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Release date... 21st October 2011 Demo will be probably a couple of weeks before. Sports Interactive Ltd. & SEGA® Europe Ltd. today unveiled the latest version of their successful football management simulation series, Football Manager™ 2012. Planned to be in stores before Christmas, Football Manager 2012 will once again allow you to take charge of your favourite football team and put your managerial skills to the test. The award-winning Football Manager series has now sold in excess of 7 million copies worldwide and has topped the UK and many European PC charts for the last seven years, with over 108 weeks at no.1 in the UK to date. “We’re delighted to finally be able to start talking about Football Manager 2012” said Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive. “It’s another year of evolution, with some revolution thrown in for good measure so we’re pretty sure our dedicated communities, and hopefully lots of new people too, get to play and enjoy the game when it’s released later in the year.” Counting over 800 new features, not including changes to the rules of the games 50+ leagues, Football Manager 2012 promises to be the most realistic, immersive and playable football management simulation ever for any fan who has ever dreamed of making the big decisions, both on and off the field. Key new & improved features for Football Manager 2012: Transfers & Contracts – significant changes to the transfer and contract systems, including loyalty bonuses, better implementation of amateur and youth contracts, an improved transfer centre and the ability to lock areas of the contract negotiation when you aren't prepared to budge. This helps you to manage your budgets and gives you flexibility in what you offer money hungry players, or agents, as incentives. Scouting improvements – using several real life scouting reports, a new in-game report has been devised which includes squad analysis, tactics information and information about goals scored and conceded alongside lots of other scouting improvements, giving you all the information you need to prepare before kick-off and throughout the season. 3D Match Improvements – new animations, a whole new crowd system, improved weather system, more stadiums, plus two brand new cameras - "Behind Goal" and "Director Cam" as well as all other camera angles being reversible - meaning you can watch and analyse every aspect of every game. Manage Anywhere, Anytime – the ability to add or take away playable nations in your saved game as often as you want. Manage in that country at the start of the next season- meaning you don’t have to stay in the nations which are chosen by you to be playable at the start of your career. Tone – a whole new level has been added to team talks and conversations, with the new tone system, which allows you to specify the way you want to say things – be as cool as a cucumber by saying things calmly or throw tea cups around by saying things with passion. There are 6 different tones to choose from with specific comments per tone. Intelligent Interface – a new adaptive layout system, which means the higher your screen resolution, the more info is easily at your fingertips. The new interface also contains new filters, customisable columns, a new tactics screen, and lots of new overview screens. Brand New Tutorial – standing separate from the main game, a mode to help new players find their way around the game easily, whilst also offering tips to experienced managers on how to get the most out of the game, as well as a new in-game “how to” system. On top of these key innovations, there are lots of areas of the game that have had huge improvements, such as the media system, press conferences, the youth system, newgens, the social networking options, friendlies, international management and many more which will be detailed in a series of video blogs over the coming months, alongside more information about Football Manager 2012.

"Homegrown" doesn't mean they have to be English. Danny Fox, Jonathan Forte, David Connolly (and I believe Bartosz Bialkowski and Morgan Schneiderlin) all count as homegrown even though they are not English. The former three of course all have English roots, but even without those roots they would still count on the grounds of their football history before the age of 21. It is only Radhi Jaidi, Jose Fonte, Steve De Ridder and Guly Do Prado that wouldn't count.

Rumours from where? You are being far too vague.

That was someone messing around. Hence why fourth_official later re-tweeted this...

That will be your connection probably, as it is fine for me. Try putting it on low quality.

If you have a Saints Player subscription you can log into "Barnsley Player" and watch the entire game... 1st Half http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/articles/20110814/barnsley-v-southampton-1st-half-replay_2264416_2420201/0,,10309~2420201~1,00.html 2nd half http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/articles/20110814/barnsley-v-southampton-2nd-half-replay_2264416_2420205/0,,10309~2420205~1,00.html The full post match interview with Barnsley boss Keith Hill is interesting as well... http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/articles/20110813/video-hill-on-southampton-loss_2264416_2419531/0,,10309~2419531~1,00.html Enjoy!

Cardiff City 3 - Bristol City 0 Saints down to 2nd in the live table, not that it really matters at the moment. However, it may show Nicky Maynard that it is best that he leaves asap...

With Cardiff 2-0 up already against a poor Bristol City side, it looks unlikely.

Listen to it in full here... http://audioboo.fm/boos/438495-nigel-adkins-talks-to-bbc-radio-solent-after-saints-1-0-win-at-barnsley?utm_campaign=detailpage&utm_content=retweet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

In August 2009 Saints were 68th in England. In August 2011 Saints are 21st in England. Well done Nicola + Nigel

Chamberlain is on the bench against Newcastle tonight.

Well done on beating Stockport County to his signature.

Paterson is a long term injury, unlikely to be going anywhere. Benjani signed for Pompey on a free transfer with a one year deal, he was unattached so couldn't be loaned.

Subs: Bialkowski, Schneiderlin, Chaplow, Martin, De Ridder

Rodriguez is in the starting XI for Burnley today.

It doesn't at all. The accounts don't reveal when or even if the £20.4m from Liebherr needs to be paid back by. I would guess it probably doesn't and will be at some point turned into equity.

He played on the wing at times during last season, according to some Burnley fans. Although primarily he is a striker.

They are for monitoring heart rates and have a GPS system in them, so you can analyse the data from matches/training.

Martin Paterson is out for a long time, so could possibly be for that. At the moment they are really down to just Rodriguez and Austin for strikers. Of course it might be that they are looking to get Ings and someone else, should Rodriguez leave.

They are playing on Sunday.

Saints were at St Mary's for four years in the Premier League, three of them were mid table (8th, 10th and 12th), one was relegation (20th). All of them had average crowds over 30k. None of them had any real investment from Rupert Lowe, hence why the club went backwards by 2004/05.

Cork, De Ridder and Fox not improvements that "strengthen the team"? Beating Leeds United 3-1 in the Championship and Torquay United 4-1 in the Carling Cup with Saints reserves, not "hitting the ground running"? Explain how these teams are stronger than last season, Burnley, Leeds, Cardiff, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Reading, Blackpool, Birmingham? All of those strong Championship teams last year or relegated teams from the Premier League, all have lost a number of key players and not replaced them with like for like. Norwich 2009/10 earned 95 points Saints 2010/11 earned 92 points Not exactly a lot in it over a 46 game season!