The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge

[Shaun Knight]

I have just got my first youth intake.. I am finally looking forward to being able to field a full team after only have 9 players this whole season.. It has been a long hard first season, I am hoping to finish about Mid table..

 

https://gyazo.com/2c664c81256a80a24f22886b2c74d495

[Cheez3y]

GOAL FC - Season 2021/22

Half Season Update

Pretty decent as promoted team.

I think we can get into the playoffs.

I dont expect much in the first season, but a good AM would be nice.

 

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2024/25

FC United of Manchester

League Table - We flirted with the play offs all season before dropping out of the top seven on the last day of the season.

League Fixtures 1, 2 & 3 - We won our first three games before the familiar tale of inconsistency once again raised its head.

F. A. Cup - For the third season in a row, we only made it as far as the fourth qualifying round.  Chorley getting the better of us this season.

F. A. Trophy - We made it through to the third round before losing rather disappointingly at Kings Lynn Town.

Pre Season Friendlies - An even worse pre season than last year, with lots of defeats.

Squad - Getting stronger all the time, though some of the players are already starting to outgrow the club.

Squad Dynamics - Exceptional, thankfully.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - Just the one departure, our best player, Stipe Osmanovic YP24A33 to Newcastle United.

Youth Candidates - Another wonderful group of players, with Geoff Myers YP25F54 being the best of the bunch.

Finances - The lack of any cup runs continues to dwindle our bank balance.

Key Players

Andrew Camacho YP23D20 - The central defender was sensational all season.

Chris Doyle - The perfect partner for the teenage Camacho who was excellent again this year.

Keith Phelan YP24F38 - His first full season in the team and he returned a surprising 29 goals in his 48 appearances.

Brian Prescott YP24H40 - Playing either up front or on the wing, he was inconsistent.  Either very good or very bad.

Johnny Connerton YP24J42 - Goalkeeper who has not developed as much as I would like.  Now has serious competition so his place may be in jeopardy next season.

Next Season

We must achieve a play off place, at the very least.

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation            Qualifications       Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start   Minimal   (0.25*)     None                   1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1
2021/22    Minimal = (0.50*) ↑   None =                 4 ↑   4 ↑   1 =   1 =   2 ↑   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑   6 ↑   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   5 ↑   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑
2022/23    Minimal = (0.75*) ↑   National C ↑           6 ↑   6 ↑   3 ↑   2 ↑   4 ↑   2 ↑   6 ↑   6 ↑   6 ↑   6 =   1 =   5 ↑   5 ↑   6 ↑   5 ↑   7 ↑   7 ↑
2023/24    Nominal ↑ (1.25*) ↑   National B ↑           8 ↑   8 ↑   4 ↑   3 ↑   4 =   3 ↑   8 ↑   8 ↑   8 ↑   6 =   1 =   7 ↑   7 ↑   8 ↑  10 ↑  10 ↑   9 ↑
2024/25    Nominal = (1.50*) ↑   National A ↑           9 ↑  10 ↑   5 ↑   3 =   4 =   3 =  10 ↑   9 ↑   9 ↑   6 =   1 =   8 ↑   8 ↑   9 ↑  13 ↑  10 =  11 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Youth Level  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Basic                Basic                  4       Adequate              Average          Fairly basic       Local   (1.00*)
2021/22    Basic =              Basic =                4 =     Adequate =            Good ↑           Adequate ↑         Local = (1.00*) =
2022/23    Basic =              Below average ↑        4 =     Adequate =            Excellent ↑↑     Good ↑↑            Local = (1.00*) =
2023/24    Basic =              Below average =        4 =     Adequate =            Exceptional ↑    Exceptional ↑↑     Local = (1.00*) =
2024/25    Basic =              Below average =        4 =     Adequate =            Exceptional =    Exceptional =      Local = (1.00*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22      60        33       12       15         126              84                 +42
2022/23      51 ↓      22 ↓     11 ↓     18 ↑        89 ↓            77 ↓               +12 ↓
2023/24      51 =      24 ↑     13 ↑     14 ↓        97 ↑            84 ↑               +13 ↑
2024/25      52 ↑      25 ↑      9 ↓     20 ↑       105 ↑            89 ↑               +16 ↑

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Time At Club
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22          60        33       12       15         126              84                 +42              316 days
2022/23         111        55       23       33         215             161                 +54              673 days
2023/24         162        79       36       47         312             245                 +67            1,048 days
2024/25         214       104       43       67         417             334                 +83            1,408 days

