As a self-confessed failed goalkeeper in my own time, I love a broken stopper. And when it comes to FM06, few come at a better value than Craig Gordon. In every Football Manager game, you need somebody who’s cheap, reliable and has a large-enough shelf life so that you can focus on building out other areas of your time. Craig Gordon on Football Manager 2006… Read More »Craig Gordon on FM06: Hearts’ Broken Goalkeeper
As football games have become progressively more complicated these days, there’s clearly still a nostalgic love and desire to play FIFA Street. There’s something interesting happening around retro football games at the moment. You only need to spend five minutes scrolling through football gaming discussions, YouTube comments or social media clips and you’ll see it. Somebody posts old FIFA Street gameplay and suddenly everyone starts… Read More »Why Football Fans Still Love FIFA Street in 2026
The art of an FM Wonderkid is to find someone in some faraway land with very little PR, unearth them and then personally give them the platform to be the player you believe they can be. You’d find some unknown teenager hidden away in Belgium, Brazil or Argentina, sign him for a fee that felt suspiciously low and then spend the next five seasons watching… Read More »5 FM Wonderkids Who Actually Lived Up To The Hype
I was an absolute fiend on FIFA 15 but always wanted to be ‘different’. That being said, even I had to relent and buy Seydou Doumbia. Which secretly annoyed me as I came up against him practically every Ultimate Team game there was, but over time, it was just undeniable how broken this guy was to use. Not because he had a massive rating. Not… Read More »Seydou Doumbia: The Unstoppable Striker of FIFA 15
I actually remember where I was when things changed in Football Manager 2009 and I knew that things wouldn’t be the same again. Quite a stoic thought for a 12 year old, but it’s true! As I’m sure you’ll agree, there are certain moments in football gaming where you can immediately split people into two groups: those who were there and those who weren’t. Football… Read More »How Football Manager 2009 Changed the Game Forever
It’s not a Football Manager game without a ‘broken’ wonderkid. And this year’s (FM 26) comes in the form of Georgian full-back: Saba Kharebashvili. Haven’t heard of him? Well, you must be living under a bloody rock! Saba Kharebashvili is a left-back for Dinamo Tbilisi, left-footed, tall for his age, and already playing meaningful minutes. And in FM26? The database basically screams “modern full-back prototype.” Between… Read More »Saba Kharebashvili: The Next Real-Life FM 26 ‘Wonderkid’?
At eight years old, there was no doubt in my mind who the greatest footballer in the world was: Martin Palermo. Martin Palermo’s Gaming Hero Status I didn’t know what he looked like, what his skillset was, or why he was particularly effective in a front two. What I did know was that if I paid between £11,000,000 and £13,000,000 for him on Championship Manager… Read More »Martin Palermo: An Ode to ‘El Loco’ & Championship Manager 00/01
I mentioned before that FM 08 saw the game move away from its typical livery, and the emergence of Football Manager 2009 proved that this change was here to stay. As was the 3D game engine! Best Players to Buy on Football Manager 2009 No matter which version of FM you play, the transfer mantra is usually the same. Whether you’re building a team on… Read More »7 Bargain Buys from Football Manager 2009
When it came to ‘sure-fire’ purchases to make for every big club on FM 07, not pulling the trigger on Darijo Srna would be complete and utter madness!
If you haven’t had to google how to spell Balazs Dzsudzsak’s name when starting up an FM 07 save, then I’m afraid you’ve lived a pretty sad life, haven’t you? What people really need to understand in the world of Football Manager, is that it really is so much more than just a simple video game – and I don’t mean that in the whimsically… Read More »Balázs Dzsudzsák: FM’s Favourite Hungarian (2007)
