How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[sportsfreak96]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

it looks like you're gonna run away with the title simp the way its going right now

[BiloxiSmitty]

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Valencia looks really fun for you. A solid win against Atletico and then a demolishing of Deportvio! How's the table looking

I'll post a table either today or tomorrow before January transfer season.

[texasbum06]

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Congrats on getting to the Cup and Europa League finals! A bit disappointing in some games but it seems M'Gladbach did even worse! It should be an exciting finish to see who ends up where in the table! Also it looks like Lechleiter made it to May?

He did! 3 May updates with him! Now he should fit nicely into the squad next season.

[Keano16]

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He did! 3 May updates with him! Now he should fit nicely into the squad next season.

Woohooooo!

[Simppu12]

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If you guys have come across #ChangeCareerMode in Twitter or Youtube, this is quite interesting. I think these changes would make the game amazing, maybe even almost perfect. Sadly I don't think EA will add these features any time soon because they don't earn money through career mode. Here's the link for the wishlist all the Youtubers came up with if you're interested: http://justpaste.it/FIFA16Wishlist

And if you can't open it for some reason, here's the same list in spoilers:

Spoiler

1. Loan Players
- Loan players should be inelligable when playing against parent clubs
- Ability to negotiate a percentage of wages to pay rather than always full wages
- Ability to negotiate a loan period (1/2/3 months as well as end of season or two seasons)
- Bigger loan deals able to be negotiated such as Torres to Milan or Falcao to Man Utd
2. Scripted Transfers
- More dynamic transfers made by CPU controlled clubs. Not same players moving to same clubs every save. Or unrealistic transfers like Anichebe to Munich or Sanogo to Real Madrid.

3. Friendlies/Pre-Season
- Ability to arrange your own friendlies with a team of your choice, perhaps with a select few dates available
- Unlimited substitutions allowed in friendlies
- Maybe arrange a pre-season tournament similar to the Emirates Cup,Audi Cup
- Ability to arrange training camps during the summer period
4. Fixture List Congrestion
- Ability to request a games postponement due to fixture list congestion/players on international duty
- Perhaps allow games to be manually moved within a limited range of days etc.

5. Youth/Reserve Teams
- Add in a Youth Squad League in which young players will compete against each other
- Youth Squads filled with the younger players by default.
- Ability to call up/drop players from the Youth/Reserve team at any point.
- Allow players in the Youth/Reserve teams to grow as if they were getting regular game time at that level eg. reserve/U-21 league.
- Youth players added to youth team automatically
- Youth manager presents reports of youngsters that are playing well and deserve a call up to the first team
- No more 5´5 CBs or Wingers with 45 pace coming out of the academy.Proper statistics according to positions being played by youngsters
- Better weak foot abilites generated for positions in which those are needed (CDM,CM,CAM)
- More 4 or 5 star skillers generated for positions in which those are needed (RW,RF,LW,LF,CAM)

6. Player Growth
- More dynamic player growth related to player performance in game. Eg. Player in scoring form, shooting related stats increase. Lots of assists, passing related stats increase. Solid defensive performance, defensive stats increase.
- Players that aren't playing at all or even remotely refularly should grow at a lesser rate, encouraging squad rotation etc. (Current bench players growing faster than first teamers atm)
- Ability to ask a player/train a player to be able to play in a new position
- Ability for Young Players to grow in length throughout career
- Ability to tell players to train a certain aspect of their attributes
7. EASFC
- Ability to accept/reject career mode related items so as to avoid saves being tainted by unwanted items.
8. Budgets
- Ability to transfer budgets from season to season if not all is spent. At present you lose all money with a new budget set, next seasons budgets could take into account money left over from the previous year.
- More realistic prize money for lower league sides final finishing position and cup prize funds etc
- The board needs to notice the lack of money when their team is struggling and offer money to be added to the budget in return of higher expectations for the season
- Teams need to be able to earn money from tickets being sold at their home games
- Show a financial checkup screen after every game like in FIFA 09 (adding up ticket revenue to the budget)
9. Media
- More options when speaking to the media, perhaps small press conferences with 3 or 4 questions with multiple choice answers.
- Answers to the media do need to have an impact on how the board portrays you,ultimately resulting in effects on your job security

10. Simulated Games
- More input for simulated games, EG. Ability to make a substitution.
- Ability to join the game at a certain point to try and turn a situation around EG, join the game with 30 mins to go with the scenario already set in a similar way to the ones used for World Cup DLC etc.
11. Licensing
- Would LOVE more full league licensing similar to the BPL, either for leagues or individual cup competitions. (Obviously understand the potenital massive financial and legal difficulties)
12. Player Interaction
- Ability to speak to players on an individual basis. Praise players for good form or try and motivate a player that is having a rough run of games.
- Be able to explain to a player why he isn't getting first team football etc
- Ability to discuss with a player why you are/aren't giving them a new contract when they approach for one.
- Discuss with a player why they want to leave in certain situations and be able to address the matter to make them stay or force them out.
- Pre and Post game team-talks
13. CPU Transfer Negotiations
- Enable CPU teams to also be able to offer players + cash in exchange for a user player or cash + loan player
- Add the ability for the CPU to more frequently buy more young players instead of only high rated established players
14. Kits
- When a team is promoted, the league badge on the shirt should change to the new league, EG Champo to Prem. Or vice versa. Golden BPL badges for league winner
- Option to change kit sponsor for a yearly fee (obviously might bring up complications with current sponsorship deals and licensing etc)
- Option to slightly alter the appearance of the kit (again potential sponsorship and liceinsing issues)
- If the ability to change the kit is too much to ask for then let us maybe choose between historical kits to be enabled for upcoming seasons
15. - Appeals
- Ability to appeal a straight red card decision
16. In Ground Atmosphere
- Better allocation of ingame chants. EG, Cambridge vs Shrewsbury, crowd wouldn't be chanting Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea.
- Hightened/Elevated crowd noise/excitement depending on importance of fixture. EG, cup games/local derbies
- Flares and More unique crowd mosaics
- More dynamic crowd with more new animations plus avoid everyone sitting down at once like robots
- Crowd need to cheer up the team whenever team is down and losing
17. Parent/Affiliate Clubs
- Small clubs can partner up with big teams for the exchange of loan players, free of charge.

