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Football Manager 2008 (PC/Mac)

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Platform:   Windows XP
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (104 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Windows XP
  • Media: Video Game

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Product Features

  • Match Flow: new feature, bringing more atmosphere to match days, with previews, team talks, the game itself and post match
  • International: revamped international management model, replete with retirements, player interaction, scouting and much more
  • Easier to use: the game boasts a cleaner skin and a new advisor system to make it easier to play
  • Confidence: its now much easier to find out what the board and supporters think about your performance, right down to opinions on individual signings!
  • Transfer centre: new way to manage all transfer and loan bids
  • Match engine: greatly improved, and new feature to change the dimensions of your home pitch to suit your players!
  • Finances: more information available and an updated financial segment to the game
  • Fan days: a great way to boost ailing attendances
  • Media: expanded media segment, with more feedback and detail than ever before

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  • ASIN: B000UX6QAU
  • Release Date: 19 Oct 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (104 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 854 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Football Manager 2008 is the next iteration of the prize-winning Football Manager series developed by world-respected studio Sports Interactive. The latest version of Football Manager will be fully updated for the new season and will allow players to select their favourite club or international team and guide them to glorious success by putting them through Cup matches, Leagues, European Championships and even major international tournaments, with over 5,000 playable teams from over 50 countries.

Fan feedback on the previous version of Football Manager was, as always, taken very seriously by the Sports Interactive team, resulting in over a hundred new features, including a brand new advisory system to help new players through the different aspects of the game. This makes Football Manager 2008 the most accessible Football Manager yet, without losing any depth for the more experienced player.

With all-new features, improved gameplay and a depth only seen from Sports Interactive, Football Manager 2008 offers a management simulation that is second to none.

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83 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant but a little buggy, 22 Oct 2007
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
For anyone who has played the Football Manager series this is a definitive purchase and for those looking for a football manager game there really is nothing better.

For those new to the series the match engine is in 2D and most of what you will be doing will be receiving messages from various staff, looking at attributes and playing with sliders for your tactics. THIS IS NOT A BAD THING. This game can run on almost anything, the game is quick and many leagues can be loaded. Further more the 2D screen makes it far easier to track down problems in your tactic and correct it. Also if you give it a chance I am sure you will be jumping off your seat when your number 9 punts the ball from 20 yards into the back of the net.

I would say that FM2008 is a little harder than previous titles however just like previous titles a bit of persistence will go a long way. Furthermore the SI forums are a good place for tactical questions and general answers to queries about the game.


Now a bit about the bugs. The problems I have noticed are as follows...

Non-league teams have all there players greyed out. (A big problem if you wish to manage around the conference level)

There are some "hmmmm" moments as a striker who is 10 yards offside puts the ball into your net and the linesman lets it stand. Furthermore once in a blue moon a shot which looks like is going over will hit the back of the net. These are all small match engine bugs.

Mac Installation problems. If you own a previous SI game then you will need to remove or rename the 'Sports Interactive' folder, otherwise the game is installed with iffy permissions and it will not run.

There are several others however these bugs are far from game breaking. If things are going well you will ignore them.. if things aren't you may find them annoying. However SI have a good history with supporting the FM franchise so I am sure they will fix this up soon.


There are many many enhancements but the 4 game changing ones are the following.

Confidence - After each game you will be told how the fans felt about it. At the end of the month the board will give you feedback on your performance and it is far more detailed than ever before. If you have a few bad games you will feel the heat from the supporters very quickly. This is a departure from previous games where a run of defeats only led to unrest if your team was seriously under performing.

Pitch Size - At the start of the season you can define your pitch size. Why is this important? Well it allows you to dictate the type of play. A small pitch will mean there is very little space and the game will be congested. A bigger pitch has loads of space, play will be more fluid and as a result more goals will probably be scored.

News System - The news system has been completely revamped. Now you will receive only new on your club. You can then view the division screen to see news from your division. This means you will be receiving perhaps one or 2 messages a day instead of 8-10 from previous games.

