[FM19] French Lingerie - Acre State, Brazil

[Jimbokav1971]

Season Tickets. Aug 2028.

Considering that we didn't win anything last season, a rise in season-tickets of approx. 19%. is pretty damn pleasing.

[Jimbokav1971]

Jul & Aug 2028.

Note to self. When you are watching #SPOTY please pay attention to what you are doing. When you try to close down FM19 in error without saving, make sure that you don't rush and press "no", you don't wish to save in error. 

This is 1 of 2 GK goals that will not count. 

[Bigshow1]

Have you given up on this or is it just a Xmas break?

[Jimbokav1971]

deffo not given up @Bigshow1.

My stupidity in exiting game without saving, (yes I really did somehow!), is annoying, but not enough to make me stop. Real life just busy both at work and home at the moment. Plan on playing today actually and the game is already loaded. 

[DazRTaylor]

22 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Real life

What is this nonsense?

[Jimbokav1971]

22 minutes ago, DazRTaylor said:

What is this nonsense?

Well for me it involves my 21 year old son @Jimbokav_Jr_1996, who has been a big FM player in the past but until recently had opted for FIFA and Fortnite, and step-kids of 9 & 10. The 10 year old is Fortnite mad, but the 9 year old is into FIFA and I'm pretty sure that it won't be too long until he is introduced to FMT. 

[DazRTaylor]

My 12 & 8 year olds are Fortnite mad too.  Problem is, they become devil children when they play it.  So they are banned during the week.

[Jimbokav1971]

July & August 2018. 

When I first played these games we lost the AS Beziers game and then won the next 3, finishing the month top of the table. The victory against Nimes was something special and I think the 1st time we have beaten a team of that stature. This time around we collected 2 points less, but I can't really complain as the last couple of times we lost a whole month, we picked up more points the 2nd time around.

Where as we finished the month top after attempt 1, we now find ourselves 7th at the 2nd attempt. That's decent enough for this early stage.

A few people have asked how often I conceded from attacking positions with my GK left exposed upfield. The answer is very few times actually, but it does happen. Some of you might notice that our GK scored 2 penalties in the 4-3 win against Vendee Herbiers, but it was just as well as we also conceded from an attacking free-kick as this shows. 

Lesec (FRA) (Bal) has 2 goals for the season and 71 career goals.

Edited December 22, 2018 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Sept 2028.

A bit of a mixed bag this month really. Although we only lost once, (and narrowly at that), we dropped points by drawing 2 of our home league games. Despite that we are up to 5th in the league and only 2 points off top-placed Nimes who although that are unbeaten, have only won 5 of 9 games. 

Edited December 22, 2018 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Job offer number 8. Oct 2028.

Jobs offered.

FC Metz while 10th in Ligue 2. Dec 2025.
Dijon while 20th in Ligue 1. Dec 2025.
Troyes while 17th in Ligue 1. Dec 2025.
AJ Auxerre while 11th in Ligue 1. Nov 2026.
Strasbourg while 20th in Ligue 1. Jan 2027.
EA Guingamp were 14th in Ligue 1. Jun 2028.
Stade Lavallois were 1st in Ligue 2. Jun 2028.
Lille while 12th in Ligue 2. Oct 2028.

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2028.

I'm not sure, but I think this is the furthest we have been in the Cup under my tenure. I now rotate the squad for a all Cup game and just select the players with the highest PA. We lost twice in the league, the home lost against lowly Quest 37 particularly galling. 

Goal-scoring GK Lesec (FRA) (Bal) scored his 3rd, 4th and 5th goals of the season, (2 free-kicks and a pen), bringing his career total to 74 goals. 

At first glance I thought there was a lot of "swaz!" on the 2nd free-kick, but instead I just think it took a deflection off the wall. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2028.

Well this really wasn't ideal. We are still in the Cup, (through to round 8), but we lost 3 league games this month and failed to score in 2 of them. Hopefully it's just a blip and we can get back on track and stay in contention for a top 3 finish. (We are only 4 points away). 

