Gaming FM Owner Experiment | Season 8 done

[Grib]

Smaller experiments are better, easier to follow, less fluff, good work @Solius

Would it be an idea to put up the results and a capture or short summary of the Caf vs Caf games for the neutrals?

 

[Solius]

Smaller experiments are better, easier to follow, less fluff, good work @Solius

Would it be an idea to put up the results and a capture or short summary of the Caf vs Caf games for the neutrals?

Thanks! Yeah I thought about this since most are in the same league. I can only go back to October to see full details of some now, but if I do it mid season it should be fine.

Spoiler: Sheffield Utd - Derby games

Two narrow losses for the Rams!

Spoiler: Sheffield Utd - Bolton games

Home wins for both. Wahi loves a goal against Bolton (or does he). Looks like Sheff Utd's defence saved them in that second game.

Spoiler: Bolton - Derby games

Derby winning both games. Should be interesting next season!

 

[Solius]

Here are your financials (had to become the manager of the clubs and reload so won't do this every year) - @altodevil @BD @sebsheep @The Cat @BenitoSTARR @SilentWitness

Spoiler: Sunderland

Spoiler: Sheff Utd

Spoiler: Derby

Spoiler: Bolton

 

[SilentWitness]

Think us and Derby need to look good for playoffs this season or it will look dicey financially in the near future.

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Think us and Derby need to look good for playoffs this season or it will look dicey financially in the near future.

Yeah but fortunately we’ve got two outstanding wingers coming through just in time.

 

[SilentWitness]

Yeah but fortunately we’ve got two outstanding wingers coming through just in time.

I'm hoping my new signing is ready to propel me too.

 

[The Cat]

We had Antony's agent on the phone but couldn't afford the photographer.

 

[Solius]

Ok. Season 4 is about to begin!

@altodevil @BD @sebsheep @The Cat @BenitoSTARR @SilentWitness

No manager changes this summer for the first time. But some big name moves as usual:

Sunderland have pinched another Utd prospect and added Kobbie Mainoo to their team for £32m

Sheff Utd went looking for a RB and found Jeremie Frimpong for £63.5m

Derby shored up their defence with Ousmane Diomande at a price of £34m

Bolton went for young talent and spent £68.5m on Kendry Paez

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Full changes

S4-1

Player

Price

Bank Balance

Transfer Budget

Wage Budget

Manager

Training Fac

Youth Facilities

Junior Coaching

Youth Recruitment

Total spent

Money left

Sheff Utd (BD & SS)

Jeremie Frimpong

£63.5m

N/A

Add £25m

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

£88.5m

£1,147,100,000

Sunderland (Alt)

Kobbie Mainoo

£32m

Add £219m

Add £116m

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

£367m

£501,000,000

Derby (TC & B)

Ousmane Diomande

£34m

N/A

Add £47m

Add £1m p/w (£52m)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

£133m

£820,000,000

Bolton (SW)

Kendry Paez

£68.5m

Add 19.3m

Add 5m

Add 200k p/w (10.4m)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

£103.2m

£1,445,300,000

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Updated Club details

Owner	Club	Division	Reputation	Stadium Size	Avg Attendance	Bank Balance	Transfer Budget	Wage Budget	Training Facilities	Youth Facilities	Junior Coaching	Youth Recruitment	Owner Cash left
BD & sebsheep	Sheffield Utd	Premier League	6500	32,609	25,184	£76,311,800	£76,627,762	£1,876,585	17	17	15	16	£1,147,100,000
altodevil	Sunderland	Premier League	6600	48,707	41,682	£260,925,484	£150,000,000	£2,010,047	20	20	18	18	£501,000,000
The Cat & Benito	Derby	Championship	6000	33,597	29,262	£95,024,765	£100,000,000	£2,441,800	20	20	17	20	£820,000,000
SilentWitness	Bolton	Championship	5800	28,723	21,937	£60,000,000	£30,094,566	£1,000,000	16	16	16	16	£1,445,300,000

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I'll sim past the transfer window now to see how terrible your AI signings are. Once your rep improves they should get better.

