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Wels win the league again but nothing else Still plodding on, still miles away from the Champions League I don't get the season reviews any more for some reason, which is a bit sad!

Austria - 2057/57 I'm still plugging away in Austria, just a lot slower at the minute. Partly because I fired Civ 6 up again (Civ 7 has me as worried as FM25). The squad is well balanced, no superstarrs (no wonderkids since 2044 either) but with the strongest bunch of youth players for decades From now on I'll do really short summaries like this:- League: Yeah, we won Cup: yeah, we won Champions League: Arsenal battered us in the round of 32

Austria - 2057/58 - Premier League Wels Win League Again, Fail in Champions League Again Yep, 5th title in a row! But still not good enough to really make a dent in the Champions League. Inter smacked us silly in the first knockout round after the league stage Youth Not a bad looking intake but I have more AMCs than you could shake a stick at Career

Austria - 2056/57 - Premier League Wels Win Third League Title in a Row, Suck in Champions League Yeah, we really missed Paul Alhaier 40A. I thought we were in for a really tough season when we lost our first two league games but we responded really well and were excellent the rest of the season. In the champions League we sucked, only winning one game in the league stage and going straight out. The owrrying thing was how often we were being completely outplayed. Youth I've still not had a wonderkid since Mika Dampfling 44A and he's 28 now And again, with maxxed out youth facilities, and apparently the 3rd best youth system in the world, our preview and untake are underwhelming I signed most of them though cos you never know.... I did get someone appear in the top 50 wonderkid list though. He's spent two years sulking as all the best teams in Europe are after him and I won't sell him. Got to be a good sign, right? Career

Austria - 2055/56 - Premier League Wels Say Goodbye to Club Legend with Third title win in a row Yep, Paul Alhaier 40A has gone to Saudi Arabia on a free. Gutted to lose him but what can you do? What a legend though He leaves us with 8 League titles, 1 Europa League title and the Austria Cup three times. He scored 413 goals in 599 games for us as well. So... Champions League. Same as last two seasons:- League stage good, out in quarter finals youth So, here's a thing I've noticed. Whenever I manage to max out my youth facilities to state of the art my intakes turn to toilet Nice to see my affiliates popping up with some players but honestly, what can I do with these two? The only reason I signed them both is their personalities. Both professional! Career

Austria - 2054/55 - Premier League Wels Finish Disappointing Season By Winning The Domestic Double So why disappointing? Well, it's all about the Champions League and we went out in the quarter finals, hammered by Newcastle. And because I took my eye off the ball and my two best players (now 30 and 31) announced they want to explore their options at the end of their contract next year. So, despite running away with the cup and league it ended up being kinda frustrating as i feel as far away from a CL win as I ever have I'm gonna struggle without the top 2. They are 'considering their options' so you never know, they might change their mind. I think I had a player do that once Youth So a good youth intake is more important than ever! and it looks...... ok. An elite talent at this stage is never a bad thing! The flair and determination on Winter makes me think he might make it Career It might be time for another transition season or two.... plus, I'm overdue a wonderkid. Not had one since Mika Dampflin 44A and he's been really disappointing

Austria - 2053/54 - Premier League Great Season For Wels as They Win Their Sixth League Title! League - We were brilliant but almost threw it away! With one game to play we were level on points with Rapid and then only drew our final game. Luckily, Rapid lost there's so we won our sixth title, and first for four seasons! Champions League - But this is where our priorities lie! and we were great, particularly in the league stage where we managed to finish top 8 and automatically qualify for the last 16 round. There we narrowly beat Newcastle (woith a 120th minute winner!) before losing both legs of the quarter final 1-0 against Atletico. Both games could have gone either way Youth A weird intake with one elite talent and no very good talents! Krebs looks like he could be good though.... Career

