Crowy

FC GIRU 2023 (Click to View) League Table ~ Squad ~ Finances I've managed to land a J3 League team who are overperforming at the moment, media prediction is 11th anf they are currently 3rd. I'm hoping to continue their good start to the season, we're miles away from top of the league but I'm hopeful we can try and catch up 2nd. I've not done too much tactics wise though so far so could be a bit ambitious looking up and not down.

I want as many options as possible when I start or in the earlier periods of the save. As I complete a league etc I set them to view only, So the deeper I get in to the save it really isn't to bad at all. I do the reverse of what normal people do.

MANAGER PROFILE: (Click to View) LEAGUES LOADED: (Click to View) Sadly I weren't able to give this a good go last year due to returning to work, been back about a year now. I have a good routine and I could probably do a season per week which should give me half a chance. I'm looking at starting in Japan this year, I'm a little sceptical about it as I've heard it's a very basic league addition and there could be some bugs. I'd like to try it out nontheless.

HEDNESFORD TOWN 2023/24 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2024 Key Players: Levi Amantchi ~ Demi Akinwe ~ Billy Fewster ~ Matthew Hall ~ George Heaven Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats ~ Transfers LEAGUE TABLE Results: National League North ~ National League North II ~ FA Cup ~ FA Trophy A very mixed season for us in our first season, a lot of tinkering which led to a lot of good and poor patches in the season. I feel I've settled on how I want to play now throughout this save, I've not played FM for a while due to my laptop breaking last year so I'm still getting use to the new features and scouting etc. Overall I'm happy with a mid table finish, it'll be difficult to build on that though as when contracts expire I'll still be maxed out on my wage budget. I'm a little concerned as my finances are shockingly bad already (as expected at this level), I just weren't expecting them to be this bad until the end of next season. CAREER PROGRESS (Click to View) CAREER STATS (Click to View)

I'm looking at completing this again this year, last year I completed it only buying UK/Irish players this year I've changed the focus, it will make it easier but loaded a much bigger player base. I want it to be more of a fun save this year instead of a stricter rule type challenge as I have less time.

VFB STUTTGART 2047/48 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2048 Key Players: Fernando Jose ~ Brian ~ Mohamed Ben Ammar ~ Rino Grippo ~ Florent Steiner Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats COMPETITION OVERVIEW (Click to View) Results: Bundesliga ~ Bundesliga II | Champions League | DFB Pokal So as I'd planned I didn't make many changes too my squad at all and if you look we got off to a fantastic start, for the first half of the season. I'm unsure what happened in the second half of the season at the end of results it was a lot of "we should of won with the chances we created" etc. We were the better team in the majority of the matches but for some reason our form became really inconsistent. I'm not sure where to go from here in terms of this squad, I'll probably give them another season and see how it develops and go from there. As expected in the Champions League we didn't really get that far, thankfully had a nice group and we gave Chelsea a good go too. In the Pokal semi final it really could have gone either way and just summed up our second half to the season. SPAIN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2048 And last but not least Spain, without the S! As you can see from the xG in the first screenshot it's a game we should of won realistically, hitting the woodwork 2 or 3 times didn't seem to help and this just summed up my season over all. That's two losses in finals of the European Championships and seems like the game doesn't want to let me win one. Spain haven't sacked me but I may move on to try and do Asia Cup as I think that is next year before the World Cup, if not I'll stay here as the Euro's and Copa America have both just been played and are not for another 4 years anyway. CLUB PROGRESS (Click to View) INTERNATIONAL PROGRESS (Click to View) CAREER STATS (Click to View)

VFB STUTTGART 2046/47 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2047 Key Players: Fernando Jose ~ Filip Cosic ~ Mohamed Ben Ammar ~ Esau Llera ~ Florent Steiner Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats COMPETITION OVERVIEW (Click to View) Results: Bundesliga ~ Bundesliga II | Europa Conference League | DFB Pokal We managed to make some excellent changes to the squad to the point where I may not do much in the next window, think it's just a case of letting them develop and this team will become good enough to win the Bundesliga. We had opportunities to take a bit of a lead in the Bundesliga this season but every time Bayern slipped up so did we. Then we hit a bit of a poor patch towards the end of the season to finish 3rd in a 2 horse race. I feel this team needs to do better against the teams around us, getting some heavy losses in the process. I was extremely disappointed in the performance in the Pokal as I felt that was something we could give a real good go this season so to get knocked out second round was poor. We also got to the semi final of the Europa Conference League which is further than expected as I didn't take that too seriously at all, I'm dreading our performances in the Champions League with struggling against teams around us in the league, the higher quality in the Champions League could result in some heavy losses and will affect morale for a league title push. CLUB PROGRESS (Click to View) CAREER STATS (Click to View)

I'm fairly confident, I have quite a bit of spare time before FM23. I've also picked a bad time to deviate from a tactic that I know works, but I really want to try and get a 5-3-2 to work, so it'll be interesting and close.

