[FM24] Tulach Bòide [Scotland Tier 13]

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, BML said:

Rangers must be much more confident in their financial future if they're slapping down £8.5m up-front on a player.

Well their finances weren't too bad the last time they looked. They had about £22M in the bank and were doing ok. 

They're top of the table and look like they are coming back up this season. 

Last season they brought in £1M more in sales than they spent on transfers in. 

This season they've splashed the cash on our lad, but not really anyone else, and he probably is worth the money to them because between our 2 ex players they have just about guaranteed promotion. 

They've still got £10M in the bank now. 

If we ignore the loan player, their top valued 2 players at the club are the 2x 28 year olds that we sold them. I think I might have sold (40b) Stewart (IRL)(F.Pro) * on the cheap. 

All in all I think they're being run much better now because the 2 deals they did with us, (and the old centre-half they signed on the cheap the season before), all look like being excellent value for money. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake Day. Mar 2053. 

I released (53n) and (53p) from this intake who were both (Unamb) + (L.Det).

[ToMexico!!]

18 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Wow, wow & wow. Immediately first choice? 

[BML]

Brownlie looks like a top prospect for that Libero role, given his personality and the fact I'd expect his strength to increase with age.

[Jimbokav1971]

44 minutes ago, ToMexico!! said:

Wow, wow & wow. Immediately first choice? 

Not in terms of stars, but in reality, probably yes, especially by the start of next season. 

Our current 1st choice Back 3 is as follows. 

DLC. (44e) Henry (F.Pro) 6'0" *
DC. (44h) Lemetti (F.Pro) 6'3" *
DRC. (50b) Wilson (Unamb) 6'4" *

This is (44h) Lemetti (F.Pro) 6'3" *. 

The comparison shows that (44h) Lemetti (F.Pro) 6'3" * probably still has the edge right now, (but not for long). As soon as (53a) Brownlie (Dri) 5'11" *** develops physically I think that will change though. 

[Jimbokav1971]

40 minutes ago, BML said:

Brownlie looks like a top prospect for that Libero role, given his personality and the fact I'd expect his strength to increase with age.

Yeah he looks really good. I was only able to offer him a 2+3 contract so will have to keep and eye on him and see if I can renegotiate quite quickly.

[Thebaker]

1 minute ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Yeah he looks really good. I was only able to offer him a 2+3 contract so will have to keep and eye on him and see if I can renegotiate quite quickly.

Brownlie does look good, if you are lucky he will even physically grow taller which would allow for a better jumping reach

[Jimbokav1971]

54 minutes ago, ToMexico!! said:

Wow, wow & wow. Immediately first choice? 

 

45 minutes ago, BML said:

Brownlie looks like a top prospect for that Libero role, given his personality and the fact I'd expect his strength to increase with age.

I've just noticed his PPM though. Don't like that at all. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 minute ago, Thebaker said:

Brownlie does look good, if you are lucky he will even physically grow taller which would allow for a better jumping reach

Yeah, 5'11" is fine and 12 jumping is decent so I think there is definite home of some improvement there. 

[Rikulec]

Brownlie looks like a proper generational talent. 

[Jimbokav1971]

10 minutes ago, Rikulec said:

Brownlie looks like a proper generational talent. 

He could be, but considering our reputation and facilities that's probably unlikely and instead he's just heavily CA weighted. 

I think I've mentioned before that I tend to not pay too much notice of what they look like on Day 1. Instead I just go with the flow and see how good they become. 

He's already made his debut, but the biggest barrier to him playing well at the moment is that rubbish PPM. 

[Jimbokav1971]

NxGn 2053. 

[Janiculus]

Brownlie looks like an absolutely world class talent! And, knowing full well I'm a season late, Fraher might just be a good fit for a wingback in your tactic?

[Jimbokav1971]

Mar 2053. 

Scottish Premiership. Celtic completely took us to the cleaners but we bounced back well with a good win over Kilmarnock. It does mean however that we've dropped to 3rd in the league as both teams above us have hit a real purple-patch of form. 

Scottish Cup. (The Big One). We will play Dundee, (bottom of the Premiership), in the Semi-Final, and I would hope to get past them to face one of St Mirren, (3rd in Championship) or Aberdeen, (4th in Premiership). 

Debuts. 

Records. Not only is he the youngest player ever to play in the Scottish Premiership, but he's also the youngest player to ever play for us. 

Internationals. 

U21's. 

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 46/58 from the spot at 79%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

12 minutes ago, Janiculus said:

Brownlie looks like an absolutely world class talent! And, knowing full well I'm a season late, Fraher might just be a good fit for a wingback in your tactic?

(53a) Brownlie (Dri) 5'11" does indeed look good. I'm just trying to not get too carried away. In the back of my mind I know we only have him on a 2+3 deal, (when he turns 16), so I really need to tie him down to a longer contract on the off-chance that he's as good as his initial PA suggests. 

I like (52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) * and he's already made league & European appearances this season, to go with the 2 leagues and 1 European appearances that I have him last season after he came through the intake. He's actually ranked the 6th MC by CA at the moment which is pretty decent. At this stage I'm not sure if I'm going to.... 

(1). Loan him out somewhere next season,
(2). Sell someone ahead of him and force him into the 2nd Team,
(3). Select him as a permanent sub for both 1st Team and 2nd Team, (seems a rubbish idea for player development as I say it out loud), 
(4). Keep him in the U18's and make him available for U21 games. 
(5). Promote him to U21's squad and then loan him out in 2nd half of the season. 

