Back to the Future - Watford | Did We Survive?

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Welcome, one and all to... THE FUTURE! FUTURE FUTURE

For this career mode, I have taken FM15 (I am using FM15 because FM16 isn't out yet. I have been able to switch careers to future games in the past, so I expect to be able to again when FM16 comes out) and simmed it all the way to the beginning of the 2049-50 season, and I will be starting the career mode from there. There are definitely some shocks that have-will-have-happened-will-happen(?), but there are many teams that stay in very similar positions to where they currently are. I will recap the future-past for you before I introduce you to my team so that you aren't totally lost in the past. (Present? Since I'm writing this before you can read this, is it still the future?) I'm going to stop talking now because I'm bad at intros, and we can can just get the ball rolling. (Rollinged?)

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THE RICH LIST

20. AC Milan
It took quite a while for Milan to experience the kind of success that puts you onto this list, as they didn't win the Serie A until 2025-6 and weren't able to expand on that until a full thirteen years later, but they have recently started to dominate the Italian game, and have placed in the top 3 for each of the last 11 years. In 2045, they were even able to win their first Champions' League in the last 38 years, and followed that up by making the final the next year as well, although they were topped by AS Monaco in the final.

19. Espanyol
Espanyol made this list in an entirely different way than Milan. They've never made it out of the group stage of the Champions' League, they've never appeared in a Europa League final, they haven't even won La Liga. Espanyol has made it's fortune and reputation based almost entirely on it's youth setup, and the sales of players that cost them nothing. One of such players is former European Golden Boy Marc Aznar, who has transfer offers of upwards of €50 million for his services from Newcastle and PSG. I should also mention, though, that they have placed third in La Liga for three straight years now.

18. Manchester City
City has floundered a bit in recent years, the lowest point being missing out on European play for three consecutive years from 2040-2042, including a 12th place finish in 2041, but they had quite a run. They managed to take back their title from Chelsea in 2016, and after a few lackluster campaigns, were able to win the Premiership nine times in a twelve year stretch from 2023-4 to 2034-5. In 2032, they were able to claim their first Champions' League title, as well as their only Club World Championship to date. This year, they are going to try to bounce back from a sixth place finish in 2049.

17. München Lions
Bayern's little brother, no more. Die Löwen first returned to the Bundesliga in 2022, in which they were immediately relegated, but they made it back up a few years later in 2027. In 2038, they qualified for their first ever Champions' League, although they didn't win a game in it and haven't been back since. They made their reputation, for the most part, the same way in which Espanyol did, but they have also benefited from the fact that their team is good enough to have just qualified for their seventh straight Europa League.

16. Metalist Kharkiv
An oddity in the rich list, Metalist finds itself the only representative from a non-'big' league. They had always been one of those teams that almost had the ability to win the league, but Korean business tycoon Chang Hung-I bought the club in 2039 and invested hundreds of millions into them, immediately changing them from a 3rd-or-4th place team into one that wins the title year-in, year-out. They have qualified for Europe 21 out of the last 23 years, and every year since he took over. They have also won the Прем'єр-ліга the last 4 years. As another testament to their ability to buy foreign talent, this team based in the second biggest city in Ukraine has 8 Brazilians, compared to their 9 Ukrainians on the team.

15. AS Monaco
Monaco has only picked up the occasional Ligue 1 title, winning in 2019, 2026, 2046, and 2047, but they have qualified for European play in literally every season since their promotion from the Ligue 2 back in 2014. They won their first Champions' League, their first Club World Championship, and their first two Europa League titles, and, in 2045, had an American tycoon named James Gray took over, and they have spent over €100 million in four of the five transfer windows since.

14. Aston Villa
A 2015-6 4th place finish was definitely a surprise, and they didn't make the Champions' League again until another fourth place finish in 2026-7. The Villains had a good solid period in the 20s in which they qualified for the Europa League eight separate times, won two FA Cups, and won three Capital One Cups, but, after their final Capital One Cup, they suffered a bad stretch in which they only made the Europa League 5 out of 15 seasons and compiled no silverware. Then came the 2044-5 season. They only had made two major signings that summer, and one of them would only play ten games for Villa that season, but they somehow managed to jump from fifth the previous year to winning the Premiership and the Europa League that year. They have not won any silverware in the four years since.

13. FC Barcelona
Firstly, I would like to acknowledge something kind of cool. Eden Hazard is their manager. (He also formerly managed the England team!) They did have quite a slump (for Barcelona, at least) at one point, though, racking up only two La Liga titles from 2015-6 all the way to 2033-4, before finally getting back on pace. And get back on pace they did. They have not placed lower than 2nd in La Liga in the last 13 years, and there's no sign that run is going to stop soon. They have also won the Champions' League four times and Europa League once.