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2028.

What an absolute pig of a run we've been on in the league while we have been progressing nicely in the Cup, (until Auxerre that is). 

LLLLWLDD 

1 win in our last 8 league games does not make pretty viewing. 

It's seen us plummet down the table and we find ourselves in 12th, 2 points clear of the relegation zone. Looking for the positives though......we are still only 5 points off 3rd placed Vendee Herbiers though so even if we are not going to finish in the top 3 this season, (unlikely but not impossible)

There are still 16 league games left this season so anything is still possible, but being without our best player for a period of 10 games recently, (20a) Rubén (F.Det) (2020) * has been out with a torn hamstring, it offers me reason for optimism that we are actually not far off challenging for a promotion spot. 

(20a) Rubén (F.Det) (2020) * has become very influential for us after his return.

He doesn't look amazing I know, but I can assure you that he is a good player at this level and is our best player. 

He was sold to Nancy if Ligue 2 back in 2023, but he made only a handful of Ligue 2 appearances, (4 in total), before he was consigned to the Nancy Reserves at national 2 level.

[Jimbokav1971]

Selling club. Jan 2029.

I appreciate that we are a selling club, (and will be for some time), bit it's even more than that at the moment. We are losing players on a free because we can't afford to re-sign them, (in my opinion). 

(24b) Teo Giudicelli (Bal) * has just agreed to join Niort at the end of the season. It's 1st Jan 2029 today so he is contracted for another 6 months, and I thought, (incorrectly it seems), that only non-French clubs could come in for him at this stage. Niort are 2nd in Ligue 2 at the moment and look set for a push towards Ligue 1. I like him and he would have become a decent player for us, but I think it's unlikely that he will play in Ligue 2 never mind about Ligue 1. With that in mind, I'm not sure this is the right move for him and hope to get him back in at some point. 

I was surprised to see that he has only featured in 2 league games this season, (I usually delegate match squad selection to the Ass Man), however he has been playing in the Cup and I have been selecting this rotated sides. The reason for his lack of games at Senior level is quite simply because we have better options.

The following picture shows 5 strikers ahead of (24b) Teo Giudicelli (Bal) * in terms of CA, and 4 of these 5 players also have 5.0 PA, (so he can have no complaints really). The senior strikers have not exactly been firing though and to prove that, GK Lesec (FRA) (Bal) is our joint top goal-scorer with 5. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2029.

The 6-1 battering at the hands of Nimes made me realise that I wasn't just going to be able to press continue to the end of the season and instead I had to start earning my money, (well picking the team at least!).

We responded with a 1st win in the league in quite a while and followed that up with an away draw. Arras might be flirting with the relegation zone, but any away points are good points, especially with the poor run we are on. 

I was so chastened by the Nimes hammering that I forgot/didn't care enough to make a gif of the free-kick scored by GK Lesec (FRA) (Bal) against them, and together with the penalty against Arras, that brings him to 7 for the season and 76 in total over the course of his career. 

I would love to get him to 100 goals, but the reality is that I have 2 youngsters waiting in the wings and I probably need to start playing (23e) Bouchez (F.Det) * sooner rather than later. 

Edited December 23, 2018 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

2029 Youth Intake. Feb 2029.

2 players with 5.0 PA is not to be ignored, but I am becoming increasingly suspicious that the PA stars are even more unreliable than I thought them to be. 

"Kriss" (29a) González (F.Det) (2029)*.

(29b) Santisteban (Casual) *.

Squad by PA. 

Squad by CA. 

[Thebaker]

I think that the ass man's opinion is influenced by their CA, it assumes that a high CA will lead to a high PA (when they may be quite near their PA) and a low CA gives a low PA. Not such a good intake for personalities, few professional or determined ones, have you changed the HOY much during the save?

