Career Updates Forum Mini Updates Thread

[likeabawss]

It's fun watching entertaining football being played. The only thing that's annoying me is that I can't get Messi to play :/. Oh well, at least Ibrahimovic has turned into a god. Maybe when Ibra gets old, I'll move Messi to the striker position and get someone like Fabregas to take over for Messi as the Trequartista.

[Deisler26]

Ugh. Drew 0-0 with 19th-placed Numancia.

We had 22 shots to their 5. Hit the bar 4 times. However, missed the target 10 of those 22.

[likeabawss]

Playing Athletico Madrid in the second leg of the Spanish Cup semis, 3-1 at half time with Messi scoring after beating two players and burying a penalty, and Xavi also scored from a free kick. Second half now, Xavi's scored his second free kick of the game.

God, I love that guy.

[likeabawss]

Lol, Xavi's 3rd goal from a free kick in 2 matches. It's got to be his 6th or 7th of the season!

[likeabawss]

4-0 away win over Racing. Messi scored a wonderful individual effort and assisted the 3 other goals that were scored (Ibra x2, Bojan). I think I've got him working now

[Godlike_Trigger]

I feel we're not allowed to have 3-0 wins against top teams

3-0 at home to league leaders Newcastle with 10 mins to go and they score 2 goals.
3-2 is very flattering for them. They deserved to lose 6-0


But at least this means we're mathematically safe

[Hershie]

We don't stand a chance

[Suggy33]

I need a witty name for my journeyman thread. I'll be managing teams in the nations Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

[Cardiomolester]

That Tajik is Magic?

[Suggy33]

Genius, think I'll use that, thanks.

Or were you just wondering why I chose that? Read the thread to find out

[Hershie]

Would I be mad to quit this team having got 2 promotions in 2 years?

[Grecian_03]

Firing up my Exeter game once again.

[Hershie]

Just dominated Espanyol.

They beat us 5-0.

I'm going to cry.

[Grecian_03]

Well that was FM blatantly punishing me for not playing it for a while. A loss to Wolves and three injured strikers in the first match played.

[Hershie]

7 without winning

[Grecian_03]

Well Ibara is out for three to four months while Anelka is out for four to five months

Otoo wasn't badly injured and Walcott is back in training.

[Hershie]

Edinho in on a free. Might just be the player to stop our leakiness.

[fmfan10]

hey guys i've been following this thread for a while now just didn't bother to register before .. lol hershie i've been following your progress seems like you've done a great job are you going to stick with your team or move on if a better offer comes along?

BTW I am currently doing a career save with my local team chelmsford city FC Isit wise for me to create a thread for it or shall I keep all posts in here?

[Hershie]

Welcome to the forums.

Cheers. I'm probably going to leave if we get relegated. We're now 19th..

I'd start a new thread if you're sure you're going to stick with the save, but it's always good to give the occasional post here.

[Cardiomolester]

Genius, think I'll use that, thanks.

Or were you just wondering why I chose that? Read the thread to find out

No, I was suggesting it and I'm honoured you chose it!

[Standard liege!]

Only start a new thread if you are sure you are going to stick with the season.

[Suggy33]

No, I was suggesting it and I'm honoured you chose it!

Was a shame, someone had suggested that very name about 10 minutes earlier, I think it was me.

[Godlike_Trigger]

Celebrated Argyles real life relegation by losing to forrest 1-0 but at least my team stays up!

[fmfan10]

I think I'll start a thread lol ... I'm currently chelmsford city in my third season and sitting in 2nd place in the coca-cola league 2 after about 10 games. Pretty hard when your on a tight budget to attract quality players.

If your'e chairman status is 'Mansell Wallace will never leave the club of his own volition' does this mean he'll never leave and I can never get taken over because if that's the case I don't see chelmsford going very far tbh

[Hershie]

**** you chairman. Selling Botia and Barbosa over my head = relegated tbh

[Suggy33]

One brief off-topic comment, any idea when the competition winner is announced? It's not been updated in the thread.

Lot of jobs just come around, fingers crossed I get one!

[Hershie]

Barbosa rejected. Man City nicked a youth player from us! We have a crap youth system and no academy, and this guy only has pace, but it's a nice earning.

