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Love reading your updates @karanhsingh so glad to see you're back. As for the Premier League, I reckon you'd do wonders for a team like Burnley!
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@Vladis Can't wait to see how you mould the squad and hopefully you get some more luck with the youth than you had at Shelbourne. KUTGW!
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@jmc1980If you want a youngster to develop a little, have a look at Calvin Ramsey who starts at Aberdeen or if you want someone who is a little more developed but still young, look at Wilfried Singo of Torino.
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Great work @warlock Good luck in the new season and one in which you won't have a pesky World Cup in the middle of!
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Fantastic season @Jogo Bonito hopefully you get some cash to build upon. Interested to see who you sell over the summer. I'd be tempted to part ways with Guedes despite a fairly respectable 7.02 AVR but on £100,000 a week in wages
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Enjoying reading about your progress, keep up the good work
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Reached January in my first season, sitting in 7th but it has been a struggle for consistency. I turned down a £35m bid for Llorente from Newcastle at the end of the Summer window but his performances have been a bit hit and miss for me so may look to cash in next summer if I can get similar money. Got Kamara coming on a free next summer from Marseille. I've accepted a bid from Newcastle for Luke Ayling, couldn't turn down £22.5m for a 30yo! but he hasn't agreed to the move as of yet. Raphinha is a beast! Just aiming to finish 10th or higher this season.
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Started a Leeds save, had quite an enjoyable save back on FM19 with them (I think!) and avoided them over the last couple of editions. For some reason I wanted to keep the Argentinian revival going so I've gone with a randomly named Argentinian manager and have brought in some fellow Argie backroom staff. Squad looks decent to start off with and some of the youngsters look like they could develop nicely especially Drameh and Gelhardt. The only real issue with the squad imo was lack of depth in the CM area as I had sold Adam Forshaw. I've brought in 5 players in total.
Cristian Pavon - £5m
Julian Alvarez - £5m - Sent back on loan to River Plate until June 2022
Thiago Almada - £9.5m
Nicolas Dominguez - £15m
Tyler Adams - £17.5m
I decided to sell Rodrigo to raise some funds and get his £100k per week off the books and I got £23.5m for him. Forshaw also went to Celtic for £750k. Loaned out some of the youngsters in the U23 squad to get some game time in the EFL.
Haven't played any games yet in the League but will hopefully update around January time.
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@Benjamin MDoing well at the half way point and a nice little gap between yourself and the teams outside of the CL qualification places. Can't speak much on this edition of FM but Livakovic was a fantastic GK on FM20 and his stats was similar (if not slightly better) to Lloris iirc.
@ShinytinmanGood to see you also doing well with Spurs. I hope you put develop Skipp! That would definitely be one of my main aims to develop him once he is back from his loan at Norwich. Talking of Norwich Max Aarons could be a good signing for your Right Back position.
I've been really struggling to get into a proper save on this edition of FM, I've tried other teams too but just finding the limitations of the tactics / ME to be getting on my nerves more this year. I'm bored of 4231 and 433 tactics in every save and i'm not so pleased with some of the changes to the interface this year and all of this combined has meant i'm just not enjoying the game at the moment...maybe once Christmas rolls around and I have some more time to play the game I will get into it.
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Good to see you having a go with this @Dong21 and the very best of luck with Oldham!
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Good write up @Werrettand amazing to see you won the league in the first season! (Hopefully this happens in real life but too soon to discuss that
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What role do you play Kane out of interest? Ndombele was good for me (albeit a test save that didn't make it past October) as an advanced playmaker support from MCL position.
Good point re the backroom staff. It is pretty bad and some of them have the wrong roles set and also some staff are missing altogether but I've seen this has been raised in the research thread. Hopefully it will be rectified.
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34 minutes ago, Jogo Bonito said:
That was me who has been using Son there. Alli also plays that role well when I have needed him there (and as shadow striker). My best results from Kane were DLF (attack) although he has gone off the boil a little in December. I've rested him for a game or two including FA Cup Round 3 in January, and will be hoping he scores more again now (still my top scorer).
I had another similar issue to what you mentioned in the other thread, trying to get Bale to perform from the right. Have you tried him in a ramdeuter role on the right? The other issue on the right is that Lamela and Moura offer different things so if one is injured I feel like I have to change the role of my AMR to better suit them.
I'm tempted to try and do a recreation of the 4-3-3 we are using in real life but I am nowhere near the level of the tacticians on this site lol.
