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8 hours ago, Stevenleharve said:
End of Season 1
A remarkable campaign. One of my best ever on any of these games to be fair. I was aiming for a top half finish with an outside shot at Europa League place perhaps, but we blitzed the competition. 98 points! 5 clear of Man Utd in 2nd but boy was it ropey at times. We had a dodgy 6 weeks in Jan/Feb and actually blew a 10 point lead to be 2 points behind Utd at a stage but we rallied with a really, really strong set of results at the end of the season. We scraped through the FA Cup Final with a 1-0 win against Man Utd to claim our first trophy of the new era. That gave us the confidence needed going into the final day 2 points ahead of Utd with them to play. A few bricks were **** but we did it! FA Cup and Premier League double!
My transfers mostly turned out to be spot on which was nice. No real misses although Schar did keep Diego Carlos out of my team since January. McGinn wasn't as good as I thought he'd be but I bought him with the idea that he'd be transitioned into being a HG rotation option in the coming seasons anyway. Guerreiro, Calvert-Lewin and Hateboer were phenomenal. What can I say? Hateboer is a steal at 8.5m! Average rating of 7.53 for the season. Calvert-Lewin was a monster up top and only outscored by Ronaldo. Guerreiro was the star though, player of the season, no questions asked, provided 20 assists with average rating of 7.98. It's funny too because I wanted Robin Gosens but he was twerking for Man City all window and then didn't even end up joining them. So when I signed Guerreiro I fully intended on starting him for a season and then go back in for Gosens, but not now.
Of the players that were already at the club Almiron was hugely disappointing and will be moved on. Dubravka was excellent, keeping 22 clean sheets, Lascelles performed above expectations. Willock chipped in with an impressive 14 goals and 10 assists. Saint Maximin was a terror on the wing delivering 18 goals and 16 assists though Real Madrid, Man Utd and Arsenal are all sniffing around him unfortunately. Fingers crossed he doesn't agitate for a move. The biggest dilemma I'm having is deciding whether or not I should replace Dubravka. I really want Andre Onana whose contract is coming to an end but Dubravka's been so good...
Anyway, time to crack on with the Summer transfer window. The board have given me £192m to spend, and I have a Premier League crown to defend and a Champions League campaign to prepare for
Why does my game not have faces for most people
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On 13/11/2021 at 09:22, DominicForza said:
Ooooh, Sule and Lacroix! Nice. I'm drooling over that combo, esepcially cuz I think both are fantastic IRL. Way to build from the back.
I like how you have a good mix of some big money, talent (Neres, Gabigol, etc) and some real quality value (Vecino, Ceballos).
But for me, Sule and Lacroix alone are just top work. How have they worked out for you?
What about Dest and Pedraza?
Sule, Lacroix, Dest, Pedraza have pretty much all become permanent fixtures in my team. Sule and Lacroix though are really rock solid and were worth buying 100%. Third season I had to up all their salaries but they are worth it and are also great in the dressing room as influential people. My defensive backups right now are Calegari and Victor Kristiansen who have turned out to be brilliant young talents. They will take over when my first choices retire or leave the club honestly. I dont even count Lascelles or Lewis anymore. They are staying around so I can meet registration requirements :P
Arsenal approached for Gabriel Barbosa at the end of the second season and I let him go for about 75m which is decent in my books. Maximin, Wilson, Belotti and Neres now pretty much manage my front with Esposito and Mara stepping in when needed. I have plans to phase out Wilson in season 4 and maybe sell him while he is still worth something so that Mara can take up his place permanently.
Bringing in goalkeepers was the biggest challenge. At age 34, Dubravka wanted a renegotiated contract with him as Important player making 130k per week so I sold him to Paris SG for 10m and brought in Onana for 50m and Pena for 8m(i think). My next challenge is keeping enough Homegrown at club players for Champions Cup :/
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1 hour ago, mikenevo said:
He's far from worth the price it costs, even if we are Newcastle
Yeah, his asking price is 125m on my save. I'd rather let Woodman keep
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14 hours ago, Come_On_You_Spurs said:
Now that the full game is out, starting a save with Newcastle for about 3 years to get used to everything. I’m enjoying building the team in my image. Currently in the process of adding Dest and Reguilon as full-backs. However, I’m struggling to find two solid center-backs that are interested in coming during the first window. Any recommendations? Any price range is fine
I went with Sule and Lacroix and its been working out good.
In other news, Gabriel Barbarosa in second season wants to move to a team that can win the Premier Division....sigh. Arsenal might buy him from me for 80m maybe.
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27 minutes ago, Mr_Demus said:
I have actually made a bid for Vecino. Ceballos wanted too much in wages for my taste, so I withdrew.
I also want to keep Wilson, but I need another capable striker.
Just started my second season and I got Belotti for 720k hahahah, he did want a lot of wages but thats fine, I have the money to throw around.
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12 hours ago, Mr_Demus said:
Just started a save to have some fun.
So far I have bought Kieran Trippier, Niklas Süle, Dan Axel Zagadou, Kalvin Phillips, Marcus Edwards and Geoffrey Kondogbia. Looking to sign another CM and a ST at least.
For ST, I kept Callum Wilson and brought in Gabriel Barbosa from FLA. He's pretty solid and has scored well. Sekou Mara is also a potential signing but probably not direct to league matches in the first season. For CM I brought in Matias Vecino who was transfer listed and I got him for a bargain price of 3.5m. Vecino has been an absolute beast. Backup to Vecino is Dani Ceballos who was also transfer listed and bought for a steal price of 325k. Ceballos is now valued at 25m after 10 appearances for me in the premium league.
Barbosa cost me 33m and Sekou cost me 6.5m.
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thanks! was waiting for this before starting my game
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Tug's website says the new schedules should come by tomorrow
Patience is a virtue! 0
Patience is a virtue!
[FM22] Newcastle United F.C - Richest club in the world
in Good Player & Team Guide
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It's been amazing reading your updates @Tee2. I've had similar success with the players you mentioned. I'm currently in the 26-27 season and still use Willock as a Regular Starter. Woodman is my backup keeper to Onana but I have a new wonderkid I bought for 5m who will take over this year as Woodman wants to leave. I kept Isaac Hayden as well because no one bought him and he's an ok backup who does not ask for much. Willock tried to leave a few times because he wanted to be Important and no one ended up making an offer for him. He is definitely a decent player to keep. I kept Callum Wilson till he was 33 and SLB picked him up at the end of his contract with me. I managed to net 75m for Saint-Max about 2 seasons ago when he wanted to leave to a larger team. Almiron I sold early on for 30m or so. I made a good 70m profit on buying Sekou Mara (bought 6m) and Sebastiano Esposito (bought 6.5m) early and selling them after 2 seasons. This is how I financed my later goals
Over the last 2 years, I kept buying wonderkids at the rate of 1 per transfer window and I feel I kept a good money balance on the books, my 25-26 season ended with 104m spent and 53m received. I have Ceballos like you as well and he's been a good rotation player for me so I've kept him on so far.
My current squad is,
Onana
Livramento - Lacroix - Sule - Victor Kristiansen
Bellingham - Musiala - Gragera - Calegari
Belotti - Moukoko
Subs: Woodman, Ceballos, Hudson-Odoi, David Neres, Hayden, Bergmann Johannesson and 3 spawned wonderkids all under 19.
I prefer lining up my teams with young players normally so I've taken that approach. My next replacements will be Sule who is now 31 and Belotti who is 32. Let's see what the transfer window holds!