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#463835 FM19 - Newcastle Utd (SACKED)
KEZ_7
#463446 (FM19) Worldwide Journeyman
KEZ_7
#462127 FM19 - TONGEY travels the world.
KEZ_7
#461877 A Cardinal Sin - Woking our way to the top
KEZ_7
#461869 The New Ferguson - Man Utd (FM19)
KEZ_7
#461868 Manchester Central FC
KEZ_7
#461514 Sporting CP - The Resurgence
KEZ_7
#461467 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
So - I felt the need to split this save and don't know where I'll take it from here, meaning the updates may stop at least for now. After holidaying without getting a job until November 2021, here are my options moving forward and I welcome all of your thoughts (including if you think I should stay!). I do have a preference which I'm going to try, but welcome anything you think.
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#461454 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
To finish the season we played league winners Hertha - who battered us and European contenders Hannover, who stole a win but couldn't break into the top 4. 2 shoddy games which I think could have made my mind up about the new season.
Very happy to come 13th - something so far from anything I thought we could manage this season, it almost gives me the hope to continue.
Ah. Maybe this gives me hope too...
#461450 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
WELL! March saw all-but-confirm our place in the Bundesliga next season as we picked up another big win against Wolfsburg, right before the horrible trio of Leverkusen (who beat us to keep the manager in a job), - a strange fixture gap which I didn't see coming - Dortmund (who we were awful against) and then Bayern (who tore us apart with Memphis and Bailey) - thankfully, however, results elsewhere meant we secure the place with games to spare! Frankfurt tied us up, as they continue their charge toward the Champions League, whilst fellow strugglers Freiburg did the same.
What a season - for all there are 2 games to go, a lot of what's going on is settled and I never thought I'd see a table looking like this. Hertha (who we face next by the way) have raced to the title, despite finishing down in 9th last season, before we arrived - they do have Malcom on loan from Barca which I am sure is helping! On a similar note, 2nd place Frankfurt were 11th last season WHAT IS GOING ON?!
Future
For all I don't know what I'll be doing for this coming season, I've made sure that 2 of the clubs best players are staying put!
#461444 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
Holy shit, we might do this.
Outstanding, if annoying that we didn't win our most winnable game - but that's just how I seem to roll on FM
Up next we play Wolfsburg, at the start of our killer run - although both Bayern and Dortmund are in the process of changing their managers which might open some doors for us through uncertainty and maybe even for me in terms of jobs becoming available. Incredibly, of the teams above us at the moment, only the top 2 and RBL haven't changed their manager for one reason or another.
Another 2 points and I'd like to think we're safe - then maybe they'll let me know about budgets and I can think about what I do next!
#461426 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
#461424 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
So, January comes and goes with us not doing any business aside from 2 players leaving to lower the wage bill - literally nothing else to report on that front! We had a couple of friendlies where we lost to a 2.Bundesliga side and then beat some locals, but it's the competitive games that really pleased me.
Good to beat rivals Bochum and put some breathing space between us and them. As we moved onto 3 tough games I was hoping we could keep the scores low and did somewhat better than that, 2 draws and a defeat - which could have been 3 draws were it not for a 97th minute penalty conceded against RBL... although saying that, Hoffenheim had a late winner chalked off by VAR for something I'm still not sure on.
Those points lift us up to the heady heights of 14th, but more importantly 6 points ahead of the relegation play-off which is 16th and 9... NINE points ahead of automatic relegation - where I thought we'd live for most of the season. My target of 35 points is in reach with 12 points needed in the final 12 games. I just hope we can do it soon as March and April see us face Wolfsburg, Leverkusen, Dortmund, Bayern and Frankfurt one after another - I'd do anything to not need big wins in our final 3 games after that.
#461306 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
Jesus this game is getting harder to play although I am pleased to announce that WE WON A GAME... although it was our last before the winter break. Good to get a win, bad for keeping up momentum.
Frankfurt are a bit of a surprise package this season and have been sharing the lead with Hertha (who also beat us), Gladbach and Mainz week-by-week so there was no shame in losing there, but not beating Freiburg was scandalous! The last 2 games brought us 4 massive points - and Berisha's FIRST GOAL FOR US... remember him? The guy we're spending all that money on?!
