lfds89 Posted April 26, 2023 Author Share Posted April 26, 2023 Em 14/03/2023 em 21:40, LazgoNNO2000 disse: you manage to get Sertanense Promoted to Terceira Liga next season is going be Segunda Liga It did happen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 Acknowledgments Before starting season 3, I would like to give you some context on this story and acknowledge some people I feel inspired by. I have been through a bit of a rough phase in my personal life (my life IRL, not "Jacinto Leal"), and reading everybody's stories in this forum and playing FM while writing about it, has let me take my mind off bad things and helped me on my recovery. I'm in a better place now and I'm having fun doing this. Thanks to @_Ben_, @MattyLewis11, @SixPointer, @GIMN, @13th Man and so many others who share how they play the game and their stories and you all have inspired me. Now, back to the story. Third Season – 2024/2025 Season Preview, Board Expectations and Budgets We are now in 3 competitions: Liga 2, Taça de Portugal and Allianz Cup (League Cup) Gladly, the president doesn’t expect much. The media is not particularly in our favour as well. It doesn’t look pretty for us. But we are still in the market and the odds will change. Although the president isn’t expecting much from us, he still believes in a big paycheck, I assume. When the budgets were first set-up, I instantly changed them. We had over 200k of wage budget, while we were only spending around 50k (after promotion and yearly wage rises). Right now, I decided to settle on 80k and we’ll see if this changes as the season goes on. The transfer budget should not be taken into account as I don’t intend to spend not even 10%. I just don’t want the talk of us having a lot of wage budget or else agent’s will gladly ask for better offers for their players. Some of the value from the transfer budget will probably move to the scouting budget, but I’ll adapt as the season goes. New Staff As previously stated, the backroom staff was going through some changes and since we were promoted, the president allowed us to get more members in the team. We placed adverts and got some decent results. Coaching Team For someone who just got to this level, I believe we are doing very well. New arrivals are: Timmy Simons, former PSV player, with 95 caps to his name on the Belgium national team. He is a model citizen which was the reason to sign him along with all his experience. He’ll be my new assistant manager. Nuno Piloto, former Académica player (when they were a tier-1 team). Fairly professional and capable across the board on the training. He’ll be a coach. Recruitment Team We are also doing very well on this front. Jacek Kulig, who had been working with Famalicão. He has a vast knowledge of European players which might help us get some targets and he’s fairly determined. He’s our scout. Grégory Lecointre, a 26-year-old recruitment analyst, just starting his career. He’s fairly professional. Medical Team Although the bars seem a bit low, we are in fact 3rd best in both categories. Marco Alves, 43, is our new head physio. He was working in Poland before. I would’ve preferred someone with a bit more people management skills, but his physiotherapy knowledge is too good to exclude him. Along with him came Ana Alves (I suppose they are not related), 30 as a physio. As you can see, one of the most important aspects of this recruitment was the personality, second their ability to do their jobs, then their experience/knowledge. First Transfer Update We also have some news regarding the playing squad. Last time I went through the team, this is what was going through my mind: Citar Need: 1 backup/starter CM, 1 backup ST, 1 starter RW, 1 starter CB Improve: 1 starter LB, starter LW?, starter GK? We didn’t get any of the targets we set on that post, but I think we are doing well. André Lacximixant, 23, can play all 3 positions upfront and CAM. Similar player to Gonçalo Cabral, one year younger and 5 cm taller. He’ll be our first option as IF-S or A on the right but he can also be a backup for Karamoko. Here’s the comparison with Gonçalo Cabral: Edu Pinheiro, 26, is mostly DM but can also play CM. He’ll most likely start alongside Madeira and Castro. Way taller than Mendes which will help on aerial duels, and physically way better, more aggressive and brave. He mostly loses on set-piece delivery, but we got it covered with other players. Then we got 3 players on loan, 2 of them without the cost of their wages. First, our new starter LB, Pedro Martins. An attack-minded full-back who left for Länk with Driven personality. He can also play as LW which might be useful. They are a world apart: Then, as we needed CB, I went for Hugo, 17, as Vizela allowed him to come on loan with an Impact Sub status. He isn’t great, but if I get a starter CB, Dénis Martins drops to 4th CB and he’s earning to much to not even sit on the bench. Then, as we got the Sporting affiliation, I wanted to use it and got Samuel Justo, 20. He also came with no costs and with Impact Sub status. He’s here for depth and he can offer some speed from deep which might be interesting in some games. He also has a driven personality which helps the team. Right now, my focus is on a starting CB. We have offers for 3 players: Nuca, 26, from Fafe (Tier 3). 25k transfer fee and Daniel Andrade (LB) in exchange. He wants 3,9k/month which would be our highest wage (Karamoko is 3,7k). Miguel Rodrigues, 31, from Oliveira do Hospital (Tier 3). 17k transfer fee, he wants 2,5k/month, but he’s 31. Levi Faustino, 22, from Porto B. 38k + 43k in installments; 3,7k wage. Can also play RB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 First Friendlies I didn’t take full responsibility for the schedule and I need to pay more attention next time. We had a 2 games to gain fitness, then a difficult test against Fenerbahçe where we got a surprise win and we lost to Oviedo 2 days before an official match. I needed that test against Oviedo, but couldn’t risk playing my first-team with just 1 day to recover. Regarding the Fenerbahçe game and testing a new visual, here are the stats for the game: [Friendly] vs Fenerbahçe (H) Final Score: 2-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 58 – 75 51 – 50 3 – 2 0,38 – 1,24 2 – 5 59 – 41 Individual Highlights Goals Bastian, Denilson Assists J Castro, L Madeira Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Denilson 7,7 Denilson 4 Bastian 2 Bastian 7,6 F Pereira 3 Denilson 1 L Madeira 7,2 Ruster 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Ruster 0,1 D Novais 3 Denilson 2 Fabian 0,1 G Gomes 2 J Castro 2 L Ferreira 0,1 Bastian 2 L Madeira 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Denilson 0,2 Bastian 8 G Gomes 3 J Castro 0,1 L Ferreira 7 Miccoli 2 Hugo 5 Ruster 2 Allianz Cup First Phase – vs Trofense (A) This will be the first official game of the season. Oh… Thanks… We have to prove them wrong. Rules for this competition require at least 2 u-21 Portuguese players in the starting eleven: Hugo will get a start, the other one is Madeira. We will play our 4-3-3 in line with attacking LWB and RIF. They are also playing a 4-3-3 but they are playing a DM. The first half starts slow and is a bit uninteresting. Karamoko scores but it’s disallowed for offside. However, we do end up with more shots and both their full backs are on yellows. The second half almost starts with our goal. Tiago Melo with a brilliant interception from a clearance, shoots from outside the box, and scores. We keep control of the game, then we make some substitutions to keep players fresh and Ruster who had come in in the 83rd minute creates 2 goals. The first one scored by Castro, the second by Lacx (I won’t write his full name every single time, sorry about that). They have a goal disallowed on 90+1. We win, very clearly. 3-0! “To whom it may concern...” [Allianz Cup First Phase] vs Trofense (A) Final Score: 3-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 61 – 52 54 – 28 7 – 0 2,14 – 0,73 4 – 3 50 – 50 Individual Highlights Goals T Melo, J Castro, Lacx Assists Ruster (x2) Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Ruster 8,9 T Melo 6 Lacx 3 T Melo 8,2 P Martins 2 T Melo 1 P Martins 7,7 L Madeira 2 Hugo 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Lacx 0,8 P Martins 11 T Melo 3 J Castro 0,5 T Melo 7 Ruster 2 Bastian 0,3 L Ferreira 5 P Mendes 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Ruster 1,0 L Ferreira 6 Lacx 3 P Mendes 0,4 L Madeira 5 Denilson 3 T Melo 0,2 Hugo 3 Karamoko 2 The second phase is against Casa Pia (Tier 1), also a knockout round, then it’s a league phase with 3 teams in each group. It would be great to get to the group stage as there is always a strong team in there which will lead to good gate and TV revenues. Tactics for the season These will be my starting 3 tactics for the season in no particular order. Very similar but achieving different goals and attacking on different places. 4-3-3 no DM, RIF and LWB on attack. When I want to play wider and potentially exploit a LB weakness and use the P Martins – Lacx connection. 4-3-3 DM with RCM on attack. To be used mostly against 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1. Might change the distribution to playmaker when playing against 2 ST. 4-3-3 no DM, all in support Allianz Cup Second Phase – vs Casa Pia (H) They are a first-tier team, where they finished 9th last season. They play a 4-2-3-1. The game starts and they are playing a center-back as a striker. They have 4 strikers available, however. We begin very strong and score 2 goals in the first 7 minutes. We keep controlling the game but give them a big chance and they score. The first half ends 2-1, we have 9 shots on target from a total of 11, accumulated xG of 0,94. We start the second half with another goal, this time a direct FK from Tiago Melo. But then, we lose control of the game and they score in the same minute and another one 4 minutes after. It’s now 3-3 with 30 minutes to play. In the 72nd minute they score, I almost lost all hope, but it was gladly disallowed. We keep playing toe-to-toe and eventually Gonçalo Gomes, who had come in, scored. At the last minute… Penalty! We score, it's 5-3, and we are through! [Allianz Cup Second Phase] vs Casa Pia (H) Final Score: 5-3 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 56 – 44 49 – 38 16 – 5 2,62 – 0,70 6 – 2 60 – 40 Individual Highlights Goals Lacx, Denilson, T Melo, G Gomes and P Mendes (pen) Assists T Melo (x2) and Ruster Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target T Melo 8,8 Lacx 6 L Madeira 3 Lacx 7,8 L Madeira 4 J Castro 3 G Gomes 7,4 J Castro 3 Karamoko 3 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,8 P Martins 8 J Castro 4 P Mendes 0,8 L Ferreira 6 T Melo 3 T Melo 0,2 T Melo 5 L Madeira 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles L Madeira 0,4 Edu P 7 Lacx 4 J Castro 0,3 L Ferreira 5 J Castro 2 Denilson 0,3 P Martins 5 P Martins 2 I have to talk about 3 players who were wonderful in both games: Tiago Melo, Ruster and Lacx. Tiago Melo is a right-back and has 2 goals and 2 assists; Ruster was subbed in and has 3 assists; Lacx scored in both games and most dribbles in both games. On the bad side is Karamoko. He started last season very slow and eventually improved his performances. Will that happen again? Right now he has an average rating of 6,40 and in this game he accumulated 0,8 xG without scoring. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 On 29/04/2023 at 00:48, lfds89 said: Acknowledgments Before starting season 3, I would like to give you some context on this story and acknowledge some people I feel inspired by. I have been through a bit of a rough phase in my personal life (my life IRL, not "Jacinto Leal"), and reading everybody's stories in this forum and playing FM while writing about it, has let me take my mind off bad things and helped me on my recovery. I'm in a better place now and I'm having fun doing this. Thanks to @_Ben_, @MattyLewis11, @SixPointer, @GIMN, @13th Man and so many others who share how they play the game and their stories and you all have inspired me. Now, back to the story. I’m glad to hear the FM has helped take your mind of things and helped you feel better. I only really started documenting my saves on the forum due to struggling with anxiety for many years. I found the forum a great escape and while i consider myself cured now I still value what this forum bring to us all! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ben_ Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 On 28/04/2023 at 23:48, lfds89 said: Acknowledgments Before starting season 3, I would like to give you some context on this story and acknowledge some people I feel inspired by. I have been through a bit of a rough phase in my personal life (my life IRL, not "Jacinto Leal"), and reading everybody's stories in this forum and playing FM while writing about it, has let me take my mind off bad things and helped me on my recovery. I'm in a better place now and I'm having fun doing this. Thanks to @_Ben_, @MattyLewis11, @SixPointer, @GIMN, @13th Man and so many others who share how they play the game and their stories and you all have inspired me. I appreciate the shout-out and I've been very inspired by your save. I think we share a very similar approach to playing the game and I will continue to support this thread throughout. Good luck for the season ahead - how do you think you'll fair? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) Thanks, @SixPointer! The mind is a mysterious and very powerful machine. We all have our stories. Writing some of them down, even if fictional like this, seems to help. Glad it also helped you! @_Ben_, it's quite difficult to tell. Overall, I believe the quality of my players is still a bit far from the competition, but I also think the squad as a whole is more complete than some of the others. I was also expecting these two first games to be very difficult and we have done very well. Squad comparison inside FM doesn't help much because I'm keeping many youngsters on the first team and my averages become terrible, but I'll try and find a way to compare. Maybe through top-5 players in some attributes or something. Let's see. I have this week off and expect to have some time to play (and write). Edit: Here it is, the comparison between every team in the league in a choice of attributes: Top 5 Sum Name Prediction Drb Fir Pas Tec Ant Cnt Dec Jmp Pac Str TEC MEN PHY Average Rank Académico de Viseu 10th 68 64 63 68 66 67 63 78 67 73 66 65 73 68 10 Alverca SAD 14th 68 68 66 67 67 72 65 71 71 68 67 68 70 68 6 Benfica B 71 69 67 71 63 61 65 74 70 68 70 63 71 68 8 CDEA 1st 71 63 65 70 70 68 62 74 74 67 67 67 72 68 4 Feirense 6th 66 63 66 65 67 62 62 71 73 67 65 64 70 66 13 Leixões 9th 68 62 63 68 66 67 66 74 70 71 65 66 72 68 11 Mafra 13th 65 63 65 69 67 63 64 70 71 65 66 65 69 66 13 Marítimo 2nd 69 69 70 74 69 69 64 70 71 68 71 67 70 69 2 Nacional 5th 65 69 65 68 66 65 72 73 71 70 67 68 71 68 4 Penafiel 7th 67 70 67 69 66 65 63 77 70 71 68 65 73 69 3 Porto B 69 73 70 72 64 60 64 68 70 61 71 63 66 67 12 Rio Ave 4th 67 67 69 71 67 67 64 69 73 67 69 66 70 68 7 Sertanense 16th 62 61 61 66 60 62 63 71 66 65 63 62 67 64 17 Tondela 3rd 68 66 67 67 70 62 65 75 71 67 67 66 71 68 9 Trofense 12th 64 64 63 66 67 60 62 72 69 73 64 63 71 66 15 Varzim 11th 62 62 65 65 62 63 62 73 67 71 64 62 70 65 16 Vilafranquense 8th 68 71 72 69 69 66 73 74 72 67 70 69 71 70 1 Vitória de Setúbal 15th 64 61 59 66 60 63 59 64 65 60 63 61 63 62 18 Sertanense Rank 17 17 17 14 17 13 11 11 17 15 17 17 16 17 It will be a long season if this indicates anything. Edited May 1, 2023 by lfds89 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 The First Games of the League Way better than expected, that’s for sure. With a bit of luck as well, but we played very well on these games. Expect to see more of the same as the season goes on. The screens for each game: [Liga 2] vs Rio Ave (A) Final Score: 4-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 50 – 84 52 – 36 7 – 6 1,60 – 2,08 6 – 5 57 – 43 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko, L Madeira, Ruster, Denilson Assists Lacx, Edu P, Miccoli, L Madeira Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Madeira 8,3 Denilson 5 Denilson 2 Edu P 7,6 T Melo 3 Karamoko 2 Karamoko 7,4 P Martins 3 Cassamá 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Denilson 0,7 P Martins 4 L Madeira 4 Ruster 0,3 L Faustino 2 Miccoli 2 L Madeira 0,3 J Castro 2 Lacx 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles L Madeira 0,3 Edu P 9 T Melo 2 Miccoli 0,3 L Faustino 8 Denilson 2 Edu P 0,3 L Ferreira 6 L Madeira 2 [Liga 2] vs Ac Viseu (H) Final Score: 1-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 82 – 24 67 – 32 8 – 1 1,78 – 0,45 3 – 2 67 – 33 Individual Highlights Goals Denilson Assists T Melo Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target J Castro 7,7 P Martins 3 Lacx 2 D Júnior 7,6 J Castro 3 Denilson 2 T Melo 7,6 Edu P 3 D Andrade 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Denilson 0,5 T Melo 6 J Castro 7 Ruster 0,4 Edu P 5 L Madeira 3 Lacx 0,2 L Ferreira 3 Lacx 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles J Castro 0,5 L Ferreira 12 J Castro 3 T Melo 0,5 Edu P 10 Ruster 2 L Madeira 0,4 L Faustino 8 Lacx 1 [Liga 2] vs Leixões (A) Final Score: 2-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 55 – 165 51 – 55 6 – 2 1,30 – 0,78 3 – 1 45 – 55 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko (x2) Assists Miccoli Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 9,2 Ruster 5 Karamoko 4 Miccoli 7,2 P Martins 4 S Justo 1 D Andrade 7,0 L Faustino 3 T Melo 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,0 L Faustino 4 Miccoli 3 Lacx 0,1 L Ferreira 3 J Castro 2 L Ferreira 0,1 Karamoko 3 Karamoko 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Miccoli 0,7 P Martins 6 Ruster 3 Ruster 0,2 L Ferreira 5 Karamoko 2 Karamoko 0,1 Ruster 4 J Castro 2 Along with these results came my first Manager of the Month Award The next 3 games: Final Transfer Window Update & Wage Structure News from the last update? We decided to go for Levi Faustino, mostly due to his age. And we also managed to get João Pedro on loan from Vitória de Guimarães. He had 15 goals in 24 matches last season on tier 4, provides an aerial threat with his height and jumping, while not losing much on pace to Karamoko; lacks bravery, concentration and anticipation. He’s only on 275 €/month and with a squad player status. Taking into account the comparison between our team and the rest of the league, I have some concerns regarding the quality of my team (although the results show a different reality). Following ThrowingCopperFM’s post: (https://dictatethegame.com/implementing-a-wage-structure-transfer-policy-in-football-manager/) I have defined a wage budget of 80k. Important + Star Players 4 is the recommended number, but since I’m changing tiers, I need some versatility on this until I can settle. I'm happy as long as the spending is under the limit. Name Best Pos Age Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Levi Faustino D (R) 23 3,5 3 700,00 € €170 Ricardo Morais - Acquaintance 24/7/2024 30/6/2028 €22K - €170K Important Player Luís Ferreira D (C) 23 3,5 3 000,00 € €110 César Rodrigues - Very Close 26/6/2023 30/6/2026 €55K - €100K Star Player Edu Pinheiro DM 26 3 2 600,00 € €120 Fábio Rodrigues - Acquaintance 10/7/2024 30/6/2027 €110K - €190K Important Player Luís Madeira M (C) 21 3,5 2 600,00 € €95 Leandro Carvalho - Very Close 15/2/2024 30/6/2026 €7K - €240K Important Player João Castro AM (C) 23 3,5 3 200,00 € €120 Leandro Santos - Very Close 1/7/2023 30/6/2026 €12K - €85K Important Player Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) 22 4 3 700,00 € €140 Alejandro Vega - Very Close 22/6/2023 30/6/2026 €7K - €130K Important Player Wage Sum 18 800,00 € Total Allowed 24 000,00 € 6 Max 4 6 000,00 € All of these are most likely starters through all season and the best players I have, so I have no concerns here. Regular Starters We don’t have many players with this status still, Pedro Mendes will soon have to drop and I’m expecting some players from the category below to be “upgraded”. Name Best Pos Age Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Pedro Martins AM (L) 23 3,5 1 800,00 € €120 - - Close 9/7/2024 1/7/2025 €6K - €18K Regular Starter Pedro Mendes M (C) 30 2 1 600,00 € €65 Tiago Queirós - Very Close 20/8/2023 30/6/2026 €6K - €30K Regular Starter Denilson AM (L) 24 3 2 500,00 € €90 Mojammel Hossain - Very Close 3/11/2023 30/6/2026 €9K - €50K Regular Starter Wage Sum 5 900,00 € Total Allowed 24 000,00 € 3 Max 7 3 428,57 € Backups Name Best Pos Age Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Daniel Azevedo GK 26 3 1 500,00 € €70 Diogo Francisco - Very Close 7/1/2024 30/6/2026 €7K - €50K Cup Goalkeeper Daniel Júnior GK 26 2,5 900,00 € €40 Miguel Serra - Very Close 14/7/2024 30/6/2026 €1K - €7K Backup Hugo D (C) 17 2,5 0,00 € €70 Diogo Francisco - Very Close 4/7/2024 1/7/2025 €140K - €1,4M Impact Sub Filipe Pereira D (R) 23 2,5 1 400,00 € €55 - - Very Close 3/1/2024 30/6/2025 €1,5K - €24K Squad Player Bastian D (C) 27 2,5 2 100,00 € €90 José Araújo - Very Close 15/2/2024 30/6/2026 €7K - €40K Squad Player Tiago Melo AM (R) 27 3 3 000,00 € €150 Diogo Francisco - Very Close 31/1/2024 30/6/2026 €35K - €210K Squad Player Daniel Andrade D (L) 24 2 1 200,00 € €70 - - Very Close 4/8/2023 30/6/2025 €500 - €7K Squad Player Daniel Novais M (L) 23 2 650,00 € €35 - - Very Close 22/8/2023 30/6/2025 €1K - €14K Emergency Backup Isidro Correia D (L) 17 1,5 600,00 € €40 - - Close 19/7/2024 30/6/2026 €500 - €5K Future Prospect Miccoli M (C) 26 2,5 2 400,00 € €100 Vasco Matos - Very Close 6/1/2024 30/6/2026 €14K - €100K Squad Player Samuel Justo M (C) 20 3 0,00 € €850 Vasco Matos - Acquaintance 13/7/2024 1/7/2025 €300K - €2,9M Impact Sub Herculano Cassamá AM (R) 17 2 1 500,00 € €80 Miguel Serra - Very Close 23/7/2024 30/6/2027 €0 - €40K Impact Sub Ruster AM (L) 28 3 3 600,00 € €130 Leandro Carvalho - Very Close 12/7/2023 30/6/2026 €14K - €75K Squad Player Gonçalo Gomes AM (L) 23 2,5 2 400,00 € €180 - - Very Close 10/1/2024 30/6/2026 €6K - €90K Fringe Player Lacx ST (C) 23 3,5 2 300,00 € €300 Vasco Matos - Close 1/7/2024 30/6/2026 €24K - €350K Fringe Player João Pedro ST (C) 22 3,5 275,00 € €250 Silas da Silva Oliveira - Own Player 27/8/2024 27/5/2025 €0 - €70K Squad Player Wage Sum 23 825,00 € Total Allowed 24 000,00 € 16 Max 11 2 181,82 € This is the most concerning part: Daniel Azevedo, Tiago Melo and Lacx have a backup status although they are first choices. That’s easy to solve, but I should expect to have to offer a new contract to reflect the new status. Ruster is a problem. Only important players earn more than him and he doesn’t come from a good season. He’s starting to play better, and I think the change to the right side of the pitch helped him, but he needs to do much better if he wants to stay here on this wages. Isidro is still a youngster who already has a contract and couldn't loan him out. I've also tried to loan Novais with no success. He isn't on high wages so I'll keep him until January but he'll most likely leave then (his contract expires this season, so either that or he leaves on the end of contract). Youth I won’t post the table for them, but they are well behind the structure, so no cause for a deep analysis. They have 10% allowed which corresponds to 8k. Summary With the expected changes, we will have 6 + 5 + 12 (without Isidro and Novais). Not ideal, but since we are transitioning and need a way better squad, most of these statuses will have some pressure to change quickly. I’ll have to make this change as slow as I can so I don’t disrupt the whole squad. Also, the wage budget will also likely have to increase, as you can see from the image below we are way too far from the other teams in this league. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Scouting Setup In the past seasons we didn’t have much to do in scouting and could gather much data to work with, but this season I think we’ll be able to do something a bit more organised. I’ll try to do this a bit like Monchi. First, some focus on populating the datasheets and getting to know the world; then going into detail. So, I decided to set 4 recruitment foci for the first 6 months of the season: All Positions, Liga 2, Under 25; All Positions, Liga 3, Under 25; All Positions, Under 23 competition; All Positions, CNP (Tier 4), Under 25. Liga 2 Points Requirement Looking into the last 2 seasons, relegation was granted for every team with 33 or fewer points (almost 1 ppg). Promotion is a 55+ race (1,62 ppg), although in the first season 3rd and 4th tied with 55 and last season 55 would only grant 6th place. Right now we need a midway point. I don’t think it will come to this, but I think if we had the chance to get promoted again, I would probably purposefully bottle it. We need some stability to work and build a platform to keep us stable at this point or above. Summer World Transfers Portugal England France Germany Italy Spain The most valuable players in the world: I know goals and assists don’t tell all, but some are weird: Martinelli has a 27-2-3 (games-goals-assists) and a 22-4-2 seasons; Chiesa has 27-9-4 and 34-5-7 and Kvicha has 38-10-3 and 37-13-6. And top-15 in reputation are: Matchdays 04, 05 and 06 One win and 2 goalless draws. In the middle of the league games, we had a fun friendly. [Liga 2] vs Marítimo (H) Final Score: 5-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 81 – 19 61 – 17 9 – 2 3,47 – 0,17 7 – 0 62 – 38 Individual Highlights Goals Denilson, J Castro (pen), Karamoko (x2+ pen) Assists Denilson (x2) Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 9,8 Denilson 4 Karamoko 4 Denilson 9,6 Miccoli 3 Lacx 2 D Azevedo 7,6 Karamoko 2 J Castro 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,7 L Faustino 4 Denilson 5 J Castro 0,8 L Madeira 4 Miccoli 4 Denilson 0,4 P Martins 4 Lacx 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Denilson 1,0 L Ferreira 14 T Melo 2 Miccoli 0,3 P Martins 7 F Pereira 2 Karamoko 0,1 L Faustino 5 J Castro 2 [Liga 2] vs Penafiel (A) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 75 – 52 57 – 22 4 – 4 0,81 – 0,72 2 – 0 64 – 36 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Ferreira 7,6 P Martins 5 T Melo 1 D Azevedo 7,3 Lacx 3 L Madeira 1 L Faustino 7,3 J Castro 3 G Gomes 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,4 L Faustino 6 J Castro 3 G Gomes 0,2 T Melo 5 Karamoko 2 L Madeira 0,1 L Ferreira 5 L Madeira 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles T Melo 0,2 L Ferreira 19 P Martins 3 Miccoli 0,2 L Faustino 8 Lacx 2 J Castro 0,1 T Melo 6 G Gomes 2 [Liga 2] vs Mafra (H) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 131 – 66 61 – 16 4 – 2 1,06 – 0,19 2 – 0 59 – 41 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Hugo 7,6 Denilson 6 Ruster 1 D Azevedo 7,2 F Pereira 3 Hugo 1 Denilson 7,1 Karamoko 3 Denilson 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,4 Hugo 5 D Andrade 3 Miccoli 0,2 F Pereira 4 Denilson 3 Ruster 0,2 Karamoko 3 L Madeira 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles P Martins 0,2 Hugo 13 Denilson 3 Miccoli 0,2 L Ferreira 7 F Pereira 2 L Madeira 0,2 L Madeira 4 J Castro 2 The league table looks good for us. Remember, our first goal is not to get relegated, so near 34 points. We have 14 already (41%). Next games are not easy: Benfica in the League Cup, Merelinense in the Portuguese Cup and Benfica B in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 New contract The president is happy with us and offered me a new 3-year contract. I’m on 5k/month and his first offer is 6k. The second lowest wage in the league is the Varzim manager with 7,75k. I tried to level with that, but the most I got was 6,5k and an increase in non-relegation bonus. It also includes a 15% increase in promotion. The only attribute that changed over the course of the last year was Player Knowledge. Increase by 1. Reputation is also still at 2,5 start (Minimal). Will soon look into upgrading my coaching licence. Probably will apply in January. First International Players No, not full internationals, but 2 of my players (one of them homegrown) have been called-up to the U19s of their country. Very proud of them! Some More Games Played Quite successful in both cup games, although I expected a bigger margin against Merelinense. One more draw in the league. We are having some trouble finding our way to the goal in the last matches. This is the third consecutive league game we don’t score; it is however our fourth consecutive match without conceding. Against Benfica, I never thought we could get a decent result. My bad… But my players proved me wrong. I switched most of the team and we were losing 4-0 until the 68th minute. Then they fell asleep and we took our chances. Great display by Cassamá and João Pedro. They won their place for the game against Merelinense where they both scored and due to an injury to Karamoko and Lacx still being out, they both played against Benfica B, this time to no effect. [Allianz Cup] vs Benfica (A) Final Score: 4-4 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 44 – 112 26 – 54 5 – 9 1,31 – 3,29 4 – 4 35 – 65 Individual Highlights Goals Cassamá (x2), J Pedro, Bastian Assists P Mendes (x2), J Pedro Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Cassamá 8,7 Bastian 2 Cassamá 3 J Pedro 8,1 F Pereira 2 Bastian 1 P Mendes 7,9 Ruster 2 J Pedro 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Bastian 0,4 D Andrade 5 P Mendes 4 Cassamá 0,4 F Pereira 4 J Pedro 3 J Pedro 0,2 L Madeira 4 G Gomes 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles P Mendes 0,7 Bastian 7 F Pereira 2 J Pedro 0,2 Edu P 7 Ruster 2 Cassamá 0,1 Hugo 4 G Gomes 2 [PT Cup] vs Merelinense (A) Final Score: 2-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 43 – 43 47 – 25 4 – 3 0,51 – 0,24 0 – 0 58 – 42 Individual Highlights Goals J Pedro, Cassamá Assists T Melo, S Justo Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target S Justo 7,4 P Martins 4 G Gomes 2 J Pedro 7,2 Cassamá 3 J Pedro 1 Cassamá 7,2 P Mendes 3 Cassamá 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes G Gomes 0,2 T Melo 3 T Melo 3 Cassamá 0,1 Bastian 3 S Justo 2 J Pedro 0,1 P Martins 3 P Mendes 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles S Justo 0,2 Bastian 15 P Martins 3 T Melo 0,1 J Pedro 15 Bastian 1 Karamoko 0,1 L Faustino 12 Ruster 1 [Liga 2] vs Benfica B (A) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 37 – 69 40 – 44 0 – 2 0,64 – 0,68 1 – 1 65 – 35 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Ferreira 7,5 T Melo 3 D Azevedo 7,3 Denilson 3 L Faustino 7,2 L Madeira 3 xG Interceptions Key Passes J Pedro 0,2 L Faustino 5 L Madeira 1 J Castro 0,2 P Martins 4 J Castro 1 Denilson 0,1 L Madeira 3 J Pedro 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles P Martins 0,2 L Ferreira 15 Denilson 2 L Madeira 0,2 L Faustino 11 Cassamá 2 J Pedro 0,1 J Pedro 4 Miccoli 1 Our next games Comparing this Season to the last one Since we have played some games in different competitions and against different levels of opposition, I’ll compare players performances this season to their performances last season. GK Daniel Azevedo is averaging better performances with a better saves held ratio and Poss +/-. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 Held – P+T Daniel Azevedo GK 1425 20,59 84,00 0,00 0,00 6,76 0,44 0,06 0,50 3,22 0,06 0,00 0,25 Daniel Azevedo GK 720 27,12 89,00 0,00 0,00 7,20 0,87 0,00 0,87 4,38 0,00 0,00 0,63 GK 6,53 5,00 0,00 0,00 0,44 0,43 -0,06 0,37 1,16 -0,06 0,00 0,37 RB Tiago Melo is doing very well. He started very strong with some goals and assists, his progression and key-pass ratio is on the same level as last year, but he dropped a bit on Poss +/-. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Tiago Melo AM (R) 968 42,02 86,00 2,51 59,00 7,02 7,35 2,97 10,32 6,50 0,28 0,14 3% 2% 13% 18% 2,23 0,53 11,00 Tiago Melo AM (R) 727 48,40 86,00 3,59 69,00 7,28 7,55 2,85 10,40 1,49 0,75 0,18 3% 2% 14% 18% 1,90 0,84 7,25 RB 6,38 0,00 1,08 10,00 0,26 0,20 -0,12 0,08 -5,01 0,47 0,04 -0,01 0,00 0,01 0,00 -0,32 0,31 -3,75 LB First player to be compared with a different one. Pedro Martins has more defensive actions and unfortunately less offensive actions. It’s a shame since I brought him as a more offensive minded option, but I guess it has to do with my left-back having played as an WB-A a part of last season and this season he has made 1 appearance as WB-A and the rest on support. His progression is also lower than what Daniel Andrade got last season. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Daniel Andrade D (L) 1559 51,55 87,00 3,64 80,00 6,81 6,64 2,95 9,59 3,29 0,06 -0,01 3% 1% 11% 15% 2,22 0,46 15,00 Pedro Martins AM (L) 778 62,24 90,00 4,51 76,00 6,95 8,44 2,08 10,52 4,28 0,00 0,00 1% 0% 8% 9% 2,12 0,48 12,92 LB 10,69 3,00 0,87 -4,00 0,14 1,80 -0,87 0,93 0,99 -0,06 0,01 -0,02 -0,01 -0,03 -0,06 -0,09 0,02 -2,08 Pedro Martins also got a red card against Benfica B, so Daniel will get his chance. Let’s see how he does. He has a higher progressive pass ratio and more offensive actions this season than Pedro Martins as well, so he is deserving this chance. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat SPKP /90 DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Pedro Martins AM (L) 778 62,24 90,00 4,51 76,00 6,95 0,00 8,44 2,08 10,52 4,28 0,00 0,00 1% 0% 8% 9% 2,12 0,48 12,92 Daniel Andrade D (L) 212 68,77 93,00 3,82 75,00 6,83 0,00 8,07 4,24 12,31 5,52 0,00 -0,02 4% 0% 10% 14% 2,05 0,50 9,75 CB Both players have more passes completed, more completion ratio, more defensive actions, and a better ratio of possession won per foul. On the negative side, the aerial ability is lower. In the Poss +/-, Luís Ferreira is almost on the same level as last season but there’s a big (positive) difference in Levi when compared to Bastian. Might use Bastian when I have João Pedro in the field. He’s big and might get to some of Bastian’s “punts”. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Luís Ferreira D (C) 2376 67,61 91,00 9,70 77,00 6,90 4,55 0,46 5,01 15,00 0,11 -0,01 0% 0% 6% 6% 4,92 0,80 24,63 Luís Ferreira D (C) 830 81,65 92,00 10,19 73,00 7,22 5,10 0,22 5,32 14,43 0,00 -0,04 0% 0% 7% 7% 4,40 0,87 29,58 CB1 14,04 1,00 0,49 -4,00 0,32 0,55 -0,24 0,31 -0,57 -0,11 -0,03 0,00 0,00 0,01 0,01 -0,52 0,08 4,95 Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Bastian D (C) 1735 50,73 68,00 12,86 84,00 6,98 4,51 1,66 6,17 0,47 0,46 0,15 1% 0% 12% 13% 5,81 1,08 18,71 Levi Faustino D (R) 648 92,50 93,00 7,92 76,00 7,19 5,27 0,00 5,27 13,62 0,00 -0,03 0% 0% 6% 6% 4,14 0,67 39,26 CB2 41,77 25,00 -4,94 -8,00 0,21 0,76 -1,66 -0,90 13,15 -0,46 -0,18 -0,01 0,00 -0,06 -0,07 -1,67 -0,41 20,55 CM In the midfield, we are missing Pedro Mendes set-pieces, but Edu Pinheiro Poss+/- is very impressive. Him, alongside the increase we had by changing Bastian with Levi are leading to way higher possession stats and it can be seen on the increase in passes completed (the 11 most used players have 121 more completed passes per 90 than last season). This might lead to a decision in increasing passing directness. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Luís Madeira M (C) 2705 55,63 86,00 2,99 72,00 7,26 4,79 3,46 8,25 -2,29 0,40 -0,03 3% 0% 11% 15% 1,95 0,18 20,01 Luís Madeira M (C) 825 63,82 87,00 2,84 67,00 7,09 3,28 3,16 6,44 -5,35 0,22 0,02 3% 0% 11% 14% 2,20 0,31 16,50 RCM 8,19 1,00 -0,15 -5,00 -0,17 -1,51 -0,30 -1,81 -3,06 -0,18 0,05 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,25 0,12 -3,51 Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls João Castro AM (C) 2416 52,41 86,00 1,90 42,00 7,05 3,95 3,47 7,42 -3,21 0,22 0,06 4% 1% 12% 16% 2,15 0,15 32,56 João Castro AM (C) 710 69,34 88,00 1,90 39,00 7,18 3,43 4,68 8,11 -6,84 0,25 0,12 3% 1% 12% 15% 1,85 0,31 12,50 LCM 16,93 2,00 0,00 -3,00 0,13 -0,52 1,21 0,69 -3,63 0,03 0,06 -0,01 0,00 0,00 -0,01 -0,30 0,16 -20,05 Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Pedro Mendes M (C) 1879 60,64 86,00 1,05 45,00 7,01 3,25 2,58 5,83 -6,18 0,58 0,06 2% 5% 13% 20% 2,11 0,36 11,00 Edu Pinheiro DM 599 69,42 86,00 6,91 88,00 6,96 2,85 1,35 4,20 -0,30 0,15 -0,02 2% 0% 12% 13% 4,11 0,63 15,60 CDM 8,78 0,00 5,86 43,00 -0,05 -0,40 -1,23 -1,63 5,88 -0,43 -0,08 0,00 -0,05 -0,01 -0,06 2,00 0,26 4,60 RW Lacx was impressive in the preseason, but since the official games started his production has dropped. 6,93 average rating is definitely not a big cause of concern. As it happened with Pedro Martins, not playing as an IF-A might be taking away some of the benefits of his game. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Gonçalo Cabral AM (R) 1974 30,05 78,00 5,47 54,00 7,17 5,10 6,25 11,35 -6,39 0,73 0,04 8% 0% 10% 18% 1,64 0,34 8,31 Lacx ST (C) 569 29,74 78,00 3,80 55,00 6,93 3,48 4,75 8,23 -11,55 0,48 0,06 4% 0% 10% 14% 1,50 0,40 5,50 RW -0,31 0,00 -1,67 1,00 -0,24 -1,62 -1,50 -3,12 -5,16 -0,25 0,02 -0,03 0,00 -0,01 -0,04 -0,14 0,06 -2,81 LW Another player with a good start to the season. In the squad analysis he was one of the weaknesses I needed to upgrade/solve, but he’s proving me wrong with increases all over the place. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Denilson AM (L) 2179 31,84 82,00 1,40 21,00 6,90 4,71 4,42 9,13 -5,45 0,50 -0,02 7% 0% 9% 16% 1,50 0,39 6,84 Denilson AM (L) 736 40,84 80,00 1,47 26,00 7,01 4,89 4,28 9,17 -9,17 0,73 0,24 4% 0% 8% 12% 1,50 0,56 4,29 LW 9,00 -2,00 0,07 5,00 0,11 0,18 -0,14 0,04 -3,72 0,23 0,26 -0,03 0,00 -0,01 -0,04 0,00 0,17 -2,55 ST Karamoko is in excellent form. There’s not much to add. Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) 2493 18,16 81,00 3,43 19,00 7,14 2,20 4,48 6,68 -4,99 0,94 0,12 9% 0% 5% 13% 1,84 1,50 2,87 Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) 588 17,60 83,00 1,99 23,00 7,11 3,21 4,75 7,96 -3,37 0,92 0,32 8% 0% 3% 11% 1,10 1,00 2,30 ST -0,56 2,00 -1,44 4,00 -0,03 1,01 0,27 1,28 1,62 -0,02 0,20 -0,01 0,00 -0,01 -0,02 -0,74 -0,50 -0,57 I’m curious to see if João Pedro can challenge him for the place. His ability in the air can be hard to deal with Name Best Pos Mins Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat SPKP /90 DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) 588 17,60 83,00 1,99 23,00 7,11 0,00 3,21 4,75 7,96 -3,37 0,92 0,32 8% 0% 3% 11% 1,10 1,00 2,30 João Pedro ST (C) 189 14,29 70,00 11,43 73,00 7,18 0,00 0,48 4,28 4,76 -7,62 1,43 0,67 17% 0% 7% 23% 2,98 1,98 1,50 Overview Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Sertanense 11,04 3,36 0,02 3,55 0,10 0,08 -0,42 -0,34 0,15 -0,08 0,03 -0,01 -0,01 -0,01 -0,03 -0,15 0,03 -0,52 This is the table for the average of the most used 11 combined. High increase in passes completed and pass completion and decrease in offensive actions and progression + key-pass ratio. Will try to play more direct and see the effects. 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lfds89 Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 League’s Finances It’s mid-October and we’ve already lost 142k this season. We have a projected 2,1M loss this season (I don’t exactly believe these numbers, but it’s the best we have). Our financial situation is defined as “Okay”. Out of 18 teams, 9 are “Okay” – where us, Porto B and Benfica B are included; 2 are “Secure” (Marítimo and Estrela da Amadora); and the rest, 7, are “Insecure”. October is done! 3 more games played. 4 points out of 6 in the league and a 2-1 defeat against Sporting in the Cup it’s a definite win on my book. [Liga 2] vs Vitória de Setúbal (H) Final Score: 3-3 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 67 – 31 49 – 19 9 – 5 2,14 – 1,59 4 – 3 47 – 53 Individual Highlights Goals L Madeira, Karamoko (x2) Assists Denilson, D Andrade, L Madeira Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Madeira 8,3 D Andrade 6 Karamoko 3 Karamoko 8,0 Ruster 4 Ruster 2 D Andrade 7,8 J Castro 3 L Ferreira 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,4 D Andrade 3 L Madeira 7 Ruster 0,4 J Castro 3 Denilson 5 L Madeira 0,2 Karamoko 2 D Andrade 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles L Madeira 0,8 Denilson 6 Ruster 5 D Andrade 0,7 L Faustino 6 Denilson 4 Denilson 0,4 Edu P 4 D Andrade 3 [PT Cup] vs Sporting (H) Final Score: 1-2 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 32 – 160 33 – 61 4 – 8 0,74 – 3,60 1 – 8 37 – 63 Individual Highlights Goals J Pedro Assists D Andrade Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target D Andrade 7,1 P Mendes 6 Lacx 2 J Pedro 7,0 Lacx 3 J Pedro 1 Miccoli 6,9 D Andrade 3 S Justo 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Lacx 0,3 D Andrade 3 Miccoli 2 J Pedro 0,2 F Pereira 2 D Andrade 2 Bastian 0,1 P Mendes 2 J Castro 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles J Castro 0,2 Bastian 6 Lacx 5 Miccoli 0,2 J Pedro 6 Denilson 2 D Andrade 0,2 L Faustino 5 Edu P 2 [Liga 2] vs Estrela da Amadora (H) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 74 – 64 56 – 37 7 – 4 2,56 – 0,52 6 – 1 59 – 41 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko (x2), L Ferreira Assists L Madeira, Miccoli (x2) Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 8,6 L Madeira 4 Karamoko 3 Miccoli 8,1 Karamoko 4 L Ferreira 2 L Madeira 7,5 Lacx 2 Lacx 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,4 T Melo 5 G Gomes 3 L Ferreira 0,4 Lacx 4 Miccoli 2 T Melo 0,3 D Andrade 4 Denilson 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Miccoli 0,7 L Faustino 12 Lacx 3 L Madeira 0,6 Lacx 6 J Castro 3 Karamoko 0,3 Edu P 6 D Andrade 3 Karamoko with 4 goals and Luís Madeira with 2 goals and an assist in these 3 games are the individual standouts. I’ve implemented both changes I talked about in the last post: Daniel Andrade is in the starting eleven and I’m playing more direct (move the slider to the middle). Andrade got 2 assists; top 3 in average rating in 2 matches; top 3 in tackles in 2 matches; top 3 in interceptions in all matches; top 3 in key passes in 2 matches; top 3 in dribbles in 2 matches. He’ll keep his place in the coming matches. Next matches: Only 2 games in November, so I’ll schedule some friendlies to maintain match sharpness and possibly make some tests. League Update We can be quite happy with the standings. 15 points needed to the 34 that should grant us a place in this league for next season. We have 2,11 ppg and need 0,6 ppg until end of season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 December is here! Some great wins and our first loss in the league. We have also played 2 friendlies to keep players in shape and try some different things. [Liga 2] vs Trofense (A) Final Score: 4-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 74 – 73 50 – 39 10 – 3 2,54 – 0,72 7 – 2 40 – 60 Individual Highlights Goals J Castro, Karamoko, G Gomes, Ruster Assists Denilson, Lacx, Karamoko, J Castro Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target J Castro 8,4 D Andrade 4 Karamoko 4 Lacx 8,0 J Castro 2 Ruster 1 Karamoko 7,8 Denilson 2 Lacx 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,5 L Faustino 3 Denilson 4 Edu P 0,2 T Melo 3 T Melo 4 Ruster 0,2 J Castro 2 Lacx 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Lacx 0,9 L Faustino 8 Denilson 4 J Castro 0,4 L Ferreira 8 Lacx 3 Denilson 0,4 T Melo 4 D Andrade 2 [Liga 2] vs Porto B (H) Final Score: 4-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 56 – 35 47 – 34 8 – 2 2,51 – 0,70 5 – 1 64 – 36 Individual Highlights Goals Lacx, L Ferreira, Bastian, J Pedro Assists J Castro, Miccoli (x2), Ruster Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Ferreira 8,6 T Melo 2 Lacx 2 Lacx 8,4 Denilson 2 J Pedro 2 Miccoli 8,3 L Madeira 1 L Ferreira 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,7 P Martins 4 Miccoli 8 J Pedro 0,6 L Ferreira 3 Lacx 5 Lacx 0,4 Miccoli 3 P Martins 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Lacx 0,7 L Ferreira 24 Lacx 6 Miccoli 0,6 Lacx 8 Denilson 3 Ruster 0,6 L Faustino 6 Karamoko 2 [Liga 2] vs Nacional (A) Final Score: 0-2 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 67 – 55 64 – 31 4 – 4 0,97 – 1,17 2 – 3 52 – 48 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Edu P 7,0 T Melo 5 L Faustino 2 Denilson 6,8 Denilson 4 Karamoko 1 L Faustino 6,7 Miccoli 3 T Melo 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,5 L Ferreira 4 Edu P 2 P Martins 0,1 Edu P 3 P Mendes 1 L Faustino 0,1 P Martins 3 L Madeira 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Denilson 0,3 Edu P 10 Lacx 2 Edu P 0,2 L Ferreira 10 T Melo 2 Lacx 0,1 L Faustino 8 Denilson 2 In this run of games, it was João Castro who impressed the most with 1 goal and 2 assists. The league situation is perfect especially when we take into consideration we should be in the relegation battle. An overview of player stats. One player in each stat is quite good. Miccoli certainly is deserving more playing time but all my midfielders are doing quite well. Daniel Azevedo has been great as well and Karamoko is our star. My players have also collected some awards in the meantime. This board is for Young Player of the Month. And the next games: We need 9 points to expectedly be outside the relegation battle. Tondela is 1st, and Feirense is 8th so I’m expecting two tough matches. We just lost to Nacional and we didn’t play very well, so expectations will be kept to a minimum this stretch of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 I might be dumb… but we are on the right track Great win against Feirense and the expected loss to Tondela (they have beaten Porto in the Allianz Cup!). We also managed to beat Nacional in the cup. [Liga 2] vs Feirense (H) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 74 – 37 65 – 17 5 – 2 1,35 – 0,80 3 – 2 64 – 36 Individual Highlights Goals Denilson, Lacx, Cassamá Assists P Martins, T Melo, Karamoko Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 7,7 J Castro 6 Cassamá 1 P Martins 7,7 P Martins 4 Karamoko 1 L Ferreira 7,6 T Melo 3 Lacx 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Cassamá 0,8 L Ferreira 8 J Castro 4 Karamoko 0,3 P Martins 7 T Melo 4 Denilson 0,1 T Melo 5 S Justo 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Karamoko 0,8 L Faustino 12 T Melo 4 J Castro 0,3 L Ferreira 10 J Castro 2 T Melo 0,2 Edu P 7 Denilson 2 [Liga 2] vs Tondela (A) Final Score: 0-2 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 34 – 73 39 – 42 0 – 4 0,81 – 2,15 3 – 4 45 – 55 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Lacx 7,3 Lacx 6 - - J Castro 6,6 Edu P 3 - - L Madeira 6,6 T Melo 2 - - xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,4 J Castro 3 Lacx 2 L Madeira 0,2 T Melo 2 Denilson 2 Denilson 0,2 L Faustino 2 L Madeira 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Lacx 0,4 L Ferreira 7 Lacx 6 Denilson 0,2 Karamoko 6 Denilson 4 L Madeira 0,1 Bastian 4 L Ferreira 1 [Allianz Cup] vs Nacional (H) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 62 – 68 47 – 24 8 – 3 1,51 – 0,59 4 – 2 50 – 50 Individual Highlights Goals Denilson, L Madeira, J Pedro Assists Karamoko, Denilson (x2) Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Denilson 9,0 D Andrade 3 Karamoko 3 Miccoli 7,4 P Mendes 2 Denilson 2 L Madeira 7,4 Cassamá 2 L Faustino 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,4 Miccoli 5 Denilson 4 Denilson 0,3 L Faustino 4 Miccoli 4 J Pedro 0,2 Cassamá 3 P Mendes 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Denilson 0,6 Bastian 15 Karamoko 4 Miccoli 0,2 L Faustino 11 Miccoli 3 D Andrade 0,2 T Melo 5 T Melo 3 Denilson with 2 goals and 2 assists was the highlight. He also had 4 dribbles and 2 key passes in the game we lost. Great run from him. Where was I dumb? In the Allianz Cup. I don’t know what went through my mind, but we were beating Nacional 3-0 and I decided the game was over and replaced my most used players with some youngsters and backups to give them game time. We were 1, just 1! goal away from a tie with Benfica. Had we scored that goal I don’t know what would be the sorting of the group as rules only mention goal difference and goals scored as tie-breakers and we would have been equal on both. So close… We are now only 6 points away from the desired 34, but we will have to set new objectives as we keep our place in the top of the table. Now we are only playing in one competition, the league. In the next 3 games, we receive Vilafranquense (6th) and Alverca (17th); and we travel to Póvoa de Varzim (10th). At least 6 points should be achievable. Development Update A quick look into my player’s development in the last 6 months. This time I changed the way I accounted the changes. Green Arrow pointing NE +0,5; Green Arrow Pointing N +1 (except if there's mention of any other number); Red Arrow pointing S -1; Red Arrow pointing SE -0,5. Name Best Pos Cro Dri Fin Fir Lon Tec Ant Bra Cmp Cnt Dec Det Lea OtB Pos Vis Wor Acc Agi Bal Jum Pac Sta Str Daniel Júnior GK Daniel Azevedo GK 0,5 Filipe Pereira D (R) 1 Tiago Melo AM (R) Pedro Martins AM (L) 0,5 Daniel Andrade D (L) 0,5 Hugo D (C) 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 L Faustino D (R) 0,5 0,5 0,5 Bastian D (C) Luís Ferreira D (C) 0,5 1 Name Best Pos Cro Dri Fin Fir Lon Tec Ant Bra Cmp Cnt Dec Det Lea OtB Pos Vis Wor Acc Agi Bal Jum Pac Sta Str João Castro AM (C) Luís Madeira M (C) 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 Pedro Mendes M (C) Miccoli M (C) 0,5 Edu Pinheiro DM 0,5 Samuel Justo M (C) 0,5 Lacx ST (C) 0,5 0,5 Ruster AM (L) Denilson AM (L) 0,5 0,5 Gonçalo Gomes AM (L) 0,5 0,5 Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 João Pedro ST (C) 1 1 Herculano Cassamá AM (R) 0,5 1 1 0,5 0,5 0,5 Senior Squad 0,5 1 0,5 0,5 0,5 1 1 0 1 1 3,5 3 2 1 0 1 0,5 0 1 0,5 0 0,5 2 2 TOT TEC MEN PHY 24 4 14 6 Youth Players in their second full season Name Best Pos Cro Dri Fin Fir Lon Tec Ant Bra Cmp Cnt Dec Det Lea OtB Pos Vis Wor Acc Agi Bal Jum Pac Sta Str Isidro Correia D (L) -1 0,5 Ricardo Dias AM (R) -1 0,5 0,5 Both had injuries which led to Bravery being reduced. All the other players (except Cassamá) are on loan so I don't have the development information. Youth Players in their first full season Name Best Pos Cro Dri Fin Fir Lon Tec Ant Bra Cmp Cnt Dec Det Lea OtB Pos Vis Wor Acc Agi Bal Jum Pac Sta Str Hugo Lima GK -1 0,5 0,5 0,5 Lukas Benay D (C) 0,5 0,5 1 1 Domingos Culubali ST (C) 0,5 -2 0,5 1 1 Anthony Pratas ST (C) 0,5 0,5 Pedro Flor D (R) 0,5 0,5 0,5 Jorge Pedro D (R) 0,5 0,5 Eduino Gomes AM (L) 0,5 0,5 0,5 2 0,5 1 1 0,5 1 1 1 1 Innocent Chembezi M (R) 1 0,5 0,5 1 1 Gabriel Rosado D (L) -1 -0,5 -0,5 -0,5 1 -0,5 0,5 João Lopes ST (C) 0,5 Carlos Flor AM (R) 0,5 0,5 0,5 Bernardo Mendonça D (R) -1 0,5 André Ribeiro M (L) -0,5 -0,5 -0,5 -0,5 -0,5 1 Joaquim Branco M (C) João Martelo M (R) 1 0,5 0,5 0,5 1 Hugo Lima is also improving his technicals, but I didn't create the rows for GK-specific. Eduino Gomes has been evolving pretty well. They are both training with the first-team as is Benay and Chembezi. Culubali was at the start of the season but he was just 15 so I sent him back to the youth team. Now he's back again. TOT TEC MEN PHY 24,5 -3 3 24,5 Don't know what's happening with the technical training, but I'm happy