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On 06/12/2023 at 16:19, Jogo Bonito said:
Not sure on that but the pre-game editor has a debt of £83,189,608 repayable as 'gift upon departure' by 1st January 2042. Presumably that is to the Chairman/Owner.
I've been planning to manage Reading in FM24 as in all my years of FM-playing, the club was never in League 1 by default. But far from being the reset that was hoped for in the summer, real life events got worse and have been putting me off. I've made some changes via the pre-game editor to try and make it more appealing, which included the following:
- Extended the transfer ban of attached players until 1st January 2025 (embargo end date 31st December 2024) which I believe is the current reality
- Removed the Owners and Directors (other than keeping Sir John as a Director) as I could not get involved if any of them remained
- Made the club fan-owned by choosing Member Owned with a Chairman and no elections (copied how Exeter City was showing)
- Ticked the box to 'Stop Outside Takeovers'
- Kept the £89m debt as it was, but changed the entry to Supporters Trust rather than repayable upon departure*
- Removed the entry for Rich Benefactor
- Removed all affiliate links but added Wexford for realism
- Deleted some staff that I am fairly sure are no longer at the club (in addition if I am appointed Manager, I would mutually terminate all the people Selles brought in)
- Changed the nationality of Basil Tuma to Maltese and corrected his data
- Made Nelson Abbey Vice Captain
*Not sure if this means the debt will stay active, which is the intention. But as I made the club fan-owned it didn't seem to match with the original 'repayable upon departure' entry. If this doesn't work, I may instead decide to convert it to a monthly repayable loan. One way or another, I want the debt to affect the club in the way it should, so this might need some trial and error checking. I've also asked a question on the Editors Hideaway page to see what others think is best for the debt to impact the club.
Apart from checking the finances/debt, I need to decide who the best Chairman is. The best I came up with so far is Dave Kitson as he has been quite involved recently (protests & weekly columns). I also had a good relationship with Dave when our professional paths crossed in the era of the 106-team. I was going to go for Nigel Howe as Chairman for more realism, but he was not in the editor, so just switched Dave from his position of Chairman at Arlesey Town for now. I may decide to add my own person as Chairman and would name them as Nigel Howe or maybe the directors of SCL as they deserve credit for going above and beyond what a sponsor should do. If that is beyond me, I just may put back Sir John as Chairman - he can just act as a custodian rather than being expected to plough any money in.
I'm loving some of those ideas! I heard Dave Kitson was involved with a failed consortium takeover before the Thai's came in I believe, so it's not that far-fetched and idea. And Nigel Howe is back involved with the club once again to try and push through this current takeover and stabilise the club.
I was hopeful we there would be progress with the takeover to allow me to manage the club after the Winter Update, but it is seeming unlikely any takeover will happen in time.
For now I am doing a glory hunter save (I'm currently enjoying Scalvini at Atalanta) and thoroughly enjoying myself. I played as Reading FC last season and had success, but couldn't bring myself to touch them this year while the current owner stays in place.
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On 28/11/2023 at 03:01, Rabbii said:
Type: Desktop
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-C
CPU Model: Ryzen 7 7700X
CPU Base Frequency: 4.5 GHz
CPU Turbo Frequency: 5.4 GHz
RAM: 16 GB DDR5
RAM Clockspeed: 4800Mhz
GPU: Nvidia NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 TI
Graphics Level in 3D: Very High
Benchmark 1 FM24: 00 min 37 Sec
Benchmark 2 FM24: 01 min 29 Sec
Benchmark 3 FM24: 03 min 11 Sec
Benchmark 4 FM24: 12 min 33 Sec
On 07/12/2023 at 18:28, Truegunner said:Built a new system Last week (in brackets I will put results from my previous I9 9900k desktop just for reference/comparison):
Type: Desktop
Motherboard: Asus B650E-I
Model: Custom
CPU Model: Ryzen 7 7700X
CPU Base Frequency: 4.60 GHz
CPU Turbo Frequency: 5.40 GHz
RAM: 32GB
RAM Clockspeed: 6000Mhz
GPU: RX 6800XT
Graphics Level in 3D: Very High
Benchmark 1 FM23: 00 min 32 Sec (i9 - 0 min 53 Sec)
Benchmark 2 FM24: 01 min 20 Sec (i9 - 2 min 13 Sec)
Benchmark 3 FM24: 02 min 50 Sec (i9 - 4 min 35 Sec)
Benchmark 4 FM24: 11 min 36 Sec (i9 - 19 min 12 Sec)
Have to say a nice upgrade around 45% better on average compared to the old system.