[Jimbokav1971]

2 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

I think that the ass man's opinion is influenced by their CA, it assumes that a high CA will lead to a high PA (when they may be quite near their PA) and a low CA gives a low PA. Not such a good intake for personalities, few professional or determined ones, have you changed the HOY much during the save?

I don't agree. It's wrong, but i don't think it 's being influenced by CA. I think it's just pretty wayward all over. 

If I look at the bottom graphic on my last post, you will see that the players at the top of the list are b, a, b, n, j, b, c, a, d, b, c, g, a, f, a, d, a, c, b,f.

The players with better CA are not having their CA value miss-identified. I just think that the reports at this level are poor are poor across the board. I have changed the DoF at least once.

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2029.

Unbeaten in the month is great, but of even greater importance is that we converted 3 of them into wins. 

(23b) Martínez (Res) * scored in each game, (6 goals in total), and although there was a 2nd Martinez on the score-sheet, there was no GK goal this month. 

I appreciate we had a relatively easy month, (games against 10th, 13th, 14th & 15th placed teams), but we still have to win them. 

We are 5 points off 3rd placed Nimes with 9 games left. I know they are within touching distance, but I also know that our form usually plummets after the Youth Intake each season. I would be delighted with a 6th placed finish though and I expect us to drop off as normal.

[Jimbokav1971]

He did what!!! Mar 2029.

I'm not used to managing players with this level of tekkers. 

(23b) Martínez (Res) *.

He's scored 14 league goals already this season, (with 8 games remaining), but interestingly his strike-partner (21f) Bengoetxea (F.Pro) * is recorded as being the current top scorer in the league, (he's also scored 14), but unfortunately these have all been at National 3 level for the Reserves. 

It's more than a little galling that I have been playing this save for so long now and still haven;t had a striker hit 20 league goals in a season. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Crash. 

Not only have I lost the last few games, but I have also lost the last Youth Intake. I was sure I had saved, but obviously not. 

[Thebaker]

personally i save weekly with 3 auto saves just to avoid the annoyance of crashes. Your computer seems a bit temperamental

[Jimbokav1971]

Its an Asus laptop and I had a long-term compatibility issue with Nvidia that I eventually resolved. Today I took the laptop downstairs while I was cooking and it somehow turned itself off. 

It's been pretty good since I resolved the Nvidia issues. 

[Jimbokav1971]

2029 Youth Day. Feb 2029. (2nd attempt).

I won't go into much detail., but suffice to say that this intake is poorer than the 1st attempt. 

There are a number of medium/low PA players who also have low (Det), and these players will not be offered a youth contract. 

Players j, k, l, n & p are being released without being offered youth contracts. I might regret some of these, but I need to control the squad size and we are now approx £0.5M overdrawn at the bank. 

(29a) Jon Goñi (Cas) (2029) *.

[Jimbokav1971]

Annual post-youth-intake implosion. Apr 2029.

I commented earlier this season that we usually implode after the youth intake. The boys haven't let me down this season and it's even more spectacular than normal.  

We're in serious danger of getting relegated having only collected 1 point from a possible 18 over the last 9 games. We have plummeted from 5th place and looking to have a theoretical chance at the playoff position, to 10th, only 4 places off the relegation zone. 

[Jimbokav1971]

May 2029.

We managed to get back on track thanks to a winner from our GK Lesec (FRA) (Bal), (his 9 goal of the season and his 78th career goal). 

The 2 wins in May propelled us clear of the relegation scrap, and in the end we would have survived even had we collected 0 points in May.

We finished 10 points adrift of QRM in 3rd and I honestly believe that's what our target should be. Had we not imploded in such spectacular fashion after the youth-intake, we would have at least been in contention, but QRM won 6 of their last 7 and that sort of form is hard to counter. 2nd placed Vannes went even better than that and won 8 of their last 9 games and won 33 of the last 39 points available to them. Up against that sort of form I would have been delighted to finish 4th. 

