Benjoe Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Fart would have been better, but... I'm still loving this though. It's beautiful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Everything basically went how I expected. Good teams beat us, we beat bad teams. Nothing out of the ordinary. TRANSFERS! Out - Giannis Syriopoulos - I got him back in my Championship days, but the second he got good he got swoopered away. Can't I just keep a good player for once? I get that I don't have the reputation, but I hate it when the big clubs steal my catches. My mind brings me back to Neil Moss from my last journeyman, when Man City came in and took him, but immediately ruined him by not letting him play. Oh Siri...why must you be like this? At least I'm in his favoured personnel. In - Wenderson Galeno - Half the team came to me crying when Syriopoulos left, and I can see why. This is to appease them on the left wing, but I suspect I need a proper player to make everyone happy. Thing is, I'll have to wait until the summer to do that because I just don't have the money for a big target. In - Tomaz Murko - Nothing significant, you might hear about him later. In - Lucas Dalara - F*CK YES! This is all I've wanted since I saw his beautiful face, and I heard him calling to me (he was actually only slightly interested in joining us so my guess is a big club will steal him). We've bloody got him. Poor Sofu Ozdugan, I don't know how to break it to him that he's become a backup. He had so much potential... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 @tastaiwan as we have already nicknamed one of your players, how about Helmut for Salvatore Lotti? Dalara!!! Perfect sweeper keeper man. But yeah sad for Ozdugan. How 'bout sending him to Africa, more specific Swaziland on loan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Dalara looks the business! Nice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Benjoe said: @tastaiwan as we have already nicknamed one of your players, how about Helmut for Salvatore Lotti? Dalara!!! Perfect sweeper keeper man. But yeah sad for Ozdugan. How 'bout sending him to Africa, more specific Swaziland on loan? I really like Lotti's name, I think I'll keep it like it is. Ozdugan will stay and probably play one ever four or five games, I don't want him to stagnate...even though I know he will. Maybe a loan move is the right thing to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 I needed to satisfy Abdou Diakhate's wishes to sign a new attacker. Wasn't sure what to do so I just asked him who I should sign, and he didn't disappoint. In - Khouma Babacar We somehow overturn the deficit in the second leg in spectacular fashion, outshooting Dinamo Kyiv 26 to 3. Don't know how we're lasting so long but we are. We've also hit an absolute trash run of form in the league, and I'm starting to look into a formation/tactic change to try and revitalize our efforts. Also, a few people leaving the club. Eddie Nketiah to Millwall Maurizio Piazza on loan to Sheffield Wednesday Matt Macey to Derby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Did we just...yeah, I think we did...quarter final against Liverpool incoming. Otherwise, we're pretty trash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tastaiwan Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 We ended the season with a bang, and got a reward for it too. The form coming into April was not very hopeful, but things turned around quickly, ending the season with a solid win against Tottenham. We got quite far in the Europa League, so I don't mind that. Salvatore Lotti and Tony Morales are getting goals left and right, they'll definitely feature next season. Oh, and we managed a final matchday hop into Europa League spots, so things are looking great. I think we'll get a decent transfer budget, so hopefully I can attract a world beater. Doubt it. I'll have to settle for wonderkid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Solid last 5 matches to bring home the 6th place. Also impressive that you got past Fiorentina with a 4-0 win. Liverpool were too good, but it doesn't seem like you were that far off. Your defence this season looks to have been solid. Top 3 in goals conceded and 6th placed is nice, if just someone would help Salvatore (Helmut) Lotti with scoring goals! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Benjoe said: Solid last 5 matches to bring home the 6th place. Also impressive that you got past Fiorentina with a 4-0 win. Liverpool were too good, but it doesn't seem like you were that far off. Your defence this season looks to have been solid. Top 3 in goals conceded and 6th placed is nice, if just someone would help Salvatore (Helmut) Lotti with scoring goals! I'm thinking of buying a solid midfielder instead. Lotti had a great season, I think he just needs someone who can bring him the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Upcoming international league, we'll be up against the German-speakers. The Euro Cup: Group Stage Additionally, we already have an outgoing transfer! Big profits, got in the $15 million, range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 On joint business with the two teams, got a bit done between the games...and with that I mean a crap ton. I still can't attract any stars, so