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Big post ahead, you've been warned! :pac:Mpumalanga Black Aces
South African Premier Division
2012/13
Media Prediction of 15th out of 16 which is relegation play offs. I'm confidant enough to finish mid table at least, hopefully higher. Wage budget is pretty much the exact same as last season. Even picking a title challenge wouldn’t have changed it. A massive transfer budget of £1,500 also. Pretty much useless so. Finances are still in a pretty bad way.
Cant get any more loans due to them wanting a fee which I cant afford. No transfer funds means I’ll have to make do with what I have. A plus is a couple of my youth players have good potential ratings. Hopefully they are right and not just down to having crap staff thinking they are better than they actually are.
As you can see, pre-season was much smaller but just as successful. The highlight being the easy victory in the final game against last season's runner up in the Premier Division. But pre-season means nothing, especially when the main season opens against the defending champions! Before that however, we have the little issue of a Knockout Cup to deal with.
Well that was easy. Obviously Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates weren’t fussed about it as they didn’t bother much in the matches. Their loss is my gain as that’s four trophies already in the trophy case!
Very strong performances overall, but a bad run in January and February against three of the top five sides ended any hopes I had of a title challenge. Kaizer Chiefs are amazingly strong when they need to be and it showed as they wrapped up the league with three games to spare. Put out reserves from then on to make it look closer than it was.
Only the Champions get into the Champions League so that’s the Kaizer Chiefs again. The Confederations Cup spot meanwhile goes to the winners of the South African Cup, unless they are Champions in which case second place gets it. I didn’t get second place so needed to win the cup to ensure I’m in it again next season.
………. never mind. No continental football for me next season. At least not after I get eliminated from this season’s Confederations Cup. I hate competitions that run across two seasons but I’m not going to complain about the results.
So far so good, I believe that leaves 16 teams. First two rounds were easily done, the last round was a tough one so hopefully that’s not my level reached, and I just got a bad draw that round. Could really do with a cup run to help the finances.
Had a spell around December and January were I was making a tiny profit, but it didn’t last very long as I’ve plummeted back into the red which will likely mean very little funds for season three.
No surprises in the goal scoring charts as my now 32 year old strike partners ripped it up again. Two good youth players acting as their understudies but I’m praying they maintain this level for another while. I cant afford to buy anyone and their understudies aren’t ready to be first choice.
Career History:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Season | Team | Country | Achievements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2011/12 | MP Black Aces | South Africa | SA Cup, SA First Division, First Division Cup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2012/13 | MP Black Aces | South Africa | SA Knockout Cup ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Chelsea are playing at Terry Park under Pep Guardiola!
Chelsea Stadium and Steven Pienaar in mine
What year you on now?
and for you MB: United have an Iranian manager, not well known during his playing days, but hired as a coach at Utd and got promoted to manager after two years. Been manager since 2016 (2029 now) and they still play in OT0 -
Chelsea Stadium and Steven Pienaar in mine What year you on now?
and for you MB: United have an Iranian manager, not well known during his playing days, but hired as a coach at Utd and got promoted to manager after two years. Been manager since 2016 (2029 now) and they still play in OT
I'm in 2031 now!
Aw I'm glad United have kept their values! 0 -
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My top goalscorer for the past two seasons is out of contract in the summer and I cant afford his demands. I can only offer £1,000 per week, he wants £1,900 and walks away when I offer anything less
Got an offer of £150,000 for him. Rejected and changed his asking price to £200,000. If someone offers that I'll have to let him go in January.
EDIT: Found an ideal replacement, seven years younger and pretty much the same level, if not better. Free agent but he wants £2,100 a week. Will accept £1,000 but wants huge appearances fee's etc that I still cant afford. Got him on trial, came off the bench and scored 0 -
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Don't let anyone tell you that yelling abuse at the screen doesnt work, it does!
I was going mental after half an hour, and it seems to have done the trick
Must have been some rollercoaster of emotions to go from 4-0 down to 7-5 up. I go mad if I come back from 2-0 down. You must have been dancing around the room.:D0 -
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Another big oneMpumalanga Black Aces
South African Premier Division
2013/14
As seen previously, the finances were in a bad way before the start of the season. As such, I didn’t have many options in the transfer market. I had to shift players to cut the wage budget and also make do with free transfers.
