The FM Show - A Football Manager Podcast

Where's FM25? Where is FM25? Many people are wondering why Sports Interactive (SI) hasn't released any promised gameplay footage, as they have gone completely silent. This has left us with an emergency podcast trying to figure out what has happened ourselves. Some fans fear the worst, while some fans are taking a more pragmatic and holistic approach to the lack of communication and any potential p...

Bang Average Football Developer Ruairi Dorrity The FM Show Podcast Episode 80 On todays episode of The FM Show Podcast, we welcome Game Developer Ruairi Dorrity onto the show talk about his game, Bang Average Football. Si has been creating content about this game on his YouTube channel, and TJ thinks it could be right up his street. Arron returns the show following the birth of his third child. Th...

Real Life Tactics In Football Manager FMTREQ The FM Show Podcast Episode 79 FM25 is still a far away dream for some. For some, FM24 has gone stale. And for Si Maggio, this is the most depressing time of the year. However, if you're an optimistic person, you'll be delighted to hear what FM Treq has to say on this weeks episode as we talk about how he implements real life tactics into Football Manag...

What Are Our Biggest FM25 Worries? The FM Show Podcast Episode 78 MCKINSFM FM25 is fast approaching, although it also feels like its taking forever. RDF Tactics is back on the show, along with Si Maggio joining regular show host Tony Jameson, and we also have a returning guest, the wonderful, McKinsFM. Its been about a year since we last had McKins on the show, so we find out whats happened in tha...

Premier League & EFL Recruitment Expert shares his Football Manager tips - The FM Show Episode 77 Welcome everyone, to a very special episode of The FM Show where we're joined by an actual real life EFL Recruitment Expert, Andy Watson. Not only is Andy an expert in recruitment, particularly around the Brexit rules with regards to Work Permits, he used to also be the Head Researcher for Blackburn R...

New Years Resolutions In Football Manager Episode 76 Happy New Year everyone. Hope you've all enjoyed the festive season. TJ and Si Maggio are with us today to discuss their New Years Resolutions in Football Manager. Tony has an update from the Pentagon Challenge, which may, may not be a surprise. Si outs his wife as a fruit cream eater. And there's some thoughts about what the future may hold. If...

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. TJ and Si Maggio are discussing the famous Bottom At Christmas Challenge on todays episode. They also chat about some of the other challenges that have been posted out on SortItOutSI. TJ and Si also talk about the potential for rebuilds within the top divisions of Europe, particularly Spain where TJ hasnt managed in a long time. Also, make sure you watch until...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The FM Show Podcast. Many of us are eager to set our out-of-office replies and head off on holiday for the festive season; however, Omega Luke and Omega Dad emphasize that we should refer to this as simulating rather than holidaying! TJ and RDF Tactics engage with the Omega Luke and Omega Dad (aka The Omegas) in a discussion about the terminology that often f...

The Ultimate Christmas Wishlist For A Football Manager - The FM Show Podcast #73 As we approach the Festive season, TJ, Si Maggio and RDF Tactics prepare their Football Manager Christmas Wish Lists. As you'd expect, some of the ideas are really sensible and well thought out, whereas some are, well, lets just say, you'd be forgiven for thinking that TJ came up with them! EXCITING NEWS We have FM Sh...

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Jack Coles Head of Recruitment Lincoln City The FM Show Podcast #72 Have you ever wondered how close to realistic recruitment is on Football Manager? In this weeks episode, we talk to Jack Coles who is the Head of Recruitment at Lincoln City to see if he can give us any professional insights into how we can improve our in game recruitment. If you wanted to know about Jacks calibre in the game, he...

Is It Time For A Football Manager Convention? The FM Show Podcast #71 Welcome to another episode of The FM Show. Now that the dust has settled on the Nottingham Comedy Festival Live show (which is available to watch on Patreon), TJ got thinking about whether we could go one step further as a community. Could we create a Football Manager Convention? If we could create it, what would it look like? S...

Can Kids REALLY Help You Win Anything in Football Manager? The FM Show Episode 70 Welcome to another fantastic episode of The FM Show. RDF Tactics returns to the hsow this week after a week in Croatia at Dinamo Zagreb. Si Maggio has had a cold. TJ has been slowly making his way through South Africa in the Pentagon Challenge, and there was a live show! If you want to see the live show, the only way...

