Sega PC GAMES WORLD WIDE SOCCER MANAGER 2006 User Manual

SEGA PC DISC – NOTES ON USE

HEALTH ISSUES

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Use this software in a well-lit room, staying a good distance away from the
monitor or TV screen to not overtax your eyes. Take breaks of 10 to 20 minutes
every hour, and do not play when you are tired or short on sleep. Prolonged use
or playing too close to the monitor or television screen may cause a decline in
visual acuity.

In rare instances, stimulation from strong light or flashing when staring at a
monitor or television screen can cause temporary muscular convulsions or loss
of consciousness for some people. If you experience any of these symptoms,
consult a doctor before playing this game. If you experience any dizziness,
nausea, or motion-sickness while playing this game, stop the game immediately.
Consult a doctor when any discomfort continues.

PRODUCT CARE

Handle the game discs with care to prevent scratches or dirt on either side of the
discs. Do not bend the discs or enlarge their center holes.

Clean the discs with a soft cloth, such as a lens cleaning cloth.Wipe lightly,
moving in a radial pattern outward from the center hole towards the edge. Never
clean the discs with paint thinner, benzene, or other harsh chemicals.

Do not write or attach labels to either side of the discs.
Store the discs in their original case after playing. Do not store the discs in a hot

or humid location.

The WORLDWIDE SOCCER MANAGER™ 2006 game discs contain software
for use on a personal computer. Please do not play the discs on an ordinary
CD player, as this may damage the headphones or speakers.

* Also read the manual of your personal computer.
* The game discs may not be used for rental business.
* Unauthorized copying of this manual is prohibited.
* Unauthorized copying and reverse engineering of this software is prohibited.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 2

INSTALLATION 3

AIM OF THE GAME 3

CONTROLS 4

GETTING STARTED 5

CREATING A NEW GAME 7

ADDING A MANAGER 9

PLAYING WORLDWIDE SOCCER MANAGER™ 2006 11

5 POINT GUIDE TO DIVING STRAIGHT IN 11

THE INTERFACE 12

YOUR TEAM 16

FIXTURES 32

YOU, THE MANAGER 43

WORLD & RECENT 50

LINKS 50

MATCH DAY 51

OPTIONS 55

ADVANCED 57

MULTI-MANAGER, NETWORK & INTERNET PLAY 62

TROUBLESHOOTING 63

MISCELLANEOUS 64

CREDITS 65

WARRANTY 69

PRODUCT SUPPORT 69

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INTRODUCTION

Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 is the next installment of Sports
Interactive’s soccer management series. We’ve used our off-season to continue our
quest to better the ultimate soccer management simulation and we’re glad you’re
ready to kick off another addictive season with Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006.
See the ‘What’s New’ section below for details on a host of new features.

If you played Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2005 or our previous titles then
you may already regard yourself as something of an expert but if you haven’t, this
manual, coupled with an all-new in-game tutorial system, aims to fully acquaint you
with every aspect of Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006.

Should you have a question which isn’t covered by this manual or the
tutorial, or indeed you have something else you want to share with us, you can find
the SI Team over at www.sigames.com or join our thriving online community at

http://community.sigames.com

WHAT’S NEW

• Fully updated player, team and competition data.

• Improved Match Day experience as a result of extensive testing and analysis by

our match engine QA team, led by Ray Houghton. New Match Day features
include half-time and full-time team-talks, quick tactics (the ability to make on­the-fly tactical changes), increased tactical options such as time-wasting and also
enhanced in-game commentary.

• Training: Revamped and easy-to-use training module, including enhanced

scheduling and a detailed history of each player’s training progress.

• Manager contracts: earn it, keep it or lose it.

• New manager to player comment system: respond to unhappy players in your team.

• Improved media content, including player bio, competition reaction and club

landmark news.

• In-game Tutorial. In addition to this manual, press F1 to get more information on

the screen you’re on.

• Manager ‘Home’ screen to keep tabs on your managerial progress.

• New injury module in conjunction with PhysioRoom.com to provide automated

physio reports on injured players. Choose from a range of injury treatments,
including pain-killing injections.

• Player Position Indicator - Graphical display of the possible positions a player

can play in.

• Player heights and weight

• Player advanced statistics screen

• Referee League Table and Referee Profiles

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• Global news ticker bar presenting you with relevant information from around the
soccer world as you play.

• Improved user interface & control system, including ‘Quick Flicks’.

