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#495121 Welcome To Hellgrade - A Red Star Belgrade Career
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#495119 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
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#495070 Welcome To Hellgrade - A Red Star Belgrade Career
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#495069 Rebuild the Boro
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Nice update, hope the good form from pre season carries on into the season proper
#495051 The Flying Scotsman. A Hall of Fame career
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Cheers mate. With FM 20 I'm not going to bother until the third patch in around April time next year, plus with 19 I had game breaking bugs that really put me off. 17 just plays so well and smooth for me I always found myself going back to it even when 19 was playing okay.
Thanks man, glad to have you on board.
Cheers mate. Glad to have you following
#495022 The Flying Scotsman. A Hall of Fame career
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After getting advice from the 1 member of coaching staff on the books at the club, the team had played 4-2-3-1 all season with very little luck. So with that in mind we used a very basic 4-4-2 using Pablo Rodriguez as a target man and Fairoz Hasan as a poacher playing off him.
As for the game itself we looked good and held our own, there was no nervy feelings and we took the lead inside half an hour. Rodriguez played a low cross in from the right which got buried in at the near post. There was the inevitable pressure from Geylang but despite them having some good possession and the stats say 3 clear cut chances, we held on to the lead until we doubled it on 65 minutes to kill the game off. They had a man sent off for a second yellow late on but the game was over and done with by then.
After the game Steve Kean piped up about the club using a director of football to which I responded. I do love a good spat. I hadn’t actually realised there was a director of football here until now.
We sign left full back Ismadi Mukthar who will be our starter. As with the other players here, they’re not world beaters but for this league, I think he’ll do alright.
I didn’t mention on the opening post but this team had actually beaten Young Lions in the Singapore cup first round for us to progress to the quarter final, there’s not many teams play in this cup, and we played a 0-0 against lower league opposition. We absolutely battered them all over the pitch, we just couldn’t take our chances.
Early doors in the career but 2 games unbeaten gives us a decent platform to build on, which we did by beating JP Voltes 3-0 in the second leg of the quarter final. We had over 30 shots against them again, surely this is a good sign we can create things going forward, it may only be against a lower league side but hopefully that can carry on. We’re drawn against Albirex Nigata in the semi final.
Back in the league and my thoughts of the team being good going forward were true as we absolutely destroyed Home United 6-0 with Hasan getting 4 goals, all 4 coming off assists from Pablo Rodriguez meaning the big man little man combo worked to perfection
The League Cup takes palce during the season in Singapore so we've got at least 3 games to play. We're drawn against Home United, Warriors and Balesiter in Group A
Home United must hate seeing us as we beat them 3-0 in the first game of the league cup, before beating league champions elect Warriors 2-0 and rounding out the group stage of this cup with my first loss, a drab 2-0 away loss to Balestier. Despite the loss we topped the group with 6 points and are drawn against Geylang in the semi final
If you remember earlier Steve Kean kicked up a bit on the director of football approach, well at half time during the semi final game we were winning 2-0 and his team held a 2-1 advantage, all signs pointing to a final between us.
We got a bit complacent as we allowed Geyland to get back into the game as they grabbed an early goal in the second to give them some hope. We just about held on and then on the 66 minute mark there had been another goal in their game, and my oh my Steve Kean had conceded an equaliser from the penalty spot.
We held on to win the game 2-1. Nothing came of the pressure from Geylang as we stood tall and got not only a very well deserved win, but a place in the Star Hub League Cup Final.
After our game I checked on the score from the other game
After conceding that late equaliser, DPMM went on to concede an own goal deep into extra time to knock them out of the cup!
We now play Balesiter, who gave me my only loss as a manager so far.
So for a team that were bottom of the league a short while ago to be in the League Cup final sure is something. On this path of greatness Vince is going to need to win as much as possible. Obviously a loss here isn’t the be all and end all, and really this team has responded well to a change in tactics, but they’re bottom of the league for a reason.
