Top 5 Changes we want to see in 7.2 Update

The Football Manager Mobile 2016 7.2 Update should be around by Mid to Late March 2016 and with this there is expected to be some game tweaks based upon feedback from the launch version. Within this article we will run down the top 5 changes that we want to see in the 7.2 Update. If you agree or disagree then leave a comment down below with your opinions.

 

New Players

While the transfer update is bound to happen the 2015/16 season has seen some big names break through. There is a noticeable absence of Marcus Rashford whom has scored 4 goals in just 2 games for Manchester United, as well as new Everton signing Shani Tarashaj. Adding in new players gives us more gems to find and different options to buy. This is bound to happen and has done in all previous versions, however it is still worth mentioning as it isn't as certain as the transfers happening...almost but not nailed on.

Likelihood: 9/10

 

 

Player Role Tweaks

Many have noted that Inside Forwards do not behave properly as well as some other oddities involving player roles. Sports Interactive have confirmed they are looking into this and will respond to feedback. While it isn't 100% definite, it is very, very likely that there will be refinements in this area.  As well as the Inside Forward repositioning roles such as the Box to Box Midfielder to just the defensive/central midfielder positions are slightly more unlikely but still on the table at this stage and are something that will be looked into for the update.

Likelihood: 9/10

 

Appointing Coaches Improvements

Players have been baffled by a few features related to Coaches. Those whom choose Lower League Management have looked to utilise Coaches to boost their existing players but upon trying to do so have found after sacking a Coach they cannot appoint a new one due to finances. Though the game doesn't offer any indication of this when sacking a Coach or trying to appoint a new one - the option is just greyed out. Not only this but many have been frustrated by having to buy a player before appointing as a Coach, leading to players like Ronaldinho not going to the Championship level though in reality he would probably jump at this. The former is such an repetitive question that this should be add in order to stop Sports Interactive staff constantly answering it. The latter improvements to appointing Free Agent or Bosman may be a bit further down the pipeline but is one of the most consistent grumbles about the new feature.

Likelihood: 7/10

 

News Updates

The improved news system is being very well received and has been widely regarded as a step in the right direction for the Football Manager Mobile series. Despite this there are some complaints about having to read every news article still, despite this being what most people hated about the existing system. To combat this continuing without having to read all; unless they are requiring a response, and being able to mark all as read to prevent that annoying notification of unread news items appearing would solve this solution nicely. Neither feature should be difficult to introduce as they don't take up much space nor are complex to code. However it then comes down to if Sports Interactive see this as a necessity as it isn't a hot topic like the Coaches improvement and could be put back to a later update or FMM2017.

Likelihood: 5/10

 

In-Game Editor Update

When the In-Game Editor was announced to be in FMH2015 we were excited about the potential of it.  However it has had no update for 2016 despite Coaches and Stadium Names being introduced.  This is very frustrating given there is also a lack of functionality to add a Loan or make a Free Agent. With it not being changed at all between versions then it seems unlikely that the limited development time after release will go to an In App Purchase rather than improving the main game from user feedback.

Likelihood: 2/10

 

[rseven]

All you mentioned is my expections.

One more: improve tactics instructions such as pass direction, attack outlets, etc. This is new feature but which do not help us to design the tactics. I hope in coming update this feature can help us to present our idea for tactics.

[Dec]

Just now, rseven said:

All you mentioned is my expections.

One more: improve tactics instructions such as pass direction, attack outlets, etc. This is new feature but which do not help us to design the tactics. I hope in coming update this feature can help us to present our idea for tactics.

That sounds great but maybe too much for an update. Would more likely be in a new game.

[Ashez]

Spot on Dec, everything I had in mind entering the thread was mentioned :). 

[Taff]

I hope they do fix the IF issue, as i would love to get my original tactic back to what it was in FMH 15.

But I agree with everything you've brought up Dec especially the coach issue as it seems very confusing (to me at least) 

[Marc Vaughan]

Most of these are addressed HOWEVER I disagree with this commment "leading to players like Ronaldinho not going to the Championship level though in reality he would probably jump at this" ... when was the last time that a huge international player joined a lower league club in another country as a coach without having a prior association with that country/club?

[Dec]

1 hour ago, Marc Vaughan said:

Most of these are addressed HOWEVER I disagree with this commment "leading to players like Ronaldinho not going to the Championship level though in reality he would probably jump at this" ... when was the last time that a huge international player joined a lower league club in another country as a coach without having a prior association with that country/club?

