[FM23] Kosovo

[Jimbokav1971]

Summer Transfer window. Sep 2031. 

Transfers.

Released/Left at end of contract. 

(29l) Imeri 6'2" was a best centre-half. 

(27a) Redzepi DC 5'10" was our 2nd best centre-half. 

Although we didn't make any signings, there are players available now. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2031. 

Superleague. We're doing ok but we're really missing the 2x centre-backs that we lost at the start of the season.I'd like to think that we will be there or thereabouts when it comes to European qualification at the end of the season though. 

Facilities. I know I'm meant to be saving it but I just couldn't help it. 

When the Balkan El Presidente said no to this on my last follow-up because of lack of funds I was confused,  until I saw the next 2 messages. 

Well one of these won't get built because we haven't got enough money.

Finances.  OMG They've changed the way it works now. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2031. 

SuperLeague. I hope you're taking notice of the draw with Prishtina and the 1st victory of the save over Ballkani. 

Records.

Job interview. Didn't get the Llapi job. 

Finances.  I still can't believe I went and did that. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2031.

SuperLeague. After 8 unbeaten we hit a little bump in the roadm but we soon got back on track. We're not playing as well as we were though and many of the squad are pretty fatigued. 

Kosovan Cup. I'm not actually trying that hard to win this. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2031. 

SuperLeague. Just the 1 game this month and it wasn't a good result, but it still leaves us 4th in the league and with a 7 point gap to 5th. (Remember though that 4th doesn't guarantee European football if the Cup is won by someone who isn't in the top 4). 

Youth Intake preview. will this is a change from what we've become used to. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Contract negotiations. Jan 2032. 

I don't think I've ever seen this before. 

(29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) is on a NC at the moment which means that when the window opens, (I think it has just opened), then he can leave on a free, (and probably will). If we assume the worst case scenario here, (£3,700 pm), then if he was available to sign on a 12 month contract for £44,400 per year, then would we do the deal? Part of me thinks no, that the money is best used getting pumped into the resources and we're already overdrawn at the bank, but the other part of me thinks that he sort of, (almost), guarantees us European football such is the number of the goals he's going to score. The other thing of course is that if we don't sign him on a new contract then Ballkani are going to sign him on a free, (like everyone good we have), and he will score against us and widen the gap between us and them. Also, if we sign him to a contract, (it will be for a minimum of 1 year and I will do my best to stick a +1 in there), maybe we sell him for £100k, £200k, hell maybe even more, and this £44k seems like a good investment.... 

You know, I think I've answered my own question while writing that, (so thanks for reading/listening). 

The minimum he wanted pm was £3,200 and the most I could pay was £2,300, but I agreed that it rises to £2,600 after 10 International appearances, (he's already been called up to the squad without playing), and I've basically maxed out the bonus payments. 

£2,300 x 12 months = £27,600
£15,250 bonus.
£2,500 agent
£5,000 Qualifying for Europe
£150 x 30 (appearance fee) = £4,500
£250 x 30 (goal bonus) = £7,500
Landmark goal bonus £2,800 + £15k = £17,800
Sell on %? (£200k?) £50k. (Not going to include this because anything we give him here will come out of whatever profit we make when selling). 

So the cost of the deal is approx £80,150 per annum, (assuming he doesn't go goal crazy and scores/appears similar to described above. 

That's a lot for 1 player and the Youth only manager in me is thinking don't pay it, I bet you have got someone with similar PA already, but the problem with that is we don't have the facilities to get them there, and he absolutely guarantees goals.

Well he sort of guarantees goals, but imagine he gets injured and we still have to pay him? Well yeah, but most of the deal is in bonus payments anyway, so if he didn't play for half a season then we would likely save a fortune. 

I really didn't want to do the 25% sell on clause, but we were short of the basic wage and I couldn't go higher and this was the only lever I had available. 

Thinking about it now though, we made... £340k from losing in the 1st Round of Europe. Assuming we qualify for Europe with him, (and don't qualify for Europe without him), itb would probably make more financial sense to keep him for the 2nd season and just let his contract expire than selling him after the 1st year, (because the sale fee is likely going to be less than the European cash). 

I'm really torn on this one. 

This is the longest I have thought about a contract in ages...... 

OK. My thinking, (and this is my final decision), is that with him we're just about guaranteed goals and the players behind him in the pecking order aren't lost. They just get to develop "normally" in the U19's. 

The cost of the deal isn't huge in terms of a cost to us and I have a sneaking suspicion that Ballkani might throw a ton of money at us for him anyway so we will be quids in. Also, if we sell him rather than him leaving on a free, then I will do everything I can to stick in a sell-on clause and because he's still so young that could pay dividends later down the line. Yeah, I'm going to accept this. I think it makes longer-term financial sense as well as shorter-term on-pitch success. 

The other thing is, if he goes to Ballkani, (and he will), he will score a shed-ton of goals against us and we will never get near them. They will also be able to sell their existing striker for loads of money and the whole cycle will start again. We need to not try to sell our best players to Ballkani if we can help it, (because chasing them down is going to be and absolute Michael Ballacks!). 

What do you think lads, (and lasses)? Is this too much to pay 1 player at this level when we're meant to be saving to turn Pro, or is he going to generate the cash himself to help us turn pro? Would you have kept him on this deal or walked away? 

