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

[Jimbokav1971]

Season Summary updated. May 2027. 

This is what the real FA Vase looks like. 

FA Vase. 

I may have failed to get promotion, (again), but we have our 2nd Cup Trophy and I am back on the favoured personnel list again, (hopefully permanently this time). 

Parkinson (ATG) was an inherited striker who was the 1st player to score 100 goals for us. I've just clicked on him for the 1st time since he retired and he's actually an unemployed DoF. His personality is Driven and he's good for this level. I'm obviously going to see if I can get rid of our current DoF, (no idea who it even is), and replace him with this bloke. @mattyjames_suggested this recently and it was something that I had in mind for later, but now would seem to be the perfect time to start. 

(21a) Keith Moore (WAL) was prolific for us for 4 seasons, but he's dropped in the pecking order now and hardly got a game this season. 

(20a) Aaron Higginson 6'1" is our 1st choice starting centre-half. He's scored 19 goals this season, (many with his head), and his heading ability of just 5 suggests that it's quite reasonable for us to improve in this area. There is a school of thought, (that I am not sold on at the moment), that suggests that Off the Ball is a key attribute in making the most of set-pieces and as that attribute is just 3, there is also scope for improvement here. 

[Edit]

He's based in Antigua & Barbuda and won't join us despite the fact that both me and the club are on his favoured list. 

Looks like I'm looking for a new DoF now. 

Edited July 5, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

New record. Aug 2027. 

[Jimbokav1971]

New record. Sep 2027.

[Jimbokav1971]

 

[metallimuse]

13 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Positive personalities(ish). (Please note that these are not positive personalities. They are just personalities, some of which are significantly flawed, that will be of benefit to us at this stage of the save). 

F.Sport is not a good personality, but it serves a purpose at the moment because it has a min Det level of 10. Ambition might be low, but could be as high as 14. Pro might be low, but might be as high as 15. 

F.Loyal is not a good personality, but it serves a purpose at the moment because it has a min Amb level of 8 and might be as high as 14. det might be low, but can't be lower than 6 and could be as high as 15. Pro could be as high as 17. 

F.Amb is not a good personality, but it serves a purpose at the moment because it has a min Amb level of 15 and could be as high as 20. Pro could also be as high as 17. 

Sport is not a good personality. It is however an easy fix. We can see what the Det value is and all we have to do is get the Det to 10 and then the personality will pop to something else. 

Spirit us not a good personality. The Pro levels are already good though, and Det is visible so it should be easy to manage. 

Where is it that you get info like this from? The PA variants I mean?

[Jimbokav1971]

2 minutes ago, metallimuse said:

Where is it that you get info like this from? The PA variants I mean?

I just googled something like "FM20 Personality templates"

Here is the link to the this one.

https://www.yekbot.com/football-manager-2019-player-personality-guide/

[Jimbokav1971]

 

[OlivierL]

Some sheets I created after reading some similar stuff. sorry Jimbo , don't want to mess with your topic. I use these for my Paris FC save.

Edited July 5, 2020 by OlivierL

[Jimbokav1971]

Looks good @OlivierLbut you might have to explain things a little. 

[OlivierL]

1 minute ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Looks good @OlivierLbut you might have to explain things a little. 

No problem, will do tomorrow. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2027.

[Jimbokav1971]

 

[OlivierL]

10 hours ago, OlivierL said:

Some sheets I created after reading some similar stuff. sorry Jimbo , don't want to mess with your topic. I use these for my Paris FC save.

I found a list with all the personalities and media handling types with their hidden stats for Ambition - Professionalism and determination. They all have fixed ranges like 1-20 for ambition , 1-20 for Prof , 1-20 for Det. 

For example  , Balanced :  1-20 on everything. So u can have a player with balanced personality with Ambition , Prof and Det on 1 . Or u can have a player with 15 on everything etc.

