[FM22] Overhauling SAD Franchise, (completed) and now Portugal. (Portugese edition). (Youth Only)............... Maybe!

[Sonic Youth]

17 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

May 2046. 

Liga Bwin. We got absolutely smashed by Benfica, and despite seeing off Varzim we finished level on points with Braga and dropped behind them on.......  as a result of a whopping then handed to us at the beginning of the season. 

xG watch. 
Benfica 3.23 - 0.76 Belenenses. 
Belenenses 1.42 - 0.43 Varzim. 

Taça de Portugal Placard. 

This was a really strange and eventful game.

The 1st thing that should be said is that although I have 2 senior left backs and 2 senior right backs at the club, 29 year old left back (33a) Ramos (STP) (POR) *, (who is leaving on a free at the end of the season), was unavailable through injury and 25 year old left back (36b) Sousa (POR) * was only able to play after I arranged for him to have injections in his groin. This is something I NEVER do. never ever ever. I can't remember which issue of the game I last used this. I just don't do it. 

As if that wasn't bad enough, 2nd choice right back (36c) Mussagi (POR) (MOZ) * broke his ankle in April, (so he was obviously out), so I also had to ask (41a) Gil (POR) * to take an injection into his knee in order for him to play. So we've gone from me never doing this to me doing it to not 1 but both full-backs, with no full back on the bench. 

2 mins. Things started well and I thought I was a genius when (41a) Gil (POR) * scored our opener after over-lapping from right back.

7 mins. I wasn't quite so much a genius when they scored a leveller 5 mins later after (41a) Gil (POR) * played a ridiculous back-header to the GK that was intercepted. 

13 mins. When (41a) Gil (POR) * was stretchered off 

 

It was to prove to be a disastrous decision in terms of next season, even if we might have won the match. 

Goal-scoring GK's. No more GK goals this month, but (31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" has finished the season on 15 goals (13 from 15 penalties + 2 free-kicks). 

Facilities. 

Finances.   

Damn and damn! Finishing fourth that way is rough. I blame Benfica and their storming xG!

Gil has gone down in club folklore   

Getting a cruciate injury though 

Congrats on the cup win 

Will your facilities pop back to 20?

Why the board not let you increase assistant’s wages? Weird.

Almost £30M lost a season is significant. I think your making more though. 

Good season, and felt more enjoyable after the twerks at the beginning 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, Sonic Youth said:

Damn and damn! Finishing fourth that way is rough. I blame Benfica and their storming xG!

Gil has gone down in club folklore   

Getting a cruciate injury though 

Congrats on the cup win 

Will your facilities pop back to 20?

Why the board not let you increase assistant’s wages? Weird.

Almost £30M lost a season is significant. I think your making more though. 

Good season, and felt more enjoyable after the twerks at the beginning 

We give it a good go for 3rd, but just came up a little short. I don't mind if I'm honest. Had 4th not been given a Champions league place I would have minded more, but as it is, who cares really. 

(41a) Gil (POR) * was already one of my favourite players in the save. 

I'm not completely sure what's going on with the facilities. I think the Training facilities will, but I never did use the editor to up the others to L20. 

This board are strange. Can't wait until he leaves. 

Where does it say that we have lost £30M in a season. We've got £79M in the bank and it's showing me that we have made a profit over the season of £4.5M this season compared to a profit of £17M last season, but I would expect that we are due some more income between now and the end of the actual season. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Rankings. 

European Competition rankings. 

European Club rankings. 

National Club coefficients. 

Qualification places. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Awards. Jul 2046. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1st Team squad. Jul 2046. 

GK's. 

(31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" played every game last season, (52), and ideally he will do so again this season. 

DL. 

(36b) Sousa (POR) * is an established 1st Team squad member, but with (33a) Ramos (STP) (POR) * having left on a free and joined Cadiz in Spain, (where he's valued at £11.5M), I'm asking (36f) Antunes (POR) * to step up. 

DR. 

We're struggling just a little in this area as (41a) Gil (POR) * will be out for the rest of the year. (36c) Mussagi (POR) (MOZ) * will be 1st choice in his absence and I will ask (42e) Crespo (POR) * to step up. 

DC. 

(39c) Salgueiro (POR) 6'4" DC has been re-trained as a centre-half and he will be 1st choice with (35f) Azevedo 6'2", but (35f) Azevedo 6'2" shouldn't really be 1st choice and we're lacking a little here. (41d) Hussein (TAN) 6'5" * and 32 yo (30g) Coelho (POR) 6'4" * will be the 2nd pairing but (30g) Coelho (POR) 6'4" * is really on his last legs and probably won't make the 2nd half of the season the way his physicals are dropping. His replacement will probably be (42b) Felizardo (POR) 5'10" DC, who is another converted midfielder, but at 5'10" it's a risk. 

