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

[karanhsingh]

Nice write up. I thought the IWBs had a hard coded instruction to sit narrower which is why I was concerned. However they seem to play for you like Cancelo does in real life. This looks perfect. 

[Cheez3y]

12 hours ago, karanhsingh said:

Nice write up. I thought the IWBs had a hard coded instruction to sit narrower which is why I was concerned. However they seem to play for you like Cancelo does in real life. This looks perfect. 

Thats true.

I was very confused, once I saw it ingame.

 

Maybe its because there are no winger and we play wide?

So they have to be the widest man? idk yet 

[Cheez3y]

We are promoted!

 

And we got not much to spent....

 

This will be an intense transfer summer.

[Cheez3y]

Finally.

 

I look up the Serie A rules...we need 4 HGC players.

Venezia got not much good HGC in the entire game....

[Cheez3y]

April 2027 - Serie B

And with the draw against Torino we clinch the Serie B title.

 

 

Coming Up

Three games to finish the season.

 

In prepartion for the Serie A we managed to offload Pisseri to the MLS.

 

Spoiler

 

Edited June 12, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

 

Huge for next season.

We managed to extend both loans.

For Martucci we even got a decent buy option.

[Cheez3y]

May 2027 - Serie B

And we finish the with only one loss.

 

[Cheez3y]

End Of Season Review 2026/27

In our first season at Venezia we managed to promoted directly into the Serie A.

And we created a very exciting formation and playing style.

 

Spoiler

 

We trimmed the squad already in preparation for next season.

 

The loans of Martucci and Berardi were pretty insane.

 

Just looking at the IWB directly...they were pretty key also.

This will be the main focus in the next couple of years and will proably eat a lot of money.

 

[Cheez3y]

End Of Season Review 2026/27 - Stats

 

In our first season at Venezia we got directly promoted like we did at Bristol.

But I dont think its will only take 4 season to archive the goal.

Or maybe?

Scouting is now more important and here I can really shine.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

 

 

Well...I didnt expect that.

Apparently we play way above Serie B level.

[Cheez3y]

 

I have to mention this also.

Matheus Costa played again an amazing season.

I would recomment him to anybody, who is playing a tier 2 side inside the top 5.

Maybe in a smaller league he can be a key player at the start of the journey.

You can get him for under 500k from Maritimo.

 

His loan ends and he will go back to Sao Paulo.

Thanks Matheus.

 

[Cheez3y]

 

Bristol played a really good season. They finished 6th.

Araujo got top goalscorer once again.

 

Looking at the squad my boys are mostly there.

They only sold Leonardo, Edwards, Kelly, Icardi and Partey.

 

[karanhsingh]

5 hours ago, Cheez3y said:

Thats true.

I was very confused, once I saw it ingame.

 

Maybe its because there are no winger and we play wide?

So they have to be the widest man? idk yet 

I think so. Conversely i have seen when you play a right footed left back as a complete wing back they tend to cut in quite a bit as well. That's another way to get this kind of play on the pitch. Definitely very interesting. 

[Cheez3y]

15 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

I think so. Conversely i have seen when you play a right footed left back as a complete wing back they tend to cut in quite a bit as well. That's another way to get this kind of play on the pitch. Definitely very interesting. 

Yes, the crosses you will see are 98% always inside driving.

Right footed IWB on the left and left footed IWB on the right.

 

The 5:0 smashing of Bari summs up pretty much what you can expect.

2:0 inside driving cross from the right IWB

4:0 inside driving cross from the left IWB

1:0 + 3:0 are goals which came through the movement of the AF/F9/SS triangle

 

 

Edited June 12, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Sneak peak on the transfer tings.

We managed to sign an absolut monster regen in my eyes....on a free!!!!

Southampton is still in Championship, so he refused to sign a new deal there.

 

Ranger turned down 46 other clubs, basicly the who is who of the top 5 leagues.

Edited June 12, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Finally some money.

 

Not last, I take that.

[Cheez3y]

 

The season ticked over and a lot of new players are in.

Lets take a look.

 

 

Loans are still very important for us.

 

Martins I saw ramdomly, when he was on a trail at Victoria Guimaraes.

