Thebaker

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

@_JHTB_ really good start there, the finances could put a dent in the progress

That money will help massively, both for improving the facilities and increasing the wage budget to get any remaining players on FT contracts.

@aldojags shame about the CL phase, looked like you had some tough teams. The 2 slovenians look really useful players, no wonder the other teams can't get close if you sign them.

I'm well into the next season and looking good for the playoffs so hopefully not long, even though almost none of my squad is rated good enough for the league i'm in!

i thought the new stadium would make more of an impact on the finances, guess you need to make a lot from a sell on to ensure the chairman doesn't sell too many more players.

Don't you prefer to get rid of slack individuals

I'm surprised your sponsorship is actually close to the other teams, usually it lags way behind, although you are quite far into the save time wise.

2029/30 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season with 4 straight heavy defeats before turning it around in style by only losing 1 game in the next 12 to get up into the playoff positions. Thereafter the league stuttered as the team needed to be rotated a lot due to the numbers of games and fell away from the top teams. Ended the season badely again with just 4 points from the last seven games to finish midtable. In the french cup the team beat a lower league 10-0 in the seventh Rd before winning 6-1 against National 2 Chambly in the eighth rd. In the 9th Rd the team were away to Ligue 1 Lens and matched them to win on penalties after a 3-3 draw. In the tenth rd the team were away again, this time to National Bastia. In spite of just shading it the team needed penalties to win after a 2-2 draw. In the 11th rd the team were at home to high flying Ligue 1 side Monaco winning 4-2. This resulted in a home tie in the quarter final to Ligue 1 Bordeaux, a tight match ended in a 2-2 draw and another win on penalties (i actually have no decent penalty takers with my best player just 6 for penalties). The run finally came to an end in the semi final where the opponents were Ligue 2 Angers, a 0-1 loss away was properly flattering to the team. Finances continue to improve even with some higher wage costs. Training facilities and youth recruitment were improved. Several long time players were moved on including Diop (141 apps, 4 goals), Rotsen (202 apps, 2 goals) , Desvignes (158 apps, 15 goals) and Agro (118 apps). Youth product Gerard has established himself as first choice RB even if he is the shortest player i have ever seen. Dembo and Mustafic made a really effective front pairing with Vailant providing the assists, Vailant decided at the start of the season to move on which will be a big loss. Lefevre came in as a squad option but has quickly become first choice and the defence looked more solid as a result. 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

it not surprising that there is a huge gap amongst some of the teams, i bet the attendances have the same sort of gap, although i didn't realise Queens Park was well supported. Hopefully the new stadium can help ease those finances or cashing in a big sell on fee from the players sold.

well done on promotion. Finances might improve after the stadium move due to increased attendances (how many sell outs did you have this season?), but i would not be surprised if the rent was nearly 100K. Looking at your squad if you can loan in some ex players to improve the squad you should like at GK and DL where it looks weak, you rotate anyway so others will play games. It would also give the option to loan a few at a lower level.

2028/29 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season with 4 draws in the first 5 matches which could have gone either way. After that the team kept picking up the odd win along with a few draws to always remain just out of the relegation picture. The team ended the season poorly with the defence conceeding loads of goals and sliding down the league. The french cup was relatively unsuccessful this year as the team drew 2-2 away to Ligue 2 Rodez before winning on penalties in the 7th rd. In the 8th rd the team drew 1-1 away to national 2 Drancy before again winning on penalties which is suprising as i have no decent penalty takers (the best is only 6 in penalties). In the 9th rd the teams luck ran out with the team at home to Ligue 2 Metz who dominated the match to win 1-4. Finances increased hugely as Ligue 2 has a lot of TV money (about 4.5 million), i persuased the board to improve the youth facilities along with the youth recruitment during the season and the training facilities at the end of the season. With the squad being quite young player performance was mixed, Zouogbo was the top scorer without really being great and the step up might be too much. Vailant was a cheap buy and showed signs of becoming a top player. Bouklouche was my record purchase. Several long time players were moved on including Emmanual (176 apps, 45 goals) and Djedje (119 apps, 16 goals) 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

Looks like promotion is nearly assured. Doherty must be nearly your oldest player at 24? The stadium required is quite big compared to your current one, if you get promoted will they have to start again looking for an even bigger one

@Muggert well done on winning the league. Do you think you can keep those young stars?

Its nowhere close to the effect it used to have, at best you might get a gradual increase, more if you have really positive personalities and influential players. The overall team personality has a big effect now as well.

Do you do mentoring? i usually just stick all the good personalities together to reinforce them. Or if have 1 high PA with a poor personality and several others with better ones then i put them together. The heirarchy of the players also has a massive effect as team leaders can change the other players even if a better or worse player.

look to hire only staff with positive personalities to improve the youth intake coming through. you still get poor personalities but not so many

its quite noticable from those lists that many of the higher CA players have changed personality and not for the better in most cases

2027/28 Table | Squad | Transfers Started the season in great form winning 7 of the first 9 games. Stumbled a little after this during which time Dijon went away at the top. The indifferent form continued to the end of the season, the team finished 3rd only due to the poor form of many of the teams below who seemed incapable of seizing the oppurtunity. In the playoff matches against Chateauroux the team won 3-2 at home in the first leg and properly should have had more. In the 2nd leg away my team were completely dominated with an xG of 3.18 to 0.46. In spite of this the match ended 1-1 and Racing was promoted to Ligue 2. In the french cup the team beat lower league opposition in the 5th rd before facing National 2 team Beauvuis in the 6th rd at home. The match ended 0-0 before my team sneaked through on penalties. The 7th and 8th were again comfortable wins against much lower teams. In the 9th rd the team were at home to Ligue 1 Lille and were easily beaten 0-3. Finances dropped a lot this season although the club did improve the training facilities, the club also turned pro after promotion. Sold Tsougoutzidis for far less than i wanted but he wanted out and was not in great form, i'm hoping a sell on will generate a lot of money. Had my best youth intake so far with this player nearly as good as my starting RB already. Zouogbo and Koffi were again the standout players, Zouogbo was the league top scorer. Tsukamoto was brought in to improve the midfield and did a decent job but is such a dirty player he seems on the point of being sent off in most games. 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

hoover up the slovenian international u21's from the other teams if you have the money.

Well done on promotion, looks like a tough season ahead. The players who left on frees, were they out of contract? Am i wrong to think Spartans were in L2 at the start of the save?