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Jackk--14
Going for a new save with Ajax.
Not aiming for anything in particular right now - but with a pretty good youth system once I've bedded in, I'll look at an all Dutch side, then maybe a team entirely from the Academy.
I didn't want anybody to leave yet, so have just brought in 3 signings to add some competition.
Marc Overmars was responsible for the Thom Senden signing as I didn't realise I'd given him the power to sign anyone.
Sala & Locadia signed very much with the future in mind.
Also made some moves in the staff market to improve the training:
Mixed bag in pre-season:
Blooded a lot of younger players and toyed with formations.
Got a cup win in my first competitive game which is promising.
4-1 was more convincing than the game actually was.
The biggest weakness at the club is probably me and my love for a 4-2-4 formation, which did me so wrong in my United save, but I am determined to make it work at Ajax.
Still working on my strongest XI - but I think this side should cruise to a top two finish.
Jackk--14
Already a target I didn't expect to set myself.
This league should be capable of getting ahead of Portugal and Russia in the reputation ranks. Although my plan of raiding other Dutch teams for their current crop of talent might make that difficult.
Johno
Locadia was brilliant for me before selling him to Atlanta for 8.5M.
Jackk--14
There's plenty of goals in him at this level, plenty of years left in him and he's Dutch. Win.
Also Johno, would be good to see your 424 & instructions if that's okay - still tweaking mine as it still ships goals and allows us to get overrun too easily. Even against much weaker sides.
Johno
With attacking mentality
Jackk--14
We only pay £3.71m p.a. in rent for the stadium, but it's all in the masterplan.
A 62610 capacity will hopefully not be enough in 5 years' time.
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Good News!
Frustrating it's not until the end of the season but works towards clubs philosophies and should help produce far better talent.
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Dragging this club kicking and screaming into the elite.
Jackk--14
Ouush. Just throwing silly money at me now.
Will adjust budgets to put me back under the wage budget.
Planning to scrap a lot of the U21 players in the summer on a free to make sure only the youngsters I want to develop are playing games in my secondary teams. Rather than going out on loan and playing for the youth sides of a lesser club.
Not spectacular but looking okay. Get told in the monthly appraisal we're looking at a £50m+ profit for the season.
Dan
Jackk--14
Forgot to do this around the New Year mark, so early-mid Feb will have to do.
League
Personally would have hoped for a bigger lead but can't complain at being top. A couple of defeats we should have won really, but we can't seem to draw any matches this season.
Europe
The less said about Europe the better. The wider continent is clearly more ready for the 424 than I expected.
Dutch Cup
Poor. Should've progressed further, although Gronigen look like they could go on to win it.
Squad
Can't complain too much there.
Zivkovic hit 4 in 2 when I started training him as a Complete Forward so he's getting regular game time now that he wasn't before the New Year. Locadia has been a steady understudy who's stepped up when Sigþórsson went out of form - which has led to Lasse Schone storming ahead as our top scorer so far.
Transfer wise, I've lined up a couple of transfers already. One I am particularly pleased with.
Nobody left in January on a permanent deal, although Cillessen, Veltman, van Rhijn, Boilesen, Andersen, El Ghazi and Schone were subject of very very weak bids. Not a single one included at least £1m upfront and none of the bids went about £6m which is far short of what I would want to replace a couple of those players.
My biggest concern going forward is that Jong Ajax have had a shocking season and are 19th in their league (ahead of Jong PSV!) but I want to clear them out in the summer and have actual prospects playing for them so their competitive enough to regularly finish in the top 5 of their division so I can then borrow some of the players for first team minutes rather than loaning hordes of players out that I'll never use or would benefit more from being under my training regime.
Johno
Jackk--14
They were all too strong for my 424!
Zivkovic is doing a job as a complete forward now
Got him training on it too - so ill never let him leave
Johno
Does he have minimum release clause in his contract?
Jackk--14
Not sure off the top of my head - I don't think he signed a new one while I've been there.
Every man and his dog is trying to negotiate them into their contracts though and they are way short of my expectations
Johno
I am not sure if he does when he's with Ajax
Will be hard to keep hold of him especially when big clubs are after him.