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     F.A. Cup                    League Cup        Achievements
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North        3rd       Third round                     N/a           Lost in semi final of promotion play off.  Quarter final of the F. A. Trophy.
2022/23           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North       10th ↓     Fourth qualifying round ↓       N/a           Mid table mediocrity.  Third round of the F. A. Trophy.
2023/24           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North        6th ↑     Fourth qualifying round =       N/a           Lost in first round of promotion play off.  Second round of the F. A. Trophy.
2024/25           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North        8th ↓     Fourth qualifying round =       N/a           Missed out on promotion play offs on the last day.  Third round of F. A. Trophy.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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2021/22    Ross Holland YP22A1                       6
2022/23    Scott Jones YP22F6                       40
2023/24    Scott Jones YP22F6                       56
2024/25    Ryan McCormick YP23C19                   89

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
---------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22    Scott Jones YP22F6                     1
2022/23    Scott Jones YP22F6                    13
2023/24    Scott Jones YP22F6                    14
           Ryan McCormick YP23C19                14
2024/25    Keith Phelan YP24F38                  29

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
-----------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22    No one                                  0
2022/23    Scott Jones YP22F6                      1
           Tim Barker YP23L28                      1
2023/24    Ryan McCormick YP23C19                  5
2024/25    Ryan McCormick YP23C19                 15

Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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2021/22    No one                                     0
2022/23    Scott Mason YP22G7                         1
2023/24    Scott Mason YP22G7                         5
2024/25    Johnny Connerton YP24J42                   9

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by DazRTaylor

[Shankly84]

SEASON 6 - 2026/27 - ICELANDIC PREMIER DIVISION

LEAGUE TABLE - FIXTURES - FIXTURES- PLAYER STATS - TEAM STATS - COMPETITION REVIEW

MANAGER PROFILE - CHARACTERISTICS - ATTRIBUTES

CLUB PROFILE - GENERAL - FACILITIES - HONOURS - FINANCES - TRANSFERS

LEAGUE CUP

So back in the top flight, 3rd time lucky. Hopefully. I wanted to use the league cup to gauge how well we could cope back in the top league. The group stage went perfectly, with 5 wins from  5 and scoring 23 goals. Through to the semi-final were we met Fylkir. It was a poor performance and we barely created a chance in 90 minutes. Into extra time and a few fresh legs chnaged the tide and we snook out with a 1-0 win. Into the final were we would play KR. We took an early lead and was holding our own, but 2 goals in 4 minutes completely spun the game. A late equaliser from Henriksson (now a mainstay), meant it would be extra-time again. Into extra-time and in the blink of an eye we are 5-2 down. A late consolation means it finishes 5-3, but it wasn't to be and we finish as runners-up. Hopefully a sign of better things to come in the league.

LEAGUE

I was hoping that we would bring the good form from the League Cup into the league and things started well if not a lot quieter than normal for our style. 2 wins and a draw in the first 3 saw a good start, but it wasn't till the 4th game in that we managed more than 1 goal. That game resulted in an unlucky defeat to Fylkir, but we bounced back, goin unbeaten in the next 7 league games. After 14 games, we were sat in 3rd place, 7 points off the top and with two games in hand. Surely wew were safe this time! A slightly rocky patch inthe 3rd quarter of the season saw a couple more defeats, but by the time the 18th match came around, we found ourselves 3rd and 4 points off the top. With three games to go we travelled to our bogey team, Breioablik, knowing a win would close the gap to just two points. A 2-2 draw under normal circumstances would be perfectly fine, but wassn't quite enough. Vikingur R. went into their game with KR knowing a win would seal the title, and win they did. In fact they ha dactually wrapped it up in style, going unbeaten for the whole league campaign. Two home wins meant that we had sealed 2nd place and for the first time we wouldn't be relegated straight back to the First Division. Overall a magnificent season, with a runners-up spot and a European place, but I still finished the league campaign knowing a couple of goals here and there and we would of been champions.

ICELANDIC CUP

After two impressive performances over Por and Fram, we met a team in Breioablik, that we had yet to beat. It took extra-time, but a 4-2 win meant we were into the semi's and confidence was high. A hard fought 1-0 win to Grotta meant that we were back into the final, where we would face KR. The team who had previously beaten us in the League Cup Final. A close first half saw us peg them back to 1-1 thanks to a goal from Jonsson. By 60 minutes we had raced clear into a 3-1 lead and it looked like it could be our year again. But 2 goals in 10 minutes from Bjornsson completed his hattrick and meant we were going to extra-time again. Extra-time was far more quiet than the League Cup Final but with just 2 minutes remaining, 16 year old substitute Wohler came off the bench to smash in the winner and bring the cup back to Haukar!!!

