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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.Originally posted by Kenny77
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?-Simppu12-
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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!
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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?Comment
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great now Chico's Osasuna career will be worlds better than my Alcorcon career and I'll go into depression.
Damn Mexicans ...vrabbit
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here you go
Edit: when you google search for an image go to "search tools" (it's underneath the search entry and to the right options like vidoes, shopping, etc). Then go to size. I always select "Icon" since it gives me some good sized pics to post on here.vrabbit
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another full day of work keeping me from updating on Alcorcon, wasn't able to do it yesterday either. I'm getting close to doing another update on Dagenham too just have to find the time for it ...vrabbit
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here you go
Edit: when you google search for an image go to "search tools" (it's underneath the search entry and to the right options like vidoes, shopping, etc). Then go to size. I always select "Icon" since it gives me some good sized pics to post on here.
Alright thanks guys! Good tips I'll keep them both in mind
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Your Alcorcon career will always be held in high regard. In fact, it's one of the reasons why I chose to go to Liga Adelante. Must be a tough day for you man. First Poulka makes a Dagenham career and now you're not the only one in Liga Adelante. You need to hustle it up with those updates man before they take your throne completely!Comment
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Guys, just thought I'd tell you. I'm now in the home stretch before my exams and for that reason, revision takes priority over FIFA. I will get updates out at weekends and rarely on weekdays. Hope you guys understand. Also, Chico hurry up and get Last of Us. I've got it on PS4 now and I'm waiting
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Chico - good choice with Osasuna, would had liked to see you pick one of the lesser talented Liga Adelante teams but I can dig the reason why you went with them. That being said though I'll be shocked if you aren't in La Liga after 1 season. Looking forward to this CM.
Indi - Initially I was excited that you picked Nantes because of the Venezuelan presence in it but then you went on to ship out the one guy with potential for PT (Vizcarrondo) and of course leave the other guy (Aristeguieta) collecting dust. On top of that you're flying through the season and it's been hard for me to keep up. I think direct qualifying to the Champions would be a success for you this season.
Jagger - by the time I get to comment on your CM you've already moved from Australia to England but better late than never. Looking into Venezuelan players again is Amorebieta still on your roster? Good job working your way out of relegation given where you started.
Solarios - Strangely digging the Milan CM. Nice 10-game winning streak.
Kenny - good job on a nearly-perfect November, the game against West Ham looks like it was a blast.
Cruzzer - surprisingly good job of continuing to keep me hooked, just sorry I don't get to comment as often. That afro was doing some magic and I love the prank about the English national team lol. Sucks about the injury though.
jamie - nice to see you in great form at Newcastle atop both the EPL and your group in Champions.
10cabee - 0 doubts on this end that you'll be in League 1 next season. Sinclair seems to have a lot of potential so I hope he's developing quickly for you with all those goals!
Simp - makes sense you haven't updated in a while, I too would had broken my game to pieces after giving up a goal in the 90th minute to miss out on 2 points.
Keano - I see it's still a struggle at Swansea. Keep pushing and you'll brake through. Would you say your struggles are more on offense or defense?
Tex - nice start in the BPL but you're about due for a new update, right? RIGHT?
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I would like to see this I think it's a good idea! Kinda like a parallel universe. Do it.
Man what a shame with that injury. With every month in League 2 being packed with games it seems like you will be losing a lot. I hope Morecambe can keep the good results going even without you, but seeing the way Bentley has been I fear they won't be able to cope without you. Hopefully you can get the club into a playoff spot when you return. The idea I had for the hairstyle was that Thomas would release a statement saying that he wasn't going to get a haircut until Morecambe achieve promotion, showing his dedication to the club and eventually styling it into an Afro, but your story was cool. We got to learn a little more about Thomas.
Indi brought up a good point, what will you do after this season? If Morecambe doesn't achieve promotion will you stay with the club or try to move to another club?Comment
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January
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Sergi Roberto FC Barcelona -> AC Milan $1,000,000 + Ignazlo Abate
Serge Gakpe FC Nantes -> AC Milan Pre-Contract Joining at the end of the season
Sebastian Giovinco Juventus -> AC Milan Joining at the end of the season
Serie A Match 17
AC Milan - Sassuolo (2-1)
WIN
Serie A Match 18
Torino - AC Milan (2-1)
DRAW
TIM Cup R16
AC Milan - Lazio (1-0)
WIN
Serie A Match 19
AC Milan - Atalanta (0-0)
DRAW
TIM Cup Quarter Finals
Juventus - AC Milan (1-0)
LOSS
February
Serie A Match 20
AC Milan - Parma (2-0)
WIN
Serie A Match 21
Juventus - Milan (2-1)
DRAW
Serie A Match 22
Lazio - AC Milan (1-2)
WIN
Serie A Match 23
AC Milan - Empoli (4-0)
WIN
Serie A Match 24
AC Milan - Cesena (2-1)
WIN
March
Serie A Match 25
Chievo - AC Milan (2-1)
LOSS
Serie A Match 26
AC Milan - Verona (2-0)
WIN
Serie A Match 27
AC Milan - Cagliari (3-0)
WIN
Serie A Match 28
Fiorentina - AC Milan (1-0)
WIN
April
Serie A Match 29
Palermo - AC Milan (0-3)
WIN
Serie A Match 30
AC Milan - Sampdoria (4-1)
WIN
Serie A Match 31
Inter - AC Milan (1-2)
WIN
Serie A Match 32
Udinese - AC Milan (0-2)
WIN
Serie A Match 33
AC Milan - Genoa (3-0)
WIN
May
Serie A Match 34
Napoli - AC Milan (2-1)
LOSS
Serie A Match 35
AC Milan - Roma (0-1)
LOSS
Serie A Match 36
Sassuolo - AC Milan (0-2)
WIN
Serie A Match 37
AC Milan - Torino (3-1)
WIN
Serie A Match 38
Atalanta - AC Milan (2-0)
LOSS
Serie A Table
1. Roma 90pts
2. AC Milan 86pts
3. Juventus 84pts
4. Inter 77pts
5. Napoli 70pts
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18. Chievo Verona 31pts
19. Cesena 29pts
20. Empoli 18ptsComment
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