Flamers Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 A home win and you could be 8th!! 400th post Flamers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Incredibly tight league, you could be relegated or finish 7th! Amazing. Good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Yer it's ridiculous how close the league is. Thanks for the good lucks but it didn't help. League: Tord 1-2 Vasalund We got off to a bad start when Vasalund scored in the 6th min but we came back strongly. Johan Bystrom (YP2) equalised in the 32nd min no less than our dominance deserved. The injustice continued when Vasalund went 2-1 up despite being easily the worst team on the pitch. We couldn't get another equaliser so therefore must face the dreaded relegation playoffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Cristiano Ronaldo back at Man Utd, who would have thought it. Relegation Playoff Update to come Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSYoungEsq Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well, you finally managed to fulfill my promise for last season: playoffs!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well, you finally managed to fulfill my promise for last season: playoffs!!! Knew you were going to say that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFA23 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Good luck in playoffs man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 you can do it mate. All out attack. Better to die fighting than not at least have go. How is your standing with the board? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Good luck in the playoffs, hope you repeat last year's success! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chutney132 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Good Luck in the Playoffs. I predict a narrow escape - not because you're Team isn't good enough, but because I always find the game has a way of making it tense for you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Thanks for the good luck messages guys. Update will be done shortly My standing with the board is secure (55%). It normally ranges from around 50 to 70% during the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 First Division Elite Relegation Playoff 1st Leg: Karlslund 1-1 Tord It was a terrible game as you can tell by the shots in the match stats. It sparked into life in the dying mins though, despite not getting a single shot on target in the match we managed to take the lead. Their defender managed to (un)fortunately head into his own net from a Stefan Nilsson (YP13) cross in the 89th min. It looked like that goal would give us an undeserved victory but they hit back very late on. The 4th official indicated 3 mins of added time but the game continued to the 97th min. They took full advantage of this by scoring in the 96th min, a route one ball over the top was then squared into the area where their striker was on hand to prod it home. Still we have an away goal so it's not all bad. First Division Elite Relegation Playoff 2nd Leg: Tord (3) 2-1 (2) Karlslund A much more exciting game as I went back to a 4-1-2-3 (my home tactic) as opposed to a 4-1-3-2 (away tactic). We started poorly and to be totally honest I thought we were going back down when they scored in the 4th min but a vital goal by Johan Bystrom (YP2) just before half time gave us the belief that we could do it. I think if we had been a goal down at half time we wouldn't have come back from it. Lars Lundgren (YP18)'s free kick was headed across goal by Anders Svensson (YP16). Johan Bystrom (YP2) was in the right place at the right time to tap it in from a couple of yards. Johan Bystrom (YP2) then set up the winner with a killer through ball to Fredrik Karlsson (YP8) who finished perfectly into the bottom corner. The match was not over though as another goal for Karlslund would see the game swing in their favour. They came close to this in the 91st min when their striker had a clean run at the goal but Filip Linder (YP6) made a fantastic save, just pushing it past the post. A nerve racking and thrilling game. Over the 2 legs I would say we were the slightly better team although there isn't too much in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Good Luck in the Playoffs. I predict a narrow escape - not because you're Team isn't good enough, but because I always find the game has a way of making it tense for you... Good prediction looks like you have competition DSYoungEsq Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSYoungEsq Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 <Lol> Chutney and I should go into the predictions business. Just remind me to be very specific as to my meanings... And congrats on staying up!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chutney132 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Good prediction looks like you have competition DSYoungEsq <Lol> Chutney and I should go into the predictions business. Just remind me to be very specific as to my meanings... I think DSYoungEsq has the edge over me in terms of predictions, as I tend to go for one-off matches (or in this case two-legged affairs) only, rather than his (rather vague ) seasonal predictions... I am pretty chuffed that I got it right (especially as it means you stay in the Division!) Now that we have "conspired" to help you out, make sure next year is an improvement! - Speaking of which, as the last couple of years seem to have been regressions, do you think this challenge is beginning to look beyond you? (I'd like to point out that I don't think it is impossible, I was just wondering what you (and anyone else, for that matter) felt???) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamers Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 One wave of poor youths though could set a team back for a while.. Flamers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Fantastic! So glad you stayed up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 End of Season Report: IK Tord Swedish First Division Elite, 2020 League Table, League Graph Squad, Transfers We started off really well. Just coming up to the halfway stage we were sitting in 5th but then disaster struck as we collapsed to 7 defeats in 8 games which left us in the relegation zone. We picked oursleves up and managed 4 wins and 2 draws in the next 6 games which seemed to take us to safety. However we got complacent and lost the last 3 games which we should have won. This dumped us into the relegation playoff zone . . . . 1st leg 2nd leg We managed to scrape though, far from convincing but I'm just gald we managed to stay up. Swedish Cup Got past the 1st round this time with a nervy 1-0 win over lower league opposition but then fell at the next hurdle by the same scoreline to a team in the same tier as our opponents in the 1st round. Youth Players (At the Club) Anton Alvefelt (YP1) - Clearly not up to the standard of this level but neither is most of the squad. Johan Bystrom (YP2) - Has had a few awful seasons recently but he put those behind him with a much better season this time around. Still much room for improvement but I am glad he is performing more to his capabilities. Tony Thoren (YP5) - A decent season, one of the better performers of the season which, at an average rating of 6.78, says a lot about how we performed this season. Filip Linder (YP6) - Not a bad season, 7 clean sheets from 33 games and conceding 46. Niklas Andersson (YP7) - Was hampered by injury at the start of the season and then made noises about wanting to leave the club. Only the solitary appearance this season he did get a clean sheet in it though. Fredrik Karlsson (YP8) - Was Tord's highest scorer again although he didn't get as many as last season. With Bystrom (YP2) starting to perform it didn't matter too much. Fredrik Lundgren (YP10) - Didn't make an appearance as I want to get rid of him and he won't terminate his contract. Stefan Nilsson (YP13) - A much better season, reminiscient of his 1st few seasons at the club and not the last few. Anders Svensson (YP16) - One of the better players this season, scored 4 times as well making him our 3rd highest scorer. Christoffer Zekria (YP17) - After Bystrom (YP2) and Karlsson (YP8) we are really struggling for good attacking options. He is the most underperforming of the other strikers. Lars Lundgren (YP18) - Played alright considering how bad we were throughout the season. He is attracting interest from Swedish Premier Division sides albeit the crappier ones. His contract runs out in 2 years and is refusing to even negotiate a new one so could be on his way in a few seasons. I'm gutted as he is one of best players. Anders Axelsson (YP20) - Could be a good player for us in the future at only 21 years of age. Was back up for the defence this season but did well in the games he was called up for. Fredrik Berg (YP21) - Was terrible and will probably leave when his contract runs out in a couple of years. Not improving at all as well as I would have hoped. Marcus Johansson (YP22) - Another of our terrible back up strikers, just 1 goal in his 5 appearances. Mattias Hakansson (YP23) - One of our brighter prospects, he is doing reasonably well and hopfully we can keep a hold of him for seasons to come. Pontus Lagerlund (YP24) - Still rated highly by my assistant but I don't know what he sees in him. 18 appearances and no goals this season, admittedly 16 were off the bench. Jonas Widmark (YP25) - Has great stats but has lived up to them . . . yet. Still only 18 so I expect him to be much better in a few seasons. Joakim Lindqvist (YP26) - Made a few appearances but wasn't great Jonas Andersson (YP27) - Got a good 27 appearances this season, wasn't overly impressive but hopefully the experience will do him good. Jimmy Froberg (YP28) - Oh dear. 6.31 isn't good but looking on the bright side he is only 17 and he made all his appearances off the bench. Youth Players (Left the Club) Miodrag Damjanovic (YP3) - Kept up a decent scoring rate with another 8 in 32 for Klagshamn Tomas Jonsson (YP4) - Retired Christer Lindahl (YP9) - Retired Calle Ewald (YP11) - Continued to be absolutely rubbish Fredrik Bjork (YP12) - Made just 2 appearances and did rubbsih in both of them. Paul Johansson (YP14) - Joined Algarna for £2k, made 11 appearances and did rather badly. Robin Johannesson (YP15) - Joined former teammate Calle Ewald (YP11) at Harnosand and managed to play even worse than him Martin Andersson (YP19) - 3 goals in 9 appearances for Nybro, not bad but he hasn't been given a good run in the 1st team yet. Finances - Only £12K League prize money this season meant we only made a small profit but we are slowly making money. Season--------------League---------------Position-------------Swedish