Maybe a bit too over the top yes, but it would be nice to not have to sign a player to get them as a coach, maybe should have said someone like Gerrard at Liverpool.

 

Glad most of these have been addressed .

[phila]

Great list. Thumbs up to them all.

Regarding the news feature, would it be possible to see a tree structure implemented with common items grouped together in a collapsible branch. Eg news related to international games all grouped up together so that I can simply fold that branch up and ignore it if I want.  This would dramatically de-clutter that screen. Or maybe even options we can set for the news screen allowing us to specify what items we want to see/ignore?

Also could we have the ability to save our profile? Im so lazy that I hate entering in the same manager name/nationality etc every time I start a game. Surely this could be saved and repopulate the appropriate fields by default when I start a game?

Finally and I know this might be a bit much to ask for in an update but perhaps worthy for future consideration. The biggest reason I don't play in the Iberian leagues is that they have sooo many players (due to their B teams). Would it be possible to have a "sell them now" feature whereby we could select a swag of players and sell them for say 80% of their value. One of the British teams could pick them up (since they have the money) so they could be kept in them game but considerably reduce the overhead of starting a career with one of those teams. Might be something that can be done at game start but not after that?

 

 

[Dec]

All great suggestions but seem a bit far of a stretch for an update. Normally it is just tweaks where as they are all quite significant.

[Ashez]

@Marc Vaughan Can we have Yaya Banana back please?  

[man4united]

I'd love to see Everton's financial power updated, but that's probably just me.

[Dec]

5 minutes ago, man4united said:

I'd love to see Everton's financial power updated, but that's probably just me.

Probably won't happen as it only happened recently and normally data lock is late Feburary.

[ZenithStriker]

I totaly agree with the in-game editor changes. It's pretty annoying that the editor is exactly the same as last year.

[UKFootballScore]

On 02/03/2016 at 12:03, Dec said:

All great suggestions but seem a bit far of a stretch for an update. Normally it is just tweaks where as they are all quite significant.

Pretty sure they completly changed the regen system in one of these updates before so not always the case think it was 2014 they did that

[Dec]

6 minutes ago, UKFootballScore said:

Pretty sure they completly changed the regen system in one of these updates before so not always the case think it was 2014 they did that

They tweaked it and gave it a new name but I believe it was through several updates that this happened and it was based on an existing system. Where as the suggestions above would take a lot of front end and back end work such as designing new screens for the news. Not impossible but just very, very unlikely. Back end stuff like evogens is usually done through the updates.

[halamadrid]

On 02/03/2016 at 23:15, Ashez said:

@Marc Vaughan Can we have Yaya Banana back please?  

And Carlos Fierro. 

[wsjm1984]

I think the fact the editor is nearly the same price as the game means it should have been updated this year, it's very lazy when you are charging so much just to throw the same one in this year  

[zerose]

On 3/2/2016 at 23:15, Ashez said:

@Marc Vaughan Can we have Yaya Banana back please?  

I second this notion. I shall buy him and imagine him doing well with headlines like 'Banana gives the opposing defender the slip... and scores!' and 'Slippery Banana does it again!'.

[Guest Ghidini]

What about high scores results? 4-2, 4-3, 5-4...totally unrealistic...in every League!! Like in FM2015 pc version..fixed in FM2016 but not in the mobile game! I'll expecting a serious update with patch 7.2...

[Dec]

4 hours ago, Ghidini said:

What about high scores results? 4-2, 4-3, 5-4...totally unrealistic...in every League!! Like in FM2015 pc version..fixed in FM2016 but not in the mobile game! I'll expecting a serious update with patch 7.2...

High scoring games aren't uncommon in themselves but the frequency may be too much. It depends really. You will see more due to formations or just the nature of the game. You may see 1 a week but in the game that could be every 10 minutes.

[billy2shots]

Please please please sort Porto out. Last year they were a joke and things are just as bad in FMM16. 

4-5-1 tactic is commonly used by them with defensive midfielders played on the wings, strikers playing in midfield as a cm, attacking playmakers played as defensive midfielders etc etc. The result should be an easy victory for the human player but it often isn't. 

I fully understand the AI uses players in a tactic to counter the human players setup but Aboubaker pulling the strings in a Pirlo role is so disheartening and is complete nonsense.