A Trillionaire's Playground 2012 - Manngeld Returns Once More

[Dave.]

Republic of FM - A Trillonaire's Playground

EXTRACT FROM AN UNNAMED NEWSPAPER
It is July 2008, and the world's richest man, Freidrich Manngeld - entrepeneur, owning several multinational companies, sports teams, and the country of Scotland - has announced plans that will shock the world of football, and indeed the world itself.

Manngeld had announced the renaming of Scotland several weeks ago as the "Republic of Freidrich Manngeld", or "FM" as it is to be known. A keen follower of football, the German has decided to set about creating the best league in the world, and has installed himself as head of the FM FA. Instead of sticking with a 'mediocre' and 'lacklustre' league, as he has donned the country's current setup, it is Manngeld's intention to create a multinational league system, with a newly-formed club from every one of the world's top ranked nations, all competing for glory.




Unfortunately for Manngeld, his plans did not come to pass. FIFA would not sanction the overhaul of such an established football league system, and protests from the larger clubs, notably Celtic and Rangers, eventually persuaded the German to give up the ghost.

But he didn't stop there. For almost three years, Manngeld has been working tirelessly, and has finally revealed plans of his latest football venture. This was helped to no end by the unstable natures of six North American Football Associations*, who Manngeld quickly took over. The countries, none of which are fully affiliated with FIFA, have agreed, for footballing purposes only, to be renamed as the "Republic of Friedrich Manngeld" under different confederations, whilst his old state of the same name has reverted to its former name of Scotland.

Manngeld's plan is to create the largest Club World Championship, all in one place. Every FIFA registered nation in the world is invited to have a team representing them, and will be run by some of the richest people in the world. The teams are to be sorted into divisions based on their continent or region, with no swapping between these continental divisions. However, there will be a cup competition which involves each team in the FM FA, as well as one for the winners of each continent, and various cup competitions for each continent internally.

Opponents of the plan have hinted that Manngeld has had a similar plan rejected two years ago, but the German bluntly rejects this notion. Whatever the history of his ventures, this time he is adamant that his creation will be a success. (Anybody who signed up to the 2010 version of this will know it didn't really get off the ground, and I offer my apologies again for that. This time however, I have a lot more free time and am confident that this'll be successful.)

So, where do I come in?
Manngeld has asked for the richest men and women in the world to found a club to take part in his new league. Knowing you may be interested, he has asked you to fill out the following form, in order to enter a team into his league setup. You have as long as you want to fill out and return the form, but Manngeld is operating on a first-come-first served basis, and the top nations are in high demand. Divisions with more than one tier will be sorted by reputation of nations, with the higher rep nations having teams in higher tiers. A full list of eligible nations, in their division, will follow.



THE FORM
Nationality:
Name of Club:
Chairman Name:
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit:
Away Kit:
Stadium Name:
Preferred Manager:

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level):
Youth academy (£10m):
Training facilities (£1m per level):
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000):
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500):
Transfer Funds:
Bank Balance Whatever is left over:

Rules Regarding Form
The name of club must be fictional, and match the selected nationality. Names considered inappropriate or not consistent with the side's nationality will be subject to reconsideration.


Manngeld has taken into account that there is unlikely to be enough people rich and willing enough to partake in his football league, but has stated that between himself and other associates, who will buy clubs and assign acting chairmen to them, will be able to fill the entire quota if need be. He has set a deadline of 0000 HOURS, TUESDAY 1 MAY for prospective owners to declare their interest and make serious bids.

The aim of the game is simple, support your team to the end! In terms of your involvement after the initial selection process, all you will be able to do is sack your manager when you feel necessary or appropriate. You may appoint any manager you wish to take over, on the condition that they are not associated with any other club in the FM FA. Unattached managers are free to sign, whereas managers in a job will mean compensation. Choose wisely. The AI will take care of all other matters for you!

As well as the league and countless cup competitions, one of the side aims is for your club to help boost your nation's fortunes, by developing players. There will also be seasonly competitions with a number of prizes up for grabs. These may be decided by in-game AI occurrences, or may require you to partake in something in the game thread. Anything can, and anything will happen, and Freidrich Manngeld eagerly awaits your application.


*the North American countries who have agreed to help Manngeld with his competition are: Guadaloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

[Dave.]

The Nations involved, separated into their divisions



A (D) indicates details have been provided for the nation's club by either myself or a helpful participant of the thread. They are still available for new players to take over, and edit as they wish.

Nations Still Available
South America
NATION FILLED

Europe
PREMIER DIVISION FILLED

DIVISION ONE FILLED

Israel (D)
Slovenia (D)

Macedonia (D)
Estonia (D)
Belarus (D)
Montenegro (D)

Cyprus (D)
Moldova (D)
Kazakhstan (D)
Malta (D)
Andorra (D)
San Marino (D)

North America
Guatemala (D)
Panama (D)

Barbados (D)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (D)
Guyana (D)
Suriname (D)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (D)
Saint Lucia (D)
Grenada (D)
Curaçao (D)
Antigua and Barbuda (D)

Puerto Rico (D)
Nicaragua (D)
Dominican Republic (D)
Dominica (D)
Belize (D)
Turks and Caicos Islands (D)
British Virgin Islands (D)
Anguilla (D)
Aruba (D)
US Virgin Islands (D)
Montserrat (D)

Asia
Saudi Arabia (D)
Iran (D)
Iraq (D)
Bahrain (D)
Kuwait (D)

Oman (D)
Uzbekistan (D)
Qatar (D)
Syria (D)
Jordan (D)
Thailand (D)
Tajikistan (D)
Turkmenistan (D)