Plus lots more great new additions that we’ll leave for you to discover yourself!

INSTALLATION

To install the game, insert the Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 CD into

your CD/DVD drive.

PC INSTRUCTIONS

If you have auto-run enabled on your computer the installation program
will automatically open and prompt you to install Worldwide Soccer Manager™
2006 to your hard drive. If auto-run is not enabled, browse to the CD and click on
setup.exe. Follow the on-screen prompts to install the game and its components
to your computer.

MAC INSTRUCTIONS

The Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 disc icon will appear on the desktop,
double-click this to display the contents of the CD. Next, double-click on the “Install
Mac Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006” icon and follow the on-screen
instructions to install the Game and its components to your computer.

Once the game has completed its installation, you are ready to begin
playing. Double-click the Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 icon on your desktop
to load the game up.

Note: For copy protection reasons, you must ensure that you have the
original Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 CD in your CD/DVD drive
each time you wish to play Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006,
otherwise the game will not load. Should you forget to insert the CD, an
on-screen prompt will remind you.

AIM OF THE GAME

The soccer world is once again your oyster in Worldwide Soccer Manager™

2006. With the game containing 158 playable first-team leagues from 51 nations,
there are no limits to what you can achieve during your managerial career. A choice
of 2351 clubs and a whole world of international teams allows you to take control
of the globe’s finest club sides from the off, take the top job with your favorite
national side, start your managerial career in the lower leagues or collect
unemployment and wait for a club to come to you. The choice is yours.

For the ambitious among you, there is the managerial Hall of Fame to peruse
and aspire to. Listing the most successful managers of all-time from every country, the
Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 Hall of Fame is the definitive guide to glory. Can
you match the greatest?

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CONTROLS

THE MOUSE

LEFT-CLICKING

The main form of control in Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 is the mouse.
Our approach is simple; if something interests you, click on it.Worldwide Soccer
Manager™ 2006 contains a huge number of on-screen items that can be clicked to
reveal more details and information. To identify the objects that can be clicked, simply
move the mouse cursor over the screen. If the normal arrow icon changes to a hand, it
means you can click on it. The most common ‘clickable’ items are the names of clubs,
staff, competitions and players.

Once you have moved over an item and the arrow icon has changed to a
hand, you are able to click on it to access another screen.These are known as
Hyperlinks. In simple terms, left-clicking the mouse takes you to the target screen –
it might be a player’s profile for example.

RIGHT-CLICKING

Right-clicking by contrast brings up a menu of ‘actions’ which can be
performed on that item (e.g. transfer-listing a player). The right-click is chiefly a
time-saving device, allowing you to perform an action without first going to that
item. A list of actions will only appear where possible and in no time you will
discover which items are ‘right-clickable’ and have actions associated with them.

The most common items which can be ‘actioned’ using the right-click
function are staff and players.Whenever this manual refers to a person’s ‘Actions
area’, be aware that you can normally access this same button immediately by right­clicking on that object’s name.

Right-clicking items where there are no actions to be performed (e.g. club
names) will offer you a menu of short-cuts to objects associated with that item (e.g.
squad list, staff list).

SLIDERS

Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 also includes a number of ‘sliders’,
particularly on the tactics and match screens.A slider control lets a user select from a
range of values by moving a slider, very similar to a volume control. To move a slider,
simply left-click and hold down, move left or right as required and then release.

TOOL-TIPS

Tool-Tips are small windows displaying text that explains or lists the
function(s) available via mouse clicks.All clickable items or objects in the game
possess a tool-tip and should you be unsure of any item’s function, merely hover
your mouse over that item until the Tool-Tip appears.

FILTERS

Many screens in Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 give you the ability to
set filters which permit you to choose exactly what information you want displayed.
Screens which possess this function will have a ‘Filters’ button in the top-right corner.
On your squad screen for example, you may only wish to look at your midfielders or,
on your training screen, you may only wish to view your first-team squad. Likewise,
on your news screen you may wish to filter for messages for ‘Contracts’.To set a
filter, click the ‘Filters’ button and check or uncheck your required fields.You may
then hide the ‘Filters’ panel again by clicking on the ‘Filters’ button again.

TUTORIAL

Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 is a massive game containing a great
many features to take advantage of as you strive to be the best soccer manager. If
you are new to the game and are initially puzzled by the number of options
available to you, then you may find the new in-game tutorial can help you along
your way. Containing tips and guidance on how to play and get around the game,
you may press F1 at any time to access the tutorial and find out more about the
screen you are on.

