[FM22] Overhauling SAD Franchise, (completed) and now Portugal. (Portugese edition). (Youth Only)............... Maybe!

[Jimbokav1971]

End of Season Summary. 2024/25. 

League History. Remember this is always 1 season out of date. 

Segunda Liga. We keep starting the season poorly. If we can just hit the ground running this season I'm sure we will go up. 

Taça da Portugal. The prize money is rubbish in this. It's not a priority at all. 

Taça da Liga. I liked getting to the league stage, but again, not a priority at all. 

Squad by appearances. It's absolutely no surprise that the 2 players who played the most this season also developed the most. (I have an idea to go off on a tangent here but it will have to wait until we get a certain type of player through the intake I think). 

(22c) Caneira (POR) DLF tops both the CA and PA lists and it's frustrating that he's 1 of only 2 players who I have been unable to tie down to a new contract. He's not the main goal threat but I do like him, and I'm hoping that if I keep him here then he will sign a new contract at the end of the season once we've been promoted. On the other hand, were overdrawn at the bank again already and if I sell him now it will maybe keep us in credit for a couple/3 months. That's rubbish though. I would sell him for £1M, but I'm not selling him for £0.5M It's just not worth it. 

Squad by CA. There is no doubt that 26 goal (22e) Capucha (POR) AF is the main man here, but just look at that average rating from centre-back (23f) Magalhães (POR) 6'1". He only scored 1 goal so his rating is not skewed by that and we hardly kept any clean sheets so that's a mighty impressive rating.

Antoniuc (POR) (MDA) HG is 2nd on  the list though and it's interesting because he was loaned out last season because he was lower down the pecking order but the playing time simply exploded his development to such an extent that he's one of the 1st names on the team-sheet now. 

Squad by PA. It's quite frankly ridiculous now how many 5.0 PA players we've got. Obviously we had quite a few anyway, but then when we sold (22g) Banao (CIV) 6'3", the level against which other players were being judged dropped, and now we have even more. 

(25a) Soares (POR) is a bit of a strange one because I still don't know where or how to play him. Any suggestions? I'm thinking SS at the moment, but I don't use that role, (or position) so I just don't know). 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

Transfers. 

Shortlist. This is every player I have found who was a product of our Academy. There will be loads more than this, but the search feature doesn't work for HG at club so it's all I've got. 

Overall Best XI. We've got a few players at 100+ appearances now, but none of them are products of our Academy. 

Facilities. Still looking pretty good despite the downgrade, but no hope of upgrades again on the horizon. 

Finances. Despite selling our best player for £1.1M, we're still in a hole and we really need to get promoted to fix it. The value of our players will increase to such an extent that it will make sense to sell them then, but not now. 

[Jimbokav1971]

52 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

Sad that you had to sell Banao but he seems to be flourishing in Spain. Also very unlucky to just miss out on the playoff! 

The new intake looks great though. Couple of players there who should be already in the first team I guess next season. 

Yeah, it's ok that we sold him. It's realistic and it's probably a surprise that we haven't lost anyone else. If we can stop El Presidente flogging any more of them we should be ok if we get promoted. 

[Thebaker]

Soares has no physical or technical strengths to build on, one of those players who is never really going to play much as he wont excel in any position. You have to hope a club comes in to buy him

[_Ben_]

22 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

Soares has no physical or technical strengths to build on, one of those players who is never really going to play much as he wont excel in any position. You have to hope a club comes in to buy him

Whilst I agree with this, completely, I’d say maybe a full back? Wouldn’t work against a really pacy winger but if you’re after developing all of your players - an IWB at right back could work?

At 16, and the level you’re at, I don’t think he’s that bad?

Edited October 30, 2021 by _Ben_

[karanhsingh]

I'd be happy enough with Soares as a BBM in a midfield 3 IF he develops as the potential suggests he may. Passing up to around 10-11 plus great teamwork, Off the ball, long shots, even flair and work rate of course. Not all that bad. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, karanhsingh said:

I'd be happy enough with Soares as a BBM in a midfield 3 IF he develops as the potential suggests he may. Passing up to around 10-11 plus great teamwork, Off the ball, long shots, even flair and work rate of course. Not all that bad. 

Yeah, I'm playing a 442 though and the BBM, (or whatever the 2nd role is), is paired with a DLP(s).

He's quite a way off the physicality required for whatever that role is going to be. 