Yemen (D)
Malaysia (D)
India (D)
Myanmar (D)
Palestine (D)
Maldives (D)
Bangladesh (D)
Sri Lanka (D)
Chinese Taipei (D)

Pakistan (D)
Nepal (D)
Laos (D)
Cambodia (D)
Brunei (D)
Macau (D)
Afghanistan (D)
Guam (D)
East Timor (D)
Bhutan (D)

Africa
Egypt (D)
Tunisia (D)

Mali (D)
Zambia (D)
Guinea (D)
Togo (D)
Algeria (D)
DR Congo (D)
Uganda (D)
Sudan (D)

Libya (D)
The Gambia (D)
The Congo (D)
Tanzania (D)
Botswana (D)
Rwanda (D)
Namibia (D)
Kenya (D)

Burundi (D)
Benin (D)
Liberia (D)
Sierra Leone (D)
Niger (D)
Malawi (D)
Equatorial Guinea (D)
Mauritania (D)
Lesotho (D)

Chad (D)
Mauritius (D)
Guinea-Bissau (D)
Swaziland (D)
Central African Republic (D)
Comoros (D)
Eritrea (D)
Somalia (D)
Sao Tome and Principe (D)
Djibouti (D)

Oceania
Fiji (D)
Vanuatu (D)
Samoa (D)
Tonga (D)
American Samoa (D)

Managers already taken
Nigel Adkins
Dick Advocaat
Rejepmyrat Agabayew
Massimiliano Allegri
Carlo Ancelotti
Rafa Benitez
Dennis Bergkamp
Marcelo Bielsa
Slaven Bilic
Laurent Blanc
Ian Bogie
Jason Bristow
Anatoly Byshovets
Fabio Capello
José Couceiro
Johan Cruyff
Vicente del Bosque
Kenny Dalgish
Sulejman Demollari
Didier Deschamps
Roberto di Matteo
Unai Emery
Luis Enrique
Frank Farina
Sir Alex Ferguson
Pep Guardiola
Francesco Guidolin
Jupp Heynckes
Guus Hiddink
Ottmar Hitzfeld
Roy Hodgson
Ian Holloway
Eddie Howe
Mark Hughes
Rubén Israel
Gary Johnson
Kim Jong-Hun
Martin Jol
Jurgen Klopp
Antoine Kombouaré
Jason Kreis
Paul Lambert
Russell Lapaty
Michael Laudrup
Claude Le Roy
Marcello Lippi
Joachim Löw
Mircea Lucescu
Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Robert Maaskant
Felix Magath
Roberto Mancini
Diego Maradona
Walter Mazzarri
Ally McCoist
Vincenzo Montella
Jose Mourinho
David Moyes
Takeshi Okada
Cosmin Olaroiu
Lars Olsen
Morten Olsen
Martin O'Neill
Domingos Paciencia
Alan Pardew
José Pekerman
Mike Phelan
Mauricio Pochettino
Cesare Prandelli
Tony Pulis
Muricy Ramalho
Juande Ramos
Claudio Ranieri
Harry Redknapp
Martin Rennie
Frank Rijkaard
Brendan Rodgers
Matthias Sammer
Luis Filipe Scolari
Mirko Slomka
Walter Smith
Ståle Solbakken
Ole-Gunnar Solksjaer
Luciano Spalletti
Mauro Tassotti
Jean Tigana
Oscar Tabarez
Giovanni Trapattoni
Louis van Gaal
Mario Vanemerak
Andre Villas-Boas
Rudi Voller
Arsene Wenger
Theodore Whitmore
Zdenek Zeman

DB Progress (As of 19/06/12)

[18Rabbit]

Nationality: Italian
Name of Club: Il Viola Diavoli, "The Violet Devils"
Chairman Name: Eighteen Rabbit

Home Kit: Double Chevrons - Foreground: Yellow, Background: Violet, Outline: Black, Number: Yellow, Number outline: Black.
Away Kit: Double Chevrons - Foreground: Yellow, Background: Black, Outline: Violet, Number: Yellow, Number outline: Violet.
Stadium Name: Tana del Diavolo, "The Devil's Den"
Preferred Manager: Frank Rijkaard

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 40000 (£25M)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5000 (£16M)
Transfer Funds: £13M
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £1

[Jpr]

Please tell me if i've filled this in wrong...

looks fun though!

THE FORM
Nationality: English
Name of Club: Purple Pigs
Chairman Name: Percy Pope
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Full purple top, white numbers.
Away Kit: White and yellow hoops black numbers.
Stadium Name: Porker Park
Preferred Manager: David Moyes

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15
Youth academy (£10m): yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): £20m - 35,000 capacity.
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): £15m - 4,500 rep.
Transfer Funds: £20m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £5m left over.


Like I said, I'm sure I will have gone wrong filling that in, and yes I insist on having the ugliest kits.

[Dave.]

Like I said, I'm sure I will have gone wrong and I may need to revise facilities if I ever find that list :P

You're £10m over budget, so that needs sorting; but otherwise fine

[kipfizh]

Sounds good!

Nationality: Germany
Name of Club: Der Bandits
Chairman Name: Pete Borowski
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: All Black
Away Kit: Canary Yellow with Green Sleeves
Stadium Name: Ocean View Park
Preferred Manager: Jurgen Klopp

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20 (£20m)
Youth academy (£10m): Yes (£10m)
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20 (£20m)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 65000 (£50m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 3000 (£0m)
Transfer Funds: £0m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £0m

Going for the long term planning route. Get the infrastructure in early, we may struggle early doors but play the long term game.

[Jpr]

You're £10m over budget, so that needs sorting; but otherwise fine

ooops!

