Ok, here I go:

-VERY long career mode, something like 30-50 years, and make it possible so that if someone wants they have to start off with a crap/created team and make their way to the top division in their country, and you can get offers from various clubs as you go along, etc etc.
-Having cinematics for hwen you buy a player, showing them at the media conference, shakeing hands with the manager, etc etc.
-Have players getting unhappy if they don't play so they then wanna get transfered, and have international cups, and the ability to manage a NT and take them through the various international cups
-Have REAL money, no points system, that's just crap.

Originally posted by henry#14
fuse TCM and FIFA into 1 thing.
Also bring back ingame creation centre in the consoles.
and fix the ECC groups. i mean Real Madrid, Barca and Deportivo La Coruna in the same group?:kader:

amen to that. this thing is just stupid. everything would be great if the make it a one game package and thats it

-Like some people already said, try to simplify, (not take out) concepts and ideas of tcm2004 and add them into fifa. Set prices on tickets, get money from winning tournaments, maybe even mony from selling items. You can make more money if your a really good team and your winning, you can raise the ticket prices. When promoted, fans start attending way more, and more revenue comes in. On the flip side, you have to pay your players and sign contracts with them. If your doing good enough, after a while you can buy yourself a new stadium. Perhaps even something to do with sponsors?

-way longer carreer mode

-youth teams, or at least youth players so that when older players retire you can pick up younger talent.

-youths should start out not so good, some will become stars, (with training and experience) and others will only be bad, or ok players.

-have experience, a player with more experience will train better and achieve a higher rating sooner. Depending on how much playing time, what teams they play ect.

-computer makes transfers & you can now do multi player swaps and cash deals & loans

-different types of injuries, people getting sick ect.

-if your doing poorly in a respected club, you will soon get fired. If your doing alright in a poor club, you will keep your contract. Other clubs will offer you contracts if you are doing really well. If you are doing really well you could even be choosen to represent the national team

-larger roster size- 40

-better job at implementing fatigue, moral.

-certain young (and older) players improve at a much higher rate than others, other players will barely improve.

a much better champions league

none of these 2nd 3rd divisions please these could be used to make first divisions of other countries

South Africa in international pluss more teams in international please
proper money.

none of this credits stuff and that idea to price the tickets and stuff thats good man.

cinematics when you sighn someone

The game system was'nt very good in fifa 2004 i preferred fifa 2002 game system ;)

conference, conference north, conference south.

DOMESTIC:
- Ablility to buy new stadiums. I play with Bristol rovers in the EPL and im stuck with a piss little ground. With success comes money, and with money comes upgrades in facilities as well as players.
- A youth system: At the end of every year, you should be able to chose young players to come through the ranks.

INTERNATIONAL
- International Career mode: Organising friendlies and qualifying for compititions ie. EURO, Confederations cup, World cup.
- Call up players
- More kits to select from if CC isn't included.

INTERNATIONAL
- International Career mode: Organising friendlies and qualifying for compititions ie. EURO, Confederations cup, World cup.
- Call up players
- More kits to select from if CC isn't included. [/B][/QUOTE]



I really like this idea!!!! I would buy the game just because of this. Being able to take the USA team through tournaments and call up players sounds awesome. Foward this idea to EA

Wishlist for Career Mode:

1.The ability to buy players from Brazil, and those in Boca Juniors, River Plate, Monterrey etc...

2.Create your own team and players.

3.Let the manager accept offers from other teams. A manager should be able to transfer to another team if the money is right.

4. Include Argentinean League

5. Include Mexican League

6. (Quote from previous posting)
-International Career mode: Organising friendlies and qualifying for compititions ie. EURO, Confederations cup, World cup.
- Call up players

I think that the best way to improve career mode is to make it longer, harder, and more interesting The actual career mode is good but it needs a lot of improvement I can finish the career without any effort, also I would like to buy players from other teams such as America. Also by being able to start a career with teams like Boca, America, and other teams:taz: that's how I feel about that

very simple, 7 improvments needed really

1. Sponsers
2. Get rid of that stupid manager points thing
3. More realistic player values.
4. Be able to make your own bid , for example, not being forced to increase the bid by 1 million every time.
5. Be able to apply for other jobs
6. A career that spans for , as mentioned earlier , for about 20 or so years, although id personally prefer to see a thing where if u dont pass the objectives you get fired and you have to find another job
7. Much better training.
8. Trophy Room, which would also add better cinematics to when we win a trophy hopefully.
9. National team career
10. Age must be added, with stats making a difference and ability on the pitch being affected ( players gorw older each year)
and finally
i really do feel we need unlockables.

ok, i reckon:

instead of waiting a whole season to get prestige points, each time a goal is completed, you get the points then, not at the end of the season. Plus you should get points after each win, e.g. get points for winning in league, more for winning the league cup and more for winning in Europe competition.

