Good Soccer Management Games?

Augmerson

Well errbody. I wasn't sure whether I should ask this in the Games forum or here. I wanted to ask what's the best soccer management simulator? I don't really have any ideas or preferences though I am using an older computer so can't play the newer games with the intense graphical demands.

What would ye recommend?

Fescue

Augmerson wrote: »

Well errbody. I wasn't sure whether I should ask this in the Games forum or here. I wanted to ask what's the best soccer management simulator? I don't really have any ideas or preferences though I am using an older computer so can't play the newer games with the intense graphical demands.

What would ye recommend?

Football Manager.

Augmerson

Fescue wrote: »

Football Manager.

Is that the one made by EA?

Lukker-

Fescue wrote: »

Football Manager.

It's the only option really. I'm pretty sure there is an option to turn off the 3D version of the match so you only get text updates.

You can also lower the size of the database and playable leagues so it's less taxing on your system.

Fescue

Augmerson wrote: »

Is that the one made by EA?

Sports Interactive.

http://www.footballmanager.com/lang/en_GB

It used to be called Championship Manager. I have lost many months of my life to her, she's a cruel mistress.

Lukker-

Augmerson wrote: »

Is that the one made by EA?

http://www.footballmanager.com/lang/en_GB

Pretty sure you can download a demo there, should tell you if it will run on your PC or not.

bucketybuck

Heres a good online management game.

http://www.xperteleven.com/

niallo27

Championship manager 99/00. Buy your man cherno samba he is going to be a superstar.

Schwiiing

niallo27 wrote: »

Championship manager 99/00. Buy your man cherno samba he is going to be a superstar.

01/02 is better. To Madeira, Quaresma, Robben and Ronaldinho and you're on a winner. Or you could just edit yourself into the game.

Fescue

niallo27 wrote: »

Championship manager 99/00. Buy your man cherno samba he is going to be a superstar.

Mads Jorgensen and Kennedy Bakircioglu do the business also.

Mr Blobby

Augmerson wrote: »

Well errbody. I wasn't sure whether I should ask this in the Games forum or here. I wanted to ask what's the best soccer management simulator? I don't really have any ideas or preferences though I am using an older computer so can't play the newer games with the intense graphical demands.

What would ye recommend?

http://www.soccermanager.com/
Its basically Football Manager only every team is managed by actual people.
You set tactics, make transfers deals.. Its very good. Also its a web game so you can play it on your phone.Laptop etc.. Anything will play it.

We actually have our own forum here on Boards thats very active - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1593

We have at least 70+ players and 16 teams currently available.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Mr Blobby wrote: »

http://www.soccermanager.com/
Its basically Football Manager only every team is managed by actual people.
You set tactics, make transfers deals.. Its very good. Also its a web game so you can play it on your phone.Laptop etc.. Anything will play it.

We actually have our own forum here on Boards thats very active - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1593

We have at least 70+ players and 16 teams currently available.

+1 on this great game!!

ricero

Bring back lma manager

Augmerson

Mr Blobby wrote: »

http://www.soccermanager.com/
Its basically Football Manager only every team is managed by actual people.
You set tactics, make transfers deals.. Its very good. Also its a web game so you can play it on your phone.Laptop etc.. Anything will play it.

We actually have our own forum here on Boards thats very active - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1593

We have at least 70+ players and 16 teams currently available.

Sounds great, going to PM GT_TDI_150 about it.

tupac_healy

Can't go wrong with the boards.ie SM game world on soccermanager.com!


Join up and once you get to know the ropes and indeed the other managers it can be unreal crack!

eh i dunno

tupac_healy wrote: »

Can't go wrong with the boards.ie SM game world on soccermanager.com!


Join up and once you get to know the ropes and indeed the other managers it can be unreal crack!

Agree with this. Gets a bit addictive too

tupac_healy

Fescue wrote: »

Mads Jorgensen and Kennedy Bakircioglu do the business also.

What ever happened to him, he was a monster in the game!!!


Also Ian Moore, what a player.... He scored a bag full of goals back in the day :D:D

Augmerson

Are there any players in these games who were hidden gems back in the day and went on to become brilliant footballers?

