Johnny Karp

The founder and co-owner of the website, a Romanian Football Manager addict. He’s been playing the game since CM ’97-’98, never missed any of the versions since then. His footballing career stopped before it began, he liked playing the game but disliked having to run around like crazy during the pretty harsh training sessions. He’s a supporter of the Romanian national team, Universitatea Craiova, Arsenal, Barcelona and… the Blyth Spartans! You can contact him at johnny[at]footballmanagerstory[dot]com

Romanian FM 2012 Story: The European Adventure Continues

Posted by Johnny Karp at 12:24 FM 2012 Stories, Johnny - Viitorul 20 Responses »

Feb 042012

Hello folks, warm greetings from freezing Bucharest! It’s mighty cold here these days with snow storms and the whole shebang but fortunately that didn’t affect my internet connection so I have a fresh episode of my Football Manager 2012 story for you to enjoy! As you might remember my Viitorul Constanta had a very good first half of the season, especially in Europe where we managed to snatch no less than eight points and finish [Read more]

Romanian FM 2012 Story: On The Rise

Posted by Johnny Karp at 14:57 FM 2012 Stories, Johnny - Viitorul 39 Responses »

Jan 282012

Hello my friends and welcome to a new episode of my Football Manager 2012 story! This update will be quite long as it will cover both the pre-season and the first half of the season with Viitorul Constanta. This is a bit unusual for those of you who have followed the story since the beginning but the explanation is rather simple: I played FM as psychological therapy this week as I had some health issues [Read more]

Romanian FM 2012 Story: Like a Steamroller

Posted by Johnny Karp at 12:20 FM 2012 Stories, Johnny - Viitorul 46 Responses »

Jan 212012

Hello folks, I’m very happy to welcome you to a new episode of my Football Manager 2012 story. This update should have come a few days ago but I’ve had a terrible week which fortunately is over now. So let’s move on to what happened in the game, but not before a recap of the situation at the end of 2015: my Viitorul Constanta had a solid first half of the season and were top [Read more]

Who Will Win the Premier League This Season?

Posted by Johnny Karp at 14:11 real football 19 Responses »

Jan 202012

I guess most of you have asked this question and since there are just 17 games left in the season I guess it’s a good time to evaluate each team’s chances. The first thing that I did was to check the Football Betting sites and see their odds. It’s no surprise that Manchester City are the big favourites at the moment with Manchester United not far behind followed by Tottenham and Chelsea. The other teams [Read more]

Romanian FM 2012 Story: One More Try…

Posted by Johnny Karp at 12:12 FM 2012 Stories, Johnny - Viitorul 51 Responses »

Jan 122012

Hello folks and welcome to the much anticipated new episode of my Football Manager 2012 story! After a fruitful summer in which we spent around 8 million pounds on new players and following a solid start to the domestic season the stage was set for another try to get European glory in the Champions League group stage. The task was not easy as we were going to face Inter, PSG and Sevilla, but I was [Read more]

Romanian FM 2012 Story: Money Makes the World Go Round

Posted by Johnny Karp at 14:38 FM 2012 Stories, Johnny - Viitorul 51 Responses »

Jan 072012

Hello friends and welcome to a happy episode of my Football Manager 2012 story! Why is it so happy? Well, I guess the title might have already given you a hint: I finally had money to spend, lots of money! After doing the domestic double last season the board finally decided to give me a share of the Champions League wealth to spend on new players and that is exactly what I did! When the [Read more]

How To Get the Best Coaches in FM 2012

Posted by Johnny Karp at 13:59 featured, FM 2012 Tips, FM Guides 41 Responses »

Jan 062012

If you want to achieve success in Football Manager 2012 you need good players, that’s the first thing. But having good players is not enough because those players have to train properly in order to perform well on the pitch and that’s where coaches come in. A winning team needs good coaches and I’m going to help you understand how you can find the best coaches in Football Manager 2012. This is a simple step [Read more]