[FM24] Tulach Bòide [Scotland Tier 13]

[Jimbokav1971]

32 minutes ago, Rikulec said:

I really like the look of Antonazi.

He's good actually. 

We've been getting lots of bids for him, (the Jan window is about to close), and Lazio, Liverpool and Man Utd are especially interested. The biggest bid has only been £3.8M(£5.75M) so I'm hoping to keep him through this window closing. 

[sammad50]

He looks very good and from the stats seems like the Libero role is getting the best out of him as well. 
 

Been great to see how much progress you've made!

[Jimbokav1971]

48 minutes ago, sammad50 said:

He looks very good and from the stats seems like the Libero role is getting the best out of him as well. 

Been great to see how much progress you've made!

I think we've hardly scratched the surface with him. I think his ability will only be fully appreciated when and if the standard of the players around him improves. In particular, our WB's are absolutely shocking and they are so key in this tactic, (because they so often the spare man). 3x strikers gives a back 4 problems when you have 1x WB's supporting them, and even if we play against a 5, (so it's 5v5), then the Libero effectively becomes the spare man. Until such time as we produce WB's of a better quality though, I don't think we're able to take advantage of the areas in which we're strong. 

Last season we had (43e) Wills (F.Sport) * at WBL and that gave us another dimension in attack, simply because of his athleticism. 

We have nobody even close to his level. 

I have tried to sign him on loan but Man City didn't want him to come to us. Their response was one I hadn't seen before. It was something along the lines of them wanting to see him develop in an different environment, (because he had already spent time here). It was quite unusual, but also understandable. 

We also have the option of bringing back (38d) McMullan (NIR) (Unamb) *, but in addition to his personality, he also only left in the Summer, (because he was upset at not getting enough playing time while (43e) Wills (F.Sport) * was here), and I couldn't persuade him to stay. He would at least be an improvement on what we currently have available. His 25 league appearances last season were actually 12(19) appearances in total, and he wasn't happy with that. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2045. 

Scottish Premiership. This is sort of what we were expecting from these 2 games. Probably a little better if I'm honest. 

Scottish Cup. (The Big one). There's no point complaining about it. We're a fair bit off the top half of the table yet and Hibs beat us with a bit to spare despite us scoring 3 goals. 

Interview. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 19/29 from the spot at 66%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Day. Mar 2046. 

• We've only got 1 player born in Alloa. 
• 5x 5.0 PA players, (2 of which are a DR and a DL). 

There are 2 players in the group that I won't be offering a contract to. I can always bring them back at a later date if they are better than anticipated. 

[TIR669]

Bad overall but you got your two fullbacks with positive personalities at least. What's O'Sullivan like, I see defensive winger is suggested, can he be retrained to WBR maybe?

[BML]

20 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I have tried to sign him on loan but Man City didn't want him to come to us. Their response was one I hadn't seen before. It was something along the lines of them wanting to see him develop in an different environment, (because he had already spent time here). It was quite unusual, but also understandable. 

Think this reasoning was added this year (or maybe FM23) to prevent the situations I regularly found myself in where I could quite easily loan players in (for little cost) for several seasons in a row - something I exploited a lot in an Argentinian save when I lost players to Europe.

The crossing, dribbling and fitness of the LB Bentley is exactly what I'd be looking for in my team (I play attacking WBs from the LB strata), hopefully his decent personality means he can train up the work rate and acc/pace attributes in the next few years.

[Jimbokav1971]

NxGn 2046. 

Really surprised with this. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Mar 2046. 

Scottish Premiership. We were smashed by Hibs, but bounced back really well to stick 5 past Kilmarnock and give us a little breathing space. 

Internationals. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 19/29 from the spot at 66%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

4 hours ago, TIR669 said:

Bad overall but you got your two fullbacks with positive personalities at least. What's O'Sullivan like, I see defensive winger is suggested, can he be retrained to WBR maybe?

It's so hard to tell on Day 1 that I basically just don't even try anymore. I haven't got a clue what we've got. You're right about spotting the DL & DR with decent personalities and when you add in the 5.0 PA then there isn't much more we can ask for. We just need to keep our fingers crossed that the PA is decent and that we can get them there. 

(46b) O'Sullivan (IRL)(F.Amb)* looks ok but there is a long way to go. I don't seem him as a WBR because of his low positioning, but never say never. Certainly in this save, (and at this phase of the save), we're obviously not a dominant team in the Premiership, but in my head I don't see ourselves as in the Premiership. Instead I see us in a mini-league that's the bottom half of the Premiership. In those games we're often dominating the ball and we just need to take our chances and keep them out at the other end. Playing an attacking WBR like this bloke might be an option, (especially by the time he's developed enough to get into the 1st Team). His low composure also suggests WBR rather than SCR. At this stage I don't care where he plays. 

[Jimbokav1971]

4 hours ago, BML said:

Think this reasoning was added this year (or maybe FM23) to prevent the situations I regularly found myself in where I could quite easily loan players in (for little cost) for several seasons in a row - something I exploited a lot in an Argentinian save when I lost players to Europe.

The crossing, dribbling and fitness of the LB Bentley is exactly what I'd be looking for in my team (I play attacking WBs from the LB strata), hopefully his decent personality means he can train up the work rate and acc/pace attributes in the next few years.

I haven't really looked at any of them in great detail yet, (other than to post their profiles in here). 

