fiz Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Well I'm sacked from Port Vale. Any trophies for most sackings?? Anyway my question is has anyone played with Ajax CT? Have an offer from them in my inbox. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 fiz bad luck with Port Vale. I am not sure if anyone has ever managed Ajax CT in this challenge, but it wouldn't surprise me as a lot of people tend to start in South Africa. And sooner or later thats a country everyone need to manage in as African Champions League is one of the requirements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis999 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Lewis; Bouncing straight back up to League 1 would be a great start alright, should get you on song with the board aswell and help ya start to build up some rep. Best of luck with it. Lost my first game to Chesterfield 1-0 after dominating the whole game. A few players didn't listen to me in team talks which might be an issue going forward. Just want this season over and done with. EDIT : Won my final game 4-0 so can enter the summer feeling a bit more confident. If I manage to keep all the team together I have no doubt I will be in the top 3 automatic spots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiz Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I think I've been lazy with adding talents to my team and that's where my sackings are coming from. I'll spend more time on that with Ajax CT. Any tips for finding players? Most everyones attributes range 6-7 points and thorough scouting takes a while which is hard at the beginning of a club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis999 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Oh no, 3 of my best players are wanting out already . This is going to be tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The Earls Ultimate Football Manager Challenge 2019/20 - Glasgow Rangers - Scottish Championship (Tier 2) After the season with Falkirk it could seem intriguing to stay on and fight in the Premiership with them, but having experienced a similar position at Den Bosch I searched for a new club to manage yet again. And just as I thought before last season the manager of Glasgow Rangers got sacked. I applied for the job and got it. This meant going back to Championship once again. But wow what a difference. Around 35.000 spectators would greet me at Ibrox every home game, and the club had a budget 5 times that of Falkirk. For once I didn't have to rely so heavily on loanees, even though a few of them was brought in. Graham Kavanagh from Crystal Palace being the most important in midfield. The club had managed to retain Lee Wallace at left back, which left me with the best full back not only in championship, but possibly in all of scottish league football. I had a budget that made it possible to sign quite a few players also, most of them around the 100K mark. Frank Mulheron a striker bought from Leeds for 150K was the most important player I bought. Once again Ramsdens Cup was no luck for me. We won the first round 4-1 at home to Stanraer, but lost on penalties after 3-3 at home to Dumbarton in the second round. The league started far better with 5-3-0 in the first 8 games. By then we had progressed two rounds in the League Cup as well, winning 2-0 against Queens Park in the first round, and 3-1 against Queen of the South in the second round. But in the third round it was stop against St.Johnstone 1-3 a.e.t. In the following 20 games in the league, we won 16 and lost 4, which left us comfortably at the top of the table. We entered the Scottish Cup in the 4th round, and won 2-1 away to Kilmarnock. In the 5th round we played the game of the season winning 9-2 away to Queen of the South. But in the Quarter Final it was a disappointing stop 0-0 at home to Cowdenbeath was followed by a loss 1-2 in the replay away. We finished off the season just ok with 2-1-2 in the last 5 games, which gave us this final league table: 1. Rangers -36-25-4-7-91-43-79 (winners and promoted) 2. Hibernian -36-18-9-9-62-41-63 (playoffs) 3. St.Mirren -36-17-7-12-53-31-58 (playoffs) 4. Ross County-36-16-10-10-58-49-58 (playoffs and promoted) Top goalscorer Frank Mulhern - 31 goals (in just 32 games, signed from Leeds) Top performer Lee Wallace - 8,12 Av.rat (left back, played 33 games) My reputation stayed at 35% and this time I will not resign, but test my skills against Celtic. Can I maybe win a cup title? Season Club League Pos. Cup Info. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 HOL Den Bosch Jupiler League 11th 2nd round Joined 19th, already out of Cup 2016/17 HOL Den Bosch Jupiler League 1st 4th round Won the league and promoted! 2017/18 HOL Den Bosch Eresdivisie 14th 2nd round Survived in a bad season. 2018/19 SCO Falkirk Championship 2nd Quarter fin. Promoted after playoffs, 3rd r. of leag. cup 2019/20 SCO Rangers Championship 1st Quarter fin. Promoted, 3rd r. of leag. cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
to_madeira Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Season 2017/18 FC Cape Town - ABSA PremiershipLeague Table | Schedule 1 Schedule 2 | Transfers | Squad 1 Squad 2 An amazing season! After started with 2 defeats in 3 games, I was thinking that would be a long season. However the new (some international) players settled in and all of sudden we're winning games. 14 wins and 3 draws mean we're top of the league. But only 4 wins in last 10 games meant a 2 point advantage to Sundowns with a game in hand for them, against Bloem Celtic who needed a win to survive. And they did it, a surprising 3-0 win and we are champions! Another story in the cups, as Sundowns and Mbombela took us out. So, for next season I'll concentrate only in the African Champions League. I won't care about the Premiership (especially when ahead of a CL game) or the cups. There's plenty opportunities to get some cups. Also, quick question: what's the general level of the teams in CL? Much stronger than South African top dogs? [b]CLUB CAREER Season Club Pos DC1 DC2 Cont Notes & Achievements[/b] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Cape Town 5th QF n/a n/a Took over in 12th with 17 games remaining 2016/17 Cape Town 1st R2 n/a n/a Champions and promoted! 2017/18 Cape Town 1st R2 QF Champions! [b]1st top domestic league won[/b] [b]INTERNATIONAL CAREER Year Nation NL WC Cont. Conf. Notes & Achievements[/b] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 2016 2017 2018 Challenge Progress Club 1/10 top domestic leagues (South Africa - Cape Town) 0/10 domestic cups 0/5 club continental championships 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysdailydose Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I think I've been lazy with adding talents to my team and that's where my sackings are coming from. I'll spend more time on that with Ajax CT. Any tips for finding players? Most everyones attributes range 6-7 points and thorough scouting takes a while which is hard at the beginning of a club Are they still in the ABSA Premiership? How many scouts do you have? Even in the early going, if I have say 4 scouts, I'll have one for "Next Opposition" and then two regional scouts and one guy who is my "Player Recruitment" scout -- I send him out (usually for a month) to like 5 different targets. Usually if you scout a player for a month, you'll have 100% knowledge or very close to it (depends on the scout.) Especially for the future, figure out how you want to develop your scouting network -- it is extremely important to this challenge. Let me know how many scouts you have, and if you're at your current max, ask your board for more. It is one of the first things I do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysdailydose Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Also, quick question: what's the general level of the teams in CL? Much stronger than South African top dogs? If you're beating Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, and SuperSport United to win the title, you'll be a favorite in the ACL. I'd say Chiefs win the ACL 7/10 years in pretty much every save I've ever had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysdailydose Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 TheEarl: Are you still doing your super crazy Elite Ultimate Challenge, or did you come back to do the regular challenge with us mere mortals? I can't really tell from the write-up. Best of luck, I need to pick up my pace... was too busy getting my website good to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 TheEarl:Are you still doing your super crazy Elite Ultimate Challenge, or did you come back to do the regular challenge with us mere mortals? I can't really tell from the write-up. Best of luck, I need to pick up my pace... was too busy getting my website good to go. I am back to normal as this is FM16 and some sort of unfamiliar territory. That "Elite" challenge was something I tried on FM15 after completing it first time. But as soon as FM16 came out, I gave up that experiment as I was too eager to play FM16. I might try it again in the future, but I will not stick to it for now. (Even if the teams I have managed so far would fit to that description.