Football Manager 2020 [Archive] - Page 4

Sir Andy Mahowry

05-07-2020, 12:16 AM

Hermanos Colmenarez Season 2020/21:

So I came into the job at the exact halfway point and these are my results:

https://i.imgur.com/qOXWII4.png

Some great results but ULA having our number was annoying.

It left the league looking like this:

https://i.imgur.com/CeyS4FC.png

We managed to sneak into third which got us into the play-offs. There are 3 groups in the division with 3 teams in each division going into the playoffs. Two of the teams (third placed in two of the divisions, I don't know why the two other teams were chosen) faced off first to cut the field to 8 with 2 winners gaining promotion. As you can see we gained promotion.

https://i.imgur.com/wPAhmGP.png

The other team to gain promotion were the champions in our league.

Squad:

https://i.imgur.com/6mD8Ms1.png
https://i.imgur.com/oVSSEU4.png

Quilaleo was pretty big for us after he came in as were Giampaoli and Stancato.

In terms of the future I'm not sure what to do. I'd like a crack at the top division and the Libertadores but the club is pissing money. As you can see I've let a lot of players run down their contracts and find employment elsewhere which will help but we need an injection of cash.

Edit: I think I know why the other two teams were picked.

https://i.imgur.com/RbNtSyT.png

This group only has 6 teams so you'd assume the third placed team always has to play an extra play-off game as they play 4 games less in the season.

https://i.imgur.com/Qg4yXV0.png

In this group the third placed team had 1 less point than me.

Also, in the 6 man league I saw this:

https://i.imgur.com/eH6nPC5.png

Looking in the rules there are no deciders listed should teams have an equal amount of points. Yaracuy deserved second but that system, if real, can really fuck a team over.

Lofty

05-07-2020, 09:43 AM

2026 and having had another slog in a relegation fighting championship campaign with Oldham I was offered a job by Leicester in the Prem with £40m to spend. I have been offered a lot of jobs in the save but that is definitely the best offer so far so I have split the save as I have definitely been feeling like I may have taken Oldham as far as I can. I still want to see if I could keep Oldham up and push on but honestly feel like it's nearly Christmas and despite us winning a few games and drawing a lot more we're still 23rd in the table. I have been changing up tactics to not much avail, though I do want to see what my right wing wonder kid does for Oldham this season so might go full Smiff and instant result to the end of the season :D

Giggles

05-07-2020, 10:07 AM

I’ve loaded Ireland, England, Germany, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Croatia, and the US and am holidaying unemployed for 2 years. I’ll add a manager and choose when it’s done.

Sir Andy Mahowry

05-07-2020, 11:50 AM

I've decided to stay on at Hermanos but the finances really are shocking. I really need a takeover to happen otherwise we're going to be in the shit.

Sir Andy Mahowry

05-07-2020, 01:51 PM

https://i.imgur.com/jjIwklE.png

:moop:

Giggles

05-07-2020, 04:38 PM

Stopped holidaying in January 2023 and took over Burnley (17th in Prem). How does a PL team only have one coach?

wullie

05-07-2020, 07:35 PM

That transfer exploit is mad, of course now I want to try it I'm getting only non-negotiable bids. My brother was a tester on the last 3-4 games so I'll see if he was aware of it

Sir Andy Mahowry

06-07-2020, 12:22 AM

https://i.imgur.com/q9FtRYX.png

Signed this guy at the start of the season on a free and he's become my best player. Getting regular updates about his positive development too.

Sir Andy Mahowry

06-07-2020, 01:23 AM

So we made profit this month (second month running) because we took in £58k in gate receipts, over the course of the season we've only taken £90k so £33k for the other months combined. It's all down to one game:

https://i.imgur.com/RzasX8t.png

I have all those away fans to thank.

thommo

06-07-2020, 10:16 AM

So halfway through season 4 with Slough Town, and our first in the National League, and we're actually performing pretty well. We sit in 8th spot as we go into the Boxing Day games, and considering the board expected a brave fight against relegation, the season has been a pretty big success so far. We started off with some inconsistent form, with 4 wins in our first 6 games, including wins over both Stockport County and Sutton United. This was followed by just 1 win in the next 8 games, with some really poor results in there - getting pumped 5-1 at home by Harrogate Town the low point.

We've since recovered well, with an 11 game unbeaten streak, albeit with a lot of draws, and I'm now aiming for a solid mid-table finish - anything more than that is a bonus.

https://i.ibb.co/dg6TWZt/21-22-halfway.png

A lot of the old guard has been replaced - star performers from last season are largely sitting on the bench or playing for the Under 23s as the step up in quality has been quite sizeable. I've made 12 signings in all so far, but I'm still on the lookout for a top quality striker as that is definitely holding us back. Our top scorers are in midfield or on the wing. One of my best signings has to be Dean Wilkinson, snapped up on a free from Arsenal. He lacks a lot, but good physicals, teamwork and work rate is so important at this level, and once we (hopefully) go pro, he will develop a fair bit I'm sure.

https://i.ibb.co/jr1R4DV/Wilko.png

For comparison, here is Ryan Manning, first team regular at Stockport. I've never seen someone valued so highly in the National League, and it baffles me how I managed to beat Stockport on the opening day when I look at their squad and wage bill. Interestingly, bottom of the table Dagenham and Redbridge are spending the most on wages, at over £2m per annum, whereas I'm spending £293k pa, the second lowest of the division.

https://i.ibb.co/3zDdXKD/Manning.png

wullie

06-07-2020, 11:56 AM

No way is Dean Wilkinson 19, he's lived a life that boy.

Mike

06-07-2020, 03:15 PM

Signed this guy on a free from Liverpool
https://i.imgur.com/HejTto2.png

Jimmy Floyd

06-07-2020, 03:17 PM

He would score 15-18 goals in the Hungarian Prem. Aim higher

I do love a complete forward, mind.

Mike

06-07-2020, 04:29 PM

It's going to be a long season I think

https://streamable.com/h71ehe

Danny

06-07-2020, 04:32 PM

Not sure whats worse. The ME producing that goal or the transfer/game engine making United sign Troy Parrott

Jimmy Floyd

06-07-2020, 05:13 PM

Troy Parrott is an absolute weapon on my save (FM19). 50 caps/50 goals for Ireland.

Dark Soldier

06-07-2020, 06:07 PM

Hes absolutely fucking mental on 20 too. If he gets the right PA he becomes one of the best players in the world.

On one of my saves PSG bought him for about 140mil

Giggles

06-07-2020, 06:10 PM

He must have stopped hanging around organised crime in the grand.

Sir Andy Mahowry

06-07-2020, 08:42 PM

I've just splashed the cash and have just made a record signing.

https://i.imgur.com/9JqUSIN.png

A whopping £375 and the first player I've signed that wasn't available on a free.

wullie

06-07-2020, 10:35 PM

https://i.imgur.com/VC0pTN5.png

106 goals in 115 caps on mine, I could have got him for £30m before he went to Man Utd but I thought Aaron Connolly was the better option. It wasn't

Jimmy Floyd

06-07-2020, 10:38 PM

Here is the league table halfway through season 8 at Ferencvaros:

https://i.imgur.com/spzKbFr.jpg

What I find frustrating is that our seemingly dominant GD of +21 has been produced with a record of F27 A6. In this league, no matter how superior you are, no matter how much you dominate and how many shots you have, you simply do not and will not ever score a significant number of goals. The GPG in the whole league is 2.35 and ours with a dominant unbeaten lead (literally no chance Diosgyor are coming after us) is only 2.06. I don't know if it's hard programmed into the league, or a result of the way that all 11 other teams play (all 11 camped behind the ball for 90), or what it is.

I don't think we've been in behind a defence for about 4 years, except in Europe when the teams come out and play. The league is just horrible tedium passing it about in front and hoping for a long ranger to pop in.

Possession football has brought me unparalleled success for 7+ seasons and twice taken us to Champions League last 16, but I'm starting to think I have to rip it up and play direct with wingers again to actually improve any further.

Sir Andy Mahowry

07-07-2020, 03:50 PM

https://i.imgur.com/UYLd10c.png

I thought Libertadores qualification was decided in the play-offs (it's on the championship) so I'm glad I didn't fuck it up as I've eased up in the last month or so.

Sir Andy Mahowry

07-07-2020, 07:34 PM

Hermanos Colmenarez Season 2021/22:

Results:

https://i.imgur.com/zcm9s5j.png

https://i.imgur.com/AEiZzf9.png

Table:

https://i.imgur.com/PrqVKbv.png

Think I could have nabbed second (and thus a Copa Libertadores group stage place) but I was using a lot of rotation in the last couple of months when we sealed top 8.

Play-offs:

https://i.imgur.com/UI4FBOM.png

Simple in the quarters. We have drawn both games in the regular season to Monagas but our team was stronger and we dispatched them fairly easily.

https://i.imgur.com/1dDxNjt.png

Felt confident going into this as had beaten Lara 4-3 and 4-0 and they took out Tachira who we struggled massively against in the regular season. First leg ended a little hairy as our right midfielder was sent off after 72 minutes and our left back went off injured with a few minutes remaining after we had made 3 subs. We were unlucky in the second leg and should have won but it didn't matter.

Final first leg:

https://i.imgur.com/cvrLaN0.png

We lost both games against Merida in the regular season but really should have won them both (first game a few posts above) but we came out on top in a fairly routine win.

Second leg:

https://i.imgur.com/VK1LjSP.png

I think their penalty miss was massive and had they scored that it would have been very close but we held out and were declared the Champions of Venezuela.

Carlos Vera scored 4 over both legs against Lara and 2 against Merida which was massive. He was a loan signing (there were a lot in the second transfer window) who was there to provide backup. He had barely started a game for us until we were assured a top 8 place but got starts and impressed me when I was rotating to keep everyone fresh.

Squad:

https://i.imgur.com/gOYrz27.png
https://i.imgur.com/Y6O4oms.png

A couple of others also had some game time but we sold a couple and a couple of the loan signings got bad injuries so went back to their parent clubs.

Finances:

We were massively in the shit and at our worst we were around £200k in the negative. The club injected funds twice though and we're finally in the positive thanks to sponsorship money coming in, £90k for winning the league and we sold 3 players for a total of £105k and only one of those players was getting regular games for us.

Plan is to stay here and win the Libertadores then move to another club in a different continent as I'd love to finally do the pentagon.

Sir Andy Mahowry

07-07-2020, 08:42 PM

https://i.imgur.com/rcB8T0N.png

:drool:

Smjffy

07-07-2020, 09:05 PM

Oxford City - First Half 2042/43

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Oxford_City_F.C._logo.png/160px-Oxford_City_F.C._logo.png

Summary

Aiming for a fifth successive Premier League title, and what we hope will be our 8th overall, we've done our chances no harm whatsoever by storming into the lead once again. Getting smashed at Craven Cottage against Fulham was odd one, mind. 4-1.

https://i.imgur.com/ORjKAjF.png

In the cup competitions we've got a chance to clean up all before us.

We sailed through our Champions League group stage winning five and drawing against second place Sevilla. Red Bull Salzburg took third and Benfica dead last in an attack minded group. Schalke await us in the knockout round. Usual suspects with the exception of Hoffenheim. We've won it six times but a win this season would be a 5th successive European title.

We've got Tottenham in the EFL Cup semi final, the winners facing either Chelsea or Newcastle whilst Southampton will fight for the chance of progress to the FA Cup fourth round in the next week or so.

Charity Shield and Super Cup both claimed. :cool:

https://i.imgur.com/OQ8BxZW.png

https://i.imgur.com/FJoWhH6.png

Diguinho fresh off beating Alan Shearer's long standing most goals in a league season has started where he left off.

https://i.imgur.com/cqMzxfA.png

Whilst old timer Yan Canti can't help himself either.

https://i.imgur.com/ty16ihp.png

This season I'm trying to blood in:

https://i.imgur.com/M4yOjdG.png

And

https://i.imgur.com/2mT01sF.png

'We' whomever we are, made the decision not to bring in anyone during the transfer window as it was high time we used what was by all accounts wasting away in the reserves so we're switching game plan and going with home grown for a couple of seasons. Hopefully whilst still winning as we bid to become the most successful side period.

https://i.imgur.com/vovEPzz.png

Tried that transfer thing and the mind boggles as to how they got away with that. But as it happens, bye bye Maxwell. :D On his way to PSG for £150M at the age of 33. Double bonus.

Sir Andy Mahowry

07-07-2020, 09:15 PM

https://i.imgur.com/8M2u0ih.png

Turns out that the Libertadores places were indeed decided by the play-offs and not the regular league positions so I went straight into the group stage.

Shit group for us but oh well.

Also, despite getting a handy £2.3m the board refused to nudge the transfer revenue % up and will not give me the option to ask for a larger transfer/wage budget so we've got fuck all there to really make some moves.

