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Looks like we're about to lose one of our better players....
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GREAT.......
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End of Season Recap
Where to begin with this season??? Coming off of last season, where we had survived on the final gameday of the season, little was expected of the team by myself - boy, did they surprise me! We were hovering around the upper-half of the season all year long. Now, the bad part - we came into the split with a real chance of entering the promotion playoff or winning the league outright! With two games to go, all we had to do was win one of our last two matches to win the league title or, as it turns out, draw one match to clinch a spot in the playoff. We were unable to do either. Third place was above my expectation this year but to achieve it in the way that we did is truly painful.
Now, holding onto all of our key players will be tough but I will be leaning heavily on my general manager to make a couple of shrewd signings to put us over the top.
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It hurts..... it hurts.....
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ughhh, just got back up and running - computer has surged but we had lost 1-0, dropping us to third and out of the promotion places completely..... I hadn't saved since before my previous match so I'm going to have to re-sim these matches but will make sure to get the 0-1 results on both. What a letdown.
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We aren't looking good right now..... but we're holding on.
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We've played so well for nothing:
Thankfully, it's all still in our hands.
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Halftime:
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So, apparently Korabi have finished their season today(we still have two matches to play). With Korabi hosting Kamza(3rd place), we now have a chance to essentially clinch the league title with a victory. We are hosting the bottom side in our split and are playing really well right now..... LET'S FINISH THE JOB BOYS!
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We've taken our game in hand and turned it to three points! We now sit three points clear of 3rd(and +10 Goal Differential opposed to them) and six points clear of 4th(also +10 GD over them!). Better yet, Korabi have lost and we have a game in hand on them and are only two points behind! It's all to play for in our final two matches!
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Interesting, it seems as though the league teams just cannibalize each other. Rozhansky with 88 USA caps at 26? Not bad!
Very interesting round-up - I find myself as I get further into saves almost as invested in my departed players as my current team! I guess that tells you how great a manager I am!!
Thanks for taking the time.
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April 2021
Here we are - standing on the doorstep, no, the precipice of everything that we have worked so hard for. Three matches remain, three matches against the bottom three teams in the split. I tell the squad that we just need to press on and play our game and that the rest will take care of itself.... It's a strong face but inside is like a tornado of emotion - hope, pride in the team, nerves, fear, fear of the what if..... Once we step onto that pitch, it will all melt away but this feeling, standing over a beautiful valley, as if commanding the environment but knowing that you really are not in control.....that's the feeling.
Anyways, April went about as well as we could have hoped, with 7 points from three matches, including a resounding 4-0 win over league-leaders, Korabi. We have set ourselves up in a great position to at least reach the promotion playoff but it's all there to play for!
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Hey, I know it's not easy to do amongst all of your great updates but curious if we can get a snapshot of your transferred players and what they've been up to since departing the club...? Either way, this is still a great read and I can't wait until you bring the Champion's League trophy back home!
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Here's a teaser to hold you over until the next update:
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Youth Intake
Not great, but that Striker.... ooh la la!
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March 2020
Well, March hasn't exactly gone as I'd hoped - we are still well within striking distance of the top two but our first two matches after the league split have been away to the top side, Korabi, and home to the second-placed side, Erzeni. Against Korabi, we seemed to be in the match, we just didn't have our scoring boots on, falling 1-0. Against Erzeni, it was a very even match that turned out 0-0. The race is still wide open and we still have a say in how things will turn out!
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@endlessthunder Thank you, thank you! Given the state of things, I have lots of time for FM...
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I'll be the judge of that when my head is on the chopping block!
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General up-date/housekeeping/February 2021
This squad is progressing much faster than I've thought it would and it this has been one of the more fun saves I've done in awhile(honestly, probably owing to sharing the experience as I had lurked here for awhile before finally deciding to post - it adds so much for me and I feel more engaged with the whole gameworld - enough of that now).
Since I've staffed up(hired Head of Youth Development/General Manager), I've stepped back from the scouting/signing/negotiating duties, as I imagine that the club wouldn't allow an unlicensed manager to control all aspects of the operation anyways, and I've been using the instant result button for almost all matches.
I've thus far been unable to get the board to agree to let me go on a coaching course, so I'm still unlicensed and the board are being absolute pricks about any upgrades(hopefully this title challenge will change all of that)..... Anyways, onto the February recap.
I've really been enjoying the two week breaks between matches because our quality in the squad is not deep, so I pretty much have settled on a regular 11 and a regular 3-5 subs. We played three matches in February against teams in the bottom half, so I expected to close the gap on the top sides - that pretty much worked out except for the fact that we lost our first match to Terbuni at home.... yikes! We really didn't create much but they were efficient - hats off to them! We managed to salvage the month by winning our final two matches, taking us into the split at the lofty heights of 3rd!!!!
Essentially here is the squad that I have been using:
A very well-rounded team effort has put us here, not necessarily individual starts(Muca just joined us on loan in January and has been massive, though!). Seljmani has overtaken Qyrani in goal but that's really it.
Again, I hope that anyone reading is enjoying this and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
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January 2020
January was quite a quiet month for us with just the two matches, but both against sides that are in the hunt for promotion, so obviously they were key matches. First off, we hosted Korabi, who at the time were the top side in the table. We put on a scoring clinic while being outclassed for large swaths of the game(I'll take the result!). Secondly, we were away to Kamza, who has quietly gone about their business since being promoted after last season. We played well but were not nearly clinical enough to secure all three points so we just have to be happy with the draw.
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December 2020
December has seen our unbeaten 6 match streak come to an end at the hands of Erzeni, an unfair result. On the second fixture of the month, we got a result that we didn't necessarily deserve, either - a fair month I'd say. We are still well within the top half and in great position to move into the promotion playoff!
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[FM20] An American Abroad - Perhaps...?
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