SRL88's FM12 Journeyman Career

[B.W.G]

Congrats on winning the World Cup.Hope you can get one over All Boys in the league.

[SRL88]

Congrats on winning the World Cup.Hope you can get one over All Boys in the league.

Cheers fella .

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - Pre-Season - 2034/35 - Boca Juniors

Friendlies

Not the best of pre-season's in terms of results but the performances were very pleasing, especially against such big opponents. To have pretty much held Inter, Porto and Trabzonspor to a draw showed how good we are. We also drew with Penarol and grabbed a brilliant win over Espanyol.

Transfers - In

German Bolzan - Free - An excellent free transfer. Will add lots of experience to our side.

Juan Carlos Soto - Loan - Brought in on loan as a back-up in the right back position. Something we lacked last season.

Jose Luis Garcia - Loan - Another player brought in as a back-up.

Martin Galvan - Loan - An excellent prospect at Inter Milan. Certainly a player who I would like to aid in the development of.

Mauro Parrado - Free - A cracking free transfer. Will add a lot of quality to our side.

Transfers - Out

A few departures during the transfer window, but the main talking points are the sales of Mauricio Bermudez and Marcos Novgorosky. Bermudez has spent most of his two years at the club injured and when Schalke came in with a £10.5m offer I found it impossible to reject. The sale of Novgorosky annoyed me though. Genoa put a bid in which matched a release clause and I just couldnt reject it. When he negotiated his contract he insisted on it being in. I am gutted to lose him.

[john1]

Good pre season results especially playing against top sides. Good transfer in and out

[Mongrel]

Oh Parrado is going to score bags for you. Was he released or just decided not to re-sign?

[SRL88]

Good pre season results especially playing against top sides. Good transfer in and out

Cheers fella . I am really pleased with how pre-season went.

Oh Parrado is going to score bags for you. Was he released or just decided not to re-sign?

I am looking forward to unleashing Parrado, I must say . I put him on my shortlist at the start of last season, and as soon as it had 6 months left to run I offered him a contract ASAP and snapped him up.

[Kyle Seddon]

Well done on your world cup victory, hope to achieve what you have thus far in my save.

[SRL88]

Well done on your world cup victory, hope to achieve what you have thus far in my save.

Ahhhh thank you kindly .

Im sure you will, just give it time.

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - August 2034 - Boca Juniors

Apertura

Just the one game in August, but what a game it was as we got off to a fantastic start in the Apertura. A fantastic performance resulted in a very nice 5-1 win on the opening day for us.

Recopa

Well luckily for us, away goals didnt come into effect. We were poor in the first leg and had to come from behind to get a 1-1 draw. The second leg was very end to end, but we managed take the game to penalties. In what was a poor penalty shoot-out, we won 3-1 to lift the Recopa.

[SRL88]

[tomtuck01]

Great work in winning the World Cup, especially after the shaky group stage.

Having said that, your final win wasn't as dramatic as mine!

[SRL88]

Great work in winning the World Cup, especially after the shaky group stage.

Having said that, your final win wasn't as dramatic as mine!

Ahhh, thank you Sir!!!!

We dont do drama in Brazil. This isnt like England you know .

[SRL88]

A bit more cheap advertising here guys. Following my success with Brazil at the World Cup, I have decided to create another thread in the Tactics Forum. If you wish to look at it then go over. If you are lazy, it is here:

Giving you a bit of Brazilian Magic

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - September 2034 - Brazil

Friendlies

Two cracking wins to follow up on our success at the World Cup. We were brilliant in an attacking fashion against the Czech's, but probably didnt have as much of the play as I would have liked. A very solid display against Russia followed and despite breezing into a 2-0 lead, they gave us a tough game afterwards. We managed to hold tight and despite a late goal, we managed to come away with a brilliant 2-1 win.

[SRL88]

This is some very interesting news indeed.

[deltablue]

Great World Cup!

[SRL88]

Great World Cup!

Thank you kindly.

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - September 2034 - Boca Juniors

Apertura

A truely excellent month as our 100% start to the season continues. A cracking 1-0 win away to Banfield was followed up with what will definitely be the win of the season. Our biggest rivals for trophies All Boys gave us a good game, but ultimately we got the win, an excellent 2-1 win. We faced yet another tricky away fixture in our next encounter but a Luis De Leon penalty was enough to give us the win. The month was rounded off with two solid 3-0 wins as we have a nice little gap at the top of the table after just six games.

