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The Football Manager Football ShowE169: The Football Manager Football Show finale? Ndidi it is.After three years and 12 seasons, crossing from South America to England, Spain, Turkey, Italy, Scotland, France, South Africa, Portugal, Germany and back to England once again, it's time to bid farewell to The Football Manager Football Show.Like Arsenal's bid to become Premier League champions and Jurgen Klopp's reign at perennial contenders Liverpool, all good things must come to an end and having seen Shane secure a Premier League trophy - his first league title since Galatasary (if you don't count South Africa) - and Ken being crowned Champions League winner for the first time since his...
2024-04-2631 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE168: Signing off season 12 with a very Football Manager Champions League Final and plotting our next adventure!Our English Premier League journey, for the second time, finished last week with Manchester City crowned league champions, denying Liverpool what would have been an incredible three-in-a-row following a close-fought season.While City (and Shane) can celebrate a league title, there's the small matter of a Champions League final for Liverpool (and Ken) with this week seeing the Reds in action against Bayern in Paris.We'll get a feel for City's season, and sow the seeds for where we're off to next, but for one final time in Football Manager land, we're hanging with Liverpool...
2024-04-1937 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE166: Under pressure? For Liverpool v Man City again? In Football Manager? [Live Episode]For the second, third and final times in this Football Manager journey of ours, it's back to the Etihad we go this week as Ken's Liverpool make the trip to Shane's 'The Manchester' to settle the trilogy and close out the season.With a 5-1 aggregate lead from last week's Champions League semi-final, Ken reckons he has this one in the bag, until he realises that the Liverpool prodigy-in-the-making, Fred Kalenga, is going to have to make an appearance with Yunus Musah collecting a potential season-ending injury as soon as we click continue this week. He joins...
2024-04-0549 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE162: Still hurting, it's the shortest episode of The Football Manager Football ShowIt's Friday. It's podcast day. We almost didn't make it, but we did. For the first time in 3 years, through a myriad of real-world events, it's taken us until late on release day to find 30 minutes together to unwind with some Football Manager.The gas thing, Shane's still hurting after last week's League Cup Final collapse. But it doesn't matter too much as Ken's Liverpool are just hurting full stop as injuries mount with the calendar turning into April.Games are shy, cup competition details are revealed and we're plotting a course for...
2024-03-0932 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE161: It's the biggest game in Football Manager - The Caribbean Cup Final, and it's live!The Caribbean God versus the pretender to the throne.The current FA Cup holders versus the current Premier League holders.Good versus evil?For the first time ever in 161 episodes, we're going all-in on one game. Yes, this season has been a slog, but it's also been methodical to a point and as results mounted up, the path was paved to send Man City and Liverpool to this year's Carabao Cup final. Granted, it took a rub of the green for both along the way, but they made it and now, long acclaimed...
2024-03-011h 00The Football Manager Football ShowE160: It's like the Football Manager Football Show of old, ish, with an epic finish to bootWe're mixing things up a little this week.For the first time in a while, we've managed to get some games under our respective belts this week before we actually press record. Remember when we used to do this before season 12? Recognising that last week segued into all manner of discussion, we're getting into the action early this week as we navigate the last sixteen of the UEFA Champions League before getting in some Premier League action.We're wrapping up things up this week with two live games as Liverpool head to the City Ground...
2024-02-2350 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE159: Is there cheating in Football Manager 2024? And how magic are Jack Grealish's calves?It's been a busy week at FMFShow towers, and a crazy week in the world of Football Manager.Before it gets patched (presuming it gets patched anyway), we put the latest 'no money down' transfer moves into play to see if you really can lure some of the biggest players in the game to greener shores for little to no cash. We've got two must-win games in the Premier League, Ken's off to the Amex to take on Brighton in the FA Cup and we're cracking into the last 16 of the Champions League with a s...
2024-02-161h 03The Football Manager Football ShowE158: It's our last Premier League transfer window in Football Manager, but is it too little, too late in the title race?This week seeks the January transfer window slam shut, Liverpool continue their FA Cup journey and February's league games start with trips to Sheffield United and Chelsea.With 13 games left in the league, every point counts and with our next league destination pretty much in the bag, it's time to throw caution to the wind at all costs meaning there's a bit of shuffling for our last Premier League transfer window.But are we talking big money moves, or shrewd loans to seal the cracks? Let's rock and roll for this week and...
2024-02-0957 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE157: Year 4 begins and now it's Ken's turn to get proper Football Manager'dWith three years of weekly Football Manager podcasts behind us, year four begins with Liverpool and Man City arriving at the end of January, a crunch time for any Premier League duo.There's the small matter of needing to win in the last game in the Champions League new table stage to seal automatic progress to the knockouts. There's also the small matter of the January transfer window looming only, instead of it being in January, it's the second of February. Oh, and while Shane goes up against his old boys Wolves, Ken's off to London to...
2024-02-0243 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE156: Three years on, in Football Manager, mocking is catchingHappy birthday to us.Three years on, working our way towards a million podcast streams, two Irish lads who love Football Manager are celebrating three years talking about just that... Football Manager.Sure, Covid has been and gone, work life has stepped up, live comedy is on the rise, we've had the launch of The Wrestling Fan Wrestling Show and Ken On Food, but there's still important business to attend to as we get back in the Champions League swing of things this week while Shane's been busy in the transfer market.The...
2024-01-2647 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE155: From a good Football Manager comeback story to everyone heading to Saudi Arabia in 2026It's episode 155 of The Football Manager Football Show and this week we've got a mix of FA Cup, League Cup and Premier League drama to unfold while the January transfer window is very much open for business in 2026. So much so, that some of the Saudi Arabian heavy hitters are coming in strong for key names for both City and Liverpool, causing ructions in one dressing room in particular as the cracks look like they're beginning to show - or are they?As a pre-cursor, there is added soccer, wrestling and food talk this week before we...
2024-01-1959 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE154: The one were Ken finally gets properly Football Managered as we ring in 2026 in FM24 [Live episode]There are three things certain in this life.Death.Taxes.And if you play FM, getting properly Football Managered. If you've experienced it, you'll know exactly what we mean. Last-minute highlights, out of nowhere, breaking your heart, no chance to bounce back. It's a win that turns to a draw. It's a draw that turns into a hopeless defeat. It's taken a while, but it finally happens.This week on the podcast we've got two helpings of Premier League action plus the first round of our respective Carabao Cup semi-finals as...
