Archive for March, 2008

The Merry-Go-Round Part 3

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

So you have already seen the season as it played out in the challenge and I only managed to get two managers sacked throughout the season, so I am going to do a review of the clubs, how they did and why they weren’t sacked to see where my failings where. Rob at The Portal ha [...]

The Merry-Go-Round Part 2

Monday, March 24th, 2008

July
Well the first month went with not much happening really, Cesc made the first move from the Arsenal side joining Inter Milan. What I didn’t expect, was in my failure to put in a fee that the players should leave for the computer has made up it’s own reasonable price for the players, Cesc making [...]

The Merry-Go-Round

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

For those who read the SI games forum or The Bootroom Fanzine you may have noticed a guy that goes by the name of Kipfizh, a guy who loves to tinker around with the FM data editor to see what it throws up. The Bootroom features just two of his tales, one of which he [...]

What if… Managerial Reversal - John Aldridge

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Although John Aldridge was born in Liverpool and has an undeniable Scouse accent he managed an 11 year International career with the Republic of Ireland managing to gather 69 caps. Aldo spent the majority of his early career in an amateur league playing for South Liverpool before getting his break signing for Welsh side Newport [...]

Winning is Over Rated

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

January continued just as much of the season had done already, apart from the first and last days of the month, Sunderland taking a frustrating 0-0 draw on New Years day. But I was able to take revenge against Blackburn Rovers, although unable to do the same at Stamford Bridge, the league leaders were able to take two goals [...]

Mining for Diamonds

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

At last I can spend a few hours playing Football Manager, I have hardly been around lately mostly because work has had me travelling the country first of all to the middle of our Island visiting a lovely college in Birmingham before coming back up and then across to Yorkshire were Hull was kind enough [...]