[FM23] Out of Africa. (Spanish out of Morocco to be precise). We will start with Ceuta, but if things go badly I might end up at Melila.

[Jimbokav1971]

April 2048. 

La Liga. Nobody in La Liga can live with our consistency. We win the La Liga for the 3rd successive time, this time with a month of the season still to play. We're 13 points clear with 4 games remaining so Barca can't catch us. 

I'm starting to care more about the titles that we don't win than the titles we do win. Is that a good thing? 

B Team. The B Team are doing ok, but there is a lot of dead-wood in there that I need to get rid of.

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Records in sight. May 2047. 

We have 4 games remaining in La Liga and there are a couple of records that might be within reach. 

A target of 96 points seems a little stretching as we would need to win all 4 games to beat the existing record. As I plan on introducing some young players I think it unlikely that we're going to win all 4 games, (but you never know). 

We needed to score at a rate of about 3 point something goals per game from the start of last month and we actually scored 13 goals in 4 games which is 3.25 goals per game, (so not a million miles off). We now need 12 goals in our last 4 games which is exactly 3 goals per game and I think this one is pretty doable. 

Hispalis/Betis (H) are 3rd. 
Cadiz (A) are 15th.
Alaves (H) are 19th.
Las Palmas (A) are 20th.

Despite 2 of our last 3 games being away from home, they're pretty winnable, especially when you consider that we have won 18 of our last 19 games in La Liga. 

[Sonic Youth]

I think I like this league win so far most of all, because of the planning and discussions inside of it. I’m going to predict that European football next season will be very successful, and that it won’t affect your league form.

That youth intake looks excellent, with finally getting through what looks like a top class GK 

The dive into your GKs was one of the best I’ve seen on talking about GK, as usual it’s only about certain stats, height and that’s it.

Back to youth intake, and hope that that ‘a’ ends up dovetailing with your Belgian starlet and becomes a big part of your strike force  

Did you beat Real Madrid’s goals scored record?

[Thebaker]

i tried to show a personality matrix but it didn't come out well and deleted it.

I always play sweeper keepers even if they are no good for it. I noticed that good keepers (ones that perform well as opposed to rated highly) always have high attributes in the attributes i mentioned.

[Jimbokav1971]

EURO 2048 call-ups. May 2048. 

[_Ben_]

On 24/07/2023 at 15:04, Jimbokav1971 said:

By the way, this Temperament thing is NOT something I know. It's something I'm thinking about and considering. It's very much one of the less understood aspect of personalities and maybe someone like the @_Ben_who I know has done loads of work on personalities/mentoring/tutoring will have thoughts on it. Until recently, (when the disparity between my 2 GK's taking pens became so obvious), I had never really considered Temperament. Now though I think about it every time Camara (SEN) 6'2" misses. The way I see it, Temperament has to have a role in the game, (in some form or other, and I never found that it influenced development, so it stands to reason that it instead influences on-pitch performance. When you think about it, Pressure playing a part in pen taking makes sense, but where both GK's have a very similar Pressure attribute there must be a reason for the difference in their conversion rate. This brings me to Temperament.

Been a while Jim! Both since I interacted with your thread and since I did any work into personalities.

Personally, I don't like temperamental players. I find their reactions to almost anything to be very hard to read into and, as such, don't care for praising/criticising training, which can stunt their development and lead to disliking you as the manager. I wouldn't be able to comment on how far the personality goes - but would say it does not equate to temperament in terms of keeping cool when taking a penalty, personally.

[Jimbokav1971]

May 2047. 

La Liga. We finished the season well, but a REALLY young side couldn't get the win against Las Palmas, (and didn't deserve the win either). We finish with goal difference of 100+ for the 1st time and beat the old record of goals scored (121 by Real Madrid) by 2 goals. The other record we set was Guèhi (CIV) * creating 29 assists, (the old record was 19 by someone from pre 1940's). 

B Team. I'm seriously considering having only Academy players start in B Team games next season and with that in mind I adopted just that tactic for the last 2 games of the season. It went ok against Atletico but not so well against Huesca. 

Records. 

It's interesting that I've decided to see both Amade (MOZ)(RSA) * SELL and Salifu (ENG)(GHA) * SELL leave the club despite their records. 

Awards.

Facilities. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

 

 

 

 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

16 hours ago, Sonic Youth said:

I think I like this league win so far most of all, because of the planning and discussions inside of it. I’m going to predict that European football next season will be very successful, and that it won’t affect your league form.

Yeah I really enjoyed it too. It was far from plain sailing and it's ridiculous that we scored so many goals when you consider how poorly our central strikers performed. 

Salifu (ENG)(GHA) * SELL managed just 7 goals and 4 assists from 19(8) appearances in all competitions. He got injured and I just stopped starting him in the end. 
(29a) Gil did much better with 15 goals and 4 assists from 28(17) appearances in all competitions. 

I'm definitely going to try and sell Salifu (ENG)(GHA) * SELL in the Summer because as you can see, there are no shortage of goals at the club. 

Kabamba (BEL)(COD) * will probably come in and replace him. He's done really well out in Belgium. Anderlecht were Runners Up in the Jupiler Pro League and were beaten in the last 16 of the Europa League by Man Utd. 

I plan on having a bit of a clear out and freeing up some slots for the younger players to step up. I was also 1 slot short of our HG quota in Europe so I need to fix that anyway. I think there is a busy Summer ahead and I absolutely plan on winning La Liga again next season, winning both domestic Cups and at the very least getting to the business end of the Champions League. We were rubbish in everything except La Liga this season. 

I would also love an unbeaten La Lige season before finishing the season too if possible. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

17 hours ago, Sonic Youth said:

Did you beat Real Madrid’s goals scored record?

Yep. We finished in 123 goals and beat the old Real Madrid Record of 121. Quite chuffed actually to be able to do it while encountering the striker issues we had. 

There is another record that I'm after, but I don't think it's recognised in the game. 