18. Stadium Editor
- The ability to edit your stadium with regards new builds, managing ticket and concession prices for more in depth financial control.
19. Additional Sponsors
- Ability to raise additional funds by signing extra sponsors for the side. Similar to how it was done in previous titles with extra incentives etc.
20. Manager Creation
- Ability to customise the appearance of your manager character. Perhaps even with a game face.
21. Staff Upgrade
- Ability to "upgrade" the quality of your fitness staff, physio etc. like it was in FIFA 09,FIFA 10 which then impacts the growth of players stats
22. Job Vacancies + Interviews
- Option to start Unemployed and for jobs to become available depending on manager performance. Ability to apply for jobs and have an interview process and manager reputation dictates what teams approach you.
23. Youth Players
- Physical stats don't improve over time, plus heights of some youth players don´t change from 5ft 2 in FIFA 15
24. MY PLAYER SPECIFIC
- Ability to negotiate contracts in both length and wages.
- Training function to help build stats over time (Training = Skill challenges that are already in FIFA 15)
- Ability to be subbed off due to poor performance
- Ability to start on the bench and be subbed on
- More variety in Manager tactics, trying different formations etc.
- Ability to recieve more than one transfer offer at once
- Ability to purchase boots with wages earned rather than have them unlocked.
- Or perhaps be approached by a manufacturer for a sponsorship deal to wear their boots
- More appearance customisation EG, tattoos/piercings
- Ability to be recalled from loan should the parent club need you
- Option to request playing time if not selected
- Grow the ability to play multiple positions
- Ability to be selected as club captain or become a club legend
- New camera angle, watching from the bench (linked with starting as sub)
- Ability to start unsigned and play in a trialists game to have your first few offers to choose from
- Ability to work your way up from no name at the club to captain of the first team (already implemented into older FIFA games)
25. Stadiums and Leagues
- Hard to know what licenses are available etc, but any etc stadiums in England or other top leagues would be great. Or even new default ones would be a refreshing change
26. Length of CM
- More than 15 seasons
27. FIFA Fair Play
- Add in the FIFA Financial Fair Play rulings
28. Cup Celebrations
- Alternative Cup celebration scenes. Perhaps up the stairs at Wembley etc
29. Other League Stats
- Make other leagues stats such as top goalscorer, assist, clean sheets etc available to see during the season.
30. Cup Finals
- Ability to spectate cup finals that you haven't qualified for
31. CPU manager selections
- Manager picks realistic team selection eg, Lindegaard always playing instead of De Gea etc
- Sub in young players when team is winning with a high goal difference to give them play time
32. International Comps
- Add AFCON, Asia, Confederations and Gold Cup if possible
33. Player contracts
- Put clauses into contracts such as release clauses, buy-back clauses and promotion wage rises etc
34. Stat History
- Be able to see what players stats were in previous seasons as opposed to just the current one.
35. Player Awards
- Viewable player awards such a TOTW, TOTY, Player of the month, Young player of the month etc (For multiple leagues)
36. Online Career Mode
- Small group of perhaps 2-5 friends. One player hosts and keeps the save in the same way FM works. All players join the save/lobby.
- To work effectively extremely similar to how Football Manager work their network games.
- Players play through season playing vs CPU and then playing vs each other when fixtures dictate.
- Players can work out transfers between each other,swap deals etc.
37. Job Security
- There needs to be a level of Job Security which needs to start at a certain level considering the managers experience
- This needs to change according to results and the expectations of the board
38.Fan Reputation Level
- A level of trust that is given by the fans for the manager needs to be implemented
- This also needs to have an impact on the job security provided by the board
39.Creation Centre Return
- We need to be able to create our own club with self designed kits,badge and fan colors put them into a league and do a from rags to riches type of career

Like I said I think those features would be incredible to have but EA will probably add something dumb like a new squad report type or a new menu. What do you think?

[10cabee]

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FC St. Pauli
FIFA 15 - Season 3

Die Freibeuter der Liga

April 2017

Spoiler

1860 Munich 1 - FC St. Pauli 3
M60 - Adlung 39'
STP - van Nieff 16', Storm 21', Rubin 43'
MOTM: Storm

Hallberg sent a corner into the box that van Nieff made a good run and rose up to head it down into the bottom left corner of the goal. Storm dribbled in from the left wing and split two defenders using quick touches to avoid the tackles before firing inside the near post. Steinhofer expertly crossed the ball from the left side of the goal to Adlung who beat Gießelmann to the header on the back post. Çiftçi expertly led the counter getting ahead of the defense before playing it across the box to Rubin who slotted it back to the right post as the keeper adjusted to where he was.

Europa League Quarter Final Leg 2
Marseille 1 (2) - FC St. Pauli 5 (9)
OM - Barrada 90'
STP - Sobiech 20', Çiftçi 24', 27', van Nieff 59' (Pen), Rubin 90'
MOTM: Stanek

Julian Green played the ball into the middle of the box off a corner kick that Sobiech was able to head into the center of the goal where the keeper had just moved from. Çiftçi got the ball at midfield and showed off some skill as he spun around the defender and raced down the right side of the goal hitting it strong back to the top left corner. Çiftçi played Green down the right side of the box who then sent a cross back to Çiftçi who used his head to flick it back to the far post. Storm was dragged down by his shirt in the box and van Nieff used a stutter step approach to bury the penalty in the back of the net. Barrada got one back for Marseille after Khedira couldn't quite clear the ball and it fell to his feet for the easy finish. Van Nieff played the ball to Rubin just outside the box who used quick touches to dribble through the defense and slot it home on the near post.

FC St. Pauli 0 - Eint. Frankfurt 2
FFM - Batshuayi 23', Chandler 62'
MOTM: Wiedwald

Batshuayi made a run towards the top of the box and had the ball played to him just as he reached the edge and fired a first time left footed shot perfectly into the top right corner. Buballa overplayed the ball and left the back door wide open for Chandler to sneak in to receive the pass and finish easily back across the goal to the far post and double the lead.

