How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[jamiec47]

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ROAD TO RECOVERY
SEASON 2




John Fleck moves abroad

John Fleck has moved to Real Valladolid for £2 million. Jamiec47 stated, "I would like to thank John for his service and I can tell you now, if we had a bigger budget, he wouldn't have gone. We just had to sell him to gain money to be able to compete."



Wilson moves for big money

Callum Wilson, the top scorer for Coventry last season, has joined Wigan for £2 million. Jamiec47 has said "Once again, it was the same reason as John. We needed money, simple as that"



Wilson's replacement?

League One top scorer Chris Dagnall has joined Coventry City for £350,000. Jamiec47 said "I would love to welcome Chris to the club, I saw his qualities against us last season, and he was top scorer. I think he is brilliant, with brilliant finishing qualities."



The boy is back in town

Abdul Razak has resigned with Coventry for a second season on loan from West Ham. Jamiec47 had this to say "The lad impressed on loan last season, and now with John gone, he will be able to shine even more"



A Great Goalie

Young keeper, Alex McCarthy has signed for Coventry City for £2.8 million as a replacement for Murphy. Jamie is quoted as saying "This young man will be one of the best keepers in English history"

Who?

Youngsters David Moyo and Tom Chamberlain have signed on loan from Northampton Town and York City respectively to "add squad depth"

[jamiec47]

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ROAD TO RECOVERY
SEASON 2

Squad

Goalkeepers
Alex McCarthy 75
Alex Gott 52

Defenders
Cyrus Christie 68
Aaron Phillips 61
Jordan Clarke 66
Daniel Seaborne 66
Jordan Willis 60
Stuart Urquhart 62
Andy Webster 61
Blair Adams 66

Midfielders
Conor Thomas 65
Carl Baker 64
Franck Moussa 69
Abdul Razak 67
Jack Finch 49
Pedro Azogue 64
Billy Daniels 59
James Maddison 55
Tom Chamberlain 49

Forwards
Nathan Delfouneso 70
Chris Dagnall 65
George Thomas 54
Nathan Eccleston 67
David Moyo 52

League Cup Match 1

Stevenage 2-1 Coventry
Thomas 12
Heslop 36
Obeng 42
I simmed this match and we are now out, oops.

Match 1

Derby 2-3 Coventry
Dagnall 11
Russell 67
Hughes 72
Azogue 84
Dagnall 90
What a first game of the season, new signing Dagnall curling in the opener. Russell headed in an equaliser before Hughes smashed in from a corner. Substitute Azogue smashed in across the keeper to equalise before in the last minute Dagnall calmly volleyed in.

Match 2

Coventry 0-2 Nott'm Forest
Blackstock 8
Phillips 34 (OG)
Our first loss of the season as Blackstock smashed in and Phillips deflected a cross into his own net.

Match 3

Bournemouth 0-1 Coventry
Delfouneso 39
In a tight affair, a low ball across goal by Christie was tapped in by Delfouneso.

Match 4

Coventry 5-3 Millwall
Azogue 6
Garvan 9
Azogue 32
G. Thomas 42
Garvan 45
Eccleston 78
Azogue 82
Frederiks 87
What a match, an absolute thriller. Azogue gave us an early lead, curling in after being played through the middle. Garvan headed in an equaliser before Azogue smashed in his second. Young striker Thomas headed in expertly before Garvan volleyed in just before the break. Eccleston made it 4 after cutting inside, dragging the ball into the bottom corner before Azogue completed his hat trick with tap in after Chamberlain crossed in. Frederiks headed in a consolation late on.

Match 5

Wigan 1-1 Coventry
Razak 21
Onwu 79
An extremely tough game but a wonderful bit of play between Razak and Dagnall allowed him to drag the ball into the bottom corner. Unfortunately, Onwu smashed in an equaliser from close range.

League Table

1. Reading 15
2. Hull 13
3. Stoke 12
4. Bolton 12
5. Blackburn 11
6. Watford 10
...
8. Coventry 10
...
22. Wolves 2
23. Leyton Orient 0
24. Barnsley 0

Thoughts
Not much depth in the squad and barely any budget. It's times like this that I wish someone would send me a nice gift wrapped Level 78 Financial Takeover to my mailbox, denn15c on PS3

[badvintage_]

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I have a quick question.

I'm currently in my 2nd season in career mode for FC Barcelona and I got offered the Argentina and Netherlands national team job. I took the Argentina one and took the team to the round of 16 but lost then.

Is there anyway I could resign from that position?

[_ChicoBass]

How's Your FIFA 14 Career Mode Going?

I have a quick question.



I'm currently in my 2nd season in career mode for FC Barcelona and I got offered the Argentina and Netherlands national team job. I took the Argentina one and took the team to the round of 16 but lost then.



Is there anyway I could resign from that position?

Yes. Go to your Office tab, then go down to the box that says "Browse Jobs" and using the right stick on that box you'll find the option "Resign Natl. Team"

[badvintage_]

Re: How's Your FIFA 14 Career Mode Going?

