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FM Experiment | Managing England At World Cup 2022
Our previous Football Manager Experiments focused on World Cup 2022 saw England perform pretty well, so we thought it would be fun to take on the challenge ourselves. Can we lead England to success at Qatar 2022?
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 3 | Zwickau #2: Defensive But Attacking?
Despite having no coaching badges and zero managerial experience, fledgling East German boss Ruprecht Prusseit had made a solid start to life with FSV Zwickau.
FM Experiment | Most Likely World Cup 2022 Winner According To Football Manager 2023
Our previous experiment tested which team would win World Cup 2022 according to Football Manager 2023. But – mainly due to the fact that USA reached the previous final – we wanted to test which country was most likely to win the World Cup based on a few more trial runs.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 2 | Zwickau #1: The East German Adventure Begins
Our mission to lead an East German club to Bundesliga glory begins here as OstDeutsche Sieg kicks off in the full version of Football Manager 2023.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 1 | Willkommen In OstDeutschland
OstDeutsche Sieg (East German Victory) will see us only managing football teams based in former East Germany. Our aim is to become the first-ever Bundesliga champion to hail from behind the Iron Curtain by working our way from the bottom to the top of the German football system.
Giallorossi | Part 11 | Italian Domination
Moving to a more offensive approach had worked nicely for AS Roma as we moved into 2027 still unbeaten in Serie A. But we began the new year with a seriously tricky run of games.
Giallorossi | Part 10 | Attack Is The Best Form Of Defence
AS Roma wrapped up a third successive Serie A title in 2026, confirming their domination of Italy. Now, with the FM23 Beta period coming to a close, we decide to go all-out attack in a bid to get the best out of wonderkid Endrick.
Giallorossi | Part 9 | Final Day Drama
AS Roma came into 2026 narrowly trailing AC Milan in their bid to wrap up three Serie A titles in a row. But a string of dubious performances meant a bit of squad building was required in the January transfer window.
Giallorossi | Part 8 | Tammy Abraham: Best Player In The World
Legendary striker Cristiano Ronaldo retired in style in the summer of 2025 but didn’t leave the club, staying on as under 20s assistant manager. His retirement left AS Roma with an exciting, youthful squad as they looked to defend the Serie A title for the second time.
Giallorossi | Part 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo Retires In Style
At the ripe old age of 39, Cristiano Ronaldo was still terrorising Serie A defences, including a clinical hat-trick against his former club Juventus. But as 2024 was drawing to a close, the striker announced his intention to retire from playing football at the end of the season.
Giallorossi | Part 6 | Is Endrick The Next Big Thing?
AS Roma took Serie A by storm in 2023/24, romping to the Italian title by smashing club records left, right and centre. The challenge now was to further strengthen key areas of a team that was packed with exciting talent.
FM Experiment | Football Manager 2023 Predicts World Cup 2022
Excitement is slowly beginning to build as, strange as it seems, we’re under a month away from the start of the first-ever World Cup to take place in the middle of the European football season.
Giallorossi | Part 5 | Cristiano Ronaldo At Roma
AS Roma came into 2024 sitting pretty at the top of Serie A but with lots of games remaining due to a strangely lop-sided season in Italy. And, despite dropping points in three games, they only had a narrow lead at the top.
FM Experiment | Football Manager 2023 Predicts England’s World Cup Squad
The race is on for players to be fit and raring to go for Qatar 2022 – which begs the question, who should make England’s World Cup 2022 squad? We let FM23 decide!
Aventuras Américas | Part 100 | The End: The Football World In 2091
Seventy years ago, 38-year-old fledgling Roberto Nascimento da Silva Lazaró departed his hometown Medellín to begin his quest to become a Football Manager. Most the kids he grew up with on the streets scoffed and mocked, but Robinho Lazaró very much had the last laugh.
Aventuras Américas | Part 99 | Club América: Prodigious Youth Development
We had to target blog number 100 in this series, considering Robinho Lazaró had passed the milestone of being a 100-year-old Football Manager.
Aventuras Américas | Part 98 | Católica #4: An Inspired Signing
100-year-old Football Manager Robinho Lazaró had begun life back at Universidad Católica pretty well. He’d seen some positive signs and managed to bring in decent money for some of the club’s older players.
