http://fm-llm.theoffside.com Football Manager 2009 blog - Lower League Management (LLM) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:18:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, in the BIG NEWS OF THE WEEK - we are now an affiliate of AS Monaco Football Club, Chamions League Finalists and home of the Great Man Himself: Jan Koller. I've been a touch obsessed with Mr Koller for a while now (thus my affection for Dortmund in the Bundesliga) ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/midweek-musings.html Firstly I have offered Joel Kiki a contract in line with your wishes. Can't have enough cover in a team as flimsy as mine. v So, after your (Dhaw's) useful advice, I feel I'm finally ready to face my first challenge, a 418km away trip to Rodez Aveyron Football, or ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/my-first-assignment-a-raid-on-the-raf.html My 4-4-2 is as described in the player descriptions post. My theory is that it will turn almost to a 4-4-1-1 when N'Diaye drops off, and with two holding midfielders I should have good solidity. My two key concerns are that the wingers do not give anything coming back, and ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/tactics-tactics-tactics.html In other news, the Johan Gallon loan move went ahead - thankfully. I'm paying him €500 per week, but he adds a touch of class to an otherwise weak centre of midfield. I, as I obsessivley do in my FM saves, have set my training schedules the week before ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/training.html So, on to HVV (Dutch 2nd tier) and the final friendly, which I drew 1-1, throwing away a 1-0 lead with a silly tactics change with 5 minutes to go. However, was a good run out, and Joel Kiki played a 6.8 match, which was just above the team's average. ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/final-friendly.html Hello, So I have been exploiting my huge wage budget by hitting up a couple of quality free signings. First, I hit up Gauthier Diafutua, a pacy striker who is French of Congolese descent. He was born in Levallois-Perret, a community in the North-West of Paris. He'll pack a threat from ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/more-friendlies-more-signings.html Hello all, you'll be pleased to hear that the operation went well, and I'm back at home, limping around and blogging. Without delay, I was whisked off to meet 4 journalists, who asked what questions you'd expect, including about any potential language difficulties Awkwardness aside - I then had a cursory ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/first-friendly.html Hello all, welcome back. I'm not going to be able to post for a couple of days as I'm going into hospital for a knee reconstruction. If you guys (and ladies?) like I'll keep you posted on how the rehab is going as well as the progress of Hyeres. So, with ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/new-beginnings.html Hi All, My game crashed last night, something wrong with the file. No problems. I'll start again. Lucky I hadn't got very far in. http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/apologies.html For all those who care, this is how I'm running the game Then my Ass-man (now sacked) came along and suggested that we had depth in the team, and that, all in all, we werent very good. So, I had a look at my squad, and realised we lacked any real ... http://fm-llm.theoffside.com/fm09/details-details-pre-season-report.html