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A tip if you want to play in England with a specific team. In the dafuge challenge thread, the user G_D_K is kindly sharing different saves with almost every available teams.

Vanarama National League 2025/26 (season 3) Season Summary The expectations of this season were to develop some of my young players and get a midtable position. It started out very well. I had four young offensive players that developed very well in Ergan, Oliver, Byran, and Walters. Early on, I changed my formation from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 (or maybe more of a 4-2-4) to fit all four players. It worked well. The classic striker pair Walter (the tall guy) and Byran (the fast guy) did very well and scored a combined 15 goals in October. Which meant that in the middle of November I was in the top 2 in the league. I really hoped we were able to fight for promotion. However, an injury to Walters and later to Byran and a very bad and young defense meant that we drifted just out of the playoff spots where we remained for the rest of the season. As you can see, we scored the most goals in the league. However, scoring a lot of goals is not enough if your defense sucks. As mentioned before the 4 offensive young players, Ergan, Oliver, Byran, and Walters, developed very well and played very well too. I hope I can keep them all for another season. Apart from the young offensive players, I have some old players with routine in the midfield, at the fullbacks, and in goal. However, the quality of the central defense sucks. Marcinkowski was my first choice and did OK. He is only 16 years old and I hope he can develop into a quality player next season. His partner was Harrison, who also is only 16 years old, but had an average rating of just 6.55. The youth intake preview looked great. 5 stars. I could really use the Centre-backs and I was promised three promising players. I was a bit disappointed about the intake. We had really invested in the facilities this season but no player was a stand-out. And a lot of the personalities are not great. I was promised three central defenders. I hope that Mukuna or Rowan can develop into a starter next season. Beck can maybe get game time in the central midfield, Fogarty can be a rotational player at the wing, Hansen is a great backup for Walters, and Sturgess is training to throw the ball long and flat. I let Hooper go. The top scorer of season 1. However, he cannot compete with the young guys. Finances and Upgrades After I got the money from the Mutombo sale of last season, I managed to upgrade the facilities significantly. I upgraded my junior coaching and youth recruitment twice in the fall before my intake, and I upgrade both the youth and training facilities. However, the training facilities also degrade before the season. I managed to get another two coaching badges and I am currently working on the Continental A Licence. Next season Next season I hope I can develop a few quality central defenders. I also hope to keep my young players through the summer. In the end, it would be great if we can fight for promotion.

How was my October? Pretty great I would say! My 17-year-old striker duo scored 15 goals combined in 5 league games.

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Vanarama National League 2024/25 (season 2) Season Summary The expectations of this season was just to attempt to avoid relegation. And so we did. We were never really in danger and ended at a safe mid table position. The most important players of last season was JJ Hooper with 33 goals. But very shortly into the new season he broke his leg and I had to rely on much younger alternatives. Walters did OK with 16 goals and Egan and Byran also got some playing time and scored 10 and 6 goals. Liddle and Broadbent were a good pair in the defense but the backups are lacking. But Liddle has announced his retirement, and Broadbent does only want to sign a new contract in a staff role. Mutombo was a newgen that was already in the club when I took over. He has developed massively to 5 stars. But in January a few Championship and Premier League clubs were after him. I started by accepting a bid of around £500k. But after a few bidding rounds the final bid was £5m, a 50% sell-on-clause, and a friendly game. Most importantly, the transfer will go through after this season. With a contract only running another year and with no interest in renewing it, it was a no-brainer. A massive transfer for such a small club. Hopefully, he will continue to develop and I can cash further in later on. The youth intake preview looked great. 5 stars. I could really use the Centre-backs and I was promised three promising players. The intake delivered what was promised. Marcinkowski, Harrison, and Cable will very like be my three best Centre-backs in the coming season. However, must of the personalities were rather bad and non of the talents have 5 stars PA. The Mutombo transfer has not yet gone through. And I had no other transfers this season. Finances and Upgrades I managed to upgrade my junior coaching and youth recruitment in the fall before my intake. And I managed to get two more coaching badges and I am currently working on the Continental B Licence. Next season Next season is going to be difficult. I only hope to develop my young players and maybe get a new midtable position. Hopefully, the board will allow me to spend some of the Mutombo millions on some exciting facility upgrades.

