Hey guys and welcome to our third Football Manager Stories Podcast. After the success of episodes 1&2 we are back to talk about some FM stories, real life football and answer your questions. This is still of course an ongoing feature for the community and all the FMS Podcast’s will be available in the tab near the top of this site, through I-Tunes and in each episode post, but we’ll go into more detail in a minute. Let me start by introducing episode three.
Hosts: Darren Smith and Jake Lenahan.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes
Content: We’ll be introducing a few stories from around the FMS community, some in the forum and others from the main site, then its time to talk Football as we discuss the Euro Championships including an in depth chat on the England v Italy game pre-match of course, then Darren will try to catch up in the quiz and we’ll answer some of your questions from episode two.
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As always we are happy to hear your thoughts, so if you have a specific question you’d like answering in the next Podcast, just leave a comment below. Not all the questions can be featured and only a handful will be chosen, we’ll basically pick the ones that we feel the other listeners will find interesting.
Nick
23 июня, 2012 at 20:14
Good, just lose the coldplay
Darren Smith
23 июня, 2012 at 20:21
We won’t be losing the Coldplay, I’m sure you can put up with a few seconds of that to listen to an hours worth of actual talk.
Nick
23 июня, 2012 at 22:28
I know mate, great talk especially the quiz. On a similar song note, I found a video on youtube of my 44 year old english teacher pole-dancing to fire by kasabian.
Darren Smith
23 июня, 2012 at 22:31
lol, now that is creepy!! :)
Jonathan Carver
23 июня, 2012 at 20:59
I have to say I love these :) its great to listen to on the way to work!! I haven’t listened to it yet, its busy downloading on my phone so I can plug it in tomorrow morning as I walk to work :D!! Well done lads, keep them coming!!!
Darren Smith
23 июня, 2012 at 21:02
Cheers Jonathan, should be a nice build up to the England game I hope. :)
karl deighton
23 июня, 2012 at 21:08
Another good episode lad, have to say I did very well on the quiz :D I got Huntelaar within five seconds, it took Jake five minutes to say someone that is’nt even European! Have tosay calling pets after players is a bad omen in my family, my ncled had two dogs, Kamara and Koumas, they left the Baggies with a week of him getting the dogs!
Darren Smith
23 июня, 2012 at 21:22
lol Well I hope that omen won’t transfer onto me :)
Gaurav Chaddah
23 июня, 2012 at 21:52
Great podcast yet again, brilliant listen ;). My question is: What process do you guys take when shortlisting teams to start a save with? :)
Darren Smith
23 июня, 2012 at 22:04
Thanks mate, we will shortlist your question for the next episode.
mike25g
23 июня, 2012 at 23:34
Hi guys, love the podcast, I think these are a really great idea.
I have two questions, one from real life and one based on the game. Firstly: what do you both think about Spain playing without a recognised striker in the Euros? Do you think this limits their options in behind the opposition defence, or do you think with the midfielders they have available that it is a good idea? Second question is: is there one player or wonderkid that you always look to sign when you start a new save on FM and if there is then why do you choose them?
Cheers guys, keep up the great work!
Mike G
Darren Smith
23 июня, 2012 at 23:47
Thanks mate, glad you’re enjoying the Podcast, we’ll shortlist your questions for the next episode.
silva
24 июня, 2012 at 01:00
Another great episode really enjoyed it.
Who are you and jake’s fav players on FM12 ?
Who is the best wonderkid on FM12 ?
Darren Smith
24 июня, 2012 at 10:02
Thanks Silva, we will shortlist your questions for the next episode.
saltwater
24 июня, 2012 at 02:13
Another entertaining listen, thank you for answering my questions.
Now that Jake brings it up, Johnson was completely at fault for the first Melberg goal. Never missed Kyler Walker so much…
There we are! A couple of your questions were brutal! But somehow I knew the Huntalaar one, I don’t know how. But couldn’t you have submitted one answer to the «top asian club» question? I mean wasn’t Ana doing her Seoul story like 5 seconds ago?
Enjoy your holiday.
Darren Smith
24 июня, 2012 at 10:04
Thanks mate, we actually recorded the quiz before we did the stories section so I hadn’t had a good look through Ana’s story before I failed to answer the question…its just not a part of the game that interests me.
Kevin
24 июня, 2012 at 08:47
Hi Guys
Thanks for the mention in the podcast. New story is coming soon…
Darren Smith
24 июня, 2012 at 10:05
No problem Kevin, I’m looking forward to reading your latest installment.
Ivo Knežević
24 июня, 2012 at 10:56
Hey guys, nice episode, and funny btw.
I’m happy you answered my question, and I have another one for both of you,
Can AVB replace Redknapp, or will he make the same trouble like in Chelsea?
(of course he did not sign for them yet, but probably will)
Darren Smith
24 июня, 2012 at 13:25
Thanks Ivo, we will consider your question but mentioning it may depend on what has happened nearer the time of the Podcast as we might well cover that area in the real life section.
Ivo Knežević
24 июня, 2012 at 16:17
Oh, good idea mate ;)
TheZiggy
24 июня, 2012 at 22:57
An entertaining listen. Sadly the prediction this time was wrong. England weren’t too bad in the first half, after that we were really poor. At least I now know where my penalty shoot-out curse comes from, as my success rate is on a par with England.
The questions are getting really quite evil. That said, I did at least get two of the teams with a 4 star rating in the EPL.
Darren Smith
25 июня, 2012 at 09:11
Yeah it was a sad night really, we were outplayed and what I mentioned in the Podcast about our technical level as a nation compared to the likes of Italy and Spain seemed to be right…I think we have some deep seeded problems in the way this country learns football that need to be addressed before the next generation are behind their time also.
ryan
25 июня, 2012 at 14:48
Another great episode of the fms podcast, i look forward to the next episode, i look forward to this more than anything :).
I have very strong views on this but i would love to hear your thoughts on this. In my opinion Andrea Pirlo is on par with xavi and has never got the recognition in his career for his brilliance, do you guys agree and why ?
Darren Smith
25 июня, 2012 at 15:55
Thanks Ryan, we will consider your question for the next Podcast.
Jonathan Carver
25 июня, 2012 at 17:38
My question is, with the details of FM13 sure to be coming soon, what do you want different in the new version of the game? :)
Darren Smith
25 июня, 2012 at 18:38
We’ll shortlist the question Jonathan.
vaibhavc
25 июня, 2012 at 20:07
Please discuss team meetings! My team always has worse morale and confidence after my meetings.
Darren Smith
25 июня, 2012 at 20:14
We’ll shortlist that and see if it features mate.
Sears
26 июня, 2012 at 19:01
Awesome podcast guys , really enjoyed it. :)
Darren Smith
26 июня, 2012 at 21:53
Thanks Sears.
Jonathan
28 июня, 2012 at 19:35
I want to start an «unemployment challenge» by starting in the USA. Is there any way upload some of the lower leagues in the USA? I’m thinking of something like MLS/NASL/USL Pro.
I haven’t bought the game yet, so I’m not sure exactly what leagues are available.
Ryan Daly
21 июля, 2012 at 18:05
any idea when the next podcast will be out Darren ?
Darren Smith
21 июля, 2012 at 18:59
Within the next two weeks mate, not sure exactly when though as both myself and Jake are very busy at the moment.