Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 How can i actually improve my players agression? I already have tackling set to more cautious and i still get red cards for very bad tacklings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Aggression is not the only thing that causes bad challenges/violent conduct. That is more the hidden dirtiness attribute. One thing to be careful of IMO is when a player looks fired up from a team talk. That is not a positive as far as I am concerned (despite it giving a green response). I fine all players for violent conduct, including youth and reserve players, and my squad discipline bar is always full. When my players are staring to foul too often it is often because my mentality is too high/low and the opposition trying to attack leaves certain players getting pulled out of position and having to make last ditch tackles. I normally lower mentality and use hassle opponents and stay on feet shouts. If I then get control of the game I can revert to my more usual style. Retain possession and pass to feet can also work if you keep giving the ball away and find your players chasing the ball everywhere. I have had 4 red cards and only 3 teams have less yellows in the league this year which is a fair number considering all my midfielders and my full backs are set to tackle hard. Strikers and CB are set to normal otherwise they do get sent off too often. Setting to cautious can allow players to dribble past a bit easier pulling the next player out of position to deal with it and causes them to mistime a challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thanks marty, will try some of the things you do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siLKEAPE Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 gaaah! Lost in the CL-final to Barcelona, they won 1-0. We played really well and I think we deserved extra time, but it just wasn't to be! Hopefully we will be back fighting for a place in the final next year aswell. Better get started on the report... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 i have just realised that i don't have a ave game from the end of my previous season so given i am in March of the following season my upcoming season review will be very short. i will then be back to normal for the current season. i will try and get this done over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Tough luck there silkeape. Good luck next season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Just signed Cristiano Ronaldo as a coach. He finished his career with 186 caps/109 goals for Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 AS CANNES - SEASON 2022/23 LIGUE 1 Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 Topped the league all season and, despite Lyon also racking up the points, eventually claimed our third title in four years. Our two defeats came away from home against Lyon and Lille who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE We cruised through the group stages and scored freely, only losing away to Man City. We still could only finish second in the group and drew Man Utd in the first knockout round. After a tight 3-2 at home we traveled to Manchester for the second leg missing a couple of key players and lost another tightly contested match 2-0. Man Utd went on to lift the CL trophy. COUPE DE LA LIGUE Beaten by Lyon 2-1 in the quarter final but we would take revenge in the French Cup. FRENCH CUP After a superb 5-1 semi-final win against Lyon we faced Olympique Marseille in the final where we eventually, and deservedly, won the game 2-1. TRANSFERS Jonathan Payne - Transfer listed by Arsenal so I got him for just £7.5m and have since turned down an offer of £21m from Man City. Magro - My marquee signing was top scorer in Ligue the previous year and after a slow start really got going in the second half of the season. Petter Berntsen - Young LB was a cheap acquisition and having played this year in the reserves is being promoted to the first team for next year. Eddie Baker - Needed to replace my back up keeper in January and found this guy with a minimum release clause of £6.25m. SQUAD Drazen Sukovic - Player of the year and the top of the Ligue 1 assist chart. Axel Jansen - The most reliable and consistent of our front men. A real handful for any defence. Marc Mitchell - Superb performances in the CL despite being below par in the league. Missed the second leg (and most of the second half of the season) of the CL at Old Trafford and we really missed him. Mathieu Chauvet - Creative midfielder continues to impress. Chagas - Our defensive rock in his first full season. Valentin Moulin (HG) - Still the highest rated home grown prospect and the closest to the first team. Graham Wakefield - Didn't play until the new year because of injury but has started to regain his form and attributes. I had feared him to be ruined so I was pleased with his revival. RESERVE SQUAD UNDER 19'S This years youth intake has a few decent prospects, all with the potential to be leading Ligue players: Rehin Maharivelo Makrem Bellone Kouadio Kouadio Georges Ollivier Georges Colas Antonello Defendi FINANCES We finished the season with almost a £50m balance but have started upgrading both youth and training facilities and we also have a new stadium being built which will be ready in about a year. I am quite disappointed that it is only £24k approx but hopefully will expand to £40k+. We also increased youth network during the season and are now considered well established. This is how are facilities are looking now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 