FM14 - Susie On Tour #1: S.L. Benfica - General Discussion - FM14

Tommo.

13 years ago

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26 Mar 2014 18:57:22

Anyone else losing loads of money each month?

MarkC1984

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26 Mar 2014 19:21:59

Lost around £6.75 million last month, but somehow the projection is I will be making a profit of £5.16 million over the season. Be a loss by May at this rate. Oh well. Just won a derby match against Sporting, went 2 up got pegged back to 2 all. Gave the team an absolute bollocking at half time and they came out and won the game 7-3. Great result! Puts me back top of the league, now 3 clear but FC Porto have a game in hand so more like a 1 point lead.

BOT Brad

11 years ago

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26 Mar 2014 20:03:28

Currently 8 points clear of Sporting in 2nd, with just 6 games left. 18 wins, 6 draws, 0 losses.
Got knocked out of the Europa League by Celtic on penalties though!

Managed to get through to the Final of the League Cup, and in the Semis of the Taca de Portugal. Done the double over Porto and Belenenses. Drew with Sporting both times.

Shedender

18 years ago

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26 Mar 2014 20:33:26

Just defeated Belenenses 1-0, Oscar Cardozo scoring the winner but it should have been more.

Tommo.

13 years ago

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26 Mar 2014 20:39:18

I have just entered December and Cardozo is now fit enough to play his first game. Funes Mori is awful

VP.

14 years ago

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26 Mar 2014 20:51:07

Have posted this on the Susie FB page now too.

BOT Brad

11 years ago

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26 Mar 2014 21:01:28

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/P8gcnVOTvBvqVi09NPemsBBZlz66jWOVMAg5R2sl.png

League Cup won. League virtually in the bag, and Taca de Portugal to come. Can I do the treble in the first season?

MarkC1984

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26 Mar 2014 21:07:44

Now with 3 games to go I am 4 behind Porto. Going to take a bloody miracle now to win the league. So cross with the team. Think selling a couple of the lazy ones is in order before the next season. Not very amused.

tongey

15 years ago

3 weeks ago

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26 Mar 2014 21:27:09

Yeah, I'll give this one a go, just about had enough of my Southampton save, and time for a new challenge.

Cardozo will be an absolute beast for me this season! (Hopefully) good luck everyone!

Cymro

18 years ago

1 day ago

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26 Mar 2014 21:29:30

Brilliant to see this taking off. Just a reminder, once you are sacked. That is it. You can do another save but it won't count.

MarkC1984

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26 Mar 2014 21:31:16

And just after I posted that comment, Porto lost 4-0 to a team down in 13th! Now with 2 games left, Porto lead with 64 points and a difference of +38, whilst I am second with 63 and a difference of +39. Finely poised for the last 2 games. I need to win my next one against Braga who are third but 12 behind me. Down to me and Porto for the title. Could go down to the last day of the season.

Tommo.

13 years ago

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26 Mar 2014 21:31:54

So Cardozo comes back scores 11 in 11 and now injured for another 3 months

BOT Brad

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26 Mar 2014 21:50:57

First Season Treble!

League

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/XCVkUVatUfo2EDmOTzkDjrm2E4aK25u3XnwaMdJQ.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/q2wM6wFCMnNmHjCVMutJObq2ZbpSDlALY4tTJDh9.png

Taca de Portugal & League Cup Winners

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/IUfITC9PZTIG5IGb9DEJizKgQlutGZAukiTBzLF5.png

A bit useless in Europe mind. Finished 3rd in Champions League group, then lost on penalties to Celtic.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/AIdUeULFgimxmSoANqeGBX9RWpZMJGFcg42u63ct.png

Points for 1st Season
Liga ZON Sagres: 1st = 25 Points
Taca de Portugal: Winner = 15 Points
Taca de Liga: Winner = 15 Points
Champions League: Group Stage Exit = 2 Points
Europa League: 1st Round Exit = 2 Points
Rivalries;
FC Porto: 3 Competitive wins, 2 in the League (4-0, 2-1), 1 in the Taca de Portugal 6th Rnd (3-0) = 15 Points
Sporting: 2 Competitive wins, 1 in the Taca de Portugal Final (3-1), 1 in the Taca de Liga Final (3-1) = 10 Points
Belenenses: 2 Competitive wins, 2 in the League (2-0, 5-0) = 6 Points

Total for Season 1 = 25+15+15+2+2+15+10+6 = 90 Points

Cymro

18 years ago

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26 Mar 2014 21:58:51

Good start here BOT Brad. Bar has been set.