According to my research, both Paco Liano, (Deportivo La Coruna 1993/94) and Jan Oblak, (Atletico 2015/16) held the record for fewest La Liga goals conceded in a 38 game season, (18), and although Real Madrid equalised with 18 in 2024/25 and beat it with 14 in 2030/31 and 2016 in 2034/35, we managed 16 last season but 22 this season. I would love to beat the record of 14 set by Real Madrid in 2030/31.

An unbeaten La Liga season would only equal the record set by Atletico in 1929/30. 

[Jimbokav1971]

On 25/07/2023 at 04:46, Sonic Youth said:

That youth intake looks excellent, with finally getting through what looks like a top class GK 

The dive into your GKs was one of the best I’ve seen on talking about GK, as usual it’s only about certain stats, height and that’s it.

Back to youth intake, and hope that that ‘a’ ends up dovetailing with your Belgian starlet and becomes a big part of your strike force  

I'm not totally sure about (48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10". I know his PA appears good, (actually great when you consider how good the top 3 GK's are), but at the moment I'm unsure as to how best to develop him. 

Option 1 is to leave him in the U19's all season and see how he develops there, giving him the odd game in the B Team and maybe let him play in the U21 tournament that we win every season. 

Option 2 is to stick him straight in the B Team. I have been considering only allowing Academy products to start for the B Team from now on. Purchased players can still play, but they just can't start. (36j) Camara (GAM)(ESP) 6'4" could still play, but I think that Bakayoko (CIV) 6'2" * needs a new contract and needs to be loaned out from now on. 

Camara (SEN) 6'2" is up to 74 career goals now, (so just 26 away from the magical 100), and I'm wondering how I could help that along a little next season. 

Faty (FRA)(SEN) 6'4" was French when he arrived, swapped to Senegalese when he was called up, (but his 2 Caps were both in friendlies and I think the rules is that if he has less than 3 Caps and they are all friendlies then he can swap back), and that's exactly what he has done as he was called up for the France squad currently playing in the EURO's. I'm desperate for him to get a proper French Cap and be done with AFCON forever. 

GK's are obviously my thing because of the penalties, and because I've been doing it for so long and see so many more GK's take penalties than anyone else who plays the game. it possibly allows me to think about things in a slightly different way and compare them in ways that aren't really available to others. That little discussion about Temperament was just that. I know "something" is impacting penalty conversion rates. I just don't know what. Is it Temperament? I honestly don't know. Things like this just make the game more enjoyable for me. Working out things that it might be, and things that it's definitely not, and maybe just maybe some day I will come up with an answer. 

Yeah there are a few decent youngsters knocking around right now. 

There are 8x 5.0 PA players at the club and the really good news is that none of them are African. The top 5 are all products of our Academy, and the other 3 are currently opting to represent European Nations. 

Haddouche (FRA)(ALG) 6'3" has been capped twice by France but is still eligible for Algeria. 
Adeyemi (GER)(NGA) * has been capped 3 times by Germany but is still eligible for Nigeria. 
Haruna (GER)(NGA) * hasn't been capped yet by Germany, (but has 26 U21 Caps), and I can see him getting capped shortly. 

There are 10x 4.5 PA players at the club and although only 2 of them are Academy products, 4 more of them are currently opting for European Nations. 

Ly (BEL)(SEN) * 6'3" has 29 Caps for Belgium so he's locked in.  
Chrisantus (GER)(NGA) * was originally German 1st and Nigerian 2nd, but he was swayed to the dark side and now has 32 Caos for Nigeria so he's locked out. 
Moses (ENG)(NGA) * has 14 Caps for England and is locked in. 
Hamidi (ALG) 5'11" isn't capped yet by anyone, but has 13 FRA U21 Caps and they would do well to call him up soon. (He missed out on the recent EURO's).
Awalom (NOR)(ERI) has 3 Caps for Norway, but despite still being eligible for Eritrea, I think there isn't much chance of him choosing them. 

There are also 12 x 4.0 PA players and if you wonder why I'm dropping down so low it;s because 4.0 CA is actually Worldclass at the moment. 

We only actually have 5 players who are 4.0 CA or better at the club. 

I think it's too early to make any grand statements about many of our youngsters right now, (especially the GK), because I have been burnt there before, but there are 3 that have really caught my eye in the 2nd half of this season. 

(46a) De Backer (BEL) Res * has a ridiculous scoring rate. Just 42(9) appearances in all competitions and he's got 22 goals and 8 assists. 

(45b) Pérez (Driven) 5'10" * has played in the middle of the pitch and isn't very tall, but he's a centre-half all the way. 

(47a) Acosta (F.Amb) * is the youngest of the 3, but he's starting to catch my eye. 

Edited July 26, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

9 hours ago, Thebaker said:

I dont think i ever look at those 3 attributes listed for a GK. I look for reflexes, agility, balance. and then handling and decisions.

i tried to show a personality matrix but it didn't come out well and deleted it.

I always play sweeper keepers even if they are no good for it. I noticed that good keepers (ones that perform well as opposed to rated highly) always have high attributes in the attributes i mentioned.

I didn't actually look at the attributes you posted. (I was so confused by the big post). 

The one that seems missing is positioning. I put a lot of stock in that. 

I'm going to do a search using your attributes though and see what comes up. 

I've done a search for all GK's with all 5 attributes at 16 and I'm scouting them for a closer look. I will see what happens after scouting. 

[Jimbokav1971]

4 hours ago, _Ben_ said:

Been a while Jim! Both since I interacted with your thread and since I did any work into personalities.

Personally, I don't like temperamental players. I find their reactions to almost anything to be very hard to read into and, as such, don't care for praising/criticising training, which can stunt their development and lead to disliking you as the manager. I wouldn't be able to comment on how far the personality goes - but would say it does not equate to temperament in terms of keeping cool when taking a penalty, personally.