I've just a step or two below that. Out - Sofu Ozdugan - To Olympique Lyonnais - Sad about this one, didn't want him to leave but his agent requested that he be allowed to talk to the team. I've got a replacement though, two good keepers this coming year, Dalara and...well, you'll see. We get past Svoboda's Czech Republic with relative comfort to move on to the expected finish of the Quarter Final. Out - Baptiste Santamaria - To Vit. Guimaraes - He never truly belonged in this squad, he was more of a temporarily void filler. In - Milos Gojkovic - From Buducnost - Arranged transfer from last year, another future player. In - Filippo Paci - From Hertha Berlin - Rotation option to switch off with Lotti. In - Adriano - From Hearts - Filling the full back positions with some much needed quality. In - Bryan Perez - From Santos Laguna - Surprised we got an Ecuadorian, usually I get the crap with work permits and don't bother with South Americans, but they were willing to let this guy into Britain. I think I got soft Brexit, so that helps. He's the other keeper I mentioned earlier. In - Jaroslav Kares - From Stade Rennais FC - When you're dealing with as many transfers as I was, you can lose track of what you need and what you already got. Whoopsie daisie, I got myself another left back alongside Adriano, and I still have Persson from last year. Yeah... Out - Gerard Anderson - To Sheffield Wednesday - Used to be a good prospect, but the quality in this squad is increasing rapidly and I don't have space for him. Meanwhile I'm still juggling the Euro Cup, and we edge past Portugal in a tight result. In - Karim Essifi - From Leicester - I got a notification that this is apparently the biggest transfer ever for a Tunisian player. Good for us. In - Alvise Mortati - From Udinese - Needed center back. Got a center back. With an easy semi final, we move on to the final, where we'll face Italy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Spoiler Good stuff, on to the World Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Transfers In - George Raduta In - Luis Roldan Out - Orjan Nyland At least they've updated their expectations a little. Squad Keeper - Lucas Dalara Keeper - Bryan Perez Right Back - Karim Essifi Right Back - Matias Rodriguez Left Back - Jaroslav Kares Left Back - Adriano Left Back - Sebastian Persson Center Back - Diogo Queiros Center Back - Miguel Lopes Center Back - Alvise Mortati Something Somewhere - Paddy McNair Attacking Mid - Adam Phillips Center Mid - Abdou Diakhate Center Mid - Vicente Castro Attacking Mid - George Raduta Right Wing - Wenderson Galeno Right Wing - Bart Skrtel Left Wing - Toni Morales Left Wing - Luis Roldan Forward - Khouma Babacar Forward - Salvatore Lotti Forward - Filippo Paci I've got a ton of job offers, Spain, Italy, RB Leibzig, and Juventus, but I've kinda promised myself to win the Champions League with Blackburn first so that's off the table for a few years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 August 2024 In - Pedro Freire Second place is totally doable. Oh how dreary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 September 2024 In - Ferran Saenz Not very good stuff, but we've got ourselves one win in the premier league. Switzerland 1-2 England England 1-0 Germany Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Nice work with England! League form could be better, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 October 2024 Italy 2-0 England Poor result, we should be doing a lot better if we want to be thinking about the World Cup. England 2-0 Switzerland We regained a little composure, but winning every game is on my mind. The Premier League has been going splendidly, but otherwise we're stalling. The Europa League has been a poor campaign and we might drop out and focus on the league instead. Middlesbrough gave us a pretty good challenge too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 November 2024 USA 0-2 England Germany 2-2 England Everything's good in the hood up where it matters, maybe a cup? Oh, okay, alright, a little bit less than good. Hard games though, to be fair. You know...with one good push we could still qualify. The final game is against Rosenborg...things might be looking...rosy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 December 2024 The league is going a bit better now, but morale is pretty low. World Golden Ball goes to Toni Schreiber, as does the Ballon d'Or. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 I figured it's a journeyman save, and there's no point to that if I stay at the same club for ages and ages. I should have waited for the summer but things weren't going as well as I was hoping at Blackburn due to a bad transfer window. Not enough reputation over there. GK - Ralf Fahrmann GK - Marius Muller RB - Lukas Klostermann CB - Arkadiusz Hempel LB - Marvin Plattenhardt LB - Jozabed Sanchez CB - Lukas Muhl CB - Damian Duran CB - Antony Mauduit DM - Christoph Kramer DM - Jonas Meffert DM - Niklas Dorsch DM - Daniel Wojcicki DM - Moise Jeanvier MC - Raphael Guzzo MC - Marciano Peelen MC - Manabu Uchida AMR - Dominic Koch AMC - Maximilian Meyer ST - Fabian Reese AMC - Nadiem Amiri ST - Davie Selke ST - Sokratis Fourlis ST - Carsten Alten ST - Marc Buhrer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 