ALRIGHT BOYZ...HERE WE GO...The Football Manager 2012 THREAD!!!

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Thanks, I guess I'll go with just England for now and expand later.. which I believe is something you can do in v12 now?

I'm certainly no expert but if you are going lower league in England I would also run Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scottish leagues top to bottom. I think you'll find it will open up the scouting a bit with a larger pool of players and clubs to deal with.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Karim

I'm simply not seeing enough compelling reasons to upgrade from FM11. I'm really enjoying this version more than I have in several years.

Maybe once all the patches are out and it's discounted, I'll reconsider.

One thing SI may want to consider is making the previous year's saved games compatible with the most recent release.

From a n00b perspective, this little review had me wanting to give FM another shot: Football Manager 2012 – review | Technology | guardian.co.uk

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Sweed

I'm certainly no expert but if you are going lower league in England I would also run Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scottish leagues top to bottom. I think you'll find it will open up the scouting a bit with a larger pool of players and clubs to deal with.

Awesome, thank you!

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

From a n00b perspective, this little review had me wanting to give FM another shot: Football Manager 2012 – review | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Pretty good review and he is right there is not a lot (5% his figure) different but boy does that 5% make a more enjoyable game IMHO.

One thing I love that I don't see mentioned much is the little "i" icon next to a player's name. Hover over it and you get a popup with all of their attributes saving you having to go to their individual screens. Very useful during matches when making opposition instruction decisions. Hell, the "i" icon is even on the drop down menus on the match screen! Very cool time\click saver.

[Big Fo]

One big flaw in the match engine is the number of scoring chances that are created like this:

- Team A goalkeeper kicks it long from a goal kick
- Team B central midfielder or central defender wins the aerial battle
- their header goes 30 yards or more and is like a perfect through ball for the Team B striker, putting him 1v1 with the GK

It happens all the time. And this is using top teams playing against top teams.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

I would say if you're a total newbie to the series then simply run a single nation, England if you want to manage Everton ... that'll keep things relatively simple and quick - other nations clubs etc. will run a 'lite' simulation so they'll still be there, compete for players and be active in competitions as required.

Beyond that keep hitting continue, ask your assistant manager and backroom staff for advice and watch the world unfold around you - you'll pick things up fairly quickly (be warned though Everton is a fairly 'hard ask' irl they have a very good manager who gets the best out of their squad so the expectations might not be the easiest - I'd personally suggest taking a low league team, I use Eastbourne Boro and see how far up the league you can get them ... teams in the lower reaches tend to be far more easy going on their managers - not least because they can't afford to sack them at the drop of a hat ).

Back to this again.. I have the demo, so it's nice that I can only play with one league at a time - I've never actually tried a FM demo before so this might be perfect for me to try to "dig in" to this game a bit.

[Tim Tellean]

Saw a cool little detail in a match today. I had a striker hurt and the physio was tending him as I took a corner kick, when my guy struck the ball both my striker and the physio stopped, turned their heads as the ball sailed by.

Really cool. Tiny detail.

BTW- I play as Bray Wanderers in the Irish Premier Division, when I started we were hopelessly buried in relegation, so I took my lumps, updated the roster in pre-season and now we are in 1st place in 1st Division.
I love playing the game as a small club in Ireland. Really makes you learn the game when payrolls are small, clubs are demanding and attendance is small. Free transfer is a way of life.

[Icy]

Originally Posted by Big Fo

One big flaw in the match engine is the number of scoring chances that are created like this:

- Team A goalkeeper kicks it long from a goal kick
- Team B central midfielder or central defender wins the aerial battle
- their header goes 30 yards or more and is like a perfect through ball for the Team B striker, putting him 1v1 with the GK

It happens all the time. And this is using top teams playing against top teams.

Yes i see one of those goals from time to time and find them really stupid and unrealistic.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Big Fo

One big flaw in the match engine is the number of scoring chances that are created like this:

- Team A goalkeeper kicks it long from a goal kick
- Team B central midfielder or central defender wins the aerial battle
- their header goes 30 yards or more and is like a perfect through ball for the Team B striker, putting him 1v1 with the GK

It happens all the time. And this is using top teams playing against top teams.

Just saw this in my first game.

[MizzouRah]

Ok Marc, I took over Gainsborough Trinity FC

We beat our reserves! LOL!

I need to learn so many things.. as usual, I'm really lost. Glad my assman is doing most of the work for me.

I'm just using England, any facepacks/logos for just that league?

[ntndeacon]

I ended up at FC United We are trying to avoid relegation I got to work at my keeping salarys down skills

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Ok Marc, I took over Gainsborough Trinity FC

We beat our reserves! LOL!

I need to learn so many things.. as usual, I'm really lost. Glad my assman is doing most of the work for me.

I'm just using England, any facepacks/logos for just that league?

Initially take it reasonably 'easy and straight forward' - stick to a safe default tactic, 4-4-2 is one of the easiest to 'man' ... try and field one tall striker (Target Man role) and one short-fast (Poacher) and you won't go far wrong.

In the lower leagues look for exceptional physical players who are young, a pacey kid will get chances at that level .... and if you're lucky he might develop into someone special.

(at the end of season look at all the players you can who are released by professional clubs and pick up the best you can get from there, use the same kind of approach initially - look for people good physically in the main)

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Initially take it reasonably 'easy and straight forward' - stick to a safe default tactic, 4-4-2 is one of the easiest to 'man' ... try and field one tall striker (Target Man role) and one short-fast (Poacher) and you won't go far wrong.

In the lower leagues look for exceptional physical players who are young, a pacey kid will get chances at that level .... and if you're lucky he might develop into someone special.

(at the end of season look at all the players you can who are released by professional clubs and pick up the best you can get from there, use the same kind of approach initially - look for people good physically in the main)

Yeah, I definitely started with a 4-4-2, that's what I run for my daughter's team anyway.

Thanks for the advice, I'll let the game do as much as it can on its own and try to learn from there. I will say, the interaction with the players/staff/media has immersion all on its own.

