Hootieleece

I think I have a lot left to learn about scouting and will be reading and asking questions in some other careers around here.

We are now at Athletic Bilbao! It's about the same size as ASSE with similar goals in actuality. Youth System to find and develop players to sell while playing competitive and attractive Football. to be continued:

I did play on and search for jobs.......I ended up with a new Job in April in an adjacent country and I will have to learn about setting up scouts and scouting Filters.

Sorry to hear that, Hootie. I have played on seeing what jobs would come up. I will be continuing the World Tour. New Country. Going to have to learn a lot about scouting filters. Since I usually never set up the scouting department.

Good Luck in your new role! I have never played in Chile yet. I just stepped away from ASSE and maybe football manager for a while not sure yet.

January 2035: Regular Season Manager's Thoughts It was a terrible month in which we forgot how to play any defense and lost all of our matches to lower ranked teams except for Barcelona. I also thought that I had lost the locker room and after a dreadful loss to Bordeaux in which we were favorites. I decided to resign and take some time away from Football. I may return if the right job pops up and since I still have a few years before I retire at 70. (I am 63) Highlights The new year meant more injuries and important players on the Injured List. We were now missing our #1 GK and one of our two starting Centerbacks. The Coupe de France had us playing Ligue2 Competition and I was happy to play a half-rotated squad for the match since we were favored. We had played well before the break, and I thought that we would resume with a good tune-up before playing League and Champions League matches again. We went up 2-0 and were ready to cruise to victory when the wheels came off.....Omar Le Guen late of ASSE scored and then Lepetre got a red card for a two footed challenge and after that if an ASSE player looked at an Orleans player sideways it was a yellow card! So we scored late to go ahead but then gave up a tying goal that sent it to penalties.......oh the lottery. Yes, we lost in the 9th Round when we had a decent chance of lifting the trophy. It really wasn't the players fault for the loss.....it was more the referee's! Look at that ref rating and ALL seven cards were against ASSE! We then lost our starting DM just before League play starts....... Marseille hired Sevilla ex manager who I could have replaced! We then had a match against Stade de Reims who were sitting in 14th in the table....a perfect way to get back on track. We would play the strongest team available minus injuries and should have been able to win it. We have officially forgotten how to play defense at all........Balls over the top and terrible goalkeeping had us fighting from behind before the whistle even began the match! and to make matters worse the captain would miss the next 1-2 matches. I slammed the team after the loss to Reims....which was unexpected to say the least! and we made their Right winger look like Messi! De Ridder got a pay raise for good service. An Academy product with loads of talent but Low-Self belief was not to be retained by the club and was signed by Atalanta out of all the suitors. After the two bad losses this month so far, we had to travel to Barcelona for the Champions League. We played with a half-rotated squad and played well all things considered but it wasn't enough..... That meant our month of woe continued..... We then had to travel to Bordeaux for a Ligue 1 match. We would play the strongest team available and look to turn around these results! I had a good record against the Bordeaux Boss, but I wanted the players to get the glory for their part in our success against them. More bad defense and terrible goalkeeping the players even seemed to lack belief......unacceptable! Bordeaux Boss was all smiles afterwards....... The fans and board don't like the loss any more than I did, but I was beginning to believe that I lost the locker room. I resigned after the embarrassing loss...and with my belief that I had lost the locker room made my tenure untenable. The Staff thought I was doing ok with no less than 9 members leaving with me..... I thought it was time to leave my words weren't hitting the way they used to......you can only hair dryer a player or players so many times before they ignore it. It was time to leave..... I am still up for jobs......we'll see.....I might go back to teaching History! to be continued or not as the case maybe!

I agree with everyone saying that unregistered players and that high earner should be seeing the door. As for Xmas Breaks/Holidays I have a newfound hate for them.......It has all gone wrong in France and Hootie is thinking of calling an end to his World Tour.

