Football Manager 2013 Demo: 10 Improvements That Guarantee Excellence

4. Media Interaction

The player comments and media interaction elements of the game have also had work done to them. Previously you could set a €˜tone€™ when speaking to players, i.e. aggressive, calm and passionate etc, and depending on their personality and the situation the player would then respond to your comments and a conversation would ensue. Now you can carry this over when dealing with the media, if a journalist goes down a route on questioning you don€™t like, simply snap at him that you don€™t want to discuss that issue and you can move swiftly on. However if you're being asked about a potential transfer target and you would like to clarify just how much you would love him to sign, this option now exists too. I found that players were much more responsive then previously and that you have to decide carefully how to deal with them as individuals, as well as a collective. In one pre-season match I played, my team were winning 3-0 at half time, at this point I made a few changes and told them to take their foot off the gas... The end result was 3-3.
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