tastaiwan Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 A second attempt at what I was beginning to do in my previous save, I'll be looking to take countries to win the World Cup and using clubs on the way to strengthen the players available to me. The club will be located inside the country I choose to lead, and I want to get straight into it. There aren't many guidelines, it's relatively open-ended. Marko Mäkelä, my host for this save, will be starting in my favorite country in the entire world... Squad: Santeri Pakkanen Alexandr Vasyutin Mikko Hauhia Kalle Taimi Mikael Salimaki Igor Jovanovic Hassan Sesay Timo Tuominen Pyry Karkkainen Ibrahim Kose Joona Tapani Kaarlo Rantanen Aleksi Paananen Hendrik Helmke Pavel Osipov Loorents Hertsi Fareed Sadat Mikko Kuningas Santeri Hostikka Pavel Nazimov Robin Saastamoinen Jens Tanskanen Jasse Tuominen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Jabruary 2016 Well...not really sure what's happened here but I've had a smashing start to the Finnish season, starting with the League Cup. Undefeated, haven't even drawn. I'm not sure who I know this unbelievable string of results, but I'm in the League Cup final, and I'm $170,000 in debt two months in so I could use some money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Marpril 2016 More or less what I expected, Switzerland's going to be running circles around us, so I don't really have a problem with any of this. I'm happy Pohjanpalo got one in the net. We've won the Liigacup, although the prize money was less than impressive. We're still dreadfully in the red. The Veikkausliiga has started out as a relative success, with two wins in the bag already raising us above our predicted 7th place finish. The Suomen Cup is going to be a challenge, as virtually all my players are cup-tied. I had to dig deep into my B Team to put something together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Mune 2016 A good baseline for the beginning of the year. Worse than the Swiss, better than the Tunisians, and...equal to the Liechtensteiners? I thought we'd do a little better than that but I guess my hopes were betrayed. Short-term goal: Domestic dominance with FC Lahti, improve youth recruitment, training, and scouting. Tactics have been serving me very well so far. The JT duo have been serving me extremely well, scoring goal after goal and putting us in a strong position in the league. We also somehow manage to move on in the Suomen Cup despite playing mostly 17-19 year olds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Julust 2016 One loss. It was a bad one, but considering the alternative, I'll gladly take it. With five games to go, we have a four point lead on Inter Turku. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Very good start, although I'm surprised to see HJK doing so poorly so early into the save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Tremendous start - will be following along Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 Septober 2016 I think we did alright. Croatia was expected to win, so when they did I wasn't too upset. The squad was definitely complaining about it, they have very high expectations for themselves. Typical Finns. That win against Turkey was incredible, I didn't expect to do anywhere that well. Experimenting with formations, I settled one something like a 4-1-3-2 DM, and it seemed to work out. Tim Sparv has got to be one of my favourite players around. For the portion of the save, at the end of the Nocember update I'll put the Finnish squad as well as the FC Lahti squad. That'll give a good season by season update of both teams. The season ends with two resounding wins over Mariehamn and KuPS, keeping us barely ahead of FC Inter Turku. Our end of season form clinches the title, and my first season in ends with a trophy! We still don't have any more, the Champions League might get us a fraction of a million, but we need to win another season if we want to stay on top next season. We have an additional $100k in wages to spend, but no transfer budget, so we'll be targeting those free transfers. Experimenting with different formations and our best players in their best positions, it looks like the most important positions to fill our center back and right back. After that we'll look to bring in the best signing we can to give a good quality boost. It's key for me to remember that domestic dominance must come before youth recruitment, or else the system falls apart. I've suffered that lesson many times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 End of 2016 Two games that were a lot more difficult than I would have preferred. Definitely something that requires a lot of work. Finland Nation Overview We find ourselves at Rank 54 at the end of the year. A ton of work to do to get...really anywhere. Finland Squad It's unlikely that we find our way into the World Cup, but I can still have dreams. How this year's games went for Finland, I see a lot of quality performances but also a lot of questionable games. Would love to clean up consistency. We've made some money but I still expect to be in a bad place until the Champions League. It is imperative we do well in the Champions League, which is why I'm bringing in so many loan players. Worry about performances and money first, then I can get myself some real players. Key Players Matheus Phillipe Matias Nani Pyry Karkkainen Alex Kral Hendrik Helmke Mikko Kuningas