Fudal

I had never felt so proud of myself. In just my first season, with no transfers, I managed to do something my father had never done. Reach the knockout stage of a European competition. My side also broke the record for most points, goals, and wins in an Allsvenskan season. With the final match of the season coming up on the day of the Europa League KO round draw, I would play our younger players to get some game experience. The draw came first, and with our name being 4th out of the hat, we will face Rangers.

With so much of my focus being on the Allsvenskan, it was almost a surprise that we were second in our Europa League group going into the final match. Roma sit top with 12 points, then us and Sturm Graz on 9 each, where we hold the goal difference tiebreaker. Then Maribor bottom with 0 points, and a -18 goal difference. If we don't win, we're relying on this Maribor team to beat Sturm Graz. Things couldn't have started worse for us, as Tammy Abraham scored in the first 30 seconds. After berating the team, they finally started playing football. And in the 25th and 26th minutes, Soren Rieks scored twice in just as many minutes to give us a lead and going into half time we're up 2-1! Maribor is even holding Sturm Graz to a draw! In the second half, things got even better as we scored a third. Buya Turay scored his 10th of the season in all competitions to see us through to the KO Rounds!

After another dominant month or so, it's the penultimate day of the Allsvenskan season. We're 4 points ahead, with 2 matches to go. We're away to GIF Sundsvall, in a match where we have it all to play for. This is the chance to prove myself. We started incredibly, with attacking midfielder Sebastian Nanasi scoring twice in the first 40 minutes, and we would go into halftime with the lead. Then, just after the stroke of halftime, Fredrik Lundgren got sent off for GIF Sundsvall. A great chance, and I knew we had it then and there. They would end up scoring, but we secured the win 5-1, with goals from Nielsen, Christiansen, and Buya Turay to secure the title.

Our crop of youth players came through before the Djurgardens match, and I couldn't help but be impressed by two players in particular. 15-year-old Iranian striker Ali Jalalian is a physical specimen, even at his young age. Already standing 6' tall, and having great strength, jumping and heading, he has a great chance of making it to the very top of the sport. 16-year-old Jens Ingelsson is another bright prospect, and his pace is blistering. He blew by our U19 fullbacks repeatedly in the showcase game, racking up 6 dribbles completed. He has work to do on the technical side of the game, however. There are another 4 or so players who could end up making the first team. 6'2 striker Robin Gustafsson is strong, quick, and can jump, but he is lazy off the ball and isn't composed enough, as of yet. Albanian Center-back Nuredin Neziri is a solid if unspectacular footballer. He turned 16 just 6 months ago, and he's already 6'3. With his physical advantage, he could make it as a no-nonsense center-back in Swedish football. However, with my tactics, I am skeptical. Christian Kristiansson is a versatile midfielder, who can play all along the left side of the pitch, as well as in the center. He's quick, but at 5'8, he doesn't have the strength to hold down a spot in midfield. Goalkeeper Leon Andersson is the final prospect with first-team potential, according to my Head of Youth Development, Greg Miller. He's got catlike reflexes and can catch any ball that comes his way. But he's got a distinct disadvantage in the air, being only 5'10.

Fast forward after a couple of very successful months, and we're in September. September 18th, to be exact, where 1st placed Malmo FF are facing 2nd place Djurgardens IF. Only 2 points separate the two sides, and with only 7 matches left including this one, it is a pivotal match. It was a dominant first 30 minutes for us, and we finally got our breakthrough when Attacking Midfielder Moustafa Zeidan took the ball off of their center-back's foot, and slotted cooly past the goalkeeper. That was the end of the first half, in terms of highlights. 1-0 was not good enough for me. I wanted to show dominance in this match. However, in the 81st minute, Djurgardens got their goal back, after Magnus Eriksson scored a beautiful chip over veteran goalkeeper Johan Dahlin. And 1-1 it would end. Brutal. We still are 2 points up, but I can't help but feel that this was a blown opportunity.

The first few weeks were hard. Having to convince my players that I was capable, and not just hired because of nepotism. We struggled on our tour of Portugal, which didn’t help my case. However, when we came back to Sweden, we beat AIK, BK Hacken, and Djurgardens all by multiple goals. Our first match of the Allsvenskan season was away to Helsingborgs IF, who we dispatched 3-0. It was a simple game, in which we had 10 times more shots than them, 33-3. Goals from captain Anders Christiansen, Isaac Kiese Thelin, and Soren Rieks saw off the underdog. The month of April came and went, and Malmo saw themselves in 4th place, with 4 victories and just one loss. I was slowly proving myself to the players and the fans. The fans, in particular, loved our goal-scoring form, with all 5 games seeing us score at least 2 in each of them.

I was welcomed to the club both by the board and the media. However, the reporters got on my nerves quickly by repeatedly asking him questions about his father. I wish people would stop bringing him up. ‘If only they knew’ I thought. I immediately shook the thought out of my head. ‘Nonsense. They wouldn’t know what it’s like.’ After the introductory press conference, I met the squad at the training ground for our first session. I met Captain Anders Christiansen first, and he welcomed me warmly to the club. He told me all the players were excited at my arrival, which was a nice surprise. A Superettan manager jumping up to the biggest club in the country and the players aren’t skeptical? Then I remembered. After all, I was only hired as a successor to my father. These players knew me as my father’s son.

