MarcxD Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, noikeee said: Very interesting club to manage Marc, although I'd say that as an islander so might be biased. Not sure how the tactic works as it doesn't look like you're even attempting to defend the wings? But clearly it does work to some degree as you've established OFI as essentially best of the rest in Greece already. Keep pushing. I did choose them deliberately as a bit of an outsider in the Greek football landscape You're quite right about the tactic, it's focused on the center of the pitch, which is definitely risky. The opposition generally has opportunities through crosses, through balls and long shots - I do concede more from crosses than usual I think (40% of goals conceded or so). But I am hesitant to change anything though as it generally seems to work fine enough. To be honest I also just wanted to go away from the same old 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 stuff I generally go with. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 October - November 2023 Surprise defeat against the Georgians in Europe but otherwise still doing very well... and November was even beter. Back to back convincing wins against both Olympiacos and PAOK! Not saying this is definitely going to be the season to win it, but I have a feeling it might be... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 December 2023 Finishing the first half of the season unbeaten domestically, but another loss in Europe sadly. The Brian Brobbey - Lassina Traoré strike force is doing wonders. Still just enough to finish first. PAOK is still close, but a 14 point lead on Olympiacos sure looks nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) January 2024 We seem to have outgrown Brunori so he was let go. I did not intend to sell Nikic but the offer was strong and it's hard to deny a player a move to China as I can't possibly offer similar wages. I definitely did not intend to sell Margonis to Roma, but he had a limited fee in his contract. A shame! I signed three new central defenders as I sold Nikic and Margolis. Ramos and Welzmüller will be for the first team and Gaínza for the future. (if I didn't have to plan around the non-eu players rule he would go straight into the first team squad, but alas). Welzmüller has a 10M potential future fee clause in his loan. I am not super sure I want to pay that kind of money for him though, especially with his fickle personality. Which is why I decided to take him on loan first. There he goes. No more academy players (and barely any Greeks) in the first team now, which is not what I ideally want. Another fantastic month, keeping our streak going. Edited August 25, 2020 by MarcxD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 February 2024 This is becoming slightly insane, from years struggling to keep up with the top 2 now almost done with the regular season with 0 losses and 1 draw.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 March 2024 No... I rested some players before the Braga game and well away against at PAOK that might not have been smartest thing, so our first loss in the league. We did win against Braga though! Besides we are still 14 points ahead... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 April 2024 Dropped points again from resting some players, the bench is not quite good enough. We did win both ties against Copenhagen so up to the semi finals of the Conference League AND we are going to the cup final again. A side we lost to quite badly last year in the Conference group, but now it should be doable although close. If we make the final we should be in with a chance too. And there is confirmation of our first league win! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 May 2024 Cleanly beat Galatasaray over two matches, and Feyenoord in the final, while close, was also a deserved win. Sadly we lost the final of the cup again, but otherwise what a fantastic season. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlivierL Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Love it ! did a stadion tour last year when i was on holiday in Crete. special old stadium with a small club shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSousa06 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 How did Lisandro Semedo performed in the first season? He's my neighbor back in Portugal, and I've never seen his profile or coached him in this FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 What a season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterjocoski Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Following your new journey. Congrats the first league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 18 hours ago, OlivierL said: Love it ! did a stadion tour last year when i was on holiday in Crete. special old stadium with a small club shop. That's awesome! I'm afraid we won't be staying in that stadium for very long now... 17 hours ago, DSousa06 said: How did Lisandro Semedo performed in the first season? He's my neighbor back in Portugal, and I've never seen his profile or coached him in this FM. He did well for me in the first season, He now plays for Almere City in the Netherlands, so not quite a legendary career. Very cool though that he's your neighbor 9 hours ago, oriole01 said: What a season Thanks mate 4 hours ago, walterjocoski said: Following your new journey. Congrats the first league. Welcome - thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Season Review 2024 Brobbey I can't afford anymore now that Ajax has put him on wages of 6M p/a?! but Traoré is joining next year permanently, as is Tagseth (who I'm paying 4.5M for). I have decided not to buy Welzmüller for 10M. Some more individual awards as well like topscorers, best talents and gK's... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marios1999 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Cracking season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Pre-season 2024 Jovic had been unhappy for a while so I let him go, and Kieran O'Hara still had a limited fee. Mukumela had to go because of too many non-eu players in the team. as I said Traoré and Tagseth are joining now permanently after their loans last season. Ross and Shonga are new strikers; Pérez a new GK; Lee Kang-In can play in several midfield positions but he's mostly signed for the MR position; and Sottini is a last minute addition to add some back-up in central defense after selling two first teamers in that position. Sweet run in to the season and a nice opener... Not an easy group for sure, but maybe we can get something against Monaco or Benfica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, Marios1999 said: Cracking season! Thanks man! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 September 2024 Started well in the league, but Champions League is another beast entirely. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 October 2024 Foreign job offer... Couldn't quite do a unbeaten run like last season in the league but two fantastic home wins in the champions league, which already should put us in a really good position to at least progress in Europe after the winter. So far it seems like a 4-club race, which would be exciting if it can last Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 November 2024 Slightly disappointed to be so roundly defeated by Benfica away, but we got a surprising point at home to Real Madrid..... still going strong in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 December 2024 Super ridiculous result against Monaco only to then drop a little bit in form at home. But wow, that Monaco game! End of the line here for us I am afraid. It probably would've been better to have a real shot to go in the Europa League. And all of a sudden you're 7 points behind the lead. Will just need to rebound and hope PAOK has a loss of form at some point. And with Olympiacos on equal points and Panathinaikos and even Aris close behind... much more of a fight this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 January 2025 Some big sales... Jensen and Cruz because I thought the offers were too good to refuse, and Machida because his limited fee was paid. Incoming: Osei (MC, youth); Ratão (AMC, First team); Segovia (MR & ML; rotation/youth); Artola (MR, first team), Markovic (MC, youth); Mendoza (DC, youth); Miculi (DC, first team). Direct replacement for Machida. Big DC talent who I really hope can come true in the long run for us. What I thought was a drop in form mostly went away, not being too mad about drawing away to good teams like AEK and Panathinaikos. Mostly the same situation with the top 5 all in it, although it is a good sign that PAOK dropped some points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheez3y Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Nice progress. Dont fall off or Gattuso will haunt you. I cant help myself, but everytime I hear Crete, I must think of this. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Cheez3y said: Nice progress. Dont fall off or Gattuso will haunt you. I cant help myself, but everytime I hear Crete, I must think of this. Haha thanks mate, I remember that one. Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe sh... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 February 2025 Great month, even though we did of course lose to Barcelona - but not by much. Good wins in both the league and the cup, up to the semi finals. Ratão and Miculi both scoring multiple times. Perhaps even more importantly, PAOK has definitely dropped form and quite a few points. Not only are we in first again, we are just about to go into the championship group and if you don't have form while having to play the top 6 constantly you are in deep trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 March 2020 First real talent in a few years, if he can develop into a decent MR he will quickly get a spot in the first team squad as I really want some young blood from the academy in there. Saying what I said about PAOK in the last post and subsequently losing twice to them the next month lol, and another loss to Barcelona so we're out of the CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 April 2025 Strong month, beat PAOK by enough to go through to the final of the cup after the 0-1 loss in the first leg. Almost secured the title. Heyyy look at this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 May 2025 Our first double! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Cheez3y said: Nice progress. Dont fall off or Gattuso will haunt you. I cant help myself, but everytime I hear Crete, I must think of this. At least he was a gentleman and said thank you in the end(he had right though about Greek media they are awfull)... Edited August 28, 2020 by Sheriff7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 Season Review 2025 Another great season, we did not have a ridiculous run like last year but strong throughout - I was happily surprised that we got through the CL group, although I think a EL run would've been cool as well. The cup is a nice bonus after a few final losses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 Pre-Season 2025 Was hoping for a bit more than 17k, but I'm guessing there will be room to expand later. I had never heard of Eugene Gerards and I did not realize the only club legend according to FM was a Dutchman! After January I was not planning on selling much, the biggest two transfers were my GK and my back-up keeper, both of whom were replaced by better players. New players: Heije (MC, first team rotation), Martinez (GK, first team), Martín (ML, youth/back-up), Gradíssimo (SC, youth/back-up), Israel (AMC back-up), Kalabic (DC, youth/rotation) High wages but a definite upgrade in goal. I might have overpaid slightly but here's hoping he will fulfill his potential. Good pre-season and comfortable start to the season. Definitely a kind draw for us in the CL this time around, should make the knockout rounds again behind Inter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 September - October 2025 Very good start to the season, not conceding for 7 games in a row including two CL games! PAOK also strong again. Olympiacos a bit of a shocker, 11 points behind already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 November-December 2025 In a bit of a shocker, it hasn't been the season of the new young striker