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Gaming FM Owner Experiment | Experiment finished!
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Season 15 - Champions League Final
2038 Champions League Final
Bolton vs Sunderland
Bolton vs Sunderland
At HT I was thinking this was going to be a deserved and comfortable win for Sunderland. They played some lovely stuff at the start and got the goal they deserved. But then some absolute centre-back madness happened!
Marc Guehi and Ngoma with their first goals of the season, in the most important moments. And then Ngoma gets a second!
You've won a CL each the last 4 years. Isn't that just sickly.
Unlucky @altodevil. Losing both trophies at the death isn't the best way for you to end the experiment but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless
Marc Guehi and Ngoma with their first goals of the season, in the most important moments. And then Ngoma gets a second!
You've won a CL each the last 4 years. Isn't that just sickly.
Unlucky @altodevil. Losing both trophies at the death isn't the best way for you to end the experiment but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless
Thank you to all for playing @altodevil @BD @sebsheep @The Cat @BenitoSTARR @SilentWitness @simonhch
And to anyone who read along! It was an enjoyable one to run but I feel like I need to set an ending otherwise it might peter out or go the way of previous experiments. Always leave them wanting more.
I will away for an hour or so and then I'll do all the little facts, behind the scenes stuff, screenshots, etc...
And to anyone who read along! It was an enjoyable one to run but I feel like I need to set an ending otherwise it might peter out or go the way of previous experiments. Always leave them wanting more.
I will away for an hour or so and then I'll do all the little facts, behind the scenes stuff, screenshots, etc...
Thanks @Solius that was great fun and well done all.
Top class work @Solius , enjoyed this a lot and lovely to end it off in style. 
altodevil more like altoloserpool
altodevil more like altoloserpool
What a fantastic experiment. An exemplar really. Alonso is a complete bottler though. Runners up in every competition the prick.
Looking forward to all the screens. Someone should do a quick 10 year sim too as a 'what happened next' sort of thing. Especially for the younger players.
Looking forward to all the screens. Someone should do a quick 10 year sim too as a 'what happened next' sort of thing. Especially for the younger players.
Was great Solius, thanks a lot.
@SilentWitness @simonhch congratulations on the PL + CL combo. Appreciate you guys limiting AISunderland to just the 1.
Gold standard that
Great way to finish it with some old school Champ man cpu sh*t housery
Great way to finish it with some old school Champ man cpu sh*t housery
How many times a season did players score their first (and only) goal of the season against you
Right. I can't think of any particular order so this will just be a stream of consciousness in terms of screenshots and info.
All comp winners:
The answer to your question is yes, I did completely miss these.
All comp winners:
The answer to your question is yes, I did completely miss these.
So I think the honours looks like this now I've added Super Cups?
| Club | Trophy Count | Honours | |||||
| Sheff Utd | 11 | CL, PL x2, FA Cup x2, Super Cup, CWC, Europa Conference League, Carabao Cup x2, Championship | |||||
| Sunderland | 5 | CL, PL, FA Cup, Super Cup and Championship Playoffs | |||||
| Derby | 7 | CL, PL, FA Cup, Super Cup Championship, Carabao Cup, League One | |||||
| Bolton | 6 | CL, PLx2, Carabao Cup, League One and Championship Playoffs |
World Cup
2026 - Germany
2030 - France
2034 - Brazil
Euros
2024 - Belgium
2028 - France
2032 - France
2036 - England
2026 - Germany
2030 - France
2034 - Brazil
Euros
2024 - Belgium
2028 - France
2032 - France
2036 - England
Anyone got any guesses as to who the 199 PA player was and also who got them? Because someone has them in their squad.
Apparently we hate the FA Cup.
Wilbur?
Nope. He's been at his team since 2029 and was an owner signing.
Oh, did one of us actually sign them?
Nice.
I guess we had the last laugh with Ngoma scoring to win us a double!
I guess we had the last laugh with Ngoma scoring to win us a double!
All about those green dots!
Ballon D'or
How did our u21s do this year?
U21 Player of the Year
NXGN
Sheffield Utd broke the attendance record in the PL.
95,651 turned out to watch them against Forest in Jan 2037.
Nilson also has the highest rating for any PL season.