2024-01-121h 05The Football Manager Football ShowE153: Happy New Year to all Football Manager Fans, let's crack on with the last games of DecemberHappy New Year, Happy New Year, may we all have our hopes, our will to try, if we don't we might as well lay down and die. So say Abba, but there's no sense of laying down and dying this weather as we finally get to close out another calendar year of fixtures and brace ourselves for the ridiculous onslaught of January.This week, with the last of the Christmas holiday days upon us, we're recording on release day with Ken at home, Shane in the office and Liverpool and Man City still jockeying it...
2024-01-051h 00The Football Manager Football ShowE151: Merry Christmas, happy Football Manager holiday season, and it's Liverpool v Man City timeIt's tiiiiiiiiime.Recorded on release day (22 December), we're squeezing in an episode just in time for Christmas, that lovely time of year that we hope sees everyone get a proper rattle at FM24, or you get to drag your FM23 season kicking and screaming into the New Year.We've still got another episode to go this year but this week we've the important bit of business in Liverpool's hosting of Man City for the first league meeting of Ken and Shane this term. Shane gets a warmup in against 16th-placed Leeds while Ken has to...
2023-12-221h 13The Football Manager Football ShowE150: Football Manager chills, they're multiplying, and I've got West Ham at home [Live Episode]One minute you're cruising, the next you're running into obstacles at the most inopportune time.On this week's helping of The Football Manager Football Show we're back for some lunchtime FM action, rolling tape as Liverpool and Man City jet off to Europe to take on the mighty giants that are Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Before that we've got some league action with Leicester, Bournemouth, Brentford and West Ham all rearing their heads, producing some mixed results and another mare in the goalkeeping department for the defending league champions.Of course, it's all in...
2023-12-1555 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE149: More Football Manager 2024 wonderkids, Rochdale latest and is Yeremi Pino a busted flush? [Live Episode]Another week rolls around in our weird, wild and wonderful world of Football Manager 2024 and this week we're in Premier League, League Cup and Champions League action.A few things are starting to happen. Haaland's misfiring. Liverpool may be hitting an injury crisis, not helped by the lack of suitable cover registered for Europe with a whole bunch of games still to play in the new format Champions League. Plus, after dropping €100m on him for Man City, is Yeremi Pino turning out to be a busted flush for the boys in blue? Leicester are bea...
2023-12-0857 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE148: The one where Shane finds out he's class at Football ManagerHello December!We're into the final month of the year and it's a fast-paced episode of The Football Manager Football Show this week as we continue to get to grips with Football Manager 2024. The upgrade is done, the next big update is out and between Man City and Liverpool, the battle for the top spot in the Premier League is well underway with Champions League football also on the cards this week.Grumpy footballers are getting sold off, Ken's aggressive play is starting to leak goals, Haaland is under-performing and injuries over the international break...
2023-12-011h 01The Football Manager Football ShowE145: Football Manager 2024 is out, David Ginola's hair, Ken's Liverpool meltdown and other FM stories [Live Episode]E145: Football Manager 2024 is out, David Ginola's hair, Ken's Liverpool meltdown and other FM stories [Live Episode]In what's one of our most whirlwind episodes to date, we're back for our last game in Football Manager 2023 thanks to the official release of Football Manager 2024 this past Monday.Yes, it's out now, if you haven't gotten a copy already, grab links from FootballManager.com.So what does David Ginola's hair have to do with this week's episode? Quite a lot as it happens. If anything, it provides a brief respite from the chaos as...
2023-11-101h 11The Football Manager Football ShowE144: Football Manager 2024 is *nearly* here but it's ok, Shane's cheering for "Manchester", right?With less cans of Monster and cups of tea than in previous weeks, we're finally back in the studio and find ourselves just days away from the official release of Football Manager 2024.Ken's been getting to grips with Rochdale during #FM24EarlyAccess but in Football Manager 2023 land, the Premier League is underway as Liverpool and City take on West Ham, Chelsea, Chelsea and Sheffield United. As in, they get two games each and both end up playing Chelsea.IRL, Castlewarren are winning matches, we get some more community thoughts on FM24 but we're finally, officially...
2023-11-0351 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE143: Oh my Johnny, it's the Charity Shield as we start pulling the plug on Football Manager 2023 [Live Episode]The Football Manager 2024 beta - aka Early Access - is here.Ken's on holiday for this one so while he's away we've managed to get a remote link to do the podcast this week and it all builds to just one match before we make the jump to Football Manager 2024.It's the biggest game of the pre-season. All the preparation comes down to this - the FA Community Shield (nee the much-loved Charity Shield) as Liverpool and Man City lock horns for the first time this season. Liverpool have made two additional signings ahead of...
2023-10-2750 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE142: A record-breaking victory in Football Manager as City and Liverpool head to Singapore, USA [Live Episode]With the Club World Cup behind us (and another trophy in the bag for Liverpool), Shane's bound for Singapore where he's intent on making an example of the locals. The sprawling extent of Liverpool's finances are revealed as the lads effectively draw a line under their transfer activity well ahead of the closing of the window. And it's the last game in the save before the FM24 beta gets released - though if we're right, it will have been released on the day of recording, i.e. yesterday.More on FM24 in an official "yes, we've gotten...
2023-10-2050 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE139: Our FINAL Football Manager 2023 gets underway and the transfer battles have started [Live Episode]It's time to start sending Football Manager 2023 home, and do it in style. For season 12, we're going to try and squeeze it all into the month of October, right up to the lead off of Football Manager 2024 which - if you've been living under a rock and not heard already - gets a release at 4pm on 6 November.Picking up where we left of last week, Shane's landed himself at Man City for our FM23 swan song and with that comes a war chest of over €230m to spend as he sees fit. Can he reb...
2023-09-2950 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE138: The Football Manager season 11 grand finale where the air and the tide turn blue [Live Episode]On this week's podcast we're finally drawing a line under season 11 of The Football Manager Football Show.Liverpool have won the Premier League, Hoffenheim have finished outside of the European placings and a season that started united (no pun intended), ended divided which means it's time to settle on where we go for season 12.With Football Manager 2024 virtually around the corner (it's out in under two months from now), we've got a look at some more of the details emerging on FM24 and with the new game set to drop at 4pm on Monday 6 November...
2023-09-2249 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE137: With Football Manager 2024 announced, it's time to start wrapping up Football Manager 2023It's been a big week for Football Manager fans.The game's 2024 edition just got a release date - 6 November - there are competitions for copies flying all over the place, save reveals are happening, Twitter (X) is tearing apart the launch trailer to look for any hidden details that might give something away and pre-orders are open via Steam with early access included for the beta release once more.While all that's going on, we've got to wrap up season 11 of the podcast and close the door on what's become a split season between England...