Welcome! A suggestion from me is to change the in-game language to English when you take screenshots. It makes it easier to follow for people like me who only speak a little German.

Thanks! South Shields has it advantages with a very good squad, good facilities, and a full time professional setup. However, the season was actually quite stressful. The good squad entails high expectations, and I was very close to getting fired 4 times. I could really feel my seat getting hotter, but I liked how the board invited me to discuss the future instead of just firing me straight away. The real problems, however, will begin from season 3. After season 2 I will very likely only have two defenders back in the squad, my two fullbacks. So far I have had no useful defenders from the youth intake.

Vanarama National League North 2023/24 (season 1) Season Summary The board and supporters had high expectations before the season started. We should qualify for the FA Cup's first round and gain a playoff spot in the league. In the first part of the season, we had problems winning enough games. The opponents somehow often scored a late winner or late equalizer. We were in real trouble when we lost in the 4th qualification round of the FA Cup. Two players were furious and wanted a meeting with me (new feature??). I managed to calm one down and the other was sent to train with the youth and skipped off in January. However, the board and supporters were also very angry with me. The board asked for a meeting (new feature??), if I refused they would fire me. The meeting was about my future and if the club should have a new manager. I managed to convince the board that firing the manager was not in the club's interest and they should give me another chance. Soon after the tactics clicked and we started to play well. The season had its ups and downs, most ups. But every time the form was bad I was called into a new meeting with the board. In total, I had 4 meetings with the board about my future throughout the season. The board never seemed to forget how we apparently shamefully lost to a better-ranked team in the FA Cup. However, in the end, we had a very good run and managed to win a 2nd place in the league, with the most goals scored. We were ready for the play offs, and we manage to fulfill at least one of the board's high expectations. The playoff semifinal was against AFC Telford. A close game. But in the end a youngster from this years intake, Walters, managed to score a late winner. 1-0 and off to Wembley. The final against Darlington was again a close game. I trained setpieces in the week up to both the semifinal and final, and in the end, it paid off. My centreback, Liddle, scored a header after a corner which was enough to secure promotion. The most important players of the season was JJ Hooper with 33 goals and Doherty with 24 assists. Liddle and Broadbent were a good pair in the defense but the backups are lacking. This can really cause problems in the next season as all the central defenders are aging. Mutombo was a newgen that was already in the club when I took over. At the beginning of the season, we had a few injuries in the midfield and I decided to give him the chance in the first team. Throughout the season he developed greatly from 1.5 stars to 3.5 stars. I hope to see better performances from him in the next season. The first youth intake preview of FM23 looked great. 4.5 stars. I could really use the Centre-backs. However, in the end, only the offensive players seem to have what it takes. Walters is the most promising in my eyes. He got the chance at the end of the season and did very well. He scored 6 goals in 7 games where the most important was the winner in the playoff semifinal. I did not sell any other players than the angry player that complained about our failure in the FA Cup. Finances and Upgrades I managed to upgrade my junior coaching and youth recruitment in the fall before my intake. And I manage to get two coaching badges and I am working on the National A Licence. Next season Next season is going to be difficult. Many of my first team players are aging and the finances look very bad. I do not hope the board's and supporters' expectations are as high as this season. I have extended the contracts of the defensive backup players, but I hope the youth players can be backups in the offensive part of the team.

Started with South Shields as I have unfinished buisness there from FM21. The board expects play offs in the first season but I have some problems with the improved AI management. I have difficulties with holding a lead...

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That is unusual activity today

It must be a hint? When the cafe closes the beta will launch?

Only one morning update instead of the usually two? Is that a sign?

A reverse Rickroll. Bravo!

New, not very exciting, video out!

Live stream soon?? https://twitter.com/SIgames/status/1580136199787753472?s=20&t=dIIMC3-HxyD0xfpqQ5jL8w