My 50m Challenge

made myself a team today, replaced Fulham in the EPL, going to get some screenshots when I get the team going :)

gonna start a new game with the FM Base database instead :)

edit: hmm, says that the database failed to load, any ideas what might be wrong?
 
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well i started one a little bit back so i missed the official database but made one that matched the requirements, was on a laptop and got my main pc back on so i moved the data over but it wont pick up my database so the team name has changed from n london and back to fulham but thats the only problem i have had so far. Just going into my 3rd season so im sort of back tracking so i do appologise if i get my numbers a bit out oO) Anyway heres how my first season went :D

GK
Jason Brown - 950 k
Chris Smith - 325 k
Paul Gerrard - free

Df
Josep Manel Ayala - free
Shelton Martis - 50 k
Michael ball - 850 k
Roque Junior - free (waste of time)
Ulises de la cruz - free
Lima - 950 k
Lee Naylor - 2.5 m
Joe Mattock - 2.5m
Pape Diakhate

Mf
Aaron Mokoena - 1.4 m
Edgar Davids - free
Sebastian Larrson - 3.5 m
Ryan France - 500k
Fernando Rickson - 2.3 m
Denilson - 130 k
Joe Ledley - 3.4 m
Richard Huges - 3.4 m
Stephen Appiah - free
Kristofer Haestad - 875 k

ST
John Fleck - 2m
Mikel Danobeitia - 300k
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake - 2.9 m
Mantorras - 625 k
Kevin Doyle - 6 m

+ 3 million spent on staff the total came to around - 40 million

January Transfers saw a few players leave that failed to make an impact and gave me the chance to bring a bit of experience to the team.

IN
ST - Henrik Larsson - 575k
ST - Nathan Delfouneso - 1.9 m
DF - David Rivas - 775 k
GK - Diego Cavalieri - 3.3 m

OUT
ST - Mikel Danobeitia - 1.5 m
ST - Mantorras - 625 k
DF - Roque Junior - Ln Fee 75 k option to buy
MF - Richard Hughes

by now the team was starting to come together but i saw the option come up to sign cavalieri from liverpool for a decent price so i took the option to get him however (still dont know how) Brown managed to keep the number 1 shirt for the majority of the season and was linked with a move to Man utd and chelsea in the summer. I also managed a nice profit on danbeitia, he made 16 starts for me scoring 3 goals but with likes of ebanks-blake and doyle around and fleck/delfouneso i jumped at the profit.

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So it ended ok despite flirting with the relegation positions for a while in the season we pulled it together and managed to get mid-table. I would of posted the position history but i cant find it :(

Top Scorer - Kevin Doyle - 12 goals
Most Assists - Sylvan Ebanks-blake - 7 assists
Highest ave rating - Kristofer Haestad - 7.08 (38 apps)
Most MoM - Kevin Doyle - 4
Fans player of the year - Kristofer Haestad

I also got the award for 2 best signings of the season! :P
1st - Stephen Appiah (free)
2nd - Kristofer Haestad (875 k)

We were also the overachievers of the league

2nd Season. Well i promised a mid table finish to the chairmen and managed to deliver but was looking at a continental qualification for 1/2 the season espeically after a great start to the season where i was sat in the top 5 come december/january. Prior to the season i was given 50 million to spend so i could afford to look at better players seeing as i had my set team already :) here we are

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Well i decided that with west ham relegated i would look to raid them of any players that would fit into my team, as you can see i managed to get a fair few (A) in Collinson, Green and Spector and each really helped me this year. I had a big team now but come january i found myself lacking at the back after the sale of Lima to everton. I decided that i needed to splash a bit of cash and brought in Puygrenier from Zenit, Musacchio from river and marange from psg. These helped but i still found a steady dip in form when i had diakate out injured :@ Vidal and Lavezzi really excelled in the team. This season saw my youth team win the under 18s league after excellent play from Fleck, Delfouneso, Zuccelini all taking the team to a bigger and better level. They eventually broke into my first team but struggled to start matches at first. Zuccelini however broke into my starting 11 getting infront of fan favourite Haestad. He is now linked been linked with 9 teams including everton, villareal and liverpool.
Heres a picture of him because hes getting tipped to go far in my game
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The end of the season saw the team finish in 11th again (sigh) so i had some work to do but slowly my team is getting better. With the youngsters getting better and the expericence in the team still leading the way (beckham) ive decided to look at the youth side of things for next season. Final standings