Jasse Tuominen Nemanja Ivanovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintrainhard Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Great start, keep updated about your journey. Hm, I want to know how do you post the image in full width of the post... because when I post the image, image option seem make restriction just for around 500 pixel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 13 minutes ago, saintrainhard said: Great start, keep updated about your journey. Hm, I want to know how do you post the image in full width of the post... because when I post the image, image option seem make restriction just for around 500 pixel Wherever you upload the pic, right click on it and choose copy image. Then just paste it into your post. It should be full width. Great job in the league. You seem to have a solid base with Finland too. Your performances can only get better and I'd say you have a chance of qualifying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintrainhard Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Just now, Keano16 said: Wherever you upload the pic, right click on it and choose copy image. Then just paste it into your post. It should be full width. Ok, I will try it. Thanks Keano16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 @saintrainhard Thanks! I'm liking the six updates per year format, not nearly as crowded as the monthly. Hopefully the good times keep on rollin'. @Keano16 If we can replicate that 4-0, I'd say the chances of qualification exist. What a way to start the journey though, getting into the first World Cup? Would love that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintrainhard Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 @tastaiwan Finger crossed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 January/February 2017 Only the Suomen Cup and preseason so far, we advance from the group stage. I made the same mistake last year where I let my good players play the first game for FC Lahti Ak. (Group 1), and that made them cup-tied and they couldn't play for me. So right now I'm not doing so hot. I'll have to survive with a team made of almost entirely academy players. Wish me luck...I need to remember not to make the fitness-lacking available for those games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 March/April 2017 Finland 2-0 Kosovo That result puts us top of the World Cup Qualification Group! There's still several games to go, so we're treading lightly, but exciting stuff here! Settled on a tactic, and it's going well. It wasn't quite good enough to bring down FC Inter Turku, but I do think we have the best players in the league thanks to the loan signings we brought in. I think we're on track for top two in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 May/June 2017 We had an incredibly tough game against Croatia, and nothing we did could give an honest challenge to them. Georgia's ranking is over twice ours, so that draw is really disappointing. Hopefully the next round of fixtures is more fruitful. We've been alright so far...Jasse Tuominen is having a laugh, he's on a ridiculous hotstreak right now. In our draw against IFK Mariehamm, Marcio and Alex Kral both got red cards in the 35th minute, so those two late goals are a godsend, we deserved to be clobbered. Both players, Kral and Marcio, are loan players, so I couldn't fine them. Bastards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 July/August 2017 I guess I'll see ya later buddy... I don't know why Bologna would want him, I don't think he's good enough to play a ton there, but I had to let him go. On the other hand, we have $6 million in the bank right now because of Champions League, so there's the good news. Quite a drastic drop of form since the beginning of the season, would be chuffed to bits if we wen back on a win streak. Zorya is doable, although I think Gent and Lyon will take this group by the scruff of the neck. Lots of games in hand, I think we're doing alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 September/October 2017 A wonderful end to the season sees us retake the lead in the league and eventually win the title, a great second year in a row. Players are very interested in joining our team now (at least more than last year), but a majority of them are foreigners. I've arranged deals for five Finnish youth prospects, so things are going well on that side of things, but I also want to bring in one or two players that would be one of the best on our team, a transfer policy I try to follow every off-season transfer window. We'll see if I stay in Finland for that or if I need to look abroad, but in the spirit of the save I'm thinking close to home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Random Intermittent Update 2017 We've somehow made the knockout round. I can't fathom how. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastaiwan Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 November/December 2017 Sad that I was passing this up, Norway is also one of my favorite nations in the world (Finland, Norway, Switzerland), and they're quite a bit better at football than Finland. I've already gotten quite a bit of progress though at FC Lahti, so it'd be pointless to move this early. FC Lahti overview is coming next update, after the transfer window gets underway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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