Giallorossi | Part 4 | Superstar Summer Signing
AS Roma secured Champions League football on the final day of the 2022/23 campaign, but had plenty of work to do in the summer if their threadbare squad was to close the gap on runaway leaders AC Milan.
Aventuras Américas | Part 97 | Católica #3: 100-Year-Old Football Manager
Would you fancy a 100-year-old man taking charge of your football club? Fans of Cruzados were about to find out if Robinho Lazaró was still up to the task!
Aventuras Américas | Part 96 | An Ode To The Greatest Of All Time
José Mourinho may consider himself “the special one” but there was no doubting that Roberto Nascimento da Silva Lazaró was “the great one.”
Giallorossi | Part 3 | Exciting Champions League Qualification Battle
A couple of months off thanks to the Winter World Cup saw AS Roma’s players return looking to consolidate their place in the Champions League qualification places.
Aventuras Américas | Part 95 | River #5: Robinho Lazaró: Greatest Football Manager Of All Time
At the ripe old age of 90, Robinho Lazaró was on the verge of the ultimate honour for any Football Manager. The wily old manager was just three points away from becoming the greatest of all time, which meant he just needed to add one more trophy to his outrageous tally of 80 cup and […]
Aventuras Américas | Part 94 | River #4: 90-Year-Old Lazaró Chases 40th Title
Robinho Lazaró was oh-so-close to becoming the greatest Football Manager of all time with his dominant young River Plate side taking Argentina by storm.
Aventuras Américas | Part 93 | River #3: Superclásico Copa Libertadores Final
Robinho Lazaró wrapped up title number 39 on his Aventuras Américas journey as his River Plate dominated the Argentinian league, led largely by the sensational form of attacking midfielder and club captain Alejo Zalazar.
Giallorossi | Part 2 | The New Totti!
Our time at AS Roma on Football Manager 23 began in a strange fashion, playing lots of away matches, banging loads of goals, getting a lot of injuries, not spending any money, but also losing two of our first five league games.
Aventuras Américas | Part 92 | River #2: Stuttering Title Bid?
River Plate were looking uncatchable at the top of Argentina’s Liga Profesional de Fútbol. They led rivals Boca by a massive 14 points with 16 games remaining, having already strolled to success in Copa Argentina.
Giallorossi | Part 1 | Benvenuto A Roma
We’re headed to the Italian capital to take on one of the city’s big two. And the Special One, José Mourinho, finds himself The Unemployed One as we take his position at AS Roma.
Aventuras Américas | Part 91 | River #1: Bienvenido A Buenos Aires!
After 51 years as a Football Manager, it had long been Robinho Lazaró’s dream to lead one of the big Buenos Aires sides. And now he finally had his chance, as underperforming River Plate looked to the title specialist as their saviour.
Aventuras Américas | Part 90 | Pumas #6: Cruz Azul Revenge
After just over two years in charge of Pumas UNAM – although it felt a lot longer given the mass of football played in Mexico – Robinho Lazaró was open to a new challenge as his days of management were limited by age.
Aventuras Américas | Part 89 | Pumas #5: 50 Years A Football Manager
Pumas UNAM fans had an unforgettable season in 2070/71 as Robinho Lazaró led their club to a remarkable cup quadruple, as well as a second successive Liga MX Clausura Final. But could the Colombian’s young squad go one step further and win the Liga MX title?
Aventuras Américas | Part 88 | Pumas #4: Magnificent Mejía and Manzotti
Pumas bid farewell to their soon-to-be superstar midfielder Nogueira for a scandalously low fee as the clock ticked over to 2071. Robinho Lazaró now somehow had to replace the Brazilian’s club-leading goals and assists with a minimal budget.
Aventuras Américas | Part 87 | Pumas #3: Cup Competition Overload
Pumas won the first league trophy of 2069/70 and finished runner-up in the second, while reaching the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Champions League during Robinho Lazaró’s first six months in charge.
Aventuras Américas | Part 86 | Pumas #2: Sixth Decade of Football Manager
Robinho Lazaró wasted no time in wrapping up his first trophy at his 22nd club in football management. His new side Pumas won the Liga MX Apertura title inspired by their young starlets Nogueira and Lucas.
