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I think i have just blown the league at the start of February We had a great result away at Liverpool Their keeper got a 6.8, mine a 6.5 This got us to within 2 points of Liverpool and looking like a great battle until the end of the season. Then this happened away to Stoke: Their keeper got a 7.3, mine a 6.5 And then away to Fulham: Their keeper got a 7.0, mine a 6.4 This is the current table And the XG table The difference in quality comes down to their strikers and keeper against mine. The main issue is my goalkeepers i have 3 goalkeepers all ranked as good premier league players and all decent but they make mistakes the whole time. 2 of them have Consistency as a trait, maybe consistently awful, all 3 have shot stopping as a trait, none of them can save anything. This was also the first game at home against Liverpool Their keeper got a 9.1, i bought him for Liverpool when i was manager and he has been there for 12 years would love someone like him now. Another season where my goalkeeper is going to cost us winning the league. Last summer i was unable to find one, i need one this summer above everything else

Season has started off pretty well Ben Phillips started the Liverpool game in goal and that was his last game for me He made 1 save in normal time and before penalties was on a 6.0, he redeemed himself on penalties saving 2 but we should have won in normal time. A 100 minute equaliser was insane and what we deserved but i was so fed up with Phillips by this point that the win didn't seem that good to me. Uefa Super Cup: Very much like the Community shield, we should have won the game but didn't take our chances and then lost on penalties this time. League table Matching Liverpool after 4 games but conceding too many for my liking. Hopefully once my DM, LB and GK settle we should be better. We play Liverpool in 2 games in the league at home and lost 3-0 last season so that will be a benchmark for us

So a very long summer 2042 transfer window is complete and the main aims of finding defensive midfielders has been completed, however the goalkeeper position is still a worry. First off the window in full: Net spend wise we didn't actually spend that much and pretty much all the transfers are all up front this season as we used the future payments a lot last summer. Lots of players leaving on that where either 30 or on high wages. We did not get as much as i would have liked for any of them really but we needed to clear them out. Players in wise, our new starting defensive midfielder Potentially £97 million and not the most incredible right now but the age profile is what i was looking for and my scouts (and now coaches) love him and think his potential is amazing. New starting left back Potentially £40 million and another that my scouts and coaches think is going to be amazing. Finally the new starting goalkeeper Not a massive upgrade at all but taller and better at making saves and only £17.5 million seemed like a good idea as i cannot get anyone that i really wanted. All of the above leaves the squad looking like this Only 3 players on £200k and over leaves the wages like this We are 8th in the wages table and have £2 million left in the wage bill if we need it. Overall i am happy with the squad, the wages are good, the age profile is great with only 1 player above 30 and a whole bunch in their early 20s.

Season 41/42 is over and really happy with it, massive progress from last season. First off the league Finishing second on 90 points to a ridiculous Liverpool side, scoring the same number of goals as them as well They outscored their XG by 27 as well, their forward line is incredible. Europa League Comfortable 3-0 win over Arsenal, dominated the first half and then had to adjust second half as they pushed us. FA Cup Southampton finished 10th in the League and we dominated the game for a comfortable 4-0 win and a cup double. Squad We need a better goalkeeper as neither Sami Labyad or Ben Phillips are good enough and make so many mistakes. Between them they cost me 3 games with mistakes. I think a better left back is needed if i can find one other io am set. Center backs are good, happy with my options here Right backs are also good Defensive midfielders i am lacking, i play 2 here and i need some. Attacking midfielders i probably need 1 depending on out goings here it might be more Strikers i have 1 youngster coming off a good loan with Brighton and maybe need 1 more if any go Overall, happy with the squad and hopefully only a few signings needed after last year

The season so far has been great except for the league cup Fixtures Crashed out of the league cup at the first stage, their keeper had an 8.22 MOTM performance and my team wasn't fully settled yet. Really disappointing performance as well. This was the same time we drew 1-1 away at Lincoln, lost 3-1 at home to Liverpool and 2-0 away to Arsenal where my keeper Sami Labyad played his last game allowing them to score 2 goals with a combined xg of 0.13, the Arsenal keeper got an 8.0. It was also here that i changed tactics as well and apart from a very disappointing 1-1 draw away at Chelsea where we missed a crazy number of chances we have smashed everyone. All this means we are topf of the league easily right!! Liverpool are immense, 2 0-0 draws that they should have won is the only blot so far for them. If they continue they will win the league as their depth is better than mine. Still though, we are into the 5th round of the FA Cup, away to Man City, and won the Europa League phase winning all our games. I am really happy with the starting 11 now but the ins and outs in January have left the squad a little short really.

