Football Manager

[Steve Austin]

Yeah theres always arguements over here whether a player is N.Irish or rep of Irish. For example, Darron Gibson playing for the south despite being from the North created uproar :L

And more recently James McClean, he's a quality player.

[irishman101]

And more recently James McClean, he's a quality player.

Yeah, I actually know him, we lived like right beside each other. Great guy so he is! Such a player too

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, I actually know him, we lived like right beside each other. Great guy so he is! Such a player too

Haha it seems like everyone in Ireland lived next to a footballer

[irishman101]

Haha it seems like everyone in Ireland lived next to a footballer

Yeah, I know, but I honestly do know him! Im good friends with his lil bro, James is a bit older than me :L

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, I know, but I honestly do know him! Im good friends with his lil bro, James is a bit older than me :L

I don't doubt ya chief!

I've get a friend who's dad knows loads of footballers, he had tea at their houses and stuff!

[Automatic]

Let's see. I just finished season 2019/2020 as both manager of Feyenoord and The Netherlands. Quick note is that during the season I applied to become manager of France under 23 and I could've gone to the Olympics, but when they accepted me as manager I actually declined, because I wasn't sure if I could manage 3 teams at once, even if it was for only 1 Summer. And The Netherlands was priority number 1 with the European Cup coming after the season.

Well, with Feyenoord I won the Dutch Cup for the 5th time in a row. I won it with a team that consisted with players that were a mix of 2nd and 3th tier players, so that my most important players wouldn't get injured for playing a match I would've won nonetheless.

For about 2 or 3 seasons my team has improved so much overall that I can basically play with my second team in the Dutch Cup and evidently still win it. But more importantly is that I can let youth players play in a team that is already on a roll, so that they also play good and get better with relative ease.

Well, I also won the Dutch League with ease. I had a lead of 19 points on the number 2. It was a really good season, because I let a bunch of young players play a lot of matches and they improved greatly so I was really content with that, only minor bug is that one of my future starting CB's, that I bought for only 825K left for Juventus for 12.5 million euro's, because the fucking chairman accepted the bid.
You know, they should really let you have the option to let the manager decide that for himself, if the club he is managing is already rich enough. Which Feyenoord is, because we have like 100+ million in the vault.
But in the end it's not really bad, since I have like 8 CB's with a 3.5/4 star rating and I really needed to sell 1, because I had a guy on loan coming back and he came from my youth, and he will always get preferential treatment.

Anyways, Dutch League and Cup are in the bag and in the Champions League I actually quite easily got through to the Semi Final and there I faced PSG. I was actually lolling at this point, because after facing Man City and Chelsea and beating them quite easily I thought I was going to stroll to the finals and likely face Man Utd.
Boy was I wrong. First leg in Parc Des Princes, I was really lucky it ended in a 0-0 draw, they were controlling the match and were having their way with me. I was really surprised by that it stayed 0-0 and was thanking my keeper, Areolá, who I ironically got for free, from guess who? PSG.
So I still was thinking I was going to stroll through to the finals, because the way I usually won the bulk of my more important European matches was, because I have a really strong record at home. I don't think I've ever lost at home.
So second leg starts and as expected, the match is completely under my control and I score. So I'm even more under the assumption I'm about to take this match. Match continues as it is, but suddenly in the fucking 88th minute, they score and the score is tied at 1-1. At that point I know I'm doomed and my season is over, because at that point I had already won the other prices.
PSG in the end did face Man Utd. I attended the final, lol had nothing better to do, because I'm also the manager of The Netherlands and both teams had 1 Dutch player. Match was mostly PSG in control, but nobody scored for 120 minutes, so it went to a penalty shootout~! PSG won, I was pissed, because I actually should've won the Semi final.

Midways through the season I also played the WC for Clubs, because I won the CL the year before and won it for the second time in a row. Nothing special though, every European club wins that competition.

So, the club season was over, but the European Cup was looming.
I've been managing Holland now for 4 years and I used the tactic that Holland was using already. It was decent when it mattered, but in friendly matches the results varied a lot. I lost in the quarter final of the WC to eventual winner Russio in 2016 and relatively easily went to the EC in 2017, but I had a slow start and only had a 1 point margin at the number 2. And I had a really easy qualifying group.
So in the course of this season I decided to use my club team strategy and had 2 friendlies. One against England and one against Australia. They both went fine and I won fairly easily.

