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First season has come to an end. The 2023 winter transfer window passed with no signings and no departures likely to bring to us our goals. Well within the top half of the table which suits us fine. In the Netherlands usually the 5th-8th places play each other in playoffs to decide the last European place which we managed to come through as winners for Conference League football next season. Our top ten performers by average rating in the league. Sambo is youngster of small potential and done well despite this. Our loaned striker did whats expected of him in the tactic with 22 goals enough to be second top scorer. Ruben van Bommel who we signed also did well in his few games, dare i say better than Manhoef Youth intake was average enough. Next we see what the summer 2023 transfer window brings. With several loan players heading home we will be looking to keep the squad competitive as possible.

The 2022 summer transfer window has ended. While i said there was no room for a signing there were some high potential players with low enough demands to be able to sign them and get the grind going. There were a number of options but we ended up spending the entire million on a right winger which bulks up that weak position we noted earlier. He becomes our starting right winger. A tricky dribbler but he will be able to pass the ball too. 2-4 million will hopefully be seekable from his resale in the future. He was signed from Rennes. Nobody has left the club on a transfer.

Having said we don't have much room to maneuver in the transfer market and 5 star potential players are preferred we came across two young players one without a contract and the other an amateur connected to Maastricht. Both completely free and worth at the very least trying to make money on them Ruben, son of Mark, immediately becomes the back up to the inverted winger role on the left side. This young man goes to Jong Vitesse in the reserve league. Decent all rounder. Might end up worth something.

Quick glance at the best potential at the club at the very start of the game according to the coach. A midfielder with the raw talent but a lot to improve on in his mental game. If only he tried harder! Another midfielder with what we need in the tactic but again staying awake in a game an issue. He is out on loan. Not just one with the best potential but a star in the team. Can play anywhere on the flank, game time will not be an issue for this guy They are the only 3 with 5 star potential ratings. While stars aren't everything when recruiting we don't seek players who will be good in the Eredivisie but who can go on to win the biggest compeitions in the world so we will be quicker to gamble on their unknown potential. Then to what my first 11 is to start the game. I picked players using a filter which emphasises passing and movement. The ball winning DM and centre backs have a filter that cuts some slack on passing ability for an abilty to read a game coming at them. Striker position has its own to emphasise goalscoring ability where i can't find it within the regular filter as in this tactic they will be expected to score a bulk of the goals. Goalkeepers are searched for simply on the attributes for a Sweeper Keeper on support with passing attribute requirements reduced. This is the gist of the team at the start of the game before any transfers happen or friendlies are played. We have one million in transfer funds but no room on wages and a promise of a smaller wage budget next season so sales will play a big part in any purchases this season. A relatively mature starting 11 with youngsters in the front 3 positions. This will become very young over time. The winger position on the right is an obvious weakness. We have several players on loan with huge potential but they're not counted for the save as they ahve to be signed by the club. So it's time to get playing. Posts on the save will revolve around transfers and the end of each season.

Post robbed CARDS! Top 10 to come. Position Success? GK DR DC DC DL DMC MC MC AMR AML ST Count Progress GK1 Player1 Player2 Player3 Player4 Player5 Player6 Player7 Player8 Player9 Player10 Player Score Mika Biereth 68 Million Manhoef 18 Kossi Diallo 18

The immediate image of Vitesse Arnhem from the Dutch Eredivisie is that of a Chelsea feeder club from the time large amounts of their players, including the likes of Mason Mount, were loaned to the club. However long before then they already had a reputation for bringing players through their team who went on to greater things and landed financial gains for the club. This is a tradition we intend to keep up here minus the long gone Chelsea connection. This will be likely at a sacrifice of success which might be also considered a hallmark of the club with their only trophy of note a cup win in 2017. To measure our success this save has a first goal and a super goal. The first goal is to have 11 players (10 outfield, 1 goalkeeper) play for the club who go on to win a competition in game which is at least 4 stars reputation at the time, excluding the Netherlands itself should it find itself at that level. These players would have to have stayed at the club until at least the 2nd transfer window after joining the club. The much harder super goal is to have 1 player for each position in the tactic we are going to base the club on achieve the same success. Should we fill all the positions in we can shout bingo! The keep track of old players generally I'll also have a top 10 best performers after leaving the club using the reputation stars of the competitions they win. We'll square the number of stars and add them together. All this can include players who start at the club in game. Players on loan are not eligible for goal completion. The obvious tactic for doing this will be to get players as early as possible in their development so as to beat bigger clubs to them and become their stepping stone. With that in mind we will be relatively eager to sell players on. But making money is an important part of allowing the club access to the best youngsters over time so we won't be foolhardy with pricing. However for the players to reach their true potential moving on is important. The idea is to aim for 2-4 times the money we orginally paid for them plus 50% sell on clauses. For a club with better training facilities and reputation than us we will go as low as times 2. With one or the other times 3. Those worse of than us it has to be times 4. With success on the pitch not the primary goal I'll be allowing the assistant manager to manage our games using two of the preset 'match plans'. Play To Win for most games as that is a philosophy we'll persue. On very hard games away from home we might switch to Settle For The Draw. We're able to set the tactic and pick the starting 11 and subs. If we get sacked I'll just add another manager as the stepping stone concept is the focus of the save. The tactic that will always be in use and for which our recruitment wil be geared towards is an old preset vertical tiki taka 4-3-3 DM Wide. It provides average to moderately good results depending on the players you have. It is a counter pressing and high pressing tactic. Counter and goalkeeper distribution to the center backs with kicking the keeper preference are all selected. Automatic roles should be useful to the assistant management of the game. The winger roles allow us to tap into right footed players. Players will all preferably be able to counter, work hard, move intelligently and pass and receive a ball with confidence but these may not all always be possible. Obvious limitations of Console is the 30 season cap and only being able to load leagues from 10 nations. With that I'm going to rob the next post and check out the Vitesse players with the most potential as well as force them into the tactic.