But There are personalities with fixed Amb - Prof or Determination on 15-17 or 17-20 . Players with those personalities have much bigger chances of having higher hidden stats. So thats what i calculated in above spreadsheets. The left column is for developing youth players , a average % on Pro - Det and Amb. And the right colum for senior players , They need different things like pressure etc.

I can go more in detail on request. Some of the details are in my topic save . I'm tracking the development of my youth intake players and i hope to find some proof that for example, 'Mercenary' is a good development personality.

[Jimbokav1971]

 

[Jimbokav1971]

16 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2027.

Youth Intake day. Mar 2028.

Squad by PA.

Nations already represented in Youth Intakes. 

New Nations represented in this Youth Intake.      

The PA of the intakes at this stage of the save are largely irrelevant, (because we play on a bog and train in a park, part-time), but the CA is significant and from a personal point of view the number of new Nationalities is also significant. I have never had a player from PNG before. 

As @rrozek93commented last season, a number of our players once again have Det/Amb issues. 9 of the 16 have a Det vale of 5 or less and 4 players have an unambitious personality. On the plus side there are no slack or casual personalities. 

The level of player we are producing now is ridiculously good now, if only we can keep them. 5 of last seasons intake have already been poached by other clubs. 

Here are some of the better players from this intake. 

(28e) Sunday Solomon (NGA) looks great. I'm just not sure when I'm going to play him. (The truth he I will play him anywhere he wants!)  We have a good player in the RCM position at the moment, so maybe I play him as a RM somewhere. Maybe I even push him forward into the AMR slot and experiment with him as a RMD(a). It's not possible to do that though. I would love it if I selected him to play in the tactic in the MR position that is preset to W(s), that he be moved forward to the AMR slot. It's frustrating that the tactical instructions won't let you do that. Maybe the answer is WP(a)? Any thoughts from anyone? To be honest though, he will probably get snapped up straight away so does it really matter? 

(28b) Said Tembo (ZAN) is immediately our best centre-half. He has low Det and Amb, but if he's already our best centre-half right now does it really matter? 

(28d) Christopher Tetteh (GHA) has some great physical ability, (and I love that PPM), but again, I'm not really sure how to play him. His crossing is poor, but so is his passing. WP and WM are both our because of his passing. His crossing rules out W and DW. Maybe the answer is IW? I still like him though and I also quite like that I'm going to have to use him differently to get the best out of him. 

(28i) Milos Jirasek (CZE) is a really interesting one. Just look at those double-figure physical attributes. We're in Tier 9. That makes him an absolute beast at this level. If I can fix his Det and stick in a couple of PPM's I will absolutely love this bloke. 

[RoguPL]

The youths are better and better  

Looking forward to league promotion soon as well. 

[metallimuse]

I’m fascinated that you keep getting so many different nationalities in your intakes, I’ve never experienced anything like that myself.

I don’t manage in England ever though and I suppose it is a very multicultural society.

[Jimbokav1971]

1 minute ago, metallimuse said:

I’m fascinated that you keep getting so many different nationalities in your intakes, I’ve never experienced anything like that myself.

I don’t manage in England ever though and I suppose it is a very multicultural society.

I haven't either, but I'm absolutely loving it. If I had to describe what Nationalities I would see coming through the intake in Irchester in real life I would have said, ENG, IRE, SCO, WAL & NIR as normal, but possibly POL, ROU & THA. It's not a hugely culturally diverse place, although Wellingborough is the local Town and that's much more so. The intakes I'm getting make me think I'm back in London. I'm guessing that it's linked to the edited database and that something has been changed, but i have absolutely no idea what. 

[Jimbokav1971]

5 minutes ago, rrozek93 said:

The youths are better and better  

Looking forward to league promotion soon as well. 

The current season isn't over, but we have already been promoted, so next season we will be playing at Tier 8. We should have been promoted before now I think, but have just been a little unlucky in 1 season where we came up against a really strong champion and 2nd place doesn't get you promoted, and then last season we blew it and should have won it at the death. 

