The Football Manager Football Show

As the wrestling world mourns the loss of Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon, we've been playing our way through the month of October this week with just a few hours nabbed for game time as we've got ourselves a double bank holiday for the first time ever in Ireland.

Yes, with St. Patrick's Day on Thursday, the government have only gone and given us a Covid bank holiday on Friday meaning we've recorded a day early this week.

It doesn't change the dynamic mind, as we get through another two or three league games with our second round of group games in the Champions League to follow.

There's a thriller at Anfield, thrashings at Bologna, hassle from Haaland and the bitter taste of defeat is in the air for both Milan and Inter this week #spoileralert

We've also got one host who's determined to break the record for swearing in the podcast so you may need to rinse out your ears after this week's episode.

As always, you can follow us on Twitter @FMFShow and come say hi there. We've got a treat lined up in time for episode 60 and we've got to thank FM Elder for the mugs this week too - a great addition to the office and recording time!

Anything is possible in this life, even making a one hour podcast out of just two hours of game time with Football Manager 2022 this week.

But we make it count, to be fair. Real Madrid are coming to town, Liverpool are coming to town as we reach the midpoint of our Champions League group stages. 

It's time to start dropping players for substandard performances, but at what stage do you draw the line? Under a seven and you're gone? What if it was all under eights? If encourage is the new Demi Moore, is it time for Milan to start reviewing tactics? And who in the world told Liverpool it was ok to sign Robert Lewandowski having already stolen Vlahovic from under the nose of Inter?

We've got eight solid game and a possible trip to the hospital to factor in for one manager but we get this one over the line.

Strap yourselves in, put 50p in the swear jar and away we go.

As always, thanks to everyone - but especially you - for the loan of your ears and support for the podcast. We've got some good news coming in time for episode 60 too!

Join the conversation on Twitter, it's @FMFShow with game nights for season six taking place on Wednesdays.

Does the latest Football Manager update have your regular goalscorers missing sitters from six yards? Notice anything about skewed shots when watching extended highlights? And just where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

So many questions, so little time this week as one of us genuinely needs a trip to the doctor but we're closing off the summer transfer window in Italy, wrapping up August and cruising through September, including our first taste of Champions League football since season four.

Is there anything Lorenzo Lucca can't do at this stage of the season? Is there any way Inter can bring down their inhibiting wage budget excess? And who's the old geezer spotted around the San Siro wearing black and red on deadline day?

Find out on this week's episode of The Football Manager Football Show which, contains strong language, though not as much as previous episodes.  
  

It's episode 56 of The Football Manager Football Show and we're starting to motor in Serie A.

The first month of games is in the bag and the league is starting to move. Parma, Roma, Napoli, Torino and more are providing the opposition and some stern tests as assistant managers are ignored, VAR is wrecking heads and there's an exodus of young prospects from both Inter and AC.

Wedged in the middle, there's a Super Cup showdown between Inter and Man City while the transfer window ticks towards a close and budgets are getting tight.

Lorenzo Lucca is proving to be a goalscoring and match ratings machine at Milan and even at this early stage of the season, is there any stopping him?

We'll run through our August games this episode and as usual, you'll find some strong language throughout - though maybe a little less this week as we record in new surrounds.

Catch new episodes every Friday in your favourite podcast app or find the archive online at Scoreline.ie. You can also find us on Twitter @FMFShow.

It's time for the regular season!

This week on The Football Manager Football Show we've got

• save updates and shouts for some of the FM community
• a lot of transfer business and money woes
• squad number selection and the weight it carries
• our final three pre-season fixtures
• and the opening day of Serie A TIM proper as Inter face Fiorentina while Udinese take on Milan at the San Siro

Whiskey plays a part this week but at least the swearing is toned down somewhat from episode 54, right, Shane?

As always, this episode contains strong language and you can find the full archive online at Scoreline.ie. Follow us on Twitter to join the conversation, we're @FMFShow, with game nights on Wednesday and new podcasts every Friday.

Household names. Nostalgic football. Shared stadiums. A rivalry for the ages.

Is that enough of a hint to let you know where we're off to? It's a football story as old as the hills and when it came to picking our destination for season six, it was only fair to let Shane decide where we're off to and who gets who.

