How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[chicagoblue]

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WOLVES: Reviving a Club


SUMMER TRANSFERS IN:
Thorgan Hazard - £7 million
Chris Wondolowski - £800,000
C.J. Sapong - £400,000


SUMMER TRANSFERS OUT:
Sako - £15.6 million (Sold to Manchester City)
[Initially worth £7.3 million; City asked £10 million, but decided to go up to £15.6 and surprisingly they took it.]


NOTABLE SALES:
Joe Hart --> Bayren Munich
Cavanni --> Arsenal
Benzema --> Chelsea


Sky Sports caught up with Wolves manager, Paul Ince, to talk to him about the summer transfers. "It's been a tough summer, especially with Sako forcing a move away from the club. He briefly mentioned to me that he was unsettled at the club, and wished to play for a side that had Champions League football. It was hard to part with him, but at the end of the day, he's got to do what is best for him. We did manage to sign Thorgan Hazard, from Chelsea for a relatively good price. I've been scouting him for awhile now and I believe he has a bright future with Wolves and Belgium. For now, we have to focus on staying in the Premier League, and with the talent and young players we have, I do believe this is a possible goal."


Pre-season Friendlies
Wolves 2 - 0 SK Sturm Graz
ACF Fiorentina 5 - 1 Wolves
Wolves 3 - 2 SC Braga




August Results
Manchester City 1 - 3 Wolves
Arsenal 2 - 3 Wolves
Wolves 1 - 0 Stoke City
Wolves 2 - 0 Burnley (Capital One Cup)


The month of August has had more than a few surprises for the Barclays Premier League. The biggest shock is table leaders Wolves, with 9 points from 9 possible. The race for the Golden Boot is on and leading the race is Thorgan Hazard with 5 goals. The young Belgian is proving his worth at Wolves, and is showing that he is just as world class as his older brother, Eden Hazard.

[Portmexjr96]

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What league do you guys find most fun in career mode? European leagues.

[ThatKidNamedTae]

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Team: Arsenal

Season: Season One

Difficulty: World Class

Current Record: 4/1/0 in BPL (6/1/0 in all competitions)

Objective: Win the League Title

Games: All Man, No Sim

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Transfers In:



RB- Mattia De Sciglio ($9.00M + Diaby)

CDM- William Carvalho ($10.70M + Mikel Arteta)

RM- Angel Di Maria ($40.00M + Rosicky)

LM- Hakan Calhanoglu ($9.00M + Fabianski)

ST- Christian Benteke (13.00M + Santi Cazorla)



Transfers Out:



GK- Fabianski (To Hamburg)

RB- Hector Bellerin (Loan to Colchester)

RB- Carl Jenkinson (Loan to Crystal Palace)

CDM- Mikel Arteta (To Sporting CP)

RM- Ryo Miyachi (Loan to Crystal Palace)

RM- Serge Gnabry (Loan to PSG)

CM- Diaby (To Milan)

CM- Rosicky (To Real Madrid)

CM-Gedion Zelalem ( Loan to Coventry City)

LM- Santi Cazorla ( To Aston Villa)

ST- Nicklas Bendtner ( To Borussia Dortmund)

ST- Yaya Sanogo (Loan to Leeds United)

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Top Performers (7 games, all competitions)



ST-Christian Benteke: 7 Appearances, 8 Goals, 1 Assist

RM- Angel Di Maria: 6 Appearances, 2 Goals, 3 Assists

LM- Hakan Calhanoglu: 2 Appearances, 1 Goal, 1 Assist

CDM- William Carvalho: 6 Appearances, 2 Goals, 2 Assists

GK- Wojciech Szczesny: 7 Appearances, 6 Clean Sheets



Biggest Disappointments (7 games, all competitions)



CM- Jack Wilshere: 5 Appearances, 0 Goals, 0 Assists

RM- Alex Oxlade Chamberlain: 5 Appearances, 1 Goal, 0 Assists

ST- Olivier Giroud: 2 Appearances, 0 Goals, 0 Assists

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Top XI:



GK- Wojciech Szczesny (80)

RB- Mattia De Sciglio (77)

