rlipscombe Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 It is a bit lonely in Holland at the mo!I am starting to enjoy the challenge now. It is really difficult to attract players but that's part of the fun too. My stadium can't be expanded so I am always going to be a selling club. i think almost all teams in the challenge will be a selling club to an extent.... It's all about finding bargains and youth stars and developing them as best before cashing in on some for huge fees. this way you can finance a push to the top. Even more so if you are restricted by ground size etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargatouf Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Hi all, I want to try the challenge. I've holidayed a season, retired then while creating a new profile, I can't select sunday league player as my past experience. Any idea why? What do I have to do to be able to change that? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Hi all,I want to try the challenge. I've holidayed a season, retired then while creating a new profile, I can't select sunday league player as my past experience. Any idea why? What do I have to do to be able to change that? Thanks It depends what nation you are in, some of them don't allow Sunday league...If you can't pick it choose Automatic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Venezia - Serie B - End of Season 2015/16 Media Prediction: 14th Final Position: 9th Graph So our second season in Serie B eventually saw us finish in 9th again. For a while it looked like we minght make a play-off push but a run of seven games without a win saw us slip out of contention. Squad 1 Squad 2 Transfers 1 Transfers 2 The key players: Guarna - Another solid season for the goalkeeper. Still very much number one. Stoyanov - \the Bulgarian originally came as a CB, but after deputising at LB he never lost his place in the team. Vollborn - Austrian RB had another solid season. Alcibiade - Another solid season from Raffaele. Still heavily courted. Kostadinov - The Bulgarian had a good debut season and pushed Miguel out of the starting line up. Gaucho - Brazilian RM came in on loan and pushed Lloyd Sam out of the team. Doubt we’ll be able to keep him permanently. Sam - Lost his first team place but still did well when called upon. Camolese - Club captain had another good season with plenty of assists. Koke - Our Spanish midfielder bossed the midfield again and did well. Hopefully he’ll stay with us for many more years. Saumel - The experienced Austrian midfielder came in and did a good job. Earned a new two year contract as a result. Schmitt - What a season from the Belgian. Top Scored with 35 league goals and became the clubs leading goalscorer. Keeping him is a must. Orosz - Janos stepeed in and became Schmitts strike partner. Not as prolific but a good season. Bartkowiak - A January signing for £55k, Lukasz did a decent job as support striker. Bit of a gamble signing. Finances After the decisioin to build a new ground plunged us into debt, I spent most of the season trying to prevent more debt. A number of players were sold, many for a tidy profit which saw us record a good profit for the season. I wait to see how much I’ll get next season. As for the ground, it’s opening has been delayed three months to September. As for the coming season, my targets are: - Keep hold of our stars. Hopefully the chairman doesn't go seeling our stars again. - Improve on 9th. I am wanting a play-off place as minimum next season. - Improve on our Coppa Italia record. Onto the new season we go..... FORZA LAGUNARI!!!!! Career History [color=black][font=Verdana]Season League Pos. Serie C Cup Cup Europe Achievements[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]_________________________________________________________________________________________________[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]2010/11 Serie C2/A 2nd group stage N/A N/A Lost in play-off semis[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]2011/12 Serie C2/A 3rd group stage N/A. N/A Promotion in playoffs[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]2012/13 Serie C1/A 8th N/A 2nd Qual. N/A None[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]2013/14 Serie C1/A 1st Winners 3rd Qual. N/A Serie C1/A Champions, Serie C Cup, Serie C Super Cup[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]2014/15 Serie B 9th N/A 3rd Qual. N/A None[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]2015/16 Serie B 9th N/A 2nd Qual N/A None[/font][/color] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Can't load game I've got to start using rolling save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Drowning Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Elgin City - Scottish Premier League - 1st - Champions/League Cup Winners/Scottish Cup Winners league Table league Cup Scottish Cup Completley dominant in all domestic competitions, won the league with ease. In Europe it was different as we came 3rd in our group because