How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[vrabbit]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Please refer to Post # 12042 for the last update I gave on Alcorcon. This is short and sweet.

The following season I won the Treble finally. Smoked everyone in La Liga scoring 100+ goals and clinching the league after 33 weeks. Pimp-slapped anyone who got on my way in Copa Del Rey and pretty much did the same in Champions League except against Olympique Lyon in the final who actually gave me a battle but we were too much for them at the end on a 3-1 victory. After a year of friendlies with Venezuela I head into Copa America in a group with Argentina (the team I left last summer), Mexico and Peru.

Oh, and after finally achieving it all with Alcorcon I bounced and took a job with Fiorentina. Left like

[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Please refer to Post # 12042 for the last update I gave on Alcorcon. This is short and sweet.

The following season I won the Treble finally. Smoked everyone in La Liga scoring 100+ goals and clinching the league after 33 weeks. Pimp-slapped anyone who got on my way in Copa Del Rey and pretty much did the same in Champions League except against Olympique Lyon in the final who actually gave me a battle but we were too much for them at the end on a 3-1 victory. After a year of friendlies with Venezuela I head into Copa America in a group with Argentina (the team I left last summer), Mexico and Peru.

Oh, and after finally achieving it all with Alcorcon I bounced and took a job with Fiorentina. Left like

Rabbit!! Of course we still care! I'm really ecstatic to see that you finally won the treble! It was well worth waiting for I'm sure and it looks like you had a monster of a season. Good luck with Fiorentina, how has the CPU left their squad? Be sure to drop an update again. I hope you can manage to do well in the Copa America too!

[_ChicoBass]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Please refer to Post # 12042 for the last update I gave on Alcorcon. This is short and sweet.



The following season I won the Treble finally. Smoked everyone in La Liga scoring 100+ goals and clinching the league after 33 weeks. Pimp-slapped anyone who got on my way in Copa Del Rey and pretty much did the same in Champions League except against Olympique Lyon in the final who actually gave me a battle but we were too much for them at the end on a 3-1 victory. After a year of friendlies with Venezuela I head into Copa America in a group with Argentina (the team I left last summer), Mexico and Peru.



Oh, and after finally achieving it all with Alcorcon I bounced and took a job with Fiorentina. Left like

Lmao! Love the "don't f*ck with me" attitude that came with the treble! Hahaha good stuff man. Glad to see you won the treble and stuffed it down the board's throats after they gave you crazy season objectives and offered you little to no support throughout the career. Good luck with Fiorentina! I hope you run into the monster you built at Alcorcon in the Champions or something. I would love to read about that match! Did you take any of your Alcorcon players over to Italy or are you going to start fresh?


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[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

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Founded in 1922, York City Football Club are based in the city of York, North Yorkshire. The "Minstermen" have participated in League Two, the English 4th division since 2012-13 after gaining promotion from the Conference Premier.

2014-15 comes to a disappointing but expected conclusion

By the end of Febuary, York City were sitting in 12th place, still only a win away from the final playoff spot but it seemed at the time a long way away. The defence were leaking goals, Miller couldn't find the back of the net and it seemed the midfield were second to every ball.
Then in came a fit Wes Fletcher. Bagging a hat-trick in his first league start since being injured in preseason and going on a 6 game scoring run. By the end of the season York had climbed to 5th. Still inconsistant but at least winning more games than they were losing. A late slump would be their undoing however as they were dumped out of the promotion race by Bury, 5-1 on aggregate. A disappointing end to a campaign that opened so promising.
That said, the club find themselves in a decent position to have a genuine crack at promotion next season and with maybe one or two additions (Ryan Tafazolli will already join via pre-contract) will be true contenders to go up.

Standings

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1 Southend United P46 W25 D15 L6 GD35 PTS90
2 Oxford United P46 W25 D13 L8 GD24 PTS88
3 Portsmouth P46 W24 D14 L8 GD34 PTS86
4 Shrewsbury P46 W20 D14 L12 GD20 PTS74
5 York City P46 W20 D14 L12 GD16 PTS74
6 Bury P46 W19 D16 L11 GD16 PTS73
7 Tranmere Rovers P46 W20 D13 L13 GD10 PTS73
8 Plymouth Argyle P46 W18 D15 L13 GD12 PTS69
22 Cambridge Utd P46 W9 D15 L22 GD-23 PTS42
23 Mansfield Town P46 W10 D11 L25 GD-28 PTS41
24 Dagenham P46 W8 D14 L24 GD-34 PTS38

Current Squad

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1 J. Mooney GK 56 26yo 0apps
2 M. McCoy RB 57 26yo 14apps 1cs 1r 6.0
3 O. Illesanmi LB 59+2 24yo 51apps 3g 5a 14cs 1y 2r 6.2
5 J. McCombe CB 60+1 30yo 12apps 2cs 1y 6.2
6 D. Parslow CB 54-1 29yo 9apps 0cs 6.1
7 M. Coulson LM 60 27yo 36apps 7g 2a 6.4
8 L. Summerfield CM 62+1 27yo 44apps 4g 6a 4y 1r 6.4
9 W. Fletcher ST 61+1 24yo 21apps 14g 3a 1y 7.0
10 R. Penn CM 62+2 29yo 51apps 1g 2a 3y 6.2
11 S. Miller ST 63+2 27yo 40apps 11g 7a 6.7
12 J. Carson RM 63+1 22yo 50apps 10g 7a 6.5
14 L. Montrose CM 57+1 26yo 38apps 2g 1a 3y 6.1
15 K. Lowe CB 61+1 29yo 35apps 1g 12cs 3y 6.3
16 D. Winfield CB 59 27yo 17apps 1g 1cs 3y 6.2
17 B. Halliday RB 59 19yo 43apps 1g 14cs 4y 6.3
18 T. Platt CM 56 21yo 29apps 2a 1y 6.1
19. B. Purrington LB 58+3 19yo 39apps 1g 1a 10cs 1y 6.4 (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)
20 L. Meikle RM 57 27yo 3apps 6.0
21 B. Hirst ST 51 17yo 2apps 5.9
23 J. O'Hanlon ST 58+3 19yo 17apps 5g 6.3
29 E. Sinclair ST 58 27yo 3apps 1a 6.5
30 S. Coulthirst LM 58+1 20yo 36apps 3g 2a 6.3
31 B. Olejnik GK 64+1 28yo 53apps 14cs 6.2
38 S. Zubar CB 62+1 28yo 48apps 13cs 4y 6.3
39 J. Hyde ST 60 24yo 10apps 2g 6.4

Player Awards

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Young Player of the Season - Josh O'Hanlon
Defensive Player of the Season - Bradley Halliday
Midfielder of the Season - Josh Carson
Leading Goalscorer - Wes Fletcher
Player of the Season - Wes Fletcher

That brings the curtain on a tough first season at the helm of York City. While it didn't end how I hoped, I look forward to the challenge of taking the side a couple of steps further next season

Great run you went on inspired by Fletcher to get back into the promotion hunt. Unfortunately Bury looked like they just outplayed you in the playoffs. It looks like a strong squad you have now so promotion should be achievable this season.

