***The Official Football Manager Thread***

[Zac]

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Well, new save time.
Journeyman-esq, unemployed. Dirk Kuyt returns. Main goal is to get hired by Liverpool and win a CL.

First job is surprisingly Lille, in 20th in November. Feels like a Henry mistake of a job choice.

[Kobalt]

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Well, new save time.
Journeyman-esq, unemployed. Dirk Kuyt returns. Main goal is to get hired by Liverpool and win a CL.

First job is surprisingly Lille, in 20th in November. Feels like a Henry mistake of a job choice.

I did a test save with them, their team is loaded with young players with high potential.

[Zac]

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I did a test save with them, their team is loaded with young players with high potential.

Yeah there is a crap load of them. I'm just not sure how many I can realistically use to try and bring them up to speed, all while trying to fight out of this 12 point deficit in the relegation battle.

[Suntan Superman]

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Yeah there is a crap load of them. I'm just not sure how many I can realistically use to try and bring them up to speed, all while trying to fight out of this 12 point deficit in the relegation battle.

I used to deploy Mendes/Maia as wing backs, or as a midfield duo depending on the opposition, but those two were the fulcrum of my time at Lille.

Edit: This was also on FM18, so I don't know how their positions have changed

[Zac]

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We survived by making it to the playoff (18th) and winning the playoff against a Ligue 2 side. Terrible season overall. Was having major issues in the dressing room all season and during the off season. And we had no money and I wasn't having any luck selling the unhappy players. And I was probably going to be fired for breaking the promise of keeping a happy dressing room, so I stepped down before they could. Now Feyenoord and Hoffenheim have both offered me interviews. What to do, what to do.


Went with Feyenoord, because Hoff backed out after the interview.

[gopher_guy]

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Well, after a truly awful start to my tenure as manager of AFC Wimbledon, we have rebounded... Very nicely.

Started the year 0-0-5, dead last in the table with nothing. But since then, we are 6-6-1, and shortly before Thanksgiving, we're sitting in a very comfortable mid-table position, a full 8 points above the drop zone.



The injury crisis got better, and I also brought in basically every able bodied Englishman between the ages of 18-30 to try out for the club. Found a couple diamonds in the rough, including a tidy little midfielder who had been released by Fulham, and had yet to be picked up by another club.

In total, I brought in 3 players who were free agents. 2 of them are immediately in my Starting XI, and the 3rd is a versatile defender who can play fullback and CB, giving me some much needed depth.

I am admittedly over-extending myself on wage budget. It's a gamble on my part, we're only a bit over on the wage budget, and we still have money in the bank, so I don't think it will be catastrophic, but this offseason (hopefully even January) has to be about getting leaner, and trimming some of the excess players that I don't find myself using.

Starting to become pretty confident that we will be able to stay up. Although there is A LOT of season left, but who knows. Going to start using my scouting budget on finding some young promising players who have Championship level potential.

Up the Dons!

[jb12780]

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So put the Arsenal project on the back burner, started a journeyman save, and ended up at QPR. They are in a relegation battle and their finances aren’t the greatest.

I had to terminate a few loans and sell some young prospects who didn’t fit into my system just to raise a few bucks.

Lost my first game against West Bromwich 1-0, but beat Wigan last night 2-0 away, which lifted me from the drop zone.

I’m calling it the Mo Challenge. (If memory serves me correctly he took QPR to the promise land a few times over the years.)


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[OSUFan_88]

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I'M BACK BABY!

[Zac]

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If anyone is looking for a young stud at AMR, Luis Sinisterra is amazing. 18 year old Colombian at the start of the game. Starts with a club called Once Caldas in Colombia. You can get him under $2m. Bought him for 1.8M at 20 for Feyenoord. Hes scored 13 in 14 and has 8 ast. And is now wanted by 34 clubs and I doubt I can hang on to him. Never heard of the kid before, one of those random finds by scouts. Wonder how he would do at a big club.

[Zac]

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[jvalverde88]

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I'M BACK BABY!

*Winless first 5 games*

[OSUFan_88]

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*Winless first 5 games*

Almost surely.

Got my logos downloaded and installed, gonna do the face pack overnight. Going to ease into this with an easy team.

[Suntan Superman]

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Finally finishing up this project, and my boss commented on how it's slowly taking over my work desk

[BunnyHardaway]

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2021/22 season is over...unfortunately hit a patch of bad form near the end and fell to 8th.

-Made it to our second FA Cup semifinal in three seasons, losing to Man City 5-2
-Won our group and got past Udinese in the Europa League round of 32 and lost to Arsenal in the round of 16
-Somehow conned my Egyptian wonderkid striker to stay another season. His release clause is like $110 million so I'd be happy either way, but I really want to get into the top four next year.

Also, Spurs are a dumpster fire. They finished 11th this year after they sold off their entire core of players and replaced them with Ruben Neves and a bunch of randoms. (EDIT: nvmd they’re about to sell Neves)

[Zac]

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Speaking of dumpster fires...