#44 - Set In Our Ways

This week we use some real-life inspiration to see what we have or would have done in some sticky scenarios that tend to crop up in FM that really do highlight each of our individual managerial personas. Dave's on double duty this week as he provides us a Sporting update and does the quiz too! Subscribe to the WeStreamFM YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChgMq47Tz3aZ8Do-VpvychQ 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts! 5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod WeStreamFM - Twitter: twitter.com/WeStreamFM - Discord: discord.gg/YgCU8rT - Website: www.westreamfm.com - Instagram: bit.ly/2wevACr CurtyFM - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Curty - Twitter: twitter.com/CurtyFM - YouTube: bit.ly/2weSMjJ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtyfm/ - Instagram: bit.ly/2uVuUSD Nerdphonic - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic - Twitter: twitter.com/nerdphonic - YouTube: http://bit.ly/NerdphonicYT DaveAzzopardi - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm - Twitter: twitter.com/daveazzopardifm - YouTube: bit.ly/2vYcz4G FridayNightFM - Twitter: www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm - Blog: www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - Twitter: www.twitter.com/doop - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ Website: https://maddfm.com/

30 Aug 202158min

We've reached that weird limbo state in the FM game cycle where a new season has started but we don't yet have any news on the new game, sometimes it's hard to find motivation to start a new save. So this week, the lads dicuss going back to an older save with some unfinished business to tide us over until the FM22 news arrives. Doop gives us an update on the latest move in his Achievement Hunter save and Madd is quiz duty once again. Subscribe to the WeStreamFM YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChgMq47Tz3aZ8Do-VpvychQ 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts! 5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod WeStreamFM - Twitter: twitter.com/WeStreamFM - Discord: discord.gg/YgCU8rT - Website: www.westreamfm.com - Instagram: bit.ly/2wevACr CurtyFM - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Curty - Twitter: twitter.com/CurtyFM - YouTube: bit.ly/2weSMjJ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtyfm/ - Instagram: bit.ly/2uVuUSD Nerdphonic - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic - Twitter: twitter.com/nerdphonic - YouTube: http://bit.ly/NerdphonicYT DaveAzzopardi - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm - Twitter: twitter.com/daveazzopardifm - YouTube: bit.ly/2vYcz4G FridayNightFM - Twitter: www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm - Blog: www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - Twitter: www.twitter.com/doop - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ Website: https://maddfm.com/

23 Aug 202154min

As pre-season ends and the competitive football returns, the lads celebrate our four year episode by talking about pre-season. We discuss what we do to get our squad in tip-top condition, how to make money from friendlies and which teams to play. Curty also talks us through his FM Playoffs victory as well as sharing our Premier League predictions. Articles discussed: Signing an uninterested player: https://www.footballmanager.com/the-byline/six-steps-signing-uninterested-player-wednesday-wisdom#desktop Retraining a player: https://www.footballmanager.com/the-byline/retraining-players-success-fm21#desktop Subscribe to the WeStreamFM YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChgMq47Tz3aZ8Do-VpvychQ 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts! 5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod WeStreamFM - Twitter: twitter.com/WeStreamFM - Discord: discord.gg/YgCU8rT - Website: www.westreamfm.com - Instagram: bit.ly/2wevACr CurtyFM - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Curty - Twitter: twitter.com/CurtyFM - YouTube: bit.ly/2weSMjJ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtyfm/ - Instagram: bit.ly/2uVuUSD Nerdphonic - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic - Twitter: twitter.com/nerdphonic - YouTube: http://bit.ly/NerdphonicYT DaveAzzopardi - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardi - Twitter: twitter.com/daveazzopardi - YouTube: bit.ly/2vYcz4G FridayNightFM - Twitter: www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm - Blog: www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - Twitter: www.twitter.com/doop - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ Website: https://maddfm.com/

16 Aug 202156min

On this week's pod the lads ponder over how they would replace a high profile star player during the summer transfer window on FM using some recent real-life examples. Dave drops a Sporting Twitch save update and Madd is on quizmaster duty. Subscribe to the WeStreamFM YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChgMq47Tz3aZ8Do-VpvychQ 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts! 5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod WeStreamFM - Twitter: twitter.com/WeStreamFM - Discord: discord.gg/YgCU8rT - Website: www.westreamfm.com - Instagram: bit.ly/2wevACr CurtyFM - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Curty - Twitter: twitter.com/CurtyFM - YouTube: bit.ly/2weSMjJ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtyfm/ - Instagram: bit.ly/2uVuUSD Nerdphonic - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic - Twitter: twitter.com/nerdphonic - YouTube: http://bit.ly/NerdphonicYT DaveAzzopardi - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm - Twitter: twitter.com/daveazzopardifm - YouTube: bit.ly/2vYcz4G FridayNightFM - Twitter: www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm - Blog: www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - Twitter: www.twitter.com/doop - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ Website: https://maddfm.com/

