Football Manager 2007 702 Patch description
Football Manager 2007 boasts many new features which are revolutionary not only for the game, but for the entire sports genre.

Football Manager 2007 boasts many new features which are revolutionary not only for the game, but for the entire sports management genre. Whilst Football Manager 2007 adds more to the game than ever before, it is also easier to use, navigate and control and all the options are more obvious to players. Players have the option to get involved in every facet of management, but can also rely on their club staff for more help and advice than ever before. There are over 100 new features and below are highlights of some of the features that were recently revealed adn that makes this titles stand apart from the rest of the franchise..

THE BOARDROOM. An area Football Manager 2007 leaves to the virtual chairman and chief executive, yet still allows players to help influence in some ways. If someone makes a transfer offer too good to be true, the board may well accept over their manager’s head. They can also limit the amount of wages players can offer for a footballer who they haven't heard of. If the board are running out of cash, losing interest in the club or realise they’ve taken on too big a job, they might now invite people to make offers for the club, which may lead to a takeover. Different clubs receive offers from different groups, from supporters clubs through to massive investment from abroad – all of which can transform the life of the manager.

STADIUM MOVES. Just like in real life, many stadiums can not be expanded due to a lack of available planning permission which was a pain when FM managers took their clubs from obscurity to the top division and then couldn't get any more fans into the ground. Now, if there’s money in the bank, or if the board are confident of paying off any debts, the board may well decide to build a new shiny ground for the team to move into.

YOUTH REVAMP. Youth teams previously have been very well served over the years by a system called "regens", which essentially, is the regeneration of players as they retired. This process spent a long time evolving but SI never considered it to be perfect. "Regens" has been replaced by a new system. Internally codenamed "Fred" it allows a lot more youth players into the game – and this generation is therefore much more akin to real life eg only a small proportion of youth players will "make it" into top players, with many dropping down the leagues into non-league obscurity. NB if clubs have poor youth facilities, they will be less likely to find the next world superstar. This is not impossible – who knows where the next star will crop up - but it is definitely less likely. Real world contract rules are also used to try and save players under the age of 17 being snapped up for next to nothing by bigger clubs.

MATCH ENGINE IMPROVEMENTS. Controversial decisions are highlighted more in the game. Post match interviews can now affect the game, though the FA can act on what managers say. Touchline bans can be enforced if managers step out of line so it’s important to consider your approach, or you’ll be watching your team perform from the stands! Despite already being the most accurate replication of football in any simulation, the match engine written by Paul Collyer with assistance from Ray Houghton has taken another leap forward with more match events, improved commentary and even more lifelike: players warm up on the touchlines, managers can now give pre-match team talks, more intuitive half time and post match team talks, match time is now visible in the tactics screen, the score display is visible in full screen mode and many other extras. Tactically, the addition of pre- and during- match "opposition team instructions" screen allows managers the possibility to easily highlight players to close down, mark tighter, show onto his wrong foot or tackle harder – very useful for taking out your opponents key men if you fear them, but bear in mind this may affect your own team’s performance.

PLAYER INTERACTION. Last year saw the successful introduction of manager interaction; this year Sports Interactive have added player interaction, which involved not just users own players, but players throughout the whole football world and spans a wide variety of topics to talk to players about depending on the players status. Talk can be face-to-face, or through the media and footballers can respond in the same fashion. Request recommendations of players or staff to join the club, or ask them to help train youngsters, suggest that they go into coaching or management in the future, try and tap up players at other clubs through the media, talk to them about new contracts or answer all kinds of questions they might come up with. Warn them about resting to stop them from becoming unhappy, comment on their form to give morale boosts. Ask for tips on who might be a danger man or a weak link for the forthcoming match, or ask a senior member of the squad to have a team meeting when things are going wrong to try and sort out morale problems.

Every action has a consequence and there can be negative or positive effect as relationships become strained with other clubs and managers if you express too much interest in their players for example they may refuse to deal with you on transfers or a backlash where they put in bids for lots of your players to damage your own team’s morale. The opposite can happen, of course, and if you develop a good relationship with a player he may join you on loan over other clubs.

