Football Manager 2021 has been out for a week, long enough for all of our first saves to have crashed and burned. What went wrong? Well, it's probably the tactics. Tactics in FM are so important...and so easy to get wrong. Iain Macintosh speaks to SI's CJ Ramson and Nick Madden to find out more about exploiting space and not getting beaten on the transitions. You can subscribe to The Athletic with the promo code theathletic.com/fmpod and, until December 4, 2021, take advantage of a special price of just £1 A MONTH. That's £12 a year for the best sports writing in the world. Support the show, use the promo code.

Football Manager 2021 is out now and, for millions of players, it's time to start a new game. So where should you start? With yourself, of course. Host Iain Macintosh chats to Sports Interactive's Dominic Baker about YOU. What sort of manager are you? How does your behaviour impact the game around you? Because the game is always watching.... You can subscribe to The Athletic with the promo code theathletic.com/fmpod and take advantage of a special price of just £1 a week. That's £1 a week for the best sports writing in the world. Support the show, use the promo code.

The beta version of Football Manager 2021 is live, so what's changed? Well, there's no more taking your star player off if he drops under 71%, that's for starters. It's all brightly coloured hearts now. And well, why not? After all, can Jurgen Klopp tell you when his players drop to 71% during the game? No, he cannot. Iain Macintosh chats to SI's features producer Stephen Davidson about all the new stuff and what it all means. You can subscribe to The Athletic with the promo code theathletic.com/fmpod and take advantage of a special price of just £1 a week. That's £1 a week for the best sports writing in the world. Support the show, use the promo code.

The beta version of Football Manager 2021 is live and there's no better way to start this new series than by sitting down with Miles Jacobson, studio director of Sports Interactive, for a wide-ranging chat about the game, its evolution, its challenges and how seriously certain people in football take their ratings... You can subscribe to The Athletic with the promo code theathletic.com/fmpod and take advantage of a special price of just £1 a week. That's £1 a week for the best sports writing in the world.

Welcome to the Football Manager Show by The Athletic. Launches in November 2020