[FM23] Out of Africa. (Spanish out of Morocco to be precise). We will start with Ceuta, but if things go badly I might end up at Melila.

[BML]

I do like Anton and Carlos for that role, but then I'm a sucker for a striker with a high Finishing stat (typically ignoring any other flaws that may exist).

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2041. 

GK.

1st Team. Camara (SEN) 6'2"
B Team. (36j) Camara (GAM)(ESP) 6'4"
U19's. (41n) Pinedo. (Pro), (39p) Ángel 6'2".
Loan. Moussa (EGY), Fofana (FRA)(CIV) 5'9", (38l) Paradas 6'1", (38h) Morales 5'11", 
Sell.
Release. (37j) Daniel. 5'10"

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2041. 

DL.

1st Team. Lakhdar (MAR)(ESP) & Coulibaly (MLI)(ESP) *.
B Team. (38c) Giménez
U19's. (40i) Asier (Pro), (39m) Sáez. & (41k) Duque. (F.Pro).
Loan.
Sell.
Release. (37p) Cañadas.

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2041. 

DR

1st Team. Yakubu (ENG)(GHA) * & Ilunga (COD)(BEL) 5'10".
B Team. Dosso (CIV)
U19's. (39h) Poves
Loan. Yao (CIV), Naser (EGY), Conneh (LIB)(ESP)
Sell. Musa. (ENG)(NGA)
Release. (33f) Tejera., (37o) Ndiaye. (ESP)(SEN), (37p) Cañadas., (38e) Rey.

[Jimbokav1971]

After about a month away I hardly recognise this safe. Think I should be able to get back into it though. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2041. 

DC.

1st Team. 
DLC. Ouédraogo (CIV)(BFA) 6'0" DC &  Mohamed (EGY) 6'4".
DC. Idris (GER)(NGA) 6'5" & (33c) Francisco 6'3".
DRC. Cherif (FRA)(ALG) 6'5" DC & Gimo (RSA)(MOZ) 6'1" DC.
B Team. (37k) Jesús 6'6", (39b) Agné 6'4", Diakité (CIV), Ouattara (CIV)(BFA) 6'0"
U19's. (39d) Vázquez 5'10" DC, 
Loan. Mofokeng (RSA) 6'1", Gomes (POR)(GNB), (37i) Alemany 5'10" DC, 
Sell.
Release. (38k) González. 5'11", 

[dtown1414]

This has been a good read, and an interesting angle on a different type of challenge. It is good to see how many different ways there are to play this game. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jul 2041. 

MC.

1st Team. Madidilani (RSA) & Aziz (EGY). Ndlovu (RSA) & Sakanoko 2 (CIV) MC.
B Team. (38i) Iván, (37b) Manuel, El-Akchaoui (MAR)(FRA), Kouakou (CIV)(FRA), Koné (CIV), 
U19's. (39c) Franco (ESP)(BAS) 6'4", Sène (ESP)(MLI), (41b) Gutiérrez (Spirit), (40c) Llorente (F.Det), 
Loan. Hamdi (EGY), Hesham (EGY), Msimango (RSA), (37h) Xavi, (36b) Jaime (EQG)(ESP), Taddese (GER)(ETH), 
Sell.
Release. (37l) Gómez., 

[Rikulec]

Nice to see this back.

[Jimbokav1971]

On 27/03/2023 at 17:01, dtown1414 said:

This has been a good read, and an interesting angle on a different type of challenge. It is good to see how many different ways there are to play this game. 

Thanks. 

Yeah, I appreciate that it's not typical of the way many play the game. I really like going deep into saves, (I really struggle in the early seasons), and I often play Youth Only which helps to speed the process up on top of the IR button. Because of efforts I go to in other areas, I wonder if if the IR button is actually counter-productive to speeding up the game in the long rin. 

Player development is the part of the game I enjoy most, but at the same time I don't like controlling Team Training. Again, I appreciate that what I like and don't like are a little incompatible. 

[Jimbokav1971]

22 hours ago, Rikulec said:

Nice to see this back.

Thanks. Yeah, it's good to be back. I've mainly been playing Rimworld, watching real football and reading. Quite enjoyed the break actually. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jul 2041. 

SC.

