iacovone Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Same thing happened with me rlipscombe - I bought too many quite good youngsters that were never going to be superstars. Had a summer in 2023 that saw no less than 18 squad players sold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Liverpool are sniffing round Dixon..... Says he'd find it hard to leave Oviedo though!! don't then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Well 2nd/3rd choice striker Michele Badini has been ruled out for nearly 4 months with a torn calf muscle . Winning the CL will be that little bit harder now... Oh but in stark contrast he has synced his injury with the return of World Player of the Year and Club Captain Tommaso Cilona. Joy :*) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Dixon what a guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Dixon what a guy oh yes. time will tell if he means it though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Consecutive European hattricks for Savona, this time Ricki Kumar, made the news this evening. Savona 5-2 Bayern Munich. 2nd in the group behind Ajax. Hello knockout round.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Ah, I remember my clearout in 2017, the first of a 3 year plan to get rid of all my LIGA adelante players. Although two of them went on to become very good players... Late March and still in 2nd though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 good to hear rancer - how far are you off the top? congrats iacovone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 We're 3 points clear of 3rd place Barca and 4th place Athletico, and 5 points behind Real, who also have a game in hand... My leading scorer Perrone is out for the season though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 +++ Oviedo News +++ - bids rejected fro Situ and Palacios - first friendly sees reserves win away 13-0 against Spanish non-league opposition. - Young Spanish CB signed for £2.5 million. - Souza (ML) possibly leaving on loan. - 4-0 away friendly win at Cultural Leonesa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Real Oviedo going to the Europa League Semi Finals!!! We lost to Ajax on the road 3-1, but I told my players to not hold back and attack all game, and Riccardo Villa scored in the 90th minute to win the 2nd leg 4-1, and advance to the semis. We face HSV in the semis... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 - el sid has incredibly made the Bundesliga in Germany with successive promotions, but has gone on hols now. That is indeed true But atleast I have some internet access to visit the forums. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 1st Knockout Round Draw: Porto v AC Milan Savona v Standard Shakhtar v Roma Man Utd v Lyon Schalke v Valencia Napoli v Arsenal R. Madrid v Ajax Barcelona v Chelsea So some interesting ties. Our reward for coming 2nd is to face the easiest (on paper) team left in the competition. Ajax for coming 1st get R. Madrid! Barcelona v Chelsea should be a great fixture, as should Napoli v Arsenal (Italian holders v one of the great current European sides who have won the tournament 5 times in the last 8 years ) Exciting times ahead in the CL. We could and perhaps should make the next round...fingers crossed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Pretty favourable draw there iacovone. Although in my game, when I had Standard in my Champions League group stage a few seasons back, they drew Man U twice, and defeated (in Belgium) and drew my team at home. Good luck. EDIT: NHL Playoffs 1st Round Scores (will be posted throughout the night ) Rangers 1, CAPS 1 (end of 2nd period) Hurricanes 2, Devils 2 (16:21 left in 2nd period) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 So off topic its untrue.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 One of the unofficial duties of being a Canadian citizen is being a hockey fan. And Sergei Fedorov scored for the Caps. 2-1 with less than 2 minutes remaining. EDIT: Yes, yes, yes, Caps moving on!!! EDIT2: Real Oviedo knocked out of Europa League by HSV. We were leading on away goals when they scored in the 90th minute, and then scored again in extra time. And still in 2nd...we do have a H2H game against Barca, although good news is that it's at home... EDIT3: And does anyone want the Europa League Quarterfinal 2nd leg against Ajax? Wouldn't mind uploading it here if anyone's interested. Most memorable game in FM for me in recent memory!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Devils out 4-3 I am going to go cry now...And working 6am til 5pm at the moment everyday so not getting any FM game time at all get home check the forums and fall into bed haha. Keep up the good work everyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 That's weak Des!! C'mon....... rancer I'd take a look at the game if you upload it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Gah January is such a horrible time for me. Just received a £30m bid for this man - Riccardo Raffa. I negotiated back with Roma to try and get £40m and they accepted! Now what do I do? He wants to leave as well... Oh and I also have the Italian Messi who has been sharing time with him at LW - Giuseppe Quinto. Thoughts? EDIT: Sold him. £40m better off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 for what it's worth i'd have sold him iacovone - it's a lot of money when you have good cover. unlucky rancer - cruel way to go out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 That's what I thought mate, good bit of business hopefully. I'm also thinking this could be my final season with Savona . After that long break from the game, my interest has died a little. I'm going to see how I get on in the CL this season (as there's still a chance I could complete the challenge) and take it from there. There is also the AI Holiday Experiment I wanted to run with the same file once the challenge was complete so it gives me another reason to push to the end of the year. EDIT: I may also try another challenge for the moment to see where that goes (how many times have I said that ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 sorry to hear that... only just got you back!! can understand how you feel though. games aren't normally the same after a break. Let's hope you go out on a high with the CL win!