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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 ShowE164: The Football Manager Master Save Scummers of the Universe aka save your games!This week on The Football Manager Show, we're going back in time. You see, there may have been a mishap after last week's episode in that, well, when it was supposed to save, it didn't save. Or maybe Ken didn't save the game. Or maybe the laptop died, or something happened, but the save wasn't there and the backup wasn't there, so where we took off and played our Champions League quarter-finals against Benfica and Real Madrid with Ken winning 2-0 against his old club (while playing with nine men) and Shane going town 2-0 at home a...2024-03-2250 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE163: It's finally April, so can the gap at the top of the Premier League be closed?It's finally April.We're into single figures remaining in the Premier League, while the Champions League hits the quarter-final stages.Can Ken's old boys Leicester cause an upset at Man City? Will Haaland have the edge over Real Madrid? Will Benfica come back to haunt Ken at Anfield and dent hopes of European success in our final season in England? So many questions, so many concerns!Let's get into it and start the countdown to the end of our Premier League stay.Contains strong language.2024-03-1547 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 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 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 ShowE152: Westlife or Take That, the Ian Holloway Challenge and a happy Football Manager new year! [Live Episode]On this week's podcast, we're winding out 2023 with a return to the Champions League, Premier League and the Carabao Cup as the January transfer window beckons.Shane's on air, Ken's still remote and on holiday and plans for the post-Premier League era begin to take shape as we wonder if there's a potential Football Manager challenge to be had by following the career paths of Ian Holloway, Dennis Wise, Joe Kinnear and the mysterious one himself, Alan Curbishly. Also, why is Sam Allardyce not in our Football Manager universe? Can Liverpool redeem themselves after last w...2023-12-2951 minThe 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 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 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 ShowE135: From low lines of engagement to almost winning the Premier LeagueIt's just another day in paradise for The Football Manager Football Show.March turns into April this week as we continue the live-plays in studio where fresh from their exit of both the Champions League and FA Cup at the hands of Arsenal and Man City respectively, Liverpool start the month with a tough home fixture against Chelsea before heading on to Leeds while Newcastle are waiting in the wings. If cup competitions aren't Ken's thing this season, is there enough left in the tank to see the league over the line? m For Shane...2023-09-0157 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 ShowE129: You don't always get to win at Football Manager [Live Episode]Unbeaten streaks are there to be broken. Small teams exist to cause you to let your guard down, trip you up. Sometimes the big names fall. Sometimes, you don't always get to win.That's what it feels a little like this week as we move into January. We arrived there in last week's episode, the new year bringing renewed hope and optimism. Shane's got himself a league cup semi-final against Leicester with the Foxes - Ken's former club - having dumped Liverpool out at the quarter-final stages. Man United are top of the Champions League...2023-07-211h 00The 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 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 ShowE100: One hundred not out with a walk down memory lane for the Football Manager Football ShowIt's the last episode of 2022 and we've hit episode 100 so this week we're taking a bit of an unexpected walk back through our Football Manager journey to date.Contains strong language.2022-12-311h 00The 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 ShowE97: It's our first Football Manager 2023 transfer deadline day and there's a new King of Portugal in townWe're moving from August into September and we've got not one but two host-v-host games as Ken has to take on Robbie and Shane in one fortnight. We've got Champions League action, deadline-day dilemmas and more in another sweary, ranty week in the world of Football Manager.2022-12-091h 23The 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 @sirsok12022-11-181h 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 ShowE92: Let's burn this house down - our Football Manager 2022 adventure is finally finishedLet's burn this house down - our Football Manager 2022 adventure is finally finishedIt's only taken until the week before the full release of Football Manager 2023, but our Football Manager 2022 journey has come to an end.Some people would call that impeccable timing. Others might call it tantamount to torture as the French and South African seasons come to a close.For Ken, it's been a tough season at Toulouse. What started with bright promise in August and September spiralled into the winter before a mixed bag of results sent some hope through...2022-11-041h 31The 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 ShowE90: As Football Manager 2023 Beta drops, a new player has entered the gameThe Football Manager 2023 beta has been released and this week we're introducing a third player to proceedings, Scoreline producer and Liverpool fan