XaW Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) XaW - Follo FK - 2032 ex League Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances We are still not getting any closer to the top 4, but we did finish in 5th for the 2nd time running. So at least we are becoming among the best of the rest. This season were much harder though, and only a very good run towards the end made sure we finished 5th, ahead of Kristiansund. I hope we can continue to build upon this and try to slowly crawl into the top 4. Still, this means we are going into Europe next season as well, though it will be in the Europa Conference. In the Norwegian Cup we beat Moss, HamKam, Strømsgodset, Molde, Kongsvinger and Stabæk to reach another final in the cup. This time Rosenborg got their revenge on us and beat us 4-1. We had another go in the Europa League this season and we started in the playoff where we beat Wolfsberger AC of Austria to reach the group stage. Here we drew Sevilla of Spain, Basel of Switzerland and Rangers of Scotland. We did great and won both matches against Rangers, at home to Sevilla and away to Basel. We drew at home against Basel and lost away to Sevilla. That meant we finished in 2nd place in the group and went into the knockout rounds. Now, since the season in Norway don't follow the model of most other European leagues, the season is over and the knockout round are played next season. I'll update when I get knocked out. Edit: Faced Borussia Dortmund in the 1st knockout round and got beaten. The map is updated and I've added Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and the UK. The youth preview looked good again and the intake was also quite good. Bienvenu Bakaki 32a looks like a real diamond in the making! Georg Alme 30a had a really good season in midfield along Eirik Wang 24b. Frank Kristiansen 26e really turned out in defence and Gisle Grimstad 29e did well further forward. Edited June 15, 2020 by XaW 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 So I'm trying this challenge again. Got some experience in and as you will see in the career screenshot, already played a few games, as an insurance that I feel like I can survive at least. I'm playing Donegal Celtic in Northern Ireland. Overall this will probably be again more an experience run for FM21 Coach 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armeniar Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Some impressive consecutive cup runs! @XaW Bienvenu (="welcome") Bakaki looks real good, the name itself is already golden. Meanwhile I'm starting to be really proud of my board. Still refusing huge offers for our gem Fortes, currently in the January window: Spoiler Edited June 15, 2020 by Armeniar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, Armeniar said: Some impressive consecutive cup runs! @XaW Bienvenu (="welcome") Bakaki looks real good, the name itself is already golden. Thanks! We are a bit of a cup team for now. Bakaki have come on as a sub a few times, but not really shown much yet, but I have a feeling he will become really good, and I "welcome" that any day! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Very exciting season finale. Best part I can't bother to get nervous, since I already achieved staying in the league. So no pressure on my team to perform. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alsolate Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Take 2, I'm going to try Germany again... Keeping it short and sweet this time. If I last the season I will add in some background info about the club. manager profile facilities (18723 capacity) finances predicted to finish 17th top of squad only newgen club overview 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1983 Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Season 2032/33 Review Championship League | FA Cup | League Cup | Transfers | Squad | Finances This was a slow season even by my standards. I stopped several times to work on my tactic and final league position suggests it worked, however by tightening up the defence (4th best this season) we struggled for goals only scoring 52 in 46 league games, with our top scorer from last season only getting 9 goals (after getting 19 in each of the previous 3 seasons) but we did spread the goals out more amongst the whole team this year which was the point of the tactic so guess it worked. Need to improve the goals for though for sure. Despite a couple of spells of no wins in 7 or 8 games we were in and around the top 6 all season without ever threatening the top spots. A 4th place finish was much more than we expected. In the playoffs we played a Hull side who we drew with twice so I knew it would be a couple of tight games. 0-0 away and a 1-0 loss at home thanks to an OG and our promotion dream was over. These games showed the issue with our formation as we dominated both games but couldn't find the breakthrough. In the cups it was our usual early exit. After the sales we have a healthy balance but a smaller squad with less Premier League potential, we did manage to move up a youth level though going from 4 to 3. Not totally sure how that will impact us but it's nice either way. Youth Intake - not so great really but think we were due a poor(ish) one anyway Chris Lambert 33A - could be an attacking full back in our system Joel Wallace 33B - some good starting points, can play wide or through the middleJames Preece-Hooper 33C - another attacking full back but able to play either side which is a nice bonusRonnie Irwin 33D - if we can get his physicals up he could be an option at centre back for us Career Progress Season League Position Junior Coaching Youth Recruitment Notes 2020/21 VNLS 8th Adequate Fairly Basic 2021/22 NVLS 3rd Good Average Recruitment and coaching upgrades Lost playoff semi finals 2022/23 NVLS 14th Good Adequate Youth Recruitment upgrade, started first coaching badge 