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May 2025 Treble Winners! We did it lads! All the silverware we could hope for domestically. 2.34 goals per game. -8.04 underperforming expected goals per game. We generated so many chances we should have done better lol. 44 more chances created then any team in the league. I'm super proud of this team. Unfortunately we are still only top 8 by media prediction and next year they expect a top 4 finish and to compete for either the Luxembourg Cup or the Super Cup. So we have to work just as hard and we have way less wiggle room. End of Season: Schedule We finished the season with only 1 lose since the end of February. As well as only 2 dropped points in that time as well (11 league games, nearly a third of the season). History We are masters of Luxembourg. Now that we are top dogs we got to defend it. We finally made the favoured personnel list on our club page. As well as signed another contract this time we seemed to have earned a two-year deal through the 26/27 season. Team Report I have never since it so succinctly put then in this team report. The current squad of players is .... slightly below average in the national division, and one of the weakest in Europe. I liked Konate in the midfield, but the assistants have him off the bench. First Team Oliveira did so much, interceptions, assists, and even goals. He will be missed. He has refused to come back. Our striker to always the main goal scorer in this tactic. Loua chipped in woth a strong showing too, but he was penalty taker for the second team, and first midfield name off the bench. Walther needs to chill out though as I will not be giving him this much playing time next season. Bieleu and Jovanovic were the stars though. Each with 25 goals contributions, and only 22 years old. Second Team Loua and Teah were invaluable and present all season long. Busche was really impressive in the first half of the season. Avdusinovic is probably finished his last regular season for us. Especially if Busche makes the jump or Teah moves over from left inside forward. Third Team Only limited appearances around in the third string, but we have some potential highlights. Rosina I think could make progress if he gets playing time somewhere. Zilli still holding in there. He and Fabio are most likely gonna find new homes in the winter window. Almeida is exciting but nothing of note yet. Great season. Now a big off-season where we have to try to reign in the spends of the DoF. Scouting budget money hiding and budget manipulation may be our best way forward. Thanks for following along, best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

April 2025 Champions We did it! We have done the double. Winning the league with 3 games to spare. We immediately were allowed to go professional and were given a new contract. Also many of the players got resigned to full-time contracts, but that hiked the wages quite a bit. Schedule We also came back in a magnificent second leg at home in the Semis to beat Jeunesse and progress to the domestic cup finals! Luxembourg Cup We face 10th place in the league, US Rumelange, in one game "winner takes all". $85,000 to the winner. Not that we need it, but I would not mind making the hall of fame winning a treble. Luxembourg National Division 2 games to go. Hopefully the top guys don't get too upset if I rotate the side a little bit. At the end we were projected an 8th place finish and have won the league back to back. Board Vision Big budgets also released by the board. They are increasing our wage by 50%. Now we just got to hope that the DoF doesn't give out too many bad contracts. Furthermore Dylan Pinheiro has been resigned as our director of football for one more year, but his skills have not grown. So we might have to replace him next year. If it gets too crazy, we might have to lay down the law and demand more control of the business side. So far I like my small responsibility pool though. Contract Struggles The struggle is the contract situation. 9 major contracts in the starting eleven are most likely gonna demand a big wage increase with the new profile of the club. For instance Jovanovic has already got his big wage increase, and I was hoping for the 50 grand level to be more of an exemption rather than the rule. (Remember FC Swift Hesperange were starting to get used to champions league money, and after not making it for two seasons they are 1.21 mil in debt. We don't want to be the next cautionary tale.) Maybe I should put it all in the scouting budget to hid the wage? Anyway wish us luck as we finish off this season. Thanks for following along, best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

March 2025 Schedule Finally we start to close the door on the competition. We can no longer mathematically finish lower than 6th. 6 games to go in the league and a 8 point gap on 2nd. Unfortunately, I think Rodange is definitely going down. Maybe we should look into an affiliate club further down in the pyramid. Luxembourg National Division Amazingly the potential takeover talks have not ceased since I think just prior to the winter transfer window. The administration may be in chaos but the dynamics have mellowed out and the team is much more even keel. Defenders on the Right We got a lot of right backs and potential right backs at the club, lets go through them. (Let me know if everyone would like to see all the available right backs or just those natural or starting at that position.) 1st Oliveira hands down. His loan ends this year. Hopefully we can set up an extension. I just wish he wasn't so expensive so we could get him in permanently. 2nd is Nsanzimana who is luckily our best skilled player off the bench. Which is good if we lose Duarte this will give us good cover until we can address the hole in the side. 3rd is Almeida. Reihle could play there, but he is better suited as a center back. Almeida was brought in on a free from FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf in the German lower divisions. Only 16 years old, he has good potential and is already 2nd tier quality. He has only played in 4 games for the reserves, but has already put in 3 key tackles, 4 key passes, and winning nearly 5 headers a game with a 7.05 average rating. He will be 16 for a while yet, but when he turns 17 he will be out immediately to a Division of Honour side I have no doubt. 4th is Federspiel currently on loan in the 3rd division with FC Erpeldange 72. So far they have not kept their promises, failing to play him even once. Prior to that he was tearing it up in the reserves with a 7.40 average rating in 7 appearances for the side. His speed is just second to none. I don't know how he gets into the senior side long term as he just doesn't have the potential of Almeida, Nys, or Moller. We will just have to wait and see how he progresses next season. 5th is Rudy Duah but he has been on the transfer list for a while now and will be released at the earliest opportunity. Ie. right after he returns from his poor showing in the third division with FC Jeunesse Gilsdorf. First Choice We would love to have him back especially with his great dribbles made per 90, and his league leading 0.56 crosses completed per 90 from the wingback spot. Second Choice Nsan is a little older, and has struggled to develop. He has played super often with 40 appearances for the first team, but that is mainly due to him being able to play anywhere across the back four and put in a good shift. He is one of the best in the division across all defenders with 2.41 tackles per 90, and 7.58 progressive passes per 90. Glad to have him on the books for another two seasons. Summary Here is a summary overview of the team. Next up is our first leg against Jeunesse Esch in the semi-final of the Luxembourg Cup. 2 more months to go and 8-9 games depending on our cup performance. I think we can start to push for the treble this year. Thanks to anyone following along, and best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