Robbie Dowling.Games are back in South Africa as the AFCON goes by way of Nigeria but Orlando Pirates are playing catchup with a ton of games to get through. In France, Ken finds Toulouse struggling to hit the back of the net but a new recruit from PSG may just be the answer to push on for European places.With only six points between the 5th and 14th, results will prove vital...2022-10-211h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE89: Transfer windows, hopes for FM23, 90s wrestling nostalgia and not a single game in South AfricaBetween the January transfer window, winter break and African Cup of Nations, it's Ken getting to plough on with some games this week as we hit the business end of the FM22 cycle.There are some South American prospects on their way to South Africa, reinforcements arriving at Toulouse to try and shore up a mid-table position but as the Coupe de France moves into round ten with Marseille, league leaders PSG and Lille around the corner, the winter break looks like it might not have too much of an impact on the team.So...2022-10-141h 04The 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 ShowE86: "They call me Mr. Ndolvu" and other Football Manager talesIt's been another busy week in the world of Football Manager.The game's next edition, Football Manager 2023, is set for release on 8 November which means out intrepid managers are under pressure to finish out their FM22 adventures in South Africa and France.Having opted to divide and conquer, splitting continents as well, it turns out that there's quite a lot of football to be played in South Africa, especially when you've got a team like Orlando Pirates who are involved in every cup competition known to man.This week sees Shane's Pirates in...2022-09-231h 10The Football Manager Football ShowE85: South African cup competitions, players for tactics, turning the tide at Hibs and moreThere's hassle at Hibs, goals galore at Old Trafford and on the network stage, it's all go in South Africa as France barely gets a look-in this week.Have you noticed as we edge towards the release of Football Manager 2023 that your time invested in Football Manager 2022 has gone up and not down?That's what it's been like this week as Shane continues his Multiverse of Madness with jobs at Man United and Preston in the same side while Ken's experienced his worst run of results in Football Manager in this version, maybe even in...2022-09-1657 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE83: The lost art of keeping a save scumming secretWith a yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, there's barely a mention of a pirate reference in this week's episode of The Football Manager Football Show.We've closed the transfer windows so look at changes and upgrades to Orlando Pirates and Toulouse, there's even more cup competition action in South Africa while in Ligue 1 it's about getting points on the board while dealing with early season injury problems.As we're both running solo saves as well with Shane's multiverse of Man Utd and Preston, Ken's gone back to hibs for a second crack at the...2022-09-0250 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE82: There once was a ship that put to sea, swingers and other Football Manager talesIt's tough trying to be a pirate. Or at least for one of us trying to be a pirate.On this week's podcast we're finishing out a lengthy pre-season for Orlando Pirates, Shane's new employer in South Africa, while Ken has missed pre-season with Toulouse by all bar one game so has to crack on and worry about Nantes, Marseille and PSG all in the space of a week or so.We're discussing staffing woes and trying to get the right personnel from performance analysts to coaches and assistants when nobody really wants to make...2022-08-261h 07The Football Manager Football ShowE81: After all the Scottish drama, we're breaking up the Football Manager bandAfter 80 episodes, tens of thousands of downloads, millions upon millions in transfer fees, awards, rivalries, insults, and so much more besides, we've got some news.Ken has left Hibs, officially.Shane has left Hearts, officially.Season seven ended with Hearts finishing second, Hibs in third and Ken named the Scottish Football Writers' Manager of the Year. That's as good as it got with Rangers double a league and cup double.We've rolled the dice and we're breaking up the band. It's been some craic...Contains strong language...2022-08-1954 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE78: Gegenpress hits Scotland but are Rangers running away?On this week's podcast, we're heading through February and into March with another four-week block of games in the bag.Having recovered from his hospital adventures last week, Shane is gone into full-on Gegenpress mode and looks to be paying off. Player unhappiness is rife at Hibs after a scrappy run of results but can Ken turn it around this week?And who knew you could lose a player for two months only to get him back on the pitch wearing protective equipment a week later!It's all go this week a...2022-07-291h 09The Football Manager Football ShowE75: Would the real Duke of Edinburgh please stand upDecember arrives and passes in Edinburgh.On those cold, wet, wintery Saturdays and Sundays, Hibs and Hearts are still very much slogging it out when it comes to the Football Manager Football Show Podcast.This week, Shane needs to get a run of results together, but he's got Aberdeen, Celtic and Hibs on the way. For Ken, it's one more game in Europe to finish off the Europa Conference League - qualification already secured last week so this week it's about the vital first spot in the