Jon Harrod Activity
February 2018
The month started with a bit of a bang, as the board announced a new sponsorship deal.
This pretty much cleared the debt we were in, which is great and meant that I could finally start my next coaching badge! It also meant that the board a...
A Crash... and A Change Of Fortune
Shortly after writing my last post, my laptop crashed. Unfortunately, the game was last saved just before my Tottenham FA Cup match. This meant that I needed to replay that match as well as see out the last few days of...
January Window Closes
Arsenal never came back in for Lukaku, they signed Lacazette for £34.5m instead. I ended up doing more business than I expected to, this is how we ended up.
Looking at the outs first, Moreira was loaned out after I managed to...
Things are certainly better now than when I took over. However, the club is £50m in debt, and because of that, I can't do any coaching badges. So I'm still getting by on my continental C license. I feel I may need to move some players on i...
November 2017
I have some free time today, so I'm getting through a few months.
November saw the first managerial casualty of the Premier League season. Antonio Conte is sacked with Chelsea sitting 14th in the table. No appointment yet, but the fav...
Jon Harrod just completed the season in the year 2018 managing Everton in the English Premier Division in their FM Career Stop the Drop
October 2017
So it's still a bit up and down for us.
We can't stop conceding goals. I've tried switching goalkeepers as well as a few tweaks to the instructions, but its not helped. I'm considering doing a Chelsea and going 3 at the...
September Roundup
After a couple of disappointing games, I replaced Lukaku with Torres, and he proved that he was worth taking a risk on, scoring 5 goals in 2 games.
We currently sit 6th in the league, only 3 points behind Liverpool and Hull who are joi...
The Season Starts, The Window Closes
August started and finished well for us, but we suffered a bit of a blip in the middle that saw us go out of the EFL cup.
I put out a weakened side against Bolton and was punished for it. Good wins against Chelsea an...
Pre-Season Is Over, Let Battle Commence
We finish our pre-season with a defeat, but performed well.
We should have held on to our 2 goal lead in the All-Star game. I clearly need to look at how we finish games once we have a lead.
As you can see, I dec...
The Odds Are In
So the bookies don't rank me or my players very highly. We come in at 35-1 to win the league, with a predicted finish of 8th. Favourites are Arsenal.
Best chance of top goalscorer is, unsurprisingly, Romelu Lukaku, priced at 500-1. T...
The Jigsaw Is Complete
Yaya Toure was still a free agent, so I took him in on trial. This was mainly to see if he was actually interested more than to see if he was any good, as I had quite thorough scout reports on him. While he was on trial I approach...
The Australian Training Camp
The board thought it would be good to send us all to Australia for a training camp. We were based out of Sydney for 10 days.
While we were there, we played 4 games against local teams.
Obviously the standard of opposition wa...
The Signings
In my search for a left winger, I decided to meet Diogo Jota's release clause of £9.25m, but he refused to even enter negotiations as I wasn't in the Champions League. So, I turned my attention to Federico Carrizo at Boca. As...
Planning For The Season Ahead
I've just reached 1st July 2017, so my previously arranged transfers have now arrived at the club. I can now work out what I need and who to get rid of ready for the upcoming season.
Generally, I play a 433 formation w...
Season Expectations
Before I agree my expectations for the upcoming season, I should explain that I have moved on 2 players already. Deulofeu put in a transfer request to force through a move to Tottenham. I got an initial £14m rising to a possible...
Manager Movements
I'll update on my pre-season plans shortly, but first I just wanted to mention a few manager changes that have happened at the end of the season.
Burnley hired Garry Monk to head up their Championship campaign, while Watford went...
End of Season Review
2 wins out of 3 in May saw us stay up quite easily in the end.
Seeing as we were safe before the last game of the season, I used it to give a few youngsters a game. It backfired a bit, but we didn't lose any league position bec...
We did it!
Griffiths came on after 65 minutes when Lukaku picked up another injury, and he certainly impressed!
Still one match to go, full season round up coming soon
THE END IS NEAR
Its 1st May 2017. I have 3 league game remaining. Home to West Ham and Southampton and then finally away to Stoke.
Here's how April went
Went down to a last minute goal against Spurs after I thought we'd snatched a draw.
Lukaku...
Manager Update
In the end, Man City tempted Rafa Benitez away from Newcastle, even though they are well clear at the top of the Championship.
And speaking of the Championship, there's a few interesting names down there. Ryan Giggs has replaced Steve...
Thanks
Quick update, Man City's next game was a 2-0 defeat to United and this saw Pep get the boot. Current favourite to take over is former Villarreal boss Marcelinho.
MARCH 2017
A quiet month due to not being in any cups. Just 3 league games...
Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City though, so hardly the 3 easiest games. The Arsenal game was frustrating. Being 3-0 up at half time and just couldn't hang on. A credible d...
February Update
I'm having a few issues with Imgur at the moment, but I'll add some pictures when I can get it working!
We've only had one victory this month, in our last game, we beat Watford 4-1 at Vicarage Road. 3 defeats prior to this...
