FM - Rise of Slovakia - Nitra's Power - COMPLETE?

[Abe Sargent]

I loan Marchi for 1st team deal with Metz.

I set my bonuses.

I make a 300k offer for Ferguson. He’s developed nicely and could be my new ML.

Friendly vs Dukla Prague – We win 4-0.

We sell 10,397 tickets

I loan Tobe Peeters

I get an offer for Aurélien Tchouameni for purchase by OM. Do I take it? He’s my 5th DC right now…

I decline.

We have 4-1 odds of winning Ligue 1

PSG have a new manager



Ferguson signs with us and here he is. He is good technically and physically but he needs more work mentally.

I loan Kamenik to Sparta Prague.

[Abe Sargent]

August

7th – Friendly vs Brno
14th – Home vs Havre
20th – Away vs As Monaco
27th – Home vs AS Saint-Etienne

Good training – Boumsong, Zaire, Aurelien


As we get ready for my 6th year in this dynasty I have only once made it six years. That was my Carlisle into Kaiserslautern one where I spent 3 years in each space. I’ve only done 5 years once, and that was Sepsi into Hudderfield,the rest are 2, 3, or 4 years. If I finish year 6 I will have tied my longest dynasty ever, and if I were to go to year 7 then I’d really push myself around.

Friendly vs Brno – We win 3-1

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #1- Home vs Havre. I begin standard I don’t want to over welcome the year. I am starting Cano at MR and Mehmedi at ML. Joao and Bell and Machacek are out there as well. Ready to get this party started? Let’s do it to it!

Goals

Besnard to Machacek, goal, 9th minute. He scored on his debut.
Besnard to Solanke, goal, 25th minute. He drove the corner of the box and crossed it over.
HALF – we have 11 shots to their 3
Besnard steals the ball and feeds Solanke for goal in the 62nd minute
Besnard scores a solo goal in extra time after stealing the ball

We win 4-0. Wanna see?



They had as many shots on target as us, good game Moreira. We shut them down. This is a great way to kickoff the year. But better than that…. We didn’t play down to Havre!

[Abe Sargent]

Solanke is injured for a week and Slimani will start the next game


I hand Machacek a box-to-box role.

My youth and reserve games tend to dominate our foes as an FYI. We just won a U19 game 7-0.


Ligue Game #2 – Away vs Montpelier. I will begin today countering. I have the target man role with Slimani. No other changes to my roster.

Goals

HALF – We have 7 shots to their 2. Quiet half.
52n minute, Besnard intercepts the ball and scores
In the 63rd, Gomes feeds Machacek for goal
In the 81st, Machacek scores again!


We win 3-0. MOM is Machacek!

[Abe Sargent]

Solanke is back from his injury.

I just get a big offer for Andre Gomes of 20.5 mill from AC Milan. No thanks!

I get the EURO Cash for making the group stage.

We are seeded 2nd

Ready?

We are in Group I

Benfica
Bordeaux
Malaga
Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Having a group with Spain and Portugal isn’t easy…

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #3 – Home vs AS Saint-Etienne – I open standarding. Can we hold our form?

Goals

HALF
Jens to Gomes on a counter in the 78th minute

We hold and win 1-0. Not great form but I’ll take any win.

The nternational break begins, we have 23 on break

The transfer deadline passes

[Abe Sargent]

September

11th – Away vs Metz
15th – Away vs Benfica
18th – Home vs Strasbourg
21st – Away vs Lorient
25th – Home vs FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
29th – Home vs Malaga

Good training – Gomes, Cano, Magne


I register my EURO squad.

Machacek wins the Ligue Player of the Month and I congratulate him!



The board offer me more money. Okay!

I now have 10.5 mill in transfer money

Luis Joao got his first goal for Portugal!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #4 – Away vs Metz – I begin defensively.

Goals

Them in the 17th
HALF
Gomes to Machacek in the 55th
Solanke to Besnard, cross, goal in the 73rd

We hold and win 2-1. MOM is Machacek again! Dude is good at box to box!

[Abe Sargent]

EURO Group Stage #1 – Away vs Benfica – I begin defensively

Goals

Solanke feeds Besnard, 3:06 mark…

Wanna see our first EURO goal in my campaign with Bordeaux?



Ok! I doubt that score stands but we are clearly showing up.

Goals More

HALF
They score in the 70th. You knew that was going to happen. Can we hold or score?

