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I Didn’t Want To Win It Anyway
By: Tom |
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If you are Arsenal and you don’t make the Champions League you expect to at least pick up the UEFA Cup. Ordinarily you’d stand a pretty good chance. Ordinarily however, you wouldn’t come up against an AC Milan.
Category: FM09
Theo For England. Now!
By: Tom | 2 Comments
When you acquire a reputation as a club that doesn’t produce or nurture English players, it’s understandable that when that starts to change, people are slow to accept it.
Thus far none of my English players have really got a look in when it comes to Capello’s side. Walcott and Owen have both made three appearances [...]
Category: FM09Plotting Spurs’ Downfall
By: Tom | 4 Comments
I’m not a particularly popular manager amongst my peers. I can’t quite figure out why. I never say anything too controversial and I don’t speak about those in charge of other clubs unless it’s in response to something they’ve said about me. Perhaps it’s simply because I’m in charge of Arsenal, and so automatically the [...]
Category: FM09My Cup(s) Runneth Over
By: Tom | 6 Comments
My team’s league form may be underwhelming, and our Champions League performance a joke, but I am now a manager with a (minor) cup win to my name and, crucially, English, so I have every expectation of being offered the England job after Capello quits following a quarter-final defeat in the next World Cup. If [...]
Category: FM09Minor Tournament Ahoy!
By: Tom | 1 Comment
As we begin to move into the final stretch of the season it’s time to start looking at what the board are expecting to achieve by the summer, and what we realistically can hope to.
Well the first thing to be said is I hope my job doesn’t depend upon meeting these expectations, because then I’m [...]
Category: FM09We’re Going to Wembley
By: Tom | 2 Comments
Out of 28 players currently in my first team, eleven are English. Granted, most of those are only young fringe players at the moment, and some will undoubtedly fail to make the grade in the long-term or already haven’t (*ahem* Owen), but it’s still encouraging. I don’t foresee having any trouble meeting next season’s target [...]
Category: FM09Winter Wins (and Draws and Losses)
By: Tom | No Comments
I tend to go through spurts in Football Manager. I can go for a few days without playing, but then, when I do sit down, I might be there for hours and play a dozen games or so. This causes problems when it comes to this here blog, as I often find myself playing furious [...]
Category: FM09Such Lovely Hair
By: Tom | 3 Comments
January is always a hectic month. The games come thick and fast and the transfer window always livens things up. December ended with me being awarded the manager of the month award, after three wins and a draw in the league. At the same time, my board felt I was slightly under-performing. Still, my overall [...]
Category: FM09Misfiring
By: Tom | 4 Comments
In the build-up to the Stoke game, Owen managed to twist his ankle again, an injury that will see him out for another couple of months. This is the second big injury he’s had since I signed him, as well as a couple of minor knocks along the way, and it’s quite apparent that he [...]
Category: FM09The Agony and the Ecstasy
By: Tom | No Comments
When I have more or less a full squad available, and outside of League Cup games and the like, I seem to have settled on my starting English players. Taylor, Jagielka and Walcott all ensure I match my season’s target in each game, although I would like to have surpassed it by establishing some more [...]
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