12. Stade Rennais FC
Rennais surprisingly had a very good start to the simulation, but it tailed off within half a decade and they found themselves in the bottom half of the table often in the 20s and early 30s. In 2032-3, they did end up getting relegated, and for nearly a decade, they bounced back and forth between Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, but a rich Japanese chairman took them over and got them from Ligue 2 to Champions' League in three years, and they have only missed the CL once in the five years since. And that one year that they only qualified for the Europa League? They won it.

11. Manchester United
Now there's a name I bet you didn't expect to see before reaching the top ten! It took United a while to bounce back from the Moyes era, and by a while, I mean that it took them a whole long grueling three seasons. Kidding aside, they have never truly recovered, and this year's title marked the first time since Fergie's retirement that United have won two consecutive Premier League titles. They managed to win the Champions' League in 2021 and 2043, and I expect them to return to the CL final soon, as they just won the U-19 Champions' League.

10. Juventus
Juve won the Serie A in 2016... and 2017... and 2018... and 2019... and 2020... and 2021 before they final fell from their perch at the top of the Italian totem pole. they kept up the high finish until a dramatic fall from first down all the way to eleventh in 2040-1. They quickly recovered though, and have not missed out on European play since. They have not, though, won either major European competition since 2028.

9. Arsenal
A lack of recent European success is no bother for Arsenal, who has only missed out on the competition once in the last 55 years, but also hasn't won anything in Europe since their 1994 European Cup Winners Cup. Javier Pascual (8 World Golden Balls, 11 Premier League Player of the Years, 7 Best Player in Europes, 8 World Player of the Years, 2 Champions' League Best Players, a World Cup, and 332 goals in an Arsenal kit) helped them to dominate in the new Wenger Arena during the 30s and 40s, but, having retired in 2045, they have failed to thus far win a trophy without him.

8. VfB Stuttgart
I'll start with the damning: they haven't won anything. But they are the second best team in every competition they ever enter. Within the last 7 years, they have placed second in the Bundesliga 5 times and third 7 times. They were runners-up in the 2041 Champions' League. They were runners-up in the 2030, 2034, 2047, and 2049 Europa Leagues. But, no trophies. Not since their 2007 Bundesliga title 42 years ago. Their youth setup has been fantastic though, and they currently have an 18 year old in their first team, already valued at €8M.

7. LOSC Lille
The reigning French champs, LOSC Lille has qualified for the Champions' League for eighteen straight years, and the year before that streak started, won the Europa League. They haven't won the league as much as they may want, normally finishing in 2nd or 3rd, but having won the last two Ligue 1 titles and having a squad with the average age of 24, things are definitely looking on the up-and-up for Les Dogues.

6. FC Schalke 04
Schalke is one of those teams right now where they win the league once every five years or so, with no real reason why they can't build off that, but they seem to just not be able to. Take a look at the dispersement of their Bundesliga titles: 2017, 2023, 2028, 2030, 2038, and 2049. You can see that recently they haven't been doing quite as well (although they are they reigning Bundesliga champions), and that's because they had, unequivocally, the best team in the world during th 20s and early 30s. Yet they never won back-to-back titles, and they never even reached the Champion's League final.

5. FC Köln
Here's the road that Köln took to find its success: First, low mid-table finishes. Then, relegation. After that, promotion, followed by eine Scheißlöde* of low mid-table finishes, again. Then they had a few seasons of high mid-table finishes, followed by a series of low mid-table finishes again. After that they flipped back and forth between CL and EL qualification. Then, BOOM! The best season ever by quit possibly any team. They easily won the Bundesliga, won the Champions' League final, won the German SuperCup, and placed second in both the Club World Championship and the German Cup. Last year, though, they couldn't follow up on it and won exactly what they had won from the 62 previous years. Nothing.

*Note: I do know that eine Scheißlöde is not a thing.

4. Real Madrid
Here are the years that Real won La Liga: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2041, 2044, 2045, 2049. Here are the years that they won at least one of the two major Spanish Cups: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2029, 2030, 2032, 2035, 2041, 2042, 2044, 2046, 2048. Yeah, they've dominated Spain. End of story.

3. Paris Saint-Germain
But Real Madrid's winning in Spain is nothing compared to PSG's domination in France through the 10s... and the 20s... and the 30s. Between the years of 2015-6 and 2040-1, Le PSG won the Ligue 1 twenty times out of those 25 years. Their reputation is so strong that, even now, 4 years after their last Ligue 1 title, the team's combined value is €583 205 750. That's pretty good, even for a team that won the Champions' League 5 times over a fifteen year period recently.

2. Newcastle United
Newcastle, in 2036, won their first Premier League title in over 100 years, and they kept at it after that.In 2030, they appointed an Argentinian manager, who started a tradition that they have kpt up since he left of stealing young South American and Spanish players from other teams and develop them into superstars. So far, that plan has worked like a charm, and they won the title again in 2040-1, 2042-3, 2043-4, and 2046-7, as well as winning the Europa League twice, and having three of their best players start for the 2046 Spain team that made the semifinals. They also had seasons that they would have won the league but had points deducted in 2039 and 2045, causing them to fall from 1st to 3rd both times.

