Following the official release of November 14, Football Manager gets the first patch v9.1.0. The patch of fixes and changes is huge. Here is a part of it:

Compatibility
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- Fixed Intel 900 series not being able to run in 3D (including the Intel 950 GMA chipset)
- Handling cases of Intel drivers incorrectly reporting the vertex shader model.
- Improved compatibility with splash screen movies on below minimum specification hardware that could cause the game not to launch.
- Improved compatibility for detecting graphics cards with pixel shaders but below the minimum specifications that could cause the game not to launch.
- Fixed cases of the mouse getting stuck in right-click mode on the Mac

Crash Fixes
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- Fixed crash when claiming the same player from the MLS Waiver Draft more than once

General
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- Adjusted the fitness/condition of virtual players
- Adjusted attendance increases for big teams after winning leagues
- Adjusted expansion capacities of new stadiums built in the game
- Adjusted the effect of a new stadium on club attendances
- Stopped holiday option applying for jobs at lower division clubs when the user is in charge of a national team
- Stopped players been delighted to have signed a new contract when they are just out on loan
- Tweaked the assistant manager's monthly training report to better reflect the changes of player attributes
- Reduced player condition drop in the off-season
- Stopped non-managerial staff members being marked in landmarks as "Manager <x> leaves <team>" when they take on a manager role at another club
- Adjusted the attribute assignment when filling in blanks for researched players in the database
- When a user takes control of a club which had a player/manager, the player/manager now leaves the club instead of reverting to just a playing role
- Adjusted friendly attendances for matches involving big clubs or rival clubs
- Don't get asked to appoint club captain immediately when taking over a club if the season is over already
- Fixed Fastest Goal club record not updating
- Stopped manager who sets "International Player" experience having more caps and/or goals than the record holder(s) of that nation
- Fixed Dutch virtual players showing the Dutch language twice in their list of languages in the player personal profile
- Detail Level now remembered correctly for reserve competitions after loading a saved game
- Fixed bug where user would sometimes not be able to team talks to be controlled by assistant manager 

The long running soccer simulation has been released for PC, MAC and PSP. For the ones that haven't tried the series, there is a demo available here called 'strawberry' and includes all player pictures and logos, with quickstarts for the world's biggest leagues, giving players a chance to try out their skills in leagues from multiple countries.