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Crewe Alexandra February 2018 – Europa League Insanity

Published on 2012-05-25 20:03:48

So February was a fantastic month for Crewe, we stormed this month, with exception of the league. Who Is In-Form? Tobias Abel – Once again one of the best players for us and is consistently performing. Paul Berends – A great wingman and definitely one of the better players this month. Ibrahim Kruys – The teenage Dutch striker has been really good as I have brought him on as a sub, but his performances in the FA Cup were exceptional for a youngster. So with 1 win and 2 defeats [..] > read more

The Youth Run-In March 2013…

Published on 2012-05-25 19:36:32

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Champions 2012/13… February

Published on 2012-05-25 18:07:32

The Winterton Rovers game saw Carl Laidler retun from injury and score a goal in a 3-0 win. The win also saw us crowned champions!!! Unsurprisingly. Click here to view the embedded video. 1 goal achieved, we had 2 to complete. The FA Vase and an undefeated season. Hall Road Rangers was the next on the league list. A first ever Cutzy FC goal from Jack Hingert gave us a 1-0 win. Click here to view the embedded video. Then, Ashington in the FA Vase 6th Round in our defence of our trophy. Newbie Al [..] > read more

Cutzy FC secure play-off spot already!

Published on 2012-05-25 16:29:48

Click here to view the embedded video. First game of February and Cutzy FC secure a play-off spot with a 5-1 win over Selby Town > read more

Top Premier League transfers before season #7

Published on 2012-05-25 14:44:30

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January 2013: The Results

Published on 2012-05-25 12:31:00

If you do read my blog you know that I am sailing through my second year, still undefeated… is the improbable on? Can the team go through the whole season unbeaten? I don’t really know how to make a complete walkover exciting so yet again I’ll post u the highlights. There are some gems in there… Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Our biggest challenge [..] > read more

January 2013 Transfers

Published on 2012-05-25 11:59:48

IN: Jack Hingert: Out-of-Contract Hingert was an easy decision for me. A player of this quality will help our team for years to come. Peter Kiely: This lad will be starting in the under-18′s and then hopefully step up to senior football very soon Lance Austin: Signed on a free, will probably play senior football this year because of the frequent injuries to our strikers. Brian Connors: Will need to learn a lot but I have faith that he will become a senior squad member soon. OUT: Ste [..] > read more

Exams Over – Crewe Back On Track!

Published on 2012-05-25 11:31:10

Thankfully, my A-Level exams are now over and I can begin playing and blogging about Crewe once more. You can expect 1 or 2 posts tonight, I just need to finish off the month and then I can post it up on here. Thanks! > read more

Crewe FC Cheshire League 2nd Division (Level 12)

Published on 2012-05-24 19:50:38

I like it tough and I like it difficult. I live within two minutes of the Cumberland Arena in Crewe and upon spotting the chance to lead the club I leapt at it. Its amateur, its grass roots and more importantly its mine. Currently I am at the half way point in my inaugural season and will produce some post after Sunday as I am at Wembley for the League Two Play Off Final. > read more

Infuriating!

Published on 2012-05-24 19:00:11

I’ve run into problems with my save. Again. It’s the same crashing problem, but my database is under the recommended limit this time, and FM is still crashing with me running absolutely nothing else in the background. I’m not sure what to do. I’ll think about this for a bit and then post again detailing my plans. > read more

FM Crowd FC?????

Published on 2012-05-24 14:28:46

Hey Guys, I was thinking of what alanpang did on fm11 and im going to start an FM Crowd FC. So I would appreciate if you guys filled out these forms of what your skills and age are/ Name: D.O.B. ( Date Of Birth d/m/y ): Favoured Team: Favoured Personnel: Best 3 Attributes: Worst 3 Attributes: Preferred Moves ( 3 max.): Position (3 max.) : Nationality: Second Nationality (opt): So when I get your application I will start making them. I will post the clubs info tomorrow. Thanks for Reading, Dom > read more

Some interesting findings

Published on 2012-05-24 02:52:47

Today I bring an update which includes changes I have made to the club so far and other information from the beginning of my story. Competition Just quickly the rules of the Serie C1/A So only two teams are promoted meaning I will have to do well to stick to my three year target as I was hoping for two seasons to get out of Serie B. The league also has a method of relegation I have not seen before with the playout which is essentially the opposite of a playoff! When I had finished looking round [..] > read more

Woo Hoo… 2nd Blog of the Day

Published on 2012-05-23 17:35:00

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February

Published on 2012-05-23 15:18:29

It went well in the league but if I did not get the tie against Bolton I would be  4 points behind Man City but they have one game more played then me. The game against Marseille was a good game and I will get advantage on the home game so I think that I go to next round in CL. I won Carling cup and so far it is the only thing I won this season but I think that I can win the league and CL but I am unsure because City is not losing many games. I am satisfied that I won something this year becau [..] > read more

A spectacular effort from 17 year old Gareth Pemberton

Published on 2012-05-23 13:53:31

So I’ve been pretty today and wasn’t gonna post progress (cus I’m only in mid-Jan) but this needs its own little post. OK, the keepers running back to his net but Pemberton is a bloody center-back! What a finish son!!! What a great bloody finish!!! Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

Season 2 – End of Season

Published on 2012-05-23 11:36:47

As I had predicted, the end of the season would not be easy on us, without much depth in the squad, and playing most of the games with the same players, got us really tired. The rotation I had to use on the last games, got us on bad runs, drop on morale, and general unhappiness among the players that were considered starters. From the final seven games, we managed to win three and loose four. After our third consecutive defeat, against Newcastle, I called in a team meeting and asked the players [..] > read more

Where to start… ah yes the beginning

Published on 2012-05-23 07:51:47

Hi! Welcome to my brand new Football manager story. Now this is my first ever attempt at writing a blog and to be honest I have no idea how successful it will be or how entertaining it will be to read but lets give it a go! Firstly a little about myself, my name is Guy, I am 22 years old and live in England. I have played football manager for years now. Am I any good? I guess we will find out…! I am sure you don’t want to know any more about me at this point as it will be a bore t [..] > read more

European Adventures of The Tinkerer

Published on 2012-05-23 03:01:24

The Thurday Night Channel 5 Trophy > read more

The unsung heroes of the team

Published on 2012-05-22 17:47:02

Before I get busy in January I need to praise a few players I haven’t give any credit to in our dominant season. When I signed Dean Deagle last season I thought “give him the run up till march then swap him with a youth pull up.” The fact of the matter is he’s been absolutely brilliant at left-back and left mid. His stats have also grown to make him a rather pacey customer… Next is Chris Lever. When I showed him off when the youth pulls were unveiled I hinted at [..] > read more

Cutzy FC annouce improvement plans!

Published on 2012-05-22 17:33:59

01/01/2013 In a short but informative press conference Cutzy FC announce the improvements in their youth facilities and also the expansion to The Walkley Stadium. The owner and manager stated: “It will be a massive month for the club. Plans are already ongoing for next season and we need to be ready for the next step” Big headed words they might have been but who would deny a club that has given its all to develop youth a chance in a higher league… The stadium plans will make t [..] > read more

November/December 2012 – We’re already promoted.

Published on 2012-05-22 17:20:41

So I’m sure you guys are a bit bored of me cruising along so here are the YouTube vids of the games through Nov/Dec. NOVEMBER Click here to view the embedded video. Pickering Town Click here to view the embedded video. Garforth Town Click here to view the embedded video. Long Eaton United Click here to view the embedded video. Wakefield Click here to view the embedded video. Brimscombe & Thrupp DECEMBER Click here to view the embedded video. Bridlington Town Click here to view the embedd [..] > read more

Yeovil Town !!

Published on 2012-05-22 15:21:52

A new chapter is ahead of us So as I said before, due to my sister’s incompetence I have lost all my stuff, so have started again with the might Yeovil. Yeovil are in the Npower League One, and are predicted to come 18th. However it is my ambition to come in the top half of League One and beat two out of the top 6 at the end of the season. I am planning on keeping a relatively small squad as I was given no money. I will make sure that I stay above the wage budget. ? Aims : 1) Top Half of the t [..] > read more

New Computer is being used

Published on 2012-05-22 14:39:30

Guys who are following me, I am really sorry but my computer has just crashed, so I am now going to use my old one, this means that my career at Coventry has perished so I am now going to start again. But with Yeovil. Will start posting tomorrow about how its going to keep looking for me!!!! Once again I am really sorry for this pain in the backside > read more

Tip on how to start you football manager career

Published on 2012-05-22 14:24:09

Hey Guys! I am going to be giving advice on how I start a Football Manager career, I hope that it is useful and helps you in what ever club you want to be. So when one picks a club I believe that it should be random. I don’t know about you but I do not enjoy being the bigger clubs as it seems to easy. You have a lot of money, you can but whoever the fuck you want but you don’t actually think about tactics on how to play. You should pick a club in my opinion with a challenge. For Exa [..] > read more

Sorry…

Published on 2012-05-22 13:08:50

Hello FM Crowd. I first want to apologise to all the readers of my blog for going without any warning at all. I have had some exams for A levels over the past months halting any progress on my Football Manager save. In the next couple of weeks I am planning on getting back on Football Manager and have a go with my AFC Wimbledon save which has not gone any further since the promotion to the Npower Championship. In the next couple of weeks therefore I shall be attempting to build a post up about p [..] > read more

European Challenge – Sporting Pre-Season 2011-12

Published on 2012-05-22 13:07:41

I have decided I will post every pre-season, January, and post-season in order to allow me to play the game. I will bring you the pre-season update now. I have decided that my squad has enough ability and potential to mount a title challenge. I was given £3.5m for transfers and about £20k in wages left. I didn’t really have enough to make any big signings so I went about analysing the team. I have noted that I have 3 key players: Diego Capel is my star wingman, and he will feature as [..] > read more

Review of Transfers Summer 2012

Published on 2012-05-22 11:36:04

Comings and Goings > read more

The season rivals (my opinion)

Published on 2012-05-22 10:51:46

I have lost against Fulham twice and they are in the 6th place in BPL. That is why I give them my thropy: Arsenals Season Rivals. Their best signing is Martinez that have been scoring 15 goals. > read more

Successful friendlies with new tactics

Published on 2012-05-22 00:22:24

Q.P.R. has been performing very well in the pre-season. Theo Walcott became the main goal scorer while Carlos Fierro was absent due to international duty. Here is my new formation used in all the matches. You can also see Philosophy and Strategy shown on the screen shot. > read more

September 2012 – Time To Put Our Foot Down!

Published on 2012-05-21 20:33:10

1-0 down to Armthorpe Welfare wasn’t quite the start to September I imagined but yet again a lot of shouting later and we turned the game around. Carl Laidler grabbed the limelight again with two unerring finishes. The win was spoilt by news that £18k p/w man Carole breaking his leg, he will miss most if not all of the season. A sickening blow but we have the team to cope with his absence. Click here to view the embedded video. Carole’s replacement would be the very capable, Ugand [..] > read more

01/08/2012 – 01/09/2012

Published on 2012-05-21 18:09:03

August 2012 Squad Analysis I took the liberty in earmarking 3 players that were playing above Av Rat 8.50 which are Michael Ashcroft, Michael Fletcher and new free signing Kwame Atta, hopefully we can keep this form up and we will certainly be in contention. We ? Stats As you can see from these stats is that Paul Jackson (GK) has been playing out of his skin with 5 games played and 5 clean sheets! Great start for the youngster. Transfer News I decided against not bringing any new signin [..] > read more

August 2012

Published on 2012-05-21 17:41:51

3 points from the first game. Always the best start. Lincoln United were guests at The Walkley Stadium and many predicted a close game. The critics were silenced when my lads turned the class on and bagged 7 goals. Young lad, Gareth Pemberton has proved to be an inspired selection after been called up from the under 18′s. Click here to view the embedded video. Before the next match the lads said thier farewells to Ashley Vasey. The reason, Mick Clarke (a 16 year-old I bought at the end of [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra January 2018 – Games Galore!

Published on 2012-05-21 17:18:19

January’s fixtures were overloaded and games came twice a week. I was really annoyed as it meant that fitness issues began to arise amongst the squad members. Who Is In-Form: Tobias Abel – He has scored less goals than usual, but has continued to assist and play really well. Paul Berends – He has had a fantastic month and has put in many lethal crosses. Stefaan Euvrard – Won so many headers in the air, and also has put in many match saving tackles. We had a mixed month, [..] > read more

The first game in level 9 – Brigg Town

Published on 2012-05-21 16:33:50

Away & 3 main players out injured I was not too sure that this match would be the win that we was hoping for. After a shaky first half the game our passing game returned. Carl Laidler ended the match with the match ball in a 3-0 win. Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

September 2014 Review – The Emirates is a bit different from Oakwell.

Published on 2012-05-21 16:17:14

Fixtures With their being a 2 week international break at the start of the month there are only 4 games in September for Blackpool to play. We start off by going away to fellow strugglers QPR in what will be a very tight game, before we host Stoke City in the league – a game against one of my most hated teams. We then host Championship side Sunderland in the 4th Round of the League Cup which could be niggly, before ending the month away at Arsenal, which I can already write off. Here are [..] > read more

a little review of the friendlies (youtube) – July 2012

Published on 2012-05-21 15:44:36

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Crewe Alexandra January 2018 – Transfers

Published on 2012-05-21 14:52:33

So the transfer window opened at the start of January, allowing us, and other clubs, to buy and sell players. This post will cover those who joined us in the January transfer window, and those who left. OUTS: So a number of players left in January, some on loan, some for fees and one left on a free. Billy Sharp: He wasn’t getting enough game time and I thought I would sell him on to give him that time he needed. I was happy when he scored a goal in the last minute, of the last game for us [..] > read more

Cutzy FC – The Awards 2012

Published on 2012-05-21 14:36:20

Fan’s Player of the Year: Rod Bateman Cutzy FC’s Best XI: > read more

Intresting players from Brazil

Published on 2012-05-20 20:55:52

I have been scouting a lot in Brazil for talents the last month and I found some players that are young, cheap and pretty good players: Adryan (CAM/CM) – Age 16 – Flamengo – costs about £1M Fernando (CM/DM) – Age 19 – Gremio costs about £5M Leandro (ST/AM (LCR)) – Age 18 – Gremio costs about £5M Wellington Nem (CAM(RL)) – Age 19 – Fluminese costs about 5£M Romario (DR(WBR) – Age 17 – Vitoria costs about £2.5M Lucas Zen (DM ( [..] > read more

2nd half of March 2012. Youtube vids

Published on 2012-05-20 20:43:42

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November and the first defeat of the season

Published on 2012-05-20 20:36:47

The month started really good but in the Benfica game I played the players that did not play for a long time and against Fulham some of the players lost some morale in the game before and just played crap that game. Fulham have played really good so far this season and are now on 3rd place after beating Arsenal. > read more

Season 2

Published on 2012-05-20 19:30:06

For February and March we did not maintain a good level of points per game, but we did maintain ourselves among the middle of the table. To be honest, I’m quite unhappy with Ribas’ departure, as Niang’s performances are not really convincing, and so far he has scored only two goals. On the other hand, Turk wonderkid Cemil Torun has been fantastic, both playing defensively and attacking minded! Argentinean Diego Buonanotte has not yet found his ideal role, and has ups and downs so far, but [..] > read more

The Future of the Club! The Class of 2012…

Published on 2012-05-20 18:47:00

The investments in youth development will now prove itself. The youth development aspect of Cutzy FC is far greater than Sheffield United or Wednesday. The Candidates won a depleted Cutzy u-18 side 1-0 Click here to view the embedded video. THE TOP OF THE CLASS Curtis Millar – Not the strongest but his other defending stats are impressive. Good enough for the Football League already. Chris Lever – Tall, agile and a lot less eccentric than our number 1. Dave Rennison – I’m not too su [..] > read more

The Run-Up To Youths! March 2012

Published on 2012-05-20 18:23:49

March began with the quarter-final of the FA Vase against Willenhall Town. It was the first time I had the feeling we could go all the way. Despite Laidler being sent off in the first few minutes we recorded a 3-0 victory. A semi-final beckons! Click here to view the embedded video. Next, it was time to get some revenge. Our local rivals, Hallam shocked us last time with a 2-1 win but now we are on home ground and chasing a title. Rod Bateman added to his growing reputation with a stunning acut [..] > read more

February 2012!

Published on 2012-05-20 17:34:28

I strengthened the squad up slightly by signing 20 year-old Dean Deagle. He basically was a bit better than our other left-back… *sigh* Our first game was well into February, and with news that Dinnington had been took over by richer people it was important to show that we were not phased… even if it was the FA Vase 6th Round tie. A 6-1 victory did a World of good. Click here to view the embedded video. Shirebrook Town was next. They had dropped off the leading points tally but was [..] > read more

Two sides

Published on 2012-05-20 17:23:41

Click here to view the embedded video. A few posts back I blogged about the joy of winning a game with only one chance and holding back till the end. Today I’m blogging about being on the other side, creating enough chances to win easily and conceding a goal from a free kick. Also I will write about two separate games that could hardly been played by the same team. First game against Olhanense was one of the best games this season. Beautifull football played but only scoring one chance. O [..] > read more

January 2012 results. Our poorest month yet…

Published on 2012-05-20 15:16:07

The first few days of the month was hell, agents trying to force through deals… so much disorganization in the squad. We managed (somehow) to beat Eccleshill 2-1 Click here to view the embedded video. The form was out of the window as the spine of the team departed. The loss to Albion Sports only made things worse. Click here to view the embedded video. To make things worse, Dinnington Town was next on the fixture list. With Dinnington 3 points ahead of us we could not let them win. A 1- [..] > read more

January’s departures: OH GOD…

Published on 2012-05-20 14:36:16

I was bracing myself. Scouts from the top clubs watching my lads play… but I’d never think it would be like this, the whole spine of the team ripped out in days… After all the assurance that some of the lads would not leave… I feel betrayed. I tried my best to get good players in but they are no where near the quality of the Class of 2011. We have to limp into battle until the youth promotions in March. > read more

The end of October 2011.

Published on 2012-05-19 21:33:47

“It’s a tough job lifting the spirits after a shock derby defeat, a really tough job.“ It’s frustrating seeing the club dominating the league yet be only ahead on goal difference. The FA Vase was a great way to ease the pressures of the league. A 5-1 victory over Petersfield Town got at least a few of the lads smiling. Click here to view the embedded video. In the days after the Vase win I began to draw up a plan of action for January 2012. The lads who are to move on, I [..] > read more

Season 2 – Jan News!

Published on 2012-05-19 20:22:35

When the transfer window opened in January, I had a big lost that I wasn’t expecting! Sebatián Ribas’ contract included a minimum offer clause, and Italian Roma came up with the £6,5M bid for my poacher. I did try and offer him a new contract, but he decided to go Italian! For a quick answer, I asked for my assistant to find me a loanee. He came up with Mbaye Niang, who made me remember of Khouma Babacar, for his speed and acceleration. I had to pay Juventus £1,4M to get him on loan, but [..] > read more

Our First Sheffield Derby: Hallam v Cutzy FC

Published on 2012-05-19 20:21:22

19/10/2011 Not many had predicted we’d be trailing in this match. Especially from a 30 yard wonder lobbed volley effort. The lads had found out that form means nothing on this stage quite quickly. Chris Stevenson silenced the Hallam fans midway through the first half. The second of his career, the first coming in the last game against Yorkshire Amateurs. There was no need to be angry at half time… how could you? The Hallam goal was unstoppable. I made everyone calm and told them [..] > read more

Mid-October 2011… The team suffers first defeat.

Published on 2012-05-19 19:55:22

“Champions bounce back. Set backs do not need to be these stupid “mini-crisis” things.” Click here to view the embedded video. The thrashings were getting a bit of attention from the youth internationals… It will be impossible to keep our brightest players by January. Four kids were called up to the England u-19′s which begs the question “what the hell are the big clubs producing???” Now the loss… It was a rehearsal of things that will happ [..] > read more

Long post coming soon

Published on 2012-05-19 18:42:29

Sorry to keep you waiting, but a very lengthy post should be arriving at some point in the next few days. > read more

Crewe Alexandra November 2017 – I Think Everything Will Be Okay…

Published on 2012-05-19 17:17:02

This month has been much better, despite playing much more games. Who Is In-Form: Tobias Abel – Has scored lots of goals this month and won Young Player of the Month. Inaki Villalba – Has been getting more starts recently and has chipped in with vital goals this month. Came 2nd in Young Player of the Month. I signed a new keeper due to the fact that he was available for free and his quality is fantastic. As you can see, for a free transfer, Eduardo is really something. He already, a [..] > read more

April/May 2014 Review – Promotion?

Published on 2012-05-19 16:51:29

Fixtures So here we are the – the final month of the season (except the odd game in May). A few massive games, especially against Norwich City. We start off away at Norwich in what could be a promotion-deciding, before we then go to Middlesborough for another game. We then have two home games – first against local rivals Preston on TV, before then we face Notts Forest, relegated from the PL last season. We then go to our over local rivals Burnley, before our final home game of the s [..] > read more

Serie A

Published on 2012-05-19 15:44:55

I will be starting a network game tomorrow with Italian giants Inter and @FM2012Story  will be AC Milan Who do you guys think I should buy? > read more

Sagnas replacement in the future?

Published on 2012-05-19 15:14:48

Hector Bellerin is 16 years old and he can play on the whole right side and his natural position is Right Defender. He was a Barcelona player and he is spanish but he hopes that he will be able to play for England when gets older. > read more

The 2011 Squad and my plans for them

Published on 2012-05-19 14:32:41

This is my squad until next transfer window. I have some players that are on “trial” until January and if they succeeded you will see it in the “January” post. For now I am happy with the squad I have and will judge the players in the last week of december. > read more

Hello fellow managers.

Published on 2012-05-19 00:29:01

I have been playing Football Manager since 2006 and I have always been Arsenal so I was thinking that I was going to do a blog about Arsenal for the first time and after this one until 13 I will be Arsenal and we will see what happends on the next game. Season Expectations: Fight for the Title Transfer Budget: £40M after demanding more money at the Board Wage Budget: £232K p/w Data Editor: LFCMarshalls_Update (from FM-base) > read more

They Think Its All Over…….Its Only The Beginning

Published on 2012-05-18 10:21:26

New horizons. > read more

Season round-up

Published on 2012-05-18 10:11:34

In my last post I showed you who that I was really struggling to get Nurnberg back on track. The end of the season was not very different, fighting for survival. In the end I ended in 15th spot, one spot above regalation, with a 2 point difference. I want to forget this season as soon as possible, so i’ll spare you the results and in depth post about the past half year. I do want to state that I was able to sign loads of good players on a free, with best being this world-class goalkeeper. [..] > read more

LOST SAVE :(

Published on 2012-05-18 09:29:56

I was playing and my save got corrupted so I’m going to have to pick a new team: Either… Wrexham, Afc Wimbledon, Notts County, Brighton or Southampton ? > read more

Champions League Qualification How Did We Do?

Published on 2012-05-18 08:21:47

Hey guys its a start of a new season here at Tre Fiori and to kick it off in pre season its the time of the year again when the UEFA Champions League begins we had some Champions League qualifiers to play. And in the 1st qualifying round we got put up against Santa Coloma. So here is how we did! Our first leg was played at home where we got a clean sheet to our name and beat them 3-0 Next game we was away to Santa Coloma and this game was goal galore! We was 6 nil up, and then they pulled back [..] > read more

Season Review 2011/12 Atnd Tre Fiori Do The Treble

Published on 2012-05-18 05:05:40

Lets start off with us Tre Fiori, we did win the league by last game of the season which was a very good game and we are in the Champions League next season anyway in this post I go through who won what in all the different countries so here we go. San Marino: England: France: Northern Ireland: Scotland: Spain: Thats it guys I will be back next season to show you who Tre Fiori get in the Champions League 1st Qual Round and the results and hopefully we can advance through that round > read more

Crewe Alexandra August 2017 – Poor, Poor Month.

Published on 2012-05-18 05:02:43

We carried on our shocking form we discovered in the pre-season friendlies into August and our results came out terribly. Who Is In-Form? Javier Fraile – Has been the only player playing decently this month. Before I get into the results, I would like to show you all my new signing. He is one for the future, and may even play in some cup games for us in the coming seasons. Nicolai Laursen is a Danish ST who has good finishing, penalties and free kicks. He has 2 star ability and 4 star pot [..] > read more

Coppa Titano Champions!

Published on 2012-05-18 04:24:31

Woo!  We have won the Coppa Titano with Tre Fiori 1-0 against La Fiorita! We have bagsied a Europa League spot from our performance in the league and we would of got it if we won the cup also. We are 2nd in the league and are on level with points with first place La Fiorita and with one more game in the season to go it comes down to it! I will be with you on that in the season review episode as we have to win the league to get Champions League qualification. Anway this post is about Tre Fiori [..] > read more

Season 6 tournaments in Q.P.R. story

Published on 2012-05-17 23:17:29

This is a traditional post with screenshots of all interesting tournaments in my game. Champions League I could win it but failed in the semi-final. CSKA Moscow became a surprize for all! My consolation is that Douglas Costa became the best player of the tournament: > read more

FC United of Manchester 2012/13 Pre-Season

Published on 2012-05-17 20:42:27

Squad Analysis After a long hard look at the FC United of Manchester squad, I have to say I am very happy going into the new season with the squad that is lay before me, with a lot of young potential coming through the ranks I don’t really feel the need for investment at the present time. There are a few of players that really stick out for me, one being 15 year old Michael Fletcher who has pace in abundance, also Aaron May and Michael Ashcroft are a couple of gems who have already been [..] > read more

January 2014 Review + Transfers – TV games are a bad omen for us.

Published on 2012-05-17 18:31:28

Transfers It was a relatively quiet transfer window for Blackpool as we only signed 4 players, all on free contracts, although apparently this made us the most busy club in the 4 leagues. Strange. 3 players left as well, the first was Thomas Ince who joined promotion rivals Norwich City for £100k. Ince was rarely starting and with Andros Townsend on loan wasn’t even making the bench, so I decided that he could leave especially as his potential wasn’t great. Next up was Ludovic Sylv [..] > read more

December 2013 Review – Howard Webb doesn’t only like Manchester United…

Published on 2012-05-17 17:26:28

Fixtures December is the final month in a year, and its the final month in 2013 for Blackpool, with some crucial games. We start off with our League Cup Quarter Final away at West Brom, which is also on TV, so it should be fun. We’re on TV for the next game too as we welcome local rivals Burnley to Bloomfield Road, before we go to Birmingham City in what could be a tricky tie against a team I particularly hate. After that we have 2 home games as we face my former team Charlton and a mas [..] > read more

Hi Guys

Published on 2012-05-17 17:24:16

Here on this blog I will be alternating between two stories, one in which I’ve already played through 3 seasons with Burton Albion and the other will be a RoadToEuro2012 storyline with England and after the Euros I will see what club managerial positions are out there and get you to vote and comment on who you think I should take forward. I will start off my blog properly with my RoadToEuro2012 story sometime soon, however in the meantime please follow me on twitter where I give up to date [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra 2017/18 Pre-Season – New Beginnings

Published on 2012-05-17 16:49:31

We entered the 2017/18 season with intrigue and excitement. Our 2nd ever Premier League season and we were also in the Europa Leauge. So this post will cover various things; Club Developments, Transfers, fixtures, etc. What’s Going On At Crewe? Plenty of things happen in pre-season but let’s begin with the obvious, the season expectations. I didn’t want to be too ambitious and claim I could achieve Europa League Qualification so I opted for top half finish. This gave me a fant [..] > read more

November 2013 Review – My worst ever defeat on FM.

Published on 2012-05-17 16:29:14

Transfer We did bring in one player in November (on the 20th) on a free. His name was Harry Novillo, formally of Lyon. He has 2 1/2 star ability with 3 1/2 potential, although it looks more than likely I shall sell him as he doesn’t fit any formations really currently. Fixtures Another new month for Blackpool brings some massive fixtures, against 3 teams that hope to get promoted this season. We start off with a relatively simple fixture as we face Barnsley at home, before we face the [..] > read more

Tactics for Nottingham Forest

Published on 2012-05-17 14:15:28

Over the many careers in FM I have used several tactics.  Following tactics have been used  in many occasions in previous careers . Old Starting Formations Attacking I have used 4-4-1-1 against lower teams where I have a lonely  striker upfront  and an attacking midfielder  behind him to create more goals. Strategy is set to Standard Defensive against top teams  4-1-4-1 is the preferred starting tactic as I need extra protection the midfield. I think this is similar to what most mid tabl [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra Post-Season Review 2016/17 – My Thoughts Included

Published on 2012-05-17 13:49:03

The season of 2016/17, a great one. Our first season in the Premier League and one to remember for a whole host of reasons, not least the FA Cup win. I will split this post into sections; Awards, Transfers Overview, Finances, Crewe Developments, The Future, and The Summary. Expect a long one. Awards: At the end of each season, the wards are given out in regards to that division. In the Premier League, it is no different and I am pleased to announce we received 2 of these awards. I am really hap [..] > read more

England Backroom Staff

Published on 2012-05-17 13:13:38

I have finished sorting out my Backroom Staff and here it is: Assistant Manager Keith Curle was a member of Neil Warnock’s backroom staff, was appointed Notts County and had to Resign from that Job to become the England Assistant Manager. The main things that attracted Dunning to appointing him was his Discipline and his Experience as a Player. Under-21 Manager Stuart Pearce is one of two remaining members of Fabio Cappelo’s Backroom Staff. He has impressed a under-21 Manager and was one o [..] > read more

Season four 2014/15 Busiest transfer window

Published on 2012-05-16 13:48:22

IN This season I was looking to strengthen my squad.  I wasn’t looking for future stars or anything just wanted some good old players where I don’t have to break the bank. I did sign Ashley Young, Jose Bosingwa and Michel Carrick for free because their contracts had run out which was great for this season. Meanwhile I was looking for a striker to sign even for loan but I couldn’t afford Adaboyer or Tevez who was available for loan. Then I looked in to possible signings after my assistant [..] > read more

New Challenge … Again

Published on 2012-05-16 13:45:45

This is my New Challenge that I will hopefully stick with. Following today’s squad Announcement I decided that it would be fun to do a career with England and Blog about it. My aims for this Career are: Give Younger Players experience at EURO 2012 Win a World Cup Make England number 1 team in the World These are 3 simple aims. I will use young, upcoming players at EURO 2012, to give them the experience so when it’s the World Cup 2014 I will have a better chance of winning it. I also fire [..] > read more

Pre Season Round Up And Trofeo Federale

Published on 2012-05-16 10:58:13

Hey guys im back and this 2nd post is going to be quite long in my eyes so lets get started!!! Our pre season really didnt go to plain with only winning 1 friendly game! But we can concentrate on other things now as we had Juvenes Dogana in the Trofeo Federale to see if I can gain my first silverware as manager of Tre Fiori but first lets look at who we drew in the Coppa Titano first round and that was Domagnano Now lets have a look at the transfers, we bought quite alot of new faces in and onl [..] > read more

Cammell Lairds – July 2013 to June 2014

Published on 2012-05-15 18:11:38

Unfortunately I have been unable to update about the pre and mid points of the season because I have have had a lot of school work to complete. Despite this, I will try to write a great breakdown of the season to compensate because I am a nice guy. > read more

First half round up

Published on 2012-05-15 16:28:59

So, a couple of months have past with me coaching Nurnberg, and I have to say im having a tough time. With a good result in our first match against high fligher FC Bayern Munchen (1-0 win) the results started dropping. I have a pretty good idea of the problem, but im still with my hands in my hair wondering about the solution. Our problem seems to be in two aspects of the game. First is goal scoring. With decent striker Ferrer in front you should think we could get some goals, all but that is t [..] > read more

End of Season – Champions – 12/13 (boro)

Published on 2012-05-15 15:37:05

After the shambles of last season I am proud to say we are championships, by a far margin. We played the last few games badly, but not without style. I will play around with staff in the summer as I will be allowed a lot more and hopefully I’ll get a lot more money too. My main aim is the better the defence and I want to sign David Wheater. I look forward to the premier league as we have a promising squad with potential and I’m untouchable. We did well in the awards too, but that w [..] > read more

AWOL – Again

Published on 2012-05-15 15:36:19

Mates, I know its Fantasy Tuesday, but again I’m awol traveling for work! This time for longer. I’ll probably be back only next week, so I’ll have to do a Double Post next week! > read more

Crewe Alexandra March 2017 – Everything Ticking The Right Way

Published on 2012-05-15 13:58:12

This post will be split into 2, the news and the games. The will be in the same post but I will make sure they are separated. This saves me, and hopefully you from any confusion. PART 1: The News March was filled with exciting and wonderful news. Lets begin with the big one that always happens in march: New youth players! This is always an exciting time but for us here at Crewe, with our good facilities, this is even more exciting. I was severely let down with this season’s intake. There [..] > read more

November 2012 Update

Published on 2012-05-15 11:58:41

November 2012 Update The league table at the start of November 2012 Next 5 fixtures This month’s fixtures look tough! I hope to get a point from Fulham, to win against Wolves and Middlesbrough and to put up a fight against Spurs and City Leeds is currently just above the relegation zone but I hope to be higher up, like 14th by the end of the month. Tough ask seeing as some of my fixtures include big teams… > read more

Who are Tre Fiori? WELCOME!

Published on 2012-05-15 10:27:06

Welcome to my new blog and in this blog im going to be managing a team from San Marino, a country not well known for football and have one of the lowest rankings in football all the way to European glory and to do this im going to be Tre Fiori who play in the Compionato Sammarinese (Premier Divison in San Marino) . They start off in the Champions League 1st qualifying round! And when I joined they had already played a match in the first leg vs Valletta and lost 2-0, so my first game in charge [..] > read more

Should of got sent off?

Published on 2012-05-15 08:46:03

Just finished beating Newcastle 3-1, but there was a rather surprising highlight of the game I want to take a look at – after winning the ball from a free-kick, Carlton Cole finds himself ahead of the last man and through on goal until Coloccini pulled him down from behind. The commentator said it wasn’t even a foul, but surely he should of walked for that challenge. Let me know what you think: Click here to view the embedded video. Well after that win I am in 8th place, 3 points b [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra February 2017 – Sorry, Is This The Same Team?

Published on 2012-05-15 08:41:44

What can I say, we have had a complete turnaround of form. I have been really impressed with our mental attitude and playing style this month. If we continue this way, we have to stay up. Who Is In-Form? Stefaan Euvrard – Really solid again in defence, and has chipped in helping us score goals and set them up. Javier Fraile – Came 3rd in Young Player of the Month. Made a nice return against Liverpool and performed well in every other game. Frantisek Kubik – Has been consistentl [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra January 2017 – Transfers and Poor Results…

Published on 2012-05-15 07:45:31

I turned into the 2017 new year with a new year’s resolution… to stay up. Most people never complete their resolutions and this month’s results seem to fit that idea. However I am determined to keep slugging it out in the top division for many seasons to come. I will begin this month’s post with the transfers. So I signed 19 year old Italian CM, Nunzio Ferrari for £18k from Juventus. I have no hopes of him breaking into the first team, I just though £18k was good for h [..] > read more

October Review 2013 – Touchdown! Woops, I mean touchline ban.

Published on 2012-05-14 17:46:44

Transfers I did sign 3 players this month, although they came quite late on in the month. First, I signed two players on free agents with lots of PL experience – Paulo Ferreria & Aliksandr Hleb. Ferreria, a former Chelsea player who has won a few titles, will be the first choice backup for the RB & LB positions with a 2 1/2 star rating, whilst Hleb wasn’t so great – 1 1/2 stars. He was 2 stars when I scouted him but he decreased, although he is back-up. We also were close to si [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra December 2016 – The Draw Specialists

Published on 2012-05-14 17:39:07

So December was a frosty month, weather wise and also in the matches. We couldn’t manage even 1 win this month which doesn’t help the cause to stay up. Who Is In-Form? Javier Fraile – Really enjoy watching him play and this month was no different. Came 3rd in Young Player of the Month. Adel Taarabt – Played well in December and consistently harassed opposition defences. With 4 draws and 2 losses, not a great month. However we put in some good displays against Manchester [..] > read more

September Review 2013 – Too many close shaves.

Published on 2012-05-14 16:23:17

Fixtures It could be a good or bad month for Blackpool as they face quite a lot of mid-table teams. We start off at home to Ipswich Town, where jay Emmanuel-Thomas makes his home debut vs his former club. We then have another home game vs Watford before we travel to recently-promoted Walsall, which should be 2 wins. After that we are away to Northampton in the League Cup 3rd Round, before we finish the month at home to Derby County. Results Billy Sharp scored a hattrick as Blackpool strolled t [..] > read more

Season 12/13 review part 2

Published on 2012-05-14 13:29:51

Let us continue then the season analysis. The team ended a successful year financially, Champion’s League gave us a massive boost. Turnover increase from $105 millions to $131 millions (+26 millions) Expenditure increase from $94millions to $115 millions (+21 millions) Net Transfer spend +4millions Total Wage Cost decrease from $44 millions to $43 millions (-1 million) that’s very good i think Profit increase from $7,1millions to $12millions. Celtic currently 32nd richest club in th [..] > read more

Transfers – New season, new faces

Published on 2012-05-14 11:13:47

Well, if you have read my squad analysis, you would know what I am talking about! If you haven’t well, what are you waiting for? Click here! Well, you can recall that I required:- 1) A central defender 2) A left back 3) A back up goalkeeper 4) A back up forward 5) Strengthening of the youth squad – Already spoken about, click here. Well, after I ushered out oldies like Goian, it was time to inject some fresh new blood into the Rangers line-up. Unfortunately, I could’nt stick to [..] > read more

New Challenge

Published on 2012-05-14 09:25:34

As said in one of my replies I would be stating interest in both LOSC Lille and Montepellier. LOSC Lille looked like responding immidiately by sacking their manager. Unfortunately that was not to sign me as manager, they choose to hire an french manager. I did not expect this, but continued looking for a new job. The Montepellier board responded by saying they would consider my interest. Nothing more. Then came along FC Nürnberg (Ger). The position of their manager was very instable, so I decid [..] > read more

Pre-Season Review & Transfers & August 2013 – Good job friendlies don’t reflect a season…

Published on 2012-05-14 08:42:06

Transfers There was a lot of activity in the transfer market this summer for Blackpool, with lots of players coming in both out. We also made a marquee signing that shall be explained later…; Transfers Out There wasn’t many major exits out of Blackpool, although I was pleased with one. Diego Buonanotte left for Newcastle, for £1m, a tid profit after he was signed for free. He was dreadful for us & was voted by you as our Worst Player of the Season. Next up was Chris Martin who said [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra November 2016 – Winter Blues? Of Course Not!

Published on 2012-05-14 03:46:01

I am very happy to announce our first unbeaten month in the Premier league!! We have worked really hard and got results from some good teams, non of the top 4/5 though. Who Is In-Form? Eduard Dicu – Won Young Player of the Month and deserved it. He scored just 1 goal this month but put in some great performances. Hugh Graham – Came 2nd in Young Player of the Month and played well with plenty of good crosses. Tobias Abel – Unfortunately not here for his goal tally, just 1 this m [..] > read more

Season 12/13 part 1 – Competitions

Published on 2012-05-14 01:28:05

My carreer continued at Celtic team, in my new entries from the second season you may read. Let us begin it with Champions League! I qualified the team with my second place reached in the league in the last season into the high-level European cup. I believe it so, the team presented a really successful performance, since they managed to reach the stage of the first knockout round. Internazionale was a too big bite for the team, but I am proud of them despite this! I did not manage to win the l [..] > read more

Available Jobs

Published on 2012-05-13 19:43:12

As stated in my previous post, I am looking for a new challenge. I quit my job at Sevilla. Directly after that Man City Fired their current manager and my feirce rival Macro van Basten and offered me the job. Marco took my job at Sevilla. Offcourse I could not accept the offer, with an transfer budget of 97 mil and wage budget of 4 mil. Exactly the job im trying not to get! Click to Enlarge the available jobs screenshot No other jobs are available at this moment, but a couple are insecure. With [..] > read more

End of Season Awards Winners 2013.

Published on 2012-05-13 15:29:51

The voting is closed! You have now voted in the End of Season Awards 2013 your winners, and this post will show you who they are. Thank you to everyone who voted in these polls, you all are magnificent! And now, yours winners are; Player of the Season – Eliot Grandin. Worst Player of the Season – Tie between Diego Buonanotte & Billy Sharp. Match of the Season – Liverpool 3-3 Blackpool. Shock of the Season – Forest Green reach the 4th Round of the FA Cup. Once again, thank [..] > read more

45 minutes, vote NOW!

Published on 2012-05-13 14:13:15

You have 45 minutes left to vote in the End of Season Awards. Votes are crucial currently as two of the polls are at a tie currently, with one a 3-way tie! So quick, VOTE! > read more

FMBrilcent – Restarting an old passion

Published on 2012-05-13 13:03:11

Introduction The best way to start off an new blog is by introducing myself, my passion and my story. My name is Vincent and im 24 y/o, and live in The Netherlands. I have been playing FM since the 2006 version, so neither young or old. This is not my first blog about FM, actually, FMBrilcent started off almost at the same time as Vitaliy started blogging @ Truefootballmanager.com. He was one of my first readers. I actually contributed a few posts on Vitaley’s blog. Duo to not enough time [..] > read more

Season three 2013/14 Getting Axed

Published on 2012-05-13 12:35:51

Season three started pretty bad even though I told the board that I’ll be challenging for the title, my new signings Darren Bent and Michael Essien didn’t perform well under me but they cost me a fortune. In 2014 January Wigan had enough of me and that was end of that story. Well after been sacked by the former club I was lucky to get the Job from Forrest in the same month. My initial job was to keep Nottingham Forrest in the top division. With transfer window open when I got the job I got s [..] > read more

Second Season 2012/13

Published on 2012-05-13 09:59:20

Second Season  was utter disappointment with the season one results and the expectations carried with that. Neither Wigan did well in EPL nor in Euro Cup Problem with this results was that at the beginning for expectation I had set Champions league qualification to get high initial budget. 9th place finish in the league wasn’t anywhere near that and I don’t think board was happy with me about that. Final league standing went down mostly due to in the early game I focused on Euro cup a [..] > read more

Mid March Update – Youth intake – 12/13 (Boro)

Published on 2012-05-13 08:40:54

“Juninho celebrates with his team-mates after scoring his second goal during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match against Manchester United at Old Trafford on February 11 2004″ We are conceding and losing more than I would like, but that hasn’t stopped us from leading the league by 11 points. Since my last post we have had 7 games, 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 loss’s. Our goal difference has improved by three, we seem to concede every game and scored pretty much every game too, b [..] > read more

First Season 2011/12

Published on 2012-05-13 07:59:14

First Season Started with Wigan Athletic  because I wanted to compete in the EPL. and the first season was a brilliant season which saw Wigan qualifying for the Euro Cup. This result was extraordinary despite the cup results which saw Wigan crashing  out very early. Actually wigan had a very good team and with some smart loan deals in I was able to get them for Euro cup next season.  With all head up in high I went to next season with high hopes. > read more

Preseason: Transfers, Tactics & Friendlies

Published on 2012-05-13 07:03:31

Welcome back to my Vitesse Arnhem story. Last time we had a look at the background of the club and set my objectives for the game. The first thing I needed to do was decide on a tactic. Some people base their tactics on the players in their squad, I prefer to set my tactics first and then build a squad to suit the tactics. The formation I am going to use is very well balanced and hopefully should be able to keep the opposition at bay but also create a lot of chances going forward. I set the focu [..] > read more

Vitesse Arnhem: A New Era

Published on 2012-05-12 21:03:30

Hello and welcome to my first Football Manager Blog. I have been playing Championship / Football Manager since 1998 and after following other blogs for the past few seasons, I decided to try my hand at my own story, I hope you enjoy! I normally stick to the English leagues when starting new games, but I’m going to try the Dutch Eredivisie and a team who I know nothing about: Vitesse Arnhem. So, not a major player on the domestic scene but hopefully that is going to change in the next few [..] > read more

Season 2 – Preseason Friendlies

Published on 2012-05-12 19:24:03

We had a pretty intense preseason with a total of seven friendly matches. We had a few weak opponents like Stranraer, who we beat with a great 8 > read more

Crewe Alexandra October 2016 – The Big Teams Bust Us + Stadium

Published on 2012-05-12 19:08:44

October was always going to be really tough for us. We had to face Man City, Arsenal in both League and Cup, and also 2nd placed Birmingham. I cannot say I was pleased with our performance in the 1st half of the month, but what can you expect? Who Is In-Form? Javier Fraile – Came 2nd in Young Player of the Month and played well despite the results. Hugh Graham – Came 3rd in Young Player of the Month and set up a couple of goals with good crosses. With just 1 draw and 3 losses in the [..] > read more

End of December – 12/13 (boro)

Published on 2012-05-12 17:54:46

I am very happy, to say the least. 29 games played, 68 points and +40 goal difference, pretty decent, don’t you think? We are leading by 10 points and have been labelled the championship surprise package. I signed a familiar face, to any of my Northampton readers and two other players. Rumours of consortium take-over plague the region of tee-side. We dominate the stat’s table’s and finally beat Derby. Results We have had quite a lot of impressive runs throughout this perio [..] > read more

Slovenian Pot za Slavo (Path for Glory)

Published on 2012-05-12 15:09:56

I’ve never been to Slovenia, I don’t speak Slovenian, and I probably couldn’t point to it on a map; but starting today I’m going to be managing a Slovenian semi-professional football team. Playing Football Manager has always been my favorite hobby and sharing my love for it and the game of football itself is something I’ve always wanted to do. First I’ll start with the game database I will be using. I have only Slovenia loaded, but a complex custom database in [..] > read more

End of Season Awards 2013 – Please vote!

Published on 2012-05-12 12:44:41

This post will show you the nominee’s for my new End of Season Awards – you vote for each category and the winners will be revealed tomorrow evening (around 9pm). The polls are in the tool bar, so please vote! Here are your categories & nominations; Blackpool Player of the Season -Eliot Grandin – The midfielder won Player of the Year and has notched up 19 goals & 4 assists in 42 appearances. -Craig Cathcart – Unsung CB who has proved invaluable this season and was sorely [..] > read more

It’s Down To You Guys… PLEASE COMMENT!

Published on 2012-05-12 12:32:23

Due to work levels I am struggling to get Shamrock posts out as fast as I could before. However I do not want to quit FMCrowd or this save, but I thought I would ask you lot for your opinions, seeing as it’s a community site. I have 2 options and in the comments below, please post what you want to see. Here are the 2 options: Continue with the Shamrock save, seeing 1 post a week probably. Begin another save alongside the Shamrock save, seeing a more regular post for the new save and a S [..] > read more

Play-Offs & Post Season Review 2013 – Can we clinch the dream?

Published on 2012-05-12 12:19:41

Blackpool vs Reading, 1st Leg, Bloomfield Road It was to be Blackpool’s night as they defeated Reading 2-1 in the first leg of the Play-Off Semi-Final, although the away goal gives Reading much hope. Blackpool had the HT lead as Jake Livermore provided yet another stunner. Fresh from a wonderful first goal away at Bournemouth on the final day of the season, the former Spurs player rifled his shot in off the crossbar from 25 yards and sent the stadium wild with joy. 25 minutes left and Bla [..] > read more

Big ‘n’ Small

Published on 2012-05-12 12:19:00

Within the top tiers of European football, we have seen a change. A change that has seemingly buried the classic strike partnership of old. With the standard 4-4-2 formation being ignored and pushed out of the way for the more common 4-2-3-1 variant, will we ever again see strike partnerships instilling fear and terror on opposition defenders? During the 1998/99 Premier League season, Dwight Yorke was very much in line to start many of Manchester United’s games, with Solskjaer and Sherin [..] > read more

April & May 2013 Review – Sharp as anything.

Published on 2012-05-12 11:49:07

Fixtures It’s the final 7 games of the season, and these fixtures will determine where we finish – we need grit, we need strength, we need determination. We start off with an often tricky fixture – away at Play-Off pushers Middlesborough. From then we’re back on TV as we face another local rival Blackburn Rovers at home – Blackburn are still hoping for automatic promotion, so this is likely to be a great game. We then go to Crystal Palace who also have an outside c [..] > read more

Email notifications

Published on 2012-05-12 00:58:43

Dear FM Crowd bloggers, I have a nice fix for you. Since now the email notification system should work fine! I spent some time fixing it. If your blog receives a new comment, FM Crowd sends a notification from noreply{at}fmcrowd.com to an email address specified in: Settings -> General Settings -> E-mail address Don’t forget you should have the following checkbox enabled to receive notifications: It’s located in: Settings -> Discussion Please contact me in case of any problems by mail or [..] > read more

The Magic Roundabout

Published on 2012-05-12 00:49:42

Transfers and sackings > read more

Welcome!

Published on 2012-05-11 22:17:56

Hey guys, welcome to my new blog of Football Manager 2012 and in this blog I will be managing the Welsh Premier League side Bangor City who also play in the Champions League which I believe could be good for some players, also they are defending champions of the Welsh Premier. So my aim is to make Bangor City one of the best teams in Europe and also make a successful  blog for you guys. This post is just an intro more soon! > read more

Get Watching Guys

Published on 2012-05-11 16:34:20

Hey Guys, just wanted to let you know, i’ve got like 11 videos of Football manager 2012 on my channel now, so please, Check it out, leave a like, and subscribe, it would be much appreciated. My Channel : http://www.youtube.com/sirgriffo1 > read more

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No… Its Wigan

Published on 2012-05-11 15:38:04

November to January 2012 > read more

Blog of the day 21! Thanks FM Crowd!

Published on 2012-05-11 14:25:12

Today (Friday 11th May 2012) I won my 21st Blog of the Day Award.  Below is an image with the number of awards highlighted. Blog Of The Day 21 - My Blog And Toolbar And here is my blog name (For it’s a grand old team to MANAGE…) displayed on the FM Crowd homepage. Blog Of The Day 21 - FM Crowd Page And Toolbar I also notice that I am; 2nd on the Top Blogs (Filtered) 3rd on the Top Blogs (Unfiltered) 2nd on the Most Active Blogs (Filtered) 3rd on Blog of the Day Ranking Once again, [..] > read more

Season Analysis – Awards, Youth, Major League results and some surprises

Published on 2012-05-11 12:06:31

This is the third and final part of the season analysis. Here are the first two parts:- 1) Season Analysis – The Players 2) Season Analysis – Finances and Scotland’s place in football Well, after winning the treble with the Rangers, I knew it would be awards galore for us. Even though there were some places where we really deserved to get more awards. And there were the customary “surprise awards”. As you can see, Naismith won two awards! He won the Player’s [..] > read more

Exits (Season1)

Published on 2012-05-11 06:25:40

Anderson Anderson gave me a dilemma on whether he was a playmaker or an anchor man, he didn’t have the discipline or marking ability to track attackers, nor did he had the sufficient creativity to pick out a pass. He was more of a box-to-box player that I couldn’t fit into my tactics. Last thing I need is a player who eats away 40k a week rotting on the bench/reserves. Transfer-listed thank god PSG were willing to take him on. Mame Biran Diouf He runs fast, and…well, does prett [..] > read more

How do I make a poll?