Cheers @_Ben_That makes sense although it's not actually something I considered, (negative aspects of Temperament). Thanks for the response. I must take a look at your thread some day. The name caught my eye the other day. Interesting that neither one of us goes into any great depth on personalities anymore, (other than that of GK's of course). 

What I would say though is that although high Temperament numbers are not an indication of a Temperamental player, so a player with a high Temperament attribute is the opposite of Temperamental. I don't know what that is in FM terms, but in real life wouldn't be call that something like calm? 

What other personality types use a low Temperament score as part  of their template? 

Well that's a win-double right there. Casual and Slack.  No wonder @_Ben_didn't like it. It's rubbish if those personalities are anything to go by. I hate both Casual and Slack, but until now Temperamental, (while certainly not good), wasn't in the same bracket as those 2 personalities. It is now!

We know about the Temperamental template in terms of a low Temperament score, but are there any personality types that use high Temperament scores as part of their template? 

I'm not sure that I've ever managed a Charismatic Leader. 

Is this really accurate? I not convinced it is.... 

So even if I'm not completely convinced that these templated are 100% accurate, they at least give us something to work with. The attributes that use low Temperament scores as part of their templates are not good, (and that's being polite), where the personalities that use a high Temperament score in their templates are pretty decent/good personalities. 

Just to take this full circle and go back to the media handling styles again, let's look at all of them that use Temperamental as part of their template. 

I think that says it all doesn't it. I can't believe I have ignored this for so long. 

If Temperamental is bad, (and I completely agree with you that it is), then not being Temperamental should be good, (just go with it), but when you consider that the label we're giving a non-Temperament player in the game is "calm", (just because I had to give it some sort of label), then how does "calm" fit in with a GK taking a penalty?

Do I like it? 

Yes.

Do I like it a little bit or a lot. 

I like it a lot. 

Do I like it a lot, or do I really really really really really like it. 

I really really really really really like it. 

I think it will be interesting to see how this young man does from the spot. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Loans. Jun 2048. 

I thought I would have a look at some of the players we have out on loan. 

Kabamba (BEL)(COD) * looks great, (and is a non-African African), and there is a really significant chance that he will be our starting central striker next season. He's scored 22 goals in all competitions this season and I particularly like that he's a little bigger and a little more robust than what we had before. 

Chrisantus (GER)(NGA) * is actually a player I don't like. He had a great 5.0 scout report so I stupidly decided to spend £35.5M on him, but now I've got him and I don't know what to do with him, (other than loan him out). He played in midfield for Dortmund last season ffs! 

Faty (FRA)(SEN) 6'4" had a great season at Milan. They only finished 4th, (so Champions league next season), but also won the Europa League, (providing qualification for the Champions league anyway). He's currently at the EURO's with France and I really need him to be capped. 

Hamidi (ALG) 5'11" will surely be in the mix to stay at the club next season. Forget his potential. He's good enough to make it on CA now I think. 

Kaunda (RSA)(ZIM) 6'2" * I'm not sure about. We will have to see but he might have to go out on loan again. 

Charles (NGA)(ESP) * is a player I really like. I'm just not sure whether that's as a WB or a striker, and I'm not sure if he will be breaking into our senior squad here or going out on loan again. 

Sylla (GUI) SC * finished 3rd top goal-scorer in France despite the fact that Rennes didn't even finish in the European spots. He scored 18 goals playing as a Treq, and with both our central strikers scoring fewer goals than that in what is a far more dominant side, I'm keen to look at all forward options. 

(37c) Castro * used to be a player I really liked, and he developed ok, just not well enough to nail down a starting spot for us. With European registration an issue it's possible that he might be needed as a 3rd striker, but part of me thinks I just need to let him go, be done with it and hope he goes on to score the goals elsewhere as o many of our strikers who have left have gone on to do. 

Mortotsi (GHA) is really raw and I don't even remember signing him. There's the basics of a player there. He's crying out to play in the B Team for a full season, but I just haven't decided if I'm going to go Academy only there and even if I don't, will he get in the starting XI when you consider that the aim of the B Team is to develop players rather than win games. 

Naciri (MAR) looks good. I just can't work out how to use him, or where for that matter. This close-season is going to be hard work.

Ouattara (CIV) is another teenage African midfielder. Brilliant! Just what we need! 

Haruna (GER)(NGA) * is probably one of my favourite players on this list despite the fact that he's only 2.0 CA. Just look at those physicals! If I can get his strength up he could run riot.

That isn't all of them, but I hope it gives you just a peek into some of the tough choices I have to make this Summer. 

In recent seasons I have just been trawling my scout reports looking for anyone eligible who might make thr grade, but I think now I'm going to try and be a little more circumspect. There are just too many players to try and develop them all and I'm concerned that I might already have the next big thing but that he might fall through the cracks and not fulfill his potential. 

We're producing good players via the Academy despite thr double downgrade and the big that stops us from being able to build it back up. How long that continues remains to be seen. 

 

[Thebaker]

Really great season there in the league. i'm surprised by how Marcos has kicked on since he left but it looks like it  is probably down to a change of role (it could also be game time since i can't tell about starts and sub apps from the images)

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, Thebaker said:

Really great season there in the league. i'm surprised by how Marcos has kicked on since he left but it looks like it  is probably down to a change of role (it could also be game time since i can't tell about starts and sub apps from the images)

Marcos is playing as the lone forward in a 4231 wide formation and the 3 behind him just keep feeding him. He starts most games and he just gets loads of chances. Can't knock him tough. He's sticking them away every week. 

[Jimbokav1971]

4 hours ago, Thebaker said:

Really great season there in the league. i'm surprised by how Marcos has kicked on since he left but it looks like it  is probably down to a change of role (it could also be game time since i can't tell about starts and sub apps from the images)

 

3 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Marcos is playing as the lone forward in a 4231 wide formation and the 3 behind him just keep feeding him. He starts most games and he just gets loads of chances. Can't knock him tough. He's sticking them away every week. 

