The FM22 Youth Academy Challenge

[DazRTaylor]

I am umpiring my first cricket match of the new season today so no more FM until tomorrow.  I think I may start again somewhere I do not have a lot of experience.  Namely Wales.  I find easier saves like this one in Andorra hard to hold my interest.

[libbyshuss]

Italy

Serie B

2039/40 (Seasn 18)

Season Summary

Groundhog season. We're stuck in a rut again, only this time it's in Serie B than Serie C. I can't see any huge improvement coming soon eiter with the payers we got. Still no wonderkids and its 2040 already!

 

Players

Solid bunch of journeymen and that's about it really. None of the younger players are really promising anything better either, except maybe Ibrahima Diouf 36A. He won his first cap for Senegal this season and has a few serie A teams sniffing around. Not sure why my intakes aren't quite the level of other saves at this stage but there you go. 

 

Youth

Still no golden generation!! I forgot to take a screenshot of the preview but it was another 4.5 excellent intake

personalities and determination are feeble to flimsy though.

 

Finances and Upgrades

We did get an interesting news item. My local team in real life are now affiliated with us!

I also had to se my best prospect. He's about the 10th I've sold with a sell on and not one of them has made me any money beyond 14k. They've al been rubbish!

Still no money so still no upgrades......

 

Career

Just keep on plodding on I guess!

 

 

 

[DazRTaylor]

I am hoping for more of a challenge domestically.

Club Introduction

Brickfield Rangers

The Manager

This is me.

Personal Coaching Data

Season    Reputation           Qualifications     Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start  Minimal   (0.25*)    None                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Basic                Below Average     Adequate              Average          Fairly Basic       Local   (0.50*)

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
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Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
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Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                         Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
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Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                   Position     JD Welsh Cup     Nathaniel MG Cup                   Achievements
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Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
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Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
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Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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Edited April 18, 2022 by DazRTaylor

[Daddy]

2027/28 Midseason Review:

A 

A little bit of a sluggish start, but the team has been playing better. As I feared with the retiring striker goals were slow to come by, but a few youth players are starting to make more progress with more playing time thankfully. Barring a collapse of form I'm hoping to keep progressing and finish in playoff spot.

Youth Intake Preview:

Could use a good Centerback, so hopefully if there's a standout player it's as predicted.

[XaW]

XaW - Follo Fotballklubb - Season 2028 - Eliteserien

Squad | Transfers | Finances

An excellent season for us, and going into the final part we looked odds on for a European spot. Unfortunately, we had a really poor finish and got caught out by a few teams and slipped out. This was still a great season for us, as we were favourites to go down before the season again. Defensively we did excellent this season. Looking at last season we conceded 16 goals less this time around, so the small changes we did had a good effect for us. I'm starting to build up a nice core team now, so it's mostly having them develop, and to get in a few more talents in the coming seasons.

Norgesmesterskapet: We lost to Hødd in the 1st round after a very poor display.

U19 Team:

In the Norwegian National U19 Championship they finished in 2nd place. A very good season from the youngsters.

Norwegian U19 Cup: They lost to Kongsvinger in the 1st round.

Player statistics (youths only):

Most apps:
Mathias Lerøen 23a - 31 apps
Sindre Stamland 25h - 29 apps
Tor Henning Løkken 26e - 28 apps

Most goals:
Mathias Lerøen 23a - 15 goals
Yngvar Bergan Solli 23b - 8 goals
Tor Henning Løkken 26e - 6 goals

Most assists:
Patrik Krogstad 28e - 7 assists
Mathias Lerøen 23a - 4 assists
Yngvar Bergan Solli 23b - 3 assists

Average rating:
Tor Henning Løkken 26e - 7.23
Mathias Lerøen 23a - 7.16
Endre Olav Sørensen 28d - 7.15

Youth intake:

A very good intake! Lots of good players this time.

Patrik Krogstad 28e is a very talented midfielder. Really good attribute spread.

Trophy cabinet

OBOS-ligaen - 1 (2026)

Norwegian U19 Oslo 1 - 3 (2023, 2025, 2026)

Norwegian U19 Cup - 1 (2026)

[dkouv]

Sant Andreu – Season 13 (2034/35)

Europe Winning the league last year ensured a much kinder CL draw, and we finished first in a group containing Roma, Hertha Berlin and Club Brugge. We easily dispatched Inter in the last 16, and a strong home leg performance got us past PSG in the quarters, 3-2 on aggregate. We faced Man Utd in the semis and messed up the home leg, losing 3-1. But after a great away performance we won 2-0 at Old Trafford, and the tie went to penalties. A penalty save from our keeper gave Leandro Gil 08a the chance to send us through to the final, but he missed and United went on to win the shootout.

 

To be honest, the CL seems completely dominated by Bayern and Man City who won the last 5 titles between them, so I’m probably waiting for City’s Mbappe and Haaland to retire before I can properly challenge.

La Liga I rested players ahead of all the CL games, but our youngsters are developing and the squad is getting much stronger so we actually managed to win the league with an impressive 92 points. We also finished runner up in the cup.

