CAREER MODE IDEA: FROM STEP 5 TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Hello EA SPORTS FC team, I would like to suggest a major addition to Manager Career Mode that could completely transform long-term saves: A FULL ENGLISH FOOTBALL PYRAMID Allow players to start a Manager Career below the current National League level and work their way up through the entire English football pyramid. The dream would be to start in Step 5, with a tiny semi-professional club, and eventually reach the Premier League and win the UEFA Champions League. THE JOURNEY The progression could look like this: Step 5 ⬆️ Step 4 ⬆️ Step 3 ⬆️ Step 2 – National League North/South ⬆️ Step 1 – National League ⬆️ League Two ⬆️ League One ⬆️ Championship ⬆️ PREMIER LEAGUE ⬆️ UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE This would create a genuine "Road to Glory" experience. WHY THIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT Currently, Career Mode can feel like the journey begins after a large part of a club's history has already been established. Starting in Step 5 would completely change that. Imagine starting with: A very small stadium A few hundred supporters A tiny transfer budget Semi-professional players Limited scouting Minimal club reputation Basic facilities Local rivalries Players who have completely different ambitions from Premier League footballers The first objective wouldn't be winning the Champions League. It would simply be: SURVIVE. Then: GET PROMOTED. Then: BECOME PROFESSIONAL. Then: REACH THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Then: REACH THE PREMIER LEAGUE. And finally: WIN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. CLUB EVOLUTION The club itself should evolve as the manager becomes successful. For example: Step 5 Small stadium, low attendance, tiny budget and mostly unknown players. League Two / League One More professional facilities, better scouting and increased attendance. Championship Larger stadium, bigger wages, stronger youth academy and more media attention. Premier League Global scouting, major sponsorships, huge transfer fees and international reputation. The player's decisions should gradually transform the club rather than simply increasing the transfer budget every season. STADIUM DEVELOPMENT It would also be amazing if lower-league clubs could gradually improve their stadium. For example: 800 seats → 2,000 → 5,000 → 10,000 → 20,000+ The stadium could visually change as the club grows. This would make the club feel like something the player actually built. FA CUP The FA Cup could become one of the most exciting parts of the experience. A Step 5 club could enter the competition in the early rounds. Imagine getting a lucky draw against a Premier League club. Your tiny stadium is completely packed. Your club has never played against a team like Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. That single match could become one of the defining moments of the entire Career Mode save. YOUTH ACADEMY The lower leagues could also make the Youth Academy much more important. Instead of immediately finding wonderkids worth millions, you could discover: Local teenagers Players with low ratings but interesting potential Physically strong lower-league players Players who need several seasons to develop Local academy prospects who eventually become club legends A player discovered at 17 and eventually becoming your captain in the Premier League would create an incredible story. FINANCES Money should matter much more at lower levels. A Step 5 club shouldn't suddenly receive a huge transfer budget. Players would need to: Sell players Find free agents Develop youth players Negotiate wages carefully Use loans Improve sponsorships Increase attendance Earn money through cup runs Every promotion would feel meaningful. CLUB LEGACY Career Mode should remember what the player has accomplished. The game could track: Promotions Relegations FA Cup runs League titles European trophies Club records Top scorers Most appearances Biggest transfer Youth academy graduates Historic rivalries Manager achievements After 15–20 seasons, the club should have an actual history created by the player. THE ULTIMATE GOAL The greatest part would be the journey itself. Starting with a club nobody knows and eventually seeing that same club playing in the Champions League would make the save feel incredibly personal. You could look back and see: Step 5 → Step 4 → Step 3 → Step 2 → National League → League Two → League One → Championship → Premier League → Champions League That is the kind of Career Mode save players could spend hundreds of hours building. IMPORTANT: IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT I understand that adding every real club, stadium and license would be a huge project. Even a simplified version would be amazing. Lower leagues could use: Generic stadiums Generic kits where licensing isn't available Simplified club presentation Existing gameplay systems Procedurally generated players Regional competitions The most important thing is giving players the complete progression system. If licensing every club isn't possible, a combination of real clubs and generic clubs could still work. FINAL IDEA Please consider creating a true: "ROAD TO GLORY" A Career Mode where the player can start at the absolute bottom of the English football pyramid and build a club into a Premier League and Champions League powerhouse. FC already has the gameplay, transfers, scouting, youth academy, finances, competitions and Career Mode systems. Connecting them across the entire football pyramid could create one of the deepest long-term Career Mode experiences possible. Let us start with nothing and build something. Thank you for reading, and hopefully one day we can take a club from a tiny Step 5 ground all the way to lifting the Champions League trophy. 🏆Clubs Losing Connection During Game
Hello! My friend is losing connection during Clubs games. It happens randomly, so there are games where they do not lose connection. They are on Xbox Series S. It has been happening for the past few weeks, and they do not have issues in other online games. Their connection according to Xbox settings does not have problems. They have tried reopening the game, restarting their Xbox, restarting their WiFi, and reinstalling the game. This is on FC 26. Have any of you had this issue? Do you have any suggestions or fixes to this problem? Thank you!Has Clubs been altered in the last few days?
