The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge

[OlivierL]

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Rot-Weiss Essen -  Season 2 Review - 2022-2023 - 2.Bundesliga 

Squad | Transfers | Finances | Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2

We started very good but after a bad injury for our main AMR Kefkir we started to drop points. Realistic it would be nice to finish in a mid table position because we have the lowest wage budget (used) and media pred. 18th. But we challenged the top three right untill the end. We finished with 25 out of 27 points but it wasn't enough to catch a top three (play off) spot. 4th is great for our first season in the 2. liga but it feels like we finish this season without a medal..

Our finances dropped very fast during the season but 2.liga is a cash machine for a youth only team. 

We featured in the DFB-Pokal this season . After beating Bundesliga team Köln we were eliminated by Bielefield.

Our second team didn't play in any  league system and our U19 finished the A-Junioren-Bundesliga West on the 8th place.

Weber was again our best player. Pronichev is still scoring goals and finished second in the goal scorerlist. He had his first senior cap for Russia.

Key Players

  

Academy graduate with most Appearances (This season)

Youth Intake 2023

A much better intake this time with a lot of positive personalities.  Signed everyone expect the unambitious Dahmen 23 . Signed our Thai guy with the very very very long name Auengcharoenwatthana 23 .

A good prospect , i will need some wingers so he could get his chance next season.

Academy graduates promoted to the first team (Next Season)

      

Golley 22 and Pott 21 had some minutes in the first team this season. New faces Baur 23 , Vreman 23 , Huber 22 and Mousa 22 will get some games in the pre-season, some of them will stay in the first team and get some minutes from the bench. I have high hopes for Mousa 22 with his resolute personality and Huber 22 is also developing great but is not tall enough to play as DC. maybe i'll retrain him as a DMC.

Miscellaneous

We upgraded again some facilities. it is going fast.

At the end of the season we had another YT facilities upgrade accepted.

We changed our Hoyd alread in november from Fairly Det Jahn into Fairly Pro Rubino with much better attributes. It costed us 95k.

We started our first link with U Cluj from Romania with good facilities. Maybe i can get some youth intake players from that country in the future.

Season Facts

 

Edited August 11, 2021 by OlivierL

[Padders]

Season 82 - 2102/03

24th! Relegated! Embarrassing!

I've got nothing to say or add.......................

Edited August 11, 2021 by Padders

[OlivierL]

First poached player

 

[ATW]

Think I might see my problem for this season...

 

[Muttley84]

Oh boy, January 1st did not came with good news for us at all. The board just announced that we are in a struggling financial position and just out of nowhere reduced the wage budget by approximately 20%, leaving us in the red. We are now sitting around 500k above the newly established wage budget and our overall balance is around -2.5 M. Not sure what to do, should I sell to go under it again (by selling 3 or 4 of our best players we could maybe do it, but then do we even stand a chance?) or just ignore the finances and concentrate on the playing field (we are looking rather good in the relegation battle at the moment and if we don't screw this up we should remain in Bundesliga 2). Will the prize money from our position in Bundesliga 2 at the end of the season be enough to cover this debt? So many answers and no really straight solution. I know Aachen are a financial mess in real world but did not expect it to go south this rapid in FM also.

[XaW]

On 11/08/2021 at 02:40, Deicide said:

A couple of questions regarding sold players that have a % of next transfer clause in their contracts:

How is the amount on the sell now clause calculated? I see it rise or fall depending on the player.

I think it has something to do with the value and wage, but I'm not sure. I usually don't do it, unless I'm not using the player at all, and at that point any money in is nice.

On 11/08/2021 at 02:40, Deicide said:

Will the % of next sell on clause be canceled if they sign a new contract or does it only get canceled if they are released? I'm curious because the three players that I've sold only signed 2 year contracts.. currently scouting them to see if they have contract extension clauses. I'm not sure if I should take the money now and improve my facilities if possible.

Is there a reason why the sell on clause and the sell now clause aren't showing up for a player that I sold a 2 months ago?

Only if they are released. It shouldn't go away for any other reason than the player being released or the clause fulfilled.

[OlivierL]

17 minutes ago, Muttley84 said:

Oh boy, January 1st did not came with good news for us at all. The board just announced that we are in a struggling financial position and just out of nowhere reduced the wage budget by approximately 20%, leaving us in the red. We are now sitting around 500k above the newly established wage budget and our overall balance is around -2.5 M. Not sure what to do, should I sell to go under it again (by selling 3 or 4 of our best players we could maybe do it, but then do we even stand a chance?) or just ignore the finances and concentrate on the playing field (we are looking rather good in the relegation battle at the moment and if we don't screw this up we should remain in Bundesliga 2). Will the prize money from our position in Bundesliga 2 at the end of the season be enough to cover this debt? So many answers and no really straight solution. I know Aachen are a financial mess in real world but did not expect it to go south this rapid in FM also.

the prize money from 2.liga will fix it all, don't sell

[libbyshuss]

2042/43 - Season 22

Championship - 3rd

Season Summary

What a season, I'm exhausted after that. It was a real roller coaster and at times we were amazing!

League - I would have been happy with a nice boring season of consilidation but my team had other ideas. We shot out the blocks and put together a great run from the very start. We hit top after a dozen or so games and heading into February we were 5 points clear at the top. The next run of games gave us our first real test. The next 6 matches had games against the teams in 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th. Come through that and I might start to believe that promotion was a realistic prospect. The first two games were home games against Brentford and Birmingham, sitting 2nd and 3rd. We lost the first 3-0 and then, against Birmingham, we at least managed to score 3. They scored 7 though. So suddenly, two defeats down and we had 3 away games, 2 of which were against play-off chasing teams. We won them all, then won the next one to get our promotion charge back on track. At this stage, the table looked like this:-

The next few games saw us, Bretford and Birmingham pretty muc match each other result for result as none of us seemed to want to take the initiative.

With 4 games to go the top of the table had all three of us within a point of each other. 

And then we self-destructed, with a draw and a defeat against teams in the lower half of the table. 