Anyway, this will make it 2 promotions and 2 Cup wins so I can't complain. 

[RoguPL]

19 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

The current season isn't over, but we have already been promoted, so next season we will be playing at Tier 8. We should have been promoted before now I think, but have just been a little unlucky in 1 season where we came up against a really strong champion and 2nd place doesn't get you promoted, and then last season we blew it and should have won it at the death. 

Anyway, this will make it 2 promotions and 2 Cup wins so I can't complain. 

Nice Congrats ! I don't know what the level difference will be in Tier 8  comparing Tier 9 but usually in lower leagues it's very similar. With your youths you might be able to advance further, quicker. 

[Jimbokav1971]

4 minutes ago, rrozek93 said:

Nice Congrats ! I don't know what the level difference will be in Tier 8  comparing Tier 9 but usually in lower leagues it's very similar. With your youths you might be able to advance further, quicker. 

Possibly. I'm just taking it nice and easy and enjoying the ride. 

[Jimbokav1971]

 

[Jimbokav1971]

International call-ups. Mar 2028. 

I've had players called up before, but I'm not sure that I remember anyone ever being unavailable for a game because of an International call-up until now. 

Here are the players who have received International recognition. 

[Nobby_McDonald]

The geography is screwed in this game when you've had 1874 Northwich, AFC Liverpool and AFC Darwen in the United Counties League.

[Jimbokav1971]

58 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said:

The geography is screwed in this game when you've had 1874 Northwich, AFC Liverpool and AFC Darwen in the United Counties League.

Good spot. I hadn't even considered that. 

[deez0r]

Started a tier 11 myself. Any tips? Be a lot of crap Jimbo's hitting penalties and free kicks 😂

[Jimbokav1971]

Season Summary. Apr 2028.

This is what the real trophy looks like. 

United Counties Premier Division. 

Final League Table. 

FA Cup. Scarborough are a National league side so 3 leagues above us, so no disgrace losing 1-0 to them. 

FA Vase. A little frustrated to not go further in this, but we've won it before so it's not a huge deal. 

United Counties League Cup. I wasn't expecting to crash out of this so early, but our focus was on the league.

Goal-scoring keepers. After his free-kick exploits last season I decided to give (24k) Miranda (COL) another season. He did well enough to see us promoted as Champions, but (27b) Waumsley is the new man in town now. 

Overall Best XI. 

Awards.

Squad by Appearances. 

Discipline. 

Finances. 

Facilities. 

Transfers. There were some big losses in terms of players leaving this season. 

(25a) Paul Russon-Rubie has joined Reading in the Championship. 

(27d) Unwin joined Accrington in League 1. 

(27a) Haynes joined Shrewsbury in League 1. 

(28b) Said Tembo (ZAN) 6'0" has joined Scunthorpe in League 1. He's only just come through the intake and we have lost him already. 

Tracker. 

Records. 

Edited July 6, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[Jimbokav1971]

2 minutes ago, deez0r said:

Started a tier 11 myself. Any tips? Be a lot of crap Jimbo's hitting penalties and free kicks 😂

Any tips for a Youth Only Tier 11 save? (I'm assuming it's Youth Only).

• Always look at the longer term rather than the short-term. 
• Don't get too attached to players. (They can be nicked at any time). 
• Don't worry too much about player getting nicked. (There will be another 16 along shortly). 
• Concentrate on upgrading Youth Recruitment and Junior Coaching.
• Don't get too caught up in positive personalities. (You're not going to have many). 
• Don't discard good CA players just because of poor PA and/or personality. 
• Don't select players based on PA. Your players are not going to reach their PA, (because your facilities are so rubbish and they are playing at a rubbish level). 

[Thebaker]

whilst usually unambitious is bad, for you surely this is good since they are less likely to want to leave.

[deez0r]

8 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Any tips for a Youth Only Tier 11 save? (I'm assuming it's Youth Only).