December 2034: Regular Season Manager's Thoughts The team played better during this month led by the return of Striker Juan Godoy to the lineup with six goals. He is also leading Ligue 1 with 14 goals through 17 matches. When the team is whole and playing like this, we can beat anyone. the problem though is that we can score with anyone, but the real problem is our defense and goal keeping we just can't keep goals out. That has led to us being in third place in Ligue 1 due to our focus on the league, but we have yet to have a draw this season. We win big or lose close with no in between! Schedule Highlights The month of December began with a rivalry clash with Olympique Lyonnais. Stade Geoffrey Guichard was expected to be sold out! Even though we weren't in the best form were favorites to win the match. The match of the Weekend! We took it to them and pressed them hard in another midfield display of offensive prowess. and the captain pulled the strings setting up the goals! The players rose to the occasion! Highlights that night and temporarily in third place in Ligue 1. Van Doorn having a great stretch of performances! After the big win versus our rivals, we had to travel to Coal Country and take on LOSC. We are thinking of getting a new right back and this player is good enough to be an upgrade at the position. We went out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back, but were denied the clean sheet by a late LOSC Goal. Bynoe-Gittens doing his thing setting up goals! Yes, we are looking at Jordi Hollander, but others are on our radar as well. No decisions have been made yet. A VAR decision that went our way with "No Penalty"! Going into the Champions League match looking to salvage some pride we played a half-rotated squad. We won what will be our only match of this Champions League cycle with Barcelona and Real Madrid left to play. It was a good win led by our Talisman in front to goal! The Big man scored Two to give us the lead before he was rested. We then found out who we would play in the Coupe de France. A decent get the legs back match after Christmas Break! The Last match of the Year and first half of the Season was against RC Lens for Third place going into the Christmas Break. We were favored on our home ground, but RC Lens is a tough outfit we played all of our starters for this one. The media tried to stir up a War of Words but neither manager would fall for it before the important match! We won the tight match and wouldn't have without Juan Godoy our Striker! Leading the line and the Ligue 1 in goals! Rumors are that someone wants me to move due to my success at ASSE.....haven't been approached yet! Godoy has had a good spell of performances. I intend to stay at ASSE unless a truly top job opens up. I am enjoying myself so far.....and if I do move it will only be for the "Last" Job. Ligue 1 Uber Eats Coach Carousel continues to spin...... Sevilla actually offered the interview to my surprise but I turned them down anyway. Our new DM-DLP-D is the best rookie in Ligue 1. Decent Stats and getting better by the day. Two of our Loanees are lighting up Ligue 2 as well. A backup CB is announcing his intention to leave.....who cares! The Ligue 2 Player of the Month is on the right track! League Table Monthly Analysis Report Management Report Monthly Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