Finally got my first international job in 5 years with World Number 1 Spain! For some reason the South American teams are avoiding me and the Asian jobs aren't coming up too often. I'm just pleased I have a chance to work towards the Euro's before going on to finish the other areas.

VFB STUTTGART 2045/46 Club Overview ~ Competition Overview ~ Squad Overview ~ Finances So it took me a long time to make the decision to leave Schalke when this job became available as I really didn't want to leave unless it was a Dortmund Liepzig, Bayern type team, but the more I looked at the squad values at Stuttgart compared to Schalke I felt I had to leave, they also had a good young defence that could be there for the next 10 years if they develop. I feel I'll be able to compete with Stuttgart within 3 seasons whereas at Schalke with their debt, I don't think I'll be able to compete for a while, I have kept that save file though hoping to do more with that Schalke save before FM23. VFB STUTTGART 2045/46 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2046 Key Players: Mamadou Gasser ~ Gregoire Jacquier ~ Petr Penc ~ Moussa Foulquier ~ Luiz Felipe Brito Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats COMPETITION OVERVIEW (Click to View) Results: Bundesliga ~ Bundesliga II | DFB Pokal When I took over at Stuttgart they had actually hit a good run of form, which helped me massively when I took over. We had some excellent unbeaten spells this season which bodes well for the future. Sadly we missed out on Europa League due to Hamburg winning the DFB Pokal. One thing that I need to address is the squad size, I've been given a budget of £45M and through a few sales I think I could get that to around £115 - £120M which will give me a chance to add a little bit more quality and a lot more depth. I'm not sure what my targets are for next season I'm aiming for the same again hoping to be top 6, it'll depend on this crucial transfer window. Also it's a World Cup year again and if I'm unable to get a job this time it might just be the end of this challenge for me.... CLUB PROGRESS (Click to View) CAREER STATS (Click to View)

Schalke 2044/45 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2045 Key Players: Emirhan Cakir ~ Timon Horter ~ Yan Everton Brum ~ Marcos Tecelao ~ Diogo Antonio Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats COMPETITION OVERVIEW (Click to View) Results: 2. Bundesliga ~ 2. Bundesliga II | DFB Pokal Well this for sure is not a promotion I was expecting, we didn't make it easy at all and thankfully the last 8 or 9 fixture went in our favour with all the top teams needing to play each other. We didn't hit the promotion spots until there were 4 games to go and it seemed like everything was going to fall in to place for us, I'm terrified of playing in the Bundesliga next season though we will just focus on attempting to beat the teams around us. So the board have decided to go ahead and build a smaller stadium for £160,000,000?! To put the club in to even more debt totaling £300,000,000, whilst I'd normally enjoy this sort of challenge I'm simply running out of time before FM23, so I'm going to remain at Schalke for the time being but if a half decent job become available next season in the Bundesliga I'll be applying for it. I'm also going to save this file so I can perhaps come back to it if I manage to complete this challenge before FM23. CLUB PROGRESS (Click to View) CAREER STATS (Click to View)

