Thebaker

I can agree with that, the number of times a random person takes corners or free kicks when not down as taker is frustrating. Why a player has to be a right or left footer to take a free kick from one side or the other is just odd, with no option to select certain players due to their preferred foot.

Well done on winning the Premiership, i would be happy about the goals being shared. It means that injuries and loss of form have less effect on the team and that more players will have higher ratings and improve more as a result. When did you stop GK taking free kicks, also have your other GK's (except Welsh) ever played for the club since none have scored a goal which seems surprising in 100+ apps.

2036/37 Table | Squad | Transfers The team had a really poor start to the season and for much of the 1st half were only just outside the relegation spots, this was due to the european games which tired the players out and needed a lot of rotation. In the new year with less games the teams form picked up and they were just outside the european spots until the last few games. 10 points from the last 12 coupled with OM's collapse in form (3 points from the last 6 games) meant that european competion was gained for the 2nd year running. In the french cup the team beat Ligue 2 Nancy 2-0 away in the 9th rd before beating Ligue 1 Toulouse 3-0 at home in the next rd. The team went out in the 11th rd 1-2 awy to Metz in a close game. In europe the team entered the europa league in the league phase and qualified for the round of 16 with a game to go without losing any of the 8 games. In the round of 16 the team played Shakter again who had drawn with my reserves in the league phase. Away in the 1st leg the team was 0-4 down at halftime and in spite of finishing the match with 22 shots to 9 and an xG of 2.19 to 1.25 lost 0-4. In the home leg the team again dominated with 22 shots to 2 but could only win 3-0 to go out on aggregate. Finances improved again thanks to the extra games and money from europe, the training facilities were improved. The top scorer was Bonilla was still a bit up and down in his performances, luckily club favourite Majic (106 apps, 42 goals) had a good season, unsure about extending his contract by the time i did try he had signed for someone else. As an attacking RB Caceres provided a good threat leading in assists for the 2nd year. Long time backups Mijic (87 apps) and Tesic (115 apps 4 goals) both left after being left out the europa squad, neither quite lived up to their potential when they arrived. Season League Position French Cup Europe Top Scorer Top Assists Attendance Training Youth Junior Youth Rec Notes 2032/33 Ligue 1 13th 10th Rd N/A Kembo, Lafton (9) Ospina, Ivankovic (7) 7217 Good Average Adequate Good 2033/34 Ligue 1 13th 9th Rd N/A Majic (11) Asamoah (6) 7257 Great Good Adequate Excellent 2034/35 Ligue 1 13th 10th Rd N/A Gay Rey(10) Gay Rey(6) 7853 Great Great Adequate Exceptional 2035/36 Ligue 1 7th Qtr-final N/A Bonilla (11) Caceres(7) 10361 Excellent Great Excellent Exceptional Qualified for Europe 2036/37 Ligue 1 7th 11th Rd Europa league Rd of 16 Bonilla (21) Caceres(12) 10643 Superb Great Excellent Exceptional Qualified for Europe

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.

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.

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 play Bonilla up front as a AF on his own (which by stars is his best position), i keep meaning to try him as a CF. I play supporting AML and AMR so there is no AMC. The wage budget doesn't matter as if i increase it then players will just increase their demands and i will not pay squad players more than my best players. Great job on winning the CL, i find that winning the CL is hard with the smaller nations and actually winning the league hard in the bigger nations. Its one reason i like playing in Sweden as there are a few bigger teams but its still really competative and the small teams grow more so the gap is less. The crowd still seems really small but looking at the league IRL they all have tiny grounds, 3 at 10-16K and the rest under 5K i guess football isn't that popular there.

