[FM 20] Tiger, Tiger burning bright

[Sheriff7]

Saving your ass in last game from others results is an amazing feeling in fm and everyone should experienced it..

[Moonshine]

8 minutes ago, Sheriff7 said:

Saving your ass in last game from others results is an amazing feeling in fm and everyone should experienced it..

Oh good god yes. I normally insta-result and watch the goals/CCCs (I'm lazy, it's got me back into FM). But I managed this one. We still lost, and I spent the longest 2 mins praying Hobro didn't score a couple.

[Moonshine]

 

HB Koge - 2026/27

Superliga

Season Summary

Final Position: 10th [of 12]

 

The Squad:

 

 

Staying up has, I think, kept us afloat. Jack Ritchie performed amazingly following his move up top, and is the definition of a late bloomer (he's been a 5* prospect since he was with me at Middelfart). My other Middelfart signings went less well - I released Mikkel Bang at the end of last season, and Nikolaj Boesen has fallen to third in the pecking order and finds himself transfer listed, alongside Ngombo and new backup GK Madsen. Ingerslev is being released, alongside Halse, after 165 games for the club.

 

We've got a frankly ridiculous £57k p/w wage budget for next season - fully £20k more than we're spending at the moment - and I intend to use some, or all, of it. Already lined up are a new backup GK (18 and excellent) and an ST to slot into first choice, pushing Labyad and Ingason down the pecking order. I'm also hopeful some youth products in Daniel Christensen (YP5b), Simon Mogenson (YP5a) and Sten Jensen (YP7b) might play some part next season. I like youth products, and after 8 seasons it will be nice to have some that came through on my watch in and around the team.

The Awards:

 

 

 

Jack Ritchie:

 

Best XI:

 

All Time XI

 

 

 

Casper Hauervig

Soren Overgaard    Marian Huja    Tony Miettinen    Bardhec Bytyqi

Gustav Johansen       Trygve Solberg Aarstad          Magnus Hauser       Kristall Mani Ingason

Zinedine Labyad              Jack Ritchie   

 

[Moonshine]

Around the World: 2026/27

 

Top 10 European Leagues by coefficient (and Denmark):

 

1. England - Premier League Champions: Man City

2. Spain - La Liga Champions: Barcelona (x10)

3. Italy - Serie A Champions: Inter (x2)

4. Germany - Bundesliga Champions: Bayern Munich (x15)

5. France - Ligue 1 Champions: PSG (x9)

6. Belgium - Jupiler League Champions: KRC Genk

7. Portugal - Liga NOS Champions: Benfica (x7)

8. Switzerland - Super League Champions: FC Basel (x8)

9. Ukraine - Favbet Liha Champions - Shakhtar Donetsk

10. Turkey - Super Lig Champions - Fenerbahce

 

11. Denmark - Superlig Champions: FC Nordsjaelland

 

Bayern, PSG and Barcelona can **** off. Bored of them now.

 

 

Bayern and PSG are so dull. Also, PSG with 36 wins, 2 draws and no losses is insane.

 

 

Champions League:

 

Europa League:

 

Europa Conference League:

 

[Moonshine]

 

HB Koge - 2027/28

Danish Superliga

Board: Battle Bravely against Relegation

Cup: Fourth Round

Media: 12th (/12)

Odds: 1000-1

 

Friendlies:

Does anyone care?

 

Transfers:

Out went Nicolas Halse, Per Ingerslev and Louis Sterobo, released after their contracts ended. In came three new wingers, in Marcus Lindstrom for £30k from Hammarby at ML, Angolan Milson on both sides, but particularly MR, and Walter Acquaviva, a sexy looking MR. Kenneth Ravn came in as backup, and hopefully eventual relacement, for Casper Hauervig in goal. He's 18, and already pretty good. Up front, we got ourselves a new option for the advanced forward role alongside Jack Ritchie as a False Nine, in the shape of young ST Michael Christensen from FC Kobenhavn. Finally, I wanted another DR as I'm not sure Soren Odegaard is the right fit there. In on loan from Derby came a versatile Croat, and probably the best player at the club, Branko Obrenovic.

