Jimbokav1971

It's ranked #8 at the moment. 185 Premier League. 180 Serie A. 180 LaLiga. 173 German Bundesliga. 172 Ligue 1. (Not active league). 166 Liga Portugal. (Not active league). 162 Eredivisie. (Not active league). 153 Scottish Premiership. 152 Süper Lig. (Not active league). 147 Austrian Bundesliga. (Not active league). I know that league reputations are now fluid, but I'm also aware that they're not "very" fluid and that any changes are very small and very gradual over a long period of time. I don't know what the starting figures or even the starting positions were. In terms of reputation stars though, the Premiership are the highest of the 3.5 * competitions, with 4 rated at 4.0 * and then the top 3 at 4.5 * rating. I will try to remember to come back and look at the repn ratings each season.

TV Rights. Racing CFF in France £18M, Tullibody in Scotland £1.5M Sponsorship. Racing CFF in France £7M, Tullibody in Scotland £1.6M. League Prize money. Racing CFF in France £8M, Tullibody in Scotland £2.4M. Attendances. Racing CFF in France 10,500, Tullibody in Scotland 10,502. By the looks of these we're miles off France, (which is a fair bit off England). I'll keep an eye on my request list.

Which structure are you managing in by the way?

Jan 2054. Scottish Premiership. After playing 8 league games last month, we only have to play 1 this month. UEFA Champions League. I think we've done really well for the 2nd Team to get to the Champions league Playoff at the 1st attempt. Scottish Cup. (The Big one). I've still got the hump about losing in the League Cup, (despite it effectively being a friendly), so I made sure we made no mistake here. Transfers. Goal-scoring GK's. (23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club). (23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club). (25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). (26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). (30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club). (31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). (33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). (37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club). (39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club). (40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). (43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 57/71 from the spot at 80%. (41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). Finances.

Good info to have. I think it's unlikely that it's a bug. I think it's more likely that some of the Scottish structure stuff under the hood relates poorly to the same English structure stuff. What would allow an English club to request an upgrade won't allow a similar Scottish club. Game Importance is likely to be very similar between the 2 Nations/structures, but the Finances aspect of that should probably be significantly different and that's probably what's causing the issues here. If you compare the average level of Facilities in Scotland compared to Facilities in ENgland then there is an enormous difference. It will be interesting to keep an eye on this and see how we unlock opportunities for improvrmrnt.

I think there is a difference between the board not being willing to upgrade facilities, and the option to a request an upgrade being unavailable. I know there was a problem with this in the past, (bug), but that was only at the very top levels and that wouldn't seem to be the case here. It could be a bug but I just prefer to think that it's something in the game that we just haven't triggered yet. Money is no longer an issue so it definitely isn't that, so reputation is the obvious answer, (although maybe not 100% accurate). There are 28 clubs in Europe with a Worldwide reputation. 1. AC Milan (9,997) 2. PSG 3. Atletico 4. Spurs 5. Real Madrid. Then there are 41 European Teams with a Continental reputation. 29. Hamburg (8,242) 30. Eintracht Frankfurt 31. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 32. FC Kaiserslautern 33. Everton Then there are 6 Major European clubs with a National reputation. 70. Werder Bremen (7,304) 71. Wolfsburg 72. Wolves 73. FC København 74. PSV Eindhoven So there are 75 "Major" clubs in my game. (I don't know if this is always the case). When we also add in Minor Clubs we appear. We're 64th of the "National" Rep clubs so we're 133rd on the list. 89. Celtic (7.014) 94. Hibs (6,960) 103. Aberdeen (6728) 131. Saint-Étienne 132. Fortuna Düsseldorf 133. Tullibody (6467) 134. Rostov 135. FC Utrecht 152. FC Viktoria Plzeň (6301)

