Jimbokav1971 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Love the graphical link at the top of the page. If it's not new, I've only just noticed it. Anyway, excellent stuff . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted October 11, 2007 Author SI Staff Share Posted October 11, 2007 Yeah, just hopefully going to be testing a few things out that were discussed in the sticky thread. There will be a new San Marino challenge for FM 2008 of course Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterspud Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ter: There will be a new San Marino challenge for FM 2008 of course </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Can't wait to start again on 08. I may even try taking it to the next level and play it without ever signing a player. Only using youth system products. Tried it once before in English leagues and it was the best game I ever had. Ultra tough, but Uber rewarding... :0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoham Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Just noticed the graphic Ter do you mean a different challenge, just like there was for 06, or this challenge but a new thread? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dempsey_is_god Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 wow this challenge seems very popular i will be giving this a go, starting tomorrow i'll put some updates on my seasons as well up the san marino lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Whilst I am finding this chalenge quite frustrating, I refuse to by FM08 until I complete this challenge in FM07! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Marky Mark!: Whilst I am finding this chalenge quite frustrating, I refuse to by FM08 until I complete this challenge in FM07! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> That's determination for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Marky Mark!: Whilst I am finding this chalenge quite frustrating, I refuse to by FM08 until I complete this challenge in FM07! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Good God. I'd still be playing CM03/04 if I had that attitude . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoham Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Got a new PC today, tried the FM 08 demo and its so much smoother. Wasn't going to bother, but I've installed FM 07, want to see how quick and smooth it is with my San Marino game. It was getting far too slow on the old PC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 2009 / 10 Season Update - Marky Mark 2006/07 Serie C1/B: 5th Pld 34, Won 15, Drn 11, Lst 8, For 45, Ag 35, GD +10, Pts 56 2007/08 Serie C1/B: 1st Pld 34, Won 23, Drn 4, Lst 7, For 65, Ag 23, GD +42, Pts 73 2008/09 Serie B: 3rd Pld 42, Won 22, Drn 11, Lst 9, For 53, Ag 35, GD +18, Pts 77 2009/10 Serie B: 2nd Pld 42, Won 18, Drn 15, Lst 9, For 53, Ag 32, GD +21, Pts 69 After a very good season last year in which I was unlucky not to get promoted, this season was quite the opposite, not my best season, with a couple of lucky 1-0 wins, but I was lucky enough to grab 2nd place on the last day in what was a very tight league (2 points seperated 2nd - 8th place). Also, its interesting that despite having 8 points less than last season, I ended up 1 place higher in the league! 2009/10 League Table Also despite being around $20k over wage budget for most of the season (I went a little crzay with my bosmans at the start of the season), I still managed to make around $2M in profit (on top of the $5M loan the club took out to expand the stadium). I think this is largely due to the team being relocated to another stadium with an 11,500 capacity (which I was filling up fairly regularly. 2009/10 Finances Another positive (apart from promotion) was that with the excess cash, the team has approved improvements to the training facilities and, more importantly, the youth fecilities. They also approved another increase to the stadium, but that was since blocked by the local council... have to keep on trying I guess. It will be interesting to see how we go in Serie A this year, whilst Im normally positive I think I will have to make some big signings to aviod relegation, my team just hasnt improved enough from last season. New Records - Domestic Team Highest League Position: 2ns in Serie B Highest Attendance: 11,462 v Chievo Italian Cup 1st Rnd 2.12.2009 Highest Gate Receipts: $700,000(AUD) v Chievo Italian Cup 1st Rnd 2.12.2009 Average Attendance: 10,796 Biggest League Win: 7-0 Catania (H) Serie B 9.12.2009 Most Goals in Match: 4 - Andrea Russotto 7-0 Catania (H) Serie B 9.12.2009 Worst Discipline: Yann Verdon - 3 yellow cards / 2 red cards Most League Apps for Club: Devis Nossa - 139 Highest Transfer Fee Paid: $500,000(AUD) - Germaine de Jong from PSV - 2.1.2010 Highest Transfer Fee Received: $400,000(AUD) - Mauro Marchano to Wolfsburg - 30.8.2009 Total Transfer Spending: $1,600,000(AUD) Total Transfer Income: $875,000(AUD) Internatioal Update World Ranking June 2008: 180(ish) June 2009: 134 June 2010: 132 At the end of last season I had hoopes of breaking into