by James Curno | Nov 15, 2022 | Gaming
With the release of Football Manager 2023 last week, I thought I’d try my best to replicate the tactics of Steven Schumacher’s league leaders in the game. This season has seen Schuey establish his own style with an evolution of predecessor Ryan...
by Nick Saunders Smith | Sep 10, 2020 | Analysis, Gaming, Matches, News, Opinion, Podcast
by James Curno | Jun 11, 2020 | Gaming
Part 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 So here we are, play-off finals of the 2006/07 Championship season. These next few games will make or break my time at the club. We turned around our poor form that almost saw us fall out of the play-off spots all together and we now face...
by James Curno | Jun 6, 2020 | Gaming
Part 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Here we go then, 9 games to book our place in the 2006/07 Championship Play-Offs for the prize of Premier League football. A pilgrimage into a new world for Plymouth Argyle FC. We start with un-wanted bids for Timar from a team that should not...
by James Curno | May 29, 2020 | Gaming
We’ve lost Akos Buszaky to an 8 month injury and replaced him with an average Stephen Dobbie and an 18 year old Graham Carey from Scotland as the Championship promotion push moves into the final stages. Here he is then, I have quite literally broke the bank to...
by James Curno | May 23, 2020 | Gaming
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 How have we been in lockdown for over two months now? Feels like time is moving so slow, and that’s just not in real life, back in 2006 FM20 world, it’s not even December yet, but I feel like a whole season has gone by....
by James Curno | May 16, 2020 | Gaming
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 It’s 2006, Argyle are third in the Championship after the first couple months of the season and we are looking good going forward, no one in this league scares me. Premier League bound. Paul Wotton rightly receives goal of the...
by James Curno | May 7, 2020 | Gaming
Part 1 / Part 2 Welcome back to 2006, where I have taken over the reigns at Argyle in the Championship in my attempts to change history and get one of Argyle’s best ever sides in the Premiership. Last time we kicked off the season away at Coventry and came out...
by James Curno | May 3, 2020 | Gaming
Ever wondered how good that 2007 Argyle team could have got? I still remember my teenage heart breaking as we narrowly lost to Watford in the FA Cup and saw the subsequent dismantling of one of our best ever sides. And who knows, maybe with the right backing, Holloway...
by James Curno | Feb 2, 2020 | Gaming
A new season is upon us in Football Manager 2020 after a powerful end to the 19/20 season finishing 2nd and bouncing back to League One. It’s time to meet the new signings and see how they get on in their first month. Find out how season one ended here. First...
by James Curno | Jan 22, 2020 | Gaming
With the current players currently exceeding for Ryan Lowe, there is no reason to look back to the past, But if you are like me, you can’t help but wonder what Ryan Lowe could do this season if he had Graham Carey and Ruben Lameiras at his disposal. So...
by James Curno | Jan 16, 2020 | Gaming
Welcome to the end of season finale. Can I get Argyle straight back up to League One on Football Manager 2020? It’s time to find out. 5 games left. 5 points off automatics as we sit in 4th. But we start with the baffling news of a new contract offer from Simon...
by James Curno | Jan 16, 2020 | Gaming
After a interesting transfer window, it’s time to see if the new signings have what it takes to get us promoted from League Two as we approach the final months of the season. Fair play to Derek Adams who has done a job with Morecambe. The less said about Ryan...
by James Curno | Jan 2, 2020 | Gaming
As the manic holiday season comes to an end, I finally have some time to play Football Manager as my virtual Pilgrims also enter the year 2020. I find myself in a very similar situation to Argyle: I need a striker. A goal scorer. Someone to put it in the net if...
by James Curno | Dec 18, 2019 | Gaming
After a brief hiatus, it’s time to get back into the swing of things in FM2020 and right the wrongs of a miserable winless November. Cambridge away is our first chance to pick ourselves out of this slump. Ryan Blair has broken is hand from falling (down the...
by James Curno | Dec 4, 2019 | Gaming
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Last week, we smashed Exeter at their place and continued to lead the pack in SkyBet League Two. This week, as we head into November, the nights continue to get shorter, and the games are coming thick and fast, with FA Cup action to look...
by Adam Price | Nov 30, 2019 | Gaming
Welcome to this week’s edition of our quiz on all things Plymouth Argyle. Today, we’re looking back at the club’s fortunes across the month of November. It was a perfect month for Argyle on the field, but that doesn’t tell the full story. We had a game postponed,...
by James Curno | Nov 26, 2019 | Gaming
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Welcome back to Football Manager 2020, An Argyle Journey. Last week, I left off with Argyle top of the league after a positive first month of the season. Now let’s see if I can keep this up. Four wins out of five gets us the first Manager of...
by Adam Price | Nov 20, 2019 | Gaming
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Plymouth Argyle quiz. This weekend, Plymouth Argyle face Bradford in League Two. It’ll be the fifth time this decade that the Bantams have visited Home Park, and Argyle have a decent record in that time; they’re unbeaten with two...
by James Curno | Nov 18, 2019 | Gaming
Part 1 Part 2 After an opening day 3-2 defeat, the first order of business is signing yet another centre back. Welcome Remie Streete. Apparently a league one level player. First home league game of the season. Colchester. Unchanged, Remie Streete need’s...