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Crazy Gang | Part 1 | Welcome To Wimbledon!
Football fans of a certain age will look back to the good old days of football when “men were real men” and it was more than acceptable to give a tricky winger a good kick up the arse to keep him quiet. Nowadays, that’s far from the case and, frankly, it’s boring to watch.
Aventuras Américas | Part 49 | Wolfsburg #2: A Very Busy Summer
Robinho Lazaró enjoyed his first taste of European football as he led his new VFL Wolfsburg side into a top-half finish in Bundesliga. However, he enjoyed the money that came into the club during the summer of 2046 even more.
Aventuras Américas | Part 48 | Moving To Europe
Robinho Lazaró had well and truly established himself as one of the best managers in South America, but every manager wants to test their skills against the best in the world.
Aventuras Américas | Part 47 | The End Of The Americas Adventure
When Robinho Lazaró set his heart on becoming a Football Manager 22 in July 2021, he could barely have imagined the exciting adventures he’d have enjoyed and successes he’d have achieved 23 years on.
Aventuras Américas | Part 46 | Colombia #1: Copa América 2044
In somewhat of a surprising move, Robinho Lazaró stepped down as manager of newly crowned World Champions Brazil and headed back to his home nation Colombia in August 2042. Lazaró’s new and sole remaining objective on his Aventuras Américas journey was to try and win Copa America, so when Colombia came calling he thought this would represent a fun new challenge.
Aventuras Américas | Part 45 | A Look Across The Américas In 2043
Throughout this journey across North and South America, we attempted to provide updates on the various leagues every season. However, a cock-up with WordPress blocks meant we had to go through and delete these sections.
Aventuras Américas | Part 44 | Brazil #2: World Cup 2042
Robinho Lazaró had completed the domestic side of his Aventuras Américas challenge, which gave him a six-month break to collect his thoughts for World Cup 2042 with Brazil.
FM Guide | 28 Teams To Manage For The Rest Of Football Manager 2022
Believe it or not, we’re only nearing the halfway mark of the Football Manager 2022 lifecycle. That means you still have six months of adventures waiting for you in FM22 so, if you’re bored of your current save or looking for a new challenge, then now is the perfect time to kick it off.
Aventuras Américas | Part 43 | Flamengo #3: A True Connoisseur of the Beautiful Game
The players of Flamengo were welcomed back to Rio de Janeiro as national heroes on 9 July 2041. Thousands of locals took to the streets to celebrate the club becoming World Champions for the first time after winning the Club World Cup 2041.
Aventuras Américas | Part 42 | Brazil #1: Manager of Brazil
One month after being appointed as Flamengo boss, Roberto Nascimento da Silva Lazaró became the proudest man in South America as he was appointed manager of the Brazilian national team.
Aventuras Américas | Part 41 | Flamengo #2: Facing The Best In The World (and Palmeiras)
Flamengo finished runners-up in the Brazilian league and Copa Sudamericana in 2040 but Robinho Lazaró had bigger ambitions. His sole remaining task was to win South America’s biggest prize, the Copa Libertadores, with a Club World Cup on the horizon.
Aventuras Américas | Part 40 | Flamengo #1: New Manager Bounce
Robinho Lazaró’s next challenge was to add the Copa Libertadores to the Copa Sudamericana title he won at Alianza Lima in 2031. But, with a fairly heavy heart, he came to the assessment that Godoy Cruz was not the place to achieve it.
Aventuras Américas | Part 39 | Godoy Cruz #2: Tight Title Battle With Boca
The Argentinian title – the only top-tier division eluding Robinho Lazaró on his Aventuras Américas journey – was a possibility in the first year of the 2040s.
Aventuras Américas | Part 38 | Godoy Cruz #1: Record-Breaking Defence
Strong form with Newell’s Old Boys had led top-tier side Godoy Cruz to take a gamble on Colombian / Brazilian title specialist Robinho Lazaró at the start of the 2039/40 season.
Aventuras Américas | Part 37 | Newell’s Old Boys #3: Blooding The Youth
Early struggles in the 2038/39 campaign had Robinho Lazaró close to the sack approaching the halfway point of Primera Nacional. Having seen off financial ruin at Newell’s Old Boys, his next task was to lead an extremely young team into the top half of the second tier.
Aventuras Américas | Part 36 | Newell’s Old Boys #2: Golden Generation
Newell’s Old Boys enjoyed a new manager bounce in the second half of the 2037/38 campaign. But that was overshadowed by financial ruin.
Aventuras Américas | Part 35 | Newell’s Old Boys #1: Walking Into A Nightmare!
