Neo_Geo Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 (edited) Great going @mschafer13 onwards and upwards Edited September 2 by Neo_Geo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 (edited) megageil @mschafer13 The Earl found his mojo again Spoiler Edited September 2 by HanziZoloman 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post libbyshuss Posted September 2 Popular Post Share Posted September 2 Austria - 2055/56 - Premier League Wels Say Goodbye to Club Legend with Third title win in a row Yep, Paul Alhaier 40A has gone to Saudi Arabia on a free. Gutted to lose him but what can you do? What a legend though He leaves us with 8 League titles, 1 Europa League title and the Austria Cup three times. He scored 413 goals in 599 games for us as well. So... Champions League. Same as last two seasons:- League stage good, out in quarter finals youth So, here's a thing I've noticed. Whenever I manage to max out my youth facilities to state of the art my intakes turn to toilet Nice to see my affiliates popping up with some players but honestly, what can I do with these two? The only reason I signed them both is their personalities. Both professional! Career 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darren1983 Posted September 2 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 2 So after following the FM world cup over last week it gave me the bug to play again, I started several saves but couldn't connect so I return to my Dulwich save. This update is going to be a bit weird though as I don't remember anything from the first half of the season as it was over a month ago but the second half is fresh enough at least! Dulwich Hamlet Season 2033/34 EFL Championship League - First season after promotion and staying up is always the target, we did that but not without some scares. Won our opening 2 games then only 1 win in 12. We had 2 or 3 spells where we picked up points in batches but then long spells without a win, as you'd expect from a newly promoted side. We never dropped lower than 19th so were never really in any danger. A nasty habit of throwing away leads was annoying but a more than credible 14th place was fine by me. League Cup - Not great, rotated a lot and it showed FA Cup - Struggled past a National League side then got hammered by a Premier League side Transfers - few loans out is all. Almost had a big sale in Jan but I got greedy and pushed the price too high. That'll learn me! Squad - It's an odd one in that our starting 1`1 is more than a match for around 80% of the league I reckon (despite my coaches rating most the players national league level) but we struggle when having to use players outside of out best 11 which is an issue when making subs and probably why we threw away so many leads. We have depth in quantity but not in quality. Going to take a few seasons of staying here to build that up I think. Youth Intake - I mean I was excited by the preview and think that was well founded with me tagging the most players from a single intake this year Michael Jones 34A - coaches think of him as a winger but, if I can get strength and vision up I like him as a Mezzala with that pace, finishing and dribbling Adam Scott 34B - Def more of a wide option than a ST for us I think Jason Codrington 34C - Full back that can play both sides Kassim Peltier 34D - Always nice to have a keeper Ally Brown 34E - A DM that can tackle, is two footed and a decent size? I probably should have ranked him much higher now I'm looking at it Callum Uprichard 34F - needs work on the physical side but another option for Mezz Derrick Diallo 34G - Not sure if he's a CB of FB yet but looks a prospect at both Career Overview Season League Position Junior Coaching Youth Recruitment Notes 2024/25 VNLS 1st Good Average Promotion, Manager of the year 2025/26 VNL 10th Good Above Average First coaching badge 2026/27 VNL 2nd Good Above Average Promotion via playoffs, Manager of the season, second coaching badge 2027/28 L2 10th Adequate Above Average 3rd coaching badge 2028/29 L2 12th Good Above Average Continental C Licence obtained 2029/30 L2 15th Good Good Continental B Licence Obtained. Started on Continental A 2030/31 L2 11th Good Excellent Finished Continental A Licence 2031/32 L2 2nd Good Excellent Promoted. Manager of the year. Started final coaching badge 2032/33 L1 4th Good Excellent EFL Trophy winners. Promoted via playoffs. Completed all coaching badges 2033/34 CHP 14th Excellent Excellent I think that's everything, been a while since I did one of these! However I am enjoying being back and relearning my players and the plans I had for them 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post naterr Posted September 2 Popular Post Share Posted September 2 Naterr Garcia - Barwell FC - 29/30 League First season back down in the Vanarama national south - I had a bit of hope we would do well and go back up....ugh, not quite! Well this was crap - not sure what happened but we did terribly for the second half of the season! Youth Intake Boy this is tough - I really thought we would get better than this! Stephenson Spoiler He's tall? ...that's about it! Manager Profile Coach badges completed - I guess this is how I will look for the rest of this! Finances Finances did well this year - we managed to blag our way to the 3rd round of the FA cup - lucky was an understatement. We got a great draw! We only lost 2-1, pretty good showing, but it netted us a ton of cash! which has helped a lot! (So I did my best to spend some on facilities!) Competitions Team of the Year I want to stick with the 4-4-2 attacking but maybe it isn't the best for a terrible team! Moore is the best player this year - the only one with green ratings! Admin Summary All the badges completed, improved youth recruitment and junior coaching - but terrible in the league! let's hope the improvements help in the future. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted September 3 Popular Post Share Posted September 3 Season 164 - 2184/85 - PL First season back in the PL but we struggled again and relegated! We did have a little spell where we looked like we might escape the drop but the poor form returned I've got to try find a way of stopping the goals but also finding a way to score 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 On 23/08/2024 at 20:12, kaivolax said: @Padders What's the transfer budget you are given usually? Must be a couple hundred million with that balance. This is this seasons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted September 3 Popular Post Share Posted September 3 Alright, I'm back after a quick break, so here we go. It's Slovakia time! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 @Padders have you had a youth come through that was 4 or more stars CA and a starter for the team immediately. With your facilities it seems you should have but your intakes are 2.5 stars ca at best 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winski Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 2 hours ago, XaW said: Alright, I'm back after a quick break, so here we go. It's Slovakia time! Welcome in Slovakia! And nice to see that you also chose Raca! Good luck!! Last week I returned from my Holiday, after I spend a couple of weeks in Southern France with my wife and kids. Yesterday I started playing FM again. I’m at the end of season 2035/2036 with Raca, so the next update will follow soon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skora11 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 57 minutes ago, Thebaker said: @Padders have you had a youth come through that was 4 or more stars CA and a starter for the team immediately. With your facilities it seems you should have but your intakes are 2.5 stars ca at best Also good to know what 4 star CA currently represents @Padders? I've never had anyone through with higher than 2.5 star CA since I've started this challenge, although the one I am currently playing I am starting to make progress and getting quite a few through with good personalities. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mschafer13 Posted September 3 Popular Post Share Posted September 3 Guys....I think my new tactic I developed last season might've broke the game. Our first season in League Two we ended up winning the whole thing! 500-1 odds at the start of the season but we managed the best goal difference and won by 6 points. I'm shocked. Think we can repeat that in League One next season? Not a great youth intake this year, but we'll see if it even matters with this tactic. 99% of my players are signed through 2055, so I have one more season with this core group at least. Dare to dream! Good way to end my 30th season with the club 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ron_Swanson Posted September 3 Popular Post Share Posted September 3 Stal Stalowa Wola - Poland - PKO Ekstraklasa - season 8 - 2031/32 A pretty good intake, I forgot to take a screenshot of the squad but here's the best player out of them. Already good enough to be a starter quite often Slightly worse season but we were just 1 win away from qualifying to Europe again. We did really good in ECL, we avoided top quality teams which got us up to round of 16. Some of our key players signed new long contracts without release clauses so squad looks pretty safe and solid Euro competition prizes were invested right away. Training facilities will be probably 18/20 once finished so only one upgrade left to max. Stadium expansion eventually changed to 6587 seats just at the season change which is maximum possible capacity for a current one. I wonder how long we will have to wait until the board decide to build a brand new one 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 @mschafer13 the tactic pls!! I experienced the same a few times, back to back promotions are so great especially after such a dry period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 5 hours ago, Winski said: Welcome in Slovakia! And nice to see that you also chose Raca! Good luck!! Last week I returned from my Holiday, after I spend a couple of weeks in Southern France with my wife and kids. Yesterday I started playing FM again. I’m at the end of season 2035/2036 with Raca, so the next update will follow soon I wanted Inter Bratislava, but I've spend a couple of days reloading without seeing them, so I picked my 2nd choice which was Raca! So, sorry if I'm stepping on your toes here, but I just got really fed up with the reloads! Edit: You know what. I might as well reload a bit more... I might challenge you to become the best team from Bratislava if I get them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 6 hours ago, Thebaker said: @Padders have you had a youth come through that was 4 or more stars CA and a starter for the team immediately. With your facilities it seems you should have but your intakes are 2.5 stars ca at best Not sure I have ever had more than 3*, if I have its a handul max! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 5 hours ago, Skora11 said: Also good to know what 4 star CA currently represents @Padders? I've never had anyone through with higher than 2.5 star CA since I've started this challenge, although the one I am currently playing I am starting to make progress and getting quite a few through with good personalities. Not sure I have a single PL CA standard according to the coach reports currently I very rarely seem to get many, might get the odd 1 or 2 but never a decent amount at the same time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted September 3 Popular Post Share Posted September 3 2185/86 - Season 165 - SBC Back into the SBC Started poorly and never really recovered, finishing mid table 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted September 3 Popular Post Share Posted September 3 Who says tenacity doesn't get rewarded? Sorry about the false start with Raca! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winski Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 13 hours ago, XaW said: Edit: You know what. I might as well reload a bit more... I might challenge you to become the best team from Bratislava if I get them! Challenge accepted Good luck with Inter! And have fun also, I like it a lot managing in Slovakia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 13 minutes ago, Winski said: Challenge accepted Good luck with Inter! And have fun also, I like it a lot managing in Slovakia Thanks! I do look forward to the first intake... Yes, my total squad is 8 players, so I have to use (at least) 3 grays every match. We had 4 more when I took over, but those were the best and also refused to talk contracts. So I have a bunch of the worst players in the division, lovely! It's going to be a struggle to survive, but let's do it! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 @Padders I good Pre Season did a real different to my save. How are you preparing for your season? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarp Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 @mschafer13 those are the best moments in FM Good job and enjoy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post resurectedja Posted September 4 Popular Post Share Posted September 4 FM 23 Catania - Season 9 - 2032/33 We grew in the eyes of the bookmakers, as they predicted we would finish a very solid 12th in the league. But then our chances got worse. We lost one of our mainstay players. Vicedomini’s release clause was triggered by Salento, a team that plays in the same division as us. He got a 2 year 900K deal and squad player status. But off we went, and poorly. Two points in five games. So I switched it up a notch, added two more attacking roles and we started scoring at a very high rate, even tho our defense stayed at an average level for most of the year. Round by round we were raising towards the top,which was held by a pretty impressive Pisa team this season. We won 5 straight in and around November. December went smoothly as well, winning the majority of our games. And then Cagliari swooped in a took our best player, Esposito. He had a 3,4 mil release clause for teams in the higher division. He settled on a 4 year 1,4 million euro deal and squad player status. I will miss him dearly. He is the best player of the save so far and was heading towards another 20 goals 10 assists season. In total he has played 246 games for us, scoring 109 along with 29 assists. But we still managed to keep the form going. Another five game streak followed, 4 wins and 1 draw. We were excellent throughout the season and in the end finished 4th, just 3 points shy of a direct promotion spot and into the promotion playoff semi finals. The slower start of the season really messed up our chances. With one more win we could have been in the big leagues. Based on the xG table we were the best team, 2 points in front of Spezia, who we would face. Sadly, they got a better of us thanks to two amazing goals, one a long range hit in the first game which they won 2 1 and a great curling free kicks in the second which was a 1 1 draw. We did break a record in the last round by beating Pordenone 7 0. Pisa, SPAL and Spezia were promoted. I just want to highlight a player from an opposing team. Pisano scored 39 goals for Catanzaro 35 games. The whole team scored 60. Wild scoring performance. Wish I could sign him to replace Esposito. The kids really made me proud this season and they have shown that there is plenty of promised in the club, as well as that we are in fact developing these kids really well. The u20s, who still arent in a league and I have to set up 30+ friendlies for them each season, have won the u20 cup! They did it in a very impressive manner, with only 1 goal conceded. The u18 team won their first ever league title. They finished first in their group, which did feature a bunch of elite Seria A teams. They routed Napoli 3-1 to secure their first title. Sadly they also lost the Super Cup to Chievo on penalties. The board wont let me invest in youth facilites so I burned both transfer fees and improved our training facilities. They are now Superb. The youth intake preview was similar to the one we had last season. Three A rated youngsters were promised, a goalkeeper, a full back and a central midfielder. I am sick of elite level fullbacks. I seem to get one every single year. Just one striker and right winger. Please? The intake was worse than the preview suggested. I only had 2 elite talents and only one of them a five star potential. So lets look at them closer. Angelili is a determined and well rounded left winger. Nothing really jumps out, but I do like the plays 1-2s. Mantovani is a balanced midfielder who lacks athleticism but has plently of technical quality. Seems more suited for the offensive part of the game than the defensive eventho the game sees him as a DLPD. Training him as a CMA. First big job offer, as Udinese tried to sway me to join them in December. Poaching from our academy happened once again. Young Masiero went to Crotone and Franchi went to Cagliari. Cannavaro went to Palermo. I have scouted all of the poached kids that have appeared in the game so far. Only 1 of them is a 3 star, the rest are 2-2.5 star potential. We didn’t really lose anyone of major talent. Tortelli was our leading scorer with 24, as well as our best rated player with 7.34. He also won the Young Player of the Year. He won the Young Player of the Month for September and October. He was the Player of the Month for February, March and May. He was featured in the Team of the Month in September, February, March and May. Federico lead the assists chart with 9. Cali won the Scopigno award for best newcomer. He won the Young Player of the Month in November, January and March. He made the Team of the Month in November, January and March. Mora was selected in the Team of the Year for the 3rd straight year and he won midfielder of the year. Really impressive run by a 3-3.5 star inverted winger. He made the Team of the Month in November, December and April Lo Cascio was the Young Player of the Month in February and April. He also made the Team of the Month in February and April. Assumma was the Young Player of the Month in May. Zadi made the Team of the Month in November and December. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 (edited) 2039 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season in poor form but managed through the season to just pick up enough points to keep the team out of the relegation spots, mostly helped by the other teams being really poor. The team could not score at all and survived a last day 1-5 loss to stay up with Jonsered unable to take advantage. Played in the swedish cup 1st rd away to Trelleborgs and was 0-3 down at halftime, got back to 2-3 but went onto lose 2-4. Finances are slowly dropping but still requests not being accepted even with a new board. Edin was probably my best player this year without much competition. Sjoqvist retired with over 400 games for the club and was still the first choice LW. Club icon and record scorer Keymer was released at the end of the season. The youth preview suggested a great talent but the intake was pretty poor with Sundberg the best of them. Its been 10 years since the 29 intake and a number of players are still at the club. Johannson has made 130 apps with 57 goals and is now my main striker. Khalil is my main DM with 122 apps and 2 goals. Berisha has flitted in and out of the team used mostly as a sub with 149 apps and 13 goals. Nilsson is a player i kept around as he had a lot of potential but has always been 4th choice LW and gone on loan a lot. Hes played 34 games for the club and 109 games on loan. Babatunde played 155 games with 12 goals before being released and played 44 games since. Svanberg played 41 games with 4 goals almost all as sub, he has played 60 games since being released. Jeppsson never played for the club but is still playing having made 80 apps for other clubs. Spoiler Youth Nationalities: Continent Europe Africa South America Asia North America Oceania Overall 240 100% Country # % Country # % Country # % Country # % Country # % Country # % Europe 226.16 94.23% Sweden 212.33 88.47% Eritrea 1.5 0.63% Uruguay 1 0.42% Iraq 1 0.42% Jamaica 0.83 0.35% Africa 7.5 3.13% Bosnia 2.5 1.04% Gambia 1 0.42% Chile 1 0.42% Indonesia 1 0.42% USA 0.5 0.21% Asia 3 1.25% Greece 2 0.83% Ivory Coast 1 0.42% Palestine 0.5 0.21% South America 2 0.83% Turkey 2 0.83% Somalia 0.5 0.21% Japan 0.5 0.21% North America 1.33 0.55% Albania 1.5 0.63% Niger 0.5 0.21% Oceania 0 0 Serbia 1.5 0.63% Nigeria 0.5 0.21% Italy 1.5 0.63% Egypt 0.5 0.21% Kosovo 1 0.42% DRC 0.5 0.21% Finland 1 0.42% Ghana 0.5 0.21% England 0.83 0.35% Ethiopia 0.5 0.21% Zambia 0.5 0.21% 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 2026 D2 WG 5th Not entered N/A Keymer-25c (11) Warmlov(6) 251 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2027 D2 WG 6th Not entered N/A Keymer-25c (10) Lai(9) 261 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2028 D2 WG 10th Not entered N/A Keymer-25c (15) Messaoudi (7) 241 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2029 D2 WG 7th Not entered N/A Strom - 27j (11) Athanasiou -26p (7) 250 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2030 D2 WG 9th Not entered N/A Lai(12) Noren -28k (5) 267 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2031 D2 WG 8th Not entered N/A Keymer-25c (14) Lai(5) 277 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2032 D2 WG 8th Not entered N/A Keymer-25c (15) Babatunde- 29h (6) 275 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2033 D2 WG 5th Not entered N/A Keymer-25c (19) Sjoqvist(8) 289 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2034 D2 WG 6th Not entered N/A Strom - 27j (12) Sjoqvist(7) 287 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2035 D2 WG 1st Not entered N/A Keymer-25c (16) Noren -28k (10) 321 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited Promoted 2036 D1S 14th Not entered N/A Johansson-29j (14) Athanasiou -26p (5) 338 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited Relegated 2037 D2 WG 2nd Group St N/A Johansson-29j (19) Noren -28k (11) 308 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited Promoted 2038 D1S 12th Not entered N/A Johansson-29j (13) Edin -37a (11) 295 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited 2039 D1S 12th 1st Rd N/A Sjoqvist, Edin-37a, Franco -34i (5) Athanasiou -26p Berisha - 29j (5) 279 Basic Basic Fairly Basic Limited Spoiler Youth Name All time apps Youth Name All time Goals Youth Name All time Assists Roger Gustafsson (25e) 350 Ted Keymer (25c) 133 Manolis Athanasiou (26p) 55 Mathias Sandin (25d) 324 Sebastian Johansson (29j) 57 Marcus Noren (28k) 51 Manolis Athanasiou (26p) 318 Manolis Athanasiou (26p) 44 Martin Tahiri (30i) 35 Ted Keymer (25c) 276 Marcus Noren (28k) 37 Ted Keymer (25c) 22 Marcus Noren (28k) 234 Milton Strom (27j) 34 Hugo Berisha (29g) 22 Edited September 4 by Thebaker 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CJ'43 Posted September 4 Popular Post Share Posted September 4 (edited) Kavala Football Club / Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα Season 36 - 2059/60 Schedule / Squad / Transfers / Finances / Manager Season summary: the Super League wasn’t a major priority for us this season, so we rotated the squad extensively, especially before our UEFA Champions League matches. In hindsight, we may have overdone the rotations, leading to dissatisfaction among some of our regular starters who demanded more playing time. As a result, we finished the regular season 7 points behind Olympiacos and couldn’t improve our position in the championship group, ending up 3rd, 13 points behind the winners. In the cup competition, we made it to the final after defeating Anagennisi Karditsas, Volos, and AEK. Unfortunately, we lost to Olympiacos, who secured the double. In the Champions League, we collected 14 points in the group stage but did not advance to the top 8. We had to play in the knockout playoffs against another Greek team, Asteras, and won 3-2 on aggregate. We then delivered a spectacular performance at home, defeating Barcelona 3-0. However, in the second leg, the tie was 3-3 in the 87th minute, only for us to score the decisive 4-3 goal in the 92nd minute, advancing with a 5-3 aggregate score. It was arguably the most thrilling game of this challenge so far. Once again, we defied expectations, but faced another Spanish team, Atlético Madrid, in the quarter-finals. After a 2-2 draw in Greece, we fell short in Madrid, losing 2-1 and missing out on the semi-finals for the second consecutive year. It feels like we are getting closer to achieving our goal. On the NXGN 2060 list, Stavros Diamantopoulos (57c) was ranked 3rd, and Christos Kygais (56a) was ranked 22nd. Giorgos Pallas (52a) and Thodoros Bedrelis (47d) were included in the Super League Best XI, with Bedrelis being named Greek Player of the Year and recognized as our most consistent player with an average rating of 7.20. Ilias Giannikoglou (47b) was our top scorer with 29 goals. Youth intake: this year brought some promising talent, including Lewis Duncan (60a), Dimitris Ptinopoulos (60b), Nikos Aivazis (60c) and Manfred Breitner (60d). Our 3-0 victory over Panathinaikos in May for the Super League was the last match at Kavala Stadium, as we prepare to move to our new 70,000-seat stadium, more than doubling our capacity. Team history: Manager history: Edited September 4 by CJ'43 transfers added 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 6 hours ago, HanziZoloman said: @Padders I good Pre Season did a real different to my save. How are you preparing for your season? I always add in a few non league sides to hammer to build up morale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted September 4 Popular Post Share Posted September 4 Season 166 - 2186/87 - SBC Another mid table finish but form was definitely picking up with more tactic tweaks For the first time this FM, I have forgot to do the screenshots (not sure how!) so only have the Youth Intake and last years table 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 vor 9 Minuten schrieb Padders: I always add in a few non league sides to hammer to build up morale I did Google a bit and learned much about a proper pre season and it worked wonders. Transformed my team from a relegation candidate into an almost promotion side. Passion4fm did some great writeups 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebaker Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 @Padders even with the span of time i'm surprised that the league features 3 teams that IRL have never played higher than non league. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKCrush Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I am struggling to keep going. First season in the CL and got hammered 9-0 by Inter, youth preview was ****, the actual intake was okay but 2 of the top 3 players have a bad personality even though my HOYD is a Model Citizen... at least I made 21 Mio + this season BUT I cant spend it because my board doesnt even give me the option to improve my youth facilities. Its my 14th season, please FM Gods let me at least improve my average! youth facilities. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted September 4 Popular Post Share Posted September 4 (edited) Season 167 - 2187/88 - SBC Well the bottlejobs are well and truly back A lot better season, sat top in mid December with a 15 game unbeaten run Then one bad result results in a shocking run of 1 win in 9 The form picked up last couple of months sat just off the top 2 We played bottom of the league Chesterfield in the penultimate game Yes you guess it we lost and if we won that then would have finished 2nd Into the playoffs, we play Sunderland we we played last game and beat them easily 3-0 We then get hammered in the 1st leg 3-6 We lost to the very strong Cardiff in the SF of the Carabao Cup. They have finished in the top 2 of the PL something like 14 times in the last 20 years Edited September 4 by Padders 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 1 hour ago, Thebaker said: @Padders even with the span of time i'm surprised that the league features 3 teams that IRL have never played higher than non league. Got Dorking and Maidstone in the PL as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyrule_king Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Finding this a lot more diffucult getting much beyond the second season. I am creating tactics that are very basic , non gegen pressing but just can't get the team to be consistent. Fair play for the people who have completed it on this years version. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanziZoloman Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 vor 6 Stunden schrieb Thebaker: @Padders even with the span of time i'm surprised that the league features 3 teams that IRL have never played higher than non league. And Ya know what Ricay is one of em 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 @Winski - Aren't 15 year olds allowed to play in Slovakia? I can't see it anywhere in the rules, but it seems like it's prohibited for sub 16s? Does that happen in the top tier too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winski Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 27 minutes ago, XaW said: @Winski - Aren't 15 year olds allowed to play in Slovakia? I can't see it anywhere in the rules, but it seems like it's prohibited for sub 16s? Does that happen in the top tier too? That's correct. You can play youth players when they became 16 years old. You can't play with 15 year olds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Just now, Winski said: That's correct. You can play youth players when they became 16 years old. You can't play with 15 year olds. Yeah, a bit rough for me since the best from my intake will only be able to play a bit into next season, and I'm in a real relegation fight, so got a bit annoyed! But hopefully, we can do it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winski Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 2 minutes ago, XaW said: Yeah, a bit rough for me since the best from my intake will only be able to play a bit into next season, and I'm in a real relegation fight, so got a bit annoyed! But hopefully, we can do it! Yeah, that's annoying! But keep on fighting, things will getting better! If you manage to survive the first season, the next one will be easier as you can play with many more players than this season. You can do this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 1 minute ago, Winski said: Yeah, that's annoying! But keep on fighting, things will getting better! If you manage to survive the first season, the next one will be easier as you can play with many more players than this season. You can do this! 4 games to go! Got a narrow 1-0 win away to Dolný Kubín recently that helped a lot, but the last 4 games are against some of the better teams in the league, so we might not pick up many more points.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarp Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I made a grave mistake of not taking my laptop with me on business trip this week. Ah the struggles of the FM player. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted September 5 Popular Post Share Posted September 5 XaW - Inter Bratislava - Season 2024/25 (Season 1) - MONACObet LIGA Squad | Transfers | Finances Wow, this was a rough season! Losing the best 4 players at the club just as I took over due to them not wanting to extend contracts put the club in a difficult situation with only 8 players at the entire club. So I had to resort to greys, a think I try to avoid at all costs, but this left me no choice. The whole season was a battle to avoid relegation and it went to the final day where we were 2 points over the line and could go down if we didn't win and other teams did. Eventually, we got a credible 2-2 draw, but luckily for us none of the teams below (other than an already relegated Rimavská Sobota) won, so we stayed up just barely! I did get to use a few of the youngesters in the final matches, but the age restriction of 16 years didn't allow me to use most of the best ones. Next season I should be allowed to use most of them, albeit some are born in December, so a few will have to wait another half a season to get their debuts. Still, I'll take it over this season! Slovnaft Cup: We beat Banova and Nove Zamky before we lost to Žilina in the 3rd round. Best players from the academy: Pavol Hlavac 25c - The only somewhat competent striker at the club was tossed in due to lack of players and did quite well. Andrej Takac 25o - Played some matches on the right wing due to lack of other options and did well considering. Richard Marcin 25p - Not a player I want to use, but have to since he is 16 and others aren't. New club records: Most goals in a season - Patrik Spak - 9 goals Most league goals in a season - Patrik Spak - 8 goals Most goals in a match - Matus Antosik - 2 goals Most goals in a league match - Matus Antosik - 2 goals Most assists in a season - Patrik Spak - 13 assists Most clean sheets in a season - Marek Suchy - 4 clean sheets Most player of the match awards - Patrik Spak - 3 awards Worst discipline - Robert Duris - 9 yellow cards, 1 red card Most league apps for the club - Patrik Spak - 77 apps Most league goals for the club - Patrik Spak - 10 goals Youngest player - Michal Bašista 25m - 16 years, 5 days Oldest player - Lukas Cemba - 35 years, 345 days Fastest goal - Patrik Spak - 1 minute, 5 seconds Youngest goalscorer - Pavol Hlavac 25c - 16 years, 33 days Oldest goalscorer - Lukas Cemba - 35 years, 339 days Didn't get any requests for improvements accepted this season, but they board decided to start the process of building a new stadium. U19s They only played friendlies this season. Around the world Youth intake: Trophy cabinet None yet Player statistics: Most apps for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pavol Hlavac 25c Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 6 Roland Farkas 25d Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 6 Andrej Takac 25o Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 6 Richard Marcin 25p Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 6 Martin Sura 25g Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 1 Most goals for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Goals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pavol Hlavac 25c Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 2 Andrej Takac 25o Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 1 Most assists for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Assists ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Farkas 25d Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 1 Andrej Takac 25o Slovakia <N/A> 2025-Present 1 Supporters: YAC Bingo: Summary: 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winski Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I'm happy for you that you survived this very difficult first season Nice talent, Nagy 25a! He'll be a starter next season for sure I guess. Good luck next season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The7Striker Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 35 minutos atrás, Winski disse: I'm happy for you that you survived this very difficult first season Nice talent, Nagy 25a! He'll be a starter next season for sure I guess. Good luck next season! Hows that Raca save going ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 1 hour ago, Winski said: I'm happy for you that you survived this very difficult first season Nice talent, Nagy 25a! He'll be a starter next season for sure I guess. Good luck next season! Really happy that we survived! Nagy 25a looks brilliant and I look forward to finally using him this season! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KingKCrush Posted September 5 Popular Post Share Posted September 5 CSC Ghiroda - SuperLiga - Romania - Season 14 - 2038 Champions League After winning the Romanian SuperLiga last season we qualified for the final round of the Champions League Qualification. So, there is only one more step, only one more team to beat, to finally reach the top stage of Europe. We had to play against the Norweigan Club Bodo Glimt, that I already managed in an old version of Fifa! At home we dominated and won 3-1, but away from home, they dominated and the match went to overtime. There we scored and won 6-5 on aggregate. The League Phase Draw gave us the following home games: Dinamo Zagreb, FC Barcelona, Stade Rennes & RB Leipzig. Away: Olympiakos, FC Bayern, Atletic Bilbao and Inter Milan. Or in other words: Teams we might beat on a good day: Zagreb Teams we might draw on a good day: Rennes, Olympiakos, Bilbao Teams we wouldnt even beat if everyone played at 150%: Barcelona, Leipzig, Bayern, Inter. So my goal was 5 points, but boy was I overestimating my team. We got absolutely bullied by these teams. Zagreb beat us quite unlucky 0-1. We just couldnt score even though we were the better team. Great start right? We then lost a close game against Olympiakos 2-3, we could have won 1 point here but they scored in the last minute. Unlucky again. After that we got hammered by Barcelona and Bayern (0-5, 6-3). I was expeting that but I was still a bit dissapointed by the massive amount of conceded goals. (But it gets even worse!) Against Bilbao, we had a wonderfull form! We had like 2 chances and scored 2 goals! They had 5 times the amounts of chances and also scored 2 goals so we were very effective (or very very lucky). 