[FM22] Secondo Posto...Vizemeister...Deuxième...Subcampeón...Runners-Up No More - Top 5 Journey Man - Chapter VIII - 1. FC Saarbrücken [Finished]

[Cheez3y]

 

Very good preseason.

Our transfer stuff went pretty well, I also signed a former player of mine.

 

Lets see what we can do.

 

[TheRobert]

Great season! Congrats!

[Cheez3y]

19 hours ago, TheRobert said:

Great season! Congrats!

Ty

[Cheez3y]

August 2030 - La Liga

Very good start to the season.

 

 

Coming Up

The first real test coming at the start of the month.

[Cheez3y]

Interesting EL group. Dont know what to expect.

[MWFC_3]

Wait, did you end up winning the Copa Del Rey, just to get into the UEL?

[Cheez3y]

36 minutes ago, MWFC_3 said:

Wait, did you end up winning the Copa Del Rey, just to get into the UEL?

 

Yes we did.

Tbf we stole it with a penalty shootout.  

 

On 28/06/2022 at 17:21, Cheez3y said:

April 2030 - Copa del Rey - Final

 

 

[Cheez3y]

Transfer Overview - Summer 2030

OUT

The big out is Mandanda.

Sadly he never did much as F9, so I took advantage in the interest of Jeonbuk.

We payed 8 mio for him and got a solid profit on him.

 

IN

Hvilsom, Torres and Alves will not feature this season. Cheap youngster with some potential.

 

Spoiler

 

 

After the loan spell of Wraalsen I decided to buy him. We had a 6,5 mio clause, but to much money at once. So we pay 7,5 mio over 3 years with add-ons.

Big Orel Mangala is in! He was part of my PL winning squad with Bristol. Hopoefully he can lead the midfield with his experience.

 

Sometimes you make mistakes...Inaki Villa is back. We sold him 7,5 mio to Bremen and now we needed him back. EL stuff.

Because of the EL we were searching for HGC talent and with Christian Sanchez we got a decent backup keeper.

 

Jack Vale will battle with Villa for the F9 spot. Another English player with some great resell value.

 

Balogh will be our CB leader. I had him in mind for Venezia, but now he is at Gijon.

Also Marchetti was planned for Venezia. He will be on loan for 2 season and we got a nice "cheap" clause of 15 mio for him.

[Cheez3y]

Squad Overview - Summer 2030 Part 1

 

Goalkeeper

Duvan is still here! He got a 50mio clause and currently he doenst want to sign a new deal.

Barca came on deadline day with a 43 mio offer....So our scouts are searching for a replacement.

Sanchez and Borja will share the backup role.

 

Spoiler

 

Centerback

Pretty happy here.

Kabiru and Balogn will be our main pairing. Marchetti will be the first rotation option.

 

Spoiler

 

Wingback

Catlyn signed a new deal! 

For Alkorta and Brandt this will be their last season...Both now shows that they hate big matches, which is a big nono for me.

 

Spoiler

 

Halfback

At HB I feel we can do better.

But for now Guidi and Diaz are fine.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

Squad Overview - Summer 2030 Part 2

 

Box To Box

Mangala will hopefully lead this quartett.

Araujo developed really well and will be his main partner.

 

Spoiler

 

Attacking Midfield

Pretty happy with our SS duo.

Hede continues what he done last season and Wraalsen hopefully too.

 

Spoiler

 

Striker

With Marcos and Villa we got two academy players leading the attack.

Jack Vale looks pretty awesome, but now....it shows he hates big matches. So this might be a short one..

O'Brien got still a lot of potential, but it seems like this might be his last season too.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

September 2030 - Europa League - Group Stage - Game Day 1

Close one.

If we played the first half better, we deserved a draw here.

Edited July 2, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

September 2030 - La Liga

I have a suspicious feeling, but lets not jinx it.

 

 

 

Coming Up

I guess at the end of October we will know, what we can expect this season.

Edited July 2, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

October 2030 - Europa League - Group Stage - Game Day 2

Pretty good away game here, Osijek with no chance.

[MWFC_3]

I wasn't told how the World Cup went, 2022, 2026 and 2030 WC's weren't mentioned. Could you display them next time?

[karanhsingh]

Great start, although by this point not totally unexpected 

[Cheez3y]

4 hours ago, karanhsingh said:

Great start, although by this point not totally unexpected 

I would agree.

Beein in year 2030 means there are a lot of quality and cheap regens, so you can build a good team for pretty cheap.

I would say we can do it this season or next season.

[Cheez3y]

October 2030 - Europa League - Group Stage - Game Day 3

No problem vs Anderlecht.

[Cheez3y]

12 hours ago, MWFC_3 said:

I wasn't told how the World Cup went, 2022, 2026 and 2030 WC's weren't mentioned. Could you display them next time?

 

2022

 

2026

 

2030

[Cheez3y]

October 2030 - La Liga - Game Day 11

Jep...Here we go again.

Not a good but an intense game.

[Cheez3y]

October 2030 - La Liga

Its good to see, that we can also lose. Sevilla deserved the W there.

But there is a shake up in the league, probably due to real players are retiring.

Real and Atletico are really struggling and Barca looks weak also.

If we ignore Getafe at the top, we got a 4 pt lead already.

 

 

 

Coming Up

Only two league games, but two good oponents.

[Cheez3y]

November 2030 - Europa League - Group Stage - Game Day 4

Pretty bad away game against Anderlecht.

Simply not good enough.

