“The past doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”; the phrase is often assigned to Mark Twain, but like most quotes by the famous American author, there are many versions and no one’s quite sure where and when he said it first. Regardless, there’s some truth to it as once again the Parma Calcio season…
How’s it going, everyone? This week I wanted to take a small detour from our usual programming as I wanted to tell you all about a funny little save that’s been taking over. It’s a short-ish love letter to one of my fav things in FM, side saves. Now, due to the way I play…
December is always a time of great festivities and reminiscence, the winter break allowed people in football to have some semblance of normality. James rewarded his side for their hard work over the past season and a half and added an extra day off either side of Christmas. He used this time himself to return…
James Sedor sat in his office with the Director of Football Carlos Rosende and Head Scout Jesús Seba, as they began to strategise for the upcoming La Liga 2 season. The board had allocated €2.1 million with approx. €14k in wages, they had okayed Carlos to adapt these budgets as the recruitment staff wanted. “We…
“It’s always nice to lift a trophy”, said Serafín Vázquez. He could’ve been talking at the end of the season, but he wasn’t. It was actually less than a fortnight before the start of the 2025-26 season. “The Coppa Nevio Scala is born out of a desire to give back to the fans before the…
James chama á túa nai. “James, call your mum”. That was what James Sedor saw as he walked around the pitch at the Estadio Alfonso Murube before the match which could clinch the title and promotion for his Deportivo La Coruna side. It had been a long couple of days with over 1200km travelled to…
We continue with our search for the most fun saves in the MadScientist’s 1998-99 Database and this time it will be quite the trip. Last we left, we joined Guy Roux at Auxerre to understand just how big a pair of shoes we would have to fill if we were to take over the French…