It was supposed to be a blog about the next two seasons I played in Football Manager 26 with Lokeren. Yes, it was supposed to be. I finished the 2028/29 season, and at the same time, I was writing thi...

The summary of the most important and the most interesting things (from my point of view) from the two seasons in the Belgian top tier with Lokeren.

Welcome back to the Shimizu S-Pulse save, where I have completed the 2026/27 season.  In case you want to binge previous posts in the style of a Netlix series, I have linked them below: Why S...

How I'm using the Football Manager 26 new transfer feature TransferRoom (In) within the save with Lokeren.

FM Rensie wrote about the “Real World” database option, the rivalry with SK Beveren, the domestic cup run or about how I was afraid the save would end sooner than I expected.

I imagine that any view you have on ‘Seleção’ (the Brazilian National Team) would depend on how old you were when you first saw them play.  ‘Boomers’ like my dad’s generation would rave about the...

The short corner kick routine for Football Manager 26 by FM Rensie.

It has been a tremendous season for the newly promoted Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. By playing a clean slate 4231 tactic we have ended the season with silverware. Today’s blog post focuses on this tact...

Football Manager 26 training regime by FM Rensie.

This is an update from my Shimizu S-Pulse save in the J1 league, Japan. The in-game date is May 2025, and I have set up my recruitment team and have begun to scout players.  I thought I would s...

The main Football Manager 26 save by FM Rensie in Belgium with K.S.C. Lokeren.

Welcome back to CoffeehouseFM. Post-imperial Japan is fascinating. The country’s culture had previously been one of the most secluded and preserved, until Allied forces occupied it for 6 years after ...

It would be best to cancel the FM25; I don’t want the unfinished game. These were my own words back in February this calendar year when the cancellation of the FM25 was announced. Well, I didn’t get ...

Hi Reader. I hope you are well, it has been a while. This post is a spiritual successor to ‘The Ultimate Target Forward’ post from the FM24 cycle .  But before that, let me share my brief th...

My main Football Manager 2024 save has been a journeyman save in many ways. I spent three years with Perugia, two seasons with Dijon and six seasons with Reading. The longer period spent with Reading ...

The Football Manager game was always a big part of my life. And it still is in some way, although I didn’t play the game for almost the whole year of 2025. Maybe that’s the reason why I’m writing this...

From a young age, our protagonist always felt like he didn’t fit in. Too driven on the pitch to be a bookworm, too studious to be just another jock at school. One place that he felt an equal was on th...

Alt: a man wearing a white mls hoodie holds a trophy

From a young age, our protagonist always felt like he didn’t fit in. Too driven on the pitch to be a bookworm, too studious to be just another jock at school. One place that he felt an equal was on th...