Last time out, we'd made a superb start to life in Valencia by winning eight of our first ten matches and only trailed a goal-crazy Real Madrid and Barcelona. And our form was near enough totally reliant on a free-scoring 33-year-old Son Heung-Min playing as a makeshift striker.
In the first part of our new adventure in Valencia we picked up a big opening day win and introduced you to our brand new squad, and new signing Neymar.
Last time out, I explained my decision to, with rather a heavy heart, move on from my six seasons with Sporting and explore pastures new by embarking on the start of a Journeyman save.
As I mentioned in the previous post and as you may have been able to tell from the brevity of it, I was getting a little tired of life in Portugal with Sporting Lisbon. We'd had a great time of it, winning six successive titles and becoming the second most successful manager in the history of Portuguese football.
One of my first blogs when I started this site was a review of my Valencia side on Football Manager 2018. Now, I'm heading back to Valencia for the 19 version. Valencia has always been a team that I've been intrigued by, ever since the days when they were winning La Liga and reaching the... Continue Reading →
The 2022/23 campaign would see Leeds United play in European competition for the first time in 20 years. A massive summer clearout saw no less than 26 players depart the club, either permanently or on loan. The biggest outgoing was striker Patrick Bamford, the Premier League top scorer two seasons previous, who was showing signs... Continue Reading →
We kicked off the 2031/32 campaign on the back of another Serie A and Champions Cup double, hunting a ninth consecutive league title.
We moved into 2031 with Atalanta sitting pretty at the top of Serie A on a 17-match unbeaten run in the league and having progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions Cup.
With a first-ever European trophy looking pretty in the cabinet at Stadio di Bergamo, our fifth season in Atalanta looked to be one of further strengthening and offering additional experience to even more exciting youngsters. The summer of 2022 saw more sales add to the Atalanta coffers, including our two oldest players departing the club.... Continue Reading →
It seems rather odd to step into a Football Manager Story some 5 seasons into a reign, but it seemed appropriate to kick off the brand new Football Manager Addict blog with what is one of my favourite FM saves in a while. Down the years Football Manager has been responsible for me forming totally... Continue Reading →
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