The FM24 Youth Academy Challenge

[HanziZoloman]

vor einer Stunde schrieb thomas_e:

I feel like this game is 50% football manager and 50% dealing with crazy behaviour. Players are complaining about everything, way more than previous versions.

My set piece coach got an offer from another club. I told him that I appreciated him and wanted him to stay. He got absolutely furious.... OK! 

I think all the interactions need some refinement. That’s absolutely terrible, especially when the guy is loyal.

[TCH]

11 minutes ago, HanziZoloman said:

I think all the interactions need some refinement. That’s absolutely terrible, especially when the guy is loyal.

I hate it when players perform absolutely abysmally in a cup final and lose it...they then approach you asking what you are going to do about the fact that we have just lost the final. So stupid.

[DazRTaylor]

End of Season Review

Season 2033/34

Bury

Season Summary

A top half finish represents an excellent first season in the Championship.  We were poor in the cups, however.

Season Details

League Table - A twelfth place finish is way above my expectations.

League Fixtures 1, 2 & 3 - We were actually in the top six up until November, when the now annual collapse of form occured and we had to settle for a mid table finish.

F. A. Cup - A dreadful performance at home to League Two Chester saw the club crash out at the third round stage.

Carabao Cup - We went out away to fellow tier two side Lincoln City in the second round in a game where we were outclassed.

Friendlies - We claimed our biggest scalp to date, Everton, in what was quite a productive pre season campaign.

Squad - The rapid development of some players continues.

Squad Dynamics - This is still rather good.

Transfers In - None.

Transfers Out 1 & 2 - There were a couple of departures for small transfer fees otherwise it was the usual amount of youngsters leaving on loan.

Youth Candidates - Centre back Aiden Ward YP34A114 is the pick of a reasonable intake.

Finances - We managed to keep hold of our best players but this means we once again lost a lot of money as we sink deeper into the red.

Key Players

Tommy Ashman YP28A17 - Our main striker has taken to the Championship like a duck to water.

Joe Dymond - Back on the left wing, he enjoyewd a good season.

Geoff Hayward YP30K60 - Our best player and then some.  Bids of over £8m were turned down over the winter.

Alan Ferguson YP31D69 - One of our best players, no matter where he plays in midfield or on the wing.  Broke his ankle which ended his season prematurely.

Bello Yekini YP29A34 - Our goalkeeper was a lot busier than he is used to being and on the wholem he coped with the added pressure well.

Next Season

A repeat of the league performance would be just fine.

Personal Contract

Season     Contract Start Date     Contract Expiry Date     Pre Tax Wage     Post Tax Wage
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At start          25 June 2026             30 June 2027         £750 p/w          £600 p/w
2026/27         2 January 2027             30 June 2028         £775 p/w ↑        £600 p/w =
2027/28         4 October 2027             30 June 2029         £800 p/w ↑        £625 p/w ↑
2028/29           24 June 2028             30 June 2030         £850 p/w ↑        £650 p/w ↑
2029/30        16 January 2030             30 June 2032         £900 p/w ↑        £700 p/w ↑
2030/31        16 January 2030             30 June 2032         £900 p/w =        £700 p/w =
2031/32           21 July 2031             30 June 2034       £1,300 p/w ↑        £925 p/w ↑
2032/33        19 January 2033             30 June 2036       £1,900 p/w ↑      £1,300 p/w ↑
2033/34        19 January 2033             30 June 2036       £2,200 p/w ↑      £1,400 p/w ↑