 

Players: Manel Blay 05a had a great season with 10 assists and 18 goals from midfield - he just seems to be one of those players to vastly overperform his attributes. Muhammed Badjie 03b is another player who does this, and he again averaged 7.4 at centre back this season. Quite a few youngsters are developing very well, with Josema 10d and Nicolás Paz 09c (the "Uruguayan Mbappe" according to NxtGn) becoming first choice at right back and attacking mid, and Joan Sala 11d breaking into the first team this season. I just wish my centre back prospects had better jumping attributes, I have about four 5* PA CBs with jumping reach of between 9 and 11

Youth intake (preview): Not looking that strong this season, with just one 5* prospect and 3 elite talents. But I like the look of Nicolás Alarcón 13b with his professional personality and well-rounded stats, he could be a great defender for us although like all our CB prospects, his aerial attributes are not the best.

   

Transfers: Lots of loans out (which came through in last season’s stats) but not much else going on.

Facilities: After finally upgrading youth facilities last year, this option has disappeared again.

Season    |  League               | Pos. |     Europe     |   Best player                   |  Notes
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2022/23   | Segunda RFEF Gr. III  |  1  |     n/a         |  German Fassani (ST)            | Promoted
2023/24   | Primera RFEF Gr. I    |  2  |     n/a         |  Aaron Hotoria 01a (DC)         | Lost in playoff semi
2024/25   | Primera RFEF Gr. I    |  3  |     n/a         |  Aaron Hotoria 01a (DC)         | Promotion through playoffs!
2025/26   | La Liga 2             |  9  |     n/a         |  Aaron Hotoria 01a (DC)         |
2026/27   | La Liga 2             |  1  |     n/a         |  Sergio Mulero (ST)             | Promoted
2027/28   | La Liga               |  19 |     n/a         |  Aaron Hotoria 01a (DC)         | Relegated
2028/29   | La Liga 2             |  1  |     n/a         |  Muhammed Badjie 03b (DC)       | Promoted
2029/30   | La Liga               |  11 |     n/a         |  Manel Blay 05a (MC)            |
2030/31   | La Liga               |  5  |     n/a         |  Manel Blay 05a (MC)            | Qualified for Europa League
2031/32   | La Liga               |  4  |     EL Semi     |  Moisés Nieto 07c (MC)          | 
2032/33   | La Liga               |  2  |     EL Semi     |  Manuel Ristori 02c (AMRLC)     | 
2033/34   | La Liga               |  1  |     EL Winner   |  Ivan Deniz 04b (ST)            | League + Europa double
2034/35   | La Liga               |  1  |     CL Semi     |  Manel Blay 05a (MC)            | 

Facilities
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Season    |  Coaching     |  Recruitment      | Training Fac.  | Youth Fac.      |  Stadium
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2022/23   |  Average      |  Average          | Average        |  Average        |  6,557
2023/24   |  Adequate     |  Good             | Average        |  Average        |  6,557
2024/25   |  Adequate     |  Good             | Adequate       |  Average        |  6,557
2025/26   |  Adequate     |  Exceptional      | Adequate       |  Average        |  6,557
2026/27   |  Excellent    |  Exceptional      | Average        |  Average        |  6,557
2027/28   |  Exceptional  |  Exceptional      | Good           |  Great          |  6,557
2028/29   |  Exceptional  |  Exceptional      | Excellent      |  Excellent      |  6,557
2029/30   |  Exceptional  |  Exceptional      | State of art   |  Excellent      |  about 15k
2030/31   |  Exceptional  |  Exceptional      | State of art   |  Excellent      |  24,042
2031/32   |  Exceptional  |  Exceptional      | State of art   |  Excellent      |  30,503
2032/33   |  Exceptional  |  Exceptional      | State of art   |  Excellent      |  30,522
2033/34   |  Exceptional  |  Exceptional      | State of art   |  Excellent      |  30,522
2034/35   |  Exceptional  |  Exceptional      | State of art   |  Superb         |  30,522

 

Edited April 18, 2022 by dkouv
player name

[bpecanha]

Giving another go to this challenge, this time I've started in Sweden with:

Tölö IF - Swedish 4th Division

Decided to play one season first to see if I would like this club, and I'm enjoying playing with Tolo so far (despite the struggles). So here's my manager profile after one season. It was a difficult start, but we managed to stay in the West Gotaland league.

After a tough start, it seemed that we would have some end of season tranquility as we managed to beat Varbergs and Halmia, but our end of season was extremely poor. It's hard to do something if your best player in terms of finishing scores 7/20. Thank god Halmia didn't managed to win champions Husqvarna to send us to the relegation play-offs.

CURRENT SQUAD (with Youth Players)

In general, this squad has good options in defence, but our attack is extremely poor. I'm thinking of setting our team to play defensively and try to score on the counter; maybe we can find more draws and wins like that. In terms of best players, I would like to highlight Lansing, who had decent exhibitions as our only goalkeeper; other names like Maximilian Wennergrund, Gustav Stark, Chadly Maduka and Oscar Samuelsson had crucial roles in our survival.

