nico_france

If it’s like last year The main winter update should be live this week Imo, might be worth waiting till the end of the week to get a proper update running

Once i start to be too dominant, with a a reserve full of top players, i keep losing the fun Depends who i start with, but with a club like Marseille, after 5/6 seasons, it can be a bit boring

If they stick to last year schedule that sounds good to me

This penalty is a total disgrace Argentina had plenty of pens during the tournament French are not good but the ref kills us

May be one of the most intense game of the tournament in any case Golden generation for England in any case as you have top youngsters that should become lethal in the upcoming years

Sure the refs fault, the second penalty was a total no brainer Mount could not get that ball, but still I’m sorry but when you can only rely on penalties to score, because you can’t make it otherwise You just can’t win, had to be more clinical upfront Great generation of players in any case, don’t understand why Saka did not remain on the pitch, as he was the most dangerous player upfront

Nice game Your team is good actually No mental for Kane

Our poor defending is a concern Especially when we will be facing a proper attack line up like England

Must buy for any side And cheap for that quality btw

Paying a top player (Mbappé, Neymar...) more than 150M€, that's ok for me, as it's happening irl But i see in this edition, good players, not even top players where you need to spend more than 200/250M€ That's a problem Here are the most expensive ones in my save Good ones, but come on 300M€ for a fullback

In my Marseille save, as far as I remember he's earning more than 4M€/month, so I can't see a lot of teams able to pay this wage, may be City or Newcastle, if their reputation is good, otherwise he should be remaining in PSG forever

When you see 2024 coming, he is the only one you can have in mind actually

SEASON 2 LIGUE 1 That was better this year, but PSG i still flying high in the league, Glatier left the club to manage France, and Lucien Favre is now in charge, Mbappé still banging more than 50 goals in the League The good thing for us is that we now reach Champions League football directly Hopefully next year we'll be closer in order to struggle against PSG Still a disappointing Lyon, i kind of like it COUPE DE FRANCE This is the good surprise this season ! First trophy on our shelves under my management ! And against our more competitive rival ! CHAMPIONS LEAGUE That was a tough group for us with Inter and Chelsea, but i'm really happy with the results Some of my new signings had a really good impact on those games, especially against Inter, will detailed it just below Liverpool was far too good for me this season, we're still learning at this level, i'm building a squad for the future atm TRANSFERS As stated in my previous post, the biggest downside with Marseille this year, is that your board won't give you money to spend, even if you have good results So you rally need to play smart on the market HARIT: Seen in my previous post, best 5M€ spend for this player, must keep BARAK: What a deal for this guy ! He's total class as an AMC, he qualified me in CL against Inter on his own, as a result, because of his age and the lack of money, when...Inter came in in January, those 58M€ were too good to refuse for a feebie, i recommend to have a look to this player, real quality NDOUR: Top prospect from the wonderkid factory of Benfica, a must buy for any side, as the lad should be developping in a really important player, GAGLIARDINI: Another good freebie for my CM spot, will be perfect for my rotation, not asking for big wages TRUFFERT:Transferlisted by Rennes, the young left FB will provide depth for this position, Tavares is now back to Arsenal and i can't loan him anymore THIAW: Great find here for the CB spot, he has everything to shine for my sweeper spot, i hardly recommend him ESCALES: Freebie GK, raised in the club, only brought in for Champions League registration, not good otherwise FABIANSKI: Brought in as an emergency signing, Pau Lopez was injured SEIMEN: May be the better GK in the game, Loan with a 22M€ buyout clause that i can't afford at the end of the season LUNIN: Opportunity signing for a great GK at a very convenient price, must sign at these conditions FOFANA: Great box to box and superb opportunity for a player City bought one year ago for 40M€, already knows the league, good addition to the team AMPADU: Nice addition to the team for that money, will strengthen my CB spots as a cover Already arranged an exciting move for the next summer window, you'll see Reagrding the outs, Luis Henrique departure is set at the beggining of the game Shift Rongier out for good money, Amavi and Dieng are not good for my team Would not have sold Pau Lopez, but when the opportunity of signing Lunin was there, it was mandatory to sell him Already talked about Barak, after only 6 months and really good performances, 58M€ in my financial situation for a 29 y/o player are just impossible to refuse Payet was still good as a super sub during the first season, but he's declining way too much physically Overall feeling is that i could strenghten the team in a lot of areas with better players, i'm more confortable to play each competition now But i need to find better options in the short term TOP PERFORMERS MILIK: Thanks God, Juventus did not trigger his ridiculous (8M€) buyout clause, i renewed his expiring contract and give him the keys upfront, lethal FACUNDO FARIAS: Brought in last winter, he's now a starter for me, goals and assists for fun THIAW: Wonderful sweeper, nice pairing with Mbemba Next season, we will try to chase PSG for the title, on Champions League as usual, we'll do our best and quite curious to see this new CL formula !

Someone knows how it really works ? How on earth, when i'm the title holder in my country, i can get this kind of draw for the first phase ?

