[FM17] Ich Bin Ein Fraud-liner

[Benjoe]

Ich Bin Ein Fraud-liner

Come, come, my dear little Frauds. 
Gather, at the hall of Frauds. 

Sehr gut, sehr gut, ja, come Miroslav Klose-r. 
All ze way into mein hall..

Join me in ze hall, ze Fraudenhal. 
Here we are all Frauds.

Ja... Hier sind wie alles Frauds

[Benjoe]

My Fraud Gospel

This will be a Fraudacious thread. In a save, that is written on the basis of a tactical setup, that I haven't ever done before. The most Fraudulent one ever: A setup with a Libero on attack, a Raumdeuter on the left, and the striker has been pulled into AM as a Shadow Striker - oh and the right winger is not a winger, but an Enganche in Attacking midfield instead. 

Mouthwateringly Fraudsation here. Will I continue making horrible punS? Yes, of course. You don't like that? Stop lying you closet-Fraud. 

The setup is beautiful and "simple". I'll reveal it soon enough. Patience, my dear little Fraud.

Did I have too much coffee prior to writing this nonsense? Is the squareroot of 34241 equal to... erhhm.. New topic.

So, what would be the most Fraudlike way of picking a squad? Well, I'll create my own of course. Handpick the guys myself. PER-FECT.

I decided to be in the ultimate Fraud country of them all. Home-country of the Bald Fraud, Hansi Kajser. Naturally that is the place to be. I was tempted to go to Switzerland as they are legendary Frauds too, but their league is inferior which is unattractive to the true Fraud.

I randomly selected a club in Germany - or should I say Fraudmany? It makes sense, they have many Frauds. 

But eh, I won't do that in the future. The random choice ended with FC Köln. Do I have anything against them? No. Do I have any reason to take them? Nope - not any other than they are a team expected to finish in the middle of the league normally and seem to be giving a decent Squad budget in the Create-A-Club mode. 

Next up will be presenting the manager, presenting the club, presenting the tactical set-up, and in the end, I will reveal the Frauds that I have chosen and how/why. Naturally, given the way I normally either rant for hours, or barely use 5 words to describe something, this might take some posts before we actually get going save-wise. 

Grand is what this will be no matter, though. 

How can it not? 

I mean it's me, UrFraud.

[ManUtd1]

So much fraudulence...I love it.

[kidthekid]

Credit to @ManUtd1 for this, but since I can't give reps anymore today. Here's a token of my appreciation for the thread

 

[oriole01]

Hans Kaiser does not approve of UrFraud's choice of Koln as a club. They had defeated him many times before, which meant they were extremely fraudulent. He hopes that in time, UrFraud will choose a better place to spread his fraudulence.

[Benjoe]

25 minutes ago, ManUtd1 said:

So much fraudulence...I love it.

And it's only just starting! Glad to have you aboard, mein Fraud-Führer.

19 minutes ago, kidthekid said:

Credit to @ManUtd1 for this, but since I can't give reps anymore today. Here's a token of my appreciation for the thread

 

No clue who this Manutd guy is who you wanna give credit to... but cheers for the gif, much more valuable than rep!

17 minutes ago, oriole01 said:

Hans Kaiser does not approve of UrFraud's choice of Koln as a club. They had defeated him many times before, which meant they were extremely fraudulent. He hopes that in time, UrFraud will choose a better place to spread his fraudulence.

Hansi Kajser does not realize, UrFraud has eliminated the extremely fraudulent Köln, to avoid more defeats at their hands in ze füture, ja.

[Benjoe]

Who's in charge?

Oh ja, Kurt Günter ist looking at ze watch, oh ja, so dirty.

Meet the man, the machine, the lover and the ween.

Kurt Günter Fraudzenegger at service, ma'am.

Nationality: 

Born in: Zürich

36 years old: 13/9/1979

 

Kurt Günter was born and raised in Switzerland and lived as a rich fraud his entire childhood. Never having to move a finger to get what he wanted. 

When Kurt turned 18 his dad got him a job at FIFA. The biggest Fraud-organisation of them all, and soon enough he was a valuable member behind Sepp Blatter. 

Upon the ban for Sepp, Kurt was quick to into hiding for... unknown reasons. 

Seeing as FIFA and Switzerland was dangerous grounds now for the ambitious fraud, Kurt decided to go to Germany. 

