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No. It's Fords R + D strategy in the late 80's, letting the customer iron out the bugs for them. It's sloppy, treating the customers like fools and long term damaging to your reputation and market position.

Yep. Plays a 4-4-2 diamond. Wouldn't fit the SR way.

For a brief period they looked genuinely promising. Under Sturrock.

What a friendly Vs Leverkusen (I think.....)

It would be reassuring (in an odd way) if this is the case. Hope he is having the support he needs. It is in no one's interest to have him fail.

Only a loan, but Callum Davenport too.

Oh f*ck me! Didn't realise you could click that!

So, it truly is the little things that annoy with this. A couple of games into a Championship season with Saints. Limitations of the demo seem to be no transfer activity (Double D doesn't arrive until mid september for some reason!?) allowed and only a quick start. It's like no longer having a next unread button for messages. Yes you can click on the messages and push up. But it's annoying, it's needless. It's something that has been in there since CM. It's looking at your main screen and not having the '6th in the Championship' bit that you can click on to see the league table. But, does it feel like football manager? It does. Does it feel reasonably intuitive? It's not there yet. I wish it was the new match engine and licenses on the old UI. It's not worth £40 over FM24.

Thankyou. I didn't realise that. Will happily give it a go.

Would it be right to refer to two times a day and incapable time keeping equipment?

You are missing the point. 40 pounds is a lot of money. I'm not spending that on something that is not going to make me feel better then the existing game. I don't care if it's technically more capable in the future. I don't want to labour over something that would frustrate me. I frankly don't have time for that shit. Reading that it's inferior and seeing the problems people are having means.... No.

Reading the feedback. It just seems bizarre how badly they have screwed this up. FM for me is not some pick up and play blast as you would expect on a console, it runs in the background on my home computer. I can dip in and out and enjoy it when relaxing knowing that it's as familiar, yet comforting as as a pair of slippers, or warm hoodie. Letting me switch off and enjoy some mild escapism. As such, the same mechanics/navigation as FM24 with a silky new match engine would have been enough. Instead, SI have tried to be Sports Republic. They over thought it. They fucked it. If it ain't broken...... Fucking break it.

All that money, all that effort. And we still roll out Stephens and McCarthy. Just bloody damning.

Imagine the party should we all go Titz up!

We are shite. But we won.