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  1. Vikeologist's 2027/8 Canterbury Tales It was an awful season, apart from reaching the FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round. (So, nothing to add to the leader board). I couldn’t get any decent players to join us, and believe me I tried. We were mid-table all season until a late spurt gave us a slim chance. We stood a chance of reaching the playoffs in our final match, but that would have involved beating the league champions away from home and about 4 teams above us losing or drawing. Anyway we lost and finished 5 points and 5 places outside the playoffs. There was nobody worth signing in the youth intake. We’re in debt and we’re going to have to expand the stadium to abide by league rules. If I can’t improve the team this is going to be difficult. Our future is not great. Top Goalscorer - Dennis Bossman – 13 13 goals in 45 matches. He’s supposed to be by far our best striker, but I’m going to export the stats and look at whether that’s really true at the start of next season. Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) – Lewis Hooper – 7.23 The only player above 7. Man of The Match - Lewis Hooper - 9 Most Valuable Player - Lewis Hooper Season Division Position Notes 23/24 Southern Counties East League Division 1 1st Won league on last day of season 24/25 Southern Counties East League Premier Division 1st League / County Cup double 25/26 Isthmian League South East Division 1st Won league on last day of season 26/27 Isthmian League Premier Division 6th League Cup Losing Finalists 27/28 Isthmian League Premier Division 10th Awful season Southern Counties East League Division 1 15 Southern Counties East League Premier Division 20 Southern Counties East League Cup 10 Isthmian League South East Division 30 Total 75
  2. Welcome to the illustrious 3-timer's club, and congrats on being the first to complete on FM24.
  3. Vikeologist's Víkingur 2032 Season Report Lots of 5 star potentials in my intake, and a few that I will consider starting next season, but as I can’t register them straight away, next season seems a long way away. I’m conscious that this might upset people, but I’m finding it hard to get into the save because of the long Icelandic names. I know that they only seem long because they have ‘son’ on the end of every one, but their names just feel long and similar. I’ve had to give a few of them short nicknames because I kept mixing them up. It also doesn’t help that even though I’m quite strict about which youth candidates I sign, with this lot of candidates on trial, I currently have 74 players on the books. I suppose our first season in the top division went well. We finished 5th, one place outside European qualifying. We lost a surprising amount of money though, so not qualifying for Europe is unsustainable. Squad Season Division Position Notes 2024 1 4th Icelandic Cup Q/F, Playoffs S/F. 2025 1 10th Survived on last day of the season. 2026 1 4th League Cup losing finalists. Playoffs S/F 2027 1 4th Playoff S/F 2028 1 5th Icelandic Cup. Qualified for Europa Conference. Lost in playoff final. 2029 1 5th Lost in playoff final. 2030 1 5th Lost in playoff S/F. 2031 1 1st League Cup, Icelandic Cup R/U, League champs and promoted. 2032 P 5th One place outside Euro qualification. At the moment the only changes for next year will be 3 of my intake for this year making it on to the bench. However I might start them for the league cup campaign, and sometimes once I blood the youngsters they never relinquish their place. Top Goalscorer – Vilhjálmur Gestsson 30a – 16 My lone striker. Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) – Kristófer Máni Atlason – 7.24 Atlason was my striker until Gestsson emerged. Now he’s almost entire a sub or fill-in, in either attacking midfield or attack. Man of The Match – Vilhjálmur Gestsson 30a – 4 Most Valuable Player– Konráð Freyr Eiríksson 29a 19 year old central defender.
