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Finished my first season with Sunderland and absolutely stormed the league, managing to win 41 times.
My best signing has by far been former FM wonderkid/legend back in 15/16 versions; Donis Avdijaj who I managed to sign on a free and got 26 league goals alongside Grigg's 23. I managed to get rid of the high earners so I was able to sign a few players in to get by the salary cap.
I've played two games in the Championship so far and Niall Ennis for £475k is already looking like the signing of the season
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4 hours ago, Mackem742 said:
Yeah Dobson was the only player that stayed with me on my rise to the Premier last year, he was worth 14mil at one point
Once I started to bring in some better quality players he dropped down the pecking order though and had to let him go for 6mil.
Dobson lasted 9 seasons for me where I was an established Champions League winning team. Ended up retraining him as a libero and stayed there until I decided not to renew his contract
3 hours ago, Nozzer said:If you judge on real life performances you'll get rid of almost everyone! Although individual performances aren't helped by how dull we are under Parkinson. What are we like as a squad and how are the youngsters? In particular Hume, Neil and Diamond
Neil Diamond (
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Hume hasn't changed all that much from last year but seems to be at least decent in this league..
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2 minutes ago, Mackem742 said:
Did you have a mass clear out too? Because of the wage cap limit. Ive got a fair few Id like to get rid of but Im judging them on real life performances
You kinda have to it seems. Managed to offload the big earners like Leadbitter, McGeady and Wyke and brought in players for half/a third of their wages.
I wanted to get rid of Dobson and Grigg because they're rubbish but Dobson is actually really solid in this game!
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3 hours ago, Mackem742 said:
Are any of these players willing to sign for clubs as low as league 1 or 2 in England?
I managed to get Simen Alexander Santos Lyngbø to Sunderland
Donis Avdijaj, Tiago Castro and Josh Vickers are decent players on decent wages to consider signing as well
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This is quite honestly one of the coolest databases I have ever seen!
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In the second season of my save, Juventus decided to splash out £16.75 million on championship player Matt Grimes.
Lucas Leiva went to Real Marid in the first season on my save as well.
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I don't know about hidden gems, but this guy has incredible ability for the transfer fee he'll command. Available for £3 million and has Spanish nationality for those who are in the premier league.
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So this has just happened..
Very possible to get into the final as we have Fulham in the semi finals.
January is right around the corner and I already have a few pre-arranged transfers in and outgoing0 -
Just now, warlock said:
Probably true... but you're doing way, way better than any AI manager I've seen at Sunderland
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And in real life.
I have a side save with PSG and they're currently in their third in-game season in League One. I guess that's what I'm expecting in reality.
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Currently playing as my beloved Sunderland and I'm doing rather well
League has been an absolute cakewalk so far. Have been playing a high pressing, possession based tactic. Had some fantastic wins including a 2-1 home win against a near-full strength Chelsea side in the cup.
I managed to offload Wyke, Flanagan, Watmore and Ozturk and brought in quality cheap players including Ricardo Ferreira who is an insane player at this level;
Max Power is also absolutely mental for League One, I play him in the Mezzala/Attack role and he dominates everything;
Sorry if this is a low effort post, there's really not too much to report when playing in the first season as Sunderland.. Anything less than total domination in this league with the resources you have is very much a failure.0 -
Keep in mind that I'm playing as Sunderland in League One;
Transfer Listed for £550k at the start of the season. Versatile with great technicals in the right places. :)
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On 21/09/2018 at 14:29, steff13 said:
as for me (my plans for FM19):
EX-SOVIET UNION:
1. Metalist 1925 (Ukraine) - new born team from Kharkiv, which continues traditions of old team Metalist. Just my local team, which I play in all FMs
2. FC Dnipro (Ukraine) - finalist of Europe League 2015 now plays in Ukraine Amateur League (4th tier) because of financial and license problems
3. FC Sochi (Russia) - renovated Dinamo SPb team, which was rebranded after moving to Sochi. Beautifull warm city, big modern stadium - all facilities to make a big club
4. Neftci/Sabail/Sabah (Azerbaijan) - long-term leader of Azeri football, which is having bad times now, or two new clubs from capital city with interesting squads and perspectives. Will be interesting, for sure.
