Popular Post Riebow Posted July 3 Popular Post Share Posted July 3 (edited) KSV Oudenaarde (32/33) League Well, it's like the game finally realised we suck or because we sold our lone good player, Jacques Schrauwen, We were in a tense relegation battle, but had a strong end of the season which saw us sneak into the Second Group. We gave some playing time to younger players... and finished last in our group. Oh well, they're glorified friendlies at this point. Croky Cup A bad cup run with a tough loss to 2nd tier Kortrijk, while we were up 2-0. Spoiler Youth Intake 9 elite talents, now we're talking. Unfortunately, no freak talent that could jump in immediately. They're all a season or two off at the least, but hopefully this is the 'golden generation' I was waiting for. Spoiler Pierfrancesco Zanni (AMR; Fairly Professonal) The best of the bunch according to the intake, a great name and a good personality. He could do with a bit more pace for a winger, but we won't complain (yet) Spoiler Transfers It needed to be done. Only one season left on his contract with no hope on renewing; He left for PSG for 7.5M and 50% sell-on fee. Let's hope for a big payday somewhere in the future! Spoiler Facilities We used the money to upgrade the youth facilities. Spoiler 5 Years ago... I was promised a lot of elite talents, but it was a lie! Jerome Dumont came in with 2.5 CA, but never improved. Only Tim Godfroid is a starter, the rest never even sniffed the first team. Spoiler Next season It seems we're going in reverse. After a very strong first two seasons in the top tier, we were really struggling last season. There's very little talent at the squad, barely anyone is a Jupiler Pro League-level player. So next season another fight against relegation and hopefully some players actually develop. Edited July 3 by Riebow 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post naterr Posted July 3 Popular Post Share Posted July 3 Tony Pizza at Kerala United FC - Go Hornbills! - Season 12 If there is one thing in life I have learnt - it is to keep complaining, and eventually you will get what you want...but more on that later! Preseason Cup Ah the lovely Durand cup that no one cares about, even me! I got to the final but didn't really notice it was the final (I haven't slept much lately) so I forgot to take a screenshot of the team, whoops! We lost anyway, serves me right I guess Youth Intake Better than last year. Apparently it is below average but we had one decent guy in it. Bhowmick Spoiler He has great natural fitness, bravery and finishing...and that is about it. Champions League Wow, just wow! Out of the 6 games in our group we managed to get 3 points, even in that game we didn't deserve anything. I can't see us getting close to any of these teams yet. Superleague The league started well, we were winning games (in between all the losses in the champions league) and storming up the table. Then January hit and we decided to lose every game. Finishing the season fourth wasn't ideal but it was play offs. We easily beat Hyderabad and then faced Kolkata in the Semi finals. Which we won! So...final time again baby. Luckily all my moaning about players leaving for the U23's worked and there wasn't an international game that day, so I can actually use real people! The brave men taking to the field in our lovely purple! Report: 9' Penalty to Kerala...GOAL 1-0 (Dream start!!!) 20' GOAL - 2-0 - Saha smashing it from outside the box (Pinch me!) 24' Penalty to Jamshedpur, GOAL - 2-1 (oh no) 26' GOAL for Jamshedpur (bugger) - ruled out for offside 28' GOAL for Jamshedpur (Nooooo) - again...ruled out for offside 39' GOAL for Kerala - 3-1!!!!!!! 73 GOAL for Kerala - 4-1! Final whistle. We've done it!!! (Well the first part anyway) The little manager is back! That win was well deserved, lucky with the offside goals but we played amazing. Super cup I think we were hungover from the league - group exit! Team of the Year Gurung for the third time in a row - what a player! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiIIs Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 15 hours ago, XaW said: Staff -> Responsibilities -> Advise and reports -> Provides Youth Development Information The drop down menu there is the place. oh damn... was set as the u18's manager 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Matsusipida Posted July 4 Popular Post Share Posted July 4 IFK Lidingö season 21 / 2044 swedish premier division during preseason we sold our best defender Jonas Hermansson 40B to Borussia Dortmund for 1,8M€ + 50% clause. Jonas Hermansson even made it to top wonderkids list. Our first choise GK Viktor Strandlund 32B had a release clause 110K€ and so he went to Djurgärden IF. Christoffer Forsgren 40A was promoted as GK and I had no concerns about GK position with him. he had great stats but he couldn't just reach performances of our prewious 2 GKs Simon Didrik and Viktor Strandlund. during mid season Bayern München came in with a great offer for Forsgren and it was just too good to turn down. so he was sold for 5,5/6,0M€+50%. This meant we played the remainder of the season with our preseason 3rd choice GK Mustafa Hodzić 41C. Spoiler On the field season started with our best cup run so far to the quarter finals. it didn't help us long as we were doomed to ralegation battle. I tought the team player fairly well but just couldn't win matches. our strikers were in terrible form and from 3 player rotated as strikers Viktor Niklasson 36A scored 1, Petter Eriksson 37P scored 4 and Alexander Backlund 39A scored 5 league goals. we also conceded way too many goals. in XG table we were on 9th position with 38 points but our lack of goals and inability to prevent goals dropped us to relegation playoffs with only 28 points. In relegation playoffs we faced Varbergs BoIS. first leg away and we were under some pressure and they managed to score 4 goals with just 8 shots. things were looking horrible as we traveled home with a 4-1 deficit. in home leg we dominated them totally but we kept our underperformance form from regular season and we are going down with a 3-5 aggregate. I still can't believe they scored 5 goals with only 10 shots (8 on target) and we only scored 3 goals with 30 shots. Spoiler Squad. No real highlight in a miserable season. James Kyambadde 34A was the best player. Jörgen Nilsson 38B was our best defender. They were both on international duty during relegation playoffs! Chistoffer Söderstöm 29B became the club alltime appearance record holder, overtaking legacy player Hugo Lemne, and has now 399 league apps for the club. Spoiler Youth intake was nice. Jörgen Sundberg 44A and Ted Jakobsen 44B are mayby the most promising youngsters. also one guy with perfectionist personality and decent potential. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Finances are looking good after two major sales this year. we also had youth facilities upgraded with this new money. The new stadium was completed after the season and we are movint to new IFK Lidingö Stadium with 5750 capacity. A couple of our players have an active relegation release clause so some of them might be leaving, but I hope we have enought depth to cope with that. transfers Spoiler A quick bounce back to higest tier would be nice. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skora11 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 12 hours ago, Padders said: Season 140 - 2162/63 - PL First season back in the PL It was always going to be tough, this was the first game, 2-0 up Then concede 6 goals in last 21 mins We also broke our record for our biggest defeat And especially loved this result Southampton hadn't won all season in the league then a nice roll over by us The away form was embarrassing However we managed to stay up with 10 wins and 34 points Going by star ratings Ethan Tracy could maybe go straight into the main squad. Looks like you have a really young team and managed to survive so season on season could see an improvemnet. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post resurectedja Posted July 4 Popular Post Share Posted July 4 FM23* Catania - Season 3 – 2024/25 Somma and Ferrara stayed true to their word and both left the club after their contracts expired this season. Those were out two best defenders. The fact that they left, combined with most of our legacy players getting in years, meant that we had a much weaker squad than in the previous few seasons. The season preview pegged us all the way down to 13, with a 13-1 chance to win the league. Lots of bad omens to start the season. But unlike my goth ex, I am not into numerology and horoscopes. We pushed on as a team. A lot of ups and downs, good and bad streaks. In the end, we finished just slightly above the predicted 13th place, on 11th. Our defense is good, just under a goal a game. But our offensive firepower needs a lot of improvement. Hopefully Cervoni and a young lad I will mention later in this post will help with that next year. We had a spectacular intake preview, which I forgot to screenshot. There was 10 or 11 promised A rated players. In the end we got seven of them, four of whom were 5 star prospects. Calogero Matrone is an explosive, hardworking, team-oriented winger. Romano Baldaccini is an athletic and very brave and team first ball winning midfielder. Sadly, he has a bad personality, unambitious, with extremely low determination, that of 2. He will get mentored and hopefully be balanced in 2 or 3 years. Esposito is the leader of this golden generation. While unathletic, he has the technical and mentals to become a very impressive DLF. Good personality with 18 determination as well. Migani is a very raw central defender, but has one of the worst personalities -casual. Hopefully mentoring will help, but I am very pessimistic. Casual and Slack were always improvement killers in every YAC save I had. Cervoni broke the youngest goalscoring record in the Serie C cup. He was just 15 years and 348 days old when he scored. This game against Taranto was also the lowest attended game I ever played in 15+ years in FM. An incredible 11 people showed up. There were more people on the field than off it, twice as many! This season saw my avatar Lee Ingram manage his 100th game. We were short on strikers towards the end of the season, so I gave a few games to Esposito. So, with 15 years and 176 days he is your new youngest Serie C goal scorer. The two defenders weren’t the only ones who left. Our coach Marchio decided to move to Consenza. Palermo was at it again, poaching our academy kids. They took Sorentino. Reggina took Bellani. Our Youth recruitment is now at exceptional level. I do not dare improve junior coaching, the club is losing money, only around 200K. Want to avoid repeating a mistake I made with Dulwich Hamlet in a previous unsuccessful save. Our leading goal scorer was Mora with 12, mostly coming on as a striker or right wing. Rapisarda was our best rated player with 7.12 Boccia was our most creative player with 8 assists. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted July 4 Popular Post Share Posted July 4 XaW - Fussballclub Biel/Bienne - Season 2028/29 (Season 5) - Raiffeisen Super League Squad | Transfers | Finances Another strong season from the team. First top 3 finish, and a good run in Europe. This filled the coffers a bit, and I also got some improvements to the club due to it. We needed that since the facilities got downgraded the last few seasons. The intakes are getting better lately too, so things are going the right way for the club. We do have a few positions we haven't gotten much good players yet though. Wide attackers and a goalkeeper would be nice to get in the coming years. Also, the vultures are hovering my around our wonderkid. He finshed 10th in the NXGN this season too. Schweizer Cup: We beat YF Juventus, Goldau, Linth 04, and Lausanne-Sport before we lost to Young Boys in the semi final. Europa Conference League: We beat Silkeborg of Denmark, Crvena zvezda of Serbia, and BATE Borisov of Belarus to reach the group stage. There we got Djurgården of Sweden, Dortmund of Germany, Vardar Skopje of North Macedonia, Hajduk Split of Croatia, Dnipro-1 of Ukraine, and Raków Częstochowa of Poland. We did fairly well and finished 16th in the group stage to be qualified for the knockout rounds. There we beat Brøndby of Denmark and Toulouse of France before we lost to Austria Wien of Austria in the quarter final. A great run and some nice money from our first European adventure. Best players from the academy: Kreshnik Bytyqi 27a - A really good season in midfield where he both scored and assisted a lot. Emilio Pasqui 27b - Our main striker had a good season, but he has some long patches where he struggles still. Mërgim Aliu 26a - Matching well with our superstar in midfield. Not as flashy, but also contributes a lot. New club records: Most clean sheets in a season - Raphael Radtke - 17 clean sheets Most Player of the Match awards - Emilio Pasqui 27b - 7 awards Most league apps - Raphael Radtke - 226 apps Most league goals - Ydris Regaïa - 67 goals The board accept a few improvements this season. U19s They only played friendlies this season. U18s They only played friendlies this season. Around the world Youth intake: Trophy cabinet None Player statistics: Most apps for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorik Selmani 25c Kosovo Switzerland 2025-Present 159 Kubilayhan Baydilek 26c Turkey Switzerland 2026-Present 140 Ivo Sebastião 25a Angola Switzerland 2025-Present 118 Mërgim Aliu 26a Switzerland Kosovo 2026-Present 115 Yonatan Teshome 26b Switzerland Ethiopia 2026-Present 108 Most goals for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emilio Pasqui 27b Switzerland Italy 2027-Present 37 Yonatan Teshome 26b Switzerland Ethiopia 2026-Present 27 Kubilayhan Baydilek 26c Turkey Switzerland 2026-Present 24 Mërgim Aliu 26a Switzerland Kosovo 2026-Present 19 Kreshnik Bytyqi 27a Switzerland Kosovo 2027-Present 19 Most assists for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivo Sebastião 25a Angola Switzerland 2025-Present 26 Yonatan Teshome 26b Switzerland Ethiopia 2026-Present 25 Kreshnik Bytyqi 27a Switzerland Kosovo 2027-Present 21 Mërgim Aliu 26a Switzerland Kosovo 2026-Present 15 Emilio Pasqui 27b Switzerland Italy 2027-Present 12 Supporters: YAC Bingo: Summary: 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1983 Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 Heartbroken doesn't even come close. Especially after his start to the season 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riebow Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 @XaW what do they put it in the water over there? Another 4-star CA out of the intake! 16 crossing 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 39 minutes ago, Riebow said: @XaW what do they put it in the water over there? Another 4-star CA out of the intake! 