Tag: Football Manager 2024

Nacka’s Yard: Season 8 (2031)

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Welcome back to “Nacka’s Yard”, where it’s now Season 8 – The Ocho. Or perhaps we should say “Åttan”, seeing as we’re in Sweden.

I’m afraid that Season 7 was not a lucky one for us. We forgot how to score, our goalkeeper forgot what his gloves were for, and we also said farewell to our young Paraguayan hotshot Luis Mendoza.

There’s been a mini-rebuild and a tactical rethink ahead of the 2031 season, which will be our fifth in the Superettan. Perahps this is the year Nacka FC finally make it into the Allsvenskan? Continue reading “Nacka’s Yard: Season 8 (2031)” →

Nacka’s Yard: Season 7 (2030)

Published on by Chris Fuller

FM25 might be cancelled, but my Football Manager 2024 save is still going strong. I’m just about to enter my 7th season at Nacka FC, making this the longest time I have spent with a single club in any of my Fuller FM blog careers.

After an encouraging end to the 2029 season, hopes are high that Nacka can push on in 2030 and get promoted to the Allsvenskan. If only it was that simple… Continue reading “Nacka’s Yard: Season 7 (2030)” →

Nacka’s Yard: Season 6 (2029)

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The year is 2029. Nacka FC have just survived the first major crisis of the Fuller era. After hurtling down the Superettan table in 2028, I now have to rebuild my squad, and assemble a defence that can… you know… defend.

Will it be third time lucky for Nacka in the Superettan? Will this be the year that we make it into the promised land of the Allsvenskan? Continue reading “Nacka’s Yard: Season 6 (2029)” →

Nacka’s Yard: Season 5 (2028)

Published on by Chris Fuller

Welcome back to “Nacka’s Yard”, where my lower-league adventure in Sweden has so far been going very well… perhaps too well. If you missed our Superettan debut last season, Nacka FC didn’t just stay up – we came quite close to what would have been a third consecutive promotion!

Nacka’s incredible rise on FM24 has also come to the attention of the club’s real-life director (and co-founder) Salih Shala, who posted a lovely comment on my Season 3 summary a few weeks ago. As an FM blogger, it’s always a special and humbling moment when the club you’re managing in the virtual world shows their support in the real world – just like Lyn did on FM19, and Cambrian & Clydach on FM21.

This has already been a wonderful journey, and it has helped me rediscover why I love playing Football Manager…

…but now we get to Season 5, in which I rediscover why I HATE playing Football Manager. Continue reading “Nacka’s Yard: Season 5 (2028)” →

Nacka’s Yard: Season 4 (2027)

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It’s a new year… and another new league for Nacka FC.

After 2025 brought a historic Division 2 title to the Fisksätra, Nacka’s extraordinary rise continued in 2026 as they finished 3rd in the Ettan Norra – and then won a dramatic promotion play-off against Öster! For the second season in a row, we were going up!

Now it’s 2027, and we’re in the Superettan – the second tier of Swedish football. This will bring us some even tougher challenges, not least the teething problems that come with turning professional… Continue reading “Nacka’s Yard: Season 4 (2027)” →

Turning professional on Football Manager

Published on by Chris Fuller

Football Manager isn’t just about the elite teams. Many FMers like to take a part-time team in a lesser-known league and gradually build them up into a dominant force at domestic and continental level.

A lot of us also like to take a provincial club from the lower leagues and take them up to the top flight. That’s what I’m doing right now on my Football Manager 2024 save with Nacka FC. After leading Nacka through consecutive promotions to the Superettan – the second tier of Swedish football – we have now reached an exciting but turbulent point.

This semi-professional club is about to turn fully professional for the first time. That means our players and staff can now work throughout the week… but it also means that we’ll be spending a lot more money from now on.

So, how can we best prepare for these challenges, so that we can continue to make progress? Here are my tips for turning professional on Football Manager… no, not like Lollujo or WorkTheSpace. Continue reading “Turning professional on Football Manager” →

Nacka’s Yard: Season 3 (2026)

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It’s time to pay another visit to Nacka’s Yard, as our rise up the Swedish footballing pyramid continues.

We were crowned champions of Division 2 Södra Svealand last season, but now we face some much stiffer tests in the Ettan Norra. Surely we can’t get ourselves promoted again… right?

This will be quite a long post, because there is so much to talk about as we head into the 2026 season. I hope you’re sitting comfortably! Continue reading “Nacka’s Yard: Season 3 (2026)” →

FM24: The ‘Regen Bug’

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Let’s talk about a potential newgen bug I’ve found on Football Manager 2024.

In most cases, any players that FM generates – also known as ‘newgens’ – are entirely separate from and unrelated to any other player in the database. When Cristiano Ronaldo retires, he isn’t instantly replaced with another skilful Portuguese forward who has his same elite potential.

On FM24, though, some of these newly-generated players can develop… let’s call it an identity complex. Allow me to explain… Continue reading “FM24: The ‘Regen Bug’” →

Nacka’s Yard: Season 2 (2025)

Published on by Chris Fuller

Welcome back to Fuller FM, and to my Football Manager 2024 series with Nacka FC in the Swedish fourth tier.

In case you missed it, my first season was a success… well, kind of. We did win the trophy for the most Expected Goals and Expected Points in Division 2 Södra Svealand… but, er, we didn’t win promotion.

Now it’s 2025, and expectations are high. Can Nacka’s new signings bring us some actual silverware and take us up to the Ettan? Or am I going to have another nasty case of second-season syndrome? Continue reading “Nacka’s Yard: Season 2 (2025)” →

Nacka’s Yard: Season 1 (2024)

Published on by Chris Fuller

Great news! It’s Football Manager 25 release day!!! Wait… what?

Seeing as we’re stuck with Football Manager 2024 until March, I’m going to fill the void with a new save. I have taken over Nacka FC, who play in the fourth tier of Swedish football after a rapid ascent through the leagues. I also hope this save can rekindle my love for FM, after my frustrating experiences with Millwall and Wieczysta Kraków.

Usually when I start a new FM save, I impose some challenges (perhaps with time limits) that almost always end in burn-out and spectacular failure. Not this time. I won’t put unnecessary pressure on myself by demanding an Allsvenskan title within 10 years or whatever. I just want to have fun and see how far this save takes me until FM25 is released.

And unlike my previous Fuller FM stories, things are going to be pretty snappy – one season, one post. Today’s opening chapter will take us through the 2024 season – my first at “Nacka’s Yard”.

Continue reading “Nacka’s Yard: Season 1 (2024)” →