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West Ham // Premier League // February 2033
February was much lighter on the calendar than January, and even with a sort of injury crisis at the moment, we managed to knock Arsenal out of the FA Cup and defeat Man Utd at Old Trafford in possibly the best result of the season.
Our recent good form puts us in a 3-way lead at the top, with Leicester lurking close with that game in hand.
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There should be a "scout all" button in the NxGn and Ballon D'Or top 50 lists.
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West Ham // Premier League // January 2033
January was probably our best month of the season so far. We progressed in the cups, finished our CL league stage in style, and continued to fight for top 4 with one of our best defensive performances. The defeat against Spurs missed some fortune as we missed a penalty in the last third that would have given us a point.
We're 6 points away from both 1st and 5th, which in a league as competitive as this means nothing.
All five English teams qualified for the knockout stages, four of them on the top 8 including us.
Nobody came in because we'd already signed six foreign U21 players this season and all but one of my targets are U21. The other target is my absolutely top target since last year but Hertha won't budge below the €99 release clause and I don't have that money (yet). On the way our is Cole Palmer. Once the team's star player, he began complaining about more playing time and then informed me he wouldn't renew his contract which expires next season. So the deal with Nice has been made, he leaves on loan with a €61m optional fee which I hope will be activated.
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West Ham // Premier League // December 2032
Nine matches in 29 days is crazy, luckily for us there weren't any injuries limiting my options. We did drop some points, though. Juventus I can live with that, it's the matches against mid/bottom half clubs that are bothering me. They defend more and we've been struggling a lot to get past these teams.
Leicester had a terrible month and fell out of the top 4 - they were the league leaders at the start of the month. Man City, Spurs, and Liverpool are in good form and are real threats to us.
The youth intake early assessment has only relative importance but it does get my expectations up.
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Only one. And most years only one save all year long
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West Ham // Premier League // November 2032
We did well in the big games but once again failed to beat a smaller team in Watford.
We score loads but it's often many goals in some games and then hardly can score one past more defensive teams, and that's where our three draws came from.
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Remove any rules you wish in the editor, simple.
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West Ham // Premier League // October 2032
A good follow up to September. Apart from the Newcastle match where we were 3-0 down after 10 minutes, we performed well, especially in defence. Also, we're a big threat from corners scoring often and that has been a key factor to unlock difficult matches.
Even though we lost to Newcastle, the wins over Spurs and Man City gave us confidence and kept us in the top 4.
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West Ham // Premier League // September 2032
A perfect month. The CL draw avoids the big clubs and gives us hope of finishing top 8. We are struggling to create chances from open play, though, and struggled more than I liked to get past Southampton and Swindon.
A good month propelled us within the top 4. If not for the two draws at the beginning of the league we'd be tied with Arsenal on top. Those two draws were against the current 18th and 19th placed.
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West Ham // Premier League // August 2032
We had an expectation of winning our first three matches, but unfortunately we failed to convert chances and only won one. We then did that against Chelsea with a good win, and fell to bogey team Leicester in the last minutes.
Arsenal look good to contest their third title in a row, but Leicester will also be a team to consider.
I got two players on loan to be solid rotation options. In fact Moya has been on my radar for a couple of years and has been considered often as a possible signing.
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West Ham // Premier League // 2032/33 pre-season
Another pre-season with plenty of goals scored and conceded.
Due to our good performance in the Champions League there was a bit more money to spend and, with some players in the final year of contract I made some changes to the squad. Now that we moved from a 4-2-4 to a 4-4-2, AML Ivan Silvera will now be an option as a striker, so Lorenzo Colombo was sold for a good value. Marcos Antonio and Matteo Lovato entered their final year and as both were second choices I cashed in on them as well. Diouf was unhappy because he wanted a new improved contract, and when PSG offered €50m my decision was made easier.
What an absolute steal for €14m. I'm hoping this lad will give nightmares to opposing full backs.
Peverell had a €13.5m relegation release clause from Fulham and he ticks all the boxes for a good left winger... apart from only knowing how to play on the right side. But that's why we train!
Coyette was under my radar since last season. He can still become home-grown at club and has big potential. For now, though, he'll be part of the U21 squad.
Smith was transfer listed at Liverpool for €1.9m. I decided to loan out Ávila so he can develop more and use this guy as a backup instead. Ávila's loan is already more lucrative than Smith's transfer fee so this should be a win-win scenario.
I needed a solid centre-back to replace Lovato, and I shortlisted four players all with their pros and cons. Balbi is less imposing physically and not hugely dominant in the basic heading/marking/tackling CB trident but I'm sure he will improve a lot during the season and with a perfectionist personality he'll quickly become my best CB.
This will be our base XI. There's room to improve on a BWM but the great players that I've scouted that would be difference makers are just too expensive for us.
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I'm seeing quite a few newgens with weird playing positions. Stuff like a winger with good winger attributes but he's also accomplished as centre-back with absolutely no attributes for that position.
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Why do you want to hide them? Even if you don't guide yourself by them it's another stat you can see.
