...Eternal Sin... Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Olympique de Marseille Full name: Olympique de Marseille Nickname(s): Les Phocéens, L'OM Founded: 1899 Ground: Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (Capacity: 60,031) Owner: Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Chairman: Jean-Claude Dassier Manager: Didier Deschamps Website: http://www.om.net/ Olympique de Marseille also known as l'OM, is a French professional football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, they play in Ligue 1 and have spent most of their history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times, and have won the Coupe de France ten times (a record) and became the first and only French club to win the UEFA Champions League in 1993. In 1994 the club was relegated because of a bribery scandal, losing their domestic trophy but not the UEFA Champions League. In 2010, Marseille became French champions again, under the stewardship of former winner of the UEFA Champions League's captain Didier Deschamps. Olympique de Marseille's home is the 60,031-person-capacity Stade Vélodrome football stadium in the south of the city, where they have played since 1937. In 1997, they were bought by Franco-Swiss businessman Robert Louis-Dreyfus. Marseille's traditional kit colours were white shirts and shorts with Dodger blue socks until 1986. Since 1986 the team is playing with white shirts, white shorts and white socks, and the blue color became lighter due to Adidas marketing. The current badge was adopted in 2004. The club's motto Droit Au But (French for "Straight to the Goal") appears under the badge and a star representing the victory in the Champions League is featured on the top. The club enjoys a large fan base, with the highest average all-time attendance in French football. Their average home gate for the 2008–09 season was 52,276, the highest in the Ligue 1. Marseille's tally of nine French championships is second only to AS Saint-Étienne's total of ten.Marseille also have the record in Coupe de France titles (with 10).Marseille have achieved two Championship and Cup "Doubles" (in 1972 and 1989).They are the only French club to win the UEFA Champions League, in 1993. National titles Division 1/Ligue 1 Winners (9) : 1936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–10 Division 2 Winners (1) : 1994–95 Coupe de France Winners (10 – record) : 1923–24, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1942–43, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1988–89 Coupe de la Ligue Winners (1) : 2009–10 Challenge des champions/Trophée des Champions Winners (2) : 1971, 2010 Coupe Charles Drago Winners (1) : 1957 Championnat de France Amateurs Winners (1) : 1929 Championnat de France USFSA Runners-up (1) : 1919 Regional titles South-East DH Championship Winners (4) : 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931 Runners-up (4) : 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925 Coastline USFSA Championship Winners (7) : 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1919 Runners-up (6) : 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 International titles UEFA Champions League Winners (1) : 1992–93 Runners-up (1) : 1990–91 UEFA Cup/Europa League Runners-up (2) : 1998–99, 2003–04 UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners (1) : 2005 Reserve titles Championnat de France Amateurs Winners (1) : 2002 South-East DH Championship Winners (2) : 1958, 1966 Runners-up (1) : 1962 Coastline USFSA Championship 3 Winners (1) : 1910 Coastline USFSA Championship 4 Winners (1) : 1910 Youth titles Coupe Gambardella Winners (1) : 1979 French Under 16 championship Winners (3) : 1979, 2008, 200 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
...Eternal Sin... Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 FM11 11.3 patch information: Founded: 1899 Full Name: Olympique de Marseille Nicknames: Les Phocéens, L'OM Status: Professional Reputation: Continental Chairman: Jean-Claude Dassier (Happy) Manager: That would be you!!! Legends: Basile Boli, Raymond Goethals, Jean-Pierre Papin Icons: Bernard Tapie, Josip Skoplar, Chris Waddle, Didier Drogba, Gerard Gili, Eric Gerets, Didier Deschamps, Eric Cantona, Franck Ribery Favoures Personnel: None Fierce Rivals: PSG, Olympique Lyon Other Rivals: AS Monaco, OGC Nice, AS Saint-Ettiene, Sporting Toulon Var, Girondins Bordeaux, FC Martigues, FC Istres, Valenciennes FC Affiliated Clubs: FC Lorient, Perpignan Canet FC, FC Libourne, AC Ajaccio Finances: Rich Bank Balance: £27,291,232 Estimated Value: £106m Average Ticket Price: £61.20 Average Season Ticket Price: £671 Getting Started... Your challenge is keep on good season 2009/2010. To do it let's look at the squad and make analysis. Goalkeepers You start with 3 goalkeepers in your squad, Steve Mandanda, Andrade and Cedric Mensah. In Steve Mandanda you have your best goalkeeper out the 3, and should be your number 1. He has some good all round stats. Andrade should be his back-up. He doesnt have the best stats but they are good enough for him to step in when needed. He will do for the first season until you can get some money to bring in someone better. Mensah is the weak link out of the 3. Recomendation: Vincent Enyeama, David Ospina Defenders Centre Backs - Souleymane Diawara is your main defender. He is strong, composed, good in the air & can challenge. Next three is Hilton, N'Diaye and Heinze who can also play on left side. So you must cover this area and purchase some new young centre backs. Recomendation: Mapou Yanga Mbiwa, Leonel Galeano, Roland Juhasz Full Backs - In Rod Fanni (right) and Taye Taiwo (left) you have two full backs who complete a very solid back four. Fanni stands out from your other defenders. He has a nice bit of pace and is very fit so he should be able to start every game without doubt and will most likely have to do. Taiwo is a very good player. Cesar Azpilicueta is Fanni back-up and is able enough cover for the first season