The FM20 Youth Academy Challenge

[darren1983]

Season 2035/36 Review Championship

League | FA Cup | League Cup | Transfers | Squad | Finances

 

After losing in the playoffs for the past 3 season's I really thought this year could be the one to push the top sides. Sadly it didn't start well.Only 2 wins (and 9 goals) from out opening 9 games and it looked tough. We did win 3 of our next 7 but only scored 7 goals in that time. It needed a tinker with the tactics and it worked, only 3 defeats for the rest of the season but we were still drawing a lot of games, we struggled to break down sides near the bottom how defended well, in the end though we did push towards the top and even hit top spot with about 10 games to go, we then lost at home to mid table Shrewsbury and it looked like playoffs again for us, but then we clicked into another gear winning 9 of our final 10 games (drawing the other) to actually win the league! As you can see from the graph we timed our run well! 

In the cups our poor started + a rotated side meant that we were knocked out in the first round of the league cup. We had a nice little run in the FA Cup but Premier League Leeds beat us 1-0 with a late goal despite them being down to 10 men for most of the 2nd half (which is a bit of a worry as they were relegated from the Prem this season so not sure what that says about our chances next year)

In terms of transfers we loaned a lot out and didn't lose anyone we wanted to keep.

Youth Intake - had to change HOYD this summer as our old one retired, new fella did OK I think.

Richard McKenna 36A - a solid looking CB, can never have too many of these, could also do a decent job at CB
Michael Ojo 36B - a decent looking keeper, needs some work but the basics are there
Nigel McDaid 36C - a CM, with his work rate and team work think he could be a decent option as a box to box midfielder 
Lawrence Prince 36D - can play either side which is ideal for our wide roles
Graeme McLaughlin 36E - not the best forward we've had but some OK looking attributes to mould someone with, needs work on his personality too though. He's a long shot

Career Progress

Season		League		Position	Junior Coaching		Youth Recruitment 	Notes
2020/21		VNLN		8th 		Adequate		Fairly Basic
2021/22		NVLN		3rd 		Good			Average			Recruitment and coaching upgrades Lost playoff semi finals	
2022/23		NVLN		14th 		Good			Adequate		Youth Recruitment upgrade, started first coaching badge
2023/24		VNLN		7th 		Excellent		Good			Got first coaching badge. Promotion via playoffs
2024/25		VNL		5th 		Excellent		Good			Won promotion via playoffs. Got Youth facility upgrade
2025/26		League 2	14th 		Excellent		Good
2026/27		League 2	5th 		Excellent		Good			Lost in playoffs semi finals
2027/28		League 2	8th 		Excellent		Good			Finally got 2nd coaching badge
2028/29		League 2	1st 		Excellent		Good			National A Coaching badge
2029/30		League 1	4th 		Excellent		Good			Promotion via playoffs. Continental C coaching badge
2030/31		Championship	18th 		Exceptional		Excellent
2031/32		Championship	19th 		Exceptional		Exceptional
2032/33		Championship	4th 		Exceptional		Exceptional		Lost in playoff semi final, moved from youth level 4 to 3
2033/34		Championship	5th 		Exceptional		Exceptional		Lost in playoff semi finals
2034/35		Championship	5th 		Exceptional		Exceptional		Lost in playoff final, completed coaching badges
2035/36		Championship	1st 		Exceptional		Exceptional

After promotion we've spent some cash in upgrading the stadium (will now hold a massive 16k when completed but will have undersoil heating and finally be all seater) and will also be moving up to a level 2 youth side. The TV money will be used at the end of the season to sort out the facilities as we've somewhat neglected these because we've not had the money to upgrade. 

[Mikus]

Rijnsburgse Boys 2021/22

So reading all these updates made me want to try this myself. I've gone for Holland as I know I'm going to struggle so hopefully only having two leagues to get through should make the challenge easier!

I've created a Dutch alter ego Jesse de Graaf who will hopefully lead us to glory. I discovered after holidaying for a season that there's no promotion/relegation until the second season, so we had another year chilling before getting stuck in.