The tutorial works in similar fashion to a website and contains hyperlinks
which you can use to navigate quickly around its pages. It also contains an index, a
glossary (for those for whom soccer isn’t their first language) and a simple search
field to help you find the answer to your query faster. If you can’t find what you’re
looking for in this manual, press F1 in-game and see if the tutorial can help solve
your problem.

GETTING STARTED

Once you have double-clicked the Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 icon on your
desktop, the game will load and you will be presented with the Introduction Screen.

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The screen on page 5 contains the following options:

NEW GAME

Click this icon to start a new game. For complete details on how to start a new

game, jump to the ‘Creating A New Game’ section on the next page of this manual.

LOAD LAST GAME

Loads the most recently saved game. For your assistance, the name of this
saved game file will be displayed in the tool-tip that displays when you hover the
cursor over the icon.

LOAD GAME

Clicking this icon will present you with a list of your previously saved games.
Choose the saved game you wish to load and click ‘Select’.The database and game
data will then load, after which you will be required to enter your managerial
password (if you have specified one). Should you wish to load a saved game from
a different area of your hard drive, please use the Location menu or ‘Up’ button to
navigate to its location. If you have a previously saved game on a removable disk,
it is advised that you first save it to your hard drive before attempting to load it.

Should you wish to delete a saved game, choose the item to be deleted and
click ‘Delete’.

LOAD QUICK START

Choosing Quick Start will load a pre-saved game prepared by Sports
Interactive.This is recommended for those who want to try out the game and get a
bit of practice before launching into a proper career.

NETWORK

Select this option if you wish to play Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006
over a network. Clicking ‘Network’ will load the game database, just as if you were
starting a new single player game.You will be presented with a list of active games
that you may join.

For more details, please refer to the Multi-Manager, Network and Internet
Play section at the end of this manual.

VIEW MATCH

Clicking this icon will bring up a list of your matches you have previously
played and decided to save. Choose the saved match you wish to load and click
‘Select’ to continue.You will then be taken to the match-day screen where you can
relive your favorite moments.To save any matches for future enjoyment simply click

the ‘Options’ button on the match-day screen and select ‘Save’. See the Match Day
section of this manual for further information.

CHECK FOR UPDATES

From time to time, Sports Interactive may release ‘patches’ in an effort to perfect your
game-play experience.A patch is a free downloadable file containing bug fixes and game-play
improvements that can be applied to your copy of Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006. By
clicking ‘Check For Updates’ your computer will connect to the internet and verify with
www.sigames.com that you are running the latest available version. Your computer must have
an internet connection in order to run this feature.

CREDITS

The people behind Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006.

QUIT

Exit Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 and return to your computer’s desktop.

CREATING A NEW GAME

Before beginning your managerial career you will need to create a new
game. Once you have clicked on the New Game icon on the Intro Screen, the
database will load and you will be taken to the Start Game screen.Worldwide
Soccer Manager™ 2006 contains 158 playable first-team leagues from 51 nations,
so there are plenty available to include in your game.

SELECTING NATIONS

The Start Game screen displays the list of nations with playable leagues,
sorted by continent. You can move between continents by clicking on the Continent
pop-up menu towards the bottom of the screen. To select a nation, simply tick the

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nation’s check box and the nation will appear in your Selected Nations panel.You
now have the opportunity to set the lowest playable league in that nation by using
the Lowest Active League pop-up menu in that panel.There are also the following
options for you to consider:

DETAIL

Worldwide Soccer Manager™2006 gives you three possible levels of detail
for each set of leagues you select. These settings are Basic, Normal or Full. Full
Detail will ensure the selected leagues within that nation will be simulated with the
highest possible level of detail for all matches. Normal will simulate the selected
leagues in a good level of detail and retain all the players for that nation. Basic
meanwhile will show you the league tables and fixtures but will not retain a full-set
of players within that nation. To manage in a selected league you must have at least
a ‘Normal’ level of detail selected.

Important: Running a league in Extra Full Detail means a greater amount
of processing time is needed by the game to process matches and will
therefore be slower.

GAME START DATE

If you are running more than one league, you have the opportunity to choose
when you wish the game to start. If you are running the English and Brazilian
leagues for example, you may wish to start in July 2005 when the English pre­season begins rather than at the beginning of the Brazilian season in January 2006.

