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February 2022 Victor San Marino February was a decent month, taking 8 points from a possible 12 but again we could only manage a goalless draw with Russi. We maintain out spot at the top of the table but with 4 games left to go and 1 of them being against 2nd placed Fya Riccione, our issue with finishing has me worried that a 3 point lead may not be enough.

January 2022 Victor San Marino January was not the best month for us, losing 2-1 to Alfonsine was not a great start to the New Year but a 4-1 victory over Sanpaimola before getting a point away at Vincoli helped to ease the hangover from New Years Eve. As far as the cup in concerned we had 2 games left and needed 6 points to even think about going to the next round. A 2-1 win at home to Cotignola was the just what we needed and it should have been easy to get a win against Russi, especially as they had a player sent off after 34 minutes but we just couldn't find away past them. After 120 minutes it came down to penalties and for the second time in the cup we lost to Russi on penalties after drawing 0-0. Thankfully we weren't punished too badly for losing in the league and so remain at the top of the table by 2 points over Fya Riccione. I have a feeling that the league could be decided when we play them. The loss on penalties to Russi condemned us to 3rd place in the cup group stage and I'm pretty sure that had we beat them we would have gone through to the next round, unfortunately it wasn't to be. Incidentally I looked back and that in was Russi's 4 win on penalties in the competition.

Hey @Makoto Nakamuragreat thread as always, what tactic are you running this save?

December 2021 Victor San Marino Only 4 games in December with 1 of those being in the Cup. League wise we continue to pick up points and 7 out of a possible 9 is a good enough Christmas present for me. Not so much holiday joy when it comes to the Cup, losing again to Sant'Agostino. Our form in the league sees us open a 5 point gap from the rest of the chasing pack and hopefully will give us a bit of a cushion during the second half of the season. Our lose in the Cup puts us 3 behind Sant'Agostin and 2 behind Corticella with 2 games to play. This is looking to be a bit of an uphill struggle as we'll need to win both games and hope for both Sant'Agostino and Corticella to drop points for us to have a chance of winning the group and qualifying for the next round.

November 2021 Victor San Marino Another good month for us domestically picking up 2 wins and a draw but the loss to fellow promotion chasers Fya Riccione could come back to bite us in the ass towards the end of the season. Luckily the lose to Fya Riccione didn't cost us our spot at the top of the table but it did prevent us from opening what would of been a 7 point gap between us and second place. Instead we'll have to make do with just the 2 point gap. We also manage to hang on to top spot in the Cup as well (albeit only just), getting a win and a lose in the 2 games we played. Oh fun fact in the Cup there are no draws, if a game finishes in a draw then it goes to extra time and then penalties until the is a winner. That's why we lost to Russi in the Cup even though we dominated the match without scoring. San Marino Nation Team We lost to Andorra.........I mean we had chances but we didn't look like scoring and we it was quite the eye opener, this is gonna take a while. As expected we finish bottom of the World Cup Qualifying group. I would say that we can only improve but if we get an unfavourable group for the next qualifying period we could concede more the 50 goals, so i'll just look at getting more that 2 goals and maybe even a point if I'm feeling greedy.

October 2021 Victor San Marino We bathed in a sea of greens during October, going unbeaten in the league and getting an early season victory over potential promotion rivals Savignanese. Unfortunately we didn't do as well in the Cup, losing to both Sant'Agostino and Cotignola. Wdid get some redemption in the following game by strolling to a 3-0 victory over them. The unbeaten month in the league moves us up to Second in the league behind our other promotion rivals Fya Riccione on goal difference. Unfortunately the 2 defeats we had in the cup take us off of the top spot but with 5 games to go we're sitting nicely in second spot, 1 point off of Sant'Agostino. A high point of October includes us breaking records within the first 8 games of our club career, hopefully the run will continue for a bit longer. San Marino National Team Not a great month for the National Team, taking on both England and Poland, I decided not to spend too much time worrying about these games and choose to "Instant Result" both games as we're in no position to even challenge them. The 9-0 and 6-0 loses confirming that my decision to skip the matches was pretty valid, as the save progresses I'll be taking these type of games more seriously but for now I'll be worrying about the games we actually stand a chance of getting a decent result in. Speaking of which we have 2 more games left to play in the World Cup Qualifiers which are against Albania and Andorra. Albania will probably be too strong for us but i have my eyes set firmly on taking at least a point from Andorra, they're on a list of teams I believe we should be beating (when we play them) that in the long run will be the start of our International rise to power.

