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Any masters of the 01/02 version out there?

Got rushden in 1st div currently but I'm struggling. Need some of those very cheap, very useful transfers!

Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately yes!!  It's the best version IMO.

Some of the best players:-

Keepers:  Andreas Isaksson, Mark Tyler, Hector Fabian Carini, Sebastien Frey, Ruslan Nigmatullin

Defenders:  Mike Duff (the best right back on the game), Mikael Dorsin, Daniele Bonera, Christer Persson, Kakhaber Kaladze, Scott Jones, there's a Nigerian defender or a defender at one of the Nigerian clubs who is awesome and not too expensive, cant remember his name though!

Midfielders:  Kennedy Bakircioglu, Tonton Zola Moukoko who is the best player on the whole game by far!, Kim Kallstrom, Stefan Ishizaki, Scott Huckerby, Stephane Dalmat, Pablo Aimar, Emmanuel Osei Kuffour, Julius Aghahowa

Strikers:  Javier Saviola, Lee Thorpe, sometimes Gavin Holligan is a good gamble, anyone with pace and finishing above 17/18 will do a good job

I play a really attacking formation which I find works really well, 3-4-1-2 with small arrows on both wingers and the player behind the front 2.  The outside centre backs set on man to man marking and go up at attacking corners, the wingers make forward runs, cross ball and play through balls, the centre midfielders play through balls, the man behind the front 2 play through balls and make forward runs, one of the strikers who is good in the air set to hold up ball and play through balls, and the other one set to make forward runs.  Works a treat!  Also if you are losing with 20 mins to go take off the middle centre back and put on a 3rd striker, and go to attacking mentality.  Usually results in a dramatic equaliser and then set it back to the usual formation!  With this formation sometimes the middle centre back gets poor marks but it's only cause he doesn't get as involved in the play as the other 2.

Hope this helps!

Footbal Manager 2006 is much better than Championship Manager 01/02. The same programmers who produced the Championship Manager series produce Football Manager (Sports Interactive).

Golly

What a great answer Vamp....can I suggest Ryan Williams of Hull City as a right winger or just behind the front two. Dirt cheap and always the first player I buy when starting afresh.

I used to buy all the new ones religiously the day they came out but I sort of stopped with the last couple.  I know the 01/02 version isn't as detailed as the newer ones but its really quick to play and you can do a season on a decent pc in about 3-4 hours.  

Have to admit I play with generated players now so I don't know who to buy from the word go anymore!

This was my obsession before poker and have started playing it again in the last couple of weeks ironically with Rushden loads of money on this version. I play a 2-3-3-1-1 version which is very successful in this version. As for players that vamp has mentioned, a very reliable striker is Richard Sadlier from Millwall or Luke Guttridge from Cambridge who is a midfielder. Other great players on this game are an argentinan from river plate think he is called Del Assandro or something. Also Cherno Samba from Millwall

i must admit FM2006 is now problery the best game in the series
CM4 and FM2005 were but ridden but FM2006 is good and only has a few minor bugs which doesnt really affect the gameplay

i am a huge fan of FM2006 just need a few weeks spare to play it

man hasnt the game changed since the early 90s when CM hit the shops

and CM2 was promised for so long on the amiga i ended up buying my first PC cause i couldnt wait any longer

Yeah Ryan Williams is an attacking midfielder right/left/centre isn't he?  He is a good cheap player who I forgot!  Cherno Samba is another one like Longy says but often gets snapped up by italian teams.  Andres D'Allesandro is the guy you mean but he is quite expensive, but very good!

Great post thank you.

Some of these names I haven't heard and I thought I was an 01/02 freak!

I cant afford guys like Aghahowa or Kaladze as the big clubs always seem to get them. I do have Kennedy Bakircioglu and Tonton Zola Moukoko. Just sold Dorsin though, his first season with me was poor. Oops.

Have you ever been able to sign Maxim Tsigalko in England? I always get work permit trouble. I know he's a cheap goal machine but never had him in England.

