shaunvamos Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Incredible career for our longest serving player, with 9 seasons in which he played every league game. Also remarkably consistent, hopefully he has good staff stats as I'd love to keep him after he retires. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Youth Intake Day Only 5 signed for us this year, with a keeper we don't really need and strikers we desperately need. Although we aren't in need for a keeper, he could turn into a quality player, his mentals are fantastic for his age. I'm keen to hold on to him for the sheer fact that he can be a force for the national team and we possess the training facilities to make that happen. Also, I don't know whats up with the hair, it seems like no matter what hairstyle it is it always has sideburns, and I don't know how to change that. Pretty quick, and an addition to our threadbare striking department. That determination needs work though. Another quick bloke, but low determination despite his personality. Will be trained as a right mid as we don't have attacking midfielders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Disappointing, but at the same time I didn't expect a result here. It's probably too early for us as a nation to qualify for a tournament like the Euro as well, so let's see how we are in four years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 2031/32 Season Review We bottled it. That's really all that can be said. Undefeated until the new year, we had a blip just before the league split and that was where we lost it. Two points ahead of Lusitans before the final league game, we only needed a draw to take the title. But of course, the FM gods were as cruel as ever and handed me a loss when I didn't need it. At least we are getting results over Lusitans now, and that's positive for the seasons to come. Key Players Typical season from Nelson, where he was the leagues top goalscorer again, and won his 4th straight Andorran Player of the Year. Matias was forced to retrain to right mid once i stopped using full backs, and he has looked right at home there. Plenty of assists from him, and our first player with a Model Pro personality. Par for the course from Bestard, starting to feature less though as the years progress, he no longer has a place in the national team. Europe Lusitans lost 2-1 to Rosenborg (NOR) 2-1 in the CL 2nd QR. Sant Julia lost 3-1 to Inter Zapresic (CRO) in the EL 1st QR. Pas de la Casa lost 4-1 to Slovan Bratislava in the EL 1st QR. Liverpool win their 6th Europa League title and their first since 2026. Defending champions Hertha Berlin were knocked out in the last 16, and even Bournemouth featured in the knockout rounds. In the Champions League Barcelona make it 3 in 5 years with a win over United in Sevilla. Major drop in the coefficients, I think that was the Champions League Group Stage points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Probably going to get flogged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 An average draw, but could be problematic for us we lost to the last Irish team we played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 What an incredible performance! After winning 4-1 at home we lost Carvalinho 7A and Cebria 13B to injury so I was nervous ahead of the second leg. The nerves increased as we went down 2-0 with a half hour to go and Sligo only needing a goal to go through on away goals. Then along came Sarasua 13C*. He scored an absolute belter, almost exactly the same as the one he scored in the first leg, and that took the wind out of their sails as we scored twice more for a memorable victory, proving that we do have depth beyond our first team and they can do the job when required. An interesting matchup, I think they're one of the weaker Czech teams to play. Guess we'll find out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 Euro 2032 in Scotland & Wales England win their first European title, destroying Germany 4-0. No real surprises in this tournament, except perhaps Turkey making the semis after beating France and Belgium, and Wales finishing behind Bulgaria. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 Managed a draw at home, but flogged away. We really missed Carvalinho as it exposed our lack of power up front without him. And so ends another fruitless attempt into Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 He was off contract at the end of the season and didn't want to sign a new one, so I figured I'd capitalise while I still could. 1 million is a decent number, especially the fact that he still has plenty of room for improvement and we get 50% of the next sale. Here is a final look at him in club colours: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Relegated without much of a fight, and I'm getting pretty bored of managing the national team. So I'm done there for now, to focus more on Santa Coloma. When that's all sorted I'll come back to the team, but I think I'll only do that once we can get into the European Group Stages consistently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Youth Intake Day Only three players worth signing here, two of which have great personalities. Decent stats here, keen to see how he develops. Needs to be tutored out of that personality. Not sure what to do with him, probably train at CM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 2032/33 Season Review We prevent Lusitans from winning 5 in a row by only the slimmest of margins, but we are back in Champions League football! What's noteworthy about the season is that we didn't lose at all to Lusitans but lost 4 times to Sant Julia. Sant Julia became somewhat of a threat this season, bringing in a few Spaniards and upgrading their training facilities as well. Key Players Our prolific striker and our two wingers make the cut to be showcased this season. Carvalinho once again topped the league scoring charts, Barbosatops the assists and highest average rating despite not having spectacular attributes, and Matias appears again after backing up his solid season last year with a similar one this year. Europe The Champions League saw the second Barcelona/Real Madrid final in three years, and saw Madrid take it out 1-0 at the San Siro. Dinamo Zagreb made the last 16 in what could be considered a shock. In the Europa League, Celta Vigo shocked everyone by making it to the final and then beating Porto to take the title, despite never finishing higher than 5th in La Liga. Teams such as Freiburg and Koln were among the unusual teams to make the last 16. Lusitans beat Lincoln (GIB) 6-0 before losing 6-0 to Celtic (SCO) in the CL 3rd QR. They then proceeded to lose in the EL Playoff 5-0 to Vitoria Guimaraes (POR). Sant Julia lost 5-0 to Goteborg (SWE) in the EL 1st QR. Encamp lost 2-0 to Videoton (HUN) in the EL 1st QR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Off to Macedonia again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Solid win, they were never really in it. We last played them 5 years ago, and lost 4-1. Hopefully we have enough about us to mount a serious challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Very respectable result I feel, as Basel are a European regular. We go into the Europa League playoff now: And out of the Europa League we go! There's also this: https://gyazo.com/b59848b6264187e453495e3f5213cff3 https://gyazo.com/b59848b6264187e453495e3f5213cff3 The capacity is nearly 3 times the size of our old one. More details as they come! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I've read this quickly from the beginning. Seems to me you were progressing at a very quick pace in the first few seasons, but then started struggling in the league? What's up with that? The other Andorran teams, specially Lusitans, improving in resources too and mounting a fight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 9 hours ago, noikeee said: I've read this quickly from the beginning. Seems to me you were progressing at a very quick pace in the first few seasons, but then started struggling in the league? What's up with that? The other Andorran teams, specially Lusitans, improving in resources too and mounting a fight? Yeah Lusitans are unique in the fact that they get only Portuguese regens through their intake, whereas the other teams get Andorran players. As you know the Portuguese are vastly better than Andorra, so the quality of their regens is almost twice the rest at the beginning which is why we struggled for a bit. Then as the league rep increased they began to buy players from the lower leagues of Portugal and some other countries. From memory they have a Georgian, a few Italians and a couple Guineans as well as a few Brazilians, where Sant Julia now have bought a bunch of Spaniards which is why they're starting to challenge as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 We did really, really well to keep it to 4-1, especially to score away! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Youth Intake Day We get 4 prospects worthy of signing, and a 5* potential who is already at a high CA for our team. I like the look of this guy, but I don't use fullbacks. He can play at CB, but he's a little short to be playing there. However he can play at LM and he has decent attributes for that position, but the future looks bright for him. Very quick, but that's about it. Decent starting attributes, but that personality will have to change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Romero looks class. What do you mean you don't use fullbacks.. not even wingbacks? Are you using like a flat 3-5-2 with wide midfielders or something? That sounds... very open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 hour ago, noikeee said: Romero looks class. What do you mean you don't use fullbacks.. not even wingbacks? Are you using like a flat 3-5-2 with wide midfielders or something? That sounds... very open. I do use a 3-5-2, but with a CDM playing a half back role so in defence he drops into the defensive line to form a back 4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 2033/34 Season Review Fixtures 1 - Fixtures 2 Our lowest league finishing position for nearly 15 years, but it's not through poor performance. Sant Julia came into title contention due to the fact that all but one of their squad were Spanish, so obviously they were going to be strong. Unfortunately for them we prevented a league title by beating them on the last day, but I have no doubt they'll do it in the seasons to come. It certainly adds intrigue for me as now there are two teams that give me trouble rather than just the one, but what is also positive is that with all Andorran players we are still posing a challenge to the Portuguese/Brazilian in Lusitans and the Spanish in Sant Julia. Key Players Top scorer in the league again, and one of the oldest players we have the first team. Solid season, although not as good as last year. Good showing from Carvalinho's strike partner. Europe In the Champions League, PSG won their 5th Champions League title, defeating surprise package Sporting Lisbon 1-0 at Ajax's Amsterdam Arena. Defending champions Real Madrid suffered a shock exit to Monaco in the last 16, and runners up Barcelona also suffered a last 16 exit, to Bayern Munich. In the Europa League, Atletico Madrid beat another surprise package in Portugal's Vitoria Guimaraes in an exciting 5-3 win. Vitoria actually won the Portuguese league for the first time in their history this season too. Defending champions Celta Vigo finished 3rd in their Cgampions League group and were then knocked out in the last 16 of the Europa League on away goals to Saint Etienne, who as you know ended our chances of European qualification. Last years runners up Porto also finished 3rd in their CL group, but progressed to the EL semi finals losing to Vitoria. Lusitans beat Glentoran (NIR) 5-0 before losing to De Graafschap (NED) 6-1 in the EL 2nd QR. Sant Julia beat Ventspils (LTV) 2-1 before losing 4-0 to Vaduz (LIE) in the EL 2nd QR. Pas de la Casa lost 3-1 to Derry City in the EL 1st QR. Positive signs from these sides, beating decent teams and keeping the scoreline respectable when they lost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Last time we went to Finland it ended well, hopefully history repeats itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 A lot more comfortable than it looks. Oh dear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 2034 World Cup England take out the tournament with an extremely difficult set of matches. Uruguay did well to reach the final, whereas Germany, France and Italy disappointed, and Spain were nowhere to be seen! This was England's best player, the unfortunately named Kevin Douch. Originally from Fulham, he was bought from there by Man City, and then PSG made a monster offer of 144M to have him now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 So close, I can't believe we went this close to be fair. Formation must really work, even against stronger teams. Meanwhile Lusitans play Celtic in the CL 3rd QR, which they'll probably lose, and Sant Julia are still in the Europa League where they play Rangers next. Hopefully Scotland is not our bogey nation this year, but it's looking likely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 A douche wins it for England! Valiant attempt by Uruguay. I'm gonna guess there's a bunch of Nacional academy players in there. Pretty damn good showing there vs Aberdeen, so close indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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