1st Team.
SLC. Boli (CIV) & (37a) Niño *.
SC. (33b) Marcos * & (32a) David.
SRC. Guèhi (CIV) * & Amade (MOZ)(RSA).
B Team. Dabo (MLI)(ESP), (37c) Castro * & Sakanoko 1 (CIV).
U19's. (38g) Muñoz, (41a) Antón 5'8" (Driven) SC & (40b) Casas (Temp). (41c) Carlos (Bal), (40a) Tomé (Unamb) & (39a) Fornals.
Loan. El Sayed (EGY), Zungu (RSA), Okafor (ESP)(NGA), Okafor (ESP)(NGA), Koffi (CIV), Souprayen (FRA)(REU), Dladla (RSA), Diepkilé (ESP)(MLI), Ali Labiadh (TUN), Diomandé (CIV), Qwabe (RSA), Okafor (ESP)(NGA), Touré (CIV), Msimango (RSA), (36c) Delgado, (37g) Miguel, (38d) Cisse (ESP)(SEN), Souprayen (FRA)(REU), (36e) Reyes, 
Sell. (32b) Intxaurraga (FRA)(BAS)
Release. (37m) Joel

[Jimbokav1971]

Reputation. Jul 2041. 

We're now the top ranked non-Worldwide club in Spain. 

8,303 Real Hispalis.
7,883 Ceuta.

420 rep points is actually a considerable margin when you consider that it's just under 19% of our current reputation. 

[dtown1414]

On 28/03/2023 at 13:48, Jimbokav1971 said:

Thanks. Yeah, it's good to be back. I've mainly been playing Rimworld, watching real football and reading. Quite enjoyed the break actually. 

Since I retired two years ago, I've been reading a ton. Just finished "Living on the Volcano" by Michael Calvin. Really interesting to get the take from the various managers that he interviews. I also read The Manager by Mike Carson not too long ago. Both really good reads. Calvin's "The Nowhere Men" is also an excellent read. Being a distance runner, even at my age, I'm now reading "Today We Die a Little", which is the story of Emil Zatopek. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Transfers in. Jul 2041.

The Summer window has opened and straight away 4 new players have arrived. 

Davids (RSA) was signed on a free simply on the basis of his 5.0 PA. Unfortunately that's been downgraded to 4.5 PA fter his arrival.

Uzoma (NGA) was signed on the basis of his scout report, but he's taken a huge drop in PA since his arrival so I think the scout report bight have been bogus. On the plus side, we didn't pay any money for him and of course he's still young enough to be available for the U19's. 

Kitoko (BEL)(COD) * might have cost us £25M, but he's immediately valued at  so this could still be a bargain.

Tavares (POR)(GNB) * was signed by £30.5M but just look at his valuation after his arrival!  

Even after splashing out £55M on players, we still made a tidy transfer profit last season last season of £32M. 

[Thebaker]

good to see you back, that valuation is unreal for Tavares. Is Kitoko actually a star player, was your scout wrong about his current ability as well?

[Jimbokav1971]

4 hours ago, dtown1414 said:

Since I retired two years ago, I've been reading a ton. Just finished "Living on the Volcano" by Michael Calvin. Really interesting to get the take from the various managers that he interviews. I also read The Manager by Mike Carson not too long ago. Both really good reads. Calvin's "The Nowhere Men" is also an excellent read. Being a distance runner, even at my age, I'm now reading "Today We Die a Little", which is the story of Emil Zatopek. 

I read a book as a teenager, (long time ago), called "Flanagans Run", written by Tom McNab. It was based on a true story of a race literally across America, (called the Trans-American). It was based in the 1930's and despite that I think it transfers well to modern reading. If you ever get a chance you should give it a go. It had the Great Depression, racism, prohibition, the Mob, doping and much much more. Anyone who likes running, (or used to like running in my case), will get something out of it. 

[dtown1414]

ok, thanks. I'll check it out

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, Thebaker said:

good to see you back, that valuation is unreal for Tavares. Is Kitoko actually a star player, was your scout wrong about his current ability as well?

I tend to not pay too much attention to valuations, partly because I don't understand how they are created, but also because it doesn't translate directly to transfer fees. Tavares could be amazing, but we will just have to keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best. 

