How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[sportsfreak96]

Quote: Originally Posted by _ChicoBass

Gents, I think I am ready to start another career. I have decided to start one in the Liga Adelante. I've never been able to maintain a career in Spain for longer than 2 seasons, I don't know I just lose interest playing in Spain, so hopefully I will be able to keep this one going at least a little longer than that. I still haven't decided which team to use though. I'm currently in between two clubs, one is a promotion candidate, and the other one is far down the pecking order. I'm leaning heavily towards the promotion candidate, but I have a little history with the other. I had a career with them on FIFA 13 that I really enjoyed but their kits on 15 are so simple that I feel I would get bored even faster with them. I have began typing an introduction for one of them although I haven't made my decision yet. More to come later!

You better not pick Real Betis for yours cause that is the one I'm doing

[_ChicoBass]

Quote: Originally Posted by indiblue

[center][font=Trebuchet MS]Jeu à la Nantaise: February 2015

Dominant month! All wins except for the Lyon match but then again Lyon is one of the top teams in France. I like how your tactics paid off against Lyon. You were losing the midfield battle, so you put an extra man in midfield and put an attacking winger as RB to run down the sideline into space, and it paid off! Luck had nothing to do with it. You're only 6 points of out first place but it'll be hard to see PSG drop points in the domestic league. You should still be able to get into Europe this season though, giving you the budget to compete for 1st place later on.

[_ChicoBass]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportsfreak96

You better not pick Real Betis for yours cause that is the one I'm doing

And if I do what are you gonna do about?



Hahaha just kidding. You do not need to worry my friend, it is not Real Betis.

[sportsfreak96]

Quote: Originally Posted by _ChicoBass

And if I do what are you gonna do about? Hahaha just kidding. You do not need to worry my friend, it is not Real Betis.

I was just kidding I wouldn't mind seeing someone else do a Real Betis CM

[Simppu12]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kenny77

Hey guys, I was just wondering does anyone have any suggestions for good, centre backs that won't be too expensive?

Eric Dier, Fabian Schär, John Stones and Winston Reid. Dier is amazing and he feels like an 80+ defender and you can get him for about three million. Schär is good in everything and he grows a lot. I haven't used the other two but I know they are cheap and good.

Chico, I don't care what team you choose, just start the career already haha. The choice is yours and I hope you make the right one.

I was thinking about my Verona career and I feel like I need to finish what I started there. I'm doing a ManU career so how would I do that? I still have a Verona save from December before joining ManU. I would just continue playing from there. I could do that after I finish the ManU career. What do you guys think about returning to Italy and acting like United never happened?

[_ChicoBass]

Introduction

After being linked with Racing Santander and Mallorca, it is Osasuna who have announced ambitious Mexican-American manager from the United States Chavez as the new first team manager. Chavez becomes the 2nd Mexican manager to join Osasuna, and it is considered his first real challenge yet since he hasn't had any big management jobs in the past. Chavez began his career coaching the Guadalajara U-15 in Mexico before going overseas for his first senior team job with England's AFC Wimbledon. His time at Wimbledon was a successful one despite not achieving promotion to League 1, leaving the club with a solid team made up of players like Akinfenwa and Tubbs. After leaving AFC Wimbledon we didn't hear much of him anymore and we wondered if perhaps he had left football to pursue a career elsewhere. Chavez now joins Osasuna who were recently relegated to the Liga Adelante and their board of directors aspire to return to La Liga, an achievement that would benefit all parties involved particularly a rookie manager like Chavez. It would even benefit myself actually since I've been assigned to Chavez and reporting in La Liga would be a dream come true for me. Not that reporting in the English League 2 or the Youth Liga MX wasn't great or anything. Just sayin' you know.

But, will Chavez have what it takes to return Osasuna to the top flight among football giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona? The responsibility is a huge one where success could potentially open a lot of doors for him. Osasuna are one of the three football clubs from the Basque Country in Spain with Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad being the other two. Unlike their compatriots, Osasuna haven't had much success in La Liga throughout their history. Osasuna's biggest achievement is their 2005 cup run in La Copa Del Rey, where they surprised everyone by reaching the final, only to lose to Real Betis in extra time. Other than that, the only other achievements we have record of is participating in the UEFA Cup four times. The highest Osasuna have finished on the league table has been 5th place, but even that is a tough record to beat with the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico, Bilbao, Sociedad, Sevilla, and Valencia usually controlling the top end of the table.

