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Sir Alex Ferguson’s Legendary 2008 Manchester United Tactics in FM24

Serie A New format

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Serie A New format

This fantasy scenario revamps the series A format inspired by the Belgian Pro League

Alphabet Challenge | Part 2 | Finding Trebor Mahtal’s First Club

Our Alphabet Challenge series gets up and running as fledgling Zambian manager goes in search of a new club, and finds himself in Latvia.

CHAPTER 3: PEP GUARDIOLA AND THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Pep’s scratched head. That’s the image of this Man City season, the worst under Pep Guardiola and not because of the results -which aren’t good of course- but the way the team plays.  Pep is, in my opinion the best coach in the world and maybe in the football history. His Barça made us fall […]

Athletic Bilbao: Basque-ing in Glory

FM Logic: Transfers & Development

Football Manager is the most realistic sports simulation video game out there. We all know that. But it’s not perfect. In recent versions of FM, and especially on Football Manager 2024, there have been some wonky game mechanics that often lead to unrealistic player development and transfers. Whether it’s talented players being stuck in the […]

How to Turn a 2-Star Potential Player into a World-Beater in FM

Football Manager is a game that is all about unearthing hidden gems and turning them into world-class players. While signing wonderkids with sky-high potential is always exciting, there’s something uniquely satisfying about turning an overlooked 2-star potential player into a first-team sensation. With the right training, playing time, and tactical setup, even an average prospect […]

The 1860 Diaries

Over my years on FM I’ve journeyed through multiple types of saves. Some I’ve enjoyed, some I’ve given up on after a season or less and some I absolutely love. The 2 saves that jump to mind straight away are Gremio and Austria Vienna. Both 1 club saves. As much as I enjoy sleeping around […]

(FM24) The UMC – Matsumoto Yamaga/Japan – 2027 Season

Welcome back. After last seasons second place finish in the J-League 1, our first season after promotion, I had high hopes for the upcoming campaign, we had money to spend, morale was high and we also had Champions League to look forward to. The question though is, can we actually go one step further in […]

A Fresh Focus – 1- Crystal Palace

The following is a fictional article, from a fictional sports website called theangrylinesmen, modelled on the style of The Athletic. “Palace needed reinforcements, and needed them quickly.” In each post in this series, first we’ll look at a specific club’s real world performance in the 2023-2024 season. Analyse their strengths and weaknesses, and pose a… Read More »A Fresh Focus – 1- Crystal Palace

Five Unique Challenges for FM24

Ready to shake up your FM24 save? Try these five unique challenges, from switching clubs every season to relying solely on loan players

Northwich Victorious

So here we are again, back into the whole Football Manager blogging thing and I thought it was about time that I focused on something I know a little bit about. I’ve taken the reigns of a club that’s very close to my heart: Northwich Victoria. If you haven’t heard of Northwich Victoria, then where […]

Football Manager 2024 League Updates: Unlock All The World’s Nations on FM24

Have you ever wanted there were more playable nations available to you on Football Manager? With this ultimate collection of Football Manager 2024 league updates by MasterIgor you will experience all the world’s nations as playable on FM24! Let the world be your oyster by unlocking new playable nations and leagues on Football Manager 2024!

Hibs’ Challenge to Break Old Firm Duopoly

“It might not be today, and it probably won’t be next season, if we’re being honest. But I PROMISE that if I’m given time here, we will win the league and break the duopoly of the Old Firm. I’m all about competition; it drives everything I do, and I hate it when one or two […]

FM25 cancelled. It's not the end of the world

FM25 cancelled. It's not the end of the world. You can do many other things.

Football Manager 2025 Cancelled

Football Manager 2025 has been officially cancelled by Sports Interactive.