2023-09-151h 00The Football Manager Football ShowE136: Just when you're flying high in Football Manager, you get absolutely hammered [Live Episode]The wins are adding up for Hoffenheim and European qualification is within grasp.For Liverpool, a draw is all that's needed to secure the first Premier League title for the podcast since we launched and there's every possibility it could happen at Anfield.But then, the most curious thing of the entire season happens. Perhaps the entire three seasons to date for FM23. There's an implosion, while we're live. One minute the champagne is being prepared, the next you're staring into the abyss, and you've still got to get back to work for t...
2023-09-0857 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE134: Football Manager 2023, it's a funny old game, innit? [Live Episode]We're back in the studio, recording some live play this week as we move through March in season 11 - now combining the Premier League and Bundesliga.On the domestic front, Shane's struggling to score goals but is doing a reasonable job of not conceding them at the same time. In Europe, however, Newcastle are on their way back with a 4-1 lead in town. Could he actually crack it and get Hoffenheim over the line at the expense of the magpies?And as for Liverpool, well, they're a different kettle of fish altogether. Still putting...
2023-08-251h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE133: Old Football Manager habits die hard [Live episode]We're back in the studio again this week for another live-play fix from the topsy-turvy world of our Football Manager multiverse. This week we'll- Find out what Ken's been up to with Benfica- Get the latest from Shane on his return to Preston and Man United- Take in some Europa Conference League, FA Cup, Premier League, Bundesliga AND Champions League action- Discuss player development while dissecting each others' work and moreIt gets animated but we'll quickly discover that some old Football Manager habits die hard. Very hard.
2023-08-181h 08The Football Manager Football ShowE132: A Football Manager reborn in a foreign land [Live Episode]We're back in another "live" episode this week as we get to grips with the Europa Conference League for Shane's Hoffenheim while Ken's getting reacquainted with an old flame in the FA Cup.Frankfurt make a fleeting return to the podcast too this week but between squad registration woes and big ticket injuries, there are causes for concern for both sides as we leave the transfer window behind us and move through February.We've got three months left in the season to make something happen but while one manager looks like they've found the secret...
2023-08-1159 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE131: The most wonderful time of the year - Transfer Deadline Day in Football Manager [Live Episode]Like two kids in a sweetshop, Ken and Shane have money to burn and it's transfer deadline day so we're going with one more live episode to get us across the line and into February.For Ken, there's about €20m to play with at Anfield though with the squad registration full, it's got to be one-in-one-out and the offers aren't exactly forthcoming. Shane has a shade over €60m to play with a new job as he takes over Hoffenheim. Can he rebuild the squad in his own vision, in one day, and get a win in his firs...
2023-08-0459 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE130: A Football Manager like no other, could this be the second coming of The Caribbean God? [Live Episode]Football Manager slows for no man, woman or child. As we tick towards the January transfer window, Shane's still jobless having suffered at the hands of the Man Utd board last time out with his unceremonious sacking. But with the clock ticking down to transfer deadline day, is there any hope of him securing a job, let alone one that might allow him to dip his toes into the transfer market? It's another live episode as we work through job hunting for Shane while Ken's ticking towards the end of the Champions League group/league stage and s...
2023-07-281h 01The Football Manager Football ShowE128: You're getting sacked in the morning... ding dong the Beljo's gonna chime!It's episode 128 and in the studio this week we've been blitzing a whopping eight games in December between the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup with more mixed results this week. Now, Shane's not been sacked - yet - though we're playing through some live elements this episode to see if it will happen or if he can actually pull off the greatest of escapes. Augsburg just needed to reach January before going on a five-month rip, can the same happen at Old Trafford this season?PSG and Villarreal make appearances in the Champions...
2023-07-141h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE127: The board are unhappy, the fans are unhappy and Shane hates Football Manager [Live Episode]In a break from our usual approach to playing, we've decided to take the studio for a long lunch break and bounce out the month of November in our third season in Football Manager 2023.We floated the idea last week that with Shane's ongoing frustrations with Man United winning in Europe but performing miserably in the league, we would record 'as live' to share some of his sheer mental anguish with the game. The board are on his back, the fans are on his back, he's lost most of the dressing room, and what's worse, he's at...
2023-07-071h 10The Football Manager Football ShowE126: Football Manager making big moves for 2024, 2025, but in 2023 the struggle is still real for Man UnitedOn this week's helping of The Football Manager Football Show, we've got some immediate reaction to the announcement from the Sports Interactive announcement on changes coming down the track for FM24 and FM25.We'll get into it more down the line but it's safe to say that, on paper, it's a bold statement that sets out a clear path for the future of Football Manager and should go a long way towards easing some long-term fans concerns over the current iteration of the game.As October turns into November, we've also got ourselves some Champions...
2023-06-301h 02The Football Manager Football ShowE125: Luke Shaw is scoring worldies in Football Manager but United can't buy a win - or can they?In a week where Luke Shaw has been showing Shane that he's got Puskas credentials, we're getting through September and into October as our return to the Premier League continues.Not only that but we've got the first taste of two cup competitions with Liverpool and Man United in Champions League action against some familiar opposition while the League Cup gets underway on home soil, one of our intrepid duo getting a more favourable draw.To squad rotate or not, to play wingers or not, to give youth a chance or not - there's a...
2023-06-231h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE124: King of the North West - The Premier League season starts and we've got Liverpool away to Man United alreadyThe 2024/25 Premier League season is underway!With pre-season wrapped and a transfer deadline day looming, the Premier League season starts properly with Liverpool at home to Arsenal on the opening day of the season while Man United make the trip to West Ham.We'll get through the month of August and through to mid-September including our first Premier League transfer deadline day since Season 3 (Leicester/Wolves), along with the draw for the new-look Champions League and the third round of the League Cup.More importantly, though, it's Ken's Liverpool against Shane's Man United...
2023-06-1655 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE123: A very Premier League pre-season as Football Manager transfer woes persist for one clubIt's a very Premier League pre-season as we get through our entire calendar of pre-season games this week for Liverpool and Man United.While Liverpool seem to be able to raise transfer funds through departures like Henderson, Thiago, Keita and more, United can't seem to sell a sinner get a bloated squad trimmed before the league kicks off.As pre-season goes, we've got Bayern, PSG, a trip to China, Liverpool in Spain and Scotland and we're packing in games, testing out squads and trying to cement our tactics for the season ahead of our second...
2023-06-091h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE122: Season 11 starts with a Football Manager rivalry for the agesIt's the season 11 premiere that we've been waiting for since, well, season 1.Germany is in the rearview mirror and we're off to pastures new. We've had suggestions of Holland, ducking down to Serie C, going to the depths of the English football pyramid, heading to Australia or backpacking across Asia.But at the end of the day, there's one footballing rivalry that we've been looking to sink our teeth into since we started the podcast and for some reason, we've danced around it but never faced up to it until now.Despite recent...
