He was nothing when he came to this club. I was sick as a proverbial, I can tell you. Promotion to the football league was very much in our sights. He was 24 years old, we were five games from the end of the season and eight points clear at the top of the table when he left. I was horrified to find a message to the effect that 'Scargill has retired to a country pub'. Anyway, other managers supposedly contact you from time to time on the 'phone, but I've been playing for nearly two seasons and nobody's rung me yet. Either that, or power is but a temporary camouflage for the inevitability of mortality - I can never decide. To the right of this, a small box displays a series of static footballers, obviously produced by the artist whose work has previously been wisely restricted to the windows of betting shops.Īpart from the odd instruction to coaches, you largely play the game in an isolation bubble.

A still picture takes up 75% of the screen, while a slider-bar at the top shows the ball's progress. The depiction of the match itself is woeful. Premier Manager is a straight copy of an old Amiga game, and has had no new features added. It says much that selecting 'long ball' will usually reap the most success.

It's graphically simplistic, and basic tactically as it is visually: players are graded in just four areas-handling, tackling, passing and shooting- and there are only four playing styles-attacking, defensive, passing and long ball. Combined as it is with a difficult-to-read code wheel with security numbers printed in gloss black on matt black, it seems likely to provoke a massive increase in domestic homicides, as frustrated families batter helpless gamesplayers to death in frantic attempts to silence 'The Tune From Hell'. Perhaps they're just confused.įirst impressions aren't favourable the intro-screen music is a candidate for the worst ever. This doesn't explain why they have 'The most comprehensive and sophisticated football strategy game ever' written on the box. They admit as much in the introductory section of the manual. Premier Manager is an unashamed attempt to entertain, at the expense of any great depth in the statistical and strategic departments.

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