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Does it deserve a first-team place, or should it be consigned to the bench of mediocrity? Gesticulating wildly: Steve Hill

If you're wondering why you've already seen this in the shops, it's because the release date was brought forward in the wake of Kevin Keegan accepting the part-time role of England manager. It's clearly a cynical attempt to cash in on the surrounding media interest, but what it does mean is that the game went on sale before Championship Manager 3 (PCZ #73, 93%). 

It could be argued that this is the only advantage that PM 99 has over its arch rival, and that the interim period might have been better spent actually playtesting the game rather than rushing it onto the shelves. For all the glossy packaging and mock cyber-picture of Keegan that adorns the CD case, what lies within is a game put together on an industrial estate in Madrid. Three years ago.