Gunner 101 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Bienvenue sur le fil de discussion FM19 pour JA Drancy Welcome to the FM19 thread for JA Drancy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY BE DRANCY? - Recently promoted to the Championnat National for the first time in their history after promotion last season - Last season’s championship is their sole honour in their 115 year history. Perfect for you to become their greatest ever manager - Predicted to finish 18th out of 18 means a potentially tricky first season (as of 01/11/2018 IRL Drancy sit bottom with 5 points from 11 games) - Lack of staff (just you and your assistant) give you room to shape the club behind the scenes - St Etienne as a parent club mean the next Ghoulam or Zouma could be available on loan for free --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLUB INFORMATION & HISTORY Founded in 1903, JA Drancy are a Semi-Professional French football club who compete in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football. The club play their games at 2,500 capacity Stade Charles Sage and are located in the suburb of Drancy in Paris. Armed with a transfer budget of £15k and with a spare £2.4k in the wage budget (the average wage is £500 p/w) this season will mark Drancy’s first at this level. Can you lead them to survival and further success or are you doomed from the start? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST TEAM SQUAD Based on natural position only GOALKEEPERS Didier Desprez – Age 19, CA ★★★, PA ★★★★ Clement Lume – Age 27, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ The goalkeeper slot is well stocked as you can see with two strong choices. Both keepers are good enough for this level of football so it’s whether you decide to stick with Lume or start blooding Desprez bearing in mind he’s on loan from RC Lens and his contract doesn’t run out till 2020. Do you risk upsetting first teamer Lume? DEFENDERS Martin Ekani – Age 34, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ Clement Cabaton – Age 22, CA ★★, PA ★★★★ Ousmane Samba – Age 29, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ Souleymane Coulibaly – Age 25, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ Cedric Jean-Etienne – Age 26, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ Immediately there’s an alarming lack of numbers and no recognised left back. Samba and Jean-Etienne are similar players and will fight it out for the right back position. Ekani is ageing but he’s a leader who’s been at the club for almost 10 years and could pass vital knowledge onto Cabaton who looks to have decent potential. MIDFIELDERS Maguette Diongue – Age 26, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ Hakeem Achour – Age 29, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ Bakari Camara – Age 24, CA ★★★, PA ★★★★ Sadibou Sylla – Age 26, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ Mamadou Magassouba – Age 23, CA ★★★, PA ★★★★ Aziz Dahchour – Age 33, CA ★★★, PA ★★★ Dylan Bikey – Age 23, CA ★★, PA ★★★★ Similar to the defence there’s no out and out left sided player. Like Ekani before Dahchour is ageing and coming up to 10 years at the club. Do you replace him in favour of the younger Magassouba or Camara? You’re overloaded in the attacking midfield area with Diongue, Achour and Sylla all similar quality so who plays will depend on what tactic you employ. Dylan Bikey is the only wide player available and may be recognised having spent time in Scotland with Hearts and Stirling. He’s currently on loan from Cyrpus but his contract expires in 2019 and may be worthwhile picking up if he becomes available for free and depending how he develops. ATTACKERS Guillaume Khous – Age 23, CA ★★★PA ★★★★★ Anderson Banvo – Age 24, CA ★★★PA ★★★★★ Dramane Kone – Age 26, CA ★★★★PA ★★★★★ Possibly the weakest area of the squad with only Kone really ready to play at this level and none of the three having a finishing stat above 10 however Khous (on loan from Paris FC) and Banvo (former PSG and Blackpool striker) have decent potential. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESERVE SQUAD Selected players to move to the first team squad at the start of the game Marvin Diop – Age 25, CA ★★★★PA ★★★★★ Serge Bando – Age 30, CA ★★★★PA ★★★★★ Abdallah Imamo – Age 25, CA ★★★PA ★★★★★ Abderahmane Sanogo – Age 24, CA ★★★PA ★★★★★ Karim Chahboune – Age 29, CA ★★★PA ★★★★★ Alas we have found not just one but two left backs in Imamo and Chahboune. Admittedly neither are going to set the league alight but it’s a relief we have someone capable of playing there. The same goes for Sanogo who seems to be the only left winger in the squad. Diop will add some depth to the central midfield area whereas Bando, despite being 30 is the best finisher out of the 4 strikers mentioned. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUNGSTERS Not including loanees From the players already mentioned Cabaton seems to have the highest potential. Basimba, Magassouba and Camara all still have room to grow so playing these may be something you look to do. Of those not mentioned, Ramy El Khatch is a former PSG youngest and possesses great pace. He could grow to become first team right back given the opportunity and former Nancy youngster Rymone Benturkia also looks to have potential however will need to improve on his passing and dribbling if he’s to become a first team starter in the CAM role. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TACTICS I am by far a tactical genius so the last person to take advice from is me. However looking at the players I would probably recommend going with a 4-2-3-1 Wide formation. I usually play a more patient 4-1-4-1 formation which opts to play out from the back but I’m probably looking to adopt a different approach here. My aim will be to maintain a solid core with my defence not venturing too far forward and staying narrow. To achieve this my full backs will be told to stay narrow and to cross less often. My central midfielders will play as a pivot with one told to hold and one allowed more licence to get forward. The three across the final third will all be looking to attack. The wingers will look to reach the byline before crossing and the shadow striker will looking to push ahead of the pressing forward. The four will then act as the frontline and look to regain possession from the opposition high up the pitch. Sounds great doesn’t it? Whether it comes off is another thing but that’s what pre-season is for right? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FINAL WHISTLE And that’s that. JA Drancy is waiting. Can you achieve survival in the clubs first season at this level? Maybe you dream of catching Paris FC? Or maybe, you aim to become Paris’s biggest club by knocking PSG off their perch? Whatever you do please post your updates here whilst playing as Drancy so we can all celebrate your successes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonne chance et a la prochaine fois!. Good luck & until next time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 @Gunner 101 Great write up mate and best of luck. You certainly took on a challenge, but I hope it's fun and enjoyable! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 46 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said: @Gunner 101 Great write up mate and best of luck. You certainly took on a challenge, but I hope it's fun and enjoyable! Cheers Jogo! Looking forward to getting started and hopefully a few others will join me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Season 2018 - 2019 - End of Pre-Season Update So I've started my French adventure with JA Drancy. Is this a hopeless first save of FM19 or something quite special in the making? Well here goes.. Before I begin I just wanted to cover the leagues I've loaded for the save. I've always wondered what leagues to load up when playing in a particular nation and have developed a new technique with involves seeing where the clubs of the league I've chose to manage in have signed players from over the summer. By doing this we have ended up with all leagues from the following countries; France (obviously), Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey & USA. As well as all players from some non-playable nations like the Faroe Islands and Senegal. The Challenge If you're reading this but didn't read the first post (shame on you) then JA Drancy are a newly promoted side to the French Third Tier, the highest level of the French football pyramid they have ever played in. We have odds of 250-1 to win the league and that also makes us favourites for relegation by some way. Also being a Semi Professional outfit in a league with a mix of Professional clubs isn't the easiest and so we have our work cut out. The board aren't expecting much and therefore the target is too fight bravely against relegation, which of course we will try to do. The French Cup is also on offer and the target there is to reach the 9th Round (after starting in the 5th). Transfers Having inherited a decent sized squad (once you delve into the reserves) I didn't necessarily need to make loads of signings if I didn't want too. Yes, the squad isn't the best in terms of ability but at least we have the numbers in order to rotate and hopefully keep everyone fit and fighting for places. Also signing players hasn't been the easiest with a couple of players choosing clubs in the league below instead. My aim was to bring in at the very least two new players with the winger positions both understaffed and currently occupied by two of the lower rated players in the squad. It's currently the 4th August 2018 in the game and I have only a new left winger to show for it. Tarik Bengelloun is the sole signing so far. The 27 year old left winger has returned home having been born in Paris back in 1991. After spells at Nantes, Nottingham Forest and Hamilton he seemed to have settled back in France. He's nothing special but he was free, didn't want much with regards to wages and last but not least, he actually wanted to sign for us! To be fair to Tarik he's had a productive pre-season with 2 goals, 2 assists and a average rating of 7.28. *Fun Fact* Tarik is the brother of current Manchester City scout Younes Bengelloun *Fun Fact* As it stands there's been no leavers at the club however I'm hoping to ship some of the youngsters out on loan for first team football before the window ends. Tactics After much deliberation and desperately wanting to stick to what I know I decided to throw caution to the wind and work on perfecting a 4-2-3-1 Wide formation. The decision was based on the fact we have some decent attacking midfielder players and why not mix things up a little bit, it is a new version of the game after all and as the game progresses things can be chopped and changed if necessary. The team is set up to play direct football at a higher tempo in order to cover greater distances in as quick as possible. In transition we are therefore set up to counter. Individually and something I always do is to set my goalkeepers to take fewer risks. The full backs are encouraged to get forward