[OlivierL]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Contract negotiations. Jan 2032. 

I don't think I've ever seen this before. 

(29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) is on a NC at the moment which means that when the window opens, (I think it has just opened), then he can leave on a free, (and probably will). If we assume the worst case scenario here, (£3,700 pm), then if he was available to sign on a 12 month contract for £44,400 per year, then would we do the deal? Part of me thinks no, that the money is best used getting pumped into the resources and we're already overdrawn at the bank, but the other part of me thinks that he sort of, (almost), guarantees us European football such is the number of the goals he's going to score. The other thing of course is that if we don't sign him on a new contract then Ballkani are going to sign him on a free, (like everyone good we have), and he will score against us and widen the gap between us and them. Also, if we sign him to a contract, (it will be for a minimum of 1 year and I will do my best to stick a +1 in there), maybe we sell him for £100k, £200k, hell maybe even more, and this £44k seems like a good investment.... 

You know, I think I've answered my own question while writing that, (so thanks for reading/listening). 

The minimum he wanted pm was £3,200 and the most I could pay was £2,300, but I agreed that it rises to £2,600 after 10 International appearances, (he's already been called up to the squad without playing), and I've basically maxed out the bonus payments. 

£2,300 x 12 months = £27,600
£15,250 bonus.
£2,500 agent
£5,000 Qualifying for Europe
£150 x 30 (appearance fee) = £4,500
£250 x 30 (goal bonus) = £7,500
Landmark goal bonus £2,800 + £15k = £17,800
Sell on %? (£200k?) £50k. (Not going to include this because anything we give him here will come out of whatever profit we make when selling). 

So the cost of the deal is approx £80,150 per annum, (assuming he doesn't go goal crazy and scores/appears similar to described above. 

That's a lot for 1 player and the Youth only manager in me is thinking don't pay it, I bet you have got someone with similar PA already, but the problem with that is we don't have the facilities to get them there, and he absolutely guarantees goals.

Well he sort of guarantees goals, but imagine he gets injured and we still have to pay him? Well yeah, but most of the deal is in bonus payments anyway, so if he didn't play for half a season then we would likely save a fortune. 

I really didn't want to do the 25% sell on clause, but we were short of the basic wage and I couldn't go higher and this was the only lever I had available. 

Thinking about it now though, we made... £340k from losing in the 1st Round of Europe. Assuming we qualify for Europe with him, (and don't qualify for Europe without him), itb would probably make more financial sense to keep him for the 2nd season and just let his contract expire than selling him after the 1st year, (because the sale fee is likely going to be less than the European cash). 

I'm really torn on this one. 

This is the longest I have thought about a contract in ages...... 

OK. My thinking, (and this is my final decision), is that with him we're just about guaranteed goals and the players behind him in the pecking order aren't lost. They just get to develop "normally" in the U19's. 

The cost of the deal isn't huge in terms of a cost to us and I have a sneaking suspicion that Ballkani might throw a ton of money at us for him anyway so we will be quids in. Also, if we sell him rather than him leaving on a free, then I will do everything I can to stick in a sell-on clause and because he's still so young that could pay dividends later down the line. Yeah, I'm going to accept this. I think it makes longer-term financial sense as well as shorter-term on-pitch success. 

The other thing is, if he goes to Ballkani, (and he will), he will score a shed-ton of goals against us and we will never get near them. They will also be able to sell their existing striker for loads of money and the whole cycle will start again. We need to not try to sell our best players to Ballkani if we can help it, (because chasing them down is going to be and absolute Michael Ballacks!). 

What do you think lads, (and lasses)? Is this too much to pay 1 player at this level when we're meant to be saving to turn Pro, or is he going to generate the cash himself to help us turn pro? Would you have kept him on this deal or walked away? 

I had the same situation but not with renewing a contract but with signing a player (gib only save). My highest earner was receiving 4.8k euro / month. I signed a talented 19 year old midfielder (but really one of the biggest prospects that i could sign at the moment) for  9000 / month. He also was loaned back to his current club so i'm paying him a lot of money for not using him in the first season.  If you get into a group phase of europe with a player like Vonmoos, i would take the financial risk. It is a youth only save so you are not going to use your money to improve the facilities and staff but you only can do that if you get regulary into Europa.. so you  need to renew the best ones, whatever they cost  

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2032.

SuperLeague. We scored 1st against Ballkani and then their star striker Beqiri (KOS) * scored 2nd and 3rd and 4th and 5th and 6th.  The sooner someone buys him from them the better. Other than that we're in decent form. We should have won both the drawn games and Gjilani countered us twice late on as we pushed for a winner/equaliser. 

Still, we're 6 points ahead of Drita, although there is no guarantee that 4th gets us a European spot. 

SLC slot. I feel I need to talk about (31h) Capi and his 4 goals against Vushtrria gives me just the opportunity I need to do that. He looks ok, (not amazing, although his physicals are decent for this level), and he actually got played in the SLC slot by accident last season after I saw that he was an AML but didn't notice that he was a righty AML. By the time I noticed he had scored a couple of goals on debut and then scored another few in subsequent games. He continues to perform well and it was only recently that I decided maybe I should try another "righty" on the left for the 2nd Team. 

