Archive for the 'What if...' Category

Managerial Reversal European Championships Special

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

The managerial reversal campaign that is quickly coming to a close has been well received from those who have chosen to leave their feedback and with the European Championships only round the corner how better to celebrate such an event then to see how Football Manager will play it out. But going with the theme [...]

What if… Managerial Reversal - Roy Keane

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Roy Keane, one of many Manchester United’s legends, captaining the side during a very successful period in United history, using his passion for the game and aggressive style to spur his players on and terrify the opposition in his wake. Keane who was born in Cork 36 years ago, started his career at Irish side [...]

What if… Managerial Reversal - Arsene Wenger

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Arsene Wenger has been in charge for more games at Arsenal then any other manager and as a result of winning the majority of those matches he is also the most successful manager in Arsenals history. But things could have turned out a lot different for the Frenchman. Wenger played football as an amateur player, [...]

What if… Managerial Reversal - Rafa Benitez

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Rafa Benitez is probably the mold of manager that all English managers should look upon when thinking about their own careers, Benitez learned his trade the long way round and it has proved very successful. After his playing careers was over, Rafa went straight into management, but he didn’t start at any top clubs first [...]

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 [...]

What if… Managerial Reversal - Jose Mourinho

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Wow a full week without updating, I have been pretty busy this week doing all sorts of things, the most exciting of all of them in the arrival of a new creature in my life that I have been looking after and sorting out. It is an axolotl (for more information http://www.axolotl.org) and he is [...]

What if… Reputation Preceeds

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

This idea has been done sort of once before, Mike in one of his old carnations, sacked the whole of the England side and sometimes who wouldn’t want to do that? But as well as sacking them brought them down a peg or two to see how quickly they could rekindle their careers. Well I [...]

What if… Managerial Reversal - Sir Alex Ferguson

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Who doesn’t know anything about Sir Alex Ferguson? He is in charge of one of the most famous and supported teams in the world and that is most probably because in Sir Alex’s reign have won 27 cups of all different varieties, including the Champions League in 1999 when they performed the famous treble.
Although it [...]

What if… Managerial Reversal - Dennis Wise

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

What if…
We’ve already seen how Paul has done in Italy and Capello at Crewe, now lets turn are attention to one of the Premierships big four (which doesn’t include such small clubs such as Everton). Chelsea a team that has showed how alot of money can change the fortunes of a club when the [...]

What if… Managerial Reversal - Fabio Capello

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Fabio is about to name his first England side at the weekend and I am sure that it will be full of surprises, rumours have it that there will be no place Beckham to earn his 100th cap and we might see some of the young guys get a chance like Bently and Young. Capello [...]