FMFormation | Football Manager 2012

I was gonna do a top 5 of my favorite players from the 90's as I wrote in my post about football in the 90's. Some of these guys retired in the 90's, some went on to play a bit longer (and we're all grateful for that). It wasn't easy to create a top 5, for more than a week I've been thinking who to include and who not. There were so many players whom I loved to watch playing...

But I think I have come up with a top 5 now. Not gonna the whole top 5 right now, gonna do a slow countdown to number one so it may take a few weeks before you will find out who my favorite player of those days is.
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Today I'm going to talk about something which I'm extremely passionate about; tackling. When I was growing up and playing for school football teams and children's teams, I loved to tackle. It was my best attribute and as a right-back, who was able to get up and down the line, I loved tackling and I loved to be tackled. The adrenaline and the excitement of tackling, was amazing for me. You can see this in some players in the professional game also, for example Steven Gerrard, who seems to get a big rush of adrenaline whenever he times a good tackle correctly. However, are we losing this side of the game?
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Picture This... - by TGE


Picture this. Thierry Henry, the legend, back at his former stomping ground, well, the newer version. Arsenal v Swansea, his first league game back and he plays some part in the game.

Picture this. 9 years ago Arsenal were top of the 4 tier English football pyramid whilst Swansea, were bottom. 90 places between them 9 years ago, Arsenal went on to win the league that season whilst Swansea just about managed to stay in English football league.

So the scene is set, Arsenal on the verge of what can be called a great recovery after their abysmal start, Swansea, doing well for themselves, a win, against odds, would lift them to 10^th.
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The season so far – The Big 6 – by TGE


The Premiership so far this season has been a story of ups and downs, highs and lows, but only one team has held the spotlight so far; Manchester City. After living, for so long, in the shadows of their comparatively far more successful neighbours, United, they have started to show signs of the competitiveness that we had expected from the amount of money that they have spent over the last few years. The Tevez saga at the beginning of the season showed potential signs for upset at the club as the then captain seemed eager to find his way out of the club. Since then though, all has been well for City in terms of the league, however, of late they have shown signs of struggle with an FA Cup exit at the hands of their rivals but they are still in the League Cup, however 1-0 down going into the home tie in a couple of weeks.

United have had a ragged start to their season as they generally tend to have. Vastly overlooked so far due to the success of their rivals, they have put in both some stella and some poor performances so far this season. ...