I quite like that he's a little more workmanlike than some of the out and out "playmakers" we've been using. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Apr 2053. 

Scottish Premiership. Frustrated not to take all 3 points at Airdrie, but we're doing ok and hoping to sneak 2nd. 

Scottish Cup. On paper this should be a walk in the park, (because St Mirren are 4th in the Championship). 

Records. He can't make progressive passes, so he's just scoring himself! 

U18's. 

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 48/60 from the spot at 80%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

May 2053.

Scottish Premiership. When we beat Celtic I thought, (just for a brief moment), that we were going to win the league, but we were brought crashing back down to Earth when Hibs smashed the life out of us, and then Aberdeen finished the job off a few days later. 3rd is still great, but I did think for a minute about lifting the trophy. 

Scottish Cup. A piece of cake. 

Records. 

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 49/61 from the spot at 80%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances.

[Jimbokav1971]

Awards. May 2053. 

Scottish League 1 Golden Boot. 

Writers Manager of the Year. 

Players Manager of the Year.

Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season. 

Scottish Championship Golden Boot. 

Scottish Players Young Player of the Year. 

Scottish Football Writers Young Player of the Year. 

Scottish Premiership Team of the Season. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jun 2053. 

New Average Attendance. 

Premiership TV rights.

Reputation. 

Internationals. 

European Competition rankings. 

European Club rankings.

Transfers.

Records. 

Finances. 

[BML]

I see Rangers got their promotion.

As for Fraher, I'd loan him out if he doesn't make either of your XI's, no point him sitting on the bench with IR as there's no guarantee that AssMan will bring him on. I take the view that anybody with 2* CA (Good Cymru N/S for me, so a level below my league) should be playing 'proper' games. He'll be 17 early into the new season so his age shouldn't be an issue.

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, BML said:

I see Rangers got their promotion.

yep, Rangers won it with a bit to spare in the end. 

They should be comfortably capable of staying up with a squad like this. 

They've been buying 1 player per season from us, 

Finances are fine. 

I would expect them to comfortably stay up this season and maybe even challenge for the top half of the table. 

[Jimbokav1971]

2 hours ago, BML said:

As for Fraher, I'd loan him out if he doesn't make either of your XI's, no point him sitting on the bench with IR as there's no guarantee that AssMan will bring him on. I take the view that anybody with 2* CA (Good Cymru N/S for me, so a level below my league) should be playing 'proper' games. He'll be 17 early into the new season so his age shouldn't be an issue.

I haven't started the Squad Depth post yet, but that will determine what I do with him. I think it likely that he will be loaned out, but until I allocate roles I'm not 100% positive. Highly unlikely that he will stay in the U21's though. You make a really good point about the Ass Man when using IR. That just about rules that option out. The only way to do it would be to reverse engineer it so that he would start and I would rely on the Ass Man to take him off at 45 mins. 

A season on the Championship could be just what he needs. 

[Janiculus]

On 10/04/2024 at 23:38, Jimbokav1971 said:

(53a) Brownlie (Dri) 5'11" does indeed look good. I'm just trying to not get too carried away. In the back of my mind I know we only have him on a 2+3 deal, (when he turns 16), so I really need to tie him down to a longer contract on the off-chance that he's as good as his initial PA suggests. 

I like (52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) * and he's already made league & European appearances this season, to go with the 2 leagues and 1 European appearances that I have him last season after he came through the intake. He's actually ranked the 6th MC by CA at the moment which is pretty decent. At this stage I'm not sure if I'm going to.... 

(1). Loan him out somewhere next season,
(2). Sell someone ahead of him and force him into the 2nd Team,
(3). Select him as a permanent sub for both 1st Team and 2nd Team, (seems a rubbish idea for player development as I say it out loud), 
(4). Keep him in the U18's and make him available for U21 games. 
(5). Promote him to U21's squad and then loan him out in 2nd half of the season. 

I quite like that he's a little more workmanlike than some of the out and out "playmakers" we've been using. 

I *think* options 4 and 5 don't work all that well. Under 21 teams usually play in leagues with a very low reputation, so game time won't be seen as being at a "competitive" level. I might be very wrong here, but I think I remember reading somewhere that game time in the U-18's is worth more for their development than the U-21's? 

 

Either way, if you put him in the U-21's and make him available for the U-18's, he's going to miss out on valuable training time due to schedules not alligning. I'd probably look for a way to force him into a playing position in the second squad!

[Jimbokav1971]

10 hours ago, Janiculus said:

I *think* options 4 and 5 don't work all that well. Under 21 teams usually play in leagues with a very low reputation, so game time won't be seen as being at a "competitive" level. I might be very wrong here, but I think I remember reading somewhere that game time in the U-18's is worth more for their development than the U-21's? 

 

Either way, if you put him in the U-21's and make him available for the U-18's, he's going to miss out on valuable training time due to schedules not alligning. I'd probably look for a way to force him into a playing position in the second squad!

You could be right, but of course the competitions the U21's play in are not just your generic U21 leagues, so it might be a little different in this case.

They play in the following 3 competitions. 

