Recent content by Bakez

I have been using the editor to trial different rules in the league such as increased prize money for Premier League teams finishing in the bottom half of the table, points for defeats and also making it so substitutes can't be made. When I changed the prize money rule in the Premier League it...

1 league, 1 season, 1 winner An experiment looking at putting 2 new teams into Ligue 1: MDL - Players who are considered legends of the game still playing today aged 33 and over Wonderkids - Players 21 and under considered 'Wonderkids' of the game Who will come out on top...

This experiment will cover the following 2 questions: a) Would England win the Premier League? b) Would having all of the England team playing together at club level improve their chances of success at International level? In this series I will also be repeating the experiment with other...

Super Buffon? This experiment investigates whether a world class goalkeeper could save a team from Premier League relegation when they are bottom of the league after 18 games. The goalkeeper I used was Gigi Buffon as he is unquestionably one of the finest goalkeepers of all time. Before the...

What if Suarez had stayed at Liverpool? What if Bale had stayed at Spurs? What if the top 6 teams had kept their strongest squads? Now if you're like me and have read countless web articles called something like 'Spurs team if they hadn't sold their players' followed by an image like...

Yaya, Yaya Yaya, Yaya Yaya, Yaya Toure, Kolo, Kolo Kolo, Kolo Kolo, Kolo Toure. (Repeat until bored) Throughout football, past and present there are plenty of examples of players who are related. In many cases the brothers begin at the same club before the relationship is broken for various...

The Brest a Man Can Get So having done a few FM experiments I feel the time is right to start a proper season whilst reporting back on the journey. I will however, continue on with the experiments as I enjoy doing them and hopefully you enjoy watching/reading about them as well. I will...

In 2003 Chelsea football club was bought by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in a deal worth £140m ($233m). The Russian businessman pledged to plough even more resources into the club while Mr Bates said the deal would move Chelsea onto the "next level". "We are...

A common quote that has been around for many years is 'The Premiership is the greatest league in football'. Whilst I'm sure there could be countless arguments for and against this statement it cannot be argued that it is predictable; Leicester City being a prime example as current title holders...

Hi Guys Just a quick introduction.. I have been an avid reader on the forum for several years and enjoyed a lot of the stories offered from the likes of the TheLuckDuck, DerbyJack, stonecold to name a few. In July last year I tried my hand at YouTube uploading Fifa based videos with some level...

Hi Guys Quick question (Please don't moan). I have recently stopped doing a Fifa Channel on YouTube. Was doing ok, 1300 subs in 6 months but I lost interest and the hours editing was ridiculous. I learnt a lot and want to put together a new channel doing FM experiments. I know it's probably...