What is Striker Manager?
Striker Manager is an online football game in which you serve as MANAGER of a virtual team. To play you will need a computer with internet access. In the game, you will experience firsthand many tasks of a football manager, along with the joys and the woes that inevitably come with the position. You make all the decisions in managing your team: signing players, selecting line-ups, administering your staff of experts, managing the youth team and growing star players, setting up friendly matches; the list goes on and on. If you work hard and prove that you are a talented manager, you might even expect offers from other teams which will want to take you for their staff (and at this moment you CAN switch teams).
You play games against other users and you can bet they will try to win working just as hard as you are. To be clear: when you are randomly placed in a league you will be in the same exact position as 19 other humans from around the globe who joined Striker Manager at about the same time that you did. Nobody will get a head start, and as a result the competition will be very heated. One of the biggest challenges in this game is maintaining your team economy; for this is affected by player salaries, staff salaries, the selling and purchasing of players from a global market, ticket revenues, billboard ad space, etc. There are a lot of helpful tools at your disposal, though; you get to set up the training sessions to ensure that your players are improving in the most important areas, you will have access to a wide range of statistics regarding your league and other competitions, and of course, assistance and vital information can always be found in the "Help" section of the website or in forums.
Just like in real football, in Striker Manager a team is not confined to the semi-regular games that come with being in a league. You can set up friendlies with a vast range of opponents, some of whom you might expect to be the underdog against (always a good learning experience), others might be on par with you, and let's be honest- it's always fun to humiliate a team that is well below your class. It does not end there. As mentioned above, upon entry to Striker Manager your club is placed in a standard 20-person league, but you may choose to join another ("Private") league which plays matches on the weekends (there are never regular league matches scheduled on Saturday or Sunday). You may choose to join a private league with strangers or with friends you have invited to the game! You can even set up your own private league. And for you thrill-seekers, some private leagues may have a registration fee, which will be pooled and then divided among the top finishers of the league at the end of the season! Quite simply, StrikerManager is a place like no other for you to share and enjoy football.
And a warning: if you spend two weeks in the red the board of your team might dismiss you! But that is very unlikely so long as you are diligent and wise as a manager. If you do lose your team and want to get back in the game (perhaps you were on a VERY extended vacation) do not worry because you will be presented with offers from other (managerless) teams.
