Blog posts across any other category that includes tactics, tactical analysis, or downloads for FM20 onwards.
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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As the sun sets on Scarboroughs first season it’s time for an end of season summary. I don’t really want to do too much of a standard season update. There are plenty of other blogs out there that do it and will do it better. I want to focus on the statistics and what I’ve learnt. So I’ll try to […]
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When it comes to tactics I don’t want to rehash too much of my earlier violence and pragmatism post from FM20. But to be honest, a lot of it still applies. What is maybe a little different for Football Manager 2021 is the way I’ll be assessing it. The stats in the game are a little (a lot) bugged but […]
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When people talk about great teams or memorable teams they are often referring to teams with a very clear identity, a DNA that runs through them. It’s such an important part of club and team identity that this idea of a club vision or ethos has made its way into FM20. Certain teams are now categorised by their desire to […]
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I was looking for something different to do with my FM20 beta save whilst I waited for my Tahiti database. I needed some time to prepare Tahiti but I wanted to to be playing and recording in the meantime. So I went back to my statistics routes. I had put together a mini-series on using stats in FM19, and thought […]
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