[FM24] [EN] LLM - The Oldest Club in the World - A Carlos Dolbeth Adventure

[Banks29]

Belo final de época com o título confirmado e a taça veio mesmo junto. 

Agora tiveste uma boa pré-época e esperemos que o arranque no campeonato seja igual ou melhor, 

[jacoslacon]

Depois de uma grande época, agora é ver se consegues colocar a equipa numa posição de destaque na tabela. Uma posição tranquila mas já a cheirar os lugares cimeiros para as próximas épocas. Muitos empréstimos, dos vizinhos de Sheffield, podem também ajudar a dar maior qualidade ao plantel. Será interessante ver como a equipa reage a uma nova realidade.

[Burkina2008]

Citação de cadete, Em 20/05/2025 at 00:58:

Com o clube se tornando profissional, os jogadores já são de outro gabarito.

Sim o profissionalismo ajuda muito

Citação de Banks29, Em 20/05/2025 at 03:36:

Belo final de época com o título confirmado e a taça veio mesmo junto. 

Agora tiveste uma boa pré-época e esperemos que o arranque no campeonato seja igual ou melhor, 

Esperemos que sim

Citação de jacoslacon, Em 20/05/2025 at 04:19:

Depois de uma grande época, agora é ver se consegues colocar a equipa numa posição de destaque na tabela. Uma posição tranquila mas já a cheirar os lugares cimeiros para as próximas épocas. Muitos empréstimos, dos vizinhos de Sheffield, podem também ajudar a dar maior qualidade ao plantel. Será interessante ver como a equipa reage a uma nova realidade.

Sao os nossos principais "amigos", tanto o United com o Wednesday

[Burkina2008]

September 22nd, 2028 - Surprising the pundits

In theory the schedule had been kind to Sheffield as their first fixture was home against a team that had very moderate expectations for this season…still it was the first time most of these boys played at the Vanarama National and the nerves were normal. With 5 new faces on the starting 11, it was a very torrid affair, with the first real chance only coming up after 30 minutes. Not much happened in this game and in the end despite expectations, the 0-0 is a fair result given how poor both teams played. Even prior to the following game, a new arrival for the goal was seen in Sheffield and already started in this next game. Craig Agnew from the Aston Villa academy was seen as the starting 11 at goal for the rest of the season but at 20 years old, it was not easy. He did well as the boys won for the first time in the division away at Dagenham and Redbridge with Stewart Lopez on the attack already showing that he is a player who can achieve great things at higher levels with two goals, but Agnew ended up getting injured…

 

The injury was worse than expected and after making a single game Agnew would not be available for the next 6 to 9 months, so another market incursion was needed for another goalkeeper. In the meantime, and with some surprise, Sheffield did beat at home one of the title candidates in an enormous day in the office for Stewart Lopez (again), this time scoring a poker! Sam Paul was another player arriving in mid-August, a backup for the right back position it might be long before he gets minutes while there was already noise that Leeds u-21 goalkeeper was available in the loan market. The loan ended up happening in time for the last game of August, which resulted in a 2-0 win home against Woking, after some a previous 3-3 draw in the Bee Arena in Peterborough in what was dubbed as a possible “game of the season” but where the boys failed to keep a 2 goal lead.

 

September had a more packed schedule, starting with a visit to Aldershot Town which only had 2 points after 5 games and to the disbelief of many pundits, the boys kept on winning, a tight 1-2 result here but followed by another goal galore at Eastleigh. The following two game were against teams that were positioning themselves in the promotion/playoff pack, but even these two teams were no adversaries to Sheffield as Scunthorpe United was completely ran over and the 3-1 results end up being a tad unfair for the boys who deserved more, while against Cheltenham town, the tune was different, an even match where Carlo’s boys were extremely effective and managed to score 5 times in an excellent defensive performance. The only negative about these 9 first games was the number of injuries as the games pilled and the lack of solutions in the left back…but for now Sheffield is even being referenced in “Match of the Day” being in first, losing only 4 point until now…is the future that bright?

 

 

Cronica Leonina!

Não há explicação para isto…tínhamos vendido esse Debast por 15 milhoes para o Newcastle há 4 anos (e ainda bem) e agora fomos buscá-lo por quase o dobro, mas que gestão de m*rda. Alem disso fomos vender o Inacio e o Susic para comprar um bando de marrecos…continua aquela gestão de taberna em Alvalade. O que nos salva por agora são as prestações em campo, na Champions la conseguimos passar depois de vencermos o Zelensky e termos de ir a penalties com os vikings…no campeonato apenas um empate e tudo o resto vitorias…vamos ver!

