The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge

[Padders]

Half way through the season, only lost 3 games but 8 points off top 

[DazRTaylor]

If only Yeovil were that high in real life.

[DazRTaylor]

After yet another failure, I am currently holidaying for a season and will start afresh.  This time, in The Netherlands eighth tier.

[XaW]

Just sold my best goalkeeper, but even if the board didn't intervene, I just couldn't turn this bid down. He is going to the US, so I have hopes to get more when he is sold.

[JAwtunes]

22 hours ago, Shankly84 said:

Plans were announced again, to expand the stadium. This time it looks like it's happening!!!

Wow, that stadium is huge for Iceland.  Love it and love that stadium name too.  Next challenge will be trying to fill it

[DazRTaylor]

11 minutes ago, XaW said:

Just sold my best goalkeeper, but even if the board didn't intervene, I just couldn't turn this bid down. He is going to the US, so I have hopes to get more when he is sold.

Cracking bit of business.

[officiallydeej]

  Arzachena Academy Costa Smeralda - 2021/22 Season Review

Relegation Playout - Cups - Squad - Finances - Transfers

A really tough season where we thanked our blessings that Taranto and Rieti were so much worse than we were. Of our 9 league wins, 6 came from the teams who finished below us, with only 3 more all season coming in home games against Messina, Cavese and Viterbese. Luckily despite two long runs of 6 consecutive defeats it took Rieti until game 29 to even get a point on the board so we never looked in any real danger of going down automatically. The way the rules work in Italy if there's more than a 8 point gap between 16th & 19th then 19th are also automatically relegated so Taranto also went down. For me to avoid the relegation playoff I needed a gap of 8 points or more to Turris which would have also sent them down without a playout. As it happened we managed to pinch a win away in the first playout game followed by a 2-2 draw which relegated them and kept us up for another season.

The squad isn't awful but it is weak for this division which shows in us picking up 0 wins from 24 games against the top 12 clubs in the league. The youth intake has given us some much needed depth, and although they aren't really up to playing first team football yet I threw a couple in the deep end for the last few games and one even managed 2 goals in 3 appearances so there is definitely reason to be optimistic. We lost 1 player on a free at the start of the season who now probably regrets it as he moved to hopeless Rieti. I have 2 over 35's in the first team who will probably not be starters next season so will need to fill their spots with some of the younger lads quickly.

Money is again reasonable in Italy, and with the annual sponsorship I managed to get a full set of upgrades plus a coaching badge, and I hope to repeat that again at least one more season before the cost of the facilities starts to take it's toll. 

Mattia Barcella

A decent first group but not the best set of personalities. I signed everyone except the second goalkeeper just to get some numbers into the youth squads, with the first 7 immediately being offered Pro contracts. Corradini (22g) managed two goals in his first two senior starts which is promising moving into next season.

 

[DazRTaylor]

Another day and another failure.  So one of my favourite countries this time, The Netherlands and the eighth tier.  I holidayed for a season and have taken over at the club with the worst record in this tier (as there are forty four divisions down this low) and away we go!  Oh and I have four players.  So this will be interesting until youth intake day!

Club Introduction

SV Babberich

The Manager

This is me.

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation            Qualifications          Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start   Minimal   (0.25*)     None                      1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At Start   Poor                 Poor              Fairly basic          Basic            Limited            Local   (0.50*)

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Time At Club
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Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
--------------------------

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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Cup Competition Victories
-------------------------

Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     TOTO KNVB Beker                    Achievements
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Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
---------------------------------------------------------------

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
-----------------------------------------------------------------

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

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

 

[officiallydeej]

@DazRTaylor Excellent work locating a team that lost all 26 of their games last season!

[XaW]

The board just signed a deal with Rugby, so now we got to use their facilities (that are way better than ours!)

