Your Ideas for FIFA 08

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FIFA 08 Wishlist – Your ideas regarding the next FIFA

Write down what you’d like to see in the next FIFA game, FIFA 08. What features do you think FIFA 08 should have? What about the ones it shouldn’t have? How should the controlling-system, gameplay, players, clubs and teams be in the next version of FIFA? How FIFA 2008 could be more realistic?

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  1. Why dont we just ….become a football player..and then change the game…this is never gonna go any were??…lol

    so yeh…
    i live in portugal

  2. 1.GREEK SUPERLEAUGUE
    2.MUCH BETTER GRAPHICS IN PC (IT IS NOT ONLY PS3)!!!
    3.REFERY IN THE GAME
    4.REALISTIC CROWD
    5.NEW WEATHER
    6.MORE REALISTIC GAMEPLAY
    7COACHES CELEBRATIONS AND REAL FACES LIKE EURO 2008
    8CHAMPIONS LEAUGUE AND UEFA CUP FUUL LISCENCE
    9 AND MOST IMPORTANT REAL FACES FOR ALL!!!!!! ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE A GOOD FACE LIKE REAL LIFE I BELIEVE THAT EACH PERSON CAN WORK FOR SOME PLAYERS AND THE RESULT WILL BE FANTASTIC
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  4. Legends Team / Classics:
    – You guys should add the most unique legends like PELE, MARADONA, PLATINI, CHILAVERT, VALDERRAMA, and many other more noticable stars than the ones already there.

    Maracana:
    – The Maracana is the biggest stadium in the world that fits the most people, so it should be in the game.

    MLS All-Stars:
    – This team should be back, but with your choice to elect the MLS players to be on it.

    C. Blanco:
    – C. Blanco has to be equal to or at least the 2nd best mexican soccer player to ever live. He should have his unique style of kicking free-kicks and penalty shots, as well as his unique style of celebrating a goal. (He impersonates the Azteca Emperor Cuauhtemoc). His overall should be at least 84 or higher. (He might be old, but he hasn’t lost any gameplay at all, on the contrary he is only improving.)

    Argentinean League:
    – This is one of the most competitive leagues today, so it should be on the future games to come.

    World Cup for Clubs Championship:
    – This is the second most important tournament in all of soccer. (First, of course is the FIFA World Cup.) This tournament allows only the best teams from each continent to participate and battle for the Trophy that pretty much says for itself, “Your the best in the World”

    I would like to thank you for your time and for considering my requests.

  5. the inclusion of paul gascoigne on fifa 08 was a very nice touch as in my opinion he was the most naturally gifted dribbler ever. however in fifa 09 upon achieving certain things on career mode legends from the user team should become available. e.g if playing as birmingham city after say winning the first division martin grainger would be unlocked

  6. why cant a player get a straight red on fifa 08! nd why do the softest tackles recive more yellow cards then the rough tackles, the same with freekicks and penalties.

  7. what i dnt understand about fifa 08 is why is harder to score headers with someone with high head accuracy’s, than it is with someone with a weak head accuracy.
    why is it easier to score freekicks with someone who has low freekick accrucy than with someone with higher freekcick accruacy.
    e.g. beckham has freekick accuracy of about 94 or something, but u take freekicks with him, even if you use little power and the right techniques, it always goes over, but were as u take a freekick with a player like ashley cole or someone like that it usually goes in. i find this very annoying nd would like to see this change in fifa 09. also why can a player with running speed of 70 catch a player easy with a player with 85 and above. nd why do the stupidiest headers and shots always go in. like i was to miss header a the ball the keeper would always dive away, or underneath the ball when the ball goes into the top corner or somewhere else.

  8. I believe it was mentioned already, but I would definitely like it if there were more stadiums,, especially MLS stadiums,, particularly Dick’s Sporting Good’s Park . It is a sweet stadium and deserves to be a part of the game. I wish that there would be more shots of the stadium too and the crowd. Another thing that wouldn’t be bad is to hopefully see that new Seattle MLS team on the next one (the team that drew carey is going to own),, that is if they are up and running by then.

  9. Most importantly, I know EA Sports have a tendency to make the game favor the AI…examples being –

    You’ll probably get 2 free kicks out of 10 sliding tackles/fouls by your opponent, yet you’ll most likely give away 6 free kicks out of 10 slight nudges and “nothing tackles”. Sorry, but that’s just not right or realistic. (F1 Championship Edition is another example of EA’s love of bias towards the AI)

    So let’s break that tradition eh?

