Ackter Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 So yeah, in previous games I've done this and seeing as I'm actually into a game again, it's time to bring it back. The premise is simple - get as many of your players to have as many appearances for you as possible. The ideal result is a team full of 1,000+ appearances each. You'll need to count the appearances up yourself as I still don't think there's a place that just gives you the total. As such, a picture of the player (at any age you want) and a picture of his history screen at the end of his career with you are required. You can update us about your squad progress as often as you want - though obviously the most suitable would be per-season and the least acceptable would be per-career. Obviously it's far too much effort to include screenshots of every season's full stats, so an element of trust is inherent in this challenge. It's not like you win anything so no point in cheating. So let's get this started. I don't have much going so far, but here's my current AAA squad (haven't bothered including players with less than 10 seasons at the club): GK: None DC: None DC: None DC: None WBR: None WBL: None MC: Sander Berge - 573 apps MC: None AMR: Bukayo Saka - 451 apps AML: None ST: None TOTAL: Incomplete Note: you can use any formation you want for your AAA squad, in my case I'm using the formation I actually play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Only early stages for me and doubt any of these will make it, but the ones with very slight potential to make it are: GK: None DR: None DC: Nicolo Armini - 55 apps DC: None DL: None DM: Sandro Tonali - 118 apps MC: None MC: None AMR: Kai Havertz - 63 apps AML: Thiago Almada - 126 apps ST: Talles Magno - 89 apps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 I'm still yet to have anyone through with any actual talent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, Ackter said: I'm still yet to have anyone through with any actual talent. Oh, I forgot to add probably my best chance at doing this. I signed him for £3.1m when he was 16. Already played 13 games for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Actually got someone through this season who the coaches say will be great and was worth £10m as soon as he signed a pro contract, so he's gone straight into my team: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Thinking about this, don't think I've got any chance of doing this with a German team, only 34 league games rather than 38 in the other top countries and only one domestic cup competition. Still, I'll keep trying! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 14 hours ago, Harryseaess said: Thinking about this, don't think I've got any chance of doing this with a German team, only 34 league games rather than 38 in the other top countries and only one domestic cup competition. Still, I'll keep trying! Yeah it's going to be tough, you're going to need about 20 seasons of going the distance in every competition possible to hit the 1,000 - though luckily I believe the German league often has players come through at 14? Or is there an age limit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 15/12/2019 at 21:26, Ackter said: One super full season of development is already seeing huge improvements here. If he keeps developing and performing then he's going to be a superb player. Obviously at the moment he's getting carried by a world class team so it'll be great to see when he can hold his own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryseaess Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Ackter said: Yeah it's going to be tough, you're going to need about 20 seasons of going the distance in every competition possible to hit the 1,000 - though luckily I believe the German league often has players come through at 14? Or is there an age limit? They have regens at 14 but they can't play until they're 16/17 (depending on if their 17th birthday is before or after 1st Jan of the season you're in). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 Ah that's not bad. Seems in England they're coming through at 17 and turning 18 before the end of their first season. I used to start players at 15 in previous versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterjokerboy Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 14 hours ago, Ackter said: Ah that's not bad. Seems in England they're coming through at 17 and turning 18 before the end of their first season. I used to start players at 15 in previous versions. I noticed in the Beta playing as Liverpool they were usually 17. I'm playing as Crewe and have had 16 year olds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneManSnipez Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 This is my player with the most apps in my save so far. 600 apps in germany isn't easy with the 34 game seasons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Ok now this guy looks like a proper prospect. £19m on signing can't be a bad thing. Straight into the team to replace a 34 year old Mbappe... Slightly worried that two of my front 3 are now kids, but the third is one of the best players in the game and they're surrounded by brilliance everywhere else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Well, his debut is definitely promising. O'Donnell has also become a wonderkid, which is fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ackter Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Just posting up a bunch of players who have a good chance or are guaranteed to get into my team in case I lose the screenshots of when they were actually good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Season 2034/35 progress roundup: Kosic (25) - 317 apps