[A guide to defending like a real 442]

Thank you for this tread OP !

I'm currently on a youth academy challenge and stuck in 2. Bundesliga for too many years.

The discussions here enabled me to finetune the tactic with OIs that I never know how to approach. 

Thanks to you the save feels refreshed 😊

[The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge]

Friendship with Lok. Leipzig ended, now Rot-Weiss Essen is my new friend.

That's it, my beta save with Lok Leipzig is over and lasted only one season. I managed to keep the job until the end of season but ended dead last. Not enough quality in the squad and on the touchline... So I restarded in Germany with RW Essen this time.

This is the club where a certain Mezut Ozil came trough the youth academy, that is definitely a good news to now that we can produce this kind of player !
The club have a bit of history having won the championship in 1955, before the creation of Bundesliga, and the german cup in 1953 but more recently they are stuck in the 4th tier since 2007. So let's try to write a new chapter !

Manager profile, setup and media prediction.

We have a big and quite young squad, average facilities, youth coaching and adequate recruitment, more than 2,5M€ in the bank at the start and a solid fanbase with about 4200 season ticket holders. Nice !

[The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge]

il y a 15 minutes, JLAB a dit :

From tomorrow onward I plan on joining you guys for my journey after the full release update happens. I haven't decided on what country I plan on managing in yet, but I'll try and give myself a few options to decide on.

How do you guys decide what country you want to manage in?

Often it's a city/region where I have been on holiday or a place where I would like to spend time. This is a good way to extend holidays and memories...

[The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge]

il y a 7 minutes, djsmith0410 a dit :

First time attempting this. Starting as Cottbus in Germany as Philipp Lahm  

 

 

Goodluck !
Keep in mind you can't field u17 players in Germany, so that is basically 2 seasons to go without using your newgens.
I am also in Germany with Lokomotiv Leipzig, currently sitting at the bottom of the table after 13 games. Hope you'll do better
 

[The FM21 Youth Academy Challenge]

Hi guys,

I was fine doing my standard beta save with Toulouse until I saw you already starded the challenge.

So after an unfinished business with Lok Lepizig on FM20 were we were in 2025, still a mid table team in 3. Liga with no hope to get better soon... here we go again !

Welcome Heinrich Labat, media predict you are the best candidate for relegation by quite a margin. Nice !

[The FM20 Youth Academy Challenge]

Hi guys !

How do you deal with your youth intake contract wise, do you sign your best youth prospects on standard 2 years youth contract or try to sign them on pro contract to include that sweet optional contract extension ? That's the first time I try this challenge and fear that my best prospects doesn't want to sign a pro contract after.

And do you sign players with 2 stars potential, if they have good personalities, to make numbers or don't bother try to developp them ? (assuming you have staff with good judging PA)

Thanks !

[The FM20 Youth Academy Challenge]

Il y a 14 heures, FlairRA a dit :

Decided to start this myself after a couple of days of scrolling through this thread, regens are easily my favorite part of the game so I'm excited to see what I can do! 

Good corporate, training and youth facilities, this looks like the ideal place to start. I'll probably struggle, but lets see what happens! 

It's nice to see people starting in Germany. I started a week ago with Lokomotiv Leipzig but wait to complete a season before posting here.

I'm looking forward to see how you manage transition between real players and regens as you can't play them until they are 17. I've also find that there is a rule to have 4 u-23 in the matchday squad. It can be tricky the first few years. Good luck !

 

Il y a 5 heures, shaunvamos a dit :

I have posted it and awaiting a response. 

In the meantime, I've decided to go elsewhere...

 

 

 

 

Slovenia is going to be more difficult than Belarus already. We have a grand total of 8 players, so I'll have to rely on grey players for most of the season until the youth comes in. There's also a rule where U17s can't play. Pretty much signed my own death warrant here.

Good luck, it seems a really difficult journey !
I've found in a past save with Olympia Ljubjlana that Slovenia tends to produce players with low determination. Don't know if it's pure bad luck or if countries have some tendancies in regens caracteristics apart from PA...

[The Mentality Masterplan and some FM basics revisited...]

Top content, thank you for your dedication.

Looking forward to this evening to test the mentality masterplan.