16 crossing No clue mate, I'm over the moon with these players coming through! I have an issue with too many talented left backs though, as I now have 3! I mean, the new guy is obviously the most talented and the one I will use, but hell, there are too many of them! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 44 minutes ago, XaW said: No clue mate, I'm over the moon with these players coming through! I have an issue with too many talented left backs though, as I now have 3! I mean, the new guy is obviously the most talented and the one I will use, but hell, there are too many of them! If 1 leaves which could easily happen there will be no problem, also 2 of them can play a few positions so they should all be able to be fitted in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanziZoloman Posted July 4 Popular Post Share Posted July 4 (edited) The year 2071 ... It's been a while. They fly cars now and use black holes for away games. I don't know why they still play football like it used to be. They even remember Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola is still alive. I saw him on TV yesterday, he's still that handsome looking man. Smart dressed, clever words but sadly Thierry Henry passed away recently. He's been fast in a wheelchair, like he used to be. Rhys Platt as keeping the greens fresh in his Arena. His our idol, our hero but he does not seem to remember the imminent past quite well. Yeah. When I look in the mirror, I see an old guy. I can still feel the fire in my belly. Guardiola is coaching juniors now, he wants to give something back. I know that. But .. we need to get into Premier League before I die. Really. We need to. Earl of Grey We are stuck in the Championship deep in the 5th year. @Padders the other old looking guy coaching around here, oh man, he is old. I'm told, back from the future. Well we're stuck here too a hundred years behind. We've changed the HoYD again. We really need some good players. We've been 10th, 19th, 17th and 14th. Safe and sound, far from being dragged into true relegation battle. That's how success is looking here in Ricay. Recently we got the confirmation for expanding our beloved Rhys Platt24A Arena, that's great news. The training facilities are excellent now. Thanks to our new record selling of 10M Lorne McPhee (Rangers). He was our left FB. The right FB Finnish international, Kristian Laine, left on a free transfer for Almeira (Spain). Big losses that hurt us. We try to compensate with brave, aggressive youngsters who still need some coaching. That is what the Earl loves most. The Team is still captained by our famous Loric Kalala, best of class from 56. He is still not a fan favorite despite being here for so long. At the back our cowardish Turkish goalie (bravery 6) Taner Subasi pretends to keep the sheets clean. He is from the class of 53. We are on our way for another mediocre Championship season, years from Premier League. The Earl is sipping his tea, watching the flames flickering in his chimney. Is there a tactical solution? Will there be a kiss from the God of Football? Before he knows, he is sleeping and dreaming. Images form into a final picture. Will there ever be a final game? What would mom say to all this? Could there be a different live? The moon shines into his English cottage. It's all looking like the pictures from postcards, like wuthering highs. In the window you notice the blue pennant of Billericay FC .. Sail as one, the old one .. it said. Sail as one. Edited July 4 by HanziZoloman 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Just now, Thebaker said: If 1 leaves which could easily happen there will be no problem, also 2 of them can play a few positions so they should all be able to be fitted in Yeah, certainly I'll try to develop all of them. Just wish one of them was dual footed to also fill a spot on the right back, as we have fewer good options there. Would love a goalkeeper, strikers, or wingers over more left backs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoNonsenseFM Posted July 4 Popular Post Share Posted July 4 Decided to give this a go. Very much enjoyed reading through this and mainly @XaW's post in Switzerland so have decided to go there. The club promoted to the challenge league was Kriens 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted July 4 Popular Post Share Posted July 4 Also got in a new and hopefully even better HoYD. This Dutch-Curaçaoan Perfectionist with a tactical view like my own! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 1 minute ago, NoNonsenseFM said: Decided to give this a go. Very much enjoyed reading through this and mainly @XaW's post in Switzerland so have decided to go there. The club promoted to the challenge league was Kriens Switzerland is fun, and the newgens seems to be really good! Checked Kriens and it seems they have a very good setup, so hope you get some good ones. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 handsome guy @XaW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SkiIIs Posted July 4 Popular Post Share Posted July 4 (edited) Season 2035 - Versport FC - J1 League It's becoming a bit of a trend now, we start the season with a load of cash from sponsors and so we improved the training facilities which improved things to Superb. We also had a player poached who miraculously cannot be found in the game. Spoiler Kota Ishihara our best CB minimum release clause was triggered so we lost him at a real crucial point in the season. At that point, we were sitting 4th with 13 games to go and in really decent form after we had started the season poorly, losing 4 out of the first 5 games. The immediate form right after the sale was still strong however we totally blew our chances of qualifying for continental football in the last 6 games losing 3 and drawing 3. Still, an improved season from last and heading in the right direction. Youth Preview Was one of the better previews of late with a few prospects B or above Youth Intake Was one of the worst intakes I've had... I dont think i have seen as bad of a bunch of personalities like this before Ryo Hasegawa was our only decent prospect and only decent personality so he might make something of his career. Daiji Tagami is the next best which shows the quality of the intake Edited July 4 by SkiIIs 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 The intake previews rarely foretell the true intake I believe. @skills 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 hours ago, HanziZoloman said: The intake previews rarely foretell the true intake I believe. @skills I agree, I take very little notice to the previews Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted July 5 Popular Post Share Posted July 5 Season 141 - 2163/64 - PL Its no real surprise we have been relegated We just can't defend and if I try make the tactics more defensive we concede and lose even more It doesn't help that the keeper and defenders are all Championship and L1 standard Back to the real hard slog of the SBC 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Too bad @Padders keep my fingers crossed for a golden Generation, a true one! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 23 hours ago, Skora11 said: Going by star ratings Ethan Tracy could maybe go straight into the main squad. Looks like you have a really young team and managed to survive so season on season could see an improvemnet. Yes, couple of potential issues with him Low Determination personality And he is absolutely tiny at 5"1 Fingers crossed can integrate him next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAwtunes Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 As a Villa fan, I feel like I might do a Monchi save as a Sporting Director. A save where I sign players. I'm not sure I remember how to :). Am I having a mid-life crisis!? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) vor einer Stunde schrieb Padders: Yes, couple of potential issues with him Low Determination personality And he is absolutely tiny at 5"1 Fingers crossed can integrate him next season Would not have made it in my U18 to tell it frankly @Padders. I don't want to work with those guys anymore. I'd made that promise back in VNS and it paid off clearly. Meaning that in some years there are only 1-2 players which got places at my U18. I want them to be my future core for my man/machine set up. They need decent personalties, they need determination, work rate and bravery. I know it's hard for this guy to pass him on but there will be better players in the future I am sure. Unambitious or low determination players don't get a place. Edited July 5 by HanziZoloman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 hour ago, HanziZoloman said: Would not have made it in my U18 to tell it frankly @Padders. I don't want to work with those guys anymore. I'd made that promise back in VNS and it paid off clearly. Meaning that in some years there are only 1-2 players which got places at my U18. I want them to be my future core for my man/machine set up. They need decent personalties, they need determination, work rate and bravery. I know it's hard for this guy to pass him on but there will be better players in the future I am sure. Unambitious or low determination players don't get a place. Yes I think I might have to be more brutal with these kind of players. I try to get them to work and see if the personality will change 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Here comes an insight into my DNA squad building. Maybe the Earl wants to show off a bit or make the whole effort a bit visible for more people than himself. The Earl has put together a Team DNA for developing into a mean/machine Team. Note that our team personalty is highly ambitious. This is why players on low determination or unambitious players have no room and should set their sails elsewhere. First Picture is our first team. All key attributes are summed up into a DNA score. The Earl will also notice all personality changes. All measures are taken in August when the squad is full together (all loans back, all transfers out) and January. The Earl can then decide on which part of the DNA to put more effort in training. At the moment the main part is distributed into technical skills like TEC, PAS, VIS & FIR. Especially in U18s training. Training facilities are excellent since Nov 71. Spoiler As you can see in the 1st squad the effort in Technical skills is paying off. Overall the squad gained 29 attribute points since August. Tyler Wright gained 7 points after gaining 13 points before and is clearly a player to watch closely. On the other hand Kenny Keen who is highly talented and promising and has a resolute personality is scratching his attributes together. He is clearly one to worry, often injured and having a hard time to find some good match form. Loric Kalala has maintained his skills over a long period of time and is still one of the best, despite his age. One can also find underrated players who don't seem to match on first sight but score high on the club essentials, players like Gregory Meyers ore Ade Izzet. Ross Beadle is the best, he is the beast we all want to see on the pitch for our side. You can also see that players gain crucial attribute points in later stages of their careers, like Ross or like Tom Moore, Meyers or Izzet. Our most promising youngster Solomon Olaniyi who measures 201cm is developing exceptional and will be our future captain. Leadership is 18 and his realist personality will be grounding for everyone. Together with 200cm Mo Yarjah they will form the 401cm twintower defence. At the moment I play both of them with a more experience squad player (Meyers/ Izzet) to further support their development. Here we can see the youth squad. A noticed before I only take over players with good personalities and there where few in the last years. Spoiler As TEC skills are hard to gain my focus lies heavily on this part of player development in the U18s. It did pay off, especially after some adjustments at the beginning of the season. Last years didn't brought the expected results. I changed training schedules and coaches. Rob Grimshaw did develop really promising and gained 12 attribute points in the Ricay DNA. Ashley Church and Danny Douglas are loaned out as they are above 18 and does not have a true chance in our 1st team. Ashley Church seems to use his time well and will be worth a second look. Danny will have to move on. Ashley is now in the green range with above 160 "points". Warren Barker (he is yellow range, need to change that) is the one I watch, his 5 points gains are what we are looking for. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurectedja Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 FM23 Catania - Season 4 – 2025/26 Like last season, we were predicted to finish 13th, but with worse odds, 20-1. It was one of the most frustrating seasons I have ever played on football manager. There were so many games where we missed a lot of chances and our opponents were infallible, tripling their xG or worse. This game against Cerignola was the start of the trend. Games against Francavilla, Monopoli and Foggia weren’t any better. Deep sigh. In the end we finished 12th, a spot above the projection. I was our worst season both offensively and defensively. It was a fantastic year to poach our academy kids. Venturi went to Reggina. Martziale went to Perugia. Cortinovis and Soave went to Palermo. Seriously considering putting a restraining order on the club, they spend too much time around our kids. Just hope none of them is close to the clergy. My staff was poached as well. My very good and trusted assistant manager went to Trento to be their new manager. Cosenza picked our u20 assistant manager Ukra as their new manager. The youth preview was once again terrific. We were promised 9 A rated prospects, a third of them central defenders, one position I am severely lacking at the moment. The intake was as good as advertised, nine elite talents. I will go more in depth on the very cream of the crop. Terracciano is a very mentally impressive defensive midfielder. Gualtieri is a very well rounded, slightly more technical than athletic wide attacker. Picasso is a central defender/left back with a very poor personality. Cocuzza looks like the best of the bunch. My assistant thinks his best position is that of a winger, but to me he is a clear Deeplaying forward, like Esposito. None of them have brilliant personalities. Hoping for the best. Really think the three excluding Picasso could go far, maybe even be Serie B level players. Andrea Vicedomini is turning into quite the deeplying playmaker for our team. He had an incredible number of passes against Arzachena this season. I got my first job offer of the save, from Padova. Nice to be noticed by others, even if I am tied down for good with Catania. Esposito was our leading scorer this season with 11 goals in 37 games. Horrible Lubishtani was our best rated player with 7.12 Chiarella was our leading creative force with 8. Hoping for internal development next season. Cervoni and Esposito are starting to look like a good striker partnership. Vicedomini is improving. Finaly have a goalkeeper who is more than 2 stars. Hopefully we can get back into the playoffs and that we have more luck than the disaster class of this season. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 @Padders Tracy could be the shortest player i have ever seen, he might grow a bit. The bigger problem is his determination, get him into a positve mentoring group 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 @skills when youths get paoched they take 1-4 seasons to actually come through in hte game and be visible. Usually i only notice when i see a 5% sell-on in transfer clauses 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post libbyshuss Posted July 5 Popular Post Share Posted July 5 Austria - 2037/38 - Premier League Wels Consolidate Position in Top 6 in Austria, Have Fun in Europe League: Slightly frustrating at first as we just couldn't get going and bounced around mid-table, which could have sent us back t the relegation group. We were consistent enough to just make in into the Championship Group. Even there it was tough going again, with only three victories out of our ten games. But thanks to results elsewhere those 3 victories managed to push us up to fourth and European qualification for the second season running. Woohoo! (You lose half your points in the Championship Group) Europe: Europa League How exciting! We had to go through the qualification stage where we played Servette of Switzerland Oops. So, on to.... Europe: Europa Conference League This was more our level! I used the games to give much needed first team experience to my most promising youth players Players So who are our best players these days? Well.... Stefan Wifling 36A Easily our best and most promising youth. Still only 17 and already capped at senior level for Austria. Tends to play AMC but is also really handy as a DLP. Still has bucketloads of potential to fill and he made the NXGN list too Florian Ahr 35B One of those who started as a reserve and then forced his way into the first team. He was reserve AMC filling in for Wifling and did so well that I gave him games at AML and MC. That kind of utlitiy player can be a godsend in these saves. I think AMC is his best position but he may have to settle for somewhere else Lars Schroder 35A Still only 18 and a natural in 3 positions. He tends to play MC, just because i lack numbers there. He'll probably stay there but having that kind of flexilbility is really nice Tamas Horgosi 36B Nice surprise this, and again with some invaluable flexibility. He's clearly a better striker but can also play MC, and filled in there for a few games. He'll start as first choice striker in the new season Youth Not a bad preview, but not a great one either And yet, whisper it, a possible golden generation! but with only 3 elite talents Best fella in terms of attributes and personality is this fella. Another striker! Career 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 hours ago, Thebaker said: @Padders Tracy could be the shortest player i have ever seen, he might grow a bit. The bigger problem is his determination, get him into a positve mentoring group Yes have done already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thebaker Posted July 6 Popular Post Share Posted July 6 (edited) 2025 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season a bit tentatively but really powered on in the 2nd half of the season to finish comfortably in the top half. In spite of a small squad did not have too many injuries or suspensions but struggled for goals with no decent striker, defensively the team was good with the most clean sheets in the league. Not entered in the swedish cup. Finances did not deteriorate too much due to high attendances. I squeezed a small increase in junior coaching from the board. Jensen, Messaoudi and Arvidsson were my better players this year. My best player unfortunately left at the end of the season which was a blow as he could have improved a bit. Both the youth preview and the intake looked good although this is more a reflection of the lack of ability in the squad. Abdirahman, Pettersson and Gustafsson look the most likely to make an impact in the next season. Spoiler Youth nationalities: Continent Europe Africa South America Asia North America Oceania Overall 16 100% Country # % Country # % Country # % Country # % Country # % Country # % Europe 15.5 96.88% Sweden 15.5 96.88% Somalia 0.5 3.13% Africa 0.5 3.13% South America 0 0.00% Asia 0 0.00% North America 0 0 Oceania 0 0 Spoiler Season League Position Swedish Cup Europe Top Scorer Top Assists Attendance Training Youth Junior Youth Rec Notes 2025 D2 WG 5th Not entered N/A Arvidsson,Messaoudi (8) Jensen(6) 261 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited Edited July 6 by Thebaker 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MichaelNevo Posted July 6 Popular Post Share Posted July 6 Crewe United - Season Two Season two brought huge changes to the squad as I removed almost every single original player, leaving only the most talented ones to help stabilise the squad for the upcoming season. We had a very rocky first half of the season, but as the players improved, so did our fortunes. We moved from being relegation contenders to a surprising 3rd place finish, just 1 point behind 2nd and 1st place! Jack Sharvin was the shining light for much of the season, but the emergence of 15 year old Packie Courtney who scored an amazing hatrick on his debut against Warrenpoint, now points to the potential exit of Jack Sharvin. With our second intake, we've found ourselves with a nice healthy squad to take on season 3! I'm really looking forward to season 3 with Packie Courtney leading the line! Youth Candidates & Youth Intake My risk paid off in giving youth the chance straight from the off and I feel this second intake will be the nail in the coffin for all originals of the squad! Packie Courtney is obviously going to be the star moving forward, but I'm delighted that we have someone like Tom Reid as well. I'm very pleased overall with the intake as it adds depth to the squad. Spoiler 3 Top Rated Youth Players & Transfers In + Out Unlike last season, we have two very special talents from this years intake, but the standout star as we already know is Packie Courtney! What an absolute beast of a player! Spoiler League Table & Finances Thankfully the finances didn't get worse, but ended the season slightly better. Spoiler What they thought... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoNonsenseFM Posted July 6 Popular Post Share Posted July 6 2024/25 - Kriens FC Squad Transfers Finances What a brilliant first season in charge, we had a good squad to start with so the lack of being able to sign anyone didn't hinder us. We were predicted to end 6th but we massively surpassed that, winning the league with a game to spare. In the Swiss Cup we didn't fare as well, losing in the first round to a lower league side In other good news, our Under 18s won the League, I'll talk more about some of those players in a bit. I also managed to take advantage of the great start to persuade the board to some improvements to the facilities. Hopefully this helps with the intakes in the future, it still needs improvements as expected but it's a good start. Still a long way to go to max out the facilities. What we need now is a decent influx of cash to help. Hopefully moving up to the Swiss Super League will help. Key Players Top Goalscorer and Player of the Season - Saleh Chihadeh A key man over the campaign who's 16 goals were vital to our title win. He does want to leave so at the moment I'll be losing him in the Summer, hopefully our move up a division will persuade him to stay Most Assists and Young Player of the Season - Liam Bollati 13 assists from Right Back is a fantastic season, one of our highest rated players and brightest prospects, unfortunately he also wants to leave and I've had to agree to letting him go if a bid of £170k+ is received. Youth Intake I expected it to be a good one with the lack of high quality in our squad and the preview predicted just that. But we all know the preview doesn't always correlate into actual good players, this time however it exceeded expectations! Eight "elite" talents and one "top" talent. Some great prospects but are any of them actually good enough to push for a first-team spot? I've decided to label each player with the year of the intake and "E" for elite and "T" for top. Jannik Unger - Central Midfield Eder Luis - Central Midfield Christian Speranza - Defensive Midfield Joel Dutsch - Right Wing Dorde Pajevic - Central Defender Leopold Amtsfeld - Goalkeeper Mustafa Cakir - Striker None of them are real world-beaters but all of them can do a job in the first-team squad with a bit of training and mentoring. Overall a great first season, promotion is massive, now we have the tough task and getting the squad ready for the Super League, it's going to be very tough. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelNevo Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 10 minutes ago, NoNonsenseFM said: 2024/25 - Kriens FC Squad Transfers Finances What a brilliant first season in charge, we had a good squad to start with so the lack of being able to sign anyone didn't hinder us. We were predicted to end 6th but we massively surpassed that, winning the league with a game to spare. In the Swiss Cup we didn't fare as well, losing in the first round to a lower league side In other good news, our Under 18s won the League, I'll talk more about some of those players in a bit. I also managed to take advantage of the great start to persuade the board to some improvements to the facilities. Hopefully this helps with the intakes in the future, it still needs improvements as expected but it's a good start. Still a long way to go to max out the facilities. What we need now is a decent influx of cash to help. Hopefully moving up to the Swiss Super League will help. Key Players Top Goalscorer and Player of the Season - Saleh Chihadeh A key man over the campaign who's 16 goals were vital to our title win. He does want to leave so at the moment I'll be losing him in the Summer, hopefully our move up a division will persuade him to stay Most Assists and Young Player of the Season - Liam Bollati 13 assists from Right Back is a fantastic season, one of our highest rated players and brightest prospects, unfortunately he also wants to leave and I've had to agree to letting him go if a bid of £170k+ is received. Youth Intake I expected it to be a good one with the lack of high quality in our squad and the preview predicted just that. But we all know the preview doesn't always correlate into actual good players, this time however it exceeded expectations! Eight "elite" talents and one "top" talent. Some great prospects but are any of them actually good enough to push for a first-team spot? I've decided to label each player with the year of the intake and "E" for elite and "T" for top. Jannik Unger - Central Midfield Eder Luis - Central Midfield Christian Speranza - Defensive Midfield Joel Dutsch - Right Wing Dorde Pajevic - Central Defender Leopold Amtsfeld - Goalkeeper Mustafa Cakir - Striker None of them are real world-beaters but all of them can do a job in the first-team squad with a bit of training and mentoring. Overall a great first season, promotion is massive, now we have the tough task and getting the squad ready for the Super League, it's going to be very tough. Nice work, good luck with the coming season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Koetzer Posted July 6 Popular Post Share Posted July 6 Livorno | Season 2043/44 | Serie A Finally a season when our survival never was in doubt (thanks to three bottom teams being hopeless, but we also had our best result in Serie A to stay here for third straight year). Overtaking our huge rivals Lazio on head-to-head games was especially pleasing. Coppa Italia An early exit against first top tier opponents, no surprises. Squad stats F.Multari *39c – impressive goalscoring stats for a midfielder, not a surprise he also had the highest rating in our team. C.Sardelli *38a – our best assistant. G.Magri *34a – earned quite a few points for us with his saves. Transfers – first team remained stable, only sold a former backup goalkeeper Kone. Youth intake (preview) Lonardo *44a | Rossi *44b | Marzierli *44c | Dini *44d | Sabba *44e | Rosaia *44f | McCarthy *44g | Nkounga *44h | Fabbrizzi *44i A good intake with potential improvement for all our lines. Some of these players already took part in the final stages of U18 national championship which we won for the second time. Serbian team Čukarički became our second youth affiliate. They actually produced the world’s most expensive player so far – striker Obradovic moved from Newcastle to Bayern for 410 million euros! Our new stadium was full almost every game, and the board decided to expand it… the only downside is that we have to move back to the old Armando Picchi for a season. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MichaelNevo Posted July 6 Popular Post Share Posted July 6 Crewe United - Season Three Season 3 has brought an end to the originals and the squad is now fully made up of youth products! Packie Courtney has been an absolute machine in the league and cup competitions in his first full season and I couldn't have asked for a better striker to replace Jack Sharvin. As expected we didn't gain promotion which was most likely due to letting some key players leave, but the future is very bright with some more stars walking through the academy doors, most notably Andy Jeffries and Charlie Young. The question I have to ask myself now is, do I stick with one up front, or do I make a pairing out of Courtney and Young? If I stick with just Courtney, what do I do with the talents of young? My gut feeling says stick with what you know, so I may have to think about a possible 2nd position for Young. A huge step forward in cup competitions this season as we managed to bag the Intermediate Cup for our first piece of silverware! Youth Intake I would consider this to be a very healthy intake, with two standout players in Andy Jeffries and Charlie Young! I'm also pleased to have a backup goalkeeper in Taylor Kckee. I think next season we can cause major upsets in the league! Spoiler 3 Top Rated Youth Players & Transfers In + Out Once again we have two outstanding players from the intake in Charlie Young and Andy Jeffries. Next season I hope that we end up with some quality defensive options, but for now I feel we have a very strong first team squad to go on to the next level! Spoiler League Table & Finances The finances are finally back in a healthy position and the cup win definitely played a role in that. Spoiler What they thought... In Other News... I've managed to get the board to agree to a Reserves team. I wouldn't say its essential for next season, but it's a step forward, I've also had a job offer from a Sports Direct Premiership team, although they have finished bottom of that league, but it's still very flattering. Of course I rejected the offer as I look to continue with this brilliant challenge! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 One thing that really annoy me in my save is that none of my youth teams play in any league, and has not joined one so far. I feel it is really hindering to the youth players, and it's almost to the extent that I'm considering abandoning the save... I know, it's my fault for not checking, but I thought they might join when we reached the top tier. But if it's a closed league... Anyway, I might head somewhere else, I'll have a think about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanziZoloman Posted July 6 Popular Post Share Posted July 6 A hard rain's a-gonna fall. 2071/72 It was just horrible. We were sitting 10th in the league in January and had a positive goal balance. Then a loss in FA Cup against Bournemouth led into an 18 matches winless run. We took the nose dive and were in free fall until the 2nd last match of the season. The Earl experimented with a back 3 to stop those many goals conceded but nothing worked. We were happy to stay in the league. Ross Beadle has enough he stated after the finish and is now looking for other options, preferring a sell in summer transfer window. The Earl is confused all that build up over years seems gone. The team could not play a ball anymore. Spoiler Youngster to watch is Tyler Wright who already developed really well before and was promoted into 1st quad this December. He will be a substitute to Ross Beadle. The Fans even hold him higher with his professional personality he can outgrow Ross. With his 18 y/o he is already close to him. Despite that there is few positive to tell. The finances are positive well that's something. The Earl hopes for big chunk of money for beloved Ross. We will miss him dearly. Tyler Wright: Already did 12 matches this year and it was a joy to watch him play. Spoiler 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post naterr Posted July 6 Popular Post Share Posted July 6 Tony Pizza at Kerala United FC - Go Hornbills! - Season 13 This was a wild year! Preseason Cup We got to the final again for the second year running. Kolkata in the final again. We played absolute crap and deserved to lose. Match Report Spoiler Youth Intake Pretty Meh to be honest, one guy stood out - not sure I want to use a Wide Target Man but it could be fun! Ghosh Spoiler Champions League Group Stage exit - 4 points this time so we are getting there! Spoiler Super league 3rd place finish this year - seems to be roughly where we are - Kolkata are just too advanced. We fly through the playoffs and make it to the final against....Kolkata (of course) We go 2-0 up, all going well, it comes back down to 2-2 and it stays there after 120 minutes - penalties it is. Below is our penalty taking attributes....not great! However we score all our goals - and champions for a second year running. Spoiler Super Cup Much better this year - win every game in the group and get to the final against....Kolkata again. There were 3 penalties in this game, we got 2 and won the game 3-2 in the end. Spoiler Saikia had the season if his life - 32 goals in all competitions. Admin Updates Good news first.... We've had a takeover recently and they did put some money into the club which was nice. Also it looks like they invested in the youth recruitment and junior coaching! Also - we re now the best ever Sammarinese manager ever according to the hall of fame. Bad News... The board are very unhappy with me as I haven't developed the best youth system in the country! That's not my fault!!! I am trying to upgrade youth facilities but the option isn't there anymore, it is almost like they have banned the idea! Transfers None out or in which is nice! I really wish we could sign players as I have managed to find a guy from Brunei who is a very good player - and he wants to join! Marzuki Spoiler He would do incredible in the league! He must be the best player from Brunei I have ever seen! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_Geo Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Haven't been able to get as much game time this week however getting stuck in season 14 today and this pops up: One of the groups interested have stated they will name a new manager which apparently is an attempt to get the supporters on their side......by sacking a club legend? Either way, it might signal the end of the save.....has anyone been replaced when one of these takeovers actually go through? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurectedja Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 7 minutes ago, Neo_Geo said: Haven't been able to get as much game time this week however getting stuck in season 14 today and this pops up: One of the groups interested have stated they will name a new manager which apparently is an attempt to get the supporters on their side......by sacking a club legend? Either way, it might signal the end of the save.....has anyone been replaced when one of these takeovers actually go through? I have gotten a message like that a few times, but never got sacked. It usually ends up with you getting a message from the new chairperson that they are impressed by the level of support you have at the club and that they have decided to keep you at the helm. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post resurectedja Posted July 7 Popular Post Share Posted July 7 FM23 Catania - Season 5 – 2027/28 Season five for Lee Ingram in Catania, but he is still as pale as a Welsh foxtail. People are holding is in higher regard this season, they think we will finish all the way up in 10th! After two years of missing the playoffs, I think it would be a nice change to finally reach that goal. The season started with Curci asking out. I agreed on a reasonable price with him, but he kept rejecting the other clubs. He is also rejecting our offer for a contract extension. Two years remain on his contract. He is our CA leader and by far best defender, really hope we get him to sign a new contract as soon as possible. Our own start of the season was great. We had a 10-game streak without losing. That was our best run of form. The middle had a lot of ups and downs. WE also finished the season with 10 wins 1 draw and 2 losses. In the end we finished 3rd, which is our highest placement of the save so far. In the playoffs we demolish Gubbio, but only won 3 1 on aggregate. In the next round, the quarterfinals, we played Pescara. First game was away and an even affair, which they won 1 0. We played a great first 30 minutes of the return leg, completely controlling the game and leading by a Cervoni goal. But Vicedomini got a red card, they managed to equalize and that finished our promotion chances. The return leg against Pescara broke our attendance record. Over nine thousand people came, which earn us 130K on gate income alone. The terrific youth previews just wont stop. This time we