Deutscher Pokal Semi-Final
FC Schalke 1 - FC St. Pauli 2
S04 - Meyer 79'
STP - Green 60', van Nieff 67'
MOTM: Stanek[/b]

Rubin drew the defense away as Green used his pace to race past the defense with the ball and go through on goal to place the ball around the keeper into the bottom right side of the goal. Yoell van Nieff took advantage of a Schalke foul and stepped over the ball from 30 yards out and struck it perfectly into the top right corner of the net. Meyer was able to cut the lead in half after avoiding 2 challenges while working his way to the middle of the box and curling it inside the far post.

FC St Pauli 2 - VFB Stuttgart 2
STP - Çiftçi 33', Rubin 90'
VFB - Rausch 35', Maxim 90'
MOTM: Maxim

Michal Mak played Buballa down the left wing to then send in a cross that found Çiftçi's head and settled into right side of the goal. Rausch answered back making a completely unmarked back post run after Brosinski left his assignment and he finished the cross easily to equalize. With time running out Michal Mak played Rubin through on goal to beat the keeper and place the ball just inside the right post. After St. Pauli seemed to have won it late, Stuttgart found an equalizer with a cross into the box that found Maxim after Buballa lost him and he finished it to the far post.

Europa League Semi-Final Leg 1
FC St. Pauli 4 - Aston Villa 3
STP - van Nieff 16' (Pen), 74', Hallberg 28', 57'
AVL - Delph 65', 70', Benteke 90' (Pen)
MOTM: Hallberg

After Green was taken down in the box, van Nieff converted the penalty with a great shot into the left side of the goal. Buchtmann found Hallberg outside of the box on the right who then took one touch and fired a strong shot that hit off the right post and in. Çiftçi chipped the ball ahead to Hallberg who went through on goal and finished easily into the bottom left side of the goal. Delph got Villa on the board with a smart run up the middle for a first time hit past the keeper. He added a second just 5 minutes later after getting the ball at the top of the box and hitting it into the top left corner. Yoell van Nieff then stepped up to take a free kick from outside the top right corner of the box and he placed it perfectly into the bottom right corner. Benteke then converted a late penalty to close the lead to 1 going into the second leg.

Borussia Dortmund 3 - FC St. Pauli 0
BVB - Reus 3', 57', Aubameyang 16'
MOTM: Reus

Jovetic flicked the ball just past Bucthmann to Reus on a run up the middle for a first time strike inside the right post. Aubameyang played a great give and go with Reus to get free down the right side of the goal and beat the keeper to double the lead. Hummels got forward with the ball and played it to Reus at the top of the box for a quick turn and shoot to the bottom left corner.

Europa League Semi-Final Leg 2
Aston Villa 1 (4) - FC St. Pauli 2 (6)
AVL - Benteke 25' (Pen)
STP - Werner 65', van Nieff 90'
MOTM: Stanek[/i]

Bacuna slid to block Benteke's shot in the box but barely missed getting the ball and was shown a red card. Benteke converted the ensuing penalty to bring the aggregate even. Werner was able to get around the left side of the defense on a counter and go through on goal to fire a shot that was saved by Guzan. Werner followed the rebound and was able to get there first and tap it in to equalize and put St. Pauli back ahead on aggregate. With the final whistle ready to sound, Çiftçi won a penalty that van Nieff was able to convert to guarantee a trip to the final for St. Pauli.

Hannover 2 - FC St. Pauli 3
H96 - Stindl 45', Milik 78'
STP - Green 33', Rubin 43', 74'
MOTM: Green

Green played the ball wide to Werner who sent a low cross back into the box that found Green for the tap in. Van Nieff chipped a perfect pass over the back line for Green to run on to and draw the keeper in before laying it off across the goal for Rubin to tap in. Just before half Stindl was able to head the ball into the top left corner off a cross he beat Bomheuer in the air to. Rubin dribbled from left to right across the top of the box before unleashing a strong right footed shot into the top right corner. Milik answered back just minutes later with a header past the keeper on a cross that once again had Bomheuer being beaten to it.

League Table


Youth Academy
Jeff Peay (United States) - ?, 15 yrs old, 52-60 OVR 67-79 POT (Physically Strong)
Joel Lorenzen (Germany) - GK, 16 yrs old, 57-61 OVR 73-79 POT (Goalkeeper)
Julian Madlung (Germany) - GK, 16 yrs old, 57-61 OVR 72-76 POT (Goalkeeper)
Lukas Lecjaks (Czech Republic) - ST, 16 yrs old, 55-59 OVR 69-73 POT (Winger)
Matthias Soylemezgiller (Germany) - RM, 17 years old, 58-62 OVR 73-79 POT (Winger)
Niklas Lechleiter (Germany) - RW, 17 yrs old, 70-74 OVR 80-86 POT (Attacker)
Stefan Kalas (Czech Republic) - ST, 18 yrs old, 62-66 OVR 73-79 POT (Physically Strong)
Timo Steenvoorden (Netherlands) - LB, 17 yrs old, 57-61 OVR 71-75 POT (Defensive Minded)

St. Pauli Player of the Month

Yoell van Nieff


The Dutch midfielder did it all this month on the pitch. While the rest of the team seemingly struggled, Yoell van Nieff found opportunities to shine. Scoring 6 goals, contributing to several others, and playing his holding midfielder role at a high level, he was the obvious choice to take home the player of the month award.

Press Conference
Q: You dropped quite a lot of points this month, but the even worse form of M'Gladbach helped you to rise to 3rd anyway. With just 1 match left and you tied on points, do you think you will be able to hold off M'Gladbach and even Leverkusen with a win over Hertha?

A: Our form has been poor this month, but we still managed to earn just enough points to put us in this position. If we had played to our potential we would have it locked up already, but that's football for you. The amount of goals we conceded was completely unacceptable though, and if we want to hold on to this spot we have to be better in this last match.

Q: A fantastic win over Schalke has advanced you to the final of the Deutscher Pokal for the second year in a row. It will be an exact rematch of last season with Bayern Munich also having advanced. What does your team need to do in order to beat Bayern for the second year in a row?

A: Defend, defend, defend. They are unbelievably dangerous as we all know. There's no doubt they will have their best XI out there, and the likes of Robben, Ribery, Muller, Gotze, Lewandoski, and others is a tall order to go against. We need to win the possession battle, finish our chances, and take away as many chances as possible from them.

