rancer890 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 The setup: FM2010 10.3 The leagues (no xml files after the Chinese Second Division Debacle in the Life Outside the Lower Leagues...): Argentina Austria Belgium Brazil (top 2) China England France Germany Greece Holland Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Italy Malaysia Mexico N. Ireland Portugal Russia Scotland Serbia South Africa South Korea Spain Turkey USA Wales I had originally wanted to not include Wales and add 2000+ players, but I had a total of 69 leagues, and not liking the number (), I added the Welsh league. So this save has 70 leagues. It's a better setup than my previous game save. More leagues and might try some new countries. And all football regions are represented (except OFC of course). Past experience is Pro footballer. Sunday league never gets me anything (except this one time a Russian first division club with 3 bloody points after 20 games wanted me). Semi-pro will get me some jobs, but nothing very enticing. Pro footballer will get me jobs I want, and most of the time I start in Asia (or MLS) anyways. Start of this game will be January 2009. So time to go a little job hunting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Career Summary Club Summary [font=Courier New]Year Team League Country G - W - D - T - F - A - DIF Annual Wage Days 2009 ---------------------UNEMPLOYED--------------------------------------- $ 0 208 [url="http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=5320953&postcount=7"]2009[/url] Tianjin Super League China 13 - 8 - 4 - 1 - 24 - 10 - + 14 $ 75,200 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Career Totals 13 - 8 - 4 - 1 - 24 - 10 - + 14 $ 75,200 365 [/font] International Management Summary [font=Courier New]Year Country G - W - D - T - F - A - DIF Achievements [/font] Career History July 30, 2009: Hired by Tianjin TEDA (Chinese Super League) and signed to a 2.5 year contract worth US$180,000 a year. Awards October 1, 2009: Chinese Super League Manager of the Month (Tianjin TEDA) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 July 30, 2009 After over half a year of being unemployed, Ricky Nakano finally has a job, at Tianjin TEDA of the Chinese Super League, replacing former Dutch international Arie Haan. A transfer kitty of $525k, along with a $2.2 million/year wage budget was tempting as well. They have a little more than $6 million in the bank, and have a good club setup with adequate training and youth facilities with an academy. Tianjin is located in Northeastern China, the sixth largest city in the country. The northeast is mountainous like the northwest, and many plains as well, since it's near the ocean. The majority of the population are Han Chinese, with limited minorities like the Mongols and Koreans. Here are some pictures of the stadium, TEDA stadium. It's a 37,540 all seater and the club pays $240k rent a year. Standings I'll undergo an evaluation of the club in the next few games. I'm sticking with the 4-4-2 diamond formation for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Tianjin TEDA August 2009 It was a good month for me to start my career at Tianjin. The Chanba match was just one to help me understand all the players. Shenzhen have been struggling all season so to take 3 points was a huge plus for us. The Chengdu game was 0-0 until Xinxin scored off a wild scramble in the 92nd minute. We were unlucky to win against Hangzhou but a draw was the likeliest result. Beijing are the CSL holders for a reason. We drew first blood but once we gave up that first one in the 40th minute we had a hard time containing their players. The Jiangsu match which ended our was like a roller coaster. We were down 2 after only 23 minutes but a motivational team talk by me helped the club storm back until the 90th minute with the goal by Miladin to get a point. We had 4 other quality opportunities to win but we couldn't execute, and one of our shots was a goal but it was called off due to off-sides. Overall, it's been very encouraging. We're now 9th. The transfer window is going to close but I'm happy with my squad and I don't intend to sign anyone. We did sell a goalkeeper for $8k and loaned out another player. Injury List Cao Yang - DR/DL - torn calf muscle - 4-5 months (there goes my very reliable defender out for the rest of the season...) Ma Leilei - AML/AMC - strained knee ligaments - 5-6 weeks (starting LM) Looking ahead Next month is only 3 games, against Changsha (H), Qingdao (H), and Dalian (A). It's important to win these games to keep our slim hopes of qualifying to the Champions League (top 4) alive, 6 points behind Shandong with 7 games left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Tianjin TEDA September 2009 12th: vs Changsha - we dominated this and it could have been more. I started Shapourzadeh up front and he nearly got a hat-trick. One of his goals were called off back for offsides 19th: vs Qingdao - scoreline doesn't do justice. We had many opportunities but we only scored one. A header by Chen was called off because of a foul. 26th: at Dalian - another fantastic performance by the club. The whole squad is really gelling. Standings 4 points behind Shandong now. The remaining games are against Shenhua (H), Guangzhou (A), Chongqing (H), and Henan (H). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Tianjin TEDA October/November 2009 A solid few matches to end the season. However, the Guangzhou result really did cost us...we had the lead just to give it up twice. Standings End of season update coming. It wasn't as close as it seemed as Shandong locked up 4th with two games remaining (they had a better head-to-head against us) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 2009 Tianjin TEDA Media Prediction: 6th Finishing Position: 4th Club Squad | Finances | Transfers | Future Transfers Not the best value for the money the club paid for the new foreigners. Miladin, a free transfer, was the best of the 4. The future transfer wasn't my decision either, and I don't like the new player coming in next season. Key Players GK - Yang Jun - Chinese international and one of the better goalies in the country DR/DL - Cao Yang - Chinese international who's a big part of my defense. He'll be ready next season to help us aim for the domestic title DC - Marko Zoric - another foreigner who's an important player to the club DR/MR - Darko Miladin - a stabilizing force on the right side of the pitch the time I was at the club AMC - Isiaka Olawale - a talented player but hasn't settled into China yet ST - Jiang Chen - our leading goal scorer. He has some talent to do well in the CSL Information Overview | Stadium and Facilities | Affiliates Goals for the future better Chinese players at the club Champions League qualification [font=Courier New]Year Team League Country Finishing Position 2009 Tianjin Super League China [url="http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7792/chinesesuperleague.png"]4th[/url][/font] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 And for more good news... () Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Okay, the new youth intake at Tianjin just came...and well there is a bright future at the club! Liu Bo - Personal - he has potential to be a good Super League midfielder. And he can play DM, and my tactics utilize one. Han Wei - Personal - he's only 15 but I think he's already better than my current core of strikers! He definitely has the tools to succeed in China. Also got a Chinese/Dutch youth too. He won't amount to much though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I never get training facilities upgrades. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 I get facilities upgrades because I always ask the board but I never get stadium expansions. Ever. Not even a new stadium named after me. (although, we're nowhere near maxing out capacity at TEDA stadium) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Tianjin TEDA Off-season March 1, 2010 Transfers My only signing this winter (the other one wasn't my signing) was Zhao Ming, a young centreback. He's young and should provide depth at the position. Also have some future transfers, and hoping to get rid of a couple more players. Pre-season A solid group of pre-season games. Of course, I would have preferred to win all of them but my squad did well in all the games. My two new youth products did well in pre-season, but Liu Bo is already back at the U19s, and Han Wei as well, after suffering an injury in the Beijing IT match and nearly back up to fitness. My schedule for March is: Chanba - FA Cup (A), Changchun (A), Dongya (H), Jiangsu (A) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I get facilities upgrades because I always ask the board but I never get stadium expansions. Ever. Not even a new stadium named after me. (although, we're nowhere near maxing out capacity at TEDA stadium) Oh, I ask. I just always get told "We have no money." Sometimes followed by "And stop bothering us." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hershie Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Nice going so far. that Han Wei looks great. I'm really liking your layout/formatting here. Don't mind if I copy some aspects do you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Oh, I ask.I just always get told "We have no money." Sometimes followed by "And stop bothering us." The Chinese don't care. They'll always upgrade the facilities if the club has the cash. The board will give in as I keep winning. And it seems to me that Chinese chairmen like to interfere a lot with transfers from my experience...no one worth the chairman selling over my head (yet) though. Nice going so far. that Han Wei looks great.I'm really liking your layout/formatting here. Don't mind if I copy some aspects do you? Oh yes that's fine. Go ahead. It's a new format I'm trying out as I've seen some others do this as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Tianjin TEDA March 2010 11th - at Chanba: Chanba dominated. We had the lead but Chanba responded in the 88th minute. We lost on penalties. 20th - at Changchun: Once again we had the lead against Changchun, only to give it up 5 minutes later. 24th - vs Dongya: We outchanced them. We were the better team. But Dongya scored 2 goals with 1 shot. We lost because of a mental lapse and an own goal... 27th - at Jiangsu: we had more possession but Jiangsu had a lot more shots. My new tactic seems to help us control the ball possession game but we can't create chances. Standings Not a very good start...the whole squad is having trouble creating scoring chances. Next month, we have Shenhua (H), Shenzhen (A), Guangzhou (H), Henan (H). With more home games hopefully we can move up the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentBob Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 nice to see you back in here rancer. good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 Cheers SilentBob. Took a while but I'm back into FM now. Tianjin TEDA April 2010 10th - vs Shenhua - pity we couldn't win this one. Lots of opportunities but we couldn't solve the Shenhua goalkeeper (or the goalposts for that matter). 