Michael Ballack career: (fixed the image problems)

In this story I’ll be bringing back a legend, Michael Ballack, in to management and ill also be (trying) taking Leipzig as far as possible. Should be entertaining and stressful; will post every 5 games, start and end of season, end of January transfer window.







Gehen wir leipzig!!!

The Story begins, Michael Ballack is hired as RB Lepzig Manager!



P.S. If anyone can leave me a comment with story editing advice it would be much appreciated.(Especially how I can shrink my images to a nicer size!)

Just have a look around the other careers on here to find tips on how others are set out buddy is my best advice.

To shrink images just crop them in paint then upload them using Imgur.

Thanks a lot mate, will have a look on paint for future posts.

To start off with, here's my squad depth report when Ballack first arrived at the club.



Looks good but the squad lacks backup and quality in some areas. Luckily i've got 17k in wage budget to play with !!!

The Board is great, got about 6 million in the bank and has good facilities, not a club that should be in 3rd division. Managed to get an awesome parent club, the best in Europe, literally...



The structure is their, the team is more or less there, big expectations and pressure for us to be promoted his season. Media predicts us to finish 8th, I hope not.

Before I kick off the season, here is the new and improved squad report.

Things are looking grim already for Ballack, the start of season has not gone as planned. Luck has not helped, but the tactics don't seem to be working at all.

Disappointing as Leipzig dominated against both Stuttgart and Duisburg but our strikers failed to convert dozens of chances!
Pressure is already mounting, that was quick...


Will have to work hard to work things out. Or else Ballack could be managing a different club in the near future.

Since the last post Ballack has spent hours on tactical thinking, yet the results have gone from bad to worse, Ballack is living the same nightmare than moyes has, without the promise of a large payout.



the pressure grows on Ballack and this is why..



The tactics aren't working and moral is low.
The board seem to have finally lost their nerve.



After concluding the meeting Ballack has just one game to show the board what he's made of.

After two disallowed goals for Leipzig and 65% possession, Ballack stands at the end of the road.



A bore 0-0 draw. The board pull the trigger.



As Ballack leaves the Redbull Arena disgraced and head in hands, he vows in a drunken german voice to prove his critics wrong.

After months of nostalgia and drunken appearances Ballack has lost hope.



But when Ballack checks his email later that night, his drive and passion reignite.



A prestigious club fighting against relegation approach him for an interview, Accepting graciously, Ballack hops on a plane to Wiesbaden.



After a successful interview, the board are clearly impressed by ballacks vision, and offer him the job!

The squad Ballack inherits is uneven, strong in parts and weak in others. Mediocre.



With only 5 games to go ballack wins 3 and loses 2, taking 17th placed wehen out of the relegation places and into 13th. The real challenge lies in the summer and the season ahead.

The new season awaits, having kept the players that fit into his tactics and got rid of those he deemed unneeded, Ballack has his own squad.

The Media Predicts Wehen will finish in 12th.
Ballack warns himself not to be over ambitious and promises the board a mid table finish.



A very good side, most of the starting eleven are second division material. Kacinoglu the right back has first division potential among many other young lads brought in, Kreyer was just brought in from second division Bochum, Ulm from second division Padeborn. All free transfer, Ballack has also picked the pockets of other 3rd division sides.Wehen are ready for the season ahead.



The opening game against halle (predicted 7th) was very encouraging, considering we were 5-0 up withing 60 minutes. The other performances were good, the team just lacked cutting edge. This can partly be down to the squad still gelling with the many new faces. Ignore the friendlies as I was still bringing in players and they were manage by assistant manager. The last match against a good Duisburg side was also encouraging.



The team followed their win against Duisburg with another 2 wins,

Then we beat Leipzig 3-0 away, BOOM, Ballack sends a polite fuck you message to the Leipzig board.

A good win against Regensburg was followed by various mediocre displays.
What came next no-one saw coming.




An awesome wehen winstreak. I included the friendly against Chemnitz because they were in the league above.

WIll post again soon, have been playing a lot recently, as is the case when you're winning!

Apologies for the image problems, will fix it shortly. Didn't realise that when I deleted a pic off imgur it appeared as unavailable on sortiitoutsi, Facepalm retard moment.

The excellent form Continues, Wehen are now favourites for promotion. Media are going mad at our 'overachievement.



The team seems to have gelled, and the tactics are just crushing teams. The 7-3 win against Unterhatching was massive! the loss to Heidenhelm however was disappointing.

The question now is Can Wehen Win the League?

Here are the final games of the season! Great achievement for a side predicted to finish 12th!



Here is the league table to Wehen's phenominal season.



Ballack is basking in the glory, especially after the early disappointment of being fired by Leipzig.



will post the tactics soon, second division next season

On to the 2nd division, Ballack Is attracting interest from the world of football.

Dusseldorf especially



Rejected it ofcourse, but it's always flattering.
Here's the first part of the season.



Incredibly frustrating though, I calculated that we averaged 6 clear cut chances a game in all the drawn matches but barely scored at all !

A massive surprise was the enormous amount of tv money for taking part in the german cup, only got to the second round but look at this !



Decent start, will put the lack of converting goalscoring opportunities down to poor team cohesion. hopefully will improve.

Quick update on the season,



very poor string of results, was so glad to reach the January break to re-group and get rid of deadwood.

I have a lot of time for this, great start to the thread.

And I love Michael Ballack, so that helps.

Good thread this far, hopefully form picks up from that of recent

Thanks mate, got lots of time for it myself, love the german leagues.

Hopefully it will improve after the friendlies after moral increase.. fingers crossed

Pleased that the form improved, the friendlys were conducted by assistant manager whilst I pulled the srings in the transfer market, sold a Gyau for 1 million to Swansea, got him on a free just 6 monthes before!



Very pleased with this string of results, onwards and upwards.

Just six games left, and we did very well, some good results there gifting us a 6th place finish! way above the 17th place predicted finish.





Good season, look forward to the next!

Ballack seems to be losing faith in the board, despite stable finances and unquestionable success and commitment shown by Ballack, they wont adhere to requests of better youth recruitment and facilities.



was tempted by this one, theyre a good team.



Not as tempting but a good offer none the less. Ballack is trying not to be swayed by the interest.
Then came the news that plunged Wiesbaden into depression!!!



In an interview Ballack seemed to say that he didn't feel the club could continue to grow and weren't giving him the tools to push for promotion.

Ballack seems to be much loved.



Did Ballack make the right decision...
What next?

Hopefully there is another stint...