MarcxD Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 October 2033 Disappointing result, we really need to win everything to have a chance to qualify. We play Croatia and Greece. Croatia at home. There is still a chance, although not a very big one. A good month overall. In first place again, Bayern dropped some points. Freiburg doing remarkably well. The CL group is a close one half-way... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 November 2033 Actually good results, but we needed to win both to have a chance at qualifying. In the end not even second place was good enough, this was a close group and a good sign that we came so close. A very good month until a shock defeat to Freiburg. We did secure more CL football, and Mihhailov has returned form his injury. Bayern and Leverkusen close by. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 December 2033 A good month domestically, a shame we lost the last CL game though. That means we finished second in the group. Halfway we're in first with a three point lead. Quite likely to have another long title race. My young striker won the Golden Boy award! Some bad news, this guy was still the first choice GK for the national team but he has chosen to retire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 January 2034 four goals in all three league matches... Equal points as Bayern. Three signings, for the future / rotation mostly. Heleno and Mora loaned out immediately, and I decided to sell Kallaste as he was barely getting any minutes here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 February 2034 A really tough month, facing RBL, Bayern and Leverkusen. We did not win any of those games, and that could have very well screwed up our chances at winning the title. We drew Man Utd in the first leg, but away is going to be very tough to get a result. At least we did very well in the cup and Magdeburg in the semi-final should not be a huge problem. 5 points behind, with 10 more games to go. Bayern going very strongly, and we'll be needing them to screw up while we have to get consecutive results. Freiburg still up there, well done to them so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 Youth Intake 2034 I decided to change HoYD, I hired Thomas Müller, his first intake is quite good, a 'golden generation'. That term doesn't mean much in this FM, but this looks very good. The two defensive midfielders seem like the stars, but striker Schaber and goalkeeper Danso aren't bad either. Not convinced by Stauch so far. Not a bad name either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 March 2034 A good month but just needed a bit more luck against Man Utd. Still no European success this save... Two points behind since Bayern lost to Sandhausen of all teams. Two friendly wins against not the best opposition, a poor performance against Gibraltar but strong at home to the Northern Irish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 April 2034 It was what seemed like a fantastic month, until we lost to Freiburg for the second time this season! Still, we managed to overtake Bayern. Two more games and we're on equal points, equal record even. We have scored almost double the amount of goals as they have though! We can still win the double or nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 May 2034 We did it! Finished on equal points... but +30 better GD than Bayern. A double or a treble if you want to count the supercup. Now we need to improve in Europe next season. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 Immediately after the season ended Bayern came in for me. Bayern being Bayern. That's a clear no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timetxu Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Ah, the old if-you-can't-beat-'em-join-'em-switcharoo. Classic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Timetxu said: Ah, the old if-you-can't-beat-'em-join-'em-switcharoo. Classic. Exactly! PSG (and Leverkusen) also offered me meetings, I took the PSG one so I could get some more transfer budget approved by the Frankfurt board when they tried to convince me to stay. That worked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 June 2034 Another Baltic Cup win, and this time it's definitely the most convincing one. We are clearly on another level now than these nations. Top 20 world ranking as well. That's 50 Estonia games now, many more to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 2034 Season Review A great season domestically, but slightly disappointing in Europe. Hopefully a bit more luck and another year under the talents' belts and we can have a better time next season. We did improve our standings in Europe. No manager awards... second places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Pre-Season & August 2034 Some improved odds thanks to two title wins and perhaps also our spending in the summer. I really went for it, to try and make us a CL contender. I did not buy a huge amount of players but I did purposefully spend big amounts. Broda is a midfielder who can play both roles I use (CM-A and BWM) since he is well-rounded. Turnbull and Novotny are two backs to solidify those positions and the big signing Michael Furch is a central defender. I am happy with my attacking players but I really needed something extra defensively I felt. In various ways he was the best option available as I could afford him, he's 24 and can stay here for many years and I am just able to pay his wages. There were some players from England and PSG that I looked at but those wages are hard to deal with right now. It's also not a bad thing that he's German. The big down side of course here is that I had to pay Bayern 80M. Outgoing there were quite a few deals - the usual loans for the young and talented a large part of that. Also I decided to let go some players that were not up to the level required anymore - sadly that included Ivanov. I'm keeping Rajaver and Mihhailov as my Estonian part of the squad, which in effect was already true last season, I just had Ivanov in the squad but barely playing. The main big sale here