February 2025 Schedule We hit a tough patch mid month. Many players were demanding to play every game, but then were putting in bad performances because they were extremely tired. Furthermore only half of those players agreed to rest. (If anyone is experiencing this try to get at least a fortnight of agreed rest as these players will be right back to demanding playing time the day the rest promise is lifted.) Competitions Progres surprised us but we have managed to still keep a healthy gap between us and Differdange in 2nd place. We are also in to the semi-finals of the domestic cup against 8th place Jeunesse Esch. Both sides could use a European cash injection, and are playing head games constantly make comments in the media about how we are overachieving. Keepers This month we are covering the keeper pipeline 1st is Kips. Leading the league in clean sheets despite only playing 18 of the 28 games in the league thus far. Also passing accuracy is 95%. Things are a little rockier in Europe, but a 6.84 average rating across all competitions is solid. 2nd is Edrees. Edrees is leading the league with his array of passing with the ball at his feet. Also he has 33 saves in 13 appearances across all competitions. I'm really hoping we can get him a few more appearances before the end of this campaign. 3rd is tied between Fabio and Omar. Omar is the new kid 16 years old brought in on a free from SC Eltersdorf in the German lower divisions. So far so good in the U18s with 12 conceded in 12 appearances and an average rating of 6.89 with 4 clean sheets. That has helped the youngsters grab 1st place in the youth top flight with 8 games to go. Fabio on the other hand has been a victim of our success. He has been with us for 6 of the last 7 seasons. Yet he hasn't had more than 4 starts in any of the last 4 seasons. He certainly is no longer good enough for our level and thus will probably have to be moved on next season. Unfortunately he fairly contend to stay. So we may have to unsettle him in order to get him out. First Choice Still only maybe a top 5 keeper in this league. Kips has played well, but I don't know how much better he will get. Therefore our staff assessment is he is outstanding at this level, but he probably wont carry us any higher in Europe. Second Choice Saudi Arabian with still a lot of potential. Edrees has shown flashes, but he needs to keep developing. He has regressed in physicals over his stay with us, and has had minimal growth elsewhere. He should be eligible for Luxembourg citizenship at the beginning of next season. Perhaps a half year loan would help jump start his development next season. Luxembourg National Division We are projected to finish anywhere from 1st to 14th now in the league. We have rotated so heavily we don't have a lot of league leaders in the side. Nonetheless we are outpacing anyone else in the league in expected goals by team by at least 20 goals. Non-penalty expected goals per 90 is 2.32 and the second closest is FC Swift Hesperange at 1.69 per 90. Quiet next month with only 4 games, all in the league. Now is the time to go 4 for 4, claim 12 points, and put any chance of other teams catching us to bed. Our biggest tie will be 3rd place FC Alisontia Steinsel at home mid month. Let's go lads! Thanks to everyone for following along, best of luck in your own saves.

January 2025: Winter Window Schedule An undefeated January has moved us forward in the cup, but necessarily in the league. Competitions The top 4 are hanging with us. We play two in them this month, both at home. With 14 more games to go this season, it would be nice to be comfortably ahead by March or April. (Man we hate big games, don't make me try to do those pre-game team meetings.) Transfers We managed to send the DoF on a chase of prospects again. With 6 players brought in 18 years of age or younger. The most impress one of the lot is... Eric comes in immediately as our 3rd best right back in the senior team. Nevertheless we still won't get a chance to see him until next season. He comes in on a free from German divisional side Zehlendorf. First touch, dribbling, and crossing are really his only deficiencies. Hopefully he can become something here. Development Center With us now only in two competitions. We loaned out a majority of the 3rd teamers. Best of which was 24 year old Dedenon who is starting for Division of honour side Medernach, currently battling for the promotion playoff. I think that says all we need to know about our depth that no one went to a top flight team. (Only the top 17 players in our team are considered top flight quality despite two top of the table season performances from the lads.) Club Overview As said professional status for the club will go into affect this summer. As well as an upgrade to the youth facilities. The board also raised the junior coaching budget. Next off-season I intend to push for training facilities upgrades. Not a bad win percentage as manager too. Summary Lots to go over on this screenshot. Our general performance is great we dominate on both sides of the ball. Most impressive is our crossing, but our movement and passing are good too. We are a little under our expected goals, but that is FM sometimes. Most interesting is news of a potential takeover. Probably nothing but something of note. I hope you guys have enjoyed following along. Best of luck in your own saves. Lets go and make the league sides fear us getting knocked out of Europe! Cheers!

December 2024 Schedule 11 points in the league wasn't a bad showing. The real kick in the teeth was that we actually managed to beat Sutjeska. Only to lose 0-3 to Bodo/Glimt leaving us one goal differential shy of a knockout spot... Brutal. UEFA Europa Conference League We deserved at least one goal from that match, but fate was cruel and thus I think we actually will go from 4 European sides to 3 sides next season as we apparently had a good 2019 campaign in Luxembourg, but that goes away and we will fall down a few spots as we have our highest coefficient points in 4 years, but 0.5 points less than 2019 so... Rough. Luxembourg National Division The silver-lining is we managed to claim the top spot in the league. Mondorf went on a just suicidal run of form for the former league leaders (1-point from 4 games and 3 points in 6 games). We now hold our own destiny in our hands as we cross the half-way mark of the season. This slows the pace of fixtures as well, and will allow us to send a good chunk of the first team out on loan and bring in some fresh faces as the January window opens. Transfers First off incoming is the club's new out and out best player, English 21 year old Micah Hamilton. He arrives on a free after being released by Manchester City... MANCHESTER CITY! He is quality and isn't even the team's highest paid player. He immediately became part of the media dream 11, and sent us from predicted 12th place finish to 6th. Next was another player for the future. 16 year old defender and former amateur talent from the Netherlands, Arno. Good find and good contract. He probably wont play this year, but he could be one to watch out for. Squad View The next section I wanted to show how the senior side was playing. The first image shows the starters, and the second a look at the backups at each position. Starting XI Hamilton leads the way. Herr and Konate are now the squad guys that get subbed for occasionally. Teah was starting for a majority of the last two months, but with his versatility he is more often a super sub and spot start. Second XI Teah leads the way for the second team. Edrees has really fallen down the ranks despite not playing badly. Loua was in the first XI for a period of the season, but injuries lost him the starting job. Nys is a really exciting prospect, but Nsanzimana's and Reihle's versatility really has the third string defenders struggling to find playing time. All told the 3rd teamers maybe received 54 appearances total across all competitions with the senior team. So maybe 4-5 appearances per player. Each probably also have ~10 appearances with the reserves to maintain sharpness. Enough to get us excited, but hopefully most can get a winter loan deal and get 10-15 more senior team competitive matches before season's end. (I feel like I read somewhere an ideal match load over the age of 18 to maintain progression is ~30 matches a season. If we can't fulfill that for the prospects we may have to go to a smaller roster next season rather than the full 33 man roster we had this season for the senior team. Summary We briefly eclipsed the 5 mil bank balance mark. I'm anxious for the months to tick by so I can request more infrastructure upgrades. Professional status is coming. Youth facility upgrade is planned. Next is youth recruitment if I can convince the board. As you can see we are still being hounded by playing time dynamic issues. Nevertheless we are on to the 4th round of the cup against Fola Esch, and it looks like with a few suspensions and an injury we might have a statement first leg game at home. The board are pleased. However, the only hold out to a A+ rating seems to be the board expectation of one more round win in the Luxembourg Cup. So, fingers crossed. Thanks for following along. I hope this update highlighted some things a little better. As always if there is some different screens you would like to see feel free to let me know. Best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