YOUTH INTAKE

I'm only going to show the players I've signed. It was a poor intake in general, we desperately needed players who could at least fight for a spot, but they all need to get a lot better if they want to have regular first-team football.

• GK Alexander Balter - probably the only name in the intake that I've liked. He isn't a top goalkeeper, but I'm expecting him to be a fiable sub.
• DC Michael Hall - he actually has decent attributes for a no-nonsense centre-back. Maybe he can develop into something.
• DM Mathias Lindgren - i see some similarities between him and Stark. Thinking about using him as our reserve defensive midfielder.
• MC Oscar Dahl - has the ability to become a decent BBM, but his lack of determination and ambition may hinder him.
• MR Hassan Gudmundsson - run and cross. Like the old times. I actually like this player.
• MR Pontus Harrysson - same as above. At least we have some opportunity to develop pace, that's important in this level.
• ST Mikael Winbo-Sjoland - imagine being a striker with Finishing 3. I see him playing in the advanced playmaker role.
• ST Alex Nordstrom - imagine being a striker with Finishing 1. He's going to play in the wings if he wants to succeed.
• ST Kristoffer Boman - don't know what happens to my new strikers. But I see good value on him playing as a pressing forward, I'll give a try.

YOUTH PLAYER WATCH

In this session I'm going to focus on our youth players + players who were Under 23 when I've started this challenge.

IMPORTANT SCREENSHOTS

Staff | Transfers| Finances | Facilities

 

Edited April 17, 2022 by bpecanha

[Daddy]

2027/28 Season Review:

Second half didn't go as strong as I had hoped. The good thing is the youth players were improving attributes. I am a little worried about treading water as the team is broke, and cannot improve training or hire more coaches etc. 

Youth Intake:

Another good intake, but most are still a way off from first team.

2028/29 Season Preview:

Unless the players take a major leap forward, or backwards, I suspect another mid table finish. 

[XaW]

I don't like this, but I do understand it...

Using the money well though!

[XaW]

One of my players are in the NxGn 2029!

[DazRTaylor]

Youth Candidates

Season 2022/23

Brickfield Rangers

The preview was exceptional:

The intake was exceptional, with obvious standout players.

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2022/23

Brickfield Rangers

Season Summary

A season of over achievement as we narrowly missed out on promotion.

Season Details

League Table - We made a late charge for promotion though we just fell short.

League Fixtures 1 & 2 - Our form, especially after the winter break, was great, though too many draws cost us promotion in the end.

JD Welsh Cup - It was a decent cup run that ended at the third round stage as we lost on penalties away to top flight Barry Town United.

Nathaniel MG Cup - We played well though it wasn't enough as we went out at the first round stage at home to Cefn Druids on penalties.

Friendlies - It was a decent pre season campaign as we played good football.  It was a lot tougher after the two month break, thanks to the Qatar World Cup, as we struggled to find some form.

Squad - Whilst we did overachieve this year, the players have a lot of potential.

Squad Dynamics - After a good season, this is were I would expect it to be.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - I allowed two fringe players to leave for pastures new on free transfers.

Youth Candidates - Attacking midfielder Garry Hope YP23A1 is the best prospect out of a very strong intake.

Finances - We did lose money this year so have slipped into the red.

Key Players

Garry Hope YP23A1 - Despite having just arrived, the midfielder is already the best player at the club.

Aaron White - Playing in central midfield, he had a sensational season.

Elliott Lloyd - Our best defender was a rock at centre half.

Andrew Vale - Double digits for goals is an exceptional return from the left wing.

Jordan Rathbone - Our right back was very reliable.

Next Season

Can we mount another promotion challenge?

Personal Coaching Data

Season    Reputation           Qualifications     Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start  Minimal   (0.25*)    None                 1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1
2022/23   Minimal = (0.50*) ↑  National C ↑         5 ↑   4 ↑   2 ↑   1 =   1 =   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑   8 ↑   1 ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑   5 ↑   2 ↑   5 ↑   5 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Basic                Below Average     Adequate              Average          Fairly Basic       Local   (0.50*)
2022/23    Basic =              Below Average =   Adequate =            Average =        Fairly Basic =     Local = (0.50*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23      32        17        9        6          64              30                 +34              53.13%

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23          32        17        9        6          64              30                 +34              53.13%             301 days

Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                         Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
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Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                   Position     JD Welsh Cup     Nathaniel MG Cup                   Achievements
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       JD Cymru North              3rd       Third Round      First Round                        A season of over achievement.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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2022/23    Garry Hope YP23A1                         4

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
---------------------------------------------------------------
2022/23    Garry Hope YP23A1                      2
           James Edwards YP23B2                   2

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
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2022/23    No one                                  0

Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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2022/23    Arran Dutton YP23F6                        2

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 18, 2022 by DazRTaylor

[JAwtunes]

@DazRTaylorI've finally won something Andorra.  Only took 12 seasons 

[DazRTaylor]

1 hour ago, JAwtunes said:

@DazRTaylorI've finally won something Andorra.  Only took 12 seasons 

[JAwtunes]

F.C. Lusitanos - Season 12 (33/34) Review

A really good season where we were able to compete with Inter Escaldes but came up just short in the league again.  We did managed to win the cup this season (fifth time lucky!) and had a decent result or two in Europe.  We are still unable to improve our youth facilities, but the training facility upgrade remains an option.

