Ron_Swanson

July 2028 Those results are insanely good when you look what quality players can be found in U23's. But despite a lot of profitable friendlies we're barely 5k in plus. Staff wages are more than double of what I paid previous season so I hope that higher league will attract more people to Sixways. Budgets are slightly higher, after conversion it's 8,6k p/w

@_Ben_ Thanks, looks like it's going easier every season so far but that could end soon as I'm in more competitive divisions, but I really want to make it all the way to Premier League @TelcontarTargaryen Makes a lot of sense what you're saying, well, now I'm the one who poach

May-June 2028 Best 11 of the season dominated by my players. New U23 manager, another gem, I don't understand how this type of coaches are in the lower leagues for years without being hired by some top flight teams Finances for may and june

April 2028

March 2028 Everything went as planned, our scoring efficiency is back, we end this month as a champions. Look who's back - a familiar face. He's almost perfect HoYD for me at this moment, fairly determined with the same preffered formation that I use and great attributes

Youth intake 2028 I'm very happy with what I got. Two of them are a starting lineup material already.

February 2028 We're doing ok, playoff spot secured, and with 13 points ahead I am more confident we can hold on top for the rest of the season. There's only 8 games left so we need just 4 wins to be sure. We still struggle a little with scoring goals, last time we had more than 2 was in december. Friendlies are back so finances are not in red, good thing.

Yeah, sometimes you need to let them go even with that kind of deals. There's always possibility to sell this clause but his value after transfer is still a bit low so I can wait and take a risk.

January 2028 There's a little problem with our offence, we barely score and it's hard to win that way, but the lead is still pretty safe. I decided not to arrange any friendlies to see how it will impact finances. As you can see it's necessary to get some income outside league and cup games. We spent too much now to be financialy stable in long term. One of my best academy products so far is gone to League 2. This is the best I could get - a bag of peanuts plus a fat % of next sale. Now I only hope he'll be spotted by some big club who's gonna pay millions for his potential (if there's still a lot of room to improve). And a friendly game should bring us a couple of thousand $$, not much but at least some.

December 2027 We're out of cups for this season and now I can focus solely on staying on top of league table. Intake preview not looking great, but as I said earlier the grades can be missleading so worrying about it now. A top prospect who is a CM should be handy, because Scott Steele don't want to even start talks about new contract and it's definetely time to make some calls and get a deal before he'll leave for free.

@dtown1414 It was just one big present, but very expensive. Training facilities upgrade that I was spaming my board about for quite a long time. Take a look at the end of that post

November 2027 Almost perfect, only one loss but it's a meaningless cup for me. A nice 10 point lead, promotion seems like a real deal now.

October 2027 A slightly worse performace in league, but can I really complain with 10pts in 5 games? My focus was to save my best players fitness for cup games, so some reserves got more playing time this month. Great result in FA Cup, 4th qualifying round is the best we ever got. Carlisle United (they're in VNL) were too strong for us despite we had a 3-1 lead at one point.

September 2027 A solid winning streak plus a nice cup performance which gave good profit Another payraise, initially they offered 325 p/w but didn't even complain when I said 400 and we got the deal

August 2027 Very strong start, I have high hopes that we can keep this form for the whole season. Could be better financialy, a small loss this month. We are spending more money every year and income from home games is not enough already. League games are packed tightly now so not many chances to squeeze U23 friendlies. A small success with keeping my best players in squad. My both midfielders decided they want to stay with us. Only Quilty agreed to sign a new contract, Steele thinks the team is not strong enough so I'm waiting, but clock is ticking and I don't want to let him go for free.

@TelcontarTargaryen Yeah, it was a homeground for local rugby team Worcester Warriors that played in Premiership so the capacity makes sense. And the Raiders moved there lately due to same ownership. Average league games attandance in my last season was slightly above 200 and record at around 1000 so kinda ridiculous for that size but it gives a nice advantage in friendlies. And we don't have to pay rent. A little comparision to Worcester City - currently tier 8 - they play at Claines Lane with 1300 capacity - it looks like they're still way more popular

Season preview Southern League Premier Division Central - tier 7 Odds just before first games - as I expected, we should be atleast playoff contender Three of my players among the best in media predictions, more than any other team And here are my core players

July 2027 Here comes the trouble. As soon as we gained promotion we're no longer anonymous. Some bigger clubs started sniffing around my best youngsters. Two central midfielders Scott Steele and Sean Quilty are main targets and they're both coming into last year of contracts. I've made a mistake not offering them new ones earlier and now they're upset. My plan is to reject offers and hope they will change their minds quick. If it won't happen before like 1/3 of the season then probably I'll have to look for a trade. The best I can get now is about 1-5k paid upfront and some % from next sale. In some cases we could get really wealthy in a couple of years with that clause but nothing is guaranteed, so "high risk-high reward" Finances are still fine, but youth setup is becoming more and more expensive. I need more spectators coming to Sixways just to compensate for higher expeditures. I hope higher division will help with that. And a really bad news. My top scorer is out for half a season.

This deserves it's own post. Remember when I bragged about my new ass-man in april's update? Yea, he's gone... He was on a 3-month contract and refused to sign new one as he wanted to move to more prestigious club. Same thing happened with my brilliant HoYD, he left on 1st of July and only one week later he joined Woodford Town (9th tier, predicted 18th/20 place) on a non-contract. More prestigious you say?

May - June 2027 Some well deserved awards, Quilt also got the Young Player of the Year award New budgets, and as I'm pumping all the money into wages it ended at 6,6k p/w and only half ot that is used at this moment A quick summary, there's a lot of changes in best perfomers, youngsters are taking the leading roles

Thanks @OleDK and @dtown1414 A bit of slow start to the career but as soon as all those facilities started paying off my team quality increased rapidly. It's still a lot of fun to build a team from scratch

April 2027 Last games with no pressure. We finish with 13 points lead This is how the squad looks like. Oscar Waldrum is my top scorer (with 4 finishing). Some of the younsters shown a lot of improvement throughout the season making me believe we can be strong enough to be atlest a top half team next year and even join a promotion fight if we can keep our best players. I hired new ass-man who looks like he could coach a Premier League teams

March 2027 We continue our great run of wins, 7 in a row now. And right at the end of the month with a great 6-0 win we celebrated promotion. Just one day after winning the title I got offered new contract

Youth intake 2027 One standout player, few more who will be usefull in rotation

February 2027 A horrible month for Warwick and now we take the lead