The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge

[Brentmeister]

What is the point in selling my best player, against my wishes for 68k up front, to then give me all the 68k to spend?

 

Edited March 7, 2021 by Brentmeister

[Brentmeister]

24 minutes ago, djsterry said:

here come the replacements 

2 or 3 players that will become first teamers at least hopefully

2 players with 3 star ca, and 7 with 5 star pa?!?! Nice

[TheGreatTraveler]

SC Freamunde

Season 11 - 2031/2032

Transfers - Past Positions - Best XI - Finances

Season Summary - 18th - Relegated

Ouch. We really weren't good enough this season, no matter what tactic I tried. Often outplayed, a few of our wins were entirely undeserved (although we also had some losses were we really should have won). 

Despite all that, we were always in with a shout of staying up. A horrid end to the season that included 7 losses in our last 8 games (including to Oliveirense and Sporting B) guaranteed our relegation, but it could have been different. In the last macth of the season again promotion-chasing Feirense, we managed to claw back to 1-1 and were laying seige to their goal (even hitting the post) only for them to get a 94th minute winner. 

Gutted, but not disheartened. Our squad was the worst in the division by a long stretch, and some more time in tier three may be particularly useful. 

Both cups saw first round eliminations for us. 

Off the Field

In November I managed to offer a 5 year deal to Daniel Andre - YP6b that did not include a release clause and I was quite happy, even if it made him the best paid player by a LOT. Then in January a great offer came in for him (3.3M and 50% of Next Sale) so he will be leaving us at the end of the season. With Gustavo Campos - YP10a now in the squad, we could afford to let him go. 

We have been using the influx of money very well, with our faciloties improved multiple times to the point they are now Great and Good. Both being improved further in time for the new season. 

Prospects worth Noting 

Gustavo Gomes - YP1k (ST/AML/AMR) - 17 goals and 3 assists, he really tried his best but it just wasn't enough. A frustrating inconsitency didn't help either. 

Gustavo Cassiano - (AML/AMC/ML/ST) - (5th intake) Can now play up front and did so a few times, but is mainly our left winger. 7 goals and 4 assists, he missed some penalties that could have helped keep us up. Has relegation release clause of 500k so won't be surprised if he leaves. 

Daniel Andre - YP6b (AMR/MR) - Huge drop-off in his performances this year are part of the reason I agreed to his sale, although blaming him for our results would be quite unfair. 1 goal and 6 assists as he leaves for First Division Famalicao. 

Youth Intake

With the nerves of the relegation battle I forgot to take a screenshot but the intake was quite good even if nobody is ready for the first team yet. Two 5 star PA players and four 4.5PA players have been tagged, which naturally includes ANOTHER keeper. That's 5 consecutive intakes with a keeper as prospect A or B. 

Next Season

Compete for promotion has to be the goal, although thankfully the board don't expect it until 2 years from now. Giving more chances to the youngsters with better potential will also be paramount if we hope to survive and eventually succeed in the Second Division.

[TheGreatTraveler]

 

Thoughts on if I should sell the transfer clause? Dortmund and Lazio are interested in him, and I sold him for 3.5M back in the day so to get 21M they would need to sell him for 45.5M. 

[karax268]

Money in the bank beats potential money any day.

 

Question is, do you need the money? if not you could wait it out I suppose, but still. It would be hard for me to pass on the guarenteed money

[Brentmeister]

Have to agree, a bird in the hand and all that

[TheGreatTraveler]

Hmmm that's what I was thinking too, but since I posted his value went up to 24M. Still think cashing is the best option but think I'm gonna give it a couple of weeks to see if things continue to change.

[djsterry]

1 hour ago, Brentmeister said:

2 players with 3 star ca, and 7 with 5 star pa?!?! Nice

very happy with that 

 

this one looks good, not the bet personality but good stats imo

[djsterry]

59 minutes ago, TheGreatTraveler said:

 

Thoughts on if I should sell the transfer clause? Dortmund and Lazio are interested in him, and I sold him for 3.5M back in the day so to get 21M they would need to sell him for 45.5M. 