    Stadiums are another – Erm…why am I playing an FA Cup match between Ipswich and Chester…in a Spanish stadium? Give us more.

    Player looks – I’m not asking for every player to look exactly like they do IRL, but c’mon…at least get the hair right… It’s a pet peeve, we’re onto the PS3/360 now…there are NO excuses for laziness.

    A full World Cup/European Championships Tournament instead of having to go through Tourny Creator. Champions League and UEFA Cup from the start in Tournament Mode too please. They don’t appear to be there.

    Bring back Cup Winner celebrations, the teams holding the cup and getting their photos taken etc.

    Linesmen and Referees on the pitch during matches, I’m sure it can be done. Subs passing each other when they change too.

    One thing I noticed (on Ipswich Town at least) is during video sequences before, during and after the game, there appear to be the players number on the front of the shirts.

    The free kick system needs to be overhauled massively, not returned to the simplicity of 05/06, but just made better.

    The ability to change your captain during the match if you take him off, instead of just making his replacement captain. That’s not how it works.

    Contract negotiations need to be sorted, they need to be sorted so you don’t lose the ability to negotiate an extension until the end of the season if you fail. Again, that’s just not how it works.

    Management for the full National sides.

    The League Cup is called the Carling Cup, make sure it’s actually titled correctly.

    Better weather, give us rain, and even the occasional snow fall.

    Cup matches going in to replays BEFORE Extra Time/Penalty deciders in the correct matches. Night time Champions League matches wouldn’t hurt.

    …I think that about does it for me.

  10. try to get all of the uefa four and five star stadiums , especially villa park , goodison park. give us controll of the academys and not just the same youth players over and over . when scouting allow us to sign the players to our reserve or academy instead of having them crowd up the first team.allow more realistic transfers and lets not havet he likes andrea pirlo joining gretna . fix the loan system , tired of my young players going on loan to lower teams and never playing even though they have a higher rating. and please give us some player agility , let us round the keeper or keep control in a tight spot

  11. It would be cool to be able to pick teams like in school. Like there are 30 players and you take turns to choose then play.

  12. The fact the goalkeeper only comes to collect a lose ball when he going to get it.so if ur in a 50-50 with one ull always lose out.Penos-Aim corner do near full power keeper will never say it..unrealistic..Same as others have said bout the final at netural stadiums…….see subs runnin by each other when coming off/on..subs warming up…see manager/ref/linesmen maybe randomly ref gets injured 4th offical has to come on{bit to much i suppose],..oh the CL matchs need to be at night to!!!!

  13. Be able to manage international teams
    Recieve new contracts from other teams midway into the season in manager mode.
    Free transfers on PS2.
    Better Fan responce
    More indept commentry.
    Have a live animated show after the match, A MOTD style thing.
    Goal of the month.
    Watch the best bits of your season.

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  15. Fifa 07 on the PS2 had so much depth. The youth players coming through was fantastic, as was international selections robbing you of you’re players and risking them getting injured. More emphasis needs to be on AI transfers to keep the game varied, i find myself playing against virtually the same sides in the premiership 6 or 7 years down the line. Pre-season friendlies are always good, also the injuries need to last longer, i can’t remember having a player out for more than a couple of games. We need to have people out for 3 or 4 months now and then so you have to adapt your squad like a real manager. Also the ease at which you can tackle somebody is appalling. Its set up so if you use a skill, you may get past but if you’re just trying to outrun somebody, you will never succeed. Another nice touch would be a simpler way of selecting between vollies and headers so you can choose to either go for a safe nod or a spectacular over the head kick. Many thanks

  16. another thing i find frusrating is when a player recives a cross to his foot and you press shoot the player always controls it then shoot. this is frustrating cause i’ve missed so many chances because of this and it gives the goalkeeper time to recive the ball but in real live when a player recives the ball on his foot he would take a shoot straight away only if his infrony of goal. i would like to see better hairstyles cause to many player look the same and it is irritating!

  17. You should be able to do manager with national teams and play in different tournaments and qualifiers. You should be able to pick your squad and make friendlies and stuff

    please do this!!!!!

