Emulating W4NKER!! (My attempt to replicate a legend)

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Hi all

Ive always been a long time lurker of these forums but never had the balls to write anything up about my saves/woes of the FM series.

Well here goes! I must admit im pretty rubbish at writing blogs, my last attempt got such cr*p reviews that I retired from blog writing 2 days after I started!!

I love FM14 but at the moment I just cant myself into any kind of save, mainly because of the ME but also because I have the patience of a fly.

Whilst looking at the story forum I came across a guy called W4NKER, he was attempting over a long save to complete numerous challenges using FMC and Instant Result, this intrigued me massively, ive never played FMC or used Instant result but I could see the advantages.

1) You could complete a season with the right build up in under 2 hours
2) You dont have to worry about the ME
3) Things such as position training, team talks, etc are not in FMC

So, I have decided to give this a go, over the next few weeks ill post my progress, I wont go rambling on about games, etc. Ill just put up a post at the end of each season, pictures of the tables, siginings, and how I did in the cups.

I already have completed 3 seasons which ill put up in due course

Any tips for me please let me know. But go easy on me!!!


My aims/objectives:

Complete the Pentagon Challenge - COMPLETED 25/4/2029
AFRICA COMPLETED (See Post #9)
ASIA COMPLETED (See Post #22)
EUROPE COMPLETED (See Post #38)
SOUTH AMERICA COMPLETED (See Post #44)
NORTH AMERICA COMPLETED (See Post #46)

Complete the hero acheivements: England, Scotland, Spain, France, Italy and Brazil

Get all the acheivements:
Currently 67/108 (Updated 18/1)

Win all International Competitions
WORLD CUP WON WITH ARGENTINA 2026 (See Post #36)
COPA AMERICAN WON WITH ARGENTINA 2027 (See Post #42)

Top the Hall of Fame in each continent

Throughout this I will use FMC and Instant Result, I will leave the matchday stuff to my assistant manager. I will be in charge of training, signing of players and staff and contracts.
 
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My career so far:

2013/14 - Jomo Cosmos (Post #4)
1st inSouth African First Division
FA Cup Runners Up

2014/15 - Jomo Cosmos (Post #5)
4th in South African Premier Division
FA Cup Quarter Finals
Knockout Cup Semi Finals

2015/16 - Jomo Cosmos (Post #6)
9th in South African Premier Division
FA Cup Semi Finals
Knockout Cup First Round
Super 8 Runners Up

2016/17 - Kaizer Chiefs & Australia (Post #7)
KC - Be the Coach Winners
KC - Super 8 Winners
KC - Knockout Cup Runners Up
KC - FA Cup Winners
KC - 1st In South African Premier League
KC - African Confederations Cup Winners

AUS - South East Asian Championship Winners

2017/18 - Kaizer Chiefs & Australia (Post #8)
KC - 1st In South African Premier Division
KC - Semi Finals of FA Cup
KC - Semi Finals of Knockout Cup
KC - Super 8 Winners
KC - Be The Coach Winners
KC - African Super Cup Winners
KC - African Champions League Winners (See Post #9)

AUS - Qualified for the Asian Cup

2018/19 - Kaizer Chiefs/Sydney & Australia (See Post #14)
KC - Super 8 Winner
KC - Quarter Finals on Knockout Cup
KC - Be the Coach Runners Up
ON THE 8TH JANUARY 2019 AFTER WINNING THE AFRICAN CL I STEPPED DOWN AS KAIZER CHIEFS MANAGER

AUS - AFF Championships Winners
AUS - East Asian Cup - Out in Group Stage
AUS - Quarter Finals of Asian Nations Cup
ON 1st FEB 2019 I RESIGNED AS AUSTRALIA

SYD - 3rd in Hyundai A League, lost in final of Hyundai Series

2019/20 - Sydney FC (See Post #15)

1st in Hyundai A League
Winners of the Hyundai Series (Qualified for Group Stage of Asian Champions League)

2020/21 - Sydney FC

2nd Place In Hyundai A League
Winners of Hyundai Elimination Series

2021/22 Sydney/Jeju (See Post #21)
On 11th Janaury 2022 I left Sydney to embark on a new challenge at Jeju
1st In K League with Jeju
Quarter finals in South Korean FA Cup

2023 - Jeju (See Post #22)
Winners of the Asian Champions League
Semi Finals of South Korean FA Cup
1st In K League