November 2034: Regular Season Manager's Thoughts We lost more than we won, but it also showed that when we are on, we are close to unbeatable with our starting XI. The problem is that our starting XI can't play every match when a team plays more than a match a week. The team also has made it back to 5th place in the Ligue 1 table so our focus on the league has paid off. Other teams are interested in my services, but it would take an offer I can't refuse from a much bigger team for me to move from ASSE. I know I only have a few years of managing left and I want to be some place I want to be and right now that is ASSE. The Board has made the team everything I could want from the Budget and Facilities point of view now we just have to finish the job and win the Ligue1 Title in the next couple of seasons. Schedule Highlights The first match of the month saw the team travel to Montpellier for a match we were favored in. We would need to do a professional job. In true FM Style our Talisman goes down before an important stretch of matches! We then lost the match because we were without our leading scorer. We were impotent in the attack against their "Parked Bus" and they scored on a counter against the run of play. This summed up the fans and my feelings after the match..... and afterwards we had to play Napoli in the Champions League! We went into the match with a rotated squad and no real hope of winning, but I wanted an appearance of a fight. We were pinned back and picked apart, but at least the backups got good minutes of experience. After the match with Napoli, we returned home to take on Title Contenders Stade de Rennes at Stade Geoffrey Guichard in St. Etienne. We were surprisingly picked as favorites over the perennial contenders. New Gens rule the roost now, with all the usual suspects having a top ten player. After the back-to-back tough losses, I wanted to instill confidence in the side before the big match. and of course, another big injury before an important match...... It ended up being a goal fest and we came up on top to shock the world! Our BBM led the team with a Hat Trick! The team is now in 5th place, the focus on the league is working. Player of the week from the Midfield! Seven points in five matches and an 8.00 rating! The wonderkid is living up to his promise. Now he just needs to get into the French National Team. Record Breaking even if it wasn't the best defensive effort. We really tried to play more direct leading to more scoring. Five Players in the Team of the Week! After the big win the team continued working toward success with the renovation of the Youth Facilities. The facilities are now State of the Art as are the First Team Facilities. Time will tell if we again become a "Football Player Factory"! An Enquiry into my services. I declined without hesitation. I am only looking for "better" jobs than ASSE. Where I have everything, I could want except true success..... and I told the press just that. After a week of improvements at the club and Intrigue off the pitch we now had to take on our rivals Olympique Marseille. I was hoping for a repeat of the Rennes Match and so were the bookies..... We won yet again led by our captain. OM Manager looking for excuses...... When the captain, who plays the Mo Salah role, is on his game we are tough to beat. Another Player of the Week! After the match with OM, Arsenal came to town, I decided to play a half-rotated squad to give us a chance in front of the home fans. We were only considered equals to Arsenal because we were the home team. I was planning on resting players since our focus wasn't on Champions League. The half-rotated squad gave Arsenal a match and if I had played all the starters we might have won, but I was happy with the effort. Show us the money! DE Zerbi left Toulouse and was replaced by this guy! League Table Monthly Analysis Report Player of the Month Management Report Monthly Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

Congrats are in order! Winning the league as well as promotion. That is a high! Are you looking forward to playing Hodd with your Viking Team?

Teodor Saga looks a little older than 17. Did he falsify his birth certificate?

Glad you got the Viking job. Now hopefully you can finish your time at Hodd on a real high.

Great Work! I almost never start the predictions other than dead last after a promotion, even after bringing in new faces. This should be another good season.

October 2034: Regular Season "Bookend Wins" Manager's Thoughts We have played pretty well this season in the league and have consolidated ourselves into fifth place. This is mostly due to our Striker Godoy and his league leading 11 goals in nine matches. We are continuing to beat up the lesser teams of the table, but our test versus AS Monaco showed that we still have a way to go to really challenge for a Champions League place. Our play in the Champions League all season has been disappointing even if I haven't been playing the strongest squads, we are yet to win in the competition. This without us playing the strongest teams in our schedule. The focus on the League will remain but I am hoping to win one match in the Champions League for the sake of pride. Schedule Highlights The first half of the month saw an international break with just training and ASSE2 matches for the remainder of the team. The biggest news of that time was the fact that we re-signed our Striker to an extension, and he will now be leading the line for years to come! The Captain got a raise as well and both are now the highest paid players on the team. The First match of the month came soon after and it would be a visit from rival FC Nantes. We were favored as the home team and because I was focusing on the League, we would play the strongest team available. Sen De Ridder was runner up for the FIFA Best U21 Player of the Year. Quite an accomplishment for a defensive player. As you can see, he has quite an attribute spread and is a quite effective CD-C. Then time came for the match against FC Nantes: We played well led by the newly extended Godoy! Godoy led the line with a hat trick to celebrate his new contract! I was happy with his performance, and he was even named Player of the Week! After the match with FC Nantes, we had a big match with League Leading AS Monaco, one of our bogey teams. The trips to the principality are always rough and this time seemed no different. We played well on the road and were beat by a better team in spite of Beauboucher's heroics in front of goal. Beauboucher was the best player on the pitch and was named player of the week. After the loss to AS Monaco, we had a trip to Basel in the Champions League and would try to win with a half -rotated team since some of my stars were concerned about playing time. It looked like an even matchup and with a half-rotated squad I was confident of victory. We went out to an early lead and just before half I pulled my stars from the field......the second half they became another team and it became the Aaron Akale show with Longballs to him over the to of our press. It was a disheartening loss in that it was probably our last chance to get a win in Champions League this season with Arsenal Barcelona, and Napoli left on our schedule. We returned home to Stade Geoffrey Guichard to host Valenciennes FC. We were still big favorites as the home team. I was looking for a bounceback win! The Valenciennes FC Manager was less than enthusiastic about our style of Football. But in the end, we showed his team who was boss! Led by our Striker Godoy and another Hat-trick! Of course, I was pleased with Godoy's performance! Player of the Week yet again! And he earned a bonus for 10 League Goals! All the usual suspects have great youth systems. One day I want ASSE on the list. League Table Fifth place in the league and Godoy leading the goals race we are on track in the league. Monthly Analysis Report Player of the Month Management Report Monthly Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