[Bartrcm]

1 hour ago, DazRTaylor said:

Another day and another failure.  So one of my favourite countries this time, The Netherlands and the eighth tier.  I holidayed for a season and have taken over at the club with the worst record in this tier (as there are forty four divisions down this low) and away we go!  Oh and I have four players.  So this will be interesting until youth intake day!

Club Introduction

SV Babberich

The Manager

This is me.

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

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At Start   Poor                 Poor              Fairly basic          Basic            Limited            Local   (0.50*)

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Time At Club
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
--------------------------

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
-------------



Cup Competition Victories
-------------------------

Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     TOTO KNVB Beker                    Achievements
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Goals
---------------------------------------------------------------

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Assists
-----------------------------------------------------------------

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

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Which file have you used for this save? Can't get into a save so want to try something different.

 

 

 

[witticism]

14 hours ago, witticism said:

That late summer sale and the board's refusal to expand recruitment really took the wind out of my sails so I think I am gonna try and get a team I like in Norway promoted and maybe start there, maybe avoid totally quitting the french save.

Making this happen took longer than I care to admit but it is now January 2022 and I can take over and get started

[DazRTaylor]

It looks like I have a decent goalkeeper coming through.

[DazRTaylor]

@BartrcmI am using the file by Timo.

[Shankly84]

3 hours ago, JAwtunes said:

Wow, that stadium is huge for Iceland.  Love it and love that stadium name too.  Next challenge will be trying to fill it

I think we will be ok for the European games. It will only be the 3rd largest capcity in the league. Valur and Breidablik have new 18,000 & 20,000 capacity stadiums.

[Shankly84]

1 minute ago, Shankly84 said:

I think we will be ok for the European games. It will only be the 3rd largest capcity in the league. Valur and Breidablik have new 18,000 & 20,000 capacity stadiums.

I've just chescked the average attendances and I'm shocked at Breidablik and Valur. Hopefully we can get similar. Will make a huge difference, financially.

[Gbrexiton]

1 minute ago, Shankly84 said:

I've just chescked the average attendances and I'm shocked at Breidablik and Valur. Hopefully we can get similar. Will make a huge difference, financially.

Valur’s average attendance is about 6% of the population of Iceland

[v1n1akabozo]

Guys, i can't seem to find the 'fine' option to use on players that did badly on the last match, can someone tell me where it's hidden?

[Padders]

Season Review 2043/44

The unluckiest manager continues 

97 points wasn't good enough to finish top

Beat Yeovil 3-0 in the Semi Final 

The lost to Stockport to 2-0 in the Final

I did get the professional status message for the end of this season which will hopefully will help for new season

Youth intake was probably the poorest I've had for a few years

 

 

[Padders]

4 minutes ago, v1n1akabozo said:

Guys, i can't seem to find the 'fine' option to use on players that did badly on the last match, can someone tell me where it's hidden?

On player screen. under discuss

[v1n1akabozo]

1 minute ago, Padders said:

On player screen. under discuss

It only shows the 'criticize' option, never the 'fine' one.

[SoSolidSnake]

1 minute ago, v1n1akabozo said:

It only shows the 'criticize' option, never the 'fine' one.

This usually happens if they're in a different squad. It should say 'Discipline player for'. It might not be possible if they haven't had a 'bad game' (rating under 6.6)

[XaW]

4 minutes ago, v1n1akabozo said:

It only shows the 'criticize' option, never the 'fine' one.

I think it's only available if there is a reason to do it. Also, if you have given a player a week fine, then you can't do it until he is "done" with the time, it seems.

Otherwise, it's here when rightclicking.

Or here from the player page:

[Bartrcm]

1 hour ago, DazRTaylor said:

@BartrcmI am using the file by Timo.

@DazRTaylorThanks

[XaW]

AFC Rushden & Diamonds Season 2031/32 review

Table | Squad | Transfers | Finances

I really expected us to do worse than we did, but I'm very happy about it. I should note that we had an excellent start of the season, and we fell a bit back towards the end of the season. For a long time we looked to reach the playoffs, but in the end a few too many draws dropped us down. Even with a drop in results towards the end it was still a great season for us. As long as we are nowhere near relegation, I'm really happy. I've gotten approved an expansion of the stadium, so when it's done we will have a capacity of over 7k. Not much, but still more than now.

