The Ultimate Poll: Best version of the series.

[CaptainPlanet]

For overall playability, enjoyment and hours of your life wasted, which has been your favourite incarnation of our favourite series?

Due to a maximum of 10 poll options, I have grouped together data updates within that version of CM.

P.s. I'm suprised this hasn't been polled before, I did do a thorough search before hand and the most I could find was 08 vs 09.

[CaptainPlanet]

01/02 for me, purely due to hours spent - after 100 seasons in charge of Huddersfield I'm suprised my wife didn't leave me...

[saberhagen83]

I'm still going with 01/02. I could spend unlimited hours on it (or so it felt like) before. It was so much fun. After that it's been a little up and down with FM06 and 07 giving me most enjoyment. I don't know, I guess it's a mix of the game becoming too complex needing more hours on the "less fun" stuff of the game and me not having the same amount of time or interest as I once had in this game series.

[Paul Atherton]

One of my favorites had a silvery ball on the front, it was a championship manager game. Possibly the second to feature the 2d pitch? Which year was this? THis was one of my favorites. It was the game were Oskarsson was a MACHINE

[trekman]

01/02 was great but I think that FM2009 just gets it.

[feedthegoat]

CM93 for me. It was where it all began for me.

[CaptainPlanet]

Suprised to see 09 rushing ahead tbh, maybe it's all the devs voting

[ahmufcwafc]

FM07 - Simply because I played it more than any other game in the series.

[CHARLIERODD]

I voted for FM09... purely its the first one I can say I am truly addicted to, though CM4 ran it close!

[Evon]

FM06 just because it was the first CM/FM I'd ever owned. In hindsight it was pretty rubbish as the attributes for all the players were much too high and there were 20's everywhere but I was completely and utterly addicted to it whereas now, I'm 'mildly addicted'. I don't even play FM everyday

[CaptainPlanet]

I voted for FM09... purely its the first one I can say I am truly addicted to, though CM4 ran it close!

How can you be so addicted to 09 already?!

[graem007]

for me cm00/01 would vote again if i could for fm08

[pnefc22]

CM01/02 was and still is the best game ever!!! Could play that for days running and I still do.

You could rifle a season off in 3 hours!

Although, I enjoyed 03/04 thouroughly and liked 08 and have not had the time to play 09 too much yet.

[bod1035]

CM01/02 was the best for just pure fun. The amount of hours you could spend on that game and not be bored or frustrated was ridiculous. Must say i am really enjoying FM09 aswell.

[small Mac]

Very difficult decision, i could have easily picked two or three others. In the end I went for '07 as this was the first version i had a proper long term game (+20 seasons with Bromley). It introduced great new features such as new stadiums and affiliate clubs and newgens were the best they've been so far.

I haven't actullay got '09 yet so that may well be the best so far but my old laptop just couldn't handle the demo:(. Plus i'm still enjoying 08:thup:.

[Arkim]

It's between FM 2005 and FM 2007 for me. Haven't gotten into FM 09 yet. Countless of hours spent on the mentioned versions, but well worth spent.

[MrPompey]

I think we have a few of these polls going for the same subject?

[pompey4ever]

Well for me it was the first one i owned but for the life of me i can't remember wat season it was, either 00/01 or 01/02 still very good

[sebzilla]

CM2. First game I bought (was after USM2 but got the wrong one!) and played it to death. Was still going on it in 2000, probably still would be if it ran properly on new PCs. Naively tried to replace it with CM5 before I'd cottoned on to the split, then became a FM convert from 07 onwards.

FM09 does look good, so far, and has potential to be best yet.

[Shalashaska]

CM 03/04 is the one that made me fall in love with the Manager series. In two seasons of a hot seat game with me and my friend we already won the Champs league once each and Cristiano Ronaldo was the best and most expensive player in the world! (It took him two seasons in real life aswell!)

[Micado]

01/02 by far for me. Played it the most in various saves, Is a classic game in my opinion.