1. Bayern München
Okay, so maybe München Lions are still Bayern's little brother, but only because everyone else is too. Last time they finished outside the top 3? 1995. Sure, they may have been overtaken by, first Köln, then Schalke, but Bayern finished below the winner only on goal difference both times. From 2030-1 to 2046-7, they won the Bundesliga all but one time, and won the Champions' League in 2016, 2034, 2038, 2039, 2044, and 2047.

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World Cup Recap

2018

The 2018 World Cup in Russia started out mostly as expected; the only real shock from the group stages was Israel qualifying over England. In the Second Round, we were given a treat in seeing France lose 4-0 to Ivory Coast, as well as Brazil getting knocked out (although it was to Germany, so you can't be too surprised). The biggest shock was probably Germany's defeat in the quarter finals to Denmark. In the final, Lionel Messi was finally able to win the World Cup after a goal from Aguero and a goal from Messi.

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Spain
Semi-finalists: Denmark and Belgium

2022

Due to some weird groups (for example, Group A was Paraguay, Ireland, New Zealand, and Qatar), we got to see Paraguay, Ireland, Bulgaria, Jamaica, and DR Congo qualify, while Colombia, France, Mexico, and Holland all were knocked out in the group stages. Bulgaria even managed to win in the Second Round against Belgium, which meant Argentina was the only one of the quarter-finalists from 2018 still in the competition (Denmark failed to qualify and Spain was knocked out by Germany in the second round). There weren't really any major shocks late in the competition, but England did beat Argentina, so that stands for something.

Winner: Italy
Runner-up: England
Semi-finalists: Argentina and Germany

2026

By this point, most of the players you know and love (Messi, Aguero, Ronaldo, Neymar) have retired, so the Morocco World Cup was expected too have more shocks than ever. But... there weren't. The big shock was probably the fact that Holland didn't even qualify. The group stage had nothing really, it went just as expected. England actually managed to win a game on penalties in the second round, and Tunisia was the most surprising quarter-finalist. In said quarter-final, the Czech Republic managed to pull off an upset over Spain, though they followed that up with a 5-0 loss to eventual champions Brazil. The Czech did, though, win the Third Place match over England. Before you ask, yes, it was on penalties.

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Argentina
Semi-finalists: Czech Republic and England

2030

By 2030, there's only one *real* player left in the competition (Odegaard). Holland qualified, but they, along with U.S.A., Uruguay, and Denmark, did not make it past the group stages. Egypt made it through, though, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Saudi Arabia. The second round knocked out pretty much everyone, though. Spain knocked out Brazil, the Czechs beat France, DR Congo beat England (again, yes, it was in penalties), Mexico eliminated Colombia, Egypt beat Italy, and Belgium beat Germany. That list of upsets I just listed off was all but two of the matches from that round! Of course, with no good teams left, the hosts Spain destroyed the rest of the competition, winning each game by at least two goals.

Winner: Spain
Runner-up: Mexico
Semi-finalists: Belgium and Czech Republic

2034

I have to say, I wasn't just shocked by the Australia World Cup, I was stupified! There was a fairly quiet group stage this time, with the biggest surprise probably just being the fact that Scotland actually made the WC. In the second round, Brazil again managed to come up short, losing to Russia. When England was drawn against Germany, they lost all hope. And they were right. (At least this time it wasn't in penalties.) Hey, look Holland made the quarter-finals! Aaaaaand... 5-0 loss to Russia. You may think that Russia making the semi-finals is the craziest thing you'll see from this World Cup, but...

Winner: Russia...?????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Runner-up: Portugal
Semi-finalists: Argentina and Germany

2038

Wait... where's Russia? Yes folks, it seems like Russia managed to defend their title by... failing to qualify for the World Cup. Great. Just great. We saw Portugal, Italy, and Holland (again?!) fail to make it out of the group round, which had Bulgaria, New Zealand, Jamaica, Croatia, and Japan qualify. No big shocks in the second round, but Bulgaria topped France in the quarter-finals. Hey, England made the semis! Oh... wait, we drew Germany. Never mind. See you in four years everyone!

Winner: Germany
Runner-up: Spain
Semi-finalists: Bulgaria and England (Yes, Bulgaria beat England in the third place game. )

2042

Eden Hazard is the England manager this year... we lost in the group stages. Now I need to correct my first sentence. Eden Hazard was the England manager this year. That was the only thing that really happened in the group stages, but, in the infamous second round, the teams that were eliminated included Portugal (to the Czechs), defending champs Germany (to Spain), Italy (to Chile), Brazil (to Ukraine), and Uruguay (to Croatia). The Czechs and Ukraine kept winning, but France and Barcelona striker James Bashiru was too much for them both.