MC.

(35a) Paulo Júnior (POR) * and (40a) Sérgio (POR) * will be my 1st choice pairing in the middle of the pitch, with 17 yo (44c) Ogbu (ENG) (NGA) * and (36a) Cruz (POR) * being the 2nd pairing. 

ML & MR. Ideally I would like the opposing wide players to each prefer the same foot, (so 1 inverts as the other stays wide), but I'm also not adverse to them both staying wide. What I don't want though of for both of them to come inside and clog the middle of the pitch up. 

I think I will probably start with (32b) Moucheira (POR) and (39b) Tiago (POR), (who both stay wide), but after that there are a wealth of options all at a similar level. 

SC. 

(32g) Ramos (POR) and (41c) Abrantes (POR) * will be our 1st choice pairing, with (39d) Rebelo (POR) * and (41g) Amaral (POR) * providing support. They scored 47 goals and 20 assists between them, but I think it could and should be higher. 

(45c) Rosa (POR) * and (44a) Simões (POR) * will play as many games as possible in the B Team.

(46b) Pereira (POR) and (46a) Naldo (POR) (BRA) will be left to terrorize the U19 opposition. 

I don't really care about the U23's but the best of the rest who haven't gone out on loan will play for them I suppose. 

[Thebaker]

looks a little bit thin at GK and the FB's. You didn't mention Moreira, he looks like he could still do a job for the team or are looking to sell him on?

[Jimbokav1971]

5 hours ago, Thebaker said:

looks a little bit thin at GK and the FB's. You didn't mention Moreira, he looks like he could still do a job for the team or are looking to sell him on?

Yeah, we are definitely short at GK, but while (31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" is 30 years old, this is less of an issue than it would be if he were an outfield player. He's contracted for 4 more years so I'm not hugely bothered about it. The others are good enough to come in and do a job if needed. 

Full back is more of a concern and after losing (33a) Ramos (STP) (POR) * on a free on the left side, to also lose (41a) Gil (POR) * to a long term injury on the right is a huge blow. That being said, I think the players I've brought in are reasonable and should be ok. It's more of a long-term issue than an issue right now. 

There are 2 Moreira's on the fringes I think so I'm not sure which one. 

(36k) Moreira (POR) is very much a centre-half who can play right back rather than the other way around, and he doesn't make the best 4 so I'm looking to loan him out. 

(39a) Moreira (POR) * is a striker and while I've no doubt he could do a job for us as 1 of the 2nd choice pairing, he's 22 and I would rather see him get a full season of football under his belt while he's still in his development window.  

[Thebaker]

17 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

(39a) Moreira (POR) * is a striker and while I've no doubt he could do a job for us as 1 of the 2nd choice pairing, he's 22 and I would rather see him get a full season of football under his belt while he's still in his development window.  

Considering the others you talked about were younger, it seemed like you had already passed on him

[Jimbokav1971]

10 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

Considering the others you talked about were younger, it seemed like you had already passed on him

No. Not really passed on him as such. More that I deem it more important that he plays a full season somewhere rather than a bit-part of our season. 

With the really young players, I want them at their club to mould their PPM development, but with him he's 22 now and I'm running out of time to get him as close to his PA as I can. The only way to do that at the club is to start him, (and he's not going to be 1st choice), so after that he's either a back-up playing a bit-part role or he's playing at a lower level, (the B Team for example). 

IMO he's too good for the B Team and I even think he should go out on loan to a club playing in Europe rather than just a Liga Bwin side, but I possibly can't afford to be that choosy. 

In actual fact the club that came in with the best offer for him was Lokomotiv Moscow, who although they are in a non-playable structure, (and I'm not sure how that impacts on development anymore), are playing in the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round, (where they beat Brondby in the 1st (neutral) leg. They aren't paying his wages so long as he plays, and when he doesn't play they will pay 50% of his wages. I'm happy with that in this development period, but might expect someone to pay more if he goes out on loan again next season. 

The main 2 problems I have with him is that while I like the look of him as a secondary striker, he's left-footed and that's the side that our primary striker plays on. In addition to that I've been unable to get him to forget the "plays with back to goal" PPM. So this makes it even more concrete that he's a 2nd striker rather than a 1st striker, but then he's a lefty being asked to play on the right of a 2. (Thinking about it though.... when he plays with his back to goal being a lefty might be more advantageous). Anyway, I need him to go away and improve. 