Also make the player traning system work a little faster!! 6 weeks for 1 point!! thats just stupid! needs to be changed to at least 3 points each time. or mabey each attribute goes up by how many manager stars your have. eg the better manager you are the better your players respond to you.

oh yeah, and make it so the real big teams dont get beaten by the little teams, eg. the top 4 in EPL were :
1 Arsenal (me)
2 Man City
3 Woverhampton
4 Lestier CIty

and the ECC draw had teams i never even heard of in there over teams like Real Madrid AC milan and Juventus.

The idea of a National Career has been mentioned, but I think it could use some elaboration...

During your club career, after a few years of doing well, you will get the position of your Nation's coach. When you get the job, you will have to do a national campaign, which could include many things, but especially World Cup Qualifying, World Cup, Euro Cup....etc.

The cool thing would be... you get to select your own rosters! The game would have an entire list of players who are citizens of your nation. From them you would select a lineup.

I think that this option is going to be a must in future soccer games. If FIFA picks this up, 2005 has the potential to be absolutely killer!

Better ai players, creation center, mexican league, and make it for all the consoles not only ps2 and xbox there is a lot of people who owns a gamecube and fifa is the only soccer franchise in this console and if ea decides not to make a gc version there will be no soccer games anymore for this console, so pls make it for gc

Players should have to go on International duty and if you play good with your club team u should be asked if you want to play for your country (like in real life).

money should be used instead of pretige points.

realistic leagues instead of dundee united in the champions league and wolves premiership champions

better cinematics

longer than 5 years, just never ending!

2 player career (one player can get boring all the time)

transfers shouldnt be immediate. you should have to negotiate with the team then the player.

matches can b postponed

you should be able to appeal against player bans and the fa can change there decision

games should feel different as when you play against man utd last game of season to win the title should feel different than mid season game v man city. use better atmospheres and more wild celebrations.

player morale should affect how they react against your team selection, e.g. players should be fustrated that they dont get a start and they lose ability pts

sorry for all my sugestions lol, just this would make fifa gr8 instead of good

Youth teams
New sponsor contracts ie. nike, adidas
Longer
More rewards
better and many more cinematics based on your team, country etc.
stadium builder
custom centre like 2002 except lots, lots more options
special announcements at random eg. News announcement about kluivert not happy at barca
inmode practice
friendly creator eg. in euro where you boost "morale"
save whole game video so it can be put into practice or media coverage and questioning of coach about performance

THE 2 THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ARE...

1. FREESTYLE CONTROL TOTALLY REVAMPED!

THE MOVES THAT ARE IN THERE NOW TOTALLY SUCK. U ARE MORE LIKELY TO LOSE THE BALL THAN ACTUALLY GET AROUND YOUR DEFENDER BY USING THEM.

U YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE MOVES LIKE THE ONES U SEE IN THE NIKE COMMERCIALS. RAINBOW KICKS, CROSSOVERS, SPINS, NUTMEGS, OR ANY OF THE MOVES THAT WERE IN FIFA 2000. ESPECIALLY THE MOVE WHERE U TURN BACKWARDS, FLICK UP THE BALL, THEN POP IT OVER YOUR HEAD IN FRONT OF U. THAT WOULD BE CRAZY...

PULLING THESE MOVES ON THE COMPUTER OR ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS WOULD ADD A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION TO THE GAME.

2. CREATE A PLAYER

PUTTING YOURSELF IN A GAME IS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS YOU CAN DO. I DON'T KNOW WHY EA SPORTS DECIDED TO LEAVE THIS OPTION OUT THE LAST 2 YEARS BUT I SINCERELY HOPE THEY BRING IT BACK.

I think the prestige pts are stupid, your prestige should go up yes.. but not with the system they have now.. it should be more like their other sports titles.. with the dynasty mode.

ability to transfer players from rest of the world teams

This should be a simple one.


The ability to compare statistics to other teams. Like Top Scorer in a league. As well as having stats from leagues you arn't in.

