Weed07

Nantwich Town - Season One 23/24 Conference North Managed to get through my first season and it was a difficult one. We started with a decent sized squad and learning from past mistakes on FM22 i offered contracts to everyone i could so we didn't lose players but it still happened, a couple of players retired, some wouldn't agree contracts, two agreed contracts but couldn't get work permits and left, one agreed a contract but then left to a club not in the leagues for less money and by the time the season started we had 16 players at the club making rotation impossible. The season preview predicted us to finish bottom with odds of 600/1 to win the league. Based on the lack of quality in the squad i tried playing defensive but that didn't work, i tried counter attacking, then possession but nothing could get results and we had 1 win in the first 10 games and i knew it would be a long season. Everytime i thought i had a tactic i was happy with and picked up a win we would go on another poor run. We lost in the FA Cup 3rd qualifying round and the FA Trophy second round and when we hit December we were rock bottom of the league with 3 wins but only 7 points from the safety positions so we weren't adrift yet but the board arranged a meeting with me and gave me a month to sort it out or i would be sacked. We got the youth intake preview which looked ok but i wasn't sure if i would be at the club to see them join. Youth Preview: Needing to do something to turn the season around i decided to change tactics and go with the default Gegenpress tactics that the forums often say is overpowered, usually i prefer to create my own based on the players i have but desperate times and all that and i think that was the best decision i made as we managed to pick up a win and 3 draws during the month the board gave me and they were happy with that and didn't sack me, we still had a long way to go to get closer to safety but we were starting to hit some form and won 4 out of 5 games during February which got us off the bottom and back into the fight for survival and then our form was hit and miss but we were picking up points and looking much better. I was still at the club for the youth intake which was something i had been looking forward to just for depth in the squad rather than getting good players because we desperately need rotation options. The intake: The current ability of the intake wasn't great and none looked like they would go into the best 11 but some looked good enough as rotation options. The stand outs to me were: Overall the intake was ok, around 7 look like they will be capable of being in and around the first team next season, mostly as cover and rotation options. After the intake the rest of the season was very inconsistent but we still picked up points and were moving between safety and relegation and at one point hit 18th which was the highest we'd been all season but we were never safe and it went to the last game of the season where we beat the bottom side at home and survived finishing 20th, 3 points above relegation. It was a hard year and it was only really after the new year when we started picking up the points, usually its the other way around but i think perhaps teams started seeing us as an easy win and attacked more which might have helped us. The league table: League Positions throughout the year: I got two qualifications so my stats now show as: Unfortunately my board wouldn't upgrade any junior coaching, youth recruitment or facilities as we have no money, i'm going to need a good cup run i think as they seem like a stubborn board. Heres some spreadsheet stats i've kept Next season, i think if we can play like we did the second half of the season with the addition of the youth players giving better rotaion options then hopefully we won't spend most of the year struggling again but i think we will still be in a relegation fight.

Got the first season youth intake preview and it looks good but the first season usually is and my current players are rubbish so it won't be hard to produce better. The main problem we have is that I might not last long enough to see them join the club as i've been given a month to please the board as we are bottom of the league, 7 points from safety positions.

Trying the challenge again this year, tried and failed last year but i later found out there was a development bug at which point it was fixed i had moved on in my save. This year i've waited for the first patch before trying it again.

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