Adamm90 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Well done on keeping us up. It's looking quite a task this year. How have the youngster developed for you? Berkovits, Brown and Walton, in particular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 9 hours ago, Adamm90 said: Well done on keeping us up. It's looking quite a task this year. How have the youngster developed for you? Berkovits, Brown and Walton, in particular. Cheers, Berkovits, Brown and Walton are all still at 4 star potential (I think), I don't know as of yet wether they'll ever feature for me. It's definitely tough this year hopefully I can push on this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlov Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Are you finding it very inconsistent? I had 23rd placed blackburn at home and lost 1-0 then hosted 1st placed leeds and won 7-0. Same formation and tactics just a couple of personnel changes. Then 4 games without a win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 8 hours ago, danlov said: Are you finding it very inconsistent? I had 23rd placed blackburn at home and lost 1-0 then hosted 1st placed leeds and won 7-0. Same formation and tactics just a couple of personnel changes. Then 4 games without a win. I wouldn't say inconsistent but very frustrating and here were just too consistent 9 games in a row scoring just 1 and that's whats frustrating and I think it's probably down to the fact we're just not good enough to win consistently despite dominating or being at least equal in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlov Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 18 hours ago, Jamesbfc1887 said: I wouldn't say inconsistent but very frustrating and here were just too consistent 9 games in a row scoring just 1 and that's whats frustrating and I think it's probably down to the fact we're just not good enough to win consistently despite dominating or being at least equal in it. Do you get much out of Thiam? First season he was poor but I brought in Tyler Roberts on loan to play with him this season and dropped Bradshaw and he's a revelation now. Top scorer in the league coming into January. Should also add Thiam also leads the charts for top assists in the league. Still sat in 11th despite these stats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 5 hours ago, danlov said: Do you get much out of Thiam? First season he was poor but I brought in Tyler Roberts on loan to play with him this season and dropped Bradshaw and he's a revelation now. Top scorer in the league coming into January. Should also add Thiam also leads the charts for top assists in the league. Still sat in 11th despite these stats. I haven't had anything out of Thiam, Bradshaw's been the man upfront banging them in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlov Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 How is your season going? We're mid February and sitting in 9th just 5 points off the playoffs. As I said before Thiam and Roberts have been phenomenal. I also signed Baker from Chelsea in January and he's transformed our midfield. I'll try and put up some screenshots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 12 hours ago, danlov said: How is your season going? We're mid February and sitting in 9th just 5 points off the playoffs. As I said before Thiam and Roberts have been phenomenal. I also signed Baker from Chelsea in January and he's transformed our midfield. I'll try and put up some screenshots. Here you go. Season Preview 19th is probably fair but I want to finish much higher than that,. It's easy to see why though. That's what we're up against, Jack Butland and Aaron Cresswell September and October Preseason is irrelevant so I won't bore you with that! A great return from 9 games and 3rd in the league! hopefully we can continue this upwards curve. We should have and I'm confidant we would have beaten Middlesbrough as well, 1-0 up against one of the best outfits in the league and one of the preseason favourites for promotion, thanks to Tom Bradshaw and then Andy Yiadom decided to get sent off for no reason other than stupidity . Tom Bradshaw's got 6 so far upfront, Conor Grant has knocked Moncur out of the team and has been immense. Also I'm having problems with having enough home grown players by the club, you only need to have 1 I know but the problem is there's only Jack Walton with home grown club status. Is anyone else having this problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hmmm whatever this means Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlov Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 42 minutes ago, Jamesbfc1887 said: Hmmm whatever this means When does this happen? Just finished season two and haven't had a brexit message. In the end we finished 8th. 2 points off the playoffs. Our new chairman is a massive tight arse though and no money for new season. See today there has been a real life takeover which sounds much more exciting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, danlov said: When does this happen? Just finished season two and haven't had a brexit message. In the end we finished 8th. 2 points off the playoffs. Our new chairman is a massive tight arse though and no money for new season. See today there has been a real life takeover which sounds much more exciting Currently in December and I've just had this message. My new chairman has a tight grip on the purse strings too, I asked for more transfer budget and he said no! due to the clubs financial status or something. Despite having 10 mill in the bank. The real life takeover is really exciting though, hopefully we'll be able to at least compete financially (or at least not have to sell all our best players), in the championship which we couldn't under Patrick Cryne, hopefully we invest for once in some championship quality players and stay in the division and then build. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 A return? I'll be trying to get some more updates out. I've played into the next season but haven't had the motivation to writer as of yet. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Up to January: A fantastic first half of the season, 2nd!!!!!! only behind Stoke who spent £127,000,000 in the Summer. Surely the aim now is promotion it has to be we've just been fantastic. This is what we've been playing recently. Tom Bradshaw's hit 9 in 20 this season a solid return if you ask me. Jason Cummings has looked good of the bench chipping in with 5 this season. Ahmed Kane has looked very promising and he's beginning to look like something rather special indeed. Marvin Johnson's been great using his explosive pace and has managed to keep the Lewis Morgan out of the side despite Morgan's impressive performances. Conor Grant and Ryan Leonard have been simply superb, an inspired pair of signings if I ever seen it. Controlling the midfield with ease against multi-million pound players. Angus Mac has been solid this season alongside Adam Jackson, Adam Davies has played pretty much every minute of the season keeping LInde out of the side. We've brought in quite a few in January and got rid of some that just weren't cutting it, Thiam McGeehan and McLean. David Onovo looks like he could be a DM for many years to come for us, his mental's are fantastic for his age and on a free he could be just perfect, No work permit though cause just FM things . Another great youngster, but this time a goalkeeper his mental aren't anywhere near as impressive but his technical's certainly are. For £500k you can't go wrong. Carlo Holse a name not known to me at all, on loan for the remainder of the season with a potential £1,300,000 future fee if he impresses me with a few goals in our promotion push. Lewis Macleod, a player I really like irl and at £215K a real real bargain great at Rangers going back a few years. Very Happy! A player I've been tracking for a long time and I've finally got my man £375K is a complete bargain for such a good player however there was a large fee to pay to his agent which was larger than the transfer fee it's self, hopefully he'll love his time in England and he'll adapt no problem. Hahahahahahaha. Sheff Utd's future star know plays for me LOL! But seriously a great little signing on loan from our promotin rivals Stoke strangely enough after failing to make any impact with Stoke this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 End of the Season : A fantastic run at the end of the season, 18 games from February to May, 12 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses, but was it enough! Thankfully yes! Stoke were outstanding all season until they hit a major wobble at the end of the season losing 6-0 to Millwall who went on to get relegated! Along with appearing in an FA Cup final somehow End Of Season 2 Review: What the fans are saying God knows why Johnson is at left back though he hasn't played there all year . Player Of The Season: WOW!! Kane is looking like the real deal, his stats have been pretty unreal for a 19 year old winger if you ask me! And 15 goals and 11 assists is not bad either. The best player in the team by far. Unsung Hero: Such a solid performer this year led from the back with no-nonsense defending and even chipped in with 5 goals a great season all round. Most Improved: This one picked itself after less than imprerssing on loan at Doncaster last season in League 1 to then come and play 37 games at 7.17 is nothing short of remarkable. Best Newcomer: 15 assists and 6 goals shows what an important signing the young Scottish winger was, his ability to get down the left using his pace and that fantastic dribbling have been invaluable to our season. However, Ardaiz deserves some praise as well, 8 in 13 is fantastic form since coming in in January and makes me wonder what he could have done over a whole season (about 28 if my maths is correct), a real gem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Well done on the League win!! Lewis Morgan is unreal!! Been unstoppable for my hearts side hold on to him at all cost! Lewis Macleod has done well for me as well bit injury prone though. All the best in the EPL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, SixPointer said: Well done on the League win!! Lewis Morgan is unreal!! Been unstoppable for my hearts side hold on to him at all cost! Lewis Macleod has done well for me as well bit injury prone though. All the best in the EPL Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 5 hours ago, SixPointer said: Well done on the League win!! Lewis Morgan is unreal!! Been unstoppable for my hearts side hold on to him at all cost! Lewis Macleod has done well for me as well bit injury prone though. All the best in the EPL Lewis Morgan has been nothing short of fantastic this season and hopefully he can step up to the prem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 35 minutes ago, Jamesbfc1887 said: Lewis Morgan has been nothing short of fantastic this season and hopefully he can step up to the prem Sure he will!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samwilzrhcp Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Enjoyed reading this, i'm currently awaiting the patch to start a new save with us, mainly because of the new owners, we should have a bit more money to play about with! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 19/02/2018 at 21:39, samwilzrhcp said: Enjoyed reading this, i'm currently awaiting the patch to start a new save with us, mainly because of the new owners, we should have a bit more money to play about with! Thanks, glad you're enjoying reading it, I've enjoyed writing about it (beats us in real life anyway ). After the new patch it should be another intresting save are squad is just terrible, I think we are as good as down already and as for the budget how knows could be anything. After Tuesday I'm struggling to even look at a football never mind play as us on FM really depressing tbh out form this season is one of the main reasons I haven't played this save more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samwilzrhcp Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 22 hours ago, Jamesbfc1887 said: Thanks, glad you're enjoying reading it, I've enjoyed writing about it (beats us in real life anyway ). After the new patch it should be another intresting save are squad is just terrible, I think we are as good as down already and as for the budget how knows could be anything. After Tuesday I'm struggling to even look at a football never mind play as us on FM really depressing tbh out form this season is one of the main reasons I haven't played this save more. Tuesday was abysmal, the first half anyway! Although we should have come away with a point, nailed on penalty at the end! And that just shows how bad Burton are. Our only hope is the other dross down there with us, a win on Saturday would be huge! As for FM, Barnsley is the only save i don't tend to get bored of, basically because i know the players and staff etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 22 hours ago, samwilzrhcp said: Tuesday was abysmal, the first half anyway! Although we should have come away with a point, nailed on penalty at the end! And that just shows how bad Burton are. Our only hope is the other dross down there with us, a win on Saturday would be huge! As for FM, Barnsley is the only save i don't tend to get bored of, basically because i know the players and staff etc. The 1st half on Tuesday was simply disgraceful and I really can't see us staying up this season. On FM the fact I know all of the players and staff makes it difficult for me to play as us long term, as ripping the team apart and having basically a new team after 2 years hurts me slightly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 The Summer: We've been pretty busy this summer. Quite a few ins 21 to be precise and only a couple of outs. A great young signing for us a wonderkid this year by all accounts I hope his growth has not been stagnated by not playing for Espanyol once in 2 years ending up in their B team, a £5.25 mil release fee seems like a good deal to me. £4.5 million for another young wonderkid is exactly what we needed and hopefully once he adapts to the league he'll bang them in for us. Another striker, I remember whrn he played for Barcelona B a fair few years ago and was pretty handy on FIFA but has since definitely flattered to deceive. Another fairly young player with potential to improve and hopefully hold down that DM spot. A big name signing for us and on FM16 and FM17 a wonderkid, but has since slipped down in most peoples estimations and at 25 we could well be his last chance to show what he's got on the biggest stage. A gamble but one I'm happy to take. A touch of quality in our midfield the former Man Utd man will operate in the advanced playmaker role for us and can hopefully provide assists galore for us this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 The Summer Extended: Another player that has fallen by the wayside somewhat, didn't play once in-game for Marseille hopefully we can change his fortunes and for £700K why not take a punt. A nice pick up for us on £2.6k p/w as well. Another freebie for us but he's on a fair bit for us though so he has to play and prove he's worthy of being our second biggest earner (behind Martinez who's on £45K p/w!!!!!!!!!) A proven performer across FMs for me I've had him over the last 3 FMs and it just wouldn't be a proper FM save for me without him appearing at some stage. Another free transfer not on that much either so, we'll see. If he can prove Celtic and Brendan Rodgers wrong. All the other players on the list are either players who didn't turn out to feature for us or are regens yet to make an impact in the 1st team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Also I've had a problem this season with registration it says domestic under 21's don't need to be registered and Joaquin Ardaiz is for some reason but I've got no idea of whats going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raaalvas Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Great thread! I think i moneyball'd the **** out of this transfer window! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raaalvas Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Should say, that's second season. Lost in playoff final season 1! ...............Lazaar and Fredericks are amazing wingbacks this year. D'Amico and Denis are tearing it up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesbfc1887 Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, raaalvas said: Great thread! I think i moneyball'd the **** out of this transfer window! Thanks glad you've enjoyed, I've certainly enjoyed making this thread but Barnsley's real life form has kind of tailed off my motivation for this save. The money you've got for some of those players is ridiculous! (most of the are cr*p) You're definitely moneyballing that's for sure. I presume those players from al-ahly are regens but you've brought in some great players like Fredericks, D'Amico and Gribbin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raaalvas Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hi mate, no the al-ahly ones aren't regens. They are pretty cheap beasts tbf! Mahlambi didn't get a wp, so loaned him out. I've bought Mahlambi before, he doesn't have rediculous stats, but he's very quick and skillful. In an old save, i eventually sold him to Barcelona for 28m! They are definitely worth a look though, check out their stats. The only one i was gutted about losing was McCarthy as he developed really well. The others i just negotiated like mad and got some great fees!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raaalvas Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Also got this guy 1st season for 1m. Developing nicely! (apart from that 4 for natural fitness lol!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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