Everyone knows the Champions League. It’s the premier competition in Europe and a prized possession for any club. However, only one winner can be crowned every season. The losers of this esteemed competition are often back the next season to challenge for it. However, some teams haven’t been as lucky. 19 clubs have reached a Champions League final and never won it. I know all too well how it feels to be overshadowed. My father Jan, was a very successful manager in Swedish football, and my whole life has been about following my father's footsteps. I don't want to follow in his footsteps. I want to surpass them. Everyone will know my name. That’s why I'm going to win those 19 clubs their first Champions League. Anton’s List: Malmo (In Progress) Arsenal Atletico Madrid Club Brugge Fiorentina Eintracht Frankfurt Leeds United Bayer Leverkusen AS Monaco Borrussia Monchengladbach Panathanaikos Partizan PSG Stade Reims Roma Sampdoria Saint-Etienne Tottenham Valencia

That save didn't end up lasting past the first few friendlies, as I felt like I was forcing myself to get into it. My next save I wanted to do was the Dafuge Challenge. I've never completed it before, and I wanted to blog it here. Again, no downloaded tactics. The squad that we took over with is extremely poor, and only has 9 players in it. That being said, we had to hire a lot of players to play for us this season, as well as sign players for the future. *We signed 27 players, so I won't show all of them, just our first XI for the first match*

I wanted to do another save. In all honesty I'm tired of this game being too easy by using plug-n-play tactics, so I want to try a save without using those tactics. My next save idea was using managers at an MLS club and a Premier League/Championship club with American owners, and I found the perfect clubs. DC United & Swansea are owned by the same people, so it makes sense for there to be a pipeline there. We're starting in June of 2022, midway through the MLS season, but just before the Championship season starts. DC United Squad: 3 or 4 decent prospects in the squad here. Kristian Fletcher is the pick of the bunch, a really solid winger. Swansea City Squad: Lots of Welsh players, which is something I would like to keep going in this save. No Americans though. My Bat-**** Tactic that I will be using for the time being: Goals aplenty for both sides with this one.

March-April Results: Signings: FA Trophy Final: It's a double in my first season!

January-February Results: We've really kicked into gear with this 4-2-3-1. Our starting GK is injured for a couple weeks which worries me, but he should be back for the FA Trophy QF vs Havant & Waterlooville.

November-December Results: We're in good form, and are into the 4th round of the FA Trophy, which I think we have a good chance of winning.

Thanks for all the support. Unfortunately the club refuses to send me on coaching courses, but once we get our finances sorted, I should be able to do them.

This club is massive for this level, professional, full time training etc.

Welcome to my final save of FM23, hoping it sticks this time. I only have England down to tier 6 loaded, and I'm playing a non-league to legend style save. No coaching badges, no prior experience, starting unemployed. Updates won't be too in depth, as I feel like that's when I lose interest. Job #1:

You can pay to rent out a futsal pitch, so me and my friends were going to pool together some money and start playing

Very close to me! I even have friends that play for Tormenta's academy, and I'm signing up for futsal in Savannah!

Without further ado, let us get underway.

This will most likely be my final attempt at blogging an FM save on here. While I love this forum, and enjoy reading all of your saves, unfortunately I just don't have the love for FM anymore. I've moved onto baseball, and with it comes OOTP, a game which I have thousands of hours in, and I just love the random development of players, as opposed to the very linear progression of players in FM. However, I wanted to give FM one last try, at least for the next few months. This save will be a SAF style save, although I'm not holding myself to any of those restrictions, just starting on November 6th, with the club second to bottom. That club is West Ham, who as you can see have just 1 win in 14 matches:

Congratulations! Going into my freshman year myself. Hope they enjoy what they're choosing to do!

Hello to everyone on this side of the forums! I'm a frequent poster in the FMCU forums, but I wanted to share a challenge I thought of. (If someone has previously posted this or you have seen this somewhere please let me know so I can give proper credit!!!) The challenge: - Start at a random club using the FMScout random club picker, but the club must be in a city large enough to have sister cities (wikipedia is great for this). - You may only move to clubs that are either in the same city, or in sister cities. - When you join a new club, you unlock those sister cities, and the old ones are no longer eligible. So if I moved from Vancouver (Spoiler of my club) to Odesa, Ukraine, I unlock Odesa's many sister cities. - You must win a trophy with each club, unless you get sacked. - If you get sacked, or resign at any time, you may take over a new club, as long as the club is in a city that has sister cities. The club I got to start this challenge is Vancouver, Canada. According to Wikipedia, the sister cities of Vancouver with clubs in FM23 are Odesa, Ukraine, Edinburgh, Scotland, Guangzhou, China, and Los Angeles, United States of America. Clubs that I can take over after leaving Vancouver: FC Chornomorets Odesa in Ukraine. Hearts, Hibernian, The Spartans, and Edinburgh City in Scotland. Guangzhou FC in China. LAFC and LA Galaxy in the US (I won't be focusing on this one as much, as it is a sideways step, plus I don't want to move from MLS to MLS).

Two foreign CB's have been picked up.

Thank you!