 

[BD]

Just need to stay up and we're golden

 

[SilentWitness]

Last season of being frugal for me. If we don't go up then next year I'm going big. If we don't even get at least playoffs or look good for it in Jan I'm pumping money in.

Diomande a great signing for that price.

 

[altodevil]

I'm risking it all for fast progress. De Zerbi could end us long term with the wrong signings. We just aren't sustainable with the wage/facility bill so need Europe money. At least in two seasons.

Probably end up relegated and dead.

 

[SilentWitness]

I'm risking it all for fast progress. De Zerbi could end us long term with the wrong signings. We just aren't sustainable with the wage/facility bill so need Europe money. At least in two seasons.

Probably end up relegated and dead.

It's good that we are all doing it a bit different, would have been boring if we were all frugal or all blow it.

 

[The Cat]

Nipping down the tip will catch up in a bit.

 

[Solius]

Previews

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Last season of being frugal for me. If we don't go up then next year I'm going big. If we don't even get at least playoffs or look good for it in Jan I'm pumping money in.

Diomande a great signing for that price.

Yeah we wanted to bring in a dominant CB. 6ft 3 technically sound and usually quite quick also now at a good age to start and work in the PL too. Hopefully Moore becomes a part of the first team more this season (5 subs last) and Estevao has to be close to coming up either this or next.

We’ve got Moukoko who should now get us double digit goals and looking at the side we actually have a good championship level midfield too.

I'm risking it all for fast progress. De Zerbi could end us long term with the wrong signings. We just aren't sustainable with the wage/facility bill so need Europe money. At least in two seasons.

Probably end up relegated and dead.

Yeah but I love your signings. A nice touch of United too.

Previews

I’ll 100% take 5th place and a chance at the play offs. Really need our wingers to develop now so that if we do get a promotion we’re PL ready and competitive.

 

[SilentWitness]

Yeah we wanted to bring in a dominant CB. 6ft 3 technically sound and usually quite quick also now at a good age to start and work in the PL too. Hopefully Moore becomes a part of the first team more this season (5 subs last) and Estevao has to be close to coming up either this or next.

I was either going to bring in a midfielder or defender. If I didn't get Paez then I was looking at a CB close to home.

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Derby
Estevao £1.2m
Moore £23.5m
Moukoko £68.5m
Diomande £32m

Total Spend £127.2m

Sunderland
Sesko £42.5m
Yamal £73.5m
Garnacho £116.5m
Mainoo £32m

Total spend £264.5m


Sheffield United
Pino £68.5m
Wahi £34m
Scalvini £64.5m
Frimpong £63.5m

Total spend £230.5m

Bolton
Costa £0
Plata £13.4m
Balogun £33.25m
Paez £68.5m

Total spend £115.15m

 

[sebsheep]

Pino being a punk kinda screwed us a bit in season 2.

 

[Solius]

AI Transfers

Spoiler: Sheffield Utd

No idea who they are.

Spoiler: Sunderland

There's nothing else. I had to go back to the previous season to see these as they happened in June. And then they signed nobody. Solid 3 players though tbf.

Spoiler: Derby

We've had a transfer between two caf clubs! Liam Thompson crosses that mythical line.

Spoiler: Bolton

 

[altodevil]

Shit, no defenders.

 

[SilentWitness]

Archie Gray is a top signing by Sunderland.

Happy with some of my business too. Jashari is a good player in game. Some nice loan signings too in Gendrey and Misehouy.

 

[BD]

Sampaoli is on one

 

[The Cat]

We've got Giggs!

 

[BenitoSTARR]

Shit, no defenders.

Archie Gray and Mainoo. You’ve won this experiment now. You’ve got a world class future midfield.

 

[altodevil]

Archie Gray and Mainoo. You’ve won this experiment now. You’ve got a world class future midfield.

They are good signings. Amdouni through the middle too, at the very least quality squad player. But we shipped loads of goals last season and haven't done anything in that department. I was tempted to go keeper but prices were ridiculous and we have a promising backup.

