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The Golden Generation | Fin
FM21? Completed it mate. The end of my seventh feels like a natural place to stop with Vålerenga continuing to dominate, and there's some bonus Norwegian national team chat from the 2026 World Cup too. Read on! Transfers The work put in to scouting externally and developing players internally m
FM21 - MK Dons
FM21 MK Dons save Hello, I will be sharing my current MK Dons series. MK Dons are quite a new club with good youth so they represent a...
FM21 - Paderborn 07 - Pushing Paderborn
Introduction Hello all, this series will be a series with SC Paderborn 07, who are called this because they were...
FM Genie Scout 20g - Error: Invalid floating point operation.
FM Genie Scout 20g - Error Hi guys, I've donated to receive the "G" version of Genie Scout 20. Everything is fine and works well... Until I try to...
Football Manager 2022 New Player Role: Wide Centre-Back
One brand new player role is coming to Football Manager 2022. We take a deeper look into the new role added on FM 2022; the Wide Centre-Back.
Premier League 2021/22 Leaguepack
Premier League 2021/22 Leaguepack FM25/26 Update Download posted on sortitoutsi Cut Out Player Faces Forum for Football Manager 2024/25
FC’12 France – Ligue 1 2021/22 [v3.5]
FC’12 France – Ligue 1 2021/22 [v3.5] FM22 Download posted on FC'12 Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
FC’12 Scotland – Premiership 2021/22 [V2.5]
FC’12 Scotland – Premiership 2021/22 [V2.5] FM22 Download posted on FC'12 Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
FC’12 Turkey – TFF 1.LIG 2021/22 [v2.0]
FC’12 Turkey – TFF 1.LIG 2021/22 [v2.0] FM22 Download posted on FC'12 Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
FC’12 Denmark – Superliga 2021/22 [v2.5]
FC’12 Denmark – Superliga 2021/22 [v2.5] FM22 Download posted on FC'12 Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
FM22 Feature: Wide Centre-Back
Football Manager 2022 sees the introduction of a new player role: the Wide Centre-Back
Chapter 7 – Retribution
Suggestion: Blogs aren’t made to be read in Twitter WordPress reader – click here to read in it’s original format if viewing on a mobile device. There was a time when our word was gospel in the halls of Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in Bologna. People would jump out of our way in the hallways, board members feared making eye contact during meetings and overall life was good at Bologna after finishing 4th in our second season thus gaining Champions League qualification for the first time in the club’s history. For some reason that all changed during the summer. It started with the board deciding to get brave and only allocate around £4m to our transfer budget despite amassing around £15m in prize money, severely hampering our chances of improving the squad with European football ahead of us. If that wasn’t bad enough, they then did this: Joey f*cking Saputo. You absolute chief. Not only is Tomiyasu one of our best players, he is also our best asset and €30m is an insult to what we could surely have demanded had we been given a chance to lead the negotiations. Despite our best protests, the wheels are already in motion and just like that, Tomiyasu is gone and is making the 2.5 hour trip North from Bologna to Milan. Absolute balls, and our hopes of some strategic pre-season preparation are already thwarted as we are forced to switch our focus to finding his replacement. Fortunately we don’t have to travel far… While convenient (especially as he also holds Austrian nationality meaning no issues with non-EU registration), it took £17m to lure Mert Muldur to Bologna, an extra £4m on top of the funds allocated to our transfer budget following the Tomiyasu deal. That meant, after letting a couple of players go we were only left with around £6m with which we are expected to build a squad capable of competing in the Champions League. Not half enough, however if you read our last post you may remember that we had started to dabble in the free agent market knowing that funds would be an issue this season regardless. Business went well, really well. On top of that we add Tanguy Nianzou on loan from Bayern (you may remember he was a baller in my Angers series), as well as making Oscar Mingueza’s earlier loan move a permanent one by activating his €7m option to buy from Barcelona. All in all, despite a couple of hiccups I feel we are ready to embark on Season 3 as well as our first Champions League adventure. Bologna FC Squad List 2022/2023 Goalkeepers: Uğurcan Çakır 🇹🇷, Christian Fruchtl 🇩🇪. Defenders: Oscar Mingueza 🇪🇸, Mert Muldur 🇹🇷, Tanguy Nianzou 🇫🇷, Aaron Hickey 🏴, Loic Badé 🇫🇷, Luis Binks 🇬🇧. Midfielders: Orel Mangala 🇧🇪, Jerdy Schouten 🇳🇱, Carles Alena 🇪🇸, Calvin Stengs 🇳🇱, Jayden Braaf 🇳🇱, Yunus Musah 🇺🇸, Musa Barrow 🇬🇲, Javairo Dilrosun 🇳🇱, Ianis Hagi 🇷🇴, Jack Harrison 🇬🇧, Emanuel Vignato 🇮🇹. Forwards: Adam Idah 🇮🇪, Pietro Pellegri 🇮🇹, Brian Brobbey 🇳🇱. Unfortunately – amidst all the panic following Tomiyasu’s departure, we failed to spot that the addition of Jack Harrison to the squad means we now have 4 Non-EU players in