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#499849 A 2 week trip to France. Viva la Beta
TinakoFM
10 years ago
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One trophy won, first of many I'm sure! Not many seem to be, but I'm a fan of Ligue 1. It's a pretty well-rounded league when you take out PSG, in real life just 9pts separates 2nd to 20th!
#499846 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
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You know you're not expected to do much when you're in the position you are and the board are happy, no offence man. However an epic win over Toronto and Adi looks a goo player for this league, just hop you can get more service to him.

For sure, a real lack of ambition from them to be honest but if it keeps me in the job then I'm happy.
#499663 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522

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Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati):
Team: Cincinnati (Major League Soccer) | My Team Record: W:1 D:1 L:6 | Honours: 0
This Season's (2019) Expectation(s): Be Competitive/Reach Cup R5
Club Vision: click here
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Update 004: April Round-Up!
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March did not go well, as we ended it bottom of the Eastern Conference and Supporters' Shield after six defeats in eight. We did, however, pick up a point last time out versus Philadelphia Union, so were aiming to make that a springboard for future improvement in MLS.

Here's how I've managed Cincinnati across the month that would feature six fixtures.

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Match Round-Up:

Result One:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 9/34 | Opponent: Atlanta United (USA/I) | Their Position: 2/12 (east) | Their Streak: WWWWW

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Our Highest Rated Player: Darren Mattocks (JAM) - 7.3 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 5pts | Our Streak: LLLDD
"Back-to-back draws is a plus as we took points off second place Atlanta United, but it was a result that felt like a defeat. Darren Mattocks gave us the lead four minutes from full-time, but Héctor Villalba would equalise for Atlanta in the fourth minute of added time. Gutting."
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Result Two:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 10/34 | Opponent: D.C. United (USA/I) | Their Position: 7/12 (east) | Their Streak: WLLDL

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Our Highest Rated Player: Fanendo Adi (NGA) - 9.1 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 6pts | Our Streak: LLDDD
"Three draws on the bounce! It would be another disappointing match result though, as we threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Wayne Rooney & D.C. United at RFK Stadium. Very frustrating, going three undefeated is an improvement but we really should've won these two matches."
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Result Three:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 11/34 | Opponent: Seattle Sounders (USA/I) | Their Position: 3/12 (west) | Their Streak: LDWDD

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Our Highest Rated Player: Tomasz Kuszczak (POL) - 7.4 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 6pts | Our Streak: LDDDL
"Back to losing ways, as Seattle Sounders ease past us at CenturyLink Field. We managed to keep them to 1-0, in a match that saw the hosts pick up eight yellow cards and one red card."
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Result Four:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 12/34 | Opponent: Chicago Fire (USA/I) | Their Position: 6/12 (east) | Their Streak: DDLWL

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Our Highest Rated Player: Emmanuel Ledesma (ARG) - 8.3 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 6pts | Our Streak: DDDLL
"Seven-goal thriller at Nippert Stadium with the Chicago Fire, though the scoreline makes it look closer than it actually was in truth. We did take an early lead through Emmanuel Ledesma, but would find ourselves 3-1 down at the interval. Dax McCarty made it 4-1 on 66mins and, despite a late fightback to 4-3 via Fanendo Adi and Darren Mattocks, Chicago would go on to secure the three points - even having time to miss a penalty from Bastian Schweinsteiger."
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Result Five:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 13/34 | Opponent: Columbus Crew (USA/I) | Their Position: 5/12 (east) | Their Streak: DWLLL

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Our Highest Rated Player: Kekuta Manneh (GAM) - 8.3 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 6pts | Our Streak: DDLLL
"Once again, we made a defeat look better for the history books. Columbus Crew were fully deserving on this result, goals from Wil Trapp, Nick Hagglund (o.g.) and Gyasi Zardes gave them a three-goal advantage heading into the final thirty minutes. Fanendo Adi and Kekuta Manneh would strike for us in that aforementioned time period, but it wasn't enough as we fell to a third straight loss. We're showing fighting spirit, at least... shame we don't start games that way."
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Result Six:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 14/34 | Opponent: Toronto ([CAN]USA/I) | Their Position: 3/12 (east) | Their Streak: WLDWW

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Our Highest Rated Player: Fanendo Adi (NGA) - 8.0 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 9pts | Our Streak: DLLLW
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"Wow! We've actually won a football match, and what a way to do it! We travelled to Ontario, Canada to meet third place Toronto. We head back to the States with three points thanks to our talisman Fanendo Adi. He scored on 57mins, with Michael Bradley helping our cause by getting himself sent off on 74mins. Excellent win!"
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Fixture List:

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Competitions:

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Squad Statistics:

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For once, I'm glad Major League Soccer doesn't have relegation! Thankfully, despite the amount of losses we've had, we aren't even the worst team in the league at the moment - both Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers, both of the Western Conference, have worse records than us. That victory over Toronto was big, but that needs to be something we build on in May; which is similar to what I said last month after the Philadelphia Union draw.