Sir Andy Mahowry

08-07-2020, 12:39 AM

Just found this guy:

https://i.imgur.com/bcdKfr1.png

I want to manage him at some point during this save.

Edit: Just played a match where my RM fouls an opponent and picks up a yellow card. The opposing team then take a short free kick and he decides to foul the recipient of the pass and pick up a second yellow :face:

Sir Andy Mahowry

08-07-2020, 04:58 PM

https://i.imgur.com/RWRO3LW.png

\0/.

thommo

08-07-2020, 07:40 PM

Do you play every game Mahow, or using some instant result skin like Smiffy?

Into March now with Slough and I can honestly say this 4th season is one of the toughest I've had on FM for a while, and yet one of the most enjoyable. We're one of only 4 semi-professional teams in the National League and the sheer glut of games that we've had is causing a serious strain on the fitness and ability of teams I can put out. It's not been helped by a cup run that sees me in a two-legged FA Trophy semi-final, and it's taken 3 replays (and 2 batches of extra-time) to get this far. We've got 22 games scheduled for the last 12 weeks of the season.

And yet, we still pull out results when you expect them the least. Like a 2-1 away win at runaway leaders York, who hadn't lost in 21 games, with the winner coming in the 92nd minute. Or conceding a 90th minute goal away at Crewe in the quarter-finals of the FA Trophy, only to score an equaliser in stoppage time and force a replay 4 days later. Hoping for a solid mid-table finish to set up for a playoff push next season.

Sir Andy Mahowry

08-07-2020, 08:22 PM

Every game, I don't like the instant results thing.

I have a lot of time on my hand and I've knocked a lot of my other gaming time sinks (FIFA mainly) on the head.

Foe

08-07-2020, 08:32 PM

Bit off topic... Whats your long term plan mahow?

Do you fancy an apprenticeship or part time job?

Bit off topic, but genuinely interested. I love sitting about watching films and tv but need a routine of work.

Ive tried a few times to get into FM but I struggle to stick with it. Maybe smiffs instant result is the way to kick into it.

Sir Andy Mahowry

08-07-2020, 08:42 PM

The long term plan is to get a part time job but I need to work through my anxieties.

Didn't help that Covid came in just as I self-referred to get myself some extra help focused solely on those issues.

Foe

08-07-2020, 08:45 PM

Well good luck to you. I think it would really help you, probably just need to dive in at some point. Something low key and relatively low maintenance or stressful.

It’s pretty daunting at first but gets easier.

Smiff, did you really spoiler your game using that shitty loop hole to sell a player? Please no.

Shindig

08-07-2020, 09:21 PM

Aye, structure and a payslip will do you a world of good.

wullie

08-07-2020, 09:28 PM

I threw my 8 point lead over Chelsea almost as soon as I'd noticed it and spent three months two points behind them until they finally slipped up

https://i.imgur.com/GF9iCCC.jpg

Their fixtures saw away at Man Utd followed by away at Man City which was delayed from earlier, so with that game in hand they could have still taken it to a point difference going into the last day but then this happened

https://i.imgur.com/eXZpn2R.jpg

Matthew Andrews, you beautiful man

https://i.imgur.com/RJGo3G8.jpg

This must surely top the League and FA Cups as our finest achievement, right board?

https://i.imgur.com/VTbNqCy.jpg

Manc

08-07-2020, 10:58 PM

Stuart Attwell still at the peak of his powers.

Sir Andy Mahowry

09-07-2020, 01:29 PM

https://i.imgur.com/4RdMoEq.png

https://i.imgur.com/4fPnwsb.png

:(

This fucking sucks. We have £3.1m in the bank so don't need money anymore and with squad restrictions this will fucking suck as I can only have 4 non-Venezuelans in the team for the league so selling our best Venezuelan who also happens to only be 19 years old is a real kick to the balls.

Edit: And he's gone. Can't sign anyone as we're out of our window. Fuck.

Manc

09-07-2020, 02:12 PM

He'll be turning out for Watford in a few years.

Raoul Duke

09-07-2020, 04:17 PM

Give it a year and buy/loan him back. Did you get a sell-on clause at least?

Sir Andy Mahowry

09-07-2020, 04:24 PM

They stuck him on the loan list the minute he signed.

Nope, dickheads accepted a straight £1.1m transfer. They originally accepted a £600k transfer which I got them to reject, then Udinese came in with £900k which I could only tell them to re-negotiate and they took £1.1m.

Happened on the last day of the Italian transfer window too.

Sir Andy Mahowry

09-07-2020, 05:13 PM

Here's a squad rundown of players we own (there are also a fair few loanees to pad the squad out):

Keepers:

https://i.imgur.com/IjllJdE.png https://i.imgur.com/2j5FbMI.png

Defenders:

https://i.imgur.com/4nZxXs2.png https://i.imgur.com/arzrpdu.png https://i.imgur.com/zEQ5Q9N.png https://i.imgur.com/fNevveN.png https://i.imgur.com/xupV3lE.png https://i.imgur.com/qSXx23x.png https://i.imgur.com/r2XNvkT.png

Midfielders:

https://i.imgur.com/YBG5lhS.png https://i.imgur.com/EhFU09r.png https://i.imgur.com/jcIbXGM.png https://i.imgur.com/MNy9fNu.png https://i.imgur.com/8VFEm1a.png https://i.imgur.com/ncLBCxV.png https://i.imgur.com/ZiHcdPu.png https://i.imgur.com/6yILjEB.png https://i.imgur.com/tU3PW2j.png

Strikers:

https://i.imgur.com/zOxuI2x.png https://i.imgur.com/tEP1XIF.png https://i.imgur.com/yq235We.png

As I said earlier I can only use 4 Venezuelans in the league and right now I have Bubacarr Kebbeh, Dermival Leira, Francisco Valdivia and an Argentinean striker I have on loan.

The plan when this season ends (I'm out of the Libertadores and we still have 7 league games before the play-offs) is to gut the squad a bit (I'd like to sell Maldonado, Ruiz, Chavez, Cabrera and Carvajal) and go all out to try and win the Libertadores.

Sir Andy Mahowry

09-07-2020, 09:25 PM

Hermanos Colmenarez Season 2022/23:

League results:

https://i.imgur.com/24ngql7.png
https://i.imgur.com/AVmk28E.png

Table:

https://i.imgur.com/8LxEiDO.png

Absolutely pissed it. Can't see us not finishing first again.

Playoffs:

https://i.imgur.com/kWNcwyg.png

Annoying that we lost every single second leg, especially after that run of wins, but job done.

Libertadores:

https://i.imgur.com/9hocxzg.png

We were tremendous in the group stage and thought we might see off Palmeiras as we scored within seconds in the first leg. Sadly 34 year old Taison shat on us and we just couldn't come back from that.

Squad:

https://i.imgur.com/3QDtxmc.png
https://i.imgur.com/ZnNezgA.png

Already sorted out a deal for this chap who was on loan for us:

https://i.imgur.com/NoyFn6d.png

And I have a better Venezuelan GK coming in. I also might turn Barrios' and Cabello's loans into permanent deals.

Lofty

10-07-2020, 07:48 PM

Couldn't buy a win on my Oldham save so made an Arsenal save for a 'holiday' and second season I can't buy a win again despite upgrading several positions quality wise :D

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-07-2020, 02:43 PM

My board are really pissing me off now. We have £5m in the bank and are doing well in the Libertadores right now but they're still acting like we don't have a pot to piss in.

They accepted a £675k bid for:

https://i.imgur.com/D2OkWsL.png

And this guy has also had his head turned:

https://i.imgur.com/X9fFY2f.png

They're a fucking shambles. More bids have come in and they've accepted them all for both players and I can't protest them.

Manc

11-07-2020, 02:48 PM

Move on.

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-07-2020, 02:48 PM

https://i.imgur.com/7RT9h17.png

Nine hundred thousand...

They've sold one of our best players for fuck all. Just 3 weeks before our Libertadores semi-final first leg.

I can't sign anyone right now but even if I could that 900k would not get me anyone close to his ability.

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-07-2020, 02:49 PM

Move on.

I'm gone even if I don't win the Libertadores, they've pissed me off so much.

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-07-2020, 03:50 PM

https://i.imgur.com/cp87OSY.png

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-07-2020, 04:22 PM

https://i.imgur.com/0OYWM9t.png

At least the board got £900k for our best midfielder.

Their first 5 shots on target were all goals.

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-07-2020, 05:19 PM

Venezuelan Dickheads 2023/24:

League:

https://i.imgur.com/acJl439.png

https://i.imgur.com/s2Rcqyr.png

Libertadores:

https://i.imgur.com/bsHy3fh.png

Squad stats:

https://i.imgur.com/j8GAcGm.png
https://i.imgur.com/OoAFzc1.png

I've resigned and now looking for a new challenge. It's a shame it had to end this way as I wanted to bring Libertadores glory here and would have achieved it this season or next if the board weren't absolute cunts.

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-07-2020, 07:12 PM

So I took some time to look for a job and then I noticed Allianza Lima's manager's contract was expiring and I kept declaring interest. After a few weeks he resigned and after a job interview they offered me the job.

https://i.imgur.com/IK5PlNV.png
https://i.imgur.com/uH49l0Z.png

Got £1m in transfer funds and £21k left in the wage budget.

I'm really hoping we get Hermanos (who sold their best LM and the best 2 CM's for peanuts) in the Libertadores group stage.

Smjffy

12-07-2020, 12:22 AM

Oxford City - 2042/2043

Season Summary

We captured our eighth Premier League title and our fifth on the bounce in emphatic fashion and were crowned champions on April 4th.

https://i.imgur.com/ZZUV8OU.png

The Squad

https://i.imgur.com/XYJGO6m.png
https://i.imgur.com/Cx2hv8A.png

The Back Bone.

https://i.imgur.com/qGWLOEz.png

Now in his 10th season as the clubs number one, Ollie Armstrong has won it all at club level, (as have many of the following players) but just 42 caps for England in that time is a little underwhelming. He's not 'that' good in terms of average rating as he's not had a season above 6.94 however he's one of our own and that counts for something for some reason.

https://i.imgur.com/J4oyvKg.png

My own flesh and blood, a club icon like daddy'o, and a world renowned name. Rood. :cool: 11 seasons as an automatic starter, 357 appears, 305 goals. Lovely. Quite possibly one of the best in the world.

https://i.imgur.com/zxbHlXd.png

In years to come and people talk of the games greats, Proctor's name will come up in conversation as one of England's most underrated centrebacks. What he lacks in leadership he makes up for in determination. He's a club legend, an international regular and has now made 354 appearances at the back. Not too much of a goalscorer from set pieces so to score ten this season was an odd one but another of our own and one of our old and gold generation.

https://i.imgur.com/HkJJgjP.png

Quite possibly the man who made it all possible. Yan Canti, real name Yan de Oliveira Cavalcanti ended the campaign with 31 goals in 54 appearances at the grand age of 34. 642 career appearances, 423 goals, a Brazilian legend, an Oxford legend and after 16 seasons at the club, he's still going strong. I hope he doesn't retire any time soon.

https://i.imgur.com/xUMZ25Y.png

Aliu has been at the club since we poached him from Southampton in 2028 and has gone on to make 411 appearances scoring 53 goals. He's another legend but I think he reached his glass sealing three or four years ago.

The Reserves.

https://i.imgur.com/7yJc2R9.png
https://i.imgur.com/YJXxBUq.png
https://i.imgur.com/id695K8.png

Yeah, stocked.

The pick according to the star ratings are:

https://i.imgur.com/4o5CVau.png

https://i.imgur.com/DVscJSj.png

https://i.imgur.com/rDhe9pE.png

https://i.imgur.com/4NssrnO.png

https://i.imgur.com/7yUNORS.png

The Rest of the Season

We won both the Super Cup and the Community/Charity Shield early doors whilst defeating Newcastle United on penalties in the EFL Cup. We had knocked out Liverpool (3-1), Man United (1-1p) and Tottenham (3-1agg) en route but only the third time we've won the competition. A long way behind Manchester City's 13.

Manchester City as it happens were our opponents in the FA Cup final as we successfully retained it to complete a hattrick of wins taking our total tally to 6. Still nine off Arsenal's total of 15 though.

And sticking with Arsenal, they would be our Champions League quarter final opponents after we knocked our Schalke in the 1st knockout round. A 2-1 home win gave us the advantage but Kelvin Ikenna's solo effort in the return fixture gave The Gunners the 1-0 win and the away goals rule went in their favour. Ikenna....the very same Ikenna I sold to them four years ago. He ended our four year reign asEuropean Champions. Thankfully Liverpool who finished poorly in the league ensured Arsenal wouldn't claim our crown, instead it would head back to Merseyside for a 10th time.

Manc

12-07-2020, 07:40 AM

Canti with 500 career goals in his sights. Tremendous.

