[FM23] Jacinto Leal - Story of my Managerial Life

[lfds89]

Em 14/07/2024 em 01:42, warlock disse:

Amazing analysis, as always. It's fascinating to see the depth you put into the save. And it shows with your league performance.

Just catching up... somehow I'd missed the fact that you were still running with this one.

Keep up the good work 

Thanks!

Although, with the lack of quality in AI's squad building, the game gets easier as time passes. I keep playing this save only because I want to try some things and set some personal challenges (like using more youth products and domestic players).

I've been in and out. I can't find the time to play and post regularly. I'll probably play a bit this afternoon but a post might come only next week or so.

[lfds89]

New Intake

 

My HoYD report:

 

And my spreadsheet:

Name	Best Pos	Personality	Age	Best Position	Positions	BPR	TR	Pot BPR	Pot TR	Pers
Yassine Nédélec	AM (RL), ST (RL)	Driven	15	DM	DM	58	49	72	63	0
Colas Leonard	D (C)	Professional	15	FB	FB CB	53	50	67	63	0
Francisco Pinheiro	AM (RL), ST (RL)	Fairly Professional	16	WF	DM WF	54	47	67	59	0
Sylvain Karamoko	ST (C)	Fairly Determined	15	CM	CM WF	49	45	64	59	0
Anas Saeed	DM, M (C)	Fairly Determined	15	DM	DM	49	47	63	60	0
Jérémy Phaëton	DM	Fickle	15	DM	DM	48	41	63	55	1
Anis Ngbokaye	DM	Fairly Determined	15	DM	FB DM	48	45	62	59	0
Eduardo Agostinho	DM, M (C)	Balanced	16	DM	DM	49	45	62	57	0
Jérémy Varane	M/AM (RL), ST (RL)	Unambitious	15	DM	DM WF	47	40	62	54	1
Brian Tchoyi	M/AM (RL), ST (RL)	Fairly Ambitious	16	DM	DM CM WF	49	45	61	57	0
Guillaume Labadie	GK	Light-Hearted	15	GK	GK	47	27	61	41	0
Michel Diallo	D (RL)	Fairly Professional	15	CB	CB	47	44	61	58	0
Emile Diallo	M/AM (RL), ST (RL)	Unambitious	15	WF	WF ST	45	41	59	54	1
Sérgio Silva	M/AM (RL), ST (RL)	Fairly Loyal	15	DM	DM WF	45	39	59	53	0
Sekou Darrieumerlou	D (RL)	Realist	16	DM	FB CB DM	44	41	57	53	0
Alexis Ducos	D (RL)	Balanced	15	DM	DM	42	38	56	52	0
Liam Hamilton	M/AM (RL), ST (RL)	Temperamental	15	WF	WF	41	35	55	48	1

Nédélec and Colas are both top prospects for my staff and in my data so that must mean something. Also nice to see so many nationalities.

Nédélec is higher rated as DM right now, but it's too early to say how he will develop. It should be noted, that there are too many players whose highest rated position is DM which will probably change as physical attributes develop in the next 3 years.

Personalities are quite good. From the top 5 of my spreadsheet, all of them are positive.

 

Comparing with the players I already have:

Among the U17: Nédélec is already 11th best on BPR and 9th best on Potential BPR. Colas is 21st in BPR and 15th in Potential BPR. Francisco Pinheiro is 17th in BPR and also 17th in Potential BPR.

Only counting the U16: Nédélec is 2nd best in both ratings Francisco and Colas are 6th and 7th in BPR; 5th and 7th in Potential BPR.

 

I usually sign most of the players and check their development until they are 17, but Liam Hamilton and Emile Diallo probably won't sign. They are badly rated by both my staff and my data and they both have bad personalities.

On the other side, Michel Diallo might be a good surprise. I like his stats: 12 crossing, 10 first touch, 14 technique. Might be the attacking wing-back I have been looking for for ages.