Cup--------------Euro Cup-------------Champions League---- 2010 Second Division EG 10th N/A N/A N/A 2011 Second Division EG 4th N/A N/A N/A 2012 Second Division EG 3rd Prelim Rnd N/A N/A 2013 Second Division EG 1st 1st Rnd N/A N/A 2014 First Division South 9th 3rd Rnd N/A N/A 2015 First Division South 9th 1st Rnd N/A N/A 2016 First Division South 2nd 1st Rnd N/A N/A 2017 First Division Elite 14th QF N/A N/A 2018 First Division Elite 6th 4th Rnd N/A N/A 2019 First Division Elite 11th 2nd Rnd N/A N/A 2020 First Division Elite 13th 2nd Rnd N/A N/A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Thanks for the comments guys One wave of poor youths though could set a team back for a while..Flamers I'd like to see what a wave of poor youths looks like after what I've been getting recently Now that we have "conspired" to help you out, make sure next year is an improvement! - Speaking of which, as the last couple of years seem to have been regressions, do you think this challenge is beginning to look beyond you? (I'd like to point out that I don't think it is impossible, I was just wondering what you (and anyone else, for that matter) felt???) I don't think the challenge is beyond me at all I am still making profit so I am making my way to an improvement on the youth facilities. Also if you look at the table of this last season then a win in the last game would have put me 10th or maybe 9th. If I had won just 2 of the last 3 games then I would have finished 7th. So it is a very tight league I just happened to finish near the bottom of the pack this time, a couple more wins would have made a huge difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSYoungEsq Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 These challenges are definitely for the turtles of the crowd, not the hares. The intake of youth lags the increase in club reputation and quality, so if you move up the ladder, your youth intake won't be sufficient to compete at that level until some years have passed, and you have better facilities, and a better reputation solidified. Which makes the challenge here quite daunting; I gave up any thought of something similar in Wales very quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 200+ appearances ------------Name-----------------------Appearances-----------Goals---------------Assists-----------Average Rating-------- ---------------------------------------------------------GK: Goals Conc-----GK: Clean Sheets----------------------------- Johan Bystrom (ST) 250 (268) 90 (100) 34 (36) 6.89 (2010-Present) Tony Thoren (DC) 227 (248) 6 (6) 2 (3) 6.98 (2010-Present) Filip Linder (GK) 213 (232) 267 (289) 55 (60) 6.76 (2011-Present) Fredrik Karlsson (ST) 210 (230) 81 (88) 39 (43) 6.90 (2011-Present) Key: league (all competitions) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 These challenges are definitely for the turtles of the crowd, not the hares. The intake of youth lags the increase in club reputation and quality, so if you move up the ladder, your youth intake won't be sufficient to compete at that level until some years have passed, and you have better facilities, and a better reputation solidified. Which makes the challenge here quite daunting; I gave up any thought of something similar in Wales very quickly. You could do a similar thing to dafuge. Win everything by buying players first then slowly introduce your youth until your squad is entirely youth players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSYoungEsq Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 dafuge played 80+ seasons, and IIRC, it wasn't until about season 55 or 60 that he made that move. If I'm still playing this save 50 seasons in, I'll be quite bored out of my gourd, I imagine! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggie23 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 This is awesome. I love trying to develop youth players. I dont know how you get through so much so quickly though. You must get a lot more time to play the game than me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chutney132 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I don't think the challenge is beyond me at all I am still making profit so I am making my way to an improvement on the youth facilities. Also if you look at the table of this last season then a win in the last game would have put me 10th or maybe 9th. If I had won just 2 of the last 3 games then I would have finished 7th. So it is a very tight league I just happened to finish near the bottom of the pack this time, a couple more wins would have made a huge difference. Glad to hear it! Like DSYoungEsq says, this challenge isn't for those who get disheartened easily, so glad you are keeping positive. Do you think the facilities being upgraded are the only way you are going to progress past this point (as you mention you don't think the majority of the squad are good enough for this level), or could it be something as simple as a change in tactics or just a bit of luck? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSYoungEsq Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Oh, and btw, since it is apparent that your lads need to have the confusion cleared up: I am predicting that, in two seasons from now, they will be in the PROMOTION PLAYOFFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 dafuge played 80+ seasons, and IIRC, it wasn't until about season 55 or 60 that he made that move. If I'm still playing this save 50 seasons in, I'll be quite bored out of my gourd, I imagine! It wasn't quite that extreme, 78 seasons in total and we went youth only in the 32nd I could never have done it like this though, so best of luck and keep it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 I kinda made a mistake with this before, for example for the Euro Cup places in England I just put down the 3 clubs which finished 4th to 7th not taking into account the cups. So have redone it now. Roll of Honour - Leagues [center][b][u][size=3]Premier League[/size][/u][/b][/center] [b]---------Champions---------Champions League--------------------------------Euro Cup----------------------------------------Relegated------------[/b] 2010/11 | Man Utd | Chelsea Arsenal Aston Villa | Liverpool Tottenham Sheff Wed (FA) Man City (EC) | Fulham Blackpool Newcastle 2011/12 | Man Utd | Man City Arsenal Liverpool | Chelsea Watford (LC) Birmingham (FA) | Sunderland West Ham Wolves 2012/13 | Man Utd | Liverpool Arsenal Chelsea | Man City Aston Villa Tottenham (FA) | Sheff Wed West Brom Forest 2013/14 | Chelsea | Man Utd Tottenham Arsenal | Liverpool Man City Aston Villa | Portsmouth Hull Barnsley 2014/15 | Chelsea | Man Utd Tottenham Liverpool | Man City Arsenal Aston Villa (LC) | Stoke Charlton Plymouth 2015/16 | Man Utd | Chelsea Tottenham Arsenal | Man City Liverpool Aston Villa | Burnley Watford Preston 2016/17 | Man Utd | Chelsea Arsenal Aston Villa| Tottenham Man City Wigan (FA) Liverpool (EC) | West Ham Bristol R P'boro 2017/18 | Aston V | Chelsea Arsenal Man Utd | Liverpool Tottenham Wigan Man City (EC) | Barnsley Leicester WBA 2018/19 | Arsenal | Chelsea Aston Villa Tottenham | Man Utd Man City Bolton (FA) | Charlton Sheff Utd Burnley 2019/20 | Chelsea | Man Utd Aston Villa Arsenal | Tottenham Man City Leeds (FA) Birmingham (LC)| Forest Portsmouth Leicester [center][b][u][size=3]Ligue 1[/size][/u][/b][/center] [b]---------Champions--------Champions League---------------------------Euro Cup-------------------------------------Relegated---------------[/b] 2010/11 | Monaco | Lyon Marseille | Lille AS Nancy Strasbourg (FC) | Stade Brestois Lens A-Avignon 2011/12 | Lyon | PSG Marseille | Monaco Stade Rennais Guingamp (FC) | Toulouse Le Mans Nantes 2012/13 | Lyon | Monaco Lille | Stade Rennais Bordeaux Marseille | Grenoble Auxerre Caen 2013/14 | Lyon | Bordeaux Monaco | PSG Marseille Stade Rennais | Ajaccio Nice Amiens 2014/15 | Lyon | Lille Monaco | Marseille Bordeaux Boulogne | Montpellier Valenciennes Le Mans 2015/16 | Lyon | Monaco PSG Bourdeaux | Tours Marseille Lille | Lens Vannes Paris 2016/17 | Lyon | Monaco Marseille | PSG Lille Valenciennes (FC) | AS Cannes Tours FC Strasbourg 2017/18 | Lyon | PSG Lille Monaco | Bordeaux Marseille Guingamp (FC) | Le Mans Montpellier SC Bastia 2018/19 | Lyon | Lille Bordeaux | PSG Marseille Monaco | Angers Boulogne Valenciennes 2019/20 | Lyon | Monaco Lille | PSG Marseille AS Canet (FC) | Stade de Reims Chateauroux AS Cannes [center][b][u][size=3]German 1st Division[/size][/u][/b][/center] [b]----------Champions------Champions League------------------------Euro Cup----------------------------------------Relegated-------------------[/b] 2010/11 | Schalke | Dortmund Wolfsburg | FC Bayern W. Bremen Leverkusen | Mainz St Pauli Kaiserslautern 2011/12 | FC Bayern | Wolfsburg Stuttgart | Aachen Leverkusen Bochum (GC) 1860 Munchen | Hannover Freiburg 2012/13 | FC Bayern | Wolfsburg Schalke | W. Bremen Dortmund Karlsruhe Ahlen (GC) | Nurnberg Gladbach Dusseldorf 2013/14 | FC Bayern | Leverkusen HSV | Schalke Wolfsburg Aachen Koln (GC) | Offenbach 1860 Munchen 2014/15 | Leverkusen| FC Bayern Dortmund | W.Bremen Stuttgart Schalke | Frankfurt Mainz 2015/16 | FC Bayern | Leverkusen Schalke | W.Bremen Dortmund Duisburg (GC) | Bochum Duisburg 2016/17 | Leverkusen| FC Bayern Wolfsburg | Schalke Hoffenheim HSV Aachen (GC) | Dusseldorf Ahlen 2017/18 | FC Bayern | Leverkusen Wolfsburg | Schalke HSV Dortmund (GC) | Burghausen Dresden Hertha BSC 2018/19 | Leverkusen| Hoffenheim FC Bayern | Wolfsburg Dortmund Aachen Offenbach (GC) | Karlsruhe Gladbach 2019/20 | FC Bayern | Leverkusen Dortmund | Hoffenheim HSV Wolfsburg Aachen | Kaiserslauten St Pauli [center][b][u][size=3]Serie A[/size][/u][/b][/center] [b]---------Champions----------Champions League----------------------------Euro Cup-------------------------------------Relegated---------------[/b] 2010/11 | Juventus | Sampdoria Roma Inter (CL)| AC Milan Palermo Napoli Udinese (IC) | Chievo Lecce Brescia 2011/12 | Juventus | AC Milan Inter Sampdoria | Palermo Napoli Genoa | Atalanta Torino Novara 2012/13 | Napoli | AC Milan Fiorentina Roma | Juventus Genoa Roma (IC) | Bologna Bari Cesena 2013/14 | Juventus | Roma Palermo Genoa | Napoli Fiorentina Cagliari (IC) | Sassuolo Triestina Modena 2014/15 | Inter | Napoli Roma AC Milan | Juventus Udinese Genoa (IC) | Lecce Brescia Empoli 2015/16 | AC Milan | Napoli Sampdoria Juventus | Genoa Inter Udinese (IC) | Cesena Vicenza Chievo 2016/17 | Inter | AC Milan Napoli Udinese | Roma Palermo Genoa (IC) | Ascoli Atalanta Siena 2017/18 | Palermo | Juventus AC Milan Napoli | Udinese Inter Genoa | Cremonese Livorno Cittadella 2018/19 | Inter | Fiorentina Napoli AC Milan | Catania Roma Juventus | Sassuolo Bologna