LMA Manager 2007

"To help you, a complete staff can be assigned, for things like training. Things you’re always going to have to do yourself are among others the buying and selling of players. To find suitable ones, a couple of scouts can be hired. The players’ different rating bars show for instance stamina and intelligence and is meant to help you choose the right positions and roles (like captain, penalty taker, etc.). Next to this there are some slides to determine the team’s tactics."

"It’s this fundamental lack of involvement on a person level and painfully unrealistic performance statistics that seal LMA’s fate. You’ll have a little fun with it at first and it makes a lot of the right noises. Attention to detail in all the featured grounds - right down to Conference level - is a nice touch and the ability to design and develop your own stadium from literally hundreds of combinations is pleasingly diverting. There’s also a very nice looking, if ultimately superfluous, 3D match engine which you’ll soon tire of and find yourself skipping to get straight to the results. Unfortunately, the lack of any emotional contact with your players and a lightweight feel prevents it from ever getting under your skin."