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Top Scorer - Jozy Altindore - 9 goals
Most Assists - Ezeqiul Lavezzi - 11 assists
Highest ave rating - Abou Diaby 7.12 (23 apps)
Most MoM - Jozy Altindore - 4
Fans player of the year - Ezequil Lavezzi

And for the second year running i got the 2 best signings in the league 8-|
1st - Ezequil Lavezzi (2.3m)
2nd - Abou Diaby (1.9m)

3rd season
well im just getting to the start of pre-season and brought it alot of players...mainly youth so i expect to win the youth league this year with it. Had my scouts out around the world looking around and basically put money on lots of them but hopefully i can get 1 or 2 to the top ;)
Im also looking to sell a fair amount of players but they are currently in talks with other teams.
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Leo is only 22 and hes been rated higher than my entire defence! so i am looking forward to seeing him in the season. Heres the first look at my team currently
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Sorry about the long post but been trying to get this all done for the last few days but instead found myself playing more of the game (6) but hope you all enjoyed reading and ill post more in my 3rd season january.
 
just started this, posting team very soon

How on earth did you guys get Beckham, its impossible, he does not want to join at all


My team so far, been struggling finding players since most want unreasonable high salarys or dont want to come at all.
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How on earth did you guys get Beckham, its impossible, he does not want to join at all

i got him in my second season, my assistant said i wouldnt be able to offer enougth but he accepted 30k which was as high as i could go

interesting formation aswell :) is that all your squad so far? and gl with haestad if he starts he should do well for you :D
 
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My team: 49mill
.....................Vilar...................
Santon......Goian...Lugano...Kolarov
Beckham...Mamaev..Matías F...Albin
..............Saviola...H Suazo...........

Joe hart (loan)
Shawcross
Santon
Skjelbred
Kightly
Kikin F
Farías
 
My Team

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Here is my team so far won 2 lost two not bad but dont think i have enough depth to survive the whole season. Who ever signed rivaldo is a genius i copied you and heis wicked also stole some players off of othe people list's. what formations are people using i am trying a simple 4-4-2 diamond formation or as it is displaye on fm 4-1-2-1-2 lol
 
I just started this challenge too. I replaced fulham with my new team:

Danesgate Dragons

GK

Oswaldo Sanchez - 1.2M
Sergio Asenjo - 8M

DF

Kirk Broadfoot - 2.5M
Bobo Balde - 35K
Cata Diaz - 8.25M
Michel Salgado - 375K
Razvan Rat - 2.7M
Sylvinho - 230K

MF

Aaron Mokoena - 1.4M
David Beckham - 5.25M
Fabio Celestini - 250K
Rodrigo Possebon - 75K - LOAN
Francisco Merida - 950K - LOAN

ST

Alexis Sanchez - 8.5M
John Fleck - 1.5M
Rivaldo - 825K
Javier Saviola - 3.6M
Christian Benitez - 4M

= 49.5M


I like to have as small a squad as possible, with many players being able to play 2/3 roles. Therefore I can keep my players happy and also get a better understanding of my weaknesses.

Of the friendlies I've played, I have won 3, drawn 1. My star players so far have been Rivaldo who has been great for goals and assists. Sanchez is great for assists - I play him in RAM - as number 7 (my Ronaldo on a budget, lol).
I play Beckham in CM and he scored a hat-trick from this position, I switch him to the right flank if i want to make Sanchez a striker.
Fleck has been epic on the left wing, with lots of crosses. And is a good goal poacher.

I'm trying to sign Ronaldo, Teixiera and Leo on clause only sales, but am yet to get a reply.

Will keep you all updated. Good challenge btw.
 
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