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Journey Germany – Episode 4
Zane Pritchard FM
Objectives and Stipulations: Read episode 3 here – Episode 3 Something I didn’t anticipate when resigning from Dynamo Dresden, was being out of work for half a season. Borussia Monchengladbach offered me an interview in November, but it just didn’t feel as if it was the job for me. Bayer Leverkusen had parted company with […]
Hungary - OTP Bank Liga 3D kits 2024-25
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EuroTrip | Part 47 | World Cup 2070
A big opportunity came from number one team in the world Spain as 83-year-old Mahtal gave up on his mission to lead the underdog for one final shot at ultimate glory. And it helped that the Spanish FA offered him a contract worth £125k per week!
I Scored 5+ Goals Per Game With The BEST Attacking FM24 Tactic!
I Scored 5+ Goals Per Game With The BEST Attacking FM24 Tactic! FM24 Tactic posted on Football Manager Tactics for Football Manager 2024
Journey Germany – Dynamo Dresden – Episode 3
Zane Pritchard FM
After all the celebrations and plenty of empty steins, it was time to build for the 2. Bundesliga! Not only were we weak squad depth, but we needed more quality in our starting 11 if we were to do anything this year. We had a £2m transfer fund and would have to be smart to […]
Ignition, Championship Manager 4, Remix - AS Monaco (2003)
The R Kelly Ignition remix is the sound of the Summer! It’s so good it will be played constantly on the radio for the next 20 years, and it’s certainly been on constant repeat during the CM4 Monaco save. A save I am whizzing through right now. When I’ve not been slicing meat for £3.73 an hour, I’
Immer Weiter – 6 – They Who Would Learn to Fly
This is post six of a wider series. A series for FM24. “I’ve covered the Bundesliga for many years, and I’ve never seen anything quite like this season. What a story.” In-game date: 16 May 2026 The following is an excerpt from a (fictional) article, written by a (fictional) journalist, from an (also fictional) sports… Read More »Immer Weiter – 6 – They Who Would Learn to Fly
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La Resurrección – I
July 30th 2024 – the last time I properly played Football Manager…. To put that in context – it’s been almost 3 months since I have played this year’s rendition from Sports Interactive (an attempted Regionnaire save at South Shields which I streamed live over on Twitch), and over 6 months since I actually blogged one of my saves with the last installment of Allsvenskan or Nothing in Sweden before that save faded away into obscurity (it was fun while it lasted though). I’m not exactly sure what has gone wrong this year – whether it be my work-in-progress transition into real-life sports journalism, or a set of highly challenging personal/family circumstances which I won’t go into here; for some reason I ran out of steam earlier than usual this cycle however the recent announcement that FM25 will be delayed until March 2025 has definitely revived my appetite to start a new save, so that’s exactly what we did. I’ll be honest – I hadn’t at all planned to blog or do any content around this save (aside from occasional updates on the 5 Star Potential podcast), however so far it has been so enjoyable and so eventful that I couldn’t resist popping open WordPress and getting back on the blogging horse (that and my annual subscription auto-renewed so, might as well use it now). My original mission was quite simple – to find a save which would help me fall in love with Football Manager again; no major stipulations, no extreme limitations, no exhaustive admin work required..just a save that I could sink myself into and hopefully get hooked on immediately. In doing so, I had a quick think about some of my favourite past FM saves – Angers in FM21 where we focused on homegrown and youth in France, Greuther Fürth in FM20 where we had a strong Irish influence over proceedings in Germany, Tenerife in FM19 which was my first foray into Football Manager blogging…I wanted to combine all of that with an element of narrative/nostalgia and in doing so we find ourselves in Western Spain at Estadio Riazor, home of well-known fallen giants Deportivo La Coruña. Now I’m not going to go into all of the history and ignominy of Deportivo – I’m sure most of you are are somewhat informed on their notorious fall from grace over the past two decades, having been La Liga Champions in the 99/00 season, Champions League Semi-Finalists in 03/04 and subsequently declining all the way to the third tier of Spanish football following relegation to Segunda Division B in 2020. The days of Noureddine Naybet, Diego Tristan, Fran, Djalminha and Roy Makaay are long gone and since Deportivo last won La Liga, only four teams have been crowned champions, a disastrous 24-year period that has seen “Os brancoazuis” (The Blue and Whites) fall into relative obscurity while their former rivals in Madrid and Catalonia have thrived and dominated Spanish football thereafter. The Plan We are going to keep things relatively simple this time round; no save rules or limitations, no overly strict transfer policy and certainly no Regionnaire restrictions to contend with (don’t worry, the Regionnaire will return in FM25 😉); instead, we enter Estadio Riazor with only a few simple save objectives: WIth a Media Prediction of 11th ahead of the new