Interesting to see such a difference in your results using the same CPU. That would suggest that faster RAM improves performance by quite a margin.
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5 hours ago, LawzE said:
So I've been following this topic for a while and have literally just built my custom PC, here's my first result which I'm very happy with. Will run the other tests this week and see what the results look like.
Type: PC
Model: - Custom
CPU Model: Ryzen 7 7800x3D
CPU Base Frequency: 4.20 GHz
CPU Turbo Frequency: 5.00 GHz
RAM: 32GB
RAM Clockspeed: 6000hz
GPU: GeForce RTX 2070
Graphics Level in 3D: High
Benchmark 1 FM24: 32.59 Sec
21 hours ago, Camberto said:I just bought a 7600x and wandered how it performed in fm benchmarks, since nobody ever did benchmark4 for either fm23 and fm24 on a 7600x I thought I would share my result so other people have a general idea of how it performs in case they are deciding between this cpu or another to play fm.
Just note that since I dont have fm24 yet I had to do the fm23 benchmark.
Type: CustomCPU Model: Ryzen 9 7600X
CPU Base Frequency: 4.7GHz
CPU Turbo Frequency: up to 5.3GHz ( eco mode on, that is 90W power limit; -15 all core undervolt )
RAM: 32GB
RAM Clockspeed: 6000Mhz
GPU: RX 6700 XT
Graphics Level in 3D: Very High
Benchmark 4 FM23: 16 min 45 sec
This result is about 4% faster than Peterdk's 3900x result on the same benchmark. That same person's benchmark for fm24 was 14:27:00, so assuming the scaling is the same for the 7600x on fm24 it should again have a very similar result.It would be great if you could run all benchmarks 1-4. That would give a complete picture of how these processors perform. The biggest gains from FM23 -> FM24 seem to have been in benchmark 3 from other data.
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That looks incredible! Didn't realise it would do that on an ultra-wide. What do the normal panels look like, for example the player or squad screens - I imagine they are very stretched?
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Type: Desktop
Model: Custom
CPU Model: Intel 9700K
CPU Base Frequency: 3.60 GHz
CPU Turbo Frequency: 4.90 GHz
RAM: 64GB
RAM Clockspeed: 3000Mhz
GPU: Nvidia 4090
Graphics Level in 3D: Very High
Benchmark 1 FM23: 01 min 03 Sec
Benchmark 1 FM24: 00 min 54 SecBenchmark 2 FM23: 02 min 44 Sec
Benchmark 2 FM24: 02 min 35 SecBenchmark 3 FM23: 08 min 04 Sec
Benchmark 3 FM24: 04 min 28 SecBenchmark 4 FM23: 27 min 54 Sec
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On 30/10/2023 at 16:16, Christopher S said:
Hey!
Your download link is dead, any chance of a reupload?
I'm not the creator, but it looks like their website domain has expired.
Here is a copy of the spreadsheet that I downloaded previously. Hope it helps. I still used it for FM23 so it's still useful.
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On 23/10/2023 at 22:11, fc.cadoni said:
Hi there!
Here’s my strategy for Shouts during the game. Remember that shouts are applied before or after a highlight; this is by design from Sports Interactive. If you give a shout during the highlight and need to cancel it, pause the match, open the tactics tab, and hit “Cancel” in the bottom right corner.