the top 100, however due to not playing many games this year, I only moved up 2 places (but its still an increase!). In the national team, the top 4 valued players are all from my team, but of those none are all that good, one has managed 4 1st team games, the other three I would have already given the boot from the domestic team if they weren't the stars of the internation team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesf18 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Really good update, best of luck in the serie A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Really looking forward to the possible 08 challenge, and since the nationality gaining is now fixed, should be even better! Foreign players get their San Marinese passports instead of Italian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 2010 / 11 Season Update - Marky Mark 2006/07 Serie C1/B: 5th Pld 34, Won 15, Drn 11, Lst 8, For 45, Ag 35, GD +10, Pts 56 2007/08 Serie C1/B: 1st Pld 34, Won 23, Drn 4, Lst 7, For 65, Ag 23, GD +42, Pts 73 2008/09 Serie B: 3rd Pld 42, Won 22, Drn 11, Lst 9, For 53, Ag 35, GD +18, Pts 77 2009/10 Serie B: 2nd Pld 42, Won 18, Drn 15, Lst 9, For 53, Ag 32, GD +21, Pts 69 2010/11 Serie A: 6th Pld 38, Won 16, Drn 11, Lst 11, For 49, Ag 37, GD +12, Pts 59 Well I mentioned that I would need some big signings after my lucky promotion from Serie B last season, and that is what I did, going a little crazy with the bosmans and snapping up many fine players for absolutly nothing! With this new team (I had around 5-6 new players in my starting 11), I managed the impossible (no, not winning Serie A), and managed to qualify for Europe by coming 6th! Mind you, 10 teams managed to qualify for Europe this season, so maybe it wasnt such a big effort - As well as the usual 8 qualifiers, Juventus won the UEFA Cup from 11th in Serie A and Lazio got a fair play Europe spot. Also made it to the semi's in the Italian Cup, which is the first time we'd been past the 1st round! 2010/11 League Table The star of my great 1st season in Serie A was one of my many bosmans, french striker Matthias Lepiller: Matthias Lepiller The only negative for the domestic team was, as usual, finances. My bosman spree left me $20-30k over my wage budget, and despite having around $8M in the bank around Feb 2010, by June 2011 we were down to around -$5M (however the board were still satisfied with the teams finances!). After playing the the English Leagues, I was expecting a decent amount for finishing 6th, but only got around $250k! However, with European competition next season, and also the team moving to a 21,000 capacity stadium whilst work is done on the ground, Im confident we can start making money again. 2010/11 Finances 2010/11 Awards Kenneth Stenild 1st Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year 2010-2011 Serie A Team of the Year 2010-2011 (1st XI) Vadis Odjija-Ofoe 1st Serie A Defender of the Year 2010-2011 1st Serie A Foreign Player of the Year 2010-2011 3rd Serie A Young Player of the Year 2010-2011 Serie A Team of the Year 2010-2011 (1st XI) Mark Mota - ME!! 3rd Serie A Manager of the Year 2010-2011 Matthias Lepiller 2nd Serie A Young Player of the Year 2010-2011 Devis Nossa Serie A Team of the Year 2010-2011 (Sub) Gregory Rondeux Serie A Team of the Year 2010-2011 (Sub) Was good to see a few of my players get recognised for their great year, and was interesting that I got 4 players into the team of the year. The next most represented clubs were Fiorentina, Inter and Lazio with 2 each. New Records - Domestic Team Highest Leage Position: 6th in Serie A Highest Gate Receipts: $775,000AUD v Fiorentina Italian Cup Semi Final 2.2.2011 Most Leage Apps for Club: Devis Nossa - 176 Highest Transfer Fee Paid: $1.9M AUD Kenneth Stenild from AaB - 29.8.2010 Total Transfer Spending: $3.6M AUD (International team update to follow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 2010 / 11 International Update - Marky Mark! World Rankings June 2008: 180(ish) June 2009: 134 June 2010: 132 June 2011: 102 So close to breaking into the top 100, yet so far... After a stagnant international season last year the season was full of promise. After a upset 0-0 draw with Ukraine in my first Euro Qualifier, I had a string of losses, followed by this: San Marino 2 v Kazakhstan 0 - My first competitive win! Whilst it was an even game and I was a little lucky to win it, it took me to the dizzying hights of 7th (out of 8) in Group A of the Euro Qualifiers, and with a chance of passing Latvia who is 6th if I can beat them. Play wise I still dont have any great players in the national team, the top 3 valued players are reserves in the domestic side, and am yet to see any of my youth players get a full cap. But given the 30 ranking places increase from last season, Im sure that if I can find a star player I can start getting a few more wins! New Records - International Team Highest Attendance: 10,605 v Estonia Euro Quals Grp A 9.10.2010 Biggest Win: 2 - 0 v Kazakhstan (H) Euro Quals Grp A 30.3.2011 Most Games Without Winning: 28 - 6.9.2006 to 26.3.2011 Top Goalscorer: Matteo Valli - 5 Most Goals in