DrChristopher

May 2027 Champions! The first game of May saw us win our fourth consecutive National Division title. Schedule Ending our season on our joint highest point total ever in 90 points. Luxembourg National Division Sorry to see Marisca go back down despite their huge wage bill. Also we didn't receive any awards except for Youth player of the Year. Which goes to Luis who is leaving and has turned down all loan extensions. First XI I don't have a clear outline of our best XI going into next season but here is the best 15 in CA. Nascimento and Antunes lead the team. Other great contributors are Sueliton and Mas. Hopefully we can hang on to these lads especially Henke with his transfer interest looming. Second XI The second batch of 15 include the likes Noor, Oliveira, and Rogerio. Looking through here you start to see our glutton of defensive talent and not much in the way of attacking players. Third XI The final 15 that have an outside shot of senior team minutes are these lads. Some familiar faces in Kips and Edrees. Or perhaps Moller and Pace are the guys we will see forcing their way into the side in the near future. Anyone with a "T" by their name is someone I can accept losing if they get a bid in. The rest I have to be more crafty about how to get the DoF to decline the offers. All the guys below Rosina and Muller (maybe 5 or 6 guys) are going to be sold or released as the youth intakes just cannot keep up with the potential of foreign talent. Here is to hoping we have help ourselves on all front in the upcoming transfer window. There windows are starting to be dreaded... Thanks for following along and best of luck in your own saves!

April 2027 Schedule A month of trails despite decent form. The month started with what we assumed was our goalkeeper Henke accepting we weren't selling him. He got injured for most of March, and seemed to drop it. Then as soon as he was back in training he rang up the media and got some other players upset about it, due to him now being influential. We still had good dynamics after a magically 7-0 win, and thought nothing of it, but he just had a mare of a second leg against Titus in the Semis and we will be missing out on a finals appearance in the domestic cup. Luxembourg Cup Semis Loss Sueliton played well with 8 key passes and we dominated xG. Plus, I thought 3 away goals is plenty. Nope 3 goals in the first half and Henke looked awful. Nascimento tried to bring the game back, but it was too little too late. You just have to take one look at the xG to realize we did not play well as 4 of the 5 shots on target were scored against us. This means we will be missing out on nearly 140k in prize money. Not a huge loss, but the board were not thrilled. Luxembourg National Division This leaves the last bastion of competition. The league, and we are in the driver seat with two games to go. So far we have won the league on anywhere from 79 to 90 points so overall this isn't a bad showing. Like always I think a few of our guys are not able to make the player of the year race because they have not played in at least 65% of league games. We do look poised to have a couple players in contention for Youth of the Year as always. Division of Honour As for the league below. The finals days are getting interesting as the top 3 all still have a shot at the title. Our affiliate missed out on the playoffs, but have looked good. Our former player Lucas Martin looks to be getting relegated to the 3rd division with Bettembourg, and a two of our guys are on loan at Schengen in 18th and will likely be relegated. Meanwhile none of our loanees are in the top 5 teams looking to try to promote to the top flight. Meaning either two things. Our players are not as good as we though, or the Luxembourg pyramid is getting better and even our reserves are beginning to struggle against 2nd tier competition. Attacking Midfielder Left (AML) As for left attacking midfielder depth we have 5. I mistakenly did not select Marc Pace as well. Sueliton is our number 11. He has had 11 assists and 4 goals in his 15 starts and a better average rating than anyone. Second is a three way tie between Gascons, Walther, and Pace. Walther is the most consistent and with his versality he can always cover, but Gascons and Pace have the potential. Gascons is with CS Fola Esch-Alzette in the Division of Honour, and is playing alright, but doesn't make us feel secure in playing him 25-30 appearances in the top flight next season. Pace meanwhile is with Alliance Aischdall our affiliate in the league below. He is playing well, but is not as clinical as he has higher xG and xA then he has recorded stats. So all in all I think this may be one of the first areas to address next transfer window. Meaning most likely Balsa would find himself as surplus if he isn't already and on his way to a 3rd tier side in need of his talents. Sueliton You cannot get the ball off this man. A technical dribbler who can play with either foot and has loads of flair. He spends a little too much time on the ball some highlights, but the assists speak for themselves. He was a really great winter acquisition, especially once we were thinner up top. Board and Supporter Grades The board and supporters both dropped our grades from B+ to B in their managerial grades, but we are still secure. I have a slight worry that the supporters have a moderate influence on the board and are so blaise about our squad and transfer work. Then again, I guess that mimics really life and supporters are hardly complimentary of players. Surprisingly we haven't switched tactics except in easy wins, and everyone is still fine with that. Two games to go and a likely new trophy to put in the trophy case. Thanks for following along, and best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

March 2027 Schedule A good first leg against Titus Petange in the Cup was the biggest standout. The club has also gone from 19 players to just 4 players under risk assessment in the medical center which is really good to see to. A few dropped points away in the league, but we still find ourselves up 5 points with 6 games to go. Luxembourg National Division We have a lock on the top rated players in the league. Also an incredible goal tally with a 60 goal differential. Attacking Midfielder Right (AMR) This month we are looking over our AMR options. First is Nascimento who is the best goal creator we have ever had bar none. 35 goal contributions in 36 starts in all competitions. Onyshchenko the Ukrainian is cut of a similar cloth. He has chance creating quality, and is currently top 3 in assists in the National Division. Third is Popp who is currently out on loan to FC Atert Bissen in the Division of Honour. He was getting starting gametime but suffered a major hip injury that will have him out for the rest of the season. (We could bring him home, but he has a loan secured through 2028 so I don't know if I want to cancel it yet.) Our last inside forward utility man is Walther who has been a 4-year squad player for the club. He is 9 games away from 100 appearances for the club in the league. He is so versatile. Which makes it really hard to let him go out on transfer or loan despite being a bottom of the National Division in quality most likely. Overall we are torn between those last two to round out the senior squad. Wilian Nascimento Wilian has been interesting. He is really talented and been a good servant since he was brought in. Unfortunately we are starting to receive interest in him from other clubs. Luckily they have been very minimal fees offered. However, we will have to fend off bigger fish over the next year, and this style save makes these great players always at risk of being sold out from under you. Nation Club Coefficients On the positives domestically we smote our last European coefficient record of 5.375 points last season with a heady height of 6.333 points this season. Which will move us further up the qualification place table. We wont feel that good form for 3 more seasons, but I think in 3 seasons we will likely see another Luxembourgish team making a Europa Conference League Phase. That will be the day. We have also extended maybe 8 contracts, but this is a big renewal season upcoming. As 38 players have their contracts expiring after next season. Thanks for following along and best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Auslänners!