Challenge Cup, (which is also called the SPFL Trust Trophy). It's the 65th highest ranked Cup competition in Europe, (right behind the EFL Trophy to give that some context). The EFL Trophy by the way is called the Bristol Street Motors Trophy this season and saw Peterborough beat Wycombe in the Final last weekend. So while the BSM Trophy is only open to English League 1 and League 2 sides, it's still a decent rep trophy and that's where the Challenge Cup/SPFL Trust Trophy sits in the pecking order. Having said that, the Scottish Non-League Cup is ranked 55th on the list so...... maybe not so much. 

Hearts B are the only non-1st Team side to have won it in this save, and in real life no non-1st Team have ever won it. Championship clubs can enter their 1st Teams, but not Premiership clubs. Rangers B and Hibs U21's have been Runners Up before though. 

SPFL Reserve Cup. This has been won by Rangers B on 13 of 31 seasons in this save, but we've won it for the last 3, (managed by the AI), and it really is a generic aged group competition that holds little value. 

Reserve Challenge Cup. This is pretty much the same as the previous competition, except that Rangers B have won it less often. 

There aren't any league games for the U21's so it really is just these 3 competitions which only give a maximum of... (Challenge Cup 5 games) + (Reserve Cup 6 games) + (Reserve Challenge Cup 6 games) = 17 games, and I think 13 of those 17 games get played in the 1st half of the season.... so there is some sense in keeping a player in the U21's for the 1st half of the season and letting them play 13 games, but very little sense in them being kept for the 2nd half of the season when they only play a maximum of 4 games, (and only then if they get to all 3 Finals). 

I suppose the smart move is just to use the U18's, but they do have a league campaign to play (27 games), and a Youth Cup competition, (8 games) and I think this season they will also play in the Youth version of the Champions league because we're playing in the Senior version, (but we possibly have to qualify for the Group stage 1st for that to happen). 

So to summarise, yeah, I think loaning out, (to the right team at the right level), is the best course of action. A Championship winning campaign, (in the Championship), is ideally what I would like for some of my hot prospect youngsters. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Squad Depth. Jul 2053. 

GK. This is a strong area but I'm still going to go without a 2nd GK and just rely on U

1st Team. (43n) Welsh (F.Pro) 6'4" *
2nd Team. 
Loan. (44f) Gordon (F.Pro) 6'1" *
Loan. (46e) Hunter (Res) 6'0" *
Loan. (45c) Paskowski(POL)(Bal)6'0 *
Loan. (49h) Broughton (USA)(F.Det) *
U21's. (51i) Pascazio (IRL) (F.Pro) *
U18's. (52c) Aly (IRL) (EGY) (Spirit)
U18's. (52j) Brass. (Pro)
U18's. (53l) King (F.Pro) 6'3"

WBL. 

1st Team. (46d) Bentley (AUS)(F.Pro) *
2nd Team. (51b) Kirkwood (F.Det) *
Loan. (51f) McGrandles (L.Det)
Loan. (50f) Knudsen (FRO) (DEN) *PPM
U21's. (49f) Clark (Res) *
U18's. (53b) Cowie (Unamb) 5'3"
Sell/Release. (50h) Kennedy. (Bal) SELL
Sell/Release. (51g) Stuart. (Temp) SELL
Sell/Release. (51m) Paudice.(Bal) 5'10" SELL
Sell/Release. (52p) Grady. (L.Det)

WBR. This area has been a strength for a while, but it's actually a weakness now. Our 1st choice is decent, but our 2nd choice is actually a DC. We're desperate for a couple of decent WBR's to come through the intake. 

1st Team. (43a) Quinn (F.Pro) *
2nd Team. (47i) Anthony (Unamb) 6'0" WBR
U21's. (50e) Taylor (Unamb)
U18's. (51h) Smith (Sport) WBR *
U18's. (52g) Duncan. (F.Pro)
U18's. (53f) Stewart. (F.Det) WBR
U18's. (53h) Tosh. (Unamb)
U18's. (52n) Reid. (SCO)(AUS) (Unamb)
Sell/Release. (50l) Tomaszewski.(F.Pro) SELL

DC. 15 year old (53a) Brownlie (Dri) 5'11" * will go straight into the 1st Team at Libero for next season. No point mucking about. While the 1st Team and 2nd Team are ok, we're really struggling to fill the U21 slots and I think what I will end up doing is just letting them pick from the U18's pool. 

1st Team DLC. (44e) Henry (F.Pro) 6'0" *
1st Team DC. (53a) Brownlie (Dri) 5'11" *
1st Team DRC. (50b) Wilson (Unamb) 6'4" *

2nd Team DLC. (46p) Weir (Driven) 6'1" *
2nd Team DC. (46a) Savoury (Real) * DC
2nd Team DRC. (44h) Lemetti (F.Pro) 6'3" *

U21's DLC. 
U21's DC. 
U21's DRC. 

Loan. (45g) McCroary (Merc) 6'4"

U18's DLC. (52f) Dorrans (Pro) 5'11"
U18's DC. (53e) Rossiter (Spirit) DC 6'1
U18's DRC. (53k) Dunne (F.Pro) 6'0" *
U18's. (52e) Davidson (F.Sport)
U18's. (53o) Moffat (F.Pro)
U18's. (51n) Mealor. (Bal) DC

Sell/Release. (50g) Turner. (Temp)
Sell/Release. (51m) Paudice.(Bal) 5'10" SELL
Sell/Release. (45l) O'Hara (F.Pro) 6'2" *

MC. 