Fixed

I'm hoping David Moyes will perform his speciality of doing quite well with limited resources and that the youth will pay off in the future.

[toonbalmy87]

Reserved need to cook food soo be back pronto

[Dave.]

Going for the long term planning route. Get the infrastructure in early, we may struggle early doors but play the long term game.

Don't think that's been done before, pumping ALL money into facilities. Hopefully that giant stadium can earn you the money to push forward! Honoured to have you on board.

Fixed

Yep, all sorted. Your away kit is hurting my eyes...

Reserved need to cook food soo be back pronto

I think you'll be alright in the reserved stakes; not sure all 200+ spots are going to fill before you've had your dinner!

[kipfizh]

Don't think that's been done before, pumping ALL money into facilities. Hopefully that giant stadium can earn you the money to push forward! Honoured to have you on board.

Meant to ask actually - how is the average attendance figure set in the database? Same for everyone? Percentage of capacity?

Yeah, I'm going for the long haul. No money, but a decent manager can handle that, but a strong set of kids and and means to train them. Might be foolhardy. Who knows!

[Dave.]

Meant to ask actually - how is the average attendance figure set in the database? Same for everyone? Percentage of capacity?

Yeah, I'm going for the long haul. No money, but a decent manager can handle that, but a strong set of kids and and means to train them. Might be foolhardy. Who knows!

As a percentage, yes. Roughly in line with most of the larger real clubs, the attendance field will be set to that of the stadium capacity, the minimum attendance to 60%, and the maximum to 125%. It would be unfair to expect people to spend big on stadiums which gives them no advantage over teams with smaller grounds. Hopefully some decent crowds will be attracted.

[toonbalmy87]

Nationality: Portugal
Name of Club: Beja Bulls
Chairman Name: Alejandro Euesebio
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Red and Black Stripes
Away Kit: Black and Red Stripes
Stadium Name: Praça de Touros (Bull Ring)
Preferred Manager: Marcelo Bielsa

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 16
Youth academy (£10m): yes
Training facilities (£1m per level):10
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 15k + 30k = 45k = £30 Mil
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 3000 + 3000 = 6000 = 24 Mil
Transfer Funds: £10 Mil
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0

i think that is right

[TWFL]

THE FORM
Nationality: Angola (Portuguese Speaking)
Name of Club: Aspedras (The Stones)
Chairman Name: Saliencia (The Boss)
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Angola's Red and Black but with Red being the base and the Black being a diagonal stripe
Away Kit: Small Black and Yellow Checks w/ Numbers in White
Stadium Name: Casa d'Aspedras (Home of the Stones)
Preferred Manager: Louis Van Gaal

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 5 (£5m)
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15 (£15m)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 30000 (£15m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): £40m 8000
Transfer Funds: £13m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £2m

I've gone bold here. I'm hoping that a big rep will mean better players and subsequently more money coming in from doing well. What's the prize money like for say finishing first in the top division?

[godsjobsagoodun]

THE FORM
Nationality:Spanish
Name of Club:Sporting Predators
Chairman Name:Jaime Benitez
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit:All Red
Away Kit:White Shirts,Black Shorts,White Socks
Stadium Name:dusty Bowl
Preferred Manager:Jose Mourinho

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level):10 (£10m)
Youth academy (£10m):Yes (£10m)
Training facilities (£1m per level):10 (£10m)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000):50000 (£35m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500):5500 (£20m)
Transfer Funds:£10m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over:£5m

[Dave.]

I've gone bold here. I'm hoping that a big rep will mean better players and subsequently more money coming in from doing well. What's the prize money like for say finishing first in the top division?

Another interesting strategy, differing from the usual tactic of being solid across the board. The prize money hasn't been explicitly decided yet, but it will be high; consistent with Europe's top leagues.

[toonbalmy87]

Looks like me and TWFL will be Rivals *Shakes Fist*

[Dave.]

Nationality: Spain

Spain have already been taken I'm afraid.

[TWFL]

Another interesting strategy, differing from the usual tactic of being solid across the board. The prize money hasn't been explicitly decided yet, but it will be high; consistent with Europe's top leagues.

Ok, I think I may be relying on it come the end of the season. I think I may be going quite risky but it will be interesting to see how it works out.

Looks like me and TWFL will be Rivals *Shakes Fist*

Yeah haha but we won't be able to play each other much because of the continental divisions. We can only play against each other in the cups but that's fine as it just means that one team (me) will get the bragging rights for longer!

[stuart_aberdeen]

THE FORM
Nationality: France
Name of Club: Les Aigles (The eagles)
Chairman Name: Alexis Lesauvage
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Orange top, white shorts/socks.
Away Kit: All Dark blue
Stadium Name: Stade de la Victoire
Preferred Manager: Massimiliano Allegri

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 16
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 35k - £20m
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 6500 - £28m
Transfer Funds: £5m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £1m

[Tactic Master]

Done an edit on my post, gone for low facilities, high rep and large'ish stadium Hoping the reputation will allow us to attract decent players, whilst bringing in a steady income from the stadium.

Just noticed Spain were taken so i'll edit it.

[resde34]

Nationality:Mexican
Name of Club:Mundial de Mazas
Chairman Name:Sergio Avila Carvajal
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit:Red & White
Away Kit:White & Green
Stadium Name:Estadio de la Fuerza
Preferred Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level):18
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level):15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000):15000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500):8500
Transfer Funds:£13m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over:£0m

[Tactic Master]

Sorry about that, it's fully edited now

[Dave.]

Done an edit on my post, gone for low facilities, high rep and large'ish stadium Hoping the reputation will allow us to attract decent players, whilst bringing in a steady income from the stadium.