His CA is 111 of 151 PA and I would like to think he can get to 122 this season and then 133 next season, (but I'm not sure how realistic that is). 

[Thebaker]

in spite of being a leftie surely the ppm 'uses outside of the foot' would negate that? and he is not left only - i've never seen that ppm, must be a new one.

Looking at his attributes he's good but not great in any one role, if his passing was higher it would be better.

Edited May 13, 2022 by Thebaker

[Jimbokav1971]

B Team Squad selection. Aug 2046. 

The rules for Liga 2 are pretty simple for a Senior squad, but become pretty demanding for B Teams. 

Under normal circumstances a match squad must have 3 players trained by a club in Portugal, but for B Teams this is increased to 10 players. This isn't a problem for us because everyone is HG at club, (or becomes HG at club shortly). 

Where things become more difficult is the rule that B Teams can only have 2 players aged over 23 in any match squad. This was something I was unaware of initially and it scuppered my plans to play Senior players who had fully developed and were a little short of 1st Team standard. 

Instead I opted last season to never play O23 players at all ever. This B Team is all about development, so playing players who are 23+ seems counter-productive. Obviously this had an impact on us and it's why we dropped from 1st in 2044/45 to 6th in 2045/46. 

I want to use the B Team as a route to fast-track young players from Youth football to Liga Bwin level. 

A perfect example of this is the strike pairing of (45c) Rosa (POR) * and (44a) Simões (POR) *. 

[Jimbokav1971]

40 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

in spite of being a leftie surely the ppm 'uses outside of the foot' would negate that? and he is not left only - i've never seen that ppm, must be a new one.

Looking at his attributes he's good but not great in any one role, if his passing was higher it would be better.

Yeah, he's not left only, but he's not great with his right either. 

He has a few different PPM's.

I hadn't actually considered that recently, (although have done in the past), and yeah I think you're correct about him benefitting from this. I really hope he develops well in Russia. 

[Thebaker]

50 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

He has a few different PPM's.

 

No wonder he hasn't been successful. With too many traits overall and some which seem opposite to each other,  he must be trying to do several at the same time

[Jimbokav1971]

Aug 2046. 

Liga Bwin. We should have 3 wins from 3 here. We can't afford to keep dropping points if we hope to challenge the big boys. 

xG watch. 
Belenenses 2.66 - 0.79 Varzim. 
Famalicao 0.21 - 2.38 Belenenses. How did they score 2 goals with a 0.21 xG? 
Belenenses 2.29 - 0.80 Guimaraes. 

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. We led and dominated early on, but when they had a player sent off for a 2nd yellow on 68 mins it seemed to inspire them and they scored 2 quick goals, (1 a penalty), to run out winners.  

Champions League Group draw. PSG and Milan make this a pretty tough group, so 3rd will probably be our aim again. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances.   

 

[Jimbokav1971]

On 13/05/2022 at 16:29, Thebaker said:

No wonder he hasn't been successful. With too many traits overall and some which seem opposite to each other,  he must be trying to do several at the same time

You can't actually have contradictory PPM's, but I blame some of the PPM's on his loan spells. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Sept 2046. 

Liga Bwin. A good month even if we did drop points against Benfica. The good news though is that everyone has already lost 2 games so where as we're usually trailing the leaders and sitting outseide the Playoffs at this stage, we currently sit top, (albeit on head to head with Porto). 

xG watch. We won all of the xG battles this month, even nicking a tight contest in a game we actually lost against Benfica. 
Benfica 1.35 - 1.36 Belenenses. 
Belenenses 2.36 - 1.39 Porto. 
Maritimo 0.66 - 3.87 Belenenses. 
Belenenses 2.63 - 0.25 PdF.
SAD  Franchise 0.28 - 1.78 Belenenses. 

UEFA Champions League. With a busy domestic schedule this month, (and still mossing our 2 1st choice full-backs), I fielded a really young side in this game and they got exactly what I expected. Remember, the aim here is to finish 3rd this season, (and not slip-up and finish 2nd by accident). The obvious problem with that strategy already is that FC København have already beat Milan and I'm now not completely sure who I'm fighting against for the 2nd/3rd positions. 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

Finances.   

