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Dulwich Hamlet - Season 1 Review

Not too much to say other than I was super glad we had Danny Mills this season and have managed to extend his contract for another year! The whole season was carried by us putting the ball on his head as often as possible during each 90 minutes, he managed to stay injury-free and we performed really well because of it. I think that if we had a bit more squad depth to cover serious injuries elsewhere we may have made the playoffs but I'm also fine with spending another year building with the new youth that came through.

The intake looked decent but I was pretty disappointed in the lack of DMs and STs predicted to come through as we only have 1 decent DM currently and no real backup for Danny Mills up top. The intake was pretty much as previewed but there are a couple of attackers who may be able to fill in up top if need be. 

9 elite talents was a pleasant surprise and although none of them are going to be setting the world on fire anytime soon, there are at least 3 who will go straight into the first team and a bunch more who will be filling in on a regular basis. (Players are nicknamed after my stream viewers!)

TOP 3 TALENTS

Simon is an exciting prospect able to play as WB on either side. With a professional personality I'd expect him to progress nicely given the amount of minutes he's likely to play. Technique isn't great and he's a tad short but he performed well enough in the last few games of the season.

Jasondubu is a pacey Inside Forward who will get a lot of matches for us next year. From what I've seen of him he likes to dribble and is capable of moments of magic but his lack of determination may hamper his development. I'd still expect him to do well for us at this level over the next year or two.

Jubee is a really solid option for us in defence or even in the midfield and they're an aerial threat up top via set pieces. They will probably start around half the games next season as with the low natural fitness of 3 they got extremely tired after each game they played and couldn't be risked for the following fixture.

There's the proof of no transfers!!

Time for me to crack on with season 2! 

[The FM24 Youth Academy Challenge]

Danny Mills is carrying me right now.  This was a bit of a one-off but he's an absolute hero at this level!

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Took the job!

Have tried doing this kind of save many times in the past but didn't join in the fun here so I'm going to try to get involved a little bit when I've got the time as I've really enjoyed reading about everyone's saves over the years!!

I've taken the Dulwich Hamlet job because for the past 7 or so years I've always had a save with them and I've got fond memories from the past couple of years of seeing Danny Mills bang in a bunch of goals so I figure he might give me a decent chance of not getting sacked right away!!

Danny Mills

The rest of the squad is pretty thin in terms of the defence but there's a couple of kids hanging about the Under 18s that'll get moved up right away as we try and keep ourselves in the division. We've got some really strong legacy midfielders that I'll try to keep around but there's 5 players who were listed when I got here and don't look like they want to be sticking around so things could get a bit rough when they leave!!

Squad

I tend to play on stream so my youth players may have weird nicknames because I let my viewers claim youth players to be named after them to build a narrative and keep them involved in the save but other than that I'll keep everything else as it should be! Tactically I'll be playing a 4231 with an attacking mentality and trying to make the most of Danny Mills' aerial ability via set pieces! I'll get to playing the first season now and report back towards the end of it!