Smjffy

12-07-2020, 12:46 PM

Canti with 500 career goals in his sights. Tremendous.

I feel that doesn't do him justice. So without further ado...

The Career of Yan Canti.

Signed as a 19 year old from FC Porto in the 2028 January transfer market. He'd not spent too long in Portugal but it was clear that he had an abundance of talent and so we splashed out a club record at the time of £54M.

Prior to this he'd claimed FIFA U20 World Cup with Brazil and the French Youth Invitational. Major honours init. Just months before joining us Canti took home both the European Golden Boy award and the FIFA Best U21 Men's Player award as well as gaining his first cap for Brazil in a 2-0 win over Senegal. Seven strikes in the few games he managed once joining was a decent return, little did I know how many more were to follow but they helped us finish 10th and cement our top flight status.

2027/28

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2028/29

His first full season at the club and one that yielded 21 league goals as he was an ever present which put him in 3rd place in the goal scoring charts. Also claimed the Copa America with Brazil but after 16 caps, he'd still failed to register for the national side however they did help us finish 6th and ensured we qualified for the Europa League.

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2029/2030

Finally got off the mark for Brazil when scoring his first goal against Peru but it was his exploits at club level that had the football world taking note. 31 league goals in another ever present campaign was a phenomenal as was his complete mockery of the Europa League. Named Premier League Young Player of the Month on four occasions, voted the European Golden Boy for a second time, broke the Oxford City all time record for most league goals with a total of 56 at this point. Finally, voted Players Young Player of the Year, Players Player of the Year, Footballer of the Year, claimed the top goalscorer award as well as the Europa League scoring the second goal in our 3-0 win over Tottenham.

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2030/2031

The season saw him break the club record for most goals in a season with 41 and he was also named the clubs new captain. Scored the winning goal in the Super Cup final against Arsenal too. Monthly accolades continued to stack up whilst he claimed the FIFA Best U21 Men's Player again and was named in the 2030 FIFPro TotY. How long before Brazil start playing him upfront is anyone's guess.

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2031/2032

Won the Olympic Games with the Brazilian U23's, took the top goalscorer award in the Premier League as he led the club to its first top flight title. Voted Players Young Player of the year, claimed the FA Cup and broke his own record of most goals scored in a season.

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2032/2033

Named the forward of the season in the Champions League as bowed out at the semi final stage to a late late Barcelona sucker punch. Won the Golden Shoe, named Brazil's new vice captain and the goals continued.

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2033/2034

Won the FA Cup again, claimed the Top Goalscorer award in the Premier League, broke the all time record for most league appearances with 221 as we finished 3rd in the league. Back in Champions League.

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2034/2035

Claimed the Charity Shield, was voted Player of the Month on three occasions and named in the Premier League's team of the year. Lost his top scorer status to Manchester City's, Sebastiano Esposito who'd become one of the games greats.

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2035/2036

The first time in many a season that Yan Canti failed to be the clubs top scorer as his new strike partner Adel took the honours but he did continue to win plenty as we claimed the treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League final, Yan Canti scoring our first, now club legend Matthew Proctor levelling in the 90th minute as we defeated Manchester City on pens. He also broke the record for fastest Premier League goal. 13 seconds.

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2036/2037

Now we were getting serious. Challenging as the games elite striker, Yan Canti finished runner up in both the FIFA Best Man's Player award and the Ballon d'Or but he's getting there. Top goalscorer once again in the Premier League as we claimed the division and the Champions League crown once more. Yan Canti scoring in the final.

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2037/2038

Yan Canti started the season off by claiming both the Charity Shield and the Super Cup, the finally got his hands on the FIFA Ballon d'Or after missing out last season, won the Golden Boot as Europe's top goalscorer, the Premier League's top goalscorer and was voted Forward of the Season by the Champions League. Sadly we missed out on the title as Manchester City dominated from start to finish.

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2038/3039

It was the talented Diguinho who ended the season as the clubs top goalscorer on this occasion. I do miss the trio of him, Yan Canti and Adel but Adel moved to Barcelona eventually. I couldn't turn down the sums offered when we'd signed him for nothing. It was the first time Yan Canti would find himself seriously injured too as he broke down in February due to wear and tear and had to go to see a specialist.

He still had a great season though. He broke the Brazilian record of most goals in a match with six against Turkey in the World Cup, thus breaking the competitions record too. He broke the most goals record with ten as Brazil finished 3rd. Domestically however his injury meant he only finished in 3rd place in the goalscoring charts but did win the Premier League and the Champions League too.

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2039/2040

Yan Canti came back from his injury stronger than ever as he claimed the Charity Shield and Super Cup early doors. Voted FIFA Best Men's Player, named FIFPro Player of the Year and named in the FIFPro TotY. Clinched the Ballon d'Or for a second time, top scored in the league as we took the title and retained the Champions League.

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2040/2041

Old but still gold. Won the Super Cup, EFL Cup, Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League whilst topping the scoring charts during league duty. There seemed to be no stopping the man.

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2041/2042

Every striker in the world was completely blown away by Diguinho's season but Yan Canti still played his part as we won the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup whilst putting the memory of four years earlier to bed by claiming the FIFA Club World Cup at the second attempt. Finished runner up to Diguinho as the leagues top goalscorer, his fellow Brazilian beating Alan Shearer and Andy Cole's totals from the 90's.

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2042/2043

Super Cup and Charity Shield wins, another Premier League title and both domestic cups. No European title for once though as Arsenal finally ended our four year run as Champions of Europe. Age is catching up but his quality is still there but he's now the second choice striker instead of the first name. Diguinho has every potential to beat Yan Canti's career totals.

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TL:DR - Totals.

Club Appearances - 797
Club Goals - 547
Club Assists - 140

International Appearances - 141
International Goals - 67

Grand Total -

Career Appearances - 938
Career Goals - 614

Honours

Premier League - 2031/32, 2035/36, 2036/37, 2038/39, 2039/40, 2040/41, 2041/42, 2042/43

FA Cup - 2031/32, 2035/36, 2040/41, 2041/42, 2042/43

EFL Cup - 2040/41, 2042/43

Charity Shield - 2034/35, 2037/38, 2039/40, 2040/41, 2041/42, 2042/43

Super Cup - 2030/31, 2036/37, 2037/38, 2039/40, 2040/41, 2042/32

Europa League - 2029/30

Champions League - 2035/36, 2036/37, 2038/39, 2039/40, 2040/41, 2041/42

World Club Cup - 2041

Sir Andy Mahowry

12-07-2020, 01:01 PM

Unfortunately we were drawn into group D of the Libertadores with Hermanos put into group E.

I did buy two of their players though.

Lofty

12-07-2020, 02:18 PM

Colossal effort Smiff.

I am back with Oldham. Relegated as predicted. Back in League One with a talented team I thought I would be ok playing my preferred attacking, possession, attractive game. Despite a couple of nice spells including one where we smashed 5 into Blackpool without reply before half time, our form was all over the place and it was clear an immediate return to the Championship was under threat if I didn't bite the bullet and change things up.

Long story short I have gone to a 4-1-4-1 Big Sam wet dream all about the set pieces at the expense of my fancy dan AMCs and it is getting results. Season has a long way to go but interesting to see how this plays out.

Manc

12-07-2020, 07:23 PM

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Saison 2029-30

It's a been a while. I promised an interesting summer in my last update and so it proved as we added quite a bit of meat to the bone. Arriving to bolster our defensive ranks were former academy product Frederic Guilbert and the French James Milner, Anthony Caci. Given his previous ties with the club Guilbert was awarded the captaincy. Moving on to the midfield and Ilaix Moriba was picked up on a bosman after his Barcelona career had come to a stand still. 25 and with little playing time he could improve significantly. Joining the Spaniard was fellow countryman Adama Traore for a measly £2m from Fiorentina. Granted he is 32 years of age, but his pace remains electrifying at 19. Not too dissimilar from the current time his position will oscillate from right wing back to second striker. Another academy graduate returning to the club this time in the form of Thomas Lemar. Here's hoping he can bring fresh ideas to the left wing back role. Last but not least Moussa Dembele came north from Lyon for £1m. It's an absolute steal for a striker who is very much still at the top of his game. All those additions left our first eleven looking like so:

GK - Brice Samba
CB - Badiashile
CB - Tanguy Kouassi
CB - Zidane (Newgen)
RWB - Guilbert
LWB - Lemar
DM - Ntcham
DM - Tousart
CM - Reine-Adelaide
AMC - Adama Traore
ST - Dembele

:drool:

Ligue 1

By far and away the most consistent league performance to date from either Caen or Toulouse. No higher than third and no lower than sixth, our performances led us to another fourth place finish. As ever we had the most formidable defence in the league, but it was our goalscoring exploits that kept us in the conversation. The Lemar-Dembele connection proved a real hit as they contributed to 44 of the teams goals. Unfortunately for Dembele his Lyon exit proved costly as they became Ligue 1 champions for the first time since 2008. Nice and Toulouse weren't far behind, PSG (the demise is real), Lille & Marseille made up the European places. In keeping with domestic matters we once again blew a great opportunity of silverware painfully exiting the Coupe de France quarter final on penalties. Nice would go on to lift the trophy adding to an impressive season under the tutelage of one Paulo Sousa.

L'Europe

Dining at the top table of European football is still a new experience for Caen and we were helped tremendously with a group consisting of Milan, Salzburg & Standard Liege. A second placed finish was brutally punished in the last sixteen as we drew a very talented Manchester City side. A dire 0-0 in Normandy provided a glimmer of hope, but this was quickly dashed by a first half hat-trick from one Phil Foden at the Etihad. Karanka's Valencia would go on to win the competition.

Steady progress it would seem and for once my job isn't under threat. With fifteen players in the first team squad over the age of thirty, I'll have to look to youth in the coming seasons taking some risks along the way.

Lofty

12-07-2020, 09:25 PM

That first XI looks quality.

Managed to get back into the Championship by the skin of my teeth on the final day, avoiding the playoffs. The question now is do I stick with my new approach or adjust it, and I need to work out what I am prioritising this summer to give me the best chance of staying up. I think it's quite telling that the board, having been very lenient with me the whole save since I always overachieve have set the immediate objective this time round (3rd time in the Championship) of 'Mid-Table finish - Required' as opposed to 'fight bravely against relegation' etc. The kicker is last time I went up (possibly because it was as champions) we got a hefty £4m to spend but this time it's £500k. I am being offered £10m for my right wing wonderkid but his release is £12m and I would rather give him a new contract than lose him, he is that good.

I think my best bet is to identify the best loan targets I can secure and then shop the bargains after, primarily focusing on shoring up the defence to try and prevent 38 hidings which made me lose interest last time round.

Manc

12-07-2020, 10:12 PM

£500k? Good luck.

Sir Andy Mahowry

13-07-2020, 12:50 AM

Due to the nature of the Peruvian league I thought I'd do a mid-season update, so...

Allianza Lima 2024/25 Mid-Season update:

Transfers out:

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The squad was absolutely packed when I got here and the quality was a little low. We're also only allowed 5 non-Peruvians and after a quick search on the transfer market I saw that they were nowhere near the quality I could get.

Transfers in:

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So I decided to go back to Hermanos (who lost every group game in the Libertadores and are sitting 5th in the league, well done board) and poach Medina and Gabriel Garcia. I had been grooming Medina to be our next big CM just after they sold Romero. He was only playing in the Libertadores (as we could only register 4 for the league) but he was flourishing in the Libertadores. Garcia is a natural RB who I spend time training into a LB too to provide depth at Hermanos and his physical traits are fantastic.

Aivar came in and has been World Class, he's lethal. CM was a problem for us after the sales which is why Ramos (who wont be here for too long) and Barranzuela came in and the other 2 cheap loans to help at CB.

I also have the following two already signed waiting:

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I wanted to sign him in the first window but he wasn't too interested and wanted £9k a week in wages. I went back in for him when his interest rose. £775k with £6k (IIRC) in wages per week. Absolute steal as he was a monster for me last year and some big clubs were after him. He was also born in Peru too so wont count as a foreigner. I'll have to play either him or Aivar up front as I need them both in my team.

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Found this guy and he wont sign for a while but I couldn't say no for £10k especially as my scouts absolutely adore him.

League:

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Apetura won easily which means we qualify for the playoff final to determine the champion at the end of the season.

Libertadores:

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Was nervous after we drew with Millionarios and then lost to Corinthians but we came back strong and we qualified in second on 13 points with Corinthians also on 13 but with a +4 better GD.

We face Bahia next who finished top of their group over Atletico Mineiro, Liga de Quito and Atletico Tucuman on 12 points.

Squad:

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Aivar has been the main man but he missed 7 games due to injury although he came back strong after that. He will be playing as a ST in our next match as Leiria will be here so will be interesting to see how he handles being more central.