We hope to avenge that first loss to Balestier and win the League Cup. A win here could really propel the team and help with avoiding finishing bottom of the league. I’m not getting ahead of myself, but I’m confident of a win here.
Next update will be how we got on in my first final as a manager, as well as final couple of months of the season will be covered.
Thanks for reading.
#494933 Welcome To Hellgrade - A Red Star Belgrade Career
bigmattb28
#494932 Rebuild the Boro
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Thanks, glad you've read the opening post of my new save. The photos bit is easy. Best thing to do is load the image you want to post into Imgur, then use add image button above, it'll ask you to input the link from your picture in Imgur, looks like this:
I've just typed sample image, but where that is will be the link the the image you want to include. I say Imgur is the best because i find it easiest to use. If you want any more pointers let me know, but most people on this site look out for each other.
Didn't realise you weren't a smoggie. Looking forward to your next post.
#494924 Rebuild the Boro
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#494912 The Flying Scotsman. A Hall of Fame career
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I’m going to be realistic, it’s probably damage limitations this year and try not to finish bottom of the league. In FM there are no relegation's from the S League, not sure about in real life though, so even if we do finish bottom we should still be here next season. The team have won 2 games all season and as such are planted right at the bottom of the league with 9 points. There's plenty of time to turn things around however.
The first thing to I do after assessing the squad, is sign a center half, Jonathan Xu, as clearly the team are struggling on the defensive end. Not a world beater by any means, but the standard of player in this league isn’t high and I’m sure he will shore up the defence. As there is still the transfer window, we may conduct more business.
Any good manager has their own back room staff that go from club to club with them, and this club only has a physio on it’s books, so with that in mind I sign my first back room member chief scout Andy McKenzie. His stats don’t tell me he is that great, but if he comes with me to another club, he’ll bring along the scout reports from players I scout now and keep on my shortlist. Welcome aboard.
As with incoming players, I will be addressing the shortage of backroom members as well, but for now we're just concentrating on the first game of my career.
So with the usual pleasantries out of the way, we kick off the journey with a home game against Geylang International FC. Whilst a loss isn’t the end of the world a win would be nice to start the journey to greatness.
Next update should be up over the weekend and will be covering the first round of games for Vince on this journey, tactics and any more new signings made during the transfer window.
Thanks for reading.
#494911 The Flying Scotsman. A Hall of Fame career
bigmattb28
Whilst there is no denying Ferguson is arguably the best manager of all time, he stuck relatively in his comfort zone, in his home country of Scotland he took Saint Mirren to the first division title as well as taking Aberdeen to 3 SPL wins and 4 Scottish FA cup victories, as well as some success in Europe. He then moved to neighbouring England with Manchester United and winning everything with them multiple times.
This is the story of another Scotsman, Vince Lloyd as he attempts to top the Hall of Fame himself, however he will be stepping way out of his comfort zone in his own journey. A Sunday League at best player, with no coaching badges to his name he will have his work cut out for him as he attempts to knock Sir Alex off the top of the Hall of Fame.
Few aims I want to complete during this are as follows:
• Become the greatest manager of all time (top the Hall of Fame)
• Become favored personnel at 3 clubs
• Become an icon at 2 different clubs
• Become a legend at Motherwell
• Manage Scotland
• Win the Champions League on any continent I manage in
To even get close to Alex Fergsuson’s record of 4980 points, Vince is going to have to win a lot of trophies. Sir Alex had over 30 years in management in which he amassed all of his trophies. There aren’t any rules to this and I’m not trying to get to the top of the Hall of Fame in the same amount of time as Sir Alex which is the requirement for this challenge on another forum, I am aiming to top the Hall of Fame eventually, but ultimately I just want to have fun with it.
If you’ve read 1 of my previous careers on here, found here then you’ll see I started in Singapore and went on to have a decent enough time of it. Due to FM19 coming out I stopped that save and went on to have a couple of other decent runs in 19, before experiencing 3 game breaking glitches, hence the return to the best FM there is, FM17. For other FM17 saves, see the incredible Jacobs Ladder thread here which is still going strong, as well as Journeyman's Journey found here. Also see Franjo's blog which has stopped now, although he has said he'll carry it on at some point. These threads just show how great FM17 is.