Winner: France
Runner-up: Ukraine
Semi-finalists: Spain and Czech Republic

2046

Neither France nor Ukraine qualified for the WC this year. Okay, then. Ivory Coast, Uruguay, and Chile (not the biggest shocks I know, but I need to write about something.) failed to get past the group stage, while Peru, Poland, Israel, and Japan all did. Not really any major shocks throughout the whole tournament, so I'll just skip to the end.

Winner: England!
Runner-up: Argentina
Semi-finalists: Spain and Serbia


2050
This happens after the end of next season, so there are no results yet. In the meanwhile, I will provide you with the list of teams who have already qualified by alphabetical order.

U.S.A (Hosts)

Pretty short list, huh?

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Barclays Premier League Overview

*Note: For the league overviews, I will not write out what happened, because I don't feel like writing out 170 paragraphs.

2015-6
PL Table

Man City
Arsenal
Man United
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Liverpool
Southampton
Newcastle
Everton
Watford
West Ham
Crystal Palace
West Brom
Leicester
Tottenham
Bournemouth
Stoke
Swansea
Sunderland
Norwich

Promoted from Championship to PL

Cardiff
Fulham
Blackburn



2016-7
PL Table

Arsenal
Chelsea
Man City
Man United
Southampton
Newcastle
Tottenham
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Everton
Stoke
Crystal Palace
Cardiff
West Ham
Bournemouth
West Brom
Fulham
Blackburn
Watford
Leicester

Promoted from Championship to PL

Derby
Burnley
Q.P.R.



2017-8
PL Table

Man United
Chelsea
Man City
Liverpool
Tottenham
West Ham
Everton
Derby
Newcastle
Arsenal
Crystal Palace
Aston Villa
Southampton
Q.P.R.
Stoke
Burnley
Bournemouth
West Brom
Cardiff
Fulham

Promoted from Championship to PL

Reading
Norwich
Blackburn



2018-9
PL Table

Liverpool
Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man United
Everton
Norwich
Derby
Tottenham
Newcastle
Blackburn
Bournemouth
Q.P.R
Burnley
Stoke
Aston Villa
Southampton
West Ham
Reading
Crystal Palace

Promoted from Championship to PL

Hull
Fulham
Watford



2019-20
PL Table

Man City
Chelsea
Man United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Watford
Hull
Aston Villa
Newcastle
Blackburn
Derby
Southampton
Burnley
Everton
Tottenham
Q.P.R.
Norwich
Fulham
Bournemoutth
Stoke

Promoted from Championship to PL

Leeds
Reading
West Ham



2020-1
PL Table

Liverpool
Chelsea
Man United
Watford
Arsenal
Man City
Aston Villa
Hull
Tottenham
Newcastle
Southampton
Derby
Q.P.R.
Everton
Blackburn
Norwich
West Ham
Reading
Leeds
Burnley

Promoted from Championship to PL

Stoke
Fulham
Bournemouth



2021-2
PL Table

Man United
Arsenal
Liverpool
Chelsea
Man City
Aston Villa
Southampton
Newcastle
Watford
Derby
Everton
Tottenham
Hull
Blackburn
Norwich
Q.P.R.
Bournemouth
West Ham
Stoke
Fulham

Promoted from Championship to PL

Cardiff
Reading
Doncaster



2022-3
PL Table

Arsenal
Chelsea
Man United
Liverpool
Newcastle
Norwich
Man City
Tottenham
Everton
Blackburn
Southampton
Hull
Derby
Watford
Aston Villa
Q.P.R.
Reading
Bournemouth
Reading
Doncaster

Promoted from Championship to PL

Huddersfield
Stoke
Burnley



2023-4
PL Table

Man City
Arsenal
Liverpool
Chelsea
Man United
Everton
Blackburn
Aston Villa
Burnley
Newcastle
Hull
Watford
Norwich
Southampton
Reading
Stoke
Tottenham
Derby
Huddersfield
Q.P.R

Promoted from Championship to PL

Cardiff
West Ham
Leeds



2024-5
PL Table

Man City
Chelsea
Man United
Arsenal
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Cardiff
Reading
Hull
Tottenham
Southampton
Burnley
Newcastle
Leeds
Norwich
Stoke
Everton
Watford
Blackburn
West Ham

Promoted from Championship to PL

Carlisle
Q.P.R.
Nott'm Forest



2025-6
PL Table

Arsenal
Man United
Liverpool
Man City
Norwich
Chelsea
Hull
Everton
Burnley
Leeds
Cardiff
Reading
Newcastle
Stoke
Q.P.R.
Aston Villa
Tottenham
Southampton
Nott'm Forest
Carlisle