[Thebaker]

On 15/05/2022 at 23:09, Jimbokav1971 said:

You can't actually have contradictory PPM's, but I blame some of the PPM's on his loan spells. 

knocks ball past opponent and plays with back to goal seem rather opposing to me, cant remember seeing a newgen having that many ppm's. Current players tend to.

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, Thebaker said:

knocks ball past opponent and plays with back to goal seem rather opposing to me, cant remember seeing a newgen having that many ppm's. Current players tend to.

No, I don't see that as contradictory at all. A player can play with his back to goal and then knock the ball past opponent. 

"Plays with back to goal" contradicts with something like "tries to beat offside trap" for example and "stays wide" contradicts with "cuts inside" or "plays simple passing game" contradicts with "tries killer balls". 

I like adding PPM's and generally they are quite specific to the role I want them to play, (and the footedness of the player), but also the players qualities. In this instance he had excellent First Touch, Technique, Off The Ball, Flair, and wasn't blessed physically. 

I don't like "plays with back to goal" and "knocks ball past opponent" with this player. In actual fact I don't mind the "plays with back to goal" for a right-sided 2nd striker, but because he's a lefty and the make-up of his attributed he doesn't fit into either pre-set role. Add into the mix the PPM's he's picked up while on loan elsewhere and it's just a it of a muddle. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2046. 

Liga Bwin. We prioritised the league games over the domestic Cup and Champions League games, the up-side being that we're still top of the league and 4 points clear of Benfica in 3rd. 

xG watch. We've really started to dominate games and are converting the xG into actual G. 
Belenenses 2.68 - 0.72 EdA. 
Belenenses 3.36 - 0.37 CdP

UEFA Champions League. We were weak against Milan and it cost us. We're bottom of our Champions League Group at the half-way stage. 

Taça da Liga Allianz Cup. It was a comfortable win, but we need another. 

Taça de Portugal Placard. We came badly unstuck here despite leading 10 men 3-2 with 10 mins left. Well the 10 men scored 2 goals against us and although we scored 1 of our own it was ruled out for offside and we went crashing out of the Cup. 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

Finances.   

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2046. 

Liga Bwin. Only 1 game in the league this month and although we won it, we have dropped down to 2nd in the league because Porto played 2 games to our 1 this month. The good news is that they dropped points in 1 of these though so they are only 1 point ahead. 

xG watch. 
Braga 1.39 - 2.54 Belenenses.

UEFA Champions League. I went strong in the Milan game, (because I was worried about finishing 4th), and then rotated all 10 outfield players but still managed to win after being 2-0 down at HT. Unfortunately this means that we've gone and qualified 2nd with a game to spare. 

Goal-Scoring GK's. 

Finances.   

[Thebaker]

perhaps you should concentrate on winning the CL or at least going as far as possible to improve the coefficients as clearly getting to the KO stages isn't too tricky. Portuguese sides have never been too far away IRL.

[Jimbokav1971]

9 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

perhaps you should concentrate on winning the CL or at least going as far as possible to improve the coefficients as clearly getting to the KO stages isn't too tricky. Portuguese sides have never been too far away IRL.

I've had lots of European success in this save. We haven't yet won the Liga Bwin title. 

We're in a strong position at the moment and I feel like it makes sense to have a good go at the league. If things change between now and when the Knockout Stages start then I might adjust my thinking, but at the moment the league will remain my priority. 

[Thebaker]

36 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I've had lots of European success in this save. We haven't yet won the Liga Bwin title. 

We're in a strong position at the moment and I feel like it makes sense to have a good go at the league. If things change between now and when the Knockout Stages start then I might adjust my thinking, but at the moment the league will remain my priority. 

i was thinking you did win the league one year

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2046. 

Liga Bwin. A fantastic month in the league sees us sit top, 1 point ahead of Porto with 1 game in hand and 2 points ahead of Benfica with 2 games in hand.

xG watch. The xG suggests that we're performing really well and the results aren't a fluke. 
Leixões 1.56 - 2.24 Belenenses.
Belenenses 2.32 - 0.16 Gil Vicente. 
Farense 0.87 - 4.00 Belenenses. 
Belenenses 3.69 - 1.60 Moreirense.
Varzim 0.96 - 2.94 Belenenses. 
 

UEFA Champions League. A weakened line-up still managed to turn over PSG. A surprising result, but not any more surprising than earlier results in this competition. 

Taça da Liga Allianz Cup. A really poor performance and we deservedly crash out. 

Awards. 2 players collect 4 awards and despite (31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" collecting 3 of them, he still can't get his 1st Senior Cap for Portugal. He's always called up, but never gets on. 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

 

Finances.   