On The Pitch

First Team

Spoiler

League

xG table (predicted 62 points (+2))

Spoiler

Cup

Spoiler

 

Europe

Off The Pitch

Youth Intake - described in preview as 'excellent' (4.5 star)

Preview and HoYD

Spoiler

Managers Player of the Year

Hugo Matos (21 yrs) is my favourite player and the best player in the team - and has been for several years now.  He played most of the season in the DM position as our playmaker, but also occasionally played in CM.  He has been our captain for several seasons and the clubs most capped player ever with 32 caps for Andorra.  I am hoping we can extend his stay at the club but he is already our highest paid player and I would expect his wage demands to go up considerably.

Spoiler

The Manager

Spoiler

 

SUMMARY

[Elsjorro]

@libbyshuss Maybe it has something to do with Italy itself? At this moment im playing the season 2048-2049 with S.S. Arezzo. We have been a top 4 team in the Serie A for about 7/8 years now. Everything maxed out, almost best HOYD and other staff there is and all the intakes are ****. Trough the years the best intake had a 140 PA defender in it. To this day the highest PA we had. Last 5 years intakes didnt get above the 118 PA. Thats mad if u think about it. 

[Daddy]

Got bored with my England save so going somewhere I've never tried, Croatia. 

Facilities and stadium are nothing special, but the big thing for me is a professional club. 

2022/23 Season Preview:

Start off with a pretty decent squad for the tactics I generally play. The only real concern I have are the two keepers are 33 & 34, so it's more of a long term issue than a short term. I don't know anything about the league or competition, but based on media not picking us to get relegated I think we'll be safe.

[The7Striker]

29 minutos atrás, Daddy disse:

Got bored with my England save so going somewhere I've never tried, Croatia. 

Facilities and stadium are nothing special, but the big thing for me is a professional club. 

2022/23 Season Preview:

Start off with a pretty decent squad for the tactics I generally play. The only real concern I have are the two keepers are 33 & 34, so it's more of a long term issue than a short term. I don't know anything about the league or competition, but based on media not picking us to get relegated I think we'll be safe.

Good luck. The only issue in Croatia is that you have to wait until your players turn 17 in order to play. And you have some min of under 21 players in the match squad.

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by The7Striker

[Daddy]

3 minutes ago, The7Striker said:

Good luck. The only issue in Croatia is that you have to wait until your players turn 17 in order to play. And you have some min of under 21 players in the match squad.

 

that is pretty tricky. I didn't even look at that. Well, I'll deal with it as comes lol.

[The7Striker]

1 minuto atrás, Daddy disse:

that is pretty tricky. I didn't even look at that. Well, I'll deal with it as comes lol.

In Split I had 2 rough seasons but once the players turn 17 and with some depth, things start to improve.

[DazRTaylor]

Computer just blew up!  (Right after a 1-0 win).  It is in repairs so no updates from me until I get my PC back.

[XaW]

XaW - Follo Fotballklubb - Season 2029 - Eliteserien

Squad | Transfers | Finances

A good season, even if we finished a bit lower than last season. I chose to not extend the contracts of quite a lot of the original squad before the season, so I expected quite a few issues with lack of leadership. We noticed it at times, but we showed more maturity than I had expected, so that's a very positive sign. For the most of the season we hovered around the lower Europa spots, but a fairly poor finish to the season made us miss out again, this time by 5 points. The main issue was to kill off matches, as evident of our high number of draws. Our attacking trio all had good number of goals, but the defense was a bit of an issue this season. It's not exactly unexpected since we lost our first choice goalkeeper to Porto at the start of the season.

Norgesmesterskapet: We beat Mandalskameratene, Elverum, Stjørdals-Blink, and Sandefjord before we lost to Lillestrøm in the quarter final.

U19 Team:

In the Norwegian National U19 Championship they finished in 7th place and midtable.

Norwegian U19 Cup: They beat Brattvåg before losing to Molde in the 2nd round.

Player statistics (youths only):

Most apps:
Mathias Lerøen 23a - 33 apps
Emir Önder 25i - 32(3) apps
Øyvind Svendsmark 29f - 32 apps

Most goals:
Yngvar Bergan Solli 23b - 12 goals
Mathias Lerøen 23a - 12 goals
Emir Önder 25i - 9 goals

Most assists:
Patrik Krogstad 28e - 10 assists
Mathias Lerøen 23a - 7 assists
Emir Önder 25i - 5 assists

Average rating:
Patrik Krogstad 28e - 7.23
Endre Olav Sørensen 28d - 7.14
Yngvar Bergan Solli 23b - 7.11

Youth intake:

A pretty good intake for us, but not that much wow as before.

After we lost our first choice goalkeeper, this kid will have to step up already.

