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Managed to get a badge and a home kit into the game. Unfortunately, it won't let me add an away kit. I tried mapping the kits to other teams and they worked, but only the home kit works mapping to Arsenal Aruba.

SV Arsenal Aruba I am still enjoying the Haringey save, but I couldn't resist coming back and seeing my Christmas present of the Caribbean leagues courtesy of @V50 I've decided to give it a go in Aruba and thanks to suggestions from @WhiteCat33 I loaded a bunch of leagues across North And South America and Europe to make it a more engaging challenge. There is no relegation from the second tier in Aruba, so I took the team with the worst record from both groups and landed with SV Arsenal Aruba! Next step is getting some kits and a logo in the game. The squad right now consists of only two players (both being poached away as we speak), with another six sitting in the reserves from the holiday season intake. It's gonna be a rough first season, but none of the other clubs around the division have full squads, so I imagine we can compete in the league. We are an Amateur side with the worst possible facilities, so only up from here. Excited to get the ball rolling in CONCACAF again.

Good job @XaW !!! Now what's the next place on the list...

Very excited to crack this open over the holidays, I loved the FM23 version!

It's been nearly a month, but I'm back playing the save again. Will start updating again this week

Haringey Borough - Review Season 6 This was the year everything clicked! The lineup was the same, but an extra year of gelling (and finally some green links between players) took our performances up a notch. We had a great midseason run and finished 5th in the league. We won the first round of the playoffs but lost in the semi finals to Wealdstone. It was a tight game and the 3-0 scoreline flattered them. We scored the 4th most goals in the league with 100 and we're a midtable defense with 78 conceded. Surprisingly our average attendance was 8th best at 905. We never used to have good attendance, but being established in the league helped I guess, as does being in the center of London. Next year we'll aim for another promotion push, but we managed to get another year older and I don't mind have more time in the VNS to build our club. Our midseason form coincided with 2 amazing cup runs. We spent about 500k on training facility upgrades, but made most of it back with cup runs. We managed to draw at home to L1 Wrexham in the FA Cup first round, and followed it up with a narrow 1-0 loss on the road that gave us a ton of money. We we're unlucky to draw the first game to be honest and should have advanced then and there. They scored an injury time goal to tie and we had 2.08 xG. Then the FA Trophy run was even better. We beat 4 VNL sides on our way to the final, which was against a Farnborough side that finished 14th in our division. A lucky draw that we couldn't do enough to make count as we lost on penalties after tying the game up in the 118th minute after sending everyone forward in an all-out attack. We were the better team so it was a tough loss to take when we had made it so close. Ultimately, we won 3 shootouts to make it that far and couldn't win the 4th. Top 3 performers: Spent a ton on training facility upgrades, but still looking healthy. Our wage budget is still low, but we can't afford any more youth recruitment upgrades until we get promoted or else the club will hemorrhage money. Got 1.2k to let Smith 02a leave a month early.