I'd definitely sell it at that amount

[XaW]

               

Miðvágs Bóltfelag - Season 2030 Review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

Finally! We won it! It was a close one, but in the end we did it. And it was even though we lost another few players this season, so I'm extra happy in that regard. I keep asking about professional status, but the board still refuses. Hopefully qualifying for CL next season will make them turn around.

In the Løgmanssteypið we beat Havnar, B36 and NSÍ to reach the final. There we beat Skála to claim our first cup title.

In the Europa Conference League we started in the 1st qualifying round again. We beat Kastrioti of Albania and Bravo of Slovenia before we lost to Hibernian of Scotland in the 3rd qualifying round.

Another good intake, but not as good as the previous ones, probably partially due to our stronger squad now.

Statistics:

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This time it was more international. We added North Macedonia, Portugal and Greece to the list.

[Winski]

BFC Dynamo Season 2021/2022 review
League table | Finances | Transfers

Well, this was easily one of the most unexpected but most satisfying seasons ever. At the beginning of the season, I thought we would battle for relegation. With a squad of only 17 players we achieved something amazing. It was tough sometimes, mostly when someone got injured or banned. But we did it: CHAMPIONS of Liga 3 and promotion to Bundesliga 2 !!

Our first ever youth intake was better then expected. Our facilities are bad, and the intake preview wasn’t good either. So the actual intake surprised me a lot. Some really nice players!

These 5 are the best ones, according to my HoYD Fabian Fritsche:





 

And now we finally got some players in our U19, and some more options in our first team.

The best players this season:
Andor Bolyki scored 24 goals for us, and 12 assists. Great player!
Matthias Steinborn Our experienced striker, scored 23 goals for us. Very important for us, but is getting older. Hopefully he can deliver again for us next season.
Alexander Siebeck Our left wingback, good for 17 assists.
Marvin Kleihs Very important on our midfield. We use him as a ball winning midfielder in our tactic and he is doing very well.
Will Siakam One of the surprises. Scored lots of important goals for us.

The money in 2. Liga is good, so hopefully we can upgrade our facilities a bit. The board didn't allow me to upgrade this season. I was only allowed to gain some training licenses.

[keeper#1]

1 hour ago, karax268 said:

Money in the bank beats potential money any day.

 

Question is, do you need the money? if not you could wait it out I suppose, but still. It would be hard for me to pass on the guarenteed money

 

[UnkleTass]

ACN Siena 1904 Season 2034/35 Review

Another great year from the boys in which we defied expectations and finished 6th but unfortunately couldn't find the juice to go up in the playoffs so we will be a Serie B team again next year. We still have a healthy balance so we can cope with a couple more seasons building in Serie B so I'm not too mad at the moment. Things are very rosy heading into our 15th year we are on track. Also late but we got the tag of overachiever in last years Serie A relegation, not sure how but i'll take it.

So in the first season of full youth we had no trouble coping which was delightful, in addition to this both the U18s & U20s are firing on all cylinders which means this Golden Generation may be the truth in which case the future looks bright

We were taken over again for the 2nd time in 15 years and the new board seem keen to splash the cash they have allowed me to upgrade with great regularity which I love, I was able to increase all the facilities as evidenced above which should help mould my current Golden Crop and future Golden Crops to boot

Final Form achieved I now have a Continental Pro Licence 

Challenge: Squad League Table Transfers

Key Players: Lino Melzi 26A Pablo Latini 29A Antonio Ferraro 26B*

Youth Intake: Preview Actual

Manager: Profile Attributes

Jobs: None

Extra: Finances Moments Final Form Promotion Run In Last Season Overachievers Takeover

[TheGreatTraveler]

