2014 The Unemployed Challenge: We meet again

[MerlionMaple96]

Superb season mate Can we see Russel's stats/Is he a real player?

[jakebanno]

Love it pal, Unfortunately with the team you're with.

 

Superb season mate Can we see Russel's stats/Is he a real player?

 

Hes a real player, shit irl

[Chelsea8]

Superb season mate Can we see Russel's stats/Is he a real player?

 

Hes a real player, shit irl

 

Woah, don't start on Johnny .

[xHadex]

Love this. good job good job

[Sunny]

Yet another good read

 

Two questions regarding the harmony within the team. Do you use intensive training and how do your players cope with it? Do you often take players aside for a talk?

 

Yes I do use the new IT, though I've never really bothered to give each player their corresponding regime so I'd say they're all doing well with 'General'

 

I wouldn't say that I often take them aside, but I do give the under-performing players some negative feedback once in a while...I'd say less than 10 times throughout the whole season

 

Johnny in the beginning of season 4:

 

[anfieldsquirrel]

Loving this Sunny

I'm glad Russell moved from Dundee United, used to maul our defence haha

[Chelsea8]

Loving this Jake

I'm glad Russell moved from Dundee United, used to maul our defence haha

 

Jake? :blink:

[anfieldsquirrel]

Loving this Jake

I'm glad Russell moved from Dundee United, used to maul our defence haha

Jake? :blink:

Obviously you edited my post

[Chelsea8]

Obviously you edited my post

 

I'm pretty sure I'm not only one who saw you said Jake .

[jakebanno]

 

 

Loving this Jake

I'm glad Russell moved from Dundee United, used to maul our defence haha

Jake? :blink:

Obviously you edited my post

 

 

I know you love me AS... Can't stop thinking of me.

[MerlionMaple96]

Russel looks pretty darn decent tbh :lol: 

 

OT: AS CHANGE YOUR AVATAR BACK! I KEEP GETTING IT MIXED UP WITH LEROY

[anfieldsquirrel]

It's nothing like Lee-Roy's :unsure:

[MerlionMaple96]

It's nothing like Lee-Roy's :unsure:

 

It's the colour scheme that's similar

[Lee-Roy]

To make things easier I'll change mine... Anyone opposed to me having the Killie badge, seeing as someone's thrown it away like a piece of trash? I'll do it justice

Jk, and no more OT from me :lol:

[xHadex]

Im playing the same challenge as you are

[Sunny]

Im playing the same challenge as you are

 

Good luck mate

 

 

The board actually raised their expectations for the season around November :wacko: Also almost managed to get Pellegrini sacked, but now they're back from 6th to 3rd in the league

[Archie Graveluth]

Sunny, I'm sorry, but I'm using you  :blush:

 

I'm just waiting to see if you can get the national jobs so I can start this myself. In the meanwhile I'm just racing to be perfect.

[Sunny]

Well I'd be really pissed if the national jobs are the same I am aware that Switzerland still have a Dutch guy managing them so my hopes are still here, but I think most other top nations still have native coaches...hopefully one day England appoint Guardiola or something

[MerlionMaple96]

Sunny, I'm sorry, but I'm using you :blush:

I'm just waiting to see if you can get the national jobs so I can start this myself. In the meanwhile I'm just racing to be perfect.

Got that hint

[Lee-Roy]

Well I'd be really pissed if the national jobs are the same I am aware that Switzerland still have a Dutch guy managing them so my hopes are still here, but I think most other top nations still have native coaches...hopefully one day England appoint Guardiola or something

On that subject, whenever a national job comes up I only ever see native coaches linked with it. Has anyone ever seen otherwise e.g AVB linked with Germany job.

[Sunny]

 

Well I'd be really pissed if the national jobs are the same I am aware that Switzerland still have a Dutch guy managing them so my hopes are still here, but I think most other top nations still have native coaches...hopefully one day England appoint Guardiola or something

On that subject, whenever a national job comes up I only ever see native coaches linked with it. Has anyone ever seen otherwise e.g AVB linked with Germany job.

 

 

I haven't really paid attention to the linking thing, but I remember at the start of the career I've seen Russia appoint Hiddink, Denmark appoint some Italian, and Sweden appoint some Italian as well...which is why I started this thing anyway

 

I'm praying it's not only coz it's the beginning of the game I do notice that Xabi Alonso is now a manager though so there's the same amount of competition for Spain now that Del Bosque's retired

[Ashez]

Just caught up, great going mate

[Sunny]

Boom :cool: No hope winning the two trophies this season though...