They didnt pick him up, so I sneak in a loan. He got some potential.

 

Takahashi will be our new rotation right IWB. Im curious if winger are the way to go.

 

Milambo will be one of our stating B2B. He was listed by request at Feyenoord.

So I once again sneak in with a loan and a decent option to buy.

 

And Delli Carri is back after gettin sold past summer for 1,2 mio.

 

Spoiler

 

 

I already mentioned Ranger. What an amazing free signing!

Pedro is still looking pretty good even age 35.

Tenas will be our 2nd GK and Boer our 3rd GK. 

Boer is only her, because he is HGC.

 

Spoiler

 

 

And we spent some money.

Soares looks like a pretty awesome CB prospect. He also decided to turn down some big clubs for us.

 

My scout recommended me Brecko, he looks like a pretty offensive wingback/winger.

And since the IWB (A) are looking like wingers ingame, this hopefully works as intended.

 

And looking at the Slovenian U20 Zupan catched my attention.

He got the stats for a pretty solid F9.

 

Spoiler

 

 

Kuleski I need to give an extra spotlight.

He got all the tools to be a pretty good Halfback.

For 220k this looks like a steal.

 

How in the blue hell...is he playing in non league?

He came through a Spanish youth academy team and played not in one of the top 4 spanish leagues.

Maybe because he is umambitous?

 

 

 

[Cheez3y]

Spaletti with a nice catch.

Looks also like a pretty good half back.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

I had Alvaro on my shortlist since my Bristol days.

If his marking gets 2 points better, he looks really good.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

 

Decent preseason.

 

We got a pretty easy opening to the season.

And Fiorentina will be a nice test.

 

[Cheez3y]

August 2027 - Coppa Italia - 1st Round

All over Bari.

The stats might show something different, but they had no key highlight.

 

[karanhsingh]

Great signings! Seem well set up for the new season.

[Cheez3y]

8 hours ago, karanhsingh said:

Great signings! Seem well set up for the new season.

Our scouting team did very well this summer. 

We played our first league game against promotion companion SPAL.

Its looking scary!

 

[Cheez3y]

August 2027 - Serie A

Stop the count!

 

 

Coming Up

The September will be already pretty interesting with Napoli, Milan and Lazio.

[Cheez3y]

Should be a quiet deadline day, our team is finished.

Cruz got all the pace you need and for 135k, why the hell not.

He will stay at Tenerife for the rest of this season.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

Transfers & Squad Overview 2027 Part 1

OUT

Big clearout again, the U20 and U18 is nicely trimmed.

Biggest sell was Morello for 2 mio.

 

 

IN

Already mentioned every new player.

Im pretty happy what we did this summer.

 

Young, hungry and cheap!

[Cheez3y]

Transfers & Squad Overview 2027 Part 2

 

Goalkeeper

For this season we are fine here.

Gemello and Tenas will get equal game time, so we can sell them for some nice money next summer.

I want a proper good SK.

 

Spoiler

 

Centerback

Soares will be a star in 2 years, Im pretty sure here.

We need to find he partner or Enriquez gets a nice boost.

 

Spoiler

 

Wingback

The wingback (IWB) will be our biggest target for the next season.

Its just the key role in our diamong.

For now we are fine.

 

Spoiler

 

Halfback

Still cant believe we found Kuleski.

He is already our most valued player.

 

Spoiler

 

Edited June 13, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Transfers & Squad Overview 2027 Part 3

 

Box To Box

If Milambo continues to play like that, we somehow need to find 8,25 mio. 

Ranger is slowly gettin the drill also and Osmanovic is playing for his future.

 

Spoiler

 

Attacking Midfield

Resende is like I remember him...pretty amazing.

We will 100% use his 700k clause.

Martins looked pretty good also in his one sub.

 

Spoiler

 

Striker

I would love to buy Berardi and Martucci at some point. But this will be expensive.

Zupan started against Fiorentina and played pretty amazing, so maybe we dont need both.

Pedro is gettin subs.

 

Spoiler

 

Edited June 13, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

September 2027 - Serie A - Game Day 3

Im hyped! What a game!

