The FM23 Youth Academy Challenge

[HenTheChicken]

  

WHAT A SEASON, WHAT A SEASON. We got knocked out of the 2nd qualifying round in the champions league, which were our first games in Europe, then we practically forgot how to lose continentally, only losing at home against Sheriff Tiraspol 2-3 in the playoff. League wise our season was unspectacular, a close title race until the end against TNS. This was just such an unexpected season as we lost some great players in the preseason, I couldn't be happier!

 

League Performance

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1st Half

2nd Half

Overall

 

Europe

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Still can't believe we beat Tottenham there, damn.

 

The Squad

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[XaW]

2 hours ago, The7Striker said:

To be fair, I didn't really look at the 2nd nationality, but in Bulgaria, despite the rules, didnt catch any player from nearby countrys in the intakes.

Yeah, the kid has Portuguese/Angolan/English nationality, so he doesn't have any issues with work permit!  

[MadCatPT]

10 minutes ago, XaW said:

Yeah, the kid has Portuguese/Angolan/English nationality, so he doesn't have any issues with work permit!  

I got an Angolan/Portuguese/English in my first intake in the Vanarama National League South. 

[XaW]

1 minute ago, MadCatPT said:

I got an Angolan/Portuguese/English in my first intake in the Vanarama National League South. 

Can you beat the Scot/Senegalese I got though?  

[HenTheChicken]

16 minutes ago, XaW said:

Can you beat the Scot/Senegalese I got though?  

Think I just might have with my scot/lithuanian I just got

[MadCatPT]

11 minutes ago, XaW said:

Can you beat the Scot/Senegalese I got though?  

No, Guyana/English and Australian/Welsh is the closest .

[XaW]

3 minutes ago, HenTheChicken said:

Think I just might have with my scot/lithuanian I just got

That's also a nice one!

2 minutes ago, MadCatPT said:

No, Guyana/English and Australian/Welsh is the closest .

Close, but no cigar!

[grff]

Royale Union Tubize-Braine: 2025/26 Season Review

Our first season in the Belgian top flight was a very tough test and it felt at times like we were way out of our depth. However, we picked up enough points along the way to finish just above the relegation places.

Player stats were way off what had been achieved before, however, this was always going to happen in a higher division.

The youth intake saw a fair few handy players come in. Last year's intake included a ball winning midfielder already valued at £8.4m.

 

No transfers out but some will be released in the coming week as they never feature in the first team squad.

Unfortunately, it looks as though my star striker is off at the end of the season as he's refusing a contract renewal. I'll hopefully sell him beforehand, then get him back on loan for a season.

Season history...

[OlivierL]

 

Youth Intake Preview

A 5 star CA player and two resolute personalities. i'm happy !

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A first eleven forward from The Republic of Ireland !

I love all those different nationalities !

 

 

Edited November 22, 2022 by OlivierL

[HenTheChicken]

 

it is what it is

[HenTheChicken]

always getting beat by the eventual winners, I'm pretty sure thats a good thing

[grff]

Quick question... is a long back allowed when selling a player?

[MadCatPT]

Just now, grff said:

Quick question... is a long back allowed when selling a player?

No.

[hubwub]

CDS Tampico Madero - Liga BBVA MX - 2026/2027

Warzone launch got the best of me. I'm back playing the game and look!!!

[hubwub]

10 hours ago, JAwtunes said:

Just looking through screenshots from FM20 and FM22 saves an I have increases in Ambition, Determination and Professional.  Ive also had decreases in Ambition but dont have any saves of decreases for determination or prof - but might have missed them.

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DETERMINATION

PROF

 

I've gotten increases in Determination and Professionalism in FM23. I need to figure out how to get consistency better for a player.

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[Daddy]

 

1 hour ago, XaW said:

That's also a nice one!

Close, but no cigar!

I have a player with DR Congolese, Serbian, and Swiss nationalities.

[XaW]

9 minutes ago, Daddy said:

 

I have a player with DR Congolese, Serbian, and Swiss nationalities.

Oh, that's just lovely!  

