Welcome to my second attempt at a story here on FM Base. The first I have to say didn't quite go as well as I'd hoped, partly as I think the format I chose to cover the save was quite restrictive and also that ultimately it didn't go very well. This time I have chosen the same team but a different guise and most importantly a different style of management.
Welcome to the Sheffield Wednesday Youth Challenge.
What is the Sheffield Wednesday Youth Challenge? I hear you ask, well it's fairly simple. I am attempting to bring success back to Hillsborough while also attempting to develop a young side capable of performing week in week out.
I'm not someone who tends to “play FM a certain way” for me it's as and what suits whatever team I have at the time so this will be interesting for me to play and I hope interesting for you to read and follow. Like I said before I attempted a story earlier in the season and it was a bit of a wash out. I did monthly reviews. This time I shall not be doing that but updates as and when I feel necessary or when something happens.
There will be a set of rules I will try to follow in this save, these are said rules.
Sounds easy eh? I also will point out that I am allowed to keep players who are already here but who don't fit into the U23 policy as well as any existing loans, I feel that's fair. I also will be allowed to sign ex Wednesday players if they don't break the wage structure.
As with any FM save of mine the manager has to have a guise of some kind, the guise I have chosen isn't a real player. I have gone with a made up player called Ross Quinn, a talented player in his youth who's career was cruelly cut short by injury. He threw his efforts into coaching and thus has risen to a position where Wednesday have decided to employ him to replace Steve Bruce. A born and bred Wednesday fan he'll have the desire to give everything for the cause.
Welcome to the Sheffield Wednesday Youth Challenge.
What is the Sheffield Wednesday Youth Challenge? I hear you ask, well it's fairly simple. I am attempting to bring success back to Hillsborough while also attempting to develop a young side capable of performing week in week out.
I'm not someone who tends to “play FM a certain way” for me it's as and what suits whatever team I have at the time so this will be interesting for me to play and I hope interesting for you to read and follow. Like I said before I attempted a story earlier in the season and it was a bit of a wash out. I did monthly reviews. This time I shall not be doing that but updates as and when I feel necessary or when something happens.
There will be a set of rules I will try to follow in this save, these are said rules.
- Only sign British/Irish players or players of any nationality providing they are under the age of 23.
- Aim to have at least 3 academy produced players in the starting 11 by the 3rd season (Football League rules state you have to have 1 at present so I think this fits in well)
- Maintain a wage structure that sees players rewarded for performances on the pitch
Sounds easy eh? I also will point out that I am allowed to keep players who are already here but who don't fit into the U23 policy as well as any existing loans, I feel that's fair. I also will be allowed to sign ex Wednesday players if they don't break the wage structure.
The Manager
As with any FM save of mine the manager has to have a guise of some kind, the guise I have chosen isn't a real player. I have gone with a made up player called Ross Quinn, a talented player in his youth who's career was cruelly cut short by injury. He threw his efforts into coaching and thus has risen to a position where Wednesday have decided to employ him to replace Steve Bruce. A born and bred Wednesday fan he'll have the desire to give everything for the cause.
