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Welcome all! In this thread I will be presenting the story of my Brackley Town save. It's supposed to be one club save but you never know what's going to happen in the future, I don't want to rule out getting another job if things go wrong or if I get bored of living in this small but charming market town called Brackley. I'm not much of a writer so don't expect anything special, I just want to have a place where I can report the course of the events. I like the idea of role-playing and this will definitely help me in keeping immersion high. My updates should be rather short, nice and tidy. Also, please forgive me any language mistakes as I'm not a native speaker of English. So, let's start... Save Structure I selected 28 leagues from 14 nations, large database. First transfer window is off for realism purposes. Original mode. The Club Brackley Town FC is a football club in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the National League North, the sixth tier of English football, and play at St. James Park. The club won the FA Trophy in 2018. Brackley is a beautiful and historic market town on the borders of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. I'm not gonna lie, this cool badge was one of the reasons why I chose them! The Manager Please meet Michael Soprano. I was born in Brackley on July 15th, 1991. Since I was a kid, I loved playing football with my mates and watching games of my beloved Brackley Town FC. It's worth to add that I am also a big fan of Arsenal and Barcelona. When I was 10 years old I fulfilled one of me biggest dreams - I joined the academy of my local team! Unfortunately, due to many injuries and, let's be honest here, lack of talent, I never really got close to make a debut in the first team. The club, however, was always supporting me and when I decided it was best to retire at the age of 25, they offered me a job as a youth coach. I agreed immediately and spent next few years helping young lads to break into the first team. As a club, Brackley Town has been fighting for promotion to the higher division for last couple of years, but with no luck. There were times when we were really close, finishing 2nd and appearing in many play-offs, but we never succeed. The financial situation of the club is not perfect either, although against other Vanarama North teams we are still doing okay. In May 2023, Gavin Cowan was appointed as our new manager; however, he had to resign a couple of weeks after due to personal reasons. This was shock for everybody at the club as the start of the next season was really close, and the board didn't really have any idea who could replace him. Then I thought to myself: "it's my time!" I took a risk and went to the chairman's room and I told him: "look, I know I don't have any experience as a manager, but I know this club more than anybody else and think I deserve a chance!" He looked surprised but curious, and told me that he's willing to consider my application; however, he needs much more from me before making any decision. He asked me to prepare a presentation of the core principles that I would like to implement in the club if I became a manager. Core Values 1. Academy As a former youth coach, it's not surprising that the first thing I want to improve is our academy. At the moment, there are zero players in our Under 18's team and this is not acceptable. I want the club to focus more on developing its own talent and give more chance to the youngsters. In order to do it, I will be heading into improving the youth and training facilities as soon as possible. Later, we also need to focus on such things as increasing the youth level, junior coaching budget, and improving the youth recruitment. 2. Attractive football Currently, the club lacks one specific style of play and I want to change that. We need to develop our own style of play that will be cultivated both by the first team and the U-18. I don't like direct and defensive tactics as most of the teams in our division play like that. I want attractive football! My tactical approach can be described as Vertical Tiki Taka, which focuses on dominating possession, relentless pressing, and moving the ball vertically rather than side-to-side. 3. Club Restructuring If we want the club to develop and move forward, we need to make several adjustments to all the areas. I want to look closer to all departments and see if they need a change. Besides the facilities improvements that I mentioned above, I need to make sure that all my co-workers have the appropriate level of skills and knowledge. 4. We are family The success cannot be built without commitment of all the people involved. I want to earn respect of my players by being fair to them, and treating them in the same way I would like them to treat me. Mutual respect is key. I want all of us (players, staff, the board) to become family that support each other in many ways. That being said, I don't want any unhappy players in the squad. If somebody is not willing to die for the club, he can go. I think it's obvious that I GOT THE JOB!

Finally! Thanks SI!

Tbh I think the work on the update was finished several days ago but they are just waiting for approvals for all platforms. They have said it before that the approval process can take up to 2 weeks if I remember correctly.

Final update today? Or it's not early April enough yet? 😁

I guess one/two hours of hope and that's it for this week

True. Also Miles is off as he said on twitter that he started a US West Coast tour. This makes me even more pessimistic!

I've just seen that Football Manager posted on twitter and now I pretty much lost my hope that the final update will be out today I mean, I always thought that on the day when they release anything there are no other irrelevant tweets. Hopefully I'm wrong though as I really want to start my save this weekend.

Hopefully!

Final update today?

I really hope it will be released this week, not so sure about today though.

Me too, but what can we do. Just keep waiting.

Been waiting for the final update too. I was pretty sure it would be out this week, but now I lost my hope. Friday is bank holiday so I guess no chance to release it tomorrow, and today unlikely too. First week of April I believe.

Nice one! I've never played a save as DOF with simulating all games, I bet it really does save some time! Plus your results are impressive! Do you have your own tactic set up and you choose your starting eleven for every game or you leave all of this to Guti?

Question to people using instant result button - does it include making subs during the match? And is your tactic being used there?

Oh I thought you meant the full version. I have never played the mobile one, but I heard it's not possible there.

You can manage as many as you want, just press Add New Manager.

Has anybody here already finished first season playing in Bundesliga starting after the winter update? I ask because I just finished first season with Wolfsburg and my game crashed on June 18th 2024. Holidaying doesn't help as it crashes anyway. I don't use any custom leagues etc and I'm wondering if it's not a bug? I want to start another Bundesliga save but I'm worried if it will happen again...

Thanks, but I already reinstalled the game and deleted all the files, including my saves. Will get back to you if the issue comes back.

Has anybody encountered a crash on certain date after the update? Before the update I played 16 seasons without a single crash, now started a new save with Wolfsburg and my game always crashing on June 18th 2024. I don't use any customs leagues etc, only custom graphics. Going for holiday doesn't help as it crashes anyway

Nice thread, just started a Wolfsburg save myself so will definitely keep an eye on your progress here

I strongly believe so. If there was no ME changes within the yesterday's Main Winter update, there shouldn't be any in the last one which, I suppose, will be only a small data update.

I finished my 16th season with Brackley Town and we did it, finally! First Premier League title and also first Champions League title! What a great way to say goodbye to this save now that the Winter Update is out. Below some screenshots, including profiles of my very best players

Nice one, thanks!

Thank you!

I know, but last year there was an information about this when the winter update arrived as at the bottom it was written something like "another update covering transfers from China is coming in the next weeks". And the today's post doesn't mention anything like that, hence I'm wondering if this is the very last update or not. SI please clarify.