Razer82 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Well only appears to be 6M for me But sure I can take a win or two As for seeding in the draw it is complete BS that Porto & Sporting were seeded 2nd, and we get seeded 4th even as Champions of Portugal last season. This has meant us drawing At. Madrid (1st), O.Lyon (2nd) & Beskitas (3rd). I can probably beat Beskitas, but I expect some tough matches trying to get through the group stage from here. Sporting & Porto should both get through their groups in 2nd, Porto meets Bayern, Steaua & Palermo, while Sporting meets Man Utd, Austria Wein & FC Nantes. It's 6M for just making the group, when the TV money is shared out and the end of the competition, you'll get another 6 or 7M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 It's 6M for just making the group, when the TV money is shared out and the end of the competition, you'll get another 6 or 7M. Oh sweet, forgot about TV Money, well that's really going to help me out, and mean that I can possibly buy some better players, but I love the group I have they play brilliantly together and I like that there are no superstars in the squad. How are Fafe going this season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razer82 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 How are Fafe going this season? We're currently in the off season. As always, looking to improve the squad during the transfer window. I do have a season report to do, if I don't get it done tonight then it will be up at some point on Friday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohanzee Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Albion Rovers 2018/2019 1st in Clydesdale Bank Premier League (pred: 2nd) | Transfers | Finances | Graph The League I think this is one of the best performances I've ever had in the league with any team. We scored more than 3 a game and the defense was great as well. Looking at the graph it may seem like we had a bad start to the season, but we didn't. We're only low because we had to play European qualifiers and super cup and the other teams where 2-3 games a head of us by the time we played our 2nd game in the league. Highlight of the season was when we went to Ibrox and beat Rangers 4-2 to clinch the title. It was the last game before the split and Danny Dillon scored a hat-trick against his former club. I bet they are wondering why they let him go to one of their rivals now. The Cups The League Cup was over quickly as we went out in the quarter final agains Hearts. In the Scottish Cup we had a great run getting to the final for the first time. Somehow Hibernian, who are in the 1st division got themselves to the final as well. I expected a win and we completely hammered them. 2 goals from each of our 3 attackers and 7-0 in the end. Our first Scottish Cup. The European Cups It began with two tough qualifying rounds against Ajax and Sevilla which I talked about here. In the group stage we where drawn against Liverpool, FC Copenhagen and FC Porto. We also lost the European Super Cup to Real Madrid. [b][color="Blue"]Champions Cup Group D ([url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9clgrp.jpg"]table[/url])[/color][/b] Liverpool H [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9cl1.jpg"]2-0[/url] Necas, Spiridon FC Copenhagen A [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9cl2.jpg"]0-3[/url] FC Porto A [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9cl3.jpg"]1-3[/url] Boyero FC Porto H [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9cl4.jpg"]1-2[/url] Garcia Liverpool A [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9cl5.jpg"]0-1[/url] FC Copenhagen H [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9cl6.jpg"]3-1[/url] Ivanio, Miquel, Juan After beating Liverpool I thought this might be a great year for us in the Champions Cup, but no such luck. Turns out Liverpool was the weakest team in the group. Who would have thought? Apparently Fernando Torres retired after last season only 34 years old and is now a manager. I guess they haven't really replaced their stars cause they lost at home to both Porto and Copenhagen as well. They still managed to beat us though, and it was well deserved. But they then lost to Porto away while we beat FC Copenhagen at our ground and snatched the 3rd spot in the last game. I feel like we deserved better in many of these games. Really disappointed. [b][color="#0000ff"]EURO Cup 1st Knockout Round[/color][/b] Red Star H [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecko11.jpg"]6-2[/url] de Jong, Dillon x2, Boyero, Necas, Miquel Red Star A [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecko12.jpg"]1-2[/url] Miquel The homegame was a pretty even match until they got a man sent off after 30 minutes. Then they just broke down. I like the score more than them philosophy, but I wasn't to happy with them scoring a second with 10 men. Anyways the away game was more of a formality, even though they could have managed a 4-0 win with some extreme luck. 2-1 was probably a fair result. [b][color="#0000ff"]EURO Cup 2nd Knockout Round[/color][/b] Fenerbache H [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecko21.jpg"]4-2[/url] Juan, Necas, Dillon, Spiridon Fenerbache A [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecko22.jpg"]2-0[/url] Frimpong, Juan