Top 10 Hidden Gems | @Emsonite

Good morning to you, I haven’t contributed to the CM community for a while so thought I’d do something before they kick me out of the group.

Top 10 Hidden Gems? Okay not so much hidden gems, more like underappreciated gems. But Hidden Gems is a catchier title. Style over substance isn’t always a bad thing. The Bjorn’s, The Twiss’, The Tomlinson’s always get a lot of mentions, but if I’m working my way up in the leagues these are some of the lads that have served me well over the last 25 years. Gaining promotions, raising funds etcetera, etcetera. 

Views are my own. So, in no particular order…

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Wednesday 15th July 2026 – The End

Hello to you. It’s not very often I post a blog on a Wednesday but today is a special day.

Remember when you were a kid, or at least 30 years younger than your current age, and you got really far into CM9798. You’d heard the rumours. The game ends after 30 seasons, that’s 2026! We’ll be so old by then…

Well guess what. Today is the day CM9798 officially ends. So unfortunately, we’re all officially old.

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Where the current Premier League Managers can be found in CM9798 and is anybody still playing? 2025 Edition

Hello! It must be winter as it is time for our annual visit to what has become a much trickier article to write in recent times. Managers are getting younger, one of these years we will have a manager not born in 1997. Anyway, let’s take a look where the current Premier League managers can be found in CM9798 and see just how small the list of players still playing is.

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Top 10 at 10: Bargain Buys!

Greetings and welcome to the final top 10 at 10. You’ve all done a great job of celebrating 10 years of this place so thank you for your interaction with these lists but also over the previous 10 years.

For my final list, I’ve put together a list of players who I think are my SOS players. Mostly these will be signings for lower league sides but some of them can do a job elsewhere, which we’ll get onto. Also the prices of contracted players can of course change, so this is just an “in my experience” type deal. Anyway, shall we?

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Top 10 at 10: Cult Heroes

Hello there! Throughout January I will be looking back over 10 years of running this very blog. Last week we started with my ten favourite blog saves and this week we’ve moved on to my top 10 cult heroes.

A cult hero is somewhat of an unlikely hero, so you won’t see Ronaldo or Zidane on this list but more people who have given us some laughs and unlikely successes.

Let’s get down to business…

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Where the current Premier League Managers can be found in CM9798 and is anybody still playing? 2024 Edition

Hello! It must be winter as it is time for our annual visit to what has become a much trickier article to write in recent times. Managers are getting younger, one of these years we will have a manager not born in 1997. Anyway, let’s take a look where the current Premier League managers can be found in CM9798 and see just how small the list of players still playing is.

Also, Bluesky is taking off. I can be found on there under cm9798dave.bluesky.social – I still plan to post on X/Twitter (CM9798) too but I do fear one day I will wake up and it just won’t be there anymore…

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Where the current Premier League Managers can be found in CM9798 and is anybody still playing? 2023 Edition

Hello! It’s that time of year where we take our annual journey through the current Premier League managers and where they can be found in CM9798. Some new faces, some very old faces, faces all the same. Who is where? We’ll also look at the ever dwindling list of players in CM9798 still lacing up their boots professionally today.

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