2023-06-021h 07The Football Manager Football ShowE121: Our Football Manager journey in Germany is officially complete - Season 10 finaleSo it turns out that when we put our minds to it, we can actually blaze through a whole bunch of games in Football Manager when the pressure is on and things need to get turned around quickly - namely us closing out the final six weeks of our time in Germany and the Bundesliga.We won't spoil it entirely, but there are a few positives to take away from the whole experience - though how does it all work out?Just when it looks like Frankfurt were cruising, the wheels started to come off...
2023-05-2645 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE120: The European dream is over for another Football Manager season and the end is nigh in GermanyThe end is nigh in Germany as we get through the penultimate month of the Bundlesliga where, somewhat surprisingly, results of improved a bit for both Frankfurt and Augsburg.At least that's what the game would like you to think before it transpires that Shane's still under press while Ken's good run of form - up until the moment you hit save and close the game - looks like it's evaporated and the timing couldn't be worse with Chelsea on the horizon for the Europa League knockouts.Leipzig and Dortmund also feature but if there's...
2023-05-1959 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE118: Just when you think you're out, the club board haul you back in againIt's been another whirlwind month of games in Germany and we've been feeling the pressure.Last episode, we were each given five games to salvage our careers in Germany. Eight points were required from those games and Shane got off to a flyer with a 3-0 win over Stuttgart followed by a 1-1 draw with Mainz before our live play to close out episode 117 saw him hold on to beat Arminia Bielefeld 2-1. After coming off bruising defeats to PSG and Hertha, both at home, Ken's also had a positive start with a 1-0 win over Koln...
2023-05-051h 09The Football Manager Football ShowE117: Football Manager gives us 5 games to save our jobs. Seriously.In a week where we've seen Spurs make yet another managerial change in real life and goals galore scored in the Premier League, over in Germany in the world of Football Manager, the Frankfurt and Augsburg boards are finally starting to lose patience.Yet again we're called in to explain ourselves but this time the threat is real and the pressure is on. For two teams leaking goals, one of which can't buy a win, we've been given five games and a points target each to hit or it's bye-bye Berlin (or Frankfurt and Augsburg, but you...
2023-04-2855 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE116: It's El Sackicko time in Germany and we've got some live Football Manager action tooWhen the board tell you they're looking for a meeting and refusal to attend would result in the termination of your contract, you know that something is rotten in the state of Denmark. But it's not Denmark, we're in Germany, it's life in the Bundesliga but not as we know it with November upon us. An international break means we've got some Champions League action for Ken with two crunch games in the league for Shane's Augsburg and Frankfurt as well. Koln are still Robbie-less so to tie up this week's podcast we're bringing back the live...
2023-04-2150 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE115: It's October in the Bundesliga and there's not a goal to be seenIt's October in Germany and it turns out we only thought of Oktoberfest after the fact.So, while the beer flows and the games come thick and fast in the Bundesliga, the goals have dried up with this week proving a tough one for both Frankfurt and Augsburg. And yes, Robbie's on "holiday" as Koln go on autopilot for a few days.We've put October to the test though and while Ken's trying to find his way in the Champions League, Shane's trying to get any manner of a response out of his forward line...
2023-04-141h 02The Football Manager Football ShowE114: Turning into October sparks the race to the bottom of the BundesligaHappy Easter!While there's plenty of chocolate and Easter beers on the horizon, we're back in Germany with a bang as the Champions League campaign gets underway for Ken while we move through the month of September and knock a handful of league games out of it.This week is throwing up injury concerns, springing tactical surprises, showing that tweaks in-game can sometimes have catastrophic consequences and starting to stir some unwanted emotions in supporters.We'll also find out how Castlewarren's season is finishing IRL, get the latest from some regular listeners on...
2023-04-0755 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE113: Has Germany taken the fun out of Football Manager? Transfer Deadline Day may provide some hope...After a crazy-busy week on the sports front in real life, we're finally back in Germany to get August out of the way in the Bundesliga. We've got some last-minute business to attend to on Transfer Deadline Day which we're hoping might light a fire or spark some kind of emotional investment in the Bundesliga. Between the three of us, we've got six games to get through in a short episode as we try to get a handle on the league with August serving up the tough fixtures. Is it impossible to score goals in Ge...
2023-03-3147 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE112: Germany on pause, it's time for some Football Manager solo love, listener updates and gaming nostalgiaDon't mention the war!That said, due to an ongoing war (of the theatrical variety), we've not seen any action in Germany this week though Shane and Ken have been busy with Man United, Kilkenny and a second roll of the dice with Benfica.We're kicking back a little this week to reflect and a couple of things popping up in solo saves, get some more listener updates and questions for our ongoing saves and it's the "gruesome twosome" back in studio with Robbie back in the studio next week.Graphics never mattered...
2023-03-2452 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE111: In the immortal Football Manager words of D:Ream, things can only get betterIt's been a slow start to proceedings in Germany but we've managed to get pre-season all wrapped up and get stuck into the league proper.This week sees us talk out the last of our pre-season games, check off our first competitive fixtures with the opening round of the DFB-Pokal and we're officially kicking off life in the Bundesliga with a rude awakening from the defending champions, Bayern Munich.We've got the last of our transfer business before the transfer window actually shuts, we've got some more gripes about the current Man United squad under...
2023-03-171h 05The Football Manager Football ShowE109: The Football Manager Football Show hits Season 10, and it's a lucky dip!Bye-bye Portugal, hello to pastures new!It's a new season, new beginnings and a new outlook on life as we have to grapple with players we don't know, in a league none of us have ever managed in, with a competition structure we're vaguely familiar with.We're leaving the Algarve behind us and all the lovely trappings that come with life in Liga Bwin and we're moving further into mainland Europe to start season 10.Just when he thinks he's out, Shane is the one in charge of drawing the teams for season 10 and...
2023-03-0352 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE108: Farewell Portugal, you've been swell, but it's time to say goodbye (Season 9 Finale)Alas, we're calling time on our Portuguese adventure. What started slowly, has barrelled along in the last few weeks and on this week's episode we're playing through the final four games of the Liga Bwin season.Benfica need just one point from a possible 12 available - can they build on their late run of form or will they hit a speed bump with Sporting and Porto nipping at their heels? And when it comes to second and third, with only a point separating Shane and Robbie, will there be any late drama in the league, especially when...