Q: In other cup news, you knocked out Aston Villa after an exciting two legs in the Europa League Semi-Finals. The first leg was a scoring spectable, but you took care of business in the second leg to advance to the final. Your opponent is Galatasaray, what can you tell us about them and what approach you will take in the match?

A: Galatasaray are consistently one of the best clubs in Turkey, and while I can't say I'm all too familiar with the Turkish clubs, they are a great club nonetheless. They have a very balanced team, and we will have to in top form to come out on top. I won't get too into strategy since it would be foolish to say too much, but we know what style of football we like to play and what we need to do in order to get it done.

Quite a good month there Tex! You've been doing really well in the Europa League against Marseille and Aston Villa and it's a great acheivement to get into the finals too! Good luck in the final of the Europa and in the Deutscher Pokal!

Your league results where fairly mixed. It's not like you dropped points against the lower teams though. You've got one match left right? I hope you win it! You could shoot to 5th if Bayer Leverkusen and M'Gladbach win their games and you lose!

The classic Yoell van Nieff month there! He always so consistant!

Again, good luck for the finals and for the rest of the season!

The Monkey Hangers
Road to Glory
Season 1

September 2014

Spoiler

Michael Duckworth suffered a Pulled Hip Flexor in training and will be out for 12 days.


Sept 2nd
Capital One Cup Round 2
Arsenal 0-1 Hartlepool
Vickers 65'
Miller 66' (Pen)

MotM: Tommy Miller

An incredibly tough draw in only the second round. The team was really up against it here. The first 15 minutes was all Arsenal and then we had some chances for the next 10. It started to get a bit end to end for the remainder of then half with James having a wonderful chance right at the end when he headed off the crossbar from a corner. We came out in the second half the better team and Donnelly hit the woodwork twice inside 20 minutes. Vickers, the Arsenal keeper, then conceded a penalty and got himself sent off for taking Donnelly down late as he went to head the ball. Szczesny had to come on for the penalty but was unable to stop it as Miller placed it really well. We managed to hold onto the one goal lead and amazingly ended up dumping Arsenal out of the cup. We rode out luck at times with Arsenal's shooting needing a lot of practice. But it's still an amazing result!


Sept 6th
Match 6
Hartlepool 1-0 Luton
Stevenson 20'
Wyke 81'

MotM: Charlie Wyke

Rory Donnelly missed this game as he was away on international duty with Northern Ireland. Things got really difficult for Luton when they went down to 10 men after just 20 minutes. Stevenson picked up 2 yellows extremely quickly and was off for an early shower. It took us until the 81st minute to break through the stubborn Luton defence. Wyke dispossessed Franks inside his own area and then managed to get it under Tyler to take a very late lead against 10 men. We were a bit flat today.

News
Ryan Brobbel's loan expired and he has gone back to Middlesbrough.
Joel Dixon's loan also expired and he has returned to Sunderland.


Sept 13th
Match 7
Newport 0-3 Hartlepool
Miller 45' (Pen)
James 61' (Donnelly)
Donnelly 68' (Compton)

MotM: Rory Donnelly

James was brought down by Hughes winning us a penalty right before halftime. Miller calmly dispatched it to give us the lead. James doubled the lead after running onto a Donnelly through ball and then turning in on his left before finishing it in off the post. Compton turned back inside his man onto his right foot and swung in a cross that Donnelly headed like a bullet in off the bottom of the crossbar. A dominant display in which Donnelly and James were instrumental. Tommy Miller ran things from midfield and Compton was rampant down the left wing following Brobbel's departure back to Middlesbrough. Flinders was solid in goals when he was called upon.


Sept 16th
Match 8
Hartlepool 4-0 Accrington
Franks 16' (Donnelly)
James 76' (Donnelly)
James 83'
Donnelly 90' (James)

MotM: Rory Donnelly (Luke James narrowly missed out.)

After Reed had to he replaced by Woods as he picked up a sprained ankle Franks opened the scoring. James and Donnelly were both involved with Donnelly getting the assist. Franks made a great run through the Accrington defence and slid the ball past the helpless keeper. A strong finish from us started when the keeper threw it high out to his left back who strangely volleyed it up into the air. Donnelly won the header and knocked it down to James. He passed it through to Donnelly. Donnelly seeing that the keeper was charging him down opted to unselfishly pass it across for James to tap in. Beattie then struck the crossbar after we gave away a free on the edge of the box. Walker turned inside the left back and tried to square it for Donnelly but the keeper got a hand to it pushing it away. It only went as far as James however and he was never going to miss for there. Donnelly made it 4-0 dribbling past Mingoia's attempted sliding tackle in the box and curled it past the keeper with ease.


Harrison Reed is out for 3 weeks with a Sprained Ankle.


Sept 20th
Match 9
Southend 1-2 Hartlepool
Wyke 45' (Walker)
Wyke 58' (James)
Hipperdinger 71'

MotM: Charlie Wyke

Walker chipped the ball over the defence and Wyke buried it to give us a 1-0 lead at the break. Wyke extended the lead after halftime. James tackled the center half and then passed it across to Wyke in space on the edge of the box. He drilled it in for his second of the game. Hipperdinger got past Harrison and Collins to get straight through on goal where he calmly tucked the ball away. I got a shock at the end of that game as Charlie Wyke had to go back to Middlesbrough as his loan expired and after having such a good game.

News
Scott Harrison's loan expired and the central defender has gone back to Sunderland.

Charlie Wyke's loan has also come to an end and the striker returned to his parent club Middlesbrough.


Sept 23rd
Capital One Cup Round 3
Burnley 3-1 Hartlepool
Compton 35'
Flinders 37' OG
Donnelly 58' (James)
James 88' (Donnelly)

MotM: Rory Donnelly (Luke James was just about the same)

"Another very good victory in the cup against a Premier League side! Rory (Donnelly) and Luke (James) were excellent up top with the limited service they got. They work really well together. It was a great team performance."


Sept 27th
Match 10
Hartlepool 4-0 Tranmere
Donnelly 38' (Walker)
Donnelly 45'
Donnelly 61' (Pen)
James 83' (Donnelly)

MotM: Rory Donnelly

Rory Donnelly did it again getting a hat trick and an assist. His first showcased his strength backing up against the defender before turning around him to finish. His second showed his goal poaching ability finishing a spilled save from a Franks shot. He's not poor at penalties either slotting one in on the hour mark. He then set up a wonderful goal from Luke James. James struck it from the edge of the area with his laces and it rocketed into the top corner through the legs of the defender. Another good victory as we have not been beaten yet this season aside from Preseason.