Luton Town

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- League 2
Goals - Win the League, Round of 32
Transfer Budget - £752,400 Wage - £11,838

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Luton Town had a slow start to this month and dropped points in game they should be winning. This has given the rest of the league chance to catch up and at one point during the month there was only 4 points between 1st and 7th place. On to the games:

Dec

League 2 Game 20
Newport 2-1 Luton Town
Owen-Evans 15'
Ruddock Mpanzu 22'(Okuonghae)
Bodan 66'

FA Cup Round 2
Luton Town 1-1 Bradford City
McQuoid 2' (Mackail-Smith)
Davies 37'

League 2 Game 21
Luton Town 2-2 Stevenage
Marriot 38'
Mackail-Smith 45'(Lee) 72'(Teixeira)
Kennedy 75'

League 2 Game 22
Carlisle 2-0 Luton Town
Ibehre 29'
Wyke 52'

FA Cup Round 2 Replay
Bradford City 0-1 Luton Town
McQuoid 87' (Mackail-Smith)

League 2 Game 23
Luton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers
Fierro 18' (Washington)
Brown 49'
Hall 53'

League 2 Game 24
Luton Town 1-0 Accrington
Teixeira 57' (Green)

Jan

The transfer Window opens
Fierro ends his short term loan

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</td><td width="11%"> Position
</td><td width="18%"> Transfer/Loan
</td><td width="6%"> Ovr
</td><td width="6%"> Age
</td><td width="22%"> Team from
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</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="20%"> Reece Brown
</td><td width="11%"> CM
</td><td width="18%"> Transfer
</td><td width="6%"> 64
</td><td width="6%"> 19
</td><td width="22%"> Birmingham City
</td><td width="18%"> £300,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="20%"> Srdan Spiridonvic
</td><td width="11%"> LW
</td><td width="18%"> Transfer
</td><td width="6%"> 61
</td><td width="6%"> 22
</td><td width="22%"> Admira Waker
</td><td width="18%"> £100,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="20%"> Yessy Mena
</td><td width="11%"> ST
</td><td width="18%"> Pre-Contract
</td><td width="6%"> 66
</td><td width="6%"> 26
</td><td width="22%"> Junior
</td><td width="18%"> £5,250.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="20%"> Sebastian Lopez
</td><td width="11%"> GK
</td><td width="18%"> Pre-Contract
</td><td width="6%"> 65
</td><td width="6%"> 30
</td><td width="22%"> Uniautónoma FC
</td><td width="18%"> £2,700.00
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</td><td width="18%"> Transfer/Loan
</td><td width="5%"> Ovr
</td><td width="6%"> Age
</td><td width="22%"> Team too
</td><td width="18%"> Cost/Wage
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="20%"> Olly Lee
</td><td width="11%"> CM
</td><td width="18%"> Transfer
</td><td width="5%"> 64
</td><td width="6%"> 24
</td><td width="22%"> Sheffield United
</td><td width="18%"> £800,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="20%"> Paddy McCourt
</td><td width="11%"> LM
</td><td width="18%"> Transfer
</td><td width="5%"> 63
</td><td width="6%"> 32
</td><td width="22%"> Mansfield Town
</td><td width="18%"> £100,000.00
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This window I wasn't planning on making any big moves other than getting a new GK for next season as Taylor is retiring, but we got some huge offers for Lee double his asking price and you can't turn that down. Our biggest signing was Easily Reece Brown. They 19 year old English talent had 6 months remaining on his contract which greatly decreased his price. I also replaced the Ageing McCourt with a much younger and edgy player. While searching I also picked up on Mena who I was able to get on a low wage for his rating and stats. Lopez will hopefully be a great replacement GK for the next year or two. I plan to upgrade keeper again in the time around championship and premier League action.

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FA Cup Round 3
Luton Town 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Holt 44'
McQuoid 53'(Teixeira)
Mackail-Smith 90' (O'Brian)

League 2 Game 25
Oxford United 2-0 Luton Town
Rose 33'
Skarz 45'

League 2 Game 26
Luton Town 2-1 Newport County
Klukowski 4'
MAckail-Smith 34'(Green)
Bowden 45'
Teixeira 59'(McQuoid)
Green 90'

FA Cup Round 4
Luton Town 0-1 Stoke City
Ireland 12'

League 2 Game 27
Leyton Orient 0-1 Luton Town
Gutteridge 24'

League 2 Table:

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</td><td bgcolor="#000080" width="24%"> Team
</td><td bgcolor="#000080" width="8%"> P
</td><td bgcolor="#000080" width="12%"> W
</td><td bgcolor="#000080" width="12%"> D
</td><td bgcolor="#000080" width="12%"> L
</td><td bgcolor="#000080" width="7%"> GD
</td><td bgcolor="#000080" width="8%"> PTS
</td><td bgcolor="#000080" width="13%"> Movement
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#008000" width="5%"> 1
</td><td bgcolor="#008000" width="24%"> Oxford United
</td><td bgcolor="#008000" width="8%"> 27
</td><td bgcolor="#008000" width="12%"> 13
</td><td bgcolor="#008000" width="12%"> 10
</td><td bgcolor="#008000" width="12%"> 4
</td><td bgcolor="#008000" width="7%"> 8
</td><td bgcolor="#008000" width="8%"> 49
</td><td bgcolor="#008000" width="13%"> +3

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="5%"> 2
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="24%"> Luton Town
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="8%"> 27
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="12%"> 14
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="12%"> 6
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="12%"> 7
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="7%"> 13
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="8%"> 48
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="13%"> -1

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="5%"> 3
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="24%"> Porstmouth
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="8%"> 27
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="12%"> 12
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="12%"> 10
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="12%"> 5
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="7%"> 12
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="8%"> 46
</td><td bgcolor="#7da647" width="13%"> 0

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="5%"> 4
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="24%"> Exeter City
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="8%"> 27
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 14
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 3
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 10
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="7%"> 4
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="8%"> 45
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="13%"> +5

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="5%"> 5
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="24%"> Plymouth Argyle
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="8%"> 27
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 12
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 8
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 7
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="7%"> 9
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="8%"> 44
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="13%"> -3

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="5%"> 6
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="24%"> Northampton
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="8%"> 27
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 10
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 12
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 5
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="7%"> 12
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="8%"> 42
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="13%"> 0

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="5%"> 7
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="24%"> Hartlepool
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="8%"> 27
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 10
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 12
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="12%"> 5
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="7%"> 5
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="8%"> 42
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff00" width="13%"> +3

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="5%"> 8
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="24%"> Notts County
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="8%"> 27
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="12%"> 10
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="12%"> 11
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="12%"> 6
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="7%"> 5
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="8%"> 41
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="13%"> 0

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="5%"> 21
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="24%"> Stevenage
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="8%"> 27

</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="12%"> 6

</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="12%"> 10

</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="12%"> 11

</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="7%"> -6
</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="8%"> 28

</td><td bgcolor="#ffff66" width="13%"> +1

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#800000" width="5%"> 22
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="24%"> Barnet

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="8%"> 27

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 5

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 9

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 13
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="7%"> -11
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="8%"> 24

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="13%"> +2

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#800000" width="5%"> 23
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="24%"> Accrington

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="8%"> 27

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 4
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 11

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 12
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="7%"> -13
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="8%"> 23

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="13%"> -2

</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td bgcolor="#800000" width="5%"> 24
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="24%"> Crawley Town

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="8%"> 27

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 5

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 7

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="12%"> 15
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="7%"> -15
</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="8%"> 22

</td><td bgcolor="#800000" width="13%"> -1

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I had real trouble with the tables again and don't really have time to correct it so I apologize. Next update I will think of a better way to display them.

