The FM23 Youth Academy Challenge

[The7Striker]

2 horas atrás, Brentmeister disse:

Quick question I hope someone can help me with:

My team doesn't have a controllable u18 squad that I can staff, and train only a B team, but it has players in a u18 squad that I can promote to the senior team? What's going on!?

 

So this guy is in my u18's, I can promote him, offer him a new contract, but I can't access the u18 squad and appoint staff?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you look on the squad filter on the right, only senior and B teams are available?

It might be a bug like the one in Scotland or maybe something to do with the club itself, like a shared U18 or  inative U18 league.

If I remember correctly, last year, U18 didn't enter in any Youth League.

 

# @Daddy inchile

Edited December 3, 2022 by The7Striker

[grff]

Royale Union Tubize-Braine: 2031/32 Season Review

A pretty disappointing follow up to our 6th place finish last season as we only managed to come 12th. We struggled in the European Group as our first choice striker was injured for the last 6 weeks of the campaign.

Player stats weren't the best as inconsistency was rife among the squad.

Youth intake was encouraging but only time will tell if any of the prospects make it.

Transfers

Season history...

[libbyshuss]

Season Summary

First season is Serie A! and to be honest, it felt like it was going ok but we were never more than 5 points away from relegation, which was a little close to comfort for my liking. When our final 6 games were against teams in the top 12 I started to worry, but luckily we pulled out a win against Udinese and stayed up. A fantastic achievement considering our squad. I expect next season to be another battle to stay up

Players

Vincenzo Capiluppi 29D showed he can perform as as a striker at Serie A level but he spent a lot of time suspended. He got sent off 3 times! He kept asking for weird contracts - 37k a week with a 2.1m release fee - until the end of the season when he finally settled for a team high 21.5k a week (with no release clause!). Still only 22, hopefully he can improve in Serie A

Raul Marin 33A - my best youth prospect. At the start of the season I threw him in as a 17 year, because why not? He was brilliant and was rewarded with his first full cap at the end of the season! Not only that but....

My second appearance in the NXGN list although I've yet to get an official wonderkid. Hopefully Marin will be the one! His £25m release fee is looking worrying now but he's playing hardball on a new contract

Youth

I was preparing myself for the funniest, worst youth intake of all time after that preview I got so when it came in I was weirdly disappointed. it was actually ok! Two elite talents isn't bad at all!

 

Finances and Upgrades

Serie A gave us 29m in TV money which was amazing. So with all that money you'd think the board would be falling over themselves offering us upgrades and you'd be wrong. We're still stuck on average junior coaching level. They will not shift! One lousy training ground upgrade was all they gave me

 

Career

 

 

[MacronQLF]

 

 

TECOS FC END OF THE SEASON 2026-2027

 

Hello fellows coachs , a rough year we got, and it started very bad, as the club was in a terrible state financially ( when we climbed in first division then got relegated the wages of the players did go up a bit as they all wanted new contracts ) and we had like 2.5 millions deficit, so the board director decided to sell my 3 best players for a bargain without letting me even negociated

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For Jesus alonso ( our best player , a central defender ) it wasn't surprising as he was starting to be too good for the club but for Alejandro Cruz ( our only pacey striker ) and Juan Pablo Rangel ( our only creative midfielder ) it was very disapoiting as the comity director selled them for minimum value when they were the pillars of the team, and we really struggled for the closing stage finishing 7th with a very poor game quality and a deserved elimination in the first round of the playoff

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In the mid season i took a break of the game and took some time off to rethink all my tactics as nothing was working as we lose our best players, i took the decision of stopping try to fit my best players on the team and to play more pragmatic tactics and it works better as we finished 5th in the apertura but sadly we lost like in closing stage in the first game of the playoff , killing our chances to go up with a defeat 3-2 when 2 of the goals conceded come from big defensives mistakes from my defenders . 

Defenders are still our biggest weakness in term of players quality and it showed sadly in the season,

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Here the team we played with this year with our two best players, im hoping to keep them next season cause i really want to construct my team around them 

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This year i totally forgot to screen shot the youth player preview , im really sorry but here the youth player promotion, not really a good year like last year, i will change my HOYD this year as we dont have enough quality youngwise and im hoping for better personnality 

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Crossing fingers that we don't lose more talents this off season, let's hope to win the second division !

[BigJack]

FC United 2033/34 - Season 11

Season Preview

Preview

Predicted Finish: 21st.

Competitions

Overview

League 2 - League Table (2nd)

FA Cup - Knocked out in 1st round by Ipswich.

Carabao Cup - Knocked out in 2nd round by Leeds.

PJ Trophy - Knocked out in 3rd round by Newcastle u21s.

Its been a fantastic first season as a professional side. We was predicted to finish 21st but we started well with 3 wins and 2 draws and just kept up the consistency all season. Looking at the Past positions graph, we stayed in the top 7 all season and we sealed promotion with 3 games to play. We even sat top heading into the final game which was at home against 11th placed Barrow but we just didn't perform and a 2-1 loss meant Salford nicked it on the last day. Still to seal back to back promotions is not something I expected but the change to full time has really seen the squad improve and I am hopeful we can avoid a relegation battle next season. 

Playing Squad

Squad    Transfers    Best 11

Another solid season and one were we have a few new faces step in and really perform. With Onyeka my only senior striker after Jones 28c left in the summer. It was time to give Chaplow 31c, Petrie 33a, Liddle 33c and Jewell 33d their breakthroughs and they all was brilliant. Chaplow 31c and Petrie 33a have developed a really good partnership and I am hopeful of them scoring more next season even at a higher level. Other players to mention are Jarman 32a who has started to nail down the RB spot this season. Also our 2 star men in Crayston 31a and Brook 30b who were both brilliant this season. Brook 30b took to this level really well and both have been getting bidded on all season with Brook happy to stay but Crayston has said he wants to leave. 

Youth Development

 Preview    Intake

A promising preview but on first looks the intake doesn't look as good as previous years if looking at depth. We have had 2 CMs come through who both look like they can play a part in our first team.  Wood 34a has already played a few games and Kaminski 34b will get games next season as CM is a position we are not blessed with lots of capable players.

Wood 34a

Kaminski 34b

Macormac 34c

Mead 34d

Finances and Facilities

Finances    Facilities

Shortly after last season finished the board announced a Stadium Expansion. The costs of this added to youth set up costs, which trebled with the change to full time from £74k to £294k has seen us lose around £215k a month. I fear I will need to sell someone this summer to fund next season. 

