top of page
Welcome
This is the home of the Saddest Panda in football management.
Established in 2020, this blog follows the fictional exploits of a Sad Panda in the renowned computer game series, Football Manager.
I hope you enjoy reading the journeys as much as I like partaking in them.
SadPanda
Search
SadPanda333
May 16, 2022
Hometown Hero S2 EP2 - Preparation Is Over, Now For The Action.
Before we get started lets have a little reminder about the save and the self imposed rules we are working with. If you want to start...
15
SadPanda333
May 5, 2022
Hometown Hero S2 EP1 - Time to improve and Evolve this team.
Before we get started lets have a little reminder about the save and the self imposed rules we are working with. If you want to start...
23
SadPanda333
Apr 28, 2022
Hometown Hero S1 EP2 - Lets Finish Our Debut Season
At the end of the previous episode we left the season finely poised at the half way stage. It had been a strong start to the season as we...
20
SadPanda333
Apr 21, 2022
Hometown Hero - S1 EP2 The Season Kicks off.
Its the best part of the year, Its the season kick off. We've put the work in on and off the training pitch and in the boardroom now its...
22
SadPanda333
Apr 14, 2022
Hometown Hero - S1 EP1 The Journey Begins
So here we are, at the start of our latest adventure. In a place that I know all so well. With our appointment a club legend was asked to...
42
SadPanda333
Apr 10, 2022
Hometown Hero - Introduction Episode.
After the premature end to our previous save due to data base issue we embark on a slightly shorter journey and one definitely closer to...
57
SadPanda333
Mar 14, 2022
Growing Up In Guernsey - Season 4 Review
Before we get started lets briefly remind ourselves of the rules and aims of this save. Rules - This is a youth only save which means No...
16
SadPanda333
Feb 22, 2022
Growing Up In Guernsey - Season 3 Review
Before we get started lets briefly remind ourselves of the rules and aims of this save. Rules - This is a youth only save which means No...
25
SadPanda333
Feb 2, 2022
Growing Up In Guernsey - Season 2 Review.
Well we have one hell of a season review for you. As always we will cover Everything in this episode. From league and cup matches through...
32
SadPanda333
Jan 16, 2022
Growing Up In Guernsey - Season 1 Review
As this save is such a long term project I am going to stick to my recent format of season reviews. There will be extra focus in March as...
55
SadPanda333
Jan 12, 2022
Growing Up In Guernsey S1 EP1 - Getting Settled In
Previously I introduced you to Guernsey Fc. If you missed that episode you can find it Here. A quick snapshot of the save goals and rules...
43
SadPanda333
Jan 7, 2022
Growing Up In Guernsey - Save Introduction
Time for something a little bit different. There is a popular FM save challenge known as "The Youth Only Save" The idea behind this save...
61
SadPanda333
Dec 19, 2021
The Darmstadt Dream Season 5 Review
Last season tuned into an injury loaded nightmare with the extra work load of Europe proving too much for a squad built on our budget....
31
SadPanda333
Dec 8, 2021
FM22 Beta Save - The Darmstadt Dream - Season 4 Review
Season 3 saw us surprise everyone by not only avoid relegation comfortably but by also Winning the DFB-Pokal which sent us straight into...
38
SadPanda333
Nov 19, 2021
FM22 Beta Save - The Darmstadt Dream - Season 3 Review
Season 2 saw us survive relegation by the skin of our teeth after a run of 3 months without a win. Although we had an awful few months...
54
SadPanda333
Nov 9, 2021
FM22 Beta Save - The Darmstadt Dream - Season 2 Review
Season 2 was going to be a tough test so early in the journey. If I am honest I didn't expect to go up at the first time of asking and...
51
SadPanda333
Nov 3, 2021
FM22 Beta Save - The Darmstadt Dream - Promotion Playoffs
I was very mean last week and left you all on tender hooks as we qualified for the Bundesliga promotion playoffs where we would be facing...
45
SadPanda333
Oct 28, 2021
FM22 Beta Save -The Darmstadt Dream - Season 1 Review
After much anticipation we begin our FM22 Adventure in Germany. We are going to be leading SV Darmstadt 98 in the pursuit of a return to...
73
SadPanda333
Oct 22, 2021
FM22 Beta Save - The Darmstadt Dream
As announced recently on Twitter our FM22 Beta save will be based in Germany with SV Darmstadt 98. This episode will just offer a little...
63
SadPanda333
Oct 21, 2021
S9 EP5 - Not One But Two Finals To Finish The Season.
Well what a little bonus episode this is. We have waited 9 long seasons to make it to a major cup final and now we have two to compete in...
13
SadPanda333
Oct 15, 2021
S9 EP4 - The End of the Season is Upon Us.
This is going to be another busy end of season episode. When we left the journey last time out we had just knocked Man City out of the FA...
6
SadPanda333
Oct 8, 2021
S9 EP3 - Its the Long Midseason Stretch and Our FA Cup Journey Begins.
When we left the journey last time out we had secured our place in the latter stages of the Europa League and had made a strong start in...
6
SadPanda333
Oct 1, 2021
S9 EP 2 - We Begin Our Europa League Adventure.
When we had left the journey last time out we had made strong moves in the transfer market and had a decent start to the season. This...
7
SadPanda333
Sep 22, 2021
S9 EP1 - The Wycombe Wanderers Journey Returns.
Yes, that's right after 4 long weeks on The Far East Express we return to leafy Buckinghamshire to get stuck back in to the Wycombe...
9
bottom of page