***The Official Football Manager Thread***

[Suntan Superman]

We're a team that likes scoring 5 goals.

[Zac]

I had some "big" offers come in from Tippeligaen teams for two young players who have potential to be stars, but are just rotation players right now. 50k for one, and 45k for the other. I didn't want to accept the offers, but we need the money. So I did. Then they both turned down the moves. That is the first time I've ever had a young player opt to stay when a bigger club comes calling.

[Suntan Superman]

more and more I don't want to do an England save this year

https://www.reddit.com/r/footballman...to_the_bosman/

[Zac]

Not too bad. Way better than I expected. However this is just the mid season break. It could go down hill after the month off. Fingers crossed!

[Zac]

I played a lot of FM tonight watching the election coverage.

Very good season. Way better than I expected. We finished in 2nd to gain auto promotion to the top flight. No final day drama this time though. It was locked up 3 games before.




And we turned pro, and are no longer in the red. This will be interesting next season. I'm pretty sure this squad wont be able to stay up. So I'll have to bring in some players. I think the best we can do next season is mid table. But I'm sure we probably be in a relegation battle. After having two great seasons back to back, the game wont let me have a third.

[Kobalt]

How to go from 2nd to 12th in 9 league games



Edit: 2nd to 16th

[gopher_guy]

Finished my first season at Spurs. Finished in a very appropriate away. 2nd place. Behind Arsenal, on goal difference.

A couple interesting things from around the league: Watford proved their hot start was a trend; they will be in the Champions League next year! United fired Mourinho after the season, and Chelsea fired Conte in like February (they then hired Van Gaal).



Only lost once in the league in the final 3 months of the season, 6-2-1, but Arsenal was just as good. I was in first for about a month, but Arsenal came back and got level with me. I kept winning, and they kept pace with me each step of the way.

This was cool, though:



I honestly don't think I've ever won a Cup before, I never really prioritized them. But my team this year had really good depth. Particularly after I brought Pulisic in at the January window.

Here was my road to the FA Cup:




Harry Kane was out for a pretty large chunk of the season, so I relied on contributions from all over the lineup. Here were my final goal+assist stats




Like I said, my depth is really solid, so as long as I don't lose anybody, I'm really going to focus on bringing in some youth players I've been scouting throughout the year. Might bring in a rotation striker, Janssen didn't impress me too much this season.

[Zac]

I just ran into a bug that has ruined my save. And I'm pretty pissed off about it. After we secured promotion end of last season, at the end of season team meeting I said we will bring in a few new faces to help us stay up. Everyone was happy about this. And so this added six promises to strengthen the squad for six of my first team players. Not a big deal, right?

Well I did. I ended up breaking the teams finances in doing so. Bringing in players that were clearly better than anyone from the previous season. And these promises didn't get fulfilled for some reason. And now all six are pissed off. And complaining to the rest of the team. And everyone has taken their side. And now now everyone's moral is in the toilet. And players happiness says they have lost trust in me. And we are losing every game. This is bull****. And now the board is telling me my job is under review because of squad harmony issues.

I mean, I just kept bringing people in expecting them to be fulfilled. 13 players in total. Nothing. I have an entirely new starting 11! **** this bug!