1st Team MLC. (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * SELL
1st Team MRC. (45e) Brass6 (Fickle) MC *
Sub 1. (45j) Marshall (F.Pro) *
Sub 2. (43b) Bradley (F.Det) *

2nd Team MLC. (48c) McKee (L-Heart) *
2nd Team MRC. (44b) Harvey (Spirit) *

U21's MLC. (51d) Montgomery(Bal)(NIR) WBR
U21's MRC. (49d) Sutherland (Merc) *

Loan. (52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) *
Loan. (51a) Maley (F.Det) (IRL) *
Loan. (50c) Sørensen (FRO) (Fickle)
Loan. (50d) McCulloch (Sport)

U18's MLC. (53d) Romanis (F.Pro) *
U18's MRC. (52b) Hastings (Det) 5'9" *
Backup. (53c) Robertson (L.Heart)
Backup. (52h) Burke. (IRL) (Driven)

Sell/Release. (50p) Grady. (Bal) SELL

SC.

1st Team SLC. (51c) Mackie (F.Pro) (IRL) *
1st Team SC. (41b) Gourley (NIR)(F.Sport)*
1st Team SRC. (47b) Smith (Det) *

2nd Team SLC. (48a) Edwards (F.Det) 5'5" *
2nd Team SC. (50a) Donald (F.Det) 6'0" *
2nd Team SRC. (47a) Currie (Bal) 6'1" * 

U21's SLC. (49b) Courts (Bal) *
U21's SC. (50j) McMullan (Unamb) * 
U21's SRC. (52d) Porojan (ROU)(Spirit) *

Loan. (47d) Warnock (IRL) (Temp) *
Loan. (46f) Weir (F.Sport) *
Loan. (47k) Bonar (L.Heart) *

U18's SLC. (52o) Stapley (ENG) (Resil)
U18's SC. (52h) Burke. (IRL) (Driven)
U18's SRC. (52i) Glass (F.Det)
U18's Backup. (53m) Koloušek (CZE) (Merc)
U18's Backup. (51l) Hillcoat. (Bal)
U18's Backup. (53i) Ślęczka (Res) 6'5"

Sell/Release. (44a) Neill (F.Pro) SELL
Sell/Release. (50h) Kennedy. (Bal) SELL

Edited April 14 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Ross County. Jul 2053.

Rangers are playing Ross County live on Sky (irl) right now, and it made me think about the history of Ross County because I'm almost positive that they weren't a Scottish League club when I was a kid. 

I was right. The game only goes back as far as 1980/81, but they were in the Highland League, and stayed there until 1993/94. They didn't actually win the league the last year they spent in the Highland League, (although they did win it in 90/91 & 91/92. 

They didn't actually "win" promotion on the pitch, but were "elected" to be 1 of 2 new teams in the Scottish structure when the league were restructured/expanded.

After that they made pretty steady progress, rising in the leagues and although they were relegated once, (in 2006/07), they bounced back at the 1st attempt and were eventually promoted to the Scottish Premiership in 2011/12.

They did pretty well after promotion to the premiership, with just 1 relegation in 2017/18, and they managed to bounce straight back again.  

They've also been pretty decent since the save started, with just 2 relegations and spending only 3 seasons in total in the Championship. 

They've finished Runners Up in the Scottish Cup twice. Once in real life and once in the game.

Their 1st season in Europe came in 2030/31, (but didn't last long).

Since then though, they've done a little better. 

Their biggest success though came just last season when they were crowned UEFA Europa Conference Champions. 

As if that wasn't special enough, they beat Hearts in the Final. 

I don't really have a specific reason for this other than the fact that in real life they are a team that have shown continued progression in real life, and now in the save that same progression is continuing. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jul 2053.

Transfers. 

(48b) Rodger (IRL) (Merc) * did really well for us and selling him might be a mistake, but we have so many good front players that it just seemed sensible to let him go when Leverkusen offered me decent money for him. We got some good clauses in the deal so at the moment I'm happy with things. When you consider that he's now getting paid £85k per week and we're spending just under £103k per week for the whole squad, (including U21's and U8's), then it perhaps puts things into perspective. 

Finances. Having £60M in the bank means that El Chieftain will be much less likely to become involved in transfer offers for our non-attacking players, (fingers crossed). 

[Jimbokav1971]

Aug 2053.

Scottish Premiership. Our 1st 2 opposition were the toughest we could have had, so although it was a blow to start with 2 "L's" on the bounce, it's actually good to get them out of the way and hopefully now we can go on a little run. We might be down in the bottom half of the table, but I'm not worried about that at this stage. We've only played 4 games, (some have played 6), and as mentioned we've got 2 of our toughest games out of the way early. 

UEFA Champions League. 2 away draws and 2 home wins are just what we needed to progress to the Group Stage of the Champions League, (although it should be said that we needed 2 goals in the last 2 mins against Porto.    

League Cup. I think I liked this competition more when it was a Group Stage and we could just bin it off as a group of friendlies. Now you go and win 1 game and are into the Quarters and there is some semblance of grandiose significance. They're not significant games at all and they're still just a smaller bunch of friendlies. 

Debuts. Although (52b) Hastings (Det) 5'9" ** is a 5'9", 17 year old, wet behind the ears, midfielder, he actually played Libero for us in both European games against Servette when we were struggling with a few injuries. He wasn't amazing but he did ok, (obviously didn't win any headers), but moved the ball well and we're unbeaten when he starts! 

Season Tickets. 

TV Rights. 

Records. 