Still having contacts in his home country and with his former work place he got FIFA to sponsor a ludicrous move to overtake and overthrow FC Köln and their board. 

The name would be changed, the colors, the badge... everything that connected them directly to the former club. 

A new budget would be put into place that he could use to blackmail and bribe  lure players to the club for. 

Fraudenhal was the new name for the club. 

And corrupt it was. 

 

The fans of FC Köln were not happy. Neither were their ultras.

Hard fights between the Köln Ultras and the private hired mercenary army that FIFA had put into place to protect their new club. 

Rumors say that more than 50 ultras suffered gruesome faiths, and many more were injured.

FIFA, naturally had no other comments than, "We know nothing about such circumstances, but we are certain that the privately hired mercenary army only acted in self defence."

Smashing stuff.

These fights with ultras inspired the logo of the new club in an act to further taunt the ultras and the former club. 

Guess it's time to get the club revealed, eh?

Nah, I'll wait a bit.

[ManUtd1]

17 minutes ago, kidthekid said:

Credit to @ManUtd1 for this, but since I can't give reps anymore today. Here's a token of my appreciation for the thread

 

Get down, wit yo bad self...

[Fer Fuchs Ake]

Apparently anime GIFs are in at the moment so I Googled German anime GIFs seeing as you're in Germany. This came up. Make of it what you will.

[BoxToBox]

56 minutes ago, Fer Fuchs Ake said:

Apparently anime GIFs are in at the moment so I Googled German anime GIFs seeing as you're in Germany. This came up. Make of it what you will.

Top quality German Suplex on that deer.

It's no train, though.

[dllu]

[Benjoe]

11 hours ago, ManUtd1 said:

Get down, wit yo bad self...

 

11 hours ago, Fer Fuchs Ake said:

Apparently anime GIFs are in at the moment so I Googled German anime GIFs seeing as you're in Germany. This came up. Make of it what you will.

 

10 hours ago, BoxToBox said:

Top quality German Suplex on that deer.

It's no train, though.

 

2 hours ago, dllu said:

Riiiiiight... Thanks.. I guess, guys..

[Benjoe]

Wilkommen! 

Ja, das ist gute. Ja. 

Welcome to ze Hall of Frauds. 

We have a lot of stuff to get through, so let's get ze moving, ja.

 

Club Details:

Name: Fraudenhal FC 

Nickname: Hall of Frauds

Home Colors: Red and White

Away Colors: Black with red and white details

Stadium Name: Fraud Dome

City: Wiesbaden (State: Hesse)

Replacing: FC Köln

Reputation: Impressive 

Training Facilities: Impressive

Youth Facilities: Great

Junior Coaching: Average

Youth Recruitment: Above Average

Player Budget: £140M

(SPOILER) Budget Used: £120M

Let's take a deeper look at the basis of Fraudenhal Fussball Club (I forgot to add FC to both logo and in-game details. I'm a Fraud with bad memory, sue me.)

 

Why Wiesbaden? 

Well, why not? Brilliant name, and it's the capital of the Hesse state. They do have competition in this state though, as Eintracht Frankfurt is also in Hesse, and actually has about 500.000 more citizens than Wiesbaden.
Wiesbaden has about 250.000, while Frankfurt is at 750.000 more or less. We're still the capital, so suck on ze frankurter, Frankfurt. 

The geolocation of Fraudenhall FC makes Frankfurt an obvious archrival. We hate them, they hate us. It's all great.
We do not do any sort of business with those legitimate guys. 
They do it all by the books - what the **** is that about? 

Among other rivals are 1. FSV Mainz 05 who are located just an 18 minute drive away. Naturally we have a history of being unfriendly with these guys too. 

Borussia Dortmund is the last one. They are much further away, but they just grind our nerves. 
They think they're better than us and all. We'll show them. 

 

We're located right about where Wehen Wiesbaden is. They're too small to really be considered a rival though as we are clearly too superior to them.

Affiliate clubs:

I also decided to throw in a couple of affiliations. I love those.
I like exotic clubs, and players, and found it natural to take 5 foreign clubs as affiliates. 

The German clubs were already active, but I added:

Hvidovre IF, the city I was born and grew up in. I worked there for a year with their u17s and some of these kids are in the first team now. They have a good youth system, and I want some Danes coming through. Not so exotic but solid.

