Football Manager 2007 is available from today, SEGA and developer Sports Interactive have announced, after several retailers began selling the game ahead of its official street date this Friday (20th).

An official statement released today said: “SEGA and Sports Interactive would like to announce that the official street date for Football Manager 2007 on PC / Mac has been brought forward to Wednesday, October 18th.

Football Manager 2007 The game has been met with mixed reaction at release. Many fans are delighted with the faster gameplay, smoother graphics and scrolling, a cleaner data editor, accurate rosters, realistic scouting, and generally, the more immersive world

On the other end, many fans have complained about the lack of options available in the data editor. Features like changing the colors of a kit, changing the amount of kits of one club, creating a club or a competition were removed. Also, an option to edit the feeder clubs is not available. In defense, the editor was created from scratch and there was not enough time to implement all of the features from the data editor in FM 2006. Also, Football Manager 2007 lacks the “huge” database that was popular with a portion of fans. The developers have stated that the removal of this size database was due to long-term games becoming unbalanced in numbers. The developers have told people who wish to have a “huge” database to utilize DDT retain player files or to select more leagues from different continents when starting a new game. There has also been an issue with the way club finances are calculated for example leaving teams with crippling debt despite making a profit.

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