Not sure what you mean by Kitoko being a "star" player. His Coach report says that he is a "good level 2 player", who "isn't far from 1st Team level". 2.0 CA 5.0 PA. Certainly not a star player for the 1st Team, but potentially a future star in the making. 

[Thebaker]

40 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I tend to not pay too much attention to valuations, partly because I don't understand how they are created, but also because it doesn't translate directly to transfer fees. Tavares could be amazing, but we will just have to keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best. 

Not sure what you mean by Kitoko being a "star" player. His Coach report says that he is a "good level 2 player", who "isn't far from 1st Team level". 2.0 CA 5.0 PA. Certainly not a star player for the 1st Team, but potentially a future star in the making. 

Under his wages it says star player which is usually the squad level the player has been given. I was surprised at this since he doesn't look like a star player for the team.

[Jimbokav1971]

Aug 2041. 

LaLiga. we haven't won, but at the same time we're unbeaten. It's vermy much a case of 4 points dropped in the opening months though as we have really dominated both games. We've got a £50M transfer budget available, but there isn't a £50M striker jumping out who might solve our shyness in front of goal. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

19 hours ago, Thebaker said:

Under his wages it says star player which is usually the squad level the player has been given. I was surprised at this since he doesn't look like a star player for the team.

Good spot. 

I'll tell him whatever he wants to get him to sign when he's a 5.0 PA player who I think I'm under-paying for. So yes, I have agreed to him being signed as a star player, (and £134,000 pm is a lot of money for us, especially when  you consider that only 9 players at the club are being paid more than £100,000 per month). 

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2041.

LaLiga. 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss is ok, but looking at the opposition and the fact that we played both Sevilla and Atletico away, I'm happy with the improvement on 2 draws against poor opposition in the opening month of the season.

UEFA Champions League. We completely imploded in this game. We led 2-0 and then conceded 4 goals to trail 4-2. We pulled it back to 4-3 but it's a game we never should have lost. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances. 

[dtown1414]

On 21/10/2022 at 23:35, Jimbokav1971 said:

Scouting. Nov 2022. 

I commented recently that we keep getting nil returns on the Recruitment Focus, (any position, in Spain, of African Nationality, with 2.0 CA and 4.0 PA). 

Well after the last nil return message I went in and removed the "Further Details" that were the African Nationalities.

Then I get this. 

The Recruitment Focus still hasn't found anyone, (or any near misses), but they are suggesting relaxing the criteria a little, but seem to be more stringent on the age, but they already have 2 results in progress. 

They have kept with any position, (still kept to Spain because we can only scout in Spain), reduced the ages to 15-22, have increased the CA to 2.5, (I like it), and then reduced the PA to 3.5. 1 more thing they've done is they have added 1 Further Detail so let me see what that says...... 

A High statistical performance in..... and then it's either blank or invisible. 

I'm not completely sure what's going on here, (but I obviously like it), and these are the 2 player on which reports are in progress. 

They're both Africans, but I removed African Nationality from the criteria. Boy I'm confused. 

 

Edited March 31, 2023 by dtown1414

[dtown1414]

Your recruitment team is doing about as good as mine in Savannah. They found one player who wants nothing to do with us, lol

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2041. 

LaLiga. It's not quite a 100% record, but it's decent form and has moved us up to 6th in the league, with a game in hand on 3 of the 5 above us. That's without us playing well at all, especially at the back. There is loads of room for improvement from here so I'm pretty happy.

UEFA Champions League. It might look at 1st glance like 2 convincing wins, but actually it's not quite that as we scored 3 late goals against Young Boys and 2 goals after an hour against Viktoria Plzen. Our 1st choicers coming off the bench are having a significant impact. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

 

 

Records. Another little step in the right direction. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

56 minutes ago, dtown1414 said:

 

You know there is no message here right? 

[Jimbokav1971]

55 minutes ago, dtown1414 said:

Your recruitment team is doing about as good as mine in Savannah. They found one player who wants nothing to do with us, lol

They have got much better over the years, but it was certainly a real slog at the start. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Goal 50. Nov 2041.

(27a) Crespo * hasn't just made the list. He's won the whole thing. 

It's such a shame that he came through the intake so early that we were unable to hang onto him. Can you imagine what we could do if he came through the intake now? 

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2041. 