RCB- Per Mertesacker (82)

LCB- Laurent Koscielny (83)

LB- Kieran Gibbs (79)

RDM- Jack Wilshere (82)

LDM- Aaron Ramsey (82)

RM- Theo Walcott (81)

LM- Angel Di Maria (86)

CAM- Mesut Ozil (88)

ST- Christian Benteke (81)



Main Subs:



CDM- William Carvalho (79)

RM- Alex Oxlade Chamberlain (78)

LM- Hakan Calhanoglu (75)

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Just finished a game where we beat Swansea 7-0. Benteke (3), Di Maria (1), Ramsey (1), De Sciglio (1) and Koscielny (1) all scored in this match in a pure domination game. Swansea's keeper only managed to save 8/18 shots. Their defenders were poor during the entire match.

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My Question to You:



Who do you believe I should target/dump in January?

Any ideas? I'm thinking about moving on from Theo Walcott. He's been so frustrating this year. Besides, I'm currently playing Di Maria on the left, where he's been excellent, but he has a horrid WF. Might use money from Walcott sale into a true LM, but no idea who as of now. Help is appreciated and I haven't played a single game since last update

[Alex86]

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di Gaffa fills Hawthorns hot seat

West Bromwich Albion today unveiled former Development Coach Rafa di Gaffa as their new Head Coach. Di Gaffa becomes Albion's third Head Coach inside of a year, following the dismissals of Steve Clarke and Pepe Mel.

The job at hand is not insignificant. The new man has been presented with a squad freshly culled of eleven bodies who even then only managed to stay in the Premier League by the skin of their teeth. Di Gaffa though doesn't think a complete rebuild is necessary.

"We aren't going to be bringing in ten or eleven players, it's just not good practice" began the Midlands born boss, "we still have the core of a very good team. Senior pros like Jonas Olsson, Youssef Mulumbu, Claudio Yacob and Chris Brunt are still in their peak years and were the heart of a team that finished 8th a year ago, they haven't become bad players overnight."

His assertion that there won't be the huge recruitment drive fans are clamouring for is telling. It hints at perhaps the most pressing reason he's landed the job,his familiarity with Albion's academy graduates. "Yes, I think some of them are ready to step up. Saido [Berahino] was involved a lot last season and will be a much better player for that exposure, he knows exactly what's required of him now. Obviously Liam O'Neill and George Thorne have played for the first team and Donervan Daniels and Kenar Roofe made match day squads at times last year. Then you have Noone and Ritchie who were absolutely superb for the development squad last season, I've no doubt they could step in now and not look out of place."

So Albion's die is cast, the era of signing experienced pros is closing and it's the Southampton model they'll try to follow. Some will be sceptical and call it the cheap option but there is a genuine excitement from those in the know around this group of kids. Berahino, Ritchie and Noone in particular are highly regarded.

But then you know what they say, you can't win anything with kids...

[moose141]

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Think I have a touch of deja vu. As a kid I saw Albion win 4-3 at Upton Park having trailed 3-0, there have been at least a couple of 3-3s too. Must be something about the two teams!

Really enjoyed this episode as always. I've got high hopes for your second season,that front three looks scary at the moment.

Crazy how that worked out haha... I'm very jealous, I badly want to get across the pond to see a game at Upton Park! Hopefully I can make it there before the Olympic Stadium move.

Thanks for commenting, I agree with your assessment. The fact that Jarvis has added his ability to score goals to his pace and crossing ability is huge to make all three of my front players formidable goal scoring threats. Couple that with Ravel scoring from midfield and Clement Grenier coming in on a free transfer next season to supply them with passes and this should be a free scoring team. Just have to shore up on the back line along with it!

[moose141]

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Any ideas? I'm thinking about moving on from Theo Walcott. He's been so frustrating this year. Besides, I'm currently playing Di Maria on the left, where he's been excellent, but he has a horrid WF. Might use money from Walcott sale into a true LM, but no idea who as of now. Help is appreciated and I haven't played a single game since last update

If you're interested Kwadwo Asamoah from Juventus is an absolute tank at LM, though he may provide you the same weak foot problem as you are seeing with Di Maria. He is a beast though.

