The Football Manager Show by The Athletic

In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to Sport Interactive’s Ryan O’Connell about being Football Manager’s Head Researcher for the National League South.

The Athletic’s Burnley reporter Andy Jones gives us a taste of what a post Sean Dyche Burnley save might be like.

Our next Legend Of The Game is Icelandic icon Andri Sigthorsson.

And our letters look at taking on the behemoths, a binge-worthy Derby Community Challenge and crunch time with Cambridge United.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to The Athletic’s Liam Twomey about whether Chelsea’s recent “developments” make them a worthy challenge on FM22?

Our next Legend Of The Game is a former great hope for American soccer: Freddy Adu.

We have our first confessant to the FM Confessional.

And our letters look at a historic split in Portuguese football, playing as imitations of legendary managers and a journeyman save that starts in the Chinese second tier.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to Andrew Sinclair from Sport’s Interactive about the final update to FM22.

The Athletic’s Holly Percival, the reigning FM Streamer Showdown champion, talks to Iain about what to do when you’re starting to flounder in a save.

Our next Legend Of The Game is an effortlessly consistent technical maestro and Hammarby icon: Kennedy Bakircioglü.

We have a new feature… welcome to the FM Confessional. It’s time to confess.

And our letters look at: Directors of Football, do you need them? How do you get solid green lines between your players on your tactics page and not the dreaded dotted orange? And if you hire a coach that has a different philosophy to you, will they sabotage everything you’ve tried to build?

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to The Athletic’s Brentford correspondent Jay Harris about their B Team.

RDF Tactics talks us through tailoring a perfect 4-4-2 for the modern day.

Our next Legend Of The Game is ex Man Utd, Fulham and Viking legend Erik Nevland.

And our letters look at a journeyman save through South America, finally solving our near post corner conundrum and an, admittedly diminishing; number of Derby County Challenge holdouts.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to The Athletic’s Holly Percival about her phenomenal feat of winning the FM Streamer Showdown….and she only started playing this game six months ago!

We’re also joined by the legendary MadScientist, creator of the 92/93 FM Database that will take you back to the days of CM1 and the angry man on the box.

Our next Legend Of The Game is one of the greatest goal scorers in CM history – Ibrahima Bakayoko.

And our letters feature Diego Di Girolamo, Wakefield in 2038 and an incredible Fort William choose your own adventure.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to Sport Interactive’s CJ Ramson about mastering free kicks.

We’ve hit the third milestone of the Community Challenge with Derby County and we’re halfway through the World Cup interrupted 22/23 season.

The Athletic’s Derby County reporter Elias Burke is back and we hear how you’ve all been getting on.

Our next Legend Of The Game is ex Liverpool, Everton and West Ham midfielder Don Hutchinson.

And our letters look at another Wakefield Create a Club, more players who have followed you all the way up the leagues and how to keep your own morale up on a tricky save.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to Sport Interactive’s Jack Joyce about why it’s worth swatting up on your opposition scouting. 

We’ve hit the second milestone of the Community Challenge with Derby County and the first season is over. Have you managed to beat the drop? 

The Athletic’s Derby County reporter Elias Burke is back and we hear how you’ve all been getting on.

Our next Legend Of The Game is CM 4 icon Supat Rungratsamee.

And our letters look at an unexpected dismissal, an update on bringing a player all the way through the leagues and: How good would The Beatles be on FM?

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to Sport Interactive’s Nic Madden and CJ Ramson to get a grip on getting marginal gains from your goalkeepers.

We’ve hit the first milestone of Community Challenge with Derby County. The Athletic’s Derby County reporter Elias Burke and Producer Steve join Iain to run through how we’ve all been progressing, if you can call it that…

Our next Legend Of The Game is Belgium bulwark Anthony Vanden Borre.

And our letters look at taking a player with you all the way up the English football pyramid, your FM superstitions and trying to back out of buyback clauses.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to Sport Interactive’s Andrew Sinclair about what’s new in the winter update including updated player stats, positional tweaks and versus mode.

We’re starting a new Community Challenge and it’s… Derby County. The Athletic’s Derby County reporter Elias Burke is going to join us on the way and he’s on to talk through what sort of shape the squad is in.

Our next Legend Of The Game is Ghanaian speedster Nii Lamptey.

And our letters look at the cold financial realities of Scottish football, the difficulties of dealing with Dover Athletic and the intelligence of AI agents…

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to RDF Tactics to learn about the fun that can be found using a back three.

There’s a NEW FEATURE where we look back with a nostalgic tear in our eye at iconic people from this wonderful game of ours. First up in Legends Of The Game is: Mike Duff.

We tell you how you can livestream Iain’s Newcastle Utd attempting to win the League Cup, but let’s be honest you’d only be there to watch him squirm for your entertainment… 

And our letters welcome a fellow FM fan out of retirement, give a lorra lorra love to Andrea Belotti and look at how to make a team full of Leaders, with a capital L…

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