As with Take me on a Journey, Man this will also start in Singapore, however it’s not the usual start unemployed, I will be starting at whatever team is at the bottom of the S League when the game starts, which is in June 2016 which by that point the S League has played a handful of games. The reason for that is due to the Singapore league being the lowest rep league I have active in the game from the start and for a nobody in football, a good and realistic starting point. As the save goes on I will be adding and removing leagues along the way. The only league that will stay active for the duration of the game will be Scotland, as I want to see some quality Scottish regens coming through and hopefully, one day I can take the Scotland team to a World Cup (maybe, maybe not) as well as hopefully managing Motherwell.
Hailing from the sunny skies of Motherwell, Scotland, Vince sets out on his quest to become the greatest of all time. As a lifelong fan, he’s always dreamed of managing Motherwell, but for that day to ever come to fruition Vince has got a lot of work on to make it a reality.
Updates should be at least one a week. However I will try and get more than that up if I can.
This is the story of the Flying Scotsman. Join this Jock on his journey, man.
#494834 FM2020 New Gameplay Features
bigmattb28
#494559 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
bigmattb28
For me I'd take the Latvia job. Then see whats about domestically in a year or so's time.
#493563 FAILED WONDERKIDS FC (Unfinished)
bigmattb28
Maybe Michael Johnson of Man City?
#493562 FAILED WONDERKIDS FC (Unfinished)
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#492495 Balkans King - Ludogorets !
bigmattb28
It doesn't matter who you support how you choose to support man, as long as you're committed that's the only thing!
Unlucky getting knocked out of the Champions League, but well done on getting to the knock out stages of the Europa. Hopefully you can close the gap at the top of the league too.
#492463 FM19 - This is Spartans
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#492460 Unemployed - No qualifications, No idea
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#492459 Brora
bigmattb28
What are you trying to do?
#492448 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
bigmattb28
#492447 Welcome To Hellgrade - A Red Star Belgrade Career
bigmattb28
I'm sure after this season is done you won't be waiting long for a new job.
#492442 Now I would walk 500 miles...
bigmattb28
Fingers crossed it's a kind draw.
#492162 FOOTBALL MANAGER 20 WISH LIST
bigmattb28
For me I just want to enjoy the game, for one reason or another I just couldn't get on with 18 and 19 gave me not 1, not 2 but 3 game breaking bugs on all 3 of my saves I committed to, and that sapped the enjoyment out of it for me, and as such I went back to 17 and still love every minute of 17. The match engine in 19 wasn't all that better than 17's, the tutoring system didn't seem to do anything for me, and I know the advances in technology mean things will be slower but 19 just seemed to plod along whereas 17 I could play 7 months in game and not realise, but 19 I'd be thinking man I've been at this game for over 2 hours and literally only done 4 weeks in game time in those 2 hours. Also it may just be me, but when I'm on 19 and click a player or staff or whatever, the game seems to take a second or so longer than it did in 17 to open that screen up, same with match day screens but that probably goes back to the technology being more advanced. Anyway, I'll be sticking to 17 until the third patch from 20 which won't be until April next year, but the demo will be getting downloaded and if it's better, or at least more enjoyable for me than 19 I may buy earlier.
Also, just to put my own experience into this conversation, I too have played for 20 years, first game being CM 99/00 and played every edition since.
#492154 Balkans King - Ludogorets !
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#492153 Now I would walk 500 miles...
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#492152 FM19 - TONGEY travels the world.
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#492147 Welcome To Hellgrade - A Red Star Belgrade Career
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#492145 Welcome To Hellgrade - A Red Star Belgrade Career
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#491706 [FM17] Climbing Jacob's Ladder (Part Deux)
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#491014 (FM19) Worldwide Journeyman
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