At the start of every season you're required to participate in three pre-season games, where you can rotate your squad and give some young players a chance to prove themselves, which fundamentally sounds like a good idea, but unfortunately FIFA has made this a rather drab affair and most people just sim through these games. There are a few problems with the whole process but one of the most infuriating is that you're still only allowed to make three substitutions, whereas in real life the amount of changes a manager is allowed to make is far higher. Some teams even change their entire line-up at half-time. That concept may be a bit far-fetched but an increase in the substitutions you're allowed to make to seven, or even five, would improve the appeal of pre-season games. Unfortunately, I think a lot of us would rather get into the full swing of the season straight away, which questions the need for pre-season games at all. Another potential improvement would be to be able to choose a destination to take your team on tour. Depending on the appeal of your club would vary the offers you get; for example, if you're playing as Chelsea you could go to America, Japan or Africa whereas Middlesbrough would receive offers from Scotland, Finland and Croatia.
Josh has had work featured in the Evening Gazette and on Newcastle United website. He is a Multimedia Journalism student at Teesside University and runs a successful sports blog. He also enjoys films, comics and TV, writing about anything he can. Josh has recently started writing his first of what he hopes will be many books.