  4. I've been there, believe me. Which trophies do you have left?
  5. Vikeologist's Víkingur 2031 (very long, I'm sorry) Season Report I decided that the League Cup (which all happens before the regular season) didn’t matter much, and we were unlikely to reach the final again soon, so I put together a young team with potential to blood them, before maybe using the mediocre veteran players in the regular season. Reader, we won the cup. I stuck with the kids throughout the cup campaign, even though it meant leaving a couple of indisputably better players on the bench. So, now I had to stick with this lineup in the regular season, which is good news. I mean, them doing well is the best scenario. Winning the cup did nothing for us financially by the way. Dominating the league, we also reached the final of the Icelandic Cup, and the prospect of all that lovely continental money was within reach, but we lost in the final. The cup run meant that our schedule was crazy and our players exhausted. We lost 3 out of 4 league matches around the loss in the cup final, and the teams behind us caught up. 2 matches to go, and we were 3 points ahead of KR, and that penultimate match was away to them. We scored a goal in the final minutes of the match, but with injury time expired they were awarded a penalty. Our goalie saved it. It went out for a corner, and from that corner one of their guys swung a leg at it and it went in for the equaliser to deny us the title. Gutting! That still meant that we were 3 points ahead for the last match, but now with 2 teams behind us, one of them with a better goal difference. Those 2 teams, KR and Leiknir, played each other. All we needed was a draw, and we were ahead twice in the match, but as went into stoppage time we were 3-2 down and the wrong team Leiknir was winning their match.We threw everything at it, and scored an equaliser in stoppage time. We held on for the draw and were champions.I simply cannot express how stressful and how much a torrent of emotions those last 2 matches were. I need therapy now. However one cup, two cup finals and a league win means that it was a quite a good season in the end. Squad The only envisaged change to my team next season is my latest top regen, 31a, maybe getting a space on the subs bench. The previous 5 years top prospects are now in the starting XI. A good right back would be nice. Top Goalscorer – Jón Árnason 27a – 23 I use a lone striker, and had a new starter this season. However, Jón Árnason 27a is not that striker. He’s my longstanding (well 4 seasons) attacking midfielder. My 17 year-old striker Vilhjálmur Gestsson 30a who came through a year ago did fine with 18 goals. Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) – Jón Árnason 27a – 7.48 Man of The Match – Jón Árnason 27a – 8 Most Valuable Player– Jón Árnason 27a Season Division Position Notes 2024 1 4th Icelandic Cup Q/F, Playoffs S/F. 2025 1 10th Survived on last day of the season. 2026 1 4th League Cup losing finalists. Playoffs S/F 2027 1 4th Playoff S/F 2028 1 5th Icelandic Cup. Qualified for Europa Conference. Lost in playoff final. 2029 1 5th Lost in playoff final. 2030 1 5th Lost in playoff S/F. 2031 1 1st league Cup, Icelandic Cup R/U, League champs and promoted. Update As our stadium doesn't meet premier league requirements, we have to build a new one, and temporarily relocate to another city. trouble is, we're on a peninsular, so It's probably not that far if you have a boat. No idea when we'll be able to build a new stadium. yet more news, the board have agreed to have an U10 team and improve junior Coaching even more.
  6. Vikeologist's Víkingur 2031 Intake Reports Youth intake On the face of it, my worst intake, but it probably only appears that way because my team is getting stronger. However, now that my entire first XI consists of regens, it becomes ever harder for newbies to get opportunities. Atli Fannar Hafsteinsson 31a – Will be my backup right winger, (although with only 7 subs, that won’t guarantee him a place on the bench) and I needed one, but might be stuck behind my top prospect from 3 years ago for a while, or forever. Bad (Fickle) personality, but I put a lot of work into mentoring. Kristján Haraldsson 31b – A central defender, and I’m already pretty strong in that position, but will be useful if anybody leaves. YP26 Review Þorsteinn Kristjánsson 26a – was a very promising keeper, but there was a great goalie at the club at the start of the challenge. Kristjánsson finally took over as starter at the start of this season, even though the ‘veteran’ was still slightly better at that point. The question is whether he can still realise his potential. I forgot the most interesting thing about him. He's the best penalty taker in the squad, so might do well in the Big fat Goalie thing, but i won't be aiming for it, especially if disaster ensues from him taking a spot kick. Ólafur Karel Garðarsson 26b – He was a right winger. I needed a right winger, and he did start for two and a half seasons. Picked up good ratings, but didn’t seem to improve. Now he’s a forgotten man. He’s leaving at the end of the season. His personality has gone from Fairly Loyal to Jovial, (which when you examine it means that I probably improved his pressure attribute, but not much else). I don’t know whether the problem was his personality or just lack of actual potential. My 26c had the personality easily discouraged. Probably why he’s left football already. Guðmundur Haraldsson 26d – was my backup striker for ages, but never made much of his opportunities, and is 3rd on the depth chart now. Has developed, but won’t get many chances now. Gunnar Ellertsson 26e – A central midfielder, but I don’t use them. Have tried to turn him into a central defender, but that ship has sailed, so I’ve changed his training to defensive midfield. In summary, the intake probably wasn’t that great, (though opportunities played a big part).
