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January 2037: Regular Season Manager's Thoughts The team played well. Jester thinks the Two-Day Tournament for Match Fitness helped the team find its form. Yes the team lost to Eintracht Frankfurt and the Famalicao match was close due to the Over-the -top ball which remains an Achilles heel of our team, luckily most teams try to play through the press or give up and just defend and those matches usually end up with wins. Schedule Highlights The month of January started with the rescheduled Midseason Cup a Two-Day affair to build up match fitness after the Christmas Break. The backups were set to take on lower league Belgian team. The Backups strutted their stuff! That setup a final against Legia from Poland for the Starters. The starters played well and got their fitness up as well as winning some silverware! (Made Up Tournament) The Team then spent the week getting ready for the Eintracht Frankfurt Match. The starters were ready and raring to go......unfortunately the team fell to the Over-the Top ball from Frankfurt and lost the match. It was a close fought match but Direct play over our press is our achilles heel! And those Over-the-Top balls made this guy look good! So, after the disappointment against Frankfurt, it was on to the next match. The next match was held at Veltins Arena and was the Third Round of the DFB Pokal. The Backups were set to play with help from the starters off the bench if needed. Hansa Rostock was up for the match and their defense and Goalie were from another world even after going down to ten men, they only lost in penalties. Of Course Jester had confidence in his team. The team then had to make a trip to relegation threatened Stuttgart. The Starters put together a great performance dominating the match! Bergin the AMR-IF-S was the man in the match! After the Stuttgart match the First-Choice keeper comes down with the Flu and is sent home. The next match was a trip to the Netherlands for a match against Feyenoord. Jester decided to play the Starters in this match to possibly get a bye in the knockout rounds. The win allowed us to keep 5th place in the Europa League standings with much bigger clubs. Jordyn Bergin was the man of the match yet again! Someone wasn't happy with the loss.... The team then returned home to take on relegation threatened FC Augsburg. The Backups were set to start this match. more international jobs litter Jester's inbox and he repeatedly says NO! The match was the tale of a Super-Sub. JP Ndiaye came off the bench to score a Hatrick! Ndiaye made Jester look like a genius! The next match was against Famalicao and Jester expected the Starters to play. Kemal Ozcan is creating the Assists from another place on the field. the AML position instead of Striker when Bayer was in Bundesliga2. Jester decided to sign this player on a Bosman to be a backup DM for next season. The Over-the-Top ball was a problem, but the team won in the end. We secured the bye in the knockout round of the Europa League! Man of the Match yet again! We still have much to do the season isn't over yet! League Table Monthly Analysis Report Player of the Month Management Report Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

Just trade for him instead.