With 2 to play Brentford and Birmingham played before us and both won. They were now 4 and 5 points ahead, meaning we had to go to Middlesbrough and get a result. And did we - we beat them 9-0!

So, into the final weekend.....

We had to win and hope Birmigham and/or Brentford slipped up. We did our job, beating Stoke 1-0 but so did they, both with 1-0 victories also. So, direct promotion was missed by a point and it was into the play-offs. In the end, we scored 124 goals, which is nuts!

 

We were up against Fulham, who we had already done the double against. They beat us 3-2 in the first leg and then 4-2 in the second leg and our season was over. So close yet so far!

FA Cup - We finally got our wish! A draw away at a top premier league team!

And the result?

Spoiler

Gate receipts of 1.5m squids though, which was nice.

 

Players

Amazing performance from the lads. The first choice XI is here:-

 

Christopher Agyemang 36A - He's back, baby! after two underwhelming seasons by his standards he was back to his best this season. 34 goals from a new strikers role was a brilliant return. Now 23, he's scored 235 goals for us and his value rocketed up to £6m. A new 5 year contract was duly offered and signed!

Claudio Barcham-Driver 40A - He was brilliant for the first half of the season, so much so that when he got injured in December and misssed 5 games we lost 3, drew 1 and only won 1 (albeit 7-4!). He was that important. His influence slipped after christmas a bit but he was still a really important player for us. Got the goal of the season as well! Valued at £5m at 19 as well. Nice!

Jayden Buckle 37E - The big surprise of the season. Started as the very minor part of my attacking triumvirate, I offered him a new contract at the start of the season. He insisted on a 6m release clasue, how i laughed at the idea of anyone offering that for him and I readily agreed. 35 goals and an amzing breakthrough season later he is valued at 6.25m and is playing silly beggars with a new contract. D'oh

Elliot Ainsley-Portas 37A - But this lad is the real breakout star of the season. He is amazing either in midfield or up front which makes him riduclously handy in a save like this. He mainly played in midfield but stepped in up front if any of the triumvirate were injured. He was great wherever he played. Only 20 still and will only get better, I hope

 

Youth

So, another golden generation promised! It doesn't really mean anything, does it?

 

The intake wasn't too bad I guess. I signed up about 9 of them

They think Khalil is the better prospect, I reckon Considine. Time will tell I guess!

 

 

Finances and Upgrades

Quite an exciting year. The money from the cup game was lovely and I immediately spent it

 

But the most exciting thing might be the new stadium being built for us!

 

The only way is up!

Career

 

Edited August 12, 2021 by libbyshuss

[Padders]

14 minutes ago, libbyshuss said:

2042/43 - Season 22

Championship - 3rd

Season Summary

What a season, I'm exhausted after that. It was a real roller coaster and at times we were amazing!

League - I would have been happy with a nice boring season of consilidation but my team had other ideas. We shot out the blocks and put together a great run from the very start. We hit top after a dozen or so games and heading into February we were 5 points clear at the top. The next run of games gave us our first real test. The next 6 matches had games against the teams in 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th. Come through that and I might start to believe that promotion was a realistic prospect. The first two games were home games against Brentford and Birmingham, sitting 2nd and 3rd. We lost the first 3-0 and then, against Birmingham, we at least managed to score 3. They scored 7 though. So suddenly, two defeats down and we had 3 away games, 2 of which were against play-off chasing teams. We won them all, then won the next one to get our promotion charge back on track. At this stage, the table looked like this:-

The next few games saw us, Bretford and Birmingham pretty muc match each other result for result as none of us seemed to want to take the initiative.

With 4 games to go the top of the table had all three of us within a point of each other. 

And then we self-destructed, with a draw and a defeat against teams in the lower half of the table. 

With 2 to play Brentford and Birmingham played before us and both won. They were now 4 and 5 points ahead, meaning we had to go to Middlesbrough and get a result. And did we - we beat them 9-0!

So, into the final weekend.....

We had to win and hope Birmigham and/or Brentford slipped up. We did our job, beating Stoke 1-0 but so did they, both with 1-0 victories also. So, direct promotion was missed by a point and it was into the play-offs 

 

We were up against Fulham, who we had already done the double against. They beat us 3-2 in the first leg and then 4-2 in the second leg and our season was over. So close yet so far!

FA Cup - We finally got our wish! A draw away at a top premier league team!

And the result?

  Reveal hidden contents

Gate receipts of 1.5m squids though, which was nice.

 

Players

Amazing performance from the lads. The first choice XI is here:-

 

Christopher Agyemang 36A - He's back, baby! after two underwhelming seasons by his standards he was back to his best this season. 34 goals from a new strikers role was a brilliant return. Now 23, he's scored 235 goals for us and his value rocketed up to £6m. A new 5 year contract was duly offered and signed!

Claudio Barcham-Driver 40A - He was brilliant for the first half of the season, so much so that when he got injured in December and misssed 5 games we lost 3, drew 1 and only won 1 (albeit 7-4!). He was that important. His influence slipped after christmas a bit but he was still a really important player for us. Got the goal of the season as well! Valued at £5m at 19 as well. Nice!

Jayden Buckle 37E - The big surprise of the season. Started as the very minor part of my attacking triumvirate, I offered him a new contract at the start of the season. He insisted on a 6m release clasue, how i laughed at the idea of anyone offering that for him and I readily agreed. 35 goals and an amzing breakthrough season later he is valued at 6.25m and is playing silly beggars with a new contract. D'oh

Elliot Ainsley-Portas 37A - But this lad is the real breakout star of the season. He is amazing either in midfield or up front which makes him riduclously handy in a save like this. He mainly played in midfield but stepped in up front if any of the triumvirate were injured. He was great wherever he played. Only 20 still and will only get better, I hope

 

Youth

So, another golden generation promised! It doesn't really mean anything, does it?

 

The intake wasn't too bad I guess. I signed up about 9 of them

They think Khalil is the better prospect, I reckon Considine. Time will tell I guess!

