RIP Steven Fraser (SFraser)

September 22, 2011
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It’s very rare when you are part of a community that exists solely online that you are shocked or sincerely saddened to hear of the death of someone that you never met personally. But today I logged on to the Sports Interactive tactics forum to the shocking news that of early August SFraser had died. The news was a little [...]

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Football Manager Pundit – going forward

August 29, 2011

The days between the announcement of Football Manager 2012 and it’s release are the days when each Football Manager player will look to the future, start wrapping up their current careers. Football Manager sites will take the time to plan for the future. For us it is just like a real managers Pre-Season. Football Manager [...]

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Football Manager 2012 Preview [VIDEOS]

August 15, 2011

Sports Interactive today have released two video to whet appetite for the new Football Manager game that will be out later this year. What do you think? We have a look at the new match engine, a few of the camera tricks look like some nice simple additions and a change to further adapt the [...]

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A Team of Trusted Advisors – Building the Backroom

July 26, 2011
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With the Scouting Network setup, the staff to man that network in place the next step was to put together the team that would look after those players and me helping develop the players of now and tomorrow. The SFraser thread discussing the roles of the backroom staff in has given me new perspective on [...]

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Liverpool FC: The Start of a Revolution – Scouting Network

July 22, 2011
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When Football Manager 2011 was released in November 2010. Liverpool were under Hick and Gillett control, spiralling out of control in debt and for me and fellow fans things were looking grim and as a result I never really bothered with Liverpool, until now. What a difference a few months can make. The situation at [...]

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Tales of a Football Manager: Edinson Cavani to Manchester United

July 2, 2011
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This is a guest piece from Dylan O’Neill, you can find more from Dylan at The Football Department So I was playing Football Manager last night. No biggie, just a casual ending to a casual day. Picking Manchester United as my team I came with a plan. That plan was to chase down, if necessary, [...]

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Udinese Spotlight: Christian Eriksen

May 18, 2011
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Many in England will know Christian Eriksen from his recent friendly against England, he was outstanding sitting behind striker and took many by surprise. He was the best thing on show that night, despite an impressive first start from Jack Wilshere. Eriksen has also been gaining great plaudits in Holland, Frank De Boer giving him more responsibility since [...]

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Best Contract Money Saving Tips

April 18, 2011
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Buying players and paying for their wages is no doubt the largest outgoings you have at your club. Players get greedy, clubs command huge fees for the best players and you want to succeed, paying anything in the that search. But once you get that success without a decent transfer policy that success can soon [...]

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Crunching the Numbers: Udinese Finances

April 8, 2011
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3 seasons in I am still at the helm of Udinese Calcio, playing great football and putting a strong side together to take on the Italian elite. Young, valuable and ambitious. My 2nd season I fought hard for a Champions League place right to the wire. The final game of the season I went into [...]

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Exploiting Your Resource, Exploiting the Market

March 8, 2011
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A few months ago I spoke about the most efficient transfer policies and how they could be applied to Football Manager, all of which was aimed to get the best players at the best prices. Many confuse these ‘moneyball‘ techniques with not spending money or scrimping as much as possible, but that is not the [...]

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