In general, “Encourage” and “Praise” work best when players are being successful; if not, they may become frustrated. “Calm Down” and “No Pressure” seek to relax the players but, in some situations, can burden them with additional pressure. “Fire Up,” “Focus,” and “Demand More” increase each player’s individual and collective focus and motivation if successful. If not, they’ll lose focus and become demotivated. Success here depends on your personal attribute motivation, team and player’s morale, player’s body language, and their personalities, as well as what happens during the game.
Shouts didn’t receive an overhaul from Football Manager 2022 and are working kind of the same. This year, I would suggest being more minimal and trying not to overuse them. So, let’s dive in:
Draw: Encourage
Win: Calm Down (after you scored the first goal, like 1–0)
Win: Praise (2+ goal difference)
Loss: Berate (2+ goal difference)Remember: Talking to players (as a team and individually) increases your determination and motivating attributes. The higher your motivating attribute as a manager, the more chance you have to influence players with low-quality personalities.
Thank you!
GG
fc.cadoniThis is the exact same approach I've been using and nearly always get a positive reaction from players. The only additional instruction I would use is Demand More when 1-0 down to try and get a reaction from the players.
I was not aware of the ability to cancel shouts. That will help in those annoying situations where you have applied a shout and then another goal is scored and the players react badly, so thank you for that bit of advice.
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I'm looking to change up my current 4231 tactic a bit and try to adopt an inverted wingback to create a 3241 in attack (a bit like a Pep tactic) and was hoping you might be able to give me some advice on a good combination of midfield roles.
Last season I was playing this:
The plan was to shift play to the left to create space for Endrick as the IFa to run into. This was very successful and resulted in us being top scorers in the league. As a result, I am tempted not to mess too much with the attacking trio, but want to try and change up the build-up.
I came up with something like this and would like your feedback on any obvious weaknesses or improvements?
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17 hours ago, Desu said:
I have no idea how my 7900 was that fast on a benchmark 3 (I had 4 minutes 43 seconds there), but I managed to hit 4 min 32 seconds today!
Moved my football manager folders to a new NVME SSD and wanted to test how much of a difference it makes and was shocked when I got ~4:30 ( and did a second run with video recording that hit 4:32 - https://streamable.com/no5e01)
It sounds like you have been heavily tweaking to improve your performance to get to those levels. The 7900 should not beat a 7900X or 7950X, certainly not at stock settings - there is a 200-300MHz boost clock difference. You must have got very lucky with your silicon. What kind of cooling do you have on the CPU?
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22 hours ago, Gee_Simpson said:
Yeah you make good points there, it's a tough one. I'm not looking for every last ounce of FPS though, I'm pretty much happy with getting 4K 60 FPS native in all games, coming from a PS5, I'm used to that being the max FPS. If I can hit 4K 120 FPS that would be a nice bonus though. I'm also going to be using my OLED TV instead of a monitor, it's a LG C9 OLED 120hz so obviously 120 FPS is the max I can play at. I'm not really into online competitive gaming where the the most FPS matters either (although could be drawn into it 😅). I'm looking at the CPU from mostly a FM POV as I know the i9 13900k with a 4090 at 4K resolution will pretty much be more than enough for any game anyway. I doubt the 7950X3D would make a big difference vs the i9 at 4K? I've heard differences at 4K are small and more GPU dependant.
I did build my current PC but I would be buying this one from Cyberpower UK, as they seem good value, and I didn't particularly enjoy building my PC like some people do 😂. Buying from them would mean any overclock etc would void warranty though, so I have to keep that in mind. I can pay for them to overclock it but with these CPU's I probably wouldn't bother. I OC'd my i9 9900k and the differences were really minimal for FM so I don't reallly see the point. I notice the 7950X3D is out of stock, it's at pre order status everywhere atm. It will also cost me a bit more than a i9 13900k build, around £250 difference. The upgrade path of AM5 is useful though for sure and would save me money in the future, plus I've read the 7950X3D is super efficient. But as I said, the performance of FM will be the main factor in my decision, so I'm not sure if I should just go for the i9 13900k now, I would have it by Thursday this upcoming week, not sure how long I would be waiting for the 7950X3D.