December 2036: Regular Season Manager's Thoughts It was a month full of frustration for Jester, his team was playing well but there were more draws and losses than wins. Jester thinks that the Midseason Xmas break is coming at a perfect time for Schalke04 to refresh and get ready for the second half of the campaign. It will be important to keep rotating and avoid injuries if possible if Schalke04 is to reclaim a European Place. Currently the team is in 7th place just outside of the European places. Schedule Highlights The month of December started with a visit from "Die Alt Dame" from the Capital. Schalke04 was heavily favored but Jester was uneasy for some reason before the match. Jester used the backups looking forward to the clash with BMG and that was a mistake. But Jester took his anger out on the players,,,,,anyway! Asked why he used so many players, He retorted have you seen the injured players list! The team then hosted BMG and the Starters returned to the lineup. Someone is salty..... Jester tried to defuse the situation. The Starters rest had been worth it for the dominant display led by JP Ndiaye! Two more goals for the "perfect" Pressing Forward-Attack for Jester Ball II. The BMG boss tried to say his team was better than us even though we dominated them! Another international opportunity declined because Jester has a job here! Even with all the poached players it looks like we have some promising players in the academy! Rogers is challenging Ozcan for the Starting AML position and at his low salary it was no brainer. The next match would see Malmo FF come to town in the Europa League. The Backups would play another match. Malmo gave us a tough fight with a defensive minded 5-2-1-2WB Formation that stifled our attack. We took our chances but couldn't convert because of their goalie. A Frustrated Jester lashed out after the match. Analytics show we should have won! After the disappointment midweek the team had to ready themselves for a trip to Leverkusen. Two equal teams fought hard and the end was stalemate. The important match was highlighted all over the tv in Germany! Complaints about VAR.....are never ending! Ozcan the starting AML will miss the match versus FC Bayern! Backup keeper heads home to Luxembourg early. The last match of the first half of the season will be against FC Bayern at Veltins Arena. Our Vice Captain signs on for the long haul. Jester was just being realistic. The match was highly anticipated and was considered the best of the week on German TV! The team battled hard, but an upset didn't happen. The reaon why the match was closer is that Jester didn't listen to the coaching staff and play more defensively. FC Bayern weren't expecting it. Jester wants to win the next one in Munich! Another International Job that Jester has NO interest in. The Royal Blue XMAS Cup against Ligue1 teams was cancelled so Jester created a replacement. A couple of lower-level Belgian Teams and Legia from Poland to give our players some match fitness before the resumption of the season. A highly rated youth player commits. League Table Seventh place at the halfway mark isn't bad for a team picked 15th! Monthly Analysis Report Player of the Month The backup RB has been showing his worth in Europe and the Bundesliga providing assists. Management Report Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

What a Final! Let's see this out. CP for the win!

This is what makes MLS so hard.....all the 3 match weeks with a small squad.

Impressive Stuff! Top Two for the Ballon d'Or! Looking for the Double then retire the save?

Also the Superdraft encourages "tanking" unless you get their picks in trade!

November 2036: Regular Season Manager's Thoughts It was another good month for Schalke04. Rotating the team with mostly backups playing in Europe and Starters in the Bundesliga is paying dividends with wins the Mainz match not withstanding. Of concern is the way that the team is spending money and in debt month after month. The real problem is the $3.6 million payment that the team needs to pay to service the loans it has out. Yes the building of a new stadium at this time will go down as a fantastic idea. Why is Bayern so dominant in the Bundesliga? They have 4 of the best players in the World including the current best player in the world. Schedule Highlights SV Werder were the first piece of business in the new month. Someone is jealous of how cheap our players are......We plan on making him eat those words! And did we ever! 6-0 thrashing using the Starters after the Backups won the cup match a few days earlier. Social Media was abuzz about the spectacular win! Our AML-A was on top of his game setting up his teammates! Starter goes down..... An up-and-coming Center back will miss his chance to impress playing for the first team due to injury. The next match was Valencia and Jester decided to half rotate the squad for this match. Valencia played a boring defensive 4-4-2 against us and was consistently offsides on their long passes. Schalke in good position to qualify for the playoffs but there are some really big teams in this competition, Chelsea and PSG! Herrlich our backup striker and expert corner taker has a great game! He has 15 heading skill. On the way back from Valencia the team stopped in Mainz for a match. Mainz was favored but Jester thought highly of Schalke04's chances. It was a tough match between two teams that didn't give an inch, but the Schalke04 defense had no answer to Chermiti's Hat-Trick! The undefeated streak ended and now the critics come out of the woodwork! Bayern has Four of the top ten players in the world no wonder they are near unbeatable in Bundesliga! This is the World's best player in 2036! The next match is a milestone hopefully the team disregards and does their Job! Relegation threatened SC Freiburg come to Veltins Arena to mark the occasion of Jester's 600th match as Manager! An easy victory for the home team. Freiburg was outclassed. Ndiaye strut his stuff and showed how good he is! Analytics prove it! The next match saw the team head to Turkey for the match. Jester was playing his backups again. It was a tough match from a supremely defensive 5-2-1-2WB that we broke down the defenses of. The team returned home from Turkey ready to head to Hoffenheim for a match. Hoffenheim's manager patronized us about overachievement and Jester took the high road while seething and hoping to make him eat his words! It ended up a tough battle with no winner......it was another late loss to blame on the injury riddled defense. Ndiaye proved again why he is the perfect Striker for Schalke04 and "Jester Ball" The last thing that happened was that Schalke sent out invitations for the Royal Blue Xmas Cup! League Table Monthly Analysis Report Player of the Month Management Report Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

The MLS structure makes it hard to create Dynasties. AI probably had cap issues with a lot of starters wanting raises at the end of their contracts.

