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 BUY ME! |  5.0
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by  Will
| Feb 13, 2007 |
With the opportunity to take control of thousands of clubs around the world and put in situations real life managers are put in during their daily managerial careers makes the gameplay of Football Manager 2007 not only exciting but extremely realistic. While you sit and watch your favourite team and claim how you’d make them better in the transfer market, what tactics you’d use and a lot more, you get the opportunity to make your thoughts more than thoughts.
The new features on this year’s addition are what set this managerial sim higher than their competitors.
The opportunity to have feeder clubs are an amazing feature that most fans would have wanted ever since they knew it existed. Having feeders will allow you to poach away young prospects from your feeder club for cheap knock off prices, as well as given the opportunity to send your youngsters who aren't ready for first team football and are to high of quality to be playing in your youth side or reserves the opportunity to go play regular football in a real competitive league which will only help them grow in potential. There are also advantages to the feeder club situation even if you’re a smaller club. You could get the next Shevchenko on your books if your parent club feels the youngster needs more football. Not to mention the extra finances it could bring to both sides of teams. Higher quality teams can get feeders from Asia, America and so on, which will boost financing in merchandise. Were as smaller clubs can arrange friendlies easier with the bigger club, if they are your parent and get more gate receipts.
Also this edition allows you to interact with players more. You can ask your top player from a lesser known country could he recommend a player from his nation that the team could sign, you never know, he may pick out a gem. You can also ask them to recommend staff that could possibly help the team improve.
The new youth system in this year’s addition allows you to be the new Arsenal and build on youth. When signing a young player you can ask him to be tutored by one of your key, experienced players thanks to the player interaction feature.
Another few features in this game which would catch an eye are the possibility of the club you’re managing to get took over. It could mean the end of your Ł1m a year budget and get you a sugar daddy like Roman Abromovich. This feature really adds to the realism of today’s modern game.
Pre-match is a lot better on this edition with you given the opportunity to give team talks. You can give your team the spirt to go out and perform a giant killing or you can even tell them to relax if it's only a friendly or a less important game. You can also give tactics to dangerous individuals of the opponent like pushing them onto their weaker foot and close them down at every opportunity, which allows you greater chance of picking up the win.
As with past FM's, the game has a severe problem with bugs. You can see yourself picking up a lot of injuries and finding it extremely hard to pick up a win. But like every version this will all be fixed by the patch that is usually released a few days after (released as you read this).
Apart from the over flow of bugs without the patch, Football Manager 2007 would be highly recommended by any managerial sim player. I can honestly say that there is no game similar to this genre that compare to SI's edition for this year. Also with this game being so popular allows you for more updates made by the players of FM, like database updates which will update transfers, board takeovers etc. You will also find countless amounts of interface graphics available on the Internet like skins, face packs and kits. There is also a wide community for you to discuss this game with other players.
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| Football Manager '07 - Square's Review | 5.0
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by  Square
| Jan 1, 2007 |
THE GOOD:
Easier on the eye interface
The new skin gives a cleaner and smoother look to FM, easier to use than ever
Feeder Clubs
As requested from many fans, the option of Feeder Clubs has been introduced. The larger club can take advantage of sending developing talent out as well/or having the first option over any of the feeder clubs most players. The smaller club can gain money from it's parent, as well as receiving loanee's from it's bigger brother.
Scouting
The scouting system has been improved a lot from last year. One of the best features the "report card" provides more informative reports on players. You can send your scout to view your next opposition, and he will highlight their style of play, probable formation and any strengthes and weaknesses he has found.
Pre - Match Team Talks
Following on from Football Manager 2006, This years version see's the inclusion of pre - match team talks. This can be used to inspire your players before a game. Also, your assistant manager can give you a report on how your players responded at what you have said.
Player Interaction
This allows you to talk about any player in the world, this may such things as admiring his talents or highlighting him as a potential signing. It seems SI have focused on little things as well this year, and some nice touches have been added such as the ability to send a player to the reserves until he has recovered or is match fit.THE BAD:
There are very few aspects that can be considered bad in this game. However, with the increasing difficulty that this year's version brings many feel the "pick up and play" factor has been lost. Pre match media comments can also become repetitive, such as stating whether you believe your team can win etc. SUMMARY:
An excellent game, Sports Interactive once again bring an addictive game in Football Manager 2007, an improved update from it's predecessor. Football Manager continues to keep players gripped for hours on end. |
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| Football Manager 2007 | 5.0
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by  gers_fan_no1
| Nov 9, 2006 |
THE GOOD:
There have been several new features added from Football Manager 2006, most of which make the game even better than what it was last year.
Feeder Clubs - Feeder/Parent clubs is a great addition to Football Manager. The option to have a feeder club allows you to send your youngsters on loan for experience which is one of the biggest benefits you can get out of having your own feeder club. You can also use your feeder club to avoid work permit regulations. If you have a feeder club in a country such as Belgium etc you can send the player on loan to the club until he is provided with a full WP. Another benefit from feeder clubs is the extra merchandise that can be received if you are lucky enough to be offered a feeder club in the likes of Japan,China or USA. If you are a lower league team then parent clubs can be of great advantage to you. The parent club could send you their youngsters on loan to gain experience which could be very useful to you for obvious reasons. The parent club will also pay an annual fee to you which will help out finances and also an annual friendly is usually in the agreement. This friendly will be played at the feeder clubs home ground with the home team keeping all profit from the match.
Scouting - The scouting system has been vastly improved from last year as well. You can now multiple select players to scout instead of scouting players one at a time. In my opinion the most useful addition to the scouting system is the 'report card'. This means you can send one of your scouts to get a report card on the player containing lots of useful things such as comparing him to your best player at that position, stating if they think he is likely to improve, his strengths and weaknesses, how much he would be available for and much more.
They are in my opinion two of the best additions from last year but there a lot more. Player Interaction allows you to talk to any player in the world via the media, allows you to praise any player and also to "tap up" a player. These can be used to try and make an opposing player buckle under pressure or get your own players morale high. Opposition instructions is also a helpful addition. Say you are playing Chelsea, it is evident you will want to stop players such as Ballack and Shevchenko and any time during the match you can now tell your team to show one of these players onto weaker foot or even to close down quickly.
All these features and many more make the game so much more enjoyable and are sure to have you addicted for hours and hours playing this game.
THE BAD:
Not much bad points to the game really. One thing that gets a bit repetitive is the pre-match media comments before the game asking you if you think you can win etc. These can be useful to get your team fired up for the match ahead but in my opinion they become very repetitive and you end up saying the same things over and over again. SUMMARY:
Overall an excellent game for all ages and I highly recommend it.
All the new features make the game so much more enjoyable and are sure to have you addicted for hours and hours playin this game. |
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