Published on 2012-05-10 16:47:17

Hi Guys, Can anyone help me out because I’ve been using polldaddy.com to make a poll but it’s just been coming out as a code, so what do I do? Cheers, Dan. > read more

Crewe Alexandra September 2016 – EPL Is Not All That Bad

Published on 2012-05-10 15:53:03

We began September with not the hardest of months, however I have to say, we have adapted as a team well to this new level of football. Who Is In-Form? Tobias Abel – Despite not scoring lots of goals this month, he won Young Player of the Month and deserved it. di santo – Bagged himself a couple of goals this month and also came on as a substitute to consistently perform well. Alex Smithies – Pulled out some good and vital saves, often keeping us in the game. We managed 1 wi [..] > read more

October 2014: Celtic are the 3rd best team in Europe!

Published on 2012-05-10 14:39:17

I’ll explain the title shortly but going into October I had lost just one competitive match (in the Scottish League Cup) and drawn just once.  Could I continue this incredible run of results? The answer appears to be YES! Champions League Sevilla Vs Celtic I had a difficult away match to play against 2nd seeds Sevilla.  Last season I’d played them in the 2nd Knock-out Round of the Europa League, losing 2-0 away from home, but going through 3-2 on aggregate.   I scouted Sevilla extensive [..] > read more

A Quick Hello!

Published on 2012-05-10 12:01:02

Hello and welcome to GoCreative! Having only just set up this blog, there’s not much information to get your head around but like most blogs,  it will change in the cause of time and attract more readers. Feel free to check out my about me at any time, this will obviously explain what my blog will be about, and my aims and objectives within it. Thanks > read more

I have NEVER had this nice a season!

Published on 2012-05-10 06:12:43

Simply put… I have NEVER in FM2012 have had this good a season in the domestic league, and I have mostly been playing teams like Manchester City and Real Madrid. However, I think the screenshot below tells everything! The reason for my teams good performance (however, better than i expected) has to be found in two areas of my team. The first one is my defence. Conceding only 7 goals (!!!) in 24 matches is just fare beyond my expectations, and still be the team scoring the most goals in th [..] > read more

Reviewing my transfers (Season 4)

Published on 2012-05-10 02:00:35

Mbaye Niang With Rooney nearing the wrong side of 30 and Hernandez somewhere near, I needed someone capable to take over from them. A player who combines the physical presence of Rooney and pace of Hernandez. Step up Mbaye Niang, a powerful and fast striker from France. 6ft 1in, with Rooney’s strength and Hernandez’s pace he will provide an all-around deadly threat up front, and with Fierro developing very well its a mouthwatering prospect. Brian Ferraro Quick, skillful regen full ba [..] > read more

Team comparison. Q.P.R vs other PL clubs.

Published on 2012-05-09 23:59:24

Probably you know about my failure in the 6th season of Q.P.R. story. Please don’t forget to participate in poll deciding whether I should continue managing Q.P.R. or not. It’s available in the top right blog’s corner. Now I am posting the additional information about the story that may help you in voting. Here you may see comparison of my Q.P.R. with all other PL clubs. > read more

End of August – 12/13 (boro)

Published on 2012-05-09 14:37:46

We had an amazing pre-season, which we then converted into a brilliant start to the competitive matches. We are in second in the league after four games and have survived the first two cup rounds. The transfers have been good and I think my squad is ready for the coming season. I didn’t mention this last time, but Newcastle, Swansea and Sunderland were relegated to the championship and Charlton, Huddersfield and Sheffield united were promoted from League 1. The teams leaving our league wer [..] > read more

January 2013 Review + Transfers – I really dislike flops.

Published on 2012-05-09 14:33:04

Transfers First of all here are the players that exited the club in January, a total of 4 players leaving for a total £500k. The first player who left was former captain Keith Southern; Southern was in the reserves and not playing, so a £250k deal with Sheffield United was a good deal for all parties involved. This was very similar with Angel – he was stuck in the reserves with only a 2 star rating, so I sanctioned a £150k move with Osasuna. Next, Iraq GK Shwan Jalal joined QPR for £1 [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra August 2016 – First EPL Season… Begin!

Published on 2012-05-09 13:55:38

I got my first taste of Premier League action in the driving seat of Crewe Alexandra. A new experience for myself and most of the squad. Before I get onto the games there is a new player amongst our ranks. Austrian teenager Tobias Abel joined us from Dortmund on transfer deadline day, thus meaning he played no games this month. So the young striker joined us from German powerhouses Dortmund for £7m, (£3.5m up front, the rest over 48 months). This still leaves me with a healthy transfer budget [..] > read more

what a suprise :)

Published on 2012-05-09 13:03:15

Hello everyone! This was my first year in Champions League and i think Celtic did a great job so far, i’m very proud the team! Celtic managed to qualify First Knockout Stage after 4 matches, only FC Barcelona could do that too. I hope we will be lucky at the draw of first knockout stage and hopefully win the matches. SPL: After some terrible results, Celtic managed to get 2nd positions after 15 rounds, Rangers is in first positions with 32pts, Celtic follow them with 31pts, and Dundee Un [..] > read more

Back from Break

Published on 2012-05-09 12:57:26

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December 2012 Review – I think Blackpool are my one, true love.

Published on 2012-05-09 11:23:03

Fixtures My opening month in Blackpool colours is a fascinating one – we sit 10th in the league after playing one game this month (beating Coventry City 2-1) and its the final month of the year 2012. We start off at home to flying Reading, who sit 3rd in the league, a tough opener. Next up we have two much more easier games, as we got to 23rd Barnsley before facing 21st Bournemouth at home – a MUST 6 points from those two games. We then face league leaders Sunderland at home in anot [..] > read more

Reviewing my transfers (Season 3)

Published on 2012-05-09 09:57:32

Marcel Pohl Wonderkid DM from Germany, already has 15 Determination and Positioning as well 14 Tackling when I bought him. I see him as Sven Bender’s successor in defensive midfield and as long as he fulfils his potential he could be even better than Bender. 1.7 million will be peanuts if he develops properly, think of the money I could save on a top class anchor man for the next 15 seasons! Kara My own fault for not discovering him earlier in the game and letting Besiktas steal a march on [..] > read more

Fm Crowders!

Published on 2012-05-09 06:41:11

Firstly, i havent been playing football manager for awhile, i am slightly bored of it now which always happens around this time of year. Im sure i’ll get back into it someday as now the football season is now over. Secondly and my biggest point. Please sign this petition! It takes a matter of seconds! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/keepcardiffblue/ Cardiff has been blue for over 100 years, been known as the bluebirds for almost the same amount of time. Now the owners are preparing to r [..] > read more

Fantasy Tuesday – Week 2

Published on 2012-05-08 19:57:31

Sorry mates, this was not a Tuesday post for you guys up there in the European time, but late Tuesday for me! I was traveling for work, and my flight last night was late, and then canceled! I decided to spend the night in the airport, as the new flight would be first thing in the morning. Anyhow, I was not in the mood of blogging or creating kits! So I left it to do by the end of the day! Right now, I’m pretty not in the mood of writing too much, so I’ll just be posting the Kits of t [..] > read more

Living the Tangerine Dream.

Published on 2012-05-08 17:34:34

New Club As of 6th December 2012 I stepped down as manager of Charlton Athletic to take over at Blackpool. After spending a wonderful 17 months at the Valley I felt it was time to move on, with the club stuttering in the league. Blackpool are a great club with great potential and I aim to mark there 125th year with promotion this season. I have signed a deal til’ the end of the season worth £15k per week, with a £13.25m transfer budget & a £275k wage budget. This is just a quick post o [..] > read more

Fight like a brave

Published on 2012-05-08 17:28:35

Click here to view the embedded video. Day 18 @ Portuguese League Cup – FC Porto vs Penafiel The next stage of the PLC is a group stage with four groups and four teams each. There’s only one round so hipothetically the teams who play at home more than once have an advantage and this competition is clearly made for big teams to win. Our focus is on the Portuguese League so game against FC Porto wasn’t worrying me that much and I was happy to see they went to the pitch with only [..] > read more

Season Analysis – Finances and Scotland’s place in football

Published on 2012-05-08 14:30:20

Here is the 2nd part of my 3 part season analysis. To read the previous post on Player Analysis, click here. SEASON ANALYSIS – FINANCES AND SCOTLAND’S PLACE IN FOOTBALL Financially, our situation has become much better. By winning the treble last season and going past the treacherous group stage, I managed to pump up the money in our banks by some amount. Our financial situation changed from Unstable to Secure. All in one season. After the Euro’s, Scotland’s overall posit [..] > read more

October 2012 Review – Northern teams seem to hate us.

Published on 2012-05-08 14:12:50

Fixtures There could be some trouble in store for Charlton this month as they face just 4 games, hoping to pick up at least 4 points. We start off away at Bristol City, which we should be winning as City are currently occupying the relegation places. We then face an extremely tough test – at home to high-flying Sunderland, where we will do well to get anything out of it. We then go to Blackpool in another tricky fixture before ending the month against the league’s bottom side, Sheff [..] > read more

Lucky Man U

Published on 2012-05-08 07:47:13

Playing my 3rd season as West Ham, the second game in the prem was against Man U. I lined up as 4-1-2-2-1, Man U lined up as 4-4-2. Despite their dominance in possession, we scored early on in the first half from our only chance in the half. From then on I slowed the tempo down and disrupted Man U’s attacks, unfortunately Rochina provided little to no holding up of the ball and many times clearances were fed back to the opposition. Torje’s injury provided me with a chance to shuffle [..] > read more

Douglas Costa – MoM award collector!

Published on 2012-05-07 23:55:30

6 Man of the Match awards in the last 9 matches!! Amazing form during the last months! > read more

Crewe Alexandra 2016/17 – Premier League Pre Season Activities

Published on 2012-05-07 16:24:20

Our first even Premier league season in Crewe’s history is drawing ever closer and pre-season for this campaign has been tough. I struggled to sign some players I wanted, lost players that I wanted to other, bigger teams, and our fixtures didn’t go exactly fantastically. I signed some decent players in the hope that I can stay up this season. This post will cover friendlies, transfers and general goings on. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the season expectations, so I wil [..] > read more

Season Analysis – The Players

Published on 2012-05-07 12:45:54

Welcome to the first part of my season analysis. The analysis has been divided into 3 parts, namely:- 1) Players (First Team only) 2) Finances and Scotland’s place in the world 3) Awards and Youth PART I – THE PLAYERS Well this was a pretty successful season for the Rangers, we had won the treble and had advanced further than we were expected to in the UCL. Despite a few hiccups in the beginning of the season, we did not lose a single game in thereon and are currently on a 36 match u [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra 2015/16 – Post Season Review

Published on 2012-05-07 12:43:52

This post will cast you back to when I began the season up until now. It will cover this such as: Managerial offers, finances, awards and more. I will also give my personal opinions along the way. Firstly, in my last post, I told you that either Swansea, Derby, Southampton or West Ham would join Crewe and Bolton in the Premier league next season via the play-off’s. Well, that team turned out to be… Southampton! They overcame Swansea in the final at Wembley 4-1. Their top-scorer, Eba [..] > read more

July 2012 & The Olympic Preparation

Published on 2012-05-07 12:28:41

Olympic Opportunity Instead of choosing to take a break during the summer, I decided to improve my experience and manage a new team, an international team.  So I decided to apply for the role of manager of the Great Britain Under 23 as well as for the Brazil Under 23 for the upcoming Olympic games.  I hoped that my winning a treble with Manchester United would be enough for them give me the role…. and I was Right Being offered both roles, I was pumped and went through the po [..] > read more

Fc United – Transfers IN/Out – Season 11/12

Published on 2012-05-07 10:33:06

This is the new blog for the team Fc United of Manchester. Its a new game Save so it will start from the original start date within the game. My aims of this  Blog is to attract people into reading my blog and become popular within the FM Crowd community. The Transfers out was simon Carden who was central attacking  midfielder who was deemed to be released because of his age and his lock of ability to break into the starting eleven. I didn’t want to put him on the transfer list [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra April 2016 – Premier League or Play-Off Potential?

Published on 2012-05-07 10:15:48

This post is the final one of the regular season in 2016, as April holds the final 6 games of the Championship. I was in the play-off’s leading into the month and automatic promotion was entirely possible, however it would require a bunch of hard fought wins. As you can see, 4 win, 1 draw and 1 loss is a very good record for the final month. However, would it be enough to carry us into the Promise Land?? Who Is In-Form? Billy Sharp – Once again the ever prolific goal-scorer, and has [..] > read more

March to May – The last stretch

Published on 2012-05-07 07:35:48

The “split” happened in this period. For those who are not aware what it is, the split divides the table into the top 6 and the bottom 6. The top 6 play for the title. The bottom 6 play for relegation. This usually happens after the 33rd match of the league. The catch is that once a team is in the top 6, they cannot enter the bottom 6. So even if a team in the bottom 6 has more points than a team in the top 6, the top 6 team will still remain higher. Yes, that is a little screwed up. [..] > read more

Pre-season – 12/13

Published on 2012-05-07 04:58:24

I have signed one player and booked some friendlies for the coming pre-season. Manchester United and various clubs keep trying to buy my youths, Liverpool even bid £1.1M. I have a lot of player leaving on free transfers. I am going to make sure at the first sign of trouble I improve the tactic, to prevent a repeat of last season. Lukas Jutkiewitz made his polish debut and we are now the feeder club of Tottenham. My targets Finish top half Replace un-loyal staff Be consistent throughout season [..] > read more

Wolves lifts the Premier League trophy for the first time!

Published on 2012-05-07 04:28:37

So yes.. As the title says Wolves lifted the Premier League trophy for the first time, and it only took my 5 seasons to do so. After finishing 7th, 6th, 3rd and 4th the first 4 seasons, I could finally lift the trophy after a very impressive and stable season where we took the lead mid december with 2 consecutive victories over the two Manchester clubs on homefield (1-0 and 2-0). The season also game me the two Cup domestic cup titles (the league cup and the FA cup) after to say the least an ins [..] > read more

Hibernian: End Of Season Summary – Part 1: Players and Transfers

Published on 2012-05-06 17:28:05

Hey guys, This post will focus on how my players did this year and if my transfers were succesful and some new players! Player Performance Great Players Well players such as O’Connor, Riordan, Hayes, Hanlon, Bruins, Booth and Wotherspoon all impressed this year and wil al be first team regulars next year and I hope they can produce the goods again next season and in Europe! Good Players Well there are some players on this list like Murray and Mino who have really made a diference this ye [..] > read more

June 2012 & Euro Cup

Published on 2012-05-06 15:47:04

Preseason News Wayne Rooney If you thought that Wayne Rooney was done winning awards, you are wrong.  Here are a couple more. After an amazing year where Rooney scored more than any other player in the history of the Premier League, Wayne Rooney was named the Best Player in Europe, won the Golden Boot and, obviously, was named the Manchester United Player of the Year by the fans.  Great year for Rooney where he has been our greatest player, he deserves all the praise coming his way.  Ther [..] > read more

End of season – 11/12

Published on 2012-05-06 14:51:47

The new tactic is settling in and we held the same position for the last few games, we have won 3 in 6, but overall form is bad. Lots of contracts are set to go, which will let me re-model the squad. I want to aim for play-off’s next season and I now believe tactics are sorted. Some key staff left to other clubs, sadly Dave Parnaby. Targets acheived Achieve high play-off position and hopefully promotion Continue already outstanding youth Improve weak staff area’s We didn’t get th [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra March 2016 Pt.1 – Youth Intake and More

Published on 2012-05-06 13:54:41

This month will be split into 2, as was the January post, in order to help me control the sizes of my posts. This post will cover the goings on in March including my new batch of budding youngsters, and a poor job offer. Lets begin with this offer shall we? Recreativo from Spain, Liga Adelante to be specific, came in for me. As you can see, the transfer budget is just £10k, and the wage budget has been exceeded. This club is in a poor state and near the relegation places, not looking good. I c [..] > read more

Hibernian May: End Of Season Drama + Title Decider! Please Comment!

Published on 2012-05-06 12:43:59

Hey guys, This post will be on the month of May including a title decider and a Cup Final! So some big games to play starting with a title decider finishing with a Cup final! SPL Title Decider aginst Celtic!!!!!!! So our first game of the month came up against our big Title Rivals Celtic. The winner will probally win the title and so could we overturn Celtic once again at a sold out Easter Road Stadium? If we won we would win the SPL in front of our own crowd! What a feeling it could be! We c [..] > read more

Season 2 – Club News and Transfers

Published on 2012-05-06 11:24:06

There was no new sponsor for this season, so Pepsi that was on our shirt last season is now gone. I used random.org assigning 12 unknown/small and 3 medium brands numbers, and randomly picking up one. Hummel was the chosen one, and will dress Brighton for the next 4 years. It will also be the mains shirt sponsor until we have a new deal. General Sponsorship: Hummel 3 year kit sponsorship – £36.69k – ends 2017; Stadium Sponsor: Brighton and Hove Jobs – £1,66M – ends 201 [..] > read more

From june to october – Celtic 2nd year

Published on 2012-05-06 11:23:42

Hi everyone again! My new season started already with a brand new tactics and with many new players. Let’s see it! Board gave me $6.4million transfer budget and $2.5million wage budget/month after last season finale. They announced a new link to Manchester City (wow), and they started to upgrade training facilities too after a quick chat Let’s see the transfers! Transfers Out: Ki Sung-Yong to AZ $6million, very good. He wanted to leave to a bigger team. His value was 2.1million, [..] > read more

September 2014: Closing the gap

Published on 2012-05-06 11:09:42

I often talk about “the gap”.  This is the difference in quality between my Celtic side and those who regularly play in the Champions League.  It is a difficult gulf to bridge and each season of every Football Manager version I try to close it however I rarely have much success. This month, I feel that my long-term strategy of bringing through promising youth might finally be closing “the gap”. In a month which included two Champions League and an Old Firm match, would you have guesse [..] > read more

Ajax to the Champions League

Published on 2012-05-06 08:50:56

Hello everyone, As you might have noticed I haven’t updated my pentagon challenge in some time. This was mainly because I had little time to play FM but also because I kind of lost motivation to play in Africa right now. I might continue the story at a later date but for now I want to present you a new story: That’s right! Ajax it is! The club of many Dutch legends like Johan Cruijff, Rinus Michels, Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Edwin van der Sar. More recent players include Wes [..] > read more

Shamrock Rovers – March 2015 Update

Published on 2012-05-06 08:31:48

Hello FMCrowd! We had just 4 games in March, all in the League. We again showed why we are the dominant side in Ireland as we won all 4. We managed to keep 3 clean sheets from 4 and picked up maximum points. vs ST.PAT’S ATHLETIC We picked up a 3-0 win in the season opener in this derby game. We even went down to 10-men in the 76th minute but St.Pat’s couldn’t capitalise. In the 10th minute, Ao Jie tucks in a penalty for his 1st competitive goal for the club in his 1st game. W [..] > read more

Q.P.R. is better than Real Madrid

Published on 2012-05-05 23:52:39

At least this year. We have got the 2nd victory in the reply match at Loftus Road. It’s awesome to understand that my boys were winning with 4:0 score in the first half. Douglas Costa became the man of the match again! > read more

Crewe Alexandra February 2016 – It’s All A Bit Easy Now…

Published on 2012-05-05 17:27:31

Apologies for the delay of the posts recently, work is high for now. However I have now prepared this post for you covering the month of July. Before I get into the swing of the games, I want to introduce my new signing. You will most likely know him and I feel he will act as great cover for Billy Sharp in ST. I bring to you, Jermain Defoe. Yes I have acquired the services of ex-Spurs striker Jermain Defoe on a free. He is 33 now and therefore his ability has dropped, yet his attributes prove t [..] > read more

Season 2 – The Survival Season

Published on 2012-05-05 16:53:47

I’ll begin the 2013-2014 season with the boards expectation’s and my own! First of all, we are again seen as a relegation candidate by the media (18th place). I’m not fully confident of saying weren’t candidates, and for that I will call this the Survival Season! I announced that I’d try to avoid relegation, and I’ll have to work hard for this to become true! The board’s expectations towards the competitions we entered are plausible, and again I say, I will work hard to prove m [..] > read more

Premier European Competitions

Published on 2012-05-05 16:11:34

Spain La Liga Table La Liga Stats Copa Del Rey Tree Copa Del Rey Stats Italy Serie A Table Serie A Stats Italian Cup Tree Italian Cup Stats England Premier League Table Premier League Stats League Cup Tree League Cup Stats FA Cup Tree FA Cup Stats France Ligue 1 Coupe de France Germany Bundesliga Bundesliga Stats DFB Pokal DFB Pokal Uefa Champion’s League Tree Europa League Tree > read more

Hibernian March Update! (Please Comment)

Published on 2012-05-05 16:00:15

Hey guys, We had a up and down month which meant we had some big games including a Leageu Cup final, Scottish cup Qtr final and a few title deciding clashes against teams other than the Glasgow clubs! I wil start the post with: The Under 19′S and our annual youth intake Our SPL games and table Scottish Cup and……… the Scottish League Cup U19′S Youth Intake We got some good players including about four players who have got 3.5+stars so I was very happy about that and [..] > read more

Player of the Year Awards

Published on 2012-05-05 13:06:40

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Matches against Barcelona, a League Cup final and more….

Published on 2012-05-05 12:18:47

Well, the next two months are the business end of the season, with crunch matches against Barcelona and a League cup final coming up. So how does it end up? Here’s a list of the matches that we played. The matches with yellow dots are the one’s that I am going to cover in detail:- With any luck, I should be winning every match except for the matches against Barcelona. I have to try and prevent a goal fest. First up, Inverness vs Rangers A 3-0 victory! We were helped by the fact that [..] > read more

(End of) August 2014: Getting down to business (and the World Cup)

Published on 2012-05-05 11:08:59

My pre-season started in June and ended in August.  So this “August” update only covers the competitive game from that month.  I also noticed that I forgot to update you on the World Cup 2014 so I’ll do that at the end of this post. Transfers I’ve very little to report here.  I’d already decided upon a squad and all I wanted to do was get some of the young players out on loan. Which I did!  Ortola is a promising young goalkeeper and a signing from my first season.  If he’d been [..] > read more

Reviewing my transfers (Season 2)

Published on 2012-05-05 07:30:42

Ok so spending may have gotten a little out of hand in my second season as I ran up a transfer bill of 110 million. Wow, thats Manchester City-level spending. But having to rebuild my aging squad I was left with little choice, the likes of Carrick, Ferdinand and co all left. I needed replacements, and quick. I adhere to a rather strict Under-23 players only transfer policy but relaxed it abit for Marouanne Fellaini because the midfield was getting neglected. Marc Andre ter Stegen German wonderki [..] > read more

Mid-season – 11/12

Published on 2012-05-05 07:26:44

Hey everyone, despite a close league we still aren’t in the play-off’s and I got angry with Blackpool, sounds exciting? Then read on…. (I will start work on a new header and on beginning the first stages of the awards I mentioned) So we sit 13th in the table with 37 points and a +2 goal difference, I feel like we’re doing badly, but the board are buzzing so we shall see. 18 games remain and the play-off’s are only 6 points away. I brought in two wingers and got rid [..] > read more

welcome everybody

Published on 2012-05-05 00:05:44

Hi everyone, my name is Roland from Hungary, Budapest. This is my little blog about FM stories, i hope you will enjoy it. My english is not the best so i apologize for the mistakes My first FM was the 2010 version, i played with it a lot (FC Barcelona, Osasuna CA, Debrecen [hungarian team] etc..), but it’s time to change to 2012. I buyed it in march, and i tried the new features with many teams. (Stoke City, FC Barcelona, Osasuna and Wolves) Now i choose another team (Scottish Celtic Gla [..] > read more

02/07/2013 – 01/09/2013

Published on 2012-05-04 22:58:07

02/07/2013 – 01/09/2013 _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ The first 2 months have went very well at the Etihad Stadium with Chris Packet using his tactical genius to wow the crowds that gather to watch his £1B Pound squad take to the field at the Etihad Stadium. The owners are now breathing down Chris Packet’s neck wanting instant success both on the field and off the field after spe [..] > read more

Colorado: MLS Cup Champions?

Published on 2012-05-04 21:05:23

Hello again!!!  I’m back much sooner this time, in order to bring you the conclusion to my first season as Colorado Rapids Manager.  So, does the quick post mean that we crashed out of the MLS Cup Playoffs?  Let’s find out… WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL Leg One:  at Seattle Click to watch highlights…. Click here to view the embedded video. [spoiler alert] . [spoiler alert] . [spoiler alert] . [spoiler alert] . Sooooo close to pulling off a win.  I was simply stun [..] > read more

May 2012

Published on 2012-05-04 19:51:09

Fixtures(Final Run) Overall, a fairly poor month.  We won once, tied twice and lost .  Here is how it went down. Against Liverpool, we were robbed.  We played much better in the whole match, the game was practically played in their half with our CB’s having enough times to take bathroom breaks and such.  But only 1 thing stopped us from having a 8-0 win.  The shiny head of Pepe Reina.  Ok maybe not his head but it did help a little in blinding my players .  Anyways Pepe Reina, wh [..] > read more

Cammell Lairds – September 2012

Published on 2012-05-04 18:40:06

The pre-season has been a great success for Lairds this year helping me not only to pick a good formation and starting eleven, but to also inject vast amounts of money into the coffers. We played several big games and brought i a few good faces. > read more

Pre-season 2014-15: Bringing through the youth

Published on 2012-05-04 16:29:20

Having completed my initial analysis before the 4th season I realised that I had a pretty strong first team, with one or two gaps, and really all I needed to do was see if my young players could provide capable backup. Often I notice readers are confused as to why I don’t buy too many expensive players or don’t try to strengthen the first team a great deal.  There are a number of reasons; The quality of senior player available to me is poor. The Scottish league generates very little money. [..] > read more

April 2012

Published on 2012-05-04 15:30:52

Match Against Chelsea Preview Unavailable Players Manchester United-Berbatov, Nani, Carrick, Jones, Rooney(Doubtful) Chelsea- Fellaini, Essien, Malouda Important Match-ups- After drawing the first match 1-1, we now come home with an important away goal that can be all the difference.  Many players from my team are out of this match for suspension as much as for injury.   Some good news is that Wayne Rooney was able to be called up to the sub bench for a late cameo should I need him. Bender vs [..] > read more

Hello world!

Published on 2012-05-04 12:26:50

Hi Guys!! Papa Adade here…I am currently managing Stoke City in my FM 12 career and we are doing quite well for a team that is supposed to avoid relegation. I look forward to updating you guys in later posts on how my stint with the Potters goes. > read more

August to October 2011

Published on 2012-05-04 11:02:32

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01.06.2019 – Knocked out in the play-offs…

Published on 2012-05-04 06:55:56

As you can see, we finished in a play off spot. Long story short, we lost. It was a two leg match against Rochdale who finished 3rd place. We won the first leg 1-0 at home, but they snatched the second leg 2-0 and won 2-1 on aggregate. I really wanted promotion, since back to back promotions would have been great! Even though we would most likely get absolutely hammered in the Championship. To be honest, I’m not even sure how we’ve managed to finish where we have in League 1. I’ [..] > read more

March 2012

Published on 2012-05-03 21:06:56

Fixtures(Part I) Leading up to the match against Tottenham, Manchester United was shown to be Champion material in winning all 5 of the first matches.  We advanced in the Champion’s League and twice in the FA cup.  Here is how it all went down. Against Arsenal, we played very well. I had just played against Chelsea 7 days before and had a Champion’s League match in 3 days, so I couldn’t put in all my best players but I made due with what I had.  I decided to rest Evra, You [..] > read more

Colorado: Stumbling Into the Playoffs

Published on 2012-05-03 19:37:21

Hello again!  In this post I will cover the final games of my season.  Unfortunately things didn’t go as planned, but we are in the playoffs, so there are still goals to meet!!! MATCHES Wow… not a very good finish eh?  So, what happened?  Well, for starters Conor Casey got injured during the Seattle game, which definitely didn’t help. Unfortunately it’s pretty serious, I’ll be looking for a replacement for him in the offseason.  Once he is healthy he will ke [..] > read more

09.02.2019 – Let’s hope we do not let it slip!

Published on 2012-05-03 16:06:09

As you can see, we are ridiculously over achieving. We are considered to be the worst and weakest team in the league and it’s worth keeping in mind that I had no transfer money. It is quite tight at the top, but I just need to try and get a decent run going. As you can see, the same applies as last year. We have players who are finding the back of the net, which in reality is what has put us in the position we are in. Fortunately, since I think I am a more defensive minded manager – [..] > read more

What a beggining – by AA99

Published on 2012-05-03 13:59:02

What a beggining! You are not goanna believe it but Paços is for now, UNDISPUTEDLY, the best team in Portugal. As I said on my first post, I´m a guy who likes to think big, and I said that my goal, in the beggining of the season, was to won the Portuguese Premier League. But I wasn´t waiting such good things to happen. I´ve decided (since my pre-season ended up in August) to join the month of August in this one. So here we go. The first thing I wanna talk is our first match. Against the rese [..] > read more

End of August – 11/12

Published on 2012-05-03 13:30:25

It is now the end of the transfer window in the npower championship, and to be honest I’m feeling a bit like Gordon Strachan. We have not had a flying start, in fact it has been terrible, we lost to a lower division club in the cup and drew against in form Portsmouth on -3 points. However I have almost broke even on transfers, which as any long term reader will know is abnormal for me. I have chopped and changed the tactics a bit, which could be used as an excuse to my downfall. The team i [..] > read more

Season 1 – The Grand Finale!

Published on 2012-05-03 10:42:08

For the second half of the season I had to face a few problems with fitness, as my main players were too tired to keep playing always on the same rhythm. Babacar got himself minor injuries that took him from a few matches on this second half. Another loss we had for some moment was O’Dea, injured in training. Although I was very happy with the squad, an agent appeared offering one of his clients, Spanish defender Aythami for £375k. I negotiated the offer for the same value, but to be paid in [..] > read more

COMING SOON..!

Published on 2012-05-03 09:34:15

I am currently preparing to launch into a new blog… I am 3 1/2 years into my current game and will post some history soon. > read more

February 2012

Published on 2012-05-02 18:56:56

Fixtures Before I reveal how the fixtures went, there has been a small change in the Schedule due to us finding out who we will play out of Arsenal and Chelsea in the FA Cup. The team we have drawn is Arsenal who defeated Chelsea 4-2 in a great match against the best defense in the league.  Now, on to how we did… Against Newcastle, we had a veryyyy convincing match.  In this match, we were more dominant than any of the 3 previous matches last month.  By the 28th minute, we were up [..] > read more

Home + Away Kit Relaunch

Published on 2012-05-02 08:40:39

_________________________________________________________________ Home & Away Kit Relaunch – Fantasy _________________________________________________________________ After some inspiration from Mr.Gump and his fantasy kit tuesdays, I decided I would try and create a fantasy Manchester City Home and Away kit as I have just moved jobs from AZ Alkmaar to Manchester City and I want your vote on which of the 2 kits you think I should select Adidas or Nike design. > read more

01/06/2013 – 01/07/2013

Published on 2012-05-02 07:12:37

_________________________________________________________________ Well, it has been a very tiring first month in charge of the Richest club in the world and I am absolutely delighted to have been offered the position to manage Manchester City, it may not be Manchester United who are a team close to my heart, but Manchester City are by far one of the best clubs in the world and my aim is to take them as far as I can possibly take them. _____________________________________________________________ [..] > read more

Real Madrid – Q.P.R. 1:3

Published on 2012-05-02 01:06:25

That was the first quarterfinal game in the Champions League. Surprisingly awesome result for us as you see! I didn’t expect to have so much advantage during the game play. Actually I was frightened before the match because almost every Real Madrid first eleven player has a Worldwide reputation. Moreover, Spanish grand’s defence is the best in La Liga. But the match has shown great motivation and quality of football by Q.P.R. players. The score could even be larger because of unrealized 100 [..] > read more

January 2012

Published on 2012-05-01 18:10:49

Fixtures(Part I) In the first 5 matches of the month, one thing may come to mind before all else.  Wayne Rooney only scored 1 goal Fear not, though, for Wayne Rooney only played against QPR.  I wanted to give Berbatov a bit of a run in the first team in order to increase the possibility of another team buying him.  I also wished to save Rooney for the final matches which were more important. Against Norwich we had an easy match.  We had 25 total shots, with 11 on target.  It is actual [..] > read more

The dreaded first post

Published on 2012-05-01 17:00:23

Here’s the first post, I’m new to this and hope to blog about my current football manager game. I have played football manager now for about 5 years now (i’m only 17!) so have quite a good knowledge of the game. I aim to post maybe two or three times per season, but I will see how it goes. Anyway, cheers, I look forward to posting my ‘real’ first post soon. > read more

Boston United morale slowly increasing..

Published on 2012-05-01 10:52:49

Boston United Team Morale In my last post I talked about raising team morale in hope of winning some games and climbing the league, I have partially succeeded, but there still some way to go here. When I got employed at Boston, former player/manager Jason Lee had destroyed team morale and most players had either very poor or abysmal morale. At least I’ve managed to raise overall morale and the players seem to play better and better as result of morale rising. Boston occupied 18th place in [..] > read more

Schalke is beaten… Who’s next?

Published on 2012-05-01 00:05:33

The German club wasn’t tough one for us. We had serious advantage over Schalke in both matches actually. And, if they were rather lucky in the away game conceding only twice, the home match proved Q.P.R. is stronger at the moment. Special thanks to central back Breinburg who scored in both matches. Douglas Costa was fabulous in the home game making 4 key passes, 1 goal, 1 assist. First match > read more

Fantasy Tuesday – Week One

Published on 2012-04-30 19:03:03

Well, as I have promised, here we go to the first Week of Fantasy Tuesdays Kit sets! The only thing I changed was, not possible to create 5 sets at the moment, so I have made a total three, and for this start its pretty decent number. As there is a tie on top commenter, I decided to postpone this prize! The others are here! The first policy in creating kits was to create my own style, so in this post, two of the kit sets are my own styles, or mixture of styles, under my own brand. Fir [..] > read more

Here’s To 5 Months of Hell

Published on 2012-04-30 17:40:50

When One Window Closes Another Ones In January > read more

Tactics

Published on 2012-04-30 16:56:59

This is the main tactic I’ll be sticking with throughout the entire game, from what I’ve scene and found the tactic works really well, its good at closing down, defending, pushing up and attacking it does the lot really!. I have made it on classic mode because IN MY OPINION classic mode is easier to create and tweak tactics if needed.For people still new click on the picture for a closer look > read more

1st Year Transfers and Tactics

Published on 2012-04-30 16:25:42

1st Year Transfers So first year got most done what I needed to get done, got rid of the dead wood, sent all of the decent youth out on loan, asked the board to improve the youth and training set up. (Luckily they accepted both). Luckily I already have a Belgium feeder club so I can get work permits easily!. Romario, they first wanted 2 mill for him so I think I got a good deal for him, had a bit of a battle against Napoli to get him but luckily his agent wasn’t really a fan of the Italia [..] > read more

Wigan v Crewe & 3rd Round Draw

Published on 2012-04-30 16:13:46

League Cup 2nd win > read more

Chris Kirkland Poll Results

Published on 2012-04-30 16:11:39

The votes are in. > read more

1st Year Pre Season

Published on 2012-04-30 16:03:48

So the aim of what I’m doing is taking Celtic to the top!. By the end of this Celtic will be the number 1 club in Europe well thats the main objective, if I can get some manageral trophies along the way, then thats a lovely little bonus . The next few posts will just be showing my transfers and pre-season. Just to let you guys know I’m backtracking a bit because I’m in 2013 at the minute so I’ll always have stuff to show you. Also I don’t cheat, restart games when [..] > read more

December 2011

Published on 2012-04-30 11:39:29

This month there wasn’t any International Fixtures, there were no breaks and there were no easy games.  Right from the beginning we were challenged and all the players were asked to put in their part, to depend on themselves rather than anyone else.  All the players were asked to play at the top level to help us during this tough month where we faced 3 of the top team in the League as well as a match against the number 2 side in our Champion’s League group and a match against the [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra January 2016 – Games Galore!

Published on 2012-04-30 10:01:55

This is the second half of my January update. The previous half was on the news of January, including Liverpool helping us out. Here’s how we got on at the turn of the new year: We had an horrible month in comparison to usual. We played against Portsmouth in the FA Cup 3rd Round which was on TV. We also only picked up 1 win and 2 losses in 3 league matches and we also exited the FA Cup in the next round. Who Is In-Form: Robert Honey – He has been really solid in the LB position and [..] > read more

January 2012 – Some window shopping and some good results

Published on 2012-04-30 01:15:26

Well, January finally came and BOY was I waiting for it! I had a clear view of who to throw out and who to allow in. What I needed:- 1)An extra striker 2) a defensive midfielder for the UCL games. Well, I asked for the board for some extra money and they gave it! This was just my first season and I think the huge profit (over a million) we made in transfers in the summer helped! Well, now that my kitty was larger (1.7 million) it was time to do some shopping. I am pleased to say that Leigh Griff [..] > read more

Weston-Super-Mare End of Season Summary 2011/2012 Part Two: Transfers, Squad, Awards and Finances

Published on 2012-04-29 22:23:49

In my last post I went over how the season went. Now it is time to analyse the players to determine who should be retained for next season, recount my additions and removals from the team over the course of the past season, and inform you of the players in my team who won awards. 2012 Transfers In: Not a great deal going on here. Pacquette was brought in on loan to support Wales after Beckett sustained a long term injury. Hilton is a DM prospect, Bentley is a young right back, and Simon Cox is [..] > read more

Season 1 – Go Brighton!

Published on 2012-04-29 18:15:44

A pretty intense months went by since my last post, more exactly, October, November and December. With practically half the season gone, we are proving not to be a relegation candidate, but yes a promotion contender. Though we had some up and downs, we are impressing both in the League and Carling Cup! I received an agent call for Zimbabwe international McDonald Maringa, who had just being released from Inter Milan. I was amazed with his potential and had him on trial. My coaches said to sing hi [..] > read more

Gump’s Scouting Policy

Published on 2012-04-29 17:19:18

I’d like to talk a little about scouting. I have a very, very strict view on how to search for players. That is, I try to bring at most the real deal. I NEVER use the search tool on FM, as I believe that in real life we cant filter players by their exact number. So I totally depend on the work of the scouting team. The first thing that I do on my scouting team, is to determine the Head Scout. The top scout, from whom I’ll trust at most for the definite pick of player. Scouts with high determ [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra January 2016 – News

Published on 2012-04-29 16:05:41

I have decided to split January into 2 parts, with the news in one post and the games in another. This means I have to write less in one go and it makes it easier for my part. So, what happened in the month of January? New Expectations: I decided to jump at the chance of changing my expectations, seeing as my initial target was avoid relegation. I can safely say I think we’ve completed that. I set it to mid-table finish which gave me a safe option and also £10k more to spend in wages. [..] > read more

Fear of the dark

Published on 2012-04-29 14:19:26

Click here to view the embedded video. Day 17 @ Portuguese League – Académica vs Penafiel We meet Académica again only a couple of weeks after our game for Portuguese Cup. This time I was expecting a better perfomance than the Cup match. Vidakovic poor perfomance against Maritimo relegated him to the bench. In his place I brought Pedrinha to play as a supporting playmaker and Laudrup was placed up in the field as a supporting advanced playmaker. As we already knew how Academica’s [..] > read more

First day at York Street..

Published on 2012-04-29 14:06:48

As mentioned in the last post I’ve finally been appointed as manager for Blue Square Bet North side Boston United, also knows as the Pilgrims. The club is currently occupying 18th place in Blue Square Bet North. Hopefully I can turn this around! First off I need to choose a captain at York Street.. Gareth Jelleyman is the current team captain and veteran Paul Bastock is the vice-captain. I’m gonna stick with these choices for the rest of the season as I don’t want to upset the [..] > read more

Cammell Lairds – July Summary 2012

Published on 2012-04-29 13:47:13

Sorry for not posting recently as I have been on a D of E Expedition.Thanks for Blog Of The Day after my last post! > read more

On Top

Published on 2012-04-29 12:55:07

Click here to view the embedded video. Day 16 @ Portuguese League – Penafiel vs Marítimo One more game against a team from Madeira Islands and this one should be more difficult than the previous one. Bearing that in mind we had to capable to hold Maritimo’s attacking side and explore the space between lines since they play using 4-4-2. Beto Cachoeira wasn’t as effective as I would expect in a trequartista role against Nacional so I promoted Vidakovic. Although he has played al [..] > read more

Hibernian November and December!

Published on 2012-04-29 12:30:51

Hey guys, Well we had a very eventful November and December to rember in the SPL. We did not play any cup matches so it allowed me to focus on the SPL. Here is our fixtures over the past two month: SPL Dunfermline We conceded earl on but Riordan scored a brace which gave us the lead at the break. We had more attemps than them which again proves to give us the win 99% of the time. We held the lead and took a very nice 3 points ahead of a tough month. Kilmarnock A simple victory with early goals [..] > read more

E I E I E I O, Up the Ryman League we go

Published on 2012-04-28 15:36:35

I would have liked to have played the suspense game throughout this article, leaving you wondering how Dulwich Hamlet fared throughout the remaining league fixtures, surprising you at the very end. But the combination of article title and feature image gives it away. WE WON THE LEAGUE! CHAMPIONS! Our dreams have come true. We have been promoted to the Ryman Isthmian Premier Division and can now compete with the likes of last years Division One South champions, the Metropolitan Police. Oohh what [..] > read more

Hibernian September and October 2011! (Please read and Comment!)

Published on 2012-04-28 15:14:07

Hey guys, This post on my Hibernian Story will focus on the months of September and October 2011! First of all I will take a look at my squad as I have not done so before. Squad Here are the players who started the season very well. A bunch of them have only played the odd game but the likes of Griffiths, Bruins, Sproule, Hanlon, Wotherspoon and Riordan have all been consistentley good. Here are the players that I am quite happy with. Ferrari is a good CB and has started well, Claros is a good [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra December 2015 – Slugging It Out In The Cold

Published on 2012-04-28 15:12:26

December has arrived! A time for happiness and togetherness. I ask these things of my team and this month I can definitely say that we have worked hard and in my opinion, done well. We achieved 9 points from 15 this month. Who Is In-Form? Javier Fraile – He has really upped his game now and won Young Player of the Month for December. Robert Honey – He has been solid at LB this month and came 2nd in Young Player of the Month, just behind Fraile. Mohamed Camara – Another solid mo [..] > read more

Player Performance(November 2011)

Published on 2012-04-28 11:16:56

About a third of the season has passed by with 13 matches in the league down, the quarter finals of the League cup coming up, and the Group stages of the Champions League just about finished.  I will now analyze slightly the performances of my players in the competitions played. Premier League- This kinda makes me sad.  Dimitar Berbatov and Danny Welbeck, the number 2 and 3 strikers on the team, have yet to score in the Premier League.  Yaya Sanogo, an 18 year old frenchman who has been i [..] > read more

November 2011

Published on 2012-04-28 09:52:48

Fixtures(Part I) Our great run continues in November.  This month is crucial due to potential moral and momentum my team could take into the busy December month.  At the same time, the fixtures this month are not hard at all and we should really win all of them. Against Trabzonspor, we were unstoppable.  We had an amazing game throughout the field with all parts of the team playing well.  Now take into account we used mostly Youngsters .  Out of the 14 players that played, only 5 are actu [..] > read more

Begining

Published on 2012-04-28 08:04:12

Hi I am a young albanian boy and i am in love with football manager.I have decided on creating a blog about my FM story with Atalanta. I ll start writing soon and i apologize if my english is not good enough but i ll try to do my best. > read more

Crewe Alexandra November 2015 – Mixed Results, Happy Man.

Published on 2012-04-28 07:50:30

We went into November knowing that the first 3 games would be tricky. They were, but we performed well enough at the end of the month to achieve 7 points from 15. For this, I am happy because it means that we reached my personal goal of at least half the available points for the month. Who Is In-Form? Javier Fraile – The young Spanish midfielder has stepped up his game recently and has performed well in every match. He even gets a nice goal. Kamil Zayatte – Has mixed well with the cu [..] > read more

Episode 5

Published on 2012-04-28 06:43:51

Just  another quick post, Episode 5 of my youtube series is up, so give it a look guys The Video Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

The Cuervo Strategy

Published on 2012-04-28 05:57:42

Well, I’m going to start th Tactical Page of the Blog with The Cuervo Strategy. It is not only a tactic or formation, but yes a complete strategy within an ofensive formation, that in my opinion could suit well Top Quality sides and with some tweaks lower quality players too. In this case, I’m using the Brazilian National Squad, as I was in charge of them for the 2014 World Cup. The main thoughts behind this proposal are: Limit players criativity; Use a three men defensive line; Ab [..] > read more

2nd Blog of the Day award!

Published on 2012-04-28 01:06:59

We have won it again! This is my 2nd Blog of the Day award in the last 4 days! Thank you viewers and FMcrowd.com Cheers, SFM > read more

Roller Coaster Ride

Published on 2012-04-27 19:11:25

In the last update I informed you that everything was going rather well. My little Dulwich Hamlet side had become a force to be reckoned with, in both the domestic cups and throughout the league campaign. Many teams from higher divisions fell by the wayside. My only concern, which is something I highlighted within the last article, was the fact that my players, bless them, had worked their little socks off in obtaining some fantastic results. Putting in 110% effort throughout each and every matc [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra – Final Signings Before Window Closes!!

Published on 2012-04-27 17:49:28

This post covers the 2 signings I made on free transfers, before the window closes in November. I will explain why I signed them both and when they will play. There is also a 3rd signing who will join in January due to compensation funds, therefore I will most likely post about him when that time arrives. Kamil Zayatte: DC/DM Kamil Zayatte is a DC/DM from Guinea. He is an international alongside my other DC Mohamed Camara. At the age of 30, he will provide good experience when needed, and his a [..] > read more

Season 1 – September

Published on 2012-04-27 17:46:12

. After winning against Blackburn, morale was high! But when we faced Barnsley away, it seemed as we left our hearts at home. Nobody played well, we did keep ball possession, but our creativity limited to long shots, and none on target! Barnsley on the other hand, scored three, and left us with a question mark on our faces, is the rest of the season going to be like this? Whe then got Charlton at home, and after a great start, I thought that we where leaving the bad impression from Barnsley beh [..] > read more

New game, new club – by aa99

Published on 2012-04-27 17:19:00

What´s up bloggers! my name is André Antunes and i´m from Portugal. This is my first post on fmcrowd and i am very exited about getting in to this comunity. I´m beggining my 2011-12 season with a club that some of you guys might know already: Paços de Ferreira. I didn´t pick Paços, because i´m a huge fan, wich i´m not, but, as the title of my blog sugests, I want to go to the top of the world. I want to start on my country, and since Paços as no manager in the beggining of the season, [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra October 2015 – 50/50 + A Quick Question

Published on 2012-04-27 15:51:04

Welcome to the month of October 2015 post! We played just 4 games this month, when all the other teams caught up with us on games as we played one extra earlier on. I have to say some individuals pleased me this month, and although the results were bang on 50/50, I am still pleased with our progress. Who Is In-Form?: Billy Sharp – He scores plenty of goals this month, and has been class for the £30k I paid for him. Ignacio Piatti – His experience had proved vital in making passes an [..] > read more

Pentagon Challenge: Season 2012-2013

Published on 2012-04-27 14:06:52

Hello everyone and welcome back to my Pentagon Challenge story! Last post I promised an update about pre-season but I went on and played the entire season without updating. That’s why i’ll include the pre-season in this large post. However, as I have already played the pre-season of 2013-2014, i’ll post that one later tonight! As for the transfers, I’ll post the key players I managed to sign: Two very good players and i’m happy I managed to get them. Our pre-seaso [..] > read more

New post format

Published on 2012-04-27 13:35:31

Well, I have decided that instead of writing 2 month analysis (which is quite tiresome AND long) it is better to follow a one month analysis. Keeping it simple and short. Cheers, SFM > read more

Episode 4

Published on 2012-04-27 12:28:34

Just a quick post to let you guys know, episode four of my Football Manager 2012 Series on youtube, is about to be uploaded, so please check it out, give it a like, and comment, and subscribe to keep up ro date on future episodes, Thanks. The Video Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

Blackburn Rovers Story : Intro and Pre-Season

Published on 2012-04-27 10:37:50

I am starting a save with one of my favorite English Premier League teams, Blackburn Rovers. My goal, is to win everything that a top team in the three biggest leagues (English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A) could win. I will be starting off in the 2011-12 season. There are really three reasons why I chose Blackburn, first of all, they are one of my favorite clubs, secondly the current manager Steve Kean is terrible I personally hate him a lot. The final reason is that it is predicated to [..] > read more

Exciting comeback against arch-rivals

Published on 2012-04-27 00:39:58

What a game! My Q.P.R. was loosing the match with 1:3 score but managed to score three times! I love my efficient substitutions this: both Verrati and McCafferty made key assists. Also thanks to James Rodriguez and Carlos Fierro who were a great attacking force in this rivalry. Watch the goals! > read more

2011-12 End of Season review

Published on 2012-04-26 18:37:44

“Great start for Chris Packet, “10 games in, season over, Chris Packet is overjoyed that his team have managed to qualify for next seasons Champions League qualifying round after finishing in second place, runner up to PSV for the Eridivisie title. Chris Packet has astounded critics by clinching second place in what was a great finale to end what was a great start to Chris Packet’s managerial Career. Needing a win on the final game against Ajax to clinch 2nd place, people [..] > read more

Portsmouth vs Leeds League Cup 31 October 2012

Published on 2012-04-26 18:07:57

WOW! What an intense match!! It’s the first time I’ve experienced extra time! Glad it didn’t go to penalties Pompey actually scored 5 goals and Leeds only 2… YES! They conceded 2 own goals!! Losers It was an equal match from start to finish! We took the lead with an own goal where the keeper tipped it past the goal line. They equalised on the counter down the left flank scoring a header from the cross. We crept ahead again by another own goal where their full back passed back to [..] > read more

Leeds vs Peterborough EPL 27 October 2012

Published on 2012-04-26 18:06:49

Long awaited win It has been a tough time for team and manager alike with low levels of confidence. Apart from the one goal we conceded, I was overall pretty happy with our defence. The win sees us moving up to 15th, equal on points with a number of teams! Here’s the goal action: FINALLY!! A goal for my main striker, Gary Hooper!! He received the ball from a freekick by Schmeichel; juggled it between two central defenders before blasting it past the keeper! Peterborough equalised by heading ho [..] > read more

Leeds vs Everton EPL 22 October 2012

Published on 2012-04-26 18:05:52

Unlucky loss Another loss… The losses keep piling up… An entertaining match but disappointed in the ease of their scoring! Schmeichel had another great game and i’m pleased it has been acknowledged by the pc. Everton moves up to 4th and Leeds go down to 17th… Onto the action as it happened: A GREAT GOAL!! Snodgrass with the corner; overshot it to the far post; Shawcross retreated and headed it back toward Nunez who hit it with a first time volley in the bottom corner!! First [..] > read more

September 2012 Review – I do hate playing away.

