jackyb1989 Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Oxford were always going to get promoted - my mother was from down there! By the way for all concerned - I would like to clarify something I have discovered myself to modify the rules slightly. I am now going to class the term "British Regens" to mean all regens who have come through the academies of British clubs (not transferred in from anywhere else) and any other British regens you can find at other clubs! One last 'modification' is that I have decided that the rule of players having to be at the club for two years is to be relaxed to one year once you reach the Championship - as by this stage you begin to be able to sign regens up to the age of 18 who are less inclined to wait 2 years and have a tendency to become unhappy. I hope these changes will enhance the experience of doing this challenge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankles Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Is there a rule for how long a regen from your own academy has to wait before first team football is possible? I was going to naturally assume that they could play whenever. I've just made it through a long contract re-negotiation phase in early march (title was secure!) with only Fraizer Campbell refusing to sign a new one out of the bunch coming to the end of their contracts. Seriously facing up to the likelihood that he might leave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Anyone direct from your academy can play whenever you want! @Frankles - try your best to get Fraizer, as you can see by my progress so far he is critical! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankles Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Apologies for stealing the format, hoped you wouldn't mind since it's very neat this way. Frankles' Man Utd - Season 1 - Blue Square Premier Squad 2007/08 Competitions Blue Square Premier - 1st FA Cup - lost 2nd Round v Crewe Community Shield - lost v Chelsea Setanta Shield - Winners FA Trophy - Winners Proof of Legal Transfers Transfers 2007/08 Rory Barker Lee Bunce Craig Corbett Season Summary In the end, I didn't quite make the achievement of no goals conceded in the league all season. It was disappointing to lose the charity shield since I'd been 2-0 up at half time, only to lose 3-2. David Beckham was the star of the season in my eyes, though Fraizer Campbell won the Fans' Player of the Year award, and Febian Brandy was top goalscorer (possibly owing to Campbell being injured for 3 months). Special mention to Wes Brown as well, who by the end of the season had 14 goals in all competitions (nearly grabbed a hat trick on the last day). Lost a lot of staff to larger clubs, which I'd imagine has probably been a problem for most people taking on this challenge. Still since Man Utd tend to have more staff than they need, even at Premiership level, I haven't found myself scouring the job centre just yet. The three players brought in are probably not good enough to ever break the first team, I'm just one of those managers who likes to feel as if they're bringing in fresh faces every now and again. Might be the equivalent of your wife deciding she wants a new dress only to never wear it. Still, being regens they tend not to be the most expensive dresses in the shop. Roll on League 2! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thezogsageordie Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 4 Goals shipped all Season? 2 points dropped? I know it's an easy task at the start but well played that man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankles Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Originally posted by thezogsageordie:4 Goals shipped all Season? 2 points dropped? I know it's an easy task at the start but well played that man It was a goalless draw that led to the loss in points. If it hadn't been fairly early on and away from home at Aldershot (the eventual runners up), I would have been fairly annoyed. The challenge at the start I think is more to do with squad happiness. Looking at Darren Fletcher's profile, he appears on the shortlist of 87 clubs around the world. So whilst I continue to reject offers for him, he gets slowly and slowly more angry. Likewise with most of the first-teamers below 27-28. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 @Frankles Great first season mate! Best performance so far! Did you manage to get your players signed up to new contracts? Losing Fraizer would be a big blow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankles Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Originally posted by jackyb1989:@Frankles Great first season mate! Best performance so far! Did you manage to get your players signed up to new contracts? Losing Fraizer would be a big blow! Quite literally got everyone I wanted signed up for a couple of seasons, but Fraizer's still keeping me hanging. The silver lining is that Brandy was strong last season and having experimented in this season's friendlies I'm confident that Welbeck, Dong and Fagan would be fairly good at this level. Wes Brown still knocks in goals for giggles too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNgOoSe_N.F.F.C. Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I have started my challenge but do have problems with posting screenshots so unless i can get it fixed you will have to take my honest word for it. So far ive played 5 league games and am unbeaten with becks scorring in every game without fail so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Originally posted by MoNgOoSe_N.F.F.C.:I have started my challenge but do have problems with posting screenshots so unless i can get it fixed you will have to take my honest word for it. So far ive played 5 league games and am unbeaten with becks scorring in every game without fail so far What kind of screenshot problems? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Man Utd - Season 4 - Championship Squad Competitions Coca-Cola Championship - 4th Playoffs - Winners FA Cup - lost 3rd Round v Man City League Cup - lost 3rd Round v Everton Top Player Performances Most Goals - Fraizer Campbell & Danny Welbeck - 34 Most Assists - Darron Gibson - 24 Highest Ave. Rating - Darron Gibson - 7.51 Player of the Year - Danny Welbeck Season Summary Oh my god!! I honestly did not believe that my squad was capable of instant promotion again, but boy did they prove me wrong! We were always in the hunt for automatic promotion up to the last game of the season. Ultimately we had to settle for the play-offs, where we lost 1-0 to Burnley in the first away leg, only to win 5-1 at home in the second leg. And then we dominated against Southampton to gain promotion to the Premiership. Danny Welbeck and Darron Gibson really matured into regular first teamers this year and were critical in our promotion. What worries me is our uncompetitiveness against Premiership opposition in the cups - i just hope its not a promotion too soon and we do a Derby! Lets just see what happens! Last Season's aims revisited <UL TYPE=SQUARE> <LI> Top half finish (SURPASSED) <LI> Try and go past 3rd round of both FA Cup & League Cup (FAILED) <LI> Preserve the squad at its current level (ACHIEVED) [b}Aims for Next Season[/b] <UL TYPE=SQUARE> <LI> Survive <LI> Try and go past 3rd round of both FA Cup & League Cup <LI> Preserve the squad at its current level Proof of Legal Transfers Transfers Abel Collett Ferguson Hill Miranda|Miranda History Smith Ward Thanks for reading Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cian68 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 what kind of attendances did you get playing in the blue square? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahno6 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 jackyb1989. Can I have screenshots of Frazier Campbell and Danny Welbeck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 @cian68 - I think they were at about 40-50,000 if I remember correctly @jonahno6 Fraizer Campbell (2012) Danny Welbeck (2012) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammerinho Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 This looks cool and all but the save game does not work for me. any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 @slammerinho - are you patched up to the latest patch? If not the you need to to play this game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammerinho Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Yes i am. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomcore Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 pretty straight forward first season http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/tomcore/manuchallengetable.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/tomcore/manuchallengefixtures.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammerinho Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 233 goals?!!?!!?!!?!!?!? This got to be the new record!!!! Any one scored more? Can you post your team and can someone help me - I have version 8.0.2 but it is not working for me. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Swarbrick Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Hi jackyb1989, I hope you don't mind if I give this challenge a go. I am bored of just playing normal games and since I am a United fan I thought I may as well give this challenge a go. Will keep you informed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNgOoSe_N.F.F.C. Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 i think i already know the answer to this question but im gonna ask anyway just incase...can u sign players uner 16 that dont have a facepack..i understand there not regens but there under 16?? cheers in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 @Jaswarbrick - go ahead, the more the merrier! @ MoNgOoSe_N.F.F.C - i'm afraid not, only regens with facegen can be signed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammerinho Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Only regens with facegens? I turned off that options in preferences but now i see that i must click it once more. As for the game i finally figured it out. When i tried to load the save game it exited out of the game but after half a minute or less it entered back in and the game was loaded. Nice idea but i have 2 questions? 1. Why didnt you put them in blue square north/south? 2. Why didnt you made someone else play in the community shield? I mean i lost against Chelsea 7:0 just because i had no players that are worth anything. All in all this is a fantastic challenge. Thank you and keep up the good work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 @slammerinho - glad you've got it sorted and can play now. To answer your questions, it was purely personal preference why I put them in the conference, I thought that it would cut down the number of 'easy years' so it wouldn't get boring before the real challenge kicked in. And about the community shield, I don't think its possible to change who is in the community shield, I changed their finishing position for the season before but they are still in it, I guess it may be hard-coded Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazza Pee Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Hi i'm going to start this challenge but I don't understand the reject oops i meant regen rule. Can you please clarify it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale0718 Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 going to give this challenge a go I'm a united fan so will be intresting to see how i do can't wait cus it looks like a great game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OugaBagga Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 im giving the challenge a go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 @Frazza Pee, The regen rules are as follows. Blue Square Premier - League 1: You can only sign BRITISH regens aged 16 or under These players must spend 2 YEARS at the club before you can play them in first team games Championship - Second CONSECUTIVE season in Premiership: You can only sign BRITISH regens aged 18 or under These players must spend at least ONE YEAR at the club before they can play first team football From the start of your second consecutive season in the Premiership: you can sign regens of any nationality aged 18 or under The one year wait for first team football STILL APPLIES Definition of a British Regen: Any regen who is of British nationality or a regen of any nationality who 'spawned' in a British academy Hope that makes more sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale0718 Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 i was really not predicting this result lol and i bet chelsea weren't either! http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r282/dale0718/communityshield.jpg anyone else won the community shield this easily? and also that image shows that i used only academy and reserves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 @Dale0718 - WOW!! Great job mate! I thought that it would be difficult to do so but not impossible. There are some very good players in the starting side who could win a one-off game against Chelsea but thats very rare. Anyway, Great Job!