Welcome back to On the Break! If you missed the post covering the first half of this season, click HERE to catch up! Spoiler alert, it's grim reading! We really need to find some form and quickly if we're going to rescue this season, otherwise the save could be over far sooner than anticipated! TORNEO … Continue reading EL VIOLETA – 2025 INTERMEDIO AND CLAUSURA

Welcome back to On the Break! Next up in the Violeta Extra series is a post I didn't plan to write, but on a monotonous day at work my mind started to wander towards some big games I have coming up and how best to prepare for key games in Football Manager, so now it's … Continue reading VIOLETA EXTRA – BIG GAME FOCUS

Welcome back to On the Break! If you're here for the first time or are behind on the series, firstly - thanks for taking the time, and secondly - you can catch up HERE! This year brings about a whole new challenge, the Copa Libertadores Group Stages! Can we balance the demands of the extra … Continue reading EL VIOLETA – 2025 PRE-SEASON AND APERTURA

Welcome back to On the Break! In the last post we concluded the 2024 season, and I mentioned that the squad needs a big overhaul, probably a bigger one than I've done in a few editions of FM. In this post I'm going to talk through my process, starting with evaluating last year's squad, identifying … Continue reading EL VIOLETA – END OF SEASON SQUAD REVIEW

Welcome back to On the Break! In today's post we'll wrap up the 2024 season and hope to push on towards a first title of the save! If you've missed any of the previous posts, catch up HERE. TORNEO INTERMEDIO With Torque surprising everyone and finishing second in the Apertura table, we lucked out that … Continue reading EL VIOLETA – 2024 INTERMEDIO AND CLAUSURA

Welcome back to On the Break! 2023 saw us progress from a distant third to a genuine title challenger for the first time (click HERE to see how that unfolded) so now we need to build on that momentum and really push the big boys! TACTICS Halfway through last season we moved away from our … Continue reading EL VIOLETA – 2024 PRE-SEASON AND APERTURA

Welcome back to On the Break! Today's post is the second in the Violeta Extra series, where we cover smaller points surrounding the save and how I approach or think about them! Today's is something that to some will be an absolute non-event, but to others something that can cause superstitions, debate and even conflict! … Continue reading VIOLETA EXTRA – LET’S TALK ABOUT SQUAD NUMBERS

Welcome back to On the Break! A lot has happened since the last post, I've had a little rebrand over on Twitter and given myself a little manager avatar which you'll see dotted around on the site here too, but more importantly, I've partnered with the guys over at FM Base and will be adding … Continue reading EL VIOLETA – 2023 INTERMEDIO AND CLAUSURA

Welcome back to On the Break! I hope everyone is doing well considering the situation we find ourselves in! If you've missed any previous parts of the series, click HERE to catch up. In this post, we're going to take a more in depth look at the crop of young players we have looking to … Continue reading EL VIOLETA – MEET THE PROSPECTS