Published on 2012-04-26 16:21:52

I’ve decided to stay as Charlton & complete my challenge of getting them PL status. Thank you for your continued support! Fixtures We start off the month with a big away game, as we face the cash-loaded Leicester City at the Walker Stadium, a stern task for my team. We’re then back at home for the next game as we face Reading, before 3 away games in a row – Ipswich, Millwall & Leeds, all tough places to go to, especially for the London derby v Millwall. We finish the month wit [..] > read more

Aston Villa vs Leeds 5 October 2012

Published on 2012-04-26 16:10:45

Another loss Very disappointed with another loss… Leeds did play well but Villa’s attack had more sting to it. I must admit that their defence was too strong for our attackers! Schmeichel played well but was beaten twice when one on one against Olic. Nunez had two one on one opportunities in the first half but missed both chances. Snodgrass had a header which cannoned off the cross bar… Unlucky for Leeds as that could’ve put a different perspective on the game. Prödl just didn� [..] > read more

2014-15 Initial Analysis

Published on 2012-04-26 14:52:54

This year I am making my initial analysis in the middle of June!  This is too early in the season, there are players still out on loan and pre-contracts still to be honoured.  But I’ve got early Champions League qualifiers so it is a good thing to get started early. What I’ll talk about here builds upon decisions made in these four articles. Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 1 – The players Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 2 – Celtiman/results Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 3 � [..] > read more

Episode 3

Published on 2012-04-26 13:07:05

just a quick post to let you guys know, Episode 3 of my Youtube Series is now up, so please give a look, and tell me what you thing, a like is always appreciated! The Video Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

Dover’s October…

Published on 2012-04-26 11:16:30

Another wonderful month rounded up for Dover… … Well almost, the defeat aginst Billericay was an embarrasment. We recieved 2 red cards, and conceeded 3 goals, aboslutely terrible. Now that the negative (yes only one negative) is out the way, we can move on. Another strong month for my Dover side, winning every league game for that month. Keeping 4 straight clean sheets has shown that my defence has now started to work as a unit, which is always great to see. Up top we have the same [..] > read more

Equal game? Heavy defeat!

Published on 2012-04-25 23:10:42

It’s my away match against AC Milan that was deciding nothing in my CL group because we had guaranteed the 1st place. Anyway take a detailed look at the stats, pay attention to the Clear Cut Chances, Possession. It was almost equal game actually! > read more

Weston Super Mare 2011/2012 End of Season report: Ruined by our own success

Published on 2012-04-25 23:10:32

The 2011/2012 season was both good and bad for Weston Super Mare, but overall my objectives were not achieved, over my next series of posts I’ll reveal what happened, try to determine why it happened and share my strategy for the next season. Season Summary: Blue Square Bet South I am largely dissapointed with how things turned out in the league. My goal was immediate promotion, but that was an objective that we were unable to achieve this season. Despite going on a twenty four match un [..] > read more

Cammel Lairds – September 2011

Published on 2012-04-25 18:09:31

Anyone who read the last post will know that I have taken the challenge of managing tier 10 side Cammell Lairds, in the hope of taking them to glory. Something I didn’t talk about though was the clubs mighty fine history, so here goes: > read more

Shamrock Rovers – Pre-Season 2015

Published on 2012-04-25 14:57:06

Welcome readers! This is my first post in a while regarding Shamrock and it works well in which one it is. Pre-season of 2015, a new start of the season to welcome myself back. I will begin with friendlies. It went fairly well for Shamrock in the pre-season fixtures. We won most of the games and made some outstanding performances. However I was disappointed with the draw to LEMANS. I was really happy to beat Standard Liege away 2-1. I also decided that the pitch was in need of repair, so I gave [..] > read more

Chris Kirkland Poll

Published on 2012-04-25 14:51:20

Polling time > read more

Wigan Squad For 2011-12 Season

Published on 2012-04-25 14:19:58

First, Reserve and Youth Teams > read more

Sure Shot

Published on 2012-04-25 11:31:50

Day 15 @ Portuguese League – Nacional da Madeira vs Penafiel Click here to view the embedded video. I must say these are the kind of matches that I would want to play everyday. No defensive bullshit, each team plays an attacking style, coaches respond quickly to game incidents and last but not least we got only one chance to score and we nailed it Whenever I play against a 4-4-2 tactic I use 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 depending on the opponent’s strength. In this case, Nacional is a better [..] > read more

First Blog of the Day award!!

Published on 2012-04-25 09:13:57

I won my first blog of the day award! I was firstly quite surprised when I saw my site at the bottom bar. Thank you! I hope that this is one of many awards! Cheers, SFM > read more

Dorchester Town!

Published on 2012-04-25 06:11:25

Hi guys, I’m relatively new to blogging but have played FM for several years. I’m currently 2 months into a new game which is Dorchester Town! It’s a new experience as I’ve always played in the top leagues and as such I thought about taking on an interesting challenge. Dorchester Town, also known as the Magpies play in the Blue Square Bet South and the reason why I chose them is simple! They were predicted by the media to finish 18th out of all the 22 teams in the league [..] > read more

Work In Progress

Published on 2012-04-24 20:59:27

Hopes & Fears > read more

Fantasy Tuesdays!

Published on 2012-04-24 17:03:23

Before I became an enthusiast story writer, I loved to create Fantasy Kits for friends and for Forums. Eventually I began having requests from story writers to create kits for their clubs in their current games! This made me approach the stories in forums I participated, and as I began following some, I decided to start creating my own stories. I think that the blog idea is a great place where I can bring back my Fantasy Kits! Each Tuesday I will post 5 kits. With the following choosing policy: [..] > read more

New Career – Cammell Lairds

Published on 2012-04-24 14:59:48

Unfortunately I lost my Vauxhall save when an incident involving my computer and half a ton of sand occurred. Anyway, I have seen a light at the end of a tunnel and have decided to start a new journey, from the ninth > read more

It’s Been A While… Want Me Back??

Published on 2012-04-24 14:53:16

Hello readers… So hopefully most of you will remember me, and the new people will hopefully be interested in this. If you don’t remember me then I will try to refresh your memories. I had a story in FM12 where I managed Shamrock Rovers, from the Republic of Ireland. I enjoyed this story lots and I think most of you did to. Reading ‘danjamesbaker’s post made me think about the save. I have fond memories of it. I have not really touched it since my last post, which was quit [..] > read more

New Team?

Published on 2012-04-24 14:38:18

Sorry I haven’t been posting recently, I have exams coming up plus I have started a new job so I’m very busy currently. I was coming on here to ask you a question – should I stay as Charlton or leave to go to Norwegian side Viking FK? Why do you ask this I hear you say. Well, in my new job as a football analyst I currently analyse all of Viking’s games so know them pretty well, and I feel I can hopefully make them the best side in Norway, before continuing to try and get [..] > read more

Middlesbrough, An introduction

Published on 2012-04-24 12:29:35

I have make the decision to manage Middlesbrough, in what is likely to be my last blog story of FM12. I am going to go through some club facts and the general intro stuff. Enjoy; Information Middlesbrough FC are a professional club founded in 1886 and play at the Riverside Stadium. They have two main rivals, being Sunderland (wear-tees derby) and newcastle (tyne-tees derby) , they also rival Leeds. In recent years they have been a championship club, but were once regarded as a strong premier le [..] > read more

Pentagon Challenge – Second half of 2011-2012

Published on 2012-04-24 12:15:35

Hello everyone and welcome back to my Pentagon Challenge story! Last post we’ve seen a good run from my boys winning the league cup and topping the table. Let’s see how the second half of the season went: Very decent I must say! We recorded just 2 losses mainly to complacency issues. Surely you must think we have secured promotion now, but take a look at this: Ofcourse we did! You didn’t think I would let it slip did you? This means we are promoted to the top division in my [..] > read more

In the top 20!!

Published on 2012-04-24 09:11:41

Thank you guys!! I am thanking all the people who have helped me reach this far because after nearly just a month at FMcrowd.com, I am in 20th place in the blogs ranking (filtered) This is all thanks to all of you wonderful people who voted for me. Thank you all for showing interest in my blog. Thank you. To all those who havent voted, it doesnt matter because it just gives me added incentive to write good blog posts and do well on FM. Cheers! SFM > read more

A quick update.

Published on 2012-04-24 06:41:25

Hey guys, I’ve had a bit of coursework recently so I haven’t been updating my blog. Even though I did play some FM along the weekend! Just out of interest, how many people are following this career with Fleetwood? I just feel like people are less interested in this than my old BRFC/Wolves careers Anyways, hopefully I’ll be able to post an update asap – hopefully sometime tonight! > read more

My first Champions League match and the Old Firm

Published on 2012-04-24 00:27:43

Well, these last 2 months were a real mixed bag to be honest. On one hand, we got sorted into one of the toughest Champions League groups. Our whole group is :- 1) Bayern Munich 2) CSKA Moscow 3) Udinese 4) Rangers So, well, that was real tough. But it happens, so I changed my aim and now it is to finish third so I can atleast get into the Europa League 1st knockout round. So lets get on with the first match of September. Dundee Utd vs Rangers Well, the month started off with a relatively tough [..] > read more

Season 1 – August

Published on 2012-04-23 18:33:56

I’m more than ready to get Brighton on the pitch, and start Mr. Gump’s career! I will start with a new signing to the club. Leon Barnett was loaned from Norwich, with a £500k fee and future fee of £800k. He will be important as I noticed that Sol Campbell’s fitness gamble will be a problem by mid season. These are the young guys I signed! Please click and enter Photobucket galery to see all the young talent signed this season! After a poor season, the media expects Brighton to finish i [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra – Something Special in September

Published on 2012-04-23 16:24:37

I don’t really know what to say, this month has been special in so many ways. I’ve strengthened the team, increased squad depth, and we’ve been playing really well. Before I get into the whole ‘results and games’ thing, there are a few things I’d like to share with you. Mainly transfers but there is one thing… WHAT?? Crewe Reserves 7-1 Everton Reserves??? How did this happen? All I know is Clayton got a hat-trick in this match. My congratulations to him [..] > read more

Blog of the Day!

Published on 2012-04-23 16:07:58

Wow! I wasn’t expecting this!! But great, I have being putting quite an effort on it! This will keep me motivated! Cheers! > read more

Where To Begin?

Published on 2012-04-23 15:19:33

Hello FM Crowd and other bloggers > read more

Colorado – Taking the Next Step

Published on 2012-04-23 15:05:46

Hello again!  Welcome to another post in my unemployment story, which is still in it’s infancy at Colorado.  We’re about 2/3 of the way through the season, and I can’t wait to share the results!  In this post I’ll cover some results, finances, and some new transfers! MATCHES The results have been very, very strong during this period of the season.  We hit a slump mid way through these results, but it was all due to the schedule.  We played 5 games in 13 days!!!  Th [..] > read more

Dover break record…

Published on 2012-04-23 14:45:34

To start with, let me just say, Counago is outstanding!!! Just look at those stats. He has scored in almost every game this season. I can only thank you, the readers for recommending him to me. He and another young signing ‘Yann Ekra’ who was playing brilliantly in the reserves, have linked up beautifully, both assisting each other for there goals. It really has been a pleasure just watching them do it, game after game. Now onto the results. The run of form has been nothing short o [..] > read more

Episode 2 Is up on Youtube!

Published on 2012-04-23 13:55:36

Hey guys Episode 2 of my Football Manager Series on youtube has been uploaded now. The reason im making a post everytime i upload a new vid is because you guys here on FMCrowd are the best FM players in the whole community, in my opinion, and all the blogs i have read on here have been great and successful, and i want you opinions, your comments, whether it be on the actual youtube video, or whether it be on this post, your Guys opinions mean a lot, if it wernt for you guys, i wouldnt have ever [..] > read more

Stuff

Published on 2012-04-23 13:49:37

Hello readers! I have decided that I’m going to blog about either Middlesbrough or Tranmere, as I can’t settle with my new one, like what happened to Norwich. I also have been away for a while, due to studying and water damage…. So when it’s possible I will do a post about either Middlesbrough or tranmere, purely because I have a love and a passion for these clubs. Thanks for reading! > read more

August 2015 – Comfortable Crewe + Your Help Please??

Published on 2012-04-23 09:42:13

Hello readers! I am pleased to announce that the first month of the Championship campaign has been really quite impressive. We have done as I hoped however there are some things that need to be addressed. 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the league and also we reached the LC 2nd Round for the first time since I took over. We were unfortunately shown the exit door by Premier League Stoke, but only on penalties. I was impressed with our performance here, seeing as we only allowed Cardiff 3 shots. [..] > read more

September 2011

Published on 2012-04-22 20:36:26

English National Team Call Ups- This time, only 3 of our players were called up unfortunately :/, I thought that at the very least Jones would deserve a call up but unfortunately, that wasn’t true.  Anyways, the three players of our squad which are regular members of the English squad were the ones called up. Matches- Right before the match, it seemed that Rooney picked up a virus in Montenegro that sidelined him for 2 weeks.  A big loss for both England and Manchester United. [..] > read more

Quick update

Published on 2012-04-22 18:49:02

“Heading into the last game, Just a quick update before heading into the season finale at home against Ajax who currently sit in 2nd spot in the table and will continue to push for the last European Champions League finish, but Chris Packet will certainly pack a strong punch since after joining AZ Alkmaar in what was a surprise appointment, has remained undefeated in his opening 9 games so far, can he keep his undefeated run going with a victory over a strong Ajax side? “Written [..] > read more

Hearts 2011 June – Club Preview

Published on 2012-04-22 17:09:58

Hearts 2011 June Club information: Team report: Squad : U-19 squad: Expectation: I choose EL,cause i don’t wanna risk anything. So this season I wanna: Get in the EL by the league Move some round in the EL, maybe with good luck into the group stage Semi final in the domestic cups. But there is the problem: My best players are in long term injury (6week-2 month). So I need new,cheap players. Who should I sign? Until the next post, check out: Celticmans blog Managing Celtic superfootb [..] > read more

Hibernian July 2011, A Hibernian legend returns!

Published on 2012-04-22 15:16:49

Hey Guys, Well thank you all who read and commented on my first post on my Hibs story and so I will hope for the same sucecess in this post. In this post I will talk you through…….. Pre Season Transfers First two SPL fixtures! First thing first is my pre-season games and it went very well and I am looking forward to the forthcoming SPL season. Here are my transfers and I will focus on each one later in the post We have got a pretty simple draw and I will be trying to win this cup [..] > read more

New club:Hearts

Published on 2012-04-22 14:00:14

The idea came from cityman57. So i pick up Hearts! Until the next post, check out: Celticmans blog Managing Celtic superfootballmanager blog Managing Rangers cityman blog Managing Hibernian > read more

Simply wow!

Published on 2012-04-22 04:37:10

Wow! I can’t even imagine how happy I am with my current save! It went so well since the last update that I totally forgot to update at New Years Eve and just kept playing. So instead I will give you an update at the end of January’s transfer window. Let’s start with the fixtures since I last left you: The first thing you might notice is the loose against Cardiff. My reserves failed me hard, but it doesn’t matter. As I wrote earlier I have never been much of a national cup guy and if my [..] > read more

2013-14 Retrospective: Part 4 – End of Season Summary

Published on 2012-04-22 03:30:08

So that’s 2013-14 ended, my third season.  It’s time to look back at the football world within my FM save. If you missed the other parts, please click on the links below. Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 1 – The players Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 2 – Celtiman/results Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 3 – Finances I’d strongly encourage you to read these, especially the article on Finances for two reasons; To understand the decisions I’ve made about the team T [..] > read more

Status: 11 games played with a lot of ups and downs!

Published on 2012-04-21 21:05:32

Okay so I waited for a while to post my first update on my first season as Wolves manager so I would have a better grip on how my first part of the season had gone. The first update I want to give you is on the last transfer I made right before the transfer window shut. I bought Kevin De Bruyne from Genk for 700k Euro! What a bargain. I think his stats are very good and for that price and with that age how can I resist? The only thing he really lacks are his physical skills… Wow he looks like [..] > read more

Season 1 – Pre Season

Published on 2012-04-21 19:46:19

. I have put up some personal objectives to make this season interesting and worth fighting for. Quite simple objectives, but capable of keeping me motivated in playing the game. Update the Blog at least twice during weekdays, and a major update on weekends; Rebuild Brighton & Hove Albion from below (youth); Make connection with a player that I’ll sign, and bring him along in case of club change; Build a good scout network for next season’s signings be of great importance. Preseaso [..] > read more

New Manager of Bromley Town

Published on 2012-04-21 19:43:49

Hello everyone! My name is James Howards and I am new at this blogging thing. I am experienced in FM but new to this so you’ll have to stick with me on this. I support Reading but I prefer to take clubs from lower down in the football divisions and take my time to build a club up. I like to encourage youth players into the team and sell them. I will be managing Bromley in the Blue Square South and trying to get them up into the Premier League and Europe eventually. I also want to build up [..] > read more

3..2..1..

Published on 2012-04-21 17:54:42

First month with the mighty Dover done. 3 draws, 2 wins, 1 loss. This month, i’m going to call the adjustment period. Although traditionally pre-season is meant for that, i took your advice and went ahead and closed the deals on Counago, and Cronnesberry, and i owe you all a great big “Thank You!”. As it stands, we are unbeaten with them in the squad. Counago has got 2 goals to his name already, i’m still trying to adjust the tactics, so he sees more of the ball, and we& [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra – Pre-Season 2015-16

Published on 2012-04-21 16:22:53

I am already in 2015!! Feels like yesterday I took over Dinamo Moscow as my first club in management in this save. Anyway, onto the pre-season. I can assure you this will be quite a long post, so sit tight. It covers the following; Staff and Player transfers, my tactics, club improvements & more! I will begin with the obvious, new contract. I was offered a new contract as the manager of Crewe, which I gladly accepted. A 3-year deal on £2.2k a week. I was never going to turn this down. Season E [..] > read more

Team Report and some new faces

Published on 2012-04-21 16:12:52

Well, here is the team report. FINALLY.  The new face is here somewhere. Can you find him? So this is the team report, chopped for your convenience. Goalkeepers To see the image clearer, click here Well, a no-brainer here. McGregor is the top dog, no doubt with Neil Alexander as his understudy. McGregor is a good keeper but, once in a while, I will give Alexander his chance to impress. Gallacher is just a reserve keeper, and you can see why so. Alexander has the potential to be as good as McGr [..] > read more

Celticman and Superfootballmanager are joined by me!!!!!!!!!

Published on 2012-04-21 15:27:05

Hey Guys, I get so bored in Football Manger too easy but recently have been beter and are ready for a long term story. Super Football Manager has recently challenged the site legend Celticman by doing a Ranger story but now there is even more competition. I am here to take Hibs (Hibernian) to different heights and I will blog within the next few hours of preson etc. So Hibbernian are from the Scottish capital Edinburgh and are a team hiding in the shadow of the two main Scottish teams. Hibberni [..] > read more

July-August analysis

Published on 2012-04-21 15:18:11

Well, the first match was quite a let-down as I was expecting my team to actually do BETTER than they did that match. It was a very sloppy match but no worries, we got the win and the three points. Rangers vs Hearts This match was really a very scrappy one. We constantly gave away possession and its a wonder that we actually managed to get the win, honestly. I should have realised right then and there that the formation was not quite right! Just look at the stats! Hearts created more chances and [..] > read more

Unstoppable Force

Published on 2012-04-21 14:32:52

My oh my, where to begin. I really want to rush to the latter half of the article as I have some fantastic news, but all good things must ‘wait’ ’till the end. As previously discussed, things were going rather well for my Dulwich Hamlet side, brushing off challengers within the league fixtures as well as domestic cups. This magnificent form has continued and we’ve steadily progressed towards an amazing conclusion. The players have worked incredibly hard and I’m ex [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra – Post Season Review 2014-15

Published on 2012-04-21 11:53:25

This season saw surprise package Crewe gain promotion to the Npower Championship through the play-off’s. A magnificent achievement for the club and I hope we can continue our success. This post will cover the following: Managerial interest, player awards, finances and my personal opinion. Let’s start with managerial interest: After the sacking of Avram Grant, I was favourite to become the next Lazio manager. I declined to comment to see if they approached me but then I saw where [..] > read more

Pre-season over! Time to look at the goals for the future!

Published on 2012-04-21 00:19:22

So now the pre-season is over I think it is a good time for me to think about what I want to achieve in my Wolves game. So here is my 5-year-plan! The first season I want to achieve a decent league position, hopefully qualify for European competitions. However, I am painfully aware that my team still lacks a lot and there are teams in the league with better potential. I have never been much of a cup-guy so FA cup and the League cup will be the reserve-players chance to shine. However, after the [..] > read more

The tactical setup for the Wolves

Published on 2012-04-20 23:20:57

The tactical setup for the Wolves So – What can we expect of this Wolves team on the football field? Well, first of all I have always been a fan of ball-possession football and that will also be what I will be encouraging in this game. However, every team can play the ball around on their own field, so it should not just be a goal to get +60% ball possession. I want a team who is able to keep the ball in their own ranks aswell as creating chances and scoring lots of goals without leaving [..] > read more

Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 2 – Celticman/Results

Published on 2012-04-20 17:19:48

Onto the second part of my end of season retrospective, it’s time to be introspective as I look at my own performance and the results I achieved. If you didn’t catch it, please do read the first part on the players. Transfers First of all, what transfers did I make? Transfers And here’s the posts that describe why I made these transfers. July 2013: Is there revolution afoot? August 2013: Well maybe it is more evolution than revolution January 2014: Part One – Transfers Initial impr [..] > read more

Pre-Season done…

Published on 2012-04-20 16:48:36

Hi guys pre-season is done. It’s clear from the results, it wasn’t a success. The result against Northwood was very pleasing, but was insignificant in comparison to the other results. One thing that’s became clear from early on, is the squads lacking in depth. After the team picked up 5 injuries in 3 games, we were left, somewhat helpless. I should have addressed this issue earlier, as there were points were i was entering games with 5 subs out of a possible 12, most of which [..] > read more

March 2015 – Revitalised Crewe

Published on 2012-04-20 15:56:03

March is a time when the table rarely changes in the top. The best teams in the division have been well established and they always do well against most teams. Crewe have a battle to try and keep up with the play-off gang. Last month we were 7th, and a few points outside the play-off’s, we needed to pick up some form sooner rather than later. Here’s how we got on: We went unbeaten!! This was the kind of display I was hoping for. In this month we picked up 2 wins and 3 draws. 9 point [..] > read more

Chris Packet – Cheese and Onion

Published on 2012-04-20 14:24:49

Who is Chris Packet? Well, Chris Packet is a fictional character I thought of whilst starting a New Game on Football Manager where I am starting the game out Unemployed and have set my reputation as the lowest setting which is Sunday League Footballer, so a relatively unknown Manager to the world before his very Chris Packetlike eyes. Chris Packet is 25 years old, unproven in the footballing world and has a dream of one day Managing at the highest level like his father did back in the day [..] > read more

13.05.2018 – We let it slip… for God’s sake.

Published on 2012-04-20 14:15:12

Yeah. As the title says, we let the league slip despite being 6 points clear in January. Basically, we did a ‘Man City’. We had a bad patch during all of March where we only managed 3 points out of 15… ridiculous, isn’t it? I also believe our turning point was when our top scorer Andrew Burley was injured in late February. He was out for over 5 months. He was in terrific form prior to the injury. Below is the League 2 table. I always enjoy looking at statistics like th [..] > read more

Blog of the day! Thanks FM Crowd!

Published on 2012-04-20 13:48:00

Today (Friday 20th April 2012) I won my 18th Blog of the Day Award. Blog Of The Day 18 - My Blog And Toolbar I also notice that I have been voted into 3rd on the FM Crowd Top Blogs.  Thank you all very, very much.  I am humbled. Blog Of The Day 18 - FM Crowd Page And Toolbar The award came as I analysed my players performances for the season 2013-14; Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 1- The players Please do read it if you get the chance.  I’ll be updating the blog shortly with more [..] > read more

Ready For Season Three

Published on 2012-04-20 13:15:37

Ive finally finished preseason after a busy week this week, and i can say its gone pretty well. We started preseason with a set of easy games and slowly getting abit harder, thank you Kersdale for a great set of fixtures i must say. Southend: With all my signings done very early (which i shall show soon) and a tactical overhaul for this season, i decided to play them all in the starting 11 accept 1/2. Most of them played pretty well. Okay we played Southend not the greatest. Bu still a good per [..] > read more

Save crashed!

Published on 2012-04-20 12:13:51

“Unfortunately, at the end of the season my game crashed and I hadn’t saved it since the 2nd game so I couldn’t really handle loading it in and doing it all over again! “but, what I will do, is start a new game with Mr Packet and we will see where he ends up next! =[ Gutted! > read more

Two Down ‘ Two Down

Published on 2012-04-19 23:36:43

“Unlucky Bath, Chris Packet is left wondering how a goal that was clearly onside, not have stood! It certainly cost Bath 2 points in the relegation battle! Chris Packet stuck with his 4 – 2 – 3 – 1 formation and it didn’t disappoint, only problem was his defense being left open again. Three more games to go in the relegation battle and Chris Packet will be left with his head held high if he can keep this run going for Bath City. David Hockaday has good words to [..] > read more

First Time Blogging!

Published on 2012-04-19 23:28:33

Wow… So yeah.. My first ever post on a blog failed hard.. You might not see it, but for me it is painfully real; I wrote a small introduction and when I clicked puplish: puf! gone! Ouch.. So yeah.. Here we go again. Hopefully with more succes. As the title of my blog says I am an oldschool Football Manager gamer, who has been playing the game since the mid 90′s, and being born in 1986 I think it is safe to say that the game has been a huge part of my life. I have not always been happ [..] > read more

Rangers – A club overview

Published on 2012-04-19 23:22:18

Rangers are a football club in Glasgow, Scotland. They play in the Scottish Premier League and their home ground is the Ibrox Stadium in South-west Glasgow. They currently have the most number of top-flight championship titles in the world -54 We have won the Scottish League cup 27 times (more than any club) and the Scottish Cup 33 times. They share a very fierce rivalry with Celtic and are collectively know as the OLD FIRM. As of now, they are in administration and their financial situation is [..] > read more

The OLD FIRM IS ON FMCROWD

Published on 2012-04-19 23:13:37

Ok guys, This should be exciting. I have thought long and hard about this and you know what, lets do it. I am going to start a story on FM12 on the Rangers. Rangers and Celtic are HUGE arch-rivals. I am going to take this rivalry to our site, FMCROWD.COM and I am going to rival one of our site’s legends, Celticman. FOR THE VOTING OF THE OTHER CLUB, ITS AT A STALEMATE NOW AND YOUR VOTE IS NEEDED. CLICK HERE. My objective is to:- 1) get more/ equal number of trophies that Celticman has got s [..] > read more

One Gone ‘ Four More

Published on 2012-04-19 22:49:44

“Unbelievable Jeff, Chris Packet will undoubtedly think he has been in dream land following his first game in charge of Bath City who were currently sitting in the doldrums of Relegation, but after a baffling 9 goal thriller, Bath City find themselves sitting in safety. Chris Packet advised reporters afterwards that he was not taking anything for granted and the hard work has to continue on into the next match which is a home trip to a 10th place Forest Green. Chris Packet was criticise [..] > read more

Chris Packet – Cheese and Onion

Published on 2012-04-19 20:49:46

Who is Chris Packet? Well, Chris Packet is a fictional character I thought of whilst starting a New Game on Football Manager where I am starting the game out Unemployed and have set my reputation as the lowest setting which is Sunday League Footballer, so a relatively unknown Manager to the world before his very Chris Packet like eyes. Chris Packet is 25 years old, unproven in the footballing world and has a dream of one day Managing at the highest level like his father did back in the day fo [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra – Youth Intake, New Scout & More

Published on 2012-04-19 16:53:26

This post covers no fixtures, only recent news in the Crewe camp. The title says that we recently had the youth intake period, one of the most exciting times for myself and the club. Due to our excellent facilities at the club, we should manage to bring a few good players into the world of football. Here is the message with all the candidates: So here are all the candidates for the Crewe U18 squad. Unfortunately not all will make it in, and even some of those will never really get a chance at t [..] > read more

LTD – Season 1 – End of English Season

Published on 2012-04-19 16:51:07

A quickie post to end the 2011-2012 Season, with the Final Season Tables from the three selected English Tiers. > read more

03.09.2017 – Fleetwood Town, my season so far.

Published on 2012-04-19 16:34:30

As you can see, we are currently top of League 2. This is very surprising for many people including myself since we were tipped to be relegation candidates. Pre-Season was a dodgy phase yet an important one. I was able to meet my team and decide what tactics I wanted to employ. I won’t say much more… but so far I have been rather impressed with myself. I hope we can keep this good form up. My signings have been very influential! > read more

Season 2013-14 Retrospective: Part 1 – The players

Published on 2012-04-19 16:28:18

It’s that time of year again when I look back at the previous season, analyse how it went, and determine what the next steps are for my Celtic team. This analysis will be in four parts; The players Myself/results Finances The season as a whole (other competitions etc) This first part is on the players.  Throughout I’ll cross-reference my Celtic team with Inter Milan who play an attacking 4312 and  finished top of my Champions League Group; and Lyon, who play a 442 and were top of our gro [..] > read more

LTD – Season 1 – Appointment

Published on 2012-04-18 18:31:10

Well, finally I have being appointed! After setting up the game to start in December 2011, I had to wait till mid may/ end of season, to finally get an offer from an English club. I received plenty of offers from French and Spanish second tier clubs, but refused them to get started within England. The first English offer I received was from Exeter, who where fighting to remain in the npower League 1, happily I delayed the offer as they where relegated on the next round. The offer that I accepte [..] > read more

September 2011

Published on 2012-04-18 18:16:19

First Challenge in the League This month is very important for the squad.  It is the first month where we have matches from 3 ongoing competitions, it is our Debut(under me) in the Champions League as well as in the League cup.  Most importantly however, it is when we play one of our greatest rivals in the League.  We will be facing Chelsea in the second to last game and that is the match I will be focusing on all month… English National Team Call ups- This time, for matches in [..] > read more

Carry on this career or start a new one?

Published on 2012-04-18 14:16:43

As you guys know, I resigned as manager of Lebanon. My aims were to qualify for our second ever Asian Federations Cup & to enter the top 100 FIFA Rankings. I did that, so I felt like I needed a bigger challenge. After some time job hunting, I got a job offer from Rubin. The owners were going bankrupt and I was required to free up a lot of wage budget. They were just outside of the relegation zone and all of their best players had been either sold or let out on free transfers. I didn’t like [..] > read more

lack of posts again

Published on 2012-04-18 12:36:32

I want to apologise for my extreme lack of posts. Again it is down to a mix of things, but mainly school work. I will hopefully have posted by or at the weekend. Thanks for the patience > read more

Season 4 2014 – 2015

Published on 2012-04-18 11:38:29

At the end of last season the board announced a profit of €500k which filled me with some hope. They promptly offered me a new contract with a wage reduction of €100 which I felt was taking the mick a little. To top it off they reduced the wage budget by a further €1k. As expected, lots of players left at the end of last season, 22 in total. 11 of those had played regularly in the first team. My scout was busy. The team was totally rebuilt, only two of this year’s regulars feat [..] > read more

Happy Hamlet

Published on 2012-04-18 11:27:32

First of all, can I just apologise for the above image. I have absolutely no idea what the Burgess Hill player is doing and where that hideous facial expression has originated from. Perhaps he’s trying to catch the football in his mouth?! Now that’s out of the way I can move forward. Upon arrival at Champion Hill, I’ve quickly changed the entire structure of the football club. The pink football kits have stayed, because let’s be honest they’re just kick-ass, but [..] > read more

Pressure building up for Managers

Published on 2012-04-18 09:10:47

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Living the Dream – Season 1 – Set Up

Published on 2012-04-17 18:23:53

Okay mates, I have just set up the game in which Mr. Gump will be starting unemployed, and I expect to take over some English team when a chance show-up. The chosen leagues where: England – Three Levels; Italy – Two Levels; France – Two Levels; Germany – Two Levels; Spain – Two Levels; Brazil – One level, only used to begin the game in December. The idea behind this game, is FUN FUN FUN! I have no real objective, but might be fun to make a career for Mr. Gu [..] > read more

August 2011

Published on 2012-04-17 16:56:38

The Beginning And so begins the season in which I am a complete unknown to the world.  They know nothing of my tactics, nor my player treatment.  They don’t know my potential nor my current ability as a coach.  I am a undefined variable in their prediction’s for this years final positions.  I am essentially nothing, and yet I make all the difference. English National Team Call Ups- For the friendly against Holland, 5 players from Manchester United have been called up to [..] > read more

August 2012 Review – I always did like Fleetwood Mac-kie.

Published on 2012-04-17 16:50:33

Fixtures It could be a nice start to the season for Charlton if all goes to plan. We start off away at Burnley, which could be a tough game, even though we beat them 2-0 at home in the FA Cup last season. Next up is our first home game of the season where we face Notts County at home in the League Cup 1st Round, before we then have our first home league game – the South London Derby v Crystal Palace. A massive game for both sets of fans, and confidence will be brimming if we win that. We [..] > read more

Crewe February 2015 – So That’s Why February is Always Depressing…

Published on 2012-04-17 16:28:23

February 2015… an absolute shocker of a month for Crewe. We should have done much better but for some reason, we were not hitting the target nearly as much as we should. Managing just 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in the league this month, we really failed to impress. We couldn’t even beat Doncaster, who were 23rd at the time. Our only win of the month and it was a good one. Baldock, making just his 2nd appearance in a Crewe shirt, made a name for himself. However it wasn’t as [..] > read more

Pentagon Challenge – Preseason report

Published on 2012-04-17 16:22:01

Hello everyone, welcome back to my story. As promised the pre-season report. Let’s get on with it already When I first saw the squad I noticed many players were severely overpaid. I also noticed there weren’t many wingers in the squad (1,5 to be exact, one was a fullback who could also play as an AMR but didn’t really have the attributes for it). I decided to develop a new tactic based on the squad and my football philosophy, and came up with the following tactics: These tact [..] > read more

End of April / Most of May 2014: End of season 3

Published on 2012-04-17 16:07:59

So season 3 has now ended.  Could I make it three in a row? SPL SPL Final Fixtures 2013-14 Well… did we? SPL 2013-14 Final Table Of course we did The highlights of these final games were undoubtedly the 7-0 rout of Aberdeen. Celtic Vs Aberdeen And of course, the game which sealed the League Title, a 5-2 win over Rangers. Celtic Vs Rangers A great game which, despite going behind early on, I always felt confident of winning.  Thankfully we did, thus taking our third league title. The fi [..] > read more

And so it begins…

Published on 2012-04-17 14:34:08

Hello all and welcome to my FM 2012 story! My name is Erwin, i’m 19 years old and i’m from the Netherlands. Obviously i’m not a native English speaker, so feel free to correct my English, as I can only learn from it. I’ve been playing Football Manager since FM 2010, and have followed quite some blogs containing FM stories since then. This is actually my first attempt at a Blog of my own, so feel free to give me hints and tips! In this story I will be giving the ambitious [..] > read more

Mr. Gump – Who is He?

Published on 2012-04-17 10:10:24

Mr. Gump is a fictitious character that I usually use to command most of my games on Football Manager since around 2002. The character was inspired on Forest Gump, the Story Teller. On the first time I used the Mr. Gump profile was to manage an Italian Serie B team, that would play a defensive game to get promoted to Serie A. When eventually gained promotion to Serie A, I maintained a defensive minded approach, and got huge success on this same Italian for a few seasons, moved to Milan, and play [..] > read more

Managing Malaga

Published on 2012-04-17 09:44:23

Well, with some help i’ve decided that i will be managing Malaga in my first blog. I will update you guys about wich tactics i will be using, transfers i will make and the pre-season results in a few hours. > read more

A League Cup final, Man City and more…..

Published on 2012-04-17 08:18:54

Well, doing the round-up for the month of March here. Really special month this one. Well here is my full match list:- Well, this was a pretty difficult month as far as I was concerned with a League Cup final against Man Utd, 2 EURO Cup matches against Udinese, a potential title-changing match against Man City and a tough match against Liverpool. So did I win my 2nd trophy with West Brom this season? Did I lose against Udinese thus knocking me out of the EURO Cup? Did I get my revenge over Man [..] > read more

Season 3 2013 – 2014

Published on 2012-04-17 02:48:46

The board cut the wage budget by €4k taking it down to €14k. This wrote off any hope I had of signing replacements for the greedy players who left at the end of last season. To fill the gaps I promoted several youth players but the squad looked very weak. I signed a new contract taking a €300 p/w pay cut. My only coach refused to sign a new contract (he was not replaced until match week 27). I had very little hope. Cup We played really well in the Serie C cup, topping our group and [..] > read more

Introduction!

Published on 2012-04-16 18:10:55

Welcome Mates, I can say I’m a very enthusiast for the CM/FM Series, and on the scene for some years too. I am a Veterinarian from Brazil, and on the Game Scene since 1995. This will be a Blog where I intend to entertain FM Fans around the globe with my FM pseudonym, “Mr. Gump. I am the type of FM Player that usually plays a single saved file from year to year. Sometimes when annoyed with patch problems, I play two or three games at max, usually being really long careers! But for [..] > read more

The starting mark at West Ham.

Published on 2012-04-16 17:21:36

The team i am go to pick to do this with is West Ham. This is my fist ever blog EVER! So please comment,give feedback,ask as much question as you can and give me tips and hints on what players and staff you think are good and i will look in to them.:) My aim with West Ham is to get them in to the Premier League Maybe i will win a cup along the way like the FA or Carling cup. Aims: Get in to the Premier League. Get as far in the FA Cup or Carling Cup as i can. Just have fun most importing th [..] > read more

Hello dear FM Crowd bloggers

Published on 2012-04-16 16:25:41

Well hello dear FM Bloggers, i will start my first blog by introducing myself. My name is Muhamed and i’m a big and a proud Liverpool supporter, i’ve been playing Football Manager since 2003 but i’m a new blogger so feel free to give some tips and advices Don’ want to bore you much about me so i’ll get straight to the ideas i have about my start : 1. Starting with Swansea in EPL and making them worthy to the likes of the  BIG 4. 2. Malaga, stopping the reign of � [..] > read more

Season 6 starts with rivalry

Published on 2012-04-16 15:36:47

Gary Cahill scored the first goal and became the man of the match! Great start for the most ambiguous QPR player. Then Chelsea equalized after the mistake of my new goalie Ter Stegen. He let the ball out of his hands after a set piece. Not the best debut. As for the second goal, it’s very weird. One of the most weirdest, I’ve ever seen. Jay Rodriguez should score instead passing the ball back to James Rodriguez. > read more

The season has begun.

Published on 2012-04-16 15:33:58

I am genuinely amazed at the amount of views I’ve had on my blog so far. It may not be many to most people, but to me, I’m really impressed. Gutted I haven’t got any votes though! I guess that’ll come with more posts and higher quality stuff. But I really appreciate the amount of people reading these. As my pre-season wasn’t the drubbings that I thought was going to happen, I tweaked my formation a little and brang in another striker. I actually made the player r [..] > read more

Crewe in January 2015 – How Can We Fair Without Clayton?

Published on 2012-04-16 14:45:41

January was a strange month from my perspective. Due to the lengthy injury to Clayton, I brought in Baldock, however this happened at the end of the month due to difficulties arranging a deal with West Ham for a loan signing. Yet we seem to be holding our own without the top scorer. 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. All in all, a decent month. The opening 2 games were really exciting and I enjoyed watching the goals scored and the action unfolding. The comeback of the season so far. 2 goals in the [..] > read more

Half way there @ F.C. Barcelona

Published on 2012-04-16 10:54:06

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Crewe’s January Transfer Dealings

Published on 2012-04-16 10:07:31

Well, well, well. It seems like only yesterday I got Crewe promoted into League 1 and it’s January already! Anyway, I said in my last post I was going to sign 1 or 2 players, and get rid of 1. That is what I did. However, I also received this message: We had a clause on Ben Marshall, which granted us 20% of his next transfer fee. He moved from Stoke to Sunderland for around £1.3m and therefore we were given £275k. Pretty useful for me as it raised my transfer budget from £2k to £65k. [..] > read more

Apologies!

Published on 2012-04-16 07:47:44

Hey guys, Just a quick post to apologise for my lack of blogging, I expected to be able to get another post out before my DofE last week, biut I wasn’t able to and I don’t expect I will be able to for too much time in the near future with my exams, so I have to apologise for that, unfortunately. Meanwhile, feel free to check out my blog with some of my own ramblings on real-life football, and leave a comment if you want, I promise I will reply as quickly as I can! http://thoughts-of [..] > read more

Weston-Super-Mare: The Journey Begins (2011 Summary)

Published on 2012-04-15 18:17:16

Introduction As you can probably see from the title of this post my new team will be Weston Super Mare, an English team currently playing in the Blue Square Bet South. The other team I was considering managing was Heart of Midlothian, but after playing a few games as Hearts I decided that a lower league game would be more fun for me personally. A picture of the town of Weston-Super-Mare. The town has a population of approximately 72,000. The club plays their games at Woodspring Stadium. Stor [..] > read more

23.07.2014 – Need your opinion – A quick update and a job offer from Tunisia?

Published on 2012-04-15 17:42:07

and a 3-1 victory versus Bahamas in 2015. I’m getting really unmotivated with managing Lebanon. The players aren’t really remaining the same and not much future players are being created. All the decent lads are prefering to join their first nationality teams. Decent regens are these though: Robert – Brazillian/Lebanese – Looks like a decent prospect for the future, think he will join Brazil though. Michel Mansour – German/Lebanese – a very good prospect for [..] > read more

We could be heroes

Published on 2012-04-15 13:26:49

Click here to view the embedded video. But we blew it… Day 14 @ Portuguese Cup: Académica de Coimbra – Penafiel We went to the game with high expectations, Académica is right behind us in the championship and we are a better team compared to them, although we were considered the underdogs. They play in 4-4-2 so I’ve made some changes and went to the game with a 4-2-3-1 tactic. line ups I promoted Hugo Santos to the starting eleven and placed Fernandez in the middle right behi [..] > read more

(More or less) April 2014: Up-to the SPL Split

Published on 2012-04-15 11:07:03

I’ve posted about March 2014 today already so I decided just to do a quick review of April.  The only catch is it doesn’t include the final April fixture which happens after the SPL Split. The Scottish Premier League is a 12 team league where each each plays the other 11 three times (2 home/1 away or 1 home/2 away).  After these 33 games, it “splits” into a top 6 and a bottom 6, who play each other one more time, bringing the total number of games to 38. Once you are in the top or bott [..] > read more

February Blues

Published on 2012-04-15 10:29:23

Hello readers, today I want to discuss a shock transfer and some poor Fulham results. Results 1 win, 2 draws & 2 losses. I can’t really complain about the Man City game. Fulham worked hard and managed to score but Man City were so deadly with 4 goals from 5 shots on target. Zamora grabbed 2 goals against Stoke, but my defence let me down and a mistake by Hinkel allowed Stoke to bring the game to 2-2 in the 60th minute. Now for my biggest disappoinment of the season. Fulham have been kicked [..] > read more

Luton Pre-Season

Published on 2012-04-15 10:28:22

This is my post on the pre-season of Luton, I will start with the Transfers and then the Matches. > read more

January Transfers

Published on 2012-04-15 10:05:53

Hi readers here is my latest Fulham post including many results & the transfer window moves! Results Here are the Fulham results for January, 1 win, 1 draw & 3 losses: January didn’t go so well for my Fulham team. Arsenal grabbed a deserved victory as my Fulham team failed to turn up at the Emirates and I was forced to play Andy Johnson upfront due to fixture congestion. After my league cup shock exit i wanted Fulham to have a good run in the F.A cup. This was ended in Fulham’s first [..] > read more

Transfers of my title competitors

Published on 2012-04-15 09:47:15

Dear readers, Today I have posted the information about Q.P.R. transfers before the 6th season. Want you to compare my campaign with the ones Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Tottenham had. Manchester City No serious signings. Just several decent youngsters. > read more

End of season 2014/15–Completed a double

Published on 2012-04-15 09:46:25

Hello fellow readers and welcome to another post regarding my adventures as Wigan manager. As the title suggests, we have completed an unlikely double where we claimed back to back FA Cup victories and won the Europa League on our 1st attempt. The season was a very successful season as we were making huge strides into becoming a powerhouse team not only in England but also in Europe. My only disappointment is that I couldn’t manage to secure 4th place which is a champions League spot for next [..] > read more

March 2014: Newgens, Trophies, Europe, Fitness and tension

Published on 2012-04-15 04:31:41

March 2014 has been a very busy month for me.  Not only do many new players get generated (“newgens”) but we had a crucial European tie to play and the chance to win the first trophy of the season.  On top of this I have started to notice problems with fitness and as a result, I’m starting to feel quite tense. Newgens Many of you will know that March is the month many new players are generated.  These “newgens” (or regens as they are sometimes called), provide an opportunity to get [..] > read more

Coming Soon…

Published on 2012-04-14 22:04:49

I apologize for the long delay between posts, but I’ve been playing through the first half of the season with my new team and have begun to write my summary tonight. It’s a fairly lengthy post already, but I expect it to be completed at some point in the next few days. > read more

Tricky December & Transfer Talk

Published on 2012-04-14 17:34:33

Hi readers, my story has now reached January 1st! I will discuss results, fixtures, table standings & transfer targets in this post. Recent results 5 wins and 2 losses! An interesting set of results for Fulham! We managed to beat Liverpool but were well beaten by both Chelsea & Man Utd. The first game highlighted here was a tough one. Liverpool came to Craven Cottage and had many chances, thankfully Fulham took the important one! This was followed by a comprehensive win over Swansea. Two more go [..] > read more

December 2014 – Crewe’s Christmas Worries

Published on 2012-04-14 16:35:36

December is usually a good month, there’s Christmas after all. However here at Crewe, this time it has been tough for us. With just 4 games to play, fitness issues were not really there, however as I stated in my previous post, Max Clayton would be out for 2-3 months with a dislocated shoulder, following the Port Vale game. We struggled in the remaining 2 fixtures after that match. With a 50/50 set of results, 2 wins and 2 losses, we won where we should and lost where we should. I am feel [..] > read more

12.07.2014 – FM has gone retarded again… and another offer.

Published on 2012-04-14 16:16:42

Yeah… I don’t know why my fixtures are all showing up like this. What it means is that I can’t see my past results, which means I cannot screen shot them for you lot. Fortunately, I can remember them off the top of my head. vs Qatar – I’m pretty sure we got a good result against them. I can’t remember if we won or drew. Qatar are quite a strong side, so whether we won or drew, it was a decent result. EDIT: I retrieved the scores, we won 3-2. vs Saudi Arabia &# [..] > read more

Sunderland vs Leeds 29 September 2012

Published on 2012-04-14 15:27:42

No comment… I wish Gyan was in UAE but this is FM11… On a happier note, I’ve agreed talks with Hazard, a young CAM!! Hopefully I can still cancel Taraabt’s transfer! Here he is > read more

QPR vs Leeds Cup match 25 September 2012

Published on 2012-04-14 15:26:25

Comfortable Despite the score line, Leeds was the better team by a mile. QPR never really looked dangerous. Again, the margin could’ve been larger had Sanchez Watt put away 1 of his 3 one on one attempts. I may have to set him to extra training to better his composure. The first goal came from a patient, probing Leeds play. Hooper received the ball just outside the box and curved it beautifully past the outstretched fingers of the diving QPR keeper. I was so glad to see him score again (after [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra – A Change of Plans

Published on 2012-04-14 14:27:38

So during the game against Port Vale, one of our biggest rivals, Clayton picked up an injury. After the game, I received this news: So Clayton dislocated his shoulder, leaving him out for 2-3 months. As my top scorer, I will certainly miss him. In January I will try and bring in a loan signing for 3 months to ease the loss but for the remaining 2 games of December, I must resort to Derek Riordan and Chris Whitten for goals. Hopefully they perform! > read more

Season 2 2012 – 2013

Published on 2012-04-14 14:26:24

Staff! Apart from my assman, no one wanted to extend their contracts and this left me a little short. It took maybe 6 months until the club had a coach again. I let the contracts expire on few of the players who didn’t really perform last year. I then set about trying to replace them. Initially this proved to be quite difficult with no scout, I did hire a new one in time to make a few signings and the squad looked much improved on last year. The Cups We played well to make it through [..] > read more

Youth @ F.C. Barcelona

Published on 2012-04-14 13:34:04

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Leeds vs Wigan 22 September 2012

Published on 2012-04-14 13:11:27

Back to winning ways! After the disappointment of losing against our rivals Man Utd, it was great to come back home and get a much needed win! This win was especially important for me as I’ve never won against Wigan before!! They had a player red carded in the 15th min and I leaped to the occasion! Setting my attack to Overload and Pumping it into the Box The first goal came where Snodgrass played the ball between two defenders, meeting Howson at the end of it. He made no mistake placing it [..] > read more

New Club …………….

Published on 2012-04-14 01:15:49

The club I will be managing will be Coventry City FC. Some of you who commented last post recommended them and I thank you all who commented on that post. They did seem interesting to manage and I had a little trial with all the clubs which were recommended and Coventry and Derby both seemed interesting but Coventry got more votes so I will manage them. At any point if my Coventry save goes bad and I get sacked or something then I will make a new one on Derby and my third choice will be Leeds. [..] > read more

Latest News 2 @ F.C. Barcelona

Published on 2012-04-13 21:53:28

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Season 1 2011 – 2012

Published on 2012-04-13 21:35:07

The team at first glance appeared to have some good players in it. That said it also contained its fair share of rubbish. I went about getting in what players I could with the little wage funds that I had available to me but the team still seemed a little thin. I also felt that my assman was worse than he should be, I sacked him and then spent the next two months trying to replace him. Ultimately ending up with someone worse. The Cup We battled through to the 1st round of the Serie C cup ge [..] > read more

Fulham start to slip

Published on 2012-04-13 19:48:47

Ruiz injury Unfortunately just before i began this set of fixtures, my top player Bryan Ruiz sustained an injury: Results Here is the latest results for my Fulham team, 3 wins & 3 losses: A mixed bag of a results for Fulham here. A comfortable win over HJK being the first one. Zamora continued his fine scoring record and grabbed Fulham two more goals. This result was followed by a 1-0 loss to Spurs, which didn’t surprise me. I have analysed below. Zamora then scored again to help Fulham be [..] > read more

21.07.2013 – Clubs becoming professional in Lebanon?

Published on 2012-04-13 17:33:25

Clubs are going professional in Lebanon! Hopefully this means more money is being pumped into football in the country, hopefully this means that I will eventually get better players! > read more

Newbie Blogger

Published on 2012-04-13 17:30:53

Well, my first fmcrowd blog. I guess this is the part people read when they want to learn more about me? Yes, I guess I’ll continue. I’m a boy. I like chips. I like girls. I like football. I play FM on PC and handheld. I find handheld simpler and I have not seen much handheld content around so I thought I would dedicate my blog to the handheld version of the game. This enables me to progress quickly and keep everyone updated with regular blogs about my challenges with the game. I pla [..] > read more

13.02.2013 – More dodgy friendlies and another job offer.

