Gold Demo First Impressions

Post your first impressions here. Do you like the new additions to the game? Anything you're bloody annoyed didnt make it into the game?

Maybe how wonderful the Hints and Tips are

I got the demo and i was really excited, took charge of liverpool. I had a look at the feeder team options (added Wrexham to the list), I choose some youngsters to be tutured by the likes of Caragher and gerrard. I asked my scouts on the opinions of dozens of players... so far I am liking it but i was terribly dissapointed with the tactics, there was no change at all, I wanted to see more options and be given more freedom to create an ideal tactic... same with training, its the same (altough i like the training)

Overall however I feel this is a better game, it seems chemistry matters more.. the scounts knowledge, how well players get along..etc, purchasing players also seems more realistic.

I will post a pic later in the screenshot thread of my signings.

i think the thing is Horatio, is that training has been tampered with since 2001, so now they've found a winning combo they will leave it like that for as long as possible.

Tactics are the bread and butter of SI, and they never EVER change things that much, the omission of the wibble/wobble screens are about the biggest thing they've ever done. Many do believe that giving more induvidual instructions should be something to concentrate on though, like allowing certain players to run in several directions.

"Free role" is undeniably vague.

Its annoying when you're bidding for a player and everytime you negotiate a better deal the other club just re-negotiate with a bigger demand than before. Although that happened in 06 too...

yeah i got that when i was trying to get Rochemback to come to Fulham. Negotiating the deal was damn annoying, even harder because i was working with very finite resources.

In FM 06, I've kept the Match Speed and Highlights to full, but it wasnt EVER as fast as on 07. They should keep it the same speed as lasts one. If i just move it back 1, its way too slow, hope you guys get what im saying, even though its a demo.

^i agree

perhaps because the game is quicker now

completely agree too, i had to notch it down one.

There are some new tactical options in Football Manager 2007.

"Opposition Instructions" are new and allow you to specifically target certain player's from your opponents on Match Day.

yes, but that dosen't affect much of your overall team tactic

I been playing the demo with portsmouth and I love the game so far. But for some reason there's a "poor" morale bug or something.

I'm really enjoying it... the scouting system, feeder clubs and opponent tactics... my only complaint so far is the lack of an Australian quick start.

Seen a couple of insane tranfers but i suppose that's part of the magic of FM.

Having a lot of fun with this so far. I really like that my scouts come out on thier own and tell me to take a closer look at certain players ( so far R. Garica, R. Albiol, and others ). The former players praising other players after having a great game gets really repetitive and annoying. Apart from that I am liking the new feauters, it seems like more chemistry and teamwork is needed in this edition. I also like that I can ask players who I should buy, recently Raul told me to buy X. Alonso. So far so good.

Any Italians here who knows why Francesco Flachi has a global ban until december 2006? I'm pretty sure he's played some games already this year.

Terrible Dutch database AGAIN as far as I can see it now. Doesn't seem very updated. It's still Ismael Aissati in the database for example, while it should be Ismail. He's in the first team for a year now. PSV doesnt have Jan Wouters or Bruins Slot in their staff, while they are Koeman's assistents. Philips Stadion STILL has a capacity of 33000, while in fact it is 35200. I havent looked at other teams yet, but im sure it'll be bad as well.

Don't like the ''black'' faces for players you dont have a picture from.

Good thing you finally can put in a bonus for winning a match. Never understood why that wasnt in.

And of course, finally a decent looking scout report.

One of the major things I noticed is that players are rated more fairly and there aren't superstars with perfect stats everywhere (unless they are deserved), i took alook at players with 20 for stats and in some categories there were only a hanfull of players with 20 in a certain stat.

loving the game so far... not sure if its new or not, but the Controversial Goal addition with media speculation and stuff is pretty cool

yea let me tell you the media has a big f*cking mouth and I got a warning from the FA. Because one of my players got called for handball and the ref awarded the opponent with a penalty. After the game I say maybe they should relook at the call.

the best part is the turtoring.

I had Kaka tutor Gourcuff and at first, Gourcuff only had "dictates play" as a prefered move, now he has almost exactly all of Kaka's prefered moves like "tries killer balls" etc.

awesome feature.

within a few months of tutoring from Kaka, Gourcuff has been called up to the French senior team, playing in Zidane's position



DAMN **** COOL wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo