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FC’12 Netherlands – Tweede Divisie 2022/23
FC’12 Netherlands – Tweede Divisie 2022/23 FM23 Download posted on FC'12 Kits Forum for Football Manager 2023
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FC’12 Sweden – Ettan Division 1 2022
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Hale End Heroes: The Final Whistle
Welcome to the 20th and FINAL chapter of my Football Manager 2022 story with Arsenal. In this series, the aim was to win either the Premier League or the Champions League with a team consisting mostly of graduates from the Arsenal youth academy. I will finish this story off with the 2025/2026 season review, before […]
Norway - Norwegian League Level 1-3 3D'2022 Relink! (12/07/23)
Norway - Norwegian League Level 1-3 3D\'2022 Relink! (12/07/23) FM23 Download posted on 3D Kits Forum for Football Manager 2023
Aventuras Américas | Part 83 | Universitario #1: Returning To Peru
Having overachieved massively at Vasco to take a clean sweep of the main three trophies on offer, Robinho Lazaró tendered his resignation to a troublesome-seeming incoming President.
DF11 NewGen Facepack FM2022
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The Byline is Football Manager’s official blog and general interest website, continaining a wealth of guides and specialised pieces covering all aspects of the game. I have written a number of articles for The Byline and have been lucky enough to visit the Sports Interactive studios on more than one occasion, you can find links to all my Byline content below:
Northern Boys – Finale (Part X)
(Spoilers) – if you haven’t read the last installment of Northern Boys, do it now…IT WAS HUGE. Welcome back….to….THE PREMIER LEAGUE. That’s right, our Northern Boys are back in the big time after the unlikeliest of promotions on the final day of last season, which means after 3 seasons of languishing in the Championship and 7 seasons overall of navigating this save series, our North-East only squad are finally back in the Top Flight and I honestly have no idea how on earth we will survive it…but more on that later. Northern Development One thing we didn’t touch on at the end of last season was a status update on our North-East development project where our goal is to reinvigorate football in the North-East region and elevate footballing production across all the surrounding clubs in the area. To date we have invested more than £72 million across the region, largely taking the funds earned from players sales of ASM, Willock, Wilson, et al and reinvesting this into our North-East counterparts via friendlies for cash, affiliate fees and over-zealous transfers where we buy low value players for exorbitant fees as a means of pumping cash in to their respective footballing coffers. Let’s talk about South Shields again as there are truly remarkable things happening at this club. We previously spoke about how they had gained back-to-back promotions from Vanarama National North to Vanamara National, and then from Vanamara National to League 2. As you can see above we have given close to £12 million in development funding to South Shields as well as loaning them 8 players to date (they are one of our three official affiliate clubs in-game along with Hartlepool and Blyth). Not only have did they hold their own in League 2……THEY F*CKING WON IT. Absolute scenes as these North-East minnows slowly make their way up the footballing pyramid and even more interestingly, despite the £12 million we’ve given them they themselves have only spent ~£480k over the past 3 seasons yet something is definitely brewing at this club and hopefully we can also see this filter into their North-East youth production in the coming season. You’ll also see Hartlepool giving a stellar account of themselves finishing 9th in the league, while our other affiliate Blyth Spartans also had a great season following relegation last year – winning the Vanarama National League North to take a place in Vanarama National next season alongside Gateshead. Deserters On a more negative note we start pre-season with some pretty grim news. Despite our best efforts and even after getting promoted to the Premier League, Lewis Gibson point blank refused to sign a new contract (been pissed ever since we rejected those bids from Roma and Napoli) and subsequently decides to sign for Trabzonspor in the Turkish League on a free transfer – very much a shame as one of our starting Centre Halves and at 27 would have been a big part of our survival bid (you better believe we will go back in for him in January). Gibson is followed out the door by Daniel Barlaser who despite starting 29 games last season also refused to renew his deal and opts to become a Free Agent rather than join us in the Premier League. Really