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KSV Oudenaarde (32/33) League Well, it's like the game finally realised we suck or because we sold our lone good player, Jacques Schrauwen, We were in a tense relegation battle, but had a strong end of the season which saw us sneak into the Second Group. We gave some playing time to younger players... and finished last in our group. Oh well, they're glorified friendlies at this point. Croky Cup A bad cup run with a tough loss to 2nd tier Kortrijk, while we were up 2-0. Youth Intake 9 elite talents, now we're talking. Unfortunately, no freak talent that could jump in immediately. They're all a season or two off at the least, but hopefully this is the 'golden generation' I was waiting for. Pierfrancesco Zanni (AMR; Fairly Professonal) The best of the bunch according to the intake, a great name and a good personality. He could do with a bit more pace for a winger, but we won't complain (yet) Transfers It needed to be done. Only one season left on his contract with no hope on renewing; He left for PSG for 7.5M and 50% sell-on fee. Let's hope for a big payday somewhere in the future! Facilities We used the money to upgrade the youth facilities. 5 Years ago... I was promised a lot of elite talents, but it was a lie! Jerome Dumont came in with 2.5 CA, but never improved. Only Tim Godfroid is a starter, the rest never even sniffed the first team. Next season It seems we're going in reverse. After a very strong first two seasons in the top tier, we were really struggling last season. There's very little talent at the squad, barely anyone is a Jupiler Pro League-level player. So next season another fight against relegation and hopefully some players actually develop.

KSV Oudenaarde (31/32) League A more mediocre season that the one before. The top 6 and the championship group were never really in play, neither was relegation. We finished 7th in the league stage and 2nd in the Second Phase. Croky Cup Another quarter finals, but again we were unlucky to have to go against Anderlecht. We were no match for them. Youth Intake Not a good intake, very low in CA and bad personalities. I'd expect better considering the improvements to our facilities. I still have the same HOYD, but so far I haven't found anyone better so I'm sticking with him. Harrison Martins (LB; Balanced) The pick of the intake. A nice left wingback would be nice, as we're very weak at that position. NXGN The legend of Jacques Schrauwen continues as he finishes 2n in the NXGN list at age 17 Jacques Schrauwen The good news is that his minimum release fee has expired; The bad news is that he still wants to leave. With one year on his contract, it's paramount we sell him during this off season. Transfers Nothing in; nothing out again; except for some loans Facilities We've had some money; so we invested it in the training facilities. 5 Years ago... Again a very average intake. Only Michael Akumu and Quentin Rondeau are regular starters. Some of the other players are still hanging around in U21's. Next season. We need to sell our best player, Jacques Schrauwen, and that will dramatically worsen our team. I'm hoping to invest the money in some better facilities and hopefully we can get some better intakes.

Yeah, in the beginning of a save when you're semi-pro or have bad facilities there's often no other option than playing the young'uns. When you're more established, I generally keep them at the club until 18 and then look for a loan so that they get playing time.

KSV Oudenaarde Season Review (30/31) League Bonkers, in our first season in the top tier we made it to the championship group. This despite our team mostly consisting of tier 3 and tier 4 talent! The most amazing result was a 3-1 home win against champions-to-be Anderlecht. It went as well as you might expect, finishing bottom in the group. No European football, not that I was expecting any. Croky Cup A huge upset over KRC Genk in the quarter finals. We stood no chance in the semi-finals against Anderlecht though. Youth Intake As usual a lot of A's and an 'Excellent Intake'. Quite some elite talents in the actual intake, but I'm dubious about their long term potential. Not many positive personalities. I'd like to change HOYD; but haven't found anyone better yet than the one I currently have. Dominik Gibas (GK; Balanced) Supposed to be a very gifted player... I'm not seeing it so far. Definitely not better than the GK from last year's intake Transfers Nothing in, nothing out except for some loans Upgrades We're firmly in the black now. Not enough to accept upgrades to our Youth or Training facilities, but I was able to upgrade our Youth Recruitment and Junior Coaching: And we're building a new stadium! Jacques Schrauwen-watch Ok, this kid might be special. He's 16 and our star player and developing very nicely, with still room to grow. I didn't expect this quality player this early and he has only a 5M release clause . His value is between 5 and 10,5M...Of course he wants to leave to a bigger squad. I really should have paid more attention. 5 Years ago... The first intake was amazing, with quite some players who developed into Jupiler Pro League players. The 2nd intake... not so much. Starters: - Mario Giorgetti: he's a regular starter, either from CM as a Mezzala or as a winger from the left - Jordy Michaux: a squad player in CM or as a right winger - Gary Lea: Back-up striker, who has so far been unable to unseat an original player Other than that... Yikes. I did lose Renier Knapen (GK) on a free when I wasn't paying attention. He could have become a decent GK. Really a horrendous intake. Next season We had a banger season, but the reality is that our squad is still very poor. I might need to sell our star player Jacques Schrauwen for the sell-on fee, which would weaken the team incredibly. The goal is still to avoid relegation, and perhaps be a bit lucky in the cup...