and maybe for future seasons. Heinze and Jean-Phillippe Sabo is cover for Taiwo(offer him a new contract!). Recomendation: Jose Angel Midfielders Defensive/Central Midfield - Edouard Cisse, Lucho Gonzalez and Benoit Cheyrou. This three palyers can play in centre. So if you want to play with two or more centre midfilders you must buy someone. Ooo i forgot there are 2 more players(great players) i forgot( thx joe__the__man) Stephen Mbia who also can play as central defender and Charles Kabore who may play also on right side of defence. Recomendation: Anthony Annan, Joel Matip, Axel Witsel, Milan Badelj Wingers - There isnt much quality here at all. Your only natural players here are Mathieu Valbuena (right) and Andre Ayew (left). Valbuena is good, but wont set the world alight and doesnt have the best crossing ability. If you want to play with wingers then keep him around, but if not he can easily be play on Attacking Midfilder role. Ayew still has a lot of improving to do to reach his full potential which he isnt at yet. Loic Remyis the obvious choice for the right hand side, but as previously mentioned, I personally wouldnt use him here if you want to get the best out of him. Recomendation: Kevin De Bruyne, Eljero Elia, Balazs Dzsudzsak, Strikers Your stand out player here is Andre-Pierre Gignac. He should start every game and will grab his share of goals. Brandao, Jordin Ayew and Samir Malcuit are the other 3 players here which is where I think they should play. If you want to play 2 strikers upfront the first choice is Gignac and Remy. Recomendation: Kevin Gameiro, Jan Chramosta, Vedab Ibisevic, Diego Tardelli Coaching Staff The club already has a lot of spaces available to add extra members of staff into the club, but there is still a lot of deadwood which you can get rid of. I will let you judge each member of staff on your own but there is a lot of room for improvement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
...Eternal Sin... Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Formation(s) Following a good look at the players available to Marseille I think that the following two formations are the best available to the club. Formation one will be best suited to fit the players into their natural positions within the side, but if your a player who wants wingers starting then formation two is there for that reason. The real life Marseille play a very fluid, attacking style of football. Transfers Marseille, need some tweaks to make the squad complete, but there are still no reasons why you cant achieve a top 3 finish and even push on and win the league. I do feel that it is essential for you to make signings on the coaching staff though. These are the following finances that you have available to make any changes to your squad. * sorry for that screens but i have Russian version of the game and i cant have english language on it. So this is assistant report of the team Ok this is end of my OP. Any sugestions are welcome. Keep OM best in France! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Good OP. What about Stephane Mbia at centre back though? He's a brilliant young defender, good in midfield as well. Worth a mention I'd have thought. Also Kabore and Ayew are natural at central midfield as well, so I wouldn't have thought you'd need to bring anyone in tbh. For OM I'd play a narrow diamond personally. Mandanda Fanni/Azpi Diawara Mbia Taiwo Cisse/Kabore Lucho Gonzalez Cheyrou Valbuena Gignac Remy/Brandao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Nice OP. Fun team to manage, a certainty that you can spend +20 mil every season also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
...Eternal Sin... Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Monthly Update - July 2010 Transfers IN: Vedad Ibisevic - TSG Hoffenheim - £5.5M Jan Chramosta - Mlada Boleslav - £2.5M Roland Juhasz - Anderlecht - £1.5M Kevin Gameiro - Lorient - £5.5M Axel Witsel - Standard Liege - £1.8M OUT: Samir Malcuit - Den Haag - loan £30 Brandao - Sevilla - loan £650 Fabrice Abriel - Aston Villa - £1.4M Results Friendlys Trabzonspor 1-2 Marseille 24' Cheyrou 58'(pen.) Cheyrou 72' Paweł Brożek Feirense 0-5 Marseille 45+1' Valbuena 50' Ibisevic 55' Gignac 59' Valbuena 90+1' Chramosta SC Cambuur 0-5 Marseille 10' Chramosta 16' Ibisevic 40' Witsel 52'(ogg.) Ghoochannejhad 75' Ibisevic Universitatea Craiova 0-4 Marseille 28' J.Ayew 56' Gignac 65' Valbuena 80' Gignac Trophee des Champions Marseille 1-0 PSG 65' Ayew 83' Jallet So first month and first trophee:) I decide to play wide diamond formation and my main goal was to strengthen attack. So now i have 5 natural strikers, but my first choice is duo Gignac and Gameiro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Witsel and Juhazs that cheap? How on earth did you do that? You are not playing on the latest patch I presume? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Nice OP mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
...Eternal Sin... Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 I dont know how all this transfers i paid on 48month deal. And i playing 11.3 patch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Nice dealings then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insider Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hmmm, I'll try OM game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
...Eternal Sin... Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ooo i forget mentioned that i use FMRTE to make transfer budget up to £17M because £1.7M for transfers for Marseille is misunderstanding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Witsel and Juhazs that cheap? How on earth did you do that? You are not playing on the latest patch I presume? Don't know about Juhazs, but Witsel is always available that cheap. Ooo i forget mentioned that i use FMRTE to make transfer budget up to £17M because £1.7M for transfers for Marseille is misunderstanding. It's not a 'misunderstanding', it's because they've spent a fair bit in real life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
