Hi, now that FM 16 beta is out, I wanted to start a new long save story. This story will be different because I will be writing two stories in this football universe but will be in two different threads. One will be a club story and the other will be a national team story. This thread here will be a club story. Some of the player transfer in the beginning will be a bit different as I really didn't want to edit. So I hope you guys will enjoy it.
National Team Story: http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...5-canada-road-fifa-world-cup.html#post2890005
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Prologue
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Toronto FC Fires Ryan Nelson; Jermain Defoe Unhappy with Club
Star striker is reporting wanting to leave club after head coach was sacked
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August 31, 2014- Head coach Ryan Nelsonand five assistants were released today after a 3-0 loss to the NewEngland Revolution at home. And their a big question on Jermain Defoefuture with the club.
The latest grand vision for Toronto FCmay not be in tatters. But a team that can't seem to step forwardwithout taking two step back has hit another huge bump in theroad.
Greg Vanney, the club assistant General Manager andacademy director, will take over duties as an interim - their 9th in 8 years - until the endof the season. His biggest challenge will be the confusion of JermainDefoe's future and the roster freeze on Sept 15.
Tim Leiweke,CEO of Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment, and general managerTim Bezbatchenko both pointed the finger at the 9-9-6 club's recentlacklustre performances in making the move to remove Nelsentwo-thirds of the way through his second season at the helm.
"The team obviously not only did not play well but we reallydidn't show up," Leiweke told The Canadian Press in aninterview. "And people pay good money to come see these games."
"We are in a results-oriented business," Bezbatchenkotold a hastily called news conference Sunday at the team's northToronto training facility. "And over the past 13 matches, we'vewon three games. More important for our fans in Toronto, we've wonone game in the past six matches ... I know we can get more out ofthis group of guys."
Whether Defoe is one of them is unclear.
With 11 goals in 16 games, the star forward has clearly shown that he can score in this league when healthy. But a source close to the situation told The Canadian Press that Defoe doesn't like the direction of the club and wants out, with England's Queens Park Rangers a likely destination.
Bezbatchenko confirmed that the MLS team has received an offer for the 31-year-old England striker, who is currently back in England dealing with a groin injury.
He too said he expects to hang onto the striker. But he added "If you're not 100 per cent committed in what we're doing, then we have to sit down and talk and figure out what's the best plan of action."
Translation, Defoe is gone unless he wants to be here. Or can be convinced to stay here.
"If things change then we'll adjust," Bezbatchenko said.
And if Defoe does go, Toronto will expect "a lot of money. More than we paid for him," he added.
Defoe, whose signing was billed by the team as "a ****** big deal" and seen as a showcase acquisition for the North American league, may end up in quickie divorce.
TFC has not won since July 12
Toronto's record over the last 13 gamesis 3-5-5. It has not won at home since July 12, going 0-2-2 at BMOField since. The team has also given up bad goals and late goals.
Against New England, Toronto was down 2-0 by the 21st minute afterRevolution players pounced on giveaways and then drove unimpeded atgoal.
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The club stands fourth in the East, tied with New England andColumbus, in the playoff hunt.
The 36-year-old Nelsen leaves with a league record of 15-26-17.None of the seven coaches before him notched more wins.
GM accuses of sabotage
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Knowing that the axe was poised, Nelsen accused Bezbatchenko ofeffectively sabotaging his own team by unnecessarily raising thestakes before a match that was not crucial, given there were 10 moreremaining after it.
"I've won this league, played in it for four years, been inthe [English] Premier League for 10 years, played in a WorldCup, Olympics. I've played in some pretty hot pressure games,"said Nelsen, a former New Zealand international defender. "Onething that I do know is this was not one of them."
The inference was clear. Nelsen had paid his dues in the game.Bezbatchenko, a 32-year-old rookie GM hired out of the league officeby Leiweke last September, hadn't.
"It affected the guys," Nelsen said of Bezbatchenko'swords. "What we do at Toronto FC is we keep it in-house —everything we do, we keep inside the four walls. And the players,coaching staff, everything, stays within the four walls."
"I think they're excuses and we're just not in the excusebusiness here," said Bezbatchenko. "And so we're happy toturn the page here and forge a new future that's based on the visionthat we've had since I've been here and Tim Leiweke came in.
Vanney, who played professionally in MLS and France, follows MoJohnston, John Carver, Chris Cummins, Preki, Nick Dasovic, AronWinter, Paul Mariner and Nelsen as manager.
Only Carver (11) and Nelsen (15) managed double-digit wins intheir tenure.
Assistant coaches Fran O'Leary, Jim Brennan, Duncan Oughton, aswell as goalkeeping coach Stewart Kerr and strength and conditioningcoach Adrian Lamb were all fired. Assistant coach Jason Bent wasoffered a position to remain with the team.
Brennan was the franchise's first team and captain.
