5 Star Potential | A Football Manager Podcast

Now that Sports Interactive have released a bit more information about the headline features for FM23, we decided to have a chat about them and speculate how they might influence the way we play during the next game cycle. There’s also a quiz from Mr Madden too! 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 St...

In the second part of a two part special, the lads take it in turns to build out their overall best XIs from the players they’ve managed throughout FM22 (or in the case of Madd, wish they could have managed…) before deciding upon a collective team of the year! FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iT...

In the first part of a two pod special, the lads each nominate a player for our player of the year award. Be prepared for all of the surprises There’s also a quiz from Madd too! In Part two next week, we shift our focus to our team of the year… FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use...

On this week’s pod we are joined by Joe Donnahue from Scouted Football! We get to hear about Joe’s FM escapades, the star he’s touting for big things in the future and who makes it into his all time Football Manager XI. FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check...

We’ve reached that point in the FM game cycle that we start looking ahead to the next game and what brand new features we’d like to see as well as things SI can improve on from FM22. There’s also a bumper update from Joe and the six seasons he’s spent at Villareal so far… FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star...

It’s finally time for us to run the wonderkid hall of fame rule over Javier Saviola! Since Ant Farley mentioned his fond memories of him in pod 261, we’ve been itching to record this, if of a certain age, you’ll enjoy this trip down memory lane. Doop provides an update on the Anderlecht save he started before he went to Vegas and Madd’s on quiz duty. Full Javier Saviola WHOF article:   https:...

On this week’s pod we discuss what we’d do if we found ourselves in different transfer window scenarios based on real life current events going on at Leeds and Manchester United. Matt updates on what’s been going on in his save, where he’s recently left Swansea for a job in La Liga and Mr Madden is on quiz duty! FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've en...

On this week’s pod we have the second of our interviews with Sports Interactive team members that we recorded during our most recent visit to SI HQ. This week, it’s the turn of Anthony Ioannou to be grilled. We talk to Anthony about how he started at Sports Interactive, his most embarrassing FM moment & his all time Football Manager XI! FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs...

On this week’s pod we had the opportunity to visit SI HQ to interview Feature’s and Design Producer, Ant Farley. We talk to Ant about the different roles he’s been in since he started at Sports Interactive, his all time Football Manager XI and who he wants to nominate for a spot in the wonderkid hall of fame! FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoy...

It’s crazy to think that we’ve been recording this silly little niche podcast for 5 years now, so in homage to reaching that milestone, we had a wander down each of our respective memory lanes to chat about what got us hooked on Football Manager in the first place! FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review...

This week’s pod was recorded whilst Doop was live with his 48 hour charity stream, raising money for Spread A Smile. During that stream he was looking at ways of trying to prevent systems using three up top being so overpowered in a PvP situation, so we extended this discussion to see what other ways can nullify a three-pronged attacking unit. Matt gives a big update on his Swansea save and Doop h...

We had the pleasure of being invited to Sport Interactive’s new offices at Here East so we decided to make the most of the opportunity and record some pods from there! This week’s a slightly shorter pod where we chat about our time in London and what’s to expect content-wise in the coming weeks. There’s also another team quiz by Mr Madden that proves that some of us can answer questions without ch...

On this week’s pod we will have a save update from Doop, followed by our spotlight which will focus on how to maximise a shorter pre-season. Buy the London Monarchs home shirt here: https://5starpotential.com/shop/londonmonarchs-homeshirt Spread A Smile: https://twitter.com/spreadasmileuk - https://spreadasmile.org/ FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you'v...

On this week’s pod we will have a save update from Matt, followed by our spotlight which will focus on how to make Football Manager even harder than it already is, particularly for those of you that might be getting a bit bored at this stage in the game cycle or are looking for a new challenge. If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to che...

On this week’s pod Doop and Madd give their thoughts on center attack midfield roles in FM22, which ones work well and how to use them. Madd gives us the latest from his Northern Boys save and then tests Doop's CAM knowledge in this week'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 Potential - ww...

Not another one! On this weeks podcast we put another wonderkid through their paces and see if we add them to the 5 Star Potential Wonderkid Hall of Fame. Just in case you’re a relatively new listener, we recap what the WHOF is and what criteria we use to judge it as well! Mr Madden provides us with a quiz too! Buy the London Monarchs home shirt here: https://5starpotential.com/shop/londonmonarchs...

After a mid-pod tangent a few weeks ago that dared to enter the realms of lower league management on FM, we decided that it was probably best that we got Kevin Chapman, the guy who has literally made a career out of it on the pod to discuss it with us! If you’ve been scratching your head about the pod title you haven’t listened for long enough… Buy the London Monarchs home shirt here: https://5sta...

As Doop’s embarked upon a pretty unique save in the MLS, we decided to dedicate this week’s pod to getting to know both how the MLS works as well as it’s latest team, the London Monarchs! There’s also a quiz that FINALLY features some 90s football questions… Buy the London Monarchs home shirt here: https://5starpotential.com/shop/londonmonarchs-homeshirt Spread A Smile: https://twitter.com/spreada...

Inspired by Doop’s question of what’s more difficult to win out of the Champions League and the Premier League (other top domestic divisions are available), we decided to discuss it from an FM perspective. Matt also provides us with a save update and things have changed quite drastically following the impromptu mini-update during last week’s pod with Miles. There’s also a quiz too! FM22 Custom Vie...

It may have taken 250 episodes but we finally got the opportunity to interview SI Studio Director Miles Jacobson! In this bumper-length pod, we get insight into what it’s like to be Miles day-to-day, the worst thing about his job, and much more including an anecdote that only he could provide! FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast,...

As we’re into the final stages of the European football season, we decided to chat about how we make our decisions after a play-off or cup final, to see how we each approach the future of the team we’re in charge of, whether we win or lose. Doop also gives us a big update on his United save. We’ve got some big news to share right at the end too… Eyes emoji indeed. FM22 Custom Views - https://5star...

We’ve been threatening to do it for a while but it’s finally happening, the 5 Star Potential Wonderkid Hall of Fame is back! Just in case you’re a relatively new listener, we recap what the WHOF is and what criteria we use to judge it as well as going over some of the famed earlier entries before we introduce our first new nominee! We then answer your answers and Mr Madden provides us with a quiz...

This week we chat about what we do directly following a match within FM, we cover how we evaluate performance, what we do to manage morale and how quick we are to make changes when everything goes wrong. There’s also a quiz too! FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below...

On this week’s pod, we are joined by TheAthletic’s Holly Percival, where she goes through how she got her start in football journalism, how her passion for football was sparked and what got her to finally give in and start playing FM. Oh, there’s also something about winning her debut Streamer Showdown too… FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed...

On this week’s pod, Matt, Dave & Mr Madden chat about globally scouting for hot beds of talent. You’ll be truly shocked to find out Dave starts talking about Portugal. Mr Madden almost keeps us on theme with the quiz too! If you listen right to the end, there’s a bonus 90s football question too… FM22 Custom Views - https://5starpotential.com/fm22-blogs/fm22customviews If you've enjoyed the pod...