November 2024 Schedule The epitome of mixed results this month. Mondorf have finally dropped a few points, but we have not been able to capitalize. We have a game in hand, with a UNA Strassen double header and 8 matchdays this month hopefully we can claim the top of the table thus resecuring the clubs future. (Also known as potential European prize money.) Competitions 5 league games this month and I think 13 points is the goal. We have struggled with taking our foot off the gas coming off the highs and lows of Europe but we won't get many more chances to pull ahead of the pack. Also by the end of this month I hope we will definitely be on to the 4th round of the national cup, but also maybe stealing a win from FK Sutjeska Nikšić of Montenegro. As FK Bodø/Glimt are most likely winning the league phase so unless they hilarious rotate in their U18s... Sutjeska is our only shot at the knockout stage. Strikers What does our forward depth look like? 1st is Herr, 5 goals in 6 starts in the league. He is less consistent across all competitions, but still 0.6 non-penalty expected goals per 90 minutes. Making him the fourth most scoring efficiency forward in the National division. 23 years old. 1.5 year contract. Barring big incoming fees we can't fight off, he will be with us for some time. 2nd is Maximilian, easily the biggest potential talent we have at the club. I still don't understand how we could sign him prior to 18 years old. Regardless he already has tremendous athleticism plus when we go professional next season we can make full use of his developmental age window. 3rd is Bah who is another good talent and is thankfully homegrown in nation. My biggest worry is the lack of first team football. He is the best 3rd striker option making him tough to let out on loan. Especially while still in 3 competitions, but he is averaging a 7.6 rating in the reserves and needs to play in full senior fixtures. Unfortunately the DoF is signing everyone to star player contracts so rotation is becoming impossible. Perhaps if we were in fairly good secure form by January he could go out on loan for the second half of the season. 4th is Hoffman currently transfer listed as hopefully someone thinks he can still reach his potential. I doubt it though. He has not grown with us. Only 3rd tier Luxembourgish quality with poor skills like 2 stamina, 4 balance, and 3 passing. I think he has a career further down the league pyramid but we have seen enough to feel confident in selling/releasing him this next off-season. He might be a loan farm guy if we want to try that out, but we aren't Mr. Moneybags yet. Teo Herr As big of an inspiration Herr has been, he still is on the edge of the first team. I mean that to say is he is our third lowest CA starter in the first XI. Therefore it feels like the DoF uses that as the matrix for what first team positions to look for in the transfer market. So, development and form will be his best tools to preserving his first team spot. Maximilian Busche Still a step behind as a backup, only being Division of Honour standard. He has the right key attributes, and at this level physicals are still king. Thanks to everyone for continuing to follow along. Best of luck in your own saves. Look forward to updating you as we finish our European campaign. Let's go lads!

October 2024 Schedule A mixed month. We started off with a bad first leg against Bastendorf but sealed the tie with a win at home. A great win away in Georgia versus Samgurali, but lost a surprising winnable contest at home versus Partizen, which we should have had no business being in. Unfortunately Mondorf has not stumbled in the slightest, meanwhile we dropped points in our game against relegation candidates Mondercange, at home no less. Competitions We are starting to make this a two horse race in the league. but there is a lot of season left to play. We only have 6 games this month. With how packed our fixture list has been this is a nice reprieve. Attacking Left Midfielders Lets take a look at our AML depth... 1st is Walther an inspired signing and find by the DoF. He hasn't set the world on fire yet this season, but he has held his own on the left, right, and in midfield whenever called upon. Plus that is usually against vastly better sides in Europe. We are little worried about his step back development-wise, but with the professional training coming next season I hope he will have a resurgence in attributes. 2nd is Agovic our former starting attacker that was one of the top scorers for the club last season. 12 appearance for the club thus far this season, and a 6.92 average rating in the league ensures that he is still a common name off the bench. His striker skills have shone through though as he is in the top third of the league in shots on target per 90. 3rd is Amehi who has been with us for 3 years. He is approaching his ceiling in my opinion. Most of staff feels he will always be only leading Division of Honour quality at best. He was a starter back in 22-23, but has slowly drifted to the 3rd string side getting 10 appearance or so a season. He is here for another year and a half. We will mostly have his replacement in by that time. 4th is Fernandes also can play on both wings, but he is just too far away from the first team to get a chance here. Wanted by FC Tricolore Gasperich in Luxembourg's third division though so perhaps he will get a chance at an offer or two in January. 5th is Mendy still expensive and absolutely refuses to sign for anyone. He has turned down at least 4 offers on the contract table to transfer to another side. He isn't even playing well for the reserves. Just a bad signing we are still paying for. 6th is Paravicini as we said before he has the versatility to make us let him play out his youth contract, but most likely not destined for a long stay at the club. Gil-Linnart Walther Great find for this level. I think playing him into form, a good run in training, and we will be as high on him as ever. Especially at only 21 years old. Kevin Agovic Mr. Consistent, playing well in spite of the big match skittishness. Happily signed with us for the next 2 and a half seasons. That first touch has really been a god sent when coming in off the bench in Europe. Our next match is away in the league against Fola Esch. Followed by Maccabi in the Coference League. Wish us luck as we try to stay within striking distance of Mondorf at the top of the table. Best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