We hold and tie them 1-1. I’ll take it! MOM is Besnard

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #5 – Home vs Strasbourg. We begin controlling. Hello Natcho! He signed with them.

Goals

HALF – I have no shots on target
Gomes sinks a PK in the 49th
Solanke to Besnard, goal, 84th minute

We win 2-0. Another win and shutout. That’s our 5th win in 5 tries. MOM is Mehmedi

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #6 – Away vs FC Lorient – I begin defensively. They have been playing well and are 5th in the Ligue right now and I respect them.

Goals

Gomes to Besnard on a counter, 2:02 mark!
HALF – They have outplayed us
Them in the 71st


We tie 1-1. MOM is for them

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #7 – Home vs FC Sochaux-Montbéliard a recent promote. I begin controlling.

Goals

Cano crossed to Besnard, goal, 28th minute
Cano to Besnard for goal again in the 42nd
Solanke to Besnard, goal, 44th minute
HALF
Gomes sinks a PK in the 61st.
Solanke to Besnard, goal, 71st
Them in the 82nd

We win 5-1! Wanna see!




BOOM!

Mom is obviously Besnard.

NICE!

[Abe Sargent]

We are playing this season very, very differently than last…

Besnard sets a club record for most goals in a game!

Our training facilities have been finished.

EURO Group Stage Game #2 – Home vs Malaga. Can we get points today? I begin standardly. We are 3-2 favorites.

Goals

Mehmedi in the 5th minute!!! Called back for handball. No Hand of God today!
HALF
Machacek to Besnard, 59th minute in the box
Them in the 89th minute
In the 91st minute, Solanke leaps on an open ball and scores!

We win 2-1. Wanna see?




We had 37 shots on the day! We defeated Malaga! MOM is Machacek

[Abe Sargent]

October

2nd – Away vs Guingamp
15th – Home vs Lens
20th – Home vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv
23rd – Away vs Reims
30th – Home vs OM

Good training – Machacek, Nielsen, Magne

Besnard wins Ligue Player of the Month!

Ligue Game #8 – Away vs Guingamp. – I begin countering. Bell is suspended and Jens is starting for him at DMC.

Goals

HALF
Besnard in the 47th minute after stealing the ball

We win 1-0, MOM is Besnard.

[Abe Sargent]

Losses by OM and PSG have put us in 1st! Wanna see?



Here you go! We have a pretty good early start to the season, although, to be fair, we haven’t had Monaco, OL, OM or PSG yet either. But that’s not bad! I doubt it’ll last long so enjoy it!

The international break begins

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #9 – Home vs RC Lens. I begin standard. Bell is back from his cards.

Goals

Machacek to Besnard, assist up the middle, 21st minute
Solanke to Nielsen, goal, corner kick, 37th minute
HALF
Them in the 79th
Them in extra time.

We tie 2-2. That sucks. MOM is on their team

[Abe Sargent]

EURO Qual Group Game #3 – Home vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv – I begin standard.

Goals

Machacek to Besnard, goal, 38th minute
HALF
Besnard off Mehmedi, goal, offsides
Solanke to Besnard, goal, 51st

We win 2-0. MOM is Machacek

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #10 – Away vs Reims. I begin countering.

Goals

Gomes feeds Machacek in the 2nd minute
Cano crosses to Besnard in the 25th
Besnard to Machacek in the extra time.
HALF
Them in the 48th
Solanke to Besnard in the 65th

We win 4-1. MOM is Machacek

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #11 – Home vs OM – Now it’s time to test ourselves! I begin standard. We beat them at home last year 2-1, with a 2-0 win on the road, and we played up to the top talent not named PSG last year, can we do so this year?

Goals

Mehmedi to Solanke, goal, 5th minute – nice start
Besnard drives the corner and crosses to Solanke for goal in the 19th
HALF – We have 17 shots to their 4
Solanke, PK, 65th minute
They score two minutes later. We knew it was going to happen.
Mehmedi crosses to Solanke for goal in the 76th

We hold and win 4-1. Wanna see?



Here you go! Finished with a four set of goals. Someone was up for the game today!

My team keeps playing up to the non-PSG top clubs!

[Abe Sargent]

November

3rd – Away vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv
6th – Away vs OL
19th – Away vs Nice
24th – Home vs Benfica
27th – Home vs Ajaccio
30th – Away vs LOSC

Good training – Besnard, Cano, Ferguson

I’ve been working on Besnard’s aerial ability and it’s showing fruit.

