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Continue reading →: The Art of the Signing – Football ManagerThis post originates from a signing I have already made for my Bayer 04 Leverkusen side. I was appointed as manager of Die Schwarzroten after I was resoundingly sacked by the board at Genoa for starting a striker in a Coppa Italia game against Inter, whom I’d previously promised not to…
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Continue reading →: Football Manager 2023 – Genoa CFC: Mister (2)Ad Maiora Semper Ciao, and welcome back to the second half of the first season at Genoa CFC. In this piece, you’ll read about the winter transfers, see how we finished off the second half of Serie B, and the financial impact of being in Serie B alongside my transfer…
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Continue reading →: Football Manager 2023 – Genoa CFC: Mister (1)Nuovi inizi Ciao, and welcome back to my first review of my time as Genoa CFC Mister. Below, you’ll read of the nuovi inizi (new beginnings) and how I’ve already begun to assert my way on the club both on and off the field. Staff and Transfer Dealings Assessing a…
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Continue reading →: Football Manager 2023 – Genoa CFCComing to decide upon a Football Manager save is typically never an easy process, especially given the amount of teams that are available to manage straight ‘out of the box’. Though, I guess that should really be straight from download these days…. However, for me, this year wasn’t that much…
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Continue reading →: Finances in Football Manager – Southampton 2026-27 Quadruple ReviewHaving completed a season in which Southampton FC won (almost) everything, missing out only on the European Super Cup, I thought it worth a blog post to see how this affected the finances of the club, and what this could enable the club to achieve with regard to infrastructure, player…
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Continue reading →: Finances & Football ManagerThose readers who follow me on Twitter (@afmoldtimer) will possibly already know that I’ve been keeping a record of the finances in my Southampton save. As someone with a background in finance and a degree in Economics, it’s probably no surprise to anyone that I have focussed on and enjoyed…
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Continue reading →: Football Manager 2022: 4-3-1-2 – Third-man runsI made an early decision to take a break from the Football Manager blogging scene, besides my guest blogging piece for FM Grasshopper where I took a deep dive into his trequartista using the available data to show just how well he had played. I’ve chosen not to diarise my…
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Continue reading →: AC Le Havre – 2027-28 Season Review: Ligue 1 Ou Rien?After last year’s highest ever Ligue 1 finish for Le Havre and a Champions League Final against Chelsea, it was time to see how far this side that I have put together could go. It feels like most of the pieces of the puzzle are there now, we just need…
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Continue reading →: AC Le Havre – 2026-27 Season ReviewAfter a tremendous season in Europe last year with lifting the Europa League, albeit with one to forget in Ligue 1, I was keen to continue the 4-2-3-1 formation. As a team, we are full of more skilled, technical players with pace and stamina to play a pressing style of…
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Continue reading →: AC Le Havre – 2025-26 Season ReviewTransfer Update & Amortisation Knowing full well that Manchester United were not going to continually agree to the renewal of Hannibal’s loan, I’d already sought out his replacement in Cüneyt Gür last year. However, when Borussia Dortmund came in for the midfield orchestrator, he was understandably keen to leave to…
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