Carlisle United. A long journey to the top of the footballing world *FM14*

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hello all, i decided to do a FM 14 dynasty with my team Carlisle United. i should tell everyone who wants to follow my games tend to last 20+ seasons unless a bug ruins the game. also there will be pics, punch and doughnuts*



*must bring your own punch and doughnuts



a long but not glorious history. Carlisle has only been to the top flight once (one season) in the mid 70's

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player by player evaluation

GK Mark Gillespie- solid League 1 starter



Sean O'Hanlon- DL



Potts - Hot prospect






Midfielders

James Barrett- my star midfielder







My star Striker

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2 new signings, both free

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first 2 games of the season.

Carlisle 1-3 Leyton Orient

League cup action

Doncaster 4-5 Carlisle

in one of the wildest games in my history, we jump out to a 3-0 lead in the first half, only to blow it in the 2nd half to tie. with 4 min left my young striker Beck takes the lead with a close header

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back to league action

lost @ Bradford 2-4

tied Coventry 1-1 for my 1st point of the season

got a huge win @ Colchester 3-1 with a new formation

currently 15th place thru 4 games. also my next league cup match is home against PL rival Newcastle

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a gratuitous attempt to get eyeballs onto the thread

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click for larger view . im going to try and hire her for the team massage therapist.

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Capital one Cup

Carlisle lose out @ home against rivals Newcastle 2-1. we put up a good fight in front of a large crowd (12k+) but bowed out

Brentford 0-0 Carlisle my fiirst shutout!

Carlisle 5-1 Port Vale Junior Agogo scores 4 goals!

Carlisle 2-1 Shef united David Symington scores his first 2 professional goals of his career

We currently sit 9th with 11 points

[collegesportsfanms]

bulletsponge, glad to see an FM14 dynasty on these boards, especially since the beta version is now out. Question... is Steam a requirement to play FM 14? Do you have to have steam installed and running?

I have no issue with steam personally, but my computer tech (who is about 70 years old and always grumpy anyways), absolutely hates Steam. Any time he does anything to my computer and finds Steam on there, I hear about it for days upon days. Hearing him gripe and complain for weeks is just not worth the price to get FM14 if I have to have Steam to run it.

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by collegesportsfanms

I have no issue with steam personally, but my computer tech (who is about 70 years old and always grumpy anyways), absolutely hates Steam. Any time he does anything to my computer and finds Steam on there, I hear about it for days upon days. Hearing him gripe and complain for weeks is just not worth the price to get FM14 if I have to have Steam to run it.

Time to get a new computer tech!

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Originally Posted by collegesportsfanms

bulletsponge, glad to see an FM14 dynasty on these boards, especially since the beta version is now out. Question... is Steam a requirement to play FM 14? Do you have to have steam installed and running?

I have no issue with steam personally, but my computer tech (who is about 70 years old and always grumpy anyways), absolutely hates Steam. Any time he does anything to my computer and finds Steam on there, I hear about it for days upon days. Hearing him gripe and complain for weeks is just not worth the price to get FM14 if I have to have Steam to run it.

im not sure. i DL it from steam, but i know you can play it offline without steam running(at least last version you could)

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scout found a new left back on the free. old man McSweeney wasnt haking it and his contract runs out mid season (1st time ive seen that) this new guy Giverin was out of contract from Man U and is way better than McSweeney. McSweeney had the lowest rating by far on my team, 6.54 and it will be nice to have his contract run out in december and his 64k a year off my books. my true starting LB Chantler was injured with torn ankle ligaments before the season and he still has at least 2 months out before his return.



heres the records of my last 5 games. as you can see i win some, i lose some.

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we got knocked out of all 3 cup competitions now. guess i shouldnt have set the bonuses for that so low

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holy crap things are not going well. 2 of my starting defenders go out for 2 months and i cant stop losing. we now sit 20th only 2 points above the drop zone! this might be a shorter dynasty than i expected if i cant turn things around

[MalcPow]

I demand 20+ seasons.

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Originally Posted by MalcPow

I demand 20+ seasons.

oh you'll get it, but back to season one



after that horrible stretch were i fell to the 20 spot, i got on a better run and moved up to 17th place but opened up a 8 point spread away from the drop


i should note that my 1st season is always just a rebuilding season as i try and find young players for the future in ireland and hopefully a prospect in my own youth intake. it will likely be 3-5 seasons before i get promoted

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ps another NSFW massage therapist applied for our job opening

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large pic

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great news. first off we lose a game and then win a game. Carlisle now sits 14th a full 10 points clear of relegation zone. also i go on the hunt for a new defender due to injuries and suckiness and i find Repka. sure hes slow, but all my centerbacks are slow




also an agent approached me offering the services of Alan Smith of former Man U fame and english international. ive always wanted this guy because he would be good at the league1 lvl and her makes an excellent mentor for my young midfielders

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ive gotten healthy against weak opposition



youth intake next!

