SixPointer

And that folks is a wrap. The final trophy in my quest to emulate the great Ernst Happel. On the whole it was a poor season in truth, especially after spending well over 400m on three players, in a push to win one more champions league. Runners up on the domestic cup front, knocked out by Chelsea after going 2-0 down in the first leg at Stamford Bridge. An old friend in Palmeirim was a 230 million outlay, the man who won Franz his first UCL at Benfica but while he scored plenty of goals it wasn't enough to bring the Austrian one more. The Austrian hall of fame is a great place to show the comparison of Franz and the man he aspired to be. 8 domestic divisions each, Franz with 4 more domestic cups, and 3 more other trophies. In total Franz won the FA cup in Austria with SV Ried, Two Belgian cups and two league titles with standard liege, three league titles in portugal, four league cups and two FA cups, three champions leagues in a row with benfica. He carried on that run with his fourth one in a row at Real Madrid, along with three La Liga titles in a row, one spanish cup and one copa del rey. He ranks 6th in the worldwide hall of fame among some of the greatest managers to grace the earth. At SV Ried he left a long standing legacy, his hometown club he installed hope after three years at the helm brought a cup win and three runner up finishes. A club known for yo-yoing between the divisions it went on to finish in the top three of the next 8 out of 9 seasons after Franz left, showing the foundations of his plan left a long lasting mark. Standard Liege had a similar turn of fortunes when the Austrian arrived, and after his departure. They went on to win the next three Belgian titles in a row and did two cup doubles with them. They tailed off a little, but in 2033 they almost completed a famous treble just missing out on the conference league, to go along with the domestic double. Benfica is perhaps where his legacy was cemented and incredible three champions league wins in a row shocked the world, however Ange his predecessor has shown that it can still be done as he brought home the UCL for a sixth time! from the portuguese capital to the spanish, and arguably the world's biggest club, the first season was a huge success, boasting a team full of legends he raced to his fourth UCL, after disassembling the squad he found it hard to reach the glorious heights in europe but maintained the league titles. Conclusion First of all i would like to thank everyone who participated in this journey with me, everyone's input however small or large is really appreciated it makes the save so much more enjoyable. I think it's clear to see my interest in save really dropped off after the move to Real Madrid. I don't think it helped that my personal life got busy around the same time. The drop of FM24 didn't help as I found my system to be massively overpowered. All in all I came to do what I set out to do and while I apologize for the vague posts towards the end, I really wanted to finish the challenge to the best of my ability after two cracks at it over two and half game cycles. Whats next, first up i need to find a good yearly update model i can use to still deliver a good story, tactical workings and of course results as my time is highly restricted i can't go down the road of monthly updates, i only have one day a week to play and at my speed of play when fully immersed it's difficult to see a plan. I don't see myself moving away from journeymen save, I may just start unemployed on a continent and see what happens, and may not even write about it as i feel i can't really do it justice. As it stands I am tied between a South American story after reading the Tears at la Bombonera book on my holidays or a crazy African journey due to me working here. piece out SixPointer

A few poor results so far but no doubt about it you’ll bounce back! Alvaro looks like a real monster

Great move and a great start. Two very solid scalps in Europe. Doesn’t look like it will take long for the team to get to grips with your tactical philosophy. A bunch of highly promising players for your to nurture already is always a welcome bonus when moving club.

Are you looking for any new employees? I have some excellent world travel experience

That’s what intrigues me about South America, I would naturally be a feeder club to Europe regardless of my end point on the continent, so even if I ended up at a powerhouse I would still have to work for it and change squads about. Benfica I lost a huge element off it but still done great deals, at Real I lost the whole appetite for the save as I could pretty much do as I pleased with little research. If it hadn’t been for the quest to complete the challenge I would have started a new. half way through the current season so it should hopefully be finished by the morning as I’m on 12 hours nightshift with no work on going. It’s almost like being paid to play footy man, my dream job!

Suppose that could be a good idea. I had been toying with South America. Been a long time since I done Argentinos juniors for my Gasperini tactical write up.

The machine I use at work is broken and we can’t get parts until Friday potentially later. This should give me the time to wrap this challenge up! again I’m sorry for the lack of depth in recent times, but I want it over the line. I’m not really sure what to do for my next save writing will be limited but I do have every Sunday off which means I can get something on the go. Open to some suggestions.

