Football Manager 2006

New Features


Graphical Attributes
If all these numbers seem too much then why not use bar graphs instead. A quick change in the preferences section means your player's stats will be shown in graphics, rather than numerically.

Player comparisation
Comparing two players has never looked better and has much been improved.

Finance Graphs
In one user-friendly overall analysis, tracking your finances is now much easier with finance graphs.

Height and weight
Adding to an already impressive database of player's stats, Sports Interactive have now introduced player's heights and weights for the first time.

Tactic Change Panel
This is an easier way to edit your whole teams individual tactics rather than having to change each player separately.

New Match Engine Composition
For the first time dugouts now appear in the game. Not only this but technical areas and a small icon when a player has a minor injury all make your management experience more authentic.

Match Commentary revamp
Loads of new commentary lines used in match for added atmosphere and detail to identify what's happening on the pitch.

Quick tactic mode
Now you can shout from the touchlines to make small or full tactical changes without having to stop the match. You will see the match continuing whilest you are making quick positions swaps.

Improved match engine realism
Working with Ray Houghton, the ex-Liverpool and Republic of Ireland player, SI have analysed every area of the match engine looking for areas to improve the engine to make it the most realistic experience ever.

Injury module revamp
No more "physio reports" needed after injuries as the physio's now come to you. Full feedback on injuries, including various treatment options. Does a player have the flu? Sent him home for a week or have him treated at the club for a speedy recovery, but with the risk of infecting other players!

Media overhaul
Loads more information is now given through news items using an all new "player bio" system, this is inclusive of, but not limited to, club landmark year news, better feedback on your start as a manager, more celebration of success and much more info about players in media items

Full Time Team Talks
With the addition of Half Time team talks to Football Manager 2006 , Sports Interactive felt it only fair to add full time team talks to allow you to comment on team or individual performances at the end of the match to the players. How will they react? So be carefull!

Increased Tactical Options
You can now tweak tactics even further, with options for players to interchange positions, more specific target man instructions and even time wasting!

Formation Panel on Match Screen
This is an easy way to see the formations of both your team and your competitor at the same time without having to pause the match, so in a live environment.

Snapshot
A great new screen in the game that gives you a homepage of all of the info that you need as a manager -- budgets, forthcoming fixtures, a competition overview, team stats and lots more.

New Shirt Graphics
With licenses galore, there will be more real life kits in FM2005 than any previous Sports Interactive football title.

Man Of The Match News
A new regular news item giving feedback on the man of the match for youth & reserve games, as well as key first team matches.

Half-time team talks
Half-time team talks add the ability to tell your players individually or collectively exactly what you thought of their first half performance, via the tactics screen. Will you be able to keep your players motivated, or will you cause a collapse in the second half?

Board negotiations
Managers will be able to negotiate with their board of directors - not only for a better contract for themselves, but also for improved player wage budgets and increased transfer budgets or even stadium expansion. Be aware though, if you push too hard and don't reach the heights that the board specify, you'll soon be looking for a new job.

Player management
Manage players on a personal level. Unhappy players can cause huge morale problems for the whole squad and result in bad performances, so the new Player Interaction feature will help you to manage your team more closely.

New training system
A completely revamped training module simplifies training schedules and players' training progress, with your coaches becoming far more important members of backroom staff.

Referee profiles
With referee profiles and league tables, you can keep a close eye on how many yellow cards the ref looking after your Saturday match has given in the last few matches, which add an extra element to tactics of the game. Maybe hard tackling is not a good idea for this Saturday's match!

Position indicator (tactics)
A player position indicator will not only show you the best positions for your player and where to play on the pitch, it will also show player preferred moves for those players in your team. As well as this, the Player Positions display format has been upgraded, making it easier for the manager to pick the team.

New media elements
New media items and expansion of the media module have been implemented, including but not limited to, cup draw news and man of the match news.