Wasn't the greatest start to December with quite a few draws but it picked it towards the end of the month. Nice business in January, Brown could become a bargain if he develops right. January was a mixed bag, some good wins but a sore loss against Stoke and then a tough one against leaders Oxford. You are still only one point of them though so the title is certainly attainable.

OkDoei's 1. FC Nürnberg Career Mode. Season 2.


End of season 2.

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Players review:

Schäfer 70 (-1) = He’s a stable goalkeeper, tall and very reliable. He’s been our number 1, but he’ll be replaced next season. I’ve extended his contract, so he can play his final season for us, but as a back-up goalkeeper. Rating: 7/10

Klostermann 74 (+1) = Unfortunately, the option to buy after his loan contract ran out glitched on me, so I was unable to permanently sign him. But he’s been a very good right back. I’ve let him play as a CB occasionally, since that’s his second position. Rating: 7/10

Hovland 76 (+1) = Our captain. What a man, he’s been there for us in almost every match. He did pick up a few red cards, but I forgive him for that. Gives his everything for the team, absolute beast of a player. Rating: 8/10

Kirchhoff 78 (+1) = He started the season as our number ‘6’, in the CDM role. But after Petrák got injured twice in a row, I decided to give Jan a shot as a CB. He’s tall, and quite fast so he did a decent job there. Although he feel kind of sluggish and a bit clumsy sometimes. Rating: 6/10

Gomez 74 (+6) = Absolute beast, but I don’t think that the option to buy will work on him. It’s the same story as Klostermann, I’ve loaned him for 2 years with an option to buy. But I think that’s it glitched in general. We’ll just have to wait and see. Gomez started the season on the bench, but he played himself into the starting eleven. Absolute beast of a player, and his crosses are just sublime. The only thing that I dislike about him is the fact that he occasionally ran all over the pitch, leaving the left flank unprotected. Rating: 7.5/10

Cerri 79 (+10) = Our own youth player. Just 19 years old and already the highest rated player in the squad. I was unsure where to use him, since he’s too small to be a CB. I was on the brink of selling him, but I decided not to on the deadline day. I’ve tried him as a wingback, but I didn’t like that either since he can’t cross. So, I tried him as a CDM after Kirchhoff moved to the CB position. Finally, I’ve found the right position for Cerri. His reading of the game is excellent and he’s improving on his passing range. Rating: 6/10

Behrens 73 (+2) = Now, this man is very important for us. He’s an absolute machine on the field, taking out multiple players in every game. However, he picked up a lot of cards doing this. I hope that he stops doing that, because he is a very good player. Rating: 6.5/10

Schopf 75 (+1) = Our star man last year. He had some trouble adjusting to the Bundesliga, which is noticed by his lack of goals. He only scored a few, but he managed to assist a lot of goals. He’s still very important, and our future captain. Rating: 8/10

Gislason 73 (+1) = Our go-to guy. I was gutted when he got injured for 2 months. He was so important for us, and I really missed him. Luckily he’s back now. Rating: 7.5/10

Locadia 77 (+2) = What a way to introduce yourself. He was handed the hardest job by replacing our talisman Janssen, but he did it in great fashion. Scoring just as much as Janssen did in lesser games, shows how much quality Jürgen has. He brings a lot on the field as well. He’s great at holding the ball, and he’s a decent passer as well. He’s top notch when it comes to aerial battles, and he scored most of his goals with his head. Rating: 8/10

Sané 77 (+3) = Another talent with a bright future. He had some trouble settling himself, and I had some trouble figuring his position out. He’s doing a decent job as a left winger now, and he’s helping himself to a few important goals and assists. I’m sure that he’ll keep improving on his game. Rating: 7.5/10

Sepsi 72 = He was my first leftback when we started the season. Gomez took over afterwards, but Sepsi still finished strong. Does his job whenever called upon. Rating: 7/10

Loftus-Cheek 70 (+3) = his loan deal ended, which is a shame. Ruben was a great player for us, and I miss him already. Still has a lot to learn though, hopefully he can live up to his potential and the expectations. Rating: 7/10

Sylvestr 70 +1 = back up striker, did his job whenever called upon. Didn’t get that much game time, and was frequently used on the wings as well. Rating: 6/10

Burgstaller 73 +1 = Decent player, performed whenever asked to. Rating: 6/10

Gebhart 72 +1 = Too slow to do anything on the wings, and wasn’t good enough the be a number ‘10’. Ultimately he just became the backup of Schöpf. Rating: 5.5/10

Scavone 73 (+9) = Our second youth product. Already higher than Schäfer. He’ll claim the starting spot as our number 1 goalkeeper next season, and he’ll do just fine. Rating: 6/10

Petrak 72 = he’s still my first center back, alongside Hovland. Unfortunately injuries catched up with him. He had two big injuries in a row, and he’ll miss a chunk of the third season as well. I’m going to look for a replacement, although I hope that I don’t have to replace him so soon. Rating: 7.5/10

Karsdorp 69 = Decent back-up for Gomez and Klostermann. Did his job whenever called upon. I probably won’t buy him after his loan spell runs out, though. Rating: 6/10


PLAYERS I BARELY USED:
Brecko 66 -2
Holmen 69 +4
Kirschbaum 68
Fullkrug
Bulthuis
Mohwald
Kolodziej
Mossmer 69 +1
Kutschke 67


PERSONAL AWARDS:

Topscorers:

Harnik 17 Mainz 05
Braithwaite 16 Hoffenheim
Berg 15 Stuttgart
Raffael 13 Mönchengladbach
Huntelaar 12 Schalke 04
Locadia 10 Nürnberg



Assists:

Schöpf 7 Nurnberg
Kostic 7 Stuttgart
Kruse 6 Wolfsburg
Lewandowski 6 Bayern Munich
Osako 6 Köln
Sane 5 Nürnberg
Reus 5 Dortmund


Clean Sheets:

Neuer 15 Bayern Munich
Baumann 12 Hoffenheim
Benaglio 9 Wolfsburg
Curci 9 Mainz
Schäfer 8 Nürnberg

Final Table:



Starting Eleven at the end of the season (not counting injuries)



There we go. Season 2 has ended as well. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned!

5th is an incredible finish in your first season in the top flight! Locadia did a great job filling Jansen's boots and Schopf had another good season. As you said, not as many goals but still plenty of assists. Your squad is coming together nicely. Some of your youth players growth was crazy! Looking forward to season 3!