2023-02-241h 21The Football Manager Football ShowE107: When it goes wrong in Football Manager, it goes very wrong, right?The end is nigh in Portugal.This week we're into our second-last month of Pastel de Natas and all those other nice things the Portuguese culture has to offer, but more importantly, we're seven league games away from the end of the club season. For Robbie, there's also the possibility of a place in this year's Taça de Portugal should he pass the semi-final test.Despite the run-ins determined last week, it's looking like Benfica, Porto and Sporting are all experiencing a little end-of-season rot setting in as goals dry up, opposition sides start t...
2023-02-171h 18The Football Manager Football ShowE106: Snacks, screamers, naps, pyjamas and a rough night in Portugal for our Football Manager trioThe end is nigh in Portugal for our wandering trio of managers.This week, Benfica (Ken), Porto (Robbie) and Sporting (Shane) are in league and cup action as we close the door on February, get March out of the way and move into February - you can thank the international break for that one.However, one decent run of form looks like it might be in trouble, one poor run of form looks like there's a bit of an upswing and one middling run of form gets another spin on the rollercoaster that is Liga...
2023-02-101h 25The Football Manager Football ShowE105: Moments, like these, make you fall in love with Football ManagerIt's a candlelit podcast for two this week as Ken and Robbie go through February in Portugal and the gap between the top three begins the shorten a little. There's Champions League action for Ken as Liverpool make their way to Benfica's back yard, Robbie and Ken are going head-to-head and it's beginning to look like everyone has injury concerns.The head-to-head this week turns out to be one of the best we've had in an age but with all three of us getting league games on the same days this season, the pressure is o...
2023-02-031h 29The Football Manager Football ShowE104: Two years of talking about Football Manager and we've still not cracked it, but it's great craicHappy anniversary to us! It's two years since we threw caution to the wind and started talking all things Football Manager. 104 episodes later and we're still doing it, plus we're now cruising into February in Portugal with silverware on the line.Shane's got the second shot at a trophy this season with the surprise addition of an Allianz Cup final with Ken and Robbie both knocked out in the semi-finals last week.But this week we're left wondering if there is a hangover from the World Cup in Qatar or is there something rotten in...
2023-01-271h 10The Football Manager Football ShowE103: You wouldn't even see it in a game of Sunday League football...The January transfer window is open, the Taca de Portugal continues but more importantly, we've got Robbie and Shane going head-to-head and more in this week's Football Manager Football Show.It's been a busy enough week at Scoreline HQ as we get caught up with the realities of the real-life sporting season but in FM land, it's back to the grind this week as we pass the midway point of the season and run through January with three games in the league before reaching the Allianz Cup semi-finals as Porto host Braga and Benfica take on Sporting...
2023-01-201h 16The Football Manager Football ShowE102: Our first Football Manager 23 January transfer window as a dark horse emergesWe're all back in the studio this week and with the World Cup in the rearview mirror, it's time to open up the January transfer window and get stuck back into the league in Portugal.We'll find out how the World Cup actually went (with some surprise results) and get into our Allianz Cup quarter-final games with a potential host-v-host clash if everyone comes through unscathed.There are points to be won in the league after a lengthy winter break but as it comes time to start doing deals in the transfer market, some familiar...
2023-01-131h 25The Football Manager Football ShowE101: A day late, a buck short, but it's all about the Taca de Portugal and getting over Christmas this weekWith Ken stuck in a forest for a week, not having brought some of the audio for this week's podcast with him, we're a day late but back on track with the group stages of the Taca de Portugal in the bag.Christmas has come and gone, and it's a case of 'new year, new drive' as wins become a must with some domestic cup action while the World Cup takes place in Qatar.Shane's looking for some money-spinning friendlies to rake in the dough and are Benfica looking at a possible cup upset despite...
2023-01-071h 04The Football Manager Football ShowE99: Estamos no topo da Liga and a merry Football Manager Christmas to you and yours!We're barely days out from Christmas, we're turning into November in Portugal, a World Cup is coming up and we're saying goodbye to the Champions League group stages!Wherever you are in the world this week, have a safe and peaceful Christmas - try get in some quality game time and keep fighting the good Football Manager fight!This week we've got Robbie quarantined in a room somewhere beyond the realms of the studio as we navigate November's league games before the Allianz Cup and the World Cup in Qatar kick in. We've got our...
2022-12-231h 22The Football Manager Football ShowE98: The one where Robbie tells us what he really thinks as Football Manager life proves tough in PortugalWe don't call too many podcasts 'ranty', but this one took a turn as struggles in the Champions League boil over into frustrations with winter football and some of the learnings of the game.With our host-v-host games out of the way last week, it's on to another two rounds of the league, two more rounds of the Champions League where results are a must to ensure progress, survival, or avoid elimination altogether, and we begin the Taca de Portugal as we draw a line under the majority of October.Can league form translate into...
2022-12-161h 11The Football Manager Football ShowE96: August in Portugal, a very Football Manager 23 Champions League experience, glory days for BrazilIt's August in Portugal and our first Football Manager 23 Champions League experience doesn't start well.With pre-season behind us, it's time to start our league run properly and we do just that by clearing out all the league fixtures in August and get a feel for what way the opposition is setting up in Liga Bwin.Robbie's struggling with suspensions, Shane's new signing is leading the goalscoring charts and Ken's got more Champions League qualifying games to get through if he's to join the lads in the group stages.We'll go through the...
2022-12-021h 21The Football Manager Football ShowE95: I'm the gaffer and what I say goes, despite what the assistant manager thinks #FM23We're kicking off the league proper in Portugal this week so brace yourself for a rant about transfers, setups and conceding goals from impossible angles.After a decent pre-season run for our three Portuguese amigos, we're getting set to kick off Liga Bwin proper, which means there are a few decisions to be made - what gaps need to be filled, who can we sell to raise a few quid, and how do you get your defenders to push up or spread balls out to the wings?There's a steep learning curve in Football Manager...
2022-11-251h 17The Football Manager Football ShowE94: Portuguese preseason, a Football Manager newbie's tactical approach and xG dreamsPreseason is done and dusted in Portugal... just about, so how does our Football Manager newcomer plan his season ahead and what's impacting those decisions?Contains strong language.Follow the podcast @FMFShowFollow Ken @tacticalmanagerFollow Shane @sirsok1
2022-11-181h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE93: On playing Football Manager for the very first time and starting Season 9 in EuropeSeason 9 is officially underway. The band is back together and we've added a third wheel, only this wheel has *never* played Football Manager before. What happens when you unleash a complete newbie to the world of FM?With Shane's riches in South Africa secured safe and sound and Toulouse now a top-half team in Ligue 1, it's time to get the ball rolling on Football Manager 2023 as we get a three-way dance going for the first season of Sports Interactive's latest edition of our favourite football management simulation.Experienced players will have a very set way...
