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Career Double Trouble in Little Scotland - Completed


MikeF
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Season 9

Some new players still bedding in and a little bit of unrest meant we still had a good season but there were a few issues along the way. A good haul of 94 goals between the boys though so still great with them both averaging almost a goal a game each which isn't too shabby.

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Great league performance as expected but for some reason we always buckle in the CL semi. I need to look at my team dynamics as there are a few lazy people bring the rest of the team down and it tends to take its toll towards the end of the season when the fixtures pile up.

The World Club Championship was ours so that's something, it'll just show up in the next update as it spans preseason. 

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Branger-Engone is my Pavon replacement and chipping in well with assists and corners. Esnaider, my left winger, is a bit stroppy and doesnt like the high work rate the rest of the team expect so he went from 27 assists last season to 9 this time around. He's world class but i might have to look at moving him on if he's dragging the rest of the team down. 

The two lads are getting lots of assists but it looks like they're assisting each other so that's ok.

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No big signings in realy, just a couple of prospects. Outgoings were busier. I'm playing 3 at the back but clearly no rotating enough so 1 CB is always upset hence the defender merry-go-round of recent years. I'll try some younger options there who are happy to be squad players so keep the squad harmony.

I need to spend some time sorting out the troublemakers in the coming season as its having an effect on the rest of the team but the boys are still delivering so maybe it'll all blow over...

 

Goals:

Musiala: 360

Scarlett: 384

Total: 744

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Great job mate, you're smashing it! Only 8 conceded is pretty good. Both lads looking great and in their peak years now. Have a feeling that next season is gonna be a big one!

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Season 10

Bit of a delayed update as work got in the way but 10 seasons down now. 94 goals again from the boys and a clean sweep of trophies. 

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Won everything going this year even after trailing 3-1 at half time in the CL final to AC Milan we won  4-3 after ET. Great resilience shown by the team there. 

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I've spent a chunk of cash but also recouped well so we're only -£279m net spend over 10 seasons - an average spend of under £28m per season. If i hadn't bought Pedri on a whim we'd be even healthier.

The new are boys settling in well and my left winger Esnaider decided he does like playing for me after all and got his a** into gear. Awad is my backup left winger (Salah regen) and gave a healthy return of 10 assists from 16 after i recalled him from loan.

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3 youngster bought in and Angus who is a back up to my back up midfielders after i had a few injuries. He did alright but the fans think he was a waste of money.

Pedri didn't cut the mustard in my system unfortunately as he loves a goal and thats not what i need for this challenge so he had to go. Players are never worth their full value in Scotland so we took a big hit on him but i've got 500m in the bank so its all good. Scarlett fell out with my backup striker Sosa so he had to go too.

 

All in all another solid season pushing the 100 goal mark. I've been thinking about trying a new formation to mix things up and I think the boys have more to give so i'm going to try something a little different. I'm not sure if it'll work yet but the idea seems solid to i'll give it a whirl. These players should be able to handle anything thrown at them tbh.

 

Goals:

Musiala: 401

Scarlett: 437

Total: 838

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Season 11

What can I say here other than my boys loved the new system bagging 119 goals between them. A massive season all round. 
 

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Won everything again as expected but conceded a few more goals with new system but can’t really complain!

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A couple of key transfers as I move from 3 at the back to 2 and wing backs so Moreno came in at right back and I already had Alaba’s regen developing in the reserves. Baro is a back up winger so looks decent and Scarr is a back up left back but the fans don’t like him. Unsurprisingly after what he did to Mufasa tbh 🦁  

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A few disruptive players out the door again. I find there’s a lot more team management this year with team dynamics and keeping everyone happy so being ruthless works for the greater good. 

And here’s how the team performed with the new system…

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I’m using wingbacks high up the pitch with inverted wingers right in front of them and it seems to be working nicely for this. Haven’t tried IW before but this setup is interesting as they’re acting as my playmakers but not going for goals themselves as you can see. All 4 IW and WBs had 90 assists but only 4 goals between them. I may post my formation after the challenge unless I can adapt it for a 1k ;) 
 

Goals:

Musiala: 456

Scarlett: 501

Total: 957

 

Scarlett is on 501 goals from 553 games which is pretty damn good for a having two up from. 
 

Let’s see how the next season goes as we creep towards the 1k and the final straight to get to 1200.

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Season 12

Another big season here with 113 goals from the boys. Scarlett having a particularly amazing season getting 73 from 52 games.

Will speed through this update to wrap up the challenge.

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Had a bit of a nightmare in the cup losing in the 4th round but solid everywhere else. 

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Similar to last year in terms of how the team performs, the only difference being my wingbacks were the main providers this time round.

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I’ll skip transfers and they’re all unknown players. 
 

Goals:

Musiala: 496

Scarlett: 574

Total: 1,070

 

If I can have a massive season with 130 goals we can wrap this up in one more season but that is a big ask. Although we do have the world club championship coming up so who knows what these boys can do. 

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Season 13

 

Lucky for some I guess. Absolutely huge season from the boys. We finished the season with 126 goals but then had the world club championship. By the time the game ticked over into the next season we’d scored 5 there to take us over the magic number of 130 finishing the season on a whopping 131 goals (we scored another 3 after that but won’t include them as they’re in the next seasons numbers). Still, 131 was enough to get us to over 1200 goals. 
 

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Clean sweep again:

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Team:

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The new system worked really well and I’d be interested how many more goals I could get out of these guys so will park this save and may revisit later after something different. 

 

Goals:

Musiala: 555

Scarlett: 646

Total: 1,201

 

And that’s a wrap. For now. 

 

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I thought I’d post my tactic just to share the love. As with an of these tactics, I imagine it’s not plug and play so you’ll need good players all round. 
 

It’s actually a variation of a 442 without possession

This is how we lined up:

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There is an absence of a playmaker but with inverted wingers filling the gap behind the striker where an AP would sit and wingbacks pushing up for width it’s gave the strikers plenty of support without these guys going for goals themselves. Even with attacking mentality. This meant that virtually all my goals went through my front two with assists coming from my 4 wide players.

Nice and narrow to keep things tight and I like disciplined creative freedom when doing challenges as it keeps players doing what you want them to do and not what they want to do  

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Balanced line so everyone isn’t high up the pitch so the chance of others scoring is less and cautious tackling as we have 2 at the back so don’t want someone diving in and missing a challenge leaving us open. We did get caught on the counter a few times as expected but with CMs that’s more muscle in the midfield to help out too.

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With wide players I wanted balls being whipped in early and through balls coming from the IW. I kept mixed passing as we did get a few chances from direct passing so fine for the players to play the pass they think is best.

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Wish I’d gone with this from the start as it worked really well but hindsight is a wonderful thing. 

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Great results and nice write up about your tactical choices at the end. Everyone always seems to find the best tactic in the last season or two and wishes they'd been using that set up for longer :)

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