What didn't you want to go to home of the Olive?

Work the ball into the box works well when the opposition "Parks the Bus" against your team. Most teams probably are now that you are a leading team in the league.

Way to Go! Winning the League comfortably.

Interesting.......Developments in Stuni's Career!

September 2034: Regular Season "Ups and Downs" Manager's Thoughts It was a decent month. We played well in the League and not so well in the Champions League. That was due to my focus on the Ligue1 and playing the backups in Champions league. We also got some help in that 3 of our four league opponents were relegation fodder, but we did beat OGC Nice in a close match to close out the month. We are scoring well but the defense especially the goalkeeping is a concern. We have only one shutout. Last Season we set a team record with 17! We will continue with the league focus so we can return to champions league next season that is the plan. Now to see if it survives contact with the enemy. Schedule Highlights The Team only added a few players and as the Transfer Window has ended: 2034/35 was mostly players leaving. The moves for the players added were at the end of the 2033/34 Window. Out of those players come 5 players in to the first team. (1 Starter and 4 backups/possible future starters) Ezio Bauer is the best player so far and is the starting Left Back. After the window closed it was time to get on with playing matches. Bastia a relegation favorite and newly promoted team was about to learn about Ligue 1 Uber Eats as I would play the Starters. I was trying to instill confidence in my team after the bad month on the pitch! We pressed them hard and dominated the match like we were expected to, but they scored against the run of play and that was concerning and would be a problem the rest of the month. Bynoe-Gittens did his job with two assists and a goal! The team returned home from Corsica to take on Racing Club Strasbourg at the Stade Geoffrey Guichard. We were favorites and again I would play the Starters since we had to make up lost points and position in the table. and they suffered our wrath.....but they did score two in another match we dominated as expected. It was a master class in scoring everything worked counter attacks, breaking down a bus, Set Pieces you name it we scored! Bynoe-Gittens had another great game. Highlights across France that night.....we were back! Bynoe-Gittens was player of the week. The next match even though it was in Champions League would see me rest the starters and play the backups. If the Starters weren't tired, I'd say we had a good chance of winning. We took the lead with our press of their backline, then they stopped playing out of the back and scored on two long balls over our press. We should have stopped the second goal which was an own goal. The Following players were named to the Young Player watchlist for the Champion's League. After the disappointing loss to Cadiz, we then had to play relegation threatened SM Caen that had just gotten a new manager. The Starters would play against the relegation team because the league was now our focus. We escaped Normandie after almost getting ambushed in the Hedgerows! The Defense shined in this one......and he was also named player of the week! After the trip to Normandie the team headed to Rotterdam to replay the Europa League Semi-Final Rematch. I almost decided to play the starters but too many players needed rest after the Caen match. The match was considered even by the fans but since I was playing a rotated XI we were on the outside looking in. We took an early lead and slowly folded as they controlled the game and created chances. The opposing manager was happy to beat our backups! But we lost one of our impact subs. We would finish the month with a match against OGC Nice, who was in third place and wouldn't be pushovers like the other league matches this month. We would play a full strength Starting XI for the important match. The media tried to create a "War of Words" to Hype the match but neither of us fell into the trap. We won a close hard-fought match. The opposing coach was bitter after the match...... We had played well led by our captain. Valdes had some things to say about our style and the press asked why we play this way....... It was a good day at the office and especially on their Left Flank. I was happy to see that ASSE was home academy for two French National Team Players. Hopefully we can find a few more in the coming years. Another terrible injury, this time in training. At Least two weeks of his convalescence is on the international break, and he won't miss too many matches. League Table Monthly Analysis Report The Attacking polygon looks good if skewed because of the Strasbourg match. The team defense one still needs some work. Our OpponentXG is horrible. Player of the Month Management Report Monthly Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

The only thing that might stop you in your journey with Hodd are the finances. You are doing great otherwise especially this season.

