Last time out we were preparing for what we predicted would be a very difficult year in League One with a squad that I didn’t feel were ready or good enough to survive the drop. In this blog I will be talking about the following: Summary of the season. Summary of transfers Club finances Brexit... Continue Reading →
Season 4 – Biggest Challenge Yet!
Welcome back. Last time out you’ll have seen we were sitting pretty in a promotion position and I’d made the decision to go all out on recruiting players and go for promotion. We did that and here are the results: Torquay United Season Review In this episode of the blog I will... Continue Reading →
Season 3 – Torquay United – Change of Expectations
If you’ve been following on twitter (@FMStory17) or read the last blog (link here), you’ll have remembered that our aim for this season was to stay up after being promoted the season before. It’s now just after the January transfer window and I can see that that aim was well off. We currently sit 3rd... Continue Reading →
Preseason 3 – League Two – Let’s Stay Put
Since the last blog, I’ve been busy looking for players to strengthen my squad in preparation for a season in League Two. I tend to look for free agents first then loans and finally players who aren’t happy at their squad and will likely go for next to nothing. I once read a book called... Continue Reading →
End of the Second Season – Promotion
SPOILER ALERT: WE GOT PROMOTED! After a season of only just surviving, I’m extra pleased that we almost won the league. We would have, too, if it wasn’t for Sutton United. We haven’t been able to beat them in 6 matches. The only time we did was in a FA Trophy match. And that was... Continue Reading →
First FM Blog
So this is my first time blogging about Football manager. I’ve been an FM for a long time. I can remember getting into management game back with LMA manager on the PlayStation a long time ago. Then along came Championship Manager and that proved to be the gateway drug for the harder stuff… Football Manager.... Continue Reading →