A lot of players out, but most wont be missed. McCarthy, Tipa and Musasa Muamba all announced they would be retiring at the end of the season. McCarthy had fallen to fifth choice but the other two still got plenty of games. As the season progressed my youth team came to the rescue and provided me with a ready made replacement for both Tipa and Musasa Muamba. He can cover both DM and RB so that saves me the headache of having to try find someone next summer.
You may notice one odd exit in the form of Shongwe. My top scorer for the last two seasons but in the last year of his contract. He wanted more than double what I could afford so I had to ship him out in January. Mhkwanazi made it an easy choice as he was in great form in his debut season. Liau came in to defence and was a big reason McCarthy decided to retire as Liau made himself first choice almost instantly.
Pre-season was short enough as it was more about the Confederations Cup qualifying that resumed at the same time.
Much like the Knockout Cup last year, the big teams don’t seem too fussed about this one. I, on the other hand, will gladly take it, and any other trophies on offer!
Like that!
Last year was a fluke. Normal service has hopefully been resumed. Not as comfortable as it looked, but that’s the treble and we have more trophies to talk about!
Improved again on last seasons form but still a lot of work to be done. Great going forward but I’m still far from happy with the defence. The tactics I deploy make for a lot of attacking football, often at the expense of defensive duties, but we shouldn’t be conceding that many.
Don’t know what happened to the Kaizer Chiefs. Defending champions and they spent more than everyone else in the league combined during the summer. Their loss was almost my gain. Three points may look agonizingly close but at one stage it was 17 points. We were never going to win it and it’s a miracle we even came so close. Would have been the luckiest title ever if we had nicked it at the end.
Finishing second and winning the South African Cup guaranteed Confederations Cup football again in the future. It’s done across two seasons so it’s not next season, but the second half of next season. Speaking of which….
Hell, I guess I’m in the Confederations Cup again next season after all! Champions get to defend so the upset winners get to sneak back in for another shot after Christmas.
I hate this layout, but we’re still going strong in our defence of the Cup. Qualifying Rounds are easy. So much so that I played my reserves in the first round second leg and still won. Doesn’t get difficult until the group stages.
Cant win them all and really highlights the difference between the Confederations Cup and the Champions League. I can do well in the Confederations Cup, but clearly the Champions League will be a whole lot tougher.
And we’re in the clear! All those cup runs no doubt played a major role and hopefully I’ll see some of that cash during the summer so I can mount a proper title challenge.
Myron who? Hardly missed him. Bad news is that Ndovlu had a fairly poor season due to injury. At 33 I think this could be the end of him. More bad news is that Makhanya is only on loan. Hopefully I can get him permanently. If not, hopefully Fanteni can step up. He was signed mid season but had already played for two clubs. He’s rated as my top striker so hopefully he will be there this time next year.
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Not a lot to say but decided to stick it in anyway. I wasn’t interested in any so left it to my assistant who signed a few of them. Good potential but I don’t have the facilities needed to develop them fully. I also don’t intend on being here long enough to see them mature. Added Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia to the active leagues. Did Columbia in a previous save and didn’t want to go to Brazil or Argentina. May have to though in order to win the South American Champions League. But, that’s in the future, I have at least two more seasons in South Africa.
Career History:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Season | Team | Country | Achievements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2011/12 | MP Black Aces | South Africa | SA Cup, SA First Division, First Division Cup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2012/13 | MP Black Aces | South Africa | SA Knockout Cup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2013/14 | MP Black Aces | South Africa | SA Knockout Cup, SA Cup, SA Super 8 Cup, African Confederations Cup ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Soldiering away on FM009, still.
Holidayed a year and took over a club, Hednesford Town, coming into Blue Square North from tier below. They had 1 player and 4 regens - have signed 11 frees and Romaine Sawyers on loan from West Brom. Currently sit on top of division with 30 points from 13 games. 0 -
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Join Date:Posts: 8510
Soldiering away on FM009, still.
I can beat that....Championship Manager 01/02!! :P
In my defence, I have the data update etc. from Champman.co.uk so I'm essentially playing with either 11/12 squads or 12/13.
I wouldn't post anything about it here though as I feel it doesn't deserve a place among everyone elses epic FM games, which I am thoroughly enjoying reading by the way! :P 0 -
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