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLapira Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 How do ye guys move through seasons so fast? Only yesterday, TheEarl and to_madeira, ye were giving end of season reports and now ye're posting them again. Congrats to both of ye by the way on topping ye're respective leagues. Earl; good call on taking a step back down to manage Glasgow Rangers, i was hoping for something similar while i was in Scotland but Rangers just shot straight to the top. By the end of my third season they were back competing at the top of Scottish football. Madeira; Bet it feels good to get the first trophy outta the way, and a shot at the African CL to boot, well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 How do ye guys move through seasons so fast? Only yesterday, TheEarl and to_madeira, ye were giving end of season reports and now ye're posting them again. Congrats to both of ye by the way on topping ye're respective leagues.Earl; good call on taking a step back down to manage Glasgow Rangers, i was hoping for something similar while i was in Scotland but Rangers just shot straight to the top. By the end of my third season they were back competing at the top of Scottish football. Madeira; Bet it feels good to get the first trophy outta the way, and a shot at the African CL to boot, well done. Joe if you read one of my posts earlier up, I have been on vacation for a month in real life. This means I had no time to post updates, but I have played every now and then. So I am still 2,5 seasons ahead in my game as to where my updates have come. So possible tonight or tomorrow there will be 2 more updates I guess, then it will be back to "normal" speed after that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
to_madeira Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Joe My save game is a bit ahead of the updates and also, have a week free, so lots of FM at the moment. Yeah, it's nice start getting trophies outta the way and see my reputation rises accordingly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysdailydose Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 RE: Vikeologist I told you I was going to go into a bit more detail about my first day at a club on my blog and I did, but I cross-posted it here to tactics forum. If you're interested, here's the link: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/449593-The-First-Day-at-a-Club-Taking-Over-Midseason?p=10671657#post10671657 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiz Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Ryan Gordon Port Vale Season 2018/2019 Review After securing promotion I was asked to steer clear of relegation on League 1. I thought it would be relatively easy but it was a bad experience all around. Brought in 8 new players - none of them good enough. As mentioned before it was a lack of scouting that did me in. I think I had a chief and 2 scouts. I think around October my board wanted to schedule an emergency meeting, which this time I humbly obliged. Sadly it was not enough to secure any more time and they let me go. In comes Ajax CT. I joined January with around 5 days left of the transfer window period. Only managed to sign one left sided midfielder George Lebese that I thought would help us in a new 442 I'm trying. More importantly I filled out my coaching staff with new hires and my scout team is now pretty large, 7 total I think. Started scouting for the summer and our world knowledge has gone from 5% to 11%. I'm limited to Africa but I think it's going well. Found two 19 year olds from Ghana that look really good. In the league we were 13th when I took over and barely managed to stay clear of relegation by finishing 14th. Looking forward to next season. Ajax CT Stats Most Goals - Edward Manqele - 12 Most Assists - George Lebese - 6 (in 13 games) Highest Rating - George Lebese - 7.69 Season Country Team League Position Notes Challenge Landmarks 16/17 RSA Golden Arrows NFD 12th Promotion candidates, left after 8 games with 4 losses 17/18 ENG Southend United L2 13th Sacked 17/18 ENG Port Vale L2 5th Took over in 12th position in January - won playoffs 18/19 ENG Port Vale L1 23rd Sacked 18/19 RSA Ajax CT Prem 14th Took over in January Challenge Progress Club 0/10 top domestic leagues 0/10 domestic cups 0/5 club continental championships 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
to_madeira Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Seasons 2018/19 and start of 2019/20 FC Cape Town - ABSA Premiership | France U21 As I said my only goal left here is the ACL, which is played half in each season. So all the league and cup games I just used the instant result as I'm bored of the club, the league and want get outta here as soon as possible. Ended up 4th, only 5 points short of previous years 1st place. Also early exit of Nedbank Cup (1st round) but reached SF in both MTN-8 and Telkom only to be eliminated by SuperSport United both times. They also won the the title. One mistake I made is not to push for ACL qualifying places, in case I didn't win this years' edition. Rookie move that could cost me a couple of years. So, we played 3 rounds in ACL and couldn't get any easier. 10-0, 9-1 and 7-0 in our way to group stage. But here, I think I have a pretty though group: Al-Ahly, Zamalek and ES Sétif. Last but not least, I got myself a international job. Both Argentina U20 and France U21 offered me a place and I took the european one. Some easy matches to end the qualification and this summer I'll be playing the U21 European Championship and maybe winning it. Top Performers Most Goals - Asive Langwe - 20 (36 games) Most Assists - Asive Langwe - 20 (36 games) Highest Rating - Asive Langwe - 8.07 (36 games) This guy is just immense down the right flank. Picked he up as a freebie after his Ajax CT contract come to an end, what were they thinking? ------------------ Season 2019/20 FC Cape Town The only interest are the ACL matches so let's get to it. We won the group stage fairly easily (5 wins and a draw) and then in semis we beat ES Tunis (3-2 away, 5-1 home). On the other semi Sundowns got beaten by Al-Ahly (6-3 agg). So in the final we meet again with the Egyptian side (1-1 away, 3-0 home on GS) and we won! Despite playing 66 minutes with 10 men we managed to get a 3-3 draw at home and then we fly to Cairo: Langwe stats through the CL: 15 games 18 goals 9 assist 8.89 rat We won and to be honest was a lot easier than I expected. So I dodged a bullet of that mistake. Off we go! On a side note, I reached final of the MTN-8 but lost to Sundows 2-4 after ET (1-1 after 90). France U21 On the European Championship we managed to clean easily the group (7-1 Russia, 2-1 Spain, 1-0 Netherlands) but got knocked out by Italia on semis, despite dominating the game, 2-2 after ET, 3-4 on penalties. After the game I resigned. Later, just after the CL win, I applied to Senegal job and got it. [b]CLUB CAREER Season Club Pos DC1 DC2 Cont Notes & Achievements[/b] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Cape Town 5th QF n/a n/a Took over in 12th with 17 games remaining 2016/17 Cape Town 1st R2 n/a n/a Champions and promoted! 