(31g) Hassoun (ISR) is a player I want to squeeze into the team somewhere, but it's been quite hard getting him in until recently. His physicals have recently popped and his exposure to senior playing time in the SLC slot for the B Team has been instrumental in their good performances. I wasn't looking for an inverted player at SLC, but it seems now we have evolved that both the 1st Team and the 2nd Team have one. That's not good for "lefty" (29n) Willibald (KOS)(GER), but he needs to look at his own performances if he wants to know why there are 2 righties playing ahead of him. 

Facilities. 

While I was here I just thought I would chance my arm, but couldn't get him to change his mind. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

The next intake.....

I'm not sure I have the words right now..... 

It's just.....

Nope.....

It's.....

I've not got the words.....

[Jimbokav1971]

48 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

I had the same situation but not with renewing a contract but with signing a player (gib only save). My highest earner was receiving 4.8k euro / month. I signed a talented 19 year old midfielder (but really one of the biggest prospects that i could sign at the moment) for  9000 / month. He also was loaned back to his current club so i'm paying him a lot of money for not using him in the first season.  If you get into a group phase of europe with a player like Vonmoos, i would take the financial risk. It is a youth only save so you are not going to use your money to improve the facilities and staff but you only can do that if you get regulary into Europa.. so you  need to renew the best ones, whatever they cost  

The thing is you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. 

Something that I didn't mention in that (29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) post, but I often mention in the thread and I'm always thinking when it comes to Youth Only saves is that the biggest reason for letting him go is..... sure as eggs is eggs there will be another one through the intake before too long that will fill the gap. Maybe not quite the same. Maybe not quite as good. But always likely to be able to fill the gap and get you to where you need to go before he leaves and the next one comes in. 

I had to agree to improving the quality of our strikers and of our coaching team, but obviously bringing in new players is not such an easy thing to do and so now he's unhappy. Unhappy players tend to not perform that well. 

Like I said, damned if you do. Damned if you don't. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Day. Mar 2032. 

There is a saying that goes something along the lines of, "a picture paints a thousand words", so here, have 20,000 words. 

Thoughts? 

[Jimbokav1971]

47 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

[Jimbokav1971]

19 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Edited August 27, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Mar 2032. 

Superleague. If you had said to me that we will score 23 goals in 6 games in a month, (at 3.8 goals per game), with (29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) only starting 2 of them, only coming on as a sub in 1 more of them and only scoring 2 goals across the whole of the month then I would have just not thought it possible. 

Kosovan Cup. This was the Quarters and the Semi is a two-legged affair. 

New contract. You guessed it. Just the 1 season. 

Records.

Finances. 

[sherwinriga]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Youth Day. Mar 2032. 

There is a saying that goes something along the lines of, "a picture paints a thousand words", so here, have 20,000 words. 

Thoughts? 

Almost all of nothing like a meh, but keep an eye on them if they'll be lucky to make it. Not all of them will make it to the main roster just like you have released some guys from earlier.

[_Ben_]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Thoughts? 

Vanaanen is the Vonmoos replacement, right?!

Do you think that the quality was so good as you ‘levelled up’ with your reputation and think it’ll slow down now? I’m not sure ever how formalised that research is but am sure that there is a link between the two..

[Jimbokav1971]

22 minutes ago, sherwinriga said:

Almost all of nothing like a meh, but keep an eye on them if they'll be lucky to make it. Not all of them will make it to the main roster just like you have released some guys from earlier.

Some of them are making it already. 

[Jtomsett11]

4 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Contract negotiations. Jan 2032. 

I don't think I've ever seen this before. 

(29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) is on a NC at the moment which means that when the window opens, (I think it has just opened), then he can leave on a free, (and probably will). If we assume the worst case scenario here, (£3,700 pm), then if he was available to sign on a 12 month contract for £44,400 per year, then would we do the deal? Part of me thinks no, that the money is best used getting pumped into the resources and we're already overdrawn at the bank, but the other part of me thinks that he sort of, (almost), guarantees us European football such is the number of the goals he's going to score. The other thing of course is that if we don't sign him on a new contract then Ballkani are going to sign him on a free, (like everyone good we have), and he will score against us and widen the gap between us and them. Also, if we sign him to a contract, (it will be for a minimum of 1 year and I will do my best to stick a +1 in there), maybe we sell him for £100k, £200k, hell maybe even more, and this £44k seems like a good investment.... 

You know, I think I've answered my own question while writing that, (so thanks for reading/listening). 

The minimum he wanted pm was £3,200 and the most I could pay was £2,300, but I agreed that it rises to £2,600 after 10 International appearances, (he's already been called up to the squad without playing), and I've basically maxed out the bonus payments. 

£2,300 x 12 months = £27,600
£15,250 bonus.
£2,500 agent
£5,000 Qualifying for Europe
£150 x 30 (appearance fee) = £4,500
£250 x 30 (goal bonus) = £7,500
Landmark goal bonus £2,800 + £15k = £17,800
Sell on %? (£200k?) £50k. (Not going to include this because anything we give him here will come out of whatever profit we make when selling). 

So the cost of the deal is approx £80,150 per annum, (assuming he doesn't go goal crazy and scores/appears similar to described above. 

That's a lot for 1 player and the Youth only manager in me is thinking don't pay it, I bet you have got someone with similar PA already, but the problem with that is we don't have the facilities to get them there, and he absolutely guarantees goals.