Published on 2012-04-13 16:56:17

We started off 2013 with a very dissapointing loss at home against Bangladesh. It was most certainly a match we would’ve liked to forget. Up next we had another home match against Pakistan. This match also didn’t go too well. The players seem to be tired from their league games, plus I’ve been instructed by club managers only to play certain players for 45 minutes. Up next, we had a match against Oman. Oman are ranked 103rd in the world. We are ranked 104th. I knew it would b [..] > read more

Youth Academy Graduates 2011-2012

Published on 2012-04-13 16:07:52

March time is probably one of my favourite times in Football Manager 12 thanks to football clubs intake of youth players. My first season of youth intake has given me at the least three exciting youth prospects for my first team in the coming years and could at the very least compete for places in a npower Championship team. My only hope is I can actually keep them and not let the bigger fish in English football take them away from Crewe. Billy Howard (DC) Probably the biggest talent to come [..] > read more

Season Over. Improvements Needed

Published on 2012-04-13 15:20:58

Results We are still without a win, but thankfully premier league survival was already done and dusted before these batch of games. I just wanted to get the season done and dusted to prepare for next season. Performances were alot better, but we just couldnt find that win we could of done with. Thankfully our great first half of the season was enough to keep us up this season. Key Games West Brom: After a great performance against Newcastle the game before, i had big hopes we could finally come [..] > read more

04.01.2013 – Lebanese regens, and a managerial offer?

Published on 2012-04-13 13:54:19

Well, you’re probably wondering about the managerial offer. I’ll go on about it later, however for the moment, I’ll talk about Lebanese regens I’ve bumped into. I can’t guarantee they’re all regens, but they’re decent youngsters. It’s a shame that most of them who are outside of Lebanon and have dual nationalities aren’t accepting call ups to the national squad. Joan Oumari – German/Lebanese – FC Erfurt – 24 years old An oka [..] > read more

Latest News @ F.C. Barcelona

Published on 2012-04-12 19:30:35

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@ Camp Nou – The Offer

Published on 2012-04-12 19:11:41

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02.06.2012 – What a friendly against India!

Published on 2012-04-12 18:18:36

Our stamina is proving to be an issue come the end of matches. It proved to be the case against Malaysia, and the same occured against India. Malaysians and Indians for some reason tend to be very energetic, as opposed to the Lebanese. We seemed to run around like rats for the first half, then after the second half come out as if we’ve had a massive half time meal. Fortunately though, we beat India in the friendly match, even though I wasn’t too pleased with our performance. Everyti [..] > read more

04.04.2012 – The Asian Challenge Cup Qualifiers

Published on 2012-04-12 18:11:50

I was drawn in Group B for my Asian Challenge Cup Qualifier matches. I had Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan & Myanmar in the same group as me. As you can see, I finished 1st on goal difference. I’ll now go through the matches. Our first match was against Myanmar. They played an interesting 4-2-2-2 formation which was very offensive, they caused my full backs all sorts of problems. However, I decided to stay as disciplined as I could with tactics because I needed something consistant for my players to g [..] > read more

16.11.2011 – My third match in charge and even more experimenting.

Published on 2012-04-12 18:00:08

My third match was against Malaysia. Again, Malaysia are considered to be a very even match to Lebanon. In reality, we have struggled away from home in my past few games. This third match was going to be experimenting once again on my behalf. Trying different players out, different tactics and so forth. I decided to try a ton of different players out and had a few of them in their non-native positions. It was a 4-4-2 which focused mainly on counter attacking direct football. As you can see from [..] > read more

April & May 2012 Review – League Title or no League Title, that is the question.

Published on 2012-04-12 16:35:27

Fixtures Its the final two months for Charlton, and they have 5 games to win the league title, 5 crucial, massive games. We start off at home to underachievers Sheffield Wednesday, before going away to Leyton Orient in a London derby. We then face strugglers Yeovil Town at home before playing two of the play-off hopeful sides – away at 6th placed Tranmere, and then at home to 5th placed Bournemouth. My predictions are; D W W L W Results It was a great start to the month for Charlton as t [..] > read more

Introduction

Published on 2012-04-12 14:32:00

I typed this in word and i’m gonna try pasting it here First off, welcome to my blog!! As the name suggests, this blog will not be a blog about myself as a person, but it’ll document the highs and lows of a football manager, albeit simulation. The purpose of this blog is to act as a diary of my journey with Leeds United in the pc game Football Manager 2011. I have never done a blog before of any kind so please bear with me as I learn to add pictures and add all kinds of doodles The blog [..] > read more

July(2) 2011. Transfer Campaign and Preseason Fixtures

Published on 2012-04-12 11:13:35

My Mark On Manchester Its a very difficult job to improve a team left by Ferguson.  Although the team is very good and I would be content to go into the new season with them, I do believe that I have to improve on it in order to improve my chances of winning the title for the team.  I will concede right now, I am not very good at selling players.  I usually just get so fed up with them remaining at the club that I force them out for change, or I get scared that I will not be able to sell them [..] > read more

My FM story begins

Published on 2012-04-12 10:24:30

Alright guys! My names Luke Nichols, i’m from Manchester in England and i am starting my first FM blog! The team i am going to manage is Fulham and i plan to win the Premier League with them within four seasons and i will hopefully be fiercely competing in the Champions League by then. I will post my story up to now in the next few minutes! Thanks for reading > read more

The start of My Football Manager (2012) Journey

Published on 2012-04-12 02:33:27

Hi everyone! In this blog i plan to start off at a mid level club and achieve as much success with them until i can no longer achieve anything else, or until another club tempt me to leave and try elsewhere. > read more

July 2011. Analysis of The Squad

Published on 2012-04-10 19:24:28

Replacing Sir Alex Ferguson It was a gloomy monday morning in Manchester when the news was spread.  Soccer had lost one of the greatest to have ever graced the game.  It was not, however, a player.  Sir Alex Ferguson, considered by many as the greatest manager of all time, finally decided to hang up his glasses and retire from football.  A man of many words who always did well to back them up, anyone can tell you of his greatness, even fans from Anfield.  The embodiment of Manchester Unite [..] > read more

Rowaan Takes Shrewsbury Hot Seat

Published on 2012-04-10 17:22:18

Introduction To mark the clubs 125th anniversary, Shrewsbury have announced the hiring of new manager Calvin Rowaan.  Currently playing in nPower League 2, the Shrews have high hopes for their new manager.  Currently valued at £1.6m, Shrewsbury are expected to finish 10th in League 2 in the upcoming season. So there is a little overview of Shrewsbury and where they are currently at.  I have a long way to go to make them into one of the top clubs in the world.  In order to do so I must consi [..] > read more

1st Blog of the Day Award!

Published on 2012-04-10 15:12:52

Hello readers! Today I just want to say that I won the Blog of the Day Award! I posted 2 debut posts for my Aston Villa and therefore posted the most on Monday, April 9th, 2012. I also want to thank the readers for viewing and commenting. Although my blog is raw and new, I’ve already had a few comments. So with that, thank you for your reading and comments, I can’t wait to post some more posts and earn some more readers! > read more

A New Blog

Published on 2012-04-10 14:09:28

Today marks the first post in my new FM Story.  Last year on FM11 I tried my hand at blogging about my experience in a save with Aston Villa but after a short while I fell out of doing it.  Now, with my school year coming to an end, I have decided to make my return to the world of FM blogging. My story will be one of a manager taking a team from relative obscurity in the lower leagues to the top team in Europe and possibly the world.  I am doing this because over the past three years of playi [..] > read more

Director of Football

Published on 2012-04-10 10:56:23

I know I said I was going to take a break from FM Crowd, I couldn’t, I got bored of playing FM without posting about it. I have decided to return and I have the perfect Challenge for me, the Director of Football Challenge – http://sortitoutsi.net/forum/topic/53508-director-of-football-challenge/ Director of Football Challenge In this challenge you control everything of the club apart from Tactics + Matches. The point of the challenge is it’s quick, perfect for People like me who need [..] > read more

NOVEMBER ROUND UP + Reader’s input

Published on 2012-04-10 10:03:48

Well, November started badly for me as I lost to Man City at the last minute. For more info on that, click here. But after that, my team has picked itself up, getting 4 wins and 1 draw against Liverpool. EUROPEAN TRAVELS WBA 3-0 FC UTRECH West Brom won 3-0 against FC Utrech (side from the Netherlands)  and we have qualified for the 1st knockout stage with two matches still left!! I have decided that except for really important matches, my reserve keeper and future talent, Jack Butland will be p [..] > read more

Man City f****d me AGAIN – READERS INPUT

Published on 2012-04-10 07:04:02

OHHH How I hate Man City!! They are winning games in all manager stories because of their oil money! I am writing this in reply to my sides disappointing loss against Man City. I was expecting a draw and then Yaya Toure comes and scores. IN THE 89TH MINUTE. Please suggest some tactics/input so I can defeat Man City! I have defeated Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man Utd using the tactics I have used but Man City is one I simply cannot defeat!! As you can see, Man City outclassed me everywhere [..] > read more

Special!! Guest Articles!!

Published on 2012-04-10 02:12:39

Well, this is something that I think is unique to FMcrowd.com I am starting a new weekly/monthly (depending on response) article that will be written by readers/guests. Due credit will be given + You can post your blog URL and it will give your blog free publicity! You can send your articles to  sfmcrowd@gmail.com CONDITIONS 1. The article has to be about football or about Football Manager (anything about either of these two will be accepted) 2. Abusive words ALLOWED! Insult as much as you can! [..] > read more

Start all over again, new sugar-daddy but your choice!

Published on 2012-04-10 01:49:54

As stated in title, i screwed myself in my current story in Qatar as my team is having the 1st ever Champion League campaign, but due my stupidity and careless about the match rules requirement in the Champion League, i bought too much foreign player in my team while the rule only allow 5 foreign player in the competition. WHAT the heck! how could i missed this part…..! >. > read more

March 2012 Review – Clean up needed on aisle Charlton, its really slippery on that slope.

Published on 2012-04-09 16:46:30

Fixtures It’s another massive month for Charlton – 8 games, including a final, in what could determine Charlton’s season. We start off at home to MK Dons, another Play-Off spot contender, before then facing Walsall at home. We then go to Exeter before facing Huddersfield at home, which we should win. Next is another big game against another play-off hopeful – Brentford. We knocked them out of the JPT in the South finals so hopefully we can repeat that. Then the big one & [..] > read more

Unbelievable Jeff: Massive Turnaround At Crewe

Published on 2012-04-09 16:02:02

In my first post about Crewe Alexandra I had a lofty intention of getting the team promoted to the Npower League One in my first season. Even though we were stuck firmly at the bottom of the table on seven points, twenty points away from the then current leaders Plymouth. I didnt expect this run of results. Fantastic results, losing one match in fifteen games. I’m delighted beyond words. Our only loss came to top of the table Shrewsbury where they managed to score with their only shot on [..] > read more

Euro 2016 results

Published on 2012-04-09 15:44:49

Just some entertaining information from my Q.P.R. story for you. This how Euro 2016 has finished.A quite confident victory of France. > read more

August to November 2011 – Surviving the Impossible

Published on 2012-04-09 15:32:19

And so, having completed the preseason formalities, me and my team got ready for business. Having promised continental qualification, my goal was to finish in at least 6th place. I want to play it safe just in case a trash team win the Carling or FA Cup. Matches: I think that it is safe to say that over 70% of our Premier League matches were battles against the impossible. Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, maybe Everton, Liverpool, Man City, and Man U. Talk about tough. Wigan: My debut game in p [..] > read more

July 2011 – What’s Happened So Far

Published on 2012-04-09 14:30:37

Hello readers! As I’ve promised in my last post, I will be writing about my new Aston Villa story. So let’s get to it! I created a manager with International experience from the nation of Libya. 49 caps and 2 goals for my new 34 year old manager, Mukhtar al-Mohammed. So with the fact that I’ve already divulged into playing with the Villans I’ll show you what has happened to this point. Team Information: Good team, good tradition. A media prediction of 7th is exactly was [..] > read more

Should I buy him? READER’S INPUT

Published on 2012-04-09 13:16:05

Well, this is a youth player. The scout has recommended him to me but according to me, his attributes are’nt that great. So please readers, help me. Do I or do I not buy him? > read more

4-1-2-1-2

Published on 2012-04-09 10:02:42

4-1-2-1-2 (West Brom, Jul 2013).tac (1 KB) This is the formation that I used to bring a lowly side like West Brom into seventh place in the 1st season,5th place and EURO Cup victory in second season and EURO Super Cup in third season where I defeated Barcelona 2-1e. For more info, check out this link http://superfootballmanager.fmcrowd.com/my-super-offensive-tactics/ If you do like it and it works for you, PLEASE VOTE! Shared by superfootballmanager. > read more

Woking

Published on 2012-04-09 07:49:52

My aim is to go from the bottom English league to the top with Woking. my plan is to try and do it in 10 seasons. I have done this before with FC Halifax but I only got to the championship when my game wouldn’t load. I will hopefully be able to do this and kept you all updated on my progress thought out the up and coming seasons > read more

Scoring Goals Is Easy… Well

Published on 2012-04-08 17:49:01

As you can see from our results in February and March, weve scored a ton of goals! One. Just by saying weve scored one goal in two months already shows we have had a bad time. In fairness weve had a few difficult games including Manchester and Arsenal. But we should really be scoring games teams like QPR and bottom side Portsmouth. Key Games Portsmouth: Playing bottom side Portsmouth should have been a comfortable win. But no a 1-0 defeat to the bottom side. The game was pretty dull right throug [..] > read more

3-4-3 Possession Discussion #3 – Possession Break

Published on 2012-04-08 17:22:04

Previous Articles 3-4-3 Possession Discussion #1 3-4-3 Possession Discussion #2 —————————————- Throughout this entire process, the idea was to produce a tactic that gave me high possession and passing percentages. I’ve already discussed the formation and given you plenty of screenshots to satisfy your screenshot addiction (if you have one), but now is the time when the tactic gets dissected. The pros and cons. As it happens, I feel that there are plenty of cons t [..] > read more

Next blog challenge

Published on 2012-04-08 17:04:16

After some voting, my story which will co-exist with my current Northampton blog is “The Pentagon Challenge”. This post will explain the challenge…. The basis of this challenge is to win the five continental champions leagues, then if possible the world cup. There is also some rules you can include and a points system to spice things up. Main targets Win 5 champions leagues (each continent) Win world Cup Criteria Sunday league reputation national management (no foreigners) S [..] > read more

Bored…..

Published on 2012-04-08 11:08:05

My southampton save was boring me. we just kept losing over and over. so, i noticed no-one (at least i think no-one) has started their career as a national manager. so, i decided i would pick england because of their mixture of youth and experience is quality. it was either england or ghana so i picked england. i will try to find a club as soon as possible. TheMS99 > read more

February 2014: Did spending money pay off? (And the importance of co-efficients)

Published on 2012-04-08 09:41:38

I’ve blogged a lot over the last two days (as a result of the holiday weekend giving me time to play Football Manager) so thank you if you have read all the posts. In case you missed the last few posts here they are again.  From yesterday Celtic won the SPL in real life I went a bit daft with transfers in January 2014 I rounded up my results from January 2014 And today Blog of the day!  Thank FM Crowd!  (And slight re-design) Changing the playable leagues (again) Europa League After bei [..] > read more

New Inductions Into Crewe

Published on 2012-04-08 06:41:59

I have introduced 2 new players into the Crewe family. One of which is a free transfer signing and another is an academy produce who now has the potential to break into the first team. Let’s introduce the free transfer signing first: A 19-year old ST from Northern Ireland. Chris Whitten has joined us on a 3 year contract at £700 a week. He was released by Derry City, the Irish Premier club, and I think they made a huge mistake. He is one for the future and looks to be a fantastic penalty [..] > read more

Special Edition Post; Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Final, Charlton Athletic vs Hartlepool.

Published on 2012-04-08 05:33:25

So here we are, the final of the JPT. A little quick inside info; Hartlepool’s recent form has been excellent, whilst currently Charlton are going through a bit of a blip in the league. It’s gonna’ be a cracking game and both sides will go all out to win it, especially with Charlton chasing a double. The two sides have already met in the league this season, with Hartlepool winning at the Valley on the opening day of the season & Charlton winning away at Hartlepool just before C [..] > read more

Coaches

Published on 2012-04-08 05:31:19

As you know, good coaches and good training schedules help players develop faster. So here is my list of coaches As you can see, there is nothing less than 4 stars on that list. As far as training schedules are concerned, I use my variation of the VERY famous, Maestro Ugo’s Training Schedules. There are very good. If you want to download them, download them here http://www.2shared.com/file/0gsG9mbp/Maestro_Ugos_Training_Schedule.html The best thing about these schedules are that there ar [..] > read more

THE EURO CUP IS WEST BROMS!!

Published on 2012-04-08 05:01:07

WOW!! My side defied all odds to win the EURO Cup in only the second season!! We won 1-0 against what was a very strong Marseille side! My match started badly as one of my key defenders, Jonas Olsson got sent off in the 35th minute. After that it was all uphill as Marseille would attack relentlessly again and again but I was still in the match thanks to the heroics of my AMAZING ‘keeper, David Ospina. Then came a moment of magic. Graham Dorrans passed the ball to Marco Verratti and the Ita [..] > read more

Changing the playable leagues (again)

Published on 2012-04-08 03:52:41

After the January transfer window I’ve analysed my playable leagues again. Players From Country In the above chart you can see I buy most of my players from Scotland, followed by England then Italy.  However it is worth noting that 4 of my transfers from England were arranged by parent club Manchester United. Players and Staff From Country If you look at the staff and players and what countries they came from, Scotland again is top, followed by France and Italy. Now I am doing this becaus [..] > read more

Season 5 tournaments’ totals

Published on 2012-04-08 01:16:37

Traditionally, I am putting the final results of all tournaments in my Q.P.R. story. Season 5 (2015/2016). Champions League > read more

October 2014 – Crewe Collecting Valuable Points

Published on 2012-04-07 19:33:30

October would be a month of mixed results but still more club elation. With wins against Rotherham and MK Dons, a draw against Palace and losses against Barnsley and Preston, this month was very mixed. However with 7 points from 15 is still decent for a newly promoted side. We also made it into the Quarter Final of the JPT North segment by beating Tranmere 3-1. Our 1st game of the month ended in a defeat to Barnsley, in a fairly even game. Darren Parkin tapped-in at the far post following a co [..] > read more

February 2012 Review – They try to make me go to Wembley & I say YES, YES, YES!

Published on 2012-04-07 19:16:56

Fixtures It’s another big month for Charlton as they battle on 3 fronts to try & progress this season. We start off in a massive game – Sheffield United v Charlton Athletic, 1st vs 2nd. It’s gonna’ be tough, but we need to reduce the point gap. Just 4 days later we then go to Brentford for our 2nd leg of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy South Final, with a 1-0 aggregate lead, and we will do well to progress into the final. Back to the league and we have two must-win ho [..] > read more

It’s been a hard day’s night

Published on 2012-04-07 18:02:24

Day 11 @ Portuguese League – Penafiel vs FC Porto It’s been a hard day’s night, and we’ve been working like a dog It’s been a hard day’s night, we should be sleeping like a log When we score everything seems to be right When we score everything seems to be right Porto plays in a wide 4-3-3 with great players in every position and I had to do some arrangements to level the game. Playing a 4-2-3-1 deep tactic seemed the right decision as it will bring more men i [..] > read more

Twitter Account

Published on 2012-04-07 16:02:59

Hi Guys, I have decided to setup a Twitter account that will post regular updates on how Charlton are doing, probably match scores, key events, transfers etc. that will come straight from FM2012. The link is https://twitter.com/#!/CharltonFMCrowd or you can look at the Twitter widget on my page which will update you. Dan. > read more

January 2014: Part Two – Results

Published on 2012-04-07 14:01:23

If you missed it, please read my update on the January transfers from this season. January 2014 Results Here’s an interesting fact, if you look at when I sold or signed players; 1, 3, 5 Jan: just before Rangers game 6, 7 Jan: just after Rangers game/ just before Ross County game 14 Jan: just before Kilmarnock game 22-30 Jan: just before Inverness game I think there is a tendency (not very strong mind you) for ME to under-perform when looking at transfers.  In between these times I was agoni [..] > read more

You gotta fight for your right to party!

Published on 2012-04-07 13:34:11

Day 10 @ Portuguese League Cup – Sp. Covilhã – Penafiel We’re playing against Second Division’s Sp. Covilhã between Sporting and Fc Porto’s games so I decided to give my first team players a rest. Only exception was Vidakovic, who was suspended for three games in the League and he’s in the starting eleven. Covilhã chooses to populate the midfield with 5 players and play in a 4-5-1 tactic. Although I was sure this could mean trouble I kept the 4-4-2 tactic. [..] > read more

January 2014: Part One – Transfers

Published on 2012-04-07 13:16:08

Today I am delighted because Celtic won the Scottish Premier League in real life.  However I was also frustrated in Football Manager game-life because of the difficulties I have with transfers. As I want to discuss in depth the transfers I have made, I’ll do January in two parts, firstly the transfers (this one) and then the results. What was on my mind? Let us cast our mind back to November 2013.  I expressed my frustration at going out of the Champions League and noting how the players I h [..] > read more

And the Journey Begins

Published on 2012-04-07 11:33:31

Hello World! After one of my Burnley save crashed,  I’ve decided to start a new save and with it, this blog. So I’ve already begun to play this new save, one with Aston Villa and I will be writing about it in the next few days. The transfers have been update to March 24th of this year thanks to a transfer update from fm-base. I’m planning on posting monthly updates but who knows what time will allow. So with that being said, if anyone has any ideas or requests, I’ll be [..] > read more

Don’t worry I haven’t died.

Published on 2012-04-07 10:45:23

Yes, a new post shall be up tonight, its a shame I haven’t been around as I’ve been training for a new job as a Football Analyst at a company called Opta Sports. I’ve analysed quite a few games – you think Torres is bad? Think again, his work rate is actually exceptional and his passes are pretty good. I can name a few players who are awful that I’ve analysed – Benoit Assou-Ekotto’s passing rate is appalling, so is Andy Carroll’s. But anyways, ask [..] > read more

September 2014 – Surprise Package Crewe!

Published on 2012-04-06 18:33:28

What a month! Somehow we have pulled off a month that I could only dream of. I thought we would struggle to stay up but if we continue this form, it could be whole different story! Before I get on with the results, I signed a new player! I felt Max Clayton would struggle to score as many goals in League 1 as he did in League 2 so I signed an experienced striker. Here he is: His name is Derek Riordan and I although his attributes are not fantastic, he should help Clayton net the goals. Here̵ [..] > read more

Hi guys!

Published on 2012-04-06 16:53:47

Hello guys!! Welcome to my blog where I will show my story in the amazing manager game, Football Manager 2012. I am starting with West Bromwich Albion and it is already my second season managing the club, I wanted to start earlier but unfortunately, i couldnt. So the catch-up, West Bromwich Albion have qualified for the EURO Cup knockout rounds and are sitting at 5th place in the Premier League. We are knocked out of the League Cup but are still in the F.A Cup. The winter transfer window is two [..] > read more

AFC Wimbledon – League One Playoff Final 2014

Published on 2012-04-06 12:13:11

Welcome back to my AFC Wimbledon blog. In my last post we went through a thrilling two legs in the Playoff Semi Final against Leicester City eventually meaning we would make our way to the Wembley final against Swindon Town. If you missed that post click on the link below: AFC Wimbledon – League One Playoff Semi Final 2014 Vs. Swindon Town (League One Playoff Final) The Odds The bookies have us down for losing this game as Swindon Town are the favourites. This will be a tough game and I can [..] > read more

FM Keyboard Shortcuts

Published on 2012-04-06 11:44:58

If you’re anything like me, then you’ll have plenty of Football Manager games carefully stored away. As for me, I have them all positioned right in front of my computer, and while all the recent retail versions include a short manual, they are missing something which I think is valuable for a quick and efficient gaming workflow. A list of keyboard shortcuts. While the most recent release of Football Manager has its very own on-line manual, not even that includes a full list of sh [..] > read more

Arrgh the frustration!

Published on 2012-04-06 11:25:01

Back at the start of the season I bid for Carlos Fierro and, while my bid was accepted and I agreed terms, he did not qualify for a work permit. So far no problems, I hadn’t expected he would get a work permit on the initial application.  But I had hoped I could appeal the decision and get one then.  Unfortunately no such option was available to me, as in previous versions of the game. Anyway, now we’re in January, I decided to try again.  Again I had a bid accepted and agreed ter [..] > read more

The Five Year Plan

Published on 2012-04-06 10:51:23

I thought before I did my initial squad assessment, I would state my targets for Crewe Alexandra in the coming seasons. Well think of it as more of a five year plan if anything. Focus on youth. I will be relying on the clubs very good youth setup for my players. I will only bring exceptional youths in on free transfers. Get out of debt which currently stands at £500,000 with the hope of becoming a profitable club. Be promoted to the Premier League within five seasons. I don’t think t [..] > read more

2nd Season – Qatar SC Pre-season & Summer Transfers

Published on 2012-04-06 10:19:02

Just start my 2nd season in Qatar with Qatar Sport Club. This season, due to the team involvement on the Asian Champion League, my very generous chairman has given me a very good amount of transfer money which is 7.7mil for me to prepare required team. But i didn’t spend much on the given money as my scouting did a brilliant job for me! They managed to find me some very good player around the world, where most of them are free agent! But before we continue discussion on the newcomers, i wo [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra: Time To Get Back On Track

Published on 2012-04-06 06:43:58

With the website now up and running I can finally start bringing you my very first Football Manager 2012 story. This is a brand new experience for me sharing how I play the game and I hope anyone who visits thefootballmanager.net will enjoy reading my story as much as I enjoy playing it. I started my very first Football Manager story unemployed with experience level set to Sunday League Footballer to fully experience the task of working myself up through the leagues and of course provide a chal [..] > read more

AFC Wimbledon– League One Play-off Semi Final 2014

Published on 2012-04-06 05:33:26

Welcome back to my AFC Wimbledon blog. In my last post we confirmed our place in the play-offs in the last two months and we will play against Leicester City, if you missed that click the link below: AFC Wimbledon – April & May 2014 So we now will go through the Play-off Semi Final both legs against Leicester City: Vs Leicester City (Play-off Semi Final Leg 1) I certainly thought this would be the kind of thought. Leicester City are the favourites of course with them been at home that impacts [..] > read more

Season 2014/15 – Europe can’t be that easy to conquer?

Published on 2012-04-06 04:46:56

Hello and welcome once again to other post about my adventures as Wigan manager. It has been an interesting to see my team having to juggle domestic and continental competitions for the first time together. > read more

Story Achievements (new feature)

Published on 2012-04-06 02:20:35

Dear FM Crowd bloggers, I would like to present the new page and widget for your blogs to show Story Achievements. The point is in that I got feedbacks about Achievements widget and therefore decided to start its implementation. It was a difficult process because widget is too small to represent all your achievements in Football Manager. This is the reason why I decided to create a special page with the achievements and small widget in support to the page. Page Principle of simplicity was put [..] > read more

Guide To The MLS Is Up

Published on 2012-04-05 19:10:22

Hello readers, This is just a short post notifying you that my guide to the MLS is up. It is at the top of my blog, and I hope you will check it out. Also if you haven’t already, check how we got on in our pre – season in my last post. Thanks for reading and please check out the guide! > read more

August 2014 – Every Point Counts for Us at Crewe

Published on 2012-04-05 16:20:38

August would be an interesting month, a real test of ability and character in my side. Those of you who read my last post will know that our opening fixture saw us travel to Bramell Lane to face Sheffield Utd. I can safely say I am happy with this month’s results… Somehow, we remain unbeaten in the Npower League 1. With 3 draws and a win, we also sit comfortably in the table. I didn’t expect this and some of the football I saw was great. What an opening game! We begin our Lea [..] > read more

3-4-3 Possession Discussion #2

Published on 2012-04-05 06:47:03

Previous Articles 3-4-3 Possession Discussion #1 —————————————- Note: All images can be enlarged by clicking on them. So, on we progress towards hopefully creating some insanely high passing and possession percentages. Remember that was the goal throughout this exercise, to create a tactic that could keep hold of the ball well, recycle possession efficiently and ‘pin’ the opposition deep within their own ha [..] > read more

AFC Wimbledon – April & May 2014

Published on 2012-04-05 05:41:59

Welcome back to my AFC Wimbledon blog. In the last post we had a decent month although seemed to struggle to string good performances together, if you missed that click the link below: AFC Wimbledon – March 2014 I have decided to put in the another month to this post just to show the last game of the season which comes in May. It could be a deciding factor if we end in the play-off places. This post will cover the following from the months April & May 2014: The Fixtures + Prediction The Res [..] > read more

Portland Timbers: Pre – Season 2012, And A Question

Published on 2012-04-05 03:25:27

Hello readers, Just to begin with I ask can you please stay with this post to the end as I have a question to ask your opinion on. But will leave that until the end. So as you can see by the title this post is going to be about my first pre – season in charge of the Portland Timbers. Tactics: The above screen shots are of the tactics I will use this season. For the control and standard strategy I am playing 3-4-3. But when using the counter strategy I will play 3-5-2. The reasons I ch [..] > read more

Colorado Rapids – Beyond Expectations

Published on 2012-04-05 00:28:01

Hello again!  In this post I’ll be covering roughly the first 1/4 to 1/3 of the MLS season.  I’m probably not going to be quite as detailed this post because it’s late, and I’m tired.  Also, the sooner I post, the sooner I can keep playing!  I apologize for not being very active on the site recently.  I’ve been out of town, and working a lot when I am home.  Anyway, let’s do this… MATCHES After overcoming a bit of a slow start, the Rapids really t [..] > read more

1st Season – Qatar SC Season Summary and Review

Published on 2012-04-04 22:06:43

Been playing quite a lot during these days due to addiction, where I’ve just finished my first season in Qatar SC. Just for your information that i didn’t state any overall objectives for my current story yet. So, i might stick with Qatar SC a little more longer. Ok, now let’s see how we’re doing in the first season. In my last post, i only shared the result until end of Oct 2011. Below are the remaining matchesresult for the season. The remaining matches As you can see [..] > read more

Pre-Season 2014/15 – Extended Leave… Just Why?

Published on 2012-04-04 16:33:52

Pre-Season 2014/15 would be an exciting one. This is the first time Crewe have been in League 1 for a few years and I am really excited about how we can do. My friendly games didn’t go well but as you can see from the title, extended leave had a huge part in this. With 9 out of ‘best 11′ needing extended leave, we were not a full strength for most of pre-season. (Until about the Lyon game). Here are the results: So yeah… we lost 5 friendlies, most of which to big teams b [..] > read more

The New Crewe – Post Season Review 2013/14

Published on 2012-04-04 11:28:31

This season saw Crewe get promoted through the play-off’s after 2 previous seasons of finishing one place above the drop zone. We performed above both the board’s and the media’s expectations. We achieved a new club high since the save began, of reaching the 4th Round of the FA Cup too. All in all a very successful season. This post will cover many things including the best players, finances and more. Let’s begin with job offers. The end of the season is often a time for [..] > read more

Keeping 12th Place Alive

Published on 2012-04-04 09:18:48

Hello FM Crowders! Havent posted in about 2 weeks now. The suns been out in Wales and my FM time was taken over by my second sport. Golf. Im not that good, but enjoy a good round . Anyway, lets crack on! Quite a busy December and January as you would expect. Not the greatest of form, but we’ve had some tough games to play. Reading: We started off to what i thought was going to be a easy win as Reading were in the relegation zone. It wasnt that easy. Reading gave us a good game and the ma [..] > read more

Crewe Alexandra – Promotion or No Promotion… That is the Question.

Published on 2012-04-04 08:29:01

After a successful season we finished 5th, in the play-off’s. In my last post, you saw that we had to face Torquay in the semi-finals. We were away first then we had the home leg. Let’s see how we did. So we got a 0-0 draw against Torquay in the away leg of the play-off semi final. From the picture you can see that Torquay were all over us as we had just 38% possession and only 2 shots. I was happy with a goal-less draw here. We won! We took Torquay to the home leg and we beat them [..] > read more

We will survive!

Published on 2012-04-04 07:43:35

Day 9 @ Portuguese Premiership – Penafiel vs Sporting At first, I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinkin’ I was facing Sporting’s side! Sporting is known for being one of the top three teams in Portugal but strangely enough they’re underperfoming in FM2012. This season they are placed 9th in league table and the BOD’s are getting tired off Domingos Paciência’s results so they’ve warned him a bad result against my side shall have consequences. They pl [..] > read more

May 2014 – Crewe Ending the Regular Season

Published on 2012-04-04 06:56:27

We only had 2 games left of the regular season, away at Barnet and at home to Stevenage. Here’s how we did… So we somehow lost to Barnet but managed a win against Stevenage. I was unhappy to lose to Barnet as it meant that any slim chance of us getting into the automatic spot was taken away, but play-off’s is still really good. We were not the better team here and Barnet could have won by more. Mark McChrystal headed Barnet into a 10th minute lead. We only had 1 shot on targe [..] > read more

A note on the new layout

Published on 2012-04-03 22:03:49

It seems that the new layout of the blog has caused some formatting issues on older posts. I apologize for this, but I’m afraid I don’t have time to go through all of my posts, correcting these formatting problems. I will ensure that these problems do not carry over into any new posts I make. Again, I apologize for the problem. > read more

January 2012 Review, Squad Analysis & Transfers – Ego’s, Experience & Preston North End.

Published on 2012-04-03 19:46:36

Fixtures Its gonna’ be a really big start to the year for Charlton as we face some really tough games in January. We start off away at 4th placed Hartlepool, in what will be a really tough game to start the year with. We then go away to Carlisle in the FA Cup 3rd Round, which we should be winning, before going to play-off hopefuls Wycombe in the league. We then have our first home game of the year against relegation favourites Chesterfield, before facing Brentford in the first leg of our [..] > read more

April 2014 – Crewe Marching Up the Table

Published on 2012-04-03 19:32:22

April is a time for ‘fools’ but my players were not fooling around this month. We played like never before and this has to be the best run of play I have seen this season. So with 4 wins out of 4, we kept on track to get into the play-off’s. We kept 3 clean sheets as well, only conceding 1 and scoring 9 this month. This has to be one of the best performances from my youthful Crewe side. In fact, last time we played this well was our 6-2 victory over Stevenage. Loanee midfield [..] > read more

Pre-Season: Staff, Friendlies, and a Transfer or Two

Published on 2012-04-03 17:25:16

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March 2014 – Crewe’s Gradual Climb

Published on 2012-04-03 17:23:15

So we enter then month of March at the bottom of the play-off’s. This month is physically demanding but the teams we face are not too hard. So we got 2 wins, 3 draws and a loss. Not a great month but at least we only lost 1. The game we did lose was to Burton, a team we really should have beaten. So it was an even game against Burton and again, we should have beaten them. Justin Richards gave Burton the lead with a tap-in on the stroke of half-time. We had many chances but wasted them. B [..] > read more

Welcome To Portland:

Published on 2012-04-03 10:50:18

Hello readers, Firstly I would just like to welcome you to my new blog here at FM Crowd. Im Zuil and I am a huge Football Manager fan, even though I have only been playing the game for a few years. I also love to watch and play football as well. So now I’ve cleared that up lets get onto the game. I am managing the Portland Timbers in the MLS We are located on the west coast of America in the state of Oregon. I have loaded the game with eight countries. Including Mexico as I want more co [..] > read more

Day 8: Penafiel vs Rebordosa – Easy from Faith No More

Published on 2012-04-03 07:54:58

Rebordosa, a non-league championship team, was our first opponent in the Portuguese Cup. We are playing at home but I decided not to rest first team players as they had 14 days without competition and the next game is against Sporting. They will rest between Sporting and Fc Porto’s games when we’ll visit Sp. Covilhã (2nd League team) for the League Cup. Fortunately the team made this game very easy for us and that’s why I chose FNM’s song Easy to illustrate the game. Ma [..] > read more

The New Crew… at Crewe

Published on 2012-04-03 07:52:28

So one of the most exciting days for me with Crewe, the new intake of youth. I would like to emulate Gradi’s way of controlling Crewe. Invest in youth, and sell on. So for a new batch of young starlets to come through is great, let’s hope there are some really talented players to come through. So, there are a few talented youngsters in here. I will go through the best of them, describing their potential. Joe Lee: Joe Lee is a CM from Manchester. He is good and could develop to be a [..] > read more

AFC Wimbledon–March 2014

Published on 2012-04-03 06:56:30

Welcome back to my AFC Wimbledon blog. In my last post we experienced a strange month, it seemed poor but we only lost one. We seem to lack the fluid play we previously had, if you missed that post just click the link below: AFC Wimbledon – February 2014 This post will cover the following from the month March 2014: The Fixtures + Prediction The Results with match analysis from each game Round-up on March The League One Table The Player Ratings > read more

1st Season – Qatar SC Pre-season Transfers & Up-to-date Result

Published on 2012-04-03 06:07:19

As mentioned in my last post, i’ve just started my new story with Qatar SC in Q-league. If i not mistaken, this is my first ever story in FM 2012. So let’s get into the business. Qatar Sport Club or more as Qatar SC  currently taking part in Qatari Stars League (Q-league) together with other 11 teams such as Al-Sadd who got Mamadou Niang, ex-Marseille as their ace striker and Umm-Sallal who got Mario Merchiot, ex-Chelsea defender as their captain. So, it is quite a interesting lea [..] > read more

Messi and Manchester City

Published on 2012-03-27 23:34:24

It was an unpleasant surprize for me to see Man City signing Messi, the best footballer of the world. They have the strongest squad in the game now. How can I beat them now??? > read more

An Introduction

Published on 2012-03-27 19:48:28

A little bit of backstory. This blog is centered around the Athletic Club of St. Louis (known as AC St. Louis, ACSTL, or the Saints). In real life ACSTL was established in 2010 by Jeff Cooper as one third of a larger St. Louis soccer system. The ultimate goal was a MLS club, but thanks in part of rising expansion fees, Cooper settled on a second division side. To cover costs, Cooper sold a majority of ACSTL to Heemal and Sanjeev Vaid. The club was originally supposed to be one of the founding me [..] > read more

A New Beginning

Published on 2012-03-27 17:11:39

Hello! Welcome to my blog about my Pompy story on FM12. I am going to be using the January patch so the club starts in a financial crisis in administration, with a 10 point deduction in the Championship. The first blog post will follow soon. Thanks for reading and i hope you enjoy the story of Portsmouth FC. > read more

August 2011 Review – No James Brown, I don’t feel good.

Published on 2012-03-27 15:09:58

Fixtures It could be a good start to the season for Charlton as we face reasonably mediocre sides in August. We start off at home to Hartlepool which we should win, before travelling to Wales to face Cardiff City in the League Cup 1st Round – a tricky game, it’ll be amazing if we win. Next we go to Stevenage which could be quite tricky, before facing relegation-favourites Wycombe Wanderers at home. We finish off the month away at Chesterfield, which I hope we will win against the ne [..] > read more

APOEL: Sometimes you forget there’s a league on…

Published on 2012-03-27 14:16:09

Having faced Anorthosi and Omonoia already in the league, as well as focussing on our Champion’s League debut, the league in Cyprus seems to be the last thing on everyone’s mind, as the results below show: Apart from a slight scare at Alki, I’m struggling to see us dropping points in the league this season so far, there is such a vast difference in quality between a team like APOEL and the also-rans at the middle and bottom of the table. We began the month with a fantastic win [..] > read more

Manchester welcome’s a new star.

Published on 2012-03-27 13:57:26

Manchester City was my destination, after the south?ampton game crashed. That was annoying as i had a quality strikeforce that would destroy the championship (ancihebe, Lambert, Sharp among them). So, with the club set up i was given £61. 18 million on transfers and £3.1 million for wages. I hoped to sell a few players and then bring in a mixture of current and future talent, to make man city even better. TheMS99 > read more

Next blog to co-exist with the current one

Published on 2012-03-27 12:55:31

Right, I have made a decision I will continue the Northampton blog a few seasons longer, but I will also start a new new one and blog about them both. So I have created a four choice shortlist; Middlesbrough, my favourite team and arguably one of the best teams in the world. Tranmere, my second team and clearly the best in mersey-side. A bad top flight dutch team, I like Holland and a challenge. Then the very notable pentagon challenge, look it up if you don’t know about it…. Thank y [..] > read more

November 2013 Report

Published on 2012-03-27 12:53:31

Result continue One point from a possible twelve leaving us 21st in the table with just twelve points. A lot of talk is already circulating about relegations, but the lads are determined to get out of this rut. Due to our swift exit from the FA Cup, we qualified for the FA Trophy. We were predicted to win this match and I was hoping that in doing so it would boost the lads confidence. Half time we were 3 – 0 up but it all went to pot in the second half. On to December. Come on The Robins [..] > read more

Hoping for another great one…

Published on 2012-03-27 12:36:20

With last month being such a great success I was confidant that we could end the year in great form. With Bartley game being stepped up of late, Caulker managed to pick up his this game getting us a good, but late start. Niang picked up a dink but will be back for Manchester City’s game. The game started great with Belfodil showing his credit-ability as a great back ups before Aurier ruined a great start with an own goal. Coutinho had a stunning performance netting 2 goals. This is ho [..] > read more

Pre-Season Review+Transfers – The Charlton bus is on the move.

Published on 2012-03-27 12:25:35

Pre-Season Friendlies It was quite a mixed pre-season for Charlton but it ended in fantastic style as Charlton beat Manchester United & Austrian powerhouse Red Bull Salzburg. I was happy with the 1-1 draw with Birmingham City as hopefully we will be facing next season in the Championship, but I was a little disappointed at the 3-0 defeat to Villa. The 3-0 win over Welling was routine, but we put in a shocking performance against Chelsea, losing 5-0. We completely dominated Salzburg though, and [..] > read more

Leaving Carling Cup on the early stage

Published on 2012-03-14 00:33:53

Bad draw, strong opponent, poor goal chances realization – the reasons why QPR failed Carling Cup this season. > read more

Who’d Want To Be A Manager??

Published on 2012-03-13 18:41:47

A few eye opening games here. I know which ones your all looking at. West Ham: We started off with a tough home tie to improving West Ham. The first incedent of the game came just 3 minutes from kick off. West Ham’s fullback Guy Demel was sent off for a reckless challenge. This gave us a confident boost, and with our form on a high, i was pretty confident of taking all 3 points. It took us a little while to get our first goal. Robert Earnshaw yet again on the score sheet slipping one past [..] > read more

Dinamo Moscow in October 2012 – Constant Progression

Published on 2012-03-13 17:20:57

So we reach October on the summit of the table. During this month, we faced 2 Champions League games as well as 4 league matches. I am pleased to say we didn’t lose in the Champions League, which I was really happy with considering it was against Lyon and Basel, however our unbeaten league run is over, due to CSKA. So I was pleased overall with the team’s performance over the course of the month. So our first home game in the Champions League and we welcomed Basel. Due to the natur [..] > read more

Dinamo Moscow in September 2012

Published on 2012-03-13 15:23:57

So September would be a month featuring 6 league games and 1 Champions League game. I am quite surprised at how well we have done. We remain unbeaten in the league and only lost 1-0 to Sevilla away in the Champions League Group D. So both tough league games, Anji and Rubin resulted in draws. I was happy with those as they were both away which means they are harder to beat. So a 1-1 draw against Anji was a good point to gain. Just before the half-hour mark, Lakhiyalov gave Anji the lead with a [..] > read more

September 2013 Review – Its time to get back on track.

Published on 2012-03-13 15:18:01

Fixtures A mixed month of fixtures in September for Newcastle. We start off at home to Barnsley, which we should win, before two very tricky away games. First up is Leeds away, before facing promotion-pushing Huddersfield away. We then face PL side Leicester City, but I never seem to beat them so I wouldn’t be too surprised if we lose. And our final game of the month is at home to Millwall, another game we should win. My predictions are; W D L L W Results Newcastle deserved the win but y [..] > read more

my prdictions for rest of season (league wise)

Published on 2012-03-13 15:02:20

Our chances of making an impression on the league look minor this season. with 15 games to play we lie 15th in the table. our remaining games are: February: Bolton Home, Swansea Away and Fulham Home. Predictions DDD March: Norwich Away, Liverpool home, Man. utd away, chelsea home and arsenal away. Predicitons: WDLLL April: Aston Villa home, Blackburn home, Newcastle away, Stoke away and Wigan Away. Predictions: LDDDW May: everton Home and Man. City Away. Predictions LL So, that is a predicted 13 [..] > read more

exciting draw and transfers

Published on 2012-03-13 14:51:10

well our final game of the month was a some what positve game. many chances where forced by both sides and in the end sessegnon and O’hara each scored for a brilliant 1-1 draw against sunderland. this meant january ended DWLLWD rather than the predicted WWLDLD. anyway on to the transfers IN: first confirmed transfer was the 20k transfer of player/ Coach Nick Barmby from Hull. he was soon joined by free agents Jason Koumas (ex wigan and west brom player) and David Carney (can play anywhere [..] > read more

APOEL: A new era

Published on 2012-03-13 10:14:51

Surprised no-one has tried this yet. I have now downloaded the Cypriot league in an attempt to take APOEL Nicosia to Champion’s League glory, their story of success has really inspired me this season but I doubt I will be able to do the same thing from the start here, however, I can promise I will give it my best go! Season Objectives: Win the Cypriot League. whilst this sonds easy on the back of their season so far in real life, Omonoia and Anorthosi both provide big threats, although by [..] > read more

Hello world!

Published on 2012-03-13 09:41:13

Hi there! In this blog you can follow my quest to give my hometown football club (FC Penafiel) their much deserved (imho) spotlight among portuguese and, why not, european clubs. I’m almost finishing my first season in 2nd Division and, with 2 games left to play, I’m currently in 4th, 3 points behind 1st place and 1 point behind 2nd. It’s going to be 2 hard games but in the end I expect to be one of the two promoted teams. I’m planning to make a season round up later this [..] > read more

Any ideas?

Published on 2012-03-13 03:54:15

Doumbia doesnt want to enter contract talks Rondon doesnt want to enter contract talks Wanted to re-unite Negredo & Soldado – both not interested Vela went to Juventus… Van Wolfswinkel not interested Balotelli chose OM over us Going to college now… does anybody have any ideas for strikers for when I’m back? Cheers > read more

Five-star debut in the Champions League

Published on 2012-03-13 00:46:39

This is how Queens Park Rangers made a debut in the Champions League. We got into an interesting group with Bayern Munich, Ajax, and Rapid Wien. It was pleasant to play the first match against a much weaker opponent. It allowed to gain some confidence in the tournament which is absolutely new for the Rs. > read more

Coventry: September 2011 – (my 1st using live writer!)

Published on 2012-03-12 21:47:01

� 2 Wins, 1 Draw, 1 Loss Verdict: Decent Month Gutting loss to Forest � A result that got away from us in my opinion. I can only reason it really with the sending off and the amount of players we had either injured or returning from injury. With 2 CCC’s and 9 half chances we really should have scored at least once, but Forest did trump us in the final 3rd, completing 90% of their passes in attack, whereas we only completed 77%. Hopefully I won’t be looking at these types of matches to [..] > read more

May, could we get fourth place? – 2012/2013

Published on 2012-03-12 19:16:51

I had three tough games to finish off the season, away at Bolton, home against Chelsea then away against Villa. I wanted to win the Bolton & Villa games at least. Beating Chelsea would also put me on course to reclaiming our 4th place position – which they are currently occupying. Long story short, we had a very good win against Bolton. The performance wasn’t great, but the scoreline was somewhat pleasing. I was happy that we were scoring. 4th placed Chelsea had drew 1-1 against Stok [..] > read more

April and the Bernabeu… bloody hell! – 2012/2013

Published on 2012-03-12 17:18:31

April was going to be a very difficult month. We had games versus Liverpool, Man City & Arsenal. Our first was against Liverpool at Anfield – which is always a difficult place to go to. We started the game and played terrible, we were unlucky to concede due to a great typical Steven Gerrard goal from outside the box. I decided to switch from a 4-2-3-1 to a 4-4-2 in the second half, and despite the fact that we looked better after the changes were made, the defence let a silly through ball [..] > read more

Dinamo Moscow in August 2012

Published on 2012-03-12 15:12:06

So August would be a tough month physically for my players as there were a lot of games. In my last post, I showed you the Champions League games so they will not be covered, just the other fixtures of the month plus transfers. Lets start with those all important transfers. I sold just 2 players in August, reaching a combined fee of £6m. Vladimir Rykov was upset about the lack of game time he recieved and wanted to leave, so off he went to Turkish side Genclerbirligi for £1m. He was valued at [..] > read more

VAUXHALL MOTORS September 2011 Update

Published on 2012-03-12 14:23:53

The transfer window and the new season is upon me, and what a start I’ve had. Despite having no transfer budget I managed to sign two, one season loans on strikers to avoid the cost of wages. Needless to say they have been in magnificent form. CRAIG HOBSON SAHR KABBA Not to shabby. Apart from these loan players I only secured the contracts of players in the team. The league has been going well with us placed in the top half after only a few games, including a memorable 5 – 0 win over Glouc [..] > read more

league capitulation!!!

Published on 2012-03-12 12:02:23

it was a very dissapointing month even with the good performance. Adraw at home to Q.p.R summed up our month. their bottom without a win and just 5 points. this was followed by a 3-2 win over Barnsley and a meltdown 5-1 loss to tottenham. an unfortunate black derby loss to west brom was undeserved. howver we held our own against arsenal and won 1-0 to book a place against man city in 5ht round of The FA cup.  in the next post we will have Sunderland away and all the January signings. Hopefully [..] > read more

Dipping My Toes Into European Waters

Published on 2012-03-12 11:51:42

So Champions League football had arrived for Dinamo Moscow! I am really excited to play in the Champions League and lets hope it lasts long. So before I can even get into a group, I need to pass 2 qualifying rounds. This post will cover those rounds and my group, providing I get through. So lets begin with the first qualifying round, against Sporting (POR): So a tight game against Sporting (POR) at home. We edge out 3-2 winners. Radzionau gave us the 1-0 lead with a well placed finish. Fernande [..] > read more

A good start.

