thomas_e Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I was hoping that playing in the Championship would be a big financial boost to South Shields. 11 games in and its been nothing like that. We still play at our 5100 seat stadium and our sponsorship didn't increase when we made it to the Championship, we are basically at Vanarama South levels still.. what a joke. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 XaW - Íþróttafélagið Völsungur - 2024 Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances I was very positive going into this season, mostly because we've played a lot of top tier teams in the various cups, and I've never had the feeling the gap between the tiers were big. Before the season started I lost a couple of players who didn't want to extend their contracts, and also my board sold another player. Other than that, I managed to sell a few young players I didn't have any faith in for some small money. It's better than nothing, at least. The season started really well and we were actually unbeaten for the first 9 matches. Although it wasn't as good as it sounds since we drew most of the matches and only won a few. After that we had a bit of a drop in from before a final good surge again in the end. So we finished in a very good 3rd place this season. We had a decent League Cup, but it was only good enough for 3rd place in the group. In the VISA Bikar karlá we beat Þróttur V, Stjarnan and Leiknir Reykjavík before getting smashed by Íþróttafélagið Fylkir in the semi final. This was our first journey into Europe and more specifically the EURO Cup II. We started in the 1st qualifying round against Havnar Bóltfelag of the Faroe Islands. They were beaten comfortably in both legs to go through. In the 2nd qualifying round we drew Dundalk of Ireland. We got beaten away, and only managed to draw at home, so we got knockout out. We had a pretty good youth intake this season and got some nice players. The two most likely to be good are Aðalbjörn Hinriksson 24d and Ísleifur Guðmundsson 24c. The leading players this season have been Ásmundur Heiðarsson 23d, Sæþór Olgeirsson and Baldur Þórðarson. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, thomas_e said: I was hoping that playing in the Championship would be a big financial boost to South Shields. 11 games in and its been nothing like that. We still play at our 5100 seat stadium and our sponsorship didn't increase when we made it to the Championship, we are basically at Vanarama South levels still.. what a joke. If I remember correctly, you get some TV money in the Championship that should sort you out, unless you have a high spend. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpS_Zen Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 il y a 44 minutes, XaW a dit : il y a 48 minutes, thomas_e a dit : I was hoping that playing in the Championship would be a big financial boost to South Shields. 11 games in and its been nothing like that. We still play at our 5100 seat stadium and our sponsorship didn't increase when we made it to the Championship, we are basically at Vanarama South levels still.. what a joke. If I remember correctly, you get some TV money in the Championship that should sort you out, unless you have a high spend. Yes may be at the end of the season. I remember on previous FM, Championship was a massive financial boost. But let's be honest, as players, we are totally in the dark. I don't understand why SI don't show us simple informations about costs/incomes or manage to have a decent financial projection tool. Why hide the cost of a facility upgrade until you are able to do it? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_e Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 When you play in the Championship, you really know you have a bad team when your playmaker who's played every game so far this season is being chased by Spennymoor Town... they play in the Vanarama North... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacky Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 2022/23 Table | Squad | Transfers Quite a struggle for goals this season, not really any progress on the pitch. Off the pitch, training/youth upgraded and second upgrade accepted, several coaching badges, 2 levels of youth recruitment/junior coaching and importantly the board has allowed me to reject up to £2M offers so we didn't lose anyone this year. The player in question, last years top prospect, Simon Dressel, he's 17 now and so can play in the league next season, most likely as a mezzala, mental stats are superb. Also growing excellently, Tasos Garaklidis, he is now natural at centre back where he will be the first choice option next year. I hope I can keep both these players over the summer. Top scorer - Florian Pieper (Second season in a row, more best of a bad bunch really) My player of the season - Pius Krätschmer (It could have been Sascha Korb again but I like this guy) The youth intake was very impressive, a star centre back for sure along with a decent playmaker, possibly a left back and goalkeeper too but they need a lot more development. Top prospect - Mariano Benítez, I shall train the Paraguayan born attacker as a playmaker at AMR to avoid competition for the attacking CM spot in the team and he isn't going to make it as a striker. My pick - Sean Dylan Becker, Just a glorious talent, when he is 17 I expect him to partner Garaklidis as a covering centre-back for some time. Season | League | Position | Cup | Europe --------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | 3. Liga | 1st | N/A | N/A 2021/22 | 2. Liga | 9th | 1st Rnd | N/A 2022/23 | 2. Liga | 12th | 2nd Rnd | N/A 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego D10S Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 13 hours ago, thomas_e said: I was hoping that playing in the Championship would be a big financial boost to South Shields. 11 games in and its been nothing like that. We still play at our 5100 seat stadium and our sponsorship didn't increase when we made it to the Championship, we are basically at Vanarama South levels still.. what a joke. I belive you get a good amount of money at the end of the season depended on placement. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_e Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Thanks for the response regarding payouts in the Championship. Hopefully I will get some money at the end of the season! Probably had way too high hopes that we would have to use another clubs stadium and get huge income from day one! After 11 games it looks like it will be only one season in the Championship for a while! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keon Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Came across this challenge yesterday after getting bored of my previous long term save, started as Hyde in the Conf North... wish me luck as this is my first time trying this challenge!! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayam99x Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, keon said: Came across this challenge yesterday after getting bored of my previous long term save, started as Hyde in the Conf North... wish me luck as this is my first time trying this challenge!! Good luck, Keon! Looking forward to seeing your story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkouv Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) Scarborough Athletic – Season 3 (2022/23) Vanarama National League: It was all about survival this year and we managed it. We played crap football and our results in the second half of the year were stonewall relegation form, but we were never really in danger of going down thanks to a solid first half of the season and the terrible form of the bottom five sides. I don’t think there is much I can do until the squad quality improves substantially - at the moment it´s all about waiting it out, keeping our best players and staying solvent. Players: Tony Webster (AMC/ST) hit 25 goals this season, but it was Russell Jebbison 02c (DRC/DM) who surprised me most: he improved very rapidly - probably thanks to his professional personality - and is now one of our best players by far. In general, the squad has 3-4 players like Webster and Jebbison who are rated top for Vanarama regional leagues and the rest is pretty awful at the moment, albeit with some potential due to the squad being young. Youth intake: I was a bit short of wingers and got them in plentiful amount, with Nathan Taylor 03a (MR/AMR/ST) and Kyle Dean 03b (ML) looking the best of the bunch. Hard to know their potential due to the low ability of my squad, but these two are going straight into the first team. Facilities: Upgraded youth facilities and the board decided to expand the stadium slightly, but I’m now losing money every month so no further upgrades for a while. Transfers: none Season | League | Pos. | Europe | Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | Vanarama North | 7 | n/a | Lost in playoff semi final. FA cup first round 2021/22 | Vanarama North | 2 | n/a | Promotion through playoffs 2022/23 | Vanarama Nat. | 16 | n/a | . Season | Coaching | Recruitment | Training Fac. | Youth Fac. | Stadium ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | Adequate | Fairly Basic | Below average | Basic | 3208 2021/22 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Basic | 3208 2022/23 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Below average | 4000 Edited March 19, 2020 by dkouv 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 XaW - Íþróttafélagið Völsungur - 2025 Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances So, I managed to avoid losing any players I wanted to keep, but fewer teams are trying to poach our players, so I think our reputation is getting better. The teams is becoming pretty good, but there are still some issues since the team is quite unbalanced. Hopefully it will improve as we keep getting in players that are slightly better. Still, I'm seeing we are not getting many good players each year. And with us losing a lot of money, it's not viable of us improving stuff any time soon. Going into the EURO Cup II is nice, but it's not that much money, so I think we need to win a league title soon to get the big money from the CL qualifiers. The season went quite well and we are now part of the top half, even if it's pretty close. Breiðablik ran a bit away with it at the end, but we ended in 2nd on goal difference since we were on equal points with two other teams. We had another decent League Cup, but didn't get through as we finished in 2nd place in group. In the VISA Bikar karlá we beat Haukar and ÍBK Keflavík before losing to KR in the quarter final. Our efforts in Europe were pretty good even if it is the EURO Cup II. We started in the 1st qualifying round were we beat Irish outfit Shamrock Rovers at home, lost away, but still went through. In the 2nd qualifying round we crushed KF Laçi of Albania in both legs. In the 3rd qualifying round we faced FK Partizan of Serbia. We narrowly beat them at home, but lost big in Belgrade and got knocked out. We had a decent youth intake this season and got some nice players. The two to highlight are Brynjar Gauti Hafsteinsson 25a and Jón Stefán Halldórsson 25b. The leading players this season have been Helgi Ingvarsson 23g, Ásmundur Heiðarsson 23d and Andri Fannar Oddgeirsson 24e. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I'd be furious if it was against me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacky Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, XaW said: I'd be furious if it was against me! Same here, 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keon Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Hyde United - 20/21 - mid season update Original documents - Game setup | Qualifications Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances | Facilities I have stolen the template of previous entries so thank you for the creator of that. As mentioned previously, this is my first time trying this challenge and I must say, over my 17 years of CM/FM, this is pure craziness! Hyde started off with quite a well rounded squad compared to the other promoted clubs, plus slightly better youth facilities so that swayed me. The season started by losing my first choice goalkeeper, he was on the TL and I couldn't remove him from it (I assume he requested a transfer before I took over maybe?) and subsequently, moved to Dagenham & Redbridge. I had two other goalkeepers anyway so not the end of the world. Started the league off with a nice 1-0 home win against Tamworth (a fellow promoted team)... Then didn't see another win for another 2 months. Experimented with different formations, but have now stuck to my favoured 4-2-3-1 which I've used over the years on my FM saves and my form has improved since the switch. We are a few points clear of the relegation zone which I will definitely take at this stage considering where we were at the end of September. Cup competitions haven't been great, knocked out at the first stage we entered into for the FA Cup to Buxton in a replay, and then knocked out of the FA Trophy 1st round at home to York (who are top of the Conference North). Got my youth intake report and looks quite positive, I know that will probably change!! In general the squad is at a good age, but could definitely do with some more centre midfielders/wingers of quality. I shall update at the end of the season if I'm still in a job!! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afailed10 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Started the challenge with Tirsense in Portugal but the squad is very thin and my best striker got poached already. Am i supposed to go through a year with a few gray players in starting lineup? I loaded the database with lower division players. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, KyleHyde said: Started the challenge with Tirsense in Portugal but the squad is very thin and my best striker got poached already. Am i supposed to go through a year with a few gray players in starting lineup? I loaded the database with lower division players. I had the same issues in my try in Portugal. Played a goalkeeper as right back half the season because I didn't have any other players. If I remember correctly, grays are only allowed to fill out the first 11 to start matches. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afailed10 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, XaW said: I had the same issues in my try in Portugal. Played a goalkeeper as right back half the season because I didn't have any other players. If I remember correctly, grays are only allowed to fill out the first 11 to start matches. Ye i think that's too much of an hassle for me. I love the challenge but at some point it's just too unrealistic. Shame because Tirsense is one of the Portuguese classic's! Guess i'll keep reloading. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 minute ago, KyleHyde said: Ye i think that's too much of an hassle for me. I love the challenge but at some point it's just too unrealistic. Shame because Tirsense is one of the Portuguese classic's! Guess i'll keep reloading. The first seasons are the hardest ones, with at least a couple of youth intakes you have players in all positions. The different leagues have different levels of filled up squads, so somewhere you have a core you can use for a few years, while others you have to survive the first season with crappy players and then pretty much play with 16-17 years olds for a few season while you are getting established. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afailed10 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, XaW said: The first seasons are the hardest ones, with at least a couple of youth intakes you have players in all positions. The different leagues have different levels of filled up squads, so somewhere you have a core you can use for a few years, while others you have to survive the first season with crappy players and then pretty much play with 16-17 years olds for a few season while you are getting established. I fixed it by adding the u19s and regional databases which means promoted teams will have non gray u19 players and also more composed main squads. Now just need to keep reloading until i get Tirsense. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpS_Zen Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Season 13 2032/2033 Decent season, with less sucess than the previous one. We lost the first round play-offs to Wycombe (1-1, 3-2 penalties) which got promoted afterwise. My hot prospect from previous YT improved a lot, he became better than my first GK during mid season, and he is now the best player of my team. He got called to irish u20 world cup and to u19 euro. He didn't play once for ireland, but he wasn't available for the rest of the play-offs and i had no real back up GK. Indeed, i got a big offer for my back up GK, the last day of winter mercato, 18k+sell release. I may regret this if my GK keeps being called in irish selection...especially during play-offs ! Good runs in cups. In FA Cup, we beated Hereford (VNL), thanks to penalties, after two 0-0. Then Forest Green (L2) in a convincing win. The 40k tv rights are nice to take ! We lost both cups in 2nd round, in FA cup against a L1 team, and in FA trophy against Salford, one of the strongest VNL squad. Those runs help our finances with a nice 250k boost. Unfortunately, 350k is not enough to improve my youth facilities. I have no idea how much it would cost, so by default, i chosed to improve the training center for 220k. This will be effective next season. A good YT, i needed a DR, and i got one as hot prospect. Well, he is natural as DC, but hopefully i can make him a natural DR I also had a promising midfield, an other area were i was missing quality. Aim: reach PO and hopefully be promoted ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grff Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 NK Zadar: 2047/48 season review Won the league for to make it 3 in a row. The CL campaign was our worst for a while as we didn't make it out of the group stage. We then were dumped out of the Europa League by Chelsea. Some good numbers from the majority of the squad. Youth intake. Changed my HoYD again to try and combat alot of unambitious recruits coming through. Transfers In other news, we are now being floated on the stock exchange due to a board takeover. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_e Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 South Shields Youth Intake 2030 A pretty good intake for us. The quantity of high quality players is rather low, but we got a good goalkeeper! We also got a striker with high star rating in Christian Turl, but I am not sure how good he will actually become. Danny Stubbs will be a good player for us in a couple of years. Not necessarily a starter, but he can play in several positions and is already showing good mental stats. I will post screenshots of the players below, and I will also post my current goalkeeper. The question is, who should be my first choice? Intake Goalkeepers - who should be my first choice? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayam99x Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, thomas_e said: Goalkeepers - who should be my first choice? I would say go with your regular goalkeeper for now. Youngsters don't need much game time to develop, whereas older players do. Once he's 18 or just much better than Peter change them around. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpS_Zen Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 il y a 8 minutes, Crayam99x a dit : il y a 14 minutes, thomas_e a dit : Goalkeepers - who should be my first choice? I would say go with your regular goalkeeper for now. Youngsters don't need much game time to develop, whereas older players do. Once he's 18 or just much better than Peter change them around. Agree, keep your regular GK for now. Don't forget to offer a contract to your GK asap 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_e Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 18 minutes ago, SpS_Zen said: Agree, keep your regular GK for now. Don't forget to offer a contract to your GK asap He signed a youth contract that automatically turns into a 5 year contract once he turns 17 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnauzer Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Nuneaton Borough FC - Season 2026/27 Review Vanarama National League League Performance - A really great season of progress! We make the playoffs in 4th position,but aren't quite able to reach the promised land of the Football League. The playoffs in the non-league are really tough as you often have to win 3 games in a row to be promoted, unless you finish 2nd or 3rd. We beat Hereford 2-1 after extra time in the first playoff round but this tired the team out and we lost in the semi final 2-1 after extra time away to Morecambe, who themselves were beaten in the final by Fylde. The team is getting better each year and we have lots of players getting closer to their peak, with a few players more or less there now at ages 22 and 23. The 'Italian goalhound' Ali De Rose rediscovered his old form and he and Josh Soleman both netted 19 goals each. If they can both add more to that next year then we could end up pushing for 1st place - Which in fact, we were this season, until the chairman decided to accept a bid for our best player Ollie Thomas (our deep lying playmaker) in January. More on that later. Still, it was a good season and now that we have improved our youth facilities, next season's intake might push us on to the next level. FA Cup - Knocked out in the 2nd round proper by League One side Crewe, losing 3-0 away from home. FA Trophy - Out in the 1st round proper to Solihull Moors. I'm pretty sure we've lost EVERY single season in the 1st round. Hmmm... Squad - A good improvement across the board; especially in defence where I noticed us conceding much less. My top 3 players for the season were: 1. Josh Soleman A breakout season for our new star forward, netting 19 and assisting 6 in the league. He's now wanted by QPR, so our chairman better not play the fool again. 2. Alessandro De Rose He scored 19 in the league this season after only managing 11 last year. 3. Akeal Rehman Our elder statesman at only 28 had to revert to playing the DLP - DM when Thomas was sold and picked up 6 league assists. Top youngsters - We've got some new players to add to our top end players bracket, with the youngsters doing great. My top 3 young players for the season were: 1. Chris Wilson He's established himself as our best winger. Very quick and agile and beats his defender regularly. 2. Michael Clarke Improving lots and now our first choice AP - CM. 3. Dean Isherwood Had a real breakout season and is now rated as our best defender at only 19 years old. Youth Intake - Only one potential long term starter. The fabulously named Shawn President looks a real talent and has loads of attributes close to double figures, so I was really unsure which position to retrain him for. In the end I've decided he could be a good replacement for Ollie Thomas and retraining him in defensive midfield. Transfers - Two words - bloody chairman! He accepted a bid for Ollie Thomas from Barnsley which doesn't on the face of it seem terrible but he had a 6 year contract and we really didn't need to sell! He'd also scored 6 goals by January and made us a title contender strength side. I maybe wouldn't have minded so much if the chairman had negotiated a 50% of next sale clause in there, but £250k is our lot for this player with great potential. Other piece of note with Lee Sadler going out on loan to VNN side Warrington, where he has progressed well and put himself in contention for next season. Finances - The sale of Thomas has put us back on solid financial footing after we spent big on facilities, but we would have got there eventually anyway. Steve Sadler, who we sold to Sunderland a couple of seasons ago has become a mainstay in the Sunderland team in the Championship and now is wanted by teams such as Leicester. He has a release clause of over £8milllion and they buy him for that we get half! Other Updates - We completed our upgrade to youth facilities - Our average attendance is now about 1,600 per game, which is helping us to be financially stable even if the Sadler money doesn't come through. If it does, the youth facilities will be getting upgraded pronto and then pronto again. League Finish History Y20/21 - VNN - 13th - 61pts, Y21/22 - VNN - 5th - 85pts, Y22/23 - VNN - 13th - 58pts, Y23/24 - VNN - 6th (playoff win) - 78pts, Y24/25 - VNL - 19th - 49pts, Y25/26 - VNL - 15th - 59pts, Y26/27 - VNL - 4th - 81pts. Facilities Training Facilities - Great (L'boro Uni share), Youth Facilities - Below Average, Junior Coaching - Excellent, Youth Recruitment - Excellent. UP THE NUNEATON BORO! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnauzer Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I've just noticed that Barnet, a team in our division (Vanarama National) are paying a player £9,250 a WEEK. How are we meant to compete against that They're also paying up to £1million per player for their incoming transfers... I wonder if we are coming up against a team with a sugar daddy owner?? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_e Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 South Shields Season Summary 2029-2030 Survival on the last day! How we survived this season is a mystery, but we did it somehow. Most of our players are only good enough for the Vanarama if my coaching reports are any good, but grit and luck saw us through. We were in and around the relegation zone for the entire season, but we managed to keep away in the end. A 1-0 win against Milwall on the last day secured our place in the Championship. A shocking goal difference of -33 tells the story of how bad we were at times.. After October I was sure we were going down, we were absolutely dreadful. We lost 6-0 to Milwall and our central defender Gary Smith played to a 4,5 rating. That lead to a change in tactics, playing on the counter in basically every game. During Christmas we actually went on a streak of three wins in four games and that certainly gave us some momentum. What separated us from the teams that got relegated were that we had more draws and they had more losses. Next season that might change! Our advantage is that our team will be one year older and that will help us quite a bit. Our inexperience hurt us at times, but we have to stick with it. We have Bob Sterry up front, and after a really slow start he ended the season with a fantastic 24 goals! The club will build a new 14 684 seat stadium which will see us generate a lot more match day income. Let's hope we can get some more upgrades. Btw, we have around £740k in sponsorship revenue. This has been a known bug with this game and its an absolute JOKE that it hasn't been fixed. In no reality whatsoever would a Championship team generate a revenue as low as this. But with this match engine I guess we can't expect much.... Season Summary Top performers Top talents Season | League | Position | FA Cup | League Cup | Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | Vanarama Nat. League South | 1st | 1st round | 2nd Round (FA Trophy) | Promotion! 2021/22 | Vanarama Nat. League | 7th | 3rd round | 2nd Round (FA Trophy) | Made the playoffs 2022/23 | Vanarama Nat. League | 5th | 3rd round | 2nd Round (FA Trophy) | Lost VNL playoff final 2023/24 | Vanarama Nat. League | 7th | 1st round | 4th Round (FA Trophy) | Lost first playoff leg 2024/25 | Vanarama Nat. League | 1st | 2nd round | 3rd Round (FA Trophy) | Promotion! 2025/26 | Sky Bet League 2 | 7th | 1st round | 2nd round | Lost first playoff leg 2026/27 | Sky Bet League 2 | 3rd | 2nd round | 1st round | Promotion! 2027/28 | Sky Bet League 1 | 13th | 4th round | 1st round | Solid mid-table finish 2028/29 | Sky Bet League 1 | 1st | 1th round | 2nd round | Promotion! 2029/30 | Championship | 20th | 4th round | 1st round | Survived on the last day 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 XaW - Íþróttafélagið Völsungur - 2026 Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances So, I managed to avoid losing any players I wanted to keep, but fewer teams are trying to poach our players, so I think our reputation is getting better. The teams is becoming pretty good, but there are still some issues since the team is quite unbalanced. Hopefully it will improve as we keep getting in players that are slightly better. Still, I'm seeing we are not getting many good players each year. And with us losing a lot of money, it's not viable of us improving stuff any time soon. Going into the EURO Cup II is nice, but it's not that much money, so I think we need to win a league title soon to get the big money from the CL qualifiers. The season went quite well and we are now part of the top half, even if it's pretty close. Breiðablik ran a bit away with it at the end, but we ended in 2nd on goal difference since we were on equal points with two other teams. We had another decent League Cup, but didn't get through as we finished in 2nd place in group. In the VISA Bikar karlá we beat Haukar and ÍBK Keflavík before losing to KR in the quarter final. Our efforts in Europe were pretty good even if it is the EURO Cup II. We started in the 1st qualifying round were we beat Irish outfit Shamrock Rovers at home, lost away, but still went through. In the 2nd qualifying round we crushed KF Laçi of Albania in both legs. In the 3rd qualifying round we faced FK Partizan of Serbia. We narrowly beat them at home, but lost big in Belgrade and got knocked out. We had a decent youth intake this season and got some nice players. The two to highlight are Brynjar Gauti Hafsteinsson 25a and Jón Stefán Halldórsson 25b. The leading players this season have been Helgi Ingvarsson 23g, Ásmundur Heiðarsson 23d and Andri Fannar Oddgeirsson 24e. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keon Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Unfortunately I was sacked at Hyde after 39 matches went on a terrible run where the board said I need to get 8 points from 5 games for me to avoid the sack... it didn't happen I stayed unemployed until the end of the season to see they lost all but 1 of their remaining games, ah well! One of the youth players which came through looked reasonable too which was a shame. On a different note, bit weird that when you 'add manager' and go to a prospective team, you see all the stats of the players even with attribute masking? That's how I assessed the youth that came through. I've started the challenge again with Tamworth (same time period, start in June 2020) so fingers crossed I fare better! I will do an end of season update if I survive!