MarcxD Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Fall - Winter 2027-2028 Only the one loss in the league in the first half of the season. I did not sign any players in January but I did sell Alli, he hadn't really featured regularly for the last 18 months or so. We continued just as we left 2027 off... Even though we are doing really well, the lead is not that big, Chelsea having an impressive season. I do think we are very much favorites to retain the title if we can keep it up with the CL knockout games coming. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Spring 2028 We did it! I would say we were lucky with the draws in the CL, facing Club Brugge, Ajax, Porto and then Marseille to win the thing. We also comfortably won the league. Apart from missing out on the cups this was a magnificent season and a good way to leave. Let's see what will turn up next. Barcelona has offered me the job but I won't go back to Spain already, besides that would be a bit of a cheat move. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Delightful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 16 hours ago, kingjericho said: Delightful! Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Summer 2028 As I stated above, Barca offered me the job, but I opted not to go there. I opted for CSKA Moscow, as they were one of the few other teams I could join at this time within the limitations of the save, and they have a pretty good starting point, with a transfer budget of 20M+ and a lot of room in the wage budget, I can transform the squad to my wishes; they have been more of a subtop team in the league but with a bit of luck I think we could challenge for the title pretty soon. Also, I have barely ever managed in Russia so that should be interesting. I start out with a 2-year contract, depending on how it goes I might already leave after that time is up, of course if I'm too optimistic I'll stay for a few years longer - or if I feel I can take the team somewhere in continental football. In Russia you can have 8 foreigners in the match squad, so I got rid of some of the older foreign players, got a few in of myself and otherwise looked for Russian players to bolster pretty much all positions. The Russian league starts early but has a long winter break so we already played quite a few games while going through the qualifiers for the Europa Conference League. A very smooth start in the league, but almost surprised by HNK Gorica in the final playoff. Definitely a battle of the Moscow teams as Zenit is already dropping a crazy amount of points. We are in for a title race immediately, if this continues. We should probably progress together with Athletic; interesting to see TNS progress to the group stage here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Fall 2028 Getting back to it, was ill last week (potentially the C or just the flu) and busy with work. Actually most busy today finishing stuff before easter weekend but well sometimes you just need to play some FM. We've been doing very well in the league, and pretty decent in Europe as well - although the Athletic losses show a European run is going to be tough this year. Moscow teams worth keeping an eye on, but if we can keep on like this a title in the first season should be straightforward. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Winter 2029 Two sales... Which left enough room in the budget to spend big on one player. Decided to go for a relatively young Portuguese midfielder. His combination of technique and vision with great teamwork/work rate was really the reason I wanted to sign him. Scraped past two European opponents in the Conference League... up next is Athletic again. Let's see if we can do better than in the group games. Still doing decently well in the league but we had our first loss and our wins aren't that convincing. Still, though, only Dinamo is a rival for the title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Good to see you have recovered Interesting move to Russia but I would have taken it as well if I was in your shoe. Good signings especially Luis Diogo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 14 hours ago, john1 said: Good to see you have recovered Interesting move to Russia but I would have taken it as well if I was in your shoe. Good signings especially Luis Diogo. Thanks mate. It's been fun so far in Russia, although a little bit easier than I would've thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Spring 2029 It actually was pretty close, as we dropped a few points in the last months and Dinamo had a strong run. We were just strong enough, though. Also won the cup for a full domestic haul in my first year here. I have not decided yet how long I will stay here. At least one more year as that is how long my contract runs. It will depend on how we do in Europe -- I can try to build CSKA into a European competitor, but I also need to think about the other leagues I need to win. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Close run in with Dinamo Moscow Good to see you won the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Can you make board requests in FMT? (improve facilities, affiliates, scouting range, etc)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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