I've heard good things about To Madeira..... know if he's any good?

Also I've seen a guy called Anastacios Skalidis (Greek) on a friend's 01/02 (He is far and away the best player I've ever seen - starts with about 8 20's and costs just 10 grand in season one) but can't seem to find him on my game. Is my version to "new"? Do I need version 1.0 of this game to get him? Funny but I couldn't find To Madeira on his game. Maybe Madeira is a replacement for Skalidis?

Great post and thanks again.

Great choice but someone offered me his buy out clause and I had to accept! He was good while I had him though. :(

I recall Robert Dewhurst of Hull being one of the best centre backs in the game.

Was that the edition you're talking about?

Can't afford D'Alessandro but will look into Samba. Isn't he the 15 year old in season 1? Think I may have had him before.

Thanks.

01/02 but there are a few versions. Earlier versions have ever so slightly different player databases I think.

Forgot about Maxim Tsigalko - BEST STRIKER ON THE GAME full stop.  Another good striker is Michalis Konstantinou he is superb.  Arjen Robben and Youssef Hersi are good left wingers too.

Dorsin can be a funny one, him and Christer Persson can be poor sometimes but also awesome, but you always make a profit on them so I always give them a season or two.

When you are quite a few seasons into the game, scour all the teams in the top division in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Holland, and the bigger div 2 teams in those countries and shortlist all the decent players under 22, and get those who want to come to you and you can afford.  If they aint good enough for your team yet loan them out for a year or two, if they do well on loan you may get stupid offers from someone!

 The great thing about Ryan Williams is he normally gets signed by a Premiewreship team and you can the get him back as you climb the ranks. Richard Sadlier is a great spot too. I always start of with a very lowly team and fight my way through the leagues so players like goalie Steve Banks of Bolton and Bent Hass( that isnt his name I know). In about 2008 season there is a guy in the Italian league called Paulo Papa( i think) that is worth signing.

Right thats it Im off to play....

What on EARTH is all this twaddle about. Is it like Subbeteo? Or even better, Blow Football? (Two straws and a mini table tennis ball).

Yeah Cherno Samba starts age 15 so does Tonton Mokouko but they are both ready for Premiership football from the word go!

Rob Dewhurst was a cracking player on one of the old ones but I don't think it was 01/02 version.


Baron, if you set your player database to maximum you should be able to find him if he is on your mate's game, but it's a fair bit slower with the max database so you have to have a half decent pc for it to run at a good speed!

Persson? Another Scnadie?

God bless IFK Gothenburg.

Ahhhh ok, cheers Vamp I'll try that. :)

Yep I think he is at IFK too!  A utility player who can play anywhere in the back 4 or holding midfield.  

IFK, Djurgarden, Hacken and Hammarby are the teams to raid in Sweden!

we could set up a blondite llm network game to run a couple of hours a week using fm2006 if there is intrest

Tikay, its what we all used to do in the evenings before poker and Wifes came along :)up

Great idea, I haven't actually got the new one yet, is it really good?  Was gonna put it on my Xmas list!

Lol, since I got involved with Poker, my Champ Man time has decreased massively!

I read somewhere that some people play for like 2-3 days non stop and the game has actually been cited in some divorce cases :D

Its the best football strategy game ever made

Great idea Iron.

Thanks again Vamp, I'll check out those clubs. Or what's left of them! :)

This takes me back. CM was my ruin as well before poker. Indeed, at a poker final table I was in one night, conversation turned to CM and about 5 or 6 of us had been addicts in the past.

I weaned myself off the game once I found poker, but it's addictive as hell. I used to have a 40 minute train journey to work which I carted a laptop to and from. So, of course, every day I got a few matches in during my commute.

My crowning glory was getting Cheltenham Town from the conference to the 2010 Champions League final (they lost 2-0 to Fiorentina :-(). Michael Duff was indeed a star and stayed with me all the way through.