KSV Oudenaarde (29/30) League Well, this went easier than expected. After two seasons in the Challenger Pro League we already go up to the Jupiler Pro League. We were in prime position for the 2nd direct promotion spot, but two straight losses at the end of the season saw us drop to fifth. We had to go through the play-offs once again, but this time we were successful. In the semi-finals we first dispatched Eendracht Aalst Beerschot was our opponent in the final In the Promotion/relegation playoff we had to take on Lommel SK. A magnificent performance saw us beating them 2-0! Croky Cup An away game to Anderlecht gave us a huge payday as they share gate receipts in Belgium, which was very welcoming for our finances Youth intake The intake promised a talented goalkeeper and a striker and it delivered. Jacques Schrauwen entered with a 3 star CA; the rest of the intake doesn't look to shabby as well. Jacques Schrauwen(AMR/STC; Light-hearted) A great looking little winger, who is very strong on the ball. He already scored a screamer in his very first 15 minutes Transfers We sold two very good first team players. Emmanuel Antwi was our starting CB/FB was sold for 275K to Kortrijk and a 50% sell-on fee. Carl Philips was our highest outgoing transfer to date. With only 1,5 year left on his contract, I decided to sell. In hindsight I should have probably waited, because with the promotion secured I could have persuaded him to sign a new contract. He went for 575K to Poland and some sell-on fee. Carl Philips(AML/STC; Resilient) He was a very good player for this level; I should have probably kept him Upgrades With the promotion secured I could persuade my board to an upgrade to our youth recruitment, which is now at good. We also need a new stadium. In the meantime we will be playing in the Elindus Arena, home of Zulte-Waregem. 5 Years ago... Ah our very first intake. It was an amazing intake. A lot of elite talents obviously, but it was a actually a very good intake. A lot of players left for bigger teams. The starters: - Maurice Verlaine came in with the highest current ability, but as you can see from his personality he never developed in too much. A useful squad player, but he will not be getting a new contract - Marcellus Custers: our starting leftback; perhaps the weakest position in the team right now. - Yassine El Idrissi: Very good winger; who was sold by my board to Westerlo for up to 135k and a sell-on fee - Ioannis Reuter: This one hurts. I completely missed that Cercle Brugge offered him a contract and so he left for a free at the end of the 2028 season. Otherwise he probably would have been our starting striker - Emmanuel Antwi: Started out as a right back but moved to centre back. Very nice player with Jupiler Pro League potential. Was sold for 275K and sell-on fee to Kortrijk - Mael Laslandes: A nice rotation player, with still some potential - Mirko Gilson: Was also sold by our board to Westerlo for a measly 28,5K (with add-ons). I sold his sell-on fee for about 200K - Carl Philips: Perhaps the best player of the intake. Left for a team in Poland for about 0,5M - Pieter Sarlette: our star player, plays as a CM(A) or on the right. Leading assist giver and in average rating - Andy Bodein: lots of potential but bad personality. I let him go on a free to RFC Liege - Walid Bouchta: was also sold to Westerlo very early. Would have been a starting CB - Omer Faruk Yildiz; I gave him a lot of playing time as a right back; but his personality meant he would never really develop. I sold him to some lower league Turkish team - Geert Lemmens: Was useful at a time and has a good personality; didn't renew his contract Next season It's all about the money. Take advantage of the television money and higher gate receipts and hopefully get a great intake. We will try to stay up, but it will be very; very hard.