[JLAB]

Motor Lublin - Season 3 Review

Having gone from the winter break in such a strong position, I knew that were promised a good intake. Boy, did we get a good intake.

Jakub Tetych was the player with the best potential, and apart from his personality, looks very promising as a left-back.

Mateusz Nowak looks like a player who I will be using on the left wing a lot. Needs some work, but nothing like first-team experience and training in good facilities to do the trick.

Wojciech Madej is a CM that I am excited about having in the team. Looks like he could be a gem.

Damian Kotko is an DM that suits my tactic perfectly, being a DLP on Defend.

The last player that I am really excited about is Adam Koliałka, another CM who I think could be in the first team now. If he becomes more ambitious and gets some game time, he could be a star.

Going into the winter break, things were already looking good. So when we only lose 3 times and drop points in another 3 games, things looks very good. 7 wins in the last 13 games is a promising time indeed.

So when we managed to secure 3rd place and European football for the first time, it came as a massive shock. I honestly don't think we'll be ready for European football next season, but we'll give it a go either way.

Especially now that we've upgraded our training facilities for the 2nd time this season, and having spent £1.8M to upgrade it, it better be worth it.

We gained an extra 12.7K supporters as a result of our successful season.

Thankfully, the board don't want anything too ambitious, which is a good sign. I don't think we're ready to try and work anyone's world right now.

JLAB's YAC with Motor Lublin Part 6

[hubwub]

CDS Tampico Madero - Liga BBVA MX - 2026/2027

CLUB: PROFILE | FACILITIES | HONOURS | BOARD VISION | SUPPORTERS | FINANCES

MANAGER: CHARACTERISTICS | ATTRIBUTES

Liga BBVA MX Apertura

We finished 3rd with 10W-3D-4L at 33 points. This is our best points finish ever. We were equal on points with Chivas but we got seeded higher than them. We had a turning point when I took off Work Into The Box from our tactic.

We are now the Liga BBVA MX Apertura Champions!

Leagues Cup and Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League

Leagues Cup lost in the semi finals to penalties to America. The fact that we pushed America to penalties is a feat. They went on to win against Leon 1-0 in the final. I can't be too sad about that.

Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League went undefeated. I managed to beat the juggernaut that was Cruz Azul in the closing minutes of the game. That game should've been a draw or a loss.

Squad

Jordi Rocha 23C got injured during the first leg against Querétaro FC in the quarterfinal of the Liga BBVA MX match.

Youth Intake Preview

I'm not sure I need more goalkeepers! As for the rest, I will take it.

Miscellaneous

Guillermo Valdéz 24A, he is now the backup goalkeeper for Mexico. Chelsea are now lurking at the wings for his services.

Edited November 21, 2022 by hubwub

[thomas_e]

In my 6th season, two promotions and great progress, you would think the board should be positive towards improvements. I think I've asked the board 25 times if we can get an affiliate club to loan out players to. 25 enquiries, 25 times I have been declined. Consider that also loans are pretty much bugged this is very, very poor. Playing this challenge is as fun as ever, but this FM version really has some odd flaws.. 

[JAwtunes]

51 minutes ago, hubwub said:

I've gotten increases in Determination and Professionalism in FM23. I need to figure out how to get consistency better for a player.

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Ah, I was referring to the 'off-field events' emails you sometimes receive. XaW did confirm he has seen the ones I was missing.

Consistency and big matches can increase from game time so are more common in older players.  This is what SI said back in 2020 and I assume it's still correct.

https://www.footballmanager.com/the-byline/why-your-squad-needs-older-players-wednesday-wisdom

[OlivierL]

Season Preview | Competitions | League Player Stats | Club Vision | Supporters Profile | Honours

4.Deild B - 5th tier : We started with 0 points out of 4 games but afterwards we start winning and finished X with a really poor senior squad.

Cup: No cup action for us because of the DB issues. 

U21: no competition.

First XI| Overall Best XI | Transfers | Youth Intake 2023 

Not a very balanced squad and three of the first eleven players will retire.

Cataño had a great season and is our best player, not sure if i will be able to keep him much longer.