THE PLAYERS

Aron Skuli Brynjarsson carried on all the other seasons, as out top scorer again, this time bagging 26 in 28 starts. Kristofer Hinriksson, from last years intake, established himself as the right sided striker and managed an imppressive 18 goals in 30 games, with 9 in 18 in the league. Kristofer Jonson made up the left sided spot and carried on his First Division form, with 18 in 30 and Gylfi Sigurjonsson had an impressive season with an av. rating of 7.30. He formed a good partnership at centre back with now established Patrekur Sverrison.

THE YOUTH INTAKE

Another decent intake with Ingolfur Aoalsteinsson the one who could push his way in next season.

[yowg8ynwa]

Season 1 - 2022

Started a save in the Primera B de Chile, after a few attempts to figure out the league systems in Mexico and South Korea.  From what I can tell Concepcion were promoted after finishing second in the third tier.  The Chilean league calendar starts in February and ends in November (I think).

It seems like the league reset date for Chile is around January 10th.

Here is the first team squad:

And here is the U19 squad:

Also, the club has a club culture of signing players under the age of 23 for the team...does anyone know if this will be a huge factor in keeping me in the job?

This is my first time joining a challenge on the forums, so if anyone can offer any advice for having screenshots as links instead of massive pictures, it would be appreciated!

[DazRTaylor]

To link a screenshot, highlight the text you want to be the link and click the link button on the toolbar in this type box.  In the URL box, put the link of the screenshot.

[yowg8ynwa]

6 minutes ago, DazRTaylor said:

To link a screenshot, highlight the text you want to be the link and click the link button on the toolbar in this type box.  In the URL box, put the link of the screenshot.

Do I need to have the screenshot hosted on another site when I do this?

[Crayam99x]

20 minutes ago, yowg8ynwa said:

Also, the club has a club culture of signing players under the age of 23 for the team...does anyone know if this will be a huge factor in keeping me in the job?

Yes, its a factor, but it shouldnt weigh too heavily. I had the same club culture in my youth only save. The board removed it after one season. I did perform far above expectations, however.

 

3 minutes ago, yowg8ynwa said:

Do I need to have the screenshot hosted on another site when I do this?

You would need to host it on another website. I tend to use Imgur. It's easy to use and you can put together all your images per season in one folder.

[XaW]

Season 2030 - Eliteserien (tier 1) - 9th season

A very good season! Seems like the extra season in OBOS-ligaen helped a lot, because the players are steadily playing better and better. We started very good, and were part of the top at the start, but when we had a bit of a drop in form around halfway I thought we'd drop steadily down the table. However, we bounced back some good wins and were part of the battle up top once again. In the end we finished in 4th place, only 5 points behind the winner. This means we are going into Europe next season!

Transfers | Youth Preview | Youth Intake

A good intake, but no one really stands out. We did get a talented goalkeeper though.

Key players: Max Ademaj 26b, Dan Osnes 26c & Lennart Baasnes-Telje 26f

[OlivierL]

Going into europe will be good for your balance, @XaWhow is your balance ?

[OlivierL]

In which countries do you get prize money in the highest (or lower) division? I even have the impression that in the Belgian league you only get money for the first place in the highest division. In real life you get money per position. This challenge is much harder if you play in a country without prize money ?

[XaW]

18 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

Going into europe will be good for your balance, @XaWhow is your balance ?

It's been dropping like crazy, but the 4th place gave me just over a million pound to take me ONLY a million in the red... youth coaching costs!

[DazRTaylor]

32 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

In which countries do you get prize money in the highest (or lower) division? I even have the impression that in the Belgian league you only get money for the first place in the highest division. In real life you get money per position. This challenge is much harder if you play in a country without prize money ?

Germany.  Nothing in the third tier, the division you would start in, but if you then finished bottom of the second tier, you still get over £6m.

Edited November 21, 2020 by DazRTaylor

[Padders]

Nice to get one go our way for a change

[Maikol]

SalPa 21-22

took a while to play the season, have been really busy but i finally got there. Was once again predicted to go down and 10 games i was bottom with 1 win but then we won once again and the momentum just carried us from there. Got another Golden Gen youth intake and the new youth facilities also got completed. Junior Coaching is also now up to excellent status. Good 1st year in the 1st tier and a platform to build on.

