The Football Manager Show by The Athletic

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.

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.

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.

In this episode, writer Joel Golby talks to Iain about why he loves this game so very, very much despite it so often not loving him back.  There’s a Position Of The Week as CJ Ramson runs the channels, drops deep to join in the build up play and puts the ball in the net with The Complete Forward. And on the theme of love, your letters talk about Motherwell’s Jason Cummings (in FM where he’s actually played there and not IRL of course) and you present us with more bold challenges you want to take on in FM 22.

In this episode, we’re looking at data: xG, player ratings and reasons why it’s not your fault you just lost 3-0 to a side that had three shots on target when you had twenty... Elliot Stapley from Sports Interactive is on duty to debunk the digits.  There’s more Position Of The Week as CJ Ramson takes us off the touchline and inside to the world of the Inverted Winger. And your letters look at mobile mode, what you promise yourself you’ll do differently on FM22 and much more.

In this episode, do you want to change the very fabric of the game, the basic parameters of FM existence? Well look no further! Freddie Sands from Sports Interactive tells us all about editing the Football Manager database...  Position Of The Week is back as CJ Ramson explores the madness of using a Mezzala in midfield... We’re winding down the Sunderland Challenge and finding out how you’ve all done. A lot better than Iain by the sounds of it... Plus the Bundesliga Challenge comes to an end. Auf Wiedersehen, mein Freund...

This week Andrew James from Sports Interactive tells us how to manage our workload, the physical workload of our players that is not how much you’ve got on at work... The Athletic's Art De Roché tells us about the joy that can be found in embracing the chaos of an asymmetric formation as well as the benefits of managing in Ligue 1. The mailbag brings us stories of success with Dynamo Dresden, and silverware using our “spit” housery advice from episode 26. And, of course, more God damn Sunderland... Plus the Bundesliga Challenge sees a reversal of fortunes for Alex and Iain...

This week Ali Maxwell from The Athletic’s Zonal Marking podcast joins us to tell us how he’s managed to master the demon spawn that is the Football Manager Show Community Challenge. We’ve got a new feature for you called Position of the Week (steady now...) Your letters tackle thriving post promotion, developing youth players and Create a Club mode.     Plus the Bundesliga Challenge nears the end of season two with Europe in sight for Alex and Iain...

We’re back with a brand new season AND we’re a full time, weekly pod from now on! Tom Davidson from Sports Interactive joins us to tell us how the Football Manager team are winding down at the end of the FM21 season and preparing for FM22.  We’ve got a new challenge for you, and boy is it a tough one! To get the inside scoop on our new Community Challenge managing Sunderland AFC is Connor Bromley from Sunderland pod The Roker Report.  Your letters also have a very heavy Sunderland theme... Plus the Bundesliga Challenge continues and Alex Stewart from the TIFO Football Podcast returns to talk us through a tough month for him and his Stuttgart side.

Football Manager 23 is officially out! In this episode, Tony Jameson and RDF Tactics speak to Neil Brock from Sports Interactive about how to set yourself for the perfect save right from the start. The Athletic’s Dermot Corrigan gives us the inside track on Barcelona for the latest edition of New Vacancy. Plus some skullduggery is afoot in the letters as well as discussing those dreaded team meetings. And finally after the show you’ll hear a snippet from The Athletic’s brand new documentary series ‘Away from Home’ where they’ve been granted access all areas to Shakhtar Donetsk during their Champions League campaign. This is while their normal lives have been turned upside down by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  If you like what you hear you can hear the first three episodes right now by searching for ‘Away from Home’ wherever you get your podcasts.  The Football Manager Show is presented by Tony Jameson & RDF Tactics and it’s produced by Steve Hankey. You can follow Tony Jameson in all of these places: Twitch - http://twitch.tv/TonyJamesonFM  YouTube - http://youtube.com/TonyJamesonFM  Discord - https://discord.gg/Ud9YTYQbg2  RDF Tactics can be found in all of these places: Twitch - http://Twitch.tv/RDFTactics  YouTube - http://youtube.com/c/RDFTactics

Listener! Have you ever wanted to win a Nintendo Switch for playing Football Manager? Well now's your chance! All you have to do is join Iain Macintosh, Alex McLeish, and Tom Davidson at this event here Plus we catch up with Alex Stewart in the FM Bundesliga Challenge

Iain Macintosh is back for one last time in this series to take you through the top ten things he's learnt, and you've learnt, so that you are set to take your save to the very next level. And remember, everything is connected to everything. We also have your letters, and the final part of the FM Bundesliga Challenge - did Alex Stewart survive? Join The Athletic here

Iain is here to remind you that training is very very important. And with the help of Dom Baker of SI they will help you level up off the pitch so you can blow your opponents away on the pitch. Plus there's your letters including one extremely helpful one which you can find out more about here and in the FM Community Centre you can find out about the glorious Aswijan here And of course you can get yourself an Athletic subscription here

This week we take a deep dive on youth development. How do you build an assembly line of talented young newgens, how do you develop them, when’s the right time to play them? Find out how to make your own Class of 92 on this show. Plus Bugsy's in the Book Club, the hardest ever FM challenge - no not the Bundesliga one, but also we are talking the FM Bundesliga Challenge, and we answer your letters.

On today’s show: Are you a serial Football Manager failure? This show is for you. `We're going to strip it all down and tell you exactly what you need to know so that you've already had your last rage quit. Plus we answer the question of how to manage an amateur team, we delve into stats in the Community Centre and we bring back Alex Stewart to the Bundesliga Challenge.