95,651 turned out to watch them against Forest in Jan 2037.
Nilson also has the highest rating for any PL season.
Elitist bollocksBallon D'or
Kinda disappointing that the 199 lad was a CB, but what a CB he was.Think @BD will consider that our biggest achievement.
Yeah, a shame. Definitely better when it's someone who could potentially bag 50 goals in a season.
It's up there alright
Yeah I kinda assumed it was basically a Messi regen
Sheffield Utd - Write Up
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd won 11 trophies, the most of the experiment. @BD and @sebsheep started off moaning about the yellow dots, then they moaned about the green dots. Then they grew obsessed with them. A player with amazing stats but no dots? Get outta here. They recruited 199 PA Basit based on his dots and look at how that turned out.
They actually had a bit of a penchant for picking the right player most summers. The pair worked so in tandem that I didn't even read who was posting each dm as they it just felt like one person sending instructions. 193 PA Dalipi was an inspired buy, even if it was purely done to annoy Arsenal at the time. Their best buy was probably, ironically, their first one. Yeremy Pino lasted the whole game at the very top, performance wise.
Basit has been club captain for almost a decade now. Neves (whose photo looks like he's standing on a stool to get in frame) is also long term VC.
Pino is a club legend, alongside Scalvini for some reason. Basit only managed to become an icon.
BD and seb are also beloved owners and will always be welcome back at the Stade de Frank. Talking of Frank...
Sheffield Utd went through 8 permanent managers in 15 seasons. Thomas Frank for £76 (I think?) million has to go down as the manager flop of the whole experiment. An obscene amount of money to spend on a manager so early on and who won you nothing. I can't even see Frank's history because he probably retired out of shame immediately after being sacked for Sampaoli.
Their best manager is up to interpretation but it's definitely one of the final 3. For me it's Rose, who got them 2 Premier Leagues, an FA Cup and a Carabao Cup, But Nagelsmann got them that CL and probably was unlucky to be sacked, purely because BD and sebsheep felt they needed to complete the set as they wanted Hoeness from the get-go.
Here are all of their records. As I said before, they broke the attendance record in the PL, but they also filled out their massive 116k stadium completely against Forest in the Carabao Cup Semi (the stadium was another thing they developed an obsession with). The Stade de Frank was also partially funded with the blood money of selling off their entire youth teams, by the way. That youth team is still trying to recover and seems to keep having to involve random Georgians/Burundians to score goals for them.
One of those regens, Nemanja Ilic actually looks a talent. He became their youngest player ever this season and has high potential. It's a shame he's got about 5 team-mates in the u18s currently. Their biggest signing (outside of owner ones) was Thomas Lemoine for £142m, and he's got a very high ceiling.
And finally we have Sheffield Utd's best XI of all time.
Hoyenhall a shoe-in for the GK position although Bazunu had a decent time with them.
Legends/Icons Scalvini and Basit are the CBs, so no surprises there but Petanjek might feel unlucky to not be there considering Scalvini played a lot at DM. Felder and Halty at full-back makes sense.
Neves at the base of the midfield and then Checa, who is quite a recent AI signing but looks a talent. Then Sauck makes up the other midfielder. They never really had a super midfield at any point. Most of their talent was up top or at the back.
Pino obviously makes it. Amadou is a surprise but he was in the team for 7 seasons. Finally Dalipi up top is a no brainer.
Wahi makes it on the bench, one of their first ever owner signings. You'd imagine Nilson and Hugo would make it to the first XI after a couple more seasons.
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And that's Sheffield Utd. Well done @BD & @sebsheep!
Sunderland up next.
Sheffield Utd won 11 trophies, the most of the experiment. @BD and @sebsheep started off moaning about the yellow dots, then they moaned about the green dots. Then they grew obsessed with them. A player with amazing stats but no dots? Get outta here. They recruited 199 PA Basit based on his dots and look at how that turned out.
They actually had a bit of a penchant for picking the right player most summers. The pair worked so in tandem that I didn't even read who was posting each dm as they it just felt like one person sending instructions. 193 PA Dalipi was an inspired buy, even if it was purely done to annoy Arsenal at the time. Their best buy was probably, ironically, their first one. Yeremy Pino lasted the whole game at the very top, performance wise.
