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Hey mate,
Will this work with the new update (15.3.1)?
Cheers.

Have you tried the FM Real Time Editor? There is an option to set Transfer Embargo's on clubs, that might help. Does it say specifically that it is a ban?

I'm thinking about creating a DB with teams from different eras e.g Busby Babes, Ajax in the 70's, Milan in the late 80's/early 90's. What do guys think? Leave your suggestions below. I'll set the players ages to what they were when they joined the club, and their previous clubs (if any) will be set to when they were actually there.

He is quality, signed him in my Man Utd save and scored 15 goals in his first season.

Honestly, the best young talent I've signed for cheap are Martin Odegaard, Pione Sisto and Valcav Clary. They develop into world-class players, it is incredible. In his first season in my United save, Sisto scored 15 and assisted 10

What do you mean exactly? Like when a team won a competition or something?

Since there was only two games in January (because of the Asian Cup) I decided to play an extra month of fixtures, which leads in nicely for the last two months of the season in the next update.

December
Hyundai A-League

We started off December in the best possible manner, with a 3-0 smashing of Perth at home. After a slow start, Shane Smeltz, who has been in great form this season, scored before adding a second in the 77th. Ali Abbas rounded off the win with a nice finish in thee 84th minute.

A trip down to Melbourne to play the Tards and we destroyed them, winning 2-0 and holding onto possession for 95% of the match. They were chasing shadows the whole match, they couldn't contain us, it was a joy to behold.

We were back at home for a visit from the Phoenix and it was a tight affair. Bernie Ibini continued his fine form by scoring to give us the lead at the break. Nathan Burns equalised soon after the break but Smeltz continued his impressive scoring streak, scoring two minutes after Burns which gave us the win in an equal affair which could have gone either way.

We backed up with a Boxing Day clash with Adelaide. Things didn't start well as they opened the scoring in the 1st minute of play when Marcelo Carrusca played a nice 1-2 with Bruce Djite to open the scoring. We pulled one back through a Nikola Petkovic free-kick but went into the break 2-1 down after Sergio Cirio scored in stoppage time. Slowly we gathered momentum and broke down their defense which allowed Terry Antonis to score a driven shot after 73 minutes. 4 minutes later, we were ahead through a Ryan Mason worldie from 35 yards out which caught the keeper off his line.

Our undefeated month came to an end in the final minute of our last game of the year against Brisbane. After taking the lead through former Sydney player Dimitri Petratos, Bernie Ibini scored what I thought was the equaliser in the 87th minute. However, it was not to be as Thomas Broich latched onto an Henrique cross to tap home the winner in the 91st minute of the game. I was shattered as were the players. We deserved a point for that game.

Not good news. Janko pulled up after about 20 minutes into the 3-0 win, and it was a damaged Achilles which ruled him out for three months, although he returned for my last two games in February.

January

He came to me at the end of December and said he wanted to leave because Al-Kharitiyath were interested and I obliged. I wasn't going to re-sign him so why let him go on a free when I can get a bit of money on him.


Two great signings. Zullo is a current Australian international, and plays in a number of positions down the right and the left. He is entering the prime of his career and from what my scouts are telling me, he is a great signing. Brad Smith is a promising prospect who plays left back as well as left wing. He made 1 first team appearance during his time at Liverpool and they held him in high regard. And both of these transfers are on a free
Hyundai A-League

Not a great way to start the month, with a 3-3 draw against Newcastle after being up 3-0 at half-time. Alex Brosque scored early before Corey Gamiero scored a quick-fire double to give us a (surely) comfortable lead. But it wasn't to be, with Newcastle scoring three times through Flores and Montano (x2).

We then traveled down to Gosford (21 days later because of the Asian Cup) to play our bogey team Central Coast, who we haven't in a couple of seasons. Again we couldn't crack them as they scored two second half goals to take all three points.


Losing both starting central midfielders is a big blow, which meant we sometimes had a make-shift midfield if some players came off during a match. We had Ali Abbas and Tom Rogic cover during matches, but I got Milos back for the last couple of games for February.