They usually appear in the 2nd tier in the vanilla game fairly quickly so the pressure is definitely on. Good luck.

They must have had one very good chance and you a bunch of low chance shots. You might have been lucky to get those two goals.

You'd be better off putting your tactics up in the tactics forum for advice.

Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia Owned by the local Catholic Diocese. Trying to develop Hungarian football both at home and with clubs in other countries with Hungarian majorities and influence in their towns/cities.

If it goes well the press will have to refer to it as Eichelschaften. Good luck.

Other than them being tired. Against the hardest and weakest teams I might change the 11 based on how good they are defensively/creatively. I'd randomly simply see who has played the most games all season and randomly give them a match off. Alternatively a player in my first team squad with the least appearances, start them. Don't rush players back from injury, especially if their replacement is doing well and needs the games. Also if someone has a couple of absolute stinkers being dropped is sometimes the medicine needed, both for better form and rotation purposes.

Word of note you can have the whole team take a certain numbers of days rest from the calendar.

Your CM(a) role being the prime creator is good as that is where they withdrew their old school centre forward to with the intention of a more creative role. Absolutely bamboozled defenders of the day as they were more used to very set roles with very specific marking tasks and the opposition doing the same. For some FM adaptation Mutumba suggested it above. Wingbacks but make them more aggressive. Maybe two wide centre backs to try keep the spirit of their tactic. That CM(a) could almost be yet another shadow striker but that might be excessive! For added realism your players should be able to perform in multiple positions too. Also it's sacrilege you didn't choose Honved for this It would be a good historically inspired tactic to bring to a club and nation save and try to perfect. If you quit the save it will still be historically accurate since the team's official era ended so suddenly.

No setting though it would be nice to see. You have to physically enter each town in the area into your player search screen to set it up. Takes a long time but if you're dead set on it....

Complacency. I don't know if teams being thumped tighten up even more to try limit the damage?

I don't think so. I'd say it depends on how you're progressing as a team and maybe in the background different boards have different emphasises on youth development, though this isn't revealed on console.

It's not possible unfortunately. The board will however improve them over time itself and notify you.

Not on this version no.

My first save in 23 I ended up in this formation and was slowly morphing into what you have here. Main role difference was the box to box / segundo wasn't positioned behind the more creative midfielder but on the other side and the CM on attack (or shadow striker) in front was given freedom to roam as he saw fit with the segundo and wing back on support reacting accordingly with regards getting forward. One thing about it was the players need to be very right for it. It could be simplified for lesser able players for it to work for their level but they still need to have certain key attributes present or it won't happen for them. I found this out the hard way using it on a journeyman save. Went to a new club which promised me a larger wage budget. And it was doing well. They then promptly halved the budget and went into administration. The players I tried to replace firesold players with, I couldn't afford those with the right attributes. Now I'm intending spending my last year with them saving them from relegation before seeking higher budgets elsewhere. Also to echo others' thoughts forums like this are probably doomed going forward. Their time may be up. All about plug ins and video content more and more. Long form communication generally is petering out. Even the written word is condensing into the likes of discord and twitter and videos are falling to shorts/reels etc. So I wouldn't judge this form of content on participation levels anymore and be disheartened by it. Not on this medium.

Sorry but most Champions League groups are fairly predictable. Even if you win your first three games in the new format there is still a risk of not getting through to the best round as you won't always have the two teams to thump a second time.

I presume like Xbox you can unlock them for free if you gain certain achievements in game.

Slovakia produces surprisingly decent talent in game. Should be a fun challenge.

In the context of keeping the game on console streamlined I feel not being able to choose your own is not the correct decision. It is something which a player could ignore to their hearts content with no negative impact. In the context of trying to grab a slightly different audience on console an ability to create a network of teams as is becoming the norm IRL is missed. Or to create your own network of clubs with certain connections, this fantasy element is lost too.

I'm only guessing here but maybe it considers how many goals you score from set pieces? Maybe on a smaller scale if you click play for set pieces in your tactics?