EURO Group Game #4 – Away vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv – I begin countering today.

Goals

Solanke crosses to Besnard for goal in the 4th minute
Besnard crosses to Solanke, his shot is deflected and Solanke sinks it in the 11th
HALF
Them in the 59th
Besnard to Cano, in the 62nd
Cano crosses to Besnard in the 86th

We win 4-1, MOM is Besnad.

[Abe Sargent]

Gomes will miss the next game due to injury and Jens will start for him

Benfica lost to Malaga which moves us to 1st.

Ligue Game #12 – Away vs OL – I begin defending. This was our biggest loss last year 0-3, our only three goal loss. I didn’t lose by that much in my three away PSG matches! Can we do better today? Hello Axel Tuanzebe!

Goals

Them in the 38th
HALF
Them in the 58th

We lose 0-2 and were never in the game. Well it was one goal better than last year! In two years we’ll tie them 0-0 away!

We finally lose!

[Abe Sargent]

That loss drops us to 3rd


The international break begins and we have 17 out there

Besnard is capped by France! He scored two goals in his debut against Poland.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #13 – Away vs Nice. I begin countering. Andre Gomes is back from his injury. Robert Pop is their starting striker, by the by. Hello Pop!

Goals

HALF
Machacek to Solanke down the center for goal in the 65th

We win 1-0, MOM Is Solanke. Another shutout. Not as dominant as we’ve been but I’ll take it!

Stefan Bell is jaded and needs some rests. I’ll start Lerager at DMC

Rest Time cause the big match is here…

[Abe Sargent]

EURO Group Stage Match #5 – Home vs Benfica – we tied them away can we beat them here? I begin standardly. If we win then we win Group I with a game to go away against Malaga.


Goals

In the 13th minute Solanke drives goal off a counter, feeds unmarked Mehmedi for goal.
They score in the 43rd minute
Cano crosses to Machacek for goal in the 46th minute
HALF
Jens to Besnard, goal, 65th minute
Machacek to Jens, 76th minute, goal. That’s Jens’ first goal for us!!!
Besnard drives the corner, crosses to Solanke on an attack run, goal, 91st minute


Wanna see our 5-1 shellacking of the mighty Benfica? I bet!




Here you go! MOM is Machacek. Whew! That was an authoritative win!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #14 – Home vs AC Ajaccio - I begin controlling. This is Lerager’s 150th game for us.

Goals

Machacek to Mehmedi, long shot, 9th minute
HALF


We win 1-0. MOM is Machacek.

That win drove us back to 1st

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #15 – Away vs LOSC – I begin defensing. Bell is back.

Goals

Mehmedi to Gomes in the 21st
HALF


We hold and win 1-0. MOM is Gomes.

Those are scores that are more like last year’s.

[Abe Sargent]

December

4th – Home vs Rennes
8th Away vs Malaga
11th – Away vs Nantes
14th - Away vs Clarmont, Coupe de la Ligue
18th – Home vs PSG
21st – Away vs AS Monaco

Good training – Bell, Gomes, Besnard



Here’s Besnard today! Not bad right? Right!

Ligue Game #16 – Home vs Rennes – I begin standarding. They are 6th in the Ligue right now.


Goals

Cano crosses to Besnard for goal in the 17th
Cano crosses to Besnard for goal in the 38th
HALF


We win 2-0 and MOM is Cano with his two assist day. Another shut out.

I am offered a new 3 year deal by the club

[Abe Sargent]

EURO Group Stage #6 – Away vs Malaga. This is my 2nd hardest match. Can we take away points? I will operate defensively.

Goals

Joao to Holding on a corner kick in the 25th minute
HALF
Besnard to Holding, on an IFk, 88th minute – can Holding get a hattrick?


We win 2-0! MOM is Holding.



Another shutout on the road against a Spanish team! We didn’t lose a game in our Group Stage!
 



We get a whole lot of cash. We won group I.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #17 – Away vs Nantes – I begin countering.

Goals

HALF
Besnard to Solanke, 64th
Mehmedi to Solanke, goal, 81st

Game. We win 2-0 and MOM is Solanke. Another shut out.

Solanke and Besnard appear to be much better as a duo than last year. In 13 league games (he missed some due to injury earlier in the year) Solanke has 9 goals and Besnard has 15 goals 17 games.

