After 5 seasons of travelling around Europe on my journeyman save, there was something missing from that little adventure and that was the building of a legacy at one club. The opportunity to build something over a long period of time, bring through youngsters and see them into their prime, build a winning side that will go on to win multiple trophies and dominate football in their country.
So that’s what this save is going to be. I haven’t turned my back on my journeyman save completely and am convinced I’ll come back to it at some point later in the year, but this is where I’m going to be for the foreseeable.
The challenge I have taken on is inspired by the current stories by Hampus Silverholt and Leckuno on this site in Holland as they look to build a team of Dutch players with Sparta Rotterdam and Groningen. I have chosen Norway for my own journey. It’s no secret that with the likes of Erling Haaland (Dortmund), Martin Odegaard (Real Madrid) and Sander Berge (Sheffield United) coming through, Norwegian football is producing some of it’s brightest ever talent and the future looks promising for the national side. Naturally, I won’t be starting the game as Norway manager, but if the opportunity comes up in the future of this save, I’ll be trying to bag the job for sure.
As for domestically, I will be managing IK Start, a club that have only ever won the Norwegian Premier Division (Eliteserien) twice in their history (1978 and 1980). They’ve never lifted the Norwegian Cup and obviously have no European competition triumphs to speak of.
Stadium: Sparebanken Sor Arena
Capacity: 14,563
Training Facilities: Good
Youth Facilities: Good
As for me, I started with the coaching badge and experience that was recommended for this club (Continental A License and Regional Pro Footballer).
The aim here is to build a title winning squad of all Norwegian players and then go on to conquer Europe from there, so I'm setting myself a rule of signing no foreign players throughout the save. I don’t think we are going to achieve anything overnight and it’s going to take a while to build that squad and improve those facilities to the point where we can bring through some promising youngsters. Obviously, the hardest part of this save is going to be holding onto our best players from the bigger clubs/leagues in Europe. Still, I’m well up for this one so let’s get Start-ed!
So that’s what this save is going to be. I haven’t turned my back on my journeyman save completely and am convinced I’ll come back to it at some point later in the year, but this is where I’m going to be for the foreseeable.
The challenge I have taken on is inspired by the current stories by Hampus Silverholt and Leckuno on this site in Holland as they look to build a team of Dutch players with Sparta Rotterdam and Groningen. I have chosen Norway for my own journey. It’s no secret that with the likes of Erling Haaland (Dortmund), Martin Odegaard (Real Madrid) and Sander Berge (Sheffield United) coming through, Norwegian football is producing some of it’s brightest ever talent and the future looks promising for the national side. Naturally, I won’t be starting the game as Norway manager, but if the opportunity comes up in the future of this save, I’ll be trying to bag the job for sure.
As for domestically, I will be managing IK Start, a club that have only ever won the Norwegian Premier Division (Eliteserien) twice in their history (1978 and 1980). They’ve never lifted the Norwegian Cup and obviously have no European competition triumphs to speak of.
Stadium: Sparebanken Sor Arena
Capacity: 14,563
Training Facilities: Good
Youth Facilities: Good
As for me, I started with the coaching badge and experience that was recommended for this club (Continental A License and Regional Pro Footballer).
The aim here is to build a title winning squad of all Norwegian players and then go on to conquer Europe from there, so I'm setting myself a rule of signing no foreign players throughout the save. I don’t think we are going to achieve anything overnight and it’s going to take a while to build that squad and improve those facilities to the point where we can bring through some promising youngsters. Obviously, the hardest part of this save is going to be holding onto our best players from the bigger clubs/leagues in Europe. Still, I’m well up for this one so let’s get Start-ed!