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Staff
FC 1. Kaiserslautern Overview
Kaiserslautern II Overview
Kaiserslautern Under 19s Overview
I'm going to be trying something a little different with my staff and transfers (more on them in another post) during this save. Rather than using the staff search screen and finding the best ones based on their attributes, I will instead try to make this a little more realistic and place adverts to then have people approach me for a job. I will then evaluate each candidate and see if I want to take them on. No-one suitable, then the advert remains until I find the right person. The current set up looks OK but I am hoping to improve and get closer to the highest in the league.
Of the three coaches currently working with the first team, I have one general coach, one goalkeeping coach and one fitness coach. With three spaces remaining I will probably look to bring in one more of each. For Kaiserslautern II there is only a fitness coach so I will be after a general coach and a goalkeeping coach. Finally for the Under 19s I have a goalkeeping coach and two general coaches. I will be mutually terminating the contract of one of the general coaches and bringing in a goalkeeping coach.
I will also look to fill out the other staff vacancies I have. Especially the scouts as I will be looking to use them to find players rather than the player search tool - just like with staff recruitment I feel this will more accurately reflect real life.
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Squad Comparison Continued
Looking at the squad position-by-position, there are a few key areas I would like to improve.
The goalkeepers are OK for now but my aim will be to improve them soon as we're not going to get far with just average players in this position.
My defence is slow, not great when the positive mentality I want to play with pushes the defensive line slightly higher by default. This is something I will want to improve on.
As highlighted previously, midfield is a major area of concern - I'm not sure I want to go any further into it as I may start crying ...
On a more positive front, I like the way we're looking up front!
Other Squads
There are a couple of players here with decent potential who may be able to bulk out the first team (especially midfield) although I still think that hitting the transfer market would be a better idea in the short term.
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The Tactic
So with the idea of playing possession based football, I have packed the team with support duty players. The team instructions are also what I think should work. I've added "Be More Expressive" because I'm hoping that will help the possession we do have to not be too sterile and boring.
The Squad
Judging by the attributes I think are required for my desired style of play, I do think this team is going to need quite an overhaul to achieve this with any sort of success. Especially in midfield where there is a horrible lack of depth. We're also overly stacked with wingers so will look to potentially move a couple of them on if possible to free up transfer funds and wages. I also would like a little more in terms of options at full back.
Club Comparison
Decent first touch, work rate, teamwork and aggression is useful for the style of play I'd like to see. What worries me is that awful passing attribute. There will be a lot of focus on passing in training throughout the season to hopefully improve this. Our great training facilities should help, but a technically able midfielder is definitely going to be my main focus in the transfer market this summer.
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Pre-Game Club Profile
The predicted finish of 4th place this season should give me enough leeway implement my style of play without the risk of the sack if I'm not leading the way for promotion.
Great training and youth facilities, as well as the club's culture to develop players using the youth system, all fit perfectly with my goal to build a core of the squad around home-grown talent.
Manager Profile
I prefer to keep the attributes assigned to my manager as evenly spread as possible, meaning I can provide cover where we may be lacking in the coaching set-up. I sacrifice any goalkeeping coaching ability to boost the rest of the coaching attributes. The coaching badges and past playing experience have been assigned automatically by the game.
Club Background / Team Report / Club Vision
With promotion not expected until the end of the fourth season, there is plenty of time for me to shape the squad into the playing style I am after, providing I get a new contract before then that is!
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The Team
Bundesliga Champions as recently as 1998, four-time winners 1. FC Kaiserslautern were relegated to the third division of German Football for the first time in their history in 2018.
Boasting a nearly 50,000 capacity stadium, this is not a club that should be this low down the German football pyramid.
The Goal
To return the team to the top flight, playing an entertaining, possession-based brand of football before embedding ourselves as a permanent fixture towards the top-end of the Bundesliga whilst also making an impact on the European stage. I will be aiming to make good use of the club's academy to create a home-grown core of players that I can build around, using the transfer market to supplement the squad.
The Challenge
I will taking responsibility for all areas of the club. This is not something I have done before, despite being a 13 year veteran of the series, and have usually relied on my staff to deal with things like training and setting up the scouting network. However, to fulfill my vision for this team I will be micro-managing everything to a completely new level so wish me luck!