Just noticed Spain were taken so i'll edit it.

Alright, thanks for that.

[Tactic Master]

It will be interesting to see how things work out for people...

• High Value Into Facilities, Low Rep and Lower Stadium
• Big Stadium, Low Rep, Average Facilities
• High Rep, Average Stadium, Average Facilities
• Average Across The Board
• Big Stadium, Big Rep, Very Low Facilities

There are other combinations too, so I wonder which one would be best to go with

How will we get our players? Will there be a free list for which our managers will fashion a team together, or will you do a draw or what?

[Nottingham Forest]

THE FORM

Nationality: Northern Ireland
Name of Club: BallyNF
Chairman Name: Des O'Neill
Home Kit: Like Norwich's home kit
Away Kit: Like Nottingham Forest's away kit
Stadium Name: The Bally Ground
Preferred Manager: Pep what's his face from Barca?

Youth facilities (£1m per level): £3m
Youth academy (£10m): No
Training facilities (£1m per level): £15m
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 25k(40k in total) = £25m
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 7k = £32m
Transfer Funds: £15m, Do we have to sort out wages?
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £10m

I think that's right?

[Dave.]

How will we get our players? Will there be a free list for which our managers will fashion a team together, or will you do a draw or what?

No - the 'Add Players to Playable Clubs' option will be ticked at the start of the game, and teams will have to rely on both this and their youth system in order to fashion an initial team. And the manager's transfer dealings of course. I want to keep all real players at their current clubs.

Do we have to sort out wages?

From experience, this will be set in relation to the team's transfer budget and balance, but shouldn't be too high at the start of the game to cause any problems. Your form is fine

[Tactic Master]

I was going to go for a small country, but I thought i'd leave that challenge to other people instead

[Tactic Master]

No - the 'Add Players to Playable Clubs' option will be ticked at the start of the game, and teams will have to rely on both this and their youth system in order to fashion an initial team. And the manager's transfer dealings of course. I want to keep all real players at their current clubs.

Any idea if reputation of the club will affect what players we get then? Considering my teams facilities and lack of a youth system, I hope Redknapp is good with the transfers

[Dave.]

Any idea if reputation of the club will affect what players we get then? Considering my teams facilities and lack of a youth system, I hope Redknapp is good with the transfers

As far as I'm aware, there's quite a lot of factors involved. Reputation, facility level, and competition reputation are the biggest I believe.

[5ergio]

THE FORM
Nationality: Turkey
Name of Club: Bogazici SK
Chairman Name: Sercan Cali
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Stripes, White-Dark Blue-Red, All white shorts
Away Kit: Double Chevrons, Red-White-DarkBlue, All blue shorts
Stadium Name: Cumhuriyet
Preferred Manager: André Villas-Boas

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes.
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 50000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 4500
Transfer Funds:£1M
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £2M

Hoping it's all good. Let me know if there is anything I need to change.

[Tactic Master]

I may request to edit my club shortly if thats ok?

[PRDH]

This sounds excellent.

Nationality: Armenian
Name of Club: FC Deġjanik (FC Canary)
Chairman Name: Edmond Doustourian
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Orange Shirt, blue shorts, red socks
Away Kit: Yellow shirt, green socks/shorts
Stadium Name: 23 August 1990 Arena (Date of Armenian declaration of independence from Soviet Union)
Preferred Manager: Paul Lambert

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): £20m
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): £20m
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 15,000 + additional 30,000 = 45,000 - £30m
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 3,000 + additional 2,000 = 5,000 - £16m
Transfer Funds: £2m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £2m

Hopefully Lambert can work his magic moulding the youth products into an efficient team!

I think that's all there (and right) let me know if it's not.

[Jack Rudd]

Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago
Name of Club: Arima Otters
Chairman Name: Andrew Jackson
Home Kit: Green shirt, blue shorts (any pattern you like)
Away Kit: Purple shirt, blue shorts (ditto)
Stadium Name: Elephant Park
Preferred Manager: Russell Latapy

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 15000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 9250
Transfer Funds: 0
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0

[Tactic Master]

THE FORM
Nationality: Holland
Name of Club: Ajax UFC
Chairman Name: Mike Nevo
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: All Green
Away Kit: White & Red
Stadium Name: Ajax Zijn Winnaars
Preferred Manager: Harry Redknapp

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20mil (20)
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20mil (20)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 50mil (65k Stadium)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 0mil (3000)
Transfer Funds: 0mil
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £0

I've deleted my original post and reposted it here, with the full edit of how i'd like my team, sorry for changing so often I wont change it anymore

[ri916]

THE FORM
Nationality: Seychellois
Name of Club: AFC Seychelles Athletic
Chairman Name: Jesus Christ Jr
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: yellow and black stripes (like a bee/wasp)
Away Kit: fully pink
Stadium Name: Elland Road
Preferred Manager: Roberto Mancini (he likes spending money )

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 0
Youth academy (£10m): 0
Training facilities (£1m per level): 0
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): + 20000 ( 20M)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 10000 (so +7000, which I make as 56M)
Transfer Funds: 20M
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 4M


My technique is to make a successful team and then my facilities will be improved.

[ri916]

Shouldnt their be an option for youth recruitment/junior coaching as those are the things that actually affect the quality of the youth players coming through.

[Tactic Master]

Hopefully that comes under youth facilities.

[Dave.]

Shouldnt their be an option for youth recruitment/junior coaching as those are the things that actually affect the quality of the youth players coming through.

Hopefully that comes under youth facilities.