Personal Coaching Data

Season     Reputation            Qualifications     Att  Def  Fit  GkD  GkH  GkS  Tac  Tec  Men  SeP  WWY  Ada  Det  PlK  YoK  LoD  PeM  Mot
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At start   Minimal   (0.50*)     None                 1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    5    1    1    1    5    1    1    1
2026/27    Minimal = (0.50*) =   None             =   4 ↑  4 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 =  1 =  4 ↑  4 ↑  4 ↑  1 =  5 =  1 =  4 ↑  4 ↑  6 ↑  5 ↑  4 ↑  4 ↑
2027/28    Minimal = (1.00*) ↑   National C       ↑   6 ↑  6 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 =  1 =  6 ↑  6 ↑  6 ↑  1 =  5 =  1 =  5 ↑  5 ↑  7 ↑  6 ↑  6 ↑  6 ↑
2028/29    Minimal = (1.50*) ↑   National B       ↑   8 ↑  7 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 =  1 =  8 ↑  8 ↑  7 ↑  2 ↑  5 =  1 =  7 ↑  7 ↑  8 ↑ 10 ↑  8 ↑  9 ↑
2029/30    Minimal = (2.00*) ↑   National B       =   8 ↑  8 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 =  1 =  8 =  8 =  8 ↑  2 =  6 ↑  1 =  7 =  7 =  8 ↑ 10 =  8 = 10 ↑
2030/31    Minimal = (2.50*) ↑   Continental C   ↑↑  10 ↑ 10 ↑  3 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 = 10 ↑ 10 ↑ 10 ↑  3 ↑  6 =  1 = 10 ↑ 10 ↑ 10 ↑ 14 ↑ 11 ↑ 10 =
2031/32    Decent  ↑ (3.00*) ↑   Continental B    ↑  11 ↑ 11 ↑  3 =  1 =  1 =  1 = 11 ↑ 11 ↑ 12 ↑  3 =  6 =  1 = 10 = 10 = 11 ↑ 16 ↑ 12 ↑ 11 ↑
2032/33    Okay    ↑ (3.50*) ↑   Continental A    ↑  13 ↑ 13 ↑  4 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 = 13 ↑ 13 ↑ 13 ↑  3 = 10 ↑  1 = 12 ↑ 12 ↑ 13 ↑ 16 = 14 ↑ 13 ↑
2033/34    Good    ↑ (4.00*) ↑   Continental Pro  ↑  14 ↑ 14 ↑  4 =  1 =  1 =  1 = 14 ↑ 14 ↑ 14 ↑  4 ↑ 13 ↑  1 = 14 ↑ 13 ↑ 14 ↑ 19 ↑ 15 ↑ 14 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Youth Level  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Great                Great                  2       Basic                 Adequate         Average            Local      (1.00*)
2026/27    Great =              Great =                2 =     Basic =               Excellent   ↑↑   Good        ↑↑     Local    = (1.00*) =
2027/28    Great =              Great =                2 =     Basic =               Exceptional  ↑   Exceptional ↑↑     Local    = (1.00*) =
2028/29    Great =              Great =                2 =     Basic =               Exceptional  =   Exceptional  =     Local    = (1.00*) =
2029/30    Great =              Great =                3 ↓     Basic =               Exceptional  =   Exceptional  =     Local    = (1.00*) =
2030/31    Great =              Great =                3 =     Basic =               Exceptional  =   Exceptional  =     Local    = (1.50*) ↑
2031/32    Great =              Great =                2 ↑     Basic =               Exceptional  =   Exceptional  =     Regional ↑ (1.50*) =
2032/33    Great =              Great =                2 =     Basic =               Exceptional  =   Exceptional  =     Regional = (2.00*) ↑
2033/34    Great =              Great =                2 =     Basic =               Exceptional  =   Exceptional  =     Regional = (2.00*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
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2026/27      50        23       10       17         110              91                 +19              46.00%
2027/28      51        35        7        9         155              76                 +79              68.63% ↑
2028/29      54        20       11       23         109             112                  -3              37.34% ↓
2029/30      49        22        6       21          97              95                  +2              44.90% ↑
2030/31      56        33        6       17         145              92                 +53              58.93% ↑
2031/32      60        32        8       20         124              91                 +33              53.33% ↓
2032/33      54        34        9       11         135              79                 +56              62.96% ↑
2033/34      49        20       11       18          93              95                  -2              40.82% ↓

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
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2026/27          50        23       10       17         110              91                 +19              46.00%             300 days
2027/28         101        58       17       26         265             167                 +98              57.43% ↑           659 days
2028/29         155        78       28       49         374             279                 +95              49.37% ↓         1,024 days
2029/30         204       100       34       70         471             374                 +97              49.02% ↓         1,394 days
2030/31         260       133       40       87         616             466                +150              51.15% ↑         1,773 days
2031/32         320       165       48      107         740             557                +183              51.56% ↑         2,152 days
2032/33         374       199       57      118         875             636                +239              53.21% ↑         2,494 days
2033/34         423       219       68      136         968             731                +237              51.77% ↓         2,865 days

Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                    Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
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11 July 2030        Andrew Morris YP28J26    Central Midfield       Swansea City                 England/Wales                 £500,000

Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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2027/28    Vanarama National League North
2032/33    Sky Bet League One

Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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1 x Sky Bet League One             (2032/33)
1 x Vanarama National League North (2027/28)

Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     F.A. Cup                    League Cup        Achievements
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2026/27           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North        7th       Third Qualifying Round          N/a           Lost in promotion playoffs first round.  F. A. Trophy second round.
2027/28           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North        1st ↑     Second Round           ↑        N/a           Promoted as champions.  F. A. Trophy second round.
2028/29           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League             17th ↑     Second Round           =        N/a           Comfortably survived.  F. A. Trophy quarter final.
2029/30           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League             11th ↑     First Round            ↓        N/a           Top half finish.  F. A. Trophy third round.
2030/31           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League              7th ↑     Third Round            ↑        N/a           Promoted via promotion playoffs.  F. A. Trophy fifth round.
2031/32           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Sky Bet League Two                    7th ↑     First Round            ↓    Third Round  ↑    Promoted via promotion playoffs.  Papa John's Trophy northern semi final.
2032/33           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Sky Bet League One                    1st ↑     Third Round            ↑    First Round  ↓    Promoted as champions.  Papa John's Trophy northern second round.
2033/34           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Sky Bet Championship                 12th ↑     Third Round            =    Second Round ↑    Top half finish.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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2026/27    Sam Berry YP27I9                          6
2027/28    Sam Berry YP27I9                         53
2028/29    Sam Berry YP27I9                         97
2029/30    Sam Berry YP29I9                        140
2030/31    Sam Berry YP29I9                        186
2031/32    Sam Berry YP29I9                        234
2032/33    Sam Berry YP29I9                        277
2033/34    Sam Berry YP29I9                        324

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Goals
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2026/27    No one                                        0
2027/28    Sam Berry YP27I9                             10
2028/29    Sam Berry YP27I9                             15
2029/30    Tommy Ashman YP28A17                         25
2030/31    Tommy Ashman YP28A17                         66
2031/32    Tommy Ashman YP28A17                        105
2032/33    Tommy Ashman YP28A17                        125
2033/34    Tommy Ashman YP28A17                        151

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                        Cumulative Number of Assists
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2026/27    Jordan Baguley YP27B2                       1
2027/28    Jordan Baguley YP27B2                       8
2028/29    Jordan Baguley YP27B2                      15
2029/30    Jordan Baguley YP27B2                      20
           Andrew Morris YP28J26                      20
2030/31    Marcelencio Klaiber YP28D20                36
2031/32    Marcelencio Klaiber YP28D20                43
2032/33    Marcelencio Klaiber YP28D20                51
           Danny Holmes YP29B35                       51
2033/34    Danny Holmes YP29B35                       64