Have made it to the end of the January transfer Window and have completed a few deals. I had 2 decisions to make, Jared Halstead (33) and Tiago Ferreira (34) both had 6 months left and had to desire to renew any contracts and i had an offer for both, it would also mean losing over £600k of wages as well, or losing both for free at the end of the season. The main issue was finding replacements for them. I had also already agreed to sell Ibrahim Huberty (33) for £6.5mill to Inter so losing 3 central midfielders in one window. In the end i had to accept and spent a long time searching for replacements, I managed to find one at Liverpool in the shape of Matěj Belak He joined for £25 million and then i decided to bring in 2 CBs who could also play in the DM position, Tristan Els from Dortmund for potentially £46.5 mill Not hugely happy with the wages at £300k but i was struggling to find replacements, but at 6.4 he adds to the height i have in the side. He was joined by Ismail Bouzid on loan from Real San Sebastián Again offers the options for CB and DM and at 6.3 is a great addition. The final 2 additions in the window were both on deadline day from Bayern, first up Álvaro Espinosa a decent young DM cover I thought i had completed my deals when Espinoza joined but then Bayern loan listed Pedro Esteves A player i signed at Real Madrid and then joined me at Bayern as well. I have been disappointed with some of my options in the striker position and when be became available it was a no brainer.

The main aim of the window was to improve the defensive, which was no where near good enough last year. Introducing the new Center Backs Robert Attinghauser (Potentially £90 mill from Real Madrid) Julian Dieckneite (Potentially £79 mill from Bayern) José Carlos Santos (Potentially £55 mill from Barcelona) Adi Ferdiansyah (Loan from Chelsea) Defenders Out Lucas Matheus - £53 million to Villarreal Kieron Woods - £18 million to Genoa Tawan - £16.25 million to Girona Goalkeeper out Carl Sinnot - £33.5 million to Crystal Palce 2 players i didn't really want to bring in but needed depth as my first choice options were unavailable were Endrick £22 million transfer for 1 year on £170k a year seemed a decent deal for me Tiago Ferreira £19.75 million for a 1 year deal, not happy about the £375k wage but he covers all 3 midfield positions for me. 2 other big signings for me to increase the English contingent in the squad Dexter Smith (Potentially £93 million from Crystal Palace) Geoff Patterson (Potentially £62 million from Fulham) A fair number of young players have also joined and have gone on loan

Transfer window 2041 has been completed and I have completed a lot more deals than i expected to. Not much happened before the 1st July as i wanted my players back from loan and the players i had on loan to go back. Also 1st July means that all transfer windows are open, then the carnage began. I haven't got time to write a full report today but will leave the round up here. As you can see, 18 players in (a fair number of young players that have gone straight out on loan, and 30 players out. The squad was awful really, far too old and wages far too high. Also a change in tactic meant i had to have a rethink mid July. Still after all that, the squad i have is younger and cheaper and more English based as well.

Season 40/41 completed, my first 6 months in charge and unfortunately it was the same issue all through it. Defence and Goalkeeper not good enough and kept making mistakes, also i found out too late that my number 1 goalkeeper has a does not like big matches trait and keeps messing up. We finished 6th in the league We beat Blackburn 7-0 on the final day and Everton beat Leeds 2-0 on the final day, an extra goal for us or a Leeds goal sends us into the Champions League The game that probably cost us 5th place was the game at home against Manchester City, we were 4-2 up going into the last 10 minutes then they had 3 shots on target with a combined XG of 0.38 and scored all 3, that was when i checked Carl Sinnot's report closer and saw the trait. Champions League we got to the Semi Final and lost to a Liverpool side still made up of my players from 8 years ago playing the same tactic i played there as well. Marco Rose has done very well following on from me using my players and my tactic!! The home game against Liverpool This has been an issue all 6 months for me so far, going forward we are great, defensively we suck. Good news is we won the FA Cup, beating a League 1 Luton Town 6-0 in the final. Now a very hard summer transfer window. Looking at the goalkeeper and defenders this summer as i need a new starting back 5