2022-11-111h 17The Football Manager Football ShowE91: The penultimate round of the South Africa & France saga; dodgy Football Manager transfersMarch is done and dusted as we try to shoehorn the closing games of FM22 into a bumper week (next week) to wrap up this game cycle. Before then, we've more African Champions League action to get through as Toulouse hit (another) poor run of form.Shane's got his biggest league test to date in a top-of-the-table clash with Kaizer Chiefs while it's looking like Ken can't buy a win again this week in France as late lapses in judgement cost Toulouse dearly in the league.On the topic of Football Manager discussion, Shane's got...
2022-10-281h 01The Football Manager Football ShowE88: Welcome to The Big Blue Football Manager HouseShane's back from his travels and brings with him four games in nine days from South Africa. Who knew he had a penchant for late nineties TV programming...It's another week in the world of Football Manager and we're back on top of our network save world as we hurtle towards the end of the Football Manager 2022 cycle (for us at least).We're back in South Africa and France this week as we wrap up the calendar year heading into the winter break. There's plenty of league and cup action as we plan for the...
2022-10-071h 02The Football Manager Football ShowE87: Football Manager 2023 feature reveal, FM23 save ideas and where we're at on a mid-season breakWithout so much as a swear word uttered or a bad word said against Gwyneth Paltrow, this week it's Ken flying solo to bring you up to speed on where we're at with a mid-season break in South Africa, France and Scotland.The headline features have been revealed for Football Manager 2023 so what are they and how will they impact your career choices in Football Manager 2023?And with the beta release of the game just a few weeks away, I've got some tried-and-tested Football Manager 2023 save ideas for you to dig into when the new...
2022-10-0153 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE77: Shane winds up in hospital, The Prince of Portugal winds up in EdinburghIt's still shite being Scottish, but we're getting there.January is done and dusted and thanks to a little bit of live play, we manage to make it up to mid-February this month. But January in itself took a toll with some heavy results and dropped points for both sides (sure, you can't win them all) but some tactical switches and familiar reinforcements mean the boys can get back to winning ways.We're wondering can you - or should you - die in Football Manager as Shane winds up in hospital meaning game night becomes...
2022-07-2253 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE74: History is repeating itself in Scotland lads, and it's not funnyIt's episode 74 of The Football Manager Football Show, where we're still in season 7, wrapping up November in Scotland.As happens in FM, you get on a run, save things off, come back a few days later and everything's gone to pot. Players are unhappy, the board are unhappy, fans are unhappy, results aren't going your way and the top five is changing every single week. Except for Celtic and Rangers. Can we break the stranglehold? We've got time on our side... for now.Hibs are in European action as well with two more g...
2022-07-011h 00The Football Manager Football ShowE73: Two points from twelve and a packet of nutsOctober is done and dusted in our Scottish adventure and we've got as many injured as we have starting heading into the month of November.It's a big month too as Ken gets put to the test in the Europa Conference League group stages and gets a visit to defending champions Rangers in the league. Shane's got a tricky run with Aberdeen, Celtic and Rangers all on the horizon in this week's episode before it's our first Edinburgh derby of this season with Hearts and Hibs set to collide.In between, we're looking at our...
2022-06-2454 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE72: High hopes, high hopes, it's off to draw we go...There are no easy games. We've said it before, and just like Troy Parrott, we'll say it again - there are no easy games.With the transfer window behind us, we're getting the entire month of September out of the way as we rack up league and cup games across the month. Shane's football may not be pretty, but it's starting to get results. Ken's got Troy Parrott firing on all cylinders but when the supply starts to drop thanks to injury, who else can bang in the goals?Plus, as Hibs learn their European...
2022-06-171h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE69: It's sh*#e being Scottish as we ready our teams for the regular season"It's sh*#e being Scottish", once uttered Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton in Trainspotting.It certainly has that feel about dealing with contracts, loans, transfer budgets and more as we work our way through pre-season in Scotland.We've got far-flung friendlies against Lens, Morecambe, Albion Rovers, Colchester and more to look forward to this week along with the arrival of more triallists (who doesn't love a good trial when you can't scout or struggle to sign players pre-season), and some more Irish players to bolster the Hibs ranks. Frustrations are there already with a...
2022-05-2759 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE63: Live Play | Press Continue aka The One where we play Football Manager liveWe're in unchartered territory for a week or so.Covid has struck, after dodging the thing for the bones of two years, leaving Ken at home and the studio off-limits while Shane's in the middle of making his next movie.Oh, and he got fired last week as the AC Milan board finally gave up on his false promises and penchant for wonderkids and flamboyant spending in a league where results matter most.So, we're taking things a little different for episode 63 - the real episode 63 - as we walk through the games...
2022-04-1554 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE62: A Bolognese flavoured Football Manager Football Show exclusiveIt's taken us 62 episodes to get to this point, but we've got ourselves a Football Manager Football Show exclusive, maybe even the first time that this has happened in Football Manager.From Argentina to England, Spain to Turkey and now Italy, it's taken us 62 episodes to get to this point with some insane ups and downs along the way.But the news we got 15 minutes before walking into the studio to record this weekend's episode marks a Football Manager first.Before we get to that, we've got some juicy league games to get...
2022-04-081h 00The Football Manager Football ShowE61: When your Football Manager press conference lands you in the board roomIt's January in Italy and it's a cold start to the new year.With the transfer window officially opening, the reinforcements are arriving in Milan including two of our FM21 standouts, Yusuf Demir and Karim Adeyemi.But while the new recruits make themselves at home in Milan, someone's getting hauled over the coals Football Manager style and threatened with their job over a loose comment in a press conference. As it happens, that's kind of a thing in FM. Who knew?There's one or two heavy-hitting games as well with a cup hammering...
2022-04-0159 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE60: Getting Football Managered by poor finishing, VAR and German wonderkidsIs "football coming home"? Can the European champions be toppled? We're not really sure to be honest as the winter World Cup comes and goes - with a few surprises to be fair - as we transition from late October to late December in this week's edition of The Football Manager Football Show.We begin by wrapping up October with the last of our league and Champions League fixtures before the winter break kicks in.When it does, one of us is getting bigger wages, the other is getting a very tidy transfer budget that...
2022-03-251h 10The Football Manager Football ShowE59: Hard work pays off, dreams come true, bad times don't last, but bad guys doAs the wrestling world mourns the loss of Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon, we've been playing our way through the month of October this week with just a few hours nabbed for game time as we've got ourselves a double bank holiday for the first time ever in Ireland.Yes, with St. Patrick's Day on Thursday, the government have only gone and given us a Covid bank holiday on Friday meaning we've recorded a day early this week.It doesn't change the dynamic mind, as we get through another two or three league games with...
