count me in, i'm giving it a go as pennarossa, and it'll probably take me as long to turn professional as it will for some fo you to complete this chalenge.
Ok I'm going to put a 15 point deduction on the following teams (do people agree with me?):
Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City. PSG, Lyon. Napoli. Malaga. Anzhi.
Based on huge reps, and money...
My progress so far
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Just because it was a kinda shock..although they were 11th in the EPL
then AVB become manager of Newcastle..
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An alright season finished exactly where I predicted in third, a few teams gave me a fair bit of stress as I had a rough patch and lost a few games in a row. Hoping for a sucessful champions league next season as that will be my main focus and with an addition or two I should easily get top 3 at the very least in the league. Heres the ladder
I didn't really care for the Spanish Cup or the Europa league so in these competitions I played youth and reserves and did reasonable but not great.
As far as transfers are concerned I didn't spend much and actually made profit this season, the signing of Wigans Jordi Gomez for 2.5 million really solidified the centre of midfield, Silva and Rodriguez were both brought to the club with no costs and were used as backup as players seem to get suspended every 2 games in Spain! Kadlec and Danilo are extremely promising youth and im very happy to have picked a player of Danilo's quality for only 775k. Anyway heres my updated transfers and a screenshot of Danilo my brazilian Simao. As far as transfers for next season go, im trying to get Hamsik for around 9 million and will attempt to get Mats Hummels to strengthen my defence
This season has been a fairly good, times of doubt mixed with other emotions have made this a nice save that enjoying quite a lot. Stand out performer has to be Alvaro Dominguez. Without him our defence would have been terribly inconsistent.
HiEuropean Cup & Champions League History 1955-2012I thought I'd add this challenge because it's something that I'm beginning to try with (an undecided club at this time) and the challenge is to repeat what the Real Madrid did in the first 5 years of the trophy between the years 1955-1960.
To make the challenge a bit harder I've decided to do a point system based on which club you pick to attempt the challenge, as well as how many Champions Leagues you manage to win in a row.Point systems:
- The challenge is to win the Champions league 5 times in a row- with a team that has never won the Champions League before.
- 250 points- Winning 5 in a row
- 200 points- Winning 4 in a row
- 150 points - Winning 3 in a row
- 100 points- Winning 2 in a row
- 50 Points- Winning 1
Country point systems Based on : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_coefficient (with some minor changes)
England: 5 Points
Spain: 10 Points
Germany: 15 points
Italy: 20 Points
France: 25 Point
sPortugal: 30 Point
sRussia: 35 Points
Holland: 40 Points
Ukraine: 45 points
Greece: 50 Points
Turkey: 55 Points
Belgium: 60 Points
Denmark: 65 Points
Switzerland: 70 Points
Austria: 75 Points
Scotland: 80 Points
Czech Republic: 85 Points
Poland: 90 Points
Croatia: 95 Points
Romania: 100 Points
Serbia: 105 Points
Sweden: 110 Point
sNorway: 115 Points
Slovakia: 120 points
Belarus: 125 Points
Any other league I haven't mentioned 135 Points.
15 Point Deduction of points on the following teams: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City. PSG, Lyon. Napoli. Malaga. Anzhi.
Please post Screenshots, and post your club your using this with.
List of clubs to have won the competition:
Ajax (Holland)
Aston Villa (England)
Barcelona (Spain)
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Benfica (Portugal)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Celtic (Scotland)
Feyenoord (Holland)
Hamburg (Germany)
Internazionale (Italy)
Juventus (Italy)
Liverpool (England)
Manchester United (England)
Marseille (France)
Milan (Italy)
Nottingham Forest (England)
Porto (Portugal)
PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
Steau Bucharest (Romania)
Active participants :
Jamespir (Linfield)- 135 Points
Maxy67 (Partizan)- 105 Points
jrl280791 (Shaktar)- 45 Points
Tharros (Vitesse)- 40 Points
Topaussiebloke (Athletico Madrid)- 10 Points
Leedsunited1987 (Lyon)- 10 Points
i am PSG mate lol
So I ended up getting sacked half way through the 2nd season as I was sitting in 12th. I've restarted for more a challenge, my new team is AirBus in the Welsh Principality league.
Will update both of your progresses to the OP tomorrow- Reckon you guys will take a long time winning a champions league!
what happens if someone manages it with the europa league?
Going to stick my neck out and give it a shot with Hapoel Tel Aviv