2-2 was also the final standing against Rennes. So 2 points clinched! In order to reach our goal of 5 points we need to win a lucky one in the last 2 matches. And then we had the game that changed the whole season: the away game against Inter. During the course of these 14 seasons we were plagued with a lot of injuries. To cope with that I designed a tactic that is not too demanding but still quite successfull. I was thinking of designing a new version of this tactic with maximum intensity, which I can use for big games or during close games. But then I was like: okay if its not broken, dont fix it. So I went to Milan with my normal tactic and oh boy was that a mistake. This game made me quit FM for a few weeks, everytime a highlight poped up after I continued playing, I got scared. I have PTSD from that game. They bullied us and they would not stop. 9-0. They hammered us 9-0. I have never seen something like that before. This game made me want to cry. It still haunts me in my dreams. But I learned from it. I designed the new version of my tactic with maximum intensity and this really turned the rest of my season around but of course not in the Champions League. We were out of there after the Inter game. Against Leipzig I used the new tactic and we did better. We still lost 3-1 but we were not that bad! Spoiler SuperLiga In the league we played really well but still lost a few unnecessary games. After the first phase of the league we were second place, which is amazing but we can do better. After creating the new tactic and using it against big teams and in close games against "weaker" teams, we played 19 league games. Out of these 19 we lost one, draw 2 and won the remaining 17. The rest of the league was struggling and we won the league again! I think last season we were 1 point ahead, but this season we managed to win by 10 points. This was by far our most successfull season ever! Oh and we also smashed the team that sent us to the second league in the past, 9-0. That match alone cured my PTSD! Spoiler Cupa Romaniei The group stage was very easy this year. We had to play 2 teams from the 2. league and one relegation candidate from the first league. We won every game and made the quarter final, for the third time ever I believe. There we had to face another team from the second league, we comfortably beat. Only 3 days after we had to play against a good team finally. But while we could use our B Team in the last game, they had to use their best team and you could really tell the difference between our fitness levels. We absolutely dominated them, they got a red card, easy 3-0 win. And just like that we were in the final of the Romanian Cup! We faced Dinamo Bucuresti just 3 days after the league game were we secured the championship. There we secured our next Trophy! We went 2-0 ahead and they started their offense too late. 2-1 and we receive our third real trophy! (2 x league champions, 1 x Supercup but that does not count and now 1 x Cup) Spoiler Youth Intake The preview was trash. I even forgot to take a screenshot of that. The actual intake was not that bad. 4 players with decent potential, however only one of them has a good personality. In general we didnt have a lot of good personalities in this intake which is dissapointing considering the fact that my HOYD is Model Citizen. Spoiler #1 - Striker - Alexandru Sava 14 years, I had to wait 14 years to receive a tall striker, than can jump quite high and head quite well. But here he finally is. There are a few things, like his pace or off the ball that we need to work on but I have high hopes in him. If he really has 5* potential he will be a starter in the future. But I dont trust these stars at all. We will see.. Spoiler #2 - FB - Florin Abuzatoaie A natural inverted wing back with the best mental and technical stats in this intake. However we really have to work on his physicals and his personality, otherwise I dont see him being a part of the first team in the future. Spoiler #3 - CM - Jenö Molnar He is already a quite good playmaker! We will focus on his passing and vision in training and he might be our next CM sensation! But again we have to work on his personality. Spoiler Facilities and Finances We have every facility but our youth facilities maxed. My youth facilities are only adequate but for some strange reason I cant even ask the board for improvements there. I hope this is not a bug. Because of the Champions League me made huge profit of around 21 Mio € which is nice. We cannot spend the money but its nice to have I guess. Best Players this season Spoiler Best Striker this season: Best Midflieder this season: Best Defender this season: Best Goalkeeper this season: Summaries 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CJ'43 Posted September 5 Popular Post Share Posted September 5 Kavala Football Club / Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα Season 37 - 2060/61 Fixtures / Squad / Transfers / Finances / Manager Season summary: after last season's disappointing league campaign, we didn’t give our opponents a chance this time. We finished the regular phase with just 2 losses and an 11-point lead over second-placed PAOK. In the championship group, even though we lost 3 of the 10 games, we were still able to control our advantage and win the title by 10 points. This marked our 10th league title, surpassing PAOK to become the fourth team with the most league championships—behind only Olympiacos (65), Panathinaikos (20), and AEK (15). An interesting fact this season, Aigaleo ended up relegated but will be playing in Europa League next season as a result of winning the Conference League. (final league table) In the cup, we cruised through, beating our affiliate Aiolikos, PAOK, and Larisa in the semi-finals, before securing our 5th trophy with a 3-0 win against Panathinaikos at the Olympic Stadium. For the first time, we reached the top 8 in the Champions League league phase. We started in the playoff rounds, defeating Antwerp and Nordsjaelland, and later picked up impressive wins against Leverkusen, PSG, and last year’s champions, FC Porto. This saw us qualify directly for the Round of 16, where we faced Napoli. A tough 4-1 loss in Italy made the second leg a tall order. Although we won 2-0 at home, we were eliminated with a 4-3 aggregate score. On the individual front, Olsi Istrefi (47a) was named the best goalkeeper in the Super League, with 24 goals conceded in 27 matches and 11 clean sheets. Ilias Giannikoglou (47b) was the league’s top scorer with 24 goals in 26 appearances and won the Greek Player of the Year award. Nine of our players made it into the Super League Best XI, including Thodoros Bedrelis 47d. who had an average 7.48 rating this season, and I was honored with the Manager of the Year award. Stavros Diamantopoulos was also recognized as the world’s most promising player after finishing 3rd in last year’s NXGN list. Youth intake: this year’s intake wasn’t great compared to recent seasons, but two players are worth mentioning: Fanouris Pindonis (61a) and Indrit Zefi (61b). Team history: Manager history: 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mschafer13 Posted September 5 Popular Post Share Posted September 5 Dulwich Hamlet - 2055/56 Okay, it took 2 seasons instead of 1, but we're going up to the Championship! Picked to finish 24th, 300-1 odds, we gained promotion through the playoffs after finishing 4th. I really think it's just the tactic I created a couple seasons ago with no central midfield. My players aren't this good, I have no other way to explain (almost) back to back promotions. My leading goal scorer plays as an Attacking Midfielder up top, and his stats are terrible but he still scored the most, albeit only 17. My top 3 goal scorers actually were all Attacking Midfielders. We're in big, big trouble next season in the Championship though. Our finances are terrible. My only hope is for a wealthy takeover. I couldn't even sign my 2 best youth intake players, they wanted more money that we had, so that was a big blow. They got poached by other teams, so I'm left with these guys. Mostly all positions I don't need the help right now, but with our poor finances, we'll take whatever player will sign with us! On to the Championship.. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naterr Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 24 minutes ago, mschafer13 said: Dulwich Hamlet - 2055/56 Okay, it took 2 seasons instead of 1, but we're going up to the Championship! Picked to finish 24th, 300-1 odds, we gained promotion through the playoffs after finishing 4th. I really think it's just the tactic I created a couple seasons ago with no central midfield. My players aren't this good, I have no other way to explain (almost) back to back promotions. My leading goal scorer plays as an Attacking Midfielder up top, and his stats are terrible but he still scored the most, albeit only 17. My top 3 goal scorers actually were all Attacking Midfielders. We're in big, big trouble next season in the Championship though. Our finances are terrible. My only hope is for a wealthy takeover. I couldn't even sign my 2 best youth intake players, they wanted more money that we had, so that was a big blow. They got poached by other teams, so I'm left with these guys. Mostly all positions I don't need the help right now, but with our poor finances, we'll take whatever player will sign with us! On to the Championship.. Love the camouflage goalkeeper kits! Also, you might be OK in the championship, there is usually a bit more money for clubs compared to what you get in league one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WhiteCat33 Posted September 5 Popular Post Share Posted September 5 Etincelle Macouba – Martinique Youth Academy Challenge 2030 Season 6 – Martinique Trophee Gerrard Janvion R1 League Performance: XX Place Finish Bang-average, which is unsurprising as we are young and unskilled. Spoiler Domestic Cup Performance: Coupe de Martinique: Finalist! Final was a blowout, but before that we had another great cup run. Spoiler Getting Some money too with a record attendance for the final Coupe de France (Martinique): Finalist! Started the season well with another Final appearance and again were knocked off by Club Franciscain. This one was frustrating as we gave away a 6' penalty to them and then they sat back all game and we couldn't break through. Spoiler Squad: CA & RA Excel Player List: Spoiler CA & RA Team Tables: Spoiler Just love how ridiculously better our GK is than the rest of the team. Defense is looking up with our CDs as a key strength for the team. CMs are also developing well. Player Highlights: Morgan Berger [GK] - Shockingly he hasn't been scooped up by anyone yet. Still on a $6 Appearance fee non-contract for an actually good GK. In some ways I hope he gets taken this summer because I have 2 Professional good ability & potential GKs that need to get gametime. Transfer Activity: Nice and Boring. Best XI: Spoiler Head Coach: Still making no money, and no new badges. Mr Manager. Club Improvements: Club is losing money so no improvements. We make a significant amount from reaching Cup Finals from Gate Reciepts, and that is what is keeping the losses low. Youth Academy: Head of Youth Development Same man. Youth Intake Preview: Spoiler Youth Intake: Solid intake even if we got yet another GK. Personalities are okay, we have decent professionalism through the intake. Spoiler YI Best Candidates: Multiple First Team Ready Candidates. YA Excel Analysis: Spoiler Enjoy seeing the continued higher top-end & Depth of CA in the intake. Happy with the personality spread even if Unambitious got a big boost this year. Higher Attack players this year, which is much needed. Academy Tables: Many new top-10 candidates. Slowly and surely building up team quality. Spoiler International Players: Main: No appearance yet, but my GK who has miraculously not been poached has been called up as the 3rd GK Spoiler Youth: Spoiler Spreadsheet Manager: I was away this weekend so haven't done any development. Summary Save is going well. Squad is ready for another clear out of older players (20-22) that are sub-par to bring up 15-year-olds to build the next standard of play. I expect 2-3 more seasons of mid-table finishes combined with focuses on cup runs to keep the finances stable. Expect a significant drop in performance when my GK finally leaves, but we've got the potential + Personality youngsters to fill in. Youth Academy Challenge Bingo & Trophy Cabinet Sacha Bousquet is our first 100+ Appearance Player out of the Academy! We also added another Cup Final to the check-off and easily have the most players in the MTQ R1. Spoiler 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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