• Always look at the longer term rather than the short-term. 
• Don't get too attached to players. (They can be nicked at any time). 
• Don't worry too much about player getting nicked. (There will be another 16 along shortly). 
• Concentrate on upgrading Youth Recruitment and Junior Coaching.
• Don't get too caught up in positive personalities. (You're not going to have many). 
• Don't discard good CA players just because of poor PA and/or personality. 
• Don't select players based on PA. Your players are not going to reach their PA, (because your facilities are so rubbish and they are playing at a rubbish level). 

Thanks sir! Some good tips there!

[Jimbokav1971]

6 minutes ago, Thebaker said:

whilst usually unambitious is bad, for you surely this is good since they are less likely to want to leave.

That seems like a very fair point, but I wonder if I look at the player who have left, what their Ambition levels will be? 

(20a) Aaron Higginson 6'1" has a balanced personality and Amb of 12. 

The other 2 are no longer in the game. 

(22n) Jack Kift (WAL) has a balanced personality and Amb of 8.

(22j) Decl Llewellyn (WAL) has a balanced personality and Amb of 10.
(22n) Jack Kift (WAL) has a balanced personality and Amb of 8.
(22i) Ilan Duckett (WAL) has a balanced personality and Amb of 7.

(24g) Martin Black (SCO) has a Low Selb Belief personality and Amb of 10.

(25c) Trevor Gibbons-Hicks has a F.Amb personality and Amb of 15. 
(25e) Jason Higginson has an Unambitious personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 11).
(25d) Simon King (WAL) has a Low Det personality and Amb of 3, (and loyalty of 9).

(26c) Bennett has a F.Det personality and Amb of 11, (and loyalty of 16).
(26b) Leiweke (USA) has a Merc personality and Amb of 17.
(26e) Pratama (IDN) has a Bal personality and Amb of 11. 
(23a) Danny Sheedy (IRL) has a F.Det personality  and Amb of 7, (and loyalty of 11).

(27f) Foday Sarr (GAM) has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 16).
(25a) Paul Russon-Rubie has an Unamb personality and Amb of 5, (and loyalty of 14). 
(27d) Unwin has a Bal personality and Amb of 9, (and loyalty of 13). 
(26a) McDonald has a F.Det personality and Amb of 12, (and loyalty of 11).
(27e) Clif Williams (BRB) 6'4" has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 14).
(27c) Dent-Carpenter 6'2" has a Bal personality and Amb of 12, (and loyalty of 12).
(27a) Haynes has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 12).
(27j) Dave Whelan has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 15).

(28b) Said Tembo (ZAN) 6'0" has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4. (and Loyalty of 11). 
(28l) Jim Turnbull (AUS) (MLT) has a L.Det personality and Amb of 9, (and Loyalty of 12).
(28e) Sunday Solomon (NGA) has a L.Det personality and Amb of 9, (and loyalty of 12).
(28f) Adam Jenkins has a F.Pro personality and Amb of 12, (and loyalty of 14). 
(28i) Milos Jirasek (CZE) has a L.Det personality and Amb of 7, (and loyalty of 13).
(28d) Christopher Tetteh (GHA) has a Realist personality and Amb of 13, (and loyalty of 11).
(27h) Gary Gorman (IRL) has a F.Det personality and Amb of 19, (and loyalty of 17).

That's a list of all the players who have moved directly to other clubs from our clubs in this save so far. What's important is that these aren't players who have been at the club for a while and haven't really had a chance and feel it's time to move on. The last couple of years especially have been 16 and 17 year olds who are already playing Senior football, (in a winning team going for silverware), and they still choose to leave.

Let me apologise right at the outset here and say that I really appreciate everyone who reads my threads and even more so those who go out of their way to comment in them. @Thebaker is a regular contributor in my threads and I really appreciate his interest and apologise if this part of the post comes across off in a negative way. It's nothing negative towards him personally but I think a lot of us see "labels" in the game and descriptions and even statements of fact, ("players with a good penalty taking attribute will be a good player to take penalties" or whatever the wording is), and unfortunately a lot of it is not accurate, but believed. In this instance we have the definition of Ambition, (I know what the real definition of Amb is but don't even know if it exists in the game anymore), and the suggestion that it's going to have an impact in this case. 

