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Here we go with Coventry. It's been twenty years since they got relegated from the prem, so I feel kinda lucky with the club I got.
Regarding the players it looks like Callum O'Hare and Gustavo Hamer is the pick of the bunch. Hopefully they will stay at the club for several seasons. I've also got what looks like a megatalent after the youth intake. Does that count for the player points?!
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9 hours ago, Brads-Wigan said:
Fantastic, just caught up on your save progress. Great to see after the terrible time Wigan are having. Im very tempted to do a Wigan save, ive seen a few successful ones on here and youtube. Defiantly seems a challenge, especially financially! Will see how my Sunderland save goes and decide..
Good luck in the Championship. Where have you got your skin from? With the stadium in background?
Thanks mate! A big challenge, no doubt. I may have been lucky with new owners, and managing to keep the best players the first season. Good luck with Sunderland!
I found both the skin and backgrounds in the "Skinning Hideout" part of the forum. Try the FM21 Base (FM20) version, the backgrounds are better there. Links: Skin Backgrounds0 -
I did a long read yesterday and discovered Dorking Wanderers. Never heard of the club before, but it's a fantastic story so far. I therefore decided to put my Wigan-save on hold and start a save with Dorking. I haven't tried the non-league in years, so this will be fun.
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Short update from Wigan this time;
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2021/22 season part two
As mentioned in the last post the season started immense and a lot better than anyone could demand or even expect. We've gone from victory to victory and score goals for fun. Averaging around 3 goals per game, and to be honest it almost feels like I'm cheating. I'm taking the promotion as given and have started planning for Championship next season. Went early out of all the cups, so all the focus have been on the league, that could have affected the results a bit.
This is the most used eleven so far this season. Charlie Brown left for Derby on deadline day after 28 goals in 31 games. He will almost be impossible to replace short term, but the money will come in hand when preparing the team for next season. Will definitely miss him up front though I'm happy to sell players to bigger clubs and make a profit. Frommann was also close to leaving on deadline day, but couldn't get a work permit at Burnley - need to look for a new keeper after the season I think.
The only player in was Martin Svidersky from Man Utd, a talented midfielder that can also play on the wing. Will get some game time from the bench this season to phase him in to the squad. Wilshere has been dominant in League One though it's hard to manage him. I'm taking him off after around 60 minutes every game, if we lead. I think I'll get more games out of him that way, rather than if he plays 90 minutes every game. It's really two different teams with/without him.Dan Happe has really been impressive and had no problems stepping up from League Two. So far he's averaging 7.23 in the league and has contributed with 7 goals!
It's nearly impossible now to miss out on promotion, so I hope that in the next update I'll be managing a Championship team.
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@Jogo Bonito Absolutley. Really satisfied with the players I brought in. Been scoring for fun so far, and if it continues it could be fun season. Fingers crossed!
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2021/22 season part one
After a decent first season and some impressive results, reinforcements were still needed If i want to kick on and challenge for promotion or play-offs. Manage to get the board to invest in Junior coaching and Youth recruitment, it's still adequate and the latter are average. Still better than it was, and I think it's an important part of the clubs future. Would love to get at least one academy graduate promoted to the first team every season in the long run.
As expected I didn't get a big budget, but I managed to sell two of the talents I brought in for free to Premier League sides. And what a profit it is. Both Twigt and Lautenschutz will give me 40% of the profit from the next sale as well. Forget about Bitcoin, this is a immense profit in a year for a club like this.In addition to these I also signed Josh Tobin from Chelsea, Iestyn Hughes from Man United and Jack Wilshere on a free. Wilshere is injury prone and it's maybe just a matter of time when the first injury arrives. Even so he brings good quality for £2k pr week and have started the season with 3 assists in 5 games. He will also bring some experience to the team and he's a decent mentor. Considering the average age is 22 I tried to bring in Perry Ng for more experience, but he opted for Reading this time around.