Record Number of Clean Sheets (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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2026/27    No one                                     0
2027/28    Stuart Kennedy YP27J10                     1
2028/29    Stuart Kennedy YP27J10                     2
2029/30    Bello Yekini YP29A34                      10
2030/31    Bello Yekini YP29A34                      24
2031/32    Bello Yekini YP29A34                      34
2032/33    Bello Yekini YP29A34                      41
2033/34    Bello Yekini YP29A34                      50

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 6, 2023 by DazRTaylor

[Winski]

IFK Lidingö FK
Season 4 | 2027
Tier 2 | Superettan Obos
Finances | Transfers | Club Overview | Facilities | Manager Profile | Tactic

 

Again a very good season for us! Almost the same as last season. We started bad, but ended up very well with a 7th place. I'm very happy with the fact that we are good enough to avoid relegation, but aren't ready for promotion. And that's good for now.

Some young players are now really important players for us. I'll highlight some of them. Tobias Kembel 25b was our topscorer with 14 goals this season. David Röse 25h, Johan Tranberg 25i and Sam Jurelius 25c also played a big part in our success. They are developing really well. There is interest from bigger clubs for all of them.
In the Cup we won in the Second Round, but I'm still waiting for the next round to be played. Don't know exactly when that will be.

U19 team
Our U19 team had a great season, and are promoted to the highest youth level: Allesvanskan.

Youth preview & intake
For the first team in this save we had a terrible preview. We've got a new HoYD: Christian Grindheim. A well known player, at least for me, as he has played in The Netherlands for sc Heerenveen. Our previous HoYD refused to sign a new deal. But I'm happy with Christian, as he looks like a very good Head of Youth Development.
But the preview didn't look good. The intake itself was okay. We got three Elite Talents. All of the best talents from this intake are attacking players. I hope we will get some more defensive players next season. I'll highlight the best 4 talents.
And it's nice to see some more (2nd) nationalities in this intake

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Edited November 6, 2023 by Winski
Forgot a screenshot

[HanziZoloman]

vor 47 Minuten schrieb TCH:

I hate it when players perform absolutely abysmally in a cup final and lose it...they then approach you asking what you are going to do about the fact that we have just lost the final. So stupid.

Stuff like that could be happening with some personalities but it should not happen regularly. Or if someone is angry because of a promise not kept like playing time but it should be possible to have an influence on this relationship in further talks.

[coyle_jp]

Another season of survival, gonna do another season and write them up.

adding this too:

Edited November 6, 2023 by coyle_jp
extra screenshot

[Gonner]

Austria Salzburg, Season 2, 2025/2026 - Mid-season update

As usual (at least until we get promoted, maybe someday...), we take advantage of the lengthy winter break that lasts from the end of November to almost the end of February  to discuss the first half of the season and the intake.
 
Last year we were 10th with 20 points, this year we are 9th with 22 points. Optimistics will say that's an improvement, pessimistics will note that going at that pace and hoping that there is no setback, we should be in contention for promotion in about 7 or 8 seasons  
As the goal for this season is once more to avoid relegation while getting our youngsters up to the task, I would say that I am satisfied. We keep playing in 4-4-2, Wing Play, either with advanced wingers when we are favourites, and a flat line when I believe we should be a little more cautious. 

 

Second intake, last year Enes Sabic promised me an excellent Centre-Back and I did not get it but we got a good striker. This year, it is more of the same, CB & Striker. CB is still one of our more pressing need, so I will take it if it indeed materializes. 

[coyle_jp]

sorry guys but 1 MILLION

[OlivierL]

edit

Edited November 6, 2023 by OlivierL

[coyle_jp]

14 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

This is Racing Mechelen / Belgium? yes Belgium is for the third year in a row bugged (financial). Somebody from SI was working on it now but i'm checking right nog if it is fixed on the full release.

 

No sir, Belfast Celtic in Northern Ireland where the top League gets £12k a year in TV money in the top Division.

[HanziZoloman]

"We got what we came for." Earl of Grey

Season X / the year 2052

Champions EFL2 "check"

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This was a hard year despite the wonderful finish. We had a tough start with 4 losses from 5 games and a few phases in the year where we had difficulties but when it counted most, like when we needed the points or faced the current 1st place, we were there on spot and won it. We had 3 losses in February when it counted a lot and the top of the table was close together but turned things around again against then 1st Blackpool. Oh it was a beautiful season. 

We didn't have that one player who stood out despite having the most goals (now 99 one match left). If there is one player to name that would be 18 yo Fabjon Mara who took his first steps in first team in the crunch time of the season and delivered. He came into first team after our Australians left. 

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If anything it was a team success. We are sad to announce the retirement of long term servant and Ass Man of the Earl: Ryan Taylor who joined Ricay 2024 as a coach and therefor has been with us from the start. He was one of the first signings of the young Earl. Thank you Ryan for your loyal and competent work in all the years. We're happy to present the promotion in your final year.

Tactically we developed our 4231 into a more possession and dominating shape:

Here a lot of input came by the skillful @Rashidi tactical wise man and helpful FM maniac. The positional play came to Ricay with an AP(A) and a VOL(S/A) and it works just great.

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[OlivierL]

1 minute ago, coyle_jp said:

No sir, Belfast Celtic in Northern Ireland where the top League gets £12k a year in TV money in the top Division.

Yes sorry, i had not seen the posts above

Edited November 6, 2023 by OlivierL

[coyle_jp]

2 minutes ago, OlivierL said:

Yes sorry, i had not seen the posts above

All good buddy just was happy I got to 1mil

[BustaRaymes]

Now that the full game is released, I'll be jumping back in tomorrow

Maybe for once I won't go with a small nation, thinking of either Spain or Italy. Spain is the big league I managed the least in, Italy has been the only one I ever finished this challenge with and it's been 10 years.

