FA Premier League Manager 2001 (PC)

I have been fond of football management sims and have the entire collection of the famous Championship Manager series. I brought this game as i thought it would be a bit different, a change from the normal, entirely text based Championship Manager games. It had the 3D angle which appealed to me, but i found it was a little bit of a let down. The actual game statistics were poor, there was very limited information on each individual player and i found it hard to distinguish between players on practically equal ability and skill level and with it difficult to differentiate between different players and also player transfer fees were way beyond the realms of ...

One thing that has stuck in my head since I first played this game is the title of my opinion. That is because it is the the only memorable thing about this game. John Motson saying that one-liner. Reason being is that this is one of the worst football management games on the market. Sure, it has stiff competition from the likes of Championship manager but I think EA sports shot themselves in the foot with this one. Reason I bought it was 2 fold. Firstly, I wanted a good football management game. Rather than read about it on Dooyoo, I simply went out and bought it. What a disappointment it was. Second reason for my choice was the ...

The last football management I played was the original Championship Manager way back in 93. I saw this game in PC World for a tenner and thought I’d give it a go. It’s a very good game. Obviously I can’t compare it with anything but it’s very addictive, very playable and easy to pick up and start playing. You can also play multiplayer which is a bonus. Basically you are manger of a football team and you are responsible for players, picking the team, staff, finances and the stadium. When you start this game you are given a choice of what club you want to manage. You get a choice of all four English division s plus the ...