Sir Andy Mahowry

13-07-2020, 01:22 AM

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The experiment went well until Aivar fucked his ankle and will now be out for 4-5 weeks. Leiria also had an assist so it was going really well.

Baz

13-07-2020, 05:59 AM

Tell us more about Kevin Lewis.

Sir Andy Mahowry

13-07-2020, 03:03 PM

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That was horrible.

Second round first leg. Annoying to concede 2 away goals, even more annoying to lose both of my main CM's for the second leg.

Lofty

13-07-2020, 03:31 PM

That booking list :D

Stuck with the shithouse 4-1-4-1 for promotion, done some alright business including managing to sign some of last season's loanees permanently. Every position is at least 3 stars of above, I know the star system is subjective but still. Highlight of the window was someone coming in for my moany right wing wonderkid and activating his clause, only for him not to agree terms meaning he is stuck with me until at least January.

I actually found a superior replacement if he does go, but I suspect he will have the last laugh by being so awkward I never get to cash in on him. Hopefully he bags double figures before the next window so I can sell him for a fortune, already safe from relegation.

Manc

13-07-2020, 04:11 PM

Every position is at least 3 stars of above, I know the star system is subjective but still.

The star system needs going in the bin imo.

wullie

13-07-2020, 04:16 PM

Looking to see which wacky club/manager combos had come up (Dybala at Dundee and Cannavaro at Bristol City early standouts) and Chelsea have stuck with Lampard for the full 14 years and counting, during which time he's become top of the pops. Shout out to Gareth Southgate's 2022 World Cup and subsequent domestic sweeps with Porto and Bayern Munich

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Sir Andy Mahowry

13-07-2020, 04:49 PM

The star system needs going in the bin imo.

100%.

They need something new.

Shindig

13-07-2020, 05:19 PM

They might as well just surface the PA and CA's.

mugbull

13-07-2020, 05:38 PM

Star system needs to be worse imo. At least the potential stars. Only the 19-20 JPA scouts should ever come close to being consistent at predicting a player's potential, and even then they shouldn't be getting it right more than 50% of the time. Otherwise once you buy up all the top 16 year olds you know you'll be set once they come of age

Jimmy Floyd

13-07-2020, 05:49 PM

The star system is only relative to your existing squad isn't it? I like its mix of guesswork and general wrongness.

Lofty

13-07-2020, 07:12 PM

Yeah a five star player in a Vanarama National team could be a 2 star player in a League 1 team, and if you have a 4 star left back and sign a better one, the original player's star rating will decline.

Giggles

13-07-2020, 07:15 PM

Is there any point in the actual numbers then or just better to pick the team by stars?

Lofty

13-07-2020, 07:31 PM

The attributes are the most important figure and I would always compare players based on this when making decisions, however stars are good for an overall glance, for me anyway.

Shindig

13-07-2020, 07:36 PM

I go with attributes and eyeball them against the current crop. I'll look at their form to see how consistent they are as well. Scout reports are kind of the last piece of the equation but I'm usually scouting them just to take away the fog of war.

Lofty

13-07-2020, 07:53 PM

Yeah personality and any mental traits scouting reveals are always worth considering.

Manc

13-07-2020, 08:07 PM

I've just had a look through the personalities of my squad. Thomas Lemar being a model professional has thrown me.

Lofty

14-07-2020, 09:29 AM

That is surprising. The best personality type you can get, supposedly.

So I stuck with the shithouse tactics upon promotion to the Championship, and I think the fact I was able to keep a lot of players together I had signed during their developmental stages bore fruit as now my starting XI has green lines all over the shop. It's been quite the season, given my objective was to avoid a relegation dog fight. It's currently January 28th and I'm 6 points clear at the top of the Championship :D I got some decent loanees in but to be honest the best players are all mine. Got Brighton in an FA Cup 4th round replay and just lost the Carabao Cup Semi Final second leg away at Old Trafford to an Mbappe VAR given penalty.

It's fair to say on the pitch things arw going swimmingly, the problem is off the pitch my best players have known for some time they are worth more, resulting in me being unable to agree new contracts with them and raise their release clauses. No-one will go for my right wing wonderkid because his release is too high but he will go for nothing in the summer if I don't sell now, so I could potentially lose my first choice right winger, left winger and one of my centre mids with 72 hours left in the window and the board not willing to let me offer wages befitting top Championship players. Going to be interesting!

wullie

14-07-2020, 09:44 AM

I've never delved into personalities too much apart from staff members, but the first player I looked at joined me from Roma and his personality type is 'unambitious' so story checks out. Couple of perfectionists in the squad who are actually my proper world class stars too

Jimmy Floyd

14-07-2020, 09:47 AM

I checked a few last night (never normally notice it) and my right back is 'Jovial'. What would that do, keep other people's morale higher?

Lofty

14-07-2020, 11:23 AM

Possibly means they're good for morale but not as disciplined/determined as other players with more serious personality types? Think of the EPL's leading twitter clowns.

Baz

14-07-2020, 11:39 AM

You’ve got Benjamin Mendy.

Sir Andy Mahowry

14-07-2020, 01:37 PM

Allianza Lima 2024/25 Season:

Closing league table:

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Champions play-off:

https://i.imgur.com/ZpYsSdw.png

Copa Bicentenario:

https://i.imgur.com/sk6fGHb.png

Libertadores:

https://i.imgur.com/clr4xSd.png

The second leg against Libertad and Palmeiras were the highlights and it set us up for my second final in a row.

https://i.imgur.com/TLrYne5.png

it went better this time round.

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Squad stats:

https://i.imgur.com/WNMK9Gc.png

Kind of disappointed as my time here is done as I really like this team a lot.

I found a post the other day on the official forums from 2016 about the Tetradecagon challenge however, I know that at least 2 competitions have been added the International tournament Nations League and the club competition UEFA Conference League. The challenge also doesn't include the UEFA Super Cup and the Olympics so I'm officially on the Octadecagon challenge..

Club competitions:

FIFA Club World Cup
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Conference League
UEFA Super Cup
African Champions League
Copa Libertadores
O-League (Oceanic Champions League)
Asian Champions League
North American Champions League

International competitions:

FIFA World Cup
Olympics
UEFA European Championship
Nations Leaue
African Cup of Nations
Copa America
Oceanic Nations Cup
Asian Nations Cup
North American Gold Cup

Sir Andy Mahowry

14-07-2020, 01:50 PM

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Gone to Bottom Ireland to lead Troy Parrott to the promised land.

Manc

14-07-2020, 05:03 PM

Quite the change of pace. What's your reputation within the game?

Shindig

14-07-2020, 06:55 PM

This season's started poorly. I think I'm done. Left it to the Assistant and we're relegation candidates. Supporter protests and all that jazz. Resigned. I don't have it in me.

It's entirely Barbero's fault. Took all last season moaning about his value, signed the new deal and then fucking stank the place up. Saviola hasn't signed a new deal. This looks like his last dance as well. It also appears the game is killing itself.

A 17 year old Spanish regen is playing for Calgliari and also managing Wales. He has no non-playing attributes whatsoever. He is listed in the General Info tab as 'Player'.

I spoke too soon about Sav. One more year. I'm convinced he will never stop.

Dark Soldier

14-07-2020, 08:33 PM

There was an old glitch in 01/02 where players wouldnt retire. I remember someone showing Gary McAllister still on a free transfer at age 80 or summat.

Shindig

14-07-2020, 08:48 PM

Yeah, player / coaches or scouts run and run. I've retired now. I came back for the Brighton job because they appeared to have an 18 year old Zlatan but I was super-keepered to death.

Lofty

14-07-2020, 09:32 PM

Pissed the league, back to back promotions. Three games left to break 100 points. Got a feeling this squad is the kind who are too good for this league but will be found out when we step up though. A lot of decisions to be made on reliable stalwarts who just might not be good enough to step up, especially since a few are out of contract before next season.

Sir Andy Mahowry

14-07-2020, 10:52 PM

Quite the change of pace. What's your reputation within the game?

3.5/Good.

I've been out all day but I will be looking for a club team too.

Sir Andy Mahowry

14-07-2020, 11:47 PM

And the club team has been found.

https://i.imgur.com/AnvdHyb.png

Bottom Ireland and Top North America.

Edit: Squad:

https://i.imgur.com/SSIm0A8.png

Old as fuck. Seeing Ola John still playing in 2026 is pretty fucking shocking.

Key Player:

https://i.imgur.com/t94hneb.png

Hot prospect:

https://i.imgur.com/8IDMO8e.png

I've never really managed in America due to the salary cap and all the weird rules so this is going to be tough.

Edit: Trying to digest the MLS rules at half one is pretty fucking hard tbh.

Edit: Waivers are nuts.

Lofty

15-07-2020, 05:57 PM

Interesting mix of jobs there, be fun deep diving in it especially when you haven't done MLS before. I am doing a mega summer trying to maximise my returns on my budget, annoyingly found some amazing youth prospects abroad who are probably going to fail the work permit.

In comedy news Unai Emery is England manager and Mamadou Sakho is Plymouth boss :D

Sir Andy Mahowry

15-07-2020, 08:53 PM

It's really fun having half your team at the World Cup and still having to play league matches but having no salary cap to bring anyone in despite having a nice transfer and wage budget left.

Lofty

15-07-2020, 09:58 PM

Do you only have a small squad? I try and have a big enough squad, mainly comprised of youngsters too good to loan out playing back up and play a A team 3 matches then a B team the next 2, ensuring no-one gets the hump about their lack of minutes.

I was a bit concerned I had broken the game with my big sam impersonation last season having swept all before me. That fear was swiftly allayed in the premier league season. Five matches in I've won one, drawn one, lost 3. Including a 7-0 thrashing by Chelsea. My tactic of bringing in an ancient Thiago Silva and 32 year old Harry Winks seems to have been a bad idea.

Seen Classic Football Shirts are selling Oldham home and away shirts in my size dirt cheap, could be a step too far to use as pyjamas while playing my save though :D

Sir Andy Mahowry

15-07-2020, 10:15 PM

It's incredibly small.

Problem is that we had some fairly hefty wages being spent on crap, unusable players and I did not realise that their contracts became guaranteed after the first registration date. I'm just slightly over the cap right now (I waived someone and it said that the board had paid out so they didn't count against the cap, yet their number counts against the cap...) so I can't make any moves.

My problem was just hitting continue in my sleep deprived state instead of leaving it and coming back after I had slept so I could understand the rules.

I have a DP slot remaining (as I sold a player taking it up) and their cap number will be the minimum rather than 0, right?

Can't even buy some cap room right now as everyone's is greyed out despite having a bit of money in the "GAM".

Manc

15-07-2020, 10:28 PM

Seen Classic Football Shirts are selling Oldham home and away shirts in my size dirt cheap, could be a step too far to use as pyjamas while playing my save though :D

I've been keeping one eye on ebay for a reasonably priced SM Caen kit.

Jimmy Floyd

15-07-2020, 10:34 PM

I am an avid scarf collector and really need to get hold of a Ferencvaros one now.

Baz

16-07-2020, 06:21 AM

Do you have any half and half ones? :nono:

Spikey M

16-07-2020, 06:33 AM

He ONLY has half and half ones.

Jimmy Floyd

16-07-2020, 06:59 AM

I start with proper ones, but I cut them up and sew them together to create my own half-and-halves.

Lofty

16-07-2020, 08:08 AM

You lot have enabled my poor spending decisions, order arriving tomorrow :D

Really want one of those Pescara charity shirts too, and fancy doing a save with them maybe after this. Funnily enough my best man's uncle was apparently something of a club legend for Pescara, the highlight of his career being victory over a Juventus side featuring Igor Tudor and Michel Platini. He was offered moves to Villa and Chelsea but his wife wasn't having it.

Jimmy Floyd

16-07-2020, 08:16 AM

Igor Tudor and Michel Platini's Juve careers were 11 years apart. Are you sure you aren't in the midst of a web of mafia lies?

Lofty

16-07-2020, 09:24 AM

Or misremembering :D but he definitely played for them and then went coaching some Serie C outfit.

thommo

16-07-2020, 10:46 AM

So, season 4 with Slough Town is in the books and our first foray into the National League was entertaining to say the least. Our 46 league games saw 155 goals scored, with our attack looking potent and defence looking leaky in equal measure. Overall though, a 13th place finish with no threat of relegation whatsoever was a massive success, especially considering our minimal wage budget and semi-professional status.

https://i.ibb.co/tKxX6Xn/21-22.png

Our cup runs saw us total 57 games in the season, and in particular, February, March and April were very congested. We really spread the goals around the team too, with no player scoring over 11. Paul Ryan came in on loan from Notts County for the final few months as we were really lacking a quality striker and he has already agreed to stay on loan for the whole of season 5 too.

https://i.ibb.co/ZY2Jhjp/Fixtures-1.png
https://i.ibb.co/3BjmzYG/Fixtures-2.png
https://i.ibb.co/gtYgXqF/Fixtures-3.png

Other than a disappointing end to the season, I'm happy with how we managed. There were some great results throughout the season, including the opening day win over Stockport, and the away win at York to end their ridiculous unbeaten streak. But we leaked goals throughout and the defence was definitely the first priority when it came to upgraded for the next season.

