Padders Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 5 hours ago, Skora11 said: You seem to be getting plenty elite talents recently. Hopefully a golden generation to come in the next few seasons. Yes its really needed with the aging first team squad 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 2033/34 End of Season Review ATK Mohun Bagan, the bane of my existence They won every single league game to win the league, being drawn against them in the Super Cup meant we had no chance of qualifying for the semi final and they beat us in the Durand Cup final. Great. And to top it all off, despite being so superior in the league they still weren't good enough to make it out of their Champions League group! Which neither did we, the Champions League is a massive step up from the AFC Cup, Al-Ettifaq were last seasons runners up, thankfully we were able to do the double over Hala who managed to lose 11-2 at home to Al-Ettifaq & 7-0 away to Al-Wahda! Looks like we get a new first choice goalkeeper. Overall Best XI 2032/33 Best XI Rahul Hazra (YP7c) Ganesh Khan (YP7a) - Sachin Akhtar (YP9a) - Thomas Fernandes (YP3b) James Pereira (YP3a) - William Das (YP6c) - Noel Singh (YP9b) - Rahul Rana (YP6e) Ayaan Shaikh - Michael Rabha (YP1a) - Surinder Shaikh (YP2a) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 9 hours ago, naterr said: Congrats on the AFC Cup win - big achievement! I have just qualified for it too so this has given me more hope that we won't get embarrassed by the other teams! Thanks Naterr! There's a definite gulf in quality so best of luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Riebow Posted June 13 Popular Post Share Posted June 13 KSV Oudenaarde (27/28) League We're going up! We drew a lot of games, didn't lose too many (both losses against Aalst), but also didn't win too many. I don't feel we have the quality to compete in a higher division, but I'm just happy we're going to be a professional football team again. Corky Cup Seventh Round again. We really should have beaten Sint-Truiden, but it wasn't to be. Spoiler Youth Intake A very mixed preview again, but the intake was pretty good. A lot of elite talents, with one player first-team ready from the get go. Spoiler Jérôme Dumont(Unambitious, AMLC) He looks really good for the level. Unfortunately he's both unambitious and has a determination of 2... Spoiler Finances and upgrades Probably not the smartest move to increase our academy coaching, considering the state of our finances... We're professional again!! Transfers The board sold Yassine El Idrissi for close to nothing. Let's hope we can sell the sell-on fee for a nice amount Yassine El Idrissii Spoiler Next Season. We'll try our darnest, but staying up would be a miracle. Let's hope we can stay employed, develop our players and get a nice intake 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post libbyshuss Posted June 13 Popular Post Share Posted June 13 Austria - 24/25 - Division 1 Nice dull mid-table season to start Austrian adventure So Greece didn't work out - a first team squad of 13 players and no keepers saw to that, (plus I was worried that the players names wouldn't fit on my spreadheet) - so I decided instead to head to Austria, as I've always enjoyed people's saves there. It always looked quite fun! So I took over at SPG Wels who had a decent squad, a decent bank balance and a decent starting facilities. Nice! We were mid-table pretty much from game 1 which was fine with me! Youth An early youth recruitment upgrade was very nice! The youth preview was very poor though.... so to get an elite talent was a nice surprise But I definitely need better in the next few years if we're going to improve Career 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 10 hours ago, Neo_Geo said: Excellent season there @Daddy, great to see you were able to stem the outward flow and it’s now got you the second champions league spot Now it’s just a case of building towards overthrowing Sparta, pretty much where I am in Northern Ireland now trying to do the same with Linfield 10 seasons in. Do you get beaten consistently by Sparta or are you managing to take points off them? Still some work to do there, but we've had some hints of success against them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 4 hours ago, hubwub said: I'm confused as to why my LNC file for changing Youth Players names isn't working. "CHANGE_PLAYER_NAME" r-2002070109 "Adrián" "" "Reyes Y0A" This is not changing in the game for the regens in my club. What am I doing wrong? Removed the "r-". For some reason that's not needed in the rename file, only for images. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubwub Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 8 minutes ago, XaW said: Removed the "r-". For some reason that's not needed in the rename file, only for images. Thanks @XaW! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Matsusipida Posted June 13 Popular Post Share Posted June 13 IFK Lidingö season 19 / 2042 (swedish premier division) Second season in the highest tier was once again a full season of relegation battle. Good late season form saved us from relegation. 10th place with 34 point is the highest so far. in swedish cup group stage we were 2nd with 6 points from 3 games. Spoiler Squad remained pretty much the same as last season. no major sales. For the first time since breaking to the first team in 2030, Club icon Jonathan Sletsjøe 30A has been dropped from the starting 11. Daniel Rynell 29C and James Kyambadde 34A were our best midfielders. Viktor Niklasson 36A was our top goalscorer with 10 league goals. GK Viktor Strandlund 32B was an important player as well. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Youth intake was good. not so many elite prospects but a lot of good prospects to help with squad dept in a few years time. James Britton 42A is a promising looking winger. With Hassan Billborn 42B we now have around 4-5 high potential goalkeepers. Adrian Svanberg 42C has nice potential and personality, but has a lot of work to do with his skills and physics. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Transfers Spoiler Construction for our new stadium has started and facility upgrades from last season have been finished. Spoiler Spoiler Finances are OK. with current Premier division price moneys we are pretty even with expences. Summary 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Makoto Nakamura Posted June 13 Popular Post Share Posted June 13 2034/35 End of Season Review We were doing stupidly well for us, but that late January & early February run of games absolutely destroyed us! We're still doing far better than I expected though considering Mohun Bagan's wage bill is 20 times bigger than our own! No surprise here, the jump from domestic to continental football is massive! We didn't have a single person rated above C, yet thanks to all the recent upgrades this has been the best intake yet! Overall Best XI 2034/35 Best XI Baljit Raj (YP10a) Peter Singh (YP2e) - Sachin Akhtar (YP9a) - Raja Choudhury (YP8c) James Pereira (YP3a) - Anthony Dhar (YP7e) - Ganesh Khan (YP7a) - Rahul Rana (YP6e) Ayaan Shaikh - Roshan Fernandes (YP6a) - Surinder Shaikh (YP2a) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SkiIIs Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 (edited) Season 2030 - Versport FC - J2 League The year started off with a left field new senior affiliate with Gamba Osaka. Am i little worried they might send players to me on loan so will have to be watchful of this. Our first quest in the second division started off on fire with a 6 - 6 away draw, then 4 wins and another draw to have us sitting in second. Games early on were thick and fast as its a World Cup year and so had a largish break towards the end of our calendar season. We did run out of steam after that and slipped below the play off zones, but some late form towards the back end of the season meant we finished 5th and would play Tochigi away in the semi final. Unfortunately we could only muster a 1 - 1 draw and were knocked out because of seeding. It is now the 4th time playing in a semi final and not progressing in my career so far. With our improved junior academy, it's being noticed and we did have 2 players poached. We are also getting hundreds of bids for our players which is getting really annoying. Our chairman seems to be very eager to approve some bids but lucky i was able convince him to reject and hold out for bigger fees. I fear this is merely a bandaid for future offers. Making a small loss each year but our sponsorship money is dwindling. The first few seasons we were getting 2.4m and even though we're in a division higher than last year, it's dropped again by 500k. Spoiler The club is also eager to build a new stadium which im a little unsure about. We're only averaging 4k fans and we're renting at the moment which suits me fine. I just dont think there's enough money in warranting a new stadium right now. Youth Preview Less A's in this preview, but its probably reflective of the development of the current squad Youth Intake Still a quality intake with several elite prospects. Not the worst personalities and got lucky as the unambitious players are towards the least potential talents Edited June 14 by SkiIIs 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
syemo Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 It's pretty impressive how you get through so many seasons @Padders keep going it seems your turning a corner. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 XaW - Follo Fotballklubb - Season 2023/24 (Season 1) - PostNord-ligaen Avdeling 2 Squad | Transfers | Finances A really good season for us where we eventually got promoted! The season actually started a bit slow, where we lost 4 of the first 7 matches. But I think we we mainly trying to find our feet, and also make the team familiar with the tactics and the setup. After that we drew 4 of the 5 next matches before we finally clicked into form. In the latter half of the season we lost and drew once and won the rest to rocket up the table into the contention for promotion. Going into the final match of the season Bodø/Glimt 2 had more or less clinched the title baring massive results for them and Levanger. But Ullern and ourselves also had the chance of going into the promotion slot (since 2nd teams can't get promoted from this tier), but also the playoff spot. We were looking to cruise into a solid win away to Viking 2, but the scored two late goals to almost come back from a 0-3 deficit, but we held on to a win. Ullern also won, but were behind us on goal difference, and then I noticed that Levanger had surprisingly lost to Sotra and given up their spot. So we went up and Ullern went into the playoff in a very close league! Norgesmesterskapet: We beat Sandviken, Vard Haugesund, Fram Larvik, and surprisingly top tier side Stabæk before we lost to another top tier side Lillestrøm in the quarter final. A great cup run for us. Best players from the academy: Marek Kouřil 24a - Got a lot of matches, but mostly from necessity since we have few backups in defence. Jan Christian Ferrer 24d - He got a few subs and even got his first goal for us. Tobias Høyer 24c - Mostly a crisis option at left back due to lack of options. New club records: Most goals in a season - Oliver Midtgård - 22 goals Most league goals in a season - Markus Woldsund - 15 goals Most goals in a match - Oliver Midtgård - 4 goals Most goals in a league match - Markus Woldsund - 4 goals Most assists in a season - Juba Moula - 15 assists Most player of the match awards in season - Oliver Midtgård - 9 awards Most league goals - Håvard Dalseth - 67 goals Youngest player - Marek Kouřil 24a - 15 years, 175 days Got a few improvements accepted this season. And we are also installing undersoil heating due to league requirements. 2nd team They only played friendlies this season. U19s They finished 2nd in the Oslo Kretsserie G19 this season. Around the world Youth intake: Trophy cabinet <None so far> Player statistics: Most apps for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marek Kouřil 24a Norway Czechia 2024-Present 13 Jan Christian Ferrer 24d Norway <N/A> 2024-Present 5 Tobias Høyer 24c Norway <N/A> 2024-Present 2 Most goals for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marek Kouřil 24a Norway Czechia 2024-Present 1 Jan Christian Ferrer 24d Norway <N/A> 2024-Present 1 Most assists for the club Name Nation 2nd Nation Time at club Apps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobias Høyer 24c Norway <N/A> 2024-Present 1 Jan Christian Ferrer 24d Norway <N/A> 2024-Present 1 Supporters: Summary: 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 Season 125 - 2147/48 - PL Relegated! And I am not surprised, the loss of Sam Donkin along with the rest of the defence so old and need replacing, we were just not good enough I've got another wonderkid, keeper, Victor Hyland But he won't sign a new contract and has a minimum