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16 hours ago, mehesa said:

Békéscsabai Előre FC - Season4 (2027/28)

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Season results:

I was a bit afraid of our first season in the first division and it did not start well with 2 draws and 2 losses (+ no wins in the pre-season friendlies), but then the team woke up with a 9-match unbeaten run and the youngsters started to believe in themselves. We did not stop until the 3rd place for the winter break and even reached the 2nd place with 3 wins after the break. But then we lost a lot of stability in midfield with the injury of Kuzma (I did know that he is a good player, but maybe underestimated his importance and impact) and a 5-match streak without a win dropped us back to 5th place. We made a rhapsodic finish, and still had a chance in the last round for a UEFA Conference League position, but it wasn't to be this time (we should win away against champions Ferencváros and hope for Újpest to lose at home against mid-table team Nyíregyháza). Anyway, I am happy with the 5th place in a season we were expected to be relegated.

In cup we weren't really successful, but tbh it wasn't a good draw: Győr was the hardest pick from the second division (promoted by the end of season).

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Transfers:

There were no 'player in' movements, of course. Some of the not used youngsters went on loan, and we managed to sell one of the talents (Ádám Németh from class 2026) who was not in the best 3 in his position and really wanted to leave. It was not the first offer I accepted, but maybe could ask for higher fee for him.

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Key players:

Boldizsár Borbély was our top goalscorer again with 20 total in the season, he also won the league's Top Goalscorer award (with 19 goals in league).

This season we had no average ratings above 7.0, the 4 best players who made at least 6.9 were the striker Borbély (20 goals, 1 assist), the right winger Máris (5 goals, 8 assists), the centerback Fazekas (3 goals, 1 assist) and the midfielder Váradi (7 goals, 8 assists).

From our home grown players I can highlight Mag (class 2026) again who growth to be my first-choice left-winger, but I found for him a competitor in János Batik (class 2027) who was a great sub in the season finish. I am really proud of the development of centerback Krisztián Katona (class 2026) who had to step in as regular starter when all originated centerbacks left except Fazekas, and he shows a decent performance (6.73 last and 6.69 this season). My striker Zalán Horváth (class 2027) played really good as sub and scored 3 goals.

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Youth intake:

We had a really good preview, especially on defensive front, and it was right... The club received 5 elite talents (it was 6 originally, but Tamás Németh was later re-evaluated as Top talent). However, I am not so happy about the personalities this time.

My favorites are Ronald Juhász (GK) and József Boér (DMC) from different reasons:

  • Juhász is a good to have talented keeper, since it seems our current first-choice goalie Czinanó does not want to renew his contract. Our backup, Grünvald (class 2025) was promising occasionally, but I am afraid that he won't be the level we need. Let's see how the season starts...  but it is a comforting thought that we have a talent on the bench.
  • In the previous intakes we lacked elite talents for the midfield, so I am happy with Boér. And also, he seems to be the most promising from the current set of new players.
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Club progress:

The first season was a good starting point in Division 1, but I am a little sad about the missed opportunity for the international football. We would need the money for the facilities which I could not upgrade this season.

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The board expects us to fight against relegation, but I want to target the international spots to inject some finances into the club. But it will be a rough challenge, since 2 of my key players - right wing Máris and keeper Czinanó - will leave by the end of the season. But I have faith in my youngsters... :)

 

 

I forgot to mention additionally two things I was really proud of this season:

  • I almost received the Head Coach of the Season award. Finished second only 39 points behind the champions Ferencváros Head Coach.
  • Our U19 Team won the U19 National League confidently 2 games before the end. We have great talent for the future not only in the first team, but behind them...
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1 hour ago, XaW said:

Just had my intake, and...

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:eek:

:hammer:

:applause:
 

I think I’ve had one model citizen in all my attempts and you get four in one :lol:

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34 minutes ago, Neo_Geo said:

:applause:
 

I think I’ve had one model citizen in all my attempts and you get four in one :lol:

Gotta thank my Model Citizen HoYD! :D

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11 hours ago, The7Striker said:

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Wish me luck :lol:

Been there before! Good luck!