The preview this season also looked good, but I've been burned before so the hopes were not as high. The intake turned out better than I had feared, and we got in some very nice players. The stand out one is Mohamed Benali 32c.

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

In the EFL Cup we beat Dulwich Hamlet before losing to Cardiff in the 2nd round.

[Cheez3y]

Ok I said I play "private" but I have a question.

His mentals and personality are insane, but how important are the WWY, JPA and JPP?

And can get this better?

[VooDooYouDo]

44 minutes ago, Cheez3y said:

Ok I said I play "private" but I have a question.

His mentals and personality are insane, but how important are the WWY, JPA and JPP?

And can get this better?

Personality is the most important to me, anything else is just bonus

[SoSolidSnake]

Dammit, we were one transfer too late. At least we got 200k here, but I wish we could have got £1.3m instead of £500k between the 2 sales 

[DazRTaylor]

Youth Candidates

Season 2021/22

SV Babberich

A huge amount of five star potential players, which you would expect as I have next to no players already, but I am satisfied with this group.

[DazRTaylor]

Running the eighth tier in The Netherlands means I am running eighty eight divisions.  So is slower than I am used to.

I may restart but load down to the fifth tier or so.  Or maybe seven tiers as I lose forty four divisions that way.

[Tilling]

Is there a list anywhere of teams that can be promoted for each country? I'd like to give this a crack outside of England, and I won the league with Palermo last year doing a very similar challenge to this so probably outside of Italy too. 

Would I be able to see all the teams that can be promoted in each nation if I used the editor to check the lower divisions?

[XaW]

Leicester! Stop!

[JAwtunes]

1 hour ago, VooDooYouDo said:

Personality is the most important to me, anything else is just bonus

I agree and would add media handling style too.  If your guy is evasive, for example, then he should have decent ambition and professionalism to go with that high determination.  With media-friendly style then his professionalism could be anywhere from very low to high, but would still have decent ambition.

[JLAB]

 
A.C.N. Siena 1904 - 2025/26 Season Review

Any other season, I know for a fact that I would have been finishing in 10th place. The one season I am level on points with a side that has beaten me twice, is the year that it'll determine who finishes in 10th place. Had we won, we would have finished in 9th place due to results between teams with Sambenendettese. It's an improvement from last season for sure, but to have gotten 58 points and miss out on results between teams on a chance to get promoted is very disappointing, especially after the strong start we had to the beginning of the season.

We've also managed to get our finances to the point that we're no longer having issues of bank balance being considered insecure after our owners kept putting in some sums of money to invest in the club, and after the season finished, I managed to convince him to improve our Junior Coaching to an Excellent standard, our Youth Recruitment to an Excellent standard and our Training Facilities to be an Adequate standard, so that's a lot of things that will be improved for next season. It's exciting times in that area of the game.

[OlivierL]

First youth intake preview - Aalst 

 

Egyptian striker in Belgium.. can't wait  

[SoSolidSnake]

Aachen Youth Intake 2025/26

Nothing special this year  

Samuel Addo looks fine:

The physicals will improve with age, so he could end up being a decent playmaker!

John Logan is another centre back, that I'm not sure we need

He's not all the great to be honest, not got high hopes. Our first USA player though, so that's interesting.

Yannick Roth is an attacking mid with a lot of flair:

Unfortunately, he doesn't have too much else other than flair and determination. Passing and technique is fine, but again not expecting great things.

Emanuel Bevilacqua - an inverted wingback?

So he's a natural inverted wingback, which is nice, but I wonder if he'll ever be good enough for the team.

Honestly that's about it! 

Not too impressed with this year's intake, and it's getting a bit samey year after year being top half/mid table, but not quite being able to make the playoffs.

