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Hey guys!
This is my first story - I'm furiously FMing my way through the dark danish winter and I wanted to try something new and write a little story alongside my challenge. So this will be my little escapism project, haha!
I like to keep a fair pace in the game, but I'm hoping this will be a reason to slow down a bit, let the imagination run loose and enjoy the details - instead of pacing through what just feels like 'another save'. I hope this won't flounder, but I might lose focus. I'll will try my best to keep it entertaining
Background info
I'm taking over OB (Odense Boldklub) from Odense, Denmark midway through the 2016/2017 season in the Danish Superliga.
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The hard facts - Club: Odense Boldklub - Founded: 1887 - Stadium: TRE-FOR Park (Cap: 15,750) - Latest League Position: 7th
OB is based in Odense on Funen, the island in the middle of the Danish kingdom. Odense is a modest city, yet it is the third largest city in Denmark and the capital of Funen with 175,000 inhabitants. 466,000 live on the island of Funen.
Like Funen is in the heart of Denmark, Odense is in the heart of Funen. The furthest you can get from the island capital on the island itself is somewhere around 50 kilometers (31 miles) so the surrounding area of the club is very close but pretty big in numbers, especially of Danish standards.
Besides beloved fairytale writer H.C. Andersen, OB is the pride of the island and the youth development of the club reaches the whole region with tons of affiliated clubs. There can't be talent on Funen without OB spotting it and a good example of that is Christian Eriksen who came from local Middelfart (yes) and honed his talent in OB before leaving for Ajax.
The scenario is inspired by the real-life season of OB, who are struggling at the bottom of the league. 13th of 14 at winter break. Manager Kent Nielsen is struggling with a undetermined and uninspired squad who doens't seem fit for much. Nielsens reputation as a solid coach has probably kept him in his seat so far (league winner in 2014 with AaB) but things will be expected to turn around soon - in this scenario he is being fired though
Only a few years ago the OB supporters were used to their club competing in the top of the league, but lately there have been more relegation scares than talk of medals.
The biggest of the relegations scares came straight after the silver-medal season of 2010/11 which contained managerial changes. 2011/2012 was one big nightmare for the fans and 12/13 weren't much better - with OB clinching 10th, just above the relegation line, in both seasons.
Sponsors pulled back and the club's economy were rambling, going from quite solid to unstable. Given the size of the club, a relegation could have been fatal to its existence. League big-brother Brøndby had a similar crisis before OB, starting around 06/07, some would argue this gave OB the space to grow into a bigger title contender than ever before. Now OB has over £ 15 million in collected debt and a weaker squad than ever.
Most OB supporters would agree that the latest seasons hasn't been worth remembering. Now it's hopefully time for something more memorable than ever for the (fictional) OB supporters ^^)
The scenario
This scenario is starting the 1st of december, just a week after the winter break of the league. Half of the games is played and transfers is disabled in first season (more on the league specs later) - OB is yet again struggling at the bottom and with the squads morale at an all time low, the board felt something had to be done. So Kent Nielsen is fired and an old friend is taking over...
The goal of the save is to take Danish and Scandinavian football to the next level, win the Champions League with OB and become a top 5 nation. But the challenge is layered - First challenge is to survive in the league with abysmal morale and a bad position, next will be to win the league for the first time since 89, next is to win the Champions League - after that, make the Danish league a top 5 league. The time frame growing exponentially Quick guess might be 3, 10 and 20 years maybe.
First season will be spent on damage control and implementing ideas, hopefully avoiding relegation - then I'll slowly build on from there.
The technical info
Instead of playing the new Danish structure of 14 teams and a weird play-off stage, I've decided to create a custom Danish league with 16 teams and 30 games, just like the Czech league. Up until this point the Danish league has had 33 games and 12 teams. The teams 'Vejle BK' and 'Vendsyssel FF' is the two teams which I've pulled up into the top tier to make the league 16 teams. Last years sole relegation team, Hobro, is in the second tier for this database.
The league is pretty standard, 3 out of 7 subs and no special play-off stages or anything. The only twist is that the match squad is required to have 3 U21 players.
Only thing else I've tinkered with is the management setup at OB, more will follow in the story.
Below is an image of the database setup.