Other

Club Records    Overall best 11

We had our most players away on international duty this season with 12 international call ups at one point.

Edited December 3, 2022 by BigJack

[DazRTaylor]

@darren1983Scotland.  Holiday until 6 May 2023 and save.  Holiday one more day and see who is in the promotion playoff.  If it is the team you want, save again and make sure they win the playoff.  Then proceed to 25 June 2023 for the start of the season.

Wales.  Save on 13 May 2023 for different teams.  Season reset is 25 June 2025.

[helminho]

Table  -  League stats  -  Squad  -  Transfers

Most important establish players: Franzoni, Crescenzo and Semprini

The intake of Youth-candidates

Most promising youth-candidates: Fiorentino, Caterisano and Sclafani

[Daddy]

First try in Romania and took a little bit to get this team I identified as wanting to play. Training facilities are low, but the youth facilities come in strong which was the appeal.

Well not much is expected, which I actually expected since it took a while to get these guys promoted.  

I went with Craft, which I think I've never used before. I can't remember, but in my head I haven't so new country new kits. I did however go back to Rubbermaid, it's just a good sponsor on all kits I've found.

[gb2003]

Karşıyaka SK

Season 4 -  2026/27| TFF 1.Lig - 14th (Media:18th) | Cup - 5th Round

What a bad season. I struggled first half of the season and was at the bottom of the league. I changed my tactic after the winter break, so I got the turnaround with not so much goals but a stable defense to avoid the relegation. I don't know what happend because I use my tactic since fm 17 and was always successful, even won the champions league with this tactic in all the years with different teams and leagues. I optimize my tactic for every fm but the tactic is my "baby" and it's really hard to give up the tactic for the 1st time since 6 years. Maybe the new patch doesn't work with my tactic anymore.

Maybe it's because my team a little bit unhappy. Mehmet Kalkan, Umut Kilic & Murat Tükenmez want to leave me for better teams. Mehmet struggled with some injuries ( 3 times 4-6 weeks out) and scored "only" 23 goals but is still my best player. I had so many offers from better teams like Galatasaray, Mainz, Stuttgart, Trabzon (champion süper lig) and so much more but I rejected every offer. He wasn't unhappy because we had an agreement that he can go when we get a good offer. Now he is in his last year and I don't know if I should take the money from 500k - 1 mio or I still reject every offer because I don't have another good striker. My 2nd striker Fatih Tasdelen want to leave me at the end of the season and I have still no new youth players with good attributes as a striker. Really a hard decision to make because 500k is much money. My Youth income is really good and another year with really good fullbacks.

 

Manager | Transfers | Overview | League Table | League Stats | Club Overview | Facilities |Squad |Squad Stats |Youth income 1 | Youth income 2

Top 3 players

Mehmet Kalkan - 31 games - 23 goals - 1 assists - 11 POM - 7.04

Umut Kilic - 31 games - 2 goals - 0 assists - 1 POM - 7.14

Murat Tükenmez - 28 games - 0 goals - 1 assists - 4 POM - 7.07

 

Top 3 prospects

Yasin Güleryüz - center midfield

Gökay Dincel - Right back

Görkem Iyik - Left back

 

Edited December 19, 2022 by gb2003

[WhiteCat33]

A.S. Luxembourgo Porto

Season 14 2036-37 BGL Ligue (Tier 1)

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Intro & Club | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 |Season 7 |Season 8 | Season 9 | Season 10 | Season 11 | Season 12 | Season 13 |

Matches | Squad | Transfers |Facilities | Finances | Supporters

Competitions:

Conference League

We repeated our performance here exiting in the 2nd QF Round. This time we beat a Faroe Islands squad handidly, before our stars all got upset trying to move and decided to stop scoring. Oh well, we made the same ~500k, which is welcomed.

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Cup

We had a harder draw this year playing the ex-Professional side Una Strassen in the Quarterfinals and squeaked a 2-1 win to set up a rematch with the big dog Swift Hesperange. We went down just before halftime. I fired up the boys at half time, but it took till the 70' subs for us pull a quick double-fire goals to reclaim the trophy!

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League

What a campaign! We were top 3 the entire season and actually spent 7 weeks in first during the middle of the season. Our defense was better this year (with some developing CBs), but really the reason we actually were tied on points with Swift Hesperange for weeks 20 - 29 was due to them dropping points from Europa League congestion. Guess they heard my praise from a Conference League Group stage and decided to do me one better. They got slaughtered of course winning just one game ranking dead last #36 in the phase. To be fair these are some generally quality teams who won just 1 match with them.

Anyways, the extra games & constant losses made them lose/draw some games they should have won giving us an actual chance. In the end their solid defense allowed them to register the superior GD of +66 to our +50, with our final day draw dropping us down on points as well.

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Youth Academy:

Before I talk about the players, I need to address the crazy Youth Setup increase this year. Last season we upgraded Training Facilities to Basic, and over the summer we did the final Junior Coaching Upgrade to Exceptional as well as our Reputation went up from 1.0 to 1.5 Stars.

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Why is this important? Because this combination saw our Youth Setup costs increase by almost 10x in one season:

With this insane jump in expenditure the bar was sky high for our still original HOYD (after GM shenanigans) Scott Braun. I took it as a good sign that over the summer we had our first Poached Player of the save. 

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Youth Intake Preview

Oh man I got excited with this preview. You know how I've been moaning about my awful Goalkeepers all save? Well, Scott claims to have found TWO in this intake and he says both are leading this next Golden Generation.

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Youth Intake

No F'n Way he did it! I was speechless. He's been our HOYD for 10 years and has never delivered a GK. Then out of nowhere he gifts us with two exceptional prospects as well as a few other players first-team ready. Dude just saved his job, I'll wait probably 5 more years till I look to upgrade personality/reputation.

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Best Prospects

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Let's meet my new Goalkeepers:

And here is their direct comparison:

When they are lined up head-to-head imo the choice is Mario Priegue due to his superior Goalkeeping-skill attributes. I really don’t like the bad 1v1 and Comm. FINALLY I have an actual decision to make about Goalkeepers, thank you FM Gods!