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 52/65 from the spot at 80%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[BML]

On 12/04/2024 at 09:47, Jimbokav1971 said:

Challenge Cup, (which is also called the SPFL Trust Trophy). It's the 65th highest ranked Cup competition in Europe, (right behind the EFL Trophy to give that some context). The EFL Trophy by the way is called the Bristol Street Motors Trophy this season and saw Peterborough beat Wycombe in the Final last weekend. So while the BSM Trophy is only open to English League 1 and League 2 sides, it's still a decent rep trophy and that's where the Challenge Cup/SPFL Trust Trophy sits in the pecking order. Having said that, the Scottish Non-League Cup is ranked 55th on the list so...... maybe not so much. 

The top 2 in Wales and Northern Ireland also compete in this. It's a fun little cup I've won a couple of times now and gives more games to my second XI (the early rounds are all midweek). A real long-term FM challenge would be try to get into the Scottish Hall of Fame while never managing in Scotland (spoiler: it would take forever as this cup gives very few HoF points).

On 14/04/2024 at 08:04, Jimbokav1971 said:

1st Team MLC. (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * SELL

A big turn around for a SELL marked player getting a 1st berth.

[Jimbokav1971]

19 hours ago, BML said:

The top 2 in Wales and Northern Ireland also compete in this. It's a fun little cup I've won a couple of times now and gives more games to my second XI (the early rounds are all midweek). A real long-term FM challenge would be try to get into the Scottish Hall of Fame while never managing in Scotland (spoiler: it would take forever as this cup gives very few HoF points).

I do love these quirky little Cups, (The Royal Cup in Scandiland was a short-lived thing of absolute beauty), but they are often forced to take a back seat in a save.

In my save a non-Scottish club has never won this competition and we have to go back to 2027/28 to find Linfield making a FInal. That does seem to mirror real life though. 

We won it back in 2043/44 when we also won the Championship. 

Edited April 16 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

22 hours ago, BML said:

A big turn around for a SELL marked player getting a 1st berth.

It's not quite the transformation you might think. 

(42b) Potter (F.Pro) * is a good player, (for us), but he's weak physically for someone that plays in the middle of the pitch in a 2, and at the start of the season he had 2 years left om his contract and I was considering whether to sell him and promote younger high PA players such as (52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) *, (52b) Hastings (Det) 5'9" * and (51a) Maley (F.Det) (IRL) *, all of whom still have 5.0 PA. Compare that to (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * who is maxed out at 3.5 PA. Additionally, he was 27 years old, had 2 years left on his contract and in my head it made sense to cash in on him a year early, (just to avoid the stress of getting a deal done next Summer), and at the same time boost the development of whoever was chosen to step up from the fringes. In the end, although I accepted a bid of £31M+ from West Brom, I had sort of decided that I wasn't going to sell him because I didn't want to lose him a year early, but in the end it didn't matter because he rejected the contract offer from West Brom. While the money is obviously important and we don't want to lose a player like this on a free, we have £66M in the bank so cash-flow is not exactly a problem.

At the same time, only 1 player at the club is getting paid more than £6,500 per week, ((47b) Smith (Det) * is getting paid £10k pw), and (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * wants between £10k-£12k pw. Although the wages are doable and wouldn't break the bank, £12k pw is £624,000 per year and more importantly I just don't want him clogging up the pathway to the 1st Team for the younger players we have, (3 of which have 5.0 PA and then we have 3 more central midfielders who could be as good as he is now). 

At some point though we're going to have to start paying bigger wages to keep our best players and that's sort of where the £31M comes in. It's really important that I keep a hefty bank balance, (£50M+), so that when big clubs come in for our youngsters El Chieftain doesn't involve himself. In the end I decided that the timing wasn't quite right, (it was too early to let him go), so even before he pulled out of the deal I had decided to cancel it right at the end. 

These are the 3x MC's who each have 5.0 PA and I can't afford for a ageing player to block their pathway to the 1st Team. 

(52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) * has gone on loan to Partick Thistle who are currently top of the Championship and he's starting every game. That's exactly the move I wanted for him. I really like the look of him and expect him to play for us next season. 

(52b) Hastings (Det) 5'9" * has started 2 Champions League qualifying games for us this season, (at Libero), and while he's lacking a bit physically I really like the look of him. His height/jumping is a problem, but I'm liking that heading attribute. He looks like he will develop into a more workmanlike player in the middle of the pitch, (if I can boost his physicals). I will probably look to loan him out in January. 

(51a) Maley (F.Det) (IRL) * has gone on loan to League 1 and Dunfermline are currently challenging at the top of the table. Again, he's a more destructive player than the "playmakers" we've currently got in the team, and I think this works better in a 2 where there is lots of ground to cover. I like the look of his physicals. 

(48c) McKee (L-Heart) * plays for our 2nd Team, (still our Senior Team but he plays in the mid-week rotation). He has started 6 games in Europe and 2 more in the league. He doesn't appear to have the high PA that some of the others do, but it's plenty high enough to play for us at this level and I like him. 

(49d) Sutherland (Merc) * is a player who has stagnated a little and this is what I mean by the pathway to the 1st Team being blocked. He was listed for loan but never went out, (so I will try again in Jan), but he really needs 1st Team exposure to kick on to the next level. Unfortunately he's being restricted to U21 games at the moment.  

We've got other options in the middle of the pitch, but these are the players most likely to step up. 

