hrmantovani Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Nice idea of bringing "permanent" results to minor nations, I love playing with them. I'm kinda curious to see where you can reach! Never thought about the spreadsheet side of it though, but I'm willing to apply it to my San Marino challenge save. Would you help me with the formula? Using Messi as an example in his best role, he has 151 as the sum of key and 129 of preferrables in a total of 15 attributes. ((151+(0,66*(129))) / 15 * 5) / x * 100 Which value would you use for X? Good luck in Luxembourg, hope you end up in San Marino someday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, hrmantovani said: Nice idea of bringing "permanent" results to minor nations, I love playing with them. I'm kinda curious to see where you can reach! Never thought about the spreadsheet side of it though, but I'm willing to apply it to my San Marino challenge save. Would you help me with the formula? Using Messi as an example in his best role, he has 151 as the sum of key and 129 of preferrables in a total of 15 attributes. ((151+(0,66*(129))) / 15 * 5) / x * 100 Which value would you use for X? Good luck in Luxembourg, hope you end up in San Marino someday Thanks for following! So what I used for X is the value the player would be if all the attributes required for the role were 17. Based on my experimentation no one really got close to that total and so I used that as the benchmark as the “perfect” player. For example, the current Ballon D’or player in my save is rated a 93 at striker as an advanced forward. I’ve also kinda based those perceptions on FIFA ratings, which would put that guy among one of the best in the game, especially at 32. Hope this makes sense! And I will definitely end up in San Marino at some point 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, FiftyBeforeThirty said: Only really started reading through this yesterday, but if I said that I'd read through it all, I still don't think it would emphasise how much I enjoy this career! Luxembourg seems a tough nut to crack right now, but hopefully you'll find the goalscoring form of last month! KUTGW! Edit: You did find the form, nice one! Thanks! I’m trying to give myself certain goals to achieve over different time periods. By the 5th season, I want to establish my philosophy both tactically and recruitment-wise. Once that’s sorted I want to win the league by the 10th season and go from there. It worked perfectly at Wexford, and we may reach it earlier at Luxembourg, but time will tell. I also think once I win the league in a country I'll force the national team manager out and take the job to try and see how I go internationally. Edited June 21, 2021 by shaunvamos 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) December 2042 We had another near perfect month and we STILL can't close the gap on the top 2. At least the gap is a little larger below us. This is exactly what we want to see after the coaching and recruitment upgrades. Edited June 21, 2021 by shaunvamos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 January 2043 We've finally leapfrogged Fola, which was helped by our victory over them. Apart from our next game against Progres I think it'll be pretty smooth sailing to finish in the top 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 February 2043 A good away draw against Progres, and we're now a win clear of Fola. We're also into the last 4 of the cup for the first time in the club's history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 2043 Youth Intake I'm very happy with this intake, 3 2* CA prospects, with 2 in the hard-to-find DM position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 March 2043 Into the final of the cup, and European football is secured for the second straight season. I think first place is out of reach, but 2nd is definitely possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 April 2043 With one game to go, we have a shot at winning the league. It relies on Progres losing (which probably won't happen) and us winning. I'm not too fussed if we finish 2nd. Next year we'll be even better. We now have the best junior coaching in the country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Unbelievable. We could've won the league, that's so unlucky! But there's always next season. We're only going to get stronger. Winning the cup is a consolation at least. Best XI Jamal Mensah 1A* - Rube Hens - Ghazi Hammami The addition of the foreigners from neighbouring countries were the main reason for our success this season, but it was still academy product Jamal Mensah who topped the ratings chart this season. Record Breakers Previously Managed Teams Zalgiris Vilnius (LTU): Won the league, topped their Europa League group and were then knocked out in the 2nd KO round by Hertha Berlin. Club Rank: 41st Nation Rank: 15th Wexford: Won the league, finished 3rd in their CL group behind Barcelona and Bayern and ahead of Brno. Beat Fenerbahce in the Europa League before losing to Milan 3-2 in the 2nd KO round. Club Rank: 24th Nation Rank: 9th Progress 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) Preseason 2043 A pretty good preseason, and I'm really happy with our performance against Charleroi. To concede only 5 goals