Sky Bet League 2 Table
1. Hartlepool - 30 Points
2. Shrewsbury - 24 Points
3. Portsmouth - 23 Points
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4. Carlisle United - 23 Points
5. Plymouth Argyle - 22 Points
6. Wycombe - 18 Points
7. Northampton - 15 Points
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21. Accrington - 8 Points
22. Cambridge United - 7 Points
23. Mansfield Town - 7 Points
24. Dagenham - 4 Points

Top Scorers
1. Rory Donnelly (Hartlepool) 9
2. James Collins (Shrewsbury) 8
3. Lee Barnard (Southend) 7

Club Top Scorers All Competitions
1. Rory Donnelly 12
2. Luke James 8
3. Tommy Miller 4

Full Squad

Spoiler

GK: Scott Flinders, 66 Ovr, 28 Years Old, England
GK: Jonathan Barber, 47 Ovr, 17 Years Old, England

RB: Michael Duckworth, 61 Ovr, 22 Years Old, England
RB: Stuart Parnaby, 64 Ovr, 32 Years Old, England
RB: Jordan Richards, 56 Ovr, 21 Years Old, England
CB: Louis Laing*, 63 Ovr, 20 Years Old, England
CB: Matthew Bates, 64 Ovr, 27 Years Old, England
CB: Josh Nearney, 50 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England
CB: Josh Rowbotham, 50 Ovr, 20 Years Old, England
CB: Sam Collins, 58 Ovr, 37 Years Old, England
LB: Darren Holden, 58 Ovr, 21 Years Old, South Africa
LB: Dan Jones, 49 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England
LB: Neil Austin, 53 Ovr, 31 Years Old, England

RM: Jonathan Franks, 58 Ovr, 24 Years Old, England
CM: Tommy Miller, 62 Ovr, 35 Years Old, England
CM: Harrison Reed*, 63 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England
CM: Brad Walker, 60 Ovr, 18 Years Old, England
CM: Michael Woods, 63 Ovr, 24 Years Old, England
CM: Conor Smith, 49 Ovr, 17 Years Old, England
CM: Lewis Hawkins, 52 Ovr, 21 Years Old, England
LM: Jack Compton, 60 Ovr, 25 Years Old, England

ST: Rory Donnelly*, 66 Ovr, 22 Years Old, Northern Ireland
ST: Luke James, 66 Ovr, 19 Years Old, England
ST: Marlon Harewood, 59 Ovr, 35 Years Old, England

* Denotes Loanee

Starting XI
GK: Scott Flinders
RB: Michael Duckworth
RCB: Matthew Bates
LCB: Louis Laing
LB: Darren Holden
RM: Jonathan Franks
LCM: Tommy Miller
RCM: Harrison Reed
LM: Jack Compton
RS: Rory Donnelly
LS: Luke James

October Fixtures
4/10 - Portsmouth (A)
7/10 - Gillingham (A) (J. Paint Trophy)
11/10 - Cambridge United (H)
18/10 - Burton Albion (A)
21/10 - Cheltenham (H)
25/10 - Northampton (A)
28/10 - Stoke (A) (FA Cup)


Thanks for reading! Any feedback is much appreciated!

A very solid month with also a win against Burnley. (I did get that right, right? Cause it says you lost in the scoreline :P but the goalscorers and your reaction says that you did win it.) Based on the fact that Burnley are a Premier League team is a reason to party!

Another prominent month for Rory Donnelly who's just on fire at the moment! Hopefully you'll be able to buy him depending on if you get enough money next season!

An expected top place for you and i hope that you easily get promoted.

VfB Stuttgart
Career Mode
Season 1

Spoiler

Part 1 - August and Introduction

Spoiler

Why Stuttgart?

Spoiler

Well, there are a few good reasons. First, I have never actually managed a German team. Bundesliga has been pretty interesting this year and I figured that, instead of playing with a English team like I always do, I should try something else.

Second, the roster that Stuttgart have. They have a bunch of young talent that could really develop into amazing players. It also looks like a fun team to play with, so why not?

Thirdly, as weird as this is going to sound, Tex. Everytime I read Tex's career mode, it looks really interesting - the games look fun, Werner looks like a good player, so that made me want to play with a German team even more.

Transfers
In

Niklas Stark - from 1. FC Nürnberg - € 3.000.000
Patrick Herrmann - from Borussia Mönchengladbach - € 8.500.000

Out

Mohammed Abdellaoue - to Hertha Berlin - € 8.000.000

Why Herrmann? Well, firstly, I felt that the right side of the pitch was not strong in depth, so I wanted to bring in a player for the future, but who can still be impactful at the moment. I tried to go for Böetius, Narsingh and Iborra, but they declined the offers. Finally, Herrmann was the one to join, so it still played out pretty well.

Why Stark? Well, just because I know that he can develop into a big player, so I figured that the more talent in, the better.

Why get rid of Abdellaoue? I wasn't planning to, but when the offer came in, I figured why not. I tried looking for a replacement, but sadly, it did not work out. Maybe I can find one in January.

Current Squad



Full squad list

Goalkeepers

Sven Ulreich - 78 OVR - Age 25 - Germany
Thorsten Kirshbaum - 68 OVR - Age 27 - Germany
Odisseas Vlachodimos - 63 OVR - Age 20 - Germany

Defenders

Florian Klein - 71 OVR - Age 27 - Austria
Phillipp Mwene - 59 OVR - Age 20 - Austria
Antonio Rüdiger - 74 OVR - Age 21 - Germany
Daniel Schwaab - 74 OVR - Age 25 - Germany
Georg Niedermeier - 73 OVR - Age 28 - Germany
Timo Baumgartl - 64 OVR - Age 18 - Germany
Karim Haggui - 72 OVR - Age 30 - Tunisia
Gotoku Sakai - 72 OVR - Age 23 - Japan
Konstantin Rausch - 73 OVR - Age 24 - Germany
Tim Leibold - 60 OVR - Age 20 - Germany
Niklas Stark - 68 OVR - Age 19 - Germany

