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First of all, I have to say that SI have done it once again. They've listened to the gamers and instead of just recycle that old FM05-game, and they've taken the game one step further towards the perfect football manager game. One of the new features I enjoy the most is the enhanced holiday-mode, which let your team win every single match for as long as you'll like. I've used this new feature frequently, as it saves me alot of time because I no longer have to reload the game whenever I lose.

The game is just as hard as FM08, though. The new team talks during training, holidays and dinners might seem challenging at first, but luckily there's no new things to say in this version either. Be aware though: telling your players to "do this for the supporters" during spring break might leave them confused and unhappy. The worst case scenario you could get from this is your whole team commiting suicide, a feature that has been requested for years by the fans of the series. Players can also die on and off the pitch from other causes; peeing on electrical fences is perhaps the most frequent one. One season five of my strikers died of peeing on electrical fences, which was kinda annoying.

As for leagues and players, there are no new leagues added so far, and it probably won't be added any new since that most likely requires stepping out of the house to watch matches in real life. But players in the already playable leagues in FM have had the opportunity to send in their own suggestions for their own attributes, considering that the players themselves know eachother best. This has taken realism to a higher level, although many players have 20 in all attributes.

All in all, Football Manager 2009 looks like a solid game already. There's still some minor bugs like way too many players dying each season, but hopefully this will be fixed with a couple of patches after the game has been released. I can't wait for this new game though, so I've decided to put myself in the freezer for a couple of months.