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Deustcher Pokal Semi Final
Hertha BSC 1 - 2 Werder Bremen
29' Bartels, 54' Johansson, 65' Stocker

Bundesliga Matchday 31
Hertha BSC 0 - 0 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga Matchday 32
Bor.Dortmund 1 - 0 Werder Bremen
74' Sahin, 85' Kroos

Bundesliga Matchday 33
Werder Bremen 2 - 0 Bor.M'gladbach
23' Raffael, 70' 79' Ujah

Bundesliga Matchday 34
FSV Mainz 05 3 - 1 Werder Bremen
10' Malli, 66' 75' (pen) Beister, 69' Aycicek, 75' Lukimya

Deustcher Pokal Final
VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
50' Johansson, 79' Kruse, 89' Draxler
VfL Wofsburg Win the Deustcher Pokal


2016/17 Bundesliga
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Competition Winners
Bundesliga - FC Bayern
Champions League Qualification - FC Bayern, Werder Bremen, Bayer 04 & Bor.Dortmund
Europa League Qualification - VfL Wolfsburg & FC Schalke 04
Promoted - RB Leipzig, FC Ingolstadt, 1860 Munich
Relegated - FC Augsburg, SC Freiburg & F.Dusseldorf
Promotion Playoff - FC Augsburg 0 - 0 1860 Munich
Deustcher Pokal - VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
Champions League - Atletico Madrid 1 - 3 Chelsea
Europa League - PSV Eindhoven 1 - 3 CSKA Moscow

Individual Awards
Bundesliga Leading Goalscorer - Raffael - Bor.M'gladbach - 16 goals
Bundesliga Leading Assists - Kruse - VfL Wolfsburg - 9 assists
Bundesliga Clean Sheets - Weidwald - Werder Bremen - 20 clean sheets
Bundesliga Player of the Season - Weidwald - Werder Bremen

End of Season Thought's
What a season this has been. I am disappointed that we didn't win the Deustcher Pokal, especially to lose it so late on, but I can not take anything away from what a good season we have had. We had a couple of standout performers this season, obviously Bundesliga player of the year Felix Wiedwald who managed 20 clean sheets in the league. Izet Hajrovic finished with an impressive 7 goals from midfield as well as 2 assists and up front Aron Johansson had an impressive goal return of 11 as well as 5 assists. There was also some remarkable solo performances such as Martin Odegaards 4 goal haul against Schalke. We will look to build on this seasons success and hopefully win our first piece of silverware next season. We have the Champions League to look forward to so it is going to be a long, tough season ahead of us but I am confident that the players are able to step up to the challenge.

Thanks for Reading, Any Comments are Appreciated

Really tough to lose the cup, especially after going one up and then conceding a 89th minute winner. Great run to get to the final though and 2nd in the league more than makes up for it. Next season, you've just got to work on closing the gap between yourself and Bayern. Weidwald had a massive season with 20 clean sheets! Great consistency from him between the sticks. Looking forward to season 3 on this one too!

[Vulcan25]

Chelsea- League 1 to Premier League

First time posting here, but I’ve read threads on here about MM for a while. This idea I got from a post about MM in FIFA 14 or 15, about taking a big club, dropping all their good players, and swapping them down to a lower division and working your way up .

For starters, rather than simply swapping Chelsea with a League 2 team, I swapped Chelsea with a team in the Championship and then swapped them with a team in the League 1. This seemed more fair to me for the teams gifted promotion as they had better budgets than simply throwing a League 2 team into the BPL with high wage players and a low budget.

I chose QPR and Wigan Athletic to get free promotions and a bunch of good players. To fill out my Chelsea roster after letting all players 70+ OVR players, I chose to limit myself to 25+ years old and under 70. The one exception I allowed myself is a created player, Fitzgerald, ST, 18 yrs old, 76 OVR. I ran into a problem getting players from QPR and Wigan so the rest of the roster was filled out with Free Agents, all over 25 years, and OVR’s at 65 or bellow.

QPR:
Players In:
Hazard
Fabregas
Costa
Courtois
Terry
Matic
Oscar
Pedro
Cahill
Azipilicueta
Willian
Ramires
Remy
Zouma

Players out:
LB, Paul Konchesky, 67 OVR, 34 yrs
CM, Kori Henry, 68 OVR, 32 yrs
CM, Ben Gladwin, 62 OVR, 23 years,

Gladwin is younger than I wanted but I needed to get more players for Chelsea and QPR is getting much better players.

QPR’s budget is $26.5 Million for transfers and $944,500 for wages. I checked out the other budgets in the BPL and QPR is on the lower end but not too bad. Their $26.5M is higher than 2 BPL teams (Watford and Bournmouth) and only $3M bellow Norwich and West Brom so they should cope pretty well in the BPL with their new players.

Wigan Athletic:
Players In:
Begovic
Ivanovic
Falcao
Djilobodji
Mikel
Traoré
Baba
Kennedy

Players Out:
GK, Richard O’Donnell, 65 OVR, 27 yrs
ST, Craig Davis, 66 OVR, 29 yrs


Wigan’s budget is $6.5M in transfers and $291K for wages. That’s actually a pretty good budget for a Championship team. It’s a higher than Birmingham City, Bristol City, Charlton Athletic, Huddersfield, MK Dons, Preston, Rotherham United and even with Brentford and Ipswish. Wigan should do very well with their new roster and budget in the Championship.

Free Agents:
LB, Ren Hang, 64 OVR, 26 yrs
CB, Adam Straith, 63 OVR, 24 yrs
RB, Denzil Franco, 59 OVR, 29 yrs
CDM, Tarek Hamed, 65 OVR, 26 yrs
CDM, Mari Holek, 65 OVR, 28 yrs
RW, Joel Sanchez, 65 OVR, 26 yrs
RM, Jan Kopic, 61 OVR, 25 yrs
LM, CK Vinneth, 54 OVR, 27 yrs

These were chosen pretty much at random just to fill out the rest of the roster while not providing much depth or potential for the future. Straith is younger than I wanted, but Chelsea desperately needed a decent CB so he was chosen. Chelsea also has over 7 players out on loan, but I plan on letting them stay that way for the first year. They should prove a nice upgrade come the second season into the Championship, provided this squad can get a promotion.

Chelsea’s final roster before I start stands at 25 players, 4 GKs, 6 defenders, 12 middies, and 3 attackers(2STs and a RW). Not a lot of depth and no cover for my CBs so that’ll be something to target during the season.

Chelsea: 2.5 Stars
Att: 76
Mid: 63
Def: 61

Aside from the high Attack rating, it’s pretty even with the rest of the League 1 squads.

 
Year 1:
Difficulty: World Class, custom sliders (still working on what I like best)
Half Length: 8 Minutes
Financial Strictness: Lenient 85%
Currency: Dollars

Manager: Nick Wolfe (I’m awful at thinking of names), English with the hopes of one day bringing international glory to England.

Goals:
Automatic Promotion
Round of 32 in Domestic Cup

We’ll see how this squad does, but I expect the promotion will happen, but I’m not sure we have the depth for much of a run in the cups.

First thing is blow some money on youth scouts. Ended up with Declan Lee, English, 4*/ 5*, and Staphanos Zaimis, Greek, 5*/4*. Lee was sent to England to look for any type of player for 6 months. Zaimis was sent to Scotland to look for Wingers for 3 months. I plan on keeping my scouts in Northern Europe at least until I’ve started European competition and or get a International gig.

Also fired all three GTN scouts and replaced with 5*/5*, 5*/5*, and 4*/5* scouts. Set them to look for promising players under 25, tall/strong/first team quality CBs, and first team quality wingers. Deployed to England, Scotland, and Sweden in keeping with my restrictions.

After blowing that money on scouts and adjusting my financial slider, my budget is now at $65,419,996 for transfers and $300,096 for wages. To keep from making this too easy, I’ve imposed a limit of $6.5M for transfer on myself. That should be enough to secure a decent CB and LM.