Published on 2012-03-12 11:12:00

So after a successful pre-season we were given an easy looking opening month, Swansea and West Brom at home and Bolton away. We then got a tricky draw away from home in the league cup against Brighton and I set about preparing my squad. First up was newly promoted Swansea at St James’ Park and I handed full debuts to Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse, Yohan Cabaye, Sylvain Marveaux and Davide Santon while Hernan Crespo and Gabriel Obertan were on the bench. We started strongly with Ba and Cisse going cl [..] > read more

Hello again

Published on 2012-03-12 09:57:47

Well, it’s been a while but here I am, back again thanks to celticman. Nostalgia made me return to check out his blog, and since then I’ve become more and more hooked on FMCrowd again, so I’ve decided to start writing again. For those of you who don’t know me, I blogged on here a lot last FM, FM11 and have so far been carrying out a Montrose save on FM12. Well, that ended with my resignation as we sat bottom of the table, but I holidayed on and since then Montrose have be [..] > read more

Blog of the day! Thanks FM Crowd! Minor site redesign

Published on 2012-03-12 02:04:06

Today (Monday 12th March) I won my thirteenth Blog of the Day Award! Blog Of The Day 13 - My Blog And Toolbar I notice I also have the 4th most active blog and the 4th Top Blog so thank you all for reading and voting Blog Of The Day 13 - FM Crowd Page And Toolbar Thank you very much!  Here are the articles that did it; September 2013: Consistently inconsistent Why am I so inconsistent this season? Site redesign I’ve also moved around a few widgets on my blog to highlight certain thing [..] > read more

Two first matches in the new season

Published on 2012-03-12 00:55:56

Two first fixtures for QPR prepared away match against Aston Villa and home match versus Manchester City. We were unlucky in the first game and lucky in the second one beating EPL title owners on counter-attacks. I want to give a special praise to Vukojevic, Rodriguez, and Fierro who arranged two goals! > read more

NEW CAREER – VAUXHALL MOTORS (2011/2012)

Published on 2012-03-11 18:38:48

Hello! Haven’t been on here in a while and decided I might try another blog, so here goes. Vauxhall Motors are a pretty appalling team which play in my local area. They play in the Blue Square Bet North and are predicted to finish last. They have no transfer budget and a wage budget of £600 a week, £490 of which is already being used, £325� of which is mine. Having looked at the rest of the division they also look pretty poor so I have opted for a mid-table finish. See you at the star [..] > read more

January Transfers Overview – 2012/2013

Published on 2012-03-11 17:56:35

In January, we had a handful of players join the squad and leave us. I’ll begin with the players who joined us. As you know, I was after a striker but never actually got my hands on anybody decent due to work permits and so forth. The first big £9Million signing made was Kyle Walker from Tottenham Hotspur. He’s a superb right back, and even though Stearman was doing a good job at right back, I like to play with 2 wing backs in my current formation, so Walker was a superb signing. Ve [..] > read more

A dodgy month, but Ajax get smashed! – 2012/2013

Published on 2012-03-11 17:24:07

Our first game of November was against Martin Jol’s Newcastle in the FA Cup 4th Round. We have already been knocked out of the Carling Cup, so I wanted to do well in the FA Cup. We were at home, so I wanted to make it count as I really couldn’t be bothered travelling up to Tyneside on a cold weekday night for a replay. Unfortunately – my wishes did not come true. We were far better than Newcastle, however as usual we couldn’t finish… If we had a decent finisher this [..] > read more

Mid december update – 22/23

Published on 2012-03-11 15:40:40

This is a bit of a weird month to be posting about as I normally do a january one. We have two players arranged to leave, as I look to make a british squad. League form is getting worse and we are underachieving, however we are doing extremley well in europe.I won’t me writing as I as mentioned last post I am busy. League Table Fixtures Champions League Group First team performance planned Transfers Two are leaving; Camille Lemoine – Olympique Lyonnais, £6.75M Thomas Jaaskela & [..] > read more

August 2013 Review+Transfers – Am I feeling good?

Published on 2012-03-11 15:12:57

Fixtures Newcastle United start off with 7 games in the space of 3 weeks in what will be a physically demanding month. We start off on the opening day away at Burnley which could be a tricky test, before a much, much easier game at home to Macclesfield in the League Cup, what we should be winning. We then face Bristol City at home before going to Molineux in what looks like it will be an excellent game as 3 of my summer signings return to their former club. We then face Coventry at home before [..] > read more

im angry…..

Published on 2012-03-11 14:34:03

portsmouth beat west ham 2-1 on aggregate in the league cup semi final. that would of been us in the final but no. cause our team lost 4-1 to portsmouth. but anyway league cup final is city vs portsmouth. Good luck portsmouth > read more

New Website Content – You Decide

Published on 2012-03-11 14:04:41

The Football Manager Tactical Newspaper has a few categories including site news, FM stories, hints and tips, downloads and tactical analysis, but would you like to see more varied content? New content. As I enjoy analysing tactics, both real life and virtual within the game, I have a few ideas that I’d appreciate feedback on. Would you, as the reader base, like to send your tactics to me and get them analysed? I would then do a complete analysis write up of the various features held with [..] > read more

an ok january.

Published on 2012-03-11 13:35:54

predictions for january are WWLD(L)D we have Q.P.R at home, barnsley and totenham away, west brom at home, our fa cup 4th round opponents (kind of saying who won against barnsley), and finally sunderland away. this (if predictions are correct) would mean an impressive 8 points from 12. But will we manage to get the results we need? TheMS99 > read more

April 2013 Review – Will the fat lady be singing?

Published on 2012-03-10 20:06:39

Fixtures A very similar month to the last one, Stoke start off with two tricky games & then play two big games. We start off away at West Ham before facing Europa League hopefuls Sunderland in what will be a test. We then face two relegation candidates in Leicester City which we face away, before facing Wolves at home. My predictions are; L L L W If my predictions are correct, we will be relegated by the end of April. Results Stoke claimed a massive 3 points in an unexpected win at Upton Park [..] > read more

Dinamo Moscow Turning Into the New Year

Published on 2012-03-10 19:39:59

Hello FMCrowd, So we have now entered 2012 and we began playing in March, where we left off in December. We had a good chance to win the title then, but after a shabby month… our title chances are looking slimmer and we are now fighting for 2nd place. We got 2 league wins, 2 league draws and 2 league defeats, as well as a semi-final place in the Russian Cup where we face CSKA. So a 1-1 draw against Anji, a team we beat 1-0 in the latter stages of the regular season. Carcela gave Anji the [..] > read more

It’s the jolly season… was it jolly for us though? – 2012/2013

Published on 2012-03-10 19:23:32

Our first game of December was against Arsenal at home after two tough games against Liverpool & Manchester City in the league. Arsenal played well, but so did we. However at the end of the day I think I would be right in suggesting that a point a piece was most probably a fair result. It was Younes Belhanda who got on the scoreboard again for us… terrific player this season. He has been our main source of goals. However I really do require a prolific goal scorer in January… Our next [..] > read more

March 2013 Review – Crunch Time.

Published on 2012-03-10 18:38:48

Fixtures Stoke’s first two games start tricky but the crunch games are the final two. We start off away at Everton, a really tough game, before facing league leaders Liverpool at home – no doubt we’ll have a goal wrongly disallowed in that. Really can’t see us getting anything from that. We then go to Carrow Road to face doomed Norwich City in a must-win game, before facing Swansea City who sit just above us in the table – 6 points would be absolutely fantastic. My [..] > read more

Dinamo Moscow vs Tom Tomsk in December

Published on 2012-03-10 16:57:46

Hello FMCrowd, So only 1 game in December, and it was against Tom Tomsk. They finished bottom of the top half of the Russian Premier Divison.Therefore, this should be a good win. So we dominated the match but only ran out 1-0 winners. The only goal came in the 50th minute, as Radzionau taps in from 10 yards. So we don’t play until the start of March but here are the fixtures for when I get back into regular playing time. So a lot of fixtures in March where we continue our battle to get C [..] > read more

IM BACK!!!!!

Published on 2012-03-10 16:42:52

Hey Dudes And Dudettes, Its Dom and im back after nearly a year ! It will take some adjusting to the new blogs etc. but im excited. So yeah just saying im back and better than ever! Peace! > read more

The Best FM Crowd Stories

Published on 2012-03-10 16:34:54

Hey Guys, If anyone was wondering Im DomCorr11 from about 6 months ago. Anyways back to the topic, This is my list of the best stories i have EVER seen on FM Crowd. #10. Sibo’s Montrose Story #9. Karam’s Stories As A Whole #8. OzCavalier’s Stories #7. DJB’s stories #6. Thems99′s stories #5. Dan’s Newcastle story #4. AlanPang’s stories #3. KayneNixon’s Portugese story #2. FMCrazy’s stories #1. Sibo’s Adventures!!!! There u go guys what d [..] > read more

February 2013 Review – A birthday surprise?

Published on 2012-03-10 14:21:56

Fixtures This month looks on paper to be an extremely difficult month. We start off, on my birthday I should note, at home to Wigan in the FA Cup 4th Round, which we should win. We then have 3 extremely hard PL fixtures, which I can’t see us getting anything from. We first go to London to face both Tottenham and Fulham away, before welcoming another London side Chelsea to the Britannia Stadium. Like I said, tricky month. My predictions are; W L L L Results Stoke pulled off an appalling d [..] > read more

Scraping points in November… – 2012/2013

Published on 2012-03-10 12:52:35

We started off November on the back of a 0-0 draw in the Black Country derby at the Molineux against Roy Hodgson. To be fully honest, we should have really won that game as the statistics suggested. West Brom were lucky. We started by going to Craven Cottage, but unfortunately we lost. We were by far the better side – for gods sake they only had 1 shot on target and somehow managed to win 1-0! This match really sums up our season so far. Terrible finishing! Even when Dembele got sent off, [..] > read more

A steady October… – 2012/2013

Published on 2012-03-10 11:36:48

As the title says, this was a steady month. Our first match of the month was against CSKA Moscow in Russia. I would say their team is slightly better than ours, however considering the fact that I’m their manager, I would say that there is no reason why we can’t play it out for a draw and then get all 3 points at the Molineux. What I wanted to occur, happened. Both teams were very evenly matched. We lacked it a bit in the finishing department just as we have done throughout this seas [..] > read more

Pre-Season and transfers.

Published on 2012-03-09 20:12:00

� So pre-season is over and I have almost exhausted my transfer funds but I did grab a centre back and a striker. I also found a half decent 18 year old goal keeper in my youth squad but my main aim for pre-season was to build confidence and moral within my first team squad. Here are my results during pre-season; We started with a trip west to Brunton Park to face Carlisle United and I decide to showcase my new players. Demba Ba scored a hat-trick inside the first 15 minutes to get his Newcastl [..] > read more

Transfers, Matches And Loads of Injuries

Published on 2012-03-09 17:11:27

Transfers Out A few shocks here, I was not expecting a few of these players to be leaving, but all I felt were much needed in the end. Cranie, Eastwood, McDonald and Bell were all half decent players, but on high wages! Out of my 81k wage budget, Cranie and Eastwood took up 14k between them! Players In 11 players in! Very happy with the squad strengthening considering what I felt were pretty tight constraints at the start of the season. Here are the the positions I felt needed sorting out̷ [..] > read more

The start of the 2012/2013 season – bring it on!

Published on 2012-03-09 16:33:51

Truth be told – I am the type of person who plays around 4-5months into my games, and then starts writing. I want to attempt and get out of this habit, so apologies if it seems if I’m slightly rushing posts! I will skip straight to the transfers I made over the summer. A fairly impressive transfer budget for a team like Wolves to be fair – so hats off to the owners. I knew I had to spend it not only for the present – but for the future too. I spent a total of £20.5Millio [..] > read more

Its Been Cold In Cardiff!

Published on 2012-03-09 16:08:36

The bitter cold months of December & January are over and i have another update! A few interesting results! Hull: We continued Novembers form into the first game of December. A thumping 3-0 win over Hull with out two top goal scorers getting on the scoresheet. Nothing to much to talk about this game, a easy win where Don Cowie gave us a early start, from there on in we didnt look like losing the game. Reading: A big test for us against table toppers Reading. A test we failed. Reading were much [..] > read more

2011/2012 Player Analysis

Published on 2012-03-09 15:51:56

Our 2011/2012 was a brilliant season, one of the keys to our success was the fact that we scored a lot of goals! Our seasons top 5 goal scorers were as follows: Kevin Doyle – 22 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake – 21 Jamie O’Hara – 14 Steven Fletcher – 13 Stephen Hunt – 9 - - Our top 5 highest rated players were as follows: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake – 7.33 Kevin Doyle – 7.28 Steven Fletcher – 7.22 Matt Jarvis – 7.21 Jamie O’Hara/Sebastien Bassong [..] > read more

Bore Draw Month (with a league cup win)

Published on 2012-03-09 14:42:19

right, first of all if you didn’t read the last arsene wenger said bye bye. Ancelotti is now in charge at arsenal. other news Spain thrashed lichenstein 10-0 Villa and Navas with hat tricks and torres with four. On to the results: Sunderland 0-0, Bolton 0-0, Bolton (league cup) 1-1 (3-2 pen win ) and Swansea 0-0. Well done to my defenders 1 goal conceded in four games. but my strikers ARGH! After that league cup win we have been drawn against Crystal Palace, Hopefully that is a good pl [..] > read more

First things first!

Published on 2012-03-09 14:22:00

� So first up I am going to look at the current squad and I have to admit it is decent. �Defiantly not the strongest in the league but it is not as bad as it looks in the screenshots. Although I will need to strengthen the positions I have highlighted on the screenshot above. And they are not the greatest looking I can tell you. I do believe there is a lot of talent hidden away here and, with a couple of decent buys; it could push for a place in the top 6. Again I will need to improve my sides [..] > read more

Sorry, But Is My Game Kidding?

Published on 2012-03-09 13:45:49

well, for some reason Arsene Wenger has resigned at Arsenal in my game, welcome back Ancelotti to England as Carlo Ancelotti is the replacement at the Emirates. > read more

Newcastle United Unveil New Manager.

Published on 2012-03-09 13:00:00

� As you may have already guessed I have chosen to start from the beginning of the 2011/2012 season as Newcastle United manager. I made this choice for many reasons, my Q.P.R save file becoming corrupted being the most prominent of them, but I also sensed that the Q.P.R story had become stale. People were not really taking to the story and I was not enjoying writing it as much as I did at the start which is a shame as I thought I had done very well. So I decided to take over at St James’ Park [..] > read more

Thanks FMCrowd! Blog Of The Day

Published on 2012-03-09 12:03:52

I know this is a bit late but’ve been busy recently,three days ago i managed to win my first ever award on FMCrowd – Blog of the day I cannot thank you FM Bloggers who voted me enough! My Initial Analysis post won it. If you haven’t read it just click on the link below. Initial Analysis You can also find my other posts below; Starting With Pompey My Targets for Pompey Thanks again to those who voted for my blog and expect more posts very shortly! A Tactical Genius > read more

December 2012 Review – First month at Stoke City.

Published on 2012-03-08 17:11:38

Transfer I found out when I joined the club that Steven Pienaar would be joining in January (only about 10 days away) from Tottenham. He looks like he’s gonna’ be an excellent buy & will bring lots of flair to a very clunky team. Stoke’s Season so far… So far this season Stoke City have been appalling, having only picked up one win all season. They sit bottom of the league with just 7 points halfway through December, and sit 9 points behind 17th. Fixtures My first 3 game [..] > read more

lack of posts

Published on 2012-03-08 16:58:11

I have had a lot of tests and coursework recently, and I know I should have found more time to post, I haven’t even played alot. Can you forgive me? I will have one out by the weekend at the latest > read more

2011/2012 Tactical Analysis

Published on 2012-03-08 15:22:58

To summarise our 2011/2012 season – we finished 3rd in the Barclays Premier League. I was able to do this by spending £13.5Million and selling players for £5.25Million – so overall, it cost me £8.25Million to take the current Wolverhampton Wanderers side from relegation candidates to the Champions League. I could argue that it cost me less than £8.25Million, since the signings of Belhanda & Labyad were barely used as they spent 80% of their time either on loan, or playing with th [..] > read more

A New Patch, A New Beginning

Published on 2012-03-08 14:17:48

Firstly! After another lengthy absence I have returned! Secondly, New patch out, so i’m going to restart my football manager life with a new story! Coventry City… They’ve had a bad season, not the greatest squad, and a fairly decent sized debt! All factors which seem to attract my fairly crazy mind today! Club Background Not a great deal to shout about, bar the F.A Cup in 1987, their only major trophy! One of my main aims shall have to be ending the 24 year spell without a tr [..] > read more

August In Moscow

Published on 2012-03-08 13:27:33

Hello FMCrowd! This post covers the month of August and all I can say about it is that it was a good one. Here’s why… Despite losing to CSKA at home, we won the other 3 games. Not only that, we scored a lot of goals and every match was good. So a really good game against Amkar where we walk out 4-1 winners. Andrey Karyaka scored with a simple finish from 10 yards on 7 minutes. 10 minutes later, and it was 2-0. Andriy Voronin with a curling shot past the keeper. Yusupov fired one in [..] > read more

Champions League… here we come! Bring on Europe!

Published on 2012-03-08 12:43:55

Our first of our final two games in the Premier League was away against Fulham – this may come as a surprise to some of you, but we lost. Losing let Chelsea gain an extra three points towards 3rd place. Our final match of the 2011/2012 season was our Black Country Derby match versus West Brom. We lost the last time we played, so we needed to win – not just because it was a derby – but because if we did get all three points, it would have guaranteed 3rd place for us! Unfortunate [..] > read more

Welcome!

Published on 2012-03-08 12:25:22

Hey guys..I’m Kleviso. I joined FMcrowd because I LOVE PLAYING Football Manager 2012 ITS AN AWESOME GAME I know i haven’t said much but thanks for reading > read more

Quick Question…again!

Published on 2012-03-08 12:05:47

I’ve seen some people view Sky Sports best transfer of the season and flop of the season and so forth Where can I view this? Cheers! > read more

Unbeaten in April, bring on May!

Published on 2012-03-08 11:45:58

We started April by playing Manchester City at home. As expected – we were the weaker side and when you consider the strength of their squad including their brand new addition of Ganso, we would really have to pull something out of the bag! Fortunately for us, that bag wasn’t as deep as we thought and we most definately pulled something out – three points to be exact – thanks to a terrific first half brace from the one and only Kevin Doyle! Defensively we did rather well, [..] > read more

Ferguson v Bielsa

Published on 2012-03-08 11:40:21

I’ve never done an article like this before, but I thought I’d just let you know that the Man United v Athletic Bilbao game is on tonight and I personally can’t wait – I’ll definitely be watching! Why am I excited? Well, it’s a chance to see the eccentric football tactician that is Marcelo Bielsa. As I am a keen tactical analyser (for want of a better term), my fingers are crossed for an exciting match. Marcelo Bielsa had not managed a club side for over [..] > read more

Season 4 tournaments in QPR story

Published on 2012-03-08 00:32:10

Traditionally I am posting season totals to show you a full picture of my story. Manchester City was absolutely domination during the season 4 winning Champions League and the 3rd PL title in row! Champions League � Europa League � Premier League � FA Cup � Carling Cup � Spain � Italy � France � Germany � Holland � Portugal � Russia � Scotland � Ukraine > read more

January Transfers – 2011/2012

Published on 2012-03-07 17:43:56

I forgot to discuss these, even though you haven’t really missed out on much! It’s mainly worth mentionin’ that United offered Valencia to me for £6.5Mill. Usin’ my hagglin’ skills I learnt down Yorkshire, I managed to knock 500 grand off. The contract was eventually signed and we had the lad in. Unfortunately he would only accept with a £13Million release clause, which could come back to haunt me. The other signin’ in was Fabio from Manchester United. The o [..] > read more

August Review 2012+Transfers.

Published on 2012-03-07 17:38:03

Fixtures We have just the three fixtures in our first month of the season. We start off with a TV-broadcasted Home game against the Champions, Manchester United. A tough start gets even harder when we then have to go away at Stoke the week after, before finishing the month at home to Notts County in the League Cup 2nd Round. My predictions are; D L W So a point and a 3rd Round League Cup Spot. Results An excellent start for Blackburn as they grabbed a point at home to the Champions on the firs [..] > read more

A terrible, terrible March.

Published on 2012-03-07 17:33:02

As the title suggests, the month of March didn’t go as well as we would have liked it to. If you read the February post, you would know that we were at home in the league to Chelsea. We were the better side, but Fernando Torres had other ideas. How Fernando Torres has scored a goal is beyond me! Nah joke – to be fair, he is a decent player. Wouldn’t mind him in an orange shirt! Would’ve liked a point at least… that loss makes the gap between us and Chelsea in the le [..] > read more

February doesn’t go according to plan!

Published on 2012-03-07 17:05:45

We kicked off February against Tottenham away from home. Going to White Hart Lane is never an easy fixture, and our form hadn’t been at it’s best at the time, so it was a gamble. The good news was that Sylvan Ebanks-Blake managed a hattrick! The bad news was that we conceded 4. We lost 4-3. I decided to look on the bright side of things. A seven goal game… at least we’d be first on Match of the Day! That means I’d be able to go to bed early ‘n snuggle wi’ [..] > read more

A new year, same manager, same old thrashings.

Published on 2012-03-07 16:42:58

The first match of the new year was away at the Reebok Stadium. We were coming off a 3-2 loss in the Black Country Derby against our most bitter and hated rivals – West Brom; or as their manager would say – West Bwom. Owen Coyle’s side played well and kept us from stealing all three points, to be fair we didn’t play as well as we should ‘ave really done. Truth be told, we may end up regretting any points we drop at the end of the season. Time will tell. Our next gam [..] > read more

Pre-Season Review+Transfers 2012.

Published on 2012-03-07 13:42:35

Club Stature in England After our 8th place finish this season it was nice to see that the club’s stature had improved, and we are now the 11th biggest club in England! I hope to break into the top 10 next season. Premier League Season Review 2011/2012 I was absolutely delighted to see that Sky Sports News had made Gary Hooper signing of the season! Hooper was fantastic when he joined in January last year, and we have already had a bid for him this summer turned down, Fulham made a bid of [..] > read more

Transfers and beginning of season

Published on 2012-03-07 11:38:06

Right, lets start with transfers: ???First up 2 Loan signings in Gai Assulin (Man. City) and Iqnasi Miquel (Arsenal). These are young and have high potential to be quality. so, these where obvious signings. I also made a number of free transfers bringing in: Josh Wright, Vangelis Moras, Marco Materazzi, Timo Hildebrand and Sol Campbell. Marco with world cup winning italy 2006 Sol lifting the Premier League Title You can see why i wanted these two defenders for wolves. Finally, we brought in fo [..] > read more

A slight problem

Published on 2012-03-07 07:25:23

Hey , I was about to post my next update at the end of january in my Swansea game but when i came to load it up , it is saying the save game cannot be loaded , so i have had to go back to around about the time of my last post and get there again so will try and post this update by the end of the wee. and while your waiting have a look at my older posts Cheers N-LTM > read more

Quick question!

Published on 2012-03-07 05:14:38

Just a quick question. I have got my hands on a superb Brazillian scout who is very well informed in Brazil & Argentina. Some of the lads he has found are insane, however since I am Wolves I can’t get work permits for them. I have spoken to my board about a feeder club, but received nothing in return. I do know that the club have two affiliates, would they count as existing feeder clubs? If so, how can I sign players with no work permit yet send them to a feeder club until they are eligi [..] > read more

Colorado – An Extremely in-depth Tactical look at my First Game (Very Long, and Detailed)

Published on 2012-03-07 01:15:07

Hello again!  I’m pleased to announce that the MLS regular season is underway!  In my first match, the Colorado Rapids met up against Real Salt Lake, our “fierce” rivals.  Before I jump into the game, let’s get the last little bit of transfer news out of the way. Transfers In: As I mentioned in my last post, I was trying to decide on a left winger to purchase. Jonathan Alvarez was my final decision, and the young Colombian will share time on the left wing while he get [..] > read more

Start of the season, first 7 matches

Published on 2012-03-06 16:54:58

First matches in EPL I played few friendlies with some low quality clubs, to gain a bit of match sharpness, I drew few and won few, tested most of my players and tactics. And then season begun… I must admit after playing 7 league games and few cup matches I’m in slight shock. Let me explain WHY bit by bit. My schedule were nothing taxing, but still a tricky business for newly aquired team with rather inexperienced manager (started with Sunday league experience, players have some issu [..] > read more

The start of my Newcastle Dream…

Published on 2012-03-06 14:39:03

This is my first post to this new blog of mine. I have recently started a new save as my local team Newcastle United. As they are my local team i sort of know the team and what they needed me to do to get them good. Here are my signings in the first transfer market. My new number 9: Alberto Paloschi A young CB to work on over time: Rafael Toloi I had a good pre-season, winning 6 of the 8 games i played. the games were as follows: Comments welcome on how Bad/Good this is… Thanks Peter > read more

The Black Country Derby doesn’t go to plan…

Published on 2012-03-06 13:45:05

We started off the jolly season with a match at the Emirates. The odds were all down against us losing. We had done well against the ‘weaker’ big sides – we had beat Chelsea and won at Anfield. We got thrashed by Manchester United and City though. The Arsenal game will be undoubtedly an interesting factor. We fought well and definately proved our critics wrong as our terrific great form streak continued. We drew 1-1. Arsenal were definately the better side – as you would [..] > read more

First Season with Pompey – Initial Analysis!

Published on 2012-03-06 13:01:40

Having discussed my targets and my ambitions in my last post, i believe its time for evaluate Pompey starting with my expectations. Expectations Once i loaded all the leagues up and selected Portsmouth, i got presented with a few messages one of them been my expectations.. I selected a Mid Table Finish as at the moment i dont believe my squad is good enough for promotion or either a play off place so mid table finish is probably a good selection. As the season progresses i can change my expecta [..] > read more

Thrashed again, but I won’t complain.

Published on 2012-03-06 12:52:46

November was an interestin’ month. We had Everton at home to deal with first. David Moyes’s Everton isn’t a very good squad, however it always manages to finish somewhere mid table as opposed to gettin’ itself in a relegation scrap. Unfortunately for them, we had something else in mind. A goal from Ebanks-Blake, Jamie O’Hara & a surprise goal from Sebastien Bassong helped us win the game four goals to one. Jan Mucha – Evertons goalkeeper – helped us alon [..] > read more

Greetings from my hospital bed.

Published on 2012-03-06 06:40:24

I am currently writing to you from my hospital bed via there touchscreen internetTV thingy. To confurm we didn’t get the Europa League spot, Fulham won the FA Cup and the fair-play spaces didn’t go to England. But, for some reason Arsenal who finished 6th and Wolves who finished 7th didn’t get a Europa League spot, although Swansea & Fulham who won the League Cup & FA Cup respectively did. Can anyone clarify me on this. When I get home I will update you on the outgoings of Yaku [..] > read more

End of Jan 2014 – Finally, some progress is made !!!!

Published on 2012-03-06 05:20:57

Hello to another post regarding my adventures as Wigan manager. During this period, I believe we have been playing exceptionally well. As you can see underneath, we currently occupy 7th spot. We are currently 7th due to goal difference and have a game in hand so I am felling confident we can make a push for European football next season. I feel that a Champions League place might be out of reach but Europa League is definitely achievable and also a must. Looking at the matches we played, we pl [..] > read more

Team review…

Published on 2012-03-06 03:42:45

Fans’ Player of the Year! With the team going unbeaten in the league last season and Lovren being a big part of this on the defensive end and even on the offensive end with 10 goals in all competitions, I wasn’t too surprised to see the vice-captain as the fan’s choice. All I can hope for now is that he continues this great performance alone with former Due to this performance he has attracted interest from teams such as Lyon, PSV, & Chelsea. Transfer News… Bernd Len [..] > read more

Another decent month, no luck at Ewood though.

Published on 2012-03-06 02:45:54

The jolly month of October kicked off with a match against Wigan. We went into the game knowin’ that the media considered this as an important game as far as the relegation candidates were concerned. Not quite sure why everybody thinks we’re relegation candidates to be honest, anyways nevertheless we thrashed ‘em 4-1. Two goals from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, a goal from Jamie O’Hara and a surprise goal from right back Richard Stearman got us all three points. Terrific game and [..] > read more

Transfer Deadline Day – September 2011

Published on 2012-03-06 02:01:14

‘been a reyt busy transfer window this has to be fair. We only ‘ad £8Million to spend, so I wasn’t expectin’ wonders. Nor were the fans as a matter of fact. Anyways, I’ll start off with who I’ve brought in. The first acquisition was this lad – Younes Belhanda – from Montpellier Herault SC. He looks like a great prospect for the future. He did take a rather large chunk from the budget at £4.5Million, but it’s a risk I’m willin’ t [..] > read more

A decent month, but robbed by the R’s.

Published on 2012-03-05 16:53:25

To kick off the month of September, it’s worth mentionin’ that Steven Fletcher is out injured for another month or two which means I ‘ave to play with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake up front. It was either him, or our Greek Jesus-lookalike friend. I decided to take a gamble on our Jamaican python to see what he ‘ad up his sleeve. With regards to what he did ‘av up his sleeve, by gum did he have a lot of it. You’ll see what I’m talkin’ about down below. Our ne [..] > read more

April 2012 Review – Will we get 7th?

Published on 2012-03-05 16:22:52

Fixtures The final month in Blackburn’s season is a nailbiting one. We start off away at 2nd placed Spurs, which I’ll be surprised if we get anything from. Then we’re at home to West Brom who’s challenge for 7th is all but gone, before facing Wolves in the FA Cup Semi-Final at Wembley – a really, REALLY big game. Away at relegation-favourites Newcastle is our final away game of the season, before finishing with another massive game, Wolves at home. Massive month fo [..] > read more

Pre-Season and New Signings with Huddersfield!

Published on 2012-03-05 16:13:25

Hello Readers! I bring you the next instalment to my Huddersfield Town career and it was a hectic pre-season with buying and selling players as well as all of the championship teams I faced in the friendlies! Let first of all kick off with the friendlies that Huddersfield played, they weren’t the best results but they were against Championship sides. I am pleased that they were able to get a few wins and I was pleased about the draw against Reading because they are a strong team. Although [..] > read more

‘ere we go again!

Published on 2012-03-05 15:36:56

We kicked off the season against another set of relegation candidates. It was me – the Irishman from Barnsley – up against Owen Coyle – the Irishman from Scotland. The game started on the dodgy side. Kevin Doyle ‘ad managed to break the dead lock by scorin’ in the fifth minute. However bloomin’ Kevin Davies replied five minutes later to even the scoreline. We did eventually win the game four goals to one. Not a big deal, all in a days work over ‘ere at t [..] > read more

March 2012 Review.

Published on 2012-03-05 14:08:56

Fixtures This month is vital towards our final position in the league, facing a relegation favourite, a league winner favourite and 3 mid-table sides, as well as an FA Cup Quarter Final. We start off at home to Wigan which should be a straight forward victory, before going to the Etihad for a very tough game. We then are away in the FA Cup to Forest which we need to win before facing Bolton away and Fulham & Everton at home. My predictions are; W L W L W W I can see us getting 9 points from our [..] > read more

Squad Outlook and Season Targets with Huddersfield Town!

Published on 2012-03-05 13:19:00

Hello Readers! I am very pleased to welcome you to the first instalment of my Huddersfield Town career, this post will show you the outlook on the squad Huddersfield currently have and what my season targets are for my team. First off it is time to show you the squad I am working with for this season and where I think an area in the team needs improving. Goalkeepers As you can see from this the goalkeepers are adequate enough for this league, I am very impressed with Alex Smithies because he [..] > read more

My squad and new players

Published on 2012-03-05 11:13:15

After Decided to play with FC Sochaux Montbé, i concluded that my squad needed a striker and an midfielder. My squad: Dear Readers, After searching i found two player who could bring something more to my squad: Mahamadou Diarra & Ahmed Soukouna > read more

Fresh Start.. New Career with Huddersfield Town!

Published on 2012-03-05 10:27:09

Hello Readers! As you may have noticed I recently started a new career with Darlington FC but I have decided to stop that because I am not feeling it and don’t really like non-league football. It took me a couple of hours to decide who I will be now and I have decided I will be Huddersfield Town due to the fact they have been very unlucky in the past of promotion. The most recent one the 3-0 loss in the play off final to my amazing Peterborough United! Putting that aside I would like to g [..] > read more

July with Dinamo Moscow

Published on 2012-03-05 10:16:15

Hello everyone! So July was a mixed month, with 2 games we had to win and 2 we could win but would be tough. Also, in the middle of July, we were drawn against KamAZ in the Russian Cup 6th Round, here’s how we got on. Terek was a must-win fixture for Dinamo as these teams are easy to beat and to reach the Champions League, we need to be winning these games. We drew this one unfortunately. Mguni gave Terek the lead after 35 minutes with a looping effort. In-form midfielder Samedov equalis [..] > read more

Goals & Improvements

Published on 2012-03-04 18:24:06

Welcome again to my Cardiff journey as we go in search of a good first half of the season! Peterborough: We started October with a away trip to London Road. I was expecting a comfortable win, but no this comfortable. We started off brightly with Robert Earnshaw grabbing a early goal for us. We scored another two goals to put us 3-0 up at half time. We let our performance slip abit to start with and they created a few decent chances, but when Earnshaw completed his hattrick the game was defiantl [..] > read more

Just a quick update

Published on 2012-03-04 16:52:05

Sorry I haven’t posted this weekend; I’ve had a hectic one. Anyway I should post tomorrow, providing I get all my work done etc… Please check out my previous posts if you haven’t already. Thanks.y > read more

February 2012 Review.

Published on 2012-03-04 16:41:57

Notes To start off with, I named the last post ‘January 2011 Review’, – I obviously meant 2012. I also published the article before we had an FA Cup game, which I thought was a reserves game. It was against Middlesborough in the 4th round and we won 5-1, Gary Hooper scoring his first goal for the club. Fixtures This month is probably the easiest month we’ve had all season. We start off at home to Liverpool in a game which I think we can do well in, before then playing Vi [..] > read more

June with Dinamo Moscow

Published on 2012-03-04 13:55:58

Hello everyone! So the month of June held 3 fixtures in the league. Anji, Spartak Moscow and Krasnodar. 2 wins and a loss is decent for our Champions League spot push… Anji grabbed a deserved win over Dinamo as they inflicted a 1-3 beating to Moscow. On the stroke of the half hour mark, Eto’o tapped in from close range to give Anji the lead. 5 minutes later and Anji winger Alexey Ivanov headed in their 2nd. Dinamo were sinking fast however there was a glimmer of hope 2 minutes afte [..] > read more

Complete overhaul of QPR’s coaching staff

Published on 2012-03-04 13:32:44

My decision was to axe everyone from staff room and bring my own reliable team of coaches. My initial appointment was going to be Assistant Manager. I would look up to him for advice sorting out players in player search, would look for advice in tactical setup and observations during the match. He should be quite determined and disciplined. I found Ian Bowyer and signed him for free. He could be very good assistant for few years before I’ll get into Europe. Ian Bowyer (Assistant Manager) A [..] > read more

Help? Please? :’(

Published on 2012-03-04 13:01:55

Click here to view the embedded video. Has anybody ever had anything like this? Help? haha > read more

August 2011 with Darlington..

Published on 2012-03-04 12:56:41

Hello Readers! I am here to bring you the August instalment with my team Darlington FC, I would like to start off though with saying I signed someone else! I felt that the strikers that I had weren’t the best so I brought in young nineteen year old free transfer Mark Smith. I feel that this signing is one for the future due to his age but I want to be able to use him now too. I am currently making him work on his finishing so he can be one of the best strikers at the club. It took me a w [..] > read more

January 2011 Review including Transfers.

Published on 2012-03-04 12:51:54

Transfers First off, I need to talk about some of the offers for our players we’ve had. Manchester United bid £8m for Paul Robinson, Sunderland bid £8m for Martin Olsson , Chelsea bid £15m for Jan Vertonghen and Zenit bid £8.5m for Junior Hoilett. Problem is with all these deals none of them gave all the money up front, so therefore I didn’t even bother negotiating deals. Going in for Blackburn was just one player, Gary Hooper signed for £4m from Celtic. Should he score 20 leagu [..] > read more

Extremely busy transfer window (2011 Summer)

Published on 2012-03-04 12:00:12

After mix up with season expectations where I promised to deliver mid table finish, I had to something with my squad that in my opinion had no chance to live up to expectations. Most of the players were rather low quality to my liking and couldn’t see them going above 15 position. So radical changes were needed. I usually like building my teams from the back and giving a solid launchpad for creative players and strikers. I would like my team style to be quite similar to what Vitaliy build [..] > read more

My Start with FC Sochaux Montbé

Published on 2012-03-04 11:49:07

Hello and welcome to my first post about my new team i am managing – FC Sochaux Montbé. I’ve decided to manage this club because their teamsquad is verry good. Theres not much to say at the moment so i’ll just let the pictures do the talking. The board made their expections: I think it’s gonna be a tough season. I am Dutch and my English isn’t verry good. But i’ll try to tell my story! > read more

Russian Cup Run with Dinamo Moskva

Published on 2012-03-03 19:12:58

Hello FM Crowd, This post contains not 1 but 2 cup games. The Russian Cup takes place quite early on in the season and we joined in during the Quarter Final where we faced Tom Tomsk. A game we should win as we are a much better side than them. So a game in which we dominated and controlled for the majority. The game began poorly for Dinamo as Tom Tomsk scored after just 16 minutes through Balyaikin. With Kevin Kuranyi sprinting down on goal, a Tom Tomsk defender challenged him from behind and c [..] > read more

October 2011 Review+Yakubu finally scores!

Published on 2012-03-03 18:30:54

Fixtures This month is a massive month for Blackburn and could determine our season already. All of the teams we face this month are in the bottom half, as well as facing the bottom 3 Aston Villa, Wigan and Sunderland, and 17th placed Stoke. QPR are the highest out of the 5 in 15th. My predictions this month are; D L W W W Results 2 wins a row?! This is madness! A good win for Blackburn in a game I predicted we’d only draw. We took the lead on the half hour after a long kick downfield by [..] > read more

March 2011 with Dinamo Moskva

Published on 2012-03-03 17:38:10

Hello FM Crowd, So our first competitive month took place in March. We faced just two teams in the Russian Premier Division and both were our fierce rivals. Zenit and Lokomotiv Moscow. I predicted a draw against Zenit and a win against Lokomotiv in my last post, however what really happened was much better. We won 2/2 games against tough opponents. A fantastic win against Russian giants Zenit at home to open the season. As you can see from the image, we enjoyed the majority of the game and we [..] > read more

Pre-Season and New Signings with Darlington

Published on 2012-03-03 17:36:31

Hello Readers! This is my second blog post of the day as I am so addicted to managing Darlington! Lets kick off first with the pre-season friendlies that my boys took part in. Now here are my pre season friendlies which shows only 3 wins in the 7 friendly games I played, in all honesty I am disappointed with some of these results as I should be beating teams like Guiseley. Although, they made up for their losses by beating league two team Northampton so I was very pleased with this result. I fe [..] > read more

England Squad V The Dutch! PLEASE READ AND COMMENT!!!!

Published on 2012-03-03 17:06:08

Well the new era has arrived here for England and i had whatched some games and decieded to choose a young squad with player like Jenas who is not really that good but got a chance to prove himself to me. So here is the England Squad to play the Dutch………. Goalkeepers Joe Hart – One of my favourite players at my beloved Man City and my number one without a doubt! Scott Carson – Good keeper but not in Joe’s class David Stockdale – Just a Squad filler Def [..] > read more

Pre-Season with Dinamo Moskva

Published on 2012-03-03 16:21:30

Hello everyone, This post will show you all the goings on in pre-season including… Budgets, Transfers, Friendlies and Fixtures. So I began the season in February 2011 and I was greeted with several messages in my inbox. One of which explained my budgets for transfers for the 2011 season. Here they are. So £7.5m in the transfer kitty with an additional £75k in wages to spend. Not too bad for the first season, it should be enough to cover the areas I need to strengthen. Here is how I spen [..] > read more

September 2011 Review.

Published on 2012-03-03 15:41:02

Fixtures This month seems quite similar to last month; two very tricky fixtures, an easy one and a cup game. We start off against bottom-placed Norwich, a game I should easily be winning, despite it being away. We then travel to Anfield before going then to Molineux for our third and final away game that month in the League Cup 3rd Round. Finally, we play our only home game that month against my supported team Arsenal. With them 2nd, we’ll do very well to get anything from the game. My pr [..] > read more

First season – Middlesbrough – Pre season fixtures & transfer targets!

Published on 2012-03-03 15:20:59

After a long thought about which team to use, I have decided that Middlesbrough are the team that I want to turn from a mid-table side to a Champions League contender. I have never really liked Borough that much in all honesty. Whenever Man City always play them, they always seemed to get the better of us.. (including an 8-1 mauling if anyone remembers) but nevertheless, I feel this team has great potential. Just a brief overview.. I am already clear on what areas that need improving. I am tar [..] > read more

And so begins my journey with Darlington Football Club..

Published on 2012-03-03 15:20:22

Hello Readers! I have decided on who I shall try and take to the English Premier League and that great team shall be Darlington Football Club! As many of you probably know in real life Darlington are in very very tough times by going financially bust, now I’m not too sure if this will happen in Football Manager but I feel that Darlington were the team for me so I shall manager them. I am very much relishing in the hard task that will be taking Darlington into the English Premier league, I [..] > read more

Introducing Myself

Published on 2012-03-03 14:29:02

Hello everyone! I am a massive fan of Football Manager and now I’ve decided to blog about my journey. I like to manage mainly in England as it is where I am from so I know the players and teams. However this post will cover my journey to manage all over the world in as many countries as possible while winning as many Cups, Leagues and Trophies as I can. I will not only try and manage big teams but also smaller and less successful teams. I will begin in freezing cold Russia with my favourit [..] > read more

The Journey Begins.. Unemployed?!

Published on 2012-03-02 22:17:08

Welcome to the first episode of my grand challenge to become the best manager in the world! I know that to beat Sir Alex Ferguson, who’s the current #1 in the Hall of Fame, will take almost forever and infinite amount of effort, but I’m definitely up for it. This is also my first time blogging so as I progress you will definitely see much more improvement on this site and I’m really excited about this project. As I prefer the most realistic setting possible, I decided to start [..] > read more

Landed in Serbia… nice place. I think I prefer Barnsley though.

Published on 2012-03-02 19:13:27

That were a right crappy flight. Tried goin’ to sleep but I couldn’t cause I ‘ad Stevie Ward on one side of me and Stevie Hunt on the other. Both of ‘em were listenin’ to them iPod things proper loud and it reyt p*ssed me off. Rubbish music ‘n all. Apparently they buy each song for 99p off some computer program called iTunes. The music they sell on there is so crap, I wouldn’t listen to it even if iTunes paid me 99p a song! Anyways, I think I forgot to m [..] > read more

Pre-Season Review+July 2011.

Published on 2012-03-02 19:11:17

Friendlies This month, as usually in July saw the annual friendlies. In the previous post I declared that if we got 3 friendly wins I’ll be happy. I did miss a few friendlies out though, as well as a friendly against our Reserves was soon after arranged. Nevertheless I was delighted to win all of my friendlies. The highlight of these friendlies was a terrific 1-0 victory vs PSG. My team policy states that my Assistant Manager takes control of friendlies so I couldn’t see how well the [..] > read more

AFC Wimbledon – December 2013/2014

Published on 2012-03-02 18:12:47

Welcome back to my AFC Wimbledon blog. In the last post we experienced a slightly tough patch and got through it with two losses, from six games. In the rest of the games we got wins or draws but we did not look comfortable. If you missed that post just click on the link below to read: AFC Wimbledon – November 2013/2014 This post will cover the following from the month December 2013: The Fixtures + Prediction The Results with match analysis from each game Round-up on December The League On [..] > read more

Ya reet lads? Mick McCarthy at yer service!

Published on 2012-03-02 17:23:26

Ah reet. Another season then to try and avoid the bloody relegation battle down ‘ere at the Molineux. Not sure ‘ow much cash I’m gonna get from Steve, we’ll just ‘av to wait and see. Accordin’ to that newspaper I read the other day, Steve has around £350 Million quid to ‘is name. Wouldn’t mind summa that now would I? Shame he’s a greedy pillock who sees me as a crossbreed between a Leprechaun and a Yorkshire puddin’. Now, back to th [..] > read more

New Beginnings.

Published on 2012-03-02 16:48:58

So, we begin our first season. Many of you may be asking ‘how good are you at FM2012′? Well, having had this game for 4 months I am still yet to win a trophy. The last FM save I did, in my 3rd season I began managing Crystal Palace and finished runners-up in both the JPT and League 1 – so no, I’m not that great. I am the kind of manager that enjoys jumping from club to club, spending lots of money, and I am very inpatient. I hate losing and it frustrates me when my team c [..] > read more

Happy New Year.

Published on 2012-03-02 16:40:00

As 2012 dawned upon Loftus Road I welcomed Tom Cleverly and Ignasi Miquel to the club on permanent deals, they were soon followed by Steve Taylor and Jack Robinson while Ji Dong-Won joined on loan till the end of he season. I had to manage my squad well over the month as Somen Tchoyi and Mahamadou Diarra would be at the African Cup of Nations. This meant that youngsters like Bruno Andrade would have to be used in some games. Game 1 vs Blackpool (FA Cup 3rd round) Queens Park Rangers eased their [..] > read more

My First Attempt at FM Blog

Published on 2012-03-02 15:34:04

Hello everybody, my name is J.K. and I’m currently a high school kid living in New York City. I’ve been hooked on this game for about a couple years now, and I play it quite often and rigorously. I can assure you I might be one of the most meticulous and detail-oriented FM players around. I thought sharing my story as a FM player would be fun for both me and the readers, so I guess it’s a win-win situation. I hope that with a little bit of luck my blog gets to be read by other [..] > read more

Season 2013/2014 Preseason +Matches – Poor start leads to tactial change

Published on 2012-03-01 23:45:26

Hello and welcome to another post about my Wigan story. I am now starting the 3rd season as Wigan manager and I feel that I must try and qualify for Europe otherwise I will consider this season as a failure. My board’s expectation is still somewhat low allowing me a mid table finish which gives me sufficient transfer budget to hopefully make some good transfers. The media currently predict us 12th so hopefully we can prove them wrong again this season. Wigan transfers This transfer perio [..] > read more

Surprising hat-trick by Cathcart

Published on 2012-03-01 22:51:42

Central defender Craig Cathcart scored three goals helping the team to cope with our red card on the 10th minute. Please take a look at his last goal after Bjelland’s long shot, very unusual one! > read more

New Game: Swansea great start!!!

Published on 2012-03-01 18:14:47

Hi there , posted a while back sayingi was going to start a story but never got roundto it as i couldnt really get into a game. but i have started agame as swansea and this might be the one. as u cansee i have had a perfect start , against acouple of tricky opponents. the first game against liverpool was particularly surprising as goingin to the game i was hopingto keep the scoreline down and possibly sneak a draw , but caught liverpool on the counter attack and punished them. similar story in [..] > read more

These injuries are getting old…

Published on 2012-03-01 14:46:52

Record broken… The first game of the month was against Nice with a  struggling team especially without Ospina. We started off well with a high amount of possession and the best chances on goal which was shown in the 13th min when Hazard set up Niang for a well struck left foot attempt on goal, giving us the early lead. We managed to score a second 20 mins later when Wilshere ran the ball from one box to another to cross the ball into Niang who laid it of for Hazard on the open goal to ge [..] > read more

2 Month Round-Up

Published on 2012-03-01 13:53:41

Hello fellow readers, I thought I would roll both August and September into one post because… er.. well for no reason actually. Anyway, grab a snack, sit back and enjoy this post. It’s a long one. Oh. Before I go on; I signed Matt Jarvis for £5.5m from Wolves. Good back-up for the first team. Overview: Okay so I had just beaten Everton 2-0 and confidence was high as everyone loves to win their first game of the season. Here’s how we got on over both the months. Some truly mind blowing re [..] > read more

Good will to all men.

Published on 2012-03-01 13:46:00

Well where to begin. For the first time this season we lost two games in a month but we had a very good month all round. We had 7 matches during the month including back to back games with the two Manchester clubs. We also agreed deals to sell Peeter Vaagen Moen to Glasgow Rangers for £4.5 million, the board also decided to increase my transfer budget, rewarding me with £31.5 million for our good start to the season (we were laying in 6th place). I already made £9 million by selling Cook and [..] > read more

Average Start

Published on 2012-03-01 13:44:00

Hello, and welcome back to my Cardiff Story! As the tittle suggest we have made a average start to the season, but i am happy with the position were in at the moment. Southampton: The newly promoted side have a few decent players such as Lambert and Llanna and was always going to be a tough start, but definitely winnable. We did just that and convincingly. A comfortable 3-0 win. Two very early goals from Cardiff hero Robert Earnshaw and Kenny Miller. Not long after Millers goal Frazer Richards [..] > read more

Transfer Season And Team Analysis

Published on 2012-03-01 09:20:27

Hi, after brilliant season you need to work harder because everbody now expect more from you. Here what I’m doing lately; Season summary of nPower Championship and Premier League; also you can see signings of the season Contract offer from FC Bayern. Of course, I rejected it. Captain and vice-captain changed for new season; Now we have more money from sponsors; Upcomign season’s title odds; please bet on us, you won’t lose. Not much Finance I always try to buy players [..] > read more

Who’s Who?

Published on 2012-03-01 09:20:00

I thought I would let you guys have a little bit of fun with my Lille save, with a new little game. This game will have 2 players stat who are very similar and you guys will have to guess who the player attributes belong to, and today is Vertonghen, and Lovren! Vertonghen or Lovren? A little info in the pictures below Lovren is 24 while Vertoghen is 26. General info Stat 1 Stat 2 Technical Stat 1 Stat 2 Mental Stat 1 Stat 2 Physical Stat 1 Stat 2 Please use this format to answer Genera [..] > read more

Who said we ain’t got heart…

Published on 2012-03-01 07:19:16

After the transfer window was closed and all the clubs finished signing and selling players, I looked at Toulouse and was pleased to find Daniel Congré their strong centre back being sold, to add on to there earlier sale of difensive midfielder Etienne Capoue. This has bought them down in my eye’s and with Moussa Sissoko out injured I believe this should be an easy game. The game started well with the team maintaining good possession, although the team couldn’t find the net. At the [..] > read more

If you don’t score, you don’t win

Published on 2012-02-29 23:55:56

This is the conclusion made after my home match against The Red Devils. Q.P.R. didn’t manage to seize on advantage during all the 90 minutes. Disappointing zero-zero draw as a result. � Just look at Jay Rodriguez dribbling excellently like Messi and hitting bar when he should score a goal after all: > read more

A real shocker.

Published on 2012-02-29 19:41:00

November turned out to be our most consistent month of the season. Despite a couple of disappointing results our performances were very encouraging. I was still looking at centre backs for the January transfer window as I still believe that my current crop are below par. I have looked at Zat Knight, Gary Caldwell and Jhonas Olsson but, so far, none have seemed good enough so I am still looking. Game 1 vs Arsenal Under achievers Arsenal played host to high flying Q.P.R today. The home team were s [..] > read more

why Joseph Fouche?

