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2023-03-12
Lessons in management from Jose Mourinho

Apologies for the near two-month gap between articles. Some changes in my personal life requir...
2022-11-24
FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – making history

Last time out in my FIFA 22 Career Mode series I was lucky to hold on to my job as TSP United ...
2022-09-16
FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – cup runs to remember

The years are flying by in my FIFA 22 Career Mode series, and after surviving our first season...
2022-06-16
FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – hitting the big time

When we last left my TSP United FIFA 22 Career Mode series, we had just made it into the Champ...
2022-05-13
FIFA 22 Career Mode: How to scout and develop youth players

There are different ways to tackle FIFA 22’s Career Mode. Some players prefer to take the Pari...
2022-04-15
FIFA 22 Career Mode: TSP United – escaping the lower leagues

I hadn’t bought a FIFA game in years, but I couldn’t resist picking up FIFA 22 when I learnt t...
2022-02-26
FIFA 22 is actually a big step forward

With some time to kill and spotting a decent discount on Steam, I picked up a copy of FIFA 22 ...
2022-01-15
In defence of scripting in football games

Spend any length of time reading online forums for football games and you’ll come across compl...
2022-01-08
FIFA is my new year's resolution (kind of)

There’s an episode of South Park that first aired about a decade ago where Stan wakes up one d...
2021-10-01
eFootball 2022 is no match for PES

eFootball 2022 rang alarm bells as soon as it was announced. Gone was Pro Evolution Soccer, th...
2021-09-07
What if Football Manager was a tabletop game?

What if Football Manager wasn’t a computer game you play alone in front of a screen until the ...
2021-01-16
PES 5 Master League retrospective ‐ balancing realism and gameplay

Pro Evolution Soccer 5 has always been an all-time favourite of mine, but it is only now, 15 y...
2019-01-25
Why Football Manager is the most addictive spreadsheet ever designed

This month’s off-topic post delves into the world of Football Manager – a game I’ve found mys...