DATABASE SIZE

Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006’s database is put together by 2,500
researchers world-wide and as such contains over 250,000 players and staff. How
many of these are loaded or ‘retained’ in your game is largely up to you and your
computer’s specification. The database size can be set to a number of different sizes.
If you select the maximum database size then this will retain the majority of players
when the game begins (exact amount varies dependant upon the leagues selected)
and this will make the game much slower than on the lower database settings
where fewer players will be retained.

Important: If you have a machine which isn't 'top end' then it is not
recommended that you use the maximum database setting. If you do
find yourself having problems with the speed at which Worldwide Soccer
Manager™ 2006 is running on your computer, you may find it necessary
to start the game again using a smaller database size.

LOAD ALL PLAYERS FROM

This function is particularly useful if you wish to manage the national side
of a nation which doesn’t have a playable league in the game (e.g. Jamaica) as it
will ensure you have players of that nationality available for selection.

To tell the game which nation’s players to load, click on the pop-up menu
and select the nation you want. You can add players from more than one nation
by repeating this process.To deselect a nation, simply untick that nation again
within the menu.

USE REAL PLAYER NAMES

If you want to make the game harder for yourself by unticking this box,
Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 will create your game with no real player
names.This will ensure that you won’t necessarily know who to sign immediately
and meaning you will need to get your scouts into action to find the best players.
Always good fun for a challenging network game.

PLAYER ATTRIBUTE MASKING

As a manager it is unlikely that you would know how good a lower division
striker is without seeing him play or having him watched by your scouts. Player
Attribute Masking therefore ensures that lesser-known players will have their
attributes hidden at the beginning of the game and you will need to scout them
before their stats become visible. By default Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 is
made more realistic (and therefore harder) by having this ‘Fog Of War’ option turned
on. Uncheck this box to make all players’ attributes visible.

RECOMMENDED SETUP

The ‘Recommended Setup’ button can be found in the ‘Actions area’ below
the Tree Menu on the Start Game screen. By using this button, Worldwide Soccer
Manager™ 2006 calculates the number of leagues it believes your machine is able
to run and gives you a recommendation.

It is of course up to you how many leagues or indeed which leagues you
want to run, but it is advised that you do not exceed the game’s recommendation.
Simply by experimenting you will soon discover what balance of speed versus depth
you are happy with.

Once you are content with your selection, press confirm.A dialog box will appear
asking you to confirm the amount of leagues and nations you have selected. Click ‘Yes’ to
proceed. Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 will now set up your game.

ADDING A MANAGER

NEW MANAGER

USER PROFILE

Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 requires you to create a User Profile
before you begin your managerial career. If you have already played Worldwide
Soccer Manager™ 2006, your details will be remembered and can be recovered
using the ‘Recent Users’ pop-up menu towards the bottom of the screen.

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DATE OF BIRTH

Time to declare your age.Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 understands
that most people don’t get a shot at being a manager until they’ve finished their
playing careers or have some life experience under their belts.Therefore unless you
are over 25 years of age, the game will take the day and month of your birth date
and default it to 30 years old.

PASSWORDS

If you are playing Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 on a shared computer
you might want to protect your save game with a password. To do this, tick the
password box and fill in the required fields.

Important: If you are going to password protect your game, make sure it
is a password you won’t forget as there is no automatic retrieval system.
If you do lose your password however, please contact SEGA (see details
at back of manual) for assistance.

MANAGER’S NATIONALITY

A manager’s nationality at club level can have an influence on the nationality
of players he is able to attract to a club. French players, for example, will be more
prepared to come to England if they know that their manager shares their language
and culture. In terms of international soccer, although they will consider all the
available candidates, a nation’s Soccer Association is generally more likely to employ
a manager born and bred in their country.

SELECTING A TEAM

Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 gives you complete freedom to take
control whichever team you wish, be it the top job with your favorite national side
or in the lower leagues.There is also the option to start the game ‘unemployed’ and
wait for a club to approach you for your services.

Important: While most people will probably take charge of their favorite
club, it is worth remembering that the higher up the league ladder you
begin your managerial career, the higher the expectations –
not just their board and fans but the media too. If you think you can
handle it, by all means go for the top jobs. If you want to gain a little
experience first before hitting the big time, then start near the bottom
where mistakes are more easily forgiven and the glare of the media
spotlight may be avoided.

FAVORITE TEAM

In Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006, nominating your favorite team
actually has more relevance than you’d imagine. You will tend to receive more news
items regarding your favorite club during the game and, should you ever apply for
the managerial job, their board will no doubt look favorably upon the fact that you
hold the club dear to your heart.

