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#503382 International Save and Dual manage some club sides later.
r96
#503380 VP's Journeyman Career
r96
#503235 Beating Mourinho. The real career of Tó Mãdéira
r96
#503232 One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
r96
Unlucky, man!
#503231 [FM20] Earth Trip
r96
Indeed, I have done so. I removed the Gibraltar add-on at end of the first season due to the bug, though apparently the top division was fine - just the Hound Dogs one was bugged out.
#503099 FM20 - York City - A MinsterMen Journey
r96
#503097 Heartbreak, misery, but hope on the horizon
r96
#503088 [FM20] Earth Trip
r96
Unfortunately, it hasn't. Into January 2023 and not even had one single job interview; despite 15 of the 19 leagues loaded being low ranked ones like Belarus, Slovenia, Finland etc. I'm going to a create a new save file and start again. Thankfully this has happened early on, before I've had a chance to get into the save.
#503017 Newcastle - The Road Back To Success
r96
#502956 [FM20] Earth Trip
r96
Story re-started further down below!
#502815 [FM20] Earth Trip
r96
Story re-started further down below!
I have had to resign as manager of Hound Dogs. The reason? Crash dumps. It was seemingly caused by the Gibraltar add-on, as I had two consecutive crashes at exactly the same time in-game. I then, originally as a test, resigned and removed the league and it has allowed me to travel past the crash dump time - so that, hopefully, fixes that issue.
That sucks, as I was looking forward to managing in Gibraltar. The save continues though, I thought about starting a fresh save but I've decided to keep with this. We'll just put this early exit from Hound Dogs down to "creative differences" with chairman Matthew Martin.
#502814 [FM20] Earth Trip
r96
Thanks for commenting. Great name indeed!
#502632 My FM20 Youth Academy Challenge in Italy
r96
#502628 Heartbreak, misery, but hope on the horizon
r96
#502626 [FM20] Earth Trip
r96
Cheers, Dan! It is, even more rewarding if it comes to anything though!
#502529 [FM20] Earth Trip
r96
Story re-started further down below!
Update 001: Introduction & Job Search
Welcome! I appreciate you giving time to read this. I'm taking a break from my FC Cincinnati beta save, though will return to it at some point, as I'm excited to start a journeyman save; which is always my favourite career to do. I'm starting in Europe, which I've previously initially ignored in my more recent journeymans, but I will very likely globe-trot at a later date. No aims to this, just to have fun.
All of the set-up is the usual journeyman stuff, with no coaching badges or previous experience and the attributes are the lowest that the game allowed. I've loaded the top five European leagues, along with the fifteen bottom playable leagues from the FIFA World Rankings. This includes Gibraltar, as I've downloaded the Sports Interactive add-on via the Steam workshop. You can see all this below, along with my manager profile - where I have created an alias. I'll be playing as Marko Kovač, a Croatian born in Zagreb in 1980. No reasoning behind this, just something different.
The Job Search:
Let's move on to the job search, which didn't last all that long in truth. My hope was to secure a job in Gibraltar, which is at the bottom of the (playable) football world. I immediately hit 'apply for all jobs', with the first job interview arriving from Irish second tier club Cobh Ramblers. I wasn't all that interested in heading to the Republic of Ireland though took the interview anyway, just in case. They eventually offered me the job, which I delayed for one week.
Interviews followed with Baranovichi (Belarus), Afturelding (Iceland), Magni (Iceland), NFK (Belarus), Lynx (Gibraltar) and Hapoel Nof HaGalil (Israel). None of which offered me a job.
I was offered a crapton of U23 international jobs, which are still far too easy to secure in Football Manager - I was never taking one of them anyway.
Braintree Town (England) and Hound Dogs (Gibraltar) were next to offer interviews, before Lisburn Distillery (Northern Ireland) and Oxford City (England) also came in. I, of course, headed off to all of them, though only the Hound Dogs job took my interest.
Hound Dogs returned with a job offer. I, despite some huge reservations which I'll mention shortly, accepted their offer to secure my intention of visiting Gibraltar.
Here I am then. I really have chosen to start at the very bottom of the footballing world, with Hound Dogs sat in Gibraltar's Intermediate League - the newly-formed second division of their pyramid. They are the only club that isn't an Under-23 outfit, as the division was created to help out the top division teams - with Hound Dogs only featuring after receiving special dispensation to play in it from the GFA.
There is no promotion or relegation.
The squad is a mess, with only two non-greyed out players! No other staff either. Other information, including squad dynamics, can be viewed below.
The board expectation is literally to finish bottom, so this is going to be fun. It will most likely end with failure, but I wanted the biggest of challenges to start with - so anything else I achieve will taste even more sweeter.
Despite all of that, I can't wait to get started! I do love a journeyman save.
Thank you for reading!
Next? Update 002: Pre-Season Round-Up!
#502282 Beating Mourinho. The real career of Tó Mãdéira
r96
#502280 One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
r96
#502149 FM20 - York City - A MinsterMen Journey
r96
#501879 My FM20 Career
r96
#501878 FM20 - York City - A MinsterMen Journey
r96
#501657 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
r96
Appreciate it, Dan! I'm pleased, hopefully we can further improve in 2020.
