The Perfectionist - From A to W, 51 Nations and centuries of management

[Makoto Nakamura]

Good start, keep it up.

Thanks, unfortunately I got a crash dump whilst trying to resize the screen to take a screenshot of our under 18's losing 11-6, luckily I've only lost the result against Wacker Innsbruck.

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2019

Just the 2 league games this month, a silly loss and a great win against Red Bull Salzburg, also a very easy win against FC Hard in the cup.

This must be new for FM15, Austrian teams are given prize money depending on how many minutes your Austrian players have played.

You wouldn't believe that we're spending over our wage budget....and SCR Altach threw me, that was until I checked their landmarks:

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2019

A very free flowing month with no losses, I would like to see us concede less but as long as we keep picking up points then I'm happy.

[Makoto Nakamura]

[Rikulec]

The chairman seems trigger-happy, could be a good move to a bigger club for you though.

[Makoto Nakamura]

The chairman seems trigger-happy, could be a good move to a bigger club for you though.

That's true, it would be a massive step up, If I get the job I'd have a transfer budget of £4.8m and a wage budget of £230k, compared to what I have now, transfer budget £38k and wage budget of £28k.

[Makoto Nakamura]

8-3, what a way to bow down....

My wage has just over quintupled and these budgets are amazing!

[Makoto Nakamura]

Expectations are high and the chairman is very trigger happy, what a great combination!

Key Players:

[rancer890]

Good luck with Austrian Energy Drinks FC.

Love the handlebars.

[jamesashton430]

Good move. Love the way they brought Movember into the game

[Makoto Nakamura]

Good luck with Austrian Energy Drinks FC.

Love the handlebars.

Thanks Rancer Might make a side challenge to manage as many of the energy drinks clubs as I can

Good move. Love the way they brought Movember into the game

Thanks james, I thought so too, I had to show a couple of players with their entries for Movember

[Makoto Nakamura]

December 2019

One thing for sure is that we won't be winning the league this season, Rapid Wien are 14 points clear with a game in hand! On the plus side I've had a great start to managing Red Bull Salzburg by winning every game, even qualifying for the knockout rounds of the Europa League where we face Feyenoord.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Mid-Season 2019/20

Not a lot to say here, nothing short of an abject failure really.

[egesagin]

Great career, very inspiring. I'll definitely be following and hopefully play a game like this some day

[Makoto Nakamura]

Great career, very inspiring. I'll definitely be following and hopefully play a game like this some day

Thanks mate, glad you find it inspiring Welcome back btw, I remember you being the first commentor on my original San Marino thread way back in 2011

[egesagin]

Haha yeah I remember that thread, thanks I didn't have time for FM for the past 2 years. Feels good to be back

[Makoto Nakamura]

February 2020

Another great month in the league and some goalkeeping heroics sends us into the 2nd Knockout Round of the Europa League!

[ZimmermanPT]

Amazing story. I will follow.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Amazing story. I will follow.

Thanks Zimmerman

[Makoto Nakamura]

March 2020

In the league we had just the one slip up, against guess who....Rapid Wien, what's it gonna take to beat these guys? We have 2 games in hand and are 7 points ahead of 3rd and 4th but still 20 points behind 1st! Amazingly in Europe we played 180 minutes of squeaky bum time and ground out a 2-0 aggregate win, which leads us along to playing Manchester United in the Quarter Final who I've played against once so far in my career in the Club World Cup Final with Temperley and we lost 1-0 because of a 5th minute own goal....

[Makoto Nakamura]

Well, I think I broke Football Manager. Absolutely speechless.

[Rikulec]

Fantastic result.

[Makoto Nakamura]

April 2020

My busiest month yet, we managed to get past Man Utd on the away goal rule and we even got past Rubin in the Semis which means Red Bull Salzburg are in the Final of the Europa League! Also Rapid Wien beat us 4-0....seriously?

[Rikulec]

Are there any really outstanding players there at Rapid?

[Makoto Nakamura]

Are there any really outstanding players there at Rapid?

These are the top 5 players they have based on my scouts:

[Makoto Nakamura]

End of Season 2019/20

An amazing end to the season! Little Red bull Salzburg have the Europa League holders! Rapid Wien have done an Arsenal and have become invincibles and nearly scored 100 goals this season, they're going to be hard to beat.

Squad:

Key Players:

Season  |         Club          |   Nation   |            League          |   Position  | Other  
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2014    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine 2nd Division     | 3rd Group B | Promoted 
2015    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     3rd     | Cup & Super Cup Winners!
2016    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     1st     | League & Copa Libertadores Winners!
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2017/18 |   Melbourne Victory   | Australia  | Hyundai A-League           |     1st     | FFA Cup, League & Grand Final Winners
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2018/19 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | Sky Go Erste Liga          |     1st     | Promoted
2019/20 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd*    | Left November 26th
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2019/20 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd     | Joined November 26th, Europa League Winners!

[Makoto Nakamura]

Pre-Season 2020/21

A great pre-season, 3 good wins and a nice easy win in the cup.