For now, the board's goal is only to achieve promotion. After being relegated from La Liga last season Osasuna lost almost all of their important players and need to rebuild if they wish to return to one of the world's best football leagues.


Press Conference

Mr. Chavez, so good to see you again. I was starting to think I was unemployed actually, but you're back! What led you to choosing Osasuna over the other interested clubs such as Racing Santander who were said to be the closest to your signature?

"Thank you, thank you. It truly is great to be back to doing what I love. The decision between Racing and Osasuna was not an easy one, I will admit that. Racing has had my respect since January 2014 when the players showed unity and brotherhood by protesting against playing the Copa Del Rey Quarter Final due to months of unpaid wages. However, I've always been interested in the Basque culture and the football it produces. Since they are from an area that holds such a large amount of football talent I feel Osasuna need to be at the top, not only of Basque football, but at the top of Spanish football as well. Everybody talks about Catalonia as the birthplace of great Spanish footballers, but they forget that the Basque Country has also grown great footballers. In fact I think that we have one of the best Basque goalkeepers here at Osasuna in Riesgo and we want to see more players of his quality here at Osasuna."

So is it safe to say you will be focusing a lot on youth development?

"Indeed. The Basque community has tons of young talent just waiting to be discovered, so it will be our job to find them before Bilbao or Sociedad do."

You seem to truly admire Basque football. Will you be implementing a policy like Athletic Bilbao's? A Basque-only policy?

"A similar policy yes, but not modeled after Athletic Bilbao. We will be introducing a policy more similar to that of Guadalajara from the Mexican Liga MX, whereas instead of allowing only Basque players, we will allow only Spanish players to join the club, with the exception of one or two non-Spanish players, for liability reasons."

What about the non-Spanish players that are already at the club? Will their contracts be terminated?

"We will not be terminating any contracts because of this new policy. The players that are already here will be allowed to play out the remainder of their contract unless they choose to leave on their own accord, or a club is found for them."

Very well. And, what kind of football will we be seeing from Osasuna under your command? Will you bring over the style of play you used at Wimbledon?

"Results are our priority at the moment. I haven't had a chance to meet the lads yet, but for now we will focus on getting the win before playing attractive football. The squad went through a lot of changes this summer due to the relegation, so once we all get to know and understand each other better we'll start to work on playing the style of football that fits us best and the one the fans want to see. We must rebuild first though. To achieve promotion we will need experienced players but also younger players with the hunger to grow. That is why our academy will be of extreme importance, but our older players will have to step up and lead them."

"Thank you all for coming out. I'm really looking forward to this season, the greatest challenge of my career."

*End of Press Conference


Conclusion

There it is folks, I finally decided to get back into the career business. I wanted to start an Athletic Bilbao career, maintaining the Basque-only policy, but we recently had one here so I chose to go with another Basque club instead. Looking for Spanish transfer targets has already proven to be challenging since there is a lot less Spanish players in the database compared to English so I haven't made any moves yet. The position I need to strengthen the most is striker, followed by full backs. The club has a lot of centre backs but only 1 natural full back, so I might play with a back line of 5 I haven't decided yet.

The real season why I had been thinking of creating an Osasuna career mode, is this guy:


His name is Jose Garcia, a product of the Osasuna youth academy. He's an all time Osasuna fan and he showed it when he was only 7 years old during a match against Athletic Bilbao. His support was so incredible that video footage actually made it to a TV Show from Spain where they found it funny, but admirable. Five years later he joined the Osasuna youth academy and then made his debut with the first team at age 16, the third youngest to debut with the club. He's had an amazing fan reception and the boy has talent as well as passion. His potential on FIFA isn't the best, low 70s, but I want to keep him involved in this career for as long as possible.

Here is the link to the video from when he was 7 years old. The narrating is in Spanish but you can still see the kid cheering nonstop even with the Bilbao fans next to him trying to bribe him lol I really recommend you watch the video even if you can't understand the narrator. Osasuna lost the match 2-1 to Bilbao, but he started cheering even more when his team was down. That's a real fan. Hope you enjoy it and thanks for reading!
http://youtu.be/tZ-NgdvyLTk

[_ChicoBass]

Yikes, looks like the shield picture came out a little big. I just saved it from google and uploaded it. Anyone know how I can make the picture smaller?

[vrabbit]

great now Chico's Osasuna career will be worlds better than my Alcorcon career and I'll go into depression.

Damn Mexicans ...