Yes. Go to your Office tab, then go down to the box that says "Browse Jobs" and using the right stick on that box you'll find the option "Resign Natl. Team"

Thanks man, also will I get more offers for the National team if I do this?

[Quazar]

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Thanks man, also will I get more offers for the National team if I do this?

Yeah, but you'll get offers for worse teams at first. Theyll gradually get better though.

[Quazar]

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NO SURRENDER

Spoiler

After being placed into the third division by the Scottish FA, Rangers have finally made it back to the Scottish Premiership. Taking the helm is new English Manager, Mark Asato, a rather unknown man who has only experience at the youth academy level. This year, the Rangers board decided it was his time to prove himself and was given the opportunity to manage Rangers. Asato was quoted saying, "I am ready for this challenge, and I plan on bringing success back to Rangers in the upcoming years." Needless to say, the young manager at only the age of 34, has a lot of confidence, and we shall see if this will pay off for him and for Rangers.


First Year Budget: €7.5 million


Summer Transfers In:
Beckerman (Real Salt Lake) > €800,000
Shipp (Chicago Fire) > €200,000
Gauld (Dundee United) > €1.7 million
Guagua (Free) > €7,000 a week wage
Camdal (Free) > €3,000 a week wage


Summer Transfers Out:
Telfer (Loan) > Patrick Thistle
Murdoch (Loan) > Bristol City
Gasparotto (Loan) > Port Vale
McAusland (Loan) > Cork City


August Matches:
RANGERS at Celtic L 2-1
Aberdeen at RANGERS W 4-0
RANGERS at Patrick Thistle W 2-0


September Matches
Hearts at RANGERS W 1-0
Esbjerg FB at RANGERS W 2-1 (Europa League)


Current Standings
1. Motherwell - 10 pts
2. Celtic - 10 pts
3. RANGERS - 9 pts (with game in hand)
4. Hearts - 9 pts


Sky Sports caught up with the new Rangers manager after his 1-0 victory over Hearts:


SS: You've been playing really well in the league, but how did that first match loss against bitter rivals Celtic affect you and your players?


MA: Thank you, it's really been the lads being focused and they're the ones out there playing, not me. Yes, the opening day loss to Celtic hurt. I know that many of the fans were upset at the result, and we played well, but to give a cheap late goal like we did is unacceptable. As you can see, we've bounced back from that defeat with three straight victories and I believe we'll do just fine.


SS: Your new signing, Harrison Shipp, has been a revelation for you as he has four goals in the four matches. Do you think his performance will continue on this pace and perhaps set a new SPL record?


MA: Shipp has been great since arriving from the Fire, and it's been a pleasure coaching him and watching him grow. Will he set the goal scoring record? I do not know. It is way too early in the season to be talking about that.


SS: Being in the Europa League this season, how far do you think you'll take Rangers?


MA: Well, it's an honor to be in this tournament and as to how far we'll go, well I guess everyone will just have to wait and see.

Nice idea! Who did you swap out with Rangers to put them in the SPL?

[Rewmac]

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I think I messed up my Arsenal career mode. I made too many signings. I thought Walcott is gonna grow old along with Gibbs in my 5th year, but they still had something to offer. I signed a bit too many players to have fun. Now at the start everyone is whining they wanna play more, even players who are regulars.

Depay finally started to grow for me after like 1,5 years. Munain who grew to 87 betrayed the club and wanted to leave for whatever reason, so I brought in Son from Bayer. I had Draxler for 4 years before this he wanted to move so I swapped him for James Rodriguez from Monaco. I feel like I still have some motivation left even though I have won everything once during these 5 years.

I also have a Wolfsburg, Southampton and AS Roma career started which are all in their second year and a Norwich one which is just at the beginning. Don't which to play sometimes

[_ChicoBass]

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@rewmac
I don't know how you can do so many CMs at the same time lol I always do just 1 at a time. I think it helps me stay interested in it.

I know I haven't updated in a while, just haven't been able to play these past few days. It's 1am right now, and I have 3 games left in the month and don't work until 12pm tomorrow. I'll see if I can finish the month and post an update!

[cathal]

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Aston Villa Career Mode Update

Well it's that time of year again. The summer transfer window.
There was a lot more action this Summer then last year as you will see below.
At the start of the season I realized that the pre-contract signings I invested in in January didn't work out. In fact it was one of the biggest mistakes I made in the transfer window in all of my career modes. The players all massively declined, Vidic is now 79 rated, Berbatov 76, Ronaldinho 75 and worst of all Evra 70.
Thankfully all of them except Vidic is retiring at the end of the season.
And without further ado, here is the first update of 2014/15. Enjoy.