League - After we lost the first four games, I thought we were going to really struggle to survive. 14 points from the next 6 eased those fears and we were never in danger of relegation, although some poor consistency meant we never pulled clear of the battle at the bottom, eventually surviving by 4 points. Fixtures 1 Fixtures 2

Cup - One game and out against a team from the division above.

Youth Intake - A couple of decent prospects, although as our best three players are strikers already, I'm not sure when some of them will get regular game time.

Transfers

Board only want me to battle against relegation again next year so looking to improve on this season's performance.

[thomas_e]

Well done @dkouv!  Been great following your posts! 

Will you be starting the challenge again in another league? 

[XaW]

16 hours ago, Cookie147 said:

I'm just playing a friendly in Finland against a team called FC Santa Claus. I wish they would become playable. 

There was a special Steam achievement for playing with that club in FM12 or something. If you played a game with them on Christmas eve, or something like that. I got it, and I think it's this one:

 

[Alsolate]

 

First of all, congratulations to the two who have completed the challenge since I was last on here!! Both with teams geographically near to me no less. Seriously, well done for climbing all those English leagues. 

 

Season 4 2023-24

Transfers   Finances   Youth Intake

Another steady season in 2. Liga. Due to the ridiculous prize money, all facilities have been improved again. We achieved our best finish with me in charge. And what better way to celebrate than be getting  parent club from the Bundesliga, Hertha Berlin. Obviously I will reject any players they send, or just dump them in the BFC Dynamo II team. 

 

[Alsolate]

Season 5 2024-25

Transfers   Finances   Youth Intake p1 p2

A strong finish. We have 4 regular starters now from youth newgens. Bjorn Bremer 22A   Timmy Grossert 20A   Dominik Zimmer 22B   Francois Owona 23B  They are all first choices in their positions. Others are starting to come through as well, with a lb to start playing the next season. 

Our parent club were relegated to our division before I had chance to cancel the link. They never sent any players out to us either. There are some top prospects in this year's intake. My main concern is a lack of youth goalkeepers. This year was the second one I believe, and again underwhelming. I have 2 senior keepers and the first choice is one of my best players. He refuses to sign a new deal without a £250,000 minimum release clause to Bundesliga clubs. There's 2 years left so unless he changes his mind I will let his contract run down and try to give in to his demands near the expiry time. Keeping the youth players has been straightforward due to playing in a major league and being on strong financial footing since collecting 2. Liga prize money every year. 

We still can't beat average Bundesliga teams in the cup so I don't want us to go up in case we get relegated and I get sacked. I'd like to be promoted by 2029-30 as facilities are getting expensive to improve further. Average attendance leapt by over 50%, no idea why the huge jump. I'm really happy with how some of these youth players are developing. 

 

[darren1983]

I hate this game  

[dkouv]

@Brentmeister @XaW @collindinho @darren1983 @thomas_e Thanks! I've never tried this in England myself before, it did feel like a bit of a slog towards the end. But also it's funny how once you get to the EPL you really don't need to worry about finances or selling players, just waiting for that bit of luck with the intake or the CL draw.

Think I'll give this challenge a break for a while, basking in glory and all that. @thomas_e - I admire your perseverance! Looks like you started well in Argentina though.

For now I'm just doing what I've been itching to do for the last 10 or so seasons of the save:

But funnily enough, this made the team less gelled so our performances aren't noticeably different, and the game is getting rather slow in 2045. So maybe I'll be back on here sooner than I expected

@darren1983 that is a rough turnaround :z No shame against Man Utd away, but still... Approaching laptop out of the window territory for sure.

Edited July 5, 2020 by dkouv

[darren1983]

I love this game

[XaW]

10 hours ago, darren1983 said:

I hate this game  

7 hours ago, darren1983 said:

I love this game

Funny how this game works! :P

[XaW]

XaW - Miðvágs Bóltfelag - 2032

League Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

We retained the title for the 6th time, and we almost went perfect, if not for a draw away to 07 Vestur in the final match of the season. We have become completely dominant domestically now, so most depends on how well we can do in Europe. The best players this season have been Petur Hansen 30i, Brian Petersen 28h and Bergur Joensen 27a. Rinaldo 31b has had a great development this season and became a first team member about half way into the season.

