Legends of F1 – Niki Lauda

Rarely do sportspeople transcend their genre and become recognised in other avenues. Some manage it, such as David Beckham, Michael Jordan, Ayrton Senna, to name a few. One name that deserves to be on that list is Niki Lauda, who passed away on the 20th of May, 2019, at the age of 70. I never […]

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Game of Thrones

So it’s all over. The saga that spanned eight seasons over nine years has reached its climax. It’s certainly been epic at times, though the final season has left quite a few fans, including this one, feeling as though, despite taking so long to make it, everything has been rushed. There have been some incredible […]

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Football Manager 2019 P3

We’re nearing the twilight of the 2018/19 season now, with the story taking a pretty decisive shape. Another ten league games have come and gone, with nine victories but one jarring defeat, away to hated rivals Manchester United. Beyond that, the attacking tactics I use have yielded some tremendous results – a 7-0 home win […]

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Red vs White

Football is a sport that never ceases to produce epic drama. On Tuesday night my beloved Liverpool faced the mighty Barcelona at Anfield, aiming to somehow overturn a 3-0 deficit from the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. The score line flattered Barcelona but given the quality of the Spanish side, it looked to […]

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Football Manager 2019 – Part Two

The tale of the tape after the next ten Premier League games is of a season far better than I’d have dared hope for my first time around in FM 2019. I’ve enjoyed some sensational results – a 2-0 away win against Manchester City and a 5-1 away win over local rivals Everton –  that […]

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Football Manager 2019 – Part One

So here we go. A bold step into a new version of Football Manager that is quite unlike the versions I am experienced with, even though a lot of stuff soon feels familiar. The overall layout is more or less the same but tweaked to reflect updates in the game engine, training is revamped (all […]

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Football Manager 2019 – The New Journey

I haven’t purchased a new Football Manager game for some time. The last time I did, it was the 2014 edition, and that, for some reason, never ran properly on my old laptop. Rather than resurrect it, I stuck with FM 2012 instead, a version I know inside and out by now. FM 2012 is […]

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