retired_GoBlue31

Hello. I am hear to complain about my board and the fact they are complete and utter toss pots.

I am Leeds.

Season in League 1 - My best EVER season on any FM game. I didn't lose a SINGLE league game ! You would think my board would be quite impressed with this legendary feat and the fact I spent about 300k. Oh yes, the mighty Leeds went up as champions. Alas no, losing to Arsenal away in the league cup was apparently such a big issue they thought I should be preforming better...

Season 2 - I'm patched and not on -15 now so hoping my board may have at least a tiny amount of common sense. thinkaagain. The Championship was no match for the mighty Leeds but alas it was a more difficult season. I lost about 7 games and finished second - automatic promotion. This didn't please my board much because they were concerned about the 2-2 draw with my RESERVE SQUAD?

Not to worry.... I'm back in the Prem now and they have kindly given me £25m to finish mid table. My team is pretty dire but I have an awesome goalkeeper and I have managed to win several games I should have lost. 10 games gone and i'm sitting 7th !

BUT NO..... THE BOARD FEEL YOU SHOULD BE PEFORMING SLIGHTLY BETTER!!!!

i've lost about 10 games in 3 years? HOW CAN I PERFORM BETTER YOU UTTER FOOLS. I think they may be upset I disregarded the information they provided me with about one of my strikers being out of form. Apparently not scoring in 3 PRE-SEASON friendlies is a huge cause for concern.

Can chairman die ? Ken Bates is getting on a bit now. I'd like someone who is slightly more rational as my boss please.

Chief Smackah0

I am very annoyed about my defenders who are seemingly scared to tackle, closing down might be fixed but tackling is messed up.
Also when two of my CMs close down one player.
And when my corners always seem to go near post despite them being set to mixed.

retired_ju89

No scouts willing to sign for bloody Blyth.

Certain Player/AssMan will not sign a player contract and I don't want him as my assman.

An assman finally applies to my advert, is not so bad and is unemployed but the board block his signing because I have one.

Spurs form this season in real life.

retired_cajuncocoa

When you know you're close to getting the sack because your strikers can't score for love nor money, so you arrange a morale boosting friendly against your own Under-18s team, so they can bag four or five goals each and get their confidence off the floor. Unfortunately, your league-topping, cup-winning Under-18s haven't been given a copy of the script by your Assistant Manager and proceed to turn you over 2-0. You collect your P45 in the car park at the training ground shortly after the full-time whistle.

retired_alan.parker

After reading this topic, I can only come up with one conclusion:

SI have truly failed with FM08

Its also made me depressed.

Thanks SI

retired_taustin

Did you at least read its sister thread?

retired_carljoseph

What is getting my goat is everyone complaining about every minor thing which isn't right (a few i can understand) when the same things happen every year when the game is first released. Everybody seems to have forgotten about the red card and penalty bugs in past versions or bugs which caused you to be offered international jobs while managing in the conference. Also back in the FM05/06 days when it was simple to sell a player from the conference for 2M+.

People have such short memories and complain like this every year when we know there are going to be major problems. I agree with the frustration but it's not like you shouldn't have expected it.

retired_julienew1212

Kenwyne Jones being able to leap out of the stadium IRL, but can't seem to win a single header in FM08.

The inevitable throw-in to the opposing striker.

Deciding to play with Sunderland and realizing you have no transfer budget because they decided to buy players like Michael Chopra IRL.

Disallowed goals on set pieces and corners.

The sneaky feeling that this game is less realistic than 07 when Hossam Ghaly gets a hat trick. In the first half.

The board telling you that you have sufficient resources to do your job even though you have a transfer budget under $1 million and a wage budget consumed by lame players from real life. Last time you checked you had a stadium which fits 40,000+ people and played in English Premier League.

Constantly getting offered feeder clubs in Ireland/Iceland/Northern Ireland and having to accept just so the computer can offer you something else next time.

Wondering why your midfield supposedly plays in the Premier League but can't string > 3 passes together.

The computer having the nerve to quote a $10 million asking price for Carlton Cole. Seriously.

Stephen Hunt. This guy is a serious yellow/red card machine in FM08.

The inevitable injury to your new star signing.

Eddie Johnson. Helps you get familiarized with the phrases "How did he miss that?" and "That was a sitter." But then runs by 4 defenders and scores by himself.

Stadium expansion bug. You look forward to getting more seats in your stadium only to realize that even though expansion has been going on for months, the size of your stadium is still the same.

The newsfeed telling you that big name X was bought for $30 million by the top team in your league. Meanwhile you're seriously wondering if you can force Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke to retire or have them wacked so their salaries come off your wage budget.

retired_michael_s1988

I outplay one of the old firm away from home as Hibs, and lose 3-2, and my fans are ****ed. :/

retired_michael_s1988

How my player who takes the throw in throws it straight to one of the oppositon. I understand him not being good at throws but throwing it straight to the opposition is ridiculous.