Budget Adjustment - You can now budget adjust your way to safety, what does this mean? If your wage will is too high you can sacrifice some of your transfer funds mid season to raise your wage budget. This works both ways. So if you see a 13 million striker that you "need" you can generate much of the transfer funds by cutting your wage budget. Its neat.


I gave this game 5 stars because despite the handful of bugs it is still best football manager game to grace the PC.

In short the game is very fun to play, the new features which have added a new dimension to the game. Confidence is perhaps the biggest change since they brought in the 2d engine. Its addictive, its fun, its hard, its everything you want football manager to be.

If you have a previous FM game BUY THIS NOW.
If you want the best football management game out there right now BUY THIS NOW

If you know nothing about football AVOID


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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Riddled with bugs, 27 Oct 2007
By G. McArthur (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
It's a shame that such a good game has been ruined by bugs. Clearly SI games were just in too much of a hurry to rush this out and they neglected to run all the proper tests, because some of the problems in this game are simply impossible to miss.

Take, for example, the fact that the game occasionally just refuses to run when you click the icon. This isn't all that bad really, because simply trying a few more times will yield results, however, there are far more ridiculous problems. How about the fact that every now and again you will randomly concede six goals in twenty minutes, often because your defenders pass to the opposition, or simply refuse to tackle them, allowing them to waltz through to your penalty box and finish.

These are all pretty bad, but the worst has to be what happened to me in my thrid season. Well, I say my third season, but my third season didn't actually start.

The cups, the other leagues in other countries, and even the reserves league ran fine, but my league (the SPL) simply refused to start. I'm now in November, and I've only played five games, three of which were in the champions league.

This is simply unacceptable, after paying £25 I certainly didn't expect a half-finished job.

Even worse is the fact that the game itself is actually brilliant, which really rubs salt in the wounds. One can't help but wonder just how good it could have been had they waited a month and sorted it out.
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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gets better every year, 19 Sep 2007
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
To the guy who pretty much read the feature list and then pulled it apart...

If you can rememeber a football manager that wasn't better than its original I will agree with you're review but every year the game gets more realistic and addictive. I've been playing since championship manager 1 and I can't remember not having a championship/football manager that hasn't taken up hours of my life and I expect this one to be no different.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Football Manager 2008
Totally what i expected from this series thats very addictive. Its almost identical to 2007, which is great, as 2007 was my favourite. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Simon T. Childs

5.0 out of 5 stars Very very Good but some annoying flaws
I love this game but i cant be bothered to talk about wht is good so i'll concentrate on the bad, the first MAJOR flaw is that your strikers will NEVER... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Bowden

3.0 out of 5 stars stopped working
After a few months of playin the game it started to slow down and the game would just stop working after a while i decided to uninstall the game and reinstall it, this didnt seem... Read more
Published 5 months ago by scott cheese brown

4.0 out of 5 stars Good game, some negatives about it
This is my first FM manager game and at first i wasnt to impressed. The setup was 'different'.

You have to install STEAM and then install the game and only be able... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. G. Ritchie

1.0 out of 5 stars Match Engine Faults Intollerable
This is agonizingly close to being a fantastic game, but unfortunately contains enough irritations to make it (for me) unplayable. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Paranoid

2.0 out of 5 stars Annoying. Too random
I love this series. Started playing ChampMan in the 90s then followed it through the split and the rechristening. And FM07 was the high water mark of the series. Read more
Published 8 months ago by chris widgery

4.0 out of 5 stars Football Manager
Before I start this might only apply to someone who would Manage Manchester United. Yes football manager is a good game, but it has its flaws such as:
Arsenal will never... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ms. S. M. Shah

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste you life with this "RUBBISH"
First let me say this game cost me £10 pound - I got of lucky if I had paid £30 I would have cried because this game is frustrating, unrealistic and slow drive to madness... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Louise Baker

1.0 out of 5 stars football manager loses it.
this came is awful. its far to difficult. Ive played football manager all my life and loved every one until 08. why have they made this one so hard?? whats the point?? Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. James N. Mccall

1.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculous
I've been playing this game for a while now so I think I have enough experience with it to write a review. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Joe

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