[B.W.G]

Excellent start to the season,hopefully you can keep that form up and take the Apertura.

[SRL88]

Excellent start to the season,hopefully you can keep that form up and take the Apertura.

Cheers fella .

I feel we are in an excellent position to go and claim the Apertura. We have got some very difficult away fixtures out the way in fine style already.

[SRL88]

I cant say I am surprised at this really, can I?

[tomtuck01]

Hernan Ojeda possible new manager? Isn't he a former player of yours?

[SRL88]

Hernan Ojeda possible new manager? Isn't he a former player of yours?

Ahhaaaa. Someone does pay attention to my thread .

Yeah he is. I signed him for Liverpool, then sold him to Atletico and managed him in my two seasons there. Half-way through my first season with Boca I signed him again and he is now on the coaching staff with me at Boca.

[tomtuck01]

I remember it all regarding him. Don't know why but it's just stuck in me.

[SRL88]

I remember it all regarding him. Don't know why but it's just stuck in me.

Cracking player. I decided to sell him at Liverpool due to his age. When I went to Atletico he was even better!!!

Still no Chris Ord though .

[tomtuck01]

Cracking player. I decided to sell him at Liverpool due to his age. When I went to Atletico he was even better!!!

Still no Chris Ord though .

Even Jason Malpass is no Chris Ord.

[SRL88]

Even Jason Malpass is no Chris Ord.

Now that would be some strikeforce . Is he still banging them in for City?

[tomtuck01]

Now that would be some strikeforce . Is he still banging them in for City?

Last season he had a good season, scoring 31 goals in 49 appearances. But this season he has just 16 goals in 32 appearances. Mancini and his narrow 4-2-3-1 system is not good for him.

For England though he is still awesome - 90 goals in 82 caps.

[SRL88]

Last season he had a good season, scoring 31 goals in 49 appearances. But this season he has just 16 goals in 32 appearances. Mancini and his narrow 4-2-3-1 system is not good for him.

For England though he is still awesome - 90 goals in 82 caps.

Bloody Mancini .

Thats a cracking International record though.

[SRL88]

So the clubs takeover is complete by an Italian Consortium. Looking at these messages, this is truely fantastic times for Boca as a club. There looks to be plenty of money in the pockets of the owners and they dont look shy to spend it. On a personal note, I am slightly worried about my future!!!

[cerud]

I've never had a club takeover end in my firing before. Hopefully you keep your job as they seem to want to pump money into the club!

[B.W.G]

Unless your me (once fired after a takeover!),you should be safe due to success and a brilliant start to the season

[SRL88]

I've never had a club takeover end in my firing before. Hopefully you keep your job as they seem to want to pump money into the club!

Unless your me (once fired after a takeover!),you should be safe due to success and a brilliant start to the season

Well I have never been sacked from a tackover before, but then again I have never had these messages before upon a takeover.

[deltablue]

I often have those messages when it's that sort of takeover, even I think at Milan! However always been alright.

[Sammie B]

What an awful decision if they do sack you after all you have done! Italians will probably put in an Italian manager and then buy a load old has been Italian players, bit like Watford are trying in real life :P

Managed to get myself to the Brazilian State Championship semi final which was a bit of shock, especially as I dumped out Santos on pens in the quarters but ultimately went out on pens against Sao Paulo in the semis! Still happy considering the dreadful start to my career

Forever tinkering with my formation tho, sometimes my poacher and advanced player will be in the game and sometimes they don't get a sniff

[SRL88]

I often have those messages when it's that sort of takeover, even I think at Milan! However always been alright.

Time will tell I suppose.

What an awful decision if they do sack you after all you have done! Italians will probably put in an Italian manager and then buy a load old has been Italian players, bit like Watford are trying in real life :P

Yeah they would be risking a backlash.

They couldnt bring in a team full of Italians anyway because the Argentine league only allows for 4 foreign players .

[Sammie B]

Yeah they would be risking a backlash.

They couldnt bring in a team full of Italians anyway because the Argentine league only allows for 4 foreign players .

Well you would have to use them in the spine of your team, buffon, nesta, pirlo and del piero should do the trick, even tho they are oaps on your game probably

Think I will packing my bags and seeking pastures new at end of my contract, this Portuguese language is hard to grasp!

[SRL88]

Well you would have to use them in the spine of your team, buffon, nesta, pirlo and del piero should do the trick, even tho they are oaps on your game probably

Im not even sure if they still exist to be honest.

