Hello! Last week we got back in the saddle – albeit rather ungainly as we took charge of the Blue Brazil, Cowdenbeath. Yes, I was worried when we lost our first four league games and yes I did consider Steve Coppeling (look it up) the whole thing but it was a lesson in perseverance or throwing as much sh*t as possible at the wall – something has to stick eventually. Right?
Somebody once said there were no new ideas anymore. That somebody has never met Deano…
Hello & welcome to a new series!
What is going on? Why are we all here? And what has Dean Smith got to do with it? All valid questions.
I will explain in the simplest way I can…
Dean Smith doesn’t want to be Japanese – Part 1: FF Sake
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Guten tag! It’s Friday, and time for a trip to Germany to catch up with Nick and his RB Leipzig side, who have started season seven well. But with league games against most of teams around them and a UEFA Cup clash against a familiar foe, can they keep it up?..
Continue readingIn 1997, Sir John Hall passed Newcastle United chairmanship to Freddy Shepard. Freddy, keen to make his mark on the club, had watched over the years how Newcastle had been a trailblazer for South American footballers, from George and Ted Robledo, Marindinha, Tino Asprilla, south American stars have lit up St James Park.
Freddy has released all the first team squad, lobbied government to abolish work permits for players from South American and after watching re-runs of the Henry Enfield Show, signed me a young Colombian Striker called Julio Geordio.
Seeing as I have stolen back the Sunday slot, here’s Andrew in his new home of Wednesday. What better way to spend your hump day? He’s got a brand new idea too…
Hello, and welcome back to another series of bringing a squad back to life for an unwise crack at the Premier League of 1997-98. This time, its Blackburn Rovers. Had Kenny Dalglish not resigned as manager following the title win, and the squad had been kept together, would things have been rosier? The only way to find out. Put them back in CM9798 and see what happens! Let’s take a look at the squad.
All good things come to an end. Can Nath bow out with the 2010 World Cup?
Hello and welcome back. We are in Argentina for the 2010 World Cup. We have won the previous 2 World Cups but have had 2 dismal Euros so i honestly have no idea where this current Italy team is. I’m not confident but i wasn’t last time and we won so you never know. Here is the squad.
Monday has been Zak day for some time but now my sabbatical is over I feel the need to point it out. Keep up the good work and let’s see what Plymouth are up to today…
Welcome back, Champers. Niall Warnock has followed brother Neil’s lead, and is settling into life on the South Coast. Our Plymouth side currently occupy twelfth, being propelled by the regenerated incarnations of Paul Gascoigne, Teddy Sheringham, Nicky Forster and Tim Sherwood.
We start this episode against table-toppers York City. An early goal from young Nicky Forster (Pates) is not enough to prevent York winning. One of my ex-players Paul Wanless scores against me. Fair play, lad.
Hello! I really thought I was done, I had become devoid of inspiration in the world of CM9798 and the CM Cup was to be my only focus of writing for the foreseeable future. But time is a great healer, and as I sat on Zoom through July playing group games and having a frankly brilliant time with fans of the game, I realised I had more to give. That and my wife is due with baby number 2 in January, so it’s now or never really.
Anyway, my last save took me to Barnsley on the original version of the game. It was fun, I surpassed my expectations in terms of both ease and speed for making Barnsley a global force. I thought to myself, what else have I always fancied achieving on this game? and as usual, the simplest answer is usually the best.
I want to take a club from Scottish Division 3 to the Champions League and beyond. I know, I know – Peter Jones already did that on this very blog and we all had a great time reading about Alloa running wild. So now I want to do it and hopefully you’ll all come with me on the journey.
I’ve chosen Cowdenbeath for a few reasons. Firstly, I feel like there’s a number of beef jokes to be made including the blog title. It remains to be seen whether I go for Beef or Beath but either way. Secondly, they’re pretty terrible. I looked at the 96/97 table and they were 7th out of 10. Arbroath were bottom but they went on to get promoted in 97/98 and I don’t want that sort of expectation on my shoulders. Our lads were then 8th in 97/98, so basically they are poor at best and I have a clear conscience that these boys are at the bottom of the barrel and the only way is up.
Hallo und wilkommen! RB Leipzig came the closest yet to winning a trophy last season, but still came away empty handed. Will 2003/04 be lucky season seven? Here’s Nick…
Continue readingHappy Tuesday folks. Welcome back to Rome. The last 2 seasons have been relegation scraps. We need to have season were we steady the ship as a bare minimum. Let’s dive in.
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