[EagleFan]

I don't get it but I can't quite get into this version. 10 and 11 were able to hook me. This one feels disconnected for some reason. I can see that there are plenty of options and a lot of new features that look nice but it just hasn't grabbed me.

Last year's version actually got me to start following Burton, only because that was the team that my main career was with in the game.

I keep trying with this version but nothing. Are there just too many things that one can do in this one? Has the game reached my tipping point from fun diversion to way too much like work?

What I know about soccer can fill a thimble, and still have room for ice. I have been able to have moderate success with the recent versions of the game and feel like I have been able to build a team and my reputation in the game. It felt like a fun diversion from real life, just enough to keep my going and not too much to make it feel like I am a complete idiot when it comes to soccer. It almost seems like there is way too much in front of my with this game (too many choices with pep talks, training, strategies, etc...).

I'm going to keep trying because I really want it to click but I have a feeling that I may just end up back with 11.

Am I crazy? Or getting old?

[MizzouRah]

Oh.. also, is there a facegen type addon for this game?

[Glengoyne]

All right I'm in and playing '12 now. Boy is this a lot different than '09, which is the version I've been playing off and on for quite some time.

I like the changes to the tactics management, and find them very accessible for a football noob like me.

I certainly haven't found this game too easy. I'm at the mid point of my first season with Port Vale, and I'm fighting for my job. Partly because I kept fiddling with tactics, and not allowing my team to build familiarity with them and partly because my asst manager suggested someone as captain. I said sure "put him up for the job"....and then all of the sudden, my best player and previous captain pretty much quit on me. That along with a transfer ban due to a potential club sale has been challenging.

One question I have is this. If I have a striker setup as a target man should I have other players setup as advanced playmakers? Is that causing confusion in my tactic? Essentially I've got a winger and a mid fielder that have performed well as advanced play makers, but as I've finally arrived at a successful first eleven in consistent positions they just don't seem to be as collectively successful on the attack as they individually performed in other tactical sets. So am I trying to run my attack through too many points of entry?

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Glengoyne

One question I have is this. If I have a striker setup as a target man should I have other players setup as advanced playmakers? Is that causing confusion in my tactic? Essentially I've got a winger and a mid fielder that have performed well as advanced play makers, but as I've finally arrived at a successful first eleven in consistent positions they just don't seem to be as collectively successful on the attack as they individually performed in other tactical sets. So am I trying to run my attack through too many points of entry?

I don't think it'll be a problem but I'm not sure. My long-term game so far I have multiple Advanced Playmakers on the wings and a Trequartista as one of my strikers, so I don't think it'd be an issue?

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Oh.. also, is there a facegen type addon for this game?

Facegen is integrated into the game - a lot of players in the licenced leagues have 'real' photo's of them - but any virtual players created will recieve facegen pictures automatically (unless disabled).

[Icy]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Facegen is integrated into the game - a lot of players in the licenced leagues have 'real' photo's of them - but any virtual players created will recieve facegen pictures automatically (unless disabled).

Hey Marc, what about an option to create facegen pics for all the real players without real pic in the game?

For example, when i coach in the lower divisions or weird countries, the real players have no pics, and those are not easy to find in any fan's generated pics packs, so what about the option to generate a face for them?

OOTP has that option, to generate faces for all the players in the db without a real picture.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Facegen is integrated into the game - a lot of players in the licenced leagues have 'real' photo's of them - but any virtual players created will recieve facegen pictures automatically (unless disabled).

I thought so, thanks. My low league team has all empty black outline player pics, I was just wondering if there was a way to get a face to show up?

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Icy

Hey Marc, what about an option to create facegen pics for all the real players without real pic in the game?

For example, when i coach in the lower divisions or weird countries, the real players have no pics, and those are not easy to find in any fan's generated pics packs, so what about the option to generate a face for them?

OOTP has that option, to generate faces for all the players in the db without a real picture.

haha.. basically what I was just wondering.. would be a great option!

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

haha.. basically what I was just wondering.. would be a great option!

Its normally on by default I believe - check in the Preferences section under 'Display and Sound' ... in Display Settings there is a "Show Player and Staff Pictures' setting, ensure its set to 'Real and Generated Pictures'.

(it might be that only regenerated players get 'virtual faces' - which would explain why some are 'blanked' - I'll check when I get a chance (kinda busy with other things at the mo, sorry) ... I can see that there might be legal reasons behind that - if so then if you head a few years into the game or use 'fake players' then you wouldn't find that issue)

[Sweed]

Running into a bit of frustration with long throws. It is the first time I have a highly rated thrower, a 16, and he can't hit the broad side of a barn.

I'll have three guys set to come short and yet nobody does. I end up with everybody in the 18yd box or on the edge of the 6yd box. They mull around a bit, he'll chuck to the box, none of my players will make a move towards it, and it goes directly to an opposition player. He will typically have a stat line like 17-29 passing which includes an 0-9 or 1-9 in long throws leaving him ~17-20 with the ball in play.

I've set him to throw it short instead of mixed. Still all of my guys set up in the box and even if one is open he throws to a group of three opponents. He continually humps it in there directly to an opponent with a very rare exception.

I've lived with it for 9 regular season games plus friendlies with no sign of change. What really caps this off is I just played a team with a 17 thrower and he had no problem hitting his guys in the box or at least getting it to where his guys at least had a chance. I simply don't see this with my guy.

Am I missing something?

[DaddyTorgo]

Long throws blow.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Its normally on by default I believe - check in the Preferences section under 'Display and Sound' ... in Display Settings there is a "Show Player and Staff Pictures' setting, ensure its set to 'Real and Generated Pictures'.

(it might be that only regenerated players get 'virtual faces' - which would explain why some are 'blanked' - I'll check when I get a chance (kinda busy with other things at the mo, sorry) ... I can see that there might be legal reasons behind that - if so then if you head a few years into the game or use 'fake players' then you wouldn't find that issue)

Ok, I'm using the demo and that option is not selectable.

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Ok, I'm using the demo and that option is not selectable.

