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Did that last week Sir Bobby and Fabio.

I'm doing a past and present picture theme and need some more ideas! For example a picture of Obafemi and Andy Cole and having to figure out the link between them.... NUFC number 9's obviously. So far I've got: - USA Presidents - Miss World - Wimbledon champions - Prime Minister - Countdown host Cheers!

This is the problem I've been having with the demo.... couldn't play it at all. Apparantly there will be a patch released tomorrow that might solve this problem. However, Sports Interactive has been very vague about if this patch will actually solve the problems of having a graphics card that is less than 128MB. Hopefully they'll just introduce an option to disable the 3D pitch mode. You can do that in the options anyway? Can't even open the game. A lot of others are having the same problem it looks like.

This is the problem I've been having with the demo.... couldn't play it at all. Apparantly there will be a patch released tomorrow that might solve this problem. However, Sports Interactive has been very vague about if this patch will actually solve the problems of having a graphics card that is less than 128MB. Hopefully they'll just introduce an option to disable the 3D pitch mode.

Aberdeen really is in the middle of fuckin' nowhere like!

I'm torn between the two at the minute.... So is the PS3 really the best option? Which one has the best online playing? Please help!

Mine and Gregs do No one likes a clever shite.... especially ones with FM09

Distance Div Club Name Postcode Ticket Office Web 2.47 miles PR Newcastle United Football Club NE1 4ST 0191 261 1571 12.48 miles PR Sunderland AFC SR5 1SU 0845 671 1973 28.03 miles L1 Hartlepool United Football Club TS24 8BZ 0142 924 2233

The game won't work till Friday anyway, even if you do have it already! Some sort of licensing law they've set apparantly....

The droopy faced cockney prick can fuck off to be honest. No doubt he'd be playing the fuckin' "Poor 'appy 'arry" card if someone else was trying to tap up one of his players!

I've got the aids

Any chance of a job at your place?!

Now on telly, Sunday February 1st 1.30pm kick off. 2-1 OMGLOOOLLZZ!

Is there any chance that somone could check the SI Games website or forum to see if there has been any update on the graphics issue, as I cannot access it from work. Considering going back to FM2008 if this can't be resolved tbh.

Yeah seems like loads people are having the same problem as me though... Here's hoping that they solve these problems when the actual game is released. If they don't, it looks like their sales will suffer judging by the amount of people who cannot play the demo.

Even for a laptop?

Apparantly my graphics aren't good enough to run the new game. Must be at least 128MB and mine is only 64MB. Great....

THE DEMO IS NOW LIVE The Vanilla demo, which is approx 175MB, will be available for PC or Mac, and available exclusively from the News of the Worlds website, with the files hosted by the nice people at Gameshadow. It will feature UK English only, language wise, and English and Scottish quickstarts, with no "assets" (such as player pictures, logos, stadiums and pitch textures). You can play for half a season, and continue your saved game when the full game is out. You can get the vanilla version of the demo (PC or Mac) from www.newsoftheworld.co.uk The Strawberry demo, which is approx 1GB, will also be available for PC or Mac, and will be available 3 ways via STEAM (our recommended route - but PC only), a torrent file, and a direct download (hosted by the nice people at Gameshadow). To download the STEAM client, for free, go to www.steampowered.com, where you can read all about STEAM. Language wise it has - English, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish. Leagues playable (via quickstarts) - England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Argentina & Indonesia. So 12, rather than the previously announced 10. The strawberry version of the demo is available from STEAM (PC Only) - http://store.steampowered.com/app/10570/ Torrent (PC) - http://torrents.sigames.com:7000/torrents/...0D69514669B7DFD A9BF4 Torrent (Mac) - http://torrents.sigames.com:7000/torrents/...5687A49B68A304D D26BEA Download (PC) - http://www.gameshadowdemos.com/fm2009/strawberry/ Download (Mac) - http://www.gameshadowdemos.com/fm2009/strawberry/

Schumacher 1997. He tried to take himself and Villeneuve out of the race and therefore win the championship. He only partially damaged Villeneuve's car, which was fixed, and knackered his own. Villeneuve finished 3rd (I think), and won the title.

