itchycoo
17 years ago
3 years ago
1,652
The squad starts to look really good. So much talent. Hopefully you won't be forced to sell to many who wants to move to bigger clubs. I have a similar save going on with Palermo, and when I started the second season, doing really well, the bigger teams came sniffing, unsetteling half of my squad...
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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Some good news:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/awDTN2IXl2XyDejbPWBb0W0oeJMIdxlFyA7sp6xs.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/FWISLfS8QNKGcYvXjiBJ23HevA2qk3Z7Uun7Xk8d.png

And some bad news, Tariq is now upset that I priced him out of a move to Napoli, who didn't even bother to bid his value.
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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More good news:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/1ngNdgGdaKaq7kaIHufwT9PUgnNJz9ElnvxHwetE.png

Almost maxed out.
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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Picked up two Africans on free transfers in January:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/urW5AHqZZYWXPvOBAglRkTHpBMSkcNy5BmrduvVV.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/7eeP0bexqkGtZ7E7bIgrueARvO1VcLXd5p5lMC4O.png

Both are projects, but with the right development they could turn into good players. Dinda in particular is promising.
Franck
20 years ago
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New youth intake:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/MkC7qQTH7VYwj0ajm6O5w8fPhPKmRHvPf3NstNnn.png

Note the line about Tuchel.

Also, no Germans and no players from the Argentine feeder this time.

The most promising players:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/BSeTpMLEyF01DByPOFbM69dTQiosnC9uhJhdR0h6.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/3SZr6ZzO5YlkDakx8huHSEVKr6mqnzc0zAE2AFx9.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/q2vz8DptVyADw0EvyMpe33ENylw5qu1Rt3BXdN4L.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/dUVWPmZSg7FbMyQOH5SuJDJKNNfaW72Z7DNv8hLx.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/exmVC55uQd5ndIAT4ZIApCQsuq8XllRJTDawj9Ua.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/r52kACQWuw81L1Xy5kcAmfWgVmOXxyBs5ZUnrpJa.png

It'll be a couple of years before any of these will be good enough for first team football though. Traoré's the closest, but he's got plenty of competition.

Definitely no Henry in this year's crop.
Johno
20 years ago
2 days ago
2,646
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Fantastic youth intakes
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
4,253
Fantastic youth intakes

Absolutely. I've never had anything like it on FM before. I've gotten 2-3 potential world class players in each intake, which is incredible.
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
4,253
Picked up an old club favourite as a youth coach:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/IGFSpNE68rRwytvKVnduvdZaomdZaZGcXJ9lki8C.png
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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Finished the second season.

Fixtures:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/2C34x5FSFZXoqV32nwWBBn5Btiq9ZWQLRqEKlU9x.png

League table:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/Hs52Cz8XiC4qQljlHVKvnLgqUcRfcJY3I8ADavKU.png

Only 6 points from Europe, those two draws against Angers and Laval really sting now.

Tariq and Ødegaard got selected in the Team of the Year:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/LZfc0D7e5VhBbyd8VTbri3l7CWi8zB8l95eKmOLE.png

And Ødegaard won the "Rookie of the Year" award:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/U2v7iDL6rPqUP9fffA9PeakNK7JlQ0vxYISPOoiv.png
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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I'm going to Brazil baby!

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/u2gndDUrswptlGvdybAcWxVaCsgVve8tzNSEqRst.png
martin_hb89
18 years ago
11 years ago
2
Possible to get a screenshot of Ødegaard and Tariq? Great job and good reading! Really enjoying following your career so far!
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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Squad end of season report:


Goalkeepers:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/JbDCcwLl3OKiVmxv1fI68Hn7zXycUJAKCJPzmUlj.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/knjL5TAfCOxGf0hb3fzRXej7W6xvdHvOKxZXFEBG.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/IWc8hildley0PGn6BmQdayTVTws6cQFmTmmQdGym.png


Defenders:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/rSqf0egMywMR1HAUatjejR924QogBCvxV6JTHSpt.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/5cUFwUZq1Lvp24RAUIwjDVGrJNmPmXRqM7Qrp10E.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/61sdv6J2A7LjoUFbtI8DrdT1hpXi9shc6yBorwjy.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/xHR9oI5bwcmpRPnmVA9DBFMcmJZK5rlqaeo8JmEm.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/NyZU7Onfa5u6HQNZZ9JuCPq9Yr734HHzSimuYWke.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/9ysDEm0UaauxNLpVje1X7f6Vhuq4bPTsfCfopvaE.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/r0KajdfklwOE2CbtM4VhhWwnJDhz7lLccP0F6L0r.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/hz01rEiliW4vDNFYbSZqqpEuB1pG3nLkAYI6qm8n.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/wOuUOtVSYfzzfzYs6f5NLjJYTKxIdB8sSIB4zAMV.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/O0mCPNY1BsJi2LEPUkomckP9YXfgbyWtuomUwWWa.png