The Turkish side didn't cause us much trouble. I was a bit annoyed at letting them score a second in overtime at our ground, but we where much better than them in Turkey as well and deserved to go through. [b][color="#0000ff"]EURO Cup Quarter Final[/color][/b] Dortmund A [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecqrt1.jpg"]2-1[/url] Fiorillo (OG), Dillon Dortmund H [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecqrt2.jpg"]2-0[/url] Juan, de Jong A copy of last years final. In the away game we where 2-0 up when Palombi managed to get sent off before half-time. The second half was theirs but they only managed to score one goal and we had a great result for the second leg. We where the better team again at home and Juan scored after just 1 minute. Once again we had a man sent off, but this time it was late in the game (87') so it didn't make a difference. [b][color="#0000ff"]EURO Cup Semi Final[/color][/b] Sporting CP A [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecsemi1.jpg"]1-2[/url] Necas Sporting CP H [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecsemi2.jpg"]1-0[/url] Dillon This was our toughest task so far. In Portugal it was a close match with lots of big chances to both teams. It looked like ending 1-0 to them, but Necas equalized for us after 92 minutes. I thought we'd be getting a great score draw, but Wellington Silva made it 2-1 to them after 94 minutes. Very entertaining. The home match was even closer. Both teams could have won but Danny Dillon made the difference with his goal 6 minutes after coming on as a substitute. We'd reached the finals again on the away goal rule. [b][color="#0000ff"]EURO Cup Final[/color][/b] Sampdoria N [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecfinal1.jpg"]1-0[/url] Dillon The final this year was actually played in Scotland at Celtic Park in Glasgow. It was another tight match that could have gone either way. We did create more shots than them, but it was mostly long range efforts. In the end it was Danny Dillon who made the difference once again as he 41st goal of the season to clinch us another European trophy. The Players (stats | sorted by av rat.) Starting at the back Delac had a great season, which was to be expected. He broke his finger at one point and was out for 6 weeks, but other than that was ever preset and got a couple of Man of the Match awards for his performances. Bringing in some more tall tall trees in the heart of our defense was a great idea to. Paulinho, Smith and de Jong where amazing and chipped in a load of goals on set pieces as well. I'll no doubt be going for physical presence a head of technical stats on my defenders from now on. Tumelo Salie was definitely worth the money we payed for him as well. Great fullback. We need someone like him on the other side as Pankert was no more than average. I might just consider playing Jay-Emmanuel Thomas there fulltime though, as he's done a great job in that position when needed. In midfield it was the same guys as last year, but they did their job again. Miquel is relly turning into a star and is attracting lots of interest now. I wanna mention Ravel Morrison as well cause he's also growing up and had a great season. The same can be said for Emmanuel Frimpong who was probably our most consistent midfielder this year. In attack everyone was on fire. No matter who we put in the 3 striker positions at least one of them seemed to hammer them in. The big surprise for me though was Danny Dillon, the Scottish kid we stole from Rangers. As mentioned he scored a hat-trick against them in the game that won us the title, but he was on fire all season and became the premier league top goalscorer with 31 goals in just 26 starts. He got 43 goals in total. I think we might have trouble holding on to this kid. Half of England and a few German clubs are already after him. The Finances We had a minor profit before the board announced that we are gonna build a new stadium. I can't wait for it to be finished, we really needed this. I really hope we can go at least one step further in the Champions Cup next year so we make a little more money from that. The EURO Cup is nice, but the money is peanuts compared to the Champions Cup. Average attendance this year was 6656. The Scottish Teams in Europe Rangers like us finished 3rd in their Champions Cup group. They got to the 2nd KO round of the EURO Cup where Dortmund beat them by just a one goal margin. Dundee Utd got to the 1st KO round of the EURO Cup, while Celtic and Hearts where humiliated and ended last in their EURO Cup groups. The Future It's gonna be hard to beat this treble winning season. I'd like to go one step further in the Champions Cup, that's the main goal. Almost every player we have is wanted by some other club, so that could be a issue, but I think we got such a solid platform now it's not gonna be to hard to replace anyone that leaves. We're getting a new stadium, finally!! [b][u][color="Blue"]CLUB HISTORY[/color][/u][/b] [b]SEASON LEAGUE POS. S-CUP L-CUP EUROPE NOTES[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]10/11[/b] 3D [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s1tab.jpg"]1st[/url] 4th Round 1st Round - Promoted [b]11/12[/b] 2D [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s2tab.jpg"]3rd[/url] 