Gaming FM Owner Experiment | Experiment finished!

[Solius]

Can we see who our last 5 games are against?

Hull (H)
QPR (A)
Everton (H)
Birmingham (A)
Blackpool (H)

 

[BD]

Hull (H)
QPR (A)
Everton (H)
Birmingham (A)
Blackpool (H)

Ok then let's leave Frank and hope. He's getting shot if we don't get playoffs though

 

[Solius]

Sunderland have

Swansea (A)
Hull (H)
Luton (A)
Stoke (H)
Millwall (A)

 

[SilentWitness]

In Naismith we trust. Onto the summer.

 

[Solius]

Alright we'll assume alto is happy with that too. I'll sim to the end of the season and then you'll all have the weekend to think about signings and upgrades cause I'll be busy.

 

[Solius]

Oh lawd.

We might have our first Caf match up in the Playoffs!

 

[SilentWitness]

Oof. Spicy.

 

[The Cat]

Nice work all.

Now wreck it Ralf next season.

 

[SilentWitness]

Hope none of us get promoted and we are all in the champ!

 

[Solius]

Play-offs

Spoiler: Sheffield Utd vs Luton Town - First Leg

Oof. Chong delivers a body blow.

Spoiler: Sunderland vs Blackburn - First Leg

Sunderland take a tight lead to Blackburn!

Spoiler: Blackburn vs Sunderland - Second Leg

Bit of a scare but they made it!

Spoiler: Luton Town vs Sheffield Utd - Second Leg

They managed to win but Archer's goal wasn't enough! Another season in the Championship for Sheffield Utd

Spoiler: Play-Off Final

 

[Solius]

Season 2 final standings

Spoiler: Championship

Spoiler: League One

 

[sebsheep]

Bye Frank

 

[BD]

Fs Frank

 

[SilentWitness]

Unlucky lads.

Would have been nice to get 100 points but that's a great season. In Naismith we trust!

 

[Solius]

Just sent you all some options for the summer. If you want to see anymore, send me a list and I'll sort them on Monday. Enjoy your sunny weekends

 

[altodevil]

Just sent you all some options for the summer. If you want to see anymore, send me a list and I'll sort them on Monday. Enjoy your sunny weekends

Top stuff solius

 

[The Cat]

Just sent you all some options for the summer. If you want to see anymore, send me a list and I'll sort them on Monday. Enjoy your sunny weekends

You too. Thanks.

 

[SilentWitness]

Top work! Have a good one.

 

[Solius]

And we're back! I'll be sending any stats over so make some decisions.

 

[SilentWitness]

Let's gooooo. Time to make some juicy signings Naisy.

 

[Solius]

Should be simming soon. Just waiting on one club.

 

[Solius]

Ok time to sim!

First, some manager news:

Sheffield Utd's owners have swung the axe, after Thomas Frank failed to get them back to the PL. They're slightly concerned over the size of the new man's head, but we'll see if it explodes or not.

Owner Transfers

@BD & @sebsheep Sheffield Utd: Giorgio Scalvini £64.5m
@altodevil Sunderland: Alejandro Garnacho - £116.5m
@The Cat & @BenitoSTARR Derby: Youssoufa Moukoko - £68.5m
@SilentWitness Bolton: Folarin Balogun - £33.25m

Some big moves there!

Full changes:

S3-1

Player

Price

Bank Balance

Transfer Budget

Wage Budget

Manager

Training Fac

Youth Facilities

Junior Coaching

Youth Recruitment

Total spent

Money left

Sheff Utd (BD & SS)

Scalvini

£64.5m

N/A

N/A

N/A

Sampaoli (£42.6m)

14>17 (£90m)

13>17 (£100m)

12>15 (£45m)

£342,100,000

£1,235,600,000

Sunderland (Alt)

Garnacho

£116.5m

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

18>20 (£160m)

18>20 (£75m)

16>18 (£50m)

16>18 (£50m)

£451,500,000

£868,960,000

Derby (TC & B)

Moukoko

£68.5m

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

£68,500,000

£965,000,000

Bolton (SW)

Balogun

£33.25m

Add 30m

Add 20m

Add 300k p/w (15.6m)

N/A

15>16 (£35m)

15>16 (£15m)

15>16 (£20m)

15>16 (30m)

£198,850,000

£1,550,100,000

I will sim past the transfer window and let you know who your dumbass managers bought with the money you've given them.

 

[SilentWitness]

I was tempted by Moukoko too but have felt like he underperforms on this FM and was a bit too expensive.

 

[altodevil]

Hoping the AI signs some defenders.

 

[BenitoSTARR]

I was tempted by Moukoko too but have felt like he underperforms on this FM and was a bit too expensive.

He’ll come good. He was the best young striker in our range and we knew if we didn’t buy him now he’ll be stupidly priced. Like £100m+ and who spends that much on one player?

I mean really you’d have to be incompetent as an owner to sanction that kind of spending so early…

On a completely unrelated note:
Derby
Estevao £1.2m
Moore £23.5m
Moukoko £68.5m
Total Spend £93.2m

All great picks at a nice mixture of price points for longer term value for money and that’s our attacking 3 sorted for the rest of the sim.

Sunderland
Sesko £42.5m
Yamal £73.5m
Garnacho £116.5m
Total spend £232.5m

All great picks but quite expensive. Jealous of Yamal and front 3 sorted for the sim.

Sheffield United
Pino £68.5m
Wahi £34m
Scalvini £64.5m
Total spend £167m

Nice mix of prices and our first big defender purchase too. Scalvini is about as good as you can get there so excellent choice.

Bolton
Costa £0
Plata £13.4m
Balogun £33.25m
Total spend £46.65m

Definitely going for value for money. When you get a few promotions you’ll be able to buy peak age players like a Bellingham for example with how much you’ve saved!