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I was gonna say sell him tbf Iacovone, Quinto looks fb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Is it just me, and am I the only one excited that iacovone has decided to take a rest with Savona. Real Oviedo vs Ajax - Europa League Quarter Final 2nd leg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Oi!! Just for that I'm going to finish this Savona season now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 you tell him iacovone... two bits of bad Oviedo news... Board have accepted an offer of £10.5m from Sevilla for Palacios, and i play Roma to qualify for group stages of Champions League.... :( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I just clinched 2nd place with one game to spare! For the first time, we didn't lose against Barca in a season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Quality stuff rancer well done rlipscombe I feel your pain - remember when I got drawn against Barcelona in the CL Qual Round? Bad times! Good luck though Roma are so flippin good on my file now, this is without a doubt the toughest file I've ever had on FM. The Italian league is just too strong - even with my tycoon helping us out. Without his money there is no way I'd have come close to the CL by now! Also like to add I was probably a little premature with packing in the Savona file - I don't think I can stay away/move on until I complete this damn challenge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 \o/ iacovone stays!! to be fair i haven't lost to Roma yet in the two games last season... i just didn't beat them either. We shall see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 iacovone stays... And I faced Roma in the Champions League Qualifying Round before, we beat them. And my season just finished, we tied Real at home in the last game as well. I might be selling some players though, as 1/4 of them want to move to a bigger club... (although my preference would be of course to keep them) I'll post my update soon... EDIT: And Casillas is finally retiring! I want to sign him to coach my goalkeepers, but he's demanding $16 million a year... (4 times my salary lol) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Will you play it tonight or not? I'm quite excited for you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Will you play it tonight or not? I'm quite excited for you Me? i'm afraid not... just had my yearly occurance on 10th August where my game effectively freezes for 30mins while it processes and not it's bed time. tune in tomorrow night to see what happens..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I would but I'll be out, look forward to reading nothing but positive Oviedo news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Will you play it tonight or not? I'm quite excited for you And I definitely won't be posting my update tonight since I have a test to worry about tomorrow. Not even close to bedtime but I wanna do well on my test. Might post my update on Friday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Guess I'm on my own then.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Tell you what we are struggling this year in the league. The top 4 (Napoli, Milan, Roma and Inter) all have my number, we may struggle to make CL again at this rate... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Last nightly update for me: First of all a question for you Spaniards - is there a gulf between say the 'top 4' and the rest of the league? If there is how long has it existed for? Basically on my file now there is just a 'top 6' that are so far ahead of everyone else its untrue. 7th (Frosinone) are 10 points off 6th (Juve) already (13 games to go) and its been this way for years now. It really looks as if I'll never see an unknown quantity break into this group which is a real shame as it does get a little boring after a while. Its also just as fun seeing a 'giant' disappear off the radar - the only example of that so far is Fiorentina getting relegated a couple of times . Anyway to wrap things up the 1st Leg of our CL tie with Standard Liege went like this: HT - 0-0 with us lucky to have not conceded an away goal! They were more creative and more dangerous. So at half time I said I was disappointed and we switched to a more defensive but counter attacking formation. 2nd Half - we were far better and had all the territory and chances. Unfortunately we came across one seriously in-form goalie intent on keeping us at bay. He was Italian as well. Final score - a very disappointing 0-0 home draw EDIT: Just seen the attendance was a paltry 15000 people in a 24000 all seater stadium. Now this strikes me as incredibly unrealistic no matter how small a town Savona is. I'd imagine we are similar in size to Villarreal and they regularly fill their stadium. Why wouldn't we? Its the CL knockouts!