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Once you have decided which team you wish to manage and have entered
your favorite side, hit the ‘Add’ button to take control. You will see your status
change to ‘Playing’ on the game status screen.

PLAYING WORLDWIDE SOCCER
MANAGER™ 2006

Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 is designed so that each day of the
game is broken into morning, afternoon and evening. Clicking on the ‘Continue’
button will advance the game to the next relevant period.

On clicking ‘Continue’, the screen will darken and the game will process any
necessary information or play matches.While it is playing matches, the results of the
games being played will be displayed in a game dialog box. During this period,
should you wish to view any game data, simply click on the ‘Play In Background’
button on this game button. The game will interrupt itself and take you to your
senior squad screen. You are then free to browse around the game while the games
continue to be played in the background.

Important: The way in which the game processes game information is
dependant on your ‘Processing Games’ preference. Details on this can
be found in the ‘Advanced’ section at the end of this manual.

5 POINT GUIDE TO DIVING STRAIGHT IN

Once the game has loaded up and you’ve added yourself as a manager and
selected a team (see Adding A Manager), you’re ready to go. See below for a quick,
five-step guide to playing your first match of Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006.

1/ Click on the ‘Manager’ menu on the menu bar and select your team’s name to

take you to the first-team squad.

2/ Then return to the ‘Manager’ menu and select ‘Go On Vacation’. From this

screen click ‘Return from vacation on date’ and select Next Match from the drop­down menu. Click OK.The game will go on vacation.

3/ When the game returns from vacation go to your squad screen once more. From

the ‘Actions area’ below the tree-menu select ‘Ask to Pick’ and choose your
assistant manager. He will now pick the team for you.

4/ Now click the ‘Continue’ button until it changes to ‘Play Match’. After clicking on

‘Play Match’ you will be asked if you are ready to proceed to the match. Click
‘Yes’ to go to the match screen.

5/ After viewing the line-ups via the preview, click Play to take charge of your first

game of Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006.

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THE INTERFACE

The game’s interface has been intensively designed to ensure that playing
the game and using the abundance of features is made as easy as possible.The
following is a short glossary to help explain some of the terms used in this manual.

USER INTERFACE GLOSSARY

Quite often an explanation of one term includes some other terms.These are
shown in bold the first time they are used, to indicate that there is an entry in the
glossary for them too.

ACTION

Every screen and/or section may have a number of actions associated with it.
Example: In the contract offer screen, there might be options to accept the

contract, reject it, or negotiate. Each of these represents an action that the user can
choose to take.

ACTION BUTTON

In the default skin, an action button is created for each of a section’s
actions.These buttons are grouped together in the actions area.

ACTIONS AREA

The actions area is the part of the window
containing action buttons. In the default skin it is
located on the left hand side of the window,
underneath the tree view.

BACKGROUND PICTURE

The background picture is an image that is displayed behind everything else.

The image for the default skin is a photo of a field.

BREAD CRUMBS

The ‘bread crumbs’ display a path indicating how the currently displayed
game object relates to other objects in the game.

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This allows a user to easily navigate to other related

game objects.

An example would be a player screen, where the breadcrumbs might display:

Home | Europe | England | Premier Division | Arsenal | Thierry Henry

This shows where the game object (Thierry Henry) is located in the database,
and allows the user a quick way of clicking on related players (the other people in
his squad), clubs (the other clubs in Arsenal’s league), competitions, etc, all the way
up to choosing an alternate continent.

GAME OBJECT

A game object roughly corresponds to an item in the game database – for
example a person or a team. As a rule, each screen is intended to display
information about a single game object (although the information may include
lists of other game objects that are related to the main one).

MENU BAR

The menu bar in the default skin is an area below the title bar. This has a number of
popup menu buttons on it which contain the manager options, links, and game options.This
is effectively the main menu in

Worldwide

Soccer Manager™ 2006 and you will find
yourself accessing most of the game screens from its contents. By clicking on the name of
the active league (e.g.The Premier Division) within the Manager menu for example, you will
be taken to that league and the screen’s

Tree Menu will contain all the various stats

relevant to that competition.

QUICK FLICKS

Located to the left of the title bar, the quick flick buttons can be used to
scroll rapidly through the current game object. As an example, if you are viewing
one of your players, you may use the quick flick buttons to scroll through the rest of
the players in your squad. Likewise, if you are viewing your team, quick flick will
allow you to scroll through the rest of the teams in your league.

