GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I expect Serie A football soon at this rate. Well Serie B looks a lot tougher, so if I survive this season, I'll push on from there. If i do survive, then maybe 3-5 seasons to get out of the league, if I get lucky in the tranfer market etc.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Just signed my first non-Italian player in the shape of Branko Bosnjak. Supposedly he has the potential to be a good Serie A keeper in the future, and is currently better than my current keeper, not that difficult tbf, but better all the same How's it going Max, any chance of you joining me in Serie B soon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Moving on in the Spanish Cup. Beat Real Madrid in the 5th Round on penalties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Excellent work rancer - its so nice to get those rare early wins against the big guns! Gaz I like the look of that keeper and at only 19 you possibly have one for at least your time in Serie B. I've just agreed the transfer of Man Utd's 17 year old GK for £7m ! He is fb tbf! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 £7m for a 17 year old?! **faints** Screenie? Congrats rancer! Nice victory! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Excellent work rancer - its so nice to get those rare early wins against the big guns!Gaz I like the look of that keeper and at only 19 you possibly have one for at least your time in Serie B. I've just agreed the transfer of Man Utd's 17 year old GK for £7m ! He is fb tbf! Rare? It's not that rare these days, which is a good thing. Yeah, Gaz, when you're rich, spending £7m on a 17 year old isn't that big of a deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Show offs... Bank balance is a hefty 200k now though, after moving into our temporary stadium, which holds 19,000, our balance has shot up, pity its only for another 7 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 First win after 4 games in Serie B, two defeats, followed by a draw and then a victory. A comfortable 3-0 win in Triestina no less, lets hope this leads to some decent form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Ok I am laughing at how easy it must be with that much money, in my Fafe game I have fought to be the 4th best Portuguese Club and I am still only just out of the Black, I only get a transfer budget if I make it myself, and I still lose money every month. 5 seasons in Liga Sagres, if I had the money you guys had I would've beaten Porto more and probably have won a title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Oh Des, all you got is Porto and Sporting. Serie A and La Liga are harder leagues to win in. La Liga Update Halfway point of the year... [font=Courier New]Pos Team Pts G.D. 1st Barca 46 +29 2nd At. Madrid 42 +17 3rd R. Madrid 42 +26 4th Real Oviedo 41 +19 5th Zaragoza 36 +20 6th Valencia 32 +12 7th Athletic 32 +13 [/font] Not bad so far. Closer than ever. EDIT: And thanks iacovone for the backup in the MLS thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Still within reach this season by the looks of it there rancer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Could we name it the "Rebel Big Euro Nation Challenge" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Ummm Rancer you seem to have forgotten Benfica & Braga. But personally I think the hardest thing in Portugal is getting out of the Second Division, as you have 4 leagues of 12 teams, and only 2 teams get promoted. Thats a 1 in 24 chance of promotion, and really a pain in the butt to have to win the opening stage and then the Promotion Stage and then the Playoffs as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Followed up our first victory of the season with two more, one thanks to own goal by Chievo's center back, but this has pushed us quite a bit further away from the relegation zone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Ummm Rancer you seem to have forgotten Benfica & Braga. But personally I think the hardest thing in Portugal is getting out of the Second Division, as you have 4 leagues of 12 teams, and only 2 teams get promoted. Thats a 1 in 24 chance of promotion, and really a pain in the butt to have to win the opening stage and then the Promotion Stage and then the Playoffs as well. I did. Hehe. :o In Spain, I had to get out of the Second Division B the hard way...3 playoff rounds (I think lol. If I won the league, it woulda been so much easier. But had to finish 2nd) Lost penalty shootout to Sevilla in Spanish Cup Quarters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I'm glad that Serie C2 and C1 were just straight forward promotions after reading that Des, much simpler. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Lost penalty shootout to Sevilla in Spanish Cup Quarters. Gutted for you dude Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Worst start ever...I just got thumped 4-0 by Infesta in the first League Game of the season...not pretty in the slightest. Ok after reading the stats it wasn't as bad as it looked on the scoresheet, we actually were pretty evenlly matched, they just seemed able to stop all of our attacks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Changes following this stumble: 1) A Loan hunt, hunting out the best young loanees in Portugal in an attempt to fill my teams holes DL, 2nd DC, ML & 2nd AM 2) A Tactic tweak, creating three seperate tactics instead of the one I had been using. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Not a great start Des, but at least you weren't as dominated as you thought. Good luck with the loan hunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Right, after two successive defeats, I think its time to call it a night, and obviously, I have to be up for work in like 6 hours. Night dudes, good luck with the games for tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-machine Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Great. I get home from school, load up my save for this challenge, and its corrupted!! Starting again now in Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Great.I get home from school, load up my save for this challenge, and its corrupted!! Starting again now in Portugal. Oh I hate that...grrr, well come and lets play in Portugal. Alcobaca has had a poor start to the season, we seem to leak unlucky goals. I need to build my defence up. We have gone 0-1-2 so far Goals 4-9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Finally grabbed our first win of the season going 3-2 over O. Bairro, Pinto grabbed a double, and Marco added his 4th league goal of the season in only his 4th game. So we move to a 1-1-2 record and goals at 7-11. now hopefully we can build from here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-machine Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Guess what Des? There's a new manager at AD Fafe! Photobuckets refusing to upload for me at the moment. Profile screenie to come as soon as it works again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Oh d-machine you are a Mongrel Haha well my team is now through a 3 league game unbeaten streak as we move to 1-2-2, goals to 9-13. Seriously cannot stop the opposition scoring, I was up 2-0 in this one. Marco just added another 2 goals to have 6 in the 5 league games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-machine Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I honestly didn't mean to, but they were the only professional team that came up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-machine Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Photobuckets working now, presenting the new manager of AD Fafe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I think they are the only Professional team that ever comes up, but about half of them go Pro straight away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordMeister Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 seems i'm being a bit ambitious in wanting a better GK... seeing as last time i was on, the board decided i needed a wage budget amost 10k lower than my last one... and 4k ower than my current one :S... need a promo :O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Dammit. Just lost the Semi of the Italian Cup 1st Leg at home 2-0 to Roma Unlucky iacovone Castel San Pietro - Serie C1A - 2010/11Media Prediction: 18th Final Position: 1st League Table I can't really congratulate my team enough on this further success, I was fairly worried at the beginning of the season, as I had no transfers arranged to come in, but again, after players contracts expired, they were interested in joining, and the squad began to look stronger. I think a reputation boost helped the coaching situation, as we now have a full backroom of staff, inlcuding nine coaches and a half decent assistant. Again, it was a strong start that helped us gain momentum, after losing to Ancona 2-1 on the first day, we remained unbeaten until facing Cittadella on matchday 17. After that defeat, we remained unbeaten until the end of the season, although it did still take us until the last round, needing to win, to clinch the title. Tbh, this season was alot easier than expected, the step up didn't seem too great, and alot of last season's team were on equally good form. Having said that, I think the new signings had an equally large role to play in making the step-up seem easier. Best Player - Giovanni Scappaticci - new signing, brought in to take over from the aging Furlanetto, and did a fantastic job on the wing. Recieved goal of the season, for a fantastic dribble inside before unleashing a swooping shot into the opposite top corner. Top Goalscorer - Francesco Macchi - the youth prospect I mentioned earlier, just thrown into the first team straight away, and boy did he respond Honourable Mention - Michel Cruciani - was inspirational in every move we made, just like last season, made the step up with ease, lets hope for more of the same next season. We further proved our domination of Serie C by following up our title success with victories in the Serie C Cup Final, and the Serie C1 Super Cup. All in all, a fairly fantastic season My other aim, sorting out the clubs finances, went quite well too, to a point. We were up 120k come the end of the season, after prize money, etc.. Then the board kind of wrecked it with this. A completely unnecessary addition of seats in my opinion, putting us back to -100k, not impressed Aims for next season: Don't embaress ourselves after two successive promotions. Try, again, to put the club back into the black. Have a cup run, if thats not pushing it too much. Try very very hard to survive, as relegation might cripple us financially. Great season there Gaz good luck next season Just signed my first non-Italian player in the shape of Branko Bosnjak. Supposedly he has the potential to be a good Serie A keeper in the future, and is currently better than my current keeper, not that difficult tbf, but better all the same Branko Bosnjak looks good mate How's it going Max, any chance of you joining me in Serie B soon? I would be if it wasn't for that hospital appointment yesterday i will be getting to serie B today Moving on in the Spanish Cup. Beat Real Madrid in the 5th Round on penalties. Good win against Real Rancer Gaz I like the look of that keeper and at only 19 you possibly have one for at least your time in Serie B. I've just agreed the transfer of Man Utd's 17 year old GK for £7m ! He is fb tbf! 7m eek i wish i had that much money Oh Des, all you got is Porto and Sporting. Serie A and La Liga are harder leagues to win in. Well said Rancer well said La Liga Update Halfway point of the year... [font=Courier New]Pos Team Pts G.D. 1st Barca 46 +29 2nd At. Madrid 42 +17 3rd R. Madrid 42 +26 4th Real Oviedo 41 +19 5th Zaragoza 36 +20 6th Valencia 32 +12 7th Athletic 32 +13 [/font] Not bad so far. Closer than ever. EDIT: And thanks iacovone for the backup in the MLS thread. looks really close there mate good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Right I feel I need to address this "it'd be so easy with that kind of money" statement I keep reading I've won Serie A and participated in the CL. When one of you guys accomplishes such feats () then we'll see if you can spend £7m on a 17 year old keeper (that does sound fairly ridiculous now I've typed it out!