-Transfers

-Youth Intake

-Top 3 players:Claudio Merville, Pasi Salminen, Kasperi Tuomi 

-Hot Prospects:Job Campos, Louis Kalonji, Markus Laurila

[Cheez3y]

GOAL FC - Season 2021/22

Youth Intake

I will only take 7 players to fill some positions if needed.

Nothing fancy, here is the best one:

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by Cheez3y

[OlivierL]

2 hours ago, DazRTaylor said:

Germany.  Nothing in the third tier, the division you would start in, but if you then finished bottom of the second tier, you still get over £6m.

Just checked this.. idd it is !

 

[filipefm20]

Season 5 finished. Once again, finishing in 14th. Gustavao Vadillo and Pablo are now my better players, despite Pablo not playing well this season. Youth intake this year was bad, i only had one Golden generation in 5 years. Finances are in really bad shape, but the board didn't force me to sell anyone yet, wich is preety good.

Best youngster:

 

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by filipefm20

[darren1983]

Right let's go again

Here I am, back in charge of Kingstonian's - they are my local club really, I live 3 minutes from what was their ground, Kingsmedow, before a dodgy owner with poor financial call, AFC Wimbledon and Chelsea moved in, they now play in Tolworth which is still only about 30 minutes from me so let's go! 

[Sanno11]

Nuneaton Borough 2022/23 Season review.

Competitions

Vanarama National League South - League table

FA Cup - lost in 4th qualifying round

FA Trophy - lost in 3rd qualifying round

Well that was a shock to the system. The positive end to last season was a false dawn, and the reality was very bleak. 

After a poor opening ten games, I came to conclusion the system that ended last season so well needed to be changed. This did not go well! We struggled through the next 20 games, only winning on rare occasions. 

Returning to a more defensive version of the original system saw us look more competitive in games and pick up a few wins. It was a 5 way battle to avoid relegation and despite slightly better form, we were in 21st place by the time the final game week game round. Only 2 points separated 4 teams. 

We managed to scrape a 1-0 win at home and it was enough to leapfrog a couple of teams and finish in 19th. Hard to know what to expect next season, but it cannot afford to be any worse than this! 

 

Playing squad

Some of the terrible form could be blamed on the lack of a clear starting 11. Throughout the season I rotated heavily, trying out new combinations of players from the previous year's intake. Our veteran Carl Baker has retired at the ripe old age of 40. 

Youth team

Youth Intake

Less variety in this year's intake, but a similar depth of potential. One player looks ready to start in the first team.

Richard Frater (23a)

Tommy Hill (23b) 

Spencer Molyneux (23c)

Brendan Noakes (23d)  

 

Finances, Facilities and Transfers

Our finances seem stable enough, we haven't upgraded anything yet, but that isn't a concern for now. I picked up my second coaching badge. 
 

 

[Cheez3y]

GOAL FC - Season 2021/22

End Of Season Review

In February we had a rough time, but in the end we secured automatic promotion on the last day of the season.

[OlivierL]

Berchem Sport was a beautiful story but unfortunately because of a nasty bug (best defender was called up for Surinamie while he is one hundred percent Belgian in real life, i reported this bug and hoped it wouldn't bother me but... ) . Because of this I had to miss him in a few crucial matches. Also the huge stadium that no longer exists in real life and the big youth setup costs and lack of future income (no prize money in belgium ) made me decide to quit. still a quick report : In the cup competition we were very strong.  We beat two first class teams on our way to the quarter finals. There Genk (top Belgium) was too strong for us. Unfortunately it brought us hardly any money.
In the competition we started with difficulty but after a good series we were suddenly just under playoff place. On the last matchday we had to win and lose Tienen . Unfortunately we won both and didn't end in a playoff place. All in all a good season .  The youth intake was very poor despite good facilities.  

 

Back to the drawing board and hopefully third good time ? no idea yet in which country I can start and if I wait until the full release. I want a relative 'small league' with teams that don't have big & good squads and i want to end up in competitions that gains a lot of prize money.. i don't think those kind of country excists. 

After the bugs in Portugal and Belenenses and these tricky little disadvantages in Berchem and Belgium, I'm going to wait and see before I post my intro. first finish a season before I post something here.

Edited November 21, 2020 by OlivierL

[Perre8]

@OlivierL sad to read this! 

I hope you will find a fun game after all!

