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Tottenham Tactics (First Half) We will also be going with a lower defensive line initially. Match 47 seconds in, excellent team play lead to a goal from NELSON SEMEDOOOO! Assisted by Lemina. They had a chance on the 2nd minute, but were unable to execute it. Again on the 7th, but this time they were offside. They keep getting chances as they had a third chance that went wide on the 12th minute. We need to start winning the ball back. Sarabia wins the ball back on the 18th minute! Nothing happens. 20th minute, we have the ball! Backpass... Poor pass and they have the ball! Good save by Sa! We're still 1-0 up! We got a corner on the 29th minute, but were unable to score from it even from the rebound. We should make it 2-0, though, we've looked good when attacking. Even though a little poor in passing. Hee Chan got the ball and tried to shoot on the 45th minute, but was unable to score it! Second Half. I'm moving the defensive line up to standard, make us more aggressive, and moving our mentality to Balanced. Cunha is going to be put as a CF(A) to see if we get anything out of him. No subs. 45th minute again, we have the ball! Long pass, but it goes out. 48th minute, they have the ball. Maddison assisted Van De Ven after some excellent team play from their side, and they scored, making it 1-1. 56th minute, I'm making some changes. Fabio Silva comes on as a striker, Sarabia is replaced by Pedro Neto. Tommy Doyle comes on in the DLP role and we move it up to a DLP(S). Let's see if we can change the game here. I've told them to try to score the winning goal! They have a corner... They scored from it! Both of their defenders tonight got a goal each and we're now 2-1 down! I'm going to encourage the team... We won the ball back and we're trying to push forward! We get a corner! 82nd minute, I'm going to change up our mentality to positive! The game ends 2-1... We did well offensively going forward, unfortunately they were solid defensively and we were only able to score once. Simply put, they outscored us.

Manager This will be the manager I'll be using. A young up-and-coming Portuguese manager. Leagues The playable leagues are England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany and France. The view only leagues are the US, Scotland, South Africa, Norway, Japan, China, Argentina, Canada, Belgium and Brazil. Board Expectations First season we will be aiming for mid-table. Tactic This 4-3-3 has been good for us in pre-season. Pre-Season Results I will be posting again when we do our next important match, and that will be our first match against Tottenham who are very good but recently irl we managed to beat them!