 

Obrigado a quem segue e sobretudo a quem comenta! 

Editado 22 Maio 2025 por Burkina2008

[Maffu]

Falando da National League, quase perfeito. Para quem acabou de subir estás simplesmente a manter a forma da época passada, vencer quem te aparece a frente.

A SS das transferências do Sporting não está no sitio errado?

[Burkina2008]

Citação de Maffu, há 9 horas:

Falando da National League, quase perfeito. Para quem acabou de subir estás simplesmente a manter a forma da época passada, vencer quem te aparece a frente.

A SS das transferências do Sporting não está no sitio errado?

Tens razao, ja corrigi!

[Banks29]

Arranque ao nível da pré-época, que seja para continuar assim 

[cadete]

Desta não estava à espera. É para subir já?

[Burkina2008]

Citação de Banks29, Em 22/05/2025 at 02:42:

Arranque ao nível da pré-época, que seja para continuar assim 

Esperemos...

Citação de cadete, Em 22/05/2025 at 07:08:

Desta não estava à espera. É para subir já?

Sera?

[Burkina2008]

October 27th, 2028 - Stewart Lopez: A star is born!

All good things came to an end and in the 10^th league game, Dolbeth went to Southend-on-Sea and the boys had a hard time with very little chances and the first lost of the season happened. Another away game followed at Torquay and this was a complete antithesis of the earlier one, with another goal galore (which had always been kind of a tendence in the team in the last few seasons) and Stewart Lopez scored a “manita”. 5 goals on top of the other 10 he already scored this season which put the youngster already way ahead in the goalscorers table of the Vanarama National. A star had been born in Sheffield, at only 19 years old and with games only in the U21’s of the Sheffield United team, this player on loan had exploded at the Home of Football and concerns were already being raised if their United would not want the player back mid-season. Born in Solihull from German and Polish parents, the youngster was a shy boy but not in front of goal!

With many games at this time of the season, October would see Sheffield take on 8 different teams and the rotation needed to start happening…so against a very difficult team of Kidderminster Harriers the final 15 minutes were not pretty and the Dolbeth suffers the first defeat at home this season in a game where Sheffield had always been in front. It was also the time for the cups and this time for the FA Cup Sheffield only needed to go through one qualifying round by beating mercilessly Gateshead from a division below, 8-2! Next game would only be by the end of the month and Sheffield would visit another theoretically easy adversary, the lower leaguers of Basingstoke Town. Before that there were another 4 league games to be played and Dolbeth managed to improve even more.

Gaining chemistry in the back, against opponents in all parts of the table, Sheffield conceded only 2 goals in the following four games, all against Rochdale at home, after being up 4-0 and relaxing in the late second half. Halifax Town was a good game for the boys but the exhibitions against the like of Sutton United and United of Manchester were top class with Stewart Lopez scoring another 6 goals, to put the tally at 21 goals in 14 games, with an average of 1 goal every 53 minutes (Craig Healy was also doing well with 9 goals). Maybe even more surprising than the lead scoring is the table position as despite the defeats Sheffield was first…remarkable for a team that had secured promotion just a few months ago and is in this level of the English pyramid after a century of absence!

 

 

Cronica Leonina!

Depois de uma pausa de seleccoes de 3 semanas (sabe Deus porque diabo a federação insiste nesta palermice), voltamos a ter alguns bons resultados, pelo menos sem derrotas, passamos as eliminatórias nas taca e empatamos com o Dortmund para a Champios…enfim esta a ser uma boa época, mas ainda não tivemos jogos difíceis fora da Europa.

 

 

Obrigado a quem segue e sobretudo a quem comenta! 

[Maffu]

Ali o Southend passou-te a perna. Ainda assim, 2 derrotas e 5 vitórias. Para uma equipa recém promovida estás mais do que no trilho para ser campeão e subir.  É uma liga mais competitiva, mas manténs no topo. A ver vamos se evitas o pesadelo dos POs

[cadete]

Sporting teve uma boa fase, mas Sheffield continua a surpreender. Agarra-te a esse Lopez com unhas e dentes...e um pedaço de papel para ele assinar um novo contrato.

[LUIZ CESAR]

Se continuar assim, a subida do Sheffield já pode ser comemorada. Boa sorte na sequência.

[jacoslacon]

A maldição dos playoffs. Será que vais ter que ser campeão para subires novamente de divisão? Vamos lá quebrar o enguiço dos playoffs. De qualquer das formas a tua equipa já está a mostrar capacidade para subir à League 2. Vamos ver se na próxima época há a subida de mais um degrau.

[Banks29]

2 derrotas que fazem tremer um pouco mas ainda estás em 1º lugar que é o mais importante.

