Nottingham Forest Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I told you it would be easy enough to get Chris Cohen . £3.2m is an absolute steal. It's something I'm going to have to deal with unfortunately. If I sell him in the first season I probably won't get that much for him . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I started with Sunday League Rep but Continental Pro Licence. Yes it is a steal - I reckon you could get his value at least (4-5m I think) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 What sort of reputations have people been starting with? I started with sunday league rep and no coaching badges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I got sacked as Leeds manager, going to start a new save, thinking of doing a PSG save and being France manager as well and see if I can win the Euros with France and mastermind a PSG team full or Parisians, trying to think of a team that have a good chance of building a good team based with players from their city, maybe Ajax, Liverpool, Everton, AC Milan, Benfica etc, anyone got any suggestions please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I've decided to start with a continental licence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I got sacked as Leeds manager, going to start a new save, thinking of doing a PSG save and being France manager as well and see if I can win the Euros with France and mastermind a PSG team full or Parisians, trying to think of a team that have a good chance of building a good team based with players from their city, maybe Ajax, Liverpool, Everton, AC Milan, Benfica etc, anyone got any suggestions please. Ooohh Ajax could be an interesting one! Sad to see it didn't go well with Leeds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 It's not possible being Forest unfortunately. The players aren't interested in moving for anything reasonable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Yeah going to do a Ajax save with buying mostly Amsterdam players if it is possible, also will be Holland manager as well and rectify the mistakes the idiots in charge have done with Holland in real life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 It's not possible being Forest unfortunately. The players aren't interested in moving for anything reasonable. That is so annoying although it isn't something that has to be done immediately. Just a few local players and a decent youth intake would be a good starting point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I understand what you're saying. However, it's completely impossible to sign any decent players . Forest just don't have any money on the last patch. Trying with Mansfield and I'll include anywhere within Nottinghamshire on the game still. I have two players within my first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Ronaldo - Best of luck with Ajax, you should be able to bring back the glory days! Got this in my inbox completely out of the blue: Obviously declined Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Ajax is a no go as there is only 4 players from Amsterdam or a 20 mile radius of it, also not many players to choose from, would Spurs be a decent shout with picking players only from Tottenham and towns that are within 20 mile radius. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG17 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Southampton is a bit of a ball ache. Lots of our youngsters don't even qualify. Especially as I've gone the whole way and transfer listed everyone straight away who doesn't qualify haha. I've bought in Etheridge who is the only half decent keeper I can find so I may have to use a keeper to begin with that doesn't qualify. Other than that, Ings, Matt Ritchie, Jack Hobbs have come in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Offered new contracts to most of my youngsters. Unfortunately there is limited information on the internet about some of their birthplaces. So any that are 'unknown' have been offered new contracts unless I can prove otherwise. One of my best youngsters originally came from Wolves' academy . I'll be signing players from the county so with that, I'm looking to get Steve Chettle as my assistant. Even though he was born in Nottingham. I'd imagine that it's still ok to do that Mike? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Decided to be Spurs and France manager at the same time, will keep you posted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Can't seem to search for players in Tottenham as it is says London for most of them, getting rid of all the non English players instead, had good offers for Lloris, Eriksen, Lamela, Bentalab, Chadli and Vertoghen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Halfway Point - 2015/16League Fixtures - League Table - Transfers - Squad2 more games this season and how do we look compared to last season? Well, we had 36 points from 19 and were in 5th, now we have 39 points from 21 and are in 3rd whereas Espanyol "B" are completely dominating everyone else in the league and are 18 points clear already.When you look at the squad you can see that we are entirely Barcelona born and bred now, I even sacked my ass-man at the start of the season since a Barcelona born assistant became available. Less transfers were brought in but I'm happy with them and looking in the player search there are 56 players willing to come to us who were born in Barcelona and 10 of those are rated over 3* so it looks to be slim pickings but hopefully we can make do, also if anyone wants any screenshots of any of my transfers or any of the squad then please don't hesitate to ask! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Made some good signings for Spurs, trying to make them as English as possible with the aim of making it all London team within 2 seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 My starting 11 for my first game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenevo Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 I will definitely post my mid-season update in the morning to mid afternoon at some point. Not had much time tonight to do anything and I'm trying to push through to 1st Feb before i post the update! Just to a little update on the squad, my most recent match in the FA Cup ended with a 6 - 0 victory over Leyton Orient and the starting 11 had 9 players who're from the Greater Manchester area! Also, both substitutes that I used were also from the Greater Manchester area Big news on the transfer front as Danny Welbeck made his way back to Old Trafford and provided 3 assists during this match for fellow striker Jordan Rhodes who scored 4! Rhodes now has 18 goals in 13(5) games and should have more if it wasn't for a 6 week injury lay off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirToby Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 This is excellent. Really tempted to give Manchester United a go. I often play with United where I keep it national but this really takes it to the next level and motivates me. Looking forward to follow your game, mikenevo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenevo Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 This is excellent. Really tempted to give Manchester United a go. I often play with United where I keep it national but this really takes it to the next level and motivates me.Looking forward to follow your game, mikenevo. You should really give it a go I wasn't sure when I first started the save, but as it progresses through the season, i'm enjoying it more and more! The great thing is that now I have Welbeck back at the club, we have a great front 2 of Welbeck and Rhodes, with both only 24 years old, so there's plenty of football ahead of them for the next 10 years or so! I've also got Zach Clough joining next season and the lad seems to have good potential, so who knows what could happen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 All sounds very exciting Mikenevo, there's nothing better than bringing in local lads and turning them into stars when they wouldn't normally be given the chance. I have my end of season update to come, it proved a lot better than first anticipated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 2015/16: East Anglian Army Battle In The PremResults ~ League Table ~ Past Positions ~ Finances ~ Transfers ~ Youth Intake ~ Best of Generation ~ Ryan Gardner ~ Player StatsA quick glance at our past positions tells you all you need to know about our season. We had a woeful start, but pulled it around and at one point we were even in touching distance of the European Places. I'm kind of glad we didn't get there though, all those extra games would be a drain on the squad and I think our league form was helped by our early exits in the cups. We are in a fantastic position financially and we will continue to build up our facilities and youth system. I will have to overhaul the staff as I have a lot of them retiring. Now onto the youth intake - we have a potential star in Ryan Gardner, best of his generation! The rest of the intake was pretty poor but who cares I'd rather have 1 local star than 10 local average prospects. If we were to better our 9th position next season I will be surprised, though it would be nice to have a decent cup run for once.Key PerformersTrotter ~ O'Keefe ~ Upson ~ Cohen ~ Kane ~ King ~ Bishop ~ ClarkeThe first thing to notice is the effect of the addition of Cohen and Kane to our full-back positions. They have both done very well and has heavily strengthened our back line. Liam Trotter was excellent in his new AMC position while new addition O'Keefe and Ed Upson were great in the middle. Onto my 3 favourites, starting with Cameron King. He has really excelled this season and proved his worth as the Treq replacement for Ambrose. We now have a 'wonderkid' in Teddy Bishop who is the best player in the squad attributes wise. Probably my biggest favourite, Matthew Clarke, has developed immensely well and has established himself as a top performing Premier League centre back. I like that he has decent pace and has good attacking attributes, for a CB at least. Notice that top scorer Chris Martin (only 10 goals) did not make the top performers list, he was inconsistent as I expected. Also captain Luke Hyam continued with his discipline problems and despite training he still won't stop diving into tackles!Next season's objective is still to survive, but as I mentioned a cup run would be really nice!Oh and of course, finish above Norwich. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Awesome stuff smp . Just one thing though, your transfers screenshot appears to be a duplication of past positions. Chris Cohen on just over £12k per week as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Awesome stuff smp . Just one thing though, your transfers screenshot appears to be a duplication of past positions. Chris Cohen on just over £12k per week as well. Cheers and well spotted, I've now amended it. Yes we are doing very well on wages, though theres quite a few wanting new deals a lot more lucrative....rightly so to be honest. In other news (coincidentally our lowest paid first teamer on £800pw) Teddy Bishop has made it into the pre-liminary Euro 2016 England Squad. Fingers crossed he makes it into the 23! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 End of Season - 2015/16Youth Candidates - Sergio Rovira (YP2a) - Oriol Guerrero (YP2b) - Carles Busquets (YP2c) - Jamie Cabrero (YP2d) - Alejandro Martel (YP2e) - Joan Autet (YP2f)A better youth intake this season as I increased our Junior Coaching to 'Adequate' and we have quite a few who will have a run in the first team and maybe even have a good keeper in Joan Autet.Squad - Guillem Cornella - Isidre Brezmes (YP1c) - David Garcia - Best XIWe have a very mixed aged squad with a few experienced players mixed with quite a lot of young talent and 8 players who have come through our academy have already appeared in the first team with Isidre being one of the key players this season despite his low ability ratings. Ruben Lopez is the first new signing for next season which is why he doesn't have any appearances next to his name and I think at the end of the transfer window I'll post the profiles of all my signings since people won't really know Spanish players of our ability range.League Fixtures 1 - League Fixtures 2 - League Table - League Player StatsWe