Wolves Rising: A Youthful Journey to Premier League Glory This year as usual I am starting a Wolves Save. I have decided to do something a little different this time. The first thing I've done that's different is so the club is involved with signing young players cheap to build into future stars. I had the idea that the manager would be a young portuguese manager who has just retired from Football, going into managing Wolves with decent qualifications, who wants to aim to get stronger as a manager as time goes on. The second thing I've done is asked Chat GPT for a set of guidelines, aims and ideas for the save, and I will be updating Chat GPT on the progress with each season passing, and asking it for any ideas what to do for the next season. So I will now be writing down here the guidelines, aims and ideas that it has given me, along with potentially some of my own if needed. But looking at them, I don't think I'll need to. Also the name of the save was generated by Chat GPT for me, since I don't have much creativity for it this year. Guidelines Develop Youth Talent: Use your youth squad first for deciding whether you need to fill a position, and prioritize putting youth players in squad player/fringe player positions to get experience through short but regular goes in the team. (Prioritize the development of youth players from your academy.) As time goes on, steadily invest in your youth facilities and improve coaching staff where you can to strengthen player development. (Invest in your youth facilities and coaching staff to enhance player development.) Scouting Network: Try to improve the scouting team with scouts with experience scouting in Portugual, England and Spain, with the aim to find young and upcoming players from those areas along with any players that are a little older that may be able to strengthen the team immediately. (Establish a strong scouting network, particularly in Portugal, England, and Spain. Identify and sign young talents with high potential from these regions.) Strategic Signings: Look for experienced players who can serve as mentors for the young talents. Sign promising players from abroad who fit the team's playstyle and philosophy. Tactical Identity: Develop a distinct tactical identity that suits your squad's strengths. Be adaptable and tweak your tactics based on your opponent and player strengths. (I will try to do this but I'm not too great at that side of the game, but I'll try to tweak my tactics based on the team we're playing, if we're playing a weak team, I'll go more aggressive, if we're facing a strong team, more defensive. Also, if they go a man down, we will push them.) Balanced Recruitment: Maintain a balance between experienced players and young talents in your squad. Ensure a blend of nationalities, focusing on Portuguese, English, and Spanish players. Limited Budget Management: Make shrewd transfer decisions due to the limited budget. Prioritize key positions and invest wisely in areas that need strengthening. Short-Term Aims (1-3 Seasons) Establish in the Premier League: Aim for a mid-table finish in the first season. Develop a stable starting XI with a good mix of youth and experience. Invest in Youth Infrastructure: Upgrade youth facilities and coaching staff. Focus on promoting at least one youth player to the first team. Solidify Core Squad: Identify and secure key players for the long term. Develop a tactical system that maximizes the strengths of your core players. Medium-Term Aims (4-6 Seasons) European Qualification: Aim for European qualification through league position or domestic cup success. Build squad depth to handle multiple competitions. Continued Youth Integration: Continue promoting youth players to the first team. Establish a reserve squad that competes in lower leagues for additional development. Enhance Scouting Network: Strengthen your scouting team to identify top talents early. Expand scouting focus to other countries if necessary. Long-Term Aims (7+ Seasons) Challenge for Titles: Aim to challenge for the Premier League title and progress in European competitions. Develop a squad capable of competing at the highest level. Global Scouting Network: Expand your scouting network globally to find the best talents from around the world. Develop partnerships with clubs in other countries to facilitate player exchanges. Club Legend Status: Aim to have players from your academy become club legends. Focus on creating a strong emotional connection between fans and homegrown players. Financial Stability: Ensure the club's financial stability through smart transfer dealings and consistent success. Explore commercial opportunities to increase revenue. All of this will be a lot to deal with, but it will make a very interesting save of Wolves this year. I know with FM2023, I only got around 5 years done before I gave up with the save due to real life, but hopefully I will be doing more with this club. I'll update this thread in a couple days or earlier maybe depending on how quick I get the pre-season done, and planning for before I start the save, with what tactics I'll be using and stuff. I'll be trying to use a 4-3-3 system, though, but that might change.

hey what set piece instructions would you use for a team like Wolves? I'm not too great with set pieces!

Second Season Starts Today Friendlies with our new away and home tactics did well. Pre-Season Transfer Window (First Half) In Moorhouse Young Midfielder, tons of potential. Kingdon Young Defender, plenty of potential. Benjamin Young Striker and Winger, plenty of potential. Future leader. Curtis Plenty of potential, also first team player on the right. Fiorini Came in on loan, will strengthen the midfield with depth and very likely to be in the running to start games. Simoni First Team GK, will start most games and has room to grow. El Mizouni Interesting player and will strengthen the team defensively when he plays. Potentially develop him as a CD. White First Team player, will play often. Brooking Potential, but might just be one to sell later. Potentially rotational player, though. John-Jules First Team striker and also rotation in the wings. Di'Shon Bernard Rotational player in defence. Feeney Will be playing 99% of games as a CD to strengthen our backline. Out New Tactics Away Home New Board Expectations

Sky Bet Championship Review We did really well this previous season.

May 2024 Results Hull, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Soares, Hackett, Galloway, Scarr, Warrington, Houghton, Earley, Issaka, Jenkins-Davies, Wright and Waine. Subs: Hazard, Gillesphey, Butcher, Akinwale, Hayden, Endacott, Miller, Halls and Cundle. First Half: I decided to rotate the team heavily since there was nothing to play for in this match. They scored twice, once at 11 minutes and again on 32. Second Half: On the 77th minute, we got a penalty and Jenkins-Davies converted it. 2-1 loss. We finish the season in 14th, with 16 wins and 8 draws, with the remaining matches being 22 losses. Not bad for a team that was supposed to be relegated. Budgets for Next Season I believe these are the new budgets anyways. Season Review My Best Players this season Mumba was useful at times, scoring 7 times and assisting 3. Dependable left winger, who has the potential to be developed in midfield too. Whittaker had a great season for us, scoring 15 goals and assisting 7. His stars say a different story for his performances, and he will still be valuable next season just maybe not starting nearly every game now. He scored 17 goals in total in all his league appearances, 3 goals below the league's third top goalscorer, and 5 off the top goalscorer. Next Season My next post will likely be Sunday or Monday, as I am going away for the weekend tomorrow. My aims for next season are to build a different style of tactic, and I already have a bunch in mind, and also to try to aim for the playoffs. At-least finish a bit higher than this season, but it was a good season regardless. I have a bunch of young players already coming in, though with the 4m Transfer Budget plus ample room for loans and frees in wages too potentially, we will be able to improve the squad.