We're only (only... ) 7pts off the play-offs still, so if we can get our crap together then we may have a chance - not that I'm expecting us to do so one bit.

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My Current Tactics:

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That's the current tactic, came into April with a 4-2-4 but have ended it with a 4-5-1/4-3-3.

Squad Dynamics:

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Board Review:

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The board are still more than happy with me, with my current rank being a 'B+'. They're delighted with my leadership abilities. As for the club vision, they're 'very pleased'. Easily so if you ask me, but I guess you'd get that as there isn't relegation or anything of the sort. The players are equally as cheerful with me, with 'Dressing Room Atmosphere' and 'Managerial Support' both well into the green.

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Registration Mishap:

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A bit of a mishap occurred with the MLS registration rules. Goalkeeper Przemysław Tytoń was injured, therefore put on the 'Disabled List' in the squad registration. However, when it gave me the chance to remove him from it after his injury had, mostly, healed I did so. This messed up the registration as I couldn't afford all the wages due to the salary caps. This is despite Tyton previously making the reg. before his injury - the squad hasn't changed one bit, yet now he doesn't fit. Very strange, not sure if a bug or the way it goes but it has left us without a back-up 'keeper. I also had a waive Maikel van der Werff because of it too.
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Shoutout to Fanendo Adi:

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Just a quick word on Nigerian forward Fanendo Adi, who has literally carried us all season so far. Despite all our faults, the man has 9 goals in 14 games. That's pretty outstanding given our form, and the crazy thing is he should be on way more goals - he is actually quite wasteful, but I can't hate the guy one bit.
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April done, onto May! I'm surprisingly still enjoying this save as much as I was in pre-season. It is extremely frustrating but I guess it's fairly realistic, given Cincinnati finished bottom of the real life MLS by ten points - I'm on course to better that, at least!

May's fixture list looks like this. Huge meetings with Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers, both at home, on the way.


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Thank you for reading!
Next? Update 005: May Round-Up!
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#499661 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
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Oh no, bad form to begin with, however I guess if you get the poor performances out of the way now, maybe you can pick it up from now on. Fingers crossed.

Let's hope so! I'm still enjoying the save... for now at least!
#499497 Sweet Silverware - Tottenham (FM19)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Very good November, important win over Chelsea in there!
#499493 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522

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Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati):
Team: Cincinnati (Major League Soccer) | My Team Record: W:0 D:0 L:0 | Honours: 0
This Season's (2019) Expectation(s): Be Competitive/Reach Cup R5
Club Vision: click here
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Update 003: March Round-Up!
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The 2019 Major League Soccer season has started. After an unbeaten pre-season and, what I felt, securing some good new signings, I was looking forward to starting my competitive tenure as Cincinnati manager. It was all set to be an action-packed first month of the campaign, with matches scheduled for every weekend and midweek possible - just the eight games in thirty-one days!
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Match Round-Up:

Result One:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 1/34 | Opponent: Sporting Kansas City (USA/I) | Their Position: 8/12 (west) | Their Streak: -

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Our Highest Rated Player: Alvas Powell (JAM) - 8.2 | Our Position: 7/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 3pts | Our Streak: W
"A win on opening day! Fanendo Adi struck the eventual match-winner in the first half. Even match, despite Sporting KC having more shots."
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Result Two:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 2/34 | Opponent: New York Red Bulls (USA/I) | Their Position: 3/12 (east) | Their Streak: W

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Our Highest Rated Player: Przemysław Tytoń (POL) - 6.9 | Our Position: 8/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 3pts | Our Streak: WL
"NY Red Bulls got the better of us on matchday two. We were in the game until 82mins, when Alejandro Romero Gamarra converted a spot-kick."
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Result Three:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 3/34 | Opponent: Houston Dynamo (USA/I) | Their Position: 8/12 (west) | Their Streak: LD