BOT Brad

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26 Mar 2014 22:06:46

By Cymro | On 26 March 2014 - 21:58 PM

Good start here BOT Brad. Bar has been set.

Cheers. If there is any info you want to see that I forgot to screenshot let me know.

As for signings, I only made 2, Sofiane Feghouli from Valencia for about £12M, and Eric Mathoho from Kaizer Chiefs for £800k.
Nicolás Gaitán and Óscar Cardozo scored pretty much like 70% of my goals, with the 2 centre-halves Luisao and Garay chipping in with a few from corners.

Will hopefully start the 2nd season tomorrow night, hoping for a bit more success in Europe this time!

As for my formations, I pretty much rotated with a 4-1-2-2-1 and 4-2-3-1 throughout the season. Played the 4-2-3-1 at home and against the weaker teams, and stuck with the 4-1-2-2-1 away and against the tougher teams.

MarkC1984

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26 Mar 2014 22:12:58

Well, that is season 1 done. A league win on GD in the end. Feeling drained now. Their equivalent of the FA Cup final went to extra time. Porto scored a goal that was well offside but the ref allowed it. Git. Luckily we won in ET. Just listing the points below.

League win - 25
Losing Semis League Cup (TdP) - 5
TdL winners - 15
Group exit in UEFA CL - 2
FC Porto wins - 10
Sporting wins - 10
Bel wins - 3

Total - 70

Think that makes me second. Will post my screenshots in a new post.

MarkC1984

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26 Mar 2014 22:19:43

League Cup

League Table

Champions League

FA Cup

MarkC1984

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26 Mar 2014 22:23:04

Brad, how did you get your screenshots looking like that? Would like to make mine look like that in future seasons.

BOT Brad

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26 Mar 2014 22:33:58

By MarkC1984 | On 26 March 2014 - 22:23 PM

Brad, how did you get your screenshots looking like that? Would like to make mine look like that in future seasons.

Photoshop to compact them together a bit. I play FM on a large monitor so the image would be over 2000 pixels wide otherwise. As for trimming them down without the extra info, I just crop them using imgur's tools.

Tommo.

13 years ago

6 months ago

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26 Mar 2014 23:19:39

Just finished my first season

http://i.gyazo.com/6ec4a0825f705edbdb2db505616e41c8.png

League Win = 25

http://i.gyazo.com/1288b0148f91c15e1168b4c312667340.png

Champs League Qtr = 10

http://i.gyazo.com/06fccfb0e8d7f549e6b0ce58aa26413b.png

Taca Da Liga win including wins over Sporting and Belenenses = 23

http://i.gyazo.com/04b75a968975c63794fef71ec414a9be.png

http://i.gyazo.com/3e8f4aacdbe87098ac9d33a5b2e98176.png

2X League wins against Sporting, 2X wins against Porto and 1 against Belenenses = 23

25 + 10 + 23 + 23 = 81 points

MarkC1984

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27 Mar 2014 08:54:24

Club is now in the red, and so 4 of my best players from the title winning season are being eyed up. One has already signed for a new team, so if I can scrape enough of a wage budget, the expired contracts search here I come.

Dan

13 years ago

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27 Mar 2014 09:11:58

BOT Brad, MarkC and Tommo those are three fantastic seasons and good points tally thats for sure! Setting high bench marks from the start!

Aim to get my first season finished tonight and posted on here!

Tommo.

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27 Mar 2014 10:09:25

By MarkC1984 | On 27 March 2014 - 08:54 AM

Club is now in the red, and so 4 of my best players from the title winning season are being eyed up. One has already signed for a new team, so if I can scrape enough of a wage budget, the expired contracts search here I come.

I had same problem. Good thing is you get a load of good players return from loan so can sell a few players. Had to sell Garay for £17 million.

MarkC1984

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27 Mar 2014 11:45:00

Another stroke of luck for me is Friedel's contract is expiring at the end of June, so that will give me an extra £50k a week to spend on wages.

BOT Brad

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27 Mar 2014 11:50:22

By MarkC1984 | On 27 March 2014 - 11:45 AM

Another stroke of luck for me is Friedel's contract is expiring at the end of June, so that will give me an extra £50k a week to spend on wages.

Haha, why did you sign Friedel, if I may ask? Jan Oblak was pretty consistent for me all season.

MarkC1984

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27 Mar 2014 11:59:31

Wanted some extra cover in the goalie department as Artur got injured for a month. So I thought I would do some scouting, then get a message from an agent offering him to me for a few hundred thousand. Thought he is a good goalie, I'll take a punt on him. Worst transfer signing I have ever done on FM.