There's loads of info here so please feel free to point something out that I miss or correct me if I get something wrong. 

 This jumped out at me initially and I thought, (without looking further), that he must be given loads of chances but and that's why he scoring so many goals. That's not true though because his Underperformance doesn't actually exist, (he's over-performing against his xG), and it just shows here incorrectly. The under-performance should be a minus number. 

 This is the accurate stat and shows that he is over-performing against his xG by 10.75, (the highest in La Liga). 

 He's actually only 4th in La Liga for xG, so there are 3 more players who were expected to score more goals than him based on the chances they have been given, but he has out-performed them all. 

He took 111 shots, (which is 4th highest in La Liga, way behind the top shotter who took 175), and got 56 of those on target, (3rd highest in La Liga), so again, to come out on top of the goals which stats where he's not the top shooter is impressive. 

His shots on target % is down at just above 50%, so he doesn't even make the list, (which only goes down to 20 places and the lowest % is 51%).

Shot conversion however is different and he appears 6th on the list with a really good conversion rate of 26%. Conversion rate is Goals divided by Shots by the way. 

The outlier here is obviously Amade (MOZ)(RSA) * SELL with a whopping 41% conversion rate and some of you might be wondering why I'm selling him, but the truth is simply that as good as he is, (and he really is great), he only made 14(6) appearances in all competitions this season, (scoring 16 goals and creating 4 assists), but he's just not fit often enough and I need a player who is not quite as good but who is going to be fit almost every week. That's not Amade (MOZ)(RSA) * SELL unfortunately. Getting back to (33b) Marcos SELL, he ranks 6th for conversion, (at 26%), and it's that which gives him the advantage over his peers. 

I'd personally like to see stats for left foot goals, right foot goals and headed goals, as well as goals inside and outside the area. 

These are just the injuries for this season, but you can see that he has been available most of the time. 

He's played wide left when he's had to.

His personality is a Leader, but I'm not sure if he's the actual captain. (He is). 

I suppose his performances are more surprising because he's not a Crespo or a Pascual and he's nowhere near as good as them and in addition to that, although Hispalis/Betis won a La Liga title, they did so almost by default and they really aren't one of the big guns like Sevilla were when Crespo played for them or like Chelsea are with Pascual now. Not only is he over-performing, but he's doing so in a smaller team who are also over-performing, and he's also their captain! 

Edited July 26, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2048. 

GK. 

1st Team.

Camara (SEN) 6'2"
(38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON

B Team.

Bakayoko (CIV) 6'2" *

U19's.

(48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10"
(47n) Junior (ESP)(CPV) 6'2"

Loan.

Faty (FRA)(SEN) 6'4"
(36j) Camara (GAM)(ESP) 6'4"
(46p) Villoldo (URU) 6'2"

Sell.

 

Release. 

Edited July 26, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2048. 

DL.

1st Team.

Adeyemi (GER)(NGA) *

2nd Team. 

Saïdi (MAR)(FRA) *

B Team.

Johnson (NGA) *
Tavares (CPV)(POR)

U19's. 

(48e) Alcázar (Res) *
(48d) Pujol (Unamb)
(47h) Espinosa. (Pro)
(48k) Junco. (Unamb)

Loan.

Abubakar (NGA)(ENG) DC 5'11" *
(44d) Eloi (Pro)
(45e) Castro (F.Pro)

Sell.

Yakubu (ENG)(GHA) * SELL
(40i) Asier (Pro) SELL

Release. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2048. 

DR. 

1st Team.

Kitoko (BEL)(COD) *

2nd Team. 

Brossou (CIV) *

B Team. 

(43o) Soldevila (Pro)
(45i) Otero (F.Pro)

U19's.

(46b) Bassey. (NGA)(ESP) Bal
(48n) Hernando. (Bal)

Loan. 

Charles (NGA)(ESP) *
(45o) Vivar. (Fickle)
(44g) Kennedy (SCO)(ESP)(Bal)

Sell.

Release. 

(44f) Fresneda. (Real) SELL

[BML]

16 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Squad Depth. Jun 2048. 

GK. 

1st Team.

Camara (SEN) 6'2"
(38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON

B Team.

Bakayoko (CIV) 6'2" *

U19's.

(48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10"
(47n) Junior (ESP)(CPV) 6'2"

Loan.

Faty (FRA)(SEN) 6'4"
(36j) Camara (GAM)(ESP) 6'4"
(46p) Villoldo (URU) 6'2"

Sell.

 

Release. 

I know for the most part star ratings aren't worth a whole lot, but are you not tempted to chuck in Pedro (L.Heart) over Paradas for AFCON? PA looks the same and a handful of games in January for the first team could really kick start his development, even at 16/17 y/o.

I'm also guessing that no 'real' French cap on the horizon for Faty if he is off out on loan again?

Edited July 27, 2023 by BML

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, BML said:

I know for the most part star ratings aren't worth a whole lot, but are you not tempted to chuck in Pedro (L.Heart) over Paradas for AFCON? PA looks the same and a handful of games in January for the first team could really kick start his development, even at 16/17 y/o.

I'm also guessing that no 'real' French cap on the horizon for Faty if he is off out on loan again?

I know I use star ratings to rank players, but only because there is nothing else really to rank them on, (age, wage, reputation?)

You are completely correct about the value of a few games, but the whole point of an AFCON player was to avoid playing someone who wasn't good enough. 

Compare them and you will see what I mean. 

(48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10" is actually above (38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON on the CA rankings now. 

Would you risk the youngster in the 1st Team at this level? 

In truth although I'm listing (38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON as the 2nd choice 1st Team GK, (and he has AFCON in his nickname), because AFCON happens in Jan when the transfer window is open, I would actually prefer to recall someone else from loan rather than use him. Even if we were to lose Camara (SEN) 6'2" during the season then (38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON still wouldn't play because I would call up Bakayoko (CIV) 6'2" * from the B Team instead. 