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Our Highest Rated Player: Fanendo Adi (NGA) - 7.4 | Our Position: 10/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 3pts | Our Streak: WLL
"Fanendo Adi had equalised for 1-1 on 41mins, but we would fall to our second straight MLS defeat after an Alberth Elis hat-trick in Texas."
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Result Four:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 4/34 | Opponent: Montreal Impact ([CAN]USA/I) | Their Position: 11/12 (east) | Their Streak: LDL

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Our Highest Rated Player: Fanendo Adi (NGA) - 8.3 | Our Position: 11/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 3pts | Our Streak: WLLL
"An extremely level fixture against Montreal Impact, though our first trip to Canada for 2019 ended in a loss. The Impact raced into an undeserved two-goal lead on 43/46mins, but our only response was a 90th-minute Fanendo Adi goal."
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Result Five:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 5/34 | Opponent: New York Red Bulls (USA/I) | Their Position: 2/12 (east) | Their Streak: WWWW

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Our Highest Rated Player: Fanendo Adi (NGA) - 7.5 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 3pts | Our Streak: WLLLL
"A second meeting in eleven days with the New York Red Bulls ended the same way the first did - in defeat. They secured their fifth straight victory after Alex Muyl cancelled out Fanendo Adi's leveller with a winner on 86mins. We played alright in this one, shown by Adi entering Player&Team of the Week."
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Result Six:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 6/34 | Opponent: New England Revolution (USA/I) | Their Position: 11/12 (east) | Their Streak: WLLD

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Our Highest Rated Player: Víctor Ulloa (MEX) - 7.0 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 3pts | Our Streak: LLLLL
"Five losses on the bounce, safe to say we didn't gain any momentum from the Sporting KC result on the opening day. VAR stood out in this one, awarding us a penalty on 78mins (conceded by one Eriq Zavaleta, who you may remember from the previous update) before awarding one to New England in the third minute of stoppage time (conceded by the waiver draft player that stayed); needless to say they, of course, scored it. Tough one to take, admittedly despite their overall domination."
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Result Seven:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 7/34 | Opponent: Columbus Crew (USA/I) | Their Position: 7/12 (east) | Their Streak: WWWDL

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Our Highest Rated Player: Emmanuel Ledesma (ARG) - 7.2 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 3pts | Our Streak: LLLLL
"Welp... this isn't going to plan, is it? Columbus Crew, on derby day, condemned us to a sixth consecutive loss. Unlike most of these poor results, we can feel hard done by here - we merited at least point."
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Result Eight:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 8/34 | Opponent: Philadelphia Union (USA/I) | Their Position: 10/12 (east) | Their Streak: WDLDD

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Our Highest Rated Player: Víctor Ulloa (MEX) - 8.7 | Our Position: 12/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 4pts | Our Streak: LLLLD
"Rot stopped - temporarily at least. Caleb Stanko, in what was his first appearance of the season, scored to secure us just our fourth point of 2019. Good performance, but it must become a building block in an improved run of form."
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Fixture List:

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Competitions:

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Squad Statistics:

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Not a good start, at all. I did expect it to be difficult coming into the season though. To be honest, I think we've been unlucky in a lot of the matches, we've only lost by more than one goal on two occasions; with the last four losses being by the scoreline of 2-1. That Philadelphia result needs to be a springboard.
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My Current Tactics:

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As you'd imagine, the tactics have changed dramatically across those eight fixtures. I played this 4-2-4 against Philadelphia Union, so will likely keep it for a game or two more; results dependant.

Squad Dynamics:

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Board Review:

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Despite the results, all seems calm behind the scenes at Cincinnati at the moment. I have 'Good' managerial support from the players, with dressing room atmosphere still appearing green. The board have no notable criticisms of me and are overall satisfied with my management thus far. Our expectation is to 'Be competitive', which I'd say we marginally are, which the board are 'Pleased' with currently.

Update 003 done, Update 004 will include all of what April has to offer. Here's the fixture list:

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Thank you for reading!
Next? Update 004: April Round-Up!
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#499438 (FM20 BETA) I've Had Enough Of Emery FFS
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
RIP Newport... Great start so far!
#499200 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Great update as you always do mate. Even more intrigued now as I think you've built a decent team there. Looking forward to seeing how you get on

Thanks again, mate! I think the squad has been improved, not necessarily for an MLS Cup charge or anything right away but certainly a step in a good direction - I hope, anyway.
#499030 Your FM20 saves
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
How we all finding it so far?

