Career KTS freebie challenge

[Mikee1984]

Nice one mate another great season there with plenty of silverware, hopefully you can push on in the league next season.

[LOLITSLIT]

Great progress so far, hope you win the title mate.

[Taff]

Still a great season dude very impressed oh and 8-0 against Barcelona fantastic 

[Real_Random]

Great season Mate. Ronaldo's quality still shining at 35. KIU

[kts365]

Season 8

Aso we've become accustomed to the board expect European qualification again also this is to be Ronaldo's last season.

Outgoing Players

So this year I'm losing playmaker Bernard Mensah, promoted youth prospect Kenny However, long time first teamer Jon Gaztanaga, last year's fresh winger signing Luciano Slagveer and breakout young star Remi Sanogo. Could have been worse I suppose.

Incoming Players

Here are the players brought in this year to bulk my squad back out, they're mostly just a bunch of good hands. Notably we have  brought Kazenga Lua Lua back to Newcastle and brought in Luis Muriel, a very decent striker.

The Season

As the FA cup winners last year we have qualified to play the league winners in the "Community Shield" game. Our opponents were Manchester City.

We added to our trophy cabinet with a nice 3-1 win which I apparently failed to screenshot before starting the next season.

So with that over with we move onto the league campaign it's self. I am quite high on confidence this year and hope to at least make a challenge for the title. Will I be able to push the big boys again?

Alas it was not to be. My team struggled in the first half of the season. Then the former continued to drop into February forcing me to rethink my entire tactic and first team selection, this worked to a degree pulling me up to 6th from 9/10th. A little disappointing but the bonus was I discovered a promising new tactic.

The league being a bust, let's have a look at our EURO cup campaign.

In the group stage I drew Rubin Kazan, IFK Goteborg and Jablonec. This is actually a decent group to be in.

We top the group and move on in the competition. We smash the next couple of rounds easily and get to the quarter finals meeting our first really decent team in the competition so far, Villareal.

First leg.

A nice first leg away win with 2 away goals looks promising.

Second leg. 

Another 2 goals at home seal the 4-1 aggregate win and send us to the semi-finals, our opponents? Borrussia Dortmund. Tough opposition.

First leg. 

Ouch, we are soundly defeated in the away leg 2-0 making for a very difficult second leg.

Second leg. 

We pull back 2 goals but it is to no avail as Dortmund put one past my keeper too. We go out on a 3-2 aggregate loss. There is no shame being beaten by Dortmund at all though.

With the failure in the league campaign and a only getting to the semis in Europe this year's silverware haul is looking a little smaller. That is unless we won another cup.........

Of course we did, another FA cup winners to add to the cabinet and to get us into Europe again next year. Again I forgot the blooming screenshot. However, as proof, here is the season summary.

Now the only question remaining is how the individual players did this year.

Again Willian hits over 30 goals and has double figures in the assists too. He was really the only consistent player all season. Most of Rescaldini's, Connolly's and Muriel's goals and assists came after the tactical shift in February along with Haidara's assists playing out of position on the right wing.

Very disappointed that Ronaldo couldn't do better in his last year but finishing the season at 38 I can't complain.

So there it is, season 8. More silverware, one place higher in the league and a new tactic to take on the big boys. Bring on next year, bring on the freebies!

Edited July 26, 2016 by kts365

[Real_Random]

Another Great season mate. Fantastic signings and Willian is really ripping up the league. KIU

[kts365]

Season 9

Last season we had a minor improvement in the league compared to the previous season. Again we are expected to qualify for Europe, again my personal aim is to win the Premier league.

Outgoing Players

This year we lose a guy who didn't play a single game for us in Dabney dos Santos Souza, former Manchester City man Ntcham, young stereo Jack Connolly, first teamer Sergey Dmitriev and long time squad man David Henen. Luckily there's no huge losses there but Connolly and Dmitriev were useful.

Also Cristiano Ronaldo finally said farewell to the footballing world.

Incoming Players

This year there seems to be a mass exodus of older talent from the big teams and I look to take advantage. I pick up England international Danny Welbeck, big Belgian Christian Benteke, Brazilian superstar Douglas Costa, France international and their star player at the Euros Antoine Griezmann, former Arsenal and Barcelona hitman Alexis  Sanchez and two ballon d'or winners Robert Lewandowski and the brilliant Lionel Messi.