Key Transfers:

And lastly, Hervin Ongenda finally got called up to the France team in time for the European Championships....

He scored twice in the final as France beat Germany 5-0!

[Makoto Nakamura]

July 2020

A good unbeaten start and guess who else remains unbeaten....we face Rapid Wien in our next match.

Transfers In

A Spanish raid has seen me bring in some good new loanees and our Barcelona contingency up to 5 and the players coming to us from Spain up to 9.

Transfers Out:

[deltablue]

Everytime I turn my back you change clubs! Interesting idea to pay clubs for playing domestic players.

[Torminator]

Amazing read so far! Interesting challenge you set yourself.

Congrats on the UEFA league win!

[Makoto Nakamura]

Everytime I turn my back you change clubs! Interesting idea to pay clubs for playing domestic players.

Haha I may not be changing for a little while now!

Amazing read so far! Interesting challenge you set yourself.

Congrats on the UEFA league win!

Thanks Tominator!

[Makoto Nakamura]

August 2020

In the league it's been a good month and for the first time we're top of the league! In European competition however, we lost the Euro Super Cup, and then get given Real Madrid in the Champions League best-placed playoff....on the plus side our Europa League group is quite nice.

[Makoto Nakamura]

September 2020

A great month! Rapid Wien have slipped up and that leaves us 6 points ahead! We also had a very good game away to Lech to start our Europa League defence. Also we have Hervin Ongenda leaving in January else he would have left for a free in June, he's going to Benfica for £10m.

[Rikulec]

It's Lech, not Legia. You'd actually get beaten up for mistaking these two in Poland.

[Deisler26]

Sad to see your old team doing so badly, but you're doing great!

[Makoto Nakamura]

It's Lech, not Legia. You'd actually get beaten up for mistaking these two in Poland.

Sshhh, I knew that

Sad to see your old team doing so badly, but you're doing great!

It is a shame, I was hoping they'd be doing better than this without me being there.

[Makoto Nakamura]

October 2020

We unfortunately drew the 2 Europa League games against Basel and Krasnodar but we're looking alright in 2nd, in the league however we had just the one loss, again it was to Rapid Wien but we're 4 points clear with a game in hand and we've only conceded 8 in 13.

Movember!!!

Before the 'stache

[Makoto Nakamura]

November 2020

An unbeaten month, one thing I have noticed is that since the slight patch yesterday the scores are returning back to normality and nothing is too out of the ordinary.

Movember: After!

[Makoto Nakamura]

Jesus Belarus!!!

[Makoto Nakamura]

December 2020

Just the 3 games this month and it was very mixed, yet another European draw and we face Athletic in the 1st Knockout round, in the league we again lost to Altach but managed a narrow win against Sturm Graz.

[Makoto Nakamura]

2020/21 Mid-Season Break

We started off slow but our last 3 games we became good, with 3 good wins as well as 3 clean sheets.

Transfers Out:

Hervin Ongenda becomes our record sale and that helped us with the transfers in.

Transfers In:

Faruk is also described as a wonderkid!

[Makoto Nakamura]

February 2021

Not a great month, we're out of the Europa League already and we only won 2 league games this month, one of these being a massive win against my old club who are now being managed by ex-Red Bull Salzburg manager Clarence Seedorf who is set on being my friend and we have a really good working relationship.

[Makoto Nakamura]

March 2021

The start of the month was a shambles, losing 4-0 to Austria Wien! This has culminated in us falling down to 2nd behind Rapid Wien.

[egesagin]

How many times do you play each team? 4?

[Makoto Nakamura]

How many times do you play each team? 4?

Yep, we play each other 4 times.

[Makoto Nakamura]

April 2021

Our form has returned! We only have a 2 point advantage but at least we're in front again, we've also got a cup semi-final against SC Wiener Neustadt so hopefully that can be a victory for us.

[Makoto Nakamura]

End of Season 2020/21

A great end to the season! We were hit with some cup jitters as the occasion almost got to us but we managed to lift the silverware as well as winning the league title as well, this means one thing, goodbye Austria and time to search in Belarus!

Squad

Key Players:

Season  |         Club          |   Nation   |            League          |   Position  | Other  
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2014    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine 2nd Division     | 3rd Group B | Promoted 
2015    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     3rd     | Cup & Super Cup Winners!
2016    |       Temperley       | Argentina  | Argentine Premier Division |     1st     | League & Copa Libertadores Winners!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2017/18 |   Melbourne Victory   | Australia  | Hyundai A-League           |     1st     | FFA Cup, League & Grand Final Winners
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2018/19 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | Sky Go Erste Liga          |     1st     | Promoted
2019/20 | Admira Wacker Modling | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd*    | Left November 26th
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2019/20 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     2nd     | Joined November 26th, Europa League Winners!
2020/21 |   Red Bull Salzburg   | Austria    | tipico-Bundesliga          |     1st     | League & Cup double!

[Rikulec]

Congratulations on the double.

[Makoto Nakamura]

Congratulations on the double.

Thanks mate

[connergardiner]

So where to next then? Got your eyes on any club in particular