I say forget the whole prestige points thing because it sucked in FIFA 04. They need to rate teams on a number system like 60-100. they need A game of the week, player of the month, and the World FIFA player of the year. ANd how about champions league in the first year. And of course make it longer than 5 years, madden is i think 30 years.

i think as far as gameplay goes, the game is managable. just make the little things like trapping and passing animations look more natural then glitched.

the idea about the youth divisions is alittle much. though i like the idea of having the youth of each club inmprove and being able to train very easily and manually. for istance like in madden, training with palyers and the drills have to do with there positoining. like finishing drills for fowards.

i hope nobody takes this as bashing but i think that ea should take some idea's from winning eleven 7. like the trade for plaeyrs and the real cleats. i would like to see some nike vapors, or adidas predator pulse, or sumthin. if a game that has barely any lisences can get thenm fifa can

I agree with you ben on the cleats. I dont see why they cant get all the real cleats when EA Canada makes NBA Live and they have all the new Nike and Jordan shoes plus a few adidas. Just do it like NBA Live, but I guess they need to add in a creation center first.

First off I think that Ahmed pretty much nailed it. Obviously the career mode needs to be longer and I have absolutely no doubt that it will be. I do think Career Mode needs to be modeled after Madden (ie. the training, stadium builder, owner mode where you determine ticket prices, food prices, sell jerseys, gain sponsorships, TV deals, and also a budget to spend on promotion for your team.) Definitely we need to have to work out player contracts using real money, no point system.

I was also very concerned last year about how realistic Career mode would be as far as the top teams (Man U, Arsenal, Milan, Real, etc) staying near or at the top. It seems every time a game comes with a career mode, for the first year they have this problem. I fully expect this to be fixed this year.

As far as Ahmed was saying about the players ego/ media thing. I haven't seen too many other people talking about this, but I think it is a perfect idea, and actually is being implemented this year in Madden 2005. Madden is going to have a system where you can actually read the local papers and see what the media is saying and what your players are saying in the papers. Also, they are having EA Radio in the game, where there is a simulated radio show that talks about your team and how they played that week and what to expect the next week. Also, in Madden, the players are going to send you emails voicing their concerns about playing time, other players, the gameplans, etc. This intertwines with their morale, you have to manage their ego. If a player is upset he will not play well and you can either decide to play him more or ship him off to another team. Some players will come out and ask to be traded. You also get emails from the training staff about injuries and the owners or general managers about what kind of job they think you are doing on the pitch. This is all really cool stuff that could be great in FIFA.

Also, I would like to see dynamic weather that changes with the seasons (players wear long sleeves, possibly snow, and you can see the players breath when it is cold), and players being called up to the National Team and leaving your squad.

I would like to see a youth system too. In fact I think it is a must to increase the long term playability of the game. I would like to be able to create your own prospects like in other games, but you would still have to put in a bid to get them on your squad, they would not automatically come play for you. The better prospect you create, the more teams will want him and you will have to pay more to get him.
As far as bringing players along and them improving, we should have a practice or training mode like Madden where you actually choose a player and do certain drills with them, the better you do the drill the higher they increase. But of course, players also naturally progress or degress every year, which is determined by a potential rating as well as how much or how well they performed that season.

Also, I want to be able to sign players from around the world (ie Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Japan, etc.), and we need to be able to edit the players a bit. It doesn't have to be a full-on Creation Centre (although that would be cool!), but I would at least like to be able to choose a player's number and pick my captain (which could also improve their morale).

I also agree with real boots being in the game, a la NBA Live 2004. That is without a doubt one of the coolest things I have seen in a game.

Also, I want to be able to see results from all over Europe, not just the league I am playing in. And I think we need more stadiums of course. I would like to see double the number of stadiums we have now. And the cup finals should be played at neutral sites with a split crowd. Maybe you could allow the user to designate at the beginning of each season where the cup finals will be played that year. Or, if there is a stadium builder, allow us to create a megastadium to play the European cup finals in.

I know that this seems like a long list of things that will never happen or would be hard to implement, but there is not a single thing that I have mentioned that has not already been put in another EA game (Madden, NBA Live, etc). It is time that FIFA stepped it up another level.

Finally, I wanted to say that I just got Euro 2004 on Xbox and think the gameplay and menus are lightyears ahead of FIFA 2004. The menus must stay for FIFA and the gameplay is also great. Just fix the framerate issues (Xbox Euro NTSC) and add some creative and fantastic features to the Career Mode, and we will have ourselves one hell of a game!


Originally posted by AhmedK
I think we all agree that FIFA needs and in-depth career mode, combined with the amazing graphics and licenses, and the good gameplay, FIFA will jump over any other games.