 

[Moonshine]

 

HB Koge - 2027/28

Superliga

July

 

Fixtures:

Randers and Lyngby are my challenge for the year, followed closely by OB, Vejle and SoderbyskE. Any other points are just bonuses. This is a good start.

 

Table:

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

HB Koge - 2027/28

Superliga

August

 

Fixtures:

This isn't quite as good... The 5-0 home loss to Lyngby in particular stings terribly. God knows what happened, but we didn't turn up. Beating Vejle helped the month end OK, but we need to improve - particularly as we have yet to play any of the 'big three' of Kobenhavn, Nordsjaelland and Midtjylland

 

Table:

All of Lyngby's goals to date came in that match against me... Doubleplus ungood.

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

HB Koge - 2027/28

Superliga

September

 

Fixtures:

Two cup wins, zero league wins. Figures, given the opposition. We weren't embarrassing, but we're looking peaky. As usual I've given up on the cup, playing a firm second sting against lower league sides. I might kick it up a notch if I win in the next round.

 

Table:

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

HB Koge - 2027/28

Superliga

October

 

Fixtures:

A game that we won? Madness. The 4-4-2 wasn't working, so I went back to the 4-5-1 to gave a little defensive solidarity and it seemed to work. I need to work out when and where to play which formation. The penalty loss against Viborg was annoying, but its the cup and it doesn't matter. Staying up is the aim, end of.

 

Table:

All to play for at the bottom of the table. While the top four run away with it, there's only 6 points between us in 10th and AGF in 4th. Anyone can beat anyone (and most of them beat me). Time to grind some results out.

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

HB Koge - 2027/28

Superliga

November

 

Fixtures:

The aim was to become difficult to beat, so I suppose I've done that, at the cost of some fluidity. More tweaks I think.

 

Table:

We're competitive at the bottom still. All to play for, and I'm desperate not to repeat my post-winter-break slump. I'll be happy with another 10th.

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

HB Koge - 2027/28

Superliga

December

 

Fixtures:

A win! Huzzah! And then a 92nd minute penalty to lose. Damnation.

 

Table:

Out of the bottom two... though my last four games of this phase are respectively against 2nd, 1st, 4th and 5th. So I expect 0 points.

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

Just did a literal double take. My second ever 'real' interview (ie one I didn't actively apply for) after OB way back in 2023. Absol-****ing-lutely yes I'm going to attend.

[Moonshine]

Boooo. Though I suppose the former Slavia Prague manager is a bit better than me...

[Moonshine]

So, one good player then. Ace.

[Moonshine]

The World's Best 2027:

Ballon d'Or: Erling Haaland [Barcelona]

FIFA Best:Erling Haaland [Barcelona]

World Player of the Year: Erling Haaland [Barcelona]

Kopa Trophy (best u21 Player): Joris Bernard [Man City]

 

FIFA best XI

 

[Moonshine]

 

They went for the FC Nordsjaelland manager instead, which is fair enough since they just beat me and are second in the league and all that.

[Moonshine]

HB Koge - 2027/28

Superliga

February

 

Transfers:

I brought in a couple of future prospects on free transfers, overpaying for Dame Cisse in wages as he needed it for  work permit. But he's contracted for five years, so...

 

 

Fixtures:

No surprise as I lose to the top two

 

Table:

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

44 minutes ago, Moonshine said:

 

They went for the FC Nordsjaelland manager instead, which is fair enough since they just beat me and are second in the league and all that.

 

With Nordsjaelland managerless, they approached... well, me, for an interview. Up to 4 interviews without applying now which is nice.

 

[Moonshine]

HB Koge - 2027/28

Superliga

Early March

 

Fixtures:

The win away at Midjylland was a surprise, but lovely for it. AGF was back to usual. But 3 points from the first four games after the winter break was good.

 

Table:

Unfortunately Lyngby had a helluva post-Winter, taking 7 points from their four games to leapfrog me on goal difference. It'll be a battle between the two of us as to who goes down.

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

That's nice.

[Moonshine]

Pastures New

A baffling change of circumstances. From fighting at the bottom of the table on £1.3k p/w with a £60k wage budget and no transfer money, to this. 14 times the salary. A transfer budget in the millions. Four times the wage. Top of the table. I had to say yes.

