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This has been our best matchday this season for now. Matchday 11 1) Tommy 13 points 2) Michael 11 points 3) CaaC(John) 10 points 3) Viva la FCB 10 points 5) 6666 9 points 5) Stan 9 points 7) Bluewolf 8 points 8- Coma 6 points 9) nawoo 5 points 10) Rucksackfranzose 3 points 2nd and 7th spot are closer together point wise than top and 2nd spot. Table after 11 matchdays 1) @Tommy 96 points 2) @Michael 83 points 3) @Stan 82 points 4) @Coma 80 points 5) @Viva la FCB 79 points 6) @6666 72 points 7) @Bluewolf 71 points 8- @CaaC (John) 67 points 9) Rucksackfranzose 63 points 10) @nawoo 60 points

With the exception of John this matchday was... Well have a look yourself. Matchday 13 1) CaaC(John) 10 points 2) Bluewolf 5 points 3) Viva la FCB 4 points 4) Rucksackfranzose 3 points 4) Stan 3 points 6) Coma 0 points 6) Michael 0 points 6) nawoo 0 points 6) Tommy 0 points John catapulted himself from 8th to 2nd spot. Table after 13 matchdays 1) @Viva la FCB 86 points 2) @CaaC (John) 76 points 3) Rucksackfranzose 75 points 4) @Bluewolf 73 points 4) @Michael 73 points 4) @Stan 73 points 7) @Tommy 71 points 8- @Coma 68 points 9) @nawoo 58 points 10) @londonerlilie 33 points

My first save on FM24 is Vitoria de Setubal of Portugal. Fancied a lower league job in a tricky system. If you remember my Andorra save on FM20 I found the lower leagues a struggle, but seriously satisfying to come through once all was said and done. I wanted a similar experience - a battle through a tricky system, and this took me back to Iberia where they seem to enjoy putting the lower league sides in prison, never to get out. I was scouring the fourth tier of Portugal and found a name I recognised. Vitoria were in the top tier just three years ago but ran into financial difficulties that saw them relegated straight to the fourth tier in 2020. They were promoted in the midst of a reorganisation in 2020/21, going unbeaten, but floundered in the third tier and remarkably last season dropped back into the fourth tier. The structure of this system is there are four leagues of 14 teams each at this level, so 56 teams in total. In each league (or prio), the top two teams over the 26 game round robin will go into one of two groups of four teams. There will then be essentially a group stage, with the top two in each group gaining promotion, with a play-off final as well for the two group winners to decide the overall champion. So in short, 4 teams out of the 56 are promoted. It's tough. The margin for error is very small. Luckily though we are very much one of the big hitters and I think even despite the small margin for error, we have a strong chance of getting promoted. Our wage bill is ranked 4th out of 56 (Vitoria Guimaraes B and Maritimo B two of the sides above us too), plus having looked around the overall level of our squad is a bit higher. Our star players are called Zequinha and Heliardo. Zequinha is very much an icon of the club, starting his career at Vitoria in 2002 before moving to Porto. He moved to Greece but returned to his home team in 2013 for three years, before then coming back again in 2018 and commendably sticking with the club despite the three league demotion, so he should in theory be far too good for this level and therefore has to be a pretty pivotal part of the side - even if he is in his twilight years aged 36. Heliardo is a Brazilian striker who again, for me, just wouldn't look out of place two leagues up. The key for me is building a system to get those two involved, I think we will simply overpower teams. The players contracts are pretty much all up in a year so this is very much going to be a wheeling and dealing save, my traditionally very busy second summer will see probably as many as twenty new players I'd imagine regardless of division. I have a five year plan to get into the top tier. I think we will be too good for this league, I then want two years in the third tier, and then should budget allow, two years again in the second tier. It's ambitious but this is a club that have been wronged, they are out of place, they are a three time trophy winner, they have no business in this division. Time to make amends.

In fairness though, you are managing a good side at that level, for some context below they're doing even better on mine. It's mad how bad Elversberg are doing on mine compared to yours - that's a bit of a problem I've noticed at times, 3 points from 20 games FFS. If you're pushing say European places next season I will concede it looks a bit too easy.

I read that as "have a look at yourselves" lmao

I wonder how much they spent on Cocaine to compliment that alcohol?

I went to pay my respects at the Cenotaph yesterday and the TFLA were unfortunately out in numbers. Many of them were being lairy, loud and obnoxious to any passer by they didn't deem as being English. I have to completely agree that Suella's words encouraged their behaviour. They felt emboldened when confronting the police and complained of double standards in how the police treat them compared to people at the pro-Palestine march. That woman really needs to use her brain before she opens her mouth.

I have done for years. I found 23 a little harder but 21 and 22 were a piece of piss I think. Too early to say on this one so far.

More context - this comes from Ecuador and Peru agreeing to deport Venezuelans into Colombia, but the president of a Venezuelan company in Ecuador accuses us of xenophobia. I hate to say it, but the Venezuelans have done this to themselves. I should mention Lima only has 8 mafias, only 1 is actually Peruvian itself. All the rest are Colombian or Venezuelan, and the latter have started to dominate parts of the cities. I feel genuinely sorry for the people who actually come here for a better life, I know a lot of great Venezuelans, but the case is just beyond help at this point. It's actually made our own criminals look like saints. I especially have empathy for the new Venezuelans coming in because they are often pushed to the side because of xenophobia and they don't have a choice but to rely on becoming thieves. The mafia's have left that reputation here and in Chile.

The racists emboldened by that walking parasite, Suella Braverman, ended up being the main people that caused disruption at the march today. What a surprise. And in Israel, Israelis criticising Israel getting harassed and slapped around by Israeli police. Maybe the likes of Tom Robinson, Ben Shapiro, and some of the world's most renowned hate mongers that are supporting the Israeli government can make a convincing argument as to why Israel are actually doing the right thing.

This. Although if Real Madrid and Barca fucking hate premier league sides, I wonder how they’ll cope with a UAE club actually challenging them domestically. Fuck all of the clubs controlled by them though. Ruining football. Seeing the BBC make posts basically calling them plucky underdogs and minimising that it’s just another City team is kind of gross.

I guess this must be because Hamas are underground. Cunts.

Just came here to tell you @nudge's team 1860 München and me are playing in Bayernpokal on the 18th . nudge at Pipinsried, we at home against Ingolstadt.

Go ahead without me @Mel81x - family bereavement so won't have time