Hi everybody, Welcome to back to Nottingham Forest story in which I try to become a new Brian Clough. A frontier of the 3rd season's half is passed, and I am happy to share with you good news. Forest is at the sixth line in the table as you see! It's interesting the 6th line was captured almost 10 fixtures ago. So now my target is to hold the position during following months. Matches I

Sometimes you may encounter a difficult schedule when your team must play against 4-5 grand clubs in a row. It's a rare case but it happens. If your season task is a league survival and avoiding relegation, then most likely the matches would be lost and players' morale would be decreased to a poor level. As for me the morale is one of the pivotal factors in Football Manager 2013. Any tactics or

Hello dear readers, I am ready to present the first results of season 3. It was very expected start because of the amazing transfer campaign made in summer. Rakitskyi, Ademilson, Defoe, Eardley, Hughes, Kameni… I couldn't wait to see them all in action. Forest matches The season began with 2 defeats and no scored goals at all. But then Nottingham Forest showed an excellent performance beating

A short hint today. I received the question about Basque players search in FM 13 several times. I feel it's necessary to give an official answer in a distinct post which people will encounter while searching for information via Google. OK, this hint if those who don't afraid to manage good old Athletic. This Spanish club is famous for its transfer policy: the board doesn't allow to buy any

Hello my dear readers, I've prepared lost of information today. So the post is quite long because it fully describes my transfer campaign before the 3rd season in Nottingham Forest story. That will be my second one in Premier League as you understand. Sometimes it can be harder than the first one, that's why "second season syndrome" term exists. I am kind of wary about it and tried not to be much

Here is my current squad after the 2nd season, one of the weakest in the Premier League actually. Let's analyse it by areas.   Goalkeepers No changes needed at this position. My goalies are enough for me now. I like reliability of Sifakis and don't believe 6.81 rating because it's due to matches against grand clubs where my whole team wasn't able to oppose anyhow. Pay attention to 18 years