Any advice that anyone may have where they can see I'm making glaring mistakes would be greatly appreciated
And with that, on to the start of what I hope will be a greatly successful career ...
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5 hours ago, JaytheGreat said:
@Chevie Wow a clean sweep! Very impressive!
Thanks @JaytheGreat - A couple of disappointing seasons in the FA Cup are very frustrating especially as one more league and cup double is the final milestone I need to hit. Luckily I've still got 4 more years to try and get that! Would be devastated to get this far into the challenge to not get one of the milestones.
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Season 2026/27 Review - Southampton
Transfers:
Competitions:
Results:
Player Stats:
Progress:
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@CFuller thanks for the explanation - rather annoying as I may have to sell him now as I've got pretty strict minimums for players in my squad haha!
I had a stern word with him about his behaviour and he reacted with 2 goals and an assist the following day so here's to hoping I get a random increase in the near future ...
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I've just received an email advising that one of my players has had a significant setback in his attitude and was greeted with this for his determination:
A sudden drop of 10?!
The squad has at the very least decent levels of determination (excluding him now):
His mentoring group also had players determination of 13, 16 and 17.
Does anyone have any idea how this would have happened?
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Not able to get to my computer right now but can explain how I have the players set up from memory.
- Goalkeeper is left as default to stay back
- Two players who stay back at the half-way line (usually my full backs)
- One player set to stay back if needed (usually my most defensive midfielder)
- One player attacking the box from deep (usually the most physically imposing midfielder / third central defender depending on formation)
- One player lurking on the edge of the area (usually my most technically gifted midfielder/winger who isn't taking the corner)
- One player attacking the near post (usually one of my central defenders)
- One player attacking the far post (usually my other central defender)
- One player set to mark the goalkeeper (usually the least physical player)
- The final two players are set to go forward (one of these will be the player who takes the corner so only one is actually performing this duty)
- The corner taker is set to aim for the 6 yard box
I can't get specific numbers for you but I can say that I do score enough from corners for it to be noticeable. Usually the player attacking the near post either scores directly or flicks it on for the player attacking the far post.
Hopefully this helps!
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Season 2025/26 Review - Southampton
Transfers:
Competitions:
Results:
Player Stats:
Progress:
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Season 2024/25 Review
Transfers:
Competitions:
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Season 2023/24 Review
Transfers:
This summer I moved on more first team players than I brought into the club which gave me the opportunity to promote two youth academy products into the first team squad:
Losing Chiesa to a release clause he refused to negotiate a new contract to remove was sickening but I'm glad Sancho was available to replace him.
Competitions:
I'm not sure why it isn't listed on this page but we also won the Club World Cup.
Results:
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Season 2020/21 Review
Transfers:
Biggest investment so far this year, leading to cloud nine ...
Competitions:
Speechless!
Progress:
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After really enjoying your updates and seeing the way you play FM through out your Beira-Mar save I am definitely going to be following again here! Good luck!
I really like the idea of hiding the numbered attributes and using the bars instead whilst also hiding the star ratings - would you mind pointing me in the direction of the download you used to get these? Would love to give these a go on a save at some point
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Not a full update, but wanted to share what my team have just done to Olympiacos in the Champions League:
I'm personally offended that my half time team talk clearly demotivated them
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13 hours ago, JaytheGreat said:
@Chevie Well you had some great transfers in and it definitely showed. Congrats on your 1st Premier League win!
Chiesa on the right wing was an absolute game changer - He was truly brilliant all season.
Latest transfer window has been fruitful too with Anthony Martial, Ruben Neves and Krzysztof Piatek coming in to replace Boufal, Hojbjerg and Ings in order to improve the squad.
Hopefully they can help push me up to the next level and to that first league and cup double or possibly even the Champions League crown!
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Season 2020/21 Review
Transfers:
Competitions:
Got one of the big ones! Disappointed that I couldn't see through a treble I was just two games away from.
Progress (shout out to @wojtekschiller3 for the idea to use a spreadsheet to record this! - not sure why I wasn't doing this before ...):
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@JaytheGreat I'm hopeful of finally getting one of the big ones this year! Premier League or Champions League is the aim.