September 2021 We had 5 games in September which were split into 3 games in the Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna Group C, which is the league and there's only 1 way out and thats to win the league and then the other 2 games were in the Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna Cup. League Wasn't a great month but then it wasn't the worst with us getting a draw, lose and a win from the 3 games to leave us on 4 points. Not a great deal to say about the matches, we dominated for the most part but just couldn't put the ball in the net enough times in the first 2 games before finally finding out shooting boots against Alfonsine. So after a mixed start to life in San Marino we find ourselves midtable but only 3 points off top, which isn't a bad place to be. Fya Riccione and Savignanese are supposed to be out rivals for Promotion according to the Season Preview and they currently sit 2 and 3 points ahead of us respectively so they're gonna be the teams that I'll be keeping an eye on for the rest of the season. Cup The cup competition in the lower levels of Italian football is a bit different to what I'm used to but I'm open to trying new things. The Eccellenza Emilia Romagna Cup is a Tournament style competition with a group stage, followed by the QTR Finals, Semi Finals and then the Final. Both games were pretty simple with us taking 3 points in each and topping the group without conceding a goal.

Pre-Season We had a mixed bag during Pre Season, no real stand out performances as the team gets settled but there maybe a change in the offing regarding tactics as I'm looking at using a 4-1-2-1-2 Diamond that served me well during my 1860 Munich save. I'm also looking at bringing in another Sammarinese CB but that won't be until the January transfer window. Going forward I'm going to try and get the squad filled with Sammarinese players as possible but that going to take time as the ones that are good enough either don't want to join me or want too much of wages. I do have a set of 10 attributes that will be necessary for any players joining the club to have going forward but I'll post them during another post when its more beneficial. San Marino World Cup Qualifiers - September 2021 Well I was going to make a joke about how long it was going to take to score a goal with San Marino but i was surprised to get one in only my second match in charge so that was a welcome surprise. The second goal of my reign with the national team came courtesy of an own goal, more of a calamity when attempting to play out from the back for Hungary as we pressured the ball back to the Hungary keeper who then slammed a clearance into the back of his own CB and then watched helplessly as the back looped back into his net. I'd say its going to be a long road to success but its San Marino so that's par for the course.

I came for the Career, I’m staying for the suit

After spending the last few years mostly lurking in the career threads with the occasional comment, I've decided to take the plunge and start a career of my own. After a very enjoyable save with 1860 Munich I decided that I wanted a challenge that will take me through until FM23 is released and after much thought and consideration the San Marino Challenge is the one I kept coming back to after having previously attempted the British Steel (FM13) and Pentagon (FM12) challenges. Aim of the Challenge: Win the World Cup with San Marino. As above the aim of the save is simple (in that there's only 1 goal to achieve) but its a big one win San Marino ranked 209th in the world with such football luminaries as US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands ahead of us. As of the start of the game San Marino are on a streak of 112 games without a win so there's certainly no way that we're gonna brute force a win let alone winning a world cup. Carrying on as we are with San Marino isn't going to work and brute force isn't going to work so we're gonna be using option 3 - Growth. Grass Roots to Global Megastars To achieve the dream of taking San Marino, a nation with a population of only 33,500 (half the size of Shrewsbury), I'm going to be working double time and managing Victor San Marino as well as the San Marino National Team. Victor San Marino Victor San Marino are a Sammarinese based team that are currently playing in the Eccellenza which is the 5th tier of Italian Football and so this allows me to raise the club through the Italian leagues whilst also enabling me to bring Sammarinese Youngsters in through the Youth Team. This in turn should allow me to improve the nation team as the save progresses and you never know if I'm really lucky and the FM Gods smiles upon me I may get some World Class Sammarinese players before this save is over. I've already made a start on the save and am currently working through pre season but with only around £14 left in my weekly wage budget and no transfer budget I'm pretty sure that my transfer business is done. I've also looked at the Season Preview for the league and we're 10-11 favourites to win the league so looking for a nice first season promotion to get the ball rolling on the save. Transfers Tomassini comes in to challenge for a starting spot on the right wing, to be honest I'm not sure what is considered "Good" when it comes to the attributes numbers at this level but Tomassini looks good and I'm looking forward to seeing how he does. Le Selva comes in as our 2nd best striker but again he's got some good looking attributes so he should provide us goals throughout the season. Faetanini is one for the future, he will be joining in 2 years time but at 16 he looks good enough to get games as it is and he's Sammarinese so he was a no brainer. Bianchi is in the same boat as Faetanini, joining in 2 years but young, good attributes and Sammarinese so again another no brainer. Best Player Santoni is by far the best player at the club, he's currently rated at 4 1/2 star with a potential ability of 5 star so hopefully he;s gonna help guide us this season. These are the tactics I'll be using this season, there's not a lot of instructions on either tactic as I don't really know what to expect with the players having attributes to low. San Marino As for San Marino, they're still San Marino so for now I'll just be playing games as they come and posting the results after each international break. I'll make the San Marino updates more detailed once I start getting youth intakes. Let's Go!! Well that's about it for now all that's left is to get the save going!

