PandaQC Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) Minebea Mitsumi FC (Japan) - Season 8 - 2031 Promoted to J1 League (again). After being relegated last season in J2 League, we needed a complete overhaul of the squad. Almost all legacy players were dropped and replaced by young players (17-18 years old). And that worked well. We have had a lot of success and finished in first position quite easily. Our team clearly deserves to play in J1 League now. Some young players have matured and should be able to carry us in J1 League next year. J2 League results Spoiler Youth intake Good intake. A lot of potential but I'm still disappointed by the personalities. My second and third best young players have the "casual" personality which means they have very low professionalism. Striker Takano 31.1, DC Fukoin 31.5 and GK Hata 31.14 will probably be added to first squad rotation. Spoiler Finances and facilities We were able to improve Youth Recruitment a little bit ! But J2 League TV money does not cover our expenses and we have been losing money every month this season. Our net debt is back to 1M. We really need that J1 League TV money to stay afloat. In three years the debt will be entirely repaid. Almost there. Since we have been promoted to J1 League, we are moving back to the 20k-seats stadium. This is a running gag. We have played only two seasons in our 10k-seats stadium that we have bought and cost so many $$$. Squad The squad is very young. Most of the players are 17 or 18 y.o. Tanno 29.7, Lee Byung-Min 29.1 and Shigemitsu 29.3 are carrying the team. My problem is the lack of depth at the DC and the GK positions. GK is the biggest problem. Legacy player Amamoto will be 34 years old next season and is declining fast. I will probably replace him by the 15 years old 1-star GK from this year intake. This is scary. Spoiler Transfers For the first time I am receiving offers for my young players. I have not sold anyone so far but I can feel the pressure from top J1 League teams trying to buy my talented players. This means they have some potential ! Spoiler Next year preview Back to J1 League. This time our team should have the tools to avoid relegation. Weaknesses at the DC and GK positions are worrisome though. If we get injuries at those positions we could get in big trouble. We will try to continue to improve Youth Recruitment and will repay the debt. Goal is definitely to avoid relegation. Recap Edited January 4 by PandaQC 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
komein svedu Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Season 5 (2028/29) no progress and mid youth intake sadly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BustaRaymes Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, HanziZoloman said: @BustaRaymes nice update, especially the tactical aspects. Do you have the W(A) „wrongfooted“? Ah good spot. I switched both around a lot. In this case they are on their 'strong' side, like real wingers, but I think it's really about 50-50 on which side they played. Did keep them as W for most games though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gundo Posted January 4 Popular Post Share Posted January 4 (edited) Profile 2024 – Season one – 11th Not that much to write about from my opening season in charge of Frigg Oslo (my third attempt on FM24 with them). We started well but tailed off with a dreadful run of one win, three draws and 9 defeats in our remaining 13 matches – that's half a Norwegian season at this level! Luckily, we managed to survive, just! Our "journey" in the Cupen was equally uninspiring with a second round exit against a team in the same division, Vard Haugesund. As far as youth prospects go, they're a few from the 2024 intake that have moderate promise; however, the 2025 batch was truly awful. I also seem to have a board that reject every request for an upgrade which is frustrating. In In the words of D:Ream – things can only get better .. . Edited January 4 by Gundo 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted January 4 Popular Post Share Posted January 4 XaW - Astros de Colombia (Curaçao) - Season 2028 (Season 5) - CLiga MCB 1st Division Squad | Transfers | Finances We retained the title, and with much more ease this time around. And at the end of the season we got a massive youth intake which more or less makes everyone else obsolete. Really looking forward to using the team next season. Caribbean Club Shield: We got put straight into the 1st group stage as winners of the league. There we drew Defence Force of Trinidad & Tobago, PR Sol of Puerto Rico, Inter Moengotapoe of Suriname, St. Paul's Utd of St. Kitts & Nevis, and Sugar Boys of British Virgin Islands. We won two, drew two, and lost once, but that was only enough for 3rd place in the group, and we got knocked out. Around the world Youth intake: Trophy cabinet Liga MCB 1st Division x2 - 2027, 2028 (Astros de Colombia) Curaçao Segundo Division - 2025 (Astros de Colombia) Curaçao Terser Division - 2024 (Astros de Colombia) Player statistics: Most apps for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ José Rodríguez 24b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2024-Present 112 Shermar Delando 25b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 89 Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 86 Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 58 Santiago Hinestroza 25c Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 57 Most goals for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 49 Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 42 Shermar Delando 25b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 9 Shermar Vandepitte 27a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2027-Present 5 Stiven García 27b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 5 Most assists for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 25 Luís Arango 27d Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 13 Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 12 Cristhian Rodríguez 26b Astros de Colombia Colombia Curaçao 2026-Present 8 Stiven García 27b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 8 Supporters: Summary: 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennuk Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 @XaW - thats a fantastic start. Out of interest do you use the same tactic home and away, or vary it up? What is the tactic if you don't mind me asking? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyrtj Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Mauriki FC - Vanuatu - Season 1 - 2020 - Vanuatu Lower League (Tier 3 ) - 1 (promoted in playoff) The league was split into 4 groups of 8, with the 4 group winners playing one knock out game for two promotion spots. Despite being predicted 4th best out of 32 we had top prediction Black Diamonds in our league. At the beginning it was difficult to see how good our team was - we had a few 5 star players alongside some 1 star players. Our Board wanted us to finish in 1st place. By choosing a team predicted to finish high up we inherited a good squad, but it also meant we had to be successful from the begining. We won our first 5 games, and it became clear the predictions were correct. In a very short league season - 14 games - we won all but 2 games. We outplayed Lili in the playoff final, but it took us until the 80th to score from a freekick. We also made it to the semi-finals of the cup. Seems a very strange place to start. Our team and a couple of others are probably good enough for the Premier League - our board wants promotion again next season. It seems the difference between teams isn't that much and a good roll on players can lead to a good advanage. The youth intake was good and a couple of players come straight into the first team - forgot to take a screenshot. The one issue we have is the fact that everyone is non-contracts and we can't offer anything else. All our players are receving numerous bids, and all we can do is keeping offering more money to stay. So far no one has left. We're going to try making the contract offer for the end of the season and see if that helps. But if we lose a load of our players, I'm not sure we'll survive this save. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MochaJo Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) Tokyo Musashino United FC Season 3| 2026 Meiji-Yasuda J.League Division Three League: So lets get it out right off the bat, we did in fact get promoted to the 2nd division by way of the playoffs. Prior to the start we lost Shiga due to the board being blinded by the Money, wasn't ideal but we move. Started great and by Mid Season we were definitely in the playoffs race, maybe even the race for promotion if things somehow went even more our way. As time went on and we approached the Final Run in we had managed to squeak ourselves in to playoffs and were really just looking to hang on till the end, we had injuries to a couple of main players and our form started to slip however in a fortunate turn of events we got Rihito Yoshihama in our intake who came in and turned our fortunes around just enough to make the difference. XG Table - Our expected position was actually the same as our last two seasons but we just seemed to overperform this year although surprisingly Sagamihara was actually the bigger overachiever right behind us who also finished in playoffs. The first playoff match ended in a Draw with us advancing due to being the higher seed, it was beyond close but a 90th minute equaliser from Riki Iida was the decisive goal. The playoff Final was a game we actually deserved to win, with the winning goal fittingly coming from Yoshihama to cap off what was an excellent run of form to get us promoted. J.League Cup: Close games against Fukushima United but ultimately we still fell at the first hurdle here. Emperors Cup: Got knocked out second round once again unfortunately. Facilities: Managed to get not one, not two but three upgrades to both junior coaching and youth recruitment. We also have rented a new Stadium for next season in order to meet requirements. Finance: Looking healthy this year, thanks in part to the selling of an important player. (And not getting a training facility upgrade) Transfers: Shiga was sold but aside from that no other outs. Squad: This season our forwards started to really take a dip in quality, which can be seen in their goal tally's, the absence of Shiga has also not helped matters for them, we definitely had a lot of luck go our way this season as our first 11 really got worse on paper. Kikuchi did an admirable job of taking over Shiga's spot and the younger players provided us with a bit of depth we didn't really have before, Iida in particular was a starter from start to end of the season. Yoshihama only played 7 games but showed his quality across them all with 3 of his goals being game winners. Manager - End of Season: Got a Continental C course but it won't be finished till next year, coming along nicely though. Youth Intake: The Preview assured me this would be our best intake yet with quality across the board, come October the HOYD would be proven right. With the worst players being at least top talents and us having a large amount of elite talents it was looking fantastic and of course my eyes were immediately drawn to the 5 star player... 2nd Part of Intake Rihito Yoshihama Y26A - Absolutely ecstatic, I've never had a youth player come through this good especially when relative to the team that produced him. I'll likely be giving him up to some big team sooner rather than later but I am going to enjoy watching this kid play for us. Cherry on the top is a good personality and a penchant for consistency. Went straight into the 1st team and contributed massively. Ryo Kondo Y26B - Any other year Ryo would likely be the star boy of this intake, nicely rounded stats for a DLP and a fairly professional outlook that gives him a greater chance of reaching his potential. Unfortunately he is in the same intake as Yoshihama. Tatsuyuki Tada Y26C - Almost first team ready and an emphasis on non nonsense defending, I like Tada a fair bit injury proneness might stall his progress. Season | League Position | Pos. | AFC | Best player | Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024 | J.League Division Three | 10 | n/a | Koji Ishihara - 7.14 Av Rat | 2025 | J.League Division Three | 10 | n/a | Koji Ishihara - 7.04 Av Rat | 2026 | J.League Division Three | 4 | n/a | Daiji Oguchi - 6.96 Av Rat | Promoted Facilities ---------- Season | Coaching | Recruitment | Training Fac. | Youth Fac. | Stadium ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024 | Fairly Basic | Basic | Adequate | Basic | 5000 2025 | Adequate | Fairly basic | Average | Basic | 5000 2026 | Exceptional | Good | Average | Basic | 22,892 2026 Intake Faces Edited January 5 by MochaJo 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 03/01/2024 at 21:43, leicester33 said: Is Padders just bad or unlucky. Looking at the leaderboard i cant tell lol. Both Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Season 5 - 2028/29 Another disappointing season with more mid table mediocrity. None of the youth players are improving the squad, another poor intake with no elite talents. And can't improve any of the facilities as the bounty takeover Chairman has withdrawn funds 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 9 hours ago, glennuk said: @XaW - thats a fantastic start. Out of interest do you use the same tactic home and away, or vary it up? What is the tactic if you don't mind me asking? Using the same old one I've posted in here before, as always slightly tweaked based on the players I have. And yes, I start it for every game, but change mentality or roles if I feel I need to. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
komein svedu Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Season 6 (2029/30) nearing promotion, not my time quite yet though. FInancial problems are hitting and the board was forced to sell our best player for 2,3 mil. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego D10S Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Season 2030 / 2031 Promotion to Sky Bet Championship This club is just flying Another promotion and the talents keep comming GL ALL !!!! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Season 6 - 2029/30 A better season that was spent towards the top half of the table for once but we faded away from the playoffs. Yet another awful youth intake No A or B in the preview and no elite talents We did manage to increase Junior Coaching, so lets hope that improves the standard on the intakes 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJones Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) Oriental Dragon 2034/35 We managed to combine the league and champions league in a decent way I guess. A third place in the league is good and to reach the play-offs in CL is great. The games against Napoli in the knock-out round was such a heartbreak however. We where dominating in the home game and had a 2-0 lead and out of nowhere they get a goal in the 95th minute and in the away game we were leading 0-2 with 20 minutes left and they somehow get three goals from absolutely nothing to make in to extra time and of course they score immediately and win... Squad Key players Youth Intake History Edited January 5 by DrJones 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Season 7 - 2030/31 Disappointing season to not improve on last season. Started well then the dreaded drop off in form October/November time and fall down the table We did manage our first ever A in the Youth Intake preview We then got our first ever 2*+ and 4 Elite prospects 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
v1n1akabozo Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 hours ago, Padders said: Season 7 - 2030/31 Disappointing season to not improve on last season. Started well then the dreaded drop off in form October/November time and fall down the table We did manage our first ever A in the Youth Intake preview We then got our first ever 2*+ and 4 Elite prospects Padders are you simming the matches? Holy s*** you're fast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 9 minutes ago, v1n1akabozo said: Padders are you simming the matches? Holy s*** you're fast. No, I play every single match. These updates are from a number of weeks ago Due to the fact I spent the last two versions of FM never getting out of the VNLS/N, I don't post updates until I get into a save. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheekybananafm Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Decided to give this a go 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Season 8 - 2031/32 Another poor season We were just outside playoffs but as the s/s shows, we won ONE from the last 17 games and slipped down the league Youth intake yet again poor, bar maybe one First time in 5 years we got into the FA Cup proper Interestingly, even though we aren't really progressing in the league, the average attendance is going up 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