It might have an impact if a player were being courted by a similar reputation club in the same league or a league at the same/similar level, but to suggest that a player is not going to leave and go and play at a club at a higher level, particularly when he signed on a non-contract basis is just wrong. 

I have been as guilty of this type of thinking as everyone else, and it's actually hard to not be trusting and believe everything that the game, (and other people), tell you , but I believe what I can prove now, and what I have seen with my own eyes. I have never seen a player turn down a move to a club at a higher level, thought it strange and then looked at the player and then thought, "yeah, that's because he has a decent loyalty score or a low Amb score. It just does not work like that. The truth is that if I set myself up as a team in the Championship and edited a player to have 1 Amb and 20 Loyalty but 200 PA, he would leave at the drop of a hat when the Premier league boys came calling. Yes of course it influences things, but not to the extent that a player would turn down a move to a higher level. I really believe this strongly. 

I think @_Ben_, might be in a position to comment on this because of the tracking he does, @Makoto Nakamurahas done more Youth Only seasons than the rest of us put together and @deez0ris doing a similar save so he might be interested. 

Again, apologies to @Thebakerif it feels I have jumped on your post. (I hope it doesn't because I promise it's not meant that way), but I think you raise and enormously important point and I think it's a really common area that many get wrong. 

[deez0r]

4 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

That seems like a very fair point, but I wonder if I look at the player who have left, what their Ambition levels will be? 

(20a) Aaron Higginson 6'1" has a balanced personality and Amb of 12. 

The other 2 are no longer in the game. 

(22n) Jack Kift (WAL) has a balanced personality and Amb of 8.

(22j) Decl Llewellyn (WAL) has a balanced personality and Amb of 10.
(22n) Jack Kift (WAL) has a balanced personality and Amb of 8.
(22i) Ilan Duckett (WAL) has a balanced personality and Amb of 7.

(24g) Martin Black (SCO) has a Low Selb Belief personality and Amb of 10.

(25c) Trevor Gibbons-Hicks has a F.Amb personality and Amb of 15. 
(25e) Jason Higginson has an Unambitious personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 11).
(25d) Simon King (WAL) has a Low Det personality and Amb of 3, (and loyalty of 9).

(26c) Bennett has a F.Det personality and Amb of 11, (and loyalty of 16).
(26b) Leiweke (USA) has a Merc personality and Amb of 17.
(26e) Pratama (IDN) has a Bal personality and Amb of 11. 
(23a) Danny Sheedy (IRL) has a F.Det personality  and Amb of 7, (and loyalty of 11).

(27f) Foday Sarr (GAM) has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 16).
(25a) Paul Russon-Rubie has an Unamb personality and Amb of 5, (and loyalty of 14). 
(27d) Unwin has a Bal personality and Amb of 9, (and loyalty of 13). 
(26a) McDonald has a F.Det personality and Amb of 12, (and loyalty of 11).
(27e) Clif Williams (BRB) 6'4" has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 14).
(27c) Dent-Carpenter 6'2" has a Bal personality and Amb of 12, (and loyalty of 12).
(27a) Haynes has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 12).
(27j) Dave Whelan has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4, (and loyalty of 15).

(28b) Said Tembo (ZAN) 6'0" has an Unamb personality and Amb of 4. (and Loyalty of 11). 
(28l) Jim Turnbull (AUS) (MLT) has a L.Det personality and Amb of 9, (and Loyalty of 12).
(28e) Sunday Solomon (NGA) has a L.Det personality and Amb of 9, (and loyalty of 12).
(28f) Adam Jenkins has a F.Pro personality and Amb of 12, (and loyalty of 14). 
(28i) Milos Jirasek (CZE) has a L.Det personality and Amb of 7, (and loyalty of 13).
(28d) Christopher Tetteh (GHA) has a Realist personality and Amb of 13, (and loyalty of 11).
(27h) Gary Gorman (IRL) has a F.Det personality and Amb of 19, (and loyalty of 17).