[Edit]

I've just replied to @_Ben_that I see him more of an attacking influence but there may be times when he can come in and do a job more centrally. He's never going to be a DLP, but maybe he could be forced into a BBM at a push purely to give him game-time. What happens with the rest of the squad in terms of who is kept/sold/whatever will probably determine where I am able to give him opportunities. 

Edited October 30, 2021 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, Thebaker said:

Soares has no physical or technical strengths to build on, one of those players who is never really going to play much as he wont excel in any position. You have to hope a club comes in to buy him

I have really thought about this and while I think you might be right, (I'm not convinced), I am also determined to do everything I can to try and beat the odds. I have a plan in place for him and will report back with how he does. The reality is the he is the (25a) player. If we assume that the (a) ranking is correct and he has the highest PA of the intake, I certainly can't afford to just bin him off. The other thing of course is that players do develop at unexpected rates sometimes. Take Antoniuc (POR) (MDA) HG for an example who made 33(1) appearances this season at an avg rating of 7.12 with 10 goals and 6 assists from BBM(s) in a 2. The previous season I had deemed him not good enough to be part of the squad and he was loaned out to the Championship (Tier 4). He arrived back at pre-season for this season and was immediately 1st choice. Where did that improvement come from? 

What I would say though is that when you look at single digit figures there is a mental downgrading sometimes I think. 

If you look at his physicals now then I agree that he doesn't look impressive at all. 

But if he looked like this, (which is just a single increase in 4 attributes, (using FM21 and the Editor), then the difference is quite stark. I make a point, (when I see attributes at 9), of asking myself what he would like like as a player if they were at 10 instead, and I promise the difference is significant. 

Do you see what I mean? The difference in terms of how we view the 1st player is not comparable to how we see the 2nd player, (ignore the arrows please). There is a negative impact of single digit numbers that far outweighs the difference in value between 9 and 10. Let's be completely accurate here. The difference might be as small as the difference between 9.4 and 9.6, (I don't actually know if 9.5 is the trigger for the pop so didn't use it). It's psychological and we all do it. I have got better at being aware of it and trying to take it into account. 

Season 1. I'm going to leave him in the U19's and allow me to focus his training and work on his PPM's, (when I have decided how he might best be used). 
Season 2. I'm going to move him to the B Team and although there might not be clickable fixtures because they are not in a playable leagues, league performances are "generated"
Season 3. I would like to loan him out, but that obviously depends on him developing in seasons 1 and 2 and someone wanting to take him on loan in season 3. 
Season 4. He will be 20. It will be interesting to see what level he is at by this stage. 

He's quite an interesting player because he as an Amb personality and his Det attribute is at 15. 

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, _Ben_ said:

Whilst I agree with this, completely, I’d say maybe a full back? Wouldn’t work against a really pacy winger but if you’re after developing all of your players - an IWB at right back could work?

At 16, and the level you’re at, I don’t think he’s that bad?

He is absolutely not that bad.  My issue isn't particularly if I will use him but how. because I'm playing Youth Only again, I really do want to have a right good go at developing everyone, (or at least the 5.0 PA players. 

I often show the best players in here because they are the players making all the difference, but I think you can see from seeing the 4 players who will be competing at centre-half next season that we still have some pretty average players to say the least. 

This bloke made 26(7) appearances for us last season and was our top assister with 12. His physical attributes are really not good so I have given him the cross early PPM. 

When I look at (25a) Soares (POR) I like to ask myself what is he good at, (strengths), and what is he poor at (weaknesses). I don't really 

Teamwork 19. I've never managed to get a handle on "Teamwork" and I can't tell you how it works, what it does or whether it's even important or not. It's one of those attributes that has just passed me by. 

 Nope. Still got nothing. 

Off the ball 15. 

Flair 15. 

Balance 14. 

Workrate 14. 

Vision 13.

Det 13. 

Technique 12.

First Touch. 

Decisions 11. 

Acceleration 11.

Anticipation 11. 

Long Shots 11. 

When you look at these attributes, I don't think it shouts out WB to me, (although I'm not experienced with IWB's so might have to give you that). He's a technical attacking player who wants the ball at his feet. I have never used one, but I wonder how he would fare as a RMD(a). In fact I think I have sold myself as going with that just for experimentation purposes. I've been putting off giving it a go for ages. He may not ultimately be a RMD(a), but he's certainly an attacking technical player who will never be blessed with great physicals. The other option I'm thinking off is perhaps WM(s) or WM(a). His passing isn't good, but maybe I can work on that and get it to a manageable level. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Concerning Financial development. Jun 2025. 