4th Round 1st Round - Promoted through playoff [b]12/13[/b] 1D [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s3tab.jpg"]3rd[/url] Qtr Final 2nd Round - Won Challenge Cup [b]13/14[/b] 1D [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s4tab.jpg"]1st[/url] Qtr Final 3rd Round - Promoted [b]14/15[/b] PREM [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s5tab.jpg"]3rd[/url] Semi Final 3rd Round - Qualified for Europe [b]15/16[/b] PREM [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s6tab.jpg"]3rd[/url] Final WINNER EC 1st KO Rnd ... [b]16/17[/b] PREM [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s7tab.jpg"]1st[/url] Qtr Final 5th Round EC 2nd KO Rnd Champions! [b]17/18[/b] PREM [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s8tab.jpg"]2nd[/url] 5th Round Final EC WINNER Won EURO Cup! [b]18/19[/b] PREM [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9tab.jpg"]1st[/url] WINNER Qtr Final EC WINNER Treble! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b][u][color="Blue"]TROPHY CABINET[/color][/u][/b] [b]Scottish Premier League[/b] - [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s7tab.jpg"]16/17[/url], [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9tab.jpg"]18/19[/url] [b]Scottish First Division[/b] - [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s4tab.jpg"]13/14[/url] [b]Scottish Third Division[/b] - [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s1tab.jpg"]10/11[/url] [b]EURO Cup[/b] - [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s8ecfix.jpg"]17/18[/url], [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9ecfix.jpg"]18/19[/url] [b]Scottish Cup[/b] - [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s9scfix.jpg"]18/19[/url] [b]League Cup[/b] - [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s6lcfix.jpg"]15/16[/url] [b]Challenge Cup[/b] - [url="http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/TommiHelm/Albion/s3chalcup.jpg"]12/13[/url] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostwriter Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Renato Curi Angolana - Serie C1/B - Christmas 2016 As previously mentioned the wage budget issues continued to dominate, again lower and again only able to offer peanuts to potential recruits. Hence I continued my £100 p/w hunt as 3 Italians came in before the end of July. Things then got international as an 18yo Brazilian GK, for some reason, accepted this dire wage to cross the Atlantic and I am very grateful that he did as he is going to be a star; potential to be even better than Remy although it will take a few years. Next up was a Kazakh, like the 1st one from a few years back he is German born and bred, this one is a potentially useful DC. Whilst all this was going on I was clearing out the backups with the usual wage reduction intentions. The 2 Spaniards (Carletes, Cuenca) left on frees whilst I flogged both my backup DR and MR for over £200k in total; money good, totally lack of right-sided cover bad. Maric had been a great servant but he has been overtaken by a couple of players at DL so I offered him out for free to get his £700 p/w wages off the books; he went to Serie D. With Aílton's arrival (Brazilian GK) I realised I could flog Promes, the Dutch GK, and still have acceptable cover so I did just that; for £70k. At the end of all this, I had somehow managed to go below the budget and was able to offer a little bit. Only issue was that all the players I had wanted had already been signed up! I ended up with a couple of French teenagers, an MC and a very useful AM L as backup for Vonk. And that put us back over the budget and in the £100 p/w market... Also during the Summer 3 of the better players (inc. Vonk) wanted to move to bigger clubs and put themselves on the transfer list. Great . Thankfully they all removed themselves and signed new contracts before December. So, as the season started, the 1st team was totally unchanged whilst a couple of last season's £100 p/w signings moved up to replace the departed backups. Very debatable as to whether the squad was stronger, in theory all the youngsters are 1 year older and hence 1 year better but the backups are weaker. We started off fantastically by strolling past Cosenza in the Coppa before stunning Serie B Atalanta 2-1 aet at their place and then suffering a 115th minute defeat at Serie B Salernitana in the next round. Serie C1/B started with 2 away games; first a stroll past Alto Adige before a slight struggle to a draw at Alghero. Next up was the first league game in the new Luisi Arena against Mantova and being 0-2 down at h/t was not part of the plan, thankfully a few words and a Tacchinardi brace brought us the draw. 3 straight wins kept us unbeaten and near the top before grabbing a 90th minute equaliser at Monopoli. We then went to league leaders Gallipoli and were totally outplayed in the 1st half (0-2) before going down to 10 men which actually helped us as we got a goal back and nearly equalised. When we conceded an early goal at home to Pro Vercelli I was slightly concerned but Tacchinardi had other ideas as he banged in a hat-trick before h/t and one more in the 2nd half as we romped to a 5-2 win. We then became prolific; 4 more wins, 13 goals. They were not all that simple as it took 2 very late goals to beat