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- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- Danimal59811 year agoSeasoned Ace
Making the best 24 would be phenomenal, something I would rank even more exceptional than ending 2nd in a national league: it's still possible - who are your opponents (home, away) ?
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
Dynamo Kyiv away, then RB Leipzig home.
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- LABoog41 year agoNew Ace
Really cool idea with the MyMemoires article. That is a great way to get some player input into the story. It will take me some reading today to catch up but a nice twist to the story with leaving Brondby for another club in the league.
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
@LABoog4 wrote:Really cool idea with the MyMemoires article. That is a great way to get some player input into the story. It will take me some reading today to catch up but a nice twist to the story with leaving Brondby for another club in the league.
Thanks mate. Yeah the Brøndby save began to feel a bit too fast paced, so I tried something different there.
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- LABoog41 year agoNew Ace
23 goals and 12 assists in only 18 games. I can see why Felix was promoted! A good draw in the next round, probably your last round before you have to start facing the other top teams.
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
@LABoog4 wrote:23 goals and 12 assists in only 18 games. I can see why Felix was promoted! A good draw in the next round, probably your last round before you have to start facing the other top teams.
Yes, I've had a good run with the youth team lately, and saying that this Felix Thomsen fellow has been a consistent performer might be something of an understatement. It also feels a bit weird to take a guy with 23 goals and 12 assists in 18 games and promote him to play as a left back. But I suppose it is what it is...
AGF away is a decent draw, yes, but also a matter of concern. My next league games against them have proved them to be masters of possession. Certainly something to address before the Quarter Final.
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- Danimal59811 year agoSeasoned Ace
Nice, København losing momentum and Brøndby comes back alongside, while Midtjylland sits quietly as outsider in 4th: should make a feisty championship round once more.
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
@Danimal5981 wrote:Nice, København losing momentum and Brøndby comes back alongside, while Midtjylland sits quietly as outsider in 4th: should make a feisty championship round once more.
Yes indeed. Very close. I thought 'The Lions' (København) were running away a little bit, especially after beating me in match 20. But then they lost this one and lose the next one too, and it's an open title race once more. Viborg's fierce rivals FC Midtjylland are only outsiders now, as you point out, so regardless the outcome of the title race, Viborg do seem to keep the upper hand against 'The Wolves'.
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- LABoog41 year agoNew Ace
Those possession numbers are crazy, so low but still grinding out results. Is the league normally this close with title races?
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
@LABoog4 wrote:Those possession numbers are crazy, so low but still grinding out results. Is the league normally this close with title races?
Yeah I can't believe what's happening with AGF in my save here. I could understand it, if I played Man City or Barcelona or something like that. But the Aarhus side isn't known for possession based football like that, and if they are, at least it's something that has went over my head. They have just been crazy effective to regain ball control in my recent games against them, and it's been near impossible to keep hold of it for longer periods of time. However, I am also guilty of trying with a few winner passes a bit too soon sometimes. So I should be able to increase my possession, if I just impose a bit more patience in my game, whilst on the ball.
There are often close title races, yes. Usually just with one or two teams fighting over it. But the summer of 2024 there was no telling whether it would end in Brøndby, Midtjylland or København, until the latter lost ground in their penultimate game and found themselves out of it. Then Brøndby could win it, if they matched the result of Midtjylland, but lost vs AGF, whilst Midtjylland had a draw vs Silkeborg. Elaborated in the very first post here: Homecoming - FC25 CM Story 2024 to 2026 - Answer HQ
I don't know whether it's always this close. I suppose it isn't. But as a Brøndby fan I can say that the last three title involvements (two heartbreaks, one success) have been with incredibly close finishes on the final day of the season.
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
- Danimal59811 year agoSeasoned Ace
O sh!t - blink and you miss it..., well into the championship round now!
I must assume this is a tough cookie from the viewpoint of you as Viborg-manager. I mean, I know in real life you're a Brøndby-fan and that you dislike København, but for Viborg it's actually Brøndby that are the arch rivals, aren't they?
With a Danish title, I don't think you realistically could achieve anything more: you've reached Danish silverware with Brøndby, you're getting close with Viborg, you've made it to the Champions League: am I missing something, or are we slowly thinking about a new challenge?
- JustinCase01101 year agoSeasoned Ace
@Danimal5981 wrote:O sh!t - blink and you miss it..., well into the championship round now!
I must assume this is a tough cookie from the viewpoint of you as Viborg-manager. I mean, I know in real life you're a Brøndby-fan and that you dislike København, but for Viborg it's actually Brøndby that are the arch rivals, aren't they?
With a Danish title, I don't think you realistically could achieve anything more: you've reached Danish silverware with Brøndby, you're getting close with Viborg, you've made it to the Champions League: am I missing something, or are we slowly thinking about a new challenge?
Viborg have two main rivals. One is a "friendly" rivalry with neighbours Silkeborg, both located in the center of Jutland. The other is a fierce one with FC Midtjylland, who are located more to the west, but have somehow called "dips" on the whole region, when they were formed in 1999. Looking at a map, it's easy to see why Viborg and Silkeborg still hold grudges against the club from a Herning and Ikast merger. Randers and AGF (Aarhus) may have small rivalries with Viborg as well, and perhaps AaB from Aalborg in the north.
That's also why I was able to choose Viborg in the first place. I couldn't play with AGF, for instance, or FC København. FC Midtjylland are also out of the question for that matter. For Brøndby, Viborg is kind of a neutral club. And an old one, which just attracts me more than these "FC some region"-clubs.
Well, the season isn't over yet, so I'm not taking a league title for granted just yet. I know I could reach the limit with this club, but on the other hand I am enjoying playing with them and seeing my first academy graduates start to make themselves relevant. My narrator being one of them. A new challenge could be a massive sell-out, getting rid of several stars like Serginho, who's been a star player for me so far. I could definitely see more for me, even though I have an opportunity to make this the best ever season for this club.
That said, I have considered a "jump in" with another club. But the last time I checked, one could only jump in with 9th or 10th December as the date. So I will probably prefer to wait until the January window is over, before I start somewhere with a struggling side in one of the top 5 leagues. That way I can also start a save without 100+ crazy transfers already in the first month.