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i use instant result and get that from time to time. i always apologise and promise to do better last time and it usually goes away. It is weird and annoying though.

Japan - Honda FC/Machida Corriente 2027 (season 4) - Division J3 Objectives: push for a promotion challenge, introduce more youth players to the first team, don't get sacked Season Summary Objectives met, and in style! we started unbelievably well, 6 wins and 1 draw from our first 7 to go top. I then decided to make a potentially stupid decision. The only way I could get more of my youth players into the first team was by changing the formation, going from a 4231 to a 433. Luckily, it paid off as we stayed top all season. We'd have a dodgy result and jump straight back with a good one. It was a cracking season all round! Players And this was the reason why. My youth players are now so much better than my legacy players, it's actually silly. The only problem we had was halfway through the season when there was a lot interest in them and a couple got unsettled and demanded to leave. Another couple got upset with the lack of squad depth in goal and defence which, as you can see, is a fair point. It did look like it might drag the morale right down at one point but we managed to ride it out with some hastily made promises, which i will surely later regret. Youth Being top all season made it a lot easier for the board to give in to my demands for improvements. So we managed to max out junior coaching and youth intake! So I was excited for this intake - we are desperate for keepers and defenders! so what did the intake throw up? The preview was encouraging..... So it's safe to say the intake star rating is bugged! this intake is as 5 star as you're gonna get, with more elite talents than i could fit on one scree and with two already first team ready! Only downside is the shortage of keepers and CBs.... So how good are Sagara and Yamazaki? Career So, J2! With a very, very young side. Probably around 9/11 will be youth players next season, so staying up will be number 1 priority

oh my god, i love that! I think I'll be heading back to England after Japan, just to play Bingo!

Japan - Honda FC/Machida Corriente Season 3 - Division J3 Objectives: Get some youth players in that first team, see how far we get, prioritise improvements Season Summary An odd season where we were really inconsistent, maybe due to the average age of the first team plummeting. I played around 4/5 newgens in the first team each game and they developed really well! To get into the play-offs we needed to beat the teams in 1st, 2nd and 16th in the final three games of the season, and we did it in style! So we went into the playoffs in really good form, really high morale, easy stuff, right? d'oh! so another season in J3 it is, but the way our youth players are developing it shouldn't be too long Youth Managed to get another couple of improvements, which is nice. We should start seeing some amazing intakes soon! This one didn't seem like it, although with 9 elite talents you'd hope some come good Clearly not a hlaf star/poor intake but I'm not sure what number it is. None of them really stand out, the personalities aren't great, and the best CA is for a DM which I don't tend to use. Although I'm always open to change.... Career Surely we're ready to push for promotion? I'm not sure what to do about my striker though - he'll be 32 next season and spent this season sulking. I have two decent looking youths in the reserves waiting for their chance..

no, i just booted it up, holidayed, chose the first team only when I looked into it did I notice it was a rebadged FC Honda. not sure why

they haven't, I'm FC Honda. Although the club's renamed Machida Corriente and has new non-corporate owners. and is based in a new city. So in a way it's kinda realistic despite not being realistic?

Japan - Machida Corriente (Honda FC) 2025 (season 2) - J3 League Objectives: Stay in the J3, sign up the better legacy players to new contracts, improve facilities Season Review I'm loving Japan! It's ideal for youth saves as the money means you can actually get facility upgrades! I'm not used to that in the first 2 seasons of one of these saves. We were great in the league, I got so carried away with our bashing of rubbish teams in friendlies I didn't even notice the last three teams we bashed were in the J3! We didn't lose until the 10th game of the season. We couldn't quite keep that pace up but we were very close to automatic promotion, instead qualifying for the play offs, which was better than I expected/hoped for. Fukushima went through in the play off semi-final as they finished higher than us in the league. Bah. , Players We managed to sign most of the better legacy players up to new contracts so should be nicely set for the next few seasons. Even better, we had a bit of an injury crisis towards the end of the season and I had to bring in some of last seasons youngsters before I'd have like to. Kensuke Ando 24A, at only 16, came off the bench to make his debut, assisted the winner and got PotM. So he started the next game and scored the winner. Finished with stats of 11 games, 6 goals and 5 assists, all from midfield! Youth So how much difference did those youth intake improvements make? well.... a five star preview is nice, as is an A grade for attacking midfielders. So what did it produce? Very happy with that! I think it's safe to say the 0.5 star poor intake is a bug! The best youngster looked like this fella:- Personality not the best, and it looks like he's made out of paper, but hopefully we'll make a man out of him yet. One thing I'm noticing is just how versatile a lot of my youth intake are, which really, really helps in a save like this. They're often accomplished in at least 3 positions. Career Is it too soon to push for promotion? Probably, but not to start bringing some of these young players through. And with another couple of upgrades going through I'm very excited by next seasons intake!