February 2027 Schedule A nearly perfect month despite a wild time which included a major player being stolen out from under us. It began well with two 5 goal performances then a shocking 3-2 home win against Besiktas. We figured this might actually end with us going through to the next round in Europe. Then we had a number of injuries to the first team and the Besiktas away leg went to an extra time loss that just shattered our fitness. Competitions Thankfully we were able to progress to the Semis and maintain a 8 point lead in the league with 9 games to go. Now that we are out of Europe we should be able to manage the fixtures upcoming. Jordi Garcia The outgoing was heart breaking as Casa Pia came in for Jordi and despite shooting down some initial bids the player and DoF took matters into their own hands. They agreed to a 230K exit to the Portuguese Premier League side. Where he has not even played a single minute. (That always sucks to watch a key player move on to be a emergency backup essentially somewhere else.) He was a free transfer though so. Not a bad deal... Board Rejections Meanwhile the board has been shuting down all requests and funny enough the other 4 rejections just fell off this page prior to me getting a screen shot. I know it is not an intentional part of the game, but in my head-canon the board is submitting fake statements like, "...see the manager is lying, we approve 50% of all board requests." LOL! Central Midfielders That brings us to where the Mezzala - Center Midfielder depth stands. Pablo has had to cover CM a lot since the transfer window, but a new signing in Jose Afonso has played really well, and therefore has got the starters. With the natural fitness and stamina his best ability has been availability. First names off the bench are Emili and Van de Corput, but both have been the two most heavily injured players on the team. Luckily Schmidtka has been available and thus has already received 36 appearances this season. With 22 clear cut chances created and 5 assists and 10 goals. Omary is the last of the midfielders likely to see playing time in the near future and he immediately went out on loan to FC Alliance, our affiliate, after we realized that the DoF signed our Tazmanian star boy without telling us he promised him a compatriot signing. He is getting minutes which is the important thing in the division below so hopefully we get a good look at what he can be before coming back to us next season. José Afonso Brazilian with professionalism is a welcome signing every time. He is missing the ability to score going forward and mark going back. However he does have a lot of intangibles we like from the work rate to the first touch, if we can raise the passing I think we can be happy with this signing long term. Barnabás János Schmidtka Barnabas is a lot of fun to watch not only that he is really low maintainance. Which when you aren't control big parts of the back room stuff a no-ego guy is really nice. Most of all that passing is pin point every highlight. Making him a huge anticipatory watch whenever he is on the ball. Medical Center When I said the midfield had injury concerns I meant it. 2/3 of the year out for Emili and over half the year and counting out for Maurizio. So we have lead the league in injuries by far. I haven't ever had the ability/competence to do the general training schedule fully, but these injury crises might force my hand. Thankfully we only have 4 games next month. I hope to bring all the players back up to game shape. Thanks for following along and best of luck in your own saves! Cheers!

January 2027 Schedule A wild month with 10 players incoming. 2 permanent outgoing and 10 loans out as well. 7 dropped points in the league, and a tough loss against LOSC in the Europa League. Competitions We actually didn't need a win to progress in Europe but we got one against Zvexda who ended up finishing right above us in the League Phase. Meanwhile we are in to the quarter finals of the Luxembourg Cup. Transfers We were able to get 7 of our 15 transfer targets we set up with the DoF (these players mostly consisted of young free transfers with potential, just highlighting the best two today). Meanwhile the DoF brought in only 3 players, 2 were a miss. Nonetheless the contracts really exploded this offseason. With the team wage bill going from 1.6 mil annually to 2 mil annually. I don't know how else to get the wage bill back into anything close to our league-mates. I think we are just going to have to accept the we are the biggest fish now, and we have to stop trying to find the Moneyball-style buys. (I might start trying to overpay for domestic talent. Perhaps injecting some cash into the Luxembourgish pyramid.) Transfers In The best of the guys coming in was this Angolan defender. He came in on an incredible contract, and claimed the hot prospect title immediately. Unfortunately the all new foreign imports were brutal registering for our Europa squad which brough it to maybe 19 players that can dress for games and with the occasional 2-3 players out a game. It is really a thin bench. With some of the outgoings we got a little worried towards the second half of the window and managed to immediate priority target this guy. He looked like an incredible Tanzanian find, but we did have to pay team highest earner money. He is two-footed, but even as Ball-playing defender I don't know if he will make the most of that skillset. Transfers Out Then we got picked apart a bit by the teams below. One such player was Sinner who was snagged by Dudelange. (Bought for $12,250 sold for $3,500. These dealings do not fill me with confidence.) He will not be starring for them, but actually leaves to back up our other former player Konate. Dudelange were a predicted 3rd place finish, but find themselves in 15th. Then we lost Bieleu to Luxembourg City who are seeking to get back into the top flight. They sit in 8th in the second tier and he comes in as a key player. Shockingly the DoF negotiated us paying 20K a year in salary for the next year and a half. Honestly a big net loss considering the transfer fee and wage. Especially as we could have probably sold him for 10k with no wage contribution to a team outside of Luxembourg. Oh well this is what we were considering just a few paragraphs ago in terms of Luxembourg friendly deals. Loans Out Upside is almost everyone was loaned out who looked to be starting to become unhappy with our big senior squad including a young Argentinian who came in 4 days before deadline day. I think this moves our total loans out to 23 players. We just are struggling to loan these players out for any kind of wage contribution as our wages are so inflated compared to what the league below are able to budget for. (I really am fighting this internal battle of worrying the DoF will over commit me financially or other days just giving away money.) The best part is 4 players have deals through 2028 which hopefully keeps them away from hungry clubs looking to plunder our youth setup. Overview Lastly, we are doing well with the board. We don't know our Europa League matchup yet but we will give it our best shot in the knockouts. Otherwise this is the new look starting XI. Henke had a offer come in from Napoli, but it was for 10k which was way below his valuation of 80k so we were able to talk him down, but it is an optimistic sign getting offers from teams in the top 5 leagues. Team Goals... try to get the board to spend some of this money on infrastructure. Give as many guys as we can long contracts to hopefully inflate their values in case teams come knocking in the summer. As well as identify 5-7 guys we can put on the transfer list next window to lower our budget a little. Hopefully getting back under 50 players contracted with the club. We have all national division talent in the senior team, but interestingly most of our loanees are going to 2nd tier sides in the Division of Honour. So tough to tell if our players really are as good as we think or maybe they just need to have game experience to justify that quality estimation. Perhaps we are lucking out and have had teams loaning our guys in that become some of the better players on their squads. Hard to judge. Nevertheless with 13 of the 2nd division teams represented by our youth players on loan. I look forward to seeing who will lead their side to a promotion to the top flight. Also, in FM25 I am really look forward to taking one of these yo-yo National/Division of Honour teams and trying to dethrone this juggernaut we have made in US Hostert. Thanks for following along and best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Auslänners!