April update public

🗓️ 4. April 2025

Tottenham 3-6 Liverpool – Recreating Liverpool’s tactic

After watching this game on TV and seeing how fluid the Liverpool team were in their movements, as well as how they exploited an under strength Tottenham side, I wanted to see if I could attempt to recreate the tactic within Football Manager. It’s worth saying that tactics, roles and team shape can and do […]

La Resurrección – 4

  WE ARE BACK. La Resurrección – the revival of notorious fallen giants Deportivo La Coruña, where we are about to embark on our fourth season at the helm having been promoted in Season 1 before finishing 11th and 3rd respectively in La Liga – be sure to catch up on the first three installments here if you haven’t already.   When we last left off, we had somehow managed to sh*thouse our way to a 3rd place finish in La Liga, largely thanks to 24 league goals by €6.75m signing Cameron Archer, along with a few big individual performances from the likes of Luca Lipani and Junior Kroupi. I had spoken on the 5 Star Potential podcast about our dilemma with Lipani – a season long loan from Sassuolo, he was one of our star players and we absolutely needed to activate his €16m permanent option or risk him returning to Italy and seeing his value skyrocket on arrival (already €21m – €28m by the time the season finished). The problem? Our board only gave us €8m to fund our newly-gained Champions League status, with a side that has already overachieved as it is – drastic times call for drastic measures, and considering we operate a Buy Low, Sell High policy here in Galicia, it was time for some wheeling-and-dealing to be done 🛞.     Bought for €4.5 million from Hamburg last summer, his 14 assists attracted a €15 million bid from Premier League outfit Leeds Utd, and given we were about three days from Lipani’s loan deal expiring, we had no choice but to accept.         A midfield wonderkid who we originally signed from FC Lorient for €11 million just 18 months ago, his 14 goals and 6 assists attracted an all out bidding war between the likes of Chelsea, Juventus and Bayern with the German Champions eventually winning his signature for a fee of €55 million – WE ARE OFFICIALLY RICH PEOPLE.     €70 million made in transfers, 100% of which goes straight into our transfer budget and all of which will be needed to build a side capable of competing in the European Champions League for the first time since 2004 – let’s have some fun 🚀.     My favourite player of FM24 so far. 5 goals, 7 assists and a 7.38 average rating across all 38 of our league games last season playing in a Carrilero role – we simply had to make his loan signing permanent and €16.25m is exceptional value considering his price literally doubled after we signed him.       We badly needed some pace and explosivity on the right side of our front three, and the former Man City and Wolves man comes in for €5.5m from Ajax in what could be a shrewd piece of business at just 23-years-old.       Needing some competition for Gianluca Busio at the base of our three-man midfield, we found more good value in the signing of versatile Ryan Flamingo who can play as a Centre-Back or Defensive Midfielder as needed – a great name also, it would be rude not to.       Having lost Mikelbrancis, a right-back was badly needed – our search became quite specific, someone who can play both as a wing-back going forward as well as tucking in as a centre-half if and when needed. Our scouts established that 26-year-old Harry Clarke was our best option without breaking the bank, we’ll give him a chance and see if he can match his predecessor’s exploits.       This was a big one..our biggest transfer so far in fact. I know we said we operate a Buy Low, Sell High model, but this guy has the potential to be a €100m player in the near future therefore €26m could turn out to be fantastic value for money in hindsight; we badly needed to replace the quality and creativity of Junior Kroupi in midfield, Rego should give us exactly that and at just 22 has all the makings of a star player.     We also add winger Adrian Gomez (€5.5m from Athletic Club) and midfielder Jason Knight (Free Transfer) to bolster our squad depth, and with 6 signings made we are ready to embark on Season 4 at Deportivo La Coruña. Squad List 2026/2027 Goalkeepers: Max Weiß, Kauã Santos. Defenders: Koni De Winter, Harry Clarke, Jon Pacheco, Niko Vukančić, Liam Kitching, Alessio Buttaro. Midfielders: Gianluca Busio, Luca Lupani, Ryan Flamingo, Jason Knight, João Rego, Joel Ndala, Luka Stojković, Carlos Borges, Adrián Pérez, Tomas Handel. Forwards: Cameron Archer, Gaetano Oristanio, Guillermo.       