2035/36 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season ok before really strong form from sep to dec took the side into the top 4. The results thereafter were mixed with the team just outside the CL slots. A poor finish of 2 wins in the last 7 games dropped the team down and they were lucky to finish in the euro spots by the end but it was still a first qualification for european football. The team finally moved into the new stadium in Dec, crowds did not improve as much as i thought with some games less that the old ground capacity of 8000. In the french cup the team went through the 9th and 10th rounds easily against lower league opposition. In the 11th rd the team sneaked through 1-0 away to Lille after being 2nd best for the whole match. The cup run ended in the Q-final when the they lost 1-2 at home to Lyon which again was one sided to the opposition. Finances remained steady mostly due to the fact that i cannot afford the wages of any players i might want to buy and so have not bought many players, the 4 non-eu player rule is also hampering me. I did spend a record amount on Cikojevic who had a mixed season but i hope there is more to come. Tsukamoto (264 aps, 30 goals) left after dropping down the pecking order at CM, this allowed for an extra non-eu player. I brought in Bonilla who was wanted by a lot of top teams but none actually made an offer when i signed him and made him my top earner. He finished as top scorer in just half a season although Majic was injured for 3 months. I continued to invest in the facilities and it may be beginning to pay dividends with what looks like my best youth intake yet. I also had 3 players in the nextgen list, Juska and Macek i signed on a free after finding them in their countries youth squads. Diallo is a youth player although he has not played for the team yet as Macek is slightly better. Club icon Mustafic (203 apps, 46 goals) was let go as he was not a standard good enough and could not play as the lone striker. My best player was Leferve, he is a squad player was out of contract for 2 seasons before coming back into the side and really putting in some great performances in spite of his low star rating. Season League Position French Cup Europe Top Scorer Top Assists Attendance Training Youth Junior Youth Rec Notes 2031/32 Ligue 1 12th 10th Rd N/A Mustafic (9) Ospina (6) 7437 Average Adequate Adequate Good 2032/33 Ligue 1 13th 10th Rd N/A Kembo, Lafton (9) Ospina, Ivankovic (7) 7217 Good Average Adequate Good 2033/34 Ligue 1 13th 9th Rd N/A Majic (11) Asamoah (6) 7257 Great Good Adequate Excellent 2034/35 Ligue 1 13th 10th Rd N/A Gay Rey(10) Gay Rey(6) 7853 Great Great Adequate Exceptional 2035/36 Ligue 1 7th Qtr-final N/A Bonilla (11) Caceres(7) 10361 Excellent Great Excellent Exceptional Qualified for Europe

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

Why is there such a different in Smith's goal numbers in Scotland and in Europe (easier opposition?) do you think. Do you need a player with high leadership and determination with a positive personality to lead the team, (a lot of the older players appear to have reasonable determination and professonalism) and help them in those pressure games.

I just noticed that your GK Welsh was 'n' in his intake, he has certainly achieved his potential. I am also surprised by Rangers continued underachievment, do they still have such large debts

I find that the ones in support of a player are those with an issue themselves, like they want a new contract so will always support anyone who wants a new contract. I have also found that players who say they want to explore their options will generally sign a new contract at the very end of the contract if they have not signed elsewhere.

2033/34 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season in decent form but then hit a wall with terrible form and dropped into the relegation spots. As a result i changed the formation from 442 to 41221 mostly due to the terrible form of my strikers and the need to get more central midfielders into the team. This led to enough wins that the team were well clear in the end of relegation, PSG failed to win the title for the first time in 13 years with the scaled down funding having an effect. In the french cup the team lost 0-2 at home to Reims in the ninth rd (the entry rd for ligue 1) which was the result which prompted the formation change. Finances continue to improve although the board are increasingly reluctant to improve the facilities and taking out loans to cover the costs when it could just be paid for! Gerard (141 apps, 5 goals) has been my best youth player so far but his performances have not been the best and with several highly rated RB's at the club i decided to sell him. Majic was the best player after ending the season well. 2034/35 Table | Squad | Transfers Struggled to win games that the team really should have and as a result drew a lot of games. The team was never really near relegation, only a poor run at the end with 7 points from the last 10 games dropped the team down the league. In the french cup the team got past national Concarneau 1-0 away in the 9th rd before then losing 0-1 away to Ligue 2 Amiens in the 10th rd. Finances went up a lot the year due to selling Al-Ali who was a good player but had not done that well for me. Leipzig sold him only 6 months later for £23 million of which i got a percentage. I brought in a new GK, the next 'Antti Niemi' I am struggling to improve the club at the moment as i cannot afford the wages most decent players want even though the club is quite rich, the 4 foreign player rule is also restricting my choices. After several seasons of underwhelming form Gay Rey has finally come good ending as top for goals and assists, naturally he now want to leave for a better club. Captain and favoured personnel Kembo (181 apps, 60 goals) left the club after struggling for several seasons Season League Position French Cup Europe Top Scorer Top Assists Attendance Training Youth Junior Youth Rec Notes 2024/25 National 9th 8th Rd N/A Zouogbo (16) Emmanual (9) 582 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2025/26 National 10th 11th Rd N/A Zouogbo (19) Koffi (7) 689 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2026/27 National 5th Qtr-final N/A Zouogbo (28) Desvignes (11) 855 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2027/28 National 3rd 9th Rd N/A Zouogbo (27) Koffi (12) 924 Adequate Basic Average Fairly Basic Promoted 2028/29 Ligue 2 13th 9th Rd N/A Zouogbo (11) Vailiant(7) 1501 Adequate Below Average Average Average 2029/30 Ligue 2 9th Semi-final N/A Kembo (22) Vailiant(14) 2184 Average Below Average Average Above Average 2030/31 Ligue 2 2nd 8th Rd N/A Kembo (16) Koffi (10) 2300 Average Adequate Average Good Promoted 2031/32 Ligue 1 12th 10th Rd N/A Mustafic (9) Ospina (6) 7437 Average Adequate Adequate Good 2032/33 Ligue 1 13th 10th Rd N/A Kembo, Lafton (9) Ospina, Ivankovic (7) 7217 Good Average Adequate Good 2033/34 Ligue 1 13th 9th Rd N/A Majic (11) Asamoah (6) 7257 Great Good Adequate Excellent 2034/35 Ligue 1 13th 10th Rd N/A Gay Rey (10) Gay Rey (6) 7853 Great Great Adequate Exceptional

