WhiteCat33 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 minute ago, XaW said: Who can say no to endless parenthesis in horrible formulas... I went with the 65 column width strategy for calculations, which is equally as painful as any mistake sends you int an abyss of reference chains And then add the position-table and we're making it into the F Cells! My excel ain't pretty that's for sure... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, WhiteCat33 said: I went with the 65 column width strategy for calculations, which is equally as painful as any mistake sends you int an abyss of reference chains And then add the position-table and we're making it into the F Cells! My excel ain't pretty that's for sure... Yeah, I've always also been one of those "functionality over appearance" people when I create my spreadsheets. Looks horrible, but works surprisingly often. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reerdo Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) I have tried and failed this loads in the past but decided to give it another go. Decided to not allow myself to re-roll and be forced to choose one of the teams from the first go so here I am with. Poole Town F.C. On a side note really liking some of the spreadsheets I have see dotted around some of the updates and finding them as interesting as the updates themselves. Reminds me of when I used to record my Madden season in Excel as the game was so rubbish at recording info for you Edit : After looking at the squad, well this is going to be an interesting first season. I just about have every position covered (ish) to play the narrow 442 diamond that I have been using in my Level 10 Challenge game Edited February 11, 2023 by reerdo 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post russ the womble Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 The Table Spoiler What a bad season! Our board sold our main striker for £750k before the season started and it was a struggle to maintain momentum at the top. I love that they scupper our season, whilst also only rating their own sale as a C! The Team Spoiler Hinze was my only realistic option up front and he scored a few, but is definitely not good enough for a title winning side. The Talent Spoiler Some great new youth signings at 2.5 stars, may have to consider bringing a few up.. Existing players: New youths! The Stats Spoiler The Data Hub is always saying we are below average for defence because we don't have blocks, interceptions etc, even at the start of the season when we had conceded 1 goal in 6 games and had very little xG (we had a lot of possession) The Bank Spoiler In a bit of debt! But one year closer to the debt being paid off.. The Fans Spoiler Some very important Social Media growth! Our ST Sales have increased again though, which is good. Overall, we have to recover and get a new striker who can smash in some goals. Maybe a season of consolidation next year before being in a place to push again. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weed07 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 21 hours ago, Libertine13 said: @Weed07 excellent progress in N. Ireland. Well ahead of me! Just curious to see if theres much difference ability wise between a couple of your starting XI players and mine as I've struggled in the top flight and have a major issue with the number of goals I concede lol. @Libertine13 I got lucky with a good keeper who had saved us in loads of games, we won't be able to keep hold of him much longer as Leeds are now interested so we may struggle when he goes. I've also got a good centre back and now a good striker (who will probably be sold soon as West Ham, Fulham and Leicester keeping bidding low amounts for him) plus a few decent players but a lot of them aren't great. These are my best players with 3 star ability or higher: Spoiler The rest of my players are ok, some have potential but not great stats and others have a couple of decent stats but probably won't improve much. If we start losing our best players we are going to struggle and some are getting unhappy and want to move to bigger clubs. Tactically in our first two seasons I played a counter attacking style and defended deep which helped concede less but we relied heavily on our keeper 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusttJD Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Last time I undertook (And completed) this challenge was about 6 or 7 years ago. (Haven't played a FM game ever since then because I was quite burned out after 150+ years at FC United.) Finally bought 2023 again because I started having that itch again, and of course I want to throw myself into the deep right away with another Youth Only challenge. (Fueled by all the amazing stories here.) I was planning to start in The Netherlands, however it seems that isn't possible anymore, which kinda sucks. (And, I guess that using a Database from steam to enable that isn't allowed either.) So, I thought "Why not start in Belgium then? Kinda the same." However, I've been reading here that there is a big financial bug there. (even though there are a couple of people that managed to fight through that.) Would you advice against anyone starting a Youth Only game in Belgium, or would it only add to the challenge. I don't want to play in a country where the national league becomes a joke after a while (like Wales or Luxemburg.) (Even though the CL challenge in incredible in countries like that.) I still want to have a somewhat challenge in the normal competitions as well. Does anyone have some great recommendations for countries if The Netherlands is not allowed and Belgium not advised.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post P O\'D Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) Lokeren 24/25 Season (S2) We were strong tipped for midtable mediocrity. Spoiler And for a while, it looked like we were going to smash that. We sat top of the league after 15 games (the half way point) But a nightmare February and March saw us hit a horrible slump. Spoiler In the end we finished above our predictions but outside the playoffs by a couple of points. This is a big deal with the finance bug and one we may not recover from. Final Table: Spoiler Squad Stats: Spoiler Green Dot, youth player who came through during my time at the club. Red Dot, youth player who was here when I arrived. Youth Intake: Spoiler Sadly littered with trash mentalities, heres the two who look like standouts. Spoiler Transfers: Spoiler Yeah thats the pick of the bunch from last season I was all excited about last season who turned out to be a massive dick with slack mentality. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So with the finance bug hitting us ever harder and a 3 year projected loss of -7m we need promotion this season, with whats probably going to be a slightly weaker squad. Edited February 11, 2023 by P O\'D 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fries Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 Premier League 2040/41 (season 18) Season Summary Back from a few weeks' FM break. An okay season. I manage to win the 6th position. And thus qualified for Europe League once again. We did well in the Europe League. But in the semi-finals, Chelsea was too much. Carla was the new first-choice forward this season and he did well and scored 27 goals. The second-choice striker, Owen, also did well with 19 goals. Cox did well in the central defense. My new winger Telfer did well in his first season in the first team with 10 assists. I had 3 players on the NXGN list this season. Carle won. The winner of last year, Hall, was only number 25. My probably future goalkeeper Breakspeare was number 43 on the list. The youth intake preview looked very promising. 5 stars. And great ratings in a lot of positions. The intake was okay, but a bit disappointing. Xhata looked the best. But he later dropped to only 4 stars PA. But most of the other players had bad personalities. Xhata looked most promising. I sold McCarthy before the season. He has played more than 250 league games for the first team. Finances and Upgrades No upgrades this season. Next season I feel like the team starts to stagnate. I do not know how to push for a higher spot. Next season, I hope to develop my young players in Europe League. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neo_Geo Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 Youth Intake Preview Youth Intake Top 5 Season Review So it's happened, we won promotion (just) and now I have to wonder if it's too soon or not. In the league I hadn't lost a game until February 15th (Match day 28) where it was away to Ards but after that I had a really awful record for a title run in P10 W3 D4 L4 which meant on the final day of the season I lined up at home to Dergview with the league looking like this: I got a typical Johnny Burrows (Elite1) goal with a ball over the backline and he took the ball to the left of the goal before placing it in the far corner with the outside of the boot. Seeing that Ards were 1-0 up I decided not to go for it and pulled back to balanced and took the tempo down a little, then I clocked Ards were 4-0 up away to Ballyclare meaning I was winning the league by 3 goals and could lose it if Dergview scored a late equaliser. In the end Dergview didn't generate a highlight in the second half so it was fairly comfortable rather than convincing. Ards ultimately beat Dergview and Warrenpoint to get promoted as well. In addition to them going up Newry City managed to stay up meaning 3 of the 12 teams in the Premiership will have been in the Championship in the last 2 years so that might give me a sniff at survival......maybe. In the cups we faired much better losing on penalties in the Bet Mclean Cup to Cliftonville (A) and then of course we managed to win the Mid Ulster cup with a narrow 1-0 win thanks to a Jordan Morrison back post header from a corner and then being put in our place by this years Danske Bank Premiership Champions, Larne, losing 3-0 before they went on the claim the trophy and a domestic double. My intake promised a lot with all As which resulted in 12 Elites and 4 Top Talents so it was pretty solid with one absolute standout, Ciaran Brown (Elite2), which is good because my best right back, Curtis Woods, is now 32 so I need to get that succession in place. A couple of handy central mids, a decent look resolute forward, a promising keeper and a inverted left winger rounded off the players likely to make an impact. Personality wise the intake was a little worse than last year and in the current squad there has been a bit more of a divide appear with more positive and negative personalities appear at the expense of the neutral ones. My HoYD refused to sign an extension so the new one I have appointed is Fairly Determined rather than Fairly Sporting so we'll see what effect this has over the next few seasons (assuming I stay in the job!) My coaching badges were all approved until the last one requested (Continental B) as the board were worried I'd be poached by another club but after using up pretty much every dialogue option to persuade them, they allowed me to go on the course. I was able to get the youth recruitment and junior coaching improved once this season but they turned down any further improvements whilst the training facilities is just a non starter due to the current balance, which could prove to be a problem as David Douglas (Elite1) was unhappy my promise was not kept and I also promised improvements to Thomas McComb.....oh well Next season is all about surviving no matter what though having played (and beaten) some of the teams from the division above this season I'm hoping we might actually just stay up. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post officiallydeej Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) Chernomorets 1919 Burgas - 2031/32 Season Our closest run at the Bulgarian title so far, finishing only 3 points behind Ludogorets. We played them 3 games before the end of the Championship state and our star striker Manev (57 goals in 45 games) got injured for 3 days on the day before the game. His deputy managed to get himself sent off after 21 minutes and we barely laid a glove on them in a 2-0 home defeat. We actually went on a 23 game unbeaten run after losing 6 of our first 10 games as we struggled to balance league games with the European qualifiers, the Ludogorets game being our only defeat of the season. I do think we're close to winning our first title now and wouldn't be surprised if we manage to bring it home next season. I didn't bother screenshotting our cup run this year because there wasn't one. We lost 2-1 away to a non-league side in round one (my fault for making 11 changes) which led to the board noting their dissatisfaction and 5 senior players requesting a meeting! I apologised, we won our next game 4-0 and all was forgiven. A decent run in the Conference League though I was disappointed to lose to St Gallen and feel we could have gone a lot further as they got all the way to the semis before falling to fellow Bulgarian side Levski Sofia.. Levski lost the final 4-0 to Liverpool but it was another huge boost for the national coefficient. Ludogorets (captained by 37 year old Andy Robertson!) made the last 16 of the Champions League and have a squad of players far beyond any other team in the league. Really happy with this intake. Much needed reinforcements in our weaker positions plus a good set of personalities for the higher potential players. Kolev is already our second choice left back and Bazhev is our new number two keeper. A slight dip in our finances but nothing of concern as I managed to persuade the board to spend £3.7m on another training facilities upgrade. We'll be entering the Champions League qualifiers next season and even if we drop into the Europa League it will keep our finances heading in the right directions. Mainly loans our this season, Damyanov is one of the original squad who I'm not quite ready to part with yet and he gave me food for thought with an impressive 25 goals for perennial yo-yo side Hebar. Kotsinov 29a left on a free after never really living up to the hype of being an 'a' rated intake player. Was having my annual nosey around the other European leagues and found Middlesborough not only broke Derby's famous record but also went the whole Premier League season without a win! Portsmouth came close a couple of seasons before managing only 13 points but this is seriously impressive stuff. Edited February 11, 2023 by officiallydeej 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAwtunes Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 Cardiff Corinthians - Season 2050/51 Review (s29) Season 29 was pretty decent. We managed to qualify for the CL group stage for the first time in five years and managed to finish third in our group so slipped into the Europa League 1st knockout round. We eventually went out 11-3 on aggregate to Lazio, so still have a long way to go before we can come close to competing with any of the decent teams in Europe. Our domestic season was also very good. We won the league (as per usual) but managed to win both cup this season too, having failed to win either last season. Fans player on the season was 17yr old Andorran midfielder Pedro Navarro 49g (screenshot below). His ratings are probably being inflated by him being on all of our corners and direct free-kicks. Our intake was again pretty good with lots of high potential players, so the future looks pretty good. Our youth facilities remain at Good and I am keeping my fingers crossed that our chairman will get bored and move on soon... Competitions Spoiler League Spoiler Europe Youth Intake Spoiler Preview Intake HoYD Players Spoiler First Team Fans Player of the Year Top Prospects SUMMARY 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grff Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 Tutankhamun: 2027/28 Season Review Collapsed! Our league campaign was going as well as can be as we headed into the last four game top of the league. We then managed to lose all four games and slumped to second place. I'm hoping we can finally clinch promotion next season as we've not had any relegated Premier League team placed in our division (second tier has 3 groups) and our previous challengers/rivals have now gone up. Player stats were looking very good until those last four games and then dropped. Youth intake wasn't much to write home about. We took on a handful to bolster the numbers. Transfers Season history Aim for next season Clinch promotion to the Premier League Pray for a board takeover to clear the crippling debts Commit our best players to long term deals. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DazRTaylor Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 Youth Candidates Season 2025/26 FC United of Manchester I received one of the best previews I have ever seen: The intake was good though not as good as the preview suggested. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post russ the womble Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) The Table Spoiler We had an awful first half of the season (although expecting a mediocre season anyway), with the team on a generally poor run of form. Second half of the season we went unbeaten for 14 games, until the last game of the season when we lost to one of the relegated teams (obviously). Had some good results including a 7-0 win where Hinze scored 5 and Fix got 5 assists. Overall optimistic for a better time next season. The Team Spoiler The midfield 3 generally had a good time, and we built up good chemistry in some positions. I'd say the ratings are pretty indicative of where we are - we need a few positions to strengthen, although we have a new LB (Ahne) come through who looks to be a great prospect at LB! The Talent Spoiler Ahne is the new player who has really shone this season, already at 4 stars and yet to sign his pro contract! Him and Majzik have a good partnership down the left already, and Majzik is looking good as a prospect: The Stats Spoiler Always weird how my defence is below average but goals conceded and xG conceded are both much better than average! Where we are struggling is converting xG into goals. We miss way too many chances. I have shoot less often on everyone apart from the forward and then spend each game watching everyone balloon shots for 90 mins.. If the season was decided on XG/xA, we'd be top! Not sure how to solve that. Any ideas? The Bank Spoiler Had a bit more of a cash injection from the owners, but still in the red. One year closer.. The Fans Spoiler We lost 4.8k twitter followers! Dreadful. Overall - optimistic for next season if I can find some way to realise my xG rather than continuing to smash it over the bar.. tweaking tactics seemed to be productive so maybe a few more wins next year. Not sure how they make these judgements: Edited February 11, 2023 by russ the womble 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
streety Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Well i ticked over to November but 5 points off the relegation spot its not looking good, Im seeing this though trying to turn it around or by getting the boot i think the latter is more likley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteCat33 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 7 hours ago, JusttJD said: Last time I undertook (And completed) this challenge was about 6 or 7 years ago. (Haven't played a FM game ever since then because I was quite burned out after 150+ years at FC United.) Finally bought 2023 again because I started having that itch again, and of course I want to throw myself into the deep right away with another Youth Only challenge. (Fueled by all the amazing stories here.) I was planning to start in The Netherlands, however it seems that isn't possible anymore, which kinda sucks. (And, I guess that using a Database from steam to enable that isn't allowed either.) So, I thought "Why not start in Belgium then? Kinda the same." However, I've been reading here that there is a big financial bug there. (even though there are a couple of people that managed to fight through that.) Would you advice against anyone starting a Youth Only game in Belgium, or would it only add to the challenge. I don't want to play in a country where the national league becomes a joke after a while (like Wales or Luxemburg.) (Even though the CL challenge in incredible in countries like that.) I still want to have a somewhat challenge in the normal competitions as well. Does anyone have some great recommendations for countries if The Netherlands is not allowed and Belgium not advised.) Welcome back! With SIs changes to requesting youth facility upgrades our tiny countries have become seriously challenging and made me stop LUX in frustration, so i get avoiding them. I'd say Portugal and Turkey could be countries as alternatives to Belgium or Netherlands. There are also good Swiss and Czech DB on steam if you want a low league start. I've enjoyed the German LL one but it doesn't have full U19 leagues so scheduling friendlies can be annoying. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusttJD Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, WhiteCat33 said: Welcome back! With SIs changes to requesting youth facility upgrades our tiny countries have become seriously challenging and made me stop LUX in frustration, so i get avoiding them. I'd say Portugal and Turkey could be countries as alternatives to Belgium or Netherlands. There are also good Swiss and Czech DB on steam if you want a low league start. I've enjoyed the German LL one but it doesn't have full U19 leagues so scheduling friendlies can be annoying. I do like to stay either in West-Europe or Scandinavia. Denmark was another one of my choices, but I've read a lot of stories here that it's almost impossible to do because all your players keep being poached because you are not able to get a Pro status soon enough. Germany would be fun as well, and is one of my 2 choices left now. (Managing the U-19 stuff wouldn't really be an issue because with a Youth Only challenge you are supposed to manage everything anyway.) I'm also starting to think about England. I know that I could spend another 100+ years in there, however I don't want to think halfway "This is not like my FC United save, so let's stop." I'm not just looking to do a Youth Only Challenge, but also a "break all records possible" save (So, like become the team that has won the premier league the most times, the cups, the champions league, etc.) I'm going think about it for a couple more days and in the meantime keep reading this topic for inspiration. Edited February 11, 2023 by JusttJD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Barnsley Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 FC United - Season 24 - 2046-2047 - English Championship I am absolutely speechless! we have won promotion to the premier league, 24 long hard seasons and we have finally made it. We started well, and we just didn't fade away, the odd blip we did have, everyone else in the league had the same blip. Stoke were top for alot of the of the final stages, and Burnley were outside the playoffs, but they won every game pretty much towards the end. And we somehow managed to finish strong. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!! The goal scoring machine, Sir Anthony Connor - managed to find some form and was our top scorer for the first time in a few seasons, he turns 39 in a couple of weeks, no retirement plan just yet but I am hoping he doesn't just suddenly hang them up in the summer. He was in my first youth intake, and he has made it all the way to the premier league with me. He will hopefully got his chance to play premier league football!!! The Hero. 57 goals to go for 1000, i think impossible as turns 39 end of the month! We had a decent intake and have probably found Connors long term replacement, meet Mr Schumacker, dubbed the new Gary Linekar, Other news. the board cancelled our expansion to boost the stadium to 20k, and hit me with this news. Could this finally be the stadium named after myself I never had before! There is myself and my greek left winger as club legends, however i have never had an attachment to him, i will be gutted absolutely if they named the stadium after him! (Anthony Connor, isnt even a club legend) 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, Barnsley said: Well, that makes you financially sound, no matter if you go straight back down. I think you should get around 90 million or something for playing a season in the PL... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsley Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 That's it, i am fully expecting to come straight back down, but it would be amazing to have had a season there and to have given Anthony Connor his premier league shot. and i finally unlocked the national hero achievement on steam! FInancially secure, alot of the team are on very low wages still so this will really boost our finances and keep us going again. If relegated will also get some parachute money too? Man this is incredibly exciting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Barnsley said: That's it, i am fully expecting to come straight back down, but it would be amazing to have had a season there and to have given Anthony Connor his premier league shot. and i finally unlocked the national hero achievement on steam! FInancially secure, alot of the team are on very low wages still so this will really boost our finances and keep us going again. If relegated will also get some parachute money too? Man this is incredibly exciting. Yeah, I think you get some yearly parachute money for 3 (I think) years. So the finances should no longer be an issue, new stadium and any facilities are yours! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ the womble Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Every time I start to build a good team, the board sell players :/ Pretty frustrating especially when in debt so can't use it to upgrade anything! Ah well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsley Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Oh my god no literally, just like that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteCat33 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, JusttJD said: I do like to stay either in West-Europe or Scandinavia. Denmark was another one of my choices, but I've read a lot of stories here that it's almost impossible to do because all your players keep being poached because you are not able to get a Pro status soon enough. Germany would be fun as well, and is one of my 2 choices left now. (Managing the U-19 stuff wouldn't really be an issue because with a Youth Only challenge you are supposed to manage everything anyway.) I'm also starting to think about England. I know that I could spend another 100+ years in there, however I don't want to think halfway "This is not like my FC United save, so let's stop." I'm not just looking to do a Youth Only Challenge, but also a "break all records possible" save (So, like become the team that has won the premier league the most times, the cups, the champions league, etc.) I'm going think about it for a couple more days and in the meantime keep reading this topic for inspiration. For Germany it seems once you get to the Regional Divisions (Tier 4) U19s get added to a league 2-Tier Youth League, which is about when I expect to actually use the U19s for anything other than fitness for subs. Just figured it was worth mentioning as for some not having the U19s in a league wouldn't be as exciting. Not sure if SI fixed it with Winter patches but on launch some German clubs would have just absurd numbers of African second nationality players (like 80%+) in their intakes, if you like collecting nations. In addition to Turkey I know Hamburg & Berlin LandesLigas can get Croatia alt-nationality clubs if you like building up alt-nations in your save like I do. I think someone made a thread about all the different options as I'm sure theirs more. I want to say either Austria or Germany has a Syrian regen club. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusttJD Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, WhiteCat33 said: For Germany it seems once you get to the Regional Divisions (Tier 4) U19s get added to a league 2-Tier Youth League, which is about when I expect to actually use the U19s for anything other than fitness for subs. Just figured it was worth mentioning as for some not having the U19s in a league wouldn't be as exciting. Not sure if SI fixed it with Winter patches but on launch some German clubs would have just absurd numbers of African second nationality players (like 80%+) in their intakes, if you like collecting nations. In addition to Turkey I know Hamburg & Berlin LandesLigas can get Croatia alt-nationality clubs if you like building up alt-nations in your save like I do. I think someone made a thread about all the different options as I'm sure theirs more. I want to say either Austria or Germany has a Syrian regen club. Thanks for all your advice. I actually decided on a competition and am now busy getting it all in order. Scotland was broken as well it seems, but the database that extends the league to Level 10 seems to fix the problem for lower teams. So, I think I'm going to try that out. (And, I assume that that is allowed for the challenge? Or, not? ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteCat33 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, JusttJD said: Thanks for all your advice. I actually decided on a competition and am now busy getting it all in order. Scotland was broken as well it seems, but the database that extends the league to Level 10 seems to fix the problem for lower teams. So, I think I'm going to try that out. (And, I assume that that is allowed for the challenge? Or, not? ) yes I'm pretty sure the Scotland 10-tier is fine. Not sure if that has relegation in the bottom playable division. If it doesn't you just choose any team that finished last in its league. GL! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteCat33 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Barnsley said: Oh my god no literally, just like that. If any player deserves legend status, it's that man. I don't blame him wanting to retire on a high (as I assume you couldn't get him to reconsider). Maybe now that he's retired they can name the stadium after him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reerdo Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 If I don't turn this around and end up getting sacked do I sim to the end of this season and choose another newly promoted team or do I have to start again from scratch on a new save? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post russ the womble Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 Was in a spot of bother when our board decided to sell our best CB and then also sold his replacement! The Table Spoiler After spending a large chunk of time down near the relegation spots, we started to turn it around second half of the season as new players bedded in. The Team Spoiler No big shakes this season with new players coming in. Gave Wiesinger a chance up front and he has not progressed too much so far, but scraped double figures. Our squad isn't bad value wise - Ahne is wanted by Dortmund, so may have to see what I can pull off there. Maybe enough to put some money into facilities upgrades? We'll see.. The Talent Spoiler Big talent is obviously Ahne: But I'll take the money if offered He won't sign a new deal so will need to shift him on anyway. Other talent is Friedberger Managed to get Friedberger on a new contract so have him for a few years. Forms a good partnership with Fix in centre mid. Unfortunately Fix is another who won't sign a new deal. Birkenstock is the new CB and is developing well, probably another season before he's solid. Wiesinger is probably my best hope up top, not fantastic but at least is still 5 star PA. New intact looks interesting, maybe a striker in there to bring through: The Stats Spoiler Underperformed on xG/xA again The Bank Spoiler Graph only has a negative axis these days The Fans Spoiler Slight dip in onlyfans subscribers but nothing drastic A couple of seasons of having players sold from under me means another season of consolidation and development beckons.. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WhiteCat33 Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) FC Elazig Spor Hamburg Season 4 2025-26 Oberliga Hamburg (Tier 5) Spoiler Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 Competitions League: 9 of 17 [Preview – 17/17 (900-1)] We were hot & and then cold this season. We started with a 10 game unbeaten streak putting us at the top of the league. We then proceeded to go winless for almost 3 months winning the final game before winter break bringing us down to 9th place. It was a repeat when we returned from the holiday just shorter stretches ending with us only scoring 1 goal in our final 7 games so we ended up in 9th place with our 10 draws in 32 matches. Spoiler Club record winless run, yay! Cup: 2nd Round We drew the recently relegated side in our division early and they beat us. Fine. Squad: Spoiler Performance: Across the whole season it was our defense that failed us, though that end of season goal-drought was worriesome. Not sure how much any tweaks to the position roles or marking will help, we just need better CBs and a good GK. Once that happens things should improve dramatically. Spoiler Transfers: This summer will be a clear-out of the non-developing and just extra players. An amateur Turkish club came in for some youth players in the winter, so hopefully I can send them to clubs. I'll update this if more happen over the summer. Spoiler