Is this a fluke? Fulham 6th place finish first season

[Erith22]

I haven't played FM since 2019.  I picked it up as part of XBox game pass on my PC.  Decided to start as Fulham, since I wanted the challenge of building a side up.  First season, took a default tactic (fluid counterattacking), mostly used autopick for my squad, made no significant signings, and finished 6th.  I finished 2nd with only 30 goals allowed.  Is the AI broken, or did I just get lucky?  Gx allowed was 39.  Also, the whole season there were a total of like 2 penalties and maybe 1 DFK goal in my matches (both sides combined).  I beat Liverpool twice.  I made some in-match adjustments and usually just took the pre-match advice from my staff.  Previous versions I'd be banging my head against the wall trying to scratch out enough points to stay up with a squad this bad (not a single player better than 'decent premiership player' and mostly just championship level talent.

 

 

 

[FrazT]

Hard to judge after 1 season.  If you are using the latest game update, I don't think that the game is broken and your performance and league position after the first season when the AI managers get used to how you play will be a better guide.

[Erith22]

18 minutes ago, FrazT said:

Hard to judge after 1 season.  If you are using the latest game update, I don't think that the game is broken and your performance and league position after the first season when the AI managers get used to how you play will be a better guide.

 

ok, well if this is not a common problem then I'll assume I got lucky and take it from here

[Svenc]

There's an "Expected Point" table where you can get a bit of a clue of how much luck may have been involved. E.g. Expected point table vs. actual point table.