@aldojags strong dominance in the domestic league, any idea why the team is struggling in europe

I think this is the reason, i have seen it with players in my game.

looking at those strikers, i would sell the ones listed for loan except dick and then loan out the u21's

2032/33 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season in terrible form with 3 points from the first 8 games but picked up after that before another poor run in feb and mar left the team in midtable, never really in relegation trouble due to the bottom 2 being so poor. PSG came close to losing the title as their funding has been withdrawn, they beat Nantes 6-1 on the last day. In the french cup the team beat National Laval 3-2 away in the ninth rd before then drawing 2-2 at home to Ligue 2 Dijon and going out on penalties. Finances continued to improve thanks to Man Utd buying a young player who had never even played for me for £7.75 million + add ons. This enabled training and youth improvements, a new stadium was also announced. I spent a record amount on Lafton who did an ok job up front Player performance was an issue for much of the season with some 1st choice players in poor form. My 1st choice keeper Burke was poor and after bringing in a 3rd keeper he was able to leapfrog Burke. I brought in Rey who looked a great player but he was terrible, this was underscored by the back up winger playing so well and probably my best player this season. Club icon Zougobo (268 apps, 119 goals) left the club. Season League Position French Cup Europe Top Scorer Top Assists Attendance Training Youth Junior Youth Rec Notes 2024/25 National 9th 8th Rd N/A Zouogbo (16) Emmanual (9) 582 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2025/26 National 10th 11th Rd N/A Zouogbo (19) Koffi (7) 689 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2026/27 National 5th Qtr-final N/A Zouogbo (28) Desvignes (11) 855 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2027/28 National 3rd 9th Rd N/A Zouogbo (27) Koffi (12) 924 Adequate Basic Average Fairly Basic Promoted 2028/29 Ligue 2 13th 9th Rd N/A Zouogbo (11) Vailiant(7) 1501 Adequate Below Average Average Average 2029/30 Ligue 2 9th Semi-final N/A Kembo (22) Vailiant(14) 2184 Average Below Average Average Above Average 2030/31 Ligue 2 2nd 8th Rd N/A Kembo (16) Koffi (10) 2300 Average Adequate Average Good Promoted 2031/32 Ligue 1 12th 10th Rd N/A Mustafic (9) Ospina (6) 7437 Average Adequate Adequate Good 2032/33 Ligue 1 13th 10th Rd N/A Kembo, Lafton (9) Ospina, Ivankovic (7) 7217 Good Average Adequate Good

The loss of money from rangers is amazing in not developing youth players, even selling on most of the players with a PA over 100 for a nominal fee with a sell on would have surely generated millions over the years. They seem to have produced a lot of players who could play in the scottish premiership or english championship but not profited. Have you looked at the PA of the players you have produced just to compare it?

that result against Hearts could be crucial for GD or H2H if you finish level with them.

Great start to the season. Rangers is a strange one in that they were in big financial trouble for years but still spending a lot in incoming transfers when you would expect transfer profits although they did overspend on the players bought. They haven't seeming sold many players so some must be still there, so it seems surprising they are struggling, the players must have downed tools.

Good season, at least the GD is close enough that a win will let you overtake Celtic or Kilmarnock if you beat them.