I mentioned previously that El Presidente as invested approx £5.25M into the club since my arrival but we will have to be more self-sufficient now. 

He's invested £5.25M and we got £1.1M for the sale of (22g) Banao (CIV) 6'3" and we had approx £322k at the end of the 1st month, and as we have approx £220k in the bank right now that's a loss of somewhere in the region of £6.45M over the course of the 4 seasons so far, (at an average of approx £1.6M loss per season). 

With that in mind it's likely that he is going to sell someone from under us this season. 

(22c) Caneira (POR) DLF is the 1 senior player into the last year of his contract so I have offered him out because there are quite a few clubs interested.

None of the "Big 3" are interested, so maybe I won't get what I have asked for. 

Alaves have come in with this offer, but I want to see of I can get more. 

They have countered by counter and it's now up to £875k, but let's have another go. 

We're up to this now but I wonder if I can just squeeze 1 more clause in there....

I got them up to this in the end and this is a deal that I'm more than happy with. It's £1M (rising to £1.85M with 25% re-sale clause and a friendly). That's a good deal for us at the moment. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Loans finish. Jun 2025. 

We had 6 players out on loan this season, (and I want to keep increasing that number every season). 

(22f) Shynkarenko (POR) (UKR) will go out again to Tier 2. 
Slyusar (POR) (UKR) HG will come back to us and will feature next season. 
(22i) Bari (POR) (GNB) 6'4" will go out again to Tier 4. 
(22a) Edgar Nunes (POR) will come back to us and will feature next season. 
(22b) Amorim (POR) looks decent, but I have brought in an experienced left back so I will being him back and then look to loan him out somewhere higher than Tier 4. 
(22j) Saná Cassamá (GNB) (POR) will go out on loan to Tier 4. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 in and 1 out. Jul 2025. 

In. 

A 32 year old left back coming in might not have been the transfer you were expecting, but I think he's a fantastic signing despite his physical attributes being on the wane. 

Out. 

The fans are not happy at all about this one, but he was into the last year of his contract and wasn't interested in signing a new one. It's a no-brainer. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Awards. Jul 2025. 

[Thebaker]

not sure about signing players but you are known for paying close attention to youth development

[Jimbokav1971]

2 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

not sure about signing players but you are known for paying close attention to youth development

Good spot. 

For those not paying attention.... 

[Sonic Youth]

When do you get to go for your next coaching license?

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, Sonic Youth said:

When do you get to go for your next coaching license?

I'm not really paying much attention to licenses, (because I started with some). 

I usually start with Sunday league reputation and no badges, but this save I started with it on automatic for the club. I think I was just a bit eager to get playing and thought I might be holidaying the 1st season so didn't pay much attention. 

Had I thought about it I might have picked English as a 2nd Nationality, but I would certainly have been Portugese 1st Nationality and would have gone Sunday League experience and no badges. 

I'm not sure how much difference it has made because in my opinion it usually helps you, (past experience), when you struggle with results/morale early in the save. We basically won almost every game for the 1st 2 seasons, (win rate was about 80% I think), so we never had the early blip.

In answer to your question though, I have asked to go on 1 course, (and I think it was agreed), but I must have missed the message telling me that I had passed or failed. I'm not studying for a badge at the moment and will probably wait until the end of the season to ask. 

[karanhsingh]

23 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Yeah, I'm playing a 442 though and the BBM, (or whatever the 2nd role is), is paired with a DLP(s).

He's quite a way off the physicality required for whatever that role is going to be. 

[Edit]

I've just replied to @_Ben_that I see him more of an attacking influence but there may be times when he can come in and do a job more centrally. He's never going to be a DLP, but maybe he could be forced into a BBM at a push purely to give him game-time. What happens with the rest of the squad in terms of who is kept/sold/whatever will probably determine where I am able to give him opportunities. 

Yes I meant more as BBM in a midfield 3 not so much a 442.

22 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

He is absolutely not that bad.  My issue isn't particularly if I will use him but how. because I'm playing Youth Only again, I really do want to have a right good go at developing everyone, (or at least the 5.0 PA players. 

I often show the best players in here because they are the players making all the difference, but I think you can see from seeing the 4 players who will be competing at centre-half next season that we still have some pretty average players to say the least. 

This bloke made 26(7) appearances for us last season and was our top assister with 12. His physical attributes are really not good so I have given him the cross early PPM. 

