walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 started a new save with stevenage and am coasting thru the conference..picked up alot of rench part timers who are really doing the business. Basically I started this thread to hear about your stories and how things became difficult as you gained promotion. I am really hopeful of sucessive promotions or am i being unrealistic?share ur views and stories! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 started a new save with stevenage and am coasting thru the conference..picked up alot of rench part timers who are really doing the business. Basically I started this thread to hear about your stories and how things became difficult as you gained promotion. I am really hopeful of sucessive promotions or am i being unrealistic?share ur views and stories! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy6 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Taking Solihull Moors (BSN) up and up. Just started the season in League 2; having won the FA Trophy, Setanta Shield, and getting to a 4th round replay in the FA Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 thats pretty good going! what sort of players u been bringn in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by walshy07: started a new save with stevenage and am coasting thru the conference..picked up alot of rench part timers who are really doing the business. Basically I started this thread to hear about your stories and how things became difficult as you gained promotion. I am really hopeful of sucessive promotions or am i being unrealistic?share ur views and stories! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> What reputation did you start with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by walshy07: started a new save with stevenage and am coasting thru the conference..picked up alot of rench part timers who are really doing the business. Basically I started this thread to hear about your stories and how things became difficult as you gained promotion. I am really hopeful of sucessive promotions or am i being unrealistic?share ur views and stories! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> What reputation did you start with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turn it upto 11 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 redditch from bsn to league 2 in 3 seasons despite being favourites for relegation every time, im going to get them to league 1 before i leave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 sunday league footballer..wanted to start at the bottom!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by walshy07: sunday league footballer..wanted to start at the bottom!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Good lad On a similar start, I decided to progress to bigger and better clubs when I could, rather than take just one team up through the divisions, as I do find that unrealistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 iv never done it tho and think it would be awsum to do...how could you leave them if say u got them into the championship?!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper99 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Gateshead from previously unplayable to last season finishing 5th in the Premier League (it is now 2020 though). I think you'll be very fortunate to get back-to-back promotions all the way to the Premier League. I spent 3 seasons in the Blue Square Premier before finally hitting League 2, but I then won back-to-back promotions to the Championship. It took a couple of seasons in the Championship before I managed to make the Premier League. So it is do-able, but don't expect it to happen overnight unless you're cheating. But it's much more rewarding once you do get there if you've had to struggle a bit to do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by walshy07: sunday league footballer..wanted to start at the bottom!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> You should've started in the BSN/BSS then, that's where the real action's at. I've played a fair bit of FM coming up the leagues and getting 2 successive promotions is definitely realistic. Unfortunately unless you already have a club with the resources (e.g. training, ground capacity, large "dormant" fanbase)to support such a rapid rise it's not uncommon to really struggle 3rd and 4th season (for me anyway). I found at least 2, preferably 3 seasons in a league is enough to give you the squad, fan base and money to at least hold your own 3 leagues above where you should be. Unless you're thinking of jumping ship at the earliest opportunity, but if you've started as a SLF it'll take a while (a few seasons) before you gain enough rep to impress league clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 hmmm..a little worried now..didnt really think about fan base etc..surely back to back promos will mean a big increase in fans?also when is best to apply for bigger stadium/youth etc?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdyTaylor Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Just finished 2nd season with Woking 1st: won conference, Setanta and FA Trophy 2nd: Won league two and LDV vans My team is & will now doubt cruise league one too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AdyTaylor: Just finished 2nd season with Woking 1st: won conference, Setanta and FA Trophy 2nd: Won league two and LDV vans My team is & will now doubt cruise league one too </div></BLOCKQUOTE> what signings have you made?have u started to upgrade stadium etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turn it upto 11 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 my stadium has yet to be filled, but i beat barnet in the second round of FA earlier, which got me 4,500ish out of 5,000, lickily got non league tiverton in second round and now i have blackburn(prevois season PL champions) at home so i will fill it and hopefully it will be picked for tv, im just bordering 1 million pounds, got promoted and they love me so they give me 100k to spend, onkly thing is noone wants to come, so i sticking with my young ones so hopefully i will stay in L2 then spend big next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonintherange Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 It's definitely possible to achieve successive promotions to the premiership I've achieved it with Exeter a few times, however the leap from Championship to Premiership is so big staying in Premiership after so many successive promotions can be hard work. I always find it best to have at least 1 if not 2 seasons of consolidation in the Championship. As for signings in another thread I listed my entire transfer history during my time with Exeter, look here if interested: http://community.sigames.