Career Around the World in (far more) 80 Games - Career Round Up

[Ashez]

Just now, Foxy said:

I didn't want your sloppy seconds!!!

You'd be so lucky!!!!!!! 

[Nucleus]

Shaaban Idd Chilunda, what a name!

Apologies for not following this through Foxy, I’ll give it a read through when time permits  

6 minutes ago, Ashez said:

-1....Absolutely diabolical update. How dare you pick Kenya and not use Victor Wanyama! 

Who’s Vito Vanarama?

[Rob]

Beating Spurs again? Must be reloading.

Your next pick needs to be from Cirencester.

[Ian]

A nice bit of squad rebuilding but it looks as though Liverpool have had a shocking transfer window.☹️

I’ve used a few of your squad players before but I actually really like Fullkrug who I had in my first save on this years game. I got him earlier than you though and used him as an IF and he became beastly. 

A couple of good picks there and they produced quickly for you.😀

[FuddledFox]

22 hours ago, Nucleus said:

Shaaban Idd Chilunda, what a name!

Certainly a mouth full so I just called him Shaba.

21 hours ago, Rob said:

Your next pick needs to be from Cirencester.

Laurence Llewelyn Bowen it is then!

19 hours ago, 1759 said:

A nice bit of squad rebuilding but it looks as though Liverpool have had a shocking transfer window.☹️

I’ve used a few of your squad players before but I actually really like Fullkrug who I had in my first save on this years game. I got him earlier than you though and used him as an IF and he became beastly. 

A couple of good picks there and they produced quickly for you.😀

Fullkrug is a great player imo, he is my back up striker to Mitro and tbh he could easily have been my 1kc player choice in that save as if he plays he scores.

[FuddledFox]

It’s been a few days since the last update so sorry for that but with the VPL and I have also concentrated a bit more on Mitro over the last week as well. 

In the last update we had just visted Tanzania and the next destination for us was..

Zambia 🇿🇲 

I found a real gem in Zambia as our guide.

Ok a gem might be a bit strong but he is quick and ummm that’s about it 😂 I thought he might be a regen and I was going to avoid him as I want to use real players but he isn’t and in real life plays for Shrewsbury. He cost £1.4m from Almeria.

He might not be great looking but he didn’t hang around. He didn’t score against Palace but the next league game was against Man City.

He got his goal and both Davis and Aouar got assists so job done.

This challenge is so random! Sometimes it takes match after match with a half decent player and then other times a shitter gets the job done in a couple of games and against one of the best teams in the league.

The plan was to keep heading south as I wanted to get to South Africa. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any players for either Botswana or Namibia so even though I could have gone through Mozambique I wouldn’t have been able to start heading north 🙁

With that in mind we went west.

Angola 🇦🇴 

I spent £3.5m to bring this guy in a team in Mexico and I think despite the lack of green attributes he isn’t the worst guy we have seen so far and he’s a bit of an all rounder. If the last guy could get the job done in 2 matches surely this guy can do just as well.

Despite good wins against Newcastle, Brighton and Villa we still were in Angola and this despite Igor scoring in the Villa game.

His fourth match was against Everton at the Emirates.

He tucked home a pen for his 2nd goal for us.

Davis was good enough to get an assist and we were done in Angola.

A nice update as we complete 2 countries in 6 games and the new look squad seem to be bedding in well. We sit 2nd but we have a game in hand over Man City and we have yet to taste defeat in the league.

 

Nations Visited So Far

Spoiler

Europe

 England

Wales

Ireland

  Iceland

Greenland (Denmark)

 North America

Canada

USA

 Caribbean 

Cuba

Central America 

  Belize

Caribbean 

 Jamaica

South America

 Colombia

Peru

 Bolivia

 Paraguay

Brazil

  Argentina

Antarctica (Almost)

South Georgia Island (Scotland)

Australasia

New Zealand

American Samoa

Guam

Asia

Japan

Russia (Asian Portion)

 Georgia

Turkey

Europe

Cyprus

Asia

Lebanon

  Israel

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Africa

Sudan

 Ethiopia

Kenya

Tanzania

Zambia

Angola

We start our journey north again now and I could get you to guess the next destination but looking at the map above there is only one option.