The youth intake this season was good, but one player really stood out. Svein Rasmussen 32a looks like an excellent prospect in defence.

In the Løgmanssteypið we beat Víkingur Gøta, NSÍ Runavík and B36 to reach the final. Here we beat ÍF Fuglafjørður to retain the title.

In the Champions League we started in the 1st qualifying round where we beat Gandzasar of Armenia without issue. In the 2nd qualifying round we knocked out Partizan of Serbia before beating Young Boys of Switzerland in the 3rd qualifying round. In the playoff we faced Norwegians Rosenborg. We drew 1-1 away and 2-2 at home and got knocked out on away goals in the playoff.

So we went into the group stage of the Europa League. The other teams in our group were Villarreal of Spain, Arsenal Tula of Russia and KAA Gent of Belgium. We beat Villarreal at home, and drew both matches with Arsenal Tula, and the away leg at Gent, while we lost the remaining two games. Still, that was not enough to keep us out of the bottom spot in the group to knock us out.

This season we have added Armenia, Serbia, Russia and Belgium to our visited countries.

[Winski]

Milano City

 

I'm back at this challenge for the last time with FM20. After my last serious attempt with East Kilbride I started a lot of saves. Some of them were youth only, some of them not. But I couldn't get into most of the saves. So after a very long thought I decided to come back to this topic and try my luck in Italy. 

The team I had in mind was Milano City Busto Garolfo F.C., or better known as Milano City. According to their own website, this is their vision:

Quote

 

the new club begins its adventure in the serie d championship. the ambitious project envisages the growth of the corporate structure in parallel with the achievement of sporting objectives. Milan city has as primary objective to land in professional football to become, after more than half a century, the third team in Milan after Milan and Inter Milan.

I translated it from Italian to English, but they want to become the third team in Milan. And that's the reason why I wanted to play with this club: I really like to play with a minor club from a big city, even when Milano City isn't even from Milan but from Busto Garolfo, located about 25 km northwest of Milan.
I love their badge and the colour of their kits. I had to reload about 20 times, but finally they were promoted to the Serie C/A.

Hopefully we can be the best team from Milan in the years to come!

Forza Milano City !! 

[Padders]

Season Review 2174/75

Our first silverware since 2163 (won FA Cup) by winning the League Cup

Finished 8th in the league. Just need that good start to have a real good go at top 4.

Marcelo has just broken the club record for number of goals in a season (47) which stood for 40 years (2136)

Funny that Marcelo started as Brazilian, got capped by England U19s and U21s but never made it into the full international squad, at the age of 29 he has just won his first cap for Brazil

 

[darren1983]

Season 2036/37 Review - Premier League

League | FA Cup | League Cup | Transfers | Squad | Finances

 

Well first season after any promotion is always about staying up. That was the target and we did it well. A 10th place finish was more than I could have hoped for, we never really went close to the relegation battle despite having 2 separate months (October and December) where we lost every game and only scored 1 goal. We were officially safe with 7 games to go so in those last 7 I played 5 or 6 players that were on the fringe of the first team but all have potential to be players at this level. We did well with 3 wins, 3 draws and the one loss. An issue this year was our discipline - 122 yellow cards and 5 reds (3 of which came in the final 4 games) our high pressing game works but against the better sides they're bit too quick for us so we just end up kicking them it seems. Another issue is the make up of our squad, we have 3 or 4 players comfortably good enough to play at this level with a few more with the potential but currently playing at league one or two level. Lots of our team is made of players that are OK championship players at best. To show what we're up against Chelsea have won the past 7 titles (and 8 of the last 9) while Man City have won 3 straight champions leagues. I know it's far too soon to compare but it's gonna be a while before we can compete at that level. Right now though we're good enough to beat the bad sides and that's our aim for now.