Promoted from Championship to PL

Blackburn
West Ham
Huddersfield



2026-7
PL Table

Man City
Arsenal
Man United
Aston Villa
Liverpool
Newcastle
Stoke
West Ham
Everton
Burnley
Tottenham
Chelsea
Blackburn
Cardiff
Leeds
Norwich
Reading
Hull
Q.P.R.
Huddersfield

Promoted from Championship to PL

Watford
Southampton
Derby



2027-8
PL Table

Man United
Man City
Arsenal
Liverpool
Everton
Chelsea
West Ham
Cardiff
Reading
Aston Villa
Stoke
Newcastle
Southampton
Watford
Burnley
Leeds
Tottenham
Blackburn
Norwich
Derby

Promoted from Championship to PL

Hull
Huddersfield
Rotherham



2028-9
PL Table

Man City
Man United
Chelsea
Arsenal
West Ham
Aston Villa
Cardiff
Tottenham
Everton
Liverpool
Reading
Stoke
Hull
Leeds
Newcastle
Huddersfield
Watford
Southampton
Rotherham
Burnley

Promoted from Championship to PL

Norwich
Q.P.R.
Nott'm Forest



2029-30
PL Table

Man City
Man United
Arsenal
Tottenham
West Ham
Aston Villa
Cardiff
Liverpool
Chelsea
Stoke
Reading
Everton
Newcastle
Huddersfield
Norwich
Nott'm Forest
Watford
Q.P.R.
Leeds
Hull

Promoted from Championship to PL

Carlisle
Derby
Blackburn



2030-1
PL Table

Arsenal
Man City
Man United
Chelsea
Newcastle
Aston Villa
Reading
Everton
West Ham
Tottenham
Blackburn
Norwich
Carlisle
Huddersfield
Cardiff
Nott'm Forest
Liverpool
Watford
Stoke
Derby

Promoted from Championship to PL

Q.P.R.
Sheff Wed
Leeds



2031-2
PL Table

Man City
Newcastle
Reading
Man United
Arsenal
Chelsea
Aston Villa
Carlisle
Nott'm Forest
Blackburn
West Ham
Tottenham
Leeds
Everton
Norwich
Liverpool
Huddersfield
Cardiff
Q.P.R.
Sheff Wed

Promoted from Championship to PL

Rotherham
Stoke
Sunderland



2032-3
PL Table

Man City
Arsenal
Man United
West Ham
Aston Villa
Reading
Tottenham
Newcastle
Liverpool
Everton
Blackburn
Carlisle
Nott'm Forest
Leeds
Chelsea
Rotherham
Stoke
Huddersfield
Norwich
Sunderland

Promoted from Championship to PL

Q.P.R.
Cardiff
Sheff Wed



2033-4
PL Table

Man City
Man United
Arsenal
Newcastle
Blackburn
Carlisle
Liverpool
Nott'm Forest
Stoke
West Ham
Everton
Reading
Q.P.R.
Aston Villa
Tottenham
Leeds
Chelsea
Rotherham
Cardiff
Sheff Wed

Promoted from Championship to PL

Millwall
Derby
Sunderland



2034-5
PL Table

Man City
Arsenal
Newcastle
Man United
Reading
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Nott'm Forest
Carlisle
Everton
West Ham
Tottenham
Chelsea
Stoke
Leeds
Derby
Q.P.R.
Sunderland
Millwall

Promoted from Championship to PL

Hull
Huddersfield
Burnley



2035-6
PL Table

Newcastle
Arsenal
Reading
Man United
Blackburn
Man City
Chelsea
Carlisle
Aston Villa
Liverpool
Everton
Stoke
West Ham
Nott'm Forest
Hull
Tottenham
Huddersfield
Burnley
Leeds
Derby

Promoted from Championship to PL

Cardiff
Q.P.R.
Rotherham



2036-7
PL Table

Man United
Man City
Arsenal
Newcastle
Blackburn
Carlisle
Tottenham
Reading
Rotherham
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Liverpool
Everton
West Ham
Stoke
Cardiff
Nott'm Forest
Q.P.R.
Huddersfield
Hull

Promoted from Championship to PL

Notts
Leeds
Watford



2037-8
PL Table

Arsenal
Chelsea
Man City
Newcastle
Man United
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Carlisle
Stoke
Reading
Liverpool
Everton
Tottenham
Nott'm Forest
West Ham
Leeds
Rotherham
Cardiff
Watford
Notts

Promoted from Championship to PL

Hull
Q.P.R.
Sunderland



2038-9
PL Table

Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man United
Aston Villa
Newcastle
Carlisle
Reading
West Ham
Liverpool
Hull
Stoke
Rotherham
Everton
Leeds
Nott'm Forest
Blackburn
Q.P.R.
Sunderland
Tottenham