over two legs against one of the best teams in Belgium is a very positive sign that we're heading in the right direction. Transfers (Out) I didn't make any transfers this season, because I'm maintaining a fine balance complying with the squad rules. We're only allowed 9 foreigners, which is easy enough, but we also need at least 9 players who have spent at least 3 years in Luxembourg. So this and next season we're a bit restricted, but hopefully the season after we should be able to bring players in again, given that there weren't any decent players from Luxembourg that we could find. Our predicted position rises, but there's no reason why we can't win the title this season, or come second at the very least. Edited June 22, 2021 by shaunvamos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 August 2043 We couldn't have gotten off to a better start, even if all of our opening three games were against newly promoted teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 September 2043 Our defence continues to be fantastic, and that away draw against Progres was much needed. They made the Europa Conference League group stages, and have used that money to turn pro. As the only pro club in the country, they have a massive advantage over the rest of us now so to stay ahead of them is imperative. We had a disappointing draw to Dudelange in a game we dominated, so staying ahead might not be an option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 October 2043 It took until our 10th league game to concede a goal, but we're neck and neck with Progres. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 November 2043 All good things must come to an end, and it took a disappointing draw against Racing Luxembourg for Progres to leapfrog us. We can't afford any more draws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) December 2043 We drew again, but didn't lose any ground. What is also a massive positive is that we beat Progres in the cup, which suggests that if we can keep to within a win of them, we can beat them again at home. I'm a little underwhelmed by this, but who knows what to expect. We couldn't sneak these in before the youth intake preview, but upgrades are always good. Edited June 22, 2021 by shaunvamos 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Liverpool just signed him from Wexford for 9M. The first wonderkid produced by a club I managed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 January 2044 We beat Progres but we still aren't top Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 February 2044 Progres dropped points, meaning we moved into first. Then we lost to Kaerjeng so we've dropped into second again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 2044 Youth Intake This is a pretty good intake, everyone but the last guy has at least 1* CA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 March 2044 A quiet month, and we're still behind Progres. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 April 2044 Two games, two wins. Unfortunately Progres did the same. With one game to go they need to draw or lose, and we need to win by at least 2 goals. We are away to 4th place Fola, and Progres are away to 9th place Racing Luxembourg. It doesn't look good for us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 I've started managing the U21s to control who gets the most playing time (and to familiarise myself with the next generation) and safe to say I think it's going well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Progres are incredible! reminds me a lot of TNS in Wales Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 We did our part, but was it enough? Nope But I won't give up hope yet! Progres might be professional, but they have the same restrictions that we do. Plus they don't have superior recruitment techniques Best XI Jamal Mensah 1A* - Ghazi Hammami - Thor Beernaert We have pretty much exactly the same team as last year, just a year older. The only change is the emergence of Carlos Eduardo, who played the whole season for us despite only coming into the game at the end of last season. I reckon he's going to be fantastic! It's interesting to note that Schifflange are better than Wexford were at the same point in my 4th season of team management. Record Breakers Previously Managed Teams Zalgiris Vilnius (LTU): Won the league, but didn't participate in any European competition as they failed the Financial Fair Play regulations! I have no idea how, but they've messed up bad. Club Rank: 61st (-20) Nation Rank: 17th (-2) Wexford (IRL): Won the league for the 5th straight year. Finished 3rd in their Champions League group ahead of Red Star but behind Milan and Celtic. Lost to SPAL 2-1 in the EL 1st KO round. Club Rank: 39th (-15) Nation Rank: 11th (-2) Lost the automatic spot Progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fudal said: Progres are incredible! reminds me a lot of TNS in Wales They’re quite good, yes. But we’ve gotten close to them a couple of times, and I do think we’re better than them we just need results to go our way and have a little more luck to finish above them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