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heres the only guy worth much of anything from my youth intake




ive seen guys like this come thru my intake before at this lvl. he will be poached at the end on next season most likely. i aint goina lie, i do reload the file if i dont like the youth intake a few time

on another good note, North Ireland had thier youth intake and thats a solid place for a team at my level to grab some cheap regen players from

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last stretch of the season

i finish the season at 15th place, 3 spots better than predicted. and remember what i said about the young stud regen i just got McAleavy? Stoke is already sniffing around him and he wont resign a new contract with me already.

i did manage to sign 2 youngster regens from Wales, ill post them once they join the team

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top Carlisle players for the 13/14 season

scorers
1- Junior Agogo 22 goals


2- Lee Miller 15 goals


3- Mark Beck 13 goals


top Rating
Danny Livesey

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heres the 1st guy i bought. a 15 yo Welshman from Rhyl. scouts think he could become a leading Premier league midfielder!




he cost 26k, leaving me 20k left in the kitty. but i should be freeing up some funds once contracts end in a month and a half

[SirFozzie]

Nice, hope you make a profit on Gray

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Ok offseason update

the club is currently 500K in the hole

i had to sell my starting GK Gillespie for 214k which isnt bad, considering he wasnt much better than my backup or GK's that would soon be free. i let 10 players leave on a free, freeing up 900k in salary cap, or half my wage bill . my team is real thin at fullbacks and left wingers.

i got for free this guy, another central midfeilder



scouts think he could become a decent PL midfielder


also 2 PL clubs (Liverpool, aston villa) made low offers for young striker McAveavy. and currently 5 PL clubs are sniffing around him. the only way theyre getting him this year if they make an offer my chairman cant refuse

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American Cody Cropper brought in to be the starting keeper. Iranian keeper Santangelo will start roughly 1/3 of games



Highly scouted foward larmour. scouts think he could become PL quality


downside is his casual personality. ill need to mentor him if hes to fullfill his potential

Simpson, has all the makings of a good PL centerback according to the scouts



Simpson and Larmour coast about 90k eack

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Sean McAleavy was just named to the Euro U19 Dream team substitutes. hes still only 15


my team seems complete and im done with preseason. ive loaned in a RB, LB and a AMC/ST to fill out my roster

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are there any screenshots anyone would like to see? or any additions that would make this dynasty better?

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Game 1 Vs Swindon



we win a fairly dull game 1-0 off a McAleavy goal

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Capital One Cup (whats in your trophy case?)

@ Doncaster.

Doncaster is a L1 club that got relegated from the Championship last year. they also bought GK Gillespie from me a month ago. tough challenge



Liam Noble picks up a straight red and we never recover, losing 2-1. goal by LW Robson

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@MK dons



lose 0-1

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home against Leyton Orient


woohoo we win 2-1 with a stoppage time goal. shouldnt have been that close cause we outplayed them all game

Goals: Smith (pk), McAleavy (2)
Beck with 2 assists

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scouts found a cheap englishman in wales. think he could be a good championship defender

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Sheldon's going out on loan for 3 months.

Home against Portsmouth



i couldnt handle bradley wright phillips speed and he scores 2 beating us 2-1

goals
Gillies (1)
assist
Tankovic (1)

great news! promising foward Sean McAleavy fired his agent and i swooped in and offered him a new contract, hes now signed thru 2018 and will turn pro when he turns 17. i still doubt i can keep him for long, hes playing great and PL clubs havnt stopped sniffing around

@ Port Vale



we get a big road win
Goals:
Agogo (1)

assist
Symington (1)

Skybet league 1 action

@ Preston



woot! 3-1 win!

Goals
Amoo (1)
0'Hanlon (1)
Beck (1)

Assist
Potts (1)
Lynch (1)

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Birmingham coming to Carlisle



lost 0-2

Alan Smith picks up 2 yellows

@ Bradford



lose 3-1

goals
Agogo (2)

Assist
McAleavy (1)

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Colchester comes to town



lost 0-1

@ Accrington



tied 2-2

Goals
Livesey (1)
McAleavy (3)

Assist
Potts (2)
Symington (2)

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Johnstones Paint Throphy time

i get a league 2 team Rochdale

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unfucking real. we lose 2-1 despite dominating the first half but not scoring

Goals
Todd (1)

Assist
McAleavy (2)

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Yeovil comes to town and i decide to let my assman handle this game



3-0 for a win. i hope the board doesnt fire me and replace me with my assman, he did a great job

Goals
Livesey (2)
Symington (1)
Robson (2)

Assist
Symington (3)
Agogo 2 (2)

Gillingham comes to town



2-1

Goals
McAleavy (4)
Gillies (2)

Assist
Potts (3)

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traveling to Brentford

ill stick with the 4-4-2 which got me 2 wins. start a few backups to rest some guys



nuts 0-1 loss

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travelling to shrewsbury



we comeback from 2-1 to win 3-2!

