[FM22] Secondo Posto...Vizemeister...Deuxième...Subcampeón...Runners-Up No More - Top 5 Journey Man - Chapter VIII - 1. FC Saarbrücken [Finished]

[Cheez3y]

1 hour ago, karanhsingh said:

I don't know why I can't get this to work. Any player instructions?

Have tried various different combinations for the front 3. For me the best is still AF, DLF, AF. 

No instructions.

 

I normally struggle with the AMC, but in this diamond it finally works.

[Cheez3y]

 

Only one decent player in Julio.

 

[karanhsingh]

54 minutes ago, Cheez3y said:

No instructions.

 

I normally struggle with the AMC, but in this diamond it finally works.

AMC is easily the most annoying position in the game. 

[Cheez3y]

April 2031 - Europa Conference League - Quarter Final - 1st Leg

Really good away win against Marseille.

Hopefully we can clinch the semi final in our home game.

Edited July 6, 2022 by Cheez3y

[DaNascimento]

Looks like Germany and France are calling 

[Cheez3y]

23 minutes ago, DaNascimento said:

Looks like Germany and France are calling 

Indeed.

Its looking like we will be done this season.

[Cheez3y]

April 2031 - Europa Conference League - Quarter Final - 2nd Leg

Its semi final time!

Edited July 6, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

In the semi final we will play Sevilla.

One of the teams that beat us.

[Cheez3y]

April 2031 - Copa del Rey - Final

Well...we played not smart and Barca got their revenge.

[Cheez3y]

April 2031 - La Liga

Barcelona had us this month, but we won the important game vs Getafe.

 

Its now a 4 points gap.

 

Coming Up

Nothing really scary.

The toughest games will be the ECL semi final games against Sevilla.

[Cheez3y]

Getafe got a pretty bad set of games to finish the season.

[Cheez3y]

April 2031 - Europa Conference League - Semi Final - 1st Leg

Really nice home game against Sevilla.

Maybe a cheeky ECL final?

Edited July 7, 2022 by Cheez3y

[MWFC_3]

Did you misspell that with "AMay pril 2031"?

[Cheez3y]

1 hour ago, MWFC_3 said:

Did you misspell that with "AMay pril 2031"?

Ty for the tip.

Yes I always copy+paste the header and switch the infos.

Sometimes I forget to double check.

[Cheez3y]

May 2031 - Europa Conference League - Semi Final - 2nd Leg

 

We got our 2nd chance of a European title this save.

With a solid 3:2 away victory we got into the ECL final.

[Cheez3y]

 

Its...Tottenham Hotspur!

And looking at our past results, Spurs should be scared about Marcos Ferreira.

 

[Cheez3y]

May 2031 - La Liga

 

We did it..we finished top of the table by 5 points.

 

Real with a nice sprint at the end.

 

[Cheez3y]

Well we won some awards.

 

[Cheez3y]

One more game to go...

Lets get our first trophy in Europe!

[karanhsingh]

Crazy season. Don't think I've seen a newly promoted team win one of the top leagues yet. 

[Cheez3y]

19 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

Crazy season. Don't think I've seen a newly promoted team win one of the top leagues yet. 

In FM me neither.

 

In irl we had this miracle in Germany. -> 1. FC Kaiserslautern

They got relegated 1995/96, won the 2. Bundesliga in 1996/97 and promotion back to the Bundesliga.

And then they won as promoted team the Bundesliga in 1997/98.

Edited July 7, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

May 2031 - Europa Conference League - Final

 

And with an amazing performance from the entire team...we won the Europa Conference League!

[Cheez3y]

End Of Season Review 2030/31

 

What a season.

We won the title in our first season back in La Liga.

And we won the ECL and got into the Copa del Rey final again.

 

Its hard to find the right words for it.

 

 

Spoiler

 

What an amazing team performance.

We got 6 players with double digit goals and 5 players with double digit assists.

 

Really impressed by Orel Mangala.

After all theses years and a transfer to KSA, he is still the same B2B madman.

And in this formation he showed his full potential with 32 scorer.

[Cheez3y]

End Of Season Review 2030/31 - Stats

 

After 52 years....Sporting Gijon is finally a Spanish Football Champion.

 

[Cheez3y]

Bristol City 2030/31

Bristol with a solid season.

This time not best of the rest, but still top 4.