- Age and retire should be added
Career mode is great, but it would be even better if you had to worry about replacing Figo and Zidane after a couple of season managing Real Madrid. Of course managers should have the options to try and make them stay longer, just like a transfer.

-Wages
We should be able to control the wages, or atleast control them sometimes, like when you want and old player to stay longer. There would be pros and cons, pro= you have figo or zidane longer. Cons= they are now being paid more, which some players may not like.

-more trouble
tired players, red card, and inuries were nice, but we need MORE. How about sick players? The players could go from bad(getting very tired in the game, to really sick(being out for a game or two). It sounds like an injury, but sickness would come like...well, sickness, unexpected. Also how about NT duties. Letting the player go means more practice and better morale, but you no longer have him(maybe even for a month if its a big tournament, the player would be tired, but he would be a lot better). If you don't let him go, you gave him , but you may face fines or the player getting mad at you. It wont be a problem with the youth and reserve players, but once the big guys want to go to the NT...thats when the fun starts

-Players should have minds of their own
It would be great if you could get into fights with players. Players would want to leave. or tell you that he is not happy at the club or something like that. We should be able to deal with their egos, a player with a big ego will not want to be left out of the starting line-up for one match.

-media
lets us talk to the media, and more ways to earn money, the weekly prestige was kind of lame, we need more ways to gain and lose money.


-INMODE practice
We should be able to have a practice mode inside the career mode. Time and time again i want to practice a new formation or practice putting a new player in a certain position, but i am stuck having to practice during a a game.


-Time should not stand still
I want to see changes in the weather, in what the players wear, in how fresh everyone is, and even if they get sick or not.

well that was a great list of idea's but im sure half of them will not be possible bcuz of lazyness of ea. also thay seem to not see ouir idea's but hey its there loss.

do not put so many lower leagues in egland, just two is fine.


more national teams, and when you play them, you could play in a stadium from that country.

more latinamerican teams and edited players. option to buy players from ANYWHERE

if you dont do a good job, you can be fired, or if you do a great job, the NT can offer you the manager job. call up players, un mirrored boots,

CREATION CENTRE

i wound t mind latin american teams, but i know ppl will complain when they rate them lower than other teams thatu expect to be lower. i mean club america, boca juniors, and riverplate are all the good latin americam teams i know that are actually good.

I had another thought. In MVP Baseball they have a feature when you simulate a game, it brings up a scoreboard and you watch time pass during the game and see the score, at anytime you can break in and complete the game. So maybe you see your team fall behind and decide to break in and try and comeback. This would be another cool thing to add to FIFA. I know sometimes I just want to simulate through meaningless games, but half the time you end up losing a game that you know your team should win easily. peace.

how about some length.....madden has 30 years.....make it interesting...

comp teams getting better and worse as years progress new players showing up on comp teams after several years.

practice team squad....can be simulated should be able to choose from a short list of young players to add to the roster.

I think I can sum up the most important things to add in this post.

Career Mode:

An option for how long it is. I want to play all the games, but I don't want it to be always really long, for I don't have time to play it that much. Maybe anywhere from 5 to 100 years. Players age and retire. Young players can naturally improve (and a potential rating should be added, players with good potential such as Freddy Adu have a better chance of improving, when players get old or get bad injuries ratings go down. None of this training. It is unrealistic to take a random player and make him better at whatever you choose. A youth system please!

Realistic financial system. Players have contracts. When their contract expires, they have to be resigned. Of course if a player can choose to sign with a different team because of money or the ability to play on a higher level or displeasure with the team. I am confused by football's financial system in real life but their should be some way to deficit spend. All football teams are somewhat in debt, some do it too much and it can lead to ruin (such as my favorite club, Leeds). You should be able to lend and loan players. Computer teams should be able to be involved with each other in the transfer market. Companies pay to sponsor you, such as on your uniform (you also should be able to customize uniforms from year to year) or on billboards. If you're good, companies will want to sponsor you and pay lots of money. You should be able to build a stadium, set ticket, food, and merchandise prices.

Also, there should be coaching changes. Like Madden, there should be a preseason where you can choose opponents from around the world.

National competitions should be involved in the regular career mode. If you coach well, you get to manage the national team. Then, you can choose the roster of any player of that country. You can play cup qualifiers, the world cup, the Euro tournament, etc.