 

[sebsheep]

Medina looks decent. The others probably depends a lot on how they have progressed, Zeze looks like he could be half decent. Not too sure about the rest.

 

[Solius]

Season 4 - 11th December 2026

Spoiler: Premier League

@altodevil & Sunderland are doing decent so far. Where they'd expect to be I guess but the gap between them and the bottom keeps changing as their form ebbs and flows. They'll be happy to Sesko in the top scorers list and Yamal one behind Foden in assists. Garnacho has once again been their best performer, but Mainoo has only played 8 games so far weirdly.

@BD @sebsheep and Sheffield Utd are keeping their heads above water, just about. They were bottom early on but have picked up a few wins to lift them higher. Their defence has done a decent job compared to those around them. Soria is joint 4th for clean sheets. New signing Frimpong has player every game and is only rated second to Pino.

Spoiler: Championship

@SilentWitness and his Bolton side looking good so far. I don't think they expected to top the table but they're right where they want to be. Paez has been the standout player for them with 6 goals and 7 assists in 20 apps. They also top the clean sheets table so they're solid all over atm.

@The Cat @BenitoSTARR and Derby are also in a decent spot. Same points as Bolton, just lower on GD. Will Hughes continues to be a solid player for them and they're also keeping lots of clean sheets maybe helped by Diomande's arrival. He's played all 26 games in all comps and is averaged at a 7.22 (with 2 league goals as well).

Then I have good and bad news for Derby. Moore and Estevao have broken into the first team. Good news is Moore has played 9 times already and scored 2 goals. The bad news is Estevao hasn't had a work permit since moving up squads and even when I edit the game to give him one it doesn't work. I've had to give him English as a second nationality so he can play So you should see him having actually done some stuff in the next update.

Let me know if you want to change anything or happy to move on to April (with a Jan transfers update if its warranted)

 

[The Cat]

Ah well we didn't want to rush him

 

[SilentWitness]

Paez

What is my bank balance and transfer kitty looking like @Solius ?

 

[altodevil]

Doing fine but it's the goals conceded I worry about. Mainoo not starting is weird but probably down to de zerbis bizarre double DM formation. May need a managerial change soon. @Solius let me know if any major managers become available through sacking.

 

[BD]

And let us know if any major managers become available and, importantly, which manager Sunderland go for.

Think we're good to go otherwise.

 

[sebsheep]

And let us know if any major managers become available and, importantly, which manager Sunderland go for.

Think we're good to go otherwise.

We have a major manager...



with a major head

 

[BenitoSTARR]

We have a major manager...



with a major head

Is he a manager or a head coach?

 

[Solius]

Paez

What is my bank balance and transfer kitty looking like @Solius ?

BB - £20,109,984
TB - £13,763,490

 

[SilentWitness]

BB - £20,109,984
TB - £13,763,490

Boost to 60m (BB) and 30m (TB) and wages from 1m to 1.2m please. Let's try bag that promotion.

 

[sebsheep]

Is he a manager or a head coach?

Oh, you think you can make jokes about him? Wait until he does an Italian job on you!

 

[Solius]

Boost to 60m (BB) and 30m (TB) and wages from 1m to 1.2m please. Let's try bag that promotion.

Done!

 

[SilentWitness]

Thanks, let's hope it doesn't backfire.

 

[BenitoSTARR]

They are good signings. Amdouni through the middle too, at the very least quality squad player. But we shipped loads of goals last season and haven't done anything in that department. I was tempted to go keeper but prices were ridiculous and we have a promising backup.

Yeah didn’t spot him at first but that will be a really competitive middle for the foreseeable.

Keeper will be last priority for us I reckon.

Also love how Estevao is now part English
Estêvão Willian Alemeida de Oliveira Gonçalves.

Or by his English name:
Steven William Alex Oliver Goodman.
Good old Steven.

 

[Solius]

Some other stuff while owners ponder.

Ballon D'or

23-24: Mbappe
24-25: Bellingham
25-26: Mbappe

NxGn

23-24: Evan Ferguson
24-25: Semih Kilicsoy
25-26: Endrick