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Rewrite the Standard | TSV Hartberg
╎ Chapter Three: The Rift in the Writing ╎ Another Chapter Begins
This feels a bit weird. I'm re-doing the format I have used for writing somewhat. More words and bigger images. I think we have hit a point in this save where I am starting to hit my success. We haven't achieved the closest and so far biggest goal to hit but after getting to the final of the EURO Cup II it wouldn't be unfair to think we are close to potential domination of Europe. These next 2 or so seasons could be yet another big turning point for TSV Hartberg. I hope you all stay with me as we go through this journey together. Who knows where we could be later on in our career! For now though, let's win a Tipico Bundesliga title!0 -
Rewrite the Standard | TSV Hartberg
╎ Chapter Two: Not Quite the Best ╎ 22/23 End of Season Review
Tipico Bundesliga
In the top flight we managed to pick ourselves up a champions league qualifying place! It wasn't without some drama however at SK Rapid Vienna drew on the final day to FK Austria Vienna to put us in front despite a 4-0 loss to RB Salzburg. Did I also mention that RB Salzburg want my star player Yuriel Celi and now have Ronald Koeman as manager? Yeah the chapter title is sticking there for a reason. It was a really good season besides though and we defined ourselves at a Top 3 team at last! We even got to the Semi-Final of the FA cup in which we failed only on penalties to Wolfsberger. Meanwhile Salzburg lost to Sturm Graz in the same round so we're basically like enemies now. However that was far from the most exciting part of the season. To get to that though, first we need to talk about a transfer I made.
Transfers
This is Tomas Chory! Our new star striker that I signed on a free (80k or so compensation) after I found out that Mario Tadic was regressing and not putting in the results I truly needed him to. So I signed Tomas, a total Target Man who can take a corner like nobody else could. Sadly he didn't get much chances to truly head the ball but his striking prowess alone made him the top scorer for us in the league with just half a season of playing time! I can only hope for Tomas to continue his excellent form onto the next season which could bring a lot of changes for us whilst we move away from Dario.
Euro Cup II
Yes you are seeing this correctly, we made the final! We took a draw against Glasgow Rangers to penalties and won them 6-5 to take us onto the next game against Feyernoord. If you remember, they were in our group before and we beat them! Well @SixPointermight just be happy with this again as we beat them 2-1 to advance to the Quarter Final! We lost 0-1 at home against Mainz 05 but managed to take our win away with a blaster by Yuriel Celi before once again winning 6-5 on penalties. Our Semi-Final game would be against Partizan where an amazing Away leg would set up for the chance to go to the final of the competition away. And who else would take us to the final but new signing Tomas Chory with a great header! That meant we would be facing Atalanta in the final who ultimately scored a goal early and then made the game boring from there. However we could not be happier at our results. We not only boosted ourselves up but Austria as well and now we are taking our talents up the ladder of European football! Let's go for something great next season!2 -
Rewrite the Standard | TSV Hartberg
╎ Chapter Two: Not Quite the Best ╎ September - December 2022 / Season 2!
First, let's talk about the Domestic league. After a not so good start heading into the season we found our form and are now 4th in the league! October was by far our best month as we only lost to RB Salzburg whilst taking a win off the 3rd place Sturm Graz. We are also through to the 4th round of the FA Cup where we will face against a team in the lower leagues! We can only hope for this luck to continue next month as we carry on our momentum throughout the year. This wasn't the only event we played in though, we need to talk about the Conference League!
With a result I am sure @SixPointerwill be happy with, we are through to the knockout rounds of the Conference League where we will face Rangers in a tough battle to get to the next round. We only barely made it through the groups however but beating Rosenborg twice was enough to keep them out of Europe. We even managed to beat Feyenoord on the final day 2-1! However I am very surprised that we were the only team to give Cukaricki all of their points, it must've been an easy game for the rest of them but not for us.2 -
4 minutes ago, Reifi said:
WOW! As the reset date happens my club still allows me to sign intake players, don't mind if I do!
NEVERMIND lol! These are just the generated players to save my team basically I think?
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WOW! As the reset date happens my club still allows me to sign intake players, don't mind if I do!
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Youth is All I Know | Martina Calcio 1947
╎ Chapter One: Determined in Serie D ╎ General Info
Datapack: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2652582982
(Only Loaded Serie D)3 -
12 minutes ago, SixPointer said:
Good job qualifying!! Hopefully you destroy my rivals as well!
