retired_jesusalberto

osama would be perfect to fit in the EMirates

retired_charytine

Brilliant.

retired_yuvaraja

This was working in the last football manager fyi - it's a cool feature indeed.

retired_willieh

I am interested in making this option.How soon I will be able to become chairman, and as far as really, making changes to this file:

## Board Takeovers ##

# You can edit this config file to give yourself the chance of becoming chairman of your favourite club. This should take the following format:

# CP_FIRST_NAME, CP_COMMON_NAME, CP_SECOND_NAME, CP_DATE_OF_BIRTH, CP_NATIONALITY, CP_FAVOURITE_TEAM, CP_NATION, CP_NUMBER, CP_STRING

# For example. you might write the following:

# "BOARD_TAKEOVER" "Joe" "" "Bloggs" "01.01.1980" "England" "Ipswich" "England" "" "Media Corner Ltd"

# Don't worry about the CP_NUMBER field for now as this is not currently used.
# If you leave the favourite_team field blank, it will choose you a team in the specified FAVOURITE_NATION i.e. any club in England. If you specify a favourite team, it will not link you to any other teams.

# Simply copy and paste the line beginning "BOARD_TAKEOVER" "Joe"... at the bottom of this file, remembering to remove the # sign from the start of the line and fill in your own details. Then ensure the 'make_me_chairman' box is ticked in the 'Extra Data' section of Preferences on the FM 2008 intro screen.

# You must start a new game for these changes to take effect.

"BOARD_TAKEOVER" "Mark" "" "Ferman" "25.10.1974" "Holland" "Valencia" "Spain" "" "Media Corner Ltd"

my change is last line!
How it works???

retired_sedcrewfan

I think there will be some kind of takeover and the guy you just named will be the new chairman.

Of course, it will be drawn out like most takeovers, so make sure you know what you're getting into before having your transfers embargoed.

retired_willieh

It is coool! But in new Football Manager 2009, I would be have option in start game menu: Start as manager and start as CHAIRMAN!!!And no delete this option.

That would be just new fantastic features!
Is it really???
SI

retired_sedcrewfan

That debate has long been discussed over and over. Why be a chairman, seriously? This is a football managing game.

Unless of course you want to have complete power over the club...

retired_terata

WHS

What possible features, without turning FM into some arcade dross, could Chairmanship possibly lend an already superior game?

I'd rather existing features and new management features were evolved rather tha wasting time developing ways to go about setting up a new chip van for doris who's married to the kit man.

leftfoot

I don't want to be a chairman but I would like to see the 'decision to build a new stadium' module of board behaviour get an overhaul.

I have read people's stories of the board investing in new stadiums and practically bankrupting a club.

I had a similar thing except at the other end of the ridiculous scale where my current stadium held 19000 and the board decided to build a new stadium costing 80m that would hold 25000. I'm no financial expert but to me 80m for an extra 6000 seats is a crap investment.

retired_sivanandam

Isn't this just a vanity feature in that you, or whoever you specify in the config, will possibly be named as taking over the club at some future date, but you will not actually be able to PLAY the game as a chairman, similar to creating a regen player with your own name - you can't actually play the game as a player?

Or have I got crossed wires here?