retired_lcjackson

First off i love fm2008 and fm 2007 but i thought of a few suggestions which i think would be cool.

1) Flags- i think if the asistant refs had tiny yellow flags that would pop up when they made a decision. for
example if a player was offside a little flag would appear on the side of the ref. same thing when the ball goes out of bounds. a little flag would appear next to the asistant ref signaling who would gain possession of the flag like in real life.

2)off side line- basically a two lines would appear on offside calls. one showing where the offside player when the ball was kicked and the other on where he would have needed to be to be considered onside.

3)fans-basically there would be seats with fans on them. the fans would be wearing the colors of the team. you could also change the amount/density of fans depending on how full the stadium was. and could ever do it so when a team scored a goal that teams fans would jump up and down. similarily when a team is losing 3-0 at the 80th minute fans could start to leave.

retired_mssa007

1) Decent enough, but nothing that NEEDS to be added.

2) Those player blobs are way to big to make it worthwhile. And even if you did have the lines - these things are still incorrect sometimes.

3) Only the pitch is shown. Imagine the size you'd have to make the area around the pitch if you were imagining the Nou Camp. Never gonna happen.

retired_peejpm

first off theres already a topic on this

but for your suggestions
1) sorry but i feel the flag idea is just plain stupid. Y would we REALLY need these? it would look stupid tbh

2) do managers get this in real life? NO! enough said

3) nice idea..but personaly id rather watch my team play and not turn around in my dugout and watch the fans

deantibbetts

Good idea, was it not in a previous version?

Been mentioned before and gets a :thup: from me. If that isn't implemented then at least give us a definitive match report, "he wasn't offisde", "he was offside".

Purely cosmetic and not too bothered if it's in there or not tbh.

retired_lcjackson

fair enough i realize none of these suggestions are ground breaking or help share extra copies of the game but i think the first and third one would help add to the atmosphere and experience.

retired_mssa007

You'd soon get bored of them really. Once you've seen it 10 times, then you've seen in a million times. Yknow?

deantibbetts

Managers don't get replays to help them decide whether to criticise the ref or not

retired_peejpm

Managers don't get replays to help them decide whether to criticise the ref or not </BLOCKQUOTE>

not during a live game

deantibbetts

Ok lol, is it a good idea as a replay option when asked by the media about the referee decision?

retired_mssa007

Managers don't get replays to help them decide whether to criticise the ref or not </BLOCKQUOTE>

not during a live game </BLOCKQUOTE>

Criticism usually occurs after the game