  7. Vikeologist's Víkingur 2030 Season Report We had an awful start to the season. We won the first match, then picked up one point in the next 6. Then we won 5 in a row, and were top. Then we drew too many matches and the end result was that we had to win our final match of the season to be sure of even the playoffs. 2-1 up and the team below us losing. Then we had a player issued a straight red and ended up losing 3-2. Luckily the team below us also lost, so we’d limped in. Then we lost the home leg of the playoff semifinal 4-0, and although we edged the second leg, our season was over. It’s the same old story. The weak positions in our team are killing us, and long-term injuries to our top players don’t help either. I do believe the team is getting better, but there are 2 positions (DM and MR) where we need better players. Top Goalscorer – Kristófer Máni Atlason – 16 Slightly better tally than last year’s 11, but I’m going to start my 30a striker in the League Cup. I think it’s time to move on. Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) – Kristófer 24b – 7.25 So about the DM and MR problem. The players with the best ratings were Kristófer 24b at MR and Jón Kristinn Þórhallsson who actually had a better rating (7.33) but only played 7 matches. When I exported the data at the end of last season, they came out top in those positions (by averaging the key attributes). They obtained the top ratings. What’s the problem? Well, my coaches rate them both as 2 stars with little extra potential. I guess, I trust the JCA/JPA ratings more than the data and average match ratings. It’s hard to keep playing them when there are other players with 5 star potential and better current ability; supposedly. (These screenshots below were from a year ago. They take a while, so not going to do the next set until immediately before the start of the next regular season). Man of The Match – Kristófer 24b - 7 Most Valuable Player– Hlynur Vilhjálmsson 25a Like I said in my 5 season review above, my best player. I am starting to get slightly grumpy at my inability to gain promotion. Season Division Position Notes 2024 1 4th Icelandic Cup Q/F, Playoffs S/F. 2025 1 10th Survived on last day of the season. 2026 1 4th League Cup losing finalists. Playoffs S/F 2027 1 4th Playoff S/F 2028 1 5th Icelandic Cup. Qualified for Europa Conference. Lost in playoff final. 2029 1 5th Lost in playoff final. 2030 1 5th Lost in playoff S/F.
  8. Vikeologist's Víkingur 2030 Intake Reports Youth Intake Well, hello, Vilhjálmur Gestsson 30a! My starting striker is quite good, but doesn’t actually score enough. I don’t think that’s his fault, but Gestsson will definitely get a chance next season. Despite an unpromising preview, this looks a good intake. I hope that I can use the Model Citizen for mentoring eventually, although I suspect that he just won’t develop enough to have a big influence. 2025 Review Hlynur Vilhjálmsson 25a – A Central defender, and our star player. Has been a starter since I could register him. I thought he was going to run out his contract after 4 seasons, but I managed to get him to sign a new one which lasts another 2 years. Davíð Jakobsson 25b – He’s my other staring central defender. He’s good. Just not as good as Hylnur. Páll Gísli Víkingsson 25c – A midfielder who can play in either defensive or attacking roles, but has only ever appeared 3 times for us. A candidate to be released. Árni Þór Ingason 25d – A central midfielder who’s never played for us. Even more of a release candidate. Anton 25f – Left winger who’s started for the last 4 seasons. Not because he’s good, but because there’s nobody better. I mean, he’s fine, and has developed because of getting a lot of matches, but hopefully one year I’ll get a better prospect. Jón Svavarsson 25g – Soon became a key player in attacking midfield. Broke his leg this season, but will get his place back when healthy. A few other players who were released and are now with other clubs. 4 of my first team came from this intake, so it was pretty good, though it benefitted from being the second intake, after a disappointing first.
