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I rolled the dice and it landed in London after Potter got sacked for finishing 5th with the 5th best team in the league. It's almost as if Abramovic is still in charge. Was about 10-15 million in debt when I joined, that's been fixed as has some of the stupid wages. Only players above 300k are probable first choice striker duo of Sterling and Lukaku, with only 5 more players 200k+ including the loaned in Upamecano. The goalkeepeing situation has also been overhauled, with Mendy and Kepa leaving for a combined 58 million to make way for Dominik Livakovic, with backup duty being given to the duo of Baxter and Cumming, with Bettineli there for emergencies. In the back three Nelson and Tobido came in to replace Koulibaly and Silva, the former getting shipped off to Milan where his 8 concentration will probably cost them the league and the latter retiring. Also leaving were Cucurella to PSG for 50 million and Chalobah to Arsenal for 30, getting replaced by Henry and Upamecano for a combined 25 million. Right now Reece James is my starting right mid, although I'm looking to move him into midfield to make space for Pedro Porro as when you're the only dedicated wide man you have to be able to beat your man and he has 11 dribbling. Either him or Kanté will partner Eduardo Camavinga in midfield after Jorginho left to Madrid for 46 million, and I have Nico and Andre Santos coming in to shore up the middle for years to come. Attacking mid is fine, Havertz and Mount can handle it so the only thing that happened was selling Ziyech to Inter, while up top I am looking at converting young midfielder Cesare Casadei into a striker because if an actual 20 year old striker had his stats everyone would be raving over him. In the short term though, Thomas Henry will be backing up Lukaku as my target forward. Not everything is perfect though. Not only will the game not let me reduce my wage budget, which I believe is because of a pending transfer that won't go through until January, Bakayoko and Ampadu both turned down the only clubs to come in for them after asking to leave and I can't shift Aubameyang either. Also, I keep getting turned down when I ask to be allowed to pay the Physios more than 1.9k a week.

Lowe might be available on loan for LB. I ended up completely binning off the starting options to sign him and Rose for the position.

My Huddersfield Town save is going well, second place after 23 games and absolutely scammed Newcastle by making them pay 8 million for someone with more injuries then official games.

Halfway through the season and I'm second place while also having 8 million for the winter window due to scamming Newcastle. Westwood was a good pickup.

Thanks for the advice but they don't show up, guess something changed between 18 and 19

Mahoney is surprisingly good as a pressing forward.

Kieran Westwood is a solid shotstopper who doesn't ask for much in wages.

Opening day of the season and Ben Doak puts it on a plate for Nunez within the first minute at Old Trafford.

Would it be possible to use the editor to convert a file from an older game to the one of the editor?

Is there a 17/18 squad file with the actual stats available for any game?

Welcome to the FM23 Huddersfield Town thread. Huddersfield Town. Arsenal. Liverpool. Manchester United. 1923/24 - 25/26. 1932/33 - 34/35. 1981/82 - 83/84. 1998/99 - 00/01 and 2006/07 - 08/09. Founded in 1908, Huddersfield Town is one of just 4 teams to win the English top flight 3 seasons in a row. It is the only one of those 4 clubs to have won the title less then ten times, not winning it before or since. After over 2 decades in the top flight Huddersfield were relegated in the 1951/52 season and have since returned twice, in 1969/70 and 2016/17. On both occasions the Terriers managed to stay up their first season back before getting relegated the next year. Supporter Profile The supporters have a lot of influence on the board in game, ranking at 4/5 but their demands are rather easy to meet. The only requirement is to be competitive against Leeds if you play them, which is unlikely to come up for at least a season. They desire to stay in the Championship, which you have the squad to do and they would prefer if you overcame League 1 Barnsley and League 2 Bradford City if you play them. Club Vision and Expectations The board are similarly lenient with their expectaions, providing you can match the required top half finish and be competitive in the FA cup in season 1. If you manage that the only requied expectation will be to work within the wage budget, and while they would prefer a playoff position finish in 23/24 it is not until 26/27 that they want you to actually go up, and even then it is preferred rather than required. Squad The squad is mostly compromised of players on the upper end of League 1, however it has a strong core of Championship quality players. Lee Nicholas is the obvious choice in goal, with Bilokapic not even being League 1 quality, and the centre backs also have standout choices in the form of vice captain Tom Lees and Michal Helik. For backup you have Will Boyle, who is suspended for opening day of the season, and the on-loan Luke Mbete who, while promising, is not good enough to play at this level yet. My suggestion would be cancel the loan so you can use the spot and/or money on someone who can contribute. Things are less clear at full or wingback, where you have 2 serviceable options on the right in the slow but defensively solid Oliver Turton and the fast, attacking but positionally weak loanee Kayne Kesler Hayden and the wish.com versions of Turton on the left in Josh Ruffles and Yuta Nakayama. Midfield is a bit clearer, with captain Jonathan Hogg being nailed on but from there do you go double pivot with Anjorin as a 10? 3 man midfield with Russell and Kasumu helping clog up the middle? Does Anjorin or Rudoni play a bit deeper as a sort of halfway point between the last 2? What about Etienne Camara, your high potential youth midfielder? Then there's the fact that Faustino Anjorin, your highest paid player, is not really a specialist at any one thing, so do you cancel his loan to get 12,500 in the wage budget? Or do you try and make use of his finishing and physical ability to be one of your main goalscorers? I think the best way to go is decide what you're doing with Anjorin and then figure out your midfield. On the wings there isn't much. You've got Sorba Thomas, who's great, Patrick Jones, who's raw, Duane Homes, who's decent and Connor Mahoney who is getting paid 8k a week to be a set piece taker and nothing else. He doesn't have the pace or dribbling to beat a man out wide, he can't pass, he can't defend, he hasn't got a good mind for the game, nothing. Well, he can cross but he can't get into position to cross so what's the point in being able to do that? You can also play Hayden out wide but that's leaves you without any RB cover so I wouldn't, even if Hayden/Thomas is probably the best combination. Up top you have Danny Ward and Jordan Rhodes, as well as Tyreece Simpson in the U21. Ward is a bit of an everyman, he can dribble decently well for a striker, he's got passable physicals, et cetra while Rhodes can finish and has a good mind for the game, but is lacking a bit physically. Simpson has the best physicals of the lot, being faster, taller and stronger then both, but is lacking a bit technically and mentally. 4-5 star potential ability though, so could be worth it if you can mentor that determination up. As for transfers, you have no money, wages or budget, and most of the players that you could let go to bring in money are players you'd want to keep. That's why I advocate for letting Anjorin and Mbete go, there's better ways to spend the 1.6 million or so and 20k in wages that it'll get you. As for players you could possibly sell, I've already made my thoughts on Connor Mahoney clear, Jonathan Russell isn't that much better then Etienne Camara if you're not going to be starting him and you might as well try and get Josh Ruffels and his 4.5k a week wages off the books immediately rather than letting him leave on a free. With money being tight and the team firmly Championship quality, can you get them back to the PL before their incredible achievment is over a century old? Good luck, and here's to another great year of Football Manager