[FM20] Irchester Utd. Tier 10. England. Home. Youth Only.

[Thebaker]

10 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Nationals already represented in previous Youth intakes. 

New Nations represented in this intake. None.  Still no French or Poles is a real surprise. France are our nearest neighbours and most of Poland seems to be over here. 

 

 

You have Poland listed, perhaps list them alphabetically to keep track. i'm more surprised by the lack of countries like Trinidad or DRC which always seem to appear in England as 2nd nationalities.

[Jimbokav1971]

2 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

You have Poland listed, perhaps list them alphabetically to keep track. i'm more surprised by the lack of countries like Trinidad or DRC which always seem to appear in England as 2nd nationalities.

 I'm so rubbish at keeping track of things. (Memory like a sieve). Might I interest you in the position of Assistant to @nie jem frytek as International Development Officer? 

[deez0r]

May be the first thread ever that you have a full backroom staff on the forums. 

[Pompeyboyz]

1 hour ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Youth Intake day. Mar 2041. 

@Pompeyboyzmade the point after the Youth Intake preview that this was the 1st intake in...... actually it could be since the very start of the save actually, where it wasn't said that we were getting a Golden Generation come through the ranks. Despite that, it still is classed as another Golden Generation.  That being said, (and this might be down to just a lack of Nationalities never mind about new Nationalities), the intake leaves me a little under-whelmed. 

Squad by PPA. I said I was looking for a left winger and 2 strikers, (greedy yes I know), but let's see what we have actually got. 

 

 

I think you'd need to take perspective of the qulaity of the players they are being judged against as CA and PA are based on the best in the current squad.

Also,  you need to take into account the quality of the staff giving the assessment.  Are they good at judging players at League 2 level now?  Have you been switching your HOYD or AssMan and Coaching staff as you have been progressing?  If not, they might be giving below standard assessments to better players?

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Just now, Pompeyboyz said:

I think you'd need to take perspective of the qulaity of the players they are being judged against as CA and PA are based on the best in the current squad.

Also,  you need to take into account the quality of the staff giving the assessment.  Are they good at judging players at League 2 level now?  Have you been switching your HOYD or AssMan and Coaching staff as you have been progressing?  If not, they might be giving below standard assessments to better players?

 

Of course. I'm regularly taking into account the CA of our 1st team, (and just for the record that is split by position and not just against the single best player at the club according to SI). 

You are completely right about staff and it's something I have neglected more than a little during this save. I need to fix that. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Job Offer #31. Apr 2041. 

I thought this was the 1st job I had been offered in the Championship but it seems we were offered the Hull City job last year, (which I don't remember at all). I will stop accepting interviews at League 1 and League 2 clubs now and just interview at Championship level and above. The only difference to that is favourite club Cardiff who I will always interview for. (They are currently mid-table in League 1). 

[Jimbokav1971]

Does anyone else play a little game of "guess what PPM the coach is going to suggest" or is it just me? 

I've just asked to get him learning "switches ball to opposite flank" but the coach says that's a rubbish idea but it's something that I like all my central midfielders to do. 

When I ask which PPM does he suggest the player learns, what do we think he's going to say. 

• Not going to be "dives into tackles"
• It might be "knocks ball past opponent" as his acceleration is 13. 

Yep, that's what I'm going for. 

Let's have a look.....

Winner winner chicken dinner. 

[Jimbokav1971]

I had missed this player during the recent intake. Apr 2041. 

We're short of strikers as I've mentioned and although I looked for strikers in the recent intake, it seems I overlooked this bloke for some reason. 

I think he's possibly the best proper finisher we have produced in quite a while, (lots of physical dribblers with poor finishing recently), and the more I look at him the more I like him. He's an AMC, (which we don't use and I don't think he's particularly suited to either MC role, but i think he definitely has something about him in terms of ability to put the ball in the net. I don't know how strikers with that PPM work, and his acceleration might prove problematic, but I added the PPM "stay central" (or whatever it's called), then I can see this working. Any thoughts? His PA is 4.0 now and it was only 3.0 on intake day, (so that might be why I missed him). 