The passing is 'off' compared to before. It's less certain. Passes missing the obvious player and going to another team mate or straight to the opposition. Being muscled off the ball more often too. I was decent at block tackling despite being a magician attacking midfielders but now it happens rarely (albeit today it got better). Slow reaction times and in some games feels like my player is running in treacle. Lost the speed advantage my points gave me and I have more points now. Lag? Also there is now a female bot goalkeeper who saves everything.Manual Headers
You're still persisting with this? I bought the game this year to play Clubs after several years of not playing. It's enjoyable but why is manual headers still being forced on us? It doesn't mean that it takes more skill to score headers. It just means that almost nobody scores headers anymore. And this is not 'realistic'. The manual headers rule: if the header has the right amount of power it will go wide or high if the header is too soft it will be on targetList of Legends Query
I was genuinely taken aback when I realized that George Weah was left out of the list of AC Milan Legends. What makes it even more surprising is that Weah is officially recognized on AC Milan’s website and is among the select Milan players who have won the Ballon d’Or. Let’s be clear: George Weah is a global football icon. He is officially recognized as an AC Milan legend, a Ballon d’Or winner, and, most importantly, the only African player in history to have won the prestigious award. He is amongst FIFA list of legends of the game’s top 100. So how has EA Sports failed to recognize a player of his stature? This is a major omission, and I sincerely hope they rectify it in FC 27. George Weah deserves his place among the legends of the game.FC 26 – Freezing Offline & Heavy Input Delay Online (Since FC 25)
Hello, I have been experiencing a serious gameplay issue since the end of FC 25, and unfortunately it has continued into FC 26: - In Offline matches, the game freezes and players move in slow motion. - In Online matches, there is a heavy input delay; players feel extremely sluggish and unresponsive, which makes the game almost unplayable. - There are no issues on the main menu or interface – the problem only occurs during matches. My PC has strong hardware and runs every other game and application smoothly without any issues: - Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - Processor: Intel Core i5-13400F (13th Gen) - Memory: 16 GB RAM - Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8 GB VRAM) - Storage: Lexar NM620 NVMe SSD 512 GB - DirectX 12 I have clean-installed GPU drivers, cleared cache, disabled antivirus during reinstall, and run both EA App and the game as administrator. My internet connection and controller are perfectly fine. EA Help has already confirmed my case (#222775307) and reported this issue as a bug to the development team. This problem makes it very difficult to enjoy the game, especially because it started towards the end of FC 25 and is still present in FC 26. I hope this can be addressed as soon as possible in a future patch. Thank you.Este jogo foi o pior jogo que alguma vez joguei
Sinceramente, o FC 26 foi o pior jogo que já joguei da série. O jogo está cheio de bugs e problemas que tornam a experiência extremamente frustrante. Na minha opinião, o jogo não vale nem metade do preço que é cobrado. A jogabilidade e as mecânicas parecem completamente irrealistas e pouco consistentes. Os lances disputados são muitas vezes injustos e parece que o resultado de determinadas situações já está decidido pelo jogo, independentemente do que o jogador faça. Os árbitros também são um problema. Existem faltas que são marcadas sem fazer sentido e situações de fora de jogo que parecem claramente erradas. Isto torna os jogos frustrantes porque muitas vezes não sentimos que temos controlo sobre o resultado das jogadas. A bola também apresenta vários bugs e comportamentos estranhos, e há momentos em que parece simplesmente não responder de forma normal às ações do jogador. Outro problema são os jogadores. Muitas vezes parece que eles não apresentam dentro do jogo as mesmas características e habilidades que deveriam ter de acordo com as suas estatísticas. As diferenças entre jogadores nem sempre fazem sentido e as mecânicas tornam a experiência pouco natural. No geral, considero que a mecânica e a jogabilidade precisam de uma grande revisão. Com tantos problemas juntos, jogar FC 26 acaba por ser mais frustrante do que divertido. Espero que a equipa da EA leve este feedback a sério e trabalhe para corrigir estes problemas. Quem compra o jogo espera uma experiência consistente, justa e divertida, e neste momento sinto que o FC 26 está muito longe disso.