Toni Stahl, the goalkeeper, was solid despite conceding so many. He managed an average rating a smidge under 7 and he's keeping the number 1 jersey. However, I've already made 3 defensive signings, including breaking the bank to bring in an 18 year old centre-back from Spurs, who is now our highest earner on a whopping £750pw.

Notable mentions go to Dennis Ball, who scored a number of great free-kicks and impressed so much I've already signed him up for 2 more seasons, Max Makaka, who coped with the step up to Tier 5 very well and kept his first-team position as the holding central midfielder, and Carl Winchester, capped once for Northern Ireland and rated awfully by my coaches and scouts, yet ended up with the highest average rating for the season as our playmaker.

I'm aiming for a top half finish this time around, as our reputation is still the lowest in the league and it is a real struggle to sign players befitting the division. Slow and steady progress is the plan.

Sir Andy Mahowry

16-07-2020, 03:59 PM

I've been picked to manage the All-Stars game against Spurs.

I've just seen that it's kicking off 30 minutes before a cup game of mine and the All-Stars team has 5 of my players including all 3 of my strikers. Fun.

Edit: Also, no LB was selected so I need to play a LM there instead.

Sir Andy Mahowry

16-07-2020, 06:52 PM

https://i.imgur.com/vpm2n1s.png

:moop:

Manc

16-07-2020, 07:12 PM

MLS looks a right laugh.

Sir Andy Mahowry

16-07-2020, 07:53 PM

Just found this guy:

https://i.imgur.com/bcdKfr1.png

I want to manage him at some point during this save.

https://i.imgur.com/ATogHYH.png

Bayern signed him for £46.5m in the 2023/24 season and Man United are now actively pursing him. He's incredible.

Lofty

16-07-2020, 09:27 PM

Ten games left to avoid relegation and it doesnt look pretty. Having an annoying run where if it gets to the last few minutes at 0-0 you can guarantee they're going to score a 45 yard screamer.

Smjffy

16-07-2020, 10:29 PM

Minor proud moment. :cool: Some achievement that, I reckon.

https://i.imgur.com/Z5QbcUe.png

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 12:37 AM

Toronto FC & Ireland 2025/26 Season Update:

Transfers:

https://i.imgur.com/T81oVWB.png

Signed on a free and was one of my best attacking options. He was also named USA's second best player this season behind Pulisic.

https://i.imgur.com/nKvhyIK.png

I paid £5.5m for him which was maybe a little too much but River Plate weren't letting him go for less than his release clause.

At this stage I wanted to make more moves as the squad was still really barren but we were fucked for cap. However, around August £24k from a waived player (he was waived before I got here) no longer counted against the cap and I was able to spend.

https://i.imgur.com/ER3Luwr.png

We also had a DP slot available (I had sold Iddrisu Babu to Huddersfield) and we needed defenders so in came a man I used in my first season at Alianza Lima. His fee at £6m was a little hefty but he's exactly what I needed.

https://i.imgur.com/j7CH9Ss.png

Our left back situation wasn't great and I found this chap for a measly £425 and cap friendly wages. Helped that he was better than our current option and performed very well.

League:

https://i.imgur.com/pwj6qaE.png

https://i.imgur.com/XCJ6PbH.png
https://i.imgur.com/SkjcEtR.png?1

We did well but most of our wobbles during the season were because we were either fucked with injuries or because of internationals. The month of June (Sounders beating us 3-1 to the 1-1 draw with DC) was horrible.

We also won the Supporters Shield as we had the best record over both conferences.

Playoffs:

https://i.imgur.com/JWxEUNo.png

Kiko picked up a yellow in the 1st minute and then a second yellow in the 17th and we struggled so much from there. We should have won but were just missing the spark that he provided.

Cups:

https://i.imgur.com/v32l9rX.png

https://i.imgur.com/puNqs64.png

No problems at all there and they secure us a place in the Concacaf Champions League in a few months.

Squad:

https://i.imgur.com/f7rpKOY.png

It's really small and there are players I want to get rid of (Auro, Arango, Jara and Gallardo). We currently have £21k in cap space along with £550k in General Allocation Money so should be able to make a few moves, especially when they've gone.

Ireland:

https://i.imgur.com/4nzq6fY.png

No fucking clue what happened in Switzerland but despite that all good largely thanks to:

https://i.imgur.com/1m4OF4S.png

https://i.imgur.com/wUvfErz.png

Manc

17-07-2020, 07:09 AM

1:37 AM. :drool:

Baz

17-07-2020, 09:44 AM

What is DP (in the MLS)?

Jimmy Floyd

17-07-2020, 09:51 AM

Designated player (they don't fall under the salary cap).

Kikó

17-07-2020, 09:58 AM

Good signing that Kiko.

Manc

17-07-2020, 10:31 AM

https://www.smcaen.fr/sites/default/files/logo_smc.png

Saison 2030-31

Prior to the summer madness Anthony Martial arrived in the winter window for a fee of £600k from Sevilla. Despite being 34 he still has great ability with the ball at his feet and his finishing isn't lacking as he bagged four goals from the bench. He'll retire at the end of the season, but will still be called upon to do bits in the absence of Dembele. Moving to the summer and as ever I delved into the bosman market with varying degrees of success. Hitting the ground running (literally) was Allan Saint-Maximin who has refreshed our attack to no end with 9 goals to his name. His pace and directness in tandem with Adama Traore is frightening and as a result we have scored some ruthless counter attacking goals. His performances have earned him a one year contract extension. On the other end of the scale is Nicolas Pepe who arrived from Manchester United. The Ivorian has absolutely bombed and will be released come the end of the season. With the average age of the squad teetering around 30 I decided to splash £50m on three 16 years olds, two from Reims & another from Monaco. They'll go straight into a reserve team bustling with African talents.

Absent from previous updates was the news of our new stadium. We've gone from a 20,000 capacity to 30,000 which has done wonders for our revenue. Sadly it was not named in my honour and remains the Stade Michel d'Ornano. :(

Ligue 1

Our ability to move the ball up the field with extreme pace has given us a different edge this season. A surprising 2-0 defeat in Bordeaux on matchday three was followed by thirteen games without defeat. Within that run we enjoyed victories over Monaco, PSG & current holders Lyon. After 19 games we've accumulated a monstrous 43 points, unfortunately for us both PSG & Lille are keeping pace. I can't imagine for one second we'll keep up this level of performance, but it's lovely to watch.

L'Europe

Barcelona, Juventus & Fenerbahce. Six points from the Turks, one from Barca and three from the Italians wasn't enough as we crashed out with ten points. Our European adventure continues as we face Milan in the Europa league knockout stage. With Chelsea & Inter the only real big names left in the draw, this presents a great opportunity for this decrepit dressing room to grab some silverware.

Lofty

17-07-2020, 10:46 AM

Nice achievement Smiff. My board keeps pumping money into my youth facilities but still had no-one good emerge yet.

How good is Parrott in your save Mahow?

Relegated, predictably. Went 18 games without winning and at one point 7 without scoring :D

Kept my job, going down with £14m to spend. Headscratcher though is Oldham have decided to expand the stadium and whilst this happens are groundsharing with... Sheffield United.

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 03:31 PM

https://i.imgur.com/pzlExCc.png

I'll be sure to pack a coat this time :(

Jimmy Floyd

17-07-2020, 03:37 PM

Manc

17-07-2020, 03:40 PM

Ninth round in the French Cup and we face an away trip to AS Magenta. Just a casual 20,000 mile round trip.

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 03:47 PM

Jesus, laugh a minute in that group.

Georgia have become quite good on my save, or at least good enough that they come regularly 3rd in groups rather than 5th and make the Euros each time via the Nations League shit-off route. Maybe they have some players coming on.

They actually managed to qualify for Euro 2020 on my save by beating Belarus and North Macedonia.

At the Euros they actually beat Netherlands 2-1, drew with the French 1-1 and lost to Austria 1-0 in the groups. They qualified in second (ahead of the Dutch but below the French) but lost to Wales 3-0 in the second round.

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 05:09 PM

Just had my first draft and it's amazing how shit every player was.

We had the first pick as the previous manager made some moves and this is who I selected:

https://i.imgur.com/FTzHo8g.png

The rest were all assistant manager picks (because they were all so shit) and I only signed 1 of them to a contract as he can play in a few positions).

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 05:12 PM

Good signing that Kiko.

https://i.imgur.com/Zr88cUo.png

Do Kiko's look good in Liverpool red?

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 07:16 PM

I'm somehow missing 10k p/w in cap space.

I just counted up everyone's cap numbers and it adds up to £10k less than what is showing in my finances page. It also says I have £17k p/w left in available cap but I just tried to offer a chap a contract and whatever amount I selected it said it would put us over the cap.

Also, I have millions in General Allocation Money but I can't buy any more contracts down which is really annoying. The game is also not telling me why I can't buy someone's contract down.

Edit: That 10k has now magically come back.

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 08:14 PM

https://i.imgur.com/fQy6Gs7.png

I have a player on the senior minimum salary. He earns £1k p/w but his cap number is 8 times that at £8k p/w. How?

Jimmy Floyd

17-07-2020, 10:23 PM

https://i.imgur.com/vqHYcar.jpg

Erm... what?

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 10:26 PM

They introduced it last year or the year before. I remember one of my players coming out last year.

Miles probably wanked himself silly at the thought of this "new feature".

Jimmy Floyd

17-07-2020, 10:27 PM

Does it do anything, or is it just a random news item?

mugbull

17-07-2020, 10:27 PM

That’s a bug, nobody in Hungary would ever come out

Manc

17-07-2020, 10:28 PM

That reads like he's off to Newcastle to experience a new scene.

Shindig

17-07-2020, 10:28 PM

"I am gay. I have to go, now." <ascends to the inclusive, progressive city of Newcastle>

Jimmy Floyd

17-07-2020, 10:29 PM

He went to PSG for a year before I bought him back, he must have picked it up there.

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 10:44 PM

It does nothing. Miles just wanted to show everyone he's progressive.

Sir Andy Mahowry

17-07-2020, 10:53 PM

https://i.imgur.com/WxYCYot.png

I don't think I've ever scored that many in a half before.

Jimmy Floyd

18-07-2020, 07:51 AM

https://i.imgur.com/rv9SxBb.jpg

Our 7th straight title finally secure (my playing time has been severely impacted by the return of the cricket season). This was a lot harder and a lot shitter than the final appearance of the table may suggest, though it is I think the first time I can ever remember having an unbeaten league season on FM. After 22 games, we were two points behind Diosgyor, but as many of our title rivals have done over the winning span, they not only shat the bed but shat an entire Dreams warehouse as soon as they could sniff a run at us.

The most entertaining game was the last one, in which we went to Honved in a dead game other than the fact we wanted to complete the unbeaten season. We chose this time to give our worst performance of the season, having I think 4 shots all game, and Honved got a penalty in the 77th minute but my buddy Mike Cooper saved it. 0-0 a fitting way to clinch it in a league that is full of them.

Unfortunately my hero Mazzonetto had a diabolical season this time, which led me to change the formation halfway through to play 4-2-3-1 with Serbian hotshot Ramic on his own up top. This led to him breaking the league scoring record with 24 goals and has gone past 100 for the club. The team now has a very English spine to it - goalkeeper Cooper, centre half Ajibola Alese who came from Middlesbrough, schemer Taylor Richards formerly of Man City (via 100 loan clubs) and club legend Josh Harrop still doing it at 31.

Europe was less of a success this year, and the Hungarian coefficient has really collapsed as the others have been starved of easy opponents as they have to enter in later rounds - we are really victims of our success. In the CL we drew back-to-back champions Man Utd, Napoli, and Viktoria Plzen. The latter were shite but the former two were just too good for us, especially United who are at the forefront of English football completely dominating Europe. We came third on 7 points and went through to face Valencia in the Europa League, which was about the hardest draw we could have had and they shat on us.

Aims for next year, win an eighth and do something in Europe, but I'm really not sure how. I need to work out how to play better away from home in Europe.

Lofty

18-07-2020, 08:24 AM

I saw a pride flag in the stand in my last match away at Bristol City. Since the relegation I thought I had a really good summer, got in some really good players but struggle to offload surplus ones and I have way too many strikers and midfielders on the books. This has been compounded by my expected rebound to the Premier League being derailed and having been on my fourth tactical switch of the season before Christmas before finding form. Having an odd situation where one of my new players looks good but doesn't appear to be miles better than any of my other strikers, yet LOSC just came in with a £14m bid for him (I accepted since I signed him on a free and he rejected their offer :D).

