[FM23] Schalke 04 - Can Jens Mustermann turn it around?

[lfds89]

9 horas atrás, warlock disse:

It would be harsh to be sacked for failing that kind of target, but you might have passed without those final results.

You'll surely need to kick on next season. I'm sure you will 

I probably wouldn't have made many more points if I were to play my first team. In this sequence, in the first round, we had 4 points, 3 of which were in the game against Bayern when they were tired. Maybe we could do better against Mainz, but getting a point from Leipzig or Bayern at this point is more a case of a lucky strike mixed with a perfect plan than just an objective.

I just wish these objectives had a clearer explanation, like "finish above 14th/12th,..."

[lfds89]

END-OF-SEASON UPDATE

Seems to be safe now!

Season

Year

Club

League

Position

Cup

Stage

CC

Stage

League PPG

League Win %

League GF

League GA

01

2022/2023

Schalke 04

GER1

14th

Pokal

1stR

DNP

DNP

1,12

26%

32

33

Season	Year	Most Minutes	Most Goals	Most Assists	Most Clean Sheets	Highest AvR	Most POM
01	2022/2023	Moritz Jenz – 3035	Keke Topp – 9	Assan Ouédraogo – 4	Andreas Linde – 6	Assan Ouédraogo – 7,01	Tim Skarke – 3

Season	Year	Avg Attendance	Start Balance + Loan	End Balance + Loan	Start Wage	End Wage	Squad BPR
01	2022/2023	59724	-301 158 912,00 €	-294 034 279,00 €	3 225 503,00 €	2 549 907,00 €	1 394

Overall, finances haven't improved much, but I don't think I'll buy many more players and I can still offload some. Wages will be even lower next season so that should help as well. Also, these numbers are pre-sponsorship deals so a few days forward and balance is in the positive (here balance was -20M, now it's +5M).

	FC SCHALKE 04
	2022/2023
	PLAYERS
	Goals			Assists			Minutes
	Keke Topp	9		Assan Ouédraogo	4		Moritz Jenz	3 035
	Sebastian Polter	6		Tim Skarke	3		Thomas Ouwejan	2 208
	Tim Skarke	5		Alex Král	3		Tom Krauß	2 061
	Michaël Frey	4		Amine Adli	2		Sepp van den Berg	2 022
	Assan Ouédraogo	3		Rodrigo Zalazar	2		Alexander Schwolow	1 890
	Progressive Passes /90			Key Passes /90			Headers Won /90
	Alex Král	6,3		Thomas Ouwejan	3,3		Moritz Jenz	6,7
	Thomas Ouwejan	6,0		Rodrigo Zalazar	1,9		Sebastian Polter	5,6
	Tom Krauß	5,7		Tim Skarke	1,8		Simon Terodde	5,2
	Niklas Tauer	5,3		Tobias Mohr	1,5		Leo Greiml	5,0
	Tobias Mohr	5,3		Assan Ouédraogo	1,4		Sepp van den Berg	4,9
	Possession Won /90			Dribbles /90			Average Rating
	Moritz Jenz	17,3		Tobias Mohr	3,8		Assan Ouédraogo	7,0
	Leo Greiml	15,5		Tim Skarke	3,5		Keke Topp	7,0
	Cédric Brunner	15,0		Sôichirô Kôzuki	3,3		Tim Skarke	6,9
	Sepp van den Berg	14,9		Amine Adli	2,9		Tom Krauß	6,9
	Niklas Tauer	13,1		Mads Roerslev	2,8		Andreas Linde	6,9

