kingjericho Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 According to a couple of other challenge threads:Scotland- 20th June (Save 30th April for choice of teams by reloading - playoff game is May 14th) Thanks Fastbasher as soon as I get my hands on the game I'll confirm this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Norway has the same reset date as before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thanks for the dates, OP updated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Well, my adventure with Frigg didn't last long. I really did struggle to get results and was sacked after 17 games being rock bottom. So I will have to give it another shot with another team. That's football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Sorry to hear Taunton, who you thinking next? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Here we go! Fraserburgh in Scotland. Silverware in this club resumes itself to 3 regional leagues. My goal this year is to see how far I can go with a traditional british, fast paced 4-4-2. (Thanks to Fastbasher for the rest dates post, I would have never guessed I'd have to save on 3 different dates.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Sorry to hear Taunton, who you thinking next? Not sure. Will play around a bit to see what country and team I prefer. Have completed the challenge in 2012 and 2014, so the pressure is on this year:D And good luck, kingjericho. Will be interesting to see how far you can go with the 442. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 The League We started with 3 losses and 4 draws from out first 7 games and it looked like a tough fight against relegation. Things then started to turn and we went storming up the league. I'm not exactly sure what changed, but we owe a lot to the four loanees we took from our parent club Haladas. In the end the promotion came fairly easily. Even after giving the field a 7 game head start. Putnok ran away with the title and maintained a 6-10pt lead for most of the season. ashton321, you have another challenge to beat my AI now as well. Monor came back up, and went back down. They sacked one manager mid season and the second resigned at the end. Maybe I dodged a bullet getting out of there. The Players The loanees were some of our top performers, but the stand out player was Balázs Petró. Once he started firing, the team started firing. The good news it that all four of the loanees extended for another season. Transfers Finally paid for a player, but only a minimal amount. Roland Matejkó only ended up being a sub though, due to the form of Petró and Takács. The rest were a collection of freebies and loans. The sale of Lázár kept the bean counters happy. We currently have 60k GBP as a transfer budget for the next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 The League The step up was seamless. At the winter break we were in a comfortable second and looking to challenge Újpest for the title. Then disaster struck and we lost Petró to long term injury. He was the league's top scorer at the time. We ended up holding on for third place, while Újpest ran away with the league. Putnok also managed to survive, so good news for the previous seasons promoted teams. Under 19s The future is bright as the academy produced some more promising talents and managed to win the club a title. I tried to give some of them a chance in the first team, but the best ones all seemed to be central midfielders. They often ended up playing an U19s game on Friday, then subbing on for 15-20mins in a senior game on Saturday. The Players Unbelievable tEkkers. Milán Ekker was on loan last season, but moved permanently this season. He stepped up once Petró got injured and finished as the third top scorer in the league (an award that surely would have gone to Petró if he wasn't injured for 3 months) and won the Division I young player of the year award. He was also a regular in the Hungarian U21 team. Kalmán Kanta continued his development with a break out season. In the first half of the season he lead the U19s to the top of the table as well as making 8 appearances in the first team. In the second half of the season he went out on loan to Diósd and made 20 appearances in the Hungarian second division. He also became a starter on the Hungarian U19 national team and played for them in the European U19 championships. Extra time Haladás ended up cancelling our affiliation due to being in the same league. We got a new senior affiliate in Dinamo of Croatia. The are a champions league team with many talented youngsters. They did send us two 16yr olds. They weren't good enough for the first team, but helped the U19s win their title. The Kozármisleny manager has started a feud with me. Which is funny because in real life I once told him to get his players off a field as we had it booked. This game is so realistic. Career Summary Season Team League Position Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 Monor Div II N/A Sacked in 19th mid season 2017/18 Tatabánya Div II 15th 2018/19 Tatabánya Div II 2nd Promoted 2019/20 Tatabánya Div I 3rd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FjollFan Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 League table | League fixtures 1 | League fixtures 2 | Stats of the season What can I say. Went much better than expected and we were never really in any danger of being relegated with 9-10 points at most times down to death zone and without counting the 4 match streak without any goals we didn't have any major dips in form either. Key players: Flavius Chisu: 15 goals and 13 assists speaks for itself. Didn't do much during the fall but when spring came around he really started kicking in those assists. Valentin Ghenovici: Despite not having anything he truly shines in he managed to bang in 12 goals and often kept the stats-wise superior Adrian Popa out of the team. Adrian Mitea: Our version of Santi Cazorla. Not alot of assists but basically everything constructive went through him. Youth Intake: Garbage besides this lad Next season: Will probably aim for a higher position but not necessarily any of the promotion slots but probably around 4-5th can be