Cheers fella! Which attributes am I copying and to which page of the spreadsheet am I copying it to?

Hey @shaunvamosgreat career, been really enjoying reading through it (will admit it took me until your second season in Portugal to realise you were starting each league fresh after completing one, was trying to figure out why Haaland was still doing so well) Anyways I’m looking at starting a San Marino Challenge save and was looking at Moneyballing the first part of it and was wondering how do you use the Spreadsheet to find players? (quick note, as of writing I haven’t downloaded the spreadsheet yet so if it’s a vary basic open and look then that would be why I sound so dense 😂)

Hmm I’ve checked the XG for my team for the season and I’m apparently above average for the league so I may just be overestimating my team as they did so well the previous season…..I’ll monitor it all and ask again if an issue arises. Can a mod close this thread so it’s not clogging up the forum

Hey all, Basically as the title suggests my tactic has suddenly “stopped working”, now I’m not here to complain about this as but the title suggests the tactic is still working. To clarify the issue of the tactic suddenly not working comes down to my team unable to convert chances rather than anything else so what I want to know is, is this an issue that will resolve itself or do I need to change parts of the tactic to resolve it? * I will put up a screenshot of my tactic in a short while but it’s a 4-1-2-1-2 narrow diamond.

Ah that’s ok then I don’t need to worry to much then. Just need the stadium due to needing the match day revenue. Current stadium is around 16000 and I’m filling it every game. New stadium is gonna be 28000 which increases my revenue greatly

Hey all, Its been a long time since I’ve been at a club when they start building a new stadium but in my 1860 Munich save the board said they were going to build an new one just before the start of my second season in the Bundesliga. Im now about 2 months into my 3rd season in the Bundesliga and it still says that they’re looking for a development site. I was just wondering how long does that usually take? Just so I can prepare myself for if it’s going to fail to find anywhere

Ah yep I meant to change that. Just changed it over now so the BBM is on the right and the CMa is on the left

Right @Johnny Ace I took your advice and went to a diamond midfield. I’ve only used it in 2 matches but beat Freiburg 5-1 and then played Leicester in Europa League (only the second European match of the save) and won 2-1. Ive posted the tactic but what’s not shown is that both strikers and both the CMs are set to run wide with the ball to stretch teams and make space

Yeah the CM is in attack and the Right FB is normally on attack but I changed him to support for a game against Bayern Munich in the league

Well some of the duties were chosen as they play to my best players best roles and duties. I do have a few other options for striker but Buik does have the attributes for it. Im playing high lines as I want to be in the front foot but I’m pressing less as my team don’t have the best work rate attribute, which is why I’m regrouping when I lose the ball. Might look at taking off the counter when I’ve won the ball back. I must say that Ive nearly finished the season so this is more of a system I’m building for the long term, I will be looking at getting a player that’s more capable of being a defensive anchor in the midfield

Hey everyone I’m currently running an asymmetrical 4–2-3-1 purely due to having nobody that really plays well in the right AM strata and it was working pretty well but we were conceding a few too many goals. I was thinking about changing to the 4-3-2-1 as shown in the picture with a Mezzala to compliment the IW and then using a Carrilaro to cover the Right FB. Is this something that would work or is the right side just too open? Oh the 4-2-3-1 was pretty mu identical except the Mezzala was pushed up as an AMa in the AMCR strata Any and all help is appreciated