In early November 2037, Robinho Lazaró boarded the first flight out of Edmonton back home to Colombia. He took his mind off football for a few days while enjoying his mother’s delicious homemade food.
Aventuras Américas | Part 34 | FC Edmonton #2: A Worrying End-Of-Season Slump
Life in Canada was off to a solid if unspectacular start for Robinho Lazaró at FC Edmonton. He’d led the side that finished bottom of the league last season but was massive favourites for the title to challenging at the top of the table mid-way through this campaign.
Aventuras Américas | Part 33 | FC Edmonton #1: Welcome To The Canadian Premier League!
Brazil’s Série A to the Canadian Premier League isn’t the sort of move you see too many managers make. But Robinho Lazaró was all about doing things differently in his quest to complete Aventuras Américas.
Aventuras Américas | Part 32 | Palmeiras #5: Brutal Brenner Inspires Unlikely Challenge
A ding-dong battle with the Palmeiras board had seen Robinho Lazaró emerge relatively unscathed and remain at the Brazilian club for a second full season in change.
Aventuras Américas | Part 31 | Palmeiras #4: Sacked Or Title Challenge?!
Robinho Lazaró was facing the biggest pressure of his 14-year career as his position as Palmeiras manager was in real jeopardy halfway through the Série A season. A run of five games unbeaten and lifting the Sao Paulo State weren’t enough to prevent his board’s F evaluation of his performance!
Aventuras Américas | Part 30 | Palmeiras #3: Brilliant Brenner Inspires Prolific Palmeiras
Palmeiras had enjoyed an entertaining first half-season or so under new manager Robinho Lazaró. However, there was a fairly sizeable gap to the dominant forces in Brazilian football, Santos and Corinthians.
Aventuras Américas | Part 29 | Palmeiras #2: “Lazaró Means Goals”
Colombian / Brazilian manager Roberto Nascimento da Silva Lazaró, to give him his full Brazilian name, was settling nicely into life in Sao Paulo. Despite being a little concerned by Palmeiras’ defensive strengths, he had a superstar striker and lots of young talent to work with.
Aventuras Américas | Part 28 | Robinho Lazaró’s Biggest Opportunity So Far
Robinho Lazaró had a season to remember in 2033/34 and was all set to extend his stay, until an opportunity arrived that was probably too big to turn down.
FM Experiment | Old Firm In England | Celtic & Rangers In Non-League
What would happen if Celtic and Rangers entered the English football pyramid in non-league?
Aventuras Américas | Part 27 | Puebla FC #5: Homegrown Hero Ramón Rodríguez
Puebla FC had safely made it through to the knockout stages of the CONCACAF Champions League despite a relatively disappointing campaign in Liga MX Apertura. However, Robinho Lazaró was very much focused on continental football as he extended his stay in México.
Aventuras Américas | Part 26 | Puebla FC #4: All The Continental Football
A crazy conclusion to their first season back in Liga MX had seen Puebla FC dominate the Clausura stage and lift the title in a mad final against Club América! But, unusually, Lazaró had decided to stick with the club despite becoming national champion.
FM Experiment | Old Firm In England | Celtic And Rangers In The Premier League
Football fans have long debated how the Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers would fare if they competed in England. So we decided to use Football Manager 2022 to settle the debate by moving both clubs into the Premier League.
Aventuras Américas | Part 25 | Puebla FC #3: Craziest Final Ever
Puebla FC had begun the Liga MX 2032/33 season well and by scoring lots of goals. But a dip in form and defensive fragilities had the club’s fans concerned about Robinho Lazaró’s perceived lack of tactical agility.
Aventuras Américas | Part 24 | Puebla FC #2: Flying Ferrari’s Five-Goal Haul
The fans of Puebla FC were high on excitement as Colombian / Brazilian manager Robinho Lazaró led their heroes back to Liga MX in his first six months in México.
FM Experiment | Spending Saints Gold | Season 3: Erling Haaland?
Alan Shearer was enjoying a much-deserved lazy morning lie-in having just led Southampton to Champions League qualification and a first-ever European trophy. That was until the peace was disturbed by the startling blare of his mobile phone.
Aventuras Américas | Part 23 | Puebla FC #1: Never-Ending Quest For Promotion
A season of surprising amounts of success on all fronts saw Robinho Lazaró on the move for the second time in a year. This time around, he had a different kind of challenge as he headed to México with Puebla FC.
Aventuras Américas | Part 22 | Alianza Lima #2: Majestic Méndez!
Robinho Lazaró had made a brilliant start to life in Peru. His Alianza Lima side wrapped up the Torneo Apertura in blistering style by battering the league favourites in the Final and had progressed to the knockout stages of Copa Sudamericana.