When I look at (25a) Soares (POR) I like to ask myself what is he good at, (strengths), and what is he poor at (weaknesses). I don't really 

Teamwork 19. I've never managed to get a handle on "Teamwork" and I can't tell you how it works, what it does or whether it's even important or not. It's one of those attributes that has just passed me by. 

 Nope. Still got nothing. 

Off the ball 15. 

Flair 15. 

Balance 14. 

Workrate 14. 

Vision 13.

Det 13. 

Technique 12.

First Touch. 

Decisions 11. 

Acceleration 11.

Anticipation 11. 

Long Shots 11. 

When you look at these attributes, I don't think it shouts out WB to me, (although I'm not experienced with IWB's so might have to give you that). He's a technical attacking player who wants the ball at his feet. I have never used one, but I wonder how he would fare as a RMD(a). In fact I think I have sold myself as going with that just for experimentation purposes. I've been putting off giving it a go for ages. He may not ultimately be a RMD(a), but he's certainly an attacking technical player who will never be blessed with great physicals. The other option I'm thinking off is perhaps WM(s) or WM(a). His passing isn't good, but maybe I can work on that and get it to a manageable level. 

RMD is a good shout potentially. The last time I used an RMD was Ryan Sessegnon on FM19 I think due to his off the ball and anticipation and he was absolutely deadly.

[Jimbokav1971]

14 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

RMD is a good shout potentially. The last time I used an RMD was Ryan Sessegnon on FM19 I think due to his off the ball and anticipation and he was absolutely deadly.

I know I can control his training and his performances in the Senior Team, but when it comes to him playing for the U19's I'm not sure if I'm able to dictate that he plays as a RMD(a) for them as I don't control them. The problem I've got is that we're playing a flat 442 and I can't give him an auto-instruction for RMD(a) because it doesn't exist in a 442. In the senior squad I could push the MR forward to AMR and then play him as a RMD, but there is no way to replicate that in either the U19's or B Team without controlling the games myself, (and I don't want to do that). I could send him out on loan and expect that he plays as a RMD, but I don't want him to go out on loan yet. The other thing is I'm obviously not training him as a RMD(a) because 1. I want him trained in the MR slot rather than the AMR slot, but also the RMD(a) training leaves too many gaps. I think I have him on RPM(s) at the moment because it doesn't leave as many gaps in physicality training. 

I can dictate that he starts every match in the U19's, (I think) and in what position, (not role), so if I can do that then at least his overall development should be decent for the 1st full season and we will take it from there. 

The second season I can do the same with the B Team, (again, I think), and after that I would hope that he is in contention for either some sort of senior minutes for us, or in demand elsewhere as a loan option. 

While I can control his early development to a certain degree, we also have to remember that everyone else who is 1, 2, & 3 years older than him is also still developing, so it might very well be that the level required to get into our team improves out of reach over the next couple of seasons. We will just have to keep developing him and see how it goes. 

[karanhsingh]

How do you dictate that a player starts every game in the youth team and the position they play? 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, karanhsingh said:

How do you dictate that a player starts every game in the youth team and the position they play? 

I think I can dictate that he plays, which position (in a 442), and which role (in a 442).

I'm pretty sure that they automatically play the same tactic and the Primary Senior Team tactic. So if I ginonto the U19 squad page and add him as the MR position then he should be auto selected there when the squad is picked. 

Because the tactic is taken from the senior teams tactic, if I set his individual player instruction (in the MR position), to be WM(s) for example, then despite tactic calling for that position to be an IW(s), he should play as a WM(s). I will test this later but I'm pretty sure that's what I've done in the past. 

The only thing I couldn't do, was have a player player in 1 role for the Senior Team and then play in the same position but a different role for the U19's. 

Will update you with how it works either way. 

Edited October 31, 2021 by Jimbokav1971

[karanhsingh]

22 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I think I can dictate that he plays, which position (in a 442), and which role (in a 442).

I'm pretty sure that they automatically play the same tactic and the Primary Senior Team tactic. So if I ginonto the U19 squad page and add him as the MR position then he should be auto selected there when the squad is picked. 

Because the tactic is taken from the senior teams tactic, if I set his individual player instruction (in the MR position), to be WM(s) for example, then despite tactic calling for that position to be an IW(s), he should play as a WM(s). I will test this later but I'm pretty sure that's what I've done in the past. 

The only thing I couldn't do, was have a player player in 1 role for the Senior Team and then play in the same position but a different role for the U19's. 