Chertanovo, I want some Russian world class Frauds to come through my system. Second Divison side Chertanovo is a good call for this.

Dwarfs, Just for the name tbh.  

Kakamega Homeboyz, read above.

Highlanders FC, I'm hoping for some sexy Zimbabwean talents as well. 

El Nacional, same applies for Ecuador.

These nations should hopefully be providing some different interesting types for our youth team. We'll see if any actually comes through. Given the high number of affiliates I'm curious if this will mean more comes through or higher level players will come through, or if nothing happens at all.

 

Oh and look at our gorgeous kits:

And here are some in-game screens:

 

[Benjoe]

BREAKING: 

Fraudenhal's application to get their away kit changed to a an all black hoodie-jogs combo with built-in pockets for knallkörpers has been declined by the German football association, Deutscher Fußball-Bund.

Sepp Blatter stated following when asked about the application's failure, "It's a disgrace. I feel violated, and not in a good way."

Kurt Günter was not possible to reach, but sources says, that he's planning an attack on DFB with the football clubs hooligan fraction, Frauden Army, consisting of hired mercenaries. 

More on this will no doubt follow.

Bild, Arnold Heimlfrätter

[Fer Fuchs Ake]

13 hours ago, BoxToBox said:

Top quality German Suplex on that deer.

Easily the first time that's been said on any of the SI forums. 

13 hours ago, BoxToBox said:

It's no train, though.



I've so many questions.

[BoxToBox]

1 hour ago, Fer Fuchs Ake said:

Easily the first time that's been said on any of the SI forums. 

Possibly any forum.

[Benjoe]

Ze

Tactic

Ja

As previously revealed, we'll be using a lot of Specialists in this setup. Something very specific and not something I've tested out in a long time, and never with this many in one big aul system.

Here it is in it's beauty.

Das Umweltverschmutzung

Instructions:

Team Shape - Very Structured: We have very specific roles in this setup, and I chose these for a reason. I have a very specific setup in mind, and I want the players to do as I command. This should mean that there will be quite some space between the players as a result of my players sticking to their roles and not running around wherever they find space. This, I like, in theory at least. This can ensure space for my Libero, BBM and RMD to roam into. These are the players with license to roam, and will be the guy who uses the open spaces around. A balanced, or fluid system would likely lessen the space which in turn would minimize the potential runs of my Libero for instance. A role I want to be the engine of us. 

Mentality: - Standard: We don't want to do anything fancy here. Let's leave it at Standard, and then we can lower or increase the desired risks we take during the games depending on what is needed. If we're playing too safe and can't break through, then maybe a riskier approach is needed, but if we keep losing the ball even on standard, then a more patient approach could be the answer. 

The team instructions above is a first draft of how I imagine us to be using the formation to start with. A solid base to work from.

We have all our important, creative players centrally, and we have energetic runners wide. Therefore I want us to focus our play through the middle, hopefully especially through our libero. Doing this should open up space out wide for a marauding winger so we'll be looking out for those overlaps, and that's about it. 

No need to try to use to many other instructions at this point. My hope is, that my specific setup along with players chosen due to - especially - their mental and physical stats should ensure, that we have the ability to play this way, and that the roles will add their own little touch on this, without straying too far from the setup. 

I dubbed it, the neat and elegant German word, Umweltverschmutzung.

Roughly translated into something like "polluting/dirtying up the world".

Pitch perfect for a Fraud club.

 

The roles and what I expect of these will be further explained when I go through the very long process of finding the desired players for the system. This will cover why I chose said role, who is my Model-player for said role, which attributes I looked at to find the players, and then at the end, the players I chose. 

[ManUtd1]

Strikerless libero? Loving it.

[Fer Fuchs Ake]

An asymmetric, strikerless formation with a libero, ramdeuter and an enganche?

[Fer Fuchs Ake]

1 hour ago, BoxToBox said:

Possibly any forum.

Who'd have thought?

[ManUtd1]

46 minutes ago, Fer Fuchs Ake said:

Who'd have thought?

Maybe try "German suplex deer?" Sounds like the fundamentals of a gameshow Bozidar would have hosted, for sure, albeit one of debatable quality.

[Sheriff7]

Good luck mate...

[Benjoe]

2 hours ago, ManUtd1 said:

Strikerless libero? Loving it.

1 hour ago, Fer Fuchs Ake said:

An asymmetric, strikerless formation with a libero, ramdeuter and an enganche?

