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My FM21 Attacking Corner Routines
My FM21 attacking corner routines including short and near post routines, and also some info about the searching filter or training.
Toulouse 5.02: Left (Back) 4 Dead
Welcome back to Toulouse. We are sitting in what has become our almost permanent, very comfortable second place spot as the calendar turns over. We have looked decent so far, but I have some ideas on where we can improve, and hopefully we can run our rivals from the capital close this year.
Toulouse 5.01: Déjà vu
Hello again. A bit of a quicker turnaround this time. It’s back to a more routine half season update today, mainly because Ted’s summer dealings have given us quite a lot to talk about…
Toulouse 4.01: Room 101
Welcome back to Toulouse. It’s been some time. I’ll perhaps cover why that is at the end of the post, but let’s do the actual save first. This will be a bumper post, covering the entirety of season four, with two appearances from Tedderz. You lucky people.
FM21 & GAIS | Season Four
The fourth season of my FM21 save with GAIS in Sweden started with releasing players and saving money. We were able to offload players/wages around €30k per month and it helped our budget a lot. But probably none expected we will look at this number with a big smile at the end of the season because
My Approach to Recruitment on FM21
I'm putting a huge focus behind developing young players on FM21. I've spoken before about improving the abilities of young players, playing them in my first team and selling them on. While that could be taken as me doing a solely homegrown save, where I'm only allowed to play my own youth product
FM21 | Wayne Rooney: Keeping the biggest star fit
Wayne Rooney as a player of the Swedish club GAIS? Yes, it's possible thanks to the Football Manager.
FM21 & GAIS: Season three - drama until the end
I didn't know what to expect from the first season in the top tier with GAIS. But it's clear it exceeded all expectations I had before the season started. My team continued to play with the 3-5-2 formation and I enjoyed it with slight tweaks here and here during the season. We overachieved and didn'
Rensie Custom Skin for FM21 v2
The custom skin for the Football Manager 2021 created by FM Rensie.
Royal Antwerp - The Great Old - Season 1 Recruitment
A post reviewing my Season 1 recruitment in my Football Manager 21 save with Royal Antwerp.
The Golden Generation | Domination Begins
Vålerenga's hold on the Eliteserien continues. We're champions yet again. There's a difference this season though. We're treble winners, dominating domestically. We retained the Mesterfinalen and won our first Norwegian Cup since 2008. Here's the story of that dominance and a look at a player who
Trabzon Times | #5
ATHLETE MAKES HISTORY IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Trabzonspor have qualified for the First Knockout Round of the Champions League for the first time in their history. After impressing during the Group Stages, the Black Sea side finished second in Group G with a tally of 12 points. Trabzonspor will now pla
Toulouse 3.02: Rotation, Rotation, Rotation
How do you do, fellow kids? Welcome back to Toulouse, where things are very comfortable indeed, despite the 2022 World Cup making the schedule look disgusting, prompting me into rotating the side to the extreme. Honestly, some of the players I put in the side will have Ted in tears at one point…
My counter-corner ballad
My way how to defend corner kicks in FM21 and be dangerous thanks to counter atacks after clearing the ball.
FM21 | Next match only
Some thoughts about how I use the Next Match Only option within the Football Manager 2021.
Royal Antwerp - The Great Old - Season 1 Championship Group #FM21
A review of season one championship group of my Football Manager 21 save in Antwerp.
FM21 & GAIS: The simple tricks and the promotion
It looks one month of a real-life is enough to finish the one season in the virtual world of the Football Manager 2021 for me. I recently ended the 2021 campaign with GAIS and we earned the promotion to the Swedish top tier at our second attempt. The game didn't make it easy for me. Not because of a
Toulouse 3.01: The Eye Test
Hello, welcome back to France. Last season went swimmingly, and we’ll be playing European football already. That comes with challenges for the squad, especially with the 2022 World Cup looming large. We’ve had two seasons of mostly weekend matches, now comes the fixture congestion…
Royal Antwerp - The Great Old - Season One. #FM21
My review of season one of my Football Manager 21 save at Royal Antwerp.
“Misery” - La Plata: Colombia #FM21
Fixing your Football Manager tactic and recovering from a bad run of form is not always easy. Welcome to my misery...
FM21 | SC Verl: 2020/2021
(The following post is a three part series from the old Youth Intake site) Hello everyone! Welcome to my first season at SC Verl. We will be taking a look at squad, tactics and how well we fared in our first season back into professional football.
My Approach to Youth Development on FM21
A news article appeared online over the festive period that outlined FC Midtjylland's aim of developing a Ballon d'Or winning talent by 2030. FCM aren't strangers of setting out lofty aims for themselves but this one certainly caught the attention of many. Firstly, I don't think it's something t
FM21 & GAIS: The first testing season
FM21 & GAIS: The first testing season. Everything about the first months of my FM21 save in Sweden including bits about the CD(St) role.
Toulouse 2.03: Nothing Toulouse
Welcome back to Toulouse! After Ted refused to sabotage us in January, I’ve been left wondering if the other shoe is ever going to drop. Or is it possible that we’re just good?
