Hansa Rostock | Swedish Mafia – Ep0: Introduction
DISCLAIMER This series reuses parts or whole sections of a blog series I originally wrote for vivalavidafm.com back in 2018. This introductory post is an example of this. Therefore, you…
Santástico – Ep 17: 3 season summary 2029-31
Welcome back to something a bit different! The 10 year anniversary post taught me two things. It seems to be awfully tough to create a player of the same caliber…
Santástico – Ep 16: 10 years with Santos FC – A stroll down memory lane
As the clock strikes midnight and December 31st 2028 turns into January 1st 2029, we reach a milestone in the Santástico series, a ten year milestone. To celebrate that, I’m…
Santástico – Ep 15: 2027 – In with the new and in with the old
After a couple of seasons with not much happening after the initial group of players reached 100 goals and secured subsequent moves to Europe, we got Gilberto to 100+ goals…
The concepts of Current and Potential Ability
We’ve all been there. The young gun with a 5 star Potential Ability (PA) who came through your youth intake only a few seasons ago appears to be reaching his…
Santástico – Ep 14: 2026 – Personality and development
The seasons are quickly passing by, and we are creating players full of Ginga on a veritable conveyor belt out of the Santos FC Academy. However, we are not really…
Santástico – Ep 13: 2026 World Cup special
DISCLAIMER: This post is a special post about the 2026 World Cup. If you’re not into FM20 international management, perhaps this isn’t for you. I don’t blame you if you…
Santástico – Ep 12: A Model Citizen experiment
As you are well aware by now, my efforts to improve player personality types through mentoring has been an underwhelming endeavor so far. It’s been really tough to recruit mentors…
