Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Here we are again, San Marino has gone as I can't find a work around so now I move on to something I wanted to try when FM17 comes out but I guess I can try it now instead. The premise is that with the San Marino save I was always entering the Champions League and even 65 seasons in it was always the same teams in the Champions League which is a bit boring in all honesty, this will be a European Journeyman starting from the bottom, seasons will be slow with the amount of leagues loaded so updates will be monthly and I really just want to see how the game world evolves over 10-15 seasons or maybe even more if I'm lucky! Now what have I got loaded? Well: Every league from every European country (bar Crimea & Kosovo) and I'll be starting unemployed with no badges, with just a couple of months left until the next release I may not get too many seasons in, but hopefully I get far enough in to see some decent changes in the game world! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Xghajra Tornadoes F.C. is a football club from the small seaside community of Xghajra, located in southeastern Malta. It was founded in 1985, and joined the Maltese Football Association in 1994 who went strait to the top division by achieving promotions season after season mostly first place and second place without interruption. This record is recognized by FIFA that Xghajra Tornadoes FC Malta is the only club in Europe if not in the world who from nowhere “not established before” has done this difficult tusk. This club took also part in the Maltese Premier League in the early 2000s. Their first outing in the Premier League was in the 1997/98 season, where they beat Pieta Hotspurs 1–0. Another notable record is that Xghajra Tornadoes has never lost the league derby match for a luxury twenty years against our cousins if not brothers, "as most of Xghajra players where rejected by Zabbar St Patricks FC". This record had come to an end in November 2014 when finally Zabbar St Patricks FC won 2–0. The highest score in all derby league matches marks Xghajra T. 8 vs Zabbar.St Patricks 1. A 12 month contract with a team in the 4th tier of Maltese football, also the lowest ranked league available to manage in so I couldn't start any lower than this, I have a 12 month contract and depending on how things go in these 12 months will decide as to whether I stay or go come the end of the season. We're predicted to finish 7th in a league where the top 3 teams get promoted but first I think I'll need to fill out the squad. We have some decent players but the best couple are on loan to us along with a newgen goalkeeper. Gary Mifsud Matthew Spiteri Miguel Caruana The only negative is that we're already over our budget, we're spending £383 p/w when our wage budget is only £326 p/w. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Wow, best of luck with this one! Interesting team to start with, hard to pronounce for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 1 minute ago, smp20 said: Wow, best of luck with this one! Interesting team to start with, hard to pronounce for sure. Thanks smp, the first update will be at the end of Pre-Season but it's safe to say that loanees will be the way to go for now! And with the pronunciation I've asked a Maltese friend of mine how you pronounce it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 I would hazard a guess of "Je-Gar-rah", anywhere close? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 7 minutes ago, smp20 said: I would hazard a guess of "Je-Gar-rah", anywhere close? He's not online at the moment but google translate says it as Ex-Gaj-rah. Edit: It's pronounced Xa-jra. Xa is like Cha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 That makes reading it a little easier now I thought pronouncing Chinese clubs/names was hard enough! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Just now, smp20 said: That makes reading it a little easier now I thought pronouncing Chinese clubs/names was hard enough! Didn't realise that the friend I asked is actually the Social Media and PR Coordinator and a board member of Floriana who play in the Maltese Premier Division! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 This sounds fun, good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 1 minute ago, withnail316 said: This sounds fun, good luck! Thanks withnail! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Good luck with this, sad to see your San Giovanni save done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 11 minutes ago, The_Gato_In_Goal said: Good luck with this, sad to see your San Giovanni save done Thanks Gato, at least San Giovanni are still a playable team in this save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Pre-Season 2015/16 I'm very happy with how Pre-Season went, a draw and a loss against Premier League opposition along with narrow wins which will hopefully boost morale. We should definitely be able to meet expectations this season. I started off with getting whatever players I could get on loan for no money and then worked on improving the core of the squad, here are the best players brought in. Keith Muscat Gianluca Debattista Melvin Busuttil Charlo Borg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 September 2015 I'm honestly very surprised, we've started off amazingly with both Gary Mifsud (on loan from Attard) and young Charlo Borg being the standout players with 4 goals each already we're sitting pretty at the top of the table on 7 points although we are one of only 2 teams to have played 3 games so Luqa, Kalkara and even Mdina could take the top spot from us. We should have gotten all 3 points from the Dingli game as we went 2-0 up and they scored 2 late goals to equalise, but we did score this cracker against them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roggiotis Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Good luck !!! Did you load all that countries ? From where did you buy your computer ? from NASA ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Just now, roggiotis said: Good luck !!! Did you load all that countries ? From where did you buy your computer ? from NASA ? Thanks Roggiotis! I loaded all the countries in Europe and didn't load any countries from any other continents and no not from NASA but it has some pretty good specs haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 October 2015 And then poop narrowly hit the fan, we were lucky to score an equaliser against Mdina and it was the first goal they've conceded all season and then we lost to lower league Xewkija in the FA Trophy from a 90th minute goal, for a lower league team they had some very good players, an ex-Malta international and a handful of players who wouldn't be out of place in the Maltese Premier/ First Division. We finished the month against Kalkara where we took an early lead, then we went down to 10 men and ended up with a loss to put us down to 4th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 November 2015 An almost perfect month. just the game against Sta Lucia being a blip, we should have easily defeated them, we have the best attack in the league and they have the worst defence in the league plus we had the home advantage. The result? We have 3 shots all game and score in the 89th minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Always love threads like these. Malta's an interesting place to start, and I suppose you'll be aiming to win every playable division possible? Sounds really fun. Good luck on your journey! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 5 minutes ago, oriole01 said: Always love threads like these. Malta's an interesting place to start, and I suppose you'll be aiming to win every playable division possible? Sounds really fun. Good luck on your journey! Thanks Oriole and nope, the aim is just to see where the journey will take me and to hopefully see a more varied Champions League and Europa League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 December 2015 We bring the year to a close still being in the promotion places, but only just and should Mtarfa win both of their games in hand then we'll be pushed down into 4th. We against Luqa we had the most boring game known to man, so much so that there were barely any highlights. The high point was a freak goal against Marsaskala. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 I have visions of this save ending with you lifting the CL trophy with San Giovanni Best of luck, mate. I'll be following Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 1 minute ago, Jupjamie said: I have visions of this save ending with you lifting the CL trophy with San Giovanni Best of luck, mate. I'll be following San Giovanni are currently 5th in their group after 12 games so they definitely need my help! Thanks Jamie, one more update for the night coming up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 January 2016 An unbeaten month keeps us in playoff contention but Mdina are really breathing down our necks with 2 games in hand, we really need to get above Mtarfa who I'm guessing are in front of us on head-to-head record and going into the new year I've strengthened our weakest positions with some more signings/ loans. Juan Corbalan Agatino Sicali Mark Anthony Borg Idahosa Uwadia It's the first season and already a smaller team has qualified for the Knockout Rounds of the Champions League in Maccabi Tel Aviv, they finished on 8 points in 2nd behind Manchester City but ahead of Basel and PSV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nie jem frytek Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Good luck with this. I have tried something similar in the past, but 51 leagues loaded were just too much and I've had crash dumps every other week. You can even find a thread about this if you're ready for a long search, but it only has 3 or 4 posts, so... Anyway, good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwinriga Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Nice start in Malta since the San Marino journey is over. I'll be following your journey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 What's it like taking things at a slower pace? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Seems to be a rather large amount of parking at your stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 15 hours ago, nie jem frytek said: Good luck with this. I have tried something similar in the past, but 51 leagues loaded were just too much and I've had crash dumps every other week. You can even find a thread about this if you're ready for a long search, but it only has 3 or 4 posts, so... Anyway, good luck! Thanks Nie Jem Frytek, I had a quick look at your thread, it's a shame about the crash dumps luckily I've not had any thus far. 5 hours ago, sherwinriga said: Nice start in Malta since the San Marino journey is over. I'll be following your journey. Thanks again for following Sherwin 1 hour ago, deltablue said: What's it like taking things at a slower pace? It's strange to say the least but hopefully with me being forced to play at a slower pace maybe people will be more likely to check in on how it's going 26 minutes ago, Lenzar said: Seems to be a rather large amount of parking at your stadium. That amount of parking for a team who's average attendance is bottom of the league at just 51... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 1 minute ago, Makoto Nakamura said: It's strange to say the least but hopefully with me being forced to play at a slower pace maybe people will be more likely to check in on how it's going I think so, I certainly found it tricky to follow your previous careers with such a fast pace. I often felt inhibited from commenting on something because the career already seemed to have moved on way beyond that even tough you had only posted it a day or so before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Just now, deltablue said: I think so, I certainly found it tricky to follow your previous careers with such a fast pace. I often felt inhibited from commenting on something because the career already seemed to have moved on way beyond that even tough you had only posted it a day or so before. I thought so, also with the slower pace I can stop and have a look at what's going on in the other leagues, in my subscriptions I'm subscribed to club takeovers so I'm notified when any tycoons come in at a club and also with competition records so I feel a bit more like I know what's going on around me. I can also say that I've got something similar to this in terms of game speed planned for FM17 so watch this space Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 You're damn right that's the big story!