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#383439 Tonges' Journey Around the World [FM17]
tongey
@Dan you should definitely join in the challenge again, I enjoyed it last time, just a shame the database ended it all.
@Shedender it would be good to have you on board again, but it does take a lot of motivation. I'm hoping mine doesn't run out.
@DNZY good to have you on board. I hope I don't disappoint!
So last time you checked in, we were lying in 6th position on 34 points with 9 games left. We had a very small chance at challenging for the league. How did we do I hear you ask? I'll tell you after I've poured out this lovely glass of unbranded red Croatian wine (I can't afford the brands).
FIXTURES
As you can see, there is more green dots on there than red which is always a good thing. I'm really impressed with our form and it's something to be positive about for our title challenge next season.
Our first game of the month was away against league high flyers Dinamo II which resulted in us getting a battering: 3-1 being the result. Polic grabbed us our consolation goal, but we never really challenged them which was disappointing after our good form.
League leaders Zagreb was up next and I thought the worst when we were 3-0 down at half time. An uplifting team-talk fuelled my boys on to a tremendous comeback with our new boy Ljubanovic netting a hattrick with the final goal and equaliser coming in the 92nd minute. A superb fight back giving us a point: 3-3
A run of two games at home was a welcome sight, and against the team slightly above us in the table Rudes. A scintillating performance from the boys gave us a comfortable 4-2 victory. Nemanja Belakovic coming into the team for the first time and scoring 2 goals.
Bottom team Lucko visited us at home and we kept them bottom with another victory. We were never really challenged in this game and we scored our goals and defended properly. 2-0 the end result.
Our third victory on the bounce came next, after a close game against Sesvete. We managed to grab a goal half way through the second half and just about hang on to gain the 3 points. 1-0.
Our run of form had to come to an end at some point and we were truly outclassed by Dugopolje who showed their class by scoring 3 unanswered goals. I was quite disappointed with this performance but we can't win them all eh? a 3-0 loss was the result!
We needed to bounce back and gain some points again, so to see my team beat HNK Gorcia 2-0 was a great sight. Again, we were never truly bothered in the game and we won it comfortably. 3 more points.
Our penultimate game of the season was against struggling Imotski who we really should be beating if we want to challenge for the title. We were really poor, and ultimately lost the game 2-0. Not a good performance.
And so it came, the last game of the season. A wonderful performance against Hrvatski Dragovoljac led to a 3-1 victory and the final 3 points of the season.
LEAGUE TABLE
We had done a great job in the half season that I have been in charge. Some wonderful performances and some great victories. I've a lot to be hopeful about and I'm really looking forward to seeing if I can bring in some extra quality and to see if we can challenge for that Croatian Second League title and my first trophy of the career.
#383414 Tonges' Journey Around the World [FM17]
tongey
END OF APRIL 2017 UPDATE
I've been in charge of Novigrad for 108 days as of now and in that time, we've had a huge winter break. I've used this time to strengthen my squad in key areas which I think that I have done. Initially I thought I only had 3 games left in the league as that's all that showed, however after those 3, another half of the season appeared so the challenge is on:
Transfers:
Ivica Jurakic is a striker with proven goalscoring ability in the Croatian Second League and will bring some much needed goals if I'm looking to challenge for the league one day.
Luke Kotromanovic is a strong commanding center back who is strong in the air. Hopefully he can help provide some stability in this key position on the pitch.
Ivor Ljubanovic is a youngster who is the future of my strikeforce. He's got the ability to be a leading player in the Croatian First Division so at 65k this is a bargain.
He's slotted into my team straight away.
Fixtures
First up was an away trip to NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac and my first professional match in charge. A 2-2 Draw was the result and a pleasing performance with new boy Jurakic grabbing a goal on his debut for the club. Shame we couldn't hold onto the win after being 2-0 up but thats the beauty of this game.
Secondly was another away trip, this time against NK Lucko who sat below me in the league so was a real chance for me to grab my first victory. We managed this with style. A cool 6-2 victory gave me my first 3 points in Croatia. Jurakic grabbed himself a hattrick.
My first home game in charge came against Solin who also sat below me. A very impressive 2-1 victory with the winning goal coming in the 82nd minute from Dadic. 7 points out of 9 so far.
HNK Sibenik were up next. Disappointing result really with the way we played. We deserved all 3 points but a 1-1 drls better than losing the game. A point more to the tally.
The last game of the month came at home against Solin for the second time in 2 weeks. Another solid display and another 3 points. 1-0 was the final score with new boy Ljubanovic grabbing the winner.
League Table
Looks good already. When I came into the club, we were sitting just above the relegation zone. I'm now up into 6th having rose 3 positions in a short space of time. An unbeaten couple of months gives me hopes of climbing even further. Who knows? We may even challenge for the title if we can continue this form.
#383403 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
tongey
#383331 Tonges' Journey Around the World [FM17]
tongey
I'd be travelling around Croatia for a couple of months having touched down back in August 2016. Soaking up the sun and exploring the islands off the coast I had taken my mind off the job at hand; which was to get a job in football management. I was in the town of Novigrad when I heard they had sacked their manager with 3 games to go. I applied instantly and the rest is history...