I've kept it simple - in my eyes the Youth Academy will affect the quality of coaching - this attribute is 20 with an academy and 10 without. Each club also has a youth recruitment of 20.

[robbo3d]

THE FORM
Nationality: North Korea
Name of Club: FC Pueblo
Chairman Name: Kim Jong-un
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: All Red
Away Kit: All White
Stadium Name: Kim Il-sung Stadium
Preferred Manager: Kim Jong-Hun

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15 (£15m)
Youth academy (£10m): Yes (£10m)
Training facilities (£1m per level): 10 (£10m)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000):80000 (£65m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 3000 (-)
Transfer Funds: -
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: -

[Spurs + Eastbourne 4eva]

Nationality: Sweden
Name of Club: Swedish House Mafia
Chairman Name: Steven Kemp
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Blue shirt, blue shorts
Away Kit: Yellow Shirt, white shorts
Stadium Name: Ikea Arena
Preferred Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 5 (£5mil)
Youth academy (£10m): No (£0mil)
Training facilities (£1m per level): 8 (£8mil)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 60,000 (£45mil)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 7000 (£32mil)
Transfer Funds: £0
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £10mil

Really like the look of this.

[Jaded]

Nationality: South African
Name of: Amaglug FC
Chairman Name: Joseph Jobe

Home Kit: Yellow with Black Stripes
Away Kit: Orange with white stripes
Stadium Name: Olienhout Park
Preferred Manager: Matthias Sammer

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15
Youth academy (£10m): YES
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 25 mil (so 40 000 seater)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 20 mil ( so 5500 )
Transfer Funds: 15 mil
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0

Sounds Awesome!!!

[William Hall]

THE FORM
Nationality: Australia
Name of Club: FC 2022
Chairman Name: Clive Palmer
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Yellow shirt, Green shorts
Away Kit: Green shorts, Yellow Shorts
Stadium Name: Mineralogy Arena
Preferred Manager: Guus Hiddink

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): no expansion
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): up to 6500 (28 mil)
Transfer Funds: 22 million
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0

[stothy]

Nationality: Brazilian
Name of Club: FC Pelé
Chairman Name: Jake Stothard
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Yellow Shirt, Blue Shorts
Away Kit: Red and White hoops shirt, Black Shorts
Stadium Name: Pelé Arena
Preferred Manager: Marcello Lippi

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): £10mil - 10,000 seats
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): £40mil - 5000 rep
Transfer Funds: 0
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0

[b101]

Nationality: Argentina
Name of: Sporting Maradona (hello irony)
Chairman Name: Diego Maradona

Home Kit: Green with Black Stripes
Away Kit: White with Black Stripes
Stadium Name: The Palms of God
Preferred Manager: Rafa Benitez

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): YES
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 20m
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 20M
Transfer Funds: 15M
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0


EDIT: haha, just seen the post above - should make for a nice little rivalry!

[Dave.]

Maradona v Pelé. I like

[jcoll]

Nationality: Senegalese
Name of Club: Papiss Cissé FC
Chairman Name: Demba Ba
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: White, green shorts
Away Kit: green,yellow shorts
Stadium Name: Strawberry Syrup Stadium
Preferred Manager: Pardew

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): - 15
Youth academy (£10m): -yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): - 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): - 20m 35000 capacity
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 40m - 8000 rep
Transfer Funds: 0
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0

[letissierandhenryaregreat]

Nationality: Jamaica
Name of Club: Three Little Birds United
Chairman Name: Ziggy Marley
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: red, green, yellow and black
Away Kit: yellow, green and black
Stadium Name: Tuff Gong International Arena
Preferred Manager: Theodore Whitmore

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 12
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 30,000 (£10m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 6500 (£28m)
Transfer Funds: £15m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £5m

[MattSpurs94]

Nationality: Cook Islands
Name of Club: FC Raupata
Chairman Name: Matt Watkins

Home Kit: Light blue and black striped shirt, light blue shorts
Away Kit: Plain purple top and shorts
Stadium Name: Penrhyn Park
Preferred Manager: Brendan Rodgers

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 30000 (15m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5000 (16m)
Transfer Funds: 9m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 10m

[stothy]

Maradona v Pelé. I like

Legends! Will be a good game!

[Charlie_B]

Interesting idea! Not too many of us in the Asian leagues it seems.

I'm going to take a gamble and go for a bigger transfer pot, despite knowing how badly the AI do with transfers...

Nationality: Vietnamese
Name of Club: Lưỡi Dao (The Blades)
Chairman Name: Phan Chu Trinh
Home Kit: Red and white stripes
Away Kit: Silver and black stripes
Stadium Name: Bóng Đá Lỗ (The Football Hole(!))
Preferred Manager: Rudi Voller (edited)

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 40,000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 4,000
Transfer Funds: £26m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 1m

[Kristof1982]

This looks like its gonna be an awesome Prospect, Hope I have filled it out properly eh!!