Next up is Bruno Carvalho as our LM. Our current player is one of the ‘old’ men of the squad from the Y05 intake, so some fresh talent is welcome. Will let me clear out the non-developing 18-20 year olds hanging around the squad.

Happy to get a new CB as again I could use fresh options as the old player has become a liability and I don't have young depth.

This DM could be a useful addition to our midfield rotation especially if I focus train his defensive attributes to help us match-up better

Then good timing to get another striker as again the older players used to high gametime are now upset to being bench players. Very slow player so limited use in Europe but should be a good backup for domestic play.

Second striker is more AF so I can see him having a higher ceiling of use, though again for sure backups / spares for emergencies.

Best XI

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Youth Products Highlights

We have a definite Golden Generation of Y10 & Y11 with an argument to be made that our two Y09 players should be included as well. I'll just quick screenshot everyone. Notice the long contracts I have on the Y10 & Y11 players. 4 to 5 years will carry them hopefully till we are strong enough to convince them to sign new contracts.

Year 09: CB Jose Anastacio 09c & CM Nuno Miguel 09a

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Year 10: CM Ablito Monteiro 10a ; RM Emidio D-Avila 10b & ST Joao Pedro 10c

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Year 11: ST Fabio Algarvio 11a & CB/DM Miguel Ribeiro 11g (Obviously this is the welcome new addition to the group and my first defensive talent)

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Thoughts

We are living the dream here in Luxembourg! We have all the pieces now to begin to form a solid defense to go with our offense, to not just challenge domestically but begin pushing deeper in Europe. The only weakness left (besides of course depth) would be our FBs who are useless going forward but have become at least defensively competent. With how attacking our midfield is though we aren't lacking offensive options. Now the real challenge will be to keep the board from selling players out from under us. No one has release clauses (amazing luck with our 1 Agent) so when Portuguese sides come knocking we can shoo them off. 

Interesting aside that while our players are good domestically there are sufficient LUX players being generated in Germany, France & Portugal that my players are struggling to get U21 callups. For the national team there are many naturalized LUX players, but my guys are still very young so there's plenty of time for our first National Team player.

Edited December 3, 2022 by WhiteCat33

[The7Striker]

@Daddy Romania is very nice country. I did a save last year and newgens are good.

Good luck 

[Neo_Geo]

In-laws visiting this weekend……miss my Swiss save.

[Barnsley]

I am in awe of everyones graphics and tables. love that side of things! keep up the good work everyone, it is brilliant to see this thread flying too.

[Barnsley]

My youth intake had a nice little player 15yo Nigerian born keeper - Meet Mr Samuel Bassey. Bare in mind i am still in the conference north, I cannot believe this guy has come through! my keeper at the minute is terrible so this is perfect! Could be the next step for me! over the moon!

[XaW]

    

XaW - Marine A.F.C. - Season 2029/39 (Season 7) - Sky Bet Championship

Squad | Transfers | Finances

A great season for us in our first season in the 2nd highest tier. The season started quite harsh as we lost the first 3 matches, but then we seemed to understand what we had to do to compete at this level and started pick up points. As the season went on we slowly climbed up the table and at times looked like we could possibly reach the playoffs. With a single match left, we had an outside chance as we were 2 points off Blackpool. However, a draw away to Burnley made sure we couldn't fight for anything more. Still, an excellent first outing at this level, and lots of good experience for the players. After the patch hit, my tactic got so much more effective as well, so based on that, I might have a chance of taking the final step up the national ladder next season, but it won't be easy.

Also, the board has finally started to let us improve the facilities, so I'm asking for all I can.

Also, more details on the stadium! Will be done in a few years.

FA Cup: We beat Fulham, Fleetwood, Liverpool. and Man United in a mesmerizing run that ended against Southampton in the semi final at Wembley. So close to an epic final!
League Cup: We beat Plymouth and Norwich before we lost to Man United in the 3rd round.

U21 Team:

They finished 9th in the U21 Division 3 this season.

U18 Team:

They finished 2nd in the U18 Youth Alliance League North West this season.

FA Youth Cup: They beat Bristol Rovers before they lost to Man City in the 4th round.
U18 Youth Alliance Cup:  They got a group with Wrexham, Bamber Bridge, Doncaster, and Hartlepool where they finished 2nd and qualified for the knockout rounds. There they lost to Gateshead in the quarter final.

Youth intake:

Trophy cabinet

League One - 1 (2028/29)
Vanarama National League - 1 (2026/27)

EFL Trophy - 1 (2028/29)
FA Trophy - 1 (2025/26)

U18s - National U18 League South East - 2 (2025/26, 2026/27)

Player statistics:

Most apps for the clubs

Name				Nation			2nd Nation	Apps
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Eden Mboyo 24g			England			DR Congo	268
Maine Croasdale 24f		England			Ireland		247
Louis Stott 26j			Australia		England		234
Cyril Madu 25h			England			Nigeria		232
Howard Meek 25c			England			<N/A>		224

Most goals for the club

Name				Nation			2nd Nation	Goals
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Cyril Madu 25h			England			Nigeria		103
Ousmane Bangoura 26c		Scotland		Guina		84
Martin Rigo 27d			Slovakia		England		42
Louis Stott 26j			Australia		England		41
Andy Hamilton 25i		Scotland		<N/A>		35

Most assists for the club

Name				Nation			2nd Nation	Assists
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Ousmane Bangoura 26c		Scotland		Guina		53
Gary Mensah 25e			England			<N/A>		35
Mason Darlow 27e		England			Ireland		35
Cyril Madu 25h			England			Nigeria		33
Jonathan Curtis 26e		England			<N/A>		30

Supporters:

Summary:

[Barnsley]

FC United - 2035/2036 - Season 13 - Unlucky for some......

But not for me this time! finally, the 13th season of the challenge, we have won the playoffs and are out of the Vanarama North! We had a barnstorming second half of the season which propelled us from mid table to finish 3rd, with a record points haul. Still not enough to take top spot. We eased past Southport in the playoff final where we faced St Albans who came 2nd. a 1-0 closely fought win at Wembley. Finally! We move to the Vanarama National.

I actually think this is the start of something very good, the squad has some quality, a good blend of new youth and some experienced youth from the years. Our youth setup is good too, and a little bit of cash left in hopefully they will make us professional or the cash will go towards an upgrade as soon as possible. Over the moon with that one, progression and persistence. that was the 4th time in the playoffs in 5 seasons, I deserved the promotion this time!

