Ten games. No losses. Top of the league. No, seriously… I look down at the microphones and digital recorders in front of me. There’s certainly more of them there than there were a month ago. I look up, and glance around the press room. A lot of hands are raised…

It’s time for pre-season. That means seeing what our formation (and our U23s) are made of. — Over the years, Football Manager has changed a lot. When I first started playing, games were described through text-based messages racing across your screen. These days, it has a match engine. What that means is that you can watch your team play. Okay, behind the scenes the game is still…

Time to take a first look at the squad and see what we do… or rather don’t have: enough players. — This is what my assistant manager Brandon Brown and my coaching staff feel is our best Eleven. As mentioned already, I’m playing with random player names turned on (and ‘fill empty teams with players’) so if you’re an actual Oldham fan, don’t expect to see any names you recognise there…

There are things the Chairman should have told me before I signed this contract… “It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Oldham.” I look up with a start. This is my first time in Oldham and I have very quickly discovered that it is not like living…

The Football Manager journey begins. And it begins with a big question: why Oldham? — Oldham Athletic are a big club. No, really. I accept this may come as a surprise to many of you. Certainly those of you too young to remember the time before football existed (1992 according to Sky). It’s true though. Indeed, unlike Luton Town (also a big club. …

I have been playing Football Manager games for 25 years. It’s time to show you all why they’re amazing. I have played over 13,000 hours of Football Manager. On the surface, that may seem like a horrifyingly large figure. It’s certainly not something I’ll be adding to my LinkedIn page…