unlucky silkeape, great experience for you, but agonising to come so close to a completion Great season Marty, I really like your young Portugese HG player. Bellone from your youth intake looks good too. You've got a solid squad with a young average age I'm sure, building up a great legacy there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yeah thanks aldojags. I'm trying to even out my spending as much as possible and am investing in youth. Trying to find cheap established players is proving very difficult. I've been looking for a right back and the one I felt would instantly improve us would cost over £50m. That's for a bloody right back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Great season marty. I am currently in the same situation, just finished my 25/26 season and retained the Bundesliga title. In CL we got knocked out by Chelsea in the 1st Knockout Round after 2 very close games. Currently i am in pre-season and will post a report soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Got Inter in 1st KO round of CL. Beat them 2-1 on aggregate. Got the dreaded Barca in quarters. 1st game at home, they stormed into a 3rd minute lead. We pull level on 9 minutes. The rest of the first half is a close affair, until the 44th minute when Daniel Michel breaks through and puts us 2-1 up! I'm thinking, you beauty, if you'd offerred me that on 3 minutes I'd have bit your hand off. But more was to follow, as a corner is floated in, and it's that man Daniel Michel again, with a header, 3-1 in first half injury time. I then revert to "control". Early in 2nd half, Barca have a straight red card. I think this is my golden opportunity, to put the tie to bed in the first round, I go attack! Tony Champion immediately put's us 4-1 up, to send us into ecstasy. I sensed there were more goals, and, unfortunately, I was right, as Barca broke up against run of play, and Albert Carmona, who must have scored against us about 15 times during my career, makes it 4-2. We go to the Camp Nou with a 2 goal advantage, but our best player on the night, Daniel Michel, will be watching from the stands as he's out for rest of season with a torn calf muscle. The burden of responsibility in our AM role now falls to club icon Oneil Tatlot, who at 30, I am thinking I will sell at end of season as injuries have robbed him of his super-human form he had for about 5-6 years. I don't know how to play the away tie, I'm thinking ultra-defensive, but I still can't see us keeping them out. I'm so annoyed I gave a goal away, 4-1 would've been a superb lead. 4-2 and it's still wide open. AC or Man City (who in the group stages I beat 1-0 and 4-0) await in the semi's for the winner of my tie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minisav Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Good effort Marty Unlucky with the loss to Man Utd. They've always been a bogey team of mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Good luck with Barca aldojags. I was close in my save when i faced them but they ran out winners in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Just had a look at my fixtures this season and the last 2 games will be against Bayern and Dortmund. That's some ending to a season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 You don't want to go into that needing 6 points Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Holstein Kiel - 2025/2026 Season Overview League Finish - 1st Media Prediction - 2nd Average Attendance - 20301 Transfers Fernando Motta - <4(8) Apps, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 6.84 Av R> - 1.6M Euros worth young argentinian talent. I have this transfer lined up for 2 years now. Gil - <4(2) Apps, 1 Goal, 6.88 Av R> - Joined in January as a hot prospect for the future. Hopefully he will develop nicely. Deílton - <8(3) Apps, 1 Assist, 6.78 Av R> - Another young player brought in January with a bright future ahead. Nene - Not sure about him yet, didn't get to play yet so i'll have to wait and see. Bundesliga League Table Graph Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 Team of the Year During the first part of the season our rivals managed to stay very close to us. After the winter break we put some distance and it was a good thing we did because we slipped up a few times late in the season and the points advantage helped us on our way to the 2nd Bundesliga title in a row. German Cup Fixtures We advanced 1 round compared to last season and we got stopped by Dortmund again. Champions League Fixtures Group Stage We handled the group stage better than last season but we still finished only 2nd in the group. Inter was a team we could have beaten but we had poor finishing in both games. 1s Knockout Round We got Chelsea this year with the first game at home. When the break came Chelsea was already leading 2-0. After the pep talk the players started to pick up the slack and got the game level. A 2-2 draw in the end that i was happy with considering we were behind 2 goals after 45 minutes. At Stamford Bridge things were not better than in the first game and we found ourselves behind 2 goals again. We somehow managed to level the game in the last minute of the game. In extra-time Chelsea had a disallowed goal but managed to score the winner in minute 113. I was disappointed but atleast it got better than last year. The Squad First Eleven GK - Madson - <46 Apps, 56 Conceded, 18 Shutouts, 1 MoM, 6.94 Av R> DR - Jaguaré - <43 Apps, 1 Goal, 5 Assists, 7.11 Av R> DC - Hugo Cano - <33(1) Apps, 5 Goals, 1 Assist, 3 MoM, 7.12 Av R> - Team of the Year DC - Nabil Dubois - <45 Apps, 4 Goals, 2 Assists, 1 MoM, 7.12 Av R> DL - Alessio Natale - <44 Apps, 7.15 Av R> MC - Esteban Mansilla - <33 Apps, 2 Goals, 6 Assists, 1 MoM, 7.06 Av R> MC - Joel - <44 Apps, 8 Goals, 21 Assists, 4 MoM, 7.30 Av R> - Team of the Year AMR - Silva - <46 Apps, 16 Goals, 23 Assists, 6 MoM, 7.43 Av R> AMC - André - <41 Apps, 8 Goals, 12 Assists, 5 MoM, 7.30 Av R> AML - Florent Sarda - <42 Apps, 9 Goals, 4 Assists, 2 MoM, 7.19 Av R> ST - Lucas Roa - <30(1) Apps, 28 Goals, 8 Assists, 7 MoM, 7.54 Av R> - Team of the Year. Others Neal Evans - <16 Apps, 14 Goals, 3 Assists, 4 MoM, 7.59 Av R> Florian Hadewicz - <15(4) Apps, 1 Goal, 7.10 Av R> Conclusions and plans for the future We are currently installing more seats to the stadium and improving our youth facilities. The finances are stable, what we lose during the season we get back when all the prize money come. I'm almost where i want with the squad, just a little bit more scouting. Kiel History [b]Season League Position Achievements[/b] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7853130&viewfull=1#post7853130"]2012/2013[/url] German Third Division 14th Avoided Relegation [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7877117&viewfull=1#post7877117"]2013/2014[/url] German Third Division 9th N/A [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7887550&viewfull=1#post7887550"]2014/2015[/url] German Third Division 1st Promotion & Third Division Winners [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7915217&viewfull=1#post7915217"]2015/2016[/url] German Second Division 13th Avoided Relegation [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7916502&viewfull=1#post7916502"]2016/2017[/url] German Second Division 2nd Promotion [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7923190&viewfull=1#post7923190"]2017/2018[/url] Bundesliga 14th Avoided Relegation [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7932142&viewfull=1#post7932142"]2018/2019[/url] Bundesliga 4th Qualified for Champions League, German Cup Winners [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7940981&viewfull=1#post7940981"]2019/2020[/url] Bundesliga 3rd Qualified for Champions League, EURO Cup Quarter-Finals [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7940981&viewfull=1#post7940981"]2020/2021[/url] Bundesliga 4th EURO Cup Quarter-Finals [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7951591&viewfull=1#post7951591"]2021/2022[/url] Bundesliga 4th EURO Cup Semi-Finals [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7955671&viewfull=1#post7955671"]2022/2023[/url] Bundesliga 1st Bundesliga Winners, EURO Cup 1st Knockout Round [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7960111&viewfull=1#post7960111"]2023/2024[/url] Bundesliga 2nd Bundesliga Runners-Up, EURO Cup 1st Knockout Round, German Cup Semi-Finals [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7966939&viewfull=1#post7966939"]2024/2025[/url] Bundesliga 1st Bundesliga Winners, CL 1st Knockout Round [url="http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279094-FM12-Big-Euro-Nation-Small-Club-to-Big-Club-Challenge?p=7971981&viewfull=1#post7971981"]2025/2026[/url] Bundesliga 1st Bundesliga Winners, CL 1st Knockout Round Competition Winners [b]Season Bundesliga German Cup Champions League EURO Cup Euro Champ World Cup[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012/2013 FC Bayern Stuttgart R. Madrid Man City 2013/2014 Schalke Leverkusen R. Madrid Olympique Lyonnais Scotland 2014/2015 FC Bayern Koln Benfica Liverpool 2015/2016 FC Bayern Leverkusen Man Utd Roma Belgium 2016/2017 Leverkusen FC Bayern Barcelona Sporting 2017/2018 FC Bayern Hoffenheim Liverpool OM Belgium 2018/2019 FC Bayern Kiel FC Bayern Man City 2019/2020 FC Bayern Koln Man Utd Juventus Germany 2020/2021 FC Bayern FC Bayern At. Marid Valencia 2021/2022 FC Bayern Mainz Barcelona Sevilla Croatia 2022/2023 Kiel Mainz Barcelona At. Bilbao 2023/2024 FC Bayern Dortmund Barcelona Roma Belgium 2024/2025 Kiel Schalke Inter Valencia 2025/2026 Kiel Mainz Inter Benfica Spain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 well done andy sava your squad like marty is looking stronger every year and are mostly quite young. Roa is stunning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yes he is, when he wants to be. In my current season he keeps shooting at the keeper in 1on1 situations. Cost me a game so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccio Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'll try to get this challenge going, and therefore Real Ávila have appointed a new manager. Ávila Ávila is a city in Castile and León in Spain about 110km towards northwest from the capital Madrid. It is known for its remarkably well preserved medieval city walls, and the walls and the old town it surrounds are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Ávila has about 59 000 inhabitants, and while not a big city, it still is slightly larger than Villarreal and noticably bigger than Soria (CD Numancia). Real Ávila CF Real Ávila was founded in 1923 as Ávila FC. In 1925 king Alfonso XIII was named as an honorary president of the club, and the club changed its name to its current denomination Real Ávila CF. The club joined the Spanish Football Federation in 1944, and began to compete in Thid Division. The history of ”Los Abulenses” is not that of great success, since their best achievement is an 8th place in Second Division B back in 87/88 and 89/90. Real Ávila play their home games at Adolfo Suárez, which in the game can hold 5000 spectators (IRL the stadium seems to have a tad larger capacity and has some seats unlike in FM), and has fairly basic corporate facilities. Ávila U19 Squad plays at Ciudad Deportiva, which is the main stadium of Los Abulenses' local feeder club A.C. Milan Diocesanos. Interestingly, at least in the game Diocesanos are not affiliated with A.C. Milan. I tried to arrange a friendly with Diocesanos, but apparently they do not wish to play against bitter rivals... City walls of Ávila (left) and stadium Adolfo Suárez next to local bullfighting arena (right). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Welcome and good luck duccio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccio Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thank you very much! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 welcome duccio Barca hammerred me 3-0 in Nou Camp to put me out 5-4 on aggregate. So annoyed, I bottled it, went ultra defensive, and was 2-0 down inside 13 minutes. Shocking. I need to seriously invest in this team if it's ever going to win the CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccio Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Real Ávila CF – Season 1 – 12/13 – Second Division B3 Pre-Season I naturally set out to rebuild the whole squad, which I did. Though, in retrospect I was a little bit too eager to get rid of my old players – I was hoping for some good free agents to eventually become interested in joining Ávila, but all of them decided to join other teams or in the end just retired before ever thinkin about Los Abulenses. I had to operate with a tiny squad and use no-hopers from U19s as a back up. At least I was able to get 2 players on loan for free from parent club Real Madrid. Second Division B3 – Table – Graph – Fixtures 1 – Fixtures 2 Media Prediction: 20th Final Position: 1st After some initial hickups the team began to play really well, and won Second Division B3 without any problems. Promotion Playoffs were a different thing, and eventhough I did manage to get to 3rd Round of the Second Phase, Elche proved to be the better team. Close, but no cigar. Great season, but Ávila not promoted. Real Ávila Players - Squad - Transfers - Trials Daniel Carvajal - DR Right back on a 2 year loan from Real Madrid. I had to often play him as a DL which is not his natural position, but he did well enough. Rodrigo Battaglia - DM Argentinian with great attributes for this level. Didn't perform quite as well as could have been expected, but never failed either. Mauricio Carrasco - ST 2009 Copa Libertadores winner was in great form. Gabriel Pérez Tariffa - ST Not as prolific as Carrasco, but was still a very effective. Remarks For the next season my board has decided to basically halve my wage budget (I was way under it this season). I guess they did this because the club is in the red, but I'm positive the situation can be improved next season when Los Abulenses will take part in the Spanish Cup. Anyway, the halving means that once the players I have already agreed to sign arrive, I will be paying several thousands of Pounds a week more than my board would like. The problem with this is that Ávila will be in a poor position next January when its time to approach players whose contracts are running out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Marty78 - congrats on another league title. Impressive performance. Fingers crossed for further progress in the Cl next season Andy Sava - congrats on another Bundesliga title. Lucas Roa is a cracking player! With him I am sure you’ll complete this challenge in the next two seasons. Duccio - welcome and good luck Aldojags - seriously unlucky against Barca mate. Been in that situation before – it’s knowing whether to stick or twist. I feel your pain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 My reserves were making noises that they want to play more and since the 2nd round in German Cup was coming i thought what the hell let them play. We were playing BFC Dynamo, a team that didn't even play in the third division. When half-time came Dynamo was leading 3-0.... So i get Roa in the game at half-time, he scores a hat-trick and we win in extra-time. I wish i could tell to those noisy players this: This is why you don't play in the first team you fools!!!! EDIT: Oh and one of my defenders got sent off in the first half and we played in 10 for the rest of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccio Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Andy Sava - That Roa fellow looks like an absolutely great striker. I would think not many players in the whole world could threaten his place in the 1st 11. Thanks for your welcomes aldojags & rlipscombe. After the very good first season with Real Ávila I thought the next season in Segunda B would be "easy". I have actually so far been in great form, but so have a few other teams. My group B3 seems to have some of the better clubs in Second Division, and the top teams have gathered more points than the best teams in other groups. After 18 games I'm in 3rd position 7 points behind leaders Alcorcon, who have only 1 loss and 1 draw. Alcorcon have 11 points more than Salamanca who lead group B1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Just took revenge on Man Utd for last year. A new 4-3-3 counter tactic got me a 3-0 win at Old Trafford. As they are CL, Super Cup and World club championship holders I am well pleased with that. Also England have won all 3 World Cups in my game. duccio- Unlucky in play-offs. Better luck this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 You know you are a small club when you set a new record attendance of 1,463. I have a long, long way to go. marty78 - Good work against Manure. Don't throw it away in the second leg! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minisav Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Taken a lot of beatings recently. Doesn't help that I've had to play Bayern, Leverkusen and Schalke in a row. Got a draw at home to Ajax in between losing those 3 league games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I've had an interested game away at Kaiserslautern. We were up 1-0 and suddenly 3 of my players wanted to go home earlier so they all got a red card. Somehow we managed to defend our lead in 8 men. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Good 1st season duccio, both your Argentine players look impressive for your level of football, hope you can push on this year, although the board halfing your wage doesn't help matters. andy sava - i have the same issue with my reserves, they all think they are good enough to play 1st team, I give them a game in the cups or against inferior league opposition, and we lose/draw, I wish it was an option to say "you see, you are NOT good enough for 1st team!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Season Review 2027/28 Ligue 1 Media Prediction: 2nd Finished: 1st Table | Graph | Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 6th title in a row. Marseille won something ridiculous like their first 15 games, I couldn't catch them until about week 22 or something, when I overtook them and ended up winning league by 4 points. Champions League Quarter Final | Fixtures Don't know what happened here I had typed it out fully and put it online, but I was editing my coding and wiped most the update!! Not writing another one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minisav Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Another good season but a shame that you can't quite progress in Europe! I fear for my own progress having read about the chances of others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sava Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Good season aldojags, CL seems alot harder this year, or is it just me ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 It's frustrating because I usually win my group, but I cannot get past Quarter final. Threw it away this season, 4-2 up after the first leg with Barca and blew it. My request to expand stadium was denied, so I went to ask for new stadium, but it's already been requested? It's like it did it automatically without me asking. I can't find any details of new ground, capacity etc, it just tells me when it'll be ready, which is like 3 years away. I'm a club legend so would be good if it was named after me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Furia Roja Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hi Guys Just completed this fantastic challenge, probably the most I have enjoyed one. I don't get a massive amount of game time in so I don't do updates, here is my end of career highlight post. Best Memory From Early On - Easy one. My very first game in the Bundesliga, FC Bayern away. 1-0 down at half time and turning them over to win 2-1, very proud of the boys that day. Worst Memory - a 7-0 drubbing from Dortmund. Best Signing - hard to call between 3. Jeroen Zoet from PSV for 250k, ended up my all time record appearance maker. The season before last I won the Europa League, it was to really be his swansong as I had bought a new keeper as he was getting on by this stage, he got a 9.6 with Man City having 19 shots on target and he just repelled them all, fitting way to end his unforgettable career with me. Nemanja Matic from Benfica for 600k. Was exactly what I needed, was just a rock and was one of the key reasons for my success early on. Ishak Belfodil from Lyon Reserves for free. He ended with 217 appearances scoring 157 goals, including just winning European Golden Boot. Best Record - Kartsen Kammlott, he was instrumental in the early days but one season in particular blew me away, 2013/2014, my first in the 2. Bundesliga, league stats Played 33, Scored 48! Was unstoppable and pretty much singlehandedly took us up at the first attempt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 It's frustrating because I usually win my group, but I cannot get past Quarter final. Threw it away this season, 4-2 up after the first leg with Barca and blew it.My request to expand stadium was denied, so I went to ask for new stadium, but it's already been requested? It's like it did it automatically without me asking. I can't find any details of new ground, capacity etc, it just tells me when it'll be ready, which is like 3 years away. I'm a club legend so would be good if it was named after me! If it is the planning stage then they will tell you the price and capacity when planning finishes and construction begins. You may also find that the completion date moves forward by a year. I am a legend but my new stadium is named AS Cannes Stadium. The CL is a bitch but I have finally won the group stage and play Valencia in 1st qual rnd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Good luck with Valencia Marty. Yeh it is still at planning stage, so I guess I'll find out in next year or so what it's going to be called etc. I hope it's 40k seats at least, I'm selling out 20k every week so I want a good deal more seats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I was selling out 17,000 and will be at 24,500 so I'm not sure it will go as high as 40k initially. Maybe 32-36k might be more realistic. They sometimes bring the completion date forward