SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 14: INJURIES & HOW TO NAVIGATE THEM

One of the most difficult and annoying things about SMW that we all have to go through is the fact there's certain phases within each season where we potentially lose an integral part of our team to an injury. What's more, what makes it even worse is when these injuries occur just before important matches. … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 14: INJURIES & HOW TO NAVIGATE THEM

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 13: THE FORGOTTEN ROLE PT.2 (Box to Box Roles)

(UPDATE: SUMMER 2025) The season of randomness just keeps on giving! You'd think by now that I'd have ran out of ideas for this season, but, in the spirit of the great Johan Cruyff: "Football is a never ending cycle of tactical and philosophical revolutions" (I don't even think he actually said that... 😅). In … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 13: THE FORGOTTEN ROLE PT.2 (Box to Box Roles)

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 12: HOW TO WIN THE SMFA CUP WITHOUT BEING A GOLD MANAGER

I mentioned in episode 10 that the league is the second most difficult competition to win behind the SMFA World Cup. I stand corrected however, as I was not thinking about today's topic: The SMFA Cup. We've been discussing this cup competition since Season 1 but one thing that has never been discussed is an … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 12: HOW TO WIN THE SMFA CUP WITHOUT BEING A GOLD MANAGER

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 11: KINGS OF THE CUP: HOW TO WIN THE CUP

For the past few episodes we've taken a look at how to deal with the pressures of relegation, and become the champions via winning the league. In today's episode, we take a look at the best strategy that The Soccermanager Blog personally believes one should use in order to become kings of the cup. Winning … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 11: KINGS OF THE CUP: HOW TO WIN THE CUP

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 10: THE ART OF THE LEAGUE: HOW TO WIN THE LEAGUE

Now, all this talk about surviving relegation got me wondering if I'm converting myself into a Sean Dyche or a Tony Pulis or something... Let's not get this twisted, The S.M.B still has the priority of developing Deities whose main pursuit is to win thier respective league. Arguably the second most difficult thing to accomplish … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 10: THE ART OF THE LEAGUE: HOW TO WIN THE LEAGUE

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 9: THE ART OF SURVIAVAL: HOW TO SURVIVE RELEGATION

I'd like to make a guess that at least 90% of our readers are Soccermanagerites who've never considered managing a relegation threatening side since most of us are in it for the continuous winning of trophies.Therefore, I would like to introduce to you a very interesting approach towards your managerial career. Now, it's very easy … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 9: THE ART OF SURVIAVAL: HOW TO SURVIVE RELEGATION

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 8: HOW TO WATCH REAL LIFE SOCCER AND IMPLEMENT IT INTO SMW

"Bro, what are you doing? That game is for kids..." "It's just a simulated game, dawg" "None of this isn't even real. You're just wasting your time" Said a bunch of soulless, miserable homosapiens... Lucky for us, we Soccermanagerites have not lost our sense of enjoyment. Not only for this game, but most importantly, for … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 8: HOW TO WATCH REAL LIFE SOCCER AND IMPLEMENT IT INTO SMW

SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 7: THE LEADERBOARD: TOP 100 LEADERS WITHIN SM

Can we just come together to stop this traction of simply using your automatic captain? What do I mean by this? Well, whenever you start managing a new team, the default captain will always be your number '8' regardless of what formation you choose. And whenever I see an actual manager who hasn't even taken … Continue reading SEASON 8: THE RANDOM SEASON EPISODE 7: THE LEADERBOARD: TOP 100 LEADERS WITHIN SM

Season 8: The Randon Season Epiosde 5: The best starting X1 within SMW

You may be wondering what the above image is all about… Well, let’s just say that we’ve got some quite tactically intellectual people within the Soccermanagerverse! A good mate of mine has been following the journey of the SMB since day 1, and we’ve been in constant interaction with each other ever since we first … Continue reading Season 8: The Randon Season Epiosde 5: The best starting X1 within SMW

Season 8: The Randon Season Episode 4: Start playing more Friendlies!

If you’ve read our previous blog, then this one will act like a continuation because another thing I’ve realized after playing this game for so long is the lack of the usage of friendlies to do so many things which have the potential to aid us as we look to conquer our respective gameworld. If … Continue reading Season 8: The Randon Season Episode 4: Start playing more Friendlies!