The finish in this league, while we were in Turkey, was super close, but neither side finished as domestic champions. European football is guaranteed, there's about €35m roughly of a transfer budget for both sides along with some sticky non-EU playing rules. Needless to say, there won't be a giant influx of Premier League or South American stars this season.

For the first time, we're taking on two clubs who almost got things over the line, looking to build up strong domestic support and structures and have at it in one of our all-time favourite leagues.

This week we've got plenty of transfer and tactical talk before wrapping up with a quick live game to tee us up for pre-season proper next week. 

Game nights this season are Wednesday nights with a fresh podcast for your ears on Friday mornings. This episode, along with the previous 53, contains strong language.

Lend us your ears and help us kick off a brand new season.  

Our time in Turkey has come to an end, but there's still the matter of one last piece of silverware.

On this week's Football Manager Football Show we're wrapping up our time in Turkey with the final four league games of the campaign including a Galatasaray v Fenerbahce finish to the season. Has anything improved from our last goalless encounter? Is there one final twist in the tale?

There is the small matter of a Turkish Cup as Fenerbahce have a chance to bring home the only other available domestic silverware and cement a place in at least the Europa League.

Beyond Galatasaray there's also three sides looking for that final Champions League spot. Knowing our time is done, can we leave the clubs in a better shape than they were taken over? Will new faces make an appearance? And where the hell do we go after Turkey?

Check out scoreline.ie from Friday evening for stats, screengrabs and more as we finally remember to summarise a season and results.

Once again, thanks for your ears. Join the conversation at any time on Twitter via @FMFShow.

This podcast contains strong language.

Our time in Turkey is almost done... will we get a league winner on this episode?

Gripes about mis-firing strikers, blown chances, open goals, restarting plays and refereeing decisions aside, we're heading into what should be our penultimate week in Turkey.

This week, there's Europa Conference League action for Fenerbahce along with a Turkish Cup semi-final second leg (after about 50 days of waiting) and there's goals galore for both sides.

Injuries have taken their toll, suspensions have taken their toll and with Champions League and Europa League places at stake, there's plenty to play for.

This episode also marks the first anniversary of The Football Manager Football Show. 52 weeks on, we're still here, still gaming, still playing through our seasons and letting a game that has taken over huge chunks of our lives continue to get under our skin. But it's great craic all the same.

To all those who've been part of the journey over the past year, ducked in and out, or even taken a minute out of the 6000-odd that are available to stream, thanks a million. We hope you're enjoying it as much as we are.

This episode contains strong language throughout.

It's episode 51 of The Football Manager Football Show!

As Galatsaray continue to pull away in the league, the focus for Fenerbahce could be shifting to cup competitions in search of some silverware. But is all rosy on the European front? And who the hell puts nearly two months between two legs of a cup competition?

Injuries are scarce but so too are goals and as snow impacts play in Russia, the cheeky Czechs come to town to with the hope of breaking Turkish hearts.

We finish out this week with a live game where you're likely to hear some choice words about one of our intrepid gamers' finishing.

And no, ask all you like, but the Australian story is staying down under. For now at least.

Thanks to everyone again who continues to follow our journey, gets in touch and joins the conversation across the week or on recording day. If you've got an update in your current FM save that you'd like to let us know about so we can tell everyone else, ping us on Twitter at @FMFShow.

This podcast contains strong language throughout.  

Well hello there episode 50 of The Football Manager Football Show!

We're hitting the end of January and cruising into mid-February in this week's show. There's the frustrating impact of the African Cup of Nations, there are unhappy campers being registered and deregistered for the second half of the league season and the next round of European cup competitions and then there's the looming transfer deadline day.

Someone's picking up a season-ending and possibly career-altering injury. Someone's getting knocked out of the cup. Someone's saving penalties to beat the band. And for some reason, Kevin Phillips becomes part of the conversation when the gin and whiskey run into the very wee hours of Thursday morning this week.

As always, there's strong language throughout the podcast, but please don't let that put you off as we mark reaching 50 episodes of your favourite (or maybe second-favourite) Football Manager podcast.

Follow along on Twitter or drop a tweet to @FMFShow to say hello.