Ex-Soviet Countries Journeyman Save

Started save after being unemployed for a couple of months, with MFС Mykolaiv.
Started with lowest level of coaching badges and player experience.
The plan is to get them financially solvent and performing well quickly.
Will seek affiliates from same country if possible with better training or youth facilities.
Club does not want an affiliate club.
I will only use the Senior Team and Under 23 team and pull all other players into one of those teams or loan them out.
Board allowed me to mutual terminate staff, so did so for all the 2nd and U/18 sides and then employed staff to fill Seniors and Under 23 team.
The club has a major financial problem with very little money.
Started in debt and even by loaning out and selling players in the First Transfer window (January February 2019) and being three thousand under wage budget the club was still hemorrhaging money.
Started in Relegation zone, right now with three games to go am six points above the relegation zone.
So, will be in same division next season, barring an incredible implode.
Have run with and 4 - 2 DM - 3 - 1 formation with in game change to 4 - 2 DM - 2 - 2 formation.
Had to load in players to fill the formation.
Found that under 20 players are not registered in the squad of 25.
So, have loaned a number once I worked this out and tried to buy a couple, unfortunately Ukraine talent is over priced because of this squad loo-pol.
Have found it difficult to find DMs in Ukraine.
But with reliance on scouts, players and Director of Football it is difficult to find the players for the formation.
So, yes I am trying to fit my team into my formation.
Long term want to get promoted with team and get some coaching badges (club needs to be solvent to do this, unfortunately).
May have to move on towards the end of the third season as club lack the financial power to match it with the big boys in the Ukraine Premier League.


CLUB HISTORY + INFORMATION



MFC Mykolaiv is one of the oldest football clubs that exists in Ukraine. Originally was established as a football team of the Black Sea Shipyard, since dissolution of the Soviet Union and cutting of the shipyard's budget which was based mostly on military contacts, it is sponsored mostly by the city of Mykolaiv.

MFC Mykolaiv (Municipal Football Club "Mykolaiv", Ukrainian: Муніципальний футбольний клуб "Миколаїв" ) is a Ukrainian football club. The club has been demoted three times from the Ukrainian Premier League. MFС Mykolaiv's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 13th place (in 1994–95). MFC Mykolaiv reached 1st place in Druha Liha group A in 2010–11 season and was promoted to Persha Liha. Mykolaiv's main football stadium is at the west end of Tsentralnyi Prospekt, near the west end of the peninsula that Mykolaiv is on.



Full name
MFC Mykolaiv
Nickname(s)
Shipbuilders
Founded
1920
Ground
Tsentralnyi Stadion
Capacity
15,600
Chairman
Ukraine Mykola Marchenko
Head Coach
Ukraine Ruslan Zabranskyi
League
Ukrainian First League
2017–18
First League, 10th



Location map of Ukraine
Destination Ukraine, a large country in Eastern Europe with a coastline at the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, it is bordered by Russia in northeast and east, Belarus in northwest, Poland and Slovakia in west, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova to the southwest.

Cool save idea. Best of luck!

That is a nice idea, hope you do well in it.

I tried to do an ex Soviet Union save on 17, just couldn't get into it, I started in Tajikistan but failed there and then failed in Kyrgyzstan as well. Best of luck though I will be following

Interesting idea for sure, I’ll be following this!

I like it! Best of luck! Hope you make this a long-running save. My favorite league to manage in, is Georgia. I follow