2024/25 - Napoli
4th In Serie A (Qualfied for Champions League Play off)
Semi Final of Italian Cup
Sacked due to Boar Takeover at end of 2025 season

2026/27 - Barcelona/Argentina (See Post #36 (WC) and #38 (Barca Season)
Arg - 2026 World Cup winners
Bar - European Super Cup Winners
Bar - Spanish Super Cup Winners
Bar - Spanish Cup Runners Up
Bar - 2nd in La Liga
Bar - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS

2027/28 - River/Argentina/LA Galaxy (See Post #42 for Copa America and Post #44 for River Season)
Arg - Copa America Winners
Riv - Premier Division Winners
Riv - Semi Final of Copa Sudamericana
Riv - COPA LIBERTADORES WINNERS!

End of Sept 2027 offered LA Galaxy Job, end of MLS but still in North American CL

LA - NACL Winners (See Post #46)
 
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The Start of the Game

Leagues Loaded: South Africa, South Korea, China, Australia and Mexico

I started my journey unemployed and instantly applied for all jobs available, there were around 8 jobs and after a day or two of waiting I had a couple of interviews.

Only one stood out: Jomo Cosmos, they are in the South African First Division and were predicited to come 2nd in the league. I accepted their job offer and the journey begins!
 
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Season 2013/14

So after starting unemployed I got the job at Jomo Cosmos

A fantastic season I finished 1st in South African First Division

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Nothing else major happened, I was predicted to come 2nd and in the end breezed away with the title.

I also came runners up in the FA Cup losing 2-1 to Sundowns

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Season 2014/15
A fantastic first season in the Premier Division ending 4th

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Nothing much more to note, cups were nothing to write home about, hoping to push on next season or get a new job at a better team as budgets at Jomo are terrible (30k transfer and 30k wage)
 
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Season 2015/16

A pretty disastrous season, after coming runners up in the Super 8s I expected to really challenge for a top 4 spot again, but with low budgets and inconsistent performances I came 9th

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Ignore Kaizer Chiefs being highlighted I hadn't saved the screenshot of the season before I got new job

Again nothing decent to report in the 2 main cups

Decided at the end of the season I had to find a better job and the Kaizers came calling, with a whopping ?8m transfer budget I couldn't say no. They came 3rd the previous season but as they won the FA Cup they qualified for the African Confederations Cup (the 2nd continental comp in Africa)

I also applied for the Australian National Job and I was surprised when they offered me it, out of the World Cup Qualifying very early so a lot of work to do!
I will post more screenshots after this season as I have now caught up with myself!

Any tips/ideas on how I can improve this please let me know
 
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2016/17 Season

A great start to the season winning the Be The Coach Final 4-1 against the Champions Orlando Pirates

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Another trophy won, this time the Super 8 and again beating Orlando Pirates, this time 2-1

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Lost the Knockout Cup Finsl against Ajax CT, ended 2-2 and we managed to lose on penalties

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With Australia ive managed to Win the AFF Championships or the South East Asian Championships as I call it
Pretty easy to be honest, here's our group

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And here's the semi finals and final, tough semi finals, we lost the first leg 1-0 to Thailand but won the second leg 3-1, and we hammered Singapore in the final 3-0 in both legs

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End of the season, we won the league with record points and record goals scored

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And to cap it all off we won the FA Cup as well, great season overall, 4 trophies and 1 loss in a final.

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The African Confederations Cup is still going and doesnt finish until Dec (even though our next season has started!)

African Confederations Cup Winners!! Next stop win the Champions League then I can get out of Africa

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Season 2017-18

Well another season bites the dust and again it was very successful

In the league we didnt do as well on points as the previous season, mainly becuase of a lot of games and some very strange defeats. We still managed to win the league though with a game to spare

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The 2 main cups didnt go as planned, being knocked out in the semis in the Knockout and FA Cup

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In the other South African Trophies, we won the Super 8 and the Be The Coach , both wins against Orlando Pirates

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We also beat Orlando Pirates in the African Super Cup

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I am also competing in the African Champions League, we have qualified for the group stage, hopefully we can win it and then I can get out of Africa and complete the first step in the Pentagon Challenge

With Australia I have qualified for the Asian Cup very comfortably

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On a side note I have entered the African Hall of Fame, currently I am 4th with 332 points but a long way off the No. 1

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Ill be doing a separate post on the African Champions League seeing as its one of objectives for this save. The Group Stage has just been drawn and my god its tough, got my rivals Orlando Pirates in the same group, luckily its top 2!