We couldn’t have asked for too much more in terms of the first half of our league campaign. Barring defeats away to Real Madrid and Valencia, we went pretty much unbeaten and the new permanent midfield partnership of Luca Lipani and Joao Rego looks as good as almost any side in the league bar the obvious two – by the time we reach the end of December, we find ourselves in 4th position after 17 games played, things going far more smoothly than expected!         We were handed a relatively tough draw with the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, Inter Milan and Napoli all in our path alongside Club Brugge, Hoffenheim, Dinamo Zagreb and FC Kobenhavn. One feels you’d need to beat at least one of those big 4 to stand a chance at qualifying..     And that’s what we did! We somehow managed to travel to the Emirates and turn over Arsenal in their own back yard, and that along with wins against Brugge and Kobenhavn plus draws with Zagreb and Hofffenheim meant we finished in 20th place in the new Champions League League Phase (love saying that), and after we lost our final league game with defeat to Napoli, who did we go and get in the Knockout Playoff Draw? Well, Napoli of course 🤷.     There’s only so much one can do against a side boasting Victor Osimhen, Romelu Lukaku and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in FM24, and though we held them to a respectable 1-1 draw in Naples, they were simply too much for us in the second leg as we capitulated to a 3-0 defeat at home – so ends our return to Champions League football for the first time in 20 years as a club, we’ve had a taste of the big time and would very much like to be here again next season….     For the fourth season in a row we were told of an “excellent” group of players coming through and a real “golden generation” for the club in our annual youth intake; at this point, our Head of Youth Development has mastered the art of copy and paste every year, get that man a pay rise. However, when the list actually came through – dare I say it, we may have finally found our first ever true wonderkid in FM24 – arise, Francisco Valeiro, who apart from standing a measly 5’3″ in height looks like he could well go on to be a world-class wing-back in-game. I mean, look at those attributes 😍.     Early exits from the Champions League and Copa Del Rey meant we only had to worry about league matters for our end of season run-in, a good thing too seeing as January and February were an absolute train wreck:     The big difference between this season and last season is that we’ve had to become far less reliant on Cameron Archer’s goals; this time last season he had bagged 17 in the league, however by the end of February he had only scored 8 goals (11 in all competitions) which meant that the likes of Lipani, Rego, Stojkovic and Ndala were far more heavily relied upon – not that this is a good thing, but what a difference a prolific striker makes. 25 games in and we have dropped to 7th place in the league – not ideal at all, our Champions League dreams fading rapidly before our eyes.     My concern at Archer’s lack of goals led to a slightly panicked January loan signing in the form of Max Moerstedt from Hoffenheim – a 6’5″ meaty striker with great physical attributes and at least one eye for goal. He did very little until a point where we randomly brought him on as a 90th minute substitute against Atletico Madrid, wherein he decided it was time to make a name for himself by scoring a 7 minute hat-trick from the Inside Forward (Left) role – make that make sense? He followed that up with a late winner against Espanyol, and though he did next to f*ck all for the remainder of the season – those two games will forever make him a cult hero at Estadio Municipal de Riazor.     Three wins in March were followed up by a disappointing run in April, and as we entered May and the final few games of the season, we faced the inevitable realisation that Champions League football was officially out of our reach – Atletico Madrid’s two games in hand surely enough to ward off any late advances. Three games left to seal 5th place in the league which overall is a fine achievement for a squad of our age and quality.       5th place it is! A place in the Europa League which is arguably far more suitable for a squad of our quality, age and depth especially given our Buy Low, Sell High model and our realistic ability to compete with the biggest fish in Europe. If we can make a few more positive additions to the squad and with a little bit of luck, maybe we can even go on and win the f*cking thing?!             Champions League it is then!!! Forget all that Europa League nonsense – Deportivo are BIG TIME ONCE MORE and we march on to the biggest club competition in world football for a second season running 😂. See you there 👌.   Feel free to share any thoughts, comments or questions below! 👇👇 We keep on waiting patiently for FM25…  