Well he sort of guarantees goals, but imagine he gets injured and we still have to pay him? Well yeah, but most of the deal is in bonus payments anyway, so if he didn't play for half a season then we would likely save a fortune. 

I really didn't want to do the 25% sell on clause, but we were short of the basic wage and I couldn't go higher and this was the only lever I had available. 

Thinking about it now though, we made... £340k from losing in the 1st Round of Europe. Assuming we qualify for Europe with him, (and don't qualify for Europe without him), itb would probably make more financial sense to keep him for the 2nd season and just let his contract expire than selling him after the 1st year, (because the sale fee is likely going to be less than the European cash). 

I'm really torn on this one. 

This is the longest I have thought about a contract in ages...... 

OK. My thinking, (and this is my final decision), is that with him we're just about guaranteed goals and the players behind him in the pecking order aren't lost. They just get to develop "normally" in the U19's. 

The cost of the deal isn't huge in terms of a cost to us and I have a sneaking suspicion that Ballkani might throw a ton of money at us for him anyway so we will be quids in. Also, if we sell him rather than him leaving on a free, then I will do everything I can to stick in a sell-on clause and because he's still so young that could pay dividends later down the line. Yeah, I'm going to accept this. I think it makes longer-term financial sense as well as shorter-term on-pitch success. 

The other thing is, if he goes to Ballkani, (and he will), he will score a shed-ton of goals against us and we will never get near them. They will also be able to sell their existing striker for loads of money and the whole cycle will start again. We need to not try to sell our best players to Ballkani if we can help it, (because chasing them down is going to be and absolute Michael Ballacks!). 

What do you think lads, (and lasses)? Is this too much to pay 1 player at this level when we're meant to be saving to turn Pro, or is he going to generate the cash himself to help us turn pro? Would you have kept him on this deal or walked away? 

I personally think that this is well worth it. If you finish in a European place you'll make the money back in one go just from a qualifying round. Also,  in two years you may be in a position where you've qualified for a group stage of something and can give him a new contract as a professional. He also keeps you from being near the relegation zone which is worth £750k a year isn't it? 

[Jtomsett11]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Youth Day. Mar 2032. 

There is a saying that goes something along the lines of, "a picture paints a thousand words", so here, have 20,000 words. 

Thoughts? 

 Vaananen. 

maybe sell Vanmoos ASAP? 

[Jimbokav1971]

9 minutes ago, _Ben_ said:

Vanaanen is the Vonmoos replacement, right?!

Do you think that the quality was so good as you ‘levelled up’ with your reputation and think it’ll slow down now? I’m not sure ever how formalised that research is but am sure that there is a link between the two..

As soon as I saw (32d) Väänänen (KOS)(FIN), I regretted the new (29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) contract. 

The PA has started to stagger which is allowing me to at least start identifying higher PA players and we've just had 2 more Facilities which didn't get factored into this intake I don't think. Our rep has increased, but we're still the bottom of the top tier clubs. I think there is a jump in terms of Semi-Pro to Pro to be had, but I also know that some people have mentioned down-turns in intakes post the change up to pro, (which doesn't make sense but I'm not saying for a minute it doesn't happen), and that's very much on my mind prior to turning pro.

I think that despite both ourselves and Ballkani being classed within the same "National" rep umbrella, I would think there is an enormous gulf between the 2, (as you would expect from the biggest club in the league who has got into the Group Stage in Europe 6 times, getting to the Knockout stage once, (winning 31 European games in this save alone), and ourselves who have played just 2 European games in our whole history, (losing both of them). 

4,208 Ballkani.
2,228 Shkëndija.

That's an enormous difference. 

SI tell us that rep comes into play most often when facility levels are equal, (or at least similar), but to my mind I wonder if that changes as soon as you start talking about non-primary Nationality players, (so non-Kosovan players in this example). 

I think we're getting dual Nationality & FGN players through our intake that aren't available to the other (KOS) clubs. I think reputation has a small influence on that, but obviously We smash their Youth Recruitment levels out of the park and that's where our single biggest gain in. 

FC Ballkani Youth intakes. 

2032. 8 players signed. No non-Balkans. 1 KOS/ITA player. 
2031. 9 players signed. No non-Balkans.
2030. 4 players signed. No non-Balkans. 
2029. 6 players signed. No non-Balkans. 
2028. 7 players signed. No non-Balkans. 1x KOS/FIN player.
2027. 8 players signed, (5 still playing). No non-Balkans. 
2026. 7 players signed, (0 still playing).
2025. 7 players signed. (1 still playing). No non-Balkans. 

Compare that to us, (much higher Youth Recruitment but much lower Rep), and we have 1x AUT only, 1x BEL only, 1x ISR only, 1x NOR only, 1x SVK only, 1x POR only, 1x SUi only & 1x NIR only as well as LOADS of dual Nationality players. I think the cheap Youth Recruitment upgrades are ENORMOUSLY more important than ANY amount of reputation. I'm sure Rep has an impact, but I think it's almost like a tie-breaker when everything else is equal/similar. 

* By the way, the above is what I think rather than what I know. 

[Jimbokav1971]

31 minutes ago, Jtomsett11 said:

I personally think that this is well worth it. If you finish in a European place you'll make the money back in one go just from a qualifying round. Also,  in two years you may be in a position where you've qualified for a group stage of something and can give him a new contract as a professional. He also keeps you from being near the relegation zone which is worth £750k a year isn't it? 

