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So here I am writing my first topic.Shalke is one of my favourite teams,and despite the club doing okay,I think that with a few changes the club can be top 5 in the world.In the first season the club owners were expecting me to reach top 4 in the German Division 1 and reach the Knockout stages of the Champions League.However my goals are to finish second in the league and to reach the semi-finals of the champions league.It may seem like too much,but I really think it could happen. I want to build the team around Draxler and Howedes,I think of them as world class players.I wanted to change the look of the club,but still to keep it realistic and not sell all my players.And so the summer transfers started...

Hello ladies and gentlemen! And by ladies I mean our beloved Ashley. After a long period of absence I am finally back to playing Football Manager Handheld 2014. I must confess, I was eager to play this game once again and I waited a bit more for the update to come out before starting something new. "What about your Bendtner career or your FC Porto save?" you ask. Well, my Bendtner career turned out to be not as appealing as I thought it would be and Bendtner didn't perform as expected. As for FC Porto, I still have a few seasons to post and I will still do that. If I failed or succeeded that challenge, I'll let you be judge of that. Anyway, back to the matter at hand. After the update came out I've been struggling on what to play. Some 1KC's came to mind but somehow I never knew where to start or who to start with. FC Porto was an option again, to play with the new additions to the team, but we actually lost more players with the update than new players joining the team so that was enough for me to say no to revisiting FC Porto. My Gabriel Barbosa 1KC was another big option but Brazil wasn't appealing me right now because I wanted something fun and addictive, and a Brazilian 1KC can be extremely long winded. So I remembered a crazy idea I had last year. I won't tell you what it is so you'll have to guess it if you want. I left some clues here and I guess it will be fairly easy to some members, specially one in particular So, without further ado, please vote in the above poll and help me pick a league.