Promoted from Championship to PL

Cardiff
Leicester
Sheff United



2039-40
PL Table

Reading
Newcastle
Arsenal
Man United
Chelsea
Aston Villa
Stoke
Hull
Man City
Everton
West Ham
Carlisle
Nott'm Forest
Cardiff
Blackburn
Liverpool
Leicester
Rotherham
Leeds
Sheff United

Promoted from Championship to PL

Notts
Sunderland
Tottenham



2040-1
PL Table

Newcastle
Arsenal
Man United
Chelsea
Liverpool
Reading
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Stoke
Everton
West Ham
Man City
Nott'm Forest
Carlisle
Notts
Cardiff
Sunderland
Hull
Tottenham
Leicester

Promoted from Championship to PL

Rotherham
Burnley
Watford



2041-2
PL Table

Arsenal
Newcastle
Man United
Blackburn
Liverpool
West Ham
Chelsea
Aston Villa
Everton
Man City
Stoke
Sunderland
Carlisle
Watford
Nott'm Forest
Reading
Burnley
Cardiff
Notts
Rotherham

Promoted from Championship to PL

Leeds
Tottenham
Hull



2042-3
PL Table

Newcastle
Arsenal
Man United
Man City
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Stoke
Carlisle
Everton
Sunderland
Blackburn
Hull
Leeds
Tottenham
Watford
Burnley
Reading
Nott'm Forest
West Ham

Promoted from Championship to PL

Brighton
Ipswich
Plymouth



2043-4
PL Table

Newcastle
Man United
Arsenal
Chelsea
Aston Villa
Watford
Hull
Stoke
Liverpool
Man City
Everton
Sunderland
Blackburn
Tottenham
Leeds
Burnley
Ipswich
Carlisle
Plymouth
Brighton

Promoted from Championship to PL

Nott'm Forest
Cardiff
Leicester



2044-5
PL Table

Aston Villa
Arsenal
Man City
Newcastle
Chelsea
Man United
Stoke
Ipswich
Everton
Blackburn
Sunderland
Cardiff
Liverpool
Hull
Burnley
Watford
Nott'm Forest
Tottenham
Leicester
Leeds

Promoted from Championship to PL

Reading
Brighton
Rotherham



2045-6
PL Table

Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Newcastle
Aston Villa
Stoke
Liverpool
Brighton
Man United
Ipswich
Blackburn
Cardiff
Watford
Burnley
Sunderland
Hull
Reading
Nott'm Forest
Rotherham
Everton

Promoted from Championship to PL

Tottenham
Southampton
West Ham



2046-7
PL Table

Newcastle
Aston Villa
Arsenal
Man United
Cardiff
Chelsea
Stoke
Man City
Reading
Brighton
Blackburn
Ipswich
Tottenham
Liverpool
Sunderland
West Ham
Watford
Hull
Burnley
Southampton

Promoted from Championship to PL

Nott'm Forest
Leicester
Rotherham



2047-8
PL Table

Man United
Man City
Newcastle
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Stoke
Sunderland
Watford
Liverpool
Ispwich
Blackburn
Tottenham
Cardiff
Rotherham
Reading
Brighton
Nott'm Forest
Leicester
West Ham

Promoted from Championship to PL

Southampton
Q.P.R.
Plymouth



2048-9
PL Table

Man United
Aston Villa
Arsenal
Newcastle
Chelsea
Man City
Rotherham
Tottenham
Liverpool
Brighton
Blackburn
Cardiff
Sunderland
Reading
Ipswich
Stoke
Southampton
Q.P.R.
Watford
Plymouth

Promoted from Championship to PL

West Ham
Crystal Palace
Nott'm Forest



Fun fact*: For each team; professional, semi-pro, and amateur, within the English league system to win the Premier League at least once, it would take approximately 6.5 Octoctogintaseptingentisesmilliquadrinicrillimillinillion (440365 numbers between the 6 and the decimal place) years. To put perspective on that, if our universe was inside of another universe that lasts 14 billion (14 billion being the amount of years that scientists project our universe has existed) times that of our universe, and that universe is within another universe that lasts 14 billion times that of the previous one, and that universe is also surrounded by another universe, which is also surrounded by another universe, which is surrounded by another universe, that outermost universe can live and die a 14 billion year life approximately 2200 times before every English club can win the Premiership.

*Fun fact about the above fun fact: That fun fact was fun for neither of us.

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Other League Overviews

I did an overview of every single year for the EPL because I know that the vast majority of the people on here are English, so that would be what they care about. At least for now, I will only show you last year's standings for the other major leagues, so you can get the most basic gist of where teams are right now within the footballing world. If you want to know how a specific team(s) has done that I have not mentioned yet, though, I will be more than happy to share it with you.

