darren1983 Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 So I've been taking a break from my South Shields game as we're in a bit of a rut in the Championship, our players are good enough not be relegated but, aside from an amazing run of form, we're not good enough to be in a real promotion battle so each season is just feeling a bit meh. I went and tried some other saves but I keep being drawn back, having a real tactical think though as if I'm going to be stuck at this level for a few more seasons I at least want to enjoy the football we play Also I'm thinking I'm expecting too much from my players right now, our best players are 22 and under so should be a couple years away from really being at their potential. But yeah, I'm back 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 If you've read my seasonal updates, you might have noticed that I don't like Larne, and that they are my nemisis team of this save. Well, this is the reason: I've lost 18(!) matches against them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Got a question for those of you who have done saves all over the world, what is the best location to do a save for The club’s finances? I know that Germany is good for the prize money, but is there any other countries in the lower leagues that the finances are not going to ruin me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 12 minutes ago, JLAB said: Got a question for those of you who have done saves all over the world, what is the best location to do a save for The club’s finances? I know that Germany is good for the prize money, but is there any other countries in the lower leagues that the finances are not going to ruin me? Well, Turkey has a lot of money, but perhaps it's just the top tier. I think you get £300k per win there or something. Here in Northern Ireland I haven't had any issues with finances. I'm slowly gaining some, but I won't be anywhere near rich before I get into CL or further in the others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Not the best preview. Though at least I get to add another goalkeeper to my collection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsterry Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, XaW said: Well, Turkey has a lot of money, but perhaps it's just the top tier. I think you get £300k per win there or something. Here in Northern Ireland I haven't had any issues with finances. I'm slowly gaining some, but I won't be anywhere near rich before I get into CL or further in the others. Yes that's just the top leagues in Turkey, the finances are tough before you get to the Super League Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post XaW Posted March 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2021 Belfast Celtic - Season 2032/33 Review Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances First things first. I finally got an upgrade to the training facilities, so now we have a decent level of both types of facilities as well as exception academy coaching and youth recruitment. So the base of the club is now at a good level, with one key part missing; we are still semi-pro. So, my sole goal going forward is to save money to go professional, since that's the only way I can ever see us fighting to win the league here. Larne and Linfield are just too far ahead, and with both being professional clubs, we have a great disadvantage compared to them before anything else is accounted for. We did improve this season as well, and we finished in a spot higher than last season, so we didn't have to go into the European playoffs this time. The four highest teams are in a league of our own currently, and the 17 point gap down from Glentoran to Cliftonville clearly shows that this season. While we are 20 points behind our nemesis Larne this season, we are one of the few teams who keep giving them a fight in individual matches, even if we lost most... In the Irish Cup we beat Dollingstown, Portadown, Dungannon Swifts and Larne () to reach the final. Here we beat Linfield to claim our first ever trophy in this cup! In the NIFL Cup we beat Coagh United, Carrick Rangers and Dundela before losing to Linfield in the semi final. In the County Antrim Shield we beat PSNI and Newington Youth before losing to Larne () in the semi final. In Europe we played in the Europa Conference League and started in the 1st qualifying round. We beat Alashkert of Armenia and Milsami Orhei of Moldova before losing to my fellow Norwegians from Kristiansund in the 3rd qualifying round. Youth More green than last season, so we can only hope. A much better intake than last season, but still quite a lot of poor personalities. Johnny McConnell 32b is a good player, but I'm thinking of making him into a central defender, since I have a clear lack of good players there. He is not bad for it, but a bit short and poor in the air. Jack O'Connor 32c is already pushing for a spot in the first team, and I hope his personality will slowly improve to something better. Reserves: In the Development League they finally won it! After coming close a few times, they finally got the title. In the Steel & Sons Cup they beat Ballynure O.B., Glentoran II, Shankill United, PSNI, Donegal Celtic and Dundela Reserves to clinch another cup title. In the Intermediate Cup they beat St. Pat's Y.M., Coagh United, Lisburn Distillery, Dromara, Ballyclare Comrades and Linfield Swifts before losing to Larne Olympic in the final. U18: In the Academy League the u18s retained the title. Statistics: Spoiler Only local players this season. Record Breakers: Most player of the match awards in a season: Noel Kelly 28g - 12 Most league goals overall: Noel Kelly 28g - 122 Trophy cabinet: Irish Intermediate Cup - 3 (24/25, 25/26, 26/27) Steel & Sons Cup - 1 (25/26) Irish Cup - 1 (32/33) Steel & Sons Cup (Reserve team) - 3 (29/30, 31/32, 32/33) Academy League (u18s) - 3 (29/30, 30/31, 31/32) 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Youth Candidates Season 2029/30 Friar Lane & Epworth This year's youth are not as good as recent times. Decent enough potential, but a long way off first team level. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raffen Posted March 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2021 Merthyr Town FC - Season 2043/44 Table | Squad | Finances | Transfers What on earth happened? We were top 3 all season, but Aldershot Town were just utterly solid near the end of the season. But then on the last day, Aldershot blew it and lost to Hereford, while we (just) managed to beat Crawley Town away, and sneak past. If we'd drawn the match we would've finished second because we had less goals scored than Aldershot! Our defense was just unbelievable throughout the season. Only 33 goals conceded. We also had the 3rd most possession, highest pass completion, 3rd most total passes, most dribbles made, by far the least goals conceded and the most clean sheets. In the FA cup we lost to Birmingham City in the second round, and for the first time we went a bit further in the FA trophy, but lost on penalties to Vanarama North side Warrington in the 5th round. Team performance was obviously decent. For some reason Tom French 39a is in the best 11 in the season recap, but he was sold in January, and Thomas Jarvis 41b most definitely performed better, having my highest avg. rating. Charlie Roche 41c stepped up admirably after the sale of Oliver Rawlings 41a. Andy Howarth 37g is in the running for player of the season, but most likely it will go to a striker from one of the other top teams. Youth preview | Youth intake The intake preview looked fairly spectacular, although the intake didn't look as spectacular. Hopefully its because our current players are better than they used to be. Kept most of them this time, as we're competing both in the English U18 league and the Welsh U19 league, and it seems to be getting a bit much for some of the young lads. The U19s won their 4th FAW Welsh youth cup title this season, but was fairly average in the Cymru development league. Gethin Bassett 44a, Dillon Amos 44b & Gwion Lowndes 44c maybe the biggest prospects from this intake. I think we've got 5 goalkeepers who'll be good enough for league 2 or more in the squad atm. Finances are solid after the sales for Oliver Rawlings 41a, Tom French 39a and Adam Richards 38d. Obviously we had to turn Professional now we're in the league system. Really unsure how that affects our finances. Looks like the artificial grass has to be replaced as well, so that will cost a few hundred k. The vultures are still circling some of our youngsters, but most are tied down to really long contracts, so hopefully we either keep them, or we get proper money for them. The boards ambition has skyrocketed now as well, we're expected to avoid a relegation fight next season, and finish in the top half the season after. Interesting times ahead! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffen Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Question: The board have set up a parent club (QPR) with a loan agreement without my consent. If QPR send a player and I can't refuse the loan, I send him to the u23 and don't play him, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 You don't play the player you get on loan from QPR, yeah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 End of Season Review Season 2029/30 Friar Lane & Epworth Season Summary A decent run in the F. A. Cup was the dessert for what was an excellent season as we won the title and secured promotion to the seventh tier. Season Details League Table - We won the league quite comfortably and it was clinched with two games to spare. League Fixtures 1 & 2 - We churned out so many wins, we were unstoppable at times. F. A. Cup - A good cup run as we made it to the fourth qualifying round before narrowly losing away to fifth tier side Darlington. F. A. Trophy - Despite dominating Bury AFC in the second qualifying round, we somehow lost at home. Southern League Cup - We made it as far as the fourth round before losing away to Rushall Olympic, who play in the same division as we do. Pre Season Friendlies - After just three losses in our fourteen games, I was delighted with the pre season campaign. Squad - The departures have hurt the overall quality, though we are still good enough for a top five finish at the higher level next season I think. Squad Dynamics - Everyone loves everyone else. Transfers In - None. Transfers Out - Four key first team players departed, though all have sell on clauses. The chairman though £1,200 was just too good to turn down. Youth Candidates - Not as good as recent seasons, though a few have a chance of first team football in the future, Rasharn Bird YP30A129 for example. Finances - Despite the sales, we are still in the red. I hope to be able to cash in on the sell on clauses soon. Key Players Tom Taylor YP25E53 - The striker is now playing way above his level but he is still so prolific. He still averages over a goal per game for the club. Peter Sokol YP26A65 - The best defender at the club, the Slovakian was immense all season. Jack Deer YP26C67 - Playing on the left wing, the teenager is an assist machine. Michael Buron YP24C35 - The midfielder had an ok season, though he is capable of so much more. Scott Shelley YP25A49 - Now the number one at the club, he often makes silly errors that cost points. Next Season I think we can challenge for the play offs. I doubt we are good enough for automatic promotion, though you never know. Personal Coaching Data Season Reputation Qualifications Att Def Fit GkD GkH GkS Tac Tec Men WWY Ada Det PlK YoK LoD MaM Mot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 = (0.25*) = National C ↑ 2 ↑ 2 ↑ 2 ↑ 1 = 1 = 1 = 2 ↑ 2 ↑ 2 ↑ 4 = 1 = 2 ↑ 2 ↑ 4 = 4 ↑ 2 ↑ 3 ↑ 2022/23 Minimal = (0.50*) ↑ National A ↑↑ 7 ↑ 6 ↑ 3 ↑ 2 ↑ 1 = 1 = 7 ↑ 6 ↑ 7 ↑ 4 = 1 = 6 ↑ 6 ↑ 8 ↑ 13 ↑ 7 ↑ 7 ↑ 2023/24 Minimal = (0.75*) ↑ Continental B ↑↑ 10 ↑ 9 ↑ 6 ↑ 2 = 1 = 1 = 9 ↑ 9 ↑ 10 ↑ 4 = 1 = 8 ↑ 8 ↑ 9 ↑ 19 ↑ 10 ↑ 10 ↑ 2024/25 Minimal = (0.50*) ↓ Continental B = 10 = 9 = 6 = 2 = 1 = 1 = 9 = 9 = 10 = 4 = 1 = 8 = 8 = 9 = 19 = 10 = 10 = 2025/26 Minimal = (0.75*) ↑ Continental A ↑ 10 = 9 = 6 = 2 = 1 = 1 = 10 ↑ 10 ↑ 10 = 4 = 1 = 8 = 9 ↑ 9 = 20 ↑ 11 ↑ 13 ↑ 2026/27 Minimal = (0.75*) = Continental Pro ↑ 12 ↑ 10 ↑ 7 ↑ 2 = 1 = 1 = 11 ↑ 11 ↑ 11 ↑ 4 = 1 = 8 = 10 ↑ 10 ↑ 20 = 12 ↑ 15 ↑ 2027/28 Minimal = (1.00*) ↑ Continental Pro = 12 = 10 = 7 = 2 = 1 = 1 = 11 = 11 = 11 = 4 = 1 = 8 = 10 = 10 = 20 = 13 ↑ 16 ↑ 2028/29 Minimal = (1.00*) = Continental Pro = 13 ↑ 11 ↑ 7 = 2 = 1 = 1 = 11 = 11 = 12 ↑ 4 = 1 = 8 = 10 = 10 = 20 = 13 = 17 ↑ 2029/30 Minimal = (1.00*) = Continental Pro = 13 = 11 = 7 = 2 = 1 = 1 = 11 = 11 = 12 = 4 = 1 = 8 = 10 = 10 = 20 = 14 ↑ 18 ↑ Club Facilities Season Training Facilities Youth Facilities Youth Level Corporate Facilities Junior Coaching Youth Recruitment Club Reputation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At Start Poor Poor 0 Basic Basic Limited Local (0.50*) 2021/22 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Fairly basic ↑ Basic ↑ Local = (0.50*) = 2022/23 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Average ↑ Fairly basic ↑ Local = (0.50*) = 2023/24 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Adequate ↑ Fairly basic = Local = (0.50*) = 2024/25 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Good ↑ Adequate ↑ Local = (0.50*) = 2025/26 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Good = Adequate = Local = (0.50*) = 2026/27 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Excellent ↑ Average ↑ Local = (0.50*) = 2027/28 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Excellent = Average = Local = (0.50*) = 2028/29 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Excellent = Average = Local = (0.50*) = 2029/30 Poor = Poor = 0 = Basic = Excellent = Average = Local = (0.50*) = Season Record Season Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Win Percentage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021/22 29 9 6 14 55 53 +2 31.03% 2022/23 30 20 4 6 87 55 +32 66.67% ↑ 2023/24 45 29 7 9 145 75 +70 64.44% ↓ 2024/25 55 42 6 7 161 72 +89 76.36% ↑ 2025/26 47 40 2 5 144 40 +104 85.11% ↑ 2026/27 58 41 8 9 193 80 +113 70.69% ↓ 2027/28 50 38 7 5 157 52 +105 76.00% ↑ 2028/29 46 28 8 10 139 58 +81 60.87% ↓ 2029/30 49 38 4 7 140 50 +90 77.55% ↑ Overall Career Record After Season Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Win Percentage Time At Club ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021/22 29 9 6 14 55 53 +2 31.03% 302 days 2022/23 59 29 10 20 142 108 +34 49.15% ↑ 667 days 2023/24 104 58 17 29 287 183 +104 55.77% ↑ 1,037 days 2024/25 159 100 23 36 448 255 +193 62.89% ↑ 1,426 days 2025/26 206 140 25 41 592 295 +297 67.96% ↑ 1,790 days 2026/27 264 181 33 50 785 375 +410 68.26% ↑ 2,154 days 2027/28 314 219 40 55 942 427 +515 69.75% ↑ 2,493 days 2028/29 360 247 48 65 1,081 485 +596 68.61% ↓ 2,860 days 2029/30 409 285 52 72 1,221 535 +686 69.68% ↑ 3,228 days Trophy Haul Season Competition Won -------------------------- 2022/23 Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division 2024/25 East Midlands Counties League Cup 2025/26 East Midlands Counties League 2025/26 East Midlands Counties League Cup 2027/28 Midland League Premier Division 2029/30 Southern League Division One Central Trophy Cabinet League Titles ------------- 1 x Southern League Division One Central (2029/30) 1 x Midland League Premier Division (2027/28) 1 x East Midlands Counties League (2025/26) 1 x Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division (2022/23) Cup Competition Victories ------------------------- 2 x East Midlands Counties League Cup (2024/25, 2025/26) 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 Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division 11th N/a N/a First round of Leicestershire Senior League Cup. 2022/23 N/a N/a N/a Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division 1st ↑ N/a N/a Promoted as champions. Quarter final of Leicestershire Senior League Cup. 2023/24 N/a N/a N/a East Midlands Counties League 3rd ↑ N/a N/a Fourth round of F. A. Vase. First round of East Midlands Counties League Cup. 2024/25 N/a N/a N/a East Midlands Counties League 2nd ↑ Second qualifying round N/a Quarter final of F. A. Vase. East Midlands Counties League Cup winners. 2025/26 N/a N/a N/a East Midlands Counties League 1st ↑ Extra preliminary round ↓ N/a Promoted as champions. First round of F. A. Vase. East Midlands Counties League Cup winners. 2026/27 N/a N/a N/a Wessex League Premier Division 3rd ↑ Fourth qualifying round ↑ N/a F. A. Vase runners up. Wessex League Cup runners up. 2027/28 N/a N/a N/a Midland League Premier Divison 1st ↑ Second qualifying round ↓ N/a F. A. Vase fifth round. Quarter final of Midland League Cup. 2028/29 N/a N/a N/a Southern League Division One Central 3rd ↑ Second qualifying round = N/a Lost in promotion play off semi final. F. A. Trophy third qualifying round. Southern League Cup first round. 2029/30 N/a N/a N/a Southern League Division One Central 1st ↑ Fourth qualifying round ↑ N/a Promoted as champions. F. A. Trophy second qualifying round. Southern League Cup fourth round. Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only) Season Player Cumulative Number of Appearances --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021/22 Lucky Eze YP22F6 3 2022/23 Abbas Ismail YP22B2 31 2023/24 Anthony Lovatt YP22A1 72 Abbas Ismail YP22B2 72 2024/25 Abbas Ismail YP22B2 126 2025/26 Abbas Ismail YP22B2 171 2026/27 Abbas Ismail YP22B2 227 2027/28 Abbas Ismail YP22B2 273 2028/29 Abbas Ismail YP22B2 317 2029/30 Abbas Ismail YP22B2 343 Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only) Season Player Cumulative Number of Goals --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021/22 Lucky Eze YP22F6 5 2022/23 Kane Senior YP22D4 23 2023/24 Mahmoud Best-Noble YP23P32 58 2024/25 Mahmoud Best-Noble YP23P32 117 2025/26 Mahmoud Best-Noble YP23P32 129 2026/27 Mahmoud Best-Noble YP23P32 129 2027/28 Tom Taylor YP25E53 178 2028/29 Tom Taylor YP25E53 206 2029/30 Tom Taylor YP25E53 230 Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only) Season Player Cumulative Number of Assists --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021/22 Gary Davison YP22J10 2 2022/23 Gary Davison YP22J10 10 2023/24 Brenton Beckford YP23M29 22 2024/25 Mahmoud Best-Noble YP23P32 29 2025/26 Lorenzo Price YP23I25 40 2026/27 Lorenzo Price YP23I25 58 2027/28 Michael Buron YP24C35 66 2028/29 Michael Buron YP24C35 84 2029/30 Michael Buron YP24C35 95 Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only) Season Player Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021/22 Daniel Thern YP22M13 1 2022/23 Daniel Thern YP22M13 3 2023/24 Dave Clayton YP23A17 14 2024/25 Dave Clayton YP23A17 26 2025/26 Dave Clayton YP23A17 48 2026/27 Dave Clayton YP23A17 61 2027/28 Dave Clayton YP23A17 61 2028/29 Dave Clayton YP23A17 61 2029/30 Dave Clayton YP23A17 61 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentmeister Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, JLAB said: Got a question for those of you who have done saves all over the world, what is the best location to do a save for The club’s finances? I know that Germany is good for the prize money, but is there any other countries in the lower leagues that the finances are not going to ruin me? In Austria's second div, you get 400k every 10 games you start with 7 Austrian's/youths in the squad or something like that Edited March 31, 2021 by Brentmeister Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I'm selling my best player after this season. Why, I hear you ask? His contract is up at the end and he were not willing to talk about a new one. So when I managed to get this deal landed, I took it. I'm sad to see him leave, but at least I got in 50% of next sale, so I hope he goes for a pretty penny! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Given it's at Southampton, hopefully he won't just be released. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 He's wanted by Atalanta now, I think that my ability to keep hold of Fedele Landi is coming to an end sadly. Makes me wonder how much I'll get for my first ever wonderkid to come through my youth intakes in the Youth Academy Challenge. I'm hoping for close to £20M or having a deal that will see me getting 50% of the next deal, which I could see being over £50M. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, JLAB said: Given it's at Southampton, hopefully he won't just be released. Yeah, that's the worry. But I'm not losing him later than I would anyway. So it's not a loss at any rate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheez3y Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 A set of good defenders would be awesome. I got two 33+y/o defenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 For the first time in a long time, a player has been poached from our youth system and it's by Cagliari. I'm terrified that this guy is actually pretty good. I guess I'll find out soon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeper#1 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Farnborough 2034 Youth Intake We had three players poached from this year's intake so I'm not surprised. But damn, this group is awful. If we were still in non-league football, this might be a good class but for League Two...most of these guys will never see the senior team and if they do it will be in reserve role. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Just had our first youngster poached. Took a while... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieyanthikos Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2029/2030 review Manager profile | Squad | U18 squad | Matches | Best avg. (Mulder 26A) | Hot prospect (Koenders 29A) | Youth intake | Table We did it! I had the feeling that a good outcome could be expected this year, as we now have talent in all positions and everyone continues to develop. The play-off seemed realistic, but instead we got a promotion on the penultimate matchday. Is it possible at all to stay up in the Eredivisie? I doubt it - and many of our players may want to leave if we move down again. On the other hand, there is a lot of income to be gained, both through prize money and possible player sales. Our intake continues to provide good players and the talents are equipped with long contracts with one-year options, so the future is reasonably bright. Our attacking duo Mulder and Mestdagh have scored 43 goals in total and hit 19 assists. Superb! 16-year-old Bas Koenders was promoted in January and has taken the squad by storm; 5 goals and 3 assists in six games. He looks like a natural replacement for the profile Bederka, which has a contract expiration in 2031 and does not appear to extend. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloppy Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 9 hours ago, DazRTaylor said: Not the best preview. Though at least I get to add another goalkeeper to my collection. English goalkeeper from Dublin :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsterry Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 the first intake is in with the technical director experiment and I have to say it doesn't seem to have made any ill effects on the intake in fact Yener looks top notch to me 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post darren1983 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2021 South Shields Season 2035/36 Review - Championship League - What to say? On paper another solid season. Top 10 again, 70+ points again but my god am I frustrated here. We should have been top 6 easily I think, we finally have the goal scorers to fire us but our defence was awful this year but we did have a 17 game unbeaten run taking us to 4th spot just 3 points off of 2nd place with 9 games to go. We then lost 8 of those (7 in a row to end the season) as we fell apart. Goals dried up and defenders just stood there and waved players past them. Didn't matter if