Published on 2012-02-29 13:34:25

You might wonder who the hell is Joseph Fouche and how I came across him. Lets start from very begining… Just right after big-bang… just kidding … I like reading books even more than playing FM, and few years back I came across biografy of Joseph Fouche writen by Stefan Zweig. After I finished book I thought mr. Fouche would have been one of the hell football manager, at least in the class of Jose Mourinho. In short, Joseph Fouche was one the most cunning and cruel man in the [..] > read more

1st Season with QPR – innitial thoughts

Published on 2012-02-29 12:50:03

Just loaded game and chose QPR. My first thoughts after team evaluation is actualy quite bad. QPR has only few players capable realisticly challenge for survival and in my case for mid table (I accidentaly chose “mid table finish” …..   it might be over ambitious, but lets see wherether I can push the limits). My innitial thoughts are: to completely get rid of every member of staff, they are very bad…, to look over free players for every position, search for EU  pla [..] > read more

Challenge: to follow Vitaly steps and better him managing QPR

Published on 2012-02-29 11:35:02

I finaly decided to follow advice of great writer Oscar Wilde – “The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it…” I was really trying to resist FM 2012 lure, as this game is so addictive and sometimes can deprivate you of sleep. But finaly I’m back on football managing side. So this year  I will be following Vitaly’s steps on conquering EPL and Europe with Queens Park Rangers. And challenge in doing it would be to do better than “true football [..] > read more

Debuts to remember!

Published on 2012-02-29 11:01:14

After a relatively successful pre-season it was now time for the Premier League. My first game would be against Everton at home. We were evens going into the match, however I was quietly confident that we would take all the points. However we had a lot of injury worries and I had to adapt my initial tactic (see last post) to actually put out a team. More worryingly two of my signings, Sigurosson and Sturridge, would not be available for selection. This meant my tactic for this season had to [..] > read more

Show Onto Foot

Published on 2012-02-29 08:56:56

Within this article I will be discussing how you could go about setting up certain opposition instructions, but more importantly how to set up the option of showing players onto a particular foot. On many forums that include tactics for members to download, a lot of the time I see that they leave opposition instructions to their assistant manager. While this is great if your assistant is extremely gifted in the tactical side of the game, it can leave other players who don’t have great as [..] > read more

Nothing’s gonna stand in our way! Except the end of the month.

Published on 2012-02-29 07:01:00

October was another good month for us at Loftus Road results wise, we did however loose top scorer Jon Walters to injury during the international break. Walters broke his shoulder but should be back in training in early November. Game 1 vs Wigan Athletic In a rematch of the Carling Cup fixture (that Q.P.R won convincingly) The Latics visited Loftus Road looking for revenge. The game was dominated by the home side from start to finish and, with more composure in front of goal, they could have bee [..] > read more

New, young faces…

Published on 2012-02-29 06:49:30

Transfer News… With the teams first team almost perfect It was hard to find any players to bring in to help perform better in the season. So I looked towards a younger group of players and one or two to help players like Wilshere, and Coutinho settle in a little better. Also interest from Blackburn found me making a nice little profit for player left out. Transfer’s In… Yaya Sanogo Transfer fee: £5,000,000 Wage per week: £12,000 Yaya was at the club as a loanee before I purc [..] > read more

The split…

Published on 2012-02-29 04:50:28

French Cup… The first game of the year was against Caen in the French Cup. The game started off great for us when Coutinho found Niang in the middle of the field for him to dribble up the field and hit a well struck shot past Thébaux for an early lead. The team seemed switched off after the goal and allowed Caen to hold a lot of the possession and even put pressure on Ospina, although we managed to hold out till half time. The team came out after an encouraging half time talk and it led [..] > read more

Being Champion or Losing All

Published on 2012-02-29 01:40:27

Hi, M’Boro keep doing fine lately.  Befero last 3 matches of season, I will give you some info about my situation. New Youngstar Found Carl Brooks He seems to be quality goalkeeper in future. Enoh Got Injured When you need a player be sure he will get injure in short time! Fixture 12 wins, 4 draws, 2 losts Really good form and more, we scored in all matches. FA Cup At first sight it could be hard game, with help of Clichy, we beated Man City! And final upcoming with Stoke, I hope to [..] > read more

MLS SuperDraft Special, Wrapping Up the Pre-Season

Published on 2012-02-28 23:33:43

Hello again!  Welcome to another edition of my Colorado Rapids story.  Last time I posted, we were heading into the MLS Superdraft, and nearing the start of our pre-season friendlies.  In this post I’ll cover my selection in the MLS Superdraft, which is comprised of the United States’ best young players who usually come from universities.  Of course, at the end of the post I’ll have a couple of questions for you, the reader, about some personnel decisions.  This post is LO [..] > read more

Bale goes to Man City for $70M!

Published on 2012-02-28 23:19:06

Here is the list of top transfers of January, 2015: Bale’s move is really catching eyes. The Welsh left winger has now $300K salary in Man City! > read more

September surprises us all.

Published on 2012-02-28 15:02:00

So after a successful first August I really wanted my side to build on the good performances they had put in so far. By the end of September I was, however, cursing not only the referee but also my woefully inadequate medical and training facilities. I was forced to add Luke Young, Armund Traore, Shaun Derry and Sol Campbell (signed on a free on deadline day along with Ivica Drugnachevic) to my every growing list of injuries but the worst one was Danny Gabbidon. By no means a good defender Gabs [..] > read more

Tactical Decisions & Friendlies

Published on 2012-02-28 14:48:55

I had to create a tactic that would provide the high tempo football I was after, whilst being reliable and solid. I decided on a 4-2-3-1 with an Attacking strategy. I’d need 2 holding players to protect my back line as I was almost playing with 4 up top. The squad will be: GK – Tim Krul LB – Davide Santon CB – Jan Vertonghen CB – Fabricio Collocini RB – Steven Taylor DM – Cheick Tiote DM – Yohan Cobaye AM – Ben Arfa AM – Christian [..] > read more

Sorry

Published on 2012-02-28 10:39:47

Sorry guy but I have been very busy lately and not enough time to update you on the story or let alone play football manager. Sorry. > read more

The BIG question!

Published on 2012-02-28 08:04:01

Do you guys think I should go and look at an Asain player to bring into the team, say any of these player below? Zhang Zheng At 18 years old he is a bit young and as a natural CDM he is out of position for my team, but this Chinese midfielder brings in an aspect which is lacking in the team. At the moment the team is lacking someone who works hard, who doesn’t mind getting their hands dirty other thank Chantome. I don’t like Chamtome for this role as he is clacking the defensive ab [..] > read more

Preps For The Season

Published on 2012-02-28 06:13:32

Welcome to my preparations for my first season at Cardiff City! After a busy weekend, and watching Cardiff lose on penalties to Liverpool in the Carling Cup Final, im back with another post! The moment when Ben Turner poached in the equalizer for us with 2 minutes to go made me realize what football is about! Unlucky lads! Now to my preseason preparations. Friendlies: Reserves: A comfortable victory over our reserve side. Dominated the game as suspected, not much to say here. York: Again anothe [..] > read more

Stunning Performance, Chaos and Another Transfer Revolution

Published on 2012-02-28 05:15:37

As you know, M’Boro doing unexpected things lately. Winning matches, pushing top and fighting for title. Let’s see what’s done so far; Players Out Maybe you will ask me why I sold them. All of these players are skillful but bring chaos with them; Tesselaar always playing nervously. He is making a lot of mistakes, most of these are completed with score in our goal. When a player start to harm my team, it means good bye. Bovo&Santacroce; they could be fine for mid-teams. But in [..] > read more

Top at last…

Published on 2012-02-28 03:01:52

Another 6 pointer … With Canales, and Niang unavailable due to injury, and Riberio, Miranda, Digne and Sanogo all out on international duty I didn’t have many people to choose from instead having to bring in some youth prospects. The game against Marseille was considered a 6 point game, and it really started playing out like one with both teams scrapping at the bit to keep possession and the competitiveness show with in the 19 min M’Bow picked up0 the first yellow car and [..] > read more

Welcome to the New Look

Published on 2012-02-27 16:22:00

First off, without introducing any of the new features within the site, can I first of all say a great big thank you to Vitaliy (owner of FM Crowd) for helping me get FMTN to where I want it to be. I’ve been in contact with him for pretty much the entire weekend, with plenty of emails posted back and forth. We’ve had our troubles in trying to get things to work, well he has, but finally the site looks a lot smarter and is travelling in the direction that I want it to go. When I firs [..] > read more

Newcastle United: A Forgotten Club

Published on 2012-02-27 15:21:12

Hello guys, my name is Jack and I am a Student. I have decided to start this blog as I enjoy playing FM tremendously and would like to share my experiences with you. I have been playing the game since the 2005 series and have enjoyed every new edition they bring out. Anyway, enough about me and more about my new venture; Newcastle United. Enjoy. So I have chosen Newcastle simply because I have a soft spot for them. They also have some great players and huge potential, and I feel they only nee [..] > read more

Flawless foundations…

Published on 2012-02-27 13:32:48

Labyad’s back boys… So we with the first game of the month we had a home game against AS Monaco and a familiar face. Labyad who is on a season long loan with Monaco and has been a central figure in there midfield meant I had 12 players on the field today. the game started really poorly for us with no other than Labyad stamping his authority on the game with a 2nd min banger beating Ospina, although no long after Niang managed to find Wilshere on the break to bring us back int [..] > read more

AFC Wimbledon – November 2013/2014

Published on 2012-02-27 12:11:10

Welcome back to my AFC Wimbledon blog. I would first like to start off by giving a big thanks to the people that read, commented or voted my blog as this has helped me get to my landmark post of 200 so thanks FM Crowd. In my last post we had a decent month but it ended poorly following the end of loan of Adam Le Fondre and the injury to Daniel Pacheco, if you missed that click the link below: AFC Wimbledon – October 2013/2014 This post will cover the following from the month November 2013: T [..] > read more

Posted a Century!

Published on 2012-02-27 09:33:29

Thank you! With post 100 finally here I just wanted to thank the people who comment and read my post! Your the one’s that motivate me to continue doing it! Now on with the post! If there is something you guys would like me do, something special just give me a shout on the comment section below! Cheers! Back to a Wengerless Arsenal… With injuries to van Persie, Walcott, and Papiss Cissé Arsenal was forced to play Gevinho as a lone striker with Chamberlain, Bastos and Kaka just behind [..] > read more

End of season 2012/13 – So close, yet so far…..

Published on 2012-02-27 00:47:35

Hello and welcome to another post regarding my adventures as Wigan manager where it was the end of my 2nd season in charge of Wigan. At the end of the season my goal of somehow going to Europe was almost achieved but unfortunately, results and events didn’t go our way. As you can see, Wigan finished a respectable 9th, only 2 points off 7th place and to be honest, we could have finished 7th but thanks to Everton winning the FA Cup, there was no point in competing for 7th but it did give th [..] > read more

Unexpected M’Boro Run

Published on 2012-02-26 18:02:14

I was expect good start. Maybe getting into top 10. 6. 4. But number 1? Yes, I still can not belive it’s true. But first, let’s see how going our story; We sold season tickets better than previous year; I got some changes too. For reducing wages and gaining money, I decide to sell and loan out players I won’t use much; and loan 2 players for squad depth; End of transfer season we were most active team! Sometimes I feel my international players betraying to me, am I the one [..] > read more

Transfer Market Begins

Published on 2012-02-26 15:38:10

Okay so I have a budget of £8m with an expectation to finish in the top half, which I feel is easily do able. However my transfer budget was not big enough for the players I was after, therefore some players will have to leave. Before this though, I was able to take Daniel Sturridge on loan until the end of season which I was delighted about as he was my number one target for my strike force. Lets take a look at the players who I moved on. Transfers Out: Shola Ameobi – £3m (over 48 mont [..] > read more

Serie A here we come.

Published on 2012-02-26 14:36:16

Fortunately, Atalanta’s form is far from wavering as the incredible form has continued. Piatti has absolutely exploded since I’ve started using him as a forward. Just incredible being the player with most goals and the highest rating. By far, the top goalscorer of Serie A. Without him, we would have probably lost most of those games. The best games were against Bari and Milan: Both games had similar circumstances. Complete dominance in the midfield, with only a few chances allowed [..] > read more

Looking Towards the Future

Published on 2012-02-26 14:18:23

First a review on the summer transfer market. 2 good youngsters, Reynoso and Dionigi. Sent them out on loans and you will probably hear about them later. Then we have the two major purchases. The german goalkeeper Ron Robert Zieler and Ousmane. Zieler is pretty good, but the real focus of the market was Ousmane. Fantastic attributes with 4 stars of Current ability and 4.5 of potential. He is going to have a good tenure at the club. Once again I had a fantastic start to the season with 0 losses [..] > read more

Newcastle United: A Forgotten Club

Published on 2012-02-26 10:47:44

Newcastle, the team I was to manage, a forgotten club with huge ambitions and tremendous potential. Season 1 Pre-season: My first job as manager is to evaluate my squad, and to be honest I was very happy with it. I feel that I only need to bring in a few top notch players to really push for Europe. My real philosophy that I would try to encourage is to play high tempo, attacking football that not only would hopefully produce results but provide entertainment for the fans too. I am going to play [..] > read more

Sporadic start …

Published on 2012-02-26 08:15:26

The first game of the month has us facing off against one of last years most surprising teams, Toulouse. We have finally got back all our strikers and will have Leandro up front although Hazard is still on the bench trying to get back some more fitness. The game was tight from the start although we seemed to have a lot more attacking play, although we couldn’t score. After the half time team talks the team came out looking motivated, although the Toulouse back four continued to keep us out [..] > read more

Norwich Pushing Up The Table

Published on 2012-02-26 06:04:22

This should be a good few games for Norwich because I know they have the ability to win a good amount of these matches. There was another fixture and that was a replay in the FA cup 5th round vs Blackpool These are good results but the games we did do bad in we did bad. The game at Blackpool made me very annoyed because we conceded a very late goal after we dominated the game. A 1-1 draw with Liverpool impressed me to know my team can defend against the big boys What a good result! I was very [..] > read more

Rebuilding perfection?…

Published on 2012-02-26 05:10:29

Seasonal expectation … With the new season coming we had a to choose the budget for the next season for my attempt to bring back the Ligue 1, and the French Cup while improving on the Coupe de la Ligue, and the Champions League. With a big money signing like Wilshere coming to the club at £14 million a price I consider a coup for a player of his skill, I couldn’t expect much to be given for transfers. Although I haven’t been given much money to spend I shouldn’t find [..] > read more

need a bit of help

Published on 2012-02-26 05:02:05

i have started about 5 careers now and i always loose the first games and i dont no y i think it might be the tactics i am using so does anybody have any advice on what tactics to use or does anybody think they no were i am going  wrong > read more

M’Boro Transfers, Analysis and Expectations

Published on 2012-02-26 02:23:58

Hi, this is the most active transfer season I ever manage. So much players come in and so many gone. Let’s see what we have now; After promotion, some sponsors realize that little shining team. I said I will be stay in Premier League and this is my budget. To be honest, I’m not expecting this much, so happy news. Staff Out Staff In Wow, I keeped my silence one season, than take all talented staff to my team. Mmm, maybe some of them not good, not now. Players Out I said good-bye [..] > read more

Another defeat from Man City

Published on 2012-02-26 02:17:27

Well, we lost the third game in row conceding 3 goals again… I am trying to calm down myself thinking that Man City had won 2 last PL titles in my game. > read more

Pressure make’s Diamonds…

Published on 2012-02-25 07:50:40

With us on top of the league we had to stay their, especially with PSG looking strong now. Auxerre who beat us on the last game needed to learn a lesson and I felt I had the team to do that, although we did come out looking weak. With the score 0-0 at the half I spoke to the team and told them to carry on working an the win will come, as this is what I believe, I have total faith in my team to beat anyone. The team looked more dominating in that second half but still managed to go down 1-0 in th [..] > read more

What a waste of……

Published on 2012-02-25 07:14:00

August would see 1 more player leave and one more arrive, it also saw us play 4 games. First we will look at the transfer in. Rincon is a defensive midfielder who I managed to pick up from HSV for £1.3m and, looking at his attributes, he seems like a bargain buy. With the transfer market closing I can now focus on winning games. Game 1 vs Stoke. The Britannia Stadium has been a difficult place for visiting teams since Stoke were promoted, with Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea [..] > read more

History in the making…

Published on 2012-02-25 05:37:47

The first game of the month was against Lens our Nord rivals. We started the game poorly but still managed to get the first goal of the game with Ait Fana finding Adebayor for an easy one on one against the Lens goalkeeper. In the 31st min Elm found Vertonghen on that far post that they had done so well finding this season for the teams second going into the second half 2-0 up. With the team still playing poorly I wasn’t surprised that Lens managed to find a goal in the game, with a nicel [..] > read more

FM Crowd speed up

Published on 2012-02-25 05:18:09

Dear FM Crowd bloggers, I spent several weeks analysing FMCrowd.com performance and its bottlenecks. Today is the day when some changes were applied to the community site. They influence only FMCrowd.com but not your personal blogs and should increase page load speed. My speeding up attempts resulted in: Some special caching techniques Database optimization IMPORTANT: Please inform me via Feedback link in the bottom bar or email if you notice any errors at FM Crowd! > read more

I’m guilty… no cups this season

Published on 2012-02-25 04:14:08

I lost in FA Cup to Bristol City, one of the worst Championship teams in this season. Whey did it happen, you may ask. I used totally the 2nd squad in this match… Classic failure Now I have only Premier League to concentrate on till the season end. > read more

The Three Musketeers!

Published on 2012-02-25 02:54:53

With the team first in the league playing having Guinhamp who are on the verge of the relegation zone, was a game I felt would be easy. Once again as Elm and Vertonghen linked up for their unstoppable partnership to score the first goal in the 6th min. 22 mins later Labyad found this season star striker Adebayor for an easy one on one. We carried on the great form in the half and made it through to the team talk 2-0 were I encouraged them to carry on. In the 74th min Ait Fana and Adebayor hit [..] > read more

We’re the Champions!

Published on 2012-02-25 02:53:13

Yes, we did it! no one believed us even most of our players, but at the end, we’re the champions! General Things In M’Boro I was full of hope when it was started but we can’t see the end. As summary says, we have poor financial position because of player wages and some installments about transfers. Injuries are so sad. When you lost your star, it’s so much sad. If he can’t play this season any more, you should be really sad. And if he is 33 years old and he won&# [..] > read more

Winning with scraps…

Published on 2012-02-24 15:25:23

With the transfer window closed we looked back to just playing football. The first game we played was Lorient, which started off poorly with with us struggling to keep possession. In the 29th min Kim Sang-Shik had to leave after trying to tackle the ball from Ait Fana. The first goal came for Lorient with Emeghara dribbled down the right wing to score a great goal and the only goal of the game to make sure we lost all 3 points. Making it to the Semi-Finals of the Coupe de la Ligue, confidance w [..] > read more

O’spin’a to the top…

Published on 2012-02-24 12:15:47

With Ospina in the club and people like Niang on loan, Henriksen on loan and Brahimi sold out of the club the team looked to the Coupe de la Ligue quarter finals facing Ligue 2 Avignon. I decided to give some key players rest and some other player expeirence to help the club in the long run with players such as Polo, Niassé. and Boni getting their club debut’s. We started the game off well really dominating possession and creating chances, but we still failed to score in the first half. W [..] > read more

And they Ait-Fana’s dust…

Published on 2012-02-24 08:19:36

With the first game in December we had to face-off against Toulouse, with their team missing Moussa Sissoko to a broken leg. With the half over at 0-0 I was fluxing between emotions, happy that we had not conceded and unhappy we couldn’t score. I let my team have it at half time we an aggressive shouting to and then change formations later in the game as well as playing a more direct game. This didn’t seem to have much of an affect and meant our poor start in the Stade de Champ [..] > read more

Sad, but oh well

Published on 2012-02-24 07:05:40

My Weston-Super-Mare game seems to have been corrupted as i posted a few days ago, i am annoyed that this is happened, but i should of had made myself a backup just incase this was to happen, unfortunately i didnt. This is only the second time this has ever happened to me, the other time was on a multiplayer server a few FM’s ago. I was thinking of starting it all again, but i really couldn’t be bothered, so i will not go Weston again. I have decided on a new side to be. It didn̵ [..] > read more

Might be Hazard’ous…

Published on 2012-02-24 06:22:21

The first game of the month was against Rennais. We seemed to have done well with the counter attack tactic last game, this seemed to have a positive affect on the team. Taarabt who has just game back from injury did well to managed to find Adebayor on the break who slotted it past the keeper for  the first goal of the game in the 17 min. The team continued to look dangerous and was rewarded in the 52 min with a rebounded Payet shot finding Taarabt for number 2 of the game. Later in the half an [..] > read more

Transfer Round up. Season preview.

Published on 2012-02-24 04:37:00

Queens Park Rangers today unveiled their new signings to the media and supporters. After a busy July selling £12’5M worth of players manager James Thomas seems to have invested the money well and his squad, while quite small, looks very strong. Thomas said, I am pleased to stand here with these guys today as I believe they can help us reach our goals of not only avoiding relegation but, also finishing the season mid-table. Liverpool’s young left back Jack Robinson � and Arsenal’s Ignas [..] > read more

Discouraging disorder…

Published on 2012-02-24 03:49:58

With the last game in the Champions League being a huge loss I wanted to win this game against Benfica. We started the first 20 mins poorly with Benfica using their home advantage to the best ability, the home fans chanting for them to keep attacking, and it worked. Emerson the left back managed to find the Spanish Rodrigo for a well struck shot getting them a 1-0 lead in the 26th min before Cardozo found his head planted on the end of his teams corner to double their tally 9 mins later. At half [..] > read more

Improvements for Norwich

Published on 2012-02-24 02:30:46

During January I realised the Norwich team needed a commanding CB, LB, RB (Kyle Naughton is on loan) and a goal scorer who we will have in Carlos Fierro when he joins from his Mexican club. The problem is, I have absolutely no money to spend. I thinks it’s pretty obvious in business, you have to spend money to make money and the club will not progress if there are no funds for me to spend. There are a couple of games which we should win. There was also an extra game against Peterborough i [..] > read more

End Of Season Review 2011/12

Published on 2012-02-23 21:40:59

So now season 2011/12 is over here is a comprehensive look at East Stirlingshire’s season and surrounding events. New Leagues I decided to add the Dutch, Spanish and French leagues to the game as I have the ability to scout these countries and the pickings are slim but by adding these nations should open up a few more opportunities to the Club. Third Division ,Table Fixtures Overall I was delighted by the performance this season. We achieved what was most unlikely and that was a top two [..] > read more

Irn Bru Scottish Third/Second Division Relegation/Promotion Play-Off Final Second Leg

Published on 2012-02-23 21:12:14

East Stirlingshire 2-0 Stranraer This is our stadium, our game and our time. I set the men up as per usual as a 4-4-2. This was out game so we were going to impose ourselves on the game and deliver. Stranraer set up as a 4-4-2. They come out the blocks quick and like a team who needed a goal to save the season. We defended well and defended luckily at times and after half an hour they had muster six passable chances to our one. From then on in they ran out of steam. Their fitness levels weren& [..] > read more

No ‘Real’ chance…

Published on 2012-02-23 16:51:50

With a good start for us we looked forward to playing Nancy for the 5th game of the season. Nancy managed to find the net first with a goal from Hugo before we managed to get a goal through Payet disallowed for being offside. After some words with the team and tactical tweaking we managed to get a goal back 11 mins into the second half with a sublime Hazard shot finding nothing but net to bring the game back 1-1. Adeybayor was unavailable through suspension allowed for Wallyson to show what he [..] > read more

Good start bodes well…

Published on 2012-02-23 12:54:58

With the transfer window now open and teams making transfers we had to face a new Lyon team who had purchased the Greek Messi, Giannis Fetfatzidis a player that combines skill, speed and technique. The only new player I was sporting was a player dubbed the next Ronaldo (the real one), Leandro, with his keen dribbling ability and flair he should do well against the slow centre’s back of Lyon. The team started off well with them looking like a united that had gelled well in time, but even wi [..] > read more

Irn Bru Scottish Third/Second Division Promotion Relegation Play-Off Final First Leg

Published on 2012-02-23 10:12:34

Stranraer 2-3 East Stirlingshire This was very much a game of two halves for me. I elected to deploy with our favoured 4-4-2 and was unsurprised to see that Stranraer also went for the same formation. Stranraer were favourites and I made the men aware of that in the team talk and they came out like lions. In the first thirty minutes everything went right and nothing could go wrong however East Stiring like to make things difficult. We took the lead after eight minutes when Stirling danced thro [..] > read more

Loads of money

Published on 2012-02-23 09:19:00

As the month continued I started to see money coming in via player sales. Here is a rundown of who was sold and for how much. Gary Barrowdale £900k to Burnley Hogan Ephraim £2.2m to West Brom � Fitz Hall £1.2m to Southampton Clint Hill £1.4 to Leicester City Danny Shittu £950k to Newcastle Rob Hulse £450k to Portsmouth (Loan) Bradley Orr £0 to Birmingham (Loan £1.5m future fee) These deals have made the club and extra £7.1m to spend on new players. I am still waiting on other bids [..] > read more

First things first.

Published on 2012-02-23 08:42:00

So as I settled into my role as Q.P.R manager I looked over my squad reports and found some major problems. I had already been busy in the transfer market signing Liverpool Left Back Jack Robinson on loan for 6 months and selling Jamie Mackie to Celtic for £2.5m but I still need to make major improvements to my squad. I will have to invest in the following positions: GK: AML: STC: I would also like to sign another centre half and centre midfielder. I have already put in bids for Somen Tchoyi [..] > read more

New Era at Q.P.R

Published on 2012-02-23 07:23:00

Queens Park Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes has announced that the club has, with immediate affect, parted ways with Neil Warnock. Taking his place at the helm for the 2011/2012 season will be the unknown James Thomas. Thomas is considered an up and coming young manager and has been working with the F.A over the last 4 years in their grass roots programmes across the country. The Scot has been given a two year deal and has been told he has to keep the club up this season and will be given around [..] > read more

Light at the end of the tunnel

Published on 2012-02-23 03:31:08

With the last month of the season still in play I want to start next season now, by getting a good run of form ready for next year. With the assistant managed taking over of 3 games last month using a new tactic I decided to give it a try and see how my luck bodes with the new formation. The game stared well for us when Elm was found in the 17th min from a corner putting us up 1-0 early. Although we were ahead in the 34th min Guie Guie managed to score after some lovely play before Abriel manag [..] > read more

Staff, Two Transfers Completed, And One Needing Your Help!!!

Published on 2012-02-22 20:19:41

Hello again! The MLS offseason is in full swing, and Colorado are wheeling and dealing!  In this post I’ll talk about my new staff, which is nearing completion, and two completed transfers.  Oh yeah, I almost forgot.  I mentioned last post that I’m looking for opinions and advice on my story, in order to make this more fun for the readers, and in order to help me become a better manager.  So, stay tuned later in this post.  I promise you that transfers in the MLS are something e [..] > read more

New Face’s still winning!

Published on 2012-02-22 03:37:12

The first game after our long break was against Caen, a team I was pleased to get as they are a small team in the League. We started the game off well with Jelen getting a ball from Hazard and scoring in the 8th min. Caen later picked up a couple goals with Nivet in the 40th min and a Vertonghen own goal and one last goal from Nivet. We then pull the game back with a couple of goals from Taarabt before Jelen managed to score his 2nd, 3rd and 4th of the game finishing the game 6-3 with us making [..] > read more

Poor goal scoring continues :(

Published on 2012-02-21 23:28:17

Jay Rodrigues has returned after long-term injury in this match. He had few opportunities but didn’t seize on them… Now we are really in trouble with Europa League! > read more

Xmas gift, 1st place!

Published on 2012-02-21 15:45:21

AJ Ajaccio played us for the first game of December. The game was dominated by my club but they seemed to be unwilling or unable to score. With the majority of possession, shots on goal and on target this game is a disappointment with us only getting 1 point. With the possibility of me getting through the next round of the Champions League already 0% I decided to play inexperienced and you first team members such as; Enyeama, Souaré, Basa, Henriksen, Bruno and Brahimi. We started the game w [..] > read more

No. Just No

Published on 2012-02-21 12:14:13

From these fixtures I would expect a couple of wins Yes, I also included the Manchester City game. :’( I think this is self explanatory. This was the table after Bolton, I will end up in the relegation zone if this continues Yeah… I thinks I’ll leave it here. Just so you know next game is against Coventry in the FA cup. > read more

Pro Titan / Season 2 – Foundations of Promotion

Published on 2012-02-21 09:49:17

Having managed to scrape into season two with my job intact, I began looking at how we might progress as a team. Last season was a disappointment in terms of losing out on promotion, but we managed to concede the least goals within the division and only lost out on the automatic places by a single point, finishing joint third. Definitely some positives that we can take into the new campaign. During the middle of last seasons campaign was the most frustrating, as I watched us struggle for goals [..] > read more

M’Boro On Fire – Season Get Started

Published on 2012-02-21 07:31:24

Here is friendly matches we done; And official matches; After 2 good matches in League Cup, Stoke show us it’s early for beat Premier League’s team. Lately we are in good form and beating teams with much goals. I’m really happy to scoring lot, this is what I thought at start of this season. Worst Match Coventry beat us at home, yes. They were not so good in both passing and their attacks. But we failed score many of chances. This was easy and we needed points from home match [..] > read more

Season Expectations And Transfers

Published on 2012-02-21 07:00:51

It was fine that Boro gave 1.11m for making transfers. But actually I could not find much players who want to play for Boro. Also I need to spend this money wisely for keeping my financial position up. I told the board that I can find a way for promotion. At least I hope Staff Changes I just terminate some physios and sign only one new physio, it’s really hard to sign new scouts and coaches if you are playing in lower league. Training section; Players Out I sold and loan out player I [..] > read more

Movember maintains movement.

Published on 2012-02-21 06:57:50

With the first game for the month of November we went on to face Bayern again. The game was dominated by us this time round at the Sadium Lille Métropole but still ended in a 0-0 draw meaning we have only picked up 2 point in 4 games in the group. Mathematically we still have a chance to go through but I am hoping we don’t as we have more of a chance of winning the EURO cup than the Champions League. After seeing off the draw to Bayern we made had an easier game against Evian. The team [..] > read more

Back on track

Published on 2012-02-21 05:19:55

The month of October started with us still having the injury issue I highlighted last post, still struggling to find a confidant, and consistent striker with Jelen out and struggling to keep up with bigger clubs with bigger better rosters. Although with every dark cloud is a silver lining and ours was 2 easy games to start the month. Our first game of the month was against 19th place Stade Rennais, who with their struggles in the league this season I was confidant we could brush them aside. W [..] > read more

Injury bug hit’s hard!

Published on 2012-02-21 03:21:50

So the month of September started with us picking up a game again Payet’s old club, Saint-Etienne. We started the game with Payet scoring a one-on-one attempt after picking off a interception on the 30th min. We managed to double our tally in the 60th min with Nolan Roux getting a nice through ball from Taarabt to score an easy goal which was followed 2 mins later by Pedretti jumping on a Roux rebounded shot. Pedretti was injured later in the game picking up a torn calf muscle and is out [..] > read more

Database Details

Published on 2012-02-20 20:20:03

Before I post about Flota, here is a quick post about the Database I am using. I am only using one edited file, which is the Nextgen European competition which will hopefully be a good place to search for talent. I am using a custom Large database. I have included all Polish players and all current internationals. These are the active leagues. All others are view only > read more

Much of the Same

Published on 2012-02-20 19:38:40

Well once again my awesome team finds itself in the top of all tables… for now. Lets see how well we fare later in the season. Great form in Serie A, pretty good in the Champions League. Hopefully we can maintain this and not flop in the end like last season. Now lets see the players who made all the difference this season: How did I get this guy? 18 years old with 5 stars of potential and he already is the sturdiest of my defenders. This is the beginning of a long and fruitful relationshi [..] > read more

Toughest Pre Season Ever!

Published on 2012-02-20 17:33:20

Firstly id like to add a few awards from last season which i forgot to add. James Cronesberry getting the player of the season award, which was truly deserved, while Josh Rees, grabbed 3rd place in the goal of the season, while disappointingly i came second in the manager of the season award. I thought i had this award nailed on the head after successive promotions, but predicted 8th Mansfield who came 2nd got it, i thought it was abit strange, but second will do i guess. Our new stadium was [..] > read more

Random Rant’s

Published on 2012-02-20 12:56:52

This is going to be something new I want to try. I will try find things to ‘rant’ about then leave it for you guys to discuses after. Here goes attempt number 1  Offence wins games but defence wins championship! In real life I love the sport of basketball and my whole life it has been drilled into me that offence might bring in the fans and win you some games but stopping the oppent from scoring can win you championships. This is something I believe translates into football today, you onl [..] > read more

First move!

Published on 2012-02-20 08:03:04

Transfers After selling many of the more experience, older members of the squad we were left with huge gaps in the roster although we had accumulated a lot of money. With the new found income from all the sale’s I made my first move as manager. Transfers in Chiekh M’Bengue – The French-born Senegalese international M’Bengue is a well-known name across Africa and Europe establishing him self as Toulouse FC’s first choice left-back for the last 3 season picking up a [..] > read more

M’boro Analysis Before Season

Published on 2012-02-20 04:02:28

This is the tactic I will use. A bit risky for my little Boro but I hope we can handle this with working a lot. Here is rewiew of my squad. I do not know well nearly all of them. So I need to analysis every player carefully. This is my first season, do not expect big transfers and much changes in the squad. Just need one a piece key player for every area except GK. Goalkeepers Jason Steele will be my first goalkeeper of course. He is young and talented. I hope to keep him many years but also [..] > read more

Bye-bye Carling Cup

Published on 2012-02-19 23:19:11

Liverpool taught us a lesson to moderate ambitions of winning Carling Cup… They used their backup players in attack and won! Said story for me. > read more

2nd Place

Published on 2012-02-19 16:31:45

With three games to go we have secured 2nd spot.Disappointed that the title slipped away but at the end of the day we were expected to finish bottom so massive strides have been taken. With 2nd spot secured it means we should get the third place side in the third division as opposed to the higher league side. not many games to go now and I will post a complete season review at the end of the season. > read more

Introducing and M’boro Story Targets

Published on 2012-02-19 16:28:38

Hi all. This my first FM blog experience and I’m really exciting. Who is Zama Zingo? He is 35 years old Chilean manager. Has an agressive style. Likes to playing attack and force his team for winning. An done thing you should know about him; Don’t mess with the boss! If you’re reading Vitaliy’s blogs, of course you are, you would expect from me some targets. My hands will be on Middlesbrough. Here some info about what we will see upcoming years; Targets and challenges -  Get promotion i [..] > read more

End of August Update – England + Northampton – 22/23

Published on 2012-02-19 16:04:47

August is just over and we already have two trophies this season. We are unbeaten from the start of the pre-season right up to our latest game. I signed more foreign players than I wanted to, but until our reputation is higher the good english players don’t want to play for us, so I adopted a new tactic of buying english wonder-kids. I have come to realise, whilst picking a squad, that Bradley Davey is now the best english player according to my assistant. We were drawn against Chelsea in [..] > read more

clubs?

Published on 2012-02-19 15:34:46

anybody no a club i could be ?????????????????????????????????/ > read more

Two Challenges One Game – I’ve made my bed time to get cracking – Birmingham

Published on 2012-02-19 15:30:02

I will start with Birmingham looking at the staff Out went Dave Hunt and in came Assistant Manager Alan Brazil, coaches Mark Chamberlain and Bobby Downes.  Fitness Coach Adrian Lamb, Youth Coaches Hughie McAuley and Brian Eastwick, Physio Pete Friar and scouts Steve Martin, John Seasman, Dave Fallows and Alan Miller. Early on I had decided that a 4-1-2-2-1 was my way to go laid out as a flat back four, DM, two CM’s an AMR, AML and SC – I think this is a standard formation availab [..] > read more

Two Challenges One Game – Who do I pick?

Published on 2012-02-19 15:04:20

My first blog will give you a bit of insight into my gaming experience and why I pick the clubs I do. From my early days of playing the old CM on the Amiga with my dad as a teenager I have always had four problems. 1, Who to manage? 2, What challenge do we want? 3, Who would pick Liverpool? 4, If one of us got Manchester United would we try to relegate and bankrupt them or play properly? These battles were always fiercely fought and the odd playful punch has been thrown because of it but I now h [..] > read more

help!!!

Published on 2012-02-19 11:43:28

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME AND SAY WHEN THE TRANSFER PATCH WILL BE OUT BECAUSE I DONT NO WHEN IT IS COMING OUT AND I REALLY WANT IT TO ??????????????????????????? > read more

Quick Tip Time #4

Published on 2012-02-19 07:09:34

Gone are the days of simply picking a tactic and sticking with it in the hope that it brings you success. This used to be the case in older versions of Football Manager and its cousin, Championship Manager, but not any more. Alas, we now have to deal with team talks in order to encourage, motivate and propel our players to glory. Having stumbled upon a short and sweet team talk guide a while back, I thought it would be best to share it with you. While there are many guides available, including W [..] > read more

Short November

Published on 2012-02-19 06:35:30

The month of November is short featuring only 4 games which will be good for my side to refresh.One challenging match against top four side Arsenal but I think I could win the other 3 games. Sunderland are on a bad run of form, West Brom don’t have that good of a side not including 1 or 2 players and West Ham are a Championship side. I say I think West Bromwich have a weak side but then they go and do this to the team in 3rd place following this game. This may make the game against Arsenal [..] > read more

Wigan Jan/Feb 2013 – Transfers + Matches

Published on 2012-02-19 00:39:58

Welcome to another post regarding my adventures as Wigan manager. This period was somewhat quiet as Wigan are out of all cup competitions by some two Manchester clubs in the Premier League which meant that we could solely focus on the Premier League and maybe stake a claim for European competition next season. As a result of currently sitting at the top half, the board gave me the option to re-evaluate my expectations for the squad. I decided to stick with mid table finish as it puts less pressu [..] > read more

It’s not a day of Q.P.R.

Published on 2012-02-19 00:02:11

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Shamrock Rovers – CL Games and ISC Cup Final (Massive Suprise!!!)

Published on 2012-02-18 19:45:25

Hello FMCrowd, this post covers the 2 CL games that remain, Barcelona and Juventus, as well as the ISC Cup Final against Sligo Rovers. Lets begin with the CL Games. vs BARCELONA So we lost 3-0 in Spain. This was expected and to be honest, I am happy that my players have learnt from the eperience, even if we left with no points. vs JUVENTUS Suprise result!!!!!!!! Somehow… we won 4-2!! The Serie A leaders were rocked by our determined side and it wasnt just luck… we actually dominate [..] > read more

Shamrock Rovers – Final Games of the Season

Published on 2012-02-18 18:57:10

Hello there FMCrowd, this post covers the final league games of the 2014 season. These games are only the League games and another post will cover the remaining CL games and the ISC Cup Final. Here are the results: So with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the league games this month, not too bad overall, when you consider the packed fixture list. vs BOHEMIANS A 2-2 draw in the 1st of 3 meeting this month with Bohemians. We took the lead against our local rivals in the 26th minute as Rice’s [..] > read more

My New Story, and a New Approach to my Posting

Published on 2012-02-18 18:40:59

Hello again!  Today I’ll be sharing my new story, which has only just started.  I’ve only been at my club for one day, in fact, my last two actions were terminating some staff contracts, and meeting the press.  I just loaded everything up again, and thought I’d give an update, and ask a few questions before I really dig in. A New Approach That last statement gives this part away.  I always try to ask for some opinions at the end of my posts, but I’ve decided to integr [..] > read more

Tough start but The Pilgrims are finaly on FIRE!

Published on 2012-02-18 17:31:01

As you can see we had a start to the season that was not so good. We had had trouble in our away games, and my 4-5-1 tactic wasn’t working. We also got long term injuries on key players; Fletcher, Adam, Walton, Bell, and some more.. Things had to change! First of all I changed my tactis to a classic 4-4-2. It suited the players I had better. This is how the tactic stand at the moment: After watching the matches I felt the passing went slow and we lost possesion. Playing a more direct style he [..] > read more

Pre-season report – World Cup so far – 22/23

Published on 2012-02-18 15:57:40

We had a bad start to our World Cup campaign, qualifying from second place in our group, after some not to standard results. I have not made any signings yet, but have told the board we can we the league. I am finding it hard to find decent players, because of interest to join. I am going to focus on depth and the midfield. Targets Win the league Win at least one cup qualify from group or get to EURO cup final Fixtures I have booked a mixture of really good and ok sides. I have booked a lot a [..] > read more

Derby Day

Published on 2012-02-18 15:10:01

I managed to get a win over local rivals Fraserburgh, unfortunately the league isn’t going as well. > read more

AFC Wimbledon – September 2013/2014

Published on 2012-02-18 09:57:54

� Welcome back to my AFC Wimbledon blog. In my last post we looked at the opening month which went decent although could have been better, if you missed that click on the link below: AFC Wimbledon – The Season 2013/2014 Begins This post will cover the following from the month September 2013: The Fixtures + Prediction The Results with match analysis from each game Round-up on September The League One Table The Player Ratings � The Fixtures We have five matches to play this month all of [..] > read more

Should I delete FM Crowd forum?

Published on 2012-02-18 08:52:03

Hello FM Crowd people, one short question for you: Should I delete FM Crowd forum? It’s not used by you and actually inefficient because it’s blogging community. Its main shortcoming: it takes memory and space to run it. So how do you think? > read more

Boavista FC vs União da Madeira

Published on 2012-02-18 02:49:58

Portuguese Cup 3rd Round from Estádio do Bessa, Porto Final Score: 6-1 (Bergueira x4, Maranhão, Emerson – Silvestre) Man of the Match: Bergueira Highlights soon! > read more

Cinfães vs Boavista FC

Published on 2012-02-18 02:28:27

Second Division – Central from Estádio Municipal de Cinfães, Cinfães Final Score: 0-5 (Zito, Maranhão x3, Fifas*OG) Man of the Match: Maranhão Highlights soon! > read more

Boavista FC vs Coimbrões

Published on 2012-02-18 01:53:48

Second Division – Central from Estádio do Bessa, Porto Final Score: 5-0 (Bergueira, Maranhão x3, Flávio Ferreira) Man of the Match: Maranhão Highlights soon! The team is playing well as I expected, could have made 100% victories if it wasn’t for some poor decisions made by the referees in two separate occasions, but I’m happy with their overall performance. Maranhão and Bergueira are both leading the AvRating and Goals charts, so yeah good start for Boavista FC. Now w [..] > read more

Monthly Awards – September

Published on 2012-02-18 01:35:14

Player of the Month: 2nd Maranhão 4 Apps, 4 Goals, 8.13 AvRat. Goal of the Month: 1st Maranhão > read more

Espinho vs Boavista FC

Published on 2012-02-18 01:22:15

Second Division – Central from Estádio Comendador Manuel Violas, Espinho Final Score: 2-2 (Rui Dolores, Fabinho – Bergueira, Maranhão) Man of the Match: Maranhão Highlights Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

Boavista FC vs Gondomar

Published on 2012-02-18 01:03:02

Second Division – Central from Estádio do Bessa, Porto Final Score: 1-1 (Bergueira – Diaby) Man of the Match: Bergueira Highlights Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

Madalena vs Boavista FC

Published on 2012-02-18 00:39:10

Second Division – Central from Estádio Municipal da Madalena, Madalena do Pico Final Score: 1-2 (João Frazão - Maranhão, Bonfim) Man of the Match: Joel Highlights Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

Large ten together victory

Published on 2012-02-18 00:28:41

My right back Masiello was sent off on the 20th minute, and the other ten have started to score goals… > read more

Boavista FC vs Casa Pia

Published on 2012-02-18 00:10:05

Portuguese Cup 2nd Round from Estádio do Bessa, Porto Final Score: 3-1 (Zito x2, Maranhão - Guilherme) Man of the Match: Zito Highlights Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

Boavista FC vs Aliados Lordelo

Published on 2012-02-17 23:31:49

Second Division – Central from Estádio do Bessa, Porto Final Score: 5-1 (Bergueira x2, Maranhão x2, Xavier*OG - André Martins) Man of the Match: Maranhão Highlights Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

FMCrowd FC – Choice the excellent Croy~

Published on 2011-07-06 01:43:26

Croy has been excellent for our team so far this season, contributing in both scoring and assisting. This is what media said about him! > read more

FMCroawd FC – International Round-up in October

Published on 2011-07-06 01:25:10

There are several players in the team has represented their national team including some of them have made their first ever caps and scoring as well in the process like the promising striker, Orestis. Lets see how those players done. As reques > read more

2010 September to December (BSS)

Published on 2011-07-05 15:43:32

Sorry for the late posting. I have been pretty busy with work, and…. I just got hooked in this save. What little time I had, i used to play the game, so I have quite a lot of catching up to do. So, here we go. September Results As you can see > read more

The return home

Published on 2011-07-05 14:50:23

I am back in England after going away to learn my trade in Europe. I have returned home with a Danish cup medal, a Liga ZON Sagres medal,a Bwin cup medal, a Taca De Portugal medal and a Supertaca medal. Not only have i returned home but to my hometow > read more

My First Post

Published on 2011-07-05 14:30:27

Hello everybody! This is my first post as a blogger ever. I’ve hope my readers find my blog very interesting when I’m writing about my career as a football manager! Wallinsky! > read more

A new challenge

Published on 2011-07-05 14:25:17

I am shocked and ashamed to admit that AC Milan have sacked me. I was sitting in 6th place only 4 points off top and they sacked me. I don understand why but now a new challenge awaits. > read more

PSG: Preseason 2011/12

Published on 2011-07-05 13:46:25

Hello and welcome to the first post of my second season managing Pars Saint-Germain. I will be looking to win the league this year and compete in the champions league. The board have given me 9.25 million to spend on new players with a much improved > read more

Leverkusen 2014/2015 end of season

Published on 2011-07-05 13:10:27

My 3rd full season in charge of Leverkusen has come to an end. Let’s see how this season went. Domestic competitions We won for the 3rd year in a row the Bundesliga and the German Cup. Wolfsburg looked like real competitors for the league title u > read more

Blyth Spartans-Community Shield & Super Cup Result

Published on 2011-07-05 12:17:32

This post is on the results from the Community Shield against Manchester City and the Super Cup against Arsenal. Community Shield Vs. Manchester City I am absolutely delighted we have won against Manchester City in the Community Shield. It is always > read more

FMCrowd FC – Sept 2010 Second month in the season

Published on 2011-07-05 11:20:08

We’re already in the second on our very first Championship season. September is a perfect month for the team after having an average opening month. We start off our second month bu playing against Derby County in a home game. Vs Derby County S > read more

Hottest transfers before season 8

Published on 2011-07-04 23:40:10

� Andrea Poli – from Napoli to Liverpool � Borja Baston – from Juventus to Newcastle � Mateo Musacchio – from Man City to Arsenal > read more

Winter transfers inbound!

Published on 2011-07-04 17:04:31

so ive survived my first half season in la liga! its been a struggle at times as almerias form dipped around oct-nov, but results are picking up and we even managed to beat valencia 2-1 atm in the league were still currently 8th but the top of the > read more

Back Already

Published on 2011-07-04 16:30:35

After only a week or so out of management Jose Boas surprised the world when he was appointed the new manager of Leicester City. This surprised many people because when he left Derby he wanted to manage back in Denmark or Portugal. > read more

The Derby Era Comes to an End

Published on 2011-07-04 16:20:29

after a 15 months spell at Derby County, Jose Boas has resigned. He has been linked to the Aab job in Denmark. he has said that he would rather manage a club back in Portugal or Denmark as this would be more comfortable for him. > read more

New season Tranfers

Published on 2011-07-04 15:52:45

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End of season 4

Published on 2011-07-04 15:25:26

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Last financial news of Boston United

Published on 2011-07-04 13:20:55

Stadium � Losses for the last financial year � Premier Division TV right? > read more

Weber is closing in on first managerial job.

Published on 2011-07-04 13:05:22

Former England international and FC Kobenhavn defender Conor Weber is close to becoming the new manager of Ajax,Fc Kobenhavn,Hadjuk Split or Fenerbache. Conor Weber retired in 2007 follwing an 7 year spell at FC Kobenhavn and before that a 5 year spe > read more

Season Start

Published on 2011-07-04 13:01:38

So after a good pre-season that included wins over Premier League side Birmingham and Chinese high flyers Dalian, it was time to kick off our season against Hull. With my squad in place and the minimal target i had set myself of getting 40 points on > read more

Redditch Overview

Published on 2011-07-04 12:48:09

My Squad � My Reserve Squad � My Youth Squad � My Finances � The Staff � Transfers � � Friendlies � FA Cup � FA Trophy � Recent Results � League Table > read more

Update..

Published on 2011-07-03 23:04:05

Hello people. Since my last post I have run into a few internet and computer issues at home which has meant I havent been able to update. I have however been able to (very very slowly) continue playing FM. I have managed to get through nearly the who > read more

Malaga Conquered

Published on 2011-07-03 16:20:26

Almeria are through to the next round of the spanish cup after a 3-0 win against malaga. after losing 4-1 to them before, im glad we got one over them again. Goals came from my DM Bernadello and a brace from CF Uche the only downside is that Bernde > read more

The Quest Begins…

Published on 2011-07-03 16:02:24

Hi guys and welcome to my first blog! i hope you enjoy reading and keep coming back for more. I’ll try and update as regularly as i play FM2011, with the school holidays coming up hopefully that will be a lot! Id appreciate any comments you guys wa > read more

AC Milan

Published on 2011-07-03 15:44:07

Turned down Chelsea and took the AC Milan job. This is now my 5th team in my 4th country. > read more

Villas Boas number 2

Published on 2011-07-03 15:29:15

After my success at Porto i have been offered the Chelsea job. No sure what to do > read more

First season is over…

Published on 2011-07-03 15:18:21

Hey All, I will start putting in some screenshots from now on. Let me know if I’m not doing it right Back to business! The first season is coming to an end… There is one more game to go, which I should win to be sure I end in first plac > read more

Season Complete

Published on 2011-07-03 14:12:57

After a long season Derby County have finished 14th in the npower championship. in other competitons they reached the third round of the league cup before being beaten by Liverpool 3-1 at Anfield. in the fa cup Derby were knocked out on penalties b > read more

Newry City V Dungannon 0-1

Published on 2011-07-03 13:51:45

A bad day at the office. We didn’t turn up and as a result we were picked off by a single error which was punished. This was a game I wanted to win, expected to win and I feel pretty let down because of it. Some guys have definetly signed their ow > read more

4-V-3 Formation a.k.a the famed 4-6-0

Published on 2011-07-03 12:55:57

To those interested in how I play my players, here’s the screenshot description. Success of the formation is getting the right players to fill in the furthest 3 formation. So while it may work for some teams, it may not work for some as youR > read more

Start of a new season

Published on 2011-07-03 12:39:56

Signed a few players and planning for another successful season. Here are my signings: > read more

The treble

Published on 2011-07-03 06:20:11

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Bienvenue à la Côte d’Ivoire

Published on 2011-07-03 05:55:38

… Welcome to the Ivory Coast!  I have been appointed as the manager of the Ivory Coast, and will split my time between Celtic and them. Ivory Coast I’ve already played one match, a friendly against Switzerland which I won!  A good debu > read more

Popular posts page + Recent posts

Published on 2011-07-03 05:37:35

Hello friends! As usually FM Crowd grows and changes. Soon there will be more than 700 registered blogs. We had also 677 posts in June - this is the fact that really amazes me! I believe our community is something very special in the Web. Therefore I > read more

The Journey Begins

Published on 2011-07-03 04:29:58

After rejecting the job at wolfsburg Jose Boas started his journey as a football manager by becoming the manager of Derby County. this is Boas’ first job in the world of football and im sure the derby fans will get some success under there new > read more

Zenit: August 2010 part 2

Published on 2011-07-03 04:17:35

As I said in my last post that I was going to have a part 2 about our games in the Champions League, we had a diificult draw and had to play Sampdoria, here is how the first leg went: We deserved to lose by a lot more, the team just never performed > read more

Feeder team!