Funnily enough, over the last couple of days I've rekindled a love affair with another old gaming friend - Civilization. Bought the new version (Civ 4) and I have to say it's simply incredible. The series stalled a bit after the rights dispute after Civ 2, but Civ 4 is the business. They've finally rewritten the graphics so it looks lovely, and every new addition to gameplay works a treat.

Any other Civilization fans out there?

and the day.

I did a 22 hour stech once. tea on a tray, bucket by the side for the loo.

Lol, any more record stretches out there?  My bro and his mate did an all night session once and his mate fell asleep in front of the pc with the mouse in his hand!

Always more into "Age of...." than Civ. Hated the turn based games.

So true about Champs addictiveness. I'm on a little poker break though so I broke out the champ!

i was a huge fan of civ and civ2  hated call to power and civ3
think i ordered civ4 through amazon not sure if i played it yet

as i have 15-20 games here unwrapped waiting for time

i am looking for a laptop that can play FM2006 at the same sort of speed as my desktop

amy ideas?

ok new year we will set up a FM2006 network game all of us picking teams from conference or conference n/s

a few hours a week on a day to be decided

but broadband is a must

played and completed all the missions on age of empire and age of kings (think that was its name) and another bolt on

man i have a huge pile of games over the other side of the desk i am scared to move them incase they fall

I had a mate on 01/02 who put himself on manager holiday. He left it on and forgot about it. He went to Turkey for a few weeks and when he came back it had done over 100 seasons. He was sacked obviously - but funny none the less.

on the sigames OTT forum they have a thread dedicated to poker

is blonde now going to have a games thread?

When i was 17 I did my back in seriously and had a year of 6th form.ended up in hospital but all sorted now

I couldnt get out of bed basically, and i played cm probably on an average of 15 hours a day easily

It is more addictive than poker IMO

I was manager of Spurs, I won everything, left the computer running overnight. When I woke up the next day, Tevez, Joaquin, Kompany and Fred had all been given FREE TRANSFERS!!! and I was given the sack.

LMAO! That's brilliant!

I have a very sad confession to make....


I woke up one morning with a terrible pain in my right arm, which due to a blood disorder is a very worrying thing. I gave my future wife a nudge and told her that I felt unwell and did the pre arranged checks for lumps and swelling. As this continued I noticed that my neck was also hurting and I now became very scared so I called the NHS helpline to get some advice.

The girl asked me all sorts of questions due to my blood disorder and was arranging for me to seen by the home visit doctor when the following conversation took place.

'One final question sir, have you been on a long plane journey or been sitting in the same position for an extanded period of time,(I'm more suseptable to DVT than the average person).

'Yes' I replied. ' I have been off work this week and have played Championship manager for about 50 of the last 72 hours'

'And is the pain in the arm that you use to click the mouse'

'er.....Yes'

'Then I think the best course of action sir is to swap hands and get up and move around at half time' She laughed

I thanked her, told the Mrs not to worry and promtly moved the mouse to my left hand for the next few days........Its true.

That is possibly the funniest thing I have ever read!  I have no shame to admit I was crying with laughter reading it!

FM2006 is awesome although i struggled at first with the new tactics engine.

was lucky enough to be one of the testers on this title for SI :D

FANTASTIC BOBBY!!!

My mate is seriously addicted to champ, he spent all his time on it and lived it as tho it was real life... believing that champ would see into the future!

He was my champ advisor, he did spend uni revision on champ saying its the only way he could revise. A few champ names must've slipped into his essays

http://www.cmfrenzy.com/

anyone play championship manager 05 on the ps2.Time for other results to load are instant but you dont get so much media coverage

championship manager 05 is not the same game

the makers and the publishers split in 05 edios had rights to name

SIgames had the rights to the gameplay

edios got new writers in and they rushed out a game that was crap (sue me if you want edios)

SiGames version wasnt ready but after a few patches was playable and a better game than cm05 by 1000%

Not too sure what version you are on but if Samba is around then you can take a look at Justin Georcilin, Alex Notman, Stuart someone (plays for Hull) Lewis Buxton is a good buy as is Martin Demichells but u usually get permit trouble. Martin Laursen is a good buy and Milan sell him pretty cheap. If i had to pick one it Would be Notman - Play him in the hole he is deadly

Will do, keep them coming.