That's a list of all the players who have moved directly to other clubs from our clubs in this save so far. What's important is that these aren't players who have been at the club for a while and haven't really had a chance and feel it's time to move on. The last couple of years especially have been 16 and 17 year olds who are already playing Senior football, (in a winning team going for silverware), and they still choose to leave.

Let me apologise right at the outset here and say that I really appreciate everyone who reads my threads and even more so those who go out of their way to comment in them. @Thebaker is a regular contributor in my threads and I really appreciate his interest and apologise if this part of the post comes across off in a negative way. It's nothing negative towards him personally but I think a lot of us see "labels" in the game and descriptions and even statements of fact, ("players with a good penalty taking attribute will be a good player to take penalties" or whatever the wording is), and unfortunately a lot of it is not accurate, but believed. In this instance we have the definition of Ambition, (I know what the real definition of Amb is but don't even know if it exists in the game anymore), and the suggestion that it's going to have an impact in this case. 

It might have an impact if a player were being courted by a similar reputation club in the same league or a league at the same/similar level, but to suggest that a player is not going to leave and go and play at a club at a higher level, particularly when he signed on a non-contract basis is just wrong. 

I have been as guilty of this type of thinking as everyone else, and it's actually hard to not be trusting and believe everything that the game, (and other people), tell you , but I believe what I can prove now, and what I have seen with my own eyes. I have never seen a player turn down a move to a club at a higher level, thought it strange and then looked at the player and then thought, "yeah, that's because he has a decent loyalty score or a low Amb score. It just does not work like that. The truth is that if I set myself up as a team in the Championship and edited a player to have 1 Amb and 20 Loyalty but 200 PA, he would leave at the drop of a hat when the Premier league boys came calling. Yes of course it influences things, but not to the extent that a player would turn down a move to a higher level. I really believe this strongly. 

I think @_Ben_, might be in a position to comment on this because of the tracking he does, @Makoto Nakamurahas done more Youth Only seasons than the rest of us put together and @deez0ris doing a similar save so he might be interested. 

Again, apologies to @Thebakerif it feels I have jumped on your post. (I hope it doesn't because I promise it's not meant that way), but I think you raise and enormously important point and I think it's a really common area that many get wrong. 

I definitely agree with the above to a certain degree and it has only really been since I did a couple of youth saves and really started to track personalities and the like. I have found it doesn't really matter if they are a mercenary or loyal the game tends to act in the same way regardless when it comes to players getting unhappy when clubs approach for them. The only thing it may affect is their development in terms of some of their stats!

[Thebaker]

at the level you are at, ambition and loyalty do not count for anything. Almost all the players listed are going at least 2 divisions higher and to professional clubs which is also a huge draw. The other players are going back to clubs in their own country which is another deciding factor.

Its when players go to clubs one level below or above or a similar rep club that the ambition and loyalty have an effect. i have seen players refuse moves to teams in a higher division but they generally are older first team players offered lower team status or wages. Young players almost never will.

i don't know what a devoted player would do since i have never seen one

[Jimbokav1971]

1 minute ago, Thebaker said:

at the level you are at, ambition and loyalty do not count for anything. Almost all the players listed are going at least 2 divisions higher and to professional clubs which is also a huge draw. The other players are going back to clubs in their own country which is another deciding factor.

Its when players go to clubs one level below or above or a similar rep club that the ambition and loyalty have an effect. i have seen players refuse moves to teams in a higher division but they generally are older first team players offered lower team status or wages. Young players almost never will.

i don't know what a devoted player would do since i have never seen one

I will try and keep a track of who goes where as we get a little higher. 

The problem I have at the moment is that once it gets below Conference North/South I find it really hard to work out what Tier the league is at without clicking on structure and then the structure above and bla bla bla.