(38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON isn't even going to make the bench, (because I use 12 outfield players on the bench). Instead he is just there for in case Camara (SEN) 6'2" gets a knock very close to game day and I'm unable to recall someoen, and where I forget to move Bakayoko (CIV) 6'2" * from B Team to 1st Team and they both play on the same day. (Actually I don't physically  move him. I just need to not remember to select him for the B Team. 

(38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON really is only going to play in a short-term proper emergency and I should be able to plan better than that for AFCON now. 

Faty (FRA)(SEN) 6'4" is going out on loan again simply so that will play 1st Team football. He's currently at the 2048 EURO's with France, but he has a broken hand, (out for 3 more days), but has still been on the bench even with a broken hand. 

I expect him to be capped at some point this year. Assuming he does, then I will look to recall him during AFCON and then send him out again afterwards. 

[Jimbokav1971]

3 hours ago, BML said:

I know for the most part star ratings aren't worth a whole lot, but are you not tempted to chuck in Pedro (L.Heart) over Paradas for AFCON? PA looks the same and a handful of games in January for the first team could really kick start his development, even at 16/17 y/o.

I'm also guessing that no 'real' French cap on the horizon for Faty if he is off out on loan again?

 

41 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I know I use star ratings to rank players, but only because there is nothing else really to rank them on, (age, wage, reputation?)

You are completely correct about the value of a few games, but the whole point of an AFCON player was to avoid playing someone who wasn't good enough. 

Compare them and you will see what I mean. 

(48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10" is actually above (38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON on the CA rankings now. 

Would you risk the youngster in the 1st Team at this level? 

In truth although I'm listing (38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON as the 2nd choice 1st Team GK, (and he has AFCON in his nickname), because AFCON happens in Jan when the transfer window is open, I would actually prefer to recall someone else from loan rather than use him. Even if we were to lose Camara (SEN) 6'2" during the season then (38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON still wouldn't play because I would call up Bakayoko (CIV) 6'2" * from the B Team instead. 

(38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON isn't even going to make the bench, (because I use 12 outfield players on the bench). Instead he is just there for in case Camara (SEN) 6'2" gets a knock very close to game day and I'm unable to recall someoen, and where I forget to move Bakayoko (CIV) 6'2" * from B Team to 1st Team and they both play on the same day. (Actually I don't physically  move him. I just need to not remember to select him for the B Team. 

(38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON really is only going to play in a short-term proper emergency and I should be able to plan better than that for AFCON now. 

Faty (FRA)(SEN) 6'4" is going out on loan again simply so that will play 1st Team football. He's currently at the 2048 EURO's with France, but he has a broken hand, (out for 3 more days), but has still been on the bench even with a broken hand. 

I expect him to be capped at some point this year. Assuming he does, then I will look to recall him during AFCON and then send him out again afterwards. 

Just noticed that of course there are 3 GK's in the French squad, but the 3rd GK is also an African eligible player who is yet to make his French debut. 

ps. In case anyone was interested in the (48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10" v (38l) Paradas 6'1" AFCON debate, here is their comparison page. 

 

[Thebaker]

seems really odd that those 2 GK are rated the same for CA when Paradas's attributes are some way above Pedro's

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, Thebaker said:

seems really odd that those 2 GK are rated the same for CA when Paradas's attributes are some way above Pedro's

That was part of the conversation before remember, when I suggested that (48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10" didn't look like a 1.5 CA player on Intake Day.

I "think" that the problem is that the range is so wide, but I also wonder about that Punching(Tendency) attribute being weighted, (because as it's not how good he is punching, it's how often he punches). 

[BML]

2 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Would you risk the youngster in the 1st Team at this level? 

Not a chance, seeing those stats.

[Thebaker]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

That was part of the conversation before remember, when I suggested that (48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10" didn't look like a 1.5 CA player on Intake Day.

I "think" that the problem is that the range is so wide, but I also wonder about that Punching(Tendency) attribute being weighted, (because as it's not how good he is punching, it's how often he punches). 

i think the 2 footed may be the reason, form also comes into it. I have noticed players in poor form drop stars in ability.

Staff also seem to over estimate the abilty of young players (both CA and PA) and seemingly down play the ability of long serving players.

Edited July 27, 2023 by Thebaker

[Jimbokav1971]

5 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

i think the 2 footed may be the reason, form also comes into it. I have noticed players in poor form drop stars in ability.

Staff also seem to over estimate the abilty of young players (both CA and PA) and seemingly down play the ability of long serving players.

Both footedness deffo an impact. 

I'm personally of the opinion that personality plays a part too. They over-value players with good personalities and under-value players with poor personalities, (although more so with PA than CA). 

[Jimbokav1971]

13 hours ago, BML said:

Not a chance, seeing those stats.

I think that right there shows the danger of relying too much on star ratings. 

Also, (if I may be so bold), attributes rather than stats please.  The incorrect use of those words will likely be the biggest chance of WW3 outside Putin not taking his happy pills. 

[BML]

23 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I think that right there shows the danger of relying too much on star ratings. 

Also, (if I may be so bold), attributes rather than stats please.  The incorrect use of those words will likely be the biggest chance of WW3 outside Putin not taking his happy pills. 

Maybe I was referring to his vital statistics of height and weight...

Nah, blame it on me trying to get a message posted before knocking off for the day and using the wrong term. Duly noted!

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2048. 

DC. 

1st Team.

DLC. Ly (BEL)(SEN) * 6'3"
DC. Haddouche (FRA)(ALG) 6'3"
DRC. Boyer (FRA)(REU) 6'0" *

2nd Team.

DLC. McCarthy (ENG)(GHA) 5'11" *
DC. Odita (NGA)(POR) 6'3" DC *
DRC. Soudant (MAR) DC *
Extra Hamidi (ALG) 5'11"

B Team.