End of February and overall not too bad Going forward we are really good, at the back with our best back 5 we are good, anyone missing and we start to struggle. The 2 losses: Fulham (A) Disallowed goal followed by a goal straight from the restart for Fulham and then Jon Smith decided the best thing to do was to dive in 2 footed and get a straight red. 1-0 down at half time and we went 2-0 down on 57 minutes. Went all out attack and should have scored and then got countered on 70 minutes to go 3-0 down. We still had plenty of chances and probably should have got something out of the game. Palace(A) Hit the woodwork 3 times, made too many mistakes and didn't take our chances. In February our goalkeeper decided he was not allowed to make a save, he got above 7 once in the game against Sunderland, all the others nothing above a 6.5. Need an upgrade on him in the summer. Overall happy with the start, finished top 8 in the CL group phase and through to the Quarter Final in the FA Cup. we are 6 points out of the top 4 but battling with Arsenal for 5th, which would be a CL spot next season. Goalkeeper and defence definitely need an upgrade in the summer not good enough at all.

This is the current squad ordered by age Having 8 players 30+ is something i never have in my teams, wages are not horrific, i don't like it when players on £300K+ so will have to evaluate them come the summer. I have been in charge for about 3 hours and haven't moved on yet, we are in the Jan window so i need to see what i can do with some loans i think as i only have £23 mill to spend and that is not going to bring in the quality i need.

One season with 84 points, lost to my Liverpool side on 89 that season and that is it in really. Currently 7th as i take over now so lots to do as the squad is average at best. ETH - 2 Carabao Cups Diego Simeone - 1 Europa Conference League Zinedine Zidane - 1 European/South American Club Challenge & Europa League Matthias Dahm - 1 European/South American Club Challenge, Europa League & USFA Super Cup Vincenzo Italiano - 1 FA Cup Got to the Semi Final of the Champions League 1 time in 32/33 and lost to Real Madrid When i was managing Liverpool they were buying some awful players for high fees on high wages. Have had a look back over the years i managed Real and Bayern and it didn't get much better. Facilities are also poor as are the finances. Need money to be able to improve Training and Youth facilities and still at Old Trafford with the original capacity. 2 takeovers, promotions from within, but they are almost got bought out my a tycoon in April 2040 (a year ago in game)

So after playing as Manchester United in the beta i have not played as them since the full release has been out, that is about to change. I downloaded a custom lower league database and took over my home town side Haywards Heath Town in the Southern Combination League Premier League with no expectation as to where i would end up. After 18 seasons i am at Manchester United as they have won next to nothing so far. This is my record as a manager: You might all notice the stint in charge of them but when i got offered the Liverpool job i had applied for the Manchester United job when Vincenzo Italiano took over and they refused the interview. This is Manchester Uniteds manager history A few cup wins and that is it. I have a lot of work to do now and have taken over in January and this will probably be the only season i do not win a trophy.

The Christmas period is over and we are into January Liverpool (A) - Took the lead through Jude, a well worked chance and great finish. Liverpool offered nothing first half as my tactical tweaks seemed to be working well. 56 minute Liverpool break quickly, Nunez shoots from a difficult angle that smacks the post and ends up at the feet of Gakpo with an open goal , 1-1. Not much else happens really and the game peters out, was disappointed in the end as they scored from their only chance but a 1-1 at Anfield is a good result. Arsenal (H) - They came for a draw and apart from a goal from a corner on 40 minutes nothing really happened. We had a few chances not much Man City (A) - What a tough game, not much happened until 26th minute, corner goal from Silva 0-1 31st minute corner cleared cross back in and Haaland scores an unmarked header in the 6 yard box (no idea where my defenders went!!!) 1-1 32nd minute straight from the kick off, we work the ball well into Smith Rowe who slides it through to Vitor Roque who slides it past Ederson 1-2 45+2 thought is was half time but a thrown in from the right corner flag gets played in Garnacho gets tackled and the ball drops to Smith Rowe who smashes it past Ederson 1-3 56 minute and a free. kick from Foden slides it down the side and somehow it ends up a Phillips feet who smashes it in for 2-3 A few tweaks for the games to be a bit more stable at the back have worked well and after those 3 games Not much has changed but being unbeaten in the 3 games means they didn't close the gap so very pleased with the Christmas period. EDIT: Also just noticed that we play an FA Cup game and then play 5th placed Chelsea at Old Trafford who are 11 games unbeaten and beat us 3-2 first game of the season at Stamford Bridge.