[Jimbokav1971]

I was hoping to hit the 100 goal mark at the 1st attempt, but it's looking highly unlikely now. 

Lesec (FRA) (Bal) is 34 now, but there are a few reasons that he will never reach the 100 goal mark. 

1. He's really just not very good and were he not a GK who had scored loads of goals I would have binned him long ago in favour of a poorer CA player who has better PA. 

The things to look at here are that he is not very eccentric at all, but has reasonable free-kick taking and technique, but an awful penalty taking attribute. (He has scored a LOT of penalties with a 1 attribute for penalty taking). 

2. The potential of other players is far in excess of his current level of ability. 

Rated by PA, you can see that all 5 of the other GK's at the club have a higher PA than that of Lesec (FRA) (Bal)  and it's reasonable to suggest that he isn't going to get any better at this stage of his career. 

3. Another GK now is now rated higher by CA than  Lesec (FRA) (Bal) for the first time in the save. 

(23e) Bouchez (F.Det) * is now the top-ranked GK at the club and as such will start the 2029/2030 season as 1st choice.  will be back-up, but I don't expect him to feature and he is likely to remain stranded on 78 career goals. 

(23e) Bouchez (F.Det) *.

The goal-scoring GK is dead. 

Long live the goal-scoring GK. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Mentoring. Jul 2029.

I've shied away from looking too much into Tutoring/Mentoring basically because I'm lazy. As I seem to be struggling to get us into Ligue 2 though, I'm looking to take advantage of the "marginal gains". 

The best player, (rated by PA). to come through the last intake, did so with a Casual personality, a determination attribute of only 4 and I need to change that. 

I don't really know what a casual personality template is now, but I know what the old one was.  

Casual Pro 2-4, Det 1-9, Tem 5-20

As a result, I have been doing some research into personalities, (to try and work out how the templates have changed), and (29a) Jon Goñi (Cas) (2029) * still fits into the old template as above. While Pro and Temp are hidden, I do have access to that info. rather than trying to change that and make use of the fact that I can track it, I'm instead going to concentrate on what I should be able to see (ie. determination).

Although I have players with better personalities, I didn't have Influential players with better personalities until recently. 

Lesec (FRA) (Bal) had a (Det) value of only 7 so he's not fit for our purposes. 

(20a) Rubén (Bal) (2020) * was (F.Det) but his (Det) has dropped to 14. Despite that, he's still capable of influencing (29a) Jon Goñi (Cas) (2029) * to make him become more determined. If I can get his (Det) up to 10 then he will no longer be classed as Casual. What is possibly more likely though is that the (Pro) value will pop to 5 before the (Det) value pops to 10. (This will be a by-product of the process though because I have not checked the (Pro) values of any other players. 

(19b) Aguado (F.Det) * has a (Det) level of 16, so he will be ideal for this process. his

(22n) Garrido (Bal) * has a (Det) level of 8, so like Lesec (FRA) (Bal), he will not be suitable for this process. 

(21b) Zubizarreta (Bal) * has a (Det) level of 14, so together with (20a) Rubén (Bal) (2020) * and process. (19b) Aguado (F.Det) *, he will be influential in this.

At first glance, the Mentoring screen looks as you would expect, but when you keep looking, something that has confused me from the outset with regards to mentoring becomes apparent.

The Hierarchy seems fine. We have Highly Influential at the top. followed by a couple of Team Leaders and then the player to be mentored is at the bottom as "Other". 

I'm not really sure about the significance of "Social Groups" if I'm honest. I would expect players within the same social groups to respond to eachother possibly quicker, but I don't know that for a fact.

The personalities are fine. We know all about them and there are no surprises. The ages are largely irrelevant in my opinion, (again, I just think this, I don't know it). 

What's not as expected however, (and has always confused me since this feature was introduced), is the "estimated influence on group" column. 

If (21b) Zubizarreta (Bal) * is a Highly Influential player, (and we know he is because that's his position within the Hierarchy system at the club), then why is his influence over the group only average? 