Well when someone brings out the Simpsons GIF I have no choice but to sell. Money in the bank now 

[djsterry]

end of season review 2026/27

Once again we survive despite being the worst team in the division

same position as last year still taking massive losses from the big boys 

an icon retires and its time for the youth players to step up and take his place

only one player left from the team I took over and that's the gk

unusually ive had no keepers come through yet

 

Star of the season

a strong season from Dere and I'm very happy to have him tied up to a long contract now

some good improvements made and it seemed to make a difference in this years intake

all will probably play a part in the first team this year

yet again the aim this year is to survive 

 

 

 

[JAwtunes]

Widzew Lodz (FM20)

Season 10 (2029-30) - Review

On the pitch

Starting 11

Domestic: PKO Ekstraklasa - 1st, Polish Cup - 3rd round.  Legia still have their tycoon owner and put a lot of pressure on this season, even going top for a few weeks in the middle of the season.  We managed to beat them 2-1 and then after a draw against Jaga their owner decided to sack their manager and then fall away at the end of the season.  They are providing a fun twist to the save.

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League

Cup

Europe: UEFA Champions League - Group stage (7 points in group). Qualified for the UEFA Europa League and made it to the quarter finals before going out to Leverkusen.

Off the pitch

Youth Intake

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Players

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2030 Intake

 

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Top players

 

SUMMARY

[JLAB]

I'm sorry, what?! One of my relegation rivals is a subject of a tycoon takeover? Oh no...

[Brentmeister]

Not bad for a 21 year old GK in Div 3

Edited March 7, 2021 by Brentmeister

[keeper#1]

Farnborough 2029-30 Season Review

Fixtures 1, 2, 3, 4: Slight improvement around the edges but we are still a mid-table team who needs to rely on set pieces and other shithousery to win games until Stephen Lynch 30D joined the club

League: Chester needed a win on the last match day to earn the championship.  We finished close to .500 with 17 wins and 18 losses and sat in the middle of the table.  Eastleigh, Boston United, Stevenage and Woking head down the Vanarama Regional Leagues.

Playoff Tree: Barrow suffers final heartbreak has they lost to 3rd place Notts County.

FA Cup

FA Trophy

xG General Performance : Defense is slowly creeping toward average.  Still struggling with shots per game which is holding back our xG.

xG Expected - Actual: We were still on pace to be a relegated if you were to go by xG goals and points but we outperformed both and finished in 13th instead of 23rd.

xG Attacking Efficiency      xG Defensive Efficiency

Stats 1     Stats 2

Player of the Year Carlo Davies 28D: Davies wins Player of the Year for the second year in the row and is quickly becoming a quality National League goalkeeper

Rookie of the Year Stephen Lynch 30D: 8 goals in only 8 games including a club record 4 goals in one game is enough to earn Lynch the Rookie of the Year

Transfers

Youth Intake Preview      Youth Intake     Youth Intake DNA      Paul O'Donovan 30A    Josh Hewitt 30B     Jason Wiltshire 30C     Stephen Lynch 30D     Andy Deeley 30E

Moments to Remember      Best XI     Accolades

Accolades

Right now, we've got the best youth set up in the National League.  Hopefully, I've only got a couple more years of this non-league football.

Joe Baitup 23D will become the first academy player to 300 caps next season.  Stephen Lynch 30D will quickly move into the Top 10 Goals chart next season as well.

Not a bad first year for our U18s in league play much better than AFC Sudbury.

[JAwtunes]

With the importance of developing our own players, I was wondering if anyone has any tips?

I was really struggling keeping my players fit (they were always having to take long mid-season holidays) and I decided to follow my physios advice everyday during the season.  For the last couple of seasons I have been going to Training > Rest and setting training intensity as per physio instruction.  To to this I have: (i) select all players (they stay highlighted so only need to select once - in FM20 at least), (ii) right click and select automatic to set them all to normal intensity (I have set all % ranges to normal - you only have to do this once), (iii) select the physio recommendation button at the bottom of the screen (which sets to Half intensity, Double intensity and Holiday).