2022-03-181h 09The Football Manager Football ShowE58: The one where Shane is convinced he's going to dieAnything is possible in this life, even making a one hour podcast out of just two hours of game time with Football Manager 2022 this week.But we make it count, to be fair. Real Madrid are coming to town, Liverpool are coming to town as we reach the midpoint of our Champions League group stages. It's time to start dropping players for substandard performances, but at what stage do you draw the line? Under a seven and you're gone? What if it was all under eights? If encourage is the new Demi Moore, is it t...
2022-03-111h 01The Football Manager Football ShowE56: A bolognese, a chilli and the boy wonder Lorenzo LuccaIt's episode 56 of The Football Manager Football Show and we're starting to motor in Serie A.The first month of games is in the bag and the league is starting to move. Parma, Roma, Napoli, Torino and more are providing the opposition and some stern tests as assistant managers are ignored, VAR is wrecking heads and there's an exodus of young prospects from both Inter and AC.Wedged in the middle, there's a Super Cup showdown between Inter and Man City while the transfer window ticks towards a close and budgets are getting tight.
2022-02-251h 04The Football Manager Football ShowE55: Two inches of whiskey and a Tonali sandwich to goIt's time for the regular season!This week on The Football Manager Football Show we've gotsave updates and shouts for some of the FM communitya lot of transfer business and money woessquad number selection and the weight it carriesour final three pre-season fixturesand the opening day of Serie A TIM proper as Inter face Fiorentina while Udinese take on Milan at the San SiroWhiskey plays a part this week but at least the swearing is toned down somewhat from episode 54, right, Shane?As always, this episode contains strong language and...
2022-02-181h 04The Football Manager Football ShowE53: Behold, the Goddess of the Hunt and farewell to TurkeyOur time in Turkey has come to an end, but there's still the matter of one last piece of silverware.On this week's Football Manager Football Show we're wrapping up our time in Turkey with the final four league games of the campaign including a Galatasaray v Fenerbahce finish to the season. Has anything improved from our last goalless encounter? Is there one final twist in the tale?There is the small matter of a Turkish Cup as Fenerbahce have a chance to bring home the only other available domestic silverware and cement a place...
2022-02-041h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE51: Springtime in Turkey ad European knockouts with some live Football Manager actionIt's episode 51 of The Football Manager Football Show!As Galatsaray continue to pull away in the league, the focus for Fenerbahce could be shifting to cup competitions in search of some silverware. But is all rosy on the European front? And who the hell puts nearly two months between two legs of a cup competition?Injuries are scarce but so too are goals and as snow impacts play in Russia, the cheeky Czechs come to town to with the hope of breaking Turkish hearts.We finish out this week with a live game...
2022-01-211h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE50: F*%k the draw, f*%k Kevin Phillips and f*%k Gwyneth Paltrow, againWell hello there episode 50 of The Football Manager Football Show!We're hitting the end of January and cruising into mid-February in this week's show. There's the frustrating impact of the African Cup of Nations, there are unhappy campers being registered and deregistered for the second half of the league season and the next round of European cup competitions and then there's the looming transfer deadline day.Someone's picking up a season-ending and possibly career-altering injury. Someone's getting knocked out of the cup. Someone's saving penalties to beat the band. And for some reason, Kevin Phillips...
2022-01-141h 15The Football Manager Football ShowE49: What happens in Australia, stays in Australia. Or is it Turkey?It's a fresh helping of The Football Manager Football Show as we move through the end of December, through the month of January and into transfer-window territory in Turkey.Just when you thought a winter break would serve your players well, it turns out that injuries, the African Cup of Nations, suspensions and a slip in league form are starting to take their tolls.One of our managers has been informed that his recent run of results could result in a club exit while the other is drafting in reinforcements.There are goals...
2022-01-071h 10The Football Manager Football ShowE44: Does anybody else hate Turkish squad rules? (First FM22 Live Play)Oh, hello regular season, it's been a while!With pre-season in Turkey wrapping up, it turns out we've got a couple of very important play-off fixtures to get through if we're to achieve some part of our boards' targets for 2021/22.Last week we found Shane knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers so we're both into the final Europa League playoffs with St. Johnstone and Royal Antwerp on the horizon.We knock out our last pre-season friendlies and cruise into the league proper as life in Turkey officially begins with the first two...
2021-11-261h 23The Football Manager Football ShowE42: Football Manager 2022 means lots of Turkish DelightsWe asked, you answered.Football Manager 2022 is upon us and our timing couldn't have been better. With the new game dropping a little earlier than expected, it turns out we finished up life in La Liga at exactly the right time.We took to Twitter for your suggestions (and gave away a copy of FM22 in the process) on where we should start the new season and new game. Believe us, there were so many good options.But when we chopped everything up and threw them in a big bowl (that looks an...
2021-11-121h 02The Football Manager Football ShowE40: The penultimate FM21 episode and it's raining goals in SpainIt's going to come down to the wire, isn't it?With two months left to play in La Liga, we're back to normal programming this week with Shane returning to the helm of Atlético and Ken gearing up to take Real into a Champions League quarter-final.With rumours circulating of an Atléti takeover, is this the episode that finally sees Mr. O'Keeffe get the boot, or will his Wolves arrivals dig deep and get him out of a hole?Can Ken continue his run at the top of the table or ar...
2021-10-291h 02The Football Manager Football ShowE39: The Blood Sub - FM database talk and an FMFShow Draft with Kahuna GamingWhile the Cat's away, the Corkonians will play. In a one-week break from our La Liga adventure, Ken is joined by @kahunagaming339 to chat about his FM21 journey, database editing, we run the first ever FMFShow draft - live - and get set for FM22.Funnily enough, Shane's in Spain - whether he's genuinely in talks with Atlético or brushing up on his Spanish - but manages to send a postcard to Cork to tee up this week's episode.If you're a regular listener to the podcast you'll be familiar with online interactions with V...
2021-10-2259 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE38: It's back-to-back Barcelona, baby, now where's the blood substitute?This week we're blitzing through the month of March in our fourth and final season of FM21. There's two giant games against Barcelona for Ken and some redemption for Shane looks like it's on the way. Oh it's busy busy!We've got Copa Del Rey action, more Champions League action against Rangers and Manchester City and a string of lofty and frustrating league fixtures to chomp our way through.There's some very late transfer business pushed over the line in case we manage to squeeze in a fifth term before the FM22 beta drops, but...
