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December 2025The Magic 40 Points EFL ChampionshipMatchday 21 - Sheffield United (Home) Disappointed with this one. Sheffield United are a decent side, of that there is no doubt, but they aren't exactly flying and even this win for them onl...
November 2025Two More Big Injuries May Hamper Progress EFL ChampionshipMatchday 15 - Southampton (Home)Our managerless rivals are sent home on their sorry way with zero points and our fans are going to enjoy their Saturday night! Great result a...
October 2025Recovering From A Mini Poor Run Of Form Some information from the data analysis team makes for some positive reading after the opening 10 games of the Championship season, as we seem to be performing above average in all areas right...
September 2025Getting To Grips With It EFL ChampionshipMatchday 5 - Preston (Home)It's back to back victories and our first home win of the season as well. Callum Lang comes in up top for the injured Colby Bishop and makes the most of his oppor...
August 2025Still Finding Our Feet With A Tough Start Our final pre season friendly ended in an unexpected but very welcome 4-0 win over Belgian side Gent. A fluid counter attack style worked a treat and we took our chances well, whilst limiting...
July 2025 After settling in to my role and meeting my squad, it was time to meet with the board and go over the objectives that were discussed at my interview. There is no doubt that the initial expectation is to establish ourselves as a Champi...
The Squad GoalkeepersI'm not quite sure why the first team squad has 5 keepers in it, but I will certainly be looking to trim this by 1 or 2. Austrian, Nicolas Schmid, is head and shoulders above the rest and will clearly be the number 1 betwee...
No I was sacked in October, sitting 19th! Hopefully lessons learned and I'll do better on the South coast.
Play Up Pompey Portsmouth Football Club are a professional football team based on the south coast of England in Portsmouth, Hampshire. They currently compete in the English Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. ...
Let's make Portsmouth great!
August 2025First Season Underway Our first game of the season will see us go away to Reading. They're predicted to finish in the top half of the table this year, with the bookies having them at 15/1 to win the title, so they will provide a stern test...
July 2025Settling In My new home is one that has changed it's name several times over the past few years, from the Reebok to the Macron and as it is now, the Toughsheet Stadium after the club signed a record breaking sponsorship deal with the buildin...
So it's official….I'm the new boss at Bolton Wanderers Football Club and the plan is to get them back to the heights of the English Premier League. But that is just the first goal - from there I want to add trophies to the cabinet and cement the club as o...
Join me as I look to bring Bolton Wanderers back to the Premier League, bring trophies and European success to the North West in the long term.
Chapter 1Squad & Tactic Having a look over my squad, the best player in it is Robin Knoche. The centre back is one of my most experienced players and has played all of his prior career in the top tier with both Wolfsburg and Union Berlin. He will...
Der Club, Dier Legende, Dur Ruhmreiche - 1.FC Nurnberg I was looking for a new challenge on FM24 and one that will possibly my last as it will hopefully see me through to FM26 (assuming we are going to see that later this year). I decided that...
22nd June 2029La LigaMatchday 34A very good win away from home, even if Athletic are massively underachieving this season (only 2 points above the relegation places now). La LigaMatchday 35Atletico lead the division and find themseles just 3 games fr...
20th April 2029La LigaMatchday 29Girona are battling hard against relegation so this would present us with an opportunity to bag my first win as Almeria boss and we grasped that opportunity with both hands! El Bilal Toure had an amazing day at the office...
11th March 2029In the Nations League, we have been drawn against Germany with the game to be played in the Summer of 2029. The other semi final will see England face off against Poland.Meanwhile, in the world of club football, it seems Erik ten Hag is sim...
12th November 2028My first matchday lineup as Holland boss, as I look to implement the 4-1-2-3 formation that has been so successful for me at club level... INTERNATIONALUEFA Nations League AGroup 2 - Matchday 1We didn't start off all that fluently a...
31st August 2028After 52 games in charge at Ajax, I have decided to resign from my position. I found the Dutch league really easy last season and kind of got the impression that whatever squad I put out in domestic football, I would have won every game, s...
END OF SEASON 2027/28 REVIEWA fantastic league campaign saw us finish unbeaten, scoring nearly 100 goals in the process. League seasons don't come much better than this! It was success in both the domestic cup competitions as well, lifting both the T...
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14th May 2028The Champions League Quarter Final draw pits us against the most successful side in the competition's history and we will do well to get through! EredivisieMatchday 28We were far from our best, but recovered from going a goal down to tur...
14th March 2028TOTO KNVB BekerThird RoundN.E.C are sitting 3rd in the Eredivisie so on paper, this would be one of the hardest draws we could get in the cup. However, we made a mockery of their league position as we absolutely battered them to progress to...
