Here is a list of suggestions, tell me which ones you prefer the most and
Note that I am writing the suggestions I am sent even if I do not like them (however I often received suggestions on things I already wrote)
The most interesting thing to do in the sequel is in my opinion to have many leagues played at the same time, with the possibility of going from one championship to the other,
this should include as many championships as possible
Have a table on number of Manager of the Month/Year Awards won, one for all-time managers and one for active managers
Free transfers have a value (not to be paid but to have an idea of player strength)
Possibility to see which managers have applied for a job (as in CM1)
Choose penalty and free kick takers (as in CM1)
Possibility to see managers sorted by board confidence (all managers, not only with insecure jobs, as in CM1)
Possibility to give a player prize in case of a win (as in CM1) or in case of a draw
At the start of a league possibility to give a bonus to the players depending on the final position
At the start of a tournament possibility to give a bonus to the players depending on the turn reached in the tournament
Have Home/Away league table (as in CM1, with teams sorted by this actual table)
Have a Hall of Fame where computer managers can come in (as in CM1)
Have another performance points table where points are multiplied by a coefficient based on team strength, you should have 2 Halls of Fame (Human managers and all managers) for this kind of performance points.
Possibility to ‘watch’ other teams while you are playing (ever played "The Manager"?). This means that instead of watching the whole match (as in CM2), you should be informed real-time, as you are playing your match, of incidents in the ‘watched’ match
During half-time or any other time during the match, you should be able to see league table and other things up-dated with the temporary results of the matches being played
Other teams should vary more tactics and styles used
By pushing again on ‘More teams’ you should be able to see the weak teams (e.g. non-league, and small foreign clubs)
Have other surnames for generated players, apart from the initial ones, and not just recycle them (e.g. Scambia; Russo; Morini and Operti for Italy, Jokilehto for Finland, Hamlin for U.S.A, Fitzpatrick for England, Ssentongo and Nzine for African countries)
Have other names for generated players just like surnames (e.g. Massimo and Silvio for Italy, Andrew for England), as above
Possibility to see player history of managers who retired as players, as well as manager history
Possibility to choose kind of passing (high…), where to pass (wings…) how often to pass and how often to dribble (a lot, medium, a little)
Possibility to choose whether to dive, to waste time, how much effort to put in, play dirty…
Height and weight of players
Goalkeepers should also be involved in bookings
Possibility to see match schedules of past tournament finals in competition history
Have stats on how teams and players have scored (e.g. how many headers, how many free Kicks… To be expressed as a percentage)
In Top Goalscorers table show, in brackets, number of penalties scored, and have possibility to see Top Goalscorers table without penalties
In case tactics are not changed in the next version, possibility to give more arrows to each player (e.g. central defender can run both right and left )
When you have a player for more than 1 year you should know at least some of his hidden attributes
In player changes possibility to make friendlies (i.e. I sell you Raducioiu for 5 million and you have to play a friendly with me in my stadium)
Rules should change with time (i.e. 4 points for win, how to sort teams with same points, 5 substitutions allowed…), you should be allowed to vote with other managers etc. for these changes
Formulae should change with time, but only up to a certain points (i.e. 16 teams in Premiership, Euro Champs with 24 teams; a Premiership with 3 teams isn’t exactly breathtaking)
With time more countries might become part of EEC (however, few countries chosen geographically)
Possibility to build a completely new stadium (maybe selling the other one); give a name to it and its sectors
Possibility to share a stadium with another team (supporters will not be happy but money will be saved)
Depending on their character, players could play better on their birthdays
Introduce championships for other continents, with national teams (e.g. South-American Cup, Asian Cup, etc.)