We draw Hoffenheim from Germany for the 1st Knockout round in the EURO.

[Abe Sargent]

Away vs Clermont, Coupe de la Ligue Round #4 – I begin countering. I start Ferguson, Lerager, Jankovic, and Aurélien Tchouameni. And Jens too.

Goals

Machacek to Besnard, goal, 3rd minute – nice start!
Machacek to Besnard, goal, 16th minute – nicer start!
Solanke to Besnard, goal, 31st minute – nicest start!
HALF
Besnard to Solanke, goal, 63rd minute


We win 4-0. MOM is Besnard. Another shut down.

The existing record for Bordeaux in assists is 12 and Solanke has 11

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #18 – Home vs PSG. I begin standard. Ready for the woodshed of Neymar and Company? Last year I went 0-4 against them.

Goals

Jankovic to Cano in the 42nd minute.



That score likely won’t hold but I’ll take it!

HALF
Neymar scores in the 55th
Solanke to Besnard, goal, 64th minute
Them a PK in the 87th

We hold and tie them 2-2. MOM is on their squad. Good tie!

[Abe Sargent]

AS Monaco move in front of us and take 1st

And we’ll take them on….

Ligue Match #19 – Away vs AS Monaco. I begin defensively. We tied them on the road last year as my squad played up to the talent. Can we do so today? Mehmedi is suspended and Jankovic is starting. Can we puncture Castle Courtois?

Goals

Them in the 43rd
HALF
Them in the 81st


We lose 0-2 for our second loss of the year.

[Abe Sargent]

Halfway through the Ligue. As you can see we dropped to 3rd after our loss. We have a 6 point lead over OL in 4th and another 7 points form them to 5th.

[Abe Sargent]

I offer Nielsen a new deal. 5 year, 37.50/week.

I offer a new deal for Rob Holding. 4 years

December 29th is here and I scout out folks coming free



Here is who is coming free. I made an offer to Holding. I will not bring back Gomes he has underwhelmed me and I have his replacement out on loan. I have an offer to Holding. Mehmedi is heading out as is Jankovic and Slimani and De Preville. None of these are big. All are in their 30s save for Jankovic.

Now I wanna bring in my new ML now… I have more transfer cash after the injection a few months ago for the Winter Window.

Did I find my new Cano? There is a 18 year old Spaniard playing for Granada and named Lorenzo. I begin scouting him. I make an offer for 8.5 mill for him.

[Abe Sargent]

Get ready!



Besnard is here!

[Abe Sargent]

January

1st – Cup, Away vs Chateuroux
11th – Home vs Nantes, Coupe de la Ligue
14th – Home vs Montpelier
18th – Away vs AS Saint-Etienne
21st – Home vs Metz
28th – Away vs Strasbourg

Good training – Besnar,d Bell, Cano

I accept a loan offer for Ferguson

9th Round French Cup Away. I begin countering –

Goals

Besnard to Machacek, 21st minute, off corner kick
Besnard to Machacek, 34th minute, off another corner kick!
HALF
Mehmedi to Cano, goal, 57th minute
Them in the 75th

We win 3-1. MOM is Machacek.

[Abe Sargent]

Lorenzo signs! Wanna see him? Sure thing! See the media description! He’s a wonderkid. Welcome to the team! We’ll run him out there at ML and I move my current starter to rotation.

Now you may accuse me of Iberian’ing my squad. I have 5 starters from Portugal – Gomes, Joao, Moreria, and Spain – Lorenzo, Cano. But that’s fine and dandy just like candy!


Anyone available for free I want to sign?

Not really

[Abe Sargent]

We draw…..AS MONACO for the next round in the Cup.

Ferguson heads out to Lens on a loan

Cano loved his linkup with Jens

Cano has asked for an improved deal. I agree and offer him one at first team from hot prospect. I offer him a 4 year first team deal.

Cano signs his new deal!

[Abe Sargent]

Coupe de la Ligue quarter final Home vs FC Nantes – I begin standarding. I start Lorenzo.

Goals

Besnard to Machacek, corner kick again, 4th minute
Gomes feeds Solanke for goal in the 6th minute
Cano to Besnard, goal, 11th minute
HALF
OG for us in the 47th
Gomes to Besnard, 65th minute
Solanke to Besnard, goal, 76th minute



We hold and win 6-0 and MOM is Besnard and his hattrick. This was against a fellow Ligue club as a reminder! That’s a signature win!