2023/24 VNLS 7th Excellent Good Got first coaching badge. Promotion via playoffs 2024/25 VNL 5th Excellent Good Won promotion via playoffs. Got Youth facility upgrade 2025/26 League 2 14th Excellent Good 2026/27 League 2 5th Excellent Good Lost in playoffs semi finals 2027/28 League 2 8th Excellent Good Finally got 2nd coaching badge 2028/29 League 2 1st Excellent Good National A Coaching badge 2029/30 League 1 4th Excellent Good Promotion via playoffs. Continental C coaching badge 2030/31 Championship 18th Exceptional Excellent 2031/32 Championship 19th Exceptional Exceptional 2032/33 Championship 4th Exceptional Exceptional Lost in playoff semi final, moved from youth level 4 to 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Atrux - Donegal Celtic - 2020/2021 Season Youth Intake League Table Squad Transfers Finances What a great first season. We achieved promotion to the second tier by scoring a 93 minute goal. The league season is very short with only 22 games, but you play in four cups. We had only one Centre Back and the Midfielder I played at that position decided to leave on a free at the Winter transfer period. The youth intake obviously is great, the finances on the other hand not so much. I hope we have a realistic chance at the second tier or at least my board won't mind getting relegated again. Edited June 16, 2020 by Atrux 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1983 Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Am a little bit annoyed that as I'm about to start my 14th season at the club we still don't have "develop youth players" as part of the vision. Wonder if the fact we have elections every 2 years is causing this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkouv Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Scarborough Athletic - Season 22 (2041/42) English Premier League League / Europe: We continued where we left of last season, winning 8 and drawing 1 of our first league games, and dismantling Barcelona 3-0 in the first CL game of the season. The good form continued and at some point I actually thought that we could do the EPL-CL double this year and complete the challenge, but of course reality turned out to be somewhat more complicated. Our form tailed off a bit in early spring after we were FMed by a Championship side (Bristol City) in the League cup final. Liverpool took over the first spot, but we were only 2 points behind with a game in hand. Our CL quarter final was also against Liverpool, and they edged us out 2-1 over the two games. But this allowed us to concentrate on the league and despite a difficult run in we pulled off victories against 3rd placed Spurs and 5th placed Arsenal, and managed to win the title with one game to spare! So one half of the challenge done, though I expect the CL could take some time because we still tend to struggle in games against the big premiership teams. Players: Nick Harmon 13b (AML/ST) is still the standout performer with 37 goals in 43(3) apps. Aidan Allan 17c (MRL/ST) has developed nicely but tends to blow a bit hot and cold, and Bartosz Wiacek 16a (DC/MC) had a great year in defense. Overall it feels like this group of players have more or less peaked and there isn’t that much coming from the youth ranks, but there’s plenty of quality and depth in the squad so I’m looking forward to giving the CL a go with these players over the next few years. Youth intake: Rubbish again, though I guess the wonderfully named Woody Webb 22a (MC/ST) and Musa Oladapo (AMRL) could become useful squad players. Might try to change my HOYD, even though I doubt it'll make much of a difference. Transfers: quite a few sales of ageing players, with the most notable being club favourite Neil Smith 06a (GK), who was our starting keeper from the Vanarama National all the way into the first several Premiership years. Season | League | Pos. | Europe | Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | Vanarama North | 7 | n/a | Lost in playoff semi final. FA cup first round 2021/22 | Vanarama North | 2 | n/a | Promotion through playoffs 2022/23 | Vanarama Nat. | 16 | n/a | 2023/24 | Vanarama Nat. | 8 | n/a | 2024/25 | Vanarama Nat. | 3 | n/a | Lost in playoff semi final 2025/26 | Vanarama Nat. | 6 | n/a | Lost in playof final. FA cup 4th round 2026/27 | Vanarama Nat. | 1 | n/a | Promotion 2027/28 | League 2 | 3 | n/a | Promotion 2028/29 | League 1 | 5 | n/a | Promotion through playoffs 2029/30 | Championship | 5 | n/a | Lost in playoff final, in extra time 2030/31 | Championship | 4 | n/a | Lost in playoff final 2031/32 | Championship | 1 | n/a | Promoted. League cup semi. 2032/33 | Premiership | 6 | n/a | Qualified for Europa League 2033/34 | Premiership | 8 | Europa Q/F | 2034/35 | Premiership | 6 | n/a | 2035/36 | Premiership | 7 | Europa Q/F | 2036/37 | Premiership | 7 | n/a | Qualified for Europa Conference 2037/38 | Premiership | 6 | Won Euro Conf | 2038/39 | Premiership | 4 | Europa 2nd KO | Qualified for Champions League 2039/40 | Premiership | 3 | ECL 1st KO | FA cup winners 2040/41 | Premiership | 3 | ECL QF | League cup runners up 2041/42 | Premiership | 1 | ECL QF | League winners! Also league cup runner-up and FA cup semi. . Season | Coaching | Recruitment | Training Fac. | Youth Fac. | Stadium ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | Adequate | Fairly Basic | Below average | Basic | 3208 2021/22 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Basic | 3208 2022/23 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Below average | 4000 2023/24 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Below average | 4000 2024/25 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Below average | 4000 2025/26 | Excellent | Good | Below average | Adequate | 4000 2026/27 | Exceptional | Good | Adequate | Adequate | 4000 2027/28 | Exceptional | Good | Adequate | Below average | 5500 2028/29 | Exceptional | Good | Adequate | Adequate | 5500 2029/30 | Exceptional | Good | Adequate | Adequate | 5500 2030/31 | Exceptional | Excellent | Average | Average | 8250 2031/32 | Exceptional | Exceptional | Good | Good | 8250 2032/33 | Exceptional | Exceptional | Good | Good | leasing Hull's ground 2033/34 | Exceptional | Exceptional | Great | Great | 17323 2034/35 | Exceptional | Exceptional | Excellent | Excellent | leasing Boro's ground 2035/36 | Exceptional | Exceptional | Superb | Superb | 35099 2036/37 | Exceptional | Exceptional | State of Art | State of Art | 35099 ..... Edited June 16, 2020 by dkouv 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 SEASON 4 - 2023/24 JD CYMRU (North) This was a season of what could have been! A solid start, and a very good finish to the season but a mid-season streak of 8 matches without a win, ruined any chances of a really special season. However, looking back, this was by far our best season and considering our first eleven is now made up entirely of academy players, our 3rd player finish was something special. We also made he second round of the Welsh FA Cup, and 3rd round of the Nathaniel MG Cup, losing out 2-0 to Premier League outfit, Cefn Druids. LEAGUE TABLE: PLAYER OF THE SEASON: A really strong start to the career of Ricky Partington (YP03O), immediately making the number 9 shirt his own, and chipping in with 10 goals in his debut season after coming through the youth system last season. Goals are spread amongst all our front players, with both wingers scoring 9. YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON: This would have gone to Ricky Partington (YP03O) if he hadn't been picked above, however, for the second season in a row this goes to Gethin Culshaw (YP02B) YOUTH INTAKE: This was probably our least impressive of the intakes so far, but maybe that is indicative of the current strength of our squad. My three picks though are Kieran Bellham, Dewi Braisdell and Steven Daniels. IMPROVEMENTS: The only improvements this season are the amount of coaches I am allowed, increasing by two this season. Also, I am in the middle of completing the National B Licence. FINALLY.... My chairman has just announced he is standing down. Watch this space..... TRANSFERS & PROGRESS: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 OFF SEASON UPDATE: The new board have arrived..... ....and they want the best youth system in the county. Next season! They wouldn't let me improve my youth or training facilities though, so I compromised with the junior coaching budget. Updated Progress: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grff Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 NK Zadar: 2075/76 season review Another season of heartbreak as we lost a final day showdown with Hajduk, who scored in the 91st minute To make matters worse we finished bottom of our CL group as we struggled to compete on the European stage. The board have decided to give me another chance, only due to previous successes. Some decent stats, especially in the goals column. Youth intake Transfers 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) Atrux - Donegal Celtic - 2021/2022 Season Youth Intake League Table Squad Transfers Finances We started off really well, but struggled at mid-season. We never touched the relegation place, but losing to the 11th placed Queen's meant, that the last day decided the playoff place. We lost 5-1, but Queen's also lost 5-2 meaning we made it! The second division has 22 games and then splits to a top 6 and bottom 6, playing another season in those tiny leagues. The youth intake again has a lot potential, but the finances are getting worse. I feel like this will lead to the "failure" of this save. Due to only 3 clubs in NIR being Professional everyone steals your players and no transfer revenue can be made. We lost half of our Youth Intake to lower league teams. Next season is me figuring out, how to make money. Already tried the senior affiliate route, but no one wanted us. Edited June 17, 2020 by Atrux 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armeniar Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 @Atrux Maybe some bigger sides from the UK want to play friendly tournament against you? Might not be much revenue, but should help a little. I think it's allowed once a season according to the rules of this challenge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasTerrenas34 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Really annoying how some 16 year olds get mad at you for refusing an offer that was worth less than their annual salary. I pay you 12k a year to play in the U19, I'm not gonna sell you for 4k + 20% 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 6,000th game in charge 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpS_Zen Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Il y a 21 heures, darren1983 a dit : Am a little bit annoyed that as I'm about to start my 14th season at the club we still don't have "develop youth players" as part of the vision. Wonder if the fact we have elections every 2 years is causing this? After 24 seasons, the chairmans never included "develop youth players" in our club vision. In fact, apart few seasons in VNLS during which i had to play "offensive football", this is inexistent. I suppose you need to stablize in a league for several seasons to have those club vision request. @Padders This is crazy dedication. Do you use the instant result tool? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chileris Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Hitchin 2040/2041 season: Was expecting to break the record for lowest points in a season...might have broke the record for lowest number avoiding relegation. More upgrades and a stadium expansion on the way, plus £90mill in the bank until the tax man finds it! First team: Best positions (first image) - Current formation score (second image) - Expecting relegation next year Youth Intake: An excellent intake! Transfers: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 This challenge is tough. Just when you think you're getting somewhere, the team get a crisis of confidence and don't win in 10. I'm also finding it very frustrating that I'm still unable to offer any sort of contract to any player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alsolate Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) Season 1 2020-2021 Table Transfers Squad Finances Youth Preview Youth Candidates Well that was an interesting first season. When I took over we were 7k a week over budget with 0 transfer funds. Selling a good prospect to Wolfsburg for £650,000 and 50% future fee was good business I felt, though the managerial support from the players plummeted to 'abysmal' as a result. I was very surprised at the team as they just kept winning, despite being one of the worst sides in the league. It was only the results that turned the managerial support back to average. Financially, we were bleeding money and I was expecting to sell another good player in the summer to try and balance the books a bit. Another fun thing is that players under the age of 17 on 1 Jan of that season cannot play in the first team. So my youth intake would dictate how many players could leave in the summer to make me remain eligibe for this challenge. I think there's 2 youth players who can play in the coming season (assuming 2. Liga is the same rules). Somehow we managed to grab the 3rd spot in the league with our squad of 20. A 0-0 first leg home draw against Osnabruck gave them the advantage in the second leg. Despite this we went 2-0 up and clung on to a 2-2 draw late on to beat them on away goals. I never win playoffs or cup finals so wasn't expecting this. Ideally we wouldn't have gone up since I fear we are going to get battered plenty in 2. Liga. I couldn't bring myself to sabotage my season so just let the fates decide if we won the playoff, which we did. On the upside, we are now financially secure for the coming season, and I can actually recruit staff now there is wage budget available. I offered all the youth candidates contracts as we need the numbers. It was a poor intake and none really stand out but that's fine for now. A lot of the first team squad are young so if I can hang on to them I can afford a few years of poor youth intakes. Our top scorer is 35 and will need a replacement at some point... Edited June 17, 2020 by Alsolate 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles_DK Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) On 25/04/2020 at 17:14, Bubbles_DK said: I will try this again after a long break from the challenge. Last time I was in Denmark now it will be England. I haven't chosen a club in advance - but would really like a club from London. I'll report back after first season. EDIT: The club will be Kingstonian It didn't go as expected, so I'm back in Denmark with my childhood club B1908 (Boldklubben 1908). Already halfway through the first season, so it looks promising. Edited June 18, 2020 by Bubbles_DK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 22 hours ago, Armeniar said: @Atrux Maybe some bigger sides from the UK want to play friendly tournament against you? Might not be much revenue, but should help a little. I think it's allowed once a season according to the rules of this challenge. So a Cup wasn't possible (would have had a huge minus), but I could higher the numbers of friendlies, in which we get hammered. So now we're only 8k in debt. We played against Linfield (the best NIR club) and our 3000 seat stadium had 2.400 away fans 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 22 hours ago, SpS_Zen said: After 24 seasons, the chairmans never included "develop youth players" in our club vision. In fact, apart few seasons in VNLS during which i had to play "offensive football", this is inexistent. I suppose you need to stablize in a league for several seasons to have those club vision request. @Padders This is crazy dedication. Do you use the instant result tool? No play every game (expect friendlies) on key highlights 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armeniar Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 S7 – Liga NOS (12th) – Taça de Portugal Placard (5th Rnd) – Taça da Liga CTT (3rd Phase) - Squad (U19) - Transfers Since our stadium of 1000 stands obviously doesn’t fulfil the requirements of the Liga NOS, our board agreed to rent (!) the stadium of our fellow club in the city, GD Bragança. They have an 8393 all-seater for which we pay around 2,5K this season. That’s peanuts! Love the decision the board made here, I prefer this rather than building us an expensive, new stadium with our limited resources. Transfers Might be interesting to shine a light on my incoming ‘transfers’: staff members. Our promotion to the Liga NOS really made some room for improvement here. Lots of talented staff members willing to work for us, while the higher revenues allow us to build out a well-equipped roster. An overview of the incoming (and outgoing) staff members, including Thiago Motta and current FK Partizan manager Milosevic: Spoiler Didn’t lose Fortes, although he was wanted by some excellent clubs. Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea and Roma were in a bidding war ending up around 13 million, but my board didn’t sell. For now… Some other players wanted too, but nothing serious compared to Fortes. For example Spencer was badly wanted by some Portuguese teams who thought they could get him for a small fee, while our back up striker Garcia was being chased by several teams including Braga and Championship side Huddersfield. Luckily we didn’t lose any of our first team players during the season! Season review First things first, we lost the Supertaça to Benfica. Not that it really mattered, just another nice friendly for us Benfica secured the quadruple last season, securing all possible titles in Portugal, but that’s not that weird if you look at their squad: so many gifted players! As for the Liga NOS, we had a terrible start. Knowing our first three games were against Porto, Benfica and Sporting, well… That’s nothing unexpected. The way we knocked back after those defeats, was something else. The six following games we were unbeaten, four of which we even won. It actually stunned me, as I thought the first few months would be very difficult, given we had to adapt to the quality of this league. We went into the winter break ranked 10th out of 18 teams, far better than I had hoped. Sadly enough, that’s when the trouble started. Trouble has a name in this case: Africa Cup Three of our best players, Carvalho, Fortes and Baessa were unavailable to us for a month. I mean, it’s rewarding to see them featuring at an international tournament, but we really needed them here. With Garcia instead of Carvalho, the loss of quality was considerable but not unconquerable. On the other hand, replacing Baessa and Fortes was simply impossible. Reis is nowhere near Baessa’s importance for us, while Fortes couldn’t be replaced by Almeida who tried his best: Spoiler We could’ve been handed a luckier playing schedule while they were gone. To top things of, Spencer also got injured for the first 3 games and we had several suspensions. As if the Africa Cup wasn’t enough, we missed 13 (!) of our players due to Cape Verde U23 Africa Cup qualification games for the games against FC Porto & Famaliciao. We were only just capable of getting 11 players on the pitch, being lucky that our goalkeeper declared for Portugal, Andrade, Costa and Silva are too old for the U23 and we have some youngsters in the squad; Spoiler On top of this, our iconic striker Rui Carvalho also struggled to get in shape and even spent 16 games without a goal at some point. Something we aren’t used to, knowing he’s been our most decisive player for the past 4 years. Despite all this, we finished 12th and never experienced relegation fear. Especially Vitoria da Setubal & Gil Vincente really couldn’t keep up with the rest of the league. Fun fact: SL Benfica really dominates the country and finished 1st for the 6th (!) season in a row, leaving FC Porto behind them as 2nd every single year. Benfica even secured the quadruple in Portugal again this season. Internationals It seems like they have found their way to EA Bragança. Overview in spoiler: Spoiler Cape Verde senior squad: - In September Fortes made his debut against Tunisia, got a few minutes to show himself. Against Togo he got 14’ and proved his worth, deciding the game scoring the only goal. Him and Carvalho are regulars, Baessa gets invites often too, Andrade appeared twice, while Silva , Sousa, Mendes and Lopes were called up once. At first sight it’s bit odd that players like Mendes and Lopes get their chance, but they seem to have some problems with replacing retiring internationals. There’s not that much Cape Verdean talent around apart from our team… They’ve got two talented new gens forwards with Teixeira (oh boy, how I wish this guy came through our ranks) and Rosario, but that’s about it. - Starting in January, as mentioned above, the Africa Cup took place. Carvalho, Fortes & Baessa had the honour to represent us. Fortes played all games for Cape Verde as a starter and even scored his second international goal against Sudan. After the group stage, Cape Verde lost to Nigeria via penalties. https://gyazo.com/dbbb4c22698594e45e262b5ede29f4a1 Carvalho & Baessa didn’t play a single minute by the way, quite frustrating since they could’ve been of far better use here. Cape Verde U23: Africa cup qualifications, almost as if EA Bragança is participating… 10 players and 2 former players were part of the team . Cape Verde U20: Almeida picked up his first goal on the international platform, him and Santos were selected several times. Reis & Cabral as well. Holland U21: Gomes, our Dutch goalkeeper, was rewarded for his performances at CD Mafra and handed a few call ups for Holland U21, including the EURO U21 this summer. He was their third goalie behind Camps from AZ Alkmaar and a very impressive 15 year old from Bayern München (screen). Class of 2026 - Best prospects Gomes – Seems a little injury prone, picking up quite a few injuries this season. As a result, he never really got to show what he was worth. Only got a handful of games and underperformed in general. I expect more from him next season. Mendes – Already had some decent development. He’s going to make it hard for Marilson Silva to keep his spot, nevertheless Mendes has a whole different style. I prefer a full back who can contribute to our attack as well, while he seems more like the defensive type. However he will probably become a better player than Silva is, it’s only a matter of time before he takes over. This year he could still lay low and get a glimpse of first team football. Vitoria de Guimaraes wanted him badly in January, their highest offer being 1.1 million in total. Youth intake Finally allowed to upgrade our youth recruitment, it’s on an average level now. Junior coaching has also been improved, had been possible for a while but I didn’t want to take the financial risk. It’s easily an extra +-30K p/m as for expenses, our promotion to the Liga NOS should be able to compensate those with more revenues. Upgrading the youth facilities is still too expensive for now. Those improvements in mind, it was time for Danielson to show what he’s worth. Last intake was rather disappointing, this one is somewhere between mediocre and good, I believe. Spoiler Dos Santos is a very welcome new prospect in midfield, suited to serve as a deep lying playmaker. We might lose Fortes anytime, so dos Santos could become of use sooner than expected. Graça seems like the best of the bunch and has a somewhat weird profile: left footed playing at the right hand side. Think I will train him as an inside forward since I don’t like his positioning and we have plenty of options at right back (with Andrade coming in as well, who looks like he could become of use). He’s quite a character too, that bravery & aggression Left back Furtado is an interesting talent as well, but we need to work on his attitude first. Signed some other, less gifted players to play in our U23 squad as we play in an official league now (and had a terrible season there). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 SEASON 5 - 2024/2025 JD CYMRU (North) Such a weird season, full ups and downs, which ultimately ended as an ok-ish season! Despite only finishing 8th, falling from 3rd last season, we're still competing. My only concern is that players are falling way short of their potential, so I've clearly got a lot to learn on youth progression. The good news though, is that I got a youth recruitment upgrade which definitely pushed out some talented players. In fact, six went straight in to the first team and steer us away from any relegation fears we had at the time, as we were slowly sliding down the table at that time. They came in, and we won 8 from 12 points to make the season respectable. LEAGUE TABLE: PLAYER OF THE SEASON: Another award for Robert Hudson (YP01H), another solid season, but will probably be out of the first team next season with the talented new arrivals. YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON: Again, more accolades for young striker, Ricky Partington (YP03O), in only his second season. Eleven more goals, and a growing reputation and will certainly be first choice at the beginning of the new season. YOUTH INTAKE: With the Junior Coaching upgrade at the end of last season, and the Youth Recruitment improvement half way through this one, I didn't know what to expect, but many of these are much better than my current first team. Andy Bennett is the standout player from that list, and immediately fits in to a tactic that I want to use with an attacking midfielder. David Stephen Roche and David Roche are the other two favourites of mine. It's a shame the first two are unambitious, so I will see if that improves with some mentoring or regular first team action. IMPROVEMENTS: As I said above, there was a Youth Recruitment upgrade, which is now 'adequate': TRANSFERS: I was a bit annoyed when our best goalie was poached by Barry (under 19s). However, without the ability to offer contracts, this will happen. PROGRESS: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I guess this is also a good sign..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Atrux - Donegal Celtic - 2022/2023 Season Youth Intake League Table Squad Transfers Finances We struggled all season and it was obvious quite early that we would end up at the relegation or playoff place. Losing games we should have won, where we were tied against 10 man and conceded in the last minutes got us relegated. The squad has regressed and we lost almost all of our first youth intake... especially Kilmore Rec and Wakehurst love to poach my players. We are hotly tipped for back to back relegation and are still losing money and being a division down won't help that. But we will see. Hopefully it's not going to be our last season. By the way I had a Danish Centre Back, who I waited for to get UK citizenship and the bloody day he gets it, is poached! Also due to it being View Only and funny result happen Sunderland got relegated to L2. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasTerrenas34 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) Stade Athlétique Spinalien LasTerrenas34 - Season 2 - 2021/22 Transfers - Squad - Facilities - Youth Intake - Finances Well this season went pretty well, not perfect but we did progress in comparison to last year. Did manage to have more offensive, putting three strikers up-front allowing pretty easy opportunities for bad finishers. Houega was the one that really helped us in his first season at only 16 years. Hope he can become better, his space in this division can be lethal in the future. The youth intake was not super convincing. May have 3 that become squad players but that's about it. Hopefully next year is better. Did think I could challenge for the third spot that allows you to go to the playoff, but came up short as my form wasn't as good in the last months of the season. However, promising for next year. Hopefully we can build on that. Last in the 9th round of the cup, 1-0 to Metz. We weren't far, just missed a bit of luck. Houega is clearly the promise of the club. The other youngsters are not super promising and haven't had any impact on the results. Season Honors : Best goalscorer : Kossi Houega (6 goals) Spoiler Most assists : Makiadi (9 assists - RECORD) Spoiler Best average rating : Nicolas Borodine (7.07) Spoiler Edited June 19, 2020 by LasTerrenas34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasTerrenas34 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Stade Athlétique Spinalien LasTerrenas34 - Season 3 - 2022/23 Transfers - Squad - Facilities - Youth Intake - Finances Was hoping on building on the good results of last season. However with my president selling my best young prospect, there was no more playing three upfront, and the team suffered for most of the season. 