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Farewell to the Mestalla With the wind in our sails, my Valencia side welcomed Real Betis to the Mestalla, looking to maintain our lead at the top of La Liga. Andre Almeida's 38th minute goal helps us secure the 3-points ahead of our trip to the Bern...
Summer Lovin' It was perhaps inevitable that the Saudi Pro League would poach one of my stars eventually - and sure enough the interest in Jose Gaya soon turned into a bid. Initially I rebuffed them, Gaya got mad, but I pointed out he has a release c...
Second Season Syndrome? Having made a decent start to the 2024/25 season, I was feeling confident heading into our first Champions League game at Partizan - so naturally we stumbled to a 0-0 draw, before losing 4-1 at Bilbao in La Liga. We bounced ba...
Summer 2024 Following a successful first season a the Mestalla, preparation begins for a return to the Champions League, whilst also looking to bring on the young talent at my disposal. Inevitably the Saudi Pro League teams begin to circle howev...
Around the turn of the century, Valencia were among the best sides in Europe - Los Che reached back-to-back Champions League Finals in 2000 and 2001, before going on to win La Liga in 2002 and 2004, and the UEFA Cup (now Europa League) and UEFA Super Cup...
Time to bring Valencia back to the big time!
Apparently it's bundled in with TV money - so teams that finish higher get a bigger slice of TV money next time.
Just finished my first season managing in La Liga in FM24; is there no prize money paid out once the league campaign finishes (based on final league position)?If I look under League Rules, there is no prize money listed for La Liga (as opposed to other le...
Having just upgraded to FM24, and so with a need to get to grips with some of the new changes (set piece overhaul), I sought out a save with short-mid term possibilities that wasn't going to completely kick my arse out of the gate (I'll save Valencia for...
Bringing the Dutch masters back to the big time.
Fair to say the 2023/24 season challenged me like few FM seasons ever have. After a solid 3-0 win against Uerdingen in the DFB-Pokal, we only pick up one win in our next twelve games!!! A brief uptick versus Freiburg (4-1 win) is quickly forgotten due to...
When last we left, my Union side had just beaten Werder Bremen, were 7th in the table, and feeling good about ourselves. A draw at Trabzonspor in the first leg of our Europa League Knockout tie extended our unbeaten run in all competitions to 19-game...
We've reached February 2023 in Berlin, and things are going well. Some tweaks to our tactics helped secure 3-1 wins over Babelsberg and Reggiana to finish the pre-season, before thumping Kaiserslautern 4-1 in the first round of the DFP-Pokal - hardly...
Following the surprise departure of former manager Urs Fischer, FC Union Berlin have appointed an unknown Englishman to guide the team forward, as they seek to establish themselves as a permanent fixture in the Bundesliga in the virtual footballing world...
One man's quest to make FC Union the big boys in Berlin.
Quick update post Summer 2024 transfer window. Looked to add some depth to my defence by bringing in Mohamed Simakan on loan from Leipzig (with an option to buy clause) as the vultures were circling around my defensive unit. The Frenchman's arrival p...
Into the Unknown Following a frustrating start to the season, things very much felt like 'that difficult second album' for my Newcastle United team. While we managed to secure a 1-0 win against Aston Villa, our Champions League campaign got off to a...
Summer 2023 After qualifying for the Champions League, the Board hand me a healthy £100m+ transfer budget; Southampton's relegation opens up Tino Livramento's relegation clause, so I spend £29m to bring him to Tyneside with a view to making him one o...
Yeah; he was playing ok for me - but he was definitely second choice RCB, and expendable long term, so when he came to me it was an easy decision to sell! Especially when it enabled me to bring in de Vrij, a much better CB.
Forgot to add my January 2023 transfer ins and outs. Sold Martin Dubravka, and Jacob Murphy (neither seeing much playing time, and neither had a long term future at the club for me), while Jamaal Lascelles decided he wanted to pursue a different chal...
After a solid start to the season leading up to the 2022 World Cup break, my Newcastle United side looked to kick on once the domestic schedule resumed in late December. A straightforward win at Ipswich in the EFL Cup eased us back into things, befor...
Staff thoroughly revamped, with Brian Kidd coming in as my Assistant Manager, and Dennis Bergkamp among the new coaching hires for the senior team, whilst club icon Shay Given joins the U21 coaching team. Coaching Team now among the best in the Premier Le...