The 3d v-cache can still help at 4k, although the improvements are limited as it tends to be more GPU limited at those resolutions. Take a look at some example benchmarks between the 7950X3D and the normal 7950X - For example: https://www.anandtech.com/show/18747/the-amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-review-amd-s-fastest-gaming-processor/10
If the CPU is mainly for FM purposes, how about going for the standard 7950X, 7900X (non-3D v-cache), or even a cheaper, more efficient 7900 (non-X)? From the benchmarks so far you wouldn't be giving up much performance in FM, you would save money, and still have a nice upgrade path in the future. Obviously this would depend on what CPUs Cyberpower offer (I always build my own so don't look at pre-build options).
If FM is your main use of CPU, the ability to upgrade in 2-3 years would be nice from a FM perspective and is something that you won't be able to do with Intel. Any upgrade you make now will be a massive improvement over what you have already.
I'm not an AMD fan-boy or anything. I just think that with FM being CPU intensive, having a cheaper upgrade path in a few years would be a good option when newer/faster CPUs are released, compared to Intel where you would need a completely new motherboard and CPU.
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17 hours ago, Gee_Simpson said:
I posted this elsewhere, but thought I'd post it here too.
I'm seriously tempted to upgrade. Tech moves so fast, even what was a top end CPU, my i9 9900k now gets beaten by something like a i5 12400F in both single and multi thread and even a 12th gen i3 in single thread! 😂😭
@Brother Ben I'm seriously tempted to just go for the i9 13900k now instead of waiting for the 7950X3D benchmark results. As you say, the i9 13900k has it beat for single thread by a decent margin, but loses on multi thread. Thing is, I don't tend to like setting high detail on FM, usually a lot of leagues loaded but on minimal detail. I'm looking at a top spec custom build i9 13900k and RTX 4090 combo, so a lot of money though! That would mean I would do the majority of my gaming on PC now instead of my PS5, with that for just the exclusives and my PSVR2.
I am thinking about a similar upgrade too, but I think I would go AMD for the upgrade path of AM5. That way, if you wanted to upgrade again to a faster CPU in 2 or 3 years you could just purchase a new CPU rather than needing a whole new motherboard etc.
Until we get benchmark results from a 7950X3D, 7900X3D, or 7800X3D, we cannot say how 3D v-cache will perform for FM (I don't expect FM will benefit and the core clock speed drop will likely hurt FM more), but for other games they seem to be stomping on Intel 13-gen. Given the fact that you are looking to go top-tier 4090 GPU, I assume you will be playing other games. I doubt you will be upgrading your GPU again soon after spending £1600+, but with an AMD CPU you should have an upgrade path to at least 8000 and 9000 series CPUs in the future if you wanted a little performance boost. Certainly for FM, the CPU is king so to keep your machine feeling new, the option to drop in a replacement CPU after a few years would be a welcome benefit.
I too went Intel 9th-gen (9700K) and I regret not going AMD given that I could have upgraded from the 3000 series at the time to a newer 5000 series for much less and seen a nice improvement.
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8 hours ago, nicholas.shen said:
FME did a great job to recreate the individual training panel to allow selecting multiple players for "Praise/Criticise" action.
But sometimes it doesn't work because of the player status indicator refreshing the screen.
I tried to remove it from the detailed view and it works perfectly now.
BTW, does anyone know if we can apply the similar changes to the youth training panel?
How do you access this feature? I'm still going through each player and it is taking forever! I'm using FM23 1.0.0
Edit: Found it - I totally missed it within the release notes! Great feature!