Finances & Upgrades

Profile Club | Finances | Facilities

We turned semi-pro right before the start of the season but we can't offer semi pro contract at the moment.

Iceland Watch

Next Season

Not a bad first season with a very strange senior qquad. I hope to make a bit of progression every year but am still far away from becoming a promotion candidate

 

Edited November 22, 2022 by OlivierL

[PequenoGenio]

11 horas atrás, JAwtunes disse:

Just looking through screenshots from FM20 and FM22 saves an I have increases in Ambition, Determination and Professional.  Ive also had decreases in Ambition but dont have any saves of decreases for determination or prof - but might have missed them.

  Mostrar conteúdo oculto

DETERMINATION

PROF

 

How i miss a good light skin

[JAwtunes]

2 minutes ago, PequenoGenio said:

How i miss a good light skin

Completely agree mate! I literally can't play on the dark skins. The light text on dark background makes me feel ill.

[darren1983]

So I have really struggled to get into this version of FM, nothing is really sticking so I have done what we all do when feeling lost. I've gone home:

Manager Profile

Let's take down the sportswashing Newcastle with a team of local lads 

[SkiIIs]

4 hours ago, hubwub said:

CDS Tampico Madero - Liga BBVA MX - 2026/2027

CLUB: PROFILE | FACILITIES | HONOURS | BOARD VISION | SUPPORTERS | FINANCES

MANAGER: CHARACTERISTICS | ATTRIBUTES

Liga BBVA MX Apertura

We finished 3rd with 10W-3D-4L at 33 points. This is our best points finish ever. We were equal on points with Chivas but we got seeded higher than them. We had a turning point when I took off Work Into The Box from our tactic.

We are now the Liga BBVA MX Apertura Champions!

Leagues Cup and Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League

Leagues Cup lost in the semi finals to penalties to America. The fact that we pushed America to penalties is a feat. They went on to win against Leon 1-0 in the final. I can't be too sad about that.

Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League went undefeated. I managed to beat the juggernaut that was Cruz Azul in the closing minutes of the game. That game should've been a draw or a loss.

Squad

Jordi Rocha 23C got injured during the first leg against Querétaro FC in the quarterfinal of the Liga BBVA MX match.

Youth Intake Preview

I'm not sure I need more goalkeepers! As for the rest, I will take it.

Miscellaneous

Guillermo Valdéz 24A, he is now the backup goalkeeper for Mexico. Chelsea are now lurking at the wings for his services.

Congrats on winning the first division by 2026!!  

Meanwhile im still stuck in expansion league in 2029 haha

[SkiIIs]

Season 6 - 2029 - Expansion League

Probably should go for a walk before posting but oh wells....

The year started off with two of my best players getting poached by First division teams. one where i could insert a sell on clause, the other that was approved by the Board which i couldnt do anything about.  Both players werent going to renew their contracts so I had no choice.

Players Sold:

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Sol has been everpresent for us since he first came through the youth ammassing 135 league apperances for the club despite his tender age.  We managed to negotiate to keep him for the remainder of the year plus a 50% sell on clause

 

Chacon had a breakout year last season scoring 14 goals and averaging 7.20 from left wing, would have been nice to keep him for another season or two

Let's get straight into the leagues. Started off like a house on fire in the opening stage then went wayward towards the end but managed to finish second in the league. We then managed to play 1 good game in each of our 2x leg knockouts in the QF, SF and Final to book our place in the final playoff game at the end of the year. 

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Closing stage we were pretty awful considering the where we've been fnishing in the league. We even missed out on qualifying directly into the QF's as we finished 5th.  We won our prelim game but then got embarrassed by UdeG in the QF.

Morelia were the winner of the closing stage so it was a repeat of the opening stage final. Morelia had to win in pens against UdeG 4 days before playing us and their team was a little jaded as we had a couple weeks off. Both legs are in the spoiler...  Unfrickenbelievable!!!!!   Feels like im never gonna get out of this division!

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To make things worse, we had our worst intake of the save:

Mascorro is the best of a bad bunch, dont really need a striker right now either:

[Bartrcm]

10 hours ago, grff said:

Royale Union Tubize-Braine: 2025/26 Season Review

Our first season in the Belgian top flight was a very tough test and it felt at times like we were way out of our depth. However, we picked up enough points along the way to finish just above the relegation places.

