Welcome to my second Football Manager story. With this story, i am in a way, trying to re-create history and take the new Australian club, Western Sydney Wanderers, to a first season championship. The club in their real life maiden season, is sitting first, with one round to go, and just about to seal the minor premiership and most likely, win the major trophy a few weeks later. Can i manage the new club to glory? Find out in this FM13 story!
Note: I don;t actually have FM13 yet, it should arrive either tomorrow or thursday. But i have all my graphics ready and all the info, so i will begin an opening post and reserve some more posts for the other information. So, i am taking all the player lineups and info from wikipedia, but i am assuming it should be the same on the game. The Wanderers haven't done anything in the January window, so there's no worries there when i make the update.
Rules and Regulations
Free to sign anyone, no age restrictions
Cannot sign anyone in FIRST season though! Thought this would make things current day realistic
No downloaded tactics, i must come up with them from the start!
No custom cheating in databases by making players overpowered or anything like that of course..
If i get sacked, no re-starting, i get sacked, and i start a new story with the new club i join!
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Full Name: Western Sydney Wanderers
Location: Parramatta, West Sydney, NSW, Australia
Previous Manager: Tony Popovic (Real Life, this is their first season, so there really is no previous boss
Club Colours: Red and Black (HOME/MAIN), Red and White (AWAY)
Club Owner: Football Federation Australia
Chairman: Lyall Gorman
Founded: 2012
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Full Name: Parramatta Stadium
Alternate Name/'s: Wanderland (Written on the Stadium stands)
Opened: 1847
Capacity: 21,500
Surface: Grass
Architect: Civil and Civic
Owner: Events, NSW
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Full Name:The Red and Black Bloc
Short Name: RBB
Founded: 2012
Brief Info: The RBB is the newest and by far the best active supporters group in the A-League. They take up to 3 to 4 bays at their home venue, and make a ton of noise around the stadium, even featuring a unique call and response chant between themselves and the rest of the stadium. The away support has also been terrific in the real world, as they have sold out away bays in Melbourne twice and they have sold out the entire Sydney FC away Stand! Not only that, they took 7000 fans down to Gosford to fill out 9 entire bays, all singing and chanting. This atmosphere is something to experience, and if your from oversea's, this is a club you must come and watch and just listen to. The football here may not be as good as other leagues, but the support, is much louder than you will even hear at Old Trafford, believe me.. and im a United fan!
Who do we sing for call and response chant video right here for your enjoyment, the whole stadium gets involved!
[video=youtube;PU-dQ1UigCQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-dQ1UigCQ[/video]
and, to make things more amazing, the team had a signing session at the best shopping center in Australia, and guess who turned up? the RBB themselves, and the whole place got involved.
[video=youtube;gUMOjZZsIsc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUMOjZZsIsc[/video]
Enough of that now, i will save a couple of posts to give you the current team, and i will review EVERY single player and tell you what i think of them! As i said in the rules, i cant sign anyone new, so i will have to stick with this team anyway, which im a huge fan of. I hope you Aussies out there enjoy this series, but i thought this would be something different for those non Aussies out there who would like to see the Aussie side of the footballing world. To leave you here with the final OP message, is the way the A-League works, if you didn't know already. Some helpful rules anyway.
Marquee Players
In the A-League, there are marquee players. clubs can have 3 marquee's: a international, australian and youth marquee. In the A-League, there is a limited salary cap, which means no team can be totally overpowered, although there are still teams who are a bit stronger than others. A marquee player's salary will not be included in the salary cap, so they are taken as a advantage, and thus meaning if you think you cant afford someone because you will go over the cap, then you can make a purchased player a marquee and he wont affect the salary cap. You can have 3 as i said, one can be an international player (foreign), one can be an Australian player and the other a player still considered a youth talent.
Stupid FM Rule
Now this rule isn't in real life, it's one painful FM rule that i think is still in FM13. You cant buy a player from the A-League (same division). This is stupid as you see in the A-League, clubs always buy other players from the same division. In past FM games you can after 2 seasons i think, but its still a stupid rule. Thankfully it wont really apply to me as i am adding my own rule of no signings in first season.
How the league works and finals series
So in Australia, there are 10 teams, Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar, Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne Heart, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets, Sydney FC, Western Sydney Wanderers, Wellington Phoenix and the Perth Glory. There are 27 rounds in the regular season, with each team playing each other three times. Once at home, twice away, or twice at home, once away. It varies with each team. That's what makes looking at the fixtures list so important. Because you could get the Wellington Phoenix away twice, which is a disadvantage, as that is arguably the toughest away game in the comp. The finals have been revamped, and im assuming its the same in FM13. In previous years, the 1st and 2nd placed teams are given a second chance. This year, the only advantage they get is one week off before eliminated matches.
This is how the finals work. The team who comes 1st is crowned minor premiers, just a bit of extra cash, no biggie, but they along with 2nd place, move to the second week of finals. Whilst they get a week off, the teams placed 3rd and 4th get home minor finals. 3rd plays 6th, 4th plays 5th. Then, the team who came 1st, plays the winner of the 3rd v 6th match, whilst the team who came 2nd, plays the winner of the 4th v 5th match. Then, obviously, the winners of those two prelim finals advance to the grand final. The winner of the Grand Final is the A-League champion and gets some cash, which i dont know the amount of just yet.
Asian Champions League Qualification
Now, the team who does finish 1st in the A-League will get a bigger reward than normal, automatic qualification into the Champions League. Now, this has always been the case, but now it is more meaningful, as the 2nd spot for qualification is now made as qualifier. So, until the changes were made, the team who came 1st in the league, automatically qualified and the team who wins the grand final would qualify. NOW, the team who wins the Grand Final, must have a play-off match with another Asian club to get in the continental competition. So, the only automatic place, goes to 1st in the league.
