arinceo Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 As you can see from the post count I'm new, but I felt compelled to start a thread of my own. I'm new to FM, been playing FIFA since 2005 though so I'm no stranger to football video games. Whether that will translate across I'm not sure, but we'll see how it goes. I'm starting off with my hometown team, the Central Coast Mariners. Known for being a superb team unit that doesn't outlay too much money on players, we've reached the A-League grand final on three occcasions, but unfortunately lost all of them; the most heart-breaking of which was last season, when we surrendered a 2-0 lead with four minutes to go in extra time (we let in a goal off the last kick of the game to go to penalties and lost it from there). However it was considered an incredible achievement as the side was only expected to finish 7th which is the media's expectations for me this season actually, but I'm targeting top four Manager History 2011-12 (Central Coast): 3rd in the League, Grand Final Winners 2012-13 (Central Coast): 1st in the League, Grand Final Winners, Asian Champions League Semi-Finalists 2013-14 (Central Coast): Resigned in November, 2nd in the League 2013-14 (West Ham): Currently 15th in the League Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 I've already played through the friendlies for this season, and despite the low level of opposition, I must say the results have been rather incredible: We were incredibly wasteful in front of goal to begin with, but now my first-choice strikers Ibini and Kwasnik have settled and are banging them in. Unfortunately I suffered a lot of injuries in pre-season, including my teenage sensation Mustafa Amini, who is on loan from Dortmund. He was ready to play in my final friendly but I forgot to sub him on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Good luck with this arinceo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Made a solid start in pre-season,good luck for the regular season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 Thanks a bunch guys, but unfortunately I did a little too well in the first season The turning point was definitely the 2-0 loss to Adelaide before the run our epic undefeated streak. We'd been making steady progreess up the table before then, but went down to nine men after 23 minutes with my lead scorer Kwasnik being sent off and an my right back. I gave them a rocket after the game and brought in Matt Simon to replace Kwasnik, who then went on an incredible scoring run to finish second to top scorer for the entire league! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Wow!! Big congrats on winning the Grand Final Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 nice work mate. Get the league rep up by winning the ACL On another note, I was at the Grand Final. What an amazing game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 Much appreciated guys I'm not sure I can retain my title though, I lost several key players during the season who helped build my momentum, then due to my board's financial restrictions (due to the fact we're losing about 300k a month) I lost a fair few more in the off-season And while I have replaced them with some good players I'm not sure the squad will gel together as well. I guess we'll just have to see what happens though I've also applied to be the Aussie Under 23s manager, but I still haven't heard back from them. And deadfncat; Amazing game for you, utterly depressing for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 So I started the pre-season games a little too early as you can see, but I managed to fix it up and have a fairly solid run-in to the start of the season. Bernie Ibini was particularly good, scoring 9 goals across the 8 games he appeared in. However I was a little nervous coming into the first fixture of the new campaign after being drawn against last season's minor premiers and Grand finalists Adelaide. But apparently I didn't need to be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChocolate Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Nice thread, enjoy reading this. Great win in your first season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 Much appreciated mate, hopefully I can build on the success this season. It certainly looks that way after October: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 NOVEMBER 2012 So I have absolutely no idea why I'm doing so well, all I know is that it's 5am right now and I'm still playing FM out of fear that this streak is going to end if I stop... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 So I think you can tell where I finally went to sleep: And here is Bernie's profile for those of you who are interested. He's won the Young Player of the Month award four times in a row now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 nice work mate. Nice pickup of Covic, he has been doing well so far this season. Its a shame the Roar aren't rated higher in the game, we still seem to struggle Also, sell Bojic. he is scum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Actually I let Covic go at the start of the season, just realised my transfers post had links to the same picture twice. Here's who I signed/lost at the start of the season. And as for February and March: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 nice work in the ACL booo at Roar being crap still Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty2 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Glory still rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Deadfncat: Yeah the Roar obviously weren't researched well enough, they sacked Ange at the end of this season too, he's gone to Sydney I'm pretty sure. Hursty: As always ACL quarter finals, here come the Mariners! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfncat Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 lol 18-0 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Just a crappy amateur side to pass the time between ACL matches Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 So my time at Central Coast has come to an end. I lost in the ACL semi finals care of a 93rd minute winner, which was okay, but the club hasn't been able to improve its revenue via sponsorship and despite having the 2nd lowest wage bill in the league we lose a minimum of 70k a month, 200k average. Lost 2m last season and the only chance I'd have of balancing the books is selling my 5-6 best players. So I played up to here, then resigned as some big positions were opening up overseas. I missed out on the Fulham job to Sam Allardyce, but fortunately I was able to step into his role at WEST HAM I'd like to keep the updates in this same thread, but no idea how to change the title, help? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 League: English Premier League Current Position: 15th Place Squad: Obviously there's great potential here, with some solid first team players (Cole, Tomkins, Collison etc.) and with the incredible youth facilities we have there's long term growth here too. Finances: Excellent, the club runs a profit every month and I have a 14 million pound tranfser budget. Predicted Finish: I'm only seven points off the Europa League places, so if we get ourselves together that is a possibility. I'd certainly be happy with anywhere around tenth though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty2 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Post in the mod requests thread further down the page, asking them to change the title. They should change it soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Thanks hurtsy, much appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Good luck with West Ham. Midtable will be a decent start, if you can achieve that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Thanks AK22, finished the season last night, I'll have an update up soonish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherlover Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Following :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arinceo Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Season 2013-2014 League: English Premier League Final Position: 13th Place (Fixtures) Squad: I didn't make any changes aside from the addition of Felipe Guttierez, but his ability and versatility make him a worthwhile addition to the squad. Alex Smithies will join in July as a decent back-up/successor to Robert Green. Finances: Okay, but I'm planning on offloading the dead weight to put me into a better position. Predicted Finish: Was tenth, which I was only four points off from, so I can't be too disappointed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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