April 2024 Results Bristol City, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Houghton, Warrington, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Scarr, Wright, Bundu, Earley, Butcher, Waine, Galloway and Cundle. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: With their only shot on target all half, they scored on the 43rd minute. Nothing else happened all game, despite us having 4 shots on target we couldn't finish any of them. Rotherham, League, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Warrington, Azaz, Cundle, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Scarr, Wright, Bundu, Earley, Houghton, Waine, Galloway and Butcher. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They scored on the 10th minute, then we got a penalty on the 49th minute in half-time stoppage time, and Hardie converted it, bringing us to a 1-1 draw by half time. Second Half: On the 52nd minute Hardie scored again giving us the lead and that was how we won, with a 1 goal lead over Rotherham. Edwards, Pleguezuelo, HAyden, Cundle, Warrington and Hardie all had good games. QPR, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Cundle, Houghton, Bundu, Wright, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Hackett, Azaz, Waine, Earley, Issaka, Akinwale, Scarr and Butcher. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: Bundu scored twice, once on the 10th minute and once on the 16th, making it 2-0. Then, they scored on the 20th. Nothing else happened, though we did have 57% possession and 7 shots on target, 14 overall, it was a fairly narrow win all things considered. Leicester City, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Soares, Hackett, Galloway, Scarr, Edwards, Houghton, Warrington, Issaka, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. ...I forgot the subs. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They scored twice, once on the 30th minute and once on the 43rd minute, both by the same guy, some guy called Stephy Mavididi. Second Half: Jesse Lingard scored on the 77th minute, meaning we were losing 3-0. 92nd minute, Bundu shoots in a consolation goal. 3-1. Stoke, League, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Houghton, Cundle, Wright, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Hackett, Azaz, Waine, Scarr, Issaka, Akinwale, Galloway and Butcher. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They scored twice in the first half, one at 20 minutes and one at 25 minutes, the second one coming from a guy who's surname sounds like "mmee". Second Half: They scored another. We lost 3-0. Against a team that was 18th, god dammit. Millwall, League, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Warrington, Azaz, Cundle, Mumba, Whittaker and Bundu. Subs: Cooper, Scarr, Wright, Hardie, Galloway, Houghton, Waine, Earley and Miller. First Half: They scored on the 34th minute, and that was it for the match, a 1-0 loss. We stay in 13th, managing to get 2 wins in all of the matches this month. Not bad.

Trials These three are the ones I like the look of most.

This has been the most interesting one that's happened.