Player stats were way off what had been achieved before, however, this was always going to happen in a higher division.

The youth intake saw a fair few handy players come in. Last year's intake included a ball winning midfielder already valued at £8.4m.

 

No transfers out but some will be released in the coming week as they never feature in the first team squad.

Unfortunately, it looks as though my star striker is off at the end of the season as he's refusing a contract renewal. I'll hopefully sell him beforehand, then get him back on loan for a season.

Season history...

Great work. How are the finances?

[Redknapp_13]

Hapoel Ra'anana Season Review

Season 26/27

Table - Squad - U19 Squad - Transfers - Finances

Nice Season in the League Tel Aviv, finishing 8th and never been in danger of going down. I didnt overthink it this time and didnt change to a defensive tactic and it worked out. We have already alot of Academy players in the first 11. Especially in central midfield and all the offensiv positions we have godd players and depth. Liel Barrett 27A and Ben David 25B in the wider positions are our two best players right now. In central midfield its Liam Elkaslasy 25A and Avi Ben-Naim 24 H who are running the show. In Defense we have big holes and the only academy player, playing regularly in the first eleven is Eliko Hadassi 25D and he is making progress slowly. This unambitious personality does not help. The next two who will become first team regulars next season are Lidan Sa'ar 26A and Lior Gennish 25B.

Youth Intake 27

After the upgrades I was hoping for a good intake and the preview looked like a nice one. The only bad thing, it is again very offensive heavy with no central defenders or full backs and I need them,

Two wonderful players ins Ben - Melech and Bar-On and with good personalities and high determination. Then two Defensive midfielders but unfortunately nothing for the back line.

I will try to continue upgrade everything possible (finances in Israel are very nice) and survive in League Tel-Aviv

[DazRTaylor]

I have just noticed there is a Dutch tier 10 database out...

[MadCatPT]

Starting the season with 15 players, 2 of those GK's was scary, can't remember a time that I started with so few players. No left back, players with high wages and age. The backup GK wanted a move and was let go to be a backup to another team. At the start used one of the recommend options and formations from the Assistant Manager, Wing Play from a 4-3-3 DM. The start was not the best, but like Seagulls stealing food we stole a couple of wins with two late penalties. I quickly adjusted, checking the lack of pace of my team turned off the pass into space, and reduced the directness, the team blossomed after that. My front five had a10+ Vision and good Passing attributes and Off the Ball so they started scoring regularly, to help the defense I changed to a more possession based approached that also helped close out games.
Still struggled to deal with 2 striker partnerships, my central defense lacks quality players, luckily most of the league played with just 1 up front. With just 13 outfield players I had to use gray players to try and keep my players rested, had to change training to Team Bonding/Recovery on weeks with 2 games to do it also, when I rested the team I experimented on my tactics. When my tactic was familiar I started developing a second one in those games.
Was lucky in the FA Cup, always playing Non League, same level and two Vanarama National League teams in bad form, then when I got have got a Premier League team I faced WBA, still some nice money. After literally begging I was able to improve my Youth Recruitment and both training and youth facilities.
The Youth Intake brought instant relief to a team that was getting tired, and we went on a nice run, after that we started into bad form right into the Playoffs were we lost after extra time. Next season I don't expect such lofty highs, I was able to resign all the team back after the Intake, before they were asking for a lot of money, but the engine of my Team was a Vanarama National League rated player that did everything as a AP(a) in the midfield, he is now old and rated for the division below, I also resigned two old players that I normally let go but I don't have anyone at their level so even if they just give me half of what I got last season it should be enough to avoid relegation. Several of the other players I want to be able to let go next year, they are also getting old and Youngster should be able to replace them.
Next year wish list for the Youth Intake are a couple of central defenders and a right wing back.

Edited November 22, 2022 by MadCatPT

[The7Striker]

Just need a help around. You guys like to improve facilities and Youth coaching/ recruitment all around or you like to max something first ?