SCREEN

A screen displays some information in the game. Normally the screen
represents a single game object, for example a player, or a team.

Each screen has a

title, and one or more sections.The title will generally stay

the same regardless of which section is being displayed. A screen can also have a

subtitle, although often the current section determines this so it changes when the
user chooses a different section.
Example: An example of a screen would be the Person screen.This has several

sections: Profile, Personal, Transfer, Positions, Stats, History.

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SCREEN AREA

The screen area is the part of the game’s window that changes for each
screen – i.e. the bit that doesn’t contain the title bar, menu bar, and other
navigation items.

SECTION

A screen contains one or more sections. Each section
should display a different aspect of the thing that the
screen represents. Each section can have one or more
views.
Example: On a player screen, the game object is a
person, but the sections in the tree view (Profile,
Personal,Transfer, Positions, Stats, History) show
different aspects of that person.

STATUS ICON

Status icons are small images which appear / flash / animate to
indicate certain conditions to the user. In the default skin, these
icons are positioned at the left hand end of the ticker bar.

SUBTITLE

The subtitle is a piece of text shown in a smaller font underneath the main

title for a screen.

The subtitle can be used to show some supplementary details about the

screen’s game object.

TICKER BAR

As the title indicates, the ticker bar contains the ticker, and also some

status icons. In the default skin this is positioned at the bottom of the window.

Between matchdays the ‘News Ticker’ displays soccer news stories from around the
world which you can customize using the News Ticker Level (see Preferences in the
‘Advanced’ section at the end of this manual). On matchdays the Ticker displays
latest scores and incidents from around the grounds.

TITLE

The title is a piece of text intended to indicate the purpose of the screen.The

title will generally be displayed in a large font in a prominent place in the window.

TITLE BAR

The title bar in the default skin is the area at the top of the window, which
displays the title of the current screen. The title bar also includes other details, such
as the game date, user name, etc.

TREE MENU

A tree menu shows a hierarchical group of items (like
an index), in which some of the items can be
expanded to show sub-items.

For example:

+ top level
– item 1
– item 2
+ item 3 (expanded)
– sub-item 1
– item 4

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TREE VIEW

Each screen consists of a number of sections, each of
which may also have sub-sections.
The tree view is used to display these sections in a
hierarchical manner to the user.
The user can click on a section or sub-section to
select it. In the default skin, the tree view is
positioned on the left, below the title bar.

VIEW

Sections of the game can have one or more views –
which present the same information (or subsets of the
same information) in different ways. For example, the
squad list section of the team screen allows you look
at a list of players but because there are lots of
attributes for each player, it would be impossible to
display them all at once.The solution is that the
squad section has a number of views which allow you
to look at just a few of the attributes.We will now
take a look at how the various screens in the game.
These are ordered by their place in the menu bar.

YOUR TEAM

If you click on the ‘Manager’ drop-down menu on the title-bar menu
and select your team name (e.g. Manchester United), you will be taken to the
squad screen.

The Tree Menu will contain the following options and it’s now time to take a

look at these in more depth:

SENIOR SQUAD / RESERVES / YOUTH TEAM

From your team’s Tree Menu you will notice that you have direct access to
your Senior Squad, Reserves and Youth Team. Should you wish, you may also take
full control of your Reserve and Youth teams yourself, instead of delegating the
duties to your assistants.To do this, select ‘Options’ from the ‘Manager’ menu on
the title-bar and click the appropriate boxes to take control. Each squad’s ‘branch’ of
the Tree Menu is expandable and has its own Squad, Tactics and Fixtures panels. You
can find information on ‘Tactics’ and ‘Fixtures’ later in this manual. For now, we’ll
focus on your players.

PLAYER

PLAYER POSITIONS & ATTRIBUTES

A player’s attributes in Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 are rated on a
scale of 1 – 20, with 1 being awful and 20 being outstanding.The player positions
associated with each individual also indicate whereabouts he can play. For your
information, the abbreviations and key attributes associated with that position are
as follows:

Abbr.

