When viewing your team screen you can find out the level of scouting knowledge your club has by selecting 'Knowledge' from the scouting section in the 'tree' menu in the side-bar.
Your club's level of scouting knowledge can be increased by either signing scouts who already have a large knowledge base, acquiring an affiliate club or by sending your existing scouts out to investigate new territories.
Scouting your next opposition will give you an insight into their tactics and key players and help you plan your tactical approach for the game.
If you are managing a national team, it is now possible for you to scout players eligible for selection.
Beginner Level - Scouting
Beginner Level - Team Talks
Ensure that your players don't become complacent when leading well at half-time. Make sure they get the job done.
A confidence boost at half-time can often be what your players need to win the second-half and turn a game around.
Telling your players exactly what you think of them may buck their ideas up. Give them the hairdryer treatment when you feel it is needed, but be aware that some players may become disgruntled and complain to the media.
Remember how your players react to certain instructions in certain situations. Their mental attributes will determine how effective your instructions are.
Ignoring your players at half-time is generally a bad idea, but on rare occasions leaving them to stew over their performance may result in a better second period.
Keep your players happy. Praising wins keeps morale up and provides greater impetus for the team to string good performances together.
If morale is low, harsh team talks are unlikely to improve things. Aim to encourage your players and give them a lift.
Pre-game expectations will impact on performances. Telling your players you expect a win in games you aren't clear favourites for adds unnecessary pressure.
Informing your players that you expect a defeat may lower morale, although it can have a beneficial effect should you go on to lose as your players may not get too downhearted by events.
Be more generous with your praise for good performances when playing away from home.
Be less harsh with your criticism for poor performances when playing away from home.
Be more demanding of your players when playing at home, where your fans will be expectant of you to push on to try to get the right result.
Team talks can be very useful for morale, but don't always follow the same route. Constantly saying the same thing to your players may have less of an affect in the long-run.
Think carefully about singling out players for criticism or praise. Only do it when it's merited or risk causing rifts in the squad if the player or his team-mates feel it was unjust.
Beginner Level - Training
Players who are very versatile are more likely to successfully retrain to a new position.
Players who are very versatile are less likely to lose new positions they've learned through retraining when they're not playing or retraining the position.
When managing a semi-professional club, it's a good idea to try and tie down key players to full-time contracts to maximise their training time.
Staff on part-time contracts have less time to train players than full-time staff.
Intense physical training is best carried out in pre-season, before the domestic season is under way.
Too much intense physical training during the season is likely to tire your players out faster and increase the risk of injuries.
Player's attributes will naturally decrease during the off-season, when they are away on holiday or doing very little training.
The strength training category covers a player's natural fitness, stamina, strength and work rate.
The aerobic training category covers a player's acceleration, agility, balance, jumping, pace and reflexes.
The goalkeeping training category covers a player's aerial ability, handling, kicking, throwing and one on ones.
The tactics training category covers a player's anticipation, decisions, positioning, movement, team work and command of area.
The defending training category covers a player's tackling, marking and concentration.
The attacking training category covers a player's passing and creativity.
The shooting training category covers a player's finishing, long shots and composure.
The set-pieces training category covers a player's crossing, corners, free kicks, penalty taking and long throws.
When assigning coaches to training schedules, take care not overwork them. Even the best coaches can't give the players the attention to detail they want if they've too much to do.
Remember that your youth players are still developing and as such will tire quicker. Be considerate with your workloads when devising youth schedules.
Youth team coaches only train youth players, they do not work with or train senior players.
Goalkeeping coaches work with and train both senior and youth goalkeepers.
Fitness coaches work with the senior and youth players, but only deal with the physical aspects of training.
First-team coaches only work with and train the senior players, they do not work with or train youth players.
General coaches work with and train both senior and youth players.
Retraining a player to play in a new position can be a cost-effective way of providing additional cover for your team without having to make a new signing.
When training players for lower league clubs, it would be important to focus more on the physical aspects such as pace and stamina.
When viewing your players' profile you can check his progress in training over the past 12 months by selecting 'Attributes' from the tree menu under the training section.
Beginner Level - Transfers
Players who are transfer-listed are generally available at a knock down price and are easier to sign.
When approaching to sign a player on a free-transfer who is under the age of 24, the buying club will have to pay the selling club compensation.
Signing a player with a massive reputation can provide a commercial windfall through shirt sales.
A player may be more willing to sign for a club if they are one of his favourite teams.
If you offer an injured player to clubs, they are less likely to show interest until the player is over his injury.
A club may have more luck in signing a player if they are one of his favoured clubs.
Praising another manager in the media and building friendships with other managers may help your chances of having a transfer bid accepted for one of their players.
Making enemies with other managers by openly criticisng them may damage your chances of having a transfer bid accepted for one of their players.
When viewing a player profile for a player at another club, you can declare your interest in him by selecting 'Player Interaction' from the actions menu.
Should you wish to sign a player who is also interested in joining your club, you can sometimes unsettle him by 'declaring interest', which can make it easier to sign him in the long run.
Be careful when declaring interest in a player as you can unsettle those at your club who play in the same position.
When sending a player out on loan, with the 'Can be recalled' clause active, a club can recall the player at 24 hours' notice.