Haringey Borough - Youth Intake and Youth Review Season 6 Now this one isn't as good as our last couple, although we did pick up our first Dane. Youth Update Class of 2024 Brian Inglis - Seems to be enjoying the Queensland Premier League in Australia, Class of 2025 Callum Graham 01a - Managed to stay at the VNN level and has played 33 matches for Basford who will be relegated back out of the playable leagues. Johnny Rea 01b - Averaging a 5.53 in the second tier of Northern Ireland is rough. Colin Morgan 01c - He's a solid BWM and we don't ask him to do much more. Has put in some good performances on the pitch and in training. Kenneth John 01d - Lighting it up in the lower divisons in Nigeria on an amateur contract. Matthew Freeman 01e - Gloucester took him off our non contract deal, and he's not performed great. Rayon Messam 01j - Continues to be the most unlikeliest of heroes, but he's gonna win fans player of the season with double digit goals and assists and a 7.44 rating in all comps. Class of 2026 Oliver Smith 02a - Still committed to leave on a free after this season. I hope he reconsiders, but we have 2 young left backs behind him waiting for the chance to breakout. Paul Banton 02b - Left the youth teams at Worthing to play for Merthyr. Dylan Wilson 02c - World class mentals and not much else. We had to fork out lots of money to keep him at the club, but he's under contract for 2 years now. Gonçalo Paulo 02d - Underhwelming when he did get a chance, will be released this June. Gregory Griffith 02e - We can't see his attributes since he's all the way up in L1 now playing for Blackpool's youth teams after leavign Southend's youth teams. Ryan Camm 02f - Developed quite well in spite of his personality; averaging a 7.02 from center back helps. He's scored 10 goals in all comps this season just from corners with the 6'5" height and 18 jumping reach. Class of 2027 Aaron Porter 03a - Must be near his PA, since no bigger teams are interested in him despite scoring another 20 goals this season. Kemar Cox 03b - Also seems close to his PA, since his attributes have stayed the same this season despite good training and good performances (7.11 rating in the league). Armando Sargeant 03c - Looks to pick up where SMith 02a left off next season. Dean Murray 03d - He was this level when he came through the intake, so must have no PA since a Resolute personality + >7.20 performances in the league would have seen some development by now. Deno Jeffers 03e - Playing way down the English ladder now. Alex Nicholls 03h - Good partner to Camm 02f, but I'm hoping a new kid can supplant him, since he's stopped developing technically and his physicals still aren't great. Calvin Swift 03l - Still think he's much better than my assistants give him credit for, but hard to find any minutes in our deep midfield. Thomas Badu 03m - Not getting any better, so we'll let him go. Class of 2028 Ammar Al-Kindi 04a - Won't improve at all with that personality, but has been playing well enough to get rotation minutes. Jonathan Purrington 04b - Will benefits from more backup minutes when Smith 02a leaves. Razark Ashimeru 04c - Really like the look of him, has gotten the majority of the backup minute sin midfield this year. Yannick Ongenda 04d - Has been rotating with Worrell 05f and will continue to do so until one of them takes that step forward. Robin Hamilton O'Hara 04f - Really need those physicals to improve. Luke Evans 04h - Has finally shown signs of improvement, but we're thin in defense so he will keep his rotation place for now. Vaughan Southernwood 04i - Been fine in backup minutes and I still like his potential, if he can reach it. Class of 2029 Ally Paterson 05a - Ignore the red arrows, he's actually developed fine this year and had a high floor. Unfortunately, it looks like his potential isn't really there. Josh Ross 05b - Got a chunk of minutes this year and is looking decent. Alex Mehmet 05c - Another 16 year old who's played a ton this year, but hasn't put it together yet. Reeco Worrell 05f - Has been the first choice of our rotating GKs and has played ok for a 17 year old GK. Peter Mutero 05h - Our lack of defensive depth meant he was an unlikely candidate for rotation minutes and played ok. He's tall and can jump, so that's all I need for center backs.

Some of my players have declined technically, but I just chalk it up to basic training facilities, being semi-pro, and poor coaches. If you think about it, these kids are going from top-of-the-line junior coaching and better facilities as youths (assuming you've gotten some upgrades in), to worse facilities, with worse coaching, training twice a week. I really don't expect them to grow much technically, but they can become more experienced mentally and develop physically with age no matter how poor my training situation is. Here's one of my 19 year olds who has been training as a BWM. As you can see, his technicals have barely improved with the exception of his marking. And that's with only Marking and Tackling being focused on in training for his entire career. But he's grown mentally and physically because he's played 130 games of senior football. There's also the issue that some players just don't have the PA to improve that much technically. As you upgrade more and more junior coaching, the gap between CA and PA narrows since your youth are more technically advanced than their predecessors. It's natural that they just don't have that much more improvement left.

Did I sign a 19 year old recently released from Lowestoft to become my assistant coach, yes. Did I unsuccessfully try to get him to be my HOYD, also yes.

Are we bankrupting the club, maybe, but we aren't losing money at the moment so it seems worth an upgrade.

Congratd @the_hdk, the Dutch touch was really cool to follow along with!

Checking off another bingo slot in style!

Haringey Borough - Review Season 5 Another year, another mid table finish... surely this can't be the third straight season I've said that. This one was closer to the playoff spots than we've been all save with exception of that inaugural campaign. The young players are developing nicely and their performances are finally starting to reflect that. Hoping for a playoff run in our future and building a professional squad that can mentor poor players effectively. FA Cup run was great, didn't quite get to the first round proper but managed to take Layton Orient to a second leg. Losing in the first round of the FA Trophy when the opponents went down to 10 men after 13 mins and we conceded in the 90+2 minute was embarrassing. Top 3 performers: Made 100k due to cup runs. I'm still wary to upgrade youth recruitment and would rather upgrade our facilities that don't increase youth setup monthly expenses as much. Nothing in, let many guys on non contracts leave.

