The Squad

Washington Arubi

Goalkeeper following in the footsteps of the likes of Bruce Grobbelaar. Has played for his national side and looking to impress now for the Tradesmen.



















Stijn Minne

Rightback who can also cover leftback if needed. A steady but solid defender who won't try anything to flamboyant.





















Carlos Arano
Left back from Argentina who is known to move around alot will he stick it out with the tradesmen or are they just another club on the list?
















Papa Gueye

Centreback from Senegal who is known as a bit of a fan favourite at previous clubs and known for being commited and giving 110% to the cause.












Jhon Valencia

Centreback who is a force to be reckoned with in the air.
















Abdelhak Aït-Laârif

Left wing is considered to be Morocco's playmaker and the guy posseses plenty of skill.
















Juanlu Hens

Right wing. Not too much is known about this Spanish winger but he appears to have some ability and I'm sure will quickly become a crowd favourite.














Marko Ciurlizza

Centre Midfield, Tenacious Peruvian who has over 40 caps doe his national side, a good all round technical player.









Juninho


Attacking midfielder plays in Brazil for Nacional never capped for his national side but is known for his set piece taking.










Fernandão

Legendary Striker.only ever capped once for Brazil and has a long history of playing the Tradesmen during beta.













Lasse Qvist

Striker still young and improving at 22. He has played all his way through the youth levels for Denmark and hopes to one day make a full day debut.

















Patrick Kisnorbo

CentreBack who has been capped 14 times for Australia.












Jesuli

An attacking midfielder who can cover across the midfield. Never earned a cap for his home nation Spain,














Filipe Alexandre Morais

Right winger who can cover across the rest of the midfield. Former Portugal u21 international








Mohamed Hubail

Right back current Baharain international
















Sebastián Soria

Striker 9 goals in 10 games for his national side of Qatar

Superstar Tradesmen invade Gameworld Molby

New gameworld launched today that will be the new home of The Tradesmen. An exclusive piece of news as well is that the team were able to secure the services of Fernandao again. The Brazilian striker linking up again for the 4th time in a gameworld.

Best places to buy your boxed copy

I thought I would have a look around online to find the best bargains for purchasing a boxed copy of FML that gets released this week.

Amazon.co.uk- Have it at £17.98
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001O9AQSW/ref=br_nf_2_1?pf_rd_p=465218393&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=300729&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0QZDH5VVMZW5RBR3K9FM

HMV.com- Have it at £17.99
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=225;6;42;-1;-1&sku=917098

Play.com £17.99
http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/8561700/Football-Manager-Live/Product.html

Gamestation £24.99
http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/8561700/Football-Manager-Live/Product.html


Also the game was reviewed by a few gaming sites this week ands so far reviews have been good from Eurogamer and Videogamer, I think James from Videogamer may be a little addicted ;)

Football Manager Live has been worth the prolonged wait. Sports Interactive has massive experience in creating single-player management games, but this is the developer's first stab at an MMO - and for the most part, it's a genuine success. While it never quite scales the heady heights of the single-player games, it's still an experience that every Football Manager fan should try, while budding managers intimidated by the demands of Football Manager 2009 are likely to find this a much more enjoyable and accessible entry point to the world of management.

8/10 from EG

The answer is a resounding yes. Importantly, FM Live manages to retain all the addictive qualities of the offline FM titles - building a squad, training, transfer dealing - only now you're competing against 999 other mangers all determined to make their team the best. For all its similarities to FM titles that have come before it, the focus on skill learning gives FM Live a fresh feeling that means even the most hardened of FM players will need to consider how they manage. This also means there's a real reward for sinking hours into the game, and will help separate a casual manager from a guy who's been carefully constructing a managerial skill set for many a season.

According to my manager stats, I've spent approximately 35 per cent of my life (since my team was created) logged into FM Live. Either I've got nothing better in my life to be getting on with or FM Live is the greatest football management game ever created.

From VG 9/10

Football Manager Live may not be quite the MMO Football Manager experience that diehard FM fans have been longing for, but in terms of creating a widely accessible yet still tactical and immersive MMO management game, Sports Interactive has done a fine job. Whether there’s enough here to maintain longevity is yet to be seen, but for the time being we finally have a Football Manager game that can be enjoyed against other people and in short bursts, a game that’s subtly addictive but never life sapping. Whether you consider that a good or a bad thing should tell you whether or not FML is for you.