Great Work with the winning streak!

Cappelli looks like a player to build a backline around. KUTGW! Great seeing the Manchester clubs in trouble.....not so much Liverpool though!

October 2036: Regular Season "Following the Unbeaten Path" Manager's Thoughts Even though the injury bug continues to bite us hard. We have been able to rotate the squad and win games. "Jester Ball's" Gegen press with possession style passing wins matches especially against Defensive minded teams. All of the matches were close and we won several as underdogs. Jester was happy to take seven of a possible nine points in League play. also important was our win in the DFB Pokal versus Werder that see us reach the third round for the first time under Jester. Could this be another of Jester's famous Cup runs starting? Schedule Highlights The month of October started and ended with the Backups playing in Cups. At the start of the month was a trip to Croatia to take on Dinamo. It was considered an even match, even so Jester was playing the Backups to show faith in them. We took an early lead and even though Dinamo fought hard to the end they still lost. Richard Rogers who came here as a Striker has become a force as an Inverted Winger as AML. Schalke04 had barely returned from Croatia and had to hit the road again this time a trip to Koln. This was a big match between to teams with aspirations of European place for next season. FC Koln was considered the Favorite could Jester's Boys pull off a "Smash and Grab"? Koln played defensively and were hard to break down but after some subs in the second half Schalke04 broke down the defenses and got the all-important win! The win moves Schalke04 into 4rth place in the Bundesliga! The injury bug hit again..... TV Highlights all over Germany! Schalke04 returned home from Koln to take on Wolfsburg at Veltins Arena. Wolfsburg was considered the favorite, but never bet against home underdogs if the odds are close! The Injury bug just won't leave us alone this season. We lose a key midfielder.....and none of those candidates will replace him instead Club Captain Brinkman will. We went to an early lead, they pinned us back and we kept playing and finally scored another late for the victory! Jester made sure to compliment Wolfsburg since they did play well in defeat. Schalke is way down the list of Bundesliga trained players. It doesn't help when so many youngsters are poached by our rivals. The team then had to travel to Hamburg for a match versus HSV. HSV were a capable team, and their recent losses were to top of the table clubs. We had our Talisman back Ndiaye, and he helped us singlehandedly get the draw! Our critics are not happy with our form..... Jester made sure to compliment Ndiaye on his performance coming back into the team. More highlights especially as the media builds a campaign against us..... The team then finished the month with a trip to Werder Bremen to play in the second Round of the DFB Pokal Werder were the favorites but could the Backups pull off a miracle? We were facing them twice in a week....both away and at home. It went to penalties but the backups won! The Werder manager was fuming at the loss! Jester was just happy with the win! So was the Assman who did the Press Conference! As a reward the team would play Hansa-Rostock in the next round at Veltins Arena. League Table Monthly Analysis Report Player of the Month Management Report Financial Report Looking Ahead Busy month ahead with the Bundesliga and Europa League matches around an International Break. to be continued:

I am still in shock about some of the trade shenanigans that you pull in the MLS.

