Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I think everybody has tried a Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge in their many years of playing FM, taking over the second bottom team in the Premier League on November 6th. However, I have struggled with Brexit work permit rules, and it was ultimately what led to the end of my previous exploits with Rochdale. However, in this save, I'm going to be taking the second bottom team in Ligue 1, and rebuilding them to the dizzy heights of 13 Ligue 1's, 5 French Cups, 2 Champions Leagues, and 10 Trophy Des Champions. While doing this, we will be focusing on building up a brilliant youth academy, bringing through important players right from our youth intakes. With all that being said, let's meet the manager, and the club. Here's Monsieur Alex Ferguson, a 44 year old Scottish Manager, with international experience as a player. Now onto the club we will be bringing to glory. Troyes! A yoyo club in real life, now it's time to restore some balance to them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 Day one - Squad, Tactics, Mentoring, and Staff This is going to be a long one, so bear with me. Part one: Squad Review Goalkeeper: Jessy Moulin He's a solid, if unspectacular goalkeeper. Shame he's 35 as our backup is not up to par. Right-back: Oualid El Hajjam He's brilliant, in my opinion. Again, shame he's on the wrong side of 30. Right Center Back: Yoann Salmier The Guianese international is a very limited, slow, and really can't be relied on to do much other than win headers and mark. Left Center Back: Erik Palmer-Brown The American international, one of my former favorite American prospects in real life, is a solid option, but his mentals leave a lot to be desired. This makes center back #1 & #2 a big priority. Left-Back: Abdu Conte This guy has our LB spot sorted for a couple years, at least. Defensive Midfield: Florian Tardieu The hard working DM will most likely be a half back in our tactic, transitioning defense to attack. Central Midfield: Xavier Chavalerin & Tristan Dingome He'll be our box to box this season, until he loses his legs. He has AP(A) written all over him. Attacking Midfield: Luka Ilic I'm not sure what role to play him in, but I'm less than pleased with our winger options, so we'll have to play narrow. Striker: Renaud Ripart & Suk Hyun-Jun The perfect pressing forward. He'll be our target man, linking up play for the AM and PF. Part Two: Tactics The main tactic for this first season. The ideal next tactic for us, if everything goes to plan in the transfer window. Backup Backup plan. Part Three: Mentoring & Youngsters A full back group, center back group, and attacking group. The top 3 youngsters out of these 5 are All around Anas Namri. Limited CB Tanguy Zoukrou And attacking option Brandon Domingues. And finally, Part Four: Staff We do have 2 assmen which I've never seen before. Double the useless advice. We have 3 open scout spots. And no sports science room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 November-December 2021 Results: We conceded 3 injury time goals against Clermont. League Table: PSG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 You've definitely picked the hardest country to do this in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 January-February 2022 Results: This is ugly. We deserved to win all but the last two games based on chances created and XG, but our defense genuinely made me want to alt+f4 during these games. Easily the most frustrated I've ever been at this game. League Table: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 45 minutes ago, karanhsingh said: You've definitely picked the hardest country to do this in! Certainly doesn't make it any easier when you concede 2+ goals in every one of your last 7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 Youth Intake: Holy ****. He's okay, not as good as I expect from a 5* player. Ditto. That's more like it. A Scottish wonderboy. He'll be a brilliant inverted winger on the left. He's going straight to the first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 6 hours ago, karanhsingh said: You've definitely picked the hardest country to do this in! Maybe Spain is harder, because it is 3 teams you have to beat not just PSG. Even though PSG is a tough hill to climb. Especially when they spend $150M/year on just 3 players! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karanhsingh Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 34 minutes ago, Hootieleece said: Maybe Spain is harder, because it is 3 teams you have to beat not just PSG. Even though PSG is a tough hill to climb. Especially when they spend $150M/year on just 3 players! True but you will likely need to get 95+ points to topple PSG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Hootieleece said: Maybe Spain is harder, because it is 3 teams you have to beat not just PSG. Even though PSG is a tough hill to climb. Especially when they spend $150M/year on just 3 players! I definitely think that toppling the duopoly of Spain and the Manchester dominance in FM is a little harder, but PSG is such a fun challenge in this game. 1 hour ago, karanhsingh said: True but you will likely need to get 95+ points to topple PSG That's the real kicker of the save, just like Fergie said, his biggest challenge was knocking Liverpool off their perch, our biggest challenge is knocking PSG off their's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 March-April 2022 Results: Much better in these two months. League Table: Up to 14th, and we play two teams below us in our last two games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 Here's what we've been using tactically recently, and yes, I am inspired by @ManUtd1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 May 2022 Results: Disappointing to lose to Lorient, but we're safe. League Table: PSG unbeaten, Nice in 2nd, ASSE in 4th, what is happening?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 Offseason 2022 Transfers in: The important 3 are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Fudal said: Here's what we've been using tactically recently, and yes, I am inspired by @ManUtd1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 August-September 2022 Metz manager tries to get under my skin before our match. It worked. If it wasn't for Ilic missing two clear cut chances we would've been more dominant on the scoreline. **** you Raymond. Coward. We signed 2 players. 200k for the best mentor in the game. Our libero of the future. Debuts for both left something to be desired. Results: A scintillating start to our second season in charge. League Table: Leaves us comfortably in the European spots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 October 2022 Results: Very solid. League Table: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 January 2023 Results: Higher XG in every game, the tactic is working, we just aren't very good. League Table: Still holding on to our European place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 Youth Intake 2023: Unfortunately, he's a striker. No one else is really worth showing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 February-March Results: Poor. League Table: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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