rlipscombe Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 i haven't played in any cup games yet either..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Uh oh, that doesn't bode well guys...have checked to see if there's a bug thread on it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 iacovone's Savona End of Season Update - 2009/10 Ok so overall a very tidy first season at the helm. We weren't rolled over by anybody and were always competitive with our mix of youth and dinosaurs (). We ended up coming 8th which was more than given that we were only looking to survive. So the finances are a mess so we could really do with a takeover! The Best XI looked like this and Sabs picked up the fans player of the year. The skipper led the team superbly. He would also be my player of the year. Aims for next season are to secure at least an 8th place finish. I'm always looking for bargains and to improve the overall quality of the squad. So here's to an even better 2nd season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 my chairman is looking to step aside for another board member, so we'll have to see how that goes. and the media are speculating that i might leave at the end of the season when my contract expires.... as if!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Haha! Thats what happened with me - it ended up with a 6 month transfer embargo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Ok so here is a little sneak preview of my latest signings. The squad still doesn't have much depth and I can't really change this as my wage budget is so small so I'm going to have to hope for an injury free season! Anyway here they are: Davide Savarino - A useful experienced head in midfield. Looks like a strong leader. Federico Salerno - A very promising GK, only 17 years old but a big presence. Vladimir Koman - Not too sure how I bagged this guy on loan. Could be a star! Giovanni Buriani - A promising CB who is being trained as a RB. Will get some gametime this year. Antonio Zinni - Outstanding prospect in the Italian game, I identified him last year as just a 16 year old, now I have him for a year. He could be special Basically I need another CB and possibly a CM as I'm switching to a 4-3-3 this year. If I can find a bit of experience out there I'd almost get dangerously optimistic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Oh please please let it be true!! EDIT: Well this would be quite frankly absurd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Oh god you would be able to rule the world with that amount of money so early on, my team still is sitting at -500k, propped up by the board adding 55k to 100k every month, so after 4 years getting that amount of money they have probably put 4-5 million into the club and the only return is 2 championships a manager of the year award and promotion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Oh please please let it be true!!EDIT: Well this would be quite frankly absurd fingers crossed for you iacovone..... well done on your first season - great achievement. with regards to Oviedo, hopefully it MIGHT be smoother as it's only supposed to be another board member taking over. I'd love a takeover like that though!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 My brother is a dead man. He's only gone and deleted my restarted fafe game. So Im sarting again in italy. :mad: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 you're very unlucky with save games max......... good luck in Italy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Ok so here is a little sneak preview of my latest signings. The squad still doesn't have much depth and I can't really change this as my wage budget is so small so I'm going to have to hope for an injury free season!Anyway here they are: Davide Savarino - A useful experienced head in midfield. Looks like a strong leader. Federico Salerno - A very promising GK, only 17 years old but a big presence. Vladimir Koman - Not too sure how I bagged this guy on loan. Could be a star! Giovanni Buriani - A promising CB who is being trained as a RB. Will get some gametime this year. Antonio Zinni - Outstanding prospect in the Italian game, I identified him last year as just a 16 year old, now I have him for a year. He could be special Basically I need another CB and possibly a CM as I'm switching to a 4-3-3 this year. If I can find a bit of experience out there I'd almost get dangerously optimistic! some good sigings there iacovone... Saverino looks a solid midfielder, Salerno looks a great prospect, and the loan signings Koman and Zinni look great. Will be interesting to see how the new team lines up and performs... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 To be honest if this takeover does happen I can't see how it would affect my team that much. I'd try to use the money to improve facilities mainly I think. Obviously there would be a few signings - I should get out of C2C quite quickly but theres only so much I could do with 10m at a club of this reputation. The signings rlipscombe have done well so far. I have Zinni and Koman on opposite flanks in an attempt to terrorize the opposition full backs. However I've still not found a formation that utilises them perfectly so far. I'm playing a 4-5-1 at the moment but we're just not scoring enough goals. We were unbeaten for our first 6 league games but just lost 1-0 at home to Monopoli so I need another rethink Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Huzzah!! I never thought it would happen but wow! It has!! Praise be to Amir Cohen the new chairman of Savona Now please please let me keep my job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Oh yes, 1 month until the transfer window opens up again. I have been given a budget of 4.3m to spend and Mr Cohen is investing in the youth academy and training facilities. I feel so lucky!! Plus my job is secure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Congrats iacovone. Ive decided to hold back on my assault in italy until the patch is out. Apparently it's the 18th. Max Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Look forward to your return Max. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman\'s School Days Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Wow. Has something been put into this version of Football Manager? I have heard a bit about tycoons taking over and now both myself and iacovone have millions in the bank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Ah Flashman I didn't realise it'd happened to you too. It does seem a little odd but I'm not complaining too much, it still seems tricky getting the right players in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman\'s School Days Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Yeh, for some reason a Welsh businessman decided to splash the cash on my team with £14.5m and on the board room screen it says he will never leave the club he loves, which seems odd because surely he can't love the club that much as less than 100 people love the club enough to buy season tickets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Thats ok he clearly wanted a holiday home in Portugal, snapped you up and now loves his new play-thing. Fair play to the Welshman! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Amir Cohen is crazy, he just scrapped the expansion plans of the youth and training facilities a week after he announced them. Is he losing interest already?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Amir sounds like one crazy Kuwaiti!! going to be a rollercoaster ride!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman\'s School Days Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Haha, the same happened to me, orginally my chairman had planned to do the extensions but my computer restarted itself and the when i loaded up and it got to the same point where he decided to scrap the ideas. He then got annoyed after the first time of asking for an upgrade to both, however, by the end of the season he accepted my requests to both, and iacovone i am actually in spain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Oh, oops!I got thrown by the Portugalete part I think :o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 So where has Amir Cohen's money been spent? Well the Savona squad list now reads like a who's who of lower division Italian prospects. The average age of the first 11 may be only 20 but there is a lot of talent on show. However despite all this we have been having a pretty poor season We became the draw specialists and as of 16th Jan 2011 we are languishing in 14th! Goals have been the big problem - partly due to my 1 up front obsession this year and partly because of the absolute inability of the 2 options I have to actually score! So this next few months are vital as I doubt Mr Cohen will be too happy with a relegation battle Pasquale Rossi - A very promising defender, possibly too small to be a CB. He has no real weaknesses and is still only 16! Luca Lubrani - A very gifted full back who could be a main stay for years. Shame about his pace but this might improve to the 10-12 range with a bit of training. Like him a lot. Alessandro Lanzoni - Talented AMLC. Ideally he is here to be the left winger. Technically very talented, shame about the crossing though Ferdinando Guariniello - Technically gifted winger but lacking in a bit of pace. Hopefully his physical stats will improve in time. Roberto Petruzzelli - Expected to sign in a couple of days. A determined pacey CM who I hope can become a box to box CM for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 signed some real quality youngsters there iacovone.... Guarinello looks like a real star of the future. Lubrani looks quality too. think you've gone down the right route in regards to the money - might just need the odd experienced player. as alan hansen, you'll win nothing with kids.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 ferdinando " dinosauro" Guariniello looks a good player shame he doesnt have the pace but nevermind a good one for the future you could train him as an AMC . Lanzoni looks great his technical atributes look good and at 17 though you'll be able to improve that crossing stat a great prospect. Luca "dinosauro" Lubrani. looks great prospect for you could be your fullback for many years. you have some great players there good luck mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Cheers guys, definitely youth over experience for iacovone! Glad you appreciated the new dinosaurs Max! The original is on the verge of retirement now! Pace and Acc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 EEK Pace and Acc 2 if he was dead he could move faster than that. yeh glad you got the succesors in good luck mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Iacovone have you seen messina get promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Cheers guys, definitely youth over experience for iacovone!Glad you appreciated the new dinosaurs Max! The original is on the verge of retirement now! Pace and Acc 2 I could say the same thing about my laptop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Max Messina haven't been promoted in 2 seasons on my file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 i'm a bit surprised they haven't actually seen as they are a 'big' team so to speak... would have thought they'd have been a cert. oh well. be able to start playing Oviedo soon!! see if we can make the play-offs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Good luck rlipscombe, how close are you to the playoffs? Bad news - Petruzzelli signed for Levski in the end Never fear, iacovone always has an ace up his sleeve... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Good luck rlipscombe, how close are you to the playoffs? Bad news - Petruzzelli signed for Levski in the end Never fear, iacovone always has an ace up his sleeve... i'm about 5 points clear of 5th with 6 games to go.... SHOULD be ok..