We can only hope to beat Feyernoord!
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Thinking about trying this again but I don't want to lose interest in my Hartberg save... Also if I did do this, I would most likely want a team I can do kinda like Braganca with the different nationality
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Rewrite the Standard | TSV Hartberg
╎ Chapter Two: Not Quite the Best ╎ July - August 2022 / Season 2!
I felt my heart get a bit heavy at the start of the season, we lost to 3 straight opponents in July, and 2/3 of those games I expected to win. However I started off August on a great game against Pogon in the EURO Cup II Third Round. Or that's what you might've thought. See in reality that game was UGLY, none of us really making a chance. It wasn't until the game against SV Ried however that I realized that the tactic you saw at the end of last season was a fluke, and only worked because I managed to win against opponents by 1 point or drew. That couldn't stand, so we have now implemented a custom system that is set to play a more pressing style of football! After the first league away at Slavia Prague we immediately saw results including a 1-0 win against Admira, a 3-1 win against Slavia Prague (that confirmed we would be playing in the group stage) and an ecstatic 2-2 draw against SCR Altach. That's the narrative of this month, now onto the transfers!
Transfers!
We managed to get 2 great players for 56k in total and that one price was only compensation for the out of contract transfer! I didn't even realize it at first but we sniped Hromada from Slavia Prague, the same team we beat to get into the group stage of the EURO Cup II, so they must not be feeling great at all. The other transfer was a free one, but we managed to sign a 40 year old Spanish legend in Joaquin! Sadly though we let go of Marc Andre Schmerbock, Donis Avdijaj, and Thomas Rotter to get extra money. Our board is really tight on money we get, as we only take around 10% of transfer revenue to put into the budget. However I think both our replacements have a big edge of the players we missed. Now, let's show our new players!
Jaoquin has great dribbling, amazing first touch, spot on passing, beautiful technique, and most of all the heart of a natural leader. He's even getting paid less then our staff which is honestly insane and I would have gladly gave him more. The only problem is the age, but as long as he doesn't regress that bad we will be fine! The other player is 26 year old Slovakian in Jakub Hromada who is our new Mezzala. Again he has great passing and first touch but has the bonus of great physicals. We couldn't get him on the cheap in terms of wages but that was completely fine with me. But that was about all for the transfers! That's about all for the post, except for one thing... our group....
Group Stage
We weren't dealt an easy hand...2 -
Rewrite the Standard | TSV Hartberg
╎ Chapter One: Starting a Legacy or a Tragedy? ╎ Europe Here We Come! S1 Review
That is right! We made the Europe Conference League and we did it without having to go through the European Place Playoff! LASK will be playing in the 2nd Qualifying Round for the Champions League whilst Salzburg only have to get a win in the final Play-off Round to secure an Austrian team in the Champions League. Wolfsberger meanwhile have to play in the Play-off Round of the Europa League to secure a place in that competition. Lastly we will be in the 3rd Round of the UEFA Conference League, where our board expects us to reach at least the 4th round of the competition. However if we can secure the group stage we could be making loads of money. The weirdest thing of all though is that Rapid Vienna lost the last game against SCR Altach meaning that Altach will be making it to the Conference League Qualifiers!
To celebrate our best finish ever in club history, Brigitte thought it would be a great idea to spend 2M on... undersoil heating. Yeah I will hope to recieve that league money soon because I need other changed and Brigitte does not want to give them to me. And with no money... that means no transfers! So let's hope our president can turn her frown upside down!
Tactics!
This time I didn't just steal from Bray and instead made a sort of Gengenpress / Tiki-Taka system! Very basic, but Dario Tadic has been the perfect Target Forward for what I have been trying to achieve as a whole this season. My main thing though is making sure we play entertaining football without giving up the ball too often! Also nothing much to note about the other roles as well, all very basic and generic stuff in my system. However we made Europe this season, and if isn't shattered don't fix it!3 -
The analytical analysis is just amazing! Makes me think of how I can change my tactic a bit more game by game by actually scouting my opponent.
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Rewrite the Standard | TSV Hartberg
╎ Chapter One: Starting a Legacy or a Tragedy? ╎ Small Youth Shenanigans
Youth Intake!