Haringey Borough - Youth Intake and Youth Review Season 5 Been out of town for the past week, but finally back on my monitor large enough take good screenshots for updates. This is a good intake punctuated by exceptional personalities throughout. I've been really aggressive with remodeling the squad with good personalities, and these guys will help. I will try to give the Model Citizen GK all the starts next season since he's not half bad as of now. Youth Update Class of 2024 Brian Inglis - A fantastic servant to the club with over 150 appearances to his name. However, we have prospects behind him with more potential and I do want to cull the squad of poor personalities so I don't plan on renwing his contract, Class of 2025 Callum Graham 01a - Was complaing about lack of first team minutes, so I loaned him out to Scotland midseason. Probably also will not get another contract. Johnny Rea 01b - A 3 year starter at RB despite his shortcomings (namely 5 acceleration). Will lose his starting spot next season, but I'll probably keep him around for cover for one more season. The awful personality might sway my decision however if I'm confident in the rest of our depth at the position. Colin Morgan 01c - Another 3 year starter whose performances have finally started to improve. I don't think he has much more development in him, but can do a job and has an ok personality. Kenneth John 01d - Went on loan this year, but hasn't developed at all. Don't plan on renewing his contract as we have younger, better talent coming through. Matthew Freeman 01e - Has a decent personality, so don't mind keeping him around the club on a non contract to be depth at GK. Rayon Messam 01j - All the way up to 2 technique. His physicals are still immense and he scored 8 and assisted 7 with a 7.11 rating in the league this season. Class of 2026 Oliver Smith 02a - One of the better players in the squad now, but has been making noie about wanting to run down his contract that expires at the end of next season. Wouldn't care to see him go as his performances have underwhelmed. Paul Banton 02b - Couldn't force his way into the first team so he left to join Worthing and play in their youth teams instead. Dylan Wilson 02c - Impressive mentals and is in line for a breakout performance next season after a few middling ones. Gonçalo Paulo 02d - Impressed in his limited minutes this season, but is not developing to merit more minutes at a position we are very deep in. Will extend his contract, but he's running out of time to prove it. Gregory Griffith 02e - At L2 Southend now, but I'll admit I don't see his potential at all. Ryan Camm 02f - Broke into the first team and played well, but a poor personality and some holes in his game mean I'd really like to see some development. Class of 2027 Aaron Porter 03a - Developed very well this year and scored 20 goals in the league. Kemar Cox 03b - Developing nicely and received a senior cap for Barbados (although not when this screenshot was taken). Armando Sargeant 03c - Part of the reason I wouldn't be sad to see Smith 02a go. Needs to develop more, but does have the Fairy Professional personality. Dean Murray 03d - Yes, he takes penalties, but he scored a fair few longshots too. Double digit goals and assists and is our best player by a good margin with a 7.26 rating in the league. Deno Jeffers 03e - I do like him, but without a great personalities and with those low technicals, I can't see him ever making our first team so will let his contract expire. Alex Nicholls 03h - Solid starter in the defense, has developed a bit this year but would like to see better technicals for next update. Calvin Swift 03l - Liked the look of his attributes enough to give him 12 starts this year, but it's now clear he just doesn't have the potential and the ability to reach it, so will be binning him back to the youth team next season or letting him go. Thomas Badu 03m - Similar story here, although we don't have as much depth for defensive midfielders. Class of 2028 Ammar Al-Kindi 04a - Is going to push me to my limits with the awful personality but solid performances and stats. If he starts negatively influencing the youth, I will get rid of him without question. Jonathan Purrington 04b - Great personality, but needs to develop. It's hard to get him game time at LB, so I'm hoping he can develop a bit and show me something. Razark Ashimeru 04c - Performed well when called upon, but hasn't started to develop yet. Yannick Ongenda 04d - Ok attributes and was the backup GK, but will be replaced by the Model Citizen unfortunately. Deno Jeffers 03e - I do like him, but without a great personalities and with those low technicals, I can't see him ever making our first team so will let his contract expire. Alex Nicholls 03h - Solid starter in the defense, has developed a bit this year but would like to see better technicals for next update. Calvin Swift 03l - Liked the look of his attributes enough to give him 12 starts this year, but it's now clear he just doesn't have the potential and the ability to reach it, so will be binning him back to the youth team next season or letting him go. Thomas Badu 03m - Similar story here, although we don't have as much depth for defensive midfielders. Colin Chaney-Williams 04e - Will have to separate himself in training, since we have too many wingers. Robin Hamilton O'Hara 04f - Those physicals look like adealbreaker right now. Luke Evans 04h - Tall and Fairly Professional, so I gave him rotation minutes in the defense. Looks to be improving nicely, but has a ways to go technically. Vaughan Southernwood 04i - If mentoring can rub off on him next season, I will let Rea 01b go and give this guy the backup minutes.

Not sure what he was expecting when he agreed to having an optional club extension for 1 year... In other news, we're ticking off another bingo spot and @WhiteCat33 will be happy about it.