February
Hyundai A-League

Again another disappointing draw after again having a comfortable lead, this time away to Perth. After Smeltz's double and Bernie Ibini scoring for us to give us a 3-1 lead with 12 minutes to go, Daniel De Silva scored to make it 3-2 before Jamie Maclaren scored his second to tie it up at 3-3. Gutted we didn't finish it after playing well for the whole game.

Again, another game in which we've lead before giving up the lead and then losing late, this time against the Victory at home. Alex Brosque opened the scoring with a poacher's goal after 61 minutes before Jesse Makarounas scored 4 minutes after. He scored his second and the winner (from an offside position) with 5 to play to steal it for the Tards. We didn't deserve to lose that, we were the better team the whole game.

For whatever reason. we played the Mariners again, at home this time. And after they went up 2-0, I thought 'Here we go again'. But an inspired comeback thanks to two goals form our top-scorer Bernie Ibini in the 71st and 79th minutes helped us come away with a hard-fought draw as we finally came away with a point against the Mariners.

Final game of February took us to Parramatta for the 4th Sydney Derby of the year. We were confident leading up to the game and held them out before our two experienced forwards Shane Smeltz and Alex Brosque scored within a minute of each other to give us the advantage before Brosque added his double late on to seal the game and give us bragging rights over the Wanderers until at least the play-offs. It was a great result and it pleased both the team and the fans who were delighted in the amount of opportunities we had to score.

Lost him the day before the Wanderers game and it looks like he could miss the rest of the regular season, which is a big blow. Hopefully our depth at the back can lead us to glory.

As I mentioned at the beginning, the final two months of the regular season in the next update.

Hey guys,
I was thinking of creating a DB which contains the best players to ever play for a certain club. I'm going to start with my local league, the A-League, and work my way around to Europe. If you guys have any suggestions for a league or a team, feel free to PM me.

Sorry about the delay, I've been hella busy.

Decided to terminate his contract as I couldn't see a future at the club for him. Petkovic was coming back from injury, and I also want to give young Alex Gersbach some game time. I even have Ali Abbas as cover. And I have plenty of options for RB.
September
Hyundai A-League

A disappointing way to start the season as we blew a 2 goal lead to draw at home to Melbourne City. Peter Triantis opened the scoring with a cracker from 25 yards before Ibini tapped in after 50 minutes. But after the 70 minute, we fell asleep and they scored twice in 4 minutes to snatch a draw. I made my feelings perfectly clear to the team.

We followed the draw with City with an even more disappointing derby loss to WSW. They blew us apart and raced to a 3-0 lead before Alex Brosque pulled one back just before the half. Ibini gave us a glimmer of hope but Iaccapo La Rocca ended all hope with a 30 yard belter in the 83rd minute. Very disappointing.
FFA Cup

We played the Wanderers three days later in the FFA Cup. What followed was downright embarrassing. Robbie Cornthwaite scored a calamitous own-goal to put them in front before Golgol Mebrathu scored the first of two to put them 2 up at the break. Rhyan Grant was cruelly sent off for a professional foul in the 51st minute and from there, we collapsed, conceding twice coutersy of Mebrathu and Labinot Haliti. I'm very disappointed. We could have won the cup but it wasn't to be.
Hyundai A-League

We traveled to Brisbane for a game against the Roar. The match was even until Matt McKay broke the deadlock after 64 minutes. That did nothing to deter the boys and we equalised thanks to some Bernie Ibini magic in the 71st minute. It was a great turn-around from the two WSW defeats.

We were so unlucky against the Mariners, but it was our own fault. We had numerous opportunities to score, but we didn't convert. Glen Trifiro scored the late winner with a beauty from 20 yards. Ognenovski was sent off deep into injury time for a horrific challenge that was lucky not to injure the player.

We traveled to Adelaide with low spirits after the Mariners game. We welcomed back Ryan Mason from injury, and boy didn't we miss him. He was a class above the rest, finding space all over the park, dribbling past his man with ease and being a menace to the opposition. He performance was capped off with two great goals in the 32nd and 72nd minute. He was our match winner and duly raised the morale of the squad.

We welcomed the Tards for the first 'Big Blue' of the season. It was a pretty even match until Gui Finkler scored a header from a corner in the 72nd minute. That deflated the boys and we had a number of opportunities to equalize, but failed to do so, which results in my 2nd derby loss of the year so far.

