Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 FM20: Unia Janikowo - Beyond Football Manager I'm back, finally! I've wanted to do this save for a few months, but until now I couldn't afford FM20. I finally have it though, and I can get started with something I don't think anyone has really done before. Let's get to it! The Aim This is strictly a one-club save, and this is a very special club for me. Specifically, this is the club I coach at - to be precise, I'm the coach of the U10 team. In addition to the regular updates on my progress in FM, I'll also keep you updated on what's going on with our senior team in real life, and I may also slip in an occasional post about my team. You can also ask me about pretty much anything, and I'll be very happy to provide answers for you. I really don't think I've ever been so excited for a save before! The Manager While in real life I'm exactly 10 years younger and only have the UEFA B licence, for the sake of realism I made myself older and gave myself the appropriate licence for the league level we're at. The Save Plenty of European leagues, I want a good simulation. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piksi#10 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Nice one mate! Powodzenia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffle Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 A polish save! I have to follow it! Wish you good luck on both FM and real grass Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Piksi#10 said: Nice one mate! Powodzenia! DziÄki! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Toffle said: A polish save! I have to follow it! Wish you good luck on both FM and real grass Thanks a lot mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - New Club - Unia Janikowo Maybe one day... Club Name: KS Unia JanikowoNickname: UniciYear Founded: 1958Status: Semi-ProfessionalStadium: im. BolesĆawa Ciesielskiego (4,500 all-seater) Only 13 players in the squad if you don't count the grey ones, that's not ideal. Thankfully the likes of Mysiak and Kedziora are as good as they should be! Also a nice touch from the researcher to make Mysiak a U18 coach as he's the assistant coach in the U9 side in real life. Well, I can tell you the real five-year plan is a bit more ambitious than that! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 And, finally, how are they doing in real life? In fact, way better than anyone expected! After a rather mediocre start to the season, including a 0:6 defeat at Polonia Ćroda Wielkopolska, they really kicked off and picked up some great results, including dramatic late winners against Mieszko Gniezno and Kotwica KoĆobrzeg and rescuing a draw at KKS Kalisz with the last kick (or, more precisely, last header) of the game. We've just been promoted to this league and before the season started, everyone just wanted to avoid relegation. At halfway point we're in a fantastic position regarding those expectations. It would be extremely difficult to go up since only the league winners do so, but still, barring some catastrophe this should be a very good season. The highlights so far include PrzemysĆaw KÄdziora (15 goals, the club's top scorer and the league's second best) being picked for the league's best XI: And PaweĆ MÄ drzejewski scoring an absolute screamer of a free kick in a 6:1 dismantling of BaĆtyk Koszalin (7:45 in the video): As you can see - so far, so good! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Already loving this. What a free kick! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Welcome back man, glad to see you've found a save you're excited about, and the personal angle to this is awesome. Will be following! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 1 hour ago, ManUtd1 said: Already loving this. What a free kick! Everyone went absolutely mental when that went in. 6 minutes ago, oriole01 said: Welcome back man, glad to see you've found a save you're excited about, and the personal angle to this is awesome. Will be following! Glad to see you too, cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - Season Preview - 2019/20 - Unia Janikowo Board Expectations:3. Liga: Avoid relegationMy Expectations:3. Liga: Staying up would be good enough, considering it's our first season after promotion. Budgets:Transfer: ÂŁ9,816Wage: ÂŁ3,358 (currently spending ÂŁ3,019)Balance: ÂŁ90,069 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 This should come in handy. In real life we're actually affiliated to ZagĆÄbie Lubin, who have one of the best youth academies in Poland, but sadly the game doesn't replicate that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - Pre-Season - 2019/20 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies My assistant did a very good job there. Transfers Out of these six, I only brought in Banaszak and Swiderski. Marcin Banaszak - our new starting centre back, he'll slot in alongside Mysiak. Bartosz Swiderski - also a new starter, this one's for the right back position. In addition to these transfers, I also promoted loanees Nikodem Zatorski and Filip Hartwich and our own academy product Mateusz Zielinski from the U18 squad. This leaves us with 18 players in the senior team - a rather tiny squad, but it should be enough considering that we only have the league to worry about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 We won our first game! Normally I wouldn't dedicate a separate post to that, but I just can't help myself. I feel like a child who's playing Football Manager for the first time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - August 2019 - Unia Janikowo 3. Liga Well, we're certainly not the most exciting