How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[Eagle4]

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The Backstory Behind Chelsea-Westminster FC
Ian Burberry, 11 Aug 2012

Chelsea FC has always been a club of controversy. From Abramovich's takeover to illegal transfer business and more, many fans have voiced their negative opinions of the club. In 2005, fans of Manchester United formed F.C. United of Manchester, to show their disapproval of the Glazers' takeover. Chelsea fans have been less motivated to form a club of their own. They have needed a tipping point. That tipping point arrived in June 2012, this year, when it was leaked by a few Chelsea players, as well as many staff high up in the Chelsea hierarchy, that Abramovich was planning to increase Chelsea's already prominent marketability by changing their shirt colour to bright red.

And suddenly, Chelsea-Westminster FC was formed. Secretly at first, but the fan support grew, and many rich businessmen became interested in the idea of forming an own club to oppose Abramovich. And no, this wasn't like FC United of Manchester, where there was little fan support and little money. There was talk of current Chelsea players, as well as players on loan from Chelsea, that would join the club.

Last month, plans for Chelsea to build a new stadium in place of Battersea Power Station was halted by a £400 million bid that had successfully gone through. Early reports stated that it was bought by a Malaysian consortium looking to build hotels and housing residences. This was not the case. It was bought by a wealthy Malaysian businessman, Tuah Sayid, who was a long-standing fan of Chelsea and had been swayed by the talk of Chelsea-Westminster FC. Kind-hearted, he vowed to keep the club fan-owned and simply become a fan that injected a generous sum of money for a new stadium, rather than an owner. Battersea Park is currently being built for the 2013/14 season.

So, where does this leave the club, and where does this leave Chelsea? Well, there are huge implications. This new club could be bigger than at first anticipated, with the potential of big names arriving at such a small club. These big names would arrive from Chelsea, of course (against Chelsea's best efforts), and so the loss could become devastating. It's hard to tell at this current stage, but I believe we should all keep a look out for Chelsea-Westminster FC...

[cathal]

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I am currently nearing the end of my first season with Arsenal.

These are the transfers in the two windows:

In:
Benzema €25 milion
Subotic €20 million
Morata €10 million
Insinge €10 million
Lucas Hernandez (CB) €500k

Out:
Giroud €12 million
Koisenly €15 million
Rosisky €8 million
Bentner €2 million

Doing well in the league I'm second 5 points behind Man United with 2 games left
which pretty good considering Benzema was injured for 4 months.
I won the Capital One Cup against Norwhich.
Reached the semi-finals of the F.A cup were I lost 8-7 on penalties against Chelsea. Unfortunately Atletico Madrid knocked me out of the Champions League
on away goals in the quarter final.

In my international career I took over Mexico who already qualified for the world cup

All in all it was a good first season as manager.

[indiblue]

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The Backstory Behind Chelsea-Westminster FC
Ian Burberry, 11 Aug 2012

Chelsea FC has always been a club of controversy. From Abramovich's takeover to illegal transfer business and more, many fans have voiced their negative opinions of the club. In 2005, fans of Manchester United formed F.C. United of Manchester, to show their disapproval of the Glazers' takeover. Chelsea fans have been less motivated to form a club of their own. They have needed a tipping point. That tipping point arrived in June 2012, this year, when it was leaked by a few Chelsea players, as well as many staff high up in the Chelsea hierarchy, that Abramovich was planning to increase Chelsea's already prominent marketability by changing their shirt colour to bright red.

And suddenly, Chelsea-Westminster FC was formed. Secretly at first, but the fan support grew, and many rich businessmen became interested in the idea of forming an own club to oppose Abramovich. And no, this wasn't like FC United of Manchester, where there was little fan support and little money. There was talk of current Chelsea players, as well as players on loan from Chelsea, that would join the club.

Last month, plans for Chelsea to build a new stadium in place of Battersea Power Station was halted by a £400 million bid that had successfully gone through. Early reports stated that it was bought by a Malaysian consortium looking to build hotels and housing residences. This was not the case. It was bought by a wealthy Malaysian businessman, Tuah Sayid, who was a long-standing fan of Chelsea and had been swayed by the talk of Chelsea-Westminster FC. Kind-hearted, he vowed to keep the club fan-owned and simply become a fan that injected a generous sum of money for a new stadium, rather than an owner. Battersea Park is currently being built for the 2013/14 season.

So, where does this leave the club, and where does this leave Chelsea? Well, there are huge implications. This new club could be bigger than at first anticipated, with the potential of big names arriving at such a small club. These big names would arrive from Chelsea, of course (against Chelsea's best efforts), and so the loss could become devastating. It's hard to tell at this current stage, but I believe we should all keep a look out for Chelsea-Westminster FC...