	TEAM
	Most Used Formation			Formations Faced			Best Results
	4-4-1-1 2DM	37%		4-2-3-1 Wide	25%		Freiburg (H)	4-1 W
	4-4-2	17%		4-3-3 DM Wide	18%		Stuttgart (H)	3-0 W
	4-1-4-1 DM	13%		4-4-2	15%		Union Berlin (H)	3-0 W
	5-2-3 DM Wide	9%		5-3-2 DM WB	12%		Bayern (H)	3-0 W
	5-2-1-2 DM AM	5%		5-2-2-1 DM AM	11%		5 games	1-0 W
	Highest xG			Highest xG/Shot			Less Shots Conceded
	Freiburg (H)	2,21		Dortmund (A)	0,19		Hertha (A)	4
	Bochum (H)	2,07		Freiburg (H)	0,18		Gladbach (H)	5
	Bayern (H)	2,00		Leipzig (H)	0,16		Bochum (H)	5
	Freiburg (A)	1,97		4 games	0,15		Stuttgart (H)	5
	Dortmund (A)	1,94					2 games	6
	More Shots			Highest Conversion			Less xG Conceded
	Bochum (H)	24		Freiburg (H)	33%		Augsburg (A)	0,08
	Stuttgart (H)	18		Union Berlin (H)	30%		Stuttgart (H)	0,16
	Hertha (H)	18		Stuttgart (A)	25%		Hertha (A)	0,18
	Bayer (H)	16		Bayern (H)	23%		Hoffenheim (H)	0,25
	4 games	15		Stuttgart (H)	17%		Union Berlin (H)	0,26

	MOST USED ELEVEN
				Alexander Schwolow, 1890 min
	Sepp van den Berg, 2022 min		Leo Greiml, 1683 min		Moritz Jenz, 3035 min		Thomas Ouwejan, 2208 min
			Alex Král, 1616 min		Tom Krauss, 2061 min
	Sôichirô Kôzuki, 1670 min						Tim Skarke, 1575 min
				Rodrigo Zalazar, 1556 min
				Sebastian Polter, 1580 min

 

TRANSFERS

A different profile from Keke Topp, will complement him. I'm not sure about Polter's continuity with us. He was very harsh about the objectives not being met. 

 

I'm dealing with 2 prospects: one is a GK ending his contract. I don't know if he'll be useful, but there's a gap between Linde and all the others, especially the youngsters, he can fill so I might take him on a low wage; the other one is a CM/LW, left-footed. He's almost as good as Zalazar, low fee, low wages - seems like a good deal even if I don't need him as much.

 

If I find a starter RB I'll go for it. I'll lose van den Berg and Roerslev; Brunner doesn't have the quality to be a starter; Bulut and Aydin are still not there yet; Matriciani is not great either as CB or RB. This leaves me with a weakness and we can't have such weaknesses in the coming season. The objective set by the board is mid-table so we can't take risks.

Once again, I would love to know what mid-table is.

 

On the way out, besides a bunch of players ending their contract, we still have some loanees returning I don't plan to keep: Larsson (valued 1-2M); Matriciani (1-2M) might stay over Brunner (1-2M) due to wages, but it's also possible both leave; Pieringer (1-3M) is the same profile as Keke Topp and Polter (1-2M) so I won't keep all 3; Bozdogan (2-6M) is similar to Zalazar (2-4M), so one leaves (since I have Gulliksen and Ouédraogo who can also play there); Idrizi (750k-2M) doesn't have the quality to stay. There are some more players around 1M that might leave but pre-season will be the definitive test. That should be around 6M+ in and some wages available.

I also got 1M from a clause on Weston McKennie. The clause was being valued at 600k throughout the season but I was waiting for it to be increases and when it got to 1M I decided to sell it as I don't think it would be worth much more in the future.

[lfds89]

Forgot to post the Seasonal Evolution:

Improved

Name	Best Pos	Personality	Age	Best Rating	BPR Variation	BPR Variation
Niklas Barthel	D (C)	Light-Hearted	18	59	2,5	4,2%
Niklas Dörr	ST (C)	Fairly Determined	17	60	3,6	6,0%
Edion Gashi	AM (L)	Balanced	17	54	2,1	3,9%
Emmanuel Gyamfi	AM (L)	Balanced	18	55	2,8	5,1%
Mattes Hansen	M (C)	Balanced	19	57	4,5	7,9%
Til Heitzmann	D (C)	Balanced	17	56	3,5	6,3%
Alex Král	DM	Fairly Determined	25	67	1,8	2,7%
Mateusz Lipp	D (C)	Balanced	19	54	2,0	3,7%
Assan Ouédraogo	M (R)	Resolute	17	62	4,3	7,0%
Meik Pusch	D (L)	Balanced	15	45	2,8	6,4%
Luis Rödel	GK	Balanced	19	50	4,4	8,9%
Sidi Sané	AM (L)	Fairly Sporting	20	63	2,3	3,6%
Taylan Bulut	D (R)	Resolute	17	60	3,2	5,4%
Keke Topp	ST (C)	Balanced	19	63	3,6	5,6%
Sepp van den Berg	D (C)	Fairly Professional	21	65	1,9	2,9%
Steven van der Sloot	AM (R)	Balanced	20	54	3,0	5,5%
Zaid Amoussou-Tchibara	ST (C)	Balanced	17	59	3,3	5,5%

 

Ouédraogo, Král, Topp, and van den Berg were first-team players, however Král and van den Berg were just here on loan.