QuoteIndividual Training
- I have modified the Individual Training panel so that when multiple players are selected, the user can Praise/Criticise training performance much faster. Selected players show up as part of a list, all with their own Praise/Criticise buttons which disappear when an action has been completed. No more clicking back and forth.
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On 04/10/2022 at 20:37, hancin said:
Decided to give it a spin while stability testing the new Zen 4 workstation. Note that I can't install a GPU that doesn't exist yet into it, so it's running a 7950x without dedicated graphics which is not a good setup.
FM engine still capable of running 100% all-core on match days. 360mm AIO cooler, was getting 5.65 GHz on low core count usage, and 5.15GHz all-core.
Type: Desktop
Model: Custom
CPU Model: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
CPU Base Frequency: 4.50 GHz
CPU Turbo Frequency: 5.70 GHz
RAM: 64GB
RAM Clockspeed: 6000 MT/s
GPU: Integrated
Graphics Level in 3D: Low
Storage Type: SSD
Benchmark A: 00 min 39 Sec
Benchmark B: 03 min 08 Sec
Benchmark C: 04 min 43 Sec
Benchmark D: 11 min 42 Sec
Those are the sort of chart-topping results I would expect from a latest-gen, top tier, £769 CPU.
The Benchmark A and B results aren't outstanding, but I think we are seeing diminishing returns in those benchmarks now. 2.5% faster in A and 3% faster in B than the top 12900k results.
The real story is in Benchmark C and D, which this does extremely well in. 21% faster in C and 33.33% faster in D.
It will be interesting to see how the Intel 13th-gen performs, and also the lower tier Ryzen 7000 chips.
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I raised a bug with them several weeks ago, which I hope will be fixed in the upcoming release. It seems the UI change has broken switching the location of saved games.
If the save file you loaded was cloud, it will save to cloud even if you change the drop-down menu to local. Instead, try this:
- Click Browse
- Try using the Recent drop-down to select both games folders to see which is your local directory
- If you only have a single games folder in your Recents, use the navigation options to select your local save directory
- Click Save
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I was going through the youth teams looking for prospects, and noticed that all Turkish teams have dreadful youth recruitment in my save. For example the top 5 teams in my save have the following ratings:
- Galatasaray - Fairly Basic (8)
- Beşiktaş - Fairly Basic (6)
- Fenerbahçe - Fairly Basic (6)
- Trabzonspor - Fairly Basic (7)
- Sivasspor - Limited (2)
I tried loading another save and that has the same issue as well. Both were created using either 22.0 or 22.1, so I tried creating a new game with the latest patch and it's the exact same issue.
Is there a bug with the Turkish league that I have not noticed, or is there a reason why their ratings are so low?
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18 hours ago, rsihn said:
Coaching staff improve roughly 10 CA per license. This is quick growth as they can gain these points every 4 months for the national licenses and then every 6 months for the continental licenses and 12 months for the pro license. Depending on what license these potential staff members already possess, it can give you an idea of how much of this quick growth they can gain.
On the job training/development is much slower so the bulk of your staff's improvement will come from the coaching courses. In my own long term saves, I set up a reminder system to check in on all of my staff member's growth every 3 months. Based on these observations, it appears that a decent technical director helps your coaching staff improve their abilities more than they would without a technical director so I would look into filling this role.
Would love to hear more details about the results you saw and how you tested, as I've always seen technical director as a useless role if you manage staff yourself. If they actively help improve staff, this changes everything for me!
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Well I'm certainly a fan of this tactic. Decided to give it a go with my F.C. Andorra team, who are in the Spanish third division and facing competition from the B teams of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, and Villarreal. Media prediction was to finish 10th, while the season preview had us expected to finish 7th (Don't understand how/why these are different in this version).
Without making a single signing, it was a close fought battle between us and Barcelona B all season, but finally we managed to come out on top and win the league.