Please more leagues! They had some very poor leagues, like the Scandinavian ones, yet they left out some good ones, such as the Mexican, Aregentine, Greek, and Turkish! Some teams from these leagues are in the game but not you can't play with them in career mode.

For those of us that play MLS, for that league the financial system should work the way it does. In MLS there are limits to player wages, salary caps, and the youth is drafted from colleges.

Simulation needs to be WAY more realistic, teams like Real Madrid never make it far in Champions League.

You should be able to practice inside career mode. There needs to be captain select. More formations and strategies would be nice.

Gameplay:

In FIFA, the moves are terrible and don't work. They should change the system. In NBA Live, they have a freestyle control system. By pressing certain buttons you could do certain simple actions. The same should be for FIFA. For example, hold down shift and press a key and it does a stepover, or a chop, or a pullback, or any kicking the ball to the side with the outside of the foot, etc. However, the game MUST be realistic and the emphasis still has to been on passing.

Also, the passing and trapping should be more streamlined. It is difficult to effectively pass the ball through a defense and score. My goals are usually in the transition when my player gets past their midfield, sprints towards the goal with the defense backing up and giving him lots of space, then blasts it at the goal from 40 yards out. The only way to score is if you have lots of space, for it takes way to long to trap it and way to long to shoot it. if they make these actions just a little bit quicker, the gameplay will be way better and more realistic.

Other:

The menu needs to be better. You should be able to save replays, it really bugs me that you can't (or at least I don't know how). A creation center would be great, but the most important thing would be being able to edit players. There needs to be better cinematics. The 'feel' of a big game should be different from that of a normal game. If there is any way to increase the drama, it should be added. Maybe momentum should be added into the gameplay. If your team was down and now just scored 3 goals to come back, momentum should carry over. Or, like in WC2002, if you score an important goal, dramatic music should play. Anything that can be done to separate a regular game from an important one should be done.

You should be able to add mp3s and make it the menu music.

I think that's about it, hopefully I didn't leave out anything too important. If I did, I guess I'll just edit this post. Someone should forwards this to EA Sports. Do they look at this forum? They really should.

Edit: Champions League needs to be randomized.

All of these refer to the console version of the game, specifically PS2.

1. Youth Team management in Career Mode, also ability to bring youth players into 1st team for tournament play and exhibition matches.

2. Transfer Market: CPU makes independent transfers; players’ happiness/dissatisfaction affects it, contract negotiations for extensions and free unattached players.

3. Stadiums: Please get Celtic Park. Besides the major leagues, try to get one or two major stadiums for the other leagues. For example the Home Depot Center for MLS where they can play cup finals and such.

4. Madden-like options in the running of a team in Career Mode, but one that keeps in mind the nuances and culture of soccer rather than a carbon-copy.

5. Career Mode is up to 30 years or so. You must start out with a lower profile or created team and work your way up through the ranks with contracts from different clubs being offered. Players age and retire, and talent levels ebb and flow. New players come in through youth leagues.

6. Options to create teams and players.

7. If you cannot get the licenses, at least have similarly formatted competitions to the CL, UEFA Cup, and World Cup, available not only to play in tournament mode but also Career mode.

8. Ability to coach and manage a national team during Career mode or have its own type of Career mode. In both versions the manager should control the call-ups, and players can decline or retire to make it realistic, perhaps even schedule friendlies.

9. More national teams available, Eircom League from Ireland, at least one lower division for Scottish and other European leagues, and an expansion set up for the MLS in Career mode to mirror the expansion of the MLS in the real future.

10. Bicycle tricks and dribbling moves seemed to be diminished from FIFA 2003. Please improve these areas of game play.

11. Ability to choose who wears the Captain’s armband before all types of game modes, and who to give it to when subs occur.

12. Weather, location, and time options for Exhibition matches.

13. Individual player and coach awards at the end of a season.

I understand there are a lot and some are complex but if 4 or 5 major ones make it into 2005 you have a loyal customer.

For the console games on Career mode.

-First of all career being longer, 20-30 years.

-Being able to select captain instead of being random(i noticed at times it was one from the bench) and also in match, you know if the captain gets injured or something being able to choose who will be the captain.

-Option to select the order of kickers in penalties definitions.

-Being able to manage numbers of the players(some get messed up after transfers)

-A practice mode inside the career mode, with penalties too.

-Keepers should be able to carry bookings, getting red cards, getting injured and be able to kick free kicks, penalties, etc.

-Other teams and even from other leagues to buy and sell players and use them when you sell one too.

-Getting offers from different teams to be the manager.