Bassano before we came back twice from behind against Rimini. By this match we were in full injury crisis mode; my whole midfield was out injured along with my best ST. This clearly affected us in the next couple of matches as no matter how we tried we were unable to get past bottom club Pergocrema's defence before we lost our unbeaten home record to Manfredonia (first home defeat in 18 months), most unexpected as they are only an average midtable side but they totally outplayed us. We took this defeat out on Foligno, 3 up within 24 minutes. Next up were 2 straight games away in Mantova, first up was the final Serie C Cup group match, a win and we were thru, the 2-5 defeat we got meant we weren't. However 3 days later, our 2nd visit for the league was much much more successful as we inexplicably romped to a 4-0 win . We finished off 2016 with a very very unconvincing 1-0 home win over Rodengo. This coupled with Mantova's win at leaders Gallipoli means that we in a very impressive 2nd place only one point behind said leaders and 11 points from 6th place and outside of the playoffs. Very happy with that. Although our defence is still occasionally very dodgy it is our strikeforce that has put us there; 2.5 goals per game with Tacchinardi nearly averaging a goal a game whilst Napoli is on fire and took advantage of a 2 month injury to Keita (who has been unable to regain his place yet). Also Agudo, the multi-purpose defender / midfielder I bought (for real money , when we had some) 3 years back, has suddenly gone from good to absolutely immense, he is mainly playing at DR has played a bit at MR and is supposedly even better at DC but he won't play there this season. One other important fact is that I have managed to get the whole squad to sign new contracts so no-one will be leaving for free in the Summer. It has taken me way over the wage budget and annoyed the board but I can look at that problem in the Summer. Excepting an huge crisis we should be safe in the playoffs but I want to avoid them if I can and claim the title. I reckon it might be possible if we can avoid too many injuries... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Congrats on the Triple there Ohanzee, a great run in the league as well, and gutting to come third in Europe And you are looking good as well Ghost, a lot closer to getting promoted this time around. Evora are currently unbeaten through ten games, that includes a 3:0 victory over Lyon, 4:1 over Benfica in the League, 2:0 over Porto in the league & 2:1 over Sporting to win the Super Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Hey has anyone else had a record not working correctly? I am now 15 games unbeaten this season, and with 10 unbeaten at the end of last season thats 25 in a row, but my record still shows 19...? Also added a 3:2 over Sporting (LS), 3:1 over At. Madrid, & 2:1 over At. Madrid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Ohanzee - congrats on the treble. unlucky with the Cl but made up for it in euro cup. Dillon looks a great prospect. And good news on the new stadium too. Des - unlucky with the CL draw. the seedings and the coefficients can be a farce sometimes... ghostwriter - good luck for the rest of the season. i think this might be your year for promotion..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Des - unlucky with the CL draw. the seedings and the coefficients can be a farce sometimes... In the end we actually did pretty well, beating At. Madrid twice, Lyon once, and qualified top from our group, but of course no one wants us to win so the 1st knockout round sees us face Inter Milan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 In the end we actually did pretty well, beating At. Madrid twice, Lyon once, and qualified top from our group, but of course no one wants us to win so the 1st knockout round sees us face Inter Milan. Inter Milan... Who are they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Orosz has broken his foot and is out for 3 months...... Pressure is on now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Orosz has broken his foot and is out for 3 months...... Pressure is on now. Ouch that's really not good. My run of league games without a loss is up to 26 straight, though I did drop a game in the Champs league so not looking at a perfect season anymore, but trying to win the League as simply as I can. I bought one more Central Midfielder in January and he looks pretty good so far. So how is your current run going? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Really the difference this season has to be the huge step up by my defenders, we have conceded only 3 goals in our 16 league games so far. *touches wood* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Ouch that's really not good. My run of league games without a loss is up to 26 straight, though I did drop a game in the Champs league so not looking at a perfect season anymore, but trying to win the League as simply as I can. I bought one more Central Midfielder in January and he looks pretty good so far.So how is your current run going? this will no doubt jinx it completely but with 7 gaems to go we've almost caught the top two. got everything crossed we can nick a top 2 spot. Sounds like you're going great guns Des. keep it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Leg 