So, onto the EC in Belgium, with 1 of my former club players still injured. I sold him at the beginning of the season for 15 million after the chairman accepted, again I was pissed, because I really liked him, since he was my best youth I ever had. He was the only injured player going into the tournament.
Started the tournament against Belgium, had a 0-0 draw, they were better. Next match was against Bosnia and I won easily. Then played against Croatia, who had won the previous 2 matches already, thus was placed already and won easily.

My goal was reaching the quarter final, so I was thinking I had already reached that and was happy, until I saw my opponont: Belgium. Again. I was baffled, because I thought they finished third, but the EC changed in format in 2016, so I faced them again...
At this point my injured player was healed again and i won easily with 3-1 after they got 2 red cards.
Next opponent was Portugal and I actually won easily. My striker was playing top-notch and really hit his stride after the group stages.
And then I got Spain in the Semi Final. The reigning European Champion. I was really dreading this match and already though that that was it.
So the match started and within 20 minutes I had already scored twice and I was owning them. I was surprised but content the match was over that quickly. But I was amazed at the final score of the match: 6-0.
My striker scored 3 times, one guy with 4 assists and 3 guys with a score above the 9.0. Only minor point was that my striker was suspended because he collected 2 yellow cards over the course of the tournament.

Onto the Final!
But who was my opponent? Croatia. This really was the tournament of recurring opponents.
At this point I thought I had already won the Cup. I already beat them easily and just won 6-0 from Spain.
But fuck they were tough, they controlled the entire match. In the end I won very luckily with 2-0 and became European Champion.
My striker became the Golden Boot winner with 8 goals.

That was basically my last season.


Oh a totally unrelated note: 1.FC Köln has this striker and he is ungodly awesome. he has scored 70 times in 45 National games, thus surpassing Gerd Müller and I want him so badly. Too bad his price tag is 16 million and buying him will probably cost me at least 25 million and I will not pay that. He is 24 now and I've been following him since he was at least 17 and I so desperately want him, but I haven't needed him at all during that time, even though he is better than my first striker.
If I could've snatched him up during that time period for a cheap price, I would've, but I always thought that I didn't needed him for that price.

[irishman101]

Well here's my FIFA Manager story. I have just finished my 4h season, and this is how it has gone for me so far

1st Season
Club- Cetlic

So I got off to a flyer, winning all my pre season games, and signing up Lynel Darcy Kitambala (22 yr old French player) for 8 million after selling Samaras to Bayern Munich for 6 million. I also signed Johnny Heitinga for the center of my defense for a mere 3 million. Bargain! I completley dominated in the league that season, winning it with 7 games to spare. After the 38 games, I had got 99pts, with Rangers behind in 2nd with 69pts! I also defeated Rangers 2-0 and 5-1 respectivley in the Scottish League Cup and SFA Cup. In Europe I got to the Europa League quarters, and was knocked out by a strong Milan team 3-2 on aggregate. I drew the first leg and we went 2-0 up in the San Siro. But a Zlatan brace and a late winner from Pato sent me packing! Player of the season was Antony Stokes, with 48 goals in all competitions.

2nd Season
Club- Celtic

Again, made a few changes to the squad in pre season, bringing in Shane Long to pair up with Stokes, with Kitimbala in behind. On the wings I had Paddy McCourt and Stuart Downing () in the centre of the park, I had Biram Kayal and Joe Ledley. In defense, my full backs were ??? and Maloney and Josh Thompson (19 yr old prodigy) and Jon Heitinga. Again, I dominated in the league, winning with 97pts this time and losing only once in the whole season to Hearts 4-2. My greatest moment was certinaly the 9-1 victory over Rangers at Ibrox on Old Firm day! Great moments! Again, I defeated Rangers to win the SFA Cup and League Cup, meaning that I secured yet another domestic treble! In europe, I got to the Semi-Finals of the Europa League, and was defeated by Barcelona on penalties (5-4, with my favourite Antony Stokes missing the crucial one!) Again, Stokes was my top player, this time getting 51 goals in all competitions. In the league that year, we ran rampant, scoring 142 goals in just 38 games. Off the top of my head, thats 3.7368421 goals per game! Now on to the summer of 2012, Euro 2012!

