Articles tagged with "worldwide-soccer-manager-2009"
Splashing the Cash. But Not All Of It.
By Daryl | March 23rd, 2009The Newcastle board finally dug deep and offered me £53m to spend, provided I could guarantee European qualification. I took it. I took it so ...
So, What Next?
By Daryl | March 21st, 2009So I'm finally in the Champions League (qualification pending). And have built myself a pretty decent squad. I think. But how I buy and sell this ...
The Chaaampioooons! (League) (Qualifying Round)
By Daryl | March 19th, 2009So as you may have heard via Rafinha, Newcastle are now a Champions League team. All I have to say about that is: YES! FINALLY! We ...
The Difference Between 4th and 5th
By Daryl | March 19th, 2009Transcript of phone call to Schalke 04's soon to be out of contract Brazilian right back Rafinha, dated 2:30pm, Saturday May 28th, 2011: Rafinha: Hallo? Me: Hallo ...
Complainiola vs Pink Boots
By Daryl | March 16th, 2009Remember Saviola? Javier Complainiola? I said goodbye and good riddance to him in January when Birmingham sucker manager Alex McLeish offered me £3m for the ...
Insane in the Membrane
By Daryl | March 14th, 2009As you may have read, the Newcastle manager (that's me) is in love with his new tactics. The same tactics that have so far delivered ...
Good Idea, Bad Timing
By Daryl | March 13th, 2009Opinion seems divided, but I'm sticking with my new tactics. However... in hindsight... maybe starting my new regime of two up front attacking football away to ...
Yet Another Tactical Rethink
By Daryl | March 12th, 2009OK, so there's good news and bad news. The good news is that I squeaked past Udinese into the Champions League semi-finals. The bad news ...
Hindsight: Always 20/20
By Daryl | March 11th, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: April 18th, 2011 Progress: 6th in Prem after 32 games, still in Europa League, Carling Cup collecting dust in trophy cabinet. One of the most ...
Back on Track
By Daryl | March 9th, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: March 31st 2011 Progress: 6th in Prem with 8 games to go I took the weekend off from fake football management. Which I suppose is ...
I Woz Robbed!
By Daryl | March 6th, 2009Either by the Newcastle-hating match engine, or by my own stupidity. Or maybe a bit of both. vs Liverpool (away) Fernando Torres was injured for them, but I ...
Does Football Manager Really Need to Be Called Worldwide Soccer Manager in North America?
By Daryl | March 5th, 2009As most readers know, the game we call Football Manager actually goes by the name Worldwide Soccer Manager in the US. And in Canada too, ...
Back to Reality
By Daryl | March 3rd, 2009There's finally something in the trophy room at Newcastle. So now the chase for that top four spot begins. Or in this case, doesn't. ...
And the Digital Carling Cup 2011 Winner is....
By Daryl | March 1st, 2009... revealed after the jump. It's the Toon Army! Apologies for the suspense. Yep, we beat Arsenal 3-2 at Wembley in front on 89,990. Apparently 10 people bought ...
Tactical Theorems & Frameworks: Football Manager 2009
By Daryl | February 24th, 2009Have you ever heard of the Tactical Theorems and Frameworks? It's a strategy guide developed by the FM enthusiasts at FM-Britain, which I found yesterday ...
Things Are About to Get Serious
By Daryl | February 23rd, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: Feb 27th, 2011 Progress: 4th in Prem (yes!) after 27 games, one hand on the Carling Cup You can tell things are about to gets ...
Stan Collymore Syndrome?
By Daryl | February 22nd, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: Feb 18th, 2011 Progress: 5th in Prem after 26 games, 1 point behind 4th place Man City. OK, so the post transfer window drama era ...
FM BlogWatch: Feb 21, 2009
By Daryl | February 21st, 2009And the FM Offside network keeps growing.... The two newest blogs on the block are: FM Offside Lyon, where so far Corey has got us up to ...
Transfer Deadline Day
By Daryl | February 18th, 2009It's transfer deadline day 2011, and after The Pog's horrific injury (his calf muscle looks like sliced bacon) I'm one striker short, with not much ...
Welcome to Newcastle, Mr. Digeo
By Daryl | February 17th, 2009OK, so I got impatient while pondering the whole Diego vs Foti business and played a couple of games, including the Tyne-Wear derby. Here's what ...
Poll: Foti or Diego?
By Daryl | February 15th, 2009Sorry for dragging this out folks. I'm away from my laptop for the weekend so not much game progress to report. But before FM09 and myself ...
Who's Your Champ/FM Valentine?
By Daryl | February 14th, 2009Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Kind of ironic to write those words on an FM blog since this game is possibly responsible for destroying more relationships ...
Anyone for Foti?
By Daryl | February 11th, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: Jan 5th, 2011 Progress: 5th in Prem after 19 games. Two match reports, and two excellent wins. Plus I may have found the answer to ...
Javier Complainiola
By Daryl | February 10th, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: December 31st, 2010 Progress: 6th in Prem after 17 games Worst club crest in football:: Heerenveen (see right) Europa League Group H vs Heerenveen (home) W ...
Paranoid Android?
By Daryl | February 9th, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: December 4th, 2010 Progress: 7th in Prem after 14 games Mammoth match report updates below. If you don't fancy reading all of that, please feel ...
You Work For Me Now
By Daryl | February 7th, 2009So I got myself a second feeder club: Sheffield United from the fizzy pop league. Could be worse. My complete roster of affiliated clubs (I think ...
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Sort Of
By Daryl | February 5th, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: Nov 6th, 2010 Progress: 6th in Prem after 12 games Three 1-0 wins to report. Two of them not all that impressive, one of them ...
The End of an Unbeaten Run
By Daryl | February 3rd, 2009Managing: Newcastle Date: 23rd October, 2010 Progress: 10th after 8 games OK, so my 10 game unbeaten run included five draws and a Carling Cup win. But that ...
Anything For a Buck
By Daryl | February 2nd, 2009Did anyone else find it odd that Football Manager 2009 featured no Premier League club logos or player faces? Well, now we know why. And in ...
Football Manager 2009: How Do You Watch Yours?
By Daryl | February 1st, 2009Now that we're in the 3-D match engine era of FM09 - with multiple options for watching games - I was wondering: How does ...
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