5 Star Potential | A Football Manager Podcast

We've decided to pull double duty this week, not only are you getting a regular 5 Star Podcast into your ears on Christmas eve morning because it falls on a Monday BUT you're also getting a proper, bonafide Christmas special that will be released on Christmas Day too! On the pod this week we have a chat about the pressing forward and what seems to have worked for us when using that role. We answer...

This week's pod gets down and dirty with the dark arts of Football Manager, chatting about all the naughty ways you can get your own back when the game decides your team of wonderkids will not be scoring against that pub team back four the opposition have! We answer some of your questions and there's also a 'themematic' quiz that is strictly for adults only! Expect double enendres aplenty, it is e...

As Teach has recently begun his FM19 journey in the MLS, the rest of us were intrigued by how different things are stateside so we decided to have a chat about it, especially as we often get asked to suggest uncommon leagues to manage in! There's an MLS themed quiz too and we manage to fit some questions into a very tightly packed pod! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you...

The 5 Star camp has been wiped out by a whole heap of illnesses this week, fortunately Foxy was fighting fit and joins 'survivors' Dave and Matt to give a bit more of an in-depth review of FM19 now that we've all had our grubby mits on it for a month. There's some inside information divulged on the FM Creators Cup that is currently being hosted by SI and Dave's brought his own format to the quiz.....

This week we've decided to mix things up a little and tweak the format, we have rarely featured other community content on the podcast but that changes this week, where we debut our new 'Spotlight' feature to highlight some truly excellent content chosen by the one and only Cleon of Tea & Busquets fame! We also have a different twist on the quiz! Tea & Busquets: https://teaandbusquets.com FM Old D...

With the first Premier League sacking of the 2018/19 season happening this past week at Fulham, the lads explore how they would deal with the situation if they were to replace the outgoing manager mid-season in Football Manager 2019. There's time for your questions and Matt's third time as quizmaster! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed t...

On this week's pod we discuss SI's move to sponsor FIFA YouTubers as a method of marketing Football Manager 2019, Curty returns to the quizmaster chair with a delightfully thematic quiz and we also answer some of your questions! Below are the links mentioned in this podcast, check them out! Cleon's training article: https://teaandbusquets.com/blog/football-manager-2019-training-module-how-it-funct...

With the full release of Football Manager 2019 has finally been unleashed into the wild, this week's fab foursome focus on the new recruits to the FM series by giving suggestions and tips to those that are still very green when it comes to the world of FM. We also manage to sneak in a couple of questions and Dave is on quiz duty! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #We...

This week on the pod we are joined by special guest FoxInTheBox to talk about what tactics we've found to work well on the FM19 Beta, he also retells the epic tale of his Football manager 2018 save with a little known Portuguese club that you now might have heard of! We still sneak in some of your questions and Mr Azzopardi is on quiz duty! The 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brough...

The Football Manager 2019 Beta has finally reached our shores, and just in case you hadn't already been treated enough we have a 6-man show this week as Dave, Matt, Tobes, Curtdizzle and Joseph are joined by Sports Interactive Social Media Manager Curtis Morton! We pepper him with questions about his experiences of working on FM19, the Beta crunch period and a whole raft of other things. In hgomag...

Who else feels like a kid on Christmas Eve? (Other equivalent religious celebrations and festivals are available) We're reaching fever pitch here at WeStreamFM towers as the Football Manager 2019 Beta is very nearly here. On this week's pod we discuss the scouting and transfer features that were discussed on this week's FM show. We were a little pushed for time this week but we still managed to sq...

Now that the dust has begun to settle on the Football Manager 2019 features that Sports Interactive released last week, we've all had a chance to digest and consider how we plan to use them within our saves and how it might or might not have affected our plans! Don't worry we still squeeze one of your questions in and there's always time for Curty's quiz! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager pod...

This week we had the pleasure to be joined by TWO guests to go through the nuts and bolts of SI's feature announcement for Football Manager 2019! Much excite! We squeeze in a couple of your questions and Matt does the quiz in Curty's absence with a surprising outcome... 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast why don't you click t...

As Football Manager 2019 is getting tangibly closer, we decided to take a stab at predicting and discussing some possible features that might be included in this year's game. As Curty swanned off on holiday we enlisted the help of Proudie, who makes his first ever appearance on the pod. Dave is back on quizmaster duties and we still have a bit of time spare to squeeze in some of your questions! 5...

As Football Manager 2019 reaches ever closer, the lads take a look at how Sports Interactive have launched previous games and put forward their suggestions for future releases... There's enough for a little Q 'n A and there's controversy all over the place with this week's quiz! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast why don't yo...

This week we take the team meeting in a slightly different direction. With Joe sharing his FM18 Villarreal tactic with Dave and Curty, we decided to compare notes on the Pellegrini-inspired system that has 'The Yellow Submarine' firing shots all over Spain. There's an inventive quiz from quizmaster Curty and enough time to squeeze in a quick question from you lot! You can find the link to Joe's 4-...

In this week's edition of 5 Star Potential we discuss Sport Interactive's social media presence after a few members of the community got a little hot and bothered over some of their recent activity. Curty returns to his rightful place in the quizmaster's chair after a prolonged absence and we also have time to answer your questions! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by...

To start of the second year of the podcast, we decided to think of ways that might inspire you to start a brand new save, covering many different avenues for inspiration! We manage to squeeze a question in following a bumper Q&A last week and Matt steps into the quizmaster's seat to deliver the most difficult quiz we've had on the pod so far! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought...

On this anniversary podcast, we hand over control to the listening faithful and dedicate this podcast to answering your questions but don't you worry folks, there's still plenty of time to quiz Curty... We've now been doing this for a whole year! Crazy how quickly that has flown by, thank you all for making this podcast what it is! Now onto the next 52 episodes... Links mentioned during the pod: w...

Now that the Football Manager 2019 cat is out of the bag, the lads discuss what little info has been given to us so far, covering the change of branding and what it might mean for the series going forward as well as what we might expect come the game's release on 2nd November. We also have a slight format change with quiz after Curty decided to sit on the picket lines instead of the quizmaster cha...

We made it to 50 episodes! Hoorah! To celebrate this half-century the lads discuss their approach to scouting, with specific attention paid on how we each go about finding those ever elusive wonderkids! We squeeze in your questions and answers and still find time for a rather thematic quiz from Curty. Now, onto the next 50! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by the boys...

This week Teach returns to deliver his opinions on your Football Manager superstitions and bug bears along with the rest of the gang! There's time to get your questions answered and your answer questioned and Curtdizzle is given back the keys to the quiz! 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by the boys of #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast why don't you click the...

Following on from last week, the lads chat about how they go about building a tactic in Football Manager, there's plenty of time for a Q and A, Joe steps into the quizmaster role for the first time and Doop remerges from the shadows too! Check Joe's #VillarealProject here: https://t.co/JaBPc3fZF0 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by the boys of #WeStreamFM! If you've en...

This week Doctor Benjy comes to collect his hattrick ball with his third guest appearance on the pod, the gents talk through their first steps when they get their feet under the virtual desk of a new club. there's also a rather appropriate quiz in light of our esteemed guest... 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by the boys of #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast w...

The 2018 World Cup continues to roll on, with plenty of teams both under and overachieving the lads discuss how they go about bouncing back having failed to meet high expectation or reacting to an unexpected title or play-off victory on Football Manager. There's plenty of time for question although the new answer feature might take a little getting used to for some & Curtdizzle delivers a music-th...