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Two half transfer windows, a solid showing domestically and an epic Champions League group stage are what’s on offer in this blog. THE WONDERKIDAVINGA CHRONICLES Before the summer transfer window had finished, there was time for two more signings to be made. With the loss of Djimsiti and Tolói, we were light at the backContinue reading “La Dea: 2021/22 Andata”

I’d anticipated that it would be a busy summer for us and that prediction certainly came true. We had a coveted squad and I had to be active in replacing any outgoing players. So far, I’m pleased with the business done but only time will tell if I’ve made the right decisions. OUTGOING TRANSFERS TheContinue reading “La Dea: 2021/22 Pre-Season”

As Andata turns to Ritorno, so also my attention was on the Winter Transfer Window. This will hardly be an opinion that breaks on new ground but I do firmly believe that the business you do in January defines your season’s outcome, potentially more so than what happens in summer. JANUARY MOVES – OR LACKContinue reading “La Dea: 2020/21 Ritorno”

Serie A is delightfully formatted into a proper round-robin format. A team will play each of the other 19 teams in the first half of the season (Andata) before facing off against each again in the same order in the second half of the season (Ritorno). TALKING TACTICS Where would a first season post beContinue reading “La Dea: 2020/21 Andata”

Planning Through The Beta Nowadays, the FM calendar essentially starts from the moment the beta has been released. I’ve seen plenty of people plough through two or three seasons before the full game is officially published but I just can’t bring myself to doing that. I see FM release day as almost like Christmas DayContinue reading “La Dea: 2020/21 Pre-Season”

La Festa della Dea – or “Festival of the Goddess” – is an annual celebration of Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio led by The Curva Nord 1970, the Serie A club’s Ultra group which occupies the North stand of the Stadia Atleti Azzuri d’Italia. Much googling leads me to believe the Curva Nord take great pride inContinue reading “La Festa della Dea”

This final blog post has taken me a while to write up, mainly because I genuinely wasn’t sure how to present this. Following the heartbreak of being denied a place at Euro 2028 twice, courtesy of a a 93rd minute goal on both occasions, our efforts were refocused on the next challenge which was theContinue reading “The Legend of Stephen Coyle”

Ok, this one came as a total surprise to me. After missing out on qualification through the standard group, we were somehow placed into a Play Off fixture. I can only assume this is in some way related to the UEFA Nations League although there does not seem to be any actual explanation of thisContinue reading “Northern Ireland: UEFA Euro 2028 Play Off”

Carrying on from the last update, we are sitting in a reasonable position within the group but cannot afford any slip ups from here. We also must rely on either Czech Republic or Spain losing ground if we hope to qualify for the Euro finals. With that in mind, we firstly host Malta in SeptemberContinue reading “Northern Ireland: UEFA Euro 2028 Qualifying Part 2”

As we go into the 2028 European Championship Qualifiers, Northern Ireland sit a record low of 61st in the FIFA World Rankings. Hardly reason to be confident. Add to that the fact that our competition for qualification will be Spain and Czech Republic – no mean feat. We also have Malta and North Macedonia withinContinue reading “Northern Ireland: UEFA Euro 2028 Qualifying Part 1”