2017/18 Cape Town 1st R2 QF n/a Champions! [b][u]1st top domestic league won[/u][/b] 2018/19 Cape Town 4th R1 SF GS (still in play) 2019 Cape Town 2th n/a n/a W Left after the CL. Finalist of the MTN-8. [b][u]1st club continental championship won[/u][/b] [b]INTERNATIONAL CAREER Year Nation NL WC Cont. Conf. Notes & Achievements[/b] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 2016 2017 2018 France U21 Qualified for U21 European Championship 2019 France U21 / Senegal Semi-finalist U21 European Championship; Challenge Progress Club 1/10 top domestic leagues (South Africa - Cape Town) 0/10 domestic cups 1/5 club continental championships (Africa - Cape Town) 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Vikeologist's 2058/9 Argentina Copa America Report After leaving Bangor, I was unemployed for three and a half years until the 2058 World Cup, after which I became the latest in a long line of ex-Bangor City managers to become the national coach of Argentina. We lost the Superclásico on penalties, and did ok in friendlies. In the Copa America we were drawn in the group of death along with Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador. This is a good thing if you’re one of the favourites for a cup, as it provides the possibility of eliminating a rival or maybe two. We started off with a 3-0 victory of Ecuador. A relief. We looked good. Then we lost 7-1 to Uruguay. We had a player sent off, but we were just terrible. Bangor could have beaten us. The third group game we beat Colombia 2-0, eliminating them from the competition and finishing top of the group due Ecuador surprisingly beating Uruguay. In the quarter-final we beat Japan U23 4-0. Brazil lost Wellington Guillherme (my Newcastle wonderkid and one of the 2 best players I’ve had in the game) to injury, and, (probably not coincidently) promptly lost to Mexico U23. In the semi-final we faced Ecuador again. My experience in this save has taught me that beating a team easily in the group stage is no guarantee of repeated success, but in this case it was a nice easy 3-0 match again. I hoped the easy match plus the extra day’s rest would stand us in good stead for the rematch against Uruguay in the final. But they lost to Mexico U23 in their semi-final. I was quite nervous at this point. All our players were available for the final. Nobody had missed out on the squad through injury and now all our players were fit including our best striker. And we were playing Mexico U23. Don’t get me wrong. They had some very talented young players and had already eliminated our 2 main rivals for the crown, but still; Mexico U23. All the goalkeepers in their squad were greyed-out. I was never going to get another opportunity like this served up on a plate for me. Win and I just have the Asian cup to go. Lose and I would probably be sacked and maybe not get another shot with Argentina or Brazil for who knows how long. I was a bag of nerves, particularly in regard to the psychopath in midfield who’d been sent off in the Uruguay game. In the end I didn’t have to worry. The score was only 2-0, but it was very one-sided. I have the Copa America. Just the Asian Cup to go. I’ll probably go into hibernation again for 3 years until the next world Cup, and hope there’s an opening at South Korea. I’ve added some other Asian leagues, but then again, I’m not sure that’s a good idea if I’m pretty much going to hold out for South Korea anyway. I suppose having more players will make things more interesting. Of course the sentimental thing to do would be to try to guide China to the Asian Cup. Ha. Fat chance. The game’s not that unrealistic. Season Team Position Notes Challenge Landmarks 14/15 Swallows(South Africa) 14th Took over after 14 (of 30)games in 16th bottom position. Dodged relegation. 15/16 Swallows 12th South African FA Cup winner. Continental qualification. 1 domestic cup 16/17 Swallows 3rd Champions League qualification 17/18 Swallows 3rd 18/19 Swallows & Kaizer Chiefs2nd Quit Swallows mid-season. Took over Kaiser Chiefs with 9 games of the season left 19/20 Kaizer Chiefs/ChU23 2nd Won 2 domestic cups. 20/21 Kaizer Chiefs / China 2nd Lost in Champions League Final on away goals 21/22 Kaizer Chiefs/China 1st Lost in Champions league semi-final. Won 36 straight matches and East Asia Cup 1 domestic league 22/23 Kaizer Chiefs/ China n/a Won African Champions League. Humiliated nation of China. African Champions League 2023 Seoul 1st Won South Korean League 2nd domestic league 2024 Seoul / Brazil U23 3rd Won FA Cup 2nd domestic cup 2025 Cruz Azul 9th Won FA Cup (Opening Stage). Then I was sacked. 3rd domestic cup 2026 Chivas 2nd Manager for one match. Lost title in extra time of 2nd leg of league final. 26/27 Chivas /Ivory Coast 6th/1st Won NACL. Lost Closing stage final of Mexican 1st Div (again) NACL 27 Chivas / Ivory Coast 5th Lost in Opening Stage semi-final and resigned after CWC Q/F 28 Dalian / Ivory Coast 11th Lost in FA Cup Final / Lost in 2029 ACON Q/F 29 Guangzhou / Egypt 1st League / Cup double. Qualified for World Cup 4th cup, 3rd league 30 Guangzhou/Egypt/USA 1st League / Champions League double Asian Champions League 31/2 Hertha Berlin 6th German Cup losing finalists. Qualified for UEFA Cup 32/33 Hertha Berlin/S Korea 6th UEFA Cup losing finalists. 33/34 HB/ SK/ Dortmund 6th Moved team after 12 games. Won East Asia Cup again, this time with Korea. 34/35 Dortmund / SK / Egypt 1st League and cup double. Quit South Korea after AC Q/F ignomy 5th cup, Bundesliga 35/36 Dortmund / Colombia 2nd German cup winners. 36/37 Barcelona / Colombia 2nd CL Q/F. Confederations Cup Finalists CWC 37/38 Barcelona / Holland 1st League, Cup, Champions league treble. World Cup with Holland. Euro Champions League, 6th cup, Spanish league. World Cup. 38/39 AC Milan / Holland 1st League and Italian Cup winners. 7th cup, Serie A 39/40 Holland n/a Won European Championship European Championship 40/41 Sochaux / South Africa 7th Took over Newcastle at end of season. 41/42 Newcastle/South Africa 5th FA Cup Semi-Finals. World Cup disaster. 42/43 Newcastle / Brazil 6th CO Cup Q/F, Euro Cup 2nd K/O Round 43/44 Newcastle / Brazil 7th FA Cup Finalists 44/45 Newcastle / Brazil 4th Euro Cup winners 45/46 Newcastle / Brazil 2nd League runners-up. FA Cup winners. 8th cup 46/47 Newcastle / Mexico 4th Gold Cup 47/48 Newcastle / Mexico 1st League, Cup and Champions League treble English league 2048 Monterray / Mexico 1st Won the league, and about flaming time. 8th domestic league 48/49 OL / Mexico 14th Took over OL for last 9 games.Third Confederations Cup Final.Third time lucky. Confederations Cup 49/50 OL 3rd Lost Coupe de la Ligue final on penalties 50/51 Monaco/Egypt 1st French league & 9th cup 2051 Corinthians / Egypt 3rd Copa Libertadores 2052-3 Egypt Lost in ACON semi-final 53/4 Bangor/Ivory Coast 1st Eliminated in World Cup group stage. Won Welsh league by a mile 10th domestic league 54/5 Bangor/ Ivory Coast 1st African Cup of Nations and 10th domestic league 58/9 Argentina Copa America Challenge Progress Club 10/10 top domestic leagues (South Africa, S Korea, China, Germany, Spain, Italy, England, Mexico, France, Wales) 10/10 domestic cups (South Africa, S Korea, Mexico, China, Germany, Spain, Italy, England, France) 5/5 club continental championships (Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, South America) 1/1 club world championship International 4/5 continental tournaments (European Championship, Gold Cup, African Cup of Nations, Copa America) 2/2 world tournaments (World Cup, Conferations Cup) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 to How many team qualify for the CL from South Africa. In my save it started off as just one, but that number expanded rapidly. At the time it seemed as though my quest for the African CL dragged on forever, but looking back it was only 3 seasons. The failure the first 2 times was tough to take because getting to the semi-final is so easy, but those last 2 fixtures can be heartbreaking. Hopefully you can do it first time. i think you asked how good the other African clubs are. They weren't very good in my save apart from my bete noire, Orlando Pirates. fiz I doubt you'll come close to being sacked as manay times as NormandyWept and myself, although to be fair, you're off to a good start. It's just part of the challenge. Ajax CT are a good club to establish yourself with, but I guess you're going to rent rather than buy somewhere to live just in case. earl - Good luck getting a second successive promotion with Rangers. Do you think you're going to make a concerted effort to achieve the challenge a second time, or are you just taking it as it comes? As previously mentioned, I'm not going to on FM16. I'll start the challenge, but just as a way of getting tog rips with FM16. Got to achieve the challenge on FM15 first though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 vike congrats on Copa America. Hope you can get South Korea quite soon, so Asian Cup should be achievable. Yes I want to complet FM16 also, I always thought NW would finish FM15 first as he was so far ahead of me. Remember reading this thread several times a day to see if he completed with a sweep of Bundesliga, DFB Pokal and Champions League in one season. It didn't happened and I was the first to finish anyway, but that really didn't matter. But now I want to be the first manager to complete this in both FM15 and FM16. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 The South Korea job didn't become available until after the 2063 Asian Cup. I don't know whether to apply for it, (and have to manage the team for 4 years with the danger of being sacked) or wait until after the 2066 World Cup to see if it becomes available then. I'm sort of hoping that FM17 introduces something new that will change the nature of the challenge, and make me want to try it again. (An example would be the introduction of the Oceanic Champions League, but I guess a change to the nature of creating a new manager would also mean having to change the challenge). Anyway, that's a long way off. Who knows, maybe I will get into a FM16 challenge. Can't say that this part of the challenge is a lot of fun. I'm surprised I'm the first one to finish the club side of things before the international one. I assumed that would happen to everybody. I suppose it's amusing that Monday was 2055, and if I don't apply for or get the South Korea job, I should be into 2066ish in a few hours time. If NW was The Turtle, I'm a legendary figure that my players have heard of, but none of them are sure I actually exist until I turn up with my white beard and magical abilities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLapira Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Congrats to Vike and to_madeira on your cup wins. In terms of my own save, I didn't make as much progress as I'd like to have yesterday but we've only 10 games left in the regular season of the K-League Classic. We finally started to pick up some wins, importantly against our relegation rivals. We're 2 points clear of the relegation playoff spot and 5 points clear of automatic. Avoiding automatic relegation is the aim but I'd rather avoid the playoff as well. 5 clubs have sacked managers in our league this season, the 2 below us, the one just above us and Jeonbuk, in 6th at the time and the defending champions. I applied for that job straight away but unfortunately I didn't get it. I've also applied for the Kaizer Chiefs job in S.Africa and I haven't heard anything back yet, so fingers crossed. I haven't felt the same affiliation with Suwon as I did with Berwick and I don't see Suwon, with its shocking finances, being able to support my push for leagues and cups. I've had one competitive game with Tunisia, a 3-0 win away to Zimbabwe in the African Nations qualifiers. I'm fairly positive about reaching the final tournament itself and we'll see how far we can go when we get there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysdailydose Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I was going to get relegated and fired from Bristol Rovers, so I jumped before I was pushed. The Stevenage job we all know I covet was open and I tried, and I got the interview, but they didn't hire me. So, especially since I blog on my saves now, I'm treating this as a *SAVE FAILED* and will be restarting. I may just get out of England to start, but that Bristol Rovers job was horrendous. Injuries, two games with game winning penalties handed out in the last five minutes or in stoppage time, and just a total rot from being on 13 points in 20 matches -- and I just couldn't save them. Just shows that you can prepare like crazy and sometimes you just can't fix a situation in time. Especially with no money and being over your wage budget by 5k to start. My screenshots for my manager will be the exact same no matter where I start, so when I get my new job I'll just post it to save on clutter. Thanks for following, guys, and now you can pick on me for finally getting a team relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 . But now I want to be the first manager to complete this in both FM15 and FM16. I think I'd rather be the first to achieve both of the most difficult challenges; this and the Youth Challenge. Anybody who does that will have serious game. It won't be me though. Firstly because this challenge plays to my strengths; job selection, transfers and endurance, whereas the Youth Challenge encompasses my weaknesses. Mostly though, it won't be me because Bartrcm and smp20 have already done the Youth Challenge, and will doubtless make short shrift of this one as well. Has anybody else who is doing this challenge also completed the youth challenge. I don't know if there is a hall of fame for previous years. Incidentally, I applied for the South korea job, and i'm about to accept it. (I need to remember that despite my victory lap-like posts, I haven't achieved either of the aforementioned challenges yet). South Korea is the only game in town. I can get China, Indonesia etc to come back as available, but despite having the league loaded, Australia national team remains unavailable. So, probably its South Korea or I don't achieve the challenge. I had to apply for the job, to see if they'd offer it to me, and having been offered it, i have to take it, because I believe that if you turn down a job, the club or nation can hold it against you. (It could just be a superstition). Anyway, looking at the history of South Korea managers, it seems that most job switches happen after the Asian Cup. The manager wh's just left was there for 8 years, and I really don't want to have to spend most of the next 8 seasons on holiday. Let's get this on. South Korea are really low in the world dankings so i may need 4 years to get things shipshape. This is my second time with South Korea. I left 28 years ago after going out in the Asian Cup Q/F. Honey, I'm home. (I call all my players honey, because I can't remember their Korean names). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 The South Korea job didn't become available until after the 2063 Asian Cup. I don't know whether to apply for it, (and have to manage the team for 4 years with the danger of being sacked) or wait until after the 2066 World Cup to see if it becomes available then.I'm sort of hoping that FM17 introduces something new that will change the nature of the challenge, and make me want to try it again. (An example would be the introduction of the Oceanic Champions League, but I guess a change to the nature of creating a new manager would also mean having to change the challenge). Anyway, that's a long way off. Who knows, maybe I will get into a FM16 challenge. Can't say that this part of the challenge is a lot of fun. I'm surprised I'm the first one to finish the club side of things before the international one. I assumed that would happen to everybody. I suppose it's amusing that Monday was 2055, and if I don't apply for or get the South Korea job, I should be into 2066ish in a few hours time. If NW was The Turtle, I'm a legendary figure that my players have heard of, but none of them are sure I actually exist until I turn up with my white beard and magical abilities. Slight correction, I did also finish the club side before international. I just didn't quit club football straight away, but I also quite club football when there was just one international trophy left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
