RandomGuy.

This seems very much a you issue tbh. I've used mods on 10+ games on Steam in the past year and never once had the problems your describing. Go into Steam, go to workshop for game, press subscribe, wait for download to finish showing in Steam, play game with mods. I can only assume you've some setting that disable downloads in some way and there's a raft of them waiting for your approval then expiring.

This seems very much a you issue tbh. I've used mods on 10+ games on Steam in the past year and never once had the problems your describing. Go into Steam, go to workshop for game, press subscribe, wait for download to finish showing in Steam, play game with mods.

Summer budget was £90m and £110kp/w, so I won't be getting a couple of prime age stars. No Champions League + ridiculous wage bill + ridiculous transfer debt starting to hit. Probably another season of trying to cut the wage bill and sort the finances to fund an a better squad. Chilwell away for £40m plus a raft of ones who were out on loan like both Fofanas means we have some form of extra budget building. Wouldn't be massively upset if James, Caicedo and/or Fernandez moved on, could likely raise £150m+ and save a huge amount of wages on players who have never justified the expense. Got Moussa N'Diaye signing from Anderlecht for £3.5m and small wages to play back up LB with Chilwell away. Frimpong from Leverkusen ready to go if/when a Saudi Arabian side goes for James again. Multiple sides looking at Fernandez which would allow Paez to slot into things. As it stands my side is... But ideally I see... - James, Enzo, Caicedo and probably Jackson away - Sign Frimpong as a RB - Lavia becomes back up to Gallagher + Paez becomes back up to Almada - Angelo/Deivid go out on loan as regulars - Back up CB, hopefully high potential and English, signed to compete for RCB - Quality RW signed, ideally prime age and high quality - Potentially try and get Evan Ferguson if there's enough budget left Would leave us like this and with 0 budget, but this was a mess that was always going to take years to sort.

I'm sitting 6th with 3 games to go, no chance of the top 4 but not safe in Europe yet. Bournemouth won the Carabao Cup so 7th won't get Europe, and I went out of the Europa League to Fiorentina in the Quarters. Unsure if I'll get sacked if we don't make Europe tbh. Had been flying in December and looking like title challengers, decided not to do anything in January due to the insane transfer debt already at the club, but regret that a bit now. Got an injury crisis in February and the form just plummeted. Not sure what to do in the Summer. Add the more promising loaned out youths to the squad and hope the extra depth stops us dipping so bad, or gut the club completely and go big on proven players? I've already got ~15 players leaving the youth squads, whole place needs streamlined to me.

Honestly just thank you for it, its reignited my love for the game. Yeah.

Im enjoying it. Simmed a year then took charge of Chelsea. Season 1 Man City strolled the league and im into December of season 2 and theyve lost just twice. They signed Nico Williams from Bilbao and playing him. Arsenal and Liverpool are really strong too and are spending money. Liverpools main signing been Crisante. Players seem less moany, but the away game recovery seems harder. I travelled away to Qarabag and then a home game 3 days later and had to fully rotate due to it. Even Tel and Moukoko, who can be neglected by AI managers this year, are playing regularly and developing

Sounds like whoever sets the budgets is the problem on that front.

Used the "realism mod", skipped a year, then picked a team who'd sacked their manager. Chelsea had finished 7th so in i went. Absolutely gutted them as far as i could. Over £300m sold. Sanchez, Kepa, Cucurella, Maatsen, Badiashile, Thiago Silva, Chalobah, Sterling, Nkunku, Broja, Fofano, Lukaku, the ones i can remember from memory gone permanently, with Wesley Fofano loaned. Some moaned about no Champions League, some i didnt rate, and Nkunku wanted to go to Saudi. In came... Verbruggen (GK from Brighton), van Hecke (CB from Brighton), Hickey (FB from Brentford), Doyle (DM from Man City), Almada (AM from Atlanta), Dolberg (CF from Anderlecht) Wanted a more streamlined, younger squad, so Chelseas own youths had a pathway. Performances meant my initial line up has changed from my plans, but its fine. Mudryk a key man so far and top scorer. We sit 6th at the start of December. Id been using Lavia as a DLP in the DM position but he seemed to constantly drift away and even when i changed him to a DM he done the same. Doyle coming in and just sitting there has saved my season. Originally Almada was on the left and Enzo started at CM, but Mudryk came in and started scoring/assisting so i cant drop him. We also have Maurits Kjaergaard who'd been signed the previous season from RB Salzburg. He is 3rd choice behind Enzo and also 3rd choice behind Angelo. Hes been injured a fair bit so never really had a chance to show what he can do.

Scrap that, forgot Leeds were in League One with a 15pt deduction. First 3 signings? Andros Townsend, Harry Kane and Robert Lewandowski.

Yes, then i subscribed to TheMadScientists 07/08 database, and im hooked again. This was their last great year before the massive slump they, and Italian football in general really i guess, hit. Trying to build a younger squad while being able to enjoy using proper legends. Dida, Cafu, Maldini, Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf, Kaka, Inzaghi, Ronaldo all in the squad is beautiful. Managed to bring in two youth players called Gundongan and Reus for about £50k 😂 and Mikel Arteta was the big signing for the Summer.

For St Johnstone Sam McClelland should be on loan at Dundee United, although it went through in February which is maybe why its not in? David Keltjens contract is until 2025 too, not 2024. It was wrongly announced by the club at the time but later rectified.

Ive found its boring doing your own transfers, as such, as you end up just signing the same players constantly. I let my DOF negotiate deals and contracts, but i identify players solely by using who the scouts have found. Seems to bring different results in different saves, and often you cant find anyone suitable. I had to sign a 33yo CB in my latest save as no other free transfer players wanted to sign or were good enough, if i hadnt used that technique it would've been some wunderkid CB from Brazil. Think it helps narrow the gap between human managers and AI managers.

The high asking price AI clubs ask for isnt wrong, as such. It was put in because people complained that AI clubs would reject offers and just say "not for sale", these threads were filled with complaints it wasn't realistic as "every player has a price". A ridiculously high price just means them telling you they dont want to sell the player.

You tried to replicate when not using a downloadable tactic thats well known to break the game?

Dont do what makes it easy then? Why waste your money this way.