This will be my attempt at my own challenge, and at the same time my first posted career for FMH14. And of course, I could only go with the great FC Porto, right? Lets see how long will it take for me to complete this and prove, for once and for all, which team is the best in Portugal and the world. Hope you accompany me in this journey and I hope you like it and get involved with comments, suggestions, etc. So lets get on with the show! Season One creating the mould My first main concern with this career is to try and emulate in the best way possible how FC Porto plays in real life, and I also expect to replicate their current starting team, at least straight off the bat. This does not mean that some adjustments won't be made, because I'm sure they will, and if I'd like to develop further in this career, some players will have to go, despite what they represent to me in real life. Managing your real life club is hard, has most of you know, so I hope to do the best I can. As we start FC Porto has two players in the defensive midfield position, two inside forwards in each wing and an advanced playmaker. Well, that's wrong, at least for me. While I'll remain with a defensive midfielder, Fernando, playing as a ball winning midfielder, I'll need on player in the center midfield and I won't use inside forwards. The picture below will show you my starting eleven for the first season and their respective roles. You'll notice that there's a player missing in the DC position. This is because I rotate the player who occupies that position. It can either be Otamendi, Reyes or Maicon. The rest of the players will play as represented, whenever they're fit. Because of MerlionMaple's influence in last years game, I use Josué on the left wing as an advanced playmaker, to take the role left empty by James Rodriguez' departure to AS Monaco. building a team Since I want to replicate the real life club I didn't invest a lot in the first team, with most of my transfers looking to reinforce the B squad so I can have some more options in the future. Several players didn't have a place on the team or I would have a surplus of talented players for that position and I can't play them all. Kléber and Walter, brazilian strikers, left for FC Lorient and Marítimo. Marat Izmailov is getting older and he's very injury prone, but I managed to sell him to FC Kobenhavn for €3.2M. Abdoulaye was sold to Olympique Lyonnais for €6M (sad to see him leave but I have a lot of options for his position) and Rolando was loaned to Gil Vicente for the time being. Although you won't see it in the picture below, several B team youngsters were also out on loan so they could play a bit more. This year the B team has a lot of players and we can't have them all standing still for most of the season and, although some may never become good/decent players, one can never know for the time being. Better play it safe and get some loans out. As for players joining the team, Marko Pavlovski, already on the B team on a loan was bought and promoted to the main squad. To take his place in the B team, Bernardo Silva from our rival Benfica. He''ll probably be a future star on the team. We also signed Pedro Silva, a keeper from Sporting, Victor Garcia on a free transfer (he actually belongs to FC Porto in real life...no idea why he starts as a free transfer...) and you can also have a glimpse of two Bosmans who will join the team for season 2, Alexandre Frade and Jimmy Cabot. getting on with the show The first game of the season, is, as always, the Portuguese Supercup. In this chapter we have the upper hand against Benfica, having 16 more Supercups than our rivals. This season we would be facing Vitória SC and try to have one more cup added to our collection. After a great official debut for Juan Fernando Quintero, we won the game with a 3-0 victory and our first trophy of the season was won. The League Cup is a trophy that has been avoiding us since its creation. In real life that's easily explained. Our club doesn't really like that competition so, most of the time, our starting lineup is made up of backup players and some from the B team. But that is no excuse and we should try and win it all. I wanted to do that and get our first trophy in this competition but I got unlucky in the group stage so...farewell League Cup. In the Portuguese Cup, a competition I'll have to win at least 9 more times to come out on top (if Benfica doesn't win another, that is) we did better. Facing Sporting in the final, the game ended up being decided on a penalty shootout, and we were luckier. But to be honest, we diserved that win. Just look at the shooting stats! To conclude the national part of the competitions, we managed to become early champions, in March. We ended up having 34 more points than Sporting and 36 more than Benfica, who came out in the fourth position. The B team did good in the bottom tier, coming second, right after Benfica B. This means that I have quality backup youngsters and I like it. We also managed to get a Youth Academy so hopefully our ranks will increasy with quality youth. On the continental side of things, we managed to get to the quarter finals of the Champions League, facing Barcelona. After a 1-0 victory at home we had high hopes for the second leg but the disallowed goal from Jackson Martínez and Neymar's late goal wouldn't allow us to go through to the semi finals. season summary Unfortunately Benfica won the League Cup which means our goal is now updated to 5 Portuguese League Cups which we must win to overcome Benfica. PSG, while not being managed by anfieldsquirrel (sorry!) won the Champions League, defeating Ronaldo's Madrid in the final. A spanish final in the Europa League, similar to the Portuguese final a few years back, with Valencia coming out on top. For the next season I hope to see Porto's name six times in the above season summary! Jackson Martínez was the league's top scorer with 40 goals, while Josué came out on top with the most assists. Martínez was also the Liga Zon Sagres Player of the Year, and Josué winning the Youth Player of the Year award. Sadly for Ronaldo, Messi took the grand prize (although I hope Ronaldo gets it in real life, which is more than diserved!). I won the Manager of the Year award. I still have a long way to go, as far as my managerial stats go, but the board appreciates my work during this season. The player harmony was green just before the loans came back to the team. Now they wish to be promoted. Some will, some won't. Jackson Martínez did great as far as goals go, scoring 68 times this season. Our second best scorer, Quintero, only had 20 goals. Josué lead in the assists department, closely followed by Quintero and Varela. In fact, if I have to name some players who were most important to the team this year, they would have to be Jackson Martínez, Juan Fernando Quintero, Josúe and Silvestre Varela. I hope I can hang on to these players, but usually Varela starts declining very early so I'm not really sure about him. And usually, clubs like Barcelona, Chelsea or Real Madrid come after Jackson Martínez in the second season so I'll have to keep them happy with me and performing like they did in this first season. facing our rivals It is now time to do the math and see how we fared against Benfica. Below are the three games we played against them, twice for the league and once in the Portuguese Cup. After one season, the competitions/stats are as follows: Note to self: - Porto has 3 consecutive games scoring, 1 consecutive games conceding, 3 consecutive games winning, 3 consecutive games without losing, 0 consecutive games losing, 0 consecutive games without winning, 0 seasons without losing, 3 consecutive league wins (considering we won two seasons in a row in 2011/2012 and 2012/2013. - Benfica has 1 consecutive games scoring, 3 consecutive games conceding, 0 consecutive games winning, 0 consecutive games without losing, 3 consecuting games losing, 3 consecutive games without winning, 0 seasons without losing, 0 consecutive league wins.