[Burkina2008]

Citação de Maffu, Em 23/05/2025 at 12:39:

Ali o Southend passou-te a perna. Ainda assim, 2 derrotas e 5 vitórias. Para uma equipa recém promovida estás mais do que no trilho para ser campeão e subir.  É uma liga mais competitiva, mas manténs no topo. A ver vamos se evitas o pesadelo dos POs

Sim estamos bem por enquanto

Citação de cadete, Em 24/05/2025 at 02:07:

Sporting teve uma boa fase, mas Sheffield continua a surpreender. Agarra-te a esse Lopez com unhas e dentes...e um pedaço de papel para ele assinar um novo contrato.

Era bom era...mas o homem vem por emprestimo

Citação de LUIZ CESAR, Em 24/05/2025 at 11:16:

Se continuar assim, a subida do Sheffield já pode ser comemorada. Boa sorte na sequência.

Deus te oica

Citação de jacoslacon, Em 25/05/2025 at 06:23:

A maldição dos playoffs. Será que vais ter que ser campeão para subires novamente de divisão? Vamos lá quebrar o enguiço dos playoffs. De qualquer das formas a tua equipa já está a mostrar capacidade para subir à League 2. Vamos ver se na próxima época há a subida de mais um degrau.

Estamos bem mas o melhor sera nao embandeirar

Citação de Banks29, há 6 horas:

2 derrotas que fazem tremer um pouco mas ainda estás em 1º lugar que é o mais importante.

Sim era normal nao vencer todos

[Burkina2008]

December 1st, 2028 - Another promotion?

As expected the First round of the FA Cup even playing with some youngsters and with a complete rotated squad away from home, was an easy win versus a team from the lower leagues who was already overachieving in this league, so it was another 55k in the pocket and wait for the next round with a mixture of confidence and the knowledge of having already achieved what was expected in this specific competition. The league games were not getting any easier in this end of the first round with a lot of the games against the top contenders falling in November and December, starting with a visit to Oldham. Despite another great performance from the boys, two important squad members, Mason and Healy got injured for quite a few weeks and with a relatively short squad and a lot of games, this was cause for concern, especially knowing that a week later Sheffield would play the strongest team of the league away…Walsall.

But prior to that there was a visit from last placed Boreham Wood. Again, with a rotated team, Dolbeth’s boys were still able to score 5 times yet again and won easily. What also had become a concern was the number of players that were being targeted for an easy in the winter market. McCarthy, Adam Long and Brad Hills, all defenders would be extremely hard to substitute while Manning in midfield was a leader and having a great season the only player that Sheffield could afford to lose would be substitute right winger, Kerry Dyke. Well, let’s see in a month’s time! The biggest game of the season in Walsall was quite a complicated match for both sides. Very even to the extreme, despite the home team scoring first twice, Sheffield was always able to come from behind and draw the game. In the last minute, Walsall scored the 3-2…which was disallowed to the cheer of a small number of Sheffield fans who travelled to Poundland Bescot Stadium. It was a close win, more of a point won than two lost in this case.

The following home game was what was already seen at this point as a standard 4-0 win over a team sitting in the second half of the table, 4-0 over Harrogate Town. 4 days later the challenge was expected to be of a higher difficulty as Harrogate Town playing at home would were a tough nut to crack and despite scoring 7, Sheffield only really had the game secured when at minute 86 Adian Manning managed to make it 4-6, in another great game of football, with Lopez getting another 2 goals. The FA Cup second round had given the boys an easy draw and Carlos as usual and in a month with 7 games, wanted to spare the starting 11. It was a mistake, Chippenham went at all force, like Sheffield in the previous season and managed to draw at the end of the full time and extra time, taking the game to penalties where for a second season in a row, the boys did get their exit from the cup. In the last game of the first round, the Carlo’s and his players went to Maidstone and after the worst first half of the season, the team rallied for a good second half that turned the game into another win, putting Sheffield F.C. strongly in the lead of the division, still shocking many pundits.

 

 

Cronica Leonina!

Estava a ver que era só jajão…aumentaram o nível das equipas e já não damos uma para a caixa. Na Europa estamos em risco de nem ficar nos 24 primeiros depois de levarmos dos turcos e daqueles da bebida que das asas. No campeonato com os lampiões e os tripeiros apenas 1 ponto…mais um que ganhamos, ou melhor dois que perdemos nos Acores. Não da…e ninguém mete mão nisto!

 

 

Obrigado a quem segue e sobretudo a quem comenta! 

[Maffu]

Acabas por rodar 2x na taça com resultados diferentes. Essa 2ª derrota tem mais problemas financeiros, com os belos bonus da taça.