But it is! 

1 hour ago, Fer Fuchs Ake said:

Who'd have thought?

I had a tiny gut feeling about it. But would have figured it'd have come up in one of @ManUtd1's threads at some point tbh.

1 hour ago, ManUtd1 said:

Maybe try "German suplex deer?" Sounds like the fundamentals of a gameshow Bozidar would have hosted, for sure, albeit one of debatable quality.

Exactly what my gut feeling was saying!

 

1 minute ago, Sheriff7 said:

Good luck mate...

Cheers mate!

[Benjoe]

Players, Spielers, und ze why

"Sepp Blatter: You want these Frauds?

Kurt Günter: These Frauds. My Frauds. I want my Frauds.

Sepp Blatter: Who are you? Hakan the Telleus?" 

Part 1: Defence

Keeper

1st Priority Stats: Handling, Reflexes, One-on-Ones, Positioning, Anticipation

2nd Priority Stats:  Aerial reach, Command of Area, Concentration, Height, Decisions

Model: Bernd Leno

Someone like Bernd here. That's what I want. A keeper, who has solid Shot Stopping, reasonable mental stats overall with some height as well.
Bernd, however is a bit more expensive, than what I want to pay out for my keeper as I plan on some big signings for other positions. 

Therefore my choice ended with Rajkovic as the first choice, and German born Markus Scholz as second choice. Rajkovic fits the description and is far cheaper than Bernd both in value and wage. Scholz is super cheap, and comes with a nice personality. We might be a tiny wee bit ****ed if Rajkovic gets a long injury...

 

Libero

1st Priority Stats: Technique, Passing, Vision, Work Rate, Stamina, Jumping Reach/Heading, Strength, Determination, Decisions, Anticipation

2nd Priority Stats: Dribbling, Defensive and Physical attributes

Model: Kevin Strootman

Strootman here is the guy I'd love to use. He isn't even old. But he is fragile. Ah, what a pity. He is such a beautiful player. Look at his mentals. Combine that with his passing and the potential physical stats he could have had. He is tall, decent pace, strong and enduring. And that is even after injuries upon injuries. His technicals could've been better but again, likely due to injuries. 

I want a guy like him though, as this is one of the positions were I have the most specific expectations and demands for the attributes. 

This is no easy task though, but at Liverpool they have this Serbian lad. Marko Grujic. And he is pretty damn good.
I think he is the closest I can get within a reasonable amount of money. He is big, strong, has solid mental stats, and is technically adept. And only 20 as well. He could move his attributes a lot in the coming years and hopefully mold into a dominant Libero.

As the backup/project I decided to go with Dayot Upamecano. A physical beast who has a lot in his locker as well albeit only 17 and still lacking some of my priorities. He can develop though, and could be fantastic to see coming blazing through midfield with the ball using his speed, balance and strength. 

 

Central Defenders

1st Priority Stats: Marking, Tackling, Heading, Positioning, Jumping reach or Strength, Anticipation

2nd Priority Stats: Jumping reach or Strength, Decisions, Composure, Concentration, Team work, Determination

Model: Kamil Glik

I'm often pretty old school about my CBs. Give me two big lumps who can't do 5 with the ball but knows how to tackle, head, and position themselves and I'll be grateful.
Obviously all the mentals are huge too, and is often a reason why older CBs are the more soild ones. Knowing what and when to act defensively is key, and Kamil Glik here is a good example of such a defender. He has a perfect age for a central defender, but he is a bit more expensive than what I was willing to fetch out, so I went with two other good, old school types for my starting defenders.

Jardel Nivaldo Viera and Robert Huth. Both out and out solid defenders who knows what to do, and does it. Both with brilliant personalities and high determination. I love this pair. As back ups I have chosen Heiko Westermann, as he is very similar to these two albeit a bit inferior, and then two younger options with Louis Samson the youngest and rawest of the bunch. Still, really decent depth we have here for not a lot of money.

