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A Game of Cups The season starts off with absolutely no chill. While the General Manager is blithely scheduling friendlies all over the place, notifications come in that the Preliminary Round of the Champions League and the First Round/Quarter Final of the Super 8 Cup, featuring the top 8...

This has all come so quickly. Not necessarily easily, but quickly. But what's coming is the biggest season in Royal Eagles history. A real shot at winning the Premier League. A ticket to the highest level continental competition in Africa. And some other goodies along the way that are...

All's Well That Ends Well To say that the Royal Eagles squad performed beyond expectations is an understatement. But they even performed beyond my expectations. All I ever hope to do when getting promoted to the top league is to survive and build up the squad for next season. But the end...

South African Cup Quarterfinals Kaizer Chiefs - Royal Eagles It's not that uncommon to have the top two teams in the division clash in one of these kinds of cups, even if it is a little earlier than most spectators would want it. However, despite the standings this still felt like a David vs...

The South African Cup With the calendar turning to 2021, it's time to delve into one of the most important cup competitions in South Africa -- one that probably goes by another name in real life. But this is Football Manager, and while I glossed over it last year despite going above...

Midseason Transfer Window Roundup Simply being near the top of the standings at midseason is not good enough for Asher Wells. No, no. He's a tinkerer through and through. If there's something that needs fixing, he'll keep hammering at it until he finds the right pieces in the correct...

The Striker Who Doesn't Strike It's January and the Royal Eagles have a serious question to answer as the transfer window re-opens (well, technically two questions since the AML is still underperforming). And that question all has to do with our striker of the future: Zakhele Lepasa. Last...

Thanks! Interestingly, my squad doesn't quite believe in itself like I believe in it the same way the board doesn't believe in my squad like I believe it. But I did notice that someone somewhere got sneaky and increased my Preseason odds from finishing last place to finishing 14th. So at least...

Season Update The Royal Eagles are slated for relegation. But maybe that's only because no one paid attention to what Asher Wells did with them last season in the National Division. After dumping so much money in the transfer market, our goal was to hit the ground running. There is good news...

The first season was an overwhelming, undisputed success. But with success comes a whole new set of issues summed up in one request by the board: survive relegation in the South African Premier League. The good news is that we found some building blocks to work from in the prior season. We...

Royal Eagles Season Summary Let's just say for a moment that we did nothing but watch the social feed. Lots of fans crying out in boredom. Lots of complaints about the quality of football being played on the field. But a 1-0 win is a 1-0 win, and a 0-0 tie is still 1 point. Put enough of...

So, I've been trying to troubleshoot this issue for awhile because I want to add custom kits for the view page to my created team. I don't remember seeing an option for it in the team builder. I thought I could follow the normal instructions of using an xml config file and using the ID from...

Build Up to the Season Start The first thing Asher Wells was told by his new squad was to ditch his ridiculous glasses. But he had a vision for where he could take this squad -- it was one of primary reasons he ended up taking the position to begin with. There's a good basis at the Royal...

The Job Hunt Realistically, breaking into the coaching ranks is something that should take much longer for a nobody player from a country dominated by glorified rugby. But this is Football Manager, so instead we get to laugh a little at the following splash message. Congratulations: Of...

Table of Contents Season 1: 2019-2020 Season 2: 2020-2021 Guidelines (and who I am): I am a returning player to Football Manager 2020 after setting the series down for most of the decade. Previously I had completed LLM challenges through Italy and England, but I have never done a...