This hasn't helped massively with keeping my players off the beach (perhaps a little) but I have definitely seen the weekly training reports showing higher numbers.

[Cheez3y]

I never really had fitness problems, only sometimes.

If there are two games in a week for e.g. Wed and Sun, I give the players 2-3 days rest between matches.

And if there heart are not fully green, I rotate them out.

 

[Morpheus13]

 

Chengfeng Season 23/24

Table - Squad - U19 Squad- Youth Intake - Finances - Transfers

We actually nearly got promoted and only because of loosing the last three games we have to go another Season in the Jia League. We had an unbelievable 18 games unbeaten run, which was pretty sick. It seemed like we cannot loose. I could play youngsters, players out of position but it seemend like we couldnt loose. Even I know it would have been too early to go up, i think financially it would be nice. We are still relying on cash injections by the board. My 22 intake striker Ma Zhiyi actually was the topscorer of the league, but he already asked to join a bigger club, so I think we will need to sell him.

 

This offseason I think we need to sell some players and rely on youngsters again. Especially because the contacts of our 2 beste players Sun Weizhe and Liu Boyang are running out, and I dont think we can reniew them.  Actually Ren Qisheng (22C) and Jiao Guanyu (22A) are stagnating a bit but that means I can probably keep them.

From the 23 Intake Wang Yafei (23F) and Zhao Wenqing (23B) are improving.

This years Youth Intake was very average. Tang Ning (24A) and Wu Zhong (24B) look like the most promising ones.

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Edited March 8, 2021 by Morpheus13

[Morpheus13]

Immediatly need to apply for a coaching course

[Elsjorro]

So, we just finished the challenge with FC United in 2038. Managed to take the CL with a 2-1 victory over the Spurs.

 

Man, the luck i had, mindblown. A first group with PSV, AC Milan and Dortmund, getting the next round in the last game winning in the 93th minute against dortmund. Then next round i got up to Inter Milan, which were doin pretty damn awfull in Serie A.

After that, we got Leicester City who had like  a 10th position at that point in the PL. Only Barca in the half final was a hard nut to crack, but again Spurs in the final ( Number 8th in the PL) and only landed a single shot on target until minute 74, By that time it was 1-1 and Spurs got a red card. After that everything turned around and we hit the jackpot.

I'll post a screen tonight when im done with work. 

[Armeniar]

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Fixed some diving lessons for the boys. 

[Brentmeister]

1 hour ago, JAwtunes said:

With the importance of developing our own players, I was wondering if anyone has any tips?

I was really struggling keeping my players fit (they were always having to take long mid-season holidays) and I decided to follow my physios advice everyday during the season.  For the last couple of seasons I have been going to Training > Rest and setting training intensity as per physio instruction.  To to this I have: (i) select all players (they stay highlighted so only need to select once - in FM20 at least), (ii) right click and select automatic to set them all to normal intensity (I have set all % ranges to normal - you only have to do this once), (iii) select the physio recommendation button at the bottom of the screen (which sets to Half intensity, Double intensity and Holiday).

This hasn't helped massively with keeping my players off the beach (perhaps a little) but I have definitely seen the weekly training reports showing higher numbers.

This is what i always use and never seem to have many problems. Everyone is set to auto

Pre-season should also be suitably rigorous to stave off fatigue and jadedness longer into the season

[Brentmeister]

4 minutes ago, Armeniar said:

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Fixed some diving lessons for the boys. 

Nothing like signing real players to your staff!

[Brentmeister]

31 minutes ago, Elsjorro said:

So, we just finished the challenge with FC United in 2038. Managed to take the CL with a 2-1 victory over the Spurs.