Reminds me our World Cup in 2002 Everything is set, from injuries to Deschamps list Get ready for a big shock

SEASON 1 LIGUE 1 Well, as I mentionned in my post above, "the farmers league" is a complicated one, when you have to face PSG billions and stars As a result, and as expected, I could not even compete with them for the domestic title Mbappé scoring roughly half of the goals for his team (53 league goals), might have helped them a little bit to reach these numbers OGCNice had been a real pain for me this year, they beat me home and away, still manage to lose only one game against PSG this year, but definitely, there was nothing I could do COUPE DE FRANCE Long story short, unlucky to draw Monaco away for my first game, lost on penalties See you next year ! CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Obviously, this is not our competition at the moment, it's most of all important money wise for a club like Marseille But surprisingly, we did better than expected I reckon, starting in the 4th bracket, we've been extremely lucky with the draw, no "big boys" actually The really good surprise had been to beat Juventus, it was a disappointment to lose against Porto after our brilliant win at home Hopefully, we'll do better next year TRANSFERS No big surprises here, nor big moves, given 23M€ to spend for the winter window, secured almost all these moves during the World Cup VALERI: Really good attacking left wing back on a budget, as I can afford Tavares next year and I don't have any back up in my team atm, it was an absolute priority for me, 23 y/o as well, important for the club vision as well FARIAS: Really promising Argentinian AMC, good addition for the team as backup right now, but definitely an important player for the future, can't recommend him more GOMEZ: Once again, an Argentinian talent, the left footed CB is here to replace BAILLY in my back 3 , I don't want to trigger his automatic buyout clause (19 league games) and giving him nearly 500K€/month is absolutely not considered BORSET: Found by my scouts at the end of the transfer window, young Norwegian CB on budget, to hopefully develop into a good player, will remain on loan till next season HARIT: his move will become permanent next season, his automatic buyout clause (5M€ after 15 league games has been triggered), btw top performer for me from the AMC spot, scoring 17 goals and also really interesting on set pieces On the other hand, for the outs, I tried to shift as much deadwood as I could, quite happy to get this money from Gueye, who was barely playing for me, same for Kolasinac who was running out of contract I would have liked to strengthen more positions but, this money, in the current economic state of the game, is not so much considering the asking price for average players I've been lucky enough to snap a few interesting freebies for the upcoming season, and this is an area I will strongly recommend to focus on, as your board won't giving you money to spend despite Champions League, think smart before you make a move TOP PERFORMERS LUIS SUAREZ: Played him a lot after Alexis injury, this guy is just too good (I will review it next winter), banging for fun as an advanced forward or complete forward, I wish he would have done half of this IRL AMINE HARIT: AS mentionned above, impact player, good in scoring goals and assist, 5M€ is a great deal (home grown btw) CLAUSS: This WB position is perfectly adapted to his quality, excellent crossing abilities, assisting for fun, 14 in the league Next season, we'll try to do better obviously, and most of all for the domestics competition, I don't want to go through the qualifying fixtures to reach Champions League football

It's becoming more and more useful when you progress through your save As you can see your loans that you might have forgotten, and your prospects in the B team I kind of like to have a look at it at the end of the season

Hi guys, in my vision of the Tudor's set up and most of all our WB capacities I prefer them to be a little be more lower on the pitch 2 reasons for that from what I saw, with individual marking for the AML/AMR position, they can track back more efficiently to cover the flanks In offensive phase, my midfielders and my AMC can reach them when they are bombing forward, which is really interesting combined with their crossing abilities, Clauss hit 14 assits with me That Harit/Under pairing works like a charm, they both hit good numbers and games The main concern I have is my 2 midfielders, I can't get good ratings from them, depsite a Guendouzi which is improving a lot He's not a B2B midfielder for me anymore, he's my defensive man in my midfield In defense, sometimes, some mistakes, in case of injury during the first season it can be complicated in the CB area, Bailly is not that efficient In any case I will stick with this tactic, it's kind of weird as I can definitely beat big boys in Champions League, and then get crushed (away most of all) by lower teams

Well after one season, These are the firsts observations First of all PSG is definitely in another galaxy, Mbappé scoring like 50 goals in the League The struggle will be real this year to clinch the title Regarding Marseille, if you start with transfers disabled like I do, there is something a bit annoying, you will be given more than 20M€ to spend in the winter, which is good to strengthen the team BUT, despite getting champions league football this season, I'm getting almost no money to spend for the summer, which is annoying Will post a proper recap when possible, but bear in mind this if you start a save There are good freebies available in S1 so, I will recommend this area to strengthen the team on a budget On the other hand, I would not recommend signing Bailly on a permanent deal (buyout triggered automatically after 19 leagues appearances) as he we will be earning around 500K€/month, which is completely absurd

Hi Guys Just signed these two lads, agreed the transfers during the World Cup, they just arrived FACUNDO FARIAS (COLON) 4.8M€ + appearences fee Will already play for me so i'll let you know VALENTIN GOMEZ (VELEZ) 7.5M€ + bonus Definitely interesting prospects this year over here

Maguire may be a bit overrated

Hi guys FYI Holidayed a save till July 2023 Started the game with the same set up than the save i submitted for this thread, which mean transfers disabled for the first window Just took control of the manager to spend the transfer money available in January 2023 (20M€) The team ended up 3rd, which means Champions League (qualifying round) 2 Buyout have been automatically triggered during the first season, for a 10M€ total 60M€ sitting in the bank, once again, no installments in transfer, no works etc And this is what i inherit for the transfer window I don't expect to get PSG money, but, it might be a bit short