If (19b) Aguado (F.Det) * and (20a) Rubén (Bal) (2020) * are both Team Leaders, (and again, we know they are), they why is their influence over the group significant? (Significant is greater than Average? Right?)

Oh hang on...... I know what it is. Team Leaders are higher than Highly Influential so of course they have more influence. I should have put the Team Leaders at the top and everything would have seemed right. 

Like this. 

That's better. 

 

[Bigshow1]

I have a few different groups with one significant mentor and a couple of youngsters in each one. Seems to be fairly easy to get the personalities changed but raising determination is a long drawn out process. 

[Jimbokav1971]

No Protest. Aug 2029.

The board have finally decided what their price is for (26b) Rio (Pro) * and it would seem that £400,000 is that price. 

There are actually 4 bids that have been accepted. 

Our bank balance is currently overdrawn to the tune of £145,479, so all these figures are significant. 

He's an important player for us so the sale is going to be significant irrespective of how much we get for him or where he leaves for. 

That being said, I think it's more about his (Pro) personality than anything else. His (Pro) level has assisted his development, and as a result he sits top of the pile by CA.

While his loss will be significant, it won't be entirely insurmountable based on how the squad as a whole is developing.

We have 21 players at the club currently ranked at 5.0 PA and (26b) Rio (Pro) * is currently ranked 2nd of these.

The loss will therefore hurt our fortunes in the short-term and will make it harder to gain promotion to Ligue 2, but in the grand scheme of things shouldn't be a disaster. 

Edited January 4, 2019 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Jul & Aug 2019.

2 wins and a draw from our opening 4 games is decent. 

(26b) Rio (Pro) * has agreed to join Nancy , (14th in Ligue 1), but has obviously gone straight into their Reserves in National 2 - A.

We get £215,000 immediately with £105,000 being paid in 2 installments, as well as £122,500 over 10 league games, £62,000 after 10 league games and a 40% re-sale value. That's a nice deal all things considered. Of course we will miss him in the here and now, but that sort of cash can't be ignored. 

New GK, Same outcome. 

We have a new GK after 11 seasons with Lesec (FRA) (Bal) between the sticks and (23e) Bouchez (F.Det) * took exactly 2 games to open his account. 

He scored a penalty in his 3rd game and now has 2 career goals after 4 career games.

I thought it was particularly fitting that Lesec (FRA) (Bal) scored from the spot in his testimonial against Pau.

[Thebaker]

what are your facilities like now, have you managed much improvement?   Can you afford to keep losing your best players or it that there are so many players it will not make a difference.

[Jimbokav1971]

On 05/01/2019 at 10:40, Thebaker said:

what are your facilities like now, have you managed much improvement?   Can you afford to keep losing your best players or it that there are so many players it will not make a difference.

This is what our facilities are like now. 

I don't actually think that the facilities have improved at all so far in the save, (but just going to check and post the facilities from page 1). I'm pretty sure that they have remained as is because of the poor financial state of the club. 

Yeas I was right. The facilities have not improved at all over the years since the save started.

In terms of "can we keep losing our best players", there answer is..... yes, we probably can, but everything has a price and the price of losing our best players is probably that it will delay our promotion to Ligue 2, (which has become a bit of a slog if I'm honest). 

We are in the 12th season of the save now and the general trend is an upwards curve. even if we have come to a bit of a shuddering halt in recent seasons. 

I'm not sure how many players exactly we have lost over the years, so let's have a look. 

Season 5.

(20a) Rubén (Bal) (2020) * was sold to Nancy in Ligue 2 for £120,000, but he rarely featured for the Senior side and wasn't exactly prolific for the Reserves either. We re-signed him in Season 11 on a free after he was released, but I am paying him a lot of money. (£1,000 per week). 

Season 6.