group table.On the home front...2022-07-081h 08The 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 ShowE68: Pack the battered Mars bars, we're off to tackle Scotland, Football Manager styleForget about the Old Firm derby and all the trappings that Celtic and Rangers could bring. This season, it's all about Hibs and Hearts to find a new king of Edinburgh and try break the stranglehold on Scottish football.With Shane already shacked up at Hearts having suffered at the hands of the AC Milan Board with a few months left in our Italian season, Ken's finished up his time at Inter having lost the league on the last day of the season, handing it to Juventus by a single point.Rather than jump ship...2022-05-2042 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE67: Season 6 Finale - Arrivederci Italy, so long Scotland... or is it?It's the end of the season as we know it and it's time to go out on a high in Scotland and Italy. Kind of.Much like the world of hurling and football, we've ended up with a split season this year. Shane's unceremonious sacking at Milan meant he had to pack his bags mid-season, taking two months to find a job at the heart of Scottish football.While he's been getting to grips with a team who have little to no coaching staff and players he'll never remember, Ken's trying to hold on...2022-05-1359 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE66: Live play | Stop crying your Hearts out and other Football Manager woesIt's the penultimate episode on our Italian journey that has now become a two-country affair.Shane's got his new job and as per league rules, he can't manage again in Serie A in the same season so he's bound for Scotland! With the potential of silverware on the table before the season is out, he's got his work cut out for him. So too does Ken as Inter hit their run-in with eight games left to play and the possibility of a league and cup double very much on.We're also back in t...2022-05-0658 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE65: Live play | The one with the Football Manager job interviewsIt's looking like the last of our remote-recorded "live play" episodes and would you believe it, there's some job interviews on the table!While we work our way through March and on to April, we've finally got movement on the jobs front for one Shane O'Keeffe as the interviews finally mount up, two months after getting the sack from Milan, while Ken's got some Coppa Italia action and league games to play through with Sassuolo and Juventus nipping at his heels.This should also be the final 'live play' episode for a while as holidays...2022-04-2954 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE64: Live play | Ladies and gentlemen, Leeroy JenkinsWith filming continuing on Shane's feature film, we're tight on game nights so we're on the second of three 'live play' episodes with Shane job hunting while the gloss starts to fade on Ken's stint at the top of Serie A.Brighton, Southampton, Boavista, Hoffenheim, Bochum, Troyes, Bournemouth, Aberdeen and more all look like they've got availability, but will 'The Don' finally get that phone call he's been waiting for?And having fallen foul of Lazio last week, Ken's got a 1-0 lead to protect against Bayern Munich in the last sixteen of the Champions...2022-04-2253 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 ShowE45: Hello Europe my old friend, I've come to conquer you againAnd just like that, European competition has rolled around.This week, despite seeing a twelve-day international break, we've got a lot going on.It's our first FM22 transfer deadline day, which in Turkey happens to be 8 September and also the last day for squad registration before early JanuaryShane's bound for Cyprus as the Europa Conference League group stages get underwayKen's heading back to the King Power stadium as he takes on Leicester having overseen the Foxes for two seasons in FM21There's plenty of talk of VAR, tactical tweaks, corner routines and more. ...2021-12-031h 05The 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 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 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 ShowE22: Our great big Football Manager World Cup 2022 adventureThis week's Football Manager Football Show is a 2022 FIFA World Cup special.Yes, the boys are off to Qatar having recently taken over as the managers of Germany and France respectively.Ken (Germany) draws Denmark, Mexico and Egypt in his group while Shane (France) pulls South Korea, DR Congo and Italy.Minnows will rise. Big names will fall. Ultimately, we'll have two nights of craic at the World Cup as the winter break lands for the Premier League. As Wolves and Leicester take a back seat for a week, things are about to...2021-06-251h 08The 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 ShowE20: Red cards, ass-whoopings and away day tacticsThis week on the podcast we're getting stuck into September's activities including a string of league games and the next round of the League Cup.Ken's got himself a new away tactic and Shane's also making changes as we adapt to the demands of Premier League life, the fans and the board. A winger-less tactic in a team built on wingers? Sure why not!The goals too are coming thick and fast but as our ever-present hosts find out, it's not always going to work in your favour as the realities of life in England's...2021-06-111h 22The Football Manager Football ShowE19: Some failed reverse Football Manager psychology and a Chinese invasionMind games are rife as the summer transfer window comes to a close and our first Premier League campaign gets underway for