[Neo_Geo]

Well done on the title win @HanziZoloman, honestly a truly monumental effort you are putting into your England save and probably one of the things scaring me off continuing in England.

[AndrikoDS]

Great work @HanziZoloman, all that work is starting to payoff. At this rate they won't be the loveable underdogs much longer and I'll have to root for someone else!

What do you think has been the turning point?

[OlivierL]

Loaded Belgium on the full game and tested it with a few teams.

After one season holiday , i took over the following teams:

Rupel Boom +606k euro . After one season => - 955K = they lost 1.5m

Capellen -284k . after one season => - 596K = they lost 312k

Hoogstraten -236k. after one season => -7.39k = they lost 229K

Dessel +469K.  after one season => -340K = they lost 809K

Biggest expenditure : Player Wages - Staff wages - Youth Setup costs. Teams like Dessel, hoogstraten and Capellen don't have an expensive squad / wages but have a big youth setup cost.

I need to test this a second time with different teams but the Belgium bug still seems to be alive.

 

@Bartrcm@Perre8@flyd

 

Edited November 6, 2023 by OlivierL

[the_hdk]

thats sad

[Neo_Geo]

@OlivierL good work on checking that out, unfortunately it does seem to still be around.

[WhiteCat33]

FM23 Barbados YAC: Road View FC

2047 Season 25 – BFA Digicel Premier League

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Youth Academy Challenge FM23 Thread:

Start Post | Season 1 |Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 |Season 7 | Season 8 | Season 9 | Season 10 |Season 11 |Season 12 | Season 13 |Season 14 | Season 15 | Season 16 |Season 17 | Season 18 |

Youth Academy Challenge FM24 Thread:

Season 19 |Season 20 |Season 21| 2043 Takeover |Season 22 |Carrillo Post |Season 23 |Season 24|

Statistics Posts:

CA Calculator 1 | CA Calculator 2 |CA Calculator v5 Download |

League Performance: CHAMPION

 Perfect seasons might become the norm from here on out:

Cup Performance: CHAMPION

Even with the wrench of our entire first team squad being away at the Gold Cup for the final we squeezed out a win even with a late defensive colapse. Have to admit we were lucky that we beat BDFSP in the Semi-Final and got the 4th best team in the league for the final.

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Thank god I brought Neblett back from loan at BDSFP the week prior due to a striker injury crisis as my #6 Striker showed up and produced a hat trick to lead essentially my youth team to victory. I was scared going into the final minutes when we gave up 2 goals to almost throw the game, but my reserve players held till the end and we won!

North American Champions League:

 Since we didn't play in the 2046 NACL we just have this year's Caribbean Group stage & Playoff:

Carribean Group Stage

It took goal differential as we drew with Cibao in the first match, but we advance!

Carribean Playoff

We advance to the Caribbean Playoff against our regular foe Humble Lion.

1st Leg

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was in Barbados and it was a tight affair for the first 80’ and then they had an absolute defensive collapse starting with conceding a penalty that Carrillo converted to get a brace. And then I did a late sub bringing on a new WB-L and our fast AF and they combined lethally to get Hoyte a brace in the final minutes of the game for a 4-0 dismantling

Just look at that late game xG spike for us

2nd Leg:

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Now to defend the lead in Jamaica at their massive 32k All Seater stadium. I needn’t have worried as we got 3 goals early and I was able to pull our stars for the second half to win 3-1 and 7-1 Agg. Onto our dreaded 2nd round!

NACL 2nd Round Draw:

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We get Deportivo Toluca in the 2nd Round. At least they did awful in the Liga Mx opening phase finishing 16th place out of 18 teams. So you’re saying we have a chance?!?

Matches:

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Reserve & U18s:

In a shocking move our Reserve team were invited to the Italy Youth International! How'd we do against the big boy clubs (even if they are all unloaded)? I'll Take a QF Performance, after getting 2nd in a decently strong group:

Squad:

 

Star Strikers:

Carrillo has succeeded in mentoring his understudy up into Perfectionist! I now have two amazing Pressing Forwards (for the North American Level). As you can see in the comparison, they are very similar players though Carrillo is slightly superior. However, Nurse still has potential to improve more so that may change in the coming years. The big negative to Nurse that hasn't seemed to be fixed by mentoring is his inconsistency & big match performance. He does have a 2.2M release clause that I can hopefully do away with this year as I don't want him to get snapped up by an English club due to his 2nd nationality.

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Center Mids:

I have a great group of 20-21 year-old attacking CMs. who fill the CM-L & CM-R roles in my 3-5-2. Gilkes is the most promising of the group with his high potential remaining and the personality to reach it. Oddly 3 of 4 are left footed, which slants our coverage to the left side.

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Central Defenders:

Our star 21 year-old CD is our Italian player. Idealy if I had proper CD depth he would be a DM/CM-D as he is short for my liking at 5'10". We then have 4 other CDs who are all equally competent for us. I usually select either Applewhaite or Brathwaite as the central CD-C. Then Sargeant or Weekes play the other side CD-D.

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Transfers:

For some reason Candian clubs want to pay 400k for our depth rotational WB-L. Was happy to sell him, he leaves in February.

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Best XI:

FM Screenshots:

 

Excel Tables:

When I was making these I realized my original view didn't include Average Rating so its not in any of the tables. I'm still being lazy so haven't fixed for repeats, when I stop spending my free time playing the save I'll get to it... 