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/521102691/m/4462050683 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 how did u have 1.8 to spend in second season?did you HONESTLY not cheat? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 my bad..just saw ur outgoings!!!4 million tho my a player from the conference!!good going! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonintherange Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 There's no need to cheat. I sign young players from Man Utd, Liverpool & Chelsea etc. etc. for nothing then offer them to clubs, but the important thing is to offer them on 24month payments. This allows you to drive up the prices considerably. I use the search engine & customise it to include players listed for transfer, I then offer nothing. Once they've reached full potential I tend to sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonintherange Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 There's no need to cheat. I sign young players from Man Utd, Liverpool & Chelsea etc. etc. for nothing then offer them to clubs, but the important thing is to offer them on 24month payments. This allows you to drive up the prices considerably. I use the search engine & customise it to include players listed for transfer, I then offer nothing. Once they've reached full potential I tend to sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy6 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by walshy07: thats pretty good going! what sort of players u been bringn in? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> All unattached/expired/expiring contracts. Just look for the attributes and scout large numbers of them. Nobody of note, other than Andrew Cole, who at 37 carried me through the BSN (in 32 league apps, 21 goals and 6 assists). BSN and BSP were quite easy, but L2 is proving more of a challenge. For the first two, I selected "Promotion" as my goal, but won the leagues. Now, even promotion will be tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdyTaylor Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by walshy07: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AdyTaylor: Just finished 2nd season with Woking 1st: won conference, Setanta and FA Trophy 2nd: Won league two and LDV vans My team is & will now doubt cruise league one too </div></BLOCKQUOTE> what signings have you made?have u started to upgrade stadium etc? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Just get Frazier Campbell on loan Not kidding you in my 2nd season in league two he scored 82 goals in 51 appearances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
al23 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I used to play with Doncaster in CM4 and brought them into Premiership after a dozen years of hard work, now I'm so used with English leagues that I'm trying to bring back old European glories on the scene. There’s nothing better but to revive a great club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AdyTaylor: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by walshy07: <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AdyTaylor: Just finished 2nd season with Woking 1st: won conference, Setanta and FA Trophy 2nd: Won league two and LDV vans My team is & will now doubt cruise league one too </div></BLOCKQUOTE> what signings have you made?have u started to upgrade stadium etc? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Just get Frazier Campbell on loan Not kidding you in my 2nd season in league two he scored 82 goals in 51 appearances </div></BLOCKQUOTE> that on the new patch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdyTaylor Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 No I'm playing 8.01 Can't be bothered with the new one My current starting line up in leage one is GK: Stack DR: Tate DC: Hutchinson DC: Connolly (on loan from Arsenal) Dl: Billy Jones DMC: Cox (on loan from Reading) MR: Davies (on loan from Reading) ML: Puncheon FC: Leon Knight FC: Frazier Campbell (on loan form Utd) FC: Bowdich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy07 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 i uploaded france,sweden and norway so i think my best bet is to find sum cheap gems from there. in the conference i already have 5 french players and a venzualan international!!hes quality and only cost me 1k!think wheeling and dealing abroad will be my best bet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by walshy07: i uploaded france,sweden and norway so i think my best bet is to find sum cheap gems from there. in the conference i already have 5 french players and a venzualan international!!hes quality and only cost me 1k!think wheeling and dealing abroad will be my best bet. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Ah, the cheap, foreign, unscouted player route. I used to do that but as I get better at the game I put more restrictions on myself to keep it just on the doable side of difficult. At the moment I don't sign any player who I haven't scouted and I don't filter by attributes on the player search (attribute masking is on obviously). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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