September 2036: Regular Season Manager's Thoughts The team is playing well except for the fact that the team struggles against top teams from the Bundesliga. A loss to RB Leipzig and a draw to BVB keep some unwanted non-winning records going. The Backup players are showing they are capable by playing well in the Europa League. (Some of it is due to the teams are from leagues that aren't playable in the save). The rotation though has had a good effect on morale as all players are getting some playing time and with the ever-present injury bug some are getting league time that Jester wasn't expecting and performing well enough to challenge the starter. Schedule Highlights September started with Transfer Deadline Day. It was pretty quiet on the Schalke04 front. The players brought in were brought in early and there was no wild spending as the window closed. The club is now NOT spending the least on players! Is that a good thing? due to debt issues. The club did loan out a young International that was stuck in Schalke II. Jester is getting really tired of all these players being poached. The Club received some money for playing in the Europa League. The Europa League fixture list came out only Valencia, Feyenoord, and Famalicao are real threats the rest of the matches will be played by the backups. As the Bundesliga is still the main concern for Jester. A Board objective crossed off! always a good thing for a manager. Ndiaye our leading Goalscorer started getting restless and Jester was able to get him to extend for an extra year at a bit of a discount. Before this he was going to weigh his options at end of the contract. Another youth player poached! Jester is wondering if there will be ANY Youth candidates this year. Finally after the long International Break it was time to play football. The first match would see the team host RB Leipzig at Veltins Arena. RB Leipzig are undefeated and a top the Bundesliga. Can Schalke04 cause an upset? Schalke04 couldn't get a win but played a tough match that made the League Leaders look bad and was one of our better performances against RB Leipzig. Playing a press with possession style passing is "Jester Ball" FC Bayern is starting another of their unbeaten runs....... After the big match versus RB Leipzig the team was hosting Hapoel Bersheba from Israel in a midweek Europa League clash. Schalke04 was favored even though it was believed that Jester would play the backups. and the Backups came through with a dominant performance with help from the referee! Atchom coming off the broken toe made his debut and looked comfortable in the middle of the pitch. Gordon Herrlich's two penalties sealed the deal for Schalke04. After the Europa League match midweek the team traveled to Berlin to take on recently promoted Union Berlin. Union Berlin was favored as the home team but could the Schalke04 starters cause an upset? Jester wants the wins to build on each other so we become unbeatable! Schalke04 went down early in a rough and tumble affair that saw each team reduced to ten men but was a win in the end! Someone is looking for someone to blame for losing. After the match with Union Berlin the team returned to Gelsenkirchen to take on Puskas Academy from Hungary. Schalke was expected to walk away with this one and Jester was going to play the Backups again. Of course Jester is going to Rotate as the Bundesliga is more important at this time. The Injury Bug just won't leave the team alone.... Schalke04 trained players are part of the National Team. Now we need to get a National Team player on the team in the starting XI! Puskas Academy did their best playing a 4-4-2 and parking the bus, but it wasn't enough even though it took a long time to break down their defenses. Kuklis the new backup Right Back is making a name for himself. The next match was a big one the Derby versus BVB! Jester is always excited for Local Derbies and hopes to start winning a few of these...... BVB manager demeaning the club for not really being able to afford foreign imports even though we several in the starting XI! Gameday came and we played them to a stalemate, we even went ahead but as we began to celebrate, they scored in stoppage time. Overall, a satisfying performance. Nubbemeyer the AMC setup both goals from his position behind the striker. Highlights allover German TV and Schalke04 is in 7th place! Nubbemeyer was named player of the week! League Table Monthly Analysis Report Player of the Week Not Normally a starter but his performances in Europa League were worth noting. Management Report Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