release clause of £45m and relegation relese clause of £22.5m A record number of defeats back end of the season, 12 Board and supporters not happy! Victor Hyland went to Plymouth for the £22.5m Managed to get to pre season and the board want us to avoid relegation in The Championship 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 (edited) Season 126 - 2148/49 - SBC First season back in the SBC after 4 years in the PL And it was really poor, so poor. We are in such a bad place, just look at the value of the squad! Bar the keeper, we have four players over £1m max value I know value isn't everything but gives a clue of where we are at! Only the keeper is PL potential We finished 20th, that is our lowest finish since we got promoted out of the SBL1 in 2068/69! And then look at the state of Donkin now Bit of an odd one with the board, who basically decided to bank £306M! Edited June 14 by Padders 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 7 minutes ago, Padders said: Bit of an odd one with the board, who basically decided to bank £306M! Probably because you have a lot of money, and I think the financial number is on a 32-bit number, so if it went over about 2.2 billion, it would overflow into the same number negative. So this is likely a precautionary step for the game to avoid going out of bounds number-wise. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurectedja Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) FM23* Catania - Season 1 – 2022/23 Like Kevin Durant in 2016, I have chosen the hardest path. He joined the Warriors, and I joined Catania for my new YAC save. There are numerous reasons why I picked them. They are just a boat away from my last unsuccessful save with Jadran Luka Ploče in Croatia. Catania was once a good first division team in Italy. But then came 2022 and bankruptcy, which sent them all the way down to the fourth tier. They have great training facilities, good youth ones and their junior coaching, as well as youth recruitment are average. They also never won a major trophy, which we will hopefully change. The squad itself looks pretty good. There is a core of 11 starters and a 3 or 4 talented pieces of the bench which could improve. Our two best players were Salah, a goalkeeper, and Sarao a veteran target forward. Salah looks impressive given his age and our level. Hoping he stays our No1 for at least the first five or six years. This made me very optimistic about our first season. We were also predicted to finish quite high -seventh. The team had absolutely no staff. So, I roll up the sleeves and started hiring. Like in the previous two saves, I opted for a high professionalism only staff. I can’t believe how easy it was to find staff who had the right level of professionalism but also the level of quality needed. From day one, or two, we had average or better coaching for every category, with 17/20 training facilities. Never been more pumped and enthusiastic for a save! I was even reunited with my DoF from my Deportivo Armenio save and signed former French international William Gallas for 20K a year. Must have fallen on hard times, the poor bloke. We played brilliant for most of the season. We had multiple streaks of 5+ unbeaten. Always around the top, but never on it. There were hopes and opportunities to claim the throne, but we simply couldn’t snatch it. The worst one of all was this game against Trapani. After that horrible Fmed result it kind of sent us in a downwards spiral, losing most of our last 10 games. In the end we finished seventh in the league. In the meaningless playoffs we passed the first round, but lost in the second The youth intake preview was, to quote Larry David, pretty pretty good. It promised at least six elite prospects, none of them playing the same position. Ideal for this type of save. The actual intake gaves us 4 elite talents, with 5 top talents. Like the American educational system ill only focus on the elite kids. Alberto Mora can play striker and AMR. He is a very dribbly boy with good off ball movement. Will train him as a Inverted winger on attack in the MR role so he gives us more options. Stefano Curci is an unathletic but very mentally savvy defender who can cover both DC and DR. Going to train him as a Central defender since we lack depth there. Vicedomini is a very raw prospect with a bit of technique passing and decisions. Squillante is both slow and weak but has a very impressive technical and mental make up for a deeplaying forward. Hope the 3 fickle of them have a good level of professionalism. Manuel Sarao was out best goalscorer, getting 18 in 36. Michele Somma was our best rated player with 7,24, which lead him to the Team of the Year and Defender of the Year Giovinco was our best creator with 10 assists in 41 games. My plans for next season are to repeat the success of the current one. Keep developing the newgens that are close to 2 stars and hopefully keep our squad, especially the goalkeeper. Using the avatar of my legendary Welsh goalkeeper from my Merthyr Town save, the same one I used for the Jadran Luka Ploče save. Edited June 14 by resurectedja 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_Geo Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 So in my tenth season I am pushing Linfield all the way this time, they had 3 games in hand and were 7 points behind thanks to them progressing in Europe and domestic cups but somehow they just kept winning (apart from a loss to Larne recently) and find themselves back on top after the split. I have 3 away matches in the split but crucially I am at home to Linfield on the second last day. As you can see though they are better at attacking and defending so I just have to hope that they get injuries or just have a bad game or two and I have to make sure I push them all the way. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darren1983 Posted June 14 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 14 Season 2026/27 Vanarama National league Review League - What an excellent season this was. After least season the plan was more of the same. We had 3/4 young players ready to step up and either start or be a bench player this year which gave us greater depth but also meant that where a couple of our older, original, players where starting to drop off we had replacements. We started the season a bit slowly but the encouraging thing was that we weren't losing games just not being able to kill teams off. That changed as we clicked and started to get that extra goal or 2 we needed and after around 30 games found ourselves in with a shout of the title. Which was of course when we went a month without a win including losing to bottom of the table. Thankfully the month was Feb so was nice and short and we returned to winning ways not long after. Trouble was we found ourselves 10 points behind leaders Yeovil at this stage so my thoughts turned to securing a playoff place. With 5 games to go we faced Yeovil and drew 1-1 (a 96th minute goal for them costing us) which was then when I noticed that the draw had knocked Yeovil off the top and we were only 2 points off of Rochdale now. We won out from there but sadly so did they as they won the title y 2 points - that 96th minute goal from Yeovil cost us the title! Playoffs it was. Semi final we faced a good Bromley side but goals midway through both halves saw us win 2-0. In the final we would face Yeovil. A real back and forth game which saw us never able to fully pull away but we did win 4-2 and will be a football league club next season! FA Cup - Made it to the 3rd round for the first time ever. Dreams of big money match to ease our finances with the new stadium coming were rubbished when we drew Champions side Fulham at home. They smashed us and we didn't make a massive amount of money. Was on TV though so that 70k covered that months loan at least. FA Trophy - Made it to the quarter finals of this but fixture congestion meant we fell here. Transfers - none in but for the first time we were loaning players out. Squad - Good to see some of the youngsters get significant game time this season. The worry now is that Mills is retiring and his goals will be hard to replace. Was league top scorer this season but I started to phase him out in final months for Aaron Green 26A who is looking good and shipped in with goals once I had him starting. Make no mistake though, the step up and losing Mills is going to be costly next season. Youth Intake - The preview looked great and the intake matched it. We lost our HoYD Scott Mason to AFC Wimbledon late in the season. His replacement isn't as good but is a model citizen and so I'm happy to lose some coaching skills for the much better personality Gentrit Lekaj 27A - a nice looking striker, mentals not great but he's only 15 so time to work on those. John Hamilton 27B - wide option, we need more depth there and he has decent pace and can play both sides Precious Ibrahim 27C - left winger, has pace and can cross. Like him. Ricky Hughes 27D - a OK looking CB. Maybe not got the highest potential but like what I see. Career Overview Season League Position Junior Coaching Youth Recruitment Notes 2024/25 VNLS 1st Adequate 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 We're also ground sharing with Leyton Orient next season as our ground isn't suitable for the EFL and the new ground won't be ready till the following season. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_Geo Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 League Two in 3 seasons is good going @darren1983 The legend that is Danny Mills cannot be allowed to retire Green 26A looks like a really decent prospect, pretty well rounded striker (provided you play low crosses given he's 5'5" and has 5 jumping!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neo_Geo Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 Oh well, always next season: On the final day I beat Glentoran 3-2 away from home and with a red card at 50 mins (had been 2-0 up before then) but Linfield crushed Cliftonville 4-1 at home to win their 6th title in a row. I drew 1-1 with them in my match and drew with Cliftonville when Linfield drew with Larne (even if I had won that I would have lost on goal difference anyway). That was the first season of being professional so I'm hoping with another year's development of my players we might just be able to start beating them and pip them to title. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubwub Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Club de Deportes Limache - Campeonato Nacional Ascenso Betsson - 2024 CLUB: PROFILE | FACILITIES | HONOURS | BOARD VISION | SUPPORTERS | FINANCES MANAGER: PROFILE | ATTRIBUTES High expectations for the first season. Reach playoffs is a strong ask. There is no additional staff in the club. There is only the Club President, the Chief Doctor, and myself. So hiring new staff is a must. Youth Academy This is the Youth Intake prior to me taking over. It could be worse. Peter Mirosevic Y0C and Maximiliano Alfaro Y0I are the highlights for me. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1983 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 51 minutes ago, Neo_Geo said: League Two in 3 seasons is good going @darren1983 The legend that is Danny Mills cannot be allowed to retire Green 26A looks like a really decent prospect, pretty well rounded striker (provided you play low crosses given he's 5'5" and has 5 jumping!) Yeah it's easily the quickest I've done it, think progress will start to slow now though. Mills is so good. He's physical beast which is why I think he scores so many at this level - 101 goals in 130 leagues games sine I took over. It's crazy. Greene is the other end of the scale when it comes to height. I'm thinking a 4231 rather than my normal 433 might be on the cards with Greene. Having a playmaker and 2 wide players cutting in to give him support and ideally slip in through balls to cover for his lack of height. Going to play around with it in pre season. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Padders Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 Season 127 - 2149/50 - SBC Another awful season! As per the last update, we are a poor side with poor players! Nothing more to say! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bg0123 Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 Usti nad Labem - Czech First Division - 2041/42 Season Awful awful season. Not much else to say. I almost quit this save, that's how much I felt like everything was falling apart. I'm happy I stuck with it and hopefully we improve. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bg0123 Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 Usti nad Labem - Czech First Division - 2042/43 Season A much better season where we were very consistent throughout and finished in 4th place in the Championship group. Unfortunately we lost the final to get the last European spot but overall very positive. Sigma is now the team to beat in Czechia. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Makoto Nakamura Posted June 14 Popular Post Share Posted June 14 2035/36 End of Season Review We actually managed to defeat ATK Mohun Bagan in a cup final! The league is seeming to get tougher ad tougher, the top four played 104 games and lost 9 in total, thankfully we were one of those teams but gaps are definitely forming! Another season and another 3rd place. We're starting to get some decent personalities coming through now! Shame it's a worse intake than last season though. Ayaan Shaikh, the last original member of the team is finally retiring. He became a super sub and still didn't let us down even with much less playing time this season, he will be missed but hopefully the youngsters can step up. Overall Best XI 2035/36 Best XI Baljit Raj (YP10a) Sachin Akhtar (YP9a) - Thoms Fernandes (YP3b) - Raja Choudhury (YP8c) James Pereira (YP3a) - Joe Banerjee (YP11e) - Anthony Dhar (YP7e) - Pradip Gomes (YP11f) Ayaan Shaikh - Michael Rabha (YP1a) - Roshan Fernandes (YP6a) 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_Geo Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 genuine question here, how are some players getting through seasons so quickly? I struggle to fit in playing the game with work and home commitments and when I do play I maybe get through a few months at best, a season a week is about as much as I can manage. Do players use instant matches or each game at full speed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I average a season every other day, three at most. I work from home and my job allows many quick little breaks, so I frequently hit next a lot. I also find FM to be the perfect game to play while watching TV, right now I'm watching the Phillies game and playing, I don't like just watching TV so I need to be playing something. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 9 hours ago, Neo_Geo said: genuine question here, how are some players getting through seasons so quickly? I struggle to fit in playing the game with work and home commitments and when I do play I maybe get through a few months at best, a season a week is about as much as I can manage. Do players use instant matches or each game at full speed? I tend to instant result most matches minus cup finals but it also helps that I have a really good PC. I can probably get through 5 seasons in a day if I have a day off work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post libbyshuss Posted June 15 Popular Post Share Posted June 15 Austria - 2025/26 - Division 1 Fantastic Season On and Off the Pitch as Wels launch Unlikely Promotion Bid! yep, we were right up there! at one stage, in October, we even went top! We couldn't sustain that form and slowly dropped away but even so, it was a really promising season Finances So why was it such a good season off the pitch? Because the board gave us youth recruitment improvements three times, letting us max it out already! get in! Very excited for next seasons intake now! Youth This seasons intake though was.... ok I guess? preview gave us two A grades which was exciting but the intake only gave us 3 elite talents so.... Career 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matsusipida Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Does anyone have a good formation to field six goalkeepers? I might need a one after a couple of seasons. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
syemo Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 (edited) Trying to pick a nation and decided to see what nations have been done from the HOF list Edited June 15 by syemo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_Geo Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 19 minutes ago, Matsusipida said: Does anyone have a good formation to field six goalkeepers? I might need a one after a couple of seasons. Ask the Scotland manager Steve Clarke, that's the next logical step for him after last night 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAwtunes Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 11 hours ago, Neo_Geo said: genuine question here, how are some players getting through seasons so quickly? I struggle to fit in playing the game with work and home commitments and when I do play I maybe get through a few months at best, a season a week is about as much as I can manage. Do players use instant matches or each game at full speed? Yeah, a season a week is about the quickest I can progress too, and that's with some instant results and viewing some matches on comprehensive highlights on just over avg. speed (normally continental, big cup games and the occasional important league game). I do handle all contracts, training, talk to players before all games to boost morale, control friendlies (albeit using instant results normally) and have quite a few playable leagues. So I guess that will slow things down a bit. I quite like taking it slow tbh. I find I get more immersed that way. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAwtunes Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 53 minutes ago, syemo said: Trying to pick a nation and decided to see what nations have been done from the HOF list I think RUS teams are unable to enter euro comps, unless SI changed something? Indonesia is fun, I'd recommend a save there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neo_Geo Posted June 15 Popular Post Share Posted June 15 EURO ADVENTURE AND CLOSE TITLE RACE IN SEASON 10 A highly enjoyable season to manage as Crewe United made it into the Europa Conference League group stage and then managing to gain enough points to qualify for the Knock Out Play Offs and domestically pushed Linfield to the very last game but ultimately fell short. This is now the 4th season in a row that we have finished second (and Cliftonville third) but it is also the closest we have come to winning it and the most points accumulated. For much of the season we were actually top but Linfield had at one point 4 games in hand due to their crazy schedule (As an example if I had won every game this season we would have played 75 games and ended the season in early May). In the head to head matches against Linfield we just weren't good enough and whilst Linfield did drop a number of points this year we didn't beat them and only managed 2 draws and 2 defeats. We didn't do that well in the cups due to the fixture congestion in the first half of the season. I purposely fielded an incredibly weakened side in the SPFL