mindless ramblings

This is a pretty cool story. Basically a friend of this guy suggested that he should apply for the then-vacant managerial position at Middlesbrough. He thought about it and decided to do it! So he actually wrote a cover letter and CV detailing all his success in FM2005 and sent it off. Amazingly, he got [...]

Group E This was one of the more difficult groups to qualify from, but Italy made it through pretty easily in the end. They comfortably beat the Czechs 2-0 in the final game to top the group. Although the Czechs were only 1-0 down in the first half, their task got markedly more difficult when [...]

Group C The games here didn’t matter in terms of qualification, and the Netherlands vs Argentina matchup was understandably cautious. The Netherlands rested 5 players who had yellow cards but nevertheless looked good without those players. Juan Román Riquelme was in the center of things as usual and his passes were a constant threat to [...]