[Kiefaber]

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Anyone have any good lower league players to buy/sign? I mean players under 400k with less than 3,000/wk wages...

Needs:
-ST (Who can compete for the starting job, but cheap since I only have 3 on my current roster)
- RM (Who can start, my current RM is getting older and the backup is older as well)
-CB (3/4th string, need a reserve CB, starters are great, and have a solid 3rd guy to rotate)
- LB (Backup to my starter, or someone cheap who is good and makes me able to sell my starter)
-GK (STAR)

I am very low on funds and roster spots so you have to keep it cheap.. I need to fill at least 3/5 of these

[JustCRu7ing]

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Anyone have any good lower league players to buy/sign? I mean players under 400k with less than 3,000/wk wages...



Needs:

-ST (Who can compete for the starting job, but cheap since I only have 3 on my current roster)

- RM (Who can start, my current RM is getting older and the backup is older as well)

-CB (3/4th string, need a reserve CB, starters are great, and have a solid 3rd guy to rotate)

- LB (Backup to my starter, or someone cheap who is good and makes me able to sell my starter)

-GK (STAR)



I am very low on funds and roster spots so you have to keep it cheap.. I need to fill at least 3/5 of these

ST: Souleymane Coulibaly, Islam Feruz or Moussa Dembélé

RM: Josh/Jacob Murphy

CB: Ben Nugent, Ryan Innis, Leo Chambers

LB: Matt Targett

GK: Zabret, Bachmann

All young guns from BPL teams that are cheap and also realistic seeing that they come from English teams hope this helps


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[JustCRu7ing]

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Had a career mode idea someone pls tell me if they like it?

Planning on putting Man Utd in league 2 but putting all their players in their old clubs and youth players in the free agents list. Then spending all my money on youth scouts

Then I will put these young guns from the BPL in my squad and only ever make youth squad signings to add to them that my scout finds

GOALKEEPERS

1. Gregor Zabret - 61 ovr; 79 potential
18. Jordan Pickford - 59 ovr; 75 potential

RIGHT BACKS

57. Saidy Janko - 57 ovr; 73 potential
26. Elliot Kebbie - 57 ovr; 72 potential

CENTRE BACKS

22. Ben Nugent - 61 ovr; 80 potential
37. Leo Chambers - 57 ovr; 78 potential
53. Ryan Inniss - 58 ovr; 74 potential
42. Donervon Daniels - 61 ovr; 73 potential

LEFT BACKS

33. Matt Targett - 57 ovr; 76 potential
27. Daniel Potts - 60 ovr; 75 potential

CENTRAL/DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

50. Olivier Kemen - 56 ovr; 77 potential
20. Gael Bigirimana - 63 ovr; 76 potential

RIGHT MIDFIELDERS/WINGERS

32. Ryan Williams - 61 ovr; 79 potential
25. Blair Turgott - 60 ovr; 77 potential

LEFT MIDFIELDERS/WINGERS

40. Jack Grealish - 63 ovr; 84 potential
31. Josh Murphy - 61 ovr; 76 potential

ATTACKING MIDFIELDERS/CENTRE FORWARDS

43. Muamer Tanković - 62 ovr; 78 potential
56. Jay Fulton - 63 ovr; 79 potential

STRIKERS

45. Moussa Dembélé - 62 ovr; 80 potential
36. Samed Yesil - 64 ovr; 77 potential
61. Souleymane Coulibaly - 63 ovr; 77 potential
47. James Wilson - 58 ovr; 65 potential

(Numbers before players are simply their kit numbers)

Would be fun to take these young BPL players to the premier league from the bottom along with other home built talent

Limited myself to only using 1 defender, midfielder and striker with 80+ potential

All had to be under 19 years old and a premier league club's youth player on the game

What do you guys think of this idea?