No, Newcastle is not the greatest challenge in Football Manager anymore. Do I care? Also no. NUFC fan IRL, still rocking FM23, wanted a save to while away the evenings with, but one that didn't quite tax the brain in the way trying to turn Peterborough in...
Playing as Newcastle isn't exactly moneyball, more like money ball...
Haven't updated this for a while; second season syndrome! With a number of youngsters in the starting line-up, some injuries (including a long term problem for Paulo Dybala), and the usual fixture jam that comes with playing in Europe, it was an inconsist...
The summer 2023 transfer window sees me skew young - Pietro Pellegri, fresh off a brilliant season with Torino, comes in as my second choice striker, replacing the disappointing Andrea Belotti. Martin Baturina and Josip Sutalo arrive from Dinamo to bolste...
March 2023 proved kind to my Roma side - a 2-1 win against Milan was followed by an admittedly disappointing defeat in Sturm during the first leg of our Europa League Last-16 tie, bt a 1-0 win in Turin, thumping 5-1 win against Sturm in the second leg, an...
We've reached February 2023 in my FM23 Roma save, and I'm happy to report that the Giallorossi remain top of Serie A, 5-points clear of second place (and surprise package of the season so far) Torino! Particularly pleasing given we were without four first...
Additional: I also negotiated new contracts with Chris Smalling, Stephan El Shaarawy, and Nemanja Matić; all three have been performing well, plus the renegotiations see them take reduced wages, saving me around £50k per week against the budget - Matic wa...
One last FM23 save, returning to an old favourite of mine - AS Roma! A Brief History A Newcastle Fan IRL, the majesty of Francesco Totti was brought to my TV screen thanks to Football Italia on Channel 4 through the mid-to-late 90s. From there a...
One mans mission to make the Giallorossi the greatest team on Earth.
Just wanted to stop by and say a big THANK YOU for making these available - looking forward to tinkering with some of my own designs
“We don’t talk about 2002” I’m reminded, as my new assistant shows me around the BayArena. Suddenly the tale of how I became a professional footballer (Regional Level), the knee injury which cut short my fictitious playing career, and my journey to a (als...
Can I banish the ghosts of 2002 and deliver a first Bundesliga title to the BayArena? It’s Duolingo meets Scooby Doo!
I've had Valencia saves in FM20, FM21, and FM22 - the latter of which I really should return to after a break from it recently. I've found them to be a really good team to manage, as there is a good youth academy, sufficient reputation to attract goo...
My Valencia save was from the 2210 (previous) update - like a plum I'd overwritten the dbc, edt, and Inc folders in the 2210 sub-folder when I was trying to patch everything so any new saves with 2230 show up ‘correctly’. Basically I had to re-apply the c...
Thanks - something's definitely gone weird for me, as the Brazilian clubs show up ok now, but Juventus are back to being Zebre, several Spanish clubs are back to default. Have re-followed steps but still not right; will figure it out 🙂
Hi all - sorry if this has already been answered in the thread and I missed it, but… I have an existing Valencia save (in third season); and I've just noticed that the Brazilian club names have reverted to the three letter defaults (SAN for Santos fo...
Dressing Room atmosphere has also collapsed as a result of the poor run - it never rains, it pours eh
It's enough to make you paranoid about reload
Winless in six now, having been pushing for top spot, through to knockout phase of Champions League and in TIM Cup semi-final (and playing well overall)
A general frustration post
Playing nicely in my Napoli save, good record etc etc.
Reload to carry on, form has completely collapsed in what feels like an 'over night' style - can't figure out why (yet); still creating chances but peopl...
Is there a download/kit available for Wisbech Town?
If not, what info do you need? Happy to do my bit/the research if required
Given difficulty I am having in finding time to load up the full fat FM18 on my laptop these days, I've been considering picking up FM18 Touch for my Switch; which (at least in theory) should give me the opportunity to fit a few more bite size playin...
Thanks both - I suspected that might be the answer (rather than just being able to yank the latest FM18 db and import it into FM10 - too many changes in the 'tech' for that)
Assuming this is some wishful thinking on my part, but no harm in asking - is it possible to import the database from FM17 (or 18) into FM10?
I much prefer the gameplay in 10 (twas a simpler time that hits the sweet spot for me personally) but would like...
Thanks SS! There is a theory (or 'common belief' perhaps) that Richard the Lionheart adopted the flag (and St. George) from Genoa's original - though there doesn't seem to be any specific proof to back this up (perhaps unsurprisingly...