CM9798 Retirement Home – Part 30: You’ll never win again

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 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…

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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?

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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…

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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?

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