If you are expecting lavish graphics and FIFA 2000 graphical style game coverage, you are going to be very disappointed. Get used to this screen and how it works, you'll be seeing it a whole lot during your reign. It will also show you whether the player is injured, unhappy, on loan, out of contract and other attributes. The squad select screen shows you every member of your team and their preferred position to play in. Once you have selected your team, it's time to check out what low-lifes you have just taken charge of. That is an obscene amount of data! So you can forgive it for taking a couple of minutes to set itself up each season now, can't you? Not only this, but there is each player's own attributes, team histories, top scorer tables, league tables, cup competitions, the transfer market, international tournaments, and for each club there is a reserve team complete with all its own relevant attributes. CM99/00 runs 16 concurrent leagues, with about 40,000 players encompassed within. Those of you thinking that any sort of delay is quite unacceptable, think again. Depending on your processor power, this may take a fair while to process. Once this is done, the program will then set up the new season ahead. How about taking control of Tampa Bay in the American MLS? Of course for the latter, you'd need to explain that it's football, not soccer. Fancy taking control of the mighty Juventus of Italy? No problem. You can also choose to be in virtually any league you can think of. You can choose any team from Arsenal in the English premier league, through to Yeovil in the Conference. This is your first taste of just how massive the database is in CM99/00. This is your chance to see just how good your managerial skills would be in the real world.Īfter a painless installation, the first thing you need to do is give your manager a name, and choose the team you are either going to make, or break! Or are they? I present to you Championship Manager 99/00 edition. It's always easy to shout from afar, but would you do a better job? Unless you are tied into the game from an early age, the odds of you finding out for real are pretty minimal. He should be sacked.Ĭhances are that the next week, the team wins, and all of a sudden said manager is absolutely terrific, the best the team has ever had! Sound familiar?

He should be playing such and such on the wing, not in the centre. He should be asking the board for more money for players. During his scathing analysis he mentions how it's really not any of the player's fault, but it's all down to the manager. One of them bemoans the recent misfortunes of his lifelong supported team. Picture the scene - a crowd of lads in the pub, beers in hand, loudly discussing Saturday's full-time football scores.

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