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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 our ever-present hosts find out, it's not always going to work in your favour as the realities of life in England's top division come home to roost.

But it's not all bad, we're making progress, we're breaking some records, winning some awards and with a sizeable gap of games coming up next month, we're planning for the winter break.

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 action while still going through the transfer market.

There's more big-money signings, new contracts, debuts and departures, red cards, shock results and seemingly Shane's punched Jiminez so hard he may have cracked his jaw. 

We're looking at takeovers, tactical adjustments and swapping between key and comprehensive highlights to get the better of games.

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Onward ho!  

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 ball transfer offers
• Summer signings
• Clearing out the dead weight and bloated summer squads
• Wolves pre-season tour of Portugal
• Leicester's pre-season tour of France and trying to sign a goalkeeper
• Kasper Schmeichel's testimonial as some familiar faces return to play Leeds
• The look of the first month of Premier League football
• and more besides

Oh, and of course we'll start with a very quick throwback to Shane's midweek heart-break as Manchester United fluffed their lines in the Europa League Final.

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Roll on kick off...

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 draw that played out cemented what was a pretty solid season in the Championship.

So this week, with no games left to play, we're keeping an eye on the playoffs and who will be joining us in England's top tier for season 3.

With the transfer market set to open and pre-season training on the way, the vultures are circling. Some of Europe's big names are clearing house and Wolves and Leicester both find their own big names in big demand.

The summer signings are coming thick and fast though as pre-season promises must be made, budgets and tactics have to be decided and the fixtures list comes out.

Oh, and with the World Cup heading to Qatar in November, is there a possibility we'll see the toes being dipped into international management or is it all a bridge too far?

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 (though do we really remember the terms and conditions attached?)

Leicester are picking up pace in the FA Cup but how will they handle the extra games? Who wants out, who's sticking around and who gets bragging rights in the office?

With another live game during our latest recording session, our hosts experience one of the craziest games of the hundred or more already played.

This is football. This is The Football Manager Football Show.

Warning: There may be strong language. By that, there's definitely strong language. Also, the final 20 minutes are carnage. Furniture may have been stood on but no recording studios were harmed in the process.

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 at the top of the table, doing everything they can to avoid the playoffs and cement automatic qualification.

Wolves have been blazing a trail but as we found out last week, they're no longer invincible as Preston ruined what would have been a perfect January. Leicester were looking to close that gap to the top as well only for QPR to spoil the party last time out.

So this week, we'll see how Ken and Shane are getting on in February and March with the added pressure of the FA Cup for the Foxes.

There's talk of conspiracies, snitches, moles, players constantly in need of a rest, water bottles getting kicked, managers giving out over loan arrangements and rebels backing down in their demands solely due to possible promotion.

It's a lot to take in but it's a solid listen this week.

Note, this episode contains strong language.

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 besides.

Note that this episode contains strong language.

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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 our first ever FA Cup campaigns kicked off featuring visits from Norwich and Doncaster Rovers

Who draws first blood in the Battle for the King of the Snow Forest? 

All will be revealed...

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 forgiven)
• Tinkering with tactics
• Dealing with takeovers
• Trying to juggle early-season injury headaches
• Analysing penalty shoot-outs
• and more

Some of us may even be tasting defeat for the first time, but since Ken's already lost a handful of games, who could it be?

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Note, there's some football-related swearing in this episode but no footballers were harmed during the recording.

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

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