  9. Gez takes us through the wringer. When he does complete the challenge, it will be the joint happiest I'll have ever been for someone else on this challenge.
  10. I noticed this yesterday, but I don't know if it's the same problem.
  11. I don't have an U19 team. We kind of share an U19 team with about 4 other clubs. Anyway, the board repeatedly approve improvements to Youth Recruitment and Junior Coaching which are now both excellent, but refuse everything else, despite us now having a lot of money because of our short Europa Conf experience, meaning training facilities and Youth facilities is rock bottom. I'm not overly worried. I'd hope promotion if we ever achieve it, will solve some problems.
  12. Vikeologist's Víkingur 2029 Season Report We were never in contention to finish top. Two very good sides came down from the Premier League, and one of them, KR, ran away with the league. In the playoff semifinal we saved a penalty to avoid being 3-0 down at home within 30 minutes. I thought we were toast, but we turned it around to win 4-2 on aggregate and reach the final for the second season in a row. Up against 6-time Icelandic champions FH, it was close, but we fell short once again. We don’t really seem to be progressing. I have weak spots in the first team where players haven’t developed enough. Even though we went straight out, we made a lot of money being in the Europa Conference. However, the board still won’t upgrade our training facilities. I haven’t asked them to upgrade the Youth facilities. Since we don’t have an U19 team, I’m not sure what the point would be. I have a ‘professional’ HoYD who as far as I know, doesn’t actually do anything other than bring intakes through. We have upgraded Junior Coaching (again, apart from intakes, not sure what that impacts) and Youth Recruitment. I’m kind of hoping a new chairperson is elected at the upcoming elections, but they tend to usually be re-elected once. Squad This is my envisioned starting team for next season with a new left back coming in and Eiríksson 29a on the bench. Lots of potential, but I’m not sure some of them are ever going to realise it, especially with only adequate training facilities. Top Goalscorer – Kristófer Máni Atlason – 11 A terrible season for my lone striker, Atlason, but I’m not sure that he’s actually the problem. Both wings are weak spots. My backup striker didn’t do any better with his opportunities. Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) – 1. Aron Elí Gíslason / Sæmundur Bjarnason 24a – 6.99 Nobody averaged over 7. Man of The Match – 2 players – 3. Most Valuable Player– Hlynur Vilhjálmsson 25a The good news is that my best player, Hlynur Vilhjálmsson 25a, whose contract was running out finally agreed to re-up. All in all, a rough season. Maybe I need to export all the data to a spreadsheet and reevaluate everything. (It's so long since i did this, I'd completely forgotten how to do it, and the results just made me more confused). Season Division Position Notes 2024 1 4th Icelandic Cup Q/F, Playoffs S/F. 2025 1 10th Survived on last day of the season. 2026 1 4th League Cup losing finalists. Playoffs S/F 2027 1 4th Playoff S/F 2028 1 5th Icelandic Cup. Qualified for Europa Conference. Lost in playoff final. 2029 1 5th Lost in playoff final.