December 2026 Schedule Great month with even more games then we accounted for, 9 in all. A magical draw against Bilbao. Now we have two games left in the league phase of Europe, but all the league wins have given us a 4 point lead in the National Division. Luxembourg National Division We are officially past the halfway mark, and the second XI have really done well. The league is ours to lose and with our track record. Once we are out of Europe, I think we will walk the league. Just worried about the development of some of the third teamers, and if we can afford to spare them with our injury woes. Defensive Midfielders We have four guys that are the base of our defensive midfielder pipeline. Pablo is the best of the bunch, but we have a ton, ton, ton of midfield potential. Pablo has put away 12 goals on just 9.6 XG so far this season. Vlaovic has also been ever present off the bench. Adding value in every area. He is top 5 in the league in open play key passes per 90 minutes. He has been stalwart for us, but many of our players have had news items of interest in them from other clubs, him included. So I hope we can hang on to this great depth we have built. Leal is played a few games, but most likely we be out on loan to end the season, as he hasn't impressed in his opportunities. Rosina is the key player for FC Noertzange HF in the third division of Luxembourg. They are a championship bound team currently in 1st. He has not been setting the league on fire there, but it has been a good move for him. Pablo For not having the consistency badge, he is playing very well. He is not a physical guy though. He really is an anchor that excels in being able to spray the ball out from the back. UEFA Europa League We have two more Europa games. A win and we are in to the next round for sure. However, I don't know if we can steal points off of either team though so. We also have seen a lot of renewed interest in our players. We amped our requested value for sales to 200% of value to deter interest, but I worry the DoF could start accepting offers left and right. Especially with the tycoon owners of FC Marisca Mersch sitting in the relegation spots ready to buy and with deep pockets to snare our DoF. Should be an exciting window... Thanks for following along and best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Auslänners!

November 2026 Schedule Mixed results this month. A perplexing loss against lower table US Sandweiler right after a great win again Rijeka in Europe. We experienced a ton of suspensions from yellow cards, and had 8 players out for the St. Gallen's game. Competitions 3 more Europa games, and we probably need 3 more points at least to make the knockouts. Meanwhile in the league we are tied for first on points, and we need to stay in good form if we want the ability to rotate across all our fixtures. Leftbacks The three senior teamers are (in priority order) Luis, Schmit, and Muller. Luis is a monster at this level and he is out and out one of the best on the team. He will get every appearance he can stand. Schmit tends to be more regularly played despite being now the same CA as Muller. Schmit is just more versality, so he finds himself off the bench much more. Muller has been dropping in potential left and right. I think he was originally 3.5 stars of PA. I think we need to get him back out on loan to recapture some of that lost potential. Van de Maele is the best of the rest. He is back on loan at FC Alliance in the 2nd division. He is a "clear cut chance" creation magician on the left. I hope he can continue to help them as the relegation candidates are now up to 10th in the Division of Honour. Matos is really behind in current ability. I think he will struggle to catch up to the pack. So he might be a causality to the transfer market upon arriving back from loan in the summer. Maybe we selective choose a up and coming Luxembourgish side to gift him too. Jose Luis Luis is unfortunately in his last season with the club before going off to Atletico. We are going to need to put some leftbacks in the transfer target list as we need someone to fill his very impactful shoes soon. Medical Center We are back going through another injury crisis. On top of that we are hitting a point in the season where the yellow cards are starting to pile up. We have 7 games this coming month and it is our last chance to see how the third teamers are playing prior to the winter roster shakeup. Most likely any third teamers not essential will be on the dev list in the winter and off the more playing time in a new destination. Thanks for following along and best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Auslänners!

October 2026 Schedule Fairly good form as the injury crisis is mostly over. Only lost came in Europe against Atalanta. Which we were always gonna lose. Competitions A big comeback in the second leg of the cup has us into the next round against Mondercange. Centerbacks The centerback pipeline is massive. Miguel is the main man. He has been impenetrable in the back. Lufi meanwhile has a ton of versatility, and has been having to cover defensive midfield for the bulk of the season, and I hope he and Miguel can grow to be a good partnership. Rogerio has been out for two months and has been reinjured multiple times in training. So, hopefully we can play him into some more consistent form. Meddour has been a faithful servant to the club, and continued to be an incredible clearance specialist being one of the leaders in the league. Sims is at Young Boys Diekirch in the second division. He is in the starting 11, but not thriving really as the 15th place hopefuls are stuck at the bottom of the table. Ljubisa and Guilherme are the third stringers. Both are a step below only "decent" top flight players. I'm worried that they won't get enough playing time this season and lose out on some crucial growth years. Miguel Mas The Spanish giant. "Mas" Mas is an aerial monster. Winning 7.25 headers per 90 mins. He is a stable fixture that makes me feel really certain in our defensive future. Ismet Lufi Lufi is a little more methodical and mental. The teamwork and the work rate. He is the engine in tandem with the "Wall of Mas". I hope both can be a home grown figures in our team for a few seasons to come. Overview We are up to 16 million in the balance as well as leading the league. 5 games in the league this month will have us up to nearly the half way mark of the league season. Can we start to pull ahead and give our third teamers a chance to get game time? Not a ton of updates this month, but thanks for following along. Best of luck to all. Cheers!

September 2026 Super Cup Win A convincing win nets us a third domestic Super Cup. Our depth has really shone through this month as we had 8 games and multiple international fixtures that stole our star players away. Plus at times we had as many as 8 players injured. Schedule Nonetheless we played well. Next month is very similar we have a decent break to start the month, but soon it will test us again. Thankfully this year we are in a better position in the league already (2nd place with a game in hand) as well as 11th in the Europa League on 4 points. Competitions Amazingly despite having 6 strikers we have often been down to 2 this last month. Thankfully Ram and Jordi have been holding it down. Rightbacks We have 4 players in my option that make up our rightback pipeline. Starting is Noor, Second is Oliveira, Third is Almeida, and Fourth is Federspiel. Almeida is with Alliance our affiliate in the 2nd division. They are predicted to finish 17th, still being relegated, right now he is their starting right back and currently has them safely in 15th. Federspiel is with FC Jeunesse Canach in the First Division South. (3rd Tier Luxembourg) He has been playing at that level for the last 3 seasons, and despite their media prediction of 6th place finish they have had a rough start and find themselves in 13th. He is currently listed as their key player and best passer. He also is part of the media dream eleven at that level. Oliveira is playing incredibly assisting everything, and is undoubtedly deserving of his inflated salary. Ahmad Irfan Mohd Noor Noor meanwhile is super consistent. He is responsible for everything on that right side and his sprints per 90 would be the highest in the league if I could spare him there, but it is even more impressive that he is sustaining that work rate against European talent. Injury Crisis Like I said we still have 7 injuries and 4 working their way back to health. As well as 19 more that are on the watch list for risk assessment. That means the 3rd stringers are likely going to start a game somewhere this month, not just coming off the bench as they have. (They are bottom of the league table in quality though as a unit.) Furthermore with the wins in Europe and the Super Cup we now have 16 million in the bank balance. We have been denied stadium upgrades. So we are gonna have to start getting creative. I think we may go the way of a building-a-nation save a little. Having the DoF focus on more and more young talent that we can then loan out so that way it invests our money in talent that grows rather than talent that regresses. Either that or we can stop fighting the AI director just let him off his lease and allow him to sign every high rep monstrosity he can find. (This may be what I do in the last two seasons of this save prior to porting it over to FM25 if possible. (In FM25 I would likely then attempt to take another side and overtake this Luxembourgish PSG we built.) Thanks for following along. Best of luck in your own saves! Let's go Auslänners!