Ahh ok - pictures and suchlike are probably left out to save space in the demo, sorry for the confusion.

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Long throws blow.

Look for someone with decent long throws AND the PPM for long throws, they're the most effective imho as they're delivered at pace and harder to intercept ... otherwise if you constantly do them then its not hard for the opposition to expect and intercept them.

(I've a 34 year old left back who Man Utd released who has 18 long throws and 'posesses long flat throw' PPM and he's pretty effective, every now and again he has an off-day and they're intercepted a lot - but when he's on form he's blooming effective, doesn't hurt that I have some uber physical players who are happy to hold off opposing players when they come in either ..)

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

Ahh ok - pictures and suchlike are probably left out to save space in the demo, sorry for the confusion.

I'm sorry for my confusion!

I'm off for the next 17 days will dig into this game for sure!

[Grover]

PING: DaddyTorgo - did you end up spunking the cash on the German wunderkeeper?

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Grover

PING: DaddyTorgo - did you end up spunking the cash on the German wunderkeeper?

I haven't gotten that far yet. Been sidetracked by Skyrim and work and all. We'll see this weekend if I will - or even if I'll be able to afford it at any point. Haha.

[Young Drachma]

Hmm...I think I'll wait for a sale to upgrade, but hearing the editor now works better than it did, coupled with the other positives make it worthwhile to put on my future radar. In the meantime, going to back and play an older version and get myself immersed to prep for an upgrade.

[jbergey22]

So anyway.

Isnt there a patch due out? It seems like usually we have gotten another by now.

Usually a .1 right away...a .2 after a couple of months and a .3 for the latest transfers is how I remember it I think.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

I haven't gotten that far yet. Been sidetracked by Skyrim and work and all. We'll see this weekend if I will - or even if I'll be able to afford it at any point. Haha.

Depressed now. Won the league. Lost in the CL final in extra-time 3-2 to Barca (after having a 2-1 lead as late as the 75th minute). Del Piero retired (and all he wanted to be was an AssMan which he doesn't have the stats for), and Buffon just retired (need to see if I can get him as a coach). Hell of a depressing offseason for me. Been slow-playing the game the past few days to try to avoid this date. Will see this weekend.

[Scholes]

I have to sign this guy for the name alone right?

[SirFozzie]

Originally Posted by jbergey22

So anyway.

Isnt there a patch due out? It seems like usually we have gotten another by now.

Usually a .1 right away...a .2 after a couple of months and a .3 for the latest transfers is how I remember it I think.

There's been a few small patches that being all steam, no one's really noticed.

[Bobble]

Originally Posted by Scholes

I have to sign this guy for the name alone right?

This guy's built like a Mack tr...wait... he's built Ford t....uh...he's the heartbeat of ...erm... Brazil, I guess.

[sovereignstar v2]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

There's been a few small patches that being all steam, no one's really noticed.

The first few dinky ones could pretty much be considered what previously was known as the *.1 versions. *.2 (which will probably be called 12.1) should be released within a week to a week and a half I'd think.

[sovereignstar v2]

Patch must not be too far away.

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Steam doesn't seem to be auto-patching yet though.

[Icy]

Great news, can't wait!

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

Patch must not be too far away.
Steam doesn't seem to be auto-patching yet though.

It'll be incoming in the very near future I believe .... he says in as unprecise but semi-helpful a way as he's allowed to

[DaddyTorgo]

So I uncovered a "dissapearing history" bug in my game - which others have seen as well. I've uploaded the savegame to SI. Fortunately I have a backup-save (from 7 months gametime earlier) that doesn't display the bug, but I'm sort of in a holding pattern at the moment trying to see what's going to happen -- whether it's something that's just a "display bug" and the stats are still there and it can be fixed, or if I should go with the 7 months prior savegame.

[Shepp]

I saw the news bit up early this morning on the SI web site for 12.1.0 being released but it looks like they took it down. Its really too bad because this is the last day I'll be able to log any serious gaming time until Christmas

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by Shepp

I saw the news bit up early this morning on the SI web site for 12.1.0 being released but it looks like they took it down. Its really too bad because this is the last day I'll be able to log any serious gaming time until Christmas

There was a slight delay to its release - but hopefully it'll occur soon ...

[Shepp]

The news bit is back up on the SI board. Now we just have to wait for the update to hit Steam.

[SirFozzie]

There was some kind of steam download today, so I think it may be out.

[SirFozzie]

Yup, it's out: Big changelist

[SirFozzie]

(Part 1)

Football Manager 2012 v12.1.0 Changelist
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General
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- Fixed bug with promotion from bottom to top achievement not working.
- Fixed sugar daddy flag not being cleared when he leaves club.
- Fixed a dialog with Assistant Manager when asking to scout Marquee Players (they were wrongly called Designated Players)
- Adjusted attendances in matches between club teams and national youth teams
- Person profiles now correctly refer to 'youth apps/goals' as U21 or U20 appearances goals, depending on what nation the player plays for.
- Fixed player looking forward to going on loan then stating they are too good to go out on loan.
- Adjusted the national team assistant manager tendency to send news about players ready for national team duty
- Playing histories now loaded in for people added when new nations are activated.
- Stopped French academy sides getting parent / feeder clubs.
- People marked to have their history retained will now never be retired when removing leagues.
- Fixed an issue where sometimes the final playing history entry would not be retained when the player retires.
- All agents now retained in the database when starting a new game.
- 2 season loans now count towards loan limits for the 2nd season.
- Adjusted attendances for Croatian euro matches
- Adjusted attendances in small national team tournaments
- Adjusted continental cup and rivalry attendances in Greece
- Fixed post-match referee panel sometimes been blank.
- Adjusted FA Trophy attendances for small clubs in the final rounds
- Fixed player saying they want to leave in the General Happiness section but having an Unhappiness reason of not wanting to leave.
- Fixed a crash when going to the backroom advice screen when you have a player who hasn't a contract with the club he is at.
- Fixed issue where adding a new nation/league allows users to take control of nations that don't have enough players.
- Fixed a manager interaction reply having been sent from a manager who has left their club, after the time the initial news item was sent.
- Fixed 'Unproven' being considered a better reputation than 'Local' for non-playing staff.
- Fixed virtual players changing names occasionally when signed to a contract.
- Adjusted attendances in youth international final tournaments
- Fixed a few cases of the game adjusting small stadium sizes upwards at the start.
- Fixed potential threading crash on macs with >8 core processors.
- Reduced memory usage a small amount, for best affects start a new game.
- Fixed issue where (random) players could get called up for a national team they weren't eligible for and therefore end up changing nationality if they played a game for that nation.
- Non-contract and amateur players can no longer be fined, as they have no wages in the first place!
- Fixed issue where players on loan in Belgium (and other nations with the continuous rule) would lose their days towards nationality when returning to their parent club, they now have 2 months to return to Belgium before the count is reset.
- Fixed players leaving the club before the end of the season not being included in the best XI.
- Fixed crash in situation where an edited game had an inactive league with one team in it.
- Fixed issue where user could not submit a valid squad for an U19 match.
- Fixed crash in national scouting update news item caused by retiring scout not having had his assignments cleared.
- Fixed crash on hall of fame screen when changing to a different section.
- Fixed crash where user edited cup competition had no host nation set.

