Dan

You'll see from my posts a year ago, if we have to sell someone, then Ramsey was always my first choice, solely because he's so injury prone that we know we can do just fine without him. There's not the pressure of finding a good replacement like there would for Watkins, Kamara or Martinez. #AVFC

I read about wplace. And the only thing on my town is that someone has put "I ❤️ Yuri" and a picture of a Sanrio character that I don't know the name of. So it turns out there is at least one other person under the age of 65 in this town. Or a very interesting old person.

When Diego Carlos did his Achilles, Villa did a YouTube video about his recovery process and I noticed on the background that we have that trophy on a shelf in the physio room. Was pleased that we still had it and it hadn't ended up in a charity shop lol

Pride of place in the cabinet between the Al-Wahda Challenge Trophy and the Cup of Traditions.

It sounded too loud to just be the away end imo. Sounded like a civil war in the home end to me.

Are the Villareal fans booing Partey too, or is there just loads of away fans there?

New season, same old wildly inconsistent implementation of the handball rule.

Red cards don't count in friendlies, nothing to lose

Tbf, he wasn't at Villarreal when we organised the friendly. Marseille have had their reputation for a long while.

Mason Greenwood shows what he's all about as he kicks & spits on Amadou Onana. Tyrone Mings intervenes.

Such a disgrace of a human being

Yeah, absolute bellends - Di Zerbi is the perfect fit for that club.

Let him have a go at Thomas Partey tomorrow, I say.

Don't know why we organised a friendly with Nonce FC when we have another match tomorrow too. Recipe for disaster.

Greenwood not so tough when he's fighting someone who can fight back.

Tyrone Mings giving Mason Greenwood the beating he deserves.

Another unwritten rule of football manager is that because my deadline day deal for a CB fell through, of course by main starting CB gets a double hernia on a week we're playing 3 games in 7 days while 2 other defenders are on international duty.

All the PR work their new owners have been doing. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it'll still roll around in shit.

It's getting home attendances of around 2,000. Got Leeds in the league cup and broke the all time attendance record with a crowd of 5,500, but more than half of them were Leeds fans 😭

I'm turning a massive profit, but League One and League Two FFP is only concerned with wages, not transfer fees. Which is why I get around it by offering players obscene signing-on fees to offset their wages lol

My hope is that if I put all my work into avoid relegations and winning the Pizza Cup a few times, it might raise the club's reputation enough that more fans turn up and the revenue rises.

I'm currently doing a save as the non league team in the town I grew up in. Gone from level 11 to League One. But now slogging a bit in League One because my revenue is so low that FFP is murdering me. Got a lower wage bill than any team in the league below, but still failing it lol

I managed to never play them in my whole save too because I got promoted from the National League the same season they got relelgated from League Two. (With Jack Wilshere as manager).

Always odd when the AI in an FM save absolutely murder a club that you don't manage. Swansea in this save have tumbled into the National League, lost professional status, only have 7 first team players on non-contract pay-to-play agreements and are looking like they're about to drop to tier 6.

Everton surely can't have expected £18m for a first team player to be accepted? Is this one of those "Keep the fans happy" bids?

Imagine if the Guessand links were just a typo all this time.

Morgan Rogers ankle injury not considered serious, hopeful of return for Premier League opener Rogers was forced off just four minutes after being introduced in Villa's pre-season friendly on Wednesday.

Initial assessments indicate the ankle injury Morgan Rogers picked up against Roma is not thought to be serious.Caution remains as further tests will take place but as of Thursday morning, hopeful of featuring against Newcastle.Story
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It's been 12 in-game years, but Mr. Managerman has got Selby from Division 11 to League One. Also, what is Iraola doing there?

Strangely not the only time a manager has been punished for that.

He's Hungarian and was a guest of honour at the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend. So at least he's having a nice retirement as a result of that meme.

'Hot Fuzz' swan rescued from road by Essex police officer The swan is back in its natural habitat and was not injured in the process.

Confirmation that it was just the one swan, actually