[Hershie]

£5.75mil takes Botia to Reggina and surely sends us back to Adelante.

[Hershie]

Another loss, this time at home to Deportivo, leaves us in the relegation zone.

[Hershie]

aaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Watford job offer. 23rd in Championship. Take or leave?

[Suggy33]

Take!!

Uzbekistan to Fiji, what a contrast!

[Hershie]

Why take?

Is being relegated to L1 better than going to the Adelante?

[Hershie]

Awesome regen in (using Botia money) but is an AMC.

[Godlike_Trigger]

Season over
A respectable 15th
Played 46
Won 14
Drew 14
Lost 18
Scored 52
Conceded 58

We'll see who wins the world cup and try and get a bigger budget for a possible play-off/promotion push next season

[Hershie]

4 points from safety.

[ArsenalFan7]

I got school in 6 hours but I can't get to sleep for my life...

Just playing FM for a bit to see if it can make me fall asleep

[Godlike_Trigger]

Wheelin' and dealin'

Bringing in freebies and loanee's
selling previous and poor oldies for a small fee

I just need to get rid of the -12k wage bucket

[Hershie]

So close to quitting this club.

[Hershie]

I have ****ing had enough of this team.

Too many poor performances. Too many players not looking like they give a ****. Too many players who make the most idiotic mistakes and then look to do nothing to make up for it.

The board sell my best players and don't let me have the money to replace them. They let me offer high fees to **** players but refuse to let me release a defender for 250k who has averaged below 6.5. It's like they want us to go straight back down.

I've had enough. I quit. Time to find a club with more ambition.

let's see where this goes.

[likeabawss]

Just got past the first knock out round in the Champion's League. I beat Inter 1-0 at the Camp Nou after a 0-0 draw at the San Siro. Not the most beautiful of victories, but I'll take it any day

[Deisler26]

let's see where this goes.

That's mainly why I quit Ajaccio. The Chairman was an ass.

[Hershie]

I'd rather be sacked by an ambitious chairman than be let take a club back down without a fight by a crap one.

[Deisler26]

I'd rather be sacked by an ambitious chairman than be let take a club back down without a fight by a crap one.

Definitely. Just humped Tenerife 4-0.

[Hershie]

What the ****?

There's 1 game to go in the BBVA season and Luis Aragones, incharge of Atletico, retires. I apply and get offered the job. Massive dilemma seeing as I've had success with them before, and also I'm thinking my reputation is too high, so do I take it or leave it?

[Deisler26]

Do it. Carry on!

I've finally beaten Rayo for the first time in 4!! Take that, crappy team!

[Hershie]

I'm now Atletico boss.

Again.

[Deisler26]

I've just spanked the league leaders, Recreativo, 3-0!!

[Hershie]

Wrong to buy him just for the brilliant name?

Got to be one of my all-time favourites that.

[Deisler26]

I need to get a decent backup to Juan Pablo Pino/Mark González? Any thoughts? 2013/14

[Deisler26]

In the last six games, I've played 1st-6th place.

[Grecian_03]

I have a potentially good AMC but his jumping is 1

[Grecian_03]

Just beat West Ham 4-1 with a brilliant Henry hat-trick

[Deisler26]

Just about to attempt my first ever 4-4-2.

[Delvor]

Was planning an allnighter last night but my temper got the best of me Drew a game 0-0 despite having 20+ shots at least 1/2 on target, so I holidayed till 31st Decembe and went to sleep.
Game crashed when I picked it back up in the afternoon, only lost a week though,however just suffered another crash dump and lost nearly the whole january month of contract renewals,transfers and matches.

Starting it again and as I was unbeaten in the 6 games I will be making sure I win them again

Have won the European Super Cup & the World Club Cup championship and am 1st at the window.

Got John Obi Mikel for £3M off of Chelsea, and sold Bale to Rangers for an intial £5M + 250K per game for 50 games and 25% sell on fee.

Doing an Arsenal, Cup team is a mixture of reserves and youth team players just won 3-0 against West Ham with my regen labelled the next John Terry scoring the 3rd.