Transfers we didn't lose anyone we wanted to keep, loaned a few out as usual. The League cup saw Leciester beat us in our first round and the FA Cup saw us get to our now usual 5th round before Wolves beat us. I must say I love the money in the Premier League, started the season with 6m in the bank and end it with 99.5m! 

Another thing that being in this league is good with is helping me build a youth network, been asking for affilliates that we can get youth players from and as a result we have set up partnerships with Ajaccio in France and Defensor Sporting in Uruguay. Excited to get some players from there soon. This is now basically my plan from here - set these up and invest in the training ground and youth facilities.

Youth Intake - easily the worst we've ever had, had to happen sooner or later but bit annoying to happen in our first prem season. 

Sascha Weber 37A - an Austrain born Englishman (seriously, has only English nationality despite being born in Austria. Feels odd) training to be our advanced playermaker in CM
John Ifoni 37B - attacker that I think will be an IF from the left

Career Progress

Season		League		Position	Junior Coaching		Youth Recruitment 	Notes
2020/21		VNLN		8th 		Adequate		Fairly Basic
2021/22		NVLN		3rd 		Good			Average			Recruitment and coaching upgrades Lost playoff semi finals	
2022/23		NVLN		14th 		Good			Adequate		Youth Recruitment upgrade, started first coaching badge
2023/24		VNLN		7th 		Excellent		Good			Got first coaching badge. Promotion via playoffs
2024/25		VNL		5th 		Excellent		Good			Won promotion via playoffs. Got Youth facility upgrade
2025/26		League 2	14th 		Excellent		Good
2026/27		League 2	5th 		Excellent		Good			Lost in playoffs semi finals
2027/28		League 2	8th 		Excellent		Good			Finally got 2nd coaching badge
2028/29		League 2	1st 		Excellent		Good			National A Coaching badge
2029/30		League 1	4th 		Excellent		Good			Promotion via playoffs. Continental C coaching badge
2030/31		Championship	18th 		Exceptional		Excellent
2031/32		Championship	19th 		Exceptional		Exceptional
2032/33		Championship	4th 		Exceptional		Exceptional		Lost in playoff semi final, moved from youth level 4 to 3
2033/34		Championship	5th 		Exceptional		Exceptional		Lost in playoff semi finals
2034/35		Championship	5th 		Exceptional		Exceptional		Lost in playoff final, completed coaching badges
2035/36		Championship	1st 		Exceptional		Exceptional
2036/37		Premier League	10th 		Exceptional		Exceotional 

 

[Cookie147]

JALKAPALLOSEURA HERCULES

Season 2 - Finnish First Division (8th)

An injury ravaged season put us off to a bad start, and things didn't really improve after that. Although we were picking up points when we needed to, we were never far off the drop zone. In fact, we weren't mathematically safe until after the final game, but I always had faith in the squad. Unfortunately, the youth intake from both seasons hasn't produced anyone first team ready, so I'm still sticking with the originals for now. When they play well, they can compete with anyone, but that doesn't happen too often.

LEAGUE TABLE

PLAYER OF THE SEASON

YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON

Samuli won this also.

YOUTH INTAKE

Not overly impressed again, I only kept 6 of them.

IMPROVEMENTS

I had arranged youth facilities upgrade at the beginning of the season, as per this message:

Then at the end of the season, I got this:

Then I kicked off, and got this:

Fingers crossed they keep their word this time.

TRANSFERS

PROGRESS

FINALLY...

I'm being summoned back to my real job tomorrow, and wont be able to play this in the office! Hopefully this wont slow this save down too much.

 

[Padders]

Season Review 2175/76

I don't usually post when nothing happens but the fact I've managed to stay up on goal difference with 4 teams on 37 points (won last game of the season 2-1 as well!), I thought I would post a screenshot of the final table

[thomas_e]

Club Olimpo

Season Summary 2021 - 2022

Top four finish

Our first season in the top flight was a good one. But since FM doesn't provide any information relating to continental qualification I have no idea if I have actually qualified for the Copa Libertadores or not. Would this happen in a Europen league on the game? 