Yes the red card in the 2nd card helped.

But a 90 minute winner is stuff for champions.

 

Look at the goal (2:1) we scored, this is fn beautiful!

 

 

[Cheez3y]

September 2027 - Serie A - Game Day 5

Ehm...what?

 

 

[MWFC_3]

You did the unthinkable, similar to how Leicester won the PL when chelsea lost that night. Now Bristol city did a Leicester and won the PL.

I'll keep following this story, but give updates on Bristol city will ya?

Thank godness the PL trophy came to Bristol before the World cup!

[Cheez3y]

19 hours ago, MWFC_3 said:

You did the unthinkable, similar to how Leicester won the PL when chelsea lost that night. Now Bristol city did a Leicester and won the PL.

I'll keep following this story, but give updates on Bristol city will ya?

Thank godness the PL trophy came to Bristol before the World cup!

Your welcome. 

Yes, I will keep looking at them and give a quick overview after every season.

[karanhsingh]

Love the interplay and the goals. Some cracking results so far. 

[Cheez3y]

11 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

Love the interplay and the goals. Some cracking results so far. 

It needed a 37 year old Ciro Immobile to finally stop us.

 

[Cheez3y]

September 2027 - Serie A

What a September! 

Finally someone brought us back to earth.

Lazio with their 3 ATB and a hattrick from a 37 y/o Immobile.

 

 

Coming Up

The biggest test will be Juventus.

They are the team to beat.

 

 

[Cheez3y]

October 2027 - Serie A - Game Day 7

OK, this gives me a lot of confidence.

With a bit of time and the right additions, we can slay this giant.

Edited June 14, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

October 2027 - Serie A

The Atalanta game got postponed so only 2 games in Ocotber.

 

 

Coming Up

Atalanta will be the biggest task.

 

 

Next youth setup upgrade.

[Cheez3y]

November 2027 - Serie A

Apparently Juve isnt that powerful this season.

Suddently we are in the top 5 seperated by 2 points.

 

 

Coming Up

Roma and Inter this month.

 

And I just noticed...Inters manager is the Baldy One.

Edited June 15, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

 

 

Two huge loan extensions!

Yes its gayming the system, but I dont care.

 

Both will be here until 2029.

The contract of Osmanovic ends there too, so there is a possibility of a free one here.

 

On Martucci we are working too, we need 2 mio and we can sign him!

 

Spoiler

 

Edited June 15, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Its like the 4th message now.

Three times the chairman said no after couple of weeks.

[Cheez3y]

December 2027 - Coppa Italia - 2nd Round

Pretty unlucky game against Parma in the cup...

Edited June 15, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

Couple of CBs I would love to take as prospects.

 

 

Lora is on our EoC transfer target list.

Lets interesting for a free one.

 

Spoiler

 

[Cheez3y]

Sadly Udinese refuses to sell him now.

Also they dont really wanted to loan him out either.

But we managed to secure to Martucci also until 2029.

Edited June 15, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

December 2027 - Serie A - Game Day 16

Im speechless...idk what to say.

[Cheez3y]

December 2027 - Serie A

We finished the year 2027...2nd place!

Idk how and why, but we are looking almost unstoppable.

 

 

Coming Up

If we can keep up how we play, this should be a 100% green month.

[Cheez3y]

Cmon....just go.

 

Lora decided to play for Venezia.

Lets see how he really looks.

[Cheez3y]

Our scouting game is on point.

Idwiche was transfer listed in the summer, because he refuses to sign a new deal.

We scoted him and I put him on the EoC transfer target list.

6 months later, Spaletti is doin some work.

 

Portugal is a gold mine.

Spoiler

 

[karanhsingh]

Great stuff, definitely well ahead of schedule

[Cheez3y]

10 hours ago, karanhsingh said:

Great stuff, definitely well ahead of schedule

Definitely.

So I would assume its partially the formation and/or the squad we got.

 

The formation is still untouched. I just work with the mentality ingame.

[Cheez3y]

 

Berardi won the U21 FIFA award.

This sounds famililar...

 

 

 

He also won the Golden Boy.

Wait....this sounds familiar too.