Career:

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Season:

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Head Coach:

 

Club Improvements:

 Spending the dollars we get from the cup (1M) and increased gate receipts.

Youth Academy:

HOYD:

You'll see the intake shortly that made me decide my HOYD's time was over and the development HOYD was promoted. By changing we are improving: Personality (Model Citizen vs Fairly Professional), Judging Current Ability (+2), Judging Potential Ability (+1) & Determination (+7). The sacrifice we are making is in Reputation (-1.5*) & lower Working with youngsters (-3). For nation-knowledge we gave Mighty a coaching course and he's up to full Barbados knowledge already.

Old HOYD:

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New HOYD (Post Course):

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Youth Intake Preview:

Youth Intake:

Top 3 Players:

This might be the worst intake of all, literally none of these players have CA that excites me.

Poached Player!

Kind of bummed as this would have been perfect timing for our next GK.

Mastrantoni Italy U-21!

We've got our first European Youth International! Don't care that its just 5 min against a very bad nation, still counts.

Excel Tables:

 

 

Barbados National Team:

Gold Cup

The Mexican juggernaut steamrolled the group, and Barbados was best of the rest!

In the Quarter Finals Barbados was matched up with Jamaica, who just months earlier was beaten in a friendly. Could Barbados repeat the results?

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Sadly No

Nations League B:

They have done it and gotten promotion to Nations League A!

It has to be said this was a very successful 2047 Campaign. A Gold Cup Quarter Final & Nations League promotion in the same year is fantastic.

With the promotion into Division A Barbados has broken the top 100!

 

Road View Internationals:

Barbados Main:

Barbados Youth:

Summary

We are in the golden window to complete the challenge. Our senior star players are all 28-29 and your young stars are all 20-21, so we have a good 6 seasons with this group of players before I need to rely on intake players from my new HOYD. 

Edited November 6, 2023 by WhiteCat33

[BustaRaymes]

Ever since I thought of starting a save tomorrow, I was stuck on the thought. So here we are, Starfield will have to wait for a bit.

After some liberation with my girlfriend (i.e. she decides, I don't even get a say in fictional events) on where she would want to live, I ended up on the Italian west coast, just below Naples:

 

ASD Nocerina 1910

 

Nocerina's golden years were in 1978 and 2012, both seasons they had a single year in Serie B. Suffice to say, enough to be gained for this man, fresh out of the nearest Italian barber:

 

Let the slog commence!

[Perre8]

1 hour ago, OlivierL said:

I need to test this a second time with different teams but the Belgium bug still seems to be alive.

Third year in a row, this makes it unplayable again for this challenge. Such a shame because it would be a fun nation to play in

[Neo_Geo]

6 minutes ago, Perre8 said:

Third year in a row, this makes it unplayable again for this challenge. Such a shame because it would be a fun nation to play in

If they do fix it there will be a rush by many to start a save as it’s one of the most promising leagues to not have been completed yet

[karax268]

Start of the journey

 

 

New FM and a new attempt of this challenge. We are back in portugal.

This time to the Azores with Praiense

 

 

 

 

SC Praiense plays in the Estádio Municipal da Praia da Vitória, which holds up to 1500 people at a time.

 

The following transfers have been agreed on before my arrival. They'll be escorted to the reserves and sold as soon as possible

[HanziZoloman]

vor 1 Stunde schrieb AndrikoDS:

Great work @HanziZoloman, all that work is starting to payoff. At this rate they won't be the loveable underdogs much longer and I'll have to root for someone else!

What do you think has been the turning point?

I know exactly what you are talking about and I feel the same. You have a life long ticket for our home games  

It's still a lot of effort which is going into that team. We were predicted last and finished first which is something I've never ever achieved. really I am a very ordinary Football Manager. I think the turning point has been the advice and talk with guys from here like @Johnny Ace or @WhiteCat33 and all the other people from this forum and challenge. Also wathcing the videos of Rashidi and fellow youtubers gave a lot of input. 

This all led to the point that I took care of my finances in the game and got more picky about who to promote to first team and who not. This decision came a long some times. In VNS I had  a lot of talented players but the ones who were really important were the ones who put in the effort to develop. An unambitious, low determined and low work rate player wouldn't. That was the time I didn't renew all the promising players contracts and focused on a specific kind of player with high enough work rate and determination and team work. Also I focused on those issues in training. 

This season I focused on playing intelligence like anticipation and concentration as is described by @Rashidi in one of his brilliant videos. All of my players made big steps in game intelligence and therefor were able to perform much better as a team. 

Also I decided to check more carefully who is to play which role on the pitch and when to play him, like Millie Potter (!!!) who is thriving in big matches and he secured the top spot in last year promotion with a hattrick. I believe all those points were critical and give an image of the development I took in this challenge. Thanks to you @XaW you got the stone rolling .. 

I think that most players who are taking this challenge are really skilled players in the game, they know what they're doing most of the times which gives them 1-3 years promotions even in the early game. I believe a new challenge won't last this epic years like this one because I am a complete different player now and I won't need that many years again which makes the Ricay save all the more special to me.

edith: and of course not being able to reload and sticking to the save despite everything of me wanted to give up made a big difference maybe the biggest.

Edited November 6, 2023 by HanziZoloman

[kndrx]

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Youth Intake 2028

[The_Gato_In_Goal]

Silly me thinking they'd fix GK injuries with the full release...
(or I'm incredibly unlucky)

Edited November 6, 2023 by The_Gato_In_Goal

[HanziZoloman]

vor 2 Minuten schrieb The_Gato_In_Goal:

Silly me thinking they'd fix GK injuries with the full release...
(or I'm incredibly unlucky)

Or both 

[kndrx]

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Season 2027/2028 Overview

Table




Squad



 

Overview

[HanziZoloman]

@kndrx congratulations to your success.

btw which kind of logo pack are you using?