 

Man, the luck i had, mindblown. A first group with PSV, AC Milan and Dortmund, getting the next round in the last game winning in the 93th minute against dortmund. Then next round i got up to Inter Milan, which were doin pretty damn awfull in Serie A.

After that, we got Leicester City who had like  a 10th position at that point in the PL. Only Barca in the half final was a hard nut to crack, but again Spurs in the final ( Number 8th in the PL) and only landed a single shot on target until minute 74, By that time it was 1-1 and Spurs got a red card. After that everything turned around and we hit the jackpot.

I'll post a screen tonight when im done with work. 

Well done mate, looking forward to your summary

[Padders]

Wonder what style this guy plays 

 

[JLAB]

ACN Siena 1904 - 2034/35 Season Preview

So the beginning of the season has arrived and the media considers us to be one of the worst teams of the league (once again), with the team being predicted to finish in the bottom two positions. Given that we're going into this season on the back of a 9 game winless run, things could go very badly this season if we do not improve soon. Lets hope we do.

[hyrule_king]

I have setup a new training schedule for my under 19s. I want them ready to be able to cope with the first team by 18yo. I am now starting to see first team with mainly 1st year intakes. 

Edited March 8, 2021 by hyrule_king

[JLAB]

If I haven't helped Pierantonio Pigneri become a superstar for Siena, then I will have failed him.

[Morpheus13]

Chengfeng Season 24/25 Review

Table - Squad - U23 Squad - U19 Squad - Youth Intake 25 - Finances - Transfers

Another Season in the books and we failed promotion again, despite having a great season. At the end, finishing 5th with only 3 points behind the playoff spot. We sold our Topscorer Ma Zhiyid before the season for 1 Million and of course 40% of the next sale. So we were having a little bit of a problem in the striker position. At the end it was Dong Tinghan who stepped up and scored 16 Goals this season.

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Before the Season startet, our U23 actually started playing in a league, so its nice that more players can get match time, but I feel with our bad facilities they only make progress when playing in the first team.

Our 25 Intake was again pretty bad, despite the preview was a golden generation. We got a nice left back (Pei Xioapan (25A), but actually Wang Yafei (23F) made a huge leap this season, but maybe we will sell him because of 

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Best players and prospects

Jiao Guanyu (22A)

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Ren Qisheng (22C)

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Li Mian (22G)

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Ma Peng (22B)

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Zhao Wenqing (23B)

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Edited March 8, 2021 by Morpheus13

[hyrule_king]

Will most likely be in the first team very soon.

 

[Padders]

Season Review 2120/21

Another mid table finish, 11th 

Won Euro Cup II again

Carl Howe still banging them in, 44 goals in 53 games!

Liam Archer still creating at 34 years old. Not long left in him at the top level

 

[Brentmeister]

Yikes, I haven't had that before

[djsterry]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          end of season review 2027/28

Once again we survive It was looking a dit dodgy at certain points  though 

 

no star of the season as we were just too awful 

ive had a bit of clear out and dumped the players clearly not good enough for this level 

tempted to sell this clause as its basically a seasons income for me

 

good progress but the youth recruitment is lagging behind, my reputation is still low so I don't know if that effects it being offered as an option

three players in the under 19s and two in the under 18s so at least I'm developing a decent standard 

unfortunately my 7th season intake was my worst so far though 

this was my a rated player 

most of the intake didn't get contracts

yet again I will try to survive next year

[Padders]

12 minutes ago, Brentmeister said:

Yikes, I haven't had that before

It’s Gutting when you see that 

[djsterry]

22 minutes ago, Brentmeister said:

Yikes, I haven't had that before

ouch

[Morpheus13]

2 hours ago, Brentmeister said:

Yikes, I haven't had that before

Ouch, thats bad. Never seen that myself 

[Elsjorro]

https://imgur.com/7eu8ANi

So that was that. Im off to buying players now

Edited March 8, 2021 by Elsjorro

[hyrule_king]

Season 5 Review

SOBRADO

 

 

PICK OF THE BUNCH YOUTH INTAKE YEAR 5

TOP PERFORMING YOUTH INTAKE SO FAR

Edited March 8, 2021 by hyrule_king

[hyrule_king]

Potentially my first Internationally capped player. 