I was told this would be a poor intake, but this intake was absolutely marvelous! The best of the players might just have to go to Benjamin Avdic. However his personality wasn't the greatest so he's going into a mentouring group for a bit so we can drive his skills all the way to the roof! The other guy I really like from the intake is Tino Thiede who has a driven personality meaning he might just grow faster then Benjamin! The rest of the people in the list we signed but have nothing of special importance to note about. One last thing: Every single person except one Turkish man had an Austrian nationality! Building the club to build the country, amiright?1 -
Rewrite the Standard | TSV Hartberg |
╎ Chapter One: Starting a Legacy or a Tragedy? ╎ Mid-Season - 2021/2022
We did it. We made the champions group. However the problem is that at the end of our regular-season we did absolutely horrid. I switched to a Gengenpress however in the final 2 games and we won a game very convincingly before losing the next because of a controversial red card. However I still like the system more and if I can iron out the quirks we could easily be a Top 3 team. Another thing now is that the points are only 50% of what you had in the regular season. That means we are only one point off 4th place and 3 points off third. Let's finish this season strong, I'll talk about our end of season soon enough!1 -
Rewrite the Standard | TSV Hartberg
╎ Chapter One: Starting a Legacy or a Tragedy? ╎
Welcome to Hartberg everyone! After my endeavors into Ireland I didn't expect the Top Tier of Austria to have around the same stadiums as what I would be seeing at a constant rate down in Ireland's second tier. It's weird though. I saw Salzburg and Austria Vienna's stadiums rival the ones of an NFL team. And yet ours looked like we had the lowest budget known to man. Maybe this is just because of the dynamic in Austria. If you aren't Salzburg then you can't challenge for the league. Unlike the big boys most of us aren't sponsored by active sporting companies hell-bent on making a soccer empire. In fact not even Rapid or the Violets could put on a good representation of the country even in our own Domestic league. Both in real life are in the relegation spaces and are heavily behind the one and only Red Bull Salzburg. I can't fully blame Salzburg though, they have a top notch scouting team with an amazing idea on how to bring in players and sell them for vastly higher profits. It took one Zealand stream however for me to stop everything I was doing before and start a FM Game whilst streaming to my friends on discord. And sure enough, I found Hartberg. The definition of an Austrian team who isn't a giant. One who can be built up but has a great hidden foundation. So, my friends... welcome to Hartberg! One thing to say though is that I have played around half the season already, so that's where we will start! As I plan to give 2 updates per season (one in the mid-season and one at the end) we should be fine.
Transfers!
We only made one piece of business during the window and that is signing Yuriel Celi on an end of contract transfer from Cantolao. The Peruvian is a true talent featuring 7 times already for the U20's and being touted as a near wonder-kid in FM. The best part is for his current contract I made sure there wasn't any release clause madness and he agreed to play without one! We just need to develop Celi to become a real star and by seeing those attributes it may not be too far away until Celi strikes gold.
Tactic (It's the one from Bray)
That's right! I'm doing something that fans of the Bray series truly lacked. Real statistical analysis! Or in other words occasionally showing how my "Objectively Best Football No Cap Goated Tactic #1" works and how we get along by using it. The big thing is that we run on a fluid and high-countering system. I'm not going to make my players work the ball into the box since it's really a trap for most unless their team can't finish from outside the box. Another big thing is that I don't want to risk losing the ball by striking it out front so instead I use short kicks and send the ball to defends, who hopefully take the ball for a bit before finding an oppertunity to start a drive by supplying the midfield the ball. I haven't been the best at explaining tactics so don't expect too much in the future, but I hope to talk about the system a bit more during the series.
Results!
With 4 games left to go in our campaign we sit in 4th with Admira Wacker Modling and LASK chasing our tail for the coveted 4th place slot. The top 3 is our goal but we will have to fight against Wolfsberger and Rapid Vienna to secure it and that is a tough result to be sure. However nothing is impossible and we just need to put some good results throughout the rest of the season! We play Wolfsberger in February after a game against last place WSG Tirol so what could go wrong?1 -
Weird thing to ask but, How to people do the challenge in lower league databases. Do they sim a season to find out who got last or relegated or do they do something else?
