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9 hours ago, XaW said:
Oh lord, I had my intake (it's before the season starts) and I got a beast!
A bit controversial maybe, but is this the best player compared to club/league reputation we have seen on this challenge? This would be a top prospect for any team.
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4 minutes ago, OlivierL said:
Idd off course. So that means Ibiza is playable ? they are 'promoted' from third to the new third division.
Well, Darren is the man in charge, but i picked a team that got promoted to the third division in Portugal. I based my choice on two things.
1. The team was listed as promoted in the season summary for Portugal
2. The team wasn't playable at the start of the game so its not possible to see any games played the previous season.
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5 minutes ago, OlivierL said:
Sorry just want to make it clear for others who would like to start in spain.
The promoted teams from Spanish Second Division B5 are the right ones. They start in the fourth tier at the start of the game. They end up in the second season with promoted teams like Ibiza but all the teams that stay in third division are 'promoted'.
If i'm sure that i can pick one of these, we could have a winner ..
The rules that we have agreed upon (unless I've badly mistaken) let's you choose between any team that shows up on the "promoted" section after holidaying for a year. I also got some good sides to pick from in Portugal, but at the same time there will always be some nations that have some teams that are easier than others each version. I guess this time its Spain and Portugal.. still some work to do before winning the CL anyway
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55 minutes ago, Ralph96 said:
@darren1983 Would it be allowed to take a manage a team in Spain or Portugal in 2022 that has been re-promoted, cause otherwise it is nearly impossible in those leagues
Several of us had the same problem figuring out what to do in those leagues. It was discussed on page three of this thread. Holiday one season and then pick a team that has been promoted to the third tier, not the fourth tier that gets activated as playable leagues after one year.
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3 hours ago, Gundo said:
No surprises for guessing where I’ll be managing ...
I actually live in Norway these days, in Stavanger believe or not, strange how things work out.
Good luck with Follo – I’ll be following with intrigue.
I live in Stavanger as well so I'm guessing we will both be giving it a go with 3rd division (4th tier) side Brodd. Should be easy!
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4 hours ago, OlivierL said:
FYI , first instant result skin is out
my start is getting closer and closer
I dont use instant result, but always looking for good skins. Where do you get yours?
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37 minutes ago, Brother Ben said:
My opinion, due to the convoluted nature of Spain & Portugal this year as long as a team is unplayable at the start of the game and they're in tier 4 it's fair game
I agree. Holiday one season, go to the nation summary page and pick a team from there sounds like a good plan.
Obviously @darren1983 decides, the challenge section has no room for democracy. An effective dictatorship is underrated, like the libero.
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Just now, Brother Ben said:
The Spanish system has changed, if you start off with 3 leagues it becomes 4 in the second season. Question is are you looking to manage a team in the new 4th tier or a newly promoted one to the 3rd tier. If we go by the "previously unplayable at the start of the game" it gives you a bucket load of options
Here's what the new system looks like (they've essentially sandwiched in a new tier 3)
Portugal is similar too
Massive, thanks. I loaded Portugal as well and when i encountered the same problem there i thought i was going crazy.
@darren1983, your thoughts on rules here?
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1 minute ago, XaW said:
Could be, I've always used the season summary to look at the teams, so I thought I'd have a look when you said it didn't work.
That was a very good tip anyway 😀
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13 minutes ago, XaW said:
You sure? I have Spain as a league in my save and when I look at the season summary, I can see that loads of teams are promoted from the Tercera to the Segunda B.
I should add, I don't have the Segunda B as a playable division though, so it could be cosmetic what I'm seeing...
It is very strange indeed. Maybe its just the promotion icon missing next to the teams? I will have a look at the same screen you are and see what i can find.
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18 minutes ago, Vipertitan said:
maybe 9th July like last year I think ?
Didn't work. It's either a bug or me being an idiot. 50/50
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I tried holidaying one season in Spain and no teams were promoted. Holidayed for another year and no teams got promoted that year either.. strange!
