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SEPTEMBER 2018


SQUAD REVIEW


AWARDS


LEAGUE TABLE


Next Update: End Of Season

Job Search:


New Club:


First Match


News:

A-League News

Special Surprise:


Next Update: September 2018

Manager Profile:

Matt Eskins barely has a reputation and although he has no coaching badges or good playing experience, he has got 6 adaptability which will help with his polyglot skills as he can speak English, the Yugoslavian languages which are very similar (Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian & Bosnian) as well as Spanish (which will also help with South American countries), German and Italian.

Job Applications:

We've applied for realistic jobs here and we could've even applied for the North Korean job but I wanted my manager to stay alive for more than just a year.

Job Interviews:

We've been offered 5 jobs interviews from Malaysia, Chile, Indonesia and South Korea (imagine managing the North Korean national team while managing a club in South Korea!). Selangor and Kelantan are 1 place apart in the Malaysian League but I'm edging more towards Selangor even though if we did go to Malaysia that would mean we would only have half a season to work with. This would be the same case with every other club and as much as I would be excited to be able to play Colo-Colo where Vidal, Bravo and Alexis have played, I'd prefer to start in Malaysia as it wouldn't be as hard to win the league as we don't have Colo-Colo.

Next Update: New Club

I'll be starting off unemployed with no coaching badges and a playing experience of a Sunday League footballer. There are no rules on this save but one goal I do have is to become the best manager of all time and take the number 1 spot.

Born in Perth, Australia on the 19th August 1997, Matt Eskins has decided to start his managerial career at the young age of 20. An attacking minded manager, his dream job is to become the manager of Manchester United. Currently unemployed, one day he'd also like to take the hands of his home club Perth Glory and he'd also like to manage Dinamo Zagreb as his family has a Croatian origin.

Current Job:
Sabah (Aug 2018-)

Job History:
Sabah (Aug 2018-)

Trophy Cabinet:

Awards:
Malaysian Premier League Manager of the Month (Sep 2018)

DECEMBER 2018

December has been a very exhausting month as we've had to battle with playing matches every 3 days and in the end, it has resulted in a lot of unfortunate situations. We had to start with two very tough games against both of London's teams. We got extremely unlucky with the Arsenal game as our players inconveniently decided it was the best day to miss TWO penalties when we're playing Arsenal and are losing. In the Tottenham game, we tried to bounce back but all we got was a Marcus Rashford brace, a performance which started to catch my eye. We then showed our quality in a neat and clean 3-0 win over Crystal Palace in which youngster Tahith Chong followed an Alexis Sanchez brace. We did start hitting a patch of defensive insecurity as all we got from our Hoffeinheim game was a 2-2 draw while we could only get 1 goal in our draw with Wolves. We did advance to the League Cup semi-final after our 2-1 Burnley win which will hopefully help us extra in our job security. A 1-0 win over Watford followed while Rashford and Chong got more goals in our disappointing 2-2 draw with Huddersfield. In our final game of the month at home against Brighton, young Croatian winger Antonio Marin showed his qualities as he got a brace while Pogba's goal helped us get the narrow win.

LEAGUE TABLE

Since we had an unimpressive month, we're now trailing the top 4 by 3 points while De Gea has fallen out of the top 3 for most clean sheets thanks to our erratic month. Hopefully, we can fix some stuff next month and at this stage, I'll be happy to make top 4 so we can get Champions League football next season

Next Update: January & February 2019

So interesting to see an Australian save, especially since I'm from Australia too.

That was so tight and interesting at the end. Hopefully, the new coaching badges will help you to even get promoted next season.

Wow, Mbappe is going to get you very far.

I'm quite excited for this.

Very interesting title race. Would be something great for your career and reputation if you won the title.

It'd be nice if you could make it out of your confederations cup group

It's going to be interesting to see how you deal with the Brexit rules

@tongey Pereira is actually one of our best players in the team right now and I can only imagine it won't be soon before long that he's leading ability
@r96Skinner The fact we defeated Juve puts us in a strong position
@Maddager I love youth development too

OCTOBER 2018

With our newly tweaked tactic, our form is still strong as we smashed Hoffenheim 4-0 in the Champions League to begin the month which involved a Romelu Lukaku hat-trick. We then beat Burnley 4-2 as we put on a great attacking display for Old Trafford but then gave a boring display in a 0-0 draw away from home despite having an extra man from the 36th min. We then beat CSKA Moscow in a good 3-0 win and we welcome Man City only for Alexis Sanchez to score a double and prove to them that they should've signed him. In typical Football Manager scheduling, we coincidentally draw Man City in the League Cup right after a Man City league game but all we needed for that game was a 1-0 win away from home to advance to the quarterfinals.

LEAGUE TABLE

We're only 5 points behind 2nd but we're going to have to get win some games to catch up to Liverpool as they're 9 points ahead of us.

NOVEMBER 2018

We had a pretty good month as we won all of our matches except for the first one in which we drew with Newcastle United away from home. We did manage to top our group in the Champions League with our 2-0 win over CSKA Moscow and our impressive 2-1 win against Juventus. In between those games we recorded 2 clean sheets as we beat Fulham and Leicester, respectively.

LEAGUE TABLE

Following our good month, we're kind of in the top 4, although Man City have a game in hand in which they win, they will overtake us. It's also nice to know that De Gea has got the 2nd highest amount of clean sheets so far.

