[FM20] It was Cambrogi in Wales, but now it's all about aggression in Wales, in England. Bellicosity, pugnacity and belligerence are all excellent words. But Welsh belligerence, in England now.

[Jimbokav1971]

Tactics. Oct 2049. 

What sort of tactical instruction suits players to getting booked and sent off more?

Use tighter marking. 
Get stuck in. 
Extremely urgent pressing intensity. 
Much higher line of engagement. 

I've been playing with a Very Attacking mentality, but I want to change that. With discipline, (or lack thereof), in mind, I think Defensive is possibly a better fit and I particularly like the "frustrate the opposition" aspect. I want 22-man all-in brawls.

We're obviously going to continue to "play for set-pieces"  and "run at defence",  but I think "be more disciplined"  will suit the back-story. 

"Time wasting"  is something that I have not used as a rule, but again, in line with frustrating opponents and basically shithousing the opposition as much as possible, I think it's a reasonable addition. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Left backs. Oct 2049. 

There a 5 DL's at the club. While some of them are decent players, they are not exactly what I need to strengthen the DNA of the club. 

Bartlett & Bowley are both rubbish, but Bowley at least has reasonable mental attributes. 

Barry Scott (ENG) is a reasonable back-up or would be were he not soft as hell with bravery of only 6. 

Craig Kerr (SCO) is a better fit with 19 bravery and 13 aggression, but both Det and Wor are both in single figures. 

Julian Butler (ENG) is probably the best of the bunch, but he's 31 and his bravery is in single figures. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Right backs. Oct 2049.

There's 7 right backs at the club with varying ability. 

The key PPM I want for my full backs is "gets forward wherever possible". That's in a normal save though. What I want in this save is "Dives into tackles". 1st it's "Gets Forward" then it's "Dive in". 

The player who really jumps out at me is Bradley White (ENG) who is a reasonable player, but who's aggression is 17 and also has the "dives into tackles" PPM. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Centre-backs. Oct 2049. 

The player that jumps straight out from these is Ben Walsh (WAL) 6'5" *. He's an ex Ton Pentre player so I obviously like him, but he's not nearly aggressive enough for this Cardiff side. He's also getting paid £14,250 per week which is pretty high considering that the next highest earner is on £8,750. He's going to have to go, (which is a shame). 

If Ben Walsh (WAL) 6'5" * isn't a Cardiff type of player, O'Connor (ENG) certainly is. 16 aggression, 18 bravery and the "dives into tackles" PPM. That's got to be good for a couple of red cards at least. 

Edited June 13, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Scouting. Oct 2049. 

I had a few different types of playing style in mind for this phase of the save, but as I have been looking about the squad yesterday and today, I have come to the conclusion that I want to do something different. I've done Youth Only to death and I want to do something completely different to what I've done before. Don't get me wrong. I will still be focusing on developing young players and especially products of our Academy, and my GK will still be scoring goals, but I want to add a different aspect to it. 

Where as much of the Ton Pentre save was about players being poached, and then about us winning a European trophy, I enjoyed the middle part more than the actual winning of the trophy part. So I want something to grab me. I've often looked on with envy, (and occasional scorn and ridicule), while people bleat on and on and on about "club DNA" this and club DNA that, but I've never actually done it myself. It's about time I gave it a go so that I know what I'm talking about. 

So what do I want the DNA of the club to be? Well really and truly, I want them to be horrible barstards. I want them to literally kick everything that moves and not have a care in the World when doing so. 

With that in mind, I think the following is important. (and this is influenced heavily from the Reddit post I linked you to earlier).

Aggression.  

Bravery. 

Determination. 

Workrate. 

I considered using the hidden attribute "Dirtiness", by using the Editor, but let me show those of you who don't know, what player edit screen looks like. 

At the very top the CA and PA are shown and my eyes are automatically drawn to it. I don't want to see that info. 

Even if I were to concentrate and not look at the top at all, the "Dirtiness" attribute is sandwiched in between Consistency and Important matches, with Injury Proneness just below. I don't want to see that info so I'm afraid I'm going to just have to ignore Dirtiness.