I've been there many times, it's a cracking little ground. Really proper old school where you can change ends at half time. It's great!

yeah, same here. 5-5 draws, narrow 5-4 defeats - definitely more fun than 0-0 and 0-1 i guess

Japan Honda FC Season 1 - J3 League Objectives: Stay up and get a youth intake set up Season Review So FC Honda, who in real life neve get promoted from J4 as it would mean they have to lose their corporate ownership, were the team promoted to J3. So in this universe they're called Machida Corriente and have new owners (there was a takeover halfway through the season as well). It's just easier to refer to them as FC Honda though, so i will. Well, we met the league objectives quite easily in the end. A really good start meant that we never had to worry about relegation and instead had our eyes on the promotion play-offs. A win in our final game and we could have made it, but instead we lost and finished just outside. But a successful season nevertheless Finances and Upgrades Japan looks like it might be one of the easier countries for this challenge as the money is really good. So we start with no junior coaching or youth intake but plenty of money for the board to set one up. And they did - I got two junior coaching upgrades and 3 youth intake through the season Youth So we got a first youth intake! it's a half star poor intake apparently, but it actually looked pretty good to me, so that maybe a little bug Only one elite talent in the intake but he looks good! Next Season overall, a successful first season. But there's storm clouds on the horizon - a lot of the first team squad don't like me and won't sign new contracts. there's a good few of them with only 12 months remaining.... Again, the goal is gonna be keep my job, stay up, get some more youngsters in

it was really fun following your progress with it as well!

yep, but the money looks pretty good so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for the board to give you the go ahead

I've holidayed a season and youth players do seem to appear as lnog as you've got the upgrades to take it away from 'none' I'm playing my first season now so I'll let you know when I get to November if any youth appear.

that is worrying i'll have a look in my save and see what we get

So I'm straight in to Japan, just took the first club that popped up. Honda FC - looks pretty good! no doubt i'll be sacked 13 games in.... I'm quite excited! edit: well, this will make it interesting....

welcome back! I'm downloading right now!

there's not many of us left at this stage! Not sure with that new intake, they all look promising but it's difficult to tell as personality seems to make such a big difference at this level. I'll still be amazed if I'm still in a job in 2 seasons though

Uruguay - Villa Teresa 2031 - Division 2 Season Summary So, another disastrous season. We were terrible, finished 13th (out of 14) and had to rely on winning the relegation play-off to survive. To be this far into the save and this bad still is kinda upsetting but..... Youth Only reason I'm carrying on is my newly upgraded HoYD gave me a ridiculous intake. All my top valued players now are from this intake! 10 elite talents i think? Finances and upgrades so, no money, no upgrades and what do the board announce? career i'll keep plugging away til fm24

I would have done exactly the same. I've been in that position and then the parent club inexplicably releases the player for nothing, or they never sell them. It gave you such a boost in facilities I'd argue that 1m now is worth far more than, say, £10m a few years down the line I'm kinda jealous by how well your save is progressing at the minute!

I'm at exactly the same stage with my Uruguay save and honestly, after three years of playing this save, I have no idea other than waiting for the stars to align. I know improving my facilities would mean better intakes which would mean better players coming through, but I'm losing so much money each year it's impossible. frustrating isn't it!

Uruguay - Villa Teresa Division 2 - Season 8 (2030) Season Summary well...... halfway through the season I realised that in my 8th season I was actually worse off than I was in the first. Worse players, worse results, less money and only one minor improvement. We started well enough, 3 wins, a draw and 2 defeats in the Torneo Competencia, which is ok. And then in the league proper, we won the first match, which again is not too shabby. And then we lost. and lost. and lost again. and kept losing. It was a battle trying to stop a tidal wave of poor morale, and very little we could do could stop it. Bizarrely, we won the last two league games! but to no avail.... luckily Uruguay is weird and relegations are decided on the average of the past two seasons, so even though we were abysmal we wouldn't have gone down. Next season could be a different matter though Youth A nice intake! I need some of these to come good and come good quickly! Career This will be my last save before the new game so I'm just gonna keep plugging away. It's a tough challenge, this one!

Uruguay - Villa Teresa 2029 - season 7 - Division 2 Season Summary So back in Division 2 after our relegation. Previously we'd started the Division 2 season strongly, kept a settled side, and rode the high morale wave through the season. This season, with a younger side, we couldn't do that, and at the midway point relegation looked more likely. We rallied and in the final game of the season had an unlikely chance of clinching a play off place. We lost it and finished 7th, our worst ever season yet! youth Part of the problem was relegation led to losing our better players on stupid relegation release clauses, and the legacy players slowly been phased out. Luckily, our youth player look good, but they will need more patience than the legacy team that got us promoted first time round I forgot to take a screenshot of the intake, but it was a good one! I liked the CA of our best prospect Career So, back in division 2, looking weaker than before with even less money than before. Can we make a success of Urugauy?

It's gonna be the first save for me! Bit concerned how excited I am by it

Uruguay - Villa Teresa Division 1 - 2028 (season 6) Season Summary A frustrating season. We started well enough, and were mid-table after the opening stage, but 1 win in the final 22 games meant relegation was a mere formality in the end. We're an absolute mile away from the level of the top sides in Uruguay Youth Another nice preview and intake but again, no superstars look inbound but three elite talents isn't too shabby. they'll get there chance sooner rather than later given the current state of our squad as well Finances and Upgrades So the top division has no money either, so we're still hugely in debt. But for some reason the board allowed me an upgrade! maybe as a nice reward for getting to the top division? Who knows, but hopefully it makes a meaningful difference to our youth intakes! Career So, back to Division 2 it is. Hopefully it's easier to get out of than it was first time round.

it happens when you offer them a contract and their trials expire before they accept if they're from the intake i've always assumed it's fine