January 2025 In - José Frade In - Aldair Bedoya In - Patricio Tenesaca In - German Elias Really focusing on the South Americans here, a spring of talent I couldn't access in England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 February 2025 I don't think I was ready for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 March 2025 England 3-0 Austria Kosovo 0-2 England That's a rough month right there, I was waiting for it to turn around and for us to get a good win, but it took until the last game before the international break to get a win in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthisspace Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Good start so far at Schalke04! Too bad you signed some wonderkids over at Blackburn. Not intending to bring them over? Could you help me check how much did Davie Selke and Lukas Klostermann cost the club and when were they purchased? Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 April 2025 Good stuff, fantastic stuff, this final month might end with us taking fourth place! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 May 2025 Fabian Reese has been far and above the best player of the season, and the fans definitely know it. We move right up into that final green spot. Bayern was a rather...disappointing result. but the rest of the month was a splattering of goals that helped us in that final push. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 June 2025 Business as usual in the qualification, things are going good here. Now this was rather disappointing, tried something with the formation and it definitely punished us. Back to the old formation and it pays off, we're off to a good start in the Confederations Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 July 2025 With the Confederations Cup under my belt, I'll look forward to the World Cup before I most likely quit the England job. I'd love to do a ManUtd1 type of deal with country development, buying all the players from a country, but I'm not about that style. It sounds appealing, but it just ain't me. I'll focus more on clubs and building those up, with Schalke being my current focus. With than in mind, we've got some pre-season business to cover. There's definitely some questionable stuff in here, but that 10-0 stands out beyond it all. We should have dominated Panathinaikos and FC Sochaux-Montbe, although Man City was understandable. Overview Patricio Tenesaca - GK Cristian Gonzalez Pardon - GK Lukas Klostermann - RB José Manuel Nieto - RB Jozabed Sanchez - LB José Savarese - LB The two Josés on either side? Sounds like a plan. Damian Duran - CB José Frade - CB I think I need to make it a goal to make a squad of just Josés.... Daniel Solis - CB Matias Silva - CB Daniel Wojcicki - CM Manabu Uchida - CM Aldair Bedoya - CM Juan Acosta - CM Nadiem Amiri - Somewhere Davie Selke - ST Sokratis Fourlis - ST Carsten Alten - ST Arnaud Pelletier - ST German Elias - ST Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 August 2025 In - Armin Jahic We cleaned up the last few friendly games tidily before moving into the competitive season. Velbert 02 didn't have a chance, with Sokratis Fourlis scoring 9 goals in one game. The game against Kaiserslautern was an extension of that form, with six different players getting onto the scoresheet to fling us straight into first place. The game against Benfica was rusty, although it was pretty even, but with a few tactic changes for the second half we could turn it around (changed two of my forwards to Complete Forwards). The game against Moenchengladbach was boring, and it took us out of first place. Hamburger SV was unremarkable and just served to give us points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 September 2025 Austria 1-1 England England 7-0 Andorra That edges us 3 points ahead of Switzerland in the World Cup Qualifier, putting us on track to make it. We've had an almost flawless league season, with only Dortmund, the strongest of the four German sides we faced, thrashing us to keep us in our place. We rebounded with a dominant 5-1 against Frankfurt, who are early on having a face-off with relegation. Playing a rotated team against Real Madrid, we injure Mauro Icardi and take home the win in the process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 October 2025 Having trouble with formatting so you'll see some upcoming games if there aren't many games in that month. England 6-0 Kosovo Montenegro 0-7 England Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 November 2025 Andorra 0-11 England England 4-1 Switzerland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Great start to your second season in Germany! Your greek topscorer is also a perfect poacher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 I love Fourlis, definitely reminds me quite a bit of Syriopoulos, who arsenal aren't even trying to give proper playtime. Also, Dalara is available for 25 million. I'm in his favoured personnel, probably because I'm the guy who brought him to Europe. While it's tempting, I've already planned to bring in a right back and midfielder this winter, so there's not much space to do another transfer, especially if I want to let Tenesaca and Cristian develop in goal. It's so freaking tempting tho, Dalara's stats are incredible, I don't