Football Manager 2021

Got promoted in my first season with Sunderland. In the middle of the season I got a takeover and all was well. Then the new season objectives showed that I needed to play direct and defensive counter attacking football.

Can someone tell me if I play possession attacking football and near the top of the league, will I get the sack? So frustrating that the game did this to me!
 


I'm in January 2034 of my save. Hammarby is now 18 months behind me. My great side has been dismantled and spread around Europe's top teams, but they're still dominating domestically. I've removed all European leagues from my save now though and opened up all of South America as I get ready for my next journey. Obviously being unemployed makes finding my next job trickier and after 14 years on this save I don't just want to take any old job.

I've rounded my options down to 11 teams around South America and I'll take the first one of these available. You'll see that they can be grouped into 3 types of challenge:

Team 1: Club Universidad de Chile - One of the giants of Chile, they have everything they need to succeed domestically, a 60k capacity stadium. excellent youth and training facilities and secure finances. They have 19 titles in their history. But despite this, they've been dominated for the last 2 decades. Fierce Rivals Colo-Colo have won 14 of the last 20 titles with other rivals Universidad Catolica winning 4. CUDC have won just 2 titles in that time. The first challenge is to get back on top in Santiago, putting those 2 cross city rivals back in their place. Then it will be to see if they can become only the 2nd ever Chilean team to win the Libertadores which rarely leaves Brazil or Argentina in the modern era.

Team 2: Montevideo City Torgue - The challenge will be similar to the above, but these young upstarts have no history to speak of and the domination of the Uruguayan league is much stronger. If you recognise the name of this club, it's because they're the latest member of the City Football Group in 2020. But whilst the name changed, the association hasn't paid many other dividends. The relationship with Manchester City is classed as a "mutually beneficial relationship" where the clubs share scouting knowledge. One thing Torque do have going for them is the Estadio Centenario, the 60k capacity national team stadium that they play in. Maybe down the line, this will give a competitive advantage, but it will certainly be needed if the club is to compete with Penarol and Nacional who both have 45 titles to their name.

Team 3: Independiente - One of the big 7 of Buenos Aires, Independiente were once continental kings. 7 Libertadores titles was the benchmark, and also remarkable given that they only have 17 league titles to their name. Boca matched those 7 continental trophies in 2021 and Flamengo have since surpassed that. They sit on 8 (having won 4 of the last 6) and look like the dominant force in South America. Independiente first need to topple the Argentinian dominance of Boca and River, and then take down the Brazilians.

Team 4: Junior FC - The story is familiar. Big stadium, big fanbase, big potential but big opposition. Junior FC compete for Colombian titles but rarely win them. Colombia's power bases lie in it's trio of central cities, Medellin (Atletico Nacional, Independiente), Cali (Deportivo Cali, America De Cali) and Bogota (Millionaros, Santa Fe). But on the coast, in the North, lies Colombia's 4th city, Barranquilla. The Sharks have no city rivals, the people of Barranquilla unite behind one club. The goal is topple the famous and infamous between them and glory.

Teams 5-9 - I've grouped these all together because the save is the same. Brazil is a huge country with massive cities. Football is dominated by those on the coast and a few in the south. The North and centre have some big cities that are in the footballing wilderness. My aim will be to put one of them on the map. Of these 5 teams, 3 are currently unplayable in the 4th division. My choices are Manaus (Serie C), Nacional Futebol Clube (Serie D, also based in Manaus), Brasilia Futebol Clube, Brasiliense (both Serie D, both Brasilia) and Santa Cruz (Serie B, Recife).

Teams 10 & 11 - Again grouped together as the aim of the save is the same: Win a Copa America. Ecuador and Venezuela are the only 2 countries in South America without a Copa title to their name - even Bolivia have one!! My aim will be to find a way to win a trophy for these nations and see if I can take them to a world cup at the same time.

I've no idea where the next leg of my save will take me, but I've got options. I'll let you know when someone offers me a job.
 
