Crispypaul Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 After lurking in FMCU for a while, and deciding that I can't be arsed with any one-club challenges this time around, I've started a journeyman career for FM 2013. Leagues loaded are here. A couple of edits - obviously removing certain limitations (ahem) plus a small edit to fix a tax problem and some media and real names files. I've started out as a 31 year old English manager, unemployed, with a sunday league rep, and am holidaying a month before applying for jobs. Aims I'd like to manage my team, Tottenham at some stage Manage in some leagues I haven't before, such as France, Portugal, Turkey Try and win some kind of international trophy at some point. Wish me luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Progress Season Club Division Position Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 4th Joined 16th August 2012 2013 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2014 Pors Grenland Norwegian 1st Division 2nd Promoted 2015 Pors Grenland Norwegian Premier Division 12th Resigned 31st May 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Helmond Sport Dutch 1st Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2016/17 Helmond Sport Dutch Premier Division Left 10th October 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 Hertha BSC Berlin German 2nd Division 2nd Promoted 2017/18 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division 8th Qualified for Europa League 2018/19 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division 4th Qualified for Europa League 2019/20 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division 5th German Cup Winners, Qualified for Europa League 2020/21 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division 1st Champions, German Cup Winners, Champions League Qualification 2021/22 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division 2nd Champions League Qualification 2022/23 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division 1st Champions, German Cup Winners, Champions League Qualification 2023/24 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division 1st Champions, German Cup Winners, Champions League Qualification 2024/25 Hertha BSC Berlin German 1st Division Left 19th November ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024/25 Tottenham Hotspur English Premier League 2nd FA Cup Winners, Champions League Qualification, Europa League runners-up 2025/26 Tottenham Hotspur English Premier League 1st FA Cup Winners, Champions League Winners, League Cup runners-up 2026/27 Tottenham Hotspur English Premier League 1st FA Cup Winners, Champions League Winners, League Cup winners, CWC Winners, Super Cup Winners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 So after waiting a month, I started applying for jobs. The first one of note I was offered was at Pors Grenland, in the Norwegian 2nd division, and with a decent enough wage and wage budget, I accepted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Pors Grenland, from the town of Porsgrunn, are currently playing in the Norwegian 2nd division, Group 3. The finances look fairly decent. The squad was as poor as expected, so I saught out various reinforcements. We began in 8th position, and the board expected a "respectable" league position, whatever that means! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Season 2012 End of Season Review Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division League: 4th An improvement on the 8th position when I joined, but given our large wage budget for the division, I expected better. Far too many draws however. Cup: 2nd round (out before I joined) Key players: Eivind Saether - strong centre back helped keep our goals conceded down as much as possible, given everyone else sucked. Anders Hatlen - versatile midfielder contributed well in the middle of the park Stian Berget - veteran winger was a wonder on the right Aksel Duus - our other central midfielder slotted in alongside Hatlen or on the left Kenneth Kvalheim - target man lead the line up front Objective for next season - to overhaul the squad and have a better stab at promotion. Season Club Division Position Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 4th Joined 16th August 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Season 2013 Pre Season Review Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division So I was offered a new contract - same money but an extra year. However our wage budget was cut back so I had to give an expectation of winning the league. Given our finances, that's fairly important! I overhauled the squad somewhat: Of which my star signing was in goal: Knut Dorum Lillebakk, formerly of Molde, is too good for this level but has retired from professional football, hence why I could snap him up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Lillebakk looks very strong indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Lillebakk looks very strong indeed. Thanks - I was very pleased with him. If he was still playing professional football there's little chance he'd be playing that low down the pyramid I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Season 2013 Mid-Season Review Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division League: 2nd Going well but we drew the last 3 fixtures which hasn't helped matters. Cup: 3rd round A good run that made us a bit of money, although ultimately ended by Viking. Squad: generally performing well. Stand out performers are: Knut Dorum Lillebakk - goalkeeper whom is way too good for this level. I extended his contract by a year fairly early on. Ulf Riis - absolute rock at the back and getting interest from Stabaek. Tor Omar Sande - helping out from left back Krenar Badivuku - top scorer with 5 goals (yeah, not great!) despite not playing that much. Chuma Anene - loanee whom is our second top scorer Finances: still having trouble despite the cup run. Bar the recent run of draws I'm confident we can get there. Or I'm sacked.....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Great youth intake..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Season 2013 End of Season Review Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division League: 1st A dramatic improvement in form meant we won the league with a game to spare. Cup: 3rd round Key players: Knut Drum Lillebakk - continued to marshall the back four. Ulf Riis - strong as ever at the back Kjell Andre Thu - midseason signing slotted in along with Riis Jonas Fundingsrud - lost my original loanee right back to a serious injury just after the summer break, but this guy did fine Krenar Badivuku - played much better after the break, ending up top scorer. I signed a new two year deal for an extra £50 per week. Our finances aren't going to be helped by this! Season Club Division Position Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 4th Joined 16th August 2012 2013 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 1st Champions, Promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Good luck surviving in the First Division, it's not easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Good luck surviving in the First Division, it's not easy. Thanks - we're predicted 16th (i.e. bottom!