Finalis Anugerah Carta IKIM.fm 2005

Aku Tanpa Cinta Mu - Mirwana feat Jay Jay
Balqis - Unic
Berkorban Demi Cinta - Hijjaz
Bukalah Hatimu - Ideal
Destinasi Cinta - Mestica
Di Hati - Dehearty
Hikmah Kembara - Mirwana
I Wanna Be Somebody - Alarm Me
Setangi Syurga - In-team
Yalla Beena - Rabbani feat Yasin

Info Syawal

Dalam kita menunggu ketibaan Syawal, mengenang Syawal dan merancang kemeriahan Syawal, wajarlah juga kita singkap peristiwa-peristiwa bersejarah yang pernah umat Islam lalui di bulan-bulan Syawal yang lepas. Di antara peristiwa-peristiwa bersejarah Syawal, diantaranya;

Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Pada tahun ke 2 Hijrah, ummat Islam mula difardhukan dengan kewajipan puasa dan pada tahun itu juga Rasulullah mengishtiharkan bahawa 1 Syawal adalah hari kebesaran ummat Islam sebagai lambang kejayaan ummat mengharungi cabaran Ramadhan dengan jayanya. Rasulullah SAW bersabda: "Sesungguhnya Allah telah menggantikan untuk kamu dua hari yang lebih baik dari keduanya, yaitu hari raya Aidul- fitri dan Aidiladha".

Diriwayatkan dari Al-Nasa'i dan Ibnu Hibban dengan sanad shahih. Ummat Islam dikurniakan dengan 2 hari raya iaitu hari raya Aidilfitri yang dirayakan disetiap 1 Syawal dan hari raya Aidiladha yang disambut pada 10 Zulhijjah. Kedua-dua hariraya ini telah disambut penuh meriah oleh ummat Islam sehingga kini malah semakin hari semakin meriah. Namun begitu ummat Islam tidak patut lupa bahawa Rasulullah SAW juga telah mensyaratkan agar umat Islam bertakbir sepanjang menyambut dua hari perayaan tersebut. Sabda Rasulullah SAW: "Hiasilah hariraya kamu dengan takbir"

Perang Uhud
Peperangan yang memberi tamparan dan pengajaran yang amat bernilai bagi ummat Islam. Ummat Islam yang mendapat kemenangan yang besar pada awalnya tetapi bertukar menjadi kacau-bilau ditewaskan oleh tentera Quraisy dengan sekelip mata. Dinamakan Perang Uhud kerana peperangan ini berlaku di sebuah tempat yang dinamakan Uhud dan dikelilingi dengan bukit (Bukit Uhud) pada tahun ke 3 Hijrah. Pihak kafir Quraiysh begitu bernafsu untuk membalas dendam atas kekalahan mereka di Perang Badar tahun lepas.

Rasulullah SAW telah memerintahkan tentera pemanah Islam supaya tidak meninggalkan posisi masing-masing walau apapun yang berlaku. Disebabkan terpedaya dengan banyaknya harta rampasan perang, maka mereka membelakangkan arahan Rasulullah SAW dan meninggalkan bukit untuk mengutip harta rampasan. Maka tentera kafir Quraisy berpatah balik dan mengambil posisi yang mereka tinggalkan dan mula menghujankan panah kepada tentera Islam yang sedang leka mengumpulkan harta rampasan perang. Kacau bilau tentera Islam dan banyak sahabat yang gugur syahid termasuklah Hamzah Asadullah, bapa saudara Rasulullah SAW.

Segera Rasulullah SAW menyusun semula tentera Islam dan berjaya menyekat kemaraan tentera kafir. Tamparan kepada ummat Islam bagaimana kemenangan bertukar kekalahan di saat tak sepatutnya kalah. Pengajaran kepada para sahabat dan ummat Islam seluruhnya bahawa kita perlulah sangat taat kepada Allah dan Rasul tidak cukup hanya dengan percaya sahaja.

Perang Khandak
Perang Khandak telah berlaku pada tahun yang kelima Hijrah. Ia juga dinamakan dengan peperangan Ahzab. Khandak membawa erti 'parit'. Nama ini diambil sempena peristiwa umat Islam bersama-sama Rasulullah SAW telah menggali parit di sekeliling Madinah untuk menghalang tentera kuffar dari melanggar Madinah.

