http://fm6.theoffside.com Football Manager 2009 blog - AS Roma Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:40:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 26th August, 2009 One day to go. Everything is gearing up for the big day tomorrow when we open our season away to Cagliari. It appears the all-knowing bookies have made us favourites. So the onus is right away on us. Thought of a couple of good one-liners for the post-match ... http://fm6.theoffside.com/fm09/julio-vs-baptista.html 29th July, 2009. This is it! The start of my first season as AS ROMA manager. I met the press and discussed my first official game at home to FC Vojvodina with confidence. Proudly I walked along the touchline and took my place in the dugout, there is no denying that ... http://fm6.theoffside.com/fm09/and-so-it-begins.html 11th July, 2009 Ivan Carminati (first team coach) and Gianpiero Ventrone (coach) along with Nicola Bisiotti (fitness coach) turn up for interviews this morning and I hire them all on the spot. That's the sort of manager I am. Businesslike. Decisive. Didn't want to waste time and hunt for unrealistic targets. ... http://fm6.theoffside.com/fm09/pre-season-round-up.html 9th July, 2009 My first day in the job and I was already feeling good about this adventure, After a quick press conference where I state my happiness and give assurances that everyone at the club would get a chance to prove their worth, I was straight into the nitty gritty ... http://fm6.theoffside.com/fm09/getting-to-know-the-gladiators.html 7th July, 2009 In front of my idiot box, I sat there, amazed at the events unfolding at the headquarters of AS Roma, news suddenly broke that Luciano Spalletti had left his position as the manager of AS Roma, I was not only dissapointed because of my natural love for the ... http://fm6.theoffside.com/fm09/roman-renaissance-start-of-a-new-era.html