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Hi @knap. Quick one, what would you recommend for a side playing non-league in a youth only challenge? Pretty much going to be expected to be underdogs most of the time with a distinct lack of quality across the board. Any advice welcome
I've been playing a 4-2-3-1 but even that has underperformed more so than expected.
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I have really enjoyed reading this over the last two days sir. I absolutely didn't know about the friendly match income support arrangement, will try to utilise this is in my future save games
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New version of NewGan that works with -r now available if anyone wasn't aware
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Great video pal, really insightful, and useful for the programs and sites alone for using
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And Zealand also released a pack of faces originally with his NewGan - but these are very samey. I use them all together in one big combination.
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1 hour ago, tenthreeleader said:
Love that, Gav. I just started using AI to generate photos for characters in my new story and have questions. I'm curious to know how the AI works and plays with FM -- does it generate random pictures or do you need to enter the data for each individual player and save to a separate folder?
At the moment they are using a program called NewGan (co-created I believe by popular FM streamer Zealand and co) . To begin with, all the player pictures that are downloaded/created by the user are put into relevant ethnic folders (South American, South east Asian, Caucasian etc etc etc). Then, NewGan uses an ingame search filter that picks up all the newgen players and assigns them a picture, at random, from within the correct ethnicity folder. For the most part, I've seen a complete match of ethnic and racial skin tones and nationalities. It isn't perfect, but it works. There are guides on YouTube on how to get NewGan to function, and then in Skinning Hideout on here is the facepacks by a gent called robterrace.
Other than that, you would have to collate/create all the pictures you want to use and create an XML config file to attach them to each unique player ID to get them in.
I think I've described that as best I can - it took me a few attempts to get it going but now I do it every youth intake day for my own club, and then once more six months later ish for other countries intakes. And help is aplenty.
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Thanks mate. I enjoyed playing this and writing it came fairly easily for once!
Interviewees:
Sean Madden (player)
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Part III
Séan Madden, 35 at this point, was still leading the line for Salisbury. “I couldn’t wait to make my Champions League debut. It’s what you dream of as a kid other than playing for your hometown club. And I didn’t think it would be something I would realise. I felt lucky that it did.”
Other strikers had come and gone in the twelve years Madden had been with the club, but they had stayed loyal to Séan. And with him having notched over two hundred goals, it was easy to understand why.
“In terms of your first game, could it have been any bigger than visiting Camp Nou?” says Séan. The 1,400 travelling Salisbury fans would likely have agreed with that, having not visited anywhere as extravagant in the two previous European campaigns. “This was probably the most settled squad we had ever had. I love this group of lads. It felt like anything was possible with Bozi (Bozidar Stojisavljevic, 26-year-old Serbian central midfielder) and Lee (Lee Heneghan, 22-year-old Irish attacker) behind me. They were formidable.”
Camp Nou was silenced when Séan struck the opener. Veteran Italian Fabiano Serantoni (33-year-old Italian striker), was the creator, opening a gap in the Barcelona defence with a splitting pass. He had turned back the years with his run before the pass, and Madden curled the ball past the home keeper Benjamin Dronen. When Archie Ford (23-year-old English midfielder), a recent acquisition from Newcastle, curled a corner in, there was no way vice-captain Tom Gardner was going to miss. “That header was pinpoint,” says Séan. “I’ve not seen one hit speed like that in years.”
Barcelona lost Ferdinand Soto to a straight red card mid-way through the second half, but it didn’t stop them pegging one back through Laurent Bremond (with what proved to be his only goal in the European campaign to forget). The pressure mounted, and the chances increased, but Salisbury held on for a historical and unforgettable win the heart of Barcelona.
“We felt our nerves mounting, the passes were going astray and our concentration was waning. The occasion was getting to us. But we pulled through. The moment was unreal.”
Both sides were evenly matched, much to the surprise of both sets of fans, and when the final whistle went on a 2-1 victory for the English side, the stadium went into delirium.
It set the tone for Barcelona, who went on to experience a poor season, dropping out of the Champions League in the first knockout stage, and enduring a miserable 4th place finish in La Liga.
“If there was ever a moment I will look back on, it would likely be scoring that goal at Camp Nou. I’m not sure I ever hit a ball so sweetly. I scored the winner for us in the Papa John trophy final, but this just felt unreal for me.”
