-Jef- Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) I want to express my appreciation to anyone who has commented or read the thread! Merry Christmas everyone! -- Yes, I will continue this save, no worries Edited December 25, 2020 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) I'm Back! So, my graphics card died after Xmass and I didn't play any games and just spent time with my family and working. But I'm back now and was mulling a lot as to what tactic would I love to play and then I stumbled upon early 2010 Barca highlights. And then Youtube decided I should watch more of that and then I did. So in a kind-of way I created this beauty. And first game back and with this tactic was against Dinamo, Eternal Derby. Two of our goals were absolutely beautiful, free flowing football. Amazed at what I managed to create. Edited January 4, 2021 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Wonderkid Gets Injured Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Why do you have the tactic on cautious, any particular reason? Also did you change your username, I could have sworn it was something different earlier. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 3 hours ago, karanhsingh said: Why do you have the tactic on cautious, any particular reason? Also did you change your username, I could have sworn it was something different earlier. I'm using cautious as it's been proven by many on Tactics forum that it's best for tiki-taka type of football. I've also observed myself that Positive and above leads to a lot of unforced mistakes, punting the ball up the field and generally a lot of risky passes. Cautious means that I will retain the ball more and look for safer option when passing. And having Very Fluid fluidity means that my wingers, tho IF, will come back and cover for marauding wing backs as seen in pic below. And since IF has Positive mentality he will try and play riskier passes. Only my wingers and Trequartista are on Positive mentality. Everyone else is on Cautious and my center backs are on Very Defensive. This goal was a punt from one of their defenders up front and my center back Ivancevic with his 20 Jumping Reach won the header and passed to my other CB and this was the pass for the goal. Trequartista will move deep and make a run behind the defensive line as well as move wider to allow Mez/IF to make a run between full back and central defender for a 1v1. Also, below is the other goal I scored vs Dinamo that is straight out of Alba-Messi textbook of connections And yes, I did change my nickname. Now that I'm more active I wanted to get something that I use(d) on both forums and discord community I'm active on. The old nickname is too revealing for anyone who knows me even remotely. I like to keep my online presence as anonymous as I can Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaLa86 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Could you tell me how your players have so high ratings?Are you using some training schedule if you could please answer me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, GaLa86 said: Could you tell me how your players have so high ratings?Are you using some training schedule if you could please answer me. Do you mean training ratings or match ratings? If you mean player ratings I went lazy this year and downloaded this and just use pre-season ones by week and Technical 1 and 2 game. Last year I consulted some pro footballers and got my own working pretty damn good but I was too lazy to make those 6-7 schedules and just downloaded RDF ones when they came out. Edited January 5, 2021 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemoche Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 16/11/2020 at 15:37, -Jef- said: Dinamo 0-2 Hajduk 22nd minute Roberto Puncec How do you upload these clips? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, Lemoche said: How do you upload these clips? Using ShareX. It's just an easy shortcut and it automatically uploads to for example imgur.com and then just copy the link here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 17 hours ago, -Jef- said: Do you mean training ratings or match ratings? If you mean player ratings I went lazy this year and downloaded this and just use pre-season ones by week and Technical 1 and 2 game. Last year I consulted some pro footballers and got my own working pretty damn good but I was too lazy to make those 6-7 schedules and just downloaded RDF ones when they came out. Good tip! I have just been leaving training to my assistant all this while. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 21 hours ago, -Jef- said: Do you mean training ratings or match ratings? If you mean player ratings I went lazy this year and downloaded this and just use pre-season ones by week and Technical 1 and 2 game. Last year I consulted some pro footballers and got my own working pretty damn good but I was too lazy to make those 6-7 schedules and just downloaded RDF ones when they came out. You use only the technical schedules during season time?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, karanhsingh said: You use only the technical schedules during season time?! And Balanced versus top teams in Europe. Crazy I know But it works. Edited January 6, 2021 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 44 minutes ago, -Jef- said: And Balanced versus top teams in Europe. Crazy I know But it works. Yeah that's mental! Don't you have players complaining? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, karanhsingh said: Yeah that's mental! Don't you have players complaining? I have one player complaining about lack of quickness but he has 9 for acc and pace so what the hell is he complaining about But that's been like that since I started the save, one player complaining about quickness. I get a lot of 8,9 in training and often a 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Development going nicely... Nov 2023 But still not close to Dinamo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 15 hours ago, -Jef- said: I have one player complaining about lack of quickness but he has 9 for acc and pace so what the hell is he complaining about But that's been like that since I started the save, one player complaining about quickness. I get a lot of 8,9 in training and often a 10. Got it. Trying out these training schedules - let's see how it goes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 October, November, December 2023 Update We have closed the gap in the League at the expense of some results in the Champions League but I am happy to walk away with 2 wins against three very hard opponents. We were in the game to go through until very last moment but we folded against Valencia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Bit of Analysis Dec 2023 We are outperforming out xG/game but we concede on par with what is expected which means my keeper is dead on average. Once again the concern is shots on target %. Left hand side is worrying but that is the side where Lovric is playing as first option. And I cannot argue with him being joint-best goalscorer at 16 alongside Arezo. Muric has the most assists with 8 and you can see that on right wing. And all the tinkering left me with this tactic. With striker being the only one I can't decide on. Might have to take it up to tactics forum... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Finances, Dynamics Dec 2023 Very healthy situation at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Winter Transfer Target I will be looking to bring in this 19 year old. He would already be a star in my club but has heaps of talent. With some injuries in the club I wanted to bring him so I can overtake Osijek and threepeat in the league and possibly have a treble this season. I made a bid a year ago on him but he wanted some crazy stuff in his contract as well as promises to improve areas of team that need no improvements so decided to bow out of the deal and give chance to Brnas and Kubista. Transfer fee would be €7.5m no future percentage of deal or clauses. Meeting his asking price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) Three New Signings! Jan 2024 Erismar is going straight into first team while Nijs and Oudin are signings for future and hope I can develop them at the club. All three are somewhat pricey compared to previous signings but gotta start investing in club as well. Edited January 11, 2021 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Starter Leaves Jan 2024 One of the best Croatian right backs in the game that I can afford. Shame that he is leaving but didn't want to sign a new contract and I decided to cash in on him. Below are his league stats during Hajduk stint. He mostly played in European cups as I rotated heavily with Bartolec. Now to find a new right back. In our own back yard we have the following... Now a first option but am not happy with that situation due to his poor mental attributes. Plenty of potential, good physicals, not bad mentals but poor technically going forward. Might not be a bad option but only as a backup once Bartolec leaves. Aaaaaand that's it! Looks like I will be shopping this January some more 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Croatian Right Back Problem Main Squad, U21, U20, U19, U18 in order... Jedvaj, Sutalo too expensive and not real right backs. Vrsaljko is too old. Not a single option for me in Main Squad. In U21 Tomek and Djolonga are my players. Tomek is a center back, Djolonga is not good enough going forward (screenshot above, stats below). U20 has no players that would be right backs. U19 has Malenovic and Bigger both of whom I am scouting but neither look like will be first options for NT. U18 has few players but realistically, if they were worth something they'd be in U21. Djolonga stats for NK Velika Gorica Do I just recall Djolonga? Edited January 12, 2021 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Recall It Is - Feb 2024 Another HGC player in first team. Rest of the players was similar to Djolonga, not scouted properly or just too expensive. I had made a transfer bid to Real Madrid for Carvajal with Madrid covering €3.5m wages and me only paying app fee and clauses. But Dani wanted 5 month contract and that was out of the question for me. Edited January 12, 2021 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 It Ain't Much but It's Honest Work | Feb 2024 I got all €5M from Posavec' deal and another €750k from the 50% that Crystal Palace sold Posavec to Real Salt Lake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Goodbye to a Legend! Feb 2024 Alen wanted to go and I was not the one to hold him back. I got a decent amount of money for him as well as percentage of next sale. He is going to CSKA Moscow. I rejuvenated his career tho he never made an appearance to NT again. Over the years he was the staple of my team and made 103 league apps, 5 league goals and 27 assists which is pretty good for someone who did not play all 90 minutes all the time. His career stats for Hajduk are 116 starts, 43 appearances as sub, 9 goals, 38 assists and 7 Player of the Match awards. In total 159 appearances. For comparison this is Alen at the start of the save. Edited January 12, 2021 by -Jef- 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Right Back Transfer Target Feb 2024 Tomasso Barbieri is real life Novara