Trophy cabinet

OBOS-ligaen - 1 (2026)

Norwegian U19 Oslo 1 - 3 (2023, 2025, 2026)

Norwegian U19 Cup - 1 (2026)

[XaW]

31 minutes ago, DazRTaylor said:

Computer just blew up!  (Right after a 1-0 win).  It is in repairs so no updates from me until I get my PC back.

Ouch! I know the feel! Hopefully it won't be too expensive!

[Tilling]

Afternoon chaps - thinking of starting my annual go of this challenge; unfortunately the situation in Russia means I can't be Chertanovo which is a shame, but if anybody has any recommendations for similar eligible clubs with good youth academy facilities from the start, I'm all ears. 

Also - I've been hearing from friends playing the game that actually developing young player attributes is significantly harder this year. Is that true? If so, does anybody have any advice for dealing with that - things like youth team training schedules for example? I was gonna go and download some RDF training schedules but if anyone has any other suggestions they are much appreciated!

[The7Striker]

33 minutos atrás, Tilling disse:

Afternoon chaps - thinking of starting my annual go of this challenge; unfortunately the situation in Russia means I can't be Chertanovo which is a shame, but if anybody has any recommendations for similar eligible clubs with good youth academy facilities from the start, I'm all ears. 

Also - I've been hearing from friends playing the game that actually developing young player attributes is significantly harder this year. Is that true? If so, does anybody have any advice for dealing with that - things like youth team training schedules for example? I was gonna go and download some RDF training schedules but if anyone has any other suggestions they are much appreciated!

I think every nation was at least one club similar to that. Depends which nations do you want to try. Top 5 leagues have some decent clubs.

About the development, other lads can speak better about it.

I let my AM do the general one and I only change if I need it.

Edited April 19, 2022 by The7Striker

[libbyshuss]

1 hour ago, The7Striker said:

I've been hearing from friends playing the game that actually developing young player attributes is significantly harder this year.

it's definitely true at lower levels. If you have poor training facilities/coaches they'll never improve in the reserves. Loans is the way to go then.

Once your facilities improve I've definitely noticed players improving in the youth/reserve teams a bit more like they used to

I guess it's a bit more realistic in that sense

[libbyshuss]

8 hours ago, Elsjorro said:

Maybe it has something to do with Italy itself? At this moment im playing the season 2048-2049 with S.S. Arezzo. We have been a top 4 team in the Serie A for about 7/8 years now. Everything maxed out, almost best HOYD and other staff there is and all the intakes are ****. Trough the years the best intake had a 140 PA defender in it. To this day the highest PA we had. Last 5 years intakes didnt get above the 118 PA. Thats mad if u think about it. 

oh that doesn't sound good! And that is mad as well. I've definitely noticed that Italy is far harder than any other country I've played in, including Belgium and Denmark. I'll give it another few seasons, see if anything happens then maybe sack it in. Your experience doesn't fill me with much optimism!

[libbyshuss]

Italy

Serie B

2040/41 (season 19)

Season Summary

This is the season I thought we'd finally turned a corner! we started off like a rocket, winning seven and drawing two of our first 9. After beating Spezia in gameweek 11 we went top and were looking really good - full of confidence, high morale, good results against the top teams in the division. So what happened next?

4 wins in the next 26 games........

  

If it wasn't for that amazing start it could really have been a terrible season for us. So I go into the new season with even less confidence than I've ever had.

Is Italy really that difficult?

 

Players

Well, 21 seasons in and this is the team. Not even a sniff of a wonderkid and nobody who really threatens to be even Serie A standard.

Good solid Serie B players at best

Anthony Fresia 39A is the new striker I'm pinning all my hopes on. 8 goals from 19 starts in a team that couldn't win a game in the Craggy Island Over 75s League isn't too bad really.

 

youth

Still no golden generation but still an excellent looking excelent intake. look at all those As!

 

The intake when it came looked pretty good as well. We'll see if there's any superstars among them, none look obviously future stars

 

Finances and Upgrades

Got a silly offer for my best prospect. Again got a 50% sell on, and again as soon as he joined his new team he didn't play. I sold my Spanish striker at 18 for a £1m 4 seasons ago to Citadella and they've started him about 5 times! 

 

Career

 

Another few seasons and if it's still as painful I might have to admit defeat. I still wanna give Argentina another go before the new game come out!

[Daddy]

2022/23 Midseason Review:

Going much better than expected. I'm losing my best striker though, he won't resign so I cashed out for what little I could get. Normally in these situations I wouldn't root for the immediate promotion because I think we'll get hammered. However, with only one team getting relegated I'm a little more hopeful than other leagues we could stay up. I'm also hoping there's some money to be made in the first league because I'm bleeding money right now.

2023 Youth Intake Preview:

I'm just glad to be getting a Keeper in general. Hopefully he comes in better than projected here as one of the two I have is leaving and the other is 34. 