Thanks.

Alex Notman, formerly of Man U and Norwich was class on 01/02 i remember meetin him at walsall (he retired through injury and now plays poker fests) and tellin him how good he was in my promotion winnin team lol

yeah notman was a great scottish international in my game

retired early last season i believe aged in his early 20s

Yes Alex Notman ex Man U and Norwich retired after a tackle in the east anglian derby a couple of years ago. He now works behind the scenes at Norwich in our community scheme, never really made it despite being a useful player. Was destined for a lower league career IMO if it wasn't for the untimely end to his playing career

The most important thing you have to realise about champ 01/02 is that when players retire they are regened. Ie The season they retire they appear in the game as a youngster and usually join a team in the country which they are from.  Regens always have the same balance and bravery, and same position and nationality. Always look out for regens every season as they have the same potenital as their predecessor.

Sensible Soccer on the Amiga ... now that was a game :)

What a game! (in its time)

Give me Pro Evolution anyday :D 8)

Sensible world of soccer what a game. I spent my mid teen years playing this game constantly, it really was groundbreaking. The ability to play and manage a team, genius!

Ahh.I once took Leicester City to three successive trebles and Champions Leaguie Glory

I was basking in a 90,000 seater stadium and then they burnt it down!

Haven't played in a while but I remember two brilliant defenders A Comazzi and P Rotchen and J Vennegoor up frount with J Liuzzi

Unbeatable!


Nice thread, you saddos!!

i was addicted to Baldurs Gate for a couple of years :(

Jon Vennegor of Hesslelink?

Great name, great player, goal machine.

he's the one

cheap lower division defender...Justin Whittle (of Hull on CM02)...bargain

My team went through a premeirship season conceding 9 goals...just reloaded the game and double checked  :D

Jeez this forum is brilliant. There are other people out there who didnt grow up either.
Technical question...
I lost interest when you couldn't complete a season in 20 hours or so...somewhere around CM3 or 4..all the training and everything is just too complicated and pointless....so my question is...are either of the latest games FM6? more easily playable...ie you can complete a season in 20 hours or so
 

season in FM2006 takes about 12-16 hours depending on your PC and how many leagues your running

if your running just the english league you can do it in under 6 hours i would expect

Oh and Aaron (the Baron) ...get your coaches to scout scandanavia. It was written before the programmers realised that all young scandanavians were deemed to become poker players as opposed to footballers. You can build a team around the young scandies...and look out for Bokoyoko or something similar from the Ivory Coast....he really is the nuts in an attacking midfield role...has it really been 4 years ?

Wow thanks...you will be cited if she divorces me

just get MrsC intrested and play over a network

thats why i have all 3 of my desktoped linked up just incase anyone comes to visit we can have a good campaign

<shakes head>   Boys and their toys!

Just played two hours.....he he he....stuff poker...trying to scour the South American Leagues for bargains now  :D

As i remember from the 01-02 game, Leo-Fortune West (striker) was a great player for the lower league teams. Has a finishing of 20, and scored loads of goals.  Managed to get him into my Hereford team (Conference) and they stormed through to the 1st division in consecutive seasons, winning the LDV whilst in the conference.

The cm 01/02 game you can do a season in about 3-4 hours with a half decent pc - and thats when I do a lot of scouting!

After a sleepless night I have remembered some more gems!

Some good strikers:  Emil Debski (Danish under 21) and another Danish U21 guy who is amazing but I cant remember his name, Allan Borgvardt is another, and not sure if it's the right version but Andrew Mainwaring of Newport County is different class.  Manolis Drosos is superb and very cheap, as people said Alex Notman is good too (behind front two but IMO not in the Tonton Mokouko envelope!)