to_madeira Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 vike: Only two qualified. Me and 2nd place Sundowns. Fortunately they didn't go past semis as I have a pretty poor record against them. Ulsan offered me an interview and would be a great opportunity but didn't choose me after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwinriga Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 jaysdailydose, too bad on your failed save and once you're restarting, you will be back to square one. I hope you made it better 'cause it's gonna be more challenging. By the way, I suggest that you need to keep an eye on your team, in terms of winning, drawing or losing. Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayihavecookie Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 vikeologist Congratulations on finishing the club side and good luck on your last quest, I'm sure you will make it. There actually was a point some weeks ago when I kind of hoped I would be able to finish this before you. Sounds a bit stupid now, as it's still a long way to go for me and you will probably be finished the next time I check this thread. Everyone else: I kind of lost track to be honest, this thread is too fast for me sometimes. So I'll just say welcome to the challenge to those who started recently and good luck to everyone. Nice to have you back TheEarl. Will update on my second season with Juventus soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysdailydose Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Vikeologist: As far as hardest challenges, I think you're forgetting one: San Marino. Sammarinese Challenge, especially run as a youth challenge, is the hardest challenge I've ever seen, and its not close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayihavecookie Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Guys, I said earlier I'm going to post an update soon so I'm going to do that. Though I'm not even sure I'll be able to find motivation to continue this challenge after what surely was the most frustrating summer possible. I'm trying to keep it short. mayihavecookie's Challenge, Season 17Season 2030/31Juventus F.C. - Serie ALeague Table | Schedule 1 | Schedule 2 | Schedule 3 I had an OK season with Juventus. Last years champions Sampdoria were terrible so it was easy for us to win the title 15 points before Roma in 2nd. We also won the Italian Cup for a second time. In the Champions League we didn't do too bad as well. Most big teams (Arsenal, Real Madrid, Man City, Barcelona, PSG, Schalke) were out after the first knockout round and I knew it would never again be so easy to win that cursed title. We played against Bayern in the Quarter Final which was probably the toughest opponent we could have met. And we were down 1-0 in the away game before I was able to turn it around with a late substitution who scored two goals in 85th and 87th minute for a 2-1 win. At home we played 0-0 and were in the semi finals. Next was Monaco, and after a solid season without any terrible results I was really confident. We got hammered though. We lost 1-4 away and I had to risk everything in the home game. And yes, we were actually up 2-0 right after half time and the 3-0 that would have made us go to the final was close. Then Monaco changed to a deadly 3-4-3 and scored four goals again. We were out with a 3-8 on aggregate. MexicoCopa America | Gold Cup Now this is where it gets annoying. I had the chance to take Mexico to two continental tournaments this summer. First our U23 would play in the Copa América, then right after that our first team would try and win the Cold Cup. Of course I decided to take control of the U23 to try and take revenge on Brazil for sacking me after our quarter final out at the World Cup. First we beat Peru, then we played against Brazil. They soon were up 4-1, but we didn't give up and fought back with three goals between minutes 70 and 80. But Brazil had the final say and scored the 5-4 winning goal after 93 minutes. We then beat Costa Rica U23 and guess what, Brazil actually lost their two other games and were only third with 3 points. I thought they were out of the tournament. We beat Chile and Peru (again) in the quarter and semi final and went into the final against... Brazil. I totally missed that the third team of the group would stay in the tournament as well. This time we were equal. We took them to penalties. The first 8 players of each team scored, then the 9th Mexican guy missed and we lost. That's not how taking revenge works guys... OK winning the Copa América with Mexico U23 would have been a sensation. But to be so close just to lose the final against Brazil again (just like four years ago with Uruguay). In Penalties! The Gold Cup started just three days later and here we were favourites for the title. We didn't have any problems on the way. We beat Guatemala 6-0, Haiti 4-1, Trinidad & Tobago 3-0, Jamaica 4-0 and Cuba 4-0 and then we met the United States of America in the final. It went terrible. We needed a lot of luck to take them to extra time. Then just 30 seconds into extra time they scored the 3-2 but we equalised soon after. Penalties again. And we ****ing lost again. If there's a trophy for most international tournaments lost in penalties in the course of one bloody month please let me know. [b]CLUB CAREER Season Club Pos DC1 DC2 Cont Notes & Achievements[/b] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014 CHN Renhe 11th QF n/a n/a Took over after 13 games in 16th 2015 CHN Renhe 2nd QF n/a n/a Chinese Manager of the Year 2016 CHN Renhe 1st Won n/a R2 Won Chinese Super League & FA Cup 2017 KOR Chunnam 2nd R4 n/a Won Won Asian Champions League 2018 KOR Jeonbuk 1st Won n/a Won Won Asian Champions League, K-League Classic & FA Cup 19/20 RSA Kaizer Chiefs 2nd Won QF n/a Won SA Cup 20/21 RSA Kaizer Chiefs 1st Won R1 open Won SA Cup, Be The Coach and Premier Soccer League 21/22 RSA Kaizer Chiefs 1st R1 QF won Won African Champions League, left after 13 games in 1st 21/22 GER Borussia Dortmund 3rd F n/a n/a Took over after 26 games in 9th 22/23 GER Borussia Dortmund 1st F n/a EL won Won Bundesliga and Europa League 23/24 ESP Real Madrid 1st Won n/a R2 Won La Liga and Spanish Cup 24/25 HOL Ajax 1st Won n/a R2 Won Eredivisie and Dutch Cup 2025 ARG Boca Juniors 1st n/a n/a Won Took over after 15 games in 2nd. Won League & Copa Libertadores 2026 ARG Boca Juniors 1st Won n/a Won Won Copa Argentina, Club World Cup and everything else 27/28 ENG Arsenal 1st Won Won EL R2 Won Premier League, FA Cup and Capital One Cup 28/29 ENG Arsenal 2nd R4 Won QF Left 2nd after 33 games, they went on the win League, won C.O.C. 29/30 ITA Juve 2nd Won n/a R2 Won Italian Cup 30/31 ITA Juve 1st Won n/a SF Won League & Cup double [b]INTERNATIONAL CAREER Year Nation NL WC Cont. Conf. Notes & Achievements[/b] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 South Korea Joined 22.7.18 2019 South Korea QF Sacked 6.2.19 2019 Cameroon Joined 17.2.19 World Ranking 29th 2020 Cameroon 2021 Cameroon Won Won African Cup of Nations 2022 Cameroon 3rd Resigned 10.7.22 World Ranking 4th 2023 France SF Joined 17.7.22 World Ranking 7th 2024 France QF Sacked 14.7.24 World Ranking 4th 2025 - 2026 - 2027 Uruguay Final Joined 10.1.17, Resigned 3.7.17 2028 Brazil Joined 12.9.17 World Ranking 1st 2029 Brazil Won Won Confederations Cup 2030 Mexico Joined 21.7.30 World Ranking 18th 2030 Mexico Final Lost both Gold Cup & Copa America final Challenge Progress Club 9/10 top domestic leagues (China, South Korea, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Holland, Argentina, England, Italy) 9/10 domestic cups (China, South Korea, South Africa, Spain, Holland, Argentina, England (FAC), England (COC), Italy) 3/5 club continental championships (Asia, Africa, South America) 1/1 club world championship (Boca Juniors) International 1/5 continental tournaments (African Cup of Nations with Cameroon) 1/2 world tournaments (Confederations Cup with Brazil) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouth123 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 My laptop is now broken and I have lost everything on it ! just got promoted to the premiership with Brechin ! ah well will start again when i fix my latop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEarl Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 cookie really sad to hear about your unfortunates. Dont give up man, you have come such a far way. I played with Mexico at some stage myself. The difference was that I won the Gold Cup with them, but also lost Copa America final. It is really frustrating to loose at penalties and in FM15 if lets say I had 10 games that went to penalty shoot-out , I would maximum win 1 or 2 out of 10. It feels bugged to play those, but most of the time you should be able to win before penalties. I am sure you can complete this if you just stick in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLapira Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Cookie that is some serious hard luck. Great credit to ya for getting the U23s to