libbyshuss Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 South Africa - TS Sporting FC South Africa Premier Soccer League 2030/31 (season 7) League Finish: 7th A bit of a mad season really. We won the first game 9-2, then only won 1 of the next 8, before going away to table toppers Orlando Pirates (with a 100% win record) and won 4-0! By November we were 15th and in the relegation spots - luckily we improved and were much better second half of the season. We won both of our last two games 7-3 to finish 7th overall Players I did sell our best player to Porto - I din't think we'd miss him as much as we did to be honest! Top Scorer: Sanele Bunting 27B - 28 goals in 30 games Still only 19, now rated as a leading premiership player. Still has room for improvement as well! Player of the Season: Phakamani Molefe 25K - 7.52 AR in 36 games I did not think he would be the best of our first ever youth intake, but there you go! Plays as a pressing forward and has developed really well over the last two seasons. He is why I tend to always sign 2 star PA youths - you never know! Youth A nice looking preview and intake! Having exceptional rated youth recruitment definitely helps. Thanks board! Career I should be good enough to challenge for the title but I stubbornly refuse to change my ridiculously attacknig tactic. I love those 7-3 games too much! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
komein svedu Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Season 7 (2030/31). Slipping up at the end of the season cost us automatic promotion. Also lost the promotion playoffs on extra time. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BustaRaymes Posted January 5 Popular Post Share Posted January 5 FC Vaajakoski 2025 Finnish First Division A difficult second season for us. We were in the relegation scrap for a long time, part due to my tinkering on the formation a lot. We needed a strong finish in the relegation group to get us to safety in the end: Squad Going with a counterattacking 4-4-2 was mainly because we lack a real goalscorer and had a lot of options up front and on the wings. Salim was out for months, so Paananen got quite a few minutes. Pirttinen was our best defender, although I expect way more from him looking at his attributes. Both seasons were too far off a 7. Hanslian was our best player at the start but his decline has set in already at 32. I doubt he'll be playing a lot next season. Häkkinen was the top goalscorer again. Started off great, dropped a bit later on but 17 goals is a good season for him. Transfers Useful backup DRL Roponen was on a non-contract and decided to leave. Youth intake This looks very promising. We already had 2 bumps in our youth investment and a youth facilities upgrade, and it's starting to pay off already. Good personalities among them as well! Laitinen is a beast for us already and the potential goalscorer we needed. Will go straight into the first team. Sadik looks promising as well, if we can raise (mainly) his dribbling and off the ball he'll be great for us. Kuitunen is a holding midfielder by nature and is certainly going to feature in our squad next season. Although Syrjä's position is filled up in the first team, I expect a lot from him. His spirited personality could see him develop sooner than later. Uusitalo is not a great player yet, but he's only marginally worse than our current goalie. Might just play him to help his development. Kuittinen is another winger. A bit further off the first team, but looks good at first glance. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BustaRaymes Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 10 hours ago, XaW said: Using the same old one I've posted in here before, as always slightly tweaked based on the players I have. And yes, I start it for every game, but change mentality or roles if I feel I need to. Nice insight in a HB pairing that seems to work for you. I love the role and what it potentially does to the positioning of the players around him, but I can't seem to get it to work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef96 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) Dulwich Hamlet Season 2 | 2025/26 Vanarama National League South Competitions | Finances | Squad | Transfers | Manager Profile | Facilities Season Summary Season 2 is in the books and it's a season where we were planted solidly mid-table all season. We were never really in danger of relegation, but we were also never challenging for the playoff spots, which meant I could give playtime to some of the youngsters without too much stress. Overall I'm pleased with how the season went, but I hope we'll be able to at least challenge for the playoffs next season. Our cup runs were quite uneventful. We were knocked out in the 4th Qualifying Round in the FA Cup by Newport and 2nd Round in the FA Trophy by Dartford. There were some challenges throughout the season. My golden boy striker, Derek Hayward, got his knickers in a twist midway through the season when I decided to trigger the one-year extension clause in his contract. He's been in a mood ever since and his form unfortunately also saw a clear decline. He did pick it up a bit towards the end of the season, but he is still unhappy and refuses to sign any long term contract with us, which means I either have to sell him this summer or let his contract run out next season (if he doesn't change his mind). At the moment I'm leaning towards keeping him for another season, as his valuation of 40K is too low compared to his value for us. He's also not the only one refusing to sign a contract. Another one of our star players, Anthony Jeffrey, is also not keen on staying, and his contract is running out this summer. I am however not as bothered with Jeffrey not extending, as he is injury prone and been on the decline for two seasons now. I'm hopeful the forwards from our 2024/25 youth intake can replicate his output, if not surpass it, but in an ideal world he would be with us for another season. Another challenge I had to face this season was when my captain, Michael Chambers, decided to nuke the locker-room atmosphere, when he came to me and complained about the lack of depth at the goalkeeper position. I tried my best to diffuse the situation, but Michael wasn't having any of it... I know our goalkeepers suck Michael, but I'm waiting for a good one to come through the youth intake goddamnit! Danny Mills was once again our star performer, getting himself the Golden Boot and Player of The Year in the league after netting 33 goals and providing 6 assists (36 goals and 7 assists in all competitions). He's getting up there in age, but he is still with us for next season. Hopefully he has one more great season in him! Derek Hayward, despite his antics, also had a decent season, grabbing himself 16 goals and 4 assists in all competitions. He's still continually getting call-ups to the Belgian U19s National Team, so it really would be a shame if he was to leave us. During the season we got nice progress in the development of 3 of our youngsters from last years intake; Cho Ki-Sung 25-6, Azard Best 25-2 and Diogo Martinho 25-5. They also had decent seasons for the first team, where they featured regularly in their respective positions. Coaching license wise I've managed to get my Continental B license and currently studying for a Continental A. I've also gotten a couple of upgrades to junior coaching and youth recruitment, so once again nice progress on that front. Something I'm a bit nervous about, but hopefully will be a good thing in the long run, is the board announcing plans to build a new stadium. Hopefully it won't completely ruin our finances... Youth Intake Preview | Intake A bit disappointed with this years youth intake, but at least there's a somewhat decent goalkeeper in there in Fred Boakye 26-1. My current goalkeeper, Preston