So now we know the 4 attributes involved in the club DNA, I have to think about the values. Ideally I would like them all to be 15+. but that's not realistic. I need to set my expectations lower. I thought about having them all at 10+ but that meant that I might miss out on players who have really high scores in 3 attributes but just 1 poor attribute. 

In the end I decided that I would start off with quite a conservative DNA and then increase things as we go. In a leaf taken out of the @Mikaelinhoplaybook I have decided to group the attribute scores together and ensure that they are greater than 40. I personally think this is a little low though, and I will be concentrating matters as time progresses. (I'm thinking about increasing it by 1 each season, but I'm not sure if that is possible or realistic at this stage).

As usual though, I have players who will be an exception to the above rule. (They are made to be broken right?) And in this case it will revolve around players with particular PPM's. 

Again, taking huge influence from the Reddit post, I would love to see the following PPM's learned by my players. 

Dives into tackles. 

Winds up opponents. 

Argues with officials. 

Gets crowd going. 

I don't want to just copy what was done in the Millwall save though. I want to put my own slant on it. I'm also very aware that the above PPM's don't really cater for the artistic wizard in the squad and I think that our flair players can certainly impact on things in this area. With that in mind I have been looking at what other PPM's might encourage conflict on the pitch. Something that i have always shied away from is "Likes to beat man repeatedly", because I think it's counter-productive, but I plan on having a go at that, and if we are going to use that, how about "tries tricks and skills" too. Can you imagine having all these 6 PPM's. It would be hilarious. The problem I have is that although you can teach Dives into tackles and tries tricks and skills in the normal way, you have to inherit the other 3. That's not quite so easy and I haven't seen a single player who has any of the inherited PPM's and there is also no way to search for them without scouting a lot and then painstakingly going through each report.

But that's part of the challenge. Scouting is something that I have got out of the habit of doing and quite enjoyed it at Ton Pentre. I would like to do the same thing again now and really concentrate in depth on scouting. The problem here is that Scouting is expensive. Scouting is very expensive, and we are in League 1.

I have already had a little look at the scouting page to look at GK's, but let's have a bit more of a look now that we have introduced the club DNA to proceedings. 

A problem I might have is that I'm using a small database. This is the scouting package I have inherited. 

And the Youth Package is 1 level lower. 

So with that in mind, when I search for players with no filters, there are just 3,896 returns, If I then include only players who are interested in a transfer, it drops to 2,329 players. I wonder how many of these players are going to have the "inherited PPM's" I need? Anyway, that's part of the challenge so let's just see how it goes. What is the single most important attribute for this side? Aggression, so let's filter by aggression and see what we've got. Actually, we are not going to be able to scout as many players as I would like, so let's limit the players we are going to scout to those with the best/highest aggression. 

If we look for players who are interested in joining Cardiff and who's aggression is 20, (or might be 20 when it comes to scouting), then we have 56 results returned. This is a far more manageable number. Obviously not all these players will have 20 aggression, but the known knowledge available suggests at this time that they could possibly have 20 aggression. Obviously as the scout reports return the number of players who actually have aggression 20 will reduce significantly from the 56 initial results. 

As you can see there is very little info to go on and I have no idea how good any of these players are so we will just have to wait for the reports to come in. 

Where as in the past I would be asking the DoF to suggest players to sign, I am not interested at all in doing this here. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

MC's Oct 2049.

This is going to be a key area for us in terms of discipline, (or indiscipline to be more accurate). I want these my starting midfielders to be flying into contract with carefree abandon. Happy to win the man even if the ball is long gone. I don't really care about how good a footballer they are. I just want them to stop the opposition playing. How that fits in with the rest of the tactic remains to be seen. 

Nathan Jarret. (WAL) jumps out at me from this list. Not because he is at the top, but because he has double figures in each of the DNA attributes and totals 55 across them. For some reason though I have a "." after his name to suggest that when I looked at him I didn't like him for some reason. This could have been done now, but equally could have been done when I was Ton Pentre manager. He's actually more of a utility defender who can also play DM, so I'm going to leave him for now. He does have the PPM "dives into tackles" though, so I think he will be an important squad player this season. 