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When looking for staff I only look to the following:
- adaptability, determination, JPA and JPP for Scouts
- negotiating for the DOF
- JPA and JPP for the Ass Man
- for coaches / physios / sports scientists I add a "rating" column on staff search and get the ones with most stars
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I love LLM. But it definitely should be approached in a different manner than when managing big clubs. Some tips:
- Technical attributes don't matter. Everybody is poor. Focus on mentals and especially physical attributes.
- Arrange pre-season friendlies against big clubs to garner some income.
- Never offer more than 2 year contracts to your players. There are lots of free agents and your good players can quickly be replaced by a better free agent.
- Don't bother scouting - use trials instead. Since you'll have a limited budget for transfers and scouting, offer trials to free agents and your Ass Man will have a report for all of them.
- Save money on scouts, analysts, and U18 staff. Free agents on trial are scouted by the Ass Man and/or coaches.
- A good Ass Man can be also a DOF and a HOYD.
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I only do one save at a time so it isn't really a problem, but any tips to clean up space are welcomed.
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I set individual training myself but general training is for the Ass Man. Honestly I don't even really know how training works since it was revamped.
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I'm a journeyman save in England only but my current database consists of the top 5 nations in Europe, top 2 in South America and then the remaining 15 of Europe on "view only".
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58 minutes ago, shakturi101 said:
Does anyone here click "add players to playable teams" when starting their save? What does that do exactly and what effect does it have on the database (speed, realism, etc.)?
Some clubs in the lowest divisions have a few amount of players, if you click that option the game will add newgens to increase the squad size.
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West Ham // Premier League // 2031/32 end of season
Compared to last season we did 8 less points in the league and finished one place below but the end result was the same, guaranteeing CL next season. We did tremendously in our first ever CL and if we do it next season I'll be happy. The FA Cup draw was unkind as we faced Chelsea and Spurs early on, but we made up for that short cup run with a win in the EFL Cup, where we also had to face Spurs.
When I arrived at the club I adapted my classic 4-4-2 to a 4-2-4 to accommodate Cole Palmer. He's still very good but he's not a superstar player anymore so I'll revert to a flat 4-4-2 as the rest of the squad has improved to the point I no longer need to adapt my formation just for Palmer. As a result of our high number of defeats and goals conceded, rating for the GKs and full backs were nothing special and that could use some improvement next season. I have €75m to spend but I'm also keen on selling some of the older players while they still have some value. Matteo Lovato and Lorenzo Colombo are frontrunners.
Our long CL run was a high source of revenue and that's why it was so important to qualify for it again. The only way for us to be a constant challenger for top 4 is to sign the best players available and to do that I need to have lots of money available to spend.
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West Ham // Premier League // May 2032
As expected, PSG progressed to the final - they lost on penalties to Arsenal. I was set on guaranteeing a CL place for next season and in the "make or break" game of the season we scraped a win at Leicester, keeping our chances alive. The draw against Everton meant we had to win at Old Trafford to stand a chance at top 4. So how did that turn out?
A draw against Man Utd would have put us in 5th which would still give us CL access due to that extra spot I mentioned in a post above. Arsenal retained the league title and the three relegated clubs have two or three interesting players with active relegation clauses. What I take from this season is simple: when we're able to turn all those defeats into draws we'll be a lot closer to the top of the league.
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West Ham // Premier League // April 2032
A good first leg was enough to get past Bayern but since then we have dropped off a cliff and PSG have one foot in the final.
At one point it seemed a strong finish could even put us in a title race, but now we're struggling to continue fighting for top 4. Fortunately, there was a news item that mentioned an extra CL spot for the top two coefficient which are England and Spain, so it seems 5th place will also play in the CL... but can we get there still?
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Scandinavian nations are fun
Balkan as well, lots of hidden gems (Croatia, Serbia, Greece)
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West Ham // Premier League // March 2032
A clean record this month, which included knocking Man City out of the CL (we face Bayern next) and winning the EFL Cup, my first trophy at this club.
We have the slightest of advantages with the game in hand that can possibly give us a small lead to cement our top 4 position.
The youth intake preview mentioned three good strikers but only one has decent potential, and the most promising of the bunch is a central mid.
I don't like short central mids so he might be developed as a full back.
Supporting striker in the making.
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West Ham // Premier League // March 2033
This month was tough! We started the month with an important draw at Arsenal, not letting them get further from us. Then we won at Dortmund and almost threw it away at home, after being 3-0 up at halftime they came back 3-3 and had us on the ropes for the last 15 minutes. In between that round we won the EFL Cup again. In the FA Cup though, Chelsea had some the luck of the game and continue in the competition.
We only played once for the league so as expected we fell down the table, but we have games in hand to get back into where we were. Honestly I'm glad we're done with the cups because the squad wasn't keeping up with the hectic schedule and injuries and fatigue were piling up during this month like crazy.
That's a very good intake, just a shame three of the four good prospects are strikers. Anyway they all have good profiles to develop into first team players eventually.