noobish abbz

Last one for this season. We are already Spanish Super Cup Champions, Spanish Cup Champions and La Liga Champions(first time in 19 years) this season, and we've gone and added a Europa League to our collection. Man of the match was our 18 year old Model Citizen WB (who I paid £80m for) Average age of the squad is still 22 so in 3-4 years time, this squad could be absolutely ridiculous. I'm sure plenty players will be poached but I can but hope!

There was a chance that we could have gone to the Bernabeu and won the league against our City rivals, but instead, they dropped more points picking up something like 5 points out of 18 and as a result, Atletico are champions. The first time since 2020/21 and in my 3rd season. The first season was the one where we lost the league in stoppage time. Our next match is away at Real Madrid, so they will be giving us a Guard of Honour as Campeones Another mention of my average squad age of 22!!

Sorry ladies and gentlemen; you're getting another one! Real Madrid are in crisis and have picked up just 6 points out of their last possible 18! Conversely we have been steaming towards the end of the season and have won 15 of our last 16 league games. The other was a draw. We're gonna end a 19 year wait for Atletico(2038/39 season now), having come so close in my 2 other full seasons at the club. In Europe, I made a big boo-boo with my starting XI against Roma away and we lost 3-0. I didn't feel like the tie was over as we're pretty decent at home. Despite going 1-0 down, when we went 2-1 up I thought "this is still on." Then we conceded straight after half-time to make it 2-2 on the night and 5-2 on aggregate. I was a little dejected and made some changes. Anyway, Stamatovic who came on as a sub with 27 minutes left scored twice, we went all the way to 5-2 on the night (5-5 on aggregate, no away goals rule) and then what happens but we're awarded a penalty in the 90th minute. Stamatovic put it away and we go through 6-2 on the night, 6-5 on aggregate to the Europa semi-final(Will play Real San Sebastian in the Semi then either Newcastle or Inter in the final if we get there). Our next match is the Spanish Cup final against Villareal who we have dominated this season (3.45 -0.00 xG last match) and we're comfortable with the league. I'll say it again, average age of 22, and I'll be looking to move on our 31 year old keeper at the end of the season.

So, we're approaching the end of our next season and the Barca team I expected to drop off has done. our 1 loss was against Bilbao who dominated us on the day; we've won the Super Cup, we're 1-0 up on aggregate after the 1st leg of the Spanish Cup semi final(against Vigo), and if we get to the final we play Villareal who we played in the league recently, and beat 3-0. They created 0.00 xG. We've beaten Barca twice, we've beaten Real when we played them and have them left to play once in the league. We've just lost against Spurs in the 2nd leg Europa knockout but went through 3-1 on aggregate, which ended the clubs longest ever unbeaten run. That win streak was the longest in club history; we're unbeaten at home in the league for over 3 years (last home loss was my 3rd in charge) which is also a club record. Europa League quarter finalists against Roma. All of that said, I think my favourite part is that while we've done all that, our Squad average age is 22. I personally think that is absolutely nuts. I said a few days ago to a mate I don't think I've ever had so much potential in a squad in all of my time playing Football Manager. I've posted a few at the bottom. Yenikaya I broke the bank for. (£80m, all in) Cesar Olvera I signed when he was 16 but had to wait 2 years for him to join (£5m) Kurt Ullitz will be my starting GK as of next season, which will allow me to sell my current GK who is now 31.

With us finishing 2nd in the league, this one kinda stings. Average age of my Main Starting XI was 24.3 years old. Barca's(beat us in the league with numerous 34+ players) 29.8 years

I'm 16 years into a Journeyman and have only just discovered this thread, unfortunately. Briefly, Apollon Smyrnis - Greece- 3 seasons BATE Borisov Belarus - 3.5 seasons Lausanne - Switzerland 2 seasons Union Berlin - 5(or 6) seasons Everton - England - 1.5 seasons(left before I was pushed) Atletico Madrid (Just finishing my second full season which is the point of this post. This first image shows the last day of the season(first full season) last time around. Yes... that's right. We lost the league when Levante equalised in the 90th minute. I obviously went all out for a goal and conceded a 2nd as conceding another made no difference. We were ahead of Barca on Head to Head so joint on points would've won us the league (regardless of GD) For anyone who would like to see the whole story, here's my gaming twitter(@NooBish_AbbZ). I literally have 2 followers and it's mainly around Football Manager with a bit of F1 Manager in there. This second image is this season as we have one game remaining. At the start of the year we made a few changes, bought in lots of potential and knew that this year was too early. Next season possibly, but certainly the year after we'll make a challenge of it. Turns out the kids did good and we have pushed Barca to a decent amount. However, look at this xG table. 25 goals extra Barca have scored, meaning an extra 18 points over their expectations. I've never seen a team over-perform so massively, and as it turns out, statistics wise, we could've won the league. This Barca team is old as hell. When we last played them they had a 19 year old, a 22 year old and a 27 year old. Everyone else was over 30 including a 37 year old DR, and a 35 year old Ansu Fati, plus a 33 year old Gavi or Pedri(whichever is older) Conversely, in our main starting XI, we have one player aged 31(Star player but probably going to look to offload his £500k per week wage), one aged 27, and the rest are 24 and under. If I can keep this team together, it's going to be a force in 2 years time. Next season we will challenge. The year after that I want the league. We also lost one game in 90 mins between 7th Jan and the end of the season. That being a 5-2 loss away at Borussia Monchengladbach in the Europa Semi-final. We dominated the home leg but only won 2-0, which was frustrating. So we've set a new Club unbeaten record and the final game of the season is playing at the moment. We're 2-0 up and if we win we set a new club league points record, yet it still isn't enough.

Thanks, I'll have a look!

Oh really? At Union or at OHL? I'm desperate to get to an Union game but I know the tickets are so difficult to get hold of. I went to a Leverkusen game a few years ago, which was brilliant. Also a Hoffenheim game which kinda sucked.

Managed to find another and signed for £2.1m (compensation) from OHL in Belgium. Training his strength at the minute.

Alright then, I found this guy in Slovakia for around £1.3m at the start of last season, and he went to £40-£60m overnight (lovely) I just don't know where to play him and in what role! I've tried him for a few matches as a DLF with a Poacher partner. I've also tried Shadow striker behind that Poacher. I just can't choose. Has a release clause of £57m. Found this guy in Brazil at 18 years old with a £14.25m release clause. Managed to scrape enough money together for it and again jumped to £50m overnight when he joined me. Has a release clause of £62m for clubs in Champions cup.

Hope this is the right place. What position and role would you play this guy in? My tactics are flexible as I'm not too settled on a formation at the moment. In my eyes he lacks a little bit of finishing to play ST(C) as a Poacher, and lacks a lot of passing and vision to play as an AM(C) in any role other than shadow striker. I just can't decide! Happily, I bought him for £1.1m at the start of last season and my Union team are very much mid-table at the moment.