I signed from Porto but young Greek Evanthis Doulkeridis who joined a few seasons ago. Hard to judge - I mean any team in the last 16 should be too strong for us normally but we'll see. PAOK keeping up with us even though we are having a similar invincible like run like two seasons ago. Cristiano Ronaldo not doing bad at all as Olympiacos manager since taking over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 January 2026 One big sale, as Ekkelenkamp is the next player of mine to leave for China. Decided to give Gradissimo some needed game time elsewhere. No huge signings, but some needed extra players - Méndez and Collado were both transferlisted but are very good rotational options for us, in defense and around the midfield respectively. José is a young midfielder for the future. Dropped a few points, and shocked by Xanthi of all teams. But we are scoring tons. A good lead, but it is still important to keep the form going. I can see PAOK losing that second spot to CR's Olympiacos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 February 2026 Fantastic month including a small home win in the first leg in the CL. Looking very good for another title.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 March 2026 Another goalkeeper talent.... I'll take it of course. There are multiple decent CA's to start out with so maybe the potentials are a little bit on the low side. Definitely an exciting prospect though! Very sour to go out of the CL again in the first knockout round. I feel like we could've had Lyon here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 April 2026 Normally not a good month in the league but with our lead it doesn't really matter. Happy to get rid of the loss in the first tie of the cup semi finals so another straight final for us it is. PAOK even in danger of going to fourth place now, ouch. CR doing well enough with Olympiacos that we're not officially champions yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 May 2026 Surprisingly actually lost to the big 2 clubs - although PAOK did not manage to finish in fourth, nice job Aris; who also made the cup final where we beat them. Another double for us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Season Review 2026 Maybe more was possible in Europe, but we still need to make some big steps to compete in the CL for sure. Domestically we are clearly the strongest team, although not dominating at an insane level quite yet. Giving Argitis (yp6a) some game time and will continue to do so next year. Good to finally have another young player from the academy in the first team squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Pre-Season 2026 Well, I'm happy with a big new owner who's supporting the club financially but not so much that he's offering big money for two new players - two more strikers !!! I already have enough! Only one of the two went through. He is decent although small and can't jump; but as a pacy striker with good finishing I'll definitely take him. At least he is an EU national as a Danish international, and his wages aren't too bad either. The other one the owner bid for was wayyy more expensive. I also signed a new left wing option from Milan, but otherwise it was a pretty calm summer. I have been looking for players but right now we are the tough position that real improvements are requiring big money or aren't that interested to move to the club. I also didn't make any big sales, Blanco is an ML I sold to make room for Pitu; the others were also just back-up options. I loaned both Topliss and Ross as they are non-EU strikers, with a maximum of 5 non-EU in the match squad I don't want more than 6 in my full first team squad. Starting the season with back to back games against PAOK and Olympiacos why don't you. But, we did well! Great start from Mazembe to be fair, 3 goals already. Should be in for second or third in this group. I'd actually like a nice EL Run after the break if we can't quite deal with Milan. A few uncommon CL club names popping up... Ried from Austria, Hertha from Germany, and Vitesse from the Netherlands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 September 2026 Getting in form now, great stuff in the CL especially. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 October 2026 Great month - and wow, Mazembe is surely showing his transfer was worth it even though I did not necessarily want him... also happy to see Argitis scoring twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 November 2026 Bad loss to Milan but otherwise still going strong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 December 2026 Only just became second in the CL group again.... Not hopeful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 January 2027 A lot of money coming in... back-up striker Doulkeridis; midfielder Villar; non-EU MR Segovia and DC Miculi. But also a lot of money going out. Two huge buys: a new MC in Dresing, which lead to the sale of Villar; and Kaya as a direct replacement for Miculi in central defence. I overpaid for both, but they are both 22 years and at a good first team level, so I think I should not make huge losses on them. Results and performances continue to go well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 February 2027 the CL tie happened much like I was afraid of, just not at that level. Unbeaten regular season... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 March 2027 He has Danish second nationality so he is a EU national luckily. Not really the best month but we kept our unbeaten record going... The cup tie against PAOK was during the international break so both teams played with only having part of their first team squads. My entire bench were u-19s. A bit surprising, but there goes CR already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Just caught up, great save! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 06/09/2020 at 11:48, karanhsingh said: Just caught up, great save! Cheers mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 April 2027 4 more games to go for our first unbeaten season! And a cup final to come too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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