Morale and talking to players

Players have moods, and they talk. A good word at the right time keeps a dressing room together; a broken promise can split it.

Five moodsFrom Happy to Wants Out.

3 free a dayTyped messages, shared across everyone you talk to.

Quick repliesReply chips are always free.

PromisesKept ones build trust. Broken ones cost more.

The dressing room

The Dressing Room shows who's unsettled, why, and what would fix it. Every player is in one of five moods: Happy, Content, Unsettled, Unhappy or Wants Out.

Results, game time, wages and promises all move morale. So do you: a manager who stays away from the app for days leaves a dressing room that loses heart. A deeply unhappy player wants to leave, and his form suffers.

Talking to a player

Open Chat from the club hub, or tap Chat with on a player's card. Type anything: he answers in his own voice, and what you say moves his morale and his trust in you.

Pick your tone:

Reassure settles him.
Be straight helps most when he's low.
Demand can sharpen his form, but it backfires on a very unhappy man.

A conversation with a player who wants a word — "Boss, have you got five minutes?"

Free messages

You get 3 free typed messages a day, shared across your players, the board and deal talks. After that, a message uses a chat credit, and only when he answers. The reply chips are always free. Typed talk can move a player's morale only so far in one day.

When a player writes to you

Talking to your players: they answer in character — They answer in character. How you treat them shows.

An unhappy player writes to you: he wants game time, a rest, a raise, his contract sorted or a move. Answer with a reply chip, such as Promise him games or Tell him to earn it, Give him the raise now or Promise it at renewal, Back him publicly or Have a quiet word.

Promises are tracked. Keep one and his trust grows. Break one and it costs you more than the promise was worth.