Every club in ManageFC answers to a board, and we built the board to be a simple creature on purpose: you tell it what you aim for, it watches results, judges you in May and adjusts your transfer budget when it's pleased or not. Understanding it takes five minutes — and it explains why your transfer budget moved last month.
Objectives you choose, every season
At the start of each season you tell the board what you aim for. You pick up to three objectives, one per area: the league (win it, finish in the promotion places, finish in the top half, or stay out of the bottom five), the national cup (the round you will reach, up to winning it), money (end the season with more than you started, or never go over the bank limit), building works finished, academy players promoted, or the strength of your squad. The board screen shows them all, with the league objectives drawn from the division you play in.
If you have not chosen any by the first league match, the board chooses for you: a league aim based on how strong your squad looks, and no debt beyond the bank limit.
The objectives are judged once, in May, from the real records: the final table, your cup ties, your accounts and what happened at the club. Each objective met adds 8 points of confidence, and each one missed takes 8 away. An objective is a bet you make with the board — and choosing none does not save you from it, because the board will choose for you.
Confidence: the number that matters
Board confidence runs on a 0–100 scale and starts at 50 — neutral, neither a vote of confidence nor a warning. Through the season it reacts to results:
- A win nudges it up +3, or +5 when you win by three goals or more.
- A draw moves nothing — but it breaks streaks, which matters below.
- A defeat takes it down −4. The third consecutive defeat costs −8 — the penalty is for the streak, not the scoreline.
- A third straight win adds a +2 bonus on top. Streaks are where the board's mood really gets made.
Then, in May, the verdict on your objectives lands on top of all that. Notice what the board does not watch: signings, fan mood, transfer profit. It reads the table, the scoreboard and the promises you made — and nothing else. We like it exactly this readable.
What confidence pays for
Your board confidence sets a modifier on your transfer budget: it steps from −20% when the board has lost patience, through −5% in tension, nothing at neutral, to +10% when it is pleased and +20% when it has total confidence. When your confidence band changes, the board writes to your inbox about it: sometimes a congratulations, sometimes the other kind of letter. That letter isn't decoration — it's the explanation of why your transfer budget changed. Three defeats in a row bring a letter of their own, asking for a reaction.
Playing to the board
The strategy writes itself once you know the mechanism: protect the streak economy. Winning three in a row is worth more than three scattered wins — and the −8 landmine sits on the third consecutive defeat, which is why a draw after two losses is worth real money. Between two acceptable approaches, take the one that avoids runs.
And choose your objectives like a manager, not like a fan. A promotion objective with the division's cheapest squad is 8 points you are likely to lose; staying out of the bottom five, never going over the bank limit and finishing a building work are 24 points you can almost write down in August. Aim where you can deliver, keep the expenses inside the weekly pulse, check the guide's board page for how confidence interacts with your budget, and out-perform expectations quietly, one win at a time.
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