1 of Champs League Knockout Round Inter 0:2 Evora... Not only a win, but two away goals before we head home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razer82 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Razer82 – Associacao Desporitvo de Fafe – Portuguese Liga Sagres – 2022/2023 Liga Sagres – Media Prediction – 1st – Actual – 1st – Champions! Portuguese Cup – Winners! – Defeated Vit Guimaraes 2-0 Portuguese League Cup – Winners! – Defeated Sporting 4-0 Portuguese Super Cup – Winners! – Defeated Braga 2-1 Champions League – Winners! – Defeated AC Milan 2-0 Team Stats Transfers Top Scorer: Jorge Acosta (26) Top Assists: Adrian Vaquero (29) Does a season get any better than this? We shot out of the gates racking up 10 wins in the first 10 games; the only team that could match us were Braga. The great start was improved greatly by the bad starts that Sporting & Benfica made as we were already over ten points ahead of them in the league after those ten games. We continued our great form all the way through the league as we just kept winning & wrapped up the title with 7 games to go. The only thing left to do was to see if we’d be able to go unbeaten – something not even Benfica have managed. 2 narrow 4-3 victories in the last few games caused a bit of wobble, but 3 4-1 wins to close the season gave us an unbeaten year. The domestic cups were simple affairs this year, we avoided Sporting & Benfica in the Cup as they were both knocked out by other sides. It was down to us to dispatch both sides in the League cup though, a narrow 1-0 win over Benfica put us into the final to be able to retain the trophy. Last season’s improved Champions League performance had me thinking we could maybe progress past the Knockout Round for the first time. Whilst the group stage performance wasn’t our best we really showed what we’re capable of when it came to the knockout stages. Strong home wins were our route through the rounds as we weren’t able to secure an away win in any of the ties. I was surprised with the win over Man City, as they were conquerors of Barcelona in the previous round. A late Chelesa goal at Stamford Bridge gave them a 3-2 lead for the home leg of the Semi-Final. Liam Bajek exploded in the home game with two goals in the first 15 minutes, he completed his hat trick in the second half before Chelsea pulled one back in injury time but we’d already done enough to get into our first Champions League Final. We’d be facing AC Milan for the trophy, a side that includes Fabregas, Akinfeev and Jack Rodwell. I thought that we’d end the game on the wrong end of the result and was totally shocked when we got to the end of normal time with a 0-0 scoreline. Extra time started well with Benoit Hansen knocking in a goal on 100 minutes. 5 minutes later we were awarded a penalty which Adrain Vaquero slotted home to double our lead and secure us the trophy & Fafe’s first ever Champions League trophy. Champions League Summary The amazing run to the final, secured our financial future for many years to come as we collected over £25m in prize money & £20m in TV revenue. This resulted in the board deciding to build us a new stadium! In two years time we’ll be playing the brand new Fafe Stadium – 25k seats & a retractable roof. So there we have it, challenge complete. I usually stop playing saves once I've finished a challenge, but with a new stadium 2 years away I may continue to play to see what happens. Plus I think an attempt at retaining the Champions League is needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razer82 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Razer82 – Associacao Desporitvo de Fafe – Benfica Watch! Another season complete & the first time we've been able to win every game against Benfica. From now on it will be all about continuing to improve our record against them. Season 22-23 Overall Record Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Wooohoooo Congrats Razer, an excellent effort there, I am delighted to see a huge Quintuple for Fafe, brilliance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Also a very LARGE Congrats for being the first player to complete the challenge in Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, 2030-31, Ligue 1 League Position - 16th: Past Positions Squad Transfers Summary I thought that we'd made significant progress this season, the final league position may suggest otherwise. In pre-season I sold Arbizu who was our star left back, he wanted to leave and the price was reasonable. I also decided to sell quality Goalkeeper Josip Grnja, he was demanding ridiculous wages for a club in our position. Georges Wansi, the experienced striker was sold on the cheap. Brice Toure left for AZ in a 7.75M deal, I thought the offer was way too good to turn down and he wanted to leave. Mustafa Minae, a central midfield star was sold because I wanted to give younger players a chance, for a reasonable fee of 3M. I brought in Francisco Javier on loan from Real Madrid, with the hope the young striker would score some much needed goals. Maxim Gavrillov was bought from Dinamo Kiev for 2.4M, he would replace Grnja in goal. Marlon Dahm, a young Belgian, was brought in to play at left back for 1.9M. Jose Luis, a young Brazilian was bought in to play at right back for 2.4M. Antoine