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Had a very busy window!
How about that for a CL run? Southampton, Lyon, Rennes and Atletico.
My dream to see if I could get Mario Jardel to Ronaldo/Messi numbers has died on its arse in the first season. 20 goals in 15 and then he gets injured. Twice. And then goes on a goal drought. A million miles ahead of 3rd, miles off Porto. Plus nobody in the defence has any confidence.
So that was a wasted few hours. Joao Pinto was class until he got his head turned by Real Madrid.
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Join this: https://x.com/fantasychampman/status...u7JL4uCfVfYvZgOriginally Posted by Shindig
My dream to see if I could get Mario Jardel to Ronaldo/Messi numbers has died on its arse in the first season. 20 goals in 15 and then he gets injured. Twice. And then goes on a goal drought. A million miles ahead of 3rd, miles off Porto. Plus nobody in the defence has any confidence.
So that was a wasted few hours. Joao Pinto was class until he got his head turned by Real Madrid.
10 mins til deadline tho
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I'll give it a miss.
We made it to the Carabao Cup final \0/
Absolutely battered by Leeds though.
Writing was on the wall when the game gave them your typical "cross/corner comes in and there's a push" penalty.
Earned just over £1m from that game though which is MASSIVE for us.
That Sporting team is so much fun.My dream to see if I could get Mario Jardel to Ronaldo/Messi numbers has died on its arse in the first season. 20 goals in 15 and then he gets injured. Twice. And then goes on a goal drought. A million miles ahead of 3rd, miles off Porto. Plus nobody in the defence has any confidence.
So that was a wasted few hours. Joao Pinto was class until he got his head turned by Real Madrid.
If I try it again, I'll have to buy Taribo West or somebody to shore the backline. And a back-up wingback. I brought in Habib Beye and he was ... fine but not stellar.
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Hitchin Town 2043/44 Season Update:
League:
Keeper sold us down the river sadly as he had a shocker against Swansea which proved our downfall. He's a really good shot stopper but seems to be thicker than pig shit and just has mental lapses of judgements every few games.
Still, promotion is amazing.
Cups:
Really annoying as we battered Coventry at our place (4.35 xG to 1.1) but the keeper had a shitter and I knew we'd flop at the Ricoh which is what happened.
Crazy that we managed to beat Southampton twice and it's a shame we lost to Leeds (who made the FA Cup final too but lost to Hull) but what a ride.
After watching Gareth Waistcoat’s England tragically lose to Iceland, I decided to put England’s Euro 2024 fate into my own hands and took charge of them on Football Manager using this real groups mod from fmscout. (Load Finland or Sweden to start after April 2024 and the group draw will be done correctly.)
After Steve Holland lost the warmup friendly against Belgium, he managed to turn it around with a 5-1 win against Georgia (Iceland and Bosnia were unavailable) before it was time for me to get dressed and the tournament began. To make it as true to life as possible, I called up the same 26 players that Southgate has called up, despite Sterling and Rashford being absolutely awesome on FM24. The game was very surprised to see Konsa, Palmer, Mainoo and Wharton included, calling them virtually unknowns.
This was the lineup heading into the first game against, er, Slovenia. Not 100% accurate then, but on we go!
It took just 7 minutes for Foden to open the scoring, heading in a lovely cross from Saka. Winger to winger. Jan Oblak then went on to save 20 shots on target, winning match of the match and ensuring we only won 1-0. 3 points in the bag, at least, but second in Group C on goal difference after Denmark beat Serbia 4-2 in the other opening game.
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Next up we faced Denmark. Shaw, Alexander-Arnold and Foden were a bit tired so in came Trippier, Gallagher and Gordon. A Walker shot was parried by Schmeichel and Bellingham smashed it home to make it 1-0. Then Kane headed in a Tripper corner in first half stoppage time to put us two goals to the good. Saka got the third after Gordon recycled another Trippier corner which was half-cleared. Kane made it four after tapping home a low cross from Walker. Walker’s 2 assists got him man of the match and the 4-0 victory sent us top of the table.
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Serbia drew 2-2 with Slovenia so we were the only team who already knew our fate heading into our final group game against Serbia. Trippier retained his place ahead of Shaw but a few of the younger players were given starts, seeing as qualification was already secured. Trippier justified his inclusion early doors, assisting Foden for the opener. Dusan Tadic then had a goal disallowed for offside, as did Joe Gomez. Foden crossed to assist Gallagher and we went on to win 2-0.
