Farkas Pongrácz
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#863300 FM26 Challenge #1 - Sunderland 'til I die
Farkas Pongrácz
6 years ago
2 months ago
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08 Jan 2026 19:51:13

Finally forked up the cash to buy the game yesterday and what better way to jump from FM23 for 3 years to FM26, than doing a small challenge?
I don't think I have ever had a goalkeeper get better than a 7.5 in a match in any FM game, but boy Anthony Patterson saved my back with a 9.8 rating first match against Liverpool. After a thorough assessment, I realized, that I have so many pain points in the squad that I can't deal with it with the 15 million provided only, so I sold Mayenda (10M) and Patterson (8.5M). I also sold Chris RIgg (18M), but could't turn that money into a new player as it happened at the very end of the deadline day. I bought Josh Doig (10M, Sassuolo) for LB and Oscar (10.5M, Slavia) for DM/M(C) positions, while I also got Marco Reus (1.7M, LA Galaxy) as an AM(C) and I managed to loan Raheem Sterling from Chelsea on the attacking wings (it was a bit too expensive so probably could have done better there). The start of the save went well after the 2 hard away games and then I started to get the injuries towards the end of the season and that startled me a bit and eventually cost me some points here and there against some teams. But it is what it is. It was a good save to discover the game a little bit and the features that I haven't seen yet. Eagerly waiting for the next challenges and I would be happy to read your stories on how you tackled this one.