Franck
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4 months ago
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Franck
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Wingers:


https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/6xQvl9QDVLhNFDIMGnml9dqxYFNZuxt1PAr1lQaA.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/5f3D7FPiv2vvyxRWMAbqIn2PlqJqr0FwMCcjjH4z.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/wSSxR3XfoZ9S5a3LslmWMLazgHJiWfZmfleMp1tC.png


Strikers:


https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/QgZVZWtjZ0UhvHLkJiDlKpOEJ6atZMGqFBh1ygLw.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/hnAKhSlohUFZuKcVcINCljLjATr2RtExDv0sz5jC.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/S8G3LCcS4LvQoa8MBWc3nrmN6xfMxa4V7B1aiqdm.png

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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/EjNYuRU1BD0px3t98WLgEJWL3idgmwDpqDkTDoz6.png
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/2016_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg/200px-2016_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg.png

2016 Olympic Football Tournament Groups:

Group A:

Argentina
France
Mali
Saudi Arabia

Group B:

Brazil
Czech Republic
Mexico
Oman

Group C:

Algeria
Belgium
New Zealand
United States

Group D:

Ivory Coast
Peru
South Korea
Spain
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/Xprm1jlQORHhc6WEC9646VAEqAzTCc5SrzzPi08x.png

Awful match.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/gm6roO1S7KaMbPD0Eb5zyOAl8TDt2daVDkcdwVtk.png

Thankfully followed by a much better performance.
simoncoyne
11 years ago
7 years ago
246
Great job getting Tuchel onto your staff. In my save he did such a good job at Mainz that he's now managing Germany!
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
4,253
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/4qgsl0PVUkVxkBmCE1Ch1t2sTC3yydOqEJGs4XP1.png

Not good. Though getting a pair of fresh legs into the squad might actually be a blessing, I think I may have played too many friendlies leading into the tournament so all my players are exhausted.
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/CdN0mkK6PhMRPU4JBWHgu4QxUUFSSmMqkNL6Awqy.png

Lukaku such a beast!
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/qdBTUVTFm43Qlthg9zTPvkRvp82X5Y3NZIlLYAWn.png

I think this tournament is over for me...

That Spain squad gives me nightmares.
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/M3u066EYDA82SWaJRj4dgWK3zsIobFSQrRvpPXM2.png

Heroes, every single man.

No time to celebrate, or even rest:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/7HmrnCQjTMk961Yr1T6agRv9XZzRTOsWHbzYwdDG.png
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/leGCbG9F2GvycRg6Xnt3vvAqiyoTFmyn5nFPwLoS.png

I'm out of words, really. Wow.

I meet France in the final.
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
4,253
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/BtuT0UtUmb51hZg1sqBAbFNdjdjIsRGqmeqw3IW1.png

Now I'm sad, and absolutely exhausted. No more FM for me today.
itchycoo
17 years ago
3 years ago
1,652
Fantastic work, Franck! The Lens squad looks amazing. Having teenagers in leading roles, and named in the team of the year. What's to come..?

Great olympics as well!
Johno
20 years ago
2 days ago
2,646
Premium
Not bad season overall. Good to see players progressing well

Wow epic run in to the final with Belgium.
Mischa
13 years ago
2 years ago
10
Toroughly enjoyed reading this for the past hour! Played a game myself with Lens in the previous version, so a lot of those names sound familiar. Keep on going, really fun (and useful) to read.
simoncoyne
11 years ago
7 years ago
246
Franck, this is an epic story and I really feel like you have created something very special that changes the game. This is apparent by the other people who have been inspired by your Lens save and are taking your player development and scouting approach to play (and the others who I suspect are planning to do something similar once they finish their current saves.)

You have done nothing short of revolutionising how to play the game. I think this will eventually prove to be big as the introduction of LLaMA was all those years ago. I certainly hope to see this thread in the Hall of Fame when all is said and done.
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
4,253
Time to say farewell to one of my young stars:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/HAMVqvBiYJXDcQ14eznN0534ZSsRVxlCix54UFXi.png

Every player has a price, for Ødegaard it was €30M in straight-up cash.
With that money I'll be able to raise the wages of other key players like Tariq and Adnan which will hopefully help me keep them for longer.

Ødegaard's replacement:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/GZ8KaKOHJ5Yifa8anZGM3yCMq8YbbTaIMUVdzbX4.png

A very similar player who can play all across midfield, though without the world class potential that really made Ødegaard stand out. Brought him in for €3.6M
Franck
20 years ago
4 months ago
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/8h0ppAgf2QZsMrgo4mGGTJLcJoxyo6A1wSF9JuCb.png

The best performance since I took over takes us to our first cup final, that it was against bitter rivals Lille just makes it even sweeter.

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