 

 

[Sunny]

Season 4 - The twist

 

 

 

Towards the end of last season, we were finally picking up attention from rival clubs with much stronger financial backing, such as the likes of Chelsea and Man City, and as you'd expect, they'd start keeping an eye on our players. This was the case of Will Hughes, the player that was instrumental in our promotion from the Championship, as well as rotating with Kiyotake for the No. 10 spot last season. He was a very all-rounded player, much like Wilshere for Arsenal, you might even compare him to Gerrard at Liverpool, so he would be able to slot in any team immediately. Fortunately, being a youth product of Derby, he was also a loyal player, so when the big clubs did come along with quite lucrative offers...

 

 

 

 

 

...he wasn't upset at us for rejecting them

 

 

The board, surprisingly, was rather lenient and did not really expect too much from us, only expecting us to repeat last season's results. I was perfectly fine with it, especially with the amount of money they left us for it, though obviously I'd want to achieve more at this stage of my career.

 

 

Anyway, we added more options up front for the squad, bringing in 2 Croatian forwards, a Belgian winger, and an Iranian No. 10 - Damir Knez, Darko Marjanovic, Massimo Bruno, and Mojtaba Fatemi. The Croatian duo would make the best signings I've ever made. One was a lethal striker in front of the goal who was also a big-game player, the other was brought in as a super sub and as a plan B. From the experience of Spain on the international stage, we know the importance of always carrying a plan B around, and for the Spaniards they had Llorente and Navas, a combination of the traditional winger+target man. Marjanovic would be our Llorente, while we had Paul Coutts as our Navas. So now, we had consistency up front with Russell, pure talent with Knez, and a plan B which went on to work out amazingly effective throughout the season...

 

 

 

 

 

We secured the Capital One Cup early on, and managed to keep an unbeaten record at home and the best away record in the league, which ultimately rewarded us with the league title 5 games ahead...

 

 

 

 

 

...though our unbeaten run of 48 games was ended by Olympique Lyonnais in the EURO Cup Quarter Final

 

 

 

 

But we managed to move on with a 3-2 aggregate win

 

 

 

 

In other news...

 

 

 

 

...and Rafa Benitez was sacked by the Manchester United board...

 

 

 

 

While the media was expecting me to stay at Derby and build a dynasty, my decision perhaps shocked the English press...

 

 

 

 

And soon I faced my first challenge of getting into the Champions Cup Final. Again similar with Derby, the Man Utd squad fitted pretty well with my preferred 4-2-3-1 tactic, and we also had runner-up to the Word Player of the Year award in our squad - Shinji Kagawa. Still, my first match, the second leg at home against French giants Paris Saint-Germain proved to be a challenge...

 

 

 

 

...and fortunately luck was on our sight that night, leading us to the Final, which turned out to be a Manchester Derby

 

 

 

 

Back in England, I was also given the chance to face the beast I created...

 

 

 

 

...which we narrowly defeated. Sadly with van Basten now at Derby, things just didn't seem to go as well as my reign...

 

 

 

 

 

...but their brilliant performance over the season was ultimately rewarded by all the possible player awards in the league

 

 

 

 

 

Still trying to find a plan B with Man Utd, we headed into the Champions Cup Final with me taking a bet on Wayne Rooney as our plan B for now,

 

 

 

 

...who ultimately helped us win the title with a last minute goal :cool: 

 

 

And well, this happened, sealing off the season :wacko: 

 

 

 

 

Another exciting season, and I'll be hoping make Man Utd world champions next season :cool: 

 

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The Season:

Derby:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man Utd:

 

 

 

The World:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Board:

Derby:

 

 

Man Utd:

 

 

 

The Manager:

 

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Finally getting some progress in this challenge If I'm lucky I may be able to complete 2 clubs next season :ph34r:

 

 

 

[anfieldsquirrel]

Amazing mate, now the challenge has started

And you unlocked no loan restrictions

[Sunny]

Amazing mate, now the challenge has started

And you unlocked no loan restrictions

Lol super cups do count right? If it's a yes then I guess we've completed the first club lol

I think that's when you send a player on loan or get a player on loan, and he finishes as a top scorer or something? If so I believe our Scholes regen did the trick

[anfieldsquirrel]

Yep any cup that appears on manager profile counts

It's when a player loaned in/out gets a player of the year award .

[Guest liam fitzpatrick]

Well done mate united done continential rep could even move abroad next season good luck now it really begins

[Sunny]

Ah then our little Lampard regen (double checked and Scholes isn't in the game so it must be Lampard lol) must've won an award

And we're likely to be moving on

[Archie Graveluth]

Come on and get a national job...the anticipation is killing me. In two different FCP test careers I played, as a portuguese manager, I got the England job on second season, and Denmark on second season as well. This looks promising...

 

How do you feel on having someone to compete with, biting your heels?