In fact, let's have a look at the intake again now. 

New Squad by PPA. 

Old Squad by PPA. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Season Summary. May 2041. 

League 2. Really happy with this season. Delighted. We started off on fire and although we dropped out of the Playoff spots at 1 point, rallied and finished well. It was squeeky-bum time come the last day of the season as MK Franchise, ourselves and Doncaster all finished on 79 points, with 2 goal difference separating all 3 of us. We blooded lots of youngsters and still had a really positive season. 

Playoffs. We hammered them in the 1st leg, but somehow lost 1-0. The 2nd leg was close, but the damage was done in the 1st leg. 

FA Cup. I have absolutely no idea what happened here, but you can't expect to win a football match when you concede 7 goals. 

Carabao Cup. The Carabao Cup is the old League Cup? Right? I was really happy with how we did in this. Romped through the 1st couple of rounds, started with a weakened outfield 10 against Southampton and won the 2nd half 2-0 after the Ass Man made some changes. 

Leasing.com Cup. This trophy is an absolute abomination but they are still senior games so what can you do. Obviously not a priority, but at the same time we didn't embarrass ourselves either. The only reason Chelsea U21's turned us over was because we had a player sent off after 26 mins. 

FA Youth Cup. I must admit this one passed me by completely this season. I have no idea hoe well we did. I can see why our campaign was easy to miss now. 

U18 Div 3 South-East. I know that winning isn't the be-all and end-all at this level, but it's nice to win all the same, especially when our best youngsters are with the Senior squad. There are 4 Groups, (split geographically), but I don't think there is relegation at this level. Still, it's nice to be playing competitive football with our U18's.

U18 Div 3 Cup. 

Goal-scoring keepers. 11 goals from 55 appearances is poor for a GK. (33e) Lee Ward (NIR) (Bal) * is comfortably our best GK, (and has 52 career goals now), but some GK's are just good at scoring goals and others aren't, (I'm being serious here for a minute). I can't tell you what makes 1 GK good and another GK bad, but he's bad.  (Exactly how bad can he be when he has scored 52 career goals by age 24?)

Overall Best XI. Both starting strikers and all on the bench have now retired. We really need some strikers to stay with us for a few prolific seasons to get into the mix. 

Awards.

(39a) Harri (Pro) * is a player I really like. I know he's really young and isn't a great finished, but just look at that athletic ability and dribbling prowess. I wonder hoe many penalties he was given? He scored 16 league goals last season and has stepped up a level and increased that to 19 in the league this season. I really just need a partner who will score a similar number and we will be flying. 

(28f) Adam Jenkins is interesting one that @_Ben_might want to have a look at. He hasn't turned 30 yet so I haven't looked at his CA/PA, but he came through our Academy in 2028 where he played only 2 games for us in the United Counties Premier Division, (Tier 9), but he went on to play as high as League 1 for Northampton, and is now playing in league 2 for us. I don't actually like him as a player, but I was desperate for a striker. The problem is that he played his whole career as a midfielder, (and a decent one), but I need a striker so..... He turns 30 next month so my next post will probably be talking about his CA/PA and his career from Tier 9 to Tier 3. 

Squad by Appearances. 44(5) goals is far too many games for an 18 year old. I need to use him more sparingly next season and try and ensure that when I rest him, he isn't asked to play on the bench. I should probably not play him in any Cup games at all, (except for the FA Cup obviously). 

Discipline. Now we get to the serious stuff. 

That's a decent number of yellows, and it's a decent number of fouls too. I can't help thinking we can get closer to 1,000 though if we had less of the ball, or dribbled with it less. 

Oh that's very well done by Exeter. They've put us to shame there. 