Christmas 2026 is going to be interesting Current state of the league 7 points separating the top 4 at the half way stage. Next 3 fixtures in 5 days Away to Liverpool and City either side of a home tie against Arsenal. I am struggling a bit away from home this season in scoring goals. Liverpool: Beat me 5-2 at Anfield in the CL group stage, and i have only ever avoided defeat once at Anfield 3 years ago Arsenal: Better record against Arsenal won all 3 home games in the league 3-1, 2-1, 2-1so tight games City: Not a good record in general against them and they beat me 2-0 in the EFL Cup earlier in the season as well. The last 2 league games there i have lost 3-2 and 2-1. Based on this Liverpool is the toughest tie but i know Haaland is going to score again against me, he has 12 in 10 games.

Summer 2026 transfer window closes and i think i am happy, been an odd one really. First off players out: Main deals out Riad: Real Madrid wanted him and he was not first choice and was signed for £40 mill so a decent profit Kameri: He wanted a big new deal, £150K, and then would be very hard to shift on so a deal worth £57 mill made sense. Ramsdale: Not happy with him last year and then he spent 6 months moaning about not playing despite being awful whenever he played so a good deal for £35 mill, a profit of £12 mill in 12 months. He is also backup to Pope at Newcastle as well!!! Vermeeren: Same as Kameri, wanted a big deal and this was the best time to cash out on him. Signed for £13.75 mill so a nice profit on him as well. Gore: Academy product that was so close to being in the first team but he wanted a move and £28.5 mill was a good deal all round Aaroen: Was never going to make it so £15.5 mill seemed good to me. Kleijn: Same, never going to play and with contract running down get some decent money for him. Lots of loan deals as well to give players game time Players In: Henderson and Johnstone come in as 2nd and 3rd choices to replace Ramsdale and Patricio who retired. Made some money and saved a bunch in wages as well. Also both home grown so fill that quota out nicely. Diomande: Replacement for Riad, money made and wages saved again. Also in my view an upgrade. James Garner: The academy product returns, i needed more players in the DM role and he suits it perfectly. Tried other options all window but either huge transfer fees or monster wages stopped me so in comes James Garner again. Aldo got £7 mill back so less than £50 mill for him. (Still overpaid though) Calonge, Wulf, Afonso & Kroupi are all young players that i should be able to flip for decent money going forward. Made almost £100 mill in transfer fees and i think i have improved the squad. Not sure if i am 100% happy with the DM positions but we will see. I have a transfer budget of £200 mill still if i need it in January. Wages are great, under £4 mill a week. City have gone even crazier this window as that is due to player contract renewals not new signings. 3 players over £500k, 4 players over £400k, 2 over £300k, 4 over £200k. Champions League fixtures have also been drawn and i think i have been done here Didn't know you could face teams from your country, let alone 2 of them. Going into the season my starting lineup is Perri has started the season really well and is averaging 7.43 in 4 games with 2 clean sheets Barco is amazing in the WB(A) role I have 4 CBs to rotate but to start with Scalvini and Silva start Not 100% happy with Geertruida as an IFB but i have played Diomande there once and he great so he might take that position this season Tchouameni starts in the BMW role, he is immense Mainoo make or break season for him, he needs to step up this year or i will be looking for a replacement Garnacho has turned into one of the first names on the team sheet. Last year was so good for us. Bellingham is perfectly suited to this role hoping for another big season Smith Rowe is starting here but i have Yamal and academy product Shea Lacey for here as well so will be interesting to see who makes it theirs. Smith Rowe can also play in the AMC role so if Bellingham has to play in the DM role this spot might change Hojlund was awful for 6 months last year and only appeared in January. He has 0 goals in 3 games this season and Roque has 4 in 2 starts and 2 sub appearances. Vitor's to lose this year Rashford has been dropped and might be sold, he has 2 years on his deal and wants £400k, no chance at all, he has 14 and 15 goals in the last 2 years and for that amount of money i need more. Lets see