Nationality: Serbian
Name of Club: FK Crna Orlovi (Football Club Black Eagles)
Chairman Name: Lazar Lazarevic
Home Kit: Red Jersey with White Cross and Blue Shorts with White Socks
Away Kit: White Jersey with Red Cross and White Shorts with Blue Socks
Stadium Name: Nikola Tesla Dome
Preferred Manager: Arsene Wenger

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 18
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 35'000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5500
Transfer Funds: 4'000'000
Bank Balance Whatever is left over:8'000'000

[Babaginoosh]

posted new values in another post

[Kristof1982]

THE FORM
Nationality: Australia
Name of Club: FC 2022
Chairman Name: Clive Palmer
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Yellow shirt, Green shorts
Away Kit: Green shorts, Yellow Shorts
Stadium Name: Mineralogy Arena
Preferred Manager: Guus Hiddink

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): no expansion
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): up to 6500 (28 mil)
Transfer Funds: 22 million
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0

I like that your gonna make your boys wear two pairs of shorts and no top during away games!!! You could be on to something :-P

[kipfizh]

THE FORM
Nationality: Holland
Name of Club: Ajax UFC
Chairman Name: Mike Nevo
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: All Green
Away Kit: White & Red
Stadium Name: Ajax Zijn Winnaars
Preferred Manager: Harry Redknapp

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20mil (20)
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20mil (20)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 50mil (65k Stadium)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 0mil (3000)
Transfer Funds: 0mil
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £0

I've deleted my original post and reposted it here, with the full edit of how i'd like my team, sorry for changing so often I wont change it anymore

Copycat

Hopefully the comparison between our clubs will prove that Jurgen Klopp > Harry Redknapp. Which as a Gooner, I can confidently say is the case.

Mind the gap.

[EoinMcG]

Nationality: Uruguay
Name of Club: Los Golfos
Chairman Name: El Maestro (the teacher)
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Light blue shirt/white shorts
Away Kit: Black shirt/White shorts
Stadium Name: Estadio de Fuego
Preferred Manager: Oscar Tabarez - The manager of the national team, i'm not sure if he's on the game?

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 18
Youth academy (£10m): yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 16
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 30,000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5000
Transfer Funds: £25 million
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £0 million

[Dave.]

Preferred Manager: Rudi Voller (I think he's a prefectly reasonable choice, but if I'm not allowed him because he starts the game as a DOF then Cesare Prandelli)

Voller's fine; he's in the database and has been a manager at some point in his career

[EoinMcG]

Nationality: Uruguay
Name of Club: Los Golfos
Chairman Name: El Maestro (the teacher)
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Light blue shirt/white shorts
Away Kit: Black shirt/White shorts
Stadium Name: Estadio de Fuego
Preferred Manager: Oscar Tabarez - The manager of the national team, i'm not sure if he's on the game?

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 18
Youth academy (£10m): yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 16
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 30,000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5000
Transfer Funds: £25 million
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £0 million

I edited my post quite a bit! Don't want Klinsmen anymore.. Sorry

[Dave.]

I edited my post quite a bit! Don't want Klinsmen anymore.. Sorry

He's there yes, that's fine.

[jimbowmanuk]

Nationality: Croatian
Name of Club: CSKA Dubrovnik
Chairman Name: Davor Bowmanic
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Red and White Checks, Shorts White, Socks Red
Away Kit: Black and Green Checks, Shorts Black, Socks Green
Stadium Name: Sukor Stadion
Preferred Manager: Slaven Bilic

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 25,000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5500
Transfer Funds: £10m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over:£10m

[Ratonbox]

THE FORM
Nationality: Romania
Name of Club: FC Craiova Sud
Chairman Name: Marius Kares
Home Kit: Black middle stripe on navy blue background shirt, black shorts
Away Kit: White shirt, navy blue shorts
Stadium Name: Southern Delight Stadium
Preferred Manager: Luis Enrique

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 35000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5000
Transfer Funds: 10m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 4m pounds

[BuffaloPhil]

Nationality: Scotland
Name of Club: Ochaneffing Thistle
Chairman Name: Buffalo Phil
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Navy shirts and shorts both with lime green trim, white socks.
Away Kit: Sky blue shirts, white shorts, sky blue socks.
Stadium Name: The Cereal Bowl
Preferred Manager: Spalletti

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15 (£15m)
Youth academy (£10m): Yes (£10m)
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15 (£15m)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 45000 (£30m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 6000 (£24m)
Transfer Funds: £6m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: zero

[EoinMcG]

He's there yes, that's fine.

How many teams are you looking for?

[Dave.]

How many teams are you looking for?

Well, there are 208 places to fill, but I realise it's totally unrealistic to expect them to all be taken. So I'm going to accept as many entries as possible up until the deadline in the OP (or interest dies down) and fill the rest of the places with generic AI run sides.

[EoinMcG]

Well, there are 208 places to fill, but I realise it's totally unrealistic to expect them to all be taken. So I'm going to accept as many entries as possible up until the deadline in the OP (or interest dies down) and fill the rest of the places with generic AI run sides.

That's a hell of a lot of work! haha. Is it just you creating the database?

[Dave.]

That's a hell of a lot of work! haha. Is it just you creating the database?

Tell me about it! I've currently done 17/30 of the clubs so far entered and the stadia/chairmen for the rest. Hoping to catch up with all entries by the end of today as well as competitions. What I've learned in the past regarding things like this is the worst thing I can do is get left behind.

[EoinMcG]

Tell me about it! I've currently done 17/30 of the clubs so far entered and the stadia/chairmen for the rest. Hoping to catch up with all entries by the end of today as well as competitions. What I've learned in the past regarding things like this is the worst thing I can do is get left behind.

haha well it looks great mate! That's quite a bit done already, i hope you can keep up with the workload!!

[mightymariner]

THE FORM
Nationality: Welsh
Name of Club: FC Valley United
Chairman Name: Saint David
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Red and black stripes
Away Kit: Light blue shirt with white trim, white shorts and socks.
Stadium Name: The Valley Arena
Preferred Manager: Martin O'Neil

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000):30000 (£15m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 4000 (£8m)
Transfer Funds: £10m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £17m

[18Rabbit]

Tell me about it! I've currently done 17/30 of the clubs so far entered and the stadia/chairmen for the rest. Hoping to catch up with all entries by the end of today as well as competitions. What I've learned in the past regarding things like this is the worst thing I can do is get left behind.