That's pretty good going by our right back (35d) Luke Butterfield (Spir), (and he got an 18th yellow in 1 of the Cup games). That's the closest we have got to 20 I think and he did so in only 30(3) appearances when 2nd place Steven Munro played 40(1) appearances. Perhaps I'm being a tad harsh on (35d) Luke Butterfield (Spir). He was suspended for 6 games after all. That's not nearly as impressive as left back (34j) Harvey (NIR) (Unamb) though. He collected 14 bookings, (plus 1 in the Cup), and was also sent off twice. He did so in just 25(1) appearances and it could be argued that 14 yellows and 2 reds is better than 17 yellows!

Finances. Wow. Where's our money gone?  

We need a couple of clauses sold on the hurry-up. 

Unfortunately there are only clauses available on 2 players. 

I'm going to take the £200k for 50% re-sale value, but leave the others. He's only valued at £160k, nobody is interested and Notts Co just avoided relegation this season. 

He's the midfielder that they nicked off me at the end of last season before I could get him on a pro contract. I've no idea how good he's gonna be but I'm not accepting £30k for 15% profit. 

Facilities. 

Oh wow. The stadium is due to be finished in 4 days. 

Transfers. 

Tracker. 

• We've lost £11M+ since last season and I think the reason is because we have bought and built our own stadium, but it's not opened yet so we don't get the value of it. 
• Our bank balance has dropped approx £10M and that's worrying, (even though much of that will have been the cost of the new stadium. (Was it £8M?)
• (27i) Steph Lewis (WAL) (NIR) only made 5(7) appearances this season and I think the time has come to let him go. 
• Our average attendance has more than doubled which is brilliant, but I fear we will be close to out-growing our new stadium before too long. 
• 177 yellows and 12 reds is a serious accomplishment. I would love you all to tell me how many you received in your own saves in the last season. 
• I thought that 18/0 was a new record, but actually we have had players collected 19 and even 20 in previous seasons. 

Records. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Depth chart. Jun 2041. 

This is really just for me so that I can work out who to move to what squad and who to play when available. 

GK1. (33e) Lee Ward (NIR) (Bal) *
GK2. (35g) Shaw (SCO) (Bal) *
GK3. (40d) Giertl (SVK) (F.Pro)

DL1. (33h) Nick Johnson (Fickle) *
DL2. (34j) Harvey (NIR) (Unamb)
DL3. (40k) Luke Barry (BEL) (F.Pro)

DR1. (40a) Sjoberg (Bal) lose PPM
DR2. (35d) Luke Butterfield (Spir)
DR3. ????? (31h) Brett Byard (Res) 6'6" (defensive) or (38a) Usman (SWE) Bal * (attacking) can cover. 

DCL1. (36h) Fríði (FRO) (Unamb) *
DCL2. (38e) Hall (WAL) F.Pro 6'2" *
DCL3. (41f) Ollie Phillips (F.Det)

DCR1. (31h) Brett Byard (Res) 6'6" cover DR3 (defensive).
DCR2. (37l) Sharman (Res) 6'2"
DCR3. (40g) Doyle (Unamb) 6'5"

MCL1. (35e) Neil Dunkley (L.Heart) *
MCL2. (31c) Zakim Back *
MCL3. (40b) Gilchrist (SCO)(L.Heart)

MCR1. (36e) Joe Allinson (F.Pro) *
MCR2. (38b) Kuchar (CZE) (Bal) *
MCR3. (38a) Usman (SWE) Bal * cover DR3 (attacking).

ML1. (35c) Craig Barnett (Unamb) *
ML2. (41a) Jack Henry (Resil)
ML3. (38d) Pearson (Bal) *

MR1. (36b) Dec Dixon (IRL) (Det) *
MR2. (37a) Jason Walter (F.Amb) *
MR3. (41k) Jason Hewitt (Bal)

SCL1. (39a) Harri (Pro) * 
SCL2. (28f) Adam Jenkins (Too slow. Different role needed). DLP(d) or DLP(s)
SCL3. (41g) Matousek (CZE) (Cas)

SCR1. (38c) McCormack (IRL) (Bal) *
SCR2. (32c) Declan Barry (IRL) *
SCR3. (41l) Mike Burns (Merc)

[Jimbokav1971]

Academy players at 30. Jun 2041. 