2021-10-1554 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE37: The Madrid board will see you nowHave you ever had those moments in Football Manager where you know the curly finger is coming?How do you approach it? Beg for forgiveness? Plead your case? Tell the board that they're the ones who need to get in line? Well, for one of our intrepid managers this week, the board comes calling. Days are numbered, players are frustrated, but when you look at the money laid down in January's transfer window, is a turnabout on the horizon?There's action for both Real Madrid and Atlético in the Copa Del Rey fourth round a...
2021-10-081h 12The Football Manager Football ShowE36: It's the Supercopa Sack Race, babyJanuary brings renewed hope, new year resolutions, a transfer window and, oh yeah, Real v Atlético, baby.We're into our final season of FM21 action and it's been a long road so the countdown to FM22 starts now. Between here and then we've got a lot of things to wrap up when it comes to life in La Liga.So this month (January) we've got Our first taste of the Copa del ReyA trip to Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Supercopa that throws Valencia, Atlético, Barcelona and Real Madrid all into the mix...
2021-10-011h 26The Football Manager Football ShowE33: There's only one rat on this sinking Spanish shipOoooooh-sasuna where the winds go sweeping down the plains...It's been an interesting week in Spain, and by week we mean month as we get through October's helping of league and Champions League games for episode 33 of The Football Manager Football Show. In Champions League action this week we're coming up against Liverpool, Anderlecht, Porto and Chelsea while trying to gain ground in the league and establish some sense of form. For Real, things seem to be clicking, lines are forming, fans are happy with the football but the board aren't happy with...
2021-09-101h 12The Football Manager Football ShowE32: Indiana Jones & the quest for a first competitive win in SpainIt wasn't supposed to be like this. Now six games into life in La Liga, with our Champions League accounts open for the first time, frustrations are creeping in.Team meetings have to be held. Defenders are leaking goals. Instructions are being ignored. Maybe there really is a language barrier.How can you go out and trash someone 7-0 midweek then struggle to a draw four days later? How can you have a team stacked with world-beating talent but still watch your midfield get carved apart like a hot knife through butter?
2021-09-031h 09The Football Manager Football ShowE31: Haaland's demands and the curse of pre-season injuries in SpainThis week on The Football Manager Football Show we've managed to kick off life in La Liga where we'llwalk through the first few games of the season while admiring the fact that Barcelona already look unstoppable hit transfer deadline day, go panic shopping and see what situation the finances are in for both clubs play our first Madrid derby - proper - and it's only the second game of the league seasondo some looking back at Wolves and Leicester and how they've moved on make our season-long predictionsget our very first Champions League draw (with the first gam...
2021-08-271h 11The Football Manager Football ShowE30: Quasimodo and the great big Football Manager 2017 giveaway!As The Football Manager Football Show hits episode 30, we've dug deep for this week and our first podcast giveaway.Yes, hilarity may ensue, but we've got an exclusive, still-sealed-in-the-plastic-wrapper copy of the one and only Football Manager 2017 to give away! No Steam codes here, straight up hard copy!How do you get your hands on this most epic of prizes? You'll find out in the opening few minutes of this week's podcast!Also this week we're figuring out where we are in pre-season, settling in to tactics, bemoaning the opportunities not being afforded...
2021-08-201h 23The Football Manager Football ShowE29: Heroes, villains, do you hear the people sing? (Season 4 opener)Season 4 has kicked off!Between the jigs and the reels of the working world, we've managed to start Season 4 of The Football Manager Football Show this week and we've got a feeling it's going to be all about heroes and villains this time out.Our Premier League journey has come to an end and it's time to move on to pastures new so we're off to the continent, while we had our entire season planned out for stint in Italy, it turns out we got on the wrong plane and ended up in a different...
2021-08-131h 11The Football Manager Football ShowE27: The wheels on the bus are coming off, coming off, coming offIt's episode 27 of The Football Manager Football Show and if things were heating up last week, the wheels may well be coming off this week.Between Ken forgetting he's still manager of Germany, to both Wolves and Leicester dropping points in key fixtures, players who can't find the net at club level smashing them in during the international break to FA cup upsets and more, there's plenty to be happy and furious about in equal measures this week.Make it to the end and you'll hear how our run-in is looking as we might well...
2021-07-301h 18The Football Manager Football ShowE26: All hail the Golden God of the Caribbean CupWe've got FA Cup, League Cup and top-of-the-table league action this week as Leicester, Wolves, Man City and Man United all jockey for position with ten games to play.It's also been a busy week in Football Manager land with the news that women's football is set for representation within the FM world, a move that can only do wonders for the sport. PES too is changing as Konami kill off the legendary brand in favour of eFootball.In our world, we're moving through February and March with a League Cup final, the FA Cup...
2021-07-231h 12The Football Manager Football ShowE25: Football Manager gets Gin Basil SmashedAs we get a quarter-way to 100 episodes (we've got targets you know), we've got plenty to chat about this week.We'll start with a look at Castlewarren Celtic's cup adventure in the real world before breaking into a run of four games in February. Just when he thought he had things sewn up early in the season, are Leicester closing the gap on Wolves? It's already looking like Adeyemi could finish top scorer in the league based on his current rate of return but can Iheanacho spring to life and reclaim his pre-World Cup form?
2021-07-171h 05The Football Manager Football ShowE23: King of the Snow Forest 3, stealing German wonderkids and moreThe World Cup is done and we're back to the league. This week we're arranging some pre-Christmas friendlies to warm up the legs by destroying local opposition while getting ready for a little bit of window shopping in January.The Chinese, PSG and more are all sniffing around Wolves and Leicester but will anyone be shown the door?Are player relationships and certain player traits the keys to unlocking others, particularly when it comes to a certain striker?When you're riding high and the board prompt you to change your end-of-season e...
2021-07-031h 00The Football Manager Football ShowE21: Warming up for a Football Manager World Cup in QatarThe World Cup awaits.As we were working out the episode structure for the next few weeks and what we could cram in across Wednesday and Thursday night, we came to the realisation that episode 22 would land in 2022 in time for the World Cup in Qatar.How apt.But this is episode 21, which means we're all about warming up for the World Cup and getting to grips with international management.Last week, we revealed we'd be taking the winter gap in the Premier League and turning our...
2021-06-181h 10The Football Manager Football ShowE18: My wolf pack brings all the boys to the yardThis week on The Football Manager Football Show we're wrapping up the pre-season.We get to do this because the season is starting early - the end of July in fact - because we'll be off to the World Cup in November to see what's happening in Qatar.With loads of football to play between now and then we're tackling a few things this weekBalancing the books by cutting transfer budgets in halfLow ball transfer offersSummer signingsClearing out the dead weight and bloated summer squadsWolves pre-season tour of PortugalLeicester's pre-season tour of France...
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