Within the top tiers of European football, we have seen a change. A change that has seemingly buried the classic strike partnership of old. With the standard 4-4-2 formation being ignored and pushed out of the way for the more common 4-2-3-1 variant, will we ever again see strike partnerships instilling fear and terror on opposition defenders?...
I would have liked to have played the suspense game throughout this article, leaving you wondering how Dulwich Hamlet fared throughout the remaining league fixtures, surprising you at the very end. But the combination of article title and feature image gives it away. WE WON THE LEAGUE! CHAMPIONS! Our dreams have come true.
In the last update I informed you that everything was going rather well. My little Dulwich Hamlet side had become a force to be reckoned with, in both the domestic cups and throughout the league campaign. Many teams from higher divisions fell by the wayside. My only concern, which is something I highlighted within the...
My oh my, where to begin. I really want to rush to the latter half of the article as I have some fantastic news, but all good things must ‘wait’ ’till the end. As previously discussed, things were going rather well for my Dulwich Hamlet side, brushing off challengers within the league fixtures as well...
First of all, can I just apologise for the above image. I have absolutely no idea what the Burgess Hill player is doing and where that hideous facial expression has originated from. Perhaps he’s trying to catch the football in his mouth?! Now that’s out of the way I can move forward. Upon arrival at Champion Hill, I’ve...
Before I begin my new FM career save, I felt that it would be a wise idea to outline my ideas and philosophies behind the managerial project. What are my reasons behind the madness? Why have I chosen to start managing within the lower divisions of the English football pyramid and what are my ambitions,...
Previous Articles 3-4-3 Possession Discussion #1 3-4-3 Possession Discussion #2 —————————————- Throughout this entire process, the idea was to produce a tactic that gave me high possession and passing percentages.
If you’re anything like me, then you’ll have plenty of Football Manager games carefully stored away. As for me, I have them all positioned right in front of my computer, and while all the recent retail versions include a short manual, they are missing something which I think is valuable for a quick and efficient gaming workflow....
Previous Articles 3-4-3 Possession Discussion #1 —————————————- Note: All images can be enlarged by clicking on them. So, on we progress towards hopefully creating some insanely high passing and possession percentages.
Throughout my game time on Football Manager 2012, I’ve dabbled with the idea of creating a fantastic possession tactic, in as much as that was my ultimate goal. Not a tactic that had great possession and created a huge amount of chances, but simply one that dominated possession if used within a fantastic footballing team....
Having published a few detailed articles of late, yet again my FM career has stalled. Between living life and testing / tweaking tactics, I hardly have time to play the game how I want – a nice casual FM save that really interests me. One of the first things that interested me in the CM...
“Il Metodo”, or the Method, was a tactical philosophy designed by Vittorio Pozzo. He is perhaps most famous for back to back FIFA World Cup victories with Italy during 1934 and 1938. To outline the tactic in a basic form, we can say that it relied on quick counter attacks to hit many teams on...