KSV Oudenaarde (28/29) League The goal was just to attempt to avoid relegation, but we were more competitive that I'd thought. We easily cruised to a mid-table finish, which somehow meant we qualified for the play-offs and a chance to go up... Promotion Play-offs Semi-finals We were the better team in both legs against Beerschot, but we needed penalties to proceed. The penalty shootout finished 17-16!!! I though it would go on forever Promotion Play-offs Final We continued our good form and easily dispatched RFC Liège, winning both legs 3-1. Against all odds we would get a chance to go up to the Pro League! Relegation/Promotion Playoff We had to play Kortrijk for a chance to get promoted. It was close, but a 92 minute screamer dashed our hopes of a very unlike promotion. We were the better team yet again, but honestly we have no business in the Jupiler Pro League Croky Cup 7th round once again. We were the better team, but couldn't sneak out a win. Youth Intake A lot of elite talents, so curious what will become of them. Rolly Kitenge(DM/MC; Realist) This guy is supposed to be the best of the rest. Don't know what to make of his personality, but he's seems like a good rotation player already. Next Season The vultures are sniffing around my players, so not sure I can keep the squad together. As the B teams can't get promoted, basically every team will take part in the play-offs as has happened last season. With a bit of luck we might see ourselves promoted, although that's not the goals at the moment.

KSV Oudenaarde (27/28) League We're going up! We drew a lot of games, didn't lose too many (both losses against Aalst), but also didn't win too many. I don't feel we have the quality to compete in a higher division, but I'm just happy we're going to be a professional football team again. Corky Cup Seventh Round again. We really should have beaten Sint-Truiden, but it wasn't to be. Youth Intake A very mixed preview again, but the intake was pretty good. A lot of elite talents, with one player first-team ready from the get go. Jérôme Dumont(Unambitious, AMLC) He looks really good for the level. Unfortunately he's both unambitious and has a determination of 2... Finances and upgrades Probably not the smartest move to increase our academy coaching, considering the state of our finances... We're professional again!! Transfers The board sold Yassine El Idrissi for close to nothing. Let's hope we can sell the sell-on fee for a nice amount Yassine El Idrissii Next Season. We'll try our darnest, but staying up would be a miracle. Let's hope we can stay employed, develop our players and get a nice intake

KSV Oudenaarde Season review (26/27) League Another season of mid-table mediocrity. More youth players are finding their way into the first team, which bodes well for the future. Croky Cup We made it to the 7th round, but not a good draw away at OHL, so no big gate receipt. Youth Intake All C's, but an excellent intake. The result was a bit of a mixed bag. A lot of positive personalities, but no-one who would make the team instantly better. Finances Still bad, -800K in the red Next Season The youngsters are developing nicely, so next season we'll be churning out the older players and play with almost youth prospects only

KSV Oudenaarde Season Review (25/26) League Quite an uneventful season, never in the promotion hunt and never in any danger for relegation. The goal is just to develop the players and hopefully haphazardly go up one season Corky Cup Not a great draw with Seraing, which didn't result in any nice gate receipts, which is the only goal at this point. Youth intake I didn't take a screenshot at the time of intake so you'll have to do with my excel snippet. As expected a lot of potential, but a bit disappointed with the CA considering the quality of the squad Finances Well, it happened. There's no money in this level and honestly even in full amateur we would be losing money despite barely paying anyone Transfers The board already sold two prospects from last season's intake for almost no money. Let's hope the clauses bring in some cash. Next season No expectations for the league, just developing the players and hopefully sell some for some money so we can get our professional status back

Please don't forget about me 😊

Alright, I'm back in. The issue with the Belgian finances always scared me off, but @libbyshusshas shown it can be done. I even didn't have to reload to get the team I wanted, a mere 20 minutes drive from home: KSV Oudenaarde. The obligatory eyebrows were raised, yadda yadda yadda. As a bonus the job was available as they moved their long time head coach of 16 years to Technical Director. Manager style: League (24/25) We were predicted to finish rock bottom, but we were never in any trouble. Instead we were battling for promotion for most of the season. We finished poorly, however, and ended 5th. Croky Cup Probably the best possible result at this point: a home game against a big team. We had a full house and some nice gate receipts. Youth Intake We actually start out with some decent facilities, so I was really excited about the first intake. It didn't disappoint with 14 Elite talents, although some personalities are pretty crappy. Finances and upgrades Despite all my players at the beginning of the save were on amateur contracts, we were still projected to lose massive amounts of money. The finances at this level still don't make any sense. The board helped with some injections so the situation is still bearable but I'll need to sell some youngsters soon. We did manage to improve our Youth Recruitment after some harassing the board Next season The squad will look a lot different next season as I will play mostly the young ones from the intake. In this division everyone can beat everyone so I'm not counting out promotion.

