Football Manager 2008

"Right, you're probably wondering what all this has to do with Football Manager 2008? Have SI infused their hardcore, tactical footy management franchise with a sci-fi alien blasting mini-game? Is James Cameron directing a Football Manager movie? Well, no, but fear not, as all will be revealed later on. Trust me..."

Football Manager 2008 moves the series on for old and new players alike.

The streamlined interface may draw in a few new punters, but this is still Football Manager as nature intended, and a brutally unforgiving intrusion on your time. A benchmark title for the PC, this is a game that you don’t so much play as have a relationship with. And not necessarily a healthy one.

"Essentially Football Manager is Championship Manager in everything but name, and, thus, the greatest football management sim there is. As lead developer Miles Jacobson has said, Football Manager 2008 is an evolution of the series, not a revolution."

"So as it stands, Football Manager joins the rest of the sports titles this year in flogging a dead and diseased corpse to milk yet more cash from its demanding fanbase."