Thanks for reading and all comments are appreciated.

[BatiGoal]

Foxy, I personally think this career is right up there with your best ones. It's unique, super easy to follow and I really love the concept 👍 

Enjoyed reading every single page and looking forward to your next update. Tremendous job, mate! 

[FuddledFox]

5 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

Foxy, I personally think this career is right up there with your best ones. It's unique, super easy to follow and I really love the concept 👍 

Enjoyed reading every single page and looking forward to your next update. Tremendous job, mate! 

Glad you enjoyed it.

I can’t take all the credit as @Ashez was a big help in getting the idea of the ground as well.

[Ashez]

Still finding those hidden gems! 

On 31/03/2019 at 15:15, Foxy said:

in real life plays for Shrewsbury.

I'll believe you 😂

1 hour ago, Foxy said:

Glad you enjoyed it.

I can’t take all the credit as @Ashez was a big help in getting the idea of the ground as well.

Appreciate the nod but don't be daft mate, the credit is all yours

[FuddledFox]

We continue our journey across Africa and we are heading north to an attempt to get back into Europe.

Our next destination had to be DR Congo as that was the only option for Angola.

DR Congo 🇨🇩

The good Dr isn’t short of some decent strikers and this was the guy I went with. He started his career with Everton but I got him from a Spanish team called Union and he cost £1.5m

Looks a talent to me so high hopes here.

He didn’t score against Leicester in a disappointing draw.

The next game was against London rivals Chelsea and he got on the scoresheet in a dominant win.

A Davis assist and we move on.

After DR Congo the only way to go was his less medical neighbour.

Congo 🇨🇬

Another Congo and another banger of a striker!

This legend cost me just £800k from Getafe.

He wasn’t messing about either as we played Man Utd in the next game after Chelsea.

An Aaour assist as well meant we move straight on.

Our journey up the west side of Africa continues.

Cameroon 🇨🇲 

I was a bit gutted that Roger Milla isn’t still playing but again west Africa proved rich pickings as this guy joined for £1.6m from China.

Not quite as good as the last 2 but still not to shabby for just over a mil and a half.

He didn’t hit the ground running like the last 2 lads and after 4 matches including a lose to West Ham we were still in Cameroon.

The next game was against Bristol City who have helped us before.

Despite missing a penalty he made up for it by tucking home the rebound.

Davis and Aouar both got assists.

 

Nations Visted So Far

Spoiler

Europe

 England

Wales

Ireland

  Iceland

Greenland (Denmark)

 North America

Canada

USA

 Caribbean 

Cuba

Central America 

  Belize

Caribbean 

 Jamaica

South America

  Colombia

Peru

 Bolivia

 Paraguay

Brazil

  Argentina

Antarctica (Almost)

South Georgia Island (Scotland)

Australasia

New Zealand

American Samoa

Guam

Asia

Japan

Russia (Asian Portion)

 Georgia

 Turkey

 Europe

Cyprus

Asia

Lebanon

  Israel

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Africa

Sudan

 Ethiopia

Kenya

Tanzania

Zambia

 Angola

DR Congo

Congo

Cameroon

A nice update with three more nations visted in a short number of matches and we edge ever closer to Europe and home.

Thanks for reading and all comments are appreciated.

[Ian]

Another great update with three nice players doing the business.

Thank you for the mention of Roger Milla too which brings back nice memories of my younger school days where we’d all do his celebration after scoring in the playground.😃

I’m thinking Nigeria next?

[Ashez]

Some cracking hidden gems their mate, I cringe at some of those percentages though 😂

[Woody]

Mampala looks a find sir, well done on scratching 3 off the list.

Nigeria is defo the obvious choice but this is Foxy after all, so i'm gonna go with ...Chad?