  13. Vikeologist's Víkingur 2029 Intake Reports Now that I’m almost 6 seasons into the save, it’s easier to assess the intake because they’re not full of 5 star potentials, and also it might be interesting to review intakes from 5 years earlier. I think last time I did the challenge, I did my reviews after 4 seasons. Yp24 Review There were 5 with 5 star potential. Sæmundur Bjarnason 24a – Attacking midfielder who was a starter for 2 years until better options came through. I play him when I can because he still has massive potential, but he’s quite alienated because he wants to be a starter. Kristófer Máni Sigurðsson 24b – Central midfielder I converted into a right winger. Was a sub for a couple of seasons, but hasn’t developed. His contract has expired, and his future with us is somewhat shaky. GuðmundurBöðvar Gunnarsson 24c – Fullback who usually starts at right back. Gísli Sveinsson 24d – Central defender who occasionally played when those ahead of him were injured or suspended. Hasn’t developed. Currently out on loan (at Afrika) where he’s doing well. Arnar Már Ingvarsson 24e – striker who’s spent the last few seasons on loan, but has never appeared for us. There’s a few other players who are now with other clubs after not making it with us. The 24fr has left football. So, all in all, a disappointing intake, given the opportunities they had as the first intake to a squad with hardly any players. Just goes to show that you can’t read anything into the plethora of 5 stars potentials you get early on. YP29 Honestly, this looks like a promising bunch. Konráð Freyr Eiríksson 29a – Central defender who will probably be a starter straight away next season. Óskar Stefánsson 29b – Probably start him at left back straight away, as my current 29 year old starter isn’t much better. 29c and 29d both have Resolute personalities which is potentially helpful, but frankly another promising goalie is useless at the moment. 2 of my 6 coaches are GK coaches though, so the promising goalies are developing a bit.
  14. Well, your first problem is that it will take a few seasons for your top facilities to have full, if any effect. It just doesn't work that quickly. You have to understand that even when a top club has top facilities, the chances of getting even one wonderkid are quite small. You only see the intake preview for a team you're in charge of. All teams should get at least a small intake in the first year. Not all clubs get their intakes at the same time though. Did all the other teams in that division get their intakes. I have to tell you. What you think is going to happen; is not. After about 4 years you are likely to start getting better players than the other teams in the division. I do not think that your intakes will be as good as the top premiership clubs, not least because they will steal a lot of them before they reach your intake. I'm not sure exactly what will happen, but it probably won't be what you hope. Why upgrade things in March, and not at the start of the save? Lots of decisive things happen to the intake before it arrives.
  15. Vikeologist's Víkingur 2028 Season Report I jinxed myself in my last post by saying that Keflavik haven’t even come close to promotion since winning the Icelandic Cup. Guess who went on a late season run of form and beat us in the playoff final. We were the better side in the final, but we’d probably used up all our luck previously. We really needed promotion. The cup run definitely made my players jaded and affected our league campaign. Squad Top Goalscorer – Kristófer Máni Atlason – 25 Went back to my favoured lone striker formation. Not a great tally for Atlason. Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) – Jón Árnason 27a – 7.51 Not bad for his first season. My second best attacking midfielder, but at 17 he could improve a lot. His Perfectionist personality could be equally important. Man of The Match – Jón Árnason 27a – 7 Most Valuable Player– Hlynur Vilhjálmsson 25a Just one year left on my young central defender’s contract. My worry is that he’ll sign with someone else mid-season, even if we finally achieve promotion. At the moment, my first team will be unchanged next year, but it’s possible some of the most recent intake may challenge by the time the season proper kicks off. Youth Intake Konráð Þórðarson 28a – Looks good. Problem is I don’t use an attacking right winger. Do I use him as a striker, which is his secondary but inferior position, or as a right winger, which he can barely play at the moment. He’s tiny, and my right wing is definitely the weak position in the team because the promising players I’ve used haven’t progressed. I just hope he can learn the position. Þorvaldur Sigurðsson 28b – A left winger. He’s a little behind my starter, but if he can catch up, there’s a pathway for him. Haukur Már Sigurþórsson 28c – Another promising goalie. I already have a 5 star prospect who can’t get games, so difficult to see this guy getting opportunities. Season Division Position Notes 2024 1 4th Icelandic Cup Q/F, Playoffs S/F. 2025 1 10th Survived on last day of the season. 2026 1 4th League Cup losing finalists. Playoffs S/F 2027 1 4th Playoff S/F 2028 1 5th Icelandic Cup. Lost in playoff final.
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