Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Welcome to SCOTLAND! Got FM18 for Christmas, thanks Mrs Gizzy. So I'm going to start my first save in Scotland, with Celtic with 1 aim..... for a Scottish player to win The Ballon d'Or Award! Impossible I hear you shout, perhaps I also hate the Scottish League set up, the split is rubbish, so I've ventured into the data editor and made adjustments to the league. There is now 3 leagues in Scotland, 16 team top division, 16 team second and a 10 team third. And of course a FA Cup and League Cup. I will of course do my best to win as much as possible to ensure Scottish football has the best chance of producing a gem in the future, but I will also give a helping hand along the way. Each season, I will donate at least 20% of my transfer budget to another Scottish club to help them along the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Here are the edited Leagues.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Confirmation of my hiring by Celtic Went for a nice ginger and orange glasses look. Real Scottish laddie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 First Team Squad Under 23s And Players out on loan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Assman says these are my best players..... And these are some hot prospects from the U23s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 I have started without transfer budgets, so will be starting with what I have. We are of course favourites domestically and I will be aiming for at least a league title in my first season, I will use the cups to give youth players a chance of game time. The Champions League will be the hardest task, and just qualifying for the group stage will be an achievement in year 1. And there will be absolutely no chance of a Scottish Ballon d'Or winner just yet, we will be patient for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 2 of my 3 first team CBs are injured long term. So we will have to move a midfielder back there short term as non of the U23 defenders are ready just yet. At least 1 defender will need to come in in Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 First hurdle of the CL Qualifiers passed.... Rosenborg await in the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Into the last CL Qualifier Slavia Praha next. Lots of injuries. And I may have messed up on the league registration when making the new league system, but I'll stick with it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 We're in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!! To be fair it was a relative easy path to get there but very happy to have done so. The group stage draw gave us..... Barca, Benfica and Roma. Ouch! Not looking good, but we'll give it a good go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 August has came and went and with it the transfer window. No new signings were made. Had scouting some free transfers, but non impressed me that much. Our Aug 2017 League Fixtures and League Table 100% start to the league season. Expected but great to start like that. The injuries have calmed and we now have the Int break to get some players back to fitness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Into September and I've won MOTM for Aug. Not a massive achievement, but again nice to start off well. The real challenge starts this month with the CL Groups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Will also give an update on how Scotland are doing as we go along. They were without a manager at the start of the game and decided to hire the St Johnstone manager.... Two matches during the Sep Int break, won both. And the table looks like this The playoffs are possible and even winning the group with some luck. World ranking needs to be sorted soon. Far too low. And here is a look at the current squad. 5 of my players involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 3 League games in September 100% again. Had to fight right to the end against Hibs, scoring late to win the game. I had rested a few first team players as I had our first CL game next up against Barca. League Table Close at the top. Rangers look like they will push all the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Excellent start, man... Tremendous character being shown thus far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 2 Champions League games in September. First up, as I said above, we were away to Barcelona. Now I wasn't expecting much from this game. A draw would be a miracle so I was hoping for a low score defeat. And thats just what we got First half we played really well, although a goal behind the match had been pretty even. Second half Barca went into overdrive and really should've been 3 or 4 goals up. Lucky for us Messi went off injured. Next up was Roma at home. Now when the group was drawn I fully expected to finish bottom of the group. All 3 opponents are top teams and a few draws wouldn't have been a bad campaign. We started the match very poorly. 3-0 down after 25 minutes. So much for a couple of draws. But no. Dembele had different ideas, a 14 minute hattrick drew us level at half time We only went on to win Demeble going off injured after his hattrick was the only downside. Sitting pretty in 2nd after 2 games. Hopefully Roma lose all their remaining games, don't beat us at home and we finish 3rd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, ManUtd1 said: Excellent start, man... Tremendous character being shown thus far. Not sure what the gif means, but thanks....I think Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Gizzy said: Not sure what the gif means, but thanks....I think I forget the exact context, but Carragher's reaction is priceless, while Henry is just so... Excited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Another MOTM Award for September. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 After the Oct Int break Scotland's WC dream is over, but so is England's.... Hopefully a better go at getting to the EC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Bru Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 As a fellow tim, I am looking forward to following this save Like what you have done with the leagues as well - wish they would do that in real life ha! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bayern Bru said: As a fellow tim, I am looking forward to following this save Like what you have done with the leagues as well - wish they would do that in real life ha! Glad to have you Yeah, hate the split. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Oct 17 Update 3 more games in the league, Rangers coming to Celtic Park to be our biggest test in the league so far. Still 100% in the league, but all 3 games were tight and hard fought. Dembele came back from injury and scored two late goals to give us the win against Hamilton. One game in the League Cup. Loads of changes made, some U23s made the match squad. Happy to be in the next round, more game time for some youngsters. Partick await in the next round. Then there was 2 games in the CL! Benfica home and away. Went into these games just as I had Barca and Roma. A draw would be good, My players were having none though... Absolutely smashed then in the away game. They just couldn't handle our counters. Guaranteed 2nd place and a spot in the knockout rounds Injuries are starting to build again. Brown the most notable, he is out for 6 months Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Yet another MOTM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 On 26/12/2017 at 17:01, Gizzy said: I also hate the Scottish League set up, the split is rubbish, **** you. In all seriousness though, I think the split gets more hate than it deserves. It has made the relegation scrap particularly exciting for a number of seasons now given that all the teams in the bottom half have to play each other. Certainly a better outcome at the end of the season than having, say, top play bottom. Plus, if you're Thistle, it means you can secure 6th on the last day of the regular season, then spend five games getting absolutely horsed and not care a jot. Yass. The Ballon D'Or thing might not be as far-fetched as it seems. The country always produces some very good players later on, particularly forwards, to the point where it's not out of the question to win major tournaments. I think I had an absolute star in my long-term Scotland save who came close to the Ballon D'Or - maybe I could have pushed him that little bit further if I was managing him at club level too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 With the Jan Transfer Window on the horizon the board have announced my first transfer budget.... £27.5m? Oh my! I didn't expect that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 12 minutes ago, forameuss said: **** you. In all seriousness though, I think the split gets more hate than it deserves. It has made the relegation scrap particularly exciting for a number of seasons now given that all the teams in the bottom half have to play each other. Certainly a better outcome at the end of the season than having, say, top play bottom. Plus, if you're Thistle, it means you can secure 6th on the last day of the regular season, then spend five games getting absolutely horsed and not care a jot. Yass. The Ballon D'Or thing might not be as far-fetched as it seems. The country always produces some very good players later on, particularly forwards, to the point where it's not out of the question to win major tournaments. I think I had an absolute star in my long-term Scotland save who came close to the Ballon D'Or - maybe I could have pushed him that little bit further if I was managing him at club level too. I guess the league title being wrapped up before the split even happens annoys me Hopefully you're right and my aim can actually be achieved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Thanks Brendan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 New Contract for Gizzy! A nice £500 a week pay increase too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Nov 17 Update It wouldn't FM without a player coming to you and telling you he wants to leave. Man City are interested and Dembele can no longer bare to stay in Scotland. I've told him I'll accept an acceptable offer of £40m, he's scoffed at that and went in a huff. To league matters..... Still 100%, wonder how much longer we can go on like this. I hope all season After Brendan's advise above, I made sure Messi was given extra attention in our home match against Barca. It worked.... A great performance, it wasn;t smash and grab. We played much better than them and deserved the 3 points. Hopefully at least a draw away to Roma and we will finish top. No one would've predicted this when the group was drawn. Madness! The only blip on an otherwise perfect month was our 2nd round league cup match. I again played the youngsters, but it seems you can't win anything with kids Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 More monthly awards. MOTM again for me, but this time a player gets in on the act. Goal of the Month! No POTM or YPOTM yet, but hopefully soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Dec 17 Update A bumper month of league fixtures. 5 in total, and you guessed it. 5 wins! Rangers are absolutely relentless, if I do go on a bit of a wobble they are right there to make us look a bit silly. Roma away was our last CL group game, even though we were through to the next round I still wanted at least the draw to see us top the group. Or at least thats what I thought. A 1-1 Draw. We looked in complete control until the sending off. But somehow we are 2nd. The group should go off head to head, so I thought we would be above Barca as we won 2-1 and home and lost 1-0 away. But nevermind, as the next round draw has given us some hope.... Avoided Bayern, Spurs, City and Liverpool so happy with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Transfer Window coming up so I sent out my scouts. Wanted to see what the young Scottish talent looks like. Got in the bag, which I plan to loan out Really hope I can keep hold of Dembele to the end of the season too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Clean Sweep of Awards in Dec Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny-Trotter Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 26 minutes ago, Gizzy said: But somehow we are 2nd. The group should go off head to head, so I thought we would be above Barca as we won 2-1 and home and lost 1-0 away. If the two Barcelona games had been a 2 leg tie, it would have finished 2-2 and you would have 'lost' on away goals due to