av3ry Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, Fudal said: Progres are incredible! reminds me a lot of TNS in Wales They've made good Progres recently... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyBeforeThirty Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I got baited by the 1 game left and then showing your U18s at the top of the league; thinking you'd won it! Next year for sure, I feel it! That 19 year old certainly looks like a world beater! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 Preseason 2044 This was an excellent preseason, accentuated by our Conference League run that is still ongoing. Don't be fooled by the result against Shakhtar though, they're a shell of their former selves, barely qualifying for Europe, and they haven't won the league in 16 years. Then we lost at home to Sturm and I thought it was over. Boy was I wrong. I'm pretty sure our run is over though, because we play AZ. Transfers I knew it wouldn't be long before clubs came sniffing around our players, and Hammami is the first to go. However, we get a 40% of the profit when he's sold and get to loan him back for the season, so all is not lost. There we go, predicted 2nd comfortably behind Progres. But I want to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 22 hours ago, av3ry said: They've made good Progres recently... I see what you did there 19 hours ago, FiftyBeforeThirty said: I got baited by the 1 game left and then showing your U18s at the top of the league; thinking you'd won it! Next year for sure, I feel it! That 19 year old certainly looks like a world beater! I hope this is our year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Beating Shaktar with a team from Luxembourg . Incredible! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 August 2044 As expected, we lost to AZ, but not before we gave them a good run. Domestically we've gotten off to a slow start, but luckily Progres have too. We've got to beat them to really slow them down further though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 26 minutes ago, Fudal said: Beating Shaktar with a team from Luxembourg . Incredible! As I mentioned they're nowhere near as strong as they are in the present day, but we still should have no business beating them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 September 2044 We still haven't lost ground to Progres Dudelange look like they'll be a tough one this season too. Maxed out junior coaching and one more to go for recruitment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 October 2044 We've beaten Progres and gone top of the league! This was a great month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 November 2044 An all green month, as Dudelange begin to fall away. Progres are still breathing down our necks though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 December 2044 If Progres could just go away, that'd be great thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 January 2045 We started off the new year unchallenged, and Dudelange drew with Progres, allowing us to extend our lead to 3 points at the top of the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 This career’s been a great read, and what a run of form you’ve found here. Hopefully you can get a bit of breathing room between you and Progres! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsousa96 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Just waiting for you to win a Champions League with a unknown team from a small country. Great save man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 13 minutes ago, Cardiovascular said: This career’s been a great read, and what a run of form you’ve found here. Hopefully you can get a bit of breathing room between you and Progres! Thanks! Speaking of breathing room... February 2045 A month in which we conceded no goals, topped off with a 3-0 drubbing of Progres to give us a 7 point lead with 5 games to go. It should be pretty hard to lose it from here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, dsousa96 said: Just waiting for you to win a Champions League with a unknown team from a small country. Great save man I hope we can get that far, thanks for reading 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 2045 Youth Intake A pretty strong intake, but I'm not expecting any of these guys to feature any time soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 March 2045 If we win our next game, the title is ours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 April 2045 We did it! We have a chance to go undefeated, with our last game at home against Fola. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 We finish the season undefeated, and throw in our third straight cup for good measure. Coincidentally, it's also my fifth season here, the deadline I set myself to achieve a league win with the club. I'll be taking over the national team once the new season commences as well now that we've won. Best XI Ghazi Hammami - Jamal Mensah 1A* - Thor Beernaert Hammami had a great farewell season for us, I'm excited to see how he goes when he leaves us. Bertrand will also leave us, he thinks he's too good. He's right of course, and he has top Belgian team Cercle Brugge sniffing around. Record Breakers Previously Managed Teams Zalgiris Vilnius (LTU): Won the 2044 league, and finished 3rd in their EL group behind Brighton and Anderlecht but ahead of Olympiakos. Beat Fehervar in the ECL 1st KO before losing to Tottenham. Club Rank: 57th (+4) Nation Rank: 18th (-1) Wexford (IRL): Won the 2044 league, and finished last in their CL group behind Red Star, Ajax and Napoli. Club Rank: 49th (-10) Nation Rank: 23rd (-12) Lost the extra CL place and the EL place Progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 As I said, I've now taken over the National team job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrmantovani Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Thought you would take more time to overtake Progrés! Good luck with the national team, this is a great addition to the save. By the way, has any of your HG talents from Lithuania or Ireland turned into a star for their respective NT? I remember the NIR striker going to the Euro at 19. How's his career going? Also an unrelated question: what do you do when you get a really promising young player in the intakes with low determination? Like below 5 Edited June 25, 2021 by hrmantovani Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 5 hours ago, hrmantovani said: Thought you would take more time to overtake Progrés! Good luck with the national team, this is a great addition to the save. By the way, has any of your HG talents from Lithuania or Ireland turned into a star for their respective NT? I remember the NIR striker going to the Euro at 19. How's his career going? Also an unrelated question: what do you do when you get a really promising young player in the intakes with low determination? Like below 5 Me too, I was expecting more heartbreak for sure. Yeah in terms of the national team gig I figured I could help grow the program domestically while also seeing how of my players can become good enough to play. In terms of the home grown talents, with Lithuania it was obviously easier for players to break into the side, and currently the best two players are our 9A player and a player who was poached from us by Rosenborg. It looks like there are 4 or 5 players in the all time best 11 but most are retired. They're the 9A, 5A, 2A and the Rosenborg bloke. Here are the ones still playing: I actually ran into Jasaitis while managing Wexford, they sent him to their affiliate club Shamrock Rovers. Butkus is also the all time top scorer for Lithuania. In terms of Ireland, we currently have 4 players who came through the academy in the national side. They are Daniel Murphy 6G*, a keeper who never played a game for us (may have been an oversight from me); Joe Byrne 7F, who is probably the reason why Murphy didn't get a game; Johnny Fox 10A, the wonderkid who came through in the last intake before I left and is now at Liverpool; and Damien Lynch 10B*,the second wonderkid to come through that 10th intake and is now under a 34.5M bid from Lille, a regular in the Ligue 1 top 3. We actually have a third wonderkid from that generation too, Nick van der Horst 10C*. I really should've stayed, I don't think I've ever seen anyone with three wonderkids in a single generation! The squad also has 8 players with the media description of "promising". The only player out of the academy from Wexford currently in the Northern Irish squad is Bobby Mason 3E* , who we lost on a free to Columbus Crew, was inexplicably released and then picked up by Preston North End and has had a pretty good career there. That bit of nostalgia was really fun thanks for asking! In terms of the promising player with undesirable personality traits, I don't really do much in this save. I just buy players with good personalities and hope it rubs off of them. I also sometimes sign players I know won't make the grade in the intake but have a good personality and hope it has an effect on the squad. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I know there's the whole mentoring features you can use but I don't micromanage to that sort of detail, I prefer the old way when you could just tutor players. But in youth saves I tend to fine the hell out of them if they have poor performances, as it increases both determination and work rate. Someone in the Youth Academy Challenge thread figured that out and it's worked wonders 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Preseason 2045 Pretty strong preseason. We were unlucky to draw Maribor in the Champions League, but I think we played really really well. We followed that up with a demolition of Valletta, including 7 goals by Rube Hens in the 9-0 win. We were solid against Alashkert, and now we play Montenegrin Sutjeska for a spot in the Conference League groups. I honestly think we have a great chance to beat them as well. Transfers (In) Somehow, we managed to hold on to our best striker Ludovic Bertrand which meant that the new Hammami gets pushed to the bench. But we did go a bit crazy, as our transfers from 3 seasons ago became home grown which opened up spaces for new players. We also brought in a few Letzburgesch players, namely Masson (2nd nationality) and Kouassi. We've massively narrowed the odds here. We've also maxed our youth recruitment, but the message disappeared before I could screenshot it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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