when we are in possession however crossing from these positions is discouraged. The two central midfielders are there to protect and cover should the full backs be caught up field and therefore are set to hold their positions. The wingers will look to get to the byline before crossing whilst the pressing forward will drop deeper given the shadow striker space to burst through and put the ball in the net. Well that's the plan! Pre-Season Results Pre season to me is less about the results and more about how we play and look and also to get the players fitness in the right place before the big kick off. I always play lower league opposition so results are generally not relevant however I was obviously disappointed with the defeat and rather pleased with the 6-1 victory. Next Up We are a week away from the beginning of the season and we are probably on course where I wanted to be. Pre-season was largely successful on the pitch with many players now pretty much in prime condition ready for the big kick off. We have three players still on trial at the club however none of these look likely to make on a mark on the first team squad straight away but could be signed for the future. A right winger is in talks about a loan deal from a Ligue 2 club for the season and I'm hopful about getting that over the line before the season begins at USL Dunkerque in 6 days time. Until next time.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Excellent write up and a free fun fact too! I remember Dylan Bikey played for Hearts a little while ago, so he must be quite decent for that level? Who is the star man who you're pinning all your hopes on? Well done on getting a new signing, and best of luck for the first season Mr Drancy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 32 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said: Excellent write up and a free fun fact too! I remember Dylan Bikey played for Hearts a little while ago, so he must be quite decent for that level? Who is the star man who you're pinning all your hopes on? Well done on getting a new signing, and best of luck for the first season Mr Drancy. Very interesting fun fact I thought! Yes, indeed Bikey did play for Hearts briefly after he scored 6 goals in 7 games for Stirling prior. He is however not that great but has the potential to improve. His pre-season form was actually decent though but the league will prove tougher to crack I feel. I wouldn't say he's a star man however he's an improvement. He's now signed on loan for the season but unfortunately joined with an injury and missed the first game of the season. That result and the identity of the player will therefore have to wait till I update at the end of August. Thanks Mr Bonito. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Secretive, I like it! So you're not doing another update until August? I know you play FM slowly like me, but that's a long wait Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said: Secretive, I like it! So you're not doing another update until August? I know you play FM slowly like me, but that's a long wait Yeah maybe I phrased that incorrectly.. Of course I meant the end of August in the game which means probably by Christmas IRL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Season 2018/2019 - End of August Update August has been and gone and JA Drancy have played their first four games at their highest ever level of French football. How did we do? Let's find out! Transfers Having only brought in one signing in the shape of Tarik Bengelloun during pre-season I was on the look out for a right winger to strengthen that position but also provide competition for Dylan Bikey. Having previously teased that this was no over the line I can now introduce to you... Mamadou Sissako arrived on a season long loan deal from Ligue 2 club Troyes with a wage contribution of £1.5k p/w. The 22 year old looks to have decent potential with impressive acceleration and good pace which should enable him to be a threat down the right wing. Unfortunately he's been missing since signing having joined with a fractured toe and on his return he picked up a groin strain in training ruling him out for another 3 - 4 weeks. His full competitive debut will be for JA Drancy (at some stage). This could easily have concluded business however having taken multiple players on trial over the summer we decided to complete another capture on deadline day. Step forward one time capped Cameroon left back Charley Fomen. Fomen joins the club on a free having left Natonal League Winners Red Star FC over the summer. The 29 year old agreed a two year deal worth £190 p/w. His high work rate will enable him to contribute at both ends of the pitch. With that deal announced it meant Karim Chahboune became surplus to requirements and subsequently he has been placed on the transfer list. However it looks unlikely he will move this window. Results I have to say going into the first game of the season I was nervous. I wasn't entirely sure about the players or the tactic but results have been better than we could have ever imagined. Dunkerque are struggling after 4 games with 4 defeats so it's probably a good job we did beat them. Le Mans on the other hand are doing well and there only defeat so far was the match against ourselves. Tours and QRM presented different challenges as promotion favourites and professional clubs however only a penalty saw Tours snatch a point from us. The QRM game was even until they lost a man late in the first half. The second half saw us dominate the ball and