FM09
The greatest comeback since Lazarus
By: aman |
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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 joke for douche bag bloggers who would never in their lives taste the greatness that once dripped from his [...]
Category: FM09
Week 1
By: aman | 12 Comments
Sunderland Vs. Sunderland Reserves, July 8th 2009, 7:30 PM
I told the team before the game started to go out there and impress me. They failed. I sat and watched these bastards run around for an hour and a half, and one goddamn goal is all they could manage. The defense wasn’t challenged at all, so [...]
Category: FM09Day 1
By: aman | 5 Comments
July 7th, 2009. I step out of my rented BMW, straighten my tie, and study the man waiting there for me. Mr. Eric Black, who will be assisting me with my managerial duties, at least for the time being. Mr. Steve Bruce brought him along from Birmingham to Wigan, and then the Stadium of Light. [...]
Category: FM09Letter of Resignation
By: Daryl | 9 Comments
I tried to resign as digital Newcastle manager back in May, but got talked out of it. Since then I’ve tried to make time and keep this blog going, but turns out there just aren’t enough hours in the day.
So… I want to extend my original offer again. Is anyone out there interested in taking [...]
Category: FM09Help Me Pick a Team to Face Arsenal
By: Daryl | 6 Comments
Big game coming up vs Arsenal at home. We’re third, they’re second (it’s 2012 so Man City have finally spent their way to first place). It’s the 4pm game on Sunday, which means we’ll be on Sky Sports. No pressure then.
Here’s how Arsenal are shaping up:
Category: FM09Getting Away With It
By: Daryl | 3 Comments
Based on the responses in the previous post, here’s the team that went out to face WBA:
Category: FM09Five Questions Before We Play WBA
By: Daryl | 8 Comments
After getting some good input before the game against Chelsea, and then getting a good result, I’m looking forward to hearing who everyone thinks should start for digital Newcastle when we travel to West Brom.
For those unfamiliar with how things work here on FM Offside, the new deal is that before each game I put [...]
Category: FM09Back in Business
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
First of all, big thanks for all the input on the last post. Hearing from all the Newcastle co-managers makes me motivated to keep going.
After reading the comments it seemed the majority favoured:
Sticking with 4-1-2-1-2 for the game against Chelsea despite the poor result against Portsmouth.
Starting Pog and Laurito up front, Diego behind, with Marquinhos [...]
Category: FM09Help Me Pick a Team to Face Chelsea
By: Daryl | 12 Comments
Apologies for the hiatus folks. I was distracted by the Confederations Cup recently, but now that’s over we can get back to work with Newcastle.
Must confess, I was a little disappointed with the response on the last post. If we’re going to go ahead with this co-managing thing, I need a bit more input from [...]
Category: FM09Our First Stumble
By: Daryl | 6 Comments
It was all going so well under the new democratic regime, but we’ve officially had our first stumble.
So now’s the time for some serious debate.
But first let me tell you what happened…
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