5. Pyunik/Lori (Armenia) - Armenian championship was finally increased from 6 to 9 teams. Will be interesting for taking a team with big traditions (Pyunik) or a new club, which concentrates for signing young african players for re-selling.
6. Lokomotivi/Saburtalo (Georgia) - both teams are focused for developing their home-grown players, so they have good youth facilities.
7. Taraz (Kazakhstan) - also team with good history, had given many good players to kazakh football, now playing in second division and hoping to get their positions back.
8. FC Riga (Latvia) - russian owners solving a very hard task of making a big team in Latvia. And, IRL, they're close to the needed result.
9. Flora (Estonia) - playing for this team every year. Estonian championship is quite interesting and unpredictable. 3 ukrainian stars on loan will help to make a good performance.
OTHER EUROPE:
1. Feyenoord (Netherlands) - my favorite club for more then 15 years, so I've played for them every year since 2002
2. B36 (Faroe Islands) - also playing for them every season. I like this country and their football
3. Derby County (England) - also one of my favorite team for many years. But I don't like playing in England, so my saves for them are usually short.
4. Aris/OFI/Iraklis (Greece) - strong teams in past, two first are newly-promoted to the Highest division in season 2018 and third has promoted from Third division. So, it'll be interesting to get them higher.
5. Tromso (Norway) - the team from the biggest city beyond the Arctic Circle
ASIA
1. Paxtakor (Uzbekistan) - strong team, interesting big league and playing in Asian Champions league - I had some great saves for that team in the past
2. Persepolis (Iran) - same as above, but also better finances and reputation to sign star players and updating facilities
3. Istiqlol (Tajikistan) - leader of Tajik football, always having the best players in league, good foreigners - good chances to win AFC Cup and qualify to Champions league
4. Dordoy (Kyrgyzstan) - same as above, but harder. Also two advantages - increased league (now 8 teams) and some naturalised players from Germany, who are usually agree for transfer to Kyrgyzstan
5. Altyn Asyr/Kopetdag (Turkmenistan) - both clubs from very closed country, with full prohibition for signing foreign players. The first is young and ambitious and second shined in Soviet Union, was dissolved and renovated two years ago. The main problem is absence of real players
6. Qingdao Jonoon (China) - famous team, which plays in Third division now. It's interesting to get them to the top, there're much money, but imperfection of reputation system makes the task very hard
7. Boeung Ket (Cambodia) - grand of the South-East Asian football - good squad, interesting championship, many third-party cups
8. Lao Toyota (Laos) - same as above, but harder
9. Yadanarbon (Myanmar) - team from the legendary city of Mandalay (remember Robbie Williams's song?) - one of the strongest in the country. Big challenge to push Yangon United from the podium
10. Home Utd (Singapore) - played for that team in FM05 first time, every year after that. Just a habit
11. April 25 (North Korea) - as in Turkmenistan, for the bravest
12. Erchim (Mongolia)/New Radiant (Maldives)/Three Stars (Nepal) - wanna play there very much, but the research is afful. So, waiting for actual database for these countries...
AFRICA
1. Pyramids/Al-Ahly/Zamalek (Egypt) - the first team is very rich and second/third are grands of African football. Good research, big stadiums and traditions - will be interesting for sure
2. Raja Casablanca (Morocco) - the same as Al Ahly/Zamalek
3. ASEC (Ivory Coast) - team, which brought up many strong ivorian players like Gervinho, Yaya Toure, etc
4. Costa do Sol (Mozambique) - I like this country, also , for example, it's possibility to make realistic transfers of portuguese/brasilian players
5. Green Buffaloes (Zambia) - now playing for them, very intertaining championship. 38 games (+ Cup), more then 100 points, more then 150 scored goals, final scores like 8:0 or 7:1 - I'd like to make it one more time in FM19
NORTH AMERICA
1. Las Vegas Lights (USA) - one more intertaining club with Freddy Adu in attacking line.
SOUTH AMERICA
1. Fuerza Amarilla (Ecuador) - just for beautiful name
OCEANIA
1. Auckland City (New Zealand) - also playing for them every year. Also a great possibility of participating in Club World Championship.
Such an amazing post. I do wish a lot of these countries were default without having to unlock in editor
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Yeah, Wilson looks absolutely ridiculous in this version and it's seemingly come from nowhere.
After a glitch screwed over my Sunderland save, I'm really wanting to revisit Liverpool but they might be a bit too easy this year.
