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    March 12, 2021

    Football Manager - I compiled a shortlist of regen names from my journeyman save

    I compiled a shortlist of regen names from my journeyman save

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 04:51 PM PST

    How To Become A Director At A Football Club Because Of Football Manager

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 12:36 PM PST

    How To Become A Director At A Football Club Because Of Football Manager

    So this is a story about how Football Manager enabled me to become Director of Media at my local football club. I'll try to keep things brief, but I'll also include a TL;DR at the bottom.

    I've had a YouTube channel since 2013. Originally my channel was going to be a commentary/comedy type channel, but to get it started I decided to record myself playing some games and see what happened. One of those games was Football Manager, and every year since I have run at least one series on the latest version of the game.

    To begin with I just created my own team using the pre-game editor, called it M4J3FFR135 United (my old channel name), knocked up some quick in-game kits and away we went. My first series was called 'You Don't Win Anything With Kids', setting out to once again prove Alan Hansen wrong by taking a team of teenagers from the Conference to the Championship in consecutive seasons. Follow up series were very similar, with small tweaks here and there just to try and make things interesting. Eventually though, the fire died. The challenge was too easy with the players I made and the money the club gave me. I needed a fresh challenge.

    A year or two before I started my channel, I liked to test myself in the game by taking a "fallen giant" club and rebuilding them. The go-to team at the time was Portsmouth, freshly out of administration and just waiting to soar back to the Premier League. Rebuilding clubs like these inspired another series of mine, 'Football Manager: The Basics', where I would teach people how I play the game, including how to take smaller clubs up to the higher leagues. Again though, the magic soon passed and I was looking for a new and exciting team to manage.

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    Hatfield Town FC badge 2019-21

    Enter Hatfield Town, my local club. After a couple of years playing with the Conference as the lowest league accessible, I learned about extended databases. And boy did I realise what I had been missing! Instead of getting to the Premier League in 4 seasons, I could now make it take at least double that. If that's not a challenge, I don't know what is. On top of that, dealing with amateur/semi-pro teams presents a whole new way of playing the game, stopping the big teams from poaching your best players whilst at the same time trying not to bankrupt the club. With Hatfield, I had found the series I had been looking for. Loyalty in my local club, the challenge of negotiating the lower echelons of English football, trying to stop Football League clubs from stealing another of my wonderkids (damn you Brentford!) and a long-term save with a new twist each year.

    With each version of the game, I tried to make the series more challenging and fun. My goal is always to keep costs down, generating revenue through developing youth players to sell and always having the lowest wage bill in the league by far. Last year I took youth development to new levels with 'The Youthful Hatfield Town', with each matchday squad after season one containing at least one youth graduate. The series was the most enjoyable yet, and the best was yet to come.

    A Hatfield home kit made for 'The Youthful Hatfield Town'

    In previous years I had tagged Hatfield Town in videos, as well as chatting about the club in videos. I didn't know much about the club when I first started, but over the years I read more and more about the history of Hatfield Town. From their first ground just a stones throw from where I grew up, to relocation after relocation, to the takeover and appointment of a new chairman in 2019, right the way up to the club returning to Hatfield for the 2019/20 season. When tagging the club, I never really expected anyone at Hatfield to pay much attention to a small content creator getting only a handful of views. To begin with, I was right. However, this year things changed.

    Back in January I received a message. I have had players comment on videos in the past, normally just to say they played for the club and that was that, but this message was different. It was from the new chairman. In his message, he expressed his delight that someone was showcasing the club within the game, and that he would have a Hatfield Town shirt produced for me with my logo on it and sent to me. From that, more messages were exchanged. I told him how I'd been keeping an eye on the club for the last few years, had been meaning to attend some games, and was willing to help out with anything the club needed. From that, the chairman offered me the role of Director of Media at the club and I accepted!

    My announcement of partnering with Hatfield Town

    Now I work as and when for Hatfield Town, becoming the official virtual manager through Football Manager as well as producing the club's matchday programmes for when football finally returns. I'm also going to produce content for the club's YouTube channel, interviewing players on matchdays and maybe even recording matches for highlight videos. All of this has happened because of Football Manager and some videos I made not expecting anyone of note to see. As part of me joining the club, for the first time ever the club's first team players and staff have been created in the pre-game editor for my new series, 'The Real Hatfield Town' where I stream matches on weekends and upload pre-recorded videos during the week. My latest stream will be tomorrow at 5pm UTC if anyone wishes to come along and watch.

    I've read stories on here in the past of people who now have jobs in football through playing Football Manager. Never did I think that would happen to me, yet somehow the club saw one of my videos at just the right time and got in touch. And from that I am now part of a really exciting project. This game's awesome guys!

    TL;DR: Playing as Hatfield Town on Football Manager for the last few years was noticed by the chairman of the club who offered me a job as Director of Media.

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    Alternatively have you heard of mbappe?

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 01:42 AM PST

    Hoping to have this finished this weekend ��

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 12:55 PM PST

    He’s a 32-year-old playing for Ibiza in the Spanish Third Tier. The AUDACITY

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 01:32 PM PST

    Stadium expansion! 24 seats for only 650k!

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 07:04 AM PST

    Should i stop playing this game?

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 09:41 AM PST

    Flashback to when I put in months of groundwork with a girl only for my better looking mate to swoop in at the last minute

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 03:22 PM PST

    This might be the best player I've ever used; would be doing his father proud

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 12:06 PM PST

    I SURVIVED ON THE FINAL DAY!!!!! Beat Man City 2-0 on final day!! Holy hell!!!

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 10:46 AM PST

    2023 Eibar qualified for the Europa Cup and guess how they did it...

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 09:18 PM PST

    Is he really though?