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[JustCRu7ing]

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In addition to my earlier post I will probably use a 4-1-2-1-2 formation that will look like this:

GK: Zabret
RB: Janko
CB: Nugent
CB: Daniels
LB: Potts
CDM: Bigirimana
RM: Williams
LM: Grealish
CAM: Fulton
ST: Yesil
ST: Coulibaly

Bench:

Inniss
Targett
Kemen
Murphy
Turgott
Tanković
Dembélé

P.S my three 80+ potential players selected was Grealish, Dembélé and Nugent


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[jamiec47]

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LIVERPOOL CAREER MODE

note: Unfortunately I accidentally deleted my update so I cannot remember all details. Games with no details are ones that I deleted and cannot remember. Sorry.

Match 31

West Ham 2-3 Liverpool

Match 32

Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City

All I can remember about this game is Mangala conceding a penalty in the last minute for Aguero to equalise.

Match 33

Liverpool 3-0 Spurs

FA Cup Semi Finals

Bolton 0-3 Liverpool
Rakitic 29
Sturridge 42
Verratti 77
Rakitic opened the scoring with a goal thundered in from the edge of the box. Sturridge made it 2 with a casual finish around the keeper and finally Verratti blasted in from close range to wrap it up.

Match 34

Manchester United 0-3 Liverpool
Morata 16
McManaman 23
McManaman 48
I played my reserves and they played outstandingly, Morata getting on the end of a McManaman cross to open the scoring. McManaman then scored his own after intercepting a sloppy pass by De Gea and firing into the empty net. He wrapped it up with a stunning strike from 30 yards, leaving De Gea rooted to the spot.

Match 35

Liverpool 3-0 Chelsea
Sterling 3
Sturridge 40
Suarez 83
I was expecting a tough game but a ball over the top immediately by Suarez was controlled beautifully by Sterling who then fired under Jefferson. Hazard missed a sitter for the Blues before Sturridge hit one of his trademark outside of the boot shots into the top corner after Terry's clearance went straight to his feet and he was able to run clear. After a string of misses by Torres and Oscar, Suarez dispossessed Terry, who was having a shocker, to fire in.

Next Game: Crystal Palace

[moose141]

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Season 1, Episode 20: Premier League Finale

In this episode we finish out the BPL season with a home match against rivals Tottenham Hotspur and a road battle against Manchester City.

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[jamiec47]

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LIVERPOOL CAREER MODE

Match 36

Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
Suarez 10
The only action in this game saw Suarez fire in from the edge of the box.

Match 37

Norwich 1-2 Liverpool
Chalobah 22
Howson 40
Morata 64
Chalobah scored, smashing in from the edge of the box brilliantly. Norwich levelled it with a Howson header from a Snodgrass cross. Morata won the game when he ran clear and curled it round the goalkeeper with the outside of his foot.

Going in to the final game of the season, we were one point behind league leaders Chelsea. We had Newcastle at Anfield, whereas Chelsea had a relegation threatened Cardiff in Wales. Could we do it?...

Match 38

Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle
Sturridge 15
Sturridge 40
Suarez 53 (pen)
Suarez 86
Sturridge opened the scoring with a thunderous drive with his weaker right foot, into the top corner. He scored again on the rebound of a Rakitic shot. Suarez converted a penalty after being tripped by Taylor and he scored again with a finesse into the far post. Had we done it?...

Cardiff 2-2 Chelsea
A result met with despair for both Cardiff and Chelsea fans. Met with cheers from Liverpool fans around the world. Jamiec47 had led the club to their first league title since 1990. Cardiff were relegated with that result as well.

Final League Table

Liverpool 88
Chelsea 87
Arsenal 76
Manchester United 75
Manchester City 72
Spurs 69
Everton 67
Swansea 67
Newcastle 62
Aston Villa 48
Stoke 48
Southampton 44
Fulham 42
West Ham 39
Norwich 33
West Brom 33
Sunderland 30 (-33 GD)
Cardiff 30 (-33 GD!)
Crystal Palace 27
Hull 19

FA Cup Final

Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
Suarez 103
Suarez 117
After a brilliant game marked by outstanding saves by Cech and Mignolet, it was taken to extra time. Suarez broke the deadlock with a brilliant volley from a Sterling cross. He scored again with a great strike from 25 yards.