Assets
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ESP - Updated Liga BBVA ad hoarding
FRA - Fixed Nantes away kit

Backroom Advice
===============
- Stopped suggestions to remove good set piece takers who are just in the reserves.
- Stopped recommendations to a transfer list a player who is already transfer listed.
- Meeting reminder news item now states the correct date when the user held a meeting then, rather than the date of the last reminder.
- News item button is now removed when the meeting has finished.
- Player coaches no longer suggest dropping themselves due to poor form.
- No longer suggests the same formation that the user is already using.
- Fixed the set formation button not working.
- Made sure the pre-season meeting request isn't immediately after the end of the season.

Biography
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- Fixed issue with playing career end date where the player had become a non-player for a nation and then also continued his playing career.
- Fixed players stated as currently on trial in biography when they've signed permanently.
- Fixed occasional instance of retired player's biography miscalculating playing career length.
- Fixed Olympics victory being ascribed to England team in England manager's biography.
- Fixed biography text confusion between length of time managing club and international squad following dual management.

Board Request
=============
- Board will no longer agree to sign the user an extra player if they started the game with transfer budgets disabled.
- Fixed issue when a board request start date was incorrectly getting reported as starting after the completion date in the news item.
- Fixed the board agreeing to signing a player and the transfer budget not been restored when the transfer is cancelled because the player failed to get a work permit.
- Fixed the board agreeing to a contract renewal when a user had only a short time left on their contract and the board wasn't going to offer them a new contract.
- User now gets to pick their feeder club when the board agree to allow the user to pick their own team rather than just pick from suggested clubs.
- When the board decide to build a new stadium the game now adds an entry in the board request progress panel.

Board Takeovers
===============
- Fixed potential issue with B clubs being taken over.

[SirFozzie]

(Part 2)

Competitions
============
General
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- Some starting international friendlies had the home and away teams the wrong way around.
- Fixed a bug where user was informed that his team has qualified for wrong European competition.
- Fixed bug where a trialists team was being promoted to a customised nation's lowest division.
- San Marino and Andorra now get extra European places if their coefficient increases.
- For leagues where players are made available for youth teams instead of reserve teams, all players in the youth team are always deemed available.
- Fixed bug where more players than what was needed were being loaded in sometimes when leagues were activated.
- Improved friendly match picking for reserve teams.
- Fixed issue where fake players did not get achievements shown correctly in their profile.
- Bans in the World Club Championship now don't carry across to other continental cups.
- Fixed issue where player bought by team he is on loan to, is ineligible for a replay, after being eligible for the original match.
- Fixed issue where unregistered U21 players in leagues which finish in Nov/Dec cannot play in European competitions after the end of their season.
- Some improvements made to fixture re-scheduling.
- Edited fixtures should now import correctly for all league competitions.
- Fixed some issues with league wins for managers not being updated for a few competitions.
- When a view-only league is activated, reserve and youth teams are now setup correctly for clubs.
- When an international friendly is cancelled, the date can now be used to schedule a new friendly.

[SirFozzie]

Part 3:
Asia
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- Fixed group winners of Asian Confederation Cup not having home advantage in second round.

Argentina
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- Fixed free transfers being possible outside of transfer windows.
- Fixed Second Division start date.

Australia
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- Fixed a bug where the user could not approach to sign on a Bosman transfer other A-League players when managing in the A-league.
- Fixed A-League clubs to not break the minimum squad size any more.
- Improved the players’ selection when registering the squad for AI clubs in the A-League.
- Fixed an issue where in the A-League Marquee players (only if they are Australian) were renewing their contract as Australian Marquee, which is messing up the club as it will have 2 Australian Marquees and no Marquees.
- Added the contract filter for "A-League salary cap exempt" in the player's search.

Belgium
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- Fixed Belgian Cup Sub Rules.
- Fixed Third Division league sorting rules for Periods.

Brazil
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- Fixed Brazilian Potiguar State Championship teams only playing each other once in league stage.
- Fixed Brazilian Cup draw rules.
- Deactivated the mid-season break in the Brazilian National First Division.
- Update Brazilian Cup draw date.
- Fixed Rondônia State Championship schedule.
- Fixed which teams face each other in São Paulo State Championship semi-final.
- Updated National First and Second league sort rules.

Bulgaria
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- Fixed "A" Group starting 11 foreign players rule.

China
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- Updated summer transfer window.
- Max of 6 foreign players allowed to be signed for Chinese teams.
- Fixed trial players playing in competitive matches.
- Fixed higher division team not playing at home in Cup.

Colombia
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- Fixed teams being allocated the wrong group in 2011 National Cup.

Croatia
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- Fixed number of rounds for First Division 2013/14 season onwards.
- Fixed number of rounds for Second Division 2014/15 season onwards.
- Fixed Second Division winter break.