Copa Final though, but back to back penalty shootout defeats is hard to take. I'm sure you'll be able to bounce back from it. Mouth; Id reccomend cloud saving your game in future. That way if the laptop does break again then at least you can reload the save. Hard luck with that though as getting Brechin to the Prem was excellent work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Nobody should rely on cloud save. When you change your hard drive it will overwrite your cloud save. Its better to periodically save onto a USB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLapira Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Nobody should rely on cloud save. When you change your hard drive it will overwrite your cloud save. Its better to periodically save onto a USB. Really? I didnt know that, i've been saving to the cloud all this time. Fortunately, I havent been in a situation where i needed it. How do you mean change your hard drive though, im not very techy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Really? I didnt know that, i've been saving to the cloud all this time. Fortunately, I havent been in a situation where i needed it. How do you mean change your hard drive though, im not very techy. What i meant is that when you have a new hard drive (or a new computer) and reinstall STEAM, there's a danger that the cloud on your account will save over anything you have on the cloud (with a blank directory). I'm sure its not meant to do that, and maybe there's a way around it, (although definitely not an easy way), but I think the cloud save is useless, and many people, including myself, have lost saves. I lost about 3 seasons of this challenge due to this, though luckily I'd saved onto a memory stick the last time I'd won a landmark trophy. The cloud might work in some situations, but I wouldn't suggest anyone chance it. Backup onto external memory sticks. (Don't even rely on backups of your hard drive, since they tend to save only certain types of files, and ignore FM game saves). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLapira Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Cheers for the info Vike, i'm gonna start backing up on USB now just in case. I was able to play a couple of more games last night, now with 4 games left we're 5 points clear of the relegation playoff spot and 8 clear of automatic. We have some tough games coming up but hopefully we can hang on. Another win for my Tunisian side, 3-1 against Lesotho, means all we need is a draw and we'll have qualified for the ACON. Hopefully a good run there will help boost my reputation up another level. Really need to get out of Suwon for the sake of the Challenge, 4 and a half seasons played and nothing in terms of Challenge Trophies as of yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiz Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Ryan Gordon Ajax CT Season 2019/2020 Review Quick phone update while it's fresh in my mind I'll post screenshots later. Made about 8 friendly matches to get the team to adapt to my new direct 442. Won them all very convincingly. Signed a new right back, center back, def mid, center mid, and a striker. All the best I could find from Africa. I found out I'm limited to only five non South African players which was a bummer to my scouting efforts. League play went great and we improved a lot from last season. We were sitting in first place after five games but Kaiser Chiefs had only played one. As soon as they caught up in games they moved into first place and never let go. We never really challenged for the title but nobody else threatened our second place finish either. I'm now looking for South African players to improve the squad for next year and try for a title. The league cup was a bust as we lost in the first round. Moving on. The Nedbank cup went very well with wins against the Sundowns and Kaiser Chiefs along the way we found ourselves in a very favorable matchup in the finals against FC Cape Town. We put in a solid performance and came away with a fairly easy 2-0 win. First trophy of the challenge! And a stepping stone to build into the future. This also gives us a qualification to the CAF so I'm excited to give that a try. All in all a good season. Ajax CT Stats Most Goals - Mohammed Most Assists - Katze Highest Rating - George Lebese Season Country Team League Position Notes Challenge Landmarks 16/17 RSA Golden Arrows NFD 12th Promotion candidates, left after 8 games with 4 losses 17/18 ENG Southend United L2 13th Sacked 17/18 ENG Port Vale L2 5th Took over in 12th position in January - won playoffs 18/19 ENG Port Vale L1 23rd Sacked 18/19 RSA Ajax CT Prem 14th Took over in January 19/20 RSA Ajax CT Prem 2nd Won the Nedbank Cup Challenge Progress Club 0/10 top domestic leagues 1/10 domestic cups (South Africa) 0/5 club continental championships 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartrcm Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Vasco CT - SA first division - Season 2016-2017 Predicted: 1th Actual finish: 1th and CHAMPIONS!!! We played a very good season, but we had very tough oponnents in Black Leopards. We took the title in the 2nd last game. Luckily for us the last game against Black Leopards didn't care anymore because we lost a game that didn't matter. We won the title on goal difference. We had the best attack and the second best defence of the league, so we were deservedly crowned as champions. After the play-off game Black Leopards also won promotion. This is my team that won promotion, and like you can see, they all have very good ratings. Games Cup: we reached the QF, so we did extremelly well. Transfers: Most of them were back up players, but did their jo when necessary. But after a couple of games in the season my chairman sold my best player behind my back for peanuts. So I brought in Ndlovu who did a very good job. Finances: Just terrible. After our promotion we got the message that we got next budgets for our aim to survive in the Premier League. I don't have the feeling that we can stay up with such a small budget. The problem is that the big teams all laugh me off when I apply. I haven't sign a new contract at the moment, and I hope there will come a good opportunity to tke another job. INTERNATIONAL - Australian U23 I was very happy to get the opportunity to guide Australia U23 through the Olympic games. What didn't happend in FM15 happens in FM16 allready in my second season. My first taste of International management, but it didn't go as planned. I only got 2 friendlies and 3 games at the Olympics were we only took 1 point. In the last game of the group stages we had to win against Portugal to have a chance of qualifing for the next round. We got demolished 6-1 by them with Cristiano Ronaldo as their main player. Such good players should be banned from those game. No fun at all. After this game I got released of my duties. Australian U23 games: Notice: I took over before the Friendly against Iran. [b]CLUB CAREER Season Club Pos DC1 DC2 Cont Notes & Achievements[/b] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015-2016 SA Vasco CT 5th 1th round n/a n/a Took over after 2 games in 14th 2016-2017 SA Vasco CT 1th QF n/a n/a Promotion [b]INTERNATIONAL CAREER Year Nation NL WC Cont. Conf. Notes & Achievements[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015 - 2016 Australia U23 Humiliated at the Olympics Challenge Progress Club 0/10 top domestic leagues 0/10 domestic cups 0/5 club continental championships 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiz Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 German clubs are all over my guys in the summer. This is gonna be hard to keep going. well done Bartcrm! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