September 2024 We win our first piece of hardware this season with a super cup win against Titus. We kept falling being, but we stayed true and got the win via Kenan in the 89th minute. Schedule We dropped a couple points this month in the league, and Mondorf are making us pay as they are flying high early. Getting out to a 6 point lead on us in the table. However, we are the only team to make them look human. Competitions 8 matches this month is really going to make us lean into our team depth. I imagine we are gonna struggle to catch up to Mondorf at all if by midseason that point gap becomes 9-12 points. Attacking Right Midfielder Our right attacking midfield pipeline looks like this. 1st is Bieleu who is undoubtedly our number starter at the position with 7.27 average rating. 7 assists and 3 goals in 11 appearances. 1.95 open play key passes per 90 in the league is in the top 10% in the league. He has helped us a lot in Europe. (Which has been his main venue.) Once we are out of those competitions I can't wait to see him tear up the league. 2nd is Kenan finally officially national division quality, but is probably as good as he is gonna get. Amazingly he is averaging 2.47 open play key passes per 90 which is 2nd in the league. He is clearly a step behind Bieleu, but his contribution in the Super Cup makes us hesitant to let him drift further down the pecking order. That speed has really served us well. I imagine he has 20 more appearances this season to make his mark. 3rd is Luca our third string AMR. He has yet to make an appearance in the senior side this season. He made 8 appearance for us in the league last season, but so far is averaging a 7.15 in 4 appearances in the reserves, helping them to a current 6th place spot in the reserve division. We currently have him out on the transfer list as he wants a big wage increase, and at 24 I don't think he can ever become top flight quality. 4th is Fernandes, another option currently on the transfer list. He has been with us for 2 seasons and has never made a first team appearance. Which I think says it all. We have money now, but not enough to keep guys that don't play. Not on a huge contract, but hopefully we can help him move on this coming transfer window. 5th is Felizardo. He is interesting he doesn't have a ton of upside but he is currently lighting it up in the U18s with a 7.19 average rating 7 assists and 1 goal in 10 starts. He is currently stuck on a non contract so we may or may not push to have the DoF sign him to a proper contract if he continues to show good development. 6th is Paravicini who probably will never be a first teamer, but as a fellow American he has a youth "prove it" contract that we will most likely be letting go when it terminates. Benjamin Bieleu Just 22 years old with room to grow. Unfortunately he is part of the trend of big games cowards and injury prone footballers we have at the club. Luckily he has played well and stayed in good health. Also thankful to have him signed for the next 2 seasons. Kenan Avdusinovic Kenan has been a great servant of the club the last season and a half. He has shown a little regression hopefully he can hang with us as we grow, but if we fail to get back in the Champions league... I don't think we have the quality yet to fight our way through Europa conference league qualifying to get back into a big group stage with that much needed prize money. Board: Club Vision On a positive note the board have officially agreed to let us go professional that will kick in next season. Next up is a second round cup draw against Bastendorf from the 3rd tier of Luxembourg football. Then immediately we head away to Georgian side Samgurali Tskhaltubo in the Europa Conference League stage. Thanks for following along, and best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

August 2024 Schedule We did it boys a convincing double win against Flora then a tough draw against PAOK sends us to the Europa Conference Group/League Phase. We immediately win 3 million in prize money and ask the board to let us go professional. The jury is still out, but we have to make sure the money doesn't go to our heads. All the other Luxembourg teams were knocked out in the first rounds. Teams like Swift Hesperange that was used to European money are in rough financial states. Competitions The media has us predicted to finish 12th despite our signings and improvement. None of our players are media dream best XI anymore either. So there is no guarantee we can win another title. We got to slow roll this financial windfall into staying-power. Transfers In Our director of football has thankfully got the hint. He only brought in one player and at a position of need as well. Teixeira is on loan from UNA Strassen where he started for them all last season. He won't start for us, but as long as were in Europe we will need his services in the congested schedule ahead. Transfers Out Unfortunate out was last year's initial spark plug off the bench when M'Barki went down. Definitely was not good enough for us anymore, and was sinking to 3rd on the depth chart. He moved on a free non-contract transfer to Atert who won the Division of Honour title last season and promoted to our division. 1 goal in 2 appearances says he still has some life in those legs. Would have preferred to see him stay through till January to cover the upcoming fixtures, but we are gonna have to start trusting the youngsters sometime. Squad View This is how the starting XI is shaping up. Kips picked up a (8-14 day) injury, but should be back soon. Meanwhile we haven't dropped any points in the league so we really thrived on all fronts this month. Next month is gonna be just as hectic as we immediately play 3 road games and our super cup matchup to end the month. Anybody have a favorite player so far? Mine is Oliveira, my best find I think of last season. We have him through this season, if we could extend him in any way he would be homegrown soon. I even think he has an outside chance of making the Luxembourg national team if he continues to improve. He is quite expensive though and without the ability to force through his extension ourselves we will most likely have to watch him go next summer. Anyway that wraps up this month. Best luck in your own saves. Let's go lads!

July 2024 Schedule Good start away from home getting the win against Shkendija, eased up at home, but held on to a win that put us into the second qualifying round. Where we faced a tough draw against FK Astana of Kazakhstan. Our away form was still good, but we allowed just too many goals at home to have a good shot in the second leg. So now we have been put into the Europa League Champions Path Third Qualifying round. It doesn't say if we lose here if we still get a chance to play in the Europa Conference League. So our goal is to win our draw against Estonian Champions FC Flora Tallinn. 8 matches next month will be the most brtual test of depth we have ever had thus far. Luckily we have a full 30 man strong roster we can now utilize. 17 of our players now as thought to be of National Division quality. Competitions The only question now is will these depth players be able to show the quality we need not to drop points in the league. Transfers Meanwhile the director of football has been bringing in guys like we have unlimited money cheats on. Luckily all were brought in on free transfers. First is our new starting left back. Or should I say our former starting left back. Our old youth talent Schmit has returned to the club. He was playing in Germany playing for regional German side Buchbach. Good physicals and national division quality. Guess he liked what he saw from his old side, and we were able to capitalize on his homesickness. Next is Dutch youngster Rosina he has gallons of potential. Hopefully he will sign an actual contract in the near future as he is non-contract right now. He will probably stay as cover until January then we'll try to loan him out in the winter window. (If he will resign as part-time.) Next Austrian phenom Busche. He has great key attributes. Can play in two of the attacking roles we need cover for and is only 16 years old. I don't know what kind of magic the DoF was able to pull off, but he comes in as the first name off the bench for the second best eleven. (Probably 10 appearances for the senior team this season is a likely number.) Another Dutch player this time a volatile brave 6'2" center back. Only 17 years old he will most likely be sent out on loan in Luxembourg if we can find him something. Just went I though the director of football was done. He bought us in even more center back depth with an even younger driven Belgian. Nys is gonna get some time off the bench in the league or in the auxiliary cup competitions. Mentally he is good, but I could really use some growth in the physical department. He might be a good No-Nonsense sub late in some games. (5-10 appearance likely this season for the senior team.) Last was a decent upgrade over our current keeping talent. Kips is national talent that has spent some time playing in Germany throughout the football pyramid there. He is good, but Jesus does his first touch terrify me. I full expect a howler or two this season. Finances The wages are still reasonable but with another month of transfer window I just pray the DoF leaves room to resign all this talent. Perhaps I should busy him with those tasks now while I can. Next up is our third qualifying round match away. Can we get a good result to take into the home tie, and earn us a group stage appearance? Thanks for following along. Best of luck in your own saves! Cheers!