Sitting just above the relegation zone, I still had my work cut out to keep them afloat in the league. I had come in expecting to keep them up, can I succeed in this and set a platform for next season? Who knows? But I'm on the ladder now, it's time to climb it.
Next Post: End of Season Update 2016/17.
#383329 Tonges' Journey Around the World [FM17]
tongey
Here he is, Mark Tonge. The man who is going to enter the history books in the future. Born in Northwich, the 23 year old is an avid Manchester United fan. For some unknown reason Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola already have a disliking for me but I'm sure they'll come around soon enough. Starting off with no coaching qualifications and no playing history will make this challenge all the more interesting. I'll be looking to improve my stats as I go.
Next Post: My First Job
#383328 Tonges' Journey Around the World [FM17]
tongey
Welcome to this challenge to win every trophy in the games main database. I've attempted this along with many others before and have ultimately failed but once again I'm back and ready to give it my best shot. Only loading a couple of leagues at a time should let me speed through seasons and tick off those trophies nice and quickly (hopefully)
So without further ado, here is my story...
Trophy Cabinet:[
Country Completion:
#383211 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
tongey
#382929 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
tongey
#382889 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
I decided to sign the following players from this years intake. I am slightly disappointed with the intake as last years was phenomenal and I have improved the facilities and coaching but there is still some quality in here.
Kristian Jensen (DC)
Anthony Boateng (GK)
Dennis Thorup (AML)
Gideon Sekyere (DC)
Joseph Archeampong (AMR)
Casper Ellegaard (MR)
Anders Laudrup (DL)
Jannik Mortensen (DL)
Ole Edvold (ST)
Niclas Nielsen (ML)
Kingsley Alhassan (DC)
Kristien Jensen is predicted to be the best player out of the lot. I must also have a link with some club in Ghana as I always produce some wonderkid from Ghana.
#382842 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
tongey
So with the quit reasonable transfer budget of around £12.5m to spend on new players I set around strengthening in the key positions for my formation which included a CM and a new Striker. Welcome to the club Milos Jojic from FC Köln and Shane Long from Southampton. Both were reasonable prices for what they can help do. In the other direction off went Seb Larsson to help free up some funds and Borini, Rodwell and Gooch all went out on loans as they were deemed useless for the first team.
In the FA Cup we didn't really get going. A 3-0 loss to Reading means we get only 5 points which is very disappointing as it was a winnable tie.
So down to the main meat in this challenge sandwich, 'The Premier League'. As you can see our form dramatically improved after my taking over. We actually managed to star scoring and we scored regularly. Up there in my best wins was a 1-0 win against Manchester United to end the season. A 4-3 victory against Arsenal was a surprising result and kickstarted us on our way. We managed to get the victory needed against Middlesborough with 2-1 getting us that win. Another 5 points in the bag.
Shane Long managed to scored 15 goals in the 18 games he played for me. That's a good return in my eyes.
So with those fixtures we managed to climb from rock bottom up to 12th position. I'm half tempted to carry on this challenge, we shall see...So it's 15 points for our league finish.
Unfortunately no awards to gain some extra points but a good haul and a good half season overall.
POINTS
League Finish - 12th - 15
FA Cup - 3rd Round Exit - 5
Middlesborough - Victory - 5
Grand Total: - 25
#382820 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
tongey
#382802 Dolphins in the Poole
tongey
#382799 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
tongey
Looking to get this completed quickly, whilst I continue along with my FC Nordsjæland save. This is going to be fun
#382566 An Journey Around The World By Jamie3
tongey
#382563 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
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Superliga Preliminary Phase / Preliminary Phase Fixtures 1/2 / Preliminary Phase Fixtures 2/2 / Superliga Championship Group/ Championship Group Fixtures
With the media predicting us to finish down in 7th, we managed to surpass that ridiculously well. It took a while to get the tactics right but once we did then the results started flying in. We managed to finish the 'Preliminary Phase' down in 3rd a massive 10 points off the top placed FC Københaven. The top 6 teams qualify for the 'Championship Group when they play each other twice. At the end of this, we finished one measly point off the top spot. A great achievement in my first season in charge of the mighty Tigers.
Danish Cup: We were expected to reach the quarter finals stage at least so to only get to the 4th round is quite disappointing. I'll be aiming to progress further next season and hopefully pick up my first trophy at the club. A penalties defeat is always hard to swallow, especially against the bottom club.
Squad: The squad has changed all season long with a number of players leaving half way through due to having a storming start and attracting the attention of some bigger clubs which I guess is the whole point of this save. To keep churning out the talent. Zackarius Faour and Tobias Mikkleson both chipped in with 11 goals a piece and Mohammed Fellah lead the assist charts with 11. Stanislav Lobotka and Pascal Gregor were the pick of the bunch though with average ratings of 7.40 and 7.52 respectively. I'll be looking at replacing a few of the squad with some of the youth next season.
