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Episode 105 - End of 2030 Norwegian Season | 13th December 2030 "End of Season - Team Meeting" -- -- -- --

Episode 105 - End of 2030 Norwegian Season | 13th December 2030 "Dynamics" -- Edvin Austbø came to see me because he was unhappy with his playing time. I was a bit surprised because he's featured in 31 matches this season albeit that he's only started 17 of them. But then when I thought about it, since we signed Lasse Nordås in August, Edvin has only had occasional starts with Lasse and Preslav Borukov being my main strike partnership. Preslav is 30 now and takes up a non-home grown registration slot so if 25 year old Edvin could step-up that would be good all round, especially as Preslav is happy being a squad player. I promised Edvin that I'd give him more playing time but that he had to prove he was worth it when he played. I gave Edvin a start against Celtic and he put in a 7.4 performance and scored a goal. It's up to him to put in consistent performances now. --

Episode 105 - End of 2030 Norwegian Season | 13th December 2030 "Supporter Confidence" --

Episode 105 - End of 2030 Norwegian Season | 13th December 2030 "Viking - Club Vision" -- I was very happy to attend the meeting where Jarle Bech-Eriksen talked me through the Board's expectations. Very interesting that the Board now want me to sign players under the age of 23 for the first team... ... rather than developing players using the club's youth system. Everything else was as I expected so I was happy to agree to the Club Vision. -- I did make two requests to improve training facilities (which they agreed to)... ... and to improve Youth Facilities (which they rejected). -- Agree Club Vision

Episode 105 - End of 2030 Norwegian Season | 13th December 2030 "Viking First Team Squad" -- Appearances -- Reports -- Players Out On Loan

Episode 105 - End of 2030 Norwegian Season | 13th December 2030 "End Of Season Review" --

It's not something I would normally do either, @Hootieleece and @BML but in European Competition I get to name 12 players so a matchday squad of 23 from 25 registered players. I don't have many U21 players who meet the "two years at club" criteria and I don't have any goalkeepers so for the UEFA Champions League game against Bologna, it was a case of name (orange) injured Magnus Rugland Ree on the bench or go with no goalkeeper on the bench at all. Now that I know I'm contracted to be at Viking for another four seasons, the development path for Academy players is something I need to pay more attention to.

Wednesday 11th December 2030 Viking (Norway) v Celtic (Scotland) UEFA Champions League -- -- -- I couldn't have asked for more today. At the end of a long, hard season, it was brilliant to see the players perform so well. Against a good Celtic team, to be 2-0 up after 22 minutes, and 3-0 up after half an hour, was beyond our wildest dreams. We scored some good goals but David Møller Wolfe's was the pick of the bunch. Edvin Austbø has been in my ear lately wanting more playing time so it was good to see him score today after I gave him a start. We started the match with one back-four, and finished it with a completely changed back-four, whilst still keeping a clean sheet so that was very satisfying. It was good to be able to give young players Eivind Helland, Brage Kvithyld and Steinar Braathen playing time today. --

Preview -- Celtic at home in the UEFA Champions League is going to be another difficult test for us before a short break for Christmas and then we face Barcelona away and Napoli at home in January. Absolutely. I wouldn't have signed a new four-year contract otherwise. We're trying to do our transfer business early if we can. We already have two players who've agreed to join us in January, one on a free transfer and one with a nominal fee. There's two players, including Aleksander Liland, where we've agreed a transfer fee with the club and verbally agreed personal terms with the player and agent, and there's another player where we've made a bid. All the others are under the public radar so I don't think the leak on Aleksandar Liland is from the Viking end. Jakob Napoleon Romsaas is still out with a hamstring problem but everybody else is healthy although a couple of players are still getting themselves back to full match fitness. -- Expected Line-up

Episode 105 - End of 2030 Norwegian Season | 10th December 2030 "Årets Eliteserien Awards" -- Årets Trener -- Årets Spiller

Thanks, @BML. That makes sense.

No, absolutely not @warlock No offence to Hønefoss, but I went to the Eliteserien / OBOS-ligaen Playoff Final to cheer on Tromsø. When Timmy Simons took over as Tromsø manager in May of this year, they were rock bottom and looked dead and buried after drawing two and losing six of their opening eight Eliteserien fixtures so Timmy has done very well well to turn their fortunes and finish as high as 14th. I didn't think they deserved to get relegated. As for the Cupen Final between Bodø/Glimt and Sogndal... well I'm in a privileged position and I like to watch the Final. -- I have about 1,160 players on my shortlist and you know what FM is like with its media reports.

Sunday 8th December 2030 Bodø/Glimt (Tier 1) v Sogndal (Tier 1) Norgesmesterskapet i fotball (Cupen) Final Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo -- -- -- --

Saturday 7th December 2030 Hønefoss (3rd OBOS-ligaen) v Tromsø (14th Eliteserien) Eliteserien / OBOS-ligaen Playoff Final Aspmyra, Bodø -- Eliteserien League Table OBOS-ligaen League Table -- -- Final Eliteserien League Table --

Well I didn't know that... been playing FM for a very long, long, long time and I never knew that. Found it... Many thanks, @Hootieleece.

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Headline: GUERNSEY FORTUNATE TO BEAT LEEDS Don't you just love headlines and games like that? Not so good for the nerves but very satisfying when the referee blows the final whistle. Mathematically no, not yet... but I'd say Guernsey are safe. Normally anything over a point-per-game gap in a relegation battle is enough for safety. Teams are in a relegation scrap for a reason and the bottom two, bottom three really look as good as down to me. -- Will you be back home on the island next season, @Punch?

We were one point short of 70 this season. I’ll check when I next launch FM how many points the winners got in the previous seasons.

Nope, I didn’t. How do I do that, @Hootieleece?

It certainly was, @cerud Thank you.

Monday 1st December 2030 Until Next Time... ... when we have just one fixture, home to Celtic in the UEFA Champions League. -- December's Fixtures -- Thoughts, comments, general feedback appreciated. Any questions, just ask and I'll answer them if I can. Thank you for reading and following. Until next time...

Episode 104 - Eliteserien Title Retained | 1st December 2030 "Monthly Review" -- Results -- Board Confidence -- Supporter Confidence -- Finances -- Dynamics

Episode 104 - Eliteserien Title Retained | 1st December 2030 "Viking First Team Squad" -- Appearances -- Reports -- Players Loaned Out

Wednesday 27th November 2030 Viking (Norway) v Bologna (Italy) UEFA Champions League -- -- -- Defensively we were at our very best and Jasper Torkildsen didn't have a shot to save all game. But, at the other end, we were wasteful and didn't test their goalkeeper enough. Patience paid off though in the end. We got a late penalty which Lasse Nordås calmly slotted away to secure three points. --

Preview -- -- We need to make sure we don't have a hangover from the euphoria of winning Eliteserien. Goalkeeper troubles are the story of the day. Our #1 Jasper Torkildsen is fine. But our other two registered goalkeepers are both injured, Julian Faye Lund is unwell and Magnus Rugland Ree is recovering from a fractured arm. According to the rules, as I understood them, we should be able to include an unregistered goalkeeper if two registered goalkeepers are injured... ...but we couldn't so Magnus Rugland Ree will be on the bench. -- Expected Line-up