[bpecanha]

Tölö IF - 2023 season review
Swedish 4th Division - West Gotaland

I don't know if I should feel proud or gutted after this season. Media predicted that we would finish dead last in the league, but some extraordinary performances sent us top of the league with 7 wins and 3 draws in 10 games. This happened mainly due to a simple tactical tweak - I've changed the role of our AML from Inverted Winger (Support) to Advanced Playmaker (Attack) and Liam Jurgensen played his part with some great exhibitions.

However, after our first loss in the season (against champions Ahlafors IF), we have suffered a lot to break defences and had some leaky defensive displays. Luckily, we ended our season with 4 wins and 4 draws and got the play-off spot.

In the play-offs, however, our task was tough. In our first game, IFK Gauthiod gave us a lot of defensive work, but we managed to hold a 0-0 draw. In the second match, we only needed to win IFK Hassleholm to advance. We had 24 shots and Hassleholm got their left back sent off with 35 minutes, but they somehow managed to win with a direct FK goal in the final minutes. Unfortunately, that wasn't our year.

Youth Intake

Again, I'm going to show only the players that I've signed with.

Top prospect:

Gunnarson is the best player to come from our youth ranks so far. His technicals aren't that good, but he has a lot of pace and can surely develop with time. I've already played him in the play-offs (intakes are announced after the end of regular season) and he did well, to be fair. If you have that pace at this level, it's a huge weapon.

Other prospects:

• Pontus Silverholt (GK) - I'll loan Balter to maximize his development and use Silverholt as our backup and U19 keeper. Weird skillset, but he can be useful.
• Peter Haraldsson (CM) - don't know if I'll use him as a CM, LM or even LB, but I like his attitude and determination. 
• Cherno Ceesay (RB) - what a name! I don't like defensive full backs, he's probably going to be retrained as a CB.
• Pontus Rudin (RB) - same as above, except for his not-so-exciting name. And I also see him playing as a DM.
• Petter Lundgren (LB) - this one may have a future in the left back, but he needs to improve his pace and personality.
• Marcus Winbo-Sjöland (CB) - another one for the Winbo-Sjöland family! Not sure why I've signed him though, but I'm willing to see his development.

 

[XaW]

Our young starlet is still on the NxGn list!

[Elsjorro]

15 hours ago, libbyshuss said:

oh that doesn't sound good! And that is mad as well. I've definitely noticed that Italy is far harder than any other country I've played in, including Belgium and Denmark. I'll give it another few seasons, see if anything happens then maybe sack it in. Your experience doesn't fill me with much optimism!

Yeah its pretty weird to be honest. I completed this challenge in the Netherands and in England in FM21 and i guess the first real stars came trough about 10/11 seasons in. Even Iceland, where i made an attempt with Haukar, i got better players in my 4th season then i ever had in the whole game with Arezzo. There has to be something going on there. It can't be right. 

[Daddy]

2022/23 Season Review:

This one really stings. Had a significant lead with 5 games left and the team just fell apart. The tricky squad rules combined with losing key players to injuries killed us. Lost four of the last five games 1-0 each. Really wanted the promotion for hopes of finances being better in the first division. Team lost a million dollars.

Polic was one of the players missed down the end of the season. 3 month hip injury. 

Here's the side effect of losing all that money.

2023 Youth Intake:

Real nice intake, especially getting a keeper. My only keeper left is 35 and missed 10 weeks last season. I need him to hold on until the youth player turns 17. 

2023/24 Season Preview:

Little unsure for this upcoming season. Only lost one player, the backup keeper, but he saw a decent amount of time last season. With the team losing so much money there'll be no upgrades any time soon. That all said if it wasn't for an injury crisis at the end of the season this squad would have won the league, so I don't think the team will suddenly do poorly. 

[Daddy]

 

This is going to be a problem with going from professional to semi. All my players are full time contracts, and none are going to want to go part time. 

[The7Striker]

6 minutos atrás, Daddy disse:

 

This is going to be a problem with going from professional to semi. All my players are full time contracts, and none are going to want to go part time. 

Ouch 

[WhiteCat33]

Nogometni Klub Pobrezje: 2052/53 – Slovenian 1^st Liga (Season 29)

Performance

After the train wreck of the second half of last season in the lower leagues of England I decided I wanted to enjoy another run at Slovenia, even if SI has yet to fix my Youth Facilities Bug. And what do you know, we won our Second Euro Cup in 3 Years! And it was absolutely deserved. We are having internet issues here atm so I'll just be uploading a bare-bones update that I'll go back and add more images to when I'm not using cellular. 

European Champions Cup: [Match Reports]

As you can se we got a brutal group draw here: PSG, Man United & BMG. The fact we were able to draw PSG 0-0 is astounding as we are no where near Man U's quality. 

Euro Cup: [Match Reports]

Our knockout draws were more favorable here as we avoided Totenham, AC Millan & Rangers completely and saved Marseille for the final. In our last successful EC run we had OM in the knockouts and recorded two 1-1 draws and required a shootout to go on top. Here we did it with a blitz early goal lead and a confident defensive performance to see out the game.

League - CHAMPIONS!