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City of Skies | End of Season: 2022
We have done it folks. We have won the league. The next save update will be about our tactics and signings that helped make this all possible, but right now I just want to be in the moment. We had an unforgettable season in the 2nd division, only losing one game. Though I find this part a sort of prologue to what will come. We won the 2nd Division (named the First Division aha) but now I have to deal with the fact that unless we get relegated we will never see the 2nd Tier again, always sticking towards the 1st tier. However that's a good thing! We will be dealing with way harder competition, and we will improve our team to beat them just like we did the foes here. A cheer to everyone we faced, especially Longford and U.C.D who couldn't make it to the next tier with us.
Fixtures
Not much to ramble about in terms of the league. The last month went a bit worse then expected drawing to Cabinteely but it was the last game of the season and we were just happy to be there. The cup however was extremely interesting. We beat both U.C.D and Cabinteely before heading to St. Pat's Athletic, a mid table side in the Premier Division! The best part is the first game was a draw. The second bout however wouldn't be as lucky for us as we missed a wing-back and loss by a narrow margin to the squad. The Cobh Ramblers game was all we needed to secure the title however, and that is all I would ever want in this save.
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Except this. This is the best thing I could ever ask for in this save. Now... let's go to the Premier Division.1 -
City of Skies | May-June-July 2022
We're going to win the league! We're going to win the league! That's right, as long as we clinch 2 wins in the last 5 games of the season this last 3 month's unbeaten streak will be all worth it as we take home the Irish First Division title! I think our team has finally formatted into by far the best force in the 2nd division partially in thanks to a penalty maestro showing himself up to play. Other then that we have been playing excellent and our start of the season woes have mostly been relieved. I think this has just been another example of when you play a consistent system you will eventually have your players excel and break it. As long as it is the right tactic of course. Now let's see the results of this collection of months and see how good we have done.
Fixtures
These last few games have shown me how good we are or could be. The only teams we have drawn against however are two of the worst teams... well and Longford. It's interesting since we can beat the teams more at the top normally but struggle at times against the worse teams. It's alright though as we haven't been shunned from a goal in a long time throughout this run and I could not be more happy. I'd say we are now averaging around a goal per game. That is huge since it shows that we can always make at least one good chance from playing in the 2nd division. However when I look at these results I need to humble myself for when we take on the big dogs in the Premier Division. We can be confident but we can also always look for improvement. Now, let's finish off the season! I will see you all in the next post which may just be the last of these for the 2022 season!0 -
3 hours ago, LHurlz said:
Always interested in a LOI save.
could you make a post introducing us to some of the squad and your tactical approach?
best of luck!
Certainly will do that at the end of the year! I think I might also go in-depth also about how much we strive off heading the ball for goals.
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Have luck with Bray! Good luck with you're save and I will make sure to update often!
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City of Skies | March-April 2022
We're top of the league! The early season rut of draws may have discouraged me to keep going but the recent results of our team have made me so overjoyed that the actual league table is the poster image! Now this might be a bit too soon to celebrate but for these two months to be over and we are top of the league I say we can celebrate all we want until May comes around. You all know what time is is though, and we have to do a quick overview of the results. And oh boy... am I ready to go over the results we have had this month.
Fixtures
Remember that clean sheet problem I had at the start of the year. Well starting with the game after our loss to Longford in the Leinster Senior Cup, I changed things in the tactic up and immediately received a 2-1 win to the same team that beat us in a smashing 2-4 loss. Our only other two losses were to a U.C.D team who smashed our spirits after an own goal from one of our players made it 2-0 in the 27th minute. The other was a respectful 0-2 loss to Bohemians, one of the better teams in the Irish first division. Speaking of cups, all we can hope now is for a good cup run in the Senior Challenge Cup, that will be the one that determines who will get into Europe. We won't be playing in that until mid fall however and I am way more focused on the league. Other then that all of our wins except at Athlone Town have been convincing 1-0 wins focusing on our impressive defensive effort and that has shown with an expected goals against per game at 0.72, better then the average of the league. One last thing to point out is that our game against Wexford on March 7th got their boss fired. Weird since we only played 5 games, but they only got 1 point out of said 5 games and drooped into potential relegation spaces.
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Guessing the final is coming up Dulwhich
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City of Skies | February 2022
Happy February everyone! We started the season this month and we are unbeaten! 2 draws and a win but we haven't lost yet and the draws we did have were easily winnable, we just got to improve on ourselves for the future and I got to keep a steady play despite the opponent being able to equalize instead of siding with the pressure and quickly setting everything to very defensive. That is only the overview however, Let's go slightly more in-depth about all of the games that happened this month in our quest to be on top of Irish football!
