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POSITIONAL REVIEW (I have highlighted homegrown players in blue in the charts) I have again been messing around with ways to show player progression by position to try and not miss any up and coming youngsters in the lower teams. GK - Champ target = 62.9 Rojas Fedorushchenko is our clear starter. He played all the tough games and did quite well this season. Sidibe played a lot of the domestic games and continues to improve statistically. The worrisome save percentage from previous seasons was much better this season. Santos was a new signing with high potential to develop as contingency in case Rojas leaves. Rojas grew very nicely last season and is close to the target rating, so a bit more growth and he will be there. Fedorushchenko grew nicely with a one point jump in a few attributes. He should now make the target rating and we will see how much he can develop. I have him on GK Reactions training to see if we can boost his reflexes. Sidibe is still growing very well with his scouting report saying he is close to full potential. Interestingly, that is what Rojas' report said last season and then he had a nice development year, so we will see what happens. He has become homegrown now, so will definitely be our backup for a long time as it frees up another spot on the European rosters for an import. Plan - Start Rojas. Give Sidibe playing time to grow and if any playtime is left, give Santos a match or two. CD - Champ Target = 69.2 The numbers from the central defence are getting better. Puljic in particular had a good season statistically. Puljic, David and Albiach were basically a 3 man rotation with Fredricson and Morata getting some filler time. Puljic had the best numbers with David and Albiach close to each other. Puljic is at target with slight growth. David grew nicely and should hit target this coming season. Albiach had a bit of growth and is in a good spot to be the primary backup again. McNeil is ready for the 2 backup role to get some playtime and see if the growth can be encouraged. Plan - Start Puljic and David with Albiach ias primary backup. McNeil is ok as the 4th backup as well. Left FB - Champ Target = 65.8 FB seems to be a position that generates good match ratings in our tactic. Konate was the starter with Leyland and Chiab as the primary backup this past season and all three of them having good stats with Konate having the best. Leyland continued to develop and his scouting report says he could improve significantly, so will definitely keep him playing to see how far he will develop. He plays both right and left FB, and will be the primary backup this coming season. Kept Chiab around as a contingency plan as Leyland is likely to end up as the right FB. Konate is above the target rating, so don't need to upgrade this spot. Loving the growth from Leyland he had 24 starts evenly spaced through the season, which helped him be rested enough to train as well. Plan - start Konate with Chiab as backup and Roman as contingency. Make Leyland the primary backup at RFB. Right FB - Champ Target = 65.8 FB seems to be a position that generates good match ratings in our tactic. Biten Valere was the starter with Leyland and Waidner backing him up. Biten Valere had a good statistical season, so no reason to change. Biten Valere improved slightly and is above target. Waidner declined a bit and Leyland developed a lot. Not much happening with the youngsters. Plan - start Biten Valere with Leyland as the primary backup.

End of Season 9 (31/32) Analysis: The team average rating improved by 1.7, improving from 65.7 to 67.4 moving us closer to England Championship level(68.1 average). The season over season growth rate for the squad has been very consistent at around 1.7 per season or so as you can see from the chart lower down. I think that is directly correlated with the growth in the club reputation driving the quality of player we can see and who is willing to join the club. Our scouting staff is now well developed so we are getting broad visibility. We do have a few players now developing very nicely for the club which may help get a boost to the rating growth. Based on the growth rate, we will surpass the Championship target by the end of this coming season. That should make us competitive, with an outside shot to win the Champions League. This past season, we made it to the Quarterfinals and had a decent showing against the eventual winners PSG a result in line with the squad quality assessment. Reminder that the rating for each of the leagues below is the average of the top 10 rating for each position across the entire league. The appropriate top 10 average for the positions in my tactic are then slotted into the chart and averaged across the 11 ratings. Only a few teams in each league would have a player in each position that ranks in the top 10, so by using this as a target, it provides a measure of when the raw attribute ratings of the team would position it near the top of the league being compared against. We all know that cohesion, morale, happiness etc. gives the human manager the edge, so when my team hits the rating for one of the leagues, I would expect it to be able to win, or at a minimum compete to win, the league. I have seen that team can successfully compete with most of the teams in a league above their rating. This means that once I can get the Lions to the ENG Champ level, we should be able to compete in the Champions League. We now have four positions at / above the target: Left Fullback, right fullback, left central defender and attacking midfield. Blasco's rating declined slightly, so BWM dropped a bit under the rating. Rojas at GK should develop to, or past, the target this season. We have high potential players at DLP and AF, so they could also develop to the target.. Looking at the graph of ratings growth and I find it interesting that it has settled into an almost straight line of growth. The majority of the end of season squad is signed on for the upcoming season as well. The only exception is Merino at AP who is on loan.

UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals: For the quarter finals we are up against Paris SG who play in the Ligue 1 Uber Eats. France is 5th in the nation club rankings and PSG are 2nd in the club rankings. We played them in the league phase and managed a draw, but realistically, we should not have much chance. Well, that wasn't pretty as we were soundly beaten. Back home for the second leg and managed a victory! Too little, too late, but a nice way to finish off the competition. We were still outplayed which shows there is more work to be done.

UEFA Champions League Round of 16: We drew A. Madrid who play in the Spanish First Division. Spain is 2nd in the nation club rankings and A. Madrid are 14th in the club rankings. This should likely be a defeat for us, given their ranking and players. First leg at home and I will take a draw for sure. We took home a victory away from home and move on!!! Both games were relatively close on the stats page too.

UEFA Champions League Knock Out Play Off Round: We drew Celtic who play in the cinch Premiership. Scotland is 6th in the nation club rankings and Celtic are 18th in the club rankings. This will be a tough one, but we should have a chance to keep it close and maybe sneak away with a win. First match away and a glorious result! We had the better chances and XG even though it looks like they had more of the ball and shots. Great game by Rojas helped for sure. Second game back home and we lost, but move on on aggregate. Another close game shows we belong at this point in the competition. We also got £8.23M for playing in the Knock Out.

Youth intake preview is in and looking gloomy.

UEFA Champions League League Phase - Game 7: Next up are RB Salzburg who play in the Austrian Premier League. Austria is 10th in the nation club rankings and RF Salzburg are 17h in the club rankings. Based on my estimate that we are capable of playing with anyone ranked 20 or below, this will be a tough one, but one we have an outside shot at. I would be thrilled with another draw to keep up unbeaten in the league phase. Wow! We pulled out a victory. The team is getting very close. The match statistics align with the outcome and were slightly in our favour even with going down a man in the 76th minute. Rojas is on fine form in goal for us and is attracting offers from premier league teams - so far he has not gotten upset by me blocking the transfers. UEFA Champions League League Phase - Game 8: Next up are Bayern who play in the Bundesliga. Germany is 4th in the nation club rankings and Bayern are 4th in the club rankings. I don't think we have a chance in this one, but hopefully can keep it close. We are in the top 8 right now, but need points from this one to stay there, so are likely playoff bound. We lost, but it was a very respectable showing from the lads.

UEFA Champions League League Phase - Game 5: Next up are Galatasaray who play in the Turkish Super League. Turkiye is 12th in the nation club rankings and Galatasaray are 44th in the club rankings. We played them a couple of seasons ago and lost, we should have a good chance of a victory in this game. No victory, but I will take a draw. Pretty much guaranteed to make it through the league phase now. UEFA Champions League League Phase - Game 6: Next up are VFB Stuttgart who play in the Bundesliga. Germany is 4th in the nation club rankings and VFB Stuttgart are 56th in the club rankings. We played them in our early years in the European competitions, so they will be a good measure of how far we have come. We should have a good chance of a victory in this game. Another draw, No losses so far, which is pretty amazing.

UEFA Champions League League Phase - Game 4: Next up are Paris SG who play in the Ligue 1 Uber Eats. France is 5th in the nation club rankings and PSG are 2nd in the club rankings. We should not have much chance in this one, hope to keep it close. Interesting that Pep Guardiola moved over to PSG for this season. Nice! Thrilled to get a draw and even more thrilled because we went down a man and still got the late equalizer. We have 3 wins and a draw for 10 points so far. Pretty much guaranteed to move on from the league phase now

UEFA Champions League League Phase - Game 3: Next up are Young Boys who play in the Swiss Super League. Switzerland is 23rd in the nation club rankings and Young Boys are 53rd in the club rankings. We should have a good chance to win this one. Good win and from the looks of it, well played by the squad.

UEFA Champions League League Phase - Game 1: First up is Man UFC who play in the English Premier League. England is 1st in the nation club rankings and Man UFC are 21st in the club rankings. They have better players than us for sure, but we should be getting close enough to make it competitive. What a game from Rojas and what a late comeback for the team. Very happy to take a win here against the flow of the match/stats etc. We deserved to lose, but our GK pulled this one out for us.