More than happy with the window after all. Got a lot of money in and managed to offload the highest earners. Lee Evans wanted out because I sold the youngsters. While he's absolutely a good player for this level, he's also overpaid and Jack Wilshere will fill that gap.According to my assistant this is the best eleven. I'm using Tariq Uwakwe on the left wing when available, had him in a previous save and he become unplayable for me. Also Wharton and Happe have been my duo in the heart of decende - Vitik looks a good talent and will get his chances. A lot of talents and potential in the squad now and I'm quite excited for the future here.
I would dare to called this a decent start to the season (provocative, I know..). Sitting 5th after 5 games. Crewe and Oxford have won all five so far. I'm not really sure what happened the first two games, It could be result of changing to attacking mentality and the opposition underestimating us after last season. Both Lang and Brown has scored 7 in the first 5 games. Came back after summer looking like R9 and Haaland up front. I have no hopes that these results and form will continue over a long period of time, but it's really promising. If I can manage to make the bad runs shorter and get some draws in games we lost last season we'll be playing in the Championship next season.
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34 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown
I hope he does it all again for you next season.
Aah. I didn't take the reference.. Great humor!
@goonergezWow. 30 of 45 points is fantastic! With that tempo you could finish even higher next season. Good luck!
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@goonergez Thanks! Feel I've could've done better after 4th place after the first 10 games, but I guess I have to save that for next season!
@Jogo BonitoThanks! Haha, payed good for him! And will be paying more when he scores more goals
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2020/21 season part three
Had a good hope of reaching the play-off, but the last 10 games ruined it. I would still say it is both a successfull season and more than we could hope for before the season started. After all the media predicton was 24th. I'm fairly confident that with the right reinforcements the play-offs should be in reach next season.
Also made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup and won at St. James Park on the way - major win! All in all a good debut season.Charlie Brown delivered one hell of a debut season, and ended the season on 25 goals in all tournaments. I really hope I can hold him at the club for another season. Both Crankshaw and Merrie made the best eleven, but none of them are top League One material. Maybe not even League One material at all. The most important positions before the upcoming window will be CM, RM/LM and a central defender.
Financially it looks ok for the time being, and there's a small amount of money to invest in players. Once again I need to be smart in market and look for bargains. Hopefully I can bring in some money by offloading some players, and especially the ones with high wages. The players with contracts that run out after the season will release £19k pr week - that's a lot of money to invest in League One. I'm eager to invest in the academy and facilities as well, and trying to build more than a strong first eleven. Need to build brick by brick I guess.
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22 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said:
@nyg After a tough run of results it looks as though you have got the team back in form. Hopefully that will continue, but even a mid-table finish would be a really good first season for Wigan.
@Jogo BonitoDefinitely! I'll be more than happy with a mid-table finish. With a flying start the expectations start to rise, but a good finish this season and play-off in season two should be possible.
@warlock Maybe it's more realistic, but as I said I can understand it if the players plays out of position not when the role is different. I'm not a big fan of loans myself as I prefer to develop my own players and maybe turn a profit.Edit: Not a master of the quote function here, so please bear with me
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2020/21 season part two
After a flying start to the season where play-off seemed to be an easy task to achieve, we've hit a incredible bad run of form and dropped like a rock down the table.
Despite the bad run of form I still have a feeling of overachievement when sitting 12th after 26 games. Just 8 points up to the last play-off spot, and bigger wonders than that have happened before.Didn't have much money to play around with in the transfer window, but the squad needs strengthening in almost every position. Southampton called back Kayne Ramsay from loan because he was playing wing-back and not full-back, could've understood it if he was playing out of positon or not playing at all. Tough call, and it really weakens my squad. Put me on the spot as I was in desperate need of a right back.
Manage to bring in some, in my opinion, good signings. Trying to go for players that hit these criterias; Potenital to grow, young(U-23) and cheap. So Haji Mnoga came in for £190K from Pompey and Scott Wharton came in for £105k from Blackburn. Tried to bring in both Wharton and Happe, but couldn't afford both of them. Also brough Callum Long back from loan, he looks like a potentially great stiker with his speed, composure and great finishing.