13th - at Shenzhen - fielded a slightly different lineup because of short rest, but Han Wei scored his first 2 goals with the club. 17th - vs Guangzhou - we had 24 shots, but 21 were either off target or blocked. Also Han Wei got injured and would be out 3 weeks. Would take the one point but of course would have wanted 3 at home. 25th - vs Henan - striker crisis continues as Jiang Chen gets injured during injury time in the first half. Had a few more opportunities in the 2nd half but the 2 goals were enough to win the game Standings A lot better this month, even if we were at home most of the month. Due to the upcoming World Cup, we have 6 games in May and 1 in early June (4 away, 3 home). Of course, China never made the World Cup...After the World Cup, first game will be on July 13th vs Beijing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I'll echo SilentBob and say good to see you back in here rancer A steady start to life at Tianjin, hope things can pick up and you can challenge by the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 Cheers Raware. But where's your career thread? It's a bit of a roller coaster as far as consistency is concerned, but hopefully we can get on an unbeaten streak and move up the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raware Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Cheers Raware. But where's your career thread? It's a bit of a roller coaster as far as consistency is concerned, but hopefully we can get on an unbeaten streak and move up the table. Found it difficult to get into FM10 (particularly 10.3) as I did with FM09. Plus i've been busy relocating back to the UK these past few months but i've reinstalled 10.2 and have a game going on that so may start a new thread up soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Tianjin TEDA May/June 2010 Overall, a solid group of games. I won my home games and got some points on the road. We got a few injuries but we'll be fine next month. However, it is worrying that Han Wei already has 2 twisted knees and a groin strain this season... Standings In a 3-way tie, but the other teams hold a better head-2-head matchup. Also had a job offer but they were paying me less, with less resources, in debt, and would pay Tianjin $250k if I accepted. No thanks. In other news, a former Chinese international with declining skills has been missing training and dislikes me for fining him 2 weeks (I fined him for a month's wages. I think anyone would be mad at that ). I stripped him of his vice-captaincy role and he keeps rejecting offers because he wants more money. I wouldn't mind paying him to get this cancer off my team but I don't seem to have the option to... Good news is that the World Cup is coming. Bad news is that I'm losing a potential $200k-400k in monthly profit... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Oh, and here's the final standings (2009-2010) of some leagues you might be interested in... English Premier League France Ligue 1 German Bundesliga Holland Eredivisie Italy Serie A Portugal Liga Sagres Spanish La Liga ---- Champions League Final Europa League Final Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 In other news, a former Chinese international with declining skills has been missing training and dislikes me for fining him 2 weeks (I fined him for a month's wages. I think anyone would be mad at that ). I stripped him of his vice-captaincy role and he keeps rejecting offers because he wants more money. I wouldn't mind paying him to get this cancer off my team but I don't seem to have the option to... You can't release him on free transfer or offer mutual termination? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 You can't release him on free transfer or offer mutual termination? Jason, don't spoil future updates! I meant that when you sell someone, and that player wants you to pay $X in wages because he accepted a lower offer from the other club. But you kind of read my mind as you will see in the next Tianjin update (probably after I post the 2010WC update) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 2010 World Cup in South Africa Major countries not making the prestigious international tournament include: Africa: Cameroon, Ivory Coast Europe: Portugal Group Stage Group A Switzerland Italy Colombia Mali Group B Chile Germany Egypt Scotland Group C Morocco Denmark Spain Australia Group D Russia Paraguay USA South Africa Group E Brazil England Japan Honduras Group F France Argentina Mexico South Korea Group G Holland Saudi Arabia Nigeria Czech Republic Group H Croatia Romania Burkino Faso Iran Second Round Switzerland - Germany Italy - Chile Morocco - Paraguay Russia - Denmark Argentina - Brazil England - France Romania - Holland Saudi Arabia - Croatia Quarter-Final Switzerland - Russia Italy - Paraguay Brazil - Croatia England - Holland Semi-Final Russia - England Paraguay - Brazil 3rd Place Playoff Paraguay 0-1 Russia (Roman Pavlyuchenko 5) World Cup Final England e 1-0 Brazil (Rio Ferdinand 120+2) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie147 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 England e 1-0 Brazil (Rio Ferdinand 120+2) Couldn't pick a better time to score the only goal in a World Cup final....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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