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#46339 Steelman
Benniewijs
#46300 Europe, from A to Z (or W, actually)
Benniewijs
#46298 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
Benniewijs
#46281 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
Benniewijs
#46262 Europe, from A to Z (or W, actually)
Benniewijs
#46261 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
Benniewijs
#290931 Keeping up with Shedender and Dan - If it's not to late!
Benniewijs
The board clearly has other expectations and want me to achieve a respectable league position. This is always a strange expectation to me. For some clubs is it respectable to become top half and for others its only respectable to win the league. I will follow the board in this. The extra budget is almost nihil and I don't want to risk my job if this season is a bit of a failure.
First I need to unload the dead wood. People who play low league clubs do recognize this. It's always important to do this with care. Don't unload players for free if fans see them as an icon of some hero. I unloaded 19 players for free and was lucky to get some cash for Zundel. Don't know why but I don't see his potential in the future.
I also sold Elsneg for € 1.200.000. This is a lot of money in Austria as you know. I didn't want to sell him but I couldn't refuse there offer. I will use the extra money not directly though.
To help me achieve my goals I brought in 7 players in the preseason. Shila is a young talented central defender; Cesnauskas is and old winger for both sides; Verpakovskis is an old striker; Guzman and Gsellmann are back-up players for several positions on the midfield and even front; Bonig is an old back-up leftback I needed and last Adjei is a talented left winger. This brings me to the following squad:
I am happy with my squad. Most positions with 3 - 4 stars also on the back-up. The squad is not to big but I can rotate with it. The only worry I have is that some players are above 30 and can become worse quickly. But it's good for this season.
The first half of the season was in one word great. Only one loss on 25 October for the league and one on 29 October for the Cup. Cup will be there when I am in the Premier League so it was not a big problem to lose here. I ended the first half of the season with a lot of friendlies in the almost 3 month winter break.
In the winter break I brought in 5 new players for the future and next season. Fraille is a talented rightback to replace my older player Standfest; Koblischeik is a talented centerback to replace older defenders; Hopfer is and addition to my defensive midfielders an Demirci to my offensive midfielders; Last one is Valladares; My scout spotted this old goalkeeper from Honduras and I could sign him for free with a wage beneath 2k per week. I hope he will bring me some points next season.
After the break I started with a loss. In total I lost 5 matches and had 5 draws the second half of the season. It was not a good half but I always was in control on the league table with 5 - 11 point in front of number 2.
The league is won and the fans are happy!
Now the first goal is achieved it tastes like more of it. I don't have the worst squad (I think) and can stay up at least the next season. I will stay at the club until some good job become available. I have four targets for it : RBS, Sturm Graz, Austria Wien and Rapid Wien. The other clubs are fun but not better than mine at the moment.
Thanks for all your repsonses.
#46248 Around Europe Backwards - from Wales to Austria
Benniewijs
#46247 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
Benniewijs
#46246 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
Benniewijs
#46245 Making Bosnia a Powerhouse
Benniewijs
#46002 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
Benniewijs
Low wages btw in Bulgaria. In Austria my wages are higher in the First Division.
#45962 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
Benniewijs
#45950 Around Europe Backwards - from Wales to Austria
Benniewijs
#45947 Europe, from A to Z (or W, actually)
Benniewijs
#45939 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
Benniewijs
#45929 Keeping up with Shedender and Dan - If it's not to late!
Benniewijs
#290930 Keeping up with Shedender and Dan - If it's not to late!
Benniewijs
Since there are no jobs for me I have to be unemployed until one manager gets sacked, There were 2 clubs earlier where the manager got sacked, but they didn't want me, since I didn't have any experience yet.
Finally there came a vacant seat. I have to take a look at the table if this job is possible. It is already 10 March 2013 and I don't want to start the job as I'm sure I don't have a chance to stay there at least a year.
8th position with 21 points in 21 matches and still 15 matches to get some results the rest of the season. Kapfenberger is a club with better expectations than the 8th position they are currently in.
I need to achieve a mid-table position with no transfer budget and no room in the wage budget. There is no transfer period so I need to do it with the players I have. So that's no problem.
I decided to take the job an try to get mid-table. This gives me a good position to strengthen my squad for the next season and try to get promotion.
It was a difficult start at the club. Bad morale and the best two center defenders were injured. I made a few good runs of two or three wins. This got me 21 points in 15 matches. The last two matches my morale was low since I lost the cup final.
Cup final
I am still a but upset about the lost cup final. Actually I won it on penalties with 2-1. My fifth penalty really was in the goal, but the ME tought it was saved. Not that it proves anything I will put a screenshot of the "Goal" in this message.
No silverware yet and a lot to do for the start of the second season. I still have good faith next season will be a succes. I have to unload some expensive contracts and get cheaper but decent replacements for them.
#290929 Keeping up with Shedender and Dan - If it's not to late!
Benniewijs
Just like Dan I start a career "Around Europe" in FMC. I the weekend I have reasonable time to play. But on weekdays not, since I have a dayjob that takes a lot of time in the first quarter of the year. I start in Austria and hopefully I will finish in Wales!
So I start in Austria. I have 3 goals here. Promotion, League title and Austrian FA Cup are there for the taking.
I start with unemployed in Austria. There are no jobs for me to take. Below I will post my successes during my journey. At the moment the cabinet is empty.
#45905 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
Benniewijs
Good luck with it.
#44871 The Humanitarian
Benniewijs
#44825 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
Benniewijs
#44736 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
Benniewijs
#44735 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
Benniewijs
But I have to be honest; He has 1 point more than you have. Great league results... go on and you win this one.
#44347 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
Benniewijs
#44344 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
Benniewijs
#43305 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
Benniewijs
#43304 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
Benniewijs
#290793 European Traveler
Benniewijs
I had already a few good players in my team so I only needed some players for the first team. I also added a few reserve (junior) talents to my team.
This is the team I used in the first season.
In the league all went quit well. The start was a bit slow. But after I changed my tactics in July to 4-2-3-1 at home and 4-5-1 or 4-2-2-1-1 in away games the results became better.
With my second place I qualified for the promotion play-offs. At the end of the season I came only 3 points short for winning the league. The league tabel I will post later since I can't find the screenshot at the moment and O will make a new one tonight.
I won the play-offs from 11 meters. All match I had a good feeling about this, but it was a thriller the whole match. But promotion in the first season was really great.
Below I post some more screenshots of the first season.
I accepted the contract offer and will stay at the club to see if I can get good results in the higher league. I think my team is good enough to play mid-table already. Maybe a better striker is needed.
I hope you enjoyed my first update. Feel free to give advice and critics.
#42239 Around Europe Backwards - from Wales to Austria
Benniewijs