score once to secure all 3 points and ensure we finished the month unbeaten. Table So at the end of August we sit tied at the top with another overachieving side in US Concarneau. With 35 points the apparent 'safety' mark we have made a huge step towards safety in the first four games. However we haven't been convincingly putting teams away so I'm refusing to get carried away. Players Performances Tarik Bengelloun has already contributed well having been signed on a free in the summer; showing some good finishing and pace to get in behind defences from the left wing. Imamo is doing his best to retain the left back position ahead of new signing Fomen and if he continues to perform then Fomen will have to wait to make his debut. Bando is yet to score however playing a defensive pressing forward role he's not doing much more than that and his two assists have meant we gained six points (Dunkerque and Le Mans). Camara having the highest passing completion rate is a surprise as we seem to be giving the ball away too much in that defensive central third, something which I'm trying to fix! Bikey, like Imamo must know that Sissako is on paper first choice because he's been a constant threat down the right wing. Next Up So the transfer window is now shut. I need to get busy scouting during this period to try and identify any potential January signings and also to ensure that our good start is not wasted by taking our foot off the gas. September's schedule presents another 4 league matches with 15th placed Pau FC up next. Until next time.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Very enjoyable reading, and well done on a cracking start. Don't be looking at 35 points, re-set your targets and aim for Ligue 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 12 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said: Very enjoyable reading, and well done on a cracking start. Don't be looking at 35 points, re-set your targets and aim for Ligue 2 Cheers mate! Really enjoyable save so far! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 Season 2018/2019 - End of September Update September saw us face another four matches in the league as we looked to build upon the impressive start from August. Results Another fine month results wise saw us maintain our unbeaten start to the season. We was lucky against Pau FC and has you can see just scraped a draw with a stoppage time penalty from Diongue. We didn't improve much into the next game either and despite having 12 shots we just could not find a goal. SO Cholet meant a trip to bottom of the table and Bando popped up with his first goal of the season to ensure we took back all 3 points. Bourg en B presented the hardest test on paper in the month however I decided to show them no respect and set the team up to take control which we did. The game was also only the second time this season that we have scored more than once, no wonder the fans are complaining about the less than exciting football on show. Table Those results see us move up a place from the end of August and going into October we sit top of the league. And with that point tally we're already half way to survival which is the first goal I have in mind. Players Performances Diongue playing from his shadow striker role is doing exactly what is asked of him by finding the net on a consistent basis. Achour and Sylla are currently moaning about lack of first team opportunities however I'm struggling to find a reason to leave Diongue out currently. Imamo continues his fine form in the left back role which means summer signing Fomen is still yet to see any first team action. Bando having now added goals is playing well in the pressing forward role and Bikey continues to fill the right wing role has Sissako picked up yet another injury meaning, like Fomen, he's still yet to play any first team football since signing in the summer. Next Up October looks to be a difficult month with games against the teams currently in 3rd, 5th and 7th alongside the French Cup starting which may start to stretch my resources. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordieboy52 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Awesome, it is people like you, @Gunner 101 that keep me playing the game and coming back to the forums. Thanks for writing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 14 minutes ago, Geordieboy52 said: Awesome, it is people like you, @Gunner 101 that keep me playing the game and coming back to the forums. Thanks for writing. Cheers Geordie! Means a lot. I'm glad you're enjoying reading along and if you feel like joining in then you'd be more than welcome! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogo Bonito Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Excellent stuff and another great write up. Entertainment isn't all it's cracked up to be, right? Keep up the good work, will look forward to the next instalment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 101 Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 43 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said: Excellent stuff and another great write up. Entertainment isn't all it's cracked up to be, right? Keep up the good work, will look forward to the next instalment You’d think we was bottom of the league the way the fans and some of the players are going on. October is going to be tough, I’ve played one game so far but I’ll leave that result secret until I update next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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