Career Taffs Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge Attempt

[Taff]

5 minutes ago, AndersJ said:

Superb results in the league

Out of curiosity - I know you know when with specific year, month, day and clock the argentinian god of football appears as a regen  - do you want to tell - not that i ever get to the year 2023 :D?

Well I was told 2-3 months but he showed up something like the 30-31st of August so I had to wait until the January transfer market to get him, I think he'll be unstoppable next season

[AndersJ]

thanks - and yes it usually takes a season before the regen is up to speed and performing

[Taff]

Just now, AndersJ said:

thanks - and yes it usually takes a season before the regen is up to speed and performing

In that case I can't wait for next season I'm taking some time off from my three careers at the moment to help @Mikee1984 test his 442 formation

[Real_Random]

Nice season Taff. Good job picking up Messi and Suarez's Regens. Hopefully some more success next season

[Taff]

16 minutes ago, Real_Random said:

Nice season Taff. Good job picking up Messi and Suarez's Regens. Hopefully some more success next season

Cheers dude I think it's Suarez as I can't think of any other player it could be from Uruguay 

[Taff]

Just looked and Edison Cavani is the same age as Suarez at the beginning of the game so could be him maybe

[Mikee1984]

35 minutes ago, Taff said:

Just looked and Edison Cavani is the same age as Suarez at the beginning of the game so could be him maybe

Doubt it's him but Forlans regen is also pretty handy.

[Massey127]

Hi mate, amazing job you have done here. It's great to see that tactic work it's magic but I definitely agree with your intended changes by using the FB and BWM instead.  You scored plenty of goals but perhaps conceded a fraction too many so your changes should help balance that and of course by playing a balanced style instead of the attacking one currently then I think you will have this nailed! 

Great job mate!

[Massey127]

I am also in 2023 but Suarez must have retired recently as I cannot find him and must now be awaiting his regen, Messi is still playing strong in mine.

You played a blinder by getting both mate well done!

[Taff]

Norwich

Season 6

So another season down and lets see how my two star Evogen's did this season

We start off with something that just brightened up my whole day when I read it:

Serves you right for wanting to play for the big club and ending up benched, where you could have been the star striker for the Canaries on our way to conquer the world

OK rant over let's get on with it

Transfers

So with Messi and Suarez now embedded in the squad we just needed to add some depth to other ares

Bringing in Julian Brandt to replace Tello who wasn't happy and Bourillon as a backup LW (played maybe two games all season so I think I'll get rid next) Carvalho who was once a loanee was brought back to help out at LB and Rene Kruys was brought in at the very end of the season as a excellent CD prospect

   

All my outbound players were not happy about lack of play time so you complain you get shown the door (disappointed Mings didn't want to renew but Hughes as LB has been immense so not to worried)

League

Can Norwich claim their 5th Consecutive title

Of course they can with Verdu up front we were almost unstoppable this season with 4 draws and 3 losses (2 of which came towards the end when I rested most of my stars having won the league with 7 games to spare) 

Cups

Last season saw us take home a grand total of 0 cups so could we improve on that

Well it didn't start well loosing out on the Charity Shield on Penalties to Man U after a 1-1 draw

But then

We smash Chelsea to claim the Capital one cup

Just edge out Liverpool to claim the FA Cup

And again edge out Bayern to claim the Champions Cup

So much better this season and I think changing the formation to balanced with a BWM and 2 FB's worked a treat

 

Fixtures

Here's our full season fixture list

Like I said earlier 2 late losses were a shame but I had to rest up my star players for the cup finals but apart from that and the odd draw and loss a great season with some fantastic results against the big boys.

Player Stats

Here's the player stats for the season

Verdu smashing home 50 goals over the season and also chipped in with 18 assists, I used Ruano (Suarez evogen) as my AP so he chipped in the assists rather than the goals but a great season for Penaranda who worked hard in either the IF, AP or PCR role 

Season Awards

We claim yet more awards this year Verdu claiming the POTY and WPOTY with Penaranda coming runner up and Ruano claiming the YPOTY and I grab yet another MOTY award

So a great season with another league title and three more cups for the Norwich trophy cabinet which now stands at 

Premier League X 5

Capital One Cups X 3

FA Cups X 2

Community Shield X 1

Euro Cup X 1

Euro Champions Cup X 2

Euro Supercup X 1

World Club Championship X 1

Looking good 

Thanks for following and stay tuned 

Edited July 27, 2016 by Taff

[Harish]

Well,looks like you are going to finish this challenge way ahead of us mate,Nice going.

[Taff]

1 minute ago, Harish said:

Well,looks like you are going to finish this challenge way ahead of us mate,Nice going.

Cheers dude but I've just gone over the trophy list again from @Risheek's OP and I still have a long way to go you forget how much SAF accomplished at United

[Harish]

1 hour ago, Taff said:

Cheers dude but I've just gone over the trophy list again from @Risheek's OP and I still have a long way to go you forget how much SAF accomplished at United

Still,you are a bit ahead than the rest if us are,but the main issue is whether we can finish it in 30 seasons.

[Taff]

2 minutes ago, Harish said:

Still,you are a bit ahead than the rest if us are,but the main issue is whether we can finish it in 30 seasons.

