Football Manager 2011 Announced #footballmanager

I’ve been a fan of the Football Manager series for ages now, and it never disappoints. Looks like the next will be no different – with huge changes introduced in the first announcement. Watch the video at the bottom of this post if you want all the details, but for those who can’t be bothered watching a 10 minutes video, I’ve done my best to condense the contents into this post.

Changes to be made then…

Contract Negotiations

• Agents – there are 5 different types of agent, each of whom negotiate player contracts in different ways – some come to you with a clean slate, some with huge demands, and some more sensible.

• New Clauses – around 12 in total – including “Team of the Year” bonuses and release clauses if a “big European club” makes an offer.

• Change in Negotiations – all done on a conversational basis

Training

• Individual Training Focus – 14 extra areas including Jumping, Stamina, Agility etc

• Match Preperation – train players in specific formations, and focus training on specific areas, for example “Improving Defending Set Pieces”

Interaction and mind games

• Private Conversations – chat to a player in private to resolve issues etc

• Board Requests – including “Build New Stadium” option if current stadium’s capacity has been reached, and “Increase Percentage Transfer Revenue” which gets you more money to spend from the players you sell.

News

• Subscriptions Improvement – News screen and Inbox screen merged back together, and subscriptions are easier to manage

• New module written – looks at league place possibilities and uses them inside news items

Match Engine

Emotion Engine introduced – players celebrate/appeal decisions.
(skip to 6.30 of youtube video for footage)

Dynamic League Reputation

A league’s reputation improves based on how well the teams within it perform – for example, if Belgian teams dominate the Champions League for years and years, then the desirability of the Belgian league improves, and better players will join Belgian clubs.

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Sounds pretty fantastic I reckon. Particularly looking forward to the changes in contract negotiations. Hope they agents don’t ruin it though, don’t want it being TOO similar to real life do we…