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, Thebaker said:

i was thinking you did win the league one year

No, we were Runners Up once, but never Champions so far. 

[Thebaker]

Do you have your GK's train in penalties or free kicks?

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2047. 

Liga Bwin. What an awful month. Not particularly the defeat away to Porto or the draw away to Guimaraes, but the losses to both Famalicao & Estoril. We've dropped to 3rd, just 1 point behind Benfica & 5 points behind Porto, but we have a game in hand on each. The good news however is that there is a gap of 8 pts between us and Sporting in 4th. 

[Edit]

xG watch.
Belenenses 1.55 - 0.34 Sporting. 
Belenenses 2.13 - 0.38 Famalicao.
Estotil 0.52 - 2.69 Belenenses.
Guimaraes 0.83 - 2.12 Belenenses.
Belenenses 1.64 - 0.71 Benfica. 
Porto 2.21 - 1.28 Belenenses.

Goal-scoring GK's. No GK goals this month and (31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" is stuck on 76 career goals. 

Finances.   

Edited May 19, 2022 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

5 hours ago, Thebaker said:

Do you have your GK's train in penalties or free kicks?

No, because the penalty taking attribute doesn't influence the outcome of penalties AT ALL, and I'm not convinced how influential free-kick taking is for GK's taking free-kicks. 

[dsousa96]

Is all or nothing this year mate, go for the Ligue Title please.

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2047. 

Liga Bwin. After a pants Jan we have a much better Feb with 3 wins from 3 and 0 goals conceded. We're up to 2nd, with everyone having played the same games now. Benfica are 3 pts down and Sporting are way off the pace now, 14 pts behind us. Then there were 3......

xG watch. I realised that I didn't include the xG section in the Jan update, (mainly because I had the hump), so I will go back and add it in now. The only point in continuing this is if there is something to see, and I missed out the 1 month when it was most important. 
Belenenses 2.74 - 0.31 Maritimo. 
PdF 0.70 - 1.60 Belenenses. 
Belenenses 2.75 - 0.01 SAD Franchise. 

UEFA Champions League. I was surprised that we won so convincingly, but we were actually 4-nil up and we should have won by more than 2 goals. The late goals we conceded will make the 2nd leg away at Juve tougher than it might have been. 

Goal-scoring GK's. No goals this month, but there was this..... 

Finances.   

Edited May 19, 2022 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, dsousa96 said:

Is all or nothing this year mate, go for the Ligue Title please.

I'm trying mate. Anything we do in the Champions League will be a bonus. It's all about the league. 

[Jimbokav1971]

xG watch Summary. 

I had forgotten/missed the xG watch for Jan so I have updated it now. Even when we have an awful month and lose 3 games and draw a 4th, we still dominate the xG (with the exception of the Porto game). 

Add in Feb and it shows quite how dominant we are. 

[Sonic Youth]

Nicely placed for the run in, and laying down 5 against Juv (we won’t talk about the 3 conceded). Lots of awards too 

As to xG, looks good. This is where expected threat tells how good the xG was. Maybe the next FM.

Also didn’t answer about losing money. This season’s starting balance was 90 million, and now in January it’s in the 70 millions. That was what I meant.

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake day. Mar 2047. 

Preview. 

Staff. I expected to see the HoYD provide me with the info on the preview, but it's actually the DoF giving me the info. 

The staff member has changed but the report is still the same. 

It's another Golden Generation, but is it really? 

Squad by PA. What's that saying...... Any intake with 1x 5.0 PA player is a good intake? Well, we will see. (Not much CA on show though from this group). 

Squad by Actual PA. When we see the actual PA, it's both good and bad. There is no player with a CA of 140+ (which I think is a bit of a marker). A player with a 140+ CA is a very good player. That's not to say that the 4x players we have at 130-138 are rubbish, (they're certainly not), but 

To give you an idea of how key players with a CA of 140+ are, there are only 7 currently at the club. The top 4 + (36c) Mussagi (POR) (MOZ) * have all been capped by (POR) and (31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" is called up to every (POR) squad byt never gets on. 

If you look at the actual PA of all player at the club, then while only 2 players from this intake appear, the interesting thing is that the 2nd player is (47k), showing once again that you just can't trust day 1 Youth Intake reports. 

(47a) Soares (POR) is  who is a current (POR) International. 

Ivan Sérgio (POR) (F.Pro) has 82 Caps for (POR) and has been involved in 2x £100M+ transfers. He has maxed out his CA at 180. 