Flash Gordon said:
I'm in January 2034 of my save. Hammarby is now 18 months behind me. My great side has been dismantled and spread around Europe's top teams, but they're still dominating domestically. I've removed all European leagues from my save now though and opened up all of South America as I get ready for my next journey. Obviously being unemployed makes finding my next job trickier and after 14 years on this save I don't just want to take any old job.

I've rounded my options down to 11 teams around South America and I'll take the first one of these available. You'll see that they can be grouped into 3 types of challenge:

Team 1: Club Universidad de Chile - One of the giants of Chile, they have everything they need to succeed domestically, a 60k capacity stadium. excellent youth and training facilities and secure finances. They have 19 titles in their history. But despite this, they've been dominated for the last 2 decades. Fierce Rivals Colo-Colo have won 14 of the last 20 titles with other rivals Universidad Catolica winning 4. CUDC have won just 2 titles in that time. The first challenge is to get back on top in Santiago, putting those 2 cross city rivals back in their place. Then it will be to see if they can become only the 2nd ever Chilean team to win the Libertadores which rarely leaves Brazil or Argentina in the modern era.

Team 2: Montevideo City Torgue - The challenge will be similar to the above, but these young upstarts have no history to speak of and the domination of the Uruguayan league is much stronger. If you recognise the name of this club, it's because they're the latest member of the City Football Group in 2020. But whilst the name changed, the association hasn't paid many other dividends. The relationship with Manchester City is classed as a "mutually beneficial relationship" where the clubs share scouting knowledge. One thing Torque do have going for them is the Estadio Centenario, the 60k capacity national team stadium that they play in. Maybe down the line, this will give a competitive advantage, but it will certainly be needed if the club is to compete with Penarol and Nacional who both have 45 titles to their name.

Team 3: Independiente - One of the big 7 of Buenos Aires, Independiente were once continental kings. 7 Libertadores titles was the benchmark, and also remarkable given that they only have 17 league titles to their name. Boca matched those 7 continental trophies in 2021 and Flamengo have since surpassed that. They sit on 8 (having won 4 of the last 6) and look like the dominant force in South America. Independiente first need to topple the Argentinian dominance of Boca and River, and then take down the Brazilians.

Team 4: Junior FC - The story is familiar. Big stadium, big fanbase, big potential but big opposition. Junior FC compete for Colombian titles but rarely win them. Colombia's power bases lie in it's trio of central cities, Medellin (Atletico Nacional, Independiente), Cali (Deportivo Cali, America De Cali) and Bogota (Millionaros, Santa Fe). But on the coast, in the North, lies Colombia's 4th city, Barranquilla. The Sharks have no city rivals, the people of Barranquilla unite behind one club. The goal is topple the famous and infamous between them and glory.

Teams 5-9 - I've grouped these all together because the save is the same. Brazil is a huge country with massive cities. Football is dominated by those on the coast and a few in the south. The North and centre have some big cities that are in the footballing wilderness. My aim will be to put one of them on the map. Of these 5 teams, 3 are currently unplayable in the 4th division. My choices are Manaus (Serie C), Nacional Futebol Clube (Serie D, also based in Manaus), Brasilia Futebol Clube, Brasiliense (both Serie D, both Brasilia) and Santa Cruz (Serie B, Recife).

Teams 10 & 11 - Again grouped together as the aim of the save is the same: Win a Copa America. Ecuador and Venezuela are the only 2 countries in South America without a Copa title to their name - even Bolivia have one!! My aim will be to find a way to win a trophy for these nations and see if I can take them to a world cup at the same time.

I've no idea where the next leg of my save will take me, but I've got options. I'll let you know when someone offers me a job.
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You must put some hours into it mate.
 
Ciro_DiMarzio said:
You must put some hours into it mate.
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I've put more hours into this than any computer game since I was at Uni I reckon.

With living on my own, lockdown and being clinically vulnerable, I've had a lot of time on my hands :lol:

I don't waste time on training and press conferences though and I holiday in between games when the transfer window is closed so I get through seasons pretty quickly.
 