Dan dinamakan juga dengan peperangan Ahzab yang membawa erti 'bersekutu' kerana beberapa puak Quraiysh telah bergabung termasuklah beberapa puak Yahudi telah membentuk satu pakatan tentera bersekutu untuk melanggar Madinah dan memerangi ummat Islam. Peperangan ini berlaku pada tahun kelima Hijrah. Peperangan ini berakhir dengan kemenangan tentera Islam dengan bantuan Allah SWT.

Perang Hunain
Perang Hunain terjadi pada 3 Syawal tahun kelapan Hijrah, 15 hari setelah peristiwa Pembukaan Kota Makkah. Selepas Perang Uhud, ummat Islam sekali lagi telah mendapat pengajaran yang amat bernilai iaitu kuantiti bukan faktor utama kemenangan.

Semasa perang Hunain, diriwayatkan jumlah ummat Islam yang turut sama ikut keluar berperang tidak kurang dari 10 000 orang dan tentera kuffar hanyalah 2 puak kecil yang masih degil menentang Islam (puak Hawazan dan puak Tsaqif). Dengan jumlah tentera yang ramai, ummat Islam sudah mula berasa bongkak dan takabbur sehingga lupa tentang pertolongan Allah SWT.

Allah telah menguji tentera Islam dengan helah tentera musuh dan tentera Islam telah masuk perangkap. Kacau bilau dan ramai yang melarikan diri. Tentera Islam terpaksa berundur dan menyusun strategi dan bertahan sehinggalah Allah SWT mengurniakan kemenangan untuk tentera Islam.

Lahirnya Imam Bukhari
RH Muhammad ibnu Ismail adalah nama sebenar Imam Bukhari RH. Beliau lahir di Bukhara, Uzbekistan pada 194H dan meninggal dunia pada 256H. Kitab beliau yang terkenal ialah Shahih Bukhari. Sehingga kini beliau masih berhak digelar 'Ulamak Hadis Nombor Satu'.

Seluruh hidup beliau dihabiskan untuk mengkaji, menghafaz dan mencatit hadis-hadis Rasulullah SAW. Hadis-hadis yang diriwayatkan beliau adalah hadis-hadis shahih.

Gerrard v Lampard: Under The Microscope

In the red corner, we have Liverpool’s captain and ‘the complete player’, as acknowledged by many coaches, Steven Gerrard. In the blue corner, we have ‘the best player in the world’, according to Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard. The million dollar question: Who is better?

Liverpool supporters will say it’s Gerrard, the one in the pair who has been crowned a European champion. Chelsea supporters will take pains in pushing forward the case of Lampard, extolling his virtues till the cows come home. For what’s it worth, I will tell you who’s ‘better’. When assessing anything, we have to find out it’s purpose. Then we have to decide to what extent the purpose is being carried out.

As Gerrard and Lampard are two of England’s shining beacons in midfield now, they must surely carry out their intentions well. The ‘perfect’ midfielder would be one who runs till his muscles ache, has the fitness to allow him to resist that feeling for longer, be able to pass well, shoot well, tackle well, read the game well, dribble well…basically being an expert in all facets of the game. As the midfielder is at the heart of the action, the more qualities he possesses, the better. And if those qualities are laced with supremacy, you have a world-class midfielder.

The beauty of these two luminaries is that they are so complete in the footballing sense. Unlike David Beckham, who is seen as one-dimensional, or Cristiano Ronaldo, who is fanciful dribbler with many weaknesses, there are few weaknesses in Gerrard’s and Lampard’s game. But our mission is not to uncover the strengths of the two (although they will be discussed), as they possess many, but the weaknesses, as they are few.

The Chelsea man plays in a better midfield, has better wingers to flank him, the world’s best anchorman as his bodyguard, and arguably better forwards to feed. All this makes the task easier.

Steven Gerrard, meanwhile, has not forged a proper midfield partnership yet at his club, is sometimes played out of position, has a lack of width surrounding him, and erratic strikers for him to search out. And this means his task is comparatively harder.

It’s important to consider that as a man has never won a football match on his own since Diego Maradona led his country to World Cup glory in 1986. Team-mates can often help a key man look better, or worse than he actually is.

Now that we have considered the two teams both of them play in, it’s time to look at their individual abilities. Ask any football coach what a midfielder must definitely possess, and the answer will probably be a competent ability to pass the ball.