June 2024: Season 2 Schedule One more game of preseason before we enter the Champions Path First Qualifying Round. I think this is as winnable a tie as we could hope for. Competitions The board still think fairly low of us. So we are gonna push for the best results in Europe and the Super Cup. Hopefully we can come away with a half a million in prize money for those two competitions. They may secure us professional football next year. Transfers All the free transfers have arrived. They include the following... He comes in from Sydney Olympic in Australia for a club highest earning wage. He is worth it though as an immediate media dream best XI player. Next is a 22 year old Cameroonian inside forward on the right. A little expensive with some bad traits, but not a bad find for the director of football. Next was a great all around defender in from Walferdange in the division below. He averaged a 6.88 in 33 appearances in the league last season. He should gain Luxembourgish citizenship by October. Herr was a squad player for divisional side Schifflange last season and will tentatively come in as our number 9. Another star from the 2nd division is Reihle. Can play anywhere in defense. He averaged a 6.72 in 32 appearance for Jeunesse in the Division of Honour. Lastly is a Liberian prospect at 18 years old. He has good potential and if we can bring him along he could be homegrown for us. He comes in after a great season in the Liberian second division. I really got to stay on top of the director of football as we need more homegrown talent if we hope to have the numbers to compete in Europe. Squad View This is our new current best XI. Teah needs to be on a part time contract, but I need to wait a little while before I can ask the DoF to re-negotiate. Finances All the other bad non-contract players have been resigned to part time deals. So the wage bill stands at about what i expect going forward. Most teams have not been able to resign there players so we have flown up to 5th in the media predictions, but as players start to resign I expect that to drift back down to 6th to 10th. Also thanks to our work with our DoF (who the board resigned) we only have 7 contracts expiring at the end of this season rather than the 20+ we had to deal with last season. Wish us luck as we try to get the bag in Europe. Thanks for following along, and best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

May 2024: End of Season One Schedule We did it! 4 points gave us a title win going into the last game of the season. We are champions of Luxembourg in our first season. 200 - 1 odds and a 17th place prediction from the media be damned. Luxembourg National Division I'm just baffled at M'Barki's form to finish the season and Edrees's clean sheets had us at the top of the pyramid. With a 50 goal differential no less! We didn't get the kind of reputation boost we dreamed but I think the sides will start playing a lot more guys behind the ball against us going forward. We will also find ourselves in the Super Cup and Champions League next season. We need to try to secure some prize money and make the push to go professional. Squad View I wanted to try out this new squad view. Sorted by appearances. Some highlights include... M'Barki with 21 goals in 29 appearances. 7.33 average rating with only 14.99 XG. Clinical. Unfortunately he is retiring after this season. Dzafo with 10 assists playing nearly ever match this season at 39 appearances. Zilli with 3.28 interceptions per 90. Just insidious off the bench. Meddour our best player still after all the transfers is 0.37 key tackles per 90. Glad to have him for two more seasons. Award Winners Top Flight Player of the Year The old man rides off into the sunset with the MVP and the league championship. Manager of the Year The board is thrilled, I am signed on for another year. National Division Best XI 5 of our players also graced the Best XI. Still none in the media dream 11, but we perform well. Retirees All three retirees want to be staff, Let me know if any of them seem like a good pickup. I really only control the coaching staff, but I don't mind seeing if we can convince the board to sign some club favorites. Koljen is not gonna be joining us though as he may have knowledge, but not great ability. Bonet is interesting though. He could help us secure some favorable loan outs. Finances We got a decent increase in the budgets. Our leading wage earner is $35,000 a year. So this could mean perhaps three players we might be able to purchase to slot right into the starting eleven. Unfortunately we had to expand to Europe scouting-wise as the pickings in Luxembourg were all prospects at best and we weren't the big fishes in that pond. We are looking forward to what the new season brings. I think with our attentions split we will struggle to defend our title. Tactic Last but not least the tactic we have to thank for our great run to end the season is GYR's Thanos tactic. We tried to tweak a few things over time, and this was what be felt most comfortable with. Primarily I would do my tweaking via personalized instructions during subs or at half-time. I liked the framework and shape it got our side into. Also prior to the upcoming transfer window this is likely our current starting XI. Best of luck in your own saves! Cheers!

April 2024 Schedule We are 5 points clear of Titus in 2nd. With 2 games to go we are trying everything in our power to make the players forget that these are big games. Luxembourg National Division We are super over-preforming, but just like Claudio Ranieri we are finally willing to accept we might have a shot to go and win this thing. Some Champions League money would definitely help us going forward. Central Midfielders Our central midfielders are both Mezzalas and this is the look of the pipeline going forward. 1st is Jovan, 21 years young and plenty of contract left. He is wanted by big money Marisca. 15 goals created with an impressive 7.05 average rating in the league. He has probably the best potential in the team. 2nd is Dzafo another decent foreigner with a great contract. He is great for a team trying to stay clear of relegation, but he will slowly fall behind if we attempt to improve the side. 3rd is Djogou. He is in a similar boat. Nice depth, but hopefully he will be a utility rather than a necessity next season. 4th is Thibault enjoying his last month or two at the club. Hopefully he is signed up by a team in the lower division. 5th is Tchantchou a little more expensive then I would like, but still only good enough to be a leading Division of Honour (2nd level of the Luxembourgish Pyramid) player in the future. Hopefully we won't need him for his full contract. 6th is Pruvot, young with some years of growth in front of him, but most of the staff see him as never better than Djogou. Overall, 4 players signed on for next year. Would love someone better than all of them in order to starting to build our depth. Dimitrije Jovanovic Balanced all around with great passing and tackling he has been a joy to watch. If he continues to grows he definitely will be a starter for the next several seasons. If not I hope we can at least get 30-50 thousand in fees for him. Abdullah Dzafo 16 goals created in 36 league appearances. He has been ever present for the side. He has a couple holes in his game, but his ability to cover out on the left as been incredibly helpful. Especially with our small wage bill. I'm rushing to the finish line. I'm so excited to see if we can actually do this. A win against Kaerjeng and we are champions. Best of luck to anyone else in a battle to end the season. Cheers!

