Spleen! Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 If you good finances, stay away from Malaysia, they lose so much money it makes you wonder where it goes. Hong Kong isn't too bad, and Indonesia generally has quite good attendances in the lower leagues compared to other Asian countries, if you pick the right team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razer82 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I think Razer might give India a shot. As for a great league for beginners, I think China is a bit easier. I might well do that, but it'll probably be a while until I get there. Got my own challenge to do first. I'll keep checking in on all you guys though. Good Luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Earendil should've gone for Salgaocar! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Earendil should've gone for Salgaocar! or Guangzhou Rizhiquan. (not sure if they're still a football club though tbh...) If you search 'Rizhiquan' on google, my thread is the 6th one from the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Haha! I searched Yakubu Yusif. Turns out he's a Ghanian expat, who is real! What a player may I add! Things are looking great, 3rd in the league, currently getting hammered by East Bengal though, but who cares, them and Mohun Bagan are running away with the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Oo and just to add. This is my beloved Salgaocar on youtube. (They're defending) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LIN4DyDvY34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Looking good VVV. Looking at the rl Chinese Super League, I'm shocked that Wuhan hasn't won a game yet, much less scored a goal! 2008 Chinese Super League table. At least they still got 180 minutes left to score a goal... Not sure if this can be emulated in FM. (no one's that bad I think lol) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 They haven't scored a single goal! That must be absolutely demoralising for their strikers! I think I'd retire and just sit and cry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 They haven't scored a single goal! That must be absolutely demoralising for their strikers! I think I'd retire and just sit and cry. ...also demoralising for their midfielders, defenders, goalkeepers, coaches, who knows how many managers they hired, the fans, the groundskeeper, the announcer, the owner... btw, just read a story that Wuhan has withdrawn from the CSL due to 'unfair punishment' (honesty I wouldn't blame them...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Unfair punishment, meaning, getting slaughtered week in week out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Well, I'll leave you now. With 5 to play, here's how it's looking for me. http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/1151/5toplayzb9.jpg Looking at it again, it seems I have a chance of the title! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackje Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 That table is crazy, a really fantastic result for them would be to lose 1-0 or maybe keep it to just 2. I think the fans would go wild if they get a goal Edit: I just looked it up, the team withdrew from the league, I'm not sure what for it just said unfair treatment by the league. So everyone of their games were forfeited 3-0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 A bit late Quackje, look 4 posts up. On-topic, I just lost against Wuhan:(, embarrassing that I gave up a goal to them! :o I question unfair treatment by the Chinese FA. Rizhiquan is probably finishing 4th again... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 4 games to go, and I'm nearly there! Top 3 finish looks likely, could never have dreamt of this at the start of the season. I just got news of a possible board takeover, which may spell the end of my glorious run!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I hate Dempo!! I haven't beaten them on this game ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Offered a new contract Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spleen! Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 The league reset date for Indonesia is now June 1st, might want to change the opening post rancer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldkohmew Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Good luck to all, can't wait to see some people play South Africa, I'll be continuing with my Hong Kong FM08 save until i've finished it completely(even if it takes 100 more seasons), I might give a few updates tonight, maby 3 tonight and same number tomorrow evening(yes i'm that far behind in summaries, nothing out of the ordanary has happened these seasons, so that might be why i havent updated yet as they are just normal.) It might as its hard to get the HK job too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earendil Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 To make VVV happy I'll probably go with India when my game arrives tomorrow (hopefully). Looking at your screenshot it seems that my beloved United SC has been promoted to to the NFL (and changed kit colours to purple ) so I won't be able to play them. Does anyone know which other clubs (apart from Salgaocar) that are likely to get promoted? Is it the same old ones like ONGC, New Delhi Heroes and Mumbai FC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 FM08 Season 12: Rizhiquan - Chinese Super League (2019) Media Prediction: 5th Finishing