World Jacob's Ladder Adventure

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mommaspastarini

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14 May 2024 18:02:23

This carreer is heavily inspired by this story (which I just finished reading), which in turn follows this challenge. I have adapted it slightly by updating the tiers to 2024 and adding a few non-FIFA nations to the challenge, which must be cleared first before reaching the FIFA nations.

I imagined that this might take quite a few in-game years and therefore multiple managers, so right now I decided to start with this fella:

Name's David L'Ouverture, pleased to meet you

As I write this while I'm writing my thesis, I cannot make any promises regarding schedules, but I hope I can play a season before June ends (no promises though). Starting in the Martiniquois 2nd League, here are my boys:

Club Profile (the missus says they've got a terrible name. I agree it's not very creative - but it could be worse

(squad's set up for a friendly - being in the starting 11 is not an indicator of quality

Lots of players - I decided to use the resources I had at hand since we're predicted to top the league (and I think I deactivated first transfer-window moves anyway). I have the second fiddle playing reserves, hoping someone will impress me. By the way, my style of management might be euphemistically described as ‘hands-off’ (I tend to do that at lower levels), so don't expect a full description of my players. However, here's a quick summary:

Our squad doesn't really have any good goalkeeping choices. I have been using Antonin Bernard as the best of a bad bunch but I will be signing a new GK whenever I find a good one available.

Having 10 goals/assists out of the 16 goals scored this season gives you the right of being singled out with a profile screenshot

I have only 1 defensive CM so I'm trialling a young LB to play there - we'll see how it turns out

Our centre-backs are also similarly weak, but at least we have solid choices (not very exciting though mind you) in Barroilhet and Laval for the wings. In front of them, Fournier and the star of the team, Diego Ferrand, are our main creators, as our centre-mids have to do the dirty work in our 4-4-2. Our striker partnerships have been rather tepid, as I'm still undecided on who the top 2 strikers are.

However, weare doing quite well results-wise, save that premature exit from the cup after penalties. Now we have a 2 week break before the next round of games, good time to slot in a couple friendlies.