Simulating the 20/21 season 100 times on Football Manager - a thread.
Over the last week I've simulated the 20/21 season 100 times on Football Manager (not gone 100 years into the future)
First I'll post the more general findings e.g. winners of the Premier League, winner of the F.A cup etc.
Then I'll look in detail at each Premier League club.
WINNERS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE:
1) Manchester City (46) 2) Liverpool (37) 3) Tottenham (7) 3) Chelsea (7) 5) Arsenal (2) 6) Manchester United (1)
WINNERS OF THE F.A. CUP:
1) Manchester City (28) 2) Liverpool (23) 3) Tottenham (14) 4) Chelsea (9) 5) Arsenal (8) 6) Manchester United (7) 7) Wolves (4) 8) Leicester (3) 9) Sheffield United, Everton, Burnley, Newcastle (1)
WINNERS OF THE CARABAO CUP:
1) Chelsea (19) 1) Manchester City (19) 3) Manchester United (18) 4) Arsenal (17) 5) Liverpool (13) 6) Tottenham (11) 7) Everton, West Ham and Bournemouth (1)
PREMIER LEAGUE TOP SCORER:
1) Sergio Aguero (44) 2) Chris Wood (20) 3) Alexandre Lacazette (18) 4) Harry Kane (7) 5) Mohamed Salah (5) 6) Bernardo Silva (4) 7) Sadio Mane (2) 7) Timo Werner (2) 9) Aubameyang, Mitrovic, Ings, Firmino, Jimenez, Alli, Abraham (1)
PREMIER LEAGUE TOP ASSISTERS:
1) Bruno Fernandes (21) 2) Kevin de Bruyne (12) 3) Ngolo Kante (13) 4) Hakim Ziyech (11) 5) Sadio Mane (6) 5) Mesut Ozil (6) 5) Juan Mata (6) 8) Alex Iwobi (5) 8) James Ward-Prowse (5) 8) Willian (5)
BALLON D'OR WINNERS:
1) Kylian Mbappe (28) 2) Roberto Firmino (17) 3) Robert Lewandowski (10) 4) Cristiano Ronaldo (8) 5) Neymar (7) 6) Bernardo Silva (6) 7) Sergio Aguero (5) 8) Lionel Messi (4) 8) Harry Kane (4) 10) Luis Suarez (3) 10) Harry Kane (3)
LA LIGA WINNERS:
1) Athletico Madrid (36) 2) Barcelona (33) 3) Real Madrid (31)
SERIE A WINNERS:
1) Juventus (70) 2) Inter Milan (23) 3) A.C. Milan (3) 4) Roma (2) 5) Lazio (1) 5) Napoli (1)
1) Paris Saint Germain (98) 2) Lyon (1) 3) Marseille (1)
PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGERS SACKED/RESIGNED THE MOST:
1) Brendan Rodgers (71) 2) Marcelo Bielsa (69) 3) Roy Hodgson (64) 4) David Moyes (48) 5) Steve Bruce (39) 6) Dean Smith (36) 7) Nuno Espirito Santo (29) 8) Chris Wilder (17) 9) Pep Guardiola (15) 10) Ralph Hassenhuttl (13)
MOST COMMON BIGGEST PREMIER LEAGUE TRANSFER:
1) Ruben Dias to Liverpool for £52m (30) 2) Rafa to Manchester City for £69m (24) 3) Leroy Sane to Chelsea for £77m (16) 4) Memphis Depay to City for £56m (6) 5) Moussa Dembele to City for £56m (4) 5) Tonali to City for £55m (4)
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS:
1) Liverpool (23) 2) Manchester City (17) 3) Inter Milan (9) 4) Real Madrid (7) 4) Juventus (7) 4) Barcelona (7) 7) Bayern (6) 7) Chelsea (6) 9) Athletico Madrid (5) 9) PSG (5) 11) Manchester United (4) 12) Lazio (2) 12) Borussia Dortmund (2)
1) Pep Guardiola (41) 2) Jurgen Klopp (36) 3) Frank Lampard (8) 4) Jose Mourinho (6) 5) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (5) 6) Mikel Arteta (3) 7) Scott Parker (1)
PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
1) Bernardo Silva (26) 2) Harry Kane (24) 3) Sergio Aguero (23) 4) Sadio Mane (10) 5) Roberto Firmino (6) 6) Raheem Stirling (4) 6) Virgil Van Dijk (4) 8) Mohamed Salah (2) 9) Kevin de Bruyne (1)
PLAYERS MOST COMMONLY IN PREMIER LEAGUE TOTY:
1) Virgil Van Dijk (76) 2) Bernardo Silva (69) 2) Sergio Aguero (64) 3) Kevin de Bruyne(56) 4) Andrew Robertson (53) 4) Aymeric Laporte (52) 5) Sadio Mane (51) 6) Roberto Firmino(50) 7) Gini Wijnaldum (46) 7) Raheem Sterling (46)
OTHER FUN THINGS THAT HAPPENED:
James Maddison went to Newcastle for £87m in one save.
Mikel Arteta, Sean Dyche and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer didn't leave or get sacked once.
Brandon Williams, Chris Smalling and Johann Gudmundsson got in the Team of the Year once each.
NOW WE MOVE ON TO DETAILED STATS FOR EACH PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM.
So, from worst to best...
20) West Bromwich Albion
-Relegated (63)
-Best Player (Matheus Pereira- 59)
-Average Position (18.59)
-Average Points (28.38)
-Highest-Lowest Position (13th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (43-14)
19) Leeds United
-Relegated (44)
-Best Player (Kalvin Phillips- 59)
-Average Position (16.65)
-Average Points (34.13)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (50-16)
18) Sheffield United.