[ell69]

00/01 for me

[playmaker]

Current one is the best game IMO, but I don't have the same time to spend on it as I used, so in terms of enjoyment and watsed hours it is equal to CM 01/02.

[goldman]

01/02 was quality,spent a long time with it managing Arsenal

[CaptainPlanet]

I think we have a few of these polls going for the same subject?

Where are the other ones? I couldn't find any on search.

[The_Kman]

01/02. No doubt about it

[pnefc22]

I think that it is between 01/02 and 09.

Although to be honest, I reckon 01/02 is doing greta seeing as most of the people who voted probably won't have played on 01/02.

[Os]

Where's Football Italia? that was great!

[GillsMan]

My top 5:

1. Champ Manager 2001/02

2. Champ Manager 1996/97

3. Football Manager 2008

4. Football Manager 2009

5. Champ Manager 2001/02

So CM3 gets my vote in the poll.

[Slagdog]

Has to be CM Italy, had an amazing run to Seria A with Pescara, and have spent the last however many games trying to replicate it...

[follow the blind]

FM 2007 for me, so many different saves, so much time spent on trying to get 20+ seasons on all of em'

[werhnamhogg]

CM3 - i lost so many hours of my teens to that series.....

[Deano565]

CM 03-04 was the Drog's Ballacks !

[david22]

fm07, probably done about 200 seasons on it now, but 01/02 comes in a close 2nd

[CaptainPlanet]

fm07, probably done about 200 seasons on it now, but 01/02 comes in a close 2nd

200 seasons in one save? :o

[Alunz]

i expected ppl would vote for fm07 quite a lot

but its nice to see more ppl enjoy fm09

[Haestad]

FM07 I had the most fun on, with the longest career's

[Adam.S]

00/01 background pics , great sound effects!

[mancityheel]

did about 40 seasons in one game on CM 01/02, as I recall. Took Clevedon Town to four promotions and then the Champions League. How could I ever forget that! It was possible to fly through a season in about 2 nights in those days, setting the text commentary to "very fast." That game was finely tuned and loads of fun.

To be honest 2nd choice would probably be FM 08, which I'm a little surprised hasn't done better here. Though to be fair I've yet to really get into FM 09 yet.

[velonce]

07 was great! Ran smoothly and quickly even before the patch. Sure there were a few annoying things such as jumping being overpowered but there was nothing in particular which felt game-breaking.

[phnompenhandy]

The best one is always the one that I'm currently playing. The one that I'm currently playing is always the newest one.

[C05T1N]

CM 03/04 for me.

[glamdring]

Private polls are no fun!

I voted for FM06 as it is the version in which I had my longest running game and the one in which I woon the Champions League with Grindavik (Iceland). That latter point clearly shows it wasn't the most difficult (realistic) of versions, but it was fun to play, closely followed by FM07 and CM01/02 probably, although the pre-2d match engine days seem so long ago it's hard to remember much of CM01/02 other than that I had lots of enjoyable games.

[elgreenio]

quite surprising so far, I would have expected more from the CM2 series, was by far the best. Gotta say that by pairing 00/01 and 01/02 that was always going to get big votes

[CaptainPlanet]

01/02 was just the pinnacle of "pick up and play" gaming though. 4-4-2 with a couple of wonder signings and off you went. Ok it wasn't necessarily the most realistic game ever, but it was damn fun.

[CaptainPlanet]

What are the reasons for the version all you people are0 voting for? Lots of people voting without explaining their choice

[MarkRichards]

CM2 is where it all started for me, when I was 8 =)

[Fox2k]

Football Manager 2007 is the best. I bought both 08 and 09 and was disappointed both times. 07 is without a doubt the best game of them all.

[CaptainPlanet]

CM2 is where it all started for me, when I was 8 =)

8?! SHouldn't you have been outside playing in the sunshine instead?

[Insert_Goal_Here]

I cannay believe FM09 is winning, i mean it's a good game don't get me wrong, but better then 01/02? i nay think so