jozza800

I was just thinking the other day how all the managers are fairly generic, maybe only the formation seperates them.

To give them a bit more character, how about manager PPMs (or traits) in the same vein as players ppms. It could be tied in with their manager profile along with their prefered formation and attacking/defence bias

Examples -

Arsene Wenger -
Plays Youth Players
Strong Tendency To Sign French Players

Harry Redknapp -
Strong Tendancy To Sign Strong African Players

Alex Ferguson -
Tries Mind Games
Play Kids In League Cup

Mark Hughes -
Complains About Referees

Rafa Benitez -
Likes To Rotate Squad
Prioritises Europe

turn it upto 11

yeh this is a good idea, and then teams favour certain types of managers.

Desmond-Norman mcphilfordsonboratnice2no

next one would be:

Gary Megson-
Likes to get relegated

Jimbokav1971

That's a good idea :thup:.

Neil Warnock -
Doesn't like to put GK on the bench.
Often subs strikers.

Arsene Wenger -
Never criticises own players.

Claudio Ranieri -
Likes to rotate squad.

Jose Mourinhio -
Strong tendancy to make early substitutions.

IbrahimAliMaher

Yes, this would certainly solve the lack of personality issues I've seen posted on here.

chopper99

Good idea :thup:

As others have said this would be a good way to give managers a bit more 'uniqueness' (if that's even a word).

jozza800

Also human managers should develop ppms based on what they do.

bomjr

Hey, this is a great idea. I think there's still time for SI to put it in FM09? :thup:

route1

An interesting idea.. as you say, player nationality it could be;

Buys domestic players (or 'preference for')
Buys players of home nation

Also, I think incorporating some of the hidden attributes would help, giving ones mentioned such as;

Uses substitutions frequently
Rotates players

The 'plays young players' one could also (possibly with some difficulty) link in with board confidence so if they got knocked out, the board wouldn't be as fussed.

'Complains about refs' and 'tries mind games' are good. Possible that others are linked to the media for how often they say things.

And how about 'bad loser' or something too?

The problem that arises with this is where do you limit them? People will always want others!

:thup: nice idea though!

creature_from_ottawa

Great idea

every manager is,and should be different from each 0ther