Midfielders

Oriol Romeu - 72 OVR - Age 22 - Spain
Carlos Gruezo - 70 OVR - Age 19 - Ecuador
Robin Yalcin - 61 OVR - Age 20 - Germany
Serey Die - 72 OVR - Age 29 - Ivory Coast
Martin Harnik - 76 OVR - Age 27 - Austria
Sercan Sararer - 69 OVR - Age 24 - Turkey
Christian Gentner - 77 OVR - Age 28 - Germany
Moritz Leitner - 74 OVR - Age 21 - Germany (On loan from Bor.Dortmund)
Timo Werner - 71 OVR - Age 18 - Germany
Erich Berko - 60 OVR - Age 19 - Germany
Adam Hlousek - 72 OVR - Age 25 - Czech Republic
Kevin Störger - 69 OVR - Age 20 - Austria (On loan at 1.FC K'lautern)
Alexandru Maxim - 76 OVR - Age 23 - Romania
Daniel Didavi - 75 OVR - Age 24 - Germany
Patrick Herrmann - 77 OVR - Age 23 - Germany

Attackers

Marco Rojas - 68 OVR - Age 22 - New Zealand (On loan at FC Thun)
Vedad Ibisevic - 79 OVR - Age 29 - Bosnia Herzegovina
Daniel Ginczek - 74 OVR - Age 23 - Germany
Filip Kostic - 73 OVR - Age 21 - Serbia

Games



Bundesliga
Matchday 1
VfL Stuttgart 3-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
61' Maxim (Leitner)
71' Harnik (PEN)
83' Maxim (Ginczek)

So my first game of the season was against Borussia M'Gladbach, a tough team to face against with a lot of talented players. Since it was my first time playing with the team, I was really wondering how it will go.

The game started very difficult, both teams going at and really pressuring. We had some good chances that we could not finish, yet the first half was really about our defenders - they were really on point and playing well, getting infront of shots and making the goalkeepers life easier.

It took us time to break through, yet in the second half, Leitner passed it to Maxim, who turned around to get open and slotted it in the corner, a great goal. A few minutes later, Ibisevic got taken down in the box and we earned a penalty. Harnik hit it very well - the keeper jumped right, while he hit it left.

After that, Borussia put more players upfront to get a goal, yet that allowed us to counter attack. Ginczek, the substitute, didn't get past a defender, yet he passed it to Maxim, who was 1-on-1 with the keeper and finished it well. The game ended 3-0, a fantastic start to our season and I really got a good picture of our team.

MOTM: Alexandru Maxim



Bundesliga
Matchday 2
1. FC Köln 0-3 VfL Stuttgart
7' Ibisevic (Klein)
17' Didavi (Ibisevic)
47' Didavi (Ibisevic)

So the last game of the month was against Köln, a team I felt that we should beat pretty easily. And when Klein won the ball and got on a counter, he passed it to Ibisevic, who took a fake shot past his man and slammed it into the top corner.

A few minutes later, it was Didavi who broke past the defense. He was getting tackled hard, yet when he managed to get in the box, he finished it with ease. I was really pleasently surprised. Even with a different side, we were still playing our style of football, just like first game - not giving the opponent a chance, yet being threatning every time we have the ball.

Didavi managed to bag one more, after a cross by Herrmann reached Ibisevic, who played it back to Didavi and he slammed it in. Another 3-0 victory, meaning that our great start to this season was no fluke.

MOTM: Vedad Ibisevic

Man of the Month



Sven Ulreich

I was really thinking hard on who should be the best player of the month, and while Ulreich wasn't the man of the match, both of the games were clean-sheets, so you could say that he deserves to be the best player this month, even if the month only had 2 games.

League Table



My Thoughts

Right, where do I start. First, I am really surprised on how fun this game is and how well our first games went. I thought they would be a bit more difficult, yet we played really well. The defense is actually super and attacking wise, we have a lot of talent. We might lack a bit of striking talent, but the midfield makes up for it.

Though next month will give me a better picture, since the games will be tougher - Bayern (A), Hoffenheim (H), Dortmund (A) and Hannover (H). I guess after those games, I will truely see how we will do this season.

The critics have us finishing at 11th, which I don't see us doing at all. The lowest I can accept is 7th, but I really think we can fight for the top spots.

I know the first post is a bit long, but the next one will be shorter, I promise. I hope you enjoyed it, please, leave your comments if you have anything to say. Have a good day!

I was looking forward to seeing who you'd manage next and Stuttgart are a great choice! Good opening two games there too!

Your next month looks very difficult though with matches against Bayern and Dortmund. I hope you do well in them and goodl luck for the new career mode! (hopefully you don't lose it this time! :P )

Hellas Verona


October 2016

Spoiler

Spoiler

Genoa 1 - 5 Hellas Verona
Cofie 18'
Ayhan 7', Choupo-Moting 29' pen, 59', Praet 42', Keita 45'

"When Rodney Strasser got sent off in the sixth minute we took complete control of the game. Kaan's (Ayhan) free kick goal was a beauty and the whole team had a good game. Eric (Choupo-Moting) is in great form."



Hellas Verona 2 - 0 Catania
Embolo 34', Murru 89'

Simulated.



AC Milan 0 - 2 Hellas Verona
Choupo-Moting 60', Coman 88'

"I have no idea how we managed to beat Milan. They had 78% possession in the first half and we didn't have a single shot but somehow we managed to take the lead in the second half. We were clinical in attack and both of our shots on target went in. We didn't deserve the win."



Hellas Verona 3 - 1 Malmö FF
Milik 29', 85', Embolo 48'
Johansson 79'

Simulated.



Hellas Verona 4 - 1 Inter Milan
Choupo-Moting 38', 54' pen, 89', Embolo 81'
Mbaye 84'

"The team has been playing amazingly and this was another great victory from the lads. Inter dominated us in the first thirty minutes but after that the game was ours. Eric (Choupo-Moting) was spectacular again and he's one of our most important players right now. He's our own Ronaldo: skillful, fast, strong, good in the air and a great finisher."



Napoli 0 - 1 Hellas Verona
Choupo-Moting 50'

"This match was a very hard one. Napoli are a good team and they're very hard to beat. Both teams had some chances but both defences played well today. I was afraid that our 100% winning run in the league would end but luckily it didn't happen."