---

 

Left Back

1st Priority Stats: Work Rate, Stamina, Speed, Anticipation, 

2nd Priority Stats: Crossing, Tackling, Marking, Positioning, Off the Ball, Decisions

Model: Blaise Matuidi

For my left back I envision a role who is a non-stop running machine. Obviously I'd go for someone with good lungs and work ethic to match. Technical ability is bonus, but I won't be expecting my left back to be the second coming of Marcelo. Some decent attacking and defensive stats would go a long way. And per usual, I really like proper mental stats on a player, so these are always highly appreciated. I would've loved to add Matuidi to our left side, but he is far too expensive, so I decided to go with a national player. Marvin Plattenhardt. He is quite some distance from my ideal LB to be perfectly honest, but he does have some interesting combos. His high pace combined with his crossing could mean, that once he gets to full speed and comes bursting down the flank, we could see him deliver some fierce crosses. He also has "Curls ball" which I am a huge fan of. I might need to reschool Plattenhardt to become a AM/CM just so I can have him tutor some youngsters here and spread that trait.

[Benjoe]

Part 2: Midfield

Right Midfielder

1st Priority Stats: Work Rate, Stamina, Team Work, Passing, First Touch, Positioning, Off the ball

2nd Priority Stats: Marking/Tackling, Finishing/long shots, Anticipation, Decisions, Speed

Model: Claudio Marchisio

I love Claudio. I really do. What a fantastic player he is. He would also be absolutely perfect for the RM I have in my mind. A player who can interlink with the rest of the team, being a (wide) midfielder in it's literal meaning. A player who'd be adept as a dynamic midfielder who'd just happen to be used out wide instead of centrally and thus getting more space and in theory time on the ball. As I expect this player to come forward in overlaps, and given his high starting point in contrast to our left back who is in the normal full back position, I want him to be a capable finisher either from distance or close by. It is a demanding position however, and many abilities are needed to be able to cover the flank while threatening offensively. Luckily I found another guy at Juventus who could do the job. Not in the exact same way, but definitely still in a solid way and at a much lower budget-price. Lichtsteiner, a fellow Swiss fraud mind I add. Perfect for the role, and with a very desirable personality. Klostermann is picked up as the project, and hopefully he has enough potential to live up to take over for Stephan in a season or two. 

 

Ball Winning Midfielder

1st Priority Stats: Work Rate, Bravery, Aggression, Stamina, Determination, Tackling, Positioning

2nd Priority Stats: Marking, Strength, Balance, Height, Heading, Anticipation, Decisions

Model: Victor Wanyama

For my BWM I wanted a physical beast. Tall, strong, brave, quick, determined, motivated, tough on the tackle, easy on the eye. No wait.. forget the last bit. I also wanted him to be a little capable with the ball so he could pass it along properly rather than losing it everytime. Victor Wanyama fits that description perfectly, but he is earning big money at Tots and is worth a good sum of money, so I'm going to pass on him. I did, however, decide to look towards my home country, Denmark, and found a quite similar type in Thomas Delaney. He has most of this in his locker, and is young and reasonably priced. Definitely a good match. Only real minus is, that he is a former fck'er. I'll forgive him for the mistakes he made in his past, but obviously he's walking on thin ice considering his past. He's solid though. His traits could maybe interfere with my Libero? Or maybe he'll compliment him as Delaney dropping deep could give my libero a chance to do a one-two to get past an opponent? Maybe. We'll have to see what happens in-game. I like his profile a lot though so he's definitely in. As backup I chose the Zimbabwean midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba. Honestly, mostly because of the name, it's truly marvelous.

Box to Box Midfielder

1st Priority Stats: Work Rate, Stamina, Off the ball, First touch, Finishing/Long Shots, Determination, Passing

2nd Priority Stats: Tackling, Positioning, Anticipation, Decisions, Dribbling, Balance, Technique, 

Model: Saúl

What a monster Saúl is. The perfect Box to box in my world. A bit pricier than I was willing to fetch out though, so instead I landed with another young player - actually a combination of two young players. At first I had chosen Jakub Jankto, and then I looked at Fabinho's profile. Fabinho is far superior atm, but Jankto is two years older, and cost literally nothing to add. Therefore Jankto will battle it out with Fabinho, and likely be thrown a bit around to get play time, while Fabinho will take the starting role. I was inches from picking Fabinho for my Libero instead, but decided to go with Grujic as I think I can mold Grujic a bit more for the role. As the backup and veteran for this position I was never in any doubt. Actually at first I was going to have him as starter. A fellow Dane once again. FISSE MIKE JENSEN! Playmaker and culture icon for Brøndby who sadly went to Rosenborg after being the prime talent for a struggling Brøndby side in the early 10's. 
Funny story is, that Delaney actually dates (or maybe dated, I don't keep up) Mike Jensen's sister, which was frequently a topic of debate between spectators when fck and Brøndby met each other while both were still playing in their Danish clubs.