[tomtuck01]

Intereting stuff with the takeover. Will be interesting to see what they decide to do with you.

[SRL88]

Intereting stuff with the takeover. Will be interesting to see what they decide to do with you.

I will have something to show regarding this in a few moments.

[SRL88]

Let the work commence.





At least I know I am staying in a job.

[SRL88]

2035 Copa America Draw

[cerud]

Always odd the United States is in every Copa America I see. Aren't they supposed to be an invitation team?

[Northernpilgrim]

According to Wikipedia, there are 10 teams in CONMEBOL and 12 that contest the Copa America, which means 2 teams are invited every time. The next tournament is in 2015, and the invited countries are Mexico and Japan. Perhaps it's too difficult for SI to accommodate invitations to Confederation Championships, and so they've picked 2 as a permanent fixture? Wonder who the other is?

[tomtuck01]

Erm Mexico, perhaps?

[SRL88]

Always odd the United States is in every Copa America I see. Aren't they supposed to be an invitation team?

Yeah I knew there were nations invited so I suspect this is why they are there.

According to Wikipedia, there are 10 teams in CONMEBOL and 12 that contest the Copa America, which means 2 teams are invited every time. The next tournament is in 2015, and the invited countries are Mexico and Japan. Perhaps it's too difficult for SI to accommodate invitations to Confederation Championships, and so they've picked 2 as a permanent fixture? Wonder who the other is?

Japan??? Seriously!!

[SRL88]

Erm Mexico, perhaps?

.

[deltablue]

Well Japan have appeared before (in 1999, and apparantly withdrew last year where they were meant to appear again). Still an odd choice but not a mistake on the part of the game to have them at all.

[SnakeXe]

They withdrew because of the disaster last year. I've seen England contest the Copa América in (I think) FM11 so if they haven't got the invitational thing working this year I'd be surprised, because they obviously had it in the past.

[SRL88]

Well Japan have appeared before (in 1999, and apparantly withdrew last year where they were meant to appear again). Still an odd choice but not a mistake on the part of the game to have them at all.

They withdrew because of the disaster last year. I've seen England contest the Copa América in (I think) FM11 so if they haven't got the invitational thing working this year I'd be surprised, because they obviously had it in the past.

Confusing **** this man!!! Ahhhh screw it, I will just win it and I dont care who I play .

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - October 2034 - Boca Juniors

Apertura

Another brilliant month for us as we move ever closer to recapturing the Apertura. October kicked off with the most dominant 1-0 win I have ever seen. We had over 30 shots to their none but just couldnt grab a second. A nice win over Argentinos followed before we lost our winning start at home to Belgardo. Despite our dominance we just couldnt score and they shocked the home crowd with a goal against the run of play. Luckily for us we went straight up the other end to level things up and thats how it stayed. We bounced back in style with a nice 2-0 win before a cracking 3-2 victory away to Union. The month was rounded off with a comfortable 3-0 win over rivals River Plate to leave us 9pts clear at the top of the table.

Copa Sudamericana 1st Round

A very disappointing defence to our Sudamericana crown. We dominated both legs but just struggled to convert our chances into goals. We were our own worst enemy as we crash out at the first hurdle.

[SRL88]

Thats two in a row for me.



I am beginning to like this baord .

[deltablue]

Really flying in the league, Audax are a minor blip.

[SRL88]

Really flying in the league, Audax are a minor blip.

The league will more than make up for it.

[tomtuck01]

Nice to see you kept your job.

Also going along excellently in the Apertura.

[cerud]

Confusing **** this man!!! Ahhhh screw it, I will just win it and I dont care who I play .

Probably the best philosophy

[SRL88]

Nice to see you kept your job.

Also going along excellently in the Apertura.

Cheers Tom .

Probably the best philosophy

Haha yeah. Screw the debate, just win the ****er.

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - November 2034 - Brazil

Friendlies

Two solid wins to round off the year as we went the whole of 2034 unbeaten. We were made to work hard by the Belgians who took the lead in the game and although we were the better side, we had to rely on a late header from Fernando to give us the win. Despite a tight 1-0 scoreline against the Fins, we were dominant throughout. I gave a lot of players the opportunity to impress and it was a former player of mine from Atletico, Lucas who gave us the win with his first International goal.