(22a) Fabio (Unamb) (2022) * was a 2nd player sold to Ligue 2 Nancy, but again he never really broke into the Senior Team regularly. 19 goals for the Reserves brought him to the attention of Ligue 1 Angers SCO, but he never broke into the Senior Team . We only received a nominal £31,000 for him with most of the money in the deal being tied into clauses that unfortunately he never triggered. When I started looking for the players we had sold over the years, (22a) Fabio (Unamb) (2022) * was actually a free agent having been released by Angers SCO, and not only did I immediately snap him up, buy I also paid him less than I had to pay to get (20a) Rubén (Bal) (2020) *.

Season 9. 

(23a) Aizpurua (Bal) (2023) * was sold to NImes for an initial £120,000, but although he started well for the Reserves, subsequent performances haven;t been good and he is yet to be called up to the Senior squad. 

Season 12. 

(26b) Rio (Pro) * was the 3rd player sold to Nancy, this time for an initial £215,000.

So we have being forced to sell a total of 4 players for a total amount of £486,000, however we have also managed to re-sign 2 of these players back. 

If we look at the list of players ranked by CA, and then a list of players ranked by PA, then I think it's safe to say that there are a number of similar ability/potential players on the production line. Getting them to their potential while also getting the results that will see us promoted is easier said than done. 

CA.

PA.

[Thebaker]

Looks like it might pay to shortlist players when you sell them. It is telling that 2 of your best 4 players are the players than returned. They must have improved down to better training facilities since wouldn't be playing time.

[Jimbokav1971]

On 07/01/2019 at 13:53, Thebaker said:

Looks like it might pay to shortlist players when you sell them. It is telling that 2 of your best 4 players are the players than returned. They must have improved down to better training facilities since wouldn't be playing time.

All the players are short-listed when they leave. The problem is that because the other French-Basque players are not good enough to improve us, and the Spanish-Basque players still don't want to join us, there is little reason to look at the list other than to check how ex players are getting along. I usually do this every now and again as I update the thread, but on this occasion, (22a) Fabio (Unamb) (2022) * had left his previous club on 30th June, and I didn't notice until the end of August, (so n t too much of a gap). 

The other thing I would mention is that I make sure that when I talk about "best player" I always add the tag, (by PA or by CA). When I say this I don't mean the real CA or PA, but simply the highest rated by my Ass Man when their star rating is ranked. I try to take these rankings with more than a pinch of salt, (because my staff are rubbish), but at the same time, any ranking is better than no ranking right? 

The other thing to consider here, (and this specifically relates to (22a) Fabio (Unamb) (2022) * so I thought I would mention it), is that he is a very physical player.

This is in stark contrast to his technical attributes however. 

Unsurprisingly, I have attempted to mould him into a player who I will get the most out of in this situation, (a PF). As he spent 5 of his formative years away from us at other clubs I perhaps didn't get as much time as I would like to mould him, but it's certainly a workable situation. 

What I am getting at here is that the stars system, (and even exact CA and PA scores for that matter), don't take into attribute balance. I don't mean THE attribute balance by the way.

I mean how well all his attributes fit together with eachother to mould him into the all-round player he is. Are his attributes completely un-balanced for the position he plays in? Perhaps they aren't, but perhaps they are just not suited to 1 particular role and he is more suited to a general all-round game, (possibly from the bench), where is is adept at playing in multiple roles with different duties depending on the situation. 

My favourite player at the moment is, (or at least was), (20a) Rubén (Bal) (2020) *, not because he is the best player at the club, (he is top ranked by CA), but because he is 6'3", has 14 for jumping, 13 for strength and 13 for heading. He basically offers me something that nobody else in my squad can. As a result he is.... unusual and I like that. All the other decent strikers at the club are either AF's, P's of PF's, and he offers us something else, (especially in a 3). 

Edited January 9, 2019 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Sept & Oct 2029.

I'm relatively happy with the last couple of months.

Bouchez (F.Det) is the new GK and he scored 3 penalties in October to add to the 2 goals he scored in August. He now has 5 goals and 2 assists and his first 14 games for the club. 

