The Football Manager Football Show

This week on the podcast we're getting stuck into September's activities including a string of league games and the next round of the League Cup. Ken's got himself a new away tactic and Shane's also making changes as we adapt to the demands of Premier League life, the fans and the board. A winger-less tactic in a team built on wingers? Sure why not! The goals too are coming thick and fast but as o...

Mind games are rife as the summer transfer window comes to a close and our first Premier League campaign gets underway for season 3 of The Football Manager Football Show. On this week's podcast we're taking a look at the first round of games for this season, including our starts in the League Cup. With the Qatar World Cup booked for November, everything is starting early so we're straight into the...

This week on The Football Manager Football Show we're wrapping up the pre-season. We get to do this because the season is starting early - the end of July in fact - because we'll be off to the World Cup in November to see what's happening in Qatar. With loads of football to play between now and then we're tackling a few things this week Balancing the books by cutting transfer budgets in half Low b...

There was a point during the week where the Italian-English dictionary was coming out but there's another chapter to come for Leicester and Wolves in this week's 'Football Manager Football Show. Last time out, we finished the final day of the season with an epic , end-to-end, highlight-ridden live play of Wolves v Leicester at the Molineux. While the title was already heading to Wolves, the 2-2 dr...

It's the last day of normal play in our second season. The fixtures list have thrown Wolves and Leicester together. Ahead of this game, we've got April to get through with just 13 points separating first and second.  The gap is closing. The goals are mounting up. Promotion is at stake. The Championship crown is at stake. More importantly, someone, maybe, will be named King of the Snow Forest (thou...

It's so close, you can almost taste it. Talk of promotion is rife this week's Football Manager podcast as we make our way through February and into March for The Football Manager Football Show season two. Injuries are starting to mount, players are needing a rest, the African Cup Of Nations has dragged on but we're hitting the business end of the Championship is Wolves and Leicester battle it out...

In this week's episode of The Football Manager Football Show - The January transfer window is open but the romantic notion of swanning around Italian markets - We find out what a Norwegian defensive fish is - Leicester are involved in their second nine-goal thriller of the season - The board are stepping in for transfers - The Foxes are turning Japanese - Wolves head to City in the FA Cup and more...

On this week's episode We're working our way through December in the Championship with an eye on what should be a busy transfer window The pressure is building towards the first meeting this season of Ken and Shane as Leicester welcome Wolves to the King Power Stadium There's talk of tactics, playing for possession, home and away performances And we're wrapping up with another live game as we get...

It's another episode of The Football Manager Football Show and if it's your first, or twelfth listen, thank you for taking the time out of your day to check in on our musings on one of the greatest games on the planet. In this week's episode we're Playing through October and November Bemoaning the thick-and-fast nature of the Championship when you add in cup games (come back Argentina, all is forg...

This week on the podcast Shane's still winning matches We get a nine-goal thriller at the King Power Stadium We hit the third round of the Carabou Cup It's Transfer Deadline Day and there's more comings and goings  Maddisson is mad, son and we decide to play some FM while recording, with incredible scenes Thanks to all listening to The Football Manager Football Show! If you like what you hear, let...

We've hit double figures for The Football Manager Football Show as our stay in the Championship is officially underway. For 50% of the podcast's hosts, it's going swimmingly. The other 50%? Well, let's just say it's a race to the transfer window. Wolves and Leicester are on a quest to return to the Premier League, having both been relegated in spectacular fashion on the last day of our first seaso...

Our time in Argentina has come to a close. While we may return to right some wrongs, we're heading for pastures new for our second season in-game and as Leicester and Wolves were both relegated from the Premier League to a once-familiar life in the Championship, we're bound for England to rescue some Foxes and, well, Wolves. Premier League wages in a Championship world will not suffice, there's a...

It's only taken us two months, but we're finally at the end of our first season in Argentina, some 50-odd games later. For this episode of The Football Manager Football Show we're recapping the last of the season's actions before we get stuck into season 2. It's squeaky bum time in both the Copa Libertadores and Copa Superliga Argentina, the crazy amount of games over the season is taking its toll...

This week on a somewhat-sweary episode of The Football Manager Football Show we're hitting the business end of the season. There's a crazy amount of games to get through for March and April as the Copa Superliga and Copa Libertadores takes off, injuries are mounting up as contract demands creep back in to play, Boca's form is falling off, River are leaking goals and on top of it all, we get a love...

This week, we've reached the end of our first regular-season campaign in Argentina. While league honours are at stake, the biggest concern of this year's gaming has been who would come out on top in our Super Classico, the Supercopa Argentina, pitting River and Boca against each other for the second time this season. Last time out, Ken came out on top with River finding form early in the season. O...

Christmas has been and gone. No turkey, no trimmings, no wage budget, no transfers. Times are tight in Argentina this week as we burn through a string of issues Boca's run of form is gathering steam The winter break is long and sucks Money is running out, players are walking out and someone is losing the room The Copa Libertadores groups stages are drawn - will the season ever end? How do you deal...

It's episode 4 of The Football Manager Football Show and we've got another two months under our belts in Argentina, meaning we're past the half way point in the season.  On this week's podcast Are Boca bouncing back and finding form at the right time? There's silverware on the way to one of the clubs, with more on the horizon Players demanding what the board can't provide Man marking making the di...

We're into the third part of our Argentinian adventure as Ken and Shane attempt to lead River and Boca to the promised land, or at least try to outdo each other as it's host v host for possibly the only time this season. There's late goals, VAR moans, dodgy penalties, tactical disasters, losing and winning runs and that's only in two months. With August and September now in the bag, here's how we'...

This is episode two of The Football Manager Football Show where we talk all things Football Manager and, well, football. Our well-planned out European adventure took a detour in episode one and we've ended up in Argentina. While Ken is installed at River, Shane missed the flight but eventually landed at Boca to get our South American journey started. In this week's episode, we're looking at the fi...

Meet Scoreline.ie's Ken McGuire and Shane O'Keeffe - one is a real-life football manager, but both have played their years away roaring at numbers and dots on screens. Now, they're about to embark on an epic journey that will take them across footballing continents, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, from front-page transfers to back-alley dealings, five-star hotels to couch-surfing...