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[imb]

what am i missing? they're desperate for RB depth

[Transmogrified Tiger]

what am i missing? they're desperate for RB depth

 

[imb]

lol amazing

[wvcbxl]

random question - how is that border determined? It's so convoluted but there doesn't seem to be a river there. Is just the result of thousands of years of wars?

 

That’s about right - Cassel is a traditional Flemish town that only became France in 1678 under Louis XIV.

 

It would be fun to grab a beer and compare European perspective to American. Will have to be here though - not a fan of Belgian beer.

 

In Cassel you should drink picon, not beer.

[UMFan83]

Gio again:

 

 

Cant wait to see him in a World Cup for the US

[wolf stansson]

Cant wait to see him in a World Cup for the US

Can’t even imagine. Would be so sick.

[wolf stansson]

 

 

Hi I hate it

[stitchface]

 

 

Hi I hate it

 

yea, not impressed with Leeds

[stitchface]

that was entertaining enough and the US deserved better. I liked the play style better though who knows if that is coach related or a matter of the circumstances. Cade Cowell impressed. Two terrible goals given up.

[wolf stansson]

 

 

Hi I hate it

 

yea, not impressed with Leeds

And Jesse just hired Chris Armas as an assistant. Jesse, please don’t make this the most American relegation of all time. If you just want to coach Americans, take the national team job.

[wolf stansson]

Gio’s body count continues to grow. Earnie Stewart is out. We’re getting a new sporting director, GM (made up role), and coach. Let’s go.

 

 

[stitchface]

 

 

Hi I hate it

 

yea, not impressed with Leeds

And Jesse just hired Chris Armas as an assistant. Jesse, please don’t make this the most American relegation of all time. If you just want to coach Americans, take the national team job.

 

oh please no.

[stitchface]

Gio’s body count continues to grow. Earnie Stewart is out. We’re getting a new sporting director, GM (made up role), and coach. Let’s go.

 

 

 

what's the real story? I mean, this can't be about something that happened in 1991, right?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Gio’s body count continues to grow. Earnie Stewart is out. We’re getting a new sporting director, GM (made up role), and coach. Let’s go.

 

 

 

what's the real story? I mean, this can't be about something that happened in 1991, right?

 

Flynn and Jay Berhalter are all multiple years ago at this point, and Stewart isn't as much being forced out as he is leaving since he's gonna be PSV's technical director. McBride, I don't really know.

[wolf stansson]

Claudio’s avail

 

 

[UMFan83]

hell yeah lets go

 

[bukie]

hell yeah lets go

 

The potentially amusing thing here is the US will not automatically qualify for Copa America, they'll have to qualify via a yet-undetermined method (likely this year's Gold Cup) to find the 6 CONCACAF nations that will participate. So they'll be heavily favored, but will have to qualify.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The potentially amusing thing here is the US will not automatically qualify for Copa America, they'll have to qualify via a yet-undetermined method (likely this year's Gold Cup) to find the 6 CONCACAF nations that will participate. So they'll be heavily favored, but will have to qualify.

 

Doesn't change the odds much, but Bushnell is saying it'll be next year's Nations League(so not the games in the March and June windows this year).

 

 

If the format for Nations League remains the same, being one of the Top 6 teams is functionally impossible, just don't finish last or among the bottom two 2nd place teams in a 3 person group that this year is El Salvador and Grenada.

[stitchface]

hell yeah lets go

 

 

GreAT NEWS! wILL Messi still be playing?

[SpongeWorthy]

will conmebol be sending their A teams?

[stitchface]

will conmebol be sending their A teams?

 

 

for Copa America? For sure.

[wolf stansson]

 

 

I’m glad Wes is getting PL money. I’m glad there is relegation protection before the full sale is triggered. It’ll be fun to watch Leeds. I wish he went to a better, more stable club.

[wolf stansson]

 

Kevin Paredes first Wolfsburg goal. He’s one of our biggest upside prospects. If he hits, that would be very good.

[imb]

I've been talking about this in the video game thread, but people would probably get more out of it here

 

Short background - I started a save on Football Manager 23 with AC Trento 1921, a team in Serie C. My payroll was less than 3 million my first year and I often had fewer than 500 fans at my games. My ill-fated first-year plan was to throw all my energy at the Serie C Cup, which I thought would bring me some income, then try to develop some youth players.

 

I ended up winning the Serie C tournament (one game I had like 70 fans lol) but i would literally get $9k in prize money each round lol, so it wasnt lucrative. I managed to win the league too and get promoted to Serie B in my first year, which i thought was good, but my board invested no funds, my stadium and facilities were bad and none of my players developed.

 

I managed to stay up my first year, finishing 16th. A 13th place finish the next year allowed me to start bringing in some decent loans. I finished sixth in 2027/28, which ended with a board takeover and a small payroll bump. I literally rose from 16th to 6th with a 3 million payroll. In 28/29, with upgraded youth facilities and a $4million payroll, I finished 4th, made it to the promotion playoff finals, eventually losing 5-2 on agg.

 

In that time I abandoned my youth development plan (which might be back on now that my facilities are upgraded) and focused on buying decent players on free transfers, putting them in the first team and then selling them for profit. That, combined with a sale of my best midfielder to Stuttgart, gave me my first-ever $1 million transfer budget and a $9 million payroll.

 

I bought a striker i had loaned from AC Milan and got a couple of very good wingers on loan. Even though I lost my best midfielder, I was able to re-invest.

 

It's 2030 and with 8 games to go, I'm in second place, 10 points clear of third, which puts me in automatic promotion. 4 wins probably seals a top two finish for me.

 

It's the most fun thing I've ever done in a management sim. It's crazy to watch the leagues evolve and see where players end up, etc. If anyone has anyone they want me to look up for them, I will. Im too poor to scout most of the big players but I can tell you how they're doing

 

Netherlands won the 22 cup

England won the 26 cup

 

The 30 cup kicks off in 3 months.

[wolf stansson]

 

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