Edwards, who isn't very good to begin with, has decided to retire. Because of this Fred is going into next season as the starting goalkeeper, as the goalkeeper from last years intake, Kingsley Temitope 25-8, is nowhere near good enough. Hopefully we'll see some good development from him, otherwise we're pretty screwed... The one I'm the most excited about initially is Anestis Fortounis 26-4. He should develop quite nicely with his fairly determined personality and 5 star potential ability. He does however play in the same position as of one of out best players, Ade Shokunbi, so I don't know how much gametime he'll see. With the others I'm not too excited, but we'll see how they develop. I wasn't overly excited about Cho Ki-Sung from last seasons intake either, but he's been developing quite nicely and is quickly becoming one of my favourites. Stats & Bingo (2/100) Edited January 28 by Josef96 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Daddy Posted January 6 Popular Post Share Posted January 6 2036/37 Season Review - Belgian Second Tier - Season 13 Another slow start. I had realized I went a little too hard on tactic tweaks and wiped them away and rolled out two new ones. Both tactics use the Genepress preset. I hired scouts and analysts and went next opponent scouting heavy, and once I found out their tactics and key players I decided what to do. If I faced a 2 striker formation I use the 5-2-1-2 DM AM and tell the two outside CBs to mark the strikers and a DM to mark the playmaker. If it's a 1 striker formation I use 4-2-4 DM Wide formation and tell one CB to mark the striker and a DM to mark the key playmaker. Then make specific tweaks depending on their playstyle (i.e., wing play I tell D to stop crosses etc). All that to say I went from bottom mid to the playoffs (helped by B teams not being eligible for promotion). Unfortunately, we matched up against one of the teams we struggled badly against. It wound up being a very respectable one-goal, on aggregate, loss. They went on to win the playoff and then beat the top division team to get promoted. No shame losing to them. Lost a player from the previous season's intake, which always frustrates me, but it's another potential big lottery ticket out there. Well, this is going to destroy the finances. No players immediately pushing their way up yet, but a very deep intake. Plus a player named Cool. I'll be quite hot if he forces a move out. 2037/38 Preview: Three teams coming down, it's happened two other seasons so far, makes things even tougher this upcoming season. My hope is with the team going full-time and more training we'll also improve. It's not promotion or bust, but next year may be if the finances get bad. I don't want to go back semi pro a second time. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 vor 12 Stunden schrieb Padders: Due to the fact I spent the last two versions of FM never getting out of the VNLS/N, I don't post updates until I get into a save. I‘ve been in VNS for about 27 seasons and thought it was something of a „record“ but you must have been there for longer. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo_ments Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 are there requirements for custom databases and how many leagues they add? for example if i wanted to do the YAC in New Caledonia, would i be able to if the database i use only has 2 divisions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 12 hours ago, BustaRaymes said: Nice insight in a HB pairing that seems to work for you. I love the role and what it potentially does to the positioning of the players around him, but I can't seem to get it to work. Yeah, my tactic works fine, not a super tactic at any rate, but it has been slightly overperforming for me ever since I made it in FM17 with only minor tweaks. The reason I do well is more down to the players I get more than anything else atm. 49 minutes ago, mo_ments said: are there requirements for custom databases and how many leagues they add? for example if i wanted to do the YAC in New Caledonia, would i be able to if the database i use only has 2 divisions? 2 tiers IF the bottom has relegation, 3 tiers if there is no relegation from the lowest one. The custom league also have to be realistic, and as close to real life as possible. So no "reimagining" or "fantasy" versions. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ron_Swanson Posted January 6 Popular Post Share Posted January 6 [FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 21 - 2043 The preview was a little missleading, because actual intake was quite nice. Sabah and Axen will be subs next season Yet again starting good and declining in form later. We have decent starting lineup but something is not working. We might lose Johan Sundstrom soon, he's becoming way to good compared to rest of the team, some top flight clubs are showing interest and he don't want to extend his contract. "Are you winning son?" David is just a squad player now, doesn't look promising 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dkouv Posted January 6 Popular Post Share Posted January 6 Brora Rangers – Season 16 (2039/40) Premiership Both Celtic and Rangers completely imploded this season, finishing outside of the CL places. And we took full advantage, finishing 1st, winning our maiden SPL title, and giving the league its first non-old-firm winner since Sir Alex’s Aberdeen in 1984. Europe We had to go through the qualifiers and got two tough draws in Hoffenheim and Benfica, but managed to edge both, beating Benfica somewhat undeservedly, in extra time. A dramatic last-game win at PSG qualified us for the playoff, where we beat Schalke before losing to Man U in the round of 16. Players Owen Young 12b (DL/DMC) is going from strength to strength, and a few more youngsters are developing, with untagged Aidan Jablonski (DC) looking the most promising of the lot (and to top it off, he’s a defender!). Youth intake (preview) Not great, though a promising goalkeeper is very welcome. Once again I’m not happy with the personalities, should really find a new HOYD. Facilities After rejecting all my requests, the board offered to upgrade youth facilities, and I gleefully said yes. Transfers Nothing of note. Season | League | Pos. | Europe | Best player | Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024/25 | League 2 | 1 | n/a | Andrew Macrae (ST) | Promoted 2025/26 | League 1 | 7 | n/a | Andrew Macrae (ST) | 2026/27 | League 1 | 6 | n/a | Andrew Macrae (ST) | 2027/28 | League 1 | 5 | n/a | James Wallace (ST) | 2028/29 | League 1 | 1 | n/a | Andrew Macrae (ST) | Promoted 2029/30 | Championship | 6 | n/a | Tony Jukes 05a (ST) | 2030/31 | Championship | 8 | n/a | Tony Jukes 05a (ST) | Won SPL Trust Trophy 2031/32 | Championship | 4 | n/a | Tom Thomas 07a (ST) | Lost in playoff 1st round 2032/33 | Championship | 2 | n/a | Tony Jukes 05a (ST) | Lost in playoff 2nd round 2033/34 | Championship | 1 | n/a | Tony Jukes 05a (AMR) | Promoted 2034/35 | Premiership | 2 | n/a | Ryan Nelson 08c (DL) | 2035/36 | Premiership | 2 | CL group | Ryan Nelson 08c (DL) | 2036/37 | Premiership | 2 | CL R16 | Connor Malpas 06a (ST) | 2037/38 | Premiership | 2 | CL KO | Tom Thomas 07a (AML) | 2038/39 | Premiership | 3 | CL R16 | Owen Young 12b (DMC) | 2039/40 | Premiership | 1 | CL R16 | Owen Young 12b (DMC) | Facilities ---------- Season | Coaching | Recruitment | Training Fac. | Youth Fac. | Stadium ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024 | Basic | Limited | Basic | Poor | 3000 2024/25 | Adequate | Fairly basic | Basic | Basic | 3000 2025/26 | Good | Average | Basic | Basic | 3000 2026/27 | Excellent | Above average | Basic | Basic | 3000 2027/28 | Excellent | Good | Basic | Basic | 3000 2028/29 | Exceptional | Good | Below average | Basic | 3000 2029/30 | Excellent | Good | Below average | Basic | 3000 2030/31 | Excellent | Good | Below average | Basic | 3000 2031/32 | Excellent | Good | Below average | Basic | 3000 2032/33 | Excellent | Good | Below average | Basic | 3000 2033/34 | Excellent | Good | Below average | Basic | 3000 2034/35 | Excellent | Good | Below average | Basic | 3000 2035/36 | Exceptional | Exceptional | Adequate | Adequate | 3000 2036/37 | Exceptional | Exceptional | Great | Average | 3000 2037/38 | Exceptional | Exceptional | Superb | Average | 5250 2038/39 | Exceptional | Exceptional | State of Art | Good | 5250 2039/40 | Exceptional | Exceptional | State of Art | Great | 5250 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
