Branst23

What is your tactic when you get bids on people like Nico Williams - keep on rejecting and just annoy the squad as he is too valuable?

Random question: Who do you tend to get as your Head of Youth Development at the start of a new save with Bilbao? And who do you aim to get in after a few season?

Season 6 Preview Odds improving from 600-1 to 400-1. We are on a constant cycle at the moment of youth intake players last 3 years and wanting to leave if they are good enough! This part is a grind. Facilities Finances

Season 5 June 2028/Season Review Overall, a really positive season, I thought we would find our level and be in a relegation battle. Losing our best two players in this offseason is going to hurt but also the first it has happened. Hopefully the youth intakes can keep bringing us talent! Finances continue to be an issue as we are tight on wage budget and the balence is -£600k meaning we can not improve youth facilities or coaching! We need a cup run and to beat Vaduz to get into Europe once, that could be our only hope at the moment!

Season 5 - April 2028 We over achieved compared to where I thought we were going to be at the start of the season. This makes me think we can stay up even when losing our best two players!

Season 5 - March 2028 Undefeated in March, Dorsch scoring in every game. He is going to be a huge loss for us next season. I do think we will be weaker and struggle more next season than this with losing two top players!

Season 5 - Youth Intake Overall, a solid intake, trying to limit the wage budget so only offering a youth contract to two players. A replacement for a winger and striker with good shooting! Both will come into the first team off the bench this season.

Season 5 - February 2028 Another solid month, good friendlies setting up a win in the league after the winter break. Off the fields It's getting tough, no money coming into the club. Still paying off the loan for buying the stadium and also the board reducing our wage budget, meaning we are now overspending. Nothing I can do about it sadly! This is definitely a grind at the moment! A+ rating still though!

Season 5 - Winter Break It was bound to happen at some point... of course Vaduz snap up our best two players at the end of the season. Making it harder to get into Europe and get some money into the club! This one stings Karma came quick - messes up for the rest of the season!

Season 5 - Youth Intake Preview If our 2nd best player is leaving in the summer, a winger to replace Fries will be important. Hopefully it's a good one!

Season 5 - November 2027 Last month before the winter break and we have a solid month, bouncing back after poor form in October. I just wanted to show you how good our Liechtenstein striker has become and how sad I am going to be when he leaves at the end of the season as he won't sign a new contract. The positive is we can produce these type of newgens!

Season 5 - October 2027 The month that was always going to come... international call ups ruined the start of the month. Then fixture conjestion and tiredness meant we had no chance and completely outclass. Luckily we are still in midtable! Knocked out of the cup as well - terrible month! Off the pitch

Season 5 - September 2027 Continued our good start with strong performances. Annoyingly at the end of the month we were without 12 of our first team players due to international call ups. Liechtenstein u21 and u19s are having their European Qualifiers, which lasts around 3 weeks. Frustrating none the less. Somehow we survived by drawing our last game of the month, playing a very weakened side.

Season 5 - August 2027 One game in July, which we got off to the perfect start (only just!). The gap between us and safety is already 8 points which is great. I really thought we would struggle as we made the step up, but once again we have done better than expected... so far! Starting XI AF IF - AM - IW BBM - DLP CWB - CB - BPD - IFB GK

Season 5 - Preview League preview of tier 4, 1. Liga Classic Gruppe 3. Unsurprising, bottom of the prediction league: Finances are still in the red: Facilities: No upgrades due to the overall balance We are going to lose our two best players as they don't believe the side is strong enough to match their ambition. Fries and Dorsch will leave at the end of the season, this weakens us a lot! Strong wins to boost the morale, as we enter the season. Praying we can stay up in this division and more importantly, we need a strong youth intake!

Season 4 - June 2027/Season Review We did it! We got promoted (just - phewwww)! We heading into the final game 1 point above Vaduz 2 and had to better or match their result to gain promotion! I got presented with the following challenge... 7 first team players out on international duty and I nearly chucked the PC out of the window. We managed to draw away from home, showing character and get the result we needed! Off the field The biggest advantage of getting promoted is our wage budget has increased to 4.2k per week, which will allow us £900 difference to renew deals and maybe even have space for the youth intake coming in next season! We are finishing the season in £455k debt. Next year will be able survival I believe, but each year I go up a tier we seem to surprise teams! Keep pushing, 4th tier here we come! Hopp Ruggell!

Season 4 - May 2027 Once again it comes down to the last two games! The narrative in FM doesn't get any better than these sort of repeating situations or players that pop-up randomly that use to be at your club! Our remaining games are against Frauenfeld and Wil2. Vaduz 2 arguably have the easier games. Fingers crossed!

Season 4 - April 2027 Overall a positive month, moving up the table. Game in hand over Wil 2 will be huge if we can get 3 points! Consistency is still a problem but we are trending in the right direction.

Season 4 - March 2027 Poor start to the month, losing the first two games... we then got our youth intake and in the third game we managed to win. Just as I was saying our youth intake wasn't the best, our three goals all involved 2027 newgens! Gutted, our star striker said he is going to run down his contract so will be leave in 2028. I am turning down offers of £3k for him as it seems pointless to sell him for that amount when we are £300k in debt! I may as well try to use him as much as possible to get us out of this division!

Season 4 - Youth Intake Although it says it's a 4.5 star intake, in reality our best player is a 2.5 star player. Not the best intake, I imagine we will change HoYD at the end of this season to try and re-ignite the spark! Our Best Intake Players We have a shortage of LB's so this does help the team out! Others in the intake

Season 4 - Youth Intake Preview Worrying only one A rating in the preview, who know's what this will mean in reality!

Season 4 - November 2026 First game of November, we lost when dominating XG. Second game was a huge win to get points on a fellow promotion contender. Then international call ups meant we were missing 7 of our first team. We move into the winter break.

Season 4 - October 2026 Might need to be more careful with cancelling international friendlies, what a month of fixtures! Definitely in the hunt for promotion, need to be more consistent but struggling with injuries given the run of fixtures is hardly surprising! Also through to the semi-final of the cup! 3 games in November and then the winter break - think the players will need it!

Season 4 - September 2026 Less fixtures this month than others... we have more than 4 international call ups which means we can choose to postpone games! This does make fixture conjestion hard in future months but gives us a fighting chance. Linth 04 have had a fast start!

Season 4 - August 2026 A dodgy start to the season as we lost after being up 2-0! I believe that we are suffering a bit due to our best player Dorsch wanting to leave and I declining multiple bids, this caused the team morale to be rocked. He is contracted until 2028, hoping we can weather the storm and get out of this tier! First time a youth player has wanted to leave, hopefully we don't have to deal too much of this! Starting XI AF IF - AM - IW BBM - DLP CWB - CB - BPD - IFB GK More players from youth intakes now than "original" players in the starting XI!