Back in Business
By: Daryl |
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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 and Arshavin out wide.
Here’s what that looked like:
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Category: FM09
Help 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 everyone via the comments.
Seems that maybe part of the problem was the length of that last post. So rather than beating around the bush (pictured) I’ll get straight to it. After the jump of course…
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…
Category: FM09Captain Fantastic
By: Daryl | 12 Comments
As you know, Fabricio Coloccini is out for two to three months with some sort of old man hip injury. There seemed to be some sort of agreement that no replacement was needed, so Andriy Rusol stepped in to replace the frizzy haired Argentinean/Argentine (is there a correct term for someone from Argentina?)
One thing I didn’t consider until right at kickoff was that Colo was my captain. Captain Colo.
Which means that while Captain Colo is out, Vice-Captain Pavel Pogrebnyak will wear the magic armband (it’s not really magic, but don’t tell The Pog). It went badly, very very badly…
Category: FM09Time Travel is Dangerous
By: Daryl | 12 Comments
Apologies for the delay. But I have a good excuse. I’ve been travelling through time.
Category: FM09Talking Tactics Before a Trip to Old Trafford
By: Daryl | 12 Comments
The first game under the new regime went very smoothly. But that was away to Watford in the FA Cup Third Round. Our next game is a trip to Old Trafford to face Man Utd in the Prem.
But don’t be too scared. This isn’t Fergie’s Man Utd. It’s January 2012 and the old man has retired (his final game was the 2011 Champions League Final defeat to Liverpool, which is likely the exact opposite of how he wanted to go.)
The new man in charge at Old Trafford is none other than Juande Ramos.
Here’s the team he put out vs Man City in their last league game:
Category: FM09Football Manager is Distracting…
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
Tactical options for the Man Utd game coming tomorrow. In the meantime I thought I’d share this webcomic from Studs Up…
Category: FM09So Far, So Good
By: Daryl | 7 Comments
I was more than a little nervous abut this first game played under the new democratic regime.
A trip to Watford in the FA Cup 3rd Round looks easy on paper, but defeat would have been an absolute disaster.
Category: FM09Let’s Get to Work
By: Daryl | 14 Comments
First of all, thanks for all the kind words on the last post. I was more than a little surprised by that to be honest.
Second, welcome to the management team! The new plan is to put all major decisions up for debate here on the blog. We’ll use a combination of questions, options, discussions, polls and everything else. I’m not 100% sure how this is going to work, but it’s going to be fun finding out.
Category: FM09Do You Want To Take Over My Newcastle Team?
By: Daryl | 23 Comments
I’ve been struggling to find time to keep my Newcastle game going. Hence the lack of recent updates. If this happened in the real world, I’d definitely be fired and replaced. And maybe that’s how it should work on FM Offsde.
So… if anyone out there is
1. Interested in taking over my Newcastle game, and
2. Capable of maintaining this blog
Then I’ll happily put my save game on a little flash drive and post it to you. Anywhere in the world.
If you’re interested, please send an email to daryl[at]theoffside[dot]com with “Why Aye Man” in the subject line.
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