Hoofball, Longball, Direct, Kick and Rush. From Pulis, to Big Sam Allardyche, Graham Taylor and Wimbledon of old.
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. Hands down one of the most stupid sayings ever. It doesn’t matter how angry a Pomeranian gets, an XL Bully can and will eat it without breaking a sweat. I know it’s meant to refer to fighting spirit, passion, being strong-willed […]
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After a long FM24 hiatus which was spent mainly working, surviving, nappy changing and occasionally playing Star Trek Online, the urge to break legs came back. It peaked when my son came home from pre-school with an enthusiasm for football and explained the most important parts of football to me. In his words: In this list my son gave me, […]
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From the opening Bastards post I mentioned that we had taken over La Serena in Chile. Close to the bottom of the table and on a pretty bad run of form. Clearly what they needed was an injection of grit. To get in touch with their inner bastards and dig deep. I’m going to write you a prescription for two […]
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We’ve made it to season 10. Hurray! Actually because my wordpress has been a steaming pile of Seagull droppings I’ve actually finished season 11 but all the posts are backed up. This post is brought to you by the Tor browser, and my l33t hacking skills. If you want to catch up on the last 9 season then please check […]
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For context I’ve been working hard at the day job for a couple of months now, and whilst I played on when I could FM time was rare, and blogging time was even rarer. So I finished this season about 2 months ago, and have played another since. For I am human This means this summary will be a little […]
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Although we are in 2028 I’m pretty sure Big Sam is still alive and kicking. Though probably retired. So whilst his actual ghost is not haunting the Flamingo Land Stadium the general spirit and ethos of Big Sam is. It’s our first season in the Championship and we are in real danger of just going back down. We spend £3.6m […]
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The statistics will be light for this one. I’ve stolen FM Stag‘s witty reply to a previous update and decided to use to write a tribute to my (current) favourite striker – Ethon Varian. In the past, my favourite striker had been Kayode Odejayi for the Seadogs. Even after only one season before breaking my heart with his retirement. But […]
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It’s all go here at Flamingo Land Stadium but before we get onto the details and summary of our fourth season with Scarborough you might want to check previous updates: Background Longball and DNA Season One Summary Season Two Summary Season Three Summary Problem Right backs Striker Health Checks Klingon Tactics Transfers After a season of mid-table mediocrity (which was […]
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The Football Manager and Star Trek crossover that no one asked for. We’ve had to make a change in our tactics to turn around a bit of a dip in form. We’ve gone from hoofball to brutality-ball. The last two and half seasons have been spent using a tame version of the longball that whilst aggressive probably stopped short of […]
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Another season, another summary, another batch of stats. If you want to catch the journey from the start go back to here, or try this link here to see the various stats related posts. In this blog I’ll be going through our second full season with the Seadogs. I’ve already hinted at some of the progress we made in the […]
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