Eighty thousand Barcelona fans left the stadium very unhappy that night. But the story was gaining traction for Salisbury.1 -
If anyone wants, drop in to the Skinning section of the forums. Some guys there are doing some wonderful work with a generator that applies realistic faces to regens. But some other guys have also been using Midjourney AI to make player photos too. Some examples below
makes the difference to me as I enjoy playing with realistic faces too. But I do reckon it also adds to the life of the players for storyline purposes. Worth a look if graphic improving is your thing
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Thank you. I did realise afterwards of the slight nod to another sport, total clickbait.
Interviewees:
Charlie Baker (manager), George Stevens (former chairman)*****
Part II
Charlie Baker was born in Leeds in 1989, and following a career that spanned lower league football only, notably with Halifax Town, the former player turned to coaching aged 28. “I always felt more connected to the tactical side of the game, learning and essentially leeching from my managers of the time.”
Baker took over the Salisbury job when the club were playing in the Southern Premier South league, and the club romped to success with their new manager at the helm. “We were rampant. The players I inherited were so willing to adhere to my ideas. They took to it straight away. I took most of them to Conference South with me, and for five years, they were the mainstay of the club.”
Players like Brandon Goodship, Ky-mani Hunter and Matt Burgess excelled in the system created by Baker, with all three of them being named in the all-time team of players to play for the club. Baker continued to bring young players through, and as the club rose through the leagues, his style and leadership was consistently praised by all involved, in and out of the club.
“He brought something, notably with his longevity, that we just couldn’t get anywhere else,” said former chairman George Stevens. “Players admired him, we supported him and fans got behind him. You cannot buy that kind of success. When I left the club in 2028, he had already done so much in six years. Just making it to the Conference National was a major success. Little did I know how much further he would take the club. I don’t regret leaving, I had other ventures to pursue, but knowing what could have happened would always be a what-if for me.”
The rise continued for Baker and Salisbury as the club struck gold with the players it brought in, and continually maintained a positive financial outlook whilst climbing the leagues. By the end of 2035, the club had signed Madden, reached League One, and won the clubs first major trophy in the Papa John’s trophy.
“You have to question at what point does somebody become untouchable at a club, even if it happens so rarely. Charlie is an example of that. He was and still is untouchable.”
With long time assistant manager Sara Cohen by his side, the club was unstoppable. Whilst the rise may not have been instant after each promotion, it was steady. This in turn allowed the club to stay self-sufficient and never require to operate outside of it’s means.
Promotion to the Premiership was the master stroke. The club was an example of what could be achieved with a steady, strong business model. And the riches of the Premiership made it go from strength to strength.
Baker was the archetypal visionary. Consistent improvements and upgrades to the training and youth structures meant the club moved along without stressing the bank balance. It could all have gone so wrong if any cheap mistakes had been made.
But it didn’t.
And it culminated in a 2nd place finish on the final day of the Premiership, seven years after joining the league, in 2045. It was the first Champions League exposure for the club, having previously put on a good showing in both the Europa League and Europa Conference League.
And what a season the next one would be for Baker and Salisbury.0 -
I'm the equivalent of Sting turning up in AEW every so often, spanking joy from the audience .
Interviewees:
Sam Mammola------
Part I
“It would have been impossible to predict the impact that Séan Madden would have on the club,” says team mate Sam Mammola. Sam, now 27, graduated the academy the same year that Madden joined the club having been released by Norwich City. The Wolverhampton-born forward had been snapped up by Sheffield United for £1.8m early in his career, but a failure to ignite led to a £1.2m move to Norwich City. A semi-successful spell in USA with Tampa Bay Rowdies failed to impress his Norwich bosses, and he decided to leave at the end of that two-year deal.
“He has openly admitted that he couldn’t adjust to those sides. He wanted to play up front, and they wanted him to play wide. It was killing his skill in the game.”
Sam, who openly admits to his love for Salisbury from a young age, admits that his own career hasn’t gone the way he would like, and he knows he will move on this year. “I’ve played over three hundred matches, and most of them out on-loan elsewhere. But being part of the squad this year, albeit without even making a start, will live with me for the rest of my life. It can’t ever be better than this. And watching Séan has been a true pleasure.”
Salisbury were in League One at the time of Madden joining the club, having just finished their third season in the division. A 7th place finish meant the side narrowly missed out on playoff action, the final day seeing Salford leapfrog the club by a point. “I’m a Salisbury fan through and through, local lad,” says Sam, “We were so disappointed to miss out that year, I remember my dad and grandad shouting some words that I couldn’t repeat here.”
Séan arrived in the summer following that disappointment. Fans quickly got on board with his signing, the player being 23 at the time fit right into the plans the club was building for the squad and the direction they were moving in. “Sign them young, and where possible, sell for a profit. Being a lower league club at the time, that is all you can really do to keep afloat.”