of our results against Sporting. We actually had the same points and a better goal difference than them. The Team Keepers Silvio Still only young, cost lest than £2m about 3 years ago and looks like a bargain. JMichal Chovanec 18 year old promising backup. Defenders Adriano Attacking right back/wing back. Alexandr Malishev Only 22, and he is brilliant at centre back James Gutierrez bargain 18 year old American left back Ezequiel Ramirez Another bargain defender from Argentina, big clubs are after him for a reason Marcao Our other brazilian young attacking right back Luis Mansilla Spent silly money on this guy, he is brilliant but a moaner. Wants to leave but I wont let him go unless I get a big offer so i'm happy to let him rot. martin Toman Spent £350k on him as a 16 year old and he's been amazing from day 1 max Marshall Don't have many scots in the side so was delighted to pick up this young attacking left back from Falkirk Midfield marco Bertelli Young free transfer a couple of years ago is an able backup Left Winger oscar Guity Had been lacking some real aggresion and solidity in midfield so this was £10m well spent paulinho A great year for 1 of our many Brazilian, got a touch of the samba to Elgin with several Brazlian coaches and a couple of physios also with us Josh McEachran We can spend all we want but this free transfer from back in the day always seems to be our star player Carlos Araque Similar player to McEachran but capable of playing alongside him and has scored a few goals Gaucho Only cost £1.5m and is another brazilian, the right winger got our fans player of the year award Gutierrez Our other right winger, only cost £1.6m and is great in the SPL Alejandro Romagnoli Absolutley awesome Left Winger, probably too good for us Chico It's Chico time, scored quite a lot from the left wing Dan Ramsay Also fills in at left back, our longest serving player having come through our youth system back in the 2nd Division. Want him to be here forever but he dislikes McEachran Strikers Alejandro Fernandez Was pretty cheap and a good backup, already been sold for a tidy profit. Ariel Casas Lacks in pace but is great at this level. leonel Zunino Only young and was our 3rd Argentine striker, can go on to be amazing.. Oliviera Our best player going by his stats, just amazing signing in Jan Transfers Big money in and out for that year, just getting annoying now though because whenever we get a player good enough the big clubs come in and unsettle them so they want to leave. The same has happened yet again leaving the entire squad with awful harmony. Makes me think this challenge just wont be possible with a team like Elgin. Not sure what to do, all I've decided is that we will make a profit in transfers next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 *slips in through the backdoor* Hello there chaps! I'm back! Fired up the Castillo file and realised I have a fair amount of unfinished business to do After a quick recap myself, here is the quick rundown of where we are: Castillo CF, of the Canary Islands have been led to the Liga BBVA in Spain in their 11th season of league football. We are 11 games into the BBVA season and have found it understandably tough. Goals are being conceded freely but for now the attackers are finding the net to keep us afloat. We are 3rd from bottom at the moment. Key men? Well I have a 37 year old Andres Iniesta in midfield, Lukasz Fabianski in goal and our all-time top goalscorer Alberto Merola (>100 goals to date) up front. There's a nice £6m in the bank and a stadium that holds 9150 (6000 seats). The facilities have been improved regularly over the last 2/3 years and now stand as 'average'. That's all you need to know for now. I'll be easing myself back in gradually, but there is definitely a challenge to complete over here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 *slips in through the backdoor*Hello there chaps! I'm back! Fired up the Castillo file and realised I have a fair amount of unfinished business to do After a quick recap myself, here is the quick rundown of where we are: Castillo CF, of the Canary Islands have been led to the Liga BBVA in Spain in their 11th season of league football. We are 11 games into the BBVA season and have found it understandably tough. Goals are being conceded freely but for now the attackers are finding the net to keep us afloat. We are 3rd from bottom at the moment. Key men? Well I have a 37 year old Andres Iniesta in midfield, Lukasz Fabianski in goal and our all-time top goalscorer Alberto Merola (>100 goals to date) up front. There's a nice £6m in the bank and a stadium that holds 9150 (6000 seats). The facilities have been improved regularly over the last 2/3 years and now stand as 'average'. That's all you need to know for now. I'll be easing myself back in gradually, but there is definitely a challenge to complete over here (falls off seat...) Flipping heck, he's back!! beginning to think you were the knew JoseRR.... Welcome back mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 (falls off seat...) Flipping heck, he's back!! beginning to think you were the knew JoseRR.... Welcome back mate. Cheers mate! I couldn't leave forever could I? First game back is away at Barcelona Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohanzee Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 rlipscombe - Have to say I'm impressed at how much you get out of your players. Schmitt especially, he doesn't look amazing, lacking quite a bit in the mental department. So getting him 35 goals in Serie B is really good. I guess you're utilizing his height? How do you play him if you don't mind saying? Where's all the Italian players in your team? In my games the Italian top teams seem to release anything that's below wonderkid most of the time. Maybe they changed it in the latest patch, I haven't played lower level in Europe since then. Good luck next year, I expect a promotion! (Oh and your finances screen shot is a bit buggy, bottom half is gone and top is showing twice). The Art of Drowning - Great season again, next year one step further in Europe. That's quite a world team you got there. Is there no rules against non-eu players in Scotland? Got me a bit interested now. Looks a bit like Holland, big talent factory. Sort of a European waiting room for foreign talent. Personally I wouldn't worry to much about players wanting to leave. Give them 5-6 year contracts when you sign them and if anyone bids on them ask for 3x their value or some crazy amount. If they get unhappy I just ignore it and they still play well. My best performer the last 2 seasons in Uruguay have been unhappy at not being sold. Keeping the same team together for 4-5 years seem to be the key to huge success. iacovone - Nice to see you back!! There's so much action here compared to South America, I might put that on hold and do one here. Choices choices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Drowning Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Most of the guys either have a European 2nd nationality or got in via appeal so it's the same rules as England as far as I can tell. Will try and keep them all together for as long as I can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Cheers mate! I couldn't leave forever could I? First game back is away at Barcelona an easy game to ease yourself back in then..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 rlipscombe - Have to say I'm impressed at how much you get out of your players. Schmitt especially, he doesn't look amazing, lacking quite a bit in the mental department. So getting him 35 goals in Serie B is really good. I guess you're utilizing his height? How do you play him if you don't mind saying?Where's all the Italian players in your team? In my games the Italian top teams seem to release anything that's below wonderkid most of the time. Maybe they changed it in the latest patch, I haven't played lower level in Europe since then. Good luck next year, I expect a promotion! (Oh and your finances screen shot is a bit buggy, bottom half is gone and top is showing twice). Cheers. I do seem to get a lot out of some players who don't seem to have the quality - i do agree. I think the same is case with Alcibiade. As for Schmitt, i do play him as standard "deep lying forward" and set him as target man, to head. Seems to do the trick. I just need to find a way to get my other striker scoring more goals to compliment now. As for Italians, if i could get them i would do. unfortunately those that are good cost FAR too much money at the moment and expect a lot in wages. I do scout the players released by the top Italian teams and they don't often compare to my current players in most occasions. Just signed a couple who have promise, but time will tell if they make it. If i could have a team made up of mostly Italians i would do. Hopefully when i settle a little financially i can work towards that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 an easy game to ease yourself back in then..... Indeed. And as expected we got played off the park, losing 4-0 with 10 men for 60 minutes We did follow it up with a convincing 2-0 win over Betis at home though to record our first win in 4 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yababo Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Woonwagenkamp Emmen End of season update 2013/2014 League Table A much improved season. We were brilliant in patches of 4/5 games throughout the season. We recorded our first win ober one of the big three with a workmanlike 1-0 win over PSV. We lost in semis of the Dutch Cup to Twente having been 1-0 up Simeon Jackson was sent off and we conceded a penalty, eventually losing in extra time 2-1. The goal for next season is to consolidate and continue to build a squad so the board can sell it from under me. Which has happened twice now. League Year Pos Achievements Jupiler 2012 8th Promoted via playoffs Eredivisie 2013 15th Survived! Eredivisie 2014 10th Reached semis of cup Is it possible to ask the board to