We're actually fairly close this season:

6 games to gain 5 points on both Madgeburg and Osnabruck, not impossible but Bayern and Dortmund 2nd teams will be quite difficult. Just having to hope that we can play well and that they slip up. And that's just to get the chance to be in the playoff. 

I'll give it my best shot! Would be a miracle if we could!

 

EDIT: Well fu--

Not ideal to have our star winger out, don't think we'll make it.

Edited December 23, 2020 by SoSolidSnake

[Shankly84]

Another famous win, for the boys from Iceland!

[SoSolidSnake]

Aachen 2025/26

Gutting...

We lost to Madgeburg twice during the season, so honestly you can say they probably deserved it more than us. Just one of those being the other way round and we'd have been in the playoffs! 

If we can improve again next season, we should have a chance to make it! However, I'm also wary that we may lose key players in the transfer window. 

My defensive midfielder Tobias Formann wants to leave because apparently we didn't develop youth enough this season 

Brian Schmidt is well loved by a few 2. Bundesliga clubs too, so it might be a struggle to keep him, unfortunately. 

No one else is wanted yet, but I'm always wary in this save! 

Transfers

Nothing at all this season.

Finances

Surprise, surprise, it's still bad.

Best XI

My goalkeeper has our best average rating, not sure how to feel about that! 

Honestly, this save is starting to feel a bit draining, I'd really like to get promoted next season... It would be nice to feel like we're going somewhere.

I've not managed to get any improvements to our facilities, but at least I've got a couple of coaching badges now.

[Shankly84]

SEASON 26 - 2047 - ICELANDIC PREMIER DIVISION

  LEAGUE TABLE  -  FIXTURES 1 2 3 - SQUAD 1 2 -  COMPETITION REVIEW 

MANAGER PROFILE -  CHARACTERISTICS  -  ATTRIBUTES 

 CLUB PROFILE  -  GENERAL  -  FACILITIES  -  HONOURS  -  FINANCES  -  TRANSFERS 1 2

EUROPA LEAGUE (Carried Over)

Carrying on from the end of last season, we went to Athletic Bilbao in the group and was never really in the game, eventually losing 4-2. The last group game, we were at Young Boys. A 2-0 win meant that we had secured the knockout rounds, for the second season running. The first knockout round pipped us against Benfica, whom we had knocked out last season. Any chance of history repeating itself was gone after the first leg. A 4-0 loss, followed by a credible 2-2 at home. Out in the first knockout stage, but a great season in Europe again.

LEAGUE CUP

A good group stage, played alongside the Europa, with 5 wins from 5. Breidablik in the semi and a 2-0 loss meant no League Cup this season.

LEAGUE

After winning 3 in a row, I wanted to put an early marker down again. We won the opening 6 games then went to Breidablik, our biggest rivals. Despite taking the lead, we came away with a 2-1 loss and was playing catch up for the rest of the season. Every game was won till we went to KR and found ourselves 3-0 down. We managed to turn the game around and was 4-3 up, going into injury time. We gave away a stupid goal and gave Breidablik a bigger lead. By the time Breidablik came to our ground, we knew a win would put things in our hands. Frustratingly we lost 2-1 again and it was almost mission impossible, 6 points behind, with 8 games left. We managed to win every game, but my focus was on Breidablik's last two games. Valur and KR away. They dropped points at Keflavik, with three games left, cutting the gap to 4 points. They then went to Valur and lost 1-0. The gap was now 1 point going into the last game. We did our bit, beating Prottur R. 6-0, But Breidablik managed to hang on to a 1-0 win and pip us to the title. Frustratingly, it's a runners-up medal this season.

ICELANDIC CUP

A pretty straight forward route up to the semi-final. A trickier game against KR, but we brushed them aside, winning 5-0. Breidablik in the final. Unlike the league games, we dominated and came out 3-1 winners on the day to pick the cup up again.