[Winski]

My Assistant Manager Maarten Stekelenburg just completed his National A Licence, and now you can see where he developed his skills. Really nice feature!

[OlivierL]

3 hours ago, OlivierL said:

Loaded Belgium on the full game and tested it with a few teams.

After one season holiday , i took over the following teams:

Rupel Boom +606k euro . After one season => - 955K = they lost 1.5m

Capellen -284k . after one season => - 596K = they lost 312k

Hoogstraten -236k. after one season => -7.39k = they lost 229K

Dessel +469K.  after one season => -340K = they lost 809K

Biggest expenditure : Player Wages - Staff wages - Youth Setup costs. Teams like Dessel, hoogstraten and Capellen don't have an expensive squad / wages but have a big youth setup cost.

I need to test this a second time with different teams but the Belgium bug still seems to be alive.

 

@Bartrcm@Perre8@flyd

 

Did a second test

 

Harelbeke

one year holiday 29/6/23:

 

one year after adding myself as their manager:

=> loss 1.1m

Oudenaarde

one year holiday 29/6/23:

one year after adding myself as their manager:

=>Loss 2.1m.

 

Hasselt

one year holiday 29/6/23:

one year after adding myself as their manager:

=>Loss 1.3m.

 

Lyra-Lierse

one year holiday 29/6/23:

one year after adding myself as their manager:

=>Loss 1.6m.

 

Conclusion: Belgium - youth only challenge is not playable and fixed!

i'll report this again in the bug forum.

Edited November 6, 2023 by OlivierL

[andershs]

Macclesfield FC (England)
Season 1 - 2024/25

 

What a strange, but fantastic season. This is easily the best start and the best season I have had in FM for quite some years, let alone in this youth challenge.
We somehow won the first 9 matches and 14 of 17 matches. After that it was more as expected for a promoted team.
As I noted in the previous post, we were either on top in the matches or way off the beat. First in the 37th try, we actually managed to draw a league match. Crazy.

But to make matters even more surreal, we managed to stay in the play-off positions and finished in 6th. Furthermore, we made it all the way through the play-offs and got promoted.
This hasn't happened for me in quite some editions of FM. But very good times.

League (Results 1, Results 2, Cups, League Chart) - As written above a very strange, but at the same time fantastic season. Alex Curran was our topscorer.

Team (Details 1, Details 2) - Some fantastic performances from Alex Curran, Alex Hurst and John Rooney. Ryan Qualter was our best defender. I am however seriously worried about our unexpected promotion, because most of our midfielders and Ryan Qualter is 33+.
I fear, that we will struggle immensely in the VNL next year, and our first intake is too young to take over.

Facilities - Given the good season, I managed to squeeze in improvements to the Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment. They are now Average and Fairly basic respectively.
Moreover, the board decided to convert 1000 standing places (is that the correct term?) to 500 seats as it is the rules in VNL. Moreover, because of our impressive finances, I asked for improved training facilities as they were automatically downgraded.

Finances - Macclesfield FC has a very strong economy, and with an average attendance of 3986 in VNLN, we turned in a healty profit each month surpassing £1 million in the end of the season before the training facilities upgrade.

Youth Intake - Given the mediocre preview, I was actually satisfied. Tosin Kypriadis is a much needed central midfielder, and Alan Corcoran looks like my next right full back.
Conor Corbett could become a decent striker. Nicky Payne could become a decent central defender. A wildcard is Ahmed Akpan. He looks decent, but a winger without any speed is not promising. I could also include Ben Henderson. Decent potential, but with Determination of 1, it is unlikely to happen for him.

No Transfers in..

Goal for next season: Survive. Period. I fear badly for our performance levels next season with my ageing midfield. Hopefully, we can begin to blend in the players from the first intake, but I wouldn't be surprised if we are relegated.

 

Edited November 7, 2023 by andershs
Forgot to include Excel overview

[Brentmeister]

1 hour ago, Winski said:

My Assistant Manager Maarten Stekelenburg just completed his National A Licence, and now you can see where he developed his skills. Really nice feature!

Stekelenburg was my assistant at Eendracht Aalst. With his evasive media handling and 14 set pieces, he was doing everything for me! I really made him earn his money.

[JLAB]

Real Jaén

Season 1 - Taking Charge

Today, we start our new journey in Spain as the manager of Real Jaén. I have never managed in the new format of Spain, so this will be a brand new experience for me.

We started with no coaching badges and only a Sunday League Footballer experience per the requirements.

The board are requesting that we get a mid-table finish in the Segunda Federación Grupo IV every single season.

The supporters have requested that we become an established Segunda Federación Grupo IV team but finish above Linares.

I am prepared to suffer, for Godwin Buhari is my best LB at the club. This is not going to be a pretty first season at the club.

[Potat]

FC Maruyasu Okazaki

2026 - Season 3

Mid-Season Update

Progress has really slowed with this save over the last few days, after getting promoted to J2, I knew we were going to struggle but it's been very rough and demotivating so far. We've one once but other than that it's been miserable with our defense simply being too bad to survive in this league, combined with season-ending injuries to two starters as well as losing my full-back pairing for free last season I am out of ideas.

We're back to being the worst team in the league defending crosses meaning we can't sit deep, and we aren't good enough to push up high up the pitch.

We are still £10m in debt meaning no more upgrades for the foreseeable future and with poor youth facilities we can't rely on many youngsters.

Anyway, that's the end of my rant its looking bad and the only silver lining is somehow we're not bottom.