 

[Armeniar]

 

S12 - Ligue 1 (2nd) - Supercup (Winners)  - Coupe de France (Semi Final) 

Champions League (Group Stage) - Europa League (Semi Final)

Squad - U19 - Out on loan - Transfers

Transfers

An outgoing transfer: Swiss international Diabaté was given a move to Italy. He was often second or even third choice last season, Yaya deserves better than that. After ten years, he is looking for another place. In the winter he left for Seattle Sounders btw. Furthermore, Jabnoun was loaned out to second division team Lorient, where he would become first choice as goalkeeper. This seemed an ideal opportunity for me to grow and maybe compete for a base spot here next season.

By the way, our talents are running wild in the transfer market. The club's reputation is growing, so are the bids for our players (exponentially). Watford, for example, had no less than 60 million and 51 million to auction for two of our wonderkids, Gaspar and Carment: screen 1, screen 2. P$G wanted Gaspar too, but I'd rather sell someone for free than to them! A third wonderkid, Bamba, could go to Leipzig for 50 million (screen) A club from China offered over 60 million for Traoré, madness.(screen) Chretien could also go to China for over 70 million. (screen)

Because I could not keep refusing, I decided to give in to the big money once in the winter. Lecerf-Gosselin left for China for 50 million, making him the most expensive outgoing transfer ever (10 times the previous one). Thanks for your unbridled commitment, goals and assists (screen). Hopefully the often decisive Lecerf-Gosselin can be replaced properly... Furthermore, we unfortunately lost Kraemer to AC Milan, he was snatched from us even before he could sign a full time deal here (screen). Merde!

Supercup

As P$G won the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, we were allowed to play the Trophée des Champions as the number two in the league. It was the first time we did not lose to P$G, and after extra time, we actually won the prize for the first time in our history:

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Ligue 1

We are once again picking up where we left off in previous seasons. It is a pity that our top fixtures are not always conveniently scheduled. For example, the triptych of Liverpool - PSG - Monaco was an unfortunate sequence of very difficult games (screen). The worst part is that we were actually the best team in all three games, also in terms of xG, but couldn't win any of them.

Whenever we lost points, for example 0-0 at home against Montpellier, our competitors hardly took advantage. On that matchday, for example, Monaco surprisingly lost to relegation candidate Valenciennes, while P$G drew against Nantes. However, we lost to Lyon, then number three in the standings, so the Parisians then built up a six-point lead. We were forced to retire from the title race by a home defeat to Paris FC after an early red card. Pity, P$G are just so strong... At home, after a goal from new wonderkid Özkan, we won against Monaco, snatching second place from them for the second year in a row.

Champions League – Europa League

Last season we reached the quarter finals, so the expectations were perhaps a little too high this time. In the group stage we came up against Liverpool, Benfica and Standard. How well we did in the Ligue 1, how disappointing we performed in the Champions League. At home we won against Standard and drew against Liverpool, in Liege we drew. In the end, we could have secured qualification at home against Benfica on the last matchday, but we failed to do so (0-2 loss). Disappointing, especially since our group last year with Juve, Hertha BSC and Sevilla was simply stronger.

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In the Europa League, Utrecht came first and as expected we had little trouble with them. Frankfurt also was beaten relatively easily. Villarreal, a decent outsider in Spain with some top players, was a tougher opponent. At home we came up short with a disappointing 0-0, but in Spain we scored early and kept sheets clean. In the semi-final, we faced Watford, who finished 12th in the Premier League. Our boys were clearly surprised by the English fighting football, because we went down twice and lost both games. A pity, because I had the feeling there was more in it. Dortmund eventually won the final against Watford. 