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Denmark beat Slovenia 4-0 and qualified in second place. Germany won Group A, with Switzerland coming second. Scotland also scraped through as a best third placed team. Spain and Italy went through from Group B, as expected. Netherlands crashed out of Group D in last place with just one point, while all of France, Austria and Poland qualified after finishing in that order. Belgium won Group E, with Ukraine qualifying in second and Slovakia getting through as a best third placed team. And finally, Portugal won group F with Turkey second and Czechia also qualifying in third. Czechia, or Czech Republic as you may know them, would set to be England’s opponents in the second round. No other team kept a clean sheet in all three group games.
A full-strength team went out and Guehi gave the ball away multiple times within the first two minutes (a common theme so far) which Antonin Barak took full advantage of, to take the lead. Kane was brought down in the Czech box a couple of minutes later, only for Matej Kovar to save the resulting penalty. Foden decided to take the game by the scruff of the neck and some individual brilliance dragged us back into it after 17 minutes, and then another winger-to-winger Saka assist saw Foden bag a second. Quickly followed by Saka tucking another in from a corner. Foden bagged his hat-trick just before half-time and put the game beyond any doubt, after the early scare. Tired legs allowed them a goal late on but a 4-2 win saw us through to the Quarter Finals with relative ease.
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Italy awaited in the Quarters. Austria faced Portugal, Spain faced Denmark (who had dispatched Germany in the Round of 16), and Poland (who put Belgium out) faced France.
Italy were easily the best team we’d faced so far, despite them losing to Spain in the group stage and requiring extra time to get past Switzerland in the second round. Trippier continued to play ahead of Shaw, while Gallagher started ahead of a tired Alexander-Arnold. Foden was also tired but his form was too hot not to start. Lo and behold, Foden threads a lovely weighted ball through to Kane to open the scoring in first half stoppage time. Kane had a goal disallowed early in the second half but we didn’t dwell on it as a penalty was awarded not long after, following a foul on Palmer. Since Kane missed last game, he’d relinquished penalty taking responsibilities to Palmer, who’d not been on the pitch very long. Of course, Donnarumma saved it! Verratti then equalised late on, pouncing on a mistake from John Stones. 1-1 after 90 minutes we headed into extra time, which Italy were now quite used to. Thankfully Trippier settled our nerves early on with a goal assisted by Gallager, but Italy hit back almost immediately with a goal from Raspadori. Rice then followed it up with a world class chipped through-ball assist for Jarrod “why is he going?” Bowen to smash home and put us 3-2 to the good. Marc Guehi then had a goal disallowed after being caught offside from a quick freekick and Toney had one chalked off for fouling during a corner but what a game!
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Portugal easily dispatched Austria 4-2 and Denmark knocked Spain out in extra time to proceed to the semi finals together. Meanwhile France’s 3-0 win over Poland meant we got to face them. Everyone was cream-crackered following the dramatic win over the Italians but we managed to field a full strength team against France.
Walker took a knock early on so made way for Gallagher and Trent went to right back. Mbappe picked up a similar injury around the same time, but Deschamps opted to leave him on, understandably. 0-0 at fulltime meant more extra time. Mbappe remained on. Bellingham then picked up a knock but I’d no substitutions left. Basically, whoever won this match would likely be without their best player for the final. Alexander-Arnold then got injured and had to come off so we were down to 10 men with a whole half of stoppage time to play. Thankfully both teams were dead on the feet so a stalemate meant penalties.
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We’re in the final. Meanwhile, Portual smashed Denmark 4-2. Cristiano Ronaldo leading the top scorer charts with 9 goals. Hopefully Marc Guehi can keep him quiet. No Bellingham or Alexander-Arnold means a completely new midfield pairing, but at least Walker should be alright. A tired Phil Foden slots into the centre of midfield alongside Gallagher, and Bowen starts on the wing. Dunk and Wharton finally got to adorn the England tracksuit to sit on the bench, while Trent and Jude watch on from the stands.
Hang on, Bowen starts the Euro 2024 final? Yes he does, and pops up with a lovely goal from the edge of the area after 10 minutes, following a sneaky freekick from Trippier. Kane then made it two after a flurry of passes lead to Gallagher putting it on a plate for the England skipper. Gallager then set up another after a bit of pinball in the box results in a very tired Foden sliding it into the net to make it 3-0 just before half time. The commentary claims it’s getting embarrassing. Gallagher gets one of his own, volleying home a deflected shot to make it four. Rice then scores a thunderbolt from miles out and we are laughing. An assist from Trippier, who has been outstanding all tournament. Bruno Fernandes then picked up a red card with 20 mins to go, Portuguese heads well and truly gone.
