MarcxD Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 June 2028 Another perfect month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 July 2028 Promised Redan I'd sell him for a decent sum, and I sold two of the non-EU talents who'd need multiple more years to get into the registration rules for decent sums. Needed to replace Redan, so I got in another Dutch attacking player who can play at AML, AMC, AMR and even striker if he has to. Through the first CL qualifying round we had to play, although it wasn't super easy. Still keeping up our streak of no goals conceded domestically! 100-3... last year we scored a total of 110 goals in the league. Crazy stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 August 2028 Another fantastic month, perfect, and some bizarrely strong performances in the Champions League qualifiers. Normally a very tough group, kind of surprising to see Köln in the CL but it is 2028 so things should have changed a bit - and as they finished fourth in the Bundesliga last year certainly not a team to underestimate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 September 2028 One point in the CL and a second draw in the league. But still keeping up the no goals conceded streak in the league... Just shocking to see we have scored more than 100 goals more than number two in the league. How they have only scored 26 goals and are in second is crazy to me. A really bad intake, none of the players I did sign are any good either, it seems like. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 October 2028 A goal conceded but then we went on to beat Sporting 5-0.... lost the other game agains them though. And Chong got injured for pretty much the rest of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidthekid Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 great result against Sporting. This result and the ones against PSV and Marseilles (if I remember correctly), suggest that you may be close to sneaking a Europa League trophy I think. But I can understand how your season becomes reliant on whether you get a good draw in Europe as the league is a wash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 14 minutes ago, kidthekid said: great result against Sporting. This result and the ones against PSV and Marseilles (if I remember correctly), suggest that you may be close to sneaking a Europa League trophy I think. But I can understand how your season becomes reliant on whether you get a good draw in Europe as the league is a wash. Cheers, we are just not good enough to get the results against the top teams in that competition, consistently at least. And I really feel like I've hit a plateau now, it's hard to sign players with the registration rules, and the youth level is not good enough to compete that highly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 November-December 2028 Ouch, just lost those two final important CL games. Harsh but out of Europe. 4 goals conceded in 36 matches, silly season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Season Review 2028 A fantastic season - 60 goals from Obrenovic, but an even bigger star was Salum Bonny with an absolutely amazing 8.31 average rating. This is now the best eleven overall after 12 years - take into account, though, that some seasons are counted double, Diarrassouba did great but did not score 298 goals for the club, for instance. As you can see here. Player values have actually risen a bit, probably due to the higher league and club reputation. Future plans I have a long-term plan of what I want to do with this save, it is far from over. I will resign from Flora first. I don't see it happening for me, and while winning is fun, conceding 4 goals in an entire league season with a tactic that's really not built on the defensive side is just a bit too much. It's kind of mindlessly going through the seasons at this point and that's just not too much fun. (Sissoko????) I will now be looking for a foreign team in a big league, and build an Estonian presence there, while also taking over the national team. My plan is to end this save with a return to the Estonian league at a much later point in time. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrenigma Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Good luck in your future. Was intresting to see someone playing my native country team, Estonia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Good idea mate.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClemB Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Great idea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 (edited) On 23/06/2018 at 11:40, mrenigma said: Good luck in your future. Was intresting to see someone playing my native country team, Estonia. On 23/06/2018 at 15:00, Sheriff7 said: Good idea mate.. On 23/06/2018 at 15:38, ClemB said: Great idea Cheers guys, I have not yet found a club but I can say I have become manager of the Estonian national team! (as you can see I did use another manager to make the job available) Edited June 25, 2018 by MarcxD 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 GREAT!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 2029 with the Estonia national team The games in september, october and november were managed by me. There were some different results, let's say. We started well with seven points from the first three games, but then we faced the Dutch. We got a red card after ten minutes and things went downhill from there..... Not too mad with the final standing in the group, though, when you look at where we started. Ireland was one of the number two teams not making it to the world cup either, as was Germany, who finished behind Romania in their group! This was my final squad of the year, missing two or so players because of injury. But it's clear that Flora plays a large part in my squad. The best eleven is not my tactic, even though I did manage the majority of the games. This is the best eleven overall, for full context. 2030 has just started, and I've also found myself a club job... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 2030... a new year, a new club, a new challenge. I was not sure what I should do - go to one of the top leagues or would that be a step too far? The Dutch league is always tempting for me, of course. But I have decided to take a low to mid table club in one of the bigger leagues... Frankfurt, in the Bundesliga! They are doing very poorly, 18th at mid-season. My first job will be to keep them up. I will not have any philosophy here except for trying to sign Estonian staff and players. Great facilities, but moving between the top and second tier for the previous years. 