davehibb Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I'm glad that fate kinda decided that you should stay once more mate. Another awesome run to the ECL final and continued domination domestically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Uploaded with ImageShack.us UEFA Champions League Final Saturday 27th May 2023 FK Bodø/Glimt v Chelsea Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy Bodø/Glimt run to the final Chelsea run to the final A second successive Champions League final then, and I still can't quite believe we're here. It's been a tough run for both clubs, and I'm expecting a very even final. You may remember we met at the quarter final stage last year, drawing 5-5 on aggregate so we went through on away goals. Chelsea are into their third final in five years, but they haven't won the trophy since 2012. We had a slight midfield shortage for the game, with both Tronstad and Jacobsen carrying knocks, and we'd also lost right back John Wold for three months with a hamstring problem on the morning of the game. My big decision was whether to go with in form Kristoffer Lindseth over Dario Torres up front, but in the end the Uruguayan got the nod. We therefore went with our customary 4-4-2, with 8 Norwegians in the match-day squad. First half Chelsea started really brightly, dominating possession and forcing save after save from Wolff. We just couldn't keep the ball, so I shouted "retain possession" from the sidelines, which slightly improved things. After 15 minutes we lost left back Dentuco to injury, so Osmundsen shifted across from right back, Kleiva dropped into the right back role, and Gouano came on to play on the wing. The change worked, and from a long ball from Osmundsen, Kleiva flicked forward into the path of Sandsund, who smashed home from 18 yards on the counter. 25 minutes in, and somehow we were in front. Our joy was short-lived though - a horrible error from Baros allowed Chelsea's Vincent-Day a chance from 6 yards, and they were level just two minutes later. That was how things stayed until the break. HT: 1-1 Second half No changes made at the break, although I told the players I expected more from them and got a reaction. We stopped allowing Chelsea time to dominate, and carved out a couple of chances, and on the hour mark we took one. Torres played a give and go with Sandsund before his shot was blocked, but Sandsund won it back on the edge of Chelsea's area and found a couple of yards of space. He let fly from just inside the area and his unstoppable effort found the top corner. 2-1, with 30 minutes left to play. Chelsea pressed and pressed, forcing more saves out of Wolff, and they couldn't force a leveller. Despite us only having 35% of possession, we'd done it. Another Champions League trophy: FT: 2-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 I'm glad that fate kinda decided that you should stay once more mate. Another awesome run to the ECL final and continued domination domestically. Heh, starting to think I'll never be another club ever again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Right then, just thought I'd let you know I'm going to make a slight change to my updating style. As I said previously, I became a dad a couple of weeks ago, so I've not quite got as much time as before. As a result, I've got less time to play, so rather than updating every month I'm going to make them more sporadic. I'll still update with all my European games and on youth intake day, but the domestic stuff will be much more limited. I'll probably update at the half-way stage of the season, and then my season summary at the end of the year, but I'll see how that goes. Hopefully there'll still be enough to keep people interested, but I just need a bit of time to play the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 This is good news: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Well done on back to back CL's. No wonder the Norwegian ranking is shooting up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Well done mate, brilliant going Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Well done on back to back CL's. No wonder the Norwegian ranking is shooting up. Well done mate, brilliant going Cheers lads. That's the first time I've ever done that on any version of FM, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Remember I said I wanted to become the "biggest club in the world"? Well, I never dreamed I'd get this close: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStat Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Almost there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beestonite Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Excellent work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcattt Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I just read the entire thread, one word: AWESOME!! These kind of careers just inspire me to start a new game on FM! Good job dude, keep it up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Almost there Yeah, not bad at all.... Excellent work. Cheers, fella I just read the entire thread, one word: AWESOME!! These kind of careers just inspire me to start a new game on FM! Good job dude, keep it up! Thanks, man. And best of luck with whatever new career you pick up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile_paul Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hey. Great to see this thread back online, a really great story. Don't worry about letting fatherhood getting in the way of keeping us updated, we'll manage in the meantime and when the kids have grown up and will do anything but spend time with their parents you can always come back to Football Manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hey. Great to see this thread back online, a really great story. Don't worry about letting fatherhood getting in the way of keeping us updated, we'll manage in the meantime and when the kids have grown up and will do anything but spend time with their parents you can always come back to Football Manager Glad you've enjoyed it, fella. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 We got ourselves into pot one for this year's Champions League draw... not that it got us an easier draw: This is also the first year we've had two Norwegian representatives in the Champions League. Rosenborg are the lowest ranked side in the competition, and ended up in a group with Ajax, Bayern and Atletico. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Uploaded with ImageShack.us UEFA Super Cup Final Friday 1st September 2023- Ulleval Stadion, Oslo, Norway FK Bodø/Glimt v Valencia Another Super Cup final, and this one is in Norway too. Once again I want to win it, and so the strongest side possible was picked. Valencia have a good record against us, we've won just one of the four meetings, so this should be a tough game. They have also been taken over by a tycoon this summer, and so they are likely to be doubly tough. The game started brightly for us, with Dario Torres hammering an effort from 20 yards against the post. We were dominating midfield, and Paulo Sergio caused havoc out on the left. His cross was met on the volley by the other winger Kleiva, but his effort was well saved. We thought we were in front in the 35th minute, when Dentuco's cross was powered home by Sandsund - but the goal was erroneously ruled out for offside. That brought Valencia to life, and early in the second half they were in front. We didn't deal with a free kick, and striker Dennis Hofmann put them in front from close range. I decided to press on, throwing players forward and bringing on a third striker, but we couldn't force a leveller and conceded again late on after an error from keeper Wolff. A shame, but if we're to lose a final I'd rather it was this one than any other! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 How long do you think you might keep going? You haven't got any further to go and as you said you have too much going on with Withnail Jr to start anything afresh. I wouldn't blame you for taking an FM break soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 How long do you think you might keep going? You haven't got any further to go and as you said you have too much going on with Withnail Jr to start anything afresh. I wouldn't blame you for taking an FM break soon. Not sure, really. I won't be able to play quite so intensively for a while, so I might keep plodding away with this and see where we end up. I'm definitely due a break though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Youth candidates 2023 Just the one addition this year, although I'm not sure if he'll make it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehibb Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Nice to see an update mate... Even if that is a pretty ****** youth intake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 Cheers, Dave. Hoping to have an end of season update later tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 FK Bodø/Glimt - Season summary 2023 League (Tippeligaen) Media prediction: 1st (of 16) Cups Norwegian Cup: winners Champions League: 2023 winners 2024 World Club Championship: winners European Super Cup: Finalists Top scorers Dag Even Sandsund: 44 appearances (41 starts): 34 goals (22 in the league) Dario Torres: 37 appearances (31 starts): 27 goals (13 in the league) Kristoffer Lindseth: 33 appearances (21 starts): 26 goals (17 in the league) Paulo Sergio: 41 appearances (39 starts): 13 goals (6 in the league) Positives An incredible season, really. A second Champions League title and a third double in a row, we've been excellent on the pitch. The status of the league is really beginning to climb, and I've set myself a new target of hanging around long enough to see it move into the top five leagues in Europe. If not for having seventeen players called up for international duty on the day of a game, I'm pretty sure we'd have gone through the entire league campaign unbeaten. We also saw one of our youngsters win the player of the season award in the first division, after he scored 16 goals for Kvik Halden, and then this happened too: This will take the stadium capacity to more than 30,000. Concerns Other than it taking me so long to finish the season, none at this stage. Ambitions As I've said, I'd like to get the Norwegian top flight into the top five leagues in Europe. It's gone up to 13th at the moment, which is already a significant increase. Surprise of the season Another European Cup! Player of the season Dag Even Sandsund Attendances Lowest attendance - 18,217 v Strømsgodset Highest attendance - 20,247 v Dortmund Average attendance - 19,654 (19,652 in the league) Finances £41,249,679 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Very promising expansion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Very promising expansion. Yeah, I'm delighted with it. It'll be the biggest ground in the country, and it really shows how far we've come from our tiny 7,300 (shed) when I first arrived. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Some of these numbers are really piling up. What I am pleased to see though is that 9 starters of the best XI are Norwegian. I'd love that to continue, but we'll need much better youth intakes to see that, I fear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 FK Bodø/Glimt - Season preview 2024 Media expectation: 1st (of 16) Board expectation: win the title Transfer budget: (remaining) £10.5m Wage budget: £426,000p/w (£100,000p/w under budget) So it's been slow progress with this over the last few weeks as I get used to fatherhood, but I'm not planning on jacking this thread in just yet! I'm finally at the beginning of the new season, and hopefully we'll be even better this time around. Rosenborg really rose to the challenge last year, and with the money they took in from their European adventure (they finished 3rd in their Champions League group) I expect them to be strong again this time around. As for us, we've spent a bit of money this window, including £8m on a familiar face... We also received a bit of a financial boost after one of our transfer clauses was activated. Defender Edgardo Caivano, who was sold to Feyenoord for a record £8.75m a couple of years ago, left for Bayern for £17.5m - half of which ended up in our coffers. Result! We also spent money on infrastructure, with