Football Manager 2006

Football Manager 2006 for the first time, managers will be able to negotiate with their board of directors.

Not only for a better contract for themselves, but also for improved player wage budgets and increased transfer budgets or even stadium expansion.

Be aware though, if you push too hard and don't reach the heights that the board specify, you'll soon be looking for a new job.

Half-time team talks add the ability to tell your players individually or collectively exactly what you thought of their first half performance, via the tactics screen.

Will you be able to keep your players motivated, or will you cause a collapse in the second half?

Another welcome feature is the ability to manage players on a personal level.

Unhappy players can cause huge morale problems for the whole squad and result in bad performances, so the new Player Interaction feature will help you to manage your team more closely.

Over 275,000 players and staff and over 5,000 playable teams in 50 countries leagues.

Quick Flicks
For easier browsing around the game world, SI have introduced quick flicks at the top of the screen.

Tutorial
A 30,000 word tutorial for those who have found previous SI game's a bit daunting. Each screen has it's own tutorial with hyperlinks to any area of the game you need help with.

Internet Play improvements
Packet size has been optimised on screens with a large bandwidth requirement in order to improve network play.

Graphical Attributes
Bored of numbers? Why not use bar graphs instead. With a quick change in the preferences section, your players stats will be shown in graphics, rather than numerically.

New Comparison screen
Comparing two players has never looked prettier.

Fair Play
extra places are available in continental competitions for those teams in the top flight who play fair. So you'd better tell your team to not get booked!

Finance Graphs
Tracking your finances is now much easier with finance graphs.

Height & Weight
for the first time, Sports Interactive have introduced heights and weights for the players in the database.

It's Speedyfastier
creating new games and loading times are now significantly reduced, despite the level of detail remaining.

Tactic change panel
an easier way to edit your whole teams individual tactics, rather than having to change each player separately.

Saved game compression
for those who are running out of hard disk space, saved game compression, err, makes your saved game smaller.

New match engine look
dugouts appear in Football Manager 2006 for the first time, along with technical areas, and a little icon when a player has a minor injury.

New skins
Thanks to the Sports Interactive community, we are proud to present the 2006 versions of the their hugely popular skins in the box of Football Manager 2006.