As the preseason friendlies approach, here’s my squad at the moment:
Staring XI:
GK: O’Donnell 65 OVR, 26 yrs (Originally from Wigan)
LB: Konchesky 67 OVR, 34 yrs (Originalliy from QPR)
LCB: Clarke-Salter, 57 OVR, 28 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
RCB: Straith, 63 OVR, 24 yrs old (Originally a Free Agent)
RB: Aina, 60 OVR, 18 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
LM:Vineeth, 54 OVR, 27 yrs (Originally a Free Agent)
LDM: Holek, 65 OVR, 28 yrs (Originally a Free Agent
RDM: Henry, 68 OVR, 32 yrs (Originally from QPR)
RM: Sanchez, 65 OVR, 26 yrs (Originally a Free Agent)
CAM: Palmer, 64 OVR, 18 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
ST: Morgan, 76 OVR, 18 yrs (Created Player, Originally at Chelsea)

Subs:
GK: Blackman, 59 OVR, 21 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
LB: Ben Hang, 64 OVR, 26 yrs (Originally a Free Agent)
CDM: Hamed, 65 OVR, 26 yrs (Originally a Free Agent)
CM: Loftus-Cheek, 63 OVR, 19 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
CM: Gladwin, 62 OVR, 23 yrs (Originally at QPR)
CAM: Musonda, 61 OVR, 18 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
RM: Kopic, 61 OVR, 25 yrs (Originally a Free Agent)

Reserves:
GK: Collins, 56 OVR, 18 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
GK: Beeney, 52 OVR, 19 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
RB: Franco, 59 OVR, 29 yrs (Originally a Free Agent)
CDM: Musonda, 56 OR, 21 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
CM: Colkett, 54 OVR, 18 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
RM: Kiwomya, 55 OVR, 19 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)
ST: Davis, 66 OVR, 29 yrs (Originally at Chelsea)

One of the GKs has to go since there’s no reason to have 4. A little help from sofifa and Beeney will be transfer listed. Blackman’s got 70 POT, Beeney 66 POT, while Collins is at 65 POT, but Collins is a year younger than Beeney with a higher OVR so Beeney is transfer listed while Collins is loan listed.

Simmed a few days and got my 3rd youth scout, Jamie Davis, English, 5*/4*. He’s sent looking for playmakers in Sweden for 3 months.

Now to transfers, $6.5M is good budget for a 3rd division team so I set out to find a decent LM and a good CB.

Transfer In:
LM, Jonathan Ring (65 OVR) - $600k
CB, Jesper Bjorkman (60 OVR) - $400k

First target was Jonathan Ring from Kalmar FF. He’s a 23 year old 65 OVR LM valued at $650k. Went for $600k as my first bid since the advisor said the deal could happen and I should submit my offer. Kalmar FF accept by bid and he accepted $10K and important first team player for his contract.

Next up was Jesper Bjorkman from Helsingborgs IF. Bjorkman’s a 22 year old 60 OVR CB. Got him for $400k.

Away at Coventry City:
First game of the season, somewhat hampered by new signing Ring getting hurt in a preseason match and only getting healthy the day before the match. He still started, but that might have been a mistake. Things started off a bit rough, and I had trouble holding possession but I got the first goal of the game with a brilliant strike from Morgan at 16’. He got the ball pretty far from goal, managed to get just outside the box, and got off a brilliant strike into the right post in in for his first goal of the season. Things went downhill then when Straith got a red card for a mistimed slide tackle that the red thought was denying a goal scoring opp even though Bjorkman was literally about even with Straith if a few yards away . Coventry took advantage of the extra man and dominated possession from there, they got their first goal at 33 minutes, from Matthison cutting inside and getting a curling shot past O’Donnell. Then in the 45th, Mathison got another in a similar way, getting inside on Konchesky and firing past O’Donnell . I figured I was heading for a loss but then Morgan got the ball just past midfield, used his speed to slice the defense apart and shot the ball just by the left post to even things at 2-2 just before the break.

Took Ring off at half for Hang since he was gassed and Hang could fill in at CB better than a CDM, also switched Palmer to LM leaving a hole at CAM, but at this point it was pretty much playing for a tie or perhaps a lucky break on the counter to steal the win. After a failed through ball from Coventry my team was off to the races and Morgan got off another great shot but this time the keeper was up for it. The rebound was up the middle and Morgan was about to get it when he was taken down by a defender. Yellow for the defender and a penalty. Morgan put the penalty away to take the lead 3-2 at 52’ and O’Donnell was brilliant to close out the game, especially in the last 15. The defense for the entire game was suspect, especially after Straith got sent off, but I already knew they would be a weak point, but I’m very happy with O’Donnell, glad I took him from Wigan.

Up next is Round 1 of the Capital One Cup at home vs Colchester and hopefully some more transfers as Palmer and Musonda, my two CAMs, have stamina at 54 and 46 respectively and that won’t cut it long term. So I’ll be shopping around for another CAM as the rest of my mids are either RMs, or CMs/CDMs, with only Henry (CM, 60) having the passing stats to play there but he and Holek are my preferred CDM pair since Henry has medium/high WR so he wouldn’t be a very good fit as CAM. Of course, I’m still trying to land another CB as I want to limit Clarke-Salter’s exposure since he’s only rated 58. Sorry for the long post.

[RagingTrav]

Re: Chelsea- League 1 to Premier League

Great run you went on inspired by Fletcher to get back into the promotion hunt. Unfortunately Bury looked like they just outplayed you in the playoffs. It looks like a strong squad you have now so promotion should be achievable this season.

Thanks mate. I've played a couple of games of the new season and just having that left footed midfielder (Ashby) has made a huge difference to the side. *spoiler* York have started the season well again

First time posting here, but I’ve read threads on here about MM for a while. This idea I got from a post about MM in FIFA 14 or 15, about taking a big club, dropping all their good players, and swapping them down to a lower division and working your way up .

I've done similar with Leeds for a bit of fun in the past using only academy products to begin with. Usually need to add a few to complete the squad but there are usually a few ex-academy kids that didn't quite make it in the lower leagues.
Only thing is there is no room for error in the first season or two.

[vrabbit]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Rabbit!! Of course we still care! I'm really ecstatic to see that you finally won the treble! It was well worth waiting for I'm sure and it looks like you had a monster of a season. Good luck with Fiorentina, how has the CPU left their squad? Be sure to drop an update again. I hope you can manage to do well in the Copa America too!

Thanks man, unfortunately I don't have the time to give the detailed update but yea the squad kicked severe ***, it was awesome. Fiorentina's squad is pretty decent actually with a good mix of youngsters and vets and the board gave me $50-million+ for transfers and $250K+ for wages so I should be able to bring in more talent this summer. I'm gonna try to win Copa America too of course but even after all these seasons of scouting that country the talent is still below the major powerhouses like Argentina/Brazil.

Lmao! Love the "don't f*ck with me" attitude that came with the treble! Hahaha good stuff man. Glad to see you won the treble and stuffed it down the board's throats after they gave you crazy season objectives and offered you little to no support throughout the career. Good luck with Fiorentina! I hope you run into the monster you built at Alcorcon in the Champions or something. I would love to read about that match! Did you take any of your Alcorcon players over to Italy or are you going to start fresh?