Daniel? In a world where quality Northern Boys are a scarce commodity, this is slightly concerning when we think about trying to compete in the Premier League.. The Big Time The Premier League is a wild old place in the year 2028. Since starting this save Liverpool have won it 4 times, Man Utd have won it twice and interestingly City winning just one title in 2025/2026. These three have made up the Top 3 every season bar two, with Arsenal finishing 3rd last year and Aston Villa randomly finishing 3rd in 2024 under one Frank Lampard. Speaking of last year – not only did Man Utd win the league but they did so courtesy of on outstanding season from our ultimate Northern Boy Giovanni Reyna who finished the season with the highest Average Rating in the league (7.52) after bagging 13 goals and 6 assists in just 25 league games, which was also enough to nab him the Ballon D’Or ahead of Romelu Lukaku and Jude Bellingham. Suffice to say we won’t be seeing him in a black and white shirt for some time (if ever).. Reyna isn’t the only Northern Boy to elude us permanently however 😔.. What does all this mean? Essentially it will be fairly slim pickings in the transfer market for us largely due to the fact that all of the top North-East born/raised players are already here and as you can see below, the only players that we would even have a sniff of signing would be our former Right-Back Nathan Wood, and Sunderland pair Dan Neil and the infamous chief of all chiefs John Wright who has refused to sign for us for 4 seasons straight such is his devotion to our closest rivals… Not much we can do here except again commence the @FridayNightFM pursuit with little or no hope of any success. Let the games begin.. Step 1 – Watch from Afar Step 2 – Chinese Whispers Step 3 – Chat Sh*t, Get Banged Step 4 – Peer Pressure Step 5 – Pray ABSOLUTE SCENES. After 5 years of begging, stalking, praying and sheer abuse on the man’s name – John Wright who at 15 looked like one of the best young defenders we had ever seen arrives at St. James Park aged 20 to help fight our cause for Premier League survival and is still young enough to be developed further having not really improved drastically since emerging as a Newgen. John Wright – Sunderland till he dies, the Mackem Mercenary, is finally a Northern Boy. Our spending continues as we also pick up his Sunderland team mate Dan Neil (born in Hebburn) as a rotation option, while a couple of newgens are brought in with the signings of Kevin Williams (born in Hartlepool) and Russel Foster (born in Stockton-on-Tees) from Brentford, taking our total spending to €25m in our first season back in the Premier League and our 8th at the helm of Newcastle. In other unexpected news….. This was quite unplanned and unexpected to say the least!! In previous saves I have always wanted to get the Ireland job, and here we are in a save with no focus on international management and we get the offer without even having to interview!! This created a bit of a predicament..accepting it would mean even slower progress on the Northern Boys front (considering how slow I play as it is), while declining it means an Irishman turning down the chance to manage his country organically in FM. Decisions!! As difficult as it is, the save must come first so we decline the offer to focus solely on Premier League survival and seeing out what will likely be our toughest season of this Northern Boys saga if the Media Prediction is anything to go by. Here, we, go…. Northern Boys – Season 8 Newcastle United Squad List 2028/2029 Goalkeepers: Freddie Woodman, Bailey Peacock Farrell Defenders: Fred Briggs*, Obeng Arthur*, Dael Fry, John Wright*, Mattie Pollock, Leif Davis, Kevin Williams* Midfielders: Sean Longstaff, Lewis Wing, Shola Shoretire, Josh Mellor*, Elliott Embleton, Dan Neil, Gabriel Odumosu*, Elliott Anderson, Russell Foster*. Forwards: Adam Armstrong, Sam Greenwood, Joe Hugill, Luke Young*, Josh Coburn *Newgen Naturally we are given a very generous start to the season with our first three PL games scheduled against Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool. Somewhat surprisingly however, we come out of it with 4 points and it should have been 7 only for a late goal by one Youssef Moukoko in that second game away to Chelsea, while somehow we manage to hold off Liverpool’s advances in Anfield so that big man Dael Fry could snatch a late winner!! This encouraging start gives us a huge boost going into September as we pick up another 7 points, and by mid-October we somehow find ourselves flying high in 6th place!! While Adam Armstrong seems to struggle to adapt to life in the Premier League, it’s the likes of Shola Shoretire (my FM22 Player of the Year) and Gabriel Odumosu who are stepping up and carrying us through some incredibly tough games and if we can