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So, Linecoigne1998 has recently come up with and posted a new challenge which he is calling the 'back to the future' challenge! After inviting some other players to give it a go, I though 'I fancy a bit of that'. So here I am. I'm not turning my back on my own Dutch challenge with Willem II but will be trying to have a go at running two saves simultaneously.
You can find a full list of rules (and how the points scoring will work) for this challenge on Linecoigne's story here:
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...ger-stories/373009-back-future-challenge.html
But here's a rundown for you (copied from the above story)...
In this challenge, you may choose any manager you want but the more successful and smaller teams managed, the better. A great example of this would be Carlo Ancelotti, who managed Reggiana and Parma before getting to the bigger teams managed in his career. A terrible example would be Pep Guardiola. Yes, he's a very successful manager, but has only won these trophies with big teams like Bayern and Barcelona, which wouldn't make this a challenge.
Once you've picked a manager, the idea is that you have to look through their stats to see how many games you're allowed to manage for, how much money they've spent throughout that career and how many players they've signed as well. The financial restrictions mean you cannot break a manager's transfer record (in Mourinho's case, Pogba for £89 million), and you cannot spend more than what the manager has spent over his career or sign more than the amount of players that manager has signed. This would make it more difficult for the smaller teams to win trophies which means that if you do want to get to the smaller teams, you better save up on your signings spaces when you're managing big sides like United or Real Madrid! After that, your career as a manager should last as long as the manager's picked. In Mourinho's case, 794 games. An added little bonus can be that if you reach the end of the games your manager has had in his career and you have a better record (in Mourinho's case a better record than 518-157-119), you get an extra amount of points. I haven't decided if it would be something huge like 200 points or a little less.
Oh, and I also forgot to mention that you may use the in-game editor to move from club to club, as building up the reputation to go from Porto to Real Madrid for example could take ages and therefore make the challenge impossible. The one restriction I'll put in place for that is you have to spend at least 2 years at a club before using the editor to change if you wish, since Mourinho stayed at least 2 years at Porto, Inter and Chelsea.
To explain my choice of José Mourinho: he's managed a few big teams in United, Chelsea, Real Madrid (and Inter who could be included in that list) but also two weaker teams in Porto and Uniao De Leira. This means that I could stay at a few big clubs for the duration of the story but wouldn't get as many points as I would if I managed one of the weaker sides. On top of that, he's made some pretty big signings in his career and has signed quite a few players which could make this interesting with regens being so expensive in FM.
So which manager's career have I decided to focus my version of the challenge on......
The legend that is Claudio Ranieri!
So let's have a look back through Ranieri's career (most recent first)....
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So by my reckoning, I make that a total of 1,062 games managed, with a record that reads....
W. 498 D. 286 L. 278
Ranieri has managed plenty of clubs during his career, ranging in size, so it should present me with plenty of options during my attempt at this challenge. And here's the stats on his transfer dealings which will give me my limits/budgets throughout my own manager's career....
Ranieri's total transfer spend: £666.6 million
Ranieri's highest transfer fee paid: £38.25 million for James Rodriguez (Signed for Monaco 01/07/2013)
Ranieri's total number of players signed: 98
My next post will introduce my 'in game' manager along with the team I have decided to start this challenge with!
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