I've just managed to get all of my work finished and everything downloaded to give it a good go over the weekend. I hate to say it - but I think my Beta save will be with Man United as it could be an interesting challenge, the squad is pretty set to at least be competitive and it's a job I'd never start at in a full version. Quite excited actually!

So far, so good!
Best of luck if you go with United... #KEZAtTheWheel
#499027 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522

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Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati):
Team: Cincinnati (Major League Soccer) | My Team Record: W:0 D:0 L:0 | Honours: 0
This Season's (2019) Expectation(s): Be Competitive/Reach Cup R5
Club Vision: click here
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Update 002: Pre-Season!
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I'm now two months into my new role as Cincinnati manager and have overseen pre-season as we've prepared for our Major League Soccer opener against Sporting Kansas City. Seven exhibitions have taken place, less than initially planned as I wanted to avoid midweek encounters. It has been a busy few months away from the games, as I've made my first signings on Football Manager 2020 as well as having to deal with the stringent MLS registration rules which, as far as I can tell, have managed to comply with well so far.

Let's take a look at how pre-season has gone. You may notice a few fresh faces that featured.

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Match Round-Up:

Result One:
Competition: Friendly | Round: - | Opponent: U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USA/-) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: -

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Our Highest Rated Player: Fanendo Adi (NGA) - 9.4 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: -
"A quick friendly I scheduled, just to test my early tactics before the matches with LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders. Dominant 8-0 win, as you'd expect. Four goals from Fanendo Adi."
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Result Two:
Competition: Friendly | Round: - | Opponent: LA Galaxy (USA/I) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: -

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Our Highest Rated Player: Fanendo Adi (NGA) - 8.3 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: -
"Not a victory, but a positive draw against an LA Galaxy team that fielded Zlatan Ibrahimović, Romain Alessandrini & Co. - they should be a much better team than us. I was happy with this."
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Result Three:
Competition: Friendly | Round: - | Opponent: Seattle Sounders (USA/I) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: -

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Our Highest Rated Player: Marvin Emnes (NED) and Keisuke Honda (JPN) - 7.3 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: -
"Good victory over Seattle, another opponent who should have a good season in MLS. Fanendo Adi struck for the third match in a row to give us a win."
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Result Four:
Competition: Friendly | Round: - | Opponent: Loudoun United (USA/II) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: -

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Our Highest Rated Player: Allan Cruz (CRC) - 8.8 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: -
"A change in opponent difficultly, as we fought USL Championship team Loudoun United. A 3-1 win occurred, as we netted three superb goals - two of which came from Costa Rican midfielder Allan Cruz."
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Result Five:
Competition: Friendly | Round: - | Opponent: Austin Bold (USA/II) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: -

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Our Highest Rated Player: Alvas Powell (JAM) and Keisuke Honda (JPN) - 7.1 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: -
"A 1-1 draw with Austin Bold, a pretty disappointing result but in reality we should've won it as we absolutely dominated them. Despite having 40 shots, 17 on target, we only converted one of them. We also missed a penalty in the fifth minute of stoppage time."
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Result Six:
Competition: Friendly | Round: - | Opponent: Chattanooga Red Wolves (USA/III) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: -

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Our Highest Rated Player: Fanendo Adi (NGA) - 7.3 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: -
"Now that was a bad result. A very poor performance saw us held by USL League One team Chattanooga Red Wolves. Fanendo Adi netted again, but that wasn't a good showing from us."
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Result Seven:
Competition: Friendly | Round: - | Opponent: OKC Energy (USA/II) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: -

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Our Highest Rated Player: Nick Hagglund (USA) - 8.3 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: -
"Pre-season, on the field, ended with a victory over second tier OKC Energy. Fanendo Adi scored for the eighth off-season time, though it was other goalscorer and defender Nick Hagglund who stole the show with a fine performance. An undefeated pre-season, not bad."
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Fixture List:

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Competitions:

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Transfer Round-Up:
Transfers in MLS are all new to me. As previously mentioned, I know of the rules but I just don't fully understand how they work, so I basically just took the window on the fly. I think it has worked out well, though the proof will be in the pudding.

