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| Community | An FM22 Development Update A blog from Studio Director Miles Jacobson on continuing to create games in a pandemic. | — | |
| Esports | Football Manager 2022 – Debuts November 9th Overcome the odds and earn your success in Football Manager 2022, launching Tuesday, 9th November on PC/Mac. Following an incredibly successful campaign on Xbox last year, Football Manager 2022 Xbox Edition also debuts on 9th November. For the first time in the history of our series, FM22 and FM22 Xbox will be available with Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for PC from launch. More information… | — | |
| Community | Match Plans In FM21 - The Art Of Game Management Game management has become more and more vital as the tactical side of football has taken on growing importance. Once a manager develops a revolutionary style, there will be a host of others adapting their own approaches to try and get results against them. One of the most under-utilised, but hugely valuable features in Football Manager 2021 replicates this process - Match Plans. Visit The Byli… | — | |
| Community | Crafting an effective midfield in FM21 Central midfield is the battleground of this piece. It’s the area of the pitch where creativity stems, where defence transitions into attack, and where it can either go horribly wrong or wonderfully right. In recent decades football’s brightest minds have dabbled with two- and three-man midfields, and both systems have their merits. Which is better though? Sports Interactive's Andrew Sinclair a… | — | |
| Sale | Football Manager 2021 now up to 60% off Complete your pre-season preparations and join the summer transfer party by downloading FM21, now at up to 60% off on all platforms. The sale period runs until 6pm GMT on Wednesday 18th August, but timings vary by platform (see table below for full information). Take the reins at your club and assess what shape the squad is in. Work out the areas for improvement before silencing your critics in… | — | |
| Community | How To Utilise Playmakers In Your System It's an eternal debate among Football Manager tactics aficionados . Is it best to use a single playmaker in your formation or multiple designated playmakers? Do you use an Advanced Playmaker, Deep-Lying Playmaker, or a Wide Playmaker? Ihor Crusadertsar will tell you that the answer is not that simple. Unsurprisingly, it all depends on your desired tactical style and what you are trying to achie… | — | |
| Community | A Guide to International Management in FM21 As most footballers will attest, there's quite nothing like the joy of representing your nation; every sweat-drenched shirt and every tear shed (of happiness or hurt) in the name of your country means more. Rock’s End FM breaks down international management in FM21, allowing you to lead your nation to glory and a place in immortality. Visit the Byline on the Football Manager Website to see how… | — | |
| Community | How we're introducing women's football into Football Manager A Blog by Studio Director Miles Jacobson on the multi-year project coming to a future version of Football Manager Whenever I mention women’s football on social media, people inevitably respond by asking when we’re going to release a women’s football version of Football Manager. Up until now, I’ve always replied with vague answers such as “When we do it, we’ll do it properly”. What I haven’t sai… | — | |
| Community | Maximising Individual Training In FM21 Training is one of those areas of Football Manager that a lot of us look at, think about, and then leave to our assistant. Of course, if you have a decent assistant, your team will trundle along nicely through training, certainly not regressing, but definitely not excelling. Training not only sets your team up for future success by working on players' attributes but it can also be used to fine-… | — | |
| Community | Scouting For Success: A Guide To Assignments In FM21 The Scouting Centre… it’s the place where legendary wonderkids are found and it’s the key to taking your squad to the next level. It’s also the place where many tenured FM players have seen their scouting instructions return strong recommendations, only for those players not turn out to be quite what they seemed. Visit the Byline on the Football Manager Website , as Will Goddard shows you how t… | — | |
| Community | Customise Training Schedules For Success In FM21 Training can often be overlooked in Football Manager. It’s understandable; it doesn’t have the glitz and glamour of developing a groundbreaking tactic, nor does it give the same adrenaline rush you get when making a top-quality signing. Nonetheless, it’s every bit as vital to your team’s success. Without the right training schedule, that revolutionary tactical style you’ve developed won’t work… | — | |
| Sale | At least 45% off FM21 across all platforms Secure the perfect companion for this summer of football with all versions of Football Manager 2021 now at least 45% off across a wide range of digital retailers. The sale period runs until 6pm on July 12th but timings vary by platform and region (see table below for full details). Game Discount Sale End Date FM21 (PC/Mac) 50% 6pm BST, 12/07/2021 FM21 (Windows Store) 50% 6pm BST, 12/07/2021 FM2… | — | |
| Community | Six Tools You Might Not Be Using In FM21 FM21 offers the ultimate football management experience; tinker with your tactics, complete deals in the transfer market and revolutionise training schedules on your way to success. However, with so much immersion provided by the current game and so much detail at your disposal, it’s inevitable that even the most experienced player will have missed some of the tools and information in-game. Roc… | — | |
| Community | Jack Bassett – The best Newgen you’ve never heard of Earlier this year we ran the competition of a lifetime through FMFC, offering one lucky member a true money can’t buy prize – the chance to enter themselves as a Newgen in Football Manager 2021. This was an incredibly rare opportunity that we don't usually make available to the public. Jack Bassett from Bournemouth, England won the proverbial ‘golden ticket’, joining the game in the Final Winte… | — | |
