Career Scratch Tries: Facundo Colidio 1KC [Season 24] - FINISHED

[PriZe]

woop woop! Congrats mate  

[Mr.Manager]

Great achievement man! 1.5k looks more than achievable. Amazing willpower to resist the allure of fm18 too...

[Scratch]

Thanks mate and sorry for the slow response! Typical of my life right now. Expect me to finish this 1KC just in time for FMM 2019!

[Scratch]

On 02/02/2018 at 02:15, PriZe said:

woop woop! Congrats mate  

Thanks mate, pretty happy that Colidio is doing so much better than Armstrong. Still can't get anywhere near your levels though! 

[Scratch]

On 04/02/2018 at 08:02, Mr.Manager said:

Great achievement man! 1.5k looks more than achievable. Amazing willpower to resist the allure of fm18 too...

Thanks mate! Not sure about the 1.5K - I'd talked myself into believing, but there are more goalless games this year. Still banging them in, but I think the big slowdown is just around the corner!

As for 18... I've passed that stage of intense longing, so it's not hard to resist anymore (was a few weeks where I almost packed it in). It's a bit laggy for me (just navigating around the menu), so not in a huge rush to get over there TBH.

[PriZe]

3 hours ago, scratch99 said:

Thanks mate, pretty happy that Colidio is doing so much better than Armstrong. Still can't get anywhere near your levels though! 

He's making it a bit less stressful  Isak was a one of a kind mate. This is equally impressive 

[Scratch]

On 05/02/2018 at 12:44, PriZe said:

He's making it a bit less stressful  Isak was a one of a kind mate. This is equally impressive 

Thanks mate! Sorry I missed this - not much time on site, playing very slow too... ?

[Scratch]

Update - Season 17

The long summer is over and we're squarely into autumn, with Colidio 32 years old at the start of the season. Winter is coming... How long can he stave it off?

 

Transfers, etc

Spoiler

 

Not much happening this year, just some further turnover of the young hopefuls.

 

The Search For A Son

@BatiGoal asked whether I'd found a son... My hope were mainly focused on D'Acol Joaquim, our record assist master. But just kept on going, playing his one match per year, then sitting in the reserves.

Then out of the blue, my CR7 regen retired (at the end of this season):

The following day, Matthew arrived at the club:

This screenshot is after a couple of months development. He doesn't look too bad, but I was hoping he may be a CR7 re-regen, but he doesn't seem to be (wrong positions and feet). Anyway, we'll see how he goes.

 

Competitions

We won everything domestically again this year, but the shine is slightly tarnished. In the League, we went 34-3-1 with 103 goals for (getting lower each year) and 19 against. Hearts genuinely challenged us in the Scottish Cup, with an 87th minute penalty needed to get us through to extra time and then penalties (which we won).

Spoiler

 

 

Elsewhere: We won the European Super Cup, the Club World Championship and the Champions League.

Spoiler

 

 

At the ITN Level, Argentina had it's first disaster under my management, losing the semi final of the Confederations Cup on penalties to Uruguay. We went on to come third, but my job is now under threat.

Spoiler

 

 

 

Development & Awards

This is what Colidio looks at the end of the season (still great, but the physicals down a notch):

He was World Player of the Year again (11th time):

 

Injuries & Suspensions

No injuries this year, but there was a two match suspension for a red card:

 

Goals

Only two quadruples this year:

Spoiler

 

 

At the club level, he scored 62 goals in 52 appearances:

Not only is that the lowest in many many years, the ratio has dropped from 1.6 to 1.2. While he still looks good, his performance is starting to drop.

 

ITN Goals

Colidio started the season with 135 ITN goals (9 scored before I took over):

By the end of the season, he'd scored another 14 goals (in 12 games) at ITN level.

 

Progress

33 years old (EOY)	Season	Total
Club Goals	62	1062
ITN Goals	14	140
Totals	76	1202

 

The Future

So, only 300 or so goals to make the 1.5K club! But he's 33 and he's started on the downhill slope... I think it's going to get real ugly before this finishes and it's likely to go right down to the wire..

 

Edited February 14, 2018 by scratch99

[FuddledFox]

Well done to you and Colidio.

[BatiGoal]

Still getting fine numbers in and he's only 33. His career has just started

[Woody]

Going really well dude.

Im sure you'll reach the magic number!

Big ✋ to ya!

[Taff]

I wouldn’t aim for the 1.5k just keep him fit and happy and see where you are in the end

great going dude

[samhardy]

I'm sure that in November 2022, when we are all starting to enjoy FMM23... This save will still be going on, Collido will be in his 60's and just hit the 3.5K mark

[Mr.Manager]

Good season yet again dude. He may have regressed slightly but 76 is a still a massive number. Keep it up!

[Scratch]

On 15/02/2018 at 03:43, FuddledFox said:

Well done to you and Colidio.

Thanks! Sorry it took a week to say so... ?