is Ben Salem - one of the better players I inherited when I started here, but right now he's been relegated to about fourth choice AMC so I'm not too unhappy with the sum I received. After I bought Furch from Bayern I actually sold them a central defender of my own - Elmbach, whom I had bought for a meagre 100K a few years ago. He had developed well but I don't see him having a chance at becoming as good as Furch, so in essence I think I weakened their team. Of course they did make a profit of 45M here though. Only Man City spent more than we did in the summer, with Bayern and RBL also showing up here. A little bit remarkable that no other English team spent more than 111M. We did very well in pre-season and official matches, only conceding twice and scoring a good amount. Another supercup in the bag. The league only starts in september for us, perhaps due to the world cup, which was won by Portugal for the second time this save! A promising CL group, this should be a first place. Another milestone as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 September 2034 So, so disappointing. We really should've done better against Norway, the match was pretty equal and at home we really should have got something. Now it's going to be tough to not get relegated from the B division. Doing well with Frankfurt, winning the opening matches in the league and in the CL. Already 5 points ahead of Bayern, Freiburg doing well again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 October 2034 Nope, we go back down to division C again. Maybe that's our level. A bit of a downer. All seems to go well and then a very poor game against RBL, with a red for Mihhailov as well. They are close, as are Freiburg! Bayern 5 points behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 November 2034 Of course we then go on to beat Belgium... division C again next time. Good stuff with Frankfurt, although it was a bit surprising to draw against the Danish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) December 2034 Very strong again but just like last year Freiburg beat us... A big 10 points lead on Bayern now. First in the CL group. Porto will be our first opponents in the knock-out rounds. Not an easy group, once again I would say we are a likely third. Edited July 22, 2018 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrenigma Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Could you show your Thomas Müller attributes picture as HOYD? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Seems like you're doing well with Frankfurt here Marc, I've not been reading recently tho, what's the status with the Estonians for Frankfurt, you've been able to use the club as a development hub for Estonian players? Or have you abandoned this idea? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 10 hours ago, noikeee said: Seems like you're doing well with Frankfurt here Marc, I've not been reading recently tho, what's the status with the Estonians for Frankfurt, you've been able to use the club as a development hub for Estonian players? Or have you abandoned this idea? I am using two Estonians in my team now, Mihhailov (AMC) and Rajaver on right-back. I had two others, but it was kind of pointless to keep them in a squad where they were outclassed and I sold them after probably bringing them up to their highest level. I do have some Estonian staff. I am now trying to get Mihhailov to become an Estonian CL winner, as he is the key man and best player of his generation. That would be a nice thing to achieve at least, with the Estonian thing in mind, and if I succeed I will likely resign from the club. On 22/07/2018 at 17:28, mrenigma said: Could you show your Thomas Müller attributes picture as HOYD? Of course! There were better options available but out of the ones available with a good personality and high determination he seemed a good choice as a former player. I also have Vincent Kompany as assistant manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToMexico!! Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 One of my favourite things on FM is to bring through former players as staff members, sometimes would much rather have a lesser quality former player than a better equipped regen staff member. Former players always tend to have better scouting knowledge which is always a bonus, especially Vincent there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timetxu Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Lol, just found out your game refers to Holland as "the Netherlands". How'd you fix that? It kind of always bugged me seeing Holland instead of the Netherlands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Timetxu said: Lol, just found out your game refers to Holland as "the Netherlands". How'd you fix that? It kind of always bugged me seeing Holland instead of the Netherlands. Either the name fixes from sortitoutsi or the Claassen update, not sure. 12 minutes ago, ToMexico!! said: One of my favourite things on FM is to bring through former players as staff members, sometimes would much rather have a lesser quality former player than a better equipped regen staff member. Former players always tend to have better scouting knowledge which is always a bonus, especially Vincent there. Yeah, that's true. It's also just more fun! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 January 2035 Two African talents and a very good and cheap central defender, who goes in my first team immediately. I sold another central defender since he was moaning about being replaced. Yes, you were replaced. Bye. Two decent league wins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Youth Intake 2035 Looks great, just too bad that two of the three potential 5* players are goalkeepers! His actual defensive attributes need a bit of work. Pick one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 February 2035 Tight wins mostly, but we do keep our streak going. Strong first leg in the CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 March 2035 Some dropped points in the league but a fantastic win over Porto!! Next up... Atlético. We are also the only German team left in the competition. Still a lead of 12 points. The first results in the Euro Qualifying group were as you would expect, really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 April 2035 Fantastic stuff to beat Atlético so convincingly at home. PSG... often times a tough opponent for me. Another title, the most clear one yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamdfry Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 hour ago, MarcxD said: I sold another central defender since he was moaning about being replaced. Yes, you were replaced. Bye. Great youth intake and congrats on the league win! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, adamdfry said: Great youth intake and congrats on the league win! Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 May 2035 Fantastic stuff at the end of the season... we beat PSG and won another cup. Just one more game... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 June 2035 YES!! And it was Estonian Mihhailov who made sure of our winning the CL, with two goals. He is now the first ever Estonian CL winner! (I think) Two games with the national team followed, a good win in the qualifying group and in the friendly. Good stuff. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 2035 Season Review Just fantastic, all around. Very happy with the squad and what they did here... And some more awards. But... the point of the Frankfurt career is kind of done. I wanted to make Mihhailov a CL winner and I did so. Two Estonian coaches left in my wake. My plan is to stay as manager of the national team only for a while. 2037 would be a good time to return to club football in Estonia, as that would be 20 years since the start of this career. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefenseLover Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 WOW!, I don't read you for a day and I see you lift the UCL! Better you played this during the intro: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Fantastic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Marvelous season, won everything you could . How much longer do you see yourself at Frankfurt now that the big trophies are out of the way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 On 25/07/2018 at 15:20, DefenseLover said: WOW!, I don't read you for a day and I see you lift the UCL! Better you played this during the intro: On 25/07/2018 at 15:28, Rikulec said: 21 hours ago, john1 said: Fantastic 1 hour ago, oriole01 said: Marvelous season, won everything you could . How much longer do you see yourself at Frankfurt now that the big trophies are out of the way? Cheers guys. I actually already resigned! That was it. No more Frankfurt, just national team for a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Rest of 2035 As Frankfurt manager I was replaced by Frank de Boer. He sold Mihhailov to Bayern and Rajaver to Las Palmas, so he immediately got rid of the Estonians. We did pretty well overall, but we just needed a bit more luck against Poland. Fair final result. The WCQ group we have been drawn in is intresting again, normally we should battle it out with the Czechs for second place. Lithuania again... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 2036 Hopeless in the play-offs for euro 2036, so no repeat of 2032 sadly. We did win the Baltic Cup again. and did pretty well in the nations league after a bad start. We'll be back in the B division next time around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 January 2037 - Return to Estonia Twenty years after I started this career at Flora, I will be returning to the Estonian leagues. A smaller club than Flora ever was in this save, and I'll be looking to build them up for however long that takes. A club with this name, that was a bit too appealing. They are fully professional and play in the second tier. It will take a while before they can battle with Flora for the first division title, and this will be the last part of this career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefenseLover Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Just like in the Illiad, There's Ajax and then Ajax the lesser 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Pre-Season 2037 Needed to improve the squad a whole lot - while having to look for homegrown players that I could afford. Which explains why I bought multiple players from the same team... There was no GK at the club and barely any backs, and other positions needed improvement as well. One of the better players at the club was sold, to get some money in. Pre-season went very well really, surprisingly close against Dinamo and convincing wins elsewhere, and kept Levadia to a draw, they are our parent club in the highest league. Predicted 5th, I would like to get play-offs for promotion at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 March 2037 Pretty good start to the season. Up there, unlike Flora u21. The toughest two games of the qualifiers were our starting games... a point isn't terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 April 2037 Not quite as good a month, a lot of close games that just did not go our way. Out of the cup as well. Paide looking very good for the title and automatic promotion already, the goal is still play-offs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 May 2037 Very good, except for that one game. Perhaps a closer race for first place than expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 June 2037 Some more good results. Double games against the Lithuanians, two good wins - even if we needed a 95th minute goal from Vadim at home. The big milestone after more than 20 years of management. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 July 2037 Two free signings to bolster the squad... And our affiliate wanted to raid our u21s. Ups and downs like pretty much every month... but overall good. 3 points from the top and now a bigger lead on third place, things are looking good so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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