***The Official Football Manager Thread***

[Suntan Superman]

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We had a good run, I don't see us getting past Valencia, I wont rule it out, but the squad is definitely beginning to feel the effects of playing so many games. I managed to beat Spurs at White Hart Lane on three goals that were so lucky I was convinced all of them would be called offside. Then I just shut up shop at home, and took the draw when 90 minutes came. So proud of this team for coming together over the year, it started out rough, and now it's all coming together. Sitting 1 point off a Champion's League place in the Bundesliga, in the Quarter Final facing Hannover for the DFB-Pokal, and facing Valencia in the QF of Europa.

Oh yeah, my Europa League journey was topping a group with Fenerbahce, Dnipro, and Partizan. Snuck by Rijeka 2-1, snuck by Fenerbahce again 2-1, and beat Spurs 4-2

[kaletore11]

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That's a really impressive European run for only your third season with a club like Union Berlin. Who are your best players?

[Suntan Superman]

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That's a really impressive European run for only your third season with a club like Union Berlin. Who are your best players?

Luis Henrique purchased for £5m from Botafogo
Kevin-Prince Boateng signed on a free
Julian Green signed for £5m from Bayern
Matt Miazga signed from NY Red Bulls for £5.5m
John Brooks signed from Hertha BSC for £2.5m(after getting relegated)

I have a few of the young kids that I liked from FM15, or have heard about, in Erik Andersson from Malmo and Krystian Bielik from Arsenal.

I've been making a killing off of unhappy players in the transfer market.

Also -

[Suntan Superman]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBaYVo89mmY

[gopher_guy]

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Off to a good start in the first leg of the knockout round in Europa League!

Won my group rather easily, but still got a tough matchup with Schalke. Went to play them in Germany, and controlled most of the game. They didn't attempt a shot til almost the hour mark.

Really happy with that win. 2 away goals, and coming back to White Hart Lane with a 2 goal lead.

[Suntan Superman]

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Sometimes, it's the small victories....

[kaletore11]

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So this just happened... Insane.

[Bucs1211]

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Off to a good start in the first leg of the knockout round in Europa League!

Won my group rather easily, but still got a tough matchup with Schalke. Went to play them in Germany, and controlled most of the game. They didn't attempt a shot til almost the hour mark.

Really happy with that win. 2 away goals, and coming back to White Hart Lane with a 2 goal lead.

How is Thiago Maia? I've been thinking about bringing him over to my team.

[Suntan Superman]

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I've now set the bar unreasonably high for next year :/

[gopher_guy]

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How is Thiago Maia? I've been thinking about bringing him over to my team.

He's pretty solid. Got him for $10.5m from Santos.

He is a little reckless; he picks up quite a few card. But he appears to be really promising. I love my midfield. Maia and Dier could be quite a DM tandem, if I get them both to stay.

Here's his attributes and stats:

[rsnomar05]

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Here are the top 5 most valuable players in the game, so they should be the best.

Spoiler

If I were you, I would pay whatever it takes to buy Amrani. Those stats are insane. He must score a ton of goals.

[Kobalt]

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Not a bad first season for me. Almost got fired with 4 games left because I pissed off the board, but didn't and won 4 straight to end the year. Finished 5th with 53 points, the top 3 had 59,56, 56 points to get promoted so my team was close. We're way too inconsistent, scored and allowed the most goals in the league, yay?

All my great players don't want to re-sign with my team so that's an issue. Need to look for bargains for free.

Random: Ayoze Perez becomes great in this version too lol.

[Suntan Superman]

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Sold Bobby Wood for £5m, bought Kevin Kampl for £5.75m I consider this a victory.

[kaletore11]

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You just became my favorite person on OS.

Kevin Kampl > life

I have 5 of his kits, a scarf, 2 t shirts, 2 kit shorts and a signed photo. Haven't missed a single game of his in the last 4 years, it's safe to say I'm obsessed.

I also buy him in every single fm save.

You can even see #44 under my username

[theaub]

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I took the job at Middlesbrough who were relegated from PL but have a massive budget, so I brought in a couple big name guys (Bendtner easily the biggest).

Its hilarious to see the difference in my 4-1-4-1 there (a complete, free-flowing counter tactic that has a 18 GF/4 GA in 9 matches so far), compared to running the same tactic as Canada (a mishmash of terrible passes and counters with 12 GF/14 GA in 16 matches so far).