Welcome back! If you missed part one, you’re going to find this very odd. Long story short, I set about creating an all British team to dominate the Portugese league. I chose Benfica as the “beneficiaries” in this scenario because Graeme Souness had already laid the foundations, with Brian Deane and Scott Minto sitting waiting for me like particularly poor housewarming gifts. That’s the gist, but if you want to be totally caught up CLICK HERE for part 1.
#FM16 : TEACHING OLD BOYS NEW TRICKS
Note to self. When embarking on a new league campaign it is wise to double check how many teams get promoted. When we won the fourth remaining fixture to ease ten points ahead of third place, the virtual champagne corks were popped and we were dancing on the streets of Basel. That was until I reread the small print….
#FM16 : TEACHING OLD BOYS NEW TRICKS
It’s been a while since I have walked into a club and was welcomed by a mere four players. Maybe I should have checked to see that the four of them earned the entire weekly budget between them. Welcome to Old Boys Basel, the club that, after much deliberation, were fortunate enough to appoint me as their new manager.
#FM16 : WHO THE FK ARE OBILIĆ? I THINK WE SHOULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE
“Simo, you are like a son to me. I saw you on a Serbian cow field and wanted you to be my main man here at Obilic. Ten years later you are a man, and you have scored the most goals ever in the yellow shirt. It will be so hard to leave you, I think we need to see other people”
CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER | BRITS ABROAD PART I
Hello and welcome to what I hope will be a long term series here at the Higher Tempo Press. Brits Abroad is not a late night TV show showing various upstanding members of the British public making love to a shopping trolley in Kavos, but rather I’m going to make a team entirely of players from Britain and hopefully win the Champions League and dominate world football.
VIRTUALLY VALLECANO III
Welcome to part three of my journey through Football Manager 16 with Rayo Vallecano of Spain. If you are reading this having already read the first two parts then I commend you. If however you have just stumbled across this then you can find part one here and part two here.
Just as a quick reminder I am writing these updates periodically in an attempt to catch up with my in game progress. I am currently at the start of my sixth season but this article will chronicle my third. Once the series has caught up I will start giving significantly more detail on my tactical system and player development.
#FM16 : WHO THE FK ARE OBILIĆ? A DECADE IN THE SUN
Let’s recap. Obilic started in the 7th tier of Serbian football. The 7th tier of Serbian football is akin to Sunday League football in England, many of the matches are played in front of nobody whatsoever. Ten seasons later we have just finished in 3rd place in the 2nd tier, having spent zero pounds and pence on the side. We have seen crowds go from 200 people to over 3000 in the past decade. We now have over £600k in the bank, having started with £6k. We finished 3rd in the 2nd tier as one of only two semi-pro sides in the division. So, you can imagine my frustration when I got the following response from the board, having requested professional status…
#FM16 : THE MIGHTY MAGZILIAN – A FUSION OF 50’s HUNGARY AND 70’s BRAZIL
Readers, welcome back to another piece from our new January signing Paul Marshall. He might have been cheap as chips in the transfer window but he has settled into the team seamlessly and is already hitting the kind of numbers that makes Arsene Wenger very happy. With no further ado, I will let Paul pick up the reigns from his save in Brazil…. #WeAreTheCommunity
#FM16 : AS CUNNING AS A BOX WITH A TAIL ON IT CALLING ITSELF A BOX
I think I have this blogging game sussed now – less from me, more from other people! Following the widely acknowledged brilliance of @www.thehighertempopress.comfmanalysis’s “Virtually Vallecano” I am delighted to bring another new writer to join The Higher Tempo Press. Paul Marshall is a good friend of mine and we often have varied tactical discussions. Finally I have convinced him to put pen to paper. This is Paul’s first ever tactical article, and immediately I am reminded why I stick to story telling. Read on, you’ll really enjoy it. #WeAreTheCommunity – oh, and five points to anyone that can get the reference in the title…
#FM16 : VIRTUALLY VALLECANO II
Welcome to part two of the series following my career on Football Manager with Rayo Vallecano. As alluded to in the previous instalment I am already five seasons through the save and these articles are purely intended to catch you all up with what has happened so far. As the series progresses and hopefully catches up with my real time progress then you can expect greater detail on tactics, finances and recruitment.
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