Macon Leary

We’re in a parallel universe where existing Premiership clubs have all gone bust. 

A new slimmer Premier League comes into existence, featuring 16 brand new clubs. Managers use the Fantasy Draft Mode to form their squads from the Premiership players who are still around. Ibrahimovic, Pogba, Lewandowski, Muller, Neuer, Alvarez Balanta, Bale and Modric are intrigued by the project, and sign for Imaginary EPL clubs.

The managers are a mixture of FM veterans and those who are completely new to the game with no exposure to prevailing wisdom. How much will that matter? We’re going to find out. They tell me who they want to pick from their 24 man squads, give me their formation, and describe how they want their team to play, and I run it through the FM16 match engine.

Each week, key highlights of 2 matches will be shown on ‘Game Of The 24 Hour Period’, plus all of the goals from the remaining games. It’s a 30 game season, and only one manager can prevail....