 

 

Finances and Upgrades

Quite an exciting year. The money from the cup game was lovely and I immediately spent it

 

But the most exciting thing might be the new stadium being built for us!

 

The only way is up!

Career

 

What a season! Superb

Unlucky in the play offs

[libbyshuss]

Just now, Padders said:

What a season! Superb

Unlucky in the play offs

really mixed feelings tbh.

I'd have been hammered week in/week out if I had gone up but the money would have been immense!

[Padders]

13 minutes ago, libbyshuss said:

really mixed feelings tbh.

I'd have been hammered week in/week out if I had gone up but the money would have been immense!

Yeah the money is a game changer and enables all the facilities to get improved 

 

Edited August 12, 2021 by Padders

[the_hdk]

Polonia Warsaw - Season 9 (spoiler)

 

I could not wait till i finish the season....had to share this intake with you guys

i'm a 5 year old level of excitement!

 

BEST INTAKE EVER...

who can spot why?

[The7Striker]

2 minutes ago, the_hdk said:

Polonia Warsaw - Season 9 (spoiler)

 

I could not wait till i finish the season....had to share this intake with you guys

i'm a 5 year old level of excitement!

 

BEST INTAKE EVER...

who can spot why?

You have a Jean Pierre 

 

 

The sweet aroma of 11 club-trained players:

 

 

 

[Padders]

Season 83 - 2103/04

Back into L1 and 5th place finish.

Not bad considering the poor start we had, not winning in the first 5

Unfortunately we lost in the Semi Final 6-7

 

[Sn00gle]

57 minutes ago, the_hdk said:

Polonia Warsaw - Season 9 (spoiler)

 

I could not wait till i finish the season....had to share this intake with you guys

i'm a 5 year old level of excitement!

 

BEST INTAKE EVER...

who can spot why?

Nice to see someone finally in Poland after me :) I never had such good start evern in Poland. 1 season promotion second european games great to see your doing well :)

[The7Striker]

It was that or 0€...bah 

[DazRTaylor]

I am back in The Netherlands as I have completed a fair few seasons.

Youth Candidates

Season 2052/53

SV Babberich

The preview was excellent:

The intake itself was dreadful though.  I can't see anyone here with the potential to make the first team.

[the_hdk]

1 hour ago, Sn00gle said:

Nice to see someone finally in Poland after me I never had such good start evern in Poland. 1 season promotion second european games great to see your doing well

Thanks...I was losing focus...this season was best so far. and this intake ...well it gives another reason to continue with this save.

[Sn00gle]

 

Garbarnia Kraków - 2033/34

Squad - League - Finances - Transfers

This is just quick update as I was impresed about @the_hdk Polonia run. To be honest Idk what is going on as I finished season long time ago and stoped playing for a while. I know that I didn't played again in Polish Cup after promotion (IDK I still think its a bug in game). Squad is quite poor with 3 cool prospects. One GK, Sałamaj 09a which probably will go to Napoli and new intake Hudzik 13a. Porably will have to hold and pray for staying into league. Comparing my save to HDK its like heaven and earth haha. Will see. I lost track of this save and mental sync so mby I will start new run also in Poland but mby with fun database which give ability to start in lower leagues.

 
 

[Sn00gle]

7 minutes ago, the_hdk said:

Thanks...I was losing focus...this season was best so far. and this intake ...well it gives another reason to continue with this save.

I have always tactial problems in new FM and with training to develop youth. I wont say this run with Garbania is great because 13 seasons without any good dac upgreat is sad.

[andershs]

Morpeth Town FC (England)
Seasons 6 to 10 - 2026/27 to 2030/31

A lot has happened, but I have enjoyed myself far too much to stop and post after each season.
So here comes a belated update on the acchievements of Morpeth Town.
The improved intake facilities meant, that we improved massively and now find ourselves in League One. We evolved into one of the best teams of the Vanarama National League North, and pushed on through the Vanarama National League and League Two. Now it seems, that we have found our level currently in League One.
Gaining promotion to the EFL and turning professional came with one big advantage, as it seemed that the often ridicoulous bids on our players tailed off, which has left me in a position of far more control of our transfers than before where I fought a frantic battle to keep hold of my players and stopping the board from selling players.
This means, that I have started to strategically sell players where I am covered for better transfer fees, and more importantly sell on clauses. Hopefully they will come into fruition at a later date. I think, I need x% of a really big sale in order to improve facilities and this squad to get further up the leagues.

I will probably also make a post on the players in our current team with a bit more detail. Moreover, i have all the regular screenshots from every season, so if you need a screenshot, please ask.

Season 6, 2026/27   - League, Transfers, Youth Intake - Vanarama National League North. Promotion as champions.

Season 7, 2027/28   - League, Tranfers,  Youth Intake - Vanarama National League. Promotion via Play-off.

Season 8, 2028/29   - League, Transfers, Youth Intake - League Two. Very good first season in the EFL.

Season 9, 2029/30   - League, Transfers, Youth Intake - League Two. Promotion via Play-off again.

Season 10, 2030/31 - League, Transfers, Youth Intake - League One. Very good first season in League One.

Current Facilities, Current Finances and Current team.

 

Edited August 12, 2021 by andershs

[libbyshuss]

1 hour ago, the_hdk said:

and this intake ...well it gives another reason to continue with this save.

Olisadebe? I did smile when I saw him!

[the_hdk]

7 minutes ago, libbyshuss said:

Olisadebe? I did smile when I saw him!

Yes! finally someone who saw it....an ingame son!

[Deicide]

On 11/08/2021 at 06:10, The7Striker said:

I don't want to deceive you but it will depend on the value you sell for and the value the player is sold on from the other team.

The clauses only disappear if the player is sold (unless you put the % of the next sale clause and the selling team too, in which case you will still have some more money in the future), or they are released. Sign contracts with the same club, keep everything the same at the transfer level agreed with you. If you have the € symbol, you can sell that clause too and it will disappear.