August 2026 Schedule Celtic took it easy on us in the first home league and then we squeezed by them in the away leg. Thus we are either in the Europa League or Champions League, but first we had to get by Hapoel. Who were ready and shut us down in the home leg despite a good XG showing. Competitions So we got bumped down to the Europa League - League Phase. Which saw us win 9 million in prize money. Incredible! Unfortunately it could not prevent our latest transfer tragedy. Transfers We were able to stifle the DoF for the remainder of the window by suggesting unachievable guys and resigning players, but Athletico Madrid came in with a $350,000 offer for Jose Luis. Just like that accepted and gone on deadline day. Thankfully they allowed us to keep him on loan for the remainder of the season. Finances That means we are definitely good for the next several seasons financially if we miss out on Champions League football. However, we are 3 qualification coefficient places from going up to better European places to start. Any trickle down money would be awesome domestically so hopefully we can steal a few draws in the league phase. (Interestingly we are still dealing with bad European results from the previous 5 seasons so we currently only have 3 teams in Europe in the bare minimum positions.) Goalkeepers I wanted to switch up how I was doing this section. Our first choice is Henke, Second is Jorge, and Third is Kips. Jorge was given Cup keeper role alongside Kips. So I ended up sending him out on loan as Kips just didn't seem to get interest. Plus, I didn't want one to get upset. Which meant Edrees was back as our third choice until season's end. Omar meanwhile is still on loan with FC Stengefort in the 4th tier of Luxembourg which is unplayable. I don't know how it works exactly, but he is getting playing time so unless he regresses or complains, I will leave him there. Another interesting item of note is that Henke and Jorge are seemingly the two best keepers in the Division. There is one other team that has a 2.5 star guy too, but attribute wise he is a step behind more on par with Kips. Oliver Henke I'm really hoping he can become home grown for us in the next few seasons. We are just now starting to have 21 players we can have active in Europe. I would love to get that closer to the full 25 man squad possible. Overview We just finished our training facility upgrade from last season, and were shot down on a youth recruitment upgrade. Hopefully we have better luck with youth facilities or another training facility upgrade request. We are selling out maybe 1/3 of our stadium regularly so maybe an upgrade request there could help as well. Thanks for following along. Best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Auslänners!

July 2026 Schedule Double wins to start the Champions League campaign! Now we face our first real test in Celtic in the 3rd qualifying round. 8-game month coming up, we will be rotating heavily. New Director of Football So my DoF manipulation lasted maybe a week before a new director was in and he was transfer hungry. He sold three big names and loaned out 5 others while bringing in a new midfielder. He also arranged 3 young transfers to come in during the winter window. I don't know what to expect from them, but he really has lit a fire under us. Transfers In Brought in on a free from FK Dečić Tuzi from Montenegro's First League. He was the perfect transfer as he will slot into the second team especially since the defensive midfield position was depleted by the outgoings. Transfer Out First outgoing of the new DoF's reign of terror was our team's eldest, Aldin, who went to big spenders Marisca in our league for $10,000. Then Dudelange went professional becoming the 3rd professional side in the country. They decided to invest in youth and snagged our Luxembourgish center back Agost. I wish they would have let me negotiate as I think they over paid as they gave us $43,500 for him. I wasn't thrilled to let him go, but when it is to a domestic team its not too painful. Hope he plays well for them. Then we were thinking... well thank goodness we still have Konate... and bam! He gone to Dudelange as well for $36,000. We are getting picked over by the teams below us, but that is again no problem as we almost had 60 players at the club last season. Now we are just below 50 players. Loans Out On top of that our director was able to secure quite a few loans on top of us getting to extend a couple. Which brings us to 13 players loaned out for the season. Also Alliance had become our affiliate at the winter window last season. Which has made it easier to send guys out especially since they promoted to the 2nd division. Finances I'm trying to hid this money, but I'm not doing a good job. I think I have to just go nuts with the board requests is my only hope of preventing salary over-inflation. Competition Reputation Also we started to finally move up in competition reputation so I wanted to give you some mile marks for how the 3 tiers of Luxembourgish football are growing. Our top division is almost League 2 quality. The Division of Honour is somewhere between the Vanarama leagues and just below the French National 2. Meanwhile the First Division is hanging around the regional premier divisions of England. I think there are just a few amatuer sides hanging around the bottom of the First Division. Most teams in the top 3 tiers of Luxembourg are semi-professional. Summary The summary is saying that Celtic are vastly better then us and I don't doubt it. They also look like they are gonna possession us to death. We are officially in a group stage no matter what though. If we lose the rest of the way we will be in the conference league again. So at a minimum we should have a decent TV money paycheck coming from the group stage. Thanks for following along. Look forward to seeing where we stand at the end of this month. Best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Auslänners!