Edited April 16 by Jimbokav1971

[BML]

Top explanation, appreciate it, and perfectly reasoned out.

RE: Potter, I know he's only 5'6 and doesn't have any 'green' attributes in his physicals, but I'd be more than happy to have him as part of a 2  with that Strength, Fitness & Work Rate even if his Tackling is a bit low.

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2053. 

Scottish Premiership. We've dropped points this month away from home, but I'm actually fine with that. We won both our home games and 1 of them was even mid-week, (so the 2nd team played). Interestingly, that was the biggest result of the month. The 2 draws were both away from home and while it could be argued we should have won them because Motherwell and Ross County are bottom and 2nd bottom in the table, I'm really not overly concerned. Hibs are flying at the top of the table. but Celtic are 1 point behind us having played 1 more game, so I don't think we're in a bad place at all.

UEFA Champions League. Surprisingly, the 2nd Team are absolutely flying in Europe, and after 2 away draws in qualifying, they went and thumped Marseille 4-2 in Marseille. 

League Cup. The 2nd Team come up trumps again as they see off Hibs to progress to the Semi-Final. Yeah I know, it's only a group of friendlies. 

Debuts. Young (50j) McMullan (Unamb) * made his debut because as well as the 2st Team being rotated, (and the starter in the 2nd Team being injured), we have another 2 players ahead of him in the pecking order out on loan. I think that makes him 9th choice striker! 

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 53/66 from the spot at 80%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

27 minutes ago, BML said:

Top explanation, appreciate it, and perfectly reasoned out.

RE: Potter, I know he's only 5'6 and doesn't have any 'green' attributes in his physicals, but I'd be more than happy to have him as part of a 2  with that Strength, Fitness & Work Rate even if his Tackling is a bit low.

Yeah, he's far from rubbish and has served us really well throughout the save, especially when you consider that he came through the intake when we were in the Championship. 431 appearances in all competitions is not to be sniffed at. He's done great for us, but I just want more, and especially against the better teams we need to 2 central players to be primarily physical beasts who are ultra effective at covering lots of ground, winning the ball back and then off-loading to the Libero or WB's to progress us up the pitch. It's not an easy transition to make. Yes I need them to play a little at times, but I would be happy if they played less and destroyed more. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2053. 

Scottish Premiership. A REALLY good month, (despite no clean sheets), sees us take maximum points from our 5 games, including games against big-hitters Celtic and Hibs. The Celtic game in particular was a big result as we were away, and the Hibs win comes after we beat them in the League Cup last month so really really pleased with that because we all know momentum is huge in FM, so to beat them twice and see that they have dropped other points after that 1st win is significant. 

UEFA Europa League. I have to admit that Man Utd gave us a right doing here and fully deserved their victory. We pulled it back to 3-2 with 5 mins to go and I thought we might make it, but they scored again and we can have no complaints. 

Records.

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 55/69 from the spot at 80%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, BML said:

Top explanation, appreciate it, and perfectly reasoned out.

RE: Potter, I know he's only 5'6 and doesn't have any 'green' attributes in his physicals, but I'd be more than happy to have him as part of a 2  with that Strength, Fitness & Work Rate even if his Tackling is a bit low.

 

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Yeah, he's far from rubbish and has served us really well throughout the save, especially when you consider that he came through the intake when we were in the Championship. 431 appearances in all competitions is not to be sniffed at. He's done great for us, but I just want more, and especially against the better teams we need to 2 central players to be primarily physical beasts who are ultra effective at covering lots of ground, winning the ball back and then off-loading to the Libero or WB's to progress us up the pitch. It's not an easy transition to make. Yes I need them to play a little at times, but I would be happy if they played less and destroyed more. 

It was interesting that after I posted this, we seemed to go on a little spree of our MC's scoring and assisting just about everything. 

Against Rangers, both (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * and (45e) Brass6 (Fickle) MC * scored from central midfield. 
Against Celtic, (44b) Harvey (Spirit) * grabbed a goal and an assist and (48c) McKee (L-Heart) * also scored from central midfield. 
Against Hibs, (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * provided an assist. 

That's much more often than I usually see the central players contribute. It's strange how it works sometimes. 

In the spirit of fairness, they provided absolutely zilch in the 4th, 5th and 6th games of the month though. It's was just worth the post because it came immediately after my previous comment. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Goal 50. Nov 2053. 

Mark McCoist isn't one of our players and also isn't a product of our Academy, but the only reason he's being included is simply because he's Scottish. 

Bayern have 4 of the top 10 and 6 of the top 20. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2053. 

Scottish Premiership. We were poor against Aberdeen and they probably deserved their win. It means we've now lost 3 on the bounce in all competitions. 

UEFA Champions League. The 2nd Team are struggling a little at the moment and lose 2 more European games, both by a single goal. 

League Cup. We should have won this in the 90. We had gazillions of chances but couldn't take enough of them to get the job done. 

Debuts.  

Internationals. 

Records. 

Goal-scoring GK's.

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2053. 

Scottish Premiership. 8 league games in 1 month is a lot, so to take 17 points from a possible 24 is pretty good going. The Airdrie result was a real shame, but to be honest we were poor and they deserved the win. It means that we're back to the top of the table, 2 points clear of Aberdeen, but we have 2 games in hand on them. 2 points further back are Hibs, and they actually have 1 game in hand on us, so to me hibs seem like our nearest challengers. Celtic are 14 points off the pace at the moment and it will take something special from them to get back into contention. 