The physical abilities tend to look after themselves most of the time, (as long as Natural Fitness isn't rubbish). The workrate is a bit of a pain but I really try not to worry about it at this stage. The individual training I've given him initially is agility/balance, but pace/acceleration and endurance/workrate are on the list to do. We will just have to see how he goes. Looking at him now I think he looks pretty good and I can see him playing in the 1st Team pretty quickly with just a little physical improvement. 

[TIR669]

Those mentals... Decisions 2, concentration 3, anticipation 5, positioning 2  Future MVP of League 2...

 

Antonazi looks class. Now that you have 15m in the bank accounting for prize money post season, and gate receipts likely keeping your projected balance well above 10m mark, I wonder what is the chairman's sell value for him. He's only on a 1 year contract though?  How did that happen?

 

Also how come you're paying them that low for their value? Can you even extend him and Potter or are they rejecting already?

Edited February 7 by TIR669

[Jimbokav1971]

Apr 2046. 

Scottish Premiership. I was a bit peeved to lose the Ross County game, but winning the 2 other games this month certainly helped to improve my mood. We're 6 points clear of Falkirk in the Playoff spot with 3 games left to play, so 1 more win should be enough to secure our position in the Premiership for another season. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 20/30 from the spot at 67%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, TIR669 said:

Those mentals... Decisions 2, concentration 3, anticipation 5, positioning 2  Future MVP of League 2...

Yeah the mentals are poor. Like I said earlier though, there is just no point worrying about it. He will develop or he won't develop and what we have is what we have. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, TIR669 said:

Antonazi looks class. Now that you have 15m in the bank accounting for prize money post season, and gate receipts likely keeping your projected balance well above 10m mark, I wonder what is the chairman's sell value for him. He's only on a 1 year contract though?  How did that happen?

Also how come you're paying them that low for their value? Can you even extend him and Potter or are they rejecting already?

(44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 * does indeed look good. Really liking the look of him at the moment. 

This is the squad ranked by PA and (44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 * is at the top. You can see in the 5th column from the right that we have a +3 option him. 
You will also note that we have option on most players on the list and of the 6 visible players that we don't have options for, 5 of them are on youth contracts, (so if they have options then they will be hidden until their pre-contract is no longer pre). The remaining player is (40a) Brass4 (F.Pro) * who has 2 years remaining on his contract. 

I'm very happy with how long our youngsters are tied down for right now. 

This is the same group of players but with a different view. 

You will note that there is only 1 single min fee release clause on the list, and I'm not interested in Relegation release clauses. 

If we instead sort by CA then you can see lots of options there. 

And in this 2nd view of the same CA Group there is still just the 1 Min Fee release clause.

[Jimbokav1971]

Apr 2046. 

Scottish Premiership. With 3 more wins to finish the season, we've managed to win 4 of the 5 relegation group games, (just losing against Ross County). That actually makes sense when you see that they are 20 points ahead of us and that makes even more sense when I tell you that they lost only 1 of their last 12 league games. They collected 25 points from a possible 36.

The big story in the league however was that Celtic, (after not even qualifying for Europa last season), too the title right to the wire and led Rangers by 2 points going into the last game, (which couldn't have been scripted better as Celtic travelled to Rangers for a title decider). Rangers were convincingly the better team, won 2-0 and with it the league title. Celtic were much improved this season, but Rangers are still the dominant force. 

Elsewhere in the Premiership, St Johnstone & Kilmarnock were unable to qualify for Europe for a 2nd year on the bounce and in fact St Johnstone only avoided relegation on goal difference in the end, (or at least entry into the relegation Playoff). 

Best XI. 

Internationals. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 21/31 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. The new wage budget is great, (it's at more than double the level we're currently spending, and I don't actually expect our wage spend to go up hugely anytime soon. We're already running a big squad, (or squads), and I think we have 91 players at the club all in, so even if we were to qualify for Europe in the next couple of years then I wouldn't expect the numbers to increase and I still think we're the sort of club who is going to be forced to sell our best players while they're still pretty young. 

If I rang the squad by CA, then the ages of the best players at the club are 17, 20, 22, 18, 19, 22, 25, 23, 23, 28, 29, 21. 

Only the 1st 2 players, (44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 * & (41b) Gourley (NIR) (F.Det) * are wanted by other clubs, and they have 1+3 and 3+3 years outstanding on their contracts, so no reason to sell just yet. I am actually keen to sell a few more players and build our bank balance and clause bank still further. 

Edited February 8 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Stats. Jun 2046. 

Squad by Appearances. 

Squad by Goals. 

Squad by Assists. 

Squad by Avg Rating. 

Squad by CA.

Squad by PA. 

14x 5.0 PA players. 

9x 4.5 PA players. 

11x 4.0 PA players. 

Squad by National Team. 

Senior Int Caps. 

U21 Int Caps. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Player Personality. Jun 2046. 

You might have noticed that in a few recent posts I have included a "Personality panel" that you might not recognise. 

Here is the panel for (44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 *.

And here is how he has developed. 

Although it shows a range of some hidden attributes, it's not using the Editor at all. It was created by @_Ben_and simply tells us the info that we're already aware of, (via the player Personality and Media Handling style). Rather than just having to manually think about what the Personality type and Media Handling are and how they come together to influence the player, this panel shows us the information we glean from these sources so it's clear to see. When @_Ben_mentioned it I thought it was a great idea, (even more so because he has managed to include an IR button in the skin it comes with), and so I'm  not losing anything at all by using it. 

