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8 minutes ago, Punch said:
Board is expecting to reach the latter stages, at least the Quarter Final, and although it's only preferred, nothing like putting a bit of pressure on ourselves in our European debut.
I would think the English representative in the Conference League would be among the top four teams in terms of quality almost by default, so I'm guessing the game is expecting some quality teams to drop down from the Europa League.
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Can't wait for the board's high expectations for the Conference League. I'm guessing they'll expect the semifinal at a minimum.
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I think an away draw against Bolton would have technically been better, but at least you got money (especially some TV money, which is always nice). Also you didn't lose against Stalybridge Celtic, which is important against the unofficial rivals.
Your real goal is probably top five to guarantee at least one home playoff game.
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10 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:
I save manually on the 1st of each month.
I saved on 1st Jan 2055 as normal, and then did the update on 1st Feb 2055. Usually I save 1st and then do the update but on this occasion I did the update, (which is actually done as the month progresses in a different tab), and then before I press continue I make sure I save if I haven't saved already. I had posted the Jan update but not yet progressed away from Feb 1st so hadn't saved yet.
You might wonder why I don't just set it to save manually on the 1st of each month and I don't have a reasonable answer for you. I guess it's just a control thing. I just don't like doing it.
If you keep having stability issues, you might have to start doing saves/autosaves after matches to not lose as much progress.
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11 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:
Apologies for the lack of updates, but I've just had another crash and it means I have to replay the Jan fixtures and it's just really annoyed me and every time I go to load up the game I just can't be bothered.
What are your autosave settings?
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TV money and a likely sellout, what's not to like?
(Stalybridge Celtic, that's what.)
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11 hours ago, Punch said:
Thanks Stu, we are getting closer to matching it with those bigger clubs.
Haha, no news from the Board yet, so looks like we might actually get a season of Premier League football on the island
I think stadium expansions are hardcoded to start at the beginning of the next offseason, so I knew the board couldn't stop the return home.
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While we're at it, is Stalybridge Celtic still owned by a tycoon?
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Good job board members!
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Congratulations on finally playing in your stadium for a whole season!
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17 hours ago, Punch said:
There has been a couple of conflicting reports, even for West Ham, that he wants to go, and that he doesn't see it as a good move at this point in his career...typical media
He's probably leaving if West Ham bids regardless of what the media says, so be prepared.
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You have it wrong, the player wants to go to West Ham likely for continental play which Everton can't offer, thus the preference to go to West Ham.
(Also, West Ham probably would pay better wages, but that's a given.)
The FA Cup final is immensely important to win for the Europa League automatic qualification, otherwise said player is probably gone.
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I wouldn't ask for upgrades yet, you might actually be able to afford going professional.
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Tragic loss in the FA Cup, but I guess if you had to pick between that and the league you would pick the league (and beating Stalybridge Celtic, the unofficial rival).
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That's actually fairly quick for a stadium expansion.
Season tickets look like a really good deal, seems like the game doesn't compensate for the added home league games from the promotion though.
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Welcome to the normally playable leagues!
Home playoff games are huge, I assume you get all the gate receipts, which means money naturally.
38 minutes ago, sam@ashbyz said:Finally caught up with this story this morning, and I'm glad I tuned in to the new updates today! Congratulations on the promotion!
As someone who usually does saves between L2 and the Premier League, I recently tried a lower leagues save and STRUGGLED. Glad to see such a very enjoyable save at this level!
The standard strategy to player recruiting at these low levels is trials, trials, and more trials. Typically most teams can only afford free agents that are interested because the money situation is not great (to the point that FA Cup games are absolutely vital), so the trial is more for attribute/personality scouting.
@erik45 is applying a harder version because most of those free agents aren't eligible choices due to the restrictions added, and the eligible player options have really high wage demands even for a relatively rich club like FC Isle of Man, so he's effectively youth-only.
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Congratulations on the cup overachievement!
I wouldn't celebrate over the finances yet, the real test comes when you don't have the lucrative FA Cup games.
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Be competitive in the cups basically means that they expect you to not be blown out in the first round you play in. (Also, naturally you aren't expected to do anything involving winning.) Mid-table is not actually top half, basically it's below that but above being in the relegation battle. You might not be playoff material yet, but definitely should be in the discussion at the very least.
I should warn you that if you do get promoted that you might end up ground-sharing for a bit due to not meeting requirements (I believe National League North has a minimum capacity requirement of 3k) and your attendances will really suffer for however long it takes to expand the stadium to meet requirements (or possibly go beyond), so your finances will not be good for that time period.
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6 hours ago, erik45 said:
Yes, and what makes it even more impressive is that they are not tycoon-owned like almost all the other teams that have been promoted multiple times.
What helps them is the community around the club. For example, we've faced them twice, during my first season, and in their home game they had almost 3,800 spectators at county league level (9th level). Now they average 7,000+ attendances at League 2
Bury probably has really high reputation given their league to start with, in the FM22 database they start in the 10th level with a reputation of 1600 (so roughly the reputation level of a 7th level team).
Still quite the accomplishment though to get to League Two.
I think the personalities matter less at your level, you just want future contributors. Also, fickle is technically a positive personality for development purposes.
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6 hours ago, Carninho said:
Great save, very impressed
I'm in a relagation scrap with my IoM save. I wanted to have a youth only save but after the first promotion the money dried up and the board wouldnt improve the youth facilities etc (for the next 8 seaons). I only got to use a handful of youth players and even then nobody made more than a few apperances.
I also got kicked out of the stadium as it wasnt fit for purpose in the Football League and relocated to Barrow. This is my first season back on the island in a 5k seater stadium.
The plan is to max out the facilites and still have a youth only save. Now I'm in the Prem that can happen as I finally have money in the bank
Seems like a bug if you're in the Premier League with a 5k seater stadium because the minimum requirements are much higher. (Also, shouldn't the base stadium have an expansion capacity of 8k?)
The FM22 version of the save is hilariously overpowered (starting off with 1500+ attendances at home, and the team is a tier lower to start with and starts with rather low reputation), so it looks like the FM24 version is way more of a challenge.
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Well, you are really good at making all the money...
Overachieving has a positive effect on attendances (especially when you are in contention for titles/promotion playoffs) as you may have noticed. You should also get a nice reputation boost thanks to your league finish.
An update on Stalybridge Celtic would be nice, they are the unofficial rival after all.
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400-1 is not bad for odds. (Although as I mentioned earlier, real-life bookies would value reputation and popularity far more highly than the game does.)
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Congratulations on staying up (and not having to deal with Stalybridge Celtic anymore).
How's the contact situation now for the team?
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19 hours ago, Stuniverse said:
Sorry, @Punch I must have missed something... move back home?
Board wanted a bigger stadium, so off to Bournemouth where the team will have to figure out how to make it an island.
I look forward to the Caribbean tour once the team is established enough.
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Wasn't aware you had to play two qualifying rounds to make the group phase, thought it was supposed to be just one.
(At least you got more games for the backups to play.)