5 Star Potential | A Football Manager Podcast

We have more FM24 info to discuss ‘Smarter Transfers, Squad Building & Finance’ and ‘Introducing Intermediaries & Offloading Players’. https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/2023/9/9/5-wonderkids-making-their-debuts-in-football-manager-2024 If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potenti...

There’s no better place to start this week’s podcast than talking about the FM24 news and if you’re listening to us on Monday 18th September when this podcast goes out you haven’t got long until you find out what the team at Football Manager mean when they say ‘Smarter Transfers, Squad Building & Finance’ and ‘Introducing Intermediaries & Offloading Players’ that news will be out today/Mon...

Save updates and this week we’re going to the Netherlands and Madd is going to tell you all about his pick of the week - a Dutch midfielder who has started the new Eredivisie season like a house on fire and also (interestingly) has a well-known footballing father - let’s look at 19-year-old  Ruben Van Bommell , son of former Barcelona, Bayern and Netherlands midfielder Mark van Bommell and who at...

We hear about Madd's tough time at Milan. Plus we catch up with Doop and Joe about their adventures across Europe. We also jump over to Japan to check out Kuryu Matsuki. If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potential - ⁠⁠www.twitter.com/5starpod⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠www.5starpotential.com⁠⁠  Nerdphonic...

This weeks pod may or may not have been recorded twice due to Doop mucking up his audio 🤦‍♂️ Links mentioned this week: [https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/8-left-sided-centre-backs-to-sign-in-fm23](https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/8-left-sided-centre-backs-to-sign-in-fm23 "smartCard-inline") If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below...

This week we’re piloting a new format which doesn’t bode well for us as the last time there was a 5StarPod pilot it got pulled and deleted from existence, but there we go Links mentioned this week: https://cm9798.co.uk If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potential - ⁠⁠www.twitter.com/5starp...

We’ve decided not to do a save focus this week so that we can dedicate the majority of this week’s pod to a Football Manager Transfer Window special, timely given the chaos which has ensued this week as the transfer merry-go-round is in full swing! Instead, we thought we would look at four real-life transfer situations happening currently and talk about how we would approach this in Football Manag...

We will have no save updates this week seeing as myself and Madd have both been away on holidays (not together sadly), instead we will be doing somewhat of a new season special this week as we gear up for the return of the Premier League this weekend, but with a Football Manager twist of sorts. Links discussed this week: - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-team - https://sortitoutsi.net/footbal...

On this week’s pod, we will have no save updates seeing as you got a good earful on all of our respective saves last week, but instead, we are going full Space Jam based on a tweet we spotted a few weeks ago by GoalScorer Challenge (@goalscorerC on Twitter) which challenges us to select an Earth XI for a world-saving clash against an Alien invasion XI, and we thought what better way to do so than...

This week’s pod is going to be largely new save focused as we get updates from me, as well as talk to Madd on that famous sacking and more importantly, his new save in Milan and also chat with Joe about what is next for him. If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5-star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potential -  ⁠⁠www.twitter.com...

This week we have the pleasure of being joined by Work the space, we discuss how he got into Championship Manager, his content creation career and his new FM23 save. There’s even time for a quiz. If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potential - ⁠⁠www.twitter.com/5starpod⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠www.5starpoten...

This week we are dropping the interview with Nic Madden, Senior Match Producer at Sports Interactive. We will bypass our regular save update as there is an even more significant update to be discussed and that is the latest blog/press release from Miles on behalf of the studio which gives us some insight on the performance of FM23, the status of FM24 and perhaps most excitingly, the future for FM2...

This week's pod is all about the quiz master 'MaddFM', we discuss how he got into Championship Manager, his blogging career. There’s even time for a quiz. If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potential - ⁠www.twitter.com/5starpod⁠ | ⁠www.5starpotential.com⁠   Links mentioned this...

This week there’s no save update, but there is a chat about wonderkids and a quiz from Madd. If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potential - ⁠www.twitter.com/5starpod⁠ | ⁠www.5starpotential.com⁠   Nerdphonic - ⁠www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic⁠ | ⁠www.twitter.com/nerdphonic⁠ | ⁠https://www.youtube....

This week there’s a bumper save update from both Doop and Madd as well as a teaser of Madd’s plans after some European frustrations courtesy of his success at Haarlem. There’s also a minor rant about the human element of football that always seems to be forgotten…Links mentioned this week: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/wonderkid-watch-alberto-moleiro https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/t...

This week we have the pleasure of being joined by Doctor Benjy, we discuss how he got into Championship Manager, his content creation career and how he’s trying to re-energise his passion for FM after feeling underwhelmed and demotivated by FM23. There’s even time for a quiz where Matt loses his mind… If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links b...

This week we have the pleasure of being joined by Breezy, we talk about how he got into FM content creation, why he supports West Ham as well as going through his all time FM XI! There’s even time for a quiz… If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod | www.5st...

Twitter has been bombarded with ‘sensible transfer’ suggestions that aren’t really that sensible so we took some of the biggest transfer rumours and discussed how we’d react if it was a situation we faced in FM. Doop lets us know about his new save and there’s a quiz from the Irish one too. Links mentioned this week: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/the-hometown-hero https://5starpotential.co...

There's no save update this week, but we are trying to find Doop a new online save. We recorded this pod on the Monday after Arsenal lost to Brighton and with it all hopes of winning the Premier League this season. If this was Football Manager, would you consider it a league lost or would you be happy with the progress you’ve made season on season? Links mentioned in this week’s pod: https://5...

It’s been a while since we had a guest on so we thought it would be best to change that! This week we speak to Alehstair about his FM community origin story, his best FM XI and why he’s so obsessed with Andy Carroll… If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts!  5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod |...

This week it’s time to take a look at the potential next generation of footballing superstars, where we compare Goal.com’s real life NxGn list with their FM counterparts. Before that, Matt provides an extensive update on his save where there was a difficult decision to make… Links mentioned in this week’s pod: https://www.goal.com/en/lists/nxgn-2023-50-best-wonderkids-football/blta8167eeb11aa5cdf#...

Following the real-life 6-1 demolition of Spurs at the hands of Eddie Howe’s Newcastle, we decided to see if our resident Newcastle fan, MaddFM, could replicate this success with the help of a real results database… Spoiler: He did not. Links mentioned in this week’s pod:Joe’s Valencia blog: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/valencia-s01e01 If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 s...

On this week’s podcast, we talk about Doop's struggles at Man City in the Championship and how we set up our back room staff. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: Joe’s Valencia blog: ⁠https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/valencia-s01e01⁠ ⁠https://5starpotential.com/news-blog/2020/6/3/lower-league-management⁠ https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/fm23customviews⁠ Wonderkid Watch - Alex Scott —...

On this week’s podcast, Matt’s nearly completed another season at Kettering so he provides us an update of his progress (or lack thereof) in the Vanarama National. With the use of the inverted wingbacks being an in-vogue football topic of discussion, we decided to take a look at how the IWB role can be used within FM, how to use it effectively and what other roles you should look to combine it wit...

On this week’s podcast, Joe gives us a sneak peek into his new save with Valencia and what tempted him to cross the ‘ Derbi de la Comunitat ’ divide. Our main topic of discussion this week is team talks, the ones we rely on, the ones we avoid like the plague and how we treat those underperformers in the dressing room straight after an awful performance. Links mentioned in this week’s pod:Joe’s Val...