reasonable to aim for. Besides I should look to strengthen the finances as they are somewhat poor right (-£230k) and the board are denying all my requests because of it. My biggest fear is that we might be forced to sell Mitea to go around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FjollFan Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Damn Fastbasher, well done on the promotion and great follow up season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Thanks FjollFan. Congrats on another solid season yourself. To be honest, I was enjoying Monor more. Tatabánya were in the top flight until 2008 and have experienced regular European competition. The infrastructure is still good. My coaching is one of the best in Hungary and scouting is worldwide. Only about 3 or 4 teams are signing players of a similar level. This is like a quickstart to the challenge, as the lower end is quite easy. It is kind of like when Rangers were sent to the Scottish third div a few seasons ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Good to see people making progress. I forgot how slow I play FM :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaskar Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Have been struggling with picking a team for a first save since last night, but I've settled with trying to get Afan Lido for the fourth year in a row! Never been able to topple the might of TNS in previous years, so winning the title will be my first aim. Holidaying now - hopefully won't be too much of an issue to get the Lido to show up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Good luck Jaskar. Great place to make a first post. Gundo, I've had all week off work plugging away at this. So, not so fast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Good luck Jaskar. Great place to make a first post.Gundo, I've had all week off work plugging away at this. So, not so fast. Indeed good luck Jasker. Fastbasher, I managed to get a save going yesterday and still in pre-season! I'm resisting posting anything up until I've survived my first season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Tatabánya preseason 2020/21. Well, the Europa League Qualifiers didn't last too long. 1st qualifying round, 5-1 home and 6-0 away vs Glacis Utd of Gibraltar 2nd qualifying round, 0-1 home, 1-2 away vs Mlada Boleslav of the Czech Republic The big news though, is the signing of Hungarian International, Dániel Böde. He was released on a free transfer from Crystal Palace having played 144 games and scoring 69 goals during three seasons in the premiership and one in the championship. His wage demands were high, and he is 33 now, but he should be able to tear the Hungarian Division one to bits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaskar Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Personal And so it begins, time for me to take Afan Lido to the top of the league and beyond! Amazingly, for the first time ever in my experience with the Welsh leagues, TNS failed to win the league during the holiday season, with Port Talbot taking the title on goal difference. Maybe luck will be on my side this time around. Good luck to everyone else who has started already! Edit - Wales now resets on the 19th, so a day earlier if you want to update the first post Gundo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Cheers Jaskar, OP ammended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Well, preseason was going well. On top of Böde, I was also able to bring in another Hungarian ex-international in defence and loan Toth for another season. I did make a controversial decision of selling Kante. 140k GBP up front, 30k extras and a 30% of next sale clause seemed too good to turn down. Unfortunately, things did not go well on the field. Böde scored 6 goals in his first three games (we lost them all by 1 goal), then went injured for two months. Our only decent keeper also went out injured. Nothing from the previous seasons was working. I hope it's just coincidence that I'm now on the full version. With three draws and 10 losses, the board gave me an ultimatum to win my next game. Unfortunately that game was away to runaway league leaders Újpest. We held on for a while, but they opened the scoring in the 82nd minute and I was sacked shortly after the full time whistle. Holidaying again. Hopefully another fresh team will come up. The highlight of these four seasons was getting a taste of European football. However brief. Career Summary Season Team League Position Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 Monor Div II N/A Sacked in 19th mid season 2017/18 Tatabánya Div II 15th 2018/19 Tatabánya Div II 2nd Promoted 2019/20 Tatabánya Div I 3rd 2020/21 Tatabánya Div I N/A Europa League 2nd rnd Quailifier. Sacked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 That didn't take long. I've been hired as manager of Cegléd in the Hungarian division II. They came up to the 2nd div for the first time in FM16, so meet the original criteria. 147k GBP transfer budget, 14k wage budget gives room to work with. The chairman is also new, so it's a fresh start for both of us. My assistant manager and one coach walked out of Tatabánya when I was sacked. I've repaid their loyalty by hiring them at Cegléd. There are 11 full time players and one youth player, so room to pad out the squad with my own players. The GK looks decent for this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FjollFan Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Sitting currently in the middle of pre-season when this message pops up. Would be very happy if it happened as that may help us get rid of those pesky red numbers in the finances Edit: Tough luck Fastbasher, hopefully Cegléd will be kinder to you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Fastbasher. Poor decision to sack you, glad you got another team so quick and cool you kept some loyal staff alongside you too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 FjollFan, strange they still refer to you as 'newly promoted'. Hopefully this new guy has deep pockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I've just signed a 35yr old defender with a proven track record and a supporter spokesperson claims it is 'an outrageous waste of money'. He was signed for free, with zero signing fees, only token bonuses and 170 gbp per week. Which school of economics did this supporter spokesperson go to? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FjollFan Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 FjollFan, strange they still refer to you as 'newly promoted'. Hopefully this new guy has deep pockets. Sadly not, he just took a bank loan to pay the debts Good thing your supperter spokesman ain't your accountant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Wow. Seems some of the Hungarian clubs are pushing ahead. Újpest made the champions league group stages, which can only be good for our co-efficient. They're in a group with Man Utd and Atletico, so I can't see them going further. They're also signing players for over 1m GBP and have loanees from their senior affiliate, Championship club Charlton. A couple of other teams are selling players for over 1m, so wont be long before they are buying them at this price. Tatabánya have signed former Man Utd winger Chris Eagles for the second division and even at 35, he is a beast, averaging 8.08. League rep must be going up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaskar Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I've just signed a 35yr old defender with a proven track record and a supporter spokesperson claims it is 'an outrageous waste of money'.He was signed for free, with zero signing fees, only token bonuses and 170 gbp per week. Which school of economics did this supporter spokesperson go to? I've had a similar thing with some of my signings - the supporters are commenting on a 'large chunk of the transfer budget' being used to sign a player for no fee and no extra clauses. Have put it in the bugs forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavelberry Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Denmark's reset date is 29th of June this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp20 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 PersonalAnd so it begins, time for me to take Afan Lido to the top of the league and beyond! Amazingly, for the first time ever in my experience with the Welsh leagues, TNS failed to win the league during the holiday season, with Port Talbot taking the title on goal difference. Maybe luck will be on my side this time around. Good luck to everyone else who has started already! Edit - Wales now resets on the 19th, so a day earlier if you want to update the first post Gundo. Good luck with Lido, i did youth challenge with them on fm15 and it was great. Good facilities for the welsh leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Denmark's reset date is 29th of June this year. Thanks for this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 My scout went to Spain for four months and couldn't find a single player. How can you not find a football player in Spain? Too much sangria and beaches I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FjollFan Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Pre-season/transfer update. I have decided to entirely look for free transfers this summer to hopefully avoid the scary red numbers and in a cheaper way strengthen the team. Only Denis Chivari is a-team material though and hopefully the one who will replace Mitea next season onwards. This means our central midfield is looking pretty damn good for now. Besides Chivari the team is not that much stronger this season though so promotion will be very hard for us and a mid table spot will be more likely. Fastbasher: 4 months of beach and sangria does sound like it's worth an angry boss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 You always get your moneys worth from a free transfer Chivari looks decent. Young and improving as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dervinus Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 My first ever attempt at this challenge: UMF Tindastoll New Manager Lars Larsson Here is my profile: http://imgur.com/r5K99p1 http://imgur.com/CNF4tNv Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Good luck dervinus. Nice Movember look there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Fastbasher Congrats to Hungary tonight. Norway woeful:( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Cheers Gundo. Finally, a major tournament to look forward to. I haven't seen Hungary play so well in.......... forever really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Cheers Gundo. Finally, a major tournament to look forward to. I haven't seen Hungary play so well in.......... forever really. I was very impressed and Ádám Nagy looks a good prospect. They will be my team to follow in the Euro's for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 The League Everything was going smooth. We were in 12th place with 12 games to go in a fairly congested table, then disaster struck. In our 4-1-4-1 formation we lost our Striker, Keeper and DM to injuries at the same time. The next 9 games without them yielded one win, two draws and six losses as we sunk to 18th with three games to go. The Striker and Keeper came back and the DM had a recurring injury. I played the Striker and Keeper semi-fit out of necessity, and since the DM was not renewing his contract, I treated him with needles for the final three games. We got a win, a loss and a draw to sneak into safety. The draw was in the last round against my old club, Tatabánya, and was required for safety. The Players Gábor Makrai was the key striker for us. He may have only scored 15 goals, but for the nine games he was out injured, we really missed him. With only an underdeveloped 19yr old for backup we provided very little threat when he was out. Sándor Kristófi was our other star performer. He chipped in with 8 goals and 15 assists from the right wing and only missed two games all season. Krisztián Páli was one of three promising players to come through the academy. My staff say he is a high potential player. If he can gain 5 on each attribute between the age of 15-20 then he'll definitely be a decent central defender domestically. I