threelions1goal Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Ajax CT End Of Season 2019-2020 Competitions So, predicted to finish 5th and finished 5th......yet my board decided it was "slightly disappointing" To be fair, we were sitting pretty around Christmas, but as fiz is discovering, when Kaiser Chiefs decide to get their act together, then it's difficult!! Kaiser Chiefs and injuries put pay to any title challenge I was thinking of mounting. The cup competitions - nothing to report here. I'm now in close season and trying to sign players, but my wage allowance compared to Kaiser Chiefs, Supersport and Orlando Pirates is rubbish, so its hard to attract players. However, I'll probably stick around in South Africa for a while (hoping Kaiser Chiefs job becomes available!!!) International management - I dipped my toes And I've managed to guide them to the ACON Not expecting to set the world on fire with Angola, but we'll see how far we go!! Good luck to my fellow South Africa Counterparts - Bart, To_Madeira, Fiz Good luck to, so near and yet so far Vike!!! Season Team Country Position Notes 15/16 Cliftonville N.Ireland 2nd Achieved Euro Cup Qualification 16/17 Cliftonville N.Ireland 4th Won Cup, Euro Qualification 17/18 Cliftonville N.Ireland 1st Manager of the Year,Won County Shield, Qualified for Champions League 18/19 Southend England Took over in November 9th in the league, sacked in March, 18th in League 19/20 Ajax CT S. Africa 5th Cups - rubbish!! 19/20 Angola Nation Qualified for ACON Club 1/10 top domestic leagues (N. Ireland) 1/10 domestic cups (N. Ireland) 0/5 club continental championships () 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments () 0/2 world tournaments () Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormandyWept Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 It's safe to say that Kaizer Chiefs (and bloody Bayern Munich, their German twins) are not something I miss about this challenge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLapira Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 End of Season Report 2019 Suwon FC: Going into the season we were favourites to be relegated but after a long hard fought season we managed to survive and finish comfortably in 9th position. In terms of the cup we were knocked out in the 5th round which was a bit disappointing but I doubt we would have won it anyway. Things weren't looking good at the start, going 8 games without a win, but importantly once we did find the winning formula we were able to do so against our relegation rivals; Ansan and Seongnam. We had a couple of other good results throughout the season as well but winning the relegation "six-pointers" was vital to our survival. Plans for next season? Hopefully move on from Suwon, the financial situation here is very poor and without that backing I can't see how I can take Suwon FC any further. Hopefully one of the better jobs in S.Korea becomes available or else I will have to change countries in order to progress in the Challenge. Table: http://i67.tinypic.com/122neie.jpg Best Player: http://i68.tinypic.com/315ybnl.jpg Best Signing: http://i65.tinypic.com/1044xlv.jpg Tunisia Still unbeaten since I took over after the ACON, and we have qualified for the CHAN; where we have Botswana, Congo ans S.Africa in our group. This competition prevents the use of foreign based players, which isn't a problem for me as 7 of my "best 11" are based in Tunisia, which leads me to be fairly optimistic of our chances of doing well in this competition. We also beat Liberia over 2 legs in the World Cup Qualifiers to move into the group stage where we have Mozambique, Congo ans S.Africa. I have a feeling the game against S.Africa will decide who goes to the World Cup. Fixtures: http://i63.tinypic.com/166dtuf.jpg CLUB CAREER Season Club Pos DC1 DC2 Cont Notes & Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015/16 Berwick Rangers(SCO) 1st R.4 R.1 n/a Champions and promoted to League 1. 2016/17 Berwick Rangers(SCO) 2nd R.4 R.2 n/a Promoted to Championship via playoffs. 2017/18 Berwick Rangers(SCO) 3rd R.5 R.3 n/a Reached playoffs but lost out on chance to go the Premiership, Won Scottish Challenge Cup, Resigned from Berwick. 2018 Suwon FC(KOR) 3rd n/a n/a n/a Took over with 12 league games remaining, Promoted to K-League Classic via Playoffs. 2019 Suwon FC(KOR) 9th R.5 n/a n/a Favourites for relegation but survived. INTERNATIONAL CAREER Year Nation NL WC Cont. Conf. Notes & Achievements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 2016 Scotland u19 n/a n/a n/a n/a Qualified for European U19 Championship 2017 Resigned as Scotland u19 Manager 2018 2019 China u23 n/a n/a n/a n/a Resigned as China u23 Manager to take over Tunisia 2019 Tunisia n/a n/a n/a n/a Qualified for 2020 CHAN Club 0/10 top domestic leagues () 0/10 domestic cups () 0/5 club continental championships () 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments () 0/2 world tournaments () Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLapira Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 CHAN Champions Although it doesn't count towards the Challenge, it's still great to add another trophy to the collection and hopefully another boost to my reputation. After a narrow 1-0 win over S.Africa which saw us lose 3 key players to injury, we went on to crush Botswana 4-0. This guaranteed us a spot in the knockouts so in the final group game against Congo I gave the fringe players a shot and they let us down as we lost 2-1. We went on to meet Ivory Coast in the quarters and like the S.Africa game we came through with a narrow 1-0 win. It was on to the semis where we came up against a strong Nigerian side. They went 1 up on the 67th minute and we were under pressure. I changed from our diamond formation and 4-3-3 and boy did that change things. The momentum swung straight in our favor and we scored 2 goals in the final 8 minutes to clinch our place in the final. The final reunited us with our opening opponents S.Africa, and this went all the way to penalties after it was 1-1 after 120 mins of football. Thankfully we pulled through 4-3 on pens and the trophy was ours. http://i64.tinypic.com/2vm68m8.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiz Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Ryan Gordon Ajax CT Season 2020/2021 Review Another weekend session underway. Really getting into the save now, don't think I'll go anywhere until this is done. The league season started with FS Stars winning 4 in a row to launch themselves into first. Like KC last season they kept their spot in first for 90% of the season. Ajax CT were right behind in 2nd usually around 3-6 points back with a game or two played in hand. So we're right there. Chiefs, Supersport, and the Pirates are kind of knocking themselves around staying below me in the table. With 7 games to go, we play FS Stars and absolutely embarass them winning 6-0. Things started falling apart for them. They lost and drew their next two games which put me in first on goal difference. I lose the top spot to them with two games left for Ajax, but only one for the Stars. We win the game in hand which is great. So now we're top the table again. Same point total as the Stars with the goal difference lead. Final gameday and we draw. I'm pissed. Then I see a little champions popup after continuing - Stars lost to the Sundowns, giving me a one point league title. Thank god!! First League win for the Urban Warriors. I took over as the manager of Ghana sometime during the season. We haven't got much done yet. Cups - we lost in the MTN 8 and the League cup in the first round. Made it to the finals again of the Nedbank but lost to the Stars 2-1. Oh well can't be bothered. Have some Champions League games going on as well. Made it to the Group Stages with Kaiser Chiefs, Zamalek, and MA Tetouan. Finished in 2nd with 11 points with KC taking the top spot on 14 points. We play ES Tunis, last years champions, in the semis. First game was a 2-0 win at home with two goals from my hero George Lebese. The away game was kind of nervy but we won 4-3 after some late game mistakes by the Tunis CBs. Really thought I'd see the Chiefs in the finals but it was Etoile du Sahel who knocked them out. They have won this competition twice and the Tunisia league eight times. So they've got more experience here. Took the opening match at home in front of 57,000 (where are these people during the regular season?) with another 2-0 win. A week later we were crowned champions of Africa after winning in Tunisia 2-1. A 19 year old youth striker gave us the lead after one of our starters went down with a dislocated shoulder. Super happy with his contribution. Meanwhile during all this Champions League stuff, the new season has started and I'm ready to let someone else take the wheel. Going to focus on Ghana until a new opportunity comes up. Here are my Ajax key men. George Lebese - no idea how important he would become after almost not signing him on. I just needed a