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Well that was quick. But not undeserved.
Sacked 14 games into the season. All losses. 3 goals scored, 67 conceded. We also got dumped out of the cup by a lower league team.
The non contract players refused to sign a contract with us and left for other teams. We were playing with a squad of 7 players. Missing a keeper, central defender, central midfielder and striker.
To top it off we had two players on long term injuries and two missing games with International duty. Burundi and Spain U19s.
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There are already two transfers confirmed when I got here that I can't cancel.
Can I use them, or do I need to get rid of them and not play them?
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Ok, time for another go. Meet the new manager of Geel in the Belgian First Amateur division
We have a squad of nine players. Things could be rough until the first youth intake.
The good news is that the facilities are at a pretty good starting point for a team of this level and for this challenge.
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2024 Nassjö FF season review - Swedish Second Division North Götaland
Back in the second division and we really struggled. We escaped the drop zone with three games to go, but unfortunately lost all three and got relegated.
This of course got me sacked!
The sad irony is that this happened just as the youth looked like they were starting to get somewhere
Time to look for another victim.........
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2023 Nassjö FF season review - Swedish First Division South
Bottom of the table and relegated. This was to be expected, so I gave a few of the promising youth players a lot of playing time to try to develop them.
Our performances were not as bad as the table suggests as we had several winning games turned into draws and draws into losses by conceding late goals.
Veteran Dan Danneman was once more the player of the season and top scorer with 9 goals.
The youth intake was more promising than the past two seasons, with Oskar Strandsater YP23a being the pick of the bunch.
We had our first international call up, with Engin Yilmaz YP23e making two appearances in the Turkish U21 team. He got sent off in his second appearance, so will have to wait a bit longer for his third.
We are involved in U19 and reserve leagues and have a full set of coaches for each team. Despite these playing opportunities, the youth are not developing at all.
I suspect once the original players leave the team we will really struggle even in the second division.
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2022 Nassjo FF season review - Swedish Second Division West Götaland
The move from North Götaland to West Götaland was beneficial to us. This league seemed a lot lower level, despite being at the same tier on the football pyramid.
The season was really exciting, with the top 7 team swapping places every round throughout the season. Onsala BK was top of the league with 3 rounds to go and finished 6th.
We managed to take a major leap forward by gaining our first silverware in Sweden and promotion to the First Division (third tier) in the closest race I've had in a long time.
August Sander was top scorer once more with 19 goals. Veteran Dan Danneman also made a valuable contribution of 16 goals.
Youngster Tim Karlsson had a great season in midfield and may be a player to stay with the club for a while.
The youth intake was quite poor again, but Thomas Bergmark YP22a stood out as someone who may have a bright future.
Off field I managed to complete a coaching course and the junior coaching budget is being increased.
We improved most of the backroom staff, with experienced Swedish international Andreas Isaksson joining as a goalkeeping coach. Unfortunately it looks like he won't sign an extension.
The players and staff have only signed one year contracts so far. But with promotion, it looks like some will sign two season deals.
Money is tight. Only 64k pounds in the bank. Hopefully a season in the 3rd tier will help us fund some upgrades.
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52 minutes ago, Swindon69 said:
Phew - my board has just suggested one and I accepted, I have ensured I have control over all transfers. It did knock a big hole in my finances as they're going to build there own stadium.
It's a great place for your youth to gain some experience.
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2021 Nassjo FF season review - Swedish Second Division North Gotaland
We started well, then had a poor run of results that dragged us into the relegation battle. It was tight for a while, but we pulled through with a win on the final day that we didn't actually need and survived.
We must be a border team, as we've been moved to the West Gotaland league for 2022.
August Sander was my player of the season and joint top scorer with 10 goals.
Alexander Goransson YP21a was the best of a poor youth intake.
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Back to Europe. Now with Nassjo FF in Sweden.
There are 17 players, but all of them are on amateur contracts. My task now is to try to get enough of them to sign part time contracts at this semi-pro club.
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It's happened again.
Bottom of the league and relegated
Discipline was the problem. 63 yellow cards and 12 red cards in 20 games. We had too many players suspended and too many games playing a man or two down.
Nahuel Rodriguez YP21a was the worst culprit. 5 yellows and 6 reds in 13 games. He missed the other 7 games due to suspension.