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Yeah honestly building a power team like that with limited financial support eventually gets to you, I lasted a while. After I finally won the treble I was like "y'all are on your own, let's see if you can repeat the success without me". It'd be awesome to run into them in Champions but Fiorentina finished 9th this season so I won't be in Europe competitions next season, but I hope Alcorcon is still in the Champions 2 years from now because I definitely intent to be there with Fiorentina. I'm still working on putting together a squad, 1st order of business was to do a complete analysis of the squad as it is and see what's needed. RB is definitely a need so I'm trying to get Alcorcon's backup RB. It may not be a bad idea to get younger at CAM so I may go after Alcorcon's super utility midfielder (brought up from the academy there) as he's mid-80's and should be able to start for me (and has the stamina for it). I don't wanna take apart Alcorcon really.

[vrabbit]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

oh, and I have a month left in Dagenham to wrap up that season too but definitely not as successful, slow start and Chelsea was on FIYA

[RagingTrav]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Just after a couple of opinions regarding transfers in my York career.

1. Transfer listing players? So far I've only listed the players who demand to leave the club but that has just left me with lots of deadwood on the books that nobody wants to bid for and half a squad that will walk for free at the end of the season. The flipside to that i feel is that it's too easy to move players on by listing them yourself. I want to keep an element of realism to it but not sure if there is a happy medium?

2. Player swaps - too easy to consider doing?

3. Pre-Contract signings - Obviously i used it to sign Tafazolli but I'm thinking of limiting it to a max of 1 a season.

[moose141]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Had a video issue, since fixed.

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[Vulcan25]

Chelsea- League 1 to Premier League Year 1

Update #1:
My youth scouts came back with their first reports so my Youth Academy is officially up and running. England had mediocre players so no signings, but Scotland produced Duncan MacDonald, 16 yrs, rated 53-71, POT 78-94 so I signed him immediately. Sweden meanwhile got Simon Nystrom, 15 yrs, 42-56, POT 66-90 who I also signed to the academy.

Home vs Colchester (Capital One Cup Rd 1)

Spoiler

Things got off to a great start with Morgan putting the ball into the back of the net at the 12’ off a nice through ball from Musonda who was starting for the slightly tired Palmer. Palmer was rather light green, almost yellow, so Musonda got the start and the assist here. Had a few more chances after, Morgan had shot blocked for a corner, Musonda deliver a great corner but Morgan’s header hit the post. A rough stretch after that as O’Donnell was forced to make 2 saves in a row. O’Donnell got a corner after that to end the threat and send me on the counter but nothing came of it.

After a rough stretch of little possession and some dumb fouls by me, Colchester equalized. Konchesky mi**** a clearance right to Massey at the edge of the box. He took a few steps and blasted a shot into the far left corner just past O’Donnell. Had a few chances to take the lead before the half on a series of corners that kept getting cleared, their GK Jones saved a Morgan shot from the edge of the box and Ring’s long distance effort slide just wide. So, at halftime it was 1-1 but I should have been leading by at least 2.

Had more chances in the beginning of the second half but couldn’t put any away. Hamed got a yellow so I took him off for Holek and brought in Palmer for the gassed Musonda but still no goal. Colchester actually missed a great chance but the header went wide so it stayed 1-1 until the 73’ minute when a Colchester player danced around Konchesky and got a great cross off that Gilbey headed in. Down 2-1 at home to Colchester, I went to the 4-4-2 and took of Sanchez for Davies, my backup ST and switched Palmer to RM.

It paid off, though not in the way I expected. Morgan danced into the area to the right and played a great ball back. Holek was there for an awkward volley that bounced just inside the left post to tie the game at 2-2. I nearly fell out of my chair I was so happy.

Then I got too ambitious going for the win before extra time and my defense got sliced apart at the 90th. I couldn’t even be too angry since it was my fault, missed too many chances and got too greedy.

Final: Chelsea 2-3 Colchester
12’ Morgan (Musonda)
41’ Massey
73’ Gilbey
77’ Holek (Morgan)
90’ Sordell

I can’t help but think that my dumb tackle with Straith really cost me against Colchester. With Straith suspended I was forced to play by LB Hang at CB rather than lay Clarke-Salter (58) which also left me with no defenders I trusted to sub in when Konchesky was getting beat.

After two games it’s clear my defense needs a lot more work than I expected. I started looking at more CBs, plus outside backs as neither Konchesky or Aina have done well. I also started looking at another winger, LM or RM doesn’t really matter as neither Ring or Sanchez have impressed. One bright side, I’m happy with my CDMs, and Loftus-Cheek impressed against Colchester as he filled in for the tired Henry who I ran almost to injury against Coventry. By far the best is Morgan who is the only player consistently (4 goals and 1 assist through 2 games) doing well even if he missed some chances against Colchester.

I want to buy 2 CBs, and at least 1 outside back with the $5M I have left over after getting Bjorkman and Ring. I will say that Bjorkman’s done okay, certainly the best of the backline in both games and limited the damage since he’s my LCB.

Home vs Oldham Athletic (FL 1)

Spoiler

For this game I’ve done a bit of a lineup change. I dropped Konchesky(67) to the bench and put Ren Hang (64) at LB. Hang didn’t exactly impress while he filled in at CB but all the goals I’ve conceded so far come from the left side so it’s time Konchesky sat down. Sanchez (65) also gets dropped to the bench, with Jan Kopic (61) taking his place as the RM. After a minor change during the Cup game, I think Holek (65) and Henry (68) are definitely my CDMs with Hamed (65) coming off the bench when they need to be subbed. Loftus-Cheek (63) secured his spot on the bench with Gladwin (62) yet to see action so he gets dropped to the reserves while Kiwomya (55 RM) gets added to the subs and Davies (ST 65) takes Sanchez’s spot on the subs bench for this game. Kiwomya is much lower rated than Sanchez but much faster so he’ll get a chance off the bench to show his stuff. As for Davies, Morgan isn’t ever coming out of a game unless his inured since he’s got great stamina, but after the Colchester game where he had great passes I think I’ll give him time at LM/RM or possible CAM and bring in Davies as striker and getting an ineffective middy out of the game. Straith returns to the starting XI but a bad performance could lead me to splurge a bit on a CB to take his spot.

Started the game really well, aggressive and making some great passes. Got a breakthrough at 11 with Morgan getting his head to a Palmer corner for his 4th goal of the season. Had little possession for the rest of the half, but the few shots I had were saved or just wide of the goal. The second half was horrible, little possession and few chances (all missed). Subbed Palmer off at around the 60’ since he was tired but Musonda did nothing but lose the ball. Then I conceded a goal in the 74’ off a corner where Aina lost his man. I pushed for a late winner but nothing worked

Final: Chelsea 1-1 Oldham Athletic
11’ Morgan (Palmer, off a Corner)
74’ Dieng (Off a corner)

Transfers IN:
RM, Anthony Forde (62) – $375k
Not the transfer I was hoping to lock up, but a welcome addition as my wingers are failing miserably and I need more options there.