 

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

First qualifying round put us up against Trnava, of Slovakia. A routine 4-0 home win, followed up with a 1-0 away win and we were easily through. Malmo of Sweden next. 2-0 down from the first leg, we went for the throat in the return leg. We wiped out the lead within 20 minutes and got back on terms. Just before half-time, they had a man sent off and we looked set to kick on. A really dissapointing second half though, topped when we gave them a pen in the 63rd minute. 2-1 with half an hour to go, we never really had a sniff again, They had another man sent off in injury time, but it didn't matter we were out.

 

EUROPA LEAGUE

As a result of the defeat, we dropped into the Europa again. Olimpija were brushed aside, 6-0 at home and 3-1 away. FC Nordsjaelland, of Denmark next. We made hard work of this, but a 0-0 at home, followed by a 1-1 away, had us through (just) on away goals. We had made the groups again. This time we were joined by Lyon, Anderlecht and Levski:

Group Stage

Haukar 1-1 Lyon

Levski 0-3 Haukar

Anderlecht 1-1 Haukar

Haukar 0-0 Anderlecht

With the season finished, we are sat on 6 points, but just in 2nd place.

THE PLAYERS

The strikers were the standout players again, with Atli Larusson getting 48 in 42 and Benjamin Omarsson 37 in 44. Omarsson is wanted by Tottenham now, so it may be difficult to hold on to him.

THE YOUTH INTAKE

Probably the worst intake I've had since I started. Frustratingly again, one of the better players being a goalkeeper again. We could do with some defenders now.

OFF THE FIELD

The board announced that the training and youth facilities would be upgraded again. The initial cost was £3.7m, but when it was completed, a £22.5m loan was taken out! That's £45m in loans we now have, including the stadium. I managed to reach 900 games and unfortunately, we missed out on any fee, as Reynisson was released by Napoli.

[VooDooYouDo]

39 minutes ago, Shankly84 said:

SEASON 26 - 2047 - ICELANDIC PREMIER DIVISION

  LEAGUE TABLE  -  FIXTURES 1 2 3 - SQUAD 1 2 -  COMPETITION REVIEW 

MANAGER PROFILE -  CHARACTERISTICS  -  ATTRIBUTES 

 CLUB PROFILE  -  GENERAL  -  FACILITIES  -  HONOURS  -  FINANCES  -  TRANSFERS 1 2

EUROPA LEAGUE (Carried Over)

Carrying on from the end of last season, we went to Athletic Bilbao in the group and was never really in the game, eventually losing 4-2. The last group game, we were at Young Boys. A 2-0 win meant that we had secured the knockout rounds, for the second season running. The first knockout round pipped us against Benfica, whom we had knocked out last season. Any chance of history repeating itself was gone after the first leg. A 4-0 loss, followed by a credible 2-2 at home. Out in the first knockout stage, but a great season in Europe again.

LEAGUE CUP

A good group stage, played alongside the Europa, with 5 wins from 5. Breidablik in the semi and a 2-0 loss meant no League Cup this season.

LEAGUE

After winning 3 in a row, I wanted to put an early marker down again. We won the opening 6 games then went to Breidablik, our biggest rivals. Despite taking the lead, we came away with a 2-1 loss and was playing catch up for the rest of the season. Every game was won till we went to KR and found ourselves 3-0 down. We managed to turn the game around and was 4-3 up, going into injury time. We gave away a stupid goal and gave Breidablik a bigger lead. By the time Breidablik came to our ground, we knew a win would put things in our hands. Frustratingly we lost 2-1 again and it was almost mission impossible, 6 points behind, with 8 games left. We managed to win every game, but my focus was on Breidablik's last two games. Valur and KR away. They dropped points at Keflavik, with three games left, cutting the gap to 4 points. They then went to Valur and lost 1-0. The gap was now 1 point going into the last game. We did our bit, beating Prottur R. 6-0, But Breidablik managed to hang on to a 1-0 win and pip us to the title. Frustratingly, it's a runners-up medal this season.