Season Summaries:

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Year	22/23	23/24	25/26	26/27	27/28	28/29	29/30	30/31	31/32	32/33	33/34	34/35	35/36
League	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North
Prediction	18th	24th	22nd	19th	19th	18th	14th	20th	17th	14th	14th	14th	10th
Comments									Lost in playoffs	Lost in playoff final		Lost in playoffs	WON PLAYOFFS
Place	12th	20th	14th	15th	20th	12th	11th	17th	7th	3rd	16th	3rd	3rd
Played	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
Won	17	15	15	17	13	17	18	15	22	25	14	26	27
Draw	11	7	14	4	7	8	12	4	6	10	10	10	10
Loss	18	24	17	25	26	21	16	27	18	11	22	10	9
GF	63	85	81	90	60	77	86	70	98	110	91	106	112
GA	65	82	84	96	84	93	82	89	89	77	100	72	59
GD	-2	3	-3	-6	-24	-16	4	-19	9	33	-9	34	53
PTS	62	52	59	55	46	59	66	49	72	85	52	88	91
Fa Cup	4th Qual	1st Rd	3rd Qual	4th Qual	4th Qual	4th Qual	4th Qual	4th Qual	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	2nd Qual	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd
FA Trophy	Semi	3rd Rd	2nd Rd	2nd Rd	2nd Rd	2nd Rd	4th Rd	2nd Rd	4th Rnd	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd
Top Scorer (League)	Bright Amoateng	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor
Goals (League)	18	43	33	47	37	44	44	40	49	45	48	48	49
Training Facilities		Basic	Basic	Basic	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Adequate
Youth Facilities		Basic	Below Average	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Average	Good	Good	Good
Youth Level		4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Youth Recruitment		Average	Above Average	Adequate	Good	Excellent	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional
Junior Coaching		Average	Adequate	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional
Balance 1st July		£94,000.00	£885,000.00	£294,000.00	£214,000.00	£642,000.00	£802,000.00	£836,000.00	£1,153,000.00	£2,177,700.00	£591,674.00	£1,269,000.00	£824,000.00
Capacity	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400
Average Attendendance	2335	2285	2384	2406	2386	2342	2420	2293	2602	2763	2442	2877	2712
Season Ticket Holders		2056	2056	2056	2056	2056	2056	2056	2056	2158	2265	2265	2265
Price		£149.00	£149.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00	£147.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00
Match Ticket		£11.00	£11.00	£11.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00

Anthony Connor - The boy from Manchester, moved on to 531 league goals in 530 league games. Hoping he can be as prolific in the next few seasons. He has been one of my favourite all time FM players and I have been playing this since CM97-98!

[Daddy]

4 hours ago, The7Striker said:

@Daddy Romania is very nice country. I did a save last year and newgens are good.

Good luck 

Thanks. I had my eye on it before but with the third league being unplayable I thought it was ineligible until I saw people saying to take a team promoted from there. 

[Makoto Nakamura]

Welcome to New Zealand! We're in for a tough time when this guy is the best player at the club:

We have no midfield and eight strikers.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2024 End of Season Review

An awfully tight league! Last in game eight, 3rd in game ten and back to 7th in game twelve but we manage to finish up in 6th with 14 points more than last season, progress!

 

2024 Best XI

Alex Groves

Sean Sutton - Michael Bull - Liam Thomas - George Grogan

Ryan Taylor - Ron Freeman

Declan Dowling                                                             Ben Bidois

 

Caleb Wilson - Milan Filipović

Our first intake! Quite a few second nationalities but I don't quite know what to make of this.

[fries]

7 hours ago, Barnsley said:

FC United - 2035/2036 - Season 13 - Unlucky for some......

But not for me this time! finally, the 13th season of the challenge, we have won the playoffs and are out of the Vanarama North! We had a barnstorming second half of the season which propelled us from mid table to finish 3rd, with a record points haul. Still not enough to take top spot. We eased past Southport in the playoff final where we faced St Albans who came 2nd. a 1-0 closely fought win at Wembley. Finally! We move to the Vanarama National.

I actually think this is the start of something very good, the squad has some quality, a good blend of new youth and some experienced youth from the years. Our youth setup is good too, and a little bit of cash left in hopefully they will make us professional or the cash will go towards an upgrade as soon as possible. Over the moon with that one, progression and persistence. that was the 4th time in the playoffs in 5 seasons, I deserved the promotion this time!

Season Summaries:

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Year	22/23	23/24	25/26	26/27	27/28	28/29	29/30	30/31	31/32	32/33	33/34	34/35	35/36
League	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North	Van North
Prediction	18th	24th	22nd	19th	19th	18th	14th	20th	17th	14th	14th	14th	10th
Comments									Lost in playoffs	Lost in playoff final		Lost in playoffs	WON PLAYOFFS
Place	12th	20th	14th	15th	20th	12th	11th	17th	7th	3rd	16th	3rd	3rd
Played	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
Won	17	15	15	17	13	17	18	15	22	25	14	26	27
Draw	11	7	14	4	7	8	12	4	6	10	10	10	10
Loss	18	24	17	25	26	21	16	27	18	11	22	10	9
GF	63	85	81	90	60	77	86	70	98	110	91	106	112
GA	65	82	84	96	84	93	82	89	89	77	100	72	59
GD	-2	3	-3	-6	-24	-16	4	-19	9	33	-9	34	53
PTS	62	52	59	55	46	59	66	49	72	85	52	88	91
Fa Cup	4th Qual	1st Rd	3rd Qual	4th Qual	4th Qual	4th Qual	4th Qual	4th Qual	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	2nd Qual	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd
FA Trophy	Semi	3rd Rd	2nd Rd	2nd Rd	2nd Rd	2nd Rd	4th Rd	2nd Rd	4th Rnd	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd
Top Scorer (League)	Bright Amoateng	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor	Anthony Connor
Goals (League)	18	43	33	47	37	44	44	40	49	45	48	48	49
Training Facilities		Basic	Basic	Basic	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Below Average	Adequate
Youth Facilities		Basic	Below Average	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Average	Good	Good	Good
Youth Level		4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Youth Recruitment		Average	Above Average	Adequate	Good	Excellent	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional
Junior Coaching		Average	Adequate	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional
Balance 1st July		£94,000.00	£885,000.00	£294,000.00	£214,000.00	£642,000.00	£802,000.00	£836,000.00	£1,153,000.00	£2,177,700.00	£591,674.00	£1,269,000.00	£824,000.00
Capacity	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400	4400
Average Attendendance	2335	2285	2384	2406	2386	2342	2420	2293	2602	2763	2442	2877	2712
Season Ticket Holders		2056	2056	2056	2056	2056	2056	2056	2056	2158	2265	2265	2265
Price		£149.00	£149.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00	£147.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00	£148.00
Match Ticket		£11.00	£11.00	£11.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00	£10.00

Anthony Connor - The boy from Manchester, moved on to 531 league goals in 530 league games. Hoping he can be as prolific in the next few seasons. He has been one of my favourite all time FM players and I have been playing this since CM97-98!