I can make a couple more if you want additional teams. Our input is pretty limited ("Fire that jerk!" and "Hire this new jerk!") so managing multiples should be pretty easy for us. You have the hard work.

[mightymariner]

I can make a couple more if you want additional teams. Our input is pretty limited ("Fire that jerk!" and "Hire this new jerk!") so managing multiples should be pretty easy for us. You have the hard work.

Yeah same here if you want.

[Coentrao]

Hopefully i got this right:


THE FORM
Nationality: Canadian
Name of Club: Calgary City FC
Chairman Name: Bret Hart
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Red Shirt, White Shorts, Red Socks
Away Kit: All White
Stadium Name: The Calgary Arena
Preferred Manager: Domingos Paciencia

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 25000 (10)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 4500(12)
Transfer Funds: 20
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 13

[Matshit]

Nationality: Czech Republic
Name of Club: FC Nedved
Chairman Name: Pavel Nedved
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Horizontal Section Split type: Orange foreground section... rest of jersey all black.
Away Kit: All white shirts, red shirts, red socks.
Stadium Name: Nejhloupější Jméno Pro Stadion
Preferred Manager: Francesco Guidolin

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 15000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 8500
Transfer Funds: 5
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 1

[Babaginoosh]

OP is it too late to make a change in values or will it be a pain in the butt?

[Dave.]

haha well it looks great mate! That's quite a bit done already, i hope you can keep up with the workload!!

Thanks for the support

I can make a couple more if you want additional teams. Our input is pretty limited ("Fire that jerk!" and "Hire this new jerk!") so managing multiples should be pretty easy for us. You have the hard work.

Yeah same here if you want.

There should actually be more things you'll be able to do once we get going, including a lot of thread-based challenges. But I expect I'll open up the option of people having a second team in a different confederation (ie not having two rival European teams) a little later on down the line when demand starts dropping.

OP is it too late to make a change in values or will it be a pain in the butt?

No that's fine - as long as you tell me things have changed so I don't miss it!

[ri916]

Thought I would make another entry incase you are willing to let people do two!

Nationality: China
Name of Club: Xeng Xauow
Chairman Name: Xeng Xauow
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Red shirt, white shorts
Away Kit: Black shirt, white shorts
Stadium Name: Stade de Chinois
Preferred Manager: Jason Bristow

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20 (20m)
Youth academy (£10m): yes (10m)
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20 (20m
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 15000 (-)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 8000 (40m)
Transfer Funds: 10m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 0

edit : just saw your above post

[Dave.]

Thought I would make another entry incase you are willing to let people do two!

Judging by your edit I can see you've noticed, but if nobody claims China before I decide to open up the option of a second team for players, then this form will be valid.

[Babaginoosh]

THE FORM
Nationality: Greece
Name of Club: Eklektous FC (the chosen ones)
Chairman Name: Theofanis Papadopoulos
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: All black with white numbers and letters
Away Kit: All white with black numbers and letters
Stadium Name: Kathedrikos Vaos (the cathedral)
Preferred Manager: Felipe Scolari

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20 (£20m)
Youth academy (£10m): Yes (£10m)
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20 (£20m)
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 30,000 (£15m)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 6,000 (£24m)
Transfer Funds: £11
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £0

[bergtaur]

THE FORM
Nationality: The United States of America
Name of Club: Las Vegas Aces
Chairman Name: Ryan Bergman
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Gold Kits with white trim on sides, White shorts and gold socks
Away Kit: Red and Black stripes with black shorts and white socks
Stadium Name: Google International Field
Preferred Manager: Jason Kreis (Real Salt Lake Manager)

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15
Youth academy (£10m): Yep
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 25,000 (10M)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5500 (20M)
Transfer Funds: 19M
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 11M


Deciding to bank some cash just in case, should be super interesting.

[godsjobsagoodun]

[QUOTE=Dave.;7730098]No - the 'Add Players to Playable Clubs' option will be ticked at the start of the game, and teams will have to rely on both this and their youth system in order to fashion an initial team. And the manager's transfer dealings of course. I want to keep all real players at their current clubs.

Forgive my stupidity but does that mean you already know which players are at which clubs?

Cant wait for this to start.

[Dave.]

Forgive my stupidity but does that mean you already know which players are at which clubs?

Cant wait for this to start.

No sorry, it's not really that clear now I read it again. I meant that all players at real clubs will stay there (ie Messi will remain at Barca). All players at the clubs in this sign-up will be game-generated, before of course managers make any signings from overseas.

[resde34]

I changed my reputation, training facilities and transfer budget.

[godsjobsagoodun]

Thanks Dave. Also thanks for doing this, must take up most of your time!!

[stothy]

This sign up is VERY exciting!

[Charlie_B]

Voller's fine; he's in the database and has been a manager at some point in his career

Cheers! I've edited my original post so it's clear Prandelli is still available.

[glennuk]

Nationality: Chilean
Name of Club: La Chimba Bellavista
Chairman Name: Glenn Crane

Home Kit: Blue with white sleeves, black numbers, and black Shorts
Away Kit: Chilean national kit. (All red with a few white markings)
Stadium Name: La Chascona Estadio
Preferred Manager: Ole Gunna Solksjaer

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 20
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 45000 (£30mil)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 4500 (£12M)
Transfer Funds: £13M
Bank Balance Whatever is left over:

[gooner83]

Nationality: Russia
Name of Club: Moscow Mafia
Chairman Name: GoonerEightyThree
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Orange and Green stripes
Away Kit: Black and Orange
Stadium Name: Gooner Arena
Preferred Manager: Unai Emery

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 15
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 50000 (35M)
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5500 (20M)
Transfer Funds: £2M
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £3M

Cannot wait for this to start!