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Jesus christ you get so used to quality players when you play many years on this challenge. It makes it even more difficult to start up again. 10 games into a Serie C season with Trentano and we are still yet to win a single game...
I only have two full backs and they are averaging 6,3 and 6,4 avg... I might just look for another country. What a depressing start!
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I also looked at Siena @Diego D10S, but I got scared looking at the age of the key players! Will be interesting to see how you handle that. Good luck!
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7 minutes ago, Gbrexiton said:
Didn’t they change is to U16?
Yes you can use players that are 16 from the start of the season, as long as they turn 17 before 31.12.XXXX.
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I really enjoyed Germany. Considering I finished the challenge yesterday with Cottbus I dont want to start there all over again, but I would strongly recommend it. The clubs are solid from the start and usually decent youth facilities.
Just remember that players under 17 can't play!
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2 minutes ago, OlivierL said:
I also missed it but enjoyed my name tagging and replacing faces thing to much... and feels like unfinished business ..
The only thing i'm afraid of (beside no transfers) is picking a league that's to 'long' or picking a league with a low reputation so i won't get near the highest divison or achieving any of the challenges..
I've done both those "mistakes". I chose NK Zadar in Croatia and domestically it was great fun. A small league so the years went really fast, but it soon became clear that I was never going to win the Champions League. Maybe someone better at the game than me could, but I deemed it impossible. Especially considering that the board sold my best players every year!
I've also done the mistake of doing the challenge in England. To say that it's a mistake is of course silly, because it isnt, and I did complete the challenge, but the way up the league ladder in England is too long in my mind. I think Germany, Spain and Italy is perfect with the third tier being the lowest.
How about giving it a go in South or North America? Would be great fun seeing someone doing the challenge "overseas".
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1 minute ago, OlivierL said:
No they are compatible for sure. and i think that doing a youth only is the savest thing u can do on the beta.. a few data bugs won't mess a YT only save up.. so it's almost a done deal.. but a third FM edition in a row.. no transfers.. not sure if i can cope with that
Haha, I agree, I actually missed it a bit on my last save. But just cant wait to get started now. Just so unsure about which team to pick! Or nation for that matter!
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2 minutes ago, OlivierL said:
thanks
I'm going to wait on the first instant result skin, because i need to have the abilty to IR the 'not important' games.
But just to be sure: there hasn't been any indication from SI staff that beta saves won't be compatible with the full game?
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5 minutes ago, OlivierL said:
@XaW @darren1983 @thomas_efrom your experience.. did anyone started on the beta and played it for 30 seasons or more? i mean this challenge..
looking for excuses
I played with NK Zadar for about 10 seasons from the beta. I am planning to start the Youth Academy Challenge straight away now on the beta.
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2 minutes ago, DazRTaylor said:
Nope. You do what @Padders did and move them to the reserves and sell them as soon as possible. Under no circumstances do you play them.
I figured. Never happened to me though, so hasn't been an issue.
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4 minutes ago, Gbrexiton said:
The board bought some players
Why cant I have a board like that, only selling them!! Seems realistic though as I guess would do that IRL and are we allowed to use them if it happens?
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Padders, is it me misunderstanding something or does the second screenshot show you buying a player from Man City for £83 028 000?
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Thanks @Padders. A lot quicker than I expected, but I had such a great team compared to the teams I had when I completed the challenge with South Shields and Real Jean (FM20). With those saves I relied on a few key players, but this time I've had so much luck with the intakes it's crazy. Several national team players and no real weak links. Crazy luck!
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The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge
in Challenges, Sign-Ups & Experiments
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I think enough reloads can make anything possible. I guess the star rating of the 4th tier sides in Norway is pretty even (that being extremely low :D) so it should be a good variety of teams promoted.
But yes, Sola and Vidar are probably more realistic options!