The Kop Kid
Senior Squad
O.K, here goes....
CORRECTIONS ON CURRENT WEAK POINTS (The bitching and Whining Section)
1. Foreign Players.
The number of players unable to adapt to life in another country is way too high at present. This does not happen that often in real life. If I buy four new players at the start of the season half the time 3 of them are wanting out in a months time. Players not being able to 'cut it' from an ability standpoint when coming to say, the English Premiership from France is one thing, but half the squad wanting to leave 'cause they don't like the *insert countries name * lifestyle is unrealistic and irritating.
2. Player Unhappiness
The amount it takes for players to recover from any given type of unhappiness in proportion to the time it takes to become unhappy. Example. Stoica became unhappy in my Rennes set up because he thought that he 'deserved a more important role in the team'. This was after 7 games had passed since he joined. At season's end he had played around 35 games and was still moaning about it.
3. Media comments.
I think that they need to reflect what is actually going on to a greater extent. Having the Laval manager telling me that I am not going to win the league when I am 15 points clear with seven games remaining is a tad silly. More variation in the comments would be appreciated too.
4. The Board of Directors and Leaving a club.
Firstly I would like to see some reaction from the fans when you leave a club. It is a major thing in real life when it happens and the fans ALWAYS have an opinion. Nothing gets commented upon in FM though. The other thing is that should you get fired it is practically impossible to get a job anywhere other than at a tiny club. Again, this is not true to life. Football has a history of managers getting fired only to be back in work in a short space of time at another top flight club. Harry Rednapp being a recent example. This coupled with the board of directors goldfish like memory led to a ridiculous situation in one of my games....
After winning the Quadruple with Liverpool I was fired around 15 games into the next season as the team were doing 'poorly' in the league. This position was largely due to the fact that I had about four games in hand due to playing in so many competitions. The board overlooked this along with the fact that I had won every fookin' trophy that the club was entered into in the previous year and promptly fired me. The quadruple of course meant NOTHING and no other big club would hire me. Utter, utter bollocks!
5. Various small bugs.
For exmaple the Inter-Toto Cup. I have qualified for this a few times over several games and invariably wished that I hadn't. I buy many players on free transfers from expiring contracts etc. The problem with this is that the players arrive too late to be registered in the cup. By the time that the domestic season begins the majority of those signed in the aforementioned manner are already pissed off as they have been left out of the first several competitive games that the club has played in since their arrival. The fact that I don't have a time machine to go back a month and register them for the competition seems to allude them, and so a new domestic season starts amid problems. I daresay that this particular one has been ironed out, but just hope that it is not replaced by some other kind of silliness as has often been the case.
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NEW (AND PROBABLY STUPID) IDEAS FOR FUTURE VERSIONS
1. Graphics
Firstly I would like to see background and graphics that are linked to specific events. For example, currently when a players profile comes up there is a picture of the player, so why not maybe have a background option there also. So, if for example you brought up Steven Gerrard's profile page, you could have a Stevie G background pic. Obviously it would not be practical to have this for every player (250,000 backgrounds, I think not) but for a few of your fave players It would be nice.
The graphics could also be linked to specific events, teams etc. So during any Champions League game for example, some kind of Champions League background would be in place. I think that it could really add to the feel of the game and would be very simple for SI to incorporate into the game as the principle would not be too different from the player faces currently used I believe. Other graphics such as the match ball could also be changed, so that in CL and domestic league games the correct match ball would appear respectively.
2. Pre-Game Tactical Information.
Off the top of my head, and will probably make no sense, but how about having some pre-game tactical input from your assistant as to what your opponents are likely to try against you. For example, if you are playing Arsenal, and the AI often uses through balls through the middle for that particular team, then your assistant could inform you of that predisposition. Similarly, if opposition were likely to play with a high defensive line (no Rio Ferdinand Cocaine jokes please) then you could be alerted to this fact. This would mean that you could really plan your tactics based upon an opponents AI and it would really give each game a feeling of individuality as you looked to exploit the information that you had recieved. It would provide greater depth than just looking at the oppositions basic formation I feel.
I'm out of time for now, but I'll post some more later. And yes, that's a threat.