August 2036: Regular Season "Injury Bug or Crisis?" Manager's Thoughts Other than the match against Frankfurt the team played well all things considered. Especially since the team was hit with the injury bug that became a full-blown crisis in the fact that the first team was down FIVE STARTERS at one point. This is the most injuries of Jester's career and he doesn't think that he overworked the players and built up their match fitness enough all while making sure they spend plenty of time with the Sports Fitness people and physios in the recovery blocks. Jester just thinks that his past two years had been relatively injury free and that as the season goes on they will balance out. Schedule Highlights The month of August started with more teams trying to extract the Young talent from the team and Jester saying No! It seems because of the team's debts that we are having a firesale.....according to other teams. Too small an offer for a Starting Player.........comeback with a better offer or better yet not at all! Then the dreaded injury bug bites again this time our leading scorer Striker Ndiaye! A Backup/Substitute player will miss time along with the two new players who will be out longer. Backup player who just joined the team was looking forward to spelling Vidovic at Right Back. Now his debut isn't until Europa League! Sometimes you have to love the media. Just because we are down to 1 right back they say we are after a player that costs more than we have in the transfer fund! The team will take on the Semi-Pro outfit Halle in the First Round of the DFB Pokal. Just because we usually play in arenas doesn't mean we can't play on a smaller ground. Hoffenheim isn't giving up on our goalie of the future! The team then headed to Halle for the Pokal First Round. Jester played a rotated squad of mostly backups. The team went out to a big lead after 20 minutes and used the rest of the match as passing and shooting practice. Now Napoli want in on the action as well......No he is not leaving! After the match in Halle the team returned to Gelsenkirchen to ready themselves for a trip to Frankfurt. The match would start the season and Frankfurt was favored. The board reminded Jester of its objectives for the season. Jester thought they were reasonable. The Frankfurt manager fired up his players with this comment! The match started off well with us taking an early lead then the wheels came off and we were blasted out of the building after our defense was torched for 5 goals! The Final was Frankfurt 5 and Schalke04 2! After the humiliation in Frankfurt the team returned to Veltins Arena to lick our wounds. The Next round of the DFB Pokal will be tougher than Jester would have liked. The Marketing Department had some decent news to lift Jester's spirits. Recently promoted Stuttgart was coming to visit and Jester wanted to give them a warm welcome back to the Bundesliga! Schalke04 was favored and needed to play like favorites after the disappointing start versus Frankfurt! The team came through with a better performance against a determined Stuttgart team. The Stuttgart Manager had some interesting things to say after the match. The biggest news of the match was that Jordyn Bergin would miss the next three weeks and join the long list of "walking wounded" Herrlich the Backup/Dead Ball Specialist had himself a match as the starter! We have 5 first teamers on the injury list! The board of Directors need to step up a bit to find us more commercial revenue if they are going to keep taking loans! Another club sniffing around the young prospects! After talking to the coaches and other staff, Jester decided to extend the contract of Backup LB Gryftokostas. The Final match of the month was versus FC Augsburg another newly promoted club. Jester was confident that his team would win the points! and win they did 0-2 at the Augsburg Stadium to take over 7th place. The star of the day was Bergin's understudy Neitzel who is more of a playmaker than direct threat from the right wing. The FC Augsburg Manager wasn't happy with his team's loss. Even though it was transfer deadline day, Jester planned a relaxing evening at home. League Table Monthly Analysis Report Player of the Month Management Report Financial Report Looking Ahead tough month ahead! to be continued:

Anyone with a 3 potential or better has a chance......but will you give them a opportunity?

I noticed that you have the two players with most yellow cards. Are you purposely playing that way to make up for a quality difference?