Youth Intake Only Myers is worth giving a deal. Though, he definitely needs some work. Good personality and stuff. March 2024 Results Ipswich, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Cundle, Warrington, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Earley, Wright, Bundu, Scarr, Issaka, Waine, Galloway and Houghton. Watched or Simmed: Watched -- First Half: On the 26th minute, Hayden assisted Whittaker to give us a 1-0 lead! That's our first shot on target, too. Hayden gave away a penalty on the 30th minute, and they converted it, meaning we're now drawing 1-1. Hayden then scored on the 44th minute meaning we were now leading by a goal, it's 2-1! Second Half: Whittaker scores a free kick on the 50th minute! 3-1! On the 70th minute I decided to sub off a bunch of players who were tiring. Hayden, Whittaker, Edwards, Mumba and Hardie off for Scarr, Earley, Wright, Issaka and Waine. We won 3-1. Sheffield Wednesday, League, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Warrington, Cundle, Wright, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Hackett, Issaka, Bundu, Scarr, Houghton, Waine, Earley and Miller. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- Nothing happened of note with neither side scoring, we did have 3 shots on target and 60% possession though, but hardly did much with it. Soares, Pleguezuelo, Gibson, Hayden, Wright, Cundle and Warrington all did well. Blackburn, League, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Hackett, Galloway, Scar, Edwards, Houghton, Earley, Wright, Bundu, Issaka and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Pleguezuelo, Cundle, Waine, Whittaker, Azaz, Akinwale, Hayden and Mumba. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They scored on the 41st minute, meaning we were losing 1-0 by half-time. Second Half: They scored again on the 46th minute, but Hardie scored on the 59th minute, then we got a penalty and converted it with Wright scoring it, meaning until the 83rd minute we were 2-2, but they managed to score again and won the match 3-2. Not too bad, though. They were a fair bit above us. Preston, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 (Soares is now injured for a month) Hazard, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Cundle, Warrington, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Baker, Hackett, Wright, Bundu, Scarr, Houghton, Waine, Earley and Miller. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: Thanks to Azaz and Mumba scoring on the 3rd and 5th minutes, we won 2-0. Hazard, Edwards, Pleguezuelo, Gibson, Azaz, Cundle, Whittaker and Mumba all had good games. Norwich, League, Away, 4-3-3 Hazard, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Warrington, Cundle, Wright, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. First Half: We conceded a goal on the 27th minute, but nothing else happened in the first half. Second Half: Hardie scored, then Cundle scored on the 53rd and 58th minute, then they scored making it 2-2, then Whittaker scored on the 85th making it 3-2, and we won 3-2. This has been a good month for us, with us moving up to 13th. Hardie has started scoring again a little. 15 goals in 31 starts and 3 sub appearances.

February 2024 Results Watford, League, Home, 4-3-3 (new one) Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Warrington, Cundle, Wright, Mumba, Bundu and Akinwale. Subs: Cooper, Hackett, Houghton, Waine, Earley, Miller, Wright, Scarr and Butcher. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They scored on the 1st minute, then we scored from a Hayden goal on the 15th minute. Second Half: We looked like we could draw until the 93rd minute on which they scored a second goal meaning they won 2-1. Pleguezuelo and Hayden had good games. Sunderland, League, Away, 4-3-3 (new one) Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Warrington, Azaz, Cundle, Mumba, Wright and Bundu. Subs: Cooper, Earley, Issaka, Waine, Scarr, Houghton, Akinwale, Gillesphey and Miller. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- Nothing happened in the first half. Second Half: They scored on the 54st minute, then Wright scored on the 56th minute, and we went on to draw that match, and we were expected to be well beaten by them. Coventry, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 (new one) Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Cundle, Warrington, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Bundu. Subs: Cooper, Scarr, Wright, Hardie, Earley, Issaka, Akinwale, Gillesphey and Houghton. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: Mumba scored on the 19th minute, then Whittaker scored on the 28th, then Azaz on the 43th minute meaning we were 3-0 up by half-time! Second Half: They scored twice, once on the 50th minute, then once on the 77th minute. We would then get two quickfire goals in stoppage time on the 93rd and 97th minutes, meaning we won the match 5-2! Leeds, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 (new one) Soares, Hackett, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Cundle, Houghton, Mumba, Wright, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Earley, Azaz, Bundu, Scarr, Issaka, Akinwale, Galloway and Miller. First Half: They scored twice in the first half, once at 16 minute and then again at 42 minutes with Luka Romero scoring. Second Half: Despite having 5 shots on target, we couldn't score any of them. They'd score again on the 47th minute, then on the 71st minute Luka Romero scored again. Middlesbrough, League, Away, 4-3-3 (new one) Soares, Hackett, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Warrington, Azaz, Cundle, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. First Half: They scored on the 26th minute. That's it. We had one shot on target all game and couldn't finish, though Pleguezuelo and Hackett both had good games. Enough said about Hardie, though, who was one of the worst performers this match. I think at this point we are settled in midfield, though we do drop to 15th. We are struggling for points right now, though. Conceding a lot of goals. Hardie has stopped scoring, too. New Tactics (Away) (Home)

do you do anything for home/away games (like a tactical change etc) or is it the same tactic for home and away?