:amika:
CORRECTIONS ON CURRENT WEAK POINTS (The bitching and Whining Section)
1. Foreign Players.
The number of players unable to adapt to life in another country is way too high at present. This does not happen that often in real life. If I buy four new players at the start of the season half the time 3 of them are wanting out in a months time. Players not being able to 'cut it' from an ability standpoint when coming to say, the English Premiership from France is one thing, but half the squad wanting to leave 'cause they don't like the *insert countries name * lifestyle is unrealistic and irritating.
2. Player Unhappiness
The amount it takes for players to recover from any given type of unhappiness in proportion to the time it takes to become unhappy. Example. Stoica became unhappy in my Rennes set up because he thought that he 'deserved a more important role in the team'. This was after 7 games had passed since he joined. At season's end he had played around 35 games and was still moaning about it.
3. Media comments.
I think that they need to reflect what is actually going on to a greater extent. Having the Laval manager telling me that I am not going to win the league when I am 15 points clear with seven games remaining is a tad silly. More variation in the comments would be appreciated too.
4. The Board of Directors and Leaving a club.
Firstly I would like to see some reaction from the fans when you leave a club. It is a major thing in real life when it happens and the fans ALWAYS have an opinion. Nothing gets commented upon in FM though. The other thing is that should you get fired it is practically impossible to get a job anywhere other than at a tiny club. Again, this is not true to life. Football has a history of managers getting fired only to be back in work in a short space of time at another top flight club. Harry Rednapp being a recent example. This coupled with the board of directors goldfish like memory led to a ridiculous situation in one of my games....
After winning the Quadruple with Liverpool I was fired around 15 games into the next season as the team were doing 'poorly' in the league. This position was largely due to the fact that I had about four games in hand due to playing in so many competitions. The board overlooked this along with the fact that I had won every fookin' trophy that the club was entered into in the previous year and promptly fired me. The quadruple of course meant NOTHING and no other big club would hire me. Utter, utter bollocks!
5. Various small bugs.
For exmaple the Inter-Toto Cup. I have qualified for this a few times over several games and invariably wished that I hadn't. I buy many players on free transfers from expiring contracts etc. The problem with this is that the players arrive too late to be registered in the cup. By the time that the domestic season begins the majority of those signed in the aforementioned manner are already pissed off as they have been left out of the first several competitive games that the club has played in since their arrival. The fact that I don't have a time machine to go back a month and register them for the competition seems to allude them, and so a new domestic season starts amid problems. I daresay that this particular one has been ironed out, but just hope that it is not replaced by some other kind of silliness as has often been the case.
____________________________________________
NEW (AND PROBABLY STUPID) IDEAS FOR FUTURE VERSIONS
1. Graphics
Firstly I would like to see background and graphics that are linked to specific events. For example, currently when a players profile comes up there is a picture of the player, so why not maybe have a background option there also. So, if for example you brought up Steven Gerrard's profile page, you could have a Stevie G background pic. Obviously it would not be practical to have this for every player (250,000 backgrounds, I think not) but for a few of your fave players It would be nice.
The graphics could also be linked to specific events, teams etc. So during any Champions League game for example, some kind of Champions League background would be in place. I think that it could really add to the feel of the game and would be very simple for SI to incorporate into the game as the principle would not be too different from the player faces currently used I believe. Other graphics such as the match ball could also be changed, so that in CL and domestic league games the correct match ball would appear respectively.
2. Pre-Game Tactical Information.
Off the top of my head, and will probably make no sense, but how about having some pre-game tactical input from your assistant as to what your opponents are likely to try against you. For example, if you are playing Arsenal, and the AI often uses through balls through the middle for that particular team, then your assistant could inform you of that predisposition. Similarly, if opposition were likely to play with a high defensive line (no Rio Ferdinand Cocaine jokes please) then you could be alerted to this fact. This would mean that you could really plan your tactics based upon an opponents AI and it would really give each game a feeling of individuality as you looked to exploit the information that you had recieved. It would provide greater depth than just looking at the oppositions basic formation I feel.
I'm out of time for now, but I'll post some more later. And yes, that's a threat.
:amika:
, i guess they'd have the problem that including backgrounds of certain players would be subjective in who they choose, however having backgrounds for CL finals and such is a good idea. Again, changing smaller graphics such as the match ball is a good idea, but it already happens i do believe.