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - November 2034 - Boca Juniors

Apertura

Another cracking month as we close in on the Apertura. We started November with a sluggish performance away to Lanus and we were lucky to get away with a draw. A brilliant performance at home to Racing Club gave us a 4-0 win. Our next game away to Rosario really annoyed me. We were fantastic in the first half and went in at the interval leading 4-0. What the hell happened in the second half I dont know. We were shocking and really lucky that we only conceded three goals. I flipped at full time, really having a go at the team because I wasnt happy at all. Luckily though, that seemed to have some effect as we destroyed Velez in our final game of the month to leave us sat nicely at the top of the table.

[SRL88]

A clean sweep of awards as I make it three Manager of the Month Awards in a row.

[tomtuck01]

All Boys have really slipped since their coach reitred. Bit easy for you this time around!

[SRL88]

All Boys have really slipped since their coach reitred. Bit easy for you this time around!

Yeah they are a completley different side. They just arent as strong....but have reached the Final of the Sudamericana.

[SRL88]

Well it was only a matter of time:

[SRL88]

I just thought this was well worth posting.

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - December 2034 - Boca Juniors

Apertura

A mixed end to the season. It would have been nice to finish the Apertura unbeaten but its not to important. The game which sealed the title was the 1-1 draw with Godoy Cruz. We comfortably beat Quilmes in our next game before a 2-1 defeat against local rivals San Lorenzo, despite our dominance.

Copa Argentina 5th Round

I rested a lot of players in this game, thinking we would have more than enough to beat the lower level opposition. That wasnt to be though and after 90 minutes it went to penalties. The first 10 penalties were all scored, but they missed the first penalty in sudden death and we scored to move into the 6th Round.

[cerud]

Bit of a scare in the Copa At least you move on.

[B.W.G]

Congrats on the Apertura

Leonardo is good but he's no Chris Ord

[SRL88]

Bit of a scare in the Copa At least you move on.

This is true. At least its behind us now.

Congrats on the Apertura

Leonardo is good but he's no Chris Ord

Cheers fella.

Now we dont want to be pushing things do we? .

[SRL88]

[SRL88]

[Jason the Yank]

According to Wikipedia, there are 10 teams in CONMEBOL and 12 that contest the Copa America, which means 2 teams are invited every time. The next tournament is in 2015, and the invited countries are Mexico and Japan. Perhaps it's too difficult for SI to accommodate invitations to Confederation Championships, and so they've picked 2 as a permanent fixture? Wonder who the other is?

IRL, there's talks of Copa America in 2015 as planned, with another one in 2016 to celebrate 100 years of CONMEBOL. Only that one would be a joint CONMEBOL-CONCACAF tournament of 16 teams hosted by the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Pa...n_Championship

[SRL88]

IRL, there's talks of Copa America in 2015 as planned, with another one in 2016 to celebrate 100 years of CONMEBOL. Only that one would be a joint CONMEBOL-CONCACAF tournament of 16 teams hosted by the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Pa...n_Championship

I just play to win it .

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - Mid-Season Update - 2034/35 - Boca Juniors

Friendlies

Some very good mid-season friendlies for us. We put in some very strong displays. We were amonst the goals against some good opposition and sends us into the Clausura in very good spirit.

Transfers - In

Alejandro Hailant - £1m - A very solid signing for us. I opted to sign a right wingers during the window because I have mainly been playing Luis De Leon there when I would rather him be on the left hand side.

[SRL88]

Copa Libertadores Group Stage Draw



I am really pleased with this draw. Although Chivas will provide a stern test, this should be a pretty comfortable passage for us.

[tomtuck01]

Comfortable? If I was a fan and you didn't get through that, I'd be hiring a hit man!

[SRL88]

Comfortable? If I was a fan and you didn't get through that, I'd be hiring a hit man!

How could anyone ever do that to me? .

[B.W.G]

Quite an easy group,if you fail in that then you deserved to be fired.

[SRL88]

Quite an easy group,if you fail in that then you deserved to be fired.

Jesus. The hostility from you and Tom is unreal .

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - February 2035 - Boca Juniors

Clausura

A solid yet unspectacular start to the Clausura. We kicked things off with a tough trip to Colon where we were by far the better team, but we were our own worst enemy by missing numerous chances. We managed to battle our way into a two goal lead but Colon made it a nervy finish but we hung on for a 2-1 win. Our next game against All Boys was typical of the competitive rivalry we have built up in the last 2 1/2 years. It was a pretty fiesty affair with a few sendings off, but we managed to battle our way to a 1-0 win. Against Banfield, despite racing into a 2-0 lead but our performance levels dropped which allowed them to come back into the game and grab a point.