Challenge completed! We finally did it. We didn't play our best, but Henry Ike was absolutely clinical. A save that has taken me close to 6 months comes finally to a close.

Olot UE Season Review (46/47) Europe We eased through the league phase, but were once again knocked out in the quarters. We were dreadful in two matches against Real and so once again no Champions League glory. League Our third league title in a row. We're just the most consistent team, even though we don't have the talent that Real and Barca posses. Copa Two nail biters in the semis against Barca, but we came just short. Super Cup We somehow won this for the first time. It helps when you don't have to play Barca or Real for a change. Youth Intake It's the second year since we've maxed out our youth facilities and this intake is probably even worse than the one before. We also changed our HOYD at the same time and I'm starting to believe his scouting knowledge of the country might be more important that I've previously thought (He was German). I've switched to a HOYD who actually knows the country. Let's hope that delivers better intakes. NXGN We have a player back at the top of the NXGN. Our Belgian wonderkid Cyrille Delorge has become a valuable member of our squad. Facunda Campanella made the list again for the 4rd time! Never had that before. Cyrille Delorge (Resolute; MC/AMRC) Best XI I've introduced a couple of new players this season, with the best of them Eloi, a tall creative playmaker who can play in attacking midfield or at the top. 5 Years ago... Emili Dominguez was the best player to ever come out of our academy. He's our starting left back and a Spanish international. This intake also gave me Brahima Toure who developed into a very good defensive midfielder. Of the remaining players Andreu Martinez will take the leap to the first team next season. Next season Some of our players are nearing or in their 30's, so it might be time to start phasing them out. And win the CL of course

Olot UE Season Review (45/46) Europe We completed the challenge...almost! We never made it past the quarter finals before and I thought it would be our end point again when we drew Man City. We somehow managed to sneak two wins despite being 2nd best in both games. We had less issues with AC Milan, which we dispatched easiliy in the home leg. In the final we encountered Dortmund, an all by all manageable opponent I thought at first, but a look at their team saw that this was wishful thinking. They were by far the better team in the first half and we were lucky to be only behind 2-1 at that point. We were more dominant in the 2nd half without creating too many chances, but luckiliy an individual action from José Manual equalized close before the end of regulation. They then lost a man with a 2nd yellow card just before extra time: a golden opportunity. Unfortunately we were unable to take advantage and we had to settle for penalties. I don't believe ever to have won a penalty shoutout in this save, as the game refuses to deliver a player who can kick a penalty (the highest rating for penalties is 10). My pessimissm seemed to be justified and we lost 4-3 on penalties League Our fourth title and by far the easiest of the bunch. Barçelona and Real were shocking this season. We were also less dominant than previous seasons, but we were ahead so far and won the title with 4 games to spare. Copa Our second copa win and our second double. A 94th minute header by Joan Miquel Sollivelles gave us the cup win Youth intake It took 22 seasons but we were finally able to upgrade our Youth facilities to State of the Art! Our HOYD got poached to become head coach at Alaves so we had to look for someone else. Johannes Wimmer first intake was not spectacular. By CA it's about the worst in 6 seasons. There seems to be a talended GK, but we'll see in a year of 5 to see how they've developed. NXGN 3 players in the NXGN, but the first one only in position 9. We're playing less and less youngesters so I guess this makes sense Cyrille Delorge(AMRC; Perfectionist) A very exciting prospect, who I promoted to the first team. Unfortunately he seems to be quite injury prone which affected his playing time. Brahima Touré(DMC; Fairly Profesisional) Facunda Campenella(AML/STC; Fairly Ambitious) Best XI A lot of players with an average rating above 7. In goal Josep Lluis Guso has shared time with Robert Alsina, although his potential seems to be at about the same level. Emili Dominguez at left back is our best player, with an impressive 7.43 avg rating. Alfred Vazquez is an enigma, his attributes arent't that good and he's only a decent first division player, but his production... Joan Miquel Sollivelles followed up an injury ravaged season with the best season in his career, scoring 26 goals across all competitions. 5 Years ago Quite a good intake: - Is a first team starter: Miquel Angel Puigoriol and Fernando - Is a rotation player: Antonio Berenguer - is close to the first team: Jan Figueras and Oscar Lara Next Season This season we said goodbye to some long serving players, I might do the same next season as it's time to get the next batch of youngsters playing time. And oh yeah, win the CL.

