retired_Wnt2Bamodel

It's worse than that. There's a bug in my game that puts the little (p) by the wrong team's name on the match summary screen after penalties.

So when I came back with my tea I thought I'd won and nearly dumped it over the dog. Then I remembered the bug.

I have a superstition that I never watch the draw for any cup competitions. That's not a problem in FM as cups suck arse of course.

retired_tslagle1

A great thread - KUTGW

retired_Wnt2Bamodel

Sweden - 2020 European Championships

1st round:
Beat Wales 2-1 \o/
Lose to France 1-2
Beat Turkey 2-0 to finish top of the group

QF: Beat Bulgaria 2-0
Semi: Lose to Denmark 1-2
Final; Denmark 0p-0 Germany


Aik - 2020/2021 - Swedish Premier div

P26 W16 D6 L4 F46 A14 P54 - Pos 1st
Swedish Cup: winners (4-0 over GIF Sundsvall)
Champs Lge: QF losers to Besiktas (2-4 agg)
Royal League: Winners (3-0 over AaB)

In the end I decided to stick with AIK for one last season. A few of the senior players have had enough and demand transfers to bigger leagues. I decide to let them go and focus on bringing some youngsters through from the reserves.

Results are mixed. The league title is retained, but with a reduced points total. Injuries are more of a problem this term, especially in the Champions League where a patched up first team suffer a 3-0 away drubbing at Besiktas to overturn a 2-1 advantage from the first leg.

I played a few games of the 2021/2 term to keep myself amused while waiting for the EPL season to wrap up. Finally in mid-July I submit my resignation and jump on the next Ryanair flight out of Stockholm.

retired_yolanda

KUTGW :thup:

retired_Wnt2Bamodel

Happy New Year, Llamas

I have joined newly promoted Gillingham in the English Premier League. No youth team; no reserve squad; only 15 crap first team players. Difficult to see how promotion was achieved. Anyway I've got about a month before the season kicks off to scout and sign enough quality to keep us up.

retired_brendaokc

Gillingham eh! Couldn't hav made a better choice myself!!

KUTGW :thup:

retired_cangriracing

Fantastic work and an enjoyable read!!! I found the 1-0 penalty shootout very amusing.

I'd just like to ask from those more experienced what happens if you relegate a team to a division that is unplayable, i.e. Gillingham (not doubting your managerial abilities, Nokem) to the Championship on this save game? Do you hand in your notice with a gun held to your head, sacked...?

retired_Wnt2Bamodel

Indeed I would be out on my backside before you could say 'Graeme Souness'. And given the perilous state of the club at the moment I rate my chances at about 50/50 (so better than the Newcastle boss ).

retired_mrsjb

Aye. Relegation to an unplayable league results in an automatic sacking when the game updates. The board can still be delighted with you, btw (if they wanted a brave battle and you delivered one, albeit failing to stay up, for example), but you just get released anyway. I actually find that to be worse than failing abysmally and the board sacking you for poor performance.

retired_Wnt2Bamodel

Gillingham - 2021/2022 - English Premiership

P38 W13 D9 L16 F41 A45 P48 - Pos 12th
League Cup: 3rd rnd lost 1-1p to Spurs
Champs Lge: 4th rnd lost 1-3 to Luton

The Gills are in a mess. The first squad is paper-thin and there are no reserves or youth teamers to call on. With only a couple of weeks to sign backup my first move is back to Sweden to raid the AIK reserves. Not much transfer kitty to play with, so I pick up some cheap reserves and lure a few senior players to join for free when their contracts expire in December.

It's just as well - by December we're mired in a relegation battle. AIK's top scorer and best centre back - and a couple of Eastern European bargain binners - help us put together a late run to finish 10 pts clear of the drop.

EPL champions: Chelsea by a mile. Some things never change
Champions League: Werder Bremen
UEFA Cup: Real Madrid