I have no idea what happened at the FC Ouest Tourangeau 37 game to cause the attendance to be just 10. That's astonishing when you consider that we have sold out our last 27 home league games with capacity of 1,800. We know where the Basque Country is, and FC Ouest Tourangeau 37 are based in Savonnieres which is just outside Tours, (to the East of Nantes).

It takes approx 5.5 hours to travel the route by car according to Wiki, so I think it's unreasonable that we wouldn't have had more fans as the away team even if the home team had no fans at all. 

Very strange.

In any case, we are still in the Cup and sit 7th in the league. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2029.

It was a bit of a mixed month. 2 wins and 2 draws in the league were improved by progress again in the Cup and we have a home tie against a team in a lower division in Round 8.

GK (23e) Bouchez (F.Det) * scored his 6th goal of the season in 19 games.

[Mr_Demus]

On 09/01/2019 at 01:39, Jimbokav1971 said:

Sept & Oct 2029.

I'm relatively happy with the last couple of months.

Bouchez (F.Det) is the new GK and he scored 3 penalties in October to add to the 2 goals he scored in August. He now has 5 goals and 2 assists and his first 14 games for the club. 

I have no idea what happened at the FC Ouest Tourangeau 37 game to cause the attendance to be just 10. That's astonishing when you consider that we have sold out our last 27 home league games with capacity of 1,800. We know where the Basque Country is, and FC Ouest Tourangeau 37 are based in Savonnieres which is just outside Tours, (to the East of Nantes).

It takes approx 5.5 hours to travel the route by car according to Wiki, so I think it's unreasonable that we wouldn't have had more fans as the away team even if the home team had no fans at all. 

Very strange.

In any case, we are still in the Cup and sit 7th in the league. 

Perhaps they are called 37, because that is their all-time attendance record

[Jimbokav1971]

20 hours ago, Mr_Demus said:

Perhaps they are called 37, because that is their all-time attendance record

Bravo to you Sir. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2029.

I can't believe we lost to a team from a lower league in the Cup.  Gutted, annoyed, furious, but out we are. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2030.

We've just beat Bescanon 3-2 away in front of just 19 supporters. It was really weird in so much as I could really hear every touch of the ball because there was no crowd noise. 

Interestingly, they used to get more at home games.

I thought this might have been finance related, but looking at this I think I know what it is. They got 100+ to pre-season friendly games and 465 to a Cup game, so I bet that we have to have seats in this league and just like our league attendance is capped out at 1800 at the moment, I bet they hardly have any seats.

Let's have a look at ours.

Yeah, they don't have any seats at all so where are these 19 people sitting on the bench or.... well I don't know where else they might be "sitting" with 0 seats in the stadium.

Yeah, this backs it up. 

This is all I can find in the League rules. 

So it would seem that there is a seating only policy being enforced in the game, despite the fact that some clubs don't have any seats at their stadia. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

2030 Youth Intake. 

It's really not a good intake. 

Not only no 5.0 players, but not even a 4.5 player. Two 4.0 players is the best we can do. 

I've signed the top 8 players on the intake to a youth contract, and also players j, k and n because of a mixture of either determination and/or personality. 

Players i, l, m o & p are being released immediately as a result of just being too rubbish to keep AND also having low (Det) that will just bring our average down. Yes I am gaming the average (Det) levels but needs must.

"Kriss" (30a) Herrero (Cas) (2030).

A "Kriss" with a (Casual) personality is an abomination. 

Because the "Kriss" is (Casual) I have also included the 2nd ranked player, (who will surely turn out better).

(30b) Jiménez (F.Sport).

He's versatile, but he's really not great. Crossing of 8, but dribbling of 2 suggests that he might be more suited to DL or WBL rather than AML, but tackling of 1 and positioning of 2 suggests otherwise.  Pace and acceleration decent for a 15 year old, but balance of 3 suggests that he might struggle. Meh! 