Well deserved! I hope you are on a roll now.

That striker and his numbers are like a dream for a lower league team.

[Barnsley]

2 hours ago, fries said:

Well deserved! I hope you are on a roll now.

That striker and his numbers are like a dream for a lower league team.

Yeah, he's right up there with my all time favourite players for sure. Incredible I actually got him on season 3 with awful recruitment and awful facilities. But he came through with 14-15 finishing and some pace so he was perfect for this level. He wouldn't be anywhere near these goals if I didn't spend 13 seasons down here  feel like Conference National will be his level and possibly not bad in league two. 

Bit concerned about the 5 year board plan - initially we spent 13 seasons and it was only the last few when we were hitting the playoffs that they wanted me to push mid table of the league. They already want me to hit playoffs this season first time, and in 5 years gain promotion from League Two! not sure how realistic that is.

[Brentmeister]

I'm giving Austria another go and I've found the perfect team to do it. If I can't do it with these, I can't do it at all!

I had to sim for 2 seasons (I hope this is allowed) because they had fallen into the 4th tier.

 

FC Wacker Innsbruck

FC Wacker Innsbruck, FKA Tirol Innsbruck won the Austrian Bundesliga for 3 straight years in the early 21st century, shortly after they filed for bankruptcy and eventually lost their Bundesliga licence before disbanding completely.

FC Wacker Innsbruck were formed in 2002 and consider themselves as successors to Tirol, although legally they have no claim to any previous honours won.

So this is essentially a fallen giant and a phoenix club all in one. They also start with amazing facilities.

 

 

Edited December 4, 2022 by Brentmeister

[Makoto Nakamura]

2025 End of Season Review

We managed to be even worse than last season, if only we could take our friendly form into the league. Still, it's another 6th placed finish.

Overall Best XI

2025 Best XI

Alex Groves

Sean Sutton - Michael Bull - David Clarke (YP1a) - Ben Bidois

Ryan Taylor - Simon Sellar (YP1k)

Declan Dowling                                                             Dylan Curry (YP1c)

 

Caleb Wilson - Darren Roxburgh

Terrible personalities.

[Connor]

Hi all

Am very interested in this and making it my main save this year. A question though I have a "create a club" idea, have had kits created, badge etc, is there anyway I can go about replacing a promoted club with this one, to use that in the challenge?

Is that allowed?

If so, how would I go about doing that?

Thanks in advance!

[libbyshuss]

11 hours ago, Barnsley said:

But not for me this time! finally, the 13th season of the challenge, we have won the playoffs and are out of the Vanarama North!

congratulations!!! well deserved just for sticking it out!

whenever I've done Engalnd getting out of the National regionals was always by far the hardest. Hopefully you'll find yourself flying up the leagues now!

[Brentmeister]

52 minutes ago, Connor said:

Hi all

Am very interested in this and making it my main save this year. A question though I have a "create a club" idea, have had kits created, badge etc, is there anyway I can go about replacing a promoted club with this one, to use that in the challenge?

Is that allowed?

If so, how would I go about doing that?

Thanks in advance!

Maybe you could pick a team who always gets promoted (FC United, South Shields, Truro) and just edit all their details in the pre game editor, then sim until they're available?

Not sure if allowed?

[The7Striker]

I belive it isnt.

@darren1983 and @XaW can give a help around please ? 

[russ the womble]

Season 6 (2028)

Another mid table finish..

My team did improve quite a bit this season, but the board also decided to sell Kristian Aadland to Sapsborg for £40k and without any sell on clause  I tried to offer to others for £10k + 50% sell on and no one made an offer. What I have found is that offers can be cancelled if I trigger a contract extension but did not have that option with KA.

I also had my Youth Facilities downgraded at the end of season and still can't request an upgrade at present, so that's not good!

Youths:

Sami-Daniel Overhaug

Spoiler

Straight into the first team, and now up to 4 stars. Ended as top scorer after Aadland was sold.

Trym Rosendal Nyhagen

Spoiler

Started as two stars at the beginning of season and progressed well. Now wanted by Tromso. Will need to try and get a replacement lined up given the tendencies of the board!

Erling Rangoy Holte

Spoiler

Decent progress, and does a job, but can't see him being a fantastic player in the future. May sell on if I get the chance.

Samuel Luhovy

Spoiler

Slight progress, but likely will be first teamer next season with some of the OG defenders aging and in decline. Still great potential.

Edgaras Zutautas

Spoiler

New on the scene, decently performing midfielder with great potential. Will be playing regularly next season.

Preben Mahamed

Spoiler

Slight improverment but not as much as hoped! Will see how he goes next season or two but will splice in some of the other keepers for a bit of experience.

 

 

 

 

[Vlach]

 

Youth Intake 2024

 

First Youth intake - i do not have an HOYD, simply no one wants to do the job for us

Since I am down to 12 players in the regular team i will try to sign all of the youngsters. Some of them anyway are probably already better then my adult players. Especially happy that i got a decent backup GK

 

 

 

[Makoto Nakamura]

2026 End of Season Review

We're very consistent! Up to 5th place this season and we finish with  positive goal difference!

Overall Best XI

2026 Best XI

Alex Groves

Sean Sutton - Michael Bull - David Clarke (YP1a) - Ben Bidois

Ryan Taylor - Simon Sellar (YP1k)

Declan Dowling                                                             Dylan Curry (YP1c)

 

Milan Filipović - Josh Lee (YP1d)

They're all shocking.