I have used (44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 * as the 1st example simply because he's top of the CA ranked list, and as he's a Res personality it doesn't actually tell us loads. We know he's got decent hidden attributes and his Det is 15 and this is conducive to good attribute development. 

The other side of the coin however is (40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)* and he has been slow to develop. (Painfully slow in fact). His hidden attributes are poor across the board, even though his Det attribute is very reasonable at 14. 

I've had an absolute nightmare with his development, failing in spectacular fashion, which is all the more surprising considering that he's actually made 103(27) appearances, so plenty of match experience at a decent level. His physical development in particular has been an absolute disaster. 

It's not always quite so simple as A+B=C though. 

(40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)* had a Personality & MH combo of Bal + Media Friendly, so you could be forgiven for thinking that the combination of the 2 always creates problems like this. 

Fortunately that's not always the case. 

(42b) Potter (F.Amb) * is another player who has a Bal/MF Combo, but his development has been fine, (although there does seem to be an issue with his technicals). In this instance, A+B= something other than C. 

I could use the Editor to look at the hidden attributes of course, but I don;t want to do that. I want to find as much info as possible, but only within what is available to me. 

I think it's easy to imagine that all my players get developed to their optimum level as we romp through all these leagues to the Premiership, but this is proof that it;s far from that simple. Whether it's me getting things actually wrong in player development, or just being unable to fix things that are already "broken", the end product is still the same. Wasted or unused PA. 

I can try and blame the Semi-Pro status, or the PT Training, or the poor Facilities or whatever, but either way we've got players who we've not manage to develop effectively. 

[turnip]

I don't think it's quite that straight-forward. Coaches and Scouts often seem to base their estimation of a player on their CA and their age. Which makes sense - if you've got a good 16 year old, chances are that they'll be much better when they're 26 years old. 

But what might be happening with some of your players is that because of your excellent (faintly ridiculous) Junior Coaching, you've been having players come through whose CA isn't far from their PA. 

Your Coaches think "this kid is gonna be great" (because of the high CA) and you start training them. But if there's not much of a gap between CA and PA, then improvements in their position/role-specific attributes kind of come at the expense of other attributes. Normally, you see this with older players if you try training them in a new position, but it can happen with younger players, too. Most of the attributes he's gotten worse in are for things he likely doesn't use for his role as a DLP, and while his Physical attributes have gone up a bunch, they've gone from 'not great' to 'reasonable' (or 'bad' to 'not great'). Also, Physical attributes aren't as important for a DLP than they are for some other roles. 

Spoiler

The CA 'cost' for I think every single-point increase in an attribute that's relevant to a position is relatively low until you start getting to 12 and up. 

Basically, you might be inadvertently min-maxing Potter's ability as a DLP. 

[_Ben_]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Although it shows a range of some hidden attributes, it's not using the Editor at all. It was created by @_Ben_and simply tells us the info that we're already aware of, (via the player Personality and Media Handling style). Rather than just having to manually think about what the Personality type and Media Handling are and how they come together to influence the player, this panel shows us the information we glean from these sources so it's clear to see. When @_Ben_mentioned it I thought it was a great idea, (even more so because he has managed to include an IR button in the skin it comes with), and so I'm  not losing anything at all by using it. 

Thanks Jim! The original idea came from @BouFitty and he kindly shared the panel with me. I just thought of you when I saw it!

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jun 2046. 

GK.

1st Team. (39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" *
2nd Team. (43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" *
Loan. (42g) Niven (Bal) 5'11" *
Loan. (41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" *
U18's. (44f) Gordon (F.Amb) 6'0" *
U18's. (45c) Paskowski(POL)(Bal)6'0 *
U18's. (46e) Hunter (Res) 5'11" *
Sell/Release. (45o) Manson.(IRL)(Unamb) 5'11

DL. This is such a weak area for us. (41d) Dichev (BUL) (Bal) * is a "righty" playing on the left. (42n) Murray (F.Pro) * WBL is actually a converted winger who isn't actually that good. He just wasn't going to make it as a winger so I thought what the hell! (46d) Bentley (AUS) (F.Pro) * is the 1st one who looks like he has something about him, and he's still 15 and just so far from playing in the 1st Team that even I can't do it. 

1st Team. (41d) Dichev (BUL) (Bal) *
2nd Team. (42n) Murray (F.Pro) * WBL
Loan. (45h) Lilley. (F.Pro)
Loan. (46m) Dunne. (Pro)
U18's. (46d) Bentley (AUS) (F.Pro) *
U18's. (45k) Williamson (Pro)6'1"WBL*
U18's. (45h) Lilley. (F.Pro)
Sell/Release. (42c) Ross (IRL) (L.Det)

DR.

1st Team. (43a) Quinn (F.Pro) *
2nd Team. (33b) Skrzyński (POL)(F.Pro) *
Backup. (35a) McColl (Bal) *
Loan. (42f) Johnstone (Unamb) *
Loan. (45i) Candé (POR)(GNB) (L.Det)
U18's. (46c) Cunningham (Res) *

DC.