(27i) Steph Lewis (WAL) (NIR).

(28c) Ryan Chance (JAM).

(28b) Said Tembo (ZAN) 6'0" *.

(28g) Jason Verdi.

(28i) Jirasek. (CZE).

[Jimbokav1971]

Interesting loan move. Jul 2041. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1st poaching of the save. Jul 2041. 

I find this really strange. We have produced some fantastic players, but until now none have been poached. I find it strange that a player who's going to be quite poor has been poached by a Championship club. It's interesting that it's Notts County though. It was them that nicked (40c) Paul Stovell (F.Amb) from us before I could get him on a pro contract and they have also bought (36d) Rey Thomas (BEL)(F.Det)* from us. 

Just for the record, I am saying that I can sign Aldo Kaja because he is still a product of our Academy. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1st fine of the season. Aug 2041. 

We drew. 

[rodesire]

hows' that shiny new stadium looking?

[ToMexico!!]

8 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

1st poaching of the save. Jul 2041. 

I find this really strange. We have produced some fantastic players, but until now none have been poached. I find it strange that a player who's going to be quite poor has been poached by a Championship club. It's interesting that it's Notts County though. It was them that nicked (40c) Paul Stovell (F.Amb) from us before I could get him on a pro contract and they have also bought (36d) Rey Thomas (BEL)(F.Det)* from us. 

Just for the record, I am saying that I can sign Aldo Kaja because he is still a product of our Academy. 

An interesting thing I thought of and have started doing is saving the news item as a note on the game. That will then show the players name and who they have gone to. Obviously keeping your own notes in here is just as good but could save some hassle in the long run. 

[Jimbokav1971]

2 minutes ago, rodesire said:

hows' that shiny new stadium looking?

Would you believe me if I told you I had forgotten to look? 

[scousevasey]

13 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Goal-scoring keepers. 11 goals from 55 appearances is poor for a GK.

I would be happy if some midfielders managed one goal in 5. And you are disappointed in that ratio for a GK... Different worlds

[Jimbokav1971]

55 minutes ago, ToMexico!! said:

An interesting thing I thought of and have started doing is saving the news item as a note on the game. That will then show the players name and who they have gone to. Obviously keeping your own notes in here is just as good but could save some hassle in the long run. 

That is a good idea, but just in case you miss one, (it's easy to do), you can keep track of them by looking at your clauses. They will only appear after the player has actually come through their system, but it's just in case you miss the original message. 

[dllu]

30 minutes ago, scousevasey said:

I would be happy if some midfielders managed one goal in 5. And you are disappointed in that ratio for a GK... Different worlds

Chilavert and Campos are probably the most famous scoring keepers. According to Wikipedia, they scored on average every 12.7 and 16.4 matches, respectively. Some managers are just never statisfied...  

( But seriously, I love me a good scoring GK myself. I always have my own keepers play SK attack and take all penalties and free kicks in all my saves.  )

Edited August 6, 2020 by dllu

[Jimbokav1971]

16 minutes ago, scousevasey said:

I would be happy if some midfielders managed one goal in 5. And you are disappointed in that ratio for a GK... Different worlds

I promise you, sooner or later I'm going to get a GK who is going to smash 20+ goals a season. It's only been so poor recently because this bloke is significantly the best GK at the club and has been for about 4-5 seasons. 

[Jimbokav1971]

1 hour ago, rodesire said:

hows' that shiny new stadium looking?

We opened in the league with a nice little 4-4 draw. 

Here are the goals from a few different angles to show you what it's like. I've missed 1 of the goals I think, but this still gives you a few different views of the stadium. 

I love it. 

What a goal this next one is. 

This next goal shoes the small stand opposite the main stand. 

Serves them right for playing back from that position.

[Jimbokav1971]

21 minutes ago, dllu said:

Chilavert and Campos are probably the most famous scoring keepers. According to Wikipedia, they scored on average every 12.7 and 16.4 matches, respectively. Some managers are just never statisfied...  

You go wash your mouth out with soap young man! 