build a new stadium? As we cannot extend our 2500 capacity trailer park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonic Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Is it possible to ask the board to build a new stadium? As we cannot extend our 2500 capacity trailer park. You can just ask for them to expand it and if the money and attendances are right they'll build a new one but you can't request it directly. I'm not sure asking makes any difference anyway, I don't bother with the request anymore and I got a new stadium. I do still ask for the facilities to be upgraded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 some good progress there yabobo - good to get your first win over the top 3 too i bet. Good luck for the new season. iacovone - good to see you got a quick win again. fancy your chances of keeping the club up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 To be honest rlips, it'll be touch and go all the way. We're just about keeping our heads above water. Its so hard to attract players to the club as we're still so small. Seriously, anyone that would improve the squad is either too expensive, but more often than not, wants about treble the wages we can offer I found an AMR from Argentina who I signed for £1.6m this January who I deemed useful enough to play on the wing. The fans 'slammed' me for wasting money . What do they know anyway!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargatouf Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 It depends what nation you are in, some of them don't allow Sunday league...If you can't pick it choose Automatic. I'm playing in France. I saved the game just before adding a new manager, so will carry on tonight and pick automatic. Thanks for that. Will keep you guys updated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 To be honest rlips, it'll be touch and go all the way. We're just about keeping our heads above water. Its so hard to attract players to the club as we're still so small. Seriously, anyone that would improve the squad is either too expensive, but more often than not, wants about treble the wages we can offer I found an AMR from Argentina who I signed for £1.6m this January who I deemed useful enough to play on the wing. The fans 'slammed' me for wasting money . What do they know anyway!? how can the fans question your abilities!! good luck with the fight. i know what you mean about the wages - having same problem myself. if you can stay up and reap the cash rewards you'll be better set for sure. good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Drowning Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Won the league again with Elgin, cant be bothered with a full update because it was a standard league win and we were rubbish in europe. A few of the unhappy players have been sold over my head and pretty much everyone else is unsettled and wont sign new deals. Losing enthusiasm now tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonic Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Won the league again with Elgin, cant be bothered with a full update because it was a standard league win and we were rubbish in europe. A few of the unhappy players have been sold over my head and pretty much everyone else is unsettled and wont sign new deals. Losing enthusiasm now tbh Unlucky on not making progress in Europe and the players all wanting out. It's one of the reasons I only tend to play in the countries with big reputations. Too frustrating losing players just as you get a team together. Best of luck next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Drowning Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Unlucky on not making progress in Europe and the players all wanting out. It's one of the reasons I only tend to play in the countries with big reputations. Too frustrating losing players just as you get a team together.Best of luck next season. I'm putting the game on hold for a bit, too frustrated right now. Not sure if starting a game in Austria is the best way to get over my frustrations though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 It was always going to be tough in Scotland TAOD. I remember Gilbster (where did she go to!?) put in about 40 seasons in Scotland to no avail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Drowning Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 It was always going to be tough in Scotland TAOD. I remember Gilbster (where did she go to!?) put in about 40 seasons in Scotland to no avail. Christ, I enjoyed reading back on all of them posts too but I just dont have it in me to go that far and just not progress. Would literally leave me building a new team to get really good and then selling them all and trying again the next year constantly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 And so it begins again..... Chairman has accepted a £1.7 million bid for LB Stoyanov.... He isn't interested in a new contract, so i have offered him a 500% pay rise and crossed my fingers. Also offered him out for £2 million to try and up the price..... EDIT: And he's gone to Sion for £2 million + 30% next transfer fee. Sad to see him go but a decent profit on £425k a year ago. Best find a replacement now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minisav Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Gilbster was starting Gundo's challenge last I saw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 at last a decent transfer budget to spend.... £6 million. Wage budget is only £56k p/w, £4k above what currently spend so will need to adjust budget, but A LOT better than last year.