Football Manager 2014: 12 New Features To Be Excited About

9. Scouting's Made Easier

Scout I€™m a big fan of the scouting system €“ in fact I€™d say it€™s my favourite part of the FM experience. Being able to cast a wide enough net over the world to the extent that you know when the next Ferenc Puskas is going to sneeze is always the challenge I love to take on in this most glorious of spreadsheets. In fact, I€™m fairly confident it€™s the same for a lot of people, who appear to live for taking a five-star player out of the Colombian conference and have him score the winning goal in the Champions League final. It appears that Sports Interactive know that we€™re all transfer anoraks at heart, so have resolved to make it even easier for us to prowl around the lesser-known places of the world with a notepad and a chequebook by giving the scouts further pride of place on your news screen. To go into more detail, this means that whenever your chief scout recommends a player or wants to recommend the outstanding candidates from his searches, you are now confronted with their star-rating earlier on, saving you the disappointment of clicking on him and finding out he€™s a €˜decent€™ player and nothing else. Again, it€™s the little things that count, and anything that saves me time and disappointment is a winner in my book.
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Durham University graduate and qualified sports journalist. Very good at sitting down and watching things. Can multi-task this with playing computer games. Football Manager addict who has taken Shrewsbury Town to the summit of the Premier League. You can follow me at @Ed_OwenUK, if you like ramblings about Newcastle United and A Place in the Sun. If you don't, I don't know what I can do for you.