team in the league. I decided to choose a more defensive approach with our pre-season expectations in mind. Safe to say it's working out pretty well as we've only lost once and conceded twice in six games. Later on I'll probably be looking to make some tweaks in order to get more out of our attacking players, but at this point I just want to get as many points on board as possible. Even if it's ugly, I don't care. Transfers Jacek Jaroszek - a loanee from our parent club Piast to provide cover for the left back position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - September 2019 - Unia Janikowo 3. Liga Uh oh, not good. That's seven games without a win in a row, we need to change this soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - October 2019 - Unia Janikowo 3. Liga I decided to shift to a more attacking approach and... it's still not working. We've improved visually, creating more chances, but at the same time we're giving away some silly goals and spectacularly wasting what we create. The game against KKS Kalisz was the embodiment of that - KÄdziora missed a penalty in the first half and then we gave one away in the 90th minute for the hosts to score. Really frustrating, we desperately need a turnaround. Only three games to go before the winter break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Just look at how close all these games were. I swear this game is ****ing with me sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - November 2019 - Unia Janikowo 3. Liga Finally, a win! And quite a convincing one as well - we only conceded from a stoppage time counter attack. Thanks to that, we'll spend winter outside of the drop zone. Still, plenty of work to do - the margins are thin and I definitely don't want to leave anything to luck here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Loving this! Amazing thatâs itâs your actual club as well. Interesting that they are linked with Lubin in real life. I fancied going them before choosing Czech over Poland. Anyway Iâll be following this closely!! This almost real life strory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 13 minutes ago, SixPointer said: Loving this! Amazing thatâs itâs your actual club as well. Interesting that they are linked with Lubin in real life. I fancied going them before choosing Czech over Poland. Anyway Iâll be following this closely!! This almost real life strory. I'm glad that you share my excitement! And ZagĆÄbie would have been a very good choice for a save, they have one of the best academies in Poland and from what I've seen the game does a good job replicating that. Nice to have you on board! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 I'm not sure what to make of this, I guess we'll see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - December 2019 - Unia Janikowo Transfers Dominik Naczk - we didn't have any right-footed winger and that proved troublesome in the first half of the season. Hopefully Naczk will solve the problem. Damian Grochowski - another right winger, one for the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - January 2020 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies This doesn't look very good, but Piast are the reigning champions of Poland and Chojniczanka are the leaders of the 2nd tier at the break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - February 2020 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies Much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpole Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 On 23/12/2019 at 21:29, Rikulec said: In real life we're actually affiliated to ZagĆÄbie Lubin, who have one of the best youth academies in Poland, but sadly the game doesn't replicate that. Well, that's about to change    2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Bigpole said: Well, that's about to change    Haha, great. I think I'm going to add some more stuff there, such as the stadium name that I had to change in the editor before I started the save. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpole Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Rikulec said: Haha, great. I think I'm going to add some more stuff there, such as the stadium name that I had to change in the editor before I started the save. Cheers! feel free to post any data errors or missings, that's why any lower league save in Poland is a nightmare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Bigpole said: feel free to post any data errors or missings, that's why any lower league save in Poland is a nightmare Done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) Jakub SĆota's Management Career - March 2020 - Unia Janikowo 3. Liga I can feel the noose tightening around my neck - the board threatened to sack me if I don't win the GĂłrnik Konin game. The lads responded brilliantly though, could this be the turning point? Edited December 27, 2019 by Rikulec 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffle Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 The goal is to avoid relegation, I'm sure you will do it! + Goal difference is with you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Toffle said: The goal is to avoid relegation, I'm sure you will do it! + Goal difference is with you Unfortunately it doesn't help much, it's all about head to head results. Thanks for the support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - April 2020 - Unia Janikowo 3. Liga An incredibly frustrating month, the performances were much better than the results. Still all to play for. Youth Intake Awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwabik Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Loving it, hope you stay up! Powodzenia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, Iwabik said: Loving it, hope you stay up! Powodzenia! DziÄki! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 GET IN! \o/ \o/ \o/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Happy days! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - May 2020 - Unia Janikowo 3. Liga Yes! Finally, yes! We beat the top two teams one after another thanks to hat-tricks from our main man and went on to draw the next two games, finishing the month unbeaten and five points clear from relegation with just three games to go. Friendlies We had a weekend off at the beginning of the month, so I scheduled an easy friendly to boost morale and perhaps get us firing. Safe to say it worked out quite well! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffle Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Kedziora is on fire! Is he related to Tomasz Kedziora? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Good luck in your remaining games,hopefully you will be able to survive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Toffle said: Kedziora is on fire! Is he related to Tomasz Kedziora? He's not, at least as far as I know. 1 hour ago, B.W.G said: Good luck in your remaining games,hopefully you will be able to survive. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Safe with two games left to play! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwabik Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Nice, good job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Iwabik said: Nice, good job! Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - June 2020 - Unia Janikowo 3. Liga A perfect month and seven goals in three games from KÄdziora shoot us all the way up to 9th. We may not be that bad after all! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - Season Review - 2019/20 - Unia Janikowo3. Liga Results (Aug-Nov) - Results (Mar-Jun) Competition Performance: 9th The final table paints a very pleasant picture with us 11 points clear of relegation. The reality was gritty for the most part of the season though, and only after a huge upturn in form in May and June did we secure our place in the league in quite a spectacular fashion. I guess next season will tell us how good we actually are. Squad Some of our players would be good enough for a bigger side than us, but most of them are at best lower-half standard for the league. The squad needs an overhaul if we're to grow as a club. Transfers (red line marks my arrival) - Finances I'm reasonably happy with the players I brought in, no real standouts, but no one really did worse than expected either. We have no money and I don't think there's much I can do about it. Player of the Season 1st - PrzemysĆaw KÄdziora - who else? We scored 44 goals in the league, 26 of which were his. 19 goals in 17 games after the winter break. 14 goals in the last 7 games of the season. If you still have any doubts, just look at the statistics. 2nd - Dawid Radomski - our main creative force in midfield. He did a good job supplying KÄdziora with balls behind the defence, especially towards the end of the season. The kind of player you rarely see in Polish lower... uh, in Polish leagues. 3rd - Maciej Mysiak - perhaps something I should have mentioned earlier - for game 27 at Jarota I moved him to the DM position. We lost that one, but the quality of our play improved massively and then we went on a 7-game unbeaten streak. If only I had thought of that earlier! Next Season It would be easy to get carried away considering the way we finished this one, but I'm going to be realistic here. I'll be happy with a top half finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Absolute domination. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - Season Preview - 2020/21 - Unia Janikowo Board Expectations:3. Liga: Top half finishMy Expectations:3. Liga: Looks like the board really enjoyed the last season's finish! I guess we'll have to keep up with the expectations. Budgets:Transfer: ÂŁ0Wage: ÂŁ4,283 (currently spending ÂŁ2,414)Balance: ÂŁ28,526 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 The board didn't agree to improve youth recruitment or junior coaching, but at least they agreed to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Jakub SĆota's Management Career - Pre-Season - 2020/21 - Unia Janikowo Friendlies We went unbeaten, even managing to beat two sides that are two tiers above us, WIdzew and Odra. Transfers Seven new players plus something that I feared the most. Maciej Warpas - a decent young right back. I still haven't decided whether it will be him or Swiderski to start in that position. Mateusz Ruminski - he did well on loan last season and he's still young, so I made the deal permanent. Jakub Paprzycki - a loanee for the left back slot. Sebastian Cuch - I think he's a very good central defender for our level. Jakub Gielda - I don't expect him to feature too much, but he was cheap and we needed depth. Patryk Szymanski - a winger who's much more hard-working and physical than technically skilled, which makes him perfect for our high-pressing system. Mateusz Zawal - if it really was moving Mysiak to DM that made us click last season, this guy has some big boots to fill after the veteran's departure. PrzemysĆaw KÄdziora - I guess this was inevitable. He had bigger clubs sniffing around him, even ones from abroad. A loan back clause was the best I could do. Youngsters Marcin Grobelny, Ireneusz Swierblewski and Bartosz Bielawski were also promoted to the first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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