Promotion is going to be a struggle this season I think, could be another rebuild job but think I need to start upgrading my defence and goalkeeper rather than assuming they're good enough when results suggest otherwise.

Manc

18-07-2020, 08:48 AM

What teams are knocking about in the Championship?

Top tier league effort, Jim. Don't think I've ever managed an invincible season.

Baz

18-07-2020, 09:20 AM

Manc

18-07-2020, 09:26 AM

A 104th minute header from my day one Kalidou Sidibe takes us through to the Coupe de France semi final. Bordeaux, Lens & Nantes remain. This is it.

Sir Andy Mahowry

18-07-2020, 09:12 PM

https://i.imgur.com/80bjhuu.png

Fuck Robbie Keane.

Here is Parrott's form since I took over:

https://i.imgur.com/RORjXEM.png

Just a bit good.

Manc

18-07-2020, 09:45 PM

Fuck off. :D

Lofty

19-07-2020, 06:27 PM

What teams are knocking about in the Championship?

Top tier league effort, Jim. Don't think I've ever managed an invincible season.

To be honest it is the usual suspects.
This season just finished, 2030, Villa champs, Burnley 2nd, Reading, Middlesbrough, Derby, Palace in the play offs. Plymouth, Hull and QPR relegated. So a couple of current PL teams there but not anyone unexpected.

Recovered my shite start to finish 10th, 5 points shy of the play offs. Not ideal but thankfully the board only required a mid table finish. They've given me a £50m transfer kitty to play with, the biggest I ever had. Need to avoid spunking it on everyone with nice stats and potential like I did in my PL season instead of focusing on upgrading key positions.

Great achievement Jim, whenever I have thought it possible my teams usually shit the bed in a routine match and spoil it.

Those Parrott stats are filth, Mahow.

Lofty

19-07-2020, 06:29 PM

Oh yeah forgot to say, FM first for me this season: after a 5-0 bumming from Burnley my players refunded the ticket cost to the fans :D

Sir Andy Mahowry

19-07-2020, 11:27 PM

https://i.imgur.com/bNrzcMI.png

https://i.imgur.com/1uEOxdW.png

Can't even vote.

Sir Andy Mahowry

20-07-2020, 02:04 PM

Toronto FC & Ireland 2026/27 Season Update:

Transfers out:

https://i.imgur.com/wCiUhbv.png

Big one there is Almiron who left for £10m and 50% next sale. Also got rid of Gallardo who was my backup MRL for a decent chunk.

Transfers In:

https://i.imgur.com/Ivxzc3s.png

No screenshot of Cortes, Lee, Tolic or Honkanen as they're all crap backups, but here are the rest:

https://i.imgur.com/9mbDr1U.png

The reason I sold Almiron. £850k was a steal.

https://i.imgur.com/RdZwR8z.png

Originally bought to provide backup but he was my starter nearer the end of the season.

https://i.imgur.com/HTSb5Zg.png

I had no right back at one point as they all left so I panicked a bit and picked up three for peanuts.

https://i.imgur.com/AMVLePo.png

Signed him on a pre-contract and West Ham agreed to sell him to us early for £190k.

https://i.imgur.com/X9IVOAD.png

The second of my RB panic buys.

https://i.imgur.com/h2jFXGS.png

The final and most polished one. Wasn't looking for another at this stage but LA Galaxy cut him in their first squad selection and I scooped him out.

https://i.imgur.com/bIg2Qr9.png

Had money to burn in the Summer so I spent a chunk on this guy who fits into my team really well.

League:

https://i.imgur.com/hW3BBOA.png
https://i.imgur.com/0YEuNnm.png

https://i.imgur.com/ZAiqzvc.png

Pretty standard, we had a weird run in the second half of the season where we looked really shit and struggled to put games away. We just couldn't take our chances and our opponents were always managing some shitty goals.

Domestic cups:

https://i.imgur.com/iHKFApF.png

https://i.imgur.com/NXxWFGj.png

Speaking of playing like shit and struggling to put games away, we were punished for that in the Lamar Hunt Cup. 17 shots on target compared to Chicago's 5. Annoyingly we lost because one of the subs I brought on missed. Our second team went further than us.

Champions League:

https://i.imgur.com/zZxvBZb.png

Thought we'd cruise to victory but the game just did not want us to beat Guadalajara who went on to win the trophy. It felt like we could have played them for weeks and not scored, the finishing on show from us was horrific. It also didn't help that I had sold most of my players at that stage and not replaced them so we were really lacking numbers for the competition. I was hoping that we could register more after the first round but that was not the case.

Squad:

https://i.imgur.com/xLYarR5.png

Pretty happy with the team but it's annoying how restrictive the league is, we have so much money that I want to piss away but I can't.

Ireland:

https://i.imgur.com/Y5mIrcD.png

https://i.imgur.com/etkTNmq.png

Absolutely pissed it although Parrott went off the boil for 2 matches after I posted his ludicrous stats. We were only one of two teams to win all games in their group which was nice. Second was England who scored 70 fucking goals and only conceded 1 in 10 matches.

Lofty

20-07-2020, 09:54 PM

Top effort that, absolutely smashed the group. Any reason England are so dominant? You make me feel like I should give an MLS save a go at some point.

Found this guy while scouting, oddest attributes I've ever seen:

https://i.ibb.co/xY1J0cD/image0-4.png

Sir Andy Mahowry

20-07-2020, 10:06 PM

Their group was piss easy (Russia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Faroe Islands and Liechtenstein) and Roberto Martinez (lol) has got them firing.

This chap went batshit in qualifying:

https://i.imgur.com/GCQ6Wqm.png

14 goals in 10 games but he only managed 2 in his previous 23 so it came from nowhere. Greenwood had 10, Rashford and 'Dele' had 9.

51 of their 69 goals came against the Faroes and Liechtenstein.

In other news Beijing Guoan made a £57m offer for my LB:

https://i.imgur.com/kB1bMQ8.png

Really considered it as the offer is MASSIVE (also included 30% of profit) but ultimately rejected as there are only two other LB's interested in the team that I like more but they'd cost around £80m and ask for more in wages.

Manc

20-07-2020, 10:22 PM

Those physcials. :drool:

Lofty

21-07-2020, 09:12 AM

Both powerhouses, the English guy looks quality. Are you not worried your man will upset the applecart since you keep rejecting moves for him?

Deportivo relegated to the Spanish third tier, that's an FM21 save ready for November.

Jimmy Floyd

21-07-2020, 09:18 AM

Getting out of Segunda B is like trying to find your way out of a complex cave system while blindfolded.

After the 48 team '26 World Cup - CANADA USA MEXICO - won by Holland - I applied for loads of national jobs and got five offers. I took Wales. They have a fucking dynamite front four (three of them young regens, plus Woodburn) and we're going to rule the world.

Lofty

21-07-2020, 09:21 AM

Jimmy Floyd

21-07-2020, 09:24 AM

Not a peep from the board, although in fairness I just bullied them into expanding the stadium, such is my alpha male dominance over the cream of Budapest's footballing fat cats, so they weren't going to cry about me taking a few weekend trips to Merthyr Tydfil.

Sir Andy Mahowry

21-07-2020, 11:35 AM

Sir Andy Mahowry

21-07-2020, 11:37 AM

Small national jobs are the best. Do clubs react badly to you applying for national jobs while managing at club level? 10 years in to a 30 year save (max length on Touch) fancy going for one, was briefly touted for the England job at one point.

When I was at Alianza Lima I applied for a few and they kicked up a fuss. I told them they wouldn't be able to replace me with someone better and they shut up.

In the interview for Toronto they did bring up my international applications whilst at a club as a negative.

thommo

21-07-2020, 02:34 PM

Early days in my 5th season with Slough, and I just received the news item that Lucas Biglia has been sacked from Stevenage after a poor start to the National League season. :cab:

League 2 has some crackers - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is back and in charge at Swindon, Plymouth have gone progressive and have Emma Hayes as manager, whilst a certain Loic Remy is up in Blackpool in his first managerial job.

Manc

21-07-2020, 02:39 PM

Must have seen the tower and thought he was home.

wullie

21-07-2020, 02:43 PM

My biggest challenger in 2033/34 is Everton who've gone from flirting with relegation to title contenders in an instant by hiring Billy Sharp as manager.

Jimmy Floyd

21-07-2020, 02:50 PM

My favourite opposing boss at the moment is good old Zoltan Gera, who started off on my backroom staff, was hired as manager by Vidi, sacked within three months, and has since cycled through Ujpest, Honved and Kisvarda (sacked within a year each time), and now at Mezokovesd, whom he duly took down and is now at the foot of the division below and back to Precarious Island for the fifth time.

All the while he consistently refuses my offers to come back between sackings (he's a Ferencvaros 'Icon' which are presumably handy to have around) because there isn't a prestigious enough job available for him. Mate, know when you're beaten.

Kikó

21-07-2020, 04:26 PM

https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/09/13/tony-adams-granada.jpg

Sir Andy Mahowry

21-07-2020, 09:30 PM

https://i.imgur.com/Ge70ocR.png

Happy with that.

Lofty

21-07-2020, 10:46 PM

Very nice.

Last game of the season, I am on 94 points and Brighton top with 96. 91st minute winner :D

https://i.ibb.co/FWyd5zk/image0-5.png

Sir Andy Mahowry

21-07-2020, 10:56 PM

That group was for the Euros. This monstrosity is for the Nations League:

https://i.imgur.com/8O3p2tv.png

Sir Andy Mahowry

21-07-2020, 11:17 PM

Toronto FC:

https://i.imgur.com/OQ2qdI5.png

https://i.imgur.com/VFmcOWo.png

I could stay for another 3 months but I don't care, I'm leaving.

Here are the transfers I made this season btw:

https://i.imgur.com/meOrAKn.png

£775k. I wanted a good backup striker and I had traded for a lot more international slots so picked this guy up and he was perfect in his backup role.

https://i.imgur.com/nVk5KIB.png

Only £135k. He didn't get many opportunities but I do think he could be something good in the future.

Squad:

https://i.imgur.com/78EINnJ.png

This was a great team but it annoyed me having so many restrictions despite having so much money.

Shouldn't have any problems getting any job I want in Africa, Asia or Oceania which is where I'll be heading next.

Sir Andy Mahowry

22-07-2020, 12:02 AM

https://i.imgur.com/XEz1yBr.png

Korea it is.

Here is the squad:

https://i.imgur.com/rqAoRO5.png

Youth prospect:

https://i.imgur.com/8KulKtN.png

Key player:

https://i.imgur.com/VvaHNIS.png

League table:

https://i.imgur.com/hKXvKna.png

Transfer budget is £2.1m and we have £16k p/w available in wages. The team has been very up and down in previous seasons. They won the league a couple of seasons ago but finished 7th last year and it seems they finish high one year and they drop the next.

Lofty

22-07-2020, 04:59 AM

Pretty sure Suwon has one of the best academies in the game which is a bonus.

Baz

22-07-2020, 08:30 AM

Lee Ki-Bong :rosebud:

Sir Andy Mahowry

22-07-2020, 02:01 PM

Euro 2028:

https://i.imgur.com/GCmK6cN.png

https://i.imgur.com/2B3xPkE.png

Team just never really got going, we did beat Denmark and France (lol) but we were pretty shit. Parrott managed a hattrick against Denmark but was silent against everyone else.

Our CM's were also horseshit.

Giggles

22-07-2020, 02:03 PM

Sir Andy Mahowry

22-07-2020, 02:09 PM

O'Shea is long gone. Obafemi comes off the bench (I start Parrott and Connolly) and Molumby was meant to be here but I didn't realise he wasn't in the squad when I confirmed it which is a real shitter as he'd have made a huge difference.

Here's the squad I used:

https://i.imgur.com/JYPhCjO.png
https://i.imgur.com/RiLYWYC.png

A lot of regens in there but my main men were Parrott, Smallbone and Connell.

Giggles

22-07-2020, 02:31 PM

Cheers. I was wondering if Smallbone and Connell would end up Irish and if Bazunu would still be knocking about too.

Manc

22-07-2020, 03:08 PM

I did ponder a ROI career after my Scotland adventure. Seems impossible to convince either Grealish or Maddison to take the plunge.

Jimmy Floyd

22-07-2020, 03:20 PM

The ones that look interesting to me (at least on 19 with English leagues loaded) are some of the Caribbean islands, Barbados have got a cracking little regen team together.

Sir Andy Mahowry

22-07-2020, 03:33 PM

I did ponder a ROI career after my Scotland adventure. Seems impossible to convince either Grealish or Maddison to take the plunge.

There are so many regens knocking about that would be great who constantly rejected switching.

There was also a chap who was 27/28 (real player, can't remember his name) who had recently moved to the MLS who was refusing to switch in case England ever came calling.

