shaunvamos Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 February 2041 We're still barely holding on, I think that lost to Haverfordwest will turn out to be costly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 March 2041 Through to our second straight Welsh Cup final, where we play 2nd division Cardiff Met Uni, in which I'd expect us to be favourites. In the league, we have Haverfordwest away and Bala at home. I don't think we'll get what we need from them to stay 2nd. 3rd should be doable though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 Still couldn't win the cup, but we still stayed 2nd and qualified for Europe! Even better, TNS didn't make it into Europe either Best XI Ellis Hamilton - Ernest Kingson - Gregory Clarke Progress 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakama2619 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 TNS Hopefully relegation in a few years for them 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BML Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 In my current Welsh save, TNS don't react well to not qualifying for Europe - they finished 6th one year and the following season they hired Mark Hughes (yep, the actual one) and pulled off an invincible season! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 2041 Summer Transfer Window Apologies for the delay in updates, life sometimes gets in the way unfortunately! We make 6 signings, but a few of them won't be starters in light of the meta attributes test that I want to try out for myself. I signed these players two weeks ago before those tests came out. But anyway, Owolabi (LB) came from Arsenal, Sullivan (RW) made 2 appearances and 1 goal for Bristol City, Moore (DM) came from Accrington Stanley (17 apps) and then Macclesfield (119 apps), Costinha (RW) came from Solihull Moors, and Moxey (ST) also made 2 appearances for Bristol City. We did really, really well in Europe, reaching the final qualifying round of the Conference League. Levante were obviously too strong, but we now have over a million pounds in the bank which has been used to upgrade every facility we can finally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 On 11/02/2024 at 21:37, Vakama2619 said: TNS Hopefully relegation in a few years for them One can only hope! On 15/02/2024 at 01:48, BML said: In my current Welsh save, TNS don't react well to not qualifying for Europe - they finished 6th one year and the following season they hired Mark Hughes (yep, the actual one) and pulled off an invincible season! They've not got off to the strongest start this season so far, but I'm interested to see how their finances are after no Europe - they have 3x the salary of every team except Haverfordwest, and there's not a lot of money in the Welsh League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 September 2041 Transfers (In) Signed a few players with good physicals for super cheap wages except for Evans. McCormick (LW) bounced around League Two, making over 100 apps for Tranmere and Cambridge, Connerton (RB) came out of Everton's academy, and had a stint in Wales before playing1 game for Mansfield, Evans (LB) made 4 apps for Burnley and McGrath (ST) made 95 apps for Burnley. I don't know if this unbeaten month can be attributed to the change in recruitment and selection strategies, but it's been a great month nonetheless. We're also in the Scottish Challenge Cup this season, smashing Kelty Hearts to make it to the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 October 2041 Another busy month, and our remaining competitions we're in shrinks from 4 to 3. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 November 2041 We scored a LOT of goals this month, completely dismissing a fellow Cardiff side and then flogging Scottish Championship side Kilmarnock to make the semis of the Challenge Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 December 2041 We got FM'd against Swansea (the score should've been reversed based on the xG), but we're building a gap at the top, but TNS, FCQ, Haverfordwest and Barry Town are all lurking. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 January 2042 Transfers (Out) We make some money for players! Swansea get the double over us frustratingly, but we have the opportunity to go 5 points clear at the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 February 2042 The amount of matches in the legs seem to be taking its toll, as we've had to rest a few players and getting punished for it. Our lead is gone, and we're in danger of losing a top 3 spot too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 March 2042 This month demonstrated the virtues of having a rested team, as we win all four games in comfortable fashion, returning to the top of the table with two games to go. We also have the Challenge Cup and Welsh Cup finals, with our league games against our bogey teams Swansea and TNS sandwiched between them. It's no easy feat from here. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 Turns out we only needed one game to seal the club's first ever league title. Not only that, we did the double, and my first major cup win in this career! We also have a bit of money saved up, but I won't be spending money on players yet until we can no longer improve the team from released players. Best XI Chris Sullivan - Gregory Clarke - Jayson McGrath Progress 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 2042 Summer Transfer Window We're still able to upgrade just by offering trials as we add 7. As a result we are now one of the most physically dominant teams in the league, leading in 5 out of the 8 categories and in top 3 for the rest. Time to see if the first full season of this style of recruitment will work. Jackson (RB) made 127 apps for League One Notts County, Lattie (RW) started at Burnley, made 2 apps, before moving on to Millwall for a further 3 apps, Wilson (LB) came from Brighton, and was released after a few disappointing loans. Stead (CB) was released from the Norwich academy, Evans (AM) made 4 apps for Ipswich, Magill (DM) is the odd one out, making 130ish appearances in the Northern Irish leagues, and O'Brien (LW) made 14 apps for Millwall. Whatever's happening, it seems to be working. A ridiculous 8-0 win in Belgrade against Red Star sees us storm into the Champions League groups, where we'll surely get flogged. But we reap the rewards of the huge financial influx, making upgrades to our training and youth facilities, as well as officially going professional at the start of next season. Will I still be here by then? I guess we'll find out, but I want to be at least a half star better than the next most reputable club once I do get to the top, to give them a bit of a buffer. As I said, we're going to get flogged. But I reckon we can give Linfield a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 September 2042 The only goals we conceded were against Barcelona, and we even beat Benfica, which shouldn't be happening. Am I complaining? Not really, it's just amusing to see the effects of signing players for their physical preferences and reaping the rewards. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 October 2042 We have so many matches to play I'm not going to say that's why we lost our league game, but we'll have played 24 games in 88 days, basically 1 game every 3.5 days. I'm doing a lot of resting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 November 2042 We begin and end the month with losses, but we won the most important match which was our game in the Champions League against Linfield. But honestly who cares about us, look at The New Saints! 7th place and 5 points away from the top half, and they're close to being financially insecure 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 December 2042 A weird loss to Bangor who got out of last place thanks to us, but we have a nice lead in the league. TNS have a chance to make the top half, but with one game left they need a win or they're done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 January 2043 A weird loss to Colwyn Bay, but we end the Champions League group stage in 30th out of 36th but we were not outclassed at all! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 February 2043 We finally get some space between fixtures and manage to retain the Welsh Premier League with 4 games remaining We might end up having to leave after this season after all! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 March 2043 We add another trophy to the cabinet, going one better in the Scottish Challenge Cup after our runner up performance last year, and also becoming the first Welsh club to win it. We only have the Welsh Cup left, and we'd be doing an unprecedented quadruple if we win against Haverfordwest, who we also beat in the Challenge Cup. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakama2619 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 TNS being in the relegation group 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Haverfordwest rain on our parade twice at the end of the season, and I think that puts them ahead of us in the reputation stakes. But I'm excited to see what we can do in our first season as a professional club. The staff have already been upgraded, we have a huge transfer budget, and we'll have worldwide scouting. Consider Haverfordwest on notice. Best XI Marcus Evans - Julian Wilson - Jayson McGrath Progress 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 4 hours ago, Vakama2619 said: TNS being in the relegation group And they're financially insecure 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakama2619 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, shaunvamos said: And they're financially insecure Send them outta business!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 2043 Summer Transfer Window With our scouting network not yet fully deployed, we again relied on the tried and tested trialling of released players in the UK. And we still can obviously utilise it as we add 7 new players. Langston (DM) made 3 apps for Middlesbrough, Alade (RW) made 7 apps for Derby, Jones (LW) had a few mixed loan spells before being released by Cardiff, Flanagan (CB) had a solitary appearance for Reading, Jepson (AM) made 3 apps for Derby, Hendey (RB) didn't appear for Wolves, and Scully (GK) was released by Nottingham Forest's academy. Who would've thought that an Irish side would be the one to knock us out of the Champions League? Fixture congestion may have contributed, but at least we went comfortably through to the Europa League and an unbeaten start domestically. I'm hoping for 3 wins here, based on previous results I think we can beat Zalgiris, Tirana and Limassol. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 On 03/03/2024 at 18:37, Vakama2619 said: Send them outta business!! They're sending themselves out of business, they've had to revert to semi-pro 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 September 2043 We got FM'd against Glentoran, but I'm glad we lost because that's one less competition we're in, and our players need all the rest they can get. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 October 2043 Another ridiculous month in terms of congestion, but we make it through unscathed. Already 10 points clear in the league too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 November 2043 A much quieter month and we play excellently, including a win over Fortuna Dusseldorf where we were up 4-0 at half time, and we're almost a lock for the knockouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 December 2043 FM'd out of another cup, but I don't care, I want an invincible season in the league, and after January we'll only be in the Europa League as the extra comp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 January 2044 We faltered a bit at the end of the month, but we add another trophy to the cabinet and still have a 10 point lead in the league. We're in the playoffs! Also, look at Shamrock Rovers! The RoI have moved into 13th in the UEFA coefficients too, so something's in the water over there. It only seems natural that my last season in Wales I'd be playing against my former club in a European competition. I fully expect to be smashed, but we shouldn't even be here so who cares Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 February 2024 We pushed our old club hard, but not enough in the end. On the more positive side, we've secured our third straight league title and have nothing to look forward to but the league for the rest of the season. Watch us bottle the invincible season though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 March 2044 Two games to go, against 5th and 6th. We're bound to mess this up now.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Cardiff Corries 2043/44 Season Review For whatever reason I didn't get the big presentation, so here we are. Invincibles Best XI Stewart Hendey - Harry Jones - Peter Alade Progress And the big news... We're now a half star better than our nearest rivals, which means Wales is complete I think I've left Cardiff in an excellent position, they have the best facilities of anyone, as well as the most money. The AI will do well to screw this up...... and they probably will. Anyway, where next? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Around Europe After just over 21 seasons in this save, I thought it'd be good to take a look around the continent to see if much has changed. I'll do the top 10 leagues to condense it, but also look at continental and international tournaments as well. England Not a lot has changed here really, the same big teams are still dominating with Newcastle managing to sneak in for an EPL win in 33/34. Everton also managed to get a runners up a couple years later. Italy Italy are now the second most reputable league in Europe, and it's mostly been the Milan show. No non-Milan team has won the Serie A for 16 seasons, although it looks like Napoli might be the best positioned to change that. Spain Spain is probably the most unchanged, with only Barcelona or Real Madrid winning the league. How boring. Germany Returning to familiar territory, and it looks like Union Berlin have done pretty well since I left. They've won the league again, and finished in the top 3 in 8 of the last 10 seasons. Those 2 seasons they missed were the most recent though, as they finished 5th and then 6th, which could mean the start of a slide. France The era of PSG dominance looks to have some cracks, as they've only won 2 of the last 6. This coincides with the departure of the Qatari oil money in 2038, which was clearly a huge loss. Cool to see Lens as the possible benefactors of that though, as their new tycoon clearly helped them to those 2 Ligue 1 titles. Netherlands Nothing overly exciting in terms of winners, but a few not so fancy teams appearing here like Go Ahead Eagles and Heracles. Portugal Famalicao is the only club outside Porto and Lisbon to have won in Portugal, but currently the biggest challenger to that norm looks to be Penafiel. Belgium Antwerp have emerged as the new force in Belgium, also thanks to a tycoon takeover in 2036 that saw them also make the Conference League final. Scotland Nothing is dispatching the Old Firm, with Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibernian a very distant 3rd. Austria We wrap things up in Austria, where the most noticeable absence recently is RB Salzburg. They were actually relegated in 2037 but rebounded straight away and haven't finished higher than 7th since. Tirol have been a sensation, winning the league in 2040, getting relegated in 2041, promotion in 2042, and then the two straight league wins. Insane! Champions League Liverpool had a brief dominant run, with 3 straight in the last 5 seasons. Apart from that no real new teams except maybe Everton in a losing Merseyside Derby effort in 2041/42. Europa League Union Berlin ended up being the runners up this season Mostly seems to be German clubs and Atletico Madrid that won this recently, with a few niche