When sending a player out on a loan which involves a fee, the club cannot recall the player for the duration of the loan.
When sending a player out on loan, a club can prevent him from becoming cup-tied by ensuring the 'Can play in cup matches' clause is not active.
When trying to sign a player from another club who is on a long-term contract, be prepared that you may have to pay more than his estimated value to land him.
To avoid losing your players to other clubs on free transfers, you should look to renew contracts for those who are in the final year of their deal.
FM Modifier for FM2008
The popular save game editor is now available for FM2008 !!This software is created by Jpee and released by UndergroundFC. Thank you Jpee!! so much..
It lets you change finances, stadiums, kits, players, heal injuries, contracts and lots more with ease, while the game is loaded !
Go cheat your way to the top !
How to install FM Modifier:
1. Begin installation of the program by running the .exe file
2. Follow the instructions until it is completed
How to use FM Modifier:
1. Open FM2008 and load your game
2. Open FM Modifier and click Load
Notes
- When you are runing on Vista, don't install to system volume (like C: ), otherwise you need to select the 'Run as admin' by right click
- Added 'Current in game' button; load data as you open in game
Known working keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl + B go browse pool
Ctrl + F go searching box
Ctrl + L list menu
Ctrl + O option menu
Ctrl + Q quit
Ctrl + R loading data
Ctrl + S save
F1...F7 switch in pages
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FM SoundPack 2008
They say ...
FM Soundpack 2008 is the return of the best and most popular soundpack that was done for FM2005 and FM2006. FM Soundpack 2008 is a full release for FM2008.so, why don't try it??
This enhances your game by removing the pointless sounds already in the game, and replacing them with top quality sounds from past CM (such as CM 01/02, etc).
It also comes with a huge selection of personal club chants from leagues around Europe, South America and other countries.
Its way more than double the chants you get with the game, plus they add way more to the match day atmosphere.
The code in the config is also edited to ensure it provides more atmosphere.
Works on Mac as well, providing you have a .rar executer.
This great soundpack is created by Jack Furness (aka furney89) and we got his written permission to post this here.
Thank you mate!
How To Install
Simply place the "sounds" & "match events" folders in the data folder, which is located on your C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\data.
You will be asked if you want to replace the original files, click "yes to all", however it is recommended you backup the original before use.
If you struggle to install, please look at the step-by-step picture guide (HOW TO INSTALL file which is for 2006 but works the same way), which is included in this pack.
For Best Results
Please make sure that you have selected to play "all" sounds in the options area inside the game
This can be found in the "preference" This will make sure you hear all the sounds.
Also if you want to hear all the sounds throughout the game, make sure the (highlight) slide bars (when viewing the 2d pitch) are set nearest to the middle as possible in order to hear as many chants as possible
Acknowledgments
This pack has been tested many times, nothing has been affected while testing and has NOT caused damage/loss to any files.
However if there are any problems you acknowledge that we have no responsibility for any loss or damage to your game and/or computer system.
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FM Genie Scout 2008
How to use
Unzip the FM Genie Scout 2008 folder, then run the FMGenieScout.exe file that you will find inside of it. No installation needed.
History and Credits
This software is created by Eugene Tarabanovsky. Eugene is from Ukraine and one of the most popular personalities throughout the FM community for his stunning work with FM Genie Scout 2007.
Kudos
Thank you Eugene for keeping up your great work and for giving the new scout utility to the world as a freeware once again!!
A Big Request
Please don't send any emails to Eugene with bugs of this program. The developer is aware of everything and you can always use the forums to post your bug findings.
Screenshots
Current Status
The current version is limited in functionality (beta 2, build 83), and you all know what the word beta means. You are using it at your own risk and that is as beta testers.
Know Issues
See the forum post FM Genie Scout 2008 Bugs and Workarounds for reference.
Your best bet to get this beta version working
1. Make sure you have FM08 and not WWSM08
2. Make sure you disable "Compress Saved Games" within the Game Preferences and Confirm it
3. Install latest official Patch 8.0.1 (and not one of the beta patches) [after that, you should have version 8.0.1 114310]
4. Start a new game with Patch 8.0.1
5. Save your game and Load it in FM Genie Scout 2008
Why you have this download and not genie.fm?
The file might have been leaked through the official SI forums, but it was Eugene himself, who uploaded the file online, in the known download folder of FM Genie Scout 2007. And of course, FM addicts were spying on this, until recently unprotected, folder all the time. The file was already available from Rapidshare (and still is) before we added it here.
You won't find it on the official Genie site, until all critical errors get fixed first and a new more stable beta will get out.
Compatibility
- This version seemed to be compatible with latest patch 8.0.1 (8.0.1.114310) and new games with the patch update. This means it wouldn't work with 8.0.0 or 8.0.1 for a game started in 8.0.0. However, some users reported that it worked for their 8.0.0 save game.
- Compatible with Windows Vista. However, Vista users should right click the downloaded FMGenieScout.exe file and run as Administrator, as well as running FM2008 as Administrator (otherwise Genie Scout won't be able to access the protected memory area of FM2008 - that's the way that viruses/trojans traditionally install themselves into other programs on your computer).
In addition, Vista users should also turn off User Access Control (UAC - Google "Turn off UAC" if not sure) if they are still having problems.
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