filler left footed winger but he had other ideas. Justice Mvelase - scored the winning goal in the Champions League final Soloman Abubakar - no doubt he is the best at the club, I think he put in a good word for the Ghana job as well Roscoe Sait - this guy cleans up any danger with no fusses Ryan Gordon Profile PS - the African Champions League schedule is so dumb I don't think I would have stayed anyway. Would have left it for a later time. Good luck to you guys who try twice. Season Country Team League Position Notes Challenge Landmarks 16/17 RSA Golden Arrows NFD 12th Promotion candidates, left after 8 games with 4 losses 17/18 ENG Southend United L2 13th Sacked 17/18 ENG Port Vale L2 5th Took over in 12th position in January - won playoffs 18/19 ENG Port Vale L1 23rd Sacked 18/19 RSA Ajax CT Prem 14th Took over in January 19/20 RSA Ajax CT Prem 2nd Won the Nedbank Cup +1 Cup 20/21 RSA Ajax CT Prem 1st Champions of the league and Africa, left Ajax, joined Ghana +1 League, +1 Continental Championship Challenge Progress Club 1/10 top domestic leagues (South Africa) 1/10 domestic cups (South Africa) 1/5 club continental championships (Africa) 0/1 club world championship International 0/5 continental tournaments 0/2 world tournaments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 fiz - Congrats on your success in South Africa. JoeL - Congrats on the CHAN. Do you have to manage the team in the CHAN, or are you able to get one of your staff to do it? Do managers get sacked because of poor performance in it? Did you have enough players, or did you have to include greyed out ones? I'd imagine that extra competitions like the CHAN are fun at the starrt of the challenge, but would be a pain in the arse if you're having to chase the ACON near the end of the challenge. 3L1G - South Africa is definitely easier if you get the KC job. As far as i remember, i didn't think Swallows (my first club) were going to catch up with them any time soon. Bartrcm - Congrats on promotion. I think even U23 jobs are quite useful in building up a reputation internationally, so it will stand you in good stead. Incidentally, all of you managing an African national side, is the final part of world cup qualifying a group stage now. In FM15 the final stage was a playoff, and it wasn't seeded, so you could end up with two top African nationas playing each other, which was a bit stressful (before the draw) although I don't think i ever failed to qualify for the World Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiz Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Thanks vike. I thought I'd be able to find a job in a european league, but that's not the case so far. Teams still laughing at my interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLapira Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 JoeL - Congrats on the CHAN. Do you have to manage the team in the CHAN, or are you able to get one of your staff to do it? Do managers get sacked because of poor performance in it? Did you have enough players, or did you have to include greyed out ones? I'd imagine that extra competitions like the CHAN are fun at the starrt of the challenge, but would be a pain in the arse if you're having to chase the ACON near the end of the challenge. Incidentally, all of you managing an African national side, is the final part of world cup qualifying a group stage now. In FM15 the final stage was a playoff, and it wasn't seeded, so you could end up with two top African nationas playing each other, which was a bit stressful (before the draw) although I don't think i ever failed to qualify for the World Cup. I'm not sure if you can get your staff to manage during the CHAN, but I wasn't looking as I wanted to manage the side for it. I don't think any managers were sacked after the competition ended, compared to the 6 or 7 that were let go after the ACON. I had a great selection of players, I have a national pool of about 50 players, 30 of which are based in Tunisia meaning I had a very good pool of players to choose from for this tournament. The ACON is only a few months away now and I'd reckon we have a good chance of doing well in it but I understand your point about chasing the ACON at the end and having to get through the CHAN first. In terms of WC qualification, you play a 2 legged match first, the winners are drawn into groups and the winners of the groups go to the final WC tournament. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiz Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 After an unsuccessful ACON campaign with Egypt and a semifinal Copa America run with Uruguay, Ryan Gordon finds himself in Spain with Sporting de Gijon for the 23/24 season. They were just promoted back into Liga BBVA. Had two failed interviews with Lorient and Getafe, but Sporting seems the best choice anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Vikeologist's Not 2067 South Korea Asian Cup Report Might as well report on my first three and a half years with South Korea, because maybe the only part of my report for the upcoming Asian Cup you may read is the end bit to see if I have obtained the last trophy and achieved the challenge. My time with South Korea has been a struggle, and just about the only good thing is that I haven’t been sacked. I’ve finished second in both East Asia Cup we’ve played, because Japan are probably the best Asian nation at the moment, but of course impossible to manage. We snuck through the first World Cup qualifying group (as one of the best second place teams) behind Qatar (who to be fair are the second ranked nation behind Japan). We managed to top the final qualifying group, but with just 20 points from 10 games, it was a close run thing. Here I should explain the problem with South Korea. I like to play a 442 formation with wingers. About a year in though I had to accept that South Korea had no wingers or strikers that were any good at all. What’s more, there were no promising left wingers or strikers, (although strangely 2 potentially very good right wingers). So I went to a strikerless formation, but the team, not surprisingly didn’t score many goals or even create any chances. I briefly changed the tactics to push further up and play attacking football, but although we still didn’t create any chances, we did start conceding lots of goals. The breakthrough, maybe, came when I decided to simply add an attacking right winger, since one of the promising wingers was now one of the better Korean players available. Still nobody on the left wing or as a striker, but it has made a difference, because now my players are a bit more spread out, and unlike the rest of the squad, the right winger can actually kick the football in the direction of the net. So we reached the World Cup, and I expected three straight losses. I just hoped we wouldn’t lose all our games so heavily that I would be sacked. However the right winger makes all the difference. We drew against England and Croatia, and beat Senegal to qualify for the second round. At that stage we went out 3-1 to Germany, but it was a close game until they scored two late goals. The problem with having a formation so heavily fitted to my best players is that it is heavily dependent on those players. If they get injured before or during the Asian Cup at the end of the year, we will become a markedly less effective side. My right back, Boo-Boo*, decided to retire from international football again, as he had after the last East Asian Cup, but luckily once again I have persuaded him to change his mind. He’s only 30. He’ll probably be the best Korean right-back until he’s 40, so hopefully if I am with Korea after the Asian Cup I’ll be able to make the old drama queen keep changing his mind. Japan still have to be the favourites, even though their side is mostly over 30 now, but at least with the adjustment to the tactics I feel as though we will stand a slight chance. Having to manage a team for 4 years before the Asian cup is a bit of a slog, so I am hoping for a miracle; again. *Nearly all my Korean players have nicknames; my starting 11 includes Handsome Hee, Boo-Boo, Sung Sung, Blanket, Johanne Suk, Mindy, Ginnie, Cho-Ho, Chosen. There’s a guy with joint-Belgian nationality that always refuses my call-ups, so his nickname is Traitor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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