[Deisler26]

Just came back from a 4-1 defeat to Alaves with a 5-0 win over Las Palmas

[Delvor]

Congrats Deisler26;
Just lost out on a good potential English CB to Chelsea, I thought I would get him having upped his wages from what he wanted to £55k/week but he went to chelsea - had a look and they have made him their highest paid player at £155k/week. :O He wouldn't even get on my bench at the moment and they are paying him that much ???

[Godlike_Trigger]

Well... ive just completed my pre-season.
and its been a strange ride... I played 2 former teams Man Utd (reserves) and Wigan, beat utd 1-0 and lost to wigan 3-2.
But Im more impressed with my 2nd half performances.

Because im a laid back guy I took it easy against shrewsbury in my final game started with a 4-4-2 and came in at half time 1-0 up
In the 2nd half I threw on all my subs and ended up playing a formation that I can only describe as a sperm/jellyfish a 1-4-5 formation.

Basically it had:

1CB
1DM
3CM
1 AML
1 AMR
3 ST

End of the match we won 3-0
How can a 1-4-5 have more effect than your average joe 4-4-2?

Unbelieveable. Still -5k on my wage budget but who cares?
Time to start a quest for the promised land.

[Grecian_03]

That was bloody fantastic. Went 1-0 down to Liverpool then with just five minutes to go Walcott equalised before Henry slotted home the winner four minutes later

[Godlike_Trigger]

First game of the season
Away to Leeds
Fearing the worst 1-0 up going into SIX minutes of injury time, we broke the 100 minute barrier by the time he blew.

Lucky lucky boy.

[likeabawss]

AGH! Playing as Barcelona, just lost to Inter 3-1! Talk about an unfair result! We were the favorites for the match, and we also scored the first goal! Talk about the ME not allowing you to hold onto leads! And Maicon was one of the scorers! Maicon! He's a right back! These freaking bugs just have to happen to me, don't they? Their third goal was offside by a mile too, can't believe the sideline ref didn't see it!

tl;dr, I hate FM and I'm quitting it forever...

[Hershie]

Not a bad way to introduce yourself.

[dire_f]

OMG, i just signed Pato for free as his contracts expires in the summer of 2016. He was apparently not satisfied with Milans lack of recent success and understandably chose reigning leage and european champions Udinese instead.

[likeabawss]

4-1 win over Real Madrid in the first leg of the Semi Finals of the Champion's League. Messi scored twice and Xavi scored twice. Bojan also hit the bar twice. I really hope that doesn't come back to haunt me, but other than that, it was a magnificent performance!

[Delvor]

Wrong to buy him just for the brilliant name?

Got to be one of my all-time favourites that.

Just discovered one of my U18 Strikers is called - Scott Scott. Yep that is his full name.

EDIT:
Playing Chelsea at home, they are 3rd and only team to have beaten me so far in the league this season.
0-0 in the 37th Minute
3-0 To me at HT
49th Sobis gets his 2nd to make it 4-0
58th Granero gets his 2nd to make it 5-0 Won 5-1 in the end

Playing Schalke in 2nd round knockout of champions cup, trailing 1-0 from 1st leg.

Sobis in the 72nd makes it 1-1 on agg. Playing 3123 Overload

Schalke score with their 1st shot of the game; in 1st half of extra time. I go out
Gone on a month long holiday so I don't kill any of my players, don't have a clue to how we didn't win. 1 shot on target to our 7 after they scored. 0CCC to our 2.

[Godlike_Trigger]

Nailed scunthorpe 6-0 this morning
my polish striker nailed 4 goals.

3rd after 4 games playing wigan next who are top.

Edit:

Need to attempt to beat stoke in the league cup first

[Grecian_03]

Just beat Arsenal 2-0 in the FA Cup quarter final.

Plus I became Somalia under 19's manager

[Delvor]

Good Luck;
HAve an FA Cup final vs Man U - Haven't got to that final before.

11 Points clear of Arsenal in 2nd place with 5 games to go,
9 Goals needed for record goals and 6 points for that record both set by chelsea in 10/11 season (Now in 16/17)

[Grecian_03]

Well I've got Sunderland in the semi's so I should get to the final...