[Ben Evans]

Nationality: Ukrainian
Name of Club: The Chicken Kievs
Chairman Name: Ben Evans

Home Kit: Green with yellow sleeves, black numbers and green shorts
Away Kit: A reserve of the home kit with white shorts
Stadium Name: The Nuclear Arena
Preferred Manager: Martin Jol

Chairman has been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 10
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 10
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 40000 (£25m)
Reputation: (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 5000 (£20m)
Transfer Funds: £25m
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: £0m
Looking forward to this!

[gooner83]

Quick question: Will the stadiums be set so they can be expanded and to what size will the max capacity be set?

[Dave.]

Quick question: Will the stadiums be set so they can be expanded and to what size will the max capacity be set?

Currently, expansion capacity is set to 0. I'm not entirely sure if this means that any attempt by the board to expand the stadium will be blocked or not. If there is strong support for this criterion to be changed then I can do, but for now stadiums are set at the capacities they start at.

[Rikulec]

Nationality: Georgia
Name of Club: Najebani Bez Pracy
Chairman Name: Grigorij Kalmanavardze
Chairman stats will be random, with the exception of loyalty. Don't want you leaving, do we?
Home Kit: Black shirt with white stripes, black shorts, black socks.
Away Kit: Everything yellow.
Stadium Name: Melina u Stacha
Preferred Manager: Jupp Heynckes

Chairmen have been granted £100m each to spend on the following areas:

Youth facilities (£1m per level): 20
Youth academy (£10m): Yes
Training facilities (£1m per level): 15
Stadium Size (starts at 15000, £5m for each additional 5000): 15000
Reputation (starts at 3000, £4m for each additional 500): 9000
Transfer Funds: 3.000.000
Bank Balance Whatever is left over: 4.000.000

[gooner83]

Currently, expansion capacity is set to 0. I'm not entirely sure if this means that any attempt by the board to expand the stadium will be blocked or not. If there is strong support for this criterion to be changed then I can do, but for now stadiums are set at the capacities they start at.

Thanks for response, the reason for asking was i wondered if those clubs in a smaller Nation where they receive lower sponsorship, tv revenue etc would be hindered by those in larger Nations getting much more money than them and being left in the duldrums so to speak? If they could get larger stadiums then it could help them financially compete with other clubs. Not sure if this makes sense but it did in my head lol

[Dave.]

Thanks for response, the reason for asking was i wondered if those clubs in a smaller Nation where they receive lower sponsorship, tv revenue etc would be hindered by those in larger Nations getting much more money than them and being left in the duldrums so to speak? If they could get larger stadiums then it could help them financially compete with other clubs. Not sure if this makes sense but it did in my head lol

I'm not sure if the nation they are based in will have much impact; they'll all be in the same league system (at least within their continental confederations) and so sponsorship and certainly TV revenue will be consistent with their bigger rivals. I hope I've answered the question you were asking sufficiently here.

[Dave.]

SPONSORSHIP CHALLENGE #1 - MANNGELD ENTERPRISES

Sponsorship challenges will feature from time to time in this thread, hosted by the companies Friedrich Manngeld has secured competition sponsorship from. These challenges can take a variety of forms - based on in-game stats you have no control over, quizzes, a thread competition, as well as others. As a very rich man, Manngeld can afford to offer a vast array of exciting and valuable prizes himself, as well as those offered by the sponsors.

Manngeld has yet to disclose details of any sponsorship deals he has secured, and in an effort to promote his leagues to the world, has issued a challenge. Guess one of the companies he has made an agreement with, and win one of a number of prizes he has on offer.

There are 25 sponsors in all, one each for the premier division, lower divisions (except Oceania and South America), cup and super cup of each country, as well one each for the World Club Championship; open to every team in the new league system, the Cup Winners' Cup; open to the premier division and cup winners of each country, and the Manngeld Trophy; a two legged affair between the winner of the World Club Championship and the winner of the existing FIFA Club World Cup.

A correct guess of one of the sponsors of the two large worldwide cups (Manngeld Trophy not included) will net one of the best young players from one of the world's newest and most impressive youth academies in Germany, which Manngeld owns and runs. A correct guess at one of the sponsors of a continental premier division or cup will win the prize of £1M, and a small reputation boost to their club (+100). And a correct guess at one of the ten other sponsors of the lower leagues and super cups will win £1M. Each sponsor of a competition is based in the same continent as that competition, and is a large and (fairly) well known company.

Good luck to all those who take part in this challenge, and only your first guess will count! (No editing of posts is allowed, and in the case of two players' guesses being the same, only the first one will be accepted.)

[Babaginoosh]

we are only allowed to guess one of the 25 possible sponsors?

[Dave.]

we are only allowed to guess one of the 25 possible sponsors?

Yep that's it, just the one guess.

[Babaginoosh]

Challenge #1

I had 2 in mind, but ill go with the old reliable "Coke" or "Coca-Cola"

[kipfizh]

Challenge #1

Given Manngeld's German roots, I'm going to go with Volkswagen.

[b101]

Challenge #1 : Apple

[mightymariner]

Challenge #1 Mercedes

[robbo3d]

Challenge #1

Korea Ferrous Metals Export & Import Corporation

[toonbalmy87]

Currently, expansion capacity is set to 0. I'm not entirely sure if this means that any attempt by the board to expand the stadium will be blocked or not. If there is strong support for this criterion to be changed then I can do, but for now stadiums are set at the capacities they start at.

problem with that is the AI board will in time build a whole new stadium with out the chairman wanting too