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Lewes F.C. - Season 2027/28
National League
Inadvertently shared this table in my last update so I'm going to fix that to reflect what actually happened in 26/27, but to echo what I said there.
"Out of the playoffs on the final day. Nout much more to be said. A poor stretch from October thru November in the league left us way off the pace. Just a couple of wins instead of losses would have made the difference, but we go again next season."
FA Cup
Consistently having long FA Cup runs seems to be harming our league chances, this season was no different, we reached the Second Round and lost to Grimsby.
FA Trophy
Beaten by Ilkeston in the Semi Finals. We drew 2-2 away but lost 0-1 at home. Frustrating.
Transfer of the Season
Jamie Arnold - In the words of Alan Partridge: "Striker!" (See Player of the Season below)
Player of the Season
Morgan Williams and Jamie Arnold - Morgan Williams gets the fan vote at right back with a 7.15 average and some key goals. Jamie Arnold gets my vote, given he scored 25 goals and played nearly 50 games across the season.
Season League Finish Notes 2023/24 National League South 1st Champions, Manager of the Year 2024/25 National League 14th 2025/26 National League 13th FA Cup Third Round Proper 2026/27 National League 10th 2027/28 National League 9th1 -
Really enjoying this. Keep it up!
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This is definitely a thing then.
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Barmy. Just one Europa League win turned our locker room into paradise apparently.
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19 hours ago, janrzm said:
I always felt they'd built this in deliberately as an "equaliser" because other aspects of dynamics like morale seem OP.......
Just looked at the thread link and laughed because.......well how often do we see this. Honestly, issues slow to be fixed and reoccurring in later versions is soul destroying. Is there another meaning to "under review"?
Spot where this kicked in.
I sold four first team players and signed four as replacements. Hardly a complete overhaul. So frustrating.
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4 minutes ago, MontyOnTheRun said:
Half your shots are off target, hence why your assman is saying you are struggling to get enough shots in(side) the goalposts. Seems logical to me.
I think that's a very creative use of the English language. It also sort of exemplifies the OP's point. Does the comment mean goals, shots on target or shots in general? I read it as shots in general, and most people probably would without a qualifier.
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This is still happening in completely unrealistic situations. Squad dynamics/harmony cyanide.
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Lewes F.C. - Season 2026/27
National League
Out of the playoffs on the final day. Nout much more to be said. A poor stretch from October thru November in the league left us way off the pace. Just a couple of wins instead of losses would have made the difference, but we go again next season.
FA Cup
We got into the main competition again but were dumped out by Bradford City in the First Round Proper.
FA Trophy
Our best chance of a trophy this season. After a dull first leg at home, Barnet beat us in Extra Time with a last ditch Tom Carpenter winner on 120 minutes of extra time. Devastating, but our time will come.
Transfer of the Season
Duncan Idehen - Too good for this level at centre back. He averaged over 7 rating across the season after being snapped up on a free from Worthing. A one and done player as he's moving to Chesterfield for next season for a decent transfer fee.
Player of the Season
Hamzad Kargbo - The big man just keeps going. 19 goals this season. Hang on. Where did we hear this before?
Season League Finish Notes 2023/24 National League South 1st Champions, Manager of the Year 2024/25 National League 14th 2025/26 National League 13th FA Cup Third Round Proper 2026/27 National League 9th1 -
Costa Rica got a tasty side this year, just a shame that Spain are eating them alive.
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1 hour ago, (sic) said:
I'm in love. This is absolutely what a modern UI should look like, not the mess we have right now.
100% agree. stunning.
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8 hours ago, Rhesus said:
Actually no, what's in the Show full squad isn't the Squad Depth screen. In the squad planner the players are ordered the way me, the manager places the players puts them into the squad planner, and not ordered by the players' star ratings. Not the same.
See here? Notice how the players aren't ranked by how many stars they have?
9 hours ago, Simers said:you just click on squad Planner > Show full squad view. It's still there.
See here:
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Reminds me of England vs Egypt in Mike Bassett so far. Elephant noises included.
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1 hour ago, eXistenZ said:
yeah ts even worse this year..
-"gov, i want to play more"
- "you're right, you deserve more playtime, i promise to play you more" * plays him in the next match, 3 days later
-"gov, im gonna consider my options at the end ofmy contract, which is still 18 months"
Players considering their options at the end of contracts seems like something new? It may have just been the clubs I've managed in FM22 or how I managed them but I very rarely if ever had situations where players ran down their deal.