Hellas Verona 2 - 0 Fiorentina
Keita 45', Embolo 59' pen

"Three down, one to go. Our next game is against Manchester United in the Champions League and after that we won't have that many tough games. Fiorentina were a good opposition but we were simply better. Breel (Embolo) did a fine job again and he has earned a starting spot in the lineup."


Player of the Month



Eric Choupo-Moting

The biggest star of the team gets his first player of the month award of the season after scoring seven goals in October. The Cameroonian has now scored a goal more than he has appearances and he is scoring for fun.


Hor or Not


Hot

Eric Choupo-Moting

The player of the month netted seven goals in this month, including a hattrick against Inter Milan.


Breel Embolo

The other Cameroonian attacker of the team scored a couple of good goals and he assisted a few, as well. His good form even earned him a starting spot in the team in front of out of form striker Paulo Dybala.


Kaan Ayhan

Ayhan started the month as a central defender but after Pedro Obiang DECIDED TO BECOME AN ATTACKER he was moved back to a defensive midfielder and he performed well there.


Not

Pedro Obiang

Another defensive midfielder, another Rode syndrome. He had so much potential in him...


Paulo Dybala

Dybala used to be the teams star but he certainly hasn't been that for the last half a year. Now the young Argentinian has trouble getting into the starting eleven because he hasn't been performing well enough.


Champions League Group

1. Hellas Verona, 7 pts
2. Borussia Dortmund, 5 pts
3. Manchester United, 4 pts
4. Malmö FF, 0 pts


Serie A Table

1. Hellas Verona, 33 pts
2. Juventus, 24 pts
3. Chievo Verona, 24 pts
4. AS Roma, 21 pts
5. Palermo, 18 pts
6. AC Milan, 17 pts
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18. Parma, 10 pts
19. Livorno, 6 pts
20. Catania, 2 pts



Thank you for reading this post! I hope you have enjoyed it! Any feedback or suggestions will be appreciated!

An great unbeaten month with some great results in there too! Choupo-Moting just looks so good for you. He's pretty much scored in every game and he got a great hat-trick against Milan!

Your league standing is really comfortable, with a nine point gap between you and Juve and I hope you keep that going all the way through the season!

[Keano16]

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A very solid month with also a win against Burnley. (I did get that right, right? Cause it says you lost in the scoreline :P but the goalscorers and your reaction says that you did win it.) Based on the fact that Burnley are a Premier League team is a reason to party!

Another prominent month for Rory Donnelly who's just on fire at the moment! Hopefully you'll be able to buy him depending on if you get enough money next season!

An expected top place for you and i hope that you easily get promoted.

Thanks! Yeah that was a mistake I did beat them. Another scalp to add to Arsenal's! Donnelly has really impressed. He has a good combination of speed (70's), strength (70's), size (6'2") and finishing (71 or 72). I have a 900k option to buy but I don't think I'll have enough to buy him outright. Hopefully they'll let him come back on loan again next season.

[dipatach]

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Where is Ravel Morrison? I need to buy a CAM for my Hull City career mode. About to start my second season, I need a CAM with at least 75 pace, 70 long shot and 70 shot power. Don't want to spend more than 7 million. Any suggestion would be appreciate. By the way, what league is ravel Morrison in, can't find him at Lazio

[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Where is Ravel Morrison? I need to buy a CAM for my Hull City career mode. About to start my second season, I need a CAM with at least 75 pace, 70 long shot and 70 shot power. Don't want to spend more than 7 million. Any suggestion would be appreciate. By the way, what league is ravel Morrison in, can't find him at Lazio

With default squads he should be at West Ham but he could be in free agents as I think west ham terminated his contract I believe.

[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Where is Ravel Morrison? I need to buy a CAM for my Hull City career mode. About to start my second season, I need a CAM with at least 75 pace, 70 long shot and 70 shot power. Don't want to spend more than 7 million. Any suggestion would be appreciate. By the way, what league is ravel Morrison in, can't find him at Lazio

If you're using the latest squads he is not on the game.

[texasbum06]

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FC St. Pauli
FIFA 15 - Season 3

Die Freibeuter der Liga

May 2017

Bayer Leverkusen 1 - Bayern Munich 2

FC Schalke 2 - Bor. M'Gladbach 1

FC St. Pauli 1 - Hetha BSC 0
STP - van Nieff 20' (Pen)
MOTM: Rakovsky

In a rare impressive defensive display by St. Pauli, van Nieff was the difference maker with his 20th minute penalty. He used a hesitation in his run up before hitting it perfectly into the top right corner as the keeper stood frozen in the middle of the goal.

Europa League Final

Spoiler

Galatasaray SK 2 - FC St. Pauli 3
GS - Telles 45', Bruma 49'
STP - Çiftçi 30', 56', van Nieff 81'
MOTM: Green

Çiftçi raced down the right wing on the counter, making his way past the last defender before hitting a strong shot from the right side of the box that went off the keeper's hands and in. Stanek made a diving save to keep Felipe Melo's shot out, but Alex Telles was able to Green to the ball and volley it home for the equalizer. Bruma played a great give and go to get the ball back on the right side of the box to fire a left footed shot that Stanek got to and pushed up into the air, but the ball ultimately fell back down and crossed the line to put Galatasaray ahead. Brosinski won the ball and played it up the right wing to Green with room to run. He took it down and sent a cross into the box that found Çiftçi's head and he was able to flick it along to the back post to tie it up. After winning a second straight corner, Werner sent the ball into the box towards the back post as van Nieff made a great run to get his head on it and watch it settle inside the net for the winning goal.

Deutscher Pokal Final

Spoiler

FC Bayern 2 - FC St. Pauli 0
FCB - Robben 70', Ribery 84'
MOTM: Neuer

Both keepers were in top form throughout the first half, each making their share of saves. Bayern still missed some great opportunities including a Gotze shot that hit off the post. Robben finally broke the game open showing off some world class dribbling to weave through the defense before placing the ball across the goal to the far post. St. Pauli had a chance to equalize as van Nieff stepped over the ball just outside the box to take a free kick, but his attempt was blocked by the wall. A little while later Lewandowski found Schweinsteiger at the top of the box who hit a shot that was saved by Stanek, only to see the rebound headed in by Ribery to secure the match, and the trophy, for Bayern.

