Career Triple Threat attempt. The return of Super Leeds! S13 (Done)

[Dai_]

23 minutes ago, Rich said:

Awesome season Dai and the boys done great, it’s nice finding a formation that works and you can stick to it, something I haven’t mastered on this years game 😂

Cheers butt. Yeah, you seem to create fantastic tactics but just change for the sake of it. Confuses me but it obviously makes the game more fun for you. That's the main thing, I suppose. 😄

[Rich]

3 hours ago, Dai_ said:

Cheers butt. Yeah, you seem to create fantastic tactics but just change for the sake of it. Confuses me but it obviously makes the game more fun for you. That's the main thing, I suppose. 😄

I know I 100% do all the time, I got problems where I think really good scores aren’t good enough 😂It doesn’t make it more fun either, last year I would leave tactics. Maybe I should try not changing things again😝

[Dai_]

Season 6

 

This is the first season we'll be starting without tweaking anything tactically. I'm confident that what I've come up with will do the job for me. Let's see.

 

Transfers:

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Foden (swapped for Raphinha), Bellingham (swapped for Shackleton) and Saka (swapped for Kenneh) all come in a d take their place in our second/league team. Raphinha's contributions weren't as high last season so thought I'd freshen up the left side a bit with Saka. Shackleton and Kenneh have improved immensely but I felt I needed a bit more quality.

I also signed a young Spanish wonderkid from Real Madrid. I thoroughly check everything when signing a player these days but must have been tired when signing him. He's classed as "highly strung" which I've never seen before and I'm quite alarmed about it. He'll not feature for me for a while yet so hopefully a few loans will sort him out. 😄

 

Competitions:

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Won everything on offer this season. Including the Club World Championship!

 

Another bit of news:

Man Utd relegated, which is delightful! 😁

 

Players:

Scarlett managed a whole season without injury but Camara and especially Moukoko weren't so lucky.

Camara missed 5 weeks overall and Moukoko over two months.

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Camara

 

Scarlett

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Moukoko

 

Scarlett Dominated the awards. He's the first of my trio to be awarded World player of the year. He took Moukoko's place in the World team of the year also. He won English players play of the year, English player of the year, English team of the year and won the Premier League golden Boot (my trio made up the too three there again).

 

Total: 132

Overall: 551

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Goals:

Camara - 150

Scarlett - 210

Moukoko - 191

 

Manager History, Profile & Awards:

 

One goal down on last year in total. Maybe due to injuries or it might be that not tinkering with my tactic hindered me in some way. It's still a decent number and the overall total is creeping up nicely. Not sure if I'll change anything for next season. Might be worth a try.

 

Thanks for reading. All comments are appreciated. 👍

[Rob]

Two phenomenal seasons. Well done.

[Dai_]

10 minutes ago, Rob said:

Two phenomenal seasons. Well done.

Cheers, pal. The numbers are picking up nicely.

[Rob]

1 hour ago, Dai_ said:

Cheers, pal. The numbers are picking up nicely.

They most certainly are! That’s a great domestic return. 

[Rich]

Love how even they are with goals last season Dai, great stuff. There all looking good as well. And you’re now 1/3rd of the way there 😁

[Dai_]

5 hours ago, Rich said:

Love how even they are with goals last season Dai, great stuff. There all looking good as well. And you’re now 1/3rd of the way there 😁

A third of the way after 6 seasons is concerning. I know they're still young but I'll need them to step it up a bit now. Otherwise it's gonna take forever. I knew I'd regret not using players of the same nationality to boost my numbers with INT goals. 😄 

[Scratch]

The lads are looking great now and they've really stepped it up in the last couple of years. And their output is only going to improve in the coming seasons as they mature a bit.

11 hours ago, Dai_ said:

A third of the way after 6 seasons is concerning. I know they're still young but I'll need them to step it up a bit now. Otherwise it's gonna take forever. I knew I'd regret not using players of the same nationality to boost my numbers with INT goals. 😄 

I think they'll be averaging 150 per year before too long, but let's go with 140. 7 years of 140 would take you past the 1500 line, with all three lads on the right side of 30. So I don't think you've got any problems here!