MIraculously, we continue to hang just outside of the relegation zone but it is getting closer and closer as teams around us get their shit together and start to change managers and revolutionise their squads in the window - which we can't do. Bochum for example, just spent £8m on a striker... ours isn't scoring and the other guy came with us from the start.
Sitting in 11th with the likes of Kasper Dolberg in their ranks, this was really attractive and these are getting harder to turn down - but my mission is to keep Kaiser where they are for this season, maybe after that my head can be turned!
#461302 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
Now to start this section - 1 win in 11 games sounds awful, however, when you note that there were only 3 defeats and THEN look at the teams we played, it isn't half bad! Here are the results:
A KEZ_7 special in September - drawing every game, but our opponents (bar Holsten) should all be beating us, given the stature of their clubs. Our one win against Darmstadt was a great performance with 10 men (trying to make things harder for ourselves as ever) - even though they are bottom of the league, but a battering from Gladbach afterwards didn't make things feel much better. November was a month to be proud of, one I was dreading from the start of the season and so coming away with 2 points is actually mega.
With over 1/3 of the season played, we sit in 13th with 13 points, which isn't brilliant as I want about 35 at least to stay up! We're punching above our weight even now and so god knows what could be to come in the next few months, especially as we have nothing to spend in the January window.
#461273 [FM19] KEZ - Von Vorn Anfangen
KEZ_7
So with a big season ahead I felt there was a lot of work to do to make this squad good enough... work that I'm still not sure our budgets can managed. Survival in this division is obviously the aim, but even failure to do so would grab the club more than £25m in prize money - an incredible amount given our seasonal wage budget is just over £4m just now.
The wage flexibility we did have went largely on securing some of our bigger players who demanded a pay rise, the rest went on getting us some decent free transfers. Berisha from Salzburg is likely the pick of the bunch - or at least he bloody better be as we're spending £17k p/w on him, just shy of 10% of our budget. I'm hoping he can bag us some goals and be the target man we need in the more direct system I've decided to try in an effort to Warnock my way to safety.
Latibeaudiere from City is a great raw talent but young and I really would have liked to have brought in a more senior centre back to get us going. A scary stat - of our starting 11 for the first league game, 6 of the side were with us in 3.Bundesliga...
Our jam-packed preseason showed some decent signs for our direct methods, taking some decent results in the Netherlands where we managed to beat Ajax and then only really lost to the 2 biggest sides we played in Bournemouth and Inter in our final showcase game.
Onto competitive matters and we suffered the ignominy of going out to a lower league side in the first round of the cup, having been giant-killers ourselves in both of the previous seasons... oh how times change. We lost to Bremen with a super strange goal, where our own Mads Albaek decided to cross the ball into HIS OWN BOX for an opponent to head passed our keeper - something I genuinely haven't seen on FM before and struggled to record using FM but will try. Finally, the big one, our first home game back in the Bundesliga saw a mini goal-fest as we raced ahead of Bochum before almost throwing it at the end. Good to get 3 points so early!
I'm back at this save having given some of our SUSIE On Tour Challenges a shot over my time off work - here's hoping I can kick back into gear with this one and have another good season.
Cheers
#461246 SUSIE On Tour 2019 - Stop 3 - The Heart of Winter
KEZ_7
Happy New Year SUSIE On Tour competitors! Depending on where you are in the world, we're now heading into the depths of winter and so we won't be expecting it to be warm and so this challenge's tedious link comes courtesy of @Suffolk Seasider who tells us: In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means "oak moon", it can be inferred that the oak tree is the heart of the grand forest with many valuable trees as opposed to the typical Arctic forests, which are typically pine and spruce. The photograph of a large tree covered with ice against a blue sky is a familiar scene during Finland's winter...
FC Honka is a Finnish club and has a tree on the badge and so that'll do for me! Back to Finland, we go!
The club plays in the top tier of Finnish football and is expected to finish 4th in the Veikkusliga (top tier) this season despite only just being promoted. In a 12 teams league, that probably tells you a little about the perceived talent in the squad and with a very small transfer budget, you might be hard pushed to find much better to work with.