Goals
McAleavy 2 (6)
O'Hanlon (1)

Assist
Livesey (1)
Gillies (1)
Agogo (3)

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Standings update?

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im sitting pretty, considering i was predicted for the drop

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heres my current financial condition. im only spending 1,050,00 of 1,700,000 of my budget, so i have 650K free to spend on salaries and transfers still. but due to being in the red i have to spend fairly cheaply and on youngsters that i can sell for later. no fully developed players for me!




scout just found a great irish striker with PL potential, but he doesnt want to join me

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back to the games. FA Cup time

1st round, a div 2 team Northhampton visits us



turns out a boring game with few highlights. youngster Brough did score his 1st pro goal of his career

Goals
Brough (1)
Agogo (3)

Assist
Gillies (2)
Amoo (1)

we draw Gillingham for the 2nd round. i hope to beat them and then hope to draw a PL club in the 3rd round

Skybet League 1

@ Doncaster. im not expecting a win



wasnt even close. i get a consolation goal in the end 2-1

Goals
McAleavy (7)

Assist
Amoo (2)

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Home against Crewe, another team in the playoff picture
i had to dig into the u-18 to find some defensive depth



we win 2-0, Larmour getting his first 2 goals

Goals
Larmour 2 (2)

Assist
Tankovic (2)
Gillies (3)

Traveling to Tranmere. due to youngsters missing on international duty, im going back to 4-2-3-1 formation



lost 1-0. we didnt play bad, just didnt have the finishing touch

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Chesterfield



we roll 4-0. Larmour with an assist hattrick and Shldon gets his first game for us

Goals
Symington (2)
Tankovic (1)
Beck 2 (3)

Assist
Larmour 3 (3)
Potts (4)


@ Oxford



tie 1-1. Simpson gets his first ever goal and MoM. but hes tired and jaded, need to rest him for a week or so

Goals
Simpson (1)

Assist
Symington (4)

Big FA cup game, 2nd round @ Gillingham. if i can win this game then i get a chance at a big $$ game vs PL opponents. and i need $$



woot we win 1-0. they outshoot us 17-4, but were the ones that got a goal :P

Goals
McAleavy (8)

Assist
Noble (1)

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im getting messages after almost every game about one of my players needing a rest. ive been playing 2 games a week, and with my young team they get tired faster

FA cup draw. i didnt draw @ a big PL team, but i got the next best thing, a home game against div 2 team York. should be a win

Skybet L1
Vs Walsall



lost 0-2. not my best showing

current standings

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Vs Rotherham



we fall behind and score 2 goals in the last 20 to pull it out!

Goals
McAleavy (9)
Simpson (2)

Assist
Tankovic 2 (4)

@ Sheffield United. theyre a tough team



easily one of the most entertaining games ive seen these 2 seasons. we get off to a quick start as Symington scores only 50 seconds into the game. then shit happens. Sheffield scores 4 straight goals before the half. i score 2 more goals in the 2nd half but youngster Nigel Watts picks up 2 yellows (in only his 2nd start for us) and we fall 4-3. probably the most highlights ive seen this season with many close goals

Goals
Symington 2 (4)
Beck (4)

Assist
Beck (3)
McAleavy 2 (4)

@ Coventry



Another schlacking. we lose 4-2

Goals
Agogo 2 (5)

Assist
McAleavy (5)
Todd (1)

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vs MKDons



back to winning and the 4-4-2. 2-1 win

Goals
Beck (5)
Larmour (3)

Assist
Sheldon (1)
Robson (1)


some bad news. 2 carlisle original youngsters dont want to resign with me cause they dont think the club can match their ambition. this is new, normally you can resign 17 and 18yo.

Potts and Brough are the 2. i like potts, hes a good player. brough has 5* potential and should make it to the championship. damn now Beck wants 100k a year!

a string of 3 games in 5 days is going to strain my team. Christmas time of year

@ Swindon



0-3. our butts hurt

3rd game in 5 days

@ Leyton Orient



Limp to a 2-1 loss

Goal
Beck (6)

Assist
Larmour (4)

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New year is upon us, and 2 new signings from Ireland



Broughan is a LB, cost 22k and scouts think he could develop into a championship player



Butler is a foward. cost about 60k. but scouts think he has lower PL potential

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FA cup time. York is coming to town. should be an easy win



well it started out real bad. i fell behind 2-0 in the 1st half. i scored early in the 2nd half but then i pulled a rabbit out of my ass by scoring 2 goals in the last 6 minutes. we made it much harder than it should have been. Att 10,638. huge crowd

Goals
Gillies
Agogo (6)
McAleavy (10)

Assist
Repka (1)
McAleavy (6)

Liverpool, Man U and Man city are all eyeballing McAleavy

OH FUCKIN HELL YEA!

4th round draw has us GOING to Man United!

of course Man U still has to beat Dag and Red, which even i could do. im currently 657k in the red, so this is a huge cash game for me