ICELANDIC CUP

A pretty straight forward route up to the semi-final. A trickier game against KR, but we brushed them aside, winning 5-0. Breidablik in the final. Unlike the league games, we dominated and came out 3-1 winners on the day to pick the cup up again.

 

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

First qualifying round put us up against Trnava, of Slovakia. A routine 4-0 home win, followed up with a 1-0 away win and we were easily through. Malmo of Sweden next. 2-0 down from the first leg, we went for the throat in the return leg. We wiped out the lead within 20 minutes and got back on terms. Just before half-time, they had a man sent off and we looked set to kick on. A really dissapointing second half though, topped when we gave them a pen in the 63rd minute. 2-1 with half an hour to go, we never really had a sniff again, They had another man sent off in injury time, but it didn't matter we were out.

 

EUROPA LEAGUE

As a result of the defeat, we dropped into the Europa again. Olimpija were brushed aside, 6-0 at home and 3-1 away. FC Nordsjaelland, of Denmark next. We made hard work of this, but a 0-0 at home, followed by a 1-1 away, had us through (just) on away goals. We had made the groups again. This time we were joined by Lyon, Anderlecht and Levski:

Group Stage

Haukar 1-1 Lyon

Levski 0-3 Haukar

Anderlecht 1-1 Haukar

Haukar 0-0 Anderlecht

With the season finished, we are sat on 6 points, but just in 2nd place.

THE PLAYERS

The strikers were the standout players again, with Atli Larusson getting 48 in 42 and Benjamin Omarsson 37 in 44. Omarsson is wanted by Tottenham now, so it may be difficult to hold on to him.

THE YOUTH INTAKE

Probably the worst intake I've had since I started. Frustratingly again, one of the better players being a goalkeeper again. We could do with some defenders now.

OFF THE FIELD

The board announced that the training and youth facilities would be upgraded again. The initial cost was £3.7m, but when it was completed, a £22.5m loan was taken out! That's £45m in loans we now have, including the stadium. I managed to reach 900 games and unfortunately, we missed out on any fee, as Reynisson was released by Napoli.

Have you improved the reputation of the Icelandic league much?

[darren1983]

First one poached

 

 

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2021/22

SV Babberich

League Table - So it seems that if everyone has only a handful of players, then the league is a lottery.

League Fixtures 1 & 2 - We won more than we lost, so we won the league and secured promotion.

Pre Season Friendlies - A decent enough set of results.

Squad - Very young.  Decent enough.

Squad Dynamics - Very good, which you would expect.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out - None.

Youth Candidates - A good group, with Camiel van Raalte being the best player among the new arrivals.

Finances - We have slipped into the red and the projections are not good.

Key Players

Arno ter Haar YP22B2 - Centre back who is already established in the first team.

Yassir Amrani YP22C3 - Moroccan central midfielder who is still finding his feet.

Jean Bosco Nzeyimana YP22H8 - The target man played well and big things are expected from him next season.

Cees den Uil - The goalkeeper was already here when I arrived and he is probably the best player at the club.

Ties van Ginkel - The centre back had a fine season.

Next Season

I have absolutely no idea!

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation            Qualifications       Att   Def   Fit   GkD   GkH   GkS   Tac   Tec   Men   WWY   Ada   Det   PlK   YoK   LoD   MaM   Mot
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At start   Minimal   (0.25*)     None                   1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     1     4     1     1     1     4     1     1     1
2021/22    Minimal = (0.25*) =   None =                 4 ↑   4 ↑   1 =   2 ↑   1 =   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   4 ↑   4 =   1 =   4 ↑   4 ↑   5 ↑   1 =   4 ↑   5 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Poor                 Poor              Fairly basic          Basic            Limited            Local   (0.50*)
2021/22    Poor =               Poor =            Fairly basic =        Average ↑↑       Basic ↑            Local = (0.50*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22      26        15        3        8          43              25                 +18