June 2026 Schedule Looks like we have an easy draw against Newtown in the Champions League. If we win we play Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho of Finland or Víkingur R. of Iceland. Both would be very even draws. Competitions The board are expecting us to win everything domestically. This will be interesting now that everyone expects us not to drop form in any competitions. We have been kind of wild and free the last few seasons, but now our success is a demand. Transfers In I couldn't stop the DoF from spending big this window, but at least I could direct him to the free young players. First was a brand new striker. 16 finishing, I don't think we have ever had someone so clinical. Next was a painfully big wage on a new center back. Liking the heading and jumping reach. The young Spaniard is impressive, but I worry we are gonna start to needing Champions League prize money if we bring in too many players on these kinds of wages. (Last season we basically broke even financially. This season we are likely to be a little in the negative unless we can trim the roster/staff) The DoF immediately did it again with another center back partner, young Croatian, Ismet. He doesn't jump out physically or technically but those mentals are awesome. We are gonna be absolutely impossible to brake down defensively. Transfers Out We then brought in another keeper from Brazil. Which meant we have 3 potential first team quality keepers. I had to try to get one out on loan as someone was gonna be upset with the lack of game time. Therefore as the youngest and the likelihood that with Alisontia he will probably start all season. We are thrilled to get him on a dreamy contract, and with a great team on loan. Finally we were able to get rid of Martin. We are paying a big amount of his wages to make him go to a Luxembourgish side, but that is okay as he has been languishing in the reserves for a couple seasons. Same with Dzafo. We are paying ~6k of his wage with Norden, but neither guy would stand for a lateral move initially, and most teams can't afford the wages we give. However both look to immediately slot into the first eleven for their respective 2nd tier sides now. Herr goes to 3rd tier Belgian side FCV Dender EH for $5,000. Absolutely insane wages. Luckily with the new incoming talent he would have been pushed out of the senior team anyways. In the media we'll claim he left to chase the money. Starting XI Here is the first team as it stands. I have a transfer target list set to urgent of 20-30 young players every window as they are usually the only talent my DoF won't over pay for. This usually keeps the DoF so busy he doesn't do anything too stupid. Second XI The second team is mostly a little older, but some big contracts like Oliveira and Aldin are rough off the bench. Third XI Konate is probably gonna be put back on the developmental list as he is surplus right now. Incredibly that means everyone in the senior team is top flight quality. Big progress from the first season where maybe a portion of the starting eleven was top flight quality. Media Predictions 61.9% odds to win the league. Plus, its wild that we have gone from not a soul in the media dream eleven to 6 players and a majority. Mersch is back in the top flight meaning somehow with their tycoon owners we are not the highest team salary as they are spending nearly 2 million a year in wages. We are around 1.5 mil. For context, the rest of the league is 650k to 200k a year. Director of Football Last but not least is the man who has been a partner and nemesis the whole save. He has failed to be resigned by the club. I will be most like trim him alongside the staff other that didn't get resigned as the board have given some disgusting contracts. (He is making more than I am by the way.) Also this will mean that likely will close out our transfer activity this window. Which we could use a break from to be honest. Never free the loan manager will still help us with the development list, but we will most like see if we can put out an advert for a new DoF so we will likely have new colleague next window. Thanks for reading along in this big summer update. Best of luck in your own saves! Let's go Auslänners!

May 2026 Treble Winners! We win the treble and are solidified as the nation's best. League Stats We ended 11 points ahead of 2nd and leading in several categories. Luxembourg National Division Peixoto had a great season but is refusing to return next season. None the less he claimed the Young player of the year award. (Didn't play enough to qualify for MVP.) Youth of the Year In fact we cleaned up in the youth award. Senior Squad This isn't divided perfectly by squad, but gives you a decent idea of our talent across the club. For the first team Peixoto was magician at creating chances. Reserve Squad Off the bench and in the reserves is Ramdedovic. He was impressive in front of goal all season, and gives us good cover up top. Edrees meanwhile has fallen down the pecking order, and will need to fight for a place back in the squad. Youth Squad As for the bottom of the club, Busche, Rosina, Ajdini, and Moller look to have bright futures. Jahn, Dedenon, Djogou are all on the way out though. Finances We also were given a ton in the finance budget. I am struggling to hide the funds we have accumulated. I can't imagine how the DoF is gonna abuse this much money. It looks like we are in for a busy window. My best guess is i might have to take responsibility of final approval of any incoming transfers. I don't know if it will kill the vibe of the save though. The only other option I have is to demand continuous improvements to the team facilities left and right. Thank for following along, best of luck in your saves. Cheers!

April 2026 Champions! We did it! This is 3 seasons of being at the top of the pyramid. Schedule 10 points of 12 this month sealed it. Really strong scoring all season has us within 4-5 goals of the all-time team goals record in a top flight season. Luxembourg National Division Crazy collapse that Alisontia had this season. It really was their league to win for a majority of the season. We won on 79 points our first year. So it was just a bummer that they faced a team like us. Hopefully they can give us some European help. Reserve League The youth teams are tearing it up too. This the first time the Reserves have had this kind of form, and their points total is insane only dropping 8 points all season so far. Plus, our guys are all over the leaderboards. U18 League Hostert has also won the U18 league for the third time. Crazy too that Busche is the leading scoring in both leagues in the same season. European Coefficients We have have made a big jump from 2.75 points last year to 5.37 points this year. That should hopefully get us back to 4 teams in Europe again. We just need those teams to win some money so the prize money can start trickling through the league system. I love that this season seemed to be in the bag, but was really a wild ride from start to finish. Next month will be our recap as we try to reset. New Chairperson Almost forgot to mention. We had our old chairperson retire, and before he was out the door he was replaced by a local business man, who offered a significant transfer budget. However, since we don't get to manage that we asked for a training facility upgrade instead, and they agreed. So in the next two months we should have both a youth and training facilities upgrade. All while maintaining 6 million or so in the bank balance. If at all possible I think I want to try to bring in more depth, and maybe help the league as each season the reputation drops, and it eats at the prize money. If we can bring up the reputation perhaps we can get more prize money to the other clubs. Anyway thanks for following along, and best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

March 2026 Schedule We had a tough tie in Europe, but despite a good away game we could not make it any further. This allowed us to treat the remaining competitions with our full focus, and we took it to the domestic clubs. Competitions We now have a final date with Differdange to try to reclaim the Luxembourg Cup. Also, we finally had a chance as FC Alisontia Steinsel dropped points and we were able to take a 3 point lead in first place. 4 games to play this coming month. 7 games total left and 6 more games left in the league. Striker - Advanced Forward (Attack) We have 5 guys considered for our pipeline of striker talent. 1st is Jordi. 30 goals in 41 appearances for the club. Still just 19 years old with plenty of potential. I just hope we can keep him. Now that we know the DoF is willing to sell good talent out from under us. 2nd is the Ram. 28 appearances and 15 goals to his name. He is also 19 years old. The FC Jeunesse Junglinster product was a huge safety blanket for us in our domestic competitions this season. Both guys are likely going to be leading the line for the foreseeable future. 3rd is Herr. Who is absolutely fed up with his lack of playing time. He has put in for transfer. So despite being a decent domestic option (Luxembourg second nationality) he will likely be gone by next season. 4th is Busche. We have unfortunately failed to get him a loan opportunity. Nonetheless he has scored 38 goals in 37 appearances throughout our youth ranks this season. We got to get this man a chance to prove himself against senior talent. 5th is Mamadou. He has been out on loan at FC Syra Mensdorf in the Division of Honour. He has scored 7 goals in 31 appearances. Not the greatest record, and his side is likely to be relegated to the 3rd tier of Luxembourgish football. First Choice Garcia is regressing a little bit, but he is still way ahead of most of the players in our side. On top of being pretty reasonable with both feet. Still can't believe we were able to get him on a free. Second Choice Ram meanwhile has been slowly improving. He has excellent peripheries. Good training, good composure, tall, either footed. Looking forward to him developing with us. Data Hub Here is the most recent data hub numbers. We are doing really well across the board. Except perhaps defending due to almost no one staying very long in our half. We may have the league locked up by the end of this month. Thanks for following along, and best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Auslänners!