July/Early August 2036: Preseason "It went a bit TOO well...." Manager's Thoughts Jester was excited for the Preseason like he hadn't been in years. Mostly because he was interested in how a two-day cup tourney would affect match fitness. He had used it over the Christmas break to great effect. He had mixed up the schedule with the backups mostly playing against smaller teams and the first teamers playing against bigger opponents. The preseason matches proved to be dominated by Schalke04 and Jester was wondering if this was a true test of his team that he wanted, but another thing concerned him as well the looming injury crisis brought on by the matches played. Jester really hadn't done anything different than past years, but this season seemed that the injury bug is striking hard. The team is Preseason picked to be in the Relegation Battle but by picked 15th. Jester is confident that the should with a little luck easily avoid relegation like last season. Replicating the top 6 finish will definitely be a little harder, but Jester would be happy with a midtable 10-12 place finish. Schedule Highlights The month of July saw some more proposed transfer activity before the Preseason training and all important Preseason Cup! Our Rivals from Hamburg came in hard for one of our young Academy players. The DOF said yes.....Jester thought about and let it go....however it would turn out/ Jester was pleased with all the players brought into the club and thought that the club had been strengthened in multiple areas. He was a free transfer but Jester wants more money for any players who leave before they are judged not suitable for Schalke04! Sabotic decided to stay with his childhood club. Preseason started with a Two Day Cup Tournament to give both the Starters and Backups a run of 90 minutes of Match Fitness before starting training camp in Austria. The Scheduling geniuses had us playing the other big team in the Semi-Finals so it meant that the First team would play in the Semi-Final and the Backups in the Final or 3rd place match. A back-and-forth match that thrilled the fans saw Schalke04 see off the challenge of Leeds United. As a reward for beating Leeds the Backups would play Vaduz from Liechtenstein for the Preseason Cup! Two Young Academy Players signed long-term with the club. The Backups were more than happy to put an outclassed Vaduz to the Sword! Time to start indoctrinating the players in the importance of winning Silverware! Schalke04 is the 7th biggest matchday and ticket revenue club in the Bundesliga, but its total is 1/3 of Bayern's. After the Preseason Cup the team went to Training Camp in Austria in a Good mood. While there we played several teams including a match against RB Salzburg. RB Salzburg was dominated they played like they weren't ready for the Gegen press! After returning home from Austria, Jester received two intriguing offers...... Jester couldn't understand why such high-profile jobs would want a manager of midtable teams. He rejected both offers even though the money was tempting.....He had unfinished business in Gelsenkirchen. The first of what would become an injury crisis happened as the team was preparing to host Ajax. Our Star #10 was wanted by other teams, so Jester decided to give Nubbemeyer a raise and make his release clause much bigger! Like the RB Salzburg match Ajax didn't seem to take it seriously. We dominated what should have been a much better team. If you turn down France and Spain, why would you sign on with Turkey? A really good young GK from this year's candidates is already creating transfer offers! Jester rejects them. The Preseason end with a visit from Burnley. Not going to sell my backup CB on the eve of the season for pennies! Did sell this player who was replaced in the transfer window for anything we could get! Season Preview Player of the Preseason This player has seized the backup AMC role with both hands. Management Report Financial Report Transfers really drained the coffers. Looking Ahead to be continued:

Might be a little harder for me. I'm a Teacher and school just started two weeks ago. I will try and make sure I don't get relegated......this season is promising we are picked 15th! (sneak preview)

The Supporters Shield is the Trophy for best regular season record in entire MLS. It is a trophy that is a bit of a curse because the winner usually don't win the playoffs for the actual MLS Title. Maximum Squad size is 30 players but it is hard to have that many due to wage cap. You can have up to 3 Designated players and a limited number of international players. Depending on how many slots your team owns for that season. MLS matches sometimes do get scheduled during International Breaks. Only players registered to the main MLS team are allowed to play in MLS Matches. There is Also a US Cup that starts in June or July that is like FA Cup or The DFB Pokal. Also, there is a Draft for new players during the offseason and no relegation.

I hope you are right. I am only really making sure we don't get relegated. If somehow we make the Top 6 again that would be great. I would actually be happy with 10th-12th to consolidate and get used to European Football. The only thing we are really missing is a dead ball specialist for corners. I am going to try and manage Schalke until the new Stadium opens (5 seasons) if possible before FM24.

