***He Who Does Not Travel Does Not Know The Value Of Men*** - iacovone's FM12 Career

I promised myself I wouldn't purchase FM12 until my FM11 career (Here) was complete. It appears I still have pathetic self-discipline

So without further ado, welcome to my FM12 career. Followers of the last one will no doubt fondly recall my amusingly poor first steps in FM11 as I struggled to get to grips with the game. Though I eventually found reasonable success, I have little doubt that I'll begin this career in much the same vein - and this brings a smile to the face!

Leagues loaded - we've gone with more this time. 36 nations and 87 leagues. The player count is up to 130,000 but this is just 10,000 more than the last career, so shouldn't cause any real problems in game speed.

I am starting unemployed with a sunday league reputation under my Bulgarian alias of Krassimir Rankov.

Objectives:

• To stick this out until FM2013
  
• To widely travel the world
  
• To move jobs when better salaries are offered but only if I feel stale at my current club
  
• To try and incorporate a small club to big club transformation somewhere along the way
  
• To ENJOY FM12
  

I hope I can accumulate a similar readership for this career - if it's anything like the last, it should be a lot of fun.

Was hoping you'd start one soon.

Was hoping you'd start one soon.

Thanks Delta, good to see you in here! I guess the FM11 file will go a little cold now

Looking forward to this! Always a good read - will be following with interest!

Thanks iseemonsters!

So after applying to all and sundry, 10 offers were received. I narrowed it down immediately, preferring to stay in Europe for now. So out went 3 offers from my familiar South African sides, plus a couple of Norwegian teams and a couple of Brazilians.

This left me with the below:

All three operate small budgets and I had to think hard over where to begin my career. To be honest, the Croats did appeal to me. I have fond memories of my time there but it felt like an unrealistically large first step to take given that they'd just been relegated from the top flight. So that was rejected.

The Khabarovsk job was similar. They had a nice set up and were just a division off the top with a decent financial (secure) position. They were also offering a man of my tiny stature far too much money! I wouldn't want to rob them of that...So I turned the offer down.

That left an intriguing proposition from the depths of Turkey - Kirklarelispor in the Turkish 3rd flight. There's a bit of cash and a decent wage budget but they are fundamentally a small club. Last season saw the team win the 4th tier and so they are the newbies of the lowest playable division of Turkey. I hesitated, but then realised that this is as normal as it could begin for Rankov.

Deal.

Turkish Delight?

Kirklarelispor - 2011/12

• Survive
  
• Build
  
• Enjoy
  

Wooo a iacovone career

I very much enjoyed your last one and I wish you the best of luck in Turkey

Imagine that survival would be a bit of a tough task.

I cant wait to see what happens here! your fm11 was epic but you just ran out of time with the fm12 release, you got a whole year now. Good luck mate

I cant wait to see what happens here! your fm11 was epic but you just ran out of time with the fm12 release, you got a whole year now. Good luck mate

Exactly. Consider that a long term warm-up for an even longer term epic this time!

Thanks BWG too

Delta - it should be tough, but I think I've made some good acquisitions in Turkey. It seems as though there are plenty of talented free transfers to boost my squad. I'll do my usual pre-season build up report tomorrow.

Good luck in Turkey iacovone. You really do like a good challenge eh?

Good luck in Turkey iacovone. You really do like a good challenge eh?

Oh yes buddy!

Welcome back iacovone! Looking forward to it! I don't think I've ever seen a career in Turkey either.

Good luck in Turkey.

You lied to us! You liiiieeeeeeeeeeed.......

Resistance is futile, iacovone I'm sure you won't regret your purchase!

Good luck in Turkey, should be a good challenge for you

As I am doing in HunterKiller's thread "A European Ramble", I'm going to translate your player names .

Ozkaynak - Equity

Usta - Master

Tiraki - Subsidiary

Ege - Aegean Sea

Barut - Gunpowder

Duz - Smooth

Topcu - Gunner

Quite a lot there, hope the team isn't too aggressive!

So far so good. Played 3 games. Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 1. The win was most impressive though. 2-1 at the side predicted to come 2nd... Promising

As I am doing in HunterKiller's thread "A European Ramble", I'm going to translate your player names .

Ozkaynak - Equity

Usta - Master

Tiraki - Subsidiary

Ege - Aegean Sea

Barut - Gunpowder

Duz - Smooth

Topcu - Gunner

Quite a lot there, hope the team isn't too aggressive!

Ha thanks. Nice to know Topcu is the Gunner. He's scored twice already

I'm torn by this. Hooray for another iacovone career thread; but the old career was awesome and its a shame to see it end.

Looking forward to the continuing Turkish venture, and beyond.

I'm torn by this. Hooray for another iacovone career thread; but the old career was awesome and its a shame to see it end.

Looking forward to the continuing Turkish venture, and beyond.

