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Polonia Warszawa Season 2 - 2024/25 - November Did we change tactics? No, but for some reason my players went to all attack and no defence. Somehow we're still in 3rd, but certainly won't stay there if we keep playing like this. Somehow we had the top 3 players this month.

Not debuts, but the first players to get international call-ups since I've been at the club.

Still upset about that game against Warta. My wing backs especially just let their wingers run past and the goalie was flapping at shots going past him. But at least we're not the only ones losing to a side in the relegation zone. This one warms the heart a bit

Just when I think I'm getting fairly consistent performances. Also, I think we need a better goalie.

Polonia Warszawa Season 2 - 2024/25 - October All the games in October were tight affairs, but they were all wins. Sure, Legia is playing in the Conference League, but it is still great to see us above them in the table.

Saving this here to see how it changes over the seasons.

Polonia Warszawa Season 2 - 2024/25 - September This month brought us back down to earth. We should have won against Zagłębie Lubin but our GK had a bit of stinker. Although the xG was close against Raków it didn't really feel like it and we didn't score until the 94th minute. I rotated for the Cup game against Kotwica and immediately regretted it. They dominated from the start and have some surprisingly good players for their level. Against Pogoń Szczecin we started really well, but Ante Bekavac got a 2nd yellow in the 36th minute and they dominated from then on. The worst part is the team didn't like my post game talk when I told them that they did well despite the result.

@Sizeman21 Thanks. He hasn't had much chance yet, but I do have high hopes for him.

Now the media think that there is no takeover. But on the Club Vision screen there is this:

Polonia Warszawa Season 2 - 2024/25 - Summer Transfer Window All summer we were running trials for players released by other clubs looking for those that could improve our squad. Eventually we signed a mix of those that would go into the 1st theam and some youngsters that have some potential. The fans are unhappy that we released Łukasz Piątek and Jakub Piątek but one was 38 years old and the other wanted too much money. Here are the players that go straight into the 1st team. Finn Niilo Mäenpää was released by Warta, we picked him up to improve the center of midfield. Igor Łasicki can do a good job for us in the centre of defence or step up into a DM role. Ante Bekavac will add depth to the D(L) position, but I'm afraid I'm paying too much in wages for him. In pre-season I made the decision to change to a formation that uses 2 strikers and needed to add depth. Ihan Fandi has had an excellent start for us. Brought in Kassim M'Dahoma to improve the right wing-back position, but he can fill in at D(C) too. Bert Esselink is another one to solidify our defence. I was a bit desperate for some more quality in the middle. Carlos Cermeño's wage demands were a bit much, I hope he's worth it. Mikołaj Wawrzyniak was one I snapped up because of the high recommendations of our scouts and his relatively low wage demands.

@Bigpole thanks for all the info! Too bad that the pro junior system can't be recreated. Is the Steam workshop the best place to get these databases? @RoguPL sorry for hijacking your thread 😉

Congrats on the move to the mighty RFS!

Every year I always hold out a faint hope that SI will add at least the 3rd tier in Poland. Maybe this year I'll have to give one of these community created databases a try. Good luck with the Youth only save. I did one for a few seasons in FM22 before moving on to FM24 and I still think about going back to it.

Polonia Warszawa Season 2 - 2024/25 - June to August The start to the season has been beyond our wildest dreams. We've had some amazing performances and gave the fans some games to savour against Widzew and Lech. Manuel Sulbaran has had an amazing first three games. He has cooled off in the next 3 but hopefully will bounce back. This piece of news came in. Hopefully if a take over happens they'll keep me in charge. Ilhan Fandi is another exciting youngster that we've signed. More about our transfer business in the next post.

Stuff like this is so frustrating. Then on the same day! I thought player interactions were supposed to be fixed in FM24! Even though he's 38, Łukasz Piątek was important for us in midfield last season. I wasn't sure if I was going to renew his contract, but decided it would be to have him as a backup and mentor for the younger players. When I offered him a new contract he asked to be player/U19 coach, which I thought was amazing. But all of our U19 coaching spots were filled. Why does a player/coach have to count against our coaching limits???

Polonia Warszawa Season 2 - 2024/25 - Preview Here we go. The bookies and media aren't giving us any chance of staying up. Media Prediction: 18th Odds: 2000-1 (18th) Board: Attempt to avoid relegation (reach the Cup proper)

Season 2 - Pre-season Preparation When I started the save we had 5/3 coaching staff. I knew that if I wanted to change any of them out I would be limited to having only 3. But I wanted a new Assistant. I did eventually convince the board to increase the number of coaches to 4. This guy is a bit famous! Hopefully he can help me develop our players.

Here are a few more interesting bits from the end of the season. I replaced my HOYD with Janusz Kowalski, for the personality and better judging of CA and PA. Quite a few of our players unsurprisingly were named to the 1 Liga Team of the Season. Junior Radziński was banging them in and I hope that he can keep developing at a higher level. New sponsorship deals made our finances look a lot better. Prices are going up. Hopefully we can get more fans out now that we're at the top table. Long term goal is to move us up into the top 100.

As I alluded to before, once promotion was confirmed and the wage budget was increased, I set about trying to improve the squad. Agents are offering their players, so I bring them in on trial to see if they are what we need. Manuel Sulbarn seems like one that will be good for us. But early on signing him has just caused headache as Mateusz Michalski became unhappy to have someone competing for his spot. Not only that, but Sulbaran has been rather poor in the few games that he's played for us.

Polonia Warszawa Season 1 - 2023/24 - Review This season can only be looked back on as a resounding success. Won the title with 4 games to spare and unsurprisingly the squad took their foot off the gas for the last few matches. I also tried to give a few of the fringe players a run out, which probably contributed to the two losses. We did set the record for most team goals in the 1 Liga.

Thanks! I'm really looking forward to it too. Their squad is looking rather strong. I'm already looking at some players that are available and bringing them in on trials. There seems to be a lot of agent offers for players from Venezuela. I signed a winger who my scouts and coaches tell me is a leading player for 1 Liga and has Ekstraklasa potential. Unfortunately this upset one of our key players, Mateusz Michalski, because he doesn't want to be replaced. I told him to suck it up, which he didn't like and now half the squad is upset with me...

Season 1 - 2023/24 - April (Title Win!!!) April isn't over but this deserves a post! We continued our winning run, meaning that the game against Zagłębie Sosnowiec was a title decider. We started amazingly well with Junior Radziński scoring two quick goals. But we let them back in the game and it was 2-2 at the half. There wasn't much to separate the sides. I had got with experience in midfield, but they weren't playing too well, so I decided to bring on Krzysztof Koton. It didn't take long for him to score the winning goal. We comfortably held on to the lead from there, and the title was ours! Bring on the Ekstraklasa! Bring on Legia!!

Here are the top two prospects from the intake.

2024 Youth Intake My first youth intake has arrived and there are some interesting candidates there. We'll see how the star ratings changes once I sing them to the squad but a few of them could be decent players in the future. I'm thinking I'll avoid anyone with a bad personality, no matter what their potential.

We have been relying on several veteran players this season. The likes of 32 year old Mateusz Michalski and 38 year old Łukasz Piątek have been key for us this season. But we'll need to find some younger players to take their place. Michalski is already starting to decline physically.