Finances: A good season as we made a profit of £3,884,977 with most of this coming from transfers which totalled £4.4m. We have invested in the junior coaching which has improved and the youth facilities are being upgraded as well. I hope to keep this up every season.
My aims for next season: With a good performance in the Superliga this season, we'll be looking to go one better and win the title and knock FC Københaven off their perch.
The Danish Cup will be a place where the youth can look to impress me. I'll be rotating them in all season and hope they can improve to make that first team squad quickly. I'll be in the Europa League as well so all eyes turn to Europe where I hope we can progress a few rounds to bring in some cash to improve the facilities some more.
#382455 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
The first youth candidates of my career have been on trial. I'm really impressed with who we've managed to get and the future looks bright with these youngsters.
Whole youth candidates squad
I decieded to sign the following 12 players who showed the most promise!
Simon Svendsen (DC)
Jakob Bredal Skov (DC)
Erik Sørensen Bundgaard (STC)
Henrik Thorup (AMR)
Ahmet Kamburoglu (DM)
Benjamin Issah (CB)
Malik Boateng (GK)
Kim Christiensen (DR)
Daniel Jakobsen (MR)
Jorgen Svendsen (CM)
Thomas Sørensen (LB)
Of these candidates, Erik Sorensen Bundegaard is touted to be the best of the lot. I can't wait to see what happens with them.
#382384 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
So the board had a bit of a mad moment on transfer deadline day. They decided that 3 offers on players that were in my first team plans were too good to turn down. The following players have left the club. Onwards and upwards, and more room for some youth players to impress now.
Mads Pedersen (LB) (has been at the club since he was was a boy) (joined Sampdoria for £1.3m rising to £2.4m)
Christian Kohler (CM) (has been at the club since he was a boy) (joined Sampdoria for £1.4m rising to £2.6m)
Ernest Asante (AMR) (joined FK Austria Wien for £750k)
#382379 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
Squad Breakdown
Goalkeepers
Patrik Carlgren (GK)
Indy Groothuizen (GK) (on loan from Ajax)
Defenders
Karlo Bartolec (D/RL WB/R)
Pascal Gregor (DCR)
Andreas Skovgaard(DCL)
Viktor Tranberg (DC)
Andreas Maxso (DC) (Just sold to Saint Ettiene for £850k due to release clause)
Mads Pedersen (DL/WBL)
Patrick Mtiliga (D/WB/M L)
Midfielders
Lasse Petry (D/MC)
Nicklas Strunck (D/MC)
Collins Tanor (D/MC) (On loan from Manchester City)
Tobias Mikkelsen (AMC)
Mathias Rasmussen (AMC)
Ernest Asante (M/AM R / ST)
Mohammed Fellah (M/AM RLC)
Christian Køhler (M/AM C)
Stanislav Lobtoka (M/AM C)
Godsway Donyoh (AML/ST)
Emiliano Marcondes (AMC/ST)
Strikers
Zackarius Faour (STC)
Marcus Ingvartsen (STC) (Just sold to Lille for £1.3m due to release clause, was clubs top goalscorer)
#382238 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
League Expectation
Danish Superliga:Reach the Championship Group of the Superliga.
Cup Expectations
Danish Cup: Reach the Quarter Finals of the Danish Cup.
Transfer Budget: £876,458
Wage Budget: £68,211
Current Wage Bill: £59,537
#382234 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
FC Nordsjælland
Club Information
Club Profile
Club Facilities
Club History
#382233 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
FC Nordsjælland: A Background
Founded in 1991, FC Nordsjælland currently play in the Danish Superliga. The club play their home games at the Right to Dream Park and possess Impressive training facilities and average youth facilities. They also have average junior coaching and a well established youth recruitment network. The club have had success in the past having won the Danish Superliga back in 2012 and came runners up in 2013. They've won the Danish Cup on two occasions in 2010 and 2011. Since then they have had nothing to note.
Right To Dream Park
#382231 FC Nordsjælland [Youth Only]
tongey
I'm back, I've had a rough time with FM lately having not been able to get into a save and just pottering around different clubs to see if I liked them or not. I had a decent stint in America until the salary cap annoyed me and I gave up on that one too. After seeing a number of Youth Only careers, I decided that I would embark on my own since I haven't done one before. Denmark is my destination and FC Nordsjælland is the team! Let's go.
Game: Football Manager 2017
Database: Large
Leagues Loaded: Denmark (Second Division and above)
#367410 London City FC - A City On The Rise
tongey
Non League to England Manager!
Seems like you're doing something right! Free box when I come and watch them?
#365945 London City FC - A City On The Rise
tongey
#365943 Chester FC - Rising from the Ashes
tongey
#365671 London City FC - A City On The Rise
tongey
#365349 London City FC - A City On The Rise
tongey
The takeover should be great for you! Onwards and Upwards!
City! City! City!
#363510 London City FC - A City On The Rise
tongey
#363508 Marine AFC - A Non-League Dream
tongey
#363208 London City FC - A City On The Rise
tongey
Looks like you have some player in Hassall!
Congratulations on the league win!!