Football Manager 2017: Everything You Need To Know

Good news for network players: the mode is quicker and more intelligent this time out.

There's a host of new options to speed up the play experience without cutting out the key management interactions. That includes hosts being able to limit how many times the game stops in a day, and a timer they can set for each player to deal with messages, board meetings and the things that generally slow down the actual football.

And even better, the host can force all players to use their Assistant Manager to control all friendly games. Because who even plays them properly?