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 12:12 AM PST

    PSG Are actually playing Kane at CM.......

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 02:31 PM PST

    My new corner tactic has turned my CB into a goalscoring machine...

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 05:52 AM PST

    So it looks like I have a burn victim in my wall

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 02:45 PM PST

    I (as France U-21) am playing against France U-20 in Toulon's Semi Final.

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 04:47 PM PST

    When Jose decides to retire from hands-on roles and instead decides to just be a regular scout for Forest Green...

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 09:33 AM PST

    11000%++ pass-rate success

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 06:46 AM PST

    Story - Notts Forrest first season (Long!)

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 05:58 PM PST

    First post on here so sorry if it's the wrong format or has the wrong flair set!

    So following my friends successful Leeds save (and hearing about it every 10 minutes) I started a new save with Notts Forrest. I wanted to choose a team that had a decent squad and room to improve.

    Before I continue, I don't have a brilliant record with saves on FM games. I tend to fall into the same traps of buying players that I like rather than fit my system. Anyway.

    I terminated a couple of loans early to free up loan space and wage budget. Bought a couple of players; Deiola (Cagliari - 500k), Layton Stewart (Liverpool - £1.1m), Josh Murphy (Cardiff - £1.8m). I also tried to loan out a young American Alex Mighton(!) but Perth Glory's squad was full so he couldn't leave. This is important.

    A nice 4-0 Carabao Cup win opened up my career, followed by a crazy 3-3 draw with QPR. The games came thick and fast and I drew a game and lost 2 more, a bad start, and the board were already annoyed after a 2nd round CC exit.

    Over the next 2 months Lewis Grabban and Alex Mighton started scoring for fun, by Christmas the 18 year old was leading the Championship goal tally with 13. Just the one loss in December left me 5th in the table in a very tight playoff race.

    January came around and a few more Mighton goals propelled me to 3 wins and 2 draws in 6 games, and manager of the month. However, an opportunity came up to sign Aaron Connolly on loan from Brighton. I took it. Expensive, but evidently worth it, 7 goals in his first 11 games kept me kicking in and around the playoff places.

    Then the two scorers went off the boil a bit and the form dipped. Before back to back wins rounded out the season in 4th place and firmly secured in the playoffs. At this point the board were happy, but I knew we had the ability to beat all the other teams.

    The Playoffs:

    First game was Huddersfield away, after 2 draws in the season it was an interesting tie, with the Terriers going up 1-0 after a 5th minute penalty. They then put another one in just after the break and I started to feel like the journey was over. However, the ever present Manchester United loanee James Garner smashed home an injury time goal to give us a way back into the tie.

    The second leg we came out fighting, dominating the first half with nothing to show, until centre back Joe Worrall headed home just before half time. Alex Mighton put us 3-2 up just after the break had me excited for our trip to Wembley. That is until Rolando Aaron's drilled home a 93rd minute goal to take us to ET. A quiet half hour took us to penalties where we dispatched all 5 penalties and booked our place in the final against Norwich.

    The Final:

    To say I was nervous would be an understatement, I'd taken this once great team to the brink of the premier League. Up against a team that we split the regular season games 2-0 and 2-0. Before the game Norwich lost Teemu Pukki, which was a massive stroke of luck.

    Norwich had the better start, with them piling on the early pressure, my defence were able to hold them back. 20 minutes in another loanee Luke Freeman smashed the ball home to out the mighty Forrest 1-0 up. Id barely sat back down when Norwich were back level thanks to yet another goalkeeping howler. Harry After scored a 30 yard wondergoal, against the run of play, to take us into the break 2-1 up.

    It didn't take long for Norwich to get back level after the break as the rest of the second half disappointingly fizzled out. Going into ET I'd already made all my changes and the players were flagging. That is when my first signing of the save Josh Murphy comes in...in the 116th minute he appeared at the back post to surely secure the win for Forrest.

    At this point I'd love to say I sensibly went cautious, pulled players back and tried to see the game out. I didn't, I put 5 at the back, 2 DMs and had everyone defending in my half. Predictably for an average defence, it didn't go well. With the last kick of the game Emiliano Buendia poked home the 3rd equaliser of the game past another goalkeeping cock up. The final whistle went and it was another tense penalty shootout.

    What I omitted in the first penalties was the miss by centre back "Tobias Figueiredo", I decided to allow him to take another one in this. The first penalty for both teams was tucked away before the aforementioned Figueiredo hit the post with his pen. Fortunately Norwich followed it back with their own miss. A ridiculously tense 5 more rounds of penalties rolled through before Brice Samba tipped Oliver Skipps penalty around the post and sent Nottingham, and my bedroom, into raptures.

    Finished the season in 4th Won the playoffs Had a stupid tense last couple of games. Uncovered a possible club legend by accident because he couldn't get a loan move.

    I'm now looking forward to starting next season and try and stay in the premier League.

    Wish me luck!

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    High stakes final match, team delivered!

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 07:18 PM PST

    I want to cry

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 07:17 PM PST

    Second season as lommel sk in The A league after a first season promotion, trying to avoid relegation with a poor side+ a few man City loans, 3-0 up at half time against standard liege and the game crashes. What a joke

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    Unbeaten at every level in 2031

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 02:55 AM PST

    FM sometimes surprises me

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 09:22 PM PST

    Has any other manager here got sacked immediately after signing a well experienced aged player that becomes a playing manager in your (already formal) club?

    I just has got this and can't stop laughing :D I'm playing FM2019.

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    This boy surely hates his ex

    Posted: 12 Mar 2021 01:08 PM PST
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