It occurred to me at 10:50am this morning that if Ross County are promoted to the Scottish Premier League at the end of this season (they are nine points clear at the top of the table at the moment and will thus be in first place at the midway point of the season no matter [...]
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I believe this is called an “epiphany.”
Posted in First Timers, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Soccer Video Games on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Striker Manager – Private League (Season 2)
Posted in Soccer Video Games, Whimsy, tagged Striker Manager on September 16, 2011 | 9 Comments »
As promised earlier this week, we have organized our second Striker Manager league.
Striker Manager – Private League Season in Review
Posted in General, Soccer Video Games, Whimsy, tagged Private League, Striker Manager on September 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Earlier this summer we offered up a taste of the on-line game Striker Manager. At the same time, we started a private league for our Avoiding the Drop clan within Striker Manager. This weekend saw the end of the season for our private league. Read on after the jump for a summary of the season [...]
Striker Manager – The Private League
Posted in General, Soccer Video Games on June 16, 2011 | 8 Comments »
The Avoiding the Drop league is now available. In order to allow our readers the opportunity to play, we have created an invitation only league for up to 14 teams. (The maximum allowed by Striker Manager.)
Summertime Fun – Striker Manager : A Review – UPDATED
Posted in General, Off the Pitch, Soccer Video Games, Whimsy on June 16, 2011 | 13 Comments »
A number of our writers and commenters regularly play Football Manager and are quite successful in bringing a small club up through the ranks and into the EUFA Champion’s League. As with most games that are released each new season, there is a regular upgrade cost if you want access to the current teams/rosters. A [...]
FIFA11: Insert Spinal Tap Reference Here
Posted in Soccer Video Games, tagged FIFA11, Video Games, Xbox Live on September 30, 2010 | 12 Comments »
I have been playing Electronic Arts’ FIFA series since the beginning in the early nineties. The first version I ever personally owned was FIFA 97, which you may remember was the first one to include indoor soccer. I have played every year’s edition since then. However, until last year, I was still rocking a PS2 [...]
You’ve all seen this, right?
Posted in Awards, Commentary, General, News, Soccer Video Games, Whimsy, World Cup 2010 on December 7, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Matty Burrows ups the ante Today FIFA released the finalists for the 2010 Puskas Awards, a.k.a., the “Goal of the Year.” The finalists are: Hamit Altintop Matty Burrows Linus Hallenius Lionel Messi Samir Nasri Neymar Arjen Robben Siphiwe Tshabalala Giovanni van Brockhorst Kumi Yokoyama I urge you not be swayed by the big names on [...]
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