Denmark
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- Fixed fixture clashes with Superliga and international fixtures.
- Fixed First Division schedule and matches split.

England
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- Fixed League 2 matches being scheduled for Sunday evening TV coverage.
- Fixed FA Cup final and FA Trophy final clash.
- Fixed wrong mid-week fixture kick off time for Championship, League 1 and League 2.
- Fixed Blue Square North/South clubs not playing on international weekends.
- Fixed draw dates for F.A Cup, Johnstone's Paint Trophy and F.A Trophy.
- Fixed television money for F.A. Cup Sixth Round and for replays.

Europe
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- EURO Cup final now always played at host stadium.
- Fixed issue where teams knocked out of the Euro Cup were not getting some coefficient points that they should have been getting.
- A European squad can be registered now at the stage where a team is knocked out of the Champions Cup but not yet entered in the EURO Cup competition.
- Fixed some seeding issues with the EURO Cup First Knockout Round.

Finland
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- Fixed League Cup not taking place when game start date is after the League Cup is supposed to be completed (i.e. selecting England start date).
- Fixed bug with Finnish League Cup final venue.
- B teams can now be promoted to the First Division.

France
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- Updated National Division Schedule.
- Fixed teams from overseas territories not taking part in the French Cup.
- Fixed Ligue 1 Schedule.
- Fixed Ligue 2 Schedule.
- Updated Coupe de la Ligue prize money.
- Updated CFA Schedule.
- User reserve team matches in the CFA now are played in full detail.
- French Cup runners up now take part in EURO Cup if the winners have qualified for the Champions Cup.
- Updated the 2011 Champions Trophy venue.

Germany
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- Fixed First and Second Division schedules.

Greece
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- Fixed clash between Greek Cup semi-final and World Cup qualifier.
- 5 points deducted from Panachaiki for match fixing.
- Updated Cup due to number of teams in National C changing.

Holland
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- Non EU players now don't have "Fgn" player status flags unless they are U18.
- Fixed issue where Dutch Cup doesn't get scheduled correctly when Dutch league is added.
- Removed 3rd match decider in Eredivisie relegation playoff 2nd round.

Hong Kong
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- Updated rules and schedules for Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield.
- Updated rules and schedules for Hong Kong FA Cup.
- Updated rules and schedules for Hong Kong League Cup.

Iceland
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- Stopped trialists being able to play in competitive matches.
- Fixed Upper League Cup group draw not being random draw.

India
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- Updated National Football League prize money.

Indonesia
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- Updated Super League number of teams.
- Updated Super League Schedule.
- Updated Super League prize money.
- Updated Premier Division number of teams.
- Updated Premier Division Schedule.
- Updated Premier Division prize money.
- Fixed Super League foreign players rule.

International
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- European Football Championship Second Placed Teams table now uses results against top 5 teams, not 4.
- Fixed some European U19 Football Championship qualifying dates.
- Some African Cup of Nations qualifying dates moved to international match days.
- U23 teams in Olympics now arrange pre-tournament friendlies.
- Fixed some issues with Gold Cup dates in years 2013/17/etc.
- Morocco set as hosts for the 2013 and 2014 Club World Championships.
- Some African Cup of Nations qualifying dates moved to international match days.
- Fixed some North American World Cup qualifying dates.
- Fixed some matches in the Club World Championship being played at the stadium of the home team.
- Game doesn't remove managers after U23 Concacaf Olympics Qualifying tournament.
- Fixed an issue with the draw date for the U20 World Cup.
- Fixed some issues with bans for British players at the Olympics.
- Fixed some issues with European U21 Championship qualifiers scheduling.
- Updated South East Asian Football Championship.
- Improved team seedings for African Cup of Nations group draw.
- Updated 2015 African Under 20 Championship host.
- Stopped international captains being appointed that are going to retire soon.

Ireland
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- Updated Premier Division setup for 2012 season.
- Fixed incorrect prize money for Premier Division winner.
- Fixed sub rules in Premier and First Divisions.
- Fixed All Ireland Cup prize money.

Israel
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- Fixed Hapoel Nazareth-Ilit not having points deduction.
- Adjusted National League Middle Playoff schedule.
- Updated Premier League Toto Cup Quarter Final draw and round date.
- Updated Premier League Toto Cup Semi Final draw date.
- Updated Premier/National League Toto Cup group draw date.
- Fixed venues for semi-final and final of State Cup, Premier and National Toto cups.

Italy
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- Randomized Coppa Italia Lega Pro groups.
- Updated points deduction for Serie B and Lega Pro 1st and 2nd Divisions.
- Fixed Italian Cup final fixture clash with international fixtures.
- Fixed Italian Cup runner up not taking part in Super Cup when a team does the double (i.e. a team wins Serie A and Italian Cup).
- Italian Cup semi-final first leg date no longer clashes with international matches every 2nd year.

Northern Ireland
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- Fixed All Ireland Cup prize money.

Norway
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- "Can play against own team" now default choice for loan deals.
- Fixed First and Second Division schedules.
- Fixed Cup Scheduling.
- Fixed lack of full round of matches on the 16th May in Second Division.

Poland
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- Fixed First Division U21 player on pitch born date.
- Fixed lower division team not playing at home in F.A Cup 3rd round.
- Fixed missing home grown rules for Ekstraklasa.
- Fixed not being able to register free transfers at any time for Ekstraklasa.
- Fixed fixture clashes in Ekstraklasa during World Cup and Euro Championship years.
- Updated Ekstraklasa prize money.
- Updated FA Cup TV coverage and stadium for final.
- Polish cup runners up now qualify for Europe if winner qualifies through the league.

Russia
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- Squad win bonus news item now doesn't appear halfway through first season.
- Russian Premier Division teams in first season of Russian Cup sixth round play away.
- Updated prize money of Russian competitions.
- Fixed promotion to Russian First Division from Second Division.

Scotland
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- Fixed League Cup semi-final date.