youth academy graduate who is playing for Juventus U23 team in Serie B. Has solid personality, as seen below, and is solid all-around with some potential to fill. Not expensive at €240k and I can definitely make some money on the young Italian. Not a world beater but also not a sieve at the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) January February 2024 Recap We got back to the top of the league! It's a close one but we should win this one now that I have come to terms with tactic....which is totally different than the one I showed few posts before. I post these so you can see the struggle I am going through. I try to be as pragmatic as I can be while playing the beautiful football. Wide forwards and striker have Roam from position and everyone else is default PI. From the results above you can see I kind of solved my striker issues. Edited January 12, 2021 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Barbieri is Confirmed! 15 minutes ago, -Jef- said: Right Back Transfer Target Feb 2024 Tomasso Barbieri is real life Novara youth academy graduate who is playing for Juventus U23 team in Serie B. Has solid personality, as seen below, and is solid all-around with some potential to fill. Not expensive at €240k and I can definitely make some money on the young Italian. Not a world beater but also not a sieve at the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 200! March 2024 I absolutely love the bits about tactical style and reputation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Youth Intake 2023/24 I usually sign most of the players. This just makes me angry and I want to discard everyone. Combination of personality + 3* PA max is reason enough to fire the HoYD who looks really good. edit - I decided to give my HoYD another chance. Edited January 13, 2021 by -Jef- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Home-Grown Status Update Mar 2024 This is the first team currently heading into the final stretch of the season. And currently we have TWELVE! (12) Home-Grown Club players and 8 Home-Grown Nation players. If I were to make a starting 11 of these players it'd have to be... Which is mightily close to what I would start in league. I will have to do it when Cubelic comes back fully from injury. Maybe once we win the league. The goal of starting 11 Bili Tići players is coming really close! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 Two debutants in National Team Mar 2024 With these two I have 5 players in Senior Squad of National Team. And Ivancevic is officially first regen Wonderkid! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurkaDurk69 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 6 hours ago, -Jef- said: Two debutants in National Team Mar 2024 With these two I have 5 players in Senior Squad of National Team. And Ivancevic is officially first regen Wonderkid! Jesus, look at that Jumping Reach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, HurkaDurk69 said: Jesus, look at that Jumping Reach Popped out - wish his bravery and heading was higher! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Yeah, he's amazing, @karanhsingh and @HurkaDurk69. Below is the comparison from when he came through youth intake. He was purely a central mid but nothing screamed midfielder about him. So I went and made him a central defender. Dribbling +3, First Touch +2, Heading +3, Marking +4, Positioning +5!!, Anticipation +4 (mainly due to playing competitive football a lot at young age), Concentration +4, Decisions +3, Jumping Reach +5!, same as Strength. I am really pleased with how he developed and getting his composure, concentration by few more points and he should be permanent figure in my starting 11 for years to come! Heading being only 10 is a shame but that doesn't mean he wins less headers, it just means his headed clearances go wild most of the time. And he grew by 3cm and gained 12kg of weight! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Wonderkid Number 2 April 2024 Another Youth Intake product that is labeled as wonderkid. He improved a lot in 3 short years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 March April 2024 Recap Two unbeaten months. We have Gorica, 6th in League, in Cup final. With two points seperating me and Osijek it's gonna be tough in last three games. I have Belupo, Osijek (decider) and Lokomotiva. Osijek has Rijeka, me and Gorica. Both are tough. No change in description of Personality. Still says Temperamental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Versus Slaven Belupo 5 May 2024 Before the game I found out that Osijek drew their first game. Which means that a win would take us to 4 points with 2 games to go... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 1-0 Arezo 6' Juego de Posicion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 2-0 Arezo 11' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Correction, was offside Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 2-0 Muric 62' Recorded after game so wouldn't say it was a goal when I fail to see called offside Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Also, I have to moan that they made is so inconvenient to review goals/chances after the game by hiding the timeline on match report. That makes me irrationally angry. Amazing performance by the team tho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Red for Vuskovic 87' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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-Jef- Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 CAMPEEEEONEES CAMPEEEONES 2023-25 Season! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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