We started the season really well, beating Velez in the 6th round of the cup a week before the start of the league season (yes, it's all a bit strange) and then following up with two straight wins in the opening games in the league. Two losses, two wins and two more losses followed and that set the tone for the season which was an unstable one! But we got better and better throughout the year and that was certainly helped by our team chemistry improving along the way! We went 11 games unbeaten at the end of the season and even though 6 of those games were draws it was still a great way to finish! 

We finished miles behind league winners Velez and I wasn't surprised to also find Boca and River ahead of us on the table, but other than that the difference between the Argentinian Premier Division and Second Division wasn't too big! We have some interesting talents coming up as well and I'm excited for next season. 

I am studying for my Continental C Licence, but we have not gotten facility or reqruitment upgrades. No wonder as we have absolutely no money. 

 

Season Summary

          

 

Key Players

          

 

 Key Talents

          

 

 

Season	|	League                      |   Position    |      Cup      |  Continental
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2020/21	|	Primera Nacional (2nd tier) |	  1st       |  6th round    |     N/A
2020/21	|	Argentinian Premier League  |	  4th       |  7th round    |     N/A

 

[Mordurette]

Anyone knows the reset date in Israel?

 

EDIT:

Reset Date is June 22 (date for different teams is still a mystery).

Edited July 7, 2020 by Mordurette

[Mikus]

Rijnsburgse Boys 2022/23

League - Good improvement this year with a completely different tactical approach. Disappointed with losing the last 4 games as just 1 point would have put us into the playoffs. Looking to make the playoffs next year. Fixtures 1 Fixtures 2

Cup - Exactly the same team, exactly the same result as last year

Youth Intake - Some more good prospects this year, hoping to start getting the youth some proper game time next season

Plans for next year - Make the playoffs, get some youth players into the team

[manutdfan1999]

HI guys so after reading through half the thread the past few days it has drawn me into wanting to play youth only again. Been playing as dulwich hamlet before reading this and had been having good success with youth players without putting any emphasis on it so will be interesting to see how i do when i have to play with no transfers. 

Gonna start in Holland as ive never really managed there besides a couple seasons with Ajax. Am i correct in thinking i need to holiday for 2 seasons?

[DazRTaylor]

2 minutes ago, manutdfan1999 said:

HI guys so after reading through half the thread the past few days it has drawn me into wanting to play youth only again. Been playing as dulwich hamlet before reading this and had been having good success with youth players without putting any emphasis on it so will be interesting to see how i do when i have to play with no transfers. 

Gonna start in Holland as ive never really managed there besides a couple seasons with Ajax. Am i correct in thinking i need to holiday for 2 seasons?

Yes two seasons required.

[manutdfan1999]

11 minutes ago, DazRTaylor said:

Yes two seasons required.

Thank you. One other thing whats the best way to take screenshots for on here? Is there a way to take them directly while in the game?

[manutdfan1999]

So after holidaying in Holland i've picked my team. Im the new manager of Katwijk. 

Heres my profile, starting squad and facilities.

 

The facilities are very poor but the squad is a decent size with a couple good players. Most positions i have enough players for to go into the season that is presuming i can sign them all to new contracts and i dont lose any to other teams. Also i play using an IR skin so imagine i should progress through seasons relatively quickly

Edited July 8, 2020 by manutdfan1999

[manutdfan1999]

Couple months into the first season and ive managed to tie down everyone to contracts that i wanted to keep. Not bottom of the table at the minute aswell so thats good and ive managed to get the board to make some upgrades as there is some money in the bank.

[Alsolate]

@manutdfan1999 You seem to have solved the screenshot question. But if you're still seeking options, someone said a while back they use Greenshot so that's what I use and upload to Imgur.

Season 6  2025-26

Youth Intake   Transfers   Finances

I know the transfer screenshot is taken a month early but I'm in the mood for writing the season summary now. I can provide a complete one showing June if requested.