continue along in this vein then our relegation fears will surely start to recede…right? We had to say it – we then went on a 4 game losing streak, and despite picking up a good 3-2 win away to Leeds, disappointing performances against the likes of Wolves, West Ham, West Brom and Middlesbrough see us slip right back to 11th and suddenly we are sliding downhill with nothing to stop the fall…that’s always a good time to play Man Utd in Football Manager right? I mean LOOK AT THAT TEAM 🤦♂️ Ninety-something minutes later……. Not a clue. Somehow, after weeks of poor performances and struggling in front of goal, we found ourselves 3-0 up against last year’s champions and despite conceding two goals late on in an attempt to give me heart failure, we held on for an epic 3-2 victory. The downside to this is that it seems to knock the stuffing out of us for the rest of December and Christmas (pun fully intended), and by the end of 2028 we find ourselves still in a downward spiral in 15th place in the 2028/2029 Premier League season. Now I know what you’re thinking. Surely we can do something in the transfer market. Surely there are some Northern Boys available that are better than what we have and that can help propel us back up the league towards safety and mid-table mediocrity. The honest truth is, short of Jordan Pickford (still at Everton), Nathan Wood (left us for Leeds) and Gio Reyna (banging for Man Utd) – there really isn’t. All are uninterested and therefore the challenge to improve this squad is greater than ever – we even went back in for Lewis Gibson (Trabzonspor) and Dan Barlaser (Central Coast Mariners) and both said no, chiefs. We must make do with what we have and see if we can somehow turn our fortunes around in 2029. Guess it’s up to me and my tactical astuteness right? It’s bad. Oh so very bad. We try to mix things up, flicking between 4-1-2-3 and 4-4-2 but nothing seems to be clicking. After defying odds at the start of the season, the game is healing itself and suddenly we find ourselves all the way down in 17th place just a couple of points clear of relegation and in real trouble with Brighton, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest all looking up at us with glee as we spiral out of control..the only positive note is that our job remains stable, bearing in mind our original media prediction was 19th and club vision was to battle for survival… Surely it can’t end like this. Not after all we have been through. Is our final legacy at this club to bring them our second relegation in 5 seasons and (with the close proximity we now have to FM23) leave them there to rot eternally? Even our Youth Intake was so poor it’s not even worth talking about…WE NEED A MIRACLE PEOPLE. It’s not over until it’s over. While Man Utd gain their revenge as expected, we pick up crucial back to back wins over two of our relegation rivals, and draws either side of that loss to Arsenal…
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Best FM22 Newgens
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Our FM22 Team of the Year
The 5 Star Potential lads pick their Team of the Year for FM22.
Our FM22 Team of the Year
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Lowest Leagues
What are the lowest english leagues you can manage? Hi all, Im a relatively new user of football manager having only played fm22 on Xbox game pass. I am going to order FM23...
Football Manager 2023 Best Free Agents
Get ready for Football Manager 2023 with the preliminary list of Football Manager 2023 best free agents that you can potentially find at FM23 beta release. This is your chance to uncover some of the many potential unattached players available on free transfers in Football Manager 2023. Download the complete list of Football Manager 2023
Hale End Heroes: Season 5, Part 4
It’s all or nothing for Arsenal, as the fifth season of my academy challenge comes to an end. After a seven-game winning streak, Arsenal are top of the Premier League table by two points, with just eight matches to play. If our Hale End heroes can hold their nerves, we will be champions for the […]
ROGER SCHMIDT'S 4231 FM22 TACTICS! (60% AVG POSS)
ROGER SCHMIDT\'S 4231 FM22 TACTICS! (60% AVG POSS) FM22 Tactic posted on Football Manager Tactics for Football Manager 2022
Roger Schmidt's 4231 (60% avg poss) / FM22 Tactic
A look into Roger Schmidt's 4231 tactics that he's currently using at Benfica and an attempt to replicate his system in FM22.
Aventuras Américas | Part 82 | Vasco #3: A Special Season
At the ripe old age of 82, Robinho Lazaró was as hungry as ever, leading his exciting young Vasco da Gama squad into the 2067 campaign. HIs big aim for the season ahead was to take a title fight to Goianiense, who’d won the last two Série A, after finishing third in 2066. Vasco began […]