[Barnsley]

FC United Of Manchester - Season 8

I am a bit stuck for progress at the minute, going into my 9th season shortly. My youth players are okay, everytime I get a new one who i think will add strength, one of my other good ones considers his options and wants to leave. The part time and only being able to offer 1 year deals is really frustrating currently. I am not sure how to get out of this but I am nowhere near the top, and unable to get anywhere near it!

I think if i did get promoted i would come back down with the least amount of points possible. But if i could somehow get to Pro status, i would be able to develop the players better and this will give me the best chance overall going forward! 

Have tried every formation going, cannot stop conceding the goals balls over the top and one and one. 

Progress below of the 8 seasons to date:

[MadCatPT]

13 minutes ago, The7Striker said:

Just need a help around. You guys like to improve facilities and Youth coaching/ recruitment all around or you like to max something first ?

Due to the increasing cost of each, normally due to money constraints it's all around.

Facilities you need the money upfront and then need to pay for increasing costs, the Youth Coaching and Youth Recruitment you increase your costs. Normally there is a tendency to improve this latter two more since you don't need the money upfront.

[the_hdk]

Kaf Sin Kaf

Season 37/38 (15) - Super Lig

Transfers / Players

Great season ofcourse...but we ware very close to another treble but the cup finale was when Turiye was going to play so we missed 7 1st 11 players. Still 7th championship...one more to equal Trabzon. CL we ware close to an upset but Juve beat us with two goals in 90th and 94th min...so untill 89th min we ware in semi finals. very sad...I had to stop playing for few days after that. The cup was in the end won by Spurs so this could have been our year. Sadly our Izmir rivals Altay relagated after only one season in top flight.

This year we changed teh defence a bit. Our old captain AVCU left to Kasimpasa as a youngster passed him in skill. (BASTURK). Also in central defense DEMIRCAN left for Cambridge (newly promoted to Premier league) for 7mln and was reaplaced by BOZKURT. We will probably lose ATES as he already announced he's not going to extend his contract in 1,5 year. I declined 20 mln last year for him :(. Our greats (BAS, YALCIN and GULERYUZ) all extended their contract thankfully.

LEBRETON with 3rd Ballon d'Or in a row. New (French) Messi? First year we see three regens in the top list.

 

Not the greatest intake. I assume its because we are having world class players in our team now. SEN looks promising.

SEN has ok determination and work rate. Fairly proffesional...amazing Bravery and teamwork. Looks like a future starter.

 

[WhiteCat33]

33 minutes ago, The7Striker said:

Just need a help around. You guys like to improve facilities and Youth coaching/ recruitment all around or you like to max something first ?

I prioritize JR Coaching as it's the most instantaneous effect on increasing the quality of intake players. In larger nations like England upgrading Youth Recruitment too quickly can snowball the academy costs to unsustainable levels. There, the top priority for me is Youth Rating and Youth Facilities whenever I get transfer windfalls or cup earnings while watching the Youth Setup costs to make sure I can remain in budget. Small nations like Luxembourg I don't feel Youth Recruitment really impacts the save all that much especially if you start as an urban club. You need reputation to pull in players from distance and small nation teams like my ASL Porto have zilch.

[Barnsley]

27 minutes ago, MadCatPT said:

Due to the increasing cost of each, normally due to money constraints it's all around.

Facilities you need the money upfront and then need to pay for increasing costs, the Youth Coaching and Youth Recruitment you increase your costs. Normally there is a tendency to improve this latter two more since you don't need the money upfront.

I do youth recruitment and Jnr coaching as much as I can, and then try to save as much as possible for the facilities. Need a big chunk of money for facilities so takes time!

[Dereka]

Has anyone noticed differences in what does or doesn't work in FM23 regarding youth development, when compared to FM22? I still use the same approach, but the only change I've noticed is that fining young players for poor performances seems to be less effective this year. It's probably a good change too, because it felt a bit too easy raising Determination and Workrate last year with constantly fining.

[XaW]

3 minutes ago, Barnsley said:

I do youth recruitment and Jnr coaching as much as I can, and then try to save as much as possible for the facilities. Need a big chunk of money for facilities so takes time!

