retired_calhoun_s

:thup: Pretty much it. Also, he may suggest areas i would like to scout. For example if Angola got to the WC semis you might get a message along the lines of:

Head Scout Joe Bloggs believes that after the good performance of Angola in the recent World Cup, it may beneifcal to send a scout there. Assign scout? Yes / No.

FitTrainer

some great points made in both these posts... all boils dow to the ass man being given a "personality" in the game. completely interactive, but only as far as you deem necessary. he can help in areas you specify, and could advise in others, or would be capable oftaking control and not ruining the club if you left him in charge.

there should be some feedback/discussion between you and the ass man regarding tactics/players performances etc.. you get a performance review at the end of every month for a few players for their training, surely that could be expanded??

same for signing staff as well, surely the ass man would be in a great position to advise whether he thinks a that new coach youre about to sign would actually benefit the team, or whether a more disciplined coach, for example, would help the training.

there do also seem to be indiscretions in him picking the team. not sure why, but he seems to pick the same 11 week in, week out, even if one player has just returned from injury and is half-fit, he goes into the starting eleven, and it should definitely be looked at.

another idea would be for him to give you a report on the previous match, for those who dont like to watch the whole thing. maybe pointing out things like "player x made some good forward runs" or "we looked a bit shaky in defence, i'd suggest trying player y as player z looks rather short on confidence" things like that....

retired_w0lfpack1

While we're providing links to past work :

Metaphysical Angst and Uncertainty in FM - covers a lot of ground regarding "help" from staff making the game "too easy", with specific ways to avoid it.

In-character 'helpful suggestions' - the direction I'd like to see the Staff taken.
New Media Items and Improved Feedback Ideas - more of the same.

retired_halfshell69

It's a sad reflection on the forums that the thread only generated 40ish replies...

Good points, summing up pretty much all my main gripes with the assman.

retired_halfshell69

Cheers, i knew there were several good threads on this, but because of their generally sensible nature they didn't appeal to the more sensationalist portion of the forum population and hence dropped

FitTrainer

:thup: good threads Amaroq, shame they dropped off, i dont remember seeing any of them whilst i've been here...

wholeheartedly agree with them thoguh, hopefully some of these features, if not all of them, can be implemented in the near future...

retired_RedRobin

I've written an article for issue 2 of The Bootroom which goes into the AM's role on match day, so I won't blow that and give my ideas here as well.

I totally agree about the physio reporting on injuries and now I'm really annoyed that I didn't include that in the article. Doh!

retired_RedRobin

It's good to see stuff like this getting a bit more of a foothold again.