League Table


Youth Academy
Jeff Peay (United States) - CB, 15 yrs old, 52-58 OVR 68-76 POT (Physically Strong)
Joel Lorenzen (Germany) - GK, 16 yrs old, 57-61 OVR 73-79 POT (Goalkeeper)
Julian Madlung (Germany) - GK, 16 yrs old, 57-61 OVR 72-76 POT (Goalkeeper)
Lukas Lecjaks (Czech Republic) - ST, 16 yrs old, 55-59 OVR 69-73 POT (Winger)
Matthias Soylemezgiller (Germany) - RM, 17 years old, 58-62 OVR 73-79 POT (Winger)
Niklas Lechleiter (Germany) - RW, 17 yrs old, 70-74 OVR 80-86 POT (Attacker)
Timo Steenvoorden (Netherlands) - LB, 17 yrs old, 57-61 OVR 71-75 POT (Defensive Minded)

St. Pauli Player of the Month

Yoell van Nieff


Yoell van Nieff was the difference maker this month. He scored the winning goal in the last match of the season against Hertha, and also the winning goal in the Europa League Final over Galatasaray. While not the most highly rated player around the league, he showed exactly why the manager continues to pick him each week.

Press Conference
Q: Great finish in league play with the 1-0 win over Hertha to secure a Champions League spot for next season! This was a huge success of a season, and one that will be tough to replicate. How would you describe this season?

A: It feels amazing to have the faith that the club has put in me pay off. I know that the board and the fans have been behind me even when we weren't looking good. I am happy to be able to bring them to the Champions League since I can't think of a fan base that deserve it more. We will continue to try to improve and build on this for next season, but we know the bar is set high. Still, I don't believe in going backwards.

Q: As if the Champions League berth wasn't big enough, you followed it up with an exciting win over Galatasaray to win the Europa League. In what has truly been a dream season, what has been more important for you, winning this trophy, or earning a Champions League spot?

A: Galatasary had us on the ropes at points of that match, and we had to come from behind to take home the trophy. I am so proud of how hard we worked for this. As of right now I am going to savor the trophy since it is a massive piece of silverware to take home.

Q: The one thing that kept the month from being perfect was the loss to Bayern Munich in the Deutscher Pokal final. You were their equal through 70 minutes until they broke it open and earned their revenge for the final of last season. What went wrong in this match?

A: It's hard to say that much went wrong, Bayern are just a fantastic team. They have great players, and the goal Robben scored was the kind a world class player can provide for you. We were unlucky on the Ribery goal, but it doesn't always bounce your way. We had a chance to equalize between the two, but the free kick was just a little too low and the wall did it's job. Nonetheless I am nothing but proud. Perhaps we can go best 2 out of 3 next season!

[Simppu12]

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FC St. Pauli
FIFA 15 - Season 3


FC St. Pauli 1 - Hetha BSC 0

*** **** it Tex, how dare you beat Hertha! On top of everything you, that's right, YOU, are the reason why they got relegated! I will never ever reply to you anymore. It just became personal.

PS. Great job to win the Europa League and to qualify for the Champions League. The next season will be a very interesting one.

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

*** **** it Tex, how dare you beat Hertha! On top of everything you, that's right, YOU, are the reason why they got relegated! I will never ever reply to you anymore. It just became personal.

PS. Great job to win the Europa League and to qualify for the Champions League. The next season will be a very interesting one.

Give them the 3 points and they still get relegated though

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

FC St. Pauli
FIFA 15 - Season 3

Die Freibeuter der Liga

Season Review

Goal Keepers
GK, Patrick Rakovsky - 33 appearances, 6 clean sheets
GK, Jindrich Stanek - 21 appearances, 6 clean sheets
GK, Robin Himmelmann - No appearances

Defenders
CB, Jonathan Tah - 34 appearances, 6 clean sheets
CB, Dustin Bomheuer - 26 appearances, 4 clean sheets
CB, Lasse Sobiech - 35 appearances, 2 goals, 8 clean sheets
CB, Asger Stromgaard Sorensen, 4 clean sheets
CB, Jan Suchy - 3 appearances, 2 clean sheets
RB, Daniel Brosinski - 26 appearences, 1 assist, 4 clean sheets
RB, Leandro Bacuna - 34 appearances, 2 goals, 1 assist, 5 clean sheets
LB, Daniel Buballa - 31 appearances, 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 clean sheets
LB, Niko Gießelmann - 30 appearances, 2 assists, 9 clean sheets

Midfielders
CDM, Yoell van Nieff - 39 appearances, 17 goals, 4 assists
CDM, Rani Khedira - 39 appearances, 1 goal, 7 assists
CM, Melker Hallberg - 33 appearances, 6 goals, 6 assists
CM, Christopher Buchtmann - 43 appearances, 3 goals, 8 assists
CAM, Abel Hemmen - 1 appearance
LM, Nikola Storm - 41 appearances, 7 goals, 11 assists
RM, Julian Green - 15 appearances, 4 goals, 6 assists
RM, Mateusz Mak - 11 appearances, 2 goals, 1 assist

Forwards
LW, Michal Mak - 41 appearances, 11 goals, 10 assists
LW, Timo Werner - 43 appearances, 15 goals, 14 assists
RW, Steven Wils - 3 appearances, 1 goal, 1 assist
ST, Nadir Çiftçi - 46 appearances, 35 goals, 9 assists
ST, Rubio Rubin - 32 appearances, 13 goals, 6 assists
CF, Rouwen Beck - 1 appearance

St. Pauli Player of the Year

Nadir Çiftçi


Nadir Çiftçi is the choice for player of the year after an outstanding campaign. He led the team with a monstrous 35 goals in all competitions, also good for the golden boot in the Bundesliga. He also proved he is more than just a goal scorer with 9 assists, good for 3rd on the team. His phenomenal form is sure to have several clubs calling this summer, and St. Pauli will do all they can to keep him with the club.

[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Give them the 3 points and they still get relegated though

This doesn't count as a reply, okay? Good. They would've been in the playoffs and they could've won the playoff to stay in the Bundesliga. I'm still mad at you.