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Oct 2023 It had to happen and we finally lost a game and I am grateful that it was at end of October. My main striker is shooting blanks, but the inside forwards are chipping in nicely. We occupy the play off spot currently

Money is rolling in

Need a new GK My First-Choice GK was attracting interest and became unhappy when I rejected a bid from a mid table Eredivisie club. Offered him out and wrangled out an acceptable amount of monies from the Portuguese Giants. He will in all probability warm the benches and move on at Portugal. Need to find an acceptable alternative and it is not looking good as I only have around 35k transfer chest Financially this would be a big help considering this :

Sep 2023 A win on the last match while playing 60+ mins with a man down made this another good month And Bayern Reserves have this little monster ripping up the league. He has 5 goals from 6 starts already (we were lucky to restrict him to one goal against us)

Just noticed that there is a goalscorer view in the schedules window

Aug 23 Really solid month saw us briefly topping the table. If we can fix the issue of fading at the last quarter, we might be in with a chance for top 3 finish. We surrendered 2 goal leads in both the scoring drawn matches . Finances show no sign of improving The projection is scary

Thanks... The relegation battle was really close coming to the last month.

Only request approved by the board till date

The Season kicks off Not the start I expected, considering we were favorites and at home. Team needs more time to gel (and there is added expectation from the media) Thankfully the board is more realistic And the bonus kicked in

Key In-comings Youngster who was released by RBL. He will provide me good option across the left flank Picked up on a free from Accrington. Would be slotting in at CB and be a back up option at RB Replacement for the outgoing Spaniard. Delighted to pick him up on a free from Dortmund reserves. Helps with u23 requirement for match squad Free transfer from French Second Division who will slot into the CM starting role. Another free transfer who used to be at Dortmund reserves. Would provide quality across the Midfield/Inside Forward positions and again helps with u23 requirements A potential star who was recommended by a new scout. The signing was agreed during last winter transfer window, but he has developed nicely while awaiting the transfer. Slots right into the first team to provide a route B (6' 4", easily the tallest option up front for us)

Pre Season 23/24 Plenty of money-spinning friendlies and I am happy with the overall performance, considering the large turnover in the squad Transfers Released The Squad The squad is in decent shape with key additions across the spine of the team Defence Midfield Attacking Players

New gen called up for my first international call up. Nothing special baout the player though

There seems to be a bug in the transfer module. There was a bidding war where the bids gradually rose from 200k to about 800k (mostly spread over 3 years). Most of the teams had put in a fee after 50 game clause. I changed it to 500k to 1 million after 1 game and most of the teams accepted. I rejected the smaller bids and finally have a big payday lined up in the near future. Seems a crazy workaround for lower leagues.

Missed out on the overachievers tag

End of Season And the player of season, who I picked up on a free to address a weakness at Fullback, but went on to lock down a starting CB spot. Need to find him a dependable partner going into next season We need some reinforcements urgently as none of my youth prospects are ready for the step up

Why

May 2023 Started the month with a draw that made safety mathematically sure and ended the month and season with a bang. We preformed way above expectation and finished at a very creditable 7th. And it looks like we have gained half a dozen corporate fans

Apr 2023 What a month. Started of by getting my 4th and 5th consecutive draws and had to deal with suspension to my starting right winger. Moved my Spanish ST to the right wing and the young Frenchman upfront and things clicked from the get go. We absolutely thrashed the league leaders who were on a 8 game winning streak. Team looks good for a top half finish. Only downside is that I have about a dozen teams interested in the Spaniard now, including some big Eredivisie sides And this is really unsustainable

Feb and Mar '23 Awful home form, but decent away run inched us closer to the 40 point safety zone. March results would have been much better if we hadn't conceded a 93rd min erqualiser at Dresden We are looking comfortable in Mid table, but the league is a pretty congested one. We are just 5 points off a relegation spot with 9 rounds to go and surprisingly only 10 points off a play off spot too.

Youth 22/23 Lots of potential but no one close to first team. Hopefully Sommer would be challenging to own the AML spot in couple of seasons time (need some work on physical stats)

Had a 17 yo striker, I had picked up on the recommendation of my new scout, in my u19 squad. Saw a message of his development and seeing as how our main striker was struggling to find the back of the net, decided to chuck him into the mix. May be there is a way out of the scoring conundrum

Jan 2023 Good win at the end of the month made this a good one for us after the winter break. The loss at Dortmund reserves hurt as we controlled the game and got sucker punched when pushing for a win. Transfers Failed in bringing in a striker but got a decent loanee in to provide us cover across the left flank Hopefully the failure to address our most obvious shortcoming wont come back to bite us in our ar*e

Generally my saves would start of at Scandinavia or England. Enjoying the challenge at Germany so far

Not sure how long this will keep happening.. Lower league finances seems to be off this year and it will have an impact going forward. Almost half of my team is out of contract at end of the season