Pretty much the same I do. Would love to get facilities in earlier, but money is often hard to come by before reaching the top tiers.

[WhiteCat33]

15 minutes ago, Dereka said:

Has anyone noticed differences in what does or doesn't work in FM23 regarding youth development, when compared to FM22? I still use the same approach, but the only change I've noticed is that fining young players for poor performances seems to be less effective this year. It's probably a good change too, because it felt a bit too easy raising Determination and Workrate last year with constantly fining.

I haven't noticed a difference in the discipline-fine mechanic. They nerfed the effectiveness a few years ago so it wasn't every time you got the bump. Both in my England save and Luxembourg I've been able to see improvements with the fines. I even got the inbox notification that the discipline has improved the player once. It's maybe 1 pt a year, with Work Rate seeming to be easier to influence but that adds up.

Edited November 22, 2022 by WhiteCat33

[Barnsley]

I am really struggling to get to that next level, 8 years in, I just can't do it! I get a win, and then lose 2. can't find any consistency to push me forward.

[CardiffDragon]

 

Ho Ho How did the first season in the top tier of Finnish football go you may ask!

Well i am still here......we were forecast to finish at the bottom and be relegated but after a very good start to the season we held on to finish in 9th.

 

The big news of the year is that we turned professional and promptly lost almost £500,000, as the minimum wage is £240 for all signed players and this hit us hard financially, altough we have started to sell some shirts so there is a silver lining......a very very small one.

Personally i have started on the continental pro license so almost there with qualification, 

obviously with the finances there is no hope  of improving facilities for a long time unless we start earning in europe.

Youth intake

Not as many elites as the last few years but two that are almost ready to fit into the first team as subs.

We are losing a lot of the more mature players to retirement and our youngsters, bar one, are not quite ready to take their places so this is likely to be a transition year and ho ho hopefully we can ho ho hold on.

[Barnsley]

These graphic summaries are awesome - what do you guys use to create them?

[Shankly84]

Really struggling to get going on this one. Tried Estonia, but can’t get going after a few seasons. I’m also paranoid that additional added leagues aren’t going to function properly and it will be a waste. Estonia for instance, I beat a team in the relegation play-off only for them to still be promoted to the league the following season. 
 

Suspension rules as well!! 4 yellows is a ban, then a ban for every yellow on top of that. It’s been an absolute nightmare!! Not sure if that’s the actual rule, but it’s been crippling. 
 

Time to start again. Not sure where. Would probably prefer something already in the game and somewhere that hasn’t been completed yet. May even stray outside of Europe for once…

[WhiteCat33]

A.S. Luxembourgo Porto

Season 7 2029-30: Promotion D'Honneur (Tier 2)

Intro & Club | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 |

Matches | Squad |Facilities | Finances | Supporters

Competitions:

Cup

We had a magnificent cup run this season, which completely fixed our financial situation. Granted it was in part due to a very choice draw which saw us only face 1 BGL Ligue side before the final and they were the 13th place (and relegated) Mondorf. It took us till penalties to dispatch them and it sure was a sweet victory. In the final we basically rolled over to 4th place Fola Esch, but we still made it!

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League

As you can see I lied when I said I planned on slowing down with this second run in Luxembourg. We had a phenomenal season going undefeated the first 12 games, and then only registering 3 total defeats in the 30-game campaign. But it wasn't a walk in the park for the trophy. Luna Oberkorn was almost as unstoppable with their league destroying striker Amar Thill who no team could stop. The entire season we were within 1-2 points of each other and switched the lead 6 times. In the end we just edged them out 75 points to 74 with 41 GD to their 40. The previous record points total for Tier 2 was 72 points, both us and Luna beat it. What a season!

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Youth Academy:

Youth Intake Preview

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Youth Intake: Still bad personalities but a great CA DM for us and some other useful players. we are up to 60 Portuguese and 11 Cape Verde locations now!

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Best Prospects

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We gotta talk about Ricardo Brito, dude is perfect for us going up into the top flight getting a ready-made DLP designed for a switch to a 2DM system, which will be great moving into the tougher top flight.