our squad along with Aaron Hickey, Musa Barrow and Uğurcan Çakır – meaning we now can’t even register the lad and he won’t feature at all this season. €25k per week to sit on his arse – not a bad job I suppose. The season starts – average. We opened by snatching a late draw away to high-flying Atalanta, then picked up wins against Verona, Genoa and Torino either side of a draw with Lazio and a defeat to Inter. Unfortunately a winless September saw us slip down the league and after 10 games we found ourselves in 11th place in the league. Meanwhile – the Champions League draw arrives and is not as kind as it could have been as we are drawn against Real Madrid, Arsenal and Shakhtar. Predictably we lose to both Arsenal and Madrid away from home, however a win against Shakhtar and then back-to-back home draws against the two giants mean that with just one game remaining we are in with a hell of a shout at qualification. Should Madrid beat Arsenal and we win our final game at Shakhtar, a European knockout round beckons for the first time in Bologna’s history. Back to Serie A and things are going from bad to worse.. We are making life very difficult for ourselves, as we slip down to 13th by the time January arrives and things are well and truly muddy in Bologna – not aided by the fact that neither Idah nor Pellegri seem to be able to kick snow off a rope this season let alone find the back of the net. Our league form has gone to shit, and knowing that this may be our lsat season at Bologna with FM22 around the corner – perhaps it’s best we put all our eggs in the European basket this season. Can we beat Shakhtar in Ukraine and hope that Real Madrid return the favour by beating Arsenal at the Bernabeu? Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bologna FC European Champions League Group C We take a slight gamble by starting Musa Barrow up front ahead of Idah and Pellegri, a gamble which pays off on 34 mins as Barrow opens the scoring to put us 1-0 ahead and level on 8 points with Arsenal but still behind on goal difference. 30 minutes later and our moment came as Vinicius Junior finally broke the deadlock for Real Madrid – WE ARE 16 MINUTES FROM THE KNOCKOUT STAGES! We bring on Nnamdi Collins to help shore things up and do the natural switch to defensive mentality in the hope we can see out the game. The right thing to do yeah? Well that was fun while it lasted. A draw with Shakhtar consigns us to 3rd place and a spot in the Europa League knockout stages which we proceed to lose to Slavia Prague in a one-leg tie caused by the 2022 World Cup (which incidentally Brazil won in a thrilling 6-2 final over Italy). So no more Europe and 4 months left in what has been a disappointing final season at Bologna – can we somehow find a way to resuscitate our campaign and finish this save with a shred of dignity in tact? “MaddFM knocks on the boardroom door..” We again strut the halls in Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, the board folding to our pleas and forking out €21.5m to sign Adeyemi who we hope can be the spark that reignites our season. Obviously 4 months is a short time for a Wonderkid to make a big impact but at 21 years old he is primed and ready to help propel us up the league. Let the games begin. After scoring on his debut against Atalanta at the end of January, Adeyemi bags 7 goals helping us pick up 9 wins and 3 draws in 18 games to finish in a respectable 8th place in the league – disappointing compared to our 4th place finish last year however after our disastrous start (not helped by the board’s decision to offload Tomiyasu) we will have to take it even though it means we miss out on European football. Milan take the Serie A title for a third consecutive season, bringing our Scudetto Gospel saga to a close and thus concluding another chapter of Football Manager as we bid farewell to FM21 – a year which saw us reach 973 hours of gameplay, 42/98 achievements, 2 long-term save series, 24 blog posts, 8 WeStreamFM articles, 4 Byline pieces and overall an outstanding gaming experience during what was easily one of the most chaotic years most of us will ever experience. So what next? With FM22 soon to hit the shelves, you can be sure that a new long-term save adventure with a banging backstory will soon be available to read right here on MaddFM.com, as well as a host of brand new FM content and collaborations in the pipeline. In the meantime, be sure to keep an eye on Twitter for an FM22 save reveal in the coming weeks, and catch me on the 5 Star Potential podcast for ongoing FM nonsense and FM22 hype as we gear up for the next edition of this epic game. Thank you to everyone who has read and followed any of my blog series this year – never hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, feedback, suggestions or help needed! Over and out – thanks again and see you on the other side. Paul aka MaddFM.
Ducks on the March - A Football Manager Story
In Depth Story - Take Aylesbury United to the higher leagues in English Football The Journey Football manager at heart is a journey, a culture, an expression. In this series it is the journey. It tak...