This Is It – May 2026

I won’t lie, folks. This is possibly the biggest month I’ve experienced in a Football Manager save in a long time. With that in mind, there is so much at stake, I’d like to share a poem by the late, great Walter Wintle to manifest a positive outcome to this nerve-shredding season in domestic and […]

Mikel Arteta's NEW Overloading Attacking Tactic & UNSTOPPABLE Set Piece

In recent times, Arsenal's attack has become a bit of a cheat code. In this video, we dive deep into Mikel Arteta's recent tactical innovations that have transformed Arsenal's attacking play. With a blend of strategic positioning, fluid movement, and SET PIECES! Arteta has crafted a formidable offensive unit that is both exciting and effective.DOWNLOAD THE TACTICS HERE!

Top Dogs of Tijuana: Season Two | Part I

As the dust settled on the many successes of season one, our manager, Agustin Madoery, was already planning for the task of rebuilding and repeating. The squad had a lot of strengths, but was also relatively old in its age profile. The task at hand was to remove some of the dead weight, rebuild with […]

Football Manager 25 DELAYED Until March 2025

Football Manager 25’s release has been postponed to March 2025, marking a second delay. However, in January 2025, fans can expect full gameplay features and screenshots, alongside an early access beta. While disappointing, the delay aims to prevent a rushed product, ensuring quality consistent with the franchise’s legacy.

Episode 371

Blues Resurgence: A Quest for Chelsea Dominance – Part 15

January 2031 – May 2031

Final Game Review

The final review of this journeyman game in FM24.

In the year 3145…

Luton Town won the Prem. Swindon, who have won 10 out of the last 12 years, has fallen to 10th, while Dani Salavert was fired after just 288 days in the job. The former Man United coach may regret leaving… In the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim continues it’s dominance. Since winning the league in 2982, Die […]

Problem Solvin V24 (Dzek Tweak 7)

11 Questions – FootLikeATractionEngine

If he isn’t tweeting about FM then Adam, aka @TractionFM is likely be found talking mental health. He doesn’t Blog as much as he would like to which is a shame but please go it out. Creator name & what made you choose it? I was initially planning on going for the easiest  option available […]

Celtic Nations League – Athlone Are Confident?

The team is performing well and we’re going in the right direction, namely to the top of the table, and apart from Rúben Candal — on the wings — we have a full squad. We play Carmarthen next, who are in 18th. I’m going to play a slightly rotated squad, but we saw how that […]

One-Club Man: La Cantera

La Cantera, literally means “the quarry” in Spanish, and it’s a term used in Spain to refer to youth academies and farm teams organized by sports clubs, specifically football clubs. It is also used to refer to the geographical area that clubs recruit players from. I find it’s a perfect term to apply to the process of “unearthing” some young gems of talent in FM24. And if that’s the case then I feel like at Real Sociedad I have hit upon a gold mine.

The Normal One.

Jurgen Klopp’s announcement of his departure from Liverpool at the end of the season marks the end of an era for the club. From the highs of winning the Premier League and Champions League to the heartbreaking defeats and the impact of the pandemic, Klopp’s tenure has been filled with unforgettable moments. While fans grapple with the news, there’s a sense of gratitude for his transformative impact and a shared understanding that his decision comes from a genuine need for a break. As the club and fans prepare for a future without Klopp at the helm, there’s a collective acknowledgment of his lasting legacy and a heartfelt thank you for the memories and successes.

AberDNA | #1 | Introduction

God speed the day, when I’m on my way, to my home in Aberdeen. The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen

Believe

“You may call it in this evening, but you’ve only lost the night. Present all your pretty feelings, may they comfort you tonight” Hello and welcome back to another instalment of our Football Manager 24 save, Sunderland Till We Die. When we last left you, we were flying high in the league, and showing we […]

Gazing Across The Water – cinch SPFL Review 2023/24

Cinch Premiership: It was a memorable season for Rangers as they not only retained the Premiership title but also secured their first domestic treble since 2003. The Light Blues lost just once in their 38 games and were champions by 20 points. Celtic endured a wretched season, drawing a joint-high 13 games and slipping to […]

Against All Odds #2

Welcome back to Against All Odds, a FM23 save where we aim for world domination with Odd, a team in the Norwegian Premier League, Eliteserien. Last episode, we looked at the complete squad and what the team might look like at the start of the season. In this post, I will be diving in to […]

Our City Our Team

Are traditional strikers dying out?

There was once a time not too long ago that having a dynamic, lumbering striker was almost necessary for success. The likes of Fernando Torres, Carlos Tevez and Robin Van Persie were some of the most prolific goal scorers on the planet in most of the decade spanning from 2000 until 2010. Since then, however, […]