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I can't understand how its come to this but with 7 games to go we are 4th from bottom Even with the talent at our disposal there has been so much disappointment this year. I'm not going to go too in depth until the End of Season report because we really are in a very real danger of ending up in the relegation playoffs at this rate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 play-off place secured with 2 games to go..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 well done on securing a playoff place mate good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Nice one rlipscombe Keep us updated! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 iacovone's End of Season Update - Savona 2010/11 One of the toughest seasons I've ever had on FM. It was such an odd experience. We began the year well losing only once in our first 8 games IIRC. Our defence was solid but early signs showed we were going to struggle to score. Then came the takeover from Amir Cohen a Kuwaiti tycoon intent on seeing Savona rise to the top of Italian football. Now despite the 10m added to our coffers I still wanted to pursue promotion according to my philosophies - ie. the discovery of youth. That meant in January I shopped for predominantly U20 prospects. Now never before in FM has this posed problems for me, however this time, no matter what talent I had on the pitch at my disposal we were getting outplayed and outscored by very mediocre teams. I altered the formation so many times but to no avail. Looking back on the season the obvious problem was the complete absence of a goalscorer. No-one got a decent run going and my 33 year old forward Lucas Gatti failed to score in over 2000 minutes of football - shocking. The general feeling in my head was that we were never in any real danger of relegation but we were always stuck in or around the relegation playout spots. I was happy with the technical quality in the team but these players have an awful lot of growing up to do if we are going to push on and get out of this league. Here is the league graph detailing just how poor we were (in fact since the takeover its just been downhill in the league). The end of the season was tense and even though we picked up 13 points from our last 8 games (believe me that was actually quite good) we only just finished outside the relegation places as this table shows! So now to the individuals that made this season what it was Carmine Giardino had the highest average rating of 7.05 in all comps by the end of the season. Now that is depressing. Nevertheless well done to the versatile defender. I may just give him a new contract after that. Top Goalscorer goes to Antonio Conti with a mesmerizing 6. . Though young I expected better of him. Most assists came from Antonio Zinni the man I mistakenly viewed as a real star of the future. He was pretty poor overall for us. Biggest disappointment for me was definitely either Conti or Gatti. The forwards really let us down. Honourable Mention must go to Federico Salerno in goal. He was excellent for the majority of the season and has shown glimpses of real star quality this year. So young still. The only problem he now faces is the signing of Giordano Liguori on a free transfer. He is currently heading to the U20 World Cup with Italy Finally for the most tackles per game my boy 'Sabs' must be honoured. Though this is probably his last season as a definite starter he has been valuable to us all year. Carmine Giordano picked up the Fans POY Award so I guess I have to renew his contract now. Finally the Best XI for the Season and the Best Ever XI Now I can't promise all my reports will be as detailed as this one For some reason despite the complete lack of success I really got into this season. It will be remembered for a couple of things. Amir Cohen's takeover and multi-million pound funding and Lucas Gatti's 2000+ minutes without a goal. 2011-12 - Time to finally push for those promotion playoff spots. Just need a goalscorer now....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjaminoo Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 rlipscombe - Congrats on securing the play-off place! iacovone - Well done on surviving in your first season, things will only get better! KUTGW everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 at least you manged to survive iacovone. can be your springboard for next season. with some experience they should be better for it. As for Oviedo, i stopped last night with 2 league games to go - time to get back on the wagon!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjaminoo Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 First Postponment \o/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 So Oviedo will play Universidad Las Palmas in the play-offs first stage. 2 legged affair with 1st leg at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere... bring it on!! oh, and i've signed a new 3-year contract too.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjaminoo Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Good luck mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Good luck rlipscombe! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRR Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Best of luck mate! Congrats on getting this far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Savona Profits announced: We recorded a profit of 10.5m for the last financial year - a staggering 1592% of the turnover. :D Go Amir Cohen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjaminoo Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Haha, David Moyes is manager of Real Madrid in my save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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