Will update you with how it works either way. 

Understood. Useful tip for the future. 

[Jimbokav1971]

@karanhsinghLet me walk you through the various steps and I will see how it works as we go. 

This is the U19's squad and you can see that nobody is selected. 

The 1st thing I want to do is select (25a) Soares (POR) in the MR slot like this. 

The reason I have to do that is because he wasn't playing every game before, and even when he was playing he was playing in the MCL slot as a DLP. 

So now I need to change my tactic so that he has an individual instruction to play as a WM(a) in the MR slot rather than an IW(s) in the MR slot, (because that's how it's set up currently). 

I can't change that in the U19's tactics, (because I can't change the U19 tactics), so I have to create a workaround. 

I do this by going to the Senior Squads tactics. So go Tactics - Player - MR slot. That shows me the players in the Senior squad that are above a certain level of familiarity in the MR position, (in any role). 

That's fine, but the next problem is that (25a) Soares (POR) isn't 1 of the 3 players listed who I can offer individual instructions to for that position. 

When I try to add him to the list, (using  at the bottom of the page on the left), It gives me a list of everyone so I click on (25a) Soares (POR) and add him to the list. 

The only problem is that it won't work. It looks like it's working, but he name just doesn't get added to the list afterwards. 

So what you do then to get around this is select (25a) Soares (POR) in the MR slot for the Senior Squad, (in exactly the same way that we have done already for the U19's). and then go back and try the previous stage again. Now you can see him. 

Now you click on personalised and change his role from the pre-set IW(s) to a personalised WM(s) so it looks like this. 

So now he has an individual instruction for the MR slot in the Senior Squad and when we look at the tactic it confirms it. 

That's all well and good, but he won't be playing in the Senior Squad for years, so let's go back at the U19 tactic and see what that looks like now. Remember, he's still selected in the MR slot for the U19's because we did that earlier. 

The Tactics page for the U19 squad now looks like this in the MR slot. 

I create a friendly for the U19's against the B Team, but surprisingly he doesn't feature at all. 

This doesn't make sense to me and there has to be a reason, so I look at the fixtures for all squads rather than just the U19's and sure enough he played for the Senior Squad in a friendly against Portsmouth. Of course he did. He played for the Senior squad because I still have him selected in the MR role. As a result of that, he wasn't fit to play for the U19's 2 days later, so let's try again. 

So now I take him out of the MR slot in the Senior Squad, (but not the U19 squad) and arrange another friendly for the U19's.

He doesn't play in the 2nd friendly against Belenenses B because the Ass Man or Manager or whoever picks the squad, selects friendly squads with squad match fitness in mind so can ignore the selection protocols. He does however play in the 3rd friendly against Belenenses B, but you might notice that although he has now played twice in the MR slot, both times he played as a IW rather than a WP.......

.......or did he? 

I'm personally of the opinion that this is a bug, (and it was in FM21 too). I think he played as a WM(s) because of his personalised instructions, but I think the game doesn;t recognise that on this page. What evidence do I have to go on to come to that conclusion? Well just look at his game stats. It's all passing and no running and shooting. 

Better than that though, let me try and find his heat maps or average positions or something. 

He's #11 here. but it doesn't tell us an awful lot. 

I looked at this with FM21 and it was comparing a DLF to an AF, (which is very obvious), and I'm adamant that the players play how in the specified role. It just isn't shown properly on the Form page. 

Thoughts? 

[abulezz]

This is easily the most detailed save running currently in the forums. Incredible read. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, abulezz said:

This is easily the most detailed save running currently in the forums. Incredible read. 

Thanks @abulezzI really appreciate the kind words and am glad you are enjoying it. 

[Delbrenno]

Second that this is the most enjoyable read for career updates on the beta. Great work and reports. Enjoyed your youth only save last year too 👍

Edited October 31, 2021 by Delbrenno

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, Delbrenno said:

Second that this is the most enjoyable read for career updates on the beta. Great work and reports. Enjoyed your youth only save last year too 👍

Cheers @Delbrenno 

I must admit that I got a little bored of FM21, but a late 4 season Barca save right at the end reignited my interest. Now in a save completely opposite to the Barca one, I'm completely hooked again. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jul 2025. 

Taça da Liga. This might not seem like a big deal, (and the Cups are really not a priority this season), but P. Ferreira finished 9th in the Primeira Liga last season, so that suggests that we're in decent nick. 