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8 hours ago, MontyOnTheRun said:
This thread is about discussing football manager - not the games that Liverpool play IRL.
I hadn't watched tonight's game yet and you spoiled it for me. Thanks mate!
Since a majority of the posters in the Liverpool threads are actually Liverpool fans, we tend to post about Liverpool IRL as well.
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17 hours ago, MontyOnTheRun said:
No offense mate, but your Liverpool thread should never have been created! It's mainly a cut and paste job from Wikipedia. Nothing personal written from you that would inspire a person to start a Liverpool save. What's even more shocking is that you've had since 9th of November to adjust the player assessments and give your thoughts on the squad - still there is nothing! It's like it was somehow prestigeous for you to be the one to create the Liverpool thread... it's not prestigeous when what you create even a 12 year old could do better.
I appreciate the need for having a Liverpool thread so that people can discuss their Liverpool saves. However, there already was a thread on Liverpool in this forum section (albeit not an official thread) and you could have left the discussion there until you were ready to make a proper Liverpool thread.
This year's Liverpool squad in FM has got so much promise and excitement with the new players, and the young talents that have finally been rated properly by the Liverpool researcher. Not to mention the fact that they're now back in the CL!
You have over 1000 posts on this forum and should probably think about quality ahead of quantity... this especially goes when you're creating official threads that people will have to look at for over a year!
Next year I'm creating the official Liverpool thread and I don't want to hear any moaning from you about it. Capiche?!
Just who the hell do you think you are?
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17 minutes ago, hm86 said:
Loving all these Dutch youth players to try and progress, anyone got any others?
Another huge talent I noticed was a wonderfully named Giovanni Troupée.
Another full back, I know.
Or how about Guus Til from AZ?
1 hour ago, fidelitywars said:Very much on my list of summer targets going into my 2nd season with Heerenveen; one of very few who fit the 'young, talented, homegrown and affordable' bill.
Attribute-wise, he's actually quite similar to former Sparta teammate, Denzel Dumfries (but far more versatile) who i'm looking to off-load to augment the meagre £3m budget afforded by my board to defend my title. Was hoping for far more given the success and profit of last season. What makes it especially frustrating is that 4 of my 5 highest-rated players in that title season were the on-loan brigade of Odegaard, Grujic (who was unbelievable as a segundo volante following his January arrival), Tuanzebe and Harry Wilson. Only Wilson has extended so a significant re-build of my side's spine is on the cards. Pretty concerned that my small squad, strewn of 3 key players, will struggle with the additional demands of Champions' League football...
Dumfries was a favourite of mine in FM 17, it seems he's fallen a bit in this version.
I always prefer trying to get squads that have little or no loanee players who make a huge difference to the team. Especially when you can't buy them.
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I have already posted him in the Dutch football thread, but how about Sherel Floranus of Sparta Rotterdam?
Here he is at the beginning of the season in one of my saves and below is him a year later in another. Random determination aside, he looks like a superb prospect.
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Another really good player I have noticed in the league is Sherel Floranus. Bags of potential and already at a decent Eredivisie level.
I'm playing as Sparta and he is certainly my priority to keep at the club.
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1 hour ago, Snowy said:
Marcus Rashford
Anthony Martial
Kingsley Coman
Renato Sanches
Breel Embolo
Deli Ali
Leroy Sane
Youri Tielemans
Thank you very much in advance ???
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1 hour ago, Rubentus_Juventus said:
You Sir/Madam, are a legend.
Many more, if you could please:
Piotr Zielinski
Donnarumma
Oliver Burke
Vincent Janssen
Manuel Locatelli
Kasper Dolberg
Mathew Leckie
Joshua Kimmich
F Kessie
Hildeberto Pereira
Tammy Abraham
Jackson IrvineThankyou!
Sir.
I will do these as links, since there's an image limit I believe:
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I'm more than willing to contribute to this thread for anyone else, by the way.
Gabriel (Appelt)
Pol Lirola
Domenico Berardi
Aaron Mooy
Tom Rogic
Massimo Luongo
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[FM21] Sunderland 'Til I die
in Good Player & Team Guide
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Stewart Donald was sold up by October in my first season. Only taken over by a local businessman though, and got £5 million transfer budget for getting promoted so been relying on frees and bargains.