Jan Transfer Window In Akinwale I mainly got them for that trait honestly, though physically he is pretty good for the championship. Out It was a big offer and he was only a squad player anyways.

January 2024 Results Watford, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Cooper, Earley, Galloway, Pleguezuelo, Hayden, Wright, Warrington, Miller, Butcher, Issaka and Bundu. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- Again we drew 0-0, with Cooper, Galloway, Hayden and Earley getting good ratings. Pleguezuelo was injured on the 28th minute, and Warrington was sent off on the 54th. Still, it was a fairly even game. Pleguezuelo is out for up to a month. Arsenal, FA Cup Third Round, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Edwards, Gibson, Scarr, Hayden, Wright, Azaz, Cundle, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Hackett, Miller, Issaka, Butcher, Waine, Galloway and Wright. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They scored three times in 30 minutes on 11, 25 and 27 minutes, then a penalty on 31. Cundle managed to score our only goal of the game on the 33rd minute, and that was the scoring for the first half done. Second Half: They scored again on the 61st and the 83rd minute, ending the scoreline at 6-1, where they won. Huddersfield, League, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Earley, Gibson, Scarr, Hayden, Wright, Azaz, Cundle, Miller, Wright and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Hackett, Mumba, Waine, Galloway, Butcher, Whittaker, Gillesphey and Edwards. Watched or Simmed: Watched -- Nothing happened of note in the first half. On half-time I subbed off Scarr for Galloway, Gibson for Butcher, Azaz off as he was tiring for Edwards, and Hardie off for Whittaker. We just couldn't finish, but Soares, Earley, Wright and Hayden all had good games. I might make a new tactic as a third one, a vertical tiki taka 4-2-3-1. The ass man later said I should probably do a team meeting, so I did one and say we're not doing great right now, and we need to do better. This helped morale a bunch as they all agreed. Cardiff, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 (new one) Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Scarr, Edwards, Cundle, Wright, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Earley, Miller, Issaka, Galloway, Jenkins-Davies, Bundu, Waine and Hackett. Watched or Simmed: Watched -- First Half: We've had most the possession in the first half, just unable to do much with that. Both goalies have been playing well today. We've started to come into the game late on the first half, but we've not scored yet. They have better XG than us despite only having 36% possession. On half-time I subbed Mumba off for Issaka, put Hayden into DR and subbed Earley on in place of Edwards. Second Half: Hayden just scored for us on the 48th minute making it 1-0 to us! Then on the 57th minute Azaz assists Wright to give us the second goal! We're 2-0 up with 30 minutes or so to go. ...Hardie's injured on the 71st minute. I'm subbing Ben Waine on in place of him. 90th minute, they score making it 2-1 from a corner rebound. The match ends 2-1! West Brom, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 (new one) Soares, Edwards, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Hayden, Cundle, Wright, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Issaka. Subs: Cooper, Scarr, Earley, Miller, Galloway, Bundu, Warrington, Waine and Butcher. Watched or Simmed: Watched -- First Half: We concede on the 8th minute and I shout at the players, I demand more. ...We conceded again. What. On 30 minutes and I berate the players. We're starting to do better as we're starting to win the ball back more and keep possession a bit more but we keep throwing the ball away missing the target, while they've scored both of their shots on target. We got a penalty very late on in the first half!! Callum Wright scores it! Second Half: At half time, I swap Issaka with Mumba, and subbing Mumba off for Waine, then I sub Edwards off for Earley, and Pleguezuelo off for Galloway. We've just conceded a third goal on the 55th minute. I demand more from the players. 62nd minute, I sub off Hayden for Warrington, and Issaka for Bundu. We just conceded a fourth goal, I guess some games we're just destined to lose. Azaz scores from 20 yards on the 65 minute! 4-2! We ended up losing the match 4-2, but we didn't do too badly, I just wish we could've had more shots on target. We move up to 13th with a rough month that only saw us win 1 match.