O'Neil (25) - 151 apps Kavanagh (24) - 228 apps Armando (32) - 526 apps Kenneh (32) - 563 apps Smith (23) - 121 apps Bajic (27) - 302 apps Voryllas (27) - 447 apps O'Donnell (20) - 177 apps Williams (17) - 70 apps I'm a little underwhelmed by how many apps these players actually have at this point, I thought they'd be higher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Kenneh has called an end to his Newcastle career and joined Crystal Palace so he lodges into the squad with 565 appearances. GK: None DC: None DC: None DC: Nohan Kenneh - 565 apps WBR: None WBL: None MC: Sander Berge - 573 apps MC: None AMR: Bukayo Saka - 451 apps AML: None ST: None TOTAL: Incomplete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Must be over 600 apps in total now, can't be bothered to count until he's done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 And Armando has called an end to his Newcastle career at the age of 35 after a staggering 746 appearances in 16 years. Could have kept going for a season or two more but wasn't interested in taking a pay cut to stay on. I'm not paying a 36 year old over 300k a week. GK: None DC: None DC: None DC: Nohan Kenneh - 565 apps WBR: Armando - 746 apps WBL: None MC: Sander Berge - 573 apps MC: None AMR: Bukayo Saka - 451 apps AML: None ST: None TOTAL: Incomplete Several players who had a chance have also left the club without getting enough appearances to make it worthwhile adding them to the total. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
profii Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 This guy came through my youth ranks in League 1 and up until the end of last season, I always felt like I was persevering with him as the rest of the team had to carry him a bit, however, last season and this season he is our go to right winger... 20 years old and 107 appearances if you count the sub ons... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Subs do indeed count - an appearance is an appearance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 On 15/12/2019 at 20:07, Ackter said: You'll need to count the appearances up yourself as I still don't think there's a place that just gives you the total. FYI you can insert a column that shows total career appearances (so includes cups, europe etc. and not just league) so might save on counting up individual season totals. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Game changer. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Ah ok, it includes his appearances at ever club, not just yours, so you need to be careful with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVJ92 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I'll try to do this with Brondby in Denmark. Although only having 32 league games can be an issue! Have one 17-year old who got 30 games in his first season - will post a screenshot later. I'm just finding consistency is very difficult this year. In the season I just finished i started winning 8 of 13 games and drew the last 5. In the last 19 games of the season I won 2 or 3. Same tactics, same players and no idea of what went wrong.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVJ92 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Here is the screenshot: and apps for first season: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVJ92 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 02/01/2020 at 16:59, KVJ92 said: Here is the screenshot: and apps for first season: 4 season in and he only has 130 apps.. My team has not been good enough to get into Europe each year. Hopefully going forward I will. I haven't won the league yet and I'm in the 7th season. Haven't gone that long without winning it before. Can't get that consistency. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVJ92 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 12/01/2020 at 12:11, KVJ92 said: 4 season in and he only has 130 apps.. My team has not been good enough to get into Europe each year. Hopefully going forward I will. I haven't won the league yet and I'm in the 7th season. Haven't gone that long without winning it before. Can't get that consistency. Going to pause this game after this season. I won the league at the end of the 7th season. I'll now try this years dafuge challenge. Will start when I'm done with the current season with Brondby. Hopefully this will eventually give me someone to post here.. I believe Bagge has 170 apps and is 21/22. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVJ92 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 On 17/01/2020 at 10:44, KVJ92 said: Going to pause this game after this season. I won the league at the end of the 7th season. I'll now try this years dafuge challenge. Will start when I'm done with the current season with Brondby. Hopefully this will eventually give me someone to post here.. I believe Bagge has 170 apps and is 21/22. Update: I'm about to start my season in League One with Enfield. Still haven't gotten any youth players to post here but will do as soon as I get one I believe can do it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KibworthBull Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) I've been watching this one periodically from a far for a while so thought I would get myself in order and start updating. Few Disclaimers first: Playing FM19 Custom Built database on the Island of Sodor - basic league of 45 games, with 2 national cups (1 with legs, 1 without) and then qualification for Europe if successfull I'm currently in 2041/42 season so it's fair to say that i have developed the nation a little bit - i wont go into the details of every challenge i am undertaking as this isn't the thread for this, but 1,000 appearances and 1,000 goals is something i am