were predicted to get 9 A rated youngsters. The intake itself was a bit different. We only got 6 elite talents, and only half of them had a 1.5 or more CA. But at least there were a few new nationalities in the mix. Chiarion is a well rounded DLPD with good attribute distribution. Grasso is a very explosive winger with a good personality but can’t really dribble. Bledar Daci, our first Albanian regen, has incredible attribute distribution for his role. Most regens struggle with heading, his is 19, along with 14 anticipation, 13 in balance, jumping reach and strength. Very excited by him, could be an epic specialist. Macaluso is a raw fullback, but tactically well endowed. El Amrani is our first Moroccan kid. A well rounded athlete who can play as a striker and both wide forward spots. Worried about his personality, low crossing means he is better suited for a central role. Very happy to see a prospect like Caiati. While he is still only 1 star CA, he is a fairy professional player. I lack depth at CD, really hoping he can reach the first team in a year or two. Reginna stole one of our kids once again, this time Michele Perini left. And a day after that I signed a new contract. Guess the board doesn’t mind. Both of our facilities were downgraded due to technological advancements. Thanks tech bros! Esposito is still our only youth national. He keeps being featured in the u19 squad. Mostly coming off the bench but has also started two games. Cervoni has won u19 player of the month for August and February (also Serie C team of the month). Mora won it as well but in October and March. Vicedomini has had two games with over 200 completed passes. Cervoni was our leading scorer with 19 goals. Vicedomini was our best rated player with 7.32, also had 6 assists, a fine number for a DLPD who doesn’t take set pieces. He shared the assist title with Federico who had six as well. The plan for next season is to hopefully finish around the top. If we keep this team together I really think we have a shot. There are five 5-star potential kids with 2-2,5 star CA in the senior team. The goal is to give each as many minutes as possible. If we are in the lead, all five subs will be the five of them. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 @resurectedja Daci looks a beast in the air, should win most headers. Cannot remember the last time i saw a player with 19 for heading and never a youth player, normally its very low heading ability when generated. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neo_Geo Posted July 7 Popular Post Share Posted July 7 So I kept my job (it went to the other group) but the icing on the cake is this..... The new chairperson must have a higher WWY rating as the Improve Youth Facilities makes a welcome return! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dkouv Posted July 7 Popular Post Share Posted July 7 Poole Town – Season 2 (2025/26) Vanarama South A great season - from the start everything just clicked, and we sat top by about 8 points come January. But then I hit one of those terrible runs that tend to happen in FM, and we slid down into the playoff spots. Luckily our form picked up towards the end of the season so we still made the playoffs and even got to the final, where we lost to Hemel Hampstead. Squad One reason our form fell off a cliff is that several of our first-teamers started melting, so it’s already time to reshuffle the squad and prioritise the youngsters. So far Filbert Owusu-Antwi (AML/ST), top scorer with 36 goals, and last intake’s Jorge Carrascosa 01a (DL) look like the most promising ones of the lot. Youth intake (preview): Another decent intake, our squad is pretty meh so those 5* PA ratings don’t mean that much, but the two top rated attacking players went straight into the first team to replace some melting oldies, and did ok. Facilities For some reason my finances are classed as insecure even though we’re hovering close to 0 (a bug?), so no upgrades for a while by the looks of it. We had a board takeover but it didn’t change much. No transfers in Season | League | Pos. | Europe | Best player | Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024/25 | Vanarama South | 10 | n/a | William Butler (GK) | 2025/26 | Vanarama South | 3 | n/a | Filbert Owusu-Antwi (ST) | Lost in playoff final Facilities ---------- Season | Coaching | Recruitment | Training Fac. | Youth Fac. | Stadium ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024 | Fairly basic | Basic | Poor | Poor | 2500 2024/25 | Average | Fairly basic | Poor | Poor | 2500 2025/26 | Average | Fairly basic | Poor | Poor | 2500 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 3 hours ago, Neo_Geo said: Haven't been able to get as much game time this week however getting stuck in season 14 today and this pops up: One of the groups interested have stated they will name a new manager which apparently is an attempt to get the supporters on their side......by sacking a club legend? Either way, it might signal the end of the save.....has anyone been replaced when one of these takeovers actually go through? If you do well the following months, you usually get to keep the job, but I think some have been booted as soon as the takeover happens. I also think being favoured by the club or fans helps. 2 hours ago, Neo_Geo said: So I kept my job (it went to the other group) but the icing on the cake is this..... The new chairperson must have a higher WWY rating as the Improve Youth Facilities makes a welcome return! You love to see it! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_Geo Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 21 hours ago, XaW said: One thing that really annoy me in my save is that none of my youth teams play in any league, and has not joined one so far. I feel it is really hindering to the youth players, and it's almost to the extent that I'm considering abandoning the save... I know, it's my fault for not checking, but I thought they might join when we reached the top tier. But if it's a closed league... Anyway, I might head somewhere else, I'll have a think about it. Any further on your decision? You’ve had such a great start that it would be a real shame to stop now. Is loaning players out to just get first team football instead of playing in your youth team not really an option, can’t remember the rules around loaning in Switzerland, if you can loan out at 17 it’s better than them sitting playing friendlies all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_Geo Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) I hate that I can’t maintain interest in a save beyond about 10 years. 13 seasons complete in Northern Ireland and doing very well but I always start to get itchy feet at this point. I loved my Katwijk and Chiasso saves, I felt some kind of connection but with Crewe it feels like I’m doing it because Northern Ireland hasn’t been completed yet. Getting 95% of my intake being northern Irish, no players with a cap whilst being at the club, TWENTY ONE players away on international for 4 games in the space of 8 days, having to play in 6 competitions in a season….its just dragging now. I miss the buzz of a new club and varied intakes, I feel utterly ashamed when I see padders save going for so long and sticking to it and here’s me whinging and whining after 13 seasons Edited July 7 by Neo_Geo 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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