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On 11/04/2024 at 21:24, Neo_Geo said:

@Padders you needing a new pair of undies after the last game of the season :lol:

That must have been some relief but your squad does look a little threadbare for PL.....good luck for season 94

Yeah we are so poor, so many players are Championship and L1 standard. Must only have a handful of PL quality player, its a struggle

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C.F. Badalona Season 2 Midseason Report

Primeria Fedracion - Group I

We started with a stunning 4 wins in a row to be top of the table. However we could not keep up that pace and a run of 6 games without a win saw us tumble down the table. We have arrested the slide with a win to be in 10th position. 

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Our best player has been RB Cristian Marquez who has 7 goals and 4 assists in the 19 games

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Pep Pinto 25j has been given plenty of game time and played okay at either CM or CAM. 

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Youth Candidates

Season 2025/26

Marine

Marine A.F.C. - Wikipedia 

The preview was even better than last season's:

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It was a tremendous intake, with no less than twelve elite talents coming though.

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End of Season Review

Season 2025/26

Marine

Marine A.F.C. - Wikipedia 

Thoughts On The Season

We took a huge step backwards.  Very disappointing.

League Table - League Fixtures 1 - League Fixtures 2

F. A. Cup - F. A. Trophy

Squad

Jordan Lussey - Louis White - Nick Hutton

Transfers In - Transfers Out

Youth Candidates

Richard Brown YP26A17 - Harry Anderson YP26B18 - Benito Akrigg YP26M29

Personal Contract

Season     Contract Start Date     Contract Expiry Date     Pre Tax Wage     Post Tax Wage
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At start          24 June 2024             30 June 2025         £750 p/w          £600 p/w
2024/25          30 March 2025             30 June 2026         £800 p/w ↑        £625 p/w ↑
2025/26      27 September 2025             30 June 2027         £825 p/w ↑        £650 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    3    1    1    3    1    5    1    1    1    1    1
2024/25    Minimal = (1.00*) ↑   National B    ↑↑     6 ↑  6 ↑  3 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 =  6 ↑  7 ↑  6 ↑  2 ↑  3 =  1 =  6 ↑  5 ↑  5 ↑  7 ↑  6 ↑  6 ↑
2025/26    Minimal = (1.50*) ↑   Continental C ↑↑     9 ↑  8 ↑  4 ↑  1 =  1 =  1 =  8 ↑  9 ↑  9 ↑  3 ↑  7 ↑  1 =  8 ↑  7 ↑  7 ↑ 13 ↑  9 ↑  9 ↑

Club Facilities

Season     Training Facilities  Youth Facilities  Youth Level  Corporate Facilities  Junior Coaching  Youth Recruitment  Club Reputation
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At Start   Basic                Basic                  4       Basic                 Average          Basic              Local   (1.00*)
2024/25    Basic =              Basic =                4 =     Basic =               Adequate  ↑↑     Average ↑↑         Local = (1.00*) =
2025/26    Basic =              Basic =                4 =     Basic =               Excellent ↑↑     Good    ↑↑         Local = (1.00*) =

Season Record

Season     Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage
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2024/25      55        35        9       11         132              76                 +56              63.64%
2025/26      57        26       12       19         114              87                 +27              45.61% ↓

Overall Career Record

After Season   Played     Won     Drawn     Lost     Goals For     Goals Against     Goal Difference     Win Percentage     Time At Club
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2024/25          55        35        9       11         132              76                 +56              63.64%             314 days
2025/26         112        61       21       30         246             163                 +83              54.46% ↓           663 days

Transfer Sale Record

Date               Player                    Position               Club Sold To                 Country                   Transfer Fee
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Trophy Haul

Season     Competition Won
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Trophy Cabinet

League Titles
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Cup Competition Victories
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Career Overview

Season     Champions League    Europa League    Europa Conference League             League                             Position     F.A. Cup                    Carabao Cup        Achievements
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2024/25           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North        3rd       Fourth Qualifying Round         N/a            Lost in promotion playoff final.  F. A. Trophy fifth round.
2025/26           N/a               N/a                    N/a                       Vanarama National League North       11th ↓     First Round             ↑       N/a            Mid table mediocrity.  F. A. Trophy semi final.