Every year after the World Cup put a Tournament between the various continental champions (recently introduced by FIFA, but we can’t recall its name)
In manager history, rejected job offers and job applications should be included (i.e. 15.Feb.03 Offered job as Birmingham manager)
Each computer manager should have different values in different abilities (Tactics; finding talents; deal with supporters; economical ability; how offensive his play is), teams should choose a manager depending on what they need (if they are in deficit…)
Have an all-time table for teams and managers with points added every season (i.e. 20 points for winning Premiership, 8 for winning Coca-Cola cup); there should be a table for all-time managers and another one for active managers
Possibility to start without a team (‘Unknown’ as reputation) to make the game more realistic (A small team might employ you)
Have qualities for board (How much they expect from managers, how rich they are, how keen they are on buying players/building stadiums)
Do not base team strength on stadium size (as in CM2?)
Possibility to set ticket price for the various sectors of the stadium and also decide whether, for example, children under 10 should pay half-price
Show who made assists in a match
Possibility to organise small tournaments in the Close Season (3-4 teams)
Option on how often auto-save should be and whether it should ask for a confirm or not
Option on which results should be known (Premiership, Third Division…) at Half Time and at the end of the matches
Start World Cup’s Tournament History from the beginning (1930)
Possibility to change comments in the matches (the ones written)
Possibility to have sound effects without commentary (Hear supporters when goals are scored)
Possibility to retire (to leave space for other managers)
Possibility to corrupt referees/other teams (very risky, however, you might be penalised of some points and maybe relegated, even suspended). Other teams could even try to corrupt you…
Managers should have a birthdate
When searching for players possibility to search for those who have a big-club release clause
Possibility to set exact min. and max. age when searching for players
Possibility to search for EEC players only
Possibility to search for a player who has to satisfy, for example, at least 6 of 7 requirements (Set pieces above 16, pace above 15) so that if a player is really good but lacks an ability he will be shown anyway
There should be no limit on the number of teams offering for a player
In match statistics, where number of passes attempted etc. are shown, totals and percentages should be included for the team
Fans’ numbers increase for every team overtime. Also, if a team gets promoted from a low league to Premiership, its number of fans should increase greatly
Number of appearances and goals scored for other national teams
For each club a table showing the 10 players who scored most goals, who made most assists, the 10 players and managers who played most matches in that club and the 10 players and managers who played most seasons in that club of all time (even tables such as average goals per match, etc.)
For each tournament a table showing the 100 players who scored more goals, who made more assists and the 100 players and managers who played most matches in that tournament, in each table also show the other statistics for the players (in the top 100 bombers also show the number of matches they played…) (e.g. FA Cup, Premier League ,World Cup) of all time
Free transfer on expiry clause should not be included for players playing in EEC because with Bosman rules they can release themselves when the contract expires
Possibility to bet on matches (Yours included)
Possibility to choose between various commentators who have different characteristics and who have different languages (PLEASE include Bruno Pizzul)
Have post-poned and ante-poned matches as in reality, the number of these matches might change with time but the more there are the more money you will get from TV rights, however less people will go to the stadium
Include weather conditions in a match
Possibility to save a match schedule (match incidents…)
Have a hat-trick table
Have different referees with different characteristics and statistics regarding them (matches directed, penalties given, yellow card given…)
Have a table where all teams are shown with statistics showing how many times you played against it, how many times you won…
Have a table showing your all-time record, for each tournament how many times you played, goals scored…; totals to be included
In the same table possibility to know how many times you participated in a tournament and how many times you won it
Possibility to choose how much money is invested on advertising to get more fans
There should be more styles of play available (as in CM1)
In the match incidents substitutions should be included
In match stats territorial possession should be included
Fair-play table should be shown
Player and young player of the month should be included (as in CM1)
In manager history include the team with which they start
If a player is playing well in a role that is not his natural role, he should have this new position as one of his possible roles
For each tournament show the 5 players and managers who participated in the tournament most times
To be told when you are sure that you will not be relegated, in the table show for each team the possibility they have in that league (Winning the league, promoted, play-offs…)
For each tournament show the 5 players and managers who won the tournament most times
When searching for a player possibility to search for a player depending on his contract length
When playing with a team from outside Europe do not write Euro Friendly but World Friendly