 

28 minutes ago, Jtomsett11 said:

 Vaananen. 

maybe sell Vanmoos ASAP? 

There's nowt so fickle as folk. 

Now you see where I'm coming from. I'm happy that I made the correct decision initially, but it was immediately made to be the wrong decision by the intake. If you look further than (32d) Väänänen (KOS)(FIN), (who has 5 goals and 5 assists in 3(6) appearances by the way), we have a lot of depth at SC. Maybe not proper top-end quality like these 2, but I think (28m) Big Laak (KOS)(FIN), (who is "just" a 1.5 CA player), has more than shown what you can do with average SC's in this system, and of course Krastrati was bang average and he filled his boots for us at the beginning of the save. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Apr 2032. 

SuperLeague. We've had a tough month in the league, (playing 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th), and while we saw off both Gjilani & Ballkani, with a 2 goal margin at home, we lost the 2 away games by a single goal each. Add in that we also played in 2 Semi-Finals this month, (winning both), and this was actually a really good month, (remembering again that they're all Pro and we're still Semi-Pro). 

We're 4th in the league, but 6 points clear of Drita. 

Kosovan Cup. We're comfortably into the Final.

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

May 2032. 

Going into the Cup Final we knew that we had already qualified for Europe. If we won the Final then that would guarantee us a European spot and if we lost the Final then Ballkani wouldn't use that as a route into Europe so we would qualify for finishing 4th in the league. It made the Final a bit of a non-event to me, because the bigger prize was always European football over a trophy at this stage of the save. 

SuperLeague. I promoted a new GK (32g) Kadriu 6'1" to the starting spot, (at the suggestion of the Ass Man, and 4 goals conceded in 5 games is a distinct improvement over what has come before. 

* Please see note at bottom of page. We actually finished 4th rather than 3rd. 

Kosovan Cup. We've beaten Ballkani a couple of times this season, but they were too strong for us in the Final. 

Finances. 

* I had a crash while re-sizing the page and had to play the month again. I didn't really care what the results were as long as we qualified for Europe and LOST the Cup Final, so this is what it looks like now. 

Edited August 27, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2032. 

GK. The Ass Man suggested that we pick 15 years old (32g) Kadriu 6'1" and when I did a comparison he was right. 

1. (32g) Kadriu 6'1"
2. (28p) Krasniqi 5'11" *
U19's. (31l) Gashi 6'1"
Sell. (27d) Leka. 6'2" SELL
Release. (29o) Bekteshi 6'3"

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2032. 

DL. We lost both 1st and 2nd choice at the beginning of last season so it's good to have 2 reasonable options now, (although we need better options here). 

1. (31i) Dedja *
2. (32b) Hoxha
U19's. (32m) Çela
Loan. (30m) Colditz (KOS)(GER) 5'9"
Release. (27e) Metani 5'10". SELL
Release. (23) Hamra.

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2032. 

DR. This appears to be the weakest area of the squad and I don't remember even one coming through who then left. What a sad state of affairs it is that a 1st choice player is (Unamb)+(L.Det). 

1. (31d) Marchhart (AUT)
2. (29f) Cani (KOS)(ALB)
U19's. (30e) Amshoff (KOS)(GER)
U19's. (32j) Mazreku
Sell/Release. (31n) Limani (L.Det) I can't believe I have a casual player at the club. How did that happen? 
Release. (30n) Good (KOS)(CAN)

Edited August 27, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2032. 

DC. We've struggled in this area for much of the save but we're getting better now but our 2nd Team are going to need to score a lot of goals because these lot are not gonna keep too many clean sheets. 

DLC. (28l) Ramadani (KOS)(ALB) I need to negotiate a new contract but just screwed it. 
DC. (31f) Shabani 5'10"
DRC. (32c) Nurmi (KOS)(FIN) 5'10"

DLC2. (30d) Cani 6'0"
DC2. (31o) Kullashi 6'0"
DRC2. (32e) Vlcek (SVK) 6'5"

U19's. (32i) Skenderi (L.Det)
U19's. (30c) von Däniken (KOS)(SUI)
U19's. (30l) Lekaj 6'1" DC
Release. (28c) Lleshi. 6'0". He doesn't look good and he doesn't play good so what's the point keeping him. Better to play one of the younger players who might develop. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2032. 

MC. We've had some real talent come through in this position and we're still decently stacked. It's both a positive in terms of multiple options, but also a negative in having to make some tough choices to ensure pathway is clear for next 1st Team player. 

MLC. (27b) Kapo *
MRC. (26n) Gjuzi * New contract offered. 

MLC2. (30g) Hajdari MC
MRC2.(31k) Shehi
Utility. (31g) Hassoun (ISR) I'm not really sure where or how to play him but he definitely needs to play somewhere & I struggle to get him in up front. 
U19's. (30h) Demiri
U19's. (30k) Fejzulla (Temp)
U19's. (30o) Jashanica
Sell. (31b) Rexhaj. SELL
Sell. (31a) Rexhepi. SELL
Sell/Release. (32l) Ahmeti (Unamb+L.Det)
Sell/Release. (32p) Mustafa. (Unamb+L.Det)
Release. (28d) Krasniqi.

[Jimbokav1971]

Stupid question. Jun 2032. 

