A Royale Mess – A Blog Squad Tale | Part Two: Brann Flakes | @KingOfTheRooks

Hallo, hej, hello! Welcome back to our Blog Squad spin-off where we all prove how terrible we really are at this game and one of us lucks out with a fantastic side. It’s the opening night and we’ll get through two rounds of games, the first being the Coca-Cola Cup and then the first round of league fixtures. As Mr Black would say, lets football.

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A Royale Mess – A Blog Squad Tale | Part One: Spin That Wheel Blog Squad Get Real | @KingOfTheRooks

Hello and an icy cold welcome to the next Blog Squad League. It’s been a fair while since we’ve done something like this, as we’ve all be off adulting. In short, the idea here was to take the 10 teams with the best reputations from the Scandinavian countries and throw them together to thrash it out in a not so modern take on the Royale League concept.

Why? It gives us a great chance to further explore a bunch of players and teams that don’t always load into saves and kind of levels the playing field a bit. So, who are the teams we are looking at? In no particular order; AIK Stockholm [SWE], AaB [DEN], SK Brann [NOR], FC Kobenhavn [DEN], IFK Goteborg [SWE], Malmo FF [SWE], OB Odense [DEN], Rosenborg BK [NOR], Stromsgodset IF [NOR], Brondby [DEN]. We’ve also applied January transfers for these teams for players ‘in’ given we are running this on the v2.93 patch and to ensure the squads have some depth where possible.

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There and Back Again – A Tale of Bilbo ‘Wayne’ Biggins – Part 6: Ajax, You Do | @KingOfTheRooks

Hello there! Welcome back to another chapter of Wayne Biggins is the Greatest Player in CM9798. Of course, this is not a lie, but a mere fact. After further success in Italy, Wayne has decided to head for the Netherlands.

Where else would be worth going? We, as ever, assemble a cast of suitable support acts.

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There and Back Again – A Tale of Bilbo ‘Wayne’ Biggins – Part 3: Rangers & the SPL | @KingOfTheRooks

Hello weary readers! Welcome back to the next part of our journey with Wayne McBiggins. This time out Wayne has returned to Scotland. That said, having had a torrid time at Celtic previously, he has decided to cross the divide and sign for rivals Rangers.

It doesn’t take Wayne anytime to find his shooting boots in Scotland. And by Scotland, I mean in the Champions League.

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There and Back Again – A Tale of Bilbo ‘Wayne’ Biggins – Part 2: Porto & The Primeira Divisao | @KingOfTheRooks

Hello! Welcome back to the next chapter in the travels of Bignacious B, Waynao Bigginsao, Big B. Wayne suitably demolished the Premier League, and it probably would have been more spectacular were it not for a month out injured and a million bans.

So, we find ourselves in sunny Portugal, and what better home for Mr Biggins than Porto.

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There and Back Again – A Tale of Bilbo ‘Wayne’ Biggins | @KingOfTheRooks

Today, Andrew is back to bring you the first part in a tale of bigglical proportions. Can you win trophies with an ancient old man of Division Three quality playing up front? Is Wayne Biggins the messiah?

Hello there! Welcome back to the home of CM9798, and thanks to Dave for letting me write some more bizarre clap trap to keep us all entertained. So, what is the premise? Well, have you ever heard of Wayne Biggins? During the Blog Squad’s time (well spent time) playing our season of ‘Football League Trophy Manager’, Rob Tait had the joy of finding out he is an absolute underrated gem in CM9798, even at the grand old age of 35.

Ah yes, the premise! So, old Wayne had a rather barren 3 months playing for Lou Macari’s Celtic, however, would you believe it, he’s getting another chance to go on his travels.

We’ll take Wayne to each of the top divisions on offer in CM9798 where we will look to build a team of Galactico’s, in the hope Wayne can lead them to glory.

Part 1: Manchester United & The English Premier League

We needed a hole in the ground to call home. And that home was Manchester United.

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P10 – CM9798: Half & Half Premier League | @KingOfTheRooks

So here we are, the final run in of this absolute shocking idea that should never have seen the light of day. Who to blame? Dave Black of course for allowing me to blog it. We’ll cover April/May due to the distinct lack of action in May.

The FA Cup final is now decided; Suncastle will face off with Everpool.

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