For each team and for each tournament (record of a team and record in a tournament); (at home, away and overall) Records of the following:
Consecutive wins
Consecutive matches without losses
Consecutive draws
Consecutive matches without wins
Consecutive matches without draws
Consecutive losses
Consecutive matches scoring at least 1 goal
Consecutive matches without scoring any goal
Consecutive matches without conceding any goal
Consecutive matches conceding at least 1 goal
Number of points/wins/draws/losses/goals scored/goals conceded/goal difference
Number of times they played the tournament / consecutive participations
Penalties had in favour and against + % of scoring for and against
Players should have records in a team, their own in a tournament of
Consecutive matches played
Consecutive matches in which they scored
Consecutive matches in which they made at least 1 assist
Assists in one match
Consecutive matches in which they were the Man of the Match
Consecutive matches in which they were booked/sent off
Consecutive matches in which they got a mark which was at least 6
Consecutive matches in which they got less than 6
In player history introduce totals for assists, yellow and red cards, man of the match and include overall average rating
A player should get ‘used’ to a team and this value should increase and it should be combined with influence to choose the captain
Pushing a button in the tactics will show the best captain
Include non-league leagues
Increase the number of players that can be in the shortlist
Have every 10 years a championship between various continents, the manager being selected just two months before the event, not lose their old job, and not keeping their job after the tournament (because otherwise the manager would not be doing anything for ten years…)
For each player the first match and the first goal in Premier League and National team should be recorded (date, teams playing, result), to show their first appearance
A table showing penalties for and against + % for and against during the season
Decide whether to use offside or not
In match statistics number of times team is in offside should be included
A table showing all teams, participations in Premier League, how many times they won it, how many times they were 2nd, How many times they won FA Cup…, with the possibility of sorting teams by various things
Possibility to see the final Tables of the years before
When you get a player on loan, possibility to have a clause which allows you to buy the player at the end of the loan at a price set before
Include Intertoto Cup
Possibility to buy a player some years in advance (buy Kluivert for the following year, he will play for Ajax until the end of the season, and will then join your team)
For each team and each player have a trophy case
When searching for a player possibility to look for DM, AM, RLC
When you change job possibility to keep the shortlist so that you will not have to redo it again
For each player have graphs on: form, grade in a match, goals and assists made, value
Possibility for the board to change (as in CM1)
Possibility for a team to go bankrupt and therefore being relegated to Non-League
In World Cup History include teams which arrived third and fourth
In the history of a national team include positions in qualifying rounds
In a team history and in end of year prizes put a 'next screen' button when all the space is filled up
For each tournament have a table showing for all teams how many times they participated, how many matches they played, they won, goal scored..., how often in % they were in the top 10 , possibility to sort the team in various orders (Most participations, most goals scored)
Possibility to give a bonus for passing a round
Possibility to give bonuses at half time
In match incidents show the players that have been booked
Possibility to have contracts longer than 5 years, maybe even ‘rest-of-career’
Option to save matches on ‘video-cassettes’, you could then see matches you have played or other teams played even many years before (as if you were playing it, from the first minute with all the chances etc.) making you remember those moments of glory!!
Possibility to know what kind of supporters come to the stadium (children, hooligans, VIP’s) and how much support they give
Possibility to see on the same chart more than one position graph
Possibility to merge two hi-score files from different computers
Have some records (e.g. consecutive FA Cups…) which are common to all saved games (as the Hall of Fame) and which computer managers can enter
Possibility to see the draws while they are being done (Again, The Manager)
Possibility to re-view a match (as if you selected ‘view’) even after it has been played
In match incidents distinguish between penalty missed and penalty saved
Possibility to know for each team how many penalties it received for and against, how many it scored and percentages
Have a seasonal and all-time table showing best penalty takers as percentage of penalties scored and as number of penalties score
Have a seasonal and all-time table showing best goalkeepers as percentage of penalties saved, as number of penalties saved and as number and percentage of penalties not scored against them
For players have an attribute which determines how good he is at choosing the best thing to do (pass to this or that player)
In match incidents include disallowed goals and mention who scored them
Possibility to save a search status so that whenever you want, for example, search for a mid-fielder, you have already prepared the various skill ratings, age…
Optional: include an assistant manager, which does the ‘tedious’ things, such as ticket pricing, etc.
