Do you know what time it is? Hey y’all! Time is a pertinent subject. The passage of time has been on my mind a lot lately, for a variety of…
Category: Football
The Meerkat Muse – 14/7/21
Welcome back to the Meerkat Muse! Climate Change July began with the promise of gloriously hot weather – after the first week or so. Initially July followed the pattern of…
Euro 2020 – England’s Story
It’s the 26th of June 1996. On a warm summer’s evening 25 year-old Gareth Southgate, at the time an Aston Villa player, stepped up to take England’s fifth penalty in…
Football Manager 21 – The 2022 World Cup Story
This is obviously a work of fiction, and it’s all in the name of fun. Enjoy! It’s December 2010. The FIFA Executive Committee has just announced that Russia and Qatar…
The Meerkat Muse – 30/6/21
We’re at the end of June people! This is not a drill – we are halfway through 2021! I know right? It doesn’t feel quite right, but here we are,…
The Meerkat Muse – 16/6/21
Welcome back to your regular fix of Meerkat Musings! At the end of the previous Muse I’d remarked upon an upturn in the weather, and it took only a few…
The Meerkat Muse – 21/04/21
Welcome one and all to the latest Meerkat Muse! What’s been happening to this meerkat these past couple of weeks? Well, I’ve continued to rejoice at the return of Formula…
Football Manager 21 P30: Ups and Downs
The first half of the season had produced a mixed bag. We were second in the standings, three points off Arsenal, and we’d had some amazing results – along side…
Football Manager 21: P29 – The Leeds Project Season Five, P1 – or is it?
Last season had ended on the slightly sour note of losing in the Champions League Final. Ok ok, it was more than ‘slightly sour’. It hurt, as it naturally would….
Football Manager 21 P28 – The Leeds Project: Season Four P2
We’d wound up third at the halfway mark of the 30/31 season, trailing league leaders Manchester United by six points. Our most recent result was a 3-0 defeat at Chelsea,…