GK
D/WBR/L
DC
M/L
DMC/R/L
MC
M/AM R/L
AMC
FC/R/L
ST

Description

Goalkeeper

or Wingback*

Fullback
Central Defender
Midfielder*
Defensive Midfielder
Central Midfielder
Winger / Attacking Winger*
Attacking Midfielder
Forward**
Striker

Main Attributes

Handling / Reflexes
Tackling / Stamina
Tackling / Heading / Positioning / Jumping
Passing / Crossing / Pace
Tackling / Stamina / Work Rate
Passing / Stamina / Work Rate / Jumping
Pace / Crossing / Dribbling
Creativity / Decisions / Passing
Finishing / Pace
Finishing / Heading

*

(Right or Left) **(Center,Right or Left)

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MOVING PLAYERS BETWEEN SQUADS & CHANGING SQUAD
STATUS

If a player has fallen out of favor with you, is injured or perhaps not up to
the demands of first-team soccer, you may wish to give him a few outings in the
reserves.To move a player between squads, go to his screen and select ‘Move To’
from his ‘Actions area’. You may also change a player’s squad status (i.e. how you
see his role at the club) by going to his screen, selecting ‘Set Transfer Status’ and
then setting the appropriate status in the ‘Squad Status’ panel. Be warned however
that players won’t always appreciate demotion and you could easily have an
unhappy player on your hands if you mess him around.

PLAYER INDICATORS

Before you select your team, you will need to know the availability of your
players. Occasionally, a player will be flagged on the Squad Screen with one of a
number of different indicators to the left of his name:

Abs

Absent (AWOL)

Bid

Under Transfer Bid

Ctr

Out of contract

Cup

Ineligible for cup match

Fgn

Foreign

Frt

Leaving on a free transfer

Fut

Unsure of future

HG

Homegrown; player is being
trained in his home nation or
at his first club

Hol

On holiday

Ine

Ineligible (e.g. for next match)

Inj

Injured
On international duty

Int

Lmp

Lacks match practice
Listed for loan

Loa

Transfer listed

Lst

Player reaction to recent media

PR

comment
Transfer listed by request

Req

Ret

Retiring

Rst

Needs a rest

Sct

Scouted by manager

SI

Senior International (MLS only)

Sus

Suspended for next match

Sit

Slight Concern

Trn

Transfer Arranged

Unf

Not Fully Fit

Unh

Unhappy

Unr

Unregistered for team

Wdn

Withdrawn from international duty

Wnt

Wanted by a club

Wp

Needs work permit

Yel

One yellow card away from
suspension

YI

Youth International

Yth

Youth Contract

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International instruction:
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SELECTING YOUR TEAM

Before each match you will need to create a starting line-up.To add a player
to the starting line-up, left-click on the pale box next to a player’s name.The menu
that pops up automatically focuses on the next available position if the player is
unselected. If the player is already selected, the menu will focus on the "Remove
from this position" item. Right-clicking by contrast either selects the next available
position (if he has not a position already assigned) or removes the player from his
picked position (if he does have a position assigned).You will need to select a
starting eleven as well as your substitutes bench. Should you want some advice on
selecting a starting line-up, you may ask your assistant manager for a team report or
even request one of your staff to pick the starting line-up for you. See the sections
on ‘Assistant Manager’ and ‘Coaches’ for more information.

COMPARING PLAYERS

When agonizing over your team selection or wondering whether the striker
you are interested in is any better than those you already have, you may find the
player comparison utility helpful. In order to compare two players, you will need to
have visited both players’ screens recently. Click on the first player for the
comparison and select ‘Compare with’ from the ‘Misc’ section of his ‘Actions area’.
You will then see a list of players you may compare him with, to do so click on the
desired one.The ‘Comparison’ heading will then appear on the ‘Tree Menu’ and you
may toggle between ‘Attributes’ and ‘Overview’ to compare different aspects of the
comparison. Blue and white arrows on the ‘Attributes’ panel will indicate the
difference between the two players’ stats. ‘Overview’ on the other hand will
demonstrate the difference between the two players’ ages, form, nationality etc.

Important: You may only compare players of similar positions. i.e. you
cannot compare a goalkeeper to an outfield player.

NEGOTIATING PLAYER CONTRACTS

This section applies to both re-negotiating contracts with your current players
as well as discussing a contract with a potential new signing.

If you have had a transfer offer accepted for a player or you are looking to
sign a player (see Transfers), you will be taken to the ‘Contract Negotiation’ screen.
Alternatively, if you are looking to re-negotiate a contract with one of your current
playing staff, go to that player’s screen by clicking on his name and select ‘Offer
New Contract’ from the player’s ‘Actions area’.

