retired_Mikey73

I know, but that's the club they are. That's what I'd like to see reflected more.

Real Madrid are at times bloody stupid, but they have personality, if you get me.

retired_anthonyc

Yep i get ya loud and clear.
But that back up my point about how things change in the future.
As most spanish teams have presidents instead of chairmen, there is always going to be different personalities in control every couple of years.

retired_STRIDER

I agree with the original post.

Right now, there doesn't seem to be anything that makes teams stick in my mind. And as a result it gets boring after a while, since it's simply a different team-name and logo I'm playing against on match day.

I think the atmosphere could be greatly improved if clubs and managers had unique personalities and styles, like I think Scath is saying. Then we could actually get excited for some matches, and/or dread others.

retired_slowmotion fitness

Great post, totally agree.

retired_ella67

I thought all non-playing staff already did have preferred formations, tactics, etc....

And teams have their favoured styles of play entered in the database. Do these not have an in-game effect?

retired_alexball

I have never played a Spanish save game long enough to find out, mainly giving it two seasons at the most but, and I know its kinda off topic, do Presidential elections take place? Obviously this has a huge bearing on the club, for example, Real Madrid's President (whose name escapes me) sacking Capello due to his supposedly negative approach, despite winning the league title! Even the situation at Real Sociedad with Chris Coleman was mainly down to the change of President, the new one being an arse apparently!

retired_Mikey73

I'm yet to notice an election.

Oh and Sad Git mentioned staff personalities etc, the question I'd ask is, do you see them having an effect?

retired_morren

i think managers already do have a favoured style of play i think this could advance into fans/countries having a favoured style allerdyce (spelling?) and england boos last night but to make another big change without perfecting the current game would cause a bit of bother.

we just need to be a bit patient i think, the game is nowhere near perfect but si have ppl wanting the game fixing and new stuff being brought out all the time but its still by far the best management game

ddong78

Both clubs and managers have favorite formation, passing style etc, but I seriously doubt that it affects the kind of players they buy. It may have an effect on the position of the player they buy, but does it affect his "style"? I wouldn't think so.

A while back there was a thread about how managers should be prioritizing the shortlisted players. IIRC, it suggested something like having a hierarchy of three groups of shortlisted players, players they are dying for, players they want, and players they would only buy if they could get them cheap.

So maybe, the style of a footballer should also be taken to account. Position, Ability and Reputation should not be enough. Attributes are already divided in 8 training categories. So, each manager could have a rating of how much he likes each one.

For example, manager X's style could be:
Strength: 20 (likes his players to be strong)
Ball Control: 5
Set pieces: 1 (not a factor)
etc

Then, when he shortlisted a player, he would prioritize him not only according to his Ability and position, but according to his style too.

retired_Cliffc

In my game Ivica Cacic of NEC plays 4-2-4 for the entire 90mins of every match.

It's shockingly effective. Other AI managers are as bad at dealing with it as I am.