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vs Friska Viljor FC

Friska Viljor FC is currently in 7th place.

At 11:56, Sedin sends in a through ball from outside of the box to find an open man Humling inside the box and slots it past the keeper.

At 66:45, Broman finds Rotting at the inner edge of the penalty box who smashes it at the bottom left corner

At 90:05, Chatee sends in a corner kick that Catenacci gets his head onto for a goal

A great 2-0 comeback win



vs Bergnäsets AIK

Bergnäsets AIK is currently in 14th place

At 40:15, Shakespeare tries to send in a very low cross with high speed from an angle that is deflected by Oscarsson into his own goal.

At 60:28, Binns throws in a ball to Gordon who passes it to Broman who finds Shakespeare to blast it to the top right corner.

A convincing 2-0 win.



vs Härnösands FF

Härnösands FF are currently in 12th place

At 24:21, Broman sends in a long ball for Gordon who outpaces his defender and takes a near post shot that was deflected but Rotting gets on the loose ball.

At 82:26, Berhan sends in a high through ball for Bytyqi who shoots the ball just above the keeper.

Poor defending on the Bytyqi goal of not closing in fast enough that led them to equalize. 1-1 draw.



vs IFK Östersund

IFK Östersund is currently in 8th place.

At 13:34, Habanek sends in a cross that Broman heads but the goalkeeper was able to be on time to deflect it that Lundgren raced to the loose ball and strike it in for an easy goal

At 70:14, Nordin finds Reid and does a long ball to him for a strike near post

Unlucky 1-1 draw because IFK Östersund really deserved that last goal.



End of May League Table

vs Skellefteå FF

Our first game of the season is against Skellefteå FF who the media predicts to be 5th place.

At 02:13, Zarifnejad passes a ball to Rotting who does a pass back to Kuba-Kuba then to Lundgren then to Zarifnejad and to Kuba-Kuba again to Rotting who then passes a through ball for Lundgren who's just outside the box and smashes it in at the top right corner.

At 08:26, Kuba-Kuba intercepts a throw it and passes it to Chatee who kicks a long through ball to Lundgren who outpaces his defender and kicks the ball in to the net with his left foot.

At 74:23, Irakoze passes a ball down the line for Warell, who crosses it in for Engstrom to head in.

At 80:32, Devis throws a ball in for Adem, who passe sit to Irakoze, who makes a through ball for Warell and beats the keeper near post.

At 82:52, Sandberg tackles the man with the ball and makes a long pass to Lundgren down the wing and crosses it in for Rotting to head in.

A very nerve-wrecking game towards the end as they were able to come back from a 2 goal deficit due to some poor defending but we manage to win it either way 3-2.



vs Piteå IF

Piteå IF lost their first game and is currently at 9th place

At 32:34, Kuba-Kuba passes it to Chatee then to Lundgren who then lays off a through ball to Chatee and crosses it to Broman who's outside a box and scores from outside the box to the bottom right corner of the goal

At 74:57, Sandberg tackles and lays off a long ball for Gordon, who then makes a through ball for Landgren who outpaces his defender and scores a goal.

A very dominant game by the team to earn us 2-0



vs IFK Luleå

IFK Luleå are in 3rd place with a win and a draw

The game ended in a draw with no one scoring any goals.



vs Valbo FF

Valbo FF are in 6th place with a win and 2 draws.

Another even out game where both teams cancelled out each other's efforts. 0-0



vs Anundsjö IF

Anundsjö IF are currently in 12th place with 2 draws and 2 losses.

At 02:16, Chatee finds Rotting with an open space and bangs it to the right side of the goal.

At 06:42, Petsch kicks the ball towards the goal that deflected on Johansson that resulted in an own goal

Another draw, this time goals were cancelled out.



And with this, at the end of April, we are currently the 4th placed team with 9 points.

Honestly, this was a good start seeing our form from last season.

End of April

Well, after the end of our 2016/2017 season, we were saddened to say our farewells to some players who did well for our club during the season but had to move on due to their ages or some even being at the young age but we could not match their wage ambition.



However, when players go out, we obviously have to fill in the gaps again with new players, and better ones.