komein svedu Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Season 8 (2031/32) That tastes like promotion! Finally time to fix the clubs severe financial damage in the 2. Bundesliga, which offers around 7mil-18mil price money according to placement. This means I can finally stat upgrading my facilities and rec/coaching after an 8 season stalemate. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted January 6 Popular Post Share Posted January 6 XaW - Astros de Colombia (Curaçao) - Season 2029 (Season 6) - CLiga MCB 1st Division Squad | Transfers | Finances We did well in the Caribbean competitions, so we got a bit of a fixture congestion in the initial league stage. But as soon as the fixture cleared up, we went on a very good run and won the league without much issue again. Caribbean Club Shield: We drew Jebelle of St Vincent & the Grenadines, SCSA Eagles of Sint Maarten, Harbour View of Jamaica, Western Tigers of Guyana, and Junior Stars of Saint Martin in the 1st group stage. There we won all games, but one and finished 2nd in our group. In the 2nd phase group we drew AS Samaritaine of Martinique, Metropolitan FA of Puerto Rico, and Robinhood of Suriname. There we won all 3 matches to finish top of the group. In the semi final we got revenge on Harbour View as we beat them to get into the final. There we beat AC PoS of Trinidad & Tobago to be crowned winners! Caribbean Cup: I suspect we got here from the win in the Caribbean Club Shield. We drew Mount Pleasant of Jamaica, América (HAI) of Haiti, W Connection of Trinidad & Tobago, and Club Franciscain of Martinique. We won most games, but lost to Mount Pleasant and thus finished 2nd in our group. This put us in the Third Place playoffs where we beat AC PoS of Trinidad & Tobago again. Around the world Youth intake: Trophy cabinet Liga MCB 1st Division x3 - 2027, 2028, 2029 (Astros de Colombia) Curaçao Segundo Division - 2025 (Astros de Colombia) Curaçao Terser Division - 2024 (Astros de Colombia) Caribbean Club Shield - 2029 (Astros de Colombia) Player statistics: Most apps for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ José Rodríguez 24b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2024-Present 150 Shermar Delando 25b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 124 Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 111 Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 96 Stiven García 27b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 72 Most goals for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 66 Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 55 Juan Francisco Scarpeta 28b Astros de Colombia Colombia <N/A> 2028-Present 13 Shermar Delando 25b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 10 Stiven García 27b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 10 Most assists for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 31 Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 16 Stiven García 27b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 14 Luís Arango 27d Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 14 Luís Julio 28c Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2028-Present 9 Supporters: Summary: 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
komein svedu Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Season 9 (2032/33) Solid mid-table season. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riebow Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Olot UE Season Review (31/32) League: Year 4 in the Segunda Division ... and we're going up! Zaragoza was in a league of their own, but we were stuck in a fierce batlle with about 8 other teams for the 2nd direct promotion spot. It doesn't feel like we had a great season. Most games were very hard won, often winning 1-0 or 2-1. Copa del Rey A very short cup run, as we were knocked out after penalties against Ibiza. Youth Intake The intake looks promising, although it would be nice to get a player with a CA above 2 stars for once. The personalities are very disappointing, despite having the same Professional HOYD for years now. Spoiler Delfi(MC/AMRC, Fairly Loyal) Spoiler Ousmane Dembélé (MR, Unambitious) Spoiler Transfers Nothing in, some loans out Finances and upgrades Current state of our facilities: Spoiler Best XI Despite finishing 2nd, the average ratings look worse than previous season. Biggest change to the squad is the emergence of Adrian (intake of 29). He's our highest rated player, although his performances are very inconsistent. He wants to move to a bigger squad and has only 1 year left on his contract; I'm hoping the promotion can change his mind. Spoiler 5 years ago: Was intake number 3, and looked much worse than it actually was. It gave us the Andorran phenom Loïc Julien, who is one of our better players. 9 players are still at the team: Eugeni Diaz: Has lost his spot as DM this season, but he definitely stil has a future at the club Estanis Puigmal: Started most games, but doesn't show much signs of improvement Pep Pino: Has gone on loan the last 3 seasons. Is a fringe option at best Emili Solivelles: wanted to some more playing time, so sent him on loan. I fear he might already reached his potential Andreu Campeny: Hasn't yet made the jump to the first team and probably never will Loïc Julien: Only had 3,5 stars at the intake; but has 5 stars now. One of the more important players in the squad Genar Garrido: left on a free at the end of his contract Alfred Monclus: was released in his 3rd season Pep Pou: Still a fringe player at the squad Eloi Sanchez Garcia: Still a fringe player at the squad Arnal Huertas: 3rd or 4th GK Armand Salavedra: didn't get a contract Emili Figueras:: didn't get a contract Ricardo: didn't get a contract Modou Jammeh: didn't get a contract Alfred Campabadal: didn't get a contract- Spoiler Next Season Can we stay up? I kinda doubt it to be honest. The money should help us developing the facilities a bit more and hopefully the intake will produce some future stars 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fries Posted January 7 Popular Post Share Posted January 7 Premier League 2033/34 (season 10) Season Summary First season in the Premier League! I am very happy with the team. The games were nicely distributed, which allowed for moments with very good form and others with very bad form. We performed well against the teams below us. But only managed to get 5 points in 14 games against the top 7 teams. We scored lots of goals, once again. 78 goals are the third highest in the league. However, the many goals for are perhaps at the expense of the solidity of our defense. We allowed massively 97 goals against us. As our goal score could indicate the strikes played really well. I have 4 strikers with an average rating above 7. They all scored double-digit goals and contributed with double-digit assists (except for Jamerson with only 8 assists). I am very happy with the performance of my strikers as the best striker left before this season to Saudi on a free transfer. More surprisingly my goalkeeper who allowed a ton of goals also had a very high average rating. But I think my team lacks depth. I only have 14 players with a higher CA than 2. That is my starting XI, 1 striker, and 2 defenders. I had two players on the NXGN list. Jamerson was 2nd ranked while Santangelo was 15th ranked. I had expected and hoped that players like Mustafi and maybe Langley also would be on the list. But I am happy with two players. Jamerson is probably my fourth best striker. But he gets lots of game time as a play a 3-striker-formation. Hopefully, he can take a few steps and develop to be my best striker. Santangelo is my first-choice left-midfielder. He has developed well this season from 2.5 CA to 3.5 CA. The youth intake preview was okay. "Only" 4.5 stars and but only a lot of Cs. The actual intake was okay, maybe a bit disappointing with only a 4 star rating. Wilson is clearly the most talented. Hopefully, he can develop well. I had no transfers of significance this season, except for Frederick leaving for free. I had a few loan-outs. Finances and Upgrades The board promised to increase the Youth level to level 2 after this season. With the inflow of Premier League money, I also managed to get 2 updates on the training facilities. There have been a few rumors about a new takeover of the club. I actually hope it will soon happen, as the board keeps reclining my requests to improve the youth facilities. Next season Next season, I will try to survive once again. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyrtj Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Mauriki FC - Vanuatu - Season 2 - 2021/22 - Vanuatuan Port Vila First Division (Tier 2) - 1st (promoted) After being promoted last season, our board wanted a top 2 finish. With only 1 going up, they weren't requiring promotion, merely hinting at it. The second tier contained 8 teams who play each other twice. This means only 14 games throughout the whole season, so this didn't take very long. We were clear favourites by the season preview. However, we drew two of our opening four games. Normally this would be fine, but with only 14 games, this meant we found ourselves 4 points behind the leaders with only 10 games to go. Things picked up from there and we ended up winning most of our remaining games, winning the league fairly comfortably. With back to back promotions, next season's board objective to avoid relegation and we are 450 - 1 to win the league. So it looks like we've found a ceiling. Luckily the board have been very generous with upgrades and we have already had 3 increases in Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment. We're getting a lot of 5 star talent through our youth intakes but most players have low CA. With out low level of training facilities and coaches, it's questionable whether they'll ever see the first team. It will be the youth intakes in the next few years that will hopefully take us to the trophies. League wise, Tafea from Port Vila are absolutely dominant. They have 9 of the dream XI, and have won back to back titles. They won the OFC Champions League last year, so whilst I think it'll take a while to catch up with them, by the time we are we should be competition in the OFC Champions League. They showed this when they thrashed us in the cup final this year as well. We still can't offer contracts. Other clubs have been circling around all our players. So far, we've been okay. At the beginning of each season, I've been able to offer contracts until the end of the season. Then after they sign the contract, the contract cool down is ending just before the transfer window opesn so I can repeat this. Edited January 7 by leyrtj 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karax268 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Çankaya FK Season review 2032/2033 On the field Fixtures part 1 | fixtures prt 2 Europe here we come! An amazing season. Once again we started well, but this time we kept our midseason slump to a minimum. We were in the running for fifth place all season but only occupied it on 3 occasions including after the last match day. We went into that match knowing we had to win and Kayerispor had to drop points. A nerve racking 90 minutes later we had secured our first European cup place of the save. Ziraat Türkiye Kupası We only faced lower league opposition. I sent out the reserve squad against Hatayaspor and they promptly gave up 3 goals. after subbing in 5 first teamers we managed to claw back two goals but a complete comeback was not to be. Squad Player of the season: 10. Hikmet Genç 27a first time award for him and the first that got a average rating of 7 or higher since we play in the top flight. Hikmet had 9 goals and 6 assists over 31 total apearances as well as 5 times Player of the match. Topscorer: Emre Bağlar. The young striker was great for us with 12 goals. starting off with sharing duties he quickly became first choice. He was a bit inconsistent but that is to be expected with a 17 year old. Young player of the season: Adnan Özan 30h for the second year in a row he wins this. He had a great season, and that didn't go unnoticed. 1st 2 on the nextGen list! I imagine it will be difficult to keep both around next season. Youth Intake Another slightly disapointing intake. I will once again be searching for a new HoYD. So far I've had none that did good enough to earn a contract extension. Board Transfers | Finances We had three major sells this year. Berat Bingol wanted to go and his contract was ending so we shopped him around. All in all I'm happy with the 2.5 we got for him. Furkan Dilek was unhappy about the quallity of the squad and when Napoli came knocking I had to let him go. I managed to squeeze out a deal of 8M. Lastly, Porto keep sponsoring us by taking Yamac Sahin of our hands. A deal that can earn almost 12M was to good to pass up. This means our finances are in a good shape. and so the board has accepted my pleas to increase both our junior coaching as well as our youth recruitment. Our costs for the youth setup are rising quick though. I hope Conference league money is good. because we keep living on transfer income. Next year I want to build on this year. enjoy our time in Europe, and compete again for that last european spot. It will be a few yearrs yet before I can mix in with the top four. First step to get there will be regular european campaigns 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
komein svedu Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Season 10 (2033/34) Making good progress when it comes to the facilities. Still nowhere close to the Bundesliga promotion though. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAwtunes Posted January 7 Popular Post Share Posted January 7 (edited) Afrika Reykjavik (Iceland) - FM24 - Season 7 (2030) We've bounced back to the second tier. Competitions In the Lengjudeild karla, Afrika Reykjavik asserted their dominance, finishing at the top with an impressive 53 points, a comfortable seven points ahead of Haukar. This triumph marked a significant rise in the club's reputation, moving from 30th to 21st in Iceland's hierarchy. However, the Mjólkurbikarinn proved to be a stumbling block once again, as Afrika suffered a second consecutive first-round exit, this time succumbing to KB in a closely contested 3-4 encounter. Players Spoiler Fans Player of the Year: Magnús Magnússon [49] Magnús Magnússon, the defensive stalwart, earned the prestigious Fans Player of the Year award. With a Sofascore rating of 7.28, he showcased his prowess in 20 league appearances and one cup match. His speed and ground duels made him an invaluable asset, contributing two goals and ten assists. Top 3 Performers: Magnús Magnússon [49] (7.28 Sofascore rating): A linchpin in defense, Magnússon's impact was felt throughout the season. With 20 league appearances, two goals, and ten assists, he led by example, displaying exceptional speed and ground duels. Andrew Butsuwan [47] (7.25 Sofascore rating): Operating in an advanced midfield and striking role, Butsuwan's 7.25 Sofascore rating reflected his influence. Known for his speed and dribbling, he played a crucial role in Afrika's success. Kamil Argasiński 28h [44] (7.22 Sofascore rating): Argasiński's versatility in attacking positions earned him a spot among the top performers. With a Sofascore rating of 7.22, his team-oriented play was pivotal to Afrika's achievements. Top Scorer: Bjarki Andrésson [49] Bjarki Andrésson, the sharpshooter, claimed the top scorer title with 17 goals in 25 appearances. His lethal combination of speed and shooting prowess played a crucial role in Afrika's attacking dynamics. Top Assister: Birkir Atlason [49] Birkir Atlason, operating as a left-sided defensive midfielder, showcased his playmaking abilities with 11 assists in 22 appearances. A team player at heart, Atlason's contributions were integral to Afrika's success. Youth Intake Afrika Reykjavik's youth intake received a stellar rating of 5 out of 5. Notable prospects include: José Díaz 30a [44]: Hailing from Venezuela, Díaz, a 15-year-old winger, possesses impressive speed. With an estimated potential ability between 4 to 5, he is a promising addition to Afrika's youth ranks. Filip Wróbel 30c [41]: A 16-year-old center-back from Poland, Wróbel brings teamwork and endurance to the table. With a potential ability between 4 to 5, he adds depth to Afrika's defensive options. Michał Rozmus 30d [44]: Rozmus, a 16-year-old striker from