The Champions League fixtures are out and it looks like a decent draw for us. If I use my estimate that we are competitive with teams ranked 20 and below, we should manage 3-4 wins. I count 3 pretty clear losses and then chances in the rest.... let's see how good my predictive sense is Man U away feels like a loss Young Boys and Florentina at home are good chances for victory Paris SG is a loss Galatasaray is a potential win away VFB Stuttgart is a potential win away FC RB Salzburg at home is one that we could have a shot at FC Bayern away is a loss.

UEFA Champions League Champions Path Second Qualifying Round: Next up we play against Larne from the Sports Direct Premiership. Northern Ireland is 34th in the Nation Club Coefficients and Larne is 147th in the European club rankings. We played them a few years ago and played very well against them, , I expect a win here. First leg and a comfortable victory which will allow us to rotate the squad a bit for the second leg. Second leg and a nice victory and play time for a few of the youngsters - Sidibe, Leyland, Edwards and Holcroft. UEFA Champions League Champions Path Third Qualifying Round: Next up we play against HJK from the Finnish Premier League. Finland is 30th in the Nation Club Coefficients and HJK is 195th in the European club rankings. We should be able to win this round. First leg was tighter than I would have like to see, but a victory is good. Played the first team again for the second leg to make sure we had a good chance and they delivered nicely. UEFA Champions League Champions Path Playoff: Next up we play against Dinamo from the Croatian First League. Croatia is 34th in the Nation Club Coefficients and Dinamo is 19th in the European club rankings. This should be a tough round, but one we should win. Nice victory at home to give some cushion for the away leg. Subbed a couple of youngsters in, but not fully to make sure we secured the win, plus we have a Gibraltar match in 3 days, so will rotate the squad for that.

We have signed 3 more transfers and one loan player to round out the squad. I am done bringing in players and now its time to try and ship out some of the players who have been replaced. Best is in on a loan at CD with a rating of 65.4. He will be a rotational starter / sub since I signed the next two on the list after I made the loan agreement. Pulijic cost us a £450K transfer fee and is now our best CD with a rating of 68.9. Big, strong CD with a bit of passing - love it. He only has a 1/2 star of growth left, but happy to have him. David cost us a transfer fee of £400K and has a 5 star potential. He has a rating of 66.2 with great technicals. Some focus on the physical attributes and he will be a great player for us. Junyent joined us on a free transfer - didn't think I would land him, so put out the money and he came. He is our highest rated AP (70.3) and DLP (68.1) and will start plenty of games in both as I make sure to get Muller and El Azzouzi plenty of game time. The roster now looks like: And our progress towards our target ratings is doing well: Our GK had a nice first part of training and had a couple of attributes flip to the next rounding level which bumped his rating by 1.3% - NICE !!!

UEFA Champions League Champions Path First Qualifying Round: First up we play against Bravo from the Slovenian First League. Slovenia is 29th in the Nation Club Coefficients and Bravo is 496th in the European club rankings. We should not have any difficulty with this matchup especially since I am playing the main squad to get them into match shape for the harder matchups to come. First game at home and a comfortable win. Second game away and will take the opportunity to play some younger players and distribute some play time. That made the match much closer, but we still prevailed. The key players produced and the subs stepped up