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Fantastic. The reset date is 1st Jan, a youth intake came through on 28th Jan, and first competitive game kicks off on 27th Feb.
Good timing for reinforcements.
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Time for something a bit different. Meet the new manager of Bella Vista in Uruguay.
The club are a bit of a fallen giant in Uruguayan football. They have a long history, being founded in 1920 and won the Primera division in 1990.
For some reason they were relegated from the top flight directly to the third flight in 2013, but I haven't found out why. Now they've come up to the second division and I've taken on the challenge of leading them back to glory.
They start with only 10 players. Friday Mushili of Zambia provides some international flavour. The first job will be to try to get those non-contracted players to sign real contracts.
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The youth intake came in quite late in Portugal. 4th April.
It looked pretty good for EA Braganca.
Just a shame I got sacked the same day, just as relegation was confirmed with 5 games to go.
On to the next victim I guess......
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55 minutes ago, OlivierL said:
amazing 50 seasons ! when did u start ?
Started on Dec 2nd 2019. But took a few breaks from it.
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2 hours ago, Fastbasher said:
The good news is that all eleven players make the starting lineup in the first season
Oh no they won't.
We need a minimum of 12 homegrown players in the matchday squad. Currently only 1 is considered homegrown, which means I can take 7 into each squad and 4 will need to sit out for 'greys' to take their place.
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Time to take a team down in Portugal.
Meet the new manager of EA Braganca
I was inspired by @XaW's attempt in December. The players all come from Cape Verde. I like the thought of my club team also being the Cape Verde national team and may even do it as a double challenge, a bit like the San Marino challenge, once this ends.
I've also made the manager Cape Verdean to fit with the club theme.
Xaw was missing defenders. We are stacked with defenders and wingers, but missing a striker and central mids.
The good news is that all eleven players make the starting lineup in the first season. Looks like a 5-5-0 formation with wing play.
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1 hour ago, Fastbasher said:
After the final game, the board gave me an ultimatum of 11pts in our next 5 games to save my job. I'm assuming that carries over to next season.
Yes it does.
3 wins and a draw needed from the next four games with Marseille as the final game.
But that doesn't matter......
SACKED after a 2-6 loss and only 50 seasons in charge.
During this time we won one French National title, two League 2 titles, a Ligue 1 title, a French Cup, three Euro Cups, a Trophee des Champions and a European Super Cup.
I also won French Manager of the year four times.
It was a great ride, but we came up short on the ultimate goal.
Seven staff members left after my sacking and are keen to continue working with me. But I think it's time for this manager to retire.
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2069/70 Annecy FC season review - French Ligue 1
We started poorly, hit a rough patch in the middle and tailed off towards the end. This season was one to forget. We limped through to a 14th place finish with poor runs interspersed by a few great comebacks.
Lyon won their 6th straight title, again with 100pts to go along with the French Cup title, Euro Super Cup, Tropee de Champions and a Champions Cup runner up place.
After the final game, the board gave me an ultimatum of 11pts in our next 5 games to save my job. I'm assuming that carries over to next season.
Europe
We finished 3rd in our Champions Cup group. Ahead of Copenhagen, but well behind Liverpool and Barcelona. The final was another all French affair where LOSC pulled off an upset win over Lyon.
Into the Euro Cup, we scored easy wins over Ghent and Shaktar before losing to PSG in the Quarterfinal. PSG went on to win.
Continued dominance by the French teams in Europe.
Alain Sabatier won a second World Player of the Year award. This was a bit strange considering he played for a team that finish 14th in the league, 3rd in their Champions Cup group and got knocked out of the French Cup by a Ligue 2 side.
At the end of the season Manchester United offered 120m pounds for him. I stuck to my word of accepting a bid over 110m pounds and he has now left us to continue his ambition to win a Champions Cup. He finished with 302 goals from 461 games.
At least the wage bill is significantly reduced and Matthieu Riou will get a chance in the first team.
Gabay Callamand YP50a is retiring. He played 888 games for as either as a DM, or filling in the vulnerable central defence position. He was on the fringes of the French national team at his peak and managed to win 20 caps for his country.
The youth intake was poor again, but Hicham Chihab YP70c is the latest candidate I will attempt to retrain as a central defender.