This is my first story - I'm furiously FMing my way through the dark danish winter and I wanted to try something new and write a little story alongside my challenge. So this will be my little escapism project, haha!
I like to keep a fair pace in the game, but I'm hoping this will be a reason to slow down a bit, let the imagination run loose and enjoy the details - instead of pacing through what just feels like 'another save'. I hope this won't flounder, but I might lose focus. I'll will try my best to keep it entertaining
Background info
I'm taking over OB (Odense Boldklub) from Odense, Denmark midway through the 2016/2017 season in the Danish Superliga.
View attachment 106506 View attachment 106505
The hard facts - Club: Odense Boldklub - Founded: 1887 - Stadium: TRE-FOR Park (Cap: 15,750) - Latest League Position: 7th
OB is based in Odense on Funen, the island in the middle of the Danish kingdom. Odense is a modest city, yet it is the third largest city in Denmark and the capital of Funen with 175,000 inhabitants. 466,000 live on the island of Funen.
Like Funen is in the heart of Denmark, Odense is in the heart of Funen. The furthest you can get from the island capital on the island itself is somewhere around 50 kilometers (31 miles) so the surrounding area of the club is very close but pretty big in numbers, especially of Danish standards.
Besides beloved fairytale writer H.C. Andersen, OB is the pride of the island and the youth development of the club reaches the whole region with tons of affiliated clubs. There can't be talent on Funen without OB spotting it and a good example of that is Christian Eriksen who came from local Middelfart (yes) and honed his talent in OB before leaving for Ajax.
The scenario is inspired by the real-life season of OB, who are struggling at the bottom of the league. 13th of 14 at winter break. Manager Kent Nielsen is struggling with a undetermined and uninspired squad who doens't seem fit for much. Nielsens reputation as a solid coach has probably kept him in his seat so far (league winner in 2014 with AaB) but things will be expected to turn around soon - in this scenario he is being fired though
Only a few years ago the OB supporters were used to their club competing in the top of the league, but lately there have been more relegation scares than talk of medals.
The biggest of the relegations scares came straight after the silver-medal season of 2010/11 which contained managerial changes. 2011/2012 was one big nightmare for the fans and 12/13 weren't much better - with OB clinching 10th, just above the relegation line, in both seasons.
Sponsors pulled back and the club's economy were rambling, going from quite solid to unstable. Given the size of the club, a relegation could have been fatal to its existence. League big-brother Brøndby had a similar crisis before OB, starting around 06/07, some would argue this gave OB the space to grow into a bigger title contender than ever before. Now OB has over £ 15 million in collected debt and a weaker squad than ever.
Most OB supporters would agree that the latest seasons hasn't been worth remembering. Now it's hopefully time for something more memorable than ever for the (fictional) OB supporters ^^)
The scenario
This scenario is starting the 1st of december, just a week after the winter break of the league. Half of the games is played and transfers is disabled in first season (more on the league specs later) - OB is yet again struggling at the bottom and with the squads morale at an all time low, the board felt something had to be done. So Kent Nielsen is fired and an old friend is taking over...
The goal of the save is to take Danish and Scandinavian football to the next level, win the Champions League with OB and become a top 5 nation. But the challenge is layered - First challenge is to survive in the league with abysmal morale and a bad position, next will be to win the league for the first time since 89, next is to win the Champions League - after that, make the Danish league a top 5 league. The time frame growing exponentially Quick guess might be 3, 10 and 20 years maybe.
First season will be spent on damage control and implementing ideas, hopefully avoiding relegation - then I'll slowly build on from there.
The technical info
Instead of playing the new Danish structure of 14 teams and a weird play-off stage, I've decided to create a custom Danish league with 16 teams and 30 games, just like the Czech league. Up until this point the Danish league has had 33 games and 12 teams. The teams 'Vejle BK' and 'Vendsyssel FF' is the two teams which I've pulled up into the top tier to make the league 16 teams. Last years sole relegation team, Hobro, is in the second tier for this database.
The league is pretty standard, 3 out of 7 subs and no special play-off stages or anything. The only twist is that the match squad is required to have 3 U21 players.
Only thing else I've tinkered with is the management setup at OB, more will follow in the story.
Below is an image of the database setup.
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