| Community | How To Train Your Newgens in FM21 One of the most appealing aspects of Football Manager is when the fictional players known as Newgens join your universe. For many players, that means scouring the globe for the wonderkids through the Player Search menu or trawling through the hundreds of international youth squads. For others, it can be rewarding to work with what you get from your own internal intake. Build a team of local lad… | — | |
| Community | Building Tactics Around Your Best Players In FM21 After choosing your new club in FM21, one of the first things you should do is identify the key players in your squad. When crafting a winning tactic, the number one rule is playing to your strengths. Invariably, your best players are going contribute to these strengths. Visit the Byline on the Football Manager Website to see how Ihor Crusadertsar from Dictate the Game explains what is required… | — | |
| Community | Retraining Players For Success In FM21 You’ve seen it in real life - clubs losing a series of key players through injury or transfer deals and then struggling as they lack suitable backup in those areas. You’ll also have seen it in Football Manager, where you reach a pivotal point in a campaign only to suffer the ignominy of a mid-season injury crisis which can completely derail a good run of form or, worse still, your entire season… | — | |
| Community | Join Football Manager's Scouting Team Sports Interactive is looking for avid Football Manager players to volunteer to join the ranks of our Assistant Researchers in a variety of territories and leagues across the world. Interested parties need a keen interest in football, and (preferably) strong knowledge of their local clubs and leagues. You need to regularly watch first-team games and be the sort of person that devours any snippe… | — | |
| Community | How To Maximise Your Youth Intakes In FM21 Youth Development is a massive part of everyone's Football Manager save. Developing our youngsters into world beaters brings an almost unparalleled sense of satisfaction, and FM21 gives us more control over the youth development process than ever before. Starting from well before Youth Intake Day, and running through years and years of a Newgen's time with the club, developing youngsters is an… | — | |
| Community | Fighting Fatigue and Preventing Injuries in FM21 “Never let a stumble be the end of your journey. Never let an injury crisis be the cause and effect of your Football Manager demise”. Injuries are often a hot topic for Football Manager players. Injuries can prevent a Wonderkid from reaching his full potential and, perhaps more worryingly, can derail an entire season if they mount up to create what is commonly dubbed ‘an injury crisis’. Visit t… | — | |
| Community | Picking Players in FM21 Based On Data We’ve all seen it a hundred times. We have all scratched our heads. The striker who scores a hatful of goals every year despite only having a Finishing attribute of 10. The defender with a Tackling attribute of 11 who always seems to nail that last-ditch slide at your striker’s feet in the 91st minute whenever you play against his team, meaning you don’t grab that late winner. How does this hap… | — | |
| Community | Defensive Midfielders In FM21 - All You Need To Know Today, MaddFM has come to The Byline on the Football Manager Website to look at the four defensive midfield roles available in Football Manager - the Ball Winning Midfielder, the Anchor Man, the Half Back and the Defensive Midfielder. These are the unsung/unappreciated roles which, on the surface, might be considered boring or unattractive (how many kids want a DMC’s name on the back of their s… | — | |
| Esports | Up to 35% off FM21 now – all versions Now’s your chance to enjoy a strong finish to the season, as all versions of Football Manager 2021 are available now at up to 35% off across a wide range of digital retailers. The sale runs from now until 11am BST on April 16th, although the timings and discounts vary from game to game (see the table below for full details). Buying FM21 (PC/Mac) from the Epic Games Store or Steam also gets you… | — | |
| Community | XI Wonderkids You Need To Add To Your Shortlist We’ve all got stories of the Wonderkids that we discovered in Football Manager long before they’d made an impact in real-life. Those players that not only lift your team to new heights on the game but let you drop that ever so slightly smug ‘oh him, yeah I signed him on FM a couple of years ago’ into the group chat. It’s even more satisfying when the player has flown completely under the radar… | — | |
| Major update | Football Manager Final Winter Update Now Live The Final Winter Update for Football Manager 2021 is now complete, with this second part covering transfers from windows that closed during February, database updates and a few outstanding gameplay fixes. Deals that happened in China, Russia, MLS, as well as free transfers in the EFL are included in this Update. You’ll need to begin a new career for them to take effect, so there’s never been a… | — | |
| Community | Live Q&A with Martin Jol – FMFC Exclusive We’ve got another exclusive FMFC competition… On March 25th, Studio Director Miles Jacobson will be hosting the first of our FMFC Team Talks with former Tottenham Hotspur and Ajax manager Martin Jol, and we’re inviting 200 FMFC members to participate. You’ll have the chance to put your questions directly to Martin in this live Q&A session. Ever wanted to know the sort of data managers actually… | — | |
| Community | Eight Teams To Restart Your Journey With In The Winter Update The Winter Update is where we start to plot our next FM journey, our heads turned by ideas for new saves and the chance to get stuck into updated squads and the latest player data. It can be tough to find the right club to create your story with but to help you out we’ve pulled together eight of the most interesting sides waiting for you to lead them to glory. Visit the Byline on the Football M… | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.