2048-9 Ligue 1

AS Monaco
LOSC Lille
Stade Rennais
Paris Saint-Germain
Olympique Lyonnais
AS Saint-Etienne
FC Lorient
Girondins Bordeaux
Olympique Marseille
Toulouse
La Berrichone
FC Nantes
RC Lens
AS Nancy Lorraine
EA Guingamp
Angers SCO
CS Sedan Ardennes
Dijon FCO
FC Metz
FC Martigues


Promoted from Ligue 2 to Ligue 1

SC Bastia
FC Sochaux-Montbé
Montpelier HSC




2048-9 Bundesliga

FC Bayern
Köln
FC Schalke
Bayer Leverkusen
VfB Stuttgart
Mainz
München Lions
VfL Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig
Berlin-Köpenick Dammfeld
Augsberg
Nürnberg
Borussia Dortmund
SC Freiburg
Hoffenheim
Werder Bremen
Heidenheim
VfR Aalen


Promoted from 2. Liga to Bundesliga

Borussia Mönchengladbach
Carlzeiss Jena




2048-9 Serie A

Roma
AC Milan
Napoli
Juventus
Inter Milan
Cesena
Fiorentina
Spal
Pescara
Salernitana
Palermo
Bologna
Novara
Bari
Catania
Udinese
Cagliari
Spezia
Cremonese
Atalanta


Promoted from Serie B to Serie A

Genoa
Modena
Torino




2048-9 La Liga

Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
RCD Espanyol
Valencia
Granada
Sporting Gijon
Real Betis
Levante
Athletic Bilbao
Sevilla
SD Ponferradina
Real Zaragoza
Atlético Madrid
Racing Santander
Córdoba
Deportivo la Coruña
Real Sociedad
Rayo Vallecano
Getafe
Melilla


Promoted from Liga Adelante to La Liga

Las Palmas
Valladolid
Málaga

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The club I have chosen and why I have chosen them



The club I have chosen take forward from the 2049-50 season is... (drum-roll) ... Watford. I chose them for a few reasons. Firstly, before I joined this forum, I did a CM on FIFA 12 with Watford and it is still my favourite CM I've done to date. This was also one of the first teams to quickly rise through the standings. They managed to qualify for the Europa League in 2019-20, their first of a string of years in the BPL that included a 4th place finish and an FA Cup title. They managed to attract players such as Josh Murphy, Neal Maupay, and Wilfried Bony, and that quick rise really made me pay attention to them. But when Murphy left and Bony retired, the team quickly fell apart and was relegated the season after the FA Cup win. They managed to get back up to the PL nly two years after, but they couldn't stay up for long. They weren't able to really cement themselves in the Premiership again until 2041-2. They were finally gaining momentum in the league again, until last year, they shockingly got themselves relegated. I don't really know why. They only lost one key player and he was replaced by someone that I consider a better player than him. So what I aim to do is take over a Premiership-worthy team and try to keep them from all leaving so that I can get them back in the Premiership, and hopefully, eventually back into Europe.

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Alright, so I'm going to have a player sponsoring system like I had for my León DeFluym Story back on the old forums, but, since this is on FM and the other one was on FIFA, I'm going to have a different scoring system for it.

Player Sponsoring System

Appearances: +50 pts for a start, +25 pts for coming off the bench

Goals: +50 pts for strikers, +75 pts for wingers, +100 pts for midfielders, +120 pts for defenders

Assists: +25 pts for strikers, +30 pts for wingers, +40 pts for midfielders, +75 pts for defenders

Clean Sheets: +10 pts for strikers, +25 pts for midfielders, +75 pts for defenders, +100 pts for gks

Player of the Match: +150 pts

Average Rating: Each individual match's rating*5 (Ex: Player gets a 6,9 match rating, he gets 34,5 added to his score)

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Darren Lawrence is the only goalkeeper in my first team. Since he has been at the club for so long, he is a fan favourite, but he is starting to get past his prime and he has been in horrendous form the last couple of years. I'm not looking to replace him yet, as he is still a solid option at #1 for the Championship, but I'm going to be looking to sign someone he can tutor who can replace him in a couple of years.

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Mike Jonas was a new signing last year, and he was one of the few bright spots in Matt Bliss' team last year before Bliss was sacked. Unfortunately, Steven Anderson, the manager that took over in December, doesn't use formations with fullbacks. Jonas lost his spot in the team, and Watford was unable to even compete to stay up under Anderson. I do use fullbacks though, and I plan for Jonas to be a key part of my defence if I can get him to stay.

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Having made his first cap for Turkey at just 18 years old while on loan at Levante, Vedat Özbalta is a legend in Turkish football due to having the record for the most Turkey caps and for his 11 seasons starting at Juventus. He joined Watford as a big name last year, but largely disappointed. I still feel he could be a major part of our back four this year, but it seems like he has his mind set on going back to Turkey to finish out his career.

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Branislav Matovic is another starter that I'm afraid will leave. He joined the club on a bargain transfer from OFK Beograd, but, like most of the team, under-performed this last year. His similarities in playing style to Özbalta make me think that it might be a wise decision to let one of them leave, but try to keep the other. I'm not sure which yet.

