Barnsley

Same as my lads every game. just checked my stats. 411 goals conceded in 230 games over the 5 full seasons. and 25 in 12 so far this season bring it on!

what sort of stats should we be looking at for what will make youth players good to keep etc? I have never really done a youth challenge before, so not sure on development properly. Here are my personalities and determination stat in the squad. The best player is Anthony Connor, low determination personality and 5 as a stat. but he was born to score goals.

Wow, what an end to the season here. 1-0 down after 11 minutes, Chorley go down to 9men before half time. thankfully we equalised and held on to the draw (They ended up with 8 men! - and won the league themselves!) - turned it out wasn't important in the end as Leiston lost anyway. But my lord that was tense. Little Summary i have kept of my game so far, progress minimal - but facilities wise we are moving okay. As long as i can keep avoiding relegation and keeping the facilities moving - at some point i will have a squad good enough to go up. The players are all so young, nobody over 20 in the 11. a few years time some of these could be good enough. Season 1 2 3 4 5 Year 22/23 23/24 25/26 26/27 27/28 League Van North Van North Van North Van North Van North Prediction 18th 24th 22nd 19th 19th Place 12th 20th 14th 15th 20th Played 46 46 46 46 46 Won 17 15 15 17 13 Draw 11 7 14 4 7 Loss 18 24 17 25 26 GF 63 85 81 90 60 GA 65 82 84 96 84 GD -2 3 -3 -6 -24 PTS 62 52 59 55 46 Fa Cup 4th Qual 1st Rd 3rd Qual 4th Qual 4th Qual FA Trophy Semi 3rd Rd 2nd Rd 2nd Rd 2nd Rd Top Scorer (League) Bright Amoateng Anthony Connor Anthony Connor Anthony Connor Anthony Connor Goals (League) 18 43 33 47 37 Training Facilities Basic Basic Basic Below Average Youth Facilities Basic Below Average Adequate Adequate Youth Level 4 4 3 3 Youth Recruitment Average Above Average Adequate Good Junior Coaching Average Adequate Good Excellent Balance 1st July £94,000.00 £885,000.00 £294,000.00 £214,000.00 Capacity 4400 4400 4400 4400 4400 Average Attendance 2335 2285 2384 2406 Season Ticket Holders 2056 2056 2056 2056 Price £149.00 £149.00 £148.00 £148.00 Match Ticket £11.00 £11.00 £11.00 £10.00

Jeez, it is tight down here. sticking in there at the minute, just about! 5 to go.

5th Season well under way, started off flying we were top after 7, our striker got injured who is our best player and we went on our standard 11 game losing streak and have never recovered. 1 win and 2/3 losses seems to be how we play now can never build something. have lost 3 of the last 4 fixtures 1-0, tightened the ship as was shipping all over. But our next run of fixtures sees us play top, 4th 9th and a couple of others away at the top. Massive last 12 games, I have been here before in season 2 where I survived on the last day, two solid seasons after that but back to a struggle again this time. I think I have 1 player now who started at us, the rest are from the academy. I am hoping an average set of youth players with at least one quality forward in the intake next month will just give me that final edge to save me! I do not want to lose 5 seasons of pure graft and hard work, facilities are on the up, we have half a million in the bank and i am bloody enjoying this journey! i will be absolutely broken if I cant steer us to safety! "Mon the Red Rebels!"

wow, you are doing incredible there and some insane players. what a 3 year run!! what formation are you finding working? I am literally trying every thing possible! 1 win and 4-5 defeats, repeat.

I genuinely can't do anything. after 23 games i was 4th with 42 points. after 42 games i have 49 points. I can't do anything at all to stop it, team meetings, changing tactics, tweaking. going so well literally flying and it just all of a sudden did this. Every single shot or attack is a goal, i lost 2-1 to Hitchen, i had 3 goals disallowed in the second half. I cannot believe the collapse of this season. Absolutely gutted. Never in my FM career have to gone through this sort of patch! Luckily i am 5 points clear of relegation with 4 games left, that the other teams should hopefully run out of games to catch me!

Damn unlucky, very frustrating too i know how much hard work goes into the save. im onto my second attempt at first ended badly. it really seems to be these lower leagues of england are extremely tough to get out of. I was 1 point off top, and i have been thumped 6-2 4-1 and 5-0. now 10 behind and falling drastically. in 4th position and only 2 clear of the playoffs now after looking solid, i cannot stop conceeding. As i type another 3-3. 50 goals leaked in 28 games, only the bottom 3 have more.

amazing to see so many taking this one one. credit due guys, this is my favourite game challenge for a number of years. Really enjoying the stresses of working hard within the club on training/facilities/morale than the transfer market!

has anyone got a link or template for these fancy spreadsheets people are using! brilliant! Came 13th in the Vanarama North with FC United 4th season in charge, not sure how to get any higher! was a point off the playoffs after 30 games but had a 7 game losing streak couldn't break it and complete derailed the push. Faulted off at the end and couldn't turn it round. still media prediction was 22nd - and the next 4-5 years of the boards plan is to continue to attempt to avoid relegation so no real requirements, just need to focus on trying to some how get professional status and continuous improvement on the facilities. at some point i guess the products i produce over a few year span will then be enough to take me up a couple of levels! (I Hope!)

Damn this is a struggle, at FC United Came 12th First season but that wasn't so bad due to having some real players, second season i survived on the last day and came 20th, by 1 point. Third season i am sitting below mid table - not sure how i am ever going to get out of this league haha! Youth intakes are okay, i have a few okay players doing well - however my concern is we are still part time and any half decent player is going to leave for nothing at any moment. My main concern is moving up the leagues and expectation levels? the board rejected one of my requests for youth improvements because they didn't want to rely on youths and wanted to use the transfer market - obviously this is going to become an issue if they keep wanting this type of method. I worry that without quick success over the seasons it will become increasingly difficult not to get sacked. However, i am really enjoying this type of challenge havent done this before with youth only. Long term goal, stadium after myself for the first time on the game. Star Player: Icon already after one full season! If anyone wants these kits i made on Kitbasher let me know i can send over these and the config file

anyone any good at kit creation? would love a set of FC United kits to add into my game!

1 win in 14, just about to lose mine! it is damn hard =[

Just had my first batch of youth intake at FC United, a 15 year old Anthony Connor. (He won't be here long I feel a club higher up will poach him off me for peanuts) Made his debut in the FA Trophy, scored after 2 minutes and then got himself sent off. Welcome aboard - my kind of player!!

I am in! Never done this one before - have done the dafuge challenge a few times over the years but never youth only. I have taken on FC United. Any tips? I imagine that once the players start to move on and retire it is going to get incredibly hard!