Yeah no worries once you've got the team up and running 25 seasons will kill it, especially if you keep your eyes peeled for Evogens who you can bring in cheap

[Harish]

2 minutes ago, Taff said:

Yeah no worries once you've got the team up and running 25 seasons will kill it, especially if you keep your eyes peeled for Evogens who you can bring in cheap

That is what I assume too,never played more than 20 seasons so lets see.

[Taff]

I have playing the Follow the Zlat challenge and it gets old fast so it's great to have other challenges to go too when this one is getting on your nerves

[Taff]

Norwich

Season 7

And we're back sorry for the wait guys been busy with my Rise of the Dragons story, but we are back and another great season in the SAF challenge and a great season for the mighty Norwich

Transfers

So a busy season Transfer wise but only because I keep messing with the team, I brought In Daniel Diakite (CM), Liam Hughes (RB) and Fran Ruiz (RB) in the first transfer window (I bought two RB's as my starter spent most of last season injured and I wanted rid, but bugger me if he didn't go on to play out of his skin this year so we ended up with all three) then come January I grabbed Tello (LW) to help out Brandt and Koopman as a TM as I switched to my 442 formation and the guy came in and smashed it (I think he's Lukaku's regen)

Ruano (Suarez regen) was the big sale this year as come January he wasn't playing well, wanted out and half the team hatted him so got big bucks from City then sold Berardi and Bourillon as neither were able to keep up with the team so out they went with quite a few free releases half of which were graduates from the reserves who were just taking up space and funds

League

Another league campaign and could we claim our sixth straight league title 

was there any ever doubt, a bit closer than we've been used to but we get there in the end and smash over 100 goals for the season 

Cups

We grab some more silverwear again this year

Starting with a close win over Chelsea in the Community Shield

Just a single goal (from our CD) was enough to claim the Euro Supercup

Another World Club Championship (forgot to screen shot and the results but we beat Atletico Nacional 4-0)

We lose on Penalties to Chelsea (revenge for the community shield) to lose the Capital one cup in the final

A great game sees us lift the FA cup after a 5-3 win over City

And a close contest through the qualification round of the Champions cup saw us beat Gelsenkirken (3-2), OGC Nice (4-2) then smash SLB (9-1) then

We win the Champions Cup final thanks to a good 3-0 win

Fixtures

Here's the full season fixtures

a few too many draws this year but only 1 loss all season and that was the Capital one cup final on Pens

Player Stats

Here's our player stats for the year

Another great season for Verdu and Penaranda top of both tables but Koopman getting 22 for half a season was a great start to a what will be a fantastic Norwich career

Season Awards

Once again we clean house with all 1st and 2nd places going to my team Penaranda and Verdu in the POTY, Koopman and My now great RB Morino in the YPOTY and another MOTY for moi

So another great season adding another League title, FA Cup, Champions Cup, Community Shield, Euro Supercup and Club World Championship

So onto our next season and not sure how to improve but we'll try

Edited August 12, 2016 by Taff

[AndersJ]

Truely impressive mate - congrats with the stream of titels

[Taff]

22 minutes ago, AndersJ said:

Truely impressive mate - congrats with the stream of titels

Cheers dude, just not sure where to go from here, the teams strong so might mess around with some different tactics, seems like a good time to try and get a good 433 or something going

[AndersJ]

Helt yeah - lets create a good 433 - could be a Common community tactic shared in the section for tactics - i know many wants to test - are you FRESH :)?

[Taff]

28 minutes ago, AndersJ said:

Helt yeah - lets create a good 433 - could be a Common community tactic shared in the section for tactics - i know many wants to test - are you FRESH :)?

Got my 1K and Rise of the Dragons to get through but after the weekend I'm all in dude

[Mikee1984]

Another great season mate, absolutely killing it with Norwich well done.

[Taff]

1 minute ago, Mikee1984 said:

Another great season mate, absolutely killing it with Norwich well done.

Cheers dude, still ALONG way to go to beat the legend that is SAF

[Xxandx]

Forgive me for asking, but what is the Sir Alex Ferguson challenge about? ? Do you start off in Scotland before you take over a English Prem side? 

 

[Taff]

yeah here's a link to the original challenge thread by @Risheek

It's a great little challenge if you wanted a long career check out the links below as there are other posts from people attempting the challenge 

 

[Xxandx]

Jepp, I went on and have a read about it. Wow, this is a huge challange!? Big respect to you and others who attempt this.? I'm rooting for you on this one. Good luck mate?

[Taff]

8 minutes ago, Xxandx said:

Jepp, I went on and have a read about it. Wow, this is a huge challange!? Big respect to you and others who attempt this.? I'm rooting for you on this one. Good luck mate?

Cheers dude it along with the follow the Zlat challenge are some of the biggest on here big shout to both @Risheek and @danovic78 for creating them

If you do fancy doing a challenge have a look at any of Danovic78's he's created loads and there all worth a go

[Xxandx]

I have a couple off them on my "to do list" for later. ? I can't multi task like you can...?

[Taff]

2 minutes ago, Xxandx said:

I have a couple off them on my "to do list" for later. ? I can't multi task like you can...?

I'm just lucky to have a fair bit of free time (while it's quiet at Work SHHHHHHH) 

[Xxandx]

Ohhhh, how I wish quiet was a thing with my job... ?