the 2-1 win in Glasgow, so it looks like the head to head rule works as expected. Nice start to your career - I can imagine that it will take a few seasons to get a high class youngster through and then another few seasons to get him up to Ballon D'Or standard, so this looks like an interesting medium to long-term challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 10 minutes ago, Johnny-Trotter said: If the two Barcelona games had been a 2 leg tie, it would have finished 2-2 and you would have 'lost' on away goals due to the 2-1 win in Glasgow, so it looks like the head to head rule works as expected. Nice start to your career - I can imagine that it will take a few seasons to get a high class youngster through and then another few seasons to get him up to Ballon D'Or standard, so this looks like an interesting medium to long-term challenge. Yeah, I guess you have a point. Worked out all right in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Jan 18 Update. Due to the winter break, just the 1 game in Jan. And it's a Scottish Cup game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Made 2 more transfers in the Jan window. Needed some cover for left back, and found a nice little cheap option. And I made my first donation to another team in the Scottish League. The first team up with 20% of my transfer budget is..... Stirling Albion. I also loaned him back for the duration of his Celtic contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Almost Forgot, we had a Ballon d'Or winner.... No surprise with 1st and 2nd but well done to Mata for claiming 3rd best player in the world! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Feb 18 Update Major disappointment at the end of Jan when our only senior goalkeeper Craig Gordon got injured. Had to throw the young backup straight in. It lead to a little indifferent form in the league, he also wouldn't be back for our first leg CL knockout game. Two 2-2 draws is really bad considering Rangers just kept on winning, breaking the record for consecutive cleans sheets too. Still top, but no slips ups can be made. Rangers up next in the league, could determine who the champions will be. RB Leipzig were our opponents in the Champions League. Home leg first, hoped for at least a slender lend to take to Germany. Looking good for advancing to the next round. What does RB stand for? REALLY BAD? We also had another Scottish Cup game. Played a few players on the fringes. Great performance by Ntcham who bagged a hattrick Unexpected news item came in the form of our youth intake. Usually March time. An ok start I guess, the best of the bunch is..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Mini Update. Rangers up next and they were on a 20 game winning streak! Nae Bother! 20 games since they last played us and they won every game inbetween. Crazy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 March 18 Update After the Rangers game, we had 3 more game in March. 4 out of 4! A nice little cushion at the top now. Only the 2 Old Firm games are separating us Scottish Cup 4th round. A chance for some more youngsters to impress. And of course the 2nd leg of the CL knockouts. A loss but a great result overall. Into the CL QFs. No one would've thought this was possible at the start of the season. EPL leaders Man Utd await in the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Mini Update Announcement!! We have suffered our first league defeat of the season. After 26 games undefeated, our heart has been broken by....Hearts. Away to Hearts fell inbetween the 2 Man Utd CL games, and let me tell you.....It was worth it. Old Trafford was up first. As tough away day as they come, and we were up against it. Utd had a goal disallowed early in the first half, and we did our best to keep them out for the rest of the game. Then we made 10 changes for the hearts game. It was close until Scott Brown, who was returning after 6 months out, got sent off. Then Hearts took control. But as I said, the all new line up and defeat were well worth it. As the fully rested team for the 2nd leg proved their quality. Celtic in DREAMLAND and the Semi Finals of the Champions League!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 PSG in the SFs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 This is getting silly now Champions League Semi Final 1st leg was away in Paris to PSG. They played very well and really should have been more than 2-0 up. It looked like we were out, and our fun and games in the CL was over. Or so I thought. Final is now against Man City. It seems Celtic park plays a massive part in these games, maybe too much impact. So a natural final may be a step too far for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 End of Season Update 4 league games in April and May and a butt load of cup games. After the aforementioned defeat to Hearts we wrapped up the league with winning our last three games. Rangers also dropped points so we won it with 2 games to spare. 12 points was the gap in the end, it was tight for so long. Rangers sacked their manager too, which I found a bit harsh. SPL Champions, so our main objective has been achieved. Next up is the Scottish Cup. After Hearts beat us in the league, we had a chance to get revenge on the Cup. Aberdeen in the Semi's and then...... Poor QotS The bridge in quality was just too much in the end, but great for them to get to the final. I saved the best till last guys!! We only went and won the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!!!!!! The game is broken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Something that might even be stranger than Celric winning the CL Liverpool sacked Klopp in March when they were in 5th place, 2 points away from 3rd. That was strange in it's self. Then at the end of the season they pay Real £20m to get ZZ. Madness on all fronts!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Awards for Season 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizzy Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Feels a bit weird continuing, but I'm going to try. Going to clear out some of the non Scottish players and replace with Scottish youngsters. See if we can we the CL again, but with mostly Scottish players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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