The club wasted little time removing evidence of them. Photos ofthe coaching staff that hung at the TFC training facility were goneSunday, although Nelsen's empty parking space still bore his name.
National Team Story: http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...5-canada-road-fifa-world-cup.html#post2890005
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Prologue
View attachment 218599
Toronto FC Fires Ryan Nelson; Jermain Defoe Unhappy with Club
Star striker is reporting wanting to leave club after head coach was sacked
View attachment 218598View attachment 218597
August 31, 2014- Head coach Ryan Nelsonand five assistants were released today after a 3-0 loss to the NewEngland Revolution at home. And their a big question on Jermain Defoefuture with the club.
The latest grand vision for Toronto FCmay not be in tatters. But a team that can't seem to step forwardwithout taking two step back has hit another huge bump in theroad.
Greg Vanney, the club assistant General Manager andacademy director, will take over duties as an interim - their 9th in 8 years - until the endof the season. His biggest challenge will be the confusion of JermainDefoe's future and the roster freeze on Sept 15.
Tim Leiweke,CEO of Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment, and general managerTim Bezbatchenko both pointed the finger at the 9-9-6 club's recentlacklustre performances in making the move to remove Nelsentwo-thirds of the way through his second season at the helm.
"The team obviously not only did not play well but we reallydidn't show up," Leiweke told The Canadian Press in aninterview. "And people pay good money to come see these games."
"We are in a results-oriented business," Bezbatchenkotold a hastily called news conference Sunday at the team's northToronto training facility. "And over the past 13 matches, we'vewon three games. More important for our fans in Toronto, we've wonone game in the past six matches ... I know we can get more out ofthis group of guys."
Whether Defoe is one of them is unclear.
With 11 goals in 16 games, the star forward has clearly shown that he can score in this league when healthy. But a source close to the situation told The Canadian Press that Defoe doesn't like the direction of the club and wants out, with England's Queens Park Rangers a likely destination.
Bezbatchenko confirmed that the MLS team has received an offer for the 31-year-old England striker, who is currently back in England dealing with a groin injury.
He too said he expects to hang onto the striker. But he added "If you're not 100 per cent committed in what we're doing, then we have to sit down and talk and figure out what's the best plan of action."
Translation, Defoe is gone unless he wants to be here. Or can be convinced to stay here.
"If things change then we'll adjust," Bezbatchenko said.
And if Defoe does go, Toronto will expect "a lot of money. More than we paid for him," he added.
Defoe, whose signing was billed by the team as "a ****** big deal" and seen as a showcase acquisition for the North American league, may end up in quickie divorce.
TFC has not won since July 12
Toronto's record over the last 13 gamesis 3-5-5. It has not won at home since July 12, going 0-2-2 at BMOField since. The team has also given up bad goals and late goals.
Against New England, Toronto was down 2-0 by the 21st minute afterRevolution players pounced on giveaways and then drove unimpeded atgoal.
View attachment 218594
The club stands fourth in the East, tied with New England andColumbus, in the playoff hunt.
The 36-year-old Nelsen leaves with a league record of 15-26-17.None of the seven coaches before him notched more wins.
GM accuses of sabotage
View attachment 218596
Knowing that the axe was poised, Nelsen accused Bezbatchenko ofeffectively sabotaging his own team by unnecessarily raising thestakes before a match that was not crucial, given there were 10 moreremaining after it.
"I've won this league, played in it for four years, been inthe [English] Premier League for 10 years, played in a WorldCup, Olympics. I've played in some pretty hot pressure games,"said Nelsen, a former New Zealand international defender. "Onething that I do know is this was not one of them."
The inference was clear. Nelsen had paid his dues in the game.Bezbatchenko, a 32-year-old rookie GM hired out of the league officeby Leiweke last September, hadn't.
"It affected the guys," Nelsen said of Bezbatchenko'swords. "What we do at Toronto FC is we keep it in-house —everything we do, we keep inside the four walls. And the players,coaching staff, everything, stays within the four walls."
"I think they're excuses and we're just not in the excusebusiness here," said Bezbatchenko. "And so we're happy toturn the page here and forge a new future that's based on the visionthat we've had since I've been here and Tim Leiweke came in.
Vanney, who played professionally in MLS and France, follows MoJohnston, John Carver, Chris Cummins, Preki, Nick Dasovic, AronWinter, Paul Mariner and Nelsen as manager.
Only Carver (11) and Nelsen (15) managed double-digit wins intheir tenure.
Assistant coaches Fran O'Leary, Jim Brennan, Duncan Oughton, aswell as goalkeeping coach Stewart Kerr and strength and conditioningcoach Adrian Lamb were all fired. Assistant coach Jason Bent wasoffered a position to remain with the team.
Brennan was the franchise's first team and captain.
The club wasted little time removing evidence of them. Photos ofthe coaching staff that hung at the TFC training facility were goneSunday, although Nelsen's empty parking space still bore his name.
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