March 2024 Schedule 4 wins in 4 games earning us the top spot with a point on Titus Petange in 2nd. Currently we are a lock for at least 9th place. Luxembourg National Division M'Barki is doing his damnest to go out with a bang with the highest average rating in the league. 6 games to go. All of our remaining opponents are in the bottom half of the league table. We are not a good big game team though so we need to continue to ease the tensions off the players going down the stretch. Youth Intake The head of youth development is delusional no one is over a 2 star potential, but this is a golden generation?! I voted that no one get a contract from the youth intake. Defensive Midfielders The defensive midfielder pipeline looks like this. 1st is Loua, he is the best of the bunch with the ability to be a leading national division player. He hasn't been with us long but is an anchor at the back with plenty of years under contract. 2nd is Djogou who is on an incredible contract with a 1 year contract extension. He has played almost half the season coming of the bench in the league and is doing fair with a 6.93 average rating. 3rd is Maquart is on a great deal, but is also done at season's end. He has been a fringe guy with us the last three seasons. He is averaging a 7.47 for the first team with 3 assists in 3 surprising appearances in the league. 4th is Grun and is being released at season's end too. He is playing decently for the reserves though getting them 5th in the reserve league this season. We need some depth here and the best way to do that is to get someone better than anyone we have. Mohamed Loua Loua was a great find by the director, and if we could push to go professional his growth could get the lift it needs during this last growth window. William Djogou Djogou has similar potential as Loua, but is a step or two behind in current ability. He also has not taken the progressive steps in ability since the he arrived. Big month with the chance to secure us some serious accolades if we can hold firm. Best of luck in your own saves! Cheers!

February 2024 Schedule We continue to win except a draw against the former 1st place team at the time Progres. Luxembourg National Division We have continued to rise up the league table flying as high as 2nd. If we stay top 3 we guarantee European play next season. Late Winter Transfers Our director of football had one final day of crazy transfers this window. Many were perennial reserve players that won't ever be more than cover but we had one big out and one potentially big in. Diego Matos Coming in is a left wingback from US Reisdorf 47 in the third tier of luxembourgish football. Diego, at 16 years old, looks like he could be great one day. Unfortunately when he hits 17 he goes to a non-contract agreement. We need to do whatever we can to renegotiate that deal. He comes in as our record biggest signing in club history with a massive $1,300 fee, lol. Loris Bernardy Of course now that we finally had some right back depth in the side the big professional team Marisca Mersch came in for Bernardy our starting right back for $19,000 that could rise to $24,500. (Another team record high this time in transfer fee received.) Squad View This is the starting 11 as it stands. Agovic has been really impress off the bench in M'Barki's absence. Unfortunately as you can see we asked the DoF is resign Federspiel, and all he did is just gave him a new better non-contract. Hopefully he grows in skill and demands we have to give him a part-time contract next time. Upcoming Transfers Luckily we have been busy preparing for refilling the ranks next season. Securing 4 squad level players with only $500 a week spent. Next up is a game away against 6th place FC Differdange 03. There are 10 games to go in the season. We will have a really good idea of where we stand at the end of this month. Best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

January 2024 Schedule 25 out of 27 possible points over the last two months. Putting us within a game of the European spots. Luxembourg National Division M'Barki had a hattrick against Titus but went down with a sprained knee ligament until mid February. On the upside we now have 9 players officially of top flight quality. I don't think we are gonna be able to rise any higher in the table though as we starting to luck our against good teams playing us with bad lineups because so far most of the teams at this level are still in the cup. January Transfer Window Pinheiro our DoF went a little crazy this window. He brought in 9 players (1 was pre-arranged via real-world database). 3 of which I immediate put on the unwanted list. Our director of football has taken to signing any young players to non-contracts too. Which is tough as if we do get guys of substance they could be stolen away just as easily. On the upside the bad ones aren't clogging the wage bill. The good ones are as follows... Donovan Bonet Probably our strongest player on the bench, but at that age he is just a expensive depth option. Hugo Wolf The final real-world transfer by the database. On loan from Titus in our division. He came in as regular starter role, but agreed to backup. He is our second best keeper behind Edrees, but we have single game weeks for the remainder of the season. So barring injury he will just sit on the bench. If that potential goes up maybe he can be a transfer target. Duarte Oliveira Brought to us from an intermediary. We needed rightback depth and Oliveira was brought in on a great price for a 1.5 year loan from Famalicao in the Portuguese Premier Division. If we have the shot to make that deal permanent we should as it would make him home grown. Especially since other Luxembourgish sides were trying to steal away our starting right back this window. Mohamed Loua Loua can play anywhere in the midfield. A permanent transfer from Belgian semi-pro side RE Virton. He immediately joins the starting lineup and is under contract for 2.5 more seasons. A skill or two in each attribute would make him a stalwart guy at this level. All in all not too rough of a transfer window. Unfortunately we have no scouting budget still so we end up flying a little blind on trying to direct the DoF on who to bring in. Hopefully in a month or two we can ask for the director to renegotiate the young guys with potential on to part-time contracts. Next up we play some teams in vastly different form. We will see if this causes us to let off the gas. Best of luck in your own saves! Let's go lads!

December 2023 Schedule We were a force this month. 5 wins in 5. Leapfrogging to 6th place in the league table just 3 points from an European place. Luxembourg National Division While we had some guys out our backup striker Deniz Muric had an inspired run then once we were back to full strength we never let up until we made the mid-table sides seem foolish. Our biggest problem now is we have no money for scouting in the winter window, and most options seem out of our price range. We may have to wait for 5 or 6 contracts to drop off our payroll next season before we can reasonably expect the director of football to sign anyone of consequence. Hopefully he doesn't get too zealous. Can we send him on vacation for the transfer window? Defender (Left) As for our leftback situation it is as follows. 1st is Martin our starter and a stable face in defense. He also gives us depth with his ability to play center back. In fact he is probably better there, but luckily he has thrived out on the left. Re-signed for a sort of big contract, but somehow the director of football negotiated a 1-year optional extension. So, we got him locked up for 2.5 more seasons. 2nd is Zilli a former 3-year starter on our team, but he has become the first backup this season. 16 games played so far, but they are almost entirely off the bench. We have him signed for one more year, but his double hernia in October opened the door for competition behind him. Hopefully he can remain healthy. 3rd is Dedenon a great versatile option just a step behind Zilli. In fact I would not be surprised to have him in the backup role by half way through next season. Already having played 23 games for the senior team during the last two seasons. Hopefully his determination can be enough to help him keep pace with Martin in growth as they age. 4th is Mendy the only one without a contract for next year. Too expensive! He has never played once for the senior team. He is wanted as a contingency loan option for three lower divisional teams in France. So most likely we will still have to wait till season's end to get rid of him. 5th is Bozidar a 16 year old who will likely never be national division quality. Hopefully we can find someone down the pyramid willing to take him on a free. Every time we clear 2 or 3 guys on minimum contracts. We free up a squad player like salary. So bit by bit we are shaping this team. Lucas Martin A big 6'2" defender who really hates to use his right foot. Flying high in the league with his tackles per 90. I'm still shocked he hasn't earned a national division quality badge from the staff as he has got to be at least leading quality in the second division. Just goes to show how good we are playing with players that are still below par. Quentin Zilli The speed is the biggest bonus off the bench, but that is about the extent of it. Next season will really show us if he deserves to stay. Squad View Since we are at the halfway point I wanted to give you a look at the current starting 11. Some highlights include our two strikers M'Barki and Muric with a combined 15 goals scored. As well as midfielders Dzafo, Walther, and Djogou (not pictured) who are all are nearly averaging a 7 rating with 13 goals created between them. Also positively most players are in fairly good form, happiness, and morale. Next month we play the top of table. We might have a real shot at staying in the top half if we can win a game or two here, or we may find ourselves just as quickly back in the mid-table. Best of luck in your own saves. Cheers lads!