The club World Cup. The next one isn’t for another three years. I don’t intend on carrying on that much longer. Another title and I feel that’s it completed

Competitions overview - Villarreal run us close in the La Liga title race. A couple of minor cups came our way to make up a treble of sorts. Barcelona knocked us out of the Champions League and Bayern defeated us in the Club World Cup. Three Legends - The Saudis came and snapped up three club legends, it was their time to go and enjoy the twilight of their careers and make a small fortune. Record Breaker - José Antonio Gallastegi arrived for a world record fee, although it was topped later on in the window. He hit 12 goals and 8 assits as he looked to fill the void of world player of the year Aurelien Tchouameni's depature. With the club world out of my grasp, one league title is all that remains.

My two days off thanks to the holidays has allowed me time to smash through another season. Will be another very short update out in the coming days

Incredible stuff as always Ben, the depth you go to is special. The amount of effort put into the save is true dedication, I actually get upset when I read to catch up as it hammers home how much am missing FM. Great promotion and a solid first season in top flight. Things look to be progressing nicely. I haven’t had much FM24 time how are you finding the match engine?

What a journey you’ve been on my friend! Great to see the success from such humble beginnings

Loving the save! Serious trophies in the bag, Muric leading the youthful charge to glory. The Bundesliga title is just around the corner. Loving your graphical updates as well bud.

Been away a long time, trying my best to catch up. Loving the progress here and your end of season updates. Something I could potentially utilise in the future. Bold move staying in France with the test of PSG

So far it’s been tough adjusting to the heat, my Scottish skin is not used to it quite yet. Normally takes 2/3 weeks much like it did when I worked in Brazil and Malaysia. Work is crazy so there is no point in starting a new save, I literally have zero time. I haven’t even set it latop up yet. 🙃 I have this Sunday off so I’ll go for a speed-play season

Yes, I love it 👏🏻👏🏻 looks a lot colder than Angola for sure!

Hahaha went from the snow suit to sandals very quickly

I’m thinking about something similar in South America. But I really don’t have much time on my hands. In Angola I’ll be 12 hours 6 days a week. It’s not like Norway we’re I do 9 hours. i need to find a way of doing a seasonal update but still have it packing a punch with tactics etc. that way I could maybe write and play.

Managed to put some sort of update out while my flight is delayed

The first season in Madrid was extremely successful, a league, Champions league and Spanish cup. League Table - Villarreal fought valiantly but in the end, came up short. Our stats overall were most impressive. Champions League - Things got off to a very shaky start, but we battled hard and in the end Franz made it four in a row. A huge amount of money was spent to achieve our goals, although our turnover covers the cost. We broke our transfer record for Tino to follow Franz. He did become world player of the year. The squad was aging at Madrid while packing some serious talent but I really dont have the time to deep dive at this moment as I head back to work. I'll do a squad overview. Urrita became our new number one, Granny, Fonseca and Marco joined tino in coming from Benfica to add some known quality. Issac, Marlon, Klynge added some Talent. Zarate came from our old rivals in an attempt to anchor the center of difference which became a weak spot. He broke his nations record. Squad Overview - As you can see a few legends remained in the shape of Vini Junior, Tchouaméni and Camavinga. Kulusevski and Scalvini had been added which made up the spine of the team. Carlos, Vegas and Ebrar Çalık were the big talents when i arrived. Sorry for the absolute rush of writing this i really just want the challenge done now, im bored of the save and want to start a fresh for FM24. I think all i require now is 2 league titles, 1 cup and one club world cup which i now qualify for.

The season is finally done. Hopefully have it written up by Sunday. It’s gonna be very short and sweet am afraid

Great club choice, a team I done many moons ago. Best of luck and following!

Just caught up on everything! Fantastic winning the conference league. A little bit of a talent factory as the two new German lads look the part but how is muric doing? Way back he looked impressive!

A fully fledged tactic man indeed! Interesting to see if your tweaks will continue to see so many goals flow!

Quite the bit of catching up there. Excellent work with RFS, glad you decided to take the realistic move to the polish outfit, another place you can develop your style and grow the club. but my favourite bit your write up about your real life style. Wonderful insight