Exciting developments for my squad regardless of age.

The Season

First things first we meet Chelsea for the Community Shield. Will we win it again this year?

The stats look fairly even but Chelsea smash us 4-2 with only a last minute goal making us look like we fought it a little.

Next up how did we perform in the league? Our form was improved, we were doing better than ever before with results like this

Could we keep it Up? Did my team of stars past their prime win us the league?

Aaaargh, agonisingly close. What made it worse was how close we really came. On the final day of the season this is how the results went.

I was top of the league twice on the 63rd minute and the 69th minute. Meanwhile Arsenal were struggling 0-0 against Charlton Athletic. I was hopeful watching the results as my match played out.

A kick in the proverbials right there, as I didn't even see the goal happen because my match finished first. I couldn't believe this goal robbed us of the title.

Still we qualified for the champions league again which is one better than the Europa League this year. Speaking of which, how did that campaign go?

We drew this relatively easy group and steamed right through it not only undefeated but winning all 6 games without even conceding one goal. Next round we draw Dnipro.

We steamroller right over them 7-1 on aggregate. Next up Club Brugge.

The steam roller keeps on rolling. 8-1 aggregate win and onto the quarter finals where the competition ramps up. We face Shalke 04 (Gelsenkirchen).

4-2 away defeat in the first leg. 2 away goals are the only consolation here. The second leg is at home though so fingers crossed.

Yes, 4 goals at home seal the tie for us 6-4 on aggregate and we move on to the semis where we face French club Marseille 

And apparently the steamroller didn't get damaged a 6-1 away victory in the first leg helped us to a 9-3 aggregate victory and onto the final against....

 

SPURS.

Not an easy proposition by any means. Tottenham are a good side. I am, however, confident we can overcome them.

And we do.

A good 5-2 win makes us Europa League champions! One more for the cabinet. On that topic there is one more piece of business too. Did we win anything else?

Unfortunately not. A narrow 2-1 loss their first goal coming courtesy of a free kick awarded for a red card worthy challenge from my young centre half. Then man city scored again to beat my 10 men to the  cup. We exited in the earlier stages of the capital one cup.

All in all this has been a great season, let's see how the players made this possible.

Welbeck is the real star player this year being involved in 56 goals, Griezmann was involved in 51, Messi 45 and Sanchez 39. Amazing season from the 4 veterans. Also a special mention for Francisco Geraldes who got ano amazing 28 assists this year too.

What a season. Really hope to push forward and eventually win the league next year. It's the last thing I truly wish to win in this challenge.

 

Edited July 27, 2016 by kts365

[Real_Random]

Fantastic job mate. Great results in the Euro Cup and quality signings. Hopefully next year you get premier league glory. KIU

[Xxandx]

This will be my next challange? Looks like alot of fun?

[kts365]

13 minutes ago, Xxandx said:

This will be my next challange? Looks like alot of fun?

It is a lot of fun mate. The best thing is no two challenges will be the same because different players will lose their squad places for bad form then get unhappy and run down their contract. There are also plenty of big teams who release their wonderkid after a few years.

[TheLukster100]

Loving this challenge mate! Definitely will be trying this out at some point!

[kts365]

Hi guys sorry for the lack of updates I've been incredibly busy and not able to play much. That said......

Season 10

Rightly the board again expect European qualification.

Outgoing Players

This year I am losing youngsters Greg McGlynn Leon Kirchoff and Stephen Smalley who along with Charles Mensah haven't really played a massive part for the team but I also lose first team defensive midfielder Branco van den Boomen who will be missed.

All in all this really isn't too bad.

Incoming Players

Incoming are former top players Shaquiri and Hazard. Porto centre half Paulo Olivera along with some squad players and regens. Also Kevin de Bruyne is just missed off the top of this screenshot.

Roy Janssen appears to be a high level Dutch regen as my fans celebrate his arrival.

The Season 

The year begins with a trip out to compete for the European super cup against Roma. The very team we beat back when we won the Champions league final. How did we do against the current champions of Europe?

A nice win and more silverware in this career is welcomed.

So following that success how did the league campaign go?

It began really well with good results and the new players settled in very well leaving us sitting here after 22 games.

