christophermurray
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Here we are. My first attempt at an FM story, and my first attempt at a serious FM career. I decided to randomise the team for a bit of a surprise and ended up with Eastbourne Boro, a team in the Vanarama Conference South (6th tier). I reckon this will be an interesting challenge and hopefully that will come across in the thread. I'll do an update every in-game month and will include match reports, screenshots, transfer news, statistics and the thought processes behind my actions.
Introduction aside, I jumped straight in on the 9th July 2014, being welcomed to the club by the Chairman. He expects us to finish in the top half. It's a 21 team league, and our media prediction (which is all I really have to go on right now) is for 10th. So it looks like it'll be a tough but achievable target. We've been given a transfer budget (which is great because at this level it's unusual to get anything) of £1,000 as well as a weekly wage budget of roughly £4,200. Out of this about £3,700 is taken up which leaves us with a little over £500 to spend. I'm aiming to save £250 of that amount to renew contracts and use in Janurary which means we probably won't be bringing in too many players in the first window. Below is a summary of our club.
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We may need to get involved a little though, as our first team squad currently has just 17 players in it, which could be a little light if we get some injuries. Until I hire an assistant manager (we started without one)I won't know how good my squad is, but we're making progress on that front. My first move at the club was to offer coach, Darren Baker, a promotion to fill the role. Hopefully he'll accept and we can start to evaluate our strengths and weaknesses.
I've also come up with a preliminary shortlist with 42 names on it. It's a mix of free transfers with a couple of potential loan deals thrown in. I might ask the board if they can afford to increase the wage budget but I don't want to push them too hard this early on. I'll give you an update at the end of July after we've got most of pre-season done and hopefully made some moves in the market!
Introduction aside, I jumped straight in on the 9th July 2014, being welcomed to the club by the Chairman. He expects us to finish in the top half. It's a 21 team league, and our media prediction (which is all I really have to go on right now) is for 10th. So it looks like it'll be a tough but achievable target. We've been given a transfer budget (which is great because at this level it's unusual to get anything) of £1,000 as well as a weekly wage budget of roughly £4,200. Out of this about £3,700 is taken up which leaves us with a little over £500 to spend. I'm aiming to save £250 of that amount to renew contracts and use in Janurary which means we probably won't be bringing in too many players in the first window. Below is a summary of our club.
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We may need to get involved a little though, as our first team squad currently has just 17 players in it, which could be a little light if we get some injuries. Until I hire an assistant manager (we started without one)I won't know how good my squad is, but we're making progress on that front. My first move at the club was to offer coach, Darren Baker, a promotion to fill the role. Hopefully he'll accept and we can start to evaluate our strengths and weaknesses.
I've also come up with a preliminary shortlist with 42 names on it. It's a mix of free transfers with a couple of potential loan deals thrown in. I might ask the board if they can afford to increase the wage budget but I don't want to push them too hard this early on. I'll give you an update at the end of July after we've got most of pre-season done and hopefully made some moves in the market!
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