Let’s go round agaaaainnn. Baby we’ll turn back the hands of tiiimmeee. Welcome to the Retirement Home, where we are in the 10th season of this borderline cruelty. The over 35s (and some slightly younger friends) are in the Premier League and it couldn’t be going any worse. No wins from the opening 12 league fixtures have left us right up against it.
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CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 29: Who’s left?
Welcome back to the Retirement Home! After 9 long seasons, we’ve made it to the Premier League. How will our over 35s get on in the top tier? No fewer than 15 of them departed, so with a few spoilers, here’s the squad as the game finishes the July update…
A few much needed signings there. Let me explain…
CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 28: So long, farewell
Good day! The Retirement Home are on for their highest ever league finish but could it be more than that? A strong end to the season could mean an outside chance of the playoffs. Whilst I don’t want to contemplate these old bones in the Premier League, you can never say never in this game. Although my back three have a combined age of 114, so…
CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 27: Don’t look down
Welcome back! Last week, the Retirement Home made a surprisingly decent start to the season and sit just four points outside the playoffs. Is this the start of a new, spectacularly successful Retirement Home? Let’s find out…
CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 26: From Russia with goals
Welcome to another season of Retirement Home carnage! Last season, we had to call in younger, fitter help to complete a great escape and keep ourselves in the First Division. That has left us with some decisions to make ahead of the new campaign. Do we go back to strictly over 35s only or do we keep the carers around to try and make us more competitive?
CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 25: Birthday present
Welcome back! Last time out I took desperate measures to try and save the Retirement Home by signing three players under the age of 35 to care and nurture our old lads. Even with help, we’ve won FOUR out of 29, so you can’t convince me I made the wrong decision. Here’s where we re-join the action as we try to mount a great escape.
CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 24: The Carers
Welcome back to season 8 of the CM9798 Retirement Home. Despite having more options available to us than ever before, the first update of season 8 was a disaster. One league win in 13 is not good form for anybody and although we are within one win of escape the drop zone, the reality is our win ratio would suggest there won’t be many of them to come…
CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 23: New Faces
Hello! Welcome to season 8 of the Retirement Home, where we’re looking to build on the…success? of finishing 21st in Division 1 last season. If we can recruit well we can move on up the table, so let’s see who is available. Here’s a reminder of how last season ended.
CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 22: Love’s got the world in motion
Hello! Welcome to the finale of Season 7 of the Retirement Home. We’re in the box seat by the smallest of margins but when that box seat is one place outside of the relegation zone, my celebrations are muted. I’d like to stay in Division 1 and we if we can stop the season now, we might.
CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 21: Spinning the Jarn
Greetings! Don’t mind that smell, it’s just the Retirement Home. The old lads sit just above the Division 1 relegation zone as I once again try and kid myself that if we just stay up, next year we’ll be better. We’ve started to get some reasonable squad members in now, the likes of Poyet and Stimac could do a job for teams far better than us. So, what does the middle part of the season hold for us?