UEFA Champions League. After 3 losses in Europe, we're back to winning ways. With 2 games remaining to play it's still in the balance as to whether we will qualify for the Playoffs or not. We probably need to win 1 of the remaining games to do so. 

Debuts. Although he's only 16 years old, (53c) Robertson (L.Heart) is a reasonable looking MC. with quite a few players out on loan and a little spate of midfielders getting injured, he came in and started the Champions League game against Lyon, (5-0 win), and then the Premiership game against St Johnstone, (2-0 win). 

Job Offer. I've just seen Barca absolutely bottle the 2nd leg of the Champions League Quarter Finals against PSG. No way I'm going to this interview! 

Transfers. I'm keen to keep selling players, even if only to clear the pathway for the next generation. 

It's a real shame that this graph only shows the income from initial sales, and doesn't include the receipt of add-ons and clauses and the like. I'm not even sure if it includes payments by instalment, (I don't think  it does). 

Something that I think a lot of people overlook in FM saves in Transfer Debt. This usually means, (in a normal save), how much you owe other clubs for transfer deals which you've done in the past, but where the fees, (instalments), haven't been paid yet.

In this case our Transfer Debt is red and in brackets which means it a minus figure. A minus figure for debt means it's not a debt at all. In fact it means that other clubs owe us £16M in guaranteed transfer income. This isn't like potential clauses that might be made. This is absolutely 100% guaranteed income that will be paid no matter what. 

In this particular instance we're owed over £16M in guaranteed 

The £16M comes from the sale of 6 different players, but you will notice that I put 3 different instalment clauses in the recent (42b) Potter (F.Pro) * sale, (just because I was keen to push things a little). 

     

(52a) Fraher (IRL) (F.Det) * has been recalled from his loan spell in the Championship

Records.

Facilities. It's frustrating but I haven't got the option to request a Youth Facility upgrade. It could be a bug, but it also could be linked to reputation, (although I would have thought that the ceiling for our current rep would be higher than the current Youth Facility level of 9. 

I'm not really sure what to make of it, but I guess I'll just keep plugging away and hope that an option to request an upgrade appears soon and maybe after we pop to Continental reputation now that we're in the Champions League. 

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 57/71 from the spot at 80%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Thebaker]

i can't believe that the youth facilities not being improved is down to rep as yours must be high enough. Sometimes its down to how it compares to other teams in the league, although i would expect a few teams to be higher than that. Could also just be the board.

I found in my save (in france) that i would ask for an upgrade in may after the season was finished which the board refused only to then at the start of the next season suggest to me if i wanted an upgrade, happened 2 successive seasons with training and youth upgrades.

[Jimbokav1971]

2 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

i can't believe that the youth facilities not being improved is down to rep as yours must be high enough. Sometimes its down to how it compares to other teams in the league, although i would expect a few teams to be higher than that. Could also just be the board.

I found in my save (in france) that i would ask for an upgrade in may after the season was finished which the board refused only to then at the start of the next season suggest to me if i wanted an upgrade, happened 2 successive seasons with training and youth upgrades.

I think there is a difference between the board not being willing to upgrade facilities, and the option to a request an upgrade being unavailable. I know there was a problem with this in the past, (bug), but that was only at the very top levels and that wouldn't seem to be the case here. It could be a bug but I just prefer to think that it's something in the game that we just haven't triggered yet. 

Money is no longer an issue so it definitely isn't that, so reputation is the obvious answer, (although maybe not 100% accurate). 

There are 28 clubs in Europe with a Worldwide reputation. 

1. AC Milan (9,997)
2. PSG
3. Atletico
4. Spurs
5. Real Madrid. 

Then there are 41 European Teams with a Continental reputation. 

29. Hamburg (8,242)
30. Eintracht Frankfurt
31. Bayer 04 Leverkusen
32. FC Kaiserslautern
33. Everton

Then there are 6 Major European clubs with a National reputation. 

70. Werder Bremen (7,304)
71. Wolfsburg
72. Wolves
73. FC København
74. PSV Eindhoven

So there are 75 "Major" clubs in my game. (I don't know if this is always the case). 

When we also add in Minor Clubs we appear. We're 64th of the "National" Rep clubs so we're 133rd on the list. 

89. Celtic (7.014)
94. Hibs (6,960)
103. Aberdeen (6728)
131. Saint-Étienne
132. Fortuna Düsseldorf
133. Tullibody (6467)
134. Rostov
135. FC Utrecht
152. FC Viktoria Plzeň (6301)

[Thebaker]

I looked at my game and i improved the youth facilities 3 times in 3 seasons from adequate to great. I dont know what my rep was at the start of that period but i had been promoted to Ligue 1 only 1 season before that. In the 5 years since only in the last 2 seasons have i finished 7th and been in europe once which is after the last upgrade and obviously at a lower rep.

The club rep is national now at 3.5 stars and is ranked 102 in europe (40th of the national clubs). If it is a bug it would seem to be one only in scotland.

[Jimbokav1971]

3 hours ago, Thebaker said:

I looked at my game and i improved the youth facilities 3 times in 3 seasons from adequate to great. I dont know what my rep was at the start of that period but i had been promoted to Ligue 1 only 1 season before that. In the 5 years since only in the last 2 seasons have i finished 7th and been in europe once which is after the last upgrade and obviously at a lower rep.