14 points in the final 7 matches were what allow us to avoid relegation. Quite frustrating season even though the final run of the season was quite fun. Spoiler Clyde Masla a young defender was a great help in that final run, he started 31 games out of 34 and finished with one of the best average ratings of the squad. His height was essential in the race to safety as he allowed us to score a few goals out of set pieces which had been lacking since I had appointed as manager in Epinal. Spoiler Emilien Morin is the other teenager that has had some playing time, he has scored a few goals. Mostly from coming off the bench. A really good surprise as my staff wasn't super convinced about his potential when he originally made the team. Spoiler Hopefully next season will be a bit easier and Masla can become the leader his personnality and skills should allow him to be. Last year my plan was based on a young player my president sold, hopefully this kid can be kept a few more years. Youth Intake The youth intake has been pretty solid, with three promising players. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Season Honors: Best goalscorer : Emilien Morin (7) Most assists : Albert Makiadi (5) Spoiler Best average rating : Albert Makiadi (7.07) Edited June 19, 2020 by LasTerrenas34 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Atrux - Donegal Celtic - 2023/2024 Season Youth Intake League Table Squad Transfers Finances Kinda could write the same like last season, we struggled all season. We avoided the drop and the save can continue. Matt Kelly was our first instantly usable Youth Intake. I have high hopes on him. We had a great run at the Steel and Sons Cup, but the Linfield Reserves were way too good, so we ended up as Runner-Up. The losing money continues, as I expected quite harshly in the 3rd tier. The board gave us a cash injection at the end, I feel like I have to hope for a takeover with a bit more cash. Was almost ready to give up, cause we lost a lot in the second half. But I'm happy we stayed up. Last note has to be that my youth still gets poached like crazy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Season review 2159/60 I don't post season reviews very often as literally nothing happens I don't win cup, I don't win leagues But after 19 season in the Premier League I've been relegated again I haven't had a goalkeeper over 2 stars potential for 30+ years (League 1/2 standard) and haven't had a decent player (over 3 stars) of any kind for 7/8 years hence the serious drop in performances Very difficult to take In the screenshots, my awful goalkeepers, my elite right back and centre back, league position and board confidence at F Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 SEASON 6 - 2025/26 JD CYMRU (North) Absolutely gutted! This was our best season by far, and I feel like there was a massive missed opportunity. Just before the midpoint of the season we were 14 points behind Llandudno, and then the formation and tactics obviously clicked, where we went on a 13 match winning streak in the league, which brought us level on points with two matches to go. We proceeded to lose both of the matches, and end the season in 2nd place. I think the crucial part of the season though was in November/December where we didn't win in six games. Hopefully this team can keep this up for next season and another push for the title, but with only one going up, this is going to be tough. I'm still unable to offer contracts the anyone, so players are picked off regularly, but so far I've manager to keep hold of the better players. LEAGUE TABLE: PLAYER OF THE SEASON: Another brilliant season from our young striker, Ricky Partington (YP03O), scoring 14 goals and improving all the time. YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON: Ricky, also won this award, dominating at the end of season awards. However, my pick is right winger, Jason Bellis (YP05F) who lead the scoring charts, getting 15. YOUTH INTAKE: Not quite as good as the previous season, but definitely a goalkeeper that can challenge for the number one jersey. I'm going to continue with my current first eleven though, so the top one's here will feature on the bench to start with. Meet my three top picks; Paul Wilson, Einion Hurdman-Sumner and Joe Watson. IMPROVEMENTS: None, as we're skint - so bearing that in mind, I'll feel this is a bit harsh.... TRANSFERS: PROGRESS: U19's: The youth team are showing us up again, this time winning the Welsh Youth Cup: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Welp. And this was the first season we made some money from a sold out cup game... Well I've got a night's sleep to think about the next country I try the challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentmeister Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Has this happened to anyone before? My best young player instantly lost 8 determination points Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Brentmeister said: Has this happened to anyone before? My best young player instantly lost 8 determination points I had someone gain 8 determination yesterday, but never seen it before that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alsolate Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Some tough reading seeing some of the posts on this page. Especially Scarborough slipping out of the prem after so long. Season 2: 2021-2022 Table Squad Finances Transfers Y. Preview Y. Intake We stayed up and finished comfortably mid-table. A dreadful start to the season was countered by 7 or 8 unbeaten after the January break. Our top scorer had 6 goals haha. Our top assister has retired to fully focus on his role as our U19 assistant manager. Our best youth prospect (he wasn't that great to be honest) was sold for £500,000 in pre-season. I offered him around after the board accepted £195,000. We were awarded £9.08M (!!!) for finishing 10th so that put the finances well into the black and hopefully puts me in a position to reject bids for youth players this year. In theory there isn't going to be much to write about these next few seasons if all goes to plan. There's no really good youth in 2 years of intakes so it's just about suriving and keeping hold of as many first teamers as possible. Some would only sign new contracts if they included low minimum fee release clauses. If we're well into mid table I will try to play youth teamers more to try and develop their stats. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 RANDOM UPDATE I wouldn't normally throw in a mid-season update, but I'm showing off Brickfield Rangers first ever international call-up. Even if it is the under 19's, this is a special moment for Paul Wilson, who has only featured in a cup game so far. He is also being targeted by TNS, but I've managed to hold them off for the time being. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 This is so frustrating...three seasons in a row this change of fortunes occur. Any ideas? I don't change anything within the tactics... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, Cookie147 said: This is so frustrating...three seasons in a row this change of fortunes occur. Any ideas? I don't change anything within the tactics... Happened to me so many times over the years Its as if someone switches a switch. One bad result and boom, can't win a game I don't have an answer. Just need to stick it out. Sometimes a team meeting helps so might be worth a try. I do think the game is massively factored towards morale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, Padders said: Happened to me so many times over the years Its as if someone switches a switch. One bad result and boom, can't win a game I don't have an answer. Just need to stick it out. Sometimes a team meeting helps so might be worth a try. I do think the game is massively factored towards morale I tried that just before the last game in that list. Maybe the team is too young and they struggle with pressure. Talk of the sack now in local papers which would be gutting as loving this save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Cookie147 said: I tried that just before the last game in that list. Maybe the team is too young and they struggle with pressure. Talk of the sack now in local papers which would be gutting as loving this save. Here's a perfect example As you may know from above I've spent 19 seasons in the Premier League before getting relegated to the Championship I go 20 games unbeaten then lose one, no problem with, it's going to happen, then lose game straight after I then turn it round and win 7 in a row Play 24th placed (only won 5 games all season) Barnsley and lose 2-1 Then don't win any of the next 3. I absolutely hammer some of the teams with 20+ shots and over 10+ on target in some of them I am top of the league and have scored 99 goals in 36 games every player expect one defender and goal keeper is a full international I have scored nearly 100 goals and have two players worth over £60m and another 5 players worth over £25m After playing 140 seasons I think the game loves to throw in the odd bad result and then you can struggle to get out of it. Morale is so big in the game The game creators say it's football, which I guess it can be. Edited June 21, 2020 by Padders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Yet another absolutely dreadful youth intake 8-10 years running now Although my HOYD is decent looking at his stats I am going to have to release him in the summer and get a new one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) Season review 2160/61 Promoted as Champions out of the Championship again As mentioned above, went first 20 games unbeaten. Not a great second half of the season. First time achieved over 100 points 123 goals I make that 4 times we have won the Championship (2100, 2134, 2142 and 2161) As mentioned above, year after year of poor youth intakes means I have sacked my current HOYD and appointed a new one. A Brazilian guy who can't speak English so just sent him on a language course. Lets hope he can find new some decent players. Maybe some South American players........... Edited June 21, 2020 by Padders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novafluff Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Season Review & Youth Intake 2034 League | Transfers | Facilities | Finance Youth intake was an okay one but nothing super but as always potential is there Finally we are in Tier 1 of Swedish football! we were up there all season long and we had some battles with different teams for the second spot all year long but in the end we secured it and are in the fine room of Swedish football! Facilities: Didn't happen anything because of economy, but now when we get Allsvenskan money we might be able to get some upgrades! Finance: Going a bit plus since last year mostly since prize money for 2nd place. More money to come in tier 1 Transfers: Sold for more than ever before the one that hurt the most was Michael and Martin Hallin and Marcus Norlin would have been useful in Allsvenskan Top Scorer: (11-B)Marcus Beurling 9 Goals 29(1) Games Avg 6.84 Most Assists: (03-G)Simon Samuelsson 9 Assists 28(1) Games Avg 7.59 Best Average: (03-G)Simon Samuelsson 3 Goals 9 Assists 28(1) Games Avg 7.59 Top Prospect: (14-E)Rasmus Egnell 0 Goals 3 Assists Avg 6.96 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) Welcome back to Premier League After scoring just the 123 goals last season Played 7, won 0, lost 6 and scored 3 goals!!!!!!!!!!! Rock bottom Edited June 21, 2020 by Padders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 The run continues, 10 games without a win These kind of performances are a regular occurrence Easily the better side, can't score and concede all time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO we have won one, 5-3 away at 19th Luton First win in 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Next game, vs 18th placed Millwall 6-0??? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrux Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Respect for keeping on it. I would have had a days break, if my boys disappointed me like that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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