[Benjoe]

Part 3: Attacking Midfield

Enganche

1st Priority Stats: Technique, Passing, Vision, Flair, First Touch, Anticipation, Decisions

2nd Priority Stats: Finishing/Long Shots, Determination, Off the ball, Composure, Concentration

Model: Francesco Totti

Who else could I be modelling my Enganche role after? An ageing Totti, who is such a terrific player. I wanted to draft him so badly, but I couldn't get myself to remove the King of Rome from Rome at the end of his career. Sort of the same that made me not go for Daniele De Rossi - that and his big fat 200k check of course. Instead I found another player with very similar attributes, and a player I was always quite fond of. Wes the Sneijder. A killer shot with either foot, great vision, resilient, a tremendous technique in general and just class. Having him orchestrating the show for us is very desirable. Runners around him looking for him to pick them out with a cutting through ball. I love it. As backup I decided to take a chance on the German talent Maximilian Eggestein. He's just 19 but seems to be the perfect kid to mold into a Sneijder-esque player. 

 

Shadow Striker

1st Priority Stats: Finishing, First touch, Work Rate, Stamina, Anticipation, Composure, Off the Ball, Acceleration

2nd Priority Stats: Determination, Heading, Passing, Technique, Balance, Strength

Model: Edinson Cavani

I'm a big fan of Cavani and his Conan the Barbarian-esque looks and physique. He's no wonder technically, but he has the work ethic and physique to keep working all game long. That is massive. The first priority on this type is the ability to score goals. He is going to be our main scorer, and will be running after through balls multiple times, so the ability to read the game, time his runs and then outpace the defender as well is vital. Andrea Belotti is the type Iw want to do this job for us. Young and quality. His physique is his strongest point, he's got good finishing with a solid mentality in the areas that really matter. He should be able to bag some goals for us.
As backup and project I opted for a 3rd Dane! Kasper Dolberg, a player most if not all FM players know about. A big talent, with a solid physical frame and good technical ability he is a star in the making.

 

Raumdeuter

1st Priority Stats: Finishing, First touch, Work Rate, Stamina, Anticipation, Composure, Off the Ball, Concentration

2nd Priority Stats: Determination, Heading, Passing, Technique, Balance, Acceleration

Model: Aritz Aduriz

Aduriz is what I'm imagining my Raumdeuter to be like. I was arguing back and forth with myself, whether my Raumdeuter should be a player capable physically as well as mentally, but ended up deciding that the demands would be without any other demands than Stamina as he otherwise would be very similar to my Shadow Striker, and I'd like to have a different type out here. Maybe I'll change the profiling in the future depending on the performance I get from this type. I chose Verdad Ibisevic as he fits the type I'm looking for despite his Work Rate and Stamina being a bit lower than desired. He does have some stellar mentalities aside of that though. Behind him we have two young German talents. Max Besuschkow and Kai Havertz. Both are very promising and are different types. Havertz being the bigger talent no doubt, but Max is making rapid improvements and due to a tutorship from Lichtsteiner his Determination has bumped from 13 to 16. 

[Benjoe]

Now we only need a few more practical things, and then we are actually ready to talk about the first few months of the save!

 

[Benjoe]

Game Setup, and Rules

I've chosen following leagues and Database settings:

 

Rules:

1.  I am only ever allowed to sign players of nationalities that match an affiliate club.

            Ie. should I have no German affiliates I will no longer be allowed to sign German players. I can, however, sign players from Ghana as long as I keep Dwarfs as my affiliate. 

And that's it. I don't want to be too strict about this tbh.

 

Kinda a bit of a Bayern domination in the preview as expected. Sneijder and Liechtsteiner are listed as our Key Players. I can get behind that, especially Sneijder. I want him to be the dominant figure so bad. 

We're expected 7th, but I don't expect us to be hitting the top half for the first 6 months to be fairly honest. All our players have been thrown together, so we need time to gel badly. We'll see. 

 

[ToMexico!!]

Great rule in regards to signing players, will you limit the amount of times you can change affiliates?

[Benjoe]

Pre-Season

Oh well.