Mr Rogerio Ceni begs to differ. 

 

[TheMadMonk]

37 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

We opened in the league with a nice little 4-4 draw. 

Here are the goals from a few different angles to show you what it's like. I've missed 1 of the goals I think, but this still gives you a few different views of the stadium. 

I love it. 

 

I probably missed the update - but did they name it after you ?

[Jimbokav1971]

5 hours ago, TheMadMonk said:

I probably missed the update - but did they name it after you ?

Sorry, I think I was so upset I couldn't bring myself to talk about it. 

No they didn't. 

There are 3 people rated 100 on the Favoured personnel screen. 

I was the 1st one on there but then Robbie Nash joined me. I should have released him before then because although he is now retired, he is also "permanent" with me, while (39a) Harri (Pro) * is not permanent. 

They can't name a stadium after Robbie Nash. 

But they also can't name a stadium after me. 

This is 1 of the few things I have never managed to do in the game so I'm really interested in it. I will keep an eye on this and see if it ever changes to "can name stadium after person". 

Edited August 6, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[_Ben_]

14 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Just take a few averages for now to start to build the picture of the importance of these things - I don't know the exact names of the levels at each number, so they are in brackets:

Junior Coaching

• Average PA at >5 (very poor?) = 17
• Average PA between 6 and 10 (average?) = 39
• Average PA between 11 and 15 (good?)  = 87
• Average PA above 16 (very good/exceptional?) = 92

Youth Recruitment

• Average PA at >10 (average?) = 48.8
• Average PA at <10 (good?) = 96.9

Club starting point

• Average PA at Tier 9 = 80.8

----

Let's see how that changes - particularly when we start to look at players you've produced at tier 8,7,6 and so on...

 

Edited August 6, 2020 by _Ben_

[Jimbokav1971]

After the question from @TheMadMonkI've decided to have a look at English clubs and see if I can find any players who their club can name a stadium after and work out what might be the trigger. 

Premier League. 

Arsenal have 10x 100 level names and 9 of them are permanent. Herbert Chapman & Arsene Wenger can both have stadiums named after them. That's no good to me though because they would have been in the original database. I want to find one that has triggered since the game started. 

Aston Villa have 6x 100 level names and all 6 are permanent. Ron Saunders, George Ramsey, William McGregor, & Paul McGrath can all have stadiums named after them. Again, they are all historic names. 

AFC Bournemouth have 3x 100 level names and all 3 are permanent. None of them can have a stadium named after them, (not even Eddie Howe who I was particularly interested in). 

Brighton. 5x 100 names, 3x permanent, 0x stadium named. 

Bristol City. 5x 100 names, 4x permanent, 0x stadium named. Jimmy McIlroy & Harry Potts can have stadiums named after them, (both historic). 

Burnley. 7x 100 names, 7x permanent, Jimmy McIlroy & Harry Potts can have stadiums named after them, (both historic). 

Chelsea. 8x 100 names, 7x permanent, (Jose only at 80), 0 stadium named. (Not Frank or JT seems strange).

Crystal Palace. 5x 100 names, 5x permanent, 0 stadium named. 

Derby County. 4x 100 names, 2x permanent, 0 stadium named.

Everton. 8x 100 names, 8x permanent, Dixie Dean can have stadium named after him. 

Leeds Utd. 8x 100 names, 8x permanent, 0 stadium named. 

Leicester City. (This is the one I'm waiting for. Can Vardy have a stadium named after him?). 8x 100 names, 8x permanent, Vichai & Claudio Ranieri can have stadium named after them but NOT Vardy. That would have been pre-set in game so that's no good either. I'm just looking for 1 that has been added since the start of the game. 

Liverpool. How about Klopp? 12x 100 names, 12x permanent, 0 stadium named. 

Man City. 13x 100 names, 14x permanent, 0 stadium named.

Man Utd. 15x 100 names, 13x permanent, Giggs, Bobby, Fergie, Busby, Cantona can have stadium named after them but are all historic. 