Coupe de France

Paris FC actually eliminated its city rival P$G in the quarter-finals, which was a big surprise. We couldn't get past Lyon, a missed penalty made us lose. A pity, because we were the better team. Lyon eventually won the cup from Paris FC. 

Youth intake

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Decent intake. Traoré is a nice extra option to have in reserve. In the centre of the midfield, we can still use a little talent, but I don't really see him as our ideal BMW (S) yet. The marking has to go up a bit! Billard also looks promising if you ask our staff, but at centre back he is rather weak. Maybe turn him into a midfielder as a BMW (D), rather than playing him as a central defender. Dumont is also one to keep an eye on, imo.

Poached player

The French Belgian  Hajji has made a nice transfer from OHL to the Dutch Alkmaar for around 10 million, congratulations! (screen) I still think it's a great pity that he was taken away from us, because he could have been of enormous value at the back.

TLDR: excellent season in which we unfortunately do not really see our achievements rewarded with prizes, apart from the supercup. Lost both the EL and the French cup in the semi-finals, very sad. And in the Ligue 1 there is P$G, well, we'll probably have to wait for the supreme 34-year-old Mbappé to retire:

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[ANGL]

CLUB ESPORTIU EUROPA - SEASON 9 (29/30)

A really bad season that feels like one step back. After achieving a mid-table position last season, this season relegation has been a real threat, and the 8-point margin was only gained after a good run in the last matches of the season. This has been the first season with a full defense from the academy and has been a total failure, conceding 87 goals in the season. Will have to improve that for the next season. In Copa del Rey, made it to second round and lost to La Liga team Almería.

 

Nothing impressive in this year squad performance, has the whole season has been. No transfers.

 

This is one of the bests intakes in terms of potential... but some of the worst in terms of personalities

 

For the first time in the save, and to make it even better, finances are also a problem now. That means no improvements on facilities nor coaching courses, and maybe will have to sell some players on the upcoming transfer market.

 

 

[ravenation]

So this is what they call a "golden gerenation". It will take like 4-ever to win the PL which such intakes 

[karax268]

What do you guys do with tactics?

 

do you set a tactic and just plug and play?

 

I feel like i tinker to much sometimes and am afraid it is costing me points (as a matter of fact i'm about to be relagated from the segunda B)

It's hard for me to decide if something doesn't work because I made a bad tactic or if my players are just crappy

[TheGreatTraveler]

3 hours ago, karax268 said:

What do you guys do with tactics?

 

do you set a tactic and just plug and play?

 

I feel like i tinker to much sometimes and am afraid it is costing me points (as a matter of fact i'm about to be relagated from the segunda B)

It's hard for me to decide if something doesn't work because I made a bad tactic or if my players are just crappy

I do a bit of both. If I find a tactic my players seem capable at I'll stick with it unless I begin to see some big flaw in the games. When I got promoted to the Second division I saw my fullbacks were being overrun constantly so changed from 4-3-3 to 4-5-1. Noticed the center of defense was a bit too weak so changed the DM from BWM to Anchor man. Then the season after saw we were struggling to score so changed to 4-4-2. 

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't (I did just get releagated ). My view is if you can get good performances from a tactic give it some time but if you notice an issue with it its worth changing. 

[JAwtunes]

7 hours ago, karax268 said:

What do you guys do with tactics?

 

do you set a tactic and just plug and play?

 

I feel like i tinker to much sometimes and am afraid it is costing me points (as a matter of fact i'm about to be relagated from the segunda B)

It's hard for me to decide if something doesn't work because I made a bad tactic or if my players are just crappy

I spend ages testing my tactic after the final ME patch and then stick with it on every save.  I tweak it during games but always start a game with the same tactic.  I'm about to start my 11th season in Poland with the same 442(ish) tactic.

[Morpheus13]

Well, this looks promising, but we need a goalkeeper desperatly