So here they are, your band of merry men who will hopefully lead you to glory! Javi Hervas catches the eye in particular - he once cost Sevilla £1.2m before becoming a bit of a loanee journeyman and falling down the leagues - the deep lying playmaker could be your start man. Gambian international and veteran of the Finnish leagues Demba Savage (what a name!) could also be the top man, out on the right wing.
With only 2 competitions in the league and cup, you have a real chance to fly through this challenge and concentrate on pushing the team into the higher reaches of the table. The Suomen cup is right at the start of your season and offers qualification for the Europa League at the end of it and so it's worth the fight... plus both of your rivals are in Honka's group, so there could be a chance for some early points!
YOU'VE GOT TILL THE END OF THE SEASON TO BAG AS MANY POINTS AS YOU CAN, THIS WILL BE A ONE SEASON SAVE.
Scoring:
League:
Winners – 50pts
Runners Up - 30pts
3rd - 4th - 20pts
5th - 6th - 10ts
7th - 8th – 0pts
9th - 10th-5 pts
11th - 12th - -25 pts
Cup:
Winners - 25pts
Runner Up – 15pts
Semi Finalist – 10pts
Quarter Finalist – 5pts
Second Round Exit - 0pts
GroupRound Exit - -10 pts
Qualify for Europe via Cup or League:- 15pts
Extra:
Rivalries – HJK and TPS - 5pts per win (Competitive games only)
Awards – Manager of Year, Top Goal Scorer – 5 pts each
Sacked - -25 pts and the challenge is over
Rules:
Manager
- Must have badge set to recommended - Continental Pro Licence and playing experience - Regional boxes ticked
- You may not manage any other teams during this process
Files:
- You may not use any editing, scouting or other programmes to aid you
- You may only use the official Save Game file (posted below)
- Your save must be made available for review by a moderator if requested. Failure to do so will see your score wiped
- Saved games must be set to a fortnightly autosave
Screenshots and Deadlines:
- Screenshots must be posted IN THIS THREAD no later than 8pm on Thursday 31st January 2019.
- Screenshots Required are: Your manager profile (proof of reputation), the end of season Fixture List with results, end of season League Table anything else relevant to point scoring (i.e. top goal scorers or cup runs). Transfers etc. are welcome but not necessary.
#460401 [FM19] KEZ On Tour 2019
KEZ_7
First time for everything
#460317 Susie On Tour 2019 - Stop 2 - Real Madrid Woes
KEZ_7
Info in the thread linked and my save is attached
#460315 [FM19] KEZ On Tour 2019
KEZ_7
Running Total: 5pts
So 4th place: +20pts
CL Winners: +25pts
Final Total: 50pts!
#460296 [FM19] KEZ On Tour 2019
KEZ_7
Stop 2- March and April
Thank god for Bale's free-kicks! He really has been the best player in my save so far, scoring some really important goals and dominating a lot of teams OR rescuing us from the bench as I've tried to rest him as much as i can. His goals against Barca gave us 5pts, but also virtually handed the title to Atletico.
Rival win v Barca - +5pts
Running Total : 5pts
#459226 [FM19] KEZ On Tour 2019
KEZ_7
#459221 Susie On Tour 2019 - Stop 2 - Real Madrid Woes
KEZ_7
#459215 [FM19] KEZ On Tour 2019
KEZ_7
Current Total: 10 pts
Transfers
Kind of realised we needed cover at left back and a decent level striker... realised after signing Dzeko that I could have gotten Werner for the same price, but nevermind! Blame my scouts.
Results
Out of the CdR which is a bit embarrassing and takes the 10pts we have away from us. Drawing with Atletico and losing to Barca, means we don't pick up any rival points as yet either.
Running Total: 0pts
#458823 FM19 - Arsenal
KEZ_7
#458159 My Trials, Tribulations and Enjoyment as a football manager
KEZ_7
With the posts - post how works best for you! I've found that posting too often can distract me from the save!
#458135 FM19 - Arsenal
KEZ_7
#458134 A Cardinal Sin - Woking our way to the top
KEZ_7
#458059 FM19 - Arsenal
KEZ_7
#457959 FM19 - This is Spartans
KEZ_7
I thought this too, it's a dilemma I have in all of my saves like this!
Always a slog in those lower leagues though - a tough call @fraktionmarback?