Request for more realistic changes to how recruitment and management works at some clubs.

[rsihn]

 

 

While playing FM, you are basically an old school British type manager who is given full control over all transfer related staff and activities rather than the more common modern type of "head coach" manager who is largely just there to manage the players you are given.  I would like to see this change within the game for clubs that don't actually give this sort of absolute power to their managers.  The current implementation of every manager having absolute power is both unrealistic compared to the real world and creates a "sameness" when managing different clubs. In my opinion, managing clubs like this should be more similar to the experience of managing a B team as currently implemented in FM.  

This would also create a much varied experience when applying at new clubs.  There could be negotiations over how much power you are given over transfer activities with the possibility to wrest control over future transfer activities after you've achieved the full support of the board.  At certain clubs, the DoF should be board appointed and not fireable by you but rather by the board.  You should be forced to work with the DoF.  This could create increased role playing within the club as tensions simmer if you aren't happy with the job that the DoF is doing.  It could also add variety to press conferences with the press acknowledging that you don't have full control over transfers and you blaming the DoF for not getting suitable players or the DoF blaming you in the press for not fully utilizing the players he has given you.  

To add to this, you might have some say in which players the DoF and recruitment team bring into the club, it could also be implemented that they simply overrule your objections and sign the player anyway as it is too good of a deal for the club to pass up or they simply have a much higher opinion of the player than you do.  The DoF and recruitment team should have a much longer term outlook for the club rather than simply appeasing managers who only end up staying at clubs for a couple of years. 

There should also be plenty of clubs that do not employ this type of management, particularly at the lower levels of the game which give you the "traditional" FM experience of absolute control.  This sort of variety of experiences and preferences makes it a much more important decision as to which club you choose to manage. 

[Zachary Whyte]

Thank you for the detailed suggestion. This will be put under consideration from the developers and could feature in a future FM.