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Time At Club
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021/22          26        15        3        8          43              25                 +18              327 days

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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2021/22    Derde Klasse Zondag C West 2

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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1 x Derde Klasse Zondag C West 2 (2021/22)


Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     TOTO KNVB Beker                    Achievements
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2021/22           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Derde Klasse Zondag C West 2          1st             N/a                          Promoted as champions.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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2021/22    Arno ter Haar YP22B2                      4

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Goals
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2021/22    Jean Bosco Nzeyimana YP22H8                  1

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                        Cumulative Number of Assists
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2021/22    Mazen Al-Khatib YP22N14                     1
           Koen Wolters YP22K11                        1
           Tim de Jong YP22E5                          1
           Jean Bosco Nzeyimana YP22H8                 1

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

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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2021/22    No one                                     0

 

 

 

 

 

[vikeologist]

Vikeologist's 8th Folkestone Intake Report

A good crop of players. Personalities not great, but I can sort that.

How do they fit into the formation I’ve been using. Well, they don’t, but I’m sick of being in the bottom half of the table every season and not getting anywhere, so I am changing things up formationally anyway.

Danny Burke 8a – An attacking left winger. Not using that position at the moment, but I will train him up at his natural position for when I inevitably try a tactic that utilises it. He’ll probably get some first time football in the few matches remaining this season, because he might be really quite good. Also, his personality and determination are terrible, so I can’t start fining and first team mentoring him soon enough.

Maciej Zachara 8b – One of those Poles that the cockroaches in Folkestone keep complaining about. I’m not sure if he’s best as a right winger or striker. Has more current ability than Burke. Again, will throw him straight in the deep end.

Lee Pollard 8c – The other member of the trio with 5 star potential, he’s yet another goalie. I know some managers in this challenge lack goalies. I definitely don’t, and even when my legacy 31 year old finally goes downhill, I have at least a couple of regens developing fairly well already. Basically it will be a few years until I need to appoint a successor, but Pollard could be the right player at the right time. However given his height and speed, I'd not put any money on it.

[Padders]

Not sure how much I will get to play over the next few days with kids, family etc

Just a quick update that we are top with just under half the season left

Hope you all have as good a Christmas as possible.

Love this thread and page.

Padders

[vikeologist]

 

 

Vikeologist's 4th Folkestone Intake Review

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As soon as I looked at the names, I knew this was going to be a rough review of the intake of 4 years ago.

Will Southwood 4a – A left back. For some reason, full/wing backs seem to get terrible match ratings. Is it my tactics?

Anyway, Will still has 5 star potential, and gets the occasional start. His average rating for this season is 6.13, and he’s started 7 of the 10 matches he’s appeared in. I am considering starting him in place of the legacy left back who’s been my starter for nearly 8 season now, (with a career average of 6.53). It’s only recently that Will has had the (joint) 2^nd best CA for left backs, so maybe the time to switch things up has come, but it won’t change the fact that he’s always been terrible, awful, not very good.

Dylan Wilkinson 4b – A left winger who’s just never developed any CA at all. He’ll be released at the end of this season. I’ve mentioned him before. So bad my U18 manager won’t play him. I gave him a couple of matches in case he was sneakily good. He isn’t.

Liam Bulmer 4c – At first he seemed to be a right back, but this season I started utilising him as a central defender, because my legacy player in that position is now 36 years old. Still better than Liam though. What’s worse, starting matches doesn’t seem to have made him improve. In fact his ability has gone down according to the in game chart. I don’t know that I have an alternative though (other than the soon to be 37 year old).

I do have 1 good regen centre back. It’s just that I need 2, obviously. My recently arrived 8e has a lot of PA, though not much CA, so I might drop Liam for the final few matches. I suspect that fining affects player development. After all, Liam has a Resolute personality, so he should be humming along nicely.