Published on 2011-07-03 04:12:53

After requesting a feeder club numerous times. I finally received the “OK”! I assume this has to do with the position in the league table… The Board has now recommended 3 teams, and I made my own recommendation from those 3 teams. - > read more

Porto update

Published on 2011-07-03 03:59:11

This is the table: I have been knocked out of the Champions league after losing my first 4 games in the group stages. This is my first 11: > read more

Burnley

Published on 2011-07-03 03:58:46

For beginning,some screenshots. Screenshot of my transfers at 1st season Screenshot of my transfers in 2nd season This is my curent team But when i looked at this i was like OH SH*T And these are my tactics now This is very interesting But i do > read more

Progress in first season

Published on 2011-07-03 03:55:52

Hey all, After playing through more than half of my first season. I am now at 1st position in the league table! However, it didn’t really start out too well… After sacking all of my staff at the start of the season, I even lost a friendly > read more

FMCrowd FC – Players making their international debut!

Published on 2011-07-03 03:32:24

Another short post to tell there are 4 players in the team has made their first ever international caps for their beloved country. Those pleyers are Vitaliy Mokosiy for Ukraine,  Marius Croy for Romania, Grant Griffiths and Ryan Hunter for Wales. At > read more

Best Blog Final

Published on 2011-07-01 00:33:08

I’m revealing it like this, there were more than 2 voted for but I’m choosing the best 2 and doing a final, between Sibo and Alexsaras, two brilliant bloggers. I’ve also included the 3rd most voted for, Orestis, because I like his b > read more

Transfer #3. Pichu Atienza

Published on 2011-06-30 22:48:37

Another nice player I bought during the transfer window before the 1st Premier League season of Boston United. Stay tuned to read the big post about all transfers at TrueFootballManager.com this weekend. Pichu Atienza > read more

Squad evaluation

Published on 2011-06-30 20:54:12

Newport County 1st team squad sorted by average rating! Abdou Sall topping the average rating charts if you discount Jordan Clarke’s 3 appearances. As a whole the majority of the team played very well, hence us being unbeaten, but I do feel so > read more

Season end

Published on 2011-06-30 20:10:39

Season 2 is over. I had never managed at this level in any previous game so I am very happy with this end result. 116 points, 10 better than Reading’s football league record! Another UNBEATEN league title (no double but that was not really som > read more

Rubin Kazan – End of the 1st season

Published on 2011-06-30 18:02:47

This post will be about the rest months of 2011 from September to the end of december. Lets see how we did… League: In my previous post we were 1st. But i told you i had to play agaisnt CSKA away… i thought the league would be more easy f > read more

Play off final

Published on 2011-06-30 17:17:25

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Play off semi final second leg

Published on 2011-06-30 16:50:11

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Play off semi final first leg

Published on 2011-06-30 16:41:53

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Newport Co 7 Crewe 0

Published on 2011-06-30 16:40:16

The League Two Match of destruction Vs. Crewe Alexandra Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

Coleraine V Newry City 2-1

Published on 2011-06-30 16:35:10

We are in a real danger of slumping here. We were rocked and shocked here. The overall performance wasn’t a disaster it just came down to individual errors which lead to our downfall. Their equaliser was down to the full back not tracking, cl > read more

Rubin Kazan – 1st half of the 2011 season

Published on 2011-06-29 18:19:35

Hey guys , this post will be about months from February-August including the summer transfers. First of all let’s see how we are doing in the league: Table: Fixtures: We are doing an excellent job. But CSKA is stillclose to us. And we’v > read more

Blyth Spartans – Euro Cup Final Result!!!!

Published on 2011-06-29 16:01:26

� This post is on the Euro Cup final for Blyth Spartans in the season 2019/2020. Vs. Sevilla (Euro Cup Final) Historic – But Why? Yeah it was obvious it why it was historic, because this is the first time the Blyth Spartans has played in the > read more

Newry City V Glenavon 1-0

Published on 2011-06-29 15:30:03

This was a rip roaring performance which simply just over ran Glenavon before they could get a foothold in the game. Even though it took us to the second half to get our noses in front, the traffic was all one way. We plugged away and with a bit of > read more

Blyth Spartans – Final Two Months Of Season

Published on 2011-06-29 14:33:10

This post will contain the results of April and May. It will also include the final league Table and Final Player Ratings. I would like advice also on whether or not I should continue for one more season with Blyth Spartans or start a new short story > read more

First 3 Months

Published on 2011-06-29 14:29:04

I am back and have completed the first three months of my first season, so lets take a look at August first. Not the greatest of starts with three draws in our opening 5 games, but undefeated which is a plus. Preston: Great start to the season with a > read more

Bristol City

Published on 2011-06-29 14:12:57

Just been offered the Bristol City job and decided to take it > read more

Oh dear…

Published on 2011-06-29 13:58:26

Played 16 games now and im starting to struggle. 10th place now with 24 points. Dont understand tho, this is the best squad ive ever had for Wimbledon and its the lowest ive ever been with them, howeer ive still got time to turn things around > read more

Revival of sorts

Published on 2011-06-29 11:29:32

Hi pdog here again with the latest update of my man city career. After our pitiful start to the season, just 1 point from 18, i was starting to fer for job. Thankfully we have started to improve and got our first couple of wins in the league and carr > read more

Reserve Team

Published on 2011-06-29 06:46:29

Hey all, I always read about people signing on certain individuals for their reserve team. Also putting old veterans they don’t use anymore on their reserve squad, or people getting back from injuries so they get back up to speed… However > read more

A new team!!!

Published on 2011-06-29 06:34:59

After considering very hard I decided to stop playing with Dinamo cause the league was really easy for me and I had no interest in it…Europe was a big challenge but these continental games were really the only ones important!!! So I stop playin > read more

Iago Aspas – my 2nd transfer

Published on 2011-06-29 00:31:28

This experienced Spanish can perform well at AML and MC positions. Iago Aspas � He was really great in Millwall, so I decided to pay $1M for Aspas bringing him to the Premier League level. � > read more

Lausanne Sports (2014/15 October – Finish)

Published on 2011-06-28 23:51:08

Hello again!  It’s certainly been awhile.  I’ve been wrapped up with friends getting married, and a host of other things going on this summer.  However, I have been playing (quite a bit), and I’ve actually started the 2015 season > read more

Killymoon Rangers V Newry City 0-2

Published on 2011-06-28 17:22:39

This was a pretty comfortable day at the office. It was all done and dusted after 25 minutes and barring one 5 minute period where Killymoon threw everything at us. They did hit one thunderbolt which dented the upright but after that they resorted to > read more

Blyth Spartans – Euro Cup Semi Final Results

Published on 2011-06-28 16:55:32

This post contains the results from both the semi final legs against Rangers in an attempt to get to the final. Vs. Rangers (Euro Cup Semi Final Leg 1) Starting Line-up I used a different formation for this away match as I felt we needed to be caref > read more

August results, September fixtures, League table and the special announcement!!!

Published on 2011-06-28 16:18:20

  The season has begun and I’ve done my best to get all the information in this post. I hope you enjoy it and make sure you read my special announcement please August results What should have been a tough month turned into a very good one. 7 poin > read more

Blyth Spartans – Get To Final Of FA Cup!!!

Published on 2011-06-28 14:59:59

This was not a planned post as I certainly wasn’t expecting to be in this position. But as you can see from the title we have shocked the football world by making our way to the final. Vs. Manchester United (FA Cup 6th Round Replay) This was a sup > read more

Few games on

Published on 2011-06-28 14:49:54

Played 8 games in total so 7 since my last post. Currently sitting in 2nd place with 18 points. Won 6 and lost 2. Keeping my promise of entertaining football having scored 34 and conceded 10. Most notable games. A 6-3 win over Forest Green. A 4-2 win > read more

Cliftonville V Newry City 2-1

Published on 2011-06-28 14:17:44

The performance was terrible from us, or was it the fact the way so good? Either way we can about a quarter of a yard away from getting a point. They took the lead by simply passing through us and it was finished well but we hit back pretty quickly > read more

2011/2012 Summer transfers, pre-season results and August fixtures

Published on 2011-06-28 13:36:34

Welcome to the second season of my Blackburn Rovers career. It has been a very busy summer with lots of incoming players and plenty of outgoing players. There’s a lot of information to show you so I’ll try and make it as easy to read and informat > read more

Final dash to the European spot – Part I

Published on 2011-06-28 13:35:11

As I mentioned to you in the earlier post, grabbing results in the key fixtures was a must. Out of the available 12 points I was able to get 7 points with just th 3-4 home loss against Arsenal. That was simply down to the Wonder performance by Van Pe > read more

Nottingham Forest – the Revival: Surprise, surprise!

Published on 2011-06-28 00:48:32

What an unexpected turnaround! It’s amazing what press conferences and team talks do to help you get the results. Also, taking the risk of playing mediocre players to replace first teamers made me look like a genius, just because it didn’ > read more

New Story….

Published on 2011-06-27 21:08:57

Hi guys, you may get a bit dissapointed after this but i have decided to take a break from the BIG-4 leagues (Spain, England , Italy ,Germany) . Sorry for changing a bit qucikly my teams recently but i was winning almost everything. My goals could b > read more

2010/2011 Season summary and the “theFM Awards”

Published on 2011-06-27 19:07:15

Here is the summary of my 2010/2011 season with Blackburn. It’s a non-chronological collection of screenshots that I’ll try to explain as much as possible and then I’ll give you my own personal Season summary. Players’ Young Player We didn > read more

May results and the final League table

Published on 2011-06-27 17:42:27

I’ll keep you in suspense this time around. I’m not posting the results at the top so you’ll have to read on Blackburn vs Bolton A good results against a lacklustre Bolton side. We dominated them from start to finish. Lodeiro grabbed a great g > read more

Newry City V Donegal Celtic 3-0

Published on 2011-06-27 17:40:14

A good win. A decent performance. No injuries. Couldn’t have gone better. The first half was good. We set the tempo and controlled the pace. We were in charge and I had a creeping feeling at half time the might have nicked a win but as the seco > read more

Magic!

Published on 2011-06-27 17:33:14

Is Peter Whittingahm Xavi Alonso in disguise? Just thought i’d share as i loved this goal . Sorry if it doesnt come up on the screen, if not click the link Whittigham Goal > read more

The Start of a new career

Published on 2011-06-27 17:22:04

I have finally decided to start my career. Started it with Denmark,England,Italy,Spain and Portugal selected. Using a large database. Goin to use the mighty AFC Wimbledon. Had alot of sucess with them before. Most notable being my rise to the champio > read more

My team

Published on 2011-06-27 16:55:43

My media prediction was for the 8th place and I had to choose my ambitions for the season. Well, my personal ambition is to win, but I didn’t knew what to expect from my team, so I said that I will try to qualify for european competitions. The > read more

April results, May fixtures, League table, etc

Published on 2011-06-27 16:32:36

April results For some reason the Bolton match was rearranged for May so that result will be featured in my next post. As a quick revision of my prediction for April I would have said I’d get 4 points from 12. Fortunately that prediction was wrong > read more

PSG: January

Published on 2011-06-27 16:12:32

A short month due to the winter break we have in the French league. I would expect to win them all because we are on a very good run and the teams are not the strongest in the league. AS Nancy Lorraine An unimpressive performance by the team but > read more

Nottingham Forest – the Revival: 2011/12 first 10 Games

Published on 2011-06-26 22:50:50

The media predicted that we were going straight down this season. And maybe they are right. During pre-season, I decided to let go of Keith Fahey so I could get a much seasoned EPL midfielder. I had a chat with him, and it did not go well. He was unh > read more

Media prediction – 8th

Published on 2011-06-26 20:48:14

Yes, the media prediction for my team’s final position is 8th. I really don’t know why I’ve chosen Rennais as my first team of the game but then I searched for the teams with higher transfer budget and I think this has the highest o > read more

Welcome To Cardiff

Published on 2011-06-26 19:13:51

Welcome to the Cardiff City Story First we’ll take a quick look of the background and the history of the club… Well, we do have a very good history! Especially in the welsh cup, which we are no longer in so i cannot win this cup under > read more

The begining of Napoli Story!

Published on 2011-06-26 18:27:37

The moment finally came,i became Football Manager. I have taken charge at Napoli. I am really pleased that i signed the 2 year contract with this club  that has a good team and hopefully i can make them one of the best teams in Europe. Napoli has a > read more

Hate To Say It :(

Published on 2011-06-26 17:05:03

But i have become bored of my Buxton story, i usually do after about 4/5 seasons i hate it but cant help it , Anyway im going to play as my beloved Cardiff City, as i never get bored of doing games with them .  Shall post abit later on Cardiff . > read more

There goes October…

Published on 2011-06-26 16:23:48

Hello, this is my October update for you all! We have not made any signings, and a youth player left due to a contract not being signed. October Results: v Forest Green – 1-0 – We were solid, but they stretched us and we didnt score as m > read more

Finally signed my star player!!!!

Published on 2011-06-26 15:21:48

Having trailed him for months as readers of my story would know, I can finally say that I’ve signed my star player. So without further ado I present to you the greatest signing of my brief Blackburn career, Nicolas Lodeiro I agreed this transfer a > read more

Begging with Sheffield Wednesday

Published on 2011-06-26 15:21:29

?Transfer budget: £ 1 million wage budget: 83k expectations: promotion > read more

New Story is about to start.

Published on 2011-06-26 15:19:20

The last game i played is when i was managing Bayern but you all know how that ended… These days i was a little bored from FM and didn’t play at all so now i will try to get my interest in FM back by managing Napoli… Also i will cha > read more

December results, January fixtures, league table, etc

Published on 2011-06-26 14:13:14

December results Another great month, my Blackburn side are really starting to find their feet. My prediction was 7 points and penalties in the cup and I’m very happy to say that neither of them happened. A 2-0 victory in the cup puts us throu > read more

Nottingham Forest – the Revival: 2011/12 New Signings

Published on 2011-06-25 22:35:13

Yes, as I have said in my previous post, I’m overhauling the squad and selling off Championship players and bringing in new young blood. The risk is that with young players is that they may not have sufficient match experience to cut it in the > read more

A short one that is turning in to a rather long one..

Published on 2011-06-25 21:46:18

Firstly I would like to send some thanks to “thefreshfish” and “Ned” for some of their tactical insight, I’ve found it quite useful so thanks again! and to Dean Phillips, here is a link to the tactic written about in my > read more

Im going on Indefinte hiatus

Published on 2011-06-25 18:07:16

as the title says im going to be leaving posting stuff for a while. Since its the summer i have been working 3 jobs to make money for school…obviously i havent had a lot of time to play football manager. Im ending the Rosenberg BK story right h > read more

Palermo .. 2nd half of the season

Published on 2011-06-25 17:40:21

Hey guys , this post will be about the rest of the season… Let’s see how we did… League: The league tittle was the easiest competition for me. In the previous post you all show the diffenrece i had from the 2nd. Table: Fixtures: W > read more

September Results, League Table, October fixtures, etc

Published on 2011-06-25 17:19:57

A tough month but WOW!!!! 7 points from 9. I was expecting 6 points at the most so to get 7 is a great achievement. But the most amazing result was the 2-0 victory over the team I support in real life Man Utd. I would have bet money we would be knock > read more

Pre-Season

Published on 2011-06-25 16:43:22

With the season fast approaching it was time to get my friendlies out of the way and see how my players functioned as a team in the formation I had chosen for them. It was also a chance for some of my fringe players to change my opinion of them and t > read more

Newry City V Derrychara 4-0

Published on 2011-06-25 15:59:26

This was a solid, dominant performance against inferior opposition. A thought concerns me going into next weeks league game is that of the ten pre season goals we scored most of the on defensive mistakes. Seven in fact. It’s good because it sho > read more

Season 2010/11 Review…

Published on 2011-06-25 14:55:57

August My first game as a football manager. The adrenaline was rushing through my veins as we stepped onto the field at Matavera to take on Matavera FC in the quarter-final of the Cook Islands Cup… We started off the game well. Tutuava gave us > read more

September passes…

Published on 2011-06-25 13:49:52

Hello. This is the September update from my AFC Wimbledon game. We made another signing, Mitchell Hanson, who is a very versatile player so will be very important considering we are only allowed 5 subs in BSP matches. Due to our wages running high > read more

Metropolitan Man Challenge: The First Team

Published on 2011-06-25 13:35:55

My First team I will manage in my Metropolitan Man Challenge will be Zenit st petersburg, as I loaded the game in July 2010 the Russian Premier League is currently playing, they have played 11 games out of 30 and Zenit have had a difficult start to t > read more

Results and Standings (October – November)

Published on 2011-06-23 00:01:17

The results during this period were a mixed bag. Have to mention on the impressive results of 1-1 away draw against Arsenal and a 3-2 home victory against Everton. There were also disappointing results of 2 home defeats against Blackburn and Sund > read more

Season 1 – Manager Update

Published on 2011-06-22 19:39:10

Manager Update One At the beginning of each season, directly after the friendlies i will be compiling a short post about my current status as a manager, how things are progressing with each and every coming season and also my goals for this seaso > read more

Pre Season of 2011 – 2012

Published on 2011-06-22 18:53:19

Firstly if you haven’t read the Season Summary of 2010 – 2011. Click this link: http://touchhhh.fmcrowd.com/season-summary-2010-2011/ Preparing for 2011 – 2012 The media have predicted us at a reasonable position which is 16th but > read more

New Tactics

Published on 2011-06-22 16:33:32

As promised, new post is on the new tactics. This new tactic is a bit of a special one for me, as I created it sitting on a plane home from turkey on a piece of paper. Never even documented tactics on paper before, so it was all a bit alien to me and > read more

Newry City Football Club

Published on 2011-06-22 16:04:50

An interesting look around the club reveals that this will be a mighty job indeed. The Northern Irish Premier League is on a par with the Finnish Second Division (whatever that is) and the UEFA co-efficiancy is the fifth worst in Europe.The prize mon > read more

PSG: First Month

Published on 2011-06-22 15:55:50

Champions Trophy Due to Paris Saint-Germain winning the cup last year we participate in the Champions Trophy against the league winners and that meant our first competitive game was to be against our biggest rivals Olympique de Marseilles. This was g > read more

Worthy of the Blackpool Shirt?

Published on 2011-06-22 15:55:29

Team Summary Today I will be looking at the current Blackpool Squad in a bit more detail and deciding who is good enough for the Premiership, who is perhaps good enough to act as cover and who really has to go to make room > read more

Blyth Spartans – December & January

Published on 2011-06-22 14:42:40

This post contains the results, tables and player ratings of the past two months. I will post requested screenshots tomorrow evening that got requested in my previous post and any that get requested in this post. So to my Blyth Spartans Update: The R > read more

2 Draws and a Win

Published on 2011-06-22 14:36:28

Barcelona came to the City of Manchester Stadium and I was expecting heavy beating after a previous 3-0 defeat at the Nou Camp.  However, only scoring through an own goal couldn’t help us get the 3 points so desperately needed in the Champion > read more

I dont do polls…..

Published on 2011-06-22 12:57:43

Right game up and running and I’ve applied for many, many wonderful jobs and was rejected by them all. I block applied and got two job offers in the old inbox. Job 1 Newry City Job 2 Moyola Park Ones in the Northern Irish Premier and one is in > read more

Winning the Championship Playoff Final!

Published on 2011-06-22 00:09:56

I accept congratulations! Boston United promoted to the Premier League with the 3rd attempt (the 3rd season in the Championship): > read more

Results and Standings (August – September)

Published on 2011-06-21 23:23:49

Could not have asked for a better start in the Premier League. A convincing 3-0 away win over the fellow promoters West Brom. The results during the first two months were OK. The three losses were against the Big boys which I honestly did not expec > read more

Start of Season 2016-2017

Published on 2011-06-21 19:04:46

First of all i want to show you this offer Arsenal gave me to become their manager: It’s a really great offer but i want to win the champions league with Palermo so i rejected it. Aims Aims for this season are: - CL Quarter Final - Top 3 Serie > read more

September, October results

Published on 2011-06-21 17:17:08

These 2 key months of the season saw my Charlton team top of League 1 at the end of October. We won our crucial games against the bigger teams (including a 3-0 win over Colchester, revenge for the 3-2 defeat ) Despite the positives, there are 3 gam > read more

Palermo_ Pre season and transfers…

Published on 2011-06-21 17:08:07

Hey guys… let’s take a look in the new season’s transfers. The 26 millions the board gave me were more than i expected considering i had a balance of 10M . You may think how it is possible to be in profit after all these transfers > read more

Grim Tidings

Published on 2011-06-21 16:33:09

Steam for what ever reason has decided to basically get rid of all football manager data. I am calm at the minute because I have a few things to try but failing that I will be unleashing a torrent of abuse in steams direction. If anyone does not swea > read more

Got a job offer

Published on 2011-06-21 15:08:37

i got two job offers but i decided to join milazzo as manager > read more

2010 August

Published on 2011-06-21 15:07:46

Well, Here we are at the Beginning of the new season. Check out how my team performed over the first two months of the season. My team has gotten through all the Pre-Season Fixtures, and are ready to take on the Blue Square South. Here are the fixtur > read more

Juve: October

Published on 2011-06-21 15:04:53

Hi there! Welcome back to my Juventus adventure. I’ve decided to try and go back to doing more detailed monthly reports since my 2 monthly reports seem to be few and far between, this way I should be around more so I’ll see if I can keep > read more

Blyth Spartans – Requested Screenshots

Published on 2011-06-21 14:58:02

These are the screenshots as requested by orestis. Javier Pastore Neymar Mattia Destro Abel Hernandez Sime Vrsaljka Milan Badelj Miralem Pjanic Eden Hazard Paulo Henrique Marek Hamsik Simon Krjaer Lucas Piazon Diogo Lamelas Douglas Cos > read more

Second Division South Champions!

Published on 2011-06-20 23:21:46

We have managed to seal the title today with an away win at Lusitania Acores. Unfortunately for them it also sealed their relegation from the second Division. Everyone involved with the club is over the moon including myself and we are all looking fo > read more

A March Towards History

Published on 2011-06-20 21:36:35

March contained many things. The end of our winning streak, an attacking masterclass, some defensive brilliance, and my commitment to Andorinha being announced. It has also seen faith placed in young keeper Rui Vital as he has been handed the started > read more

Start of Season Expectations and Transfers

Published on 2011-06-20 20:13:35

Since my main target was to retain Premier League status, I selected Avoid Relegationoption where it provided me £4.6M for transfers and £215k in wages. As for the transfers, I will be following a different philosophy in this story which is to recr > read more

The start of the 4th Season in Bayern Story

Published on 2011-06-20 19:56:56

This year i didn’t play any friendlies and i will immediatly post my results from competitive matches… These are all good results except i lost to Dortmund in First Division… But i have an excuse… A lot of my players were on > read more

Pre-season results, August results and the transfer centre

Published on 2011-06-20 17:06:46

August was a frustrating yet very tiring month for us. Already we have been knocked out of the League Cup (West Ham at Upton Park) and the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy (Colchester away). I felt we were all tired out by the time we played Colchester > read more

Season Expectations

Published on 2011-06-20 16:21:18

With the current strength of the squad and having a look at the transfer budgets available I have decided to state to the board that I will avoid relegation this season. I’m in the premier league and I have no intention of dropping back down to th > read more

Blackpool in the Premiership

Published on 2011-06-20 16:16:57

With promotion to the Premiership Blackpool have decided to appoint a new manager to lead them to glory Despite Blackpool battling to promotion in a season and playoff final in which they showed that they aren’t an easy team to beat, with their ne > read more

I’m a Moron

Published on 2011-06-20 16:01:06

I was deleting some of my saves i don’t use, when i accidentally clicked on my Palermo save and deleted it, i’m absolutely gutted, think i’m gonna stop posting for a while now :/ > read more

Gloucester City’s New Hope

Published on 2011-06-20 14:38:19

Well I have decided to manage my home city of Gloucester, I’m afraid to say I don’t know anything about the club, who the players etc… unfortunately Gloucester is more of a Rugby City… Founded in 1889, Gloucester City are a semi-professional > read more

HELP!!

Published on 2011-06-20 14:16:41

please someone help me with a team to pick i am really stuck and need help QUICK!!!!! > read more

Two draws – four fixtures left

Published on 2011-06-20 00:28:37

2 draws… Well, holding the 6th position in the Championship is a quite tough task. Hope we will take more points in the last 4 fixtures. > read more

With A Little Help From my Friends

Published on 2011-06-19 21:45:45

We have been performing very well of late and our results have been excellent but I’m not entirely happy. My old coach Grizz used to tell us “You can stop learning when you die, If you aren’t trying to be better you may as well be dead, so list > read more

Transfers 2013/2014 :)

Published on 2011-06-19 19:35:33

This year i have to win Champions League,so i have to do great in transfer market,i am not planing to sign a lot of players but am looking to sell a few that aren’t playing how i would like and have no place in my team. Here are all of the tran > read more

Aug/Sept

Published on 2011-06-19 18:00:31

Before I Start Would Like To Thank Croy For Suggesting To Clean The Fans Of My laptop, And Its Stopped Overheating, So Thank You Mate . Anyway Off We Go. I Am Very Pleased With The Start We’ve Made As A Professional Club, Im Over Pleased Even! > read more

3rd Season Summery

Published on 2011-06-19 17:00:26

I will start with final standings in the league. We did good in the German Division and won it 3 year in a row. Now here are players statistics at the end of the season. Ribery was my best player this year,and i am happy for him… Now let̵ > read more

Poll ends! :)

Published on 2011-06-19 16:01:07

In this Poll Bayern won to Birmingham 5-4,i didn’t count one vote becouse the guy said both I am disapointed to postpone Birmingham City Story,but i can play it in a couple of days… So i will listen to what you all said and will continu > read more

How do you feel about long stories?

Published on 2011-06-19 15:25:58

There aren’t any long stories on FM Crowd, people get bored easily of their story and start a new one with a different club. I might just make the longest one, I have the stomach for it What would make your keep interest in a long story? Woul > read more

HELP!!!!!!!

Published on 2011-06-19 12:28:58

I NEED HELP FOR GETTING PICS FRON FOOTBALL MAMAGER 2011 > read more

The revolution has begun

Published on 2011-06-19 11:57:26

The (somewhat) failed experiment To fully understand what I am about to do in this save I must tell you what I already did in another save. History is good to learn so we don’t repeat the mistakes that were already made So, a few months ago I sta > read more

Message

Published on 2011-06-19 11:42:01

My FM 2011 game is totally screwed.. When i open game and click on some player game crashes.. I tried to re-install the game but that isn’t working.. Any ideas? By the way my version is russian! > read more

The last post in my Bayern Story…

Published on 2011-06-18 19:08:40

Okay,so i decided 3 seasons with Bayern is enough for me. So this will be my last post about that,ofcourse i will keep the save and who knows maybe i continue this story ones… My main goal in my Bayern story was to win champions league… I > read more

Palermo – October 2010

Published on 2011-06-18 18:37:40

so we have 5 matches in this month. First up is a Serie A match at home to Cagliari Great win, after 4 losses in a row, great to get back to winning ways, could’ve won by more, but im happy with that Next up is Brescia away in the Serie A   > read more

Guess who I just signed…

Published on 2011-06-18 18:20:51

Released by Barcelona, signed on a free transfer… Who says we aren’t ambitious? Thanks for reading, Cheers! > read more

FM troubles

Published on 2011-06-18 17:24:47

having a problem with fm and as the main football manager forums are down at the moment. thought i would get help from the fm crowd. last few days have been getting crash dumps in my game , which havnt occured for a while since i deleted what i thoug > read more

3rd season is near end :)

Published on 2011-06-18 17:05:16

Okay i will start this post by saying that i finally improved in the league and 5 games untill the end i am sure i will win this competition. Here is the league table. And now for the results. Here is the fixture list since my last post. Good per > read more

bray

Published on 2011-06-18 15:56:44

i am bray wanderers and i have joined with 14 games gone and we are 6 points safe from safety and we have got no money and it is not transfer season but when it is what free players are good enough? > read more

Start of season 3

Published on 2011-06-18 15:40:46

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Breaching the Top Ten in Top Blogs

Published on 2011-06-18 15:10:48

I managed to get in to the infamous Top Ten of the Top Blogs thanks to your votes. I really want to thank all who voted (and will vote) my blog. I really appreciate it! I will try to do something special for the FM Crowd community, hopefully IR > read more

quiting

Published on 2011-06-18 15:02:47

hi,does any one find it a struggle to get past the first 20 games without quiting,this is a hard task for me andneed to overcome it has anyone else got any advice they could give me to help me get past the first 20 games > read more

Lescure wins FIFA World Cup 2014

Published on 2011-06-18 14:44:43

This was rather strange and unexpected. I was minding my own business with Leverkusen when I noticed Brazil manager got sacked. Naturally I applied for the job. Of course it’s the summer of 2014, which means FIFA World Cup 2014 hosted by Brazil. I > read more

Important win over Southampton

Published on 2011-06-18 00:51:07

Boston is at the 6th position after this victory. Be prepared for tomorrow’s post at True Football Manager blog uncovering the actual state of affairs in the Championship! > read more

Arsenal tactics 2010-11

Published on 2011-06-17 22:22:34

Here is the formation i’ll use with my Arsenal team: The formation i’m using is a 4-2-2-2 formation (four defenders, two central midfielders, two wingers and two strikers.) Sagna and Clichy will be playing as attacking wing backs to get > read more

League 2 Kick off!

Published on 2011-06-17 22:15:48

The transfers have been done, the fixtures arranged. Lets see how we got on! A pretty solid set of pre season results, 4 fixtures with premiership teams, 3 wins. ecstatic with that statistic to boast, even if they are friendly fixtures! My favourit > read more

Transfer dealings..

Published on 2011-06-17 20:45:42

Here is a list of all the transfers to and from Arsenal in the summer window: (Click to englarge) Personally, i think i’ve done some great business in this transfer window. This window saw Arshavin leave to Bayern Munich for £12m. This was a > read more

Season 2- Transfers

Published on 2011-06-17 20:18:47

Apologies again, just returned from turkey, season 2 is now ready to be posted. Transfers out 61 out, huge number of players to leave, mostly youth players (two seasons worth!). still way too many to leave though. Last seasons strike trio of Lasland > read more

Andorinha Go TOP!

Published on 2011-06-17 19:17:35

If it never happens again it happened today!! With a controlled 1-0 victory over Louletano today we have gone top of the table on goal difference. Torreense crashed out 1-0 against Lousada, meaning our win today has us on equal points with them on th > read more

The dream begins..

Published on 2011-06-17 19:15:12

The team I have chosen to be in this football manager story is Arsenal. Arsenal are an English football team who currently play in the Barclay’s Premier League and through good performances from the season before have qualified through to the g > read more

Pre-season Game vs Zagreb

Published on 2011-06-17 18:21:06

In the second pre-season friendly, i have decided to rest some of the key players with the likes, of Mirallas, Mellberg, Papadopoulos and Fuster being rested. The result was outstanding, because i filded mostly 2nd squad and under 20?s players like R > read more

1st friendly

Published on 2011-06-17 17:52:50

The 1st friendly was not the game i expected. Olympiakos under’20s played okish and recorded only a 3-0 win against them; but is still early days for the team and the new tactic and i am not expecting immediate success. Stats and overview: > read more

1st Press Conference

Published on 2011-06-17 17:04:02

istronic to bring all-out attack to Olympiakos. istronic faced the media for the first time as Olympiakos boss today as he attended a press conference to announce his new role. istronic fielded a range of questions as the new job and Olympiakos SF Pi > read more

Proves

Published on 2011-06-17 01:27:12

I have rolling saves so here is Bassong: As i said maybe in that fu**ing editor file was something wrong??? Here and Tottenham landmarks: As you can see there isn’t any manager changes… Here is older save of this game… Do you wan > read more

San Marino Calcio – 1/3 into the season 2010/11

Published on 2011-06-17 00:58:50

We’re just finished 1/3 into the season and we’re doing quite well at the moment!  :) Current table standing: From table you will why i’m saying that we are doing quite good after 10 league matches. Standing at the top of the tabl > read more

Hello, FMCrowd

Published on 2011-06-16 22:38:21

This is my first foray into blogging, nevermind blogging about Football Manager. So, this is a very new thing to me and I hope that you will bear with me as I try to figure this thing out. The blog will probably change multiple times in the next few > read more

Palermo – September 2010

Published on 2011-06-16 20:07:34

6 matches in September, First up Is at Home to Lazio in Serie A Next Up Is a Europa League Match at home to Lech Poznan Next Is a Serie A away to Roma Sort Of disappointed in this match, i thought we dominated the game up until their 3rd > read more

3rd season still doesn’t look good…

Published on 2011-06-16 19:32:53

Okay so i played 6 more games in the league and here are the results. As you can see since my last post i managed to win 3 games in a row but then 3 draws,again bad results… Despite that i am pleased with my teams performances in Champions Lea > read more

Future employment oppertunities

Published on 2011-06-16 18:57:13

Since the “homesickness” has set in now in China these are the jobs which are pottering about. I think the Hibernian job would be a no-go as the SPL is rated higher than the CSL. Northampton and more in particular Stockport catch the eye. > read more

Steam bashing again

Published on 2011-06-16 18:35:30

FM is up running and just won a friendly 4-0 but just noticed graphics pack was not there so I put it back in a after a minor battle got it going. However, and I know its small, petty and rather insignificant in the grand scheme of the universe, ever > read more

Palermo – August 2010 + Transfers and Friendly’s

Published on 2011-06-16 18:19:04

So first things 1st, Friendly’s: � An Ok Pre – Season, expected 4 wins, but not too bothered really. Now to Transfers. Only One Transfer In Sebastien Bassong And Three Transfers out, albeit all on loan. Now Onto Competetive Matches. Fi > read more

I Have A Problem

Published on 2011-06-16 16:10:29

When i try load my game it says SAVE GAME COULD NOT BE LOADED ive tryed 10 times no luck even restarted the computer no luck so im starting a new story and it will either be with forest again, Reading, Bray Wanderers my local team from ireland, Lille > read more

Pre-Season+Transfers+EL start

Published on 2011-06-16 15:14:35

I won’t talk much about pre-season, here are the results: Now transfers: Good players in, and some out… EL started and i had easy opponent Stabaek.. I won easily 3-0 on aggregate… I can’t wait beggining of La Liga.. Vote and > read more

Problems in the Champioship

Published on 2011-06-16 00:29:30

Due to injuries Boston United has got to unlucky match series. Promotion to Premier League is under threat! > read more

San Marino Calcio – Summer Transfer & Pre-season

Published on 2011-06-15 23:21:35

First of all, sorry for the late posting! And before starting the post today, i would to share the kits that i designed for San Marino Calcio for the coming season! Home , away and third kits. Alright,i’m just finished my long pre-season and > read more

Lille – End of season 2012-2013…

Published on 2011-06-15 17:34:16

It ‘s been some days since my last post about Lille Story but as i ve said i have exams for 2 more weeks…sorry guys. Now to the facts.. League: I did know that League tittle was almost a certainty this year but i could not believe to perf > read more

Play

Published on 2011-06-15 16:28:53

Play MAY Stop For Awhile As Everytime I Load FM Up About 15 Minutes In My Laptop Overheats And Shut Down, Stupid Thing. Until I Can Sort It Out, Play Will Stop, Or Be Very Very Very Slow :L Cheers All! > read more

I have a major problemo

Published on 2011-06-15 14:45:14

My problem is that our youth system is HORRRRIIIIIBLLLLLEEEEEEEE and the board has no money to invest in the new training facility anybody have any suggestions besides buying youngsters from other clubs > read more

WTF

Published on 2011-06-15 14:33:37

Steam has decided to dump today. It has now to reinstalled and alledgedly FM will 2hours and 20. Thank you steam. Your product has saved me untold and made my life oh so much easier. In fact I am so impressed with the way in which steam works I think > read more

Leverkusen 2013/2014 Transfers

Published on 2011-06-15 13:52:54

Hello and welcome to another update of my Leverkusen career! If you like my posts please vote, just click the button on the right upper corner of your browser. Even if my blog is not your favorite, I remind you that you can vote multiple blogs if you > read more

Juve: Help!

Published on 2011-06-15 12:56:29

Hi there! Before you panic, don’t worry, my game hasn’t crashed and my computer hasn’t died, this is purely game related. Remember how I said in my last post that Giorgio Chiellini would not be leaving my club…well I didn̵ > read more

Crashing

Published on 2011-06-15 11:46:59

Has anyone been experiencing crashing in their game since the last patch – mine seems to after the 1st June, any way to stop that would be amazing. Please HELP ME! > read more

Nottingham Forest – the Revival: Road back to European glory

Published on 2011-06-15 11:06:02

After experimenting with Man Utd and playing for 6 seasons, I decided to restart with a team I am unfamiliar with. Nottingham Forest – former European champions, currently in debt and fighting for promotion to the Premier League. The perfect ch > read more

3 goals in one match by one team…

Published on 2011-06-14 23:22:27

Colchester scored 3 goals and lost the game. Watch the video highlights! > read more

S1 Pre-Season results & transfers

Published on 2011-06-14 18:35:10

I know it’s only the end of July, but I have acquired all of the players I wanted. The McDermott signing on loan was the youngest player I managed to get in. The rest are all experienced players who will probably start a few cup games and a few > read more

New Season

Published on 2011-06-14 17:53:34

Welcome Back, A New Season Is Just About To Start, But Lets Look At The Pre Season, But First.. We Are Now Officially A Professional Club:D, A Great Step Forward For The Club As Its There First Time In Its Long History Of Existence. Now. I Wasn’ > read more

Rosenberg BK end of season update

Published on 2011-06-14 17:53:23

so i came in with Rosenberg in a relegation fight…. so i saved them! although i did not like what happened fixture wise or in the table….. i did make some changes to the team you all remember Benik Afobe lol Next season is my first full > read more

team

Published on 2011-06-14 16:14:55

what team shall i be > read more

End of October-Mid-November

Published on 2011-06-14 15:36:20

Hello Guys and welcome to my update I played 3 games in this time in the nPower Championship here are the results Vs Norwich 30.10.2010 ( nPower Championship ) Back-to-back wins and here are the player stats Vs Millwall 6.11.2010 ( nPower Champions > read more

Juve: Welcome to Turin!

Published on 2011-06-14 15:27:34

Hi there! First of all I’d like to say thank you to everyone who suggested teams in my last post, I got a lot more responses than I expected! Now onto the story, in the end I was leaning towards a team in a foreign country and Italy is always a > read more

Champions League Draw

Published on 2011-06-14 14:29:18

The Champions League draw has been made and it looks a tough one. Daejeon I would say would be favorites for the group. Sydney could be tough and I think it’ll be a scrap between us and Sydney for second. Niigata should be the whipping boys but > read more

German Super Cup

Published on 2011-06-14 14:06:45

German Super Cup-first competitive game of the 3rd season in my Bayern Story… This year we are playing against Stuttgart. I won this trophy in first season but lost in second,now it is time to win it again! I would love to win it becouse it wou > read more

Leaving Changchun

Published on 2011-06-14 13:35:13

I know it seems a bit ungrateful but I am more than a little demotivated with being in China. I m enjoying it but its all a bit weird. Pre season in January, strange player rules and far to many Dongs, Wangs and Xie’s. My contract expires at th > read more

Please read and comment!!! :)

Published on 2011-06-13 19:35:07

Hello everyone,i have an idea… I was wondering if we can form an FM Crowd League. I was thinking that those players who are interested and me ofcourse play an online game together… We would make a poll wich League would we play and with w > read more

(BSBP) Cambridge United 0-0 Bath City

Published on 2011-06-13 18:11:33

U’s Draw A very uninspiring performance from the U’s resulted in a draw. United had all of the possession but failed to make it count against and very defensive Bath city team. City did threaten once or twice on the break, but found an > read more

Post match interview vs FGR

Published on 2011-06-13 18:00:03

What a comeback! Did you expect that?: The boys have a real, never give up attitude and this was definitely shown this afternoon! Coulson’s goal before half-time must have changed your notes?: It did. I wasn’t too happy, and Josh’ > read more

(BSBP) Forest Green Rovers 1-2 Cambridge United

Published on 2011-06-13 17:56:47

Gutsy Performance earns U’s Victory Two goals from two defenders earned Cambridge United their first win of the season. Both Saah and Coulson headed home to provide win. However it was Cambridge United who went down first, with Forest GreenR > read more

What a Disgrace!

Published on 2011-06-13 17:49:00

So Sears just posted about alex scott (FMCrazy) Supposedly cheating, this is what i have to say: i dont really care that he cheated, i bet a lot of people cheat on FM, i admit to cheating on FM10, its nothing major, just spices things up, at the end > read more

(BSBP) Cambridge United 0-1 Grimsby Town

Published on 2011-06-13 17:42:11

Cambridge Uniteds poor start continues. Cambridge made 4 changes from the team that lost to Newport. Grimsby started stronger, against what appeared to be a nervous Cambridge team. Although possession in the first half was evenly matched, Grimsby too > read more

Pre match interview vs Grimsby

Published on 2011-06-13 17:32:38

Will you later things from your last game?: I may make a few changes to counter specific threats. Will you change how you play the opposition?: No. We will pass and attack, its what we do best. It’s only been 3 days since your loss to Newport, > read more

Newport County – Post match interview.

Published on 2011-06-13 17:28:15

Not the start you had in mind, are you dissapointed?: I felt we played really poorly today. We didn’t keep the ball well enough, and without the ball we couldn’t play our football. Quinn played his first competative game for Cambridge tod > read more

(BSBP) Game 1 – Newport County 4-1 Cambridge United

Published on 2011-06-13 17:25:02

Cambridge United in shock defeat Cambridge United lost there opener of the season to Newport County. Newport totally outclassed Cambridge United from the start and somewhat shocked the U’s. It took just 12′ for Newport to take the lead. Y > read more

(Interview) Pre-match vs Newport County

Published on 2011-06-13 17:09:46

How was the off-season?: I felt that pre-season went well. We looked at places we could bolster the sqaud and quickly did so to allow the team to gel. I have a good strong, young team here who just can’t wait to start! Are you raring to go?: > read more

Goooaaaalllllll… x7

Published on 2011-06-13 01:17:28

Taca de Portugal round 1 – VS  Sampedrense Win 7-0 We were expected to win and we deliverd in fine fashion. Yes they are a small team but I wanted the boys to go out and send a message, to the board, the fans, their opponents, and importantly > read more

Signing The Future

Published on 2011-06-13 00:51:58

It seems like its been a long off-season, but oh it has been worth it. My new assistant arranged our friendlies, We got a new chairman who invested some money, and Igot to throw some of it at some players to get them to play for us. Forever Hot and C > read more

Next Batch

Published on 2011-06-12 19:44:19

vs DC United 1-1 (Angel) vs San Jose 2-1 (Ream, Nielsen) BIG NEWS: Henry out for 2 to 3 months. This means changing to 1 up front with an extra midfielder as other forwards not strong enough to rely upon to score goals regularly. vs Seattle 0-1 vs Co > read more

S2 Pre-season results/first half fixtures/transfers

Published on 2011-06-12 19:23:18

After a great pre-season and a very interesting transfer window, my season finally kicks off with a home Europa League game against Jerusalem.. First half fixtures Transfer INS: Bought some good young/middle aged players from top quality clubs. Gunn > read more

The Season Begins

Published on 2011-06-12 18:05:51

vs Chicago  2-0 (Angel, Zizzo) vs Seattle 3-2 (Angel, Henry, Aspas) vs Chivas USA 1-2 (Angel) vs FC Dallas 0-0 vs Philadelphia 3-1 (Angel, Zizzo, Aspas) So 5 games in, 3 wins a draw and a loss and sitting top of the the eastern conference table. Not > read more

Friendlies

Published on 2011-06-12 17:00:27

vs Montreal – 3nil win (Henry 2, Benachour) vs Carolina – 1nil win (Henry) vs FC RB Salzburg – 2 all draw (Henry, Aspas) Draft Pick – Sal Zizz0 MR vs NYRB(NPSL) – 6 nil win (Tchani,Henry 2, Zizzo 2, Angel) – Good i > read more

First half of the 2nd season in Bayern story is coming to an end…( finally ) :)

Published on 2011-06-12 16:20:10

I am sorry that i wasn’t posting in the last few days,i didn’t have time to play FM … But today i played and here are the results since my last post… I am really pleased with this results. The only bad thing is that we could > read more

Dec/April

Published on 2011-06-12 16:17:28

Usually Id Do Every 2 Months, But Without Internet Havent Been Able Too Post Anything, So A Brief Long One Instead December And January Much Much Much Better! Won All Accept Our 2 Draws! This Run Will Prove Vital Too Where I Finish . As You Can See > read more

New Signings

Published on 2011-06-12 16:03:57

Right transfer business and the window is open with a bang. Before I get down to the nitty gritty an oversight on my part. Savio and Dori have got another years loan here. This has now enabled me to overstock on foreigners, especially in the midfield > read more

Transfer Round-up/Squad Registration

Published on 2011-06-12 15:58:33

Benachour signed, so done with transfers. Now to make everyone fit into some sort of squad under the salary cap. The final roster is as follows based on a 442 diamond formation: GK- Coundoul,Sutton, Cepero Defenders- Marquez, Miller, Ream, Mendes, Al > read more

I Need Your Help!!!!

Published on 2011-06-11 15:24:24

I really hope that somebody can help me with this problem. Basically, i have spaces available in 2011 for friendly games so i wanted to arrange some matches. But when i go onto the fixtures page and press arrange friendly it freezes and i cant do any > read more

And this is why your getting sacked

Published on 2011-06-11 14:16:49

Title says it all Mr. Embe. > read more

Shenhua V Changchung 0-0

Published on 2011-06-11 14:02:09

Very brief. End of season game. Finished fourth. I know that’s short but nothing of note happened in this fixture. Pre season work now officially begins. The training facilities are now being built at the cost of £975,000. This is going to z > read more

New Poll

Published on 2011-06-11 13:24:04

On my site there is new poll called “Who is the best young player on FM 11?”. you can vote until 18.6.2011! > read more

Technical help: Re-using tactics, training in other games

Published on 2011-06-11 11:38:24

In this second part of my technical help series, I’m going to describe how you can re-use tactics and training schedules you’ve created in one game in another.  So if you create that perfect tactic in one game and decide to start a new o > read more

Season 2011/2012 Reflection

Published on 2011-06-11 10:58:39

June 13 2012 It’s my Birthday, Im 28, and have been in Portugal for 2 years now managing C.F Andorinha in Portugals second Division. I’ve managed to get in touch with some great managers accross Europe and Beyond and I have a feeling that > read more

End of 2011-12 season

Published on 2011-06-11 10:31:02

One final piece of news: i’ve entered the world of international management having taken charge of the Ivory Coast > read more

I will manage my Local Team

Published on 2011-06-11 06:23:48

I have decided the next team I will manage is Hartlepool United, my local team. I have already started managing Hartlepool but first I will show you my Friendly Results. I have also made quite a lot of Transfers will improve our squad. I will now s > read more

When you are leading 3:0…

Published on 2011-06-11 04:23:51

When you are leading with 3:0 score in a match don’t get self-confident. I nearly lost a victory in the game against Leicester: > read more

First Post!

Published on 2011-06-11 04:13:37

Hii, Starting a new game as Norwich today on FM11. Will do a new post in a bit with start of season expectations, player assessment, transfers etc. So stay tuned for that > read more

April Slide To The End

Published on 2011-06-10 22:10:03

April saw the end of our season finish on a bit of a down note for the second year in a row. We didn’t play all that badly as a whole, but we didn’t play all that well either. We played 5 games in April for 0 wins, 3 draws and, and 2 loss > read more

Lille…. September 2012 – February 2013

Published on 2011-06-10 20:28:22

Lets see how are we doing: 1 st match the french super cup against Lyon… great success to win it with a great come back! Lets see how are we doing in the league: YES!…we are doing great….we having a great great record this season& > read more

City’s Rough Start!

Published on 2011-06-10 19:15:51

Toby Bilton has today said things have to improve after he watched his team go down 2-1 to Pompey at Fratton Park, albeit with a little help from the ref, who wrongly chalked off a City goal early on at 0-0. It was the Canaries third loss in 5 league > read more

Lappin out, Livermore in

Published on 2011-06-10 15:00:57

Toby Bilton has continued to work in the transfer market, creating his new look Norwich side. Simon Lappin has joined Leicester for £800,000 whilst Jake Livermore joins on a season long loan deal from Tottenham Hotspur’s. Lappin, who was a key > read more

Admin

Published on 2011-06-10 14:51:02

So Champions league is in the bag the planning for next season is definitely under way. A trialist has arrived and is being observed. For my small and modest part in the triumphs during October I was awarded manager of the month. I would just like to > read more

£1million Robbo: “Easiest Decision of Career!”

Published on 2011-06-10 14:49:06

Norwich City have today unveiled centre half Paul Robinson to the press, as a conference in Colney. The ex Millwall captain joins the Canaries for a lump sum of £1million. Bilton was quick to heap praise on his new man: “Paul’s got a tra > read more

Wheeler Dealer Bilton in Busy Day

Published on 2011-06-10 14:08:57

Norwich City Football Club can confirm they have signed three new players, all on free transfers. Ex Arsenal forward Sylvain Wiltord joins the club and brings much needed experience to the side and will look to form a partnership with talisman Grant > read more

Bilton Takes Over Newly Promoted Canaries

Published on 2011-06-10 12:54:52

Norwich City Football Club have today unveiled inexperienced manager Toby Bilton as their new manager after the resignation of Scottish Paul Lambert. Bilton has been told by the board he is expected to finish in the top hlf of the nPower Championship > read more

March 2011: Under pressure…

Published on 2011-06-10 10:38:52

Hey guys, Again I must apologise for the lack of a fixtures screenshot, but I think it will be a bit nicer to take each game as it comes, like we have been doing, also, if you haven’t read my post about the League cup final please do so, it was > read more

Stop awhile from blogging….

Published on 2011-06-10 08:10:59

Sad to announce that i’ll be stop and take a break from blogging as currently i have something else that need to be done. But i’ll still be around here to read others’ blog and leave my comments too. Until next time,  see you! > read more

Oct/Nov

Published on 2011-06-09 18:57:02

Its Late But Feel Like Doing This Now As Ive Completed The The Months Of October And November. Soo Onwards We Go. A Alright 2 Months Could Have Been Better, But Could Have Been Worse. Starting Of Very Badly With A 3-1 Defeat Too Fellow Promotion Con > read more

Recent Good Form

Published on 2011-06-09 16:46:31

We have gained a bit of form as the title race hot’s up the  two main contenders are 1st Man Utd and 2nd Chelsea (me) we are hoping to keep up this recent form. we performed very well against Man City considering there multi million’s > read more

Wrapping up the Season – Part 2 [Who won the league?] RESULTS!