Lots of things seemed to happen this season. We recorded our lowest finish in 2. Liga. We broke our goalscoring record. Our young left back won German U17 player of the season, beating a talent from Dortmund. We dropped into a negative bank balance briefly. I switched a player role in our tactics for a while with little success. The youth preview mentions this year's group potentially being a golden generation. As usual we lost in the 3rd round of the cup to a Bundesliga side.

Main goals for the coming season are as follows:

- Reduce the player wages. We should have a healthy bank balance and I've been very lax recently in giving senior player pretty much whatever they want due to the necessity of retaining them. With good youth players I can start selling the poorer ones.

- Try and get more 4.5* coaches to improve first team players.

- Find a cb/cm to retrain into the dm role as the ageing Pollasch is declining fast, and one of the main reasons we finished so low I suspect.

- Try and promote another 4 or 5 of the high potential players in U19s and give them game time where possible.

[manutdfan1999]

@Alsolate yh i figured it out. Although i dont know how you do the thing where you link the picture to a word like you did with the transfers and youth intake, any help would be appreciated

[Mikus]

Rijnsburgse Boys 2023/24

League - A backwards step this year, as we struggled to score. This resulted in a lot of tactic tinkering which didn't seem to change our fortunes much. Frustrating as we had quite a few good results , but again we were never in any real danger of relegation.

Cup - We made it through the first round for the first time! Then went out in the second round. No excitement.

Youth Intake - Decent intake again with a few players I'll definitely be using next year. We've had some facilities upgrades in the last couple of seasons so hopefully the good intakes continue.

Next year - Hopefully we'll actually improve this year and make the playoffs. If we can play like we showed we could in a few games this season there's no reason we can't.

[Svarteq]

On 23/06/2020 at 10:43, XaW said:

I Googled around and found an older file for it, but it didn't work, so I loaded up the editor and changed a few things to make it running. I did not edit any clubs or money or anything, just testing the rules and fixing the things that broke. I've added it to this post if you want to give it a go. Just place the file in the folder called "editor data" and it should be possible to add during the start of a new career.

Faeroe.fmf 14.73 kB · 1 download

I downloaded your file, but even though I select it when making a new career, Faroe Islands doesn't show up as an option. It's a shame, as I'm very interested in playing in that nation. Do you have any suggestions, or could you maybe try to reupload the database you use for your save? Do you use the older database besides your file maybe?

[manutdfan1999]

So ive managed to secure survival with a few games spare, full season review will come shortly

[manutdfan1999]

Katwijk 2021/2022 Season

League Table  Youth Intake  Transfers  Squad  Fixtures 1  Fixtures 2

So that was a very tough season probably the hardest one for me on the version of fm. In the end a 17th place finish is above the target i had for the season. Making the 2nd round of the cup was nice aswell as i was certain we would go out at the first hurdle. We had long streaks this season without wins and were lucky in the fact that there were a couple teams that were worse than us this season but we may not get lucky like that again so we need to find a way to stop going on long spells without wins.

Key Players

Not many players had what id usually class as a good season by normal standards but a couple players were better than the rest.

Joey - One of our CMs was key to staying up with his 7 goals making him top scorer, unfortunately I cant get him to sign a contract as it says he has retired from this level of football so hopefully he sticks about on his amateur deal.

Danny - The other of our CMs was just as vital without contributing many assists or goals. He helped make us tick this year and broke u play well. Is probably our best player ability wise so we need to keep him around for while.

Put - Started out as a sub but he progressed well throughout the season and while he wasnt amazing by any stretch he was solid and looks like he has a lot of room to develop. I really like the look of his stats and think he will be a key player for many years to come. Has been getting called into the Belgium u19  squad alot so might have really good potential.

