Ron_Swanson

December 2033 Some nice wins this month, lots of goals, spectators should be happy Intake preview with two positions standing out that I want more decent players so I'm looking forward for actual intake

Everton is I think the biggest team that got relegated, twice, but they immediately went back to Prem, so yeah, no big surprises so far

November 2033 Really bad run, I can't remember when we had a 5 games losing streak last time. Here's a first senior international cap for our player. Fidel Biai got called up for friendlies and even scored a goal in second game

October 2033 It won't be as easy as previous years, competition is to strong, our young squad is not quite ready yet. We were so close to make a huge sensation in EFL Cup but we couldn't hold a 3-1 lead against Liverpool and eventually lost in penalty shootout

August - September 2033 Getting the promotion got me into a little playing haul yesterday evening so few quick updates on what's going on in Championship. We started really good, relegation shouldn't be an issue, let's see if we can make it into playoffs. We now fill about half a stadium, it's nice for income but all other teams have average attendance higher than our stadium capacity - we still got a lot to improve

July 2033 Preseason friendlies to earn some money and I decided to upgrade training facilities once I got that option

May - June 2033 Season summary. First team rotation looks quite the same, we're still a little short on side defence and it's tricky when the schedule is tight. Keeping players on long contracts with 2-3 years extensions Russell Griffin looks like our weakest first 11 player when we talk about CA or attributes but he doesn't give a damn and keeps scoring like crazy Patrick Stanley trophy cabinet or should it be separate room already, because it's a lot U18's winning another title Finances for both months (something seems off when you compare profit with overall balance, I don't know why it's like this)

Thanks @cerud I will try my best, less time to play but career is moving forward slowly

April 2033 We made it, we finished big securing promotion

March 2033 Only four games, mixed results but enough to keep us in first place. The match against Lincoln City was crucial, we lost so our lead is very thin, no room for mistakes in april if we want to avoid playoffs

Youth intake 2033 Not many youngsters worth mentioning. I've got a decent striker with bad personality and a nice center mid. Rest of them seems to lack potential, we will see in a couple of years if someone will make it to the first team

[FM22] SK Zestaponi - season 6 - 2027 We didn't defend the title but 2nd place is still great. Young core of the team is developing nicely, but we need more reliable backups. A really nice performance in European competitions. Two rounds in Champions League qualifiers - Red Bull Salzburg is just way to high level for us. Then pretty good draw in Europa League as Maribor and Linfield were teams we definetely could handle and we did. Group stage is more than I expected, two draws I'll take with a smile. That gave us a lot of money I immediately wanted to invest, so all four upgrades incoming. Results in domestic competitions Results in Europe x

[FM22] SK Zestaponi - youth intake 2027 This years intake was pretty rubbish. No elite talents, very low potential, I think only one player can be useful as a backup right winger.

February 2033 Average results again but others did similar so we're on a good spot to stay in that green zone of the table. Heavy beating in FA Cup as expected but we earned a ton of money

January 2033 A ton of points lost this month (even against two worst teams), but we're still there in that tight top of the table. FA Cup going well, we defeated QPR from Championship, it's good to see that we're able to win with higher division teams in case of getting promoted. Next round should be a lot of fun, we're going to Old Trafford. That means we probably don't stand a chance but what an experience it will be.

@Backpackboi thanks, I'm slowly moving forward, it's a great journey and one of my most enjoyable careers

December 2032 Promotion race is getting pretty even. We're at the lead with one more game to go but there's a minimum margin up to 5th Lincoln. Results were quite good, just besides the loss vs Portsmouth who cut the distance thanks to that win. Unfortunately my players were tired for that important game because we had to do a replay in FA Cup which we eventually won. In 3rd round QPR is waiting for us. New contract, another pay raise Some promising striker might be on his way to Worcester, we have a few with high potential but they are improving slowly and still none of them beat Russell Griffin. Not much on the left side, it would be nice to get at least decent left defender because it's pretty dry in my youth teams.

[FM22] SK Zestaponi - season 5 - 2026 That was a great season, we won the title thanks to unbeaten streak from september to november (league games only, except cup loss). Conference League qualifications went well, in first and second round we got teams from Estonia and Armenia that were weaker than us so we easily made it through. 3rd round draw came with Hearts and I though "that's it, we won't go any further" but somehow we won both games. Last qualifying round and Servette showed us where we belong. The best thing is that we got over a million in profit and it went to training and youth faciliteis upgrades right away. Results in domestic competitions: Results in Europe

[FM22] SK Zestaponi - youth intake 2026 Not many players worth noticing, overall potential of this group looks limited. Two strikers as elite talents so maybe one of them will be retrained. The best chance to get some apperances in first team should have Davit Asatiani as I still don't have a decent sub for right defence

[FM22] SK Zestaponi - season 4 - 2025 First season in top division and we're already earned a spot in Conference League. There was even a chance for a title as we were leading the table for a few rounds but then we had a winless streak of 4 games (with both Dinamos in it). All in all it's a great season. That's how the squad looks now. The generation change already came to this point where most of my rotation is made of our academy youngsters. Some of them developed really fast (like Tamaz Abesadze), some are now natural at newly trained positions, I still need more depth at wings - Manfred Erbs has good attributes to try him at left wing so that's the plan for next season. It's pretty funny that end of season review showed growth of clubs reputation but at the same time board thinks otherwise. One more thing, look at the annual salaries. Dinamo Batumi spends almost twice as much as all other clubs combined. They should easily destroy this league every year but they didn't won past two years and this season they had to fight until last game.

[FM22] SK Zestaponi - youth intake 2025 Average one, only Kvartshkava will be included in first team for most games, few of them could be used as reserves from time to time but they'll be in u18

[FM22] SK Zestaponi - season 3 - 2024 A season of total dominance. Almost whole year as a leader, securing promotion quite early. Legacy players are leaving or retiring, more youngsters stepping into first team rotation, some of them even develop nicely. We're going up to highest division, probably as a relegation candidate but if we manage to stay there I hope we will start earing some money instead going into more debt.

[FM22] SK Zestaponi - youth intake 2024 Good intake, those 3 elite talents will get some firtst team playing time. German striker with nice physicals will compete with Chkhetiani, Quliyev is now my backup left defender and Dumbadze can be converted into right winger where I'm still very short in rotation.

November 2032 Another month of good results, we're keeping the pace not falling out from those top two promotion spots. Plus a very confident win in FA Cup. Still some money left so I'm gonna get every upgrade I can. This time training facilities.

October 2032 Unbeaten in october and leading the race, we're not stoping. I think the squad is strong enough to make it and these results are the best proof. Finances are still stable and all that tranfers income is going for another upgrade - youth facilities should be completed right before the intake so I hope we'll get slightly better players already this year. I was really surprised with that message. Patrick Stanley who refused to talk for years came to me asking for new contract. Finally, my best player and future club legend saw that he can get high level football in the club that raised him. 2k p/w until 2039 is a bargain for the quality and consistency he brings.