Flash Gordon said:
I'm in January 2034 of my save. Hammarby is now 18 months behind me. My great side has been dismantled and spread around Europe's top teams, but they're still dominating domestically. I've removed all European leagues from my save now though and opened up all of South America as I get ready for my next journey. Obviously being unemployed makes finding my next job trickier and after 14 years on this save I don't just want to take any old job.

I've rounded my options down to 11 teams around South America and I'll take the first one of these available. You'll see that they can be grouped into 3 types of challenge:

Team 1: Club Universidad de Chile - One of the giants of Chile, they have everything they need to succeed domestically, a 60k capacity stadium. excellent youth and training facilities and secure finances. They have 19 titles in their history. But despite this, they've been dominated for the last 2 decades. Fierce Rivals Colo-Colo have won 14 of the last 20 titles with other rivals Universidad Catolica winning 4. CUDC have won just 2 titles in that time. The first challenge is to get back on top in Santiago, putting those 2 cross city rivals back in their place. Then it will be to see if they can become only the 2nd ever Chilean team to win the Libertadores which rarely leaves Brazil or Argentina in the modern era.

Team 2: Montevideo City Torgue - The challenge will be similar to the above, but these young upstarts have no history to speak of and the domination of the Uruguayan league is much stronger. If you recognise the name of this club, it's because they're the latest member of the City Football Group in 2020. But whilst the name changed, the association hasn't paid many other dividends. The relationship with Manchester City is classed as a "mutually beneficial relationship" where the clubs share scouting knowledge. One thing Torque do have going for them is the Estadio Centenario, the 60k capacity national team stadium that they play in. Maybe down the line, this will give a competitive advantage, but it will certainly be needed if the club is to compete with Penarol and Nacional who both have 45 titles to their name.

Team 3: Independiente - One of the big 7 of Buenos Aires, Independiente were once continental kings. 7 Libertadores titles was the benchmark, and also remarkable given that they only have 17 league titles to their name. Boca matched those 7 continental trophies in 2021 and Flamengo have since surpassed that. They sit on 8 (having won 4 of the last 6) and look like the dominant force in South America. Independiente first need to topple the Argentinian dominance of Boca and River, and then take down the Brazilians.

Team 4: Junior FC - The story is familiar. Big stadium, big fanbase, big potential but big opposition. Junior FC compete for Colombian titles but rarely win them. Colombia's power bases lie in it's trio of central cities, Medellin (Atletico Nacional, Independiente), Cali (Deportivo Cali, America De Cali) and Bogota (Millionaros, Santa Fe). But on the coast, in the North, lies Colombia's 4th city, Barranquilla. The Sharks have no city rivals, the people of Barranquilla unite behind one club. The goal is topple the famous and infamous between them and glory.

Teams 5-9 - I've grouped these all together because the save is the same. Brazil is a huge country with massive cities. Football is dominated by those on the coast and a few in the south. The North and centre have some big cities that are in the footballing wilderness. My aim will be to put one of them on the map. Of these 5 teams, 3 are currently unplayable in the 4th division. My choices are Manaus (Serie C), Nacional Futebol Clube (Serie D, also based in Manaus), Brasilia Futebol Clube, Brasiliense (both Serie D, both Brasilia) and Santa Cruz (Serie B, Recife).

Teams 10 & 11 - Again grouped together as the aim of the save is the same: Win a Copa America. Ecuador and Venezuela are the only 2 countries in South America without a Copa title to their name - even Bolivia have one!! My aim will be to find a way to win a trophy for these nations and see if I can take them to a world cup at the same time.

I've no idea where the next leg of my save will take me, but I've got options. I'll let you know when someone offers me a job.
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Would you not consider Chivas de Guadalajara in Mexico? They have a cantera policy similar to that of Athletic Bilbao. I look forward to seeing where you end up, loads more interesting reading about people doing 'different' saves.
 
It took 6 months for one of the managers of the clubs on my list to be classed as insecure. I played the game and "declared interest" when this happened and the manager was sacked the next day. It was inevitable anyway, I just sped up the process. I interviewed for the job and was given it...

So just over 2 years after leaving Hammarby, I have returned to football management as the manager of Club Deportivo Popular Junior FC of Colombia, more commonly known as Atletico Junior or Junior FC.


