chelsea_pumas

I know it's 2 weeks or so after release but I've already thought of something.

After the ability to praise/critiscise players privately (I know it's been mentioned infinite times), I'd want to be able to comment on a loan player's performance just like one of my permanent players.

DJ

I agree with this so much I'd almost found a one-issue political party around this. :thup:

jcb23

Is that still not implemented?

FFS.

If the Man U manager wants to say "You're in good form lad, keep it up" to Shrek, does he say it on the training field or call up the bloody BBC?

The fact that you have to do it in the media is, frankly, a bit of a joke.

BluMoon

There's something about scouting and the player masking attribute that I still don't like. I manage in the Romanian leagues. My manager is Serbian (I forgot to choose a nationality and it did it automatically ). Now, what is it about being a Serbian manager on the other side of Europe that allows me to see just how good a player is at certain parts of his game? Why can I see half of this guy's attributes?

I go back to a suggestion I made last year.

I think that instead of masking a player's attributes, they should be given a range for their ability depending on how well you should know how good they are. This would also work with scouting to be somewhat more realistic and punitive on those who sign players without fully scouting them.

What I'm suggesting is this:

If you haven't properly scouted a player and have no real reason to see how good their attributes are, instead of just hiding the attributes, give them a range. For instance, if I've scouted a player for one match, and he's obviously quite decent at passing, he might have a passing attribute of 11-16. If I were to scout him a few more times, that could be narrowed down to 14-15. And after maybe three matches my scout would be able to tell me his passing was a 15.

Just my thoughts on it, anyway.

Nobby_McDonald

Promotion and relegation below active leagues, to allow more than just the teams in the immediate feeders to get promoted.

The leagues wouldn't have to be simulated, clubs could just move up and down, the correct number each season.

That way I could maybe manage Newcastle Town one day.

ntfc

Something I would like to see in FM09 is less media interactions. Is it really that likely, the media would interview the Elgin City manager every game? I hardly interact with them, the famous Arsenal manager's saying "No comment" or "I didn't see it" has been the norm this season.

DJ

I imagine that the Elgin City Herald would at least have a blurb about their local team every week.

Sancho

During game play, one used to call the tactics and the game would pause, now, one needs to pause the game and see the tactics. I know it is probably more realistic this way, but to have the option would be nice (for those of us that are slow).

BluMoon

Sancho, you can turn it off, I believe. You would go to:

Options -> Preferences -> General

It is then on the right hand side and is a tick box called "Match Experience". I think that's it. I could be wrong, but I'm sure I saw it written somewhere.

rourke

Touchline shouting. I know that to an extent changes to the tactics screen handles a large number of the things that managers scream from their technical areas, but it'd be nice to be able to reinforce your tactical instructions with the occasional yell of "for Frank's sake, stop giving the ball away!" or "don't panic!"

And specific team talk type things to substitutes as they're about to come on.