Screenshots of the best:

Nédélec

 

Colas

 

Francisco

 

Michel Diallo

[lfds89]

A note on my improvement:

The screenshot of my attributes from when I got my Continental Pro Licence badge [Season 27/28]:

 

And this is now [Season 32/33]

Improved Tactical Coaching and Mental; Determination and Youngster Knowledge.

Greatly improved Player Knowledge.

Topped Discipline, People Management and Motivating.

[lfds89]

Speaking of evolution and youth: we just had 8 players named in the U21 France team with 2 former players also called up [Dujardin and Bessala).

Only 3 in the U19 seems a bit low, but 4 of the 8 called to the U21 could be playing in the U19 [Kitoko (CM, 17), Sueur (RW, 18), Charron (GK, 17) and Faye (GK, 16)].

We also got 3 players in the first team [Opoku, Daoud, Krüger]. When I started the job at Marseille only Guendouzi was considered at times.

 

Opoku

 

Daoud

 

Krüger

 

[lfds89]

NXGN 2033

Great news for us! 9 players in the top 50 prospects. 

Pods, Kitoko and Rivas are part of the first team already.

Pods - already my star striker, but can still develop a bit. If he gets better on his heading, first touch and long shots, he'll be world class.

 

Kitoko - his dribbling hinders him in attack, and I'm thinking about letting him go on loan one season. If his pace and dribbling don't develop, I'll retrain him as DM.

 

Rivas [needs a face, not in a mean way] - isn't being played many minutes and I prefer someone who can make a difference in aerial duels (he has top heading, but low jumping), will be thinking about let him go on loan next season.

 

Terrien and Sueur are home-grown (as Kitoko)

Terrien - I will retrain him as LB. Although his low tackling might be a problem, he's good on attack. He will also have to work on his personality.

 

Sueur - will most likely be part of the squad next year, although his level is still a bit far from the desired

 

Mateo, Luiz Henrique, Huberty and Dionisi will maybe find a place in the squad in 2/3 years.

Mateo - still has a long way to go, but he fits the tactic way more than Miath.

 

Luiz Henrique - has great physicals, but needs to get better on the technical and mental side of the game. Bijol will leave the team so there might be a place for him, although I'm thinking of Vini and Terrien as LB and moving Lukichev to CB. We'll see.

 

Huberty - we got him very cheap (below 20k), hope he keeps developing. His versatility is great and he'll probably be Daoud's long-term replacement as LW/ST.

 

Dionisi - we got him mostly as a cheap English player (he was in Colombia). He's the most distant from the squad, if we get a big offer from a Premier League club, we'll sell him.

 

[lfds89]

I checked some statistics, mainly where we were gaining and losing possession. Then I decided to dive a little into this. I chose 3 games against each of 442, 4231, 433 and 5212, the formations I face the most, then averaged it on gained possession per opposition touch on the right, middle and left; and also for lost possession for each touch in the three sides.

First things, first: statistically, 3 games in a season isn't much, so unless it's a big difference, I'll just accept it's probably usual deviation for small numbers.

Possession Gained per Opposition Touch

	vs 442	vs 4231	vs 433	vs 5212	Average
GP R	0,18	0,13	0,14	0,22	0,17
GP M	0,22	0,18	0,16	0,21	0,19
GP L	0,18	0,12	0,14	0,12	0,14

It caught my eye that against 5212 we always gain more possession on the right than on the left which doesn't happen against other formations. I can't tell why that happens...

The rest only gives me information that we are gaining more possession in the middle against all tactics. We should probably force it even more against 4231 since the difference between the middle and the sides is bigger there.

 

Possession Lost per Touch

	vs 442	vs 4231	vs 433	vs 5212	Average
LP R	0,18	0,15	0,17	0,16	0,17
LP M	0,12	0,12	0,11	0,13	0,12
LP L	0,16	0,17	0,17	0,17	0,17

 

The opposite happens when we look at possession loss. We are very secure in the middle which makes sense since our creative players/roles are wide.