Colin Edwards (ENG) looks to be just about the best player in this area, but his aggression is only 9. While not ideal, the other DNA areas more than make up for that and he scores 52 across all 4. He also has the "Dives into tackles" PPM. His contract expires at the end of the season though so I need to either re-sign him or flog him quick. We can't afford to lose a player valued at £1.6M for nothing. 

Dafydd Jones (WAL) looks a decent player, but I think he falls a little short on "nasty" rating. His bravery is only 8.

(41) Martin Relish (WAL) is a product of our Academy so I obviously like him, but although he has loads of PPM's, none that particularly suit our "nasty" ethos. 

Angelo (BER) is one who has double figures for all DNA attributes and he again has the "dives into tackles" PPM. 

While I certainly think these players are good enough to keep us up, I think they are soft and none of them probably have a long-term future at the club. 

[Jimbokav1971]

ML's Oct 2049.

The only left winger we have is Ogbonna. (NGA) SELL who is about as soft thing from Softville called Mr Soft. He's also a "righty" playing on the left. My only hope is that we have a "lefty" playing on the right who doesn't appear on this list. The Ogbonna. (NGA) SELL contract expires at the end of this season. He will NOT be staying. Having said that, if he was a "lefty" and was younger, his DNA attributes actually add up to 48, so he meets the criteria. I just don't like his 7 aggression rating.  

You know what..... If he was younger and had "tries tricks" or "beats man repeatedly", then I might actually like him. It's just that aggression rating. 

[Jimbokav1971]

MR's Oct 2049. 

We're really not looking great in the wide positions, either in terms of quality or DNA. 

The one slight positive is that (45) Chris Parry (WAL) is the best in this area, (at least in terms of ability), and he's a product of the academy. 

[Jimbokav1971]

SC's Oct 2049.

This is not a good area. Not in terms of quality or DNA. 

Harry Grew (ENG) is probably the pick of the bunch, but he's really not good and his "nasty" DNA rating barely scrapes through at exactly 40.

Ross Barton (ENG) is the only other striker who has even average ability, but his bravery is lacking. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Code of conduct. Oct 2049. 

If we want to encourage our players to properly get stuck in, we can't exactly fine them when they do exactly what we want them to do. 

With that in mind we are introducing an unusual code of conduct, (again inspired by the Reddit thread). Where as I don't think they fined players for anything at all, I will still be fining players for missing training and going AWOL, (and I would also fine players for shoddy time-keeping if I could). 

[ellzo]

Spoiler

 

I have just finished reading the Reddit series, was disappointed it ended so soon but was a great read. Looking forward to seeing how it goes with your challenge, are you going to be setting card and foul targets?

What do you think will be the priority, success then going down the discipline route or vice versa? Understand you are getting a setting up the policy to get aggressive players but curious, would a new signing slightly under the required ratings come in if you thought was key to promotion for example.

Anyway good luck!

[Jimbokav1971]

1 minute ago, ellzo said:

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I have just finished reading the Reddit series, was disappointed it ended so soon but was a great read. Looking forward to seeing how it goes with your challenge, are you going to be setting card and foul targets?

What do you think will be the priority, success then going down the discipline route or vice versa? Understand you are getting a setting up the policy to get aggressive players but curious, would a new signing slightly under the required ratings come in if you thought was key to promotion for example.

Anyway good luck!

It was indeed a shame that it ended too soon. 

In terms of indiscipline targets, I haven't set any as yet, but I'm also looking to just get this season out of the way 1st. Once I can see what we have managed to do this season it ill give me a better idea of where we are and what we might be capable of achieving. I think that it's something will evolve and increase though as we manage to bring in players who are suited to the unpleasant stuff. 

My priority isn't success at all. Success will be a bonus. I've just won the EURO Cup with a little Welsh club and I think I can rest on my laurels for a little bit in that respect. No, this phase of the save is all about the journey. I will be selling good players who do not fit the required criteria and I will be signing poorer players who do fit it. In terms of the inherited PPM's I will even be signing players with very little actual footballing ability. I just need to find them 1st.

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2049. 

Domestic games. A decent start to my tenure with a win and a clean sheet, but it didn't go quite so well after that. We're out of the relegation zone though and my plan is to keep it that way.