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Breezed through the group, with only 1 defeat

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Semi Final pits us against USM Alger, Orlando Pirates still there, can see it being an all S.A final!

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Comfortable win against Alger, 8-4 on Aggregate, and unsurprisingly its Orlando Pirates in the final!

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Fantastic 1st leg, winning 2-1 away

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Kaizer Chiefs are the champions of Africa, winning the second leg 4-1. Part 1 of the Pentagon Challenge complete, Asia here we come!

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Yes after winning the Africa CL I have decided to step down from Kaizer Chiefs and move on to a new continent, with the leagues I have loaded at the moment its going to be Asia Or North America
 
Great read so far mate, keep it up. I'll keep reading!
 
Season 2018/19

So as you can see on the previosu few posts this season was eventful, I won the African Champions League (See Post #9)

In the other comps I lost in the final of the Be The Coach, one of the very few times Orlando Pirates got the better of me

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I won the Super 8s Final

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Then as Post #10 I decided to embark on a new stage of the Pentagon Challenge, I quit my job at Kaizer Chiefs and was offered the Sydney FC Job, forecast to come 2nd in the Australian Hyundai A League they were languishing in 8th place with 11 games to go, the top 6 teams qualify for the Hyundai Elimation Stage and the winner of that would qualify for the Asian Champions League

I had an amazing last 11 games of the season and ended up in 3rd position

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In the Elimination Stage I got all the way to the final but ended up falling short, after being 2-0 up at half time, my team collapsed and at full time it ended 2-2, we then lost on penalties 5-4. So near yet so far!

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So a pretty decent season again, I ended up 3rd in the South African Hall of Fame and am currently 4th in African Hall of Fane, I will come bak to Africa at some point to try and win the African Nations. I also am 8th in the English Nationality Hall of Fame

My hope for the 19/20 season is to win the A League with Sydney and attempt to win the Asian Champions League at the first attempt
 
2019/20 Season

Well a very uneventful season to be honest, we breezed through the Hyundai A League winning at a canter with 4 games to go

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In the Hyundai Series we got a bye to the Semi Finals as we won the A League

We won ended up winning comfortably and also against Melbourne in the final

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Because we won the Hyundai Series we automatically qualify for the Group Stage of the Asian Champions League which starts in February 2021

Hopefully we can win and move onto the next part of the pentagon challenge

Nothing else to report, like I say a very uneventful season!!
 
2020/21 Season

Well after a very successful season last year this one was a bit more difficult, mainly as my main striker last year wouldn't sign a new contract and left on a free.

In the end we came 2nd, not a bad achievement seeing as with 5 games to go we were 9 points behind the leaders

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We managed to win the Hyundai Elimination series on penalties, which means we qualify for the group stage of the Asian Champions League

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In the Champions League we managed to win the group pretty comfortably with what seemed to be a very tough group , Saitama Utd won the CL last season so ending above them in the group was a massive achievement


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Asian Champions League 2020/21

So as the previous post says I won my group of the Asian Champions League, next up in the 2nd round is Al-Ain from the UAE, on paper they have a much better team than us so its gonna be a struggle to get past them

2nd Round Leg 1 - Wow what a first leg, winning 5-2, hopefully we can hold out in the 2nd leg!

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2nd Round Leg 2 - A 2-2 draw which is enough for us to progress to the next round

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Quarter Final Draw - And we manage to draw Saitama United in the Quarter Finals, gonna be tough!

Out in the quarters, 5-2 on aggregate, too gutted to even post a screenshot!
 
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Season 2021/22 NEW JOB

After toiling with Sydney, im 2nd after 14 games but really struggling to attract players to improve my team

I have been approached by a team in the South Korean Top Division called Jeju, a pretty poor previous season ending 11th/12 they are predicted to come 10th. Good thing about this league is the top 4 qualify for the Asian CL
 
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Tough decision to make.. i would wait until the end of the season. See how you do then maybe leave.
 
The problem is this is the start of the Korean league whereas its half way through the Australian, so if I wait until the end of the Australian season its half way through the Korean!

Also the Korean actually follows the Asian CL whereas 50% of teh CL ends up in pre season in Australia. Jeju haven't got a good team but I think 1 season and then maybe get a job with a higher placed team
 
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