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The Parking the Bus Challenge

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I was inspired by a comment from @Leko Madonselato create a challenge that was about defending as opposed to scoring bucket loads of goals. So I bring you the parking the bus challenge.

 

The term “parking the bus”i was coined by Jose Mourinho after a frustrating 0-0 draw with Spurs at Stamford Bridge back in September 2004. It’s ironic that the term which is used to describe a team playing ultra-defensively has become synonymous with the style of football the man who created it in the first place often uses.

 

 

The Challenge

Take charge of one of Jose’s clubs for a season. I will have a leaderboard for all five clubs.

·        Porto

·        Chelsea

·        Inter

·        Real Madrid

·        Man Utd

You may not buy any players during either transfer window.

You will score points in the following ways.

·        +3 points for every clean sheet in a competitive game.

·        -1 point for every goal conceded in every competitive game.

·        +10 bonus points if you win the league.

·        +5 bonus points if you win the FA Cup in your clubs nation.

·        -25 and the challenge is over if you are sacked

 

 Rules

·        This is a one season challenge and needs to be done in the first season so your manager profile only shows the goals you have conceded for the challenge.

·        No transfers into your club.

·        No editing of any form EG: IGE, PGE, Hex etc.

·        Original database

·        No reloading to avoid injuries, suspensions or getting a good thrashing.

·        No unlockables. You may have a gold coaching badge.

·        Evidence must be shown preferably as a career post. This should include screenshots of your manager profile, transfer history, league table, cup wins.

·        Own formations.

·        Have fun!

 I hope some of you will take on this challenge. Thanks to @Ashez for being a sounding board for me with this idea.

 

Leaderboards:

 

Porto:

@Leko Madonsela 95 pts

Chelsea:

@setiawanjimmy 162 pts

Inter:

@Leko Madonsela 86pts

Real Madrid:

Man Utd:

Overall:

@Leko Madonsela 95 pts (Porto)

 

 

Thank you for reading.

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3 minutes ago, Chris Woodward said:

I am so giving this a go...most likely fail miserably but still, i shall try.

Nice one Mr Fox ?

Cool good luck:) 

Any score will get you top of the leaderboard at the moment so go for it.

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Just finished my Inter save. 30 Clean Sheets and won the League, knocked out the cup early ???

It was tough not having to improve the squad, only 3 defender all season thank goodness I didn't have any long term injuries. Perisic & Candreva best performers as IFs, Icardi was useless as an SS. 

The Italian League is pretty defensive and saw opposition teams setup very deep so it was hard to open teams up. 

But I enjoyed the challenge, looking forward to seeing how everybody else did. 

@FuddledFox @PriZe

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5 minutes ago, Leko Madonsela said:

Just finished my Interview save. 30 Clean Sheets and won the League, knocked out the cup early ???

It was tough not having to improve the squad, only 3 defender all season thank goodness I didn't have any long term injuries. Perisic & Candreva best performers as IFs, Icardi was useless as an SS. 

The Italian League is pretty defensive and saw opposition teams setup very deep so it was hard to open teams up. 

But I enjoyed the challenge, looking forward to seeing how everybody else did. 

@FuddledFox @PriZe

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Great stuff mate by my maths I make it.

30 clean sheets =90pts

- 14 goals conceded = 76 pts

+10pts league win = 86pts.

Added to the leaderboard?

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I've failed before i have even posted!! So so sad! 

Being defensive is not in my nature, this is going take some serious thought! 

A trait i do not have!

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31 minutes ago, Chris Woodward said:

I've failed before i have even posted!! So so sad! 

Being defensive is not in my nature, this is going take some serious thought! 

A trait i do not have!

You just need to harness your inner Mourinho. I'm sure you can do it mate.

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59 minutes ago, FuddledFox said:

You just need to harness your inner Mourinho. I'm sure you can do it mate.

I'm digging deep....really deep!

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9 minutes ago, cezzz16 said:

This is harder than I thought. Can i change to Real Madrid?

So long as you start a new save and follow the all the rules you can have as many attempts as you want

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Hi Guys...loving this challenge. Just finished a Porto save with 37 Clean sheets. The hard part for me is really not being able to improve the squad by bringing players in. I enjoyed Porto because there's a lot more games. My Cleansheet tactic still King ???

Here's the results. 

How are you guys doing?

@FuddledFox @PriZe

 

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1 hour ago, Leko Madonsela said:

Hi Guys...loving this challenge. Just finished a Porto save with 37 Clean sheets. The hard part for me is really not being able to improve the squad by bringing players in. I enjoyed Porto because there's a lot more games. My Cleansheet tactic still King ???

Here's the results. 

How are you guys doing?

@FuddledFox @PriZe

 

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Great stuff. Leaderboard updated

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