South America
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- Teams from same nation play each other in Copa Sudamericana semi-finals.
- Teams from same nation are now not drawn together in the Copa Libertadores group stage (unless they qualify through preliminary round).
- South American Recopa doesn't start until 2012.

South Korea
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- Updated reserve league (number of rounds, sub rule and schedule).
- Updated U18 league (number of rounds and schedule).
- Fixed incorrect National League Cup venues.

Spain
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- Fixed Spanish Cup final fixture clash with international fixtures.
- Fixed LIGA Adelante playoff rules.
- Can now move non-EU players to B teams.
- Fixed Playoff final for Second B Division in user's 2nd season being scheduled on June 30th, the same day as player's are released at the end of their contracts.

Sweden
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- Fixed bug where team went on holiday before promotion playoff.

Switzerland
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- Fixed duplicate start of window registration news in Swiss League.

Turkey
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- Correct teams now in the Turkish Second Division groups.
- Fixed European qualification from the 2011/12 Turkish Premier Division and changed it back to a single league format for 2012/13.
- Fixed Wednesday Premiership matches not being televised.
- Stopped trialists being able to play in competitive matches.

Ukraine
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- Updated match ban for direct red card.
- Added missing squad registration for Premier League.
- From 2012 Dynamo Kyiv will play home games vs Shakhtar (both league and cup) at NSC Olympiyskyi.
- Fixed lack of discipline rules for the U21 League.

Uruguay
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- Fixed trial players playing in competitive matches.
- Free transfers in Uruguay can be registered at any time.

USA
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- Designated Players slots are better managed by the clubs.
- Salary cap issues in the budget adjustment bar are now fixed.
- Draft allocations values are now improved and more realistic.
- Added some tweaks to help teams to maximise their rosters.
- Fixed AI clubs to break the squad registration rules.
- Added new squad selection rule of maximum 6 Developmental slots.
- Fixed a bug where injured players coming back from their injury where standing in the roster without being registered (when they should or, alternatively, should be waived at least) due to the code not performing a final squad selection.
- Fixed to not waive any player after the Roster Guarantee Date.
- Guaranteed Contract for MLS players are now counting as guaranteed only after the MLS Registration date as it should be.
- Fixed MLS contract type flag to be wrongly displayed when a player is free agent.
- Fixed an issue where the user couldn't offer a Designated Player contract to a DP player on contract renewal if he wasn't good enough.
- Fixed an issue where MLS Senior players where demanding a Designated Player salary when renewing their contract without being entitled to ask for such big money (not good enough to be a DP).
- Fixed a bug where one of the MLS Combine teams sometimes has far too many players.
- Fixed an issue where MLS players who got waived from the Waiver Draft hadn't the date they left the club displayed in the Achievements screen.
- Improved how the playoff table works.
- Fixed the "Transfer for league Rights" transfer option in the MLS.
- Fixed a bug where you can't offer a Senior Entry Level contract in the MLS who last more than 2 years.
- Fixed Philadelphia, Portland and Vancouver to not intake academy players on season turnover.
- Fixed an issue where MLS clubs managed by AI needed some extra Salary Cap to register all their players and were using wrong and unrealistic money amount to do it.
- Fixed a bug about team confidence in the MLS which was causing managers to get sack too early in the season due to the club expectations being too high.
- Fixed an issue where players where called up for the MLS All Star Game and therefore becoming unavailable for the CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round in case their team was qualified. Now these players can't be called up in the All Star Game.
- Players in the MLS now get league stats generated when the league is inactive.
- Fixed MLS schedule for seasons 2012 onwards to not have crazy long sequences of consecutive home or away matches.
- Removed the "Enquiry" offer type for free agent’s ex-MLS players who have their rights still held by a MLS club.
- Fixed an issue where manager who subscribed to a player from another club where forced to register his roster in the MLS when the player was renewing his contract.
- Fixed a bug where starting the game in December 2011 and managing in the MLS, the user there getting a news item about the Superdraft but the draft wasn't taking place.
- Added the contract filters for "MLS Homegrown" and "MLS salary cap exempt" in the player's search.
- Fixed a bug where among the players selected for the Superdraft, some could have played at Pro level which is forbidden.
- MLS clubs can now loan their under 18 players to their Academies.
- Fixed a bug where big players on trial or just signed at a MLS side could be called up for the MLS All Star Game when they shouldn't.
- Improved Weighted Lotteries to include former US Youth International with no MLS caps who become available after the SuperDraft has been set up.
- Fixed an issue where sometimes players out on loan were included in the Waiver Draft.
- MLS players who have been drafted to a team and failed to get registered in the squad for the MLS are now displayed as free transferred in the transfers screens.
- Improved the MLS All Star game squad selection logic and made sure there is always a valid opponent club.
- Fixed issue with Vancouver not showing Canadian competitions in their achievements.
- MLS players who are included in the Injury List are now marked as "Ineligible" in the Squad Registration Screen as soon as they pick up their injury so the user can spot them easily.
- Generation Adidas players picked from the SuperDraft are now joining the user's club on a sensible wage without rejecting the contract.
- Fixed a bug where MLS Designated Players could go in the Waiver Draft. In fact DP players cannot be waived.
- Fixed an issue in the MLS where if the user was renewing a contract that can potentially break the squad registration rules, he wasn't forced to register again his roster as it should happen.

Wales
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- Fixed issue where European playoff winner in Wales is described as the league champions.