Scott Harris 4d – When he arrived I though he might be my best regen striker ever, but I never used him. He scored more than 50 goals for the youth team last season. I promoted him the the first team squad, but I’ve had a lot of striker come through. I should have used him more. I suppose I need to start him the last 3 matches and see what he’s like.

[DJ Sir Matthew]

32 minutes ago, vikeologist said:

 

Will Southwood 4a – A left back. For some reason, full/wing backs seem to get terrible match ratings. Is it my tactics?

 

Exactly same experience in my save with a flat 442 : full-backs always get the worst scores usually 6.2 - 6.5 Only with big wins or an assist do they get a score over 6.6 Doesn't feel right. With fining them each week, they're are going to be the most determined hard working members of the squad though  

[UnkleTass]

ACN Siena 1904 Season 2023/24 Review

Blog Post

 

This season was a season of runs, we managed to maintain our position in the league yet again, however we dropped a few places. We went on 2 losing streaks of 10+ games but also a winning streak of 6 games in the middle which really helped save us. All the upgrades have us in a little bit of financial trouble, so we will be cooling off for the next year to build up the coffers again.

 

Challenge: Squad League Table Transfers

Key Players: Luca Forte Alessandro Martina Davide Narduzzo

Youth Intake: Preview Actual

Manager: Profile Attributes

Edited December 24, 2020 by UnkleTass

[DazRTaylor]

The new preview is in.  Two mentions about a goalkeeper, so I hope he is great.

[thomas_e]

Sacachispas FC 

Season Summary 2028 - 2029

CHAMPIONS OF ARGENTINA

 

*Note: the Copa Libertadores and the Argentinian domestic cup does not correlate with the league calendar, so the save summary box at the end is a bit off.

A fantastic season for us as we won the title! In our 6 previous seasons we have never been outside the top 5, but I didn't expect us to win it already. The key for us was at both ends of the pitch. We have the best goalkeeper in the league i Nicolas Ferreira, who also signed a new contract, and our striker Leonardo Moustafa had a sensational season. 40 league goals in 37 games! His partnership with Sergio Soto was amazing this year! 

We keep struggling against the top teams away, both in the league and in the Copa Libertadores. We lost 4-0 away to River in the 33rd league round, and a week later we lost 5-1 to Palmeiras in the CL. We have to figure that out, but against weaker teams we are extremely dominant, our high line and intense style of pressing worked great this year! 

We scored 93 goals this season, compared to our 68 last year. A massive difference! 

This is half of the challenge completed, but we have a long way to go before we can succeed in the Copa Libertadores. Yes, we progresses to the knock out stages and we will face Gremio in the first knock out stage, but I don't see us winning. 

The club will build a new stadium and we have got more upgrades to our facilities. Our junior coaching and recruitment is also really good. This has given us a great base for developing players and our top talents in the U20's makes the future look bright! Especially Carlos Brunetti, who has the potential to become a world class player! 

We had to play the majority of the season at another stadium this year as our's had improvements done to it. This gave us a lot more revenue and helped our finances quite a bit! 

We will promote Brunetti and probably Formigli to the first team and they will go straight into the starting 11. Especially Brunetti, he is one of our best players already. Unfortunately he can't sign a long term contract before he turns 18, I just pray that the top clubs in the world hasn't started the chase for him before he turns 18, as this is a very special player! 

 

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[Padders]

Season Review 2044/45

Literally the unluckiest manager ever!!!

2nd place finish again (3rd time in a row!!!!), with 87 points, 2 points off top

Won Semi Final Play Off 1-0 and yet again lose Final, 3-1 AET, after equalizing in the 91st minute to take it to ET, we then concede in the first minute of ET

Then go on to lose FA Trophy Final (twice lost that now) , 3-2 after absolutely hammering them!

Had to sell one of my best player, Jimmy Mayman, full back. Board accepted offer of £625k. I offered to clubs (had 23 interested) for £5m. Leicester offered the £5m and luckily he picked them. I did ask him to and he had a little strop!