We scored the most goals in the league, registered the most shots on target, and had the highest conversion rate. Defensively we had the third best record for conceded goals (32), but positively we faced the second fewest shots (288) in the league. Certainly shows that the tactic is a threat going forwards while managing to remain very tight defensively.
The only concern I had is common with these high-tempo, aggressive tactics - discipline. We received the fourth highest number of yellow (75) and red cards (3). Often I found myself being forced into tactical changes to replace a player who had been booked, or removing the tackle harder instruction.
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13 hours ago, edgar555 said:
Just a reminder for these when you get a minute mate. Doing well so far with my Newcastle team, but keen to see if I'm missing anything with these PI's.
GK - Take More Risks
DL - Shoot Less Often, Tackle Harder
CD - Take Fewer Risks, Stay Wider, Tackle Harder
BPD - Stay Wider, Tackle Harder
DR - Cross Aim Far Post, Shoot Less Often, Sit Narrower, Tackle Harder
DM - Dribble Less, Tackle Harder
MC - Pass It Shorter, Dribble More, Tackle Harder
MR - Take More Risks, Cross From Deep, Cross Aim Far Post, Shoot Less Often, Get Further Forward, Sit Narrower, Tackle Harder
AML - Cross Aim Near Post, Shoot Less Often
AMC - More Direct Passes, Shoot Less Often
ST - None
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Just now, markv1 said:
So this tactic is not good looking football?
It depends on what style you enjoy. I find that this tends to be a more direct approach with an aggressive press and clinical attack, however I would ideally like a more possession based approach now that I am able to attract players with better ability.
As an example, in my Premier League campaign where I finished 4th with a newly promoted side, these were some of the key stats:
General
Avg Possession 46% (16th)
Yellow cards: 99 (1st)Attack
Goals: 75 (4th)
Pass completion: 80% (20th)
Clear Cut Chances: 37 (1st)
Dribbles Made: 152 (2nd)
Possession Lost: 3305 (18th)Defence
Conceded: 45 (3rd)
Fouls Made: 716 (1st)
Tackles Won: 995 (2nd)
Tackles Won Ratio: 75% (19th)As you can see, it scores loads and concedes very few, however it does so at the expense of possession and is achieved through a very brutal style of football. Consistently topping the ill-discipline charts and committing the most fouls. It is a very physical way of playing, whereas I would like to transition us to a more technical and skilful style of play.
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1 minute ago, MikaelS said:
Do you guys steer clear of players with an "injury proneness" in the cons section of a scout report?
I have a keeper on trial that my scout believes can be L1 player in the future (I'm still in VNLS), but he has "injury proneness" in the cons section.
Unless he's likely to be your first choice goalkeeper immediately, I wouldn't rely on an injury prone player reaching their potential. If he is first choice, then perhaps look to get a good backup in case.
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Meanwhile, there is news on the stadium. We are continuing to search for a suitable location for our new 5,000 seat stadium,, but in the meantime...
Part of me loves the fact that we have moved to the Madejski Stadium, as it is the home of my beloved Reading FC.
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I'll just leave these here...
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Farnborough - Sky Bet Championship - 2025/26
Another season of struggle predicted, with the media expecting us to finish rock bottom and come strait back down. I was more confident of our survival chances however, especially if I could land some key signings in areas we needed.
Preseason - The finances were looking much stronger, but I still wanted to give our guys a real challenge during pre-season to show what level we were at. Recently relegated Premier League sides Derby, Crystal Palace, and Bournemouth were there to show whether or not we could compete in this league, while parent club Chelsea, along with Everton, were the exhibition matches. For perhaps the first time since taking over however, we ended our preseason with some easier matches. Friendlies against our fierce local rivals Aldershot and Woking were arranged to add a competitive edge to these matches, and Notts County were thrown in for good measure.
Seeing the results that we were able to achieve during this gruelling preseason, my confidence in the team was only further enhanced.