season (interesting as Deportivo have only just been promoted back into La Liga 2), we won’t hold too many high expectations for our first season in charge. As you can probably tell – all of the above was mainly to get me back into playing and enjoying Football Manager again, focusing on bargains, nostalgia, making money and having an irrational Irish bias wherever we go..if there’s an opportunity to echo previous enjoyable saves of yesteryear then you better believe I’ll do it. Actually now that we mention it… Two of our first signings in the door are players I have very fond memories of in recent versions of FM gone by; Mohamed-Ali Cho (who was excellent for us at Angers in FM21) signs on a season-long loan from Nice, and he is joined by Irishman Luca Connell who arrives for €1.1m (50% up front) from Barnsley after he was excellent for us at Greuther Fürth in FM20. I’m also quite pleased with the signing of centre-back Anselmo Garcia Mac Nulty from PEC Zwolle for €1.1m (50% up front)..born in Seville to a Spanish father and Irish mother, what more could we possibly ask for? 😁 The squad we inherit is relatively unremarkable however youngsters like Yeremay Hernández (aka Peke) and David Mella give us some hope for the future alongside veteran Lucas Pérez (formerly of Arsenal fame). Speaking of Arsenal, I was also surprised to find former highly-rated academy player Charlie Patino on the Deportivo books after made a real-life permanent move to Spain in the summer following a loan spell at Blackpool 🤷. Needless to say we also load up on Irish staff members in our quest to have the Irish take over and of course develop an Irish newgen through the Deportivo youth academy which in itself will need work if we are to see any real talent coming through each season. We bring in an Irish Assistant Manager, HOYD, Coaches, Physios and a Scout just for good measure – will this have an impact on our Youth Intake? Only time will tell…☘️ Season 1 Disaster strikes not once but twice in our opening fixture as we lose 3-1 away to Real Oviedo; firstly our talisman Lucas Pérez comes off injured in the first half, and he is later followed by our Brazilian goalkeeper Helton Leite (who looks plenty good for this level). Two key players injured in our first league game? WE ARE BACK 🔥🔥. Wouldn’t you know it – our first choice goalkeeper does his ACL in the opening game of the season and is ruled out for 5-8 months. YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS 🤣. In the absence of any quality second choice stopper, we do the only thing one can do in this instance….spend €1.5m (50% up front) on a 6’4″ Bulgarian goalkeeper from the depths of the Bulgarian First League in the hope that he will become an absolute worldie between the posts. You’d do the same right? What followed was a consistent spell of inconsistency and mid-table mediocrity; despite two defeats in our opening two fixtures, striker Mohammed Bouldini started like a house on fire with 6 goals in 6 games, quickly rising to the top of the goalscorer charts before inevitably being ruled out for 6 weeks in September and October, young loanee Jovan Zivkovic taking his place but not with the same killer instinct up top; we attempt to deploy Mo-Ali Cho in his so-called preferred Advanced Forward role but he also proves largely ineffective despite the best protests of newly hired Nice manager Gennaro Gattuso who as we know is as rational as they come..by the end of December we sit in 10th place, with the highlight being a 1-0 victory over La Liga side Sevilla in the first round of the Copa del Rey. Overall despite all of the inconsistency from a results perspective, our 4-2-3-1 shape looks good, when we are good we are very good and in most games we are statistically on par with our opponents – just lacking goals when it counts and conceding either early or late on in games. While it was tempting to try a new tactic or tweak the various roles and instructions deployed, this manager couldn’t help but feel that things were about to click and if so, we could go on a very good run in the second half of the season. Unfortunately my early hopes were scuppered by the fact that our star striker and main goal threat Bouldini headed off to AFCON with Morocco for 5 weeks, which definitely hindered our efforts to hit the ground running in January – that said, we went on a pretty good run in the Copa del Rey, smashing both Levante and Villareal before exiting at the hands of Atletico Madrid in the Last 16. As you can see above, bar that 3-1 defeat away to Albacete and our cup elimination, we went unbeaten in 6 in the league but disappointingly drew four home games against relatively mediocre opposition. WE ARE CLOSE, I CAN FEEL IT!! Naturally we then lost to Granada at the beginning of March, however this in turn proved to be a catalyst of sorts… The stuff Football Manager dreams are made of. I had always thought we would click eventually but never like this – ELEVEN WINS IN A ROW including seven clean sheets see us rocket up the league from 10th straight into the Playoff spots, and by the end of May we find ourselves in 3rd place in the league, too far behind leaders Almeria and Sporting Gijon who are in a two-way battle to win the division and gain automatic promotion, but in excellent shape and form to gain the most unlikely of promotions in our first season at the helm of Deportivo. Bouldini, Mo-Ali