Fast forward to the end of June and Gibraltar slightly improved it's rankings in the Nation Club coefficient thanks to our strong run and declined again in the world rankings, the HC keeps hanging on STILL!!!! We keep feeding players into the team, not looking great for that position to come available soon. The league moved up 8 more spots which has been helpful in getting players. Our club ranking improved a little bit, and we stayed at 2 stars for reputation. We are seeing more players willing to play for us or come on loan, still not the best ones, but a definite improvement. The board came to me at the season changeover and asked me if I wanted the youth facilities upgraded ... this after saying no to me a week earlier . At least we are getting upgrades there again. We have a very healthy cash balance and the board gave me a generous transfer and wage budget. Scouting budget is re-upped at world, so don't need to adjust. Signed a few players and got one on loan who will all help the team. Biten Valere is a right FB and his rating is 65.9 which is above the target of 65.8. Signed him for 500K which I am happy with. He has a high wage, but manageable with the budget. Merino is a highly rated AM - AP. He wouldn't come on a transfer, but he did agree to come on a loan with extra fees attached of 2M. His rating at AP is 69.3 which is above the target rating of 68.4, so worth it in my mind... especially since he is a model citizen which I can hopefully leverage in mentoring. Marek cost 300K and can play both right and left wing. He is rated 67.2 so is an upgrade on Abid at 65.9, but still not quite at target. Muller was a 2M transfer because of his potential. He has a 4 star CA and a 5 star PA. Not the top rated in any position, but at 64.4 for DLP, 63.9 for AF he will get a lot of playing time. Long term, I see him taking over at ST if he fulfills the promise. Good professionalism to help him on that journey. Fredricson was signed for free and with a 63.8 rating is currently the highest rated CD. Got him to agree to fringe player, so can still bring in 2 better players if I can find them. He is expensive, but I really needed some decent depth anbd he has good secondary attributes. Resigned Chirivella at DLP and even though I don't expect him to play all that much with El Azzouri and Muller, he is the highest rated. The current situation looks like this. Current Season recruiting needs based on the Championship target: GK Gap: 2.3% - We are good for the year - look for depth or opportunistic upgrade - not urgent CD Gap: 7.1%, 5.4% - Need two upgrades - Super Duper Urgent FB Gap: 0.6%, 0.1% - Can use an upgrade at Right FB - Urgent - Filled BWM Gap: 0.6% - We are good !!! DLP Gap: 5.5% 2.1% - Need an upgrade to pair with El Azzouri - Urgent- not urgent as we have Muller and Chirivella Winger Gap: 3.5%, 2.4% - Look for at least one upgrade - not urgent - still look oppportunistically AP Gap: 0.9% - Look for upgrade - Urgent Filled ST Gap: 2.9% - Will need an upgrade soon, but Meireles is on amazing form, so can roll with him one more season. Opportunistically look for upgrade - not urgent Looking at Muller to grow beyond Meireles and take over. Still looking for CD primarily and Winger opportunistically. Also signed a couple of players to the youth team Warrington has 2 stars CA and 4.5 stars PA. He will have a tough road to get to the first team as a ST, but gives us depth for the U23 team and we can see how he develops Santos has a 1.5 star CA and a 5 star PA. Best of all, he is 18, so could become homegrown. His agility is worrisome, but we can work on that.

Upcoming Season recruiting needs based on the Championship target: GK Gap: 2.3% - We are good for the year - look for depth or opportunistic upgrade - not urgent CD Gap: 7.1%, 8.2% - Need two upgrades - Super Duper Urgent FB Gap: 0.6%, 4.5% - Can use an upgrade at Right FB - Urgent BWM Gap: 0.6% - We are good !!! DLP Gap: 5.5% - Need an upgrade to pair with El Azzouri - Urgent Winger Gap: 3.5%, 3.7% - Look for at least one upgrade - not urgent AP Gap: 4.4% - Look for upgrade - Urgent ST Gap: 2.9% - Will need an upgrade soon, but Meireles is on amazing form, so can roll with him one more season. Opportunistically look for upgrade - not urgent

I forgot to update the youth intake earlier. Mostly filler, but maybe one or two potentials. The GK, Davis was fickle, inconsistent, short with poor mental attributes, so very disappointing and wasn't signed. Signed the following players: Pizarro Byrne Richards Johnson Martin Rowe the last three were not on the screen shot I took. Pizarro (BWM - 55 rating), Byrne (BWM - 56 rating) and Richards (AF - 47.3 rating) are the only ones likely to make any noise.