Once we get to the league Tier 7 it should be easier. 

[Jimbokav1971]

New records. Aug 2028.

[Jimbokav1971]

 

[Jimbokav1971]

New record. Sep 2028.

[Jimbokav1971]

 

[Jimbokav1971]

 

[RoguPL]

do you get your GK to train Free Kick attribute ? 

[Jimbokav1971]

14 minutes ago, rrozek93 said:

do you get your GK to train Free Kick attribute ? 

No. Because I think it has absolutely no impact on the result of a free-kick in exactly the same way that the penalty taking attribute has absolutely nothing to do with the result of penalties. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2028. 

[Jimbokav1971]

17 hours ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

Youth Intake preview. Dec 2028. 

Youth Intake day. Mar 2029.

It's still being classed as a "Golden Generation", but I'm significantly less than impressed, The CA is nowhere near as good as the last couple of intakes and my next post will show you the recent transfers and what we are up against. I really need the intake to be better than this at the moment in terms of CA. 

Squad by PPA. 

Nations already represented in previous Youth Intakes. 

New Nations represented in this Youth Intake.  (* Thanks to @nie jem frytek)

[Edit]

* Thanks to @nie jem frytekpaying attention, I now know that Angola is a new Nation in this intake. 

Edited July 8, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[nie jem frytek]

18 minutes ago, Jimbokav1971 said:

New Nations represented in this Youth Intake. None. Absolutely none. 

Angola looks new to me.

[Jimbokav1971]

5 minutes ago, nie jem frytek said:

Angola looks new to me.

Good shout that man. 

I had mixed up PNG and ANG, the flags and abbreviations are both similar.

You know, just that 1 simple little thing make this intake MUCH better. 

I will edit my post now. Thank You. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Staff Recruitment. Apr 2029. 

@mattyjames_commented a while ago that coaching staff can have an impact on the personality of players coming through the intake, but I want to show you what I'm up against. 

I have ranked them by Det. Here are the staff personalities in the same order. 

Balanced
Balanced
Unambitious
Balanced
Balanced
Mercenary
Sporting
Balanced
Temperamental
Mercenary
Low Determination
Unambitious
Balanced
Fairly Ambitious
Unambitious
Unambitious

I'm sure @OlivierLmade a comment about him liking Mercenary as a personality, (or something like that), but I can't find what he said, (I haven't looked that hard), but I'm afraid I don't agree. It could be decent, (because Amb is good we know that, but both Pro Det and Pro could be really bad). The good news is that we can see Det at least so it means that both Det and Amb are known(ish), so we need to only investigate and fix Pro. I can see what @OlivierLis doing now. It's very similar to what I do with Fickle. That's a good shout actually. It won't always be a good fit, but anything that has either Amb or Pro at known good levels is worth looking at. 

Looking at the above list, the to Merc has Det of 8 and the 2nd has Det of 6. It's not a good personality. It's REALLY not a good personality, but looking at what I have available here, the 1st Merc makes the shortlist simply because so many on the list are significantly worse. 

F.Amb has been highlighted as a "possible" relatively positive personality, (everything is relative remember), but although we know that Amb is good, (15-20), in this case we also know that Det is bad (3). The question is whether or not the Pro is any good. If it is then it still might be decent.

[Jimbokav1971]

Season Summary. Apr 2029.

BetVictor Isthmian South Central Division. We were pretty consistent all the way through the season. We generally scored pretty well, despite the turnover of players. We scored 8 in the league against Leicester Nirvana and then again against Ashford Utd in one of the Cups. 

Playoffs. We needed a GK penalty to squeeze past St Ives in the Semi, but hammered Yaxley in the Final. 

Quarter Finals. 

Semi-Finals.

Finals.

Final League Table. Maldon & Tiptree were also promoted, possibly suggesting how strong our league was. 

FA Cup. We had a player sent off as we crashed out to Boston Utd. 

