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A FM Old Timer
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Avid Football Manager player - http://afmoldtimer.home.blog/
Cricket fan/player.
Liverpool supporter.
Loves the countryside.
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#FM26 Just so the FM-heads see this
This reddit FM question from a few years ago always in my head.
January 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
If today was Ancient Rome, at what point would someone in the inner circle be assignating the fascist dictator that's clearly lost the plot and isn't acting behalf of his populace?
January 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Pretty sure this isn't how your supposed to defend...
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Bit behind, but Harriet has gone full Anne Widdecombe #TheTraitors
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz are the first pair of substitutes in Liverpool's history to both assist each other after coming on in the same match. #LFC
January 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Frimpong isn't much of a defender, is he? Completely leaves his man alone in an acre of space by not chasing back, then can't clean the ball out when given a chance to do so.
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
What the actual hell was Szoboszlai doing!? WHY are you backheeling it there!?!
#LFC
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Bloody hell. That was pure!
#LFC
January 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by A FM Old Timer
Barnsley have more players in their starting XI tonight who were in Liverpool's academy in their early teens than Liverpool do. #LFC
January 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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She’s rather a smart cookie is Harriet. Using evidence logically, well spoken, not pushing too hard to raise suspicion & get herself banished or murdered

Playing the perfect Faithful game

#TheTraitors
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Imagine the boost in the polls Labour would get if Starmer banned Twitter and told Trump to do one.

Musk and Trump must be two of the most hated people in the UK.
January 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The anecdote on Traitors Uncloaked about the burner phone is absolutely proving it
Fiona is properly barking, isn't she?
#TheTraitors
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Fiona is properly barking, isn't she?
#TheTraitors
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
If they banish Sam tonight, they might actually be worse than the Celebrity Traitors
#TheTraitors
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
My wife, who is easily bored by scoreless draws, wanted to come up with a different method of points allocation in football.
Here's her rules and the outcome for the PL this season:
Loss = 0 pts
0-0 = 1 pt each
Score draws = 2 pts each
Wins by 1-2 goals = 3 pts
Wins by 3 goals or more = 4 pts
January 9, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Can't wait for Arsenal when they next visit Anfield for the torrent abuse of what Martinelli is going to get.
#LFC
January 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I said Man Utd and today just reinforces that
Struggling to think of a club that have thrown away unrivalled domestic success and descended into chaos as quickly as Celtic.

This isn’t a club struggling for form or a few bad signings. The club are falling apart at every level. And it feels like it’s only going to get worse.
January 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Not entirely sure it matters who is in charge of Man Utd.

They're more or less unmanageable because they've got a fanbase that demands first place, an ownership that will settle for fourth and a squad that would struggle to break into the top six.
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM
And again
Lol, no-one needed the snicko and it still shows the spike against the wrong frame

England shite as per
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Pretty much sums up Liverpool. Take the three for granted and put no pressure on someone outside the box (not for the first tie this season) and he scores a blinder.
#LFC
January 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Anyone else think this is just a trial run and there won't be any future elections in America?
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Appreciate any feedback from #fm24 users trying this - www.fmscout.com/i-25-26-real...

Any issues with the editor file? Previously I've had issues with similar files where european coefficients were screwed up or promotion / relegation didn't work. Any experience with this file?
January 1, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Absolutely dire
In home games this season against Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Wolves, and Leeds, Liverpool have generated 4 Opta-defined big chances in total. One per game.

77 shots, 6.9 xG (0.089 xG/shot) from average possession of 69.4% in those games. #LFC
January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Genuinely tiresome display from Liverpool. No ideas, no movement, no offering for each other, no belief, and no hope of winning a game when you play like that.
#LFC
January 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Gakpo is awful, isn't he?
#LFC
January 1, 2026 at 7:23 PM