Football Manager 2008 (Xbox 360)

Football manager has always been a great game for those football fans wanting to take control of their favourite teams and live the lives of people such as Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho. The game was released each year as a game for the Pc against its rival Championship manger. I have played older versions of this game on the PC, but had never actually played a version on the xbox and so thought well why not as the xbox is so powerful it must be able to cope with this game. My gamble paid off and it has certainly been worth it as well as having all the features and depth of ... more

10 minutes left. Time is rapidly ticking down, only moments' remaining until your dream of lifting the coveted trophy is dismissed for another year. In a last ditch attempt to snatch the vital goal that would bring glory to the club and send thousands of fans into an uncontrollable nature, the manager decides to substitute the team's leading goal scorer for a player with only 5 goals to his name all season. The fan's gasp at what appears to be a desperate and bizarre decision, with boo's beginning to ring around the packed 90,000 capacity stadium. 10 minutes later and countless heart's broken ... more

Goaall. FM 08 hits the back of the net! This game has a huge database of players meaning I can sign good ol' Havant and Waterloovile players for my Arsenal team! The 2D match simulator has been improved and now appears much smoother and altogether more entertaining! The introduction of feeder clubs and parent clubs is brilliant. I finally had a place to test drive my youth team... thanks west ham! The transfer market is now much more realistic... even if Yeovil had 90million they would have no chance of signing Ronaldo. This was a valuable addition to the game as in previous editions by time ... more