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#416962 [FM18] Around the World in 19 levels
pavelg
A few days after finishing the season it was time for the cup. The Coupe de l'Archipel is just one game and played between the winner and runner-up of the league.
Unfortunately my players decided to celebrate the league title a bit early or in other words there was a bit of a bug in the game.
All my players left on holiday the day before the game. In contrast my opponents ASIA still had all their players available.
So I was forced to play the game with grayed out players, who strangely along with all staff from Saint Pierre and Miquelon have English names, while all normal players including regens have French names.
It did obviously not go to well:
So only one title from my time in Saint Pierre & Miquelon. But by beginning of November this happened at least:
I have also loaded the level 2 countries in this challenge. I.e. the 10 lowest ranked countries according to the current FIFA World Rankings.
None of the leagues start before summer 2018 though and my coaching course will be completed by March 2018, so I might still take a job in a different Level 1 league for a few months to increase my reputation.
Level 2 countries:
Tonga
Gibraltar
Bahamas
Anguilla
British Virgin Islands
San Marino
Cayman Islands
Turks & Caicos Island
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
I would be quite intrigued to manage in the semi-professional leagues of Pakistan or Sri Lanka. They should also be among the higher reputation ones along with Bahamas, Gibraltar, Cayman Islands & maybe San Marino.
The rest is probably really low level insignificantly better than Saint Pierre & Miquelon.
But let's see what is available in the summer.
#416916 [FM18] Around the World in 19 levels
pavelg
Yes, Barnabo could be the best player in the league stats-wise. He only scored one goal in the four games he played for me though. I still might try to sign him for one of my future clubs and see if he can make a bit of an international career.
Unfortunately I do not think there is any road into continental competition as Saint Pierre is not a member of CONCACAF. So time to leave as soon as I get my coaching licence, if approved by the board.
#416894 [FM18] Around the World in 19 levels
pavelg
After the last two disappointing games I decided to implement some tactical changes.
We would start with an attacking mentality, while one of our central midfielders would drop down to a defensive midfielder position to support our defense.
In goal young goalkeeper Gwenael Thomas would get his first start of the season.
It seems to have worked out well:
We controlled the game from the start and striker Bryan Fontaine scored an hat-trick to give us the title.
There were still two more games of the season to be played:
Against ASM we were cruising and I felt very confident that I had found a tactic with which I could consistently dominate the Saint Pierre & Miquelon Premier League.
ASIA quickly brought us back to earth however. Although not great we were not as bad as the scoreline. They scored on every shot on target they had and our strikers were unable to score despite some good chances.
In the end it did not matter as we had secured the title already:
I will hang around in Saint Pierre for a little bit longer. First I think there is still a Cup to be played and second I want to try to convince the board to allow me to take the National C coaching course.
#416855 [FM18] Around the World in 19 levels
pavelg
In the next four games we would play ASM away once and twice at home, as well as ASIA at home.
It started well with another draw where we were the better team before getting an easy 2:0 win.
This meant with 5 games to go we just needed one more win to secure the title.
Unfortunately something went wrong:
I started both games with a relatively conservative approach hoping to win by counter-attacking. This did not work at all and I was totally outplayed in the first half of both games.
When switching to a more attacking approach our game improved but it was already to late in both games.
A 17 year old named Jacques Barnabo scored 3 goals for ASIA in the first game. I sat down with him for a beer directly after the game and managed to convince him to join us and help us secure the title.
Looking at the table I start to get a little bit nervous. I definitely need to learn from the mistake in the last two games to make sure we do not throw away the title.
#416748 [FM18] Around the World in 19 levels
pavelg
3 wins and 2 draws meant 16 points in Saint Pierre and Miquelon where a win gives 4 points and a draw 2. While even a defeat absurdly gives 1 point.
I forgot to take a screen shot of the League table at that point but that meant I had 8 point lead on ASIA who had one game in hand.
My two best players according to the Assistand Manager are Reynald Cheron and Florian George. Unfortunately they are both left midfielders.
After that the players start looking weaker, but I don´t really know how they compare to other teams.
Especially right midfield, right back and goalkeeper look like positions that could be strengthened, but without any scouts available in Saint Pierre & Miquelon it might be difficult to make any quality signings.
I still had a look at the other teams players and found one that seemed interesting. ASM right midfielder Gregory Tessier. I had no idea about his attributes but he was seen as the strongest right midfielder in the league by the media and had decent stats from the first few games. And with these being amateur clubs there was little risk in a signing as I would have to pay no transfer fee nor salary. ASM and ASIA also tried to sign some players from me, but no one was interested, while Gregory Tessier seemed very happy to join ASSP:
It was a good gamble and he looks to be one of the better players at the club.