Goal-scoring GK's. (23e) Valente (POR) both had a penalty saved and then scored a 2nd penalty against P.Ferreira.

Transfers. There is nothing new here that you haven't already seen. (22c) Caneira (POR) DLF is currently earning £70k per month at Alaves so he absolutely made the correct decision to leave. Our whole wage bill only comes to £48k per month. 

Shortlist. I tried to get Nabian (POR) (GNB) HG in on loan despite the fact that his wages for the whole season would be £70k. Instead he opted to join Chaves in the same league so expect him to score against us. 

Obviously we have weaknesses in some areas of the squad. Centre-half is one area, (but we have some potential coming through), but after selling (22c) Caneira (POR) DLF, we're also short in the right hand striker role. 1 of the options is that I go with double AF(a)'s up front, (but I'm not overly keen on that), and the other option probably means a swap from DLF(s) to PF(s), and I'm really not convinced with that. Whatever option we choose, (and I will probably try both and even something else at some point this season), we're very much PA based rather than CA up front. 

Finances.    We may have £1.6M available to spend on transfers, but I don't envisage us spending much, (if any) of it at all. We're expecting to lose approx £1.6M a year, so to spend that would be madness when we are already down to £1.2M in the bank. 

Edited October 31, 2021 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Aug 2025. 

Segunda Liga. We had a player sent off after 34 mins against Vit. Setúbal so I was happy to come away with a draw despite them only narrowly avoiding relegation last season. MRT are Maritimo and they were far too good for us. I was expecting them to have one of the biggest budgets in the league, but actually they are only the 8th highest with £1.04M while Lusitânia Lourosa, (promoted last season from the 3rd tier), top the league at £3.51M per annum. (Interestingly they haven't had a Tycoon takeover and the current President has recently announced that he will be scaling back his investment in the club).

The double AF strategy seems to be working ok as (23d) Hugo (POR) scored 7 goals from 4 appearances this month. (22e) Capucha (POR) AF has obviously been less prolific than last season, but they can't both be scoring I suppose. 9 goals between them in 4 games is better than decent I suppose. 

Taça da Liga. We were well beaten, but who cares. 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

Records.

Transfers. Estrela da Amadora SAD  are not as bad as SAD Belenense , but the Premeira Liga side are no longer on my Christmas card list after they snapped up our central midfielder Antoniuc (POR) (MDA) HG for £1.3M (rising to £1.8M) + 30% profit. I wasn't involved in the transfer as it was accepted by El Presidente, but I can't complain and although I would have attempted to negotiate it slightly, I would have wanted the deal to proceed. 

Finances.   

Edited November 1, 2021 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

5+2 contract. Sep 2025. 

After scoring 7 goals in his 1st full month in the Senior squad, (23d) Hugo (POR) started to kick up a fuss about a new contract. He had 2+1 years left so it actually seemed like a good idea. He was only 18 so hopefully I could secure him to a long term contract without a min fee release clause or paying through the nose. 

The good news is that I signed him to a 5 year contract with a +1 option and a +1 after promotion, and the really good news is that I basically did it by "bunging" him £20k up front as a bonus while refusing all the rubbish clauses that I hate, (like Yearly wage rise, wage rise after promotion and bonus for sitting on the bench). 

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2025. 

Segunda League. 

Taça da Portugal. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances.   

[Punch]

Loving the Valente updates

[Jimbokav1971]

5 hours ago, Punch said:

Loving the Valente updates

Thanks very much. 

I've often done goal-scoring GK updates, but with FM21 I got into the habit of using twitter to post the free-kick goals. Showing all the penalties is a new thing, (and how different can 1 penalty be to the next), but it's easy and it does improve the updates. It also helps me keep track of how many he has scored from how many attempts because I just look at the previous tweet. 

[abulezz]

Hugo's finishing is exceptional for his age. Just get him the ball in the box and let him do his work. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2025.

Segunda Liga. We had 6 players unavailable for the Trofense game because of International call-ups and it cost us. We're still only 3 points off the top though and we're usually stronger in the 2nd half of a season. 

Taça da Portugal.

Goal-scoring GK. 

 

Shortlist. I was interested in signing Nabian (POR) (GNB) HG on loan, but he chose to sign for Chaves instead. His contract expires at the end of the season and I am keen to sign him on a free at the end of his contract. Before the Chaves game I thought I would see if I could unsettle him by trying to takeover the loan deal. Although he refused to join us, (after the game), I think it worked as he was dismissed for a straight red on 67 mins with us losing 1-0.

