Who To Manage?
By: Tom B | November 5th, 2009Hi, sorry for the delay.
There has been a lot going on in my life (away from Santa Eulalia), including 2 deaths in the family, an epic semester of law, my football team (the one I play for) won a league & cup double including a penalty shootout in the quarter final (of which I saved 3). However, I was MIA for my team in from the cup semis onwards as, unfortunately I’ve ruptured my anterior cruciate ligament. I’m having a knee reconstruction on the 16th.
Also, my final exam for the time being is on Monday. As such, I’ll be immobile, on holiday and rehabilitating for the next few months. Thus (& that no-one volunteered to take over) I feel this blog needs a renaissance.
I have a couple ideas as to where I’d like to manage this season, and would love your feedback as to which destiny you desire me to fulfil.
1) Chengdu Blades – Chinese team famous for
a) being owned by Sheffield United (according to Wiki),
b) having two Australians playing for them (the Griffiths Brothers)
c) Having a reserve team in the professional Hong Kong League.
Thus, I hope to take control of my reserves and win 2 leagues in one season at the one club.
2) I’d like to try a team from a lowest playable league in France. I’ve developed quite a taste for French football and its low tempo technical style and knock Lyon/Bordeaux/l’OM off their collective perch (or one day take over the chaos which reigns at l’OM).
3) Take control of the Uruguay national team, try and take them to the World Cup, whilst trying to get a job in a Uruguayan division 2 club and win the Libetadores with them.
4) Do the same in Colombia, Peru or take over from Mr Maradonna in Argentina.
5) Head eastwards into Europe and take over a small team from Russia (I’m thinking Vladivostok at GMT+8), Hungary, Poland, the Ukraine or Romania
4) Any other LLM club you suggest.
Also – Santa Eulalia recap will appear before I start the new blog proper.
 |
Buy World Wide Soccer Manager 2009 (USA) |  |
Buy Football Manager 2009 (PC/Mac) (UK) |
 |
 | Buy Football Manager 2009 (PSP) (UK) |
Category: FM09
Subscribe
|
Print
|
Share
      |
Comments | Add your comment
-
Manage a team from the romanian second divison….
Posted from
United States
-
Greetings from FM Roma.
A team from Russia might be interesting.
Posted from
United States -
Try Red Star (Paris), a team from the working class suburbs of Paris that used to be sponsored by the French communist party! I think they are in CFA or possibly National.
Should be fun and if you make it big, you would be in the biggest market in France.
Posted from
United States -
Chronomerets in Ukraine, Also, you could try and take Queens Park (an amateur team in Scotland that plays in the national stadium (60,000) but has attendances of 500 (their games might lack a little atmosphere).
Posted from
United States -
I also like the idea of restoring Torpedo Moscow back to their former glory.
Posted from
United States -
Thanks guys/ladies. Please keep these suggestions coming. I’m not going to start until next week, so I’m keen for a favourite to emerge.
Posted from
Australia -
I’d love to see a poor Ukranian or Russian team surface to the top. Make sure it has a good history (by good, I don;t mean necessarily long or filled with silver, just interesting).
For FM10, I’ve picked up Águilas, one of the oldest teams in Spain, currently sitting in the third division. They’ve never won a trophy (let alone many games), play out of a terrible stadium with even worse crowds, with no ambition whatsoever, but I’m trying to turn their tides. However, Águilas is a beautiful town sitting at the entrance of the Mediterranean and it deserves to have it’s name on a trophy or ten, and with the power of FM, i will do exactly that (even if the potential success only exists in binary 1 and 0’s).
Posted from
Australia -
in my best ever save (with juventus) i was hired as the uruguayan coach and led them to the semifinal of the copa america and generally had a great time of it. it was very exciting actually, and if you choose that i can offer any advice. also, i would be eternally grateful if you could have the courage that i dont to manage scafatese, the team of my ancestors home of scafati out side of pompeii. they are in serie d/2 i think.
Posted from
United States -
Try a lower division french team. I know Cannes aren’t lowest level, but try getting them back to their old status. A Corsican team might be interesting as well, just because of Corsica’s relationship with the mainland.
Posted from
United States -
French sounds good to me, but the Russian idea could be interesting too.
Posted from
United Kingdom -
Torpedo… although I guess I didn’t see them when I looked for them. I think putting Odessa back on the Ukrainian football map would be an accomplishment… so pick Chronomerets!!!
Posted from
United States -
Another option in France: Stade de Reims, once the biggest club in France (in the 50’s) now in National. They have a decent stadium too.
Posted from
United States -
If I went to Russia, I think I’d like to manage Terek Grozny, being Chechnya and all, might add an interesting angle to the narrative.
Posted from
Australia -
If it is not too late for the suggestions why not try the San Marino challenge if it already available in FM 2010. There are umpteen blogs trying to get LL club teams upto the stratosphere. San Marino would be a different beast to tame.
Posted from
United States
Leave a Reply
If you have not commented here before, please take a moment to peruse ourCommenting Guidelines.
Home 