#501562 My FM20 Career
r96
#501485 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
r96
Thanks! I'm happy with how we finished. In regards to the board rating, that's a possibility. However, when I next loaded up the game, the rating had actually changed to 'B-' or 'B' (can't remember which) despite not advancing the timeline; or if I did, it was only a matter of hours.
#501444 FM20 - York City - A MinsterMen Journey
r96
#501378 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
r96
Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati):
Team: Cincinnati (Major League Soccer) | My Team Record: W:16 D:5 L:17 | Honours: 0
This Season's (2019) Expectation(s): Be Competitive/Reach Cup R5
Club Vision: click here
Update 011: Play-offs R1, vs. Atlanta United
Against my - and the club's - expectations, I've got Cincinnati into the MLS Cup Play-offs where we'd face second place Atlanta United in the first round - a very tough match. Due to the gap in fixtures, we also scheduled a friendly with David Beckham's Inter Miami.
Match Round-Up:
Result One:
Competition: Friendly | Round: - | Opponent: Inter Miami (USA/-) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: -
Our Highest Rated Player: Fatai Alashe (USA), Kekuta Manneh (GAM) - 7.0 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: -
"Defeat to Inter Miami, who (I assume) will be joining Major League Soccer in 2020. Pretty poor performance, that."
Result Two:
Competition: MLS Cup Playoffs | Round: First, Eastern Conference | Opponent: Atlanta United (USA/I) | Their Position: - | Their Streak: LLWLD
Our Highest Rated Player: Przemysław Tytoń (POL) - 7.2 | Our Position: - | Our Points Tally: - | Our Streak: LWWLL
"As somewhat expected, our play-off run ends at the first hurdle against Atlanta United. We made a game of it in scoreline terms, but our hosts absolutely bossed this encounter with 21 shots on target, in 29 shots. Josef Martínez and Héctor Villalba scored within three minutes of each other, prior to Caleb Stanko netting for us."
Fixture List:
Competitions:
Squad Statistics:
Our season is done and dusted. A shame to lose in round one of the play-offs but I expected it in truth. Productive campaign by the end, finishing 7th in the Eastern Conference and 13th in Supporters' Shield - a massive improvement on Cincinnati's real life exploits, where they placed last in both; by some distance too.
Elsewhere, LA Galaxy were crowned champions after defeating New York Red Bulls in MLS Cup.
Squad Dynamics:
Board Review:
I think the Club Vision screen needs an improvement before full release, it's oddly done at the moment. Look back to when I was bottom of the Eastern Conference between matchdays five and twenty-two, nothing but positivity with Bs/As in 'Manager Performance'. Compare that to now, after great overall form and far exceeding expectations I'm awarded C+ for the season - the worst rating so far. Very strange.
End Of Season:
2019 complete. I've enjoyed it. My plan is to carry on with this save for as long as I enjoy it, even into full release. Next season is all about improving, I have some plans for what I want to do with this club - hopefully I'm able to do so.
Thank you for reading!
Next? Update 012: Pre-Season Round-Up!
#501199 Hometown Zero.
r96
#501119 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
r96
Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati):
Team: Cincinnati (Major League Soccer) | My Team Record: W:16 D:5 L:16 | Honours: 0
This Season's (2019) Expectation(s): Be Competitive/Reach Cup R5
Club Vision: click here
Update 010: Regular Season Ends!
The final fixture has arrived, could we make the MLS Cup Play-offs?That's what I would've said, if it wasn't for an oversight on my - and the game's - part.Turns out we had already sealed our spot in the post season, as the league sorting rules are initially based on matches won. So, given the fact we headed into the final day three points and three wins ahead of Philadelphia Union, it was impossible for them to catch us.
We've made the play-offs!
I do believe that's a bug, but I'm pretty sure it has happened in previous iterations of Football Manager - so maybe I'm missing something? Funnily enough, I didn't even notice until after the final day, which saw us lose to Real Salt Lake and Philadelphia beat Sporting Kansas City. Awkward...
Match Round-Up:
Result One:
Competition: Major League Soccer | Round: 34/34 | Opponent: Real Salt Lake (USA/I) | Their Position: 6/12 (west) | Their Streak: WWDWL
Our Highest Rated Player: Eric Miller (USA) - 7.6 | Our Position: 7/12 (east) | Our Points Tally: 44pts | Our Streak: LLWWL
"Anticlimactic in the end, but at the time I didn't even realise - thought we had messed it all up. Poor performance, but that was to be expected given the injury crisis."
Atlanta United (A) Next:
One more match, at least. We've been given Atlanta United at Mercedes-Benz Stadium next, an incredibly difficult task given form and injuries but one I'm looking forward to. We lost there 4-1 back in June.
Thank you for reading!
Next? Update 011: Play-offs R1, vs. Atlanta United!
#501114 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
r96
#501108 [FM20] Trip to: United States (w/ Cincinnati)
r96
Just Corben Bone and Caleb Stanko left, not good given we play a three-man midfield.