Plus my hot future prospect, Lamine Guei now has the record for youngest Premiership goalscorer

[Godlike_Trigger]

Beat Stoke in the League cup 1-0
Beat Wigan in the League 3-2

Drawn Bolton in the 3rd round
Moved into 2nd in the league to face 4th placed Forrest.


Oh the challenges.

[Grecian_03]

Plymouth are just a point above relegation in League 2 and Tranmere have been relegated from the Blue Square Premier with nine games to go and haven't won a single match

[Delvor]

Blimey, thats quite a drop for those two. Norwich are in l1 relegation battle on mine which is about it.

1-0 up at the moment v West Ham already won the title but gunning for Chelseas' 92 Point 86 goal haul records set 6 years ago.

Jo made it 2-0 From the spot, have equalled the points record but the goals may be out of my reach as I need to score 9 in 3 i think.

[fmfan10]

just lost to the worst team ever to grace the football league accrington stanley oh the agony

[Suggy33]

Just playing as England on the annual World Cup save.

So far handed débuts/recalls to :

Luke Young
Charles N'Zogbia
Fraizer Campbell
Matt Jarvis
Gary Cahill
Matt Taylor
Paul Robinson (GK)


Experimenting ftw, which proved, as I beat Holland 4-2, with Matt Jarvis earning MOTM, a goal and 2 assits

[Godlike_Trigger]

Claimed my second premier league scalp in the league cup.
This time beating Bolton 1-0 with a late winner.

Drawn at home yet again this time to promoted side West Brom, whom I took 4 points off last season.
Premiership scalp number 3 is on the cards.

[Deisler26]

Beat Pontevedra 4-1 to go into 8th. 4 games to go!

[Deisler26]

I've just been offered the Chievo job.

It's tempting... Do I take it?

[Grecian_03]

Nah, they never seem a very interesting team.

[likeabawss]

Semi-finals of the Champion's League against Real Madrid:



First leg.



Second leg.

I went through 5-4 on aggregate. The second leg at the Bernabeu was one of the most nerve wracking games I've ever played on FM. Such a great result, I was practically chewing on my shirt towards the end of the game.

It's obvious who the two heroes were over the course of the two legs: Messi and, especially, Xavi. If the former hadn't scored in the away leg, we would've lost.

[likeabawss]

Forgot to mention, the finals are against Liverpool. No idea how they beat Chelsea, but they got through.

[Hershie]

Can I ask a (slightly off-topic) question?

Do I swear too much, and does it bother anyone (admin included) even if it's censored?

I keep getting too easily agitated.

[Grecian_03]

Well considering my warning was for stars...

Middlesbrough 0 Exeter 3

Henry played his 50th match for Exeter and this season so far he's scored more than Rooney

[likeabawss]

Doesn't bother me at all, as I seem to do it a lot as well.

Playing the final against Liverpool right now, and what a game it's been. We started terribly with them scoring after awful defending, but Pedro managed to level the score. Kuyt scored again, but an absolutely blinding run from Messi after which he crossed to my beloved Xavi who tapped it in to the net managed to level the score again after Mascherano got sent off for a second yellow.

Now I'm 10 minutes into extra time and Pedro's done it again! A brilliant header from Xavi outside of the box put the ball into Pedro's feet and he skinned a Liverpool defender and placed the ball into the back of the net. Now I need to defend against 10 men for 20 minutes or it goes to Penalties

[Hershie]

My infraction was for swearing at someone with asterix too.

None of my posts or swearing are directed at anyone else in such a manner though.

[likeabawss]

Alright, beginning to park the bus against the Reds, wish me luck.

[likeabawss]

**** yes! Messi makes it 4-2!

[Delvor]

Beat the points & goals total after winning 4-1 away at Boro. Need an away win at Arsenal to break the 100 point barrier.
Will post a screenie after the game.

Not bothered about it, more bothered by them closing a thread that wasn't harming anyone.

Sobis has a goal ruled out for offside;
Buonanotte makes it 1-0!! With a spectacular curling shot.
Montano makes it 2-0 ! A header from a corner.