We went into enemy territory to play Melbourne City for the second time this year and try to extract revenge for the 2-2 draw in the opening round. We held them off until Marc Janko scored his first league goal of the campaign to give us a well-deserved 1-0 win away from home. It was a great result considering they were second on the table at the time of this fixture.

We rounded out November with our second Sydney Derby of the year. It could not have started worse, with Sasa Ognenovski picking up his second red card of the season after a second bookable offense in the 40th minute. I was livid. WSW took advantage of the extra man and scored two quick goals after the break with Sotiro and Baccus scoring within 3 minutes of each other. We looked down and out until Bernie Ibini struck a rocket from the edge of the box that flew right into the top corner that gave us hope. We then suddenly sparked to life, creating opportunities left, right and center before Ali Abbas scored his first league goal of the season to make it 2-2 and complete the comeback. Shane Smeltz could have won it in the 91st minute but his shot came off the bar. Great comeback from the boys.
Ladder

Our lack of converting chances into goals and draws into wins means we finish November in 7th spot on 9 points after 8 games, 2 points off last placed Newcastle but only 5 points off leaders Melbourne City, who we beat 1-0 in November.
Injuries

Not a major loss but still annoying considering it happened on international duty.

A big loss, since we a short on numbers in left back. He was replace by Bojic until he was released when Nikola came back, but now I have LB options in Petkovic, Abbas, Gersbach and Grant.

This was during the last game of November, which was really annoying since I wanted to bring on Tom Rogic to add an attacking threat. But this forced me to bring on Ali Abbas, who went on to become a super sub and score the equalizer against WSW.

December and the first month of 2015 in the next update.

Great additions to your club staff! Hopefully you'll find some players to improve the squad and get promoted again!

Cheers mate. I'm surprised I got Mason, he had a host of lower-league English clubs going for him, but he chose Sydney instead. Good choice, in my opinion

Bit of info on me.

A bit of info on the club, which I basically summarized. Our facilities aren't the best, but I asked the chairman for an upgrade, and he agreed.



Three of my players made the All Stars team to play Napoli, which is a great achievement. That front line would dominate in the A-League.
Transfers

I wanted to get rid of him as he was on $12,000 p/w. That's more than double of the second highest weekly wage. It also frees up an Australian Marquee spot, which I've decided I'm not going to use until next season, because there is a few Australians in Europe that are off-contract at the end of the year that I'm looking out for.




I'm relying on loans this season, but what loans they are. Mason has absolutely dominated in pre-season. I hope I can extend his loan periof at the end of the season, he will be a top, top player for me. Rogic is a hot Australian prospect and is off-contract in a couple of seasons, so should Celtic not re-sign him, I'll welcome him with open arms. Good is another one I'm looking to sign if Newcastle don't resign him. Cornthwaite is a good quality Australian center-back who has played for the Socceroos 8 times scoring 3 times. Got him on the cheap, and can now link up with Sasa Ognenovski at the back. It also gives me depth after I let Matthew Jurman go on a free.









I have signed most of the player's who are off contract at the end of the season. There is only a couple I'm holding off from offering a new contract: Sasa Ognenovski and Pedj Bojic. I also have the opportunity to sign Bernie Ibini at the end of the season.

After beating Wellington in the first round, I'm paired up with our biggest rivals, Melbourne Victory (known as the Tards by the Sydney FC faithful).

And they played like Tards too, getting absolutely torn to shreds by Smeltz and Mason (to be fair, aren't that quick). They ghosted past the defense like they weren't there. A great pre-season,, going through undefeated and only conceding twice. We are looking good heading into the first game of the season, against Melbourne City.






A few injuries during pre-season, but I'll only be missing Janko and Dimitrijevic for the Melbourne game.

I'll update on a bi-monthly basis, starting with the first two months of the season, which'll recap the transfer window and results of the the first few rounds of the season as well as my progress in the FFA Cup.

Ha. But have they won a League title?