I dont think that is a bug but im not 100% sure. It could mean that the club did not agreed with the board a value for the clause sell.

Ok thanks. Figured as much but wanted to be sure.

Yeah the € symbol (sell now clause) reappeared and disappeared again. Im guessing its either a game bug or a skin bug.

[XaW]

 

Folkestone Invicta - Season 2033/34 (Season 13) Review - Sky Bet Championship

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

A much improved performance from last season, and we were very close to a magical promotion to the Premier League before failing at the last hurdle. The season didn't start fantastic as we looked like a mid-table side for the first quarter of the season. A bit after that we slowly started to climb up, and around the half way mark we were hanging around the playoff spots. From then on we were in the fight for a promotion spot, even climbing as high as into the actual promotion spots at a few times. Towards the end though, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United pulled away, while only Birmingham sort of followed to fight for an automatic promotion spot. We secured our playoff spot with a few matches to go, and thus had a shot at going up. In the semi final we beat Aston Villa at home before managing to hold them to a draw away and went on to the final. Here we faced Birmingham in what was a close fought match, but they were very efficient and took their chances. So even though we lost the playoff final 1-5, we were about equal in xG (1.12 vs 1.67). A promotion already might have been too soon, so I'm not overly disappointed by it, it simply bodes well for the future.

In the FA Cup we lost to Liverpool in the 3rd round.

In the EFL Cup we beat Colchester before losing to Bournemouth in the 2nd round.

We should move into the new stadium during the off season, so our capacity should be more than doubled next season. I also managed to get the board to approve a higher youth level, so we shall see if it happens this summer. Part of that is also improving the youth facilities and that just finished.

Youth

Quite a clear gap between the good and the rest in this intake, but at least we got in 3 talented players.

The name alone is amazing, but Silver Klavan 34b is a very talented winger/striker as well.

U18 team:

In the U18 Youth Alliance League South-East they got the 4th title in a row as we are becoming too good for this league. Maybe the new youth level will bump us up.

In the U18 Youth Alliance Cup they won their group ahead of Bristol Rovers, Millwall, Northampton, and Newport County. Then we lost to Southend in the quarter final.

In the FA Youth Cup they beat Norwich and Wigan before losing to Arsenal in the 5th round.

Statistics:

Spoiler

We added Estonia this season.

Trophy cabinet:

Sky Bet League Two - 2029/30
Vanarama National League - 2028/29
Vanarama National League South - 2026/27
(U18) Youth Alliance League South-East - 2030/31, 2031/32, 2032/33, 2033/34

EFL Trophy - 2030/31
FA Trophy - 2028/29

[Sn00gle]

1 hour ago, libbyshuss said:

Olisadebe? I did smile when I saw him!

If he would play like father
Foreign regens in Poland are quite unique so I'm always more interested with them as they can play in u19 or 21 and then been sold for big money.

[Sn00gle]

Just now, XaW said:

 

Folkestone Invicta - Season 2033/34 (Season 13) Review - Sky Bet Championship

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

A much improved performance from last season, and we were very close to a magical promotion to the Premier League before failing at the last hurdle. The season didn't start fantastic as we looked like a mid-table side for the first quarter of the season. A bit after that we slowly started to climb up, and around the half way mark we were hanging around the playoff spots. From then on we were in the fight for a promotion spot, even climbing as high as into the actual promotion spots at a few times. Towards the end though, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United pulled away, while only Birmingham sort of followed to fight for an automatic promotion spot. We secured our playoff spot with a few matches to go, and thus had a shot at going up. In the semi final we beat Aston Villa at home before managing to hold them to a draw away and went on to the final. Here we faced Birmingham in what was a close fought match, but they were very efficient and took their chances. So even though we lost the playoff final 1-5, we were about equal in xG (1.12 vs 1.67). A promotion already might have been too soon, so I'm not overly disappointed by it, it simply bodes well for the future.

In the FA Cup we lost to Liverpool in the 3rd round.

In the EFL Cup we beat Colchester before losing to Bournemouth in the 2nd round.

We should move into the new stadium during the off season, so our capacity should be more than doubled next season. I also managed to get the board to approve a higher youth level, so we shall see if it happens this summer. Part of that is also improving the youth facilities and that just finished.

Youth

Quite a clear gap between the good and the rest in this intake, but at least we got in 3 talented players.

The name alone is amazing, but Silver Klavan 34b is a very talented winger/striker as well.

U18 team:

In the U18 Youth Alliance League South-East they got the 4th title in a row as we are becoming too good for this league. Maybe the new youth level will bump us up.

In the U18 Youth Alliance Cup they won their group ahead of Bristol Rovers, Millwall, Northampton, and Newport County. Then we lost to Southend in the quarter final.

In the FA Youth Cup they beat Norwich and Wigan before losing to Arsenal in the 5th round.

Statistics:

  Reveal hidden contents

We added Estonia this season.

Trophy cabinet:

Sky Bet League Two - 2029/30
Vanarama National League - 2028/29
Vanarama National League South - 2026/27
(U18) Youth Alliance League South-East - 2030/31, 2031/32, 2032/33, 2033/34

EFL Trophy - 2030/31
FA Trophy - 2028/29

I see new generation of Estonian young players went all in in FM as well Very nice player.

[XaW]

6 minutes ago, Sn00gle said:

I see new generation of Estonian young players went all in in FM as well Very nice player.

Yeah, both the name and the player is awesome!

[Padders]

26 minutes ago, XaW said:

Yeah, both the name and the player is awesome!

Yeah great name

Remember having a brilliant Estonia left winger in my FM20 save

[OrToDaRy282]

Back at it again after making my own kits (also 3D :D).
Let's goooo! CMON LOKEREN!

