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Career Rob tries the Bad Boys Brazil Challenge - Complete


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I wanted to try a challenge that:

a) Was short;

b) Used strikers;

c) Hadn’t been tried this season yet.

So I opted for this one:

In short, and in case you can’t be bothered to click the link (I wouldn’t), you take over a club and buy two Brazilian strikers. One must be 30 or above. You play two seasons, with your total points being the sum of the goals scored by the two players, league points, and goal difference.

Last year I boarded the Eurotunnel and headed to PSG, spending my weekends at Disneyland or trying to climb the Eiffel Tower like that nutter the other weekend. But this year I will be packing my swim-shorts and heading over to Portugal, to Benfica:

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It is a 34 league game season, but it’s  a relatively easy league and has easyish first few cup rounds to get goals. I don’t have a massive budget, so the players I have gone for are...

 

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Soares is the kinda player I like. Good aerial, shooting, and strength, with decent aggression, movement, and stamina. At the age of 27 he should have a year or two of improvement left.

My over 30 player is a callback to my attempt last year, as I have gone for Tardelli for the second year running.

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I have never met Tardelli, but he just seems a cool bloke... cos he has a cool name. He is 33 so he could decline.

(Not going to lie - I wanted to sign Luis Adriano, but he was injured)

Thanks for reading and please wish me luck.

 

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1 minute ago, Foxy said:

Rob using strikers 😮

Where did Soares come from?

Should have put that in the original post, doh! Soares was £11.25m from FCP; Tardelli was £14.25m from Shandong.

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32 minutes ago, 1759 said:

Good luck.

Seems like a nice little challenge this.

Thanks Ian. I enjoyed it last year. Hopefully a few others give it a go too!

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8 hours ago, Woody said:

I forsee goals goals and probably some more goals 😉

Good luck sunshine.

Thanks raincloud.

8 hours ago, Ashez said:

Good luck!

I've looked at doing this challenge so many times I've just never found strikers I've wanted to use. 

Thanks Ash. Totally see where you are coming from the strikers. There aren’t actually a massive amount of natural green Brazilian strikers around.

4 hours ago, Ran7777 said:

Best of luck👍👍

Interesting challenge looking forward to this✌️✌️

Thanks. Hopefully a few more give it a go too. 

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10 hours ago, Rob said:

Should have put that in the original post, doh! Soares was £11.25m from FCP; Tardelli was £14.25m from Shandong.

Peanuts for both guys nowadays.

Good luck 👍🏻

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Good Luck, I have just finished my attempt too. Will post it shortly.

I have used Soares before this year and he is very good indeed.

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1 hour ago, Foxy said:

Peanuts for both guys nowadays.

Good luck 👍🏻

Thanks. I did think Tardelli was quite expensive for a 33 year old, mind you. 

44 minutes ago, danovic78 said:

Good Luck, I have just finished my attempt too. Will post it shortly.

I have used Soares before this year and he is very good indeed.

Ooohhh, can’t wait to see who you picked!

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Season One

To recap, we have Soares and Tardelli as our Bad Boys From Brazil. They’re playing up top for SLB. Our points get awarded for goals slammed home by the two of them, plus league points and goal difference.

Deadweight left the club as this is two seasons and funds were more important. Instead we signed players to suit our formation.

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Club-wise we did ok. Manchester City beat us soundly in the quarters of the Champions Cup, but we won the remaining competitions available to us.

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As the previous screenshot showed, we won the league.

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We lost once, but drew too many games with six ending equal. We had a goal difference of 51, with a bit of a lack of my standard Keeganism in my part. 87 league points was a decent return, giving us 138 points towards our first season total.

As for the boys, here is how they looked at the end of the season:

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Soares has grown in to quite a decent striker IMO. Tardelli has lost some attributes, yet gained them elsewhere. They had average ratings of 7.95 and 7.98 respectively.

As for goals, Soares got 53 in 60 appearances.

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Tardelli managed to match him for goals, but in less games. He banged in 53 in 58.

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This gives the players 108 points towards our first season score. Add this to the the 138 league contribution from earlier and we have a score so far of 246.

Thanks for reading.

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43 minutes ago, Foxy said:

Brilliant season mate especially the goal totals for both lads 👏

Cheers Mr Fox. I’m enjoying this one. DT tactics are one of the most difficult things on here IMO; Ian makes it look easy in his current career.

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15 hours ago, Rob said:

Season One

To recap, we have Soares and Tardelli as our Bad Boys From Brazil. They’re playing up top for SLB. Our points get awarded for goals slammed home by the two of them, plus league points and goal difference.

Deadweight left the club as this is two seasons and funds were more important. Instead we signed players to suit our formation.

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Club-wise we did ok. Manchester City beat us soundly in the quarters of the Champions Cup, but we won the remaining competitions available to us.

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As the previous screenshot showed, we won the league.

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We lost once, but drew too many games with six ending equal. We had a goal difference of 51, with a bit of a lack of my standard Keeganism in my part. 87 league points was a decent return, giving us 138 points towards our first season total.

As for the boys, here is how they looked at the end of the season:

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Soares has grown in to quite a decent striker IMO. Tardelli has lost some attributes, yet gained them elsewhere. They had average ratings of 7.95 and 7.98 respectively.

As for goals, Soares got 53 in 60 appearances.

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Tardelli managed to match him for goals, but in less games. He banged in 53 in 58.

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This gives the players 108 points towards our first season score. Add this to the the 138 league contribution from earlier and we have a score so far of 246.

Thanks for reading.

Great score especially with Tardelli who was one of my favourite hidden gems in the game!

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31 minutes ago, 1759 said:

Great first season Rob and smashing totals from both of the duo.

Cheers Ian. Good little challenge this one.

24 minutes ago, Gunners Rishi said:

Great score especially with Tardelli who was one of my favourite hidden gems in the game!

Thanks. He did the job last year too.

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6 hours ago, Woody said:

What a 1st season. Top stuff mate.

Im rubbish at 2 up top formations. Jealous defo. 😉

Thanks fella. Season two to follow tomorrow 

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Season Two

246 points carried forward from season one. We did a few incoming transfers, but not too many, but cleared out deadwood.

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Season two wasn’t as successful managerially.

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Our cup performances were abysmal. Not entirely sure why, as the league performance was really good.

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A goal difference of 77 and points of 96 gives us 173 league contribution towards our score.

As for the boys, here is how they finally looked:

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Tardelli was really starting to fall apart. Soares still looks decent. Soares, though, had a fair few injuries in season two but ended with 31 goals in 39 which I was happy with.

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Tardelli defied age and attributes and smashed one 46 in 46 - a goal a game.

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That gives is a player contribution of 77 for season two. 

173 + 77 = 250 for season two.

250 + 246 = 496 score overall. A score I’m more than happy with. 

@danovic78 (or @Foxy if you could be so kind), please can you add me to the leaderboard.

I thoroughly recommend this challenge to anyone. It’s nice and short and makes you think about DT tactics. Great fun.

Thanks for reading!

 

 

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Thanks guys. Much appreciated. Shame the team didn’t do so well second season, but I guess they didn’t need to. Tardelli was a monster.

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