the stadium being expanded and the training facilities updated once more. All in all, it's been an expensive winter! Players out A couple of decent fees in there you'll see. I decided that French midfielder Romain Lavergne was too inconsistent and too injury prone to become a mainstay of my side. Considering he only signed six months ago on a free, I was more than happy to take £5.5m and a 50% sell on for him. I also took a gamble last year that Brazilian striker Renatinho was a better bet than Polish striker Krzystof Lagiewka, but I was completely wrong. The Brazilian also has a 50% sell on of his £4m fee. Other than that, the players to leave permanently have never really been good enough. Of the loan deals, it'll be good to see 17 year old striker Tord Eliassen get some regular football in the Adeccoligaen. Kvik Halden were perfect for Aleksander Ottersen last year as he played every week and scored 16 goals, on the way to winning their player of the season. That taste of first team football improved him immeasurably, and he'll be involved with our first team this season as a result. Hopefully Eliassen and the others have similar joy this time around. The loan deal of Robert Gluhak is simply to buy me some time to decide about his contract - he needs games, but I now have three options for his position, and so it's perhaps time he moved on. We shall see. Players in Krzystof Lagiewka Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and admit you got a decision wrong. That's precisely what happened with the Pole - as I said, I gambled that Renatinho was a better bet and sold Lagiewka last winter. Renatinho couldn't hit a barn door, while Lagiewka scored 25 for Molde, finishing just behind Sandsund in the Golden Boot race. Whoops. Molde make a quick £5m profit, we get our striker back. Joaquin Bobadila: The young Argentine provides us with additional cover defensively, meaning we've now got five central defenders I think I can rely on. Nicolas Follet Another £10m signing, but I'm delighted with this one. As he's only 18, he's another who will become home-grown, and it now leaves central midfield as one of our strongest areas. He's been signed as a hot-prospect too, so no rush with him despite his fee - and we beat both Manchester United and Real Madrid to his signature. Progress! Right, on we go. Just time for one pre-season friendly though before we play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 tie. Not ideal, but there you go... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Uploaded with ImageShack.us UEFA Champions League- Last 16 1st Leg: Atlético Madrid 0-0 Bodø/Glimt A solid first leg display, and I'd have taken the clean sheet at any time, but considering we were so short of match fitness it's even sweeter. We didn't offer too much going forward, but I'm hopeful our home form will see us through. (We've lost one home game in all competitions in the last four seasons - and we're unbeaten since we moved to the Bodø/Glimt Stadium.) 2nd Leg: Bodø/Glimt 1-0 Atlético Madrid Phew. We really didn't deserve this, but I just don't care. The visitors were much the better side in the snow, but 20 minutes from time Dag Even Sandsund bundled a John Wold cross over the line from 6 yards, and we held on to see us into the quarter final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Remember me saying that I was struggling to find Norwegian players who'll improve us? Well, it would appear the international manager is having an even bigger problem with it than I am - Norway have just dropped to record low of 106th in the world. That's behind giants of the world game like Estonia, Albania, Slovenia, Belarus and Cyprus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 On a related point to my last post, the more I'm playing again, the itchier my feet are getting. I've had some disastrous attempted moves in this career, but I've recently had something of a tidy-up of my laptop, and so I'm tempted to try again.... however, I'll probably stick it out until the end of the season. I'd expect the next youth intake to be key to any decision I take though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Good to see this thread and your success still going Big expansion, facilities improved again, good money in the bank, I think even if you do leave they will still be a very strong side thanks to your hard work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Good to see this thread and your success still going Big expansion, facilities improved again, good money in the bank, I think even if you do leave they will still be a very strong side thanks to your hard work. Cheers, mate. It's been a really enjoyable career, I can't recall ever growing a club to this kind of level at any stage before, but I do hope if I move on they can sustain it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Uploaded with ImageShack.us UEFA Champions League- Quarter Final 1st Leg: Bodø/Glimt 4-3 Manchester City Just absolutely ridiculous. I'd wanted to try and keep it tight, but we got the complete opposite. Dario Torres put us in front after just three minutes, finishing emphatically after a mazy run. City were level soon after as we failed to deal with a hopeful free kick, but Sandsund put us back in front after 12 minutes from the penalty spot. 10 minutes before the break we had a third, Arild Hauckland smashing home a loose ball, but City scored twice at the start of the second half as we fell asleep from two corners. Frustrating, but Gouano won it late on with a rocket. An outside chance of progress, but we'll need to work on our set piece defending! 2nd Leg: Manchester City 4-1 Bodø/Glimt (City progress 7-5 on aggregate) Ouch, my pride. We fell apart defensively in the second leg, and no matter what I tried we just couldn't get a foothold in the game. Sandsund put us in front after just three minutes, but that was as good as it got. City completely overwhelmed us, so I can have no complaints. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 The "golden generation" of the future? One thing that might put me off leaving yet is this bunch: Not a bad group of players at all, and all of them teenagers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderow Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Not bad at all mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Will be great to see what that bunch can achieve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Will be great to see what that bunch can achieve. Yep, and most of our first team are only in their early 20s too. I can see a transitional period coming where we cut out of some of the deadwood, but even if I do leave the new manager will have plenty to work with. I won't be doing a Fergie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 This has been coming for a while, but finally confirmed: If you remember, he was the first real graduate of our youth system, and he's gone on to become a club legend. Incredibly he's not even 24 yet, and he's now scored 171 goals for the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 So here is how the first third of the new season has gone.... Apologies again that there is less detail than before in my updates. As I said, now I've got less time I'm trying to streamline how much info I put into this so I can continue playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Two more to add to that list of teenagers: Another £2.5m spent on the two fees, but the options are adding up.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 So I set out to become the best team in the world - and the year I expect to leave we got to sixth. Can I have that one?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 A big decision for me tonight. I've been offered a job at one of the big 4 clubs in one of the top 3 leagues. Not normally the type of club I'd choose to manage, but I'll be able to take my best player with me if I leave.... Very, very tempted. All to be revealed in the next day or so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modri11 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Conragtulations on your awesome run. Earlier in the day I was looking through the FM career forum and being a Liverpool fan I was drawn to your page. Had a look, didnt take much notice initially, thought I would read the first page and then leave but something hooked me in, I found your run captivating, couldnt stop reading,long story short spent better part of the day going through the all the pages. Did anything ever come of Kvik Halden, in you earlier post page 3 I think, you mentioned that an american businessman bought the club and would invest 17m? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I'm interested to see who this new club may be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Don't go. Partly because of that young generation you've got, partly because getting sorted out somewhere new will be more effort than you can give it with a baby, and partly because with CL success in Norway there's isn't really a step up for you to take. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Conragtulations on your awesome run. Earlier in the day I was looking through the FM career forum and being a Liverpool fan I was drawn to your page. Had a look, didnt take much notice initially, thought I would read the first page and then leave but something hooked me in, I found your run captivating, couldnt stop reading,long story short spent better part of the day going through the all the pages. Did anything ever come of Kvik Halden, in you earlier post page 3 I think, you mentioned that an american businessman bought the club and would invest 17m? Cheers, fella. Firstly, welcome to the forums. I'm glad you've enjoyed my thread, the Shankly link seems to have drawn in a few Liverpool fans! In fairness, it could have been Stein/ Busby/ Clough, but I appreciate it anyway. It's been a lot of fun, but it's even better that people have enjoyed it. As for Kvik Halden, they got promoted to the second tier three years after their takeover, and three years later they are well placed to get promoted this term. They've become our feeder team, but they've stood by the same coach since 2013, so I'd love to see them get promoted to the top flight this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 I'm interested to see who this new club may be Don't go. Partly because of that young generation you've got, partly because getting sorted out somewhere new will be more effort than you can give it with a baby, and partly because with CL success in Norway there's isn't really a step up for you to take. The club was Valencia, but I've turned it down. I do fancy managing in Spain, but I like to build clubs, and it'd feel a bit too easy starting at such a big side. I am sorely tempted to move, but a) it won't be until the end of the season if I leave and b) it won't be to such a big club. Too easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modri11 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 You've had some great strikers over the years, torres, what a gun, 139 goals from 175 starts, thats phenomenal! Surprised that he is not in your best 11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Probably a good move not going to Valencia in all honesty, I don't mind managing big clubs in smaller leagues but bar getting used to the game for a season when a new FM comes out I just can't be a top side (unless they have been relegated or something so I can rebuild) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Probably a good move not going to Valencia in all honesty, I don't mind managing big clubs in smaller leagues but bar getting used to the game for a season when a new FM comes out I just can't be a top side (unless they have been relegated or something so I can rebuild) Very rare I even do that. I usually start somewhere like Hereford or Mansfield on a new FM, although my very first save on 13 was at Lechia Gdansk! I have to go back to FM10 for the last time I spent any major time at a big club, which was five seasons at Juve, although I had about half a season at Inter on FM13 too. I do think I've made the right decision, although I'm still tempted to leave at the end of the season. We shall see... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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