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As well as playing in a stylish red and white kit, the team also play at the impressive Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez, a 55,823 capacity stadium that also is the home ground of the Colombian National team.



Junior hail from the city of Barranquilla, a fascinating city with many attractions in the far North of Colombia. Barranquilla is a coastal city. It is home to Colombia's biggest port and it has the 4th largest population in the country after the triumvirate of infamous strongholds in the centre of the country. Barranquilla combines the culture of Colombia with a Caribbean flair. Not only the birthplace of Shakira and Sofia Vergara, there is beauty within the city as well in the architecture and the coastline. Barranquilla also hosts a carnival that has been declared a masterpiece of the cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

I take over the club itself at an interesting time. The Colombian League is one that has an Opening stage and a closing stage, declaring 2 Champions a year. The top 8 at the end of each phase, play a group phase (2 groups of 4) followed by a final (the winner of each group) to declare the Champion. Junior had a very average season finishing 20 points behind the top team after 20 games, but the was enough to see them finish 8th on goal difference. There is no expectation on the club to get out of the group, but I'll find out where my team rank. The club have good facilities across the board, but there is a huge disproportion of young players at the club with 5 star potential - part of the reason for this though is that the club don't have any established senior players, so it's unsurprising that the youngers players are expected to surpass them. The league rules are much stricter than Sweden, only 3 foreigners are allowed so bringing through youth has to be my aim. The club has a solid budget for transfers, but I'll need to sort my scouting out, as it's the type of league where players are valued at a low amount, but clubs demand a lot more because they can get that from foreign clubs buying their stars. I'm hoping this is a big second half to my save.
 
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MorNando06660 said:
Got promoted in my first season with Sunderland. In the middle of the season I got a takeover and all was well. Then the new season objectives showed that I needed to play direct and defensive counter attacking football.

Can someone tell me if I play possession attacking football and near the top of the league, will I get the sack? So frustrating that the game did this to me!
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You'll be fine mate.

It should rate how important each philosophy is. Generally style of play are more favoured or preffered than essential or critical
 
I've posted about him before but seriously, sign Jairo Concha as soon as you can, can get him for buttons and once he becomes fluent in English he dominates every game hes involved in. 9 games into my 4th season he has 10 assists and hasn't had a rating lower than 7.5. Playing him as a DLP in a midfield 3 with a BWM and BBM
 
I got bored of my Sunderland save so instead of accepting after 20 odd year I am bored of the game in general I have started a save with Feyenoord.

No out going transfers in the first window. Incoming transfers were Rade Krunic for £2.8mill from Milan and Guilherme on a free transfer. I left it too late to get Eric Garcia from City on in loan so he is coming in January on loan.

I have started really well using my 4-2-3-1 Positive Tiki Taka tactic. 6 games played in the league and 6 games won including Ajax away and PSV at home. Ajax 3 points behind me in the league.

My Europa league group is Arsenal, APOEL Niscosia from Cyprus and Sheriff Tiraspol from Moldova. I have played my away games against APOEL ans Sheriff Tiraspol and won them both so expect to qualify although most likely second behind Arsenal who I am yet to play.
sb022x1030 said:
I've posted about him before but seriously, sign Jairo Concha as soon as you can, can get him for buttons and once he becomes fluent in English he dominates every game hes involved in. 9 games into my 4th season he has 10 assists and hasn't had a rating lower than 7.5. Playing him as a DLP in a midfield 3 with a BWM and BBM
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Just looked for him but he isn't in my game unfortunately.
 
Got two class wonderkids but there both playing shite

Is this normal or are maybe there hidden stats preventing them from doing well?

Is there an adjustment period as both are only in their first season and play every week and there stats are still improving
 
Finally found a new save I'm really enjoying, Ujpest FC in Hungary. Playing a positive 4-4-2 with a target man and was absolutely banging the goals in and 2nd in the league.

Then the latest update, and I've played 4 and scored 0 in 3 of them. Tactic seems to have lost all its potency.
 

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