Colorado Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Started my first proper FM12 game as Portuguese side Pacos Ferreira purely as they were a top flight club without a manager at the start of the game. Just wondering if anyone else has started out with them and how have/did they get on? Just over halfway through first season, I'm currently third from bottom in league so very much league over my shoulder but have made it to the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup. Quite a challenge so far!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manager Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 i never played as any portuguese side except one of the big 3,i tried once by playing with Académica,but the quality of the players scared me ,good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt65 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I have done 2 seasons with Nacional da Maderia and absolutely love it!! Europa first season then champions league second. did fairly well in both actually... Lack of money is really getting to me now however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Furia Roja Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I managed them in FM 11 in my journeyman save, was there for 4 seasons, the best I managed was finishing 5th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 There is a video story starting about them in the FM Career forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I took Leiria to FM glory on FM11. Became a better team than the big 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Sorry for the delay in replying, some interesting posts. Nacional to Champions League in secnod season is impressive. The video story sounds fascinating, will go and see it. Deisler26 - how on earth did you better the big three?? Really good challenge and am enjoying it so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
singtelsux Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 This is why someone should release a list of clubs without manager on start of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtex Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Just started a game with these bad boys, looks a fascinating challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 The portuguese league can be a tricky one. The lack of money of every team but the big three is impressive, but it's possible to become one of the big teams. As an avid player in the portuguese leagues, I advise to always load the argentinian and brazilian leagues, as the players won't mind coming to Portugal, their wages are low and the portuguese league doesn't have restrictions to foreign players. The main point to succeed is to play in Europe asap. Without the money from the UEFA competitions it becomes harder every season to match the quality of the big three. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coentrao Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Melgarejo should be good on the wing he has a lot of pace. And i agree with kingjericho, the revenue in Portugal is very low, for a club like Paços you are going to need some Europa League football and to sell a big player now and then to keep the finances in check. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBKalle Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I did, but my save went kaputt halfway through the second season... I managed a very creditable 5th place in the first season, but our Europan campaign lasted only two games (1-1 away, 2-2 home). Money was indeed an issue because of the tiny stadium... Unfortunately I'll never know how it could have turned out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtex Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Are there any threads in the career forum of anyone playing with a Portuguese side? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herter Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Are there any threads in the career forum of anyone playing with a Portuguese side? You could go into the career forum at take a look for yourself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtex Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You could go into the career forum at take a look for yourself I've had a look but can't spot any. Done a few searches for "Portugal" etc but nothing is showing up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
!.m.! Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 During a journeyman save on FM11 I took over Boavista,They were in the second division but I easily promoted them and finished 5th then 3rd in the coming seasons but really hit a brick wall in Europe. The stadium I had was big which did help although they were not easy to keep n the black. I relied on free transfers and tried loaning from the top 3's reserves. Which became harder as we improved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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