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Good news rlips. Guess that comes with the back to back solid seasons in Serie B. Now go and spend it wisely and DON'T blow half your budget on an average Argentinian winger otherwise those fans will turn!! Trust me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonic Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Good news rlips. Guess that comes with the back to back solid seasons in Serie B. Now go and spend it wisely and DON'T blow half your budget on an average Argentinian winger otherwise those fans will turn!! Trust me Fans know NOTHING I spent 22m on a GK at the start of my current season and the fans were up in arms at the squandering of our budget...it's now April and they think he's a great signing for the club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Good news rlips. Guess that comes with the back to back solid seasons in Serie B. Now go and spend it wisely and DON'T blow half your budget on an average Argentinian winger otherwise those fans will turn!! Trust me i'll try my best! i've adjusted the budget to give me some wage budget but still have just under 5 million to spend. am in two minds as to what to do with it. either; - sign a couple of quality players who might make the difference and push us towards promotion, or - try and sign some promising Italian youngsters with an eye on the future. i have signed an Italian U21 LB already for 300k, as well as a couple of midfielders on frees, as we were lacking in that area at the back end of last season. Guess i have some difficult decisions to make tonight. it'll be fun though!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Ok fellas I've decided now is the time for me to take a step back, appreciate my time on the Canary Islands, but to ultimately realise my annual ambition of taking a small Italian club to Champions League glory (a la Savona circa '09) So I'm holidaying as I type Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Savona's Dino Ferretti goes back in time to take over U.S. Angri Calcio Yes that's right. I have found a team in Italy called Angri . They play here: which has a beautiful mountainous backdrop. Angri is situated on the west coast of the Italian mainland about halfway down the 'boot' so to speak. It is the home of Al Capone's mother too! There are estimated to be just over 30,000 inhabitants - all of whom I intend to show European football That's it for now, I hope to do a pre-season summary at some point. Good to be back!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Oh and I actually applied for the job rather than add myself in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 good to see you going home iacovone.... Feel a bit of pressure to get to Serie A now!! you're on my tail..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yababo Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 WoonwagenKamp Emmen End of season report 2014/2015 League Table A season of progress, 2 positions higher and 5 points better off this year. The off-season will be a busy one. Alot of experienced players such as Hedwiges Maduro won't sign new deals so will be off-loaded. We have good youngsters to come in but we will be looking to get in some more experience. Really need a couple of strikers as Aruna Dindane has not got the legs anymore. Will aim for consolidation but crave European football, we'll see. League Year Pos Achievements Jupiler 2012 8th Promoted via playoffs Eredivisie 2013 15th Survived! Eredivisie 2014 10th Reached semis of cup Eredivisie 2015 8th Lost in Euro Places Playoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohanzee Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Good luck iacovone! I think G-Wiz managed the same team until his game crashed. Nice progress yababo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 So i've spent the majority of my transfer budget now.... a few gambles it's fair to say but we shall see. i'll introduce them at the end of pre-season..