DLC. (40f) Lisco (ITA) (Bal) 6'1"
DC. (45b) Pérez (Driven) 5'10" *
DRC. (39b) Agné 6'4"

B Team 2.

DLC. (42f) Aguza (BIH)(ESP) 6'3" DC
DC. (45d) Gomis (ESP)(SEN) 6'0" *
DRC. (44b) Sert (GER)(TUR) (F.Det)

U19's.

(47g) Gurzeta(F.Pro) DC 5'11"*
Dala (GER)(ANG) 6'6"
(46d) Victor (Bal) 6'2" DC *
(46j) Dickens. (ENG) (Res)
(46g) César. (Unamb+L.Det)

Loan.

Hamidi (ALG) 5'11"
Kaunda (RSA)(ZIM) 6'2" *
Sousa (POR)(STP)
Olawale (NGA) 6'2"
Uzochukwu (NGA) 6'1"
Fonseca (CPV)(POR)
(46o) Murray.(GUY)(ENG) (Real)

Sell.

(37k) Jesús 6'6" SELL
Dabo (SEN)(FRA) 6'0" * SELL
(44e) Conde. (F.Det) 6'0" SELL

Release. 

Edited August 4, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

On 28/07/2023 at 13:19, BML said:

Maybe I was referring to his vital statistics of height and weight...

Nah, blame it on me trying to get a message posted before knocking off for the day and using the wrong term. Duly noted!

Yep, I like that height/weight defence. We'll stick with that.  Not guilty! 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2048. 

MC.

1st Team.

MLC. Saïdi (MAR) *
MRC. Sakanoko 2 (CIV) MC *

2nd Team.

MLC. Lakhsassi (MAR)(FRA) *
MRC. Hamdi (EGY) * 6'2"
Extra. Kouadio (ENG)(CIV) 5'10"

B Team.

MLC. (45c) Fritsche (AUR)(GER)Bal*
MRC. (38i) Iván

B Team 2. 

MLC. Mortotsi (GHA) Saadi (ALG) * 5'7"
MRC. Soma (BFA)

U19's.

(45n) Oliver (F.Pro)
(47b) Vera (Fickle) *
(46e) Baleato. (F.Pro)
(47l) Héctor (F.Det)
(48h) Díaz. (F.Amb)
(48l) Gomis (Bal)
(47m) Juan. (Unamb)

Loan. 

Saadi (ALG) * 5'7"
(42c) Rial 5'7"
Ouattara (CIV)
(42e) Ramos
Georges (MRI)(FRA)
(41b) Gutiérrez (Spirit)
(44a) Juan (Unamb)
(45g) Sergi (Pro)

Sell.

Release. 

(44h) Ayala.(ARG)(ESP) SELL
(44p) McKenzie.(ENG) SELL

Edited August 4, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2048. 

SC.

1st Team.

SLC. Moses (ENG)(NGA) *
SC. Kabamba (BEL)(COD) *
SRC. Guèhi (CIV) *

2nd Team.

SLC. Mensah (ENG)(GHA) *
SC.(29a) Gil
SRC. Awalom (NOR)(ERI)

B Team.

SLC. (46a) De Backer (BEL) Res *
SC. (37c) Castro *
SRC. (45a) Falqué (Unamb+L.Det) *

B Team 2.

SLC. Thalmas (CIV)
SC. Fofana (CIV)
SRC. Quaye (GHA)

U19's.

(47a) Acosta (F.Amb) *
(47f) Mejuto (F.Det)
(46m) Benítez (F.Pro)
(48a) Castañeda (Driven)
(48c) Morales (Pro) *
(47d) Ruiz (Unamb + L.Det) *
(46h) Espinosa. (Unamb+L.Det)
(47j) Funes. (Merc)
(48f) López. (Unamb)
(47i) Hewson.(ENG)(ESP) FLoyal
(47o) Hualde.(Unamb)(ESP)(BAS)
(46l) Prendes. (F.Amb)
(48g) Ballesteros. (F.Pro)

Loan. 

Haruna (GER)(NGA) *
Sylla (GUI) SC *
Talal (MAR) *
Naciri (MAR)
Seye (ESP)(SEN)
(45j) Fumagalli (ITA)(ESP)
Messaoudene (ALG)
Olatunji (NGA)
(43b) Martí (Low Det+Unamb)
Al-Shanqeeti (EGY)
Georges (MRI)(FRA)
(42d) Bernal
(45i) Otero (F.Pro)
(43d) Jiménez (Bal)
(41c) Carlos (Bal)
(46f) Vega. (Bal) SELL
Asante (GHA) SC
(45f) Poveda (FRA)(ESP) Bal
(45l) Javi. (Unamb)
(45h) Contreras. (Real)

Sell.

Salifu (ENG)(GHA) * SELL
Chrisantus (GER)(NGA) * SELL
Amade (MOZ)(RSA) * SELL
(46f) Vega. (Bal) SELL
(45m) Hidalgo. (Bal) SELL

Release. 

(44c) Ferreras. (F.Pro) SELL
(42a) Jorge SELL
(44i) Puig.(ARG)(ESP) SELL
(44k) Neva (Casual) SELL

Edited August 2, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

The Elixir of Youth. Jul 2048. 

I've just seen teh following message advising me about the top goal-scorers in the EURO U19's and though I would click on the winner, and then because of his age I thought I would click on the other players. 

30 year old Micky Singh scored the goal of the tournament. 

30 year old Pascal Heim also scored a direct free-kick. 

33 year old Mael Pasquini rounds out the golden trio of Golden Oldies playing in the U19 EURO's.

[Sonic Youth]

8 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

The Elixir of Youth. Jul 2048. 

I've just seen teh following message advising me about the top goal-scorers in the EURO U19's and though I would click on the winner, and then because of his age I thought I would click on the other players. 

30 year old Micky Singh scored the goal of the tournament. 

30 year old Pascal Heim also scored a direct free-kick. 

33 year old Mael Pasquini rounds out the golden trio of Golden Oldies playing in the U19 EURO's.