Poland, combines speed and attacking prowess. His potential ability, estimated at 4 to 5, positions him as a future goal-scoring threat. Michał Kaczor 30e [43]: Kaczor, a 16-year-old midfielder from Poland, boasts athleticism. With a potential ability range of 4 to 5, he adds versatility to Afrika's youth squad. Spoiler Finances Afrika Reykjavik's financial outlook improved significantly, with the balance reaching £307,328. The club experienced a commendable increase of approximately £75k, reflecting prudent financial management. Around the World In continental football, Real Madrid secured their 20th UEFA Champions League title, overcoming Bayern Munich in a thrilling 4-3 final. This marked their seventh title in the last nine years. Across major European leagues, the national titles were claimed by: English Premier League: Manchester City (15th title) Spanish First Division: Real Madrid (40th title) Italian Serie A: Juventus (38th title) German Bundesliga: Bayern Munich (39th title) French First Division: PSG (18th title) SUMMARY Edited January 7 by JAwtunes added youth intake map 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Great update @JAwtunes I like the player presentations. @fries how on earth did you accomplished Premier League Football with Dullwich in 10 years? How did you manage the financial situation during going pro and losing money? Why have you been this successful in a short time like 10 years? Edited January 7 by HanziZoloman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fries Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 17 minutes ago, HanziZoloman said: @fries how on earth did you accomplished Premier League Football with Dullwich in 10 years? How did you manage the financial situation during going pro and losing money? Why have you been this successful in a short time like 10 years? First, Dulwich is already a pro team at the beginning, which is a big advantage when you start. It means a much better player development early on. Furthermore, the team is good for the level and thus, I managed to gain a promotion in the first season as I have also seen a few others do with Dulwich here. I don't think it is unfair to state that the difference in difficulty between starting pro or semi-pro is at least 5-10 years. Second, pure luck with the intake in the first few seasons: When I took over the team I had two great regens, where one is still a starter on my team now, and the other, whom I lost on a free transfer at some point, is now playing in the Championship. In season 2, I got 5 players that were starters when I won promotion to Premier League, and in season 3 I got 3 more players that were starters when I won promotion. That was almost a full team before I entered the football league. Third, I also hope my experiences with this challenge have significance for the success. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Anners Posted January 7 Popular Post Share Posted January 7 Previous Post: On 01/01/2024 at 14:45, Anners said: Previous Post: 2056/57 Season Report Club: Tranent FC (Scotland) League: Scottish Premiership League: With all the absolute chaos of the last 5 games, we end up coming 2nd, with 4 points separating 1st from 6th place. What an absolute chaotic season. St Johnstone still massively struggle to do anything with their tycoon in the league so I imagine the clock is ticking on how long their chairmen puts the money in. Hibs make it the 5th different winner in the last 5 years (again). Rangers/Arbroath title next season means we get 6 different from those in the top 6. Europe: We actually hugely outperformed where I thought we were as a team, including a 1-0 home win over current holders Real Madrid in the "Thomas Scott Derby" (Kieran Pick has actually deteriorated since his move and is looking to leave). 83rd minute equaliser by Arsenal at the Emirates meant it went to extra time and we lost 9-8 on penalties. Cups: We get a Scottish Cup to add to our trophy haul! Frimpong and Grant getting us a late victory. This actually puts us as the 2nd biggest club in Scotland now, just behind Hibernian. Youth Intake: Not too much to look at here as it's pretty run of the mill compared to the last few years. Other Business: We get another stadium expansion, which will take us up to about 33k (we're selling out nearly every game still which is unreal). We'll probably have another one after this if I've understood the season ticket waiting list right! Also, Solomon Frimpong STILL gets top goalscorer, even though he spent the entirety of the season on the left wing. He's now 35 and surely is going to stop firing goals in eventually. His full record is 818 appearances with 629 goals across all competitions. I imagine that record won't be broken in this save and he's fully deserving of that record! Full History: Reveal hidden contents Last 5 Years: 2057/58 Season Report Club: Tranent FC (Scotland) League: Scottish Premiership League: Bit of a disaster season here in the league - although oddly we were actually pretty decent in other competitions! As you can see we got Europa League qualification and that was done through retaining the Scottish Cup: Europe: We managed another decent run, although we seem to be stuck at the Round of 16 stage. Not entirely a bad thing, but considering our poor domestic season we're clearly still far away from where we want to be. Youth Intake: Again, not a hugely interesting intake. Although we now have an absolute army of high potential strikers which is okay, but would prefer a lot more rounded intakes! Other Business: BRB just off to go do another challenge with an affiliate: Their name came up and I giggled. Probably better alternatives but couldn't resist something to make me laugh, especially this far into a save! Edinburgh City also managed to get promoted (they are my affiliate too) out of the Championship, largely thanks to some loans from little old Tranent! They had this from Aleksander Zhelyazkov - what an absolute monster of a year! Also, another last word (I don't know how many posts I've ended with this) about Solomon Frimpong. Now 36 years old, he's still banging on 7 out of 10 ratings every week and contributing. He clearly doesn't have long left, but he's now at 864 total appearances with 488 goals. I didn't think he'd get to 900 but I think he's got a realistic chance now! Full History: Spoiler Last 5 Years: 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted January 7 Popular Post Share Posted January 7 XaW - Astros de Colombia (Curaçao) - Season 2030 (Season 7) - CLiga MCB 1st Division Squad | Transfers | Finances Excellent season for us, as we went the whole season undefeated domestically. We also had some very good efforts in the continental competitions, even if our first go in the CONCACAF CL was a bit short. CONCACAF Champions League: We drew Cavalier of Jamaica in the 1st round and they proved too good for us. We still managed a very decent 0-0 draw away in the 2nd leg though. At least we know we can get there, now we just need to improve. Caribbean Club Shield: We drew SWA Sharks of Turks & Caicos Islands, Dublanc of Dominica, Weymouth Wales of Barbados, ASC Le Geldar of French Guiana, and Western Warriors of The Bahamas. We won all matches and topped the group to go through. In the 2nd phase we drew GDF of Guyana, All Saints Utd of Antigua & Barbuda, and Cibao FC of the Dominican Republic. Once again we won all matches and finished top of the group to go through. In the semi final we beat Robinhood of Suriname before we finally beat AC Pos of Trinidad & Tobago on pens to win it for the 2nd time. Caribbean Cup: We drew Mount Pleasant of Jamaica, Club Franciscain of Martinique, W Connection of Trinidad & Tobago, and Golden Lion of Martinique. We finished 2nd behind Mount Pleasant on goal difference and thus ended in the 3rd place playoff. There we beat Tempête of Haiti. Around the world Youth intake: Trophy cabinet Liga MCB 1st Division x4 - 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 (Astros de Colombia) Curaçao Segundo Division - 2025 (Astros de Colombia) Curaçao Terser Division - 2024 (Astros de Colombia) Caribbean Club Shield x2 - 2029, 2030 (Astros de Colombia) Player statistics: Most apps for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ José Rodríguez 24b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2024-Present 