Published on 2011-06-09 16:35:39

We have had a very good season so far. Last season, when I took over, the team was in a bad shape, and we pushed very hard to get away from the relegation zone. This season, we are fighting at the top, so I feel very pleased how well the team has > read more

There you go boys and Girls

Published on 2011-06-09 16:09:51

Rosenberg BK!!! > read more

I have decided to leave Aston Villa

Published on 2011-06-09 15:20:30

AS the title says above i am leaving….. I feel like i have done my job there and the contract they were giving was crap SO now i will be looking for a new club > read more

2012/2013 mid-season (feat. a special trick)

Published on 2011-06-09 12:39:56

I am in 1 Feb 2013 in my game. I remind you that this is my first full season in charge of Leverkusen. Let’s see how my team did in the first half of the season. Champions League I’ll start with the big competition. As you can see I had some goo > read more

Owen ends Chelsea Cup Dream

Published on 2011-06-09 12:16:01

Middlesbrough started well in the Premier League facing Liverpool and Tottenham in their opening two games and walked away with their opening 2 points of the season. Manager Ryan Gunn, reported in saying “… I’m pleased with the teams performanc > read more

End of season Update

Published on 2011-06-09 11:58:36

First thing is first Lets look at the table for the end of the season: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE !!!!! im not happy where we finished but we are playing champions league NOw On to the fixtures Pretty good fixtures at the end of the season i loved the string > read more

I’m Back

Published on 2011-06-09 10:27:20

I have decided to return to FM Crowd as I believe I have got back into love with Football Manager 2011, something I haven’t said before is that I’m new to Football Manager, as I only started it a couple of years ago, so I might not have t > read more

Qingdao V Changchun 0-2

Published on 2011-06-09 10:14:36

This was a welcome result. The four horse race for that final Champions League spot has become a two and half horse race. Qingdao are out of it now so that just leaves ourselves, Dalian and Shenhua. The fixture got off to good start.  Gao Jin cracke > read more

S1 December results/overview

Published on 2011-06-08 19:54:40

Going to make this post short and sweet as possible seeing as I’ve been spending the day with my girlfriend today and not been able to play at all. It’s now currently 1:28am so by the time I finish writing everything, it should be 2am. Wo > read more

August Transfers Window

Published on 2011-06-08 17:36:14

Wooo i fianally got him Neymar!!! it took me ages to get him i hope he will do just aswell as he did at brazzilian side santos. I got Neymar on a cheap of £15 million which will help in my quest for the Premiership. > read more

EURO CUP GLORY

Published on 2011-06-08 17:05:11

WE ARE ON TO THE FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There will be a post tonight about how we made it I am almost done with the season i have three games to go This post will be a lonnnnnnngggggggggggggggg post > read more

Wrapping up the Season – Part 1

Published on 2011-06-08 16:44:27

So after our defeat against Shangdong, we lost out top position. We felt pretty down losing the spot, but we knew that there were many games left to play for, and we just need to continue going. Afterwards, we faced a weak Shenhua who actually won th > read more

Rory Fallon Good Or Bad?

Published on 2011-06-08 16:39:05

Do you the veiwers and the fans believe that Rory Fallon is good enough for League 1 > read more

Football Manager 2012 improvements and additions

Published on 2011-06-08 16:29:31

� After checking this http://www.truefootballmanager.com/2011/03/football-manager-2012.html i decided to write about my personal thoughts. Generally i can tell that FM 11 is very good. It is very close to reality but there are certainly some imp > read more

October-January 2011-12

Published on 2011-06-08 10:54:41

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Kitchee SC (1) -Transfers & Pre-seaoson preparations

Published on 2011-06-08 10:17:33

Interesting news that happened in my current save. Former Liverpool’s star, Fabio Aurelio has become the Manager for the team in Hong Kong, Sun Hei. Unfortunately, Sun Hei been relegated from the First Division recently. The new season is just > read more

My Transfers

Published on 2011-06-08 09:44:41

 Transfers in!      7.7.2010      Pounoussamy, Rudi      Capricorne      Free      7.7.2010      Sacko, Hamed      Capricorne      Free      7.7.2010      Caro, Didier      Saint-Louis      Free      7.7.2010 > read more

modified kit for leverkuzen

Published on 2011-06-08 08:31:40

Is it ok or you want to change the desing and the sponsor too? � edit : do you mean something like that? � > read more

Newbe

Published on 2011-06-08 01:24:08

Hi everyone, i’m new here and hope to learn something from you bloger.. > read more

Top 15 countries of FM Crowd visitors

Published on 2011-06-08 00:34:45

It’s where the most FMCrowd.com visitors came from during the last 30 days. I think it will be interesting for you to look at this statistics. Pay attention: only people who visited FMCrowd.com but not your blogs are counted here. Every FM Crowd b > read more

New tactics proved well! :)

Published on 2011-06-07 18:45:54

Ok so i played 3 games since i changed my tactics and i am really pleased with the results… I hope i will continue with this good form. I am glad that my new tactics also resultet for some of my players to play better. Eden Hazard scored a hat > read more

Nervous Ending to Season

Published on 2011-06-07 18:17:11

Serie A At the beginning of the season we were in 14th place and struggling to get any momentum or form. At the halfway point in January we were in 10th place and we were definately not going to win the league or even get close a to a 4th CL spot. Bu > read more

S1 December calender/fixtures/predictions

Published on 2011-06-07 17:48:08

We are only called into action in 3 league games, 2 potentially tricky games and 1 I should be winning with ease. We begin the month with a game against Novara in the Italian Cup at home. 3 days later we are away to Bari and away to Cagliari. We fini > read more

2012/2013 Pre-season and transfers (feat Pastore)

Published on 2011-06-07 17:00:11

Last things first If you read my blog, you may remember that last season with Lille the Champions League group stage draw was unlucky for me: I got handed Man Utd and R. Madrid. Do you think that this year I got it easier? Neah! Stupid draw. I may > read more

Could this be possible? (part 2)

Published on 2011-06-07 14:14:17

After the Pastore “incident”, I found another steal. WooT? Could he be available so cheap? What gives? It seems he had some injuries problems and some attributes dropped.. I will still go for him, hopefully injuries are behind him and I c > read more

Liverpool: Pre-Season & Transfers 2010

Published on 2011-06-07 13:24:41

Hi there! This post won’t be as detailed as usual as I’ve got man flu at the moment so I’m not feeling great. Anyway I’ll just get straight down too it… Friendlies Only 4 friendlies but that is because we had a European > read more

Getting out of League Cup in the 1st round…

Published on 2011-06-07 12:42:32

Damn… we didn’t seize on the red card… > read more

February 2011: Maguire’s month

Published on 2011-06-07 12:30:52

Hey guys! Okay, first apology, I am posting this a bit early because I forgot how far through February I was, so it is now over and as I don’t have any exams tomorrow I don’t need to be revising until a bit later on today so I thought I c > read more

december-January Update

Published on 2011-06-06 22:37:34

okay i have been really busy lateley with work and everything so this post is mostly going to snapshots but you have any questions please write a comments and ill explain the method to my madness The fixtures The Transfers The Table and Euro C > read more

Pre-season and transfers…

Published on 2011-06-06 19:04:20

I had to rebuild my squad for the next season so i made a bunch of transfers. Not all of them are great players but with the money i got i think i couldn’t do better. I was a bit disapointed becouse in the previous season i had 22 mil. for tra > read more

S1 October results/overview

Published on 2011-06-06 18:40:50

Results - v Cesena (h) 0-1 Poor game of football, I was expecting us to win ugly. I told the players that I expected a win and we should have been 1-0 down inside 30 seconds when they hit the post! We were flat in this game, our solid central midfie > read more

Leverkuzen kits for Croy.

Published on 2011-06-06 18:21:49

Here you are mate…as a gift for the hit meter..haha.. i hope you like them…of course i can change anything you dont like… > read more

UEC- New Club Nov-Jan

Published on 2011-06-06 16:44:42

Hello and welcome back to another update of my UEC. In the last post I resigned from Barcelona and was looking for a new club then after 2 months l found this club: Yip that’s right, l’m the manager of Genoa in Serie A. I know you might > read more

Could this be possible?

Published on 2011-06-06 16:02:31

Is this for real? Carmine Longo is a world class scout. But I had to make sure, I sent another one. OMFG! He is so cheap. But it’s so early and I don’t have money, only in about a month I will. Ok, Palermo are in 11 place, but he doesn > read more

December 2011: A cruicial month

Published on 2011-06-06 15:43:47

The period around Christmas (Nov-Jan) is always crucial for those who wish to win their domestic leagues and further European ambitions and it was no different for Celtic who faced 8 games during December, including 2 EURO Cup matches and big games i > read more

Season 4 – 2014 (Competitions)

Published on 2011-06-06 14:57:37

This was the season I was hit by reality. So far everything was to good to be true. Even the change in formation and tactics did not help as much as I hoped in the long terms. The first half was not as expected despite the changes. I will use the r > read more

First season in Bayern Story is over! :)

Published on 2011-06-06 14:49:43

First of all i want to say that i am extremely happy with my first season. I have won German First Division and German Cup. This season i had a lot of problems with injuries and there were matches in which i took only 2-3 substitutions… I hones > read more

Gombak Utd (1) – Jan 2012 Season preparation, pre-season & Bad News!!!!! (Advise needed!!!)

Published on 2011-06-06 12:53:09

Here we are!! My first post in my new job in Singapore. Sorry for late posting, hope that i’m not letting anyone waiting too long though. Enough nonsense, lets straight down to business! After arriving in Gombak United, my first impression to t > read more

Poll results: The best FM site in the Web

Published on 2011-06-06 00:00:40

Thanks everyone for taking participation in the poll! I can’t say the poll was objective because it had been held only at my both blogs: True Football Manager and this blog. But anyway it’s interesting to take a look. Here are also the results of > read more

S1 – September predictions/results/overview

Published on 2011-06-05 18:02:32

I’m not going to lie, I’m not expecting to have the greatest of months. Thats a kick in the teeth for me. I have some difficult games coming up, I do feel we can win them but we’ll have to put our chances away and concentrate throug > read more

Chanba V Changchun 2-0

Published on 2011-06-05 15:54:34

A disappointing performance. This leaves the Champions League qualification in trouble. The last four games are against the current champions, the next champions and the team immediately above us and immediately below us. The match itself, from our > read more

Liverpool: I’m Back!!!

Published on 2011-06-05 15:45:39

Hi there! You remember how I said that I’d grown tired of FM, well I’ve started a game with Liverpool and now I’m enjoying it again. I know most people want a challenge to get back into the game, but I’m the opposite, I wanted > read more

2nd Season with Lille ….. September – December

Published on 2011-06-05 15:12:29

Lets see the fixtures and the results from September to the end of 2011. We had some difficult matches but i can tell we are doing well enough. Fixtures: League table : Champions league group: � Except for the match against Toulouse i am happ > read more

Finished First Half of the season…

Published on 2011-06-05 14:48:25

Ok,now German clubs have a winter break,so it is time to summerise my menagment… I want to start with Champions League,i am really pleased with how my team played in the group phase… These are all the games i played since my last post,an > read more

Game2: Bari vs Napoli

Published on 2011-06-05 13:43:53

In my second game in the seira a I took on bari away from home. I got my second victory, winning 0-1. Maggio came back from injury for this game but got injured in 45+5 mins. Sadly my stricker Edinson Cavani got sent off in 61 mins leaving me with an > read more

Winter transfers and tactical changes

Published on 2011-06-05 11:45:35

It has been a nice, quiet and relaxing Sunday. All I did the whole day was watching episodes of Criminal Minds and play FM. Life couldn’t get any better than this. Enough chit-chat, let get on FM stuff. Only a month has pasted in the game since m > read more

football manager 2011

Published on 2011-06-05 11:45:16

defence on football manager 2011 the way to make a solid defence There is certainly no one “right” way to do this. We could talk for hours about all the combinations of centre backs, asymmetric full backs, and the modern “centre half” droppin > read more

tactics

Published on 2011-06-05 11:33:41

1) An introduction to formations and tactics Formations and tactics are the fundamental basics of your team. They set out how it plays, where it plays, and how effective it is. The right tactics can make or break a team. Good tactics can make relegat > read more

Johor (2) – Nov 2011 Malaysia Cup ft. Quadruple?

Published on 2011-06-05 00:25:22

We only played the knockout stage for the Malaysia Cup in November. If we could win it, that mean we’ll be celebrating the first ever Quadruple in the club history!! DID we done that?? Quarter-final It was a fairly easy game for the team afte > read more

Why oh Why!?!?

Published on 2011-06-04 19:40:54

why Has FM suddenly become so boring, and i know im not the only one who thinks this, as many have stopped blogging, is it just that time of the year? > read more

S1 July

Published on 2011-06-04 19:26:17

So my first ever season as Lazio manager. My first big decision, which in my case was quite an easy decision, was to choose the start of the season expectations. Small budget.. I apologise if you cannot see the image above, I’m very new to this > read more

New Chimney Corner kits for sibo373

Published on 2011-06-04 18:48:05

I hope you like them..i can change anything you wish of course… � right click to download them… > read more

New Bayern Kits for straleee …

Published on 2011-06-04 17:10:15

Here is the link: http: //www.mediafire.com/?2wofd2g4p51igri � � > read more

Hello there!

Published on 2011-06-04 16:35:37

Hey guys, welcome to my blog! My name is Jonny and I’m originally from Dublin currently living in Coventry. I am 18 years of age and I am a Manchester City/Coventry City/Lazio fan. Lazio may obviously seem a bit random but I actually lived in M > read more

Bayern Munchen Story begins…(Please read and tell me your opinion)

Published on 2011-06-04 15:16:04

So as i start my Bayern story i realise i need 2 good strikers and lucky for me i find Karim Benzema on the transfer list and i buy him for 10 mil. That was a big relief becouse he is a great striker for my team. After signing him i moved on to the n > read more

An Introduction

Published on 2011-06-04 12:48:25

I’ve decided that I’m going to begin blogging about my Leeds story. I’m currently in 2015-2016 season with a very strong squad and title challengers. Those are the league positions I have had so far. As you can see, I have improved > read more

Technical help: How never to lose your save game

Published on 2011-06-04 09:44:10

Hello and welcome to the first of my “technical help” series.  In this series I’ll go over a few technical issues surrounding Football Manager, particularly those issues which surround running it on a Windows PC, such as save game > read more

Lescure quits Lille

Published on 2011-06-04 08:56:52

I did it, I resigned from Lille. I made some poor decisions after winning Ligue 1, which led my team to sit in 20th place in mid October. I saw no point to continue with this club since Orestis is doing a far better job with them than me. I will fin > read more

So Far So Good

Published on 2011-06-03 19:18:50

01/10/2011 Its been a busy month and I think we have handled it well. 5 Games played, 4 wins, 1 loss,  10 goals scored only 5 conceded. We are through the to the third round of the Taca de Portugal, and are sitting 5th on the Second Division South t > read more

Fixed!

Published on 2011-06-03 17:46:06

Problem solved! I will now be starting a new save with, in my opinion, the worst team on FM: Chimney Corner F.C. In real life they have just finished the Northern Irish Championship 2 (one level above the regional, amateur, championships) with 7 poin > read more

New Save

Published on 2011-06-03 17:17:55

I may have fixed the problem but don’t quote me on that yet. However, all saves have been lost, I think I deleted them as part of one of the “remedies”. So, I’m off job hunting if the game is fixed now. Just hold on though, I& > read more

Red Star Belgrade Story Starts… :)

Published on 2011-06-03 16:21:45

I finally chosed what team to manage,and i am ready to start. The first thing that i want to say is that Red Star Belgrade didn’t have the best times in the last few seasons. Partizan Belgrade is dominating in Serbian Football and my goal is to > read more

PLEASE HELP!!!

Published on 2011-06-03 13:35:43

Hey guys, small problem!!! So, today I was doing revision on my laptop (BBC Bitesize if you want to know) the whole morning. Afterwards I went on my laptop and it was working fine, however, at some point today while FM was on, it overheated I thin > read more

Nice start of the 7th season

Published on 2011-06-03 13:35:23

My Boston United won the away match against Walsall. Two goals were scored by Boston newcomers Woolford and Aguirre. � > read more

Johor (2) – Aug & Sept 2011 Malaysia Cup group stage

Published on 2011-06-03 12:20:07

We’ve just finish all the group matches in the Malaysia Cup 2011. And we managed to qualified into the knockout stage in style by winning 7 of 10 matches. We managed to remained unbeaten in all 10 group matches. Great scoring form in the comp > read more

Hello :)

Published on 2011-06-03 11:31:49

I am new here,i want to start playing with new club for my post,so does anyone have a suggestion what team could i manage? > read more

Having a break

Published on 2011-06-03 06:09:11

I have decided I will have a break from blogging on FM Crowd, it is because I would like to get to enjoy playing Football Manager 2011 again. Also I haven’t had a long story yet so I would like to enjoy playing Football Manager which might make > read more

Youth Signings

Published on 2011-06-03 05:08:31

This is just a short post to show you the 4 youth signings I have made for Arsenal. The first 2 where signed from Hartlepool, the first 1 is called Liam Mooney and he is a goalkeeper The other Hartlepool player we signed was a young centre-back call > read more

Euro 2016. Norway makes a sensation!

Published on 2011-06-03 00:32:39

How do you like it?! European Championship Dream team � Golden Boot � Best Player > read more

Start of the New Season…..June- July- August

Published on 2011-06-02 18:53:07

After a totally succesful season we had to be prepared for the new one… 30 millions are very good money to spend. I happy with my chairman but i didnt want to spend far more than i got. I made a lot of transfers.Fortunately i managed to spent > read more

Euro 2012

Published on 2011-06-02 13:52:55

Its come to that time! Euro 2012 is underway! A few things to point out before we begin. England and France both FAILED to qualify for the tournament. These failures resulted in the sackings of the managers. Group Stages Well the group stages offere > read more

Time for a Break

Published on 2011-06-02 12:56:35

Hi there! You may have realised that I’ve not been posting lately, well that’s because I’ve kind of lost interest in FM. I know that lately there’s been somewhat of a mass exodus of bloggers from all sites and I’m sorry > read more

Premier League 2011-2012

Published on 2011-06-02 12:50:50

Incredible! I don’t even know where to start! I’m going to focus on 3 main clubs. These being Chelsea, Blackburn and Liverpool First, a reminder of the final league table. Chelsea Torres had an absolutely amazing season, scoring 25 goal > read more

End of 2011-2012 Season

Published on 2011-06-02 12:19:19

End of season 2011-2012 has come. English Premier League WOW! I will do more analysis for Premier League in a separate post, but just totally amazed at the final league table. English FA Cup Chelsea secure a domestic double after victory over Man > read more

january update

Published on 2011-06-02 12:01:57

as you can see i am doing pretty well lying in second place and only one point behind celtic, also i would like to point out for the first 3-4 months i didnt have my striker david goodwille who is the only one who can score i only have 600k though so > read more

Keeping on fighting!

Published on 2011-06-02 11:55:46

Time for another update! Anyway, let’s get to it shall we! We’re currently nr 1 after playing rather well. However, it’s now that the big test comes. We face 2 super teams, so it’s going to be hard for us these upcoming games > read more

Start of 5th Season n Transfers !

Published on 2011-06-02 11:27:12

Targets After a successful season i want aim high again this season. So these are my targets: Serie A      : Top 3 CL             : Quarter-Final Italian Cup : Finalists Transfers Transfer Budget : £36m Wage Budget    : £1.3m Current Wag > read more

Mid-Season Update

Published on 2011-06-02 11:15:36

Half of the season is gone as we reach the end of January. Massive improvements have been seen in the performances of few players. I haven’t been very much happy with the strikers at my disposal. But Long has now started scoring goals. So that > read more

Lille – The rest of the season until the end..

Published on 2011-06-01 19:57:12

Due to my exams i had not so much time to make many posts…I ll make a post for the whole season.. Excuse me for being a bit long… Here we go… � League: It was a great Season….. In the league the only contenders were Lille > read more

January 2011: Goles y Goles y Goles!

Published on 2011-06-01 18:15:18

Sorry for the Spanish title, it just sounds so much better than “goals and goals and goals” don’t you think? I believe you will see why when we get on to the match reports, but first the fixtures, although you should already know on > read more

Second season horror – first games

Published on 2011-06-01 17:15:26

So, second season begins. After a good first season I can dream of a better second one… or maybe I shouldn’t get my hopes high! No surprise here, wasn’t expected to be main favorite just yet. These things take time Yes we… didn’t! Buyin > read more

Lille s02 start – transfers

Published on 2011-06-01 16:57:24

It has been a very busy transfer period, I signed 15 players, sold 11 and let go on free another 9. Since I signed so many players, I won’t show the profile to all, just to most important ones. As you can see, a decent transfer budget was put at m > read more

Guardiola Poll Results

Published on 2011-06-01 16:50:35

About 2 weeks ago I made a poll about the managerial skill of Guardiola. It’s time to see the results (click on the picture below): It’s official! The public voted, he is one of the best managers! > read more

End of 2010-2011 Season

Published on 2011-06-01 16:48:11

Yes, the 2010-2011 season is over, with some interesting results. English Premier Division What has shocked me is the performance of both Sunderland and Blackburn. They were expected mid table finishes and, as you will see in a later screenshot, bot > read more

Season 2 – Pre-season Transfers

Published on 2011-06-01 16:11:45

Well its been a long pre-season as we prepare for the return to the Premier Division, we’ve been really active nearly spending our budget. However, it was boosted with the following sales: I was lucky enough to sign Vukcevic at the end of last > read more

November 2011: Not bad

Published on 2011-06-01 15:20:26

November 2011 was an important month in the season because we had the chance to qualify from EURO Cup Group I and the first Old Firm game of the season alongside the regular league games, all of which need to be won to keep me ahead. So it didn̵ > read more

January 2011 Transfers

Published on 2011-06-01 14:40:54

This actually surprised me. Man City spent quite a lot of money on players, more than I’ve seen and especially in January. Again, if you want any screenshots (Squads, Player Stats, etc.) just leave a comment and they will be posted at the en > read more

Summer 2010 Transfers

Published on 2011-06-01 13:36:53

These are the top 20 transfers for summer 2010. Would be interesting to know how they matched up with transfers in your save game If you want any additional screenshots then just leave a comment > read more

Player Requests

Published on 2011-05-31 19:15:24

Anthony Sweeney was released by Hartlepool in the second season and has now retired from the game. any more requests for player stats in season 2015/2016? Stay Blessed Peace > read more

MY GAME Froze

Published on 2011-05-31 14:16:55

i am angry about it but my game froze all the way back from the Sunderland match in NOvember So i have to replay the game so i will just add the matches on to the december-january update. > read more

Season 6: Results of the Tournaments

Published on 2011-05-31 13:16:05

Champions League Europa League England FA Cup Spain Italy Germany France Holland Portugal > read more

Lille – end of 1st season

Published on 2011-05-31 12:41:03

Haven’t got much time to play FM the past week, but I finally managed to finish my first season with Lille. It is a rather long post so brace yourselves! As I told Orestis in a comment, Lille has a good team and with a bit of luck they can win th > read more

Boro return to Premier Division

Published on 2011-05-31 12:18:31

I’m please to report that Boro become Championship Champions with 2 games of the season remaining, following a win away from home to Ipswich, thanks in part to Forests run in the FA Cup! � Winning the final two games helped us to achieve a 12 > read more

Football Manager 2011 Story: April 2012 ft. Post Match Interview #1

Published on 2011-05-31 12:13:47

Click here to view the embedded video. > read more

July Transfers and a Major Problem

Published on 2011-05-31 09:03:01

Before I start talking about the Problem I will show you my Transfer for July and my new tactics Febian Brandy was signed as back-up and Liam Ridgewell was a good transfer as he is an experienced Premier League Left-Back and he only cost 4.6 million > read more

September-March Screenies

Published on 2011-05-31 08:49:44

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Woking: the Winter months

Published on 2011-05-31 08:39:12

Hello and welcome to the halfway point of my first Championship run with Woking I will first start with transfers as we had to go through major defensive changes after my players were poached by bigger clubs plus I didnt change my season expectation > read more

Staff Transfers

Published on 2011-05-31 07:48:28

As I had to sell all foreign players I decided to fire all foriegn staff and replace some of them with British or Irish staff members. > read more

New Start – LOSC Lille Metropole

Published on 2011-05-29 17:44:24

� I said i am going to start with Lille so here i am. After 6 years with my Peterborough i decided to start a challenge in france I am a fan of Lille in real life…specially i like Hazard, Rami and Gervinho . Unfortunately Rami will leave u > read more

End of Season 2014//2015

Published on 2011-05-29 17:03:43

End of Season Let me break it down for you… Serie A At the half way point in January I was looking confortable to win it but then towards the end of the season the team’s performance started to drop. It was most likely due to the fact that I had > read more

Half way through Season 1

Published on 2011-05-29 16:03:17

Sorry a quick update. Well good news, we’re are half way through the season and we are 10 points clear at the top with a game in hand! I feel confident of winning the promotion, although still a long way to go… � Unfortunately we’ve be > read more

November 2010: Expectations, Elation & Frustration

Published on 2011-05-29 15:00:17

Welcome back to the north-east of Scotland for what was possibly my hardest month as manager of Aberdeen and the title pretty much sums up this month in terms of my responses to the games, you will see why below, but before we see the results , here > read more

Hello world!

Published on 2011-05-29 13:25:39

Hey Guys! I’ve been playing FM2011 for a while now, so decided to start up a blog. I am currently managing York City as i support them! > read more

I’m Back.

Published on 2011-05-29 12:38:34

When I Lasted Posted In January I Was Quite Bored Of Fm, Soo Took A Long Break. When Finally I Decided To Get Into It Again I Decided Too Go A Team Not On The Game Officially?? And Have Also Decided To Start This Up Again . Buxton!  A Friend Moved > read more

Season 2015-2016

Published on 2011-05-29 12:13:15

Due to my exams i have not much time to write many posts.. so this will be a post about the rest of the season (November- May) It was a really great season.. my team performed well so i managed to win a good amount of trophies…hehe.. let’ > read more

September

Published on 2011-05-29 08:19:21

Its been a tough month, as you will see from the results below: The toughest is game was surprisingly against Barnsley, after taking an early lead, we were 3-1 just after the break. However, a good fight from Barnsley see them equalise in the 88th > read more

October and November 2011

Published on 2011-05-29 07:21:24

I’m very pleased with this month… You look the table: Finally we are in the direct promotion zone and 1 point from 1st place… October and November matches look like this: 6-2 vs. Ipswich… Really delighted with that win… > read more

Season 3 – 2013 (Road to Europe)

Published on 2011-05-29 06:40:57

As I won the league last year, it was time to try and conquer Europe again. I enter the competition in the second qualifying round, the same as my first season. And the opponent? The same as the first season; Budocnost from Montenegro   What are the > read more

End of December! Transfer Window Open Up!

Published on 2011-05-28 23:20:13

December ends on a high note with us being on top on the PL table. We are now 1 point above Arsenal with a game in hand. This is how the PL table looks right now and also our December fixture list. The Manchester United match was a match we could h > read more

It All Starts Again

Published on 2011-05-28 19:58:50

01/09/2011 Season 2011/2012 kicks off this month and sees us playing in the Second Division – South league. We have had a fairly good pre-season in spite of the back room issues I have had to deal with. The team is pretty much the same with onl > read more

Season End 10/11- We Made It

Published on 2011-05-28 17:25:18

While we didn’t exactly finish the season with a flourish, we did enough to stay out of the relegations zone, which means I still have a job next season! From our last 7 games we managed only 1 win, and 2 draws. Our saving grace was the fact th > read more

Slight Change of Plans!

Published on 2011-05-28 14:26:43

So i was making some transfers for Sunderland, when the unexpected happened. Manchester United offered me the chance to become their manager, i jumped at this oppurtunity. Despite them being one of the greatest teams in World Football, there squad i > read more

Start of the season: squad analysis and transfers

Published on 2011-05-28 13:23:59

So, here we go, as i step into my office at Selhurst Park and the size of my task to get Crystal Palace FC promoted into the Premier League becomes apparent. For those of you who don’t know much about Crystal Palace Football Club, they are situate > read more

Sunderland Aug 2010 – Jan 2011

Published on 2011-05-28 12:29:13

So far in the league it has been a rollercoaster  ride, 1st game of the season a 3-1 loss to sunderland, then from there on we went from strength to strength, mainly Jordan Henderson, WHAT A PLAYER!, he has been my key player, along with top goalsco > read more

October 2011: How do you deal with complacency?

Published on 2011-05-28 12:03:07

After two back-to-back months of wins I had hoped we might continue however things didn’t quite  go to plan. SPL Two games into the month and my solid 5 point lead was lost, leaving us on equal points with Rangers (but better goal difference) > read more

It’s going to be LEGENDARY

Published on 2011-05-28 11:57:49

Here I am, waiting for the epic match in a few hours.. may Barcelona kick ass later > read more

Johor (2) – Jan 2011 ft Some changes in Rules

Published on 2011-05-28 10:55:43

Here we are, in 2nd the season with Johor who will be playing in the Super League, and the season has just started! Before i continue with my January report, i would like to share some great news in my current career, whereby there is a MAJOR changes > read more

Hall of Fame + Facilities + Cash Injection…

Published on 2011-05-28 10:16:01

Well in this post i want to inform you about 3 things 1st) My facilites were downgraded and from 5 golden stars they are now rated 3 stars….Is this normal???I have learned of others happening the same to them when managing teams like Barcelon > read more

HALLO IEDEREEN!!!!!

Published on 2011-05-27 17:00:19

Hallo iedereen ik ben Aslandeman en ben 16 jaar oud. Dit is mijn eerste blog en hoop dat ik ermee door kan gaan! > read more

October 2010: Thrilling games & tight margins!

Published on 2011-05-27 16:34:15

Hey guys! Welcome back to the north-east of Scotland and another exciting month for Aberdeen F.C. But before we move on to the match reports, let’s just recap the fixtures and my predictions: So, this didn’t seem like the hardest of month > read more

Preseason transfers and friendlies 2010/11!

Published on 2011-05-27 15:35:39

Hi, and I’m back with a new update! Just a quick warning, this is going to be a long post so if you need to be somewhere in 5 minutes, dont start reading! Thanks Firstly, last post somebody asked me which leagues I had loaded so here’s a > read more

Crewe Alexandra: August & September 2011/12

Published on 2011-05-27 14:28:21

Hi there! Welcome to my 2nd post of the day! It’s taken me a while to finish my first 2 months of my second season but they’re finally done, and they’ve not been easy… August Results As you can see we’e shown the form o > read more

Da Awards …..

Published on 2011-05-27 14:10:08

This post will contain the awards of C.L . and the Enlish Premier Division!!!! English Premier League:…. Football of the Year Manager of the Year Players’ Player of the Year Players’ Team of the Year Top Goalscorer Players̵ > read more

The end of the Season…!!!

Published on 2011-05-27 13:27:20

Well 2 really important games as there are 2 finals in this month!!! Let’s see how we did……. We won really easy 4-1 in the last game of the year for the league…The 2 goals of Aguero led to this… Aguero scored 51 goals > read more

Johor – Dec 2010(2) 2nd season at Johor ft Pre-season, Season Objectives & Transfers

Published on 2011-05-27 12:51:34

Here is it! Second part of the December 2010 where i’ll covered the pre-season, season objectives and new faces to the club. In the coming season, i feel that, with the depth and strength that we have in the team, and also with the result again > read more

Season Expectations

Published on 2011-05-27 12:19:14

Unfortunately, although Middlesbrough deny any financial problems, within FM11.3 funds are a little short, as you can see from the below starting expectations: As you can see, not much to play with and with wages close to the budget, I may need > read more

Johor – Dec 2010(1) Season 2010 Summary

Published on 2011-05-27 12:11:11

Today i’ll cover the season summary for my first season(Year 2010) at Johor in Malaysia Premier League. As you know, i have successfully winning the DOUBLE with Johor in my first season where we won the FA Cup and Malaysia Cup. Before that, i w > read more

So it begins…

Published on 2011-05-27 11:55:34

  Greetings everyone, I’ve been a playing since the days of Championship Manager 2, some 17 years now, but this is the first time I have written a blog about the ups and downs of football management and I’m looking forward to it. Hopefully injec > read more

October Round up!

Published on 2011-05-26 22:36:10

As September draw to a close, the match with Chelsea starts on October 1st Overall I am not that disappointed about drawing against Chelsea  as we were missing some key players in our first team. After that the matches all ended fairly well with o > read more

Summer 2015… Start of the new season

Published on 2011-05-26 17:01:25

This is a post about the transfers in and out. � As i had said in a previous post last year i didnt spent much money.. (in order to get a new stadium) so before the start of the 2015-2016 season i had about 65 millions to spent… i have al > read more

How not to get bored with a save

Published on 2011-05-26 15:28:34

I writed a comment to Orestis with most of the things you’ll see in this post by I decided to share with all, maybe some are interested and they don’t read that comment. I had the same problem most people have in FM, getting bored fast of any giv > read more

Sunderland

Published on 2011-05-26 15:00:43

Ok so i was playing my new Celtic career as chosen by FM crowd, and ill be honest, it was pathetically boring, so ive decided to use the team that came second in the vote, that was between valencia, ajax and sunderland, as sunderland were a mid table > read more

Wales

Published on 2011-05-26 14:09:58

As you know Wales will be my next team, the first thing I done was sort out all of the staff: I appointed Nigel Adkins as mu under 19′s manager after a cheeky aproach for Sir Alex Ferguson was rejected. > read more

Poll Results

Published on 2011-05-26 13:32:06

The Poll Results are in and in half an hour there was 6 votes. 3 Countries didn’t have any votes they were England, Scotland and Slovakia Wales and France both got 3 votes each so to decide who I will manage I decided which team I would rathe > read more

Need help…

Published on 2011-05-26 13:29:44

It got in my mind that i cant achieve anything interesting anymore in my Peterborough story… I am also really tired trying every year to upgrade my trainning facilities….i have adequate facilities and 5 silver stars in trainning!! not eve > read more

My rival’s squad!!!

Published on 2011-05-26 13:09:29

As asked by Craig this is Atletico Madrid’s squad!!!! This is their squad…Well they are not very good compared to mine but they won Real Madrid 4-0!!!!Also they bought Pato for 70 millions!!!! Hope I beat them! > read more

I’m back

Published on 2011-05-26 12:42:34

After a short break I have decided I would like to manage a National Team but I will let you decide who I should manage, you have half an hour to vote. The Options are: England – As being half English and half Scottish my First 2 teams on my li > read more

March – April 2016!!!

Published on 2011-05-26 11:49:15

Again this post will cover few details!!!! English Premier Division Perfect League games all of them!!!We were brilliant in the league and won difficult games such as against Tottenham away and Man U home….Well the 2nd one was made to look ea > read more

Please Vote For My New Team!

Published on 2011-05-25 21:56:40

So i havnt really played FM lately because i found it sort of boring, not putting any effort into it and not really caring about the career, so id like you fellow FM players to vote for my new team. The Choices are Palermo Valencia Wolfsburg Benfica > read more

Midway through the season…

Published on 2011-05-25 17:09:23

Midway through the Season… So far in the league it’s been an easy ride losing just the once. The only problem is that most of my strikers are injured and it really shows because our performance has taken a dip even though we are still winning. We > read more

The rest of the season… until May 2015…

Published on 2011-05-25 16:15:01

In my previous post i have posted screenshot until the mid november… this post will be about the rest of the season until may… League: This year thing were easier in the league… i won it very easily…after 32 games we were cham > read more

Lille s01 (midseason)

Published on 2011-05-25 16:05:39

I was unbeaten in the league and won my last 7 games in the league when I met Lyon away in the last game of the year. My team played better but poor finishing cost us the game. Anyway, I am proud to tell you that even with this loss against them we s > read more

Fun little Upset and a tatical change

Published on 2011-05-25 13:49:18

First thing is first im pulling Mcgregor out of the starting 11 due poor preformance and replaced him with Jung-Sung- Ryong a South Korean gk Here are his Stats i picked him up on a free transfer and the other annoucement is that we beat Manchester > read more

Game1, Napoli – Udinese

Published on 2011-05-25 13:35:05

My first Siera A game ended with a 1-0 victory over udinese. 2 injuries occured during the game, the first was to my right midfielder, Christian Maggio, the second was to the subsitute that came on for maggio, my left midfield back-up of Andrea Doss > read more

Pre-Season is over

Published on 2011-05-25 13:01:42

My pre-season is over in my first season. My first game was a friendly, RKC 0-0 Napoli. I was very dissapointed with this result as my team had many chance but didn’t covert and my team were easy favourites. My second game was also a friendly, > read more

Last promotion hope lost…

Published on 2011-05-25 12:55:20

We must win this game to have slight chances of taking the playoffs position in the Championship… Now I can think of preparations to the next season… > read more

Screenies

Published on 2011-05-25 12:45:09

Here are a few screenshots showing how things have gone so far > read more

Wilshere

Published on 2011-05-25 12:45:06

I made a promise tp vikingmarius so here he is: I would love to buy him in the summer period.. last year arsenal rejected every bid less than 85 millions!! > read more

Finally Lost :(

Published on 2011-05-24 17:02:20

My unbeaten run in the league ended at 61 games after Udinese beat me 1-0, and to top it all of Pastore missed a penalty Sad times but still top of the league > read more

August- September Update

Published on 2011-05-24 16:55:45

Im just going to move on…… We lost the Community Shield… I am not really surprised that we lost at all. Although i did wanted to win it. im not really happy about some of the fixtures like the City match and the AaB match. Now at t > read more

Proof i didnt cheat

Published on 2011-05-24 14:18:44

I know dave you are trying to protect the reputation of FmCrowd. So here is the proof the manager was there since April of 2012. If i had cheated he would have been gone in June. I have no explaination why pato left (maybe he was unhappy). > read more

September 2011

Published on 2011-05-24 13:44:26

In September my promotion chances is bigger… You look the table: It’s good, we are 4th and 1 point away from the promotion. September games: Norwich and Blackpool 1-1—–> bad, i was disappointed but next 3 games was wins a > read more

Season 2 – 2012 (1)

Published on 2011-05-24 13:38:48

New YearNew Hope Before the new season I was hoping a few new talents might get promoted to my juniors. Else I had a mountain to climb to perform better then last year. Since I didn’t qualify for Europe I moved all focus on the league, even the > read more

Woking: Dec-Feb 2014 (transfers)

Published on 2011-05-24 13:34:33

First of all I know I am done with school and have only free-time, but I haven’t really been that into my Woking game I have played some other saves as well as spending a lot of time playing other games especially minecraft as well as being soc > read more

Huge Challenge!

Published on 2011-05-24 13:05:53

Hi folks! After taking a break from Football Manager, I decided to start a new game, with a twist! I am hoping to win the equivalent of the Champions League in every continent playable on FM. I have not loaded any big European leagues (such as Spai > read more

Start of the next season….transfers and 1st league fixtures…

Published on 2011-05-24 11:55:35

This is a post about the start of the new season…the players i bought and sold and the results of the first fixtures. So: � This time i chose winner..I was given enough money to make the changes i wanted… Here are my transfers… > read more

Cambridge United – Summer transfers and August

Published on 2011-05-24 09:39:13

Well it has been a pretty good start to the season, managed to get a few players into the Cambridge squad with the transfer limitations I had and in terms of the league, Cambridge are up and running! Lets start with the transfers I made Due to the > read more

Cambridge United – Welcome to the club

Published on 2011-05-24 09:01:58

Before I start talking about FM10, I’d like to introduce myself – I’m Benny =D Nineteen year old student from Cardiff, Wales and studying in Bristol for a degree in Media and Journalism. Been playing FM10 for a while and after some success with > read more

August Update and Transfer Update

Published on 2011-05-23 22:08:15

I just wanted to give a quick transfer update I wanted to give a few notes one is RONALDINHO ON A FREE— WHAT A PICK UP i think great creatvity and i think we really needed him Next one is PATO ON A FREE—- again what a pickup; I dont know > read more

Published on 2011-05-23 21:05:56

Sorry I haven’t been posting much, just come out of hospital again, been in bed at home for last two days, playing fm admittedly, missioned through the 1st season with newport, shall use this post to vent my thoughts and frustrations, and use t > read more

Season 1 – The Forgotten

Published on 2011-05-23 19:02:13

Transfers: As some of you noticed I got rid two players this season as well, one permanent; Rade Prica. At the first attempt I got to greedy so he became unhappy and was deperate to leave. So I had no choise when Stoke offered me NOK 13M for him. Th > read more

Season 1 – 2011 (3)

Published on 2011-05-23 15:31:36

The Champions League are here. Here in Trondheim it’s something almost magical about the floodlights on Lerkendal in the autumn. The season are below expectations so far, and the opponents in CL are even harder then I thought. This period I j > read more

November 2015!!!

Published on 2011-05-23 14:46:40

Very difficult month in the league with 3 big games…Also 2 away games for the C.L.!!! Hahahahha I proved Dan to be right….Their manager must say ”Nahh Sheffield again”…….Nice game especially by Aguero!!! NOOOOO&# > read more

300 games in management

Published on 2011-05-23 12:40:22

I have played 300 games managing Boston United. � My profile > read more

September 2010: Leaving it late…

Published on 2011-05-23 11:49:09

Well, this month was balanced on a knife edge between glory and failure, find out which way we fell by continuing to read… Here were our fixtures this month: I predict two wins this month, against Motherwell and St. Johnstone, we will probably > read more

New kits!!!

Published on 2011-05-23 10:43:01

Well it is in trend now to create new kits so I asked my brother to do some for me…After creating 198273409128730491827394081720394 kits I chose 3 of them that I liked most!!! These are my new kits!!! I really like my new kits…It would b > read more

Having a Break !!!

Published on 2011-05-23 10:34:36

I will having a break from Blogging on FM Crowd, I am doing this because I am getting bored of Football Manager so I would like to start enjoying it before I start Blogging again. I will comment on other People’s Stories but will not be telling > read more

50 Games Unbeaten !!!

Published on 2011-05-23 09:48:26

50 League Games Unbeaten Juventus became my 50th victim in the league after a 3-0 win. If anyone has got a better unbeaten streak (which im sure you guys must have), can you let me know so i have a target to aim for, would be really helpful. Stay Bl > read more

2nd Hald of an amazing season…

Published on 2011-05-22 18:52:11

This is a post about the 2nd hald of the season inluding fixtures and results in league fa cup and champions league… � Premier League: We are Premier League’s 2013-2014 winners!!!!!! As you can see my team had a great run of wins in > read more

“Preseason” – Before the game begins

Published on 2011-05-22 18:16:29

I started the game recently with one thing in my mind. To win as much as possible, with only homegrown players. This idea I have from a fellow countryman called “Sandefjord” on fmnorge.com. The basic is as simple as NOT buying ANY players > read more

The Beginning

Published on 2011-05-22 14:24:27

Hi. This is the very first post in my very first (real)blog. The first post is more of a test of how this works and get to know the tools. I will tell you more about me and myself soon, as well as the reason for the title The Beginning > read more

Liverpool FC Signings

Published on 2011-05-22 12:42:41

Some people don’t like Lukas Podolski but i believe i can translate his international permanences into big club performances. I joined the club in early January with the club lying in 5th in the table and 6 points from the last champions > read more

August 2011

Published on 2011-05-22 12:25:27

I will start with the table… We aren’t bad.. Now August games… The first game of the season.. really bad. But later things have been better so i am 5th in the league… it’s good. Now the transfers… I decided to ha > read more

My first post

Published on 2011-05-22 11:48:13

I will start writing my FM career… I am currently manager of Plymouth- in npower Championship > read more

Transfers In and Out…!!!

Published on 2011-05-22 10:15:54

So my overall transfers out were these: I will explain about Ilker Turan later… Now for the players in I will post my transfers from back to from: Goalkeeper I sold Sergio Romero because his stats were only getting worse and he had 2.5 stars > read more

Alex Nimely’s Profile!!!

Published on 2011-05-22 09:13:06

thegreenarmy asked me to post Nimely’s profile so here it is: He has improved significantly from the 1st season but yet i don’t think he is of top quality…He is jsut a good player…Players like him have existed , exist  and > read more

Players Out!!!

Published on 2011-05-22 07:30:20

These are the players that left my team!!! I got approximately 55 millions…With these I want to cover … The positions of a top Goalkeeper,a very good right back as Van Der Wiel was constanlty getting injured and didn’t play very w > read more

Nation Management + Van Persie’s Profile…

Published on 2011-05-22 06:10:08

First of all i want to tell you that my posts will be lessened for a some time as I have some important exams… Now this is what I mean Nation Management… I applied for the position and they gave it to me!!!I am the Manager of BrazilR > read more

Johor – June & July 2010 League ended but yet more to play ft. Malaysia Cup

Published on 2011-05-21 23:34:41

Finally we finished our 2010 season in Malaysia Premier League! But the season is yet to finish as we will start our campaign in the most prestige cup, the Malaysia Cup which will start August 2010. But before that , lets concentrate how we have do > read more

Finally……

Published on 2011-05-21 18:56:31

Just installed face, pack logos etc… What a joy! You dont know what your missing unless you ve had it. > read more

How to build a new stadium??

Published on 2011-05-21 18:41:31

In have never been able to persuade my board to build a new stadium for me in fm 2011 (dont remember if i have done it in previous versions)… So..Do you know a way to build a new stadium??what is required? i think you must have high average att > read more

First hald of the season….August- January

Published on 2011-05-21 13:47:01

This is the post about the 1st half of the season.. League: Here is the league table.. � and my fixtures so far: � As you can see my side is on top of the Premier League…I hope i cant stay there and win my 1st league with Peterboro > read more

Aberdeen: Squad Introduction

Published on 2011-05-21 12:26:46

Hey Guys! In this post I am going to show you the profiles of all the players in the Aberdeen senior squad, as well as an honorable mention for Przemyslaw Lukasik who will get some run outs and be the third choice keeper, even though he is in the u > read more

Edin Dzeko’s Profile!!!

Published on 2011-05-21 10:39:49

Bosnian asked me to post Dzeko’s Profile so here it is… Hope you like him…. > read more

Johor – April & May 2010

Published on 2011-05-21 10:24:15

Its been a great period from the team during this 2 months as we didn’t lose any matches and not to mention that we WON our 1st trophy of the season, the FA Cup at the end of April! Here are the results: April As you can see, there are only 2 > read more

Powerful effort of Khalifa Cisse

Published on 2011-05-21 08:51:59

Central midfielder Cisse did the excellent thunderbolt in the Championship match with Coventry. Watch the video: > read more

August 2010: Take a bow Scottie!

Published on 2011-05-21 08:28:44

This has been a great month for one of our players, Scott Vernon, hence the title, but before I do the results I am going to update you on a couple of transfers: Craig Reid-£230K I may have payed a bit too much but he is now my starting DR while Ry > read more

Crewe Alexandra: Pre-Season 2011

Published on 2011-05-21 07:13:04

Hi there! Welcome back to my journey with The Railwaymen. Since I got all the boring stuff out of the way in the last post I can dive straight into the interesting stuff, and we’ll start with transfers! Players Out As you can see quite a few k > read more

Season 1 – Month 6 December 2010 – We hold onto top spot

Published on 2011-05-20 23:12:16

Hello once again friends. Here is my latest post in my Football Manager 2011 story managing Manchester United. We had a busy month ahead of us in December with 6 matches, thankfully 4 of them were at Old Trafford. Dimitar Berbatov shocked me at the b > read more

New poll

Published on 2011-05-20 16:44:55

Hey guys! I’ve got a new idea for a poll and so it’s on the site now: Easiest team to manage on FM! You can vote every day 1 time. A simple poll, just vote for the team you think is the easiest to manage! Please vote now! Thank you for re > read more

Benevento: Season Start

Published on 2011-05-20 16:07:16

In this post Luca will overview Benevento’s start to their campaign. Lets see how he got on. Benevento Story: Season 1 I was expecting a good start but nothing compared to this, we are off to flyer in Serie C1/B and even so early in the sea > read more

ASTON VILLA 2-0 Sunderland

Published on 2011-05-20 15:16:34

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my second trophy since blogging about my story (Serie A title with Juventus was my first) what a game to watch and manage absolutely amazing the way the players played what a way to end the year on a high note > read more

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ASTON VILLA 1-0 SUNDERLAND

Published on 2011-05-20 15:11:43

What a beautiful goal by Downing A cross from the right side by Jarvis aiming for the far side of the post and downing was there to head it home with three sunderland defenders on his back that is his 10th goal of the season and it is now the end of > read more

SUNDERLAND 0-0 ASTON VILLA GOING INTO EXTRA TIME

Published on 2011-05-20 15:07:11

SUBSTUTION CHANGE ALQAHTANI——> Vanger Love (63) > read more

Sunderland 0-0 Aston Villa Half Time

Published on 2011-05-20 15:02:51

so far we have out played them pretty good in the firt 25 minutes then they started to comeback on us SUBSITUTION CHANGE CURTIS DAVIES ——–> EDSON BRAAFIELD (INJURY) > read more

Starting Lineup for the FA cup Final

Published on 2011-05-20 14:48:30

Goal Keeper- Mcgregor DL- Stephen Warnock DC- Gary Cahill DC- Curtis Davies DR- Mikael Lustig ML- Stewart Downing MC- Stijin Wuytens MC- Stephan Ireland MR- Matt Jarvis St- Gabby Agbondalhor ST- Yaser Al-Qahtani Subs Per Skjelbred- MC Vagner Love (in > read more

My Idea

Published on 2011-05-20 14:20:38

My Idea is that I holiday 1 season  and choose a club then. Please comment on what you think of My Idea > read more

Wilshere’s profile!!!

Published on 2011-05-20 14:18:18

As Craig asked me I will post Wilshere’s stats !!! To begin with , at first I tried him as a box to box with no success then as a central midfielder again with no success…Finally he really proved his quality when used as an Advanced Playm > read more

Fulham manager and chairman

Published on 2011-05-20 00:47:47

Quite funny Fulham future: Edwin van der Sar is chairman Gary Neville is sacked manager Alessandro Nesta is new manager I remind you it’s the middle of season 6 in my game. > read more

Start of the new season 2013-2014..

Published on 2011-05-19 20:02:10

This post will be about the start of the new season the players i sold and i bought and my current tactis so: As you can see the new chairman was generous enough.I decided to select tittle challenge and so i was given 40millions. I didnt select winn > read more

Club status – 2010 (the beginning)

Published on 2011-05-19 15:59:47

In order to know if I do things right or if I fail towards my objectives, I have to keep track of things. For that, I’ll make a yearly status that keeps track of the most important things. This year is made in day one, just as the save was started, > read more

How do I expect to reach my objectives

Published on 2011-05-19 15:29:57

I’ve always wanted to have a long save with a club, but never knew with which one. Lille seems the perfect choice for me right now. I’ve never managed in France, the club is decent without being great and I like their logo But in order to not l > read more