One does not simply find obscure wonderkids on CM00/01.

RIP.

NEW BLOG POST! By popular demand (ahem), here is my retro review of Championship Manager 2008. Was it actually that bad?

The cue ball's gone. 😔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPs_...

Couldn't have written a better script myself.

Arsenal win the league. *Bookmarks this post for later*

That's our problem. We just need to stop conceding screamers.

Gabriel scores from a set-piece. Just not the Gabriel I was expecting to score from a set-piece.

It's amazing how every FM26 patch seems to cause more bugs than they fix.

DELETE your X account. Poor Elon Musk would hate it if this poster appeared in every town and city. It comes with a QR code that leads people across the world to delete their accounts. It’s time. Because who the f*ck would want to use social media with a built in child abuse tool? Link in bio x

NEW BLOG POST! What if you could play a card game about football... but on PC? This is my retro review of SoccerCards - an addictive but obscure freeware game from 2003. Any reposts appreciated.

You don't get many fairytales in football now, but Macclesfield is a fairytale for so many reasons. Really hope they see this through.

Congratulations to Liam Rosenior for securing a multi-million-pound payoff in October. Yet another talented young manager that gets chewed up and spat out by a major club which doesn't have a clear long-term strategy.

Starting the new year by giving Championship Manager 2007 a go. You think FM26 is a buggy mess? Look at this screenshot, and try to figure out why I'm having problems just with picking my team.

Here's to 2026. Can't be worse than last year, can it? 😅

With the year almost over, here are my Wordpress yearly stats. Fuller FM has had 53.6k views (+11.6k on 2024) and 34.8k visitors (+6.8k on 2024). However, December was by far my worst month of the year - probably because FM26 is rubbish, and also that I haven't written much about FM26 lately.

Watching AFCON. The commentator mentions an Egypt player named Yasser Ibrahim. And immediately, I think about that newgen winger I had at Dagenham & Redbridge in the Conference Premier on FM13 a decade ago. I've played too much Football Manager for too long.

Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad / Happy Holidays to all my followers. 🎄

Legitimately one of my five favourite Christmas songs ever. RIP Chris Rea. youtu.be/uSjq7x67kzM?...

That's all well and good... but I wish SI would speak to customers more naturally and more honestly. This reads like corporate garbage written in Chat-GPT. #FM26

NEW #FM26 BLOG POST! In this lengthy post, I give my thoughts about the current state of Football Manager 26, the community, and the future of the series.

Even with 528 nations qualifying for the World Cup, England still get the most boring draw imaginable.

Right. Here's the draw. Saved you three hours. drawsimulator.com/world-cup-20...

For God's sake... * Boots up FM24 * * Loads save * * Clicks "Draw All Teams" *

I bet Pep is gonna rush over to the SI forums after this game - fuming that the best goalkeeper in the world just conceded 4 goals from 0.69 xG against Fulham.

FM26 is now £19.99 in my local club's shop. telfordunitedshop.co.uk/product/foot... I love how they've put it in the "Novelty" category. 😆

#FM26 news. Guess what's coming back?

1-0 down against 10 men. Who do we think we are, Manchester United?

NEW BLOG POST! Fed up of FM26? Here's my list of seven other football management games that can give you a realistic and up-to-date experience (at least to some extent).

It really blows my mind how much stuff has been removed - or hidden away very deep - from #FM26. For example, you CAN'T view a player's career stats after they retire in-game and become a staff member - but you CAN view career stats for staff members who are already retired from playing.

Wow. Football. Wow.

NEW #FM26 BLOG POST! Buggy. Confusing. Inconsistent. These are my thoughts on Football Manager 26 - and I have A LOT of thoughts. Any reposts appreciated.

I'm sorry, guys, but the #FM26 match engine is the worst I've ever experienced. There is absolutely no excuse for this defending.

I'm lost for words. #FM26 (And this was a goal for my team!)

"He's scored against his former club!" 😔

Players on #FM26 are now more intelligent than ever and display greater awareness of their own surroundings.

I have played one match on #FM26 and I already want to smash up the Sports Interactive offices.

You know what I love about the #FM26 demo? The fact that you can't even make TRANSFERS in the FM26 demo. How the hell is anyone who's on the fence about buying FM26 supposed to make an informed decision... if they can't even use the transfer system properly?

NEW BLOG POST! Here is my review of Soccer Manager 2026 - a free-to-play alternative to Football Manager. Might it actually be better than #FM26? (Probably not.)

Blimey. People weren't wrong about the #FM26 UI being a mess. Everybody do the Scroll Bar Shuffle!

So... here's the FM26 launch trailer. It couldn't be more obvious that SI aren't making a game for desktop PC players anymore. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Mh...

What? No day 1 patch? The reviews for #FM26 tomorrow are gonna be brutal.

This worries me. I thought the whole point of "platform agnosticism" was to make FM equally playable with a controller, pad or keyboard/mouse. This just sounds like SI are turning #FM26 into a console game that just happens to also be on PC.

What odds on FM26 being added to this list one day? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

It's been a long time coming. Enjoy the #FM26 beta, folks.

Peter Drury when the final whistle blows on a big Super Sunday game.

Nottingham Forest right now.

...which would be the end of me playing Football Manager. DO NOT get me started on why "games as a service" is a bad thing.

Fantastic news... but now I really want to know that improvements SI have made to international management on #FM26? I want depth. I want realism. I want to see the President throw a tantrum on social media when I smash the USA 7-0 with England.