Raid Egypt as well - Kamouna (even though he is quite old) and Ibrahim Said are quality defenders although Said is very ambitious and often throws his toys out of the pram! A 3 at the back defence of Said, Kamouna and Mike Duff won't go far wrong! They also have other good players, Wael Reyad is a good winger and Abd El Hafiz is also good, and naturally now he is at spurs so is Mido!

If I remember rightly, this version has all the good players at Peterborough as well - Simon Davies and Matt Etherington are must buys and Mark Tyler is a great keeper.  Gareth Jellyman and Anders Koogi develop into good players and Francis Green has world class potential but doesn't always make it.  Also a young left winger called Matthew Turner at West Brom is quality.

Thanks to this thread, the good lady has returned from shopping in town with FM2006 for me!

Sheriff (addicted to CM since the early 90's)

sheriff make sure you download the latest update

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post and I registered about 10 minutes ago.  Been a lurker for quite some time but decided to finally join, and then chose a football manager thread as my first effort!!!!!!

Well like many of you I have been a Championship Manager/Football Manager addict for as long as i can remember.  Not sure if it was the 01/02 season but I remember the following as free transfers I could get for my luton team in the 3rd division.

Adolfo - Spanish midfielder who played all the way up to the premiership....scores 40-50 goals in the 3rd division
Alex - Spanish left midfielder
Olle Kullinger - pick him up for about 5k and scores loads
Eero Salminen - Finnish AMC, 16 years old but very good

And just to indicate my addictiveness I bought FM06 on the first day it came out (a thurs i believe) and had already booked the following week off as holiday and just played FM06 for nearly an entire week......very sad

Hi desert rat - i didn't put the great free transfers up as they retire at the end of the first season, but Adolfo is definitely the pick of the bunch you are right.  Played behind the front two guarantees 40 a season definitely.  Butra is always good so is Joao Paiva, Johnathan Milner, Helder Rosario and Martins (the Inter striker).  I bought all these at East Stirling and got them to the Scottish Premier!

Hi Vamp,

Strange.....in my game the free transfers keep going for years.  Adolfo starts at about 22 and plays well into his thirties.

Reminiscing now.....Mike Duff, Scott Huckerby, Andre Paralta, Sam Sodje

Don't mean they retire after the first season, only if they aren't picked up by clubs!  Paralta is another good one, Gouveia have a few good players.

Oh i see.....that makes sense now:)

I actually read the other day that Football Manager/Championship Manager has been used a a reason for splitting in 16 (IIRC) divorce cases in the UK so far. Pretty impressive.

My god even the great DC plays, reckon we could get a massive network game goin durin the blonde bash????? lol

oh and as for FM 2006 theres soem class players at Harchester Utd (the team from sky's dream team soap) they are included in the game and all the players are avail on a free i signed 5 of em and overhauled my season totally.

Really suprised the missis hasnt been on thsi thread yet to moan about the game lol

i make sure harchester are removed from my game in fm2006 as dream team sucks it was ok for 2 series then they started killing all the players each season made it a farce and sky should scrap it or take it back to it's roots

This is quite ridiculous & chldish. Whtever hapened to proper kids games like hopscotch?

 :redcard: :redcard: for eveyone who's posted in this thread.

Iron having harchester in doesnt actually replace any team in the game, they dont get assigned a division or anythin just adds their players to the database, like the Soccer AM Badgers and some of the squads stats are quality

soccer am badger are real players with real ratings

harchester are fake players who in the real world of football dont exist so by picking them up for nowt for your team you are infact cheating mush like using the editor to make sure your team is quality at the start of the game

Imbrahim Bakayoko? Looks useful. Cheers. Cant believe this thread is still going!

Do'h that post was me by the way. Cheers again.

Excellent post I forgot about Ibrahim Said! Wael Reyad? Isn't he from the same team? Al-Ahly or somethng?

By the way for any Liverpool fans Al-Ahly have just qualified for the World Club Championship. Maybe we'll get to see these guys play for real huh?

So then, hopefully opening up a brand new can of fresh squirming worms

who plays any of the Madden NFL games on PS2 or PC?  :D

I am the world expert... :D :D :D

Help required...