[FuddledFox]

3 hours ago, 1759 said:

Thank you for the mention of Roger Milla too which brings back nice memories of my younger school days where we’d all do his celebration after scoring in the playground

You and me both mate.

2 hours ago, Ashez said:

Some cracking hidden gems their mate, I cringe at some of those percentages though 😂

Nice thing about this challenge is I can rest important players like Davis and Aouar in the cup matches so condition hasn’t been bad for them.

6 minutes ago, Woody said:

Mampala looks a find sir, well done on scratching 3 off the list.

Nigeria is defo the obvious choice but this is Foxy after all, so i'm gonna go with ...Chad?

He looks ok but I don’t like his low teamwork.

You and @1759 are right it is Nigeria next but after that I have a very random player pick.

[BatiGoal]

Hope your goals don't dry up as you approach the Sahara 😉 

Great stuff, Mr Fox! 

[FuddledFox]

 

It was time to start heading north into the Sahara but before that we needed to get through.

Nigeria 🇳🇬 

Another nation with a good history of producing some good strikers over the years and I again had some good picks.

I’m a sucker for a good name though so how could I turn down the chance to sign a Larry. He cost £6.75m from Heusca in Spain.

He is lacking in technical ability but good movement and pace makes me positive of his chances.

Before he had a chance to feature we had two important cup games against south coast opponents who both rolled over and let us tickle there bellies.

Our first league game was against Huddersfield and “Leisure Suit” Larry got the goal we need.

Davis with an assist as well 😁

After Nigeria we had two options.

1. Keep following the west African coast.
2. Head north towards the Sahara.

The coastal route was tempting but there is a lot of nations to tick off that way so I decided to go north but that had its own complications.

Niger 🇳🇪 

The complication here was a distinct lack of players and no strikers at all.

In the end I decided to put the Yac in attack!

Well he has some pace and he is ok in the air I guess but this could be tricky. He cost a whooping £1.8m for Cadiz in Spain.

We got the job done in the Carabao semi so we have a final to look forward to and we are into the FA cup 5th round as well. The Yac was blunt in attack so far though with no goals in the first 4 league games of his stint.

That changed as we took on the Stripy Nigel’s.

Lets face it his best source of a goal was always going to be from a corner with Aouar taking it but that actually didn’t happen and it was Davis who played a nice ball into the box and Yac tucked it home.

Our little short cut continues as we head west again into another nation that can produce good players.

Mali 🇲🇱 

I didn’t go for Sane though and instead went after this fella from Herenveen and cost £10.5m. 

I went for a bit of an FMM legend this time.

He is 30 now but what a player and this surely won’t take long.

In fact he scored on debut against Man City in a top of the table clash.

Except Davis or Aouar didn’t get an assist so we had to carry on.

Straight after that we had another cup double header with first a shitty draw in the first leg of our CL 1st KO round with Standard and then we made @Ashez and @1759 cry into there beers again as we won the League Cup.

Next up came Newcastle and again Marega got himself a goal, 2 in fact.

A couple of assists and the job is done.

Pan injury to Davis was a worry but it is only for 10 days so it could have been much worse.

It’s tight at the top as Man City are having a good season and with 7 games to go we need to keep winning.

Thats another update done and another 3 nations visted in pretty short time as well.

Nations Visted So Far

Spoiler

Europe

 England

Wales

Ireland

  Iceland

 Greenland (Denmark)

 North America

Canada

USA

 Caribbean 

Cuba

Central America 

  Belize

Caribbean 

 Jamaica

South America

  Colombia

Peru

 Bolivia

 Paraguay

Brazil

  Argentina

 Antarctica (Almost)

South Georgia Island (Scotland)

Australasia

New Zealand

American Samoa

Guam

Asia

Japan

Russia (Asian Portion)

 Georgia

  Turkey

 Europe

Cyprus

Asia

 Lebanon

  Israel

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Africa

 Sudan

 Ethiopia

Kenya

Tanzania

 Zambia

 Angola

DR Congo

Congo

 Cameroon

Nigeria 

Niger

Mali

We are nearing the end of our journey across Africa but we still have a few more nations to visit before we are back onto European soil.