Euro 2012
Country- Holland

In the group stage, we drew Poland, Germany and Wales. In our first match, we defeated Poland 3-0, with Van Persie grabbing two goals and Van Der Vaart grabbing the third. We went on to defeat Wales 3-2 and lose to Germany 4-1! In the quarters we had a match with France. It was 1-1 at half time. By 60 mins however, France were 3-1 up. We came back with two late Robben goals, and scored a dramatic ET winner on 118mins, courtesy of a Heitinga header! So we were thru to face a new look england squad in the semis. We brushed them aside with a dazzling performance, defeating them 3-0, with Wesley Sneijder putting in a tremendous performance. In the final, we met our rivals, Spain. However, we yet again were defeated in a major final by the Spanish, s Fernando Torres headed in a winner late in the first half! Wesley Sneijder was named player of the tourney, and went on to become 2012 world player of the year. After a great summer, I was back to the Celtic dayjob!

To be continued!!!

[JSullivan]

Championship Manager Progress time!

Just started my second season with Monaco - Here's my squad (Including signings etc.) - Prices paid for signings next to the player.

GK:
Federici, A
Chabbert, S
Caillard, M (Loan listed)
Dufrennes, P (Loan listed)
Sourzac, M (Loan listed)
Subasic, D

Defenders:
Borbély, B
Said, I
Pinteaux, F (Loan listed)
Blay, G
Coleman, S
Mattock, J (Absent without permission)
Appiah, D
M'Roudhae, F
Mangani, T
Carragher, J
Kurzawa, L
McGivern, R
Young, L
Erichot, Y
Hansson, P
Wolf, A
Tounkara, M
Afolabi, R

Midfielders:
Diamé, M
Koman, V
Yatabaré, S
Diaz, K (Loan listed)
Croft, L
Dirar, N
Giuly, L
Privat, S (Transfer Listed)
Yilmaz, B
Barazite, N
Cerny, M
Tziolis, A
Dumont, S (Transfer Listed)
Salli, E (Loaned out to Amiens)
Malcuit, K (Loan listed)
Malonga, C (Transfer Listed)
Padovani, R (Loan Listed)
Salifu, A (Loaned in from Fiorentina)

Attackers/Strikers:
Drogba, D
Touré, I (Transfer Listed)
Germain, V (Loan listed)
N'Gakouto, Q (Transfer Listed)
Niculae, D (Transfer Listed)
Owen, M
Powell, N (Loan Listed)
Dlamini, A

Transfers In: (10/11)
Michael Owen - Free
Didier Drogba - Free
George Blay - Free
Balazs Borbely - Free
Ibrahim Said - Free
Joe Mattock - Free
Mohamed Diamé - Free
Ayanda Dlamini - Amazulu, - £350k
Sloan Privat - Sochaux - £1.5m
Adam Federici - Reading - £1.8m

11/12
Burak Yilmaz - Trabzonspor - £2.3m
Jamie Carragher - Liverpool - £800k
Lee Croft - Derby - Bosman
Milan Cerny - Free
Nick Powell - Crewe - £170k
Ryan McGivern - Man City - £1m
Luke Young - QPR - £1.6m
Seamus Coleman - Everton - £1.8m

Players Out:
CBA

Total Money Spent:
£11.25m - 18 Players in
Players sold:
£7.25m - 15 Players out

Manager Stats:
P: 96 - W: 65 - D: 18 - L: 13
Goals Scored: 195
Goals conceded - 81

Manager Honours:
Division two winner 10/11
French Cup Winner 10/11
French Champions Shield Winner 11/12

Current Position:
Ligue 1 - 2nd - Pld 6, won 4, drawn 1, lost 1 - 9F/3A (goals).

Currently ranked 6th best manager in france, 641st in World.

[Automatic]

You have a humongous team. How do you keep your players happy?

[JSullivan]

You have a humongous team. How do you keep your players happy?

I rotate on a game-to-game basis.

About 15 of them are reserves (mostly youth players and the ones transfer listed) and everyone else gets a game.

The only consistent starting line-up players are My GK, Diamé, Drogba and Owen, because they're consistently amazing for me. Dlamini and Powell are always on my bench and everyone else gets rotated.

Only have one pissed off player who isn't playing because his form is awful, and even when I try playing him for a few games in a row, he refuses to play any better.