1st Team DLC. (44e) Henry (F.Pro) 5'10" *PPM
1st Team DC. (44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 *
1st Team DRC. (38b) Jayes (SCO)(Unamb) 6'4"*

2nd Team DLC. (36e) Dickson (Unamb) 6'2" *
2nd Team DC. (44h) Lemetti (IRL) 6'3"
2nd Team DRC. (43h) Wills (Pro) 6'0"

Loan. (42m) Martin (Fickle) 5'9" *
Loan. (40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)*

U18's DLC. (45l) O'Hara (F.Pro) 6'1" *
U18's DC. (46p) Weir (F.Det) 6'1" *
U18's DRC. (45g) McCroary (Merc) 6'4" *
U18's Backup. (43j) Strachan. (Det) 6'3"

Sell/Release. (40i) Paterson (IRL) (F.Pro)
Sell/Release.
Sell/Release. 

MC.

1st Team MLC. (42b) Potter (F.Amb) *
1st Team MRC. (40b) Stewart (SCO)(IRL)(Pro)*

2nd Team MLC. (33d) Martin (Pro) *
2nd Team MRC. (32e) Dick (Bal) *
Backup. (38i) Waddell (Res) *

Loan. (44b) Harvey (Spirit) *
Loan. (43b) Bradley (Perfect) *
Loan. (45e) Brass6 (Fickle) MC *
Loan. (42j) Luke (IRL) (Unamb)
Loan. (43i) Roberts. (CAN) (F.Pro)
Loan. (43l) McKay. (F.Sport)
Loan. (41l) Aitken (F.Amb) *

U18's MLC. (46a) Savoury (Real) * MC
U18's MRC. (45j) Marshall (F.Sport) PPM *
U18's Backup. (46k) Phillips (Unamb)
U18's Backup. (45p) Douglas (Res) PPM

SC.

1st Team SLC. (33c) P.McCormack (F.Pro) *
1st Team SC. (41b) Gourley (NIR) (F.Det) *
1st Team SRC. (40a) Brass4 (F.Pro) *

2nd Team SLC. (45b) Dick (F.Sport) *
2nd Team SC. (37i) Morrison (Pro) *
2nd Team SRC. (40o) Banner (F.Amb) PPM *

Loan. (37c) Brass3 (F.Sport) *
Loan. (40g) Paterson (IRL) (F.Pro) *
Loan. (44k) McMenemy (Bal)
Loan. (45f) Thomson. (Bal)
Loan. (43c) Ross. (Bal)

U18's SLC. (44a) Neill (F.Pro) *
U18's SC. (45a) Pobořil (CZE) (Real) *
U18's SRC. (45d) Findlay (F.Pro) *
U18's Backup. (46b) O'Sullivan (IRL)(F.Amb)*

Sell/Release. (31j) Fullerton (Unamb) *
Sell/Release. 
Sell/Release. 

[Jimbokav1971]

7 hours ago, turnip said:

I don't think it's quite that straight-forward. Coaches and Scouts often seem to base their estimation of a player on their CA and their age. Which makes sense - if you've got a good 16 year old, chances are that they'll be much better when they're 26 years old. 

But what might be happening with some of your players is that because of your excellent (faintly ridiculous) Junior Coaching, you've been having players come through whose CA isn't far from their PA. 

Your Coaches think "this kid is gonna be great" (because of the high CA) and you start training them. But if there's not much of a gap between CA and PA, then improvements in their position/role-specific attributes kind of come at the expense of other attributes. Normally, you see this with older players if you try training them in a new position, but it can happen with younger players, too. Most of the attributes he's gotten worse in are for things he likely doesn't use for his role as a DLP, and while his Physical attributes have gone up a bunch, they've gone from 'not great' to 'reasonable' (or 'bad' to 'not great'). Also, Physical attributes aren't as important for a DLP than they are for some other roles. 

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The CA 'cost' for I think every single-point increase in an attribute that's relevant to a position is relatively low until you start getting to 12 and up. 

Basically, you might be inadvertently min-maxing Potter's ability as a DLP. 

I don't think I agree with you. I have expected to get monster CA players through the intake, but it's never actually happened, (although maybe it will now that we're Fully Pro). 

It could of course be that the Ass Man who's advice I'm taking for the CA/PA views isn't very good, (I've just checked and his JPA is 7 and his JPP is 6). He's got a Bal personality and was appointed by someone else. I will get rid of him at the end of the coming season. 

I'm still struggling to understand why I failed so badly at developing (40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)*.

A reasonable personality with loads of PA and not much CA but forced to be given considerable game time way beyond his CA. When you add in that he also got experience at Senior National Team level then it's even more strange. 

[Jimbokav1971]

7 hours ago, _Ben_ said:

Thanks Jim! The original idea came from @BouFitty and he kindly shared the panel with me. I just thought of you when I saw it!

Well in that case thanks very much @BouFittyand well done. 

[Janiculus]

12 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

I don't think I agree with you. I have expected to get monster CA players through the intake, but it's never actually happened, (although maybe it will now that we're Fully Pro). 

It could of course be that the Ass Man who's advice I'm taking for the CA/PA views isn't very good, (I've just checked and his JPA is 7 and his JPP is 6). He's got a Bal personality and was appointed by someone else. I will get rid of him at the end of the coming season. 

I'm still struggling to understand why I failed so badly at developing (40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)*.

A reasonable personality with loads of PA and not much CA but forced to be given considerable game time way beyond his CA. When you add in that he also got experience at Senior National Team level then it's even more strange. 

Did you manually replace your coaches yet? I feel like you're missing out a bit by having that delegated.

 

Not that alone would explain something as extreme as Villanueva, but still.

[Jimbokav1971]

41 minutes ago, Janiculus said:

Did you manually replace your coaches yet? I feel like you're missing out a bit by having that delegated.