Youth Intake

The youth intake has left alot to be desired with no one really standing out. A few will likely get games next year but im not too hopeful for this bunch, best is probably this kid

Will need retraining to CM and hopefully he can develop nicely

 

Season Divison  Position   Cup         YR     JC     TF     YF     Notes
21/22  DDK      17th       2nd Round   Basic  AVG    Poor   Poor   Survived, got 2 coaching badges, upgrades to JC,TF and YF

 

[XaW]

8 hours ago, Svarteq said:

I downloaded your file, but even though I select it when making a new career, Faroe Islands doesn't show up as an option. It's a shame, as I'm very interested in playing in that nation. Do you have any suggestions, or could you maybe try to reupload the database you use for your save? Do you use the older database besides your file maybe?

No, when I downloaded it, I got the warnings it was the for an older database, but I updated it to match and just tweaked a few things to make it work. Then, I simply did what you said.

That said, I tried again now, and for whatever reason I don't get it, the same as you. I'll have a look and see if I can understand why (though, I'm not great at the editor, so I can't promise anything).

 

[XaW]

@Svarteq: I think I got it work. I have no idea how, or why it works now, but it does. I went into the editor and loaded up the changes. Everything looked fine, so I tested the rules and saved it as a new file and now it works.... For whatever reason... Try it now.

test2.fmf

[Svarteq]

8 minutes ago, XaW said:

@Svarteq: I think I got it work. I have no idea how, or why it works now, but it does. I went into the editor and loaded up the changes. Everything looked fine, so I tested the rules and saved it as a new file and now it works.... For whatever reason... Try it now.

test2.fmf 17.73 kB · 0 downloads

It works! Thank you for taking the time to help out.

[XaW]

28 minutes ago, Svarteq said:

It works! Thank you for taking the time to help out.

No worries, glad to help!

The only "bug" I've found so far is that 3rd teams seems to be able to play in the same leagues as some 2nd teams. Other than that the file seems to work fine for me. There was one year I didn't compete in the cup though, but I don't know if that is something that happens in real life, so I didn't mind much.

[Padders]

Season Review 2177/78

Relegated to Championship again

All my defenders worth less than £1m combined

Not had a decent center back for over 20 years

[Brentmeister]

@Padders would employing a hoyd who plays 5 at the back & a catenaccio/park the bus style who also has a decent atrribute rating in defensive training, give you a better chance of getting some good defenders?

 

I've no idea if it'll work but it might be woth a try if you haven't already, I'm just thinking out loud!

 

Edited July 9, 2020 by Brentmeister

[Cookie147]

JALKAPALLOSEURA HERCULES

SEASON 3 - Finnish First Division (8th)

Our worst points tally so far, but a season that gives hope going forward. Hari's men were flying at the early stages of the season, and hopes were pinned on a top 4 finish. But the famous FM collapse kicked in and we sunk like a stone, in to the bottom half. This is were we stayed. However, the bright side is we managed to improve our youth facilities to 'basic', and surprisingly turned pro. I asked, expecting to be swiftly shown the door, but Mr chairman was well up for it. I hope I haven't made a mistake!

LEAGUE TABLE

PLAYER OF THE SEASON

Haris Dzuho won his second player of the season award despite being knackered all season.

YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON

Marauding left winger, Hekuran Harani won his first award. 

YOUTH INTAKE

Not impressed at all with my Finnish/Iranian Head of Youth Development. I had a stern word with him after he came in to my office with this document!

Sauli Ruokangas, looks ok though if he can fulfil his potential. Maybe being a pro club will help this?

...and I got this Finnish/Iranian 'wonderkid', Milad Mousavi.

IMPROVEMENTS

Hari is making moves in the coaching world. Watch out! 

....and here's confirmation on the Professional status.

TRANSFERS

PROGRESS

FInally...

Top half finishes required now. Should be fun.

[Padders]

43 minutes ago, Brentmeister said:

@Padders would employing a hoyd who plays 5 at the back & a catenaccio/park the bus style who also has a decent atrribute rating in defensive training, give you a better chance of getting some good defenders?

 

I've no idea if it'll work but it might be woth a try if you haven't already, I'm just thinking out loud!

 

It's worth a go isn't it. Thank you

Will give me current HOYD one last year as his stats are decent

No more defenders then I will terminate contract and get another one in

[SpS_Zen]

25 hours, we waited but he did it !