I decided to keep it simple and play a 4-4-2 formation. My team looked to be weak passers while being physically in better shape than the other teams. So I will be trying to play the ball into space for my strong wingers Cheron and Tessier to pick it up, while the central midfield will be mainly focusing on winning back the ball.
The four first games would see us face ASM at home before playing ASIA three games in a row. Twice at home and once away.
A very nice start to the career. We absolutely dominated against ASM, hitting the post 3 times. Just a narrow 1:0 win in the end but it was never in danger.
We continued our nice form with a 2:0 home win against ASIA. This game we were more efficient scoring twice from only 6 chances. But we also limited ASIA to mostly long shots.
The away game against ASIA was the first one we really struggled a bit. We got an easy 2:0 lead in half time but got my left-back sent off in the 46th minute. After that we really struggled to control the game but held on to a 2:1 victory.
The last game we had enough chances to win but the forwards were very wasteful. I have to make sure that does not become a trend but the way the table looks at the moment we can live with a draw.
#416737 [FM18] Around the World in 19 levels
pavelg
It is a place with interesting history as a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France and the last remain of New France that is still under French control.
The population is only 6080 people with most living on the smaller island Saint Pierre, while 626 people live on the smaller Miquelon island.
The Ligue de Futbol de Saint Pierre & Miquelon consists of only 3 teams. A.S.Saint Pierraise (ASSP) and A.S. Ilienne Amateur (ASIA) are from Saint Pierre while A.S. Miquelonnaise are from Miquelon.
There is however only one stadium in Saint Pierre where all the games are played, so I assume that the ASM is really based on Saint Pierre as well.
This stadium or pitch was well visible when flying into Saint Pierre:
In the League each team plays each other 8 times making it a total of 16 games. So not the best league to be in if you want some variation.
As mentioned all teams are fully amateur and the level is really as poor as what could be expected from an island with 6000 inhabitants.
An indicator of this are the few results of Saint Pierre and Miquelon´s national team. They participated twice in the Coupe de l'Outre-Mer in 2010 and in 2012.
During these tournaments they played 7 games and lost except one (0:7 against French Guyana) with double-digits. Among them two games against Reunion and one against Guadeloupe.
So the standard seems to be significantly weaker than some of the other countries in Level 1.
The club I am taking over is ASSP which is the oldest club in the country and founded in 1903. They have won the double in both 2015 and 2016.
As fully amateur I would get no salary managing the club, so will have to live on savings. The season however is short as football can only be played between April and September due to the harsh weather conditions.
#416729 [FM18] Around the World in 19 levels
pavelg
The jobs for the predicted top teams in French Guyana, Martinique and Reunion were available. They actually have some decent reputation though, so not sure I would be able to get them.
3 other jobs in leagues that had already started caught my eye though as they could ensure a fast and easy completion of level 1.
1. Kanoa in Northern Mariana. They were in 1st place with a two point lead after 10 games played with 10 games to go.
2. Nimgil Youth in Micronesia. 1st with a 1 point lead after 9 games. 5 Games to go.
3. ASSP in Saint Pierre & Miquelon. 1st with an 8 point lead (the 2nd placed team has a game in hand) after 5 games. 11 Games to go.
I applied for job 1 and 3. Kanoa was faster to offer an interview. I decided to delay it however and a few days later the offer from ASSP arrived:
#416724 [FM18] Around the World in 19 levels
pavelg
I have downloaded claasens megapack which as of 1st of January 2018 gives me 189 playable countries.
Now I have divided these 189 countries into 19 levels based on FIFA World Rankings. Level 1 contains all leagues from countries not represented in the FIFA World Rankings. Level 2 contains the 10 lowest ranked playable countries and it continues like that with 10 countries in each level. With exception for level 18 and 19 which have 8 countries each.
The idea is to start unemployed with Sunday League Footballer reputation and all leagues from level 1 loaded. I will need to win the domestic league or cup of one of the countries to be able to move on to the next level and load the countries in level 2.
These are the countries in Level 1 which I will load to start with:
Reunion
Northern Mariana Islands
Guadeloupe
French Guyana
Martinique
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre & Miquelon
Sint-Marteen
Kiribati
Micronesia
Tuvalu
Wallis & Futuna
Crimea
Bonaire
So it looks very likely that I will end up on an island somewhere. I expect Reunion, French Guyana, Martinique and Guadeloupe to be on a somewhat higher level than the rest and they all have semi-professional leagues. Crimea is also interesting but I am really not sure about the level there. The rest all seem to be Amateur leagues with very low level of play.
#295375 release all players
pavelg
Would you be able to describe how you did this by any chance? Struggling with exactly the same issue. Clicking on "clear" in the editor in the player list for each team does not seem to work. And changing the contract player by player is a lot of work.