Goal-scoring keepers. We were awarded a penalty against Doncaster, but unfortunately I had forgotten to set my GK's as taker and it was missed by an outfield player. 

Discipline. I didn't really know what to expect in this area, but we have received 0 red cards and just 12 yellow cards in the 5 games played. That's a pretty low starting level, but I'm sure things will improve. 

Yellow cards. 

Red cards. We've not received and red cards this season, (at least not in the league), but maybe we can look at this as another form of scouting. Blackburn have had 4 players sent off in the league this season but are still sitting pretty in 2nd place. That's the type of attitude we need to try and emulate. 

Edited June 14, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2049.

Domestic games. Well on the plus side, we are at least consistent. 

Goal-scoring keepers. We've been awarded 3 penalties since I took over. An outfield player missed the 1st one and Kennedy (ENG) has missed the next 2. Payjot (CRO)'s 58% isn't looking so shabby now. 

Discipline. We only received 11 yellow cards and 0 red cards this month. Bradford City received not 1 but 2 red cards against us, (and still won), Blackpool received 1 red card against us and still won and Grimsby had 6 players booked as they also beat us. That's the top level shithousery that we should be unleashing on others. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2049. 

I have absolutely no idea what to expect from this. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2049. 

Domestic games. This isn't brilliant, but it's a distinct improvement. Even with 6 points from 15 this month, we are still in the relegation zone. We have at least started scoring goals. 

Goal-scoring keepers. 

Discipline. We've had our 1st sending off! 

Right winger (45) Chris Parry (WAL) becomes the 1st player to be sent off under my tenure, but unfortunately it was only for 2 yellows rather than a straight red. We were also shown 16 yellow cards this month. 

We're up to 6th in the league (on yellow cards). 

Finances. I'm surprised at how much money we have in the bank.  Our transfer budget is more modest, but still reasonable. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Ton Pentre update. Jan 2050.

Well that didn't take long. 

But they are still doing ok. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2050.

Domestic games. We're slowly improving but are still 3 points behind the safety of escaping the relegation zone. 

Goal-scoring keepers. 

Discipline. We collected 17 yellow cards this month and no red cards. I've come across a problem and it's that I can't find a single player who has an inherited PPM like "argues with ref", or "winds up opponents". This was going to be a big part of this phase of the save and if I can't find anyone at all who carries the PPM then I might just let the discipline thing go. 

Finances.  

[Jimbokav1971]

Facilities. Feb 2020.

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2050. 

Domestic games. After a really rubbish start we are really playing well now. We only conceded in 1 of 7 games this month and we are 6 points clear of the drop zone. 

Goal-scoring keepers. Kennedy (ENG) converted his 1st penalty, but only after he missed his 3rd penalty, (to give him a 25% success rate from the spot). 

Discipline. 18 yellow cards this month, but again no red cards. We've dropped from 4th to 5th in the bookings table. 

Finances.  

[welshgrad]

In my Caerau Ely save my old captain Paul Connolly had all the err good ppms so when he retired he became my hoyd. The youth intake had resolute dive tacking ref arguing wind up merchants. If he's still knocking about there's some DNA for Cardiff.

[Jimbokav1971]

12 minutes ago, welshgrad said:

In my Caerau Ely save my old captain Paul Connolly had all the err good ppms so when he retired he became my hoyd. The youth intake had resolute dive tacking ref arguing wind up merchants. If he's still knocking about there's some DNA for Cardiff.

That's a good point. I hadn't thought of doing it via the HoYD. The only problem is that you can't see Staff PPM's can you?

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake Day. Mar 2049.

What an awful intake. I mean really awful intake. I'm properly gutted. It's pitiful. 

PPA.

PA.

CA. 

PPM's. I know we look at the PPM's but how many of us actually know what they mean? 

(50a)  He's a winger so that's ok.  You don't want an IF with this PPM, but as a winger it's a good fit. 

(50b)  He's a MC so while this isn't ideal, it's not exactly a disaster either.  The only problem here is that athletic ability is more of a technical player than a physical one. 

(50d)  I think of this as more suited to a full-back than a winger, but it's a decent fit. 

(50i)  I like all my full backs to have this PPM so brilliant. 