[the_hdk]

Polonia Warsaw - Season 9

League

League Stats / Transfers / Best 11

So maybe our best season so far...was not enough for championship. Legia was just amazing. Only 2 lost games...they ware unbeaten for most of the season. They really earned their 18th championship!. But...we qualified for Champions  league...somehow. I guess Poland gained spots in Europe. We are going to draw strong countries so small chance to pass compared to championship spot. HALUCH was again MVP. Our young capitan was sadly injured again for more than a month and we really felt when he was not playing. Also he earned his first TopScorer trophy and 2nd best player of the season. LEWINSKI was sold to Israeli club as he didnt want to extend his contract and TOMCZYK was on par with stars. Rookie season for TOMCZYK was ok. But nothing crazy. Oldie KOLODZIEJ wanted a new challange (at 22 years old!) Inter Miami came and offered a decent but not great amount. STACHURSKI took over his spot and KLEPACKI (who was at loan at Rakow) took over the rotation CB spot. Next seaosn is going to see many changes. The great youngsters form 2 seaosn ago have grown up...and are on par with stars with some 1st team players (or close to it) but have 4,5 star potential so few players are going to join first team.

Cup was again horrible, lost in first round to Slask Wroclaw. Europe went AMAZING. We managed to beat Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) in qualies!! We peaked at the right moment and earnd ALOT of money....LIKE ALOT! Over the whole year 17mln! (and that is after we improved our youth facilities!).

 

Champions League

Could have been worse! Really a bad draw, but we still managed to draw Inter Milan (ITA) and Real Madrid (SPA) at home!. It can only go better in the future!

 

Season Stats

Ahh yeas we did win teh Polish SuperCup!. My first Cup with Polonia!. The average of 8k is higher than our stadium capacity of 7k, that is becuase for euope we used the National Stadium in Warsaw (51k cap).

And we bought the stadium so hopefully we can expand and modernize it a bit!.

 

Affiliates

Two new ones! I got tired of getting my Nigerian clubs rejected so I accepted a Bosian club with Exceptopnal youth coaching...and Ruch Chorzow who will be a great club for loaning players out.

 

Youth

Predicted Youth intake

And now to the best part of this season....we got a French regen!....and....and....my ingame SON! and he actually has some potential!

The Frenchie..FALLEMPIN, geat teamwork and work rate! but does not excel in anything yet.

and let me introduce you to....Jacques 'Jacek' OLISADEBE! High bravery and work rate....also his ability is going up well. Half Polish, Half Nigerian. With me as Father in relationships!
so EXCITED....he actually can become a 1st team player. this is only 2nd time i got this in FM...and last time my in-game son..had ZERO potantial.

(Technically Jacek = Hyazinth, but I like Jacques more)

 

Youth Stats

so yeah...one Frenchie

[The7Striker]

Its just me or..... ?

I have 6 guys doing this with only 1 year of contract left. 

 

[the_hdk]

depends on how ambitious they are...hence  why I go for HOYD with...as far as I can know  low ambition

[The7Striker]

17 minutes ago, the_hdk said:

depends on how ambitious they are...hence  why I go for HOYD with...as far as I can know  low ambition

Reports dont say nothing about that.

They make one good season...well i need to move now 

[the_hdk]

6 hours ago, The7Striker said:

Reports dont say nothing about that.

They make one good season...well i need to move now 

you can kinda guess based on their peronality. From top of my head Driven, Ambitious and Fairly Ambitious or Fickle have good chance to have high ambition.

[vikeologist]

Vikeologist's 35th Folkestone Intake Report and 31st Intake Review 

My top prospect looks like a lot of work. Promising and not exactly a bad personality, but will need to be treated with kid gloves. I’m even going to give him the nickname.

Colin 'Kid Gloves' Joseph 35a – Temperamental, meaning I can’t fine him to get his determination (15 which is fine) or work rate (6 which is not) up. It also means that his professionalism is not very high, and might be rock bottom. I won’t play him this season, unless I have an unexpected match with nothing to play for. Hopefully I can mentor some professionalism into him, otherwise he’s not going to realise his potential, and I really need him to realise his potential.

 

Apart from Colin, there’s not much to like here. You never know, but unless they have a professional personality, I’m dumping everyone with 3 stars or less potential.

 

YP31 Review

This is what  wrote at the time;

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“The intake doesn’t look great, and it certainly could have been better, but the top prospect has a media description of ‘promising’, which hasn’t happened much. The ‘b’ prospect is a goalkeeper, which is useful because it’s been a few years since we’ve had a good goalie come through.

There could be a few decent players here, but always, I don’t need decent”.

 

Brett Evans 31a- His media description doesn’t call him promising any more, but he still has decent potential. However, I have basically never given him a chance because I’ve had a lot of central midfielders come through, and he’s fallen through the cracks. He’s been on loan in League 2 the last 2 seasons, and he’s done fine, but has played for us a grand total of 5 times. He’s just not developed enough to merit a place, but my 34a was also a central midfielder and I’ve given him lots of chances. Need to keep him at the club next season, work on his Balanced personality and give him a chance.

Abdulrahman Zayed 31b – Goalkeeper was a problem for a few seasons. I sold my starter in the expectation that one of the promising youngsters would improve, and they didn’t. eventually I took the plunge and threw Abdul into the starting eleven, and he has developed, but he’s still not great. Still supposed to have huge potential though. He is at least now my best goalie. He is the basket that I have all my eggs in.

Tom Thomas 31c – A model citizen. Unfortunately that’s the only good thing about him.

Jamie Partington 31d- Defender on loan in League 2. He might factor into the first team at some point. My defence is awful.

Danny Fagbohun 31g – I nearly didn’t spot that he was in this intake. He’s one of my starting central midfielders. Why him and not the 31a? Determined rather than professional, I don’t know why he improved and Brett Evans didn’t.

[Muttley84]

Hopefully he gets sold to PSG or City for 100M later, but with those stats I doubt it would happen. First time happening in the current career.

