jrobertgordon13

Im going to attempt this challenge. I am a Leicester City Fan (pain intensifies), so hopefully I'm able to complete this!

Season 1 Recap 9th in JD Cymru North Overview: We ended up doing even better, finishing 9th place in the JD Cymru North. Honestly can't be mad. League Table: I decided to sell some players, however we're actually better than we were before table wise. Squad: Pretty much the same as last post, except with a few mediocre players gone. Tactic: I'm still using the same tactic, so not much to comment on We now enter the end of the year. Now with our debt gone, hopefully now we're finally able to get some players onto the team.

I might go with the Faroe Islands instead, because for whatever reason they have like 4 divisions, although the 4th one has mainly B/C/D teams in it. I think Guadeloupe did have 3 divisions last time I checked, although they might've only had two, I forgot honestly.

2022-23 Mid Season Recap Guilsfield FC 12th in JD Cymru North Overview: We were originally 15th when I took over the job, and in the relegation zone. I mention that cause now we are in 12th and 5 points away from relegation. Not great, but still better than getting relegated League Table: Not great, but ok enough. Only issue is that we're in debt, so I can't make any signings. Squad: Pretty Top-Heavy squad in my opinion Tactic: I use a 4-4-2 Diamond Narrow, it works decent enough. The debt is a major problem, so we'll have to see if I'm able to fix it at some point. Anyway, that's about it. I didn't make any transfers, as the window was closed. However, we now enter January, so I'm hoping we're able to reduce the debt and eventually win promotion at some point.

Does anybody know how to get players loaded if your using an extended database? I want to play the challenge in Guadeloupe, however I don't know how to get real players into the save. Does anyone know where to find databases with the players? I tried adding the players using the player count, but it didn't work.

We head to Guilsfield in Wales!

Hall Of Fame: N/A

(This save is something I just came up with, so I'm sorry If this first post looks a little rough around the edges.) The Aim: To win the Top Division and Champions League for the first team that hires you in the Job Center. Rules for Challenge: First team you start with is the team you finish with, unless you get sacked NO In-Game Editor of ANY kind You must have your manager be Sunday League reputation and No Coaching License If you are sacked, you must start again. You are able to use leagues not found in the regular database, but besides that, no editing the database with the Pre-Game Editor International Management is Allowed NO save scumming Rules for the Thread: Downloaded Tactics are allowed Screenshots are encouraged Please keep us updated, even if you're not performing as you wished That's about it for the rules of the challenge, anything I didn't mention is up to you.

Here's the manager profile, and yes I'm using FM23 Touch:

South Shields FC Dafuge Challenge 2024-25 Season, 18th in Vanarama N/S Table - Transfers - History Overview: This is my second season with South Shields. First season we finished 8th place, this season we finished 18th, a massive step back. Anyway, let's see what transfers we did. Transfers: We didn't do many transfers at all this season. Our best transfer was Liam Brockbank, a player who formerly played for Altrincham. Our only loan was Brandon Njoku, who could definitely also be considered our best transfer as well. Njoku had six goals this year for us, a decent enough year. Key Players: Micheal Folivi - Top Goalscorer with eight goals, not much else to say honestly Alex Babos - Had a Average Rating of 7.05 along with 12 assists, our best player for the season by far in my opinion History: 2023-24 - Vanarama National League N/S - 8th 2024-25 - Vanarama National League N/S - 18th

Austria - 2023 Recap Results: T - 0-0 vs Denmark W - 3-1 vs Croatia Finished 3rd in Division A Group 1 Players Brought In: Paul Wanner - M/AM (C) Benjamin Goschl - GK Leopold Querfeld - D (C) Carney Chukwuemeka - M/AM (C)

I'm going to be managing Austria with my first attempt!

Teams currently being managed: jrobertgordon13 - Austria - No Trophies

This is an idea that I just came up with, so sorry if it's a little bit rough around the edges. Goal: The goal of this challenge is trying to build a young team (players under 30 years old) that can win the World Cup. Available Nations: You're only able to manage national teams that are 20th in ranking or lower. So no Spains or Englands. If you want recommendations, here are some nations who have interesting backstories: Hungary Greece Ecuador Finland Rules: NO players over the age of 30 in your squad. ONLY bring in players 21 or younger ONLY play as nations ranked 20th or lower To end the save, you must win either Continental Cup (Euro, Afcon, Copa America, etc) or win the World Cup NO In-Game Editor How to Start: To start the challenge, you can either choose a national team from the start, or go unemployed and find one using the Job Center. Anyway, I'll announce my team in the third post following the Hall Of Fame.

Ok i'll see if they are avaliable. If not, I'm going to try upgrading my Youth Facilities to get better players through the intake.