(50j)  I personally believe that for every positive in FM there is a negative, (and vice versa).  While arguing with refs might get you booked more, I wonder if it also gets you the occasional decision? 

(50l)  Do we really know what this means?  Even after reading this it's about as clear as mud. "Using their attributes to influence"......

(50m) 

(50n)  This is something that I usually see linked to more clinical strikers.  Interesting that it also increases long shots. 

(50p) 

[Jimbokav1971]

Mar 2050.

Domestic games. We're in really good form and I think the Bradford game is the only game we have been held scoreless in months.

Goal-scoring keepers. For the 1st time in this save, I can report that Kennedy (ENG) scored a penalty and didn't miss one in the same month. His success ration is "up" to 40%. 

Discipline. We wear this fine like a badge of honour. 6 players booked against Bradford, but we still didn't win. 

We're up to 3rd in the yellow card rankings. We're 9 behind Shrewsbury and with 6 games remaining there is a decent chance of hitting top spot by the end of the season. 14 yellow cards this month and Bradley White (ENG) became the 2nd player sent off under my tenure,, (again for a 2nd yellow), against Blackpool. 

Finances.  

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Production. Mar 2050. 

I've been going through the previous Youth Intakes at Cardiff and nicknaming them all with the year that they came through the intake. 

I've had to go back to the 2036 intake, (14 years ago), to find the 1st good player. 

It seems like decent players were far more common once we go back past 2036, so I'm guessing that our facilities have been downgraded since then, (probably more than once). 

It's been a long time since I managed in England and I don't really know how the Youth Level works. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Downwards trend. Apr 2050. 

The club has been on a general downwards trend over the last couple of decades and I'm wondering if our financial position is a bit false in that it's a carry-over from more successful times and actually we are not as solvent as we might be. 

The finances show that we were up about the £15M mark about 5 years ago and although we have been generally been losing money, there is a significant boost each season. As we are in League 1 rather than a big league, I would expect this to be season-ticket related rather than sponsorship, prize money or TV revenue. 

 at  per ticket gives us £7,319,734. That's obviously unusual for a League 1 club, but then again Cardiff aren't really a typical League 1 club are they. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Finances continued. Apr 2050.

This was a pleasant bolt out of the blue. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Apr 2050. 

Domestic games. 

Goal-scoring keepers. 

Discipline. We have our 1st straight red under my regime. William Hughes (ENG) shown a straight red for a two-footed lunge that doesn't look like a two-footed lunge. Either way, he was sent off and I haven't appealed and also haven't fined him. As far as I'm concerned he can get stuck right in again as soon as he is available again. 

We weren't able to overhaul Shrewsbury and Bradford in the yellow card stakes, but I'm positive that we would have topped the list had I been managing for the entire season. 

Red cards were less satisfying and I put this down to us playing "defensive" at the start of my tenure. 

Finances.  

[Nobby_McDonald]

Work to do with Cardiff there Jimbo.

[Jimbokav1971]

Season Summary. May & Jun 2050. 

Final League table. 

Squad by appearances. 

Overall Best XI. For a club that wants us to develop players using the clubs youth system, it's demoralising to see just a single Academy product making the list. 

Awards. 

Records. 

Finances. 

Facilities. 

[Jimbokav1971]

22 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said:

Work to do with Cardiff there Jimbo.

Yeah, but quite happy with how we finished the season. Hoping to run riot this season. The future beyond that looks a little difficult. 

 

[Nobby_McDonald]

Well, for a man of your calibre Jimbo you'll do it.

[Jimbokav1971]

6 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said:

Well, for a man of your calibre Jimbo you'll do it.

And if I don't, it will be fun trying. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Facilities. Aug 2050.

Ok.... so that might be a problem. I didn't realise it was going to be that expensive.  We have  in the bank now and I have  of that available to spend on players. Anyone who reads my stuff knows that I like building up an early surplus of cash to keep the board away from selling players that I want to keep. I'm hoping to get into the Playoffs at least this season and with that sort of consistent form comes attention from other clubs. It's not easy to go straight out and sign new players because of the restrictions we've placed on ourselves, so we could be leaving ourselves exposed. Having said that, I'm desperate for some good intakes. It feels like an age, (over a decade I think), since I had a good one. 