English clubs like Everton, Leicester and Leeds coming close. Conference League Everton finally got a win in European competition, but not before Kobenhavn who defeated another surprise nation in their final. Some other cool teams include Raith Rovers, Antwerp, Utrecht, Torino and Slavia Prague. World Cup The World Cup has not left Europe in this save, with only Colombia and Argentina not from the continent. EURO It finally came home in 2040, but the first 3 were dominated by France and the Netherlands, with France going 2-1 in their final encounters. Copa America Ecuador is sandwiched between Colombia and Uruguay here, with Argentina and Brazil being surprising perennial bridesmaids. Gold Cup For some reason USA, Mexico and Canada weren't in the 2025 and 2027 editions (something to do with the 2026 WC perhaps) which produced some fun results. Trinidad and Tobago managed to win a title with the big 3 present, and Martinique also featured prominently, no doubt making use of the French dual nationality. African Cup of Nations Strangely enough, the only non-traditional superpower that won the AFCON was in the first running. Guinea-Bissau had a couple of nice third places, but apart from that nothing unusual. But now onto the next destination..... It looks like I have two choices, either Scotland or Turkey. Given my fictional proximity to Scotland, I'd like that to be my next destination and have applied for a job there. But failing that I'll activate Turkey as playable and see who from Ankara wants me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 (edited) Time to upend the Old Firm Eh, the team's not that much stronger than Cardiff if I'm honest, we'll see if we can find any good finds from the released players. Edited March 13 by shaunvamos 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguPL Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Just caught up with this ! Great read and I love the idea of your save. Team at Hibs is not much stronger but defo much older with less potential You'll have a bit of culling to do. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 (edited) 2044 Summer Transfer Window No, we didn't really spend 105 million pounds. Most of it will be paid if we don't play those loanees as starters, and they'll be starters. It's nice to be able to sign players again, even with Brexit restrictions we've still been able to make some good foreign signings in Ehrmann and Zackrisson. It's been a dream start in Scotland, including a strong win over Rangers as we start things on top already. We get an interesting draw, featuring 2 Irish teams as well as Partizan and Anorthosis. I'm hopeful those 4 teams are ones we can beat, but the Irish sides are strong in this save. Edited March 21 by shaunvamos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 On 14/03/2024 at 22:37, RoguPL said: Just caught up with this ! Great read and I love the idea of your save. Team at Hibs is not much stronger but defo much older with less potential You'll have a bit of culling to do. Thanks! We haven't done too much culling at this stage but it was surprisingly easy to improve the side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 September 2044 We began the month with a disappointing loss in the most important fixture of the season, the Edinburgh derby. But we end the month with a fantastic win over Celtic and we're already 3 points clear after 8 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 September 2044 An unbeaten month, and we have an opportunity to go 6 points clear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 Novembver 2044 A heavy loss to Rangers dampens things a bit, but we managed to smash Hearts in our Edinburgh revenge to stay top of the table. We're also in a strong position in the Europa League with a really good win at Sevilla. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 December 2044 A very busy month, but an immense effort as we make it out unbeaten. We're now 7 points clear at the top, and comfortably into the knockout stages of the Europa League. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 January 2045 Very very weird result against St Mirren - had to rest a few players and had a player sent off early. But it shouldn't have ended up like that. But anyway, we're still top, by 8 points this time, and we're through to the last 16 of the Europa League after finishing 5th in the League Phase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 February 2045 We're out of the cup, but that's fine as we look to maintain our lead on top and also make a deeper run in the Europa League. We get a fairly favourable draw here too, against a struggling Aberdeen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 March 2045 Scraped a draw with a rested team against Celtic, and we have a shot at going 11 clear. We navigate Aberdeen, and are rewarded by Union Berlin again. At least we had a nice run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 April 2044 A nightmare run of away games, which we managed to turn around at the end of the month, but now the gap is only 5 points with 3 games to go. Our time in the Europa League is also probably over, but we had a fantastic win over Julian Nagelsmann's Union Berlin to look back on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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