Fm09 Additional Features

Additional new features for Football Manager™ 2009 Player progression – Improvement to the player realistic player development, more variation wonderkids starting as better players to ensure more effect to the attribute development based set.

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In-Depth Player Ratings – Player ratings now out have a decimal point, for more indepth analysis on how a player has performed. For example, instead of your player receiving a simple 6 or 8 out of 10, they can now have a 6.8 or an 8.2. Position viewer – On the tactics screen, you now have an indication on how good a player is in a specific position using a traffic light system, so if a player can play as right back but it's not his best position, it might be an orange/yellow colour, red if he's rubbish in that position, and green if it's his best position. Injury time scorers – Game now shows injury time goals with “+x” rather than all goals being scored in the 90th minute. AI team trials – AI managers can now sign players on trial. Trial days – This is a scoutable and viewable match where players released by their club play against each other arranged by the players union. Enquire to loan a player – You can send a virtual fax out to all clubs to see which players they would be prepared to loan you. This can also be done per individual club. Feeder club improvements – The ability, once your board trusts you, to ask for a specific feeder club/parent club. Holiday job returning options – Option added to apply only for jobs in specific divisions, such as the top playable division, bottom playable division, lower division jobs, and as per usual any job. Distance run – A new stat that shows how far a player has run per match. Team report improvements – Team report now suggests new players for weak areas of the team. Awards – Team awards now have a history rather than just showing the last winner. Like the best XI, they can be combined into an overall team for all the years stored. Average ratings – Players who play less than 10 minutes no longer get a match rating so they don’t get their average rating dragged down by not having enough time on the pitch to impress. B Teams – Are now treated are affiliate clubs, rather than reserve teams for teams in countries where a team might have two teams in different first team leagues (Spain / Barcelona, for example).

Stadium expansion – Now starts after last home game of the season, so stadium expansions are built quicker. Age and transfer rules – Age rules for different competitions are now displayed for each competition as are transfer rules, such as the French “Joker” rule. New sound – Added new sound effects to the match engine. Referee watch – Pundits comment on ref’s performance in the post-match screen. Reject all loan offers – Option to reject all loan offers when a bid comes in, rather than having to go through each bid individually. Retired squad numbers – Squad numbers that are retired in real life are retired in the game. Manager can retire squad numbers after they've been at a club after many years of service. Inactive team improvements – Ensuring that inactive teams play enough matches, so that players on loan get full first team seasons. Improvements to player nationality module – Players now gain nationality after x years and become eligible to play for nations after y years (depending on individual rules in countries). Pre-game injury history – Players now have past injuries from pre-game in their histories. International "national pool" improvements – For those who like to manage international teams in the game, this will save you lots of time, as the multi-select actions on the national pool window have been improved to make moving players around national squads easier. Generated players – These players can now have second nationalities, so you’ll find more Argentinian youngsters with Italian parents, and more players in the future having to decide which national they want to represent on the international stage. Team records – improvements have been made to the team records history in the game, including the addition of a fastest goal statistic. MLS specific new features: Designated player rule added to ensure that the teams with more financial backing are able to sign one player outside the designated wage fund, or two by gaining another designated player slot in a trade. You can also offer your designated player slot to other clubs. Allocation funds can also be offered to other MLS clubs in a trade, with $1 of the Allocation fund being worth $5 in transfers between MLS teams. Transfer budgets now only change when an allocation is awarded – these are awarded in 2 ways in FM09, if a team fails to make the play-offs, and if a MLS team sells a player (the former is $300,000 and the latter limited to $500k).