Can someone explain Youth Level to me please? It's been so long since I managed in the UK that I can't remember how it works. Is it to do with compensation? 

[Jimbokav1971]

Facilities continued. Aug 2050. 

Obviously Swansea are out because of the rivalry, but I would love to be allowed to choose. Ton Pentre here we come. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Summer Transfer Window. Sept 2050. 

Dom Owen (WAL) has a "nasty" DNA rating of 44, (minimum requirement is 40). He's Welsh and he adds some depth up front and can cover both flanks. 

I really don't understand player valuations. Colin Page (WAL) was signed on a free to provide a little more squad depth, and in posting this I have just realised that he is somehow worth £2.8M! His "nasty" DNA rating is 50 and he is Welsh. He also has the "dives into tackles" PPM. I think I see him more as a MC than a SC, but he's here in a support capacity. 

John Lloyd (WAL) isn't much of a player, but I just saw his aggression level and thought he would do for me. His "nasty" rating is 43 and he's Welsh and he has the PPM "dives into tackles". That'll do for me. 

Although (47d) Andrew Topley (NIR) is N.Irish, he also has Wales as a 2nd Nationality. His "nasty" rating is 50.

(36) Callum Green. (WAL) came through the Cardiff Academy 14 years ago. He has a "nasty" rating of 53 and will offer depth at centre-half. He's adds to the growing number of players at the club who has "dives into tackles" as a PPM.

McCarthy-Richards (WAL) isn't really my type of midfielder. He's more of a destroyer than a playmaker, but he sooo fits into the "nasty" DNA with a score of 56 and has the "dives into tackles" PPM. He's perfect for us so I have snapped him up. @ellzoasked recently if I was going to sign players who were maybe not quite up to standard but who fit the DNA and this player is a perfect example. I have already chosen not to sign players who fell short of the 40 points "nasty" DNA score and I will be sticking to this. 

We didn't really need another centre-half, but Arwel Jones (WAL) is Welsh, has a "nasty" score of 57 and not only has the "dives into tackles" PPM but also has the elusive "argues with officials" PPM. I just HAD to sign him. Now to find someone with the "winds up opponents" PPM. 

I'm usually not overly keen on signing loan players, and while we really don't need a centre-half, the idea of signing Jones (WAL) * is more about hoping that we can sign him on a permanent deal at some time. (The plan is that we get promoted this season and then sign him next season). He has a "nasty" score of 57 at the age of 20 years old and of course he also has the "dives into tackles" PPM. I can't remember if I van mentor a player in on loan, but would love to get him arguing with ref's from Arwel Jones (WAL).

The transfer window is about to close and I'm really looking for a striker, and in particular a young striker. I haven't managed to find one though that meets our "nasty" DNA  restrictions. Here is the sort of player who I would usually have been interested in signing, but have been unable to do so because of the "nasty" DNA. 

George Griffiths HG was a player who was poached from the Ton Pentre Academy but who I then signed later on. He is out on loan at Barry and I would love to sign him but his "nasty" DNA is only 39, (so he falls 1 point short of the 40 point target). 

(37a) McGoona (WAL) was one of my favourites at Ton Pentre, but we evolved past his level of ability and I had to move him on. He's Welsh, a much needed striker and his "nasty" rating is 43 so he just slips in on loan. 

I was looking as a young striker who would come in and be happy sitting on the bench and Neil Holden (WAL) is it. He's Welsh and scores 51 on the "nasty" scale. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jul & Aug 2050.

Pre-season. 

Domestic games. I'm happy with our start in the league because our best player Harry Grew (ENG) has been out injured and only returned in the last game. He scored 30 goals last season and is obviously a big loss. The 2 defeats in the Cup were actually draws that resulted in defeat on penalties so there are very fine margins involved. 

Goal-scoring keepers. No goals so far this season, but on the plus side we haven't missed any penalties. Last season we seemed to miss loads. 

Discipline. We've received 24 yellow cards during this period

Frustratingly we haven't had any red cards yet this season, and I'm particularly envious of Coventry and Swansea who had already received 2 red cards. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2050. 