 

[SilentWitness]

He’ll come good. He was the best young striker in our range and we knew if we didn’t buy him now he’ll be stupidly priced. Like £100m+ and who spends that much on one player?

I mean really you’d have to be incompetent as an owner to sanction that kind of spending so early…

On a completely unrelated note:
Derby
Estevao £1.2m
Moore £23.5m
Moukoko £68.5m
Total Spend £93.2m

All great picks at a nice mixture of price points for longer term value for money and that’s our attacking 3 sorted for the rest of the sim.

Sunderland
Sesko £42.5m
Yamal £73.5m
Garnacho £116.5m
Total spend £232.5m

All great picks but quite expensive. Jealous of Yamal and front 3 sorted for the sim.

Sheffield United
Pino £68.5m
Wahi £34m
Scalvini £64.5m
Total spend £167m

Nice mix of prices and our first big defender purchase too. Scalvini is about as good as you can get there so excellent choice.

Bolton
Costa £0
Plata £13.4m
Balogun £33.25m
Total spend £46.65m

Definitely going for value for money. When you get a few promotions you’ll be able to buy peak age players like a Bellingham for example with how much you’ve saved!

I feel like the AI are really bad at developing Moukoko. Whenever I've had a save and looked at him he's barely developed. Maybe it will work out better for you!

 

[BenitoSTARR]

I feel like the AI are really bad at developing Moukoko. Whenever I've had a save and looked at him he's barely developed. Maybe it will work out better for you!

I haven’t played FM so I’m going based what I know from Soccer Manager and the scouting I’ve done from that (which often links to FM players).

Im interested in your picks though what was the initial picking strategy?

Ours was try for the highest potential players in forward positions (as you can see by Garnacho’s price once they hit 21/22 it kills your budget)

 

[BenitoSTARR]

@BD @sebsheep whats the thinking behind your last 3 picks?

@altodevil you too?

 

[SilentWitness]

I haven’t played FM so I’m going based what I know from Soccer Manager and the scouting I’ve done from that (which often links to FM players).

Im interested in your picks though what was the initial picking strategy?

Ours was try for the highest potential players in forward positions (as you can see by Garnacho’s price once they hit 21/22 it kills your budget)

I was hoping to get promoted with Bolton in the first season so I could then sell Costa as his price probably could have gone up to 5-10m. That hampered my decision making though.

Second season I wanted someone who could come in instantly and perform but was still relatively young, not too expensive and would ensure promotion but still be of use for the level of the Champ.

Balogun is a good PL level striker and not too expensive again and has done well in saves I have seen.

In terms of balances, I was also afraid in League 1 that if I gave the AI too much money that they'd spend it on League 1 level players that I'd end up needing to sell in game and would hamper the club.

 

[BD]

@BD @sebsheep whats the thinking behind your last 3 picks?

Our what?

 

[BD]

If you can go as far as calling it 'thinking', we wanted a CB, so Scalvini of course. And then seb wanted an Italian manager to join with him for some company, so he suggested Sampaoli

 

[Solius]

Transfers

Spoiler: Sheffield Utd

A modest £28m spent by Sampaoli. His biggest outlay is on Hwang Hee Chan which is odd because they already have Wahi. He's also grabbed a pair from Burnley. Star player Tom Fellows was also sold by outgoing manager Thomas Frank for a measly £2.9m

Spoiler: Sunderland

Sign some defenders, says @altodevil. He gets one in Ruben Vinagre to play LB. Jonas Urbig also comes in as backup GK. Smolcic is also a CB.

A pretty meager window for their first season in the PL.

Spoiler: Derby

No clue. Some bloke from Eastenders to play CM/CDM. Jhon Duran also comes in on loan.

Spoiler: Bolton

Bolton are just zero fuss. Firpo on a free could be a good deal and the Ukranian bloke plays striker so he'll be a Balogun backup.

 

[SilentWitness]

Seems really weird that the AI are making barely any transfers!

 

[Solius]

If you can go as far as calling it 'thinking', we wanted a CB, so Scalvini of course. And then seb wanted an Italian manager to join with him for some company, so he suggested Sampaoli

Who is Argentinian.

 

[BD]

Seems really weird that the AI are making barely any transfers!

They haven't learned the way of 48-month instalments.

 

[Solius]

Haaland has gone PSG which is nice for everyone.

 

[SilentWitness]

Hopefully being frugal won't bite us in the arse.

 

[The Cat]

Hoping to get nearer to the playoffs this season. Be interesting to see at what point your young signings start appearing.

 

[sebsheep]

If you can go as far as calling it 'thinking', we wanted a CB, so Scalvini of course. And then seb wanted an Italian manager to join with him for some company, so he suggested Sampaoli

That's not how I remember that conversation

 

[BenitoSTARR]

I was hoping to get promoted with Bolton in the first season so I could then sell Costa as his price probably could have gone up to 5-10m. That hampered my decision making though.

Second season I wanted someone who could come in instantly and perform but was still relatively young, not too expensive and would ensure promotion but still be of use for the level of the Champ.

Balogun is a good PL level striker and not too expensive again and has done well in saves I have seen.

In terms of balances, I was also afraid in League 1 that if I gave the AI too much money that they'd spend it on League 1 level players that I'd end up needing to sell in game and would hamper the club.

Very sensible and if you can get promotion on a shoe string you’ll have more to play with come PL time.

Yeah I think we’re all seeing the AI is a bit shit with transfers

If you can go as far as calling it 'thinking', we wanted a CB, so Scalvini of course. And then seb wanted an Italian manager to join with him for some company, so he suggested Sampaoli