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 This will hopefully stop the rot regarding our finances - now back to okay from insecure: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Season 2014 Pre Season Review Pors Grenland Adeccoligaen I tore the squad apart: Of which the star signings were: Karanveer Grawal - attacking right back on loan from Stromsgodset Fabian Andersen - right winger on loan from Sandefjord Jonny Hansen - veteran central midfielder on a free, also from Sandefjord We had an ok-ish run of fixtures - generally losing to Tippaligaen sides but holding our own otherwise: First fixture is away at Kongsvinger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Haven't played that much this weekend - however first 3 fixtures were a creditable 1-1 draw at Kongsvinger, a 3-2 home loss to Brann, and a 4-0 humping away at Bodo/Glimt. This is going to be a long season. And we're still half a million in the red.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 World Cup 2014 So there was a MASSIVE shock in Brazil 2014: ...or not. England didn't even qualify BTW and Roy Hodgson retired, to be replaced by Martin O'Neill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Season 2014 Mid-Season Review Pors Grenland Norwegian 1st Division League: 6th A very creditable performance so far sees us in the last playoff position - a few slip ups but a good few wins. Cup: 1st round Terrible loss in the first round against 2nd Division Lorenskog. Squad: some strugglers from last season's squad (Lillebakk, unfortunately). Current performers so far: Ulf Riis - solid as ever Kjell Andre Thu - as strong as Riis at the back Kristoffer Haraldseid - young loanee keeping various elder players out of the squad Fitim Azemi - our top scorer Krenar Badivuku - not as many goals yet, but has helped with a few assist for Azemi. Finances: still dreadful I think i'll keep the team in mid-table, but despite having another year left on my contract I'm already considering leaving at the end of the season. The financial position is crippling, unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Great youth intake once more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Well this was interesting - I wasn't even linked to it in the press: I turned it down though as Portsmouth were languishing in 19th, so I thought it'd be too much to win the league this season. I will resign at the end of the season now I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 The Last Game So it looks like its gone down to the wire: we're currently sitting in second place by the last game of the season: Fixtures are thus. Both us and Bodo/Glimt are at home against weak opposition so we have to make sure we at least match their result: Here goes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Result TBC.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Season 2014 End of Season Review Pors Grenland Norwegian 1st Division League: 2nd (promoted) Well what to say about this? We were lucky, quite frankly. The team couldn't even score in the last 2 games, at home, against poor opposition. However Bodo/Glimt also failed to win at home in the last game so we ended up clinching automatic promotion on goal difference. Cup: 1st round Key players: Ulf Riis - brilliant again Kjell Andre Thu - ditto Krenar Badivuku - improved after the break to be the 2nd top scorer and lead assister, usually for..... Fitim Azemi - our top scorer Jonny Hansen - veteran central midfielder bossed the middle of the park Finances - a little better thanks to substantial prize money, tempered by this required facilities improvement. Board Summary - obviously pleased. I'm currently down as "untouchable". Season Club Division Position Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 4th Joined 16th August 2012 2013 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2014 Pors Grenland Norwegian 1st Division 2nd Promoted Future I'm waiting to see what budget we get - if it's no better than the £5k a week we currently have, we're going to seriously struggle in the Premier division. We also really need to turn professional. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Not a big surprise this - I turned it down: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Congrats on promotion. Hope you can turn pro, surprised you haven't already, have you asked the board? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Congrats on promotion. Hope you can turn pro, surprised you haven't already, have you asked the board? Cheers I'm waiting for the season to update first. EDIT: its greyed out in board requests with "we can't afford to turn professional". Not good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJCFC Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Maybe with TV money, or better sponsorship etc you can turn pro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Congratulations on promotion! Great stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Maybe with TV money, or better sponsorship etc you can turn pro. Unfortunately its updated now we're in the Tippaligaen, but we remain semi-pro along with Bryne. However our initial budgets are somewhat better: So I think i'll stick it out for a bit now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Congratulations on promotion! Great stuff. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Still not an awful lot to strenghen on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Season 2015 Pre Season Review Pors Grenland Norwegian Premier Division (Tippeligaen) We began the season with the usual changing of the guard: No-one amazing, really. The few friendlies we had were decent enough, bar the first loss to Staebaek. Finances are considerably better at this stage, thanks to substantial season ticket sales and some new sponsorship deals. Unfortunately we still can't turn professional. First fixture is away at Fredrikstad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Still not an awful lot to strenghen on. Not really - I actually have quite a bit of room in the wage budget still, however can't get anyone that good to join. The difference is obvious between us and the other semi-pro side, compared with the rest of the division: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Sorry been a bit quiet - busy at work - but after ten games I decided to resign from Pors Grenland as it just wasn't working out in the Premier Division. Not turning professional means I couldn't get the players to match the largely professional rest of the division. Final standings when I resigned, were as such. We were also knocked out of the cup in the 3rd round. I therefore went looking for a job. I had a few offers - including an interesting one from Aberdeen - but in the end I went for....