-Being ables to negotiate with teams from ALL the leagues in the game.

-Getting offers from different sponsors.

-Players being called to play in their national team to play international matches, and you being able to allow it or not(like some coaches don't allow their players at times).

-Have a list for the players with no contract or that got released, and being able to contract them.

-Different jerseys depending the weather, like if it's cold they'd use long sleeves, and if it's hot they'd use short sleeves.

i want caree mode to go on for EVER!
salary points for players are deducted for each game
the more goals u score, the more money u get, i mean a 1-1 draw is not the same as a 8-0 win
players retire and new players come in (yes, i'm talking about an age system)
the rest u can look for in PES:p

Well, everything I write here has probably been said, but maybe if enough people repeat the same things EA will know these things are impotant.

Career mode is a good start but it is much too "player-centric" - it's all about what you do or do not do and other teams have no real influence on that. The transfer market needs a dramatic overhaul, as I think that's the most fun part of the game. Forget prestige points, those need to go. You need to get monetary rewards for reaching goals - think of it as sponsorship. I'm taking Brøndby through the career (duh) and I've won two CL's and am on my way to a third - you think I might earn a little more money? Other teams should get these rewards too. I've gotten some pretty good players on my team like Alan Smith, Jon Dahl Tomasson, and Thomas Sørensen while the rest of the Danish League has remained exactly as it always has been, even though København has done well. It ceases to be much of a challenge. Other teams should be making deals with each other as well. Player-for-player deals should be allowed, as should multiple players for one player and a player and cash for a player. When your team does well it should increase interest in your players. Nobody seems to have interest in my players despite my triumphs, but look at how Porto is getting raided after they won the CL. Free agents are a must.

You must be offered jobs when you are doing well. Can you say, "Jose Mourinho?" Eventually you get sick of winning the Danish league perpetually, maybe I'd like to take over Bolton and see what I can do in the EPL.

Back to the idea of a real world going on around you, the game should keep track of the performance of other players in other leagues. This should influence their price.

Age needs to be a factor. Ollie Kahn shouldn't be the best keeper in the world when he's 40. Players should start young, get better, top out, decrease in ability, then retire. Injuries will contribute to this. Older players who can't keep up with their teams will be traded down as in real life (Baggio, Barthez for instance).

The weekly training thing is stupid. Players don't get better because you choose for them to get better. Player improvement should be based on age, ability, and regular playing time. Thus Rooney, at age 18 and already rated 83 in the game, should eventually get much higher. Youth teams must be incorporated.

FIX FATIGUE. It's ridiculously over the top. My best player is Smith but I can only use him every other week for all intents and purposes. Fix morale too, why the heck does someone's morale go down when you sub them in?

International play should be factored in. Players will be called up and you may be offered a national team job. Not necessarily with your nation; think of Scolari and Rehhagel and Eriksson.

This is more general to the game but don't cheat to make the game more difficult. Why is Gigi Buffon so incompetant when he's in my goal? Why can bench players from the Belgian League catch Henry? This is so frustrating. EA should reward clever purchases and improvement, not negate them just because you're playing world class. If I can run rings around Frem because I won championships and bought good players, those are the breaks.

To be continued probably.

[/B]Originally posted by Brondbyfan

Career mode is a good start but it is much too "player-centric" - it's all about what you do or do not do and other teams have no real influence on that. The transfer market needs a dramatic overhaul, as I think that's the most fun part of the game. Forget prestige points, those need to go. You need to get monetary rewards for reaching goals - think of it as sponsorship. I'm taking Brøndby through the career (duh) and I've won two CL's and am on my way to a third - you think I might earn a little more money? Other teams should get these rewards too. I've gotten some pretty good players on my team like Alan Smith, Jon Dahl Tomasson, and Thomas Sørensen while the rest of the Danish League has remained exactly as it always has been, even though København has done well. It ceases to be much of a challenge. Other teams should be making deals with each other as well. Player-for-player deals should be allowed, as should multiple players for one player and a player and cash for a player. When your team does well it should increase interest in your players. Nobody seems to have interest in my players despite my triumphs, but look at how Porto is getting raided after they won the CL. Free agents are a must.

You must be offered jobs when you are doing well. Can you say, "Jose Mourinho?" Eventually you get sick of winning the Danish league perpetually, maybe I'd like to take over Bolton and see what I can do in the EPL.

Back to the idea of a real world going on around you, the game should keep track of the performance of other players in other leagues. This should influence their price.