Name	Playing Position	Drb+OPKP
Mettin Vormer	RW	6,56
Lazar Samardžić	RW	6,07
Maximilian Beier	LW	5,65
Vini	LB	5,55
Karim Daoud	LW	5,54
Fernando Vidal	RB	4,46
Rainer Krüger	CM	4,36
Francisco Tejeda	LB	3,25
Lovro Zvonarek	CM	3,24
Tomás Jofré	RB	3,12
Ivan Podstawski	ST	3,07
Gérald Miath	ST	2,93
Ourdy Kitoko	CM	2,87
Cesare Casadei	CM	2,69
El Kerim Jokić	DM	2,34
Nathaniel Opoku	DM	1,87
Alexandr Lukichev	LB	1,54
Peter Sebek	CB	0,83
Andrei Nagy	CB	0,66
Jaka Bijol	CB	0,26
Jacobo Rivas	CB	0,18
Bruno Luís	GK	0,07
Killian Beaurain	GK	0,00

[lfds89]

Going back a few posts where I tried to build the squad with the solver in LibreOffice Calc, I've since worked on it and made it simpler. Now, instead of the complex algorithm, it's just a transport problem.

It starts the same way, but now I want the sum of the count for each position to be 2 (4 for CBs); I've added a column for Homegrown (HG) status (+1 for nation; +2 for club); and the sum of positions each player can play in is between 0 and 1, naturally.

Just showing the first few lines:

ABILITY	SK	IWB	CB	WB	DM	CM	MEZ	W	IF	AF	HG
Mettin Vormer	30	71	63	69	73	74	76	78	77	77	0
Rainer Krüger	26	69	63	73	73	75	75	78	77	75	1
Ivan Podstawski	25	64	58	68	64	67	71	72	74	76	0
Vini	27	69	63	72	73	74	73	75	74	72	0

Ratings for every position

 

ABILITY	SK	IWB	CB	WB	DM	CM	MEZ	W	IF	AF	22
Mettin Vormer	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	<=	1
Rainer Krüger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	<=	1
Ivan Podstawski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	<=	1
Vini	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	<=	1

The check for positions under or equal to 1 and the last column also serves for HG count.

 

1 580	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	16
	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	>=
	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	16

The first column is the sum-product of positions and the respective rating.

 

Then I solved it for 3 conditions: HG >= 0; HG >= 12 (around 4 club; 4 nation); HG >= 16 (around 6 club; 4 nation)

No HG restriction	1 591
HG>=12	1 588	-0,2%
HG>=16	1 580	-0,7%

 

The drop isn't that significant. I will try it next season, probably with even more than 16 due to some planned sales.

This is the solver answer for HG = 16

SK	IWB	CB	WB	DM	CM	MEZ	W	IF	AF
Bruno Luís	Tomás Jofré	Alexandr Lukichev	Fernando Vidal	Nathaniel Opoku	Vini	Mettin Vormer	Rainer Krüger	Gérald Miath	Ivan Podstawski
Killian Beaurain	Andrei Nagy	Peter Sebek	Lazar Samardžić	Lovro Zvonarek	Ourdy Kitoko	Cesare Casadei	Guilhem Thomas	Kyllian Terrien	Karim Daoud
		Jaka Bijol
		Jacobo Rivas

The first change is Jaka who ends is contract this season; then Lazar might leave, if he doesn't he won't play as WB; Vidal also won't play as WB, most likely as IWB with Nagy moving to Jaka's vacant spot in the center.

In the midfield, Zvonarek plays as CM and Vini will fill the LB spot from either Vidal or Lazar. Casadei has declared he wants out by the end of next season so I'll try and sell him right away. Krüger and Vormer switch; so do Miath and Daoud. Lazar will play MEZ if he stays.