Atalanta 2019/20 | AC Milan | Fiorentina Juventus Roma | Napoli Palermo Inter | Novara Ascoli Bari [center][b][u][size=3]La Liga[/size][/u][/b][/center] [b]----------Champions--------Champions League------------------------------Euro Cup----------------------------------Relegated----------------[/b] 2010/11 | R. Madrid | Barcelona At. Madrid Athletic | Villareal Sevilla Sporting | Racing Almeria Osasuna 2011/12 | Barcelona | R.Madrid Villareal At. Madrid| Sevilla Valencia Getafe (SC) | Tenerife Numancia Xerez 2012/13 | R.Madrid | Barcelona Valencia At. Madrid| Sevilla Mallorca Osasuna (SC) | Almeria Hercules Levante 2013/14 | R.Madrid | Barcelona At. Madrid Malaga | Sevilla Villareal Valencia | Girona Osasuna Recreativo 2014/15 | R.Madrid | Barcelona At. Madrid Sevilla | Malaga Villareal Valencia (SC) | Racing R. Sociedad Betis 2015/16 | R.Madrid | Barcelona Sevilla Villareal | At. Madrid Valencia Deportivo | Recreativo Murcia Elche 2016/17 | Barcelona | Sevilla At. Madrid Villareal | R.Madrid Athletic Vallodolid (SC)| Numancia Cadiz Oviedo 2017/18 | Barcelona | Sevilla Getafe At. Madrid| Zaragoza R.Madrid Valencia | Hercules Sant Andreu Racing 2018/19 | Barcelona | Sevilla Malaga Valencia | Zaragoza R.Madrid Villareal | Salamanca Alaves Albacete 2019/20 | Barcelona | Villareal R.Madrid Sevilla | At. Madrid Athletic Valencia | Almeria Elche Cadiz Some teams got into Europe via winning or getting to the final of a cup, here is a key: CL - Champions League EC - Euro Cup FA - FA Cup LC - League Cup FC - French Cup GC - German Cup IC - Italian Cup SC - Spanish Cup If there is nothing next to a team's name then they got into Europe via their league position Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Roll of Honour - Cups Champions League 2010/11: Inter e4-1 R.Madrid 2011/12: Man Utd 3-1 Barcelona 2012/13: Real Madrid 4-0 AC Milan 2013/14: Man Utd 1-0 Lyon 2014/15: R.Madrid 1-2 Barcelona 2015/16: Lyon p1-1 Chelsea 2016/17: Barcelona 2-1 PSG 2017/18: Leverkusen 0-2 Lyon 2018/19: Aston Villa 0-4 Sevilla 2019/20: Arsenal 3-0 Leverkusen Euro Cup 2010/11: Man City 3-1 Napoli 2011/12: FC Bayern e2-1 Leverkusen 2012/13: Genoa 1-3 Palermo 2013/14: Porto 2-1 Juventus 2014/15: Liverpool p1-1 Marseille 2015/16: Man City 0-2 Arsenal 2016/17: Liverpool 3-1 Man Utd 2017/18: Real Madrid 2-3e Man City 2018/19: Liverpool 1-3 Inter 2019/20: Man Utd 2-0 Tottenham FA Cup 2010/11: Sheff Wed 1-3 Chelsea 2011/12: Man Utd e2-1 Birmingham 2012/13: Tottenham p2-2 Blackburn 2013/14: Tottenham 0-3 Chelsea 2014/15: Tottenham 3-2 Man Utd 2015/16: Liverpool 1-3 Man Utd 2016/17: Man Utd 3-1 Wigan 2017/18: Man Utd 2-1 Chelsea 2018/19: Bolton 2-3e Chelsea 2019/20: Arsenal 2-1 Leeds French Cup 2010/11: Strasbourg 1-0 Lorient 2011/12: Guingamp 2-1 Lyon 2012/13: Marseille 3-1 AS Monaco 2013/14: Marseille 1-3 Lyon 2014/15: Lyon 4-0 Caen 2015/16: Bourdeaux 3-0 Vannes 2016/17: Valenciennes 2-1 Nancy 2017/18: Guingamp 2-1 FC Sochaux 2018/19: Stade Rennais 1-2 AS Monaco 2019/20: AS Canet 2-1 US Saint-Omer German Cup 2010/11: HSV 1-3 FC Bayern 2011/12: FC Bayern 2-1 Bochum 2012/13: Ahlen 1-3 Schalke 2013/14: HSV 1-1p Koln 2014/15: Schalke 4-1 Leverkusen 2015/16: FC Bayern 4-0 Duisburg 2016/17: Stuttgart 1-1p Schalke 2017/18: Wolfsburg p0-0 Dortmund 2018/19: Leverkusen 1-0 Offenbach 2019/20: FC Bayern 0-3 Hoffenheim Italian Cup 2010/11: Napoli 1-2 Udinese 2011/12: Palermo 2-1 Lazio 2012/13: Roma 3-0 Juventus 2013/14: Cagliari 1-2 Juventus 2014/15: Napoli 2-4 Genoa 2015/16: AC Milan 1-2 Udinese 2016/17: Genoa 3-2 Napoli 2017/18: Inter p2-2 Udinese 2018/19: Fiorentina 2-0 Inter 2019/20: Roma 1-2 AC Milan Spanish Cup 2010/11: At.Madrid 1-0 R.Madrid 2011/12: R.Madrid 3-2 Getafe 2012/13: Valencia 1-2 Osasuna 2013/14: R.Madrid 2-1 Barcelona 2014/15: Valencia 0-3 R.Madrid 2015/16: R.Madrid 2-0 Barcelona 2016/17: Valladolid 2-3e Villareal 2017/18: Barcelona 2-1 At Madrid 2018/19: Barcelona 5-0 R.Madrid 2019/20: R.Madrid e4-2 Barcelona European Championship 2012: Portugal 2-0 Holland *England failed to qualify, finishing behind Wales and Switzerland in their group. 2016: Poland 1-0 Serbia wtf??? *England do their standard early knockout stage exit by losing 2-0 to France in the 2nd Round. 2020: France 2-1 Portugal *England reached the Quarter Finals where they were knocked out by Portugal 3-1 World Cup 2014: Germany 0-0p Brazil *England reached the 2nd round before being knocked by Belgium 2-0 2018: Brazil 0-2 Belgium *England came 3rd by beating Serbia 2-0 in the 3rd place playoff. They lost to Brazil 2-0 in the semis. If you want any updates on specific teams don't hesitate to ask Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 This is awesome. I love trying to develop youth players. I dont know how you get through so much so quickly though. You must get a lot more time to play the game than me. I am at uni at the moment which explains how I get through the seasons quickly. Compared to some people on this forum I am going really slowly especially as the Swedish seasons are around half the amount of games as England/Spain/Italy. Glad you're enjoying it. Glad to hear it! Like DSYoungEsq says, this challenge isn't for those who get disheartened easily, so glad you are keeping positive. Do you think the facilities being upgraded are the only way you are going to progress past this point (as you mention you don't think the majority of the squad are good