Career St Albans City F.C - My Philosophy

[SSolas]

CHOOSING THE SQUAD

I chose St Albans City F.C. because they are technically my local club. The club was formed in 1908 & has no history of playing at the highest level, the stadium is very close to the city centre. This is again a tester career for my Philosophy. 

STADIUM & FACILITIES

I asked the St Albans City F.C. board if the stadium & facilities could be improved. The board agreed to improve the 1st team & youth training facilities. The stadium is unchanged though & remains at just over 5,000 capacity.

STAFF,FINANCES & TRAINING

The staff room has been bolstered but remain at a basic level.The finances are OK but over the wage budget due to the transfers. Training was delegated to Assistant Manager Roy Keane.

SQUAD

Many Transfers were made In & Out of the club in accordance with my System of play & Philosophy. The players in were 20-30yr olds who had good attributes in STAMINA,PACE,POSITIONING. I tried to narrow down searches by aiming for defenders with better POSITIONING stats & attackers with better PACE stats.

TACTICS

I used my original attacking Tiki Taka Tactic again for this career. Tactic was outstanding & after a shaky start to the season was very consistent. As seen in the club stats, we had 9 consecutive wins & 24 matches without defeat which is unbelievable! Are Pace & Positioning stats the key to this tactic?

THE RESULTS

The result of my very 1st season with St Albans City F.C. was winning the VNLS by over 10 points! 🥳🥳🏆One of my best ever seasons on FMM21 with consistency, success & one of the best attacks/defence in the league. I finish this tester season with a win rate of 64% & a thought that Pace & Positioning really improved the team.

STEPS FOR SUCCESS

MANAGERS STATS

LEAGUE STATS

Edited September 6, 2021 by SSolas

[DanEnglish]

Question for you - (in your opinion) how much of your success on this specific save was due to your philosophy? And how much was due to just having a bigger + better squad than everyone else?

I notice that you’re paying £2k/week as a max wage to at least 1 player in the VNLS (which is massive) + your wage costs are double what your Board say is affordable. So seems you have a bigger squad than most in the division AND/OR have better players than anyone in the division. Which suggests you’re overspending (but will probably be ok as you got promoted) + that you are very good at bringing in good players (I wonder what your manager reputation is?). But that’s just my guesses from some screenshots.

Thoughts?

[SSolas]

14 hours ago, DanEnglish said:

Question for you - (in your opinion) how much of your success on this specific save was due to your philosophy? And how much was due to just having a bigger + better squad than everyone else?

I notice that you’re paying £2k/week as a max wage to at least 1 player in the VNLS (which is massive) + your wage costs are double what your Board say is affordable. So seems you have a bigger squad than most in the division AND/OR have better players than anyone in the division. Which suggests you’re overspending (but will probably be ok as you got promoted) + that you are very good at bringing in good players (I wonder what your manager reputation is?). But that’s just my guesses from some screenshots.

Thoughts?

Hey Dan,

I think it potentially is a bit of both. I have completed many careers on FMM21 & not achieved the success. My tester careers now could be luck & spending bigger but I have bought similarly previously without the success. I think spending higher & getting in players with the right attributes together make it successful. Spending big on its own does not always work.

Ta.