Record Number of Appearances (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                    Cumulative Number of Appearances
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2024/25    Scott Jones YP25E5                        4
2025/26    Scott Jones YP25E5                       51

Record Goal Scorer (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Goals
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2024/25    No one                                        0
2025/26    Neil Stern YP25A1                             2

Record Number of Assists (Players From The Academy Only)

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Assists
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2024/25    Scott Jones YP25E5                            2
2025/26    Scott Jones YP25E5                           10

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

Season     Player                          Cumulative Number of Clean Sheets
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2024/25    No one                                            0
2025/26    Harry Anderson YP26B18                            1

 

 

 

 

 

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Just had my favourite ever victory. It's not often you can win 3-0 despite only having a single shot on target.

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4 minutes ago, Padders said:

Ever had a playoff to decide who gets relegated from the PL????????????/

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Wow! I know it's possible in theory, but never seen it happen before! :eek:

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C.F. Badalona Season 2 End of Season Report and Youth Intake Review

Solid enough with some promise

Segunda Federacion - Group I

It was an up and down second half to the season with bad form causing us to slip down the table before 5 wins in a row in February and March took us to the edge of the playoff spots. That run was stopped and back down the table we went to finish in 12th position. Overall a great first season following our promotion in the first season. 

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Youth Intake Review

Preview was not good at all, I just hoped the reality would be better than the preview.

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The intake was better than preview but not as good as I would like it to be

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The only elite talent and therefore the star of the intake Emili Almirall was given 3 games at the end of the season at CAM, which he is more than a CM. He did exceptionally well to score 1 goal and have 2 assists with an average rating of 7.30. It would be great if he can come straight into the team and fill a position where I have been struggling to find someone who does well enough.

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My Profile

Unfortunately I have only been able to undertake one course due to the financial situation of the club so there has been only a small improvement to my stats.

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Transfer History

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Douglas Athletic 2027-28 Season Preview

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After a solid if slightly middling first season in the Premier League, we're now tasked for a higher finish with a much stronger squad. We're definitely not the strongest team in this division yet, but our recent intake massively improved the quality we have available, so I'm aiming high and seeing where we get.

Transfers:

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Facilities/Coaching:

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Our first facility upgrade! Our youth facilities are getting upgrades, which will hopefully help with future upgrades. My board rejected a training ground upgrade though, and STILL won't increase our youth recruitment. Not to 4th wall break, but does anyone know if there's an issue around this? It seems weird my board will improve everything else, but in 3-4 seasons haven't once agreed to a youth recruitment upgrade.

Season Preview:

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We're predicted to finish up in 4th, a huge leap from our 11th place last season. I think we can go better though. Peel have been massive underperformers despite their ability to attract foreign talent, and the only real title threat are St Mary's, or Corinthians on a good day. I'm aiming for top 3, but we'll see how things go.

Friendly Results:

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An okay pre-season where we really tested ourselves against some stronger teams. The fact we're taking goals off and holding our own against some decent English League 2/Conference teams is a sign of our progress.

European Results:

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We got drawn against Linfield, probably the strongest team in Northern Ireland. We put up a fight, but they were just too good for us. The result gives me confidence that with the right draw and some better players, we can have a stab at Europe one day soon. 

We earned around £350,000 for our efforts, which I'll seek to get immediately invested into our facilities.

Starting XI:

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Bates - Curley - Gasson - Ellis

Wharton - Treleaven

Pickford - Goulding - Hamilton

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Our team is once again bolstered by a strong intake last year, seeing players shuffled around as the new generation takes their place. I think if we get a good start and avoid major injuries, we have a strong chance of a really good finish, maybe even a title challenge if other teams underperform.