That can’t be right?! Is it a bug?

One has 100+ caps, another ~80 and the oldest has 0. Very odd selections.

[Jimbokav1971]

10 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

The Elixir of Youth. Jul 2048. 

I've just seen teh following message advising me about the top goal-scorers in the EURO U19's and though I would click on the winner, and then because of his age I thought I would click on the other players. 

30 year old Micky Singh scored the goal of the tournament. 

30 year old Pascal Heim also scored a direct free-kick. 

33 year old Mael Pasquini rounds out the golden trio of Golden Oldies playing in the U19 EURO's.

 

1 hour ago, Sonic Youth said:

That can’t be right?! Is it a bug?

One has 100+ caps, another ~80 and the oldest has 0. Very odd selections.

I'm not completely sure. I checked the Dream Team for the tournament and all were of the correct age, (no more than 19).

POR were the 1st side I came across and I checked all their players and found no overage players. 

The 3 Nations in question are BEL, AUT & FRA, so next I had a look at them. 

BEL had no overage players in their squad. 
AUT had no overage players in their squad.
FRA had no overage players in their squad. 

The next thing I will do is look for the particular games concerned and see who actually scored the goal in those games. 

BEL U19's v ESP U19's. 18th Jul 2048.
AUT U19's v ESP U19's. 20th Jul 2048. 
FRA U19's v ESP U19's. 23rd Jul 2048. 

ESP U19's played against BEL U19's, but it was a 0-0 so there was no goal-scorer. 
ESP U19's didn't play against either AUT U19's or FRA U19's so the problem appears to be with the Award itself rather than the competition. 

In fact, when I actually check, this is who won the Awards.

The 3rd one is actually one of out players. 

Not sure what is so special about this, (other than the GK assist). 

[Jtomsett11]

Just out of curiosity,  how much do you get for TV rights now you've had consistent finishes near the top? Has it increased at all from the basic £34 million or so split into £17 up front and the rest over the season? Just curious as I'm guaranteed 2nd position with Deportivo in my save having finished 8th in the previous season and wondering if TV money will go up as a result (it didn't change from last season to this season), or whether I'm stuck with horrendously low income!

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, Jtomsett11 said:

Just out of curiosity,  how much do you get for TV rights now you've had consistent finishes near the top? Has it increased at all from the basic £34 million or so split into £17 up front and the rest over the season? Just curious as I'm guaranteed 2nd position with Deportivo in my save having finished 8th in the previous season and wondering if TV money will go up as a result (it didn't change from last season to this season), or whether I'm stuck with horrendously low income!

It's just over £100M I think. Off the top of my head it's approx £30M up front and then rest over the course of the season. 

Let me check though.... Yeah, not too far off. 

£107.6M last season. 
I think £35M pre-season and then the remaining £72M paid in blocks. 
We're in Sep 2048 now and we've received £35M + another £25M.

[Jimbokav1971]

Aug 2048. 

Pre-Season. We play all these friendlies and the only team that beats us is...... our B Team  (and they spank 6 past us). 

La Liga. Of course we should have beaten Racing Santander but we were away from home, it could have been worse we could have lost, Sevilla have already dropped 2 points, Hispalis/Betis have dropped 4 points and Real Madrid have dropped 6 points, so it could have been far worse. We have also been absolutely decimated by injuries to such an extent that there were 5 (FIVE) unfilled spots on the bench against Racing Santander. 

B Team. The B Team have scored 13 goals so far and 12 of them have been scored by Academy products. I tried to go with the rule that only Academy products were able to start B Team games, but couldn't stick to that at left back. 

Goal-scoring GK's. Camara (SEN) 6'2" was injured in pre-season so hasn't played yet. Bakayoko (CIV) 6'2" * HGC was promoted from the B Team to cover for him, but has also been playing for the B Team when their games were on different days. (They are often played at the same time on the same day). (48b) Pedro (L.Heart) * 5'10" came into the B Team to cover for him twice and is off the mark with his 1st career goal. 

 

 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Summer Transfer Window. Sep 2048. 

I don't know about anyone else, but I find it really annoying that transfers that are done on the day that the transfer window opens, (and shortly after), are included on last seasons transfer list. Combine the season with the transfer date ffs! (Actually I don't know if that's even possible, but it's still annoying). 

We sold 1 player for £35.5M (plus some pretty big add-ons), and then generated approx £1.27M in loan fees all before the season ticked over to this season. 

Amade (MOZ)(RSA) * SELL was amazing for us when he played, but he just didn't play enough and approaching his 30th birthday it made sense to sell him for WAY more than we paid for him. 

We sold £92M worth of players, (to go with the £35M from the end of last season), bringing us to £127M in player sales, (and we haven't brought anyone in at all in this window.... for the 1st time ever I think). 

We also brought in another £6.25M in loan fees in. 

We've currently got 36 players out on loan.  

Edited August 6, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Sonic Youth]

15 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

 

I'm not completely sure. I checked the Dream Team for the tournament and all were of the correct age, (no more than 19).

POR were the 1st side I came across and I checked all their players and found no overage players. 

The 3 Nations in question are BEL, AUT & FRA, so next I had a look at them. 

BEL had no overage players in their squad. 
AUT had no overage players in their squad.
FRA had no overage players in their squad. 

The next thing I will do is look for the particular games concerned and see who actually scored the goal in those games. 

BEL U19's v ESP U19's. 18th Jul 2048.
AUT U19's v ESP U19's. 20th Jul 2048. 
FRA U19's v ESP U19's. 23rd Jul 2048. 

ESP U19's played against BEL U19's, but it was a 0-0 so there was no goal-scorer. 
ESP U19's didn't play against either AUT U19's or FRA U19's so the problem appears to be with the Award itself rather than the competition. 

In fact, when I actually check, this is who won the Awards.

The 3rd one is actually one of out players. 

Not sure what is so special about this, (other than the GK assist). 