Late on in January Hardie's injured and will be out for a month.

Updated Tactics (Home) (Away)

December 2023 Results Stoke, League, Home, Tactic: 4-2-3-1 Soares, Earley, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Azaz, Warrington, Edwards, Mumba, Wright, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Gillesphey, Jenkins-Davies, Issaka, Halls, Wright, Waine, Galloway and Cundle. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: We weren't able to score at all throughout the first half, but neither were they. 0-0. Second Half: Luke Cundle, coming from being subbed on, scored on the 71st minute, then Wright scored on the 73rd and 86th minute to make it 3-0. They then scored an own goal, making it 4-0. Then, they scored twice, once at 88 minutes, then once at the 92nd minute, bringing the amount we had won by to 2 goals instead of 4. The match finished 4-2. Leicester, League, Away, Tactic: 4-3-3 Soares, Earley, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Hayden, Houghton, Cundle, Wright, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Gillesphey, Jenkins-Davies, Issaka, Halls, Wright, Waine, Galloway and Azaz. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They scored on the 29th minute, making it 1-0. That goal came from Jamie Vardy. Nothing else happened. Second Half: Vardy scored another goal for them on the 56th minute, making it 2-0, but we were able to bring the deficit to only 1 goal down by scoring from Whittaker on the 64th minute. Not bad. Though, they had been unbeaten for 9 home games before this one (home for them) QPR, League, Away, Tactic: 4-3-3 (deciding to rotate the team a bunch here) Soares, Hackett, Galloway, Pleguezuelo, Warrington, Randell, Earley, Jenkins-Davies, Issaka, Wright and Whittaker. Subs: Hazard, Gillesphey, Endacott, Miller, Halls, Houghton, Bundu, Hayden and Butcher. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: Wright scored on the 3rd minute, then they scored from Ilias Chair on the 35th. 1-1. Second Half: The match finished 1-1. Rotherham, League, Home, Tactic: 4-2-3-1 Soares, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Houghton, Randell, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Galloway, Wright, Issaka, Earley, Warrington, Jenkins-Davies, Cundle and Waine. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They scored on the 8th minute, then Joe Edwards scored for us on the 44th minute. 1-1. Second Half: On the 93rd minute, they scored again meaning we lost 2-1. We've dropped to 14th. I decided to do a team meeting, deciding to challenge the players since we've had a bit of a blip, we can still stay up. That helped bring the morale back up. Soares is now injured for up to 2 months, though. Birmingham, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Cooper, Earley, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Hayden, Cundle, Randell, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Hazard, Galloway, Wright, Issaka, Edwards, Warrington, Jenkins-Davies, Gillesphey and Waine. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- First Half: They opened the scoring on the 4th minute, then Hardie equalized, scoring for us, making it 1-1. That's his 12th goal of the season, now. Second Half: They scored again on the 51st minute, bringing themselves ahead with a Jay Stansfield goal. Whittaker would then score 25 minutes later on the 76th minute, allowing us to equalize again, and the match finished 2-2. That's our third draw this season. Hardie is again joint second top-scorer in the league! Cardiff, League, Away, 4-3-3 Cooper, Hackett, Gibson, Scarr, Edwards, Warrington, Randell, Wright, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Hazard, Earley, Cundle, Bundu, Galloway, Wright, Issaka, Gillesphey and Butcher. Watched or Simmed: Watched -- First Half: They scored on the 14th minute with their only shot on target so far... Whittaker was tired on the 40th minute so I subbed Bundu on who has returned fairly recently from injury, or at-least it feels that way. Other than that goal, nothing changed, we did get the same amount of shots on target and a similar XG to them at the end, but we were unable to score... yet. Second Half: At half-time, I subbed Hackett off for Earley, Hardie off for Issaka, and Wright off for Cundle. I then said in the team talk "What was that?! Get your acts together and start playing football.", which got them fired up, which is good. We were passing well up the field then they got the ball and scored! 2-0! Cooper honestly so far has been a terrible keeper in two games, both times bad rating for him. On the 57th minute I decided to change tactics to a 4-4-1-1, and subbed on Tyreik Wright in the AM position. A minute later they scored again making the deficit 3-0. Not great. On the 74th minute we got a penalty!! Randell scored it and the goalkeeper hardly moved, 3-1! Next match I am definitely playing Hazard, Cooper is transfer listed. We did have chances this game but most of the time we couldn't score from them just squandering the chances. I decided to give Cooper another chance, but if he drops another stinker he is dropped and potentially on the exit door. Southampton, League, Away, 4-3-3 I've changed the half-back to a BWM, and the CM(a) to a MEZ(a). Cooper, Hayden, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Randell, Azaz, Cundle, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Hazard, Earley, Warrington, Issaka, Galloway, Jenkins-Davies, Scarr, Wright and Bundu. Watched or Simmed: Simmed -- Since we didn't score or anything all game I'm not bothering with the first half or second half, and from now on I'll only mention them if we actually scored, though Cooper, Randell, Pleguezuelo and Kayden all had good games, though Hardie had a poor game, and got a short-term injury. We drop down to 15th with us having a difficult month, though I hope we will start picking up form, but now it's looking pretty unlikely that we will go to playoffs. There's still time, definitely, but... Well, we'll see. We'll see. New Board Expectations I've done this in order to effectively give ourselves another 15kish in wages to spend, which should allow us to get some new players in without selling anyone major.

