Unrealistic Manager Board Objectives

One of the most unrealistic problems in Manager Career has existed for years, and unfortunately, FC 27 still hasn’t fixed it: board objectives and expectations after the first year are completely unreasonable.

I enjoy starting my Manager Career with a small club in England’s EFL League Two and gradually building it into a Premier League team.

In the beginning, the board objectives are usually reasonable. For example, earn promotion to League One. Great!

But once you achieve that goal, everything changes. Suddenly, the following season, the board expects you to finish first in League One, even though your club was playing in League Two just a year earlier!

And this continues almost every season.

Imagine taking a small League Two club all the way to the Premier League in just a few years. That’s an incredible achievement for any manager. But instead of recognizing that success, the board immediately expects you to win the Premier League in your first season!

And the worst part? If you fail to meet these unrealistic expectations, you risk getting fired! 

I understand that we can adjust the board expectations to Lenient or Strict when starting a new Career. But choosing Lenient creates the opposite problem: expectations become too forgiving, removing the challenge and realism. I don’t want to make the game easier just to avoid getting fired. I want fair, realistic objectives that reflect my club’s progress and circumstances. Why not fix the underlying system once and for all, instead of forcing players to choose between unrealistic pressure and unrealistic leniency?

You can spend years building a small club, achieving several promotions, and transforming its future, only to lose your job because the board suddenly demands an impossible league title.

How is that realistic?

My suggestion: Make board expectations reflect the club’s actual situation.

• Newly promoted clubs: Focus on avoiding relegation and establishing themselves in the new division.
• Second or third season: Aim for mid-table stability or gradual improvement.
• Established clubs: Set objectives based on squad quality, finances, and recent results.
• Title contenders: Expect European qualification or championship challenges when appropriate.

Objectives should also consider how quickly a manager has improved the club, rather than resetting expectations unrealistically after every promotion.

This doesn’t require a major new feature. It’s mainly about making the existing objective system smarter and more realistic.

Building a small club into a Premier League team should feel like a remarkable achievement, not a reason for the board to demand an immediate championship and threaten to fire you!

Please address this long-standing issue. It would make lower-league Manager Career saves significantly more enjoyable and realistic.