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On 15/02/2018 at 03:53, BatiGoal said:

Still getting fine numbers in and he's only 33. His career has just started

Just finishing the next season now, got decent numbers again, but showing sign of approaching the cliff! 

[Scratch]

On 15/02/2018 at 04:21, Acidsparxx said:

Going really well dude.

Im sure you'll reach the magic number!

Big ✋ to ya!

Thanks! But it's 50/50 now whether he will get to 1.5K or not. Or maybe not that good.... 

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On 15/02/2018 at 05:02, Taff said:

I wouldn’t aim for the 1.5k just keep him fit and happy and see where you are in the end

great going dude

Thanks mate! I think you might be right about that, but so hard not to focus on that number... We'll see, but I think he'll probably fall short.

[Scratch]

On 15/02/2018 at 08:50, samhardy said:

I'm sure that in November 2022, when we are all starting to enjoy FMM23... This save will still be going on, Collido will be in his 60's and just hit the 3.5K mark

LOL, you're optimistic. At this rate in Nov 2022, Colidio will only be in his 40's and not quite at the 2K mark. This is getting slower and slower.... 

[Scratch]

On 15/02/2018 at 19:20, Mr.Manager said:

Good season yet again dude. He may have regressed slightly but 76 is a still a massive number. Keep it up!

Thanks mate. Yeah if I can get 4 or 5 years averaging about 50, that'll get him close enough to limp over the line. I think!

[Scratch]

Update - Season 18

Colidio was still going reasonably strong last season at the age of 33, but decline has started. What will it be this season? Still banging in the goals? Attributes falling away? Both? Let's see!

 

Transfers, etc

Spoiler

Time to sell some true stars this year: Larossa (Cavani), Diaz, Ricci (Pirlo). They were all still very good and only Ricci was the wrong side of 30 (the other two were 29), but we'd just become bloated with young stars and it was time to give them a chance.

 

On Regens

Some of you may have heard me say something along the lines of "I don't hunt for regens, I just hunt for the best young players in the world regardless of their origin". In this career I've been talking about regens, so some of you may be wondering what gives!

Basically the aim of this career is to get Colidio to score as much as possible within the rules, so I decided it was time to try out regens. Maybe about 30% of my players are ones that I've targeted as regens.

It's hard to know how much this has helped. Regens of top players sure do get up to speed very quickly and are guaranteed performers, but unless they are the right players, they probably just distract from things. I've had loads of top players who I can't play because they just keep scoring instead of passing.

So my lesson has been to use this wisely and pick the regens I want (passers and assist makers) and not fall into the trap of collecting the top players in the world. That said, it's useful to be aware of regens, even if you don't want them. Most top players in the game are regens of someone...

I got bitten by this: I signed a young player (Bernard) for £25.5M because he looked good, only to find that he scored too many goals. Turns out he's Pogba's regen. Sold him for £9M. Would have passed on him if I'd known.

Also, I've noticed that many regens come back with terrible Teamwork stats. Maybe being trapped in an afterlife loop has made them grumpy...

 

So Proud

My youngster making the most of his opportunities off the bench (shame about the injury though):

 

Competitions

We won everything domestically again this year, but we dropped off in the league near the end of the season (when Colidio wasn't scoring as much). We'd been on track to win every game, but a couple of draws blew that. And the amount of goals we scored tailored off, with only 93 (our lowest since my 3rd season in charge).

Spoiler

 

 

Elsewhere: We won the European Super Cup, the Club World Championship and the Champions League.

Spoiler

 

 

At the ITN Level: Argentina stuck with me, but ended up disappointed again after we finished third in the World Cup. Some guy called Donnarumma saved Italy from humiliation in the semi-final and they took their chances, winning 2-1 despite having far less shots than us. He better watch his mouth in the Celtic dressing room or he'll be in the Reserves.

Spoiler

 

 

 

Development & Awards

This is what Colidio looked like at the end of last season, followed by what he looks like at the end of this season:

A big drop off: down 3 points across many attributes, including Shooting, Movement, Decisions, Dribbling, Stamina, Strength and down 2 on Pace. If he keeps declining at this rate he won't have many seasons left.

He was World Player of the Year again (12th time):

 

Injuries & Suspensions

Colido picked up a three week injury in October:

I forgot to check how this affected his attributes, but it wasn't long after he came back that I noticed they'd had a big drop off...

 

Goals

No quadruples this year, although a bucketful of hat tricks in the first half of the season:

At the club level, he scored 61 goals in 51 appearances:

That's a decent haul and about the same as last year, but he did much better in the first half of the season before his attributes started declining.

 

ITN Goals

Colidio started the season with 149 ITN goals (9 scored before I took over):

By the end of the season, he'd scored another 8 goals (in 11 games) at ITN level.

 

Progress

34 years old (EOY)	Season	Total
Club Goals	61	1123
ITN Goals	8	148
Totals	69	1271

 

The Future

The goal now is 1.5K, so he only has 229 goals to go.

