Career Puszcza Niepołomice- Road to the Ekstraklasa

SSolas · October 30, 2018

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Good Evening All,

Choosing the career

Working in Poland and wanting a challenge were my Goals when I found Puszcza. One of the smallest clubs in the Polish Second Division only having a small stadium. I wanted to set my sights on promoting them before FMM19.

Stadium & FACILITIES

When I started, Puszcza had Below Average Facilities, Basic Youth Facilities and Stadium Capacity of 2050. At present, Puszcza now has Adequate Facilities but basic youth facilities. The Stadium Capacity has increased from 2,050 to 8500.

Holiday & Assistant Manager

As with my other saves, my process as manager involves setting out my holiday stance and delegation as seen below:

Staff, Finances & Training

Finance at Puszcza has been difficult with the club often in deficit due to me trying to change the style of football BUT excellent cup runs currently leaves us in the black. The Staff Members were Bronze quality and Poor, I amended this by getting a silver coach and amended others to Natural Aptitude.Finally, I have maintained my Intensive Training Regime.

Tactics

The tactics were tough to adapt with Puszcza. At first, I bought players in with essential qualities and got club but still came up short. I then used the Finances a 5th place provided to better the team to get a fully Tiki Taka ready base. This also failed 2x seasons. Finally, I went again year 4x but adapting my tactics - If i was wining at half time, I'd change to Counter & Slow whereas if i were losing I'd change to Attacking & fast, This was the difference.

Squad

Improving the squad was very difficult with the limited funds available. As written above, year1, I went for players with Essential talent. Years 2&3, I went for players to fit my Tiki Taka style. This continued year 4 but with limited funds was tough as seen below.

The results

4th year lucky? Yes it was, Just! This was a painfully tight campaign and one of margins. Using the tactic above(If i was wining at half time, I'd change to Counter & Slow whereas if i were losing I'd change to Attacking & fast, This was the difference.)we managed to win this league and earn Promotion as well as a Runner Up place in the FA Cup. This will go down as one of my greatest achievements on FMM18 as I had to use all my Management skills to win it. For Anyone that wants a good challenge, Would recommend this one.