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1 hour ago, libbyshuss said:

second game of the league stage in this seasons Champions League and....

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:eek::eek::eek:

not sure where we go from here....

Ouch. 

Hopefully just a blip!!

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5 hours ago, libbyshuss said:

second game of the league stage in this seasons Champions League and....

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:eek::eek::eek:

not sure where we go from here....

Ouch! That's a painful one! What was the xG?

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So my new captain, Dean Sloan Y1-A, who is now a decent Premiership level player had some interest from Crusaders in the summer window and kicked up a stink.  Due to the nature of the clubs status I can only offer 6 months for a players new contract if I offer it around the turn of the year (when they can be approached as they are in their last 6 months). So I've had to look to build in extensions and Sloans from the season before had triggered to take him to 2028.

Approaching the January window I decided that he was just going to leave as Glentoran were also interested so I offered him for £20k and 25% of next sale. Glentoran met this and I accepted and gave Crusaders an ultimatum and they refused at which point Sloan said he was happy to stay at the club because Crusaders were no longer interested (even though he could get a deal with Glentoran). I immediately offered him a new deal and.....

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I think its the first time I've actually managed to achieve this :)

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15 minutes ago, libbyshuss said:

not that bad!

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A bad one, but not as bad as it looked from the score. Guess you got double unlucky then!

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3 minutes ago, jrobertgordon13 said:

are they still in the Prem?

Nah, but they are a good Championship side, so still a giant killing. :D 

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12 hours ago, libbyshuss said:

not that bad!

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Yeah, I know these kind of matches.... They are really hard to watch.

I don't have pics, but I also had in my Hungarian Békéscsaba youth challenge a match against stronger opponent (Fehérvár as I remember) where they scored from their first 4 shots on target within the first 20 mins... (and the 4 goals came from 1 penalty, 2 shots bounced on my defenders and the 4th goal was a one of a lifetime shot from outside the box)

I was luckier though, because they were satisfied with that start and it remained 0-4

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C.F. Badalona Midseason Report

Primera Federacion - Group I

We had a very good start to the season going 10 games unbeaten and being top after 11 games. However indifferent form since then has seen us fall down the table to 6th, one spot outside the playoffs. While it would be good to make the playoffs for experience I do not think the team is ready to be promoted. We have the best attack in the league but one of the worst defences despite having a number of 0-0 draws.

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Among my best players is 23 year Ibuki Nemoto who plays on the left wing. His 5 goals and 7 assists have been excellent for us.

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Timofey Neshtukov has been very good in his first season as our main striker with 11 goals from 13 starts and 6 sub appearances. 

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Toni Larossa has been our best player. I initially started him as our striker but moved him back to the RW and his 5 goals and 8 assists have been very important to our success.

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The star of last years intake 16 year old Emili Almirall 26a has played every game as my CAM and down very well with 6 goals and 3 assists. He looks to have a huge future for us.

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18 year old Oscar was a youngster when I joined the club and he has developed brilliantly to be the player my staff rate as our best player. He can play on the left wing but I play him as my CM and he has been very good 

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Youth Intake Preview

Total disaster of a preview. 

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[FM23] Reymersholms IK - season 32 - 2054

This time we're not so great with youngsters CA* but I can see a nice versatile defender Jonsson plus a decent attacker Gustavsson

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Solid season finishing midtable with our players developing nicely. As mentioned in previous post we won Europa Conference League, quite lucky draws with opponents not from top leagues but it's still impressive result.

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Thanks to that win we got a place in Europa League group stage and we're doing even better, beating such a powerhouses like Tottenham or Red Bull Leipzig. Two more games next year so full report incoming next season.

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Karl-Johan Hallberg doing a lot of good work got recognized

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Stadium expansion finished with maxed out capacity of 10800, but with our rising reputation the board also agreed to build a new stadium right away. It's expected to be around 14000 seats and it still will be one of the smallest at this level. Many clubs got their modern stadiums throughout this career. Also our youth facilities were upgraded

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