If he could get in another 3-4 seasons averaging 50 goals per season, then I'd be confident that he'd make it. But if his attributes keep disappearing at this rate, he'll be down to 20 goals per seasons in no time and the dream will be over.

Going to be interesting see how this plays out, but right now I'm thinking he will fall short...

Edited February 22, 2018 by scratch99

[BatiGoal]

Cronin Jr stealing the limelight  Strong season and looking good for the 1.5K Three more seasons left in this mammoth. No one's falling short, you got this.  

I believe! 

[Scratch]

11 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

Cronin Jr stealing the limelight  Strong season and looking good for the 1.5K Three more seasons left in this mammoth. No one's falling short, you got this.  

I believe! 

Yeah, if only I had more than 12 seasons left... But nah, not going to go for another 1KC in this career, not even for my son. ?

Thanks for the support - we'll see how he goes, but even if he falls short I'll be be proud of what he's done!

[PriZe]

Gettin close to the 1,5K ???

[Woody]

This has been an epic career dude, enjoyed reading through your journey.

Really hope you hit that 1500 score! ?

[Scratch]

6 hours ago, PriZe said:

Gettin close to the 1,5K ???

Thanks mate, he's still banging the goals in, but slowing down and not sure it's gonna be enough. Probably end up on 1,499 goals... ?

[Scratch]

6 hours ago, Acidsparxx said:

This has been an epic career dude, enjoyed reading through your journey.

Really hope you hit that 1500 score! ?

Thanks mate, so do I, but even if he falls short I'll still be happy - I'm super happy with how he's gone.

[Woody]

6 hours ago, scratch99 said:

Thanks mate, so do I, but even if he falls short I'll still be happy - I'm super happy with how he's gone.

Well he already has 'FMM LEGEND' status!

[Taff]

Come on Scratch we all want that Champagne opened up not far now

[Scratch]

On 25/02/2018 at 19:26, Acidsparxx said:

Well he already has 'FMM LEGEND' status!

Thanks mate! He's definitely legend to me anyway!

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On 25/02/2018 at 23:48, Taff said:

Come on Scratch we all want that Champagne opened up not far now

Thanks mate, but at the rate I'm playing it will probably be Christmas before we can open it!  

[Scratch]

Update - Season 19

This career is slowing down, just like Colidio, but there's still life in both yet!

 

Transfers

Spoiler

Not much happening this year... Well, there are a couple of promising youngsters who came in:

• Salvio is the regen of D'Acol Joaquim, our record assist maker, although I'm not sure if we should place much hope in him, as his Teamwork value has dropped to 5. He came out Argentinian rather than Brazilian which is interesting - but everything else lines up so I'm sure it's him.

• Bielsa is the regen of the regen of Messi. I wasn't going to buy him as the regen didn't work out that well for me (too many goals, not enough assists), but he has a Teamwork value of 15, which is higher than the regen had. My gold badge scouts don't think much of him though, rating him only 1 star PA.

Spoiler

A couple of flawed diamonds. I'm not sure how they'll polish up, but worth the chance given that Colidio will need all the help he can get.

 

Competitions

We won everything domestically again this year and didn't do too badly all things considered.

Spoiler

 

 

Elsewhere: We won the European Super Cup, the Club World Championship and the Champions League (but needed a 95th minute goal to get us into extra time).

Spoiler

 

 

At the ITN Level: Argentina retained the Copa America, humiliating Brazil 4-0 in the Final.

Spoiler

 

Development & Awards

This is what Colidio looked like at the end of last season, followed by what he looks like at the end of this season:

He lost a couple more points across most attributes, including Pace, Stamina and Dribbling. Encouragingly though, Shooting and Decisions remained the same and he only lost one point for Movement, so he can still score the odd goal.

Oh yeah - he was World Player of the Year again, for the 13th time. Not too shabby, but will it be his last one?

 

Injuries & Suspensions

Colidio had ghost injury in December:

Followed by a real one a week and a half later (ten days):

He then had another 10 day injury late in the season. Took him an extra couple of weeks to get back to 100% - he was stuck on 80% for more than a week, maybe because it was the off season?

Only minor injuries thank goodness, but they are starting to become more commonplace. Gulp...

 

Goals

No quadruples last year, but Colidio put that right this season with two:

Spoiler

 

 

At the club level, he scored 49 goals in 43 appearances:

He missed quite a few games through injury, but he's still scoring at more than a goal a game which is encouraging for a 35 year old.

 

ITN Goals

Colidio started the season with 157 ITN goals (9 scored before I took over):

By the end of the season, he'd scored another 7 goals (in 8 games) at ITN level:

 

Progress

35 years old (EOY)	Season	Total
Club Goals	49	1172
ITN Goals	7	155
Totals	56	1327

 

The Future

Colidio has 173 goals to go to make it to 1.5K now. If he can hang on to his current skill levels for a few more seasons AND stay fit, then he'll be in with a chance - but at 35, neither of those are a given. Still too close to call...

 

Edited March 9, 2018 by scratch99

[Taff]

Getting close dude, but whatever happens you have done amazing work