[Sn00gle]

11 hours ago, the_hdk said:

Polonia Warsaw - Season 9

League

League Stats / Transfers / Best 11

So maybe our best season so far...was not enough for championship. Legia was just amazing. Only 2 lost games...they ware unbeaten for most of the season. They really earned their 18th championship!. But...we qualified for Champions  league...somehow. I guess Poland gained spots in Europe. We are going to draw strong countries so small chance to pass compared to championship spot. HALUCH was again MVP. Our young capitan was sadly injured again for more than a month and we really felt when he was not playing. Also he earned his first TopScorer trophy and 2nd best player of the season. LEWINSKI was sold to Israeli club as he didnt want to extend his contract and TOMCZYK was on par with stars. Rookie season for TOMCZYK was ok. But nothing crazy. Oldie KOLODZIEJ wanted a new challange (at 22 years old!) Inter Miami came and offered a decent but not great amount. STACHURSKI took over his spot and KLEPACKI (who was at loan at Rakow) took over the rotation CB spot. Next seaosn is going to see many changes. The great youngsters form 2 seaosn ago have grown up...and are on par with stars with some 1st team players (or close to it) but have 4,5 star potential so few players are going to join first team.

Cup was again horrible, lost in first round to Slask Wroclaw. Europe went AMAZING. We managed to beat Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) in qualies!! We peaked at the right moment and earnd ALOT of money....LIKE ALOT! Over the whole year 17mln! (and that is after we improved our youth facilities!).

 

Champions League

Could have been worse! Really a bad draw, but we still managed to draw Inter Milan (ITA) and Real Madrid (SPA) at home!. It can only go better in the future!

 

Season Stats

Ahh yeas we did win teh Polish SuperCup!. My first Cup with Polonia!. The average of 8k is higher than our stadium capacity of 7k, that is becuase for euope we used the National Stadium in Warsaw (51k cap).

And we bought the stadium so hopefully we can expand and modernize it a bit!.

 

Affiliates

Two new ones! I got tired of getting my Nigerian clubs rejected so I accepted a Bosian club with Exceptopnal youth coaching...and Ruch Chorzow who will be a great club for loaning players out.

 

Youth

Predicted Youth intake

And now to the best part of this season....we got a French regen!....and....and....my ingame SON! and he actually has some potential!

The Frenchie..FALLEMPIN, geat teamwork and work rate! but does not excel in anything yet.

and let me introduce you to....Jacques 'Jacek' OLISADEBE! High bravery and work rate....also his ability is going up well. Half Polish, Half Nigerian. With me as Father in relationships!
so EXCITED....he actually can become a 1st team player. this is only 2nd time i got this in FM...and last time my in-game son..had ZERO potantial.

(Technically Jacek = Hyazinth, but I like Jacques more)

 

Youth Stats

so yeah...one Frenchie

Great intake and facilities!

[The7Striker]

Karsiyaka 2024/2025 (4 Season)

Finances  Transfers  Released  Squad  

 

For the first time, finances are in the green. Almost 5M for the TV rights and around 250k per win and 150k per draw.
Lost 2 star players, Yilmaz (board decision) and Alaaddin in January (did not wanted to renew). That money payed the tranning facilities and youth facilities upgrade but made the team a bit weaker.
The rest of the players didn't have what it took for this division so they were sold or released.
Some new face that i hope that will develop nicely and help the team out.

 

Upgrades:

Course: Continental C Licence  + Continental B Licence

Facilities: Training + Youth Facilities + Youth Coach + YR

 

Ziraat Turkiye Kupasi

One more year, one more awesome cup run. This time we reach the Quarters of Final but vs a Super Fenerbaçe we had no arguments.

 

SuperLig

Games I  Games II

Oh boy. After losing Yilmaz at first and then Alaaddin I thought we'd be doomed to relegation but other 3 stars start so shine and we overperformance to an astonishing 7th place. Poor Yilmaz, going back to TFF 1.Lig.

Fenerbaçe is the new PSG since 2020/2021 as Champions.

 

Top Newgens

 

 

Burhan was my key replacement for Alaaddin and boy he did the job done.
Ercan was Yilmaz replacement. He can play both as Striker or LW but he did some damages as a Striker, so he should keep this place in the team.
After the main GK was injured we called the backup called Furkan and the rest was history, he grabbed the place.

 

Youth Intake 2025

Even with some investment YI wasnt that good but i belive we have some nice hopes for the future.

 

Best Prospects

 

The Bulgarian striker is the shinning hope by the RW.
Sadik is another RB with some CB potencial but we really need a RB and this guy have it all so i will the the risk.

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by The7Striker

[Padders]

Season 84 - 2104/05

More changing of tactics

Tried a new 4-4-2 and 3-5-2, didn't work

Tried a 4-3-1-2 second half of the season and seemed to work. Form picked up

Two games to go and top 4 separated by just 3 points

Lost 45th game but somehow still top

A 4-0 win last game of the season meant we go up as Champions on goal difference

[XaW]

Folkestone Invicta - Season 2034/35 (Season 14) Review - Sky Bet Championship

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

We are up in the Premier League! That means we are more or less financially set, and I hope to get more improvements going the coming seasons. This season started a bit slow, and I thought I'd have to write a text here about how we failed to follow up the playoff defeat last season, but then we turned things around and suddenly were part of the fight for promotion. Of course, no one could match West Ham who ran away with things, but we fought hard for this 2nd place and even though it was more or less secured with a game in hand, we still could have lost it with a massive goal difference swing in the final match. Wolves and Aston Villa gave us a run to the door, but we made it! Gareth Wilde 32b has his real breakout season this time around and really showed he knows how to score, but we still ended a few goals short of West Ham. The defence was the real change this season as we conceded 16 goals less than last. Converted wingback to centre back Allen Calvert 30a is the main man using his physicality to his advantage. In the centre of the pitch, Will Retout 30g is a strange regular. As his rather low average rating suggest, he doesn't play well, but somehow everyone else does when he is on the pitch. Most of the times we lose is when he is out, so I've just decided he plays even if his rating is horrible.

In the FA Cup we beat Charlton before we lost to Southampton in the 4th round.

In the EFL Cup we beat Northampton before losing to Brentford in the 2nd round.