AFFILIATE CLUBS. Feeder clubs make their debut in Football Manager 2007. A feature requested many times over the years and the time is right to add them now. There are many types of affiliate clubs and Sports Interactive have tried to get as many of these relationships in the game as possible, but it's up to the board to decide what type of relationship the club needs, if one at all. The feeder club module is an area where players will keep finding new things over time due to the sheer amount of combinations possible, with some relationships a lot rarer than others. In general the way they work is that requests are made for a feeder club (or to be a fed club) from the "affiliates" section of the game (or from the board interaction screen) should your board be happy with having another relationship. Relationships can range from simply sending players to clubs on loan (although these players still have the right to say no) and play the club in a friendly once a year, through to relationships with clubs in a far flung country that might increase global marketing presence. Players can negotiate first options at clubs, have different types of relationships around the world, and utilise relationships with other managers by linking up with those that you have a good relationship with via manager interaction. Players can even be signed who wouldn't normally get work permits (if needed) and farmed off to countries where the laws are easier to get dual nationality.

Having feeder clubs is very useful, particularly to try out youth players from the newly revamped youth section in the game. It is especially good for smaller clubs giving these youth players their first chance to play regular first team football and the possibility of getting more fans through the door wanting to see new young talent made available through a good relationship with a top manager - let alone the financial possibilities and potential new supporters that having a commercial link might bring.

Note: The game can be purchased and fully activated only in US and Canada

What's New in This Release:

General
· Fixed bug where Australian youth player was being given English nationality only and thus not being eligible to play as he had no work permit.
· Fixed bug with player fines not getting processed properly at various times in the season.
· Fixed bug where lots of virtual players were added for a team.
· Fixed future human manager transfer bug some data wasn't being updated properly in some situations.
· Fixed humans being offered countless players by German and Spanish teams in particular
· Fixed bug when training and youth facilities are upgraded simultaneously, only training facilities would actually upgrade.
· Fixed bug where teams who have already accepted friendlies for a tour accept again when a replacement team is picked.
· Fixed bug where sometimes fixtures would be played at the old stadium when a team moves to a new stadium.
· Fixed stadium expansion bug where seats were sometimes being added immediately after the expansion is announced.
· Fixed bug where national team managers were not sent news sometimes about players being injured when playing for the national team.
· Fixed bug where blank entries were shown in players history when they had not made any appearances.
· Confederations Cup now takes place in host country of next World Cup.
· International friendly instructions now cleared down after matches.
· When scout assignments are removed, the user can now re-assign to the same nation/region without having to leave the screen and come back.
· Fixed a crash in a scout report news item.
· Fixed a crash which would sometimes occur when playing a friendly competition which clashes with other matches.
· Fixed issues where some sweepers would have no DC ability
· Fixed a transfer promotion clause crash caused by edited data.
· Teams which are promoted from lower divisions without a stadium get one generated.
· Fixed crash when retiring an unemployed manager
· Fixed a rare crash when arranging a friendly match.
· Fixed a crash when calling up multiple players to a national pool.
· Fixed a crash which might occur if a human manager builds up a squad of over 200 players.
· When a player on loan is transferred to a third team, his stats are now cleared down properly.
· Fixed a manager being fired unreasonably in finish league due to some teams having a next division set as a lower division
· Fixed a game freeze when going to a scout's list of scouted players.
Match Engine Version History
Match v551
· Reduced number of off ball violent offences slightly.
Match v552
· Further violent conduct tweak
Match v553
· Even further violent conduct tweak
Interface
· If a user navigates away from a job contract offer from a different team and goes back, the screen will show the correct team that the contract offer is from instead of showing the user's current team.
· Aggregate goals now shown correctly on a competition's fixtures/results section for 2nd leg matches.
· User can now only select one team as their feeder club at any one time from the news item.
· Fixed issue where the contract offer screen was showing old contract offers.
· Fixed a match commentary issue where a team name would sometimes not display properly.
· Home/away stats on the match screen now appear properly after viewing team tactics and going back.
· Fixed bug where sub gk changes to an outfield kit when a tactics change is made.
· Fixed bug where match preview panel was missing out goalscorers included from reserve teams.
Contracts
· Stopped lower level free agent and older players asking for 5 year deals
· Lowered players expectations when negotiating a new contract.
· Fixed bug where user could switch section from the contract offer screen and cause the offering team of the contract offer to be the player's current team instead of the human's team.
· Fixed bug where human managers couldn't offer new contracts to certain players.
· Fixed bug where player going out on loan would be given a normal contract instead of a loan contract.
· Fixed in some cases whereby player were demanding extortionate appearance fees.
· Stopped managers from being allowed to sign players who fail work permit checks on youth contract terms.
Media
· Agents now won't recommend players who are out on loan.
· Newgens/Youth Players
· Changed a lot of second nationality players and added some more nationality youngsters via feedback from forums.
· Made more newgens two footed than before
· Fewer newgens for nations which are running in "View Only" mode.
Scouting
· Reduced the amount of results returned for lower league teams when assigning a scout to a nation/region.
· Fixed scouts stopping performing assignments
Training
· Fixed bug where player attributes can fluctuate slightly albeit temporarily in cycles.
Transfers
· Reduced asking prices slightly outside top echelons
· Fixed "mad chairmen" selling players over managers heads too often at reasonably sized rich clubs
· Clubs more willing to spend on obviously quality players at lower/middling levels
· Slightly more foreign interest in well performing players in smaller leagues
· Fixed bug where monthly installment money was not be given to a team with a next sale percentage clause.
Network Game
· Fixed game freeze problem when joining a game which uses a password and the wrong password is entered.
· Fixed client crash after being banned from a network game.
· Fixed client crash when host exited a game and client was on the tactic screen.
Awards
· Stopped unknown players winning World Player awards.
Competitions
· Highest average rating records now update if the player has played more games, and equalled the record rating.
· Improved selection of Caribbean and Central American nations for qualification to the Gold Cup.
· 2008 African Cup of Nations is held in Ghana.
· Royal League now with only one leg for Quarter Final and Semi-Final.
South America
· Correct losing Semi Finalist is selected to play in the World Club Championship if two Mexican teams reach the Copa Libertadores final.
· First placed teams in the group stage of the Libertadores are now able to make changes to their squads for the knockout rounds
Argentina
· Stopped transfer window news appearing for the Free Transfer window.
Brazil
· Added Brazilian Cup 2007 participants.
China
· Fixed some promotion/relegation issues.
Denmark
· Fixed winter break not working for Danish U18 Cup.
· Some improvements to Premier league scheduling so that postponed games are not scheduled in between or past last two rounds.
England
· Conference North and South teams now enter the FA Trophy at the 3rd Qualifying Round.
· Johnstone's Trophy Final now played at Wembley from the 2007/08 season.
· Conference North and South Playoff finals now played at more appropriate stadiums.
· English finals are played at the Millennium stadium in the first season and then Wembley from the 2007/08 season.
Finland
· Finnish League Cup groups now correct for 2007
Germany
· Matches are now shown on TV
Greece
Greek Cup 4th round now goes to a replay if scores are level.
Holland
· Dutch Cup format changed
· Dutch Premier Division teams always have teams entered in the Reserve and Youth league
Hong Kong (China PR)
· Fixed Hong kong Football Club not participating in continental competitions.
Israel
· Added correct suspension method for the Toto Cup
Italy
· Reggina points deduction now 11 points.
Mexico
· Fixed bug where winner of First Division A playoff would not be promoted if it was a Second Division team.
Norway
· Correct teams now qualify for the Royal League
Poland
· Polish Legaue Cup added.
Portugal
· Portuguese Cup Final is now played at the National Stadium
Singapore
· Added some restrictions for 2 clubs playing in Singaporean league (one Chinese and one South Korean).
Slovenia
· Fixed wrong teams getting promoted when running the Slovenian First Division only.
USA
· Transfer budget on news item now matches up with budget on the team finances screen.
Wales
· Corrected Welsh disciplinary system
Data Editor v7.0.2
· Added B/C team editing.
· Added continent regional strength field.
· Added nation UEFA coefficients and FIFA ranking.
· Added nation languages.
· Added international friendlies.
· Added average match and season ticket price fields.
· Added club UEFA coefficients.
· Added club regional divisions.
· Added club tactical attributes.
· Added club records.
· Added club history.
· Added stadium capacity changes.
· Added stadium moves.
· Fixed bug that could cause problems when changing the name of a person.