[helminho]

Table  -  League stats  -  Squad  -  Transfers

Most important establish players: Alonzi, Giordani, Berlusconi and Imbastro

The intake of Youth-candidates

Most promising youth-candidates: Aliperta, Mancuso, Mascheroni and Bettin

Note: Picture in the bottom is my private from a home game with Trastevere in Serie D 2019.

[fries]

Premier League

2032/33 (season 10)

Season Summary

The first season in the Premier League. The season flies by when you only play 38 league games and a few cup games.

We managed to secure another season! With 6 games to go my assistant manager suggested holding a team meeting to tell the players how important the next game would be to avoid relegation. I followed his advice and we managed to beat the later champions Liverpool 3-0 home in South Shields! The only win against a top 10 team this season. After the surprising win we won the next two games too. And relegation was officially avoided.

Patrick Walters is still my most important player. He scored well with 14 goals. The other two strikers Toby Walters and Byran also contributed with some good numbers.

Zerrouki did well in the goal and N'Guessan did well in the defense. My midfielders also played very well, with Smith as my best player. Douglas, Glover, McCarthy, and Malley were also performing well.

Jack Smith is without a doubt my best player. He is my first player that has the wonderkid description. Unfortunately, his contract is expiring in just a year. I have tried every week for the last 1.5 years to renew it. But he doesn't think the team is strong enough to fulfill his ambitions. I think I will keep him for the last year. Unless some team comes with an astronomous bid. But we don't lack money in the Premier League. 

I had 2 players on the NXGN list. Smith was number two on the list. And yes he is "the next Paul Gascoigne". While Toby Walters was my other player on the list.

A surprising award was that Toby Walters won the European Golden Boy. Most of his goals listed here was unfortunately from last season.

 

The youth intake preview looked very promising after a few years of disappointing previews.


Unfortunately, there was only one elite talent in the intake, and he plays a wide position that I don't use. But with 9 top talents, I think a few players will get to the first team in a few years.

Maddison is the only elite talent from this intake. I don't really know what to do with him.

No transfers of significance this season.

Finances and Upgrades

With Premier League status the money started to flow in. We managed to upgrade both the training and youth facilities once, and we are currently working on the second upgrade of both.

Before the season we increased the youth level to level 2.

We also moved into our new almost 15,000 seater stadium. We already sold out all the season tickets in the first season. The board agreed to expand the stadium to around 19,300 seats. I am afraid we are constrained by a too-small stadium for the next 24 years.

Next season
Next season, I just hope I eventually get to renew Smith's contract. And of course that we avoid relegation again.

 

EDIT:
We expand the stadium a bit more than first planned. Meanwhile, we will play our games at St. James' Park in Newcastle, half an hour from South Shields.

Edited December 10, 2022 by fries

[JAwtunes]

Cardiff Corinthians - start of 2041/42 (s20)

I don't normally showcase my players but am making an exception for my young superstar.  We have already had to reject offers from the Premier League and it won't be long until he is demanding a move away, but we will enjoy him while we have him.

Andrew Catherall 39b (17 years old)

Striker (occasional Attacking Mid)

4 U21 caps for England

Wonderkid

31st in NxGn award last season

Club Legend after 82 first team games

[grff]

Royale Union Tubize-Braine: 2032/33 Season Review

Heartbreak as we made it all the way to the Belgian Cup final but lost on penalties to Standard Liege Our league campaign saw us finish mid-table again as we missed out on a European spot.

The player stats were a mixed bag and we were too inconsistent when needed.

Our youth intake saw a couple of potentials but the vast majority of them were released. Our young DM was voted the NXGN winner.

 

Transfers carried out.

Season history (best achievements in green)

[XaW]

4 hours ago, Connor said:

Hi all

Am very interested in this and making it my main save this year. A question though I have a "create a club" idea, have had kits created, badge etc, is there anyway I can go about replacing a promoted club with this one, to use that in the challenge?

Is that allowed?

If so, how would I go about doing that?

Thanks in advance!

Don't think we allow create a club here. @darren1983?

[Makoto Nakamura]

2027 End of Season Review

Up to 4th, minor improvements!  

Overall Best XI

2027 Best XI

Alex Groves

Sean Sutton - Michael Bull - David Clarke (YP1a) - Kenneth Gori

Ryan Taylor - Simon Sellar (YP1k)

Declan Dowling                                                             Ben Bidois

 

Milan Filipović - Darren Roxburgh

They're all shocking. Again.

[darren1983]

28 minutes ago, XaW said:

Don't think we allow create a club here. @darren1983?

Sorry, meant to reply earlier but got distracted. No we don't allow create a clubs in the challenge. 

[russ the womble]

Season 7 (2029)

Awful season - a run of losses towards the end of season almost saw us relegated. We lost two players to transfers (Overhaug and Nyhagen) and had a lack of quality for a lot of the season. Plus various tactical tweaks did not seem to work - although always difficult to tell when team is low on morale.

Youths:

Edgaras Zutautas

Spoiler

Decent progress and had some excellent performances, although I suspect I'll have to sell at some point.

Preben Mahamed

Spoiler

Started to progress although reflexes are still awful. Will focus development on shot stopping and hopefully a lot more growth to go

Twan Thijssen

Spoiler

New striker option who needs to step up to replace Overhaug, decent mental stats.

Oskar Bakamoen

Spoiler

Decent full back prospect, but a number of the defenders are on 2 stars and need to progress. Probably good thing I've not been promoted

Squad

Spoiler

A considerably weakened squad with the sales from last season - a lot of 2 star talent! Going to have to hope for a miracle at some point..

Finances

Spoiler

An absolute disaster.. I'm half tempted to try and get multiple transfer clauses lined up I can cash in simultaneously and briefly get into the black long enough to upgrade facilities, but would require the sale of A LOT of youth. It's more likely I will need to just try and keep the squad together, get a promotion and see how it impacts finances.

Attendances not great!

 

Edited December 4, 2022 by russ the womble

[Makoto Nakamura]

2028 End of Season Review

Another improvement! 3rd place albeit miles off of Manaia Tigers and the first season where we've reached more than 20 points.  

Overall Best XI

2028 Best XI

Alex Groves

Sean Sutton - Michael Bull - David Clarke (YP1a) - Kenneth Gori

Ryan Taylor - Simon Sellar (YP1k)

Jack Hirst (YP3a)                                                             Ben Bidois

 

Milan Filipović - Darren Roxburgh

They're all shocking. Again.