Austria - Bundesliga SS'2021/22 New! (02/10/21)
Austria - Bundesliga SS\'2021/22 New! (02/10/21) FM22 Download posted on SS Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
Greece - SuperLegaue SS'2021/22 Relink! (05/01/22)
Greece - SuperLegaue SS\'2021/22 Relink! (05/01/22) FM22 Download posted on SS Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
Croatia - HT Prva Liga SS'2021/22 Relink! (14/02/22)
Croatia - HT Prva Liga SS\'2021/22 Relink! (14/02/22) FM22 Download posted on SS Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
Azerbaijan - Premier League SS'2021/22 New! (20/09/21)
Azerbaijan - Premier League SS\'2021/22 New! (20/09/21) FM22 Download posted on SS Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
Spain - Primera Division La Liga 3D'2021/22 New! (01/10/21)
Spain - Primera Division La Liga 3D\'2021/22 New! (01/10/21) FM22 Download posted on 3D Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
Czech - FNL 3D'2021-22 New! (02/10/21)
Czech - FNL 3D\'2021-22 New! (02/10/21) FM22 Download posted on 3D Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
FM22 Feature: Match Engine
Two of the new major improvements to Football Manager 2022 are the Animation Engine and Player AI.
FM22 Feature: Data Hub
The Data Hub is one of the key new features in Football Manager 2022.
Czech - Fortuna:Liga 3D'2021-22 New! (02/10/21)
Czech - Fortuna:Liga 3D\'2021-22 New! (02/10/21) FM22 Download posted on 3D Kits Forum for Football Manager 2022
20 Clubs to Rebuild in FM22
As Football Manager 2022 draws closer, we take a look at 20 clubs that we feel could use some tender loving care.
Other Income Surge
Bagloads of Money for Southampton I've been recently promoted into the Premier League with Havant & Waterloovile. Understandably I had to rent a Premier...
Potential Football Manager 2022 Wonderkids & Next Generation Talents Born 2005-2006
With the announcement of Football Manager 2022 right around the corner, it’s time to speculate around the potential Football Manager 2022 wonderkids that we believe YOU NEED TO KNOW at FM22 release! To build upon the success of last years potential wonderkids list, and to help you be better prepared for scouting for wonderkids at Football Manager
Soviet Surge | Part 45 | The End Of Soviet Surge
Vladimir Latunov’s 22-year journey across Eastern Europe had come to an end as his FC Ural Yekaterinburg side lifted the Russian title for the first time in their history in 2042.
6 Football Manager 2022 Players to Watch | Potential FM22 Bargains
Get player recommendations for FM22, as we give you the Football Manager 2022 players to watch. Here you’ll find player’s who have performed great so far in the season and which deserves an upgrade for FM22 release. You will find a mix of potential FM22 bargains we believe YOU need to know of and hot
Running from FM: Picking up the Baton
Combining a love for Football Manager with a need to get fit, I played a game on FM21 every day that would then run a distance determined by the result on the pitch. Read on to see how it went.
Attack, Attack, Attack 4-3-3 Narrow
Perfect counter attacking football, strikers get loads of goals providing they have pace.
PSG Assistant Manager 4-1-2-3 DM Wide by DarkHorseFM
A fast-paced dynamic, tactic I tested out with PSG's 2021/2022 Squad. The team lost the first game of the season and went unbeaten for the rest of the campaign.
Tactical Machines 5-4-1 Diamond
A FM21 tactic that may seem defensive, but I am always among the best numbers and results in each league.
FM21 India Football League Structure down to Division 4
This is my attempt at creating a proper football structure for a country that lacks any structure. Indian league structure for Football Manager 2021.
UEFA Liberty Cup for FM2021
A FM21 database for top division winners from clubs outside top 5 leagues in Europe to compete.
Beautiful Football with Deadliest Vertical Tika Tika 433
Man United won Premiere League & FA Cup and Finalist for Champions League with tactic and while Manager ON HOLIDAY mode. Also Besiktas and Blackburn had success.
FM21 J League Database 2021/2022
FM21.4 JFA J League Pyramid Levels 1-7, University/U18/High School. Plus J League Action Style Facepack.
Football Manager 2022: My Save Plans
I wrote one of these blogs last year so I figured, with Football Manager 22 around the corner, I’d do the same again this year. Mainly because I’m really excited about the challenge I’ve come up with for this year’s game.
European Competition Changes // New in FM22?
Thanks to UEFA's announcements in May 2021 - FM22 may implement the new changes. Here we describe all the changes and potential impact on your saves in FM22.
FM21 Tactic: Sarah
Plug and play! A FM21 tactic that is suitable for both the top clubs and the underdogs. Quintuple with Liverpool, TOP6 for Fulham, double for Hertha Berlin.
For all the mods devoted to increasing realism, it's quite surprising nobody's tackled a "toxic twitter" mod yet.
If it can be done and any modders here have the will, I'll write the all of the copy needed to make the twitter page on FM just as awful as it is in real life As pointed out on the reddit sub, just an addition of someone like Fabrizio Romano tweeting about your incoming transfer...
Recommended laptops for Football Manager 2022
On this page you will find the best laptops to play Football Manager 2022 on.