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Season 2020/21 Review
Transfers:
Competitions:
Challenge Progress - 1,400 Points:
Domestic Titles:
0/13 Premier League Titles
2/5 The Emirates FA Cup Titles - 2019 - 400 points
1/4 Carabao Cup (League Cup) Titles - 2020 - 100 points
0/10 English Community Shield
European Titles:
0/2 UEFA Champions League
1/1 UEFA Europa League - 2020 - 400 points
0/1 UEFA Super Cup
0/2 FIFA Club World Championship
Milestones:
Win the FA Cup within 4 Seasons - Done - 500 points
Win the Premier League within 7 Seasons - Pending
Win a Premier League/FA Cup Double within 8 Seasons - Pending
Win Three Premier League/FA Cup Doubles within 13 Seasons - Pending
Win the Premier League/FA Cup/Champions League Treble within 13 Seasons
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Season 2019/20 Review
Transfers:
*NOTE: Simmonds and Nmecha didn't make a single appearance all season so only 7 permanent signings played in the first team*
Competitions:
Challenge Progress - 1,200 Points:
Domestic Titles:
0/13 Premier League Titles
1/5 The Emirates FA Cup Titles - 2019 - 200 points
1/4 Carabao Cup (League Cup) Titles - 2020 - 100 points
0/10 English Community Shield
European Titles:
0/2 UEFA Champions League
1/1 UEFA Europa League - 2020 - 400 points
0/1 UEFA Super Cup
0/2 FIFA Club World Championship
Milestones:
Win the FA Cup within 4 Seasons - Done - 500 points
Win the Premier League within 7 Seasons - Pending
Win a Premier League/FA Cup Double within 8 Seasons - Pending
Win Three Premier League/FA Cup Doubles within 13 Seasons - Pending
Win the Premier League/FA Cup/Champions League Treble within 13 Seasons
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Season 2018/19 Review
Transfers:
Competitions:
Challenge Progress - 700 Points:
Domestic Titles:
0/13 Premier League Titles
1/5 The Emirates FA Cup Titles - 200 points
0/4 Carabao Cup (League Cup) Titles
0/10 English Community Shield
European Titles:
0/2 UEFA Champions League
0/1 UEFA Europa League
0/1 UEFA Super Cup
0/2 FIFA Club World Championship
Milestones:
Win the FA Cup within 4 Seasons - Done - 500 points
Win the Premier League within 7 Seasons - Pending
Win a Premier League/FA Cup Double within 8 Seasons - Pending
Win Three Premier League/FA Cup Doubles within 13 Seasons - Pending
Win the Premier League/FA Cup/Champions League Treble within 13 Seasons
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Not a full update but was so happy with how this challenge has started after just one game that I had to post something.
I was given the rather unenviable job of traveling to league leaders Manchester City for my first game in charge:
To not only have more possession than them, my chances were also of higher quality (giving away just a single half chance in the whole match), I'm almost disappointed to only come away with a point:
Let's hope this is a sign of good things to come.
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[FM20] Climbing a Mountain with Kaiserslautern - Call me Destiny's Child because "I'm a REVIVER"
in FM Career Updates
Posted · Edited by Chevie
Scouting
With just the one scout currently employed at the club, I will wait to do a write up on my plan for scouting players until I have a full set waiting for assignments.
Transfer / Wage Budget
With little-to-no wiggle room here I will have to look at moving on a lot of players in order to raise funds for the rebuild that has to happen (or even just completing the midfield!).
Training - Individual
I prefer my footballers to develop as well rounded players rather than concentrating on just specialist attributes for their position / role. I usually stick to the following set of rules:
Goalkeepers train as Sweeper Keeper (Attack)
Full backs train as Complete Wing-Back (Attack)
Central defenders train as Libero (Attack)
Central midfielders (right through from defensive to attacking midfielders) train as Box To Box Midfielder (Support)
Wide midfielders / attackers who I want to keep the width and provide cross train as Defensive Winger (Support)
Wide midfielders / attackers who I want to be moving inside train as Inside Forward (Support)
Strikers train as Complete Forward (Attack)
For the additional focus on each player, I try to match these against the 'Squad DNA' attributes from the squad view I posted before and mould them into someone who is able to play for my club.
Looking at their attributes, there is one of my previously surplus to requirement wingers who may be able to cover as full backs in the short term:
I have them training as per my rules above so these may help save me money this summer.
Rest / Training Intensity
These are my go-to setting for training intensity. All players will be set to "Automatic" so they pick up the correct amount of rest when required.