Not that alone would explain something as extreme as Villanueva, but still.

You're completely right. 

I was delegating it and then when we were promoted to the Premiership I took over staff recruitment on a Temp basis, (just because we had gone Pro), but after that I left it all delegated again. I absolutely do need to take ownership of it again, (and keep the responsibility with me), because I've had a look and it really isn't great. I have just been lazy. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jun 2046.

Reputation. 

And after we've tripped over to the next season. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jul 2046.

Season Preview. 

League Cup. (Glorified friendlies). 

Transfers.

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 22/32 from the spot at 69%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

Edited February 12 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Aug 2046. 

Scottish Premiership. This is a hell of a start to the season. We were a little lucky against Aberdeen, but we've always scored goals so maybe this isn't that much of a surprise. Hearts chastened us slightly by battering us 1-0 before we picked up a good point in a close game against Dundee Utd, and then got our 1st win of the league campaign against Ross County. 

League Cup. Well this was a turn-up for the books. 

Transfers. I obviously don't want to lose (44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 *, but £6.75M rising to £9M plus a loan-back + 30% profit + a friendly is a good deal and we're very much still a selling club so I can't really complain.

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 23/33 from the spot at 70%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[BML]

12 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Transfers. I obviously don't want to lose (44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 *, but £6.75M rising to £9M plus a loan-back + 30% profit + a friendly is a good deal and we're very much still a selling club so I can't really complain.

Shame to lose him but, like you say, the level you're at right now it's too much to turn down.

Neither of these have a loan back clause though Jimbo, or have you renegotiated one in after the screenshot?

[Jimbokav1971]

On 13/02/2024 at 13:38, BML said:

Shame to lose him but, like you say, the level you're at right now it's too much to turn down.

Neither of these have a loan back clause though Jimbo, or have you renegotiated one in after the screenshot?

It definitely is there. What happens when you get the deal done like this is that it appears in the message directly after the one I posted. I think it's initiated by the buying club rather than us. Let me see if I've still got it. 

Yeah, here we are. We get the offer at 08:51, (that the board accepted), and then 2 mins later we get another message offering the loan back. This was initiated by AC Milan rather than us and I think certain conditions have to be met for this to happen, (for example the player has to be keen to finish the season with us). Despite there being 2 mins between the messages, they both arrived together. 

It is an offer for a loan back rather than an automatic loan back. Their reason is given as "in order to continue his development". Obviously they have to think we've been doing a good job so far or they wouldn't offer it. 

Oh, it's interesting that the loan back was included in this picture but not in whichever one I posted. (Apologies). I didn't even protest this deal because I think it's really good for us. It's quite a lot of cash up front, Another decent chunk after just 10 appearances and then 30% profit + a friendly on top of the loan back. Had I been initiating the deal then I would have preferred a lower % but for full fee rather than profit, (25% is standard for me), but it seemed silly to protest over what was a good deal. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Apologies for the lack up updates. Just been busy. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2046. 

Scottish Premiership. It wasn't a good month in terms of points collected, but we had some tough games in there with both the Old Firm as well as 2nd and 3rd.  2 of the goals we conceded against Rangers were pens, and that brings us to 4 pens scored by them against us in the last 4 games, and the scorer of the pens, (Antonio Carlos, a 32 year old Brazilian striker who Rangers signed from Inter for £25M), has now scored 8 goals against us in the last 6 games.  They were the better team and deserved to win, but we're doing better against them. The Motherwell game was a little strange in that without their win against us they have collected only 1 point from 7 games, but we won the xG battle, missed a pen and had a goal ruled out and it was just one of those days. It was never a 4-0 game though. 

 

League Cup. revenge was sweet against Rangers as we somehow, (I know exactly how and why we won), came out on top against the best club in the Country  as we smashed them 3-0 away from home.   The fact that our GK (39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * made 15 (FIFTEEN) saves in keeping a clean sheet, may have had just a little to do with our win, but we still managed to score 3 goals ourselves. The fact that the xG was 2.44 - 0.95 to them suggests that we might have been just a tiny bit lucky, (and buy tiny I of course mean huge), but I don't care even a little but. 

The Semi will be played at Hampden Park, (I think), and yeah we will probably lose, but this is serious progress for us. Rangers rotated their squad too much and it cost them. If Kilmarnock/St Mirren also do the same then we might have a sniff. 

Debuts. 

Transfers.

Records. 

Internationals. 

Goal-scoring GK's. Although (43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * scored his 1st career goal, (39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * failed with his only penalty this month and is now injured to add.... injury to insult. 

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 23/34 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 1/1 from the spot at 100%. 

Finances. Our bank balance is only £17.6M and I'm not sure why we haven't received the £6.75M cash from the (44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 * deal yet. We received £2.8M from player sales last month, so maybe it's installments? Actually it is down to installments, (and I'm fine with that). 

[Bigshow1]

Who’s going to get the Libero spot next season then?

[Jimbokav1971]

41 minutes ago, Bigshow1 said:

Who’s going to get the Libero spot next season then?

That's a really good question actually, and although I have an answer, it's certainly not a good answer. 

The player who I had hoped to develop into a Libero is (40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)*, but it just hasn't worked and he's now gone out on loan to League 1. I really wanted him to be the answer, but I've given up on him now. 