LaLiga. The RSS result was a real horror show. We completely dominated the game but couldn't score, and they scored with their only shot on target. It's just the way it goes sometimes. 

UEFA Champions League. The Liverpool game was a tight affair that I wasn't expecting to get anything out of, but the Porto game was a really good result that saw us win a tight game by virtue of saving a 1st half pen and coming from behind to win. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances. 

[Sonic Youth]

I think the opening third of the season has gone well, in the European spots, very nice GA, and only a few goals more (Crespo type forward) from being further up the table. I’ll point to your form and results in Europe as showing how much the team has improved.

I like the signing of Tavares 

Kitoko was signed as a fullback? He’ll need cover then! Hope he lives up to the Star Player billing! What do the fans think of him?

Crespo scored a winner in a World Cup final? So good! And now is awarded the Goal 50? Deserved. Would have loved to have seen him play his career in Cueta 

[Jimbokav1971]

27 minutes ago, Sonic Youth said:

I think the opening third of the season has gone well, in the European spots, very nice GA, and only a few goals more (Crespo type forward) from being further up the table. I’ll point to your form and results in Europe as showing how much the team has improved.

I like the signing of Tavares 

Kitoko was signed as a fullback? He’ll need cover then! Hope he lives up to the Star Player billing! What do the fans think of him?

Crespo scored a winner in a World Cup final? So good! And now is awarded the Goal 50? Deserved. Would have loved to have seen him play his career in Cueta 

I've found it quite hard to get going again this season, (after about a real time month away from the save). As a result I've made a few mistakes and in particular I've left the senior squad with 3 central midfielders rather than 4, but worse than that I made a complete shambles of the B Team registration, (which obviously provides depth to the 1st Team when 1st choice players are unavailable). 

The problem was that when I went to register the squad based on the squad I had picked during the squad depth posts, we were enormously over the maximum squad salary, (by about 300%), and in the end I just got the Ass Man to auto-select the squad, (which was a complete disaster because it meant that there were players who I hadn't loaned out because they were going to play in the B Team, and because of that the 1st team on occasion, but because they weren't registered for the B Team, they also aren't available for the 1st Team either).  Absolute nightmare. 

In the end the Ass Man only managed to register 10 outfield players out of a possible 23. I'm really going to have to look at this again at the end of this season. It's too important to get wrong like this. To make it even worse, I also can't loan them out until January. 

Tavares (POR)(GNB) * is looking decent. Largely used from the bench so far, but he's doing ok. 

Kitoko (BEL)(COD) * was signed largely because of his PA and I don't remember giving too much thought to where he will be playing. I think I see him as a wide striker who can cover WB when I need an extra attacking option, but I don't see him as a WB against decent opposition. 

Nothing significant either way with regards to board/supporter opinion on Kitoko. It's early days yet. 

(27a) Crespo * is just a serial winner. He wins wherever he goes. 

2028. Spain U19's. UEFA EURO Champs U19's winners. 

2030. Ceuta. Promotion from LaLiga Smartbank (LaLiga2).

2031. Liverpool U21's. English U21 Premier Division 1 Champions.

2032. Spain U23's. Olympic Games winners. 

2033. Bournemouth. English Sky Bet Championship Champions. 

2034. Spain. 1st International Cap against Kosovo, (aged 22). 

2035. Sevilla. Copa del Rey winners. 

2036. Spain. UEFA EURO Champs Runners Up. 
2036. Spain. 1st International goal against Scotland, (aged 25).

2037. Sevilla. Copa del Rey Runners Up. 

2038. Spain. FIFA World Cup winners. 
2038. Spain. Scored the winning goal in the World Cup Final.
2038. Sevilla. Copa del Rey winners. 
2038. Sevilla. Supercopa de Espana Runners Up. 

2039. Sevilla. Copa del Rey Runners Up. 
2039. Sevilla. Supercopa de Espana Runners Up.

2040. Spain. UEFA EURO Champs Runners Up. 
2040. Sevilla. LaLiga Santander Champions. 
2040. Sevilla. Copa del Rey Runners Up. 

2041. Sevilla. Supercopa de Espana Runners Up.

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2041. 