I have this player, (31g) Hassoun (ISR) and I don't know what to do with him. 

He's played in midfield and up front, and done ok in both, but he's not athletic enough to be a wide attacker and you have to be seriously good to get a game at SC now so that's out of the question. We're so weak at WBR that I'm seriously thinking of just plugging him in there just because he will likely be better than whoever we have, and this will give the game-time to progress his development. Is that madness? 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2032. 

SC. We've got some really good players in this area, but we've also got too many players and we need to cull some. I can't have the pathway to the 1st Team being clogged by cloggers!

I'm going to try something different with our 1st choice front 3 in that rather than play 1x #9 and 2 supporting players, I'm going to try and overload the opposition with threats by playing 3 different #9's (in existing roles/duties) and see what happens. I'm not going to start the wide players inverted, but obviously that is increasingly becoming an option with these players. 

SLC. (29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI)
SC. (30i) Barrigana (POR)
SRC. (32d) Väänänen (KOS)(FIN)

The 2nd choice front 3 is going to be the more established strategy of 2c supporting wide players and 1 central finisher, but obviously the above 3 will be available on the bench. 

SLC2. (29n) Willibald (KOS)(GER)
SC2. (28m) Big Laak (KOS)(FIN)
SRC2. (31h) Capi
Utility. (31g) Hassoun (ISR)

Loan. (29g) Dalipi (Unamb)
Loan. (30a) Haka (KOS)(ALB)
Loan. (29e) Netzer (KOS)(SUI)
Loan. (31m) Hermann. (BEL)
U19's. (31j) Lange (GER)
U19's. (32f) Mehmeti *
U19's. (32o) Hasi (Unamb+L.Det)
U19's. (30j) Pashaj (Unamb)+(L.Det)
U19's. (31p) Raba
U19's.
Sell. (30f) Demiri. SELL
Sell. (31c) Hansen. (KOS)(NOR) 
Sell. (32a) Torra. SELL
Sell/Release. (32k) Shehu (Unamb+L.Det)
Sell/Release. (29b) Myrta (KOS)(ALB)
Sell/Release. (32h) Gysin (SUI) SELL He's (Unamb)+(L.Det) and I'm just not going to sign anymore of them! 
Sell/Release. (31e) Batha. (Unamb)+(L.Det)
Release. (28k) Imhof (KOS)(SUI) Development hampered by ACL injury. Not gonna make it. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad by Appearances. 

Squad by Goals. 

Squad by Assists. 

Squad by Avg Rating.

[Jimbokav1971]

Teams selection. Jun 2032. 

2032 1.

2032 2.

[Jimbokav1971]

International recognition. Jun 2032. 

Sorted by U21 Caps.

Sorted by National Team.

(29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) has been called up to the Senior (KOS) squad a few times, but still not been capped yet. 

Slovakia was a friendly. 
Austria was a EURO Championships Qualifier. 
Slovenia was a EURO Championships Qualifier Playoff Semi-Final, (which Kosovo lost). 

[Edit] The (KOS) games are friendlies against Gibraltar and Ireland.

Edited August 27, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

On 26/08/2023 at 22:08, Jimbokav1971 said:

TV Money. Jun 2031.

In 2031 the SuperLeague TV money is £739k. How come it has increased in previous seasons but not this season? 

TV Money. Jun 2032.

In 2032 the SuperLeague TV money is £739,000. It seems the SuperLeague TV Money only goes up when we're not in it. 

[Jimbokav1971]

8 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Stupid question. Jun 2032. 

I have this player, (31g) Hassoun (ISR) and I don't know what to do with him. 

He's played in midfield and up front, and done ok in both, but he's not athletic enough to be a wide attacker and you have to be seriously good to get a game at SC now so that's out of the question. We're so weak at WBR that I'm seriously thinking of just plugging him in there just because he will likely be better than whoever we have, and this will give the game-time to progress his development. Is that madness? 

Interesting. Jul 2032.

We've just played the 1st competitive game of the season, (against Dinamo Tblisi of Georgia in the Europa Conference), and I used (31g) Hassoun (ISR) out of position as our WBR and I have to say it was a real success. 

When I say it was a real success, I mean it was in terms of until my Ass Man got involved and started to make substitutions. 

When my Ass Man took (31g) Hassoun (ISR) off in the 56th min, (yes that is 15/16 passes with 4 of them key, 1 chance created and 1 assist by the way), we were winning 3-1 and had another goal ruled out for offside. 

Unfortunately his replacement (31d) Marchhart (AUT) only made 6 of 15 passes at 40% and we went on to lose 4-3. 

This just about sums up the problem I was trying to resolve. The sooner (31g) Hassoun (ISR) becomes a natural WBR the better because we desperately need him there. 

[Jimbokav1971]

8 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Stupid question. Jun 2032. 

I have this player, (31g) Hassoun (ISR) and I don't know what to do with him. 

He's played in midfield and up front, and done ok in both, but he's not athletic enough to be a wide attacker and you have to be seriously good to get a game at SC now so that's out of the question. We're so weak at WBR that I'm seriously thinking of just plugging him in there just because he will likely be better than whoever we have, and this will give the game-time to progress his development. Is that madness? 

 

8 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Interesting. Jul 2032.