Age needs to be a factor. Ollie Kahn shouldn't be the best keeper in the world when he's 40. Players should start young, get better, top out, decrease in ability, then retire. Injuries will contribute to this. Older players who can't keep up with their teams will be traded down as in real life (Baggio, Barthez for instance).

The weekly training thing is stupid. Players don't get better because you choose for them to get better. Player improvement should be based on age, ability, and regular playing time. Thus Rooney, at age 18 and already rated 83 in the game, should eventually get much higher. Youth teams must be incorporated.

FIX FATIGUE. It's ridiculously over the top. My best player is Smith but I can only use him every other week for all intents and purposes. Fix morale too, why the heck does someone's morale go down when you sub them in?

International play should be factored in. Players will be called up and you may be offered a national team job. Not necessarily with your nation; think of Scolari and Rehhagel and Eriksson.

This is more general to the game but don't cheat to make the game more difficult. Why is Gigi Buffon so incompetant when he's in my goal? Why can bench players from the Belgian League catch Henry? This is so frustrating. EA should reward clever purchases and improvement, not negate them just because you're playing world class. If I can run rings around Frem because I won championships and bought good players, those are the breaks.
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This is brilliant stuff Brondby. This is exactly what I am talking about. I have been reading the previews for NCAA Football and Madden for this season and it just frustrates me to see how far their career modes have come and know how lacking FIFA's is. Especially considering how much money FIFA has to work with. It is time for FIFA to make massive improvements. I am right with you on the transfer market as I have stated before. I also appreciate your comments about fatigue. It had to be the most annoying thing in any game I have ever played. It is a brilliant idea, but so poorly implemented. I played with ManU and I could hardly ever play Van the Man because of fatigue. HELLO, Van Nistelrooy plays nearly every game if he isn't hurt, he is the center of the squad. I can't afford to only play him half of the games. I hope, and I mean really, really hope, EA is listening!

I'd like to see teams recieve offers from Sponsors, kind of like how you got TV Contracts in Madden depending on your success, as well as the ability to choose your captain, and I think the Career mode should be longer. Also, everything Brondbyfan said! ;)

They won't make career mode for FIFA better. It will always be horrible. This way we'll shell out money for two games (TCM and FIFA).

Brondbyfan had a great post and everything that ive been thinking about for days now.... They should fix the transfer market to more like madden... Look he sais have it player for player, payers for players, player for players , have money for players... There should be a free agent for each league, because of youth teams and younger players... older players should possibly be put in there aswell cuz they are too old and teams dont want them. Have other teams do transfers too and have players from other leagues get better etc....Thats the first big improvement they need... The second is earning money. We should earn money through spnderships, parking, tickets (by seating), Stands, merchandise (sp), etc... and use the money for staffing, medical team, buying players, "raises", Keeping the pitch good, keeping the stadium clean, advertising, maybe a new team uniform, Better training like actually training with your team, like mini camp with madden, running, shooting, dodging etc... well thats it for now so i'l be back later to add more.........

i think sponsors should be a big actor in the game because that and £30mil offloads is how a team earns money

e.g. say celtic win the champios leauge fist they should get money for winnig it plus more money from the chairman and bourd to maintain their big status plus more arttactive club for players to got to e.g.

Davids will choose Juve over Celtic because of their bigger status

but because they had sucsess he willl choose celtic over juve unless other reasons lik morey money better first team etc..

AND The club should be more attractive for sponsors


EA know all this because they put it all in total club manager


but the sponsor part will be hard nbecause in madden the sponsors aint on the shirts but on fifa they are and they have 400+ sponsors for all the teams in the game

ohh and the abillity to creation center with pemade nike,adidas,reebok,umbro,puma,joma,lecoqusportif,d iadora,lotto, etc..
so if luton get into europe they chould aquire a better kit design because of their reputation

plus if chelsea get religated there reputation will go down so they wont be able to aquire umbro , nike adidas kits etc

Yes I agree, I think the ability to design your kit from year to year would be a neat feature, and would be an easy way to incorporate different sponsors.

I'd also like to see an element of randomness with other teams in the league, so that events that happen in real life happen in the game. For example, a club could have bad luck, go into debt, get relegated, and have to sell off their best players (Leeds). Or, you could have bad luck, and a team gets a new billionaire owner like Abramovich and your opponents now have more money than you.

A more player or managerial aspect cos 2004's career mode was inbetween so maybe if you choose the player aspect you are more directed to who you are playing next game and player comments on how they feel instead of the transfer market and sub etc.

