To celebrate the launch of Football Manager 2021, we've got a FM21 release special episode for you this week, with Sports Interactive gaffer and studio Director Miles Jacobson, and Match AI Team producer Nicholas Madden both joining Nathan on the show.

Miles told me about the massive challenge that faced him and everyone at Sports Interactive to develop a brand new Football Manager game during a global pandemic, but incredibly they did that and some, by giving us a raft of new features, including the introduction of xG, the impact of covid-19 on the football world, changing the transfer market, new ways of interacting with players and more. Miles talks us through all that, with a few interesting stories along the way too.

Nicholas then told Nathan about the changes to the Match engine for FM21, including improvements to Decision-Making, Defensive Awareness, Attacking in the Final Third, Central Play and Goalkeeper Intelligence. Nic also discussed the challenges of building a living, breathing match engine, also giving a few hints and tips for FM21.

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