Kurt Günter has had a turbulent start to his managerial career. 
Not so much on the pitch, but more in terms of what has happened outside of the white lines. 

Köln hooligans, allegations of corruption, lacking the intelligence to actually train his players despite his Pro License. That was naturally gained from his ties with Sepp Blatter.

He never attended a single course.

 

Of Fraudenhal related stuff we have some games and highlights to look at:

Sporting are bitches:

 

Am I still in France's 6th tier?

 

Okay, I'm definitely not

 

We just need Fabinho to be able to finish these chances, and we're good!

 

Now, next thing: The first couple of months in the league!

[Benjoe]

2 minutes ago, ToMexico!! said:

Great rule in regards to signing players, will you limit the amount of times you can change affiliates?

Cheers! And not to start with at least, but it's not a bad idea. It could be something like once every second year was the max, but at the moment I'm gonna keep options open. We have a lot now, but I don't know if the board or some bug might suddenly eliminate the current affiliates. 

[ToMexico!!]

6 minutes ago, Benjoe said:

Cheers! And not to start with at least, but it's not a bad idea. It could be something like once every second year was the max, but at the moment I'm gonna keep options open. We have a lot now, but I don't know if the board or some bug might suddenly eliminate the current affiliates. 

I think there's a limit for sure, would be surprised the board don't cancel a couple if they're not being used as such. Looking forward to seeing some Zimbabweans tearing up the Bundesliga. 

[Benjoe]

46 minutes ago, ToMexico!! said:

I think there's a limit for sure, would be surprised the board don't cancel a couple if they're not being used as such. Looking forward to seeing some Zimbabweans tearing up the Bundesliga. 

We'll see what happens, but hope they keep them.

Same! I hope we will see some exotic regens regularly!

[Benjoe]

August - September 2016

Not exactly a perfect start, but it could've been a lot worse!

Paderborn were eliminated after we struggled for 120 minutes. 
Leverkusen were too good, and Munich as well, although we managed to scrape out a draw. 

The next two matches were close albeit we could've and should've won one of them. 

The Dortmund game.. eh, an early lead was not enough as they took over in second half and ran us over. 

But we ended September with slamming Augbsburg!

League table:

Player performance:

Some randoms screens from this period:

 

 

[Benjoe]

October - November - December 2016

What a weird period this has been. 

After the first half of the season - the first 17 games - we find ourselves in the 12th spot. That sounds disappointing, but when you consider, that there is only 6p to 3rd and 16 place, it tells a lot more about how close this season has been. Only Bayern is really out of reach by now. 

We have enjoyed some good periods, and a  couple of bad periods as well. 

And Sneijder has been stellar!

Take this game for instance:

Ignore the fact I forgot to sub. Thought it paused the game and came back to this end result.. But look at Sneijder. He had 12 key passes and gave Dolberg at least 4 huge chances that were all abused. 

I love him.

We struggle when he is not playing, though.

At times we are terrific. Like in the derby against Frankfurt, 

We just couldn't hit the target..

And against Schalke,

Ice cold killers.

But other times we get sent out of the Cup by Bielefeld, and I could go on but I won't.

 

 

Now we're going on a training camp to Zimbabwe! YEAH BABY. 

I'm expecting a quiet transfer window ahead of the last half where we hopefully get into the top 8. 

And at another point I will touch on a weird tactical situation I encountered and think might be relevant for how teams play and perform the desired formation. 

[BoxToBox]

Interesting method for planning out the squad. Some left field choices, love that!

Westermann!

I'll admit that I don't think Eggestein will ever be much more than a backup for you. Maybe you've got him early enough to develop properly, though!

[Benjoe]

2 hours ago, BoxToBox said:

Interesting method for planning out the squad. Some left field choices, love that!

Westermann!

I'll admit that I don't think Eggestein will ever be much more than a backup for you. Maybe you've got him early enough to develop properly, though!

Cheers! I tried to go a bit from the norm and also, having this as my first save with a top division club, I have no clue which talents or player to look for in FM17, so had a pretty clean slate to work from. 

Yeah baby! And Fisse Mike Jensen!

No clue either - but I like his initial stats, so just a minor improvement in those and I could actually see him take over from Sneijder. He'll have to perform to start of course. 

Sneijder is a beast though, just look at this.

Won't be an easy task to replace him.