Thanks for reading and all comments are appreciated.

 

 

[Rob]

Yac is a wonderful name for a footballer. This career should form part of GCSE Geography. 

[Nucleus]

This keeps passing me by Foxy! Some weirdly wonderful players amongst the list  You’re doing a fine job at this, one of the best careers in here this year. Keep it up

[LenTheWelsh]

18 minutes ago, Rob said:

This career should form part of GCSE Geography. 

100% agree. Imagine how easy geography would have been after playing through this challenge.

 

Great thread @Foxy I think similar to others I’ve kinda avoided this due to my terrible knowledge but been reading through and it seems a lot of fun 👍

Edited April 8, 2019 by LenTheWelsh

[Ian]

You must have a good team to beat the mighty reds.

Larry looks decent with that pace. Can’t get away with Yac though as I can’t have just 1 for leadership and Marega looks like he’ll be a right handful.

Great journey this and still got Europe to go.

[FuddledFox]

18 hours ago, Rob said:

This career should form part of GCSE Geography. 

That would be good or maybe give them all the game and make them do the challenge. I love geography so this has been right up my street tbh.

18 hours ago, Nucleus said:

This keeps passing me by Foxy! Some weirdly wonderful players amongst the list  You’re doing a fine job at this, one of the best careers in here this year. Keep it up

No worries mate just catch up when you can and it’s always good to have you along for the ride.

17 hours ago, LenTheWelsh said:

100% agree. Imagine how easy geography would have been after playing through this challenge.

 

Great thread @Foxy I think similar to others I’ve kinda avoided this due to my terrible knowledge but been reading through and it seems a lot of fun 👍

Cheers fella, it has been a lot of fun but I’m also looking forward to getting home and then starting something new on the game. Few more nations to tick of first though 🙂

17 hours ago, 1759 said:

You must have a good team to beat the mighty reds.

Larry looks decent with that pace. Can’t get away with Yac though as I can’t have just 1 for leadership and Marega looks like he’ll be a right handful.

Great journey this and still got Europe to go.

Do you know what I hadn’t even noticed his 1 leadership until you mentioned it 😮 not something I worry to much about in strikers but then again he isn’t a striker...

[smoggy90]

Great read Foxy, some fantastic names and love the journey.

[Ashez]

Two excellent choices there for two very different reasons lol, nicely done mate! 

[Woody]

Ooooh i think i'm gonna be sick!......"yac" so sorry 😂😂

Marega at 30 is still beastly dude.

Im guessing you will go Burkina Faso next?

[FuddledFox]

3 hours ago, Ashez said:

Two excellent choices there for two very different reasons lol, nicely done mate! 

Marega is a beast so I wanted to use him and then although I have mostly stuck to strikers I like to throw the odd curveball in now and again.

1 hour ago, Woody said:

Ooooh i think i'm gonna be sick!......"yac" so sorry 😂😂

Marega at 30 is still beastly dude.

Im guessing you will go Burkina Faso next?

Nope not Burkina Faso and we are in fact only 2 nations away from “Europe” with the route I have planned.

[Woody]

56 minutes ago, Foxy said:

Marega is a beast so I wanted to use him and then although I have mostly stuck to strikers I like to throw the odd curveball in now and again.

Nope not Burkina Faso and we are in fact only 2 nations away from “Europe” with the route I have 

Ivory Coast??

[FuddledFox]

2 hours ago, Woody said:

Ivory Coast??

Nope further north and west than that.

[Woody]

1 hour ago, Foxy said:

Nope further north and west than that.

Dag nammit! Is it Senagal? Gotta be right 😆

[Ian]

Is it The Gambia?

[FuddledFox]

20 minutes ago, Woody said:

Dag nammit! Is it Senagal? Gotta be right 😆

 

13 minutes ago, 1759 said:

Is it The Gambia?

@Woody got there in the end 😀