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wonka Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 SV Stuttgarter Kickers - German Bundesliga - 2017/18 Season Table No progress report for some reason. But as you can imagine we were top throughout. Going unbeaten was ridiculous, as I didn't feel we were able to dominate teams as much as usual, but an incredible defence was the main reason we were so tough to beat. Squad Predominately German now, which is a good thing. Still no one over 30 which means the side is still improving. The absoloute standout player this year was Clive White, my English centre back who scored over a 7 in every match this season. He scored crucial goals and was solid as a rock. Up front Tarik was great as usual, scoring more than 20 goals for the fifth season in a row, he also became the clubs top goalscorer. One major let down was Acampora, someone who I had such high hopes for, and paid my record transfer fee for. Still, I've have an offer of £29m which I'll accept. Transfers Little activity, the squad is good enough. Gibson was a straight swap for Cox. Great to get 6 mil for Soner, who was way past it. Champions League Final At last. After last years final loss, we beat another English club to win it. Not a great final, but to win in extra time, when I was convinced I'd lose on penalties, was nice. Fallen completely out of love with the save. Took me a month before I actually played the Champs Final. Felt nothing when we won. Will be my last season for a long time on this save. http://img706.imageshack.us/i/fmgermanhistory.jpg/ http://img705.imageshack.us/i/fmgermanfinances1.jpg/ http://img696.imageshack.us/i/fmgermanfacilities.jpg/ http://img186.imageshack.us/i/fmgermanprofile.jpg/ Some screenshots I can't be bothered to name. Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Division 3 3rd Promoted through play offs. 2011/12 Division 2 2nd Promoted, Lost in German Cup 1st Round 2012/13 Bundesliga 5th Qualified for Euro Cup. 2013/14 Bundesliga 9th Won the German Cup, Euro Cup 1/4 Finals. 2014/15 Bundesliga 2nd Won Euro Cup, German Cup Semis, CL qualification 2015/16 Bundesliga 1st Won German Cup, Super Cup, League, CL 1/4 finals. 2016/17 Bundesliga 1st Won German League, CL Finalists. 2017/18 Bundesliga 1st Won League, Champions League, Semis of German Cup Challenge complete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minisav Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Congrats Will You did one better and got the unbeaten season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 nice will, I missed the journey but congrats regardless Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 yeah, congrats on completing the challenge Will..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonic Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Congrats Will...added you to the Hall of Fame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, 2024-25, Ligue 1 League Position - 15th: Past Positions Squad Transfers Summary For the first half of the season it looked as if we were going to be suffering from second season syndrome, we were playing poorly and found it very hard to win games. The second half of the season seemed to change things a bit, I bought in a new striker Alberto, who although didn't score many goals, his creativity definitely improved our attacking play. Another notable transfer was the departure of Zakaria Bathily, who really was nothing more than a rotational midfield player, somehow he managed to attract 5M offers from a few clubs, which was way way way too much to turn down. At the beginning of the season I asked the board if they'd improve the youth and training facilities, they said yes at the time and I wasn't expecting them to actually go through with it, but they have and the new facilities should be up and running around August. My target for next season is to stay up and somewhat improve, I'd like to avoid another relegation battle to be frank. Onze de départ GK: Phillippe Brun, 30, Ivory Coast - He had an okay season. If I can get someone better in for a good price then I wont hesitate to do so. DR: Edgardo Flores, 30, Honduras - He was rotated back to the right side of defence this season and did a decent job. DL: Matias, 26, Spain - My left back problem has continued this season as this guy was my main left back, he's crap and not good enough so I need to get a new guy in. DC: Alexandr Mit'kin, 29, Ukraine - He had another good season at the center of defence, easily the best defender at the club. DC: Mournir El Mrini, 27, Morrocco - He's decent enough to play in the middle of defence, I do want to get someone better in though. MR: Jérôme Hebert, 23, Français - Another good season for the homegrown hero. ML: Gianmarco Gigli, 28, Italy - He's decent but leaving at the end of the season. He kept moaning about this that and the other and wanted too much money, so I've let him leave on a bosman. MC: Sergio Marbus, 32, Netherlands - The captain had a reasonable season, I'm not sure how long he will remain good enough to be first choice though. MC: Matthieu Causse, 28, Français - He had a much better season this year, his attacking play was very good, supplying 10 assists and scoring 3 times. ST: Alberto, 31, Spain - He was signed in January and had a really good impact on the attacking play. His stats might not show this, but his play was generally quite good. ST: Razvan