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[FM18] Around the World in 80 days. Phileas Fogg Plays Football Manager

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The perfect start came to an end in October, but we remain unbeaten domestically and in Europe. No complaints with either draw, as we let a 2 goal lead slip in stoppage time against Liverpool, but overcame a two goal half time deficit against Toulouse, where we were missing several players through injury.

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We ended the month top of the table, ahead of AS Monaco, with everyone else barring Lille already adrift

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5 minutes ago, GylfiAsCharged said:

Good work so far, hopefully you can tick off PSG in your first season and move on to Juventus!

The rules say that the next league is unlocked when the league is won, and I then create the next opportunity. That obviously doesn't guarantee that I'll get the Juventus job this summer, but I think I need to get it quickly. Ideally the Champions League needs to be won this season or at Juventus, otherwise I've got to do it when I return to Europe, which might delay the end of the challenge.

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We've managed to extend our unbeaten start through to the end of November, but there was a frustrating draw at St Etienne

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which left us 11 points clear at the top of Ligue 1. It's looking increasingly likely that Italy will be available for next season, but I'm not going to get complacent. We still need to keep focused, keep winning, and get the job done as quickly as possible.

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We have failed to go the whole league season unbeaten. Here are March's results, confirming a woeful defeat at our only title rivals, Monaco

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and the league table, confirming we still need at least one more win to be champions, as we have a 15 point lead, with 6 games left.

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17 hours ago, Northernpilgrim said:

I didn't get the job, so as per the rules, I'm in charge of PSG for another season

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What's Ernesto Valverde got what you haven't!

Oh well its another easy season where a few trophy's are all but guaranteed. 

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We then had a perfect November, including completing a Champions League double over Barcelona

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keeping us top of Ligue 1

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and securing Champions League progress at the expense of Barcelona, who drop into the Europa League. All that remains is a shootout with Leverkusen for top spot. Interestingly, Real Madrid haven't secured top spot in their group (they're second, but can still win it), so winning the group might not mean missing the big boys. 

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December results were decent, but we missed out on top spot in the Champions League as we lost in Germany

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ending the month top of Ligue 1

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and in a bizarre last round of Champions League games, Celtic beat Barcelona, depriving them of even Europa League action after Christmas

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Quick question for anyone following this: If you were managing this team in the same circumstances, and therefore looking for this season to be your last before moving on to Juve, would you make a January signing, or leave the team as it is? I'm not sure myself, I'm halfway through January and haven't done any business yet. Part of me thinks 'what if this isn't the last season? I'll need new players for the future', and the other part doesn't want PSG to get stronger as it'll make winning the CL with Juve even harder. Any thoughts?

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1 hour ago, Northernpilgrim said:

Quick question for anyone following this: If you were managing this team in the same circumstances, and therefore looking for this season to be your last before moving on to Juve, would you make a January signing, or leave the team as it is? I'm not sure myself, I'm halfway through January and haven't done any business yet. Part of me thinks 'what if this isn't the last season? I'll need new players for the future', and the other part doesn't want PSG to get stronger as it'll make winning the CL with Juve even harder. Any thoughts?

Personally I'd make the signings. You don't know how long you could be at PSG for. If you don't get the Juve job for whatever reason you don't want to shoot yourself in the foot.

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1 minute ago, andychar said:

Personally I'd make the signings. You don't know how long you could be at PSG for. If you don't get the Juve job for whatever reason you don't want to shoot yourself in the foot.

True. It'll only be 1 signing though, transfer budget currently £12m due to the £307m I shelled out in the summer

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January was looking great until we lost Rulli to injury ahead of the Nice game

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although we do still sit top of the table, with a game in hand

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I did get one player in in the end. I managed to increase the transfer budget as we were under budget on wages, and I've also spread the fee over three years to enable the deal to happen (and possibly limit any successor's spending power)

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signing Semedo as a new right back

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We went unbeaten through February, although we were surprisingly held at Angers, but we were brilliant at home to my old club, and are almost guaranteed a place in the last 8 of the Champions League. I was slightly annoyed that we conceded, as we were 4-0 up when they scored

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and we end the month with the title firmly in our sights

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April was a perfect month, again at the perfect time, as we took control of the Ligue 1 title race, won our first trophy of the season, reached a cup final, and smashed Real Madrid to reach the semi finals of the Champions League

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leaving the league table like this

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but facing another massive task to get through to the Champions League final. If we beat Man Utd, I think we'll lift the trophy, but that's a big if

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I tried to get Juventus down to a 1 year contract, but they refused to do it. I still need jobs at two big clubs, (Liverpool and a second stint at Chelsea) so I don't really want to resign at the end of the season to force through a move to Egypt. I will still create and apply for the job at the end of each season, but it might need until my contract expires to make that happen. This is one of the reasons why the challenge may be harder than it looks, the jumps from big clubs to small clubs and back again. I'm going to be interested in what happens to my reputation as I journey through Africa, Asia and America, before returning to Europe

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Not a good start to the season. We blew a 3-0 lead against Atalanta, trailed 4-3, levelled again at 4-4 with 8 minutes left, and conceded a winner in stoppage time. At the moment I'm putting it down to having a defensive midfielder at centre back in the second half due to injury, but if it happens when we're at full strength, I'll need to think some more

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and that's reflected in the league table

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Our indifferent form continued through September, not helped by an injury crisis that left us with either one or no fit centre backs for the whole of September

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and the League title looks a long way off already. I need to survive the season and rebuild my defence for next season

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6 hours ago, Mark Heath said:

good to see you've made it onto the next stop on your voyage and looks like you're very much in the title race so hopefully won't be staying put too long

Thanks Mark. My Juventus side are definitely getting better (thankfully I now have two fit centre backs, so I'm in a better place with the squad), so hopefully we can increase the pressure on Milan over the second half of the season. I know it's a couple of moves away, but I've spotted a problem. The two Indian teams I need to manage are both in the Indian Super League, which runs in parallel to the I-League which is on FM18. I hadn't realised this, so these teams are not available. Indian geography not being my strong point, I've resorted to Googling the I-League, and it looks like Churchill Brothers are the best geographical replacement for Mumbai FC, and East Bengal should replace Atletico de Kolkata. Anybody got any better ideas?

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