Weird to find the news blurb containing players not involved at all. Excellent to find that one of your players actually made the list, with a GK assist no less  

Acosta if he fulfills his potential could become a very interesting player.

[Jimbokav1971]

16 hours ago, Sonic Youth said:

Weird to find the news blurb containing players not involved at all. Excellent to find that one of your players actually made the list, with a GK assist no less  

Acosta if he fulfills his potential could become a very interesting player.

Yeah, I'm liking the look of (47a) Acosta (F.Amb) * and he is already impacting the B Team. 

7.44 is a good avg rating. 
Already beady xG and xA.
45% of shots on target.
17% of headers won, (because I want to change the type of player we're using up front). 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2048. 

La Liga. We should have beaten Valencia, but we might have lost late on so in the end I was just happy not to have lost. We sit 1 point behind Real Madrid but we have a game in hand. Ourselves, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Atletico and Hispalis/Betis remain unbeaten, but some have drawn more than others. 

Central striker role. You can see the problem with the AF(a) role, so I have started dabbling with the DLF (a) role while leaving both wide attacking roles, (which are working really well), as PF(a).

I don't particularly like having all 3 roles on attack duty, but it was 3 on (a) duty before I started looking at it so I'm trying not let it gnaw at me too much. 

UEFA Champions League. We battered Rangers with our 2nd Team but they with all the injuries we've got we weren't strong enough to get the win at Arsenal despite winning the xG battle 1.18 to 3.60. 

B Team. We played well against Granada, but haven't played well since. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2048.

La Liga. We're unbeaten in the league again this month, but we dropped 2 more points. Despite that we're now 4 points clear of Barca in 2nd place. Sevilla are now the only other unbeaten side in the league. The Malaga game was memorable for a GK hat-trick and the Albacete game for 3 goals scored on or after the 90th min. 

Kabamba (BEL)(COD) * had been struggling with his performances as our central striker in the AF(a) role, but you can see that by swapping him to the DLF(a) it yielded immediate results. He scored 5 goals in his 1st 4 games as a DLF(a), but since then has struggled again. 

I changed the duties on the wide attackers from (a) to (s) for the Atletico game, (because we were really weak after more injuries), and we got a good win and then sneaked another win the following game against Albacete with an even weaker line-up. I haven't decided if I'm going to stick with this yet, but I think it's needed while we're struggling with bodies, (especially up front). 

UEFA Champions League. We didn't deserve to win this game. I'm not really sure why we're so weak in Europe in recent seasons. 

B Team. We've been great going forward, but not so great at defending. I'm sure we will improve as the season develops. If we can stay in contention I'm hoping that we'll be really strong come the end of the season. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

 

 

 

 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Goal 50. Nov 2048.

We only have 1 of our current players on the list. 

There are however a few of our ex players you might recognise on the list. 

#2 is our old Academy product (33d) Pascual (ESP)(BAS) 6'4" who always scores against us. He's a proper player and even if he became available for transfer, his £1.3M in wages per month would be a big obstacle to overcome. 

#3 is Britto (CIV)(MLI) * and I don't think I fully appreciated quite how good he was going to become when he was with us. We made £39M+ profit on him so I'm not complaining, but I don't think he was ever even 1st choice for us. He made 19(15) appearances the 1st season and 10(7) appearances the 2nd season before being sold in Jan. 

#24 is Tavares (POR)(GNB) * SELL and I knew exactly how good he was. It was simply a case of us making sure we made a profit on him, (£20M) with 12 months left on his contract. 

I expected more than 3 if I'm honest. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2048. 

La Liga. I don't feel we're hitting top form yet, but we're still too good got our league opposition at the moment. 3 more wins take us 7 points clear and although this month doesn't look anything special, each of the clubs we beat had only previously lost 1 league game this season, so it gives us an added buffer. 

UEFA Champions League. It's taken a while, (a long while), but we're finally starting to perform in the Champions League. We're up to 9th in whatever this shambles of a Champions League system now is, and with some favourable games on the horizon, (albeit away), we should continue to make progress. 

B Team. We've not been in great form in LaLiga2, but we still sit in 4th and are in contention 

Super-Sub. You might have noticed that Fofana (CIV) has scored some late goals this month, 58th and 80th min against Numancia, 85th min against Real Madrid B and 90+5th min and 90+6th min against Coruna. In fact he's scored 11 goals in 0(17) appearances this season, (yes that's right). He hasn't started a single game and has still scored double figure goals before December. 

What I particularly like is that we have 2 players at the top of the scoring chart who are effectively playing in the same position. 

(37c) Castro * starts every game and is doing well for us. 

Fofana (CIV) is coming off the bench in every game and is doing even better. The plan is to not start him in a single game all season and see how many goals he scores. I've had a look and the goals he has scored this season have been scored in the following mins. 

58
74
80
85
86
90
90+1
90+2
90+5
90+6

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances. 

Edited August 7, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

AFCON 2049 call-ups. 

Faty (FRA)(SEN) 6'4" has swapped from FRA to SEN again. 

He was capped 19 times by FRA U21's.

Then he was capped once by FRA in a friendly. 

Then he went to the last AFCON with SEN, (but didn't play). 

Then he went to the World Cup with FRA, (but didn't play).

Now he's going to his 2nd AFCON with SEN. 

Camara (SEN) 6'2" is the SEN 1st choice GK, but if I was the SEN manager then I would just play Faty (FRA)(SEN) 6'4" in 1 competitive game just to get him secured as a SEN player. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2048. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Awards. Dec 2048. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2048. 

La Liga. I don't mind the draw at home to Barca because we're still unbeaten and 7 points clear at the top of the table. 

UEFA Champions League. Our goof form in Europe continues, (after a slow start), but of course (33d) Pascual (ESP)(BAS) 6'4" scored their goal. 

B Team. We're starting to hit form in the B Team and are now just 4 points off top of the table Coruna. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

 

Finances. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by Jimbokav1971