with the physical development. Overall biggest increases: Eduino Gomes AM (L) 10,5 Innocent Chembezi M (R) 4 Herculano Cassamá AM (R) 4 Hugo D (C) 3,5 João Martelo M (R) 3,5 Lukas Benay D (C) 3 Luís Madeira M (C) 2,5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 Expectations Since we are doing so well and our initial objective for the league was to go to the relegation play-off, the president asked me if I wanted to change objectives and therefore budgets. I didn’t set the bar too high, but thought it would be unrealistic to leave it as it is. Regarding the budget, we keep losing a lot of money every month, so in the meantime, I’ll pretend it wasn’t changed. New Year – 2025, here we come! The year ended very well. We got 6 points with an expressive win over Vilafranquense and a more predictable one against Alverca. Varzim was way better than us. [Liga 2] vs Vilafranquense (H) Final Score: 3-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 59 – 68 44 – 40 8 – 5 1,59 – 1,09 2 – 1 41 – 59 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko (x2), Lacx Assists D Andrade, Karamoko Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 9,0 T Melo 4 Karamoko 3 Lacx 7,7 Lacx 4 P Mendes 2 D Andrade 7,7 F Pereira 4 G Gomes 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,2 J Castro 4 J Castro 4 Lacx 0,1 D Andrade 3 Lacx 2 G Gomes 0,1 L Faustino 2 D Andrade 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles D Andrade 0,3 L Ferreira 7 Lacx 4 L Madeira 0,1 J Pedro 5 Denilson 3 T Melo 0,1 L Faustino 4 L Faustino 1 [Liga 2] vs Varzim (A) Final Score: 1-3 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 45 – 103 44 – 51 6 – 7 1,84 – 2,13 4 – 3 38 – 62 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko Assists D Andrade Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 7,4 D Andrade 4 L Ferreira 2 G Gomes 7,4 P Mendes 3 Karamoko 2 J Castro 6,9 G Gomes 3 G Gomes 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,3 L Faustino 6 J Castro 5 Lacx 0,2 L Ferreira 4 Karamoko 3 L Ferreira 0,2 T Melo 3 P Mendes 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles G Gomes 0,8 L Ferreira 4 Karamoko 5 D Andrade 0,4 T Melo 4 J Castro 3 J Castro 0,2 L Faustino 4 Miccoli 2 [Liga 2] vs Alverca (H) Final Score: 1-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 63 – 42 65 – 16 5 – 0 2,66 – 0,21 5 – 0 68 – 32 Individual Highlights Goals J Castro (pen) Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target J Castro 7,9 Cassamá 5 Karamoko 2 Daniel Junior 7,5 T Melo 2 Cassamá 2 Edu P 7,4 Denilson 1 J Castro 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes J Castro 1,0 Bastian 5 T Melo 6 Karamoko 0,8 L Ferreira 4 Edu P 4 Cassamá 0,4 Miccoli 3 J Castro 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Karamoko 0,6 L Ferreira 10 Denilson 4 J Castro 0,5 Cassamá 9 J Castro 4 T Melo 0,2 Edu P 7 Cassamá 3 League standing after the first half: We get to the first objective: 34 points. We now have 22 more points than 3rd from last. Which means they would have to get almost 1,3 more ppg than us or win 8 more games than us. That would have to be a miraculous second round for them and a totally disastrous one for us. So, we can safely assume we are relegation safe. I don’t expect us to keep this place through the second round. Other teams will rate us much higher and will have a different plan for us and it will be a learning process. Team Overview Player Stats Around the World Portugal England France Germany Italy Netherlands Spain Winter Transfer Window and Future Plans Since we have already secured a place in this league for the coming season, it’s time to plan it carefully. In this transfer window I’m not planning on making any big changes. We have already signed 2 youngsters: João Bacôco, LW, 17 and Marco Castanheira, RB/RW, 16. They’ll be integrated in the youth team and we’ll see how they develop. They came on a free, so we only have to deal with the cost of their wages. I’ll dive into the first team next, but the approach to this window will be: if there’s a good deal, mainly for positions where we have loanees, we’ll go for it, but we’ll focus on giving minutes to youth players for the remainder of the season. Looking into my first team GK Daniel Azevedo has been the clear best, Daniel Júnior is doing reasonably well when he has a chance, so there’s no point in changing. I’ll try and give Hugo Lima some chances so he can develop a bit. Name % Min Av Rat Daniel Azevedo 74% 7,04 Daniel Júnior 26% 6,95 DR Filipe Pereira has a very low average rating, but his Poss +/- and Defensive Rating is quite good. I’ll keep him for the rest of the season and give him some chances, but I don’t think he’ll be around next season (he ends his contract this season). Name % Min Av Rat Tiago Melo 78% 6,96 Filipe Pereira 22% 6,75 DL Pedro Martins and Daniel Andrade are not perfect but they are decently good. I’ll focus my attention on getting a better player for this position for next season, but I’m not worried about it. Both end their contracts at the end of the season. I’ll renew with Daniel Andrade if he doesn’t ask to be a regular starter and too much on wages. Name % Min Av Rat Pedro Martins 52% 7,03 Daniel Andrade 46% 6,94 DC Luís Ferreira and Levi Faustino are clear first choices, but I’m not sold on Levi. He handles defensive aerial duels well, but he isn’t a threat in set-pieces and I need that from my CB. He also has 2 mistakes leading to goals. Bastian is the aerial threat but we lose the ball so much when he is on the field, I don’t trust him to be in the starting eleven regularly. Hugo has been doing well, but just like Levi he isn’t a threat in set-pieces. His loan cannot be terminated, so I’ll keep him around but I’m thinking of giving his chances to Benay, our youth product. Name % Min Av Rat Luís Ferreira 83% 7,15 Levi Faustino 77% 6,93 Bastian 26% 6,87 Hugo 17% 6,79 DM/MC Quite happy with all of my options. Edu doesn’t get very high ratings but he’s valuable in winning and not losing possession. Samuel Justo isn’t having much game time, but I don’t have any youth player I want to develop right now in this position, so I’ll keep him. I’ll try to have a solution to replace Samuel and Pedro Mendes for next season, and I’m thinking of someone who can be a threat taking set-pieces. Name % Min Av Rat João Castro 79% 7,17 Luís Madeira 67% 7,12 Edu Pinheiro 61% 6,89 Miccoli 41% 7,07 Pedro Mendes 33% 6,85 Samuel Justo 15% 6,84 W Lacx and Denilson are the frontrunners, Ruster was playing well in the beginning of the season but his performances have taken a downward turn. Gomes is not doing that bad but isn’t taking Denilson’s place in the starting eleven. Cassamá has been getting some minutes and scored 4 goals already. He’ll get more minutes in the second half of the season, most likely at the expense of Ruster. Eduino is also in the lookout for some minutes to help his already good progression. Name % Min Av Rat Denilson 78% 7,00 Lacx 60% 7,04 Ruster 29% 6,86 Herculano Cassamá 27% 6,93 Gonçalo Gomes 16% 6,89 ST Karamoko is our star with 14 goals and 4 assists in half a season. Can’t complain about João Pedro as he has 1,11 goals/90 and 0,22 assists/90 and it’s just a shame he isn’t getting more game time, but no way I’m removing Karamoko from the starting eleven. João ends his contract with Vitória de Guimarães this season and if he’s interested by then, I’ll probably make a move for him. I have Culubali who I also want to develop but he needs more time. I’ll probably let him play some minutes this season. Name % Min Av Rat Mohamed Karamoko 70% 7,26 João Pedro 20% 7,04 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 First Signings for Next Season Following the scouting setup I talked about at the beginning of the season, we identified some possible targets, and we now have finished our first two signings for the next season. The first one is Bruno Ventura, 23. He was playing for Rio Ave U23, ending his contract. He can play both in the wing and in the middle. As he is not very fast, I’m counting on him to play as CM. Regarding attributes, 14 in corners really attracted me as we need that type of threat. Below is his comparison with João Castro and Luís Madeira He is signing on a 2,6k/month and there’s a buy now clause of 14k. I’ll wait and see if it drops until the end of the transfer window. Two options: one – we save the money from his wages and he comes next season; two – he joins now and by next season he should be fully integrated. The second one is Bernardo Caldeira, 24. He is at Leiria who are underperforming this season and he had shown interest in playing for us. He’s a right-back, more defensive-minded than Tiago Melo and his mental attributes are great. The comparison between him and both our current options. Filipe Pereira ends his contract this season and I won’t renew with him. He’ll be on a 3,1k/month contract for 2 years. The downside to the negotiation was he demanded a release clause of just 46k. It’s more than double what I’m paying for him, but I don’t want to lose him for such value. I had the option to sign him now, but once again, I don’t see a point in adding him right now, so he’ll join next season. Studying for a new Coaching Licence It’s going to take a bit of time to complete, but I’ll start now so it impacts the rest of this season and half of the next Winter Transfer Window Update I made one adjustment to the team. I already had an eye on Ricciulli at the beginning of the season but he had a long-term injury, so I brought him in December for a trial and decided to sign him. He’ll be a replacement for Bastian. I’ll keep both of them for the remainder of the season while I integrate Ricciulli. Bastian has a great personality and he has 0,37 goals/90 which is incredible. I hope the new guy can cover that as well. Couldn’t terminate Hugo’s loan but got a message from his manager at Famalicão asking for more game time and told him he should recall him and he did. I liked him, but can’t rely on loanees. Maybe in the future, he will be an option. Scouting Setup I’ll change the scouting setup for the remainder of the season. Will look into players ending their contracts and transfer listed and also the U19 leagues. I’ll keep the recruitment focus in the league we are in broader, but the rest will change. 4 more games I’m rotating the squad a bit to give some time to less-played players. I want to reach the end of the season and have a clear judgment and no doubts about my decisions. Losing points is not a problem as I don’t really want to get promoted so soon. Certainly, this doesn’t mean I will intentionally lose a game, I just am not afraid of losing. However, things have been going quite well and we only lost 4 points in 4 games. A bonus of 2 games with full attendance. [Liga 2] vs Rio Ave (H) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 44 – 74 53 – 31 3 – 3 0,71 – 0,60 1 – 1 53 – 47 Individual Highlights Goals L Ferreira Assists Miccoli Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Ferreira 7,4 F Pereira 6 Miccoli 1 Miccoli 7,2 G Gomes 4 D Andrade 1 L Faustino 6,8 L Madeira 3 L Ferreira 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes J Pedro 0,4 D Andrade 3 G Gomes 3 L Ferreira 0,2 L Faustino 2 Miccoli 2 G Gomes 0,1 Karamoko 1 D Andrade 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles G Gomes 0,4 L Faustino 11 Lacx 3 Miccoli 0,2 L Ferreira 10 G Gomes 2 Lacx 0,1 F Pereira 6 Karamoko 1 [Liga 2] vs Académico de Viseu (A) Final Score: 2-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 69 – 36 62 – 35 8 – 3 2,63 – 1,86 10 – 5 60 – 40 Individual Highlights Goals Denilson, Karamoko Assists J Castro, Denilson Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Denilson 9,2 T Melo 4 J Pedro 3 Karamoko 7,7 Denilson 3 Denilson 2 J Castro 7,7 D Andrade 2 D Andrade 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes J Pedro 0,9 T Melo 7 Denilson 5 Denilson 0,6 L Faustino 5 L Madeira 4 Karamoko 0,4 D Andrade 3 J Castro 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Denilson 1,1 Bastian 15 J Castro 2 J Castro 0,6 L Faustino 7 Lacx 2 L Madeira 0,3 J Pedro 7 Denilson 2 [Liga 2] vs Leixões (H) Final Score: 2-2 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 52 – 154 25 – 54 5 – 3 1,98 – 0,49 3 – 1 31 – 69 Individual Highlights Goals Bastian, J Castro (pen) Assists D Andrade Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target J Castro 7,1 Lacx 4 J Castro 1 Bastian 7,0 S Justo 4 J Pedro 1 D Andrade 6,8 J Castro 3 Bastian 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes J Castro 0,9 L Ferreira 4 D Andrade 3 Karamoko 0,4 L Madeira 3 J Castro 3 S Justo 0,3 Lacx 2 L Madeira 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Lacx 0,3 L Ferreira 7 J Castro 3 J Castro 0,1 Lacx 3 F Pereira 1 D Andrade 0,1 D Andrade 3 G Gomes 1 [Liga 2] vs Marítimo (A) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 62 – 52 52 – 58 7 – 7 2,30 – 1,64 6 – 3 54 – 46 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko (x2), Lacx Assists Denilson, T Melo, G Gomes Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 8,3 Lacx 4 Karamoko 3 T Melo 7,9 Miccoli 3 Denilson 2 Denilson 7,7 T Melo 3 Lacx 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,2 T Melo 7 T Melo 4 J Castro 0,4 L Ferreira 6 G Gomes 3 S Justo 0,2 Karamoko 2 Denilson 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Denilson 0,7 L Faustino 11 Karamoko 4 G Gomes 0,5 L Ferreira 11 Lacx 3 Miccoli 0,4 Lacx 8 Cassamá 2 The standings show a very comfortable position to fight for promotion, if it were our goal, it would have been nice. In the next 4 games, the strategy will be the same: rotate, observe, and try to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 21, 2023 Author Share Posted May 21, 2023 (edited) 9 to go and we are… in the promotion route! [Liga 2] vs Penafiel (H) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 51 – 44 52 – 22 9 – 2 2,30 – 0,64 6 – 1 56 – 44 Individual Highlights Goals P Mendes (pen), G Gomes, Lacx, Denilson Assists P Martins Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Denilson 7,4 F Pereira 4 Lacx 3 P Martins 7,4 Bastian 2 Bastian 2 Lacx 7,3 Culubali 2 J Pedro 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes P Mendes 0,8 Bastian 6 P Mendes 3 G Gomes 0,3 D Andrade 4 J Pedro 2 Lacx 0,3 F Pereira 3 D Andrade 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles S Justo 0,3 Bastian 15 Lacx 3 P Mendes 0,2 L Faustino 14 J Pedro 2 P Martins 0,2 J Pedro 5 D Andrade 2 [Liga 2] vs Mafra (A) Final Score: 2-2 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 67 – 51 40 – 25 5 – 3 0,73 – 0,84 1 – 2 53 – 47 Individual Highlights Goals J Castro, Denilson Assists Edu P, P Martins Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Denilson 7,4 P Martins 4 T Melo 1 J Castro 7,4 T Melo 4 Ricciulli 1 L Ferreira 7,3 J Castro 4 Denilson 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Denilson 0,2 L Ferreira 7 P Martins 3 Cassamá 0,2 P Martins 3 T Melo 2 Ricciulli 0,1 Ricciulli 3 Denilson 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles P Martins 0,3 L Ferreira 10 Ruster 2 T Melo 0,1 Edu P 6 Cassamá 2 Cassamá 0,1 Ricciulli 6 P Martins 1 [Liga 2] vs Vitória de Setúbal (A) Final Score: 0-1 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 59 – 96 44 – 38 1 – 1 0,98 – 0,40 0 – 2 38 – 62 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target J Castro 7,4 T Melo 7 Karamoko 1 Miccoli 6,8 Miccoli 4 L Ferreira 6,7 Denilson 4 xG Interceptions Key Passes Lacx 0,4 Lacx 3 J Castro 3 Denilson 0,3 Denilson 3 Cassamá 1 Karamoko 0,2 J Castro 3 G Gomes 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles J Castro 0,4 L Ferreira 5 Denilson 5 Miccoli 0,2 D Andrade 4 J Castro 2 T Melo 0,1 Ricciulli 3 Lacx 1 [Liga 2] vs Benfica B (H) Final Score: 2-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 65 – 39 51 – 31 2 – 2 1,53 – 0,23 3 – 0 63 – 37 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko (x2) Assists L Madeira, F Pereira Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 8,1 Denilson 5 Karamoko 2 L Madeira 7,8 T Melo 5 F Pereira 7,5 L Faustino 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,1 L Ferreira 8 L Madeira 5 Denilson 0,1 P Martins 2 P Mendes 3 J Castro 0,1 Bastian 2 Denilson 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles L Madeira 0,8 L Ferreira 12 Denilson 4 F Pereira 0,4 L Faustino 10 J Castro 4 Lacx 0,1 Lacx 6 P Martins 2 I can’t explain. I’m making some rotations and trying out different approaches in roles and duties but we are still getting the results. There are 18 points to battle for and we are 6 points away from the team in place to go to the promotion playoff and 8 points away from non-promotion. We are playing against 6th, 7th and 9th in the next 4 games. It will be tough. Doubts and Squad Building This is leaving me a bit scared. We are dead last in wages in this league and playing in a stadium with a capacity for 1800 people. Even if we were in the tier below us, we would have been 13th out of 21 teams in wages. We only have 2 players considered “Good for Liga 2”. We have no structure in place to get promoted. In the middle of this, I was building the team to stay in this league, but now it seems we are on the path to promotion. Should I keep building for Liga 2? Should I use the budget to try and build a team to play in tier 1? If we are promoted, should I invest in young players, accept relegation as a fate in the next season, and use those youngsters to get promoted in the third season? Edited May 21, 2023 by lfds89 Missing the Match Screens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 My first 100! An overview of my first 100 games in management Not a single holiday… I’m a slave to them New recruits I’ll present to you my top talents The first one is Biruk Tadesse, RW/CAM from Ethiopia. Spirited personality. With 6 passing and 7 vision; speed and technical as his strongest suits, I’m counting on him as a right-side inverted winger/inside forward. Then it’s Henrique Carneiro, CB from Portugal. Unambitious personality. I’m worried about his determination ( 3 ), but if he shows some improvement soon, I’ll add him to the first team and get him in a mentoring group. The third one is Brahim Tahiri, ST/CAM from Morocco. Spirited personality. He isn’t fast or has balance or strength, so I think he won’t be a striker. I’m divided between training him as AP in the CM-line or as an inverted winger/inside forward from the left. Next is Luís Soares, LB from Cabo Verde. Balanced personality. He’s rated with the highest potential and he’ll take the place of Isidro Correia as my prospect LB. The last one from this list is Gilson Barbosa, LW from Cabo Verde. Fairly Sporting personality. Rated with highest current ability alongside Biruk. He’s natural as LM but I’ll force him into LW where he’s already competent. The report adds he is fairly susceptible to injuries. I have my hopes for Brahim Tahiri. Name Best Pos Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Biruk Tadesse AM (R) 3 7 11 8 7 10 4 8 36% Henrique Carneiro D (C) 11 7 7 4 5 6 9 7 35% Brahim Tahiri AM (C) 5 6 9 10 7 11 8 8 40% Luís Soares D (L) 6 9 10 6 5 7 7 11 38% Gilson Barbosa M (L) 5 9 12 5 7 8 3 8 36% Dinis GK 9 5 8 8 9 4 9 6 36% Paulo Carrilho DM 8 7 7 4 4 5 4 8 29% Edgar Castelhano AM (L) 3 7 6 9 8 9 7 7 35% Carlos Silva M (R) 4 6 8 9 7 9 5 9 36% Dominik Sirmais AM (L) 3 8 14 8 8 9 3 5 36% Telmo Figueiredo AM (R) 4 6 8 8 7 9 8 6 35% Vitorino Coentrão AM (L) 5 6 8 9 7 10 4 8 36% Herculano Queta AM (L) 2 8 9 9 7 10 5 7 36% Some improvements elsewhere Anthony has been training with the senior team and has 5 stars in potential. Improving his personality will certainly help him reach his potential. Only 5 matches to go! 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss. And we keep rotating the squad [Liga 2] vs Estrela da Amadora (A) Final Score: 0-2 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 45 – 71 38 – 39 5 – 4 1,49 – 1,69 4 – 4 54 – 46 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Lacx 7,0 Lacx 6 Lacx 2 L Faustino 6,9 L Madeira 5 Karamoko 2 P Mendes 6,8 F Pereira 5 Miccoli 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Lacx 0,6 P Martins 5 Miccoli 4 Karamoko 0,6 L Faustino 5 Lacx 2 Miccoli 0,3 Edu P 2 Denilson 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Lacx 0,5 L Faustino 8 Lacx 2 Miccoli 0,3 Lacx 5 L Madeira 2 Karamoko 0,3 G Gomes 4 P Martins 1 [Liga 2] vs Trofense (H) Final Score: 2-2 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 66 – 64 37 – 34 8 – 2 1,67 – 0,25 5 – 1 42 – 58 Individual Highlights Goals L Madeira, Cassamá Assists Karamoko, T Melo Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Cassamá 8,4 T Melo 4 Karamoko 4 L Madeira 7,5 L Madeira 4 L Madeira 1 T Melo 7,3 Cassamá 3 Cassamá 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,1 T Melo 9 T Melo 5 T Melo 0,1 L Ferreira 7 Cassamá 4 Cassamá 0,1 L Faustino 4 Denilson 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Denilson 0,6 L Faustino 5 Denilson 3 Cassamá 0,5 Cassamá 4 P Martins 2 T Melo 0,2 L Ferreira 4 J Castro 2 [Liga 2] vs Porto B (A) Final Score: 2-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 58 – 48 47 – 37 4 – 1 1,47 – 0,63 3 – 1 60 – 40 Individual Highlights Goals Cassamá, Lacx Assists Miccoli, Cassamá Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Cassamá 8,2 Miccoli 4 L Madeira 1 Lacx 7,7 D Andrade 4 L Benay 1 Miccoli 7,3 J Castro 3 Lacx 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Lacx 0,8 L Ferreira 4 Denilson 4 Cassamá 0,2 L Madeira 2 P Mendes 3 Miccoli 0,2 L Benay 2 Miccoli 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Cassamá 0,6 L Ferreira 12 J Castro 5 P Mendes 0,3 L Benay 8 Cassamá 3 Miccoli 0,3 L Madeira 5 F Pereira 2 [Liga 2] vs Nacional (H) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 36 – 73 25 – 33 2 – 4 0,61 – 0,57 1 – 0 45 – 55 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target D Junior 7,2 Lacx 6 Lacx 1 L Ferreira 7,1 T Melo 4 Denilson 1 T Melo 6,9 Karamoko 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,3 T Melo 3 Edu P 3 Denilson 0,1 L Ferreira 3 Lacx 2 Lacx 0,1 Lacx 2 T Melo 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Denilson 0,2 Bastian 10 Lacx 1 T Melo 0,1 Lacx 4 G Gomes 1 Edu P 0,1 L Ferreira 4 Cassamá is making the most of his minutes with 2 goals and 1 assist in the 2 games he started. Hugo Lima, Benay and Culubali also got some minutes. Pratas might be the next one. We remain near the top. Even if we lost all the remaining matches, the worst we could finish would be 9th which is still a great victory. In the xG table, we are 1st, which means we are near where we should be. So no overperformance or underperformance issues. We have a very difficult end of season. We play 5th, 1st, 9th, 3rd and 17th. In the first round we got 3 wins and 2 losses (Tondela and Varzim) against these teams. President wins the elections once again But he has no plans in making investments, which is quite worrying, since our financial situation is not good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Just caught up with your story - fantastic development! I can't say we play FM the same way, and I don't really understand some of your tactical analysis but it's great to see a different way of playing the game. I'm more of a "mark 1 eyeball" manager - I manage every game on extended highlights and trust my own judgement on that basis - but you've given me some ideas that should help. On 21/05/2023 at 23:57, lfds89 said: Should I keep building for Liga 2? Should I use the budget to try and build a team to play in tier 1? All I can tell you from my own FM experience is that a promotion is never to be rejected. Even if you come straight back down next season, the experience will be good for the players, the club and for you. Prepare for the worst; hope for the best 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 Em 25/05/2023 em 02:09, warlock disse: Just caught up with your story - fantastic development! I can't say we play FM the same way, and I don't really understand some of your tactical analysis but it's great to see a different way of playing the game. I'm more of a "mark 1 eyeball" manager - I manage every game on extended highlights and trust my own judgement on that basis - but you've given me some ideas that should help. All I can tell you from my own FM experience is that a promotion is never to be rejected. Even if you come straight back down next season, the experience will be good for the players, the club and for you. Prepare for the worst; hope for the best Thank you for the feedback! If there's anything you don't understand, please feel free to ask. Regarding the matches, I mostly do it the same way: always in extended. I rarely look at statistics inside the match, and mostly look at my player's statistics every 3/4/5 games depending on the competition. About the promotion, that's my feeling now. If it were real life no one would bottle it intentionally nor give up near the end. I rotated a bit, maybe I shouldn't have (although the results were quite good). Rationally it seems an unwise decision, but deprive me and my players of this experience seems wrong. We'll try our best for this final run of games and see where it leads us. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 28, 2023 Author Share Posted May 28, 2023 This just shows how good we have been They are first but we are near and they have just beaten Benfica to win the League Cup. The moment of truth The first game was against Feirense and we were easily beaten 3-0. We were just bad. [Liga 2] vs Feirense (A) Final Score: 0-3 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 69 – 32 52 – 27 2 – 5 0,33 – 2,49 1 – 6 65 – 35 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Edu P 6,9 D Andrade 3 S Justo 1 Ricciullu 6,9 Edu P 2 Denilson 1 L Ferreira 6,8 L Madeira 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Denilson 0,1 L Ferreira 6 D Andrade 3 Cassamá 0,1 Ricciulli 5 T Melo 2 D Andrade 5 Cassamá 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Karamoko 0,1 L Ferreira 11 Cassamá 2 D Andrade 0,1 Edu P 7 T Melo 2 Ricciulli 7 Lacx 2 The second game was against Tondela. They have been the best team in the league and they have shown they can compete with the tier-1 teams. 1 penalty in the 11th minute in their favor and it made the match very difficult for us. We still managed to draw 1-1, with a goal by our homegrown Cassamá. [Liga 2] vs Tondela (H) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 54 – 74 49 – 30 4 – 4 1,22 – 1,67 4 – 3 62 – 38 Individual Highlights Goals Cassamá Assists Lacx Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Cassamá 7,8 Lacx 3 Lacx 2 Lacx 7,2 T Melo 2 Cassamá 2 P Martins 7,2 L Ferreira 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Cassamá 0,5 Ricciulli 4 T Melo 3 Karamoko 0,3 F Pereira 3 Lacx 3 Miccoli 0,2 P Martins 3 Denilson 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Lacx 0,3 Ricciulli 10 Lacx 4 Denilson 0,3 L Ferreira 7 Denilson 4 P Martins 0,2 Lacx 4 J Castro 3 Next game was against Vilafranquense. They couldn’t reach us already in the standings. We started well with a great goal by Cassamá who was replacing Karamoko as he is not playing very well. Then one more penalty against us, they drew level and then they were just better than us and eventually won the match 1-2. [Liga 2] vs Vilafranquense (A) Final Score: 1-2 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 28 – 113 32 – 57 4 – 5 0,58 – 2,36 0 – 6 35 – 65 Individual Highlights Goals Cassamá Assists Lacx Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Lacx 7,0 Denilson 7 Lacx 2 Cassamá 6,8 P Martins 4 Ricciulli 1 L Madeira 6,7 T Melo 4 Cassamá 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Lacx 0,2 Denilson 3 T Melo 6 Miccoli 0,1 Lacx 3 Lacx 2 L Ferreira 0,1 L Madeira 2 Miccoli 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Melo 0,3 Ricciuli 8 Denilson 2 Lacx 0,2 L Ferreira 8 L Madeira 2 Miccoli 0,1 T Melo 4 Lacx 2 Now we were facing Varzim who were already 2nd while we were 3rd. Decided to make a change in the training schedule. The day before the match: Team Bonding – Teamwork – Match Preview. I want everyone committed to the team. Can you guess what happened? Yes, penalty for them. 3 penalties against in 3 games. I’m not saying they weren’t deserved, but it’s odd. We had 2 all season before this. We showed them how determined we were and especially Edu Pinheiro had a great perfomance, and we turned it around and beat them 3-1. 4th place is guaranteed and we can still be champions. [Liga 2] vs Varzim (H) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 47 – 76 41 – 44 5 – 4 1,56 – 1,74 4 – 5 36 – 64 Individual Highlights Goals Denilson, Lacx, L Faustino Assists Edu P, P Martins, D Andrade Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Edu P 7,6 F Pereira 6 Lacx 3 Lacx 7,4 Edu P 4 Denilson 1 J Castro 7,2 J Castro 4 L Faustino 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Lacx 0,4 J Castro 3 L Madeira 5 L Madeira 0,3 L Faustino 3 J Castro 3 Karamoko 0,3 P Martins 3 Edu P 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Edu P 0,3 L Ferreira 8 Lacx 5 P Martins 0,3 L Faustino 5 J Castro 2 D Andrade 0,3 Lacx 3 Denilson 2 Unfortunately, Karamoko, Denilson and Pedro Martins got another yellow card and they are now suspended for the last game of the season. And Luís Ferreira is injured for 3-4 weeks. We schedule a friendly as we have one week with no game (have no idea why). And then we face Alverca who are on the verge of relegation. Tondela face 13th-placed Trofense; Varzim face 5th-placed Benfica B; Feirense face 9th-placed Porto B. All tricky matches, but they all play home and we play away. Last game of the regular stage I start in a 4-3-3 DM Wide with Daniel Azevedo; Pereira, Ricciulli, Faustino and Andrade; Edu Pinheiro, Madeira, Castro, Lacx, Ruster and Cassamá upfront. It was a quiet first half where we dominated possession ( 69% ) but made little of it with just 3 shots on target and 0,18 xG. Feirense and Tondela are winning their games, Varzim is 0-0. This puts us in 2nd with Feirense in 3rd. There isn’t much I can do from the bench, so we keep everything the same for the second half. We just play a bit wider and try to dribble past them a bit more. We play only a little better and they score from a set-piece. I try to change some players but nothing seems to work. We lost 1-0 and fall into 3rd which leads us to the playoff. [Liga 2] vs Alverca (A) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 64 – 45 48 – 32 6 – 4 0,80 – 0,45 2 – 0 64 – 36 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Faustino 7,0 Ruster 4 L Faustino 2 F Pereira 6,9 Cassamá 3 J Castro 2 Ricciulli 6,9 Ricciulli 2 J Pedro 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Ruster 0,2 F Pereira 5 J Castro 4 J Castro 0,2 L Faustino 4 Edu P 3 J Pedro 0,2 Ricciulli 4 F Pereira 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles F Pereira 0,2 L Faustino 17 Ruster 4 G Gomes 0,1 Ricciulli 10 F Pereira 1 J Castro 0,1 Edu P 9 L Madeira 1 Terrible form to end the season: And these are the final standings: On a curious note: we and Varzim were promoted this season and were fighting for direct promotion until the last breath. The other team was Mafra who managed to avoid relegation. We now have 2 games against Vizela to decide who plays in the first tier. However it goes, this will be our best finish ever. 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lfds89 Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 11-Highest Average Rating in the League I wanted to see how my players compare to this league top players. So here it is: GK – Pedro Silva, Tondela. RB – João Oliveira, Feirense. LB – Júlio Dabó, Leixões. CB1 – Brunão, Leixões. CB2 – Nando Pijnaker, Trofense. CDM – Fabinho, Leixões. CM – Bruno Jordão, Vitória de Setúbal. CAM – Famana Quizera, Rio Ave. RW – André Vidigal, Marítimo. LW – Kyanno Lorenzo, Estrela da Amadora. ST – Nicolás Cordero, Tondela. Only 2 players from the leaders, and sadly we have no players who qualify but some where close (João Castro was second, Karamoko was third, Luís Ferreira was fourth). Promotion Playoff First Leg vs Vizela (A) Starters: Daniel Azevedo, Filipe Pereira, Ricciulli, Levi Faustino, Daniel Andrade, Edu Pinheiro, Luís Madeira, João Castro, Lacx, Denilson, Karamoko. Filipe Pereira starts in favor of Tiago Melo because Tiago doesn’t like big matches; Luís Ferreira is out injured; Pedro Martins is recovering from injury. They are also playing a 4-3-3 DM Wide. Their manager is Pedro Caixinha who has made part of his career in Mexico. He prefers a Control Possession style; tends to hold a high defensive line; and tends not to sit back and protect a lead. Playing a defensive line will certainly help us exploring Karamoko’s pace. Nice start to the match, players feel confident. We make some decent plays and eventually Karamoko scores following a through ball from João Castro. We also got 3 of their players with yellow cards: RB, LCB and DM. End of the half: 1-0 for us. We started the second-half on the same note and eventually got the 2nd goal also through Karamoko, this time following a cross from Pereira. But in 7 minutes they showed their best and drew level. We had some decent chances to score more, but we didn’t take them. It ends 2-2. Promotion Playoff Second Leg vs Vizela (H) Approaching the match, the situation regarding player availability is: Lacx suffered a minor injury in the first leg and is not 100% but can play; Pedro Martins is the same, although is injury was in a training session; Daniel Andrade can only play 75 minutes; Luís Ferreira has recovered, but can only play 75 minutes; Daniel Júnior is injured and will miss the game. I’ll start: Daniel Azevedo; Pereira, Ferreira, Ricciulli, Andrade; Edu Pinheiro, Madeira, Castro; Lacx, Denilson, Karamoko. In the bench: Hugo Lima, Tiago Melo, Levi, Martins, Miccoli, Pedro Mendes, Cassamá, Ruster and João Pedro. Bastian, Samuel Justo and Gonçalo Gomes are out. Vizela has Samu, their captain and one of their best players suspended. All the others are ready to play. We are playing at home so I told them to do this for the fans (although they still rate me as C+...). It’s a small place but they have been with us. We massively dominate the first half, but unfortunately, we didn’t score. Lacx is done for this game, Cassamá will come in. He has been better than expected this season and it’s his moment to shine. 52nd minute: Madeira with a through ball and Cassamá scores! I change João Castro’s role. Instead of being a MEZ-S, I want him to be an AP-S. Grab the ball, and control the match. Then I ask Edu Pinheiro to play more defensively, so I switch from DLP-S to DLP-D. I also ask the team to Hold Shape instead of Counter and Slow Pace Down when GK has the ball. Andrade is tired so he leaves and Martins comes in. 72nd minute: Long ball by Edu Pinheiro behind their defense, Cassamá gets to it and passes it back to Madeira who scores. 2-0! Let’s go! 80th minute and the game is still 2-0, but some players are very tired: Denilson, Pereira and Edu Pinheiro. They are all doing fine and I don’t want to mess the balance of the team but I fear the fatigue might play a part at the end of the game. Tiago Melo in for Pereira; Ruster in for Denilson. It has to be. After 95 minutes the referee blows his whistle and the match ends. Primeira Liga, here we go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Congratulations - that's a very impressive season. Bossed the playoffs, too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 23 horas atrás, warlock disse: Congratulations - that's a very impressive season. Bossed the playoffs, too! Thanks! I'm loving this team. This step is the biggest we have taken so far. Let's see how we handle it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 Development in the Last 6 Months Senior Squad GK + DEF Name Best Pos TOT TEC MEN PHY Daniel Júnior GK 0 0 0 0 Daniel Azevedo GK 1 0 1 0 Filipe Pereira D (R) 0 0 0 0 Tiago Melo AM (R) 0 0 0 0 Pedro Martins AM (L) 0 0 0 0 Daniel Andrade D (L) 0 0 0 0 João Ricciulli D (C) 1 0 1 0 L Faustino D (R) 2 0 0 2 Bastian D (C) 1 1 0 0 Luís Ferreira D (C) 0,5 0,5 0 0 Senior Squad MID + ATT Name Best Pos TOT TEC MEN PHY João Castro AM (C) 0 0 0 0 Luís Madeira M (C) 0 0 0 0 Pedro Mendes M (C) -1,5 -0,5 0 -1 Miccoli M (C) 0 0 0 0 Edu Pinheiro DM 0 0 0 0 Samuel Justo M (C) 1,5 0 1,5 0 Lacx ST (C) 4 1,5 2,5 0 Ruster AM (L) 0 0 0 0 Denilson AM (L) 1 0 1 0 Gonçalo Gomes AM (L) 1 1 0 0 Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) 0 0 0 0 João Pedro ST (C) 3 0 3 0 Herculano Cassamá AM (R) 2 1 0,5 0,5 Aside from Lacx there wasn't much development. I've been impressed with Cassamá's performances but he hasn't developed much. Youth Players who have been in the game at least one season (couldn't find a longer title) Name Best Pos TOT TEC MEN PHY Isidro Correia D (L) 3,5 0,5 1,5 1,5 Hugo Lima GK 4,5 0 2,5 2 Lukas Benay D (C) 6,5 0,5 5 1 Domingos Culubali ST (C) 13,5 3 7,5 3 Anthony Pratas ST (C) 6 1 2,5 2,5 Pedro Flor D (R) 1 0 0 1 Jorge Pedro D (R) 0,5 0 0 0,5 Eduino Gomes AM (L) 11 3,5 4,5 3 Innocent Chembezi M (R) 3 1,5 0 1,5 Gabriel Rosado D (L) 0 -0,5 0 0,5 João Lopes ST (C) 1,5 0,5 0 1 Carlos Flor AM (R) -2 -1 -0,5 -0,5 Bernardo Mendonça D (R) 0,5 0 0 0,5 André Ribeiro M (L) 0 0 0 0 Joaquim Branco M (C) 0 0 0 0 João Martelo M (R) 1,5 0 0,5 1 Marco Castanheira D (R) 4,5 0 3,5 1 João Bacôco AM (L) 1 0,5 0,5 0 Benay, Hugo Lima, Culubali, Eduino and Marco Castanheira are doing very well. I hope they can be part of the team in the future. Youth Players from this season Name Best Pos TOT TEC MEN PHY Brahim Tahiri AM (C) 1 0 0,5 0,5 Luís Soares D (L) 2 0 1 1 Biruk Tadesse AM (R) 0,5 0 0,5 0 Dinis GK 2 0 0,5 1,5 Gilson Barbosa M (L) 0 0 0 0 Carlos Silva M (R) 2 0 1,5 0,5 Vitorino Coentrão AM (L) 0 0 0 0 Henrique Carneiro D (C) 0,5 0 0 0,5 Telmo Figueiredo AM (R) 4,5 0,5 0,5 3,5 Paulo Carrilho DM -2 0 -2 0 Telmo Figueiredo is impressing. Let's see how he develops next season. Former player in African Nations This is the first time I hear about this. Mbala N’Zola played for Sertanense when he was 20. Scored 9 in 27 appearances according to zerozero (7 in 25 according to FM). Around the World England France Germany Italy Netherlands Portugal Spain Champions League Europa League Conference League End of Season And a message for next season from our kind analysts: New Stadium The President decided to build a new stadium. A 10k capacity one (in a 14k municipality and 6k village). It’ll cost 7M which is… great… In the meantime, we will play in Alcanena at Estádio Municipal Joaquim Maria Baptista. 91km and 1h away. Has a capacity for 5400 people. In 4 seasons we have 2 playing away from home. Facilities Downgraded We really need to make money. Hope TV and tickets will help. And unwilling to improve… Finances Income Great increase in prize money but not so much in TV. Expenditure Big increase all over the place… No idea how to contain and remain competitive. Let’s see. In both income and expenditure, the stadium is already added. It’ll help but it won’t save us. Just this year we had a loss close to 1M. New Senior Affiliation The board accepted my request in order to find some income. Let’s see who shows up. Nope… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 End-of-Season Stats Minute Distribution by Position Name % Min Daniel Azevedo 76% Daniel Júnior 24% Name % Min Tiago Melo 66% Filipe Pereira 34% Name % Min Pedro Martins 50% Daniel Andrade 49% Name % Min Luís Ferreira 78% Levi Faustino 66% Bastian 24% João Ricciulli 22% Lukas Benay 2% Name % Min João Castro 80% Luís Madeira 73% Edu Pinheiro 57% Miccoli 44% Pedro Mendes 28% Samuel Justo 17% Name % Min Denilson 75% Lacx 65% Herculano Cassamá 31% Ruster 22% Gonçalo Gomes 20% Name % Min Mohamed Karamoko 69% João Pedro 17% Domingos Culubali 3% Daniel Azevedo was the clear number one; Tiago Melo lost his place in the final games as he doesn't like big matches but he was my first choice throughout the season; clear doubts between both options at LB; Luís Ferreira was my first option as CB, mostly accompanied by Faustino but late in the season Ricciulli also played a fair bit (he only joined in late January); João Castro and Madeira played most of the time and then both Edu Pinheiro and Miccoli rotated; Denilson and Lacx were first choices, but was nice to see Cassamá involved so much; upfront Karamoko was the main man (ST numbers don't add up to 100% because Lacx and Cassamá also played there). Goal Participation / POM / Average Rating Name Apps PoM Gls Ast Av Rat Daniel Azevedo 32 0,00 0,00 0,00 6,85 Daniel Júnior 10 0,00 0,00 0,00 6,81 Name Apps PoM Gls Ast Av Rat Tiago Melo 30 (5) 2,00 2,00 7,00 6,95 Filipe Pereira 12 (11) 0,00 0,00 2,00 6,77 Name Apps PoM Gls Ast Av Rat Pedro Martins 21 (9) 2,00 0,00 4,00 6,89 Daniel Andrade 21 (10) 0,00 0,00 6,00 6,83 Name Apps PoM Gls Ast Av Rat Luís Ferreira 33 (1) 4,00 3,00 0,00 7,09 Levi Faustino 29 (2) 0,00 1,00 0,00 6,90 Bastian 8 (14) 0,00 3,00 0,00 6,84 João Ricciulli 9 (1) 0,00 0,00 0,00 6,79 Lukas Benay 1 (2) 0,00 0,00 0,00 6,65 Name Apps PoM Gls Ast Av Rat João Castro 35 (2) 3,00 6,00 4,00 7,08 Luís Madeira 34 3,00 5,00 5,00 7,04 Edu Pinheiro 26 (1) 1,00 0,00 3,00 6,87 Miccoli 17 (14) 0,00 0,00 8,00 6,95 Pedro Mendes 10 (15) 0,00 2,00 2,00 6,80 Samuel Justo 4 (15) 0,00 0,00 1,00 6,76 Name Apps PoM Gls Ast Av Rat Denilson 37 (2) 2,00 10,00 8,00 7,01 Lacx 33 (1) 0,00 9,00 4,00 6,93 Herculano Cassamá 8 (21) 4,00 9,00 2,00 7,00 Ruster 5 (18) 0,00 2,00 4,00 6,81 Gonçalo Gomes 4 (18) 0,00 3,00 1,00 6,79 Name Apps PoM Gls Ast Av Rat Mohamed Karamoko 33 (2) 7,00 21,00 5,00 7,10 João Pedro 5 (15) 0,00 5,00 1,00 6,78 Domingos Culubali 1 (2) 0,00 0,00 0,00 6,50 6 players with double-digits in Goals + Assists is great. Karamoko obviously topped the scoring charts; Denilson was second; Lacx and Cassamá drew for third (although Cassamá played considerably less time). Miccoli and Denilson drew for assists, Tiago Melo was third. Advanced Stats Name Apps DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 Held – P+T Held % Daniel Azevedo 32 0,56 0,00 0,56 4,08 0,00 0,00 0,69 63% Daniel Júnior 10 0,80 0,00 0,80 5,20 0,00 0,00 0,60 64% Name Apps DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Tiago Melo 30 (5) 7,65 2,66 10,31 2,01 0,32 0,03 3% 3% 13% 19% 2,13 0,58 9,44 Filipe Pereira 12 (11) 7,37 2,34 9,71 4,11 0,14 -0,01 2% 0% 13% 15% 2,34 0,38 12,84 Name Apps DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Pedro Martins 21 (9) 7,95 2,69 10,64 2,06 0,19 -0,01 2% 0% 9% 11% 1,97 0,60 9,34 Daniel Andrade 21 (10) 7,43 2,73 10,16 1,36 0,29 -0,01 3% 1% 10% 14% 1,96 0,36 15,00 Name Apps DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Luís Ferreira 33 (1) 5,08 0,52 5,60 14,38 0,09 0,02 0% 0% 8% 8% 4,20 0,74 30,35 Levi Faustino 29 (2) 4,49 0,40 4,89 11,64 0,04 0,01 0% 0% 7% 7% 4,27 0,58 48,17 Bastian 8 (14) 5,05 0,97 6,02 -1,95 0,29 0,13 1% 0% 14% 15% 4,70 0,00 0,00 João Ricciulli 9 (1) 5,25 0,33 5,58 7,88 0,00 -0,03 0% 0% 3% 4% 3,65 0,27 58,33 Lukas Benay 1 (2) 6,07 2,02 8,09 3,03 0,00 -0,01 0% 0% 7% 7% 4,50 0,00 0,00 Name Apps DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls João Castro 35 (2) 4,05 4,23 8,28 -6,13 0,30 0,09 3% 1% 12% 16% 1,74 0,10 33,86 Luís Madeira 34 3,08 3,33 6,41 -4,56 0,32 0,06 4% 0% 12% 16% 2,40 0,54 8,37 Edu Pinheiro 26 (1) 3,20 1,81 5,01 -0,55 0,13 -0,03 2% 0% 13% 15% 3,45 0,60 10,92 Miccoli 17 (14) 4,31 2,78 7,09 -6,38 0,44 -0,09 3% 2% 11% 15% 1,90 0,46 7,89 Pedro Mendes 10 (15) 3,92 1,96 5,88 -5,79 0,34 0,15 3% 3% 10% 16% 1,98 0,42 9,11 Samuel Justo 4 (15) 4,22 1,55 5,77 -4,51 0,14 -0,12 2% 0% 11% 12% 1,70 0,20 16,99 Name Apps DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Denilson 37 (2) 5,01 5,34 10,35 -6,74 0,58 0,15 6% 0% 10% 17% 1,54 0,45 6,05 Lacx 33 (1) 4,75 5,63 10,38 -9,79 0,48 0,09 5% 0% 10% 16% 1,47 0,52 4,73 Herculano Cassamá 8 (21) 3,89 4,52 8,41 -8,64 0,86 0,41 5% 0% 11% 17% 1,68 0,55 4,94 Ruster 5 (18) 4,37 5,02 9,39 -7,42 0,66 0,02 4% 0% 8% 12% 1,45 0,58 4,14 Gonçalo Gomes 4 (18) 4,33 4,69 9,02 -6,74 0,48 0,20 7% 0% 16% 23% 1,83 0,88 2,87 Name Apps DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% PossW/DA Fls/Tck PW/Fls Mohamed Karamoko 33 (2) 2,42 4,50 6,92 -4,16 0,90 -0,01 7% 0% 3% 10% 1,57 1,09 3,06 João Pedro 5 (15) 0,72 4,44 5,16 -7,47 0,86 0,20 6% 0% 3% 9% 3,58 0,00 0,00 Domingos Culubali 1 (2) 2,73 0,00 2,73 -10,91 0,00 -0,05 0% 0% 0% 0% 1,33 1,00 2,00 I've said it before, Bastian is a liability with a negative Possession +/-; Gonçalo Gomes had a strange season: he has decent stats but is overall performance isn't great. Cassamá was very efficient with 0.86 G+A / 90 (perhaps also a bit lucky with 0.41 of overperformance) but still needs to have more offensive actions. I was expecting a bit more from Edu Pinheiro but he almost had a positive Possession +/- and Possession Won / Defensive Actions was the greatest from all midfield (I'm thinking it has to do with his headers won). Still on Bastian, it's strange that a "punt" that reaches the target is the same as a progressive pass - maybe there needs to be a formula to separate clearances from actual passes. New Staff In the usual end-of-season analysis, I decided to bring in some new members of the staff and decided not to renew with some people. Bruno Matos, 34, HOSS Nuno Pereira, 34, Performance Analyst Alberto Carvalho, 54, Fitness Coach André Ferreira, 34, Fitness Coach Francisco Ferreira, 21, Recruitment Analyst All of the above were recruited through our network of known staff. The 2 below were recruited through an advert Jacobo Montes, 40, Perfomance Analyst Pedro Villegas, 31, Sports Scientist We are still looking for one more coach (maybe 2). Career Season Year Club League Position Cup Stage 01 2022/2023 Sertanense PT4 1st TdP First Round 02 2023/2024 Sertanense PT3 3rd TdP Sixth Round 03 2024/2025 Sertanense PT2 3rd TdP Third Round 3 consecutive promotions are great, Getting to late rounds is starting to get mandatory, but the draw isn't always easy. PPG Win % GF GA Most Goals Most Assists Most POM Highest AvR 2,27 69 70 32 Karamoko – 31 Quaresma – 9 Karamoko – 8 Kisley – 7,42 1,56 44 33 26 Karamoko – 23 P Mendes – 10 Karamoko – 5 L Madeira – 7,26 1,76 50 59 36 Karamoko – 21 Miccoli – 8 Karamoko – 7 Karamoko – 7,10 PPG, win ratio, Goals For and Goals Against are league-only stats. The others are overall stats. We've increased our win ratio and PPG, however we didn't have anyone with such high average ratings as in the seasons before. Income Expenditure Profit Avg Attendance 1 353 447,00 € 1 411 118,00 € -57 671,00 € 662 1 485 040,00 € 1 942 059,00 € -457 019,00 € 1266 9 730 336,00 € 11 047 343,00 € -1 317 007,00 € 1876 Income and Expenditure already have the 7.5M for the stadium. The financial situation is not good, but I've been working under the budget a lot so there's not much I can do about it. Name Position Apps Goals Seasons Daniel Júnior GK 54 0 22-25 Alexandre Lavrador RB 44 0 22-24 Luís Ferreira CB 90 7 22-25 Bastian CB 42 10 23-25 Daniel Andrade LB 53 0 23-25 Pedro Mendes CM 81 7 22-25 Miccoli CM 72 4 22-25 João Castro CM 68 10 23-25 Kisley RW 40 14 22-24 Denilson LW 91 18 22-25 Mohamed Karamoko ST 96 75 22-25 My most used eleven in my career. 3 guys near the 100-game mark. B Team Since we are in the first tier and already have a decent amount of youngsters, I decided to go for a B team. My Assistant Manager, Timmy Simons will be the Manager. They will play in the Distrital (tier 5, not in the game). Awards We managed to pick up some individual awards Having both my CM in here feels great, but Karamoko and Luís Ferreira deserve a special mention: they were here from the start. From tier-4 to tier-1! New contract! I asked the president for a new contract and he accepted. I was on a 7,5k/month; his first offer was 8,25k, I asked for 10k and after a bit of negotiation I eventually got it. 3-year, 10k/month. The second lowest wage for a manager in this tier is 17,5k, but I could never get to that point yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share Posted June 5, 2023 Transfer Window Here’s the summary of the transfer window and the comparison I had already shown Bruno Ventura and Bernardo Caldeira. New screenshots were taken a few games into the season so they have some statistics from official matches. We signed Godfried Frimpong as a LB. We needed an upgrade in this position and Pedro Martins had left due to the end of his loan. Schurrle wasn’t planned but he was ending his contract and his demands were quite low so he brought him in. He can play in all 3 midfield positions, but will most likely play as either RCM or LCM. He’ll occupy Pedro Mendes’ space in the squad. Chermiti is our loanee from Sporting (we can only have one from each team in Primeira Liga). He offers an aerial threat but he also has some speed. João Pedro ended his loan so there was a vacant space to fill. Costinha comes in to upgrade on Gonçalo Gomes. He also seems to be better than Denilson, but they’ll fight for the spot. I got him in a trade involving 2 other players (my first in FM): Bastian and Ruster were traded. I wanted one more quality CB to fill Bastian’s place so I went for Marcos Raposo and he’s my biggest signing yet. Fortunately, I managed to bring him as a Squad Player so I don’t need to cause any turmoil in the squad. I was also keen on bringing a quality CB so I can retrain Levi as DM. I feel I could do with a more defensive-minded one. On the last day, I brought in on loan Joan López. He’ll be a backup mostly. Not my proudest moment in business, but I didn’t trust Daniel Júnior to be my backup so I loaned him out and got Joan. Ricardo Ferreira and Wilson Fernandes are youngsters who can play CM or wing positions. First-Team Squad Let’s talk about the first-team squad: GK I wanted someone better than Azevedo but couldn’t find anyone, so he’ll do. At least I believe the backup was improved. Hugo Lima will be available for the U19 Name Best Pos Personality ShStop Physical Speed Mental Comm Ecc Aerial Dist Total Daniel Azevedo GK Fairly Professional 12 10 8 11 11 8 15 10 53% Joan López GK Fairly Determined 11 8 10 11 10 5 13 13 51% RB Tiago Melo and Caldeira are two good choices. I think I’ll be happy rotating both. Marco Castanheira will train with the first-team. I’m also retraining him to play in midfield as he’s only 156cm and he’ll be a liability in defence. Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Bernardo Caldeira D (R) Balanced 12 11 13 10 9 10 6 12 52% -3 Tiago Melo D (R) Fairly Sporting 9 10 12 10 10 10 8 9 49% 1 LB Frimpong seems to be a step up from Andrade. Let’s see if he shows what he’s worth. Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Godfried Frimpong D (L) Balanced 11 12 14 9 9 11 9 10 53% -2 Daniel Andrade D (L) Balanced 10 9 9 10 8 11 7 10 46% -2 CB I’m confident I have 4 different but very good options. Benay will keep training with the first-team squad but he’ll be available to play for the U19. Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Marcos Raposo D (C) Balanced 13 10 11 9 10 8 13 12 54% -3 L Faustino D (C) Balanced 12 11 11 9 8 9 12 12 53% -4 Luís Ferreira D (C) Balanced 12 10 11 8 9 8 13 10 51% -3 Joao Ricciulli D (C) Balanced 11 11 11 7 7 8 14 11 50% -4 DM Luís Madeira will play this position with Edu Pinheiro. I’m comfortable using both. Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Edu Pinheiro DM Balanced 10 11 10 11 9 11 13 12 54% -1 Luís Madeira DM Balanced 10 10 11 10 10 11 9 11 51% 0 CM Madeira can also be an option here, but Schurrle and Castro are the most likely first-choices. Ventura is a threat on corners, so he’ll have plenty of game time as I need every threat I can. Miccoli will possibly play few minutes, but his personality is important. Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Schurrle M (C) Balanced 9 10 12 14 12 11 7 11 54% 3 Bruno Ventura M (C) Balanced 8 10 10 9 12 13 7 11 50% 4 João Castro M (C) Balanced 7 10 10 12 10 12 7 10 49% 3 Miccoli M (C) Resolute 8 10 12 11 7 10 3 12 46% -1 RW Lacx and Cassamá will be my first and second options. Costinha and Ventura can also play there, even Melo. We have plenty to choose from. Culubali will train with the first-team. Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Lacx AM (R) Balanced 5 13 13 9 11 12 12 11 54% 6 Herculano Cassamá AM (R) Mercenary 3 10 13 10 11 10 8 10 47% 8 LW Costinha and Denilson will probably rotate unless someone really catches on. Eduino Gomes is training with the first-team. Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Costinha AM (L) Fairly Sporting 6 10 14 14 12 13 5 11 53% 6 Denilson AM (L) Balanced 6 10 12 12 10 12 6 9 48% 4 ST Karamoko is our star, Chermiti will provide the aerial threat if needed and is a great backup for Karamoko’s inconsistency. Pratas is with the team. Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Youssef Chermiti ST (C) Balanced 5 11 12 11 12 12 13 9 53% 7 Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) Balanced 4 12 14 9 11 11 9 9 49% 7 Building for the Future When I first got here, we had no future in our youth team. We now got some decent players who might be part of the team in the future. Some were grown here, others I had to buy from smaller teams, but they give us a base to work on. Name Best Pos Personality ShStop Physical Speed Mental Comm Ecc Aerial Dist Total Hugo Lima GK Fairly Determined 11 7 2 9 11 8 9 9 41% Dinis GK Fairly Ambitious 9 6 8 8 9 4 10 7 38% Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Marco Castanheira D (R) Light-Hearted 8 10 9 12 9 8 4 8 43% 1 Luís Soares D (L) Balanced 6 9 10 6 5 7 7 11 38% -1 Lukas Benay D (C) Unambitious 9 9 9 4 7 5 11 11 41% -2 Henrique Carneiro D (C) Unambitious 11 7 7 4 5 6 9 7 35% -6 Wilson Fernandes M (C) Professional 8 11 9 12 9 11 7 9 48% 1 Ricardo Ferreira M (C) Driven 2 9 11 12 8 10 2 11 41% 6 Brahim Tahiri M (C) Spirited 5 6 9 10 7 11 8 8 40% 2 Ricardo Dias M (C) Unambitious 2 8 12 9 8 9 3 9 38% 6 Herculano Cassamá AM (R) Mercenary 3 10 13 10 11 10 8 10 47% 8 Domingos Culubali AM (R) Sporting 4 10 10 11 9 11 9 9 46% 5 Luís Rascão AM (R) Balanced 3 9 14 10 8 10 7 7 43% 5 Eduino Gomes AM (L) Mercenary 3 9 13 9 7 11 8 7 42% 4 João Bacôco AM (L) Realist 2 9 13 9 6 10 3 8 38% 4 Biruk Tadesse AM (R) Spirited 3 7 11 8 7 10 4 8 36% 4 Anthony Pratas ST (C) Balanced 3 8 12 5 12 9 6 6 38% 9 Scouting – Recruitment Focuses Just like last season, our recruitment focuses will aim to provide depth to our knowledge. League Expectations and Objective It’s not hard to guess everyone expects us to finish last. It’s also telling the difference in wages compared to the rest of the league. Although, some teams starting the season with “insecure” finances might be good for us as it sometimes unsettles players. In the 22/23 season, the first team to finish above relegation places had 31 points, then 30 points (although tied with a relegated team), last year it was Famalicão with 32. So our objective will be 32 points (0,94 ppg / 11 wins). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 Wage Structure I’m keeping the 30+30+30+10 structure. We are a long way off the thresholds but the number of players in each status is not right. As I said last season, we are going through many changes, so it’ll take time to settle. Star Players + Important Players Name Best Pos Age Mins Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Daniel Azevedo GK 27 450 3 1 500,00 € 70,00 € Pedro Dias - Very Close 7/1/2024 30/6/2026 €20K - €110K First-Choice Goalkeeper Bernardo Caldeira D (R) 25 209 3 3 100,00 € 150,00 € Pedro Dias - Acquaintance 1/7/2025 30/6/2028 €45K - €85K Important Player Levi Faustino D (R) 24 44 4 4 600,00 € 170,00 € Ricardo Morais - Very Close 24/7/2024 30/6/2028 €75K - €375K Important Player Luís Ferreira D (C) 24 450 3 3 000,00 € 110,00 € Rui Magalhães - Very Close 26/6/2023 30/6/2027 €350K - €600K Star Player Luís Madeira M (C) 22 240 3 2 600,00 € 95,00 € Leandro Carvalho - Very Close 15/2/2024 30/6/2027 €40K - €600K Important Player João Castro AM (C) 24 283 3 3 200,00 € 120,00 € Dário Silva - Very Close 1/7/2023 30/6/2027 €90K - €450K Important Player Godfried Frimpong AM (L) 26 364 3,5 6 750,00 € 550,00 € Leandro Carvalho - Acquaintance 1/7/2025 30/6/2028 €120K - €450K Important Player Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) 23 279 3,5 6 500,00 € 200,00 € Alejandro Vega - Very Close 15/1/2025 30/6/2029 €350K - €1M Important Player Wage Sum 31 250,00 € Total Allowed 39 000,00 € 8 Max 4 9 750,00 € Regular Starters Name Best Pos Age Mins Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Edu Pinheiro DM 27 194 2,5 3 200,00 € 120,00 € Fábio Rodrigues - Very Close 10/7/2024 30/6/2027 €190K - €325K Regular Starter Bruno Ventura AM (R) 24 345 3 2 600,00 € 120,00 € Pedro Alminhas - Close 1/7/2025 30/6/2028 €45K - €375K Regular Starter Lacx AM (R) 24 126 3,5 3 500,00 € 150,00 € Vasco Matos - Very Close 18/12/2024 30/6/2028 €90K - €850K Regular Starter Denilson AM (L) 25 312 3 2 600,00 € 90,00 € Mojammel Hossain - Very Close 3/11/2023 30/6/2026 €65K - €275K Regular Starter Wage Sum 11 900,00 € Total Allowed 39 000,00 € 4 Max 7 5 571,43 € Backups Name Best Pos Age Mins Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Joan López GK 23 - 3,5 4 600,00 € 675,00 € Augusto Quintana - Acquaintance 1/9/2025 30/6/2026 €45K - €450K Cup Goalkeeper Hugo Lima GK 17 - 1,5 875,00 € 40,00 € Rafa Carvalho - Very Close 7/3/2025 30/6/2027 €30K - €325K Backup João Ricciulli D (C) 25 315 3 3 200,00 € 170,00 € Leandro Carvalho - Very Close 27/1/2025 30/6/2027 €60K - €250K Impact Sub Marcos Raposo D (C) 25 - 3,5 4 000,00 € 170,00 € Dário Silva - Own Player 25/8/2025 30/6/2027 €24K - €180K Squad Player Daniel Andrade D (L) 25 86 2 2 500,00 € 110,00 € Dário Silva - Very Close 12/5/2025 30/6/2027 €4K - €28K Squad Player Miccoli M (C) 27 - 2 2 400,00 € 100,00 € Vasco Matos - Very Close 6/1/2024 30/6/2026 €18K - €90K Fringe Player Schurrle M (C) 24 347 4 2 100,00 € 200,00 € Ricardo Morais - Acquaintance 1/7/2025 30/6/2028 €700K - €1M Squad Player Tiago Melo AM (R) 28 241 2,5 3 000,00 € 150,00 € Pedro Dias - Very Close 31/1/2024 30/6/2026 €50K - €230K Squad Player Costinha AM (R) 24 216 3,5 3 700,00 € 220,00 € Rafa Carvalho - Very Close 11/7/2025 30/6/2027 €190K - €350K Squad Player Herculano Cassamá AM (R) 18 228 2,5 2 900,00 € 80,00 € Miguel Serra - Very Close 23/7/2024 30/6/2027 €50K - €500K Impact Sub Youssef Chermiti ST (C) 21 115 3,5 0,00 € 825,00 € Rafa Carvalho - Acquaintance 6/7/2025 2/1/2026 €350K - €3,4M Impact Sub Wage Sum 29 275,00 € Total Allowed 39 000,00 € 11 Max 11 3 545,45 € Youth Name Best Pos Age Mins Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Marco Castanheira D (R) 16 - 275,00 € 0,00 € Francisco Valente - Very Close 3/1/2025 30/6/2027 €45K - €1M Future Prospect Lukas Benay D (C) 17 91 675,00 € 35,00 € - - Very Close 15/4/2025 30/6/2027 €12K - €130K Future Prospect Innocent Chembezi M (R) 17 - 600,00 € 40,00 € - - Acquaintance 2/6/2025 30/6/2028 €0 Future Prospect Ricardo Dias AM (R) 18 - 750,00 € 40,00 € Francisco Valente - Very Close 26/10/2024 30/6/2027 €12K - €110K Breakthrough Prospect Biruk Tadesse AM (R) 16 - 275,00 € 0,00 € - - Acquaintance 30/3/2025 30/6/2029 €0 - €22K Youngster Domingos Culubali AM (L) 16 15 275,00 € 0,00 € José Araújo - Very Close 3/4/2024 30/6/2027 €325K - €850K Future Prospect Eduino Gomes AM (L) 17 - 850,00 € 45,00 € Miguel Morais - Very Close 20/5/2025 30/6/2028 €30K - €325K Breakthrough Prospect Anthony Pratas ST (C) 17 - 750,00 € 40,00 € - - Very Close 24/5/2025 30/6/2027 €2,5K - €24K Future Prospect Wage Sum 4 450,00 € Total Allowed 13 000,00 € 8 No Max 1 300,00 € First games of the season The league cup (Allianz Cup) calendar is a mess, it starts too soon and wrecked the preseason. We were still building the team and trying things out when we had those games. Managed to get through the first game and won in penalties. Lost the second. One less competition. Good for fitness, bad for business… It was a pretty nice start in the league: 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss. 8 goals for, 6 against. The league standings don’t say much as everyone has a different number of games played, but we are above 1 ppg so that’s good. 8 points also means we have 25% of the objective for the season. Next 2 games are Benfica and Porto, so we should have 2 more losses, but we’ll still be above 1 ppg. Below the match screens for the league games: [Primeira Liga] vs Estoril (H) Final Score: 0-1 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 80 – 57 52 – 26 1 – 3 0,58 – 0,69 0 – 3 48 – 52 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Ferreira 7,0 Costinha 7 Cassamá 1 T Melo 6,9 Schurrle 3 Frimpong 6,9 L Madeira 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Lacx 0,2 T Melo 7 Costinha 3 J Castro 0,1 L Ferreira 5 Lacx 2 L Ferreira 0,1 Ricciulli 4 Schurrle 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Schurrle 0,1 L Ferreira 17 T Melo 4 Costinha 0,1 Ricciulli 8 L Madeira 2 L Madeira 0,1 Frimpong 7 Costinha 1 Our introduction to the league. They created more chances and had more shots on target, we didn't do much and deserved the loss. [Primeira Liga] vs Arouca (A) Final Score: 5-4 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 42 – 61 35 – 62 8 – 5 2,35 – 1,58 6 – 3 39 – 61 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko (x2), Schurrle, Ricciulli, Chermiti Assists B Ventura (x2), Denilson, Frimpong, B Caldeira Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 8,4 Denilson 7 Karamoko 2 Chermiti 7,7 Schurrle 4 Chermiti 2 Schurrle 7,7 L Ferreira 4 Costinha 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Chermiti 0,7 L Ferreira 6 T Melo 3 Karamoko 0,7 Denilson 3 Frimpong 3 L Madeira 0,2 Frimpong 3 B Ventura 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles B Ventura 0,6 L Ferreira 13 Frimpong 5 Denilson 0,5 T Melo 4 Denilson 4 B Caldeira 0,4 Ricciulli 3 Karamoko 2 Crazy game with 9 goals. Bruno Ventura showing why we bought him. We were the better team and we shouldn't have conceded as much as we did. [Primeira Liga] vs Famalicão (H) Final Score: 2-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 65 – 68 45 – 44 4 – 6 1,13 – 0,74 2 – 1 35 – 65 Individual Highlights Goals Schurrle, Costinha Assists Costinha, Denilson Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Costinha 8,1 T Melo 6 Costinha 1 Schurrle 7,7 J Castro 5 Schurrle 1 D Azevedo 7,7 Karamoko 3 L Ferreira 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Culubali 0,5 T Melo 5 T Melo 4 B Ventura 0,2 J Castro 3 Denilson 3 Schurrle 0,1 Schurrle 3 Schurrle 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Cassamá 0,6 Ricciulli 6 Schurrle 4 Costinha 0,1 T Melo 5 Karamoko 3 Denilson 0,1 L Ferreira 4 Costinha 2 Another win. A game where they took the ball from us, but we were more efficient and created more chances and had a higher xG. [Primeira Liga] vs Chaves (A) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 63 – 74 39 – 43 6 – 1 1,16 – 0,87 2 – 2 44 – 56 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Madeira 7,4 B Ventura 7 Chermiti 2 D Azevedo 7,3 B Caldeira 6 L Ferreira 2 Frimpong 7,1 L Madeira 5 Ricciulli 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Chermiti 0,6 T Melo 4 B Ventura 4 B Ventura 0,2 L Madeira 3 B Caldeira 3 L Ferreira 0,1 J Castro 2 Karamoko 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles B Ventura 0,4 Ricciulli 9 L Madeira 3 Frimpong 0,3 L Ferreira 5 Denilson 1 Karamoko 0,1 Frimpong 4 B Ventura 1 The first of two draws. 6 shots on target to 1 and 1,16 xG, we should have scored at least one. [Primeira Liga] vs Vitória de Guimarães (H) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 81 – 50 52 – 41 9 – 2 2,73 – 0,56 8 – 1 43 – 57 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko Assists L Madeira Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 8,1 Frimpong 5 T Melo 2 L Madeira 7,8 Schurrle 3 Costinha 2 Costinha 7,2 T Melo 2 Karamoko 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,1 Miccoli 3 Costinha 4 Lacx 0,6 T Melo 3 Edu P 2 J Castro 0,3 Costinha 3 Schurrle 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles L Madeira 0,7 Ricciulli 6 Karamoko 4 Karamoko 0,6 L Ferreira 4 Costinha 3 Costinha 0,5 T Melo 4 Miccoli 2 The second draw. We were so much better than Guimarães, we should have made the 2-1 and grabbed the 3 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 Comparing attributes to the rest of the league I've summed top-5 highest values for each attribute in each team to get a feel of the opposition. It shows our fast progression through the tiers. I'll have to make sure we can play above our level and expect some teams will play way below theirs. Top 5 Sum Name Prediction Drb Fir Pas Tec Ant Cnt Dec Jmp Pac Str TEC MEN PHY Average Rank Arouca 12th 67 68 69 74 70 68 72 78 71 70 70 70 73 71 11 Benfica 1st 78 81 79 81 78 76 78 79 79 74 80 77 77 78 1 Boavista 8th 70 72 67 73 70 69 65 78 72 72 71 68 74 71 10 Braga 4th 74 74 73 78 76 75 68 78 77 76 75 73 77 75 4 Casa Pia 13th 67 72 70 73 66 67 68 70 69 70 71 67 70 69 15 Chaves 14th 69 70 68 70 68 66 65 82 73 76 69 66 77 71 11 Estoril de Praia 9th 69 71 73 74 72 75 67 74 74 67 72 71 72 72 8 Famalicão 10th 71 73 71 75 73 69 67 73 75 70 73 70 73 72 7 Feirense 17th 66 65 68 68 69 68 65 76 72 67 67 67 72 68 17 Gil Vicente 6th 71 70 74 72 69 73 70 74 71 72 72 71 72 72 8 Moreirense 16th 63 66 70 72 66 66 71 78 66 68 68 68 71 69 16 Portimonense 11th 76 68 77 74 77 69 65 76 74 74 74 70 75 73 5 Porto 2nd 78 76 76 80 81 77 74 83 78 80 78 77 80 78 1 Santa Clara 5th 67 65 72 70 68 66 69 75 75 70 69 68 73 70 14 Sertanense 18th 67 65 63 69 65 66 66 73 70 63 66 66 69 67 18 Sporting 3rd 81 73 71 78 77 78 71 78 78 73 76 75 76 76 3 Tondela 15th 71 71 67 69 72 67 65 77 72 68 70 68 72 70 13 Vitória Guimarães 7th 70 70 71 74 71 69 69 81 74 75 71 70 77 72 6 Sertanense Rank 13 16 18 16 18 15 13 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 Tactics for the season I will keep the 4-3-3 DM Wide as the main tactic. No real change yet. I’m working on a 4-2-3-1 DM Wide variation as Schurrle and Madeira can play from deep. Although neither of them is a Volante and I really think I need one to give movement to the midfield. Another thing I will experiment in a friendly is moving LW to LM. Costinha has great passing and dribbling but LW is a very attacking position even when playing on support. I’ll also have to make room for his movement inwards. Something like this? Looks strange... Comparing my players' stats to last season Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 Held – P+T Held % Daniel Azevedo 24,87 88,00 0,00 0,00 6,85 0,56 0,00 0,56 4,08 0,00 0,00 0,69 63% Daniel Azevedo 21,91 85,00 0,00 0,00 6,83 0,27 0,00 0,27 3,00 0,00 0,00 1,09 69% GK -2,96 -3,00 0,00 0,00 -0,02 -0,29 0,00 -0,29 -1,08 0,00 0,00 0,40 0,06 Daniel Azevedo is still our number 1. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Tiago Melo 42,48 83,00 4,10 73,00 6,95 7,65 2,66 10,31 2,01 0,32 0,03 3% 3% 13% 19% Tiago Melo 40,84 79,00 3,56 77,00 6,78 7,57 2,83 10,40 -0,74 0,30 -0,03 4% 3% 20% 27% RB -1,64 -4,00 -0,54 4,00 -0,17 -0,08 0,17 0,09 -2,75 -0,02 -0,06 0,01 0,00 0,07 0,08 I think Caldeira will eventually take Melo's spot but right now he still has the most minutes. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Pedro Martins 53,34 87,00 3,16 63,00 6,89 7,95 2,69 10,64 2,06 0,19 -0,01 2% 0% 9% 11% Godfried Frimpong 43,81 84,00 4,43 75,00 6,73 6,29 2,16 8,45 -1,76 0,10 0,00 2% 0% 9% 11% LB -9,53 -3,00 1,27 12,00 -0,16 -1,66 -0,53 -2,19 -3,82 -0,09 0,01 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 I'm not sold on Frimpong. He's clearly better than Andrade, but neither of them are having great games. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Luís Ferreira 73,00 92,00 9,14 72,00 7,09 5,08 0,52 5,60 14,38 0,09 0,02 0% 0% 8% 8% Luís Ferreira 58,33 94,00 7,56 76,00 6,77 4,22 0,77 4,99 10,66 0,00 -0,06 0% 0% 7% 7% CB1 -14,67 2,00 -1,58 4,00 -0,32 -0,86 0,25 -0,61 -3,72 -0,09 -0,08 0,00 0,00 -0,01 -0,01 Luís Ferreira keeps his spot for the moment. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Levi Faustino 80,74 93,00 8,93 72,00 6,90 4,49 0,40 4,89 11,64 0,04 0,01 0% 0% 7% 7% João Ricciulli 58,59 87,00 8,12 73,00 6,81 3,65 0,59 4,24 4,12 0,35 0,27 0% 0% 5% 5% CB2 -22,15 -6,00 -0,81 1,00 -0,09 -0,84 0,19 -0,65 -7,52 0,31 0,26 0,00 0,00 -0,01 -0,01 João Ricciulli has gained his place mainly for his heading ability which has already granted us some goals and points. Levi Faustino is now 4th in the pecking order. Raposo will probably get this spot in the future. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Edu Pinheiro 60,53 85,00 5,68 87,00 6,87 3,20 1,81 5,01 -0,55 0,13 -0,03 2% 0% 13% 15% Luís Madeira 52,47 83,00 1,64 46,00 6,88 3,98 2,87 6,85 -4,25 0,14 -0,04 2% 0% 14% 16% CDM -8,06 -2,00 -4,04 -41,00 0,01 0,78 1,06 1,84 -3,70 0,01 -0,01 0,00 0,00 0,01 0,02 I've been rotating between Edu and Luís Madeira. Edu gets me more possession (mostly through headers won), Madeira creates more. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Luís Madeira 54,94 86,00 2,52 59,00 7,04 3,08 3,33 6,41 -4,56 0,32 0,06 4% 0% 12% 16% Schurrle 40,58 87,00 1,03 33,00 6,89 3,70 2,05 5,75 -2,98 0,31 0,19 2% 1% 10% 12% RCM -14,36 1,00 -1,49 -26,00 -0,15 0,62 -1,28 -0,66 1,58 -0,01 0,13 -0,01 0,01 -0,02 -0,03 Schurrle started the season strong but he has been playing worse. We also had some though games. Let's see if he picks up his form. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% João Castro 53,39 86,00 1,49 35,00 7,08 4,05 4,23 8,28 -6,13 0,30 0,09 3% 1% 12% 16% João Castro 41,43 84,00 1,06 31,00 6,70 3,84 2,24 6,08 -3,30 0,13 0,01 2% 0% 12% 14% LCM -11,96 -2,00 -0,43 -4,00 -0,38 -0,21 -1,99 -2,20 2,83 -0,17 -0,08 -0,01 -0,01 0,00 -0,02 João Castro kept his place from last season but he hasn't been able to create as much as last season. Bruno Ventura has been playing in both RCM, LCM and also as RW so his stats are skewed - however, he provides a bigger threat from set-pieces (we only scored from corners when he's on the pitch). Miccoli is our last option, but he isn't good enough for this level, so he will only play as a last resort. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Lacx 27,68 74,00 4,34 56,00 6,93 4,75 5,63 10,38 -9,79 0,48 0,09 5% 0% 10% 16% Lacx 33,83 75,00 2,46 30,00 6,81 6,57 4,52 11,09 -9,64 0,21 -0,24 7% 0% 12% 18% RW 6,15 1,00 -1,88 -26,00 -0,12 1,82 -1,11 0,71 0,15 -0,27 -0,33 0,01 0,00 0,01 0,02 Lacx saw a big drecrease on his aerial ability, probably shows how much more physical the first tier is. Ventura has played in this position and Cassamá is also getting some minutes here. More on Cassamá later (not in this post). Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Denilson 32,55 79,00 2,11 33,00 7,01 5,01 5,34 10,35 -6,74 0,58 0,15 6% 0% 10% 17% Costinha 29,31 83,00 1,94 24,00 6,92 5,97 4,72 10,69 -3,47 0,70 0,05 8% 0% 10% 18% LW -3,24 4,00 -0,17 -9,00 -0,09 0,96 -0,62 0,34 3,27 0,12 -0,10 0,01 0,00 0,00 0,01 Costinha has also played as RW, and he's probably our best player. Denilson has also been playing well. He's a decent backup even at this level. Name Ps C/90 Pas % Hdrs W/90 Hdr % Av Rat DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 Gls-npxg /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Mohamed Karamoko 15,03 82,00 2,42 23,00 7,10 2,42 4,50 6,92 -4,16 0,90 -0,01 7% 0% 3% 10% Mohamed Karamoko 14,25 87,00 1,50 15,00 7,05 1,95 3,90 5,85 -4,50 0,90 0,43 7% 0% 4% 12% ST -0,78 5,00 -0,92 -8,00 -0,05 -0,47 -0,60 -1,07 -0,34 0,00 0,44 0,00 0,00 0,01 0,02 Karamoko's inconsistency has been showing, he's also mostly a one-trick pony. He gets behind the defence and scores, there's not much else he can do. Chermiti has been doing well also but I was counting on him being a bigger aerial threat and he only wins 25% of his duels. The plan for the next striker is someone with greater physical stats while also being pacey and tall. I need all those threats up top. Out of the Cups but we keep fighting in the League I always like being involved in cup play. Winning them is partially chance, but it helps with squad rotation, extra money and it’s a good place to give some youngsters playing time. We were out of the League Cup still in the preseason, and we lost the first game we played in the National Cup. [Primeira Liga] vs Benfica (A) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 38 – 111 35 – 59 2 – 6 0,83 – 1,79 1 – 3 46 – 54 Individual Highlights Goals Denilson Assists Lacx Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Lacx 7,2 Frimpong 5 Denilson 1 Denilson 7,1 Denilson 2 Chermiti 1 M Raposo 6,8 L Madeira 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Denilson 0,8 Frimpong 5 Lacx 2 M Raposo 4 Edu P 1 Denilson 4 L Madeira 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Lacx 0,8 M Raposo 5 Denilson 2 Cassamá 4 Cassamá 2 L Madeira 3 Chermiti 2 Managed to create 1 chance and score it. They are clearly far superior to us, but we showed up to the fight. [Primeira Liga] vs Porto (H) Final Score: 2-3 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 68 – 43 46 – 25 4 – 7 1,66 – 3,30 3 – 5 53 – 47 Individual Highlights Goals Ricciulli, Chermiti Assists T Melo, D Andrade Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Ricciulli 7,5 Costinha 4 Chermiti 2 Chermiti 7,2 T Melo 3 Ricciulli 1 D Andrade 7,2 L Madeira 2 Costinha 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Chermiti 1,2 Ricciulli 5 T Melo 4 Costinha 0,2 M Raposo 4 L Madeira 2 J Castro 0,1 T Melo 2 B Ventura 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Schurrle 0,6 Ricciulli 19 L Madeira 2 Miccoli 0,3 M Raposo 4 B Ventura 2 T Melo 0,2 Costinha 4 Frimpong 1 Our first big home game (although not in our stadium). We scored 2 against them, I can only be happy with our performance. [Primeira Liga] vs Santa Clara (A) Final Score: 2-3 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 31 – 100 24 – 45 2 – 8 1,15 – 1,74 3 – 3 41 – 59 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko, Schurrle Assists Costinha (x2) Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Costinha 8,2 Lacx 6 Karamoko 1 B Caldeira 7,2 Denilson 3 Schurrle 1 Lacx 7,1 J Castro 3 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,5 Lacx 7 Costinha 3 Schurrle 0,5 Costinha 3 Lacx 1 Lacx 0,1 B Caldeira 2 T Melo 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles B Caldeira 0,5 Ricciulli 7 Costinha 4 Costinha 0,4 Frimpong 3 J Castro 2 Lacx 0,2 L Ferreira 3 D Andrade 1 Now, this is not the Santa Clara team you should expect. Their president is a tycoon and they have some great players like Veretout. Another game were we scored 2 goals. [Primeira Liga] vs Casa Pia (H) Final Score: 1-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 65 – 46 61 – 27 3 – 3 1,45 – 2,71 5 – 5 57 – 43 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko Assists Cassamá Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Lacx 7,7 Lacx 8 B Caldeira 1 D Azevedo 7,7 Costinha 3 Karamoko 1 Karamoko 7,6 Edu P 2 Ricciulli 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Chermiti 0,8 B Caldeira 10 Lacx 4 Karamoko 0,3 Costinha 4 Costinha 3 J Castro 0,2 Edu P 2 Cassamá 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Lacx 0,9 M Raposo 9 Lacx 3 Cassamá 0,2 Frimpong 9 Frimpong 2 Schurrle 0,2 Edu P 7 Cassamá 1 We really needed this win after 5 games without getting the 3 points. It came late, but it was deserved. 3 of their chances and most of their xG was from a single event (a mess inside our box following a corner). Only 3 more games until the year ends and the winter transfer window is open. Feirense, Moreirense and Tondela – that’s 18th, 13th and 4th respectively. Tondela kept their form from last season and had a great start to the season. We are 6 points above the relegation playoff having played Benfica and Porto already; over 1 ppg and at 38% of the objective (32 points) having played 26% of the games. Someone deserves a chance We are clearly better than our opposition in the U19 League, but if there’s someone playing above the level is Pratas. He already got a seat in a game, he will probably have his chance over the season. Really need to give some playing time to the youngsters, but I prefer doing it when/if relegation is not an issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 On 08/06/2023 at 20:47, lfds89 said: We are 6 points above the relegation playoff That's good going so far, and doing much better than predicted. Hope you can keep it up 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 3 minutos atrás, warlock disse: That's good going so far, and doing much better than predicted. Hope you can keep it up Thanks for the support! I'll probably need some time until I have a new update as life has been getting in the way and I'm a slow player, but I can say we keep going in the right direction. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 12, 2023 Author Share Posted June 12, 2023 Wasn't planning on doing an upgrade so soon, but managed to find some time and figured the turn of the year was a good stopping point. More development on the new tactic This is its current formation. PI for RCM is Roam From Position and Stay Wider; for the CM I tried Dribble More, but eventually added Run at Defence to Team Instructions now I’m trying the Get Further Forward Instruction. Tried it out in a friendly. Played the first half with the first team and although the opposition was from a lower level, I’m happy with the low number of shots and final third passes allowed and our shots on target. These are the stats from just the first half. And the players who made it: I wanted a focus on Costinha and surely got it: 3 key passes, 5 dribbles, and 3 shots on target. That’s 11 offensive actions in 50 minutes (for context, he is averaging 4,72 offensive actions / 90). This was against a 4-4-2 Narrow Diamond. I then tested it against a 4-3-3 DM Wide and it wasn’t this effective (nor I was expecting to maintain this level). More surprising was Costinha’s performance difference: 0 key passes, 1 dribble, 1 shot on target. It makes sense that this tactic favours playing against narrow formations as it makes the ball travel very wide and I’m not playing against many teams with these formations (in the league there are none…). I’ll keep testing in the next friendlies. Since we are out of the 2 cups we have time for them. [Opposition Formations Screen] First International Player At the same time I was experimenting with tactics, Ricciulli was making his debut for Guinea-Bissau. Job Offers/Interest Some news about interest in my services by 2 teams: first it was Boavista. They are 18th but they have an interesting squad. Pretty sure I could do a bit better with the added opportunity of the winter transfer window to make some adjustments. I decided to deny interest. I’m really invested in finishing this season at Sertanense (unless a no-brainer offer happens). I was the leading candidate for the job before my answer but hadn’t been contacted by the club yet. Then it was Saint-Étienne. A historic club in France. They were out of the first league for 2 seasons, last season managed to stay in the first tier through the playoffs and this season they are again in 16th. They have a player valued between 61 and 78 M€ and their highest wage is 206k/month (for context my highest wage is below 7k and highest value is 700k-1M). I didn’t comment on the interest. I’m not the leading candidate, nor I think I’m in contention. Although I’m not following through with this interest, it’s always nice to know of it. Development over the last 6 months Name Position TOT TEC MEN PHY Daniel Azevedo GK 0,5 0 0 0,5 Joan López GK 0 0 0 0 Bernardo Caldeira D (R) 0,5 0 0,5 0 Tiago Melo D (R) 0 0 0 0 Godfried Frimpong D (L) 1 0 1 0 Daniel Andrade D (L) 0 0 0 0 Marcos Raposo D (C) 0 0 0 0 L Faustino D (C) 0 0 0 0 Luís Ferreira D (C) 0 0 0 0 Joao Ricciulli D (C) 0 0 0 0 Schurrle M (C) 2 0,5 1,5 0 Bruno Ventura M (C) 0 0 0 0 João Castro M (C) 1 0 0,5 0,5 Luís Madeira DM 0 0 0 0 Edu Pinheiro DM 0 0 0 0 Miccoli M (C) 0 0 0 0 Lacx AM (R) 0 0 0 0 Herculano Cassamá AM (R) 2,5 0 2 0,5 Costinha AM (L) 3 0,5 2,5 0 Denilson AM (L) 2 0 2 0 Mohamed Karamoko ST (C) 0 0 0 0 Youssef Chermiti ST (C) -0,5 0 -0,5 0 Senior Squad 12 1 9,5 1,5 Costinha, Cassamá, Schurrle and Denilson with small improvements. The rest of the squad isn’t getting any better (or worse…). Name Position TOT TEC MEN PHY Hugo Lima GK 2,5 0 0 2,5 Dinis GK 4,5 0 1,5 3 Marco Castanheira D (R) 2,5 0 0,5 2 Luís Soares D (L) 5,5 0,5 0 5 Lukas Benay D (C) 3,5 0 2,5 1 Henrique Carneiro D (C) 4 0 2,5 1,5 Brahim Tahiri M (C) 4 0 2,5 1,5 Ricardo Dias M (C) 5 1,5 3 0,5 Domingos Culubali AM (R) 13,5 2 5 6,5 Eduino Gomes AM (L) 7 1,5 1,5 4 João Bacôco AM (L) 0 0 0 0 Biruk Tadesse AM (R) 8,5 1 5 2,5 Anthony Pratas ST (C) 7,5 1,5 2 4 Youth Squad 61 8 24,5 28,5 It’s a different story in the youth squad. Some great development here: Culubali with a +13,5, Tadesse with a +8,5 and Pratas with a +7,5 are the main “winners”. Should be said that I’m not tracking development for GK Technical Attributes but Lima and Dinis had a nice growth. It’s January already I don’t really understand the calendar. We should be close to midway through the league but we have just played 12 games. I had 2 months with only 2 official matches and other two with 3 matches. Now we have January with 6 and March with 5… We are on the right course, with 2 wins and a draw since the last update. As you can see I’ve been messing around with my tactics and decided to start all 3 games with 3 different formations. However, I ended every game playing my base 4-3-3 DM Wide. [Primeira Liga] vs Feirense (A) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 120 – 19 60 – 28 8 – 4 2,33 – 1,23 4 – 3 63 – 37 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko Assists Lacx Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Ferreira 7,4 Frimpong 5 B Caldeira 2 Frimpong 7,3 Lacx 4 Karamoko 2 Costinha 7,1 M Raposo 3 Costinha 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,0 L Ferreira 7 Costinha 5 Lacx 0,3 M Raposo 4 Frimpong 4 Costinha 0,3 B Caldeira 2 B Caldeira 4 xA Headers Won Dribbles Costinha 0,8 L Ferreira 15 B Caldeira 5 Frimpong 0,5 Frimpong 8 J Castro 4 B Caldeira 0,3 Lacx 5 Lacx 2 We should have won as we were way better, but I'll take any point I can. Great game by Caldeira with 4 key passes and 5 dribbles. [Primeira Liga] vs Moreirense (H) Final Score: 2-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 48 – 50 43 – 43 5 – 2 1,49 – 0,85 3 – 3 45 – 55 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko, L Ferreira Assists Costinha, Schurrle Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Costinha 8,0 B Caldeira 7 L Ferreira 2 Schurrle 7,6 Costinha 4 M Raposo 1 L Ferreira 7,5 Frimpong 3 J Castro 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,1 B Caldeira 4 Costinha 4 Costinha 0,2 Schurrle 4 Lacx 3 L Ferreira 0,1 T Melo 3 B Caldeira 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Costinha 0,6 Frimpong 6 B Caldeira 4 Lacx 0,5 M Raposo 3 Frimpong 4 Schurrle 0,3 Schurrle 3 Costinha 4 Close battle but we were more efficient. Costinha was great with 4 dribbles and 4 key passes. [Primeira Liga] vs Tondela (A) Final Score: 1-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 55 – 51 36 – 36 5 – 3 1,54 – 1,10 5 – 1 57 – 43 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko Assists Schurrle Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Schurrle 7,7 Frimpong 4 Schurrle 2 L Madeira 7,3 B Caldeira 3 Karamoko 2 D Azevedo 7,3 Schurrle 2 Denilson 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 1,0 Costinha 7 Schurrle 4 L Faustino 0,2 L Ferreira 5 L Madeira 4 Denilson 0,2 B Caldeira 4 Denilson 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Schurrle 0,7 L Ferreira 5 Frimpong 4 Denilson 0,3 L Faustino 5 Karamoko 3 L Madeira 0,2 Edu P 4 Schurrle 2 We just edged it. We managed to keep their striker, Cordero out of the game; and a monstrous game by Schurrle: 2 shots on target, 4 key passes, 2 dribbles, and 1 assist! We are now 6th! Regarding the objectives, we have 19 points which is 59% of the goal in 35% of the season and 10 points clear from the playoff (that’s 4 games in hand!). So we are quite ahead of the schedule. As I said before, we now have a busy month ahead of us: Gil Vicente is 10th; Famalicão is 14th; Braga is 3rd; Boavista 18th; Portimonense 13th; and Arouca 12th. The big challenge here is Braga, but Gil Vicente finished 5th last season so they are quite strong as well. Transfer Window Plans I’m not planning any big changes in this transfer window. Chermiti’s loan ends now (don’t know why the agreement was only for half season, but Sporting doesn’t want to extend it). Since we are comfortable in the league, I’ll take this chance to give some youngsters the playing time they need. Culubali and Pratas have been developing well and they deserve the chance. There’s also the case for Cassamá. His development has stalled a bit, but right now his attributes aren’t that far off from Karamoko, so I might try him at striker. I’m struggling a bit to find where to play Culubali. He isn’t as fast or as physical as I would like my striker to be. He’s well rounded, so he might be a good CAM (however I don’t play one…). Pratas is still a long way from being a first-team player, but some minutes in the senior squad might boost his development. Chermiti leaving opens up a spot for another Sporting player to arrive on loan. I’ll check if there’s any interesting player available (GK, RB and RW are the positions I need the most upgrades). Still trying to work on the youth team, so I’m bringing in João Carvalhais. Resolute personality, 18 years old, can play RB and CB, 195 cm. I’ll probably loan him out as he doesn’t need to work on his personality and he won’t have minutes as we are flooded with good CBs right now. If any crazy piece of business shows up, I might take it, but I’m mostly looking into players I can bring at end of contract as I don’t want to take another hit on the finances. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 Job Offer Interviews and... NEW JOB!! (on the way) After the declared interest by the media of Boavista and Saint-Étienne, here’s the first formal offer for an interview, this time by Casa Pia. I politely declined as they sit bottom of the table. A few days after it was Marseille. I attended the interview and asked to be hired at the end of the season. I wasn’t the favorite before and I’m still the second choice after the interview (Matías Almeyda, former Inter and Lazio player and current Lorient manager is the favorite). The next day they offer me the chance to propose changes to backroom staff and the next day they make an offer. 61,5k/month – 2 years, starting at the end of the season (01/06/2026). I ask for a bonus for winning the league and an increase in salary to 65k. They agree right away. Done deal! I understand that now I have no saying on my players’ transfer status, which is odd in the middle of a transfer window, but I respect that. Funny enough, I had a player on trial with Sertanense and ended the trial because he wanted a lot more than I could pay him; the next day Marseille sign him. We still have a job to do at Sertanense. Back to that. Completed another Coaching Licence I now have a Coaching Licence A. Since the last time I posted this, here are the changes: Attacking +3; Defending +1; Tactical +1; Technical +1; Mental +1 Determination +1; Player Knowledge +1; Youngster Knowledge +4; Level of Discipline +2; People Management +2; Motivating +4. End of the Transfer Window As I said, there wasn’t much to do in this transfer window. Ultimately decided to let some players leave on loan so they could get more competitive playing time. Half a season left The month wasn’t impressive, but can’t say it was bad either: 2 losses, 1 win, and 3 draws (that's 1.0 ppg which is above our objective for the season). [Primeira Liga] vs Gil Vicente (A) Final Score: 2-4 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 47 – 88 25 – 49 4 – 6 1,82 – 1,80 6 – 6 34 – 66 Individual Highlights Goals Schurrle (pen), Karamoko Assists Costinha Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Schurrle 7,2 Costinha 6 Schurrle 2 Karamoko 7,1 B Caldeira 4 Karamoko 1 Costinha 6,9 Karamoko 2 B Caldeira 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Schurrle 0,9 B Caldeira 5 Schurrle 4 Karamoko 0,4 T Melo 2 L Madeira 1 Cassamá 0,2 Edu P 2 Costinha 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Schurrle 0,5 Cassamá 3 L Madeira 3 Costinha 0,2 Edu P 3 Schurrle 2 Karamoko 0,1 L Ferreira 3 D Andrade 2 A balanced game where we didn't have much of the ball. From almost the same xG, they scored 2 more than us and that obviously makes a big difference. [Primeira Liga] vs Famalicão (A) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 65 – 94 31 – 47 6 – 1 1,05 – 0,76 2 – 1 44 – 56 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Costinha 7,4 L Madeira 5 Karamoko 1 D Azevedo 7,3 Karamoko 4 L Madeira 7,0 B Caldeira 4 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,8 D Andrade 4 Costinha 3 Schurrle 0,1 Schurrle 4 Schurrle 2 L Ferreira 0,1 L Madeira 3 Edu P 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Costinha 0,7 L Ferreira 4 Karamoko 3 M Raposo 0,2 Cassamá 3 Costinha 3 L Madeira 0,1 L Faustino 3 Denilson 1 An odd game without goals. We had chances, once again but didn't take them. It was the start of Karamoko's mini drought. [Primeira Liga] vs Braga (H) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 76 – 52 43 – 43 2 – 4 0,92 – 0,85 1 – 3 58 – 42 Individual Highlights Goals J Castro Assists Karamoko Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target J Castro 7,9 Frimpong 4 J Castro 1 Schurrle 6,8 Karamoko 2 B Ventura 1 Costinha 6,8 T Melo 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes B Ventura 0,3 Ricciulli 4 J Castro 4 Karamoko 0,2 B Caldeira 3 Costinha 1 Cassamá 0,2 J Castro 2 Schurrle 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles B Ventura 0,3 Ricciulli 10 Karamoko 2 J Castro 0,2 Cassamá 3 Denilson 2 Costinha 0,1 B Caldeira 2 Frimpong 2 They should be winning these games, but we showed our value. Great performance, although not many shots on target. It's like a win. [Primeira Liga] vs Boavista (H) Final Score: 2-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 77 – 53 31 – 36 6 – 3 1,55 – 1,28 3 – 3 60 – 40 Individual Highlights Goals Costinha, Miccoli Assists B Caldeira, Cassamá Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target B Caldeira 8,1 L Ferreira 3 Costinha 2 Cassamá 7,7 B Caldeira 3 Miccoli 1 L Ferreira 7,7 Costinha 3 B Caldeira 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Costinha 0,7 B Caldeira 6 Frimpong 4 Miccoli 0,3 L Ferreira 3 Cassamá 2 Culubali 0,1 Frimpong 2 Culubali 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles B Caldeira 0,6 L Ferreira 11 B Caldeira 3 Cassamá 0,5 Frimpong 7 Frimpong 3 Frimpong 0,2 Ricciulli 7 B Ventura 2 A lot of possession, 6 shots on target, 2 goals. We were great throughout the match. [Primeira Liga] vs Portimonense (A) Final Score: 2-2 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 62 – 71 45 – 43 6 – 4 2,01 – 1,02 3 – 4 54 – 46 Individual Highlights Goals Costinha, L Faustino Assists B Ventura (x2) Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target B Ventura 8,3 J Castro 3 Karamoko 2 L Faustino 7,4 Frimpong 2 L Ferreira 1 D Andrade 6,9 Costinha 2 L Faustino 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Costinha 0,7 T Melo 5 B Ventura 4 Karamoko 0,6 L Faustino 3 T Melo 3 L Faustino 0,2 Frimpong 2 J Castro 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles B Ventura 1,1 L Ferreira 10 Schurrle 2 Schurrle 0,5 L Faustino 10 Costinha 2 T Melo 0,2 Frimpong 7 B Ventura 2 Another draw. This time we have to blame it on our defence. They didn't create much but scored 2. Bruno Ventura helped us in the front with 2 assists. [Primeira Liga] vs Arouca (H) Final Score: 1-2 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 63 – 32 40 – 26 4 – 6 1,31 – 1,42 2 – 3 51 – 49 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko Assists Costinha Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 7,4 Frimpong 7 Karamoko 2 Costinha 6,9 Schurrle 3 L Faustino 1 T Melo 6,9 Costinha 2 L Ferreira 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Cassamá 0,4 T Melo 3 T Melo 3 Karamoko 0,3 Frimpong 2 L Madeira 3 Edu P 0,1 B Caldeira 2 Frimpong 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Cassamá 0,3 L Ferreira 7 Karamoko 3 Schurrle 0,2 L Faustino 6 B Ventura 2 T Melo 0,2 Frimpong 5 Costinha 2 The last game of the month and the end of the drought for Karamoko, too bad we didn't follow that with a win. It was a balanced match, We had many key passes but the last touch wasn't there. We are still on the top side of the table. 11 points away from the relegation playoff spot; 7 points away from the objective of 32 (78% of the objective in 53% of the competition); 1,39 ppg. 4 games in February. It would be nice to get to our objective this month, but it’s going to be difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 3 hours ago, lfds89 said: A few days after it was Marseille Headed to the big time I'd say the Marseille board are right to be impressed by your record at Sertanense. It might be difficult to improve your current position by much, but a Top Half finish would be a great result, and Europe is not out of the question. Good luck with the remainder of your season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 Em 16/06/2023 em 01:18, warlock disse: Headed to the big time I'd say the Marseille board are right to be impressed by your record at Sertanense. It might be difficult to improve your current position by much, but a Top Half finish would be a great result, and Europe is not out of the question. Good luck with the remainder of your season! Thanks! My problem with trying to achieve more with this team is squad depth. I have a decent enough starting eleven, and decent backups for CB and RB, but the rest is just a bit off the required level for a Portuguese first-tier. For instance, in this run of games I had Lacx out; for some time, Bruno Ventura was also out. I only had Cassamá as an option for the right inside forward spot. He's good coming off the bench, but nowhere near a starter (his ratings were all between 6.1 and 6.3 when starting). If it happens to Karamoko, I will try Cassamá or Culubali, but the drop will likely be significant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 One more month and five more games played It was quite difficult, but once again we managed to be above 1 ppg with a surprise win. The first game was against Estoril. I usually watch games in Extended Highlights, but I had a friendly before where I switched to Key, and forgot about it. Couldn’t see what was happening, thought it was just one of those games where nothing happens and couldn’t make any changes to impact the match. My fault entirely. [Primeira Liga] vs Estoril (A) Final Score: 0-1 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 66 – 92 40 – 67 3 – 5 0,72 – 1,04 1 – 2 38 – 62 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Ferreira 7,4 Frimpong 7 Karamoko 1 Frimpong 7,1 Culubali 3 Culubali 1 L Madeira 7,0 Costinha 3 Cassamá 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,2 L Ferreira 10 Schurrle 3 Culubali 0,2 B Caldeira 6 L Madeira 2 Miccoli 0,1 Frimpong 5 Costinha 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Culubali 0,2 L Ferreira 6 B Ventura 3 B Caldeira 0,2 Frimpong 4 Frimpong 3 Miccoli 0,1 M Raposo 4 B Caldeira 3 Then it was Chaves. We were so much better and really deserved to win this match. [Primeira Liga] vs Chaves (H) Final Score: 0-1 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 70 – 65 45 – 26 5 – 4 1,75 – 0,74 5 – 1 53 – 47 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target L Madeira 7,3 Costinha 4 Edu P 2 Costinha 7,1 Frimpong 3 L Ferreira 1 J Castro 6,9 B Ventura 3 Karamoko 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,5 L Ferreira 4 L Madeira 6 L Madeira 0,3 L Madeira 4 B Caldeira 4 Schurrle 0,3 Ricciulli 2 Schurrle 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles L Madeira 0,6 Ricciulli 10 Frimpong 4 Costinha 0,4 L Ferreira 8 Karamoko 3 B Ventura 0,2 Karamoko 7 B Ventura 3 Then we remembered we need to win some matches. It was a dull match without big chances for either team, but we managed to keep them to 0 shots on target and 0 chances created. Very proud of the team to play such football against Vitória de Guimarães. [Primeira Liga] vs Vitória de Guimarães (A) Final Score: 1-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 36 – 94 38 – 41 2 – 0 0,58 – 0,58 2 – 0 50 – 50 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko Assists J Castro Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target J Castro 7,8 Schurrle 7 L Faustino 1 Karamoko 7,5 L Madeira 3 Karamoko 1 J López 7,4 J Castro 3 xG Interceptions Key Passes Karamoko 0,3 J Castro 4 B Ventura 3 L Faustino 0,1 Denilson 4 J Castro 2 Schurrle 0,1 Schurrle 3 Denilson 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles J Castro 0,3 L Ferreira 6 Karamoko 5 B Ventura 0,1 Frimpong 5 J Castro 3 L Ferreira 0,1 L Faustino 4 Schurrle 3 Following our first win, came our second. This was our first big win. We had drawn to Benfica in the first round and managed to beat them at our home. A delight for the supporters (who still rate me as “C+” though…) [Primeira Liga] vs Benfica (H) Final Score: 2-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 57 – 72 29 – 54 3 – 4 0,63 – 0,90 1 – 2 49 – 51 Individual Highlights Goals Karamoko, Miccoli Assists J Castro, Karamoko Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Karamoko 7,8 B Caldeira 5 Cassamá 1 Ricciulli 7,5 Schurrle 3 Miccoli 1 J López 7,4 Ricciulli 3 Karamoko 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Miccoli 0,2 Schurrle 4 Culubali 2 Culubali 0,1 Ricciulli 4 B Caldeira 2 L Madeira 0,1 B Caldeira 4 Karamoko 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Karamoko 0,2 Ricciulli 7 B Ventura 5 B Caldeira 0,1 Frimpong 4 Karamoko 5 Cassamá 0,1 L Faustino 3 Last game, already in March was against Porto. I had to sub off Daniel Azevedo, our starting GK has he had been real bad in training for 2 weeks in a row and his performances were taking a dip as well; Caldeira, starting RB, was suspended; Karamoko suspended; Costinha injured; Lacx still injured; Frimpong unfit; Denilson recovering from an injury. So I had to field a rotated eleven and gave some youngsters a chance to participate (Castanheira, Tahiri and Carvalhais got a chance to play). [Primeira Liga] vs Porto (A) Final Score: 0-3 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 43 – 132 38 – 75 1 – 11 0,13 – 2,22 0 – 4 44 – 56 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Denilson 6,9 T Melo 4 Edu P 1 L Faustino 6,8 Denilson 3 J López 6,7 Culubai 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes J Castro 0,1 L Ferreira 5 Tahiri 1 L Faustino 3 Denilson 1 T Melo 2 Carvalhais 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles T Melo 6 Cassamá 3 Cassamá 4 Tahiri 2 L Faustino 3 Culubali 1 No, I didn't forget to fill in half the table... We were just that bad... Here are the standings: I don’t feel threatened by Casa Pia or any of the other relegation candidates, but we’ll still try to make the most points we can. The next 5 games are very interesting. We play Santa Clara and Sporting which are very difficult matches and then we play the bottom-3. We have to make a statement against them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 Youth Team dominated their league They are now through to the second phase. 