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    August 03, 2020

    Football Manager - Arsenal youngster messaged me back about fm save

    Arsenal youngster messaged me back about fm save

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 05:32 AM PDT

    Jurgen Klopp, the ultimate turncoat

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 04:08 AM PDT

    And no, you bloody cannot have him under any circumstances

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 08:23 AM PDT

    I'm now left with 16 y.o. left back and the kit guy at the club ��

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 02:47 PM PDT

    The Joys of the Road to Glory Save

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 02:31 PM PDT

    You've heard of Christian Benteke, now meet...

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 10:10 AM PDT

    Trotter’s Free Transfer Co. | Can you succeed in FM on free transfers alone? - Part 6

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 04:09 AM PDT

    Trotter's Free Transfer Co. | Can you succeed in FM on free transfers alone? - Part 6

    Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

    [Cheers for all your input on whether youth players count towards my goal. To satisfy both camps I'm including totals for both in the counter]

    In which Derek "Del Boy" Trotter tries to make it to the big time without spending a penny.

    [Profit so far: £268,000 / £5.6 million]

    [Staff members signed named Rodney: 7]

    [Staff members signed named Dave: 5]

    [Staff members named Albert: 0]

    ​

    We go again. Last season's 13th place finish is forgotten.

    ​

    Incoming Players - 23/24

    The board gives Del Boy a £6.12m transfer kitty and a budget of 350k p/w.

    I wince at the transfer budget - I know if I wasn't restricting myself to just free signings I could really build a great team with that £6 million. Still, I pump most of that dosh into the wage budget, creating a £228k p/w wage gap that needs to be filled.

    Ro-Shaun Williams, O'Brien, and a few more of my first-season signings renew their contracts. Williams gets a £5 million release clause, which would be nice to activate.

    A fair few new faces come through the doors of the Barnsley training ground. Josh Maja of Sunderland 'til I Die fame arrives from Bordeaux after a good season in the French second division. Manchester City reject Manu Garcia joins to bulk out midfield.

    I replace outgoing winger Pledl with Arsenal reject Xavier Amaechi, who immediately wins the "best name in the squad" award. We also get another Juventus reject in Paolo Gozzi at CB.

    ​

    Some good new players in for the promotion push

    Season Results - 23/24

    Del Boy decides to stick with his 2-3-2-3 formation. It was the players that were the issue, obviously. This time, with some fancy European young bloods in the team we might finally be able to make it work. Pre-season goes great, beating Celtic, RB Salzburg, Nancy and drawing with Lyon.

    Then things go really, ridiculously, fantastically well. Josh Maja is absolutely firing out of the gate and scores 11 in his first 10 games, including a proper dirty 4 goals against former club Sunderland [Netflix wishes it could have caught that]. By October we're in 4th, by November we're 2nd.

    January rolls around and Barnsley, who I was sure were going to maybe push for playoffs if I was lucky, are now in 3rd after 26 games. Josh Maja has scored 18 league goals and Xavier Amaechi has an average rating of 7.51 with 8 goals and 10 assists in the league.

    There are some absolute thumpings too. Swansea 8-1, Doncaster 6-2, Bristol 5-3.

    The formation causing Championship defenses to crumble

    The transfer window sees Diego Alende leave for Leeds in a £4.2 million deal. I accept it because at this point I need to get as close to that £500 million target before you all get bored of this story.

    Barnsley concede just three goals in March, then lose only two of their next 12 games. Del Boy and Carvalho mastermind a run that sees them catch up to league leaders Brighton, who give us a 7-0 massacre in revenge, but I don't care.

    Why? Because Barnsley are promoted. 28 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses, 91 points and a GD of +56. It's been an astonishing year of success, the likes of which I had never predicted. Barnsley are in the Premier League for only the second time in their history, and they've done it without spending a penny on transfers.

    But who gets the title? It goes down to the wire. Brighton and Barnsley are both on 91 points, but we have a goal difference 20 better. If Barnsley beat 19th-placed Wigan, who have nothing to play for, they're Champions.