[Jimbokav1971]

Job offer number 11. Jun 2030.

Jobs offered.

FC Metz while 10th in Ligue 2. Dec 2025.
Dijon while 20th in Ligue 1. Dec 2025.
Troyes while 17th in Ligue 1. Dec 2025.
AJ Auxerre while 11th in Ligue 1. Nov 2026.
Strasbourg while 20th in Ligue 1. Jan 2027.
EA Guingamp were 14th in Ligue 1. Jun 2028.
Stade Lavallois were 1st in Ligue 2. Jun 2028.
Lille while 12th in Ligue 2. Oct 2028.
FC Lorient while 6th in Ligue 2. May 2030.
Nancy while 20th in League 1. Jun 2030.
AC Ajaccio while 1st in League 2. Jun 2030.

Edited January 14, 2019 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr & May.

In recent years we have really struggled with a down-turn in form after the Youth Intake in the 1st week of March, (or thereabouts). While we lost twice in late March, we were actually much better this season and didn't drop away as normal.

We finished 7th in Ligue National and as a result earned ourselves £427,000 in prize money. Our previous finishes, (as a result of our late-season drop in form),  had been 9th, 9th and 11th, so we need to call this a limited success.

Overall Best XI.

2029/30 Season Best XI.

End of Season Awards.

Season Review.

Squad Dynamics.

Job Security.

Stadium Expansion delayed again.

Reserves League.

Our Reserves have won this league for the last 2 seasons, so it's just a little concerning that we dropped to 5th this season. Of course I don't manage this team or squad at all

U19's League.

We finished 10th last season in our 1st League U19 level, but we have succumbed to 2nd season syndrome and will be in an unplayable league next season.

Edited January 14, 2019 by Jimbokav1971

[Nobby_McDonald]

Seems like you need an injection of cash Jimbo.

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, Nobby_McDonald said:

Seems like you need an injection of cash Jimbo.

I do, but the only way that's going to happen is via promotion I think. We're not a million miles away. I just need to fast-forward a couple of seasons and hang on to our best players. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jul & Aug 2030.

Pre-season went as pre-season does, but for a change we managed to take our good form into the season proper. 3 wins and 3 clean sheets was a start I was delighted with, until Le Mans brought us crashing back down to Earth.

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2030.

I've no idea what happened against US Saint-Malo, but we conceded 3 late goals and ended up on the wrong side of a very one-sided scoreline. The rest of the month went ok, but a late goal conceded against Bourg en Bresse cost us 2 points, but helped keep them clear of the relegation zone.

We are still competitive with the teams at the top, and I'm determined to stay in it at least until the Youth Intake this season, (at which point I expect us to implode as normal).

Edited January 16, 2019 by Jimbokav1971

[Saintmat]

Think we need a forum party when you make it into Ligue 2. Who knows, maybe this will be your year!

[Jimbokav1971]

6 hours ago, Saintmat said:

Think we need a forum party when you make it into Ligue 2. Who knows, maybe this will be your year!

I know I'm a bit weird, but I'm really not overly bothered at the moment. We have had 2 promotions and we have done well to get here under the circumstances. With our facilities the way they are it's not really a surprise that we are not either (a) producing players of such quality that they just get us promoted to the big-time straight away or (b) producing players who will be sold to other clubs for millions making us financially stable and able to invest large sums in the facilities and infrastructure. 

As far as I'm concerned the save has had a few different parts or sections. 

1st section. 2 promotions and then survival in French National. 
2nd section. Finishing the career of my 1st goal-scoring Gk, (he scored 78 goals), before he was over-taken by the next generation of goal-scoring GK's.

Hopefully next will be. 

3rd section. Slowly keeping the very best players at the club, (and re-signing those that have previously left), and finally getting promotion to Ligue 2 as they all reach close to their potential ability.

After that the money should start rolling in and the World will be our lobster, (or something like that).