On the ‘Contract Negotiation’ screen you will be told (usually by the player’s
agent) what the player expects. By using the drop-down menus you may now dictate
the various aspects of the contract such as ‘Squad Status’,‘Wage’ and ‘Contract
Length’. You may also add additional bonuses and clauses such as Goal, Appearance
and Assist Bonuses, Minimum Fee Release Clauses, Relegation Release Clause etc.

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Once you are happy with your contract offer, click ‘Confirm’ on the ‘Actions
area’. After a period of time you will be informed of the player’s response via the
‘News’ screen. Should he refuse the offer but feels there are grounds to continue
discussions, he will give you the chance to negotiate.

Should you wish, you may ask your Assistant Manager to deal with the
contract renewals for youth or reserve team players.To do this, select ‘Options’ from
the ‘Manager’ menu on the title-bar and tick the appropriate box. For more
information on your assistant, see the ‘Assistant Manager’ section later in this manual.

TERMINATING PLAYER CONTRACTS

If you find a player in your squad for who you have no use and are unable to
tempt another club into taking him off your hands, there are two possible approaches to
take.The first is to release the player on a free transfer.Should you wish to do this, go to
the player’s screen and click ‘Release On A Free’ from the ‘Release’ section of the player’s
‘Actions area’. The player will leave the club immediately and you will have to pay off the
remainder of his contract.The second method is to offer the player a contract termination.
To do this,go to the player’s screen and select ‘Mutual Termination’ from the ‘Release’
section of the player’s ‘Actions area’.This is by mutual consent of course so there is no
guarantee that the player will accept. In fact, it is entirely possible that the player will be
angry and may take offence at the fact you want him out of the club.

DISCIPLINING PLAYERS & APPEALS

In the event that one of your players steps out of line or even if you are unhappy
with his level of performance, you may want to take disciplinary action. In order to
punish a player, go to his screen and select ‘Discipline Player For’ from the ‘Actions area’.
You will then be able to select a reason for your decision and choose whether you want
to issue a warning or even go so far as to fine the player up to two weeks wages.

If one of your players does receive a red card during a match, he will have to
serve a ban. The length of the player’s ban is determined by the competition rules and,
depending on the seriousness of the offence, a disciplinary hearing.Following the match
you will be informed via the ‘News’ screen as to the length of this ban and given the
opportunity to appeal if you wish. If you do decide to appeal, the league’s governing
body will meet to look at the referee’s report and discuss your claim but,unless there
has been a gross injustice, the governing body will normally side with the referee.

PRAISING OR CRITICIZING PLAYERS

If you have been pleased or indeed disappointed with a player’s form, you
will often have the opportunity to give them a boost (or a kick up the backside) by
issuing a brief statement to the press.To praise or criticize a player, go to their
screen and, if the option is available, you may release a statement by clicking on
‘Release Media Story’ from the player’s ‘Action’ panel and then selecting ‘Praise’ or
‘Criticize’. A well-timed comment can work wonders but be warned however that
too much praise or criticism will result in the players starting to ignore you.

TACTICS

CREATING YOUR OWN TACTICS

Worldwide Soccer Manager™ 2006 comes with a vast array of standard tactics for
you to use, but if you’re feeling adventurous you can create your own. The information below
will give you an overview of the many tactical combinations you can set up.

SETTING UP FORMATIONS

The best way of determining which formation to use is to look at the
players in your squad. There is no point trying to play three at the back if you only

have two decent central defenders or playing with wingers when you don’t have
any in your squad. Try to work out what tactic would work best with the players
available and set a formation to suit them.

In order to set your formation, go to your squad screen and then select the
‘Tactics’ panel from the Tree Menu.To move the players around on the tactics field,
simply point the cursor at one of the player icons,
then drag the icon around to the desired position. Then release the mouse button and
the player icon should be relocated to the desired position. As you do this you will see
the possible positions where the icon can be placed appear faintly on the screen.

Once you have moved the players into the appropriate positions, you can also
tell players where to run. To do this

right-click and hold on the position and drag
the arrow in the required direction. When the right mouse button is released an
arrow should go from the player icon to where you wish him to run.

As an alternative, you can choose to load one of the pre-set formations by
clicking on the ‘Tactics’ menu and choosing a formation from the ‘Standard
Tactics’ list.This has the advantage of being far quicker than creating your own
tactic, so if you are impatient to play that first game this might be a good option.

left-click and hold on the button

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