(47k) Tavares (CPV) is  who is a (CPV) International with almost 100 Caps. 

I like that players like Carlos Neves are in the game and used as a template for other players to be compared to. He's not that great at all, (CA 106 PA 133), but in terms of players from (CPV) who came through at a (POR) he's an absolute legend. 

(47f) Santos (POR) 

(47b) Santiago (POR) is 

(47g) Ezequiel (ESP) looks decent, if a little short of some of the strikers that we have seen come through the intakes in recent seasons. 

(47c) Morais (POR) (CPV) has the dreaded Low Det + (Unamb) mix and I expect it to significantly harm his development. 

(47j) Fernandes (POR) is a much needed full-back and I quite like the look of him. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, Sonic Youth said:

Nicely placed for the run in, and laying down 5 against Juv (we won’t talk about the 3 conceded). Lots of awards too 

As to xG, looks good. This is where expected threat tells how good the xG was. Maybe the next FM.

Also didn’t answer about losing money. This season’s starting balance was 90 million, and now in January it’s in the 70 millions. That was what I meant.

Yeah, I thought we had blown the league in Jan, but we seem to be back on track and although the chaser it's still doable. 

Absolutely. I have never looked at xG in too much detail because I was really turned off by the ccc and hc stats. (If SI can't give us an accurate definition of what a ccc is then what's the point?)

With regards to the money, I think it can be skewed by exactly what time of the season I take the screenshots. At the beginning/end of the season there is so much money getting chucked about with regards to season-tickets, prize-money, etc etc, that a couple of weeks either way can have a big impact. In particular there is money given out at the end of the season for European competition that relates to unclaimed prize money from drawn matches. This can be quite significant. If I do the report too early then this can get missed and skew the appearance of the profit/loss. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Mar 2047. 

Liga Bwin. 2 more wins mean that if we ignore the shambles that was Jan, (where we dropped 11 points), we would have won 17 league games on the bounce. That's a little how this league goes though. There are lots of easy(ish) games in the Liga Bwin, but when you get some tough ones and some easy ones all squashed together in a short space of time it becomes a little tougher and the easy(ish) games are not so easy anymore. We either seem to win or we lose, (with just 1 draw in 27 games). 

xG watch. 
EdA 0.65 - 2.58 Belenenses. 
Belenenses 1.26 - 0.46 Estoril.

UEFA Champions League. Leading 5-3 from the 1st leg wasn't enough and the late goals we conceded in the 1st leg came back to haunt us as Juve went goal-crazy in the 2nd leg. We lost 9-8 on aggregate and we have only ourselves to blame. 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

Finances.   

[Jimbokav1971]

New contract. Apr 2047. 

They are still only offering me a 1 year contract. I don't think I have ever been so disrespected in any FM ever. 

[Jimbokav1971]

B Team Development. Apr 2047. 

I have mentioned previously that I don't really care about winning the Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG title and performances in the B Team are simply about player development. 

With that in mind, here are the B Team results for the 1st half of the season. We weren't awful, but we also weren't scoring enough goals and this led to us dropping points. 

The 2nd half of the season, (until now), looks much better. As long as we weren't going to get relegated I was happy with any finish in the league, (honestly). I should add that these are the same players and I rarely if ever even pick the team, (although I do tweak the starting line-up on occasion). 

The only big difference I can think of is that at the start of the season (45c) Rosa (POR) * started the 1st 12 games of the season, but then I made him unavailable for the B Team for some reason, (he has 1 sub appearance in the Cup so I think they might have over-lapped), and then I forgot to make him available for the B Team again. In his absence, (44a) Simões (POR) * (18 goals in 28 appearances), has stepped up, but he has scored 13 goals in his last 9 games so certainly wasn't pulling up any trees earlier in the season. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Apr 2047. 

Liga Bwin. We actually played really well this month and were just unlucky. We missed not 1, not 2, but 3 penalties this month. We comfortably won 3 of the 4 xG battles and the xG battle we didn't win was the 1 game we didn't miss a penalty in as we spanked Sporting 3-0 away. With 3 games left to play we're still in touching distance of Benfica, but Porto look like they are away. 

xG watch.
CdP 0.81 - 3.10 Belenenses. Missed penalty. 
Belenenses 2.26 - 0.94 Braga. Missed penalty. 
Sporting 1.48 - 1.43 Belenenses.
Belenenses 2.56 - 0.61 Leixoes. Missed penalty. 

Goal-scoring GK's. I've pretty sure I have never seen a GK miss 3 penalties in 1 month before. 