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1 hour ago, Sophos said:
Really disappointed with some of those player ratings.
Lloris downgrade is bewildering, if anything he’s better now than he was two years ago. Not lost any of his reflexes and makes less mistakes now - and yet in game he’s been hit pretty hard.
Dier’s jumping reach is just confusing. He’s pretty dominant in the air in real life, yet the game has his down as pretty poor in that area.
Ndombele still with ‘knocks ball past opponent’, instead of ‘tries to play way out of trouble’ and ‘tries killer balls often’ - wonder if that would be the case if he was Spanish rather than a black Frenchman...
Lamela with 12 bravery is bizarre, and Lo Celso and Lucas are both poorly rated for bravery and aggression.
I agree with most of your points but maybe there will be some changes for the full release. The Spurs researcher is active on these forums and does take on feedback.
Back to my own game, I've started up 2 test saves but haven't really got past October in either as my tactics are really letting me down. I've managed to sign Milan Skriniar for around £40m in both saves despite scouts saying he is not that interested in a move. I sold Rose. Loaned out Gazzaniga as I wanted to see if his value goes up before selling. Loaned out Jack Clarke, Tanganga and Rodon and some U23 players.
As mentioned in the FM20 thread by another poster, Son in the Ramdeuter role from the left is deadly. I've struggled to get Kane to be consistent and i've tried Complete Forward, Deep lying forward and Advanced forward. Hoijberg has been great as a BWM. Doherty and Reguilon as complete wingbacks have been good for me.
I will start properly in the week once the full game has been released.
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Shamefully stolen the thread title from the hugely popular Amazon documentary that followed Spurs during the up and down (mostly down) 2019 2020 season.
Welcome to the Tottenham Hotspur thread for FM21. Historically Tottenham was known as a 'cup' team however in the last 30 years silverware has been lacking. A League Cup arrived in 2008 and you will need to go back to 1991 to the last time Spurs won an FA Cup. You will have to look even further back to 1961 when Spurs last won a league title. There might be one thing on your side though, historically when the year ends in 1, Tottenham tend to win something. Title winners in 1951 and 1961. FA Cup winners in 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982 and 1991. They are also a 2 time Europa League winner having won the competition back in 1972 and 1984. The League Cup was won in 1971, 1973, 1999 and 2008. In recent years, Tottenham made it to there first ever Champions League Final in 2019 losing out to Liverpool in Madrid. They also moved into the state of the art Tottenham Hotspur stadium in 2019 which has a capacity of over 62,000.
Club Vision
Goalkeepers:
#1 - Hugo Lloris - Club and French National Team captain, has had (IMO) a harsh downgrade for FM21. Will be ok for season 1 but you will want to look for a replacement sooner, rather than later unfortunately.
#12 - Joe Hart - Former Premier League winner and England International joined in the summer on a free. Good experience and stats look good for a backup.
#22 - Paulo Gazzaniga - Played alot last season due to injuries. Will fight it out with Hart as your backup keeper. Not good enough to become a starter.
Defenders:
#2 - Matt Doherty - Joined in the summer from Wolves off the back of a very good couple of years in the Prem. Looks solid stats wise
#3 - Sergio Reguilon - Signed from Real Madrid after a stellar season on loan at Seville where he won last seasons Europa League. Be aware that Real Madrid have a buyback clause on him for the first 2 seasons ingame
#4 - Toby Alderweireld - The only Belgian left at the club. Still a solid defender but is 31 and on £150k a week.
#6 - Davinson Sanchez - Hasn't kicked on in real life after some early promise. Can you ignite his career on FM?
#14 - Joe Rodon - Signed from Swansea in the summer, has some potential by the look of it however needs games. You may want to loan him out during the first season.
#15 - Eric Dier - Handy player who can play in a couple of positions and do a good job for you.
#24 - Serge Aurier - Had a decent season last season although still abit error prone after becoming first choice right back at the club. Will be a good rotation option with Doherty.
#25 - Japhet Tanganga - Young, club academy grown defender who can cover all across the backline. Very handy for squad registrations and also has potential to develop a little further.
#33 - Ben Davies - Solid rotation for Reguilon, can also do a job at CB.
* Danny Rose - You're a brave man (or woman) if you keep him. Sell.
Midfielders:
#5 - Pierre Emile Hoijberg - Bossing the midfield in real life for Spurs, seems to play well as a ball winner in my test saves. Will be interesting to see if he gets a slight boost the January patch.
