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Rutkowski is the emerging talent this season, he could really become something. Just like Salewski he came through Lech Poznan's academy. Let's hope we can bring through some of our own soon!

2023/24 Mid-Season Update Ekstraklasa We maintained our unbeaten league campaign until the end of 2023, also going on an impressive streak of eight clean sheets in the process. Unlike last season where we were trailing at the midpoint, we find ourselves with a healthy 12 point lead over Legia. Puchar Polski Unfortunately not everything is rosy. We failed to beat a 3rd tier side in the cup and therefore had a shock early exit! Champions League Less shocking was our exit in the Champions League group stages. We had an excellent start by beating Sporting at home, but failed to get any points against Liverpool or Bayern and we were narrowly defeated in Lisbon. The shock was Liverpool dropping to the Europa League! Player Stats Plenty of minutes shared across the squad. Great news came in the form of Trelowski and Starzynski signing new long-term contracts despite many clubs across Europe wanting a piece of them. We've got three strikers on double goals for the season already. Now with just the Ekstraklasa to focus on, we could be on for an unbeaten season providing no silly slip ups!

Our first full international, hopefully the first of many!!!!

10,000-1 - just the 2nd and 3rd favourites in our group....

1st September 2023 Update Transfers As per the previous season we were very busy in the summer. In our winter window we signed no one but moved on a couple of squad players, plus a few leaving meant we had a squad to build. Naturally a lot of young players were signed, but also a couple of more experience players too. The first three in were signings after a successful loan period so don't really count as new signings, nor do a few players signed to bolster the youth team with a bit of potential. Key Signings Mosor came in on loan last season with the aim of being the main back up centre back but ended up becoming a regular starter. He cost us £675k as per a loan agreement but I think he's worth that already and could improve to even become International level. We were lacking a bit of leadership so Sapala has been signed as our captain. He's got all the right attributes to play as a box-to-box type player from defensive midfield. We lacked a natural left back last season so we've splashed out on Pestka who is very solid all round. Main Prospects Rutkowski was our most expensive signing (of course the spend was spread out as per normal) which is a bit of a risk considering he was yet to play an Ekstraklasa game. But he could really excel in our system. He's quick and good in the air, technically half decent and isn't afraid to put the work in. He lacks in finishing and composure, but if that develops he could be a key striker in the future and will act as a rotation striker for now. Iskra has already shown his excellent adaptability by getting from 0% to accomplished at MR in just a couple of months. He's a technically gifted player and he's already good enough to rotate into the first team. Jakolcewicz wasn't even signed to be competing in the first team yet, but a couple of injuries have thrusted him into the side and he's done well. I like a determined, hard-working winger so he will continue to get opportunities to flourish. Champions League Qualifying Bar nearly messing up a three goal home victory with a loss in Kazakhstan, we made light work of qualifying for the Champions League. An excellent achievement, especially considering our big wins against Maribor, Galatasaray and Red Star. A substantial amount of money added to the club coffers, though we've been drawn in an exceptionally tough group. Bayern and Liverpool are pretty much write offs while getting anything from Sporting will be a tough task and our only hope of extending European Football into the new year. Domestic Competitions A 100% record domestically including thrashing Lech Poznan in the Superpuchar. We've got better squad depth now and it's showing compared to last season. Squad Overview A 25 man first team squad should give us enough to compete in all competitions across the season. Starzynski and Trelowski have had bid after bit for them in this off season, it will be tough to keep hold of them.

Cheers! At the moment it's at £1.5m and no one's interested yet. If I go to offer a new contract then it could be bumped to £2.4m but holding off for a chance for it to go higher or better still to convince him to sack his agent

This upgrade will mean that we will be able to play our European home games in our own stadium rather than in Rzeszow over an hour away.

2022/23 Season Review Ekstraklasa It was an exciting league campaign which went right down to the wire. We managed to retain the title on goal difference despite losing at home to Legia near the end of the season. Domestic Cups We won our first trophy of the season by winning the Superpuchar and came close to another final if it weren't for a extra-time added-time loss against Gdansk in the Puchar semis. European Campaign A few disappointing moments - losing to Servette despite being 2 up after first leg and our terrible start to the Europa League group - but overall we should be happy with our progress considering we knocked out Besiktas en route to the Europa Conference League Quarter-Final. Player Stats A lot more rotation that the previous season required which stretched our limits, but also allowed our young squad players to get a decent amount of game time. Key Players Academy-grown Bajorek became our main goalscoring threat up top this season and did very well. He's well rounded, though doesn't excel in any areas. Still has some room to improve. League top scorer and voted best player. Claiming the league's young player of the season, Starzynski is a class act already and I think he could become a star for club and country with the right development. Piszczek came in to be Zawada's understudy, but usurped him. Zawada is off to Ulsan Hyundai on a free in the summer so we will be on the lookout for more competition up top. Salewski is the man everyone has their eye on. Unfortunately he may be hard to keep as his agent keeps on sticking in low release clauses non-negotiable.

Yeah it's been a great start domestically

Yeah, I find they're usually quite enough to push down though. In previous FMs I've had players on £300 a week because their old club is paying them a hefty salary. FM22 only allows the old club to pay 50%.

It's taken into account, so the player wants 28k plus the 15k from his previous club.

We did it

Legia draw while we win, putting us top of the league on H2H / Goal Difference. We face our fierce rivals at home, who are already relegated!

Oh FFS!!!!!!

We climb above Legia as they lose their second in row. Next up, Legia at home!

No cup final for us this season!

That's the kind of results we want!

The focus now switches fully to domestic affairs. We're 5 points behind Legia, but get to face them at home and have an easier run in. Can we catch them?

Our European campaign comes to an end at the hands of Napoli. Good effort though!

Salewski is in the Top 50 wonderkids, one of only three regens to make the list so far!

A much better youth intake this season, Skrzypczak the leading prospect in a 'golden generation' He hasn't really got the pace to play out wide so he will be re-trained as DM.

We've made some nice progress in Europe, making it to the quarter finals of the Conference League. We thumped Maccabi Tel-Aviv, then came out on top after penalties in a thriller against Besiktas. We face Napoli in the quarter final which is about as tough as it gets.

Qatar 2022 World Cup Break Europa League We managed to come back from a woeful start in the group by losing to all three opponents, albeit only by one goal and we really should have got a result or two. By finishing 3rd we qualify for the Europa Conference League 1st Knockout. Domestic Competitions We may have drawn a lot of league games but at least we have had a nice domestic unbeaten run. Ekstraklasa Table It's a very tight, competitive league, especially with Legia starting much better than last season. We're the only side to beat them so far. 4th and 3 points off the top gives us a good chance of retaining the title going into the second half of the season. Player Stats A lot of rotation except our keeper who has only missed the two cup games.

Yeah he is a real prospect for Poland and already an Ekstraklasa star!

Record broken twice by us