Newcastle Utd. 7x 100 names, 6x permanent, quite a few stadium names but all historic. 

Sheffield Utd. 4x 100 names, 3x permanent, 0 stadium named.

Spurs. 6x 100 names, 5x permanent, 0 stadium named. 

West Brom. 6x 100 names, 4x permanent, 0 stadium named.

Wolves. 4x 100 names, 4x permanent, 0 stadium named. 

There are no current Premier League clubs that have the potential to name a new stadium after a player/staff member that has been at that club since the start of the game. 

 

[Jimbokav1971]

Aug 2041. 

League 2. Only 1 loss in the opening month, but too many draws is costing us. 

Cup games. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Something that I've noticed when looking at our best ex-players, is that they are all foreign, (or most of them anyway). 

(30a) James (DMA) * might be representing England, but he was born in Dominica. 

(34a) Nieminen (FIN) (Driven)* is from Finland. 

(31a) Liam Watts (FIN) * is from Finland. 

(37b) Júnior (POR) F.Det * is from Portugal. 

(36a) Sani (NGA) (L.Heart) * is from Nigeria.

(28c) Ryan Chance (JAM) plays for Jamaica, but was actually born in Irchester. 

(39b) JFC (ESP) (Perf) 5'10" * is from Spain. 

(33b) Dean Cooke (Pro) * is English and was born in Irchester. 

(37c) Komba (TAN) * is from Tanzania. 

(34c) Guy Bacon (Driven) * is English and was born in Irchester. 

Further down the list we have (35a) Liriano (NED)(DOM)Pro * who was born in Holland and (36d) Rey Thomas (BEL)(F.Det)* who was born in Belgium.

In hindsight, it's these players that have been the significant players through the Academy and it's strange that so many of them are from abroad. 

[Thebaker]

how many of those permanent legends have been created since the start of your game, are any of them new or are they all historic?

[Jimbokav1971]

[Jimbokav1971]

5 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

how many of those permanent legends have been created since the start of your game, are any of them new or are they all historic?

There were a few. I didn't check how many but I know that there was a player at Chelsea I had never heard of. Let's use him as an example. 

I know all the legends except for Pedri, (who is a 17yo kid in real life), who plays at Barcelona. 

He had a good time at Chelsea. 

And is permanently on the list. 

We know that you can get on the list permanently because I've done it, (and Robbie Nash has too), at Irchester, but as yet I haven;t found anyone who has managed to trigger that "can name a stadium after person" box.

 

[Jimbokav1971]

[Jimbokav1971]

Sep 2041.

League 2. I'm really happy with how things are progressing in the league. We might not be hitting the heights we were at this time last season, (where we won the opening 8 games I think), but this is more measured, more realistic and I feel like I'm in control. Just 1 loss is important, (by a single goal, and it was away), and while I know that the FM Gods see everything and will now ensure that we lose the next home game, it still had to be said because I want to have a "proper" home record now we are back in Irchester rather than playing in Kettering or Northampton. 

Cup games. I rotated all outfield players and that's going to stay largely the same for Cup games, (but FA Cup games might be different depending on how I feel).

[Jimbokav1971]

New licence. Oct 2041. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Oct 2041. 

League 2. We lost for a 2nd time in the league, (both away), and while we are still drawing too many games, the fact that our GK missed not 1 but 2 penalties this month, (he's now 0/3 this season), cost us 2 point against Shrewsbury and 2 points against Wycombe. I really need to sell him and get someone else in. 

Cup games. We rotated the outfield X as usual and they were too strong for a young Arsenal side. 

[Jimbokav1971]

2nd fine of the season. Nov 2041. 

6 yellow cards and 1 red card. We won 2-0.

[Jimbokav1971]

Nov 2041.

League 2. Unfortunately our unbeaten home record is gone, so we start again. I really want "unbeaten at home" to be a thing. Despite that, we have been in great form although I still think that our left hand side, (both left back and left wing), and our strikers need strengthening. 

