Tag: FM23
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Ode to the Side-Save: A Weekend at Curicó Unido
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…
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un’estate italiana / chapter five
“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…
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Un Paso Adiante
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…
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Retirements, Rejections and Returns
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…
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un’estate italiana / chapter four
“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…
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James chama á túa nai.
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…
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Guide to the 98/99 DB – The Dream of the Return: TSV 1860 München
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…
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O plan? Collemos Vigo.
O plan? Collemos Vigo. This single sentence caused a stir after James Sedor’s presentation to the media. As well it might, given the differences in league between the two most prominent Galician sides. There were plenty of mocking and scathing headlines in the Vigo-leaning sports media in the region, with a lot of people quick…
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Guide to the 98/99 DB – Massive shoes to fill: AJ Auxerre
It’s time to hop back on The MadScientist’s time machine and take a trip to the 1998-99 season. This time, we leave the heights of the Premier League and move to the league of the recently crowned World Cup winners. French football is living an unprecedented golden age, and so is our recommended club; however,…
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THE RIAZORS EDGE
O Comezo… Deportivo La Coruna, a fallen giant, the nostalgic pick of 90/00’s football, his Avo’s team, his team. James was sitting in his apartment nervously waiting on the screen to change from the waiting room screen. This was a chance at the perfect job, it had taken a large amount of liquid courage to…
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