I can appreciate that. I was pretty sad to leave the old file, especially as I said I would stick with it. But the urge to play the latest FM was too great. I'm pleased I made the switch. Hopefully this can be just as fun

Oops.

Called a team meeting after 7 games. We're 4-1-2 in the league and sit 4th.

So I start by saying that I'm delighted at how we're playing and to keep it up.

Some players are demotivated.

I ask my captain to speak. He echoes my views.

No reaction.

So I ask the room if anyone has something to say. One midfielder steps forward and says it's too premature for that talk.

Heads drop further.

Sensing danger ahead, I close the meeting by assertively telling them that this was EXACTLY the response I was after.

Twenty five players' morale dropped to abysmal.

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Despite the obvious **** up I've made here, I do love this new feature, I think it'll be a superb addition to squad management. Just need to get used to it!

Yep I love it as well, though did leave quickly when judging one wrong. That and team talks are very good for maintaining/restoring morale when when not doing well.

Forgive me. As the game is fresh I want to try a one club challenge (or at least start one). I'm sure I'll be back to this one but for now, you can find me here

I look forward to your progress Iacovone.

I'd call less team meetings if I were you though.

I look forward to your progress Iacovone.

I'd call less team meetings if I were you though.

Thanks Nobby. Advice taken

Yeah I'm struggling in getting the best out of the team meetings feature. I've taken to leaving it unless I literally can't make morale any worse by using it.

Welcome to Kirklarelispor iacovone, looks like you're doing a better job than me

Oops.

Called a team meeting after 7 games. We're 4-1-2 in the league and sit 4th.

So I start by saying that I'm delighted at how we're playing and to keep it up.

Some players are demotivated.

I ask my captain to speak. He echoes my views.

No reaction.

So I ask the room if anyone has something to say. One midfielder steps forward and says it's too premature for that talk.

Heads drop further.

Sensing danger ahead, I close the meeting by assertively telling them that this was EXACTLY the response I was after.

Twenty five players' morale dropped to abysmal.

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Despite the obvious **** up I've made here, I do love this new feature, I think it'll be a superb addition to squad management. Just need to get used to it!

Hahahaha awesome Sounds like something from The Office. Boss calls awkward motivation meeting, people feel uncomfortable in it, boss then tells everyone how wonderful the meeting has been. People go out of it wondering what on earth is the boss smoking.

Good start though, if this is going to be anything like your FM11 save, it's going to be an epic story.

I think there's been a rape up there!

See, I got his attention. Get. Their. Attention.

Players: :confused:

Players: :confused:

Brilliant. One of my all time favourite scenes.

And people say shes just a big pair of t*ts

Forgive me. As the game is fresh I want to try a one club challenge (or at least start one). I'm sure I'll be back to this one but for now, you can find me here

Come back soon Iacovone!

Although, I approve of the choice of going to Italy!

But I thought you'd be itching to get back on the road for another epic journeyman save.

Come back soon Iacovone!

Although, I approve of the choice of going to Italy!

But I thought you'd be itching to get back on the road for another epic journeyman save.

I think after just doing the FM11 journeyman I need a bit of a break before I head back around the globe. I think I might play my Novese game for a while, hopefully complete the challenge, retire and then start a new sunday league experienced manager in that game world. I prefer the game when it's full of regens

Now that you can add and remove leagues it makes it possible to continue after my Novese file is complete. I'll see how it goes.

I think you should get cracking in Italy - your save where you went to Hellas Verona was great!

I think I might play my Novese game for a while

Pffff,why not just admit you're not yet ready to find out the value of men.

I'll keep checking this space,this is a career I will follow (if it takes on moving form).

I'm torn by this. Hooray for another iacovone career thread; but the old career was awesome and its a shame to see it end.

Looking forward to the continuing Turkish venture, and beyond.

This.

And for the sake of our entertainment, I wish Mr Rankov the very worst luck possible on his new venture. For a while, at least

I think after just doing the FM11 journeyman I need a bit of a break before I head back around the globe. I think I might play my Novese game for a while, hopefully complete the challenge, retire and then start a new sunday league experienced manager in that game world. I prefer the game when it's full of regens

Nice idea. The new add and remove league thing makes this a possibility now. Nice to think you could just have one big save where you take on different challenges or ideas you have.

I think you should get cracking in Italy - your save where you went to Hellas Verona was great!

Yeah, I'm tempted to go for Italy again but I do want a career save this time around, more like some of your adventures have been. Now that I have a decent spec PC, I really owe it to my computer, and myself, to load a decent amount of leagues and to do some 'journeymanning'!

Actually, as an FMCUer who tends to have awesome careers that I enjoy reading about, I'd appreciate your advice over in the discussion thread as I fine tune my ideas for a new save. Pop over when you get a chance mate. I'd appreciate it!