Away vs Swindon (FL 1)

Spoiler

It was a horrible game. More than half my team ended up with yellows, but no red. I Had little possession or chance and only O’Donnell’s great saves kept me in it. Ended the first half tied 0-0 only to give up a goal at the start of the second half to Kasim. Chased the game the rest of the way to little success the few chances I had all seemed to go just wide or just to the keeper’s hands. Finally in the late stages, Morgan got the ball and sped around the defense before curling a shot from the right just around the keeper’s dive to steal the point. Though Forde had an okay showing in his first game, not too fast and seemed to be shoved off the ball easily, but he had good passes and tracked backed well to win a few balls or break up passes.

Final, Swindon 1-1 Chelsea
45’ Kasim
90’ Morgan

Summary:
Three games in and Chelsea sit in 8th place with 5 points (1-2-0). That’s only 2 points of tied leaders Crewe Alexandria, Southend United, and Chesterfield.

This is not going the way I’d hoped, but the challenge is nice. I’ll admit it’s really tough knowing that Chelsea have Omeruo (CB 70) and Kalas (RB 71) out on loan. But I’ll stick with my self-imposed challenge for now. Though I really need to bring in better CBs and a new CAM as neither Palmer or Musonda are impressing and both have low stamina so they have to constantly be rotated/subbed off early.

Checked my squad report and got a bit of a surprise, three players at 6.5 or above with most between 6.0 and 6.4. Morgan is no surprise the best player at 7.3. Henry is actually listed at second despite being only at 6.3 but I know he’s really valuable to the team. O’Donnell is at 3 with a form of 6.7 in bright green. The fourth player was a surprise, Hang at 6.7 moved up over Holek. I haven’t given Hang much thought since dumping Konchesky but it’s nice to see he’s working well. The problem defensively is Straith though Bjorkman has had a bad run in the last few games too.

Transfers In:
LM, Jonathan Ring (65 OVR) - $600k
CB, Jesper Bjorkman (60 OVR) - $400k
RM, Anthony Forde (62) – $375k

Transfers Out:
GK, Bradley Collins – Loan (Yeovil Town)

That’s $1.375M spent out of my set budget of $6.5M so I’ve got money to spend on a good CB and another player, probably an FB or a WMF.

[LukeWhu94]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

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Werder Bremen Season 3

Budget - £11,500,000
Wage Budget - £50,000
Objectives - Qualify for Europa League, Round of 32 Domestic Cup, Knockouts of Champions League

Transfers In:
Abdou-Aziz Thiam - CDM - 71ovr 20y - £1,250,000 - AS Monaco
Tin Jedvaj - CB - 77ovr 21y - £7,000,000 - Bayer 04
Viktor Fischer - LW - 81ovr 23y - £4,500,000 + D.Didavi
Vaclac Cerny - LW - 74ovr 19y - One Year Loan (£4,500,000) - Real Madrid

Transfers Out:
Anthony Ujah - ST - 77ovr 26y - £9,500,000 - Norwich
Michael Zetterer - GK - 63ovr 22y - One Year Loan - FC Heidenheim
Martin Koblyanski - CF - 67ovr 23y - Arminia Bielefeld - £750,000

25 Man Squad List

1. Felix Wiedwald - GK - 77ovr 27y
2. Raphael Wolf - GK - 69ovr 29y
3. Andreas Christensen - DEF - 68ovr 21y
4. Tin Jedvaj - DEF - 77ovr 21y
5. Assani Lukimya - DEF - 73ovr 31y
6. Jannik Vestergaard - DEF - 78ovr 25y
7. Ulisses Garcia - DEF - 71ovr 21y
8. Santiago Garcia - DEF - 75ovr 29y
9. Marnon Busch - DEF - 72ovr 22y
10. Luca-Milan Zander - DEF - 67ovr 22y
11. Martin Odegaard - MID - 73ovr 18y
12. Philip Bargfrede - MID - 75ovr 28y
13. Felix Kroos - MID - 73ovr 26y
14. Abdou-Aziz Thiam - MID - 71ovr 20y
15. Zlatko Junuzovic - MID - 81ovr 29y
16. Marko Arnautovic - MID - 82ovr 28y
17. Timo Werner - MID - 76ovr 21y
18. Steven Zuber - MID - 73ovr 26y
19. Fin Bartels - MID - 76ovr 30y
20. Izet Hajrovic - MID - 77ovr 26y
21. Viktor Fischer - MID - 81ovr 23y
22. Vaclav Cerny - MID - 74ovr 19y
23. Aron Johansson - ST - 77ovr 26y
24. Melvyn Lorenzen - ST - 71ovr 22y
Mirko Gerezgiher - MID - 62ovr 16y
Andrea Gastaldello - MID - 67ovr 16y
Reuben Blackman - MID - 62ovr 16y
Matthias Vollath - MID - 62ovr 16y

Werder Bremen Results

Bundesliga Matchday 1
Werder Bremen 1 - 1 Bor.Dortmund
9' Werner, 79' Gundogan

Bundesliga Matchday 2
Werder Bremen 0 - 1 FSV Mainz 05
85' Beister

Bundesliga Matchday 3
Bor.M'gladbach 1 - 3 Werder Bremen
26' Junuzovic, 53' Hajrovic, 56' Drmic, 89' Bartels

Bundesliga Matchday 4
Werder Bremen 4 - 2 Bayer 04
16' 47' 90' Werner, 28' Aranguiz, 64' Hernandez, 82' Arnautovic

Champions League Matchday 1
Werder Bremen 2 - 1 Napoli
23' Hajrovic, 82' Insigne, 89' Arnatouvic

Bundesliga Matchday 5
RB Leipzig 0 - 0 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga Matchday 6
Werder Bremen 2 - 0 Hamburger SV
15' Werner, 80' Arnautovic

Bundesliga Matchday 7
VfB Stuggart 0 - 0 Werder Bremen

Champions League Matchday 2
Werder Bremen 1 - 0 PSG
15' Johansson

Bundesliga Matchday 8
Werder Bremen 1 - 0 FC Augsburg
59' Hajrovic

Bundesliga Matchday 9
Eint.Frankfurt 1 - 2 Werder Bremen
5' Johansson, 65' Fischer, 86' Reinartz

Champions League Matschday 3
Sporting CP 1 - 2 Werder Bremen
60' Lorenzen, 84' Cerny, 90' Palhinha

Werder Bremen offer contracts to promising academy youngsters Matthias Vollath and Reuben Blackman. Both players have been making a big impacts in the under 17s and Bremen Boss LukeWHU94 feels that they have the talent to step up to train with the first team. Both players sign 2 year deals worth around £1,000 a week.

Bundesliga Matchday 10
Werder Bremen 3 - 1 Hertha BSC
29' Fischer, 37' Arnautovic, 40' Stocker, 70' Garcia

Bundesliga

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Champions League

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My Thought's
It took us a couple of games to get going but I feel that we are finally finding our form from last season. Timo Werner has adapted really well to his new position and has managed 5 goals so far this season and I am interested to see how many he will finish on come the end of the season. Odegaard has also made a good start to the season with 4 assists to his name already and with the added competition from Fischer, I'm sure he will up his game even more. We have started showing that defensive solidarity and have now kept 4 clean sheets in the league and conceded only 7 goals bettered only by Bayern who have conceded only 3 all season. I am pleasantly surprised by how well we have adapted to the Champions League and we currently sit top of the group after 3 wins and now I'm sure the rest of Europe will start taking note of us. The 1-0 victory over PSG has been a highlight of my time in charge and is argubly the best defensive performance I have ever seen in my managerial career. We stopped everything, Jedvaj and Christensen cleared everything, they were putting their bodies on the line and when they did get throughout Weidwald was there top stop them. Everyone was getting back and it was our best team performance under my management.