The player who has been playing in the Libero splot for the 2nd Team is (44h) Lemetti (IRL) 6'3". He's a converted midfielder and the best we had available at the time, but his vision of 5 is obviously a problem and his passing is still a little short too. I also don't like his PPM. While he might stay at 2nd Team Libero, he certainly won't be playing for the 1st team. 

That leaves us with pretty slim pickings. 

(35a) McColl (Bal) * is currently 3rd choice WBR and I really brought him back just because I could. Of course he's not a Libero, but he's sort of passable, (if you squint), and playing him there doesn't take away a centre-half, (where we're short). 

We don't have any other DC's who are suitable at all for playing Libero, (even if we squint), and at the same time I don't like the options shown above, so I have been forced to think outside the box for a solution. 

We have quite a few central midfielders, but as we only play 2 in the middle of the pitch, it's tough for young players to get a game there when everyone is fit. There are 2 young players who I like the look of, and while obviously not natural Libero's, (or even centre-backs), I do think they might be better than the options Already considered. 

(43b) Bradley (Perfect) * is the player that broke into the 1st Team really early and played in our failed Playoff attempt a few seasons ago. I really like him, (despite the fact that he's no longer "Perfect", and he has many of the tools needed to play Libero(s), (although the defensive side of his game is lacking right now with marking tackling and strength all big issues, and even positioning a little bit of an issue. I think we would concede more goals with him in the team, but with the ball he would really help us. 

(46a) Savoury (Real) * MC is a younger version and probably better rounded too, (although earlier in his development). 

Who do you like and who do you really dislike? 

There isn't a good choice among them. It's really a question I finding the least bad option.  Unless of course we get a lovely Libero through the intake, (but the chances of that happening are astronomical I think. 

 

[Bigshow1]

5 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

That's a really good question actually, and although I have an answer, it's certainly not a good answer. 

The player who I had hoped to develop into a Libero is (40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)*, but it just hasn't worked and he's now gone out on loan to League 1. I really wanted him to be the answer, but I've given up on him now. 

The player who has been playing in the Libero splot for the 2nd Team is (44h) Lemetti (IRL) 6'3". He's a converted midfielder and the best we had available at the time, but his vision of 5 is obviously a problem and his passing is still a little short too. I also don't like his PPM. While he might stay at 2nd Team Libero, he certainly won't be playing for the 1st team. 

That leaves us with pretty slim pickings. 

(35a) McColl (Bal) * is currently 3rd choice WBR and I really brought him back just because I could. Of course he's not a Libero, but he's sort of passable, (if you squint), and playing him there doesn't take away a centre-half, (where we're short). 

We don't have any other DC's who are suitable at all for playing Libero, (even if we squint), and at the same time I don't like the options shown above, so I have been forced to think outside the box for a solution. 

We have quite a few central midfielders, but as we only play 2 in the middle of the pitch, it's tough for young players to get a game there when everyone is fit. There are 2 young players who I like the look of, and while obviously not natural Libero's, (or even centre-backs), I do think they might be better than the options Already considered. 

(43b) Bradley (Perfect) * is the player that broke into the 1st Team really early and played in our failed Playoff attempt a few seasons ago. I really like him, (despite the fact that he's no longer "Perfect", and he has many of the tools needed to play Libero(s), (although the defensive side of his game is lacking right now with marking tackling and strength all big issues, and even positioning a little bit of an issue. I think we would concede more goals with him in the team, but with the ball he would really help us. 

(46a) Savoury (Real) * MC is a younger version and probably better rounded too, (although earlier in his development). 

Who do you like and who do you really dislike? 

There isn't a good choice among them. It's really a question I finding the least bad option.  Unless of course we get a lovely Libero through the intake, (but the chances of that happening are astronomical I think. 

 

I’d go for the last lad Savoury. Get him on the training schedule and start giving him some game time where you can

[Jimbokav1971]

National Team production. Oct 2046.

This feature used to show you which players you had produced when you hovered over the bar. That it doesn't do so now is really frustrating. 

In this instance it's showing that we have produced 2 players in the (SCO) NT, (which is great), but actually there are 3. 

I've got a feeling that it's (34a) McGrandles (F.Det) * who isn't counting as being produced by us, (I think because he wasn't here long enough), but it's not 100% clear anymore. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2046. 

Scottish Premiership. This is a really good month for us. 7 points is brilliant, but even the 2 games we lost were lost by a single goal margin. We're 5 points clear of Dundee Utd now in 11th. 

Debuts. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 23/34 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 3/3 from the spot at 100%. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2046.

Scottish Premiership. The St Johnstone point was a good one in a close game, and we were actually really unlucky to not get something out of another really even game with Rangers. They won the xG battle, but we had a goal ruled out that would have grabbed us another point and away at Rangers that's huge progress. 

League Cup. We've got quite a good recent record against Kilmarnock, (winning 4 and only losing 1 of the last 6 games against them), but I was still expecting to lose this so really went into it without much thought. We played really well and although we had to understand some pressure at the end, we held on to come out on top of what was a pretty even game. We might give up chances, but our finishers are pretty decent and in an even game I expect us to nick it. We're into our 1st Final and now all I have to do is work out if the winners get a European spot? 

We've beaten both Celtic & Rangers along the way, so nobody can say we've had it easy. 

Unfortunately I'm almost certain that we don't get a European place for winning this, (although you do for winning the Scottish Cup). 

Internationals. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 23/34 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 4/4 from the spot at 100%. 

Finances.