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 February 2016 2 tough away games in February which we amazingly managed to win both which means we stay in the promotion places and no we're the ones with the games in hand so as long as we don't mess up too much then we should be there or thereabouts come the end of the season. February also saw the Youth Intake which saw some players with a potential for this division of football, but since this isn't a youth challenge I haven't taken a screenshot of the players. Finally, we scored another freak goal against St. Venera which I think should really have been a throw in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 March 2016 2 games left of the season and we have very little to play for, because we have managed to get promoted and we've done it rather easily (even if it was thanks to a lot of late goals)! Mtarfa and Mdina have both slipped up big time with Mtarfa winning two of the last five and Mdina just one of the last five which sees us guarantee Maltese Division 2 football next season! Our last two games of the season see us play at home against Luqa and hopefully delay their title win by a few more days and to finish off we face mid-table Sta Lucia away from home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 End of Season 2015/16 That did not go so well, where late goals have saved us in the past, this time it awarded Luqa the victory and the title. We then performed just as badly against Sta Lucia to end the season on a slight low despite promotion. I would like to stay on and see how we do in Division 2 but my contract runs out next month and so far I've had no new contract offer. An average attendance of just 41... Key Players Charlo Borg Gary Mifsud Goal of the Season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gato_In_Goal Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 You must've scored some pretty boring goals if that's your goal of the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Just now, The_Gato_In_Goal said: You must've scored some pretty boring goals if that's your goal of the season You can't expect much from the lowest level of Maltese football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 How is that one the goal of the season? You've already shown about 4 others here that are 8 times better than that. Also how do you record the highlights like that? With the SI and FM logos before it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Just now, oriole01 said: How is that one the goal of the season? You've already shown about 4 others here that are 8 times better than that. Also how do you record the highlights like that? With the SI and FM logos before it. I have no clue haha, and to upload it after the match there's a button to upload highlights Obviously you have to link FM with your YouTube account as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Oh cool, I'll definitely do that as soon as my Kidderminster players find some actual flair and stop scoring the most boring goals possible . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 2015/16 Continental Winners Champions League - Real Madrid p0-0 Barcelona Europa League - Olympique de Marseille 1-1p Wolfsburg 2015/16 Domestic Champions Albania - Skenderbeu Korce Andorra - FK Santa Coloma Armenia - Alashkert FC Austria - Rapid Wien Azerbaijan - FK Qabala Belarus - BATE Barysaw Belgium - KAA Gent Bosnia & Herzegovina - FK Sarajevo Bulgaria - Ludogrets Razgrad Croatia - Dinamo Zagreb Cyprus - APOEL FC Czech Republic - Jablonec Denmark - FC Kobenhavn England - Manchester United Estonia - Nomme Kalju Faroe Islands - Havnar Boltfelag Finland - IFK Mariehamn France - Paris Saint-Germain FYR Macedonia - Vardar Skopje Georgia - Dinamo Tbilisi Germany - Bayern Munich Gibraltar - Lincoln Red Imps Greece - PAOK Holland - Ajax Hungary - Ferencvarosi TC Iceland - FH Hafnarfjorour Ireland - Shamrock Rovers Israel - Maccabi Tel Aviv Italy - Juventus Kazakhstan - FK Astana Lativa - Skonto FC Lithuania - Zalgiris Vilnius Luxembourg - Fola Esch Malta - Birkirkara Moldova - Zimbru Chisinau Montenegro - Sutjeska Niksic Northern Ireland - Coleraine Norway - Molde FK Poland - Piast Gliwice Portugal - SL Benfica Romania - Steaua Bucuresti Russia - Zenit Sankt-Petersburg San Marino - Folgore / Falciano Scotland - Celtic Serbia - Crvena Zvezda Slovakia - Slovan Bratislava Slovenia - NK Maribor Spain - Real Madrid Sweden - IF Elfsborg Switzerland - FC Basel Turkey - Fenerbahce Ukraine - Dynamo Kyiv Wales - The New Saints Does this look okay for now? I think I'm going to re-do the champions with google docs but what do you guys think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Might have been a rough ending, but you were predicted to come 7th and yet you went up. A job well done! I'm another who will find tracking your career easier at the slower pace, btw. Good luck next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 29 minutes ago, withnail316 said: Might have been a rough ending, but you were predicted to come 7th and yet you went up. A job well done! I'm another who will find tracking your career easier at the slower pace, btw. Good luck next season. Thanks withnail, glad you're following! I've just spent the last 40 minutes trying to make something up instead of the role of honour I used in my last post so hopefully it will look alright.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Makoto Nakamura Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 EURO 2016 was a bit surprising! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I like the new table Also, of course Folgore won the league with -11 points on second place. Only in San Marino Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 7 hours ago, Jupjamie said: I like the new table Also, of course Folgore won the league with -11 points on second place. Only in San Marino Good and yep, Folgore / Falciano finished 2nd in Group A on 36 points which in terms of points was joint 4th overall behind Group B's La Fiorita and Tre Penne who were on 47 and 45 points respectively and Pennarossa who topped Group A on 41 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Pre-Season 2016/17 On the whole it was a good pre-season with only a couple of questionable results but I'm hopeful for when the season starts. And apparently so is the media, we're predicted up in 4th whilst the league winners Luqa are predicted down in 9th and 3rd placed side Mdina are favourites for the drop, no pressure then! More loanees coming in to improve the squad for pittance, the only worrying thing is the lack of depth we have for strikers. and with Gary Mifsud going out on loan (blaming the DoF on that one) it leaves us with just Idahosa as a senior striker, and he's injured for the next couple of weeks so I may have to temporarily go strikerless. Kyle Bartolo McAllister Clinch Stefano Bonnici Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 It is interesting seeing different international tournament winners early on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Good idea. What is your PC spec out of curiosity? I have an overclocked i5-6400 (to 3.5ghz but going to try further) with 16GB of RAM, and am considering trying this out although maybe without the edited leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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