Championship Manager Thread

[Playable Back]

Originally posted by chayes
Ok, so I'm playing an online league with a buddy of mine (I'm DC United, he's the Metros)
When 3 games into the season I get this message:

US International and DC United star Ben Olsen has been advised by doctors to retire from football due to chronic injuries.

And poof... he's gone! Off the roster, nowhere to be found on the game... not even when doing Find Player...

I promptly defeted the Metrostars 2-1.
wtf? he just got a shin injury in my game. Maybe I should sell him before it's too late.

[John T]

Originally posted by paintgreen
Does the board ever concede to upgrading the stadium???? I have been madly selling out a small 6200 capacity stadium (Morecambe), have saved a good amount of cash (for a small team- $16,000,000 pounds...), and no matter if I give them an ultimatum, they don't build! My training facilities need to be improved, but they don't concede. Any suggestions?

I'm on CM 01/02

You usually have to wait until the end of the season for a change to take place. How long have you been asking? If it's only been this current season, wait and see if it kicks in at the start of next season. If it's been more than a year...well, I don't know what.

[chayes]

Originally posted by Playable Back

wtf? he just got a shin injury in my game. Maybe I should sell him before it's too late.

I'm on v. 3.9.65.

Olsen and Mathis both begin the game out 6 months due to injury.

So if you like playing with DC, don't upgrade to this version... really pissed me off.

A new version with details on CM4 is supposed to be out in a couple of weeks... hopefully it will be fixed then!

[paintgreen]

quote:



Originally posted by John T
You usually have to wait until the end of the season for a change to take place. How long have you been asking? If it's only been this current season, wait and see if it kicks in at the start of next season. If it's been more than a year...well, I don't know what.


I've tried it at the end of the season... once, I got them to recognize that yes, the stadium needed to be upgraded (don't remember the exact wording). Ever since, all I always get is the "stick to coaching, not business" shtick.

I have the backing of the fans, as I currently have Morecambe in first place in D1...

[Shabs]

Originally posted by paintgreen
quote:
I've tried it at the end of the season... once, I got them to recognize that yes, the stadium needed to be upgraded (don't remember the exact wording). Ever since, all I always get is the "stick to coaching, not business" shtick.

I have the backing of the fans, as I currently have Morecambe in first place in D1...

How many seasons into the game are you? How succcessful have you been in past seasons? It takes a half to a season and a half for an upgrade to be completed sometimes. And the board will almost never allow it in the first season no matter what.

[paintgreen]

How many seasons into the game are you? How succcessful have you been in past seasons? It takes a half to a season and a half for an upgrade to be completed sometimes. And the board will almost never allow it in the first season no matter what.

I've been really succesful. In my fourth season, I have gotten Morecambe from the English Conference to the top of Division 1, possibly promoted to Premiere at the end of the season. I have always ended first in the League, won a couple of Cups, and gone on incredible game winning streaks (one lasted from one season to the next). What gives? If I can get the board to increase the stadium size, it'll increase my revenue tremendously, and prepare me for the EPL.

[lanman]

I may be wrong, but most stadiums have a limit to how much they can be expanded, and if you are at that limit then your ground won't get any bigger.

[LiverpoolFanatic]

Originally posted by LiverpoolFanatic
I've had Bootham Crescent significantly upgraded in terms of capacity, but never a whole new stadium. What gets me is that I have York in the Premiership and in Europe and still can't sell out a 22K stadium.

I got the board to invest in a youth academy and upgrade training facilities as well.

There you go.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by lanman
I may be wrong, but most stadiums have a limit to how much they can be expanded, and if you are at that limit then your ground won't get any bigger.

Thats true, and some teams can build a bigger stadium than their maximum attendance can fill(airdrie!), but some teams have a potential maximum attendance figure higher than stadium capacity and expansion capacity, I reckon they would be the ones that would need the completely new stadium but I have never seen it happen.

[Marc Vaughan]

"I may be wrong, but most stadiums have a limit to how much they can be expanded, and if you are at that limit then your ground won't get any bigger. "
Actually the way it works is that if you hit the maximum stadium size then your local authority (council if you're in an English league) won't give planning permission to expand further (this is shown in CM01-02 via. a news item).

If you continually do well however then the authority will allow small expansions through due to pressure from your supporters .....this normally takes exceptional success and silverware however.

Good luck :D

[latru]

Hey Marc,

Was riz a SI employee who made the freeware EHM as a sideproject? I downloaded the game a few years ago and realized it was basically a VB hockey version of CM.

[AvidSinger]

Here's an interesting CM quirk as it applies to Major League Soccer in the US....

Let's say I am controlling the New England Revolution, who play in Foxboro Stadium (in CM). It says in the info screen that the stadium seats, say, about 20,000 people.

In realiity, Foxboro Stadium, when it existed, seated almost 60,000 people, but during Revolution games not all the seats would be available. (This is still the case in the new Gillette Stadium) Therefore, the game is technically correct to say that the stadium capacity for soccer is about 20,000.

Now, let's say I ask the board to expand. In CM, if I want to expand, I have to spend money, when in reality expansion would cost nothing, because all the board would have to do is make more seats available.

Seems this is a quirk unique to MLS.

[BrianJ 22]

I got Manchester United to the European stage and WON it...yes

[mr magoo]

Originally posted by BrianJ 22
I got Manchester United to the European stage and WON it...yes

The levels of dificulty in accomplishing that must of been unbearable.

[paintgreen]

Regarding the stadium expansion, it was finally approved by the board, the city council wanted to prevent it, but with my being promoted to the Premiership, it was done. The stadium was pushed from 6,000 to 14,500.

Now, my training facilities are awful! How do I get the board to improve those? I've noticed that lately I'm having lots of injuries during training. Is it related to my poor training grounds?

As a side quirk: one of my players got a virus infection, and spread to about 5 other players... that knocked them out for a good week...

[chayes]

Originally posted by paintgreen
Now, my training facilities are awful! How do I get the board to improve those? I've noticed that lately I'm having lots of injuries during training. Is it related to my poor training grounds?


Ask them to "Invest in Youth Development" or whatever that choice is.

That's usually one of the first things I do, before I try to get the board to expand. It only costs a couple of million dollars.

[profiled]

Originally posted by latru
Hey Marc,

Was riz a SI employee who made the freeware EHM as a sideproject? I downloaded the game a few years ago and realized it was basically a VB hockey version of CM.

No he made the game, then SI hired him to work on the game for SI.

[AvidSinger]

I found it a little ironic recently... I manage the Spurs in my game and Teddy Sheringham for a whole season was adamant about wanting to sign a contract extension that would make him a coach. I offered a player-only contract several times but he always refused. Eventually he left my team to take a managerial position elsewhere.

During this whole time, I was reading SoccerNet and there was an article in which Sheringham was interviewed. He said he wanted a one year contract extension, but that coaching is a long way off in his mind.

[Marc Vaughan]

"No he made the game, then SI hired him to work on the game for SI."
I've known Riz for a couple of years and had followed the development of EHM with great interest (as most people are aware I have a love of many sports including Hockey) while Riz worked upon it at University.

Riz wasn't sure if development of EHM would be continuing once he left Uni and got a 'real' job.

I thought this would be a tragic waste of a very promising games designer and so helped him turn his hobby into a career.

Riz has been working at SI for around six months now and has fitted into the team here brilliantly, EHM-FE is starting to take shape already and is imho going to become the CM of Hockey.

[iansfavouritecopilot]

Hey

Totally different subject here by the way...New Championship Manager magazine comes out next week in the UK, from what i've read about it looks a fantastic purchase, well worth the £5, but in your honest opinion...is it any good?