deanpr

Yes, I agree TeeWee. My rep IRL IMO would be national.

Good points chopper99 - think probably agree with you (just still seems a little too tough to move on up the career ladder). I have just landed a job with struggling Dortmund, OK a step up

mackemmad

I was Unterhaching in the german regional divisions, got sacked then got offered a job at Mantova, serie B team.

So its safe to say that i didnt have the problem you are having and is therefore probably not a bug.

Tubzinho

I do not agree with the original poster's point of no career progression.

I have finished a career game where I started unemployed and Sunday league Reputation. Got the Eclija job in Spain, took them to straight promotions to La Liga and then left to move to the Austrian First Division with FC Lustenau. Now whilst there was no great leap there, when I won the Austrian Cup and gained promotion, more recognisable teams started coming in for me. I eventually went to Genk (rejecting offers from league One sides and a CHampionship side), then Feyenoord and on to Lazio where I finished the game.

To me this seems like a natural progression, after I won my first major trophy (the Austrian FA Cup) then better teams were after me whilst before, my promotions never left me without decent job offers at lower teams.

Amaroq

Remember, the game is representing your reputation on a numeric scale, I think like clubs its 0 - 10,000. (not sure)

I wonder if the text string flips to "Continental" too early - in other words, if you're really more like "National" but the cut-off at which it decides to declare you Continental is set 500 or 1000 points too early.

That would be a very easy mistake to make (from the coding side), but it would have the effect you're seeing: since you aren't "really" a Continental quality manager (In other words, you haven't taken a team into Continental competition) expecting the likes of City to pick you up is overshooting the mark a bit.

Ask for something more realistic, like a Championship side with prospects, or a Championship-quality side which got relegated to League One, and you should have no problem.

Oggy73

I usually play one-club games, but I did try a 'realistic' career game last month:

Elgin
Dundee
Birmingham
Chelsea

Which, with success at each level, seems reasonable enough.

morgantjg

I must admit I'm in the negativists corner over FM08 (It's pretty much unplayable and the out of the box version should have been slammed by reviewers) but I've never experienced this.

I always put my past career as "Former semi-pro footballer" and moving up is pretty easy. In my latest game I took Southport to the title in the first season and was mid table in the conference national in the 2nd season when Crystal Palace, bottom of the Championship came calling. I managed them for 14 games until I was sacked and I, strangely got the Charlton job with 3 games to go in the second season and finished 8th in the Championship.

I got promoted with them the following year and at the start of the Premiership campaign (4th season) I again jumped ship and joined Man City. Another one and half seasons, this time around 2nd in the Prem, but without winning anything and I was given the Roma job.

There is another side to the OP. I probably didn't deserve the Palace job, certainly didn't deserve the Charlton job and was lucky to get the Roma job.

May I suggest that your problem lies with managing a low reputation club? For example had I stayed with Southport until they were in the Championship, would a Premiership side have taken on a manager with no big-club experience?

deanpr

Once upon a time like so much with this game it was reasonably straight forward to find a job with another club. Every time there is a vacancy from Spain to the Wash (I am linked with it!)

deanpr

Amaroq - good point, well made.

Amaroq

:cool: Thank you!