Book players for diving
Have presidents for every league. Important for rules changing, and other such stuff
Deals with different TV channels
Team records of turn reached in the various cups
Possibility to offer more than 1 contract to players (i.e. 2000 for 1 year
or 3000 for 2 years)
Possibility to view manager history by clicking on a manager in the manager
of the month table
Option on from which turn results of a certain competition are shown to you
Possibility to have the computer showing all the matches played by a certain team (You might decide to see all the matches Portugal plays in the World Cup)
Possibility to automatically set matches to watch (you might want to see always the Euro Champs Final, without having to say it every 4 years)
If a player is bought when the official matches have finished and before new ones are made (club matches), like during the close season or the beginning of August, in his career do not show him having had 2 teams in the same season because it is not really true
Option to have the computer (or an assistant) automatically setting new bought players’ manager options (when a player is bought how long he should be unavailable, should his asking price be automatic…)
When viewing season fixtures possibility to see them separated depending on the competition (see all FA Cup, all League…)
When a player retires, possibility to see for the last time his fact-file so that you can print his whole career (otherwise you couldn’t know when to print it) and write retired on the fact-file so that when it is printed you can know that this was his whole career
Have some wage records
At penalties-shoot-out (between computer managers) possibility to know which team shot the first one
During a match it never happens that two players are sent off at the same time: it should!
Managers might be sent off (if you are, you won’t be able to change tactics etc.… during the match)!
Be a player of a team and if you are for example 35 you stop with playing soccer and then you will able to coaching a team.
Searching for sponsers and shirt sponsers
More stadium pictures
Include reflexes attribute for goalkeepers
Possibility to set a player as "almost not for sale"; then you won't
receive an offer unless it is at least twice the real price
Possibility to fine players (as in CM1)
Have some stats on number of posts and bars hit
Possibility to try a 1-day transfer, i.e. tell the player you're
trying to buy and its team to answer immediately to your offer, however
they will accept only if it's very convenient
Include olympic games for youngsters
Make some keyboard shortcuts
Have some music before the games
If you don´t want to watch a match, make the computer to tell you the result inmediatly, and to warn you in case of injuries or red cards
It should be easier to become national team manager
Possibility to see young players, and some values from them, and decide whenever you want to put him in the first team
Choose free kick and corener takers depending on which side of the pitch they are taken (right or left)
Give possibility to negociate contracts and offers (for example: the club could answer you that they only sell the player if you offer them 1 more million)
Result of the Week (like in CM1) Result of the Month and Result of the Year
Be payed when loaning a player (sometimes)
Players should retire earlier
Goalscorers table should include option to see league goals and cup goals
In every match give a grade to managers and referees
Have tables showing which supporters are less violent
Clubs should have real youth squads again
When you got a lot of injuries or suspensions. You have to be able to choose the player you want to promote temporaly
Scouts have to tell you when a concurent tries to buy a youngster which isn't on your short list. In this case you prevent clubs to buy very good players you haven't noticed yourself yet.
Each team should have First Team Sqaud, Reserve Team Squad and an under 18 squad. There should be a reserve team league and an under 18 league. Managers could have the option of appointing managers for these teams, ie.retired players or offer the job's as part of a playing contract. For example offer Steve Bruce a one year coaching/playing contract.
The Manager could take all three teams himself, picking them watching their games etc. This would let him try out trialists, players coming back from injury etc. Players can be promoted from one squad to the other. Once under 18 players reach 18, their contract runs out and you must decide if you want to keep them
Can search for players in reserve and youth squads. For example try and pick up some of Man Uniteds youth players who have been thrown out.