know of my trigger happy transfer finger is gonna fire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 December 2025 It's not been a very impressive month...the winter break's just started, hopefully we can get back on track soon enough. Still ahead by a millimeter in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 January 2026 Sorry, did I say I was gonna show restraint in the winter transfer window? Apparently I accidentally lied. There were several outs to offset the ins, but we should definitely be making a strong push for the title now. Tajei Simonsen - I couldn't resist a good Norwegian. I have a bit of an obsession with players from Scandinavian countries, I don't know why, but I needed a midfielder and this guy was up there, so I didn't even hesitate. Antonio Carlos - In my squad, of the, what, 25 players, I think 20 or so are South American. I think it's because they're cheap and very talented, but my squad is chock full of them. Here's another Brazilian. After I leave Schalke, I think I'll start doing a nationality based transfer thing. It doesn't matter where I am, I just pick a country I fancy and focus on buying players from there. It might be a region too, like only buying players from South America...are you starting to see where I got this idea? Zulu - Another Brazilian, love his name, although saying he's a world-class midfielder might be a bit of a stretch. Alexander Ambos - I've had an eye on this lad since he was 17/18/19, back when I was still at Blackburn. I've finally fulfilled my dream of bringing him to my club. Youngsters: Estiven Hinestroza - Colombian Jefferson Dajome - Colombian Two more Colombians didn't get brought in because of holdups in contract talks. Shingo Fukuda - I feel like Arsene Wenger. Is there still time for fourth? Good stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 February 2026 Slightly worse, we should be doing a lot better than we are if we want to win the league, and Dortmund have drawn level on points with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 That CHL group is just brutal stuff. Had you beaten Basel you'd been first or second through the group.. Your signings are really great - I like them all very much! Antonio does look like a lady, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 18 minutes ago, Benjoe said: Antonio does look like a lady, though. I can't unsee it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 March 2026 Poland 1-3 England We have a nice 5 point lead going into the final two months, I think we can pull off a safe win. I'm thinking of managing a new country, English kids are too expensive. English players in general are too expensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 10 minutes ago, tastaiwan said: I can't unsee it... Had you noticed it before I said it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Benjoe said: Had you noticed it before I said it? Nah, the only face I've really looked at is Dalara, he has beautiful hair...I might do a yearly Dalara update just so I can see what he's up to. Hrs been unhappy at Blackburn for a year now, and despite interest from Dortmund he's still there...I think someone has so save him... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjoe Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 8 minutes ago, tastaiwan said: Nah, the only face I've really looked at is Dalara, he has beautiful hair...I might do a yearly Dalara update just so I can see what he's up to. Hrs been unhappy at Blackburn for a year now, and despite interest from Dortmund he's still there...I think someone has so save him... No surprise you are admiring his hair when your manager is bald asf. You gotta save him - for his beautiful hair if nothing else! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 I'm taking executive action and changing this save into a national development save. What that means for me short-term is to come, but basically on both a club and national never I'm going to try and bring a lower down country to the front of the world. I've got to do the World Cup first though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 April/May 2026 Cut it close with that tie at the end, but we won the league! Great stuff from the squad, I think the additions of Ambos and Zulu really helped halfway through. Of course, I do want to take this save in a new direction; I want more of a purpose than just winning. So I'm going to take a double-jointed approach, very similar in what I've seen in some other career updates, to bring a not-so-good nation up to speed with the good ones. But since I spent a lot of time building up the squad at Schalke and making sure the squad was fit to win and grow, I can't quite do what I'm trying to do at Schalke without selling the players I brought in, which I really didn't want to deal with. As a result... I'll look for a job following the World Cup and start from scratch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 World Cup Group Stage 2026 (and friendlies) So far everything's good in the hood, with Switzerland being to only decent challenge so far. Things should heat up as we move into the knockout stages. First round is against Denmark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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