Olot UE Season Review (44/45) Europe The quarter finals remain a hurdle we can't cross. We had a great campaign all things considered. We finished 2nd in the league phase, we gave us a bye week. I was hoping for a favourable draw, instead we've got Man Utd. We were lucky to only lose 1-0 in the first leg. In the return leg we played really well, and a great goal from Delfi got us into extra time, where Esteban scored an amazing free kick to see us through to the quarter finals. There we would meet Real Madrid. We hammered Real only a couple of weeks before, winning 4-1 at home so I was hoping we could repeat that. A equitable 1-1 at home meant all was yet to play for in the return leg. A very poor first half saw us down 2-0. We had to go all in and Andreu gave us a lifeline around the 65th minute. With momentum swinging we received a penaly in the 95th minute which would send us into extra time!!! Unfortunately Joan Miquel Sollivelles couldn't control his nerves and he missed the golden opportunity. Knocked out yet again. League In a season where Barçelona went undefeated, we somehow come away with our third title! We only had 1 loss ourselved (against Barça), but they had 9 draws against our 6. We had a 3 point lead on the last game, which was against... Barça. We've only been able to beat them 3 times in this entire save, mostly very convincing losses. We parked the bus for the entire game and just enerved them. It was enough to escape with a 0-0 tie and the title! Copa Our cup luck seems to have ran out, with another early exit. This time we were knocked out in the quarter finals by Girona on penalties (it would really help if this game would spawn some players who can actually kick a penalty). Super Cup We've got the result we wanted by losing in the semi's Youth Intake A lot of A's in the preview again, we're used to that. The intake actually looks pretty good! I'm excited to see how they will develop. NXGN A bit of a shocker that Emili Dominiguez didn't win it two years in a row. In fact Brahima Touré finished ahead of him in 5th place. Brahima Touré(DMC/MRC; Fairly Professional) Nicely developing defensive midfielder who has a great reading of the game. He played quite some games this season and that will only increase. Emili Dominguez(DL/WBL/ML; Resolute) My wonderkind leftback is unfortunately already close to full potential. He did break into the Spain national team though. Facundo Campanella(STC; Fairly Ambitious) Campanella made it on the NXGN list for the 2nd straight year, despite playing for my U19's. Best XI Robert Alsina's days as our number one Goalkeeper may be numbered as Josep Lluis Guso is coming for his spot. We finally have a 2nd player who's good enough to play center back on this level with Miquel Angel Puigeriol. We have another one in the rotation with Antonio Berenguer(althouh he's wanted by most top teams in Europe). We're set on wing back and defensive midfield. José Manuel had a lesser season for his standards, only scoring 7 goals. It was actually Henry Ike who was the better striker this season. 5 Years ago... 1. Josep Lluis Guso is on track on become our next starting goalkeeper 2. Desko Vlasblom made the team this season, but I couldn't get him the playing time I was hoping for, so I sent him back on loan after January. 3. Armand seemed to be a major prospect for the left wing back position only to be overtaken only a year later by Emili Dominiguez. With the amount of games we're playing he's getting plenty of game time as the backup. 4. Marko Stankovic finished his third season on loan in his native country of Croatia. He will get his shot next season, as I'm not entirely satisfied with our strikers behind Henry Ike 5. For Federico Alvarez it will be difficult to break into the team with the talent we have at left back 6. Antoni Sola and Pep are still at the club, but are more fodder to bulk out our B Team 7. The others didn't get signed Next Season We're close, I feel it. One of this years we'll get past the quarter finals!