I will be a little controversial here by saying I think Frank Lampard is the better passer. Simply because he is more consistent in his level of delivery. While Gerrard sometimes places too much weight in his passes and over-hits them, Lampard is more often than not unerring in his accuracy.

Because of this bad habit Gerrard has, sometimes his team-mates have trouble killing the ball and bringing it under their control. Having said that, his ability in passing the ball still surpasses many mere mortals.

Consistency
Lampard has often been praised for his sometimes extraordinary consistency levels. The consistency in which he keeps starting games and the consistency in which he keeps the standard of his play high, is what persuaded Mourinho to proclaim him the numero uno on the planet.

Gerrard, on the other hand, has a dire record with injuries. Metartasals, groins, ankles, calfs…he’s got it all before in the Liverpool shirt. When he’s out of the team, the problems start for Liverpool. When he’s out, and Liverpool lose, Liverpool get branded a one-man team. When he’s out, and Liverpool win, there is talk that the club can do without him.

Such is the status he has acquired, any injury that Gerrard sustains becomes a Red crisis. And he does pick them up often. This is where Lampard beats Gerrard hands down. If Gerrard is not playing, he can’t make any real contribution.

Late Bloomer
In many regards, Lampard is a late bloomer. When Gerrard was strutting his stuff in the 2000 European Championships, Lampard was busy captaining the Under-21 side in the ‘junior’ version of the competition.

While Gerrard started his career at a club near the top, Lampard plied his trade at West Ham, a club which in a few months, can turn from challengers of a European spot, to relegation candidates. Even when he came to Chelsea, Lampard started off slowly. Believe it or not, his first goal for the club only came several months after he joined.

Both missed out on the 2002 World Cup, but while Gerrard was left out because of injury reasons, Lampard was ignored because he simply wasn’t wanted in the final 22. Then, in 2003/04, Lampard burst to life. Surely that had nothing to do with Roman Abramovich and his roubles?

Anyway, now that Lampard had a better team around him, his potential could be fulfilled. He went on to score 3 goals in 4 games at Euro 2004, and cemented his reputation as a top-class midfielder.

And then, what happened? In came the world’s best manager, at the time anyway. Mourinho had just led Porto to two European trophies in two seasons, and he would make Lampard better.

Under the guidance of Mourinho, Lampard can now scale the Premiership and European mountains with ease. All this time has took chunks out of Lampard’s career, however. Lampard is now 27, and he has only really sprung to life from 2003 up till now.

Gerrard, at two years younger, has been a fixture of the Liverpool midfield for six years. And in 2001, while Lampard was toiling at West Ham, he reveled in the glory of the Treble. All this time at the forefront of the game has sharpened many of Gerrard’s edges. He is now an inspiring leader, something which Lampard isn’t yet. Any talk of Beckham’s successor to the England captaincy has Gerrard’s name, but rarely Lampard’s.

Versatility is also an edge the Liverpool skipper has over Lampard. He has played at central midfield, behind the strikers, right-back, right-midfield, the holding role and even left-midfield all with aplomb. Place him anywhere on the park, except between the posts, and he will deliver.

Goals
Partly because of the constellation of stars surrounding him, and partly because of his own ability, Lampard has a goal-scoring record this season (and last) that a top-class striker would envy.

A forward like Thierry Henry would be proud of a record of 10 goals in 12 games. This underlines how much of a threat Lampard is, and how well he has done. Gerrard, on the other hand, playing in a poorer team, has amassed 2 goals in 8 games.

This, of course, is discounting Gerrard’s account in the Champions’ League qualifiers. If we include those, then the tally becomes more impressive – 9 in 14. At the moment, it’s fair to say though is Lampard is much more of a consistent goal-threat.

The Verdict
So Lampard is more consistent, and he’s scored more goals in the past two seasons. Gerrard is younger and yet more experienced. All Gerrard needs to do is to cut out his niggling habits and niggling injuries, and he will be a level higher than Lampard.

At the moment, Lampard is just edging it. But as we have seen, careers are like football matches – the picture at the 90th minute is not often the same as it was on the 48th.

Madrasah Ramadhan

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