[Simppu12]

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Marca: "Ganchév Moving to the Champions"

In a shocking turn of events, Fulham FC's young Brazilian couch has left the English club for the Spanish Champions. The assignment was really shocking, because Ganchév said he had no intentions in leaving the Cottagers. His objective is to win the league and make Atletico win the treble after legendary Diego Simeone left his job. (And yes, I got bored of Fulham... as always and started a new career.)

Transfers:

Transfers In:

A. Ramos, 6.5 million
T. Kalas, 1.9 million
Guilavogui, back from loan
Silvio, back from loan
Ruben Micael, back from loan

Transfers out:

-

Starting XI (4-4-2):

Courtois
Juanfran -- Miranda -- Godin -- Filipe Luis
Koke ------ M. Suarez -- Gabi ------ Turan
----------- Costa ---- -- Villa ------------

August 2013

Sevilla 0 - 4 Atletico Madrid
Costa 13', 26', 84' 90'

Barcelona 3 - 1 Atletico Madrid, Super Copa
Messi 30', 76', Alexis 51'
Costa 42'

A bad result but a good game. But only goals matter. Diego Costa got his 5th goal of the season and we had an away goal. Everything was good. But then came the second haf and everything changed. The magician Messi dribbled past my defenders and he scored with a powerful shot to the bottom right corner. Also Sanchez scored a rebound.

Atletico 3 - 1 Rayo Vallecano
Ramos 11', Ruben Micael 65', Raul Garcia 79'
Ramos injured for 6 weeks

Atletico 4 - 1 Barcelona, Super Copa
Costa 5' pen, 10', Villa 66' 79'
Messi 56'

Wow! What a game! Everything seemed lost for the Rojiblancos but we managed to equalize on aggregate after 10 minutes. We were going to win on away goals. At the beginning of the second half Messi got a lucky goal after a tough shot from Iniesta and he put the Cules in the lead. Only 10 minutes after that, the ex-Barcelonian David Villa got the ball from Pique thank to our amazing pressing and he finessed the ball past his old teammate. And no, he didn't celebrate. And a bit later Villa Maravilla got his second goal of the game and Atletico Madrid got their first piece of silverware! A really good start to Ganchév's campaign.

September 2013

Real Sociedad 1 - 2 Atletico Madrid
Prieto 45' pen
Costa 55', Diego Ribas 84'

It's always tough to play against Basque teams as we saw in our 3rd league game. The match was pretty boring and Diego Ribas thanked for the starting spot with a nice finish after a skillrun.

Atletico Madrid 2 - 0 Porto, CL
Villa 54', Godin 67'
Koke injured for 3 weeks

Real Valladolid 2 - 2 Atletico Madrid
Óscar 18', Rossi 73'
Costa 8', Sosa 30'

Atletico Madrid 4 - 0 Osasuna
Tiago 14', Insua 32', 67', Costa 69'

Real Madrid 1 - 4 Atletico Madrid
Ronaldo 4' pen
Villa 11', Turan 38', Costa 82', 90'

I have no idea what happened. Real dominated the whole game and they got a good start with a Ronaldo penalty which was almost saved by Courtois. A couple of minutes later Villa equalised after taking the ball off from Pepe's foot. After the half an hour mark Turan cut in from the left and smashed the ball to the top of the net past Lopez. At the end we got two counter attacks and scored from both of them. I'm really proud of my boys!



I'll do the reports just about the bigger games. Tell me if you prefer it this way. Also, please leave feedback.

[maweee16]

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Any ideas? I'm thinking about moving on from Theo Walcott. He's been so frustrating this year. Besides, I'm currently playing Di Maria on the left, where he's been excellent, but he has a horrid WF. Might use money from Walcott sale into a true LM, but no idea who as of now. Help is appreciated and I haven't played a single game since last update

Even though I'm not fond of losing the "Arsenal" feel(depends on the player so all good)...

Walcott's a beast for me, beats defenders of the flanks and brings in great crosses. If you could wait 'till next summer or have enough cash.... Reus or Draxler would be nice signings. Draxler has a 4/5 star weak foot so no problem in his natural LM position and Reus is an absolute beast.

Draxler costs less but Reus is obviously the better player so Walcott and cash could get you them.