FM Experiment | Spending Saints Gold | Season 2: Silly Amounts Of Money!
The Southampton board rewarded Alan Shearer for his 8th-place finish and Carabao Cup win with a whopping transfer budget that was effectively around £300 million.
Aventuras Américas | Part 21 | Alianza Lima #1: Bienvenido a Peru
Fresh from wrapping up the national title in his home nation, after two league wins and a cup success with América de Cali, there was no time for sentimentality as Robinho Lazaró was once again on the move.
Aventuras Américas | Part 20 | América de Cali #4: Antonio Augusto Inspires Title Challenge
Robinho Lazaró moved to a total of five leagues and one cup success in his near-nine years of management. However, the Apertura doesn’t, in Lazaró’s mind anyway, count as being the national champion.
FM Experiment | Spending Saints Gold | Season 1: Building Around JWP
You may have heard the news that Southampton were recently the subject of a “tycoon takeover” from Serbian media mogul Dragan Solak. Having just completed our Spending Saudi Gold Football Manager Experiment following Newcastle’s tycoon takeover, this presented the perfect opportunity to run another one.
Aventuras Américas | Part 19 | América de Cali #3: Is Batata The Best Defender in FM History?
Robinho Lazaró was allowed the luxury of about a week for his head to recover from the baffling concept that is the Colombian Liga BetPlay Dimayor. His América de Cali side played 74 matches in the 2029 season, and looked set to play just as many in the coming campaign if they wanted any chance of success!
Aventuras Américas | Part 18 | América de Cali #2: Brilliant Batata
A seemingly neverending season, in which América had already played 38 games at the halfway mark, now saw them tackle the Finalización stage of the campaign.
FM Guide: How To Make Football Manager Look Pretty
Football Manager is an absolute treasure trove of data and imagery that, on the face of it, is a bit of an assault on the senses. But if you’re anything like me, then the standard layout of the game can become bland and the blank faces or fake badges and kits are a bit annoying.
Aventuras Américas | Part 17 | América de Cali #1: Heading Home
Seven years ago, Roberto Nascimento da Silva Lazaró packed his bags and departed his homeland of Colombia to fulfil his dream of becoming a real-life Football Manager. But he was now heading back home having achieved that dream.
Aventuras Américas | Part 16 | River Plate Montevideo #2: A Surprise Second Chance
An interesting tactical gamble was working nicely as Robinho Lazaró led his River Plate Montevideo side to a third-place finish in the opening stage of the Uruguayan top-tier. However, things were about to get pretty confusing.
Aventuras Américas | Part 15 | River Plate Montevideo #1: The Birth of “la Caosbola”
Robinho Lazaró, now proudly wielding his Continental A Licence, swiftly handed in his resignation, went on the hunt for a new opportunity, and found himself on his way back to South America.
Bottom At Christmas | Season 4: West Ham United
Big Sam Allardyce got his first taste of failure and relegation as his beleaguered Blackburn Rovers dropped into the Championship with barely a whimper in the 2023/24 campaign. However, there was no time to hang around as we simmed ahead to Christmas Day 2024 to discover the fourth task on this Football Manager Experiment.
Aventuras Américas | Part 14 | NYRB #4: Christian Eriksen Inspires Greatness
Despite the media predicting them to be the fifth-worst team in the league, New York Red Bulls were well in contention for the playoff places at the halfway mark of the 2027 campaign.
Aventuras Américas | Part 13 | NYRB #3: Lazaró Signs Lázaro
Season two with New York Red Bulls would be purely focused on MLS as there was no continental football to get sidelined with.
Bottom At Christmas | Season 3: Blackburn Rovers
The survival specialist skills of Big Sam Allardyce were once again proven as he pulled off a minor miracle to keep Middlesbrough in the Premier League in 2022/23. But his finest work yet would be required after simming ahead to Christmas 2023.
Aventuras Américas | Part 12 | NYRB #2: Signing an FM15 Wonderkid (in 2026)
A strange start to life in America had seen Robinho Lazaró somehow stumble into a Champions League Final. However, he was hopeful of a stronger showing in the second half of the 2026 MLS campaign.
Spending Saudi Gold | Season 5 | Neymar at Newcastle
Newcastle United became Champions of England for the first time after blowing more than £1 billion in four years to bring in some of the world’s best young talent. And director of football Alan Shearer had even more money available to tweak the squad in a bid to defend that maiden title.
Aventuras Américas | Part 11 | NYRB #1: Reserves Reach Champions League Final!
After honing his managerial skills in Chile and winning his first national title with Universidad Católica, Robinho Lazaró was a man with a growing reputation. That much was proven as he moved to MLS with New York Red Bulls.