Has anyone got a Champ 01/02 version with Anastcios Skalidis on it?

Ibrahim Said is a class defender, him and Hofland.

I've got 05 for the Xbox.  I got the Eagles to 2-0 for the season by replaying the first two games over and over again!  Any views on 06?  (Apologies for continuing Mr End's 'tainting' of this thread with a minority sport)

As for FM06 I'm on the verge of starting again already!  Barnsley are 23rd in League One and the recent upturn in form has been abruptly ended by consective defeats to Bradford (2-5) and Doncaster (1-4).  As is traditional with the CM/FM games the first attempt is always 'just to get used to the new features' and lasts for about half a season.  In CM4 and FM2005 this was about how long it took to get sacked by Barnsley in any event!

Sheriff

Yeah they are at Al - Ahly, Kamouna is just as good too, but a bit older.  Ibrahim Said spent half a season on loan at Everton a couple of years ago but did absolutely nothing! 

I have remembered a few more Scandinavian Based Players, Sharbel Touma (left winger, from Djurgarden I think), Njugo-Demba Nyren from Hacken (Midfielder/Striker Centre), Zlatan Ibrahimovic is awesome and Kabba Samura Striker from IFK Gothenburg is very good too.

I've just bought this for my mum - she's well into her strategy stuff, so I am going on the foaming of you guys over how much she will like it.

I may have created a monster.

This is not strategy, its religion!

I'm intrigued as to what she thinks of it - not sure if it will have quite the same impact on a typical mum than it does for us lot.  The big appeal of FM-types games is that your average bloke, who dreamed of turning out for [insert name here] FC and who now spends every Saturday shouting at useless players and claiming "I can do better than that" to the numpty in the dugout, can now attempt to put this theory into practice via the virtual game!

Sad you say?  Maybe so, we respond, but it makes perfect sense to us!

Sheriff

She's a footie fan, been so for a long time, and we used to play a footie management game years back on the 64. I'll report back :)

Cant get Samura yet due to work permit. Looks very useful tho.

Ibrahimovic is already at Ajax in my game. Hope he's as good as he is in real life. (See Soccer AM top 10 goals DVD!!!)

Right I'm off to buy FM2006.

Whoever recommended Mike Duff, thank you!

Bought for 24k first day of season 1. After one year in the premiership he's played a 7.78 average with 6 goals and 10 assists. He's now worth 4.6million.

God I love this game.

I played 18 seasons with Villa and then got sacked.

That's gratitude for you!


ps. Does no1 play the greatest footy game around, Pro Evolution?

I'd put quite a large fee on the line to any mug competitor who reckons they can beat me.  8)

What a player!  The best right back/right centre back in a back 3 in the entire game.  24k for him is expensive though lol!!

I would like to take you on on in a game of Pro Evo!  Me and my brother have ultra competitive games every day at home! 

Myself (and a few of my friends).

Maybe we could play a few games after a sunday freezeout sometime?

Do u own the latest? I think we're on Pro Evo 5 now, are we not?

throw in a beer too and I'm be well up for that. ta  :) ;)

I like Pro Evo 5, I find it much harder to break down teams and its more realistic.  Can't seem to get the chipped through balls working as well as in PE 4 though! 

Beer's are fine, I'm still trying to train Jon to get them chilled though...

Have PES5 on PS2, with a save game from the net with all the correct names/logos etc...

It takes some practice but I'm getting the hang of passing now - the chip through balls can be devasting when launched from defence -> winger to start a counter attack.

the chip through balls were always headed out in the early editions, but they were supremely effective in Pro Evo 4.

So what's number 5 like? Is it good?

Yes, easier to score but harder to get in the position to score (if that makes sense).

Total sense, that's a spot on analysis.  Even if you are in the position to score if you are off balance or at a bad angle you can scuff it badly which is so realistic, on PE 4 you could still have smashed it in the net!

Yes, my brother missed from the 6 yard box tonight box tonight by aiming for the wrong corner, you could see his player twist around, lose balance and the sky the shot, in PES4 it would have just flown into the back of the net.