Cup games. We should have beaten Guiseley away, and we were almost made to pay in the return leg before squeezing through. The Leasing.com trophy is REALLY not a priority and I completely rotated all outfield players against Bromley so no shame there. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Facilities. Dec 2041. 

Obviously I really want to get the next lot of facilities building straight away, but I'm afraid that our finances just aren't up to it. 

On that note we need to look at clauses with deals, and hope that there is 1 available for that young Spanish centre-half. 

No suck luck. 

(39b) JFC (ESP) (Perf) 5'10" * is just starting to break into the Valencia side aged 19, and I think he's going to be very good indeed. 

Notts Co are now offering £71k for our 15% profit share of (40c) Paul Stovell (F.Amb), meaning that they would have to sell him for approx £400k for us to earn that. In view of his estimated cost, I think we will hang on to our 15% profit for the time being. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2041. 

You know I love everything Youth Intake related, but I find this one especially interesting. 

• An attacking midfielder we should keep a very close eye on. 
• We have 1 good Welsh AM from Merthyr who has caught the eye. 

I'm guessing that both these positives relate to 1 single player, but there could be 2 AM's coming through. With that in mind, we don't use an AM in our system and we would prefer that we didn't get any through the intake, so let's have a look at the HoYD and see why?  I appointed him in 2035 because I was sick of looking at @_Ben_'s thread and being embarrassed that I hadn't even bothered to look at mine. He was the best I could find with a good personality. Last season was perhaps the 1st poor intake in the whole save, and I think that was possibly down largely to the Nationalities, (which completely perplexes me), so I don't think there is any reason to be too critical of the HoYD here. Bit we had an AM come through last season and there is another coming through this system, and we play with a 442 and the HoYD prefers a 442 and even his 2nd favourite formation is 4141, (so no AM again), so maybe it's just a bit random but that still doesn't make sense to me. Why are we developing players who don't suit the senior system? 

• This is an excellent group of players coming through. 

I don't mind that it's not labelled as a Golden Generation at all. That means absolutely nothing and I have seen a complete load of pish come through as a Golden Generation and also had intakes not listed as Golden Generations be very good. Still, I will take positive feedback in this area ahead of no positive feedback. 

• We don't have any great numbers of players coming through in any single position. 

Well that should be in green surely shouldn't it? We don't want an unbalanced squad coming through. We really want a "match" squad coming through that covers all positions including the bench, (but ideally only 1 GK). 

• We have no DM's coming through. 

Good. We don't use a DM. I don't really understand why this isn't in green. They know we play 442 and this report from the DoF should be able to look at our history and appreciate that we have never played anything other than 442 when we have had 11 players on the pitch. 

• We haven't any new WB's coming through. 

Again, see the previous point. We play 442. We play with full-backs rather than wing-backs. I'm delighted with this. 

• The full-backs coming through are not the best. 

Ok, that's not great news, but we will just have to see exactly how good they are, (or aren't). We're weak in this area, (especially on the left), and our young right-back is starting to attract the attention of other clubs.

• Most of the new MC's do not look they will ever be good enough for the Senior team. 

Call me Mr Positive, but that suggests that at least 1 of them will be good enough to play in the Senior Team. That's positive! No? 

• The next crop of wide midfielders do not look like great prospects. 

Well ok, that's not great. (We use wingers in the ML/MR slots). We will just have to see what's what when they come through. 

• There are few good wingers in general. 

Again, I'm not greedy. I would love a left winger, but I'm easily pleased and I would be quite happy with a good right winger. just 1. 

• Most of our strikers coming through look like they will fall short of the required standard. 

Again, I'm being Mr Positive here but if we get just 1 good striker then I will be delighted. 

If we were to get 1 good striker, 1 good winger, (ideally left but who cares), and 1 good AMC who I can shoe-horn into playing somewhere else, then this could be a great intake. I think we look at the colour, don't see loads of green and just assume it's complete pish! It might be, but it doesn't have to be. 

[scousevasey]

7 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

There were a few. I didn't check how many but I know that there was a player at Chelsea I had never heard of. Let's use him as an example. 

