Montepaschi Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 19 часов назад, stevemc сказал: Louis Khouri looks a good talent in the game, but I couldn't keep him because of his work permit, however if I could have got a work permit for him on his contract renewal then I would have kept him and developed him. do you think he's the same talent in real life?How often do the predictions of a FM come true in reality? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 On 2/19/2018 at 07:43, stevemc said: Is anyone actually following this? Yes i am and enjoying it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Great work so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Cheers guys, I've had a busy week but I'll be posting some more updates over the weekend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2019/20 - Premier League: December We managed to navigate through the Christmas month, with 4 wins and 3 losses, couple of clean sheets in there too after a few tweaks to training and making my tactic more conservative, until Watford ripped us apart This leaves us 7th coming in to the New Year: The youth facilities have now also been upgraded: Moise Kean has picked up the Golden Ball award, he's going to be attracting some big clubs soon: West Brom also offered me a job interview, despite already having a manager in charge, but I've got no interest in joining a 19th placed club full of ageing players: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 51 minutes ago, stevemc said: We managed to navigate through the Christmas month, with 4 wins and 3 losses, couple of clean sheets in there too after a few tweaks to training and making my tactic more conservative, until Watford ripped us apart Steve, what tactic are you using now? Nothing wrong with 7th, but those losses to Southampton and Watford would worry me. Looks like a bit more consistency would see you comfortably into the top 5 or 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 18 hours ago, warlock said: Steve, what tactic are you using now? Nothing wrong with 7th, but those losses to Southampton and Watford would worry me. Looks like a bit more consistency would see you comfortably into the top 5 or 6. I'm using a 4-3-3 but I didn't really invest in my defence in the Summer, I'm kinda playing with a Premier League midfield and attack, and a Championship defence . Doesn't help that my main centre-back is slow too. The Watford game looks worse than it was, at 3-1 with about 15 minutes to go, I went full on gung ho trying to get a 3-3 but it backfired hugely. I'm going to keep tweaking it, but I'll be recruiting defensively in the Summer and hopefully that will help to close the gap too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 7 hours ago, stevemc said: I'm using a 4-3-3 but I didn't really invest in my defence in the Summer, I'm kinda playing with a Premier League midfield and attack, and a Championship defence Yeah, I know how that goes. Did pretty much the same in my Wolves save - most of my squad leaders were defenders and hell broke out when I moved them on in season 3! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 1 hour ago, warlock said: Yeah, I know how that goes. Did pretty much the same in my Wolves save - most of my squad leaders were defenders and hell broke out when I moved them on in season 3! Yeah I've had the same with Robert Huth, thankfully he's retiring at the end of the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 I seem to be struggling with a defensive corner set up, does anyone have any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2019/20 - Premier League: January A mixed month really, a few losses, a couple of red cards and suspensions, dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship side QPR: Here's the league as it stands - we're in the mix for Europa League... I've signed a new deal this month too: I wasn't planning on doing any January business, but I negotiated an £18m deal (plus 20% of next sale) to sell Ryan Nyambe, whom I think has reached his level, I paid £6m for him, so I made a tidy profit and it also levelled off our finances: I replaced him with Davide Calabria but Borja San Emeterio has been promoted to number one. Here is a general round up of the Premier League transfers: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 17 hours ago, stevemc said: I seem to be struggling with a defensive corner set up, does anyone have any ideas? My setup is not to have players on the goal line - they never do much anyway. Fastest outfield player stays forward, best passer on the edge of the area - these two hopefully give us the chance of a fast counter. Tallest players (usually CBs and strikers) set to man-mark tall players. Four others defending the six-yard line. Anyone else set to man-mark or just 'go back'. I still concede a few over the season but not enough to worry me, and I usually bag a handful of goals on the counter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 5 hours ago, warlock said: My setup is not to have players on the goal line - they never do much anyway. Fastest outfield player stays forward, best passer on the edge of the area - these two hopefully give us the chance of a fast counter. Tallest players (usually CBs and strikers) set to man-mark tall players. Four others defending the six-yard line. Anyone else set to man-mark or just 'go back'. I still concede a few over the season but not enough to worry me, and I usually bag a handful of goals on the counter. Thanks I'll try this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 I conceded a goal in the first game with that new set up I checked the set piece stats for goals conceded from corners, and I'm top, so there's a big problem there. However, on closer inspection, I only have 3 players in my starting 11 over 6ft, so maybe this is something I need to address in the Summer too, when I'm recruiting defenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2019/20 - Premier League: February Really solid month, topped off with a monster win over Liverpool: Still not much change in the league table though: Moise Kean is still flying, despite his disciplinary issues: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2019/20 - Premier League: March Short month, we're still in the fix: Finally had a decent youth intake