We moved into the new stadium, but we are already selling it out. I've asked for expansions, but the board have stopped us due to financial restraints so far. Think I'll get things done next season. The youth level didn't increase this summer, but will during the next. Got a small improvement on the training facilities, but I also expect to get all facilities further improved going forward with the PL money.

Youth

Well, this intake was not very good, at least some talent, but clearly one of the worst in years.

,

Finally, a decent defender, but Jamie Somerville 35a needs to improve a bit before he is ready for the Premier League.

U18 team:

In the U18 Youth Alliance League South-East they won it again. 5 times in a row now.

In the U18 Youth Alliance Cup they won their group ahead of Crystal Palace, Exeter City, Barnet, and Rugby. Then they lost to Plymouth in the quarter final.

In the FA Youth Cup they beat Birmingham before losing to Rotherham in the 4th round.

Statistics:

Spoiler

Many new towns in England this time, but no new countries.

Trophy cabinet:

Sky Bet League Two - 2029/30
Vanarama National League - 2028/29
Vanarama National League South - 2026/27
(U18) Youth Alliance League South-East - 2030/31, 2031/32, 2032/33, 2033/34, 2034/35

EFL Trophy - 2030/31
FA Trophy - 2028/29

[Padders]

Fantastic @XaW in very quick time as well

[XaW]

7 minutes ago, Padders said:

Fantastic @XaW in very quick time as well

Yeah, took a while to get out of the VNS, but from then on, things have gone quite quick. Think I'm still a long way off competing in the PL though. My best 11 is good Championship quality, but the backups are a lot of L1 players...

[vikeologist]

Vikeologist's 2055/56 Folkestone Season Report

We failed to make the playoffs on the final day for the 4^th season in a row. This time we went into our final match outside on goal difference, but the team above us was playing the champions, so I thought a win for us would probably be enough. We won 1-0, our rivals won 3-0, and we missed out again. I suppose it’s less agonising than losing in the playoff final 4 seasons in a row, although that could still happen of course.

For nearly all the season we were right at the top of a 7 team battle for the 2 automatic promotion and 4 playoff spots, and our inevitable late season collapse came later than usual.

Of course we have young players who will be better next season, but 3 of my first team are 30 or over now. They maybe have one more season before they decline. One of my central defenders is 33, and is already in decline, though he’ll have to decline a lot more before he loses his place as, as I may have mentioned this before, my central defenders are just awful. The promises of the promising defenders I’ve had in the last 16 or so seasons have come to nothing.

 

 

Top Goalscorer – Dominic Riley 29a – 23

Riley is the younger of my 2 starters at 22.

23 goals equals the most he’s ever scored in a season, and he’s not going to get any better.

It’s obviously an ok tally, but the concern is that there may be someone even better that’s not getting enough opportunities.

Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) – James Jennings 21g – 7.13

Jennings was my starting right winger for many years until I dropped him for shinier young things. 20 of his 27 appearances were as a sub. Another backup right winger, Marcos Morilla 31j, came second with an average of 7.12. I really have to consider dropping my starter, even though he’s supposedly the best, but sub wingers do have an advantage coming on late in a game with fresh legs. Neither Jennings or Morilla are consistently great when they start matches. Morilla is just 19, so obviously he’d be the guy to bring in, but obviously I should never have dropped Jennings as a starter 2 years ago.

 

Man of The Match – Dominic Riley 29a – 7

 

Most Valuable Player– Alex Taylor 21e

Along with my promising 17 year old left winger, Alex is my best player, even though playing as a left back means his ratings are rubbish. If I could clone him, Alex would be a starter at left back (where he does play) and also central defence, central midfield and on the left wing as well. Seriously, he’s our at least equal best player in all 4 positions, and has been for all his career.

Alex is 30 now, and this award is partly because nobody else deserved it, and a sort of lifetime achievement thing.

Most Appearances (Regens) – Jason ‘Nepotism’ Ramsay 1a – 719

33 year-old central defender Pete Larkin 18d is now on 628. In all seriousness, I think the only players who will be good enough to dethrone him  are 2 players who came through in the latest intake, and they’re probably 2 years away from developing enough. He might break the record, but in the circumstances that’s not a good thing. He’s have probably broken the record already if he wasn’t accident prone. Hasn’t had a lot of terrible injuries, but is consistently slightly injured 6 or so times a year.

 

Most Goals (Regens) – Michael Morgan 9a – 463

Dave Jackson at 30 is on 350. 22 goals this season, but 7 of them were penalties. A real chance he is dropped next season.

 

Barry Ramsay 29k (Son) Update

Kept him at the club for half the season because nobody wanted him on loan, but I eventually farmed him out for the third time to our affiliate Halifax where he mostly appears as a sub. I’ve never tried to actually sell him, because I think he’d fall out of football within a few seasons. Not that anybody has ever offered.