There is so much in this that makes me both happy and angry at the same time. Not a bad creative mind on you, lad.

[JustCRu7ing]

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I have just startet my third season with Man City.
Last season i won Prl. i had 1 point more than Man Utd.
Lost the Champions League Final against Fc Bayern by 2-1 (Won the Champions League in my first season)

I have to sell Yaya Toure because he is not good enough anymore, but im not sure who i should buy to replace him.

Any ideas??

My formation is 4-4-2
My start 11 right now:
Hart
Richards - Varane - Kompany - Clichy

Bale - Thiago - Fernandinho - Neymar

Dzeko - Sergio Aguero

Get Alaba to replace Clichy, Balotelli to replace Dzeko (a worthy investment) and Pogba to replace Yaya Toure
And sign De Gea in goals he is a monster when he reaches age 24-26 grows to high 80's


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[JustCRu7ing]

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currently playing in play-off final leading Watford 3-0 with Bolton in first season



main signings have been Angel Correa for £9mil who has scored 50 goals in all competitions and Victor Andrade for £1.2mil who has scored 14 goals in all competitons



I have a question though, do I any additional funding for the play-off win? also any ideas of good signings I could get to adapt to the premier league if I do hold on to the lead?

What does your team look like and what would you say is the weaknesses?


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[_ChicoBass]

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Chivas de Guadalajara

Finished the league in 2nd place 6 points behind Pachuca who is the only team that remained undefeated the whole season. Eliminated America and Cruz Azul in the quarter finals and semifinals respectively, and now the final that all fans in Mexico wanted to see Chivas - Pachuca is up next. Chivas with their deadly duo Carlos Fierro (11 goals) and Cubo Torres (10 goals) face off against the undefeated Pachuca, who do not have a goal scorer for the sole reason that all of their goals have come from different players not just one specifically. During their league match, neither team was able to do any damage as the match ended 0-0 in a midfield battle. Pachuca may have an impressive streak, but Chivas have the league's top 2 goal scorers who weren't able to find each other in the beginning of the season, but as soon as they came to an understanding they have exploded with many chances and goals. This may just be the the game of the season, as this is Chivas' last chance to qualify for the upcoming Copa LatAm. This is Chavez's 3rd consecutive league final from his first 3 league tournaments with Chivas (Defeated Cruz Azul Apertura 2013, Lost to Cruz Azul Clausura 2014, pending result vs Pachuca Apertura 2014)

[Ervin28]

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Wolverhampton Wanderers Career Mode Update #2:

Transfer Deadline Day:

Realised that the team lacked depth in the CB position, and with some cash available, I made my move. Managed to sign young talented Chelsea defender Nathan Aké on a season long loan deal.

Results:

• League 1

Crawley Town 0-5 Wolves (Henry, Sako, Malanda, Dicko x2)

Wolves 2-2 Bradford City (Bakkali, Martial)

Wolves 3-0 Notts County (Bakkali, Sako, O'Hara)

Rotherham United 1-1 Wolves (Golbourne)

Wolves 4-1 Gillingham (O'Hara x2, Martial, Jacobs)

Stevenage 1-1 Wolves (Malanda)


• Capital One Cup

Round 2: Wolves 5-0 Coventry City (O'Hara x2, McDonald, Henry, Martial)

Round 3: Wolves 0-1 Fulham


• Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Round 1: York City 0-1 Wolves (Martial)



League Table:
1. Coventry City P9 23 PTS GD 8
2. Wolves P9 21 PTS GD 18
3. MK Dons P9 17 PTS GD 3
4. Oldham Athletic P9 16 PTS GD 6
5. Bristol City P9 16 PTS GD 5
6. Shrewsbury P9 16 PTS GD 2
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21. Notts County P9 9 PTS GD -5
22. Carlisle United P9 8 PTS GD -5
23. Gillingham P9 8 PTS GD -5
24. Crewe Alexandra P9 2 PTS GD -16


Found it too easy and upped the difficulty after the 5-0 thrashings to World Class. Trying to keep it realistic! Exited the Capital One Cup but the players really put up a great fight against Fulham. Really enjoying this CM so far! Aiming to win the League & the Johnstone's Paint Trophy! Thank you for reading! Will update soon.

[woody2goody]

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So after newly super-rich Stoke dispensed with my services after a 6th place finish in the 2017-18 season, I ended up taking a job in Italy with Bologna.