-Relegated (46)
-Europa League (1)
-Best Player (Sander Berge- 65)
-Average Position (16.42)
-Average Points (33.99)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (55-17)
17) Fulham.
-Relegated (33)
-Best Player (Anthony Knockaert- 40)
-Average Position (15.38)
-Average Points (37.08)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (62-21)
16) Crystal Palace.
-Relegated (21)
-Best Player (Wilfred Zaha- 61)
-Average Position (15.25)
-Average Points (37.53)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (53-27)
15) Newcastle United
-Relegated (16)
-Europa League (1)
-Best Player (Saint-Maximin- 73)
-Average Position (14.34)
-Average Points (39.16)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-19th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (52-23)
14) Brighton
-Relegated (13)
-Best Player (Pascal Grob- 61)
-Average Position (14.15)
-Average Points (39.67)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (54-26)
13) Aston Villa
-Relegated (16)
-Best Player (Mbawana Samatta- 47)
-Average Position (13.68)
-Average Points (40.77)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (57-25)
12) West Ham
-Relegated (14)
-Europa League (1)
-Best Player (Jarrod Bowen- 67)
-Average Position (12.78)
-Average Points (42.81)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (62-25)
12) West Ham
-Relegated (14)
-Europa League (1)
-Best Player (Jarrod Bowen- 67)
-Average Position (12.78)
-Average Points (42.81)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (62-25)
11) Southampton
-Relegated (9)
-Best Player (Ryan Bertrand- 39)
-Average Position (12.54)
-Average Points (42.57)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (55-25)
10) Burnley
-Relegated (1)
-Europa League (4)
-Best Player (Chris Wood- 63)
-Average Position (10.56)
-Average Points (47.78)
-Highest-Lowest Position (5th-19th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (72-30)
9) Leicester City
-Relegated (1)
-Europa League (3)
-Best Player (Wilfred Ndidi- 85)
-Average Position (10.45)
-Average Points (48.08)
-Highest-Lowest Position (6th-18th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (66-31)
8) Wolverhampton Wanderers
-Relegated (1)
-Europa League (7)
-Best Player (Joao Moutinho- 35)
-Average Position (9.27)
-Average Points (52.34)
-Highest-Lowest Position (6th-18th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (71-33)
7) Everton
-Champions League (1)
-Europa League (8)
-Best Player (Alex Iwobi- 55)
-Average Position (8.72)
-Average Points (53.92)
-Highest-Lowest Position (4th-17th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (72-38)
6) Manchester United
-Title Winners (1)
-Champions League (34)
-Europa League (52)
-Best Player (Bruno Fernandes- 65)
-Average Position (4.73)
-Average Points (73.54)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-7th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (90-57)
5) Arsenal
-Title Winners (2)
-Champions League (54)
-Europa League (40)
-Best Player (Alexandre Lacazette- 61)
-Average Position (4.5)
-Average Points (73.6)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-8th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (91-53)
4) Tottenham
-Title Winners (7)
-Champions League (54)
-Europa League (42)
-Best Player (Harry Kane- 100!!)
-Average Position (4.32)
-Average Points (75.69)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-9th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (90-51)
3) Chelsea
-Title Winners (7)
-Champions League (70)
-Europa League (28)
-Best Player (Hakim Ziyech- 49)
-Average Position (3.68)
-Average Points (78.12)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-7th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (92-60)
2) Liverpool
-Title Winners (37)
-Champions League (91)
-Europa League (9)
-Best Player (Sadio Mane- 37)
-Average Position (2.13)
-Average Points (84.48)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-6th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (99-71)
1) Manchester City
-Title Winners (46)
-Champions League (96)
-Europa League (4)
-Best Player (Sergio Aguero- 47)
-Average Position (1.87)
-Average Points (86.24)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-5th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (103-72)
So the final table according to FM:
1) Man City 2) Liverpool 3) Chelsea 4) Tottenham 5) Arsenal 6) Man Utd 7) Everton 8) Wolves 9) Leicester 10) Burnley 11) Southampton 12) West Ham 13) A.Villa 14) Brighton 15) Newcastle 16) Palace 17) Fulham 18) Sheff Utd 19) Leeds 20) WBA
So.. any questions?
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With the news that Football Manager is delayed until March - I need something to help me through the winter months.
So I'm attempting my hardest challenge yet. The infamous Pentagon Challenge.
So what is the Pentagon Challenge?
I have to win the five major continental trophies:
- Asian Football Confederation Championship (AFC)
- Confederation of African Football Championship (CAF)
- Confederation of North, Central American & Caribbean Association Football Champions League (CONCACAF)
- CONMEBOL Libertadores (Copa Libertadores)
- UEFA Champions League
AND I have to start with no badges and no coaching experience
You want to manage a club that really focuses on youth? Look no further than FC Nordsjælland.
The club is owned by the Right to Dream academy, which has locations in Ghana, Denmark and Egypt. You'll have a strong crop of talent to start, with more to come.
A FUN SAVE IDEA FOR EVERY COUNTRY IN FOOTBALL MANAGER 2024
Inspired by @theoldzealand and @FmLlama - I am choosing an FM 24 save idea for every single country in Football Manager
I'm currently on the train with no WIFI - so may not get round to every country today - but I'll give it my best shot
@theoldzealand @FmLlama AUSTRALIA - Wellington Phoenix
They are the only club in the game based in New Zealand. And you are only allowed to sign New Zealand-based players. They aren't known for producing wonderkids.
There is also a kid in the academy called Calvin Harris.