 

[Moonshine]

FC Nordsjaelland

An Overview:

 

The History:

So, I find myself at the helm of the current Superliga Champions, and the team currently sitting pretty at the top of the league. Madness. They won the league in 2012 and 2027, and the cup in 2020 and 2024, and outside of a blip in 2024/5 when they finished 7th, the team has consistently finished in the top 3 with FC Kobenhavn and FC Midjtylland.They sold their best player in January, 19 y/o wonderkid Kim Brondum, to Real Betis for nearly £10m - their highest ever fee received. The are fierce competitive rivals to Lyngby and FC Kobehavn, and hold other rivalries with Brondby, AB and Birkerod.

 

The Facilities:

Are frankly ridiculous. A good job, as the club are renowned for producing excellent talent. As well as Kim Brondum at Betis, recent years have seen Nordsjaelland players leave for the likes of AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, PSG and Borussia Dortmund. We have a couple of ridiculously good prospects in the youth teams and senior squad.

 

The Expectations:

That's a lot. Basically, play sexy football, using youth players and sell on to keep the club in the black. Cool, I can do that. Maybe.

 

The Situation:

 

Four points clear at the top of the league, in the semi finals of the cup, but sadly out of Europe in the Champions League groups stages (which made me a ****-ton of money, and means that there's £11m in the bank)

 

The Squad:

It's ever-so sexy. The loanees are mad good. Archie Moore-Taylor is from Arsenal, Luk Sucic from Derby, David Dulce from Alaves and Jerome Seube from Wolves.

Valdemar Norgaard is like a shitter, Danish, Ronaldinho:

 

And Rafik Jaziri could be truly brilliant:

 

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2027/28

Superliga

April

 

Fixtures:

Nice. Tight. It's fun being a good team. Oh, and I seem to be in a motherf***ing cup final!!!

 

Table:

Top by 6 points, having been top by 4 when we took over. Decent. Down the other end, Koge are winless since I left and sit 7 points from safety. Sad.

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2027/28

Superliga

May

 

Fixtures:

You know what? we were undefeated in the league. Sod it, I'll take it. You know why? WE BLOODY WON THE THING. The draw with Brondby was enough, and we rotated in the games against Midtjylland and Kobenhavn. Rafik Jaziri got three goals in his three starts for the club to date. He's going to be savage.

 

Bittersweet, mind. Bittersweet.

 

Table:

At the start of the season, I was worrying about another season trying desperately to stay up. I finish at a new club, with new ambitions, and a Superliga title to my name!

 

Cup Final:

We huffed and we puffed but we couldn't blow the door down. Sad.

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2027/28

Superliga

Season Summary

Final Position: 1st! [of 12]

 

The Squad:

 

 

 Looking at the 'frankly ridiculous' £57k p/w wage budget I had with HB Koge is laughable now. This squad is very good, but needs a few tweaks to get it up to snuff for the foreseeable. The most obvious is replacing our four loanees, all of whom were brilliant this season - three as starters, and one as backup. That means a new AMR, a new DC and a new MC. We'll be letting Tommy Gamst go as backup GK, with the aim of bringing in someone who can fully replace Peter Vindahl withing 2-3 years. Elsewhere, Matthias Rasmussen has asked to leave, and we have granted this by transfer listing him. We've already signed an ML and a DL for next season, and identified an ST who looks insane which is an opportunity I just can't pass up.

 

The Awards:

 

 

 

Eric Amissah (Yth):

 

Club Records:

 

Team of the Season:

 

Best XI:

 

All Time XI

 

 

Peter Vindahl

Mads Dohr Tychosen    Jermoe Seube    Maxwell Woledzi    Mads Kruse (Yth)

Nicolaj Larsen          Luka Sucic   

Kim Brondum (YthN)                        Eric Amissah (Yth)                       Ahmed Daghim

            Valdemar Norgaard   

[Moonshine]

 

Improvements:

[Moonshine]

Around the World: 2027/28

 

Top 10 European Leagues by coefficient (and Denmark):

 

