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So, last season i ended better than i thought with a 10th place finish with 14 wins, 15 losses and 9 draws. For this season i have signed two new strikers and a back-up dm that will rotate with acuna. Lets see how far it will bring me this year with some decent strikers on the team

Yea, when i started there was no players in the reserve team. I moved my u-18 up to u-21 when they got to 17 or seemed to have higher potential, and its just been running on from there. But when starting in lower leagues, having a youth team and a reserve team costs a lot of money so if u dont have good facilities, it can be crippling. It took me ages, but im slowly getting where i want to be. I have a board of directors that love to decline when i come with suggestions so its taken me 8 years to get here around.

So far its going much much better than expected. First 8 games of the season featured Liverpool, newcastle, chelsea and man city. Nearly half of the season played and right now im way off relegation spots. I hope i didnt jinx it now, and stay that way!

I dont have inverted wingback or invetered fullback? that was along time ago when i was relegated :P Now i use standard fullbacks/wingbacks on support-attack :P Look at screenshot again Latest change is that a changed AML to inverted winger and AMR to inside forward-s and that made alot of difference.

Well so far ive started well in the league. Lets hope i can keep this up Last time i got 20 points in total from 38 games Must be a good sign.

I think i will try stick with my 433. I could use some help with team instructions tho, This is the set-up im currently using - im currently learning my wide attackers traits to cut inside, until then i use it as a PI. I already used thetransfer budget i had at my disposal so i wont be able to get a decent 2nd striker to run a 442. Then i wont have a backup incase of injuries.

What formation are u thinking about? 424?

I managed to get automatic promoted with 2nd place. Leicester won the league easily. I already made 2 signings before the transfer window opened. 1 is currently waiting for work permit, and im in contract talks for a fourth singing that nearly all top teams are after. I will probably lose Acuna though sadly, he wants to leave and move to a bigger club. I told him im only gonna let him go if i get a good enough offer that he accepted, and this time i dont have any clauses - so that offer needs to be 81£ because he is worth alot now. If he gets happier with the new signings i will move him up as single pivot in the midfield as anchorman. Im also trying to sign a new striker but so far he doesnt want to join. Maybe when the transfer window opens and the game updates that im in Premier league he will change his mind. I think Schotte would be a perfect signing if i could get him.

This is the formation im trying out right now. As always, when it comes to team instructions, thats my achilles heel and where im at a total loss. I always need and try to figure out what works as the game progesses.

Winning the championship this season is already out of the question, Leicester is cakewalking it. Best i can hope for is a direct promotion or hopefully playoffs.

My striker is South Korean, 20 year old. He's not the best, but his potential is premier league standard, and he was miles ahead of the ones i had already. I found some younger, and better, but they didnt want to join the club so far. Striker is the one position im still searching for a player with high enough current ability that wants to come and walk straight into the team, but there arent alot of them out there. Still got to low reputation sadly.

I got lucky on the last day in the winter window and got him These are some other additions to the team. I also got a player through my youth recruitment that i have a feeling can make it big. He's currently training with the senior squad while playing games with the u21 becuase the coaches are better at first team. What u think? How do i get the most of Reza to benefit from his passing?

I think i found a true gem. Base on age, attributes and personality i think this guy will turn out to be a world class player in the future. I instantly bid, didnt even scout him, hopefully i will get him before some1 steals him xD He's a 17 year old, Iranian with a model-citizen personality. His natural position is center midfield, and he is accomplished in the DM. So the question is if i should play him as a Segundo Volante or retrain him as a AM eventho he lacks flair. Opinions?

I managed to renew Doumbias contract - no release clauses, phew! As for Melo, i had a buy option in the loan-deal but after the relegation he no longer wanted to join so now i have a mediocre striker. I have a loan-offer out for a striker from Arsenal, which i hope will join.

Oh dear god... Now my best players are starting to get poached through their release clauses Guess they werent good enough for Premier League but apparently Serie A thinks differently... xD

Yea, i would prefer nation scouting, but the board dont allow it. I tried setting it up anyway - but nothing turned green so not much i can do but make it regional until they allow nation scouting I assigned my director of football to stalk some of the younger 17-17 year old players i want, and when theyre schedule comes up with friendlies ill send him to them aswell to unnerve them some more and hope i can peak their interest in a move. I learned that from fm 23, that if ur persistent over a few months, and show serious interest then the player may shift

Im scouting all over the place

I found a few wonderkids in some no-name clubs in Africa and one in bulgaria, they carried a salary on 2k per week and none of them wanted to come because apparently championship didnt meet their standards xD Oh jeez.

The game after against Sheffield United. Last two games of the seasons will be against Chelsea at home and Arsenal away. Screenshots will come when games been played

Well thats just typical... with 4 games left its already offical, im getting relegated down to Championship again. So i scrapped the 4-3-3 and to start getting the boys familiar with the new tactic i will use in the championship, a more balanced 4231. Guess i should have tried it earlier o.o First game with new tactic vs Aston Villa.

This is my current set up. So the idea is that the bwm will try win the ball and pass it to the dlp who will direcly force it wide on to one of my wingers for a quick counter. The attacking CM will then push up and help in the attacks. I used to play with a lower loe but it invited to much pressure and once i changed to mid block it got more stable. The opponents can still play easily through me and im still leaking, specially down the flanks in 1 on 1 situation, they cut in, dribble past 3-4-5 players that dont close down or win the ball back and curls it in the far corner. I use normal fullback-support roles becacuse both my fullback got traits "get further forward" so i dont need to use a more aggressive role for them.

Dear god, the goalkeepers this year really are bad... Im up 2-1 against man city and my goalkeeper throws the ball in the back of his own net with no opponents nearby from a simple cross... Puts the rest of my team in a fckin frenzy and next highlight i get a person sent of because his morale went **** because of that. Ended up losing 2-3

Yea, i got a scout for the scandinavian countries, also south america, USA + Mexico, Japan + China and most of europe. The new scouts i was thinking of sending towards africa.

FA cup against Aston Villa with a heavy rotation. Its slowly getting there... If only the defense wouldn't leak more than a sive xD The goalkeeper and a center-back and 6.0 rating :X

I just asked my board of directors for additional scouts which they allowed and raised to 11. The downside is, the board does not allow nation scouting. I have to do region scouting. I have set up region scouting with ages between 15-23 with current abillity 2-4 just like you. This is my scouting coverage at the moment, it will soon get bigger as i have 2-3 more scouts coming in. Truth be told tho, i havent focus that much on players between 15-17 because even if they would be amazing, i wont get them until theyre 18 (unless theyre english) and i need players that can make a difference right now.