Basit has been club captain for almost a decade now. Neves (whose photo looks like he's standing on a stool to get in frame) is also long term VC.
Pino is a club legend, alongside Scalvini for some reason. Basit only managed to become an icon.
BD and seb are also beloved owners and will always be welcome back at the Stade de Frank. Talking of Frank...
Sheffield Utd went through 8 permanent managers in 15 seasons. Thomas Frank for £76 (I think?) million has to go down as the manager flop of the whole experiment. An obscene amount of money to spend on a manager so early on and who won you nothing. I can't even see Frank's history because he probably retired out of shame immediately after being sacked for Sampaoli.
Their best manager is up to interpretation but it's definitely one of the final 3. For me it's Rose, who got them 2 Premier Leagues, an FA Cup and a Carabao Cup, But Nagelsmann got them that CL and probably was unlucky to be sacked, purely because BD and sebsheep felt they needed to complete the set as they wanted Hoeness from the get-go.
Here are all of their records. As I said before, they broke the attendance record in the PL, but they also filled out their massive 116k stadium completely against Forest in the Carabao Cup Semi (the stadium was another thing they developed an obsession with). The Stade de Frank was also partially funded with the blood money of selling off their entire youth teams, by the way. That youth team is still trying to recover and seems to keep having to involve random Georgians/Burundians to score goals for them.
One of those regens, Nemanja Ilic actually looks a talent. He became their youngest player ever this season and has high potential. It's a shame he's got about 5 team-mates in the u18s currently. Their biggest signing (outside of owner ones) was Thomas Lemoine for £142m, and he's got a very high ceiling.
And finally we have Sheffield Utd's best XI of all time.
Hoyenhall a shoe-in for the GK position although Bazunu had a decent time with them.
Legends/Icons Scalvini and Basit are the CBs, so no surprises there but Petanjek might feel unlucky to not be there considering Scalvini played a lot at DM. Felder and Halty at full-back makes sense.
Neves at the base of the midfield and then Checa, who is quite a recent AI signing but looks a talent. Then Sauck makes up the other midfielder. They never really had a super midfield at any point. Most of their talent was up top or at the back.
Pino obviously makes it. Amadou is a surprise but he was in the team for 7 seasons. Finally Dalipi up top is a no brainer.
Wahi makes it on the bench, one of their first ever owner signings. You'd imagine Nilson and Hugo would make it to the first XI after a couple more seasons.
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And that's Sheffield Utd. Well done @BD & @sebsheep!
Sunderland up next.
Runners Up FC checking in
Sunderland - Write Up
Sunderland
Sunderland only won the 4 trophies in the experiment but they probably also had the lowest dips. They were pretty much always there or thereabouts.@altodevil made sure of this by scouring the entire database between seasons in case there was a hidden Djoubiti youth player who had more than 5 caps, a pass completion ratio of above 95% and a field tilt of 70%. The instructions came fast, like a President walking down a corridor who just needed pure data, stat!
Eventually this eased and alto fell into a rhythm of what he searched for. I actually saved the parameters of top 5 leagues, under 27, etc.. as 'Alto Search' because it was so refined (and also it took ages to manually add all 5 leagues each time). Once he learned the experiment was ending, he completely abandoned this, and almost the entire Sunderland team, because he asked me how much he'd get if he sold the entire first team squad. After I spent the time calculating it, he decided he didn't actually want all that fake money and signed a 19 year old instead.
Sesko was his first signing and proved to be one of his best. He blossomed into a quality player and helped them win their first PL. In recent seasons the purchases of Modio and Cande have also been inspired. Though they have been very fortunate with the AI signings. Wilbur has very high potential and the same with Beldarrain. Kroupi also was fantastic for them. Griffiths through the academy was looking great too, and that's a product of putting money into it. Unfortunately it started bearing fruit for all of you towards the back end of the exp.
Sunderland have lots of club legends. Some shitter than others. Alto is in there, of course. Sesko and Cande are the only ones to make it from the current players, so they're in esteemed company alongside Julio Arca.
Alto clearly went through the least managers of the whole experiment. Even this list is kind of false because I didn't notice RDZ was poached. Alto did elect to keep Tuchel though, before he eventually went back to RDZ. After selling his best two players in Yamal & Garnacho, he never looked back after hiring Xabi Alonso.