The problem is it seems way too hyperactive and there's no way of being able to try to convince the player otherwise. Also, clubs already seem to know when players intend to run down their deal, so it's impossible to sell them. Infuriating.
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4 minutes ago, Womaz said:
Where has the squad depth screen gone?
I used to use this a lot to assess ......guess it....the depth of my squad.
In squad planner there is a screen which sort of resembles it, but it is much inferior. Am I missing something ?
Squad depth is gone.
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19 hours ago, (sic) said:
Best ME ever made imo. I'm not seeing any issues, therefore it must be your tactics. /s
Goes for it, then changes his mind, then goes for it again, then changes his mind again. Just lets the striker score. Amazing stuff, even that through ball might be offside.
Miles offside.
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4 hours ago, jcp1417 said:
My Dafuge challenge ended after just 11 games when they sacked me
I genuinely feel bummed
What happened??
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23 minutes ago, themadsheep2001 said:
how nonsense myths become fact, as evidenced by you saying he only ever does excellent work, when in fact that's not true and this is horribly flawed work.
In response to the edit, that was my spur of the moment subjective opinion and I certainly don't think you can discredit the effort that he puts into his work.
We can agree to disagree on the findings or the basis of them, or whatever, but I do feel that tossing his entire body of work out when clearly people have applied some of his findings and have found that they've worked is another thing entirely.
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Just now, themadsheep2001 said:
It's factually inaccurate. And rather than check their working, they push out misinformation
Nobody is being forced to watch it. It's a bit different if he was conjuring claims out of thin air. The reactions to the above post attempting to browbeat a content creator are telling.
The fact of the matter is, putting aside the line settings, that many of the same old things simply do work in FM year upon year. This was something that brought up in the YouTube creators round table.
You could just as easily make the point that what they were saying is "misinformation" because SI have said that using the same old tactic won't work, but I've seen that same claim many a time and I'm using the same formation and general instruction set that I have done for many a year and it's still working. Many others do as well based on what I read around these forums and on the net. I would also note that from when I watched Rashidi's videos from a few years back that he had a common base he carried from game to game. Whether or not that's still the same now, I don't know.
Brute forcing the engine isn't just something that Max does, and some things clearly do work better than others. Scepticism is not unhealthy within moderation. I think Max is at least reasonable and I don't perceive malice in presenting his own arguments in a reasoned manner. If people want to disagree with him and prove him wrong, that's just as valid as well.
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I don't understand the response. Getting angry about something like this is petty.
You can either agree or disagree with his conclusionsbased on what he's presented, but I've always thought Max's videos have been good, and he's at least showing his working.
Fact of the matter is, the game is not an exact 1-1 replica of real life. He's not the only person who's pushing the engine through testing.
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The best way to get recruitment optimised is eluding me so far with the Recruitment focuses. Just can't seem to really get it. I miss just assigning people to regions.
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I just played the Europa League League Phase for the first time. I have two main points.
1. The diversity of matchups does create a certain degree of excitement.
2. There will be major blowback from people who see the Champions League as turning into a Super League via the backdoor, just owned by UEFA.
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It may be 25 years into the future but United defenders are still making their fans suffer.
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Lewes F.C. - Season 2025/26
Time to push on and make progress in getting out of this division?
National League
A stinker of a finish was the reverse of our good run at the end of last season. Need to get those dynamics under control in "Morale Manager"!
FA Cup
We went one step further than last season and reached the Third Round! The highlight of the run was a win against MK Dons in the First Round before a generous draw against Daggenham and Redbridge (albeit away) saw us ride a good streak into January. Unfortunately however, that's where our involvement ended.FA Trophy
We also had a good go of it in the FA Trophy reaching the Quarter Finals, but high flying Notts County eliminated us with a penalty at the end of stoppage time in a 3-2 win at the Dripping Pan.
Transfer of the Season
Morgan Williams - A really decent acquisition at right back from Yeovil with an average of 7.02. Also chipped in with 4 goals.
Player of the Season
Hamzad Kargbo - The big man just keeps going. 19 goals this season.
Season League Finish Notes 2023/24 National League South 1st Champions, Manager of the Year 2024/25 National League 14th 2025/26 National League 13th FA Cup Third Round Proper1 -
Max only ever does excellent work.
The positional and heat maps are a bit of a smoking gun here on this. The same as when he highlighted issues with marking in FM22.
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