Schalke 2042/43 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2043 Key Players: Benjamin Razak ~ Frank Kummer ~ Lukas Balis ~ Rian ~ Dusan Bozovic Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats COMPETITION OVERVIEW (Click to View) Results: 3.Liga ~ 3.Liga II | DFB-Pokal So the first think that was a shock to me was how bad the finances are at Schalke, they're getting 30,000 fans per home game thought they'd be on a solid footing. They have debts that they're currently repaying £350K per month until 2056 so this challenge will be bigger than I originally thought. We did however have an excellent intak so I'll be looking to bring in money where I can and start trying to develop some of this youth as early as possible. In terms of form we had an excellent start winning our first 5 then we didn't win for the next 5 but we won our final 5 to finish the season strongly. Schalke 2043/44 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2044 Key Players: Benjamin Razak ~ Sam Katndu ~ Diogo Antonio ~ Rian ~ Dusan Bozovic Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats COMPETITION OVERVIEW (Click to View) Results: 3. Liga ~ 3. Liga II So we managed to replenish the squad somewhat bringing in some frees and moving on some players, as you can see we have the bare minimum squad with a lot of youngsters who I've tried to give as much game time as I can. We still managed to go on to win promotion which is crucial to our financial problems as the prize money in 2. Liga is huge compared to getting nothing in the 3. Liga. For some reason we weren't involved in the DFB-Pokal this season, hopefully that corrects it self for next season. I'm aiming just to stay in the league for a few seasons to get back on to a sound financial footing which will be incredibly hard using mostly youngsters. This popped up at the end of the season which has surprised me as we're £10,000,000 in the red at the moment. I'm not sure if we can sell this stadium and build a smaller one for cheaper to make some profit may be wishful thinking. It'll be interesting to see how this pans out considering a few days later we got this message... we're very close to administration which will leave the board taking control of bids, thankfully our most valued players have signed new deals so hopefully it will help us chip away at the debt. I'm looking forward to this challenge though hopefully I can get a new contract before next season as mine has 1 year left. I've tried getting a new one but because of finances, I'd like an option in FM where in situations like this you can offer a reduction in your contract to sign a new one. CLUB PROGRESS (Click to View) CAREER STATS (Click to View)

I've not seen this one before, I'm assuming you've added/removed leagues before in this save? Have you changed your skin in that time? I'd look at the skin and obviously I'm guessing you're remembering to hit confirm The skin is the only thing I think it could be tbh

SCHALKE 2042/43 Club Overview ~ Competition Overview ~ Squad Overview ~ Finances Well, this came around a lot quicker than planned, I left Santos and around a week later Schalke popped up as insecure, I declared interest and they pretty much sacked their manager instantly, I did ideally want to finish off domestic cups first but I couldn't turn this project down. This was a project I wanted when I saw they were in 2 Liga for a while, let alone when I saw they were relegated to 3 Liga, I didn't think this job would come up again so soon as I expected they'd walk it but they don't have that great of a team and the board even only want a mid table finish. Then over the next 3 seasons they want us to work toward qualifying for the play-offs so I don't feel much pressure here. CLUB WORLD CUP, HERE WE COME!

Santos 2041 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2041 Key Players: Jair Diego ~ Wellerson ~ Ademar ~ Bruno Felipe ~ Victor Luis Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats COMPETITION OVERVIEW (Click to View) Results: Serie A ~ Serie A II | Copa Libertadores | Copa Do Brasil | State Championships Walking in to this squad I was really happy had an excellent mixture of youth and experience, I felt we done all we could achieve this season, managing to win the Copa do Brasil and gave a very good account of ourselves ready for the next season. I just really needed to keep hold of my key players, with a few additions we'll be a force in this league. Santos 2042 Manager Profile: Crowy - 2042 Key Players: Jair Diego ~ Pedro Arthur ~ Claudinei ~ Wellerson ~ Alfredo Federico Squad: Overview ~ Match Stats COMPETITION OVERVIEW (Click to View) Results: Serie A ~ Serie A II | Copa Libertadores | Copa Do Brasil | State Championships I finally won the Serie A in Brazil it only took me 5 attempts at two different clubs but we finally done it. We actually had a clean sweep we won everything barring the State Championships which nobody cares about. We had some dodgy moments throughout the season but we managed to regroup and get results when it really mattered. With the squad I inherited I only wanted to make a few additions and I was happy but that's not how it works in Brazil had about 7 players leave that I wanted to keep but thankfully we replaced them adequately and still went on to have a fine season. Also this was a World Cup year and many jobs became available but literally nobody offered me a job, I've had issues with international management on this save in the fact they don't even show on my Job Centre page, I can only apply through the job security page as that's the only place they show, not sure if it matters where I manage at the time I apply either could be something to do with that. As for my next job I think I'm going to get these two domestic cups out of the way, then I want to find a project in Germany since I think Bayern have won the league every year since this save has started. I've noticed Schalke are in 3 Liga and I'd love that job to become available at some point. It all depends on what is available really. CLUB PROGRESS (Click to View) CAREER STATS (Click to View)