So with all these changes, it turns into this:

SK	IWB	CB	WB	DM	CM	MEZ	W	IF	AF
Bruno Luís	Tomás Jofré	Alexandr Lukichev	Vini	Nathaniel Opoku	Lovro Zvonarek	Rainer Krüger	Mettin Vormer	Karim Daoud	Ivan Podstawski
Killian Beaurain	Fernando Vidal	Peter Sebek			Ourdy Kitoko	Lazar Samardžić	Guilhem Thomas	Kyllian Terrien	Gérald Miath
		Andrei Nagy
		Jacobo Rivas

 

WB and DM are vacant. Possibly Terrien will play as WB and Sueur gets the IF spot. That means 1 more club-HG player. As DM probably Jokic will keep his place. Iván or Igor Bruno are in contention. Neither of them adds points to HG.

Decisions are to be made in the next season.

 

[lfds89]

Quick update on the competitions:

We were knocked out by Arsenal in the QF of the UCL. They have beaten us 4-1 at the Emirates and despite a big defensive performance (they had no shots on target and 0.08 xG), we only scored 2 at home...

We won the league comfortably (we still have 2 games to play, but we have a 17-point margin). PSG were second; Rennes and Lorient will take 3rd and 4th. I will post pictures when all is finished.

In the cup we had a tough game in the final against Lorient, letting them get an advantage at half-time with 2-1. In the second half, we showed our true colours and scored 2 more goals to win 3-2.

After this win, I got the news that I'm now on the top of the Hall of Fame of Managers in France.

Marseille has won the Cup 13 times, the record is 18 by PSG, so it's still a long way to go. In the league, Marseille has 13 titles to PSG's 16, so that one is closer.

[lfds89]

So, the season has finally ended:

We made it! The last game against Monaco was stressful. We didn't play to our best, they scored first then it was difficult to get back in the game, but we managed to still get a draw from it with a goal from the club legend Max Beier. [Meanwhile, I'm still in the favoured personnel... Yeah, thanks!]

 

So that's how the league ended:

Individually, Pods was brilliant. He has 22 goals and 9 POM out of 19 starts and 2 sub appearances. He's just 19 so I was rotating him with Miath who still ended as 3rd in goals with 17 out of 12 starting and 12 sub appearances.

 

Offensively we dominated the charts. Note to Vini topping the team goals while being a sub. I'll put a big question mark about this one. But 1,34 /90 by Pods and 1,14 by Miath is mesmerizing. Note to Dani as well on the dribbles as he is a loanee. Also, a big compliment to Tejeda. Despite not having the quality to be more than a sub, he fits the position and always adds value. And once again, Beier. After being a top goalscorer in this league, now he also topped the charts on chances created and open-play key passes. Massive player!

 

Both our GKs had many clean sheets. Bijol is a great defender. I'm sure Lukichev will be there when he plays CB for a full season. Jofré is great on the interceptions. The defensive phase is not really where we expect to have high numbers as a dominant team, but it's always nice to see some players near the top of the charts.

 

Overall, a great season:

 

Now the overall player stats:

We have 4 players with 10g+10a: Krüger, Beier, Lazar, Daoud. Daoud made with less than 2000 minutes played (under 22 90s). Vormer needed 1 more goal, Pods needed 2 more assists to be part of this achievement.

And a quick graph to show where players where over the average in my team:

Vini is in the midfielders row for layout reasons, but he played more minutes as LB than as LW or CM.

 

And just the starting 11 (based on most minutes):

[lfds89]

I'm pretty happy with my accomplishments on this save:

Promotion from Portuguese Tier 4 to Tier 1 with Sertanense

Keeping Sertanense in the 1st tier after the 3 straight promotions

In 3 seasons got my first League with Marseille, overcoming PSG

Winning both League and Cup the season after

Winning CL, League and Cup after coming back from a bad experience at Liverpool

Over 13M€ in personal earnings

Number one manager in France

Overall 63% win percentage

Selling 1 player over 100M

Having multiple players valued over 100M

 

Now, the question is: what is the next step?