Aventuras Américas | Part 85 | Pumas #1: Immediate Success
After sealing a second Peruvian title with Universitario, Robinho Lazaró agreed to return to México with Pumas. However, his promise to join them at the end of the Peruvian season backfired as it meant an 11-month period of limbo between the two roles.
Aventuras Américas | Part 84 | Universitario #2: Close Title Battle
The early days of Robinho Lazaró’s second spell in Chile after joining Universitario, the rival of his former club Alianza Lima, had gone very nicely indeed. His new side won the Apertura league stage after a thrilling final second leg, and he was now focused on strengthening a threadbare squad.
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.
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 […]
Aventuras Américas | Part 81 | Vasco #2: Brazil Is Relentless!
Robinho Lazaró inspired a superb turnaround in form during his first six months in charge of Vasco da Gama. But could his promising young team continue that heading into 2066?
Aventuras Américas | Part 80 | Returning To The Américas
Twenty years since departing South America to pursue his dream of managing in Europe, Roberto Nascimento da Silva Lazaró was mobbed by adoring fans as he landed in Medellín for the first time since being sacked by Colombia in 2044.
Football Manager 2023: My Save Plans
In the last couple of seasons I’ve covered off my plans for Football Manager in the coming 12 months. And this season also requires one as my plans will be changing a little.
Aventuras Américas | Part 79 | PSG #3: Robinho Lazaró Reaches 2,000 Games In Management
Having moved into his 80s, Robinho Lazaró was as passionate about football as ever. And one thing that maintained that passion was seeing young players excel at the highest level. His young Paris Saint-Germain side delivered exactly that as they repaid his faith by lifting the French cup in 2063.
Aventuras Américas | Part 78 | PSG #2: Putting Faith In Youth
Robinho Lazaró wwas far from impressed with the old players at his disposal in his first six months as Paris Saint-Germain. So the Colombian manager initiated an earlier than expected player exodus in January 2064.
FM Guide: 23 Teams To Manage on Football Manager 2023
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last couple of weeks, you’ll know that Football Manager 2023 will be out on 8 November. Check out our 23 teams to manage on FM23!
Aventuras Américas | Part 77 | PSG #1: A Very Different Type Of PSG
On 1 June, 2063, Lazaró boarded a flight across the English Channel and was given a warm welcome by an excitable French fan base decked in blue and red. Because Lazaró was the new manager of Paris Saint-Germain.
Crazy Gang | Part 24 | The End of Crazy Gang
After nearly two decades of Football Manager 2022, Trebor Mahtal’s throwback 4-4-fucking2 style led AFC Wimbledon from League 1 mediocrity to five-time Champions of England and four-time Champions of Europe. The club is now firmly established as the best in the world so, with FM23 fast approaching, it seemed the right time to bring the save to a close.
Aventuras Américas | Part 76 | Newcastle #3: Legendary Juarez Retires On A High
A stellar first year back in English football saw Robinho Lazaró end Newcastle United’s 170-year wait for a League Cup success and lead the club to a second-place finish in the Premier League.
Crazy Gang | Part 23 | VSB: Crazy Gang Record Appearances Holder
AFC Wimbledon fans had yet another stunning season to celebrate as their heroes became Champions of England and Europe for an outrageous 3rd year in a row in the summer of 2039. But could they maintain the dominance to become officially the best club in Europe?
Aventuras Américas | Part 75 | Newcastle #2: Ending A 170-Year Drought
A stellar start to the 2061/62 campaign saw Newcastle United sitting top of the Premier League heading into the new year. Surely they couldn’t win their first English title since 1927 in Robinho Lazaró’s first season in charge?!
FM Guide | 66 Summer Transfers That Could Affect Your FM23 Saves
The other day I was casually scrolling through The Guardian’s excellent interactive transfer feature and noticed plenty of transfers I didn’t know about and could affect our enjoyment of FM23.
Crazy Gang | Part 22 | Exceptional Eli’s New Levels Of Excellence
The streets of South London again witnessed jubilant scenes as the players of AFC Wimbledon paraded the Charity Shield, UEFA Super Cup, Premier League and Champions League trophies to a growing fanbase attracted to Trebor Mahtal’s old-school playing style.