From ign uk

8.2 out of 10

An article about the history of football management games

An article discussing the develop of football management games and where they have gone from and where they are now I thought I would share.

http://www.incgamers.com/Features/145/Stats-The-Way-To-Do-It

Want to Play FML free for a month?

I am posting this great chance to play in one of Sega's promotions for the game they have teamed with talksport. SO not only do you get to play the game, free you also get to play against presenters of talksport including the likes of Ian Wright and Stan Collymore.

Ever wondered what it would be like to be in the hot seat and manage your own football club?

Football Manager Live is the new online football management sim that allows you to take complete control of a football club.

The first 1000 talkSPORT listeners to register in our "talkSPORT World" will be able to play a whole season absolutely free! You will then go head-to-head with other talkSPORT listeners as well some of talkSPORT's very own presenter talent. At the end of the season the top 25 players will then win a 12 month subscription.

If you think you can out-smart the likes of Hawskbee and Jacobs, Ian Wright and Stan Collymore and come out on top against other talkSPORT listeners, then register for free now.

http://www.footballmanagerlive.com/talksport/

The Best regen the world has ever seen!

Had to post this a player regen from gw saunders that has my name :D

The final Whistle

The Final Whistle (musings from the world of FML and some real life stuff as well!)

SO Christmas and New Year have come and gone again, it's the same every year! Well not for me this time round we headed off to an 8 bed cottage in St Ives Cornwall for Christmas and new year, 4 kids and 8 adults...fun and relaxing times. I couldn't help but logon occasionally when there was some signal just to get my fix; it's good for the soul I told the Mrs.!!

So to the end of season 2, the usual scramble for the premiership title and the various promotion pushes and playoff uproar, I myself took my boys to the brink of the playoffs only to be done up like a kipper in the last 2 games of my season with 2 draws against AI, let's just say I was not amused.

There was the usual banter in the lobby and Terry Tibbs was as vocal as ever, something about Eboue being a dirty player? I wasn't quite sure. There have been various departures from Lineker, most notably the departure of Ethans Gooners Glory, Jon has fled to the comfort of "ooh ahh cantona", have i thought about leaving for pastures new, well yes and no, i want to see how 1.1.1.111111.1 patch goes then theres a group of escapees planning to tunnel out apparently, we`ll probably end up in someone's centre circle in the middle of a game. But for now we`ll sit tight!!

Some amusing things I have come across over the last few weeks in the daily papers, just in case you missed them...a few of my favourites are below.

`Uefa show they have a sense of humour as the seating plan for the draw is revealed. Apparently, Manchester United officials have been seated next to the represents of...yes; you've guessed it...Real Madrid. Don't get Uefa to plan the seating for your wedding folks.`

`What on earth are Liverpool wearing??? Grey shirts and red shorts. It's hurting my eyes. "It looks like a training kit," remarks Graham Taylor.`



Some predictions in Real life for 2009:

Tottenham re-sign Defoe and sell him back to pompy in the summer before someone realises he attached to a piece of elastic that runs from south sea to seven sisters!

Real Madrid admits there 3m bid for Pennant was the result of a drunken staff party, where a drunken staff member admits to the prank. Hull then own up to the same!

West Ham chairman decide to appoint Kerry Katona to the board of the happy hammers as she`s the only one who can make a profit from ICELAND!

Hull are forced to sell Geovanni to pay for the Sunbed use at the KC Stadium of manager Phil Brown.

Finally Ricardo Fuller has been lined up as Ricky Hatton's next opponent!





SO to 2009 in Lineker,

There will be the usual moans im predicting after the 1.1..11111 patch has been launched and im guessing not everyone will be happy with the Tax situation, shame about the stadiums but trust me I've seen it there more hassle than there worth at the moment. There will be banter and straight talking in the lobby as usual, Shev will continue to wheel and deal better than a Lewisham car dealer and Me? Nothing different for me, the same edgy stuff as usual i would reckon!



Good luck to all for 2009 and i`ll see you all in the Premiership (damn I didn't make it!...oh and up the daggers (IRL!)

Swiss Toni

AKA

Kevin Flack

FML trailer