van der Pas was bought in for just over 2M, the young Dutch player was bought in to play at center back. Brice Gosset was another striker, this time bought in from Chelsea for 3.5M. In January I signed a promising looking Argentinian midfielder Jonathan Gonzalez. Gonzalez was loaned out to feeder team Montpellier and did reasonably, he will be loaned out again next season. Another promising midfielder Anthony Rouault was also loaned out to a feeder club, he went to Bastia. We have a very young defensive unit at the moment, which could explain our season not being as great as it could have been. If I can keep the majority of the 5 defensive players we have now for a few seasons we could really develop a strong defence. Onze de départ GK: Maxim Gavrilov, 24, Ukraine - The young Ukrainian Goalkeeper had big shoes to fill in goal. He hasn't reached his full ability yet so hopefully he will improve next season. DR: Jose Luis, 19, Brazil - The young Brazilian had a bit of trouble adapting so hasn't reached his full ability yet, hopefully he can settle at the club during the off-season. DL: Marlon Dahm, 20, Belgium - The young Belgian did a decent job at left back this season, you can't see his stats because I forgot to upload his screenshot when I first uploaded the rest. DC: Iker Aramaio, 19, Spain - The bright prospect continued his development this season, he's getting better and hopefully will improve even more next season. DC: Antoine van der Pas, 20, Dutch - The Dutchman had a decent first season at the club, hoping for a bit better next season though. MR: Jerome Hebert, 29, France - The homegrown hero himself was moved back to the right side of midfield this season and did a good job. He picked up the fans player of the year for the second year in a row, a good achievement. ML: Stephen Sharp, 26, Scotland - The Scott had a good season for us on the left hand side, his wage demands continue to increase so he may be replaced fairly soon. MC: Hakan Koot, 31, Holland - An alright season for the Dutch midfielder but I will almost certainly be selling him and getting in a replacement next season. MC: Matthieu Causse, 34, France - Despite being 34 years old Causse is still looking as impressive as ever. I was expecting a continuing decline as he got older but this hasn't happened yet, who knows when he will retire?!?! ST: Donovan Leferink, 26, Holland - He finally decided to start scoring some goals for the club! 11 goals in 32 starts isn't particularly impressive but it's a big improvement for him. I'm hoping he can hit a 15/20 goal season next year, although I doubt it will happen. ST: Francisco Javier, 20, Spanish - A decent season from the young Galactico on loan to us. I don't know if he'll ever be good to play for Real Madrid, but if I can get him on loan again next season I would take him. - Official Fans Player of the Year - Jerome Hebert Unofficial Young Player of the Year - Iker Aramaio - Career Overview Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 National 4th None 2011/12 National 5th None 2012/13 National 7th None 2013/14 National 2nd Promoted 2014/15 Ligue 2 18th Relegated 2015/16 National 3rd Promotion 2016/17 Ligue 2 13th None 2017/18 Ligue 2 12th None 2018/19 Ligue 2 7th None 2019/20 Ligue 2 6th None 2020/21 Ligue 2 1st Promoted as Champions 2021/22 Ligue 1 18th Relegated 2022/23 Ligue 2 1st Promoted as Champions 2023/24 Ligue 1 13th None 2024/25 Ligue 1 15th None 2025/26 Ligue 1 7th None 2026/27 Ligue 1 6th French Cup winners 2027/28 Ligue 1 12th Champions Trophy winners 2028/29 Ligue 1 11th None 2029/30 Ligue 1 17th None 2030/31 Ligue 1 16th None [b][size=3][u]Trophies won:[/u][/size][/b] Ligue 2 (x2) - 2020/21 & 2022/23 French Cup (x1) - 2026/27 Champions Trophy (x1) - 2027/28 [b][size=3][u]Unofficial Club Hall of Fame/Alumni:[/u][/size][/b] Legends - Joel Kouassi, Sergio Marbus Icons - Paul Hart, Matthieu Causse, Jérôme Hebert, Razvan Ionica Favoured Personnel - Alexandru Musca, Vivaldy Joaquim, Stephen Sharp, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razer82 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Wooohoooo Congrats Razer, an excellent effort there, I am delighted to see a huge Quintuple for Fafe, brilliance. Also a very LARGE Congrats for being the first player to complete the challenge in Portugal. Cheers buddy. The Champions League win was a huge surprise though. Never thought I'd be able to make it that far. Currently looking to spend the £20m transfer budget I've been given but I don't want to go over the top as we're paying a £30m loan for the new stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I just wanted to say that the quality of the updates in here is excellent! This thread makes for some really enjoyable reading. Keep up the good work everyone! Your efforts are appreciated over here. Oh and congratulations to Razer for completing the challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I just wanted to say that the quality of the updates in here is excellent! This thread makes for some really enjoyable reading. Keep up the good work everyone! Your efforts are appreciated over here. We do try Crouch, I really do love putting the reports together, and I must say I love reading all the ones in here as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Agree with crouchaldinho, have