 

 

Edited November 6, 2023 by Potat

[andershs]

I have jumped into season 2 before posting the season one review. So it is intake preview date.

And this is a proper Youth Preview... 

Apparently, the Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment upgrades from season one, and the ones I have managed to get through in season two is paying dividends.

This looks nice, and here is the full overview. Hopefully one good player (A) to each position in my current 4-3-3 tactic.

Now wait for me to get a completely underwhelming youth intake this season 

[OlivierL]

2 hours ago, OlivierL said:

Did a second test

 

Harelbeke

one year holiday 29/6/23:

 

one year after adding myself as their manager:

=> loss 1.1m

Oudenaarde

one year holiday 29/6/23:

one year after adding myself as their manager:

=>Loss 2.1m.

 

Hasselt

one year holiday 29/6/23:

one year after adding myself as their manager:

=>Loss 1.3m.

 

Lyra-Lierse

one year holiday 29/6/23:

one year after adding myself as their manager:

=>Loss 1.6m.

 

Conclusion: Belgium - youth only challenge is not playable and fixed!

i'll report this again in the bug forum.

Hear researcher from fm replied: 

Quote

 

I've adjusted the contracts, but it has not yet been uploaded into the database.

It is listed for a future update.

Wages/contracts have been amended, I hope this will do the trick (some had indeed very high wages)

Sorry about any delay.

 

I think downsizing the wages is one thing, the youth setup costs are way too high.

Edited November 6, 2023 by OlivierL

[AndrikoDS]

4 hours ago, HanziZoloman said:

I know exactly what you are talking about and I feel the same. You have a life long ticket for our home games  

It's still a lot of effort which is going into that team. We were predicted last and finished first which is something I've never ever achieved. really I am a very ordinary Football Manager. I think the turning point has been the advice and talk with guys from here like @Johnny Ace or @WhiteCat33 and all the other people from this forum and challenge. Also wathcing the videos of Rashidi and fellow youtubers gave a lot of input. 

This all led to the point that I took care of my finances in the game and got more picky about who to promote to first team and who not. This decision came a long some times. In VNS I had  a lot of talented players but the ones who were really important were the ones who put in the effort to develop. An unambitious, low determined and low work rate player wouldn't. That was the time I didn't renew all the promising players contracts and focused on a specific kind of player with high enough work rate and determination and team work. Also I focused on those issues in training. 

This season I focused on playing intelligence like anticipation and concentration as is described by @Rashidi in one of his brilliant videos. All of my players made big steps in game intelligence and therefor were able to perform much better as a team. 

Also I decided to check more carefully who is to play which role on the pitch and when to play him, like Millie Potter (!!!) who is thriving in big matches and he secured the top spot in last year promotion with a hattrick. I believe all those points were critical and give an image of the development I took in this challenge. Thanks to you @XaW you got the stone rolling .. 

I think that most players who are taking this challenge are really skilled players in the game, they know what they're doing most of the times which gives them 1-3 years promotions even in the early game. I believe a new challenge won't last this epic years like this one because I am a complete different player now and I won't need that many years again which makes the Ricay save all the more special to me.

edith: and of course not being able to reload and sticking to the save despite everything of me wanted to give up made a big difference maybe the biggest.

I know how you feel - I am not very good at this game, and though over the years I've come to 'get' the importance of those mental traits, I also tend to be lazy and glance at a players stats in stead of looking at them in detail. It's interesting how much difference things like anticipation and work rate make! In some ways, I think lower league managment is easier, because one or two good stats stand out a lot more than when a player has 12+ in nearly everything.

Edited November 6, 2023 by AndrikoDS

[The_Gato_In_Goal]

  

               

Haringey Borough - Youth Intake and Youth Review Season 4

Decent intake with a couple of elite talents. My squad is fleshed out to the point at which I can be selective about who I sign. They either need to have high CA or not bad personalities. PA means nothing at this level so if you have a bad personality and aren't good enough to play right away, you're not getting signed. With the addition of Al-Kinda 04a, we just need a youth from South America to complete the bingo challenge of a youth player born in each continent,

  

Spoiler

We already have a ton of wingers, but Al-Kindi 04a has height and pace and technical ability, making him the first to have all 3.

  

 

Class of 2027 Update

Murray 03d has been brilliant this season and is improving a ton. Has 5 goals and 10 assists with a 6.99 rating in only 28(5) appearances/

Spoiler

I want to phase out our original center backs after this season, so I gave Nicholls 03h a ton of playing time and he's performed ok, but hasn;t developed as much as I'd hoped yet. Recently we've started to see some arrows so hoping he can continue that into next season.

Spoiler

Likewise, Cox 03b has been just ok, and wanted to see him develop more. Our 1 striker formation has relegated him to being an IF(A), so that may explain some of it.

Spoiler

Porter 03a has gotten less playing time, but has scored 13 goals this year. His improvement has been shoddy however,

Spoiler

Class of 2026 Update

Smith 02a is now the best player in the squad. He's still pretty short for a fullback and has some competition coming through the ranks, so I'd be interested to see if he can lockdown that spot or if he gets sold for good change the next few seasons.

Spoiler

 

Wilson 02c has improved his play this season and has developed more.

Spoiler

Paulo 01d is running out of time to develop now. He already risks being supplanted by the younger generation.

Spoiler

Similar to Nicholls 03h, Camm 02f has been given an extended spell in the first team and has held his own.

Spoiler

 Class of 2025 Update

Graham 01a runs the risk of being supplanted as well on the left wing. His performance has dropped this season and has struggled to get constant minutes.