Cho, Jovan Zivkovic, even Anselmo Garcia Mac Nulty finds his scoring boots as we look to finish the season with a bang in the West of Spain. It’s far too soon for us to return to La Liga both financially and in terms of squad quality, but hey – if it’s going we will surely take it and figure out the rest later..right? La Liga 2 Playoff Round 1 Tenerife vs Deportivo La Coruña I mentioned this was a save all about narrative and nostalgia, and wouldn’t you know it we draw Tenerife in the first playoff round, the side who I managed back in 2018 when I first started blogging about Football Manager. I was feeling confident, very confident in fact…that was until a particular news item in my inbox caught my attention informing me that three of my players had been called up for international duty and would be travelling to Germany for Euro 2024… Somehow Bulgaria manage to qualify and our young giant keeper Svetoslav Vutsov whom we signed on a whim has now claimed the #1 jersey for his country; if that wasn’t bad enough, for some bizarre reason Mohamed-Ali Cho‘s form in the second half of the season led to him racking up 12 goals and 12 assists and this convinces France manager Didier Deschamps to include him in his final 26-man squad alongside Mssrs. Mbappé, Griezmann and Dembelé…IT’S THE SECOND TIER OF SPAIN DIDIER, TU FAIS QUOI?! Young Austrian Jovan Zivkovic also gets a call up after he netted 12 goals for us last season, meaning we go into the playoffs missing three key players including two of our best XI..needless to say neither Tenerife or Santander have any representation at the Euros 🤦. In spite of this ridiculous turn of events and despite us taking an early lead in the first leg, we lose 3-2 away in the Canary Islands but thankfully we make amends in the return leg as Mac Nulty bags his 7th goal of the season – he’s been a demon from set pieces, the man loves a back post header and we hope he will be good enough for La Liga next season if we get there…🙏 La Liga 2 Playoff Round 2 Racing Santander vs Deportivo La Coruña 3rd placed Deportivo against 4th placed Racing Santander for a place in La Liga and a return to the bright light’s of Spain’s footballing top table. 6 years since Deportivo were last in the top tier in Spain, 12 years since Santander last played a La Liga game – both teams having been relegated to the 3rd…
FM24 Wonderkid Booster
Want a higher chance of uncovering a world-class wonderkid? Or a Ballon d'Or nominee at just 19 or 21? This maxed-out wonderkid file will change your game!
4-3-3 Everton to Europe
A 433 tactic that turned Everton into a Europa League side!
Amorim's ULTIMATE 343 FM24 Tactic! (x5🏆) | Best FM24 Tactics!
Amorim\'s ULTIMATE 343 FM24 Tactic! (x5🏆) | Best FM24 Tactics! FM24 Tactic posted on Football Manager Tactics for Football Manager 2024
Journey Germany – Dynamo Dresden – Episode 2
Zane Pritchard FM
Objectives and Rules: Read episode 1 here – Episode 1 At a Canter! We’ll just cut to the chase here! After our strong start to the first half of the season it was pretty evident that nobody could stop us from an immediate return to the 2. Bundesliga. On the 29th March, we were crowned […]
EuroTrip | Part 46 | EURO 2068
Baník Ostrava became the first Czechia side to win the Champions League under the tutelage of veteran Zambian manager Trebor Mahtal in 2065. The 81-year-old saw this as the pinnacle of his career, leading the best squad he’d ever compiled, and stood down with his stock at an all-time high. Mahtal decided this was the […]
Top Dogs of Tijuana: Part One
Volksrepublik Fußball
According to WordPress, it has been 6 years since an article was published on this site. I don’t even recall what made me stop writing in the first place, but a nostalgic reading of old pieces this weekend brought back the hype, and with Football Manager 2025 delayed until the new year, it feels like […]
Berat 4-3-3 DOS (FM24 Tactic)
Just try this 433 DOS tactic for your weak or strong teams.
HANSI FLICK'S BARCELONA 2024-2025 BEAST TACTIC 133 GOALS SCORED 20 CONCEDED WON 3 TROPHIES
HANSI FLICK\'S BARCELONA 2024-2025 BEAST TACTIC 133 GOALS SCORED 20 CONCEDED WON 3 TROPHIES FM24 Tactic posted on Football Manager Tactics for Football Manager 2024
FM 24 Touch Indonesia V1 By Caramelio
Mod for Football Manager with Bahasa Indonesia gameplay.
Great 4231 tactic
Great 4231 tactic FM24 Tactic posted on Football Manager Tactics for Football Manager 2024
FC'12 Turkey - 2. Lig 2024-25 [v1.5]
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FC'12 Singapore - Premier League 2024-25
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FC'12 Poland - Betclic 1 Liga 2024-25
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FC'12 England - League Two 2024-25
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FC'12 Czech Republic - Chance Nardoni Liga 2024-25
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FC'12 Czech Republic - Chance Liga 2024-25
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FC'12 Brazil - Serie B 2024
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Czech - 1.Czech league Chance Liga 3D'24-25 New! (02/11/24)
Czech - 1.Czech league Chance Liga 3D\'24-25 New! (02/11/24) FM25/26 Update Download posted on 3D Kits Forum for Football Manager 2024/25
New Nations To FIFA Rankings
New Nations To FIFA Rankings FM24 Download posted on Football Manager Databases - Editor Data Files for Football Manager 2024