Starting unemployed..... Is it worth it?

Bodis · 11-06-2007, 12:53 AM

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Originally posted by David Graham 4 Scotland:
i started unemployed in 08. managed spal in lower italien leagues. got offered the leeds job without applying after 5ish years. then got the sevilla job (after resigning at leeds), then got offered the man united job.

so it shows if your a talented manager (like me) you can get higher positions! .....i became a legendary manager when i quit man u for my fav team torquay!!1

...although rather dissapointingly after winning champ league twice, premiership, 2 la liga's after joining torquay my reputation went back to local (tufc in the conf.)...

i dont think peter taylor has a 'local' rep now hes managing stevenage, do you......

What reputation did you start the game with?

David Graham 4 Scotland · 11-06-2007, 12:54 AM

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Bodis · 11-06-2007, 01:02 AM

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Originally posted by David Graham 4 Scotland:
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Well that dispells the problems of not being able to get better jobs in 07, lets hope its the same in 08. Good job btw :thup: sounds like a cracking game.

Raven Darkheart · 11-06-2007, 01:50 AM

wait for the 1st full patch before ya start unemployed

Giziar · 11-06-2007, 01:58 AM

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Originally posted by Raven Darkheart:
wait for the 1st full patch before ya start unemployed

Why?

As some posters already posted here, they got a job after starting unemployed. So why the need for the full patch?

GaryMacIsGod · 11-06-2007, 02:03 AM

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Originally posted by David Graham 4 Scotland:
i started unemployed in 08. managed spal in lower italien leagues. got offered the leeds job without applying after 5ish years. then got the sevilla job (after resigning at leeds), then got offered the man united job.

so it shows if your a talented manager (like me) you can get higher positions! .....i became a legendary manager when i quit man u for my fav team torquay!!1

...although rather dissapointingly after winning champ league twice, premiership, 2 la liga's after joining torquay my reputation went back to local (tufc in the conf.)...

i dont think peter taylor has a 'local' rep now hes managing stevenage, do you......

In my FM07 game i got offered a job at Scarborough Feb 2008 when they were in the relegation zone in Conference North, had points deducted because of administration, and in that season, with 3 months to spare, got them promoted by playoffs, and then in consecutive seasons got them from conference national to league 2 to league 1.

Yet a "talented manager" like me got no reward, so i resigned and still no one seemed to care, apart from conference sides.

i just hope that they've sorted it out because thats so unrealistic it makes me sick, and i cant be arsed going though it all again!

I mean, i know some people are content with picking thier favourite side and going straight into management, but i just prefer doing it more realistically and making my way up the ladder, and for a game that claims to be the most realistic football management sim, it fails badly. Well it did in 07, hence why im asking if its happened in 08 to anyone.

GaryMacIsGod · 11-06-2007, 02:05 AM

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Originally posted by Giziar:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Raven Darkheart:
wait for the 1st full patch before ya start unemployed

Why?

As some posters already posted here, they got a job after starting unemployed. So why the need for the full patch? </BLOCKQUOTE>

I got a job in March of the first season with Hucknall Town without a patch.

Bodis · 11-06-2007, 02:13 AM

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Originally posted by Giziar:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Raven Darkheart:
wait for the 1st full patch before ya start unemployed

Why?

As some posters already posted here, they got a job after starting unemployed. So why the need for the full patch? </BLOCKQUOTE>

I think he means that before starting a "long term game" you should wait for the patch (because it will hopefully iron out any long term issues in the game), not that you cant get a job if you start unemployed now (I've done it twice, both pre and post patch(both games discarded due to current issues))

kennec · 11-06-2007, 02:21 AM

no

game is not playable for lower rep clubs.

if u start of as unemployd with high rep mayby okie to play a seson.

i would suggest pick a random team to play with insteed.

GaryMacIsGod · 11-06-2007, 02:25 AM

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Originally posted by kennec:
no

game is not playable for lower rep clubs.

if u start of as unemployd with high rep mayby okie to play a seson.

i would suggest pick a random team to play with insteed.

are you suggesting that its not possible to have a decent game if you start from the bottom?

SI have a problem then because i dont want to start with a random club i want to work my way up in realistic fashion.

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