  18. 1 Match of the day after the game
    2 mascots come on the pitch and have pictures with the captain
    3. Diving
    4. improve the crowd
    5. all the offical premiership teams stadiums and some from the championship
    6. refree and linesman in the game
    7. conference teams eg havant and waterloville/ Burton
    8. Medical staff on the pitch when player injured
    9. Better Comentrey
    10 Champions league tune
    11 YOU CAN SEE THE MANAGER IN MANAGER MODE WHEN A PLAYER SCORES
    12 YOU CAN MANAGE ENGLAND ON MANAGER MODE PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ

  19. After winning important leagues the celebrations should be fully blown – its all about making your capain as real as possible. comentators should state who the player of the match is. seeing as the world cup is coming to my country, SA, how about the premier soccer league, if not then an African league- we are also fans hey.
    after each game, give a multiple choice Q, and if the answer is correct, point should be allocated and players from your OWN created league can be unlocked till the point where we are able to play in it- FIFA league maybe. reguards

  20. More stadiums! Delete Estadio De las Artes stadium…. oh god please!
    Rain and snow an wintertime… ex: England cold an raining – Spain warm & sunshine
    In manager mode – build our own stadium like in Fifa Manager….

    Thank you!

  21. Please consider the following points for fifa 09:

    1. When you get to a cup final in the english leagues it should be played at Wembley not your home ground.
    2. More weather conditions – rain, snow, wind
    3. Better use of the crowds – i.e make them jump and wave when someone scores not just sit as static pictures
    4. When you scored a goal in Fifa 07, especially at home, the sound was fantastic – almost deafening – Fifa 08 not as good in that department
    5. ALL Champions league games and some league games to be played at night – not always during the day. Again the final of the champions league should be played at a neutral ground not whoever is at home.
    6. Easier ability to drive low shots into the corners – typically most shots all go off the ground from medium to long range.
    7. Referee and linesman to be on the pitch
    8. Sort out the penalty taking glitch – once you power up you can’t change your direction meaning the goalie moves to that direction before youve even taken it – not realistic.
    9. More stadiums – should at least have every premiership stadium

    Im really enjoying this game – for me one fo the best Fifa’s ever which is rich coming from a pro fan. Pro is terrible this year and i feel if you made the changes above you’ll beat them again.

  22. i jsut want too ask when you make the classic 11 squad maybe in fifa 09 you can put brazils pele and argentinas maradonna and a few more english like gary lineker because players like that are amazing and deserve to be in the game

  23. 1 Match of the day after the game
    2 mascots come on the pitch and have pictures with the captain
    3. Diving
    4. improve the crowd
    5. all the offical premiership teams stadiums and some from the championship
    6. refree and linesman in the game
    7. conference teams eg havant and waterloville/ Burton
    8. Medical staff on the pitch when player injured
    9. Better Comentrey

  24. when the goalkeeper comes out to collect the ball allow for quick kick out to set up counter attack, the keeper always tend to go to ground with the ball and waste time alowing the opposition to track back and defend in numbers. also make strikers more aware when inside the penalty area cause if a wing player makes a run down the flank the central attackers will run along and the just stop running when they get to the penalty area, by the time that the cross is delivered into the area there’s just one attacker in the box who has to challenge about 4 or 5 defenders… not very realistic either. allow players also to make off the ball runs when releasing the ball in order to create link up play with another player, like playing the ball 1 2. another thing, why does the opposition get freekicks so easily but sometimes when they foul you it’s nothing, not even a sign of advantage play? that’s all for now

  25. also… in the edit player section, in addition to ankle tape, have the option of shin-high tape or white socks over dark socks similar to what cristiano ronaldo, Torres, and Quaresma do with their socks

  26. things for fifa 09…if any of you guys could copy and paste this in the fifa 09 ideas and suggestions, that would be great because i cant seem to be able to make and account….

    1) I’d like to see the game more like a tv broadcast, with occasional zooms on the player dribbling the ball, etc.

    2) More of an authentic game, for instance, in english stadiums, create a weather option typical to the overcast, cloduy weather that is seen at most british venues

    3) create a rolled up sleeve option in the sleeve length selection in the creation zone (i.e Cristiano ronaldo)

    4) More small fouls, (i.e. light shirt tugging, subtle pushes/trips, and incidental handballs)

    5) The curling early long balls played into the box that you see in the english game

    6) smoother dribbling system- make it easier to cut left and right, and to do step overs etc. i find the new system to be very choppy and hard to execute

    7) more realistic shot movement, more predictable curve

    8) low shots and ground shots in order to beat the keeper in tough angle situations

    9) less defensive pressure in the defensive third by the cpu, especially after the keeper makes a save, give him enough time to set the ball down and step back to make a long kick

    10) more realistic penalty kicks-make the run-up more realistic with sudden slowdowns (i.e. ronaldo, berbatov, etc.)
    and be able to put it to the extreme corners of the net;in 08 you can only beat the keeper by putting it a couple feet to either side

    11) LESS CROSSBAR-BOUND SHOTS!!! ITS UNREALISTIC!!!!!