Joe Garner is killing my budget with his £5k pr week salary, and I cant get rid of him. Tried to loan him out so I at least can get 10% of his salary, but there's no takers. Leaving on a free after the season, and I'm looking forward to spending that money on someone else.
Best performers so far has been Will Keane, Charlie Brown and Constantin Fromman. Also have a lot of youngsters that stepped up from the U-23 and U-18 with Thelo Aasgaard, Ollie Crankshaw and Emeka Obi getting most appearances so far.
Hopefully we can stay away from injuries, as the first XI can challenge for play-off. I'm thrilled for the second part of the season. Here we go!0 -
A little update on Wigan:
The transfer window's closed, the transfer embargo is a closed chapter and I've gotten new owners that also refinanced the debth. Despite the lack of quality and depth in the squad, we've hit the ground running and are currently sitting 6th in the league(just 4 games played) and reached the third round of the EFL cup.
Managed to both strenghten the squad in some key areas and bring in some talent. Found some, hopefully, hidden gems for free in Netherland. Ramsay(not Ramsey) will be a key member of the squad and Charlie Brown seems to be my main man up front. Joe Garner tore his hamstring and he's got 10 goals in 61 matches the last two seasons..Also has to hire staff for almost every role. Happy for every tip on staff for League One.. Thank you!
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After I got tired of my Sunderland game and nothing really seemed to catch my attention more than a few months in-game, I've read through almost every page in this thread today. My hope was to find some inspiration for a long term save (new lockdown here in Norway started yesterday...). I've looked at every team that some of you guys have mentioned here, and after a lot of back and forth I've landed on Wigan. It seems like one of the toughest challenges in league one at the moment, but at the same time they have some similarites to Sunderland.
Anyone played with Wigan this year? It was quite easy to get out of the transfer embargo, but while under administration I can't hire any new staff. The club only has an assistant manager and head of youth development to start with, not even a physio.. Hopefully a takeover won't take too long..
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On 06/01/2021 at 20:47, WKTHFC said:
What are peoples experience of being taken over. I'm still waiting
First time half way through first seasond, got some extra cash. Second time half way trough second season.. Hope that's enough for a while..
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I've noticed that it was easier getting rid of Grigg,Wyke, Leadbitter and so on when the Scottish league is loaded. Could be a coincidence, but I sold several of them to scottish teams.
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£325 from Grorud
£300 from Raufoss
Free!
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Nice. A lot of good info and tips here, guys.
Just played the first game of the season myself. Managed to get rid of Flanagan, Willis and McGeady so far, but I can't for the life of me manage to sell Leadbitter, Wyke or Grigg. No takers even when I'm asking for 0,-.. McGeady's clearly a still a decent player, but the wages are killing me, had to go.Brought in Jason Cummings, Osame Sahraoui, Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik, Richard Nartey and Fernando Costanza. Also got Liam Millar on loan, so hopefully he will score the goals this season. Gelhardt can also be loaned in, and in retrospect maybe I should've gone for him..
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1,7k from Molde at the start for the game. I dare to call it value for money!
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Welcome to the Sunderland thread for FM21. I didn't see one last year, so I decided to make one myself for this year.