Trust Trophy to go out at the round of entry once again and in the Clearer Water Cup second round it was a trip to Windsor Park to play Linfield who once again beat us. The Mid Ulster cup was retained fairly comfortably and we did make the League Cup Final (Bet McLean Cup) but lost to.......yup you've guessed it, Linfield. Finances are going really strongly after the European run and from a national perspective everything is on an upward trajectory at the moment so I am really pleased with the save and for 10 seasons in I think I have some really strong foundations in place to at least achieve the first part of the challenge by winning the Premiership, quite when that will be will depend on how good or bad my intakes have really been up until now (seeing some really good development from a few players this year), how good my intakes will be in the future and of course whether Linfield can keep their strong squad together. League Spoiler Some fantastic winning runs in the league campaign, speckled with dropped points to Linfield, Cliftonville and Larne so at least we are only dropping points to the teams directly around us but such is this league at the moment that you need to pretty much beat everyone to dethrone Linfield. Domestic Cups Spoiler Nothing spectacular of note with the results from the domestic cups Europe Spoiler The qualifying round draws were quite tough and I was honestly shocked at the away win against FC Rapid to kick things off. Everything clicked up front and defensively (for a change as we do leak a lot of goals) and perhaps Rapid were lacking some match sharpness as they improved a lot in the return leg. Drawing Trabzonspor I was sure that going to be it for us but we kept it tight away from home for a 2-1 loss before I just went attacking at home and thought I had nothing to lose and the 2-0 was well deserved on the night. The Asteras Tripolis match at home ended 3-3 was your usual ding-dong yo-yo match with and I honestly thought again that was going to be it with the away match to come but I played a weakened side in the league match to rest up my best players for the away game and it was a close match but Aaron Morris Y8-A (GK) pulled a 7.8 performance out of the hat. The league phase started with losses to Debrecen and Burnley but they were kept respectable (Burnley went on to win it) but then we managed to pick up 10 points from the next 4 matches with the most impressive being a 2-0 home win against Club Brugge. We qualified above Linfield (which on a personal level was very much appreciated) and then moved on to the Knock Out Play Offs where we got spanked in Italy by Fiorentina 3-0 and whilst we managed to win the return leg 2-1 to save face a little there was no way we were overturning a 3-0 defeat as they were just that bit too good. What was also really nice was being recognised as the biggest overachievers in the competition and we narrowly lost out on the most improved side in Europe to Omonia. Club News Spoiler As I had left a decent amount of money in the bank at the end of last season and given our European progress I was able to get Training Facilities and Youth Facilities improved this season. The change to professional led to more staff being available and the position we are in now with the staff overview is a really pleasing picture: No sign of anything with the stadium as we are only filling 42% of it and season ticket sales are still hovering about the 200 mark. Youth Intake Spoiler Intake preview didn't look fantastic but a highly rated wingback would fit with the way I play (with a bit of retraining as I use wingbacks in the fullback position) but then on intake day it was a striker and left winger that seemed to be the ones to be more excited about, especially the striker. With a bit of work on endurance and passing I think Charlie Elliot Y10-A has the makings of a really good Advanced Forward and is probably the long term replacement for Knox Y4-A (although he seems happy here and no one appears to be after him). The intake this year saw an Albanian and Hungarian in the mix which was nice to see a little more diversity. Player record wise it continues to be about Sam Knox Y4-A however another 2 long time servants left the club at the end of last season, Michael Braniff Y1-A (my DM and my captain for the first 5 years) and Aaron Boyle Y5-A (right sided winger who was never going to feature much in this new formation and didn't see retraining as a possibility for him). Still no international caps for any of the players whilst at the club. Admin Spoiler Former Player Watch Spoiler Johnny Barr Y4-A Sold to Aberdeen for £10k +50% of future transfer on 26th July 2029 Still struggling to get game time at Aberdeen and now 22 its getting to the make of break point for Barr Y4-A. Ideally I'd like him to start playing and scoring to then get a move but to be honest I'm resigned to him having a mediocre career at Aberdeen or he'll leave on a free. It's a shame as I felt he was a really promising striker. Curtis Graham Y6-A Sold to Newcastle United for £250k + 50% of future transfer on 15th June 2032 No loan move for him for this year and still yet to make a first team appearance for Newcastle. 42 goals in 42 games for the youth sides at Newcastle is good but he really needs to get first team football somewhere. His value is estimated between £51m and £81m so as you can imagine with a 50% of next transfer in the mix I am desperate for him to come good and get a big money move from Newcastle. He's still 19 and contracted for another 3 years so I'm not overly concerned at this stage. Next Season Spoiler I'm not expecting a repeat in Europe, in fact I'd rather NOT have that kind of run so that I can get a more focused challenge on Linfield in the league. I've seen development from my DMs, back up DCs, DL, DR and 2 of my AMCs so I have real hope that we are getting stronger and can start to actually beat Linfield once or twice in a season. Though that will depend on whether they stay the same level or whether they invest as they have £11m in the bank and £7m transfer budget. At this stage of the save I really just want to try to become the top dog in Northern Ireland and whilst the money from Europe is great when it comes overall its a distraction right now. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAwtunes Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 @Neo_Geoforgot to mention that I use this to help move things along a little bit quicker. I don't select the fewer stops in play option as I like to jump in if I see something that needs attention: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo_Geo Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 30 minutes ago, JAwtunes said: @Neo_Geoforgot to mention that I use this to help move things along a little bit quicker. I don't select the fewer stops in play option as I like to jump in if I see something that needs attention: Never used that feature, may try that out cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron_Swanson Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 2 hours ago, JAwtunes said: @Neo_Geoforgot to mention that I use this to help move things along a little bit quicker. I don't select the fewer stops in play option as I like to jump in if I see something that needs attention: I use that too, helps when you multitask and don't pay attention to FM 100% of the time. I have one issue with it though, whenever game stops simulating it jumps to next unread message but with auto continue it can sometimes skip a lot of messages so I need to look back through them (that are already marked as read) just to not miss anything improtant. Is there any workaround, maybe you can change it somewhere in setting so it won't go to inbox as default? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAwtunes Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 16 minutes ago, Ron_Swanson said: I use that too, helps when you multitask and don't pay attention to FM 100% of the time. I have one issue with it though, whenever game stops simulating it jumps to next unread message but with auto continue it can sometimes skip a lot of messages so I need to look back through them (that are already marked as read) just to not miss anything improtant. Is there any workaround, maybe you can change it somewhere in setting so it won't go to inbox as default? Im not aware of a workaround - perhaps worth raising a bug report? I tend to control everything, so there is normally something I need to respond to every few days and I never have more than a few messages that I need to skip back and read. In the off season it can be more of a pain, especially if I miss an offer coming in for a coach and come back to find he has left without me knowing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron_Swanson Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 20 minutes ago, JAwtunes said: Im not aware of a workaround - perhaps worth raising a bug report? I tend to control everything, so there is normally something I need to respond to every few days and I never have more than a few messages that I need to skip back and read. In the off season it can be more of a pain, especially if I miss an offer coming in for a coach and come back to find he has left without me knowing I don't think it's a bug per se, just a slight inconvenience Anyway, time to post last season update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron_Swanson Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Stal Stalowa Wola - Poland - PKO Ekstraklasa - season 4 - 2027/28 Very nice group, but again 2/3 of best youngsters are unambitious. We finished midtable but only thanks to great performance after winter break. We have pretty nice depth in offensive formation so I need to keep some of youngsters in u19 team and they just almost won top tier of Polish youth league finnishing 2nd just 1pt behind Legia. Junior coaching and recruitment already maxed out, and we're the only club in the whole country to get them both 20/20 Training facilities also being upgraded constantly, twice this season. But second time, after all bonuses were paid out, my request was accepted, just the next day our youth facilities got downgraded and we had not enough money left to get them back so we need to wait probably a whole year until we can afford it. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 20 hours ago, Neo_Geo said: genuine question here, how are some players getting through seasons so quickly? I struggle to fit in playing the game with work and home commitments and when I do play I maybe get through a few months at best, a season a week is about as much as I can manage. Do players use instant matches or each game at full speed? I IR dead rubber games, but other than that play at almost full speed (I slow down if needed) and often 2D too. Got a quick-ish computer and work a lot from home and I some times have some dead time to get in a match or two. Also, the wife also like to play some pc games too, so after the kid is put to bed, it's usually game night every night here! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Makoto Nakamura Posted June 15 Popular Post Share Posted June 15 2036/37 End of Season Review A much worse season for us, with Ayaan gone nobody stepped up and took over. Our worst finish in the league for a few years and a goal difference of just +4. Another loss against Mohun Bagan sent us out of the Super Cup and an equally expected loss against Mumbai City knocked uss out of the Durand Cup. We didn't even get any luck in the Champions League as we were drawn against the previous seasons runners up Al-Duhail who easily dispatched of us. Maybe I shouldn't be complaining as even now, as we finish our 9th season in the Super League only our three best players are rated good enough for this league! All in all I have 20 players that are rated as good for the 2nd tier or higher. An excellently awful intake. I just don't know how I feel about them really, three of the top four are in positions we don't use and it's just a bit naff. The board won't let me upgrade junior coaching due to the amount of young players we have either which doesn't help. Overall Best XI 2036/37 Best XI Baljit Raj (YP10a) Sachin Akhtar (YP9a) - Thomas Fernandes (YP3b) - Raja Choudhury (YP8c) James Pereira (YP3a) - Kunal Fernandes (YP11i) - Ganesh Khan (YP7a) - Pradip Gomes (YP11f) Surinder Shaikh (YP2a) - Michael Rabha (YP1a) - Roshan Fernandes (YP6a) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post naterr Posted June 15 Popular Post Share Posted June 15 Tony Pizza at Kerala United FC - Go Hornbills! - Season 7 Preseason Cup The Durand cup wasn't very successful this year - we never made it out of the group stage.7 Super League The league started terribly, 3 losses in a row and I did start to panic a bit. We picked up form and got back to our trusty 5th place finish which we seem to like finishing in. Goa in the Playoffs but they proved too much for us. Bit disappointing after how well we did last year. Manager Profile Starting to get some decent attributes now with the coaching badges - I am known for a High-Tempo game - nothing about youth apparently. Youth Intake Another Excellent preview - still no full backs!!! There was a fullback!!!! but he is pretty crap. Best two youth players Spoiler Super Cup Much better than the other cup but another final loss to Kolkata. We need to be working on our penalties it seems! ACC We did incredibly well in the continental competition, until we faced a team outside the South Asian section. Johor were just too good for us, they managed to come runner up in the tournament. Team of the year Kumar up top was the standout - even though he mostly got those games due to the injuries of others. Next Years team I think the team has improved over the last year - but results were much worse. Onwards and upwards next year! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurectedja Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 22 hours ago, Makoto Nakamura said: I tend to instant result most matches minus cup finals but it also helps that I have a really good PC. I can probably get through 5 seasons in a day if I have a day off work. The way one sets up the save is also important. My laptop isn't all that great, but I always load the nation i play in as the only league. I load a lot of players, similar to how Second Yellow Card sets his build a nation saves. Takes a minute or two to go through a week and the match I have on max speed and key highlights in 2D unless its an important game. The match takes around 3-5 minutes. So in a hour i can easily go through a month and a half or two. The less clubs in the playable leagues the faster the progress as well. Argentina and Croatia are excellent parallels. In the first and second division in Argentina there are over 60 clubs in total. So in a given day you can be simulation 30 games at worst. In Croatia, there are 22 clubs in total in the top two leagues and on a week to week basis there are less matches that need processing, which leads to much faster progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 2037/38 End of Season Review We entered the Champions League at an even earlier round but we still get drawn against a Qatari side...and it's another early exit. In the league there's no change as it's still just the Mohun Bagan & Mumbai City show, maybe one day we'll be able to get to their level! Well this intake brings us a lot of future wingbacks. Overall Best XI 2037/38 Best XI Baljit Raj (YP10a) Ganesh Khan (YP7a) - Sachin Akhtar (YP9a) - Raja Choudhury (YP8c) James Pereira (YP3a) - Joe Bannerjee (YP11e) - Charles Dey (YP12d) - Mario Singh (YP12b) Surinder Shaikh (YP2a) - Michael Rabha (YP1a) - Roshan Fernandes (YP6a) 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post resurectedja Posted June 16 Popular Post Share Posted June 16 FM23 Catania - Season 2 – 2023/24 The off season was rough. Two of my starting central defenders said they weren’t interested in resigning with us. This season will be their last for the club, most likely. Our star starting goalkeeper was making noise about leaving. I finally settled on letting him leave if someone played 1,5 million for him. I thought I was safe, but it turned out I was not. After rejecting like 15 offers that didn’t even reach a million euros, Paderborn swooped in with a 1,8 million euro offer which the board accepted in a heartbeat. So a few weeks before the start of the season, we were downgraded from a 4,5 star to a 1,5 star goalkeeper. Players weren’t the only ones who looked for greener pasture elsewhere. My DoF left for Venezia. My head scout went to Citadella to become their HoYD. This lead the media to drop us in their preview, from fifth to eight. I wasn’t expecting much. My only hope was that the improvement of some players would improve our offensive output which would mitigate our worse defense. We started the season brilliantly. 8 game streak with 6 wins and 2 draws. After 17 rounds we were first, with only a single defeat. Late November and early December we broke our consecutive wins record, winning 6 straight. The highlight of said streak was an absolute demolition of Savoia. But Catanzaro and Pescara were always breathing down our necks. Both teams built incredible defenses, neither slipped above 0,5 conceded goals all season. As the new year came, so did our fortunes shift, we were less surgical on both ends. Round by round we started to fall behind the two teams I mentioned earlier. The worst moment was the match against Turris, a 2 2 draw where they had a whopping 0,11 xG. We didn’t start losing, but there were more draws than wins and that ultimately cost us the promotion. We finished 4th with a record 73 points. In the playoffs we skipped the first round, demolished a team from the C/B league and lost on penalties after that. The Youth Preview was a mixed bag in terms of letters, but it still promised 4 elite talents, a fullback, a CM, a striker and AMC. When the youth intake came it was a bit different. There were 3 elite talents, striker, MC and left winger. Cervoni is very impressive mentally and physically. I am training him as a Pressing F on Attack with special focus on shooting. I also moved him to the senior squad right away so I can mentor him with Giovinco, who is fairly ambitious. I usually don’t mind unambitious, but in the case of Cervoni, the determination is low as well. Bruschi is an nonathletic CM on attack, very technically gifted but not much else. Fabbri is fast and has a bit of technique. He is also the only elite with a good personality. Given the improvements it is a bit of a letdown. But maybe a season or two is needed for the upgrades to take full effect. Zadi the Ivorian Newgen from the holiday season is our first youth international, starting to feature in the Ivorian U20 team regularly since September this season. Based on our good form, and the money we got from Salah’s transfer, we managed to get quite a few improvements. We improved the youth recruitment three times, going from average to excellent . Our junior coaching was improved once, going from average to adequate. All these boosts started to catch attention of neighboring clubs, so our academy player Alessandro Masiero was poached by Palermo. Plan for next season is simple, give as many games as possible to our 4,5 and 5 star kids. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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