enough for this level), or could it be something as simple as a change in tactics or just a bit of luck? I think I will need the facilities to be upgraded to get promoted but every season is helping as it is (hopefully) getting our club reputation up which I think plays a factor in the quality of youth players. I will always consider changing my tactics to fit in with the quality of my squad, next season I will probably play 2 up front even in home games as I lack depth in the striker department at the moment. I think my luck generally evens out over the season, I wouldn't say I have been unlucky so far but if we have a very lucky season we might have a shot at promotion Oh, and btw, since it is apparent that your lads need to have the confusion cleared up:I am predicting that, in two seasons from now, they will be in the PROMOTION PLAYOFFS. I'll be sure to tell them, maybe it's my Swedish translation that they don't understand It wasn't quite that extreme, 78 seasons in total and we went youth only in the 32nd I could never have done it like this though, so best of luck and keep it up Thanks dafuge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 [center][b][u]IK Tord: All Matches[/u][/b][/center] --------Season-------Games Played--------Won--------Drawn---------Lost--------For--------Against--------GD--------Win%------------- 2010 24 6 8 10 24 (1.00) 27 (1.13) -3 25% 2011 22 9 7 6 38 (1.73) 29 (1.32) +9 41% 2012 23 10 5 8 32 (1.39) 29 (1.26) +3 43% 2013 24 14 7 3 41 (1.71) 24 (1.00) +17 58% 2014 30 11 8 11 41 (1.37) 38 (1.27) +3 37% 2015 28 10 6 12 43 (1.54) 35 (1.28) +8 36% 2016 30 16 8 6 50 (1.67) 27 (0.90) +23 53% 2017 37 10 16 11 44 (1.19) 44 (1.19) +0 27% 2018 34 17 3 14 37 (1.09) 34 (1.00) +3 50% 2019 31 11 6 14 37 (1.19) 48 (1.55) -11 35% 2020 34 13 5 16 39 (1.15) 46 (1.35) -7 38% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 317 127 79 111 426 (1.34) 381 (1.20) +45 40% [center][b][u]IK Tord: Home Matches[/u][/b][/center] --------Season-------Games Played--------Won--------Drawn---------Lost--------For--------Against--------GD--------Win%------------- 2010 12 5 5 2 15 (1.25) 10 (0.83) +5 42% 2011 11 5 4 2 21 (1.91) 13 (1.18) +8 45% 2012 12 7 3 2 22 (1.83) 12 (1.00) +10 58% 2013 12 8 3 1 21 (1.75) 8 (0.67) +13 67% 2014 15 6 3 6 16 (1.07) 13 (0.87) +3 40% 2015 14 7 4 3 24 (1.71) 13 (0.93) +11 50% 2016 14 10 4 0 24 (1.71) 5 (0.36) +19 71% 2017 19 6 9 4 25 (1.32) 17 (0.89) +8 32% 2018 16 10 2 4 20 (1.25) 14 (0.88) +6 63% 2019 15 6 3 6 16 (1.07) 17 (1.13) -1 40% 2020 16 10 1 5 23 (1.44) 20 (1.25) +3 63% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 156 80 41 35 227 (1.46) 142 (0.91) +85 51% [center][b][u]IK Tord: Away Matches[/u][/b][/center] --------Season-------Games Played--------Won--------Drawn---------Lost--------For--------Against--------GD--------Win%------------- 2010 12 1 3 8 9 (0.75) 17 (1.42) -8 8% 2011 11 4 3 4 17 (1.55) 16 (1.45) +1 36% 2012 11 3 2 6 10 (0.91) 17 (1.55) -7 27% 2013 12 6 4 2 20 (1.67) 16 (1.33) +4 50% 2014 15 5 5 5 25 (1.67) 25 (1.67) +0 33% 2015 14 3 2 9 19 (1.36) 22 (1.57) -3 21% 2016 16 6 4 6 26 (1.63) 22 (1.38) +4 38% 2017 18 4 7 7 19 (1.40) 27 (1.32) -8 22% 2018 18 7 1 10 17 (0.94) 20 (1.11) -3 39% 2019 16 5 3 8 21 (1.31) 31 (1.94) -10 31% 2020 18 3 4 11 16 (0.89) 26 (1.44) -10 17% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 161 47 38 76 199 (1.24) 239 (1.48) -40 29% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFA23 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Lets go conquer Sweden competitions, after europe, then the world! GO GO GO, I LOVE YOUR MAIN AIM, IS THE HARDEST I HAVE EVER SEEN! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Lets go conquer Sweden competitions, after europe, then the world!GO GO GO, I LOVE YOUR MAIN AIM, IS THE HARDEST I HAVE EVER SEEN! Thanks, I like your enthusiasm I would like to take credit for this but my assisstant manager was in charge for this match: The final score was 7-0 with Johan Heinonen scoring 2 cracking goals (2nd and 3rd ones in the highlights). As you can see we were very lucky, managing to score 7 from just 6 shots on target. It's just a pity only 24 people saw it live. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSYoungEsq Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 For me, the goal of that game that impresses is that first one. That's a fantastic little header into a tight space, pounced upon and slotted home quite nicely. Very pretty soccer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Preseason Media Prediction: 16th Promotion Odds: 80-1 Expectations: Attempt to avoid relegation Wage Budget: £7,039 (£6,542) Wage Bill: £3,136 (£2,987) Ticket price: £16.40 (£17.00) Season Ticket Holders: 267 (265) Season Ticket Price: £183.00 (£188.00) Key: This Season (Last Season) I started off the season by signing a new 5 year contract at £95/week. 2 new youth players come into the ranks: Bojan Ohlsson (YP29) (DC) - Report Anton Dahlberg (YP30) (DM, MC) - Report Friendlies Tord 2-1 Skovde AIK Sollentuna 0-7 Tord Tord 0-0 Ljungskile Enskede 0-1 Tord Tenhult 2-5 Tord A very good preseason with 7-0 and 5-2 wins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 For me, the goal of that game that impresses is that first one. That's a fantastic little header into a tight space, pounced upon and slotted home quite nicely. I just hope we haven't used up all our quality in