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Preseason is done and dusted in Portugal... just about, so how does our Football Manager newcomer plan his season ahead and what's impacting those decisions? Contains strong language. Follow the podcast @FMFShow Follow Ken @tacticalmanager Follow Shane @sirsok1

Season 9 is officially underway. The band is back together and we've added a third wheel, only this wheel has *never* played Football Manager before. What happens when you unleash a complete newbie to the world of FM? With Shane's riches in South Africa secured safe and sound and Toulouse now a top-half team in Ligue 1, it's time to get the ball rolling on Football Manager 2023 as we get a three-w...

Let's burn this house down - our Football Manager 2022 adventure is finally finished It's only taken until the week before the full release of Football Manager 2023, but our Football Manager 2022 journey has come to an end. Some people would call that impeccable timing. Others might call it tantamount to torture as the French and South African seasons come to a close. For Ken, it's been a tough se...

March is done and dusted as we try to shoehorn the closing games of FM22 into a bumper week (next week) to wrap up this game cycle. Before then, we've more African Champions League action to get through as Toulouse hit (another) poor run of form. Shane's got his biggest league test to date in a top-of-the-table clash with Kaizer Chiefs while it's looking like Ken can't buy a win again this week in...

The Football Manager 2023 beta has been released and this week we're introducing a third player to proceedings, Scoreline producer and Liverpool fan Robbie Dowling. Games are back in South Africa as the AFCON goes by way of Nigeria but Orlando Pirates are playing catchup with a ton of games to get through. In France, Ken finds Toulouse struggling to hit the back of the net but a new recruit from P...

Between the January transfer window, winter break and African Cup of Nations, it's Ken getting to plough on with some games this week as we hit the business end of the FM22 cycle. There are some South American prospects on their way to South Africa, reinforcements arriving at Toulouse to try and shore up a mid-table position but as the Coupe de France moves into round ten with Marseille, league le...

Shane's back from his travels and brings with him four games in nine days from South Africa. Who knew he had a penchant for late nineties TV programming... It's another week in the world of Football Manager and we're back on top of our network save world as we hurtle towards the end of the Football Manager 2022 cycle (for us at least). We're back in South Africa and France this week as we wrap up...

Without so much as a swear word uttered or a bad word said against Gwyneth Paltrow, this week it's Ken flying solo to bring you up to speed on where we're at with a mid-season break in South Africa, France and Scotland. The headline features have been revealed for Football Manager 2023 so what are they and how will they impact your career choices in Football Manager 2023? And with the beta release...

It's been another busy week in the world of Football Manager. The game's next edition, Football Manager 2023, is set for release on 8 November which means out intrepid managers are under pressure to finish out their FM22 adventures in South Africa and France. Having opted to divide and conquer, splitting continents as well, it turns out that there's quite a lot of football to be played in South Af...

There's hassle at Hibs, goals galore at Old Trafford and on the network stage, it's all go in South Africa as France barely gets a look-in this week. Have you noticed as we edge towards the release of Football Manager 2023 that your time invested in Football Manager 2022 has gone up and not down? That's what it's been like this week as Shane continues his Multiverse of Madness with jobs at Man Uni...

Football Manager 2023 is on the way, there's cup action in South Africa, mixed results in France and Shane wonders can he track down Alan Curbishley on this week's podcast. Contains strong language.

With a yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, there's barely a mention of a pirate reference in this week's episode of The Football Manager Football Show. We've closed the transfer windows so look at changes and upgrades to Orlando Pirates and Toulouse, there's even more cup competition action in South Africa while in Ligue 1 it's about getting points on the board while dealing with early season injury pro...

It's tough trying to be a pirate. Or at least for one of us trying to be a pirate. On this week's podcast we're finishing out a lengthy pre-season for Orlando Pirates, Shane's new employer in South Africa, while Ken has missed pre-season with Toulouse by all bar one game so has to crack on and worry about Nantes, Marseille and PSG all in the space of a week or so. We're discussing staffing woes an...