Sir Andy Mahowry

22-07-2020, 04:39 PM

https://i.imgur.com/tNvZPO0.png

I will be leaving Bottom Ireland but struggling to decide where to go.

https://i.imgur.com/wQVQ42e.png

Due to them being in the Olympics which starts in a few days.

thommo

22-07-2020, 07:37 PM

Just to let everyone know - Loic Remy has been sacked in mid-September at Blackpool with them sitting in 23rd in League 2. Might see if he fancies an assistant manager job at Slough.

Sir Andy Mahowry

22-07-2020, 08:10 PM

2028 Olympics:

https://i.imgur.com/n7yYllD.png

Annoyed we couldn't beat USA but this set up a final with the dopers, Russia:

https://i.imgur.com/ngvfCMH.png

Should have beaten them by more but I'll take the gold medal, it's damn true.

https://i.imgur.com/5eKzV3y.png

https://i.imgur.com/tYq61Cu.png

https://i.imgur.com/95QBHRI.png

Squad was already picked before I accepted the job which is a shame as there are some great youngsters the AI didn't pick. Was nice to use Helinho (loan at Alianza Lima) and Leiria (Hermanos and Alianza) though and they'll be in the main squad.

The list now stands at:

Club competitions:

FIFA Club World Cup
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Conference League
UEFA Super Cup
African Champions League
Copa Libertadores
O-League (Oceanic Champions League)
Asian Champions League
North American Champions League

International competitions:

FIFA World Cup
Olympics
UEFA European Championship
Nations Leaue
African Cup of Nations
Copa America
Oceanic Nations Cup
Asian Nations Cup
North American Gold Cup

Good chance of taking the Asian Champions League with Suwon and the World Cup along with the Copa America with Brazil.

Baz

23-07-2020, 09:26 AM

Really enjoying your save. It’s crazy how fast you get through.

Jimmy Floyd

23-07-2020, 09:35 AM

My Wales are in a Nations League group with Holland and Scotland. Started by scorching the latter 5-0, before returning to Ferencvaros and losing 2-0 at home to bottom placed Györ to end our 41 match unbeaten run. FM really is a marvellous game.

I've gone back to having wingers this season, after a six year break, and it really has been tremendous, albeit they seem to spend a lot of time flicking on long balls, as if we've somehow morphed into Egil Olsen's Norway side from the 1990s. I spunked £17 million on Jack Clarke and swept up the best wingers from the other Hungarian teams to do the rest. The tactic works great with Wales, though, as we have a magical front four - Harry Wilson on the left, and a brilliant Man City regen called Nathan Lawless on the right, who just donned Scotland senseless. There's also an amazing AMC regen with 18+ for almost every physical stat. What this save has done very well is produce top regens with proper Welsh names, like Alan Powell, Gethin Jones and Sion Rees.

Lofty

23-07-2020, 01:08 PM

A bright start and some nice transfer listed summer acquisitions gave me hope for my second stab at the premier league but now the January window is open it seems like I have to gamble to turn it around. A frustrating amount of late winning goals conceded, the market for defenders is unfortunately either not interested, too expensive or not good enough. Think I might just have to scoop up as many decent prospects as I can and have them ready for next time round.

Manc

23-07-2020, 01:38 PM

Lofty is our very own Neil Warnock.

https://youtu.be/mXi6YbupPv0

Lofty

23-07-2020, 01:56 PM

wullie

23-07-2020, 04:13 PM

2033/34

After a worldwide poll, we moved into the 525000-seater Coventry Stadium, leaving the creaky Ricoh Arena to dwindling rugby fans (hopefully real life follows through with the same promise) (https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2020/july/news-coventry-city-and-university-of-warwick-announce-new-sky-blues-stadium-plans/).

Lost the Charity Shield miserably 3-0 to Man Utd, then it went alright after

https://i.imgur.com/dDLlQHi.jpg

Ed Virtue became the club's all-time top league goalscorer on his way to a fourth consecutive PL golden boot and both FWA and PFA Player of the year awards, not good enough for a single England cap still.

Won a second League Cup beating Chelsea on penalties after a scintillating 0-0 draw, were beaten in the FA Cup 5th round by West Brom after clearly putting too much energy into beating Spurs 7-0 in the previous round.

Champions League

https://i.imgur.com/t2sRuEj.jpg

Pulled one out of the bag a couple of times to get past Barcelona and Real Madrid and then the season ended the same way it started with a final against Man Utd

https://i.imgur.com/60uc7Wr.jpg

All the lads

https://i.imgur.com/pJx1sti.jpg

Baz

23-07-2020, 05:20 PM

Is that capacity a typo?

Sir Andy Mahowry

23-07-2020, 05:32 PM

Imagine 525k people watching Coventry :drool:

wullie

23-07-2020, 06:12 PM

Whoops, may be an accidental zero in there somewhere. Although, the board have agreed to expand by 3000 seats already so give it a few decades or so

Jimmy Floyd

23-07-2020, 06:14 PM

I've seen things where people run the game on 300 years and you really do get stadia that size.

Bob Sacamano

23-07-2020, 07:03 PM

I've taken on a game with Fenerbahce and about half way through leading the goal scoring charts are Cameron Jerome, Hudo Rodallega and Arouna Kone, yet I can't get the vastly superior Muriqi to come close to scoring :lol:

Every team has a cluster of players you remember from about 10 years ago, it really is a horrible league and I'm hanging on to my job by a thread after a 4-1 home defeat by a Hugo Rodallega inspired Denizilspor.

Jimmy Floyd

23-07-2020, 07:30 PM

https://i.imgur.com/GpLfYfI.jpg

Sometimes I run into league games like this against the absolute shite (newly promoted wank, shitty little ground miles from anywhere on the Ukrainian border, not a single player who would get into my wider 30 man squad, one win all season) and it's so eminently clear early on that they are going to beat us with a swaggering comfortable ease, no matter what we do in the game, that my only recourse is to stick some music like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2yEFpacIE) on in the background and pretend I have been taken hostage by local organised crime and my body is about to be fished up from the bottom of the Danube, like a Hungarian-themed version of this scene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otwucZMciUM) from The Wire.

If I did anything else, I would just seethe myself into an early grave.

Sir Andy Mahowry

23-07-2020, 08:36 PM

First youth intake and this our best player:

https://i.imgur.com/5I6EwSr.png

Doesn't look like he'll be amazing but could be very good in the league.

wullie

23-07-2020, 10:16 PM

I knew there had to be a reason Ed Virtue wasn't getting called up for England. Not football ability, good old fashioned bigotry!

https://i.imgur.com/tFF1rSq.png

Lofty

23-07-2020, 10:16 PM

In defence of the terrible yoyoing my Oldham save is experiencing I will point out I foolishly only loaded England when I set the save up so it probably doesn't help that I am wading in a very shallow pool of players. I may even road the same save when I max this one out at 30 seasons and see what the difference is running three nations (FM Touch max) is.

On the PC version (which I do have but it's not convenient for racking a proper save on right now) I would routinely spend one session just sifting players to scout but I run out of players to sift quite quickly, I curse my scouts for being crap but there may well just not be that much to scout. For instance when I look through Spain, Bilbao have 4 signable players and Villareal have none. Signed a couple of defenders this january and am now on a 'not winning run' as opposed to a 'losses in a row run' :D

Lofty

24-07-2020, 08:30 AM

Had the bright idea of changing skins this morning and the game wouldn't load, ended up having to reinstall meaning my only save I can retrieve is the steam cross sync one which I bet is five seasons behind. At least I can start with a large datatbase now I suppose.

Luke Emia

24-07-2020, 08:37 AM

Is the star system related to the ability of your squad? Or is it related to the ability of the players in each position within your squad?

Jimmy Floyd

24-07-2020, 08:40 AM

I think it's relative to your whole squad. I've never had more than a couple of 4.5 stars+ in the squad at once.

Lofty

24-07-2020, 08:48 AM

Yeah it's relative to the squad. If you sign a 4 star keeper to replace your three star keeper his star may drop slightly when he arrives but so will your existing keeper relative to the new keeper. Explains the annoying 'my scouts said he was pele but when I signed him they changed their mind' thing.

wullie

24-07-2020, 09:41 AM

Bloody hell, I remember when my task was 'don't get relegated, but it's alright if you do really'

https://i.imgur.com/CiBcMpz.png

Jimmy Floyd

24-07-2020, 09:51 AM

Giving you an easy ride, imo. Best youth system in the solar system should be a bare minimum.

Manc

24-07-2020, 09:55 AM

wullie

24-07-2020, 10:00 AM

I had to talk them down from really specific tasks like concentrating on set pieces and possession. We gave the world kick and rush and that's how we rule it

Sir Andy Mahowry

24-07-2020, 10:59 AM

Mike

24-07-2020, 11:17 AM

Finished the 29/30 season.

https://i.imgur.com/wvbAEvS.png

https://i.imgur.com/CpMV8Dv.png

https://i.imgur.com/Lu2Krza.png
https://i.imgur.com/xE4yX8M.png
https://i.imgur.com/wRSZn2j.png

https://i.imgur.com/m2gFSx9.png

Sir Andy Mahowry

24-07-2020, 12:19 PM

https://i.imgur.com/s1BrPsQ.png

Ugh.

wullie

24-07-2020, 01:02 PM

https://i.imgur.com/m2gFSx9.png

Are these the regen faces the game creates now or have you downloaded a pack?

Mike

24-07-2020, 01:33 PM

Downloaded a pack. DS sent me the link.

Sir Andy Mahowry

24-07-2020, 05:20 PM

Suwon Bluewings/Brazil 2027/28 season:

League:

https://i.imgur.com/Db0oZ4R.png

I was hoping we might win the league but had a meltdown near the end of the season which ended our chances.

Fixtures:

https://i.imgur.com/4cbkSbH.png

The league then split into two groups:

https://i.imgur.com/4URY7ul.png

And we struggled to secure wins. That 5-5 with Jeonbuk was after they had been declared champions so I just wanted to try and put on a special match for everyone watching.

Transfers In:

https://i.imgur.com/UU5vjZq.png

Our marquee signing, £1.5m and someone I had recently discovered whilst with Ireland.

https://i.imgur.com/3ry4Hep.png

£120k. Wanted him to provide some depth and my scouts were fairly high on him.

https://i.imgur.com/G5O6D7G.png

£140k. I want to fill up the squad with as many half-decent Korean prospects as possible due to the squad restrictions.

https://i.imgur.com/xWj83U9.png

£650k and he was better than our current options in the centre of midfield.

Transfers out:

https://i.imgur.com/dWHJHpH.png

A 35 year old Korean and two crap 33 year old Koreans to make the squad a bit younger.

Squad:

https://i.imgur.com/KfcfuRd.png

Losing some to the military and I've also sealed a move for Mohamed and I will be looking to sell Paltogiou to bring in another foreigner.

We have just over £3m in the transfer budget so I'll be bringing in a lot more Korean youth too.

Brazil:

https://i.imgur.com/C4L9cOn.png

Currently leading the qualification group by 3 points over Argentina after 12 games and we've qualified for the World Cup.

Jimmy Floyd

24-07-2020, 11:12 PM

Ferencvaros - season 9
We had Young Boys in the CL qualifier, which was frankly a walk in the park and it took us through to yet another group stage appearance in the 3rd pot of seeds. This time we got slightly more luck as out came Milan, RB Leipzig and PSV - good sides, but not the absolute elite. We duly started with a grubby 2-1 win away at the Philips or whatever PSV's ground is called (6 season ex-Preston stalwart, Josh Harrop, getting the winner) before returning to Budapest and being absolutely monstered 5-1 by Leipzig, who are a consistently decent outfit really. Milan had managed to lose their first two and we burgled a 2-0 home win before losing 2-0 there to leave the group delicately poised. However, all we really needed was a home win over PSV and poacher-in-chief Mazzonetto, roaring back into form in 26/27 after a barren 25/26, nudged one in from about 0.3 yards at the third attempt as only he can. That takes us through to the Champions League knockout stages for the third time.

Wales - Nations League
We found ourselves in the top tier joining the punchy Scots, and newly minted world champions Holland. A 5-0 cunting of Scotland was followed up by a plucky 4-2 loss in tulip land in which we had twice led. Scotland were a tougher cookie at Hampden but Harry Wilson led us to a 2-1 win, sending them into Nations League Division B tae think again. In the final game we had to beat Holland by two to qualify for the, well, the medium-sized dance. This did not happen but we did notch a famous 2-1 home win over the world champions to match them on points and beat them on goal difference, but find ourselves edged out on head to head record.