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkouv Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Scarborough Athletic – Season 4 (2023/24) Vanarama National League: We had a great first half of the season, going as high as 2nd at one point, but a terrible run of form in the second half of the season saw us slide down to 8th, just outside the playoffs. Still, 76 points is a big improvement on last season and I gotta be happy with that. Players: Russell Jebbison 02c (DLC/DM) continues to improve and is now wanted by Championship clubs, so let’s see how long he sticks around. Old-timer Chris Dawson (DMC/MC) actually recorded the highest average rating, chipping in with 6 goals and 11 assists from midfield - which I guess is not the most positive signal about the state of our squad. Youth intake: A solid looking intake. Paolo Bermejo 04a (DL) goes straight into the first team as the only decent-quality leftback in he squad. Abdul Acquah 04b (DMC/MLC) needs to improve his physicals but looks promising, and I’m hoping Jari Leppanen 04c (AMLC/ST) will someday emulate his countryman and namesake Litmanen to provide some creative masterclass in the midfield. . . Facilities: No change Transfers: none Season | League | Pos. | Europe | Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | Vanarama North | 7 | n/a | Lost in playoff semi final. FA cup first round 2021/22 | Vanarama North | 2 | n/a | Promotion through playoffs 2022/23 | Vanarama Nat. | 16 | n/a | 2023/24 | Vanarama Nat. | 8 | n/a | . Season | Coaching | Recruitment | Training Fac. | Youth Fac. | Stadium ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | Adequate | Fairly Basic | Below average | Basic | 3208 2021/22 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Basic | 3208 2022/23 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Below average | 4000 2023/24 | Excellent | Average | Below average | Below average | 4000 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owenhide Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I'm thinking of starting this save but not sure whether to start in England or go to a small nation like Iceland. Cause I reckon once you get to the premier league it your close to the champions league but with a smaller nation you build up a nation more and it's more difficult. What do youse suggest? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Owenhide said: I'm thinking of starting this save but not sure whether to start in England or go to a small nation like Iceland. Cause I reckon once you get to the premier league it your close to the champions league but with a smaller nation you build up a nation more and it's more difficult. What do youse suggest? Depends on what you like or are looking for. In smaller places like Iceland it's easier to do well in the domestic league, but hard in Europe. In England it takes much longer to get promoted through the leagues, but when you finally reach Europe you should have a decent shot at doing well there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owenhide Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, XaW said: Depends on what you like or are looking for. In smaller places like Iceland it's easier to do well in the domestic league, but hard in Europe. In England it takes much longer to get promoted through the leagues, but when you finally reach Europe you should have a decent shot at doing well there. Which one do you think is more enjoyable? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Owenhide said: Which one do you think is more enjoyable? I've enjoyed both. Since I did it with Kettering in England in FM19, I'd like to finish it in Iceland this time around. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owenhide Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, XaW said: I've enjoyed both. Since I did it with Kettering in England in FM19, I'd like to finish it in Iceland this time around. Think I might give it a go in Iceland seems a bit more enjoyable to me 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 18 minutes ago, Owenhide said: Think I might give it a go in Iceland seems a bit more enjoyable to me Do note that in Iceland there is some strange things with U19 teams vs first teams for pretty much all teams except ÍR and Völsungur (my team). The rest you don't have a real U19 team, but a "shared" one with other teams that you have to manually loan out players and cannot recall them easily and such things. That's what @OlivierL and I found out some months back. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacky Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Just a quick mid-season update. Its going badly, really badly. The defence is slightly more leaky than the past two years but I can't score a goal, or even look like scoring a goal, even missed 3 penalties in a row. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owenhide Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, XaW said: Do note that in Iceland there is some strange things with U19 teams vs first teams for pretty much all teams except ÍR and Völsungur (my team). The rest you don't have a real U19 team, but a "shared" one with other teams that you have to manually loan out players and cannot recall them easily and such things. That's what @OlivierL and I found out some months back. Ye just got a save with volsungur then so going to give it a go 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grff Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 NK Zadar: 2048/49 season review A pretty poor season compared to recent ones. Squeezed into second place on the last day, meanwhile surprise package Osijek romped home with the title. Managed to get to the CL Q/F before falling to Atletico. A selection of good