February 2026 Schedule We draw Trabzonspor. He somehow managed a 1 all draw at home. We knew it was curtains. Then we got a early second half sent off of an opposition player and finally managed to break through with 15 minutes to go. We are on to the round of 16 and we face the team that we barely lost to in the league phase, FC Nordsjælland. Competitions We also face FC Schifflange '95 in the Luxembourg Cup semi-finals. We are also down to 9 games left in the league with us only a point behind. We really hoped we would be out of Europe by now. The thin squad it is no where more evident than the pipeline focus this month... Attacking Midfielder (Left) - Inside Forward (Attack) After a few departures, it has decimated the coverage at AML. Our new/old 1st team man is Walther. He has been perfectly passable with good stats, and at 22 he has found himself back in the starting eleven. It most likely won't be for long, but his consistency has eased our anxiety. 2nd is Teah. He has been a third stringer all season and performed so poorly in training. It has caused him to regress in numerous skills, but hopefully he will play into form before too long as we will need his depth. 3rd is Gascons. The stats in the image are of his current loan spell to FC Jeunesse Junglinster in the mid-table of the Division of Honour. His average rating is standard, but he has not been very clinical in those starts. 4th is Balsa, and likewise his stats show for his current loan at FC Blo Wäiss Medernach in the Division of Honour currently sitting in 7th place. His contributions on loan and his average rating there have been much better. Both Balsa and Gascons are playing for their chance to dispose Teah to have a squad role in the senior team next season. First Choice Thankfully he is a fan of big matches as the league seems to be going down to the final fixtures. Also the speed as made him able to keep up with better European opposition. Second Choice Teah was my homegrown project that I thought would be regularly around the senior team. Unfortunately for the most part he has not popped off and his training has made him even more unpickable when deciding between him and others off the bench. Regardless needs must and he finds himself as our second choice for the rest of the season. Overview As the summary reads. Nordsjaelland are a much better team. Hopefully they will put us out of our misery here and we can be knocked down to only 2 competitions. 7 games this month will stretch our depth to the brink again. Thanks for following along, best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

January 2026 Schedule A perfect January. Leads us to a cup busy February. We haven't got our knockout draw yet but we play 3 games against current 6th place side Progres. We may have gotten a little eager in our development list. As now our first team is down to 24 players. Luxembourg National League We are now in 2nd with 6 points on 3rd, and within 4 points of 1st. Peixoto is still leading the league in form, but we have had some unfortunate departures at the hand of our Director of Football Transfers The good news first. The development list has worked with tons of guy going out to Luxembourgish sides. Very happy about that. Also we were able to steer the director to young talent to bring in, downside a few won't come in until next season. The few that have are all on a free. Two of our best are below... Incoming A new goalkeeper way better than Kips. Unfortunately Kips was in the middle of a 2 month long playing time promise so hopefully we can split the playing time and keep both guys happy until we can negotiate Kips playing time down. Next is striker prospect Artur from Ukraine. Great speed and technique with 4 assists in 3 starts for the first team. Might fit better on the wing then up top. Great role agreement too. Outgoing Dinamo were feed up that we didn't use him as an inverted winger. They recalled him as soon as the window opened. He refused the DoF's attempt to sign him on a permanente. Then the worse news. Atlanta United came in for a transfer of Micah Hamilton. He was definitely our best player, but the money was too good for the administration to pass up. He signed for 6 times what we were paying him wage wise. So can't say I blame him. Huge blow to the side. Loanees Currently 52 players at the club and at last count almost 20 are out on loan to different sides. We have taken a step back in our media prediction assessment. At our highest heights we were 70% favorites to win the league. That has drifted down to 40% favorites. Our new look starting eleven is as follows... First XI Wish us luck as we try to find our new identity. Thanks for following along, and best of luck in your own saves. Also I haven't been able to find a nickname for the team online. Other than not of their numerous youth teams. If anyone knows the club nickname let me know otherwise ill just be calling them, Auslänners. I was going for outsiders or underdogs. The closest translations I could find was foreigners/outsiders. Either would work as we have almost a third of the club are foreign talent and youngsters. So, let's go Auslänners!

December 2025 Schedule 1 point gained from our last two Europa fixtures, and only 2 points dropped from our possible 12 points in the league. UEFA Europa Conference League Which means we officially made the knockout stage, but this most likely spells the end of our run. It was a good campaign though, but led mostly by our loanees. So we may struggle to replicate this success. Luxembourg National League Meanwhile in the league we move to 3rd, 7 points back with the best goal differential. Peixoto is also thriving in the league, and once we finish any European ties he will make short work of the domestic competition. Dudelange hasn't hired a new manager yet and is opting for a caretaker since we turned them down. He may win the job though as he is moving them up the table. Attacking Midfielders (Right) - Inside Forward (Attack) AMR is our thinnest position I think. 1st is Tin, the GNK Dinamo Zagreb attacker is incredible and will presumably refuse an extension here unless our team quality steps up in a big way. 11 goals in 25 appearances has been awesome though. 2nd is Bieleu the Cameroonian winger. He is injury prone, but has stayed healthy for the most part. He is a leading quality National Division guy with 5 goals and 8 assists in 25 appearances. This position gets a lot of action in our setup. If we miss out on resigning Tin getting a replacement will likely be our first priority rather than starting Bieleu. 3rd is Avdusinovic he was a regular starter for us the last two seasons, but with all the firepower the DoF brought in. He has become surplus to requirements. We are still trying to figure out the best way to get the DoF to focus on selling off these players as the unwanted list seems hit or miss. 4th is Popp, the German youngster from SV Eichede. He is wanted on loan by a 3rd tier side, so hopefully he can get some playing time with them. So far this season he has averaged a 7.9 with the U18s and a 7.2 with the reserves rating wise. 23 goals in 35 appearances across both teams alongside 13 assists. Really looking forward to seeing how he plays for a senior squad. First Choice Man I wish we could keep him, but it would likely take the entire transfer budget and then some. He and Peixoto likely will be competing for 'Young player of the season'. They just need to make sure to play enough games in the league to be eligible. Second Choice Ben has been great in the league. 3 goals and 5 assists in 12 appearances with a 7.34 average rating. He hates big games, is injury prone and is mostly capped potential-wise. Nonetheless he is still a passable option in the senior team. Really the biggest issue I dislike with him is his wage as he is outside the first XI, but still top 7 in the squad as far as wage. Debating trying to see if he will agree to a more favorable contract as I think <$30,000 is closer to a fair wage. (Trying to trim the budget in case ever miss out on a champions league spot.) Board The board have agreed to increasing the junior coaching budget, but I haven't seen the adjective change to indicate that investment. Does anyone know if I have to ask for more staff or does junior coaching just give more in wages to sign youth team staff? Any insight would be helpful. Next up is a big league fixture month. With 5 league matches including a matchup against top of the table Alisontia away. A win there would be a big 6-pointer and help us reclaim our throne. By the way Alisontia have been super impressive they earned promotion to the top flight in season 1. Came 2nd last season, and now will likely be going down to the wire to displace us on top of the mountain this season. All while only being media predicted 8th. Anyways that is all for this month. Thanks for following along, and best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Hostert!