November 2023 An injury to two starters in the attack, has lead to some inconsistent scoring this month. We play the entire mid-table this month pretty much. So these are big ticket six-pointers. However, with our 'stuck in' tactics we have both starting center backs suspended and both attacking players still out. We are in for a rough month if some fellas can't step up. Luxembourg National Division We are still hanging out mid-table, but the margins are slowly getting bigger between us and the European spots as well as us and the relegation spots. Defenders (Center) Centerbacks initially look like they have good depth, but after the starters we are very thin. 1st is Meddour, a leading national division defender, with a 6.91 average rating. Interceptions and blocks per 90 are on the upper end of league average. As well as a league high in progressive passes per 90 and pass completion percentage. He really is our ideal ball playing defender at this level. 2nd is Konate also playing with the first teamers. Top third in the league in clearances, interceptions, and blocks per 90. With a 92% pass completion percentage. Great potential, so it appears we have our starting backs set for the next season and a half. 3rd is Dedenon first name off the bench for defenders especially since he has the ability to play leftback. Most of the coaches feel he will be equivalent to Meddour one day. We got him under contract for 2 and a half seasons. 4th is Koljen, the old man we spoke about last month. He is what you see is what you get. Currently in the bottom half of the leagues defenders in most stats. Despite a 6.9 rating in 2 starts and 2 sub appearances in the league. He is cheap though he will most likely be a end of season decision on whether I push the DoF to resign him. 5th/6th is Fabio and Schmitt both are never gonna be fit for this level and we likely be releasing them if we get enough transfer budget to make that happen. The wage room is shrinking with resignees. So we got to pair down the roster to get some better talent next season. Halim Meddour Our vice captain and soon to be captain come next season. He has been good. Super consistent and always a lock in big games, but he can't do it alone. Unfortunately the accumulation of yellow cards has caught up to him and he'll be suspended next game at home against Rosport. Mohamed Konate A good national division player with eye on being leading quality in maybe 2 seasons time. He has good core attributes, just needs a little growth everywhere is make our back line formidable. However, with the decent prize and TV money in this league he may have to grow soon or fall down the pecking order. General Performance As you can see we are doing well by the numbers. We are struggling to get shots on target though. He are dominating in the shots per game category, if we capitalize on that volume I think we are gonna start turning these draws into wins. Surprise Free Transfer The director of football has remained busy finding a former VfL Wolfsburg youth prospect on a free. He immediately comes in as one of our starting Mezzalas in the midfield 3. Great speed, I think he could be a real nightmare for opposing sides once he settles in. Our transfers once had us projected as high as 15th in the media predictions for the league, but the rest of the league has been busy and we have drifted back down to 17th in those predictions. 5 games upcoming next month. I want 9 points. I also want to identify some young talent we can turn our DoF on to hopefully filling up the bottom of the depth charts and keeping him busy on quality acquisitions. By the way I never showed our current Director of Football for reference here is the unpredictable Dylan Pinheiro. Best of luck in your own saves. Lets go Lads!

October 2023 We got knocked out immediately in the cup. Hopefully that means we can focus on the league. Not that we have even remotely struggled with fixture congestion thus far. We continue to have no heart away from home, but two big wins keeps us 8 points above the drop, and just 4 points from the European places. National Division Table We still continue to have league best expected goals and expected points. So I am still cautiously optimistic that our form will slowly turn. Defenders (Right) One point that we might need to address in the future is our depth at rightback. 1st is Loris a three year team starter with some potential left in the tank. Unfortunately being semi-professional seems to also have slowed his development. He has been playing admirably for his skill set though and at a bargain price. 2nd is Koljen a hometown prospect with 12 seasons of time at the club across his career. He will never be better than Division of Honour quality, but right now I can't argue with $15 a week salary. 3rd is Duah he may be a marginal top flight quality player someday, but right now he is doing well in the reserves. Averaging a 7.06 rating in 8 matches. He is also on a sweet deal. Hopefully he will resign to give us cover next season as well. 4th is Bozidar how can play on the right and left side. He is thriving in the U18s averaging a 7.19 rating with 6 assists and 3 player of the match performances in 16 games played. If we get the chance to upgrade in other places he may take Duah's spot as 3rd string coverage in the fullback positions. 5th is Wiltgen. He can play across the back line, but most staff thinks he is 1 to 1.5 star PA. So I think I will be looking to move him on at the earliest opportunity. Loris Bernardy I was initially very worried about his injury proneness as we don't have great depth at this position. However he was done well, and been nearly a lock on the team sheet. Demir Koljenovic Koljen also struggles to dribble, but luckily our short passing system hides that hole most of the time. Can our director of football find us some help? Next up is a slow month with only 3 matches. Hopefully we can solidify some contracts past this season in the meantime. Next up we play away against FC Marisca Mersch above us in the table. They have a bigger piggy bank than most of the teams at this level and they are the only professional team in Luxembourg. My aim is to have 4 points from the next 3 matches. Thanks for following along and best of luck in your own saves. Let's go Hostert!

September 2023 5 more games as boss here and the form has started to slip. We are no longer impenetrable at home and we have fallen to 14th in the league. On the bright side the DoF has worked miracles re-signing team key player Meddour to a two-year contract with an optional one-year extension for just $275 a week. Goalkeepers As far as keepers go the pipeline looks like this. 1st is Edrees the starter with only 8 conceded in 7 starts. He hasn't hit his stride yet, but has been holding to league average stats-wise. Which is what his quality is so par for the course with potential in spades. Leaving in January - Enzo Lefel would have been nice to hang on to but the database has already secured his move away from Stade Jos Becker, 2nd is Fabio Sebastiani a five year team vet that never played in the top flight except in garbage games. He has also secured a two year contract with a optional extension. Meaning he will likely be a long-term fixture with the team as long as he doesn't resent us for playing second fiddle. 3rd is Theo Sardou on loan from Red Black in the 3rd division of Luxembourg. Not sure how that works exactly, but he is on loan to us for the season. Luckily he is free and will be a nice depth coverage while we pair down our 40 plus player roster across all three levels. 4th is Nico Gomes a youth prospect with a outside chance of being a Division of Honour keeper one day. My hope is we don't stoop so low to ever need his services. Abdulaziz Edrees We are attempting to repair that first touch as early as humanly possible, but their is nothing I can do about his fear of big matches. Hopefully that means the other 30 games of the season he plays like the guy we hope he can be. Fabio Sebastiani The first touch disease is an epidemic in our team it seems. Hopefully someone will find the gonads to step up in big games. Competitions Next up we face Etzella in the second leg of our second round cup tie. Then we face two top 6 projected sides. Luckily we finish of the month with a winnable home match against fellow relegation candidates Fola Esch. Now would be a great time to pick up our form and throw as many teams beneath us in the standings in order to insulate us from a relegation battle. Thanks to anyone following along. Best of luck in your own saves. Let's go lads time to get stuck in!