Next Update: December 2018 & End Of Year Awards

Going to be interesting to see if you can comeback for the title. Loving this save anyways

Fixed all the screenshots now and I've figured out how to do these stories now. If you got any suggestions of a side-save like an international save make sure to leave it in the comments. Hopefully we can have October soon but it seems like I'm going to be having a busy 2 weeks but after that I'm fine.

I'm playing with no brexit mod as I want to enjoy a save without Brexit in it before Brexit is completed irl.

I think I need to use steam screenshots to get better quality but I don't think I can get screenshots for some of the others.

Do I have to share to the community on imgur because it says I've been sharing too quickly and then each time that happens the cool down is longer.

Ohh, so if they're deleted they won't show up. Well, I kinda deleted everything when i was done lol.

I probably should use the steam screenshots too since that might bring better quality than computer screenshots.

Is the bottom spoiler working?

Are my images not coming up or are they low quality? Thing is they're coming up for me now after it previously wouldn't but if they're not coming up for you then I probably need to fix something.

You've got a lot of high-potential players. Anyways, I'm sure you can stay in the league.

AUGUST 2018

As you can see in the above photos, we played our very first competitive game against Watford where Martial got a goal for his tally while de Ligt got a very special debut goal. In only our 2nd game, we had Chelsea at home, which was my manager's first match at Old Trafford and we got a 1-1 draw which I'll settle for, especially in the early stages. Next up was especially a more tricky match than originally thought against Everton but Andreas Pereira who has been playing so well got the first goal and Alexis got the 2nd.

SEPTEMBER 2018

Atrocious start to the month but I fixed the transition part of my tactic ahead of the Juve game and now it's working wonders. It's good to see Romelu Lukaku is gaining some form up top as Martial and Rashford aren't playing so well. Then followed the Southampton game in which Romelu Lukaku starts to add to his tally and Pogba starts to gain some amazing form. After getting 2 goals and 1 assist, Pogba took out the deserved man of the match award. Next up was the League Cup 3rd round vs Stoke City with a heavily rotated lineup as we had plenty of youngsters in the lineup.

SQUAD REVIEW

My defence is slightly shaky since we tweaked our tactic but that's expected when you play two teams that made the Champions League final in the past 2 years. Luke Shaw is impressing though. In midfield Pogba is in hot form while in attack only Andreas Pereira and Romelu Lukaku stand out.

LEAGUE TABLE

8th is not where I wanted to be but we're making improvements with our newly tweaked tactic and I feel confident we can make top 2 in a matter of weeks and hopefully if we play extroadinary, we can take Liverpool out of 1st place.

Next Update: October & November 2018

Tested.

How do I post photos on here?

TRANSFERS IN

Raphael Varane - CB - Real Madrid - £60M (£68M)
We needed a quality defender and since he's only 25 he can last us plenty of years

Mathijis de Ligt - CB - Ajax - £25M (35M)
Frenkie de Jong - CM - Ajax - 17.5M (27.5M)
Sandro Tonali - CDM - Brescia - £5M (10M)
Antonio Marin - LW - Dinamo Zagreb - £5M
Joshua Zirkzee - ST - Bayern Munich - £1.3M
Emanuel Vignato - RW - Chievo - £975K
Kik Pierie - LB - SC Heerenveen - £950K
Mateo Retegui - RW - Boca Juniors - £725K
Lazar Samardzic - CAM - Hertha Berlin - £625K
Josip Brekalo - LW - Wolfsburg - Loan
Oliver - CAM - FC Porto - Loan

TRANSFERS OUT

Jesse Lingard - CAM - Chelsea - £40M
I didn't want to sell Jesse but I promised him if Chelsea offered £40M, I'd sell him and looks like they did exactly that. Anyways it may have turned into a blessing which you will see in the future transfers section.

Juan Mata - CAM - Arsenal - £25M
Chris Smalling - CB - Arsenal - £22M
Ander Herrera - CM - Shakhtar - £16.75M (£20.5M)
Phil Jones - CB - Wolves - £15M
Matteo Darmian - RB - Fiorentina - £7M
Emanuel Vignato - RW - Coventry - Loan
Ashley Young - LB - Villareal - Loan
Mateo Retegui - RW - Legia Warsaw - Loan
Joshua Zirkzee - ST - Bolton - Loan
Marouane Fellaini - CM - Crystal Palace - Loan

FUTURE TRANSFERS
Filip Benkovic - CB - Leicester £55M
Used from most of the funds of the Jesse Lingard sale, Filip is one of the best young centre-backs and we've managed to get him in for a hefty price tag, but he does add to my wanted Croatian contingent of young players right now.

Christian Pulisic - RW - Dortmund - £25M
I thought he was going to sign this season but it was too late when I noticed it was going to go through at the end of the season. Hopefully, he has a good season at Dortmund.

Yuri Alberto - RW - Santos - £3.1M
Alexander Fernandez - RW - Boca Juniors - £625K

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES

Not the most successful pre-season, especially since everybody was on holiday until a few days before our first game which means I'll have to build up some of their match sharpness. After the first 6 games, we went unbeaten and then went winless in the last 5. Good thing was that the youth got some chances against big teams.

Next Update: August & September 2018

Welcome to my Man Utd story. In this series my target is to emulate Sir Alex Ferguson and to develop lots of youth players which is one of my favourite things to do on FM. So I won't necessarily be wasting my whole budget on Neymar or something, I'll be spreading it out with some good players as well as youth players. As soon as I get to near the start of the EPL, I will post because I might still have a few more transfers planned.