[SirFozzie]

Part IV:

Contracts
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- Junior Marquee contract request are now correctly dealing with the maximum contract length allowed for this contract.
- MLS SEL/AA/DEV contracts are now correctly upgrading to the newly calculated minimum for the current season on season update date.
- Loan contacts in the MLS are now upgraded to the minimum senior wage in the league.
- Fixed 'Renew' button not being present on news item when player's loan contract is nearing an end.
- Fixed reward for fine form news item wrongly stating contract length for non-contracted player.
- Ensured inactive clubs are more proactive when offering hot prospect players new deals.
- Ensured staff members have more interest in renewing contracts in some situations (Works best from a new game)

Editor
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- Added missing club home match day fields.
- Skin tone example widget in editor now doesn't generate a colour selection dialog when clicked.
- Can now edit the nation youth rating field.
- Fixed labels for the EURO Coefficient fields.
- Fixed nation sportsmanship field.
- Transfer windows can now be set to start or end on a fixed day of the month.
- Fixed an issue with "Over 19/20/etc In Squad" rules not being used correctly.
- Fixed issue with relegation playoffs with lower custom divisions not working in the game correctly sometimes.
- Fixed issue where original registration dates were being used for customised continental competitions in Asia, Africa and South America.
- Fixed issue with edited team colours for a specific competition not being used for that competition.
- Championship playoffs are now used to qualify teams to continental cup competitions.
- Fixed not entering end date in sponsorship causing the end date to appear as 1900.
- Fixed media source clubs not being ported from edt file.
- Fixed journalist favourite club field not working
- Fixed journalists not always being retained by the game when starting new game with edited .dbc file.
- Fixed issue with a loan rule not being loaded in correctly from compressed files.
- Setting a person to a retired person now adds a change to the changes list.
- Editor now doesn't allow a league with fewer teams than it has promotion and relegation places.
- League matches can now be scheduled for Xmas Day if user wants.
- Fixed Not setting sponsorship end date in editor is making it appear in game with end date 1900.


Finances
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- Adjusted expenditure at B-clubs
- Fixed issue where only the first processed sell-on clause sent a news item if a starting future transfer had multiple sell-on clauses triggered
- Fixed club debt not loading in when competitions are made active.
- Fixed potentially wage budget not calculated if user cancels a transfer deal until after continue is pressed.
- Adjusted the board provisional estimates of planned stadium expansions to better match what will actually take place at the end of season
- Manager spending stats now updated after transfer clauses are hit.
- Adjusted wages given to MLS managers.
- Adjusted Uruguayan wages.
- Adjusted Greek club expenditure.
- Adjusted Czech Manager wages.
- Adjusted wages given to Spanish youth players.
- Fixed cases where transfer budget decreases after player sale which involves a 'Percentage of Next Sale' clause.
- Fixed cases where club expenditure total not displayed correctly.
- Adjusted Latvian ticket prices.
- Adjusted Slovenia finances.
- Adjusted ROI league manager wages.
- Adjusted Polish First Division - TV Revenue.
- Fixed cases where user can exploit the budget sliders in order to afford wages for a player.
- Adjusted Danish wage budgets.

International Management
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- Fixed issue where human would apply for youth national job and the national team would take a long time considering who to appoint.
- Fixed getting a welcome to club scout message when also taking on a national role.
- User is now prompted to give squad numbers to players called up late for national teams.
- Fixed "Capped at Youth Level" (U19 International etc) not being displayed on player attribute panel if capped below U21 level during game.
- Changed ' youth apps/goals' to ' U21 apps/goals' on main player profile as this is what the value represents.
- Fixed international scouting report news item claims scout 'has only just started this assignment' when he hasn't.
- Fixed issue where stored u21 apps/goals were being updated with u21 and u20 stats for players whose nations had both u21 and u20 teams. It now updates stored u21 apps/goals for the highest youth team in the nation.
- Stopped Team GB and other U23 teams advertising for new manager after Olympics finishes and they don't have another competition scheduled for a while.
- Fixed when user is offered GB U23 role, news item reads offered England role.
- Assistant manager no longer suggests a squad for a finals competition if there is a more recent match in a different competition to play first.
- Fixed international scout searches being automatically setup for humans that become youth national manager as you have no control over scouts in this role.
- Fixed news item being sent with response options to offering manager when human offers another human a job at a nation.
- Stopped Suggest National Squad button appearing on a human national youth team manager.
- Fixed when U21/U19 manager declines a position, news item refers to them as just 'manager'.
- Fixed strings stating assistant manager suggested squad is based on the National Pool when it isn't.
- Suggested players now get added to the National Pool if the user opts to take the assistant manager's suggested squad advice.
- Fixed an issue where AI managers might sometimes not pick 3 goalkeepers in a squad.
- Improved retirements from international football.
- Fixed young players from the home nations gaining ability to play for a different home nation incorrectly.
- Players who are no longer eligible to play for a nation are now removed from that nation’s national pool automatically.
- Friendly instructions can now be issued for U21 friendlies.
- Fixed human senior team manager removing a human U21/U19 manager not giving them any news notification.
- Fixed issue with Call Up To Squad not being a valid option for player who will reject call-up.
- Fixed being able to offer two national jobs simultaneously when, if both accepted, the staff limit will be exceeded.
- Stopped both managers receive U21 Weekly Fixture List news when two humans managing both senior and U21 in hot-seat game.
- Fixed user occasionally being approached for the vacant international management position he had just resigned from.
- Added Indemnity money for French National clubs.
- Adjusted Scottish club expenses.
- Fixed cases where club is over wage budget but can still offer high wages to players who they have on trial first.
- Fixed case of loan repayment continuing a month beyond the loan end date.
- A player no longer misses Champions League final to play in the Four Associations Tournament.

Manager Interaction
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- Journalist seeking a response from another manager’s press conference now only sends one news items

Match
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- Fixed bug where youth teams for clubs with no reserve/B team did not play players who had been marked as available.
- Fixed a few cases of different kinds of shots/headers occasionally not displaying correctly on the graphical analysis panel
- Don’t show injured player popup dialog if no more subs can be made.
- Alt-tabbing out of a match highlight in full screen mode now won't pause the match.
- If human is forced to play a friendly match due to no assistant manager or coaches, the match screen now lets him progress through the match setup screens.
- Prevented assistant from giving stats based analysis feedback before a few minutes have been played.
- A couple of very minor tweaks to ME v987
- Replays of all highlights (not just goals) now works when user is watching the full match.