We've just played the 1st competitive game of the season, (against Dinamo Tblisi of Georgia in the Europa Conference), and I used (31g) Hassoun (ISR) out of position as our WBR and I have to say it was a real success. 

When I say it was a real success, I mean it was in terms of until my Ass Man got involved and started to make substitutions. 

When my Ass Man took (31g) Hassoun (ISR) off in the 56th min, (yes that is 15/16 passes with 4 of them key, 1 chance created and 1 assist by the way), we were winning 3-1 and had another goal ruled out for offside. 

Unfortunately his replacement (31d) Marchhart (AUT) only made 6 of 15 passes at 40% and we went on to lose 4-3. 

This just about sums up the problem I was trying to resolve. The sooner (31g) Hassoun (ISR) becomes a natural WBR the better because we desperately need him there. 

Wing-back woes. Jul 2032. 

If (31g) Hassoun (ISR) made a good debut away to Dinamo Tblisi with 15/16 passes at 94%, 4 key passes, 1 chance created and 1 assist, he was even better in his 2nd game against them where he made 18/21 passes at 86%, 5 key passes, 1 chance created and even went on 5 dribbles. Unfortunately the Ass Man took him off again, this time on 58 mins. 

On 58 mins we were winning 3-1, (so winning 6-5 on aggregate). 

He again replaced him with (31d) Marchhart (AUT), (who was decent), but who just didn't have the same attacking threat on the ball and we went from leading 6-4 to drawing 

To make the whole thing much worse, (31d) Marchhart (AUT) misses the 4th spot kick and ultimately costs us the tie, (for the 2nd time). 

There are loads of benefits to using the IR button, but this is 1 of the most frustrating negative aspects. 

We had a problem.
I came up with a solution.
I implemented the solution.
The solution was successful. 
The Ass Man screwed us. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jul 2032. 

Pre-Season. Who cares. 

Europa Conference League. See previous posts for the reason for our exit.  I really had high hopes of progressing a few rounds this season. 

Finances.  We're back in credit again, but I really was hoping for a much bigger windfall from Europe this season. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Aug 2032. 

Superleague. I think it's fair to say that we've started the season pretty well. The 2nd Team played the Dukagjini Kline & Ulpiana games, (although they needed help from the bench to beat Ulpiana). To put the 8-0 win against Gjilani in perspective, they have finished 4th, 8th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd in recent seasons. The front 3 have destroyed teams, but it's our improved defensive record that is most pleasing. Next up is the big test against Ballkani. 

Records.

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2032. 

SuperLeague. I think this month gives a really good snapshot of where we are in the save right now. We were the better team against Ballkani, but they scored late goals to put the game to bed and despite us having better xG it's hard to argue that they didn't deserve it. They just countered us to death and we weren't good enough to take our chances. The 2nd game we lost was away to Llapi where the 2nd team were very much second-best. The 2nd Team should have battered Malisheva though and that was 2 more points lost, (for 8 total in the month). 

I'm not downbeat though. That's just where we are in the save and we've come a million miles even from the European games during pre-season. I would like to think that we're comfortably the 2nd best team in the Country now, and that's with them having the advantage of being Pro, (while we're still Semi-Pro). 

Going out at the 1st hurdle in Europe still rankles though. 

1st senior Cap. 

(29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) came off the bench in the 90th min in the European League Div 2 game against N.Ireland. He didn't manage to touch the ball but it's still a full Cap.

He's still eligible for Switzerland so I will be checking to see if the game has implemented the 5 game rule policy correctly after each appearance as per info from @WhiteCat33 

Well that didn't take long.  He just needed 16 mins of his 2nd sub appearance to grab his 1st goal for Kosovo, in a 3-1 loss to Scotland in the European League Division B. 

2 appearances for (KOS) but still eligible for (SUI).

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2032. 

SuperLeague. If the 2nd Team were unlucky to get nothing out of a Dukagjini Kline game that they dominated, the 1st Team got all that luck and loads more as they somehow came away with an injury-time leveller against Ballkani. We've not been great this month, but even with that nobody has scored more than 1 goal against us. 

I've just realised that we're a whopping 10 points clear of Llapi in 3rd place, (although they do have 2 games in hand). 

Finances. 

[sherwinriga]

4 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

The Ass Man screwed us. 

I think that you should fire him because he hadn't gotten the job done in the ECL. Other than that, the series should have been them if they won the penalties and so, you need to adjust if you want to advance further to another round in ECL.

Other than that, progress looked great at the start of 2032-33 season, but we'll see if you can survive past Ballkani because they're definitely tough as expected.

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2032. 

SuperLeague. We're back top of the table again after 2 good wins, but only because Ballkani now have 3 games in hand as a result of them competing in the Europa Conference Group Stage. 

Kosovan Cup. 2 comfortable wins give us an extra game against Ballkani in the next round. 

New Balkan El Presidente. I flippin loved the old guy. Such a shame to see him go.  He just said yes to absolutely everything. 

Cancel that. I love the new El Presidente.  

New contract. (The new bloke walks in the door and immediately offers me a 2 year contract. He knows the score!)

International eligibility. 

(29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) now has 5 International Caps for Kosvo, (all of them in competitive fixtures), but is still also eligible for Switzerland. So unfortunately that doesn't tie up to what @WhiteCat33suggested. I know it's something like that though, and I expect SI to have implemented it correctly in the game, so I will keep tracking it so that we can work out what's what.