Massive fan of CM since CM2 came out yonks ago and bought every version.  For some reason I didn't really play FM05 much though, all seemed a bit fiddly and long-winded.

However my interest has been rekindled by a quality thread and I think the poker is going to have to take a back seat for a few months now cos FM06 is on it's way!

The name Bakayoko brings back memories......

bakayoko!!!!

i remember CM2 now

damn i miss that game....i lost my copy :(

Anyone bought Jonas Lunden on 01/02?

Do he play best behind the front two or up front?

Yeah!  He is another Swedish starlet, I actually found he is best on the right wing.

Hmmm I don't have a right wing.

Might have to leave that one.

Guys, Guys, Guys.

CM was a great game, IN IT'S TIME ;D

Just like Black and White television was great , IN IT'S TIME ;D

CM= BLACK AND WHITE TV

FM2006= SKY+ PLASMA COLOUR TV WITH FREE PORN CHANNELS!!!

Peace....

Good post...

BUT I need to finish this season. The minute FM06 goes on I know I'll never go back.

FM 2005 and 2006 are sat on the desk by my mum's pc. She's about to install them, I will report back.

There is no need to install FM2005, if she has FM 2006 as well

She hasn't spoken for an hour or so now. Best investment I have made in ages :)

Well I fired up the old Champ manager again last weekend. This weeks itinary has read, watching golf for 25 hours, playing poker 5 hours , playing champ manager about 50 hours.
 
Right, back to the grind, I need a defender to help Scunthorpe get away from the relegation places in Div 2. Mike Duff could be the man.

which version are you playing and which database

CM legend, that man. Stayed with me the whole time I took Cheltenham Town to the 2010 Champions League final.

im playing ther 02 version, Duff had already been snapped up by a team in a higher division but I managed to sneak into 17th and stay up. Next year for the promotion push.

anyone play on www.soccermanager.com?

my kids have put me onto it


currently taking Shrewsbury through the leagues to Chamnpions League glory!!

FM 2008 all the way for me.

Just signed a Jamacian superstar for Hereford - turns out the fans weren't happy. 

Racists imo.

Bumpage of an old thread for a related topic...

I've played these games since CM2 when I was about 13 or 14 (including decent stints recently on 0102 with community researched updates).

Recently i have dabbled with building a couple of kids games on the Amazon Echo/Alexa, and decided to have a go at a voice controlled football management sim next.

Clearly nothing like the complexity of CM/FM right now, but as a hobbyist project (*cough* biased) i still think it's quite fun.

Anyway, it's not published yet as i think there are still a few issues to iron out. Therefore looking for a few people who own one of the Amazon speakers to give it a play through for me.

If you're keen please DM me the email associated with your Alexa account and I can trigger the beta app link.

Cheers!

Maybe lacking people in the Champ Man fan / Echo owner niche here then :)

Anyway, v1 of the game is publicly available now if anyone wants to check it out. Link below or just say "Enable Soccer Manager".

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081LTSSKR/ (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081LTSSKR/)

I love FM but dont have the speakers or I would give it a bash

I remember from previous CM/FM threads. I even went back for a bit of CM0102 recently.

i bought it every year some years i rarely played but still bought it the following season, this year i got into after watching a youtuber managing fort william and thought i would use same data base and play with lossiemouth been fun.

might be an idea to try and get a youtuber to try it plenty of FM youtubers out there some with huge followings

Ok, cheers for the tip. Although now just going to fall down a rabbit hole watching people play through weird challenges on FM20!

some of them are pure rotten i find loki doki funny but he isnt the greatest manager out there

I quite enjoy watching Lolujo and his Non-League to Legend series of Football Manager.

Me too

Kings Lynn this year.  Very local for you Booder i believe.

Yes mate.

Shame he had to drop Gash . That's a big hole that needs filling .

 ;D

This one might be more relevant now people are sat at home missing sporting action  :'(

I have put an update out since to sprinkle some red cards into the match engine mix.