Winger - Champ Target = 69.6 I am analyzing LW and RW together as all the top players can play both. Vincent and Abid were the starters to open the season, but Abid got hurt a fair bit and Juninho was playing great, so got a lot of play time. He out performed the other two and has earned the chance to play more this coming season. Holcroft is a youngster getting some playtime and is showing nice development. McClafferty just keeps playing well and earning his place on the bench. The only notable change in ratings is from Holcroft who developed nicely. the 3 main guys are under the target, but playing well, so I will look for upgrades if they are available, but it is not critical. Holcroft say really strong progression of his mental attributes and if he can keep that up, may become a very useful player. He already has the pace for the role. Plan - start Vincent and Juninho with Abid getting in a lot. Holcroft to get league time to further his development and McClafferty will be a backup. Opportunistically see if we can find a transfer or loan at target level as well. Advanced Playmaker - Champ Target = 68.4 Castro and Dominguez played very well in the AP role. Smith had a good go in late season action as well and deserves a shot to see if he can live up to his potential. Everyone is on their way out, leaving Canales as the top option on the squad. We have seen him play well here before, but would like him to just be a backup. I think Smith is too far away from target to develop much, so we need options there as well Plan - Go find a starter and have Canales/Marcos as backup. Look for youth options if we can find any. Advanced Forward - Champ Target = 68.2 Meireles was the starter and scored 49 goals!!!!. Carrasco scored 19 goals as well, but that was against weaker opponents. Meireles was on fire and the stats reflect that. not much for headers or passing, but converted extremely well. Meireles' rating declined a bit to 65.3, still reasonably close to target. Carrasco fills in nicely. Richards is from the youth intake this season with a 3.5 star PA, so worth a look at through the season. Danino deserves a look as well based on his growth two season's ago. If I had been doing this analysis then, he would have gotten first team games this past season. Plan - Start Meireles with Carrasco as first backup.

BWM - Champ Target = 71.0 The BWM stats aren't great with our tactic, so I lean towards the match ratings to give additional insights. Blasco started, Edwards was played in league matches to see if he would develop. Angong didn't play at all and Hartjes filled in. Blasco played well enough as did Edwards. Hartjes seems more offensive than defensive based on the stats. Blasco's rating is pretty much at target and Angong is an ok backup. We were trying to develop Lambert in previous seasons and nothing really happened. Our new project will be Pizarro, so he will get a chance this coming season to show if he can grow. Plan - Blasco is the starter and at target. Opportunistically find depth - we have El Azzouzi and Angong for depth. DLP - Champ Target = 69.7 Dominguez played 15 games as DLP and 25 at AM. Castro played 15 at DLP and 18 at AM. The main lineup for Europe was Dominguez at DLP and Castro at AM, but had to play Castro some at DLP to satisfy the loan agreement. Chirivella got 11 games, Caneles got 9 games and El Azzouzi got 15 as other players. I look at this role as the distributor / pace setter, so look to XA and passing. They all had good match ratings and passing stats. I missed the growth on Dominguez and he won't talk to us anymore, so he is moving on. Castro was a loan so is also moving on. El Azzouzi grew very nicely and had solid statistics, so will take over as starter and hopefully continue to grow. He has 3.5 CA and 4.5 PA, so still has room to grow according to the assistant manager. If we can get a season or two of growth from him, he will surpass the target. None of the youth players will make it. Plan - Find an upgrade and start El Azzouzi until then. Canales can hang around as depth.

Left FB - Champ Target = 65.8 This season, I am going to split the FBs to right and left for the assessment since I have the table based on position familiarity. FB seems to be a position that generates good match ratings in our tactic. Konate was the starter with Chiab as the primary backup this past season. I tried to get Leyland playing time as well for development purposes. Looking at the numbers, Roman would be a great sub to have to close out games defensively, if I actually played the games instead of simming them. When simming, who knows how the assistant manager decides when and where to sub and I can't be bothered to try and figure out the detailed match plans as I find them to not work very well especially for the amount of hassle to maintain. Leyland grew nicely last season and has a 3.5 star PA. Will definitely keep him playing to see how far he will develop. Will move Chiab and Britto to clear roster space and their contracts are up. Will keep Roman around as he can fill in on both sides. The other younsters aren't much to look at as even though Tomlinson developed well, his rating too low to ever make it to the senior squad. Konate is above the target rating, so don't need to upgrade this spot. Plan - start Konate with Leyland as backup and Roman as contingency. Right FB - Champ Target = 65.8 This season, I am going to split the FBs to right and left for the assessment since I have the table based on position familiarity. FB seems to be a position that generates good match ratings in our tactic. Waidner was the starter with Trolez as the primary backup this past season and they both had ok match ratings and stats. Waidner stayed the same and nobody stands out among the rest of the RFB. I had some hope for Whitbread, but he has levelled off. Trolez is on loan, so is gone, so we will need a backup. Not going to resign Hartjes. Plan - start Waidner and look for backup and/or upgrade. Both Leyland and Roman can play on the right side as well, so we have depth options.