[jmonfu]

2 hours ago, OlivierL said:

Berchem Sport was a beautiful story but unfortunately because of a nasty bug (best defender was called up for Surinamie while he is one hundred percent Belgian in real life, i reported this bug and hoped it wouldn't bother me but... ) . Because of this I had to miss him in a few crucial matches. Also the huge stadium that no longer exists in real life and the big youth setup costs and lack of future income (no prize money in belgium ) made me decide to quit. still a quick report : In the cup competition we were very strong.  We beat two first class teams on our way to the quarter finals. There Genk (top Belgium) was too strong for us. Unfortunately it brought us hardly any money.
In the competition we started with difficulty but after a good series we were suddenly just under playoff place. On the last matchday we had to win and lose Tienen . Unfortunately we won both and didn't end in a playoff place. All in all a good season .  The youth intake was very poor despite good facilities.  

 

Back to the drawing board and hopefully third good time ? no idea yet in which country I can start and if I wait until the full release. I want a relative 'small league' with teams that don't have big & good squads and i want to end up in competitions that gains a lot of prize money.. i don't think those kind of country excists. 

After the bugs in Portugal and Belenenses and these tricky little disadvantages in Berchem and Belgium, I'm going to wait and see before I post my intro. first finish a season before I post something here.

Yes Im also findin Belgium tough financially especially.  Loosing 50K a month.  Also lost 4 players to free transfers because of the contract bug.  Mid season and playing with relegation zone.  Will see where I am at the end of the season if I manage to not get sacked.

[keeper#1]

South Shields 2023 Youth Intake

Statistically a better intake than last year.  Personalities are still garbage on the whole.  New HoYD coming for next season.

Kris Kamara 23A

Mike Neiland 23B

Abu Wilson 23C

Robbie Newton 23D

Justin Bernard 23E

[Bruce Drundrige]

On 20/11/2020 at 14:08, Bruce Drundrige said:

I really don't know why I've decided to inflict this challenge on myself but I've only played a handful of games and I'm addicted already. 

Sacked in February... just as my experimental 3-3-4 formation was looking promising. 

I only had 2 CDs and one of them left in January because he wanted a new challenge. This is tough. Starting again!

[shaunvamos]

Excelsior Maassluis 2021/22 Season Review

 

 

 

Kenny Lipman - Marius van Mil - Daan Blij

 

We survived, and pretty comfortably eventually! We held our own pretty well, and we weren't too far off a playoff spot, but realistically we never stood a chance of getting there. But still, I think we did really well, given the fact that the general consensus seems to be that the Netherlands is really difficult. Next season will probably be a struggle, but the positives are that we have a training upgrade on the way and have upgraded JC and YR. We're also pretty strong financially at the moment, but with these upgrades it could change.

 

Youth Intake

 

Ronald Hanssen 1A - Rodrigue Mabiti 1B - Rolf Windhorst 1C

 

An intake that ruined our all-Dutch squad, but there's 2 5* prospects there worth getting excited about.

 

Transfers

 

We let our starting RWB go for a decent fee with a 50% sell-on. I hope it won't be a mistake!

 

Progress

 

[Cheez3y]

Yay finally, lets see how high I can get it before the next intake.

[scarp]

@keeper#1 why do you rate fickle personality as negative one?

[Crayam99x]

25 minutes ago, scarp said:

@keeper#1 why do you rate fickle personality as negative one?

Loyalty is very low so a player with fickle personality might want to transfer quicker. But I've found they do develop really well in my saves.

[OlivierL]

58 minutes ago, scarp said:

@keeper#1 why do you rate fickle personality as negative one?

Idd Loyalty is low but they have a guaranteed ambition '16-20' so for my it's not a negative personalty for development. for senior players it is.

 

[scarp]

I agree with @OlivierL here, I much rather see fickle/mercenary than balanced. I also find loyalty one of the easiest stats to change through mentoring.

[Cheez3y]

First game in Ligue 2...

Yeah....great...

[witticism]

Second season finished:

 

 

 

u19 in first team:

 

 

 

Top prospect:

My personal choice:

 

[DazRTaylor]

The new youth preview is in.  Hoping the central defender is pretty good as I need one!

[witticism]

I've been wanting for some pace in my defense for two seasons now, right-back is a position of weakness too, I havent found a good solution yet. Best of luck.

 

[Bubbles_DK]

Season 3 - 2022/23

The league

Third season is a charm. We startet of terrible with a lot of unstable results. Mid season it turned around after pushing one striker down to the AMC position as a shadow striker and pushed a central midfielder down in the DM strata. After the change we didn't lose for 10 games.

