5 Star Potential | A Football Manager Podcast

This week we hear about some of Doop's time in Manchester, Madd's time in Haarlem and Nerd's time in Kettering. The boys also touch upon 6 wonderkids to Build a Team Around. There’s also a quiz from Madd. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: www.5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs1 If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check o...

This week we hear about some of Doop's time in Manchester then we go on to discuss Target Forwards and if they are a thing. If so, how do we play them? There’s also a quiz from Madd. (If Doop hasn't edited it out) Links mentioned in this week’s pod: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/6-target-forwards-to-sign-in-fm23 If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTu...

This week we hear some more from Madd about his current struggles at Haarlem before taking a look at consistency in FM. We give our tips and ideas of what we do to try and keep our form on the straight and narrow as well as looking at ways of improving the regularity of individual player performances. There’s also a quiz loosely (really loose) based on St Patrick's Day too… Links mentioned in...

On this week’s pod, we hear more about Joe’s move from Stoke to PSG in his save and why he’s already got itchy feet. Then, inspired by the recent article on the website, we take a look at some more players that are in danger of ageing out of that ‘big move’ in their careers and need you to rescue them in FM. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/5-players-to-res...

On this week’s pod, Joe updates us on what's been happening in his Salford, Stoke and his new club. . There’s even time for a MaddFM quiz too.  The ultimate Football Manager dilemma. How best to develop a wonderkid for first team football. For every Wayne Rooney there is a Freddy Adu, for every Kylian Mbappe there is a Ravel Morrison.  If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star...

On this week’s pod, Madd updates us on what's been happening in Haarlem. Inspired by some recent real-life resurgences, we look back at the players whose careers we’ve been able to rekindle in FM and provide some tips on how you can resurrect players, young and old, that may have been cast aside. There’s even time for a MaddFM quiz too. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: Toni Majic: https://twitt...

This week we have an exclusive scoop on what Doop plans to do next after admitting defeat against the Bayern machine. We then switch our focus to the official SI winter update and who we predict will have bumps in attributes and reputations combined with a whistle stop tour of some interesting save ideas for those of you that wait until the latest update drops before starting a long term adventure...

This week we confirm that we are not just a Spurs podcast by discussing the situation at Liverpool and how we would try to rekindle Klopp’s earlier magic at Anfield if his current plight was happening in Football Manager. There’s also a quiz from ‘The Madden’ too. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: Spice Up Your Life: https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/spice-your-life | https://twitter.com/jl...

On this week’s pod, we took inspiration from real-world football events from throughout the January transfer window and gave our opinions on how we would handle them in FM. We even stayed up well past our bedtimes just in case there was some breaking last minute transfer news (spoiler alert - there wasn’t). Mr Madden also provides you with an on-brand transfer quiz too! If you've enjoyed the podca...

On this week’s pod, Matt provides an update on where things are at with his Kettering Town save and it’s not all good news… We run the rule over recent retiree Gareth Bale and decide whether he deserves a spot in the Wonderkid Hall of Fame or not and there’s a quiz by Mr Madden too! Articles mentioned during this week’s pod: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/wonderkid-watch-arda-guler If you'v...

This week we heard all about Joe's English adventure and a quiz from Madd! Articles mentioned during this week’s pod:  https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/wonderkid-watch-maurice-krattenmacher 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.co...

Another week, another podcast where we talk almost exclusively about Football Manager. Bloody hell, we better be careful, we’ve got a reputation to uphold… This week Doop updates us on his recent struggles with 1860 Munich before we enter a group therapy session about how we each try to handle the inevitable end of season slump in form. Oh and there’s another FM quiz from Mr Madden too… Articles m...

It’s finally time to talk proper FM again! Hooray, no more extended quizzes I hear you say… We’ve each reached a similar point in all of our saves where we’ve noticed there’s a gulf in quality after getting promoted from one league to another. So this week we talk about the difficulties we’ve had and how we’ve tried to mitigate them post promotion as well as other leagues that may have a similar j...

Welcome to our first pod of 2023! It’s that time once again for our own twist on the Big Fat Quiz Of The Year! Over 5 rounds, we will take a look back at what’s happened in our little corner of the internet in 2022! 10 players to retrain in FM23: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/10-players-to-retrain-in-fm23 If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the...

The self-proclaimed 3 wise men are here to bring you some festive FM fun on Boxing Day! There’s tips for newbies, what would make our perfect FM Christmas Day and a notorious plug for MaddFM’s article on some of the stars of the World Cup who could get big moves following their personal performances in Qatar. 6 Players who Deserve A Move After The 2022 World Cup: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-bl...

This week we are joined by the prodigal son, Dave Azzopardi, who gives us a bumper update on his latest attempt at the Pentagon Challenge before we start talking about tactical familiarity and whether it really matters… We then team up to take on Madd’s 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...

On this weeks pod we discuss how England set up their 3-Man Midfield and we would set up ours. Plus you get a Doop save update at Munich. ( Want a deeper dive into Doop's save? https://tinyurl.com/MissionMunich) TOP 10 BEST RELEASE CLAUSES IN FM23 article: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/players-with-minimum-fee-release-clauses-in-fm23 FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blog...

This week it’s just a two man booth with Madd and Matt catching up with Madd’s Haarlem save before they discuss the resurgence of the CMA role and the well-timed release of the major FM23 patch this past week. FM23 Major Update Patch Notes: https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/570777-football-manager-2023-major-update-232-out-now/ Madd’s CM on Attack Thread: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_/statu...

On this weeks pod we discuss save ideas with bad neighbours inspired by Doop save update at Munich. TOP 10 BEST RELEASE CLAUSES IN FM23 article: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/players-with-minimum-fee-release-clauses-in-fm23 FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/fm23customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links be...

On this weeks pod we discuss all things World Cup Wonderkids. Let us know your ones to watch in the world cup. TOP 10 BEST RELEASE CLAUSES IN FM23 article: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/players-with-minimum-fee-release-clauses-in-fm23 FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/fm23customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use t...

FM23 has brought about a number of enhancements to recruitment and scouting in-game which for most of us is one of our favourite things to do in FM, so we share our top tips and insights as to how we each go about building a scouting network in our saves (whether we are any good at it is for you to decide). We also go through our Beta saves and finalise each of our long-term save plans for FM23. T...

This week we are finally unleashing Matt & Doop’s interview with Nic Madden, Senior Match Producer at Sports Interactive, that was recorded at SI HQ during the Alpha event at the start of October. We talk about the big defensive changes he’s been working on with this year’s release, as well as getting him to nail down his all time Football Manager XI too. We’ve had this one under wraps for a f...

With the FM23 Beta release, we decided to have a discussion about our first impressions of FM23 from the limited play time we’ve had. Madd is on quiz duty or is he, you’re welcome! FM23 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/fm23customviews 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 Poten...

On todays episode we talk about the elephant in the room. Graphics. 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 | twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/...

Finally, the day has come to reveal most (some) of our FM23 plans. 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 | twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/d...