[Benjoe]

Fabinho is rumored to go to Man City or Bayern. Great stuff. He wants to go. Even better. 

I guess I knew he'd be tough to keep but still hoped for more than 6 months service...

[Benjoe]

1 minute ago, Benjoe said:

Fabinho is rumored to go to Man City or Bayern. Great stuff. He wants to go. Even better. 

I guess I knew he'd be tough to keep but still hoped for more than 6 months service...

I tell him, that it's fair he wants to go, and that he has a release clause, so he is free to go if they meet it, but otherwise he'll stay.

He tells me he doesn't want to wait, but that I should offer him out since Bayern might lose interest (let's be real, they'd happily wait for his contract to end in 3 years and get him for free..).

I refuse, he gets mad. Enjoy vacation at 2nd team, you bitch.

[Benjoe]

1 minute ago, Benjoe said:

I tell him, that it's fair he wants to go, and that he has a release clause, so he is free to go if they meet it, but otherwise he'll stay.

He tells me he doesn't want to wait, but that I should offer him out since Bayern might lose interest (let's be real, they'd happily wait for his contract to end in 3 years and get him for free..).

I refuse, he gets mad. Enjoy vacation at 2nd team, you bitch.

And now his Short Term plans are "Breaking into the first team" and he has no concerns. Life is good, I guess.

[Benjoe]

We don't even need Fabin-ho.

 

And Mike Jensen with this wonder!

[BoxToBox]

9 hours ago, Benjoe said:

Yeah baby! And Fisse Mike Jensen! 

FM heroes for me, the two of them!

[BoxToBox]

9 hours ago, Benjoe said:

I refuse, he gets mad. Enjoy vacation at 2nd team, you bitch.

[Benjoe]

4 hours ago, BoxToBox said:

FM heroes for me, the two of them!

Mike of course at Brøndby, Westermann at which club, though?

4 hours ago, BoxToBox said:

[Benjoe]

Youth Intake 2017
- The first pack

Yes!

This is a good bunch. And I don't just mean their PA's are good. I quite like their stats as well. 

As we have changed our B2B to a CMa (I'll show this at a later point) we might have the perfect role for him in coming from deep and attacking and finishing. But Shadow Striker is definitely also a possibility. Baumgartner here is promising that's for sure. 

Constant Sorrow, however, is the real gem. A German born Ivorian talent. And he looks so good. I love him. Not sure if he is deemed to be a weapon at Raumdeuter, Shadow Striker, an atypical Enganche or if he should come from deep as the CMa I talked about before. But a first teamer he will become no doubt. He is very well rounded and can take his career many directions. 

Kreuzer is a funny type. Lots of potential, and some nice attributes, but I don't know where he'll fit. 

Nikos has the perfect octagon for a Shadow Striker prospect! He is in severe need of a tutor, but other than that he has the perfect makings for a shadow striker. He could've been a bit taller though..

Tobias is a very well developed youngster! 15 years old, coming from Hvidovre and looks to be just a couple of years away from being a potential starter for us. His mental attributes are looking very solid, just needs a bit of work on the positioning. Weird combo though, Vision: 13, Throwing: 6, Passing: 1....

When will he find the sword and get his true title? 

 Another player from Hvidovre! He's a promising winger. He fits our profiling very well. Quality regen. 

What? How does he not have better PA! He's terrific. He could be such a great player in a vast amount of roles. Not sure which is the one to go for with him in our setup. He's just so well rounded with great playmaking ability. Love him to bits already and with the 13 Leadership at age 14 I could see him grow into our Capitán! Lovely Kenyan player from our affiliate. 

[Benjoe]

Sepp Blatter reaching into the FIFA pockets.

[Fer Fuchs Ake]

24 minutes ago, Benjoe said:

Constant Sorrow, however, is the real gem.

His morale will be perpetually dismal.

[Benjoe]

22 minutes ago, Fer Fuchs Ake said:

His morale will be perpetually dismal.

But he's "Spirited"!

 

 

[Benjoe]

I'm a dirty thief.

Regen day means more than just players from my own academy.

These kids have been snapped up for a collective compensation around 1.7M I can live with that!

And I decided to pounce on Gnabry as well! An RC on just 7M makes him a cheap punt at a different, and interesting type at Raumdeuter next season.

[oriole01]

This is some seriously fraudulent transfer business! I would never expect that from Frauden... oh, wait.