FM16 Thun

Game Setup

I like to have a living world around me, so I did not only add the two swiss leagues, but all other 12 (twelve!) european leagues with a higher reputation.


I know, it's a bit cheeky to set my coaching attributes to "highest", though there are enough other problems to be solved in the future

The Club / Starting 2015

Some club information:




The squad is surprisingly broad:


The youth looks also quite promising (for swiss eyes):


As in real life, the good players are loaned, and the talent lies in the youth.

My top 3 players (Sadly, Rojas is loaned from Stuttgart):

My top 3 U18 players:


Gameplan for season 2015/2016:

• Board: Mid-Table finish, Cup Semfinal.
• Me: Develop as much young players as fast as possible withouth going down in the league.
• Me: The main strength of the squad lies in the offense, so let's go for it
• Me: Find a worthy AMC / AMR as this is a possible weakness in the squad
• Me: Defeat Young Boys at least once

Season 2015 / 2016

The first season went very good!! We've been able to finish second place, and if we would not have collapsed in april, we could have won the title!

Key Transfers:
- Juan Carlos (Free Agent) joined us as 24 years old AMC and made a teriffic job as Shadow Striker through the saison


- Second and last transfer due to the wage budget was Sergejs Vorobjovs (Free Agent) as an investment in the future, and AMR/L player when Rojas will leave us after the season:


Given the fact that my team has its potential in the offense and high aggressiveness, I used my favorite formation 4-2-3-1 with control mentality and strong pressing. It seems that inexperienced players also benefit of slower tempo and shorter passing. Worked like a charm not for the first time



The season worked out very well, sadly we broke down in april a bit



Finally: Second place in league, semi final in the swiss cup and not (too much) outclassed in EURO Cup


Some more stats:

Goal of the season: My tactics does not produce a lot of spectacular goals, but from time to time one shines a bit more than the others, as the 1-0 of Juan Carlos against Jablonec:


Gameplan for season 2016/2017:

• Board: Board: Mid-Table finish, Cup Semfinal.
• Me: Try to again reach a place 1-4 in the league
• Me: Integrate more younge players to the first team
• Me: Transfer further youth talents to the club and develop them
• Me: Kick (again) Young Boys ass

Season 2016/2017

Top 3 Transfers:

Jak Alnwick (Free Transfer) is our new #1 GK


Jérémy Guillemenot (Free Transfer) is a promising young ST


Andoni Ugarte joined us in the winter transfer window. Young DC to replace players reaching age 30+ next year.


The season started with a CL qualification against Olympique Marseille that brought a result that was hard to swallow:

Away 1:1


Home 2:2 with a late penalty goal for OM


The Europe Cup qualification against PSV was also a really tight affair, and again we've been really unlucky

Home Win 2:1


Away 2:5 with two late goals by PSV


In the rest of the season, we were able to establish a pretty constant top 4 ranking, and in a thrilling last game encounter we were able to reach place 2 against Grasshoppers


The season schedule:


Final standings: League 2nd, Cup 1/4 Final


Statistics:


Ferreira's 1:0 against PSV was selected as Goal of the Season


Gameplan for season 2017/2018

• Board: Top-Half finish, Cup Semifinal
• Me: Try to again reach place 2 or even better
• Me: Have more and more young players with high potential active in the league
• Me: Kick Young Boys ass ... as usual

Whats happened to some of the players faces? Some are blue. Good luck by the way