Oscar Johansson is a young Swedish goalkeeper who'll play alongside Ubachi Onwukwe to battle out for the goalkeeper spot and add depth.



Joakim Broman who's also a young Swedish midfielder who'll add depth in our midfield and improve the quality



Michal Habanek is a 23 year old Slovakian right back who will most likely hold that spot.



Daniel Catenacci is an experienced centre back who will be playing along Sandberg.



Daniel Leino, a 25 year old left winger from Sweden is here to add depth into our wings.



Alexander Sjöström is a 24 year old who is also here to add depth into our wings



This is the current look of our squad after all the releases and the signings,
As you can see, I've tried to improve our quality of players and the quality of the depth per position as much as possible. Making a lot of business during this transfer window but was unable to due to the demands of wages



With this, our squad did... I guess fine during pre-season. Considering most of our opponents were in the first division and everything, we lost or drew most of our games but wasn't that large of a margin.

We did had some positive games here and there against people of the same quality or lower so that was a good sight.



With this, we are ready to start the season of 2017/2018.

Söderhamns FF is currently 3rd place with 9 points above us

At 17:44, Rodin sends a very long ball to Celjo who heads it down for Fager and finds open space in the box. Slots it past the keeper.

At 34:10, Rodin sends in a ball at the far post for Celjo to head it in

We lost 2-0 against Söderhamns FF as they dominated us hard, we didn't even have half the shots attempted they made.

Härnösands FF is currently at 10th place, 5 points below us.

At 36:37, Haglund throws the ball in for Lashyn who passes it to Nordkvist and smashes a screamer from outside the box.

At 92:36, A foul in the box leads to a penalty for Härnösands FF and Borostean slots the penalty in

We lost another 2-0 which is a bit worrisome because we had an undefeated run and oddly enough we are starting to lose.

Morön BK is in 12th place with 7 points below us

At 27:31, Tjarnkvist passes it to Tegelind who does a long through ball for Marklund who passes to Ada and kicks it in for an easy goal

At 40:53, Hedmark-Dackenberg sends in a near post cross which Marklund heads in

At 54:35, Ubachi Onwukwe sends in a very long ball to Gordon who heads it backwards for a through ball for Shakespeare and smashes it to the top right corner

At 76:18, Hedmark-Dackenberg sends in a cross in the box and Olofsson gets to it and kicks it in

At 82:12, Shakespeare crosses the ball to Chatee on the wings, sends the ball into the box but deflects on the defender that directs to the goalkeeper but the goalkeeper does not pick the ball up and Gordon rushes to the ball and taps in for an easy goal

Another match lost, we lost due to set-pieces this time round 3-2.

Skellefteå FF is in 5th place with 6 points above us

At 13:52, Gordon controls a high ball well and sends a long through ball for Lundgren who gets behind the defenders and lobs it past the keeper.

At 46:38, Brinkmann receives a pass and did not pay attention to his surrounding so Gordon was able to dispose him passes the ball to Lundgren and slots in at the top left corner.

At 78:36, Norden throws in the ball for Englund who heads it to Sandstorm who then crosses it in to Smedbakken who taps it in

At 88:25, Shakespeare sends in a long through ball for Lundgren who crosses it in for Gordon to head it in.

Truth be told, we did tremendously well compared to the expectations given to us by the board which was avoiding relegation. Our progress really exceeded my expectation and I can be proud of our mid-table finish. Hopefully by the end of next season we will be a contender for a promotion.

And to no surprise, a contract was sent to me for another year to continue my work.

Friska Viljor FC is currently 6th place, 4 points above of us.

At 4:12, Wallsten sends a long ball from the midfield area to Chatee on the right wing who finds open space, sends in a low cross that finds Gordon inside the box and slots it in the box.

At 52:05, Wallsten again, starting the attack with a pass to Kuba in the midfield, who then sends a through ball to Shakespeare in the right side of the box who slots it in to the left side of the goal.

Our defense is much more stable with our new keeper and we are efficiently putting pressure in attack with a lot of opportunities on target that we leave the arena with a 2-0 win.

Signing a young center back who's better than some of center backs who's sitting on the bench. 16 year old Swedish kid who makes the quality of our defense better.