Position: 4th Chinese FA Cup: lost in Quarter-final to Beijing Transfers/Squad Transfers One transfer in (Guam international DM Robert Paulino), and a gazillion out... (totalling 575k) Squad Happy with my strikers. Finances Finances Making good profit. Club Information Club Information Awards Chinese Foreign Player of the Year - Thomas Sablan - 3rd place Chinese Golden Boot - Zhu Jinhui - 1st place Chinese Player of the Year - Zhu Jinhui - 1st place Chinese Manager of the Year - Me - 3rd place Chinese Team of the Year - Liu Liang, Thomas Sablan, Zhu Jinhui Fair Play Award - 3rd place Goals for the Future Finish 3rd next year!!! Keep improving facilities Do better in the Chinese FA Cup (make the final at least...since Beijing always run away with the league...) Season Team League Finished 2008 Rizhiquan Jia League 11th 2009 Rizhiquan Jia League 8th 2010 Rizhiquan Jia League 9th 2011 Rizhiquan Jia League 6th 2012 Rizhiquan Jia League 5th 2013 Rizhiquan Jia League 5th 2014 Rizhiquan Jia League 4th 2015 Rizhiquan Jia League 2nd 2016 Rizhiquan Super League 6th 2017 Rizhiquan Super League 4th 2018 Rizhiquan Super League 4th 2019 Rizhiquan Super League 4th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Yeah, the usual teams get promoted. The best to go for is Salgaocar, but just look out for season predictions before you make a decision. 4 games left, survival is certain, highest possible finish is 3rd! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeC Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 New to the forums but I quite fancy a piece of this. Think ill start in South Africa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Welcome LukeC! We hope you have success in this challenge! South Africa is a good shout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Welcome LukeC. Please tell me the reset date for South Africa while you're simulating. Have fun in South Africa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeC Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Will do, but wont be for a little while, can't get much done other than set up tonight! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Season Report - Salgaocar 2009-2010 - Indian National Football League Well, started off amazing well, climbed up the table, and even peaked at 2nd place! Couldn't have dreamt of a better first season to be honest, after all my failures in the 2008 game. Yakubu Yusif and Ivan Fiel da Silva were cracking for me, and scored for fun to begin with. Few new signings such as Carlos Fernandes and Noel Wilson got me started, and off to a flyer. 5 straight wins took me to 3rd, briefly 2nd, until a sharp loss of form towards the end of the season left me in 6th place, finally finishing 7th. Tables Player Stats Next season's goals are simple: -Come in the top 3 -Sign a few more top players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Believe me when I say this! That season was epic! The first time I've survived a season, and I owe it all to dumb luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Good first season VVV. Hope you can improve on 7th next season. The finances doing ok in India? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Believe me when I say this! That season was epic! The first time I've survived a season, and I owe it all to dumb luck. Nahh, you had some skill at least. Wuhan's (real life version) season was down to luck (bad luck!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Yeah, my confidence on finance is full bar. Looking to take a bit out of the wage budget for a big signing. Thinking of Chetri, Pardal or Martins to accompany Yusif up front. They'll only set me back about 20k. Looking forward to the new season, but I've recieved no plaudits for over-achieving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Nahh, you had some skill at least. Wuhan's (real life version) season was down to luck (bad luck!) Wuhan are poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 That's it from me now guys! Once again, thanks for your help and I'll be back tomorrow at some point! See you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackje Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 More on South Africa, it appears that it does eventually let you register the players you buy at christmas, its just it forces you to play 2 or 3 games without them after you buy them if they come when the transfer window opens which is not what the league rules say at all. Still at least that means my new defender is on the pitch now and thanks to the cup and more tactical playing around I might NOT be relegated. I'm on a 3 game winning streak (I've only won 6 all season) with 3 games left to play and just 2 points away from safety now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackje Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Maritzburg City 2009/10 The big problem is this is a new game and I had no idea what tactics to use so in fairness my team was inept for most the season and a lack of any quality especially in defence didn't help. Still I got it working and started creating tonnes of fantastic chances in games at which point I realised my tactic was ok but they were just rubbish screwing it up time and time again for excellent positions. It kind of worked though and we pulled back the massive deficit to leave ourselves on equal points going into the last game (only 1 team goes down). I was playing 2nd place team FCAK but my team were in good form and unusally clinical this would normally end up somewhere in Botswana but today it went top corner and so we took the points and finished 7th. All thanks to this bunch of pretty useless players they really are rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Nice first season there Quackje. Something to build on for next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackje Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I'm optimistic, I got a tactic that seems to work and I stole a lot of "good" players from premier league teams reserves who were available on free transfer so I think mid table at least Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spleen! Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Good first seasons there VVV and Quackje, something to build on. Another good season rancer, hopefully you can get at least 3rd next year. And welcome LukeC, good luck in South Africa (Hopefully haven't missed anyone there ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spleen! Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Yesterday I headed for Indonesia, hoping for better than in Hong Kong. Of the 8 teams promoted to the First Division (3rd tier), I chose Barito Putra Banjarmasin, partly because of the fact the name doesn't begin with P, and partly because they have 1250 season ticket holders, and hoped that the finances might be ok. Profile Pre-season was decent, W2 D2 L1 mainly playing teams in the league above, and managed to sign a few decent youngsters. Would they be good enough to help us avoid relegation? End of season update coming later today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Who'd have girlfriends 'ey? Mine's round tonight meaning I can't play my delightful FM. She goes home at 9 though, so all smiles then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razer82 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Well done on staying up in India VVV, clearly you're destined for great things on 09! Hopefully you can keep it up for season 2. Good luck in Indonesia JSalter! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackje Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Every time I've contemplated Indonesia I've gotten scared by all the blue teams beginning with P and all the players with identical names (none of which can play football) yet they all seemed to have massive stadiums. Anyway good luck Edit: to prevent a double post, I am stunned by the quality of these new youth guys that I just got, I'm not sure if I should just throw them right in the first team now. Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Number 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 I would start Manna, and give Mkhize some games late in the year. I threw Lijia and Jinhui to the wolves, and look how good they are now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Back now guys, ready for season 2 with Salgaocar. Maybe a top 3 finish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Back now guys, ready for season 2 with Salgaocar. Maybe a top 3 finish? I've been wanting a top 3 finish for 3 years now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I remember the 08 challenge, where one player wanted a top 3 finish for around 25 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spleen! Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Season update 2009/10 - Barito Putra Banjarmasin First Division: 8th Table Indonesian Cup: 2nd round So, here we go. After some good results in friendlies, we got down to the business of the league, and found that suddenly we couldn't score at all at home. In our 1st 5 home league games we scored a grand total of 0 goals, conceding 1. Somehow we managed to be around mid table in this time, thanks to some great away results. This was followed by the customary mid-season slump in form, which left us sitting 11th, and facing the drop with 4 games to go. However, a couple of wins lifted us away from trouble, and safe before we played our last game, which we promptly won 3-0 at home, taking our goal tally at home to 8 from 11 games. Our top scorer for the season managed 5 goals. We had the 3rd highest average attendance of the 48 teams in our division, just over 8000, providing a good income. Profit in the season was around £100k, thanks to prize money of £25k for our league finish. Hopefully next year we can build in this, and hopefully score a few more goals at home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Good first season JSalter. So there is some money in Indonesia after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spleen! Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Good first season JSalter. So there is some money in Indonesia after all. There's lots, big stadiums, lots of fans, prize money. You get £2500 for winning in the 1st round of the cup, and the prizes get bigger the further you go, as I've found out this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniVidiVicious Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 2 big signings I can't remember their names though. I'm off now, so I'll see y'all tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 There's lots, big stadiums, lots of fans, prize money. You get £2500 for winning in the 1st round of the cup, and the prizes get bigger the further you go, as I've found out this season Indonesia sounds tempting. No money in the Chinese FA Cup until the quarterfinals... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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