[OlivierL]

Season Preview | Competitions | Honours

Promotion to the first tier in our first season. An invincible season.

1.NL : A perfect first season with a lot of draws. We really deserved to win it and i'm happy to go up that quickly !

Supersport Hrvatski Kup: No action.

U19: Our U19 finished 9th in the Hrvatska Juniorska Liga.

First XI| Overall Best XI| Transfers | Youth Intake 2024 

This was one of the best senior teams I have worked with in this challenge in a first season of a save. If nothing changes in the mid-season, we can keep all the first team players.

Vlašić , Martínez and Turčin are really good players and will be able to play an important role in the first tier. 

Frano Vlašić .. what a player ! topscorer with 23 goals in 29 games and only 17/18 year old. He already capped for Croatia U20.

Finances & Upgrades

Profile Club | Finances | Facilities | Club Vision | Supporters Profile

Our rented stadium was reopened during this first season with 1000 seats. That is not enough for the first tier so we need to move again. This team we will move to the Gradski Stadion. First tier team HNK Gorica plays in that stadium , in Zagreb , only 13 miles from our current stadium.

they inject this kind of money into the club every few months ! After receiving this last message i asked again for upgrades and this time they approved it!

Takeover rumours in the first half of the season, in the second part, no more news.

Nation Watch

Objectives

Spoiler

Objectives that i want to achieve during this save, not everything is realistic. i also have a small objective list as future Croatian manager.

Next Season

I think with our current squad we have a good chance of not being relegated . I hope to integrate all one youth players. I have to consider the rule that players have to be 17 before they can play.

Edited December 5, 2022 by OlivierL

[Daddy]

Started off scoring a lot, but also giving up a lot of goals. Did some tactics tweaking and it kinda backfired a bit, but I was able to find the right changes. After switching we went on a draw streak of 1-1 matches. We're not scoring much, but holding better teams to one goal. I like how it sets up the rest of the season.

This is promising, even if all aren't world beaters day one. Our team is overall not very strong. We have a lot of players but either a ways off development wise, old, or looking to leave. Will need some restocking.

[v1n1akabozo]

On 03/12/2022 at 05:31, fries said:

I think my U21 team joined a league in the 2028/29 season.

And a witch tier were you already? I saw a lot of complaints at the bug tracker, so i've been arranging friendlies myself

[Makoto Nakamura]

2029 End of Season Review

We made our Chatham Cup (New Zealand's version of the FA Cup) debut and made it to the 2nd round, a great showing and despite having the same amount of points as last season we have been promoted to the 5th tier!

Overall Best XI

2028 Best XI

Alex Groves

Sean Sutton - Michael Bull - David Clarke (YP1a) - Kenneth Gori

Ryan Taylor - Simon Sellar (YP1k)

Jack Hirst (YP3a)                                                             Ben Bidois

 

Caleb Wilson - Darren Roxburgh

 

Potentially a decent keeper.

 

Edited December 4, 2022 by Makoto Nakamura

[gb2003]

Hey guys, what are you doing with your players that only have one year left and doesn't want to renew his contract? If I play regular, I sell them and got a new one but for the youth challenge?

 

Some advice? Do you sell them?

 

I have a center back who doesn't want to renew his contract but is still my best defender. The other prospects need one year to develope.

[fries]

43 minutes ago, v1n1akabozo said:

And a witch tier were you already? I saw a lot of complaints at the bug tracker, so i've been arranging friendlies myself

Just promoted to League One, I think.

[thomas_e]

FC Energie Cottbus

Season Summary 2031 - 2032

Bundesliga Champions (!!), another great CL run and time for a new HOYD

 

After two consecutive 4th place finishes my goal was to replicate that for another year and maybe fight for a medal. Instead we lifted our game to a whole new level and ended up champions of Germany!

I'll start with Europe. For some strange reason Bayern Munchen and Borussia Dortmund both had shocking CL runs this year and none of them even made the last 16. Not only were they tough competitors to begin with, but when I had to play midweek games and they could rest I didn't give myself the best odds! Luckily, this season our squad was better than ever, especially when it came to squad depth. I had the ability to rotate quite heavily without the team being dramatically weakened. We finished in a very impressive 5th place in the CL league stage. We played some weak teams along the way and this gave us an easy way through, even though we lost 6-3 at home to PSG and 1-4 away to Barcelona. In the last 16 draw we got really lucky and faced Vitesse. We easily won 4-0 on aggregate and it was quite surprising that it was Vitesse who knocked out Bayern. Next up was Arsenal and even though we won 1-0 at home that wasnt enough and we lost 2-1 on aggregate. We should have done better, but a CL quarter final is great progress! 

Back to the league! When I faced Arsenal twice in the span of 7 days we also had a big game away to Bayern Munchen. This was the 28th league round and we were sitting one point ahead of Bayern. We got absolutely crushed 3-0, even though Bayern got a man sent off in the first half!! In the second half they honestly looked like they were playing with one man more than me. This made us fall to 3rd place in the table, two points behind Bayern and one point behind Dortmund. A setback, but wow did we finish the season strong! We had a very easy schedule at the end of the year, but I cant ask for more than this:

We played absolutely fantastic and with Bayern drawing and losing on game in the same time span we ended up as champions! We dominated every game except for the game against Frankfurt, but in our defense we played with 10 men for 30 minutes. The 4-0 win against Dortmund included a hat-trick from now backup midfielder Dimitris Mitropoulos. He was at the club as a regen when I took over and has been a key player for many, many years. He has even been wanted by top clubs, but in the last couple of years he has taken a more rotational/backup role. Because of an injury he got the chance against Dortmund and scored a hat-trick from CM position. Such a great feeling, a true one-club man that has been along for the whole journey tears Dortmund apart when he finally gets a start in a decisive game! 

This season I promoted Josua Pagot to the starting eleven. The last two years he had been on loan to Zurich, Rapid Wien and FC Nurnberg and I thought he was ready to make an impact in the first team. His progress has been extreme this year and he was unstoppable at times. In the last 6 league games he had 5 goals and 8 assis from AML position that included a 10.0 rating. 

A fantastic feeling to complete the first stage of this challenge, but we have work to do if we are going to win the Champions League. We struggle a lot against the big teams away from home and that surprises me a little bit as we are very good at sitting deep against most teams, but once we face the elite sides we crumble at times. 

