(Sports) Manager Games

[J Dick]

Hello all,

I´m currently making a football manager game. I started to make the simulation of the game engine so it's gonna be like - real time, where you see every action that happens on the field - like the ea sports games, but you cant control any players, just watch em go.

Well. I found out its gonna be a bit hard / complicated to make the gameplay look good.

So,
I thought I use some alternate style to simulate the matches.

Problem is, I dont play much manager games. I liked the old "Manager". It was a soccer manager game with really simple simulation showing only the highlights of the game.

Have you made or played a manager game? What kind of way you chose to make the simulation? Was it any fun to play?

Any thoughts?