Internationals. I'm not paying much attention to Internationals yet, but as more players start getting called up to U21 and Senior level I will start updating you a little more. 

(22g) Banao (CIV) 6'3" now has 2 Senior Caps for (CIV). 
Antoniuc (POR) (MDA) HG now has 2 Senior Caps for (MDA)

There is nobody currently at the club who has been capped at Senior level and there are just 4 players who have been capped at U21 level, (and none of them are Portugese). 

Records. 

Facilities. Just because I don't want to spend big money upgrading the facilities at this stage doesn't mean that I can't get us improved in little ways. 

This is the 2nd time recently I've asked for a Feeder club, but only had Portugese non-League clubs as options. The last time I declined them all, but this time I'm going to accept Fabril do Barreiro on the basis that while it won't help us right now, it might help us in the future. 

The only options we have when requesting an Affiliate are "first option on players" and "help to loan players out". The last 2 I used 1st option on players and I think this was a mistake so I will go for the other one next time. What I really want is a Brazilian club to help improve our scouting range or an American/Chinese club to improve our finances. 

We've got feeders in both Cape Verde & Angola, (which is great), but obviously I really want Brazil and maybe some other South American clubs too. 

Our B Team are in non-league, as are new feeder Fabril do Barreiro and then we have Sacavenense who are in Tier 4. 

Finances.   

Edited November 1, 2021 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

13 minutes ago, abulezz said:

Hugo's finishing is exceptional for his age. Just get him the ball in the box and let him do his work. 

Yep, he's better than decent. 

The only problem is that ideally I don't want to be starting him every game, (as I am now). He's only 18 and if he plays a whole season like this then I know there will be a cost to pay at some point in terms of over-working him at a young age. 

I tried to get Nabian (POR) (GNB) HG in on loan which would have dropped Hugo to the bench, but I couldn't get the deal done. It means we're pretty threadbare up top. 

Om terms of 5.0 PA players we have 4 strikers at the club, but Semedo is very raw and 16 yo Basto is not even a striker yet. I just think I can turn him into a PF. 

I've been playing both Capucha and Hugo as double AF's, but I think I'm going to swap them around and play Capucha as a DLF but leave Hugo as an AF and see how we get on. I think we're better as a team with a DLF. 

[Rikulec]

13 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Woah, that would have surely gone viral had the shot gone in!

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2025. 

Segunda Liga. We're up to 3rd despite not being in great form. We're conceding too many goals and the truth is we're not unlucky or anything. We're just not great at the back. 

Taça da Portugal. We've won, but the Cups don't become more of a priority just because we're winning. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

 

Finances.   

[Jimbokav1971]

5 hours ago, Rikulec said:

Woah, that would have surely gone viral had the shot gone in!

I'm sure I have scored a decent one from open play in a previous version. Let me see if I can find it. 

This was from Jun 2020 so it was FM20. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

GK hat-trick, (and almost 4). Dec 2025.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by Jimbokav1971

[Rikulec]

19 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I'm sure I have scored a decent one from open play in a previous version. Let me see if I can find it. 

This was from Jun 2020 so it was FM20. 

 

The defending team look so confused.

[Jimbokav1971]

3 minutes ago, Rikulec said:

The defending team look so confused.

Well can you imagine it....

"Pick him up! Who's man is he?........"

[silence]

I used to love it when my GK stayed up, but it was harder in FM21. 

In FM22 the GK stays up and looks to get involved a LOT. 

[deez0r]

As per usual loving it currently @Jimbokav1971, I will have to get some more Jimbo goalkeepers back into my saves. Loved making up random names!

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2025. 

Segunda Liga. The Braga B was a great result and I was happy with the 2 draws, (especially as we had a player sent off in each game), but I was furious that I rested players for the Cup match, (that we won), and they turned in an appalling performance and shipped 4 goals against Lusitânia Lourosa.  Had we won that game as expected we would have been in 3rd, right in the mix. 

Taça da Portugal. Really surprised with this result as I played a really weakened squad against a side from the league above. 

Goal-scoring Keepers. (23e) Valente (POR) 6'4" has scored 8 goals this season from 19 appearances, although he has missed the last 2 games with illness. 

(25a) Soares (POR) should be nowhere near our starting XI, but due to injuries and illness and suspensions, (and a league game 2 days after the 5th round of the Cup), I fielded a weakened squad and he started for the 1st time, (he has made 1 sub appearance previously. 