History
Sydney FC are a football team based in Sydney, Australia. They play their home games at Allianz Stadium in Moore Park. They compete in Australia's top flight football competition, the Hyundai A-League. Sydney FC are considered to be one of the most successful Australian teams ever, having won the Hyundai A-League twice, one Premiers Plates and are the only Australian team to win the OFC Champions League, a feat achieved in 2005. Sydney has been home to many famous international football legends such as Dwight Yorke, Juninho and Alessandro Del Piero as well as having some of the best Australian footballers such as John Aloisi, Brett Emerton and Steve Corica. However, in recent seasons, Sydney has struggled and have only made the play-offs twice since last winning the A-League in 2009-10.
Objectives
The objectives I have set for Sydney are:

• Win the A-League
• Win the AFC Champions League
• Win the FFA Cup
• Make Sydney the most successful club in Australia and Asia.

Pre-season in next update.

Hi, Guus Hiddink is Jans Jansen in my game. Is it just me?

November/December 2015

Not a lot happening off the field besides this and Carvalho handing in a transfer request. Luckily 6 or so clubs are after him so I can jack up the price .

First game of November (on my birthday as well) was a crazy 5-4 win over PSG. It was tit-for-tat, you score, I score etc. until a Thiago Silva backpass gone wrong helped Rooney score the winner 4 minutes from time. What a better way to follow that up by smashing your nearest neighbors 4-0 in a derby win. With virtually the same squad as the PSG game, we went out there and absolutely destroyed City. 2 weeks later, a great win verse Spurs away. The Chelsea game, I was pissed. We were up 3-1 in the 90th minute before Schurrle and Willian scored injury time goals to salvage a 3-3 draw, which was totally undeserved, we outplayed them all over the pitch. Another great derby win against Liverpool with Carvalho scoring the 91st minute winner off a header. Undefeated all the way until my last game of the year, losing to Stoke 2-1 after Olseen scored a beauty from 40 yards out.

I finish the year in first place, 3 points ahead of Arsenal and with a superior goal difference.

I finished second in my CL group. This is the first knockout round draw. Fairly easy one against Fenerbache, hopefully I'll qualify for the next round.



All very annoying injuries which leaves me short for replacement strikers. Luckily, Rooney is in red-hot form, so Henriquez and El Shaarawy don't actually start. This is Januzaj's 4th injury this season.

September/October

Nothing much off-field except for me winning the Manager of the month award for September. It was a good effort from the boys as we remained undefeated through out September.

It was a good couple of months until the end of October, with two disappointing losses against Millwall and PSG. The Millwall loss was embarrassing, we should have been 4/5-0 up at half time. PSG was a tough game and they were the better side. Leicester was a good game, a 5-0 win with 5 separate scorers. A good couple of wins against Everton and Swansea as well highlighted the form we are in at the moment.


Still undefeated in the league, we are in second behind City, who are ahead on GD and the basis of them having 0 draws to our 4 draws. Our CL group is going to be tough, we have PSG in our next game. That could make or break our campaign.



Blind was injured early in September and returened for the game against PSG. El Shaarawy wasn't a big loss, as we have plenty of cover for LW. Henriquez is a big loss because now we are down to only one out and out striker, Wayne Rooney.
November and the final month of 2015 in the next update

Pre-Season/August 2015



Fan's player of the year for last season was Angel di Maria which is deserved, he had a cracker of a year. Our best 11 is nearly our most used 11 apart from Valencia. We start the season at Arsenal again *sigh*. Hoping for an easy Christmas/New Year schedule.
Transfers (Ins and Outs)











A host of transfers in and out of the club. Disregard the Pearson and Pereira signings, they were let go on frees but I didn't want them to go and luckily they resigned with the club. Got rid of players who weren't going to feature heavily in my campaign this season (Nani, Hernandez, Carrick, Smalling). Van Persie was a controversial one in the eyes of the fans but I have faith in Rooney, Angelo Henriquez and James Wilson to lead United in the next few years. I also bought young Sam Byram from Leeds as he looks a top prospect for RB as well as being English (Most of the players I sold were English or were trained in England so I barely just got my squad registered). I also bought a host of young talent who won't join my club for a year or two.