I took up Schalke04 as the last club in my save last year and they were in debt and in Bundesliga2 but not so sad as in your save. They still had a youth team and had a few players to make it back to the Bundesliga straight away and then allow me to create at team of free transfers that competed for Europe before their Board went crazy and built a new Stadium adding to the debt and making it about $800M. I was spending $20M/month just servicing the debt even before the stadium. The Programmers must know or think that Schalke's board is almost as unrealistic as Hertha's IRL.

August 2034: Regular Season "Rough Start" Manager's Thoughts A combination of injuries to important players and tough schedule led to a Four Match losing streak that led to some supporters calling for me to be fired. The team is basically the same as last season and playing the same system for the third season in a row, but I never expected it to get this bad. The losses to Real Madrid and PSG can be excused, we played well and just lost to better teams with better players. The losses to Reims and Toulouse can't be excused even if I played the backups against them because the defense was just awful with them pinging passes to setup scoring chances like they were Barcelona or Manchester City under Pep. The bad start means that any thoughts of cup runs and Champions League are put on hold since the most important expectation is a top four finish in Ligue 1 Uber Eats and we already have a lot of points lost. So the rest of the season I will make the League my priority unless I want to find another job. Schedule Highlights As August began an interesting opening for me opened up in managing, but it was the wrong time to leave ASSE for another basically lateral move to the Bundesliga. I had a season to prepare for and would have a tough start and it would need all of my attention. The Penultimate Preseason friendly went to script. We shipped out our 3rd string Striker after he complained about playing time and $10M is fair return on a free transfer. The Final Preseason Friendly couldn't have gone better against Schalke04. We seemed ready for the season and since we had to play Real Madrid midweek after the start of our season followed by PSG. I decided to let the Backups start the season against Stade de Reims. We were favorites to win and I expected the Backups to do a professional job and at least not lose. The Board reminded me of the expectations yet again......the League is most important. The match against Stade de Reims came and it was a bad day at the office.....they were really up for it and we had no answers. It was a terrible thumping but if we could play well against Real Madrid and PSG this match would quickly be forgotten. The Fans and board were shocked at the defeat...... Highlights of the match at 11pm across France. Were in Relegation places after one match,,,,,not the start I envisaged. They gave us our own back.....and had 7 yellow cards in the match and injured several of our players. It definitely affected the way our players played. After the shock loss against Reims we were taking on a Footballing World Giant: Real Madrid in Estonia! We played well considering it was Real Madrid we were playing and only lost by one goal that was worldly. But of concern was the loss of our Captain and Talisman Van Doorn for the rest of the month! We will have a hard time filling the void...... We were expected to have close to sellout for the PSG match at Stade Geoffrey Guichard. PSG was favored but we would do our best to upset the apple cart! Kylian Mbappe is still leading the line at 35! Good News from the Marketing Department we now have 50% of the seats in our stadium as season ticketholders! Another match where we played PSG tough, but they were let off the hook by a late penalty.....at 90'+7! The PSG Manager was pleased with the win.....while I wasn't exactly thrilled with the referee and his time keeping! The Ligue 1Uber Eats Managerial carousel continues to spin with the old manager leaving for Ireland National Team. The next match was against Toulouse FC and my old rival Roberto de Zerbi. I desperately wanted to win this one, but again it was not to be..... There was a lot of prematch hype for what was squib of a match that we lost 2-0! That meant we had one last chance this month to win a competitive match this month.....against Bordeaux. At least it would be at home, and we were still favored in the match. We were still with many injuries..... and two days before the match the Starting LCB hurts himself and will miss the match! Three of the five players on the list to miss the match are starters! and the worst part is that we have the 2nd best physio department in the League! We played well like we had against Real Madrid and PSG but this time came out victors! The win was much needed and would make the end of the month break that much sweeter. We didn't quite reach the magical number of 500 passes. The Day after our first victory of the season we found out who we would play in the Champions League. If we make the knockout round, it will be a miracle! At least we are being paid for our humiliation! We checked another box in the objectives list! As the Deadline came and after the losses I gave some thought to adding to the team at the deadline, but couldn't quite decide on a target that was much better than our starters. League Table Any Dreams of actually competing in Champions League must go out the window and I must put all my effort into the League. Monthly Analysis Report The Defense has been terrible this month. Player of the Month Management Report The win against Bordeaux at the end of the month steadied the ship. Monthly Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