We were playing Primeira Liga club Estrela da Amadora SAD so imagine my surprise when we opened the scoring like this and won the game!

He's also been in decent form for the U19's as 9 key passes suggests in his previous game. 

Youth Intake Preview. I've learned not to take too much notice of the quality mentioned in the preview. It is great to look at the Intake Distribution though and see that we have 3 strikers and 3 centre-backs on the way though, (although no idea about the quality). 

Interviews/Job offers. I keep thinking that VTSC are Santa Clara, but they are actually Vitoria de Guimaraes. Santa Clara are in fact.... Santa Clara. 

Finances.    We've got less than £500,000 in the bank, but we've got a transfer budget of almost £3M if we choose to spend it. (We obviously won't of course). 

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, deez0r said:

As per usual loving it currently @Jimbokav1971, I will have to get some more Jimbo goalkeepers back into my saves. Loved making up random names!

I've been waiting for the notifications. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2026. 

Segunda Liga. Our form has been awful. We're giving away awful goals and missing glorious chances ourselves. We should have kept 4 clean sheets and won all 4 games, but we conceded 2 goals that we shouldn't have and only managed 1 goal in 4 games ourselves. I started the season with double AF's and then went to AF with a DLF for my 1st choice pairing, (but they have swapped sides), and the DLF is swapped with a PF when I bring (24g) A.Semedo (POR) (CPV) in on the right. I think part of the problem is my indecision. 

We've dropped down to 8th, and are 7 points off Lusitânia Lourosa in 3rd. In my head the problem isn't the 4 teams at the the top of the table, but our form. We're 8 points behind but we have gifted them 8 points in this month alone!

Taça da Portugal. We were awful, but despite that we should have won, and an awful late penalty that was popped tamely right down the middle just about summed us up. 

Goal-scoring GK's. The miss in the Cup was the 2nd miss by (23e) Valente (POR) 6'4", so he is now 10/12 from the spot at 83% and 4 free-kicks. 

Shortlist. 

Records. This is moving nicely in the nice direction and there is an enormous difference managing this club to what it might have been had I managed one of the minnows from the bottom tier. 

Finances.    The £2M from our 2 sales is almost gone and we have 2 days until the window closes with clubs sniffing around a few of our players. 

[Punch]

15 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I got into the habit of using twitter to post the free-kick goals. Showing all the penalties is a new thing, (and how different can 1 penalty be to the next), but it's easy and it does improve the updates. It also helps me keep track of how many he has scored from how many attempts because I just look at the previous tweet.

Is that an actual twitter account? Or something in the game? Not being a twitter user IRL, I wasn't sure

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2026. 

Segunda Liga. This is a much better month, but I'm frustrated that we didn't manage to see off Trofense. There are 10 games left and we're 3 points off the playoffs. 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

 

Transfers. I mentioned a while ago that there were 2 players who I had been unable to secure to a long-term contract who's contract was expiring this Summer. One of them was (22c) Caneira (POR) DLF, (and he was sold), and the other was 19 year old midfielder (22j) Saná Cassamá (GNB) (POR). He doesn't like the club and is leaving on a free. He's never made a single senior appearance for us and I can't blame him for wanting out really. He's spent the last 3 seasons out on loan and I have a feeling I might regret losing him. Three of the 4 clubs currently in for him are Premeira Liga teams. In my defence it is hard trying to develop absolutely everyone, and we've sold a central midfielder for £1M+ and he still can't get in the side. 

He joined Santa Clara in the end, (or at least has agreed to at the end of the season), but I was unable to offer him to join earlier for a small fee. 

Finances.    The money is completely gone now, but thankfully the transfer window is closed. 

[Jimbokav1971]

57 minutes ago, Punch said:

Is that an actual twitter account? Or something in the game? Not being a twitter user IRL, I wasn't sure

Yeah, it's an actual twitter account. It's not my personal twitter account. It's an account I use just for FM. 

[Punch]

20 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Yeah, it's an actual twitter account. It's not my personal twitter account. It's an account I use just for FM. 

That's awesome!

I'm looking at idea for a new save, goal scoring GK's is in there.

[Jimbokav1971]

8 hours ago, Punch said:

That's awesome!

I'm looking at idea for a new save, goal scoring GK's is in there.

The best thing about goal-scoring GK's is that it can be used in any type of save. You don't have to sacrifice anything or play a particular type of save.