Create-A-Club suggestions

When Create-A-Club made its long awaited return to the FC series I was excited to dive in and explore a bit with this new way to express some creative freedom, however in the years that have followed the feature hasn't made any substantial progress, and dare I say it has started to feel a bit shallow. That in mind, I wanted to offer some ideas on how this feature could potentially be expanded, and while I do not expect them to be implemented, I hope this at least offers some form of creative inspiration.

1) Import custom club badges/images

I own / "manage" a fantasy football club called St. Nicholas FC. Our primary team colour is a sort of dark magenta, to which our club badge incorporates with light blue highlights - so you could imagine the disappointment felt when I entered the Create-A-Club mode for the first time and could not find a generic crest even remotely similar to this. I imagine there are others who share the same issue when using this feature, and so I thought of a potential fix - the use of imported images. One way this could be done is through uploading images to EA servers with unique share codes, similar to how tactics can be shared already.

2) Drafting authentic players
Using generic players to fill in the squad can sometimes make the game lose its sense of authenticity, and while I understand that a create-a-club does not exactly imply "real world settings", it would be nice to have the option to start with a squad built from real players as this would significantly help when it comes to the immersive aspect of a career mode like this.

3) Expansion of character limits
I was reading through forums and saw that some people were frustrated by the 15-character limit for club names (which I am in agreement with) so I just thought I would drop this in as well.

4) Return of the Creation Centre
This is probably the most ambitious and far-fetched idea on the list but I remember 12 years ago, in the glory days of FIFA 14, when there was a whole hub/community for people to share created clubs, leagues and players. Although the mode was only meant for PC I don't see why something similar couldn't be implemented again as a cross-platform feature, but again, given the current creative direction EAFC is going, with its push for authenticity, I doubt this would match the vision for future titles, plus it would take a lot of work.

I understand if this would be hard to implement, I have no idea what it's like to work at a game developing studio but I hope this at least gives someone at EA a creative push, and I am looking forward to seeing how Create-A-Club evolves overtime. Just please don't remove this feature again, as a fan of the game I love creating my own stories, especially with my fantasy club.

Much respect to everyone at EA 👍