 

CL: First KO stage knocked out by Gladbach

League Cup: semi final knocked out by Man City

FA Cup: semi final knocked out by Man City

[Cheez3y]

Venezia FC - 2030/31

After the relegation struggle last season...a much better season for Venezia.

 

Coppa Italia: 2nd round knocked out by Brescia

[Cheez3y]

  

We produced the same numbers as in La Liga 2.

[Cheez3y]

 

Well...I never had an emergency meeting, because I want to resign.

I guess there is always a first.

 

[Cheez3y]

 

After just 2 years Marcos Ferreira finished his time in Spain.

It was much quicker as he expected.

 

Spoiler

 

 

I really want Germany or France next.

Those league will be the toughest in my eyes.

Bayern and PSH are still running away every year with the titles.

[Cheez3y]

A lot of jobs are open.

And with Watford there would be an eligible club.

 

But my save...my rules.

I want Germany or France next and complete one in each country.

[Cheez3y]

England 2030/31

Spoiler

  

  

 

[karanhsingh]

Great season! Very well done.

France should definitely be the biggest challenge here 

[DaNascimento]

Congratulations! 

Would be interesting to see you in France, think it would quite be more challenging than germany. Once played in france in FM and failed hard on PSG. They sold Mbappe and bought Kane, Grealish and Haaland as replacement  but maybe in 2031 they're not that strong anmyore 

[Cheez3y]

4 hours ago, karanhsingh said:

Great season! Very well done.

France should definitely be the biggest challenge here 

 

1 hour ago, DaNascimento said:

Congratulations! 

Would be interesting to see you in France, think it would quite be more challenging than germany. Once played in france in FM and failed hard on PSG. They sold Mbappe and bought Kane, Grealish and Haaland as replacement  but maybe in 2031 they're not that strong anmyore 

Ty ty.

 

Here are the last 10 years in France and Germany.

This will be a challenge.

[karanhsingh]

What's the average points tally to win the league though? Over 90 every season?

[Cheez3y]

16 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

What's the average points tally to win the league though? Over 90 every season?

 

Around 90 pts is the normal case..yes.

[karanhsingh]

Judging by this PSG may actually be easier. I think to overhaul Bayern you'll probably need a genuinely world class side. Also the average German team is definitely better than the average french team. 

[Cheez3y]

5 minutes ago, karanhsingh said:

Judging by this PSG may actually be easier. I think to overhaul Bayern you'll probably need a genuinely world class side. Also the average German team is definitely better than the average french team. 

Might be yes.

But you get a lot of more prize and tv money in Germany, so this might speed things up.

[Cheez3y]

After 4 months we got two eligible jobs open.

Parma in Italy...and Nimes in France!

 

They finally sacked Diego Costa, who is a rival ingame for my coach. 

 

Here we go!

[Cheez3y]

They love my entertaining football.

 

Budgets are very low.

 

 

[Cheez3y]

 

5 days later the Saarbrücken job opens.

 

From all 4 options in Germany, this one would be the hardest.

 

[Cheez3y]

 

Nimes offers us the job.

 

Well time to delay and wait for Saarbrücken.

 

 

[Cheez3y]

 

After two delays Saarbrücken finally invited us.

 

Finances looking much better.

 

 

[Cheez3y]

 

I guess our next chapter will be in Germany!

[Cheez3y]

 

Here we go!

This to slay my Bayern Munich.

 

[Cheez3y]

 

Welcome to Saarbrücken.

I even upgrade my beloved Tato skin.

 

On two occasions Saarbrücken was close to win the German title.

1943 and 1952

 

In 1943 they lost in the final of five round single-leg knock out competition against Dresdner SC.

And in 1952 in the final against Stuttgart.

This year it was played in two group with 4 teams and the winner of each group playing for the title.

 

Edited July 8, 2022 by Cheez3y

[Cheez3y]

The past 10 years they were a good tier 3 side, which was to weak for tier 2.

 

 

Finances are looking decent.

 

[Cheez3y]

This year will be all about survival.

 

Wow...thats a lot of red.

And with no manager they get 3 points .

 

 

UFF.

Only 20 players in the main squad.

 

I think we can still play my diamond.

 

[Cheez3y]

Holy Sh*t...the team is in a rough state.

Our best striker got 7 finishing...

 

We got two bright spots in Scholz and Melchiot. 

And both are academy players.

[Cheez3y]

nvm I found this one if our 2nd team.

Hello Cristian...you are now our starting AF.