We draw AS Monaco again in the Semi Finals!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #20 vs Montpelier – I begin standard against this above average formed foe.

Goals

Them in the 16th
HALF
Machacek leaps on an open ball abd shoots long in the 58th minute
Solanke drives the corner and crosses to Lorenzo who scores in the 63rd
Lorenzo to Besnard, 83rd minute

We win 3-1, MOM is Lorenzo!


I get a 26 mill offer from PSG for Machacek. No thanks!

No pushback by the lad.

PSG dropped a game and we jumped over them to 2nd

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #21 – Away vs AS Saint-Etienne – I begin countering.

Goals

Gomes feeds Besnard between two defenders for goal in the 33rd
HALF
Them in the 89th

They tie us 1-1. That favored them as we outplayed them.

That dropped us to 3rd

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #22 – Home vs Metz – I begin standard.

Goals

Solanke scores off a rebounded shot by Besnard in the 12th minute
HALF
Mehmedi to Gomes, 87th minute

We win 2-0. MOM is Gomes

I reject another pair of Machacek offers and he wants a new deal and I make him an offer

[Abe Sargent]

Couple da la Ligue Semi Final – Home vs AS Monaco – Can we defeat Castle Courtois at home? I begin in a standard way.

Goals –

Besnard crosses to Gomes for goal in the 12th minute. We cracked it!
Machacek to Besnard, 16th minute…

Wanna see the score that won’t stand?



OK!

More Goals and Such

HALF
Nielsen to Solanke on a corner kick, 49th minute
Them in the 63rd
Besnard to Solanke, goal, 75th minute
Nielsen to Besnard, 89th minute



That’s a 5-1 thumping of Castle Courtois! They had more shots than us. MOM is Besnard.

We’ll be playing Metz in the final!

Our 15 goals is a competetion record

DC Joao wants a new deal and I agree. I offer him.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #23 -Away vs Strasbourg – I begin today countering. Hello Natcho!

Goals

Them in the 22nd minute
Andre Gomes a nice solo strike in the 26th minute
HALF

We tie them 1-1

Gotta stop dropping points to them.

[Abe Sargent]

10th round French Cup, Home vs AS Monaco – We’ll probably lose today 3-1. I begin standard. Lerager is starting for Bell who is carded.

Goals

We block a PK in the 7th
Them in the 21st
Them in the 28th
Gomes to Nielsen in a IFK in the 35th minute
Them in the 33rd. Score Is 3-1. Who predicted that?
HALF

We lose 1-3. We are out of the French Cup

The winter transfer window ends

[Abe Sargent]

February

4th – Home vs Lorient
8th – Away vs FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
12th – Home vs Guingamp
16th – Away vs Hoffenheim
19th – Away vs RC Lens
23rd – Home vs Hoffenheim
26th Home vs Reims

Good training – Cano, Tchouameni

Machacek won Czech Player of the Year!!!

Kamenik got second on loan over at Sparta Prague

My Ass Man, Fernando, was offered a lower level gig and has accepted it. I need to hire a new one.

A few days later I hire my new guy



Justin Cochrane, a Caribbean international. He’s nice! He steps into the shooting training my old AssMan was doing. I hope you enjoy him!

Joao signs his new deal.

Islam Slimani is going to retire at the end of the season

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #24 – Home vs FC Lorient - I begin controlling. Bell is back from his suspension.


Goals

Cano to Lorenzo on an attack run in the 37th minute
HALF
Them in the 53rd
Them in the 61st
Gomes feeds Solanke in the 65th for a goal to tie it
Besnard to Jens, goal, 93rd minute

Wanna see our comeback?



We dominated them statistically as you can see with a full 10 shots on target. Solanke is MOM.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #25 – Away vs FC Sochaux-Montbéliard – I begin countering. This is Holding’s 125th appearance for us.


Goals

Solanke feeds Besnard on a break away 40 yards down the pitch, jukes, a defender, and scores. 6th minute
Gomes sinks a PK in the 36th
HALF
Them in the 56th
Them in the 74th. Are we going to come back this time?


Nope. We tie them 2-2.

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see the table after 25?



Sure thing! As you can see there are three points between us and PSG at #2, but ten points down to OL.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #26 – Home vs Guingamp – I begin controlling.

Goals

HALF
Machacek to Mehmedi, 81st minute

We win 1-0. That’s a last year game. We don’t wanna any more of those