End of the 3rd season 25/26 So a very frustrating season comes to a close with a disappointing end. Start with the good, Premier League A 95 point season with a massive 132 goals scored, the issue for me though is the 50!!!! conceded, a massive 10 goals over out expected XGA. A massive issue all season that was going to cost us. The pretty good, Champions League A decent league phase but then a tough trip through the knock outs against Benfica, Liverpool and Man City before a tough loss to Barcelona in the final. Messi started the final perfectly for us but for the next 80 minutes we could do nothing, the didn't do much but once again Perri decided he couldn't save shots. Last 10 we threw everything at them and missed 2 really good chances to level the game and we lost our 6th final The bad, EFL and FA Cup Derby game, xg 0f 4.3, 6 CCC and 5 HC, 10on target The start of things to come, 2.7xg to 1.4, 2 CCC to 0, 3HC to 0, We scored in the 93 minute to force penalties but missed 2 to lose 6-5 - Raya got a 7.7 and MOTM First game against Newcastle, Karius in goal gets a 9.0 and we go to the replay. They played a 19 y/o awful goalkeeper in his first ever senior game and we had an xg of over 5. It was 2-2 at 73 minutes before we finally managed to score some of our chances The Bristol City game, 3.3xg to 1.2, 4 CCC to 2, 7 HC to 0, 17 on target to 2 and Ramsdale gets a 6.4 and their keeper gets a 9. Both competitions were a mess in terms of whoever played in goal not being able to make a save at all and the opposition goalkeeper had a blinder. Squad Overview: Despite Hojlund getting 27 goals he was awful until February, big question marks over him going into next season Messi's contract runs out in the summer, he is retiring in November (no idea why November) but he wants £275k still. For his final year though he has been great for me Bellingham was the big money signing of last summer for me and he has been great. Started playing in the Segundo Volante role but moved to the AP role in the second half of the year and very happy with his return, hoping for more next year Kobbie Mainoo, i was hoping he would step up this year and he did. Rotated with Bellingham until Bellingham moved forward and he took over the Segundo Volante role and was a revelation. He will be my started player next season Garnacho, i wanted more out of him this year and did he provide it. Up until Hojlunds turn around in February he was top scorer and assister, then he kept picking up little knocks that meant he missed a fair amount of games and kept having to keep finding his form again. Hopefully next year he has a better fitness record and can kick on again. Summer window: Goakeeper - Priority, i have my eye on 2 at the moment so we will see what happens here. Right back - Happy with my options so unless someone goes out nothing will change Center backs - I have 4 very good center backs so again not expecting anything here Left back - Same again, not really expecting any movement here DMs - Would love to get Gravenbirch in but don't know if Liverpool will allow it. I need a body here so someone will come in. AP - Maybe sign Guler on transfer but that is the only potential AMR/AML - Not sure yet. Not happy with Rashford really so he may go as he wants crazy money to renew. ST - Annoyed at Hojlund bbut Roque stepped up well. They are both young still so may give them a go next season Transfer budget of £111 million so there is a budget to do a few deals

25/26 January Window slams shut and we did some business. First off players out: First off the big 2 transfers: Marcus Thuram - Just kept moaning about everything and was constantly unhappy. Could have got more but i was just fed up with him so he went to Real Madrid Marcos Leonardo - Just constantly injured, has missed 12 weeks in 4 seperate injuries since September had enough so he goes to PSG where i bet he never gets injured Bunch of loans Players In: Maine Yamal - A replacement for Thuram and he has already 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 games. Pricey for an 18 y/o but potentially the best player in the world. Pablo Gomez - Newgen CB from Argentina, massive potential Abdulsamed Yildiz - Young Turkish forward, huge potential Arda Guler - Real loan listed him early Jan but they wanted all his wages and massive loan fees. Last day of the window, 20% wages and small fees Ryan Gravenberch - So this is controversial, loan from Liverpool. Hear me out, i needed a player that can play in the DM role and there are slim pickings in January and he was listed and they only wanted 30% of his wages covered and with 2 assists in 4 games so far looks like a good depth option. League is looking good, battling with City at the top of the table Out of both domestic cups, not happy at all with this will cover in the season round up Champions League - Topped the league phase with 7 wins and 1 draw scoring 23 goals and conceding 3

Nice, i'm always unsure if i want a tycoon or not.

