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Editors note: Cagiva once again has produced a work of great tactical analysis of his current game. This time he manages in his home country of Bulgaria where he takes on a team with huge expectations in their domestic competitions - but in Europe are seen as the underdogs. He will show how he balances these two expectations tactically. Here is […]

Every Football Manager player will use their pre-season friendlies for a slightly different core purpose but you should approach this important part of the season with as much care as you do other parts of the year. This means selecting your matches carefully, your team selection and your tactics with the bigger picture in mind. From the first match of […]

José Mourinho’s recent unveiling as Real Madrid manager has united possibly the most self-aggrandising manager with the most self-aggrandising club. After success in Portugal, England and Italy, the ‘Special One’ will go to Spain to attempt to win a hat-trick of Champions League medals and to break the dominance of FC Barcelona. Which got me thinking – how will Mourinho […]

The concepts here are taken from Communication & Psychological Warfare ‘10. In Football it is often managerial rivalry that gets focused upon. We like to see fights, controversial comments and psychological warfare that happens during the press conferences to unnerve the opposition managers into a response. Sir Alex Ferguson has already shown us how this has benefited him against the Keegan and […]

Friendlies seem to be an inconvenience for many football fans. Games during the pre-season that no one cares about. But what if I told you that friendlies could be the most important part of your Football Manager career? Would that make you more willing not to ask your assistant manager to take control of your next set of friendly games […]

For a number of years West Ham have laid claim to the title of ‘The Academy of English Football’, presumably because they have a rich tradition of supplying players for the national team. Whether this claim is valid or not is a separate argument and one which we won’t be trying to solve with this experiment. No, what we will […]