Sidi Sané, Hansen, Heitzmann, Dörr and Bulut are next in line to have a chance in the first team.

 

Declined

Name	Best Pos	Personality	Age	Best Rating	BPR Variation	BPR Variation
Tim Albutat	DM	Fairly Professional	30	57	-0,3	-0,5%
Grace Bokake	AM (L)	Balanced	21	53	-2,7	-5,0%
Dominick Drexler	AM (C)	Balanced	33	62	-2,2	-3,5%
Amine Harit	AM (L)	Balanced	25	67	-1,0	-1,5%
Blendi Idrizi	M (L)	Balanced	25	60	-2,3	-3,8%
Marcin Kamiński	D (C)	Fairly Sporting	31	61	-1,6	-2,6%
Michael Langer	GK	Fairly Professional	38	58	-1,8	-3,1%
Pedro Neto	AM (R)	Resolute	23	65	-0,2	-0,3%
Tristan Osmani	AM (R)	Balanced	18	54	-0,1	-0,1%
Reinhold Ranftl	M (R)	Balanced	31	59	-0,7	-1,3%
Tiago Silva	M (C)	Fairly Professional	29	64	-0,3	-0,5%
Niklas Tauer	DM	Fairly Determined	22	63	-0,1	-0,2%
Simon Terodde	ST (C)	Resolute	35	63	-2,1	-3,4%
Yannick Tonye	AM (R)	Balanced	18	50	-1,2	-2,3%
Rodrigo Zalazar	M (C)	Fairly Determined	23	63	-2,9	-4,6%

Albutat, Drexler, Harit, Kaminski, Langer and Terodde have already left the club. Neto and Silva were on loan. Expect to sell Idrizi and Raftl. Zalazar was the biggest disappointment. I'm not sure he'll stay.

 

[shd34_216_42]

On 12/09/2024 at 05:33, lfds89 said:

 

Once again, I would love to know what mid-table is.

Mid-table should mean below top half but avoiding the relegation battle (so probably like 10th-13th or so). That means your point target is probably closer to 45 this season.

[lfds89]

9 horas atrás, shd34_216_42 disse:

Mid-table should mean below top half but avoiding the relegation battle (so probably like 10th-13th or so). That means your point target is probably closer to 45 this season.

I don't think it's about points, I think it's place only. I was 14 points away from the playoff spot, 16 from automatic relegation. It should be clear enough.

I'm guessing 13th+ (as you said) or even 12th+ is the board's target.

[lfds89]

Em 11/08/2024 em 18:02, lfds89 disse:

SQUAD

95 players under contract between 3 squads and loans.

Breaking it down: 10 players out on loan; 12 players as regular starters or superior; 22 squad players or below; 51 prospects/youngsters. Out of those I have 9 loans in.

By age: 43 U19; 12 Over 30; 40 between 20 and 29.

The whole squad is valued at 149M if we could get the upper limit transfer value for each player. However, top 5 players are players loaned in, so not really our value (they amount to 55M). So squad value is in fact below 95M.

This was the state of the club when I got here. In comparison:

Season	Year	Players Under Contract	Loan Out	Loan In	U19	O30	19-30	Squad Value
01	2022/2023	95	10	9	43	12	40	149M
02	2023/2024	76	10	0	36	3	37	291M

The transfer window isn't over but I don't expect many changes. No loans taking over and developing players for other teams; increased value; reduced players declining; drastic decrease in players under contract. If this club wants to be viable in the long term, this is the change we need.

Should be noted that a substantial part of the increase in squad value comes from Ouédraogo. He represents almost 20% of our value and 3 times more than second and third. Keke will probably increase his value as soon as I can get him on a new contract (which will get him out of a very low release clause of 3,4M).

 

I'm still in the middle of the transfer window, there'll be an update soon.