[hhooo]

Scarlett is looking thicc as hell! Do you try to play all 3 together, or rotate with two up top? 

[Dai_]

3 hours ago, Scratch said:

The lads are looking great now and they've really stepped it up in the last couple of years. And their output is only going to improve in the coming seasons as they mature a bit.

I think they'll be averaging 150 per year before too long, but let's go with 140. 7 years of 140 would take you past the 1500 line, with all three lads on the right side of 30. So I don't think you've got any problems here!

Yeah. I got a bit carried away. I'm used to smashing through 1kc's and DT's in 10 seasons so I was hoping for the same here. 😄 I realise now that I'm in a tougher League and starting with younger players. They're brilliant, but were very young to begin with.

Cheers, pal.

 

2 hours ago, hhooo said:

Scarlett is looking thicc as hell! Do you try to play all 3 together, or rotate with two up top? 

All 3 together. Every match, unless injured. I take all 3 off between 60 & 70 mins in EVERY match, depending if a player in another position gets injured. If that happens then Camara stays on as he seems to have higher condition later in games.

Scarlett has impressed me. I flirted with moving them around each season but there's no one position in my front 3 that seems to score that many more than the other. He always starts on the right of the front 3. If he has a spell where he's not scoring I'll switch him with Camara (who's always central) once he's got a goal in a game. Usually kick-starts him scoring again.

The England manager won't pick him. Bloody annoys me for some reason. He has 44 U21 games with 48 goals. 😄

Edited May 12, 2021 by Dai_

[Dai_]

Season 7

 

Gonna get an update in now. I finished the season last night but didn't gave time before work. Not sure how much time I'll have over the next few days but I'll try to get this done soon.

 

Transfers:

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I was shocked to see Lille pay so much money for Boadu. They have made the Semi Finals of the Champions Cup the last two seasons and won Ligue 1 twice with an average looking team.

 I'm not sure if others have some across it but he's been very injury prone for me, without it showing up on my prevention physios page. Very frustrating so I had to cash in and replace him with trusty old Haaland. 😁 My backup strikers are now, Solari (Messi regen), Haaland & Fati.

TAA comes in. Swapped Vitor Ferreira for him. The Portuguese maestro was good but not great for me so I added another player with great corner taking abilities to try and add to the goals, if needed.

A few transfers from last season are showing up this season. Not sure why. This has been a regular bug for me on this years game.

 

Competitions:

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A clean sweep of trophies. We beat Liverpool in three finals. Which is nice. 😁

Smashed last seasons total for League goals scored. 

 

Players:

We were helped by very few injuries this year. The last two seasons had been a bit rough so maybe I was due a wee break.

Moukoko missed three weeks. The other two went healthy for a whole season.

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Camara

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Scarlett

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Moukoko

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Camara won English players player of the year. Plus, was the top scorer in the Champions Cup.

Scarlett was named in the World best eleven.

Moukoko stole the show though. He took the World player of the year award from Scarlett. English Players young player of the year, English player of the year, Premier League top scorer (our trio made up the top 3 again) and he became the first of my boys to win the best player in Europe.

 

Total: 158

Overall: 709

Massive season overall but especially for Camara. Delighted to see him outscore the other two. Plus get a bit of recognition in the awards.

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Goals

Camara: 213

Scarlett: 255

Moukoko: 241

 

Manager History, Profile & Awards:

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All this success you'd think I'd get World coach of the year a bit more often. It's usually Klopp at Liverpool or Guardiola at City that get it too. 🤦‍♂️

Delighted with how this season went. Camara started firing, which is brilliant. If there was any downside it would be Scarlett's total but that would be a bit picky. If these numbers continue this will be done in no time.

 

Thanks for reading and all the comments so far. 👍

[Rob]

158 with Leeds in the Premier League. Incredible.

[Dai_]

8 minutes ago, Rob said:

158 with Leeds in the Premier League. Incredible.

It was 95 League goals between the three this season. Thats still pretty cool. 147 in the league from the team overall.