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 In my game, there's a gap between Real Madrid and everyone else. Although I am closing that gap bit by bit. Barca was struggling this season, and lost a lot of winnable games. Before this season, it's usually Real vs Barca for top spot, and Oviedo vs Atletico vs Zaragoza vs Valencia for the 3rd spot... Villarreal have been near the relegation spots, but are still in La Liga... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I remember in my Fafe game that it was clearly a top 4, Benfica, Sporting, Porto, Braga until I managed to crack it and then it was a clear 3 Benfica, Porto & Braga, with Me and Braga fighting for 4th and behind that a decent gap back to Maritimo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I remember in my Fafe game that it was clearly a top 4, Benfica, Sporting, Porto, Braga until I managed to crack it and then it was a clear 3 Benfica, Porto & Braga, with Me and Braga fighting for 4th and behind that a decent gap back to Maritimo Wow Braga put 2 teams out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Goddamn, I meant Top 3 Benfica, Sporting & Porto haha. Damn not being in my right mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Champions League 1st Knockout Results (after 2 legs): Ajax 2-4 R. Madrid Arsenal 4-4 Napoli - incredible result as Napoli scored 3 at the Emirates Chelsea 3-2 Barcelona Valencia 5-1 Schalke AC Milan 2-1 Porto Roma 4-0 Shakthar Lyon 2-2 Man Utd - Lyon through on pens Standard 0-1 Savona - a good 1-0 away win with a goal from Ricki Kumar...hope we can avoid the other 3 Italian sides Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Oh bloody hell... Lyon v Roma Valencia v Napoli Chelsea v R Madrid Savona v AC Milan Other than Roma that's the one draw I didn't want. 1st Leg at home as well Could be another year til this challenge gets close to being complete EDIT: Forgot to add the price of beating Standard was seeing Giuseppe Quinto tear his calf muscle - pretty much out for the season. Blixt is going to be retrained to the left wing as I sold Raffa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 tough draw that iacovone..... good luck. in terms of my spanish game, so far Barca & Real are out in front. Then it's moderatley close for me down to mid-table. Valencia broke away for 3rd last year but ok apart from that. Rancer is further down line though so big team dominance may not have totally struck yet for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Mmm I think that's what it is. The further I've got in, the more distinct the gulf has become. Also I'm slightly disappointed in the variety of nationalities in the regens but that's another story...(~25000 of ~30000 players on my search filter are Italian) In Serie A news we somehow contrived to lose 1-0 at Bari despite absolutely killing them in chances and possession. The title bid is definitely over, now we play a chasing game for CL. I think if I don't get CL football this save will make the transition to experiment... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 fingers crossed for CL football then!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I thought that'd get some support Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 1st Leg vs Milan - CL Quarter Finals Well we started fantastically taking the lead through Jimmy Blixt from a long throw. However that crucial away goal was conceded minutes later as the deadly Fabio Lang slotted one home. Just before half time though Kumar was brought down in the box and Cilona stepped up to take the penalty. His effort was saved but through sheer determination he tucked home the rebound! HT - 2-1. I changed the formation to more attacking in the hope that we could ride this momentum and forge a bigger lead. That backfired spectacularly as we conceded two quick goals and found ourselves 3-2 down ! Switching back to our original formation we salvaged the tie with a late Kumar goal but that was how it stayed. FT - 3-3 3 away goals conceded is never good, particularly as we didn't win the game. The league leaders look odds on favourites to make the semis now, but for a miraculous performance at the San Siro. Incidently the last team to beat them at their home was last years CL semi final defeat to Roma. MON the miracle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 There are such fine margins in this game and unfortunately we have found it out first hand. Rotunno header hit the post and went wide, Lang's header his the post and went in. That was the story of the 2nd leg as we bowed out of the CL. I just hate this game sometimes, we destroyed them in the first half but little things went against us and somehow we've come away with a 3-0 (!) defeat. HOW?! More possession, more chances, more shots, what more can we do? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Well at least we're ending the season on a high. Since that CL exit we've won 3 on the bounce and with just 2 games to go have pretty much ensured CL football for next year (plus my presence in this thread ) A big \o/ for me. Oh and with my renewed hatred of Roma, Inter and Milan I think its safe to say I aint goin anywhere til this challenge is goddam complete!!!!! (sorry rancer) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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