Matthew Le God

Currently 3rd in the league, so those players seem to be working so far. Was it really "promised"?

FM26 Console (Xbox/PS5) and FM26 Mobile (Netflix subscribers only) on 4th November, with FM26 Touch (Nintendo Switch) on 4th December. Further information on FM26’s availability on other platforms will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Netflix subscribers get FM mobile as part of their package for no additional cost.

Does your PC meet the min specs? No demo has been yet been confirmed for FM26. But free demos is something Sports Interactive have made available over numerous recent years for people to try the game out at no financial risk. You could even buy the game on Steam, play it in mid October on early access and as long as you don't keep it for more than 2 weeks and play for over 2 hours you'd get a Steam refund if you didn't want it.

There has been for numerous recent FMs. He didn't say FM26, he said FM. Here is the FM24 free demo... https://share.google/jgm48acg9msvaZfhH

You can play FM23 and FM24 saves on FM26

Play the free demo and find out

Release date 4th November

Strawman. I did not say that.

Which part and why?

It isn't substandard for girls to watch. If they ever want to play football it is only one league below the pinnacle league of domestic football they can play in. It is more inspirational watching role models doing something they can do, than watching non league men's football.

Portsmouth celebrating the really recent Billy Sharp derby game 13 years ago that saw them get the point they needed to stay up and prevented Southampton getting promoted. Oh, wait a minute...! #PortsMyths

They do not own their own ground. They use Bromley's stadium.

What exactly? It was a 2pm kickoff. No flood lights. Lighting in the concourse for only a few blocks open is minimal. Catering isn't at a loss. The 3,800 people at the game today were buying food and drink. Catering is largely provided by teenagers/young adults on minimum wage. Pitch wear and tear is minimal. A few ground staff on duty for 4 or 5 hours is not a big expense.

Why not? They only open a small number of blocks and only need stewarding for those blocks. Policing costs won't be big either. They don’t expect things to kick off at women's games between rival fans like the men's game vs Pompey next week. So where is the economic issue?

It has a wow factor for the players as well, compared to playing at a non league stadium.

They only open a few blocks of St Mary’s and don't require big police or steward numbers. Playing at Eastleigh sees them paying Eastleigh money and that reduces their potential income compared to it being at St Mary’s.

Because they are Southampton Football Club, not Birmingham FC or London FC. Southampton women's team playing in central Southampton is not comparable.

Yes

Playing at St Mary's has the benefit of being in central Southampton and more assessable for a larger number of people than Eastleigh's stadium and more of a wow factor for attracting youngsters to see the women's team. Plus revenue would be lost playing at Eastleigh as they'd need to be paid for hosting.

Are Eastleigh or Totton players better role models and inspirations for young girls than the Saints team?

Where else should they play? They had an attendance of 7k last season. The 3,896 they had today is more than some attendances the under 18s and under 21s have had at St Mary’s. Should they not play at St Mary’s either?

FM free demos in the past have been available on Steam, Microsoft and Epic games stores around the time the game is released.