After 80 episodes, tens of thousands of downloads, millions upon millions in transfer fees, awards, rivalries, insults, and so much more besides, we've got some news. Ken has left Hibs, officially. Shane has left Hearts, officially. Season seven ended with Hearts finishing second, Hibs in third and Ken named the Scottish Football Writers' Manager of the Year. That's as good as it got with Rangers...

It's time to draw our Scottish adventure to an end, so on podcast day, in 31-degree heat, we've rattled through the end of the season and it can't come soon enough. This week we manage to get through the final two games pre-break and the full championship stage run, so it's the last seven games of the league in all. Plus, Shane's still in Cup action as Hearts get the unenviable task of facing Celt...

March is in the bag, the games are closing in and the season is almost to a close in Scotland! As Castlewarren return to play in real life, Hearts are making a push for the Scottish Cup, Hibs are hoping for a miracle in Croatia and Rangers are left looking for a new manager. Funnily enough, one of our intrepid managers may also be looking for a new club... This could be our penultimate Scottish ep...

On this week's podcast, we're heading through February and into March with another four-week block of games in the bag. Having recovered from his hospital adventures last week, Shane is gone into full-on Gegenpress mode and looks to be paying off.  Player unhappiness is rife at Hibs after a scrappy run of results but can Ken turn it around this week? And who knew you could lose a player for two mo...

It's still shite being Scottish, but we're getting there. January is done and dusted and thanks to a little bit of live play, we manage to make it up to mid-February this month. But January in itself took a toll with some heavy results and dropped points for both sides (sure, you can't win them all) but some tactical switches and familiar reinforcements mean the boys can get back to winning ways....

January 2024, Scotland. Life as we know it, for one of us anyway, has taken a turn. A defeat in December runs the risk of taking the wheels off a certain green and white train as the winter break doesn't do too much for Hibs. As for Hearts? Well that's a different story. We've got a few games to run through and live play to get us through a month where you realise it doesn't matter what your wage...

December arrives and passes in Edinburgh. On those cold, wet, wintery Saturdays and Sundays, Hibs and Hearts are still very much slogging it out when it comes to the Football Manager Football Show Podcast. This week, Shane needs to get a run of results together, but he's got Aberdeen, Celtic and Hibs on the way. For Ken, it's one more game in Europe to finish off the Europa Conference League - qua...

It's episode 74 of The Football Manager Football Show, where we're still in season 7, wrapping up November in Scotland. As happens in FM, you get on a run, save things off, come back a few days later and everything's gone to pot. Players are unhappy, the board are unhappy, fans are unhappy, results aren't going your way and the top five is changing every single week. Except for Celtic and Rangers....

October is done and dusted in our Scottish adventure and we've got as many injured as we have starting heading into the month of November. It's a big month too as Ken gets put to the test in the Europa Conference League group stages and gets a visit to defending champions Rangers in the league. Shane's got a tricky run with Aberdeen, Celtic and Rangers all on the horizon in this week's episode bef...

There are no easy games. We've said it before, and just like Troy Parrott, we'll say it again - there are no easy games. With the transfer window behind us, we're getting the entire month of September out of the way as we rack up league and cup games across the month. Shane's football may not be pretty, but it's starting to get results. Ken's got Troy Parrott firing on all cylinders but when the s...

The league is underway, there's a bucket load of European action as we bid for the Europa Conference League qualification, it's transfer deadline day and there's a lot going on in Scotland! Oh, and because someone's been as sick as a big, we're out of the office and camped out in Shane's sitting room to recap a tough week on the Football Manager front.  The times they are a changing. Contains stro...

Would you look at that, we've only gone and reached episode 70 of The Football Manager Football Show! Whether you've been there since day one, dropped in and out or you're only lending us your ears at this very moment, thank you very much for the support and your time. This week, we're getting ready to start the regular season in Scotland meaning we've got the last of our pre-season friendlies, mo...