My biggest worry is still that my best player, goalkeeper Noah Dittloff, doesnt want to renew his contract. He only has two years left now and wants to leave. I even promised him a couple of weeks ago that we would win the league so he would stay, so I was a bit surprised when he didn't want to negotiate after this. I think he is lost for us and even though we have good talents in the U19 he will be impossible to fully replace. 

We have had the same HOYD for years and he has really delivered overall!! Unfortunately for him we have had two weak intakes in a row, so it was time for a change. Believe it or not I have signed Luis Suarez as my new HOYD. Yes, that Suarez. A perfectionist personality and 20 in determination means we can live with youngsters that has biting as a player trait I guess.. 

Goals for next season: Top 4 finish and winning the CL. 

 

Season Summary

      

 

Key Players

      

 

Youth Intake

      

 

Edited December 4, 2022 by thomas_e

[Neo_Geo]

58 minutes ago, gb2003 said:

Hey guys, what are you doing with your players that only have one year left and doesn't want to renew his contract? If I play regular, I sell them and got a new one but for the youth challenge?

 

Some advice? Do you sell them?

 

I have a center back who doesn't want to renew his contract but is still my best defender. The other prospects need one year to develope.

Largely depends on your finances and whether you can keep the momentum going if you sell them. I wouldn’t keep them on in the hope they will sign a new deal, it rarely happens.

If you need finances then sell them and blood a youngster on the verge of regular first team football, if you have the finances but not the depth of squad, keep them but make sure to play their replacement during this season.

[Neo_Geo]

33 minutes ago, thomas_e said:

FC Energie Cottbus

Season Summary 2031 - 2032

Bundesliga Champions (!!), another great CL run and time for a new HOYD

 

After two consecutive 4th place finishes my goal was to replicate that for another year and maybe fight for a medal. Instead we lifted our game to a whole new level and ended up champions of Germany!

I'll start with Europe. For some strange reason Bayern Munchen and Borussia Dortmund both had shocking CL runs this year and none of them even made the last 16. Not only were they tough competitors to begin with, but when I had to play midweek games and they could rest I didn't give myself the best odds! Luckily, this season our squad was better than ever, especially when it came to squad depth. I had the ability to rotate quite heavily without the team being dramatically weakened. We finished in a very impressive 5th place in the CL league stage. We played some weak teams along the way and this gave us an easy way through, even though we lost 6-3 at home to PSG and 1-4 away to Barcelona. In the last 16 draw we got really lucky and faced Vitesse. We easily won 4-0 on aggregate and it was quite surprising that it was Vitesse who knocked out Bayern. Next up was Arsenal and even though we won 1-0 at home that wasnt enough and we lost 2-1 on aggregate. We should have done better, but a CL quarter final is great progress! 

Back to the league! When I faced Arsenal twice in the span of 7 days we also had a big game away to Bayern Munchen. This was the 28th league round and we were sitting one point ahead of Bayern. We got absolutely crushed 3-0, even though Bayern got a man sent off in the first half!! In the second half they honestly looked like they were playing with one man more than me. This made us fall to 3rd place in the table, two points behind Bayern and one point behind Dortmund. A setback, but wow did we finish the season strong! We had a very easy schedule at the end of the year, but I cant ask for more than this:

We played absolutely fantastic and with Bayern drawing and losing on game in the same time span we ended up as champions! We dominated every game except for the game against Frankfurt, but in our defense we played with 10 men for 30 minutes. The 4-0 win against Dortmund included a hat-trick from now backup midfielder Dimitris Mitropoulos. He was at the club as a regen when I took over and has been a key player for many, many years. He has even been wanted by top clubs, but in the last couple of years he has taken a more rotational/backup role. Because of an injury he got the chance against Dortmund and scored a hat-trick from CM position. Such a great feeling, a true one-club man that has been along for the whole journey tears Dortmund apart when he finally gets a start in a decisive game! 

This season I promoted Josua Pagot to the starting eleven. The last two years he had been on loan to Zurich, Rapid Wien and FC Nurnberg and I thought he was ready to make an impact in the first team. His progress has been extreme this year and he was unstoppable at times. In the last 6 league games he had 5 goals and 8 assis from AML position that included a 10.0 rating. 

A fantastic feeling to complete the first stage of this challenge, but we have work to do if we are going to win the Champions League. We struggle a lot against the big teams away from home and that surprises me a little bit as we are very good at sitting deep against most teams, but once we face the elite sides we crumble at times. 

My biggest worry is still that my best player, goalkeeper Noah Dittloff, doesnt want to renew his contract. He only has two years left now and wants to leave. I even promised him a couple of weeks ago that we would win the league so he would stay, so I was a bit surprised when he didn't want to negotiate after this. I think he is lost for us and even though we have good talents in the U19 he will be impossible to fully replace. 

We have had the same HOYD for years and he has really delivered overall!! Unfortunately for him we have had two weak intakes in a row, so it was time for a change. Believe it or not I have signed Luis Suarez as my new HOYD. Yes, that Suarez. A perfectionist personality and 20 in determination means we can live with youngsters that has biting as a player trait I guess.. 

Goals for next season: Top 4 finish and winning the CL. 

 

Season Summary

      

 

Key Players

      

 

Youth Intake

      

 

I’d be dreading the day Dittloff leaves, what a keeper.

How good is his understudy?

[Barnsley]

I think I found the problem with my last 13 seasons, my goalkeeper was just that poor, i never had a problem scoring the goals but i conceded so many. 

Now in the vanarama national, we are flying. Same formation, same players apart from our keeper a 16 year Nigerian who actually has hands to keep the ball out  already fighting bids from him for 5k  

Tom King, our original keeper, first youth intake keeper - now 28 had a sterling career with us. 491 league games, 921 goals conceded haha.

Our new keeper has kept 7 clean sheets in 10 games and we have conceded 4 in 10. I think everyone was right when they said this could be the start of something!!

Flying is an understatement.

[thomas_e]

17 minutes ago, Neo_Geo said:

I’d be dreading the day Dittloff leaves, what a keeper.

How good is his understudy?

This guy came through the academy last year (screenshot from intake) and he can certainly become a star. He is even called up for Wales at the World Cup this summer. 

I also have a decent GK out on loan, Mark Hebler, a 20 year old with 2nd Bundesliga attributes atm. He will not be a disaster, but no way im winning CL with him! 

Hopefully Baldock is ready in two years!