1st February 2028Despite having left Udinese 6 months ago, there was an award for me that came out of the blue as I pick up the Serie A Manager of the Year As the January transfer window opened, the first thing I did was recall our wonderkid, C...
31st December 2027As we check in on both of my previous clubs, Udinese are doing OK in Serie A but don't seem to have kicked on from my success at the club last year. Meanwhile, Antwerp relinquished their league title last season to Genk, but have started...
3rd November 2027EredivisieMatchday 4A nice double for Moukoko on his debut for the club and one that earns us another win! Champions League - Group PhaseMatchday 1We missed two clear cut chances in this game, so we only really have ourselves to blam...
30th August 2027Transfer News: The one position that desperately needed addressing in my new squad was that of the goalkeeper. So where better to go for my new number 1 than my old club! I paid £15.5 million to bring Elia Caprile to Udinese from Brentford...
4th August 2027We released 15 players this Summer but none that are really notable. Mostly youngsters who were never going to get near the first team. So let's move on to my first three signings of the window...an experienced head, a wonderkid and an...
END OF SEASON 2026/27 REVIEWAn impressive league campaign which saw us finish 4 places higher than last season and close the gap between us and the champions, AC Milan. We will look to close that even further next season and maybe even mount a title chall...
27th May 2027Serie AMatchday 36I rested everyone for this game with the Europa League Final on the horizon, so I'm really not going to read too much into this result. Time for the biggest game of the entire season and possibly the biggest game in Udi...
10th May 2027Europa LeagueQuarter Final 1st LegThere is no denying I wanted us to go out there and put in a strong performance and put this tie to bed before the away trip to Holland in the second leg. A storming first half performance might have done jus...
5th April 2027Serie AMatchday 25Not the easiest away day, so a credible point gained. Serie AMatchday 26We come from behind to win away at Atalanta. This is a very, very good result and the performance was exceptional. Hopefully we are hitting top ge...
18th February 2027Transfer News: My first signing of the January window sees me reunited with a player from my Antwerp days. Prince Aning spent a season on loan with us a few seasons back and I have now signed him on a permanent deal for my newer club. I'...
9th January 2027Serie AMatchday 14Two absolute worldies from Rolando Mandragora saw us come from behind twice to level things up against Bologna. Then in the 6th minute of stoppage time, we broke away on the counter attack only to see Camello's shot saved...
26th November 2026Serie AMatchday 8A good result against one of the best teams in the league. Europa League - Group PhaseMatchday 3We dominated the first half, but couldn't score! However, a much improved second half display in front of goal saw us c...
8th October 2026Serie AMatchday 1If you could pick your ideal opponents for the first day of the season, it would be against a newly promoted side and that's what we got here. A comfortable win to kick off the season, with two new signings both scoring de...
17th August 2026A few youngsters were released from the club this Summer alongside right back, Kingsley Ehizibue, who is nowhere near good enough for us and proved that with consistently poor performances last year. Whilst the two older players I sig...
END OF SEASON 2025/26 REVIEWThe aim at the start of the campaign for me was to get Udinese back into European football and we achieved that. The first half of the season set us up nicely and although our away form in the second half of the year was pretty...
24th May 2026Serie AMatchday 32A big, big win that takes us past the magical 60 point mark. The 62 points that we now have would have been enough to secure a top 7 finish in the last 3 seasons, but this year I feel it will take a bit more so we now have a...
4th April 2026Out in Belgium, Erik ten Hag does have Antwerp in contention for another title, although he isn't finding things as easy as I was over the last couple of years and Club Brugge fans will be excited at the prospect of their club regaining the...
16th February 2026Injury: We kick off this update with a problem...a very big problem! Mattia Perin is out with injury for potentially the rest of the season! My number 1 keeper has been a revelation since I brought him to the club last Summer, keeping mo...
21st January 2026Coppa Italia FantaSecond RoundA solid second half performance saw us turn this game on it's head and progress to the next round! I've become accustomed to winning the domestic cup in Belgium over the last couple of seasons, so I'd love to...
14th December 2025Garang Kuol has been in fantastic goalscoring form of late and that was enough to earn him the Serie A Player of the Month award for October. Serie AMatchday 11Garang Kuol to the rescue as he comes off the bench to score the only go...
30th October 2025Now I may be the manager of Udinese these days, but I'm still winning awards for my time at Antwerp. My legacy in Belgium continues. Serie AMatchday 3It was the debut of all debuts for new loan signing, Julian Rijkhoff as the youngst...
1st September 2025Well this was a complete turn up for the books. A £30 million one year sponsorship deal! What a source of income...possibly the best deal I've ever seen! Transfer NewsAs I continue to look to trim the squad, the latest player to lea...
28th July 2025The finances of my new club are stable, although we are not rich by any stretch of the imagination. There is no money for me to spend on new players unless I make some sales first. However, I do have over £100k available in the wage budget.....