The club rep is national now at 3.5 stars and is ranked 102 in europe (40th of the national clubs). If it is a bug it would seem to be one only in scotland.

Good info to have. 

I think it's unlikely that it's a bug. I think it's more likely that some of the Scottish structure stuff under the hood relates poorly to the same English structure stuff. What would allow an English club to request an upgrade won't allow a similar Scottish club. 

Game Importance is likely to be very similar between the 2 Nations/structures, but the Finances aspect of that should probably be significantly different and that's probably what's causing the issues here. If you compare the average level of Facilities in Scotland compared to Facilities in ENgland then there is an enormous difference. 

It will be interesting to keep an eye on this and see how we unlock opportunities for improvrmrnt. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2054. 

Scottish Premiership. After playing 8 league games last month, we only have to play 1 this month. 

UEFA Champions League. I think we've done really well for the 2nd Team to get to the Champions league Playoff at the 1st attempt. 

Scottish Cup. (The Big one). I've still got the hump about losing in the League Cup, (despite it effectively being a friendly), so I made sure we made no mistake here. 

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 57/71 from the spot at 80%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances. 

[Jimbokav1971]

4 hours ago, Thebaker said:

I looked at my game and i improved the youth facilities 3 times in 3 seasons from adequate to great. I dont know what my rep was at the start of that period but i had been promoted to Ligue 1 only 1 season before that. In the 5 years since only in the last 2 seasons have i finished 7th and been in europe once which is after the last upgrade and obviously at a lower rep.

The club rep is national now at 3.5 stars and is ranked 102 in europe (40th of the national clubs). If it is a bug it would seem to be one only in scotland.

 

43 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Good info to have. 

I think it's unlikely that it's a bug. I think it's more likely that some of the Scottish structure stuff under the hood relates poorly to the same English structure stuff. What would allow an English club to request an upgrade won't allow a similar Scottish club. 

Game Importance is likely to be very similar between the 2 Nations/structures, but the Finances aspect of that should probably be significantly different and that's probably what's causing the issues here. If you compare the average level of Facilities in Scotland compared to Facilities in ENgland then there is an enormous difference. 

It will be interesting to keep an eye on this and see how we unlock opportunities for improvrmrnt. 

Which structure are you managing in by the way? 

[Thebaker]

47 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

 

Which structure are you managing in by the way? 

The french leagues with a team called Racing CFF in 2037. You are probably right about the finances, my team got £18 Million pounds for tv rights last season. I also got £7 million in sponsorship, £8 million in league prize money and averaged 10500 in attendance, the next team was 17000 by comparison. Its likely to be the least money for any team in the league.

[Jimbokav1971]

4 hours ago, Thebaker said:

The french leagues with a team called Racing CFF in 2037. You are probably right about the finances, my team got £18 Million pounds for tv rights last season. I also got £7 million in sponsorship, £8 million in league prize money and averaged 10500 in attendance, the next team was 17000 by comparison. Its likely to be the least money for any team in the league.

TV Rights. Racing CFF in France £18M, Tullibody in Scotland £1.5M
Sponsorship. Racing CFF in France £7M, Tullibody in Scotland £1.6M.
League Prize money. Racing CFF in France £8M, Tullibody in Scotland £2.4M.
Attendances. Racing CFF in France 10,500, Tullibody in Scotland 10,502.

By the looks of these we're miles off France, (which is a fair bit off England). 

I'll keep an eye on my request list. 

[GreenTriangle]

What is the reputation of the Scottish league at the moment, in relation to the reputations of the strongest national leagues in Europe ?

[Jimbokav1971]

5 hours ago, GreenTriangle said:

What is the reputation of the Scottish league at the moment, in relation to the reputations of the strongest national leagues in Europe ?

It's ranked #8 at the moment. 

185 Premier League. 
180 Serie A.
180 LaLiga.
173 German Bundesliga. 
172 Ligue 1. (Not active league).
166 Liga Portugal. (Not active league).
162 Eredivisie. (Not active league).
153 Scottish Premiership.
152 Süper Lig. (Not active league). 
147 Austrian Bundesliga. (Not active league). 

I know that league reputations are now fluid, but I'm also aware that they're not "very" fluid and that any changes are very small and very gradual over a long period of time. I don't know what the starting figures or even the starting positions were. 

In terms of reputation stars though, the Premiership are the highest of the 3.5 * competitions, with 4 rated at 4.0 * and then the top 3 at 4.5 * rating. 

I will try to remember to come back and look at the repn ratings each season. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2054.

Scottish Premiership. 3 good wins, (especially as 2 of them were away),  but we're conceding too many goals for my liking. We're 2 points ahead of Hibs now and also have a game in hand. The gap between them and Aberdeen in 3rd has grown to 8 points and it would seem to be down to a 2 horse race now. 

Scottish Cup. (The Big one). Not happy. Not happy at all. 

Debuts. 

Transfers. 

My initial thought when I saw that (39c) Telfer (F.Pro) 6'2" * had been sold for just £600k is that we should have bought him, but that thought soon vanished when I saw that he was getting paid £47,000 per week. Our whole playing staff wage spend is only £105,659 per week, so the idea that we would be able to pay someone £47k is for the birds. 

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 29/44 from the spot at 66%.(Is no longer at the club).
(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 57/72 from the spot at 79%.
(41h) Cairney (Unamb) 6'2" * is 7/12 from the spot at 58%. (Is no longer at the club). 

Finances.