[BML]

22 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

That's a really good question actually, and although I have an answer, it's certainly not a good answer. 

The player who I had hoped to develop into a Libero is (40c) Villanueva (PHI)(F.Det)*, but it just hasn't worked and he's now gone out on loan to League 1. I really wanted him to be the answer, but I've given up on him now. 

The player who has been playing in the Libero splot for the 2nd Team is (44h) Lemetti (IRL) 6'3". He's a converted midfielder and the best we had available at the time, but his vision of 5 is obviously a problem and his passing is still a little short too. I also don't like his PPM. While he might stay at 2nd Team Libero, he certainly won't be playing for the 1st team. 

That leaves us with pretty slim pickings. 

(35a) McColl (Bal) * is currently 3rd choice WBR and I really brought him back just because I could. Of course he's not a Libero, but he's sort of passable, (if you squint), and playing him there doesn't take away a centre-half, (where we're short). 

We don't have any other DC's who are suitable at all for playing Libero, (even if we squint), and at the same time I don't like the options shown above, so I have been forced to think outside the box for a solution. 

We have quite a few central midfielders, but as we only play 2 in the middle of the pitch, it's tough for young players to get a game there when everyone is fit. There are 2 young players who I like the look of, and while obviously not natural Libero's, (or even centre-backs), I do think they might be better than the options Already considered. 

(43b) Bradley (Perfect) * is the player that broke into the 1st Team really early and played in our failed Playoff attempt a few seasons ago. I really like him, (despite the fact that he's no longer "Perfect", and he has many of the tools needed to play Libero(s), (although the defensive side of his game is lacking right now with marking tackling and strength all big issues, and even positioning a little bit of an issue. I think we would concede more goals with him in the team, but with the ball he would really help us. 

(46a) Savoury (Real) * MC is a younger version and probably better rounded too, (although earlier in his development). 

Who do you like and who do you really dislike? 

There isn't a good choice among them. It's really a question I finding the least bad option.  Unless of course we get a lovely Libero through the intake, (but the chances of that happening are astronomical I think. 

 

I'm more of a Sweet man myself

In all seriousness, I think I'd have gone with the Savoury lad too, not just because he's younger, with more time to develop what's needed for the role, but he has a cool name which is obviously the most important thing in a player (outside of a rare nationality).

Edited February 16 by BML

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, BML said:

I'm more of a Sweet man myself

In all seriousness, I think I'd have gone with the Savoury lad too, not just because he's younger, with more time to develop what's needed for the role, but he has a cool name which is obviously the most important thing in a player (outside of a rare nationality).

The immediate best poor options were (43b) Bradley (Perfect) * and (46a) Savoury (Real) * MC. As (43b) Bradley (Perfect) * was out on loan, (and injured), it sort of made my mind up for me.

He's started 4 league games, (being subbed off at HT in each). 

It was 0-0 against Aberdeen when he came off at HT. 
We were 1-0 down against Celtic when he came off at HT. 
We were 1-0 up against Kilmarnock when he came off at HT. 
We were 4-0 down against Hibs when he came off at HT. 

He even gets dragged at HT in friendlies. 

I would expect that the reason he's being dragged so early is because he's still awkward at playing as any type of centre-half. 

But at least his exposure to 1st Team football has accelerated his development. 

The biggest problem though is that I have tried and failed, (and am trying again), to get him to forget his PPM.

It's very early days yet though. 

ps. I don't actually like his name. Maybe I might change it to Umame or McMame or something if he works out. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2046.

Scottish Premiership. It's by far our best run of form on the Premiership, and it's no surprise that it's as a result of the fixtures coming thick and fast and us finally being able to benefit from proper squad rotation. The 2 games we lost were both mid-week games where we played the 2nd Team, but I don't care about that at all. What I do care about is that not only did the 2nd Team playing in these games allow the 1st Team to collect 10 points from 4 games, but the 2nd Team also managed to collect 6 points themselves! That's on top of playing in a Cup Final. This suggests that if and when we qualify for Europe, we might not be completely outclassed. 

With 8 games remaining before the split, we look to have a decent chance of sneaking into the Top Half for the 1st time, but catching St Johnstone and finishing 5th might prove too tough a nut to crack as they are 5 points ahead and have 2 games in hand. 

League Cup. So near but yet so far. St Johnstone started strongly and bossed the 1st half, but we came more and more into the game and they actually scored against the run of play. We had a goal ruled out and failed from the spot and overall I think we were unlucky not to win, but that's the way it goes in Cup FInals sometimes. We played well but for a change didn't take our chances. (Stage fright for a young squad perhaps?) Either way I'm delighted to have just got here and even had we won, this competition would still have just been an assortment of friendlies, (albeit high profile one's). 

Debuts.

New contract. 

Internationals. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 25/37 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 4/4 from the spot at 100%. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Clauses. Jan 2047. 

For 1 reason or another, we don't have many clauses outstanding.

Only 2 players have offers in for their clauses, and none of them significant. 

Here are the other clauses still held. 

(37l) Williams. (TRI) (F.Pro) is valued at £4k-£12k so even 50% of that won't be significant. 

(38a) Arthurs (NIR) (F.Det) * is valued at £13.5M - £16.5M and is currently wanted by a few different clubs. 

(42g) Niven (Bal) 5'11" * is playing in the Championship, but I don't think this will be a huge windfall. 

(44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 * has a big 30% clause, but unfortunately it's only profit rather than full value. Even then this is likely to be significant. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2047. 