posted by: Miles - Thursday October 30th - 5.10pm Today is Thursday. And I can't do an honest blog about what's going on today, as others would get annoyed with me for doing so, but let's just say that it hasn't been my favourite day in the world, ever. Don't worry - the game is all fine, and the demo is still coming this weekend, but if you ever get the feeling that a load of people are conspiring to annoy, that is what my day has been like (apart from a couple of very good meetings this morning). If you didn't see it when it went live yesterday, the long version of the TV ad is now live at our youtube area, www.youtube.co.uk/sigames. I'm really proud of it, and think the teams of people who worked on it at RSA and Front Room did a really great job. A few people have asked what the music is on the trailer and it's the same music that was used in the background of the announcement video that we did, called Black Glove by Goose, who are on Skint Records. Their album is great, and well worth checking out! Today's indepth feature look comes from Nick, Ed and Phil, and looks at the new features, that of in-game press conferences. Press Conferences After the release of Football Manager 2008 we sat down and started to think about how we could improve the way the manager communicates with the media. Listening to the fan-base it was clear that the distinction between what is heard by the press and what stays behind closed doors has been blurred at times. On the one hand there is the interaction system (between fellow managers and between managers and players) and on the other there are the questions and transfer speculation which crop up every now and then in the manager's inbox. What was clear to us was that we needed to develop a system which would present the manager with a more realistic and focussed approach to handling the press. As you will see in Football Manager 2009, our approach has been to make press conferences the focal point of the manager's dealings with the media. As in real life, a press conference is the only regular opportunity for journalists from both written and audio-visual media outlets to formally pose questions to the person in charge of the football club. On a broader scale, a press conference becomes the major point of contact between a manager and the outside world. In Football Manager 2009, there are three types of press conference: new job, pre-match and post-match. During each press conference, the manager will be given an indication of how many media sources and journalists are present. The number of journalists present will reflect the importance of the fixture; ranging from one or two local reporters for a non-league tie to global paparazzi for a European cup final. Once the press conference is under way, as each question is posed, the journalist asking the question will be displayed, along with their employer. Every question and answer is stored in the press conference history section which is important to the flow of press conferences over the course of time as journalists will refer back to questions asked at an earlier stage and what answers were previously given. Journalists being journalists, they'll occasionally stray off-topic. It might well be a pre-match press conference, but you can bet your life that someone in the room wants to know more about the latest rumours of unsettled players or a piece of juicy transfer gossip. That's the charm in having numerous journalists present; they've all got a different personality. Some of them will be kinder and more understanding towards you, whilst a similar number may be quite probing and less considerate. However, for every question, there's an answer, and you've got quite a degree of flexibility in how you go about addressing what has been asked. Each question has five options from which you can choose your best-suited response, with an additional free text box at the bottom of the screen for you to add your additional comments in should you have any (and we know you will). This doesn't impact on what the media or the football world make of your answers, but it's a nice tool to aid in the immersion factor for those that want to, and can be great fun in multiplayer games! Of course, if you don't want to turn up, you can simply send your Assistant Manager along on your behalf. There is also an option in Team Settings to get your assistant manager to handle all press conferences. If you do turn up and things aren't to your liking, you can ask your press officer to wrap things up or even storm out. So, now you know more about that. Tomorrow's blog will come live from the Golden Joystick awards, where we're nominated for best PC game and best UK developer I think. Which is nice. But expect it to be a little bit slurred. Cheers Miles (and Ed, Nick & Phil) Is anyone else waiting for this like a fat kid does for more cake?! Can't wait!

Which players produce the most jizz? Duff or Ameobi.

Better than Bentley's goal imo. it wasn't like even though i think the keeper could have done a bit better for bentleys. Also did anyone see jamie redknapp whinging at half time about arsenals equaliser because of a foul on bentley when it clearly wasn't a foul. In my opinion. Bentley's could have went anywhere... and as you said, the keeper should have done more.

Better than Bentley's goal imo.

Like a wine club.... IT'S A SCHOOL! The second episode of this was alright..

Like a wine club....