First Job Interview Do they mean it or are they trying to unsettle us? They are media predicted 3rd place but currently in 17th place. No thanks Gerry, best of luck!

November 2025 Schedule An almost perfect month. Of course our only loss was against Differdange in the league. Which has prevented us from catching up with the league leaders, Alisontia, in points despite moving up a couple places. UEFA Europa Conference League Two big wins against bottom of the table teams in Europe make us good candidates to make the knockouts. This actually gives us the highest coefficient points ever for our country. We are still too far behind to get more teams in Europe, but a great season for Luxembourg even if the dream of progressing ends in this round. Luxembourg National Division We are just outside the European places with a win separating us and 2nd. The harder task will be catching first. We aren't even at the half-way point, but the European prize money has become pretty necessary for our financial stability. As we are double the next highest player salary in the league, Progress with $550,000 a year. Central Midfielders - Mezzala (Support) We have 7 players we consider the pipeline for central midfield. The starting duo is Emili and Schmidtka. Both are averaging above a 7 in rating. Plus, with both lads being here permanently at such young ages. They will be home grown at club in a few short years. The second duo is Jovanovic and Teah. Teah definitely has the potential to stay around as a squad regular, I believe he also will be homegrown within a season and a half. Meanwhile Jovan has been a team regular the last 3 seasons. Averaging 39 appearances in all competitions the last two seasons. Both guys have some versatility that will keep them getting appearances for at least the next two seasons. The third duo is Loua and Dzafo. Loua was originally kicking up a fuss at the beginning of the season, but has accepted fringe player roles alongside Dzafo. Dzafo seems like he would have a little more useful role versatility, but he refuses to claim Luxembourg secondary nationality despite being eligible. If Bradley takes that next step Dzafo will find himself on the transfer list as he has the higher transfer value. All three will be off on loan in the winter window. First Choice Emili has been great in the assist department with 7 in 21 starts. He has stayed healthy and with his professionalism we have seen a slight rise in his skills. With a training facility upgrade next month. That should help his development. Second Choice Schmidtka has regressed skill wise a little despite a good mentorship group and good professionalism. Regardless he has been player of the match 3 times this season in the odd national division game he has started in. With that leadership though if he can stay in the first XI he will most likely be captain once he becomes home-grown (21 years old). Overview 7 matches again next month with our next game as the second leg in the cup against Mondercange. Interestingly our staff claims we are still evenly-matched with the mid-table side despite a 4-0 win in the first leg. Those two European wins have given us another million in the balance. We may need to hide the extra transfer and wage budget before the transfer window to keep the DoF from going wild. Thanks for following along and best of luck in your own saves! Cheers!

October 2025 Schedule Only 2 points dropped this month helped us rise to 6th, but we have no games in hand in the league. A close game against Football Club Nordsjælland from Denmark gave us the confidence to go play like we had nothing to lose and claim a draw against AZ. Competitions This leaves us a point below the knockout cutoff. Hopefully we can steal some points from another match this run. Defensive Midfielders Now for the Defensive Midfielders. Not a ton a star power, but a ton of potential and cover. 1st is Pablo. 18 years old with 16 starts and a 7.04 average rating. He has been an incredible signing. Especially because he agreed to squad player playing time expectations while playing more like a regular starter. Love the professionalism. 2nd is Konate has been a long time defender that has fallen to the second string team. Only 12 appearances so far this season. He hasn't made any big impacts, but his defensive skills make him a firm sub to have off the bench. 3rd is Nys. 17 years old with miles of potential. He was gonna get some playing time, but has been out with two minor injuries during a particularly packed portion of our schedule and missed both opportunities. Fortunately we got to see him play with the reserves averaging a 6.85 with 2 goals and 3 assists in 20 appearances for the 2nd team. He will be 18 by the second half of the season. So he will most likely be out on loan next transfer window. 4th is Djogou who was originally the third man, but with the young-ins closing in behind him he is essentially transfer listed going forward. William was a 3 season servant to the club, but has lost playing time every year. Also being that he refuses to become Luxembourgish he just hurts our foreign player limit squad rules. So, au revoir mate. 5th is Rosina, the former heir apparent has got to find some senior minutes away on loan soon to keep pace with the glutton of potential we have around his skill-level. He played great in the second division last season with FC Syra Mensdorf, and would do well with a return their to finish off the season. First Choice The professionalism and the future home grown status is incredible appealing to us. We have suffered with small European rosters and would love to some depth in these long league phases. Not only that but his ability to play up and down the spine makes him a good bench option going forward if needed. However, being double footed I doubt anyone is displacing him anytime soon. Second Choice Our newest Luxembourg citizen. He thinks he can play for the national team, but likely he will never get there. Nonetheless we love his skills for us off the bench. Great in the air, loves big matches. He will probably receive another 20 appearances throughout the remainder of the season. Next season might be a trying one for him if he can't round out his potential soon. Data Hub Here are some data hub highlights. Defending looks good and scoring make us feels like we will never have to worry about getting shots in the league. Luxembourg National Division Our goal differential is really gonna be an asset at the end of the season, but we still have a lot of ground to make up to catch up with Alisontia Steinsel. 7 games this month with perhaps two of our most winnable Europa Conference league games against Limassol and Flora. Wish us luck as this month will be make or break to see if we have any shot at the knockout stage of the competition. Best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Hostert!

