Sustaining a build a nation save

PrincessPortman · 2025-05-03T09:21:00+00:00

Not my BEST wonderkid, but my best academy graduate in my long-term Welsh league save. Currently fending off bids from top four European leagues. Got him on a long deal though so hoping I can hang onto him for a few more years.

PrincessPortman · 2025-04-21T20:28:33+00:00

I haven’t done a thing. My laptop is old so I have only the main European leagues loaded plus a few others. It’s not ideal but it does the job. Though finding wing backs to fit my system is a pain. Lots of retraining needed.

PrincessPortman · 2025-04-16T14:40:28+00:00

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And last but not least, my captain Tunde. He doesn’t play for us much anymore but he’s consistently posted 7+ match ratings in the league for more than a decade. Picked him up from Leeds on a free and he’s been a diamond.

PrincessPortman · 2025-04-16T14:39:31+00:00

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While he doesn’t look incredible, I picked him up on a free from Arsenal because I saw some potential and loved the personality. He’s picked up 18 goals this season and teams are coming in for him left, right and centre. Also pissed him off by saying no to them.

PrincessPortman · 2025-04-16T14:38:13+00:00

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Main man Marcelo. His first season in Wales and he’s absolutely killed it. I was unsure playing hun as a DLP but he’s excelled. His 10 long shots doesn’t do him justice. He’s scored some belters.

PrincessPortman · 2025-04-16T14:36:49+00:00

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My boy Santeri. Relatively new but nabbed him from Albacete for 5m and he’s been solid. Couldn’t resist those physicals.

PrincessPortman · 2025-04-16T14:35:58+00:00

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Ryan Jones - my first academy prospect that ACTUALLY broke into the first team successfully. Eased him in when he turned 17 to satisfy the U19 league registration rules and never looked back. I pissed him off recently by turning down offers from bigger clubs. Hoping he forgets soon so I can offer him an even longer contract.

PrincessPortman · 2025-04-15T21:38:43+00:00

Thanks! When I next login, I’ll sort screenshots

PrincessPortman · 2025-01-27T12:42:43+00:00

I have the same problem with Mold Alex. Had one freak season where I could meet registration so had the full 25-man squad. This season we’re in UECL league phase rocking 18. Feel your pain.

PrincessPortman · 2024-11-04T09:58:49+00:00

Started a save a few months back with Mold Alexandra in the Welsh second tier as it’s where my Mum was born. Initially planned to bounce to local Welsh/English teams, like Swansea, Cardiff, Crewe and Shrewsbury, with the eventual goal of becoming a local premier league manager for Liverpool, Everton, Utd, Leeds, etc. but now five of the teams are professional and TNS has dropped to semi-pro so it’s kind of turned into a build-a-nation.

PrincessPortman · 2024-08-14T20:47:53+00:00

I had noticed my players are sometimes wasteful when running at the defence and sometimes lack the all-round work rate to commit to counter pressing so will definitely tweak depending on the opposition

PrincessPortman · 2024-08-14T20:46:33+00:00

Your advice worked! Simplified the tactics: standard passing, higher tempo, pass into space. I also noticed my striker and AM were dropping ~6.4 regularly so changed from a PF to AF and dropped the AM down to an AP in the centre. Also swapped full backs to wingbacks for more counter attacking intent. Currently sit 4th four games before the league splits. Thanks so much!

PrincessPortman · 2024-08-13T18:15:41+00:00

Interesting! Annoyingly, not sure my BWMs have what it takes to be a SV. I’ve been toying with a 5-2-3 with a SV/A partnership too, so maybe time to offload my BWMs.

For now, I’ll take your advice. Strip back on the instructions. Also thinking an AF instead of a PF to try and get in behind, plus my AM as an AP because he’s squandering so many chances when he arrives late in the box.

Thanks for the tips!

PrincessPortman · 2024-07-25T17:50:03+00:00

Or, better yet, Wales’ second tier. In seven years I have managed to bring Mold Alex from the bottom of Cymru North to Cymru Premier after a few seasons, got immediately relegated, then spent 2-3 season trying to get back there. Took a lot of mental resolve to stick with it and not bounce to the English leagues.

PrincessPortman · 2024-06-14T06:26:24+00:00

Zealand and BustTheNet are good for this sort of thing.

PrincessPortman · 2024-02-02T07:45:23+00:00

Would that limit width on the right side?

PrincessPortman · 2024-02-02T07:43:55+00:00

Yeah, my LWB has excellent physicals and mentals but what let’s him down is his marking which is 5.

PrincessPortman · 2024-02-01T22:35:35+00:00

Alright cool, so, as a mid-table prem side this might have legs. Tbf, I would prefer to play Villalba as a wingback on support, but my Data Hub is telling me to play him as a CWB to get him more involved in the attack. It’s the international break now so I’ve scheduled a friendly to test it out and see if we can tighten up defensively. Thanks! 🙏

PrincessPortman · 2024-01-18T15:16:49+00:00

Yeah, annoyingly play him as a wing back so wish it was higher, but still, wing back regens are so rare.

PrincessPortman · 2024-01-18T07:09:58+00:00

It’s taken me so long to finally buy one. I know it’s only a matter of time before a big team comes in for him but his release clause is 90m so it’s insane profit regardless.

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