Austria - 2052/53 - Premier League Transitionary Season Turns into Unexpected Triumph as Wels Win Europa League! Honestly, after having to sell our best player, Fatih Heco 38A, in the summer I was ready to write this season off as a transitionary season and bring through my best looking 4 or 5 youngsters for significant first team action. The Europa League seemed to be the perfect place, because really, who cares? Well..... turns out I do in the end! The youngster did unbelievably well in the league stage It meant we went straight through to the knock out stage, and apart from a little wobble against Juve (we FM'd them in Turin!) we strolled to the final against Sporting Lisbon. The final was the best game I've watched for a long, long time! For the first 18 minutes it was a cagey affair with neither team getting a sniff. Then our centre back Michael Hartl 43C bundled one home from the corner. What happened next was pure Germany-Brazil 2014. Every time we got the ball we scored! we ripped them apart time after time and after 33 minutes it was 5-0 and I was dancing in my living room. We were champions! The form carried over into the league as well. In the championship group stage we went 4 games without a win but then won our last 6 to finish second. The youngsters have me all excited! Players Paul Alhaier 40A - With Heco 38A gone it fell on Alhaier's shoulders to fill the void. In response he had the weirdest season I've ever seen from one of my strikers After the first 21 games of the season he had 35 goals. In the next 21 games he scored once, in the 21st game! it was weird! Adilson Rocha 48G - An amzing season for my two star potential right winger who I only started playing because his attributes were perfect for a winger. This season he got 23 gaols and 36 assists in 53 games and has seen his potential edging up and up and up! Oliver Wunderlich 50A - the pick of the new youth players, and not only because of his superb name. Left winger, so playing in Heco 38A's position, he played 24 games with 11 goals and 7 assists. Average rating not bad either! He also was the only one to make the NXGN list. At number one! Youth Only negative is our best prospect plays MR, a position I haven't used since the late 90s. Hopefully he can be retrained as an AMR Career been three years since I won the league. Can I win it again? And can we repeat our Euopa League success in the champions league?

Austria - 2051/52 - Premier League Almost Perfect First Half of the Season ruined By Terrible Second half of the Season I blame my holiday. At Christmas we were unbeaten and running away with the league, so I closed the laptop and disappeared to the Cote D'Azur for a week. Came back, and we finished the league stage with only 1 win from the last 5. And that form continued in the championship stage as well. Really frustrating! We also lost the first 5 in the Champions League league stage so didn't even make the knockout rounds. Very poor! Players I have a decision to make. Fatih Heco 38A is our best player but is now 30 and has announced he'll leave on a free next season. He is so injury prone though, and our bank balance so bad, that I think I'm going to have to cash in on him. It'll be the end of an era though you can see just how injury prone here. There's 32 matches in the league season, and he's never hit 30 The one success story of the season though was Adilson Rocha 48G - a promising winger but with only 2 star potential. But his attributes were pretty perfect for a winger and when that's the case I always give them a run out. He did really well, and his CA and PA improved as a result. 27 games on the right win with an average rating of 7.25 and 7 goals and 9 assists is pretty, pretty good! i love it when you take a chance in these saves and it pays off Youth really promising preview..... but the intake was elite-free again Best of the lot was this fella Finances Could our season have finished any worse? Apparently yes, as just after it was confirmed that we hadn't qualified for the Champions League the board gave me this message I'd be really surprised if I ever get the chance to improve the youth facilities again... Career So, Heco might be gone and I'm in the Europa League so I think i'll use the new season as a chance to blood some of the new youngsters. I haven't had a wonderkid for years!

Austria - 2050/51 - Premier League Wels finish second in league, win the cup! Losing our second best player Fatih Heco 38A to a broken leg in pre-season really affected us in the league stage as we could not get a run going at all. By the time he came back for the championship group stage Sturm Gratz were just too far ahead for us to catch we did manage to beat them in the cup though! ha! Champions League: We're stuck in the cycle of scraping through the league stage and going out early doors in the knokcout rounds. It was Napoli that did for us this time around. we're just lacking the requisite quality throughout the team really. Youth A really encouraging preview followed by a slightly discouraging intake I think i'm at that stage where an elite intake is as rare as rocking horse poo Career

England is just a slog! I've managed to complete it twice in England but both times by far the most difficult league to get out of was VNN and VNS. At least ten seasons bumping around before something clicked. Once you do get out the rest of it seems like a cakewalk! Sometimes it's just a lucky cup run that gets you money to upgrade the youth facilities. One level of youth recruitment can make a huge difference to your intakes down there. 2 or 3 levels can get you an entire intake better than your first team! It might also help prioritising pace/acceleration over other attributes as down there the match engine seems to favour that over anything else.