190 Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 135 Shermar Delando 25b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-2030 124 Stiven García 27b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 115 Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 111 Most goals for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 111 Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 55 Stiven García 27b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 22 Juan Francisco Scarpeta 28b Astros de Colombia Colombia Curaçao 2028-Present 16 Edison Guerrero 29a Astros de Colombia Colombia <N/A> 2029-Present 15 Most assists for me Name Club Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wilmer Valencia 25a Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2025-Present 31 Anthony Martina 26a Astros de Colombia Curaçao <N/A> 2026-Present 26 Stiven García 27b Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2027-Present 23 Cristian Montaño 28h Astros de Colombia Colombia Curaçao 2028-Present 21 Nicolas González 29c Astros de Colombia Curaçao Colombia 2029-Present 21 Supporters: Summary: 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 vor 3 Stunden schrieb fries: First, Dulwich is already a pro team at the beginning, which is a big advantage when you start. It means a much better player development early on. Furthermore, the team is good for the level and thus, I managed to gain a promotion in the first season as I have also seen a few others do with Dulwich here. I don't think it is unfair to state that the difference in difficulty between starting pro or semi-pro is at least 5-10 years. Second, pure luck with the intake in the first few seasons: When I took over the team I had two great regens, where one is still a starter on my team now, and the other, whom I lost on a free transfer at some point, is now playing in the Championship. In season 2, I got 5 players that were starters when I won promotion to Premier League, and in season 3 I got 3 more players that were starters when I won promotion. That was almost a full team before I entered the football league. Third, I also hope my experiences with this challenge have significance for the success. Great answers! Holy … man good work. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PandaQC Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) Minebea Mitsumi FC (Japan) - Season 9 - 2032 A very good season overall. This was our comeback season in J1 League after one season in J2. Our team was very hot from the start and we were still 2nd after 22 games. The last third of the season was disapointing though. A lot of injuries, a lack of talent at the GK position and no depth at the central defender position killed us. We lost a lot of games and finished 9th. This is our best place ever (previously 11th in 2028). This is very promising because all my players are very young and will keep improving. J1 League results Spoiler Youth intake Very good intake that is providing a talented central defender (Murata 32.2) and the GK (Minami 32.7) that we were desperately waiting for. Those two are added to the first squad immediately. Best player we are getting is a ST (Sonoda 32.1). We have now a lot of very good strikers. My only complaint : yet another small central defender (173cm) while I keep getting 180cm+ offensive midfielder... But this is the best intake I have had in this save. Spoiler Finances and facilities This is going way better thanks to the J1 League TV money. We have only 3M of debt to repay and a 6M balance at the bank. Meaning that we have 0 net debt. In two seasons the debt will be paid in full. Now that we have stable finances we are able to improve facilities at a faster rate. And we invested in Youth Recruitment : 6 > 9 > 12 > 15. This is very good news and explains why our youth intakes has been so good this year. Squad Squad is very young but has a lot of potential. Our best player is striker Takano 31.1, at only 17 years old ! He is the first player coming from our youth academy to be selected in the national U19 team (Japan U19). We are very proud ! We don't have any legacy players in the first squad. Old goaldkeeper has been moved to the 2nd team. All players are coming from the club academy. 15 years-old goalkeeper Minami 32.7 will be my starting next season. I don't have any other viable options. GK is our weak spot. Spoiler Transfers No transfers even though I received a lot of bids from other teams for my young players. I will have to sell players that don't want to sign new contracts soon. Spoiler Next season preview I expect to finish mid-table again next season. I will continue to develop my (very) young players. A little bit scared by our 15 years-old GK though. My goal is to maximize Youth Recruitment to become the best youth academy in the country. I don't pay attention to cups for now. Recap Edited January 8 by PandaQC 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BustaRaymes Posted January 8 Popular Post Share Posted January 8 FC Vaajakoski 2026 Finnish First Division Another season of hanging around midtable. We're mainly developing our youngsters now, as we're too good to get in trouble and not good enough to challenge. But we're absolutely going to get there. Squad At the back, Suihkonen was our best man. He's a bit weird as he's not very good technically or even physically, but his mentals make him one of our best rated defenders. But in my book he's one of the first to be replaced, as we're not going to get much further with him in the coming years. Great backup for all positions at the back though. Björn was our midfield man again. As a BBM or attacking CM he puts a lot of energy in our attacking play. Saboor Salim finally played most of the season injury free and got a nice 7+ rating out of it. He as well looks decent but is very much replaceable in the near future. Laitinen, our man leading the line for the coming years, had a good first season. 14 goals as a 16/17 yo is a great start. Transfers Pacey backup Voutilainen was on a non-contract, JIPPO needs him more than we do. Youth intake Hello my boys! Too bad a few of them are unambitious, but still a nice pull this year. I don't really have an opinion on Suomalainen yet. I'm just going to leave him in the U20s and see what he develops into. I like Saastamoinen, as we were lacking fullbacks with attacking potential. It's not much technically, but his pace gives us options. Karvinen looks good but we don't play with an AMC at the moment and he lacks the physicals to be an MC in our current style. If he develops well, we could create a spot for him. Halme is the kind of tall defender I like. We lack this type of player at the moment. Sjöberg is already great. Good physicals, good technique and 8 crossing for a 15 year old at this level? Sign me up, and sign him up for a starting spot. Roope Riihimäki has a great name for a striker and he has all the potential to make it. Might even be our first backup already. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) On 06/01/2024 at 06:42, HanziZoloman said: I‘ve been in VNS for about 27 seasons and thought it was something of a „record“ but you must have been there for longer. I just could never get into the EFL. Some of the saves lasted 2/3 seasons, some would be 20+ years but couldn't get into the EFL and would eventually be sacked and would start again Edited January 8 by Padders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted January 8 Popular Post Share Posted January 8 Season 9 - 2032/33 Another mid table performance, nothing really else to say. FA Cup was poor again. No money to improve anything. We did finally get a few more Elite talents in the intake 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) Honestly stunned. I worried this season would be more difficult with three teams moving down, and it certainly was. The problem was dropping attainable points, and then morale just plummeted and we never could recover. The team didn't win a match after I was fired and were relegated in last place. I still think completing in Belgium is possible, but it relies on a lot of luck. Going to give the journeyman save some love until I figure out what challenge to try next. Edited January 8 by Daddy 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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