Morale
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- Tuned team and player morale changes and maintenance through the game
- Tuned player morale changes related to player conversations

Newgens, Player Progression and Retirements
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- Adjusted the ratio of newgens originating from the French academies
- Adjusted the creation of newgens in American Development leagues and player eligibility for the draft
- Adjusted the creation of extra players for added leagues
- Signing a virtual (grey) player now keeps their homegrown status as it was when he was still a virtual.
- Adjusted newgen creation date checking so leagues started with a 2012 start date also get newgens generated already in the first season.
- Adjusted preferred formations generated for players turning into non-players to be more often linked to nation preferred formations.
- Adjusted common name generation for newgens (Brazil, Spain etc.)
- Fixed cases of a player deciding to retire due to injury at the end of the season but still coming back and playing rest of the season after recovering from injury
- Adjusted the injury related retirements to make high earning players more likely to fight back from serious injuries
- Adjusted the impact of very long injuries on abilities of older players so they won't decline too much


News
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- Fixed areas of news delivery where it was being sent to club team rather than team overall which could potentially mean humans missing out on news about players who are not in their senior squad.
- Fixed issue where team might not be described as amateurs.
- Some minor improvements to match report news.
- Fixed issue where Conversations button would appear on a news item which wasn't personal to you.
- Fixed an issue where players signed from a trial contract weren't forced to be registered in the squad if the league required it.
- Fixed news item wrongly stating player was 'out of contract' where he was on an Amateur Contract.
- Fixed virtual players being described as 'player' in places like match report instead of using their basic playing position.
- Removed malfunctioning 'Match Report' link button for matches where the match info on the Team Report is not available.
- Stopped user being described as attending a game after ignoring the weekly fixture list news item as international manager.
- View Goal link now will not appear in the goal drought ended news item if the match is unavailable.
- Improved the player's response comment news when replying to a managers praise etc.
- Fixed headline on media praising/criticising player form in relation to internationals potentially mentioning club favourite when not relevant.
- Fixed work permit news mentioning that player is signing on a free transfer when he's signing on loan.
- Fixed pre-season odds news item says B team have 'enough quality to gain promotion' when they can't win promotion due to main club being in the division above.
- Stopped respond to press conferences news item been sent when the other manager is a player/caretaker manager.
- User is now able to say that they do not know a manager when asked how they got on at a personal level when reply to the other managers comment from a press conference.
- Fixed wrong Stadium named in pitch condition manager Comment news item.
- Fixed national squad suggestion news item referring to a player as playing for his national team instead of his club.
- When commenting on an under pressure manager the headline now correctly mentions the manager rather than the journalist.
- Fixed occasional instance of attendance being used as number of goals in match day round-up news instead of goals scored.
- Fixed issue with wrong loan stats being shown on a loan expiry news item.
- Fixed compensation sentence in signing non-player as manager stated as paid to the club that they were at before the one that they are leaving.
- Fixed code appearing in the public unhappiness news about a player been unhappy at the sale of another player.
- Fixed transfer window roundup news item generated for a transfer window which didn't apply to that particular competition.
- Fixed candidate for the vacant managerial position described as 'Manager' when he has a different role.
- Fixed user not being notified about ability to match bid on their affiliated clubs players if the affiliate had accepted multiple bids for the same player.
- Fixed missing full stop in some news items which outline squad rules after making a new signing.
- Fixed Player Will Leave On Bosman news item being generated for players for whom the Bosman ruling does not apply.
- Fixed 'Your manager...' appearing in national Choose Captain message instead of 'Your assistant manager...'
- Stopped user being able to apply for same job again via job centre, having just applied via news item.
- Fixed bug where squad selection news was sent to the manager when no squad selection rules were in place.
- Stopped Offer Contract button appearing in trial finishing news item when a contract has already been offered.
- Prevented misleading strings appearing from player when a loan is about to be extended.
- Fixed player debut news item being described as a return to the team when he had only previously been on trial at the club.
= Fixed 'Offer Contract' button not being cleared down when the user cancels the transfer via the Transfer Centre.
- Fixed issue where physio would recommend you terminate an injured loan player's trial when that option wasn't valid (e.g. for window to window loans).
- When terminating multiple staff contracts, fixed being able to select a sacked staff member to take over another sacked staff member's internal team role.

Player Interaction
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- Stopped players asking to stop on the same day they request to terminate their contract.
- No longer can chat to non-contract players about transfer related topics.
- When a player has concerns about wanting first team football the promise to play them is now available if the player doesn't need to be registered.
- No longer can you suggest to co-owned player that they might be transfer listed.
- Players no longer incorrectly become concerned when they are offered to clubs by the user and a team hasn't placed a bid on the player.
- Stopped inappropriate player interaction options been available for non-full national teams.
- When transfer listing a player by request, the player will no longer be unhappy about their transfer request been rejected.
- Stopped co-owned players been unhappy about wanting a new contract.
- Setting up tutoring between an A team and a B team player now works correctly.
- Fixed code appearing when a player references a previous conversation they had with the manager about treating a team mate unfairly.
- Players who are unhappy about the club underachieving and were promised you would turn it around will now have the happiness removed.
- Fixed inconsistences between player reactions to conversation displayed on their information screen.
- When tutoring when asked to change a player’s personality is used the competition news item no longer states little was gained.
- Stopped players becomes unhappy with his manager after the club he is offered to decline to make a bid for him
- User no longer allowed to state to a player that they haven't been playing well or doing poorly in training when the player is injured in the transfer listing conversations
- Limited the number of other players who got upset if you hadn’t made a player happy in a conversation
- The promise end date is now correctly set when you promise a player you will improve the clubs reputation
- When a player requests to be removed from the transfer list and you agree the players transfer status is now fully cleared
- A player’s performance will now go down if you have told him you will be resting him but still plays him
- Players who want to leave no longer refuse to be transfer listed

Press Conferences
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- Press conference question asked about player returning from injury but player is away on international duty.
- Fixed press conference question asking if you plan to rest a player due to fatigue but player is suspended for game.
- Fixed club manager being asked question about injured player call-up when he is also international manager.
- Fixed pre-match press conference question about play-off not being treated like a cup stage.
- Re-worded press conference topic to use team name rather than 'your' when a topic concerns a team's elimination from a competition.