really enjoyed reading all the updates, easily the most enjoyable read of all challenge threads Congrats Razer and good luck to all other challengers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minisav Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Congrats Razer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Razer - congrats on a remarkable season and for completing the challenge. There is plaenty still to play for so keep going!. Need to win the European Super Cup and the World CLub Cup yet! And i agree with Des - congrats on doing it with a Portugese club. Definately the hardest nation in the challenge to do it! Des - great result against Inter. Paul Hartman - decent season there. looks like hopefully you're going back in the right direction after last season. keep it up! crouchaldinho & corinthiano - i agree that this is definately the best thread for updates. LLR's posts are immense and we all try and do our best. i find it makes the challenge more interesting and we always seem to have a good little group in here. You'll have to try it for yourselves sometime! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 You know what, I just might do, been finding it difficult to motivate myself in Brazil as I have failed a few times, think Germany might be an easier task. Always fancied the challenge of taking and East German club to the top! I still have very limited time, but definately will be able to play at weekends! Will holiday and let you guys know which team I picked! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 You know what, I just might do, been finding it difficult to motivate myself in Brazil as I have failed a few times, think Germany might be an easier task. Always fancied the challenge of taking and East German club to the top! I still have very limited time, but definately will be able to play at weekends! Will holiday and let you guys know which team I picked! would be good to see you corinthiano. I can remember your Brazilian adventure updates from the last couple of years... And i can see the appeal with the East German option. I read an interesting article on East German football in World Soccer magazine a couple of months ago which pricked my interest... Still plenty to do with Venezia first though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Brazilian takes charge of Babelsberg! Mathias Brunckhorst has gone back to the land of his forefathers to try and bring glory to SV Babelsberg 03, the main Potsdam club, a city in the former DDR. Potsdam, directly south west of Berlin used to be a major city, capital of Prussia and home to various Kaisers, but when the wall came up in Berlin it found itself isolated and suffered a lot. Now it does not have the same importance as before, even though it became the capital of the state of Brandenburg and the Babelsberg district became a major cinema production centre in Germany. What would really put Potsdam in the map is a club in the top flight, and this is what Brunckhorst aims to do. The beiggest achivement was a couple of 5th tier championships, so the club really has ever made an impact. It plays its games in the Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, which holds around 10.500 places. Its two main rivals are East Berlin side Union Berlin and the "Westies" Hertha BSC. Brunckhorst's long term goal is to be above both Berlin sides, which currently play in the 2. and 1. Bundesliga respectively. Brunckhorst will try to implement a Brazilian style of football at Babelsberg, playing a short passing narrow 4-1-2-1-2, it remains to be seen whether he will manage to guide "Null-Drei" to glory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 good luck with Babelsberg corinthiano. look forward to seeing how the brazilian style goes in east germany. ground looks pretty tight and full there. hopefully it'll be full again soon. good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razer82 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Finishing the challenge opens up a whole new one. International Management here I come & there's no place better to start then at the top with Brazil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Brazil! that's a big first step into international management.... what is their recent history like?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razer82 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Brazil! that's a big first step into international management.... what is their recent history like?? Number 1 team in the World when I took over. They've been runners-up in the last 2 World Cups & won the 2019 Copa America but were knocked out by Argentina 5-1 in the Quarter finals in 2023. Got two friendlies before the World Cup qualifying starts. I'm thinking about dedicating a Fafe scout to Brazil to keep me up to date with players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 no pressure then! keep them as the No.1 team in the world... The idea of the Fafe scout is a good one. Have you any Brazilians at Fafe and if so would they be anywhere near good enough for a call-up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 It doesn't get any easier in the Champions League as my Quarterfinal draw is against Man Utd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 And Woohooo at Campo Estrela we drew 1:1 before heading to Old Trafford, important moments listed below... 