NepentheZ Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Great Job cookie.! and only in 2020 too...!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart_The_Great Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Nice job cookie!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Board do not renew my contract after finishing third with 40 points, expectation was a top half finish. I REALLY hate Northern Ireland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab693 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Originally posted by Bumble: Board do not renew my contract after finishing third with 40 points, expectation was a top half finish. I REALLY hate Northern Ireland. Come join me in Svenska, its bloody brilliant! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 No thanks, think I'll give up for now, two tries on this: Belgium (official) and a little unofficial game (haven't patched yet) in N. Ireland, but after 5 seasons of slumming it and not having any particular success I need to chill out for a few. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnusD Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Well, I managed to not only win promotion at the first attempt with IFK Ostersund in Sweden, but go the entire season unbeaten. That wasn't without a few scares along the way (going down 3-2 to Hammarby's reserve squad with 15 minutes to go, only to claw it back to 4-3 in the 88th minute), but we got the job done. League Table- http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leaguetablexd3.jpg Results- http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=resultsfz8.jpg My star players were- Daniel Haddad (ST)- A goal machine. 19 appearances, 23 goals, and it would have been more if he wasn't out injured for 2 months. Seyhmus Abic (MRLC)- I played him as a Right sided midfielder, and he did the business. 22 appearances, 5 goals and 16 assists. It'll be difficult to keep a hold of him though as he's attracting a lot of interest from other clubs. Marcus Sjunnasson (ST)- The other goal machine, although not quite as lethal as Haddad proved to be. 21 games and 22 goals, but he had a dip in form in the middle of the season. Besides that, he scored for fun, including four goals in one game. The media are predicting the squad will go on to better things this season, so expectation may be a little high, but I think with some alterations my squad could challenge for the First Division Title, though we won't be getting ahead of ourselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab693 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Originally posted by Bumble:No thanks, think I'll give up for now, two tries on this: Belgium (official) and a little unofficial game (haven't patched yet) in N. Ireland, but after 5 seasons of slumming it and not having any particular success I need to chill out for a few. hehe fair enough mate, we've all been there, this game can be the most annoying thing in the world! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scab Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Season 2008 Review - Gestrike-Hammarby IF in Swedish Second Division Middle Götaland Got off to a great start here, so long as you don't look at the finances... We're about £70K in debt. ^^; League Table Past Positions I really can't complain; Motala were unstoppable. Determined to go for that promotion spot next season. Squad Started out with an empty squad, so all new transfers in. Pretty pleased with how they're all getting on. Star Player Ignoring Eber Pachà and his 19 assists for a second, this oldtimer really saved my skin. 12 goals from corners and 1 shot from open play makes this 37 years old centre-half my top goalscorer by a 4-goal margin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scab Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Congrats cookie15. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scab Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Transfer money. \o/ Still £41K in debt... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annihilator666 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Annihilator666 - SC YF Juventus - Season 15/16 - Swiss Challenge League Manager Profile - Manager Profile Table - League Table | Position Graph Results - Results #1 | Results #2 Transfers - Transfers Summary Finances - Finance Summary Other Info - Club Information | Manager Information Top Scorer - Jugurtha Hamroun Fans' Player of the Year - Jugurtha Hamroun Records - Team Overall Records | Team Season Records Best Eleven - Overall | Season Domestic Competition: First season as a pro club. I more than doubled the wage bill, bringing in players my scouts rated at 6 or 7 stars... and I had a worse season than the last one. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. I was top of the league after a few games, and had dispatched, by a 3-1 margin, one of the teams relegated from the Super League. Then all of a sudden, BAM, I'm losing to/drawing with teams at the bottom of the league, and everything falls apart. One week the team was brilliant, the next week they were dreadful. I really, really wanted to smash my keyboard off the wall. But I didn't, and alas, here I am typing up this report. We weren't much better in the cup. Knocked out in the second round by Aarau, who eventually achieved promotion by finishing second. The Board, Finances, etc.: A stadium expansion was blocked by the council, but the youth facilities will be upgraded. With my increased wage expenditure, I was losing £150k per month. I'm gonna need to make about £1mil per year on transfers to keep the bank balance steady. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie15 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hi guys I need a little help from you guys! For the past 2 challenges i have played as Skjetten in Norway and have had a great time with them. However, i considering starting afresh with a new team/country. I would like to enlist your help in selecting the country within which i will embark on the mission once more. The only ones i don't really want to do are :Norway, Northern Ireland and Wales But am willing to consider any of the others I will be loading the game when i return from work and should be in a position to commence Gundo's challenge once more..... The alternative is staying with Skjetten for the time being and attempting to move them through the ranks to Number 1 in Europe. Let me know whether you think this will push the challenge even further!