Tiago Gonclaves is a potential “big” man PF.

Train Ricardo Santos at LB and we have the perfect bench FB sub

Best XI

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Club Infrastructure

Having a positive bank balance from the cup meant we could return to upgrades to JR Coaching & Youth Recruitment. Very unfortunately we didn't have enough to do a first Training facility upgrade, which will be a problem this summer when that **** promise turns 4 of my starters against me

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Transfers

This year wasn't too bad, but the activity from Portuguese clubs forced me to offer contracts to players who locked in the Training Facilities Promise so this summer will be ... interesting. On the outs this year were my 2nd and 3rd choice RM, my utility sub DM as well as my 3rd choice GK. The only starter departing was my LB & VC Rosalino 03a, but we got new FBs last intake and our new LB had speed so was better anyways. All losses easily covered by promoting the appropriate depth youth from the U21 squad and the seasons results speak to it.

Spoiler

Couldn't counter these due to him being upset form not upgrading Training facilities

In a twist my DM utility player apparently hates our club but enjoys playing for me? So wouldn't sign a new deal. annoying.

 

Coaching Badges

None

Thoughts

If we were keeping our whole squad over the summer I wouldn't be worried about next season but we are losing some seriously key players (most likely) due to the Training Promise - our Starting GK, CM(A), LM & Striker:

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 Offensively that's losing 29 goals and 16 assists in the league which is contributions to over half of our goals (68). While I have depth in all the positions, these are hands down the best players for each of their respective positions and as you can see they are developing well. Also there is the worry about Luna Oberkorn in the topflight with us next year as they will be fighting as well to beat the drop, so we will need these goals if they keep their squad together. 

With our 5* intake Ricardo Brito (who came after we guaranteed promotion so is signed to a 3 year + 2 year extension contract!!!!) we will be switching from my 4-5-1 with 1 DM to a 'deep' 4-2-3-1 2 DM system. I like the lower starting position of wide midfielders instead of Attacking Midfielders. The space left open for them as they cut inside has been crucial for our quick counter attacks as well as the AI still struggles to pick up CM(A) coming forward out of the midfield.

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To start I'll use the same instructions, but of course things may change once we see how it performs in the top-flight

To start next season, the board has just to "Attempt to avoid relegation from the BGL Ligue" but that's what I had last go around with ASSL Fels. Hopefully I don't have to find out if they'll be kind or cruel. Good news though that they will be building a new stadium! Our 250-capacity training field has felt tight this entire save, but at least it was cheap to maintain.

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Edited November 22, 2022 by WhiteCat33

[OlivierL]

17 hours ago, OlivierL said:

Season Preview | Competitions | League Player Stats | Club Vision | Supporters Profile | Honours

4.Deild B - 5th tier : We started with 0 points out of 4 games but afterwards we start winning and finished X with a really poor senior squad.

Cup: No cup action for us because of the DB issues. 

U21: no competition.

First XI| Overall Best XI | Transfers | Youth Intake 2023 

Not a very balanced squad and three of the first eleven players will retire.

Cataño had a great season and is our best player, not sure if i will be able to keep him much longer.

Finances & Upgrades

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We turned semi-pro right before the start of the season but we can't offer semi pro contract at the moment.

Iceland Watch

Next Season

Not a bad first season with a very strange senior qquad. I hope to make a bit of progression every year but am still far away from becoming a promotion candidate

 

There is a big chance that I will restart this save since someone is planning to release a good database without any cup and u19 issues for iceland . If this is the case I'll restart this adventure with Afrika, luckily I'm only in season 2.

[MadCatPT]

1 hour ago, Barnsley said:

These graphic summaries are awesome - what do you guys use to create them?

I used Canva, just searched for something to do it and it was the first that appeared, did a very simple one with it, was simple to use.

[CardiffDragon]

1 hour ago, Barnsley said:

These graphic summaries are awesome - what do you guys use to create them?

Yes i use canva as well, very easy to use

[HenTheChicken]

So... you're saying theres a chance?

[JAwtunes]

Yep I use Canva too