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Slobodan Knezevic is another good centre-back for us. He is a more athletic player than Matovic and Özbalta, so I would like to do everything possible to keep him on the team. He will probably be in the same role he has been in the last few years, 20-30 matches of solid performances, but not meant to be a key player.

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Tom Kay is going to be an option in defence for us, mainly off the bench. I might loan him out, but I'm not sure yet.

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Just like what seems like every single player on my team, Miroslav Janda wants to leave due to our relegation. He plays both left back and centre back. He is a good athletic defender, which i like, but he has some problems with his crossing and passing that would make it hard to use him effectively as a wingback. I still want to keep him here though, because he is my only real option at left back and I could use a player like him. Also, he looks intimidating, so his face might scare our opponents.

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Luke Shackell is not and will never be the quality that I want players at my club to be. If I can sell him, I will.

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Conor Farrell is the most talented player on the team, which is going to be interesting, because I have never based a team around a DM before. He's been a key player in every season since he got here, and even looked solid last season. If I can can get him to do well, I can practically guarantee promotion. Again, the biggest problem is going to be getting him to stay.

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Magro was another big signing at the beginning of last season, but he disappointed. He's apparently supposed to be some huge star of the future, but he struggled both here and at Real Betis, the only two good clubs he's played for. He predictably wants out. If I have to let one of him or Farrell go, it would be him, but he could definitely be a really good player to have available.

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Andriamiharisoa had some issues breaking into the first team last year, but, if I'm forced to sell one or both of the other defensive mids, he wouldn't be a bad option as one of their replacements. If they both stay, he will either be stuck on the bench for most of the season or I would sell him.

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Yamaguchi would be a link between the defence and the offence and I look forward to using him. As the vice captain, he is well respected at the club, but he wants to leave. I want to keep him due to his stellar assist record, but I know that that may not be possible.

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Christian Moore has never been able to break into our first team, and with plentiful midfielders, he will not be needed unless something drastic happens. He has the potential to possibly be a good player in the future, but I'm currently looking at all possibilities, including yet another loan spell or possibly a permanent move.

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Gökhan Karadeniz is someone that i would have been excited about if I came here two years ago, but lately, injury issues and bad form have made him into a player who, unfortunately, is not up to par with the rest of the team. He is extremely nonathletic for a winger at this point, and he's not getting any younger. He wants out, and I want him out.

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Gary Brown has been at the club for three years now, but he has never really impressed very much here. After a goal-less season last year, he isn't going to be at the forefront of my plans, but I'm hoping that, if he stays, he will start to fulfill his potential at the club.

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Miha Cipot has failed to break into our first team thus far, and we have loaned him out five times in the five years since signing him, but he might get a chance this year if Brown isn't in form this year. He could be a key player in the future, but he likely won't be much more than a rotational option this year, if everything goes to plan.

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Sékou Konan was quite possibly the most disappointing signing of last year, due to the large fee that it cost to bring him to the club and the injury issues that he suffered from during the season, but I'm still extremely excited about him. He's done very well in the past and he's exactly the type of striker that I like to have scoring goals. He's very athletic, makes smart plays off the ball, and he's never missed a penalty in his entire career. I expect him to return to the form he was in at Brugge and I will be doing everything that I possibly can to keep him from leaving.

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Despite having had a brilliant start to his time at the club since signing in January of the previous year,Jermaine McKnight did a poor job both alongside Konan and in his absence during our relegation-bound season last year. He's not getting any younger, and I plan to keep him on the team this year (though I don't know yet whether it will be in a starting or rotational capacity), but this will likely be his last season on the team, especially if we manage to get promoted.

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António Matos had a horrendous year last year. He is not in my plans, I already have so many options at striker, and he can't really play any other position. He wants out, and I'm not standing in his way.

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Miodrag Djordjevic is unfortunately a case where he is just getting old enough that he won't be able to stay fit enough to remain in my first team. He is still a talented player, and I respect him quite a bit. I would like to keep him as a depth option, but he deserves better than that, so, if he wants to leave, I'll let him.

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That is all of the players that are in my senior squad as of the day that I am hired on. You may now post and you may now select a player for the player sponsoring.

Ashy

Looks good, really interesting to see teams like Rotherham in the Premier League now and England finally winning something, I'll sponsor Djordevic since his goal/game ratio is decent

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Ashy wrote: »

Looks good, really interesting to see teams like Rotherham in the Premier League now and England finally winning something, I'll sponsor Djordevic since his goal/game ratio is decent

I agree that it'll be interesting to see teams like Rotherham in the Premiership, and Spal and Salernitana in the Serie A.

LaMertesackerRun

Good luck, nice idea going into the future and picking a team. Nice to see Rotherham in the Prem I'll sponsor Jonas for now, if he does leave I take it I can re-pick?