August 2023 5 games in and it is a mixed bag. Two big wins at home, but we have struggled away. I think all three losses were fairly unlucky as we really could be 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss right now in my opion. However, two unfortunate penalty giveaways find us in 12th place on 6 points. Transfers On the other hand the director of football has been busy. 1. Martin is a 22 year old French left wingback that has been out of football for a year, but likely comes in as our starting left back. 2. Mendy is an absolute travesty. Left sided 25 year old Senegalese player who comes in as the 31st best player on the team with a crazy prize tag of $475 a week for two seasons! I put him immediately on the unwanted and developmental lists. Unfortunately we don't have the money to release him, so we will likely have to wait till the winter window to force him out of the side. Thankfully he comes in as an emergency backup. 3. Djogou is a 21 year old Togolese defensive midfielder. He has great upside but is only of decent Division of Honour (second flight Luxembourgish) quality right now. That being said he is the first name off the bench as he can play any role in our midfield 4-3-3 DM Wide. Unfortunately he is part of a new trend of giving incoming players one-year deals. Hopefully we can have great form in the winter window to resign these good talents for a longer period of time. 4. Our best find coming out of our recruitment scouting meeting. That was Saudi Arabian keeper Abdulaziz Edrees. He is a 3.5 star CA 5 star PA 22 year old we stole on a free from NK Uljanik Pula in the fourth tier of Croatia. He is an immediate number 1 between the sticks. He is also on a very secure 3-year deal but unfortunately is making $675 a week which is a huge price tag for our side. (It appears if I throw a great player on the transfer targets list and give them the parameters to go get them. I may have to deal with them occasionally throwing the bag at these players.) 5. Schmit is a 16 year old striker free transfer from Berdenia in the Division of Honour. He is probably never gonna make the first team as he is currently our 8th best striker with the potential to someday be our 3rd/4th best. As long as we primarily play a single striker formation he will likely stay in the reserves or out of loan. 6. Cetkovic was a interesting prospect from Lentgen in the First Division South (3rd tier of Luxembourg). At 16 years old he can play as a wingback on either wing. He is just outside the top 3 on either side already but is currently in the under 18s. Unfortunately with only 3 stars of potential he may never be more than an utility player at the senior level. 7. Last is Lefel a real-world transfer set already in the database. He comes in as the second best keeper, but was pre-arranged by the database to leave in January. So he will really just be here as the 3rd keeper backup. By the way we will be covering the pipelines/depth at different positions starting after the transfer window closes. Finances So where does that leave us? Actually in a fairly healthy spot. We have a decent amount of budget left, but we need to get the direct of football on contract extensions first before he gets a chance to give away bad contracts in the winter window. National League So far we are flying free of the relegation spots, but it is fairly early days, and we need more than home form to keep us safe long-term. Xg Table As you can see our possession focused tactics are helping us with expected goals, and therefore our expected points should have given us a much better table position. So I think if we can maintain this form eventually the table will start falling our way. Next game is against lowly Racing FC Luxembourg at home before a tough second round tie against fellow division foes FC Etzella Ettelbruck later this upcoming month. Thanks to everyone for following along. Best of luck in your own saves. Cheers!

July 2023 A good preseason is in the books. As well as our director of football pulling off some great contract extensions/transfers. Transfers All on a free so luckily nothing too outlandish finance-wise yet. Dimitrije Jovanovic We do have a new highest earner at the club though. A Serbian mezzala from KVC Westerlo in the Jupiter Pro League. He is young only 20 years old with a three-year contract. He needs some help in dribbling, anticipation, and composure, but could be a real stalwart for the side for the next couple seasons. Kenan Avdusinovic Kenan actually came through the Hostert youth system, but immediately left for other teams in Luxembourg. He has played at the top flight of the National Division for the last 5 seasons for various sides. Most recently released by reigning champions Swift Hesperange, after not getting any playing time last season. He comes to us on a free with a sweetheart one year contract. Hopefully a good performance might help him resign and re-earn a starting role in a top flight side. He has the physicals that will make him a terror on the right. Lets see if that home town quality shows through. Mohamed Konate Our last acquisition is Konate, a stone wall at the back. A teenager, 19 year old Malian, who was out of professional football last year. He played most recently for RE Virton in the Challenger Pro League in Belgium. We have some untested new faces, and I am anxious to see if they have what it takes to excel at this level. Next up is our first official game in charge away against projected 6th place Titus Petange. Then we take on some of Luxembourg's heaviest hitters. Thanks for anyone following along, and best of luck in your own saves!

Nope just lucked out. Although in retrospect I have enjoyed leagues with more teams... more coaching beefs. Plus I don't mind an outside chance of European fixtures early in a save.

Introduction Hey everyone! Been looking for a new save while rewatching "Sunderland Til I die". I realized how tough it was on those managers as they were really at the whim of the director of football. They could give suggestions, but really it was up to the DoF to reel in the talent. So that is what we are doing. We are starting in a custom Luxembourgish database. In the top flight, the Luxembourg National Division, with semi-professional outfit US Hostert. Union Sportive Hostert They were at risk of being relegated last season, but with that kind of youth recruitment we may have a pipeline of talent that even the director of football can't miss on. Board Vision The big push will be to stay up this season. Unfortunately, most of the financial and contract goals will be out of our hands. Also we have a one year "earn your keep" contract. First Team Our team is in rough states, with only 4 maybe 5 players predicted by the staff to be of top flight quality. Whereas only 4 of the starting 11 are signed on for multiple seasons. Halim Meddour Our best player is Meddour, a 26 year old ball playing defender. Unfortunately, with only one season under contract. We need to capitalize on his talents now and hopefully prevent his injury proneness from creeping up. Thank goodness his has traits of big matches and consistency as we will need both. Media Prediction We are predicted for a 19th place finish. This league is just like the premier league. So 38 games, with the bottom 3 clubs being relegated. We have no key players in the media dream eleven. There is gonna be a long road ahead. I will be updating this roughly every in game month, but with the team decisions not up to me it may be a little chaotic, but that's the fun part. Best of luck in your own saves.