Author: David Marsden

  • Playing with the Kids

    Playing with the Kids Well we’re just over halfway through the season, and we find ourselves in a similar position. Around the playoff places again, albeit a much tighter proposition than last year. This year, however we’ve done it with…

  • The Science of Squad Size

    A recent comment from Mr Malcolm’s (excellent) review of Division 2 teams regarding squad depth made me think about my squad and so I decided to share my thinking on squad depth and coverage that I have developed over the…

  • Ronaldo – The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again

    Bayern Munich have sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid in exchange for Gareth Bale and Breel Embolo.Ronaldo, who scored 73 goals and assisted 74 goals in 130 games, moved to the Spanish capital last week. The move to Madrid takes him…

  • THE TOP100 – DIVISION 1 – SEASON 5 PREVIEW

    With Season 4 still fresh in the memory, it has not taken long for Season 5 to come along. I was sure that there used to be a longer break between the end of one season and the start of…

  • REVIEW OF THE PREVIEW FOR SEASON 4

    With Season 4 finished it won’t take long for Season 5 to come racing along. For a few it means a new team, a new target and getting used to new players. As always, the excitement builds as the fixture…

  • FENERBAHCE ARE SAFE

    VS After last night’s 1-3 win over Aston Villa, The Fannybashers are now safe from relegation. Honda set up Yilmaz on 2 minutes who unleashed a rocket of a shot over the goalkeeper, bagging his 23rd goal of the season.…

  • FENERBAHCE REVIEW

    This season will be one to forget for Bruin, as he was, at the very least expected to finish in the play-off places by his own targets set at the start of the season… Instead he and the fannybashers have…

  • You’re FIRED.

    On Saturday morning 28th of January, the Fenerbahce manager issued an ultimatum to his players “if you don’t pull your weight you are out the door”. That seemed to do the job as they beat A.S Roma 1-0 on Sunday.…

  • Leverkusen vs Fenerbahce

                VS  Fenerbahce travel to Germany tonight to face Mr. Noisy’s, Leverkusen. Both teams have won their last two games, so each side will be hoping to add a third. If Fenerbahce win they could climb…

  • Something for the weekend

    Or, why I became a soccer manager. Not Top 100, SM or even football-related. Three years out of date. Depending on the success or otherwise of this last stab at pop stardom, I will be resigning from my post as…