June 2036: Offseason Manager's Thoughts Jester wanted to improve three positions and upgrade the team depth this offseason. GK, LB, RB. He thinks he did just that with the young players he acquired. This is also one of the first times Jester has used his entire payroll budget and 90% or more of the transfer budget. even though one of the board requests was to spend the transfer budget. With the team playing on several competitions these additions will be key in Schalke04's attempting to remain competitive in the Bundesliga and in the Europa League. Highlights The month of June started with Jester making a hard personnel decision. Quentin Merlin for all his Dead Ball Skill was identified as a defensive liability and was let go. another youth player poached this time by our rivals BVB! Schalke04 received a tax bill because somehow, we made a profit last season. The Commercial Summary is good, but the profit was made due to the Prize Money of coming in 5th place in the Bundesliga. The Board are beginning to realize that the new stadium was a bad idea at this time. We lose ranking even though we have our highest finish in years! It is because German Football is losing credibility due to Bayern's Dominance. This is why we took a hit in the rankings...... Schalke04 named biggest over achievers and in the best match of the season! We are now ranked 13th in Germany and now have a Continental Reputation due to playing in the Europa League! No one from Schalke was named a signing of the season. Even though you could make a case for our loanee Bergin. The board reminded Jester of their objectives and Jester agreed to the low expectations to ease the pressure on himself and the team. So that they may repeat last season's magic. After talking to the board Jester will be able to get more money for the payroll by selling players. Jester better hope that Schalke04's fate doesn't come down to the final day.......Bayern FC so much hate! Speaking of FC Bayern, they were the runners up in the Champions League and have won it twice and been runners up three times since the save started. The Board wants to recklessly spend money now that we are in European places.....to keep up with the Joneses! Bergin officially joined us after his loan. This is the new Left Back which will hopefully help us defensively......he shouldn't be beat for pace. Our new Goalkeeper who will challenge for the number one spot. A backup right back to challenge Vidovic for his starting place and provide depth. Left back Candidate for the Schalke II team. Left Back for the U-19's and then Schalke II hopefully he can be trained up to standard. A DM brought into provide depth and challenge for places. An AMC to be Nubbemeyer's Understudy. Financial Report to be continued:

Look for a Squad Button under the New England II button in the Development Center. You are lucky to still have Petrovic as your GK. IRL he just joined Chelsea.

Late May 2036: Offseason Part 1 Manager's Thoughts The season had been a good one and needed to be built upon. Jester was happy with his team's scoring ability but a little perturb by its performance defensively. He thinks the board is crazy to build a new stadium and take on that much debt when then had as much debt already. That will make his job that much harder to find quality and depth to improve the team for the European Nights that the Board and Fans will be wanting for the next twenty-five years to pay off the club's debts. Highlights The team review showed some good things about the team. The Good season helped the finances of the club. The team is going to have to maintain a European place to stay solvent due to debt repayments. (more on that later) This was the Starting XI and no one put in a bad performance there is room for improvement especially if the team is to maintain a European place. The Fan's Award were warranted and the following players won the top awards. Fans Player of the Year Fans Young Player of the Year The season can be summarized this way: Jester's Career this season. Two Defeats to BVB are stains on what was a great season! It is encouraging to see that most of the Best XI are still with the club! Bayern completed the Domestic double a week before taking on Real Madrid in the Champion's League Final. The U-19's progress is encouraging. We quietly signed a GK for the future. (maybe next season) Rumors abounded that Jester was headed to Inter......Jester Denied it. Jordyn Bergin rightfully won this award, and the team is happy he will join permanently on July 1rst. Jester won an award as well. The board was happy with the award. Schalke04 signed a young AMC to provide depth to Schalke II for now. Depth for the Defensive midfield. There is going to be a Goalie Battle during the Preseason! The Board is happy that Jester is staying and continuing his rebuilding work. He is first Choice for now...... Management Report Financial Report The monthly financials are rosy until you find most of that money is a loan! The Team is $30M/Year in debt for the next 11 years! and $13M/year for the 15years after.....The New Stadium will not pay off anytime soon. Actually, it will be 20 years old when the team is done paying for it! A that time the team will probably build another stadium! to be continued:

Win the Concacaaf Champions League! Just like Seattle in real life. (Even though I think they won it this spring).