Carambau Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 12 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Unlucky in the Champions League. Yes, only one more goal and we would have at least reached the Europa League knockout rounds. Additionally, the group stage showed how far we are from the real good clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2025/2026 JANUARY - APRIL 2026 SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Two defeats, one of them AT HOME to Dundee?!? Shows how they have grown - they are in fourth place in the league. Two points behind Celtic, the race is still on. SCOTTISH CUP We make the semis but then again the old foe is too strong. NEWS At least one of them looks decent. Edited March 29, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2025/2026 APRIL - MAY 2026 SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Losing both games vs the old firm won´t win you a title. Its second place in the end. I am ok with the campaign. We will try to challenge again next season. END OF SEASON STATS N/A I forgot to take a screenshot of the teams stats after the last match, so there is no visual this time, sorry for that! January signing Brekalo did a great job in his first months for the club, he will be a good player for us. Kalley will have to fight hard for his place. Top scorer this season was veteran Hinterseer with 17 goals, followed by Shakes with 14. Best player of the season statswise was Magennis again - BUT! He will leave us for free after the season, as he did not want to extend his contract. Stade Rennes of France are the lucky ones to sign him. A great player is leaving us. But we have good young players to replace him in the long term. NEWS Good news for our central defender. Congratulations! Edited March 29, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Another good season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Always gutting to lose it in the split after the slog of the season. In the words of Slippy G, "We go again". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 22:40, Nobby_McDonald said: Another good season. Surely, but could have been slightly better On 31/03/2020 at 10:43, metallimuse said: Always gutting to lose it in the split after the slog of the season. In the words of Slippy G, "We go again". Yeah, but we are used to it by now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Keep knocking and the door will eventually open. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 14 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Keep knocking and the door will eventually open. Knock Knock... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2026/2027 JUNE - JULY 2027 TRANSFERS Kyle Magennis is gone. A fantastic servant for the club. His performances will always be remembered. We let a lot of contracts run out: Greg Docherty, Ethan Erhahon, Tom Dingwall, Mario Gotze, Christian Benteke and Andy Wilkinson all leave us. We had to cut the wage bill and bring in better and younger quality. Pedro Zuleta is a 23yo colombian defensive midfielder from Rosenborg and thus has norwegian as second nationality as well so no work permit issues for him Emil Ceide also comes from Rosenborg and is a norwegian U21 international. He can play on both wings Chilean International Marcelo Manriquez (19) is a signing from Catolica. Bags of potential there and he already IS very good SQUAD OVERVIEW Absolutely no changes in goal. Same goes for our defence. Brekalo will surely break into the first team in the long term. Magennis is gone but we got Beck, Ruiz, Ceide and Fraser. And skipper Krauss is now our most important player. New signing Manriquez will lead our attack. The other two surely will have to replace him when he gets tired. WORLD CUP 2026 In the end always Germany wins. Like in the ancient saying. Edited April 9, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 No Magennis or Erhahon, it's a brave new world you forged ahead in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 17 hours ago, metallimuse said: No Magennis or Erhahon, it's a brave new world you forged ahead in Oh yes! Especially Magennis will be missed. I never liked Erhahon somehow though, might be because he never really had a fixed Position in our tactical lineup. I wonder which club will snap him up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Finishing second in the SPL with St Mirren is a fantastic achievement. Well done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 13 minutes ago, Northernpilgrim said: Finishing second in the SPL with St Mirren is a fantastic achievement. Well done! Thank you We have been better than that before though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2026/2027 JULY TRANSFER UPDATE We could not decline the 10M offer from Roma for our best defender. But at least we sign a fantastic talented defender to replace him in the long term. Eddie Ferrier is only 17 years old and already plays for the Scottish U21 team. Ralston could not cope with being benched for Borges and wanted to leave. Veteran Williamson replaces him. Edited April 11, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2026/2027 AUGUST & SEPTEMBER SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Nice start to the season by beating the old firm. Pity we only drew with Dundee Utd. Second behind the old rival. But we got a game in hand. LEAGUE CUP Easy draws, easy wins. Aberdeen should not pose a big thread. And we play at home. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE That was damn close! If Ruiz had not scored in the 93rd minute against Monaco, we would be playing Europa League football by now. But he did. And so we ended up in another group of death. But we manage to labour to two goalless draws against the giants. Does not look too bad. But there are still four matches to play of course. NEWS The media seem to slowly recognize that we are contenders. First time we end up ahead of Rangers. Nice to see. Edited April 11, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2026/2027 OCTOBER, NOVEMBER & DECEMBER SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE The great run continues. We are looking very stable, especially in defence, this season. Six points ahead and one game in hand still. We are cruising. Both our strikers lead the scoring chart. LEAGUE CUP An easy win against Aberdeen and we made in the final against our old rival Celtic... Spoiler ...where Manriquez makes short work of them! Another League Cup win for St. Mirren FC! Let´s celebrate! UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Great group stage results for us. We only lose once, at Anfield. We kept our nerve and won the decisive game against Milan at home. The first time we make it out of the CL group stage. And it won´t get easier - we will play the German Giants next. I would consider us the underdog in this tie. But we will see. NEWS A new affiliate, this time a Championship side. Meh. Youth Intakes at St. Mirren FC seem to be a waste of time lately. Edited April 13, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Looks very promising this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Looks very promising this season. Thanks, mate We are on a good run! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2026/2027 JANUARY - APRIL 2027 WINTER TRANSFERS There was no way to prevent Beck from leaving us. Hinterseer leaves as well. Paul Gay is a young Scottish striker to make up for Hinterseers departure Fitzpatrick will cover on the wings. Just a backup, nothing more. And Scottish SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE We did not concede ONE SINGLE GOAL in 3 months! Never had that before. Our defence is just unbelievable. The title is ours to lose. SCOTTISH CUP We fly into the final. This time it´s Hibs. Sounds easier than Celtic. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE We manage to win the first leg at home, but Bayern show us we have a long way to go still. YOUTH INTAKE This must be our worst intake ever. NEWS Our boy is the Golden Boy! Might be that his stats from Catolicas last season might have been counted in as well here. And yes, this award is player-biased. Edited April 13, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I think you can take the Champagne out of the fridge now 😀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Wow! That is one hell of a defence you have there . Title is yours and well done for getting out of that group of death in the Champions League. That's one cookie I can't seem to crumble in my save. You still fully invested in the save? I must admit I'm starting to think of an end point for mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 On the topic of your self admitted poor youth intakes, can you put up a screen shot of your HOYD profile and a shot of a list of your under 18s staff including their personalities please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 6 hours ago, Northernpilgrim said: I think you can take the Champagne out of the fridge now 😀 On my way to the fridge already... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, metallimuse said: Wow! That is one hell of a defence you have there . Title is yours and well done for getting out of that group of death in the Champions League. That's one cookie I can't seem to crumble in my save. You still fully invested in the save? I must admit I'm starting to think of an end point for mine. 4 hours ago, metallimuse said: On the topic of your self admitted poor youth intakes, can you put up a screen shot of your HOYD profile and a shot of a list of your under 18s staff including their personalities please? You are right there... theres always a time in my saves when you come to a point when you think you have achieved everything at your club (we are the no.1 club in Scotland by now according to the domestic club chart)... ok there is still europe to conquer, but this can get very frustrating soon when it takes too long until you get some silverware there... Im still well enjoying this save though, I love especially when a youngster who grew at our club gets his first cap or gets an award. And I am excited about the new signings we made for next season which you will see in the next update I will post the HOY and staff screens when I get home hopefully (still at work...) Have to admit I did not pay that much attention to my youth setup yet... Edited April 14, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Ahh well, if you’ve not invested in your youth set up and staff that’s probs the reason why the newgens are poor. I went the opposite and spent next to nothing in the transfer market for the first 5/6 years and developed the club which is why my regens have been of good standard. They have waned the past couple of years though which has been frustrating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) On 14/04/2020 at 20:55, metallimuse said: Ahh well, if you’ve not invested in your youth set up and staff that’s probs the reason why the newgens are poor. I went the opposite and spent next to nothing in the transfer market for the first 5/6 years and developed the club which is why my regens have been of good standard. They have waned the past couple of years though which has been frustrating. Yeah, seems like I really overlooked the youth setup at St. Mirren, no surprise the intakes were so bad... You did great doing it your