Lenzar Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Having started a game as Arsenal in the Beta, I've quickly grown very bored of that save as it's just so incredibly easy. In FM13, and FM15, I had great fun with Journeyman saves, so I've decided to put my Arsenal game on the back-burner and focus on something that is hopefully both more fun for me to play, and for you guys to follow. To keep the realism level up a bit more, I've decided to go with a couple of simple rules this time around. I will stay at a club for at least 2 years before applying for any other jobs. If I am offered a job before that, I may take it. I will take any job that represents an improvement to my financial situation. The only exception to rule 2 is that I will not manage a club I cannot stand. This rules out Milton Keynes FC and Manchester United. Starting Skills Initial Setup The Vanarama leagues will be loaded a season in; this was an oversight when I created the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 Career Progress 18/8/16 - 24/6/18 Stirling Albion (Scotland) 2016/17 Scottish League Two Champions 2017/18 Scottish League One Champions 24/6/18 - 10/6/19 Dumbarton (Scotland) 2018/19 Scottish Championship Champions 10/6/19 - 7/6/2021 Oldham Athletic (England) 2019/20 League Two Champions 2021/21 League One Champions 7/6/2021 - West Ham (England) 2021/22 Championship Champions Personal Honours Championship Manager of the Year League Two Manager of the Year League One Manager of the Month 7x Championship Manager of the Month 3x League Two Manager of the Month 2x Scottish Championship Manager of the Month 5x Scottish League One Manager of the Month 2x Scottish League Two Manager of the Month ----------------------------- Hall of Fame points: 235 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 Club #1 - Stirling Albion (Scottish League Two) After being rejected for even an interview by several clubs, I got through to the final stage at Grimsby Town, in League Two, and at Stirling Albion, in the Scottish League Two. Stirling offered me the job, but I held on, hoping that Grimsby, who represented a better option, would get back to me with a positive offer as well. Alas, they appointed another candidate instead. I will be starting my career in Scotland as STIRLING ALBION. I did manage to get an extra £50 a week out of the board, so I will be on a not too bad £300 a week for this first season. Quite the trek from my current home in Ipswich! I hope my 3 year old has plenty of Peppa Pig episodes available! The club have already been knocked out of the Scottish League Cup and the League Challenge Cup. Just the league to focus on for now... Looks ok on paper. The board expect me to be able to get to the playoffs with this squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyPenguin Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Good luck. Ironically, Stirling were my Beta save! (They'll take anyone don't you know) All the best in your career! Quick question... how do you post screenshots that are of reasonable size with a "Click to enlarge" option? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Best of luck oop norf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Good luck! (not that you'll need it!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Costly Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Good luck, let's hope you do a Stirling job north of the border Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 We got off to a strong start, even with the poor results against Edinburgh. And we are the early leaders - let's hope we can keep this form up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Just one win in the league, but we're still unbeaten. And we're still easily within expectations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Looking good so far Lenzar KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 An abysmal performance against Elgin gave us our first league defeat, but the other two wins were more comfortable than the scoreline suggests. Brechin were always going to be a hard game in the cup. We're still easily top, but our luck may be running out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 We got back to good form in December, but the last two matches were two of the worst I've ever watched on FM. We enter 2017 13 points clear, but the chasing pack have a game in hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 22 minutes ago, Lenzar said: We got back to good form in December, but the last two matches were two of the worst I've ever watched on FM. We enter 2017 13 points clear, but the chasing pack have a game in hand. Sometimes you just take the win and move on to the next game. Looking good for promotion mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 So Scotland and Gibraltar(!) both vote to stay with the EU. Is this the absolutely hardest Brexit possible? Existing players will need work permits and no more Bosman rule! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I'm absolutely sure that if the UK pursues a 'hard Brexit' then Scotland will vote for independence. Once the UK leaves it will be able to remove any laws it likes, although that would mean no access to the single market. Removal of Bosman would likely make it much harder to sign foreign players and would make the English league a very unattractive one for them to work in as they could end up stuck at a club that refuses to release them. I do not see that happening so from that point of view it's the hardest possible Brexit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the--dud Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 On 11/30/2016 at 00:00, DizzyPenguin said: Quick question... how do you post screenshots that are of reasonable size with a "Click to enlarge" option? Thanks Since nobody has answered you I will To the bottom right of where you write there's a buttom saying "Insert other media", click on that then "Insert image from URL". Then you'll get the fancy expandable images! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 We utterly smashed Clyde, but struggled for the rest of the month. Elgin are starting to look like a bogey team. But the teams around us also keep dropping points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 14 games to go, 13 points clear. Promotion is in the bag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 A quiet February, spoiled by the abysmal second half against Edinburgh City. There was supposed to be a fourth match, against Arbroath, but it's been postponed twice! Luckily the teams below didn't do enough to catch up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Youth Intake Looks a fairly decent group of players, but given that's probably not saying much considering the present squad! Callum McGrandies Stewart Weir Aaron Hutton James Donaldson Sean Donaldson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 A strong start to the month was ruined once we got within one win of the title. The performance against Clyde was simply unacceptable. We're still clear favourites for the league title, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Job done. Congratulations on the promotion 😃. I've not done the lower divisions in Scotland, is it a big jump from League Two to League One or is another promotion the target before you move on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 The win against Forfar confirmed us as league winners - the last few games were all played with the 'Instant Result' button. In the end our lead over the chasing pack looks a lot bigger than it perhaps should have been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Congrats on the promotion! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Aced the first season pretty easily. Onto League 1! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Stirling Albion - 2016/17 Season Review - Scottish League Two League (Takeover after 2 games) Our form in the first three quarters of the season gave us a large lead, but we took our foot off the accelerator way too soon and lost quite a few supposedly easy games. Scottish Cup After Stirling Uni gave us a much closer game than I'd have liked, League One Brechin put any hopes of a cup run firmly out of reach. Key Players Blair Henderson Scott DavidsonRoss McMillan Jamie Doris Transfers | Best Eleven Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 The Scottish season starts early, but the League Cup is little more than a few extra warmup games for a team like ours. It was nice to get 2nd in the group stage, though. The league started off great, too, but we looked very poor against Montrose. Good going early on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 We were pretty busy during the off-season, signing new players right up to the closing of the transfer window: The link with Hearts has proven useful - Rory Currie is excellent at this level! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Excellent start to life in League 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I'm betting that this season ends with Stirling Albion getting promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Good results at the start and the end of the month frame poor performances. The loss against Ayr was helped by an early red card. The dropped points cost us some momentum, but we're still well clear of the danger zone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Looking good so far this season 😀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Two strong performances in two league games after the disappointment of a cup exit. I think the manager of the team we beat 4-0 will have given them the H-Airdrie-r treatment; the game itself wasn't even that one-sided! Starting to look like we've got a chance at promotion again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Only two league games again, but we kept our heads to progress through in the cup, earning us an away game to Hearts! Results elsewhere give us a slender lead at the top. Can we hold out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Really tight at the top but we all know how this usually ends😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Just two wins in December, and a poor performance against promotion rivals Ayr in our only home game. It's tight at the top, but we're well clear of relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Lenzar said: Just two wins in December, and a poor performance against promotion rivals Ayr in our only home game. It's tight at the top, but we're well clear of relegation. Shame, a victory over Ayr would've as good as knocked them out of the race. I'm sticking with my prediction that you'll win the league though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 A very positive month in the league, but Hearts were just too good for us. Can I start to get excited yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 This is proving pretty easy. Higher standard league after promotion? No problem. Let's just run into an unchallenged title bid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Flying. You should find the Championship much tougher if you go up and stick around though, simply because most of the clubs are fully pro. Great work though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 23/02/2017 at 11:35, noikeee said: This is proving pretty easy. Higher standard league after promotion? No problem. Let's just run into an unchallenged title bid. There's probably not much difference between the two lower Scottish tiers, to be fair! On 23/02/2017 at 12:53, withnail316 said: Flying. You should find the Championship much tougher if you go up and stick around though, simply because most of the clubs are fully pro. Great work though. We shall see! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 The last two months of the season were nearly flawless. Steven Ross' hat-trick against Queen's Park will take some beating! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 11 minutes ago, Lenzar said: The last two months of the season were nearly flawless. Steven Ross' hat-trick against Queen's Park will take some beating! Cracking run, you must be nearly promoted? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Stirling Albion - 2017/18 Season Review - Scottish League One League - From what I know of the Scottish league system I wasn't expecting the standard of football to be much higher, but I certainly didn't expect to win the title so easily! I don't expect the next level will be as easy, though. Scottish Cup - The amateurs gave us a hard time, but we brushed them aside. I expected nothing from the Hearts game, but it helped our bank balance. Other cups - We didn't do anything special in either of these fairly pointless cups, nor were we expected to. Key Players Rory Currie - forgot to screenshot him before he went back to his parent club! 19 goals and 13 assists in 28 league games, giving him an average 7.56 Steven Ross James Severn Transfers | Season Best XI | Overall Best XI Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Reaching the end of the second season allows me to start looking for another club. I decided to do so immediately as Stirling weren't offering enough funds to improve the playing squad enough. It didn't take me long... Club #2 - Dumbarton (Scottish Championship) Dumbarton came in with an offer of £600/week. This was the same as what Stirling were paying me, but I managed to squeeze an extra £100/week. Dumbarton are also a bigger club with a more successful history - they were once the most successful team in Scottish league history Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpilgrim Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Lenzar said: Reaching the end of the second season allows me to start looking for another club. I decided to do so immediately as Stirling weren't offering enough funds to improve the playing squad enough. It didn't take me long... Club #2 - Dumbarton (Scottish Championship) Dumbarton came in with an offer of £600/week. This was the same as what Stirling were paying me, but I managed to squeeze an extra £100/week. Dumbarton are also a bigger club with a more successful history - they were once the most successful team in Scottish league history That's got to be right up there with Queens Park having more Scottish Cups than everyone apart from the Old Firm. #history Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 3 wins and a penalty loss wasn't enough to get us through in the League Cup (what a bizarre and timewasting format that cup has!), but we started well in the league. It was particularly headline grabbing that we played Stirling in the first game. Not much to say at this stage. I'd happily take this league table, though. Transfers Dumbarton's starting squad looked decent enough, but I found a distinct lack of backup players. I also felt that the core of the squad was a little too old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 These results definitely flatter us. Dundee Utd are a completely different class to the rest of the league, but we could have done better against Dunfermline. I can't see anyone stopping Dundee Utd. Best hope is to hang on for the playoffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 An undefeated month, but once again we look better on paper than we did on the field. Dundee Utd have proven that they're not invincible, but I still think it's a tall order for a semi-pro team to keep up the pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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