Some records! Wilbur ended up breaking the record for most goals in a season. Garnacho is their their highest avg rating, and Yamal and Seimen are on there too. I'm surprised no records for most goals in a game or fastest goals got broken in these 15 years.
Beldarrain is their highest AI signing and the sale of Garnacho brought them in the most money.
Finally the best XI of the exp. The best XI says feck your 5-3-2 you've been playing for nearly 8 years.
Seimen in goal, of course. I didn't actually think he'd do that well when alto picked him, but he lasted, and even took crucial penalties for them back when games seemed to constantly be going to shootouts.
Vlatkovic the youth wonderkid and Parente are at full-back. Charlier and Scrivener at CB. Charlier was a good pick up by alto.
Mainoo and Dimoski feel a bit random, but Mainoo got a testimonial and everything.
Cande deservedly there as he's been top since signing. Garnacho and Yamal had such an impact that they're still on here despite being gone since 2030.
Kroupi up top makes sense I guess. But you could've had Sesko or even Wilbur but it's probably too soon for him to make this.
Honourable mentions to Gray, Harris (of " Who the fook is nick harris " fame) and Leo.
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Well done @altodevil
Derby up next.
Sunderland only won the 4 trophies in the experiment but they probably also had the lowest dips. They were pretty much always there or thereabouts.@altodevil made sure of this by scouring the entire database between seasons in case there was a hidden Djoubiti youth player who had more than 5 caps, a pass completion ratio of above 95% and a field tilt of 70%. The instructions came fast, like a President walking down a corridor who just needed pure data, stat!
Eventually this eased and alto fell into a rhythm of what he searched for. I actually saved the parameters of top 5 leagues, under 27, etc.. as 'Alto Search' because it was so refined (and also it took ages to manually add all 5 leagues each time). Once he learned the experiment was ending, he completely abandoned this, and almost the entire Sunderland team, because he asked me how much he'd get if he sold the entire first team squad. After I spent the time calculating it, he decided he didn't actually want all that fake money and signed a 19 year old instead.
Sesko was his first signing and proved to be one of his best. He blossomed into a quality player and helped them win their first PL. In recent seasons the purchases of Modio and Cande have also been inspired. Though they have been very fortunate with the AI signings. Wilbur has very high potential and the same with Beldarrain. Kroupi also was fantastic for them. Griffiths through the academy was looking great too, and that's a product of putting money into it. Unfortunately it started bearing fruit for all of you towards the back end of the exp.
Sunderland have lots of club legends. Some shitter than others. Alto is in there, of course. Sesko and Cande are the only ones to make it from the current players, so they're in esteemed company alongside Julio Arca.
Alto clearly went through the least managers of the whole experiment. Even this list is kind of false because I didn't notice RDZ was poached. Alto did elect to keep Tuchel though, before he eventually went back to RDZ. After selling his best two players in Yamal & Garnacho, he never looked back after hiring Xabi Alonso.
Some records! Wilbur ended up breaking the record for most goals in a season. Garnacho is their their highest avg rating, and Yamal and Seimen are on there too. I'm surprised no records for most goals in a game or fastest goals got broken in these 15 years.
Beldarrain is their highest AI signing and the sale of Garnacho brought them in the most money.
Finally the best XI of the exp. The best XI says feck your 5-3-2 you've been playing for nearly 8 years.
Seimen in goal, of course. I didn't actually think he'd do that well when alto picked him, but he lasted, and even took crucial penalties for them back when games seemed to constantly be going to shootouts.
Vlatkovic the youth wonderkid and Parente are at full-back. Charlier and Scrivener at CB. Charlier was a good pick up by alto.
Mainoo and Dimoski feel a bit random, but Mainoo got a testimonial and everything.
Cande deservedly there as he's been top since signing. Garnacho and Yamal had such an impact that they're still on here despite being gone since 2030.
Kroupi up top makes sense I guess. But you could've had Sesko or even Wilbur but it's probably too soon for him to make this.
Honourable mentions to Gray, Harris (of " Who the fook is nick harris " fame) and Leo.
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Well done @altodevil
Derby up next.