There I was, after that, waiting for the Euro qualifiers to be drawn, and I looked down the list and did not see our name. This was confusing until I realised that, yes, we - along with Scotland - have been selected to host Euro 2028, the big wigs at UEFA evidently deciding that Wrexham, Swansea and Kilmarnock will make fitting venues for the 24 best sides in European football to strut their stuff. This presents us with a great opportunity to have a daring run at the big prize with what must be the best Welsh team, certainly going forward, ever assembled. Here are our heroes:

https://i.imgur.com/WiiRwm7.jpg

Far from the rentboy-looking imp of real life, Ben Woodburn is a folk hero and stud in this game, playing all across the front line and the all time record goalscorer for Wales.

https://i.imgur.com/KhXk2Na.jpg

Gethin Jones is his rival for the lone striker berth and also boasts a magnificent international record.

https://i.imgur.com/DCetaeo.jpg

RB Leipzig could not ignore the talents of Alan Powell and they paid an indifferent Man Utd only £15 million for his services - looks a snip to me. He runs the side.

https://i.imgur.com/gccyNSu.jpg

What Bale once was to the Welsh left, Nathan Lawless now is to its right, a sublime talent who has been at City but is now on loan at Villa along with several of his Welsh team mates.

https://i.imgur.com/TnPFLht.jpg

At 29 the elder statesman of the Famous Five, Harry Wilson is vastly experienced and still often causes havoc down that left wing.

With that lot in the saddle (usually 4 of the 5 on pitch at any one time, and who cares at the back), we are destined to rule the world and become the new by-word for footballing dominance.

Sir Andy Mahowry

25-07-2020, 12:09 AM

Kevin Phillips is coming to Korea!

https://i.imgur.com/recnOJW.png

Signing in 6 months but I'm hoping to gather £500k so I can bring him over ASAP.

Edit: Took a week and I got him for £475k.

Lofty

25-07-2020, 08:27 AM

Just surveying the thread, how many are playing on a laptop? Be interested to see the specs, and is anyone using an SSD?

Mike

25-07-2020, 08:29 AM

I play on a desktop with an SSD, I have loaded up the save a few times (good old cloud saving) on an older laptop, I added extra ram and an SSD and it’s perfectly fine.

This one: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/g-series/g50-70/

Jimmy Floyd

25-07-2020, 08:42 AM

Just surveying the thread, how many are playing on a laptop? Be interested to see the specs, and is anyone using an SSD?

I am playing on a laptop with a 1.3g processor and 8MB ram, it chugs along reasonably smoothly.

Lofty

25-07-2020, 09:59 AM

Thanks gents, trying to identify a budget laptop with enough scope to run the next few versions and a big database etc.

Mike: is it rapid with SSD?

Mike

25-07-2020, 10:48 AM

Not really noticeable, though I've not tried it without. The processor and ram is far more important for FM really. Like an SSD is good for loading stuff in, but for processing results and stuff, it doesn't do much. You should however get an SSD, because they're brilliant in general.

Dquincy

25-07-2020, 10:51 AM

Just finished season 2059/60. You may recall that I scraped to survival in the previous season in the Scottish Championship (or Division 1 on FM11) last season.

Well this season was massively different having been able to keep my star striker and also sign another striker who was 32 yrs old and probably too good for my team.

We absolutely stormed the league going unbeaten all season and winning the Challenge Scottish Cup.

The downside was on the financial side. As our stadium capacity was only 5,000, we were losing between circa 150k-200k a month. I tried to stem the flow with some friendlies and luckily we had an away game to Hearts in the Scottish Cup which brought in 700k. So we started the season with circa £3m, but ended it with £2m. Once we achieved promotion, the board decided to install under-soil heating and spend £1.9m! Hence i have no money in the pre-season and my start striker signed a pre-contract with Leicester in the closing stages of the season.

https://i.imgur.com/0rIDmrm.jpg

Results from the season. Look at that run of games not conceding a goal.

https://i.imgur.com/mN5MrR6.jpg

Manc

25-07-2020, 12:36 PM

Under soil-heating takes me back to 2001.

Dquincy

27-07-2020, 12:45 PM

Season 2060-61

Just finished Ayr Utd's first ever season in the top flight. Pretty decent season considering we were tipped for rock bottom (12th). The season splitting in 2 towards the end is a bit odd, but i retained 6th despite having less points that 7th which was a relief. We made it to the semi finals of the Scottish Cup before going out on pens to Dundee. Bit annoying as i was hoping it might give me entry into Europe. Managed to win manager of the season, which was nice.

https://i.imgur.com/rbuITtr.jpg

The squad in preseason (less any players being sold who are in the reserves and less any incoming players due in on 1st July once their contracts expire).

https://i.imgur.com/E8nSWgY.jpg

I'm hoping for more of this as we need money to start competing with Rangers, Hearts and Celtic who are dominating the league.

https://i.imgur.com/VCaRd9W.jpg

This seems a lot of money for not much gain! I only had £2m in the bank...

https://i.imgur.com/ZA0sj8r.jpg

Aim for next season:
Improve the squad, get some more money and achieve top 6 finish again.

Sir Andy Mahowry

27-07-2020, 01:24 PM

https://i.imgur.com/q5b4qd3.png

:moop:

Lofty

27-07-2020, 03:17 PM

Loaded up the Oldham save I salvaged from Steam and it's worse than I feared, it was summer 2032 when I made the fatal error. Just got the cross sync save on and it's November 2022 :D

Second in League One though, probably easier to run with it from here than start entirely again.

Sir Andy Mahowry

27-07-2020, 05:46 PM

https://i.imgur.com/XNR0vs0.png

Schalke came in with a bid for him and after some negotiating we settled on £15m + 50% next sale :drool:

Lofty

27-07-2020, 05:53 PM

I'm shite at negotiating, you've played a blinder there. He has excellent physicals but for me I would be expecting better crossing and dribbling for that money, even if he is 18.

Sir Andy Mahowry

27-07-2020, 05:56 PM

I wasn't interested in selling so just put up £20m and they came back with £7.5m.

I was hoping for £10m at that point but they were happy to hand over £15m.

Sir Andy Mahowry

28-07-2020, 12:37 AM

https://i.imgur.com/VLemJYN.png

£22.5m, 50% next sale and a friendly from Dortmund \0/.

Edit: Or £31m and 40% profit from Porto.

Edit: Took Dortmund's offer.

John Arne

28-07-2020, 02:34 AM

https://i.imgur.com/q5b4qd3.png

:moop:

Is that Pham Manh Hung from Hai Phong?

Baz

28-07-2020, 08:04 AM

Mahow jizzing in his bibimbap about 50% future sales when he’ll be managing Newcastle Jets by the time that money comes in.

Sir Andy Mahowry

28-07-2020, 12:46 PM

Is that Pham Manh Hung from Hai Phong?
It isn't, it's a regen:

https://i.imgur.com/H7t4aBj.png

My board were SEETHING at me for spending £375k on him but he's one of our best performers.

The Hai Phong one stayed there until he retired and is now an unemployed manager who hasn't found work since retiring a year ago.

Mahow jizzing in his bibimbap about 50% future sales when he’ll be managing Newcastle Jets by the time that money comes in.

I like to ensure that any clubs I go to are set up financially. When I came in we had £7m in the bank, there's now £35.5m and two potentially huge sell on clauses to come in.

Manc

28-07-2020, 01:13 PM

Monsieur Hood.

Lofty

28-07-2020, 09:28 PM

So in my Oldham reloaded save I manage to scrape promotion, had a good run intitially then form fell away so I signed every loan player I could get my hands on in January and managed to improve every position I made a signing in. I managed to sign one on to a permanent contract but the rest are doing the annoying loan thing where their contracts are due to expire within a week but they aren't approachable, and will no doubt sign new deals at the last minute.

Form picked up again in the second half of the season but there were a couple of wobbles and a few idiotic sendings off meant I dropped needless points and finished third. Battered Oxford 6-2 on aggregate in the play off semi's then squeaked by a Hull side that had been top for the first few months of the season 1-0 in the final.

I prefer to play with an AMC but in the lost save I had changed to using a DM because I didn't get a quality upgrade in. This time I am hoping to stick with my principles but will need more reinforcements. The club was taken over during the play offs meaning I go into the championship with £4.2m to spend and 100k wage budget. I am currently working back through my shortlist working out who to snap up on free transfers and who to remove. I already got 5 released PL youth players in to send out on loan immediately, though a 36 year old Mario Mandzukic snubbed my offer.

How highly do people put stock in stuff like 'doesn't enjoy big matches'?

Sir Andy Mahowry

28-07-2020, 09:42 PM

I don't.

I just look at attributes and anything extra (that is positive) is an added bonus. Negative stuff like that I just ignore.

Smjffy

28-07-2020, 10:23 PM

Oxford City - 2043/2044

Season Summary

https://i.imgur.com/SB2ZABL.png

We romped home to our 9th Premier League title and our 6th on the spin. I'm not too sure what happened to both Man United and Liverpool but both had tragic seasons.

https://i.imgur.com/RohZckx.png

Diguinho once again finished as the leagues top goal scorer with 22 although he scored 37 in all competition which was pleasing. He's probably scored around 160 goals in his seven seasons at the club which is some feat given the exploits of Yan Canti over the years.

Robert Awany who broke into the team last season finally cemented one of the centre back positions as his own and gained three caps along the way.

https://i.imgur.com/oGqJtia.png

Miltao tried to break the stranglehold up front held by fellow Brazilians Yan Canti and Diguinho

https://i.imgur.com/ZqH3B3u.png

Tough ask but he's still got plenty of time.

Finally, Hassan Saidi was impressive on the right of midfield but I need to get rid for his wage alone. I spend nearly £1M a week alone on him and my son.

https://i.imgur.com/W93ltqN.png

Speaking of my son,

Timber Rood has had another great campaign.

https://i.imgur.com/w1DdRnD.png

He's played 416 league games and scored 114 times, assisting 125 times. Unfortunately FM Touch only allows you to view the current season but I estimate he's played around 700+ times given he's got over 100 caps (for England :moop:) and has Europe/Domestic Cups.

Still has at least 6/7 years in him.

Domestic Cups

Charity Shield

Chelsea were our opponents in the seasons opener and a hattrick from Yan Canti followed Junior's early screamer as we won 4-2.

EFL Cup

A local derby as we entertained Oxford United in the 3rd round, winning by three as centre back Ognjen Rajic scored an unlikely treble without reply. Chelsea followed in round four and so we put out the first team, a double by Diguinho and a strike by Saidi put us through to the quarter finals. Leicester were our opponents and despite scoring early in the first half we were pegged back late in the second but secured the win on penalties. Fulham lay in wait in the semi's and took us to a 1-1 draw in the first leg. It took a 95th minute goal from Yan Canti to keep us in the competition as we drew 1-1 in the 2nd too. We once again won on penalties.

Man City would grace the final alongside us and a 2-1 win was all that was needed, Aliu Sanca and Diguinho giving us our fourth EFL Cup.

FA Cup

Grimsby Town were dismantled by six goals to nil in the 3rd round, Miltao scoring three, Diguinho grabbing a brace and my son scoring in the final minute from the penalty spot. Dad rules.

West Ham met Yan Canti in the 4th round, his strike and Sanca's minutes later secured a 2-0 win and a passage to the 5th round. Leeds were powerless to stop us progressing to the Quarter Finals as we won 3-0.

Brighton took us to extra time after a 2-2 draw in normal time, a little disappointing to throw away a two goal lead but after Rajic made it 3-3 in extra time, I almost anticipated pens but Yan Canti and the under used Ryan Roche scored late in the day.

Semi finals and Manchester City were out to avenge the EFL Cup defeat but had no such look as our Brazilian maestro Yan Canti scored the games only goal. Sunderland were our final opponents and there was no way we were losing that. Our 4-0 win merely confirming as much. It was our 7th FA Cup title, our fourth on the trot which was the first time any club had managed such a feat. :cool:

Champions League

We hammered our group with six wins from six against VfB Stuttgard, Atletico Madrid and FC Kobvenhavn. Inter Milan were our first knock out round opponents and surprisingly we lost the first leg 2-1 but the Italians were no match for us back at the John Woodley Stadium as we won the return 4-2 to set up a tie against Man City in the quarters. We fancied our chances merely because we'd had Man City's number for a while now but I didn't anticipate the 0-0 at the Etihad as it left us open for the 2nd leg. I needn't had worried as we went through 3-0 rather comfortably which is more than can be said for the semi finals and our German opponents, Bayern Munich who took us all the way, again at the John Woodley Stadium and again we only managed a 0-0. Two first half goals in the return fixture helped ease our fears that we might once again miss our on European glory however as we won it 3-2 and would face Arsenal, the same Arsenal who ended our European streak in the first place.

https://i.imgur.com/Pvuq17u.png

Boom!

Number 7 in the bag and back to being European Champions.

No transfers once again, the same will apply next season then I'll gut the remainder of the squad and work with a minimal one so my youngsters are always subs or on the fringes.