Wading through the murky depths of pre-season.
Preseason transfer wheelings, feeling our way through the friendlies and dealing with incompetent staff.
FC St. Pauli have a new manager…
By: Dave |
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And it’s me. Gone is Holger Stanislowski, consigned to history in the name of success. The sort of success that can only be achieved by hiring a man who once guided Kettering Town to the Premiership, Ajax to three consecutive European Cups (because that’s never been [...]
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Stop giving me choices
By: Dave | 5 Comments
Where the final choices for the FM 2011 career are revealed, and a vote proposed.
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FM 2011: The Beginning
By: Dave | 21 Comments
FM2011 has arrived a day early, and the big question is: Who should I be?
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Saying goodbye to FM 2010
By: Dave | 5 Comments
In which Dave says goodbye to FM 2010, and completely doesn’t cry about losing his Ajax team. Also featuring an international futsal player.
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FM 2011: Thoughts
By: Dave | 8 Comments
It’s been almost a week since the FM 2011 demo (or my precious, as I’ve started to call it) was delivered to my computer, and it’s been pretty much everything expected. There are a lot of new features packed in, so here’s my take on some of [...]
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FM 2011: A New Dawn
By: Dave | 17 Comments
Steam is telling me that the Football Manager 2011 demo has got 12 minutes and 22 seconds left to download. That’s 12 minutes and 22 seconds until my life has a functioning human, for the next few days at least, is over. I wouldn’t say I’m [...]
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Football Manager 2011 blogger found?
By: Max | 2 Comments
I like first days. You have to be polite and attentive. You have to pretend you care about what you’re doing, as though this new rung on the employment ladder is the most important moment in your life. You smile, mumble and listen, looking like a foetus [...]
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Football Manager 2011 Blogger Wanted
By: Daryl | Add Comments
The release date for Football Manager 2011 has been announced, and it’s November 5th, 2010. We want someone to write a blog about the new game here on Football Manager Offside. If you think you’ve got what it takes to make a longterm commitment to blogging [...]
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The greatest comeback since Lazarus
By: aman | 13 Comments
I sat in my chair, puffing a cigarette, and examined the man sitting across the desk from me. The man who should have been a living legend, now just a broken down piece of meat, a [...]
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Team News
Meet the Family - Part 3 - Full Backs
So, having looked at my centre backs - now to my full backs. This is probably the most important position for me, as they will provide width and put early balls in the box to hit the head of big Jan. I'm also realising that I'm going to need a ...
Apr 13, 2010 | Read this article...
Meet the Family - Part 2
Centre Halves.
The centre back in France's lower divisions needs to be physical - it's a must. The leagues are very physical and you come up against some large strikers (none larger than my very own Jan Koller however). Jan also allows me to be a little bit more direct in ...
Apr 12, 2010 | Read this article...
Meet the Family - Part 1
I'll be spending the next few posts
The goalkeeper. They also call him doorman, keeper, goalie, bouncer or netminder, but he could just as well be called martyr, pay-all, penitent or punching bag. They say where he walks, the grass never grows.
-- Eduardo ...
3rd Time is a Charm
First things first - sorry for the delay. I started a new job, and have a lot on at the minute. However - given that I'm not playing football this season (rehabilitating a knee reconstruction) - I figure the next best thing to managing (which incidentally, I am, a team ...
Mar 22, 2010 | Read this article...
Something in the works
You'll be hearing from me again very soon. It's amazing what some spare time and a bit of incentive does.
Mar 19, 2010 | Read this article...
It's a possible theory: Maybe I'll return writing!
Hello guys! After having won a Champions League with Villarreal in LIVE, which you can see in last post, I've thought that maybe I can return blogging, but it depends on two things:
1. I am forward to making another blog here in The Offside, not about FM. If Daryl accepts ...
Dec 25, 2009 | Read this article...
Just to say goodbye...
Hello guys..I'm sorry to say my FM10 blogging time has ended...I can still play, but posting can take 2 much time, so I'll write this next post to tell goodbye.. I played my whole 1st and I'm going to end my 2nd season, and will play right now the Champions League Final (who would have guessed it?) against the Galacticos! In this 2 years I won 2 Ligas and a Copa del Rey! My biggest transfers were this: Giuseppe Rossi out to Man U. for 30mil... Ronaldinho for only 3mil, can you believe this? Cuz I can't! Hulk for 8mil, Kjaer from Palermo for 8mil, and.... AGUERO FOR 30MIL!
Here you got the live comments of my last Villarreal game, the FINAL OF THE UCL!!!!!!!:
Awful, truly awful.
So for the match against Creteil, I opted for the same side as last time, looking to reward them for their fine work.
10 Mins in, disaster. Their right back cleared a long ball forward, which was bouncing harmlessly to my Jules Vanni, my keeper. He had a brain freeze ...
Dec 22, 2009 | Read this article...
September Retrospective.
So, to the first day of (virtual) Spring. And I think it is time to have a look where we stand.
Firstly - to the table, I'm sitting pretty in 10th, having knocked off the league leaders.
Secondly - what the fans/board think. In short, they like who I've signed. ...
Dec 15, 2009 | Read this article...
French National Just Got Interesting
I fear I may have chosen the wrong club.
I mentioned before of my affection for Jan Koller
Well check this out
http://www.goal.com/en/news/90/france/2009/12/01/1658678/veteran-striker-jan-koller-set-to-join-cannes
Oh to restart in January with Mr Koller under my charge. Oh well, such is life.
Dec 12, 2009 | Read this article...
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