Finances.   

[Jimbokav1971]

May 2047. 

Liga Bwin. 3 wins to finish off the season is ok, (and it's actually 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 12 games), but it's still only good enough for 3rd after the debacle that was January. Part of me is pleased that we finished just 3 pts behind the Champions, but we dropped so many points along the way, (including 5 pts last month), that I'm actually really frustrated that we didn't manage to win it ourselves. 

Goal-scoring GK's. Scoring 11 goals in a season is ok, but (31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" only managed to convert 9 of 14 pens at 64%. 

Squad by Appearances. 

Finances.   

[Jimbokav1971]

Facilities. May 2047. 

[Rikulec]

Closer than ever! Next season is the one, I'm calling it now.

[Jimbokav1971]

8 hours ago, Sonic Youth said:

Nicely placed for the run in, and laying down 5 against Juv (we won’t talk about the 3 conceded). Lots of awards too 

As to xG, looks good. This is where expected threat tells how good the xG was. Maybe the next FM.

Also didn’t answer about losing money. This season’s starting balance was 90 million, and now in January it’s in the 70 millions. That was what I meant.

 

6 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Yeah, I thought we had blown the league in Jan, but we seem to be back on track and although the chaser it's still doable. 

Absolutely. I have never looked at xG in too much detail because I was really turned off by the ccc and hc stats. (If SI can't give us an accurate definition of what a ccc is then what's the point?)

With regards to the money, I think it can be skewed by exactly what time of the season I take the screenshots. At the beginning/end of the season there is so much money getting chucked about with regards to season-tickets, prize-money, etc etc, that a couple of weeks either way can have a big impact. In particular there is money given out at the end of the season for European competition that relates to unclaimed prize money from drawn matches. This can be quite significant. If I do the report too early then this can get missed and skew the appearance of the profit/loss. 

This was the financial message I was talking about @Sonic Youth 

I usually report on the end of the season on the last day of the season and this came through a few days later, (so would have been missed off any previous end of season report). 

[Jimbokav1971]

17 minutes ago, Rikulec said:

Closer than ever! Next season is the one, I'm calling it now.

I certainly hope so. 

[Jimbokav1971]

End of Season summary. Jun 2047. 

Liga Bwin. 

Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG.

U23 Premier League South. 

U23 Premier League Championship Group. 

U19 First Division Group B.

Taça Revelação Sub-23.

U19 First Division Championship Group.

UEFA Youth League. 

[Thebaker]

really close, need to close up the goals scored to the top 2. How many penalties do they score and miss compared to you with your GK taking them?

[Jimbokav1971]

Senior & B Team squads for 2047/48 season. 

GK. (31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" will be 1st choice. He hasn't missed a game for 2 seasons and as there is no hot prospect youngster there is no reason to give anyone else playing time. Whoever doesn't get loaned out will play for the B Team. 

(36d) Cardone. (ITA) 6'1" has that dangerous mix of (L.Det) (Unamb) and this has caused him to miss his PA. OFFLOAD.
(40c) Teixeira (POR) 6'3" * is the best of the rest & although he is (Unamb) he doesn't have the dreaded (L.Det) mix. LOAN OUT.
(46i) Silva (POR) 6'0" is only 16 but has a big gap between CA and PA. KEEP AT CLUB.
(33d) Diederich (POR)(LUX) 6'2 is being offered out for sale/loan. SELL.
(45i) Ion (POR) (ROU) 6'1" is a young player with room for growth. LOAN OUT.
(47l) Bento (POR) 5'11" is a young player with decent personality and time for growth. KEEP AT CLUB. 

DL. (36b) Sousa (POR) * & (36f) Antunes (POR) * will play for the Senior Team. (47c) Morais (POR) (CPV) has the dreaded (Unamb) (L.Det) mix. I think I will play him in the B Team this year to try and give him a boost. He's not good enough, but we need to give it a go. 

DR. (36c) Mussagi (POR) (MOZ) * & (41a) Gil (POR) * will compete for the Senior Team, with (41a) Gil (POR) * also rotating between right wing. 

DC. (39c) Salgueiro (POR) 6'4" DC & (35f) Azevedo 6'2" will be our starting centre-backs with (41d) Hussein (TAN) 6'5" * & (42b) Felizardo (POR) 5'10" DC providing support. 

(45b) Gamito (POR) 6'1" & (45e) The Gimp (ENG) 6'2" are really raw, but they will play for the B Team when possible. 