Jackk--14
Aye that's a worry.
Got a new first team striker already signed up for next season as already looking to make changes up top. So will rotate him, Zivkovic and Locadia and hopefully.I'll only lose one. Will try and avoid release clauses where I can though.
Jackk--14
Still got them investing left, right and centre.
They're also looking for a new affiliate club to raise our profile abroad. Raking in about £500-600k p/month in merchandise revenue, hoping to see a sharp upturn in that.
Johno
Good news
Jackk--14
Is that impressive? I want more! I got some second rate Chinese club as an affiliate - hopefully will generate some extra cash.
Will do a tour of USA and Asia in pre-season to hopefully enhance to rep.
Jackk--14
Is that impressive? I want more! I got some second rate Chinese club as an affiliate - hopefully will generate some extra cash.
Will do a tour of USA and Asia in pre-season to hopefully enhance to rep.
Jackk--14
Could be doing without this!
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Promised them all we'd qualify for CL (the day after we did) and they were all instantly happy to stay.
Go figure.
:blink:
Johno
Yeah it is, I made just 5.4M through merchandise last season, which is not bad.
What is your Steam username?
Jackk--14
Couldn't tell you off the top of my head as it's not one of my usual usernames
Jackk--14
League
CHAMPIONS!
Good showing from the squad.
Next season would like to hit 100 goals, concede less than 40 and increase the points total. Although we did only drop 19 points all season.
Europe and Cups
Both covered in earlier updates.
Long and Short of it - we did shit.
Squad
Some top individual performers in the squad and I think there's very few players currently in the Dutch League that would replace someone currently in my starting XI - so I'll look to improve the work on the Dutch talents.
Defence:
Veltman and Moisander were a solid pairing. Viergever regularly moaned he wanted more game time and was solid but not as much as the other two. Boilesen and Van Rhijn were solid, Tete is coming through on the right and Ridewald on the left, both got a fair amount of minutes this season and impressed enough that they won't be replaced this summer.
Van der Hoorn and Sporkslede need some time out on loan before they make it into my plans.
Midfield:
My formation makes it competitive for a place for one of those precious two CM positions. Schone made the AP - A position his own bagging 18 goals this season, meaning the other spot was up for grabs between 5 other players. Klaassen showed his worth although all of his goals came from being pushed into the AM role as a Shadow Striker. Andersen showed some good performances and Zimling was excellent against tougher opposition as a BWM.
Zimling's loan will end so I will need a DM next season, but Serero will still be leaving as he's not up to the grade. Ilan Boccara will be back from loan but I am undecided on whether he will be good enough.
Attack:
Starting with the wings, El Ghazi was brilliant as was new signing Sala, between them contributing 24 goals and 28 assists as Inside Forwards. Kishna made some appearances but was mostly in the shadows of Sala and El Ghazi. Fischer has come back from injury and although he didnt make a single appearance for the first team this season - should be there to provide competition from pre-season.
Sigporsson started as the main striker but was eventually ousted by Zivkovic and Locadia who both found a scoring touch and managed 35 goals between them, plus 17 assists. Milik didn't really get a look in so his loan deal will end and no more will be said about him.
Club
Hoping to become a financial powerhouse so we can offer wages to attract better players.
Will do a couple of pre-season tours and look for a new merchandising affiliate club to spin more money. Will also be more conservative in Europe with the hope of progressing beyond the groups to get a moneyspinning knockout tie.
Transfers
There will be a clear out.
I have a good idea of who will be leaving, and expect it to be a mass clear out. There's interest in 80% of the first-team players but I have very high valuations of them so will hopefully make a profit.
I have lined up a couple of new players for next season and beyond already but the majority of the deals are yet to be done. I'm anticipating a possibility for a very different main XI for my second season in charge.
Johno
Good to see the club investing in facilities again.
Jackk--14
Not the best season but ill take it.
Locadia is now wanted by FCP who won the CL and he's come to me saying he wants to leave so will spend the summer fighting to keep him.
Johno
Wow, who did they beat?
Jackk--14
Juve in the final from memory.
Wasn't a spectacularly hard run I don't think. I know they beat Gala in one round.