In my mind, there are 4 answers:

1. Stay here and try to win the league with academy-grown players

2. Move to Germany and try to break Bayern's domination [they are on 20 in a row]

3. Pick a financially insecure/in-debt team and try to turn it around and win a league [don't know if the game accepts this as they might not have the money to offer me a wage in line with my reputation]

4. Call it a day here and start a new save

 

5... Create a save point here and try 1 - 2 (maybe 3) seasons in all three options.

 

If anyone wants to share his opinion on what I should do, go ahead.

[warlock]

Congratulations on another magnificent season 

My suggestion - for what it's worth - would be to combine options 3 and 4: a new save at a financial troubled club. Given my experiences with Darlington, it's certainly a challenge but the 'fun' can be a bit strained at times 

[lfds89]

6 horas atrás, warlock disse:

Congratulations on another magnificent season 

My suggestion - for what it's worth - would be to combine options 3 and 4: a new save at a financial troubled club. Given my experiences with Darlington, it's certainly a challenge but the 'fun' can be a bit strained at times 

I like that idea. I might as well do it in Germany and try to go for number 2 and as well try to focus on youth recruitment. There's the other Munich (1860), they are in debt but they are a big club so might be easy to overcome that; and obviously there's Schalke. High wages, enormous debt, great youth facilities, but a terrible team at the start. Or one of those promoted teams at the 3.Liga who almost has no balance to start with. I'll think about it.

[lfds89]

I just wanted to make one last post before moving definitively to the Schalke story

Name	Position	Apps	Goals	Seasons	Club
Bruno Luís	GK	82	0	29-30/31-33	Marseille
Tomás Jofré	RB	125	1	29-30/31-33	Marseille
Andrei Nagy	CB	223	10	26-30/31-33	Marseille
Luís Ferreira	CB	121	11	22-26	Sertanense
Giuseppe Pezzella	LB	153	1	26-30	Marseille
Lovro Zvonarek	CM	168	14	28-30/31-33	Marseille
Kanya Fujimoto	CM	135	21	26-30	Marseille
Ludovit Reis	DM	133	7	26-30	Marseille
Mettin Vormer	RW	166	25	27-30/31-33	Marseille
Karim Daoud	LW	203	74	27-30/31-33	Marseille
Maximilian Beier	ST/LW	270	193	26-30/31-33	Marseille

My most used 11 throughout the save. Notable mention to Max Beier. Brilliant either on the wing or upfront. Almost 300 games played with me and almost 200 goals. Also a shout to Luís Ferreira, still from the Sertanense days, the only one left.

 

And the full list of centurions:

Name	Position	Apps	Goals	Seasons	Club
Maximilian Beier	ST/LW	270	193	26-30/31-33	Marseille
Andrei Nagy	CB	223	10	26-30/31-33	Marseille
Karim Daoud	LW	203	74	27-30/31-33	Marseille
Lovro Zvonarek	CM	168	14	28-30/31-33	Marseille
Mettin Vormer	RW	166	25	27-30/31-33	Marseille
Giuseppe Pezzella	LB	153	1	26-30	Marseille
Kanya Fujimoto	CM	135	21	26-30	Marseille
Ludovit Reis	DM	133	7	26-30	Marseille
Mohamed Karamoko	ST	129	97	22-26	Sertanense
Lazar Samardzic	CM/RW	129	26	29-30/31-33	Marseille
Tomás Jofré	RB	125	1	29-30/31-33	Marseille
Luís Ferreira	CB	121	11	22-26	Sertanense
Cesare Casadei	DM/CM	121	26	29-30/31-33	Marseille
Allan Saint-Maximin	RW	119	12	26-30	Marseille
Benoit Badiashile	CB	119	19	27-31	Marseille/Liverpool
Denilson	LW	117	21	22-26	Sertanense

 

About Sertanense:

They just ended another season in the 1st tier of Portuguese football.

The transition was steep, but I'm certain I've built a platform for a new future.