League Table - A flawless assault on the Championship saw us break numerous records and go on to win the title. This was a bittersweet moment for me however, as we beat the league points record of 106 from my own beloved Reading FC.
EFL Cup - Strong performances against fellow Championship teams Reading and Swansea allowed us progression through to the fourth round, where a spectacular match saw us lose 5-3 to Nottingham Forest.
FA Cup - We made it all the way through to the quarter final, however the draw was not kind to us as we faced last seasons Premier League champions Manchester City away from home. A respectable 1-0 defeat ended our chances of progression, but I was very pleased with how well we did overall.
Squad - Despite our success, it cannot go unnoticed that we were heavily reliant on loans. We ended the season with just two of the five recognised central defenders actually employed by us, The rest had been brought in on loan, and this is something I would seriously have to address in the following season.
Transfers - I was keen to ensure we did not completely overhaul the squad so that they could continue to build bonds and so we had a stable platform to build on. With this in mind, I extended the loans of Jamie Box, Garry Osman, and Leon Pambou, while also ensuring that there were no major players leaving during the summer. In addition to this, I was able to land my two top targets - Jez Davies, a 20y/o midfielder from Tottenham, and Layton Stewart, a 23y/o striker from Liverpool. They commanded huge wages of £8.75k/week and £12k/week respectively, however we were well under our wage budget and I saw these as key acquisitions.
January saw a headline transfer leave in the form of Archie Martin. The 19 y/o midfielder originally signed on loan during our League Two campaign, and then joined us permanently a year later from Braintree for a mere £7.5k. Despite only playing 10 league games this season, Norwich and a few other teams started showing serious interest and when the bids came in, I was able to squeeze £11M out of them for his services. He clearly had potential, but much like the ytransfers for Braithwaite and Bullard, this kind of money would help sustain the club and also fund the on-going improvements to the club facilities. Alex Kirk, who had been a key member of our title winner League Two and League One campaigns, unfortunately had found himself on the edges of the first team due to the arrival of Jack Hardy on load, and with his contract due to expire at the end of the season, an offer of £525k from Preston was accepted. In a strange twist of fate, Dan Braithwaite was brought back to the club on loan from Watford as a result of this move. Also, the revelation of last season, Sean Adarkwa, left the club for Plymouth. His contract was running down, and he hadn't shown anywhere near the levels of performance as last season. In fact, since joining Plymouth, he managed just 4 substitute appearances for them in League One without a single goal.
Finances - I won't pretend that the massive transfer fees we've been able to generate haven't helped us here. We are maintaining a bank balance that would be the envy of almost every other club outside of the Premier League. This has allowed us to consistently pursue improvements to our training and youth facilities that have now made them amongst the best in the country.
Key Player Profiles
Layton Stewart - There was a reason I was so keen to land this striker, and he proved exactly why that was. 20 goals in the league, and a further three in cup competitions, made him our top scorer. A really exciting prospect going into our first season in the Premier League.
Garry Osman - One of the players from last season that impressed enough for me to extend their loan a further season, and boy did that decision pay off. While 14 assists from the wingback position was second best to Leighton Clarkson's 17, combine that with his tackle success rate, key passes, and chance creation, and it's clear to see why this guy made the wing back role his to keep and kept my other key signing (Jez Davies) out of the team for large parts of the season.
Guillem - While technically there were players who had higher average ratings (Leon Pambou, Oscar Thorn, James Hillson), the impact that this player had in our promotion cannot go unmentioned. He ran Layton Stewart very close for top scorer with an equally impressive 18 league goals, and had Premier League teams making multi-million pound bids in January for him. I tied him down to a new contract, but very much hope this guy will stay around for a while longer, as he could turn out very good indeed.
Career Overview:
Season League Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021/22 National League South 7th Promoted via playoffs 2022/23 National League 1st Promoted as champions 2023/24 League Two 1st Promoted as champions 2024/25 League One 1st Promoted as champions 2025/26 Championship 1st Promoted as champions0
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