we played a top side or a bottom side they smashed us. No matter what I did we just did nothing, bunch of mentally weak dickheads, I hate them all. League Cup - A nice little early season run here against lower league sides before Forest smashed us FA Cup - Forest knocked us out of this as well. Smashed us again. Transfers - No sales this year but lots of loans Squad - I shouldn't be too harsh really as we're punching well above our weight and have by far the youngest squad in the league but can't help but be annoyed by them at times. Our front 3 scored over 50 goals this year but our defence just offered very little. The big problem (aside from a midfield that is so inconsistent I have no idea from game to game what they're going to offer - either great or get a 6.2 rating) is at left back, we have produced 1 good one in 15 seasons and we were forced to sell him a few years back, since then we've been making do but it's really hurting us, only players we have got to play there are national level players at best, I just want 1 player able to play there, is that really too much to ask for? We have like 9 right backs 22 and under, trained a couple to play left back so maybe I'll give one of them a try next season Finances - pretty bad, we lost 9m this season, will likely have to sell someone this summer if we can though we do move to a new ground this summer so hoping the extra income (it's nearly 15K compared to our current 5k ground) might help a little Youth Intake - Probably the only bright spot this season, could actually be a real golden generation from my new HYOD with 6 players tagged Charlie Pearce 36A - a decent looking two footed CB, we need someone to break through at CB as our captain has peaked and hoping Charlie will be the guyPadraig Lynch 36B - Quite like him as a ball winner in our midfieldMubarak Idowu 36C - my coaches think he's a playmaker but not with that passing and vision for me, think he'll be a decent box to box for usNey 36D - our 1st ever Brazilian! Nice little playmaker in waiting Rick Lyons 36E - really like this guy, probably should have got a higher tagging looking at it now but think he's going to be a class playmaker Kris Boagey 36F - our coaches rate him highly and I see why, just doesn't suit our setup right now though Career Overview Season League Position Youth Recruitment Youth Coaching Notes & Achievements 2021/22 VNLN 5th Adequate Adequate First coaching badge 2022/23 VNLN 2nd Adequate Good Promoted via playoffs, FA Trophy runners up 2023/24 VNL 16th Average Excellent 2nd coaching badge 2024/25 VNL 12th Average Excellent 3rd coaching badge 2025/26 VNL 6th Average Excellent Promotion via playoffs 2026/27 League Two 1st Good Exceptional Promotion as champions 2027/28 League One 11th Good Exceptional 2028/29 League One 14th Good Exceptional 2029/30 League One 7th Good Exceptional 2030/31 League One 1st Good Exceptional Promoted as champions. Completed all coaching badges 2031/32 Championship 18th Excellent Exceptional 2032/33 Championship 8th Excellent Exceptional 2033/34 Championship 7th Excellent Exceptional Training ground upgrade, Academy up level 3, new ground announced 2034/35 Championship 6th Excellent Exceptional Lost in playoff semi finals 2035/36 Championship 9th Excellent Exceptional 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JaytheGreat Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Season 2021 Review Coaching Profile Squad Transfers So finished my 1st year in Sweden and it was quite an experience. Every highlight seemed to have a random result, strikers that have a 1v1 with the GK always seemed 50-50, just like my thrown ins going to my player vs an opponent. That being said outside of the 1st 2 months we weren't really threatened to be relegated, which is surprising because our defense and midfield were BAD. We finished 9th and was mathematically saved from relegation with 4 games left. We played a mainly route one style with most of our goals coming from deep balls find Target Man Marcus Ekenberg who would head it forward to whoever was his striker partner, or long balls that the strikers could just run under for a 1v1. We did also score a decent number of goals from set pieces. The board most have been ok with that because they gave me a 2 year contract. I did manage to grab a coaching course in the preseason so I'm know coaching at a National C level. Our season ends in September and our Youth Intake is in October so I'm still looking forward to see what who comes through. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAwtunes Posted April 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Widzew Lodz (FM20) Season 12 (2031-32) - Review The Widzew Invincibles On the pitch Starting 11 Domestic: PKO Eksrtaklasa - 1st, Cup - 1st Round. Finished the league season unbeaten (first time I have achieved this in FM for a few years) and with a higher goal difference than points. Knocked out of the cup by our fierce local rivals after fielding a rotated team. Big spending Legia continue to spend (£46m this season) and sack their managers (they appointed a former Germany national coach this time). We were a bit fortunate this season because Legia made the final of the Europe Conference League and fielded players at 70-80% condition in our couple of games against them at the end of the season, the scheduling in Poland is crazy in the last few weeks of the season - you need a deep squad. Spoiler League Cup Europe: UEFA Champions League - 1st Knockout Round. Still some way off being able to compete in Europe but happy to have scraped through the group stage again. Spoiler Game of the season Off the pitch Youth intake A fairly poor intake this year and over the last three seasons. I don't think it will make much difference but Kuyt will probably be replaced as HoYD when my replacement (a reserve team coach at the club) has finished his latest coaching course. Spoiler Players 2031 Intake Spoiler Top players Spoiler SUMMARY Edited April 1, 2021 by JAwtunes 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 So it seems like I'm getting a lot of central midfielders this season. That's nice of them. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I'm also deciding to explore the idea of doing a YAC save in either Finland or Austria, because I've got affiliates in those countries with Siena and they're both unplayable at the beginning of the save. Would also be a nice link between my Siena save and the next one I could end up doing if I can't takeover any new clubs either. I've already created saves with Anadia, Ascoli, N.E.C. and Tabor Sezana just to get a feel of the clubs in question, but I'm getting the idea of creating other YAC saves based on who I get as my affiliates is a concept that I would love to try and use for what countries I manage my YAC saves in the future. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DazRTaylor Posted April 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2021 £210 was "too good". The very next article: So my moronic chairman blocks his own "too good" to refuse offer. What a melt. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve.rush Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Youth Preview 2029-2030 Youth Intake 2029-2030 Not the most talented guys we have had but some much better personalities. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steve.rush Posted April 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Sannois SG 2029-2030 Great season for the young guns. Just three league defeats after the turn of the year and we were rewarded with our best ever Ligue 2 placing. In the Ligue 2 Promotion Playoff Semi-Final, we overcame an early goal from EA Guingamp and won comfortably 4-1, thanks to a brace from captain Julien Sere 22b. We met SM Caen in the Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 Playoff. The first leg at home and we came away with a 2-0 victory. Julien Sere 22b again with a brace of goals. Witnessed by a record attendance of 8,000. In the return leg, SM Caen are by far the better team. They level the scores and take the tie into extra-time before scoring the winner. Heartbreak. In the French Cup, we had a comfortable win in the eighth round before falling to Troyes in the ninth round. Julien Sere 22b, Yaya Toure 26e and Brahim Amari 22d take most of the plaudits once again. Our most talented guys in terms of ability would have to be Youssoufa Mbock 26c, Matteo Lux 26a and Mohamed Fernandez 23c. Huge over achievement this year and would love to predict a similar finish but it will take a lot to get over the last gasp disappointment. Hopefully we can push on and make the big leagues. Edited April 1, 2021 by steve.rush 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I'm realising that the possibility of losing Landi to the Premier League is a very real deal now. I've finished my 17th season at the club and this is the offer I get given. What a time to be alive. Makes me wonder if Man City will keep an eye on my club for more players like Landi in the future... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UnkleTass Posted April 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2021 ACN Siena 1904 Season 2036/37 Review So I'm writing this a few days after the season has ended so I feel completely disconnected from it, however I know it was a struggle. We got relegated which was expected and is fine, but it was tough getting hammered on almost a weekly basis. I feel like the squad are two years away from being able to compete in Serie A so hopefully we can bounce back and finally solidify in Serie A The youth intake looks good not quite labelled golden generation but an excellent group of players nonetheless. We have an exciting attacking midfielder who might prompt a change in formation when the time comes to bleed him in. Our training facilities are on the way to State of the Art. Beautiful. Still waiting on the youth facilities but the board are dragging their feet/the option isn't available to select yet No job offers thrown my way this year. I believe in my sauce though so I know they'll be back 'another quaalude and they will love me in the morning' - Scarface reference Hoping with Easter upon us to have time to push forward a few years and really get into the business end of this challenge soon Challenge: Squad League Table Transfers Key Players: Lino Melzi 26A Ernesto Tartaglia 23D Yari Colombini 25B Youth Intake: Preview Actual Manager: Profile Attributes Jobs: None Extra: Finances Moments 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheez3y Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Youth Intake 2023 Boom. I guess, I got my set of CBs for the next years. The holy trinity with 16 already. Nogueira almost too. I can see the Mezzala in him, already 11 long shots. No new nationality, but I dont complain after this intake. But we gettin players from many places in Paraiba. Also on player all the way from Bahia showed up. Intake Map - 2023: Spoiler Intake Map - All Time: Spoiler Edited April 1, 2021 by Cheez3y 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 @Cheez3y - Is it strange than I'm more interested in your spreadsheets and maps than your actual players? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheez3y Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 13 minutes ago, XaW said: @Cheez3y - Is it strange than I'm more interested in your spreadsheets and maps than your actual players? No, me too. Thats the best part of every intake for me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLAB Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I kind of want to do something like that for my next save. I can't really do that so far ahead in the campaign and having not taken note of where they were born. I did get their nationalities though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeper#1 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Farnborough 2033-34 Season Review Fixtures 1, 2, 3 - A difficult middle of the season due to a lot of matches and squad rotation. In the beginning and the end of the season, when we were playing one match per week, allowed me to play my strongest XI and we started to play some good football and solidify our position in the table. League Table - As a season wound down, Tranmere, Swindon and Farnborough solidified themselves as the top three teams in the league and earned the automatic promotion berths to League One. Accrington improved on the poor first half of the season to could not avoid the drop. Plymouth will be joining them in non-league football next season. Playoff Tree - They didn't finalized their spot in the playoffs until the last day of the season. York City caught fire in the playoffs and will make the leap into League One along with Tranmere, Swindon and Farnborough. FA Cup - An easy run to the third round where a road trip to Liverpool awaited us. This was our best performance in the third round as Liverpool needed an stoppage time goal to beat us 1-0. League Cup - Battled hard against Bristol Rovers before losing 2-1 in the first round. Papa John's Trophy - A trophy that I didn't have a lot of time for this season. We put up a good fight but exited the competition with three losses. xG General Performance - As a former goalkeeper, this is the type of football that I enjoy playing. Solid defense paired with an offense that does enough to win games. We will continue the brand of highly disciplined football to League One next season. xG Expected vs Actual xG Attacking Efficiency xG Defensive Efficiency Stats 1 Stats 2 Transfers - One big sale as we shipped attacking right-back Cameron Robertson 30G to Huddersfield for a club record 3.1 million pounds. Newcomer and Player of the Year Reece Dukic 33A : A rock in the back line who started to get terrible low-ball offers from MLS clubs which he has a slight interest in but doesn't complain when I refuse to talk to the MLS clubs. Already a mainstay on the USA U20 team and should be getting a senior side callup soon. Youth Intake Youth Intake DNA Steve Simpson 34A Connor Hodgson 34B George McJannet 34C Conor Duffy 34D Louis Bevan 34E Moments to Remember Best XI Accolades Almanac A good showing by our U18 team. They slipped to 5th place after last year's runner-up finish. But they made up for it by winning the U18 Youth Alliance Cup after finishing runner-up last season. Soufaine Dghoughi 25A given the lack of midfield options now has the inside track to become the first academy player with 400+ appearances. Baitup 23D just didn't play this season now that better options have come into the club. Gavin Allen 27I will join Dghoughi 25A and Baitup 23D in the 300+ appearance club next season. Armando 27F will threaten Loft 26F's 70 goals by an academy player but makes most of his appearances now as a "super sub" to Austin Power 31G who is started to march up the goal scoring chart. Mutasa 31A has made a couple more appearances with the Zimbabwe National Team but we still have very few senior internationals at the club. Now, we have a full list of 10 players who have made an U20 or U21 appearance for their nation but still only have three goalscorers. Two years ago, the board started the process to construction a new stadium. They are still looking for a building site and no progress has been made on this front. Edited April 1, 2021 by keeper#1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Vikeologist's 23rd Folkestone Intake Report (and 19th Intake Review) I was worried from the preview that this would be a bad intake (possibly with a fantastic goalie that I’d never utilise), but actually this isn’t too bad. However it doesn’t have the one position I need which is a new left winger. I turned down a huge offer for my starter in that position this season because I don’t have a plan (or player) B. Alan Bradley 23a – It was a toss up who to make my ‘a’, but Bradley appears on top when I sort by potential (according to my HoYD who has no potential spotting ability). He’s a bit short. Graham Cattell 23b – A right winger, but alternatively I could use him as a right back. Unlikely to feature in the first team in either role soon, but who knows? Unflappable media handling, which maybe suggests a high pressure attribute. YP19 Review Shaun Clarke 19a – Talking of right wingers, Shaun is currently my 3rd choice in that role. He does get some sub appearances, and I probably should start regarding it as a 3 way battle and give him more starts. My coach with the highest JPP rates him more highly than consensus. These reviews can really focus the mind. Andy Blackwell 19b – I’d assumed Blackwell was the ‘a’. He is a really good central defender who I sold because his contract was running out this summer and he didn’t want to re-up. It’s quite rare for me to lose players this way. I generally have my top players locked up for many seasons in advance, but Andy got up himself too early. Russell Dalling 19c – Took over as starting goalie last season. By far our best goalie, and still improving, but I haven’t forgotten how horrible his first couple of appearances were, and when I watch matches I’m not always entirely convinced by him. No chance of my dropping him though. Victor Suleiman 19d - Left back currently on loan. It could go either way, but apart from a couple of sub appearances, I’ve hardly noticed him. Louis Heathcote 19e – I consider him my starter right winger, though I rotate a lot, but perhaps I should be giving Shaun Clarke 19a above more chances. Adrian Brockway 19h – A striker who’s still with us, but probably should sell him if I can get anything for him, because I can’t see him becoming a starter for us. Jason Bevan YP – remarkable because at the age of 20, he’s already stopped playing and become an unemployed Assistant Manager. Was never offered a playing contract by us anyway. Poor coaching stats, but he is a Model Citizen. Having only just spotted him as staff for this review, I’ve offered him a job as Assistant U18 Manager to replace a Perfectionist who is also fairly useless at coaching (albeit a lot better than Bevan). (Interesting that he became a Model Citizen. He was my second lowest ranked player for potential at intake with 'Unambitious' personality and a determination of 16. It goes to show how misleading these initial labels can be. He did play football for a couple of years at Hereford, whose manager is an ex-coach of ours - with Model Citizen personality!) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeper#1 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 New Farnborough Head of Youth Development Danny Rose was a good HOYD but wanted to bring in someone who better fit my team personality and tactics. Jake Court takes the job with a determined personality while wanting to play a passing game in either a 4-3-3 DM wide or 4-2-3-1 wide....my two preferred formations. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheez3y Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 4 games left to play and we still got a promotion chance. Brazil is mad stuff...Im already on 115 games in almost 2 years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cheez3y Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) End Of Season Review 2023 Transfers // Released // Media Prediction Upgrades: Nat B Badge YR Good > Excellent YC Good > Excellent State Championship Did our homeworks and won the SC again. Results Groups // Semi Final // Final Copa Do Nordeste We did not survived the group....we had a really rediculous bad draw... We had four Serie A team in our group...in group B non. Results // Groups // KO Tree Copa Do Brasil We managed to get into the 4th round of the cup. This gave us a lot of prize money. Sao Paulo won the cup this year. Results // KO Tree Sèrie B We lost the last game of the season, but so did Bahia. Results I // Results II Back to Back promotions. The youth setup cost us 180k a months...Idk if we can stay on that. We make roughly 150-160k a month from gates and TV money and we lose roughly 150k in wages etc. I think we can barely survive next season, but it will be hard. Alex Murici will retiring...so no perfect free kicks and corners... Also Guilherme Lobo leaves us on a free to Potugal. I could've sold him for 70k or he secures us promotion. Murici and Lobo Spoiler Top 5 Regens: Edited April 1, 2021 by Cheez3y 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
witticism Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 20 hours ago, witticism said: To be expected I suppose Definitely lot of wingers, but I got my forward at least Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Belfast Celtic - Season 2033/34 Review Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances Much as last season, we finished 3rd and qualified for Europe again. We did not have to fight for it against Glentoran this time tough, as we were closer to the top 2 than them. So we are improving a lot, but we still need to save money for going to professional. In the Irish Cup we beat Cliftonville, Glentoran, Institute and Crusaders before losing to Linfield in the final. In the NIFL Cup we beat Bangor before losing to Annagh United in the 3rd round. In the County Antrim Shield we beat Bangor and Ards before losing to Linfield in the semi final. In Europe we played in the Europa Conference League and started in the 2nd qualifying round. We beat Sutjeska Nikšić of Montenegro and Gorica of Croatia before losing to Scots Dundee United in the 4th qualifying round. Youth I've started to question how real this preview is... A bit better now, but seeing as my HoYD is a Perfectionist, I've started to question if he manages to transfer his personality to the youngsters. Philip Lowry 34d is a really promising goalkeeper and will take over as first choice soon enough. Reserves: In the Development League they retained the title. In the Steel & Sons Cup they beat Enniskillen Rangers, Larne Olympic, Moyola Park, Cliftonville Oly, Malachians and QUB to get another title. In the Intermediate Cup they beat Cookstown RBL, Banbridge Town, Drumaness Mills, Glenavon Reserves, Ards Rangers and Crusaders Reserves before losing to Cliftonville Oly in the final. U18: In the Academy League the u18s retained the title. Statistics: Spoiler Added Albania this season. Record Breakers: Most goals in a match: Noel Kelly 28g - 4 Most goals in a league match: Noel Kelly 28g - 4 Most league apps overall: Ronan Allen 28n - 221 Most league goals overall: Noel Kelly 28g - 154 Trophy cabinet: Irish Intermediate Cup - 3 (24/25, 25/26, 26/27) Steel & Sons Cup - 1 (25/26) Irish Cup - 1 (32/33) Steel & Sons Cup (Reserves) - 4 (29/30, 31/32, 32/33, 33/34) Development League (Reserves) - 2 (32/33, 33/34) Academy League (u18s) - 5 (29/30, 30/31, 31/32, 32/33, 33/34) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post djsterry Posted April 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2021 End of Season Review 33/34 A very frustrating season after winning the league last year, I started the season terribly and was briefly worried about my job Recovered in the 2nd half of the season to finish 3rd I lost one of my wonderkids because of his 21m release clause. Gutted as he had just started to play well hanging on to these players seems to be very difficult my other two wonderkids are talking about moving 5 full turkey internationals in the squad now and several players involved in the u18/19/21s First season in the champions league I went out in the group stage in a very tough group of Man City Bayern Munich Napoli Needed a draw in the last game but city thrashed me 5-2 went in to euro cup but went straight out to lille Hopefully I can start better and claim the league title this year 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsterry Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 my best players getting taken by the big boys, I'm starting to think about quitting. all this time to build everything up and I'm going backwards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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