pre season we need to save some for the games that matter. Very pretty soccer it's called football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamers Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Not a bad DMC then? Flamers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Not a bad DMC then?Flamers He's alright but I don't want to get too over-excited at the moment due to past experience Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSB Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Glad to see you're sticking with this, I don't think it'll be long before you make the breakthrough and are up the top end of the table. How many seasons do you reckon before you can realistically challenge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chutney132 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I imagine its difficult to predict success (or the lack thereof) in this save, as you aren't buying players. Normally we'd all assume a few years of squad building at a certain level will mean a better chance at promotion, and more importantly survival once promoted. However, as you are completely reliant on (less than adequate) youth facilities it's difficult to judge whether or not any number of years at a certain level will benefit you in the long run... That being said, come on Tord! Make us proud!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadmeat21 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 hey mate! many congradulation from me for your effort. it will surelly be very very difficult to manage it. but if you do that you'll be one of the best! really. i think that what you need now -as you cannot have the best players, especially now that your youth recruitment isnt good- is to become o perfectionist on tactics. you may need to spend more time in the games in order o do that but i firmly believe that this is the only way to manage it in a normal way (speaking about how long it will take you). with great tactics and average players you'll be able to do that! keep on! you started something awesome! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Glad to see you're sticking with this, I don't think it'll be long before you make the breakthrough and are up the top end of the table. How many seasons do you reckon before you can realistically challenge? I'm hoping it won't be too long but realistically it could take quite a while. I imagine its difficult to predict success (or the lack thereof) in this save, as you aren't buying players. Normally we'd all assume a few years of squad building at a certain level will mean a better chance at promotion, and more importantly survival once promoted. However, as you are completely reliant on (less than adequate) youth facilities it's difficult to judge whether or not any number of years at a certain level will benefit you in the long run... That being said, come on Tord! Make us proud!!! Thanks, the problem is that I don't know how much money I need for the board to accept my youth facilities request. hey mate! many congradulation from me for your effort. it will surelly be very very difficult to manage it. but if you do that you'll be one of the best! really. i think that what you need now -as you cannot have the best players, especially now that your youth recruitment isnt good- is to become o perfectionist on tactics. you may need to spend more time in the games in order o do that but i firmly believe that this is the only way to manage it in a normal way (speaking about how long it will take you). with great tactics and average players you'll be able to do that! keep on! you started something awesome! Thanks, I am always tweaking my tactics in an attempt to make them better. I normally go for quite attacking tactics in fm to make the games more exciting and because I like that style of football but I am realising that we are too far out of our depth to play that attacking football. I think we need to be more defensive to pick up results. Still can't create a good away tactic any suggestions are more than welcome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Still can't create a good away tactic any suggestions are more than welcome 4-3-1-2 works nicely to restrict things away from home, you can really compress the space if you push your d-line up as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadmeat21 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 i am not a master-tactician but the "super defence" tactic is what you may need. i agree with with you that at this stage you have to be defensive even though it is "ugly" being defensive at FM. keep on trying! i also see that you update too soon and this makes me think that you watch the games at "only commentary". if this happens you can try to watch for a while the key moments of the games (in "fast") in order to watch and ynderstand better how tactics work on your team. on the other hand i am sure that you've tried it probably after so many seasons! keep on! edit: the link about the tactic i've mentioned is here: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/241387-4-2-3-1-Super_Defense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 4-3-1-2 works nicely to restrict things away from home, you can really compress the space if you push your d-line up as well. Is that 3 dm's and a cm or 3 cm's and an am? i am not a master-tactician but the "super defence" tactic is what you may need. i agree with with you that at this stage you have to be defensive even though it is "ugly" being defensive at FM. keep on trying! i also see that you update too soon and this makes me think that you watch the games at "only commentary". if this happens you can try to watch for a while the key moments of the games (in "fast") in order to watch and ynderstand better how tactics work on your team. on the other hand i am sure that you've tried it probably after so many seasons! keep on!edit: the link about the tactic i've mentioned is here: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/241387-4-2-3-1-Super_Defense I have always watched key highlights of matches on about 1/2 speed. Thanks, I will have a look at that tactic and take some ideas from it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSYoungEsq Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 For my first two seasons, when I was worried that we weren't comparable to our top opponents, I used 4-1-2-2-1, with attacking wingers flanking the striker up top. One of the two central midfielders was always set to help out the DM; the roles used depended upon just how defensive I thought I had to be. That is, if the DM had to play as a stopper (anchor man), then his partner in the center played as a deep lying playmaker (defend or support as needed). On the other hand, if the DM was the deep lying playmaker, then his midfield partner was box-to-box, there to help the DM when the other side was attacking, but off to the races as soon as the break was on (we often played with counter-attacking tactics). The other midfielder plays as a ball-hawk in the center of the pitch; his job is to win the ball away and set the offense in motion. Has to be someone with some physicality and technique. The nice thing about this tactical setup is that you can easily drop the midfield partner back into a DM slot without even changing the role, and can handle even the toughest teams that way without your players having to "learn" a new tactic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Thanks for all your tactical help , you will see if any of it has worked in the next few updates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 steady progress mate, but getting a few relegation battles. How are the facilities coming along? Have you enough money to invest in youth development yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 steady progress mate, but getting a few relegation battles.How are the facilities coming along? Have you enough money to invest in youth development yet? The facilities are still the same as they were at the start of the game. I have about £300k at the moment but I have no idea how much is needed for an improvement to be made. We are making a decent amount of profit each season but mainly due to prize money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrbfcrule Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 April 2021 Swedish Cup 1st Round: VMA IK 0-2 Tord Not as easy as we would have liked. VMA IK could have taken the lead in the 1st half but they missed a penalty. We punished them for that late in the 2nd half when Pontus Lagerlund (YP24) and Johan Heinonen both scored within 3 mins of each other to see us edge the victory. League: Tord 2-2 Norrkoping At half time it looked like we were cruising to victory when debutant Anton Dahlberg (YP30) scored twice, in the 14th and 25th mins. However they do say 2-0 is the most dangerous scoreline and we proved it by conceding twice in 3 mins in the 2nd half to throw away the win. League: Malmo FF 4-0 Tord Admittedly they are one of Sweden's biggest clubs but even so we were embarrassingly bad. 3-0 down at half time, we regained some composure in the 2nd half only to concede another in injury time. Swedish Cup 2nd Round: Orebro Syrianksa e2-1 Tord Our 6th consecutive away draw in the cup just once I would like a home draw. We were doing alright up until the last 10 mins of normal time. We were 1-0 up thanks to a goal from Isaac Blixt but Syrianska equalised and then ran away with the game in extra time. Clear and deserved winners in the end. League: Tord 1-1 Brommapojkarna Really frustrating, should have won this game comfortably but we just couldn't find the net. Brommapojkarna took a 1st half lead against the run of play. Tony Thoren (YP5) equalised 15 mins into the 2nd half but we couldn't get that elusive winner. League: Atvidaberg 1-1 Tord An uneventful 1st half was followed by an action packed 2nd half. Fredrik Karlsson (YP8) gave us the lead int he 47th min. We sat back attempting to defend our slender lead and it looked like we were going to be successful until the 94th min when an Atvidaberg corner was headed home from a few yards out. League: Tord 4-1 Vasalund Finally we get the win. We were fantastic in this game, Lars Lundgren (YP18) and Christoffer Zekria (YP17) gave us a 2-0 lead at half time. Christoffer Zekria (YP17) and Tony Thoren (YP5) both scored in the 2nd half to give us a massive 4-0 lead. The only bad thing in this game was Stefan Nilsson (YP13)'s sending off which allowed Vasalund to get a consolation. This is the match I was trying out a new tactic based on all the info you guys gave me so thank you . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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