Football Manager

Another a turbulent month in October and I was looking to push on three fronts in November, with games in the Europa League, Premier League as well as a League Cup quarter-final to look forward to. All the games were winnable, although trips to Anfield and St Marys could prove to be tricky. The first … Read more

After such a great month in September, I was particularly looking forward to October with optimism. 4 out of the 6 games would be away from home, including a trip to White Hart Lane. This would be our first game of the month. Looking at Spurs so far this season, they sit in 6th place … Read more

After a disappointing August, we had a tough month ahead of us in September with home games against Chelsea and Arsenal, as well as two Champions League games. As the old saying goes: ‘You can’t win the league in September, but you can definitely lose it’. My hope was to still be unbeaten by the … Read more

The first competitive month of my reign is here and, as said previously, I feel it’s a fairly easy month which we should be looking to pick up 9 points, with winnable games against Everton, Hull and West Ham. Let’s get this month started then! Before we had time to even start travelling to Goodison … Read more

The time has come for the first competitive game of my reign in the Manchester United hot seat, against Leicester City in the Community Shield. I feel confident, I feel ready, and the team feels ready. Preseason was good, if not great, with few goals conceded and the tactics sufficiently worked on. I felt that … Read more

After the setting up of our tactics and scouting team, it was time for the squad to go on their pre-season tour to Holland. I thought this was a weird place to go, as we aren’t going to be playing any Dutch teams in our time there. With Rooney’s Testimonial and the Community Shield coming … Read more

You can catch up on Part One and Part Two here. As you will remember from the introduction to this save, I have disabled the first transfer window budgets and therefore will be unable to bring in any new players until January at the earliest. This does not stop me, however, from sending the vast … Read more

You can catch up on Part One here Before looking at the squad I had a look at my assistant manager thinks of the current squad. One of the biggest things that stood out to me is the age of the squad, with majority of the players over the age of 27. There are key … Read more