First of all, a quick foreword:
This is my very first post in this forum. I'm fairly new to FM, having played FM12 as my first game. But with over 4000 hours since then, I believe I have amassed quite a fair amount of experience. I was looking a place to talk with fellow addi--I mean fellow gamers, so I had the brilliant idea to share my new save with you guys, since it represents the majority of what I do in FM saves. If you like it, I'd love to become a regular member of the forum.
Anyway, onwards:
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The idea behind what I'm doing is that I was sitting around, wanting to do a home-grown CL/WC win save, but I couldn't be bothered with the 15 years of building a youth setup before it can get rolling along. Then again, I also don't want a top team that already has a built youth setup and I really couldn't choose a nation. So I did what I always do when I want to play but can't decide on a save - I started a 1 year CL challenge. It's what it sounds, take a club that qualified for the CL in the first season and win it within the first season. Checking out the clubs, I stumbled onto something very interesting -
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Qualified in the Champions League, a big club, yet practically no youth setup. Tons of money, but an aging squad on huge wages that can barely be paid. Decent youth ratings in Russia, so I thought why the **** not give it a shot? They also seemed fairly average, so it would be a challenge to do the CL in the first season and if I didn't make it, I might as well continue for a home-grown CL/WC win.
Also I've always kind of liked Zenit, even if one of my least favorite players plays there - Hulk. I think it was cowardly of him to go to the easier Russian league rather than the bigger central European ones...but that's irrelevant. What's relevant is that as you'll see, he's a pretty central figure to the whole plot.
So, goal 1: Champions League in my first season.
Goal 2: Win the Champions League with only players raised in the club at MOST after the age of 17 and then a World Cup with Russia, using at least 8 players from my team in the first 11.
(By the way, I'm halfway through the season, so don't be confused if screenshots are from far along the line)
Anyway, wall of text over, so let's get it on. Give me Roman Shirokov, one of supposedly the best attacking midfielders in the world!
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Wait...what? But...he's not very good, is he? He's class, but certainly not world class. Well this is a shocker, maybe they just messed it up.
Ah well, I suppose Denisov can't be that bad. Remember him at the world cup? He was a pretty solid midfielder!
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Ok this is wrong, you can't tell me this is a champions league winning team captain.
Kerzhakov, please don't suck and make me rely on Hulk...
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Oh boy. Quite a decent striker. FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. Christ.
Well, Hulk it is I suppose. No other players (besides Criscito) in the team to make a difference. So what the **** can I do...
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Right, I'm going to turn Hulk into a superweapon. Focus my every game plan on getting the most out of him. Rely on him to win me the matches.
I mean, I could rely on Shirokov to long throw the ball into goal or Denisov to Mark the opposition to death, but this is about as good.
So, Is anyone at all interested in this save and challenge? Should I continue?
This is my very first post in this forum. I'm fairly new to FM, having played FM12 as my first game. But with over 4000 hours since then, I believe I have amassed quite a fair amount of experience. I was looking a place to talk with fellow addi--I mean fellow gamers, so I had the brilliant idea to share my new save with you guys, since it represents the majority of what I do in FM saves. If you like it, I'd love to become a regular member of the forum.
Anyway, onwards:
View attachment 472611
The idea behind what I'm doing is that I was sitting around, wanting to do a home-grown CL/WC win save, but I couldn't be bothered with the 15 years of building a youth setup before it can get rolling along. Then again, I also don't want a top team that already has a built youth setup and I really couldn't choose a nation. So I did what I always do when I want to play but can't decide on a save - I started a 1 year CL challenge. It's what it sounds, take a club that qualified for the CL in the first season and win it within the first season. Checking out the clubs, I stumbled onto something very interesting -
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Qualified in the Champions League, a big club, yet practically no youth setup. Tons of money, but an aging squad on huge wages that can barely be paid. Decent youth ratings in Russia, so I thought why the **** not give it a shot? They also seemed fairly average, so it would be a challenge to do the CL in the first season and if I didn't make it, I might as well continue for a home-grown CL/WC win.
Also I've always kind of liked Zenit, even if one of my least favorite players plays there - Hulk. I think it was cowardly of him to go to the easier Russian league rather than the bigger central European ones...but that's irrelevant. What's relevant is that as you'll see, he's a pretty central figure to the whole plot.
So, goal 1: Champions League in my first season.
Goal 2: Win the Champions League with only players raised in the club at MOST after the age of 17 and then a World Cup with Russia, using at least 8 players from my team in the first 11.
(By the way, I'm halfway through the season, so don't be confused if screenshots are from far along the line)
Anyway, wall of text over, so let's get it on. Give me Roman Shirokov, one of supposedly the best attacking midfielders in the world!
View attachment 472610
Wait...what? But...he's not very good, is he? He's class, but certainly not world class. Well this is a shocker, maybe they just messed it up.
Ah well, I suppose Denisov can't be that bad. Remember him at the world cup? He was a pretty solid midfielder!
View attachment 472614
Ok this is wrong, you can't tell me this is a champions league winning team captain.
Kerzhakov, please don't suck and make me rely on Hulk...
View attachment 472613
Oh boy. Quite a decent striker. FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. Christ.
Well, Hulk it is I suppose. No other players (besides Criscito) in the team to make a difference. So what the **** can I do...
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Right, I'm going to turn Hulk into a superweapon. Focus my every game plan on getting the most out of him. Rely on him to win me the matches.
I mean, I could rely on Shirokov to long throw the ball into goal or Denisov to Mark the opposition to death, but this is about as good.
So, Is anyone at all interested in this save and challenge? Should I continue?
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