Football Manager 2007

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.