[SRL88]

February 2035 - Continued

Copa Libertadores

A cracking start to the Libertadores as expected. We were brilliant all game and thoroughly deserved our 7-0 win.

[deltablue]

Thats the easy one done.

[SRL88]

Thats the easy one done.

Fingers crossed it continues.

[Mikal]

Come on Chivas!

[SRL88]

Come on Chivas!

Tut tut .

[cerud]

Sounds like you have a few detractors there, SRL88

[ManchesterUnited-]

Is there no Suruga Bank Championship in the game? As the winner of the Copa Sudamericana qualifies for three additional tournaments in real life. These being the Copa Libertadores, Recopa Sudamericana and the Suruga Bank Championship.

[Purefun]

Very easy draw in the Libertadores.

[Raware]

Well done on claiming the Apertura . 20+ years on and it looks like River still haven't recovered from their relegation a couple of years ago.

[B.W.G]

Good start to the Clausura and well done on beating All Boys.As for the Copa Lib,nice simple victory to get you started.

[SRL88]

Sounds like you have a few detractors there, SRL88

Nasty gits arent they.

Is there no Suruga Bank Championship in the game? As the winner of the Copa Sudamericana qualifies for three additional tournaments in real life. These being the Copa Libertadores, Recopa Sudamericana and the Suruga Bank Championship.

Never heard of the competition and I havent played on it so I am guessing not??

Very easy draw in the Libertadores.

As long as we learn to stop throwing away silly goals.

Well done on claiming the Apertura . 20+ years on and it looks like River still haven't recovered from their relegation a couple of years ago.

Cheers fella .

I wouldnt go that far. They have had a few second place finishes in the 2010's and even managed to win both the Aperura and the Clausura. They had a few third place finishes during much of the 2020's but has since dropped off.

Good start to the Clausura and well done on beating All Boys.As for the Copa Lib,nice simple victory to get you started.

Cheers BWG .

[ManchesterUnited-]

Never heard of the competition and I havent played on it so I am guessing not??

Must be because the Japanese leagues don't exist. Must have seen it on a custom league that was added.

[SRL88]

Must be because the Japanese leagues don't exist. Must have seen it on a custom league that was added.

I honestly havent got a clue. I have googled it so I actually know it is now a real tournament, but I couldnt explain why it isnt on the game unless I spoke to one of the South American researchers.

[ManchesterUnited-]

I honestly havent got a clue. I have googled it so I actually know it is now a real tournament, but I couldnt explain why it isnt on the game unless I spoke to one of the South American researchers.

Yeah I think you should ask.

[SRL88]

Yeah I think you should ask.

Its not me who really wants to know .

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - March 2035 - Boca Juniors

Clausura

A mixed month, but we are still going along alright in the Clausura. We were poor away to Inderpendiente and they thoroughly deserved their win. We bounced back with a massive win over Newell's. We went into the final 10 minutes heading for defeat but two late goals gave us a massive 2-1 win. Despite being second best against Argentinos we managed to come away with a credible draw before we destroyed Olimpia 5-0 with Luis De Leon being the start of the show.

[SRL88]

March 2035 - Continued

Copa Argentina 6th Round

Despite facing Second Division opposition this was a cracking result. It was fantastic to see our dominance, even with the mass amount of changes I made. This destruction set up a 7th Round tie at home to Godoy.

Copa Libertadores

So bloody frustrating. We led both games comfortably heading into the final quater of the game but we just became complacent. We conceded late goals and although I am certain that we will still qualify from this group, we should be sat on maximum points.

[SRL88]

SRL88's Career - March 2035 - Brazil

Friendly

A very comfortable win away from home. We were limited somewhat in the sense that over half the squad was withdrawn from their respective squads so I had to call up players I usually wouldnt usually even consider. Still, this was a pleasing performance and we grabbed the win very comfortably.

We have a break now until July when we have two warm-up friendlies for the Copa America, which we get underway with a game against Colombia.

[PaulHartman71]

unlucky on the set-back in the CL, hopefully you should still qualify with relative ease!

[ManchesterUnited-]

Its not me who really wants to know .

Well I don't know who to ask!

[SRL88]

unlucky on the set-back in the CL, hopefully you should still qualify with relative ease!

Yeah it was a little annoying but we should be ok.

Well I don't know who to ask!

I have PM'd the Argentine Researcher and got this reply.

The Suruga Bank Championship is a real life tournament played between the Copa Sudamericana champion and the Japanese League Cup winner. It is not in FM due to the J-League related legal issues.