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[FM19] In Linz beginnt's


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Welcome to my FM19 save where I'm taking charge of the rarely mighty Blau Weiss Linz in the Austrian second tier. Linz is the third largest city in Austria and is home to 2 teams in the top 2 divisions. LASK in the Austrian Bundesliga and cross town rivals Blau Weiss Linz in the second tier. Linz is more famous for it's steel works and being the birthplace of a certain 20th century dictator with a funny 'tache than it is for its football but LASK were the first winners of the Austrian League outside of Vienna. 

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Blau Weiss are generally known as the team of the workers and have a  small but passionate generally left wing following 

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I plan to give them a bit of glory! It'll be a homegrown save so I will focus on youth and only signing local player s(so non local players will be slowly fazed out of the team). The region I will be drawing players from is the state of Upper Austria

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Start of season 2018/19

Here we go! Starting off in the Austrian second tier so here is the league table which includes a few B teams (such as cross town rivals LASKs) as well as Upper Austrian rivals Vorwärts Steyr and SV Reid  so plenty of local derbies!

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Here's a bit of background on the team

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The facilities are ok but the youth recruitment is brilliant which helps my cause no end! The board expect an upper table finish which should be doable I hope/ I would love to be able to challenge for the title, but that may be a bridge too far in my first season. Here's how the fixture list looks

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A nice money spinning friendly against Hamburg as well as an easy 1st round cup tie against cross town lower league nobodies Union Edelweiss Linz. I will be back at the winter break to update you guys about my progress. Wish me luck!

 

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Mid season 2018/2019

Erste liga

It started so well! The season started in July and I remained ubeaten until late November. Unfortunately my problem was far too many draws (my usual FM problem). I currently sit 4th in the league after having lead for a while, mainly due to no wins in 6 (2 losses and 4 draws) which is hopefully a temporary blip

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Highlight so far has to be the 2-0 away win against Ried in an Upper Austrian Derby and the lowlight has to be a home defeat in a kind of Linz Derby to LASKs reserve team. Hopefully the Christmas Break does them good and we come back firing.

Austrian Cup

Was a good cup run whilst it lasted. A convincing 5-0 win against cross town lower leagers Edelweiss Linz which led to a tie against Bundesliga side Wolfsberg which I managed to win 2-1 (joint result of the season along with my win against Ried). Drew another top tier side in current champions Sturm Graz and lost 2-1 in extra time. Fancied would have gone through in my form at the time if I had drawn an Erste Liga or lower team but wasn't to be.

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Youth

No intake yet, so little to report but trying to give my younger players a first team chance which also has financial benefits

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More good news on the youth front

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Any other news

Not much other news, but hopefully my mid year/end of year reports will become fuller once I start to progress through the game.

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11 hours ago, Carambau said:

Is there still the rule where you get paid approx 500K if you let youngsters play for 9 games in a row? A nice financial windfall 

Yep. When you're doing a homegrown youth save, this is an added benefit to something you're doing anyway. Save up 2 or 3 of these windfalls and hopefully spend it on upgrading my facilities.

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End of season 2018/2019

Erste liga

At the midway point I was in fourth. At the end way point? Yep, still in fourth.

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Not a bad season all in all with some mixed results, but in my best Arsene Wenger, I though that 4th position meant I needed more youth!!

Youth

Here is my youth intake. Have to say that Alzenauer looks like the best of the bunch

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Also in the Austrian 2nd tier, you get bonuses if you play youth, so 400k every 9 games is very useful!! Hopefully can get the best 3 or 4 some game time off of the bench next season as they arrived too late to be put into my squad.

 

So my plans for next season will be hopefully promotion and blooding some youngsters. Let's go Blau Weiss!!

 

 

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Season 2019/2020

Erste Liga

Here we go for a second season! I am aiming for promotion this time around so here is my fixture list

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I am quietly confident at a top 2 position and to challenge for promotion. Especially with my new signings

 

Transfers

I have strengthened my forward line with some loans and a local signing from LASKs youth team plus bulking the midfeild with another loanee. Hopefully the loanee players and my youth players can come to the fore

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My aim for the season is to challenge for the title. Let's see how that goes...

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2019/2020 Season - winter break

Erste Liga

After a slow start, I started picking up some points and after another brief dip, I fiddled about with my tactics and at the winter break, I sit in 3rd 2 points off of joint leaders Liefering and Hartberg. Pretty good position to be in at the moment I think and it gives me the opportunity to push on in the second half of the season.

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Austrian Cup

A thumping win in the first round and a tight win in the second round ultimately led to a 3-1 defeat to Grodig in the 3rd round. With a nicer draw I could have got further, but it wasn't to be. Success wasn't on the cards so I'm not too disappointed but another game or 2 would've been nice

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Any other news

Not much else to report. Scout Kim Kallstrom left the club to join a Bundesliga team which was a blow. Also got another youth recruitment update which brings it up to extensive which is great as hopefully this means I get some really good kids coming through which is part of the challenge after all. 

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In the second half of the season I'm looking to push on and challenge for the title.

 

 

 

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2019/2020 Season

Erste Bank Liga

Did we do well? Not half! Finished second in the league and as Liefering won it, we went up! Promotion!!!

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I can't believe we managed to get promotion and will be in the Bundesliga next season. Amazing. A good run in the last few games saw us good and it was tight all the way to the end and Wattens and Hartberg gave me a great challenge

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Youth

Here is my youth intake for this season

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Pretty good intake for the season with the standout being Dario Bosnijak

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Any other news

Can I stay up next season? God only knows! I have extended the loan for Guillenot who was my highest scorer so that's a bonus. I hope I can send some of my youth players out on loan, scrape staying up and push on the season after. That's the plan! 

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2020/2021 season

Austrian Premier League

And so begins my first season in the top tier! Here's the starting league table

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Some big teams in there such as RB Salzburg and the Vienna clubs. My aim for this season is just to stay up and build on that. Last seasons new boys Ried went straight back down so will be a toughie. Here's the fixture list

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Obviously the big game is in September against cross town rivals LASK and hopefully  win there will please the fans.

 

Transfers

Here are the comings and goings

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A few loans in plus a few free signings to add depth. Hopefully that's enough! Also sent 2 of my youngters out on loan to get some experience and to see if they can find their scoring boots.

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