targetting I am managing the Island of Sodor national side as well - think the San Marino challenge for this one and you'll get the concept. I am exporting the data out at the end of the season so can track the games played under my management - i've so far managed 5 of the clubs out of 16 on the Islands - these appearances are across ALL clubs and national side - the condition is that I have been the manager for it to count. The below is ALL appearances in either league, cup or Europe across the clubs i have managed them, and international games where applicable. If they are still playing i have included their profiles GLK - Mauro Perez (35) - 822 games - my 1st great hope but has announced retirement at end of the season. He's been my no.1 across a host of clubs since he was 16, but i've lost 4 or 5 years when i have moved clubs before i could sign him RB - Jesus Beuno (21) - 183 - signed at 18 and despite being wanted by a few major clubs he's under contract for the next 3 seasons LB - Charlie Harvey - 288 (RET) DM - Emin Ari (20) - 133 - wanted by every major club under the sun, I face a battle to keep him beyond the end of his contract CD - Jay Hammond - 238 (RET) CD - Moses Daka (23) - 151 - sadly has started to fade from the side so unlikely to add too many more matches LM - Scott Jackson - 330 (RET) CM - Alberto Righi - 207 (RET) SC - Armando Broja - 333 (RET) - he got 214 goals and heads up that particular list SC - Samuel Adam (24) - 209 - goal machine, but at 24 possibly a tad too old to hit the 1000 - he has 166 goals for me and is 2nd in the all time list RM - Yoshifumi Mori (22) - 227 - major hope - insane at our level (39th best league in world...) and most importantly not wanted by anyone BIG - also could qualify for Island of Sodor by end of the season I have a host of other players not in the list at the moment who i have hopes of having a serious attack on the numbers, but will update these as and when applicable. Any questions about the above, please just ask and i will update the relevant information at the end of each season. Edited April 4, 2020 by KibworthBull Photo's have been deleted so removed links 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KibworthBull Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) Season 2041/42 is done on the Island of Sodor - successful for the challenge (reached all domestic finals and had a decent run in Europa League) GLK - Mauro Perez (RET) - 827 games - barely featured for club or country once i knew he was retiring, he did score his only goal of the save in his last international match - Goodbye my friend... RB - Jesus Beuno (22) - 234 - earned himself a recall to the US national side and a new extended contract LB - Charlie Harvey (RET) - 288 DM - Emin Ari (21) - 185 - spent the majority of the season annoyed that i prevented him leaving before extending his contract until 2045 CD - Jay Hammond (RET) - 238 CD - Kane Morrison (20) - 146 - as prediction Moses Daka left the club during the season, so the next cab off the rank is Kane, who i signed at 16 as a great hope for this challenge as he had 5 star potential and was a Sodor national - sadly he hasn't quite developed enough and is now a squad player. LM - Scott Jackson (RET) - 330 CM - Alberto Righi (RET) - 207 SC - Armando Broja (RET) - 333 SC - Samuel Adam (25) - 267 - another 50 game, 50 goal season for my Ghanian, he became my top scorer on the save as well so will hopefully be my first to 300 goals in the next couple of seasons RM - Yoshifumi Mori (23) - 290 - had a stonking year, Asian Player of the Year, 49 assists, scored his 50th goal for the club, and finished with an avge rating of 8.01 No significant changes year on year in my 11, i've got a LB on 195 games but he is now second choice behind a Brazilian 18yr old, and i've got 2 French Central Defenders who should be mentioned on the next update as both will overtake Morrison - just depends on which one leads.. I'm only targetting 18 year olds as i move forward so will pick up pace in the next 5 years. Edited April 4, 2020 by KibworthBull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KibworthBull Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 State of play at the end of 2042/43 season. GLK - Mauro Perez (RET) - 827 games RB - Jesus Beuno (23) - 284 - a solid 50 games this season, one or two minor injuries checked progress LB - Charlie Harvey (RET) - 288 DM - Emin Ari (22) - 233 - missed a few games at the start of the season through injury but these cleared up and managed 48 CD - Jay Hammond (RET) - 238 CD - Brandon Lefebvre (21) - 144 - there are a couple of Centre Backs ahead of him with more games, but neither are that realistic options. Brandon is young enough and more than good enough to play far higher than us. LM - Scott Jackson (RET) - 330 CM - Alain Fritsch (21) - 168 - ok, so he is a LM actually but he is someone with a more than half decent chance of getting 1,000 games SC - Armando Broja (RET) - 333 SC - Samuel Adam (25) - 320 - another 50 game, 50 goal season for my Ghanian, he has now 264 goals in these games and is a freaking machine for me. RM - Yoshifumi Mori (24) - 290 - Finally a regular for Japan (yay) but that means he missed 8 weeks of the season to play in the Asian Games (boo..) - 52 games, only 38 assists We are now qualifying directly for the Champions Leauge which is great for a financial point of view, but does remove a few games from the challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley84 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 @KibworthBull Is your manager named Thomas? Cool idea for the old of us... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KibworthBull Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Muttley84 said: @KibworthBull Is your manager named Thomas? Cool idea for the old of us... Sadly not - I've used my name... which to be fair is Thomas related - James My favourite element of the universe is that the national team play at the Rev. W Awdry Stadium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KibworthBull Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Another year done on Sodor so another update GLK - Mauro Perez (RET) - 827 games RB - Jesus Beuno (24) - 339 - the metronome, just keeps plodding along, 55 more games ticked off. LB - Charlie Harvey (RET) - 288 DM - Emin Ari (23) - 284 - outside interest is waining now, so he should be mine until the end. CD - Jay Hammond (RET) - 238 CD - Alex Parkin (22) - 196 - a solid 50 game season LM - Scott Jackson (RET) - 330 CM - James Sheath (22) - 219 - player of the year, but most importantly another 50 gamer SC - Armando Broja (RET) - 333 SC - Samuel Adam (26) - 366 - has reached 300 goals in the save as well but starting to drop off a little bit. RM - Yoshifumi Mori (25) - 362 - broke his leg so only managed 16 games Only put screenshots of "new" players (actually they are 2 that i have renamed..) Based on the current rate of around 50 games per season, Ari and Beuno will be around 37 when they approach 1000 - that could be too old - if i can get the average to 60 then that brings the age down to 35 - much more achieveable. Realistically if i can ensure that these boys get 55 games a season then I will have a bunch of 36 year olds trying at the end! Maybe this is not possible... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVJ92 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Just to get this to the top! My plan is - once again - to try to get some players to 1.000 apps or more. I'm managing Morpeth in the dafuge challenge. So, it will take a while before I get anywhere near this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikeologist Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 13 minutes ago, KVJ92 said: Just to get this to the top! My plan is - once again - to try to get some players to 1.000 apps or more. I'm managing Morpeth in the dafuge challenge. So, it will take a while before I get anywhere near this. I'm on the youth challenge in England, and I think here's every possibility that I might not get promoted much, or ever, and therefore set a high number. 500 is probably more likely than 1,000, but with an average of 50 matches a season, I guess it's possible someone could play for 20 seasons. My first intake's top prospect has the same surname as me, so there is the possibility of nepotism driving me forward. )He's not a son, though that would have been amazing in my first intake, not least because my manager was barely 22 at the time). I prefer to think of him as an unofficial nephew. Her son's career is the only thing keeping my big sister off the bottle. I reached 593 last year, but @Fastbasher had a player reach 963; (in France, I think). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVJ92 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, vikeologist said: I'm on the youth challenge in England, and I think here's every possibility that I might not get promoted much, or ever, and therefore set a high number. 500 is probably more likely than 1,000, but with an average of 50 matches a season, I guess it's possible someone could play for 20 seasons. My first intake's top prospect has the same surname as me, so there is the possibility of nepotism driving me forward. )He's not a son, though that would have been amazing in my first intake, not least because my manager was barely 22 at the time). I prefer to think of him as an unofficial nephew. Her son's career is the only thing keeping my big sister off the bottle. I reached 593 last year, but @Fastbasher had a player reach 963; (in France, I think). I've never been anywhere close to 1.000. But, as I've done the last few years I'll give it a try. And I'm very determined to complete the dafuge and this challenge with Morpeth this year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XuluBak Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) I normally do journeyman saves of some variety, but trying to maintain (at least one) long-term, single club save this year, which got me interested/curious about this... My longest save last year was my Ultimate FM Challenge attempt. My most used player was almost certainly Bruno Portal. A young Portuguese striker I inherited at SL Benfica and brought to Liverpool when I took that position. He only made 366 appearances for me in seven seasons (4 and 3, respectively), but almost certainly cemented himself in my memory for life with his successes. 277 goals, 66 assists, and won everything there is to win at the club/national level. If I finished out his career, he'd almost certainly be the GOAT discussion. Anyways, on to FM21... I'm currently managing HSV and have a couple (real) players that figure to rack up a lot of appearances for me, and some promising regens that might, if I stick it out with this save. Managing in Germany makes 1000 nearly impossible, so I've set my sights on Charly Körbel's 602 Bundesliga appearances (with Eintracht Frankfurt). Right now, my strongest candidate is Amadou Onana. A huge, incredibly athletic Belgian midfielder that I've been using primarily as a Mezzala, but plan to train to play all along the spine of my team for years to come. Early in my 4th season (3rd in Bundesliga) he's at about 120 appearances across competitions, and all going as planed, should be closing in 100 in the Bundesliga by season's end. He just turned 22. Edited December 12, 2020 by XuluBak 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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