After a successful pre-season blighted by the Schalke loss, we faced Bordeaux at home in the Champions League qualifier. The lads were up for it and raced out of the blocks and we were 3-0 up after 32 minutes. Martinez added the forth in injury time to seal the win. What a comeback for the Arsenal game. After being 1-0 up after 16 minutes, they scored two soft goals just before and then just after the break. Mata hit a stunning free kick to level and then Rooney smashed home a cross from Shaw to win it 3 minutes later. The second leg was a rotated squad and it didn't really matter. QPR was annoying because we were up 2-1 before they scored in the 88th minute to equalise.

The one win and draw leaves us sixth on GD. Better start than last year, which'll make it easier to stay up the top of the ladder.

Champions League group. PSG could be a worry but I should qualify.




The only disappointing injury is Evans but at least I have plenty of good backup.

Keep offering him to clubs. If that doesn't work, ask him to speak to clubs. If that doesn't work you can try mutual termination. If not, hire a DoF and see if he can offload him. Worked in my United save, got rid of Anderson, Fellaini and Young.

You should have signed Odegaard. He starts the game on a free..

That's the problem with intakes, they have shit stats but world-class potential. Good luck with the career, I like the idea!

May 2015

Great news for Shaw after an impressive month where he laid on 2 assists and scored a freak goal. He is touted as the favorite to win the English Young Player of the Year award from the media.

Fucking Bullshit.

I always thought it was going to work seeing as they both are from Northern Ireland. McNair is another player coming through who I hope breaks into the first team in coming years.

We qualify in 4th spot which means we need to have a two-legged play-off first *sigh*. At least we qualified by a good margin, that Southampton result was basically a play-off for 4th spot.

Two RvP penalties secured the 3 points and 4th place for the team. This was followed by a tough 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool in which we should have won the match if it wasn't for a dodgy offside call in the 90th minute to deny Rooney. The lads weren't focused for the Swansea game and two Wifried Bony goals condemned us to defeat in Wales. A resounding 4-0 thumping of Stoke to finish the season which featured many highs (Derby wins, Champions League qualification) and many lows (Losses to shit teams, knocked out of League Cup by Hull) was nice. Now we looked forward to a difficult game against Chelsea in the F.A. Cup final. It was always a difficult game with Chelsea keeping possession for most of the game and us chasing the game after going down 1-0 after 17 minutes from a Hazard penalty. Oscar scored the second in the 63rd minute which ended all hope of us winning. Still it was a great effort from the boys to make it this far. Hopefully next year we can go one better and win it.

The final table with the top three all London teams. City and Liverpool finish in 7th and 8th surprisingly. Palace, West Ham and West Brom all go down while Fulham, Notts Forrest and Watford all come up for another go at the Premier League.

Falcao the only injury which unfortunately ruled him out of the game against Chelsea. I also missed Jonny Evans at the back for that one.
Overall it has been a good season although I would have liked to won a trophy. Next year I am aiming to:

• Win the Premier League
• Win either F.A. or League Cup
• Make the final 8 for Champions League
• Manager of the Year in Premier League

Pre-season and the first month of 15/16 season in the next update

Don't know why people are complaining about FIFA when they should be playing FM....

Mate that is just unlucky. There is no problem with your game just the AI being very very cruel to your team. Good luck in the save!

March/April 2015



Nice to be rewarded all round for a great February. Shaw has been outstanding all season and is in contention for the English Premier League Young player of the Season award. Di Maria has been great in front of goal scoring 6 in 5 matches in February while we went undefeated throughout the league which included a couple of 5 goal performances.

Carvalho has grown under Carrick and that is a good thing, because it helps Carvalho become accustomed to the Premier League and help him grow as a footballer.



Only a couple of losses but they come to two big rivals. Tottenham are ahead of me on the table and City were looking for revenge after we beat them 1-0 earlier in the season. We managed to verse West Brom three times in the space of 2 weeks with only the one win, in the F.A. Cup. Big win in the F.A. Cup semi-final which means I play Chelsea in the final, a team I haven't beaten this season.

This is getting close. We are three points off Southampton but 11 points off Chelsea. I think the title is gone but hopefully I can sneak into the top 3. Guess who I have first up in May? Southampton, who I smacked 4-0 last time we played them. That's followed by a game against Liverpool. Two tough games ahead.

