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"There's much positive." Earl of Grey We did well according to xG we should have finished 4th Pawel Marciniak 2nd with 27 goals David Ebuka 2nd with 12 assists / 1st in chances created/ 90 open play key passes and open play expected assists we finished 5th in goals and 4th in final third passes Bank Balance is 1.400.000 we're working on going professional

Big job man

I‘m sure you heard it before @Chiravilla one scorer, one scorer/ creator and a pure creator. The TM(A) is a scorer creator, the SS the out and out scorer I‘d say an AP(S) or if no suited player available an AM(S) but I‘d look for good movement, anticipation, composure, vision, passing and balance for a useful AP(S)

Big match for the Earl, we just won the top spot 5 games before the finish. If anyone has a soft spot for us keep your fingers crossed. This could be the year ... Oh my god .. finally .. the Earl is he crying? Are those tears? 25 years or something ... "I love this game" Earl of Grey

If I take my save into FM24 I continue posting in the YAC 24 thread?

Come to England my friend Truro City the white tigers @WhiteCat33 lol

I did reload in the beginning (Truro CIty - didn't know it was against the spirit and rules of the challenge) and I started a new save in consequence. It's so much more fun without reloading not even once.

Yeah only my professional players and higher determination ones seem to develop plus those one or two exceptions. I‘ll follow your postings and keep my fingers crossed

So strong that you keep walking. I am a Fan of your save. Who do you like most in the new intake?

"The old logo won't work anymore. We did not bad this year but failed to win against the bigger ones." Earl of Grey Season 23 - 46/47 We're improving but still we are in the VNS. So nothing important to say here. We got many upgrades as finances are really good now. Training facilities are average now which means players are developing. Now we're working towards professional status. If we need to do all that in VNS because the Earl isn't competent enough to build a promotion formation than that's okay. My Model Citizens won't do any coaching badges except one. Maybe some coaches won't do any courses. Anybody experienced something like that? Highlight: Samet Kaya missed the "top scorer" trophy by one goal (34).

Hello everybody, anybody did experience the same (?) my Model Citizen Coaches won‘t do any further courses.

Finances are key, for sure. Now that they are set and stable everything is much more easier. Took me 15 virtual years to learn that lesson.

Sounds like a great adventure. All those mishappenings and twists are great stories.

Same here but he did a bit better than yours. My previous HOYD got sold, I train staff and sell them, for 18K now I am building the new one.

thumbs up for your work down south. I am sure you are doing a great job. I spent 15 years till I came out of the reds and could improve anything.

"Dropped out of Play Offs on the last match day. But it doesn't matter because for me it's just VNS Manager 23" Earl of Grey Season 22 - 45/46 Working on my first Million (virtually). @WhiteCat33 Oh no, good luck with that.

"Same, same but different." Earl of Grey Season 21 - 44/45

It's the Play Offs again, could easily have been a direct promotion but cycle of doom hit us close to the finish line ... well I hope for some positive thoughts from you guys. It's season 21 ...

Haha funny thing is, my nee HOYD is a perfectionist but he’s obviously the first one who forgot to email the new intake preview. Hope there will be one … hope has a (new) name: Kevin Parry-Jones

Hi all, there has been no youth intake preview, anybody has experienced something similar in England?

"There's nothing to tell." Earl of Grey Season 20 - 43/44

"Oh Captain my Captain our fearful trip is done. Our ship has weathered every rack, the price we sought is almost won." Earl of Grey Season 19 - 42/43 Our U18s lost just one match, the one against the youth prospects. The season went well until the finish. We reached the relegation play offs first time in 19 years, 19 years (!) (What kind of manager am I?) and lost against Eastbourne in the semi finals and every other game against them in 19 years. Of course those are great achievements which took a lot of time and resources. We are still not ready to go up, surly next year has to be the year. The changes during the last years paid off, we cut wages and didn't expend every contract to every condition. That gave us the money to invest in the infrastructure. Junior coaching is exceptional now, plus we did receive an upgrade in youth recruitment and youth facilities which will be average in 4 months time. On the pitch we improved again tactically playing a lot of games with a high press and counter press in 433 and 4231 DM shapes. The last intake and the intake before have been an improvement in quality. Samet Kaya a young (16) Turkish international (U21) is the best. He played some strong matches and at last gives us an option in Freekicks (11) we didn't had a good taker before. He already contributed 9 goals and 6 assists in his debut season. Sadly our long time captain Inih Sole will retire from semi-prof football at the age of 32. He captained our team in many years and lead the players with his fairly sporting nature, determination and work rate on and off the pitch. We will miss him, his attributes are still strong enough to play every game but clearly here is one who wants to finish top of his career. He missed 500 caps with 2 matches and scored 164 goals and gave 78 assists rating around 7 every damn season. A consistent and well rounded player mostly playing as IF(S). Goodbye dear friend. Despite having statistics like our beloved Rhys Platt he did not became a club icon even if well deserved. "The Cavalry will strike again! We're determined to get up and will not give up." Earl of Grey

We've never been closer but draw Eastbourne which we never ever have beaten before in 19 years. The match against Dag & Red was breathtaking. We were 0:2 in front in close match until the final minutes. My defense blacked out for like 7 minutes and Dag & red punished us on spot 2:2 and extra time. There we finished the job effortless. @Cultured Left Foot congratulations big

Man! You got it You're cutting through the leagues I am impressed. big CONGRATULATIONS! The Earl is still in the game ... ...

@Darrell lindsay that’s the best advice one can give here. It’s all about the (suffering) I mean experience. What gave me an edge though was playing a kind of football the lads can do. Nothing too complicated, simple but suiting the strengths of a player, feeding a good poacher something like this. but have fun I think your doing good!