The first half of the 25/26 season was over. Palace were 13th, nine points clear of the relegation battle, and reasonably steady, despite some heavy defeats. We’d kick off the…
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Football Manager P17 – Tough Lessons
The 25/26 season would be a landmark season. For the first time, I’d be leading a Premier League club, the one I’d guided most successfully to the top flight –…
Football Manager P16 – Mighty Eagles
I had five games to save my job. I felt this was most unjust, given the season so far, but so be it. To begin Crystal Palace would travel to…
The Meerkat Muse – 24/02/2021
Welcome ‘kats, to the latest round of Meerkat Musings! What’s been happening? Well, NASA successfully landed Perseverance on Mars, only to find someone waiting… Ahem. Jokes aside, this is pretty…
Football Manager P15 – Soaring Eagles
Having successfully navigated the first third of the 24/25 season, it was time to kick off (heh) the middle phase. By regularly switching between the 4-4-1-1 formation (and its underlying…
Football Manager P14 – Playing at the (Selhurst) Park
For the previous post, click here. So, Crystal Palace. Officially founded in 1905 (and some might argue they are an older club, the oldest club, in the world, via connections…
Awww nuts…
Yesterday I stayed up to watch a Nintendo Direct live for the first time in…. Well…. Possibly forever? With 2021 marking 35 years of The Legend of Zelda franchise, surely…
Football Manager P13 – Facing Up and Moving Up
After a fairly mixed middle part of the season (that nonetheless saw Aldershot remain in the playoff places), it was time to bring the 23/24 season to a close, starting…
Football Manager P12 – Unexpected Heights
The next phase of the 23/24 season began with a rumour linking me to the vacant manager role at Wycombe. I had no idea why, and I made it clear…
Football Manager P11 – New Styles
The 22/23 season was over, Aldershot had stayed in League One for another season, and the players were about to go on a break. They collectively disappointed me in their…