6 teams in 2 groups, top-3 is promoted to the U19 First Division. New Youth Candidates A new batch of youngsters just arrived. I won’t be here to develop them, but hope at least one of them can make it into the first team. We got 1 professional and 1 fairly professional; 3 consistent and 1 very consistent; 1 either footed player. This is all new and great. Name Best Pos Injuries Consistency Big Matches Personality Technical Mental Physical Total ShStop Physical Speed Mental Comm Ecc Aerial Dist Total * Filipe Quintaneiro GK -1 -2 0 Professional 8 7 7 22 9 6 6 9 8 19 6 6 43% Name Best Pos Injuries Consistency Big Matches Personality Technical Mental Physical Total Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Jonatas Marreiros AM (R) 0 1 0 Fairly Professional 7 8 9 24 3 8 11 8 8 9 6 9 39% 5 Tutinho ST (C) 0 1 0 Balanced 6 6 9 21 1 9 11 6 11 10 2 6 35% 10 Ivan Sales D (C) 0 1 0 Low Determination 6 7 8 21 8 7 8 5 5 7 11 8 37% -3 Micael Lopes AM (L) 0 -1 0 Balanced 4 7 9 20 3 7 13 8 8 5 5 7 35% 5 Reto Salgaro D (C) 0 -1 0 Balanced 7 7 9 23 11 8 9 5 7 8 9 8 41% -4 Ivan Maia M (C) 0 2 0 Unambitious 5 8 9 22 9 8 10 7 6 7 8 9 40% -3 Ivan Flor AM (C) 0 -1 0 Balanced 6 9 6 21 5 6 7 10 7 10 5 9 37% 2 If I had to put my chips on someone, it would be Reto Salgaro. Not as DC but maybe as DM. I also like Tutinho and Ivan Flor. Of course, if Marreiros is touted as elite, he must be at least decent. I’m curious about scouting all my youth when I’m at Marseille. Pretty sure they’ll be below standard, but there might be a surprise. NXGN Surely we don’t have anyone in the list, but Marseille has. No.33, the winger Hassan. The Statement! Yeah… about that… We made a statement against Casa Pia: we were terrible, out of depth, it was appalling, and I was disgusted it our performance. Surely we had a red card soon (17 minutes in) but we were just non existent on the field. Not any better in other games: 1-1 against Santa Clara when they got one player sent off and there were 45 minutes to play, could not create a single chance and eventually lost the game; same story against Sporting – 2-2 when they got a man sent off at minute 67, lost the game at 90+2; against Moreirense we managed to win but they scored at 90+3 and just after the kick-off had another good chance to score. All in all, it's 6 points in 5 games, which is over 1 ppg. The standings do us a favor, but we haven’t been playing football except for the game against Feirense. In the meantime, Karamoko had 4 goals against Feirense, 1 against Sporting and 1 against Moreirense and is back in contention for the Top Goalscorer award. And the last 6 games of the season: Only Boavista and Portimonense are below us on the table, so it might be a sad goodbye to Sertanense, but we have achieved the objective of staying in this league, so overall it was a good season no matter what happens in these last games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 A big step for the youth team They’ll now compete with the big boys. Investment is needed to keep up with them, but it shows Sertanense is on the right path. The bonuses I don’t mind paying We are safe from relegation. Objective achieved! Prophetically, in the last game Karamoko and Luís Ferreira scored our goals. The guys who have been with me since the beginning and they are still leading the team. We achieved a very important position to build on next year. It’s a mixed feeling: I loved my time at Sertanense and I’m sad to leave, but I feel like I need a different challenge. Individually, Karamoko was just 1 goal shy from being crowned the top goalscorer, but he must be proud of himself. Career Summary Season Year Club League Position Cup Stage PPG Win % GF GA 01 2022/2023 Sertanense PT4 1st TdP First Round 2,27 69% 70 32 02 2023/2024 Sertanense PT3 3rd TdP Sixth Round 1,56 44% 33 26 03 2024/2025 Sertanense PT2 3rd TdP Third Round 1,76 50% 59 36 04 2025/2026 Sertanense PT1 9th TdP Third Round 1,29 35% 46 50 PPG, Win%, Goals For and Goals Against are stats for League only. Season Year Club Most Goals Most Assists Most POM Highest AvR 01 2022/2023 Sertanense Karamoko – 31 Quaresma – 9 Karamoko – 8 Kisley – 7,42 02 2023/2024 Sertanense Karamoko – 23 P Mendes – 10 Karamoko – 5 L Madeira – 7,26 03 2024/2025 Sertanense Karamoko – 21 Miccoli – 8 Karamoko – 7 Karamoko – 7,10 04 2025/2026 Sertanense Karamoko – 22 Costinha – 9 Costinha – 4 Karamoko – 7,02 Karamoko is still the man who scores, this time Costinha was the creator. Shout-out to Schurrle who also had a great season. Season Year Club Income Expenditure Profit Avg Attendance 01 2022/2023 Sertanense 1 353 447,00 € 1 411 118,00 € -57 671,00 € 662 02 2023/2024 Sertanense 1 485 040,00 € 1 942 059,00 € -457 019,00 € 1266 03 2024/2025 Sertanense 9 730 336,00 € 11 047 343,00 € -1 317 007,00 € 1876 04 2025/2026 Sertanense 6 747 649,00 € 7 290 128,00 € -542 479,00 € 5296 Finances keep going on a downward trend, but I'm pretty sure the team will have new sponsors and will turn this around. All-Time Appearances and Goals Name Position Apps Goals Seasons Club Daniel Azevedo GK 78 0 23-26 Sertanense Tiago Melo RB 67 4 23-26 Sertanense Luís Ferreira CB 121 11 22-26 Sertanense Levi Faustino CB 51 2 24-26 Sertanense Daniel Andrade LB 69 0 23-26 Sertanense João Castro CM 99 12 23-26 Sertanense Luís Madeira CM 99 9 23-26 Sertanense Miccoli CM 84 6 22-26 Sertanense Herculano Cassamá RW 60 10 23-26 Sertanense Denilson LW 117 21 22-26 Sertanense Mohamed Karamoko ST 129 97 22-26 Sertanense The guys who have been with me the longest. Some centurions, a shame that both Castro and Madeira didn't get to make game number 100. And Karamoko on the verge of goal 100! Marseille When they contacted me, they were 7th in the league. They have finished in 5th and qualified for the Europa League. I attended their last game of the season and this was how they started the match: They lost 2-0 to Strasbourg who finished just after them. I’ll go into more detail about the squad in future posts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 Season Objectives and Budget I’m curious about this. I think Marseille should be aiming higher, but I can’t even change the league objectives for this year, so I’ll take it. First View of the Club Last season only one player got decent minutes while being under 25 years of age: the loanee who is not at the club this season. Club vision: sign players under 23. To make things worse, we already had 2 signings arranged: Allan Saint-Maximin, 29, LW and Marco Sala, 27, LB. Starting with ASM, last year Afif was the left winger; he had 7,23 average rating, scored 10 and was POM 5 times. Highest average rating, highest league goalscorer, highest average rating. And now ASM is the player on the highest wage in the whole squad… Marco Sala will be facing the competition of Pezzella which is probably our second or third best player. At least Sala is on low wages and his status is only of a squad player. I would’ve preferred someone younger, but that’s not the worst. When I got here, we had around 91 players under contract over our 3 squads. My aim is to cut this down to 22 first-team players, 18 B-Team players and 18 U19 players (total of 58; that’s a cut of 33 players). I’ll probably cut even more, because I don’t think we need so many players, but let’s do small steps. 8 players were released over contract ending; 10 players were sold; 1 was loaned out. We bought ASM and Sala as I told before and a youngster for the U19. That makes it 16 less players. Even before players got back from holidays. To help with the squad building, Fujimoto, Toni Martinez and Guiagon asked for improved deals, with demands way over what they are worth. Probably a consequence of the ASM contract. And Gigot wants me to accept an offer by Sporting… Our reputation also seems to be a problem. This is probably a chance for a total rebuild, but as it is the main squad follows: Name Best Pos Personality ShStop Physical Speed Mental Comm Ecc Aerial Dist Total * Comment Pau López GK Fairly Professional 16 12 13 13 9 7 13 14 61% Gonçalo Tabuaço GK Fairly Determined 14 11 10 12 9 7 13 14 56% Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Comment Hans Hateboer D (R) Resolute 13 13 13 9 12 11 14 14 62% -1 Reeve Frosler D (R) Fairly Determined 13 11 15 9 9 11 8 13 56% -4 Either Foot Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Comment Giuseppe Pezzella D (L) Resilient 13 14 15 10 11 11 12 14 63% -2 Marco Sala D (L) Fairly Professional 12 12 14 11 9 12 8 12 56% -3 Transfer In Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Comment Samuel Gigot D (C) Driven 14 12 11 13 10 11 15 14 63% -4 Chancel Mbemba D (C) Resilient 13 13 14 11 9 11 14 14 62% -4 Éric Bailly D (C) Fairly Professional 15 15 15 9 7 10 13 12 60% -8 Leonardo Balerdi D (C) Spirited 14 12 12 9 9 10 14 13 58% -5 Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Comment Matteo Guendouzi DM Balanced 14 14 15 15 13 15 12 14 70% -1 Boubakary Soumaré M (C) Fairly Ambitious 13 14 11 14 12 14 12 13 64% -1 Amadou Haïdara M (C) Ambitious 12 13 13 13 12 14 9 13 62% 0 Ludovit Reis DM Resolute 12 14 12 13 11 12 9 14 61% -1 Nico Melamed AM (C) Fairly Determined 9 13 14 13 12 12 7 13 58% 3 Parfait Guiagon AM (C) Ambitious 8 11 13 14 12 14 6 12 56% 4 Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Comment Akram Afif AM (L) Fairly Determined 4 12 15 15 14 15 6 12 58% 10 Kanya Fujimoto AM (R) Spirited 7 12 12 15 12 15 6 12 57% 5 Allan Saint-Maximin AM (L) Fairly Ambitious 3 13 16 15 12 16 5 11 57% 9 Radenko Ristic AM (L) Driven 4 10 15 11 10 13 7 11 51% 6 U19 – P5 Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Comment Toni Martínez ST (C) Spirited 6 13 13 11 14 12 15 13 61% 8 Amine Harit ST (C) Balanced 7 11 14 16 12 15 6 11 57% 5 Arkadiusz Milik ST (C) Ambitious 4 11 10 12 14 13 13 14 57% 10 Amine Harit is considered a ST because that's where he played last season, but most likely he'll play either CM/CAM or Wing. Along with the best prospects so far: Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Status Maximiliano Rodriguez D (R) Determined 14 12 14 8 8 9 10 14 56% -6 U19 – P4,5 Thomas Scherrer M (C) Light-Hearted 8 12 13 12 7 13 8 12 53% -1 U17 – P5 Nenad Mitrovic ST (C) Temperamental 1 12 12 10 12 12 11 11 51% 11 U19 – P3,5 Noah Gil ST (C) Fickle 2 12 9 12 11 14 9 12 51% 9 U19 – P3,5 Radenko Ristic AM (L) Driven 4 10 15 11 10 13 7 11 51% 6 U19 – P5 Ashraf Hassan AM (R) Driven 7 12 14 9 8 12 7 11 50% 1 U19 – P4 Patrick Guldager D (C) Professional 12 10 8 6 7 9 14 13 49% -5 U19 – P4,5 Gael Lafont AM (R) Balanced 4 12 14 11 11 13 7 7 49% 7 U19 – P4,5 João Sousa M (R) Fairly Sporting 7 10 11 8 7 12 11 10 48% 0 U17 – P4,5 Recep Akyel ST (C) Fairly Ambitious 3 11 11 8 13 11 11 8 48% 10 U19 – P3,5 Mamadou Maiga M (R) Balanced 6 11 9 12 8 11 9 10 48% 2 U17 – P4 José Hourcade M (R) Balanced 3 13 15 11 8 13 4 9 48% 5 U19 – P4,5 Xavier Patrac AM (R) Fairly Loyal 2 11 13 11 8 13 9 8 47% 6 U19 – P3,5 Willem Pander D (L) Temperamental 11 10 12 7 6 6 10 12 46% -5 U19 – P3,5 Axel Vincent M (C) Fairly Professional 6 9 12 10 7 12 5 10 44% 1 U17 – P4 Baptiste Bertrand M (L) Balanced 5 10 11 10 9 11 5 10 44% 4 U17 – P4,5 Salif Keita AM (R) Balanced 3 11 13 12 8 10 4 9 44% 5 U17 – P4 Aissa Boucetta D (R) Balanced 9 10 10 7 3 6 10 11 41% -6 U19 – P3,5 Fabrice Husser AM (R) Balanced 1 9 14 8 10 11 8 5 41% 9 U17 – P4 Arthur Carriere D (R) Fairly Professional 10 8 8 7 6 8 7 12 41% -4 U17 – P4 Note: P5 means Potential 5 stars according to Assistant Manager. U19 and U17 doesn't mean they'll play there, it means they are in that age category. I'm still deciding who stays and trains with the first-team and who's loaned out. Mitrovic will certainly stay and I'll try and change his personality, Noah Gil seems like he needs that too, the rest have decent enough personalities so they can be loaned out right away. Scherrer and Ristic will stay as I intend to give them minutes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 Tactical Iterations Amidst a rebuilding project, trying to find the perfect tactic is delusional. My first try is a 4-3-3 DM Wide much in line with what I used at Sertanense. Now I’ve added a RPM as DM because Guendouzi offers a lot more than any midfielder I ever had and DLF/TF as ST since none of my strikers is particularly fast. In the first game, although it was against a much smaller team and without much familiarity with the system, I felt Guendouzi was far away from the action and wasn’t too involved. I’ve then decided to try a system I had already tried in friendlies at Sertanense. Note: Don’t mind players selected, some are off their positions. Doesn’t seem to be working that well, probably a bit too complicated to implement this on a new team. I revert to the 4-3-3 DM Wide, now with some transfers in and dropping the idea of Guendouzi as RPM. DM spot switches between DM-S, DLP-S and DM-D to adapt to opposition. I’ve also switched in-game to the tactic with the WP since it suits Amine Harit, Fujimoto, and even Afif. It allows exploring width with the LW coming inside and opening up space for the LWB. Final Squad and Transfers Summary Apart from the transfers of Sala and Saint-Maximin, we agreed to sign Maximilian Beier to replace Toni Martinez and Arda Güler to replace Parfait Guiagon. Beier offers versatility and pace and is under 23. Arda Güler is a technically brilliant U21 player. As a bonus, he accepted the role of squad player. I’ve also added some youngsters who came on a cheap. On the way out from the first team, besides Toni and Parfait, Kolasinac (who had been on loan) and Nico Melamed were also sold. And I got some more knowledge of the rules… Review of the French market More about Lens is below. And the summary of our “ins and outs” IN OUT (Only valued transfers, frees and loans are not on image) And the squad summary Name Best Pos Personality ShStop Physical Speed Mental Comm Ecc Aerial Dist Total * Pau López GK Fairly Professional 16 12 13 13 9 7 13 14 61% Gonçalo Tabuaço GK Fairly Determined 14 11 10 12 9 7 13 14 56% Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Hans Hateboer D (R) Resolute 13 13 13 9 12 11 14 14 62% -1 Reeve Frosler D (R) Fairly Determined 13 11 15 9 9 11 8 13 56% -4 Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Giuseppe Pezzella D (L) Resilient 13 14 15 10 11 11 12 14 63% -2 Marco Sala D (L) Fairly Professional 12 12 14 11 9 12 8 12 56% -3 Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Samuel Gigot D (C) Driven 14 12 11 13 10 11 15 14 63% -4 Chancel Mbemba D (C) Resilient 13 13 14 11 9 11 14 14 62% -4 Éric Bailly D (C) Fairly Professional 15 15 15 9 7 10 13 12 60% -8 Leonardo Balerdi D (C) Spirited 14 12 12 9 9 10 14 13 58% -5 Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Matteo Guendouzi M (C) Balanced 14 14 15 15 13 15 12 14 70% -1 Boubakary Soumaré DM Fairly Ambitious 13 14 11 14 12 14 12 13 64% -1 Amadou Haïdara M (C) Ambitious 12 13 13 13 12 14 9 13 62% 0 Ludovit Reis DM Resolute 12 14 12 13 11 12 9 14 61% -1 Arda Guler AM (C) Resolute 3 11 13 16 15 16 11 11 60% 12 Amine Harit AM (C) Balanced 7 11 14 16 12 15 6 11 57% 5 Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Akram Afif AM (L) Fairly Determined 4 12 15 15 14 15 6 12 58% 10 Kanya Fujimoto AM (R) Spirited 7 12 12 15 12 15 6 12 57% 5 Allan Saint-Maximin AM (L) Fairly Ambitious 3 13 16 15 12 16 5 11 57% 9 Radenko Ristic AM (L) Driven 4 10 15 11 10 13 7 11 51% 6 Name Best Pos Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Att-Def Maximilian Beier ST (C) Professional 8 13 16 13 14 13 13 12 64% 6 Bamba Dieng ST (C) Fairly Ambitious 7 12 15 11 14 13 10 12 59% 7 Arkadiusz Milik ST (C) Ambitious 4 11 10 12 14 13 13 14 57% 10 Opposition PSG we all know very well and now Lens who were just promoted are owned by a Tycoon. They are predicted 1st and 2nd. Name Prediction Manager Formation TEC MEN PHY Average Rank Angers 18 Moulin 5-3-2 DM WB 69 70 78 72 14 Bordeaux 12 Guion 4-3-3 DM Wide 70 71 78 73 13 Brest 14 Le Guen 5-2-3 DM Wide 71 68 77 72 16 Lens 2 Tudor 5-2-2-1 DM AM 76 73 79 76 6 Lille 9 Koeman 4-3-3 DM Wide 77 73 76 75 7 Lorient 8 Almeyda 4-3-3 DM Wide 73 71 78 74 9 Lyon 5 Stéphan 5-2-1-2 DM AM 76 75 78 76 5 Marseille 6 Leal 4-3-3 DM Wide 79 75 75 76 4 Metz 13 Petrescu 4-3-3 DM Wide 71 69 76 72 15 Monaco 3 Clement 4-4-2 76 74 79 76 3 Montpellier 16 Blanc 5-3-2 DM WB 69 71 72 70 18 Nantes 17 Sagnol 4-4-2 Diamond Narrow 70 71 71 71 17 Nice 7 Conceição 4-3-3 DM Wide 74 71 74 73 11 PSG 1 Garitano 4-2-3-1 DM AM Wide 85 82 80 83 1 Rennes 4 Genesio 4-4-2 79 75 77 77 2 Saint-Étienne 11 Grosso 4-3-3 DM Wide 75 73 76 75 8 Strasbourg 10 Bachar 4-3-3 DM Wide 73 69 78 73 12 Troyes 15 Diarra 5-3-2 DM WB 72 72 77 74 10 TEC - Dribbling, First Touch, Passing MEN - Anticipation, Concentration, Decisions PHY - Jumping, Pace, Strength Regarding the attributes, we are quite well-rounded except for physical. Joint second in both Technical and Mental but we are 4th last in Physical. I believe it'll change when I rebuild my defense. Jumping is where we are further from average. About formations: 8 managers using 4-3-3 DM Wide, 12 using 4 at the back. I feel like having a working 4-2-3-1 would help. I'll try to develop something in the friendlies along the season. New Affiliate All the affiliates Marseille had were local clubs and such a team needed presence outside. This is the first affiliate I asked for, and the board let me have the final word. Minnesota, it is. Allows us to increase our brand in the USA. First Games of the Season Decent start to the season. Results were worse than performances, but we'll get there. [Ligue 1] vs Nantes (A) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 101 – 51 44 – 32 7 – 1 3,08 – 0,47 8 – 1 54 – 46 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Pezzella 7,7 Fujimoto 5 Beier 3 Guendouzi 7,5 Guendouzi 3 Guendouzi 1 Mbemba 7,4 Beier 2 Fujimoto 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,9 Mbemba 5 Fujimoto 7 Harit 0,4 Gigot 4 Pezzella 5 Afif 0,4 Hateboer 4 ASM 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Pezzella 0,9 Gigot 14 Pezzella 8 Guendouzi 0,6 Mbemba 10 Afif 5 Fujimoto 0,5 Balerdi 6 Guendouzi 4 Over 3 xG, 8 chances, no goals. We kept them at bay. [Ligue 1] vs Lille (H) Final Score: 5-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 71 – 40 46 – 29 8 - 0 2,98 – 0,21 6 – 1 48 – 52 Individual Highlights Goals Afif, Beier, Reis, Guendouzi, Harit Assists Sala, Afif, Guler (x2), Fujimoto Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Fujimoto 8,2 Guendouzi 4 Beier 2 Harit 7,9 Beier 3 Balerdi 1 Guler 7,9 Fujimoto 3 Harit 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 1,0 Hateboer 4 Fujimoto 5 Guendouzi 0,9 Guendouzi 3 Guler 4 Guler 0,2 Balerdi 2 ASM 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Fujimoto 1,1 Balerdi 11 Sala 7 ASM 0,8 Hateboer 4 Harit 4 Harit 0,2 Gigot 4 Guendouzi 3 For the goals we didn't score against Nantes. Great team goal against Lille – don’t know how to record longer, but it was a first-touch pass by Fujimoto from a Sala’s pass. [Ligue 1] vs Bordeaux (A) Final Score: 0-1 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 67 – 81 49 – 40 4 – 1 0,88 – 0,46 4 – 0 47 – 53 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Hateboer 7,0 Sala 8 Guler 1 Guendouzi 7,0 Hateboer 5 ASM 1 Fujimoto 6,9 Afif 3 Afif 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Guendouzi 0,3 Gigot 4 Guendouzi 3 Guler 0,2 Hateboer 4 Fujimoto 2 Afif 0,2 Guendouzi 4 ASM 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Fujimoto 0,3 Hateboer 7 ASM 7 Beier 0,2 Gigot 6 Guendouzi 4 ASM 0,1 Beier 4 Beier 2 Once again we were better but this time with a low xG. [Ligue 1] vs Lyon (H) Final Score: 1-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 52 – 81 38 – 47 5 – 2 1,12 – 0,17 2 – 0 42 – 58 Individual Highlights Goals Beier Assists Guendouzi Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Beier 8,0 Hateboer 4 Beier 3 Guendouzi 7,6 Fujimoto 3 Fujimoto 1 Hateboer 7,4 Afif 3 Balerdi 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,8 Balerdi 4 Fujimoto 3 Balerdi 0,1 Guendouzi 3 Guendouzi 2 Fujimoto 0,1 Gigot 3 Beier 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Guendouzi 0,6 Hateboer 7 Beier 5 Fujimoto 0,3 Gigot 7 Hateboer 3 Beier 0,1 Guendouzi 3 Guler 3 The first big test and we were definitely better. We have beaten every team in shots on target, xG and Chances created. On average: For/90 Against/90 Shots on Target 6,0 1,0 xG 2,02 0,33 Chances 5,0 0,5 xG Table shows we have been better than our standing shows And the actual standings with Lens starting strong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 Wage Structure & Team Dynamics Sum 5 837 000,00 € Wage Budget 7 400 000,00 € It needs work, but with the ASM transfer already agreed, the much-needed transfer of Beier and Fujimoto demanding an “Important Player” status, it’s what is possible right now. Pau López and Afif are on low wages in comparison but they are 31 and 29, respectively, so I don’t envision big upgrades for them. Guendouzi wants to leave to play with a better team. I might accept a decent offer. He has been one of our best players so far (as expected), but I don’t want unhappy players here, especially, when they are team leaders. Name Best Pos Age Mins Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Pau López GK 31 720 3 227 000,00 € €10 500 Irene Pezzullo - Acquaintance 5/2/2026 30/6/2028 €7,8M - €9,4M Important Player Giuseppe Pezzella D (L) 28 487 3,5 351 000,00 € €16 250 Paolo Piccoli - Own Player 13/12/2024 30/6/2029 €50M - €55M Star Player Matteo Guendouzi M (C) 27 691 4 355 000,00 € €14 250 Dave Green - Own Player 10/7/2023 30/6/2029 €65M - €72M Star Player Kanya Fujimoto AM (R) 27 626 3 348 000,00 € €16 000 Naoko Kasahara - Own Player 15/7/2026 30/6/2030 €45M - €50M Important Player Akram Afif AM (L) 29 612 3,5 298 000,00 € €13 750 Mohammed Al-Sayed - Own Player 10/6/2025 30/6/2028 €41M - €45M Important Player Allan Saint-Maximin AM (L) 29 596 3,5 419 000,00 € €19 250 Romain Cavelier - Acquaintance 1/7/2026 30/6/2029 €49M - €58M Important Player Maximilian Beier AM (L) 23 565 3,5 360 000,00 € €18 750 Felix Brinkies - Acquaintance 26/7/2026 30/6/2031 €51M - €56M Important Player Wage Sum 2 358 000,00 € Total Allowed 2 220 000,00 € 7 Max 4 555 000,00 € In the regular starters group, Balerdi is probably on a higher wage than should be, but he’s wanted so I might let him leave. Amine Harit is also on a high wage and he’s 29, we’ll see how this season goes, but I might have to sell him. Name Best Pos Age Mins Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Chancel Mbemba D (R) 32 450 3 230 000,00 € €10 500 Chérubin Zola - Close 15/4/2024 30/6/2027 €6M - €6,6M Regular Starter Hans Hateboer D (R) 32 702 3 300 000,00 € €13 750 Federico Facciolo - Own Player 3/1/2025 30/6/2027 €11M - €12M Regular Starter Leonardo Balerdi D (C) 27 618 3,5 366 000,00 € €16 750 Heiko Richter - Own Player 9/7/2025 30/6/2030 €35M - €44M Regular Starter Ludovit Reis DM 26 691 3 223 000,00 € €10 250 Adrián Rico - Acquaintance 18/8/2025 30/6/2030 €30M - €36M Regular Starter Amine Harit AM (L) 29 314 3 353 000,00 € €16 250 Romain Cavelier - Own Player 11/7/2025 30/6/2028 €25M - €27M Regular Starter Wage Sum 1 472 000,00 € Total Allowed 2 220 000,00 € 5 Max 7 317 142,86 € In the squad players group, there are also some overpaid players: Soumaré, Bailly and Milik are the most obvious. Bailly and Milik are mostly squad fillers, both 32, and I don’t think they’ll count for next season. They are still pretty decent but with need the renewal and a better structure. When I look at his attributes, Soumaré should be a regular starter (although he’s just barely over the regular start max wage as well). He still hasn’t played much this season as he started the season with an injury and Reis-Guendouzi-Fujimoto has been working well, so we’ll see. He’ll definitely have more chances if Guendouzi leaves, but can he fill in the boots? Name Best Pos Age Mins Ability Wage Appearance Fee Agent Begins Expires Transfer Value Agreed Playing Time Gonçalo Tabuaço GK 25 90 2 44 000,00 € €2 200 Ricardo Morais - Acquaintance 1/9/2023 30/6/2028 €160K - €500K Backup Reeve Frosler D (R) 28 150 3 178 000,00 € €10 250 Kabelo Radebe - Own Player 29/1/2026 30/6/2029 €11M - €14M Squad Player Samuel Gigot D (C) 32 462 2,5 132 000,00 € €6 000 - - Acquaintance 31/1/2025 30/6/2027 €5M Squad Player Éric Bailly D (C) 32 90 2,5 293 000,00 € €17 000 - - Own Player 3/1/2026 30/6/2028 €1,6M - €3,4M Squad Player Marco Sala WB (L) 27 281 2,5 78 000,00 € €4 500 Davide Musa - Own Player 1/7/2026 30/6/2030 €2,5M - €5,4M Squad Player Ashraf Hassan M (R) 19 - 2 33 500,00 € €2 200 Mahmoud Radwan - Acquaintance 12/7/2025 30/6/2030 €13,5M - €16,5M Fringe Player Amadou Haïdara M (C) 28 114 3 217 000,00 € €12 500 Coumba Sissoko - Acquaintance 8/7/2025 30/6/2029 €17,5M - €19M Squad Player Boubakary Soumaré M (C) 27 131 3 322 000,00 € €18 500 Luke Morgan - Own Player 1/7/2025 30/6/2029 €12,5M - €15M Squad Player Arda Güler AM (C) 21 255 3 207 000,00 € €12 000 Özgür Yıldız - Own Player 16/7/2026 30/6/2030 €33M - €38M Squad Player Radenko Ristić AM (L) 19 32 2 27 000,00 € €1 700 Nemanja Stanojević - Close 2/2/2026 30/6/2030 €17,5M - €22M Fringe Player Bamba Dieng ST (C) 26 129 2,5 64 500,00 € €3 200 Cheik N'Diaye - Acquaintance 6/1/2024 30/6/2028 €1,7M - €3,9M Fringe Player Arkadiusz Milik ST (C) 32 104 2 278 000,00 € €16 000 Piergiorgio Missaglia - Own Player 16/1/2026 30/6/2028 €2,7M - €3,6M Fringe Player Wage Sum 1 874 000,00 € Total Allowed 2 220 000,00 € 12 Max 11 201 818,18 € About Dynamics, Marseille is a strange team. Harit is a team leader but he doesn’t belong to any social group; Guendouzi is a team leader and his social group mostly has prospects. Even Mbemba and Pezzella, who share personality types have 2 different groups. Somehow this must turn into less groups but bigger groups. September is gone! Not exactly how I intended, but it’s just our second month together, so we are still adapting. Clear win over Angers made easy with a 35-minute send off to one of their strikers. [Ligue 1] vs Angiers (A) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 188 – 28 66 – 24 9 – 2 2,11 – 0,46 6 – 1 59 – 41 Individual Highlights Goals Fujimoto, ASM, Guler Assists Pezzella Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Guler 7,7 Pezzella 3 Beier 4 Pezzella 7,4 Fujimoto 3 Fujimoto 2 ASM 7,3 Ristic 2 Guler 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,8 Balerdi 6 Reis 3 ASM 0,4 Hateboer 4 Afif 3 Fujimoto 0,3 Mbemba 3 Soumaré 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Ristic 0,3 Balerdi 13 Hateboer 6 Afif 0,2 Pezzella 4 Pezzella 5 Reis 0,2 Mbemba 4 Frosler 4 Then I fielded a partially rotated 11 and we were terrible. Had to sub in my first team and eventually got a draw. [Europa League] vs Astana (A) Final Score: 2-2 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 47 – 54 47 – 30 4 – 5 1,77 – 1,24 5 – 3 52 – 48 Individual Highlights Goals Guendouzi, Balerdi Assists Reis, ASM Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Balerdi 8,1 Guler 4 Guler 1 Reis 7,4 Mbemba 4 Guendouzi 1 Guendouzi 7,4 Milik 2 Beier 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,5 Mbemba 6 Guler 4 Guler 0,4 Balerdi 4 ASM 4 Balerdi 0,4 Pezzella 3 Reis 4 xA Headers Won Dribbles ASM 0,5 Balerdi 18 Frosler 8 Guendouzi 0,4 Guler 7 ASM 5 Pezzella 0,3 Mbemba 6 Harit 1 We were way better against Lorient and clearly deserved a win, they scored on the last play of the match… [Ligue 1] vs Lorient (H) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 73 – 40 51 – 25 8 – 2 2,45 – 0,55 4 – 1 58 – 42 Individual Highlights Goals Afif Assists ASM Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target ASM 8,1 Reis 3 Guendouzi 4 Afif 7,5 Guendouzi 3 Afif 1 Hateboer 7,1 ASM 3 Milik 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Afif 0,8 Bailly 7 ASM 4 Guendouzi 0,3 Gigot 6 Harit 4 ASM 0,3 Afif 5 Afif 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles ASM 1,1 Hateboer 15 ASM 4 Afif 0,3 Gigot 8 Harit 3 Guler 0,2 Bailly 6 Reis 3 Against Metz we weren’t great, but were clearly the better team. [Ligue 1] vs Metz (A) Final Score: 0-1 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 68 – 31 45 – 36 5 – 3 1,73 – 0,54 4 – 0 56 – 44 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Sala 7,3 Pezzella 6 Balerdi 2 Fujimoto 6,9 Guendouzi 4 Guler 1 Pezzella 6,9 Balerdi 3 Haidara 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Balerdi 0,6 Hateboer 4 Fujimoto 5 Dieng 0,5 Balerdi 4 Guendouzi 2 ASM 0,2 Mbemba 4 Dieng 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Sala 0,5 Balerdi 11 Guendouzi 6 Dieng 0,3 Hateboer 8 ASM 3 Fujimoto 0,3 Mbemba 5 Harit 3 And lastly, another big test, this time against Lens and we gave them no chance. On the 90th minute they were on 0,23 xG, then they had a big chance and scored the 3-1. [Ligue 1] vs Lens (H) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 66 – 77 56 – 27 6 – 3 0,91 – 1,11 2 – 3 58 – 42 Individual Highlights Goals Reis, Beier, Harit Assists Afif, Pezzella Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Afif 7,7 Guendouzi 3 Reis 1 Balerdi 7,5 Pezzella 3 Afif 1 Pezzella 7,4 Afif 2 Haidara 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,4 Balerdi 7 ASM 4 Harit 0,2 Afif 4 Afif 3 Haidara 0,1 Mbemba 3 Reis 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Afif 0,4 Balerdi 10 Pezzella 8 Pezzella 0,2 Mbemba 7 ASM 6 Balerdi 0,1 ASM 4 Afif 3 In the league we are 7th. But we have been playing better than this and we have beaten Lyon and Lens who should be our competition for the European spots when the season ends. Speaking of Lyon, they are having a very bad start to the season. On the opposite side, Strasbourg was predicted to finish 10th and they sit in 3rd with the same points as 2nd-placed Nice (who has a +7 ! difference between Goals Scored and xG). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 How’s Guler performing? Is he as flamboyant as he is in real life? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 9 horas atrás, SixPointer disse: How’s Guler performing? Is he as flamboyant as he is in real life? I love him, he adds a lot offensively. He's rotating with Fujimoto on the RCM - MEZ-S position. Attribute-wise: Name Best Pos Injuries Consistency Big Matches Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Comment CM AM WF Arda Guler AM (C) 0 1 0 Resolute 3 11 13 16 15 16 11 11 60% Transfer In 57% 73% 71% Kanya Fujimoto AM (R) 0 2 1 Spirited 7 12 12 15 12 15 6 12 57% 61% 68% 66% The positional ratings are just averages for some of the attributes I deem important for each role. For the MEZ-S I want someone who can play mostly AM, but also CM (for the defence) and WF (for the speed). Stats-wise. Fujimoto has been impressive, so it's not easy to justify taking him off the team, but Arda is getting some game time which is the most important thing as he settles and develops (he's still 21). Name Pos PL Club Apps Mins PoM Gls/90 ShT/90 Asts/90 Ps C/90 Pas % Pr passes/90 OP-KP/90 Ch C/90 Drb/90 Poss Lost/90 Av Rat Kanya Fujimoto M (C) Marseille 9 681 1,00 0,13 0,66 0,26 50,35 82,00 6,61 2,78 4,71 1,06 16,92 7,23 Arda Güler M (C) Marseille 2 (6) 345 1,00 0,26 1,57 0,52 48,00 78,00 8,61 3,13 3,64 2,09 17,74 7,06 Name DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Kanya Fujimoto 4,23 4,50 8,73 -9,52 0,39 6% 3% 13% 22% Arda Güler 4,96 6,79 11,75 -8,61 0,78 7% 2% 18% 27% I'm pretty sure he would excel as a Treq, for instance, in a 4-2-3-1; or even maybe as a F9 on a 4-3-3 with two wingers as IF-A or something like that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, lfds89 said: I love him, he adds a lot offensively. He's rotating with Fujimoto on the RCM - MEZ-S position. Attribute-wise: Name Best Pos Injuries Consistency Big Matches Personality Def Physical Speed Vision Att Tech Aerial Mental Total Comment CM AM WF Arda Guler AM (C) 0 1 0 Resolute 3 11 13 16 15 16 11 11 60% Transfer In 57% 73% 71% Kanya Fujimoto AM (R) 0 2 1 Spirited 7 12 12 15 12 15 6 12 57% 61% 68% 66% The positional ratings are just averages for some of the attributes I deem important for each role. For the MEZ-S I want someone who can play mostly AM, but also CM (for the defence) and WF (for the speed). Stats-wise. Fujimoto has been impressive, so it's not easy to justify taking him off the team, but Arda is getting some game time which is the most important thing as he settles and develops (he's still 21). Name Pos PL Club Apps Mins PoM Gls/90 ShT/90 Asts/90 Ps C/90 Pas % Pr passes/90 OP-KP/90 Ch C/90 Drb/90 Poss Lost/90 Av Rat Kanya Fujimoto M (C) Marseille 9 681 1,00 0,13 0,66 0,26 50,35 82,00 6,61 2,78 4,71 1,06 16,92 7,23 Arda Güler M (C) Marseille 2 (6) 345 1,00 0,26 1,57 0,52 48,00 78,00 8,61 3,13 3,64 2,09 17,74 7,06 Name DA OA D+O Poss +/- G+A /90 OPKP/PsC SPKP/PsC ProgP/PsC Prog%+KP% Kanya Fujimoto 4,23 4,50 8,73 -9,52 0,39 6% 3% 13% 22% Arda Güler 4,96 6,79 11,75 -8,61 0,78 7% 2% 18% 27% I'm pretty sure he would excel as a Treq, for instance, in a 4-2-3-1; or even maybe as a F9 on a 4-3-3 with two wingers as IF-A or something like that. Love the depth you’re willing to go to! It’s insane the amount of data you harvest 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 4 horas atrás, SixPointer disse: Love the depth you’re willing to go to! It’s insane the amount of data you harvest Yeah... I'm a bit of a freak about the data. I lose a lot of time with this. And it's time I could spend actually playing the game... Extracting the octagon attributes player by player is the worst, but it is also what provides the most information I can work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 October was weird… Should have beaten Brest but we didn’t do enough; we were better against PSG and deserved to win but we lost; the opposite happened against Arsenal: they were better, we we got the win. Conceded a lot of shots against Partizan but Beier was in top form [Europa League] vs Partizan (H) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 63 – 34 69 – 29 8 – 10 2,25 – 1,60 6 – 4 62 – 38 Individual Highlights Goals Beier (x3) Assists Soumaré, Fujimoto Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Beier 9,2 Haidara 3 Beier 4 López 8,6 Soumaré 2 Balerdi 2 Soumaré 8,0 Frosler 2 Harit 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 1,3 Pezzella 6 Fujimoto 6 Guler 0,3 Guler 4 Guler 4 Balerdi 0,2 Soumaré 3 Soumaré 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Guler 0,4 Balerdi 11 Sala 2 Soumaré 0,4 Bailly 7 Frosler 2 Fujimoto 0,4 Soumaré 5 Guler 2 We were slightly better than Troyes and just edged out the game [Ligue 1] vs Troyes (A) Final Score: 1-0 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 81 – 73 46 – 29 5 – 2 1,43 – 0,69 2 – 2 56 – 44 Individual Highlights Goals Beier Assists Afif Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target López 7,8 Fujimoto 2 Guendouzi 2 Afif 7,6 Soumaré 1 Guler 1 Hateboer 7,4 Hateboer 1 Afif 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,6 ASM 4 Afif 3 Guendouzi 0,3 Mbemba 3 ASM 3 Gigot 0,2 Pezzella 3 Guendouzi 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Afif 0,6 Gigot 16 ASM 4 ASM 0,3 Hateboer 7 Beier 4 Guendouzi 0,2 Mbemba 6 Hateboer 2 Our best performance of the month, but we didn't get the result. We can be proud we created 11 chances against PSG. [Ligue 1] vs PSG (H) Final Score: 1-2 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 61 – 86 43 – 34 8 – 6 2,64 – 1,00 11 – 4 49 – 51 Individual Highlights Goals Fujimoto Assists Beier Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Fujimoto 7,5 Fujimoto 4 Fujimoto 2 Harit 6,9 Pezzella 4 Balerdi 2 ASM 6,8 Guendouzi 3 Beier 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,9 Guendouzi 3 ASM 6 Balerdi 0,6 Afif 3 Fujimoto 5 Afif 0,6 Hateboer 2 Guler 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles Fujimoto 0,8 Balerdi 11 Afif 5 ASM 0,5 Hateboer 8 Guendouzi 4 Balerdi 0,3 Beier 6 Pezzella 3 A big win in Europa League against Arsenal [Europa League] vs Arsenal (A) Final Score: 0-1 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 57 – 61 39 – 65 3 – 6 1,27 – 1,73 3 – 5 50 – 50 Individual Highlights Goals Beier, Guler Assists Hateboer Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target Hateboer 7,5 ASM 3 Reis 1 Guler 7,3 Afif 3 Guler 1 Beier 7,2 Reis 2 Beier 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Guler 0,7 Pezzella 5 Haidara 3 Beier 0,3 Hateboer 4 ASM 2 Harit 0,1 Afif 4 Hateboer 1 xA Headers Won Dribbles López 0,7 Hateboer 6 ASM 4 Hateboer 0,3 Pezzella 6 Beier 4 Beier 0,1 Beier 4 Pezzella 3 And the worst performance of the month against Brest. We were never effective going forward [Ligue 1] vs Brest (H) Final Score: 0-0 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 81 – 49 54 – 20 8 – 2 0,95 – 0,17 1 – 1 57 – 43 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Av Rat Tackles Shots on Target López 7,4 Frosler 5 Afif 3 Frosler 7,3 Guler 5 Balerdi 2 Balerdi 7,2 Afif 3 Guendouzi 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Harit 0,3 Frosler 4 Guler 3 Afif 0,2 Balerdi 4 Soumaré 2 Beier 0,1 Sala 4 Afif 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Beier 0,2 Balerdi 13 Frosler 6 Guler 0,2 Soumaré 7 ASM 6 Afif 0,1 Frosler 6 Sala 4 We are in a disappointing 8th place, although we are tied for 4th in GD and 2nd on the xG Table. Scoring has been our problem. Beier has 8 goals (just 4 in the league); Afif scored 2; Saint-Maximin scored 1. My center-backs have yet to score one goal in the league. I'll try Guler as R IW and Harit might have a chance as well. Our form against the last 4: Brest: 0-0 draw; Metz: 0-1 loss; Nantes: 0-0 draw; Angers 3-1 win. I’ll never be mad about losing points to PSG but against the relegation candidates? We must win, no matter what. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 Sertanense Update Night and day from our last season. And they are spending it. Best Players in the World We aren’t still at that level, but we need to pay attention. In the future, we want to have players in this list. In our league, PSG has 4 players: Mbappé #1; Donnarumma #21; Saka #43; Hakimi #49. No other French team has a player in this list. Winter Transfer Window Planning We already have 2 transfers incoming. Both are youngsters who will be important in the future but they aren’t ready yet to make an impact. The first is Maximiliano Rodriguez who I have already included in a previous post. He’s a prospect RB. As he’s not that far off from Frosler, I’ll keep him and sell Frosler. Then I got some reports on Castelli, also Argentinian. Asked the DOF for some insight and he gave him an A+ rating. For 1,2M €, I couldn’t say no. He’ll be a future replacement for either Guendouzi or his backup Haidara. He can also be a replacement for Fujimoto if we decide to sell him (with Guler starting and Castelli as backup). I don’t think Sala is good enough as backup LB, but he has been decent when given the chance, so I’ll leave this for later. We really need an overhaul in the center of the defence. Mbemba is 32, Gigot is 33, and Bailly is 32 (retiring at the season's end). This leaves us only with Balerdi as a player we can count on for the next years. And he has been playing quite well, so now Milan, At. Madrid and Man City are interested in him, so it’ll be hard to keep him. I have some players under my watch, but I need a bigger budget if I want to bring them in. Speaking of which: besides Frosler, I have Milik transfer listed. He is nowhere near the player he was and I don’t have a place for him. Frosler is on 178k/month; Milik on 278k/month. That’s nearly 3M in half a season. It’s good but I need something along 30M just for the CB situation (1 starter and 1 backup). Mbemba and Gigot end their contracts at the end of the season, so they have no sell value. My only option is to bank on Guendouzi or Balerdi. Guendouzi is valued between 63 and 70M; Balerdi is between 33M and 41M. Losing any of them would be a step back, but maybe it’ll help us take 2 steps forward in the future. I also feel the need for a more defensive-minded DM. Right now I’m playing Ludovit Reis and Soumaré as DM. Reis has “Gets Forward Whenever Possible”; Soumaré has 8 for Aggression. Not as important as the CB situation, but I’ll keep an eye on possible deals. Another Tycoon It’s not news, but I hadn’t seen it before. Lorient is also owned by a Tycoon and they are “Rich”. So now there are 3 “Rich” teams (Rennes, Lorient, and PSG) and another owned by a tycoon who’s the biggest spender (Lens). We are 3rd on salary (behind PSG and Lyon) which says more about the lack of strategy and structure than the quality of our team. Ready for December? 6 points out of 4 league games isn’t what we want. We keep having good matches but somewhat bad results. [Ligue 1] vs Strasbourg (A) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 103 – 57 56 – 38 9 – 5 1,88 – 0,84 5 – 2 53 – 47 Individual Highlights Goals Beier Assists Pezzella Rating Tackles Shots on Target Beier 7,8 Guendouzi 5 Beier 5 Pezzella 7,8 Frosler 3 Afif 2 Guendouzi 7,2 Beier 2 Mbemba 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 1,3 Gigot 5 Pezzella 3 Afif 0,3 Pezzella 4 Fujimoto 3 Fujimoto 0,1 Mbemba 4 Soumaré 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Pezzella 0,6 Gigot 7 Guendouzi 4 Guendouzi 0,3 Pezzella 5 Beier 3 Reis 0,3 Hateboer 4 Afif 3 The first of 3 draws in the league this month. I tried Guler as RW, but he didn't play too well (6.4 Rating). ASM got injured. Harit will play as RW in the next game. [Europa League] vs At. Bilbao (A) Final Score: 3-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 84 – 42 60 – 27 9 – 1 2,96 – 0,37 7 – 1 60 – 40 Individual Highlights Goals Afif, Beier, Harit Assists Hateboer (x2), Beier Rating Tackles Shots on Target Afif 8,8 Harit 3 Harit 2 Hateboer 8,5 Afif 3 Afif 2 Harit 8,4 Fujimoto 2 Beier 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,9 Hateboer 6 Afif 6 Afif 0,7 Balerdi 4 Hateboer 3 Fujimoto 0,6 Pezzella 3 Guler 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Afif 1,1 Balerdi 18 Harit 6 Hateboer 0,7 Afif 7 Beier 4 Harit 0,6 Mbemba 4 Sala 3 Quite an easy game against Bilbao. Harit proving he deserves to be in contention for the starting spot. [Ligue 1] vs Nice (H) Final Score: 2-2 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 96 – 81 67 – 51 10 – 4 2,12 – 0,63 7 – 1 55 – 45 Individual Highlights Goals Fujimoto, Dieng Assists Harit (x2) Rating Tackles Shots on Target Harit 8,5 Afif 5 Harit 2 Fujimoto 7,7 Pezzella 4 Dieng 2 Pezzella 7,5 Hateboer 4 Beier 2 xG Interceptions Key Passes Afif 0,6 Pezzella 7 Fujimoto 6 Dieng 0,4 Fujimoto 4 Pezzella 4 Fujimoto 0,3 Hateboer 4 Harit 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Harit 0,6 Balerdi 10 Pezzella 5 Fujimoto 0,4 Pezzella 5 Afif 4 Pezzella 0,4 Hateboer 5 Beier 2 A match made difficult, after a 2-0 start. Statistics favour us and we should have won. Rotations don't work. Harit with 2 assists is enjoying is time on the field. [Ligue 1] vs Rennes (A) Final Score: 1-1 D Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 74 – 64 50 – 43 4 – 6 2,08 – 0,63 3 – 0 52 – 48 Individual Highlights Goals Dieng Assists Harit Rating Tackles Shots on Target Harit 7,3 Pezzella 2 Afif 2 Dieng 7,1 Afif 2 Harit 1 Pezzella 6,9 Balerdi 2 Dieng 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Afif 0,9 Balerdi 6 Harit 3 Dieng 0,5 Pezzella 4 Reis 2 Pezzella 0,3 Hateboer 4 Pezzella 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Harit 0,5 Balerdi 14 Dieng 4 Guler 0,2 Hateboer 11 Pezzella 3 Reis 0,1 Pezzella 8 Harit 2 The most difficult game of the month. I'm curious about their xG and chances as I had the feeling they were better than us over the course of the match. Harit once again with an assist and the highest rating. [Europa League] vs Sevilla (H) Final Score: 0-1 L Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 69 – 74 46 – 36 2 – 2 0,70 – 0,64 2 – 2 43 – 57 Individual Highlights Goals - Assists - Rating Tackles Shots on Target Frosler 7,0 Frosler 6 Afif 1 Afif 6,8 Afif 5 ASM 1 Guler 6,8 Sala 5 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,2 Frosler 5 Harit 2 Harit 0,1 Gigot 3 Soumaré 2 ASM 0,1 Soumaré 2 Guler 2 xA Headers Won Dribbles Gigot 0,2 Frosler 4 ASM 5 Afif 0,1 Gigot 4 Guler 3 Guler 0,1 Soumaré 3 Sala 3 This was 1st against 2nd in the Europa League, but I've decided to play a rotated squad as we have easier matches ahead and I needed the focus on the league. It was a rather boring match and if we draw when we clearly beat the opposition in xG, chances and shots on target; then we are destined to lose when we draw in these statistics. [Ligue 1] vs Monaco (H) Final Score: 2-1 W Final Third Passes Progressive Passes Shots on Target xG Chances Possession % 81 – 58 45 – 53 6 – 3 2,11 – 0,88 4 – 2 60 – 40 Individual Highlights Goals Beier, Fujimoto Assists Fujimoto, Beier Rating Tackles Shots on Target Fujimoto 8,8 Guendouzi 3 Beier 2 Beier 8,1 Pezzella 3 Afif 1 Hateboer 7,1 Reis 2 Harit 1 xG Interceptions Key Passes Beier 0,8 Hateboer 7 Fujimoto 4 Fujimoto 0,5 Pezzella 5 Harit 3 Harit 0,3 Balerdi 3 Reis 3 xA Headers Won Dribbles Fujimoto 1,0 Mbemba 9 Afif 4 Beier 0,5 Balerdi 9 Harit 4 Reis 0,2 Pezzella 7 Guendouzi 4 We ended the month with a win, and a great won. Fujimoto and Beier ran the match. Averages for all the matches played this month show a way better result than what we had. For/90 Against/90 Shots on Target 6,7 3,5 xG 1,98 0,67 Chances 4,7 1,8 We are not that far from the top places with 6 points separating us from 3rd. I keep insisting on the xG table and it's telling. We should be much better. I'll deep dive into the team and specific player/position statistics to try and learn where we are failing, but I already know our CBs not scoring from IFK and Corners is hurting us a lot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 5 hours ago, lfds89 said: 6 points out of 4 league games isn’t what we want Yes, that's annoying. It's nice to not lose, but too many draws can kill a season. Hope you can fix your scoring issue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share Posted July 13, 2023 10 horas atrás, warlock disse: Yes, that's annoying. It's nice to not lose, but too many draws can kill a season. Hope you can fix your scoring issue. I think I know where the problem is. Fixing is another issue. I need to sell so I have funds. But I'll try to figure out a way. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfds89 Posted July 13, 2023 Author Share Posted July 13, 2023 Youth Intake Preview THREE! Forwards?! In a golden generation? Let’s wait and see, but they got my attention. My underperformance problem As I said on the last post, I wanted to dive into the problem. We are consistently better than the opposition, but we keep drawing games. Looking into the xG table from the previous post, we are 7 goals scored down from where it was expected and we have conceded 3 more. Scoring seems the biggest issue, so I’ll start there. First, let’s look at conversion rates: Name Pos Gls/90 NpxG/90 Sh/90 Conv % npxg/Sh % Dif PSG 1 2,47 1,91 19,33 12,8 9,9 2,9 Lens 2 2,13 1,43 13,07 16,3 10,9 5,4 Nice 3 1,80 1,21 13,60 13,2 8,9 4,3 Monaco 4 2,27 1,86 16,53 13,7 11,3 2,5 Strasbourg 5 1,50 0,87 12,29 12,2 7,1 5,1 Troyes 6 1,40 0,82 9,13 15,3 9,0 6,4 Marseille 7 1,40 1,86 17,53 8,0 10,6 -2,6 Rennes 8 2,29 1,72 14,64 15,6 11,7 3,9 It’s terrible! We have around half the conversion rate of our main opposition. We have the same npxG/90 as Monaco but 0,87 less goals. Almost a goal less than them per match. Where are we missing? Name Gls/90 Shot/90 ShT/90 NP-xG/90 Conv % Hans Hateboer 0,00 0,19 0,06 0,01 0,00 Giuseppe Pezzella 0,00 0,78 0,07 0,05 0,00 Marco Sala 0,00 0,16 0,16 0,00 0,00 Reeve Frosler 0,00 0,18 0,00 0,03 0,00 Name Gls/90 Shot/90 ShT/90 NP-xG/90 Conv % Leonardo Balerdi 0,06 1,58 0,82 0,16 4,00 Chancel Mbemba 0,00 0,60 0,30 0,05 0,00 Samuel Gigot 0,00 0,80 0,00 0,09 0,00 Éric Bailly 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 Name Gls/90 Shot/90 ShT/90 NP-xG/90 Conv % Matteo Guendouzi 0,13 2,56 0,77 0,18 5,00 Kanya Fujimoto 0,32 2,18 0,71 0,20 15,00 Ludovit Reis 0,13 0,97 0,19 0,04 13,00 Arda Güler 0,25 2,35 1,11 0,28 11,00 Boubakary Soumaré 0,00 1,38 0,17 0,05 0,00 Amadou Haïdara 0,00 0,97 0,39 0,06 0,00 Name Gls/90 Shot/90 ShT/90 NP-xG/90 Conv % Akram Afif 0,20 2,69 1,11 0,31 7,00 Allan Saint-Maximin 0,09 1,96 0,68 0,18 4,00 Amine Harit 0,32 2,96 1,16 0,28 11,00 Name Gls/90 Shot/90 ShT/90 NP-xG/90 Conv % Maximilian Beier 0,81 4,31 2,18 0,77 19,00 Bamba Dieng 0,54 2,97 0,81 0,46 18,00 Breakdown by Position: Gls/90 Shot/90 ShT/90 NP-xG/90 Conv % Shots % Gls-npxg Most used 11 1,68 16,24 6,89 1,95 10,3 -0,27 Most Used FBs 0,00 0,97 0,13 0,06 0,0 6,0 -0,06 Most Used CBs 0,06 2,18 1,12 0,21 2,8 13,4 -0,15 Most Used CMs 0,58 5,71 1,48 0,38 10,2 35,2 0,20 Most Used WFs 0,29 4,65 1,79 0,49 6,2 28,6 -0,20 Most Used ST 0,81 4,31 2,18 0,77 18,8 26,5 0,04 FB: No goals here, but they don’t shoot very often (only 6% of our shots). CB: They get shots mostly from set-pieces. Only Balerdi has scored and even he has a very low conversion rate. They amount to 13% of our shots with a 3% conversion rate and a negative difference between goals and npxg of 0,15, in 16 matches that’s around 3 more goals. Problem 1. CM: They get 35% of our shots, conversion rate of 10%. Not too bad. Guendouzi is missing a lot. Maybe he can swap positions with Reis. WF: Both my starters for most of the season have awful conversion rates and together they have 0,29 goals/90 which is quite low, especially considering they are 0,20 under expectations (a bit more than 3 goals over the 16 matches played) and they shoot almost 30% of the team’s shots. Problem 2. ST: Both Beier and Dieng are doing well. A bit unexpected as I had the sense that Beier wasn't a great finisher and was wasting many chances. So the problem resides in 2 very distinctive areas: CB and WF Problem 1 Name Pos Corner Gls DFK Gls IFK Gls PK Gls Set-Piece Gls PSG 1 4 1 2 3 10 Lens 2 4 1 3 1 9 Nice 3 3 1 3 3 10 Monaco 4 7 1 0 1 9 Strasbourg 5 3 0 2 0 5 Troyes 6 1 0 2 1 4 Marseille 7 0 1 0 0 1 Rennes 8 1 1 1 4 7 After the 16th round in the league we “owe” 8 set-piece goals to the top-4. Even against the other teams, we should have about 4 more goals. Remember when I said we should expect 3 more goals from our CBs? That's very close. When you set a player to attack a post, the attributes demanded (according to game information) are: Jumping, Strength, Heading, Bravery, Decisions, Off the Ball and Finishing. CBs will always have low OtB and Fin so comparing it to other players in the league seems to be time wasting. I’ll look into the other attributes. Name Gls Jmp Str Hea Bra Dec Sum Vestergaard 2 19 18 17 15 13 82 Kimpembe 2 14 16 16 18 14 78 Badiashile 3 17 16 15 14 14 76 Marquinhos 2 13 14 15 15 16 73 Now comparing with my players: Name Gls Jmp Str Hea Bra Dec Sum Balerdi 1 15 13 14 12 15 69 Mbemba 0 12 13 14 16 13 68 Gigot 0 14 13 15 15 11 68 Bailly 0 13 14 13 18 8 66 They are clearly on another level. Hateboer is in fact the player with the highest sum of this selection of attributes. Not by a mile, but I’ll try having him as a target for our corners and see how it goes. Name Gls Jmp Str Hea Bra Dec Sum Hateboer 14 14 14 16 12 70 Soumaré 15 16 10 14 14 69 Beier 13 12 13 12 11 61 Might as well try Soumaré as he only lacks heading. Although he's not a starter so that involves more changes. I have my eyes on some players. Let’s see about the budget and what we can do over the winter transfer window. Name Gls Jmp Str Hea Bra Dec Sum Disasi 15 18 16 15 13 77 Bisseck 17 16 13 15 13 74 Zima 17 16 14 13 14 74 Zaharia 13 16 14 18 13 74 Disasi is a squad player for Monaco. He has only played when Badiashile was injured. Bisseck and Zima are transfer listed for 9M and 4.9M respectively. Zaharia is a regen worth 31M so clearly out of range right now. Comparing ratings, they all seem good enough or even better than what I have at my disposal and all are younger than my players (except Disasi is older than Balerdi). Name CB Balerdi 66% Mbemba 66% Gigot 66% Bailly 69% Name CB Disasi 69% Bisseck 68% Zima 68% Zaharia 69% Problem 2 Harit has been playing as RW (W-A) while ASM was injured. I have to be careful managing this as ASM was given a Star Player status, so he might get upset if he sits on the bench too much. I’ll probably try Harit as LW (IW-S; or even switch duties between RW and LW) and Afif and ASM switch as RW. I could also try Dieng as LW, but I don’t think he’s good enough to deserve a starting spot in this team and he doesn’t offer the creativity all the other wingers offer. I also have Fujimoto and Guler who can play as wingers, but their speed is quite low and they have been playing very well as RCM (MEZ-S) so I prefer not to change what is working. In this case, I don’t see a way of us having enough budget to spend here. I asked, they rejected... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 I couldn't say for sure, but my feeling is that the important attributes at corners are first, jumping reach, and second, heading. Got to get to the ball, and then get the header on target. But I think corner goals are hard to come by in the latest ME. I'd be more concerned about the lack of productivity from your attacking midfielders - at Brentford and Benfica my striker was/is our greatest scoring threat but I get far more goals, collectively, from the AMs and more progressive CMs. More generally, I find CMs - particularly B2Bs and volantes - very wasteful with shots from outside the area. It's like they have a hidden "shoot on sight" instruction. Very annoying! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 7 hours ago, warlock said: I couldn't say for sure, but my feeling is that the important attributes at corners are first, jumping reach, and second, heading. Got to get to the ball, and then get the header on target. But I think corner goals are hard to come by in the latest ME. If you are aiming for the folk attacking each posts it’s good to have high off the ball movement as well to lose there marker 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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