    12) In the sleeves section of the creation zone, create a long-sleeve undershirt option under the jersey (i.e. Mikel, Essien, Wright-Phillips, Rooney )

    13) Have The broadcast by a licensed network (i.e. Setanta or sky sports for english matches, and different channels for different country’s leagues

    14) when selecting kits for the match, have the ability to customize which change shorts and socks the squad wears (i.e. Chelsea’s black change socks for their yellow kit, Man U’s white shorts and socks that they often wear with their red kits)

  27. also wen there is an advantage played after a foul and it looks like a player is about to lose the ball nd have it intercepted, let the game go on even he looks like losin the ball dnt let the ref blow the whistle unless u’ve totally lost the ball!

  28. improve the crowd reactions and atmosphere in the stadium, like when someone score a goal you see the crowd jump and cheering and then sing club or natnoinal anthems like in real life. also when there is a penaltyu shoot out and you win the crowd and the whole squad come and celebrate with yiu and things like that and make the keepers more smater and responive cause when player on 08 hits the lightes header which in real live a keeper would safe, why doe the keeper just dive over the header and let it go in and they put no effort in. also dont make akeeper always be able to save freekick make it more exciniting to take a freekick!

  29. Harsher punishments for intentional fouls during one on one situations. Also punishments for people who quit games early.

  30. please make players actually shoot, pass the second you command them to, it’s as if they hesitate too much.

  31. as a scottish football fan, where’s hampden park, ibrox stadium, celtic park, rugby park, easter road, tynecastle, fir park, tannadice, pittordrie, etc ?

    why’s there no division 1, 2 and 3 for scotland? would like to see the CIS cup get included too.

  32. in fifa 09 PLEASE sort out the non existing run into space support from teammates when you have the ball

    please scrap that rubbish FIWC stadium, i can hardly see the ball properly at times because it turns to silver and that wouldn’t happen in real football

  33. why not introduce the african nations teams in.?
    i mean plenty of the players in the ivory coast and ghana and cameroon play for the big clubs in fifa.
    they shud defo be on international.

  34. def need weather change.why unlock all weather balls and stuff when the weather never changes?? also the grounds need doing so atleast all prem teams have there own ground on..and make it so u cant keep going to yards out and tapping the ball in under the goalie as u score every time..unreastic.make fans look better as well as the so lesser players as they look nothing like who supposed to be..maybe streaker now and again or bit of crowd activity.get some proper passion in the game.

  35. i think that u would make fifa beter if u can make your on team with the badeg on the strip and n the SPL should be aloud to relaget teams so u never get bord of the team that all rey bean relageted

  36. I think that Create a Team should come back, I jut love creating teams. I Create a Team called the Can-Am Allstars, which have the best Canadian and American Soccer Stars.

  37. Im from scotland and its really frustrating when ur in manager mode in FIFA 08 and no one gets relegated from the spl, fifa needs to introduce the scottish divisions 1,2 and 3 and also make the stadiums for most of the premier divisions in easch country or at least the biggest ones like in the spl
    they should have at least celtic park, ibrox, rugby park and the new versions of easter road stadium and tyncastle.

  38. A few points:
    1) More weather should be introduced, or maybe you could unlock things like rain and snow in the fan shop. My friend who has the game on PS2 says he gets all the weather, whereas on Xbox 360 there is only day and dusk. As if your going to have a bright sunny day in the middle of november.
    2) Fans should have more songs, and be more realistic. Maybe they can introduce a feature so if an ex player goes back to his old club, eg Thierry Henry plays for Barca at Arsenal, the fans can cheer or boo him.
    3) This is more personal, but I would prefer it if ‘made up’ players, who have maybe come through a scout, had an actual face, not just some shadow of a head.

  39. the players on my fifa 08 just started moving faster one day. does anyone know how to restore this setting or is the problem on my telly. its just annoying me. the players move too fast. can someone post a reply comment with a solution please??

  40. iv had fifa 08 on ps3 now sicce christmas and when i got it the players moved around on the pitch well and the game looked great but then one day the players just started moving faster on the pitch. not like ultra speed but a good deal faster and then the game didnt really look that good anymore. funny thing is though when i took it to my nextdoor neighbour he put it in and the players moved ok again. is there a setting i can change or is it on my telly??? if anyone knows can they post a reply message please