Youth Academy Youth Intake Preview: Same as last year. Spoiler Youth Intake: I'm pretty happy with this intake as it delivered 2 of the positions where we need serious help: CB & STC. The additional CAM is just icing on the cake. Spoiler YI Player Highlights: Spoiler We got our striker! For this level he will be great for both DLF or TF roles, and with his 16th birthday in just a couple weeks he’ll be ready for the start of the next season I like this CAM prospect, he will easily be our #3 choice and hopefully will be good enough so I can rotate my 2 Stars better next season. Almost as important as the Striker we have a possible new CB. Focus training him on Defensive positioning will hopefully work for him to begin shoring up our backline. Time is ticking as the legacy players are both 31 now. We then got a second Forward with even better finishing, who struggled for speed. somehow I messed up and didn't sign him. Would have been real nice... Academy Data: My rough data fits with my impression that this was our best intake so far, which is great. Looking at my HOYD he is slowly getting better at the role, which hopefully will continue to help us find better players. Spoiler Head Coach Got my Cont. A! Spoiler Club No upgrades, we're still broke Spoiler Manager Thoughts We got our striker!! Like seriously this is what I've been waiting for these past few intakes. Hopefully this is a sign of increasing quality of players coming through so we can finally have the depth to make it through the whole season and challenge for the title. If you look at the matches we rarely got blown out with most games being decided by a single goal. If our striker can deliver more than the abysmal 5 & 6 goals our current strikers gave us I can see the deciding goal shifting into our favor. Edited February 12, 2023 by WhiteCat33 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ the womble Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 That should help the finances 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Daddy Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 2029/30 Season Review: I forgot to capture final table with the progress graph. That would have shown a bit more context to things. At the midpoint presplit we were in 6th place and doing a fair amount of tactic tinkering. I tried a few formations, role changes, instruction changes, etc. I eventually settled back on the 4-2-4 I had been using, but with the adjustments in roles/instructions the team really took off. The team choked away the final match which with the right goal differences could have netted us second place, but it seems the players were a bit nervous about their next, unexpected, match. Finishing third is a major step forward and with Israel climbing the coefficient ranks we go right into Europa League Phase. Spoiler As the pictures above will show we quite handily qualified for the league phase in the Conference League. Once we made it there we had a couple tough matches with Leeds and Metz, but did enough to finish 13th and secure a spot in the knockouts. By this point we had settled into the new tactic and somehow made it all the way to the final! There were some fortunate draws, but we beat teams from top flight leagues. The luck ran out in the final against Napoli. The score was closer than the game and after staying in it until the very end, Napoli put a 90 minute dagger to seal our fate. A major accomplishment just making it that far. First real signs of progress. Tough draw in the state cup sent us packing early to the eventual winner. With players aging out of the U19 but not getting minutes with the first team the loaning out has begun. Not much to mention facilities wise last season, but we do open a new stadium this season. Youth Intake: Another very strong intake. No one ready to take a first team spot, but will be knocking on door quickly I think. We still have eight legacy players and four are regular starters. The oldest are now just hitting 30. I am not forcing anyone out until they're clearly overtaken. 2030/31 Season Preview: I could see a step taken back this season. My concern is the step up in competition in the Europa League. If we get stomped there I could see it hurting morale and maybe affecting things in league. I still expect a top half finish and to qualify for Europe of some kind. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsley Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 9 hours ago, WhiteCat33 said: If any player deserves legend status, it's that man. I don't blame him wanting to retire on a high (as I assume you couldn't get him to reconsider). Maybe now that he's retired they can name the stadium after him? Aye, he did retire, I couldn't convince him. Glad he is on the staff list now as Head of Youth development, i will try and get him onto U18s or 21s Manager at some point as he has interest in those roles . Our Premier League debut went well! in for a long 38 games 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post libbyshuss Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) Catania - Italy - Season 2060/61 Season Summary bit of a transition season as I could,t dissuade Lorenzo Lippi 40K from retiring and Tarek Ramadan leaving on a free, so that was 2 out of ny first choice front three gone and only kids to replace them Ramadan was nothing more than a useful squad player at this stage (he was 31) but Lippi was still an absolute legend at 36. Look at his career biography! He scored 648 goals in 798 games for us in total, with an average rating of 7.48. He was just awesome! We were always gonna miss him. although not too much as he's now on our books as an U18 coach! League So, league, we were ok, but not our usual high standards Champions League this is the one we need! We were not good, and to be honest I have no idea how we got through against Bayern, but Liepzig put us in our place Players So why am I still going? Because looks at these three! Stalwart of the first team at 18! Played him out of desperation at the end of the season and he ended with 5 goals from 12 games at an AR of 7.28! so he's a first team starter from next season! Dal Ferro is gonna be great. He replaced Ramadan on the right and although not quite as effective he did show signs of hopefully surpassing him. Only 6 goals from 41 games though! Moscardelli stepped up this season. 57 goals from 51 games! and he's started whining again about leaving to join Leeds..... no way Jose! So I'll keep going a few more seasons, see where these wonderkids can take us. The real issue though is keeper - I've never had anyone better than Serie B standard in almost 40 seasons! Edited February 12, 2023 by libbyshuss 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DazRTaylor Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) End of Season Review Season 2025/26 FC United of Manchester Season Summary It was a clear step back this year as we had to settle for a bottom half finish. We did enjoy another decent F. A. Cup run, however. Season Details League Table - The fact we were closer to the relegation zone than a playoff place, speaks volumes of the struggles we endured this season. League Fixtures 1 & 2 - Our form in February fell off a cliff and as a result we spent the rest of the season looking over our shoulder. F. A. Cup - We again made it through to the second round, though we got absolutely hammered at home by League One side Portsmouth. F. A. Trophy - Disappointing. We made it through one round to the third before Gloucester City, who play in the same division as we do, defeated us on their own patch. Friendlies - As is now becoming the norm, we endured a mixed bag of results in pre season. Squad - We are improving though not yet ready for a promotion push, as this season has proven. Squad Dynamics - Whilst still okay, it is not as good as previous years. Transfers In - None. Transfers Out 1 & 2 - I allowed players who were never going to make it leave as well as a few loans. Youth Candidates - It was clearly our best intake to date with Somalian left winger Abdi Ali YP26H40 going straight into the starting eleven. Finances - We broke even this year though the youth costs will soon be going through the roof. Key Players Eden Bailey - Despite it being a tough season for the club, our main striker was as impressive as ever. Alex Wollarton - The central midfielder was once again dictating games from the middle. Kit Elliott - Playing on the right wing, he was good enough. Luke