I know all the legends except for Pedri, (who is a 17yo kid in real life), who plays at Barcelona. 

He had a good time at Chelsea. 

And is permanently on the list. 

We know that you can get on the list permanently because I've done it, (and Robbie Nash has too), at Irchester, but as yet I haven;t found anyone who has managed to trigger that "can name a stadium after person" box.

 

Is it worth looking at the different leagues and the lists of stadiums for each team in game to see if anyone has one with a name you don't recognise, then going in to see if it was triggered? In terms of saving time

[Jimbokav1971]

5 minutes ago, scousevasey said:

Is it worth looking at the different leagues and the lists of stadiums for each team in game to see if anyone has one with a name you don't recognise, then going in to see if it was triggered? In terms of saving time

With the frequency of clubs building new stadiums, (not very often), I thought it better to look for clubs who had the ability to name a new stadium after someone new rather than one who had actually done so. 

I started at the Premier League and will look at other leagues as and when. I'm certainly not done with it. 

[dllu]

11 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

You go wash your mouth out with soap young man! 

Mr Rogerio Ceni begs to differ. 

 

Rogerio who?

 

[Jimbokav1971]

@scousevaseyActually you might have hit on something. 

The club I was most keen to look at was Bournemouth & Liverpool because of Eddie Howe and Jurgen Klopp. Bournemouth hadn't been relegated when the game started and Liverpool hadn;t won their 1st title in decades, (even though I know they did in game too). When I looked at Eddie Howe on the Bournemouth list it said that he couldn;t have a stadium named after him and I was surprised, but you made me go back and check and the reason that he can't is because he already has. 

Bournemouth moved into the Eddie Howe Stadium in 2023, (but I suspect he was already listed like that in the game so it's still not new). 
Everton moved into the Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium in 2024. 

I've just looked at the Championship and 0 new staff eligible to have a new stadium named after them. 

Forest moved into the Brian Clough stadium in 2027, 
FGR moved into Paul Hunt Park in 2025. 
Luton moved into Power Court in 2020. 

Looking at League 1 now. There are 0 new staff eligible to have a new stadium named after them. 

Bolton moved into the Nat Lofthouse stadium in 2031.
Bristol Rovers moved into Alfie Biggs Park in 2040.
Crewe moved into the Dario Gradi Stadium in 2041.
Peterborough moved into the Noel Cantwell Stadium in 2024. 

[Pompeyboyz]

Just as a matter of interest from a personal perspective but also to help you a little, whats the current situation with Portsmouth and their ground?  Still at Fratton Park with a capacity of about 20k?.  Who has the 100% now?  Have they made any moves in the leagues?

[Jimbokav1971]

6 minutes ago, Pompeyboyz said:

Just as a matter of interest from a personal perspective but also to help you a little, whats the current situation with Portsmouth and their ground?  Still at Fratton Park with a capacity of about 20k?.  Who has the 100% now?  Have they made any moves in the leagues?

Portsmouth are currently 18th in the Championship. and have spent most of the save there. 

This is their favoured personnel list. 

They are still at Fratton Park with a capacity of 20,669. 

[Pompeyboyz]

Nothing changed in the 100% market there.  A few I don't recognise below it though

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2041.

[Jimbokav1971]

Dec 2041.

League 2. 4 away games and 1 home game is a tough month and it doesn't feel like the 1st time I have thought that, but that's just the way the season goes sometimes. We're scoring a decent amount of goals, but we're just conceding too many. 

Cup games. I actually prioritised this game and gave ourselves the best chance, but Oldham are flying high.(3rd in League 1), and were just too strong for us. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Transfer bid. Jan 2042. 

We're £428k overdrawn  and there doesn't seem to be any sign of our ex Spanish youngster being the answer to our financial woes in the near future, so an offer like this needs to be considered. His contract expires in 18 months, but I have a sneaky +2 years clause in there so there is no immediate need to sell if I don't want to. There are a few other clubs interested so I think I will hold off for a while. I just don't like being overdrawn in case the board decide to involve themselves in any bids we receive.