De resto vai lançado para back to back.

[cadete]

Um thriller mesmo na taça, que não acabou como querias. Na Liga, Lopez a dar nas vistas e liderança confortável. Ai o Sporting...

[Banks29]

O mais importante é que conseguiste uma vantagem de 10 pontos no campeonato, pode ser o caminho para seres campeão.

[Burkina2008]

Citação de Maffu, Em 26/05/2025 at 13:02:

Acabas por rodar 2x na taça com resultados diferentes. Essa 2ª derrota tem mais problemas financeiros, com os belos bonus da taça.

De resto vai lançado para back to back.

Sim mas o que de facto interessa acaba por ser o campeonato!

Citação de cadete, há 21 horas:

Um thriller mesmo na taça, que não acabou como querias. Na Liga, Lopez a dar nas vistas e liderança confortável. Ai o Sporting...

O Sporting uma desgraca!

Citação de Banks29, há 19 horas:

O mais importante é que conseguiste uma vantagem de 10 pontos no campeonato, pode ser o caminho para seres campeão.

Sem duvida

[Burkina2008]

January 12th, 2029 - Losing players

With the good performance and the good table position came the sharks enticing some of our better players to leave for wealthier pastures and not the board or Carlos could avoid that with the opening of the winter market, a total of 6 players would go to clubs in divisions higher than the Vanarama National, Adam Jackson was a solid defender although at 34 years old and not being a starter, these would be an almost irrelevant sale both economically as for the team, but all other 23 players were either starting 11 (Long and Manning) or the main backup of a certain position (Tony Weston was only coming from the bench due to the good performances of Stewart Lopez. That said, Dolbeth had to go into the market this December and see if filling such position without counting on more loans, would be possible as the number of loaned players was at the limit allowed.

December had an easy start with the defense of the FA Trophy title against the Minnows of Stourbridge and again with a relatively weaker squad fielded, it was a relatively easy win. For the league the results in December were few of a lesser quality when it comes both to goals as well as the performance of the squad. 1 goal wins against Dagenham & Redbridge as well as with Tamworth were not good displays but Dolbeth was able to the grab the most important thing, the 3 points, but then away at Kirkham against AFC Fylde, the draw could easily have been a defeat and things did not improve in the next match at home against Aldershot Town, with the boys having to come from a losing performance and barely (for the second time in a row) saving one point. It was the first series of two games without a win this season for Sheffield FC and some “sources” were saying that the squad was worried about losing some of the players in the Winter break, given that until mid-December only one new player had been secured in the free transfer market, West Ham academy, George Earth, who left the Londoners in the Summer and was still searching for a club.

His first game was already the 2-2 draw against Aldershot Town where he showed some positives in the midfield, but it was clearly too early to tell if this would be the player Sheffield needed. The team quickly recovered with easy wins over Peterborough Sports, Woking and Cheltenham Town, in what was yet again a quite positive Christmas and New Year, to the point of having Carlos no leaving the country and having his Portuguese family over, including on the pitch with the players during the home game against Peterborough Sports…but then the news came that regular Goalkeeper after 23 appearances was being recalled from the loan for being played out of position…a lame excuse for Leeds needing a 3^rd goalkeeper at the moment. So, at this point of the season 5 players left on the 1^st and 2^nd of January and only 2 new faces arrived at the Home of Football. The first place was secure for now, with an unbelievable 15 point difference to second placed Walsall, but a deep in form could make things complicated for the boys…were there going to be some dips in the market, at the least there was money in the bank and the team also easily passed the new FA Trophy round…

 

 

Cronica Leonina!

Um dia ainda vou ser eu a treinar estes bonecos. Inaceitavel como a equipa não consegue ganhar dois jogos seguidos para o campeonato. Ok o empate com o Bayern não foi mau mas de resto continuamos a perder pontinhos aqui e ali, sendo que mais uma vez vamos ficar pelo terceiro lugar ou pior…que sina!

 

 

Obrigado a quem segue e sobretudo a quem comenta! 

[jacoslacon]

Excelente mês de Dezembro e início de Janeiro. Esperemos que com as mexidas no plantel não haja quebras de rendimento, mas com a vantagem que tens deves conseguir segurar a coisa, mesmo que haja essa quebra.

[Maffu]

4 saídas, 2 de titulares. A ver vamos como colmatas isso.

A verdade é que, no principal, está tudo mais que encaminhado, a menos que tenhas um final catastrófico, vai acabar com subida.

[cadete]

Perder jogadores acaba por ser normal, mas nada afeta este Sheffield. Os dérbies estão cada vez mais próximos.