LaLiga. You might think that draws are lost points, but any points at all away from home are well earned in my opinion and when you consider that these 2 draws were against R.Madrid (3rd) and Celta Vigo (4th) then they are even more valuable points. Everyone has lost now and 2nd placed Real Hispalis have now lost 3 times where as we have only lost twice. 

UEFA Champions League. A much rotated squad comfortably sees off the fizzy sugar drink merchants and we're up to 5th in this ridiculous monstrosity of a Champions League Group stage. 

Copa de Su Majestad el Rey. A rotated squad romped to an easy 3-0

Youth Intake preview. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2042. 

LaLiga. I don't feel like we have hot top gear yet, but despite that we're up to 4th and are unbeaten in 9. Next month will test that as we play top of the table Sevilla, but to be honest I don't really feel we're competing against them anyway, but should be able to test ourselves against everyone else. 

UEFA Champions League. We were found slightly wanting against the big boys in the Champions League as Monaco beat us and Bayern drew with us as they both qualified for the knockout stages at our expense. We will have to go through a playoff to get there. 

Copa de Su Majestad el Rey. We fielded weakened squads in both these games and it nearly cost us in both games. Against Lleida a 1st half sending off meant that we had to squeeze through on pens, and against Oviedo we needed a later ET winner. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

Finances. 

[Jtomsett11]

Saw this in the last data update and thought of your many comments regarding the inability to boost youth recruitment beyond level 19 - hopefully sorted now!

[Jimbokav1971]

On 08/04/2023 at 19:27, Jtomsett11 said:

Saw this in the last data update and thought of your many comments regarding the inability to boost youth recruitment beyond level 19 - hopefully sorted now!

Oh that indeed is good news. 

[Jimbokav1971]

So where was I? 

This month was played a month ago and I'm just updating now. 

Feb 2042. 

LaLiga. There is no shame in losing to Sevilla. In case you can't remember, they are now the La Liga Big Dog and are comfortably both the best offensive and defensive club around right now. We look well set for the European spots, and the question would appear to be if we can sneak into the Champions League spots. 

UEFA Champions League. We're still in the Champions League knockout stages, but Scottish opposition isn't something that we should struggle with. 

Copa de Su Majestad el Rey. I really want to be competing for trophies, but Sevilla are Sevilla and they are just very very good at the moment. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

@Jtomsett11mentioned that the bug where you can't get the board to upgrade Youth Recruitment from L19 to L20 has been resolved, but I'm not sure if it's save game compatible so we will just have to keep our fingers crossed. 

Facilities. 

Unfortunately it would seem to not quite as easy as just asking for it once. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake day. Mar 2042. 

Preview. 

Summary. An excellent intake from the preview drops to just an average intake. 

Squad by PA.

Players. 

[Jimbokav1971]

NxGn 2042. Mar 2042.

Britto (CIV)(MLI) has come in this season and done well up front on the left of a 3, scoring 6 goals and creating 4 assists in all competitions. Signed for a snip at just £850k, he's already worth £34M-£49M

Kitoko (BEL)(COD) * also came in last Summer, and he cost more at £25M, but he's already worth £62M-£60M so this should still be seen as a good deal. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Mar 2042.

LaLiga Santander. Our form in the league has been decent, but the 2 dropped points at Mallorca still rankles. Sevilla might have vanished off into the distance, but we're up to 3rd and are just 1 point behind Celta Vigo. We might not have any chance of winning the league, but I still think we've got a chance of 2nd with 9 games left to play. 

UEFA Champions League. This was a really good pair of performances and I'm pleasantly surprised to see us progress. 

We've been drawn against Liverpool in the Quarters, with 4 English clubs through to this stage, but not last season's Champions Spurs. 

Records.

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Apr 2042. 

LaLiga. A really good month, only slightly diminished by us being unable to score against Real Madrid and conceding against Bilbao. We're up to 2nd, but Real Hispalis have 2 games in hand and are just 2 point behind. 

UEFA Champions League. We were poor in the 1st leg and it was too much to overcome. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

May 2042. 

La Liga. After my month away from the save I have returned and won 13 of 14 La Liga games, (drawing the other one). We only lost 3 league games all season and set a new record for points gained in a season (by 3 pts). The fact that Real Madrid went unbeaten in their last 11 games of the season suggests that they would have been tough to overcome, but actually we beat them by 4 points over the same period despite the fact that they kept 8 clean sheets in the 11 games.