31/32 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season quite well competing in almost all matches although this led to a few too many draws. By halfway through the season the team was in 7th with a faint possibilty of europe but losing in the cup in jan lead to a real free fall in results. The team picked up just 4 points in the last 9 games with most being very one sided, in spite of this the team were still comfortably clear of relegation. We still have a lot of ground to make up on the other teams in the league. In the french cup the team entered the cup in the ninth rd and faced Ligue 2 FCSM away. After FCSM missed a penalty it still required my team to score 2 90th min goals to draw 3-3 and win on penalties. In the 10th rd the team were away to Ligue 1 Toulouse but were edged out 1-2 in a close match. Finances have continued to rise quite a bit in spite of increased wages and new training and youth upgrades in the pipeline. The baord are also looking into a new ground A lot of long serving players were let go or left as they were not good enough, these included Kinkela (115 apps, 27 goals), Yao (124 apps), Koffi (220 apps, 46 goals), Ait Hamouche (113 apps, 2 goals), Dziki (164 apps, 5 goals) and Faye (173 apps , 2 goals). Record purchase Tesic was probably my best player although he did miss a number of games through injury and suspension. In a team short of goals Mustafic was the best of my midfielders and fowards. Season League Position French Cup Europe Top Scorer Top Assists Attendance Training Youth Junior Youth Rec Notes 2024/25 National 9th 8th Rd N/A Zouogbo (16) Emmanual (9) 582 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2025/26 National 10th 11th Rd N/A Zouogbo (19) Koffi (7) 689 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2026/27 National 5th Qtr-final N/A Zouogbo (28) Desvignes (11) 855 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2027/28 National 3rd 9th Rd N/A Zouogbo (27) Koffi (12) 924 Adequate Basic Average Fairly Basic Promoted 2028/29 Ligue 2 13th 9th Rd N/A Zouogbo (11) Vailiant(7) 1501 Adequate Below Average Average Average 2029/30 Ligue 2 9th Semi-final N/A Kembo (22) Vailiant(14) 2184 Average Below Average Average Above Average 2030/31 Ligue 2 2nd 8th Rd N/A Kembo (16) Koffi (10) 2300 Average Adequate Average Good Promoted 2031/32 Ligue 1 12th 10th Rd N/A Mustafic (9) Ospina (6) 7437 Average Adequate Adequate Good

@_JHTB_ another decent season there, how far off do you think you are from challenging for the title?

@DazRTaylor is the standard at 3.Liga that high as the players you have highlighted like Veloso and Diaz would walk into my team

2030/31 Table | Squad | Transfers Made a pretty poor start with 7 defeats in the first 12 games to only be in midtable. A 10 game unbeaten run then put the team up into the promotion mix. The results at the end of the season were a bit mixed but the team picked up enough points to go into 2nd with one game to go. Brest completely bottled it with a run of poor form and lost the last game of the season to hand promotion to Racing who lost the last game as well. The team was helped by the overall poor standand this season with the top 3 in previous seasons always over 60 points and 6th place last season got 61 points. In the french cup the reserves beat a lower league team 9-0 in the 7th rd before meeting National 2 FC Versailles in teh 8th rd. After drawing 1-1 the team went out on penalties. Finances were level due to a lack of a cup run but the club still managed to improve the youth facilities and youth recruitment. There were no significant transfers in or out. The main architects of promotion were the strikers Dembo and Kinkela although there were good performances all round with an improvment in defence even with the GK in poor form. Season League Position French Cup Europe Top Scorer Top Assists Attendance Training Youth Junior Youth Rec Notes 2024/25 National 9th 8th Rd N/A Zouogbo (16) Emmanual (9) 582 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2025/26 National 10th 11th Rd N/A Zouogbo (19) Koffi (7) 689 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2026/27 National 5th Qtr-final N/A Zouogbo (28) Desvignes (11) 855 Below Average Basic Average Fairly Basic 2027/28 National 3rd 9th Rd N/A Zouogbo (27) Koffi (12) 924 Adequate Basic Average Fairly Basic Promoted 2028/29 Ligue 2 13th 9th Rd N/A Zouogbo (11) Vailiant(7) 1501 Adequate Below Average Average Average 2029/30 Ligue 2 9th Semi-final N/A Kembo (22) Vailiant(14) 2184 Average Below Average Average Above Average 2030/31 Ligue 2 2nd 8th Rd N/A Kembo (16) Koffi (10) 2300 Average Adequate Average Good Promoted