Let’s Talk About… Football Manager

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Every now and then, I like to post my thoughts on a burning topic within the Football Manager community. This might be a significant bug that affects gameplay, a suggestion for a potential new feature, or even some ideas for improving existing features.

This occasional Fuller FM series began in 2021. You can find all the posts right here.


Women’s football – coming soon to Football Manager

In July 2021, Sports Interactive announced that they were planning to add women’s football leagues and teams to FM. I deliver my thoughts on why it’s happening, how it might work, and how it could affect the series in the future.


The story of Football Manager’s newgen faces

In this article, I look at how the faces Football Manager uses for its generated players have… ahem… ‘evolved’ from FM15 up until FM22. Reader discretion is advised.


Retro databases in Football Manager: Awesome, but impractical?

What if you could manage a classic team from years gone by in Football Manager? Unfortunately, there are several reasons why such an awesome idea will almost certainly never be officially added to the game.


Improving international management on Football Manager

Let’s face it – managing a national team on FM has felt stale and dull for years. Here, I suggest some new and improved features that could breathe fresh life to an underappreciated game mode.


FM22: The Age-Old Problem

In FM22, youth players would develop and older player would decline at much slower rates than in FM21. I take a closer look at what is happening, and how these changes impact on long-term saves.


Fake Players In Football Manager

Did you know you can play a Football Manager save with generated players – from the start? However, these ‘fantasy’ worlds are not quite as different from the real world as you might think…


Football Manager (And Content Creator) Burnout

Ever loaded up FM and felt like you can’t be bothered anymore? I talk about feeling burnt out from playing Football Manager – and the downsides of creating content about the game.


The Instant Result Button: Click Here To Win?

I look at the ‘Instant Result’ button – a hidden feature in FM that allows you to quickly simulate matches. But can it also help you get more wins?


My FM Content Creator Pet Peeves

I talk about some of my biggest little annoyances when it comes to other Football Manager content.


Football Manager 25: The Saga

A series of posts about FM25’s tumultuous development cycle, its lengthy delay, and its eventual cancellation.


FM Logic

A mini-series where I discuss some of the weirdest, most bizarre logic used in Football Manager.