Domestic games. We're obviously better at home than we are away, but winning at home and drawing away will do me fine. An unbeaten month is always good. 

Goal-scoring keepers. Kennedy (ENG) has had 15 shots this season, 9 of which have been on target. Unfortunately none of these have been penalties and he remains goal-less this season. 

Discipline. We are 2nd in the table of yellow cards, which is good going considering we are 3rd in the league and the only side above us are Maidenhead who sit in 18th. Obviously it's easier for the poorer teams to collect cards because by and large they will have less of the ball and spend more time defending. We only collected 14 yellow cards this season, but perhaps that's a price to be paid for going unbeaten. 

Dafydd Jones (WAL) has received 6 yellow cards in 8(1) appearances. We need a few others to follow his lead. 

We still haven't received a red card this season, but there have been plenty of them elsewhere. 

Finances.  

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2050. 

Domestic games. We weren't unbeaten this month, but we collected enough green to go top of the table by 3 points. 

Goal-scoring keepers. Kennedy (ENG) is finally off the mark. He's got a 100% success rate from the spot! 

Discipline. The top of the table clash with QPR was an eventful affair. Injuries, penalties, and 3 red cards topped off with 3 great big points and an equally satisfying clean sheet. The only thing that I would have changed if I could is that I wish we had earned more than 4 of the 10 yellow cards on show. 

Dafydd Jones (WAL) was shown 2 straight reds this month. As well as the red in the Cup defeat to QPR, he was also sent off against Wigan. As well as the 2 reds, he's also accumulated 6 yellows in just 13(1) appearances. 

We're still trailing Maidenhead by 3 yellow cards. 

Dafydd Jones (WAL)  is doing his best as far as yellow cards are concerned, but 2 red cards mean a 3 game suspension so he's missed out on the opportunity for more. 

One of our rec cards was in the Cup, but despite that we are literally fighting to be top of the red card table. 

Dafydd Jones (WAL) is the only player sent off more than once in the league this season. 

Finances.  

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2050. 

I honestly have no words. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov & Dec 2031.

Sorry, I forgot to post the November update. 

November domestic matches. 

December domestic matches. 

Goal-scoring keepers. Kennedy (ENG) had his last penalty saved so he's now 3 from 4 at 75%.

Discipline. Just 8 yellow cards in November and 10 more in December, but no reds. 

Finances.  

[Jimbokav1971]

DNA PPM's. Jan 2051.

Dives into tackles. This is the 1 PPM on the list that doesn't have to be inherited, It can just be trained which is obviously much easier. Arwel Jones (WAL) is the only player on this list who has a 2nd "nasty" PPM. 

McCarthy-Richards  (WAL)
Nathan Jarrett. (WAL)
O'Connor (ENG)
Tom Wilson (ENG)
(36) Callum Green. (WAL)
(49) Jamal Thompson. (WAL)
Arwel Jones (WAL)
Bradley White (ENG)
Colin Edwards (ENG)
Colin Page (WAL)
Dafydd Jones (WAL)
Jones (WAL) *
(46) Will Redwood. (WAL)
(50h) Terry Moore. (WAL)
(49) Craig Giles. (WAL)
(49) Kai Moss. (WAL)

Winds up opponents. We don't have any of these but I'm still on the lookout and very keen to bring some to the club.,

 

Argues with ref's. We've got 2 players with this PPM and 1 of them, Arwel Jones (WAL), also has the "dives into tackles" PPM. 

Arwel Jones (WAL)
(50j) Lee Thompson. (IRL)

Gets crowd going. I haven't managed to find a player with this PPM yet, (never mind about been able to sign one). I think it's really important and I can only dream of a day when we create a terribly aggressive environment to play football in, with players diving into tackles all over the pitch, the referee losing control, opposition players getting frustrated and reacting, and the crowd baying for blood. Is that too much to hope for? 

[Jimbokav1971]

Jan 2051.

Domestic games. Our form was poor, but we managed to turn things around enough to stay within 1 point of leaders Colchester. 

Goal-scoring keepers. Kennedy (ENG) scored another penalty,, but he missed a 2nd of the season to make it 4 from 6 attempts at 67%.

Discipline. We had 25 players booked this month and 6 bookings came against MK Dons, the 2nd time we have received a fine for this. 

