Batistuta regen hitting 100 in under 100 and flying in this save.

Don't see that very often

In a precursor to the 2010 world cup final, when Holland smashed Spain to bits, here they are back in 2002 practising against Italy. 3 injuries and 6 yellow cards. Lovely stuff. Worked mind, Italy were 4-1 up at half time before they got scared.

Man Utd doing Man Utd things in the cm9798 world.

Building.....

👀👀

Wrap up to season 1. Good young squad, with Pizarro settling well.

Only season 1, and they are not gelling yet....

I do love a disgruntled employee outside of the Spain/Italy/France transfer window......

That round was a lot harder than it should of been...

After a draw and a loss (tough fixtures) we seem to settle. Git some ace players in, and moved out people who don't want to be here for a good profit. Old tactic, but seems to be doing well, apart from shipping goals.

I'll start Jan with a new save with Leicester, hopefully not to replicate real life. It almost feels like cheating with V2, but not many of them are interested at the minute.

Great stuff 👍

Loving this. Have just restarted my career with Pescara, so let's see how this fares!

Tablet threw a wobbly, so I had to reset and lost my Carlise save. Hey ho, on to the next save, I will keep you posted....

What? 😂

@cm9798editor.bsky.social how does the reputation work? Is it based on manager reputation, and only updated each season? Premier league winners, FA Cup winners, UEFA Cup winners, League Cup winners....... yet he thinks we are a small club.

I had this post bookmarked 😂😂 x.com/cm9798v2/sta...

Lampard obviously, not Lamport...

He was brought by Barcelona and only played 1/2 games I think. It almost feels like cheating when I pick up players like this.

No, think they went 2-0 up!

Hagi regen immense this season. Will alternate between him and Lampard for next season.

Started off poor, but possibly down to his adaptability. But has since shone. Started him behind the front 2, then in the middle of this season he kept putting in a transfer request to move to a bigger club, then taking it back out which pissed me off. When I sold Drogba, I kept him up front.

I always find he is an absolute solid buy. Sometimes he does nothing for other clubs as he weirdly never plays, and then you can swoop on the cheap for one of the best AMC's in the game.

Thanks! Maybe a wide diamond does work... might have to move the DMC up next season though as we may finally be deemed a "big club"...

This tricky period got us over the line.

Managed to get rid of some deadwood, Duff wanted to move to a bigger club, as did Drogba. Still, some solid signings came on. Lamport was put up for loan by Liverpool..... and now Gerrard finally available.

clark Carlisle still punching some good numbers

Premier League, Shearer and Owen still leading the way, but we had 3 goalscorers giving 20+ goals. Terry and Woodgate rocks at the back.

So, season recap. Since changing to the wide diamond, it's been a romp. For whatever reason, this has just clicked.