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    The final run-in

    Josh Brown puts the Tykes ahead in the first half, only to see Wigan equalise from a sloppy set piece. I check the league table every five seconds. Brighton haven't scored against Doncaster yet.

    Then in the 46th minute a nervous Xavier Amaechi, who has hardly put a foot wrong all season, slides both of those feet into Emyr Huws. It's an immediate red. I decide to go strikerless in the hopes our two wingers can somehow sneak a decider.

    Then in the 59th minute it happens. Barnsley are over-extended and picked apart on the counter. It's 2-1 and Brighton go top.

    In the 81st minute I'm trying to figure something out in the tactics screen when something catches my eye. Brighton have conceded. Doncaster are winning. Barnsley are back on top. Just as I'm celebrating Manolo Portanova, who Juventus rejected and sought his new home in South Yorkshire, picks up the ball on the 18-yard line.

    He feints as Maja jolts past a defender. Then he steadies himself and strikes a curling ball into the corner of the net. It's in. It's 2-2. Barnsley are now a point ahead of Brighton. My girlfriend asks me why I'm screaming. The game closes out. My heart is racing.

    I switch over to the Brighton game just in time to see Alexis Mac Allister score for Brighton in the 94th minute to beat Doncaster. Gutting. Heartbroken. I feel awful for the lads. A title snatched away at the last second.

    But we still got promoted! On 92 points, with 8/11 of the starting squad comprised of free transfers. In six seasons I've smashed one of my objectives - to manage a Premier League team.

    ​

    Here are some stats to round my 23/24 season:

    • Players in: 8, £0
    • Players out: 8, £4.7m
    • Average wage: £6,377
    • Games played: 46
    • Games won: 28
    • Points: 92

    ​

    • Top Scorer: 29 - Maja
    • Top Assists: 27 - Amaechi
    • Top Passer: 85% - Luke McGee
    • Most PoM: 6 - Ro-Shaun Williams
    • Top Rating: 7.61 - Amaechi

    But, as per usual, the rebuild must begin anew…

    This time next season we'll be avoiding relegation!

    submitted by /u/hidingfromthequeen
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    Greatest season I've had playing football manager

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 02:39 AM PDT

    The true meaning of being FM'd

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 10:18 AM PDT

    Who the hell is cooking for this guy? Food poisoning twice in the space of a couple of weeks ��

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 11:16 AM PDT

    Why do technical directors have such insane stats?

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 05:18 PM PDT

    Look, Dominic, it's not that hard: just don't shoot. You're a CB for Pete's sake...

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 02:42 PM PDT

    So this just happened to my star midfielder...

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 08:24 PM PDT

    Qualified after only three games

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 08:02 AM PDT

    The goal came from a penalty

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 07:07 PM PDT

    There Is Final Dominance And Then There Is That! ��

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 06:48 PM PDT

    Let's go to Germany with this amazing request by u/RexEverything_! Adidas originals x St Pauli FC

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 01:05 PM PDT

    Board: It's a new transfer window, the past is a lie!

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 08:05 PM PDT

    Well I know where I need to invest my funds into

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 02:21 PM PDT

    It was a nice run, but it couldn't last forever ��

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 05:04 AM PDT

    Van gaal would be proud ....

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 02:46 AM PDT

    "4 minutes added..."

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 04:47 PM PDT

    We made the Champions league groups!

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 12:13 PM PDT

    New to FM and to football in general, what is the highest accomplishment I can shoot for?

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 03:32 PM PDT

    I'm an American who loves sports management simulations but prior experience is American sports where it's quite simple, there's one league with one championship and you try to win that as many years in a row as possible.

    However I have absolutely no idea how football works. Picked a team more or less randomly and I can see that I can win the Belarusian Highest League but I'm guessing this is an accomplishment worth practically nothing. What's the most prestigious thing I can build towards and what are the mechanics for doing so?

    submitted by /u/shibboleth2005
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