...Eternal Sin... Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Monthly Update - August 2010 Results Ligue 1 Marseille 2-0 Caen 31' Remy 70'(pen.) Taiwo Valenciennes 1-2 Marseille 9' Pujol 44' Mbia 60'(pen.) Cheyrou Marseille 2-0 Lorient 41' Gignac 59' Valbuena Bordeaux 0-2 Marseille 12' Ayew 58' Valbuena 71' Chalme Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdanbartlett Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Does anyone know if the stadium gets expanded? I'm sure I read somewhere that is goes to 80,000 at somepoint, also again I'm sure I saw this noted when I was managing a turkish team, it was around 2014 then. As for the team, should be EASY to win the league, I sold Gonz for £10m to Arsenal and got in some good loans & youngsters & free's, literally dominated the league. I then got a £30m budget for the Jan window and brought in some quality youngsters, the team is set now to be very good for a very long time. Will try and reduce the wages now, not that I need to (made huge profit) but I just hate paying out big wages. I fear the shareholders + tax + the classic 'non football costs' will soon drain all the profit out of the club but hey! Would very much like an answer on the stadium quesiton if possible, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdanbartlett Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 PS -agree on the need for better coaches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Shareholder get a big payout, you'll see. As for the stadium if you ask for it, the board will agree to expand the stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Witsel and Juhazs that cheap? How on earth did you do that? You are not playing on the latest patch I presume? If he hasn't loaded up the Belgium leagues then they are a hell of alot cheaper . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdanbartlett Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I thought there might be a pre-set upgrade, i.e will happen in 2014 without me asking the board? the shareholders got £25m at the end of the season, I'd love to find a list of clubs without shareholders, this is SO annoying as it always drains your profit (they always seem to get £20m+!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
...Eternal Sin... Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 mrdanbartlett so maybe you post your save update. how you play etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torehj Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just won the champions league and the league second season in. Mostly with this line-up: Mandanda, Fanni(Santon, loan), Taiwo, Mbia, Varane(Diawara), M`Vila, Ganso, Moussa Sissoko, Remy, Ruiz, Gameiro.. Played a 4-1-1-3-1 formation with wingers and Ganso as a trequartista.. Gameiro, Remy and Sissoko all ended up with 20+ goals Ganso with 35 ass. btw: i got Sissoko to join when Toulouse got relegated the 1.season. Looking to be a good save:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdanbartlett Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Argh my game crashed, had a save from 2 months earlier so not too bad. I think I'm close on 100 games unbeaten now, the team is strong! Lost 2-1 to Barca away but then amazingly beat them 5-1 at home, I couldn't believe it! Went on to beat Chelsea in extra time of the CL final In Jan 2013 now. Splashed out on Modric £34m and Rodwell £15m in the summer as otherwise I just end up paying tons of tax and getting killed on the dividens, £30m+ last time Had to re-do some contracts but my wage budget is still nicely low at £630k per week, got rid of most high earners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fen_ Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hello, Nice post, i started a career en 11.3 with Marseille. Quite enjoyable, i managed to bring Hulk and pastore in, sold heinze, brandao, abriel and some reserves. I'm playing mostly a 4-1-2-2-1 with Hulk as inside foward on the right and pastore in the AMC slot. My results are quite good, however Lucho and cheyrou are a bit underperforming.. Well lucho has 12 pass in 22 games and about 5 goals, which i think is quite decent but his ratings hover around 7.05 and i find it quite hard to chat with him as if i say he didn't play so well he gets ****ed and if i say he did good it's the same, kind of a "grey" area rating. As for cheyrou he is around 6.80 which is pretty poor compared to the rest of the squad, and same again i can't talk to him. Has anyone succeed in using them to their best, or is it more about weird average ratings for central mids in the ME and therefor not much to do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdanbartlett Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Bruno Cheyrou was good for me, but I got in Garmash too, also Andre Ayew is good and worth playing. Lacen is a solid bargain, never complains, cheap to buy/wages etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fen_ Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Do you use the TC, if so what role did you give to cheyrou? I'll second you on Ayew, he is in fact pushing to take cheyrou's spot in my game as he performs slightly better and is still quite young.. Anyway thanks for your reply, i'll check Lacen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdanbartlett Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Nope I use a 4-1-2-3 formation. I sold Lucho for £10m to Arsenal, to fund other player purchases. One tip due to the small initial transfer budget is to get players in on loan with a future fee, then in January you will get a bigger budget and then can purchase the players. Also check through the u19's, some good players there. I tended to sell my big earners and replace them with younger cheaper talent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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