way, always interesting how different people approach the game Here´s my HOYD and U18 staff: Spoiler Edited April 15, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Yeah I would defo be overhauling them all. I always have strong personalities as I think it helps to develop the kids. It defo has an effect on the intake if your HOYD has a weak attitude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, metallimuse said: Yeah I would defo be overhauling them all. I always have strong personalities as I think it helps to develop the kids. It defo has an effect on the intake if your HOYD has a weak attitude. Yeah I think its about time I give our youth setup a closer look Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2026/2027 APRIL - MAY 2027 SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Well, not a big surprise in the end regarding the lead before the split. 100 points. An unbeaten season. We are the Champions! The fans love it! Topscorer of the SPL This is our striker. SCOTTISH CUP This was easier than expected. We win the Scottish Treble! END OF SEASON STATS What a season. And the stats to prove it. Just look at Lenny Borges´17 assists this season! And he´s our right back! Only Ceide comes close with 16, but he is a winger and expected to do so. Central defender Pleic boasts the best average rating together with midfield skipper Krauss. Dingwall and Morrison were his ideal partners in defence. Youngster Ferrier made 13 appearances and did well. New signing Zuleta fit right in and impressed. Brekalo ruled the left side and overtook Kalley. In midfield Ruiz and Ceide ran the show on the wings while Nogueira and Krauss defended the center. In attack, Shakes had a really really good season, but was overshadowed by our player of the season: Marcelo Manriquez. 39 goals in 58 matches. What a season indeed. NEWS Our U18 team wins the league as well. Good news for our right back. Congratulations! We are now officially the best club in Scotland! Edited April 15, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2026/2027 JUNE - JULY 2027 TRANSFERS Kays Ruiz leaves for Bundesliga side Freiburg after his contract ran out. He did not want to sign a new one as he thought he had achieved everything here. Anthony Shakes, who impressed West Ham with his strong performances last season, also leaves us. Striker Harry Wilson is a young Scottish Manchester United academy product who made his way into the first team there already Scottish international Oliver Burke joins from West Brom. He should become the successor of Ruiz on the left wing Allan Park is a backup striker who can also play on the right wing Scott Martin will be nothing more than a backup in central midfield Graham Evans returns after his time at Dundee United. He is only a backup as well SQUAD OVERVIEW Again, no changes in goal. Same goes for our defence. Brekalo has overtaken Kalley on the left side. I´m excited to give 18 year old Ferrier more games and watch his development. Burke will occupy the left wing, Gary Willox joins from our U18s where he impressed last season. Expect no big changes here. Wilson and Manriquez should be a deadly duo on paper. Let´s see if they can live up to that hype. Gay and Park will also get their minutes. NEWS Investment into our youth facilities has started. A lot of staff changes for our U18 team but if we want to grow, we have to start somewhere. Edited April 15, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 OMG what a season for Manriquez! AND for the team, a treble is unbelievable stuff and a domestic season unbeaten is stuff of dreams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, metallimuse said: OMG what a season for Manriquez! AND for the team, a treble is unbelievable stuff and a domestic season unbeaten is stuff of dreams. Did not expect that myself before the season but I take it Next: Try to bring in more Scottish players, upgrade the youth academy and try to be successful in europe! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2027/2028 AUGUST & SEPTEMBER SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Two draws in seven games. We are not used to that anymore. But our defence is rock solid. Celtic lead the table, Aberdeen slightly behind. LEAGUE CUP First we beat Dundee after penalties... ...then we lose to Hearts after penalties. And we are out. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE A fantastic start into this years Champions League for us. Europe here we come! (Ok... its only two games...) Eight goals, zero conceded, 6 points. Top of the table. NEWS Hopefully the first of many. Edited April 19, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Wow you thumbed Juva 3 nil? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2027/2028 OCTOBER, NOVEMBER & DECEMBER SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE One draw against Rangers. We are picking up pace again. Three points, thats not enough. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE A great group stage for us. No defeat and we top the group. Porto finish ahead of Juventus, now thats a surprise. AS Roma. Italian teams are always hard. NEWS Well, wait and see. Edited April 19, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 4 hours ago, metallimuse said: Wow you thumbed Juva 3 nil? Looks like. But they dont seem to be the team they used to be.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2027/2028 JANUARY - APRIL 2028 SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE The unbeaten run goes on. We conceded two goals. Seven points ahead pre-split. SCOTTISH CUP I let the 2nd team play in the cups and it shows. We concede more goals and its much more harder to win. The old rival Celtic. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE We smash Roma at home and reach the quarter finals! There is nothing to lose for us. YOUTH INTAKE Crappy intake again, despite our changes. Guess we have to wait some longer for changes to take effect. Edited April 20, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 You've smashed Scotland. Now for Europe... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) Do you sign all your intake each year? What is your junior coaching and facilities like? This will have a big bearing on your intake. Edited April 20, 2020 by metallimuse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: You've smashed Scotland. Now for Europe... We will give our best 13 hours ago, metallimuse said: Do you sign all your intake each year? What is your junior coaching and facilities like? This will have a big bearing on your intake. We are only just beginning. I usually let the DOF sign the intake players. Edited April 21, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, Carambau said: We are only just beginning. I usually let the DOF sign the intake players. If you did get a good player come through it would be an anomaly with that infrastructure in honesty so I wouldn't be pinning my hopes on it just yet. Does your DOF have good scouting stats? I've never worked like that in all honesty, I'm too heavily focused on youth promotion in my saves to leave it to someone else to sign the players. Always been intrigued by trying a big club and have a DOF be responsible for all signings and see what I could do with it as it would take me out of my comfort zone and force me to adapt my game play a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2027/2028 APRIL - MAY 2028 SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Undefeated again. A good season. (Ok, the season before was better) 100 points. Again. The magic number obviously. We did it again! The manager of Ross County doesn´t like me. SCOTTISH CUP Looks tougher than it was in the end. END OF SEASON STATS I just let the stats speak for themselves. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE It was a quick affair in the quarter finals. The less said the better. But a least one of our players left his mark in europe.. EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Look at that! Scotland did not only qualify for the tournament, they eventually made it out of their group as winners! It was over soon after that but still... Italy won it in the end. Edited April 21, 2020 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, metallimuse said: If you did get a good player come through it would be an anomaly with that infrastructure in honesty so I wouldn't be pinning my hopes on it just yet. Does your DOF have good scouting stats? I've never worked like that in all honesty, I'm too heavily focused on youth promotion in my saves to leave it to someone else to sign the players. Always been intrigued by trying a big club and have a DOF be responsible for all signings and see what I could do with it as it would take me out of my comfort zone and force me to adapt my game play a bit. My DOF has judging12 (ability) and 15 (potential), so thats not too great, I know. I should oversee the processes there more by myself I guess... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallimuse Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Carambau said: My DOF has judging12 (ability) and 15 (potential), so thats not too great, I know. I should oversee the processes there more by myself I guess... There's no right or wrong way to go about playing the game, you're having tremendous success as it is so you're smashing it. 2 years unbeaten in the league is phenomenal. Very seldom have I managed that once let alone back to back. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidthekid Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Congrats on a great season. A hundred points is quite magical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 15 hours ago, kidthekid said: Congrats on a great season. A hundred points is quite magical. Thanks mate! The league seems to have gotten a bit easy by now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) SEASON 2028/2029 JUNE - JULY 2028 TRANSFERS Domestic deadwood out. And Stijn Rosseel, who came to us as a 16 year old from his native Belgium, got loaned out every season and NEVER made a first team appearance for us. At least he got 4 U21 caps for Belgium by now. Au revoir! Johnny Valentine is a 19yo central defender with 14 U21 caps for Scotland already Inigo Gabilondo, also 19 years old, comes from San Sebastian and can also play in central defence South African right back Innocent Ngobese (18) is a signing from Mamelodi Sundowns. He already got 7 senior caps for South Africa at that age! Ross Jack, a right back, goes straight to our U19s to learn and prosper SQUAD OVERVIEW Same as last year. And the year before. And the year before that year. More young talent added. Let´s see if Ngobele, Valentine and/or Gabilondo can make their way into the first team. No changes in midfield... ...and no changes in attack. Edited April 26, 2020 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Keep trying in Europe... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 27/04/2020 at 22:55, Nobby_McDonald said: Keep trying in Europe... We will of course but I admit its getting hard to motivate myself for this save... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneBramage Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Great work, you're building up quite the trophy collection there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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