But yeah, the tactic bangs! 😁

[Scratch]

There you go... 158... I was saying they'll average 150 (or 140 to be really conservative), but yeah not surprised it's higher than 150. Won't be surprised if you get to 170 or 180 even! You'll have finished this save before you realise! 😄

Great job mate.

[Rich]

Well done Dai, that is some season there. Smashed it. Hopefully this rise in goals continue 😁

[Rob]

On 12/05/2021 at 07:39, Dai_ said:

It was 95 League goals between the three this season. Thats still pretty cool. 147 in the league from the team overall.

But yeah, the tactic bangs! 😁

You know what I mean - you’ve not had the easy league games. Nailing it buddy! 

[Dai_]

Season 8

 

Transfers:

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Decided to let a few youngsters go. They're really good players but won't ever break into the teams I've built. The money They're worth makes it an easy decision. A bit risky selling to teams in the same division but they were the only teams interested in most of their cases.

Spent big money on a young prospect from Liverpool. He's going to go straight into my league team and replace Mingo.

 

Competitions:

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Real Madrid prevent the clean sweep this season. We just didn't turn up in the European Super Cup.

Goals galore in the Community Shield and Champions Cup final.

A tight win against Sheff Utd in the FA Cup final.

An away loss to Man City in the League prevented the perfect season. 🤦‍♂️

 

Players:

Another decent season injury wise.

Scarlett was out for just over a week and Camara missed just over a month.

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Camara

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Scarlett

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Moukoko

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Camara was included in the Premier league team of the year and the World team of the year. I was worried if he would be left behind in this challenge but he's seriously holding his own now.

Scarlett was the Premier league tope scorer. (My trio made up the top 3, again)

Moukoko was World and European player of the year. Also, he was Champions Cup too scorer.

 

Total: 152

Overall: 861

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Goals:

Camara: 261

Scarlett: 308

Moukoko: 292

 

Manager History, Profile & Awards:

 

Another good season, goals wise. Over 150 between them. Not sure I can squeeze much more out of them. This is with minimal injuries. I'm fine with that. I'll get to my target soon enough with these numbers.

Thanks for reading. 👍

[Rob]

Absolutely bonkers!

[Dai_]

3 minutes ago, Rob said:

Absolutely bonkers!

Haha. Cheers mate.

[JamesVilla]

Only just caught up with this. You've smashed this so far mate, to get those sorta numbers in the Premier League is some going. Keep it up!

[Dai_]

Season 9

 

Transfers:

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A bit boring here. Nothing happening really. Sold off a few unwanted players but that's about it. Only signed a couple of youngsters. 

 

Competitions:

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Won the lot this season. No slip ups this time. Plenty of goals scored, apart from the Champions Cup final. A late late Camare goal sealed that.

Achieved our biggest League goal difference yet. +122 which I'm pleased with.

 

Players:

Another decent season, injury wise.

Moukoko missed about 2 weeks. Camara, just a few days and Scarlett got the worst, missing a month.

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Camara

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Scarlett

 

Moukoko

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Camara is starting to outshine the other two regularly now. He was selected in the World team of the year (along with 7 other Leeds players). He was in the League's best team. Won the English players player of the year and finished as the league top scorer (all 3 lads there again though).

Moukoko has won the best player in the world and the best player in Europe for three years running.

Scarlett is giving me problems now. He's wanted a new challenge. I've bumped up his contract. He also has worries that I'm looking to replace him because I enquired about a few young strikers to see what the teams were pricing them at. His form and attitude has changed because of it. 😑

 

Total: 160

Overall: 1021

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Goals

Camara: 323

Scarlett: 354

Moukoko: 344

What a season for Camara. The worst of the three showing them how it's done. 😄

 

Manager History, Profile & Awards:

World coach of the year. 😄

 

A great season. They're all scoring good amounts of goals at the fact there's only 31 goals from the best to the worst is pretty crazy. I think I'm justifying keeping them to set position rather that rotating them around.

Just one other thing. I know I bang on about Owen Wijndal quite a bit & you'll see me sign him in nearly every save. This is why:

His technique was green until a little injury this season. His crossing was at 18 last season. Didn't even notice the drop. You can get him for around £18m at the start of a save.