I've only really got Liechtensteiner players through the intake, as I don't think there are many to begin with so I might not be able to find any diamonds in the rough. The two decent players I got have 3 to 4 star potential and haven't grown much. I would say Lukas Otto is the best of the bunch however he only is a one star current ability with 3-4 star potential. His best rating is his 13 Technique. After him their is one other guy. (Andreas Anton) However Anton's not to good either. Do you know how I could find some good Liechtensteiner players?

FC VADUZ - SEASON 2 HALFWAY RECAP - 4TH PLACE There is going to be no screenshots because I did this on my Macbook and I'm posting on my computer, so there you go. I thought this season might go better, and I do still think it might, however we were very much struggling in the beginning of this season. It even got to a point where we were in 8th place in the league! However, we did eventually come back and we are currently in 4th place in the Challenge League. If we hadn't had that bad form, I could imagine us being in second place or maybe even first. However, because of the form, It might not happen. Let's check out the players we brought in this year considering the tactic is just the same thing. TRANSFERS: Filip Frei - He was our first transfer in the offseason, the issue is we don't play his position in the tactic... Joel Bustamante - A pretty good starter, currently tied for most assists with 3 David Jacovic - He is our starting Right Back, and has a 7.29 Average Rating so he's pretty good KEY PLAYER: Tunahan Cicek has 13 Goals so far this season, and is tied for the most Man of the Match awards this year as well, so I'll give the award to him this season. HISTORY: SEASON 1 - 4th In Swiss Challenge League, Liechtensteiner Cup Champions. Player of the Season: Cedric Gasser SEASON 2* - 4th in Swiss Challenge League, at least the Semi-Finals of the Liechtensteiner Cup, Player of the First Half: Tunahan Cicek

FC VADUZ - SEASON 1 RECAP - 4th PLACE FINISH League Table - Youth Intake - Transfers - Liechtensteiner Cup In the end, we would end up not getting promoted. A sad result, as we would have a REALLY bad streach of form from when we came back in Feburary to the end of the season. We would end up not even getting a spot in the Promotion Playoff. That doesn't mean the season was bad, it just means that we should've played better in the second half. We did have a shot of getting into the Promotion playoff on the Final Day, however we would end up losing on that final day. In the end, the season should've been better... TACTICS: Base Game - 442 Diamond Narrow (Vertical Tiki-Taka) TRANSFERS: Li Lei - I really just bought this guy to say "Hey! We did something this season in the Transfer Market!" He is 30, but as I said, I needed someone to buy KEY PLAYER: In the end, the key player of the season would probably go to Cedric Gasser. He ended up having the best average rating on the team. Along with that, he was leading the league in Average Rating for the first half. I didn't end up checking for the second half however. HISTORY: SEASON 1 - 4th In Swiss Challenge League, Liechtensteiner Cup Champions. Player of the Season: Cedric Gasser

I don't really play any of the games, I just simulate them and see the result. I just kind of saw that Djokic was doing pretty good. I think Cedric Gasser was doing better Average wise, but I kept seeing messages in my Inbox that said Djokic was doing good so I ended up picking Djokic for the key player.

FC VADUZ - FIRST HALF OF SEASON 1 RECAP League Table - Key Player This season so far has been a pretty solid season for FC Vaduz. To start, we are currently second in the league and look to be in the Swiss Super League for the first time in not as long as you would think actually. However, it would still be great if not only we can get promoted to the Swiss Super League, but thrive in the league (even though it ultimately doesn't matter because we can't qualify to Europe through the Super League anyway!) Anyway, Let's run through the key aspects of the team. TACTIC: Base Game - 4-4-2 Diamond Narrow Vertical Tiki Taka. MAJOR PLAYERS: I would personally consider Dejan Djokic to be probably our main player, along with Cedric Gasser and Tunahan Cicek. TRANSFERS: N/A So that's about it. I don't want to do the History section yet because we aren't done with the season. They'll be one, I just don't want to make one right now at 1AM and the season isn't even over.

I might add that as like an option if someone let's just say wants a little bit of a easier route or something. Was it the database for FM22 or was it still this year? I remember seeing one for FM22.

Yep, thats why I'm attempting to win the Champions League with them.

The club I'm choosing is.... FC VADUZ!

HALL OF FAME: No one yet

Liechtenstein doesn't have their own league in FM or in real life. They play in the swiss leagues. Liechtenstein is my favorite Small European Microstate as well. (not that their are many of them anyways) So I thought, "What if I made a challenge designated for Liechtenstein?" So, here it is! OBJECTIVE: Win the Champions League with a Liechtensteiner team. RULES FOR THE THREAD: NO in-game editor under ANY MEANS. Try to get as many pictures as you can to use on this thread if you want, you can either use a database that has the teams above tier 5, or just promote a team to tier 5 if they are below that division using the editor. NO save-scumming and thats it! ———————————————-———————————————-————————————— Here are the people who have attempted this challenge over the years: FM23: jrobertgordon13 - FC Vaduz