Fescue

Augmerson wrote: »

Are there any players in these games who were hidden gems back in the day and went on to become brilliant footballers?

Zlatan Ibrahimavic was brilliant in Championship Manager as a youngster, he's done "ok" since.

D_turbo

Wheres the Cheapes place to get Fotball Manager?

49€ is a bit rich for my blood

AdamD

It always on discount on Steam. Was half price for the entirety of the world cup

D_turbo

AdamD wrote: »

It always on discount on Steam. Was half price for the entirety of the world cup

Yeah And i said .." ahh ill get it some time"

Full whack now

D_turbo

http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/football-manager-2014-pc-cd-key-steam

12€ with them

Couldnt leave it for that money

Al Capwned

Another +1 for soccermanager.com

For me half the enjoyment of the game is the craic in the SM forum on here.

Oat23

Football Manager 2014 can be got for around a tenner. There are updates on the steam workshop to update all the transfers as well to deals made this summer. FM is the best €25 I spend every year.

Zemuppet

Schwiiing wrote: »

01/02 is better. To Madeira, Quaresma, Robben and Ronaldinho and you're on a winner. Or you could just edit yourself into the game.

Put myself in the game as a CAM 100+ goals a season playing for Bohs. For some reason the game won't make me FIFA player of the year. Still a fantastic game after all these years

dreamers75

FM and you be on here posting about the next Kerlon like he is your 2nd child.

Ardennes1944

I miss LMA, I wish codemasters came back to do it again. I appreciate Football Manager but it was always too detailed for me, took too long to get anywhere, and I could never do that well in it no matter how hard I tried

Skylinehead

Augmerson wrote: »

Are there any players in these games who were hidden gems back in the day and went on to become brilliant footballers?

Arturo Vidal was the lynchpin of my multi-treble winning QPR side in FM08. At centre half though.

Although my strikeforce was Jose Baxter and Bojan :pac:

hufpc8w3adnk65

Al Capwned wrote: »

Another +1 for soccermanager.com

For me half the enjoyment of the game is the craic in the SM forum on here.

Only Half!? Well have too bar you!!! Ha ha

citytillidie

Look for championship manager 01/02 it is free and there is a community out there that updates the database so it is up to date

hufpc8w3adnk65

If anyone wants too try out www.soccermanager.com and join in with around 70 other members of boards who play the game then pm me.
It's an easy game too play and Craic on the forum is allways good.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1593

It started of as 1 single thread a few years ago but the interest and posting frequency has seen it become it's own section on boards and also it's own mod team.

Fescue

citytillidie wrote: »

Look for championship manager 01/02 it is free and there is a community out there that updates the database so it is up to date

Just installed it there now. It's running like a dream. The memories. Talk to you you all next year sometime.

Mickeroo

CM 03/04 was the direct cause of me dropping out of college first time around. Good times.

Alfred Borden

Premier Manager 98 was another gem!

circadian

Football Manager is great but the temptation to play just one more game kills me, I'm there until 5 in the morning.

Soccermanager is great, I can't do the one more game thing so the scheduled games are a great way to do it. The rest of the time is spent getting your formation right and in the transfer market or on the forums.

smellmepower

Liked Football Manager up until 07 or 08.Just got far too intricate and detailed for my tastes after that.Torrented this years edition and played for a few days but found it impossible!

Would love if they brought back LMA or something like it,wasted most of my teenage years on it!

Have played lots of management sims over the past 10/15 years.Premier Manager,FA Manager,Alex Ferguson's Player Manager (awful!),Champo,the terrible EA Manager (where the team can trash hotel rooms and get kidnapped!) and the first editions of FM.

TheFullDuck

the latest edition of football manager had a classic mode which is a lot less detailed. might appeal to folk that don't have the time or patience to play the detailed version, but still want the modern players and features.

erkifino

citytillidie wrote: »

Look for championship manager 01/02 it is free and there is a community out there that updates the database so it is up to date

I'd vouch for this. The lads spend a lot of time updating the database twice a year. Can fly through a season.