FA Trophy. We had a player sent off in the replay against Worthing Utd. 

Alan Turvey Cup. Yep, you guessed it. We had a player sent off as Horsham knocked us out of this Cup too. That's 3 exits from 3 Cups and in each of them we received a red card after only getting 1 in the league all season. 

Goal-scoring keepers. (27b) Waumsley * finished the season on 14 goals and 11 assists with 100% record from 11 penalties and 3 free-kicks. 

Overall Best XI.

Awards.

Squad by Appearances. I personally think that 40 games is too many games in a season for an outfield player, so 47 games started for (25m) Luke Bennett (F.Pro) is way too many. The problem is that we just haven't produced that many strikers at all, and of those that have been produced, the best have left and it doesn't leave us with many options. That our GK was our 2nd top scorer and our centre-back was 3rd and our left winger 4th speaks volumes. The 2nd highest scoring striker was (21h) Sabbatus (LCA) (Driven) who scored 7 from 12(4) appearances, and that possibly suggests that I should have played him more. The reason that he didn't? 1.5 PPA. 

Discipline. When you only lose 4 league games all season, it's hard to be at the top of the yellow cards table.......... is what I was going to say until I realised that Needham Market topped both the League Table and the Yellow card table. That's not very common by the AI at all. They must be REALLY dirty. 

Finances. We're in the red. We are overdrawn at the bank to the tune of £27k. 

Facilities. There isn't really anything we can do here. I need to rise up the leagues AND have some Cup runs to generate some cash. 

Transfers. This quite simply is a disaster and is the only reason we needed the Playoffs rather than being promoted as Champions. We have been decimated for the last 2 seasons now. I'm not going to comment too much here about transfers because it deserves a post of it's own. 

Tracker. The significant thing here is the value of the club. It's dropped to just over £50k with is close to what it was 8 years ago. The reason for this is because as mentioned before, most of our best players have been nabbed and the squad has been absolutely decimated. 

Records. 

[Jimbokav1971]

Transfers. Jun 2029. 

Over the last 2 seasons our players have been completely pillaged by the higher leagues. 

From the 2026 intake we have lost the following players. We've lost 3 players that also are the top 3 ranked players by PPA. 

(26a) McDonald. Conference National. 
(26b) Leiweke (USA). League 2. 
(26c) Bennett. Lower League. 

From the 2027 intake we have lost the following players. We've lost 7 of the 16 players from this intake, including 6 of the top 8 ranked players.

(27a) Haynes. League 1. 
(27c) Dent-Carpenter 6'2". Conference National.
(27d) Unwin. League 2. 
(27e) Clif Williams (BRB) 6'4". Conference National.
(27f) Foday Sarr (GAM). Conference South, but has since moved onto League 2. 
(27h) Gary Gorman (IRL). Conference National.
(27j) Dave Whelan. Conference South. 

From the 2028 intake we have lost the following players. That's ridiculous. We've lost 11 of the 16 from this intake, including each of the top 10 ranked players. 

(28a) Bernemann (AUT) 6'2". Lower League.
(28b) Said Tembo (ZAN) 6'0". League 1.
(28c) Ryan Chance (JAM). League 1.
(28d) Christopher Tetteh (GHA). League 1.
(28e) Sunday Solomon (NGA). League 1.
(28f) Adam Jenkins. League 2.
(28g) Jason Verdi. Conference National.
(28h) Jon Brown (WAL). Conference National.
(28i) Milos Jirasek (CZE). Conference National.
(28j) James Allen (PNG) (Res). Conference North.
(28l) Jim Turnbull (AUS) (MLT). Conference National.

I have at least managed to get some of the lads back in. 

Edited July 9, 2020 by Jimbokav1971

[mattyjames_]

Some good performances in the league! Well done on the promotion. Hopefully more of your youthies will be inclined to stick around as you continue to rise through the ranks..?

[nie jem frytek]

I think 2026 Player Disc should be highlighted red and not green.