CD - Champ Target = 69.2 The numbers from the central defence were ok, but not great. Glasnovic and Lee got most of the matches. Albiach and McClelland filled in and Albiach took over once Glasnovic left. McNeil is a youngster I am trying to see what growth there is there so giving him some league games. Morata was not great as a backup. Albiach now has a 2.5 star CA and a 3 star PA ... declining as the squad gets better. He isn't really improving as seen below, so I'm guessing he won't make it to the target. He is a handy backup though as he is homegrown and counts to the 8 I can have for Europe. McClelland dropped off and his contract is up, so I will try and move him to a Gibraltar squad or let him go. Lee was on loan and is gone at the end of the season, so Albiach is really our only viable CB. McNeil's rating only improved by 1 point over the season, but his physicals improved quite nicely, so worth keeping an eye on and giving him some league play. Plan - Look for two starters and another backup. Albiach is fine as a backup only.

POSITIONAL REVIEW (I have highlighted homegrown players in blue in the charts) I have again been messing around with ways to show player progression by position to try and not miss any up and coming youngsters in the lower teams. Can you tell I love spreadsheets yet GK - Champ target = 62.9 Fedorushchenko was a new signing at the beginning of last season and our clear starter. He played all the tough games and did alright. Alonso barely played, but didn't complain, so I kept him around as there wasn't much interest in him. Sidibe played a lot of the domestic games and did better statistically than he has the last couple of seasons. I have created a table to view the role ratings by season for all players who are accomplished or better at a position. This will ideally let me see players like Sidibe who are growing fast and see the depth / youth players who I don't always keep a close enough eye on. Fedorushchenko grew very slightly, but has mostly yellow upward arrows over the year, so he can likely grow a bit more. His scouting report says he is close to full potential, so my best case for him is to make the Champ target. That still makes him a very useful player for the next season or two. Sidibe is growing very well - 6 rating points over 2 years. He has a 4 star potential (down from 4.5, but the squad has improved), so theoretically, can grow to the Champ target. I am still not crazy about his agility and his aerial rating (he is 5'10"). His agility is growing very well with the agility and balance training focus on, so maybe there is still hope. He has become homegrown now, so will definitely be our backup for a long time as it frees up another spot on the European rosters for an import. There are no young GK worth mentioning in our youth pipeline. Plan - Start Fedorushchenko. Give Sidibe playing time to grow. Alonso's contract is up, so won't resign him. Hopefully can farm him out to a team in Gibraltar before he leaves. Will look for a development addition.

End of Season 8 (30/31) Analysis: The team average rating improved by 1.7, improving from 64 to 65.7 moving us closer to England Championship level(68.1 average). We actually declined a bit from mid season due to selling Glasnovic once the Champions league was pretty much finished. A few of the players also declined in ratings, not sure why and definitely something I need to figure out. Getting players with potential and actually growing them is likely the only path to get the target. Reminder that the rating for each of the leagues below is the average of the top 10 rating for each position across the entire league. The appropriate top 10 average for the positions in my tactic are then slotted into the chart and averaged across the 11 ratings. Only a few teams in each league would have a player in each position that ranks in the top 10, so by using this as a target, it provides a measure of when the raw attribute ratings of the team would position it near the top of the league being compared against. We all know that cohesion, morale, happiness etc. gives the human manager the edge, so when my team hits the rating for one of the leagues, I would expect it to be able to win, or at a minimum compete to win, the league. I have seen that team can successfully compete with most of the teams in a league above their rating. This means that once I can get the Lions to the ENG Champ level, we should be able to compete in the Champions League. We now have two positions at / above the target: Left Fullback and BWM. Castro at AP is on loan and leaving us and Dominguez at DLP decided to through a hissy fit mid season and the only way to keep him happy for the run was to agree to let him leave at the end of his contract. We did NOT get a reputation boost this past season even with the run in the Champions League and are still 2 stars, and unlikely to see many candidates at target level. As an example, I have only seen 3 GK with a SK rating of 60 or more and none of them are above 62 and none of them would previously talk to me about transfer or loan. Going to have to use loans and try and find some younger players (like Dominguez) who have potential to grow. I missed the opportunity to lock up Dominguez earlier, so my bad on that one, fortunately AM is a fairly strong position in general so I should be able to replace him. The only meaningful transfer out last season was Milivoj Glasnovic. Luis Castro and Afonso Lee are loans and won't re-up, so are leaving as is Dominguez.

End of the season and we won the league and domestic cups again. Not much drama this season even with a healthy dose of playing backups and youngsters.