[Mordurette]

On 07/07/2020 at 20:02, Mordurette said:

Anyone knows the reset date in Israel?

 

EDIT:

Reset Date is June 22 (date for different teams is still a mystery).

@darren1983 Date for getting different teams is May 15.

[TheRailwaymen]

 

 

2.  Division Relegation - 8th (Just) - 2022

Club info Table Transfers 

 

A more difficult season than last year, mainly because Holm went nearly 20 games without scoring and no one else could either, leading to losing to set pieces over and over again.

We just saved ourselves on the last day beating Naesby 2-1 and sending them down in the process. The quality down here is unreal! I was predicted to finish rock bottom again though, so maybe I am a small club in comparison. There are a few fallen giants knocking around which is going to make progress hard.

The youth intake was decent. I really needed a rightback so O.Christiensen 02c is welcome! We are still dire at centerback and up front but a couple of the first years prospects became key players like Jens Meyer 01a, Thomas Anker 01b, Oliver Vinther 01c and LArs Hartman 01e. Rinke 02a is another leftback (I now have  4 good prospects) so I am training him as a CB. 

 

We had our first international callup, on loan Hans Debes 01n got called up for the Faroes U23s! 

 

 

Year	Year	Position	Cup	Europe	Top Scorer	Top assists	Top Ave Rating	Training Facilities	Youth Facilities	Academy Training	Youth Recruitment
2021	2. Division Relegation	7th	1st Round	-	Holm - 11	Elfving - 5	O.Jensen01f 7.19	Below Ave	Poor	Fairly basic	Adequate
2022	2. Division Relegation	8th	1st Round	-	Holm - 10	Elfving - 6	Tais Holm 6.95	Below Ave	Poor	Fairly Basic	Adequate

 

 

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by TheRailwaymen

[Padders]

So another average intake with no central defenders

I will replace the HOYD in the summer

[Padders]

Season Review 2177/78

Promoted as Champions with a record 115 points and 116 goals and record wins

33 years old Marcelo broke all record going, with an amazing 64 goals in 50 games

Edited July 10, 2020 by Padders

[TheRailwaymen]

Good jobs @Padders

[Winski]

 

End of season 2020/2021

 

The first season is always difficult. But I can't complain at all. The quality of the squad is rather bad, but we managed to finish 12th in our first season. Only a couple of points more and we could have qualified for the playoffs. So that will be my aim for next season: qualify for the playoffs.

The youth intake preview wasn't very promising, although the "golden generation", but with only a couple of youth players currently in my U18 squad and, as mentioned earlier, the quality of the first team is rather bad. So I didn't had high hopes. 

The intake itself was quite bad.

I am not even going to show some players as they are just bad, really bad. I gave them almost all a youth contract, just to have some players in the U18 squad.

This the tactic I'm playing with currently:

I build this with a test-game with Kaiserslautern and with Shamrock Rovers and the results were promising.  Now I will use it with Milano City. I also got a Strikerless variant, but I will try that one later in this save.

 

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by Winski

[Brentmeister]

@Padders someone like this could be great.

 

 

Good personality, good defensive coaching rating, good determination, good working with youngsters, good judging player potential, catenaccio tactical style, high reputation. If he had a 3/5 at the back preferred formation and an even better personality, he would be perfect for you to experiment with. (obviously not this actual guy, he probably died 130 years ago in your save!)

 

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by Brentmeister

[Padders]

I went with this guy @Brentmeister

Edited July 10, 2020 by Padders

[Brentmeister]

I like him. 4141, direct, green everywhere. If this doesn't yield any decent defenders i'm not sure what will.

[Padders]

2 hours ago, Brentmeister said:

I like him. 4141, direct, green everywhere. If this doesn't yield any decent defenders i'm not sure what will.

Agreed fingers crossed

[Mikado911]

@Padders Not sure it would help much. He has also the Tiki-Taka as preferred style which does strike me as defensive minded.