Yeah we won our 5th consecutive league title without too much trouble. Even with heavy rotation (due to EC fixtures) we still had the league wrapped up with 6 games to go so could easily play younger players in the heavy congestion before the EC final. The big news here is how far Maribor have fallen off the pace. They won 10 consequitive titles and were regularly qualifying for EC group stages and now they aren't even close to qualifying for Europe.

Cup - Semi-Final Defeat

Yeah this was a poor showing for us, but it really isn't that big of a deal.

Squad

Transfer

Just let people go, nothing exciting here [thankfully!] I only have 1 player left who has a fee-release clause, so hopefully that will keep the bad surprises away.

Youth Academy

YI Preview

Youth Intake

Another AML in the pipeline with awesome Driven personality, but honestly the mentals are disappointing

An either Footed Striker, who sadly is very slow

And then we are 2 for 2 seasons with an Uruguayan in our intake, though I don’t have faith he will ever be good enough for our first team

Full Intake Squad

Club Facilities

Game is still bugged and have yet to get an option to upgrade youth faciltiies. We finished a stadium expansion and its up to 11k now. And we re-upped Training Facilities to State-of-the-Art after they degraded due to technology.

Club Ranking

I advanced through the Summer so that the updated rankings & coefficients were release. We are officially a TOP 20 CLUB IN EUROPE! I have to say that while we deserve it due to two Euro Cups, we won the second cup without playing a single team higher up than us. I also chuckled when I saw we are just above OM with our Cup Victory

Euro Cup Awards

Excel

Manager Thoughts

I hate this bug because this team is absolutely rolling! As you can see from my Youth Intakes I will need perfect development for them to really keep the quality of the squad up. Its really sad that while I probably can keep winning Euro Cups, this is most likely the ceiling for the club if I can't ever upgrade the Youth Facilities. I'm not sure I want to keep the slog of England Lower-Leagues going, so I may be on the hunt for a new league to try out. 

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by WhiteCat33

[The7Striker]

42 minutos atrás, WhiteCat33 disse:

Nogometni Klub Pobrezje: 2052/53 – Slovenian 1^st Liga (Season 29)

Performance

After the train wreck of the second half of last season in the lower leagues of England I decided I wanted to enjoy another run at Slovenia, even if SI has yet to fix my Youth Facilities Bug. And what do you know, we won our Second Euro Cup in 3 Years! And it was absolutely deserved. We are having internet issues here atm so I'll just be uploading a bare-bones update that I'll go back and add more images to when I'm not using cellular. 

European Champions Cup: 

As you can se we got a brutal group draw here: PSG, Man United & BMG. The fact we were able to draw PSG 0-0 is astounding as we are no where near Man U's quality. 

Euro Cup:

Our knockout draws were more favorable here as we avoided Totenham, AC Millan & Rangers completely and saved Marseille for the final. In our last successful EC run we had OM in the knockouts and recorded two 1-1 draws and required a shootout to go on top. Here we did it with a blitz early goal lead and a confident defensive performance to see out the game.

Squad

Transfer

Just let people go, nothing exciting here [thankfully!] I only have 1 player left who has a fee-release clause, so hopefully that will keep the bad surprises away.

Youth Academy

YI Preview

Youth Intake

Another AML in the pipeline with awesome Driven personality, but honestly the mentals are disappointing

An either Footed Striker, who sadly is very slow

And then we are 2 for 2 seasons with an Uruguayan in our intake, though I don’t have faith he will ever be good enough for our first team

Full Intake Squad

Club Facilities

Game is still bugged and have yet to get an option to upgrade youth faciltiies. We finished a stadium expansion and its up to 11k now. And we re-upped Training Facilities to State-of-the-Art after they degraded due to technology.

Excel

Will add with edit later

Manager Thoughts

I hate this bug because this team is absolutely rolling! As you can see from my Youth Intakes I will need perfect development for them to really keep the quality of the squad up. Its really sad that while I probably can keep winning Euro Cups, this is probably the ceiling for the club. I'm not sure I want to keep the slog of England Lower-Leagues going, so I may be on the hunt for a new league to try out. 

 

Congrats on that Euro Cup and good luck on your next challenge. Any ideas ? 

[WhiteCat33]

19 minutes ago, The7Striker said:

Congrats on that Euro Cup and good luck on your next challenge. Any ideas ? 

Thanks! It was a fun season to play. Honestly not sure where next. Probably a second tier country with just 2-3 leagues playable. My laptop isn't the greatest so I noticed how much faster this Slovenian save played compared to the depths of england 😅 

One thought i had was Isreal as I've never played there. 

[The7Striker]

1 minuto atrás, WhiteCat33 disse:

Thanks! It was a fun season to play. Honestly not sure where next. Probably a second tier country with just 2-3 leagues playable. My laptop isn't the greatest so I noticed how much faster this Slovenian save played compared to the depths of england 😅 

One thought i had was Isreal as I've never played there. 

Looks like a fun nation to try out. Some decent clubs and always fun to try a new challenge.

[WhiteCat33]

1 minute ago, The7Striker said:

Looks like a fun nation to try out. Some decent clubs and always fun to try a new challenge.