Scottish Premiership. Scoring 3 goals against Celtic is great.  Conceding 5 goals against Celtic is not so great.  

Scottish Cup. (The Big one). A comfortable win, but we've got a tough draw in the next round. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 25/37 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 4/4 from the spot at 100%. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2047. 

Scottish Premiership. 4 points is probably the most we could have expected from these games o we can't complain. 

Scottish Cup. (The Big One). We march on. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 25/37 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 4/5 from the spot at 80%. 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake day. Mar 2047.

[Jimbokav1971]

Mar 2047. 

Scottish Premiership. We were unlucky against Kilmarnock. We were the better team and should have won, and their goal was an OG. Hearts were better than us and deserved to win, but even then it took a late pen for them to beat us, so I sort of feel a little unlucky there too. 

Scottish Cup. (The Big one). If I had to describe my feelings after this match it would be..... enraged.  Cowdenbeath are in Scottish League 2. They might be top of League 2, but they ares till in League 2 adn were well worth their victory. I went with a full-strength 1st Team and we still bottled it. 

The next round (Quarter Finals), would have given us a home tie against a Championship side, (Raith Rovers), and then victory in that would have seen us with an away trip to another Championship side in the Semi-Finals, (Falkirk). The other Semi is St Mirren v Rangers, (so probably Rangers), but still I think we've completely thrown away a spot in the Final there and with it our European debut, (as Rangers look like they will win the league again). I'm assuming that Runners Up in the Cup get the European spot of the winners have already qualified, but actually I'm not sure. 

Internationals. 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 25/37 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 4/5 from the spot at 80%. 

FInances. 

[RoguPL]

7 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Mar 2047. 

Scottish Premiership. We were unlucky against Kilmarnock. We were the better team and should have won, and their goal was an OG. Hearts were better than us and deserved to win, but even then it took a late pen for them to beat us, so I sort of feel a little unlucky there too. 

Scottish Cup. (The Big one). If I had to describe my feelings after this match it would be..... enraged.  Cowdenbeath are in Scottish League 2. They might be top of League 2, but they ares till in League 2 adn were well worth their victory. I went with a full-strength 1st Team and we still bottled it. 

The next round (Quarter Finals), would have given us a home tie against a Championship side, (Raith Rovers), and then victory in that would have seen us with an away trip to another Championship side in the Semi-Finals, (Falkirk). The other Semi is St Mirren v Rangers, (so probably Rangers), but still I think we've completely thrown away a spot in the Final there and with it our European debut, (as Rangers look like they will win the league again). I'm assuming that Runners Up in the Cup get the European spot of the winners have already qualified, but actually I'm not sure. 

Internationals. 

Goal-scoring GK's. 

(23) Brass (Bal) 6'2" is 5/8 from the spot at 63%. (Is no longer at the club).
(23) Ewing (Bal) 6'1" is 17/20 from the spot at 85%. (Is no longer at the club).
(25c) Christie (F.Sport) 6'1" is 46/52 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(26p) Marsh (CAN)(SCO) 5'10" is 15/17 from the spot at 88%. (Is no longer at the club).
(30a) Ogilvie (Fickle) 6'2" * is 47/64 from the spot at 73%. (Is no longer at the club).
(31k) Lawrie (Unamb) * is 23/29 from the spot at 79%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(33a) Black (Fickle) 6'0" * is 2/3 from the spot at 67%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(37b) Niven (F.Loyal) 6'4" * is 24/41 from the spot at 59%. (Is no longer at the club).
(39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * is 25/37 from the spot at 68%.
(40e) Qurbonov (UZB) (Res) * is 0/2 from the spot at 0%. (Is no longer at the club). 
(43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" * is 4/5 from the spot at 80%. 

FInances. 

Doesn't the European spot go to the league when a winner of the cup is already qualified? 

 

 

Edited February 19 by RoguPL

[Jimbokav1971]

NxGn 2047. Mar 2047. 

Although we "only" have 2 players on the list, there are 3 players on the list who are products of our Academy. 

(44c) Antonazi (AUS)(Res)6'0 * is our star Libero, but unfortunately we have already sold him and he's only here on loan now.  He also seems to be away on International duty FAR too often. He's been unavailable for 8 of our last 21 competitive matches. 

(43a) Quinn (F.Pro) * is our 1st choice WBR and I've just triggered a +3 on him so he has 4 and a half years left on his contract now. We could do with him being a little quicker and improving some of his technicals, but other than that I really like him. 

(43e) Wills (F.Sport) * was our star WBL. He's spent the season on loan in League 1 in England, and he would walk straight into our starting XI. 

[Jimbokav1971]

8 hours ago, RoguPL said:

Doesn't the European spot go to the league when a winner of the cup is already qualified? 

Honestly I've got no idea. 

In some leagues the Runners Up in the Cup get the Cup winners continental slot, (or at least they used to). 

[BML]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Honestly I've got no idea. 

In some leagues the Runners Up in the Cup get the Cup winners continental slot, (or at least they used to). 

Something in the back of my mind is telling me that UEFA forced countries to bin that off, as it was diluting the competitions due to some lower level teams getting in (think Millwall about 20 years ago).

In UEFA's mind, it is UEFA, and UEFA alone, who is allowed to dilute such competitions!

EDIT: Found it - no mention of why but I suspect my reasoning is sound!

Edited February 19 by BML