1,000 up.

Goal-scoring GK's.

 

Finances.  When we've got £141M in the bank, I wonder why our transfer budget is only £39M? 

We get back 60% for any transfer sales and I think I might be taking advantage of some of that this Summer. 

[Vakama2619]

Are you managing the B-Team as well?

[Jimbokav1971]

6 hours ago, Vakama2619 said:

Are you managing the B-Team as well?

Yes I am, butu it's been a relatively recent introduction to the save. 

We didn't start off with a B Team and it didn't happen until 2039/40. 

In 2039/40 won the Segunda Federación Grupo IV at the 1st attempt. 

In 2040/41 then won the Primera Federación Grupo I at the 1st attempt. 

This season it appears as if we will avoid relegation from the LaLiga SmartBank by the skin of our teeth, and only after taking 23 points from a possible 30 since I started playing again. 

In previous seasons I have selected the team and the idea was to use the B Team as a springboard to propel youngsters onto the next level, but this season I have just been getting the Ass Man to pick the team because there were problems with the registration of the B Team squad I wanted to register when it became clear that for the 1st time they weren't just a little over budget but were enormously over budget. As a result I completely lost interest with the B Team and let the Ass Man do everything. 

To put things into perspective, I was only able to register 1x GK and 5x outfield players from 25 possible slots this season without exceeding the £283,000 max squad salary. It hadn't been an issue in the 1st 2 seasons but was obviously a huge issue this season and I just couldn't be bothered. 

I think that was 1 of a few things that made me lose interest a little last month. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Records & Awards. May 2042. 

A product of our Academy won the the Spanish League Player of the Year and our players came 2nd and 3rd.

(27a) Crespo * is just a machine and Liverpool must be kicking themselves that they couldn't squeeze him into their starting XI back in the day. It seems wrong that he doesn't feature more regularly for Spain.

(37a) Niño * has had 3 different loan spells to boost his development and this is just his 2nd full season with our 1st Team. He's now 1st choice on the left of a 3 up front and has finished the season with 19 goals and 12 assists from 32(11) appearances. He's still showing as 5.0 PA so I have high hopes for him.

Guèhi (CIV) * was a player that I spotted in my brief stint at (CIV) U18's manager. He was only 15/16 at the time but I was keen to sign him immediately. Unfortunately Rennes gazumped us as I was preparing the deal and we had to spend £65M 3 years later to get our man. It seems like a lot of money but we had money to burn at the time so..... He plays on the right of a 3 up front and has been a 1st choice for 2 seasons now. He contributed 13 goals and 13 assists in all competitions from 34(12) appearances. I'm obviously a little peeved that he appears to be maxed out on his PA, but that's just the way it goes sometimes. I still love him as a player and obviously in a save like this where we're restricted to Academy products and Africans, we occasionally have to set our sights a little lower. 

(27a) Crespo * won the La Liga Golden Boot for 5 out of the last 6 season, scoring 202 La Liga goals over these 6 seasons alone.

(27a) Crespo * has won the La Liga top Spanish goal-scorer for the 7th season in 8, scoring 258 La Liga goals in the process. To put some context on those numbers he has made 292(11) appearances in La Liga since signing for Sevilla and has scored 271 La Liga goals during that time. Ridiculous!

Camara (SEN) 6'2" came 3rd in the La Liga GK of the Year award. It's an area that we have struggled in before his arrival and although he "only" managed 15 clean sheets in the league, he actually kept 19 clean sheets for us in total. I was so keen to sign him that I agreed to pay Bordeaux £80M to get him. When you can only sign Africans, you are forced to pay a premium when you find someone you really want. 

I was the Runner Up in the La Liga Manager of the Year award. To be completely fair here, if I had (27a) Crespo * we would have won the league and I would have won this, (but I'm not butter at all)......

2 of our players were selected in the La Liga Team of the season + 3 more on the substitutes bench. 

Madidilani (RSA) has been such a good signing for us. I signed loads of South Africans in the early days, but many of them seemed to have a lower PA ceiling than was suggested. 

(37a) Niño * you have already seen. 