The recruitment policy fell at odds with players like Sam, who often found it difficult to break into the first team when similar aged players were arriving from similar academies. “Séan was different. He took to us straight away and many of us looked up to him. His personality was just so balanced, so normal. We enjoyed learning from him.”
It proved to be a shrewd signing for the club as he scored twenty goals in thirty-seven appearances in his maiden season. But the club fell short in the league and finished 8th, leading to some disappointment in the fan base that the club couldn’t improve on the season before.
He was made captain for the following season, and the club never looked back, securing the title by eight points over Wycombe Wanderers. Séan notched less goals, only eighteen, but led the club to the title and the promised land of Championship football.
“It was a thrilling time, but it was only made possible for two reasons. Séan and Baker.”
Baker. The name has become synonymous with Salisbury. “He is the club. There will never be another like him for us. But without Baker, he might never have made it as far as he did.”
Sam Mammola left the club after twelve senior years, joining Bournemouth for £1m. His parting words to fans on Instagram simply said, “No regrets, always my club <3.”0 -
Far from the Madden Crowd
26th May 2046
As club captain Séan Madden steps up last, the trophy is planted firmly into his hands. The Englishman, tears forming in his eyes, lifts the trophy aloft in front of the fans who remained long past the whistle. Cheers are ringing out as the noise reaches cacophonous levels. The Salisbury fans will sing long into the night, capping off a remarkable season that just a week ago saw them lift the FA Cup for the first time in history too.
But this story is not about the FA Cup.
This story is about how a side from the south of England, who twenty-five years ago played lower than the Conference South, made a formidable and unforgettable run to the Champions League final.
This is that story.
But first, let us go back in time to figure out how this story reaches its crescendo.1 -
Do you have a total goal in mind long term for the number of unique pictures you're aiming for?
My biggest issue is I've started only signing players with the pictures I like the most
it's hilarious. Have to thank you again because it has really changed the way I enjoy the game (along with Kitbasher).
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5 hours ago, robterrace said:
Yeah, thats a folder I've got to upload on a different occasion.
Cool thank you
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Another great pack. These are just superb. Is the South American folder empty? Couldn't find anything in there
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On 09/04/2023 at 08:55, gavrenwick said:
Hi guys. Anyone know if a fix for this issue I've got. I clicked on the editor once for kit by accident, and it replaced my downloaded kits. My club is the ONLY one without the downloaded kits now, and I can't fix it. Is there something I can do to resolve it
thanks for any assistance.
For anyone who ever struggles with this as I did, I found that loading the editor and ticking ALLOW LICENSED KITS fixed my issue
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Having a nightmare few seasons in Championship. Consistently struggling, but to be fair, our squad is predicted to be involved at that end of the table. But we are struggling either way and wondered what you would recommend for a low level Championship team?
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Yeah I dumped these NewGen AI ones into my Zealand photo folders for NewGan, and they just combine perfectly with no extra work required. Love all the photos combined with each other, offers an immense future experience in game. Will just keep adding as and when packs are released
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I really enjoy your style of writing, Dalbeider. Always have actually. It's super easy to read
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On 05/08/2022 at 18:41, salkster2102 said:
2nc City - Will be close I reckon and Haaland may take a bit to fit in. Think it's a mistake selling Sterling and Jesus.
Famous last words.
In FM related news, felt I had to share my Latvian sides first win in the Champions League, a big moment, but also the come back of all come backs.
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Top lad.
there will be no finer mod in these parts.
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On 04/12/2021 at 11:31, BenArsenal said:
This is probably just a random musing, but I realised that of the few times I've fired up a football management game in recent times (FM or otherwise), I find myself enjoying the buying and selling players part more than the actual managing a football team part.
I have the in-game editor for FM17 and what I'd do is just buy up random players and send them on loan all over the globe, to see how they get on. A bit like a Chelsea on steroids.
I wonder if there's a market for a game like Football Transfer Manager, or Football Director of Football, or some such.
Just play Touch, or a full version with a instant result skin. I did same with a Partizan save where I was just playing to develop talent, it was fun.
Plus being the best team in the league means no concerns tbh.
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9 hours ago, mark wilson27 said:
Id love to mate but unfortunately I have the fun of working nights
Same.
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FMS Community Thread Episode VIII: Disneyland
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Posted · Edited by HorusFM
Had to sign him of course just for the name
edit; only just noticed he played for Matlock