After the Hull game.



Herrera wasn't a massive loss but was still annoying. Evans is a big loss but luckily we have plenty of cover from Jones, Martinez and Musacchio and Smalling. Januzaj is very injury prone. This is his 4th or 5th injury this season.
Luke Shaw fluke goal vs QPR
Luke Shaw's amazing goal vs QPR. (Sorry for the bad quality)

January/February


It will probably be a surprise that I signed Odegaard for the price I did and he only just joined Pescara but I had to have him. I see him partnering Januzaj, Maher and Hughes in the future. Thank god I let go of Anderson. Terrible player on massive wages.

This is very concerning. It took him 25 games to score a goal. This is not what your main attacking player should be doing. It is Torres-esque. A shame, because I want him to break Sir Bobby's record.

Apart from the Chelsea loss, we performed well in every match. We could have beaten Everton but they were a good side. We should have beaten Leicester even though we fielded a second string squad. Yes you are reading that right in the Burnley game, van Persie scored 2 goals in the 23rd minute. He scored on 22:01 and then got the ball off the kick off and ran through the whole team to score again on 22:50.

Because of my two losses to Chelsea and a draw and a loss to Arsenal, I am 1 point behind Southampton, who I beat 4-0. Good thing is, I'm only 5 off top so a couple of good wins will put me ahead.

New contract. Good because I can see the club winning the Premier League for the next few seasons. We have a good young group coming through as well as players who are entering or in their prime at the moment. I want to be apart of that.



Unlucky with van Persie, he was my top scorer and assister. I now have to play Rooney up front. But now Mata can operate in his favorite position, behind the striker as an Advanced Playmaker. Blind is annoying but I have cover in Carrick, Carvalho and even Jones. How often does a keeper get injured in a game? Unluckly with De Gea but Timo Horn has been an able replacement, keeping well in the draw against Arsenal and in subsequent games. Both Blind and De Gea have made returns and will feature in my next league game.
March and the penultimate month of the season next update

I don't really follow NFL but will watch it if there is no football. I saw Beckham's catch. That was a great catch. Who is currently on top in the divisions (I don't follow it so I don't know how the teams are split)

Thanks mate, that was a quick reply. It's good to talk to a fellow Aussie

hey mate is there a way to get the default main menu background back or to change it? I'm not a wanderers man as you can see below

November/December 2014

Well I don't know what happened but we were UNSTOPPABLE in November and December. Undefeated for 10 straight games including 5 straight wins and 8 clean sheets including 5 clean sheets in a row. The two wins against Liverpool and Man City were pleasing, although I would have liked to have won the City game more comfortably. We absolutely destroyed Southampton after being 3-0 up after 22 minutes. In our final game of the year, we extracted revenge from Hull after our League Cup exit.

Our amazing run leaves us 5th on the ladder which is surprising. During December, I was fighting for 2nd and 3rd spot with Tottenham, Arsenal and Everton. Good thing is, I'm only 5 off top but look at Chelsea and Arsenal's GD






My run was even harder as I was hit with many injuries through out late November-mid December. Rafael and Mata were annoying, and Shaw has been injured for a bit this year, although when he plays he is very consistent and always getting good match ratings. I'm not too concrned about Young because I have just had a $15M offer from Everton. Great, because he is taking up $205,000 per week in wages. Not even a good player.
End of year stats
Goals

Van Persie tops the list with a slightly lower than expected six goals in all competitions (5 in the league). He has had many opportunities but fails to take them. Di Maria in second is good while Januzaj in third is a surprise as he has been injured for a while and very rarely starts.
Assists

Again Van Persie tops the list with assists with 5. This is a shame as I would of thought my midfielders (Mata, Herrera, Di Maria) would have provided more. Mata is second on 4 but needs to provide more whether he is central or down the right wing.
Average Rating

A bit of a surprise really with Vrsajiko topping the average rating in the squad. He has been an able replacement for Rafael while he has been injured and provides nice wing and link up play. He is only 22 and is a current international which is even better so I hope he can improve to become a world class right back in the future.
Busy couple of months ahead. Stay tuned for more.