We invested wisely in the summer and signed some really talented players. Our marquee signing of the summer was Tin Jedvaj from Bayer 04 for a fee of £7,000,000 which is currently our record transfer under the new boss. In Jedvaj we have a young talented defender who can operae at centre back and right back, equally comfortable in both positions. We thought off competition from some big clubs for him and it was a statement of intent from us to the rest of the Bundesliga. He has formed a really good partnership with Andreas Christensen at the moment which is keeping Vestergaard out of the team. Out second summer acquisition was Danish Superstar Viktor Fischer for a fee of £4,500,000 & Daniel Didavi. This was a major coup for us, to have a player of Fischer's ability playing for us will only increase our chances of success for this season. This boy has got it all, he can score, assist, go round players and has really started showing that ability in recent games. It took him a couple of games to get settled but now he is starting to play his way into the starting 11. Our third signing was that of Abdou-Aziz Thiam from AS Monaco for a small £1,250,000 and although bought as one for the future, has really forced his way in to my plans now with a series of good displays in the Champions League aginst Europe's elite teams. He has a big future at this club and will get his chance this season, that is guaranteed. Our final signing was the loan signing of Vaclav Cerny from Real Madrid with the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season for £4,500,000 in the summer. He has showed tremendous ability in the games he has played so far and has gone roud players with such ease. Although a winger, he has been effective throught the middle and has already done enough to convince me to make the move permanent at the end of the season. Still only 20 he has a bright future ahead of him whether it is with us or at Real Madrid. We also has the exciting arrival of Marko Arnautovic from Stoke on a Pre-Contract. A player of Marko's ability shows that we are an appealing option for Europe's top talent and now we just have to keep improving in order to remain in Champions League contention every year. This is an exciting time to be a Werder Bremen fan.

Now onto the bad news, we have been told that Felix Weidwald will not be signing a new contract, no matter what we offer him which is a huge disappointment as he has been an integral part of the success I have had with Bremen. We offered last season's Bundesliga Player of the Year an offer that puts him up there with the club's more elite earners and sadly he rejected the offer. We have a strict wage structure in place at the club so we will not be breaking it for anyone. The offer will remain on the table but if he is yet to sign by January, we may be forced into selling the player.


Thanks for Reading, Sorry for the Lack of Activity in the Last Couple of Days, I Binge Watched All 4 Seasons of Longmire on Netflix, Completely Lost Track of Days.

[_ChicoBass]

How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Has anyone gotten the feeling that the youth academy is much stronger this year than before? I just started my youth academy in March (I know it's late, but I wanted to play with the youth graduates that were already on the squad before promoting new ones). The biggest change is no doubt the price for scouts. Scouts are much cheaper to hire now which has its pros and cons. I didn't want to have an overpowered youth system so I hired a 4 star scout. Sent him out to scout for wingers and in his first two reports I already have 5 players with potential over 70. Of course there were some players with lower potential, but I was surprised to see 5 with potential over 70 right off the bat. With that I decided to end the scouting for wingers and I called him back. I am now scouting for physically strong players hoping to get a striker. I must point out that I have very little experience with the youth academy in this year's game, so while I have 5 players with potential over 70 I don't know if perhaps that number decreases and in reality I just have 5 players with 70-75 potential, but my initial thoughts are that high potential players are easier to come by this year. I hope I'm wrong...

I really like how you can use player training on players that are still in the academy. And I especially like that this year you get to see their overalls right away without having to take chances. I haven't used any trainings on the youth players yet, but I still think it's a nice feature.


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[Vulcan25]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Has anyone gotten the feeling that the youth academy is much stronger this year than before? I just started my youth academy in March (I know it's late, but I wanted to play with the youth graduates that were already on the squad before promoting new ones). The biggest change is no doubt the price for scouts. Scouts are much cheaper to hire now which has its pros and cons. I didn't want to have an overpowered youth system so I hired a 4 star scout. Sent him out to scout for wingers and in his first two reports I already have 5 players with potential over 70. Of course there were some players with lower potential, but I was surprised to see 5 with potential over 70 right off the bat. With that I decided to end the scouting for wingers and I called him back. I am now scouting for physically strong players hoping to get a striker. I must point out that I have very little experience with the youth academy in this year's game, so while I have 5 players with potential over 70 I don't know if perhaps that number decreases and in reality I just have 5 players with 70-75 potential, but my initial thoughts are that high potential players are easier to come by this year. I hope I'm wrong...

I really like how you can use player training on players that are still in the academy. And I especially like that this year you get to see their overalls right away without having to take chances. I haven't used any trainings on the youth players yet, but I still think it's a nice feature.


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I'm haven't had very good luck with the YA actually. Bought 3 scouts at 5*/5*, 4*/5*, and 5*/4*. Two reports from each and I only have 2 players with potential at 70+ with a lot of really low players who's max potential was around 75 or lower. Two scouts were looking for any players, but one was for playmakers and there wasn't much difference in their reports, though one came back with higher avg potential but only one at 90+ max POT. I will say that my scouts were in England, Scotland, and Sweden so perhaps that had something to do with the low ratings.

[OkDoei]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Has anyone gotten the feeling that the youth academy is much stronger this year than before? I just started my youth academy in March (I know it's late, but I wanted to play with the youth graduates that were already on the squad before promoting new ones). The biggest change is no doubt the price for scouts. Scouts are much cheaper to hire now which has its pros and cons. I didn't want to have an overpowered youth system so I hired a 4 star scout. Sent him out to scout for wingers and in his first two reports I already have 5 players with potential over 70. Of course there were some players with lower potential, but I was surprised to see 5 with potential over 70 right off the bat. With that I decided to end the scouting for wingers and I called him back. I am now scouting for physically strong players hoping to get a striker. I must point out that I have very little experience with the youth academy in this year's game, so while I have 5 players with potential over 70 I don't know if perhaps that number decreases and in reality I just have 5 players with 70-75 potential, but my initial thoughts are that high potential players are easier to come by this year. I hope I'm wrong...

I really like how you can use player training on players that are still in the academy. And I especially like that this year you get to see their overalls right away without having to take chances. I haven't used any trainings on the youth players yet, but I still think it's a nice feature.


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Well, I sold most of my youth players in Fifa 15. They always come out of the academy with crappy pace or stamina, so I just made profit on them.

I'm still selling some of my youth players in Fifa 16, but not even remotely close to how it was. For instance, I've got a goalkeeper who's just 18 years old, and already on 76. He has 90+ potential as well. I also got a CDM who's 19 years old, and he's 82 already. Already got 30m+ offers for him.

So yeah, the Youth Academy does work way better this year. I get players out of there with decent stamina AND pace! And logical stats as well. Wingers and strikers with 4* skills or weak foot, and defenders whom are strong and not really technical.

The only thing that annoys me with the youth academy this year is the fact that whenever I send my scouts out, they bring reports of players whom are for instance 149 cm tall. Why would I want a centerback who is that small? Or a goalkeeper who is just 170 cm tall? Weird.