ML & MR. (32b) Moucheira (POR) will be 1st choice on the left with (41a) Gil (POR) * and (39b) Tiago (POR) rotating on the right. (43b) Antunes (POR) will add depth on the left. I sold (32c) Tomás (POR) * to Germany for £3.4M.

MC. We've got some great depth here. (35a) Paulo Júnior (POR) * and (40a) Sérgio (POR) * will be the 1st choice pair, with (44c) Ogbu (ENG) (NGA) * and (36a) Cruz (POR) *.

SC. I'm really happy with the striking options. So much so in fact that I have sold (39d) Rebelo (POR) * to Spain for £1.1M. (32g) Ramos (POR) and (41c) Abrantes (POR) * will be our starting pair and (41g) Amaral (POR) * will be supported by either of (45c) Rosa (POR) * or (44a) Simões (POR) * where there is an opportunity. I need to give these youngsters a chance and the time has come. They score goals for fun in the 2nd tier. Let's see how they get on in the big time!

[Jimbokav1971]

22 hours ago, Thebaker said:

really close, need to close up the goals scored to the top 2. How many penalties do they score and miss compared to you with your GK taking them?

That's a really good question and you know I'm not completely sure. I will load up a save from the end of the season and see what I can find. 

(31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" only scored 7 of 12 last season at 58%, but his career record is actually 64/77 at 83%. He might have missed penalties last season which cost us points which cost us the title, but I don't care. My GK's take penalties and the enjoyment I get from that far outweighs anything else. I hadn't actually considered that he had cost us the title until I wrote this. 

It's typical that the season you ask this is the 1 season that he has missed 5/12 penalties in the league. when he has only missed 13/77 in his whole career. 

[Jimbokav1971]

23 hours ago, Thebaker said:

really close, need to close up the goals scored to the top 2. How many penalties do they score and miss compared to you with your GK taking them?

 

2 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

That's a really good question and you know I'm not completely sure. I will load up a save from the end of the season and see what I can find. 

(31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" only scored 7 of 12 last season at 58%, but his career record is actually 64/77 at 83%. He might have missed penalties last season which cost us points which cost us the title, but I don't care. My GK's take penalties and the enjoyment I get from that far outweighs anything else. I hadn't actually considered that he had cost us the title until I wrote this. 

It's typical that the season you ask this is the 1 season that he has missed 5/12 penalties in the league. when he has only missed 13/77 in his whole career. 

Actually that 1st graphic doesn't tell the whole story because it only looks at individual players. 

This shows penalties by team, but unfortunately doesn't show %'s.

100% Gil Vicente 6/6.
100% Guimaraes 4/4.
100% Leixoes 3/3.
91% PdF 10/11. 
83% Varzim 5/6.
70% Porto 7/10.
67% EdA 4/6.
63% Benfica 5/8.
58% Belenenses 7/12.
40% Maritimo 2/5.
33% Farense 1/3.
33% SAD  Franchise 1/3.

Again, I would say that while 58% seems bad and cost us this season, a career success rate of 83%, (after missing 5 last season), is something I'm very happy with. 

[Jimbokav1971]

23 hours ago, Thebaker said:

really close, need to close up the goals scored to the top 2. How many penalties do they score and miss compared to you with your GK taking them?

 

28 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

That's a really good question and you know I'm not completely sure. I will load up a save from the end of the season and see what I can find. 

(31g) Simões (POR) 6'1" only scored 7 of 12 last season at 58%, but his career record is actually 64/77 at 83%. He might have missed penalties last season which cost us points which cost us the title, but I don't care. My GK's take penalties and the enjoyment I get from that far outweighs anything else. I hadn't actually considered that he had cost us the title until I wrote this. 

It's typical that the season you ask this is the 1 season that he has missed 5/12 penalties in the league. when he has only missed 13/77 in his whole career. 

 

16 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

 

Actually that 1st graphic doesn't tell the whole story because it only looks at individual players. 

This shows penalties by team, but unfortunately doesn't show %'s.

100% Gil Vicente 6/6.
100% Guimaraes 4/4.
100% Leixoes 3/3.
91% PdF 10/11. 
83% Varzim 5/6.
70% Porto 7/10.
67% EdA 4/6.
63% Benfica 5/8.
58% Belenenses 7/12.
40% Maritimo 2/5.
33% Farense 1/3.
33% SAD  Franchise 1/3.

Again, I would say that while 58% seems bad and cost us this season, a career success rate of 83%, (after missing 5 last season), is something I'm very happy with. 

I thought I would also add in the Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG results too. Our GK's don't take these pens.