September 2025 Super Cup Win! A poor run of form this month is capped by a good win against Rumelange in the Luxembourg Super Cup. Schedule Dropped 7 points in this month alone in the league. Which has us sitting in the bottom half of the table. Competitions We have 8 matches next month. 2 in the cup, 2 in the Europa Conference, and the remainder in the league. We will most likely be 2 games in hand in the league by month's end, but if we can't get up to 9th or 8th I need to start getting concerned. Defenders on the Left We have a good number of depth at left back but not a lot of quality depth that is pushing for a place in the first team. 1st is Luis, 18 year old stud that has the position locked down for most likely the next couple seasons. Pressures, tackles, and sprints per 90 are at the top 3 of the league at his position. 2nd is Leon. He was great last season and has remained one of the first names off the bench this season. As well as a regular starter when rotating. Hopefully he can grow a little more. 3rd is Muller, and he falls into the 2nd tier quality players in the first team. Only being leading Division of Hour quality. He may surpass Leon one day, but most likely it will be by a hair. He will get 10-ish appearances over the next 3 months. Hopefully that will show us what we have before letting him going out on loan at the winter window. 4th is Zilli who was a good servant, but has failed to find a move away. I will most likely hire an intermediary in the winter window to help us get him off the books. 5th is Van de Maele. He is young and can certainly be a first teamer in time. I just want him to get senior game time on loan soon to continue his development. I wish their were more professional teams to loan him to in Luxembourg. First Choice His tremendous work rate has been perfect up and down the left as a wing-back on attack. Can't wait until we are out of Europe and we can set him loose on the league. Second Choice Finally we have a big match replacement for Leon, but as cover he is a perfect fit. Plus, that pace can still help him recover even in the Europa Conference. Summary As you can see we are suffering from similar problems we had in season one. We are expected to be scoring more than we are and thus we are missing out on 5 points we should have. Which would have us in 2nd place rather than 12th. We need to make a serious jump as you can see this is the first time we have dropped below a B+ as a board grade. Meanwhile the supporters have us down to a C+ grade. I don't think we are in danger yet as we are still secure, but if we are still in the bottom half by Christmas we will be getting a talking to from the board. Hope you all have enjoyed this recap this month. Work came up and I had to set the save down for a little bit, but the new season of Welcome to Wrexham has me needing to scratch the FM itch again. Best of luck in your own saves, and wish us luck as we try to steal some prize money from our European matchups. Cheers!

August 2025 8 games this month. Mixed form that unfortunately has us getting off to a poor start in the league. We couldn't hang on in the Europa league and were knocked out away at APOEL on penalties. So we draw Qarabag, the Azerbaijan champs. A tough draw at home didn't look great, but we absolutely thrashed them away from home to secure league phase European football again this year. Transfers Only one transfer in this month. I don't know if its good that we used up most of our wage space prior so that our DoF seemed less transfer-happy, but we have gotten better with a domestic pickup from US Rumelange. Sinner comes in as our 5th best central defender. Sinner was a regular starter for the mid-table side over the last two seasons. Progressing his average rating from a usual 6.6 in 23/24 to a consistent 6.9 just prior to his signing with us. He won't move the needle a lot, but more top flight quality depth is cool with me. Competitions That leaves us languishing in 14th in the league. Hopefully with only 6 games to be played this month we can make some progress in the league. Ball Playing Defenders As for our centerback depth we have... 1st is Simic. Very excited to see what he can do on loan for us. 2nd is Aldin. 28 years old, consistent player, who did well starting at F91 Dudelange last season helping them back to an European finish in the league. 3rd is Meddour. Finally old faithful has been displaced in the starting squad. This will be his 5th season with us. The big match king remains our captain, but if he continues to pitch fits about playing time we may have to rethink his dynamic role. 4th is Massimo. Driven, 20 years old. Unfortunately he has fallen slightly in potential and most staff seem to think he is more 3 star PA then 3.5. Hopefully we can give him a run of games while we are in Europe and maybe cultivate some interest in him transfer-wise. 5th is Sinner the new guy who will be a reserve player and spot starter in the domestic cup games occasionally this season. Most likely we will be sending him back out on loan during the winter window. 6th is Reihle, the oldest man on the team. He completes our senior players at centerback, but as you can see we have a lot of guys just waiting to take his spot. He will most likely be sold this year to make room. First Choice Initially not great training results, but I have no doubt Simic's complete physicals will help him in putting up a seasonal best eleven performance. Second Choice Nothing much to write home about with Aldin either (most high mental attributes), but I feel really confident having a player who was always in the league's top 10 center-backs list each of the last two seasons. Summary We have two games in hand in the league. Two wins would put us up in 6th. Hopefully we can cap off this month by winning the Super Cup once again. Thanks to anyone following along, best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

July 2025 A great win away against HŠK Zrinjski Mostar then a good start against Zalgiris in the second round. We were optimistic heading into the home leg, but we could just not break them down. Looking back over the tie we were getting extremely lucky with offsides calls that kept us in it. Alas, it was not to be and we now find ourselves in the Europa League Champions Path Third Qualifying Round. We just have to win one more tie either here or in the Conference League to make it back to a league phase and big prize money. Transfers We had some transfers come in. Capped by our biggest transfer fee ever spent, and the biggest in Luxembourg National Division history. After Ziggy left we managed to talk the DoF into this young Serbian loan from Partizan. Unfortunately he agreed to a kind of hefty fee paid monthly, but overall its not a bad deal for the talent we got. Next, another loan. This time from Benfica. Amazingly we bring in Duarte Oliveira just in time to see him slowly become a squad guy. As this wingback on the right will be taking the starting role. Now we certainly have depth. Last is our record signing. The DoF paid his release clause of $105,000 from Mallorca. Resolute personality, which is a huge bonus. Luis comes in to cover our weakest position in the team, left back. Now we have 27 players of National Division (Luxembourg Top Flight) quality. First Team This is the best 11 as it stands. We are now the richest team in the top flight, with the highest salary, and the only professional side. We also have over half the media dream 11 in our squad. Media Prediction We are the giants now. We are not the giants reputation wise, but in practicality that's how the rest of the league treats us now. Competitions As such our board expectations reflect that new mantle. Must get Europe in the league (minimum), must win the super cup, and must reach quarter finals of the Luxembourg Cup. This is a new test for us and hopefully our new depth can help us rise to the occasion. Thanks to anyone following along, best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

June 2025 Facilities are starting to creep up. Still waiting to hear back from the board on upgrade to training facilities. Without European prize money. We would have lost roughly $500,000. So, we need at least a million or two of prize money to stay afloat with all this 5% raises the DoF added. Transfers: Early June Nothing on the outs early, but at least one Spanish standout coming in. On a free from San Felix. He has tons of potential, and might even push Jovanovic to the second team, but early season form will show us more. Got to love the professionalism. Transfers: Late June Oliveira dropped from 400k to 20k and the DoF was able to sign him for 10k when I demanded that he was our urgent signing. He comes in permanently. Tin in on a free loan from Dinamo. He can play anywhere in the attack. He immediate made the media dream eleven. I could see him being an award winner by the end of the season. Gil and Bieleu will have to play for their chances to stay in the first team or start being willing to rotate in and out as needed. Another young Spanish midfielder this time on a free from Damm. Another professional intelligent player that has a lot of room to grow. Last out is our oldest player Ziggy. He was wanting to leave and I couldn't convince the DoF otherwise to see goes for 10k to Wellington Phoenix. Media Prediction That puts us as the team to beat in this league now. We have spent big money this window. $11,310 total lol. Hopefully we have helped our depth enough to not lose form in the various competitions throughout the season. Schedule Next up is our game against Zrinjski the champions of Bosnia & Herzegovina. They are better than us there whole first time is Hamilton quality or better. We need to win this round though as losers skip the Europa league and get dumped straight into the conference. Wish us luck as we try to bring all these new personalities together. Here the first team as it stands... Thanks for following, best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!