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale0718 Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 cheers mate btw, when signing regens and keeping them for 2 years before we can use them, are we allowed to send them off out on loan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale0718 Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 after only 10 games, i'm already in man united's favoured personnel and the fans want a statue of me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 @Dale0718 - sounds like you've got a great game going there - maybe you will be the first player to win every league game in the first season? And to answer your question, yes you can send those regens out on loan for those two years, its probably the best thing to do tbh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale0718 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 i hope i am i've won 21 out of 21 so far and i'm still in all the cups love this game lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knighty99 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I have just started this challenge too Unfortunately my board has decided to accept an offer for Fletcher, so will be short one player for the start of the season But hopefully Gibson will step up straight away Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brigadier Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Dumb question here... how do you load the save file? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knighty99 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 End of First Season Report Squad Transfers Blue Square Premier: 1st FA Cup: Winners FA Trophy: Winners Setanta Shield: Winners Top player performances Top Scorer- Wes Brown- 66 Most assists- David Beckham- 83 Ave. Rating- Wes Brown- 8.16 Fans Player of the Year- David Beckham New player Mullin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knighty99 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Now unfortunately having a tough summer after my board has now accepted bids for both o'shea and evans... decimating my defence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodbore8 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Originally posted by minisav:Good idea IMO. Thought out well and good presentation. You have been paying attention to the rules Can you plz make one of these for Arsenal in the Blue Square South? I'm not sure which of the players in Arsenal were there as a youth team, though. Fabregas was there at the age of 16 but he almost immediately joined the senior team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodbore8 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Woah, for some reason, I can't load this. Do I need a certain patch installed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Great challenge this - I'm following with interest. As BB8 suggests, someone should do the same for L'Arse too. One observation - looks like the ol' corner exploit is being fully utilized by some, what with 66 goals for Wezza from all those assists (corners) by Bex. Is everyone playing from that same hymn-sheet? Shouldn't matter in the lower leagues but by the time you reach the EPL, that one trick could make all the difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Originally posted by knighty99:Top player performances Top Scorer- Wes Brown- 66 Most assists- David Beckham- 83 Ave. Rating- Wes Brown- 8.16 Fans Player of the Year- David Beckham How the hell did this happen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Ian~ Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I'm tempted to give this challenge a go, but I'm still on FM07 so can't just download, will have to edit the database myself. Just a few questions so I can have the editing as similar as possible. - What teams were moved up a division to accomodate Manyoo's demotions? - How much were the senior players' wages reduced by, and what was the overall wage budget reduced to? - What was the reputation figure reduced to? - All players who weren't with United at the age of 16 from their academy have to be sent back to their previous clubs? Thanks in advance, looking forward to trying this out, looks like a good challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikelLUFC Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Originally posted by ~Ian~:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by knighty99: Top player performances Top Scorer- Wes Brown- 66 Most assists- David Beckham- 83 Ave. Rating- Wes Brown- 8.16 Fans Player of the Year- David Beckham How the hell did this happen? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Probably used the corner tactic but I could be wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knighty99 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Originally posted by MikelLUFC:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ~Ian~: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by knighty99: Top player performances Top Scorer- Wes Brown- 66 Most assists- David Beckham- 83 Ave. Rating- Wes Brown- 8.16 Fans Player of the Year- David Beckham Yeah you are right I used the corner tactic, which as Wes has a lot better heading stats than most of the Blue square players would have, became very fruitful How the hell did this happen? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Probably used the corner tactic but I could be wrong </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knighty99 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Yes you are right Wes scored so many using the corner tactic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thezogsageordie Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 It's not cheating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassien Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Just started this, only a week into July and most of the team unhappy about rejecting bids from them.. can see this being a long season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodbore8 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I never score from corners---FOUL! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyb1989 Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 @knighty99 - now I have to say that you have done very well for your first season but I'm afraid I'm going to have to take issue with your use of the corner tactic. Now as its more than likely to win the BSP by that margin I'm not going to disqualify you or anything extreme, but I am going to courteously ask you to refrain from using the corner tactic from now on. I know that I have not put down an explicit rule about this, as I thought it had been sorted by the last patch - but now I see that it hasn't I am inserting it now. This is a warning to you and to everyone taking part in this challenge - ANYONE USING THE CORNER TACTIC SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE CHALLENGE but I offer amnesty now to any current competitors to 'repent' without punishment. @Bloodbore8 - if you want me to make a similar one for Arsenal then if you can provide me with info on which players stay and which go and to where then I will gladly make it. The same goes for anyone who wants one made for any club in particular. @Kassien, hang on in there! It will be worth it in the end and they generally cheer up after a while! I have managed to keep every single major player all the way through to the Premiership so its not impossible! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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