Club Details
Team Name: Sunderland AFC
Year Founded: 1879
Chairman: Stewart Donald
Current Manager: Phil Parkinson
Club Captain: Max Power
Vice Captain: Bailey Wright
Country: England
League: Sky Bet Leaue One
Media Prediction: 2nd
Fierce Rivals: Newcastle
Other Rivals: Middlesbrough, Portsmouth
Derbies: Wear-Tees Derby ( vs Middlesbrough), Tyne & Wear Derby (vs Newcastle)
Legends: Kevin Phillips, Bobby Kerr, Jim Montgomery, Len Shackleton, Ian Porterfield, Gary Rowell, Charlie Hurley, Bob Stokoe, Niall Quinn
Icons: Kevin Ball, Peter Reid, Vic Halom
Favoured Personnel: Sebastian Larsson, Jermaine Defoe, Lee Cattermole
Club Vision
Club Culture:
-Play attacking football (Preferred)
-Play possession football (Preferred)
-Develop players using the club's youth system (Favoured)5 year plan:
-Work within wage budgetEnd of current season:
- EFL Leagune One: Win promotion
-FA Cup: Reach fourth round
-EFL Cup: Reach second roundFacilities
Stadium: The Stadium of Light
Capacity: 48,707 all-seater
Corporate Facilities: Good
Training Facilities: Superb
Youth Facilities: Excellent
Youth Level: 1
Youth Stadium: Academy of Light
Training Ground: Academy of Light
Junior Coaching: Adequate
Youth Recruitment: Average
Club Finances
Balance: £5,966,096M
Finances: Okay
Transfer Budget: £500k
Wage Budget: £179,795k p/w
Scouting Budget: £186,986
The Team
Goalkeepers
-Lee Burge
-Remi MatthewsReally close race between the goalkeepers, neither one should be there for the long term. Burge's best role is sweeper keeper, while Matthew's is goalkeeper. Up to the managers preferences I guess. Behind them Anthony Patterson is a real talent on this level.
Central defender
- Tom Flanagan
- Jordan Willis
-Bailey Wright
-Arbenit XhemajliAgain a close race, this time with a clear standout. Wright should be the first choice centre back when fit, with Willis as his partner. Xhemajli seems to have good potential, so he should get game time during the season.
Left back
- Denver Hume
-Callum McFadzeanDenver Hume should be the first choice. Clearly better than McFadzean, and he's also a product of the academy. Also have some potential to grow into a Championship level left back.
Right back
- Conor McLaughlin
-Luke O'Nien
-Dion Sanderson(Loan)Hard to tell who's best here, but O'Nien seems to have an edge on the other ones. Sanderson's on loan for the season, so unless he's outperforming O'Nien in pre-season he should be backup.
Central Midfielder
- Max Power
-George Dobson
-Josh Scowen
-Grant Leadbitter
-Elliot Embleton
-Dan NeilHere you have some different types of players. Most of them are hard working, no nonsense players. Embleton got real potential and is a more offensive alternative to the others. The same goes for Dan Neil, could be a real gem. Leadbitter is the second highest earner in the squad so I would look offload him, even if he is from the acadamy.
Left Wing
- Aiden McGeady
-Chris Maguire
- Aiden O'Brien
- Jack Diamond
Here you got some flair and tricky players. McGeady is over the top and got a big salary on this level. All of them are at a similar level, O'Brien is a harder worker than the rest of them, and in his best age. Diamond got a big potential and could live up to his last name. All of the can play on both sides, and make up for the lack of natural right wingers in the squad.Right Wing
- Lynden Gooch
The best(and only) right winger in the squad. Decent overall winger who works hard. Can also look to Kimpioka from the academy for cover in this position.
Striker
- Danny Graham
- Charlie Wyke
- Will Grigg
None of the three are star performers on this level. All of them seems to be okay with backup-roles. Both Graham and Wyke are best as target man, while Grigg is a best as a poacher. Could form a decent duo from this three. Graham and Grigg will score you penalties. Would look to invest to strengthen the squad here.
Academy
There are some decent talents at the club, despite the big guns stealing the best of the academy players before the season. Would have been nice to have both Hugill and Pye, but that's the reality on level 3.. Notable talents are Anthony Patterson, Dan Neil, Benji Kimpioka, Elliot Embleton, Jay Turner-Cooke, Adam Richardson, Ollie Younger and Sonny Singh.
Transfer suggestions
-Jason Cummings
-John Guidetti
-Tobias Sagstuen Andersen
-Matt O'Riley
-Andre Green
-Aidan Barlow
-Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik
-Kaylen Hinds
-Donis Avdijaj
-Fernando Costanza
-Richard Nartey4
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Straight back up! A lot better than expected as the media predicton was 4th. Also managed to keep the best players after the relegation.
Transfers: Didn't spend too much. Gotta try to save the total budget for the challenge to the PL. Wasted 300k on Mannsverk as he didn't get a WP, let's hope he gets one later on or make a decent profit.