I've been scouting him for over a year and his estimated price has never dropped below £180 mill As we are seen as rivals as well i reckon it will actually be over £200 mill.

@sedge11, that is a cracking season. Unlucky in the league, a 99 pointer for City is tough to compete with. Haaland is amazing and City are going to be tough as long as he is scoring the volume he does. Garnacho is getting great ratings for me as well but as you say I would like a bit more from him in terms of goals and assists. No better way to win the FA Cup than that.

Hi Apex, I don't normally like to share tactics as i have no idea if this will work for anyone else, just suits my players but saying that if you want to give it a try you can. This is my default setup I will say that i change the out of possession instructions a fair amount depending on the team i am playing. I also sometime change the Libero to a standard CD (C) role if they have 2 strikers. Sometimes the Winger(A) in the AMR role become an IF or and IW You are welcome to try to use it if you like but it does change a fair amount 4231.fmf

It wasn't supposed to be like that, it really wasn't i promise!!! Shaw and McTominay wanted to go (In came Mitchell and Bellingham) Fernandes and Mount deals were too good to turn down (In came Smith Rowe) Sancho wanted a crazy contract (In came Vitor Roque) I am playing Bellingham as the Segundo Volante on Attack at the moment and he is settling in nicely after 4 games.

They haven't really bought anyone on extreme wages, it has been more on giving their best players huge pay rises. These are all their players on over £200k. I get the Haaland and De Bruyne deals but that Bernardo Silva deal is just insane. He is decent but still.

The 2025 Summer transfer window slam shut with a lot of business being accomplished. Based on the end of the season McTominay and Shaw had both wanted to leave as they had accomplished everything at the club and a Saudi club were sniffing around Fernandes as well and he had missed pretty much the whole last season with an injury. This has been a really tough window actually but am happy with the outcome. First off the out list (£409 million!!!) Diallo - Had plenty of opportunities with me and on loan and had never impressed so a £32 mill offer from Benfica was accepted and off he went Fernandes - It happened in came Al-Ittihad and we negotiated a fee of £125 mill, he had turned 30 and his attributes had suffered because of his 8 month injury so reluctantly i accepted and he signed a £1.4 mill a week deal Sancho - Had 1 year left on his deal and wanted a new contract at £350k, no chance so a cut price deal to Milan but his wages off the book Bayindir - Was out on loan last season and a decent fee for him Shaw - He wanted to go and a £49 mill offer from Napoli was more than i was expecting so a he went and his wages were also saved McTominay - Another one who wanted out and a deal i wasn't massively happy with but almost £40 mill and he went to Inter Hannibal - Just not good enough and a £19 mill offer from Roma meant that he went Onana - Not happy with him at all in his first 2 seasons and Spurs can deal with him now Mount - Interest in him arrived very late in the window and when it did i felt it was too much to turn down, £76 mill from a rival but £200k off the wage bill as well. Players in (£397 mill!!) Smith Rowe - Had him on loan from January and he covers the front 3 positions and is English for a decent fee as well Mitchell - Comes in to replace Shaw and should provide competition for Barco Ramsdale - I am not really happy with any of my goalkeepers and Ramsdale is better than any of them and for £23 mill was worth the gamble Bellingham - The BIG ONE, i thought about this for a long time and spent ages looking for other options and there is no one close to Judes level so in he comes for an obscene fee and comfortably my highest earner Boulton - A newgen from Spurs, i have scouted him for a year and they raved about him, i think his potential is huge and worth an obscene fee for an 18 year old Vitor Roque - As we got into mid August i thought i was short in the wide areas and for £31 mill Roque has huge potential Patricio - A 3rd choice keeper (due to keeper injuries!!!) Lionel Messi - It happened, after Mount went Rashford kicked off about depth and when looking Messi was available for £1 mill and a decent £250k a week for 10 months. Never had Messi before in any FM so excited about this Round up: Wages: Despite everything we are now 6th in the wages table, Man City have gone nuts