#8 - Harry Winks - Club training English international midfielder, doesn't really excel at anything in particular however is a neat and tidy player. Handy backup option
#17 - Moussa Sissoko - Fantastic physical stats but really lacking in technical ability. Won't be a long term option in game.
#18 - Giovani Lo Celso - Argentinian playmaker signed last season, decent stats in game, in my test saves seems to play better as a AM rather than in a pivot at CM.
#20 - Dele Alli - Out of favour in real life, has decent stats in game and is an England international. To get the best out of Dele you will need to play him as your Number 10.
#28 - Tanguy Ndombele - Is starting to show in real life why he is Tottenhams record signing, in game is great as a playmaker.
#30 - Gedson Fernandes - On loan from Benfica. Barely features in real life and isn't that great unfortunately.
Forwards:
#7 - Heung-Min Son - Started the season on fire in real life. A little undervalued in game (IMO).
#9 - Gareth Bale - A player who on his day still has that X-factor. will need to manage his fitness carefully. Get him on free kicks!
#10 - Harry Kane - England captain, one of the best strikers in the world and in game. Your tactic has to be built around this man in attack.
#11 - Erik Lamela - Injury prone in game but has decent stats, good rotation option.
#23 - Steven Bergwijn - Young dutch international signed last season from PSV, is a good rotational option and has room to develop
#27 - Lucas Moura - Seems to run down blind alleys 99% of the time IRL however performs well in game.
#45 - Carlos Vinicius - On loan from Benfica, decent stats wise and should do a job in the lesser games for you
Out on Loan:
#19 - Ryan Sessegnon
#21 - Juan Foyth
#29 - Oliver Skipp
#38 - Cameron Carter-Vickers
#52 - Troy Parrott
Promising Youth:
* Harvey White
* Jack Clarke
* Dennis Cirkin
* Dane Scarlett
* Alfie Devine
Tactics:
In real life Tottenham have moved more towards a 433 this season however if you want to get the best out of Dele Alli I would suggest a 4411/4231 formation with Dele as a number 10.
Summary:
Tottenham start with a 'solid' squad IMO which should be able to qualify for the Champions League in the 1st season without doing too much transfer wise. There is a lack of English / homegrown players within the squad so you will need to focus on this when finalizing your purchasing options.
If you like to play for a club in a 'realistic' way then Tottenham do try to sign younger English players and blood them into the team. With this in mind someone like Max Aarons seems a no brainer as a target for Right Back to potential replace Aurier and takeover from Doherty long term. You also have some decent players out on loan who will return next season in Parrot, Sessegnon and Skipp who would all add to your squad providing there development has been on track.
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Hey everyone,
It's really good to see a few of you starting as Spurs on FM21! I've started a 'mess about' save with Spurs so I'm not taking it too seriously as just using it to get used to some of the new bits but I will be starting over again once the full game is out. I was planning on creating a new thread for FM21 so I will look to get this out soon.
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Congrats on the title win and pretty unlucky in the CL semi's as technically you didn't lose in either game in the 180 minutes. I'm fascinated about your goal scoring, only 1 player above 20 goals and 2nd on 14 and 3rd with 12 goals. Still decent returns obviously, just kinda surprised to see it seems a bit low. Saying that though on this version of FM I have struggled to get strikers scoring more than 20 goals in a season, so it seems gone are the days where your striker can regularly get 30+ goals.
Can't wait to see what you've got in store for your next chapter/story but likewise still plenty of interest to go until you reach the CWC!
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Love the concept of this, and has been great reading. Keep up the good work.
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1 hour ago, _Ben_ said:
In comes Duarte to replace Zaros, Yuste to deputise as a backup centre half and my next top prospect, Julen Falcon, who I have really high hopes for. The best part about this squad is that ten of these eleven (minus Fulvio) are academy graduates. They are young, have great personalities and are already good enough for La Liga, with some having plenty more room for growth. This is the kind of academy that I set out to build - and, with 31 academy graduates currently playing in La Liga or La Liga 123 (excluding those at my own B-team), we are close to surpassing the feats of La Masia, some thirty years prior to this.
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Like I said - I want to see how this season pans out in terms of the difficulty we have in our quest to retain the title. There are some fantastic players now in their peaks but a whole host of my academy graduates have yet to reach that level yet, so I'm kind of torn between a new idea and staying put for five seasons of winning each game! If I do the latter, I may move to the IR button (for easy games, anyway) and kind of take a step back from first team manager to essentially become a Head of Player Development.