season 3 of The Football Manager Football Show.On this week's podcast we're taking a look at the first round of games for this season, including our starts in the League Cup.With the Qatar World Cup booked for November, everything is starting early so we're straight into the action while still going through the transfer market.There's more big-money signings, new contracts, debuts and departures, red cards, shock results and seemingly...2021-06-041h 04The Football Manager Football ShowE15: Football Manager conspiracies, snitches and molesIt's so close, you can almost taste it.Talk of promotion is rife this week's Football Manager podcast as we make our way through February and into March for The Football Manager Football Show season two.Injuries are starting to mount, players are needing a rest, the African Cup Of Nations has dragged on but we're hitting the business end of the Championship is Wolves and Leicester battle it out at the top of the table, doing everything they can to avoid the playoffs and cement automatic qualification.Wolves...2021-05-071h 26The Football Manager Football ShowE13: The Battle for the King of the Snow ForestOn this week's episodeWe're working our way through December in the Championship with an eye on what should be a busy transfer windowThe pressure is building towards the first meeting this season of Ken and Shane as Leicester welcome Wolves to the King Power StadiumThere's talk of tactics, playing for possession, home and away performancesAnd we're wrapping up with another live game as we get our first ever FA Cup campaigns kicked off featuring visits from Norwich and Doncaster RoversWho draws first blood in the Battle for the King of the Snow Forest? A...2021-04-231h 25The Football Manager Football ShowE12: Let the takeovers begin, for real this timeIt's another episode of The Football Manager Football Show and if it's your first, or twelfth listen, thank you for taking the time out of your day to check in on our musings on one of the greatest games on the planet.In this week's episode we'rePlaying through October and NovemberBemoaning the thick-and-fast nature of the Championship when you add in cup games (come back Argentina, all is forgiven)Tinkering with tacticsDealing with takeoversTrying to juggle early-season injury headachesAnalysing penalty shoot-outsand moreSome of us may even be tasting defeat for the first time, but...2021-04-1745 minThe Football Manager Football ShowE06: The one with the Football Manager ForfeitThis week, we've reached the end of our first regular-season campaign in Argentina.While league honours are at stake, the biggest concern of this year's gaming has been who would come out on top in our Super Classico, the Supercopa Argentina, pitting River and Boca against each other for the second time this season.Last time out, Ken came out on top with River finding form early in the season. Off the back of a 12-game unbeaten run, can Boca draw blood and spoil River's run-in to their first title-ish since 2014? We say ish because...2021-03-051h 02The Football Manager Football ShowE04: The one where Shane would rather kiss his DadIt's episode 4 of The Football Manager Football Show and we've got another two months under our belts in Argentina, meaning we're past the half way point in the season. On this week's podcastAre Boca bouncing back and finding form at the right time?There's silverware on the way to one of the clubs, with more on the horizonPlayers demanding what the board can't provideMan marking making the differenceFredy Guarin still knocking them in 16 years laterTo delegate or plot your own training pathAnd more besidesIt's a little ranty, it's a little sweary, but that's t...2021-02-191h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE03: Should've gone to MinskWe're into the third part of our Argentinian adventure as Ken and Shane attempt to lead River and Boca to the promised land, or at least try to outdo each other as it's host v host for possibly the only time this season.There's late goals, VAR moans, dodgy penalties, tactical disasters, losing and winning runs and that's only in two months.With August and September now in the bag, here's how we're getting on.Like what you hear? Subscribe today in your favourite podcast app for more or visit scoreline.ie.2021-02-131h 01The Football Manager Football ShowE02: Don't cry for us, ArgentinaThis is episode two of The Football Manager Football Show where we talk all things Football Manager and, well, football.Our well-planned out European adventure took a detour in episode one and we've ended up in Argentina. While Ken is installed at River, Shane missed the flight but eventually landed at Boca to get our South American journey started.In this week's episode, we're looking at the financial ins and outs of life in Argentina, squad assembly, ageing players, foreign rules, the cautious approach to play, cup knockouts, board pressure and more.We've...2021-02-061h 06The Football Manager Football ShowE01: The Pilot, nostalgic love for Football Manager, planning the podcast saveMeet Scoreline.ie's Ken McGuire and Shane O'Keeffe - one is a real-life football manager, but both have played their years away roaring at numbers and dots on screens.Now, they're about to embark on an epic journey that will take them across footballing continents, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, from front-page transfers to back-alley dealings, five-star hotels to couch-surfing in the great beyond, all for the love of the greatest football game known to mankind - Football Manager.In this first episode, the boys discuss their common love for...2021-01-3058 min