Dec 2053. Scottish Premiership. 8 league games in 1 month is a lot, so to take 17 points from a possible 24 is pretty good going. The Airdrie result was a real shame, but to be honest we were poor and they deserved the win. It means that we're back to the top of the table, 2 points clear of Aberdeen, but we have 2 games in hand on them. 2 points further back are Hibs, and they actually have 1 game in hand on us, so to me hibs seem like our nearest challengers. Celtic are 14 points off the pace at the moment and it will take something special from them to get back into contention. UEFA Champions League. After 3 losses in Europe, we're back to winning ways. With 2 games remaining to play it's still in the balance as to whether we will qualify for the Playoffs or not. We probably need to win 1 of the remaining games to do so. Debuts. Although he's only 16 years old, (53c) Robertson (L.Heart) is a reasonable looking MC. with quite a few players out on loan and a little spate of midfielders getting injured, he came in and started the Champions League game against Lyon, (5-0 win), and then the Premiership game against St Johnstone, (2-0 win). Job Offer. I've just seen Barca absolutely bottle the 2nd leg of the Champions League Quarter Finals against PSG. No way I'm going to this interview! Transfers. I'm keen to keep selling players, even if only to clear the pathway for the next generation. It's a real shame that this graph only shows the income from initial sales, and doesn't include the receipt of add-ons and clauses and the like. I'm not even sure if it includes payments by instalment, (I don't think it does). Something that I think a lot of people overlook in FM saves in Transfer Debt. This usually means, (in a normal save), how much you owe other clubs for transfer deals which you've done in the past, but where the fees, (instalments), haven't been paid yet. In this case our Transfer Debt is red and in brackets which means it a minus figure. A minus figure for debt means it's not a debt at all. In fact it means that other clubs owe us £16M in guaranteed transfer income. This isn't like potential clauses that might be made. This is absolutely 100% guaranteed income that will be paid no matter what. In this particular instance we're owed over £16M in guaranteed The £16M comes from the sale of 6 different players, but you will notice that I put 3 different instalment clauses in the recent (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * sale, (just because I was keen to push things a little). (52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) * has been recalled from his loan spell in the Championship Records. Facilities. It's frustrating but I haven't got the option to request a Youth Facility upgrade. It could be a bug, but it also could be linked to reputation, (although I would have thought that the ceiling for our current rep would be higher than the current Youth Facility level of 9. I'm not really sure what to make of it, but I guess I'll just keep plugging away and hope that an option to request an upgrade appears soon and maybe after we pop to Continental reputation now that we're in the Champions League. Goal-scoring GK's. (23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club). (23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club). (25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). (26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). (30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club). (31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). (33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). (37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club). (39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club). (40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). (43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 57/71 from the spot at 80%. (41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). Finances.

Nov 2053. Scottish Premiership. We were poor against Aberdeen and they probably deserved their win. It means we've now lost 3 on the bounce in all competitions. UEFA Champions League. The 2nd Team are struggling a little at the moment and lose 2 more European games, both by a single goal. League Cup. We should have won this in the 90. We had gazillions of chances but couldn't take enough of them to get the job done. Debuts. Internationals. Records. Goal-scoring GK's. Finances.

Goal 50. Nov 2053. Mark McCoist isn't one of our players and also isn't a product of our Academy, but the only reason he's being included is simply because he's Scottish. Bayern have 4 of the top 10 and 6 of the top 20.

It was interesting that after I posted this, we seemed to go on a little spree of our MC's scoring and assisting just about everything. Against Rangers, both (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * and (45e) Brass6 (Fickle) MC * scored from central midfield. Against Celtic, (44b) Harvey (Spirit) * grabbed a goal and an assist and (48c) McKee (L-Heart) * also scored from central midfield. Against Hibs, (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * provided an assist. That's much more often than I usually see the central players contribute. It's strange how it works sometimes. In the spirit of fairness, they provided absolutely zilch in the 4th, 5th and 6th games of the month though. It's was just worth the post because it came immediately after my previous comment.

Oct 2053. Scottish Premiership. A REALLY good month, (despite no clean sheets), sees us take maximum points from our 5 games, including games against big-hitters Celtic and Hibs. The Celtic game in particular was a big result as we were away, and the Hibs win comes after we beat them in the League Cup last month so really really pleased with that because we all know momentum is huge in FM, so to beat them twice and see that they have dropped other points after that 1st win is significant. UEFA Europa League. I have to admit that Man Utd gave us a right doing here and fully deserved their victory. We pulled it back to 3-2 with 5 mins to go and I thought we might make it, but they scored again and we can have no complaints. Records. Goal-scoring GK's. (23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club). (23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club). (25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). (26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). (30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club). (31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). (33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). (37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club). (39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club). (40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). (43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 55/69 from the spot at 80%. (41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). Finances.

Yeah, he's far from rubbish and has served us really well throughout the save, especially when you consider that he came through the intake when we were in the Championship. 431 appearances in all competitions is not to be sniffed at. He's done great for us, but I just want more, and especially against the better teams we need to 2 central players to be primarily physical beasts who are ultra effective at covering lots of ground, winning the ball back and then off-loading to the Libero or WB's to progress us up the pitch. It's not an easy transition to make. Yes I need them to play a little at times, but I would be happy if they played less and destroyed more.