Summer Transfer Window

Out:
Christian Benteke $70 million! to Bayern Munich
Darren Bent $3 million to Brighton
Joe Bennett $0.6 million to Leeds
Shay Given $0 to Southampton (wanted to leave)
+ 3 players out on loan

In:
Daniel Sturridge (87) $65 million from Liverpool
Amidu Salifu (74) (CM) $3.5 million from Barcelona
Alphonse Areola (GK) (69) on loan from PSG
Tom Ainsworth (RW) promoted from youth academy 65 rated 88-92 potential
Jamie Redmond (CB) promoted from youth academy 62 rated 84-88 potential

Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Porto all came in with offers for Benteke.
I told them to pay 70 million since I really didn't want Benteke to go.
Madrid and Bayern both accepted and it was Bayern who got his signature.
Daniel Sturridge was way down the list of possible replacements until I found he had grown to an outstanding 87 in one season. At 24 years old I lept at the chance to bring him to Villa Park.
Other big deals in the window include:

Sergio Aguero to Real Madrid $70 million
Karim Benzema to Man City $40 million
Tiabaul Courtous to Atletico Madrid $25 million (forgive me if I spelt his name wrong)

August Results

Liverpool 0-1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa 4-1 Elfsborg (Europa League Qualifying)

Aston Villa 0-2 Man City

Elfsborg 0-1 Aston Villa (We go through 5-1 on aggregate)

Aston Villa 2-1 Everton

Like last season a very tough start, but we did very well.
Daniel Sturridge has been on fire scoring 5 goals in 5 games with 2 assists.
Cardiff, Fulham and Norwich all got promoted last season.
We sit 7th. Level with 7 other sides on 6 points all chasing City who have 9.
Also the draw for the European Qualifiers is out:

Portugal
Sweden
England
Wales
NORWAY
Ireland

September Results

European Qualifiers:

Portugal 1-0 Norway (damm you Ronaldo)

Norway 2-1 Sweden

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Aston Villa (Capital One Cup)

Cardiff 0-1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa 3-1 Malmo

Aston Villa 2-1 Newcastle

Sunderland 1-2 Aston Villa

Fulham 0-1 Aston Villa

OK. We did win all of our matches but most were unconvincing. We sit second 3 points behind City.
Our Europa League group contains Inter, FK Austria and Malmo.
I will face tough competition in the Europa League with Dortmund, Arsenal, Napoli, Monaco and Inter all battling for the trophy. The board expects me to win it :/

After all the transfers here is my, Starting Line-up 2014-15:

GK: Guzan (81)
RB: Lowton (78)
CB: Vlaar (79)
CB: Vidic (79)
LB: Bertrand (78)
RCM: Westwood (75)
CM: Delph (76)
LCM: N'Zogbia (76)
RF: Berbatov (76)
LF: Weimaan (77)
ST: Sturridge (87)

Bench and notable reserves:

GK: Areola (69)
CB: Okore (77)
CB: Baker (75)
LB: Luna (76)
CM: El Ahmadi (75)
CM: Sailfu (74)
CM: Sylla (72)
CAM: Ronaldinho (75)
ST: Kozak (75)
ST: Aghbonlahor (73)

Who do you think I should sign in January?
($6 million budget. I expect more after the Europa League group stage is finished)

Any feedback appreciated

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Probably a dumb question, but is there any way to view the international tables besides just the one that my team is in? I can't find them anywhere and I'd like to see how other countries are doing.

[vrabbit]

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Probably a dumb question, but is there any way to view the international tables besides just the one that my team is in? I can't find them anywhere and I'd like to see how other countries are doing.

dont think it's possible, no. Sorry.

[cathal]

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Probably a dumb question, but is there any way to view the international tables besides just the one that my team is in? I can't find them anywhere and I'd like to see how other countries are doing.

No, sorry, I just checked and unfortunately you can't.

[jd200277]

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I started a career with Atletico Madrid. My record is 5-3-6. I started off awful with the default formation but since I switched to 4-3-3 I've started winning more. I started off losing the first three games and that hurt my record. By the way Real Madrid is absolutely amazing. They picked up Luis Suarez and Lewandowski. Their record is 13-1-0 with their only tie to second place Real Sociedad. After the first few games Switzerland offered me a job and I took it. I won the first friendly versus Finland 3-1 or 4-1. Then I tied against somebody else I can't remember who. In the SuperCup I tied Barcelona 0-0 or 1-1. The second game i lost 2-0 and they won the SuperCup. In the Spanish Cup I lost the first game 1-0 to Milaga so I am out. I am 11th in La Liga. My goal difference is awful at -8. Real Madrid's goal difference is 26.

I signed a 16 year old I scouted from the USA. His overall is like 55 but his potential is around 80. I am trying to loan him to get him some experience. Same with a 17 year old that was already on the roster. Neither have gotten loaned yet. I am about to sign a few contracts and maybe work with the lineup. I'm going to scout more young guys too.

[jd200277]

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Diego Costa has scored 7 goals in 17 games. David Villa has scored 6 goals in 17 games. I was wrong with the records. Real Madrid is 15-2-0 and I am 6-4-7.

Starting 11:
GK: Courtois
LB: Filipe Luis
LCB: Godin
RCB: Miranda
RB: JuanFran
LCM: Koke
CM: Gabi
RCM: Mario Suarez
LW: David Villa
ST: Diego Costa
RW: Diego

P.S. Im not out of the Spanish Cup