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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Not all people are the same, nor are all bastards. Variety is very much the spice of life, and I want to make sure I season my team with a healthy amount of bastardry of different types. I’d actually really like to shape the players I have within Football Manager to encourage the kind of foul and hard-nosed football I […]
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During FM23, I leant heavily on the wisdom of Nicolai Machiavelli. Prior to that, I’ve used stats and number crunching to shape the way I approach Football Manager. But for FM24 I think I’m going to pivot to the musings of modern day poet and hero, Dr Perry Cox to guide my FM24 hand. So that’s how I’m going to […]
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The Reducer. Letting them know you are there. Putting your mark on the game and the other player’s shins. We’re not strangers to that here at FMTahiti. But it’s something we’re going to revisit and check out with a few stats. That’s right, violence and numbers. What a combination. It does get stats heavy towards the end but there’s also […]
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Shithousing isn’t a new phenomenon. In Football or in Football Manager. Guido Merry for example has a great guide of shithousing in FM, and in FM23 appears to be having great success with it. If you take a look at some of my past series with the likes of Scarborough and Belfast you’ll see I’m no stranger to it either. […]
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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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