too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2019/20 - Premier League: April Good month, beat West Ham who were in contention with us for 7th place, but Leicester have joined the mixed after beating us. Going to go close in the run in... Moise Kean once again leading the way... Also decided to wrap up an early deal ready for Summer, addressing our height deficit, Tim Jedvaj joins for £7.25m to play right-back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2019/20 - Premier League: May League finally over, finished 7th, great achievement in our first season in the Premier League - Should be enough for the Europa League: Not sure how match of the year was the 3-0 win against Newcastle united, when I beat Liverpool 7-1 at home Moise Kean and I won a couple of individual awards: Our under-18's had a solid season, a few of the players are really starting to improve now: But, our under-23's won the Premier League Cup... Elsewhere, Manchester United were dominant this season: I've also picked up Marco Benassi on a free, he'll be a useful addition to the midfield, probably replacing Lewis Baker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Cracking team you put together Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: Summer Window Here's a few bits of news from the end of the last season: Ended up being a much busier window than planned, and it's not over yet, still a week to go... So... GOALKEEPERS: Ben Foster was given a free transfer, and Tom Heaton arrived from relegated Burnley. DEFENDERS: Out went Luis Hernandez (£14m for a 31 year old is something I couldn't turn down), Kalas (£8m), Paz (£11m) and Danny De Costa (£9.75m), replaced with Mammana (£14.5m), Drongelen (£18.5) and Rob Holding on a free. I've added more height and Tin Jedvaj has enhanced that further too. MIDFIELDERS: Out went Baker (£7.75m) and Maddison (£11m) replaced with Bennassi on a free and a transfer-listed Harry Winks for £12.25m. STRIKERS: I sold Destro (£14..75m), Perez (£6.5m) and James Wilson (£13m) and in came Patrick Roberts on a free, to play out wide of a front three, from the bench. Facundo Colidio also joined for £8.25m. I'm still toying with the idea of selling Andy Carroll due to his age. The board actually set me a nice budget, and with all this activity done, I'm sat on £107m still left to spend: Luke Shaw takes my fancy, he's transfer listed, but £54m feels a little steep. The last few weeks of the window might be big... Anyway, pre season is ahead and the fixtures are out: Rather disappointingly, we finished 7th but didn't get Europa League football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Small update, but having patience allowed me to pick up Luke Shaw for £35m instead of £54m, with one week left of the window.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Just looking for some feedback on a couple of my more talented regens. I've picked these up over the past couple of seasons and they are making great progress... Pedro: Really excited about this lad, picked him up for a couple of hundred grand, creative midfielder, good free kick, long shot and finisher too. Adamsson: I see this kid replacing Andy Carroll, he should save me having to buy a replacement target man. Butina: 6ft3ins Butina already broke through last season, providing a number of key assist from the bench, Andy Carroll has been the recipient of a number of quality crosses. Simal: I like the look of Simal, but his growth my be slightly thwarted by Butina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 Just wanted to post a quick update, as I'm sending my MacBook in for repair tomorrow so maybe be without it for a week or so I'm literally on Deadline Day now, I accepted a generous £33m bid for Merino, as I think I'm staffed enough in that area of the pitch: Manchester United also signed a youngster off me, West, whom I don't see as anything special, worth £150,000 but got £675,000 for him plus a 50% sell on just incase I've got my game all backed up, so fingers crossed I'll be back on this sooner rather than later... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Keep it going I'm enjoying reading it. Due to work I don't have the time at the moment for my Brighton save so I'm reading yours with interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 My mac is due a repair this Saturday, so hopefully I'll be back before too long! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Hi all, got my Mac back, fully repaired, so I should get back onto this, this afternoon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: August Transfer window round up: Simple pre-season, bedding in a few new players, not done anything to my tactics: Here are the boards expectations this season, I'd love to land some European football for next season: Nice start to the season too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: September Steady month, month win in the league cup too "Lads, it's Spurs" Early form is good, leaving us in 2nd place, good to build from: Lincoln, as expected, has started really well, I'm expecting a good season from him: I've also reached 100 games in management: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: October Nothing much to report for October really, we lost away at top of the league Chelsea which has moved us down to 4th, but it's still close at the top. We've drawn Manchester United in the League Cup quarter finals. Also tied Ruben Neves down to a long term contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: November Finished the month in 3rd, despite a little wobble towards the end of the month: Also happy I've managed to just sneak Brighton into the development clubs list, hoping to move up higher over the coming seasons: Decided to drop £13.75m on 18 year old midfielder Claudio Lucas, ready for January: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Great to see this back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: December We had a really good December, Lincoln and Jota were superb, winning player of the month awards too as well as me landing manager of the month: This leaves us 4th in the table going into the New Year: Lincoln, as I predicted, has been brilliant and has been voted Golden Boy: January is here and there will be a few ins and outs, which I'll post in the next update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: January An unbeaten