July 2034: Preseason "Summer Camp with Trucks Tour" Manager's Thoughts We played a variety of teams during the preseason and in all played pretty well. When we played teams of our level or below, we won. When we played an Elite Level team (Arsenal and Liverpool) we lost and it wasn't even close. I am not sure how we will be able to close the gap with the Elite teams because of Budgetary issues. We have doubled the the payroll of the team these last two seasons to just keep what we have. The Transfer Fund sound well-funded with $82M, but that doesn't buy a truly game changing player any more based on the transfer worth of our own and other players. For such a player one would need a minimum of $120M. This puts us in a quandary we are a good team but how to become great? Schedule Highlights The Preseason schedule was a mix of easy teams and tough teams to get us ready for the Champions League matches we will be facing this season. The Board also reminded me of their expectations for the coming season as we got ready for the Saliba Testimonial versus Arsenal. The Toughest expectation is going to be qualify for Champions League thru the League which means a Top Four Finish. It is possible and we are preseason pick to be fourth but with the Champions League thrown in it will make for a difficult campaign especially as we play PSG early in the season. The Board backs us decently with Payroll and Transfer Funds, but neither is enough to attract a real game changing talent. ASSE has a bunch of "good players" who work well as a team none are really a singular talent even though we have some former wonderkids. I was able to get my Continental Pro License so now I can apply for Top Jobs! There are only Two jobs I would chase.... Hertha, which is similar to ASSE and Liverpool since that is my Dream Job. Any other top jobs would have to seek me out and provide an offer I couldn't refuse...... The Arsenal match just proved the gulf between ASSE and Arsenal....they are a team of great singular talents who can easily overcome a team of "good " players whose system allows them to punch above their weight. A few weeks of easy wins against Affiliated Football clubs led to the Euro/SA Club Challenge. We won the match due to our commitment to the press and teamwork that kept them on the back foot most of the match. A first Trophy of the season and it is nice to be mentioned among the past winners as well.....it means we are becoming a Top Team. It will look good in the Display case at Stade Geoffrey Guichard. We sold off a former starter because his replacement Bauer was better and made a decent profit from it. We are still under constraints of not spending more money than we make and now the Payroll is double what it was just Two seasons ago! We played Liverpool as the Month ended after returning with a trophy in hand, but we were shown that we had a way to go before we were in their class. Unfortunately, we will now be without one of our most important players to start the season! As the month was ending I was offered a job in International Coaching: I turned it down mostly because I wasn't finished at ASSE yet.......I would like to win Ligue 1 before I leave, and I will only leave for the "Right" Job. Since I think I only have about 1-2 jobs left before I retire. I am currently 62 years old! I am retiring at 70 no matter what! Season Preview We are expected to be Fourth which is a good position considering we didn't make any big moves in the offseason. That will also get us the UCL Qualification the Board wants. No one from ASSE on the list but that is understandable since we take a more team approach to scoring. Only players from the Top 2 teams are on the list. Player of the Preseason Even though he is the backup at the Striker position he has made his case to included in playing more often. Management Report Monthly Financial Report Looking Ahead to be continued:

Glad to see you doing well after your struggles in Wales. Keep it up and get promoted as Champs! Trophies always look good on a resume.

Peruvian Team should be next.....Strike a blow for Incan Heritage!