Lilywhite96
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Welcome to my incredibly simple, yet difficult difficult Greek journey in FM 2023.
I have always found Greek and Roman Mythology interesting, the elaborate characters, relationships and the tall tales of adventure and heroics. This is my attempt at combining Greek mythology and football (probably not a sentence you thought you would read today...). Heracles (Hercules in Roman terms, yes the ginger one from that Disney film) is the Demi-God, son of Zeus that was famously sentenced to 12 labours as a way to repent for some rather gory activities; those of which I'll let you discover for yourself.
Now of course FM unfortunately won't let me slay massive lions or steel magic apples, but it will let me attempt to take the modern nation of Greece to the top of European football. However, to give the save some symetry, I will be challenging myself to complete 12 tasks of increasing difficulty. They are as follows:
1. Win the Greek Super League
2. Win the Greek Domestic Cup
3. Win the Champions League
4. Win the World Cup with Greece
5. Win the European Championships with Greece
6. Greek National Team Ranked #1
7. Academy Graduate - Greece NT Top Scorer Record
8. Academy Graduate - Greece NT Most Apps Record
9. Academy Graduate - Greek Super League Top Scorer Record
10. Academy Graduate - Greek Super League Most Apps Record
11. Greek Super League Ranked #1
12. Greek Ballon D'or Winner
Bonus Challenge
Successful Full Ancient Greek Squad (Greece, Turkey, Albania, Cyprus, Bulgaria only)
As you can see, some are much more achievable than others, but I'm going to give it a good go!
So, which club is going to be my trusty steed on my journey to the top?
Athlitiki Enosi Larissas
A largely unknown club to those who havent delve into the history of Greek football.
The only club outside of the major cities of Athens and Thessaloniki to win the Championship; all the way back in 1988. With a couple Greek cups to their name as well, they have largely remained in the top flight until their relegation in 2021.
A humble 13,000 seater stadium and a club badge fitting of their role within this story.
(Fun fact - the wild horse is representative of the ancient greek Thessalian Breed, similar to that of Alexander The Great's horse, Bucephalus.)
An unwelcome sight from the finance screen, plus the fact we have outstanding debt to the tune of almost £30k every month.
I wont delve through the squad too much as I'm sure the majority of you, like me, have no idea who anyone is so I'll wait to mention any specific names once they deserve the screen time.
A short note on the tactics side however, I'm going for a bold 3-5-2 formation. I'm determined to make a 3 centre back system work on FM and the inclusion of the Libero is a gentle nod to Otto Rehhagel, who famously led the Greek National Team to their Euro 2004 triumph.
Lastly, to round of this first post, let's take a look at the starting point for both the National Team and club coefficients.
Apart from the usual target of getting the club back to the top flight and fighting for the title, the first milestone needs to be aiming for top 10 in the coefficient and that precious automatic UCL group stage spot.
Nationally the challenge is arugably greater. Starting rank of 47th, soon to be the most feared team in the world.
I'm hoping to update this regularly, but I don't want to slow down the progress of the save too much; I've got a feeling we're going to have to get through quite a few seasons if we wanted to tick off all twelve.
Back to you soon...
(This would be a lot easier if Heracles was German or English...)
I have always found Greek and Roman Mythology interesting, the elaborate characters, relationships and the tall tales of adventure and heroics. This is my attempt at combining Greek mythology and football (probably not a sentence you thought you would read today...). Heracles (Hercules in Roman terms, yes the ginger one from that Disney film) is the Demi-God, son of Zeus that was famously sentenced to 12 labours as a way to repent for some rather gory activities; those of which I'll let you discover for yourself.
Now of course FM unfortunately won't let me slay massive lions or steel magic apples, but it will let me attempt to take the modern nation of Greece to the top of European football. However, to give the save some symetry, I will be challenging myself to complete 12 tasks of increasing difficulty. They are as follows:
1. Win the Greek Super League
2. Win the Greek Domestic Cup
3. Win the Champions League
4. Win the World Cup with Greece
5. Win the European Championships with Greece
6. Greek National Team Ranked #1
7. Academy Graduate - Greece NT Top Scorer Record
8. Academy Graduate - Greece NT Most Apps Record
9. Academy Graduate - Greek Super League Top Scorer Record
10. Academy Graduate - Greek Super League Most Apps Record
11. Greek Super League Ranked #1
12. Greek Ballon D'or Winner
Bonus Challenge
Successful Full Ancient Greek Squad (Greece, Turkey, Albania, Cyprus, Bulgaria only)
As you can see, some are much more achievable than others, but I'm going to give it a good go!
So, which club is going to be my trusty steed on my journey to the top?
Athlitiki Enosi Larissas
A largely unknown club to those who havent delve into the history of Greek football.
The only club outside of the major cities of Athens and Thessaloniki to win the Championship; all the way back in 1988. With a couple Greek cups to their name as well, they have largely remained in the top flight until their relegation in 2021.
A humble 13,000 seater stadium and a club badge fitting of their role within this story.
(Fun fact - the wild horse is representative of the ancient greek Thessalian Breed, similar to that of Alexander The Great's horse, Bucephalus.)
An unwelcome sight from the finance screen, plus the fact we have outstanding debt to the tune of almost £30k every month.
I wont delve through the squad too much as I'm sure the majority of you, like me, have no idea who anyone is so I'll wait to mention any specific names once they deserve the screen time.
A short note on the tactics side however, I'm going for a bold 3-5-2 formation. I'm determined to make a 3 centre back system work on FM and the inclusion of the Libero is a gentle nod to Otto Rehhagel, who famously led the Greek National Team to their Euro 2004 triumph.
Lastly, to round of this first post, let's take a look at the starting point for both the National Team and club coefficients.
Apart from the usual target of getting the club back to the top flight and fighting for the title, the first milestone needs to be aiming for top 10 in the coefficient and that precious automatic UCL group stage spot.
Nationally the challenge is arugably greater. Starting rank of 47th, soon to be the most feared team in the world.
I'm hoping to update this regularly, but I don't want to slow down the progress of the save too much; I've got a feeling we're going to have to get through quite a few seasons if we wanted to tick off all twelve.
Back to you soon...
(This would be a lot easier if Heracles was German or English...)