are going up! We are going up! We actually managed to get back into the playoff places on the last day of the season which shows how tight it was, even with Espanyol B winning the league by 29 points and breaking numerous records. It was a tight affair as we beat Haro 2-1 in extra time in the Semi-Final then beat Ecija 5-3 in the play-off final after they won there league with 107 points, 101 goals scored and 15 goals conceded! Next season will be the first time they've been in the 3rd tier since a solitary season back in 1994/95, and here's hoping that we're in the league for a bit more than just one season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Got sacked as Spurs manager, just France manager now until a job comes along that interests me, will keep you posted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirToby Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 As I said, I was too tempted - so I have started a game with United. First signings: Jagielka and Trippier are of course must buys when you manage Manchester United in this challenge. I bought Osman mostly because he is a great tutor and I think the squad lacks tutors. Excited to follow Barker, Plummer and Brownhill's development, while I think Clough will be a hit. Tom Ince will arrive after the season. That leaves me with the following players from Greater Manchester in my squad: Phil Jagielka Tyler Blackett Tom Thorpe Ellis Plummer Leon Osman Josh Brownhill Ben Pearson Brandon Barker Josh Harrop Demetri Mitchell Marcus Rashford Zach Clough I am all in on Rashford and Mitchell to be first team players in the future. Mitchell has been fantastic for me in previous saves and Rashford has the potential too. I have played my first game in the Premier League: Palace had a man sent off after 28 minutes and didn't make it difficult for me but I was pleased to see Clough get two goals and Osman a goal and an assist. With a 3-0 lead at the break and 11 against 10 I had the chance to bring on some of my local youngsters. Mitchell, Brownhill and Pearson were my subs which meant that I had eight players from Greater Manchester playing in my first game. It won't be so easy in the future but it is a fine start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 If Clough turns out to be as good in my current career save then you have a very good player. I'd suspect he'll have a slight increase for FM16 as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Nice start Sir Toby - will you be going after Rhodes as well? Makoto - congrats on the promotion, didn't realise you were starting in the Tercera league! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirToby Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 If Clough turns out to be as good in my current career save then you have a very good player. I'd suspect he'll have a slight increase for FM16 as well. He looks promising! Nice start Sir Toby - will you be going after Rhodes as well? Not for now. I am playing with one striker which often will be Clough and in important games van Persie, while Rashford also has to get some minutes. But I won't rule out a signing of Rhodes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Clough could become class I've just finished the first half of the season though I can't imagine there will be an update for a while as I am away over the weekend. Edit, in fact it is likely to be a season update because I will be doing some playing while travelling. Fingers crossed its a good one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSolidSnake Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 For Italy, is it the region or the province? For example, for Milan would I be allowed only players born in Milan, or any players born in the Lombardia region? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 You can use Lombardia, but I wouldn't recommend going there because of a lack of players (I started originally with Brescia). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Just to clarify. Birmingham means the whole of the West Midlands (essentially Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Brom as well as Birmingham) are fine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 If I did this challenge, could I use the traditional borders? For example if I were United I'd be able to sign players from Liverpool and Blackburn, but not areas of 'Greater Manchester' that are properly in Cheshire or Yorkshire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSolidSnake Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 You can use Lombardia, but I wouldn't recommend going there because of a lack of players (I started originally with Brescia). Thank you! Well either way, at least now I know it's the region not the province. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Slowly making progress in my first season at Everton. In 8th place in March after literally drawing my last 6 league games 1-1. In the 2nd Knockout Round of the Europa League and injuries are still relentless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Halfway Point - 2016/17League Fixtures - League Table - Transfers - SquadA harsh reality of the step up to the Segunda B, we're 8 points clear of the relegation playoff so we appear to be safe and doing better than the media's expectation of us being predicted to finish in 17th come the end of the season. We made less transfers than I was wanting but we'd given new contracts to the squad and that left enough for 7 players to come in, although, as you can see by the squad that there are few stand-out players and the rest are 'sub-par' in comparison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirToby Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Manchester United 14/15End of season updateLEAGUE TABLE - TRANSFERS - COUNTY PLAYERS We started well with seven wins in our first nine games but it was up and down from there. I was disappointed with our final games where we lost against Hull and Burnley. We did only win two of our last seven games and we were title contenders for most of the season. My goal was to end in top four without getting the sack so I am satisfied. As long as I don't get sacked I am satisfied. At least while my young players mature. No succes in the cups. Zach Clough did excellent and was my topscorer with 17 goals. Josh Harrop impressed in the first half of the season. His highlight was a goal against Arsenal. Tyler Blackett did a decent job in defence when given the chance. Overall I was satisfied with the amount of game time I could give my young players. And, as you can see, Danny Welbeck is back! YOUTH INTAKE PHIL WOOD (ROCHDALE) - BERNARD BRENNAN (STOCKPORT) - ALEC KELLY (MANCHESTER) I had a great youth intake. I got a player who is one of the best of his generation... but he is from Liverpool. I got Phil Wood who has fantastic potential. I do not have the highest hopes of Brennan and Kelly. We will see how they turn out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirToby Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Gutted he's from Liverpool... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Solid half season Makoto, it may take some time to get out of that league. SirToby - A decent start to the challenge, CL football whilst trying to play the Manchester lads is an achievement. I have a season to update soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Part of me is tempted to re-try this challenge with Cambridge so that a) I am managing a side I am passionate about b) I can start with only county players rather than just East Anglian and c) the change of fortunes due to the crash dump is niggling at me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 End of Season - 2016/17Youth Candidates - Andres (YP3a) - Joan (YP3j) - Jordi Belmonte (YP3d)Another decent intake with another good goalkeeper, we now have good junior coaching so the youth is still just going to get better!Squad - Roger Escoruela - Sergi Gomez - Guillem Cornella - Best XINext season will be a season of change as I try to slim the squad down as we have close to 50 players in the under 19's I'm guessing all of which on £55 a week and we're currently spending £12,272 per week so hopefully we can get that down and then bring in some better quality players.League Fixtures - League Table - League Player StatsWe didn't end up doing too badly! Towards the end of March I decided to ditch the strikerless formation and well...go with one with a striker! I shall further experiment into the new season as like I said previously I'll be looking to get a greater quality of player in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirToby Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Part of me is tempted to re-try this challenge with Cambridge so that a) I am managing a side I am passionate about b) I can start with only county players rather than just East Anglian and c) the change of fortunes due to the crash dump is niggling at me. Go for it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirToby Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Manchester United 15/16End of season updatePREMIER LEAGUE - FA CUP - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE So close to a treble. I won the FA Cup, lost the Champions League final and ended second in the Premier League missing the title on goal difference. If I just had not lost 3-2 to Stoke in the 35th round after leading 2-0 or just won at home against Crystal Palace in the 36th round the title would have been mine. Josh Harrop was 20 minutes away from being match winner in the Champions League. We could not hold on to our 1-0 lead and Bayern scored three goals in the last 20 minutes. But overall I am very satisfied with our performances. Playing for a treble was fantastic. TRANSFERS Tom Ince won't become a big player for me but he is okay as a backup as left midfielder where Welbeck (and sometimes Mitchell) plays. Michael Keane is a very good defender så he was a obvious signing. Especially after Evans and Smalling left. Of course, I looked through Man City's new young players and I found three from my county who was good enough to be signed. Reece Hill is the one with the biggest potential. I don't have any high expectations of the other two. It does not look like Ryan Nyambe has got what it takes unfortunately. COUNTY PLAYERS /// ZACH CLOUGH - JOSH HARROP - JOSH BROWNHILL 10 players had at least 15 appearances which is satisfying. Zach Clough has developed into a fantastic forward. An absolute key player for me. 38 goals from him is stunning. Josh Harrop did great with 15 assists. Jagielka, Welbeck and Trippier are first teamers and they are doing very fine. Josh Brownhill has developed into a wonderkid. I was gutted when he broke his leg. Hopefully he will come back fine. I am beginning to lose hope in Ben Pearson which mean I begin to need central midfielders from my county. Brownhill is the only one right now I can be sure of. YOUTH INTAKE DANIEL WILSON (SALFORD) - KEITH COLLIN (BOLTON) - CRAIG HUNTER (MANCHESTER) - KEVIN MURRAY (STOCKPORT) Fine intake. Kevin Murray is the biggest talent, given 4 stars in potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey1978 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I've been musing recently about having a Truro save in FM16. They're back in the Conference South after a couple of years' absence and I love the idea of bringing success to the footballing backwater that is Cornwall. I believe no team from the county has ever reached the Football League. Additionally, there's a strong nationalist/independence movement in the region. This makes me wonder if Truro/Cornwall would be a brilliant candidate for this challenge, albeit a bloody hard one. What does everyone think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I may try this on FM16 with Partick Thistle, trying to ape the fabled Celtic side who were all born within a few miles of Celtic Park when they won the European Cup. Except the ones that weren't, of course, but shhhh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey1978 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I've just taken a look in the Editor at the standard FM2015 database. I think Truro may be a bit of a challenge. There aren't that many players. It would end up a youth challenge I think. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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