When the preliminary phase was over, we were sitting at top of the table. Unfortunately we couldn't hold on to the top spot, but we manage come in second and we got promoted to the 2. division (3. tier).

We used a lot of different players this year and got to intoduced a couple of youngsters to the main squad. We are really trying to make the transition slow, so we keep the balance of influental players in the starting elleven.

 

The cup

Nothing to report about in this years cup as we only made it to second round beat by our league rivals FC Roskilde.

 

Youth

This years youth intake preview was  once agian promise of a possible golden generation. The intake it self defintely didn't dissapoint. We signed the lot again :-) 

 

Other news

No transfers was made.

I firmly believe that the 2. division isn't much stronger than the 3. division, because the 3. division was created from 10 clubs from the 2. division and 2 promoted teams. We will proberly be just around mid table at the end of the season.

 

 

Edited November 23, 2020 by Bubbles_DK

[witticism]

Awesome determination on that youth intake preview

[Steveh171]

Going to have an attempt at this with Stourbridge town.

Not too optimistic with the amount of grey players in my first team!

[witticism]

10 minutes ago, Steveh171 said:

Going to have an attempt at this with Stourbridge town.

Not too optimistic with the amount of grey players in my first team!

Good Luck!

[Cheez3y]

Yay, there goes our expected profit of the season.

[witticism]

Figured this was as good a place as any to ask, considering I play a flat 451, where would you slot this kid in if you were me:

I havent got any interesting retrainting ideas so I think I might default to one of the three CM possibly.

[DazRTaylor]

Youth Candidates

Season 2025/26

FC United of Manchester

After two fabulous youth intakes, it was always going to be a big ask for this year's to follow suit, but once again, our Head of Youth Development has come through for the club.  Some great potential here.

[Bartrcm]

Racing Mechelen - Season 2024-2025 - 1st Amateur (3th division)

Predicted: 12th

Final position: 10th

 

We started the season with 4 points after 2 games, but could only win once in the next 10 games. We were never in the relegation postions, but were always in a relegation battle. We survived in our second last game of the season. To summarize our season with only 1 word: inconsistancy. WIth only 13 players it was a very hard season. Best player of the season was Dean Doncos, and in real life he is a good friend of me. Will be hard to kick him out of the team, when somebody else will be better.  He scored 17 of 40 goals this season.

 

Games 1:

Games 2:

Cup: we reached the 5th round.

 

Youth intake: A very good preview, and the actual intake was even better than expected. 13 players with 5* potential and 3 players with 4.5* potential. All players have at least 1 golden * at the intake. 6 players will be starters next season.

Miel Julien (YP1a): DC, will start next year.

Albert Collard (YP1b): AMC, also starter next season.

Enver Elezaj (YP1c): DR, also a starter next season.

 

Transfers: None

Finances: Terrible, lost more than 500K, and the board invested 230K.

 

Goals for next season: Stay out of a relegation battle, and give a lot of youngsters game time.

[darren1983]

15 minutes ago, DazRTaylor said:

Youth Candidates

Season 2025/26

FC United of Manchester

After two fabulous youth intakes, it was always going to be a big ask for this year's to follow suit, but once again, our Head of Youth Development has come through for the club.  Some great potential here.

Jesus man, how are you getting these?  

[darren1983]

40 minutes ago, witticism said:

Figured this was as good a place as any to ask, considering I play a flat 451, where would you slot this kid in if you were me:

I havent got any interesting retrainting ideas so I think I might default to one of the three CM possibly.

Yeah would be one of the CMs for as well tbh. Probably the more attacking one with his long shots, technique and composure but that's me judging him against my vanarama south level players  

[witticism]

6 minutes ago, darren1983 said:

Yeah would be one of the CMs for as well tbh. Probably the more attacking one with his long shots, technique and composure but that's me judging him against my vanarama south level players  

I so badly wanted him to be a viable RB candidate but those physical attributes are not helping

[darren1983]

4 minutes ago, witticism said:

I so badly wanted him to be a viable RB candidate but those physical attributes are not helping

Yeah if you get those up (maybe rotate additional focus on them every 2 or 3 months) it could work.

[DazRTaylor]

17 minutes ago, darren1983 said:

Jesus man, how are you getting these?  

My JC & YR is maxed.  I also have a cracking HoYD for this level.

[Braumiller]

Lordy, this first season in the top tier of Argentina is a slog....  42 league games with what looks like a slowly evolving league structure in progress.  Down to 21 teams next year and 40 league games, hoping it continues and we are reducing to 20 or maybe even 18?

Hoping to finish the season and post my update later today