(33b) Marcos * is another product of our Academy, but to be honest he is still just a little short of what I was hoping for. He's 1st choice centrally in a 3 up front. The problem is that it's obviously really hard to go out and get an upgrade when you can only sign Africans and you need 6 strikers minimum to cover rotation across 3 positions up front. 

Idris (GER)(NGA) 6'5" is German, but has an African 2nd Nationality. What a bargain he has been. 

Guèhi (CIV) * you have already seen. 

Edited May 16, 2023 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Supporter Profile. May 2042. 

There is so much info on this page that it's easy to miss something. 

I don't think I have ever noticed the "Season Ticket waiting list" section before. We only have just under 14,000 season tickets sold for this season, but there is a waiting list of 30,000 more, (so that means we could sell 43,934 season tickets. 

The problem is that we only have a capacity of 29,825 and at this stage, (especially after having been away from the save for a month), I don't know whether it's better to upgrade the existing stadium or try and get a new one built. 

The stadium was built in 2032 and I think you have to wait 15 years before having another one built, (not positive about that but I think so), so that means we would be able to build a new stadium in 2047 and it's May 2042 now. 

Although we have £141M in the bank, (and a transfer budget of £39M), we also owe...... oh, we don't actually owe anything.  I was expecting there to be a sizeable loan there for the building of the last stadium, but maybe we have paid it off already.

It's probably more likely that the debt was paid off one of the times we had a change of board and either I didn't notice at the time or did notice back then but just can't remember now. 

You know what, I was thinking initially that we wouldn't expand the stadium now and instead just wait until we could build a new one because it would be more cost effective, but actually we have loads of money and I'm planning on going through the players in some detail during this close season so we should be able to generate some more funds via player sales. With that in mind I think I'm going to try for a stadium upgrade and see what happens. 

Ok, so it would seem that we can't expand the existing stadium, but we can build a new one. (Actually it doesn't say that we can build a new one. It says that we can ask to build a new one). 

First of all let's just see if we have the ability to expand the existing stadium.

Well that clears that up. The site the current stadium is on can't be expanded further and I can't remember if we've already expanded it or if that's how big it was when we built it. 

It would seem that we have expanded this stadium twice and I just can't remember. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2042. 

GK. This is a key area and I'm currently negotiating a new contract for Camara (SEN) 6'2" and I expect him to remain 1st choice for a good few years. 

1st Team. Camara (SEN) 6'2"
B Team. (36j) Camara (GAM)(ESP) 6'4"
U18's. (41n) Pinedo. (Pro) & (39p) Ángel. 6'2".
Loan. Moussa (EGY), (38l) Paradas 6'1", (38h) Morales 5'11"
Sell. Fofana (FRA)(CIV) 5'9" SELL
Release. 

[Jimbokav1971]

African XI of the year. May 2042. 

Camara (SEN) 6'2" & Guèhi (CIV) * have been selected in the African XI of the year. 

Osok (CMR)(BRA)(KEN) * is 32.

Monteiro (CPV)(POR) is only 23, but as he has only just joined Bayer, we might have missed the boat on him. 

Ogunsanya (NGA)(IRL)(ENG) is 23 and a player I really like. Positioning is a little low, but I still like him. 

Mo Osman (EGY)(ENG) * is only 25 and has been on my radfar for years, but he's earning £547k per month at Spurs and there is no way we can compete with that. 

Mkhathini (RSA) is 35 so no point even looking at him.  

Ouchouia (MAR)(FRA) is only 24, but is earning £412,000 per month at Liverpool so we need to move on. 

Kouadio (CIV) is only 21, but his name might be familiar. We bought him for £235,000 and then sold him for £20M. He's now getting paid £483,000 per month at PSG.

Njoku (NGA)(POR) * is 32. 

Laouar (ALG)(FRA)(SCO) is the African Mo Johnson. In his came he came through the Rangers Academy and then joined Celtic for £16.25M. Come on. There is just no way this happens in real life.  Strangely he doesn't appear anywhere on the disliked list for Rangers. 

[Jimbokav1971]

2042 World Cup. 

I'm expecting Spain, (the holders), to do quite well in this World Cup, held in Germany.  There are 2x GK's and 2x SC's in the Spain squad who are products of our Academy and I think you would agree they're pretty decent.  

We've had 14 players called up for the World Cup, but unfortunately they are all African, none of them are Spanish and none of them are products of our Academy.