by a year when it is three years initially so hopefully you will only have to wait 2 seasons. My 24.5k stadium is taking just a year to complete but hopefully yours will be quite a bit bigger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I have noticed that there is a lack of quality French players in my game. Trying to find HG nation players of sufficient quality is almost impossible yet English players are awesome and they have won 3 World Cups in a row. Strange thing is when I play in England it is the other way round and there are loads of quality French players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldojags Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 England have won 2 WC's in a row in my game. I must say I question the quality when 2 of my youngsters, Modeste and Alici, whilst good players for me, have senior caps, as they aren't what I expect of a France international footballer. France have dropped down to 21 in rankings in my game right enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 To be fair they are still 2nd but the first team are pretty much all in their 30's and in the first 11 two are players for me that have gained French nationality from Germany and Brazil. I only find it strange as I normally find wonderful French regens when I play in other countries. The odd one I do find will cost me 40 or 50 million pound despite not being quite ready for my first eleven. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 marty78 - Could you not just sign the excellent English players when they're still young enough to be HG in France? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Nah because they do not look that much than my own youngsters at that age. 2-2 in Valencia after being 2-0 up. Both Valencia goals exactly the same, shoot from miles away and keeper parries back to striker. He won't play until after the second leg now. Only managed a 1-0 win at home despite battering Valencia. Oh well were in the quarters anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccio Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I had a bit of a mishap and managed to delete my FM saves folder (over 200GB of saves). I used a file recovery program to get the saves back, but I'm not sure of their integrity since I copied files on the HD before I noticed the whole thing. Anyway, I created a new Real Ávila save. Here is my manager. Report of my new first season soon to follow... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minisav Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Bad times. Good luck with Avila Very pleased to announce that I'm 9th after 14 games. Said midtable so not lied to them so far. 1 point off of 2nd place in the group stages. Still have to play first place Ajax away though. Rangers at home should be a bit easier. Dinamo are the team I can catch so hoping they slip up to the Gers and to Ajax. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccio Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Real Ávila CF – Season 1 – 12/13 – Second Division B3 Second Division B3 – Table – Graph – Fixtures 1 – Fixtures 2 Media Prediction: 17th Final Position: 2nd 2nd place after a strong season by Los Abulenses, but even on this save the Playoffs crushed the promotion dreams. I noticed that I have too many non-EU players to be able to register them all in Liga adelante, so at least without promotion I don't have to deal with that problem. Real Ávila Team - Squad - Transfers Once again I rebuilt the whole squad. In the beginning of the season no one worthwhile wanted to com on loan from parent club Real Madrid, but after showing good form for the first half of the season I was able to get a few in January. I'm very very happy that striker Álvaro Morata came to Ávila, and he will also remain at the club for the next season. Jorge Casado - DL Loan from Real Madrid and will join Ávila on free transfer. Filled his place well, but definetely lacks stamina and strength. Álvaro Mejía - DM Signed on free transfer, Mejía is an experienced DM who has played about 40 games for Real Madrid first team. Will probably become captain, if my current captain, declining veteran DM Camacho, leaves. Mauricio Carrasco - ST 2009 Copa Libertadores winner (that is what it says in his Achievements, but I wonder how many games he played) was in great form. Álvaro Morata - ST Great young striker on loan from Los Merengues. He can only become better, and I think he has a good chance to become a Liga BBVA class striker. I'm not quite sure he can cut it at Real Madrid though. Remarks Like on the previous save, Ávila is about £250K in the red and the board has decided to cut the wage budget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccio Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Bad times. Good luck with Avila Thanks for the good luck wishes. I don't know how I was able to delete the whole save folder - and I've done it before with a video folder. After I swithed to Win7, it seems to sometimes select the whole folder instead of a few files inside of it. Or rather I just screw up the whole thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty78 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I'm on for the quadruple this year. Have already both domestic cups in the bag and I am 1 point clear of OM with a game in hand with 4 to play and I also face them in the CL final. Strange as this year I have been disappointed with our performances at times but we keep getting results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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