Planning Matches For Days

This week we hear some more from Madd about his current struggles at Haarlem before taking a look at consistency in FM. We give our tips and ideas of what we do to try and keep our form on the straight and narrow as well as looking at ways of improving the regularity of individual player performances. There’s also a quiz loosely (really loose) based on St Patrick's Day too… Links mentioned in this week’s pod: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/wonderkid-watch-arnaud-kalimuendo https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/fm23customviews 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 | www.5starpotential.com  Nerdphonic - www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic | www.twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic  DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm | www.twitter.com/daveazzopardifm | https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveAzzopardi  FridayNightFM - www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm | www.fridaynightfm.com  FMDoop - www.twitter.com/fmdoop | www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ | https://maddfm.com/

20 Mar 202358min

On this week’s pod, we hear more about Joe’s move from Stoke to PSG in his save and why he’s already got itchy feet. Then, inspired by the recent article on the website, we take a look at some more players that are in danger of ageing out of that ‘big move’ in their careers and need you to rescue them in FM. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/5-players-to-rescue-in-fm23 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 | www.5starpotential.com Nerdphonic - www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic | www.twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm | www.twitter.com/daveazzopardifm | https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveAzzopardi FridayNightFM - www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm | www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - www.twitter.com/fmdoop | www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ | https://maddfm.com/

13 Mar 20231h

On this week’s pod, Joe updates us on what's been happening in his Salford, Stoke and his new club. . There’s even time for a MaddFM quiz too. The ultimate Football Manager dilemma. How best to develop a wonderkid for first team football. For every Wayne Rooney there is a Freddy Adu, for every Kylian Mbappe there is a Ravel Morrison. 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 | www.5starpotential.com Nerdphonic - www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic | www.twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm | www.twitter.com/daveazzopardifm | https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveAzzopardi FridayNightFM - www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm | www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - www.twitter.com/fmdoop | www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ | https://maddfm.com/

6 Mar 20231h 3min

On this week’s pod, Madd updates us on what's been happening in Haarlem. Inspired by some recent real-life resurgences, we look back at the players whose careers we’ve been able to rekindle in FM and provide some tips on how you can resurrect players, young and old, that may have been cast aside. There’s even time for a MaddFM quiz too. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: Toni Majic: https://twitter.com/MaddFM_/status/1627258319919362049 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 | www.5starpotential.com Nerdphonic - www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic | www.twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm | www.twitter.com/daveazzopardifm | https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveAzzopardi FridayNightFM - www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm | www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - www.twitter.com/fmdoop | www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ | https://maddfm.com/

27 Feb 202359min

This week we have an exclusive scoop on what Doop plans to do next after admitting defeat against the Bayern machine. We then switch our focus to the official SI winter update and who we predict will have bumps in attributes and reputations combined with a whistle stop tour of some interesting save ideas for those of you that wait until the latest update drops before starting a long term adventure in FM. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/wonderkid-watch-gianluca-busio 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 | www.5starpotential.com Nerdphonic - www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic | www.twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm | www.twitter.com/daveazzopardifm | https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveAzzopardi FridayNightFM - www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm | www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - www.twitter.com/fmdoop | www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ | https://maddfm.com/

20 Feb 202357min

This week we confirm that we are not just a Spurs podcast by discussing the situation at Liverpool and how we would try to rekindle Klopp’s earlier magic at Anfield if his current plight was happening in Football Manager. There’s also a quiz from ‘The Madden’ too. Links mentioned in this week’s pod: Spice Up Your Life: https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/spice-your-life | https://twitter.com/jlaspey/status/1622506477331050496 https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/8-left-sided-centre-backs-to-sign-in-fm23 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 | www.5starpotential.com Nerdphonic - www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic | www.twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm | www.twitter.com/daveazzopardifm | https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveAzzopardi FridayNightFM - www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm | www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - www.twitter.com/fmdoop | www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ | https://maddfm.com/

13 Feb 20231h 18min

On this week’s pod, we took inspiration from real-world football events from throughout the January transfer window and gave our opinions on how we would handle them in FM. We even stayed up well past our bedtimes just in case there was some breaking last minute transfer news (spoiler alert - there wasn’t). Mr Madden also provides you with an on-brand transfer quiz too! 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 | www.5starpotential.com Nerdphonic - www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic | www.twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm | www.twitter.com/daveazzopardifm | https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveAzzopardi FridayNightFM - www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm | www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - www.twitter.com/fmdoop | www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ | https://maddfm.com/

6 Feb 20231h 8min

On this week’s pod, Matt provides an update on where things are at with his Kettering Town save and it’s not all good news… We run the rule over recent retiree Gareth Bale and decide whether he deserves a spot in the Wonderkid Hall of Fame or not and there’s a quiz by Mr Madden too! Articles mentioned during this week’s pod: https://5starpotential.com/fm23-blogs/wonderkid-watch-arda-guler 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 | www.5starpotential.com Nerdphonic - www.twitch.tv/nerdphonic | twitter.com/nerdphonic | https://www.youtube.com/nerdphonic DaveAzzopardi - www.twitch.tv/daveazzopardifm | twitter.com/daveazzopardifm | https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveAzzopardi FridayNightFM - www.twitter.com/fridaynightfm | www.fridaynightfm.com FMDoop - www.twitter.com/fmdoop | www.twitch.tv/doop MaddFM - https://twitter.com/MaddFM_ | https://maddfm.com/

30 Jan 202356min