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy slappy Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I'm bored of my Slovenia game, think I'll restart in Russia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I was thinking of starting this with 8.0.2 in Turkey (providing the registration bug is fixed). There is an error with the finances in the patch for the SuperLig teams but SI have given a database workaround as they did for the Defoe problem. Just thought I'd check that's cool before starting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab693 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by Scab:Ignoring Eber Pachà and his 19 assists for a second, Ah Eber!! A decent player for me in both the Second Division and as a squad player in the First Division South! Good buy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab693 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by cookie15:Hi guys I need a little help from you guys! For the past 2 challenges i have played as Skjetten in Norway and have had a great time with them. However, i considering starting afresh with a new team/country. I would like to enlist your help in selecting the country within which i will embark on the mission once more. The only ones i don't really want to do are :Norway, Northern Ireland and Wales But am willing to consider any of the others I will be loading the game when i return from work and should be in a position to commence Gundo's challenge once more..... The alternative is staying with Skjetten for the time being and attempting to move them through the ranks to Number 1 in Europe. Let me know whether you think this will push the challenge even further!! Hi mate, I'd like to see you take this on in Israel. It's been the least popular nation as far I can tell and would be interesting to see what kind of challenge it'd pose. I'd keep the Skjetten game on hold then come back to it before FM2009 rears its ugly head! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 cookie, you could have a look at Serbia... i think i'm the only other player there, so not many playing it. also, in first season (and for 1 season olny i think...) the top 6 are promoted automatically, with 7-10 going into a play-off games. with 4 relegated from the 18 team league, only 4 teams are guaranteed of being in the same league at the end of the normal season. on the player front, there are some decent players about, and it's really easy to loan players from top-league teams, which can get you some real gems. i am however, struggling a bit in my game and sit 14th with 9 games to go. it is a really competitive league, and anyone can pretty much beat anybody... of course though, the choice is yours.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truegunner Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 tbh while winning the champions league with a norweign team is a great accomplishment, I feel it would have been an even better avhievement starting with a league that has low cofficent(ie belarus, Iceland or croatia), considering that you started in a league which can attract some talent, and has every team pro in the top league, it gives you an easy advantage, thats why I started in N.Ireland, but still a great achievemnt cookie15. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie15 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Thanks guys for your comments and thoughts. I would like to have a go at a country that few people are playing in currently. I think it will be between: Serbia League Rep - 11 Israel League Rep - 12 Belarus League Rep - 9 Any other options are open too, but i wnat there to be a sound reason for it. I do have one in mind though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab693 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I do have one in mind though oh cookie you're such a tease Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab693 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Just to add another alternative, I'd love to see whether this challenge is capable in Iceland. Surely the toughest option? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie15 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by saab693:Just to add another alternative, I'd love to see whether this challenge is capable in Iceland. Surely the toughest option? hmmmmm could be, but i've spent 2 years being battered by the arctic winds already! No that i won't opt for another Scandanavian country to have a go at Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by saab693:Just to add another alternative, I'd love to see whether this challenge is capable in Iceland. Surely the toughest option? I thought that Iceland looked like the best challenge, although I imagine writing the season reports would be just as much of a challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Having attempted Iceland previously I would predict it to be impossible to complete this challenge. If that little statement tempts you then go go go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
endtime Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Iceland is hard, but definitely doable once you turn pro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest niresearch Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by cookie15:Hi guys I need a little help from you guys! For the past 2 challenges i have played as Skjetten in Norway and have had a great time with them. However, i considering starting afresh with a new team/country. I would like to enlist your help in selecting the country within which i will embark on the mission once more. The only ones i don't really want to do are :Norway, Northern Ireland and Wales But am willing to consider any of the others I will be loading the game when i return from work and should be in a position to commence Gundo's challenge once more..... The alternative is staying with Skjetten for the time being and attempting to move them through the ranks to Number 1 in Europe. Let me know whether you think this will push the challenge even further!! No-one has attempted the republic of ireland league yet as there was a bug in the promotion/relegation play-off, now thats fixed, might a good idea. D.C.U. often make the play off but see if you could refresh it until someone new appears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 It might be an idea for dafuge to edit the league re-set dates into the opening post? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by aaberdeenn:It might be an idea for dafuge to edit the league re-set dates into the opening post? yeah, it'd make it easier to find them... don't have to trawl through the pages otherwise... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by rlipscombe:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by aaberdeenn: It might be an idea for dafuge to edit the league re-set dates into the opening post? yeah, it'd make it easier to find them... don't have to trawl through the pages otherwise... </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 If some can link me to an updated list, I'll update it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie15 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by aaberdeenn:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rlipscombe: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by aaberdeenn: It might be an idea for dafuge to edit the league re-set dates into the opening post? yeah, it'd make it easier to find them... don't have to trawl through the pages otherwise... </div></BLOCKQUOTE> </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes please, it would save me a bit of time when i get in from work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by dafuge:If some can link me to an updated list, I'll update it. <pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> League re-set dates Austria - 23rd June. Belarus - 10th February. Belgium - 29th June. Bulgaria - 29th June. Croatia - 18th June. Czech Republic - 28th June. Denmark - 5th July. Finland - 7th January. Greece - 19th June. Hungary - 19th June. Iceland - 5th January. Ireland - 5th January. Israel - N.Ireland - 29th April. Norway - 18th January. Poland - 28th June. Romania - Russia - 26th December. Serbia - 9th July. Slovakia - 28th June. Slovenia - 28th June. Sweden - 25th December. Switzerland - 18th June. Turkey - 19th June. Ukraine - 18th June. Wales - 18th June. </pre> Here it is. Don't have the missing two yet but add this anyway and the missing ones can be added at a later date once we know them. Dafuge Could you change Russia's rep to 13 in the list please also, the last mod that edited it got it wrong. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by DodgeeD:I was thinking of starting this with 8.0.2 in Turkey (providing the registration bug is fixed). There is an error with the finances in the patch for the SuperLig teams but SI have given a database workaround as they did for the Defoe problem. Just thought I'd check that's cool before starting. If SI have advised us to change those few issues in the editor for time being then that's fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by cookie15:Skjetten conquer Europe! I'm not really sure if this has really happened or not. There is no doubt that Lady Luck was certainly smiling on me this season. Here goes a brief resume of my conquests....... First Knockout round After coming out of the group as Runners Up to Man United we were certainly not favourites for this round. Porto were a very tidy outfit and somehow we managed to get through on Away goals (phew ) This meant that we progressed through to the Quarter Finals Skjetten were drawn out of the hat against................Barcelona Man i love he away goals rule! As you can see the victory at home was amazing, but it had to be the goals that we scored at the Nou Camp actually proved vital. Somehow we had made it through to the last four. The teams remaining were Bayern Munich, Man Utd, Lyon and ourselves, the mighty nordic (well we had a few Vikings) team of Skjetten. We were drawn out of the hat against Lyon. Both legs went well for us and we played some cracking goals. Winning in Lyon certainly set the boys up for the final! A 2-1 Victory at home and a 3-2 win away put us amazingly into the final. 2020 European Champions League Final Skjetten vs Bayern Munich This was amazing, and i'm still slightly stunneed. Well the final went as follows..............Bayern Munich 1 - 2 Skjetten Nobody could believe it My Captain was amazing and dutifully picked up the Man of the Match award. He's 28 years old and has been a member of my squad for the past 13 seasons. He's never been capped, whcih i find very surprising.........Gundo this for you mate. Stain Ringstad awarded Man of the Match in the Champions League Final 4 Skjetten players actually managed to make the Dream Team to boot So Cookie does it again and completes Gundo's challenge. I'm undecideed whether to continue with these guys or start afresh with the new patch being out and all.... I'll leave that one up to you guys, tell me what you reckon i should do Cooks you little snake in the grass, I guess I should have anticipated that you weren't too far away judging by your save last year. Fantastic achievement to complete this by 2020! You know what the icing on the cake was... Stian Ringstad on the score sheet in the final and picking up M.O.M. You just couldn't have written that script any better. Reading that run to victory is giving me even more inspiration to crack this challenge with a Norwegian club... As for where next for the Legendary manager Cookie, I'd say from you shortlist further down that maybe Belarus and Serbia sounds most interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by Gundo: Dafuge Could you change Russia's rep to 13 in the list please also, the last mod that edited it got it wrong. Thanks. Done If there's anything else you need changing just let me know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy slappy Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 FFS, i can't get into my Russia game, screw it! I'm going back to Kilmore Rec. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by dafuge:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Gundo: Dafuge Could you change Russia's rep to 13 in the list please also, the last mod that edited it got it wrong. Thanks. Done If there's anything else you need changing just let me know. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Cheers Dafuge much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacky Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by cookie15:Thanks guys for your comments and thoughts. I would like to have a go at a country that few people are playing in currently. I think it will be between: Serbia League Rep - 11 Israel League Rep - 12 Belarus League Rep - 9 Any other options are open too, but i wnat there to be a sound reason for it. I do have one in mind though I don't know if there are any active ones in Israel, would be interesting to see if you get the same weird bug in Serbia that I got (league expansion followed by massive increase in coefficient for Serbia that returned to normal after 5 years) and Belarus sucks, but then that is the point of this challenge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepentheZ Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Please read... I don't know what to do with this. I've put so much effort into this challenge, and it would sadden me to quit, but I just cant see when I would ever get close to winning the CL, when my league rep is haunting players from joining the club. It's taken me 20 seasons to establish 3rd Qual Round every year, another 20 seasons for Group stage every year? I cant put myself through the bordem of winning domestically with ease, but losing continentally without being able to affect it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Although it is frustrating Nep before you put this game aside I DEMAND that Paul Wallace gets 1000 goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepentheZ Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by aaberdeenn:Although it is frustrating Nep before you put this game aside I DEMAND that Paul Wallace gets 1000 goals. Don't worry, I wouldn't dream of not seeing out his career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by NepentheZ:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by aaberdeenn: Although it is frustrating Nep before you put this game aside I DEMAND that Paul Wallace gets 1000 goals. Don't worry, I wouldn't dream of not seeing out his career. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> \o/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepentheZ Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Sorry to double, as I could have had this on the last post... But I'm finding it increasingly difficult to have a session on FM now longer than 30 minutes. I just end up browsing the forums, checking FM to see the HT Score and hit continue, then the same at FT. My game automatically continues after 5 secs too,... It's really quite pointless me playing. The only thing I have left, is Paul Wallace's career. and he's 36. It's a sad state of affairs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I've had quite a few tries at this but apart from my first one which lasted four and a half season I've not had one reach half way through the first season, quite frustrating. I think I'm going to have a bash in Ireland and if that fails then I just suck. /o\ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 I don't know what to say tbh NepentheZ? I think maybe that's the main reason why Annihilator666 felt it was time to leave his game a few weeks back? This challenge does seem to be even more difficult than previous years, especially in the lower rep leagues in particular. It does actually seem abit stupid that club reps can change but league reps are highly unlikely to. I think the only way a league rep increases is if a club from that said nation wins either Uefa or CL (I remember reading that on these furums somewhere). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie15 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Skysports Newsflash It has become apparent that manager Marcus Evan Cook has opted to put his Skjetten game on hold for the foreseeable future. Reports emanating from Norway are that Evan Cook is trying his hand at Gundo's challenge in a new country. The rumours are that he has boarded a plane to Serbia More on this story as it evolves ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by cookie15:Skysports Newsflash It has become apparent that manager Marcus Evan Cook has opted to put his Skjetten game on hold for the foreseeable future. Reports emanating from Norway are that Evan Cook is trying his hand at Gundo's challenge in a new country. The rumours are that he has boarded a plane to Serbia More on this story as it evolves ...... Set yourself another little side challenge> See if you can complete it in Serbia before 2020? Best of luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie15 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Originally posted by Gundo:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by cookie15: Skysports Newsflash It has become apparent that manager Marcus Evan Cook has opted to put his Skjetten game on hold for the foreseeable future. Reports emanating from Norway are that Evan Cook is trying his hand at Gundo's challenge in a new country. The rumours are that he has boarded a plane to Serbia More on this story as it evolves ...... Set yourself another little side challenge> See if you can complete it in Serbia before 2020? Best of luck. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> The gauntlet has well and truly been thrown down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Could someone please explain the Irish league system? as it makes no sense to me whatsoever. Also, could you explain the difference between the starting date being January 2007 and January 2008? Any help would be much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest niresearch Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 its currently going under a re-structuring in real life which is properly tidied by the time the 2009 season starts hence why there is so many play-offs for prom/relegation. best start in 2008 season rather than 2007. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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