Oldham Monsters
I spent a fair chunk of my budget towards the end of the window.
Almost £2m spent on 3 midfielders, no older than 21.They'll all be in and around the 1st team. Also coming in are Garcia and Henen on loan, they will add real com...
August 2016 Roundup
The transfer windows have closed, so lets round up this months action!
Sfax Monsters
Ok, so the window isn't closed here just yet. It closes on 15th September. And I won't post an image of the transfers made as it goes on for...
The Transfer Window Closes
I missed out on Lindelof. He decided that PSG was a better option for him. I did however manage to find a striker and goalkeeper, well, 2 goalkeepers...
My first goalkeeper signed was Predrag Rajkovic. He didn't get a work...
I was surprised that it was the Everton job that came up. Hopefully, I'll get them safe and then build for the future. Really, I was just looking for a different team to start a fun career with
It's January
I've reached 1st January and I'm not bottom...
Now just 3 points off Burnley in 17th and I have them at Goodison in my next game. A real 6 pointer.
A couple of transfers have been pre-arranged.
I've let Gareth Barry leav...
The First Win
Thankfully, the first win came in the next game. At home, to 19th placed Hull. It was only 1-0 (even tho we had 11 shots on target), but a win's a win!
Some better performances here, especially from Man of the Match Kevin Mirallas, and...
The First Match
My first match in charge is a visit to Crystal Palace. They line up with a 4312, so I give it some width as they don't have any and employ a DM to counter their AMC. Things don't go well...
We end up losing 5-1.
We have more pos...
The First Day
My meeting with Farhad Moshiri goes well. He reminds me that the club has a philosophy to concentrate on youth, both by signing young players and developing our own. I'm happy with that.
With no assistant manager (Erwin Koeman obviously...
Jon Harrod just completed the season in the year 2017 managing Everton in the English Premier Division in their FM Career Stop the Drop
Meet The Manager
Seeing as I'll be managing Everton, I chose not to set a favourite club. Don't want to make things harder than they will already be. I don't mind a challenge, but I do want this save to be a bit of fun, so I didn't wan...
And the winner is...
Everton!
Considering some of the jobs that I could have ended up with, this feels like I've fallen on my feet. Although, as a Liverpool fan, it feels like FM just wanted to joke around with me.
Lets get this show on the road
The premier league table on December 1st
So far, no managers have been sacked in the division this season. The 3 most insecure jobs are those at Southampton, Everton and Hull.
Lets see who goes first...
Some of you may have seen my "Emulating Red Bull" career, and that's still going, but... sometimes I just want to do something a bit more fun.
So, the plan here is to start a career by trying to save a team in the English Premier League fro...
Starting your career by trying to save a Premier League team from relegation is never easy...
I interrupt my usual monthly round up with some exciting news!
The headline is slightly misleading as Adeyemi got sent off in the 87th minute when we were already 3-1 up. It's good to see new signings Whitbread and Jahraldo getting on the score shee...
LA Galaxy
TRANSFERS
As I've said previously, I still haven't really got my head around the MLS transfer system. This is part of the reason not much has happened here. Almost all the players I have been interested in would take me over the salar...
Argentinos Monsters
TRANSFERS
Becchio has gone downhill since leaving Leeds and is now 32, however, I think he'll prove a useful backup/impact player here.
The window here closes at the end of August and I still desperately need a DR, but otherwise,...
Oldham Monsters
TRANSFERS
Before you say it, yes, I know, Heskey (38) and Upson (37) are very old... But what League One side can say no to having two former England Internationals at the club? I'm sure they will be useful as mentors and possibly co...
I'm sorry for anyone reading this and waiting for updates. Just really busy with work at the moment. Anyway... lets catch up.
Monster SG
TRANSFERS
There's a few free agents here, but they all have their uses. After all, even though we have mone...
Busan Monsters
TRANSFERS
Gorzegno was originally signed as the 2nd choice left back, but I'm struggling with the number of foreign players here, so went him to SG on loan. He'll get more game time there anyway, and he's 35, so it was only...
Tasman Monsters
TRANSFERS
As you can see, we've not spent much of our £1.4m budget. The window only opened on 27th July though.
The best player to come in so far is Kim Kong-Hyuk from our parent club Busan
MATCHES
Just had our first friendly...
Sorry for taking so long to update on this. Work's been busy in the run up to Christmas, so not had much chance to play, but finally I have made it through to the end of July!
I'll give a quick breakdown of how the month has been for each team,...
I've been trying to think of the best way of writing updates for this save, and I think it would be better to just write a monthly update for each team. I feel that's probably better than just writing a post every time anything happens. So my Ju...
The main issue I am having with Sfax is that all but 4 players within my scouting range (that my assistant classes as realistic) are 16/17 year olds. Thankfully, most clubs in this division are in the same boat. Only a few have full squads. So really, I&#...
I'll begin by looking at the weakest team in more detail and work my up the chain.
As I mentioned, Sfax have only one player
As you can see, his important stats aren't too bad for a winger in our league. He's quick, can dribble and knows h...
I imagine some images would brighten things up a bit! I'll see what I can do