Career- Manager
1. Main page should be set up like a club website homepage
2. Team news page. (View news headlines from around the league or news for your club
3. Include Marketing or Promotions under Office section
4. Receive revenue for jerseys and merchandise sales
5. Revenue determined on level of marketing
6. Have staff upgrades for a marketing manager
7. Choose team sponsor from official in game sponsors
8. Sponsor to appear on the teams jersey
9. Choose make of jersey (Nike, Adidas, Umbro, etc.) and choose style
10. Adidas will have different styles than Nike or Umbro
11. Jersey manufacturer to appear on jersey
12. Lower clubs negotiate with lesser sponsors and so on
13. When promoted from lower division to Premier League for example, the arm patch changes. Same for European matches
14. The ability to edit and view jerseys every season. A team won’t use the same jersey for 15 years.
15. Customize game kits. Ex: Red Jersey, White Shorts, Black Socks or Red Jersey, Black Shorts, Black Socks or White Jersey, White Shorts, Black Socks. So many possibilities
16. Stadium Editor- Ability to change name of stadium. Instead of UK division 3 style, name it “Superdome Stadium”
17. Instead of buying new stadiums, you add additions to your existing one to create more capacity. Add blocks of seats, luxury boxes, offices and levels. In turn you will increase your match revenue
18. Ability to select type of pitch and pay for pitch changes when needed
19. Ability to view the stadium: sort of a stadium fly around
20. Add sponsors to the sideline boards. Ex: team sponsors, other sponsors, promotions (custom created ads)
21. static boards for smaller stadiums and choice of static or scrolling for larger stadiums
22. Set ticket prices. Not just high and low, but determine how many pounds per seat and determine the prices for each section
23. Ability to name your staff members and select their look just like selecting the manager. Ex: Lead Financer, Lead Scout, Lead Caretaker, etc.
24. When you get a staff upgrade, you don’t get a whole new person, the upgrade goes towards the staff members stats.
25. Ability to see what is happening in other leagues- For example, have a link called FIFA.com and from there the user can view all the leagues to see how each team is doing
26. Be able to see league leaders from other leagues
27. Player of the Month and Year Awards
28. Manager of the Month and Year Awards
29. Footballer of the Year Award
30. Determine length of a loan spell
31. Swap deals for players and cash
32. UEFA Licscensing. Probably not going to happen when the arrival of the new Champions League Game
33. Champions League and UEFA Cup finals to be played in random stadiums throughout Europe every year. Ability to customize the list of stadiums.
34. League theme music for Premiership and other leagues. I know the Premier League one used to be there.
35. Champions League and UEFA Cup music as well
36. At the beginning of the season, select your favourite international team.
37. You don’t just manage your club team, you also play as the International team
38. Play their friendlies and qualification games
39. Complete control over all off season duties, play a complete off season
40. Play in World Cups and Continental Cups every year they are available
41. Start a training camp for all players (Senior, Reserves, Youth)
42. Pick your team
43. Send rest to Reserves and Youth
44. Youths and Reserves can get injured during their games and the senior team is notified
45. Call up as needed
46. Have staff upgrades for youth system coach
47. Have the option of a pre season tournament or tour. Choose a tournament format, number of teams, continent or country and name the cup or play a pre set tournament. You could also take a country tour and play teams from that country. Ex; take Manchester United on a North American tour and select your opposition and number of games
48. Kind of like Create a tournament inside of career mode
49. Rewards for completing pre season tournaments and tours
50. Club World Cup Tournament for Champions League winners and equivalents
51. Fixture editor- Create your own fixtures list. Move games around etc. This would allow a user to copy their team’s real life fixtures or simply move fixtures around so you don’t end up with a cup game and season game on the same day or same weekend
52. Trophy Room- View all your awards in one giant (or small) room. Kind of like a tour
53. Milestones- keep track of manager’s tournament records and not just their season records. I want to know how many games in total I played in a season and over my career. Special bonuses for things like 100th, 500th, 1000th game in charge.
54. Reward Ideas- The store is a great place to get rewards, but some just aren’t worth playing for. Here are some things I would like to play for. New boots, new leagues, new tournaments, new teams, new cups, new game modes, club specific footballs, new sponsors, new players (classic players), any thing that creates incentive to keep playing
55. Longer and more elaborate celebrations when you win a cup. Different ones as well. A 1 min celebration is never enough. I want to feel that I really accomplished something special
56. Scouting reports for teams in your league. See who’s hot who’s not and who’s injured
57. Player watch list- Send out a scout to look for new talent. Keep an eye on them and watch their development over the years
58. Real player pictures for in game menus
59. The ability to set up Charity or Testimonial Matches throughout the season and choose the squads. Ex: Manchester United vs. European XI or Manchester United vs. Celtic
60. The ability to name the matches. Ex: Roy Keane Testimonial
In Game
1. Score in top corner to reflect the league you are playing in. Ex: Premiership, Bundisliga, French Ligue 1, Champions League, FA Cup, etc.
2. More of a TV style opening presentation and to be league specific to create that certain atmosphere. Atmosphere is the hardest thing to recreate. It’s all in the little details.
3. Updated commentary
4. Hostility Meter- Raises with bad calls, viscous tackles, cards, etc. Starts higher for rivalries. Ex: Man United vs. Arsenal would start with a high intensity as opposed to Liverpool vs. Tottenham. That’s not to say the rivalries can’t be created. If a game starts tame and then gets very physical and ends on a high note, the next game between the two clubs would start on a higher level of hostility whether it is a cup game or a league fixture. Once the level gets to about 90%, things will start flying onto the pitch. You want to avoid getting to 100% though because the clubs may be fined for their part. It’s not to say that both clubs would be fined. If one team is out of control and the other is playing responsible football, only one team may be charged. If this happens too many times during the course of a season, a team could see a deduction in points next term, relegation or even a ban from European Play for a season. The object then becomes to play a fair responsible game of football, but
that doesn’t always happen.
5. In Game ticker- gives updates on games happening at the same time you are playing as well as games that have already been completed that day. If you need 3 points to overtake Arsenal for the league lead and a ticker pops up saying they are losing to Chelsea, you know you best win the game to take top spot.
6. More injuries- Injuries don’t only happen during a tackle, they happen when players jump for the ball and clash heads or come down on their ankle wrong. They happen when players block shots. Goalies get injured when they charge for the ball and a player doesn’t stop or when they dive for it and come down on their shoulder. There are so many more possibilities. I don’t like to see injuries, but they are a big part of the game and they give your reserves and youths a better shot at the senior team.
7. Players on pitch to be speaking and shouting in the language of their country
8. A pop up during the game should show how many people attended the match
9. Villain rating- If an away player makes a crunching tackle on a home player, every time he touches the ball, he gets jeered. So players may play better when getting jeered and some might just want to leave the pitch.
10. More elaborate Manager History- Keeps track of which teams you have played and beaten. Who your rival teams are. Total matches in charge.
11. The ability to make substitutions on the fly. It is a pain to have to stop the game, go to the menu, select your players, swap them, go back to the menu and then restart the game. It would be nice if you could press the select button or something and have a little window pop up with a list of names you could scroll through. You could do it anytime during the game or a cut scene.