1. England - Premier League Champions: Man Utd

2. Spain - La Liga Champions: Barcelona (x11)

3. Italy - Serie A Champions: Inter (x3)

4. Germany - Bundesliga Champions: Schalke (!!!!!)

5. Belgium - Jupiler League Champions: Club Brugge

6. France - Ligue 1 Champions: PSG (x10)

7. Portugal - Liga NOS Champions: Benfica (x8)

8. Ukraine - Favbet Liha Champions - Shakhtar Donetsk (x2)

9. Netherlands -Eredivisie Champions: Feyenoord (x2)

10. Greece - Super League Champions - Olympiacos

 

11. Denmark - Superlig Champions: FC Nordsjaelland (x2)

 

Champions League:

 

Europa League:

 

Europa Conference League:

 

 

[Moonshine]

European Championships 2028

Host: Spain

Holders: Portugal

 

Out in groups: Greece, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bosnia, Ireland, Wales, Norway, Ukraine

 

 

 

Winners: Germany

[OTron]

Great career so far! How do you embiggen the images from Gyazo? Thanks.

[Moonshine]

FC Nordsjaelland

Danish Superliga

Board: Top two

Cup: Reach the final

Champions League: Be Competitive

Media: 1st (/12)

Odds: 5-2

 

Friendlies:

 

Friendly friendly friendlies. Very friendly.

Transfers:

 

I... went mad. A bunch of signing, both for now and for the future. For now, I signed Mhlengi Hlela at AML, who looks a bit good. FC Kobenhavn had him for a season, before selling him to Club Brugge for £2m. £1.4m from me, then, is cheap as chips. Also in for the present is Sylvain Henry at DL. A proper attacking full back, with a lack of dribbling ability. Again, 20, so resale value methinks. Fleming Olsen is my future in goal, and, I hope, Denmark's too. He will backup Peter Varndahl for the next couple of seasons. Jerome Seube returned on loan for the season, as did wonderkid Archie Moore-Taylor. Then came a big signing in Jacob Petersen (Yth) came in on a free from AC Milan. We apparently sold him for £3.7m as an 17 y/o, after making 3 appearances for us. He'd made 29 Serie A appearances, but is a seriously good player and a physical beast – and is only going to get better. And one of our own.

And then, finally, I went mad and smashed the transfer record buying the Superliga's player of the season last season. Not that I needed a striker, but look at the wonder that is Samuel Yusuf. He's beautiful, and 19, and scored 18 goals in 25 games last season on loan at lower-half SonderskyE.

For the future, we went wide - most of these are on the edge of the first team, with luck. In came Fleming Busk, a ridiculously good 16 y/o striker, and the most exciting of the prospects. Also in, in order of excitement, Daniel Fraser, Paul Holt, Helgi Einarson, Isaac Dimy, Toralvur Kaerbech and what appears to be a poor signing in Arkadiusz Radzewicz.

 

 

 

[Moonshine]

13 hours ago, OTron said:

Great career so far! How do you embiggen the images from Gyazo? Thanks.

Cheers! If you go to the Gyazo image, right click on it and go 'view image', you can then copy and past directly into here.

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Superliga

July

 

Fixtures:

Lovely start to the season, decent second game.

 

Table:

 

Awards:

 

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Superliga

August

 

Fixtures:

Three wins and a slightly disappointing loss. Hlela has been magnificent. Samuel Yusuf however has yet to score...

 

Table:

Tight at the top, but we're scoring for fun which helps.

 

Awards:

[Moonshine]

Champions League

 

 

Ouch. 3rd might be a possibility.

[Jimbokav1971]

On 06/04/2020 at 14:19, Moonshine said:

[If anyone knows how to embiggen images from Gyazo, above, please let me know]

Someone has asked me this before. I don't know how to make them small like you have. 

1. Take picture using Gyazo
2. Add picture to collection.
    
3. Left click on "share". 
    
4. Paste into here. 

That's how all mine get done and mine come up big. 

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Superliga

September

 

Fixtures:

League is good, cup is very good, Champions League is **** poor. Samuel Yusuf is scoring, which is nice, and every youth debutant scoring in the cup was great too.

 

Table:

Top!

 

Europe:

Bottom!

