Football Manager 2014

The scarf I hold aloft still has ‘Classic Mode’ stitched on it, as it’s still the most elegant distillation of Football Manager, but I can see now that it’s only a matter of time before I’m swallowed whole.

Deep, exciting and, for the first time, as human as real football, Football Manager 2014 has hit the back of the net....

Perhaps the main reason for Sports Interactive's success with the Football Manager franchise over the years is that, more than any other developer we know, it listens to its fans. And we have a distinct feeling that all the new features stem from...

There are few games that can soak up my time as much as the Football Manager series can over an entire year, and it’s set to continue thanks to another solid outing. On face value there are fewer drastic improvements, but many gentle refinements to the UI and subtle additions to its newer formulas mean that Football Manager 2014 improves...

When 90%+ of each Football Manager release is the same year in-year out, how do you even begin talking about each new version? Do you choose to highlight that it’s still essentially peerless and more addictive than ever? That it’s more newbie-friendly...

In your first press conference as the new manager of your chosen club in Football Manager, one of the questions is about your man-management style. My usual choice from the list of answers is: “I think it works best when players are treated like human...

How much longer will they will remain opposed, though, if FM is suddenly happy to simplify and Classic feels the need to borrow more and more of its sibling's features? While FM14 feels in many ways like a standard release, the subtle changes to philosophy beneath the hood feel like a corner being turned - an acceptance, perhaps...

For my part, I can say only this: These are the difficult times, Geoff, the times when the boys need to stick together. But mark my words. There’s no way that Tom Cleverley ever plays for this team again.