Season	Division		Position	Notes							MVP										
21/22	VNL South		18th		Steered clear of relegaton thanks to good start.	Callum Davies
22/23	VNL South		16th		Only 2 places better, but a lot more points.		Henry Newcombe
23/24	VNL South		18th		Big step backwards in points.				David Smith
24/25	VNL South		15th		Consistently mediocre.					David Smith
25/26	VNL South		14th		Just outside playoffs for most of the season.		David Smith
26/27	VNL South		16th		Otherwise known as the year 1AD (After Discipline)	Ellis Andrews 2c
27/28	VNL South		19th		Narrowly avoided relegation places all season		David Smith
28/29	VNL South		15th		Tried different tactics. Didn't find a magic bean.	David Smith
29/30	VNL South		7th		Lost playoff semifinal, but a great improvement.	Ellis Andrews 2c
30/31	VNL South		12th		Second half slump into mid-table disappointment		David Smith
31/32	VNL South		7th		Lost in S/F of playoff					Ellis Andrews 2c
32/33	VNL South		9th		Didn't threaten playoffs				Ellis Drake 10a
33/34	VNL South		2nd		Lost last 2 matches of season and 1st playoff game.	Michael Morgan 9a
34/35	VNL South		4th		Knocked out Playoffs 1st round on penalties		Michael Morgan 9a
35/36	VNL South		6th		Knocked out in Playoff semifinal			Michael Morgan 9a
36/37	VNL South		5th		Knocked out in Playoff semifinal			Giorgos Kragiopoulos 11a
37/38	VNL South		1st		Won the league by a mile. 17th time lucky.		Michael Morgan 9a 
38/39	VNL National		1st		Back to back comfortable promotions			Jack Collett 13a 
39/40	League 2		2nd		Won last 5 matches securing automatic promotion.	Jack Collett 13a 
40/41	League 1		11th		Pushing for promotion most of the season		Jack Collett 13a 
41/42	League 1		5th		Lost in playoffs semifinal				Michael Morgan 9a 
42/43	League 1		8th		Losing streak, winning streak and then injuries		Kevin Spencer 17d
43/44	League 1		7th		One place outside playoffs.				Kevin Spencer 17d
44/45	League 1		12th		Outside playoffs all season. New stadium.		Pete Larkin 18d
45/46	League 1		2nd		Promoted last day of the season. 			Dave Jackson 21b 
46/47	Championship		20th		Plummetted near to relegation zone			Dave Jackson 21b 
47/48	Championship		15th		Terrible start but mid table safety after that.		Steven 'Shamrock' Larkin 21d 
48/49	Championship		14th		Good start but dropped away from playoffs.		Liam Carter 25d 
49/50	Championship		15th		Boring & disappointing season				Dave Jackson 21b 
50/51	Championship		4th		Promoted through playoffs.				Ross Gethins 22c
51/52	Premier League		20th		Won once in 2nd half of season and relegated.		Dave Jackson 21b
52/53	Championship		8th		Typical second half of the season collapse.		Dave Jackson 21b 
53/54	Championship		7th		Missed out on playoffs in final match injury time	Dan Jones 27e
54/55	Championship		7th		Missed playoffs on final day for 3rd season in a row.	Dave Jackson 21b
55/56	Championship		7th		Missed playoffs on final day for 4th season in a row.	Alex Taylor 21e

 

[hyrule_king]

[libbyshuss]

1 hour ago, XaW said:

Jamie Somerville 35a needs to improve a bit before he is ready for the Premier League

He's a Small Town Boy!  

[libbyshuss]

2043/44 - Season 23

Championship - 4th

Season Summary

A poor start with an almost perfect finish. Another exhausting season from us!

League - So after last seasons near miss with promotion to the premier league I started this season with far more optimisim than I usually do. That was over after two games, a 4-1 defeat to nearly relegated Everton and a 5-4 defeat away at Middlesbrough, who got their revenge after we stuffed them 9-0 at the end of last season. From then we just couldn't get going and after 10 games we had lost 6 and were sitting 20th, with me suddenly looking more at a relegation battle than any promotion challenge. Luckily, the next 4 games saw 3 wins and a draw and put us firmly in mid-table. From then on it was a struggle for us to put a run together. As soon as we won a couple and get close to the play-offs we'd lose and fall back again. The start of February saw us a couple of points away again - we promptly lost the next 3. But then something strange happened - that confident, free-scoring swagger we displayed last season suddenly returned and we were winning games for fun. We won 8 and drew 1 of the next 9 and gatecrashed the play-off positions. With 4 games left the league table looked like this:-

We were even in with a chance of automatic promotion! The next game we won, then drew, then beat Liecester to leave the table like this:-

We had a chance for an unlikely automatic promotion! the final game of the season wasn't one I'd have chosen. Away at Millwall, who were 21st and needed a win to stay in the division. Games like that are always difficult. So, we put in one of our poorest performances of the season and lost 1-0.

Still, we'd made the play-offs

 

Semi-finals were against Reading. We went to the Majedski for the first leg, played them off the park and won 3-0. I took a risk for the 2nd leg and rested a couple of key players. We won 1-0 to set up a final with Middlesbrough.

We beat them 9-0 away last season!

So, the final. It was nuts. 4 goals in the first 5 minutes! I like attacking, even if it's slightly kamikaze at times.

 

So, an amazing finish to the season but again, we ultimately fell just short at the final hurdle.

FA Cup - we lost in the third round. at home. against AFC Wimbledon, who were bottom of the Championship at the time. D'oh.

Players

Best thing this season is just how improved my defence were. They really stepped up their game and made some awesome improvements. The obvious disappointment is Claudio Barcham-Driver 40A. He was a shadow of his former self and the whole triumvirate really underperformed before christmas. Frustrating as heck it was.

Johnny Nurse has a great name and also cemented his position as third midfielder. So now I have an XI that I'm happy with, for perhaps the first time in the save.

Last season all 3 of my strikers scored 30+, which makes Barcham-Drivers poor season even more startling compared to the other two. I have a youngster in the U18s described as the new Michael Owen - he needs to step up in the new season!

Youth

Another golden generation!

Nothing really stood out. The Irish attacking midfielder isn't brilliant as I stopped using them years ago!

 

Good news is that McNamara can be re-trained as a striker, which is a relief. He looks alright. Camilleri is the best prospect:-

 

Finances and Developments

The play-off final gives you a nice amount in gate receipts, so there's that I guess. meant we finished in the black again, which is nice anyway.

Career

 

So, a little more consistency, then surely promotion should be our main aim. The team is the right age, there's strength in ever position, it probably won't set itself up as nicely for a while. We'll see!

And as a bonus, here's this seasons

Goal of the Season!

My Saudi Arabian international, Omar Al-Salman 37F (53 caps and counting!) with a sublime volley from the edge of the area at Goodisaon Park. Lovely Stuff!

We lost the game 3-1 though. 

[XaW]

This might hurt....

[Padders]

8 minutes ago, XaW said:

This might hurt....

WOW!!!

[libbyshuss]

21 minutes ago, XaW said:

This might hurt....

lol!

"this is 6.25 million per week less than the 6.25m per week Chelsea spend"