Contracts should have more enphasis on negotiation. ie. let a player go if you receive an offer over a certain amount, fines for sendings off etc. written into contracts. Pay as you play contracts for injury prone players.
Highlight a player who made an own goal (where player grades are given)
Have a own-goals table
In the italian version, include serie C1 and C2 (practically second and third division)
Team records are only national leagues
Have a team vs team record which starts from the beginning of the game and one which includes games played in reality, one only for national leagues and one for all competitions
Possibility to save league tables, player factfiles etc. as a table of Excel
Possibility to give nicknames to your players and decide whether during the match they should be called with their real name or the nickname
Possibility to shortlist a squad, i.e. be told about any transfers concerning it
Possibility to send players on 'holiday' (during the season), this could be useful if you fell their morale is low
Possibility to set how long the players' holidays are during the summer etc...
Players could be sent to prison for drink driving etc, therefore being removed from your squad for a while
Players could not get on well with other players in your squad, or not get on well with you, then putting in a transfer request
You should be able to inject money into your youth team, the more money you put into it the better it gets, you can then promote the players you want to your senior squad
Players morale could go down if the press pressure gets to them, they may turn to drugs, drink or gambling
Your scouts should only recommend players that will move to your club. e.g. You are recommended to sign George Weah when you are currently managing Fulham, not very helpful
Possibility to choose from which leagues you should receive information (sacked managers...)
Have an attribute which determines how players behave in their private life (drugs, relationship with media...)
Have an attribute which determines whether a player is a "goal sniffer" i.e. if he will often score when alone against the goalkeeper
Possibility to make "secret acquists" so that other teams don't know anything until everything is finished, even if the player is shortlisted, however this will make the transfer more expensive
Computer teams should make friendlies (sometimes you should be asked to play in a friendly)
For goalkeepers statistics have number of goals they took and average number of penalties they stopped
An option to view more attribs on the team selection page, similar to the transfer section. It would have a matrix consisting of all the skills with options to sort by each
Have pull down menus on the normal screen, especially the one where you can sort by value, wage etc (in the top left)
Have a little soccer quiz when there's a big wait coming up
Have some visual attribs like hair length (high character players would shave it all off and dye it bright yellow), height (your good ol' centre backs would be lanky) and skin colour
Have a goal of the month comp which flair players will often win.
Possibility for a country to be banned from the eurocups like the english in the late eighties.
On the main menu have a full calender or something down the side of the screen so your always in touch with what is coming u
Being offered contracts and wages from clubs' directors, you can then build up a personal fortune and buy shares in clubs later on or buy an actual club and then become its director
When you go on holiday, possibility to tell the computer which players he must not sell, which ones he must try to buy etc.
Have a table showing the money earned by all managers
Have a 'team work' attribute which determines whether the player passes the ball when he's supposed or he dribbles too much
Possibility to arrange friendlies between a club and a national team
Introduce FIFA Ranking for national teams
Have a list of fan clubs that every team and player has
Know the popularity of the players
Have after every match a table showing the best of the week in every role, the best possible formations, the best possible formations with English player only etc...
Have clauses in manager contracts (you have to be in the first three teams)
Possibility to be given ultimatums (you have to win the next match...)
Possible to invest in supporter equipments
No transfer activity between certain clubs (i.a. Liverpool & Man. Utd. and Arsenal & Tottenham etc.)
Clubs refused to join the Premiership without an allseater stadium.
Scandals (drugabuse of certain players, and a following suspension, etc.)
Riots between supporters (fines, playing for empty stadium, etc.)
Players loans only for a certain period (3 mouths among english clubs is maximum)
Name a captain an let the captaicy follow the player, when he comes back
for injury he'll automatic regain the status as capatain, also name a
reserve captain
Allow the staff to train a certain player, team part or the whole team
Possible to send the coach to traning camp and make him a better coach
Possibility to be disqualified (you cannot attend one or more matches)