5 points behind safety with a game in hand, if we can get going it should not be too hard to be safe. Also, yes, that is Kaiserslautern in third. This is the squad, before I have done anything with it. The two key players at the club, of whom one is a loan player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 January 2030 - Frankfurt Not a huge transfer budget but enough to sign my first Estonian player, central defender Ivanov. I also signed a Portuguese talent. We had a fantastic start, getting a last-minute win over Mainz, and a great win over Leipzig as well. Bayern was much too tough for us - including my former striker Diarrassouba, who they've signed for 95M (!!!) from Leverkusen. The bottom of the league is very close, but if we can keep getting results this is going to be easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 February 2030 Fantastic month, with a rivalry win over Kaiserslautern. Already in 12th and the way up is only starting, I hope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Youth Intake 2030 Wow, amazing intake - but if it's because the first team level is poor or these are all fantastic, I'm not sure. Quite a lot of poor personalities, so am going to change DoF and will look if some tutoring is possible. The big down side of managing in Germany now is that these players will take a long while before they can play... they need to be 17. Highest CA/PA combo is this guy, honestly needs a lot of work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 March 2030 - Frankfurt & Estonia Continuing as we are, scoring a ton of goals and conceding lots as well. In 11th... Well, this was really bad. First we lost literally seven players due to injury. Israel is also sixteenth in the world. But that's enough excuses. We were shocking against Albania - but we did have 20 shots. Finish them~! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 April - May 2030 Huge victory over Dortmund and a league-ending win over the champions, Bayern. Wow. Some lesser results in the middle, of course, but that's besides the point. Tenth is a very decent end-point, I'd say. Did very well and if we can continue like this next season European football should definitely be possible. I would've liked Ivanov to have performed better, but at least we've got an Estonian player who is able to play at this level, some what competently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 2030 Baltic Cup A great win over Lithuania, but surprisingly the Latvians beat us in the first Baltic Cup managed by me. It was just enough though, as the Lithuanians beat Latvia. As you can see, it's the fourth consecutive win of this trophy, so can't say I'm overperforming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 2030 Pre-Season & August Not the greatest odds - but the way we played last season was hopeful enough for a chance at European qualification if not more. I signed a bunch of improvements for the team including another Estonian and former Flora player, Rajaver (obviously) never made it at Juventus but he should be decent for this level. Great signing. Could get rid of another right-back in Salamah who wanted to leave anyway. Pretty good pre-season overall. We only played the two competitive games in August, but two 3-1 wins is a nice way to start out... It even means a first place in the league! By the way, just as a note, I'm posting a bit less on here, what with the summer weather, world cup and other games that are keeping me busy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Very good start mate and what is Hamburg doing in first division?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Interesting move from Estonia to Germany. It's a shame the options to develop a country in FM are kind of limited (although I guess it's a correct simulation) because there's not that much to do once you max out facilities, recruitment etc. I guess in a big league like the Bundesliga you can buy Estonians and max out their PA quite easily due to the standard of the league and the facilities, but ultimately for the national team you're gonna be limited by what low PAs are generated by the Estonian clubs anyway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Really mate you gave all us who make club and country saves a great idea how to continue our saves when we max out training and youth facilities.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 19 hours ago, noikeee said: Interesting move from Estonia to Germany. It's a shame the options to develop a country in FM are kind of limited (although I guess it's a correct simulation) because there's not that much to do once you max out facilities, recruitment etc. I guess in a big league like the Bundesliga you can buy Estonians and max out their PA quite easily due to the standard of the league and the facilities, but ultimately for the national team you're gonna be limited by what low PAs are generated by the Estonian clubs anyway. True, I will be mostly be limited to Flora's players. I guess another way would be to jump clubs in Estonia and do the same grind at each club but that's just not a very appealing way to play the game to me. On 02/07/2018 at 23:48, Sheriff7 said: Very good start mate and what is Hamburg doing in first division?? 18 hours ago, Sheriff7 said: Really mate you gave all us who make club and country saves a great idea how to continue our saves when we max out training and youth facilities.. Thanks man! I definitely see how this can work in other circumstances as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 September 2030 Started with the nations league games this month, a good convincing win against Azerbaijan but we were lucky to get a draw against Moldova, they were the better side. With Frankfurt it was a crazy month, not too often there are at least 6 goals scored in each match... 17-17 after 5 matches... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) October 2030 Two more strong wins in the Nations League, it will be between us and Moldova to see who'll win and get promoted. A better month, although we should've probably won both games we drew. Krüger keeps scoring - he is the league topscorer with 12 goals from 8. Not much to say about the league really since it's all so close except for the top three teams perhaps. Edited July 10, 2018 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 November 2030 Two more great wins ... Promoted to the C division. Another improvement with Frankfurt, except for the opening game of the month. Three clean sheets in a row as well. Battling for a possible European spot so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 December 2030 Another strong month, although it was very disappointing to lose to rivals Kaiserslautern. Actually made the top 4 half-way. Tough draw for the qualifiers, no extremely poor country and three teams that will pose real challenges. Interesting Baltic derby I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timetxu Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, MarcxD said: Tough draw for the qualifiers, no extremely poor country and three teams that will pose real challenges. Interesting Baltic derby I guess. Have Estonia already qualified for a tournament before you took over? I feel like you have a really good shot this time out as you're obviously way too good for the D Division, but you still play those countries in a playoff if you don't manage to finish in the top 2 of this group. Edited July 9, 2018 by Timetxu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Loving the look of Fethi! And Krüger seems to be a consistent scorer, how's he looking? I'm curious what setup you have - is it one that makes Fethi and his dribbling a focal point? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 23 hours ago, Timetxu said: Have Estonia already qualified for a tournament before you took over? I feel like you have a really good shot this time out as you're obviously way too good for the D Division, but you still play those countries in a playoff if you don't manage to finish in the top 2 of this group. I forgot about that part of the nations league actually, it just seems a bit outlandish to me that a D division team will make it to a European championship. But no, Estonia has not made it to a tournament yet in this save. They have been promoted from the D division before though. 1 hour ago, Benjoe said: Loving the look of Fethi! And Krüger seems to be a consistent scorer, how's he looking? I'm curious what setup you have - is it one that makes Fethi and his dribbling a focal point? I've mostly been using the same tactic this entire save, which uses a shadow striker which fits Fethi's crazy dribbling skills, although he is not the focal point of the tactic probably, that would be the striker. Probably why Krüger has scored so much! My typical front 4: Krüger is decent, not much more than that and he's aging. But decent attributes alongside with being decently consistent and good at key matches makes for a good goal scoring striker. Too bad he's not injured for a while. Not sure yet how I want to approach replacing him, since I brought in Veerman already in the summer but I'm mostly using him as an AML since he is one of those multi-functional attacking players, a type I love to use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Cheers man! Interesting tactic as I'd be afraid of getting overrun in midfield with the CM(A). How is that working out for you, is Ammerman just a beast who closes all gaps? (would love to see him as well btw) But I like the aggressive style overall, especially with a SS behind an AF. Krüger looks awfully average, so those numbers are hugely impressive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Benjoe said: Cheers man! Interesting tactic as I'd be afraid of getting overrun in midfield with the CM(A). How is that working out for you, is Ammerman just a beast who closes all gaps? (would love to see him as well btw) But I like the aggressive style overall, especially with a SS behind an AF. Krüger looks awfully average, so those numbers are hugely impressive. Well, it's probably the reason why we concede quite a few goals I do ask my attacking players to close down and tackle, trying to regain the ball quickly if possible. 20 Determination is quite useful for his role, but as you can see he's not the best BWM in the world either. The squad just overall needs improving on all fronts really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 January 2031 I signed a new left-back who was transferlisted by RBL, a decent improvement for us. I decided to sell a back-up midfielder and since I wasn't happy with anyone I found as a possible permanent replacement I decided to loan a new back-up midfielder. Getting rid of some players not up to the level. Two rough league game to start the year out with, with two losses. Veerman doing well in the striker position now that that Krüger is injured! A European spot will be the clear goal for the rest of the season, alongside with the cup, since we're in the QFs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Benjoe Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, MarcxD said: Well, it's probably the reason why we concede quite a few goals I do ask my attacking players to close down and tackle, trying to regain the ball quickly if possible. 20 Determination is quite useful for his role, but as you can see he's not the best BWM in the world either. The squad just overall needs improving on all fronts really. I like the look of him tbh! Quite handy player, but yeah, not the greatest BWM in the history. 16 minutes ago, MarcxD said: Well.. we did talk about your formation being very aggressive and leaving a bit open behind. Edited July 10, 2018 by Benjoe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 February 2031 Our ticket prices should be higher than they are. No team has scored more than we have, and only three have conceded more - the bottom three. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 Youth Intake 2031 Atrocious, ouch. This time the personalities overall are pretty good but the players themselves are just not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 March 2031 Not a bad month although we should be beating a team like Sandhausen. In third, remarkably. But really close, we are looking good for a top 6 finish though. A really difficult opener to the qualifying group, but at least we managed to score twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 April 2031 Sad to lose in the semi-final of the cup, but Bayern is on another level. We've secured European football next season! And CL is still possible. We still have to face Bayern another time in the league though, so it might be very close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 May 2031 A bunch of close games - but we didn't lose to Bayern. And in the end it was JUST enough to get that fourth spot and we'll be playing CL next season! Not a bad financial reward either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 2030-2031 Season Review Overall a very decent season, overperformed my own expectations - I thought EL would be likely, but CL not so much. Fantastic year for Veerman and Krüger can be proud of his 21 goals in 21 apps... the Estonians have not made the first team but played pretty well throughout the year when called upon. Too lazy to screenshot them all but a bunch of awards for me and Veerman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 June 2031 Happy with the win over Wales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Fantastic season And what a huge win over Wales Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 13 hours ago, john1 said: Fantastic season And what a huge win over Wales Cheers! Wales are definitely a step above us normally, on the other hand the last tournament they qualified for was the 2022 World Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidthekid Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Great season indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, kidthekid said: Great season indeed Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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