The Football Manager Show by The Athletic

Iain Macintosh speaks to Russell Hammant from Sports Interactive to give you the comprehensive guide to hiring, and firing, in those crucial non-playing roles.

Alvaro Romeo from The Totally Football Show takes us to the beautiful Galician town of La Coruña in Northern Spain for More Than A Score.

Joe Devine, the big cheese or queso grande of Tifo, passes on his FM 22 advice in What Did You Learn?

Plus your letters cover Build A Nation saves, increasing your reputation and a ballad for ex-Oxford United and Oxford City winger Jamie Cook...

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh speaks to Andrew James from Sports Interactive to get all the top tips when it comes to training.

Seb Stafford-Bloor off the Tifo says hello from his home of Hamburg in More Than A Score. 

Alex Stewart, also off the Tifo from, passes on his FM 22 advice in What Did You Learn?

Jack aka Work The Space talks about the twenty year old grand old game Halo in What Else Do You Play?

Plus your letters cover Hungarian title races, Cruyff throw-ins and save-scumming!

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh unveils the shiny new Football Manager show!

Speaking of shiny and new, CJ Ramson takes us through all you need to know when it comes to tactics in the fully fledged FM 22. 

JJ Bull takes us on a tour of Aberdeen in the first destination for More Than A Score. 

Amita Winehouse from The Athletic is the debut guest in our new feature What Did You Learn?

The Athletic’s Holly Percival tells us why we should all give Valorant a go in What Else Do You Play? 

Plus your letters ask about the best open-top bus parades in Europe, what the hell you do with Southend Utd and how best to organise training.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh gathers four of FM’s mightiest streamers, Zealand, Work The Space, Lollujo and Dr Benjy, for them to tell us about their very exciting network gaming plans once FM 22 launches.    

The Book Club returns and Iain positively drools over the calcio chronicle of Arigo Sacchi: The Immortals, written by the man himself and Luigi Garlando.

Plus your letters look at the future of throw-ins and there’s positive news from one of the last survivors of the Community Challenge: success with SUNDERLAND.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh sits down with Sports Interactive’s CJ Ramson and Nicholas Madden to talk in detail about the biggest changes in FM22.

From an unprecedented overhaul of the animation engine (the thing that powers all of your golazzos) to making set pieces more realistic and less easy to manipulate (sorry Iain) the guys give their best bits of advice for navigating the new changes in the game.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh shares some sneak peaks at FM 22 (the alpha version at least) with FM streamer Kevin Chapman aka Lollujo.

Your letters look at getting back into FM if you’ve been away a few years and the “joys” of playing with friends online, which for some (Iain) means using the Russian military art of deception known as Maskirovka...

And in this week’s What Else Do You Play, JJ Bull takes us through Call Of Duty: Warzone.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh talks about Building Back Barcelona with FM streamer Kevin Chapman aka Lollujo. 

There’s a Position Of The Week as CJ Ramson tells you to “get rid!”... It’s the No-Nonsense Centre Back.

Your letters look at building Belgian B Teams and European tours inspired by cherished FM saves.

And in this week’s What Else Do You Play, Joe Devine off the TIFO tells us all about Rocket League.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh chats all things FM streaming and YouTubing with Zealand.

There’s a Position Of The Week as CJ Ramson tells you to push out wide apart from the times you also come inside… it’s the madness of the Inverted Wingback

Your letters resemble more of an agony aunt column as we come to terms with saying goodbye to FM21 amongst other things... 

And in this week’s What Else Do You Play, Seb Stafford-Bloor gives us his pitch for why you should also play... Red Dead Redemption 2.

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In this episode, Iain Macintosh and Seb Stafford-Bloor off the TIFO delve into the tantalising trailer for Football Manager 22. 

There’s a Position Of The Week as CJ Ramson tells you to “push up because he’ll sit”… it’s Centre Midfield Defend

Your letters ask if FM has an adjustable difficulty setting, except just always being hard, and how to prevent coming back to the game after a few years break and not be completely overwhelmed…

Finally, in this week’s What Else Do You Play, Alex Stewart gives us his pitch for why you should also play... Civilisation VI.

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In this episode, Alex Stewart off the TIFO runs the rule over using the Moneyball philosophy in Football Manager.

There’s a Position Of The Week as CJ Ramson pulls the strings in the middle of the park with the Deep Lying Playmaker.

Your letters touch on Player Preferred and Moves and, unexpectedly, The Good Friday Agreement...

Plus we’ve got a new feature where we talk about games we like to play when we need to consciously uncouple from FM for a bit. First up it’s Iain and Crusader Kings III.

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