Exclusive First Look at CM94/95 in FM24 THEMADSCIENTIST Welcome, everyone, to the weird and wonderful world of The Mad Scientist. Retro Database extraordinaire, and on todays episode we get an exclusive look at his latest retro database, the 94/95 database. This is the year when Blackburn won the Premier League. Zinedine Zidane had hair. And Italian football was dominating Europe. The database wil...

I NEED To Understand This Game The FM Show Episode 68 MooonoStreams Mooonostreams makes her debut on The FM Show in this weeks episode. Monqiue is a Dutch streamer who talks to us about how she got into the game. The frustrations she's found within the game world (and of course, social media). And the pride she feels for womens football making its debut in FM25. Arron gives us an update from Birmi...

New Save Ideas To Keep You Occupied Until FM25 with @FMLlama The FM Show Podcast Episode 67 As Football Manager 25 isn't going to be released until March 2025. we've invited our very special friend, FM Llama onto the show to give us some save ideas that will tide us over for the next 6 months. Let us know in the comments if you've decided to start a new save with this bonus FM24 time, or whether y...

FM25 Is Delayed AGAIN The FM Show Podcast Episode 66 Bonus Episode You will all have heard the news by now that SI have announced the delay to FM25 from November to March. TJ, RDF Tactics and Si Maggio have managed to quickly get round the table to react to the news that broke earlier today to give their thoughts. Where does this leave Sports Interactive and Football Manager? Do they still have th...

FM25 Must Have These FM Console Features - FM Console Episode 65 The FM Show Podcast Welcome to another episode of The FM Show. This week TJ, Arron and Si sit down with the 'hawk tuah' guy of the FM scene, FM Console. Whether that means he's the flavour of the month, or just someone who likes to spit on things, you'll find out in this episode. You'll also find out about the actual FM Console versi...

How We Choose An FM25 Save - The FM Show Podcast Episode 64 As FM25 approaches, Tony, Si and RDF attempt to decide what their save on the new game might be. Will it be a Build A Nation? Will it be a journeyperson save? Or will they try Womens Football first of all? There is also a little moment where the boys reminisce about injuries that stopped them from being as contender. There are discussions...

What Would You Remove From FM25? The FM Show Podcast - Episode 63 Following our recent discussion about removing attributes from Football Manager, TJ, RDF Tactics and Si Maggio have an apology to make. Of sorts. In this episode, we discuss what features the team would remove from Football Manager if they know that they would be coming back in a better form than they currently are. Please feel free...

DOCTORBENJY & WORKTHESPACE The FM Show Podcast Episode 62 Football Manager 25 might be delayed, but we've got a heck of a show today. Work The Space returns for his third appearance, and making his debut, is none other than Doctor Benjy. As RDF Tactics is having computer trouble, Si Maggio steps in to support TJ in hosting the show, and what a show. We look at the future of FM. In some ways its a...

What's the Future of Football Manager with @lollujo and @Secondyellowcard? The FM Show Podcast Ep 61 Last week Sports Interactive dropped a Development Blog that caused a bit of a stir. FM25 will be delayed. International Management has been removed. As have players weights. Joining TJ and RDF Tactics on this weeks show, are none other than Lollujo and SecondYellowCard to discuss the removal of th...

The FM Show Podcast Episode 60 - We Represented England At FIFAe World Cup - SECONDYELLOWCARD On todays show, we have not one, but TWO international managers! RDF Tactics and Second Yellow Card have recently represented England Gaming at the first ever FIFAe World Cup featuring Football Manager. It was an incredible week, filled with loads of stories, laughs, confusion, moments of drama, and a who...

The FM Show Podcast Episode 59 - Should we be nostalgic for older FMs? - MBREEZYFM Welcome to another fantastic episode of The FM Show Podcast. RDF Tactics camera is still smoldering after last weeks show, so joining TJ and Si Maggio today is streamer, YouTuber and host of the United Front Podcast (a podcast about Man Utd and West Ham, not right wing politics), its MBreezy! If you're a Patreon, yo...

The FM Show Podcast Episode 58 - Does this completely change Football Manager? Welcome to another episode of The FM Show, with Tony Jameson, RDF Tactics and Si Maggio. On todays show, the team talk about new saves. Arron is salvaging Newcastle following their relegation to the Championship. Si is currently at Athletic Bilbao where he can only sign Basque players. And Tony is starting to wonder whe...