Sep 2053. Scottish Premiership. We've dropped points this month away from home, but I'm actually fine with that. We won both our home games and 1 of them was even mid-week, (so the 2nd team played). Interestingly, that was the biggest result of the month. The 2 draws were both away from home and while it could be argued we should have won them because Motherwell and Ross County are bottom and 2nd bottom in the table, I'm really not overly concerned. Hibs are flying at the top of the table. but Celtic are 1 point behind us having played 1 more game, so I don't think we're in a bad place at all. UEFA Champions League. Surprisingly, the 2nd Team are absolutely flying in Europe, and after 2 away draws in qualifying, they went and thumped Marseille 4-2 in Marseille. League Cup. The 2nd Team come up trumps again as they see off Hibs to progress to the Semi-Final. Yeah I know, it's only a group of friendlies. Debuts. Young (50j) McMullan (Unamb) * made his debut because as well as the 2st Team being rotated, (and the starter in the 2nd Team being injured), we have another 2 players ahead of him in the pecking order out on loan. I think that makes him 9th choice striker! Internationals. Goal-scoring GK's. (23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club). (23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club). (25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). (26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). (30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club). (31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). (33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). (37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club). (39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club). (40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). (43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 53/66 from the spot at 80%. (41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). Finances.

It's not quite the transformation you might think. (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * is a good player, (for us), but he's weak physically for someone that plays in the middle of the pitch in a 2, and at the start of the season he had 2 years left om his contract and I was considering whether to sell him and promote younger high PA players such as (52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) *, (52b) Hastings (Det) 5'9" * and (51a) Maley (F.Det) (IRL) *, all of whom still have 5.0 PA. Compare that to (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * who is maxed out at 3.5 PA. Additionally, he was 27 years old, had 2 years left on his contract and in my head it made sense to cash in on him a year early, (just to avoid the stress of getting a deal done next Summer), and at the same time boost the development of whoever was chosen to step up from the fringes. In the end, although I accepted a bid of £31M+ from West Brom, I had sort of decided that I wasn't going to sell him because I didn't want to lose him a year early, but in the end it didn't matter because he rejected the contract offer from West Brom. While the money is obviously important and we don't want to lose a player like this on a free, we have £66M in the bank so cash-flow is not exactly a problem. At the same time, only 1 player at the club is getting paid more than £6,500 per week, ((47b) Smith (Det) * is getting paid £10k pw), and (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * wants between £10k-£12k pw. Although the wages are doable and wouldn't break the bank, £12k pw is £624,000 per year and more importantly I just don't want him clogging up the pathway to the 1st Team for the younger players we have, (3 of which have 5.0 PA and then we have 3 more central midfielders who could be as good as he is now). At some point though we're going to have to start paying bigger wages to keep our best players and that's sort of where the £31M comes in. It's really important that I keep a hefty bank balance, (£50M+), so that when big clubs come in for our youngsters El Chieftain doesn't involve himself. In the end I decided that the timing wasn't quite right, (it was too early to let him go), so even before he pulled out of the deal I had decided to cancel it right at the end. These are the 3x MC's who each have 5.0 PA and I can't afford for a ageing player to block their pathway to the 1st Team. (52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) * has gone on loan to Partick Thistle who are currently top of the Championship and he's starting every game. That's exactly the move I wanted for him. I really like the look of him and expect him to play for us next season. (52b) Hastings (Det) 5'9" * has started 2 Champions League qualifying games for us this season, (at Libero), and while he's lacking a bit physically I really like the look of him. His height/jumping is a problem, but I'm liking that heading attribute. He looks like he will develop into a more workmanlike player in the middle of the pitch, (if I can boost his physicals). I will probably look to loan him out in January. (51a) Maley (F.Det) (IRL) * has gone on loan to League 1 and Dunfermline are currently challenging at the top of the table. Again, he's a more destructive player than the "playmakers" we've currently got in the team, and I think this works better in a 2 where there is lots of ground to cover. I like the look of his physicals. (48c) McKee (L-Heart) * plays for our 2nd Team, (still our Senior Team but he plays in the mid-week rotation). He has started 6 games in Europe and 2 more in the league. He doesn't appear to have the high PA that some of the others do, but it's plenty high enough to play for us at this level and I like him. (49d) Sutherland (Merc) * is a player who has stagnated a little and this is what I mean by the pathway to the 1st Team being blocked. He was listed for loan but never went out, (so I will try again in Jan), but he really needs 1st Team exposure to kick on to the next level. Unfortunately he's being restricted to U21 games at the moment. We've got other options in the middle of the pitch, but these are the players most likely to step up.