Finances.  

[Jimbokav1971]

Feb 2051.

Domestic games. We're generally ok going forward, but we're conceding too many goals and it's that which is costing us. Luckily, those around us are not taking advantage of our frailties. 

Goal-scoring keepers. Kennedy (ENG) scored 2 penalties this month, both in the home game against York. 

Discipline.  Dafydd Jones (WAL) is trying to keep the number of red cards up on his own. This is his 3rd straight red of the season, and at that time nobody else at the club had even received 1. 

Inspired by his actions though, Bartos (ENG) became the 2nd player to receive a straight red in the very next game. Personally I think he was unlucky, but I won't be appealing and I certainly won't be fining anyone for getting a red card. 

Yellow cards. We just can't catch Maidenhead, but they are in 20th and we are in 1st so it's not really a surprise. 

Red cards. 

Finances.  

[Jimbokav1971]

21 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2050. 

I honestly have no words. 

Youth Intake day. Mar 2051. 

It's actually a little better than I was expecting, but that's not saying much.

Squad by PPA. 

Squad by PA. 

Squad by CA. 

PPM's. 

(51e) Gets forward wherever possible. 

(51f) Gets forward wherever possible. 

(51h) Knocks ball past opponent. 

(51m) Plays One-Twos.

(51n) Gets forward wherever possible. 

(51p) Gets forward wherever possible. 

Edited June 17, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Mar 2051. 

Domestic games. An unbeaten month sees us top the table by 6 points with games left to play. 

Goal-scoring keepers. No goals for Kennedy (ENG) this month. 

Discipline. Just the 8 yellow cards and 0 red cards this month 

Yellow cards. 

Red cards. 

Finances.  

Edited June 17, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

Apr 2051. 

Domestic games. When we lost against Millwall & Ipswich I thought we were going to choke. We just got over the line in the end. 

Goal-scoring keepers. Kennedy (ENG) finished with 6 goals from 8 penalties attempted. 

Discipline. We're still in the early stages of this ill-discipline thing so I'm not sure if these sort of levels are good or bad.

Yellow cards. Frustrated to drop from 2nd to 3rd so late in the season, but I expect to have more luck next season as we get battered in the Championship. 

Red cards. This could and should have been much better, but were it not for 

Finances.  Having more transfer budget than money is never a good idea. 

[Jimbokav1971]

End of Season Summary. May 2051.

Final League Table. 

Squad by appearances. 

Squad by yellow cards. 

Overall Best XI. 

Awards.

Finances. 

Facilities. 

Records. 

[Thebaker]

over a hundred yellows is very dirty, are one of the other 2 teams a league record? Not sure i've seen as high as 131 yellows.

Edit - looked up my game to see how i compare, 2 seasons ago i managed 136 Yellows, 6 reds in Ligue 2 (38 games), only 111 yellows and 2 reds this season in 40 games .

Looks like you have some work to do as i make no effort to actually be dirty.

Edited June 18, 2020 by Thebaker

[Jimbokav1971]

3 hours ago, Thebaker said:

over a hundred yellows is very dirty, are one of the other 2 teams a league record? Not sure i've seen as high as 131 yellows.

Edit - looked up my game to see how i compare, 2 seasons ago i managed 136 Yellows, 6 reds in Ligue 2 (38 games), only 111 yellows and 2 reds this season in 40 games .

Looks like you have some work to do as i make no effort to actually be dirty.

We're in the very early stages in terms of discipline. 

You can't hope to set records when you are winning the title because we have the ball too much. 

As the level we play at increases I would expect the card count to also rise. 

This is League 1. It's interesting that the general trend for yellow cards is on the up year by year, (no idea as to a reason at this point), but also that the red card count this season was much lower than to be expected based on previous seasons. 

This is the Championship. 

This is the Premier League. 

I think this possible suggests that while you might not be trying to be dirty, 136 yellows and 6 reds is pretty dirty. It would be interesting to see the discipline history in your league/save @Thebaker

11 yellows is reasonable for Cardiff, but when you consider that he was shown red cards which means that he missed a total 11 games suspended. Either way, we "improved" things from last season to this.