Fixtures
Another thing you may notice now is that we haven't had a clean sheet in any of these games letting 1 goal in on two occasions and letting 2 in on the others. This I believe half was due to us starting a weaker CD before the addition of Brighton loaned defender Leigh Kavanagh. However Leigh was there for the Athlone game which might make my point useless at first. However that I attribute to my poor management skills when holding a lead and I will be hopefully adjusting things in the near future when I see fit. One positive of our game however is our ability to score the ball, ESPECIALLY from headers. I tell my players to focus on the right side of the pitch when approaching their opponent's side. This lets whatever player there are the time take a corner, giving the ball enough height to where either Joe Doyle or master Target-Forward Gary Shaw will jump high and slot it right in the net with a nasty header. I can only hope for slight improvement in our game next month with us not dropping as much chances so we can make a great promotion campaign!0 -
City of Skies | Introduction
Got bored of another save. We actually did well in Moscow but I just couldn't find any enjoyment. However this should hope to help me a bit, as I am taking my sights to my actual country of heritage in Ireland! I live away from Ireland nowadays but my Irish roots are vast and I hope to live there one day when I become old enough. For once however I will be playing the game slightly differently. I'll be making Ireland into a powerhouse in a Build a Nation save, but will also be using key concepts of Moneyball as well. See like the Athletics of baseball and the Brentfords of English football our team is small. Small partially because of our stature as a 2nd Division team, but mainly the fact we are placed in Ireland giving us little footballing power or influence. Our strategy will be to build up our youth setup and search for potential youngsters to snatch up even if they are from other regions like Africa for cheap and build them up to be legends. I am starting in January of 2022 so the game should start producing regens for other nations midway through our initial campaign in charge of the Seagulls. Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers have full control of the top division whilst we haven't won a single title, let's change that!1 -
𝐇𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐂𝐒𝐊𝐀 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐰
Maybe, just maybe I might have accidentally hidden my topic thinking I could just hide and release like a fool. Ah well, welcome back onto a new thread with the old save! The MOSCOW OGs! I'm not even going to get into the explanation, you all want content! And that I will deliver my friends since today we will be talking about transfers and my plans for the future. Let's give a run down on the goals however before we begin.
- Make Europe
- Make the CL Knockouts
- Win the Russian League
- Win a European Competition
- Win the UCL
- Make Russia a TOP 5 NATION
- Bring Russia to the world Cup
Seems a bit hard, but I bet with how long we have until the new game we can do it! Now let us talk about new players in the team. I'm going for a tight formula to find our next starters. Each new signing must fit a certain category: 24 or Younger, Strength 9+ (Our team has only 6 players who don't fit this, with 3 having 9 strength, one having 8, and the final one having 6). These are my only restrictions into what I will invest in from now on. We will also focus on Northern Europeans more then the Western players and Russians over all. We will wear our pride on our chest like a ushanka in winter. I have already made one signing for the 2022/23 season and the player seems like a real star. Let me introduce you to him.
𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚕𝚓𝚎𝚟𝚒ć
Dragan was a weird find I was given whilst searching through my scouting recommendations. The Serbian is only 17 and already has 14 strength and 12 heading making me believe he could become a great Target Man in the future. Dragan will however stay on loan to Vozdovac until the end of their season. Even though it says we get him on the 26th of January the club asked if they could have him on loan until the end of their season and I couldn't say no thanks to the good playing time Stoisavjevic will be receiving compared to our squad. Great business all around from our team.
𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬
Lastly, let's talk about the month of August where we started our league campaign. We smashed Krylja Sovetov 3-1 on our home ground before taking a short trip to our rival's field only to draw thanks to a last minute equalizer from Quincy Promes. The first game was rather amazing seing Zabolotny score 2 goals both taking advantage of his amazing Target Man skills. Bruno Fuchs scored two minutes before to open up our game and as he is usually put in defense I am pleasantly surprised he managed to score. Meanwhile the game against Spartak was one I think we should have won despite 3 out of the 4 goals being influenced by referee decision. I will most likely play way more defensively in the last 10 next time if this becomes a bit of a problem. Again though Zabolotny made a great goal and despite finding him the weakest link at the start of the pre-season he has shown me he can thrive playing dominant Route One football
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The FM22 Youth Academy Challenge
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