Griffiths - Usually deployed in defensive midfield, he was one of the few players who improved from last season. Jonathan Jones YP25B18 - Our best academy graduate to date, he is comfortable as either full back, though he is inconsistent. Next Season I would be happy with a top half finish. Personal Contract Season Contract Start Date Contract Expiry Date Pre Tax Wage Post Tax Wage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ At start 25 June 2023 30 June 2024 £750 p/w £575 p/w 2023/24 1 January 2024 30 June 2025 £775 p/w ↑ £600 p/w ↑ 2024/25 30 November 2024 30 June 2026 £825 p/w ↑ £625 p/w ↑ 2025/26 30 November 2025 30 June 2027 £850 p/w ↑ £650 p/w ↑ Personal Coaching Data Season Reputation Qualifications Att Def Fit GkD GkH GkS Tac Tec Men WWY Ada Det PlK YoK LoD MaM Mot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At start Minimal (0.25*) None 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2023/24 Minimal = (1.00*) ↑ National B ↑↑ 6 ↑ 6 ↑ 2 ↑ 1 = 1 = 1 = 6 ↑ 7 ↑ 5 ↑ 8 ↑ 1 = 6 ↑ 5 ↑ 6 ↑ 5 ↑ 6 ↑ 6 ↑ 2024/25 Minimal = (1.50*) ↑ Continental C ↑↑ 9 ↑ 9 ↑ 4 ↑ 1 = 1 = 1 = 9 ↑ 9 ↑ 9 ↑ 8 = 1 = 8 ↑ 7 ↑ 8 ↑ 13 ↑ 9 ↑ 10 ↑ 2025/26 Minimal = (1.50*) = Continental B ↑ 11 ↑ 11 ↑ 5 ↑ 1 = 1 = 1 = 11 ↑ 11 ↑ 11 ↑ 8 = 1 = 10 ↑ 9 ↑ 10 ↑ 18 ↑ 11 ↑ 12 ↑ Club Facilities Season Training Facilities Youth Facilities Youth Level Corporate Facilities Junior Coaching Youth Recruitment Club Reputation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At Start Basic Basic 4 Adequate Fairly Basic Basic Local (1.00*) 2023/24 Basic = Basic = 4 = Adequate = Average ↑ Fairly Basic ↑ Local = (1.00*) = 2024/25 Basic = Basic = 4 = Adequate = Good ↑↑ Above Average ↑↑ Local = (1.00*) = 2025/26 Basic = Basic = 4 = Adequate = Exceptional ↑↑ Excellent ↑↑ Local = (1.00*) = Season Record Season Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Win Percentage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023/24 54 26 12 16 107 81 +26 48.15% 2024/25 57 32 9 16 130 75 +55 56.14% ↑ 2025/26 53 19 13 21 82 79 +3 35.85% ↓ Overall Career Record After Season Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Win Percentage Time At Club ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023/24 54 26 12 16 107 81 +26 48.15% 329 days 2024/25 111 58 21 32 237 156 +81 52.25% ↑ 688 days 2025/26 164 77 34 53 319 235 +84 46.95% ↓ 1,042 days Transfer Sale Record Date Player Position Club Sold To Country Transfer Fee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trophy Haul Season Competition Won -------------------------- Trophy Cabinet League Titles ------------- Cup Competition Victories ------------------------- Career Overview Season Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League League Position F.A. Cup League Cup Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023/24 N/a N/a N/a Vanarama National League North 4th Fourth Qualifying Round N/a Lost in promotion playoff final. F. A. Trophy second round. 2024/25 N/a N/a N/a Vanarama National League North 3rd ↑ Second Round ↑ N/a Lost in promotion playoff semi final. F. A. Trophy fifth round. 2025/26 N/a N/a N/a Vanarama National League North 18th ↓ Second Round = N/a We regressed from previous seasons. F. A. Trophy third round. Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only) Season Player Cumulative Number of Appearances --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023/24 No one 0 2024/25 Jonathan Jones YP25B18 9 2025/26 Jonathan Jones YP25B18 55 Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only) Season Player Cumulative Number of Goals --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023/24 No one 0 2024/25 Sean Bryson YP25K27 1 2025/26 William Fletcher YP25P32 6 Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only) Season Player Cumulative Number of Assists --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023/24 No one 0 2024/25 Sean Bryson YP25K27 2 2025/26 Sean Bryson YP25K27 5 Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only) Season Player Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023/24 No one 0 2024/25 No one 0 2025/26 No one 0 Edited February 12, 2023 by DazRTaylor 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 This is one of the harshest sackings I have ever received. I was summoned to a board meeting as I "failed to become an established National League North club". We finjished fourth, third and eighteenth. Ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusttJD Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 10 hours ago, WhiteCat33 said: yes I'm pretty sure the Scotland 10-tier is fine. Not sure if that has relegation in the bottom playable division. If it doesn't you just choose any team that finished last in its league. GL! One more question though, and this is also to the people that maintain this thread and enforce the rules. If it's allowed to choose the lowest finishing team in Tier 10 of Scotland, then why can't we do the same thing for Holland? I know that it's not the rule, but 10 years ago the rule was to allow this challenge only in England, and look where we are now. I think that an exception should be made for Holland, simply because it's a rather big but more importantly a popular competition. There won't be any official relegation for the next 5-10 years, and it wouldn't surprise me if it never happens. (The teams below don't want to get promoted because of the financial risks.) The lowest rated teams in the "Keuken Kampioen Divisie" are worse than the higher rated amateur teams. The lower rated teams that will most likely finish last (Top Oss, Telstar, Helmond.) have worse accommodations than the average Vanarama South Teams. (So, it's not like you will get a headstart.) You could even make a couple of unique rules for people that want to take this challenge on in The Netherlands. - Go on Holiday for a year and pick the team that finished in last place. (Or, 19th in case a "Jong" team finished 20th.) - If you finish 20th yourself in the "Keuken Kampioen Divisie" , it will be considered to be a relegation and a game over. - You have to provide an extra screenshot of the table with the team that finished last. Holland is such a fun country to coach in, and people have successfully completed this challenge in the past versions. So, it would be such a shame to exclude it from this challenge, most likely forever. So, why not look for a way to include it, instead of throwing it away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAwtunes Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 My favourite player retired a few days ago so I had to bring him back in some capacity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAwtunes Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, JusttJD said: One more question though, and this is also to the people that maintain this thread and enforce the rules. If it's allowed to choose the lowest finishing team in Tier 10 of Scotland, then why can't we do the same thing for Holland? I know that it's not the rule, but 10 years ago the rule was to allow this challenge only in England, and look where we are now. I think that an exception should be made for Holland, simply because it's a rather big but more importantly a popular competition. There won't be any official relegation for the next 5-10 years, and it wouldn't surprise me if it never happens. (The teams below don't want to get promoted because of the financial risks.) The lowest rated teams in the "Keuken Kampioen Divisie" are worse than the higher rated amateur teams. The lower rated teams that will most likely finish last (Top Oss, Telstar, Helmond.) have worse accommodations than the average Vanarama South Teams. (So, it's not like you will get a headstart.) You could even make a couple of unique rules for people that want to take this challenge on in The Netherlands. - Go on Holiday for a year and pick the team that finished in last place. (Or, 19th in case a "Jong" team finished 20th.) - If you finish 20th yourself in the "Keuken Kampioen Divisie" , it will be considered to be a relegation and a game over. - You have to provide an extra screenshot of the table with the team that finished last. Holland is such a fun country to coach in, and people have successfully completed this challenge in the past versions. So, it would be such a shame to exclude it from this challenge, most likely forever. So, why not look for a way to include it, instead of throwing it away. This thread was created a few months ago to cater for certain nations that are not eligible for inclusion here (including Holland). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grff Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) Tutankhamun: 2028/29 Season Review Collapse 2: The Sequel Another season that started so well when we won 19 from 19 games before the standard collapse occurred and we were pipped to the title on the last day. We had a board takeover which was much needed as we had crippling debts of £1.2m. Slimming down the squad will hopefully lead to less overheads going forward. Player stats were promising until the last 8 or so games when we couldn't win to save our lives. Youth intake was poor again as we took on just a handful. Transfers Season history Aim for next season Clinch promotion to the Premier League Try and maintain a positive bank balance now the takeover has happened Commit our best players to long term deals. Edited February 12, 2023 by grff 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post russ the womble Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) It's taken a while.. Amazing scenes.. Cracking win on the last day which was needed as we were equal points with Wolfsberger (albeit a much better GD, and Wolfsberger ended up drawing). We also lost to Wolfsberger the game before, which sucked but never mind.. The Table Spoiler Went top at the mid-season break and managed to retain position for the rest of the season. The Team Spoiler The midfield 3 and the introduction of Christopher Bigger on the RW were the big difference this season, plus Birkenstock's progress in defence. Going up was probably needed as Dortmund and others have been sniffing around my players. Hoping I can persuade a few of them to stay now we are in the top flight. The Talent Spoiler Some great players at the moment Yilmaz is a big hope to take over in CM from Sven Fix (who wants a ridiculous wage!) Decent set of youths, could do with a CB but alas.. new LB could be useful. The Stats Spoiler xG table puts us top too - good to see The Bank Spoiler Selling LB for millions has alleviated pressure. We also invested into the training ground, although I didn't realise at some point it had dropped in standard so we are back to where I thought we were! Bank loan almost done. The Fans Spoiler We had a takeover which has reduced fans' influence on the board. Some decent growth in facebook followers Obviously delighted to FINALLY go up, hopefully can keep the team together and stay up, not sure how easy that will be! Edited February 12, 2023 by russ the womble 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteCat33 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 4 hours ago, JusttJD said: One more question though, and this is also to the people that maintain this thread and enforce the rules. If it's allowed to choose the lowest finishing team in Tier 10 of Scotland, then why can't we do the same thing for Holland? I know that it's not the rule, but 10 years ago the rule was to allow this challenge only in England, and look where we are now. I think that an exception should be made for Holland, simply because it's a rather big but more importantly a popular competition. There won't be any official relegation for the next 5-10 years, and it wouldn't surprise me if it never happens. (The teams below don't want to get promoted because of the financial risks.) The lowest rated teams in the "Keuken Kampioen Divisie" are worse than the higher rated amateur teams. The lower rated teams that will most likely finish last (Top Oss, Telstar, Helmond.) have worse accommodations than the average Vanarama South Teams. (So, it's not like you will get a headstart.) You could even make a couple of unique rules for people that want to take this challenge on in The Netherlands. - Go on Holiday for a year and pick the team that finished in last place. (Or, 19th in case a "Jong" team finished 20th.) - If you finish 20th yourself in the "Keuken Kampioen Divisie" , it will be considered to be a relegation and a game over. - You have to provide an extra screenshot of the table with the team that finished last. Holland is such a fun country to coach in, and people have successfully completed this challenge in the past versions. So, it would be such a shame to exclude it from this challenge, most likely forever. So, why not look for a way to include it, instead of throwing it away. From my understanding, the reason it's allowed for a lower-league database is that they are attempting to include most if not all of the pyramid so very often the lowest league won't have relegation. It's been the case for me in Luxembourg, Slovenia and Malta which were all 5-6 tier databases so wasn't sure if it would be the same for Scotland. That low the teams are fully amateur with only YI players and almost uniformly minimal facilities and stadiums so there's basically no difference between the teams. I get your frustration, which is why that other thread was started though no one has really done a save over there. Opens up other nations like Ireland and USA without relegation. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winski Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 19 minutes ago, russ the womble said: It's taken a while.. Amazing scenes.. Cracking win on the last day which was needed as we were equal points with Wolfsberger (albeit a much better GD, and Wolfsberger ended up drawing). We also lost to Wolfsberger the game before, which sucked but never mind.. The Table Hide contents Went top at the mid-season break and managed to retain position for the rest of the season. The Team Reveal hidden contents The midfield 3 and the introduction of Christopher Bigger on the RW were the big difference this season, plus Birkenstock's progress in defence. Going up was probably needed as Dortmund and others have been sniffing around my players. Hoping I can persuade a few of them to stay now we are in the top flight. The Talent Reveal hidden contents Some great players at the moment Yilmaz is a big hope to take over in CM from Sven Fix (who wants a ridiculous wage!) Decent set of youths, could do with a CB but alas.. new LB could be useful. The Stats Reveal hidden contents xG table puts us top too - good to see The Bank Reveal hidden contents Selling LB for millions has alleviated pressure. We also invested into the training ground, although I didn't realise at some point it had dropped in standard so we are back to where I thought we were! Bank loan almost done. The Fans Reveal hidden contents We had a takeover which has reduced fans' influence on the board. Some decent growth in facebook followers Obviously delighted to FINALLY go up, hopefully can keep the team together and stay up, not sure how easy that will be! Finally promoted! Good luck next season 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusttJD Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 After starting with the wrong team first, I started this challenge as well. I started in Belgium and see how it will go with all the financial issues in there. It will be a steep learning curve after not playing it for years, but looking forward to it! (And, hopefully those screenshots are correct.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post russ the womble Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 Well, we stayed up But a tricky season Half tempted to cash in my best players to upgrade training etc but I have no decent prospects lined up to replace. Big increases in support! Also got a youth facilities upgrade. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigJack Posted February 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2023 FC United Season 22 - 2044/45 Season Preview Preview Predicted Finish = 20th Competitions Premier League - 14th. League Table Past Positions FA Cup - Lost in the 3rd round to Middlesbrough. Carabao Cup - Lost in the 2nd round to Guiseley. I am actually disappointed with this season. We had a decent start and sat 5th after 7 games, tumbled down to 14th after 15 games before really kicking on and we sat 7th after 27 games. I honestly thought we had turned a corner but a bad run of form in the final 11 games meant we had to settle for 14th. Its still decent enough but we really need to start pushing on and trying to get higher up the table. Playing Squad Squad Transfers Best 11 We have a batch of youngsters who are on the cusp of the first team, and I am going to start trying to phase out the players who appear to have hit their ability ceiling over the next season or 2. GK - Williams 31b RB - Rooney 37c CB - Bascoe 36a CB - Adkins 39a LB - Diallo 35b CM - Woodcraft 36b CM - Cook 37b AMR - Mead 34d AML - Rouse 36c ST - Liddle 33c ST - Jewell 33d OTHERS Fisher 43b Davies 41e Owen 44a Lee 43d Atangana 43h Mastacaneanu 43a Youth Development Preview Intake Personalities Another decent intake is topped off with the emergence of what looks a very good player in Mainoo 45a. The 3 elite talents are: Mainoo 35a Laybe 45b Jeffries 45c Finances and Facilities Finances Facilities Another solid year and just after the season ended we moved into our new stadium. We have been playing in a 40'093 seater stadium for the last 3 years, and since our new stadium houses only 23'440 spectators, I instantly asked for it to be expanded upon completion, to which the board agreed. Other Club Records Overall best 11 Mohamed Jabra set a new appearance record whilst we took charge of our 1100th game this season. We also, for the first time had 2 players on the NXGN List. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riebow Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Sevlievo Season Review (28/29) League: 3 more wins than last season. We reached the Second Phase for the first time. We did well there with 3 wins and 2 ties. For the first time in this save, an other team than Ludogorets won the league. Congrats to Levski! To be honest, I was getting a bit exhausted, because the football is so atrocious. I was ready to throw in the towel and start somewhere else, but then the intake give us new life! Spoiler Cup: Knocked out in the 2nd round. Still don't care until we're able to beat Ludogorets/CSKA/Levski Intake: Unfortunately, I mistakenly deleted the screenshots I took by mistake. We've gotten our very first foreign newgen, all the way from Stichtse Velden in The Netherlands. His name is Mikki De Kruijck and boy, is he worth it! A technically gifted Ball Playing Defender, who immediately became the best player of the squad. This is what you get when Arjen Robben is your U19 Coach :-D. He really turned my entire team around. I moved my tactic to a 3 man defence and since he joined the starting 11, we only lost 1 game. First 9 games: 3 goals, 2 POM, Avg rating 7.56. By comparison, I have 1(!) other player with an avg rating about 7 Unfortunately, he doesn't want to sign a professional contract so I might lose him anytime :-( Other: Our youth facilities downgraded, but we have no money to make further investments. We either need a big transfer fee or European football. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Koetzer Posted February 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2023 FK Viktoria Žižkov – season 2032/33 Another bad start, we struggled to score and missed a lot of points in the games that should be won. Even after defeating Sparta and Slavia in December we were only 10th at the winter break, but after nine wins and two draws in new year made it to the top three. And here came the old problems with scoring, we were the better team in four games out of five, but only managed to get one win. Enough for 4th place, but we could actually qualify to the Champions League with a bit more luck! Cup Tried our best against Sparta, but that wasn’t enough. Conference League So close! After confidently defeating opponents from Ukraine and Austria we were drawn against Lens and hardly could hope for a good result, especially after a narrow loss at home, but Muxel scored two in France and we were ten minutes from qualifying to the group stage. Unfortunately, he also was the only player to miss in the shootout Squad stats M.Muxel *23a – another excellent season for our striker. Played in the Euros (mostly as a substitute and didn’t score, but assisted for the winning goal in a game which let the Czech team qualify for playoffs), won his third top goalscorer title in a row and officially became the club legend (along with Karel Poborsky and several less known players from 90s). His new contract is really huge though, he earns four times more than the second richest player in our squad. J.Šmíd *28a – set his personal goalscoring record. D.Klinka *26d and J.Jambor *30a – two wingers set the new joint club record in assists. Jambor once again was selected into the NXGN list (this time as number 3!), but his future in our club is very doubtful – he wants to play in a better squad with one year of contract remaining B.Varga *26i – this time he was the leader of our defensive line, though still overlooked by the national team manager. Transfers – apart from these departures, before the season we released two last remaining real players who weren’t good even for backup anymore. Youth intake (preview) Slončík *33a | Řehák *33b | Hůlka *33c | Piták *33d | Žák *33e | Mununga *33f | Leština *33g We got some quality players, but not for the positions which I hoped to improve. It’s really strange that our attendance is declining despite selling more season tickets and playing in Europe. Another training facilities upgrade is on the way, thanks to better sponsorship deals. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OlivierL Posted February 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) Season Preview | Competitions | Honours HLN : We dit it again, back to back champion! And again Hajduk was our biggest challenger and Dinamo had a setback. Very pleased with this performance and this once again ensures champions league group stage. Europe: First team in the Champions league and we played against Bayern, Monaco, Napoli, Rangers, Juventus . No big expectations but we won against CSKA-Sofia and Rangers. We did get a beating against Bayern, among others. We finished 27th in the group stage. Supersport Hrvatski Kup: We played our thid cup final and lost the first two finals . This time we played against Osijek and we won it after a very good game from both teams ! We won all the domestic competitions this season. Supersport Superkup: We won our first supercup with penalties against Hajduk. U19: Our U19 won the Hrvatska Juniorska Liga for the first time! First XI| Overall Best XI| Transfers| Youth Intake 2029 Komorski YT was our best player with 21 goals and 11 assists ! Finances & Upgrades Profile Club | Finances | Facilities | Club Vision | Supporters Profile | Affiliated Clubs Champions league means our finances got a big boost ! Our first foreign partner, team from Slovenia 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 Very pleased with our development and money through the champions league. Next season, I am going to select heavily and say goodbye again to four 'real' players. there are some very big talents waiting to break through. Strabić 28D - Lihić 27C - Janjiš 27D - Suskovic 26D - Liklin 28B - Tomašec 28G - Stipković 27A - Pandža 25C Edited February 13, 2023 by OlivierL 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CameronFM Posted February 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) Szolnoki MÁV FC Season 2028/29 League | Cup | Squad | Transfers | Finances We bounce straight back up! After being tipped to be in a relegation battle in the second division, we recorded tremendous form in the first half of the season to give us a fighting chance of the title! However, a ropey second half of the season saw that chance slip away, leaving us to settle with promotion. A youthful team going back to the top flight, with key individuals moving on - it is going to be another world of pain. Youth Intake 2028 Going back to the top flight, it really isn't a good youth intake as a whole. Yet another goalkeeper comes through the ranks, but my main focus is on both Zoltán Takács & Krisztián Simon; the future for András Halmosi, Balázs Garancsi & József Vincze. Halmosi and Garancsi are both leaving the club after contract refusal; citing that they need a bigger club at this stage of their careers. They move onto Mezõkövesdi (Top flight runners-up) & Kisvárda (Top flight bottom half) respectively. Vincze runs out of contract in the summer of 2030 and has advised he will be exploring his options - I can only hope we perform well enough in top flight to convince him to stay. Spoiler Our younger players continue to develop well at this stage, but we are going to be weak in defence with inexperience being the protectors of the goal next season. Edited February 13, 2023 by CameronFM Adding trackers 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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