The top paragraph is exactly what makes this thread one of the best on here at the moment. To see how you've achieved that in all the little details and the lengths you've gone to in order to build up the club has made this whole thread a magnificent read. I had a save on FM19 with Leeds where I had 6 academy home-grown players in my best XI and I thought that was good! It's been a great pleasure to see an insight into the data you've collected over the course of this save and how you're using it and also experimenting a bit to see what you can get out of the data. I find playing without looking at the numbered stats and star ratings as very intriguing although I haven't quiet got the courage to start doing that myself - yet anyway!
I think seeing you become Club World Champions would be a natural end point for the thread (especially if you win a few more La Liga's and Champions League's before then). As much as I've enjoyed reading this thread, it would also be fun to see you have presumably(?) 1 more crack at another long term save on FM20! Personally speaking I would love to see you approach a save in England just because the Youth Development is different in terms of player pathway and opportunities with no B teams.
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Keep up the great work @keeper#1 Will be following with great interest
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Congrats on the title @_Ben_
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Norwich and Southampton would probably be the best if looking for a Premier League side. Middlesbrough, Reading, Nottingham Forest, Derby (as you mentioned), Birmingham City, Swansea would all be decent in the Championship.
Further down the leagues Coventry, Rochdale, Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons perhaps. If going League 2 I'd look at Crewe as an obvious choice and maybe someone like Newport County.
The teams i've mentioned seem to have a strong Youth Importance. Be sure to head over to the EFL thread once you've made your choice!
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I played the first month of the season on my Auxerre save but i'm struggling to get into it despite not having too bad a start. I'm going to park the save for a bit and may go back to it at some point.
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So I did originally center my thinking around picking a team from the National division or even below that however I don't tend to like using unofficial data updates as I've found some of them to cause annoying bugs. A quick look through the National and I didn't really see anything that got my interest up. A look through Ligue 2 however got me to AJ Auxerre and I started to remember about some of the players they've produced over the years such as Laurent Blanc and Eric Cantona to name just 2. I also learned about Guy Roux who had an incredible spell as manager between 1964 to 2000! 36 years of managing in a single tenure is some feat. He even had a further 2 spells as manager for the club for a combined 6 years.
I am starting the game now and will hopefully report back tomorrow on how the season is going and my transfer dealings. Ideally I would like to make the club a conveyor belt of fantastic young talent once again but this may have to wait until we are established again in Ligue 1. I've also loaded up players from a host of African countries and will try to focus on French or African signings where I can so that I'm not just signing the same old wonderkids that i've managed on previous saves.
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3 hours ago, smp20 said:
Agoume has been a fantastic addition to the setup, check out that goal! Onana also refuses to concede. A comfortable 3-0 win and we're into the final against Senegal. I was surprised to find out that Sadio Mane retired at the end of the 2022 World Cup!
I had Agoume on my recent QPR save after I managed to get him on a free, he was a fantastic squad player for me and I was able to sell him on for a very good profit in the end. I kinda wished I had got hold of him a little earlier on in order to help develop him as he seemed to have stagnated a bit from lack of playing time before joining me. I will definitely be keeping a lookout on my future saves for him.
3 hours ago, karanhsingh said:Keep up the great work!
Have come across that formation a few times and I can also tell you from experience that Ismaila Sarr is lethal.
Meanwhile like @Jogo Bonito you have also inspired me to take up a project I have long been thinking of now that I just completed my sunderland save. I have started with Red Star FC in the national division, with basically the same aim, dislodge PSG or as Fergie would say knock them off their perch
Already loving it and hopefully this will be my next long term save - I'll probably make a thread about it once I get a season or two in.
2 hours ago, Ronaldo Beckham said:What was the database called you downloaded please @Jogo Bonito as I am going to start a French lower division save soon.
I'm also very tempted to start in France myself especially after taking a break from my QPR game. I've played with the devils themselves (PSG) before Christmas and Ligue 1 was a fun league to manage in. I also like the look of Lille's squad. If I do go ahead and start I will probably start off in National division though!
@smp20 Have literally read all of this thread this afternoon and i'm loving it! Bit late to the party but congratulations on the Champions League win from before and also on the League. Great strides with Cameroon too on the international stage. Will definitely be following!
@Ronaldo Beckham @Jogo Bonito @karanhsingh I would be interested in participating in a French thread if one is made
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Looking forward to it! Enjoyed managing in Ligue 1 last edition with Lille.