IFK Timrå currently sits at 10th places with 2 points below us.

At 49:36, Shakespeare retrieves a ball that was badly cleared by Schyberg who sends a through ball to Chatee who takes a shot from the right side of the box and goes at the bottom left corner of the goal.

At 66:16, Kuba passes the ball to Wallsten who sends a long ball to the box for big Gordon that jumps and heads it over the goalkeeper.

We seal another 2-0 after some good defending by the defense and some creativity from the midfield.

At 40:16, Camo passes a ball to Hafizovic, who passes to Loof and then to Brolin who finds Sener who was open in the box for some reason who slots it in.

At 44:32, Kuba-Kuba sends a long through ball to Shakespeare who bangs it at the bottom left of the goal

We ended the game with a 1 - 1 draw against the 2nd placed Hudiksvalls FF who is 12 points ahead of us

Anundsjö IF is currently 13th place, 8 points below us.

At 37:29 Wallsten starting the attack with a long through ball for Lindqvist, who crosses it in and finds Shakespeare who taps it in

We end the game with a 1-0 win, we didn't have much opportunities but at least we took one of it with a goal and they didn't had much pressure towards our goal area.

So I totally forgot to update the post regarding my transfer signing before one of the games but I shall just summarize my squad improvement here

3 games before Sandvikens IF, we signed a player named Gordon Jordell who's a versatile fullback who can play both sides. He is instantly one of the best players in the team.

So apparently, our squad had an actual striker just in the u23s, a player that goes by the name of Remone Gordon who's a 24 year old Target man. I was confused as to why he's in the U23s rather than the first team, did the previous manager demote him or something? I don't know, I guess I'm just happy that I have a striker who plays the role primarily.

David Caban was also another odd guy who's in the U23s, a very well rounded midfielder who could play right-back and left back too. 23 years old who is sitting in our U23 when if you put him in the first team, he becomes one of our best players too. I'm confused why this is the case but again, I'll take it.

Lastly, Ryan Ubachi Onwukwe is a goalkeeper who again, is in the U23 for some reason who is miles better than Eklund. 23 year old goalkeeper sitting in U23 when we only have one goalkeeper who's 49. I don't understand what the last manager was doing, maybe this is why he got sacked

It looks so much better because at least now, each position has a key player. Depth could be improved but for now, this would do for the next few games as I find better players to fill in the depth.

Valbo FF is currently 9th in the division with 17 points, tied with us.

At 39:25, Larsson was given a long ball by Kargbo (Valbo FF) which lands in the box and resulted to Karbo (Ånge IF) giving away a foul that ends up in a penalty. Nilsson slots it left while Eklund goes right.

At 45:45, Kuba-Kuba sends in a long through ball for Thorsell who outpaces his defender, and with no one else around him except for the keeper, he slots it in between the legs.

At 83:39, Persson on the right wings sends in a low cross to Forsberg who manages to find space inside the box despite having a man around him.

We could have lost more than 2-1 if it wasn't for some lucky misses by them or some good saving by Eklund

Sandvikens IF currently sits at the top of the table with 46 points, 29 points ahead of us

At 22:08, Chatee runs down the right side and sends in a low cross which Thorsell gets to and slots it past the keeper

At 83:04, Thorsell puts pressure on Molin in their own box which made him make a bad pass that Kuba-Kuba intercepts passes to Thorsell and slots it in.

At 84:49, Sandberg passes the ball without realizing the player behind him that resulted to Eklund giving away a bad pass, being out of position, could not stop the strike by Hagg.

A game we should have lost because of the amount of pressure and shots they put in but we were just more efficient and all I'll take a 2-1 win.

Gällivare Malmbergets FF is currently at 13th place with 14 points

At 16:32, Chatee sends in a corner ball to the box that was headed by Kurtovic that seems to head out of bounds but Sandberg intercepts the direction and heads it in.

At 57:41, Göransson sends a cross in the box which Spears got his head into, sends in a bullet header that Eklund couldn't get to in time.

A lot of missed chances cost us to only draw 1-1.