To be completely honest with the injuries the GK does play every minute of every day but I have a skin for FM24 that sims matches for me basically putting the ass man in charge. Same tactic and stuff just the ass man takes control of subs. So most matches I do this apart from important matches or ones I've wanted to watch, but for the most part I've wanted to just get a month over with, having limited time. I'm honestly looking forward to the Jan Transfer Window as it's likely we'll have some budget come for us, especially since some of our players are wanted by Oxford United, which might get some money in for some free transfers. Though the intake might be different when it actually comes around, it was like that in FM2023 except the other way around sometimes. I won't be able to have a post out until later today though as I'm out pretty soon. Thanks for commenting!

Well, Soares is out for up to 2 months now! So's Houghton, too.

Huh.

Well, we have one now! Plymouth Lifted! November 2023 Results Middlesbrough, League, Home, Tactic: 4-2-3-1 Soares, Hackett, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Hayden, Cundle, Earley, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Gillesphey, Jenkins-Davies, Issaka, Halls, Wright, Waine, Galloway and Wright. First Half: Whittaker scored after 40 minutes, then Hardie scored a penalty in stoppage time before half-time. Second Half: They scored a goal on the 52nd minute, then we scored from Ben Waine, and then late on in stoppage time, they scored again. The match ended with us winning 3-2, with Soares getting a 7.5 rating. Leeds, League, Away, Tactic: 4-3-3 Soares, Earley, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Hayden, Randell, Cundle, Azaz, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Gillesphey, Jenkins-Davies, Issaka, Halls, Wright, Waine, Galloway and Wright. First Half: They scored after 9 minutes, then Hardie scored after 22, and then before half-time, on stoppage time, Daniel James from Leeds scored. We were losing 2-1 just before half-time. Second Half: Nothing much good was happening for us, with their third goal coming at 69 minutes with their Luka Romero scoring. Three names I recognize, all of them scoring. To be fair, losing to top of the league Leeds was expected, but maybe we could've lost a little less. Oh well. Sunderland, League, Home, Tactic: 4-2-3-1 Soares, Earley, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Cundle, Wright, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Gillesphey, Jenkins-Davies, Issaka, Halls, Wright, Waine, Galloway and Randell. First Half: Whittaker scored just before half-time. Other than that nothing. Second Half: They scored on the 55th minute, then Mumba scored on the 81st making it 2-1. They'd score on the 90th minute, making it 2-2... We scored on the 92nd minute, making us look like we could win 3-2, but with them scoring at the last minute on the 98th minute, the match ended 3-3. Coventry, League, Away, Tactic: 4-3-3 Soares, Earley, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Edwards, Randell, Azaz, Wright, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Cooper, Gillesphey, Jenkins-Davies, Issaka, Halls, Wright, Waine, Galloway and Cundle. First Half: They scored two quick-fire goals 1 on the 2nd minute and one on the 6th, then they scored again on the 27th and our Gibson scored on the 29th, making it us trailing 3-1 by 30 minutes. They would score again on the 39th minute. 4-1 at half-time. Second Half: We managed to score from Mumba on the 60th minute, and we ended the match losing 4-2. I decided to make a tweak to the away tactic to give us 3 centre backs in defense with our DM working as an aggressive half-back. We remain in 12th after not a great record in the last 3 games of the month.