[likeabawss]

The game ended 4-2, with Pedro getting MotM. It's a great achievement for me, but I am a bit disappointed that the Spanish Cup Final was scheduled so close to the Champion's League Final. All of my players are exhausted, and Messi is injured, although I don't regret the fact that I could have prevented it. He got injured from a late tackle in the game, but I decided not to take him off since he's a big game player and always gets the result when I need it most. I was right, too, as he got the assist for the equalizer and scored the fourth goal to round off our win. I love him so much

I hope RM don't beat us too badly, though

[Delvor]

Congrats, Well I won and I don't know how my team did it but:


Chelsea were only team to beat me, though I got revenge by winning 5-1 at home.
Should acknowledge my assistant who picked the team fitting my tactics when I went on holiday a few times [see Months] after draws against the 'lesser' teams

Chelsea are set to move to the Zola Arena, hopefully I get a new stadium after me. We can't expand the Mad Stad any further and I'm now on the legends list.

[likeabawss]

Nice job Delvor, did it take a big effort to get Reading that good?

54 minutes into the Spanish Cup final, and it's 1-1. Casillas has made some amazing saves, and Iniesta has been fulfilling the Messi role quite well

[Delvor]

Thanks likeabawass, I got promoted first try and my board did a masterstroke by getting Barcalona as my Parent club they loaned me Zamora (see below) for 3 years in a row before letting me buy him for his value, he single handedly kept me up the 1st two seasons if I recall correctly. I then got Jo and Hart off of City for 1.5M each and they were really big signings for me.
Another turning point was getting in the europa league early. I finished 16th or so but got in due to the fair play record, it allowed me to get in players who usually wouldn't be interested.


in the 10th minute of FA cup final Johnny Evans is sent off for professional foul on Juan Carlos Zamora

0-0 halfway through the 2nd half and Mr. Webb evens things up by sending off Freddy Adu, will have to re jig things.

Switched to 2-2-1-2-2 Brought on the brazillian twins Rafael & Fabio the former UTD boys.

Many stars needed here......... 93rd minute winner for UTD after they counter attacked from my corner.

[Grecian_03]

My infraction was for swearing at someone with asterix too.

None of my posts or swearing are directed at anyone else in such a manner though.

Mine wasn't for swearing at anyone. It was for swearing at my team.

[likeabawss]

Lost Spanish Cup final 2-1 in the end, but Casillas got MotM so...

[Delvor]

Fined Adu 2 weeks wages for getting sent off.

Fined Dalton 1 weeks for getting a 5.5

Both now want to leave

Shame no-one ever bids,

Yay board upgrading the youth facilities.

[Grecian_03]

I've been sending scouts out to youth leagues to look for young talent. Found a couple of promising Brazilians that way. So far I'm only looking at England, Spain, Brazil and Ivory Coast. Any ideas where else I should scout?

Can't do France, had a problem and couldn't select the French leagues.

[Delvor]

I've always liked Sweden and Belgium for scouting youth. Not sure why, though Sweden is proabably from finding Bakircioglu on an old FM/CM.

[Grecian_03]

Plenty of good African players do tend to appear in Belgian youth squads.

[Grecian_03]

Made it to the FA Cup final beating Sunderland 3-0. Should have scored more since they had two players sent off but they were such dirty cheating players always hacking my players down

[Delvor]

Hope you have better luck than I

Arsenal keep trying to nick my coaches, Man City already nicked my best world class coach

GRRRRRRRRR
Man CIty after another of my World Class coaches

Got them both, gave the one city was after perhaps to good an offer but I didn't want him going to City.

[Grecian_03]

Huh? Can't seem to scout the Belgian under 19's league.

[eldeniro]

Mine wasn't for swearing at anyone. It was for swearing at my team.

Mine was for swearing at Bendtner! (and going off topic, much like I'm doing now, anyway...)

I've gotten back into FM sort of, not playing as much as I wish I was but I've got this season with Spurs going, we're up to fourth in the league however Arsenal have got a game in hand which would see them leapfrog us. Just an update really, we're still in the FA cup in January 2010 and have Wolves in the next round, just lost 1-0 to Chelsea in a terrible game where Pavlyuchenko hit the post twice

However I'll soldier on and hopefully snatch 4th and regain my addiction to this game that has cost me so many hours sleep over the years