 

And what about Liverpool, you ask:

12th... I was sacked after finishing 6th on 66 points, then they got 6th on 59 points and now only 48 points. They have a young core, and I'm pretty sure they would eventually turn it around.

 

The summary for the whole career:

Season

Year

Club

League

Position

Cup

Stage

CC

Stage

League PPG

League Win %

League GF

League GA

01

2022/2023

Sertanense

PT4

1st

TdP

First Round

DNP

-

2,27

69%

70

32

02

2023/2024

Sertanense

PT3

3rd

TdP

Sixth Round

DNP

-

1,56

44%

33

26

03

2024/2025

Sertanense

PT2

3rd

TdP

Third Round

DNP

-

1,76

50%

59

36

04

2025/2026

Sertanense

PT1

9th

TdP

Third Round

DNP

-

1,29

35%

46

50

05

2026/2027

Marseille

FR1

3rd

CdF

Third Round

UEL

SF

1,79

50%

70

37

06

2027/2028

Marseille

FR1

3rd

CdF

Finalist

UCL

QF

2,06

62%

82

30

07

2028/2029

Marseille

FR1

1st

CdF

11th Round

UCL

R16

2,38

76%

84

19

08

2029/2030

Marseille

FR1

1st

CdF

Winner

UCL

QF

2,41

74%

86

26

09

2030/2031

Liverpool

EN1

6th

FA

Finalist

UCL

QF

1,74

50%

62

36

10

2031/2032

Marseille

FR1

1st

CdF

Winner

UCL

Winner

2,44

79%

104

32

11

2032/2033

Marseille

FR1

1st

CdF

Winner

UCL

QF

2,71

85%

104

20

 

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
05	2026/2027	Marseille	Beier – 30	A Harit – 12	Beier – 10	Beier – 7,34
06	2027/2028	Marseille	Beier – 41	A Güler – 17	Beier – 9	Beier – 7,38
07	2028/2029	Marseille	Beier – 39	M Vormer – 18	Beier – 11	Beier – 7,53
08	2029/2030	Marseille	Beier – 45	L Samardzic – 15	Beier – 14	Beier – 7,55
09	2030/2031	Liverpool	Darwin – 19	Harvey Elliot – 9	Harvey Elliot – 4	Darwin – 7,19
10	2031/2032	Marseille	Rahbek – 48	L Zvonarek – 21	Rahbek – 14	Rahbek – 7,66
11	2032/2033	Marseille	Podstawski – 35	L Samardzic – 21	Podstawski – 12	Podstawski – 7,69

 

Season	Year	Club	Income	Expenditure	Profit	Avg Attendance
01	2022/2023	Sertanense	1 353 447 €	1 411 118 €	-57 671 €	662
02	2023/2024	Sertanense	1 485 040 €	1 942 059 €	-457 019 €	1266
03	2024/2025	Sertanense	9 730 336 €	11 047 343 €	-1 317 007 €	1876
04	2025/2026	Sertanense	6 747 649 €	7 290 128 €	-542 479 €	5296
05	2026/2027	Marseille	269 469 620 €	252 138 019 €	17 331 601 €	56937
06	2027/2028	Marseille	424 402 996 €	360 698 906 €	63 704 090 €	62557
07	2028/2029	Marseille	442 381 644 €	431 762 494 €	10 619 150 €	61342
08	2029/2030	Marseille	461 276 053 €	434 403 627 €	26 872 426 €	63857
09	2030/2031	Liverpool	628 881 818 €	862 201 336 €	-233 319 518 €	59498
10	2031/2032	Marseille	625 930 864 €	569 231 477 €	56 699 387 €	64334
11	2032/2033	Marseille	686 549 110 €	510 786 739 €	175 762 371 €	65692

10% increase in income in the last 2 seasons, 10% drop in expenditure, a ratio of 0.10 for profit to expenditure in the 31/32 and 0.34 for the last season.

 

Thanks for following! See you all in Gelsenkirchen!