Thankyou for reading my opening post, i am looking forward to bringing many updates in the future!
Note: I don;t actually have FM13 yet, it should arrive either tomorrow or thursday. But i have all my graphics ready and all the info, so i will begin an opening post and reserve some more posts for the other information. So, i am taking all the player lineups and info from wikipedia, but i am assuming it should be the same on the game. The Wanderers haven't done anything in the January window, so there's no worries there when i make the update.
Rules and Regulations
Free to sign anyone, no age restrictions
Cannot sign anyone in FIRST season though! Thought this would make things current day realistic
No downloaded tactics, i must come up with them from the start!
No custom cheating in databases by making players overpowered or anything like that of course..
If i get sacked, no re-starting, i get sacked, and i start a new story with the new club i join!
View attachment 323369
Full Name: Western Sydney Wanderers
Location: Parramatta, West Sydney, NSW, Australia
Previous Manager: Tony Popovic (Real Life, this is their first season, so there really is no previous boss
Club Colours: Red and Black (HOME/MAIN), Red and White (AWAY)
Club Owner: Football Federation Australia
Chairman: Lyall Gorman
Founded: 2012
View attachment 323370
Full Name: Parramatta Stadium
Alternate Name/'s: Wanderland (Written on the Stadium stands)
Opened: 1847
Capacity: 21,500
Surface: Grass
Architect: Civil and Civic
Owner: Events, NSW
View attachment 323371
Full Name:The Red and Black Bloc
Short Name: RBB
Founded: 2012
Brief Info: The RBB is the newest and by far the best active supporters group in the A-League. They take up to 3 to 4 bays at their home venue, and make a ton of noise around the stadium, even featuring a unique call and response chant between themselves and the rest of the stadium. The away support has also been terrific in the real world, as they have sold out away bays in Melbourne twice and they have sold out the entire Sydney FC away Stand! Not only that, they took 7000 fans down to Gosford to fill out 9 entire bays, all singing and chanting. This atmosphere is something to experience, and if your from oversea's, this is a club you must come and watch and just listen to. The football here may not be as good as other leagues, but the support, is much louder than you will even hear at Old Trafford, believe me.. and im a United fan!
Who do we sing for call and response chant video right here for your enjoyment, the whole stadium gets involved!
[video=youtube;PU-dQ1UigCQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-dQ1UigCQ[/video]
and, to make things more amazing, the team had a signing session at the best shopping center in Australia, and guess who turned up? the RBB themselves, and the whole place got involved.
[video=youtube;gUMOjZZsIsc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUMOjZZsIsc[/video]
Enough of that now, i will save a couple of posts to give you the current team, and i will review EVERY single player and tell you what i think of them! As i said in the rules, i cant sign anyone new, so i will have to stick with this team anyway, which im a huge fan of. I hope you Aussies out there enjoy this series, but i thought this would be something different for those non Aussies out there who would like to see the Aussie side of the footballing world. To leave you here with the final OP message, is the way the A-League works, if you didn't know already. Some helpful rules anyway.
Marquee Players
In the A-League, there are marquee players. clubs can have 3 marquee's: a international, australian and youth marquee. In the A-League, there is a limited salary cap, which means no team can be totally overpowered, although there are still teams who are a bit stronger than others. A marquee player's salary will not be included in the salary cap, so they are taken as a advantage, and thus meaning if you think you cant afford someone because you will go over the cap, then you can make a purchased player a marquee and he wont affect the salary cap. You can have 3 as i said, one can be an international player (foreign), one can be an Australian player and the other a player still considered a youth talent.
Stupid FM Rule
Now this rule isn't in real life, it's one painful FM rule that i think is still in FM13. You cant buy a player from the A-League (same division). This is stupid as you see in the A-League, clubs always buy other players from the same division. In past FM games you can after 2 seasons i think, but its still a stupid rule. Thankfully it wont really apply to me as i am adding my own rule of no signings in first season.
How the league works and finals series
So in Australia, there are 10 teams, Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar, Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne Heart, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets, Sydney FC, Western Sydney Wanderers, Wellington Phoenix and the Perth Glory. There are 27 rounds in the regular season, with each team playing each other three times. Once at home, twice away, or twice at home, once away. It varies with each team. That's what makes looking at the fixtures list so important. Because you could get the Wellington Phoenix away twice, which is a disadvantage, as that is arguably the toughest away game in the comp. The finals have been revamped, and im assuming its the same in FM13. In previous years, the 1st and 2nd placed teams are given a second chance. This year, the only advantage they get is one week off before eliminated matches.
This is how the finals work. The team who comes 1st is crowned minor premiers, just a bit of extra cash, no biggie, but they along with 2nd place, move to the second week of finals. Whilst they get a week off, the teams placed 3rd and 4th get home minor finals. 3rd plays 6th, 4th plays 5th. Then, the team who came 1st, plays the winner of the 3rd v 6th match, whilst the team who came 2nd, plays the winner of the 4th v 5th match. Then, obviously, the winners of those two prelim finals advance to the grand final. The winner of the Grand Final is the A-League champion and gets some cash, which i dont know the amount of just yet.
Asian Champions League Qualification
Now, the team who does finish 1st in the A-League will get a bigger reward than normal, automatic qualification into the Champions League. Now, this has always been the case, but now it is more meaningful, as the 2nd spot for qualification is now made as qualifier. So, until the changes were made, the team who came 1st in the league, automatically qualified and the team who wins the grand final would qualify. NOW, the team who wins the Grand Final, must have a play-off match with another Asian club to get in the continental competition. So, the only automatic place, goes to 1st in the league.
Thankyou for reading my opening post, i am looking forward to bringing many updates in the future!