[MWFC_3]

3 hours ago, Cheez3y said:

 

2022

 

2026

 

2030

Noticed Senegal jumped to the quarter finals, but it's always interesting to see England winning another World Cup 60 years on.

[Cheez3y]

November 2030 - Europa League - Group Stage - Game Day 5

Gijon with the first set. 

[Cheez3y]

November 2030 - La Liga

We kept the 4 pt lead to Barcelona, but added three pts to Sociedad.

 

 

Coming Up

Lets see if we can close the gap to Getafe.

[DaNascimento]

Good start, i think Gijon is also done soon  

But interesting table. Has Getafe a sugar daddy or are they just having a very good season so far?

[Cheez3y]

1 hour ago, DaNascimento said:

Good start, i think Gijon is also done soon  

But interesting table. Has Getafe a sugar daddy or are they just having a very good season so far?

Yes, this might a really quick.

 

Indeed Getafe had a tycoon takeover, but nothing really big.

I think, its a "freak moment". Dont think they can keep up the pace.

[Cheez3y]

December 2030 - Europa League - Group Stage - Game Day 6

Wild game at Anfield.

Sadly this might cost us the next round.

[Cheez3y]

December 2030 - La Liga

Pretty late draw against Getafe. tbh they are looking really strong.

But they played Sevilla, Atletico and Barca, so they finally dropped some points.

 

Sadly we are out of the EL, but we got another try in the ECL.

 

 

Coming Up

Its Super Cup time.

 

Sadly we probably need a new keeper.

We got 3 emails in the last 2 weeks from Chelsea, Dortmund and Leipzig.

 

[Cheez3y]

Should be an easy next round.

[Cheez3y]

Still waiting for the one special player.

[Cheez3y]

Spoiler

 

Another "FIFA Best U21 Men's Player" award for us.

 

4th in total - Araujo x2, Berardi, Guidi

And I will take the credit for Josafa too, since he was my next target at Britol.

 

 

Spoiler

 

And another "Golden Boy" award.

What a keeper at age 20 he is.

 

5th in total - Araujo, Henrique, Berardi, Olivas, Duvan G

 

 

[Cheez3y]

OUT

Finally got rid of Atal.

Also we managed to sell Alkorta with a nice profit.

I sold Alkorta because I found a replacement in our U19!

 

Spoiler

 

IN

A freeone for some depth. Yes I only signed because he is Chinese.

Like 99% of the Chinese player he is not very technical, but he got all the mentals and physicals you want.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

I found this gentleman in our U19. He will be the Alkorta replacement.

Javier got some interesting numbers for age 18.

 

Edited July 4, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

January 2031 - La Liga

Tight loss in the Supercopa against Barca.

Well...I guess the title is already highly possible this season.

Idk what is wrong with the big 3.

 

 

Coming Up

Tough game against Real to start the February.

Also we are in the quarter finals of the Copa del Rey again.

And we got some ECL action.

[Cheez3y]

February 2031 - Copa del Rey - Quarter Final

Very tough game against Almeria.

We needed extra time to get in the semis again.

[Cheez3y]

 

Semis against Atletico.

In the other semi is a very strong Getafe.

 

[Cheez3y]

February 2031 - Copa del Rey - Semi Final - 1st Leg

I guess we are on the way to another Copa del Rey final.

Edited July 5, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

February 2031 - Europa Conference League - First KO Round - 1st Leg

Complete destruction of Basel.

[Cheez3y]

February 2031 - Europa Conference League - First KO Round - 2nd Leg

Could've scored more goals, but at some point, we felt bad for them.

[Cheez3y]

February 2031 - La Liga

A lot of games, but we got some nice depth.

We are not invincible, Real beat us at home.

 

But its hard to believe that we f*** this up.

 

 

Coming Up

2nd Copa del Rey semi and the next round of the ECL coming up in March.

[Cheez3y]

Shouldn't be that hard.

[Cheez3y]

March 2031 - Europa Conference League - Second KO Round - 1st Leg

Another smashing.

This time it was Trabzonspor.

[Cheez3y]

March 2031 - Europa Conference League - Second KO Round - 2nd Leg

Good response from Trabzonspor.

Its quarter final time.

[Cheez3y]

 

Marseille will be a tough one.

Really excited.

 

[Cheez3y]

March 2031 - Copa del Rey - Semi Final - 2nd Leg

Secured the Copa del Rey final with a solid victory.

[Cheez3y]

 

Well...its the rematch.

Gijon vs Barca II

 

[Cheez3y]

March 2031 - La Liga

Flying through March.

Six point gap is forming to Getafe.

 

 

Coming Up

ECL action...Copa del Rey action...and we play Barca and Getafe.

Spicy month.

[karanhsingh]

You are romping this league! Some impressive wins over big teams. 

What are the roles and instructions of your front 3? I am thinking of trying out the same AMC plus two strikers option once more at Napoli but with a back 3 of course. 

[Cheez3y]

8 hours ago, karanhsingh said:

What are the roles and instructions of your front 3?

AF - F9 - SS

The SS is basicly a 2nd AF, who starts deeper and is using the space created by the F9.

Edited July 6, 2022 by Cheez3y

[karanhsingh]

1 hour ago, Cheez3y said:

AF - F9 - SS

The SS is basicly a 2nd AF, who starts deeper and is using the space created by the F9.

I don't know why I can't get this to work. Any player instructions?

Have tried various different combinations for the front 3. For me the best is still AF, DLF, AF.