Match: 2 - Matteo Valli 3-6 Holland (H) Euro Quals Grp A 8.6.2011 Most Assists: Alex Gasperoni - 3 Most Capped Player: Alex Gasperoni - 58 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotg Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Impressive stuff Mark I'm just starting season 4 of the challenge in FM08, and I'm not going nearly as well as you (although we do have to start in C2/B now..) Still waiting around for the National Team manager to quit/be sacked too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by spotg: Still waiting around for the National Team manager to quit/be sacked too... </div></BLOCKQUOTE> To speed the process up, you can add a 2nd manager to the game as San Marino national manager, retire him, then apply for the job with the 1st manager. It worked for me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotg Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Marky Mark!: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by spotg: Still waiting around for the National Team manager to quit/be sacked too... </div></BLOCKQUOTE> To speed the process up, you can add a 2nd manager to the game as San Marino national manager, retire him, then apply for the job with the 1st manager. It worked for me! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> I'm wrestling with the ethics of doing that. Doesn't feel right. But if he's still there in a few seasons time I might have my hand forced! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergent21 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Toying with the idea of strting this on FM08, looks a good challenge and a long life challenge as well Playing dafuges at the moment, but might fire a game up of this, gives me my regular two games a year pattern I have regulaly done. Good luck everybody who is still competing in this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artysteele Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Playing this on FM08 and its a good challenge. Im having trouble in my 3rd season though iv just got up to serrie C1 but in the serie C cup all of a sudden teams i was better than last year in a lower league are now beating me convincingly...also the ability to actually build a decent sized squad is seriously inhibited by the lack of funds after 2 seasons in C2 and my current players demanding huge wage raises... still though im confident my team will avoid relegation if we can avoid injuries as my starting 11 i think are too good for this level...i have 5 players that are attracting attention from serie A clubs but the transfer value just isnt enough yet to let them go... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I didn't realise that San Marino had a club team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotg Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Got into Serie B after 2 seasons in C2 and 2 in C1. The board have decided San Marino Stadium is a good idea. 10037 seats, undersoil heating, and me lumbered with 7.25m debt. The national team job shows no signs at all of materialising though, despite them still not having won a match. But some decent regens are starting to appear now, so hopefully things will look up soon. And I'm going to have to start updating in this thread if Ter doesn't start the new one soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 As soon as the patch is out I'm looking to start a new game here, so come on Ter So is my little brother, he's determined he wants to be San Marino... he's 9 and his sum total of all FM experience is being sacked by Hearts by christmas, then being sacked by Chievo after taking them over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Al Clark Posted November 19, 2007 SI Staff Share Posted November 19, 2007 I did this a couple of years ago and never got past Serie B. I think I'm up to trying again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted November 20, 2007 Author SI Staff Share Posted November 20, 2007 I'll be relaunching this for FM2008 once the patch is released guys (no I don't know when that will be) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ter: I'll be relaunching this for FM2008 once the patch is released guys (no I don't know when that will be) </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Good news. I think I'll have a proper go at this this time around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotg Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ter: I'll be relaunching this for FM2008 once the patch is released guys (no I don't know when that will be) </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Great stuff. Although I'll be four and a half season's worth of ****ed off if the parameters of the challenge have changed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergent21 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ter: I'll be relaunching this for FM2008 once the patch is released guys (no I don't know when that will be) </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Great news hope it's as popular as last time. Started it last week, but stopped to wait for the