9 Aug 202157min

On this week's pod we take a look at some of those highly debatable and controversial decisions you can make in FM that can cause pitchforks to fly. We also have an update from Curty's Arsenal save and there's a quiz from the great man too. Subscribe to the WeStreamFM YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChgMq47Tz3aZ8Do-VpvychQ 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts! 5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod WeStreamFM - Twitter: twitter.com/WeStreamFM - Discord: discord.gg/YgCU8rT - Website: www.westreamfm.com - Instagram: bit.ly/2wevACr CurtyFM - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Curty - Twitter: twitter.com/CurtyFM - YouTube: bit.ly/2weSMjJ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtyfm/ - Instagram: bit.ly/2uVuUSD Nerdphonic - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic - Twitter: twitter.com/nerdphonic - YouTube: http://bit.ly/NerdphonicYT DaveAzzopardi - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm - Twitter: twitter.com/daveazzopardifm - YouTube: bit.ly/2vYcz4G FridayNightFM - Twitter: www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm - Blog: www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - Twitter: www.twitter.com/doop - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ Website: https://maddfm.com/

2 Aug 202155min

In a shorter-than-usual pod, Matt takes a look at the inclusion of Women's football in future interations of FM now that it has officially been announced by SI. There's also a quiz dedicated to Sir Bobby Robson, who passed away 12 years ago this week. Subscribe to the WeStreamFM YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChgMq47Tz3aZ8Do-VpvychQ 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts! 5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod WeStreamFM - Twitter: twitter.com/WeStreamFM - Discord: discord.gg/YgCU8rT - Website: www.westreamfm.com - Instagram: bit.ly/2wevACr CurtyFM - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Curty - Twitter: twitter.com/CurtyFM - YouTube: bit.ly/2weSMjJ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtyfm/ - Instagram: bit.ly/2uVuUSD Nerdphonic - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic - Twitter: twitter.com/nerdphonic - YouTube: http://bit.ly/NerdphonicYT DaveAzzopardi - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm - Twitter: twitter.com/daveazzopardifm - YouTube: bit.ly/2vYcz4G FridayNightFM - Twitter: www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm - Blog: www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - Twitter: www.twitter.com/doop - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ Website: https://maddfm.com/

27 Juli 202122min

On this week's edition of 5 Star Potential, the lads look at a number of interesting saves that you could take on in a new FM journey on an updated database. Doop gives us an update on life at Inter and Curty finishes off with an autobiography themed quiz! Updated DB links: Database update: https://www.fmscout.com/a-fm21-transfer-data-update-by-pr0-fmtu.html Custom start date (starts end of 20/21 season): https://www.fmscout.com/a-fm21-real-results-2020-20214734.html 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts! 5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod WeStreamFM - Twitter: twitter.com/WeStreamFM - Discord: discord.gg/YgCU8rT - Website: www.westreamfm.com - Instagram: bit.ly/2wevACr CurtyFM - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Curty - Twitter: twitter.com/CurtyFM - YouTube: bit.ly/2weSMjJ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtyfm/ - Instagram: bit.ly/2uVuUSD Nerdphonic - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic - Twitter: twitter.com/nerdphonic - YouTube: http://bit.ly/NerdphonicYT DaveAzzopardi - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardi - Twitter: twitter.com/daveazzopardi - YouTube: bit.ly/2vYcz4G FridayNightFM - Twitter: www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm - Blog: www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - Twitter: www.twitter.com/doop - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ Website: https://maddfm.com/

19 Juli 202153min

In this week's podcast, the lads discuss their scouting techniques on Football Manager and little tips to help you with your scouting and even save you some money! We also catch up on how Madd is getting on with Bologna in Italy. 5 Star Potential is a Football Manager podcast brought to you by #WeStreamFM! If you've enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5 star review on iTunes. Please use the links below to check out your wonderful hosts! 5 Star Potential - www.twitter.com/5starpod WeStreamFM - Twitter: twitter.com/WeStreamFM - Discord: discord.gg/YgCU8rT - Website: www.westreamfm.com - Instagram: bit.ly/2wevACr CurtyFM - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Curty - Twitter: twitter.com/CurtyFM - YouTube: bit.ly/2weSMjJ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/curtyfm/ - Instagram: bit.ly/2uVuUSD Nerdphonic - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic - Twitter: twitter.com/nerdphonic - YouTube: http://bit.ly/NerdphonicYT DaveAzzopardi - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardi - Twitter: twitter.com/daveazzopardi - YouTube: bit.ly/2vYcz4G FridayNightFM - Twitter: www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm - Blog: www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - Twitter: www.twitter.com/doop - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ Website: https://maddfm.com/

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