With not a lot of money to spend and low expectations of around 15th place, it was much to my delight when we were sitting too of Serie A after the winter break. However results fell off badly in the second half of the season and we ended up 8th - still a great position compared to where we were supposed to finish.

In to 2019-20 then and so far, after an influx of players from the youth academy to bolster a tiny squad, and some good performances from 6'6" Macedonia striker Jovan Hasani, we are sitting in the top 5, currently meeting the board's objective of Europa League football (although I worry about the capability of such a small squad to fight on a continental front).

Current starting 11:

GK: Bachmann (AUT) - 77
CB: Sørensen (DEN) - 82
CB: van der Hoorn (NED) - 76
CB: Andía (CHI) - 79
LM: Werner (GER) - 80
CM: Lodesani (ITA) - 77
CM: Laba (ARG) - 78
RM: Moreira (POR) - 75
CAM: Romero (ARG) - 79
ST: Hasani (FYM) - 75
ST: Alibec (ROM) - 72

Subs: Stojakovic, Mejias Osorio, C. Flanagan, Krhin (club captain), Vitellaro, D'Ambrosio, Cristaldo

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[cathal]

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currently playing in play-off final leading Watford 3-0 with Bolton in first season

main signings have been Angel Correa for £9mil who has scored 50 goals in all competitions and Victor Andrade for £1.2mil who has scored 14 goals in all competitons

I have a question though, do I any additional funding for the play-off win? also any ideas of good signings I could get to adapt to the premier league if I do hold on to the lead?

Tell your scouts to look for players with 0-1 years left on their contracts, so you can poach them for free on pre-contracts. If you don't enough wages you can take some money out of transfer budget and put it into your wage budget, e.g transfer acclocation. It's a great little trick if you just got promoted or if your a lowly premier league club. The only thing is the players you want to sign have to have six months or less remaining on their contract. To know how much is left on their contract go onto a player's profile after being scouted and if in a transfer window it should say: approach on pre-contract if not you might have to wait until the next window to get them for free.

[cathal]

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2013-14 has officially ended here are the winners of all the major competions:

Premier League:

1st Man United
2nd Arsenal
3rd Man City
4th Chelsea
5th Liverpool
6th Spurs
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18th Stoke
19th Hull
20th Cardiff

Fa Cup:Winers: Chelsea, Runners Up: Man City
Capital One cup:Winners: Arsenal, Runners Up: Norwich

Champions League:Winners: Barcelona, Runners-up: Juventus
Europa League: Winners: Benfica, Runners-up: Napoli

La Liga: Barcelona
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
Seria A: Juventus
Ligue 1: PSG

I will update you on the world cup soon.

[cathal]

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yep. afaik, the only way to increase fatigue levels is increasing the acceleration slider.

anyway, before complaining about that, wait until you have to play 4 games in a week like i just did :/

I wouldn't change the fatigue, when your at a major club in the premier league your battling 4 competitions and it can be devastating when the injuries start kicking in. Not one player on my team played less than 10 games last season bar, a couple of academy players I bought in in March.

[Eagle4]

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Michael Ballack Hints at Shock Move
Mark Lannyton, 29 Aug 2012

So the Chelsea-Westminster saga continues. Michael Ballack was once thought to be retiring after his return-spell at high-flying Leverkusen, but the talk of a revolution at Chelsea has certainly got his ears pricked. If Ballack were to join the club, it would certainly raise both its profile as well as its quality, though nothing is certain yet.

He says, "Chelsea-Westminster FC is very intriguing for me, as I support its ideology. So why not? I'm on my last legs but to help a team through the ranks would be fantastic, and I want to repay my Chelsea fans who adore me, and I adore them. I can't say that I will, and I need to speak to my agent, but at this current stage it's not out of the question."

[AS4]

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Hey guys!

Started a save with United. Third season currently, played first season on World Class and second on Legendary, have quite a beastly team.

Also, after completing the second season, I was given a budget of 400 million-ish. Has that happened to anyone else or was it a one time thing? I must mention that I managed to complete a quadruple in the second season.

However, looking to start a save with a Top 4 type team but that will be challenging. Perhaps AC Milan or Schalke. Or maybe even Dortmund. And focus on recruiting young people or only players via the youth academy.

[Altimus]

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Had an interesting scare last night against Mallorca. 2nd leg, 4-1 up on aggregate with 15 minutes left and Guaita (GK) gets a straight red and I'm out of substitutions.

10 minutes later it's 4-3 and I barely escape.

[Jamesforpm]

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Does the preferred position impact player growth? I'm playing Jack Wilshere at LM rather than CM and he hasn't grown despite playing 40+ games and in good form. Same with Ramsey at RM rather than CM.