11min: Albala (ManU) injured 41 min: Michel Kluin Scores 0:1 (1:2 agg) Halftime: I knew it was all or nothing so I told them that I expected a win 64 min: Subs Made: Banos, Torres & Erol on for Zeric, Bazan & Roman. 73 min: Michel Kluin scores his second 0:2 (1:3) 74 min: I put out the instructions - All Out, Ball Forward, Push Up 81 min: Vazquez scores a screamer from 30 yards 1:2 (2:3) 82 min: Change time wasting to 0, we have a chance here with 8mins left 88 min: Torres steps up and adds another goal 2:2 (3:3 89 min: We led on away goals, and the time wasting goes to full, we pull back defensively and retain possesion. 90+6 min: The referee finally calls the end of the game after 3 free kicks and 4 corners to Man Utd. The fans go wild as we advance to the Semi-final where we will most likely be taking on At. Madrid, who we have already beaten twice this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Good luck with Brazil, Razer! LLR, what a result aginst Man Utd, very impressive to come back in the last 10 minutes! I have made a good start with Babelsberg, sitting in 6th after 8 games. I completely changed the team and have already put my samba influence in place by signing two brazilians, one which has been pretty rubbish and the other one an outstanding signing. I will put up all my main sigings tomorrow with more details! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 LLR - that was some comeback - congrats on a great result. good luck vs At. Madrid. corinthiano - good to hear you've had a good start. looking forward to seeing the mystery Brazilian.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 a controversial 3rd minute red card for our keeper has seen our hopes of automatic promotion ended against Sassuolo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Gutted Rlips, so can you still get up through playoffs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 oh yeah we're guaranteed a play-off place with two games to go. it's just left us 5 points off 2nd. going to have to do this the hard way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 but in the penultimate game a 2-1 away win for Venezia at Verona, coupled with a Pisa defeat has left us only 2 points behind going into the final match. we have a SLIM chance of doing it...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 but in the penultimate game a 2-1 away win for Venezia at Verona, coupled with a Pisa defeat has left us only 2 points behind going into the final match. we have a SLIM chance of doing it...... Its still possible, unlikely but the chance is still there... Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Haha, I just had too Lets go Venezia, who is the final opponent? I just got an away goal against At. Madrid to lead 1:0 coming home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 we are home to 18th place Pescara. Pisa are away at 20th placed Pro Patria. Not looking good for us but we'll see. great result at the Vicente Calderon.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Wow so its most likely that both of you will blow out your opponents...what happens if they draw and you win? Who has the better Goal Difference? I was delighted with that result, could not ask for more, the other Semi is Real Madrid vs Bayern, so if I make the final I will face one of the final big teams. So far I have knocked out: Lyon, Inter & Man Utd... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Pro Patria 0-0 Pisa Venezia 2-3 Pescara. play-offs it is tomorrow then. As for goal difference, we were better but league places are settled on results against each other and we drew one and lost one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Oh so you would've been out anyway, oh well their result is enough for them to go through. Good Luck in the playoffs I am just playing Leg 2 of my Semi-final in the Champs League now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 And we are off to the final, it took a 90+2 goal from Bazan to get us there after At. Madrid scored in the 83rd minute. Though confused as to why my attendance at this game was only 2000...? Is it because the crowd must be seated for the Champions League? If so thats CRAP! And I shall be facing Real Madrid in the final at The Millenium Stadium in Cardiff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 a 92nd minute goal getting you through? wow that must have been a bit nerve racking for you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 a 92nd minute goal getting you through?wow that must have been a bit nerve racking for you! Well if we hadn't got it there would've been extra time and penalties, but yes it was very nerve racking Delighted with my season so far. And still 4-5 games to go, 2 League Games, Leg 2 of the Portuguese Cup Semi (We're up 4:0), The Champs League Final & The Portuguese Cup Final if we make it. We are on to complete 4 of the 5 titles we had a chance at this season, and would give us a full set of the Trophies except the Euro Cup & Club World Championships of titles we can win. League Victory assured with a game in hand, now to focus on the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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