Hee everybody, I gonna start with Vitesse(NL). Why? Because they have bought many players from everwhere. And i did'nt like that. I gonna make them (i hope so) Better on my way and i gonna do that with youth players. I make Vitesse a Beautifull club, And i hope i can win some prizes this year. With my style of work with youth people, i hope i can Grown up Vitesse to the Top. Let the season begin. Greets, Tim, Tunder. PS: My first update comes tomorrow i think! (L).

My Career - Southampton & England Welcome to My Career, a career in which I attempt to lead a small club to success. I will do this by building a young squad, finding hidden gems and eventually leading the club to victory! This will be my first attempt to reach the 30 season mark on a career mode. I have discovered that on my first career mode with Manchester United, it has got incredibly boring after a few seasons. Also, I will try to make this an incredibly detailed career mode. That means, every match I play, there will be a full scoreboard, squad reports to see how many player's stats are doing and other things as well. Also, I will be managing England and hopefully winning things like the Euro's, the World Cup and other international tournaments. Hope you join me on my journey!

You think your club has it bad? Spare a thought for Stockport County. At the end of the 2009-10 season, the Hatters were relegated from League One. Fast forward three years and they're about to embark on their first season as a part-time club in the Skrill North. Finances are tight but many expect this former giant to rise once again. With big names such as Dietmar Hamann and club legend Jim Gannon unable to stop the rot, they have turned to rookie boss Steve Coney. Many Stockport fans have criticised the appointment of the former Sunday League manager but who can blame the Hatters board for going in a different direction? Hi guys, this will be my first career posted on here and I'm looking forward to it. I'm basically looking to get from the Skrill North to the Premier League as quickly as possible. This means if I am offered a job higher up the Pyramid and it makes sense for me to leave, I will. I started unemployed and Stockport were the only managerless team in the Skrill North/South so I applied and was given the job. I told the board I expected to make the play-offs and I definitely think we can challenge for promotion. I've been given £7.8k weekly wage budget with a transfer budget of £18k. I have around £1.5k to work with in wages but I'm finding it hard to bring players in. Luckily, Stockport start with a decent young squad for this level. The best players at each position are... Goalkeeper: Defender: Midfielder: Striker: I'll probably include two months of game time in each update. I have made a few signings (most from the reserves) to add to the squad. I will go over those in the first update. Hope you enjoy reading along

Background Starting at Palace, I took them to the top flight before getting sacked 3 months into the new season (loyalty eh?) A couple of months later, I got the job at Everton, steadied the ship for the remainder of the year then went on a regen spree and won the league at a canter. This continued for 2 more years and included european success before I promptly got bored and resigned, taking a year out with the intention of landing one job... I had noticed in my 2nd year at Everton that a team had been promoted to the Blue Square North Division that I had heard a lot about. They finished 2nd, 4th and then 14th before their manager got a job in the Blue Square Premier. 2 weeks later, I got the call. The Project Feeling optimistic about my new club, I set out to become the dominant United in Manchester.

One Man vs One Kid Archie versus Alfie Will Archie Graveluth manage to humiliate Ashez' younger brother, Alfie? Both managing the same club, Archie has the upper hand since he knows the club and the league like the lyrics to Hanson's MMMbop* Alfie picked Richmond "Bouquet"...who will Archie pick? And who wil win? Fans are already starting to cheer for their favourite * Mmmbop, ba duba dop Ba du bop, ba duba dop Ba du bop, ba duba dop Ba du Yeah Mmmbop, ba duba dop Ba du bop, Ba du dop Ba du bop, Ba du dop Ba du Yeah