Firstly, I searched the free agents market and offered some players four-week trials to test them across pre-season. Those were:

·- Gareth Barry (mid)
·- Birkir Bjarnason (mid)
·- Marvin Emnes (wing)
·- Keisuke Honda (att mid)

All four are familiar names. Barry and Bjarnason featured little and I decided both weren't going to be given contracts, Barry's trial was terminated early while Bjarnason departed to Paris FC right before I was going to terminate his stay. Emnes and Honda impressed me during pre-season, Emnes with his all round play while Honda was our (joint) highest rated player on two occasions. I signed both of them to permanent deals, Emnes was rather cheap but I did have to pay a fair bit for Honda - though managed to avoid giving him a Designated Player contract.

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Three more players later arrived, though one's time with Cincinnati would be very short. I signed Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak following a successful trial on 5 February 2019, he will serve as back-up behind his fellow countryman Przemysław Tytoń; who missed most of pre-season due to injury, though is fit for the Sporting Kansas City opener.

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The other two incomings were via the waiver draft. We were short on defensive cover, so I managed to get my two chosen picks in Eric Miller and Eriq Zavaleta. However, we were already running extremely tight on the maximum salaries in the squad registration - Miller and Zavaleta weren't able to be registered unless I could wiggle around with the allocation money, which I did. I successfully paid a few contracts down from the salary cap, so got Miller (who was my first choice as he is versatile) into the squad list. Sadly, Zavaleta narrowly missed out and was waived. That was my first error with MLS' complex rules, though I think I saved face a little - as long as the paying off of contracts doesn't come back to bite me next season.

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All of my outs were down to the squad registration rules. Leonardo Bertone, Mathieu Deplagne, Joe Gyau, Spencer Richey and Justin Hoyte were waived as I had to unregister them to fit the other players in. No massive losses in my opinion, though would've liked to keep Bertone, Deplagne and Hoyte for depth in a perfect world.


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My Current Tactics:

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Squad Dynamics:

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Coming Soon:

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That's that! Much longer post than usual, given the matches, transfers and such. Next post will be shorter I expect. Talking of which, here's the March fixture list:

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Thank you for reading!
Next? Update 003: March Round-Up!
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#498970 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Good luck mate, I hate the MLS so fair play to you for not only going there but starting there!!

Thanks! You aren't a fan, then? It's different for sure, but so far in pre-season it's been fairly plain sailing in terms of the off-field shenanigans.
#498931 (FM19) Worldwide Journeyman
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Unlucky against Montreal Impact there, but good to see you're still confident in taking Chicago Fire forward.
#498920 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Great stuff. Love to see MLS in play as you don't see it too often!

That is true. I get why some are turned away from it, it is a rather unique league. Very much worth giving it a try though.
#498796 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
AHH yeah this will be good

I hope so! MLS has always interested me. Appreciate you commenting!
#498790 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522

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Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati):
Team: Cincinnati (Major League Soccer) | My Team Record: W:0 D:0 L:0 | Honours: 0
This Season's (2019) Expectation(s): Be Competitive/Reach Cup R5
Club Vision: click here
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Update 001: Introduction!
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To start life on Football Manager 2020, I've decided to visit the United States and take control of Major League Soccer's Cincinnati for the beta. It should prove to be a difficult challenge, as the Ohio-based outfit finished ten points adrift at the bottom of the real life twenty-four team MLS table in 2019. Added to the fact I am not a great FM manager, so don't expect MLS Cup to come to Nippert Stadium anytime soon!

Cincinnati, which I'm capable of spelling unlike some MLS footballers (looking at you Zlatan...), were originally founded in 2015, though would initially feature in the United Soccer League (unconnected tier two/three) before moving into Major League Soccer for the 2019 campaign. I'll be replacing Dutch boss Ron Jans in charge of the Orange and Blue. Cincinnati have rivalries with state rival Columbus Crew and Louisville City, though the latter doesn't play in MLS.

MLS is known for its unusual and complicated rules/regulations. I've heard of most of them, though have no clue how they all work so that will simply add to the experience. I do casually follow Major League Soccer week-by-week, so know a decent amount of the players - but not all, for example I'm aware of around half of Cincinnati's squad. You can see my initial tactic below.