I got sacked the day before a play-off final because of that bug. I'm still fuming about it now. 10 seasons wasted for that!

Austria - 2049/50 - Premier league Wels Assert Their Dominance by Winning Domestic League and Cup Double! Get in! traditionally i'm useless at domestic cuop competitions in these saves for some reason, but this year we managed to do it. Albeit on penalties against Sturm Gratz. The league followed the same pattern as last year. We were ok in the league stage, but imperious in the championship group stage, and that's where it really matters That makes it 5 out of the last 6 for us now. Austria is ours! Champions League: Shame we can't sasy the same about Europe! we've still a long way to go. Only two wins and a draw in the league stage saw us go out by 1 point. Youth The only worrying sign on the horizon is our last few youth intakes. They've just not been the same quality as some we were getting 10-15 years ago. Without those intakes, we can't keep up this dominance! This years was ok, but really awful personalities. So i sacked my HoYD and got a Model Citizen instead We haven't had anybody in the NXGN top 50 for a couple of years now, and nothing in the European Golden boy list either worrying times! Career

Austria - 2047/48 - Premier League Wels Show it's not how you start a season, but how you finish it! League: We really struggled this season. It didn't help that during pre-season we picked up injuries to our best two players and kept on picking up; injuries. We couldn't play the same team twice and struggled to get into any sort of rhythm. We even managed to lose to Grazer, for their only victory of the season, as well as losing twice to FAC Wien. It was really frustrating! But when you get to the championship group stage everyone gets their points totalled halved, and with ten games still to play, it means everyone still has a chance. And we were finally getting a fully fit first choice XI, so I was optimistic we could make a good go of it. And we did! In the entire Championship group stage we didn't lose once to clinch an unlikely but in the end deserved title! Champions League: Drew a lot of the league stage but got through with two wins, beat Galatassary in the first knockout round only to get hammered by Newcastle in the next round. 7-1 over the two legs! Youth First time in the last three FMs that i've managed to max out youth facilities at a club so I was excited to see what the third best youth recruitment in the world would throw up. Except.....the preview was one of the worst I've ever got! So even before the intake I'd written this year off completely. So I was actually pleasantly surprised that I got three top talents - probably not future superstars but possibly good squad players and always worth signing up. What kind of intake would a preview full of A grades get me?? Gergo Kiss comes from my Romanian affiliate club! I love affiliate clubs that give me random youths now and then Career

Austria - 2047/48 - Premier League Wels Win 3rd League Title, Make Champions League Last 16 League: We were great again, absolutely dominating the league stage. But once you get to the championship group stage your points are halved so it;s never a forgone conclusion. And to be honest, we pretty much just held on to win by a point! Champions League: The big one! We were much better, competing really well in the league stage. The last 16 we got Inter who compeltely outclassed us. We've still got a way to go! players Our best two players, both strikers 9n my 4-3-3 formation:- Paul Alhaier 40A - really fast and skillful striker, no idea how he hasn't played more than 4 times for Austria Fatih Heco 38A - Our most consistent goalscorer, 63 bosnia caps to his name, another fast striker with great finishing and composure to boot. One of my favourite players The Third of my front 3 is Mika Dampfling 44A, winner of the NXGN top 50. He's not quite as good as the other two just yet but hopefully will be Youth ooo, a youth preview with two A grades! The intake was ok, at this stage any elite talents are really good! Badzinski looks the best prospect. Nice personality, good starting technicals, ok determination. Physicals are the only issue Career