numbers Youth intake. A better class coming through this year. Transfers 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Vikeologist's Palermo 2035/36 Youth Intake Report The first thing to say is that the personalities are dreadful. I haven’t been paying much attention to U18 mentoring because I would expect the excellent (Highly Professional) squad personality to win out in the end, but I can’t allow this lot to stay so unambitious, especially since it’s a problem with the whole squad which has inherited that trait from the original Model Citizen I used to shape the squad personality. I’m giving a youth contract to the worst player in the intake just because he has a resolute personality. The second thing to say is that there’s nobody great here, but I suppose it’s not the worst intake ever. Michele Capozzi YP16a -Didn’t really need a new central defender, but I suppose it’s been a while since a good one has come through the youth ranks, so he may be useful one day. Actually my 14a player was a central defender, but that probably was the worst intake ever. My intakes are almost always a depressing point in the season these days, but I do like looking back 4 years. (Although this might be the last time I enjoy that either). Calogero Bellomonte YP12a – A wonderkid, although that wasn’t immediately apparent. So really, it’s only been 4 years since I had a good central defender come through. He’s been in the first team for 2 years, but I took a break from the challenge in the middle which is probably why it seems longer. Bellomonte should break into the senior international squad at some point. He’s already one of the best players in the team at the age of 20. Antonino Plescia YP12b – A striker who had a full season of first team Serie C matches on loan last season, and only scored 4 goals. It’s hard for the promising young strikers to get games in my first team, and Plescia is not at all promising. Didn’t even know he existed, to be honest. Just looked at my comments when he arrived; ‘A striker. Good luck getting any games with us.’ Matteo Fabbri YP12c – A central midfielder who got a few matches in the first couple of years, but limited chances and disappointing development means he’s an U20 mainstay for the moment. However, I don’t have a lot of central midfielders, and if my backup does leave, as he wanted to this season, somebody will have to be on the sub’s bench. Alberto Cacco YP12d – Even after selling one of my top goalkeepers last season, I still have 3 all pretty much level on 3 stars, and Cacco isn’t one of them. Perenially on loan. Onofrio Pellegrino YP12i – The surprise of the intake. He’s a left winger. I need a left winger. I have no good left wingers. Pellegrino has benefitted from getting plenty of first team matches. He’s basically been my first choice for 3 seasons. He’s not great. His stats aren’t great, but there’s no one else. Believe me, I wish there was. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) XaW - Íþróttafélagið Völsungur - 2027 Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances For this season I tried to create a new tactic, since I felt the 4-4-1-1 I had used up until now weren't playing to our best interests. So I tried to create my favourite 4-5-1/4-3-3 wide forwards tactic. I used it for the first 3 matches of the season, and... well, it failed miserably! I lost 0-4, 0-1 and 0-3, so we were dead last. It turns out, that doesn't work well for me at the moment, so I went for my old trusty 4-4-2. And that gave me some real good results from the get go! The next 5 matches we won 4 and drew once, so I think I'll stick with it for the time being. The season went very well from there on out. Only a single loss for the rest of the season and we propelled up the table. If fact, we won the whole damn thing with a game to spare! Now, let that be a lesson to myself once again, don't overcomplicate things! We had another decent League Cup, were we won our group to go into the knockout stage. Here we lost to Íþróttabandalag Akraness in the semi final. In the VISA Bikar karlá we beat Þróttur, Akureyrar, Víkingur Reykjavík and Fjölnir to reach the final. Here we beat Akraness to claim a domestic double. We had another go in Europe this season and it was once again the EURO Cup II. As usual we started in the 1st qualification round and we faced Zirä of Azerbaijan. They got crushed in both legs so we went through to the 2nd qualification round. Here we beat Vaduz of Liechtenstein (Swiss league) to go through. In the 3rd qualification round we drew Spartak Moscow of Russia, a big team for us. We managed to beat them 1-0 at home and then lost 2-1 away to go past them on away goals! In the 4th qualification round we drew Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia. We won 2-0 at home and then lost 3-1 away to once again go through on away goals. This meant we went into the group stage. This finally meant we were out of debt when we got £2m for getting this far. Here we drew Qarabağ of Azerbaijan, AGF of Denmark and Bodø/Glimt of Norway. So far we've only played two matches were we beat Qarabağ at home, and lost away to AGF. Update: We lost away to Bodø/Glimt, but beat them at home. We also beat Qarabağ, but lost at home to AGF. That meant we finished 3rd in our group and got knocked out. The youth intake were much better this season. Pálmi Rafn Guðmundsson 27a and Brynjar Sæmundsson 27b seems like the best ones. The leading players this season have been Aron Sindrason, Bjarki Hilmarsson 21h and Helgi Ingvarsson 23g. Edited March 23, 2020 by XaW 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owenhide Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 @XaW Have you got any tips on how to develop my youth players in the Iceland league cause theres so many players I want to give game time to so they develop but it's hard to get them in. I'm in my 4th season just stayed up on the last day in the top division but kinda feels like only 2 of my players are performing olgeirsson and one of my youth cb. Any tips? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Owenhide said: @XaW Have you got any tips on how to develop my youth players in the Iceland league cause theres so many players I want to give game time to so they develop but it's hard to get them in. I'm in my 4th season just stayed up on the last day in the top division but kinda feels like only 2 of my players are performing olgeirsson and one of my youth cb. Any tips? Well, I throw them into the mix as soon as I think they are ready. I have a trial-by-fire type way of thinking about youth players. I also play them a lot in the League Cup before the season to see how they fare. With so few matches each season, I don't quite see any other way about it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owenhide Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, XaW said: Well, I throw them into the mix as soon as I think they are ready. I have a trial-by-fire type way of thinking about youth players. I also play them a lot in the League Cup before the season to see how they fare. With so few matches each season, I don't quite see any other way about it. Ye cause the issue I have is that I have some 17/18 year olds who are slightly better than my 19 year olds in current ability but I kinda feel I have to play the 19 year olds because they are not elgible for the youth team also doesn't help that I have 3 rb who are all the same abilty coming through. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacky Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 2023/24 Table | Squad | Transfers A very tough year at the Willy-Sachs Stadion. We started with 1 win, 15 defeats in the first 16 games of the season culminating in a 7-1 drubbing by St. Pauli. That defeat was so bad the team seemed a bit fired up and we won the next two, including vs Erzgebirge Aue whom we also beat in the cup during that terrible run. The winter transfer window followed, with the board selling top right wing prospect from last year, Benitez, for £1.5M after also selling the best prospect overall from last year in the summer from under me, what an absolute beast Sean Dylan Becker would have been in my team. Form picked up in the second half of the year with my 17 year olds gaining a lot of experience and improving greatly from first team football, an unexpected revenge victory over St. Pauli lifted us off the bottom of the table followed by securing a relegation playoff with victory of Erzgebirge Aue (who somehow survive despite us beating them 3 times this season). Münster were seen off 3-2 in the playoff on aggregate and we live for another year. Top scorer - Stefan Maderer My player of the season - Simon Dressel, the best youth prospect 2 seasons ago, rejecting bids constantly for him of up to £4.5M. He has improved dramatically this season, by far our best player, I fully expect the board to sell him. The youth intake is similar to last year, one clear winner in Mr. Z and then several players who are rated highly but I'm uncertain about. Top prospect - Mr. Z, I can't even that name. My pick - Ilja Akulov, the first wing back coming through who looks like he might be able to attack and defend. Season | League | Position | Cup | Europe --------------------------------------------------- 2020/21 | 3. Liga | 1st | N/A | N/A 2021/22 | 2. Liga | 9th | 1st Rnd | N/A 2022/23 | 2. Liga | 12th | 2nd Rnd | N/A 2023/24 | 2. Liga | 16th | 2nd Rnd | N/A 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Owenhide said: Ye cause the issue I have is that I have some 17/18 year olds who are slightly better than my 19 year olds in current ability but I kinda feel I have to play the 19 year olds because they are not elgible for the youth team also doesn't help that I have 3 rb who are all the same abilty coming through. Yeah, that's the issue with this challenge, you can't control what kind of players you get through. If I have similar players I go by personality and media handling, that can show hints as to professionalism and such. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owenhide Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 minute ago, XaW said: Yeah, that's the issue with this challenge, you can't control what kind of players you get through. If I have similar players I go by personality and media handling, that can show hints as to professionalism and such. Ah, I've got you. The problem I've got at the moment is that I feel like olgeirsson is the only player who does anything for me and anytime he misses a game we just fall apart. I think next season i'm just going to throw in a lot more youth players and just develop them and take the risk of getting relegated cause it could be a positive this early in the save. Feel like getting promoted in the 2nd season was a bad thing for me, my teams not ready yet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Owenhide said: Ah, I've got you. The problem I've got at the moment is that I feel like olgeirsson is the only player who does anything for me and anytime he misses a game we just fall apart. I think next season i'm just going to throw in a lot more youth players and just develop them and take the risk of getting relegated cause it could be a positive this early in the save. Feel like getting promoted in the 2nd season was a bad thing for me, my teams not ready yet. Well, I only got promoted in my 4th season, but I played a lot more youth players from the first intake, so for me it makes sense in the long run. I also often swap out "ok" players with poorer youth players with high potential if I can. The player might screw up and cause us to lose now and then, but young players quite often respond well to it. I also try to track the new "ability curve" for the players. If that goes down I try to do something else than I'm doing at the moment, except with injuries of course. This kid are improving, so I continue to give him matches. The drop in the middle was an injury. This guy even more! This guy played too much, I think, so I gave him a break, then he did well playing, but has had a bit of a drop off lately, so I'll leave him a bit again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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