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Save Set-Up:
Here's how I've set my save up. All 'advanced options' remain unticked, except 'Do not Add Key Staff' and 'Prevent use of the In-Game Editor'. I've, of course, loaded the United States, along with Mexico, the top five European leagues (tiers 1&2) and all of South America's top divisions.
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Here's my manager's profile. I've decided to create a persona, so meet Jerry David. A 35-year-old American, born in Mansfield, Ohio. Known for his colourful suits (but without, under any circumstances, a tie!) and well maintained ginger hair, the man comes off a professional playing career at national level and a Continental A Licence.

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Welcome to Cincinnati:
Big fan of the new welcoming screen which greets you when joining a new team. A kinda small but positive addition. Below, you can also see a bit about the club's short history.

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Club Vision:
One of the big new features on Football Manager 2020 seems to be this. This is where you'll be told what is expected from you as the manager, which I think is a quality new feature - as long as it works correctly and fairly.

As you can see, the Cincinnati board only want us to be competitive this season in MLS whilst reaching round five of the U.S. Open Cup. - I believe we enter at round four. They would like us to reach MLS Cup by the end of the 2022 season. Doable, If I stick with this save that long.


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Upcoming Fixtures:
Here's the initial fixture list that awaits me. Our pre-season consists of MLS meets in January, prior to taking on some lower division clubs in February. We're set to open the 2019 campaign at home to Sporting Kansas City on 2 March.

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Squad/Staff/Finances:
Here's a bunch of other information, including the first-team squad which I haven't dissected just yet.

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Tactics:
And lastly, here is my initial tactic. It isn't based on anything, it's pretty much just the players I've heard of. It'll very likely change before our season opener in March.

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Thank you for reading!
Next? Update 002: Pre-Season Round-Up!
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#498754 FM 2020 BETA Is Out Now
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
#498393 Now I would walk 500 miles...
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Best of luck in France!
#498198 How to watch the draws for competitions?
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Have you tried asking at https://community.sigames.com/? That's the Sports Interactive forum, so they may be able to give you a more conclusive answer.
#498102 Your FM20 saves
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
I've got an MLS save planned with FC Cincinnati, who finished bottom of the real life MLS by just the 10 points...
#498044 How to watch the draws for competitions?
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Thank you very much for your answer. Do you know if it is possible to see/do the draws from the group stage onwards? Can I do something in settings perhaps?

No problem! From the group stage onwards, it should come automatically in your manager's inbox. Is that not the case? If so, the only reasoning I can think is that you aren't 'subscribed' to it in the inbox settings - if that's still even a thing, it was a few editions back but I haven't looked for it in recent years.
#497940 The Flying Scotsman. A Hall of Fame career
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Interesting next move, best of luck! Wleh could end up being a smart piece of business.
#497914 Now I would walk 500 miles...
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Denmark's GD could be crucial, hopefully you can make it up; especially against Malta, like in the previous meeting.
#497462 How to watch the draws for competitions?
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
I'm not 100% sure @loadyth, but I believe most of the Champions League/Europa League qualifying round draws are done (semi) automatically in real life? From what I can remember when I've followed them IRL in past years, they draw the 1QR, 2QR etc. all at once - so therefore you'd only get an email as it's a "PAOK/Ajax vs. Ludogorets/Zenit type of situation. So only the group stage onwards would have actual draws. Could be wrong though.
#497430 The Flying Scotsman. A Hall of Fame career
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Congrats on the double! Moving up nicely in your career. Interested to see your next decision.
#497264 Now I would walk 500 miles...
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Congrats on the title! Big achievement. Good call rejecting SJK, too.
#497162 Don't sell the game in Brazil
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
The Football Manager twitter replied to a tweet about this on 7 October, stating: "For licensing reasons we aren’t able to I’m afraid". Miles Jacobson kinda confirmed it is/was to do with club licensing back in 2016 here. It's strange, and unfair.
#497042 Now I would walk 500 miles...
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Huge 6pts over RoPS and SJK!
#496877 The Flying Scotsman. A Hall of Fame career
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Looking good! Thought Balestier Khalsa were becoming a bogey team for you, luckily that second leg puts that idea to bed!
#496851 Welcome To Hellgrade - A Red Star Belgrade Career
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Rough month, typified by that Everton result! At least you're still in the top four, albeit just. Next UCL match crucial!
#496789 Now I would walk 500 miles...
TinakoFM
10 years ago
4 days ago
1,522
Hopefully you can get maximum points from those first three games, especially with two being at home, then at least you could afford to drop a few points against RoPS and SJK.