 

Awards:

 

 

Edited April 30, 2020 by Moonshine

[Jimbokav1971]

Glad to see it worked. Looks much better. Do you mind if I ask what you were doing before? 

[Moonshine]

19 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Glad to see it worked. Looks much better. Do you mind if I ask what you were doing before? 

I was right clicking on the base picture that comes up when you snip with Gyazo and c&p-ing. Now, I click 'view image' before doing the same thing

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Superliga

October

 

Fixtures:

Almost perfect... We're playing really well.

 

Table:

 

Awards:

 

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Superliga

November

 

Fixtures:

We thrashed Brondby, which was really rather lovely, and had a perfect month in the league in general - without conceding a goal. In Europe, a point at Benfica was impressive, though a loss to Real Madrid unsurprising.

 

Table:

We're building up a good buffer in the league now.

 

Europe:

All to play for with one game left. We face Genk, and Benfica should lose to Madrid. I need a win to actually bloody qualify for the second round, which would be mad.

 

Awards:

 

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Superliga

December

 

Fixtures:

We faced second and third in the league, and came away with four points despite playing rotated teams against both. Meanwhile, with all to play for in Europe, a victory against Genk was absolutely necessary - and we proceeded to thrash them. Unfortunately - or perhaps fortunately? - Benfica somehow managed to win against Real Madrid, dropping me into the Europa League. But I think I might have a chance of a little run there...

 

Table:

 

Europe:

[Moonshine]

Youth Preview

 

 

This doesn't look bad at all...

[Moonshine]

 

End of Year Player Awards

For the first time we have some awards come through for our players - and quite a few of them.

 

Samuel Yusuf was named in the African team of the year, alongside some amazing players, and won African Striker of the Year to boot:

 

 

We had three players - Peter Vindahl, Max Kruse (Yth) and Eric Amissah (Yth) named in the Danish team of the year - again, their contemporaries are briliant, and that it includes two players that came through the youth system is amazing.

 

Eric Amissah (Yth) won the Superliga young player of the year award and the media's player of the year award

 

Samuel Yusuf also won the Superliga Player of the Year award:

 

 

[Moonshine]

The World's Best 2029:

Ballon d'Or: Erling Haaland [Barcelona] (x2)

FIFA Best:Erling Haaland [Barcelona] (x2)

World Player of the Year: Erling Haaland [Barcelona] (x2)

Kopa Trophy (best u21 Player): Simone Paolucci (Inter)

 

FIFA best XI

Edited May 4, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

 

I've never seen this before. I'm not actually complaining, I like Mads Kruse. But equally I though £20m was quite fair and I wanted the cash. Kruse has dropped behind Sylvain Henry  as first choice left back, though he is good for HG players in Europe. He's wanted by 12 clubs, so let's see what we can get for him down the line perhaps.

[Moonshine]

Wonderkid!

 

Just noticed the media description of Jakob Petersen (Yth) - the player I re-signed from AC Milan - has changed to 'wonderkid'!!

 

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Winter Transfers

 

Nothing as exciting as selling Mads Kruse (Yth) for more than £20m, unfortunately. Some youngsters out on loan or small transfers, and my B team manager signed Esben Pedersen, a Danish DL/ML/AML who oddly came through at Cercle Brugge, for £100k rising to £240k. He looks pretty decent, so at the very least we might make a profit on him...

 

Edited April 30, 2020 by Moonshine

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Superliga

February

 

Fixtures:

I got thoroughly FMed in Europe. The wins against AGF were the only positive of what was probably my worst month in charge of Norsjaelland.  Samuel Yusuf, my record signing, has forgotten how to score again, too.

 

Table:

Still, I'm 10 points clear at the top of the table...

[Moonshine]

 

FC Nordsjaelland - 2028/29

Superliga

March

 

Fixtures:

God knows why we only have two league games in March, when we have eleven games in April and May (and the cup semi final, and, potentially, the final). But thems the breaks. A solid two games, meaning we're now 17 unbeaten and happily top by some margin.

 

Table:

At this rate we'll end the season on 80 points, which would be a record for the 12 team league (FC Midtjylland got 85 points with a 14 team league in 2018)