Football Manager 2015 - SAFC

Sunderland AFC - My Story

OK So im an avid Sunderland fan and have been all of my life, throughout the years i have endured some horrible football, some short stints of hope and a sense of wonderment but for the most part i have endured disappointment. Each year we are filled with a sense of a new era a new beginning, especially since The Yank became controlling stakeholder, each year we have invested with the purpose and guile of a top 6 team and each year we finish bottom 6.

We have bought poorly, appointed poorly, sacked too early and played poorly for too long.

It is now time someone took this into there own hands, so lets get stuck in and explain what i want to do.

With us being not the biggest team and not having the appeal of a london or manchester we can't attract the players the likes of a west ham, QPR, or even a Fulham can, the players that can propel a mid to low level team to top 8 level team as i suspect West Ham will do and if they stay up eventually we will see QPR up there too.

We also i think rather unfairly don't have the same finances as those teams in FM


Im going to have to buy young players, throw them in at the deep end and try and be smart where i can in the transfer market, which is so hard to do when i need to buy players who can come straight in and keep my job.


So saying all that, my vision is buying young players showing great potential, starting to build from the back before we look at attacking players, playing attractive attacking football - not necessarily tikka-takka as i believe it is on its way out, i won't be pleased with just keeping the ball 30 yards from goal i would prefer having less possession but being an attacking threat, even if it is at the cost of clean sheets.

Good luck with Sunderland

Good to see you back mate! All the best with this one

Sounds like you've got a good plan and vision. Good luck with your game.

GL with that awsome team!

Ok So i left out transfers from the first update as i really hadn't decided who my targets where and with this being my first save i don't know who's consistently good, and more importantly for me who can come in and do a job right away for me, i love a wonder kid as much as the next guy however i don't have the first team available to let a kid grow and develop and play a bit part over a few seasons then flourish and destroy teams, i don't have that time.

So with that being said i have went for youth however i have went for youth who are first team regulars and who can play at this level and are currently playing regular football. Players who would suit the league, pace and power being two of the main attributes i will be looking for in every player that i buy.

So obviously if I'm going to be bringing in players I'm going to have to sell first as you seen our finances aren't the best and i don't want to have a bloated squad so first ill cover the outgoing players,

Steven Fletcher

- 10 Million to Southampton - Oh god, this was a miracle by the gods of football, my prayers to ronaldinho,pele and julio arca have payed of and the gods answered my prayers, an always injured striker who always seems to get injured then gets angry at the fans for giving him stick for not scoring? Good riddance.

Danny graham - 2.1 Million to QPR - Again delighted to see him go if not a little upset, 2 FM's ago i had a swansea save and he was a 30 goal a season striker, before he joined us in real life he was great, just the player we needed for a "new era of ball playing team" however he never did anything, looked overweight, uninterested and didn't really score anywhere.

John O'Shea - 550K - QPR - I can see why they bought him and I'm gonna upset a few people here, Im Irish, big john scored a last minute equaliser against ze germans so i should love him HOWEVER, I'm a sunderland fan first. I hate this man. Slow, Not great on the ball, Weak, Mistake Ridden, Old AND he just got a new contract???? What is going on!!! i just don't get his appeal. Same as wes brown

Wes Brown, Cabral - Listed, Told to speak to other clubs and still none wants them for free, i wish i could pay clubs to take them.

Ok all the negativity out of the way, its like when you break up with a girlfriend and you think your never going to be happy again as you tuck into your 5th chicken ball alone watching match of the day but then suddenly a sunday night out results in some sticky fingers and all is right in the world again.

Onto the positive.!!!

We brought in Mitrovic!!!

- 6 Million (Could rise to 12) I love this guy and he is exactly what i needed, strong powerful and surprisingly fast swell as having youth on his side, this guy will lead the line for years to come and will be who i build my team around, however he has got some stiff competition from former wonder kid Wickham!!! Wickham has been great in pre season for me so it could be tough, in any situation I've got 2 great young strong physically imposing strikers to work with and mould.

Van Dijk

- 3.6 Million (Could rise too 7) - This guy was rumoured to be joining in real life and i got excited i must admit, being a defender myself i love seeing good defenders, i love strong tackling players with some balls. Strong, fast, can play the ball and young- A premier league managers dream.

First win, tough start and scouting issues....




Ok soooo, my managerial naïvety has got the better of me in our opening few games, too many times i went attacking to try and win when i should have been patient and let the match unfold resulting in only 1 win so far, funnily enough the one win i got was when we played a more patient game.

We played well against southampton but mane was far too string and ripped us apart, Aswell as that we were ravaged with injuries for our first 4 games of the season which didn't help us.

Against West Brom and stoke we went behind, changed our tactics and formation and went attacking to secure a draw out of the clutches of defeat, i feel like they were matches we really should have won.

Then as the premier league does, we got a win out of nowhere a real surprise win. Against the champions Man City. I replaced our attacking midfielder with an extra defensive midfielder, played on the counter attack the whole game and it really payed off, until Cattermole got sent off as Catts is prone too doing then City really started mounting pressure on us and got a goal back but we held strong and won the match.

Then there is this...


So I've been looking at some young players who weren't on any wonder kid shortlists on the web as i like to find my own gems now and then and even just scouting some lesser known players in smaller leagues, and kept getting reports back with the same generic line, have my doubts keep an eye on him and i was thinking ok fair enough, i don't know much about the player, stats aren't the best but ok i agree.

Then i scouted Bony too see the results, and again my scout said they had doubts and i just don't get that, the man is perfect for the premier league and has proven that and his stats reflect that as do his attribute skills!!! So I'm going to trust my own instinct a lot more than the scouts.

Aswell as that i HATE Billy jones, he used to be a great player on FM but for me he looses the ball too much and is always out of position. Eugh

Ok SOOOOOOO I need to learn my lesson. I can't go out and try to dominate games just yet, even against the lower level teams.

Looking at my squad i just don't have the creative players to go out and attack, my central midfield is filled with defensive, hard working players with no real flair for attacking or setting up team mates for goals easily. I have pretty decent wingers looking at it, Johnson has a touch of class about him in the game and can get a few goals, Buckley has wicked pace and decent crossing, Giachherini is great technically and actually should do more than he does, And Alvarez isn't a natural winger but coming off the bench late his trickery and flair can undo a lot of defences late on.

We have played really really well against the big teams but we seem to struggle against the smaller teams, partially down to me thinking we should be dominating and setting the pace in those games but for the most part its down to us not having the strength needed to do so.

Ok so just had major issues with this, kept getting crash dumps in January tried reloading from early in season and saving unto january and even tried going on holiday past the buggy week and nothing.

Can a mod close this I'm going to open a new one

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