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I've tried buying the new games but I just don't enjoy them as much. I like the balance of FM11 in terms of detail and 'click ability'. Can whizz through a season fairly quickly (I use commentary only).
When I read your updates it does make me want to play the latest version, mind. But the game seems so busy and indepth; far too much for my braincell/s. The last one I bought was FM22, got a few seasons in. I still have it on my laptop and fire it up every now and then, but I always fall back to FM11.
I might delve into the new FM when it comes out later this year.
Game still has to simulate the last few group games plus the playoffs so I don't think there's a way to make it fully accurate.
groups are 100% accurate, just the fixture order isn’t. Doesn’t make a different in the knockouts, thankfully.
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Ah, interesting. Ye getting the groups correct and failing on the fixture order is very weird then.
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Well done, he's 13.
Renaming one competition and 1 team. Well done, lads. This feels like it should have been done a long time ago - in fact, I didn't even realise that they DIDN'T have the license until I read this.
Shiny graphics and presentation too.
Play a Bundesliga match, Championship or UCL/UEL/UECL match and you'll see the difference.
Ah, I'm an instant result kinda guy. Not gone into the actual matchday for some time.
Thailand going to the World Cup
To be expected, I guess.
Zero goals must sting.
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Aye, would have been nice. I'm surprised we kept it down the 7 at the other end, mind.
Yeah honestly a -7 goal difference is quite the achievement, in a fairly tough group as well.
Fixture scheduling in Brazil is madness.
7 games from 14th Jan - 31st Jan
Back in the day, I remember them talking about 64-game seasons. National Championships and cups, state championship and cups, etc.
Ooof.
Despite really enjoying my 2yrs at Santos, the Barca job came up, and I haven't managed a proper team in FM24 (save making Crewe the BEST TEAM EVA). So, I've jumped ship and I'm heading over to Lever FC.
Oh, look who is back on the FM24 database....
There’s been an update regarding FM25, including some screenshots of the new “tile and card” UI:
Looks like FM Touch to me.
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The tiles system could be good, although I'm not too keen on the move away from the 'inbox', the portal screen looks like a arcade game.
All the things they have removed (shouts, fantasy draft, versus mode etc) are all features I've barely ever used, so that's good.
Also confirmed the men and women will be one universe, that as a manager you can freely move between.
I’ve started a new save. I’m Man Utd and USA. Alex Ferguson is a director so he’s doing everything for me at United (besides tactics) while I try and get Sergio Oregel and/or Peyton Miller to more international caps than Ronaldo. The latter is more likely cos he’s actually good.
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The inbox (and number of emails that go in there per game week) makes it too much like having a job, so I'm in favour of streamlining it a bit if that's what this is, which I'm not sure about looking at that.
I won the CONCAF Nations League and came third in the Copa America.
Fergie finished 8th
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Wondered why I was always in the red...
Hitchin Town 2044/45 Season Update:
League:
We started like absolute shit and I thought it was going to be tough to stay in the league. The 7-2 against Ipswich (who were 3nd or 3rd at the time) seemed to wake us up though and we ended the season on fire.
We were also unlucky not to win the league:
Blackpool, Debry and Burnley were so fucking lucky.
Playoffs:
Got VERY lucky against Huddersfield but I'll take it after we got shafted throughout the league.
Ioan saves us again, he's our hero. He is Hitchin Town.
Cups:
Shame we couldn't go deeper but oh well.
Some decent cash made here, although not as much as I had hoped when we drew Man City.
Squad:
Huge props to our front three. Andy Walker, Kion Gumbs and the main man Ioan Jenkins:
He was produced last year and made 4 sub appearances that season. Over the end of season break and the start of the league season though he progressed massively and ended up our clear third choice guy.
And he was so fucking good.
Andy was a big part of the team last season and he progressed even further. Added a lot more goals to his game this year which was needed.
I'm lost for words at how good he is. He knows how to score at every fucking level:
NINE seasons in a row now he has won the league Golden Boot that we've been in. The guy is an absolute machine.
Sticking with him in the big league?
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Of course, there's fuck all else in the club.
Youth Academy only so I can't buy anyone.
Starmer now a fan since we got promoted:
Does the wheelchair wifey get to many games?
Standing room only.
Ooof. Only bought him a couple of months ago.
Champions League semi, I'm Barca, 4-1 up from the first leg.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Corner taken quickly?
I refuse to watch the highlights.
My save keeps crashing at the same date, anyway around this?
Have you tried holidaying past it?
Yeah, still crashes.
Are you using the default skin?
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No, do you think I should change it?
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