patch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 With the patch out now I've started this for 08, and I'm doing well so Ter had better not tighten up the parameters I've got a very solid defensive/posession based tactic going, and have only let in 7 goals in 14 games. Just 2 games left in 2007, but sitting 3rd in the league, only 2 off the top. As with 06 and 07 though, finances have been an absolute nightmare, too many poor players on long contracts. The funny thing is though that you can attract some very respectable talents from the start - one of my central defenders has 19 jumping, 16 positioning/pace/heading etc, really top quality kid who wanted only £450 a week (I offered 700 due to the massive interest in him, he duly came to me instead of Serie B). Its just hard to bring in anyone else beyond an initial 3 or 4 players, since theres so much deadwood taking up my wage bill. Maybe someone thinking long-term and with more guts than me would benefit by just outright releasing people early on, taking the initial loss for long-term wages freed up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotg Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Oktober: With the patch out now I've started this for 08, and I'm doing well so Ter had better not tighten up the parameters I've got a very solid defensive/posession based tactic going, and have only let in 7 goals in 14 games. Just 2 games left in 2007, but sitting 3rd in the league, only 2 off the top. As with 06 and 07 though, finances have been an absolute nightmare, too many poor players on long contracts. The funny thing is though that you can attract some very respectable talents from the start - one of my central defenders has 19 jumping, 16 positioning/pace/heading etc, really top quality kid who wanted only £450 a week (I offered 700 due to the massive interest in him, he duly came to me instead of Serie B). Its just hard to bring in anyone else beyond an initial 3 or 4 players, since theres so much deadwood taking up my wage bill. Maybe someone thinking long-term and with more guts than me would benefit by just outright releasing people early on, taking the initial loss for long-term wages freed up. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> I think I spent most of my first two seasons offering the majority of my team to clubs on a free just to get them off the wage bill. I got enough decent players on loan from Cesena to cover most of the first team, and even so I was losing money hand over fist. After a while I got enough control over things for the board to start chipping in with donations to the running costs, but even so, it's taken me four seasons to have the board anything but "distraught and devastated at the state of the club's bank balance". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 2011 / 12 Season Update - Marky Mark (FM2007) 2006/07 Serie C1/B: 5th Pld 34, Won 15, Drn 11, Lst 8, For 45, Ag 35, GD +10, Pts 56 2007/08 Serie C1/B: 1st Pld 34, Won 23, Drn 4, Lst 7, For 65, Ag 23, GD +42, Pts 73 2008/09 Serie B: 3rd Pld 42, Won 22, Drn 11, Lst 9, For 53, Ag 35, GD +18, Pts 77 2009/10 Serie B: 2nd Pld 42, Won 18, Drn 15, Lst 9, For 53, Ag 32, GD +21, Pts 69 2010/11 Serie A: 6th Pld 38, Won 16, Drn 11, Lst 11, For 49, Ag 37, GD +12, Pts 59 <A HREF="http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4919/leaguetableop3.jpg" TARGET=_blank>2011/12 Serie A: 3rd Pl 38, Won 18, Drn 10, Lst 10, For 40, Ag 26, GD +14, Pts 64</A> After a good season last year, I surprised myself by managing to sign a couple of great players and again improving, finishing 3rd this season. Although that is a little misleading, as I was sitting in 6th for most of the season until all of the teams above me went on a losing streak and alowed me to grab a Champ League spot! With a couple more signings this season I think I could challange for the Serie A title (Ive prob got 2 years left before a couple of my stars start fading)... bring it on! Positions Graph In the Italian Cup I was unluckily knocked out in the Qtr Final 1-0 on aggregate by Fiorentina, who went on to win the cup, and I also made it to the Qtr Final of the EURO Cup, where I was knocked out 5-4 on agregate by Aston Villa. The side that got me there As usual, there is normally a star signing that stands out most seasons, and this one was no different, with my star signing being Sebastian Giovinco, who I signed on a $6.75M co-ownership deal from Roma, he is now worth a club record $39M (AUD). He also scored a record breaking 13 goals in 11 European games, breaking the (in game) European goal scoring record of 11 by and Inter player in the Champ League (unfortunatly he could only score 5 League goals in 38 League games!) Sebastian Giovinco To top all this off, my finances are also surprisingly healthy. After being way over wage budget last season I sold / released around 30 players this season (also bringing in 17), and made a profit of just under $14M for the season, turing my $4.5M bank overdraft into a balance of $8.2M 2011/12 Finanaces 2011/12 Awards Pascal Wildiers 2nd Serie A Defender of the Year 2011/12 2nd Serie A Foreign Player of the