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 How unlucky can i get I'm winning 3-0 against Cavase but it should be like 8-0 i have had two shots hit the post 1 the crossbar 1 cleared of the line and one deflected wide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 i won 5-0 in the end it should've been 12-0. Tsvetomir Todorov has been so unlucky this year he has scored 1 in 6 but it should be like 11 in 6 as he has 4 denied for offside and 6have it the woodwork Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Serie A Update [font=Courier New]Pos Team Pts G.D. Plyd 1st AC Milan 71 +45 31 2nd Roma 64 +30 31 3rd Inter 64 +27 31 4th Napoli 63 +40 31 5th [b]Savona [/b] 61 +30 30 6th Lazio 48 +3 31 [/font] So there's very much a 'top 5'. Inter have done incredibly well since Lombardo was sacked. New man Marco Giampaolo has yet to lose a Serie A game! Consequently they've flown back into the CL pack. Our game in hand is crucial to keep the pressure on the CL. It's going to be so tight for the remaining 7/8 games. Fortunately we have already played all the teams above us twice. Lazio (a) last game of the season is our toughest fixture in a fairly generous run in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Come on Savona Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Napoli have slipped alot there!? Did they get raided in January? Looks like you could make it into the Champions League there mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 For anyone who wants to now the Champions league draw irl it is Villarreal v Arsenal Manchester United v FC Porto Liverpool v Chelsea Barcelona v Bayern Munich how many times do liverpool have to play chelsea in this bloody tornament Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Napoli have slipped alot there!? Did they get raided in January? Looks like you could make it into the Champions League there mate. Napoli have fallen away hugely and no they didn't lose anyone significant in January. I was looking at the fixtures and their good start is actually a bit deceptive. They won their first 7 games but hadn't played anyone in that top 6 I just posted. They then drew with Milan, Roma, us, Inter, lost to Lazio. I think their problem was the big games. Perhaps not enough experience of a title chase. Either way they'll need a miraculous last 7 games to nick the title from Milan. They also host Inter and go away to Juve in the last 2 games so they will have an effect on the CL places for sure. Mon Savona \o/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 For anyone who wants to now the Champions league draw irl it is Villarreal v Arsenal Manchester United v FC Porto Liverpool v Chelsea Barcelona v Bayern Munich how many times do liverpool have to play chelsea in this bloody tornament 5 years in a row now. What a shock that Arsenal get another easy draw. Same story every year. I hate them !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Max - :DEDIT: click the smiley faces Bumpety bump! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Daniele De Rossi Definition of a legend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Daniele De RossiDefinition of a legend! Bloody hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Lecce 1 -1 Savona (Quinto) Game of two halves really. We dominated the first and came in at the break 1 up due to a fine finish from little LW Quinto. However for whatever reason the second half was all Lecce's. They equalised with 10 to go and we couldn't find a way back in. Disappointing result. [font=Courier New]Pos Team Pts Plyd 1st AC Milan 74 32 2nd Napoli 66 32 3rd Roma 64 32 4th Inter 64 32 5th [b]Savona [/b] 62 31 6th Lazio 48 32 [/font] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Mon Savona Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Savona 5-1 Catania Quinto,Rotunno(2),Kumar,Maggio This was our game in hand and therefore vital! Rotunno got us off to a flier, winning a 50 50 header with the keeper and putting us 1 up. Little Quinto then got to the byline, beat his full back ran at the near post and somehow squeezed the ball between post and keeper for 2-0. It was beginning to look like a rout after 36 minutes when Rotunno powered in a Blixt pass to make it 3-0 at half time. We were coasting til 68 minutes when Garcia boomed one in from 30 yards off the post. Surely just a lucky strike? And that it was. Maggio picked the ball up on the right in a counter attack, found sub Ricki Kumar on the edge of the box. He turned his man and slotted in the bottom left corner to seal the win. Maggio then inflicted further pain on Catania fans by scoring a peach of a free kick. 5-1 FT. [font=Courier New]Pos Team Pts Plyd 1st AC Milan 74 32 2nd Napoli 66 32 3rd [b]Savona [/b]65 32 4th Roma 64 32 5th Inter 64 32 6th Lazio 48 32[/font] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Inter and Palermo drop out of the CL at quarter final stage to Arsenal and Schalke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Great victory for Savona can they catch Milan. Mon Savona Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 i have one my last 4 games 5-0 4-0 4-0 3-0 and i am top by 7 points after 8 games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
max1994 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 New page beat you Des and you Rancer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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