This isn't too clear, but it appears that any of the following can be used to change Nationality, (rather than all of them which is what I initially thought), so under these rules he will continue to show as being eligible for Switzerland until after his 21st birthday. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

39 minutes ago, sherwinriga said:

I think that you should fire him because he hadn't gotten the job done in the ECL. Other than that, the series should have been them if they won the penalties and so, you need to adjust if you want to advance further to another round in ECL.

Other than that, progress looked great at the start of 2032-33 season, but we'll see if you can survive past Ballkani because they're definitely tough as expected.

The loss in Europe still sucks, but I have a cunning plan to deal with the stupid Ass Man, (who is keeping his job for the moment). 

To start off with the Ass Man was dragging (31g) Hassoun (ISR) off as early as the 61st min, but as time goes by and he becomes more proficient in the role the Ass Man is leaving him on longer and longer now. (recent games saw him stay on until the 83rd, 72nd, 68th & 72nd mins. That extra little bit of time could make all the difference. 

* ps. Have a look at his key passes column. There is a 13, a 9 and a 12 in there and those games aren't friendlies, (although I would like to get a few more assists in there). 

Thes reason for his longer mins is simply that he's now competent in the WBR role. At the start of the season he had never played there before in his life. He's still developing but considering we expect to be the dominant team in most of our games, I think this role change is an inspired decision. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2032. 

SuperLeague. The 1st Team left it late against Drita, but got there in the end. We're now 10 points clear of Llapi in 3rd and they now have no games in hand.

Youth Intake preview. We couldn't keep getting A's the whole time. 

Finances.  We're losing money now, but I'm not concerned. We will still make significant profit over the course of the season when you include Europe money, and as soon as we get to the Group Stages then I expect money issues to never be a problem ever again. 

[_Ben_]

4 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

We're losing money now, but I'm not concerned. We will still make significant profit over the course of the season when you include Europe money, and as soon as we get to the Group Stages then I expect money issues to never be a problem ever again. 

Is second Europa League or Champions League qualifying stages?

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2033. 

Winter pre-season. 

January Transfer window. 

Finances. 

[WhiteCat33]

2 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

nternational eligibility. 

(29a) Vonmoos (KOS)(SUI) now has 5 International Caps for Kosvo, (all of them in competitive fixtures), but is still also eligible for Switzerland. So unfortunately that doesn't tie up to what @WhiteCat33suggested. I know it's something like that though, and I expect SI to have implemented it correctly in the game, so I will keep tracking it so that we can work out what's what.

This isn't too clear, but it appears that any of the following can be used to change Nationality, (rather than all of them which is what I initially thought), so under these rules he will continue to show as being eligible for Switzerland until after his 21st birthday. 

Yup looks like I was off there, seems it's different now and I guess I underestimated how much harder it is to CAP-lock players from lower tier nations.  I'm pretty sure the game considers "Competitive" games as any Major tournament game but not Nations League matches. I have a player who is 18 with 13 CAPs now who has played in 2 WCQ & 1 Gold Cup Playoff match for Barbados and is still elidable for England even with a couple matches of Nations league. I'm fairly confident those 3 are all competitive matches, so following what you found (and sounds right) he should lose eligibility after the next competitive game he plays for Barbados. I'll let you know, but it will take a while as Barbados won't be in any tournament for a couple of years.

Most recent El Salvador Game & 2 Belize Games were Competitive. His nation league matches were his first couple CAPS 3 years ago before the 2 years of friendlies (which the team will have again since it's out of the WC & Gold Cup.

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[Jimbokav1971]

3 hours ago, _Ben_ said:

Is second Europa League or Champions League qualifying stages?

The game isn't loaded at the moment but I think it's 1x Champions League and then 3x Europa Conference with no Europa League, (but not positive). Will check when I load up again. 

I hope it's 3x Europa Conference. 

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, WhiteCat33 said:

Yup looks like I was off there, seems it's different now and I guess I underestimated how much harder it is to CAP-lock players from lower tier nations.  I'm pretty sure the game considers "Competitive" games as any Major tournament game but not Nations League matches. I have a player who is 18 with 13 CAPs now who has played in 2 WCQ & 1 Gold Cup Playoff match for Barbados and is still elidable for England even with a couple matches of Nations league. I'm fairly confident those 3 are all competitive matches, so following what you found (and sounds right) he should lose eligibility after the next competitive game he plays for Barbados. I'll let you know, but it will take a while as Barbados won't be in any tournament for a couple of years.

Most recent El Salvador Game & 2 Belize Games were Competitive. His nation league matches were his first couple CAPS 3 years ago before the 2 years of friendlies (which the team will have again since it's out of the WC & Gold Cup.

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The whole thing seems to be far more complicated than it needs to be. 

If player choose to represent 1 Nation then that's down to them. It's a choice. I really don't agree with any kind of swapping after a Senior Cap is awarded under any circumstances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

4 hours ago, _Ben_ said:

Is second Europa League or Champions League qualifying stages?

 

49 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

The game isn't loaded at the moment but I think it's 1x Champions League and then 3x Europa Conference with no Europa League, (but not positive). Will check when I load up again. 

I hope it's 3x Europa Conference. 

It is 1x Champions League, 0x Europa League and 3x Conference League.