Equal on points and goal difference with league leaders Chelsea. My team certainly like to fight for this, but could they keep it up and fight to the top?

After all 38 games, this is how the league table looked........

We went through a few poor results which allowed Chelsea to pull ahead with a 10 point gap and won the league. Second again, achieving champions league qualification. Aaaaaaand speaking of which.

We first drew a group with Anderlecht, Nantes and the mighty Barcelona.

Second in the group only losing out on first via goal difference. So, onto the first knockout round where we face Roma again. 

First leg 

A nice 4-1 home win

Second leg 

A nice 2-1 away victory and the reigning champions are swept out of the competition with a 6-2 aggregate scoreline.

Next round I am to face Spanish giants Real Madrid.

First leg

A 1-1 draw at home leaving a tense away leg ahead

Second leg 

We are defeated narrowly 1-0 and drop out of the competition. It is never, however, shameful to lose to Real Madrid.

So we didn't win the league or champions league but could we do any better in the domestic cup competitions?

Spoiler

In short, no. We crashed out in the early rounds of both domestic cups.

So, a relatively successful season again this year, but how did the individual players perform?

New signing Roy Janssen proves why the fans got excited by his arrival netting 37 times this season while Xherdan Shaquiri hit 22 goals and 13 assists in his first season for us and Griezmann has a strong showing again with 16 goals and 16 assists this season.

So. There was season 10. It was pretty good so let's see how season 11 goes.

 

 

 

Edited August 3, 2016 by kts365

[Real_Random]

Another frustrating season. Still a great career though. KIU

[Taff]

Some excellent signings there dude and a good season winning the Euro Supercup and 2nd place with a team full of freebies isn't to shabby either KIU

[kts365]

Season 11

This year the board have upped their expectations to success in all areas this season. Big things expected then.

Outgoing Players

This year I lose big scoring forward Roy Janssen, one of his strike partners Joakim Jonsson, young attacking midfielders Archie Warren (who was out on loan last year) and two of my better centre midfielders in Artur Alves and Anthony Huard. 

I also released some older players who at this point were just taking up squad space.

Incoming Players

This year I have againan aged to pick up some exciting free signings, fantastic midfielders Koke, Maher and Eriksen along with attackers Gőtze and Berahino

The Season

For the first time in what seems like forever the season begins with no type of champion vs champion match. So it is straight into the league campaign.

We began the league campaign with a relatively mixed bag of results

This had us sitting here in the table.

Really not performing to the best we can this year. Let's hope this can be turned around and quickly.

How did we do then?

Oh no! The dream is over guys. I simply couldn't turn the former around and wound up losing my job because of it, this is also partly because of the boards lofty ambitions.

 

This is the league table upon my sacking, as you can see we were sat a disappointing 9th.

Anyway I am still very pleased with how this challenge attempt went and here are the career stats

9 trophys in just over 10 seasons I think is very respectable for the freebies. On top of that....

....we won over 50% of our games and after being sacked my manager rank is 18th with 3177 points.  Not too shabby.

 

Well guys thanks for everyone who has read this, followed and commented with  words of encouragement. I have already begun another challenge, my first attempt at 1kc but with a little twist, and will get a post up in the next few days.

[Real_Random]

Whoa. Was not expecting a sacking. Been a great career to followe mate, I really enjoyed it. I can't wait till your next career

[kts365]

7 minutes ago, Real_Random said:

Whoa. Was not expecting a sacking. Been a great career to followe mate, I really enjoyed it. I can't wait till your next career

I know mate. Shocker. Thanks for reading.

[Taff]

Gutted dude this has been a great thread to follow and I'm sorry that it's come to an end but after achieving everything you did with a squad of freebies can't wait to see what you do next 

[kts365]

4 hours ago, Taff said:

Gutted dude this has been a great thread to follow and I'm sorry that it's come to an end but after achieving everything you did with a squad of freebies can't wait to see what you do next 

Thanks mate. My next career challenge is underway so hopefully there'll be an update this weekend

[danovic78]

Tough luck there, was performing well but I guess the league form did you in. Tough challenge.

[LOLITSLIT]

Sorry bro. You did an amazing job in my opinion.

[Creeper69]

Fuck them, you're better than Newcastle.

[kts365]

17 hours ago, Creeper69 said:

Fuck them, you're better than Newcastle.

Hahaha language creeper.