It's probably been mentioned but...

I'd like to see age finally actually make an impact in player's rise/decreasement of abilities, especially now that career mode will last 15 years.

I'd like to have every career mode glitch fixed!!! Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaseeeeeeeee!!! for example,

1. if you really scored more than 50 goals in the season, you should be able to get the points you deserve to get.

2. the injury problem glitch and the injury solution glitch.

3. disappearing stats.

4 sometimes it says "L" on the fixture when you really won that game.
And some others:

1. Can carry more subs to the game. (more than 5)
2. longer sound tracks
3. like someone said, practice inside career mode. but practice may also affect players abilities.


YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO BUY YOUR TEAMS "PROFESSIONAL GEAR" WITH CAREER MONEY.

**** THE GAMEPLAY, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT

I WANT A SHINNY BALL AND PROFESSIONAL GEAR

-Career mode - The computer makes transfers too. I don't want to be a 3rd division team that has enough money for a player like Beckham. and even if i did have the money, Beckham should certainly not want to move to a club like mine if it's bad.
-More than 5 years of career.
-I would like to be able to change my jersey and the sponsor on it.
-I should be able to buy players from Rest Of The World.
- I should be able to use the Brazilian clubs in career mode.
-I should recieve money not "prestige" and i should be able to try and make as many transfers per day as i want.
- The career objectives should actually have an input on my career. For example, If I don't reach any of the objectives, I should get fired.
- I should get offers from other clubs for a manager position.
- I should be able to see the top goal scorer of the WHOLE league, not just my own team.
- When I look at the league table, I should be able to see the total points right away and not need to scroll sideways for it.
- There should be a morale and condition meter like in TCM 2004 and they should affect the player's skill
- If I actually finish a season successfuly , I should get some sort of a reward as a manager.
- When my whole career finishes, I shouldn't be just taken to the main menu, that's pointless.
- Teams like Manchester United or Chelsea should not get relegated when they're one of the best teams in the league.

thetrooper37, i'm off topic but did u ever think your sig could be quiet insulting to some ppl? Special Olympics is not about retarted ppl :kader:

The change your sponsor and kit idea is pretty good, but also you should be able to get offers from other (and bigger) clubs. Just like Mourinho after he won the Champions League and went to CFCP. Also you should promote a couple of young guys from the youth team each season and book friendlies in the pre-season...

Latest career mode details (from Breamster.com):

Breamster.com can exclusively inform you that the Career Mode for FIFA 2005 will be extended to 15 years. During this period you are able to switch teams as many times as you want! The intelligence of the transfer system is not yet known however we can let you know about the following:

"Your ultimate goal is to become a 5 star rated manager and make your mark on the annals of the beautiful game. You may change teams many times over your career - hopefully by choice. As you progress, teams of increasing stature will vie for your services. If you falter, your callers may not be teams held in the highest regard..."

Also featured:

- Ability to employ backroom staff
- Career News (in the style of an actual newspaper)
- Career Center
- Match Summaries
- Messages throughout the season

This feature of the overall game looks to have been developed from 2004, let's hope it lives up to the expectations!

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There are also new screenshots showing some career screens over at the official FIFA05 site.

Don't know if this request is posted yet...

I want that if I play with Man Utd (example) that I can can call up players from the youth of Man Utd:)

Players shud also have a contract term. They also shud be allowed to be loaned etc. Comp. also has to buy some players and tell em to start. LAstly, after every year you shud be given the option to change your jersey. like maybe change the colors in game and then you can put the logos wherever you want them to be put. It shud also be that each player can buy new boots and each boot shud have some attribute. Like...1 can have grip= it will increase the speed of player, some can have good shooting acc. etc.

Originally posted by proxnet
It shud also be that each player can buy new boots and each boot shud have some attribute. Like...1 can have grip= it will increase the speed of player, some can have good shooting acc. etc.

Are u using Logitech Steering Wheel in Fifa games ? :crazyboy:

LoL, i can only give u an excuse if you were playing a car racing game 2 minutes ago, and realised the importance of changing tyres.

I was just taking a look at xbox site about the Fifa 2005 title. Allthough EA was - all the past time - announcing 40 NT and 20 leagues, in Xbox site sais game includes 18 leagues and 38 NT, as it is now on the official site.

The bad thing is that we all thought they would update it again but then again maybe thats final?

Oh oh, maybe that means they're leaving Argentina and Poland's league out, and in their list Netherlands and Japan were missing. That doesn't sound good.