Ionica, 27, Romania - He regained his place as the '4th' highest scorer in the league, which for a club like us is very impressive. - Official Fans Player of the Year - Jerome Hebert Unofficial Young Player of the Year - Jerome Herbert Career Overview Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 National 4th None 2011/12 National 5th None 2012/13 National 7th None 2013/14 National 2nd Promoted 2014/15 Ligue 2 18th Relegated 2015/16 National 3rd Promotion 2016/17 Ligue 2 13th None 2017/18 Ligue 2 12th None 2018/19 Ligue 2 7th None 2019/20 Ligue 2 6th None 2020/21 Ligue 2 1st Promoted as Champions 2021/22 Ligue 1 18th Relegated 2022/23 Ligue 2 1st Promoted as Champions 2023/24 Ligue 1 13th None 2024/25 Ligue 1 15th None [b][size=3][u]Trophies won:[/u][/size] [/b][size=2]Ligue 2 (x2) - 2020/21[/size] & 2022/23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonic Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Montevarchi Calcio Aquila - Italian Serie A 2018/19 Transfers - Smashed the clubs transfer record as I brought in a new GK for 22m and that was about it really. Europe Champions League - Winners | Final We cruised through the Group Stage with 5 wins and a draw to setup a 1st Knockout Round tie with Galatasaray. A thrilling 3-2 win in Istanbul gave us the advantage and we sealed the victory with a 1-0 home win. Next up were Inter Milan who after a 0-0 at the San Siro gave us a scare at home by going 2-0 up within 11 minutes. We pulled it back to 2-2 by half time but Inter looked to be going through on away goals before Gadjiev headed a winner in the 91st minute. Spanish giants Barcelona stood between us and the final. A tight 1-1 in the home leg left us needing a result at Camp Nou and what a game it was. Barcelona took the lead 4 times but we pegged them back every time finally capping a great victory with a 90th minute winner to win 5-4 on the night and 6-5 on aggregate. The final against Benfica was always going to struggle to match the excitement of the semi-final and in the end it was decided by a single goal. Despite the lack of goals it did have a fairy-tale element to it though as the winner was scored by Paolo Negroni, who has been with us since Serie C1/A. Italian Serie A Predicted: 4th | Final Position: Winners | Graph Absolutely stormed it. AC Milan tried to keep up and were the only team to beat us all season. Italian Cup - Winners | Final Other News Finances - Very healthy as prize money, TV money and our 32k stadium contributed to profits of a few million every month. Club Records Awards Serie A Defender of the Year - 1st Sergey Gadjiev Serie A Top Goalscorer - 1st Peio Eizmendi Stars Most Assists: Ezequiel - 28 Most Goals: Peio Eizmendi - 32 Most MoM: Peio Eizmendi - 8 Highest Avg Rating: Sergey Gadjiev - 7.39 Fans Player of the Year: Peio Eizmendi Best Eleven: Season | Overall European Co-efficients Montevarchi Calcio Aquila - 93.537 (26th up from 42nd) Montevarchi Calcio Aquila Trophy Room Champions League x 1 - 2018/19 Serie A x 2 - 2017/18, 2018/19 Italian Cup x 1 - 2018/19 Serie B x 1 - 2014/15 Serie C1/A x 1 - 2012/13 Serie C Cup x 1 - 2012/13 Serie C2/B x 1 - 2010/11 Italian C1 Super Cup x 1 - 2012/13 Italian C2 Super Cup x 1 - 2010/11 Career History Season League Pos. Serie C Cup Cup Europe Achievements _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2010/11 Serie C2/B 1st 2nd Rnd N/A N/A Serie C2/B Champions, C2 Super Cup 2011/12 Serie C1/A 7th 2nd Rnd 1st Qual. N/A None 2012/13 Serie C1/A 1st Winners 4th Qual. N/A Serie C1/A Champions, Serie C Cup, Italian C1 Super Cup 2013/14 Serie B 3rd N/A 3rd Qual. N/A None 2014/15 Serie B 1st N/A 4th Qual. N/A Serie B Champions 2015/16 Serie A 13th N/A 4th Qual. N/A 2016/17 Serie A 5th N/A Qtr-Final N/A 2017/18 Serie A 1st N/A 1st Rnd EL Runner-Up [b]Serie A Champions[/b] 2018/19 Serie A 1st N/A Winners CL Winners [b]CL Winners[/b], Serie A Champions, Italian Cup *********************************** Challenge Complete ******************************************* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rlipscombe Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 it's all about completed challenges tonight!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wonka Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 cheers guys. Well done to you Daemonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohanzee Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Congrats WillCarruthers and daemonic. Well done!! PaulHartman71 well done on staying up again and congrats on new facilities. Always nice to see the board do their part to get progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonic Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Thanks everyone for the congrats and for reading my Italian adventures. I'm off to try a different challenge but I'll be reading regularly so good luck to all, I look forward to adding plenty more to the Hall of Fame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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