[The Official Nordic Talent Collective FM20]

Doing a Scandi challenge right now. 

Run all the Scandi leagues, started unemployed.

Ended up getting the gig at IFK Hasselholm. Who as it turns out were a club that Peter Crouch went out to on loan back in his younger days. 

[What is the deal with Limerick?]

Managed to get Limerick promoted. Finished 2nd to Drogheda, who were undefeated all season. I finished 3 points behind them. Defeated Finn Harps in the promotion series. 

I now actually have a bit more money. 890K to spend on wages. A huge boost from the 30-odd thousand I had for the opening season in Div 1. 

It has now ticked over to Jan 1 2020 in the game though, and it looks like semi-pro status of the club has not been upgraded, which is deflating. 

[What is the deal with Limerick?]

2 minutes ago, yolixeya said:

In my first club in my current save I had something similar. It was Linkoping in Sweden, 4th tier, they had 4-5 players and I took them over with more then half of season gone and bottom of the table. Brought some new players also paying them well above my wage limit. In the end, I still wasn't able to help them and got relegated and sacked.

Bugger. Hopefully things go differently with Limerick here.

So far so good. I am two games in so far, and two wins.

I spent just about a week in real time developing the squad during pre-season, playing extra friendlies to quickly get a sense of all my trialists and who was gonna cut the mustard. The most in depth pre-season I've ever partaken in.

[What is the deal with Limerick?]

I took the plunge with Limerick.

Never have I seen anything quite like it. You start with no players, no backroom, and next to no money. I have spent the entire pre-season (Jan-Feb 2019 in FM2020) trialing over 150 different players. The most difficult part to begin with was having no 'advice' set on realistic signings for staff or players. I simply had to pluck back room staff based on a rough estimation of the level/stats (eg. I eliminated all high stat staff) and they were always unemployed people. Have managed to recruit a squad gradually including some youth backups, but I'm over my wage budget by £100K. The wage bill allowed to be was £28K. That is despite the fact that 3/4 of my squad are on non-contract deals and just receiving match payments.

One game into the season so far, playing with two variations of a 4-1-2-3. Won the first game away at Shelbourne. 

This is one heck of a challenge, I love it.

[The Unofficially Official Training and Mentoring Guide]

On 26/05/2020 at 02:34, Cadoni said:

You can't import professional training schedules to semi-professional clubs.

Professional Clubs have:

Available Training Sessions: 18 / 1 Match per Week

Semi-Professional Clubs have:

Available Training Sessions: 4 / 1 Match per Week

Thanks Cadoni. Makes sense.

[The Unofficially Official Training and Mentoring Guide]

18 hours ago, Cadoni said:

Are those training schedules is for professional club?

Yes.

[The Unofficially Official Training and Mentoring Guide]

Apologies if this is the wrong thread, but can't training schedules be imported for semi-pro teams?

Every time I load a schedule, it will not save and become available in the training calendar under Custom Schedules. 

 

[What is the deal with Limerick?]

On 18/04/2020 at 05:24, Hrafnsmerki said:

I was starting a journeyman challenge (DB: 20.4 update) and Limerick was the first club to offer a job interview and a job offer. Thing is they have no players and no staff but in the club vision they want me to sign players under 23 as well as become the best youth setup in Ireland by the end of 2020, much to ask for by a club with no funds. It made me, however, trigger my interest and started googling around only to realise that Limerick as a club more or less ceased to exist in january 2020. This is definitely a rare opportunity to literally start from scratch with a real club in FM. I'm just wondering if this future Limerick Academy, which seems to be happening irl, is also going to be reflected ingame? Can I expect my youth infrastructure to be improved by 2020? Otherwise I find it hard to achieve a required club vision as the club itself has no money

Did you end up pursuing this?

I just started a save in Ireland and saw that Limerick had no players or staff. Took it as a great challenge. Have just started it now, and can't seem to sign anyone. Would be interested to know how you went.