Spoiler

Rea 01b leads the team in minutes, which is an example of how much I wish we could get a right-footed fullback coming through to compete with him. His performances have been fine, but it always feels like we can do better.

Spoiler

Colin Morgan 01c has continued to develop, but his play hasn't taken the step up like that of Wilson 02c. We have lots of depth in the midfield, so he could be in danger of losing a spot.

Spoiler

John 01d needs to develop or risk suffering the same fate in the midfield.

Spoiler

 

 

[The_Gato_In_Goal]

Hmm I'm no longer able to upload images from an external host, it forces me to go through this website, which puts a limit on how many screenshots of players I can use in a post.

[PandaQC]

Minebea Mitsumi FC
(Just getting started)

Starting in Japan this year with this little club located in Miyazaki, on the island of Kyūshū. The place looks lovely.

I had to load the game almost 40 times to get this club since its reputation is quite low.

I will move those two guys to my B team and sell them as soon as possible. Those transfers have been setup before my appointment.

[HanziZoloman]

vor 8 Stunden schrieb AndrikoDS:

I know how you feel - I am not very good at this game, and though over the years I've come to 'get' the importance of those mental traits, I also tend to be lazy and glance at a players stats in stead of looking at them in detail. It's interesting how much difference things like anticipation and work rate make! In some ways, I think lower league managment is easier, because one or two good stats stand out a lot more than when a player has 12+ in nearly everything.

yeah and it's also much more fun. But really I've never enjoyed FM as much as with this one. 

btw do you have a YAC Save running?

[thomas_e]

Energie Cottbus

Season Summary 2029 - 2030

Bundesliga survival

 

Our first season in the Bundesliga and we managed a very respectable 12th place. A great 5-0 win over Koln (who played with 10 men for 80 minutes)  in the last game of the season got us ahead of Hoffenheim on aggregate. It was a season with a lot of losses, but we were never in the relegation zone at any point! A fantastic 2-2 draw at home against Dortmund in the season opener gave me a lot of optimism and we even went unbeaten for the first 5 games of the season. That obviously didn't last, but I think we wer fantastic to stay in the league.

The team is now basically a few hugely talented and gifted players, combined with several players that wouldnt even be considered by a 2nd Bundesliga team. The usual Youth Academy Challenge team that is!!!  

I hope we can build on this season and survive another year! 

PS! This challenge is certainly made easier by the broken AI, especially with a lot of the opposition teams involved in European football. The lack of squad rotation by the AI doesnt make this the polished game we were promised, it is borderline broken. 

 

Season Summary

          

 

Key Players

          

 

Key Talents

          

 

Tactics Used

     

 

 

 

 

[thomas_e]

My sponsorship income is now lower than it was when I started the save 6 years ago. We have went from 3rd Bundesliga to the Bundesliga.. I just dont get how these things aren't fixed yet. 

[glennuk]

Was really frustrated that the K league is not available again this year. Really been excited to try it for the last few FMs.

So After my VERY long, successful, England save in FM 2022 I am hoping for a shorter Japan save until Korea is available.

[glennuk]

Honda FC - Season 1 - 2023 Season - The Start

When I decided to go for the Japan challenge, I had decided to reload a few times to see who I got. But Honda FC seemed destined as I jumped out of my Honda car to load up the game

So here we GO!!

Looks like we have a history of winning trophies, albeit at a lower level. Let's hope we can continue. I am also attracted to Japan due to the decent finances that most teams seem to have.

Other News

It didn't take long for me to request and get accepted on my first coaching course (although we still have no youth recruitment despite me asking 3 times so far).

 

Almost Forgot Starting profile (a couple weeks in)

 

[JLAB]

Real Jaén - Season 1 - Building My Backroom Team

When I started this challenge, I knew that the first thing that I wanted to do would be to build my backroom team and work on a tactic.

So, my first order of business was to bring in an assistant manager, and I managed that by bringing Juanma Ortiz to the club. He has some good attributes for the role.

Bringing in a new Head of Youth Development was also on my list. While his preferred formation is not what I was looking for, he had better attributes and personality than his predecessor.

We brought in a goalkeeping coach who could always be better but is working towards his Continental Pro Licence.

We brought in Diego Gutiérrez to improve our fitness coach position after I found out my previous fitness coach had been offered a new contract before I arrived.

I brought in Eduardo Laencina to become my leading overall coach at the club. He's got lots of promise, and now that he's studying his Continental C Licence, I believe he'll get better very quickly.

I brought in Jorge Corrales to be my new Head Performance Analyst. He's unambitious, but he's suitable for the role in the lower leagues.

Juanjo Ramos is my new performance analyst at the club. He's only 23, so he can improve over time.

José Alejandro Garcia is probably my most important signing since he is my new Head Physio and is outstanding for our level.

Miguel Domingo is my new Head of Sports Science and looks suitable for our level.

Lila has joined as our Chief Scout and looks fantastic for our level.

Samu also looks great for our level for a scout we just signed.

Hugo Issa is our new Director of Football and is a complete upgrade on the man he replaced.

We've recently brought in Francisco Dealbert to become our Set Piece Coach. There are some areas that I'm not happy with, but he's useful either way.

That's all of the backroom staff members we've brought in over the summer, and now we need to see how we do in the upcoming season.

If you want to keep track of the series if I miss a day of posting here, watching videos like the one linked below is the best way to keep track of my attempt at the Youth Academy Challenge in Spain.

YAC - Real Jaén - Part 1

[darren1983]

OK, full game out now it's time to really start after the false start with Dulwich. I'm sticking with England with FC United. Starting profile

How the club and squad look at the start:

 

[thomas_e]

Anyone else struggling to loan out players? It just seems so random which players get loan bids during the transfer window.