Next season looks like a struggle. We were already struggling this season and have lost two of our best players in Sabatier and Callamand. The bookies have us down for a 10th place finish, but I'll be happy to give experience to some youth players and avoid a relegation battle.
The youth coming through over the last few seasons do not look good enough to replace the players who left and the 30-32yr olds who will be on the decline soon.
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25 minutes ago, OlivierL said:
@XaW that Thomson lad is great. I would extend the hoyd's contract for ten years
And at 50 pound a week wages, is exceptional value. A high % sell on clause is essential on him.
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I'm starting to like these late comebacks. Especially when a player down and being completely outplayed on the pitch.
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9 minutes ago, Fastbasher said:
Again, after a great season, a poor start. How can it be such a big contrast with the same players and system?
And why is it that complaining about it here breaks the trend?
In style too. A 93rd min equaliser and a 95th min winner to complete a hattrick.
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Again, after a great season, a poor start. How can it be such a big contrast with the same players and system?
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2068/69 Annecy FC season review - French Ligue 1
Lyon blew everyone away, amassing an amazing 100 points.
We had a good season, at one point looking like achieving a very safe 3rd spot, but contrived to once more drop one place on the final day. At least it's still a Champions Cup spot.
After a very easy group stage, winning all 6 games, scoring 22, conceding only 1, it looked like we were going to dominate the Euro Cup once more.
Fellow French team, Metz, put up resistance in the semi final, but we made it through to our 4th final. This time against Chelsea.
After being ahead 1-0, then 2-1, Chelsea eventually scored an 80th minute equaliser to take it to extra time. After a very cagey half hour, they scored a winner in the 120th minute to give us our first Euro Cup runners up medals.
The Champions League was an all French affair, with Lyon beating Marseille in the final.
Alain Sabatier broke the club season scoring record with an incredible 54 goals from 53 games. As well as all the trophies he won last season, he also picked up the Golden Ball, World POTY and won the European Championship with France.
Matthieu Riou YP66a had a breakout season after spending three seasons on loan at SAS Espinal. To start the season, he won the European U19 championship with France and finished it off by winning the U20 World Cup. He won the U20 WC golden shoe by scoring 6 goals in 7 games, including two in the final 4-1 win over Germany.
I'd like to give him a chance in the first team, but it still looks like he'd be 4th choice striker.
Virgile Pochat YP67e was out on loan at our feeder club, Niort. He was a first team regular and won the French National breakout player award. Hopefully a sign of potential, but they did finish bottom of the table and got relegated to the 4th tier.
With all the retirements last season, we effectively played the season with a squad of 14 players. No one is retiring in this off season, so we have the chance to add depth. Unfortunately there are no promising players coming through where we need help the most. Central defence. We will once more be playing with a makeshift backline. I'm wondering if a change of HOYD could bring us a decent defender.
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1 hour ago, libbyshuss said:2 hours ago, XaW said:
Do you ever have a player that is really not your best one, but the team just plays so much worse when he is not playing? I have one of those in Rob McAllister.
Is it because he's a team leader? I've found my team leaders seem to have way more impact at those lower league levels, they seem to pull all the younger players up to their level somewhat. I always play with at least one in the side.
Yes. I have an attacking midfielder that looks like he should struggle in Ligue 1. But for some reason, when he plays, our results are better.
I only noticed this at times when I had to play him due to injuries/suspensions, expecting a loss, but pleasantly surprised. He consistently over performs.
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[FM22] The Cape Verdean Challenge
in Challenges, Sign-Ups & Experiments
Posted · Edited by Fastbasher
I've been plodding through this on FM20. Partly because I like quirky saves and partly so I'd have a team to cheer for in AFCON.
Anyway, something weird happened and I was wondering if any of you had a similar experience.
We qualified for the Olympics and were handed a the softest of the three groups. Remember you name an 18 man squad and only 3 players can be older than 23 for this competition.
Lost 1-4 to Spain then won 5-0 against Trinidad and Tobago.
We only needed a draw against Saudi Arabia to qualify for the quarter finals. Then two of our U23 centrebacks retired right in the middle of the Olympics. I was unable to call up a replacement and had to go with a 16 man squad and only 1 CB.
Surely they could wait until their Olympics were over before dropping out of football entirely.
For the record, we beat Saudi Arabia 2-1, then lost 1-3 to Belgium in the QF.