That's my thought as well. My one requirement for my next try is I want a club that has its youth team in a league. Neither my Belgium playthrough or Slovenia had their youth team playing real matches which I dislike. I want my kids to win championships!

[WhiteCat33]

League Reset for Israel is 6/20 ; Pretty sure if you want different teams you'll have to save before 5/24 as that's when the last playoff games happen (but I could be wrong on that)

[WhiteCat33]

Club

It actually starts with a solid setup considering its Professional & has Below Average Facilities. 

Squad

We will see how many of these I can resign for next season!

 

Proof Promoted

Manager

Let the fun begin!!

[Daddy]

2023/24 Midseason Review:

Rudes was relegated two seasons ago and won the third league last season and were running away with the league early on. They have started dropping points and we started picking them up. I'm not sure if getting back to first division gets us back to professional or not, but I'm really hoping that's the case and am pushing as hard as possible to win the league. A couple young players hitting 17 which is enough where I do not think I'll have to start any gray players. 

2024 Youth Intake Preview:

Another strong looking preview. Not really too many holes in the squad, but some players starting to get near retirement.

 

The big question over everything right now is half my roster has expiring contracts and none will sign new part time contracts right now. My hopes are closer to expiration they will, but if I lose all my starters and the youth players won't fill out enough over 17 players that'll probably be it. Will cross that when I get there.

[Daddy]

14 hours ago, Daddy said:

 

This is going to be a problem with going from professional to semi. All my players are full time contracts, and none are going to want to go part time. 

it finally let me offer contracts, but maxed my offers at $350 a year which obviously no one is accepting and other teams, now within six months, are poaching everyone. Pulling the plug. Shame since I actually liked the players. I'll try something new soon.

[ALJskills]

I have a quick question. I want to start a youth only challenge with a team in Slovakia. I Holidayed to the 29th of June as recommended but the club arranged 25 future deals that I obviously can't cancel as those deals have al been confirmed for 1/7/2022. Is it allowed for me to use those 25 players, or Do I have to put them into the reserves?

[The7Striker]

3 horas atrás, Daddy disse:

it finally let me offer contracts, but maxed my offers at $350 a year which obviously no one is accepting and other teams, now within six months, are poaching everyone. Pulling the plug. Shame since I actually liked the players. I'll try something new soon.

Thats a shame 

45 minutos atrás, ALJskills disse:

I have a quick question. I want to start a youth only challenge with a team in Slovakia. I Holidayed to the 29th of June as recommended but the club arranged 25 future deals that I obviously can't cancel as those deals have al been confirmed for 1/7/2022. Is it allowed for me to use those 25 players, or Do I have to put them into the reserves?

The rule is : "if your board sign players for you and you can't cancel the deal these players can not be used, they must be sold ASAP, you should also post a screenshot in here when they've been signed so that we know they've been given to you"

Edited April 21, 2022 by The7Striker

[SuperRedditch]

Had a couple of bites of this challenge this year, and it hasn't stuck, but I'm giving it a go with Alemannia Aachen in Germany. Just gotta get through the first few seasons until the team starts getting replaced with the newgens which is when I feel it really kicks off.

Profile

 

Got a good 23 year old striker I reckon we can build around and a generally solid first XI. Might be able to go up this season, not sure, haven't managed in Germany since CM01/02.

[Tilling]

On 19/04/2022 at 19:32, The7Striker said:

I think every nation was at least one club similar to that. Depends which nations do you want to try. Top 5 leagues have some decent clubs.

About the development, other lads can speak better about it.

I let my AM do the general one and I only change if I need it.

Cheers - I'm having trouble really finding one that would be eligible for this thread unfortunately - most of the ones I've found (say Belenenses for example) are already in playable leagues for example. Though I might just cave on that front anyway to be honest! R.W. Essen are an interesting one in Germany, seem to be the best option if you wanted to do it there - the only real prerequisite I have though is that the youth rating is good and the facilities + added bits are above say 10 out of 20.

[WhiteCat33]

9 hours ago, Daddy said:

it finally let me offer contracts, but maxed my offers at $350 a year which obviously no one is accepting and other teams, now within six months, are poaching everyone. Pulling the plug. Shame since I actually liked the players. I'll try something new soon.

You can join me in Israel! From what I can tell all the clubs in the Liga Leumit (Second Tier) are all Professional and over half in Liga Alef (3rd tier) are as well. Now to see if we can keep the club solvent and not face your situation. I have to say this is the first save I've used the League Fix database so I don't know what the vanilla Israeli leagues are like, but here I got a fun mini pre-season regional tourney to play and my U-19's are in a league!! 

[Daddy]

13 hours ago, WhiteCat33 said:

You can join me in Israel! From what I can tell all the clubs in the Liga Leumit (Second Tier) are all Professional and over half in Liga Alef (3rd tier) are as well. Now to see if we can keep the club solvent and not face your situation. I have to say this is the first save I've used the League Fix database so I don't know what the vanilla Israeli leagues are like, but here I got a fun mini pre-season regional tourney to play and my U-19's are in a league!! 

sounds like a good idea. I'll have something in the morning!