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Helmond Sport Jupiler League So I accepted this: Founded in 1967, Helmond Sport are a professional Dutch club currently playing in the Jupiler League. The club play their home games at Lavans Stadion and possess adequate training facilities and basic youth facilities. The club also has average junior coaching and a fairly basic youth recruitment network. Although Helmond Sport are enduring a thirty-three year barren spell, having not won a competition since 1982, the club still have a history of which they can be justly proud. Helmond Sport finished runners-up in the KNVB Beker in 1935, 1949 and 1985, and won the Dutch 2nd tier for the only time in 1982 and finished runners-up once. There's a fairly decent squad, the finances are pretty decent, and they're professional. I think I can improve on last season's finish of 12th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 How do you reach 2 cup finals before you were founded? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 How do you reach 2 cup finals before you were founded? Haha - I didn't notice that! According to wiki they were a breakaway club so I guess the previous one did it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmond_Sport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I thought it was something to do with breakaways/mergers, still looked funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Sorry - just got back to this after Christmas. 2015/16 preseason review in a mo... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Season 2015/16 Pre Season Review Helmond Sport Dutch First Division (Jupiler League) As is normally the case in this career, I carried out a major revision of the squad. Its nice having some money! Key players of whom are: Jeffrey Altheer - bought as a midfielder but I think i'll end up playing him as a centre back, as I've had problems reinforcing that position. Niki Maenpaa - Finnish international keeper brought in on a free Pavel Kederabek - 30k signing from Sparta Prague, should hopefully do a job on the right wing. Semedo - solid ball winner for midfield. Finances aren't too bad: Although our friendlies could have perhaps gone a bit better: First fixture is a home tie with Telstar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 One club challenges can always change into a journeyman game, and vice versa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 One club challenges can always change into a journeyman game, and vice versa. Indeed - I made a mistake in my journeyman game in FM12 in quitting FC Nordsjaeland far too early, and I ended up going back to my dafuge challenge game until FM13 was released. 4 games in and we're W1 D1 L2. A bit meh at the moment, especially as both losses were in games we've dominated. I've changed from a 4-4-2 to a 4-2-3-1 to see if that will help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 ...it didn't. A 4-0 loss away at Sparta which we were predicted to win comfortably I really don't know what's going on at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 ...it didn't. A 4-0 loss away at Sparta which we were predicted to win comfortably I really don't know what's going on at the moment. Sorted A reversion after the Sparta game to the rigid defensive 4-4-2 I had at Pors has made a dramatic change. First 5 fixtures: Following 7 fixtures: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Season 2015/16 Mid Season Review Helmond Sport Dutch First Division (Jupiler League) Juplier League: 3rd After a pretty poor start, we improved substantially. Have also qualified for the playoffs by winning stage 2. Dutch Cup: 3rd round Straightforward win against non-league side before an epic game away to AZ Alkmaar who ultimately triumphed. Key players: Bogdan Muller - top scorer. Gells well with.... Jelle van Kruijssen - top league scorer with 10 goals so far Quin Kruijsen - left winger I switched to left back due to a weakness there. Pavel Kaderabek - Czech right winger working well on the flank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Coming into the winter break, after 22 matches, we're 3rd, 3 points behind league leaders AGOVV and only behind SC Cambuur on goal difference. Just thought I'd share this dreadful pun as regards my top scorer: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Season 2015/16 Season Review Helmond Sport Dutch First Division (Jupiler League) Juplier League: 1st Well, we did it, winning the league on the last game of the season. Despite a couple of hiccups, the 5-3 loss to NAC Breda in particular. Our substantial wage bill played a part, admittedly. Dutch Cup: 3rd round Key players: Bogdan Muller - joint top scorer Jelle van Kruijssen - top league scorer and joint top scorer with 18 goals Quin Kruijsen - continued his form throughout as an attacking left back Momar Bangoura - young French midfielder (just called up by Guinea) signed on a free after being released by Marseille, kept Semedo out of the team. Pavel Kaderabek - led the assists charts for the team I was named Manager of the Year. Finances - unfortunately these have deteriorated due to £1m bonuses being paid to the staff. Hopefully it'll sort itself out in the top division. Youth Intake - pretty dreadful. Season Club Division Position Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 4th Joined 16th August 2012 2013 Pors Grenland Norwegian 2nd Division 1st Champions, Promoted 2014 Pors Grenland Norwegian 1st Division 2nd Promoted 2015 Pors Grenland Norwegian Premier Division 12th Resigned 31st May 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2015/16 Helmond Sport Dutch 1st Division 1st Champions, Promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Thankfully you avoided the Dutch playoff maze Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Well done Crispy Duck, er, I mean Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Thankfully you avoided the Dutch playoff maze Yeah I think that would have drove me crazy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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