just have to have a talk to his parents about getting a more respectable haircut. Extra Time By signing some of my old Tatabánya staff, my coaching setup is the best in the second division. Physio staff are decent. Could use another decent scout, but there are no better free ones and the board are blocking any that require compensation payments. I've kept an eye on my Tatabánya youth star, Kálmán Kanta. He was a key member of the Hungarian U20 team that made the semi final of the U20 World Cup this season, before losing 1-2 to Spain, then 0-2 to Italy in the 3rd place playoff. Eagerly waiting his first full cap and hoping he goes far. He's still playing in the second division for Nyiregyháza, but at least he's a first team regular. Most of the team are retiring or out of contract at the end of the season. So, it's a complete make over, but I have a 230k transfer budget to do it. Going to be a fun off season, but I'm seriously thinking about giving youth a chance. Career Summary Season Team League Position Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 Monor Div II N/A Sacked in 19th mid season 2017/18 Tatabánya Div II 15th 2018/19 Tatabánya Div II 2nd Promoted 2019/20 Tatabánya Div I 3rd 2020/21 Tatabánya Div I N/A Europa League 2nd Round Qualifier. Sacked. 2021/22 Cegléd Div II 17th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 At least you managed to survive releagtion Fastbasher. Your bad luck with injuries rings true with me too and it is very tough on your selection when you have no replacments or very weak ones by comparison! In my opinion giving youth a chance is the way to go and its much more satisfying when you do acheive something with home grown talents too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Giving youth a chance and it's not working well. A 15yr old, two 16yr olds and two 19yr olds in the starting 11. Four losses to start the season with a minus 14 goal difference. In the last two games we set three records. Fastest goal: 18 seconds, Gábor Makrai Highest scoring game: 3-7 loss to Csákvár Biggest loss: 0-6 to Nyiregyháza Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FjollFan Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 League table: So this whole goalscoring shenanigans hasn't been our strength, luckily we were capable of boring our opponents to death so we gained wins here and there and to be fair I have no idea how we are so high up in the table. We have 6 points up to the playoff spot but that is nothing I am aiming for although I wouldn't complain Fixtures: As mentioned, we are not a team that scores or concedes a lot besides the 2-3 match extravaganza against Juventus Bucuresti. Most puzzling is that we are better against the top contenders as we played 0-0 and 1-0 against the two runaways at the top, while we lost against Voluntari, Calarasi and 1-1 against hopeless Tarlungeni. Biggest worry by far is if Chisu gets injured since he has scored 40 % of our goals. As for the rest of the season I will look to keep our current position and then early on secure a replacement for Mitea who leaves after the season. Edit: Thank god, finally the board does something I approve of Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Nice progress Fjollfan Is Mitea refusing to sign a new contract? He looks quality for that level. I'd be willing to break the bank if it's a wages issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FjollFan Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Yeah, he thinks he is too good for the club and I can't say I disagree with him. Maybe our progress this season will make him reconsider but I doubt it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I have a few of those as well. A bit of a pain when you're narrowly avoiding relegation and the best players won't stay on. My team this season is much weaker than last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Sacked!!! Results were not really going our way. Although there were several one goal losses there and quite a few games we were actually leading at one point. We started with 6 straight losses. Then 3 draws where we played well and it started to give us hope. Then top scorer Gábor Makrai went out injured for three months. In truth, we never looked close to being survivors and I'm surprised the chairman was so lenient. We finished with 1 win, 5 draws and 19 losses from 25 league games. Makrai and loanee Gábor Olah top scored with 7 each. Academy player Krisztián Páli was starting to make some progress. The loyal Ass Man and Coach who followed me out of Tatabánya have again walked out of Cegléd. They have a job for life as long as I'm managing. I'll holiday again, but there can't be many teams left who haven't been up already. 'Sacked three times, but never been relegated' Career Summary Season Team League Position Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 Monor Div II N/A Sacked in 19th mid season 2017/18 Tatabánya Div II 15th 2018/19 Tatabánya Div II 2nd Promoted 2019/20 Tatabánya Div I 3rd 2020/21 Tatabánya Div I N/A Europa League 2nd Round Qualifier. Sacked. 2021/22 Cegléd Div II 17th 2022/23 Cegléd Div II N/A Sacked in 20th mid season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbasher Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Ok, found a new victim. I'm now the manager of Veszprém. Alphabetically we start in 20th. Cant drop anywhere. They have an aging, overpaid squad, but do have Győr as a parent club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHappypill Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Been trying all morning to get FC Santa Claus into the Finnish first division with no luck so far, the reset date for Finland is the 25th of November. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaskar Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Hopefully fourth time lucky, Fastbasher! Getting towards the end of my first season, we're safe since the league split but have fallen apart since then. We looked like we might challenge for the title at one point! Should have a season update over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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