Year 2011/12 Serie A Team of the Year 2011/12 (1st XI) Just one of my players got recognised (3 awards), opposed to 5 players (9 awards) least season, guess it was a much bigger team effort this season (although I was a little disapointed for the ones who missed out!) New Records - Domestic Team Highest League Position: 3rd in Serie A Highest Attendance: 26,988 v Everton EURO Cup Grp A 24.11.2011 Highest Gate Receipts: $2,600,000(AUD) v Everton EURO Cup Grp A 24.11.2011 Average Attendance: 23,067 Most Assists: Matthias Lepiller - 17 Most League Apps for Club: Devis Nossa - 213 Highest Transfer Fee Paid: $6,750,000(AUD) -Sebastian Giovinco from Roma 18.8.2011 (CO) Highest Transfer Fee Received: $1,200,000(AUD) - Nicola Chiaruzzi to Saint-Etienne 9.7.2011 Total Transfer Spending: $11,250,000(AUD) Total Transfer Income: $9,750,000(AUD) Other Records Most European goals (season): Sebastian Giovinco - 13 (International team update to follow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Wow, by only 11/12? It took me up til about 18ish to be up there if I remember right, and even then I didnt make as high as 3rd in Italy. I've been handed an embarrassing lifeline. With one game to go, just outside the playoff spots, I limped to a pretty dire 0-0 draw with the team in 15th. However, Portosumagga went one better and lost 3-1 to the team in 16th, meaning my dismal point has put me into the 5th and final playoff spot. Now my final game? At home, in the national stadium, against the league leaders, already crowned champions with nothing to play for. Sound familiar? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 2011/12 International Update - Marky Mark! (FM2007) World Rankings June 2008: 180(ish) June 2009: 134 June 2010: 132 June 2011: 102 Nov 2011: 96 (record) June 2012: 102 YAY, we finally broke into the top 100! (albeit briefly) After having our first competitive win last season, we achieved another two milestones, breaking into the top 100, and not coming last in a qualifying group! We came a respectable 7th (out of 8) in the recent Euro Champ Quals with 1 win and 3 draws (10 Losses), edging out Kazakhstan on GD (we had GD of -16 compared to Kazakhstan's -35). Not much else of not happened this season, friendlies were hit and miss, but with a tough world cup qualifier group could be time for some more upsets. Im still waiting for my youth setup to produce a half decent player to get a national cap!! New Records - International Team Most Games without Losing: 2 - 27.8.2011 to 3.9.2011 (IT TOOK ME 5 YEARS TO ACHIEVE THIS??) Most Capped Player: Alex Gasperoni - 63 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boltman Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Oi Ter! get on with it! I'm itching to start this challenge, looks like good fun. I was gonna try doing it by only signing San Marinese players for the club side, but I realise that would probably just doom me to C2B forever and lead to the sack. I'm not gonna take over the National side from the start as that feels a bit artificial, hopefully the incumbent will get the boot eventually when the FA realise there's a new uber-talented half-Scottish manager in town. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Come on Ter, you designed the ball, dont drop it Sadly, I didnt go up. 2-1 loss at home, then a 3-2 win away would have done it on goal difference in England, but since I was only in 5th the team above me in the league went through instead. My assistant seems to have gone mental in the second season. He's now giving Dei 1 star and saying I should offload, but he's got all stats at least over 11 and is capable of doing a job. He's also got my 3rd choice backup left back down as a 5-star leading Serie C2 star and pretty blindly hates anyone who comes into the club, ie defenders with 13 key stats nowhere near good enough. I'm totally sure after about 2 games they'll all be raving about our rock-solid defence, but he's very unhappy with them. Still, season 2and I've trimmed the fat and beefed up the... meat? Dodgy analogies aside we should make a real run for the title this year, although to keep the wage bill down low we could well end up with some glaring holes if anyone goes down to injury for any period of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappy_bag Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I think I'll have a go at this........ 1 Month Gone: Got hired after setting myself as an international footballer, and San Marino lost 8-0 to Cyprus. Aplied for the job, and lo! Menus are now v. confusing however... Mixed friendly results in club-land, however made a good signing (6 stars for 40k, pretty darn good!) and well on the way to C2-B Glory! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 10 games into season 2, and I'm unbeaten A couple too many draws for my liking, but considering I've been sitting out a pretty bad injury crisis with a very small squad, I'm happy with the return. Towards the end of last season, I let the veteran player I had appointed captain go to get off the wage bill, and appointed my 23 year old rock solid central defender as captain. He was concerned at the pressure I was putting on him at his age and unhappy with the responsibility, so when the new season came around, I chose instead to go with Obafemi Martins' brother, who had done a great job for me. Lo and behold, my defender sulked about losing the captaincy until well into October, despite struggling to deal with the stress of it before. He's finally calmed down now though and I'm negotiating a new contract, so I should be able to keep hold of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Sadly some poor defending on match day 14 resulted in trailing by 3 goals at half time, and despite some noble attacking efforts clawing 2 back I finally suffered my first loss of the season Up next, a trip to my old club Brindisi, who are massively overperforming in their first season up, only a point behind me in 3rd. My South American knowledge from my Spanish feeder is paying off - two very good kids coming for free, one on the 1st of Feb, and one at the start of next season. Thats both seasons non-EU allowance used up, but I'm taking a long term view and going for foreign youngsters - hopefully after 5 years I'll be able to field them for the national team, so a 20 year old is more useful than a 30 year old for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Hmm, I'm concerned. At the start of the year, I was given the task of making the playoffs. Over the course of the season I slipped down the league a fair bit, down to 9th at one point - and they were utterly delighted with me for getting a respectable league position. As I climbed back up, their happiness went further and further up, until in 6th the bar was totally full. Right at the end of the season, i won 6 games in a row and climbed back up all the way to 4th, making the playoffs... and they're just satistfied. As soon as I got back into the playoff spots, the confidence bar halved, the board would rather I finish mid table than in the playoffs, despite that they asked me to make them at the start of the season. Now I'm getting news items saying they're not going to offer me a new deal... I beat all the teams around me in the playoffs comfortably in my run in to the end of the season so I know beating them is very possible, but I've got no clue what the board are going to do about it and my job, surely a bug and another pretty major confidence one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotg Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 At the end of my first contract, they didn't offer me one until just a couple of weeks before it was up. And I'd just won the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 3-1 in Serravalle and 1-1 away (with 7 first team players suspended/injured/losing 3-0 to Iceland) puts me through to the playoff final against Spal... and the confidence bar is full that we're 'on course to win promotion'. Make up your minds! I've probably done the best overall - coming 4th means a scaled back win bonus, and the playoff semi and final in a full house adds to our gate receipts The board should be thanking me for getting into the playoffs instead of straight promotion! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Memo to Spal: When one yellow card away from suspension, it is poor judgment to then get yourself booked in the first leg of a playoff final. It is also stupid beyond belief to elbow someone in the face in the 94th minute of said final. 0-0 at home, I've got to go there but they have 4 players suspended, including their captain. I need a win, since they finished ahead of me in the league. Wish me luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Lost 1-0. The long-term aspirations are now very very low because I have apparently 'failed to establish myself in the Serie C2/B' by making 5th and 4th, the playoffs twice. I'm guessing this'll be it then, my contract wont be renewed. Very, very disappointed since I've had an intended career game cut short by a bug in the long-term confidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 ...my contract was not renewed. Wow, thats absolutely gutting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotg Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Oktober: ...my contract was not renewed. Wow, thats absolutely gutting. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> That's truly shitty. Unlucky mate. Did you have the patch applied? That sorted the confidence problem for me, and I'm now mid-way through season 5 and attempting to get out of Serie B. Interesting aside. We've just moved into "San Marino Stadium", capacity over 10k. The National Team however, have decided to keep Olimpico... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Latest patch, yes, I started a new game as soon as it came out with the new .01 database. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 2012 / 13 Season Update - Marky Mark! 2006/07 - Serie C1/B: 5th 2007/08 - Serie C1/B: 1st 2008/09 - Serie B: 3rd 2009/10 - Serie B: 2nd 2010/11 - Serie A: 6th Pld 38, Won 16, Drn 11, Lst 11, For 49, Ag 37, GD +12, Pts 59 2011/12 - Serie A: 3rd Pl 38, Won 18, Drn 10, Lst 10, For 40, Ag 26, GD +14, Pts 64 <A HREF="http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5715/leagutablevj8.jpg" TARGET=_blank>2012/13 - Serie A: 5th Pl 38, Won 18, Drn 8, Lst 12, For 43, Ag 28, GD +15, Pts 62 CL: 1st Knockout Round</A> After last year's sucess in reaching 3rd, and with a few of my players reaching their peak, I thought I could seriously chalange for the title and I bought a couple of big name signings as well as investing in youth from around Europe, spending a record $32M for the season (luckily I also sold $28M worth of players). However, it wasnt too be, despite keeping largely the same team as last year plus a couple of new players, my team just didnt play to the level I was expecting (with 2 of my top midfielders over 30, maybe my team was past its peak?), we missed out on the CL next season by finishing 5th, and will have to settle for the Losers European Cup. In the Italian Cup I made it to the Semi Finals before being knocked out Fiorentina (2nd year in a row). In the CL, I did ok, breezed through the qualifying match against a nobody, but was then a little lucky to qualify 2nd in my group with 1 win and 5 draws. However my luck didn't last much longer, being knocked out in the first knockout round 2-3 by Liverpool. However the money received from that experience was very handy! The side that got me there As usual with my career games, the longer they go for, the less player I have from my home nation. I am now down 2 two Itallians in my starting 11 (although one of them is my star player). Quite a few of my players are in their late 20's - early 30's, which is a little worrying, but Ive got a feeling that my youth will do alright to fill the gaps where needed (see below). 2012/13 Finances Due largly to a few co-ownership deals at the start of this season, as well as the prize money from the CL, my bank balance has shot up to a record $40M. Time to spend big in the next transfer window I think! 2012/13 Awards Espen Evenstad Champions League Dream Team 2012/13 (1st XI) Only the one award picked up by any of my players this season, and it was one I didnt even know existed! Not a bad effort from someone I picked up on a free last year, and at 23, is the youngest in the dream team. New Records - Domestic Team Highesr Transfer Fee Paid: $11M (AUD) - Renato from Inter 2.1.2013 Highest Transfer Fee Received: $7.5M(AUD) - Espen Evenstad to Roma (CO) 19.7.2012 Total Transfer Spending: $35.5M(AUD) Total Transfer Income: $33.5M(AUD) Other - Performance of Domestic U20 Squad Now I dont normally even notice how my U20 squad goes, but this season they grabbed my attention by achieving this: U20 League Table - Domination! Thats right, somehow my U20 side has won the league (for the 3rd year in a row) by a massive 48 points, with a GD of +106, drawing only 1 game (the last one of the season), and winning the rest, including the U20 Cup! In doing so they smashed a lot of records, including 40 games won in a row (so annoyed that they drew the last game of the season!) Whilst I am used to my youth sides taking out the youth leagues more often than not, has anyone seen anything like this before? (International team update to follow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 2012/13 International Update - Marky Mark! World Rankings June 2008: 180(ish) June 2009: 134 June 2010: 132 June 2011: 102 June 2012: 102 June 2013: 86 (New Record!) Another good season for me in which I climbed into the top 90 of the world rankings and have so far had two wins half way into my World Cup Qualifiers (against Azerbaijan and Georgia), which has taken me up to 5th (out of 8)! World Cup 2014 Qualification Group - half way In some bad news, my most capped player, Alex Gasperoni, after being given the boot from my domestic team and not being picked up by anyone else, has retired at age 28, despite being in the national squad starting 11, which is anoying! I guess I'll have to look out for that in the future and sign any unattached national players to make sure the dont retire early! Once again, no youth products look like making it into the national side, but Ive had youth and training facilities upgraded again, so lets see if that can do something! New Records - International Team Highest Attendance: 17,926 v Azerbaijan World Cup Quals (EUR)Grp 3 1.6.2013 Most Games Without Conceding: 2 - 23.3.2013 to 1.6.2013 (AGAIN, 7 YEARS TO ACHIEVE THIS??) Most Capped Player: Alex Gasperoni - 75 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I love reading about this experiment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mista T Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 marky mark, you have inspired me to start this, so after my sign up game finishes, i will give it a go (probably on 8.0.2 patch) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark! Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 No worries, glad I could inspire you! I'll keep on going with this one until I win Serie A and CL, then I'll consider whether the national team is likely to ever qualify for anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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