getting in the playoffs may be a bit premature especially first season, but getting a chance to get into the Premier League would be nice and would give us a chance to build a stronger team. He actually suits a pressing forward role according to his player profile, but I don't think he has the strength or tackling to be good at actually pressing, his marking is a little subpar too. So for now I'm playing him as an AF as it's getting him to score every now and then haha

October 2023 Results Millwall, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Soares, Edwards, Gibson, Scarr, Hayden, Cundle, Houghton, Azaz, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Hazard, Wright, Warrington, Miller, Wright, Earley, Gillesphey, Halls and Randell. First Half: We weren't able to score at all throughout the first half. Second Half: Late on with their only shot on target, they scored. We lost 1-0. Swansea, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Soares, Edwards, Gibson, Gillesphey, Hayden, Cundle, Warrington, Mumba, Azaz, Wright and Hardie. Subs: Hazard, Wright, Houghton, Miller, Bundu, Earleyy, Scarr, Halls and Randell. First Half: We opened the scoring with Hardie scoring after only 3 minutes. Then Mumba would score twice, once on 10 minutes, and again on 20. Just before half time, they got 1 goal back with their Joe Allen scoring. Second Half: They scored again making it 3-2, but on the 70th minute we scored from Joe Edwards. I'd never seen him score before this season, and probably why, he's a 32 year old versatile left and right-back. Interesting. Though something I've noticed is we don't have much depth in our front 4, apart from Bundu who can slot in at left wing, right wing and up front, though he's not exactly great in the positions we have, so he might not stay beyond this year. West Brom, League, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Edwards, Gibson, Gillesphey, Hayden, Houghton, Cundle, Azaz, Mumba, Wright and Hardie. Subs: Hazard, Wright, Warrington, Miller, Pleguezuelo, Earley, Scarr, Halls and Randell. First Half: It took 23 minutes, but Mumba scored, then on stoppage time before half-time, they scored. Second Half: Cundle went on late on the 89th minute to score allowing us to win 2-1. Houghton was injured late on in this match. Up to a month out. To top it off, though, the board and fans both expected us to lose here. Sheffield Wednesday, League, Home, 4-2-3-1 Soares, Edwards, Galloway, Pleguezuelo, Hayden, Cundle, Warrington, Mumba, Azaz, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Hazard, Wright, Endacott, Miller, Gillesphey, Earley, Scarr, Halls and Randell. First Half: We conceded on the 36rd minute, however we managed to score 1 minute after making it 1-1. Nothing else happened of note in the first half. Second Half: We conceded a goal on the 50th minute, then Luke Cundle was sent off after 2 yellow cards on the 89th minute. They then scored a penalty on the 90th minute, meaning we lost 3-2. Cundle is now banned for 1 match, and may be banned for a further two, potentially. Ipswich, League, Away, 4-3-3 Soares, Earley, Gibson, Pleguezuelo, Hayden, Randell, Wright, Azaz, Mumba, Whittaker and Hardie. Subs: Hazard, Wright, Endacott, Miller, Gillesphey, Scarr, Halls and Warrington. First Half: They scored early on. Nothing much else happened, though. Second Half: Hardie scored on the 59th minute, then Whittaker on the 63rd minute, allowing us to win 2-1. We have 7 wins and 7 losses in 14 games, not bad for a team supposed to be in contention of being relegated. Hardie also now has 9 goals in 14 games, which isn't a bad return, that's just a bit above a goal every other game! We move up to 12th, consolidating on our midtable place, which is really nice. Hardie is joint second top goal-scorer, which is promising. New Home Tactic I would like to report that this and our 4-3-3 tactic will be staying as it is actually producing results.