His assists have dried up slightly and he's approaching the age of death. I'll probably sell him on next season, or the one after that to get a bit of use out of the numerous players I have to replace him. Just wanted to show him a bit of love. ❤😄 I think he's my favourite player on this years game.

 

Thanks for reading. 👍

Edited May 16, 2021 by Dai_

[Rob]

You love Wijndal! He’s so wonderfully flexible too.

Wonderful season. Shame about Dane being a bit of a pillock. It is one of those things that you never know until deep in to the save too.

[Scratch]

Great couple of seasons there, you'll be finished in no time! Great to see Camara come on. As for Dane, what a pain, gotta say, he's F'n insane... Hope you sort him out!

[Dai_]

4 hours ago, Rob said:

You love Wijndal! He’s so wonderfully flexible too.

Wonderful season. Shame about Dane being a bit of a pillock. It is one of those things that you never know until deep in to the save too.

I do love Wijndal. 😁

Yeah. His attitude has been brilliant up until the last couple of seasons. Its affecting his goal output too. So frustrating. 

 

1 hour ago, Scratch said:

Great couple of seasons there, you'll be finished in no time! Great to see Camara come on. As for Dane, what a pain, gotta say, he's F'n insane... Hope you sort him out!

I'm delighted with Camara. He really struggled for a while at the start. All of his goals are from open play too. He's only scored one penalty, when the other two weren't playing & has never struck a FK. That I've noticed anyway. He has 1 star for pens and FK's so I've kept him away from dead ball situations. 

 

Scarlett seems to be getting worse in this next season. 🤦‍♂️

[broodje kip]

Looks like I’ve missed a lot. You’re doing very well regardless. Keep up the good work! 👍

[Dai_]

4 minutes ago, broodje kip said:

Looks like I’ve missed a lot. You’re doing very well regardless. Keep up the good work! 👍

I'll forgive you. 

Cheers, dude.

[Dai_]

Season 10

Managed to fly through another season. Here's how it went.

 

Transfers:

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Some risky business. Selling Wijndal & Bellingham to rivals Liverpool. Alexander & Mullin (two good Scottish players that I couldn't fit into the team) to Arsenal. I hate selling good players to the competition but I feel it won't help them that much. 😄

Lokomotiv Moscow have reached the Semi's of the Champions Cup the last two seasons and the final of the Europa League the season before that. Obviously, that's how they can afford to pay that amount of money for N'Dicka. 

With the high profile outgoings, it's time to rely on the prospects I've signed in previous seasons.

 

Competitions:

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Won everything on offer, including the Club World Championship. 

Lost a League game again. Man City getting the better of us, 4-3 after a hatrick from Mason Greenwood (Yes, he moved to City 😄).

 

Players:

The issues with Scarlett continued this season. Had to improve his contract again but it didn't get rid of all these issues. Did it impact his performance?

 

A few injuries this year. 

Camara missed two weeks. Scarlett, about a month & Moukoko just 10 days or so.

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Camara

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Scarlett

 

Moukoko

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Camara was selected in the World best eleven and finished League top goal scorer. (Scarlett lost his place in the top 3 this year to Greenwood of City).

Moukoko was the World Club Championship & Champions Cup top scorer. Was selected in the league team of the year and won World player of the year for the fourth year in a row.

 

Total: 168

Overall: 1189

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Goals:

Camara - 379

Scarlett - 402

Moukoko - 408

Outstanding from Camara & Moukoko. Not that bad for Scarlett but I feel his change in attitude is costing my goals tally, plus his own. 

 

Manager History, Profile & Awards:

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Another great total puts us closer to the target. Hopefully Scarlett catches a grip and stops giving me a headache. 😄

 

Cheers for all comments & reactions so far. 👍

[broodje kip]

Another brilliant season. I think you should put Scarlett in the reserve and let him think about his mistake 🤣

[Dai_]

4 minutes ago, broodje kip said:

Another brilliant season. I think you should put Scarlett in the reserve and let him think about his mistake 🤣

Man, if I didn't need him to complete the challenge, he'd be long gone. 😄 maybe I'll do it just for pre-season.