month for us, despite a few injuries: This form moved us up for 1st but we've played a game more: Transfer wise, I let Andy Carroll and Marco Benassi leave during January due to lack of playing time. Andy Carroll was a great servant to us, but Lincoln has just taken over his spot. Elsewhere, it was an expensive window: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: February Bit of a stumble this month, although our 2-2 draw was with Chelsea was a good comeback after being 0-2 down: We are currently on a great unbeaten run though, will I the enough to possibly win the league? We will have to do this without the influential Ruben Neves who's suffered a broken leg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Shame to see Neves out for 5-6 months Good to see you're on unbeaten run Good to see this back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: March Bottled it away at Newcastle United, even Christian Benteke got on the scoresheet after a Tin Jedvaj shocker of a pass back put him through one on one, Tin Jedvaj later added to his terrible day at the office by bagging an own goal for Newcastle's winner in the 92nd minute - you've got to laugh! Chelsea had the perfect month, at just the right time, extending their lead at the top of the table going into April. Lincoln hit his 20th league goal of the season in March, and now sits just one goal behind current leading scorer, Pablo Dybala, of 7th placed Manchester City. Dumped Arsenal out of the FA Cup 6th round in an epic 4-0 home win Leaves us with a semi-final against Manchester City at Wembley. Luke Shaw is out for a month too, which is a blow to how we play, up to Angelino to step up now. After PSG tried to unsettle Predrag Rajkovic with derogatory bids during January, I've managed to tie him down to a new long-term deal: I've also instructed the board to improve our youth facilities and junior coaching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 hour ago, stevemc said: I've also instructed the board to improve our youth facilities and junior coaching. Oooh, get you! Most of us request - politely, cap in hand, 'umble-like! What kind of run-in do you have? Enough games left to claw your way back to the top if they're not too difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 19 hours ago, warlock said: Oooh, get you! Most of us request - politely, cap in hand, 'umble-like! What kind of run-in do you have? Enough games left to claw your way back to the top if they're not too difficult. I have the board grovelling to me There's been a upturn in events, I'll post it in my April update... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, stevemc said: There's been a upturn in events Good news! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Impressive win over Wolves and Arsenal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: April Things changed and twisted in the title race this month, as we close into the final games of the season. Chelsea bottled it, allowing us and Manchester United to close the gap: We pulled off a brilliant result away at Manchester United, but then slipped up with a 1-1 draw away at 10-men Arsenal: The league is tight now, level on points, with 3 games to go: Our run in doesn't look too bad: But United have Wolves, Watford and Crystal Palace... We have wrapped up Champions League qualification though, which is a great achievement: Our FA Cup run continued, knocking out Manchester City 3-1 to set up a final against Liverpool: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: May (3 games to go...) Oooh, this might actually be about to happen... Lincoln played a blinder, sent us top, and Wolves turn over Manchester United Lincoln has put himself in the race for the golden boot too, tied on 26 goals with Lukaku and Dybala... 2 games to go... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: May (2 games to go...) Slip up. We conceded an 89th minute equaliser against Swansea. Whilst United smashed Watford. It's still in our own hands though: Title decider coming up... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maw74 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Hope you can do it, Man Utd are really annoying me in my game right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - Premier League: CHAMPIONS! WE'VE DONE IT! We beat Leicester City to do a Leicester City Manchester United won too, but we managed to turn over mid-table Leicester City with help from super-sub Butina. Mourinho wasn't happy Lincoln just missed out on the golden boot, but all three of our strikers made the charts: FA Cup final to come... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Brighton & Hove Albion: 2020/21 - FA Cup Final Well, we blew FA Cup final, never really got going, really disappointing performance, and lost 1-0 to Liverpool. I'll post an end of season update tomorrow... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Fantastic season Despite losing in FA Cup final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 That's an awesome season, despite the FA Cup disappointment. Have to agree with Mr Gritt - McCluskie is doing great things with Brighton! (Even if the "all-time great" tag needs a bit of work ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Thanks Felt like a snowball effect, once we hit form it all started falling into place. No idea why we didn't perform in the FA Cup final, completely out of the blue that performance and Liverpool's form was patchy going into the final too. Can't complain though, I wanted to qualify for the Europa League this season so to win the title was massive Just debating now wether to stay at Brighton or move on this summer, there's a but of a manager merry-go-round going on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Right, thinking time... Monaco have come in for me... seems a good challenge, they finished 4th in Ligue 1 but they've got an £87m transfer budget (same as Brighton) and £3m wage budget (£1.2m than Brighton) so re-building is possible. Would be satisfying trying to stop moneybags PSG continued domination on France and Monaco have a good history, I've never managed in France either in the whole of FM. Could be a chance to raise my profile even further. Thoughts on this development? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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