Pros & Cons and thoughts about FM21
The beauty of the Football Manager (and other things as well) is that we all play the game differently. We all prefer different features and we all noticed the new/old/fixed/still bugged/newly bugged parts of the game in a different manner. Someone likes to go straight to some screens to check what
Toulouse 2.02: TedRedvolution?
Welcome back to France! Last time, our start to life in Ligue 1 began remarkably comfortably, which has us more dreaming of Europe than fearing the drop…
The Golden Generation | Keeping The Title
Vålerenga are Eliteserien champions again. It's only the second time in their history that they've retained the Norwegian league title. A brilliant achievement for Kristoffer Samstrøm (me). Last season's title win might have come as a surprise to me, but I knew if we played as well this
FM21 | SC Verl - Introduction
Finding the "right" club somehow feels like it may be hardest part of Football Manager... Here's a little backstory: Like every FM player, I was excited when FM21 was announced. I had found the perfect team, Elche in La Liga. Elche had been promoted back to La Liga after some years in th
Toulouse 2.01: I Know What Ted Did Last Summer
Happy holidays, and welcome back to the South of France. Not all that much FMing has been going on for me of late, but there’s just enough done to post an update for the start of our first season back in Ligue 1.
FM21 & GAIS | Gre-No-Li
"Gre-No-Li" were great Swedish footballers in the 20th century. I will try to find their replacements within my FM21 save.
Toulouse 1.02: None Shall Pass
Welcome back! Exciting times today, as Ted takes command of January and his first transfer window. After this little introduction, you’ll be reading words straight from the horse(man)’s mouth.
FM21 | Göteborgs Atlet- & Idrottssällskap
There were a lot of possibilities where I would spend the main part of the Football Manager 2021 cycle. I considered almost all continents and a lot of nations, leagues, and clubs during recent weeks. The final decision was made shortly after I wrote the post about Searching the right club in Foot
Rensie Custom Low Res Skin for FM21
The custom skin for the Football Manager 2021 created by FM Rensie for low resolution.
Toulouse 1.01: 90 Minute FM
Bonjour! Do not fear, I won’t be butchering the wonderful French language too much this year. Probably. Welcome to the beginning of FEO & Ted’s excellent adventure in the South of France.
The Golden Generation | Accidental Title Win
Kristoffer Samstrøm took over Vålerenga on the 18th of May 2020. Around 200 days later, they were crowned champions of Norway for the first time since 2005. #LunchtimeFM Accidentally won the league. #FM21 pic.twitter.com/ZchhVKRGWs — FMSamo (@FM_Samo) December 1, 2020 Here's a snipp
#FM21 Save Reveal - Royal Antwerp
My Football Manager 21 save reveal. I will be managing Royal Antwerp in Belgium. I also discuss some current affairs and add a little geo-politics.
Rensie Custom Skin for FM21
The custom skin for the Football Manager 2021 created by FM Rensie.
FM21 Training Planner
Welcome in to a quick update on the new and improved FM Training Planner tool that I've updated for FM21 (download link below). N.B. This tool was initially created for FM19 ( read the original blog post here ) and was updated by fellow content creator Pedroig for FM20. As I mentioned above, I or
South America: Football Manager 2021 Club Guide 🌎 feat. @rocksendfm #FM21
Football Manager 2021 South American Club Guide featuring 18 teams across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru & Uruguay.
South America: Football Manager 2021 League Guide 🌎 #FM21
Football Manager 2021 League Guide for South America, covering Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru & Uruguay.
The RE-builders of Pripyat - Season 9 The End...
A review of season nine of my Football Manager 20 save in Pripyat. Features a roundup of the whole save, some creative FM, and a little Geo-Politics.
Football Manager Tactics: Simeone’s 4-4-2 (Atlético Madrid) #FM21Beta
A tactical recreation of Atlético Madrid's 4-4-2 formation by Diego Simeone during the beta of Football Manager 2021.
Trabzon Times | Save Reveal
Hello and welcome along to my save reveal post. I'm very excited to start sharing my plans for FM21!
The Golden Generation | An FM21 Club and Country Youth Development Save
FM21 is here and I'm heading to Norway. I'll be managing both Vålerenga and the Norwegian national team in a Club and Country save. The Golden Generation There's been a lot of negativity surrounding international management on Football Manager. I'm going to completely overlook all of it. I decid
FM21: Toulouse
My, hasn’t the year just flown by. Another season, another FM. I’m personally in a bit of a funny place with Football Manager at the moment. Like some of my fellow bloggers, I’ve struggled, and in fact failed, to find a club that really grabs my interest. In
Down the Danube | #12 - News, Social and the Not-so-Never-Ending Story
Welcome back to the River Danube, where after a successful spell with Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia, Frank M. Athlete is now on the hunt for his third job as he continues his pursuit for greatness as a Football Manager. In this episode, we'll find out how Frank got on finding new employment, plus I'll disc