So far in the season, they have only won 3 games, 5 draws and 6 losses in 14 games which equates to 14 points after 14 games which puts them at 12th place, just above the relegation zone, 5 points ahead 13th place Anundsjö IF and 6 points ahead of 14th place Gällivare Malmbergets FF

Our first game is against 5th place Bodens BK.

My objective is to instill a fast paced movement within the team whereby they'll sit deep and wait for the opportunity to dispose the enemy and as fast as they can, pass the ball down the field until they see the target man available for a cross and a header.

We start off the game with a goal from Mattias Thorsell at the 17:18 mark of the game. After Sandberg does a backpass to Eklund, he then kicks a long ball to Shaskpeare who then in the counter, lays a through ball to Thorsell who outpaces the enemy defender and slides the ball past the opponent's keeper.

At 47:20, Doulabi passes a long through ball to Shakespeare from the midfield who heads it down to the box for Thorsell who kicks in it to the back of the net for another goal.

At 81:42, after a ball was crossed in to our box, Kargbo was unable to out-header the opponent's winger who heads it down for an easy goal for Bodens BK.

The full whistle was blown and we were able to secure our 3 points after a 2-1 win over Bodens BK with 2 goals from Mattias Thorsell. It could have been a 4-1 with some near chances that we missed.

3 days later, waking up from a sleep, I opened up my laptop and saw 3 clubs that accepted me after my interview.

All 3 clubs are from Sweden, namely Ånge IF, FC Höllviken and Helsingborgs IF Akademi.

All 3 clubs are in Sweden's 2nd division and I have no idea who the 3 clubs are neither do I know anything about their history. Hence, I've decided to do a random number generator of which club I'll be taking.

Helsingborgs IF Akademi holds number 1, Ånge IF holds number 2 and FC Höllviken holds number 3.

And as seen below, the Google Number Generator has given me 2, which means Ånge IF is the club I'll be managing.

Ånge IF is a club based in Sweden and is currently in Sweden's Second Division North. Founded in 1st October, 1980, there has not been much history of the club other than it being in the lower divisions of the Swedish Football scene for it's entire existence.

They are located in Ånge, Sweden and plays their home games at Ånge Idrottsplats in Ånge

The team currently holds 15 players: 1 goalkeeper, 3 full backs, 4 center backs, 3 midfielders and 4 wingers.

3 of them being at the wrong side of 30 or even 40.

Currently our best players seems to be David Kuba-Kuba and Daniel Wallsten

The team also seems to be good on air hence I'll be looking to work on that.

1st of July 2016 is when we start our career as managers. Going to my nearest Job Center, I decided to submit my application and for them to send out my application to every managerial job available wherever in Europe it may take me.

Few hours later, I've started receiving calls almost every hour regarding a job opportunity in different countries and clubs.

Fana Football from Norway

Harstad IL from Norway

FC Höllviken from Sweden

Bukovyna Chernivtsi from Ukraine

FK Tønsberg from Norway

Eastleigh from England

Hapoel Nazareth-Ilit from Israel

Royal White Star Bruxelles from Belgium

FC Oshmyany from Belarus

Lokomotiv Gomel from Belarus

CS Baloteşti from Romania

Ånge IF from Sweden

Helsingborgs IF Akademi from Sweden

Hello everyone, I'm FMandric. I'm quite new to the community, this is in fact my first community. FM 2017 is my first FM game and this is my first ever story mode. I've never read a story, but I've been watching saves and stories on YouTube by Loki Doki and Doctor Benjy. Like I said, this is my first FM game so I might not be that great as some of you guys who has been playing this